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Chapter 6
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One Man, the Mule1 ?and Another
Two men, apparently2 relaxed and entirely3 at ease, poles apart physically4 ?with every nerve that served as emotional detector5 quivering tensely.
The Mule, for the first time in long years, had insufficient6 surety of his own way. Channis knew that, though he could protect himself for the moment, it was an effort ?and that the attack upon him was none such for his opponent. In a test of endurance, Channis knew he would lose.
But it was deadly to think of that. To give away to the Mule an emotional weakness would be to hand him a weapon. There was already that glimpse of something ?a winner's something ?in the Mule's mind.
To gain time?
Why did the others delay? Was that the source of the Mule's confidence? What did his opponent know that he didn't? The mind he watched told nothing. If only he could read ideas. And yet?
Channis braked his own mental whirling roughly. There was only that; to gain time?
Channis said: "Since it is decided8, and not denied by myself after our little duel9 over Pritcher, that I am a Second Foundationer, suppose you tell me why I came to Tazenda."
"Oh, no," and the Mule laughed, with high-pitched confidence, "I am not Pritcher. I need make no explanations to you. You had what you thought were reasons. Whatever they were, your actions suited me, and so I inquire no further."
"Yet there must be such gaps in your conception of the story. Is Tazenda the Second Foundation you expected to find? Pritcher spoke10 much of your other attempt at finding it, and of your psychologist tool, Ebling Mis. He
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decadent
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mechanism
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compassion
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n.同情,怜悯 | |
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everlasting
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triumphant
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n.剧痛,悲痛,苦闷 | |
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numbing
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n.防御,保卫;[pl.]防务工事;辩护,答辩 | |
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grotesque
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adj.怪诞的,丑陋的;n.怪诞的图案,怪人(物) | |
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agile
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acquiescence
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thoroughly
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futilely
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futile(无用的)的变形; 干 | |
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a.暗示的,含蓄的,不明晰的,绝对的 | |
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paranoia
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mules
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