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Mrs. Edis and Julia slept at Government House, but rose early and returned to Nevis by the sail-boat that carried merchandise between the islands, and, now and then, an uncomfortable passenger. Its sails, twice too big and heavy, ever menaced an upset, and fulfilled expectations at least once a year. Mrs. Edis, steadying herself with her stick, took no notice of the plunging2 craft, or the glory of the morning. The sapphire3 blue of the Caribbean Sea looked the half of a pulsing world; the other half, the deep, hot, cloudless sky. Nevis, fringed with palms and cocoanuts, banana and lemon trees, glittering and rigid4, drooping5 and dim, rose, where it faced St. Kitts, with a bare road at its base, but spread out a train on its farther side to accommodate the little capital of Charles Town and the ruin of Bath House. In this month of March the long slopes of the old volcano were green even on the deserted6 estates. Here and there was an isolated7 field of cane8. The wreckage9 of stone walls, all that was left of the “Great Houses,” broke its expanse; or the spire10 of a church, surrounded by trees and crumbling11 tombs. High above, a regiment12 of black trees stood on guard about the crater13; their rigor
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deserted
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| adj.荒芜的,荒废的,无人的,被遗弃的 | |
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misty
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chattering
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gaudiest
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fervor
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remarkable
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lore
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swirling
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primal
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finesse
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prospects
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innocence
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pony
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bonnet
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cavalcade
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drowsy
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grove
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shrubs
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crevice
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remains
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laborers
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possessed
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frugal
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improvident
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scarlet
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awakened
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dint
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chastisement
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scramble
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| v.急切而含混不清地说( jabber的现在分词 );急促兴奋地说话;结结巴巴 | |
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linen
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| n.亚麻布,亚麻线,亚麻制品;adj.亚麻布制的,亚麻的 | |
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majesty
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murky
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| (使某人)窒息而死( suffocate的过去式和过去分词 ); (将某人)闷死; 让人感觉闷热; 憋气 | |
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survivor
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conspired
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| 密谋( conspire的过去式和过去分词 ); 搞阴谋; (事件等)巧合; 共同导致 | |
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| (使)偏斜, (使)偏离, (使)转向( deflect的现在分词 ) | |
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