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Chapter 25. A Boat Of The Dead.
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For two days the Golden Rod lay becalmed close to the Cape1 La Hague, with the Breton coast extending along the whole of the southern horizon. On the third morning, however, came a sharp breeze, and they drew rapidly away from land, until it was but a vague dim line which blended with the cloud banks. Out there on the wide free ocean, with the wind on their cheeks and the salt spray pringling upon their lips, these hunted folk might well throw off their sorrows and believe that they had left for ever behind them all tokens of those strenuous2 men whose earnest piety3 had done more harm than frivolity4 and wickedness could have accomplished5. And yet even now they could not shake off their traces, for the sin of the cottage is bounded by the cottage door, but that of the palace spreads its evil over land and sea.
“I am frightened about my father, Amory,” said Adele, as they stood together by the shrouds6 and looked back at the dim cloud upon the horizon which marked the position of that France which they were never to see again.
“But he is out of danger now.”
“Out of danger from cruel laws, but I fear that he will never see the promised land.”
“What do you mean, Adele? My uncle is hale and hearty8.”
“Ah, Amory, his very heart-roots were fastened in the Rue7 St. Martin, and when they were torn his life was torn also. Paris and his business, they were the world to him.”
“But he will accustom9 himself to this new life.”
“If it only could be so! But I fear, I fear, that he is over old for such a change. He says not a word of complaint. But I read upon his face that he is stricken to the heart. For hours together he will gaze back at France, with the tears running silently down his cheeks. And his hair has turned from gray to white within the week.”
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n.海角,岬;披肩,短披风 | |
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n.裹尸布( shroud的名词复数 );寿衣;遮蔽物;覆盖物v.隐瞒( shroud的第三人称单数 );保密 | |
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accustom
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swooped
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seaman
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bulwark
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sinister
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shrugged
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benediction
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anthem
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n.圣歌,赞美诗,颂歌 | |
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bellying
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鼓出部;鼓鼓囊囊 | |
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lanky
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seamen
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kindly
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twilight
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waned
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toiler
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辛劳者,勤劳者 | |
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scattered
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adj.分散的,稀疏的;散步的;疏疏落落的 | |
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