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In a small Italian town not far from Rome, a traveller stood listening to an account of a battle lately fought near by, in which the town had suffered much, yet been forever honored in the eyes of its inhabitants, by having been the headquarters of the Hero of Italy. An inquiry1 of the traveller's concerning a countryman of whom he was in search, created a sensation at the little inn, and elicited2 the story of the battle, one incident of which was still the all-absorbing topic with the excited villagers. This was the incident which one of the group related with the dramatic effects of a language composed almost as much of gesture as of words, and an audience as picturesque3 as could well be conceived.
While the fight was raging on the distant plain, a troop of marauding Croats dashed into the town, whose defenders5, although outnumbered, contested every inch of ground, while slowly driven back toward the convent, the despoiling7 of which was the object of the attack. This convent was both hospital and refuge, for there were gathered women and children, the sick, the wounded, and the old. To secure the safety of these rather than of the sacred relics8, the Italians were bent10 on holding the town till the reinforcement for which they had sent could come up. It was a question of time, and every moment brought nearer the destruction of the helpless garrison11, trembling behind the convent walls. A brutal12 massacre13 was in store for them if no help came; and remembering this the red-shirted Garibaldians fought as if they well deserved their
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手持着使用(武器、工具等)( wield的过去式和过去分词 ); 具有; 运用(权力); 施加(影响) | |
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likeness
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shriek
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