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Chapter the Thirty-First.
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“Were my son William here but now,
He wadna fail the pledge.”
Wi’ that in at the door there ran
A ghastly-looking page —
“I saw them, master, O! I saw,
Beneath the thornie brae,
Of black-mail’d warriors1 many a rank;
‘Revenge!’ he cried, ‘and gae.’”
HENRY MACKENZIE.
The little party at the Lodge2 were assembled at supper, at the early hour of eight o’clock. Sir Henry Lee, neglecting the food that was placed on the table, stood by a lamp on the chimney-piece, and read a letter with mournful attention.
“Does my son write to you more particularly than to me, Doctor Rochecliffe?” said the knight3. “He only says here, that he will return probably this night; and that Master Kerneguy must be ready to set off with him instantly. What can this haste mean? Have you heard of any new search after our suffering party? I wish they would permit me to enjoy my son’s company in quiet but for a day.”
“The quiet which depends on the wicked ceasing from troubling,” said Dr. Rochecliffe, “is connected, not by days and hours, but by minutes. Their glut4 of blood at Worcester had satiated them for a moment, but their appetite, I fancy, has revived.”
“You have news, then, to that purpose?” said Sir Henry.
“Your son,” replied the Doctor, “wrote to me by the same messenger: he seldom fails to do so, being aware of what importance it is that I should know every thing that passes. Means of escape are provided on the coast, and Master Kerneguy must be ready to start with your son the instant he appears.”
“It is strange,” said the knight; “for forty years I have dwelt in this house, man and boy, and the point only was how to make the day pass over our heads; for if I did not scheme out some hunting match or hawking6, or the like, I might have sat here on my arm-chair, as undisturbed as a sleeping dormouse, from one end of the year to the other; and now I am more like a hare on her form, that dare not sleep unless with her eyes open, and
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warriors
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武士,勇士,战士( warrior的名词复数 ) | |
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lodge
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hawking
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steward
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monarch
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asylum
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tithe
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goblet
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knave
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utterance
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peculiarities
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motive
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gratitude
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rascal
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countenance
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kennel
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pate
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presage
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astonishment
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预测( projection的名词复数 ); 投影; 投掷; 突起物 | |
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groan
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poltroon
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mischief
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bugle
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n.军号,号角,喇叭;v.吹号,吹号召集 | |
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appeasing
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安抚,抚慰( appease的现在分词 ); 绥靖(满足另一国的要求以避免战争) | |
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ministry
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intrigue
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brawl
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thicket
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