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Chapter 12 The Man with the Squint
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The sermon which was to indict1 by name the sinners was not preached in the kirk of Woodilee the next Sabbath.
For the day after his return from Kirk Aller a post reached the manse from the Pleasance of Edinburgh which in an hour set David on his horse riding hard for the capital. There was plague in the city, and his father was sick of it. It was the plague in a new form, for death did not come quickly; the patient lay for days in a high fever, afflicted2 with violent headaches and shiverings, and a contraction3 of muscles and nerves, and then, in nine cases out of ten, passed into a rigor5 which meant death. There was no eruption6 on the bodies, and the physicians were at a loss in the matter of treatment. But it was scarcely less deadly than the older visitations, and the dead-bell rang hourly, and the dead-cart rumbled7 day and night on the cobbles.
David found the old man conscious, but very clear that he was near his end. The family doctor had bled him copiously8, applied9 leeches10 to his head, and brought a horrid11 regiment12 of drugs and vomitories. The son pled with his father to receive them patiently. “God works by means,” he told him, “as Christ cured the blind man with clay and spittle, and what remedy could be more rude than these?”
“Aye, but it was the Lord that laid them on, Davie,” said the patient, “and no an
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1 indict | |
v.起诉,控告,指控 | |
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使受痛苦,折磨( afflict的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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n.缩略词,缩写式,害病 | |
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4 ass | |
n.驴;傻瓜,蠢笨的人 | |
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5 rigor | |
n.严酷,严格,严厉 | |
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6 eruption | |
n.火山爆发;(战争等)爆发;(疾病等)发作 | |
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7 rumbled | |
发出隆隆声,发出辘辘声( rumble的过去式和过去分词 ); 轰鸣着缓慢行进; 发现…的真相; 看穿(阴谋) | |
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8 copiously | |
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9 applied | |
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10 leeches | |
n.水蛭( leech的名词复数 );蚂蟥;榨取他人脂膏者;医生 | |
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11 horrid | |
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12 regiment | |
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13 auld | |
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14 kin | |
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15 smothering | |
(使)窒息, (使)透不过气( smother的现在分词 ); 覆盖; 忍住; 抑制 | |
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16 moth | |
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17 drench | |
v.使淋透,使湿透 | |
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18 ailing | |
v.生病 | |
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19 lodged | |
v.存放( lodge的过去式和过去分词 );暂住;埋入;(权利、权威等)归属 | |
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20 scriptures | |
经文,圣典( scripture的名词复数 ); 经典 | |
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21 blithe | |
adj.快乐的,无忧无虑的 | |
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22 ministry | |
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23 humble | |
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24 bequests | |
n.遗赠( bequest的名词复数 );遗产,遗赠物 | |
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25 possessed | |
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26 corrupt | |
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27 prey | |
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28 rumour | |
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29 conqueror | |
n.征服者,胜利者 | |
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30 largesse | |
n.慷慨援助,施舍 | |
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31 submission | |
n.服从,投降;温顺,谦虚;提出 | |
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32 delegation | |
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33 imprisoned | |
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34 pallid | |
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35 covenant | |
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36 victorious | |
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37 primrose | |
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38 groaned | |
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39 wrath | |
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40 miserable | |
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41 groom | |
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42 manifesto | |
n.宣言,声明 | |
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43 coerced | |
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44 obedience | |
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45 timorous | |
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46 repudiated | |
v.(正式地)否认( repudiate的过去式和过去分词 );拒绝接受;拒绝与…往来;拒不履行(法律义务) | |
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47 forth | |
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48 wrought | |
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49 overthrow | |
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50 bloody | |
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51 perplexed | |
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52 pestilence | |
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53 allotted | |
分配,拨给,摊派( allot的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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54 Christian | |
adj.基督教徒的;n.基督教徒 | |
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55 veins | |
n.纹理;矿脉( vein的名词复数 );静脉;叶脉;纹理 | |
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56 brew | |
v.酿造,调制 | |
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57 rumours | |
n.传闻( rumour的名词复数 );风闻;谣言;谣传 | |
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58 bestial | |
adj.残忍的;野蛮的 | |
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59 convoy | |
vt.护送,护卫,护航;n.护送;护送队 | |
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60 kindly | |
adj.和蔼的,温和的,爽快的;adv.温和地,亲切地 | |
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61 rib | |
n.肋骨,肋状物 | |
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62 seduced | |
诱奸( seduce的过去式和过去分词 ); 勾引; 诱使堕落; 使入迷 | |
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63 dwelling | |
n.住宅,住所,寓所 | |
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64 descended | |
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65 muffled | |
adj.(声音)被隔的;听不太清的;(衣服)裹严的;蒙住的v.压抑,捂住( muffle的过去式和过去分词 );用厚厚的衣帽包着(自己) | |
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66 insistent | |
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67 trepidation | |
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68 haze | |
n.霾,烟雾;懵懂,迷糊;vi.(over)变模糊 | |
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69 standing | |
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的 | |
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70 fatigue | |
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71 mired | |
abbr.microreciprocal degree 迈尔德(色温单位)v.深陷( mire的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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72 chamber | |
n.房间,寝室;会议厅;议院;会所 | |
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73 faction | |
n.宗派,小集团;派别;派系斗争 | |
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74 thereby | |
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75 consorted | |
v.结伴( consort的过去式和过去分词 );交往;相称;调和 | |
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76 utterly | |
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77 scattered | |
adj.分散的,稀疏的;散步的;疏疏落落的 | |
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78 fugitive | |
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79 highland | |
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80 impede | |
v.妨碍,阻碍,阻止 | |
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81 gallows | |
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82 fend | |
v.照料(自己),(自己)谋生,挡开,避开 | |
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83 drawn | |
v.拖,拉,拔出;adj.憔悴的,紧张的 | |
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84 beseech | |
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85 nay | |
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86 longing | |
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87 drooped | |
弯曲或下垂,发蔫( droop的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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88 bolster | |
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89 squint | |
v. 使变斜视眼, 斜视, 眯眼看, 偏移, 窥视; n. 斜视, 斜孔小窗; adj. 斜视的, 斜的 | |
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90 wailed | |
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91 malignant | |
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92 curtly | |
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94 slit | |
n.狭长的切口;裂缝;vt.切开,撕裂 | |
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95 bruised | |
[医]青肿的,瘀紫的 | |
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96 sufficiently | |
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97 bide | |
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98 gruel | |
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99 consternation | |
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100 inclination | |
n.倾斜;点头;弯腰;斜坡;倾度;倾向;爱好 | |
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101 constrain | |
vt.限制,约束;克制,抑制 | |
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102 avenger | |
n. 复仇者 | |
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103 glower | |
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104 brazen | |
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105 estrangement | |
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