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Chapter 25 WHAT HAPPENED IN THE NIGHT
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Chapter 25 WHAT HAPPENED IN THE NIGHT
IT was getting quite dark now. The sun had gone a long time ago, and the children could hardly seeone another as they sat together in the courtyard, munching1 hungrily.
"I've never known bread and cheese to taste so lovely," said Dinah. "Actually I didn't think thischeese was terribly nice yesterday — sort of sweetish — but today it's heavenly.""Only because you're so hungry," said Jack2, giving Kiki some of his. "It's goat-milk cheese, isn't it,Bill? I say, look at Micky stuffing himself.""Pop goes Micky," remarked Kiki, coming in at the right moment as usual. "One, two, three, POP!""Idiot," said Jack. "Well, Bill — what are you thinking about?""Quite a lot of things," said Bill soberly. "We've had an extraordinary day. And I'm just planningwhat to do about it."
"Wasn't that treasure wonderful!" said Lucy-Ann, her eyes shining.
Jack had, of course, heard all about their adventures underground by now, and was very enviousbecause he was the only one who hadn't seen the treasure-chamber, with its remarkable3 collection ofriches. He had listened with amazement4, and had wished and wished he had been with the others.
"What are your plans, Bill?" asked Philip, feeling that he could think sensibly again, now that he wasfree and had had a good meal. "I suppose we can't do much tonight.""No, we can't," said Bill. "That's quite certain. We've been through enough today without taking onany more adventures. Besides, the girls are nearly asleep, poor things!"So they were. Excitement and exercise had completely tired them out. Lucy-Ann lay cuddled againstDinah, her eyes closed.
"Well, I'm pretty sleepy myself," said Jack. He yawned loudly. "I wouldn't mind a nice long snooze!""Anyway, Bill — what could we do, even if we wanted to do anything tonight?" asked Philip,beginning to yawn too. "We can't escape! Andros won't come back, that's obvious, if Mr. Eppy hasthreatened him with prison. After all, he's only a simple boatman! I expect Mr. Eppy gave him plentyof money too, to make up for us not having paid him.""Yes — money and threats combined would soon send Andros away," said Bill. "In any case Androswould know, of course, that Mr. Eppy had his own boat here — possibly two boats as he sent formore men and goods. So we shouldn't be absolutely
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1 munching | |
v.用力咀嚼(某物),大嚼( munch的现在分词 ) | |
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n.插座,千斤顶,男人;v.抬起,提醒,扛举;n.(Jake)杰克 | |
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adj.显著的,异常的,非凡的,值得注意的 | |
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5 stranded | |
a.搁浅的,进退两难的 | |
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6 considerably | |
adv.极大地;相当大地;在很大程度上 | |
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7 weird | |
adj.古怪的,离奇的;怪诞的,神秘而可怕的 | |
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8 smelt | |
v.熔解,熔炼;n.银白鱼,胡瓜鱼 | |
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n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的 | |
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12 labyrinth | |
n.迷宫;难解的事物;迷路 | |
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13 astonishment | |
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