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CHAPTER XIX C. B.’s Awakening
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At 2 p.m., a hack1 being in waiting, the two men and Miss Stewart were driven to the Court through the swarming2 streets, C. B. remarking once or twice that he never thought there were so many people in the world. He also inquired earnestly what they were all hurrying so for, and Mr. Stewart told him that all the people he saw were divided into two classes, the one class rushing after money to add to their already overfat store in order to get more power, the other, and by far the larger class, were being hunted by the gaunt spectre of want. They had to rush or starve, and when one of them fell by the wayside there was little hope of him ever rising again, his fellows would trample3 him to death.
C. B. heaved a great sigh and thought sadly of the lot of these poor people as compared with the happiness of his own folk, and a great longing4 came over him for that peaceful isle5. The next moment he repented6 of the feeling as being cowardly. He thought if these poor folk had to bear the burden of what he took to be intolerant misery8, he could surely endure to look upon them doing so. And then they pulled up at the Court.
Like a man in a dream C. B. was conducted to a place where he and his friends were allowed to seat themselves, and there he gazed around and listened uncomprehendingly, his mind in a whirl of wonder.[Pg 275] At last their case was called, and the prisoners, each guarded by a warder, stood up for identification. There was some little trouble about the oath, which Miss Stewart and her father took unhesitatingly, but which C. B., after having it explained to him two or three times, resolutely9 refused to utter. His attitude was reported to the judge, who said sharply—
“What religion do you
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1 hack | |
n.劈,砍,出租马车;v.劈,砍,干咳 | |
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2 swarming | |
密集( swarm的现在分词 ); 云集; 成群地移动; 蜜蜂或其他飞行昆虫成群地飞来飞去 | |
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3 trample | |
vt.踩,践踏;无视,伤害,侵犯 | |
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4 longing | |
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5 isle | |
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6 repented | |
对(自己的所为)感到懊悔或忏悔( repent的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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7 repent | |
v.悔悟,悔改,忏悔,后悔 | |
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8 misery | |
n.痛苦,苦恼,苦难;悲惨的境遇,贫苦 | |
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9 resolutely | |
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10 profess | |
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11 Christian | |
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12 sect | |
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13 denomination | |
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14 irritable | |
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15 conscientious | |
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16 nay | |
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17 whatsoever | |
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18 sneered | |
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19 standing | |
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20 succinct | |
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21 vile | |
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22 invective | |
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23 sarcasm | |
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24 crafty | |
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25 innocence | |
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26 perfectly | |
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27 truthful | |
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28 retired | |
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29 discomfited | |
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30 conclusively | |
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31 sincerity | |
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32 briefly | |
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33 chivalric | |
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34 browbeat | |
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35 abominable | |
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36 incisive | |
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37 bribe | |
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38 parable | |
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39 entirely | |
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40 molested | |
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41 molest | |
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42 tinkling | |
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43 pointed | |
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44 forefinger | |
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45 besieged | |
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46 gape | |
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47 mania | |
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48 shutters | |
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49 suspense | |
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50 possessed | |
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51 inquiry | |
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52 spoke | |
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53 grimace | |
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54 expressive | |
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55 itch | |
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56 fret | |
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57 meditatively | |
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58 puffing | |
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59 bent | |
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60 soothingly | |
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61 relentlessly | |
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62 onward | |
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63 coterie | |
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64 apparently | |
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65 astuteness | |
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66 apprehension | |
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67 calamity | |
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68 steadily | |
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69 affected | |
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70 superfluous | |
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71 obtrusive | |
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72 diplomacy | |
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73 dreary | |
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74 thwarted | |
阻挠( thwart的过去式和过去分词 ); 使受挫折; 挫败; 横过 | |
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75 noted | |
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76 diffused | |
散布的,普及的,扩散的 | |
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77 craved | |
渴望,热望( crave的过去式 ); 恳求,请求 | |
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78 aggrieved | |
adj.愤愤不平的,受委屈的;悲痛的;(在合法权利方面)受侵害的v.令委屈,令苦恼,侵害( aggrieve的过去式);令委屈,令苦恼,侵害( aggrieve的过去式和过去分词) | |
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79 contented | |
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80 Christians | |
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81 heartily | |
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82 modesty | |
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83 fixed | |
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84 alas | |
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85 virtue | |
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86 touching | |
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87 amazement | |
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88 distressed | |
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89 kindly | |
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90 discomfiture | |
n.崩溃;大败;挫败;困惑 | |
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91 sobbed | |
哭泣,啜泣( sob的过去式和过去分词 ); 哭诉,呜咽地说 | |
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92 wailed | |
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93 dormant | |
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94 swell | |
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95 rattled | |
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