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Chapter 9 Of a Passage of Arms at the Blue Boar
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I had slept several hours when I was suddenly aroused by a prodigious1 crash, followed by the clash of arms and shrill2 cries from the lower floor. Springing to my feet I found that the bed upon which my comrade had lain was vacant, and that the door of the apartment was opened. As the uproar3 still continued, and as I seemed to discern his voice in the midst of it, I caught up my sword, and without waiting to put on either head-piece, steel-breast, or arm-plates, I hurried to the scene of the commotion4.
The hall and passage were filled with silly maids and staring drawers, attracted, like myself, by the uproar. Through these I pushed my way into the apartment where we had breakfasted in the morning, which was a scene of the wildest disorder5. The round table in the centre had been tilted6 over upon its side, and three broken bottles of wine, with apples, pears, nuts, and the fragments of the dishes containing them, were littered over the floor. A couple of packs of cards and a dice-box lay amongst the scattered8 feast. Close by the door stood Decimus Saxon, with his drawn9 rapier in his hand and a second one beneath his feet, while facing him there was a young officer in a blue uniform, whose face was reddened with shame and anger, and who looked wildly about the room as though in search of some weapon to replace that of which he had been deprived. He might have served Cibber or Gibbons as a model for a statue of impotent rage. Two other officers dressed in the same blue uniform stood by their comrade, and as I observed that they had laid their hands upon the hilts of their swords, I took my place by Saxon’s side, and stood ready to strike in should the occasion arise.
‘What would the maitre d’armes say — the maitre d’escrime?’ cried my companion. ‘Methinks he should lose his place for not teaching you to make a better show. Out on him! Is this the way that he teaches the officers of his Majesty’s guard to use their weapons?’
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prodigious
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adj.惊人的,奇妙的;异常的;巨大的;庞大的 | |
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n.骚动,喧嚣,鼎沸 | |
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commotion
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n.骚动,动乱 | |
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deference
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upwards
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antagonist
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disarm
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v.解除武装,回复平常的编制,缓和 | |
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sheathed
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adj.雕塑像下半身包在鞘中的;覆盖的;铠装的;装鞘了的v.将(刀、剑等)插入鞘( sheathe的过去式和过去分词 );包,覆盖 | |
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flask
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flasks
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tavern
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n.小旅馆,客栈;小酒店 | |
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brawl
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n.大声争吵,喧嚷;v.吵架,对骂 | |
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jack
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wields
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手持着使用(武器、工具等)( wield的第三人称单数 ); 具有; 运用(权力); 施加(影响) | |
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discoursing
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演说(discourse的现在分词形式) | |
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regiments
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braggadocio
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continental
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vouch
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dungeon
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rogue
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honorarium
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cavalry
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expounded
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论述,详细讲解( expound的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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foretold
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v.预言,预示( foretell的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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attain
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vt.达到,获得,完成 | |
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baton
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n.乐队用指挥杖 | |
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slain
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杀死,宰杀,杀戮( slay的过去分词 ); (slay的过去分词) | |
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brute
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foundered
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heartily
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disarmed
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v.裁军( disarm的过去式和过去分词 );使息怒 | |
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militia
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n.民兵,民兵组织 | |
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muster
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smacking
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活泼的,发出响声的,精力充沛的 | |
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dealing
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n.经商方法,待人态度 | |
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slumber
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rattle
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shafts
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albeit
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变为深红色(crimson的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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rogues
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pouch
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ordained
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fray
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