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CHAPTER XXXVII. THE LAST BLOW.
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On the morrow the sun rose radiantly in floods of gold and purple. Mexico was rejoicing. The city had resumed its festive1 air; it seemed to have returned to the bright days of calmness and tranquillity2: the whole population was in the streets; the motley crowd were hastening with shouts, songs, and laughter to the Paseo de Bucareli. Military bands, drums and fifes, could be heard playing in different directions. Staff officers, dressed in uniforms glistening3 with gold, and plumed4 hats, were galloping5 about to deliver orders. The troops left their barracks, and proceeded toward the Paseo, where they drew up on either side of the great avenue.
The artillery6 took up position in front of the equestrian7 statue of King Charles IV., whom the leperos insist on confounding with Fernando Cortez, and the cavalry8, only eleven hundred strong, were, drawn9 up on the Alameda. The leperos and boys took advantage of the occasion for rejoicing by discharging firecrackers and squibs between the legs of the loungers. At about ten a.m. loud shouts were heard rapidly drawing nearer the Paseo. The people were greeting the President of the Republic.
General Miramón came up in the midst of a brilliant staff. The expression on the President's face was a glad one, he seemed to be pleased with these shouts of "Long live Miramón!" uttered as he passed, and which proved to him that the people still loved him and were displaying, after their fashion, their gratitude10 for the heroic resolution he had formed of risking a final battle on the open field, instead of awaiting the enemy within the city. The general bowed smilingly to the right and left. When he reached the entrance of the Paseo, twenty pieces of artillery thundered
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festive
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adj.欢宴的,节日的 | |
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n. 平静, 安静 | |
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adj. 飞驰的, 急性的 动词gallop的现在分词形式 | |
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cavalry
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drawn
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gratitude
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heartily
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inspection
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smuggling
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scouts
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侦察员[机,舰]( scout的名词复数 ); 童子军; 搜索; 童子军成员 | |
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corps
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joyously
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ardor
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hurl
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infantry
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deserted
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shameful
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accomplished
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prodigy
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obstinacy
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fugitives
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resolutely
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entirely
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adversaries
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obstinately
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amazement
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passionately
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villain
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affected
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traitors
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