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Chapter XXXI
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Saturday, 24th (?) June.
My Dear Colvin — Yesterday morning, after a day of absolute temperance, I awoke to the worst headache I had had yet. Accordingly, temperance was said farewell to, quinine instituted, and I believe my pains are soon to be over. We wait, with a kind of sighing impatience1, for war to be declared, or to blow finally off, living in the meanwhile in a kind of children’s hour of firelight and shadow and preposterous3 tales; the king seen at night galloping4 up our road upon unknown errands and covering his face as he passes our cook; Mataafa daily surrounded (when he awakes) with fresh ‘white man’s boxes’ (query, ammunition5?) and professing6 to be quite ignorant of where they come from; marches of bodies of men across the island; concealment7 of ditto in the bush; the coming on and off of different chiefs; and such a mass of ravelment and rag-tag as the devil himself could not unwind.
Wednesday, 28th June.
Yesterday it rained with but little intermission, but I was jealous of news. Graham and I got into the saddle about 1 o’clock and off down to town. In town, there was nothing but rumours8 going; in the night drums had been beat, the men had run to arms on Mulinuu from as far as Vaiala, and the alarm proved false. There were no signs of any gathering9 in Apia proper, and the Secretary of State had no news to give. I believed him, too, for we are brither Scots. Then the temptation came upon me strong to go on to the ford10 and see the Mataafa villages, where we heard there was more afoot. Off we rode. When we came to Vaimusu, the houses were very full of men, but all seemingly unarmed. Immediately beyond is that river over which we passed in our
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impatience
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preposterous
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ammunition
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| 声称( profess的现在分词 ); 宣称; 公开表明; 信奉 | |
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concealment
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rumours
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gathering
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Ford
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scamper
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jersey
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picket
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truce
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overflowed
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alacrity
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thronged
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orator
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knoll
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exulting
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tattooed
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caper
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savage
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aboriginal
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luncheon
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shrill
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| int.唉(表示悲伤、忧愁、恐惧等) | |
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deserted
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incapable
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capering
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starry
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| adj.星光照耀的, 闪亮的 | |
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truculent
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sullen
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trump
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countenance
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shareholders
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bowels
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stupor
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bloody
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pastor
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consternation
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costly
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vengeance
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scattered
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liking
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disarmed
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deceptions
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| 欺骗( deception的名词复数 ); 骗术,诡计 | |
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consuls
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| 领事( consul的名词复数 ); (古罗马共和国时期)执政官 (古罗马共和国及其军队的最高首长,同时共有两位,每年选举一次) | |
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scampering
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