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Chapter 7. The New World And The Old.
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The young American was soon ready for the expedition, but De Catinat lingered until the last possible minute. When at last he was able to tear himself away, he adjusted his cravat1, brushed his brilliant coat, and looked very critically over the sombre suit of his companion.
“Where got you those?” he asked.
“In New York, ere I left.”
“Hem! There is naught2 amiss with the cloth, and indeed the sombre colour is the mode, but the cut is strange to our eyes.”
“I only know that I wish that I had my fringed hunting tunic3 and leggings on once more.”
“This hat, now. We do not wear our brims flat like that. See if I cannot mend it.” He took the beaver4, and looping up one side of the brim, he fastened it with a golden brooch taken from his own shirt front. “There is a martial5 cock,” said he, laughing, “and would do credit to the King’s Own Musketeers. The black broad-cloth and silk hose will pass, but why have you not a sword at your side?”
“I carry a gun when I ride out.”
“Mon Dieu, you will be laid by the heels as a bandit!”
“I have a knife, too.”
“Worse and worse! Well, we must dispense7 with the sword, and with the gun too, I pray! Let me retie your cravat. So! Now if you are in the mood for a ten-mile gallop8, I am at your service.”
They were indeed a singular contrast as they walked their horses together through the narrow and crowded causeways of the Parisian streets. De Catinat, who was the older by five years, with his delicate small-featured face, his sharply trimmed moustache, his small but well-set and dainty figure, and his brilliant dress, looked the very type of the great nation to which he belonged.
His companion, however, large-limbed and strong, turning his bold and yet thoughtful face from side to side, and eagerly taking in all the strange, new life amidst which he found himself, was also a type, unfinished, it is true, but bidding fair to be the higher of the two. His close yellow hair, blue eyes, and heavy build showed that it was the blood of his father, rather than that of his mother, which ran in his
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cravat
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n.领巾,领结;v.使穿有领结的服装,使结领结 | |
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naught
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n.无,零 [=nought] | |
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tunic
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n.束腰外衣 | |
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beaver
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n.海狸,河狸 | |
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martial
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adj.战争的,军事的,尚武的,威武的 | |
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musket
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n.滑膛枪 | |
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dispense
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vt.分配,分发;配(药),发(药);实施 | |
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gallop
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veins
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wondrous
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eastward
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adv.向东;adj.向东的;n.东方,东部 | |
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caribou
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n.北美驯鹿 | |
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plunged
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shrugged
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vt.耸肩(shrug的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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fortresses
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堡垒,要塞( fortress的名词复数 ) | |
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chastised
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chestnut
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parable
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hurled
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v.猛投,用力掷( hurl的过去式和过去分词 );大声叫骂 | |
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bent
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zigzagged
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grassy
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adj.盖满草的;长满草的 | |
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nostrils
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鼻孔( nostril的名词复数 ) | |
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dilated
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bridle
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slur
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slaying
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galloped
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(使马)飞奔,奔驰( gallop的过去式和过去分词 ); 快速做[说]某事 | |
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shriek
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pelts
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admiration
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gorge
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gilding
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发出隆隆声,发出辘辘声( rumble的过去式和过去分词 ); 轰鸣着缓慢行进; 发现…的真相; 看穿(阴谋) | |
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haughty
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beckoned
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sweeping
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salute
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sneered
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讥笑,冷笑( sneer的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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withered
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adj. 枯萎的,干瘪的,(人身体的部分器官)因病萎缩的或未发育良好的 动词wither的过去式和过去分词形式 | |
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eyebrows
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眉毛( eyebrow的名词复数 ) | |
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lasting
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vindictive
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adj.有报仇心的,怀恨的,惩罚的 | |
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rattled
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慌乱的,恼火的 | |
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curtly
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dames
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n.(在英国)夫人(一种封号),夫人(爵士妻子的称号)( dame的名词复数 );女人 | |
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gateway
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n.大门口,出入口,途径,方法 | |
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gravel
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n.砂跞;砂砾层;结石 | |
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gaily
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groom
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