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Chapter the Seventh.
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Determined1 at length to dispatch his packet to the General without delay, Colonel Everard approached the door of the apartment, in which, as was evident from the heavy breathing within, the prisoner Wildrake enjoyed a deep slumber2, under the influence of liquor at once and of fatigue3. In turning the key, the bolt, which was rather rusty4, made a resistance so noisy, as partly to attract the sleeper5’s attention, though not to awake him. Everard stood by his bedside, as he heard him mutter, “Is it morning already, jailor? — Why, you dog, an you had but a cast of humanity in you, you would qualify your vile7 news with a cup of sack; — hanging is sorry work, my masters — and sorrow’s dry.”
“Up, Wildrake — up, thou ill-omened dreamer,” said his friend, shaking him by the collar.
“Hands off!” answered the sleeper. —“I can climb a ladder without help, I trow.”— He then sate8 up in the bed, and opening his eyes, stared around him, and exclaimed, “Zounds! Mark, is it only thou? I thought it was all over with me — fetters9 were struck from my legs — rope drawn10 round my gullet — irons knocked off my hands — hempen11 cravat12 tucked on — all ready for a dance in the open element upon slight footing.”
“Truce with thy
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sleeper
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n.睡眠者,卧车,卧铺 | |
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v.拖,拉,拔出;adj.憔悴的,紧张的 | |
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hempen
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adj. 大麻制的, 大麻的 | |
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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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folly
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repose
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decency
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malignant
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n.古怪行为( eccentricity的名词复数 );反常;怪癖 | |
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tickling
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反馈,回授,自旋挠痒法 | |
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