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CHAPTER XXII IN DIRE DISTRESS
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Dorothy had traveled in parlor1 cars before but had never ridden in a sleeper2, which was the style of coach she now found herself in. The train was a through one from the west and, as the regular parlor cars were full Ned had to get a ticket in the sleeper which, by day, is much the same as a parlor car.
As the porter set her valise down and arranged a seat for her near the ladies’ retiring room Dorothy’s heart beat fast, and, though the surroundings were new and novel to her she took no interest in them. But as the train whistled off, and the other passengers began moving about, Dorothy lifted her head and glanced around.
For a moment she felt that some mistake had been made. Surely this was no train for ladies, for not a woman was in sight, instead the entire car seemed filled with men in various stages of incomplete toilets. Some were adjusting their neckties as they walked through the aisle3, others were fastening shoe laces, and a few buckling4 their belts or slipping on their coats.
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Then she noticed, for the first time, that the car was a sleeper, for the interior was so dark because of the train shed when she entered that she could not tell what it was. She saw the berths5 on both sides, with heavy curtains lining6 the aisle. Only one or two beds had been shut up and turned into seats like the one she was occupying.
Dorothy was annoyed. Was she to make her lonely trip in company with a car full of men? She had expected, when she planned her journey, that there would be other girls and ladies in the coach in which she was to travel, and that she might appeal to them in case of need. But a whole car full of men!
She looked about for the little electric call button, and, finding it in the casement8 at the side of the window, pressed it vigorously. It was some time before the porter responded as, all along his route, the omnipresent men claimed his attention for various services. But finally he reached the end of the car where the girl in the blue sailor suit sat up very
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parlor
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| n.店铺,营业室;会客室,客厅 | |
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sleeper
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aisle
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| n.(教堂、教室、戏院等里的)过道,通道 | |
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buckling
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berths
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| n.(船、列车等的)卧铺( berth的名词复数 );(船舶的)停泊位或锚位;差事;船台vt.v.停泊( berth的第三人称单数 );占铺位 | |
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lining
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lone
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casement
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prim
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aisles
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refractory
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pane
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kin
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velvet
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embarrassment
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spasm
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engrossed
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wail
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| vt./vi.大声哀号,恸哭;呼啸,尖啸 | |
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situated
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throng
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buffalo
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| n.(北美)野牛;(亚洲)水牛 | |
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judgment
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brass
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distress
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throbbing
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streaks
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respite
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crouching
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cringing
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miserable
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heed
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gasped
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| v.喘气( gasp的过去式和过去分词 );喘息;倒抽气;很想要 | |
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auto
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spoke
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| n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说 | |
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famished
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procuring
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crumbs
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crackers
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| adj.精神错乱的,癫狂的n.爆竹( cracker的名词复数 );薄脆饼干;(认为)十分愉快的事;迷人的姑娘 | |
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deserted
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inquiries
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elicit
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urchins
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urchin
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mansion
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veranda
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theatrical
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dingy
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delightfully
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growled
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patronage
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exhausted
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grassy
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relentlessly
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vengeance
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satchel
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bowers
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| n.(女子的)卧室( bower的名词复数 );船首锚;阴凉处;鞠躬的人 | |
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clumps
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concealed
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spurting
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| (液体,火焰等)喷出,(使)涌出( spurt的现在分词 ); (短暂地)加速前进,冲刺; 溅射 | |
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riveted
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| 啜泣(声),呜咽(声)( sob的名词复数 ) | |
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