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'All the events of that night have a great importance, since they brought about a situation which remained unchanged till Jim's return. Jim had been away in the interior for more than a week, and it was Dain Waris who had directed the first repulse1. That brave and intelligent youth ("who knew how to fight after the manner of white men") wished to settle the business off-hand, but his people were too much for him. He had not Jim's racial prestige and the reputation of invincible2, supernatural power. He was not the visible, tangible3 incarnation of unfailing truth and of unfailing victory. Beloved, trusted, and admired as he was, he was still one of them, while Jim was one of us. Moreover, the white man, a tower of strength in himself, was invulnerable, while Dain Waris could be killed. Those unexpressed thoughts guided the opinions of the chief men of the town, who elected to assemble in Jim's fort for deliberation upon the emergency, as if expecting to find wisdom and courage in the dwelling4 of the absent white man. The shooting of Brown's rufffians was so far good, or lucky, that there had been halfa-dozen casualties amongst the defenders5. The wounded were lying on the verandah tended by their women-folk. The women and children from the lower part of the town had been sent into the fort at the first alarm. There Jewel was in command, very effficient and high-spirited, obeyed by Jim's "own people," who, quitting in a body their little settlement under the stockade6, had gone in to form the garrison7. The refugees crowded round her; and through the whole affair, to the very disastrous8 last, she showed an extraordinary martial9 ardour. It was to her that Dain Waris had gone at once at the first intelligence of danger, for you must know that Jim was the only one in Patusan who
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dwelling
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defenders
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stockade
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garrison
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gunpowder
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extorted
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murmurs
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approbation
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dilatory
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pointed
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ferocious
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regain
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ambushes
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creek
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stratagems
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spoke
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invaders
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proceedings
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rumours
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exterminate
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affected
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sentry
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utensils
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entreated
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interfered
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tempted
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embark
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solely
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supervision
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accomplished
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marshy
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amicable
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vigilant
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watchfulness
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| 警惕,留心; 警觉(性) | |
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reluctance
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chilly
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writhing
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| (因极度痛苦而)扭动或翻滚( writhe的现在分词 ) | |
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attire
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ragged
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posture
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sleepless
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confidential
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sluggishly
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scanty
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muffled
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discreetly
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followers
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overtures
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negotiation
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negotiations
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mutual
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courteous
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enjoyment
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schooner
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doles
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| 救济物( dole的名词复数 ); 失业救济金 | |
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prey
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secrecy
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expedient
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