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CHAPTER XLVII.
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When upon the poor gentleman, starved and re-fettered, descended1 once more the sick loneliness of confinement2, he assured himself that only a little time now was needed to see the quenching3 of his last spark of reason. He was so exhausted4 and unstrung—so doubly weakened by this latest wanton cantrip of Fortune, as to feel that the spirit of venture, fluttering within him on a broken wing, was physically6 incapable7 at last of the least independence of action. He looked upon himself as one who, having half raised a fallen treasure from a near-inaccessible ledge8, has let it slip out of pure carelessness into the abyss; and so regarding his folly9, he was miserably10 ready, like the born gambler he was, to cry Kismet! over his punishment.
The girl it was concerned him most—prominently for her own sake, but also because he might not guess what her seizure11 betokened12, or what weak defences had made the fact of it possible. About her condition, or her safety in the midst of these lawless ruffians, his brain was too worn to speculate; but at least he could understand that the purpose for which she was held would not be allowed to perish upon itself of inaction.
He was only numbly13 conscious of the passing hours; the semi-torpor induced by cold and hunger deadened the pain of his scarified wrists, and he sat or lay
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confinement
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quenching
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淬火,熄 | |
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hearth
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rattle
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virtues
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美德( virtue的名词复数 ); 德行; 优点; 长处 | |
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medley
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boisterous
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shuffle
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sentry
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不高兴地,绷着脸,忧郁地 | |
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parley
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murmur
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rattled
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misery
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faculties
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travesty
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scramble
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casement
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bosom
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fumbling
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frantic
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lodge
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triumphant
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jaws
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rogues
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