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29 An exciting time
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An exciting time
Bill at last got the door open and went in. A shaft1 of light shone out from the room at once. Ronnieshut the door quickly. Jack2 found that his heart was beginning to thump3 again. Those sentries4 –would they come back before Bill had got the King?
The door opened again, but this time no shaft of light showed. Bill had turned out the lampinside the room. Someone was with him – the King. Oh, good! thought Jack.
The sentries were coming back. Their feet could be clearly heard. Bill hurried the King across tothe hidden door, opened it and pushed him through. Ronnie followed, and then Jack.
Just in time! ‘Do you suppose they’ll see the door is unbolted?’ said Jack. ‘You didn’t have timeto bolt it.’
‘We’ll soon know!’ said Bill. ‘I’m afraid they will notice it – it’s their job to check up on that,I’m sure.’
Jack suddenly gave a little cry. ‘Kiki! Where is she? She was on my shoulder a minute ago, nowshe’s gone. I never felt her fly off in my excitement. Oh, Bill – she must be out there in the passagesomewhere.’
She was – and she was very much annoyed to find that Jack seemed to have disappeared. Wherewas he? She could hear the sentries coming nearer and nearer, and the sound of their clump-clump-clumping annoyed her.
She flew up to a jutting-out stone in the wall, and when the two men marched just below her,she hooted5 long and loud.
‘HOOOOOO! HOOO-HOOO-HOOO!’
The sound of marching feet stopped abruptly6. One of the men said something quickly to theother in a frightened voice.
Kiki yapped like a dog and then snarled7. It sounded most extraordinary in that dark, echoingpassage. The men looked all round. Where was the dog?
‘Mee-ow-ow-ow!’
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1 shaft | |
n.(工具的)柄,杆状物 | |
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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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3 thump | |
v.重击,砰然地响;n.重击,重击声 | |
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4 sentries | |
哨兵,步兵( sentry的名词复数 ) | |
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5 hooted | |
(使)作汽笛声响,作汽车喇叭声( hoot的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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v.(指狗)吠,嗥叫, (人)咆哮( snarl的过去式和过去分词 );咆哮着说,厉声地说 | |
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8 wailed | |
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9 remarkably | |
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10 hooting | |
(使)作汽笛声响,作汽车喇叭声( hoot的现在分词 ); 倒好儿; 倒彩 | |
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11 poke | |
n.刺,戳,袋;vt.拨开,刺,戳;vi.戳,刺,捅,搜索,伸出,行动散慢 | |
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12 ribs | |
n.肋骨( rib的名词复数 );(船或屋顶等的)肋拱;肋骨状的东西;(织物的)凸条花纹 | |
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13 majesty | |
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14 untied | |
松开,解开( untie的过去式和过去分词 ); 解除,使自由; 解决 | |
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17 buddies | |
n.密友( buddy的名词复数 );同伴;弟兄;(用于称呼男子,常带怒气)家伙v.(如密友、战友、伙伴、弟兄般)交往( buddy的第三人称单数 );做朋友;亲近(…);伴护艾滋病人 | |
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19 tapestry | |
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20 poked | |
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21 promptly | |
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22 amazement | |
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23 awfully | |
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24 apparently | |
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25 deserted | |
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26 wrought | |
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27 rattling | |
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28 turmoil | |
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29 retired | |
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