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Alone in his cell, Chanlouineau, after Marie-Anne’s departure, abandoned himself to the most frightful1 despair.
He had just given more than life to the woman he loved so fervently2.
For had he not, in the hope of obtaining an interview with her, perilled4 his honor by simulating the most ignoble5 fear? While doing so, he thought only of the success of his ruse6. But now he knew only too well what those who had witnessed his apparent weakness would say of him.
“This Chanlouineau is only a miserable7 coward after all,” he fancied he could hear them saying among themselves. “We have seen him on his knees, begging for mercy, and promising8 to betray his accomplices9.”
The thought that his memory would be tarnished10 with charges of cowardice11 and treason drove him nearly mad.
He actually longed for death, since it would give him an opportunity to retrieve12 his honor.
“They shall see, then,” he cried, wrathfully, “if I turn pale and tremble before the soldiers.”
He was in this state of mind when the door opened to admit the Marquis de Courtornieu, who, after seeing Mlle. Lacheneur leave the prison, came to Chanlouineau to ascertain15 the result of her visit.

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置…于危险中(peril的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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ruse
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accomplices
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cowardice
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retrieve
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rascal
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judgment
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a.暗示的,含蓄的,不明晰的,绝对的 | |
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martial
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entirely
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ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地 | |
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sufficiently
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puerile
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possessed
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decided
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undertaking
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n.保证,许诺,事业 | |
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incur
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[医]招致的,遭受的; incur的过去式 | |
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baron
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n.男爵;(商业界等)巨头,大王 | |
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delightful
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adj.令人高兴的,使人快乐的 | |
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chivalrous
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adj.武士精神的;对女人彬彬有礼的 | |
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worthy
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finesse
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n.精密技巧,灵巧,手腕 | |
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undertakings
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企业( undertaking的名词复数 ); 保证; 殡仪业; 任务 | |
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pretext
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gratitude
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illuminated
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condemned
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citadel
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fortress
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dangling
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悬吊着( dangle的现在分词 ); 摆动不定; 用某事物诱惑…; 吊胃口 | |
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amazement
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sergeant
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consigning
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appease
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exalt
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traitor
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lieutenant
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investigation
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n.调查,调查研究 | |
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shudder
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v.战粟,震动,剧烈地摇晃;n.战粟,抖动 | |
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insignificant
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presumptions
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n.假定( presumption的名词复数 );认定;推定;放肆 | |
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ridicule
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coxcomb
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poking
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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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conceal
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v.隐藏,隐瞒,隐蔽 | |
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fugitives
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n.亡命者,逃命者( fugitive的名词复数 ) | |
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precipice
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crimson
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haughty
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impudence
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obsequious
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contraction
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calamity
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不高兴地,绷着脸,忧郁地 | |
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v.(尤指两人)互相紧紧抱[扭]住( clinch的过去式和过去分词 );解决(争端、交易),达成(协议) | |
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vengeance
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int.唉(表示悲伤、忧愁、恐惧等) | |
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百叶窗( shutter的名词复数 ); (照相机的)快门 | |
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