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Chapter 14 JOCK COMES TO CAMP
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Chapter 14 JOCK COMES TO CAMP
Julian found the path quite by chance and went along it as fast as he could. He used his torch, forhe did not think he would meet anyone out on such a lonely way at that time of night. The pathwas very much overgrown, but he could follow it fairly easily, even running at times.
'If that spook-train stops about twenty minutes in the yard again, as it did before, it will give mejust about time to reach the other end of the tunnel,' panted Julian. I'll be at Kilty's Yard before itcomes.'
It seemed a very long way. But at last the path led downwards1, and some way below him Juliancould see what might be a railway yard. Then he saw that big sheds were built there - or whatlooked like big sheds in the starlight.
He remembered what the old porter had said. Kilty's Yard was used for something else now -maybe the lines had been taken up. Maybe even the tunnel had been stopped up, too. He slippedquickly down the path and came into what had once been the old railway yard. Big buildingsloomed up on every side. Julian thought they must be workshops of some kind. He switched historch on and off very quickly, but the short flash had shown him what he was looking for - twopairs of railway lines. They were old and rusty2, but he knew they must lead to the tunnel.
He followed them closely, right up to the black mouth of the dark tunnel. He couldn't see insideat all. He switched his torch on and off quickly. Yes - the lines led right inside the tunnel. Julianstopped and wondered what to do.
'I'll sneak3 into the tunnel a little way and see if it's bricked up anywhere,' he thought. So in hewent, walking between one pair of lines. He put on his torch, certain that no one would see itslight and challenge him to say what he was doing out so late at night.
The tunnel stretched before him, a great yawning hole, disappearing into deep blackness. It wascertainly not bricked up. Julian saw a little niche4 in the brickwork of the tunnel and decided5 tocrouch in it. It was one of the niches6 made for workmen to stand in when trains went by in theold days.
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1 downwards | |
adj./adv.向下的(地),下行的(地) | |
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2 rusty | |
adj.生锈的;锈色的;荒废了的 | |
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3 sneak | |
vt.潜行(隐藏,填石缝);偷偷摸摸做;n.潜行;adj.暗中进行 | |
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4 niche | |
n.壁龛;合适的职务(环境、位置等) | |
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5 decided | |
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的 | |
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6 niches | |
壁龛( niche的名词复数 ); 合适的位置[工作等]; (产品的)商机; 生态位(一个生物所占据的生境的最小单位) | |
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7 crouched | |
v.屈膝,蹲伏( crouch的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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8 luminous | |
adj.发光的,发亮的;光明的;明白易懂的;有启发的 | |
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9 eerie | |
adj.怪诞的;奇异的;可怕的;胆怯的 | |
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10 apparently | |
adv.显然地;表面上,似乎 | |
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11 rumble | |
n.隆隆声;吵嚷;v.隆隆响;低沉地说 | |
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12 moors | |
v.停泊,系泊(船只)( moor的第三人称单数 ) | |
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13 puffed | |
adj.疏松的v.使喷出( puff的过去式和过去分词 );喷着汽(或烟)移动;吹嘘;吹捧 | |
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14 scrambled | |
v.快速爬行( scramble的过去式和过去分词 );攀登;争夺;(军事飞机)紧急起飞 | |
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15 frightful | |
adj.可怕的;讨厌的 | |
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16 tug | |
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17 subdued | |
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18 miserable | |
adj.悲惨的,痛苦的;可怜的,糟糕的 | |
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19 exasperated | |
adj.恼怒的 | |
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20 jersey | |
n.运动衫 | |
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21 specimens | |
n.样品( specimen的名词复数 );范例;(化验的)抽样;某种类型的人 | |
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22 shrill | |
adj.尖声的;刺耳的;v尖叫 | |
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23 scowling | |
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24 bland | |
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25 smack | |
vt.拍,打,掴;咂嘴;vi.含有…意味;n.拍 | |
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26 speck | |
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