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Chapter Nine
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Stumbling up the steps, as if suddenly exhausted1, Lena entered the room and let herself fall on the nearest chair. Before following her, Heyst took a survey of the surroundings from the veranda2. It was a complete solitude3. There was nothing in the aspect of this familiar scene to tell him that he and the girl were not completely alone as they had been in the early days of their common life on this abandoned spot, with only Wang discreetly4 materializing from time to time and the uncomplaining memory of Morrison to keep them company.
After the cold gust5 of wind there was an absolute stillness of the air. The thunder-charged mass hung unbroken beyond the low, ink-black headland, darkening the twilight6. By contrast, the sky at the zenith displayed pellucid7 clearness, the sheen of a delicate glass bubble which the merest movement of air might shatter. A little to the left, between the black masses of the headland and of the forest, the volcano, a feather of smoke by day and a cigar-glow at night, took its first fiery9 expanding breath of the evening. Above it a reddish star came out like an expelled spark from the fiery bosom10 of the earth, enchanted11 into permanency by the mysterious spell of frozen spaces.
In front of Heyst the forest, already full of the deepest shades, stood like a wall. But he lingered, watching its edge, especially where it ended at the line of bushes, masking the land end of the jetty. Since the girl had spoken of catching
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adj.极其疲惫的,精疲力尽的 | |
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catching
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bungalow
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degradation
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tablecloth
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obtrusive
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brute
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innocence
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n.美洲虎 | |
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physiologist
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resounded
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ambush
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vt.撒,驱散,散开;散布/播;vi.分散,消散 | |
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humiliation
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luring
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吸引,引诱(lure的现在分词形式) | |
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calumny
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n.诽谤,污蔑,中伤 | |
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insidious
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adj.阴险的,隐匿的,暗中为害的,(疾病)不知不觉之间加剧 | |
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adj.(声音)响亮的,尖锐的adj.(气味)刺激的adj.(思想)敏锐的,有洞察力的 | |
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adj.石头的,多石头的,冷酷的,无情的 | |
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beheld
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v.看,注视( behold的过去式和过去分词 );瞧;看呀;(叙述中用于引出某人意外的出现)哎哟 | |
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doorway
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proceeding
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gorilla
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propensity
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