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CHAPTER XXIV. AFTER BREAKFAST AT HAP HOUSE.
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"I don't think he will," said Mr. Prendergast; and as he spoke1, Captain Donnellan's ear could detect that there was something approaching to sarcasm2 in the tone of the old man's voice. The Captain was quite sure that his friend would not be even at the heel of the hunt that day; and without further compunction proceeded to fasten his buckskin gloves round his wrists. The meet was so near to them, that they had both intended to ride their own hunters from the door; and the two nags3 were now being led up and down upon the gravel4.
But at this moment a terrible noise was heard to take place in the hall. There was a rush and crushing there which made even Mr. Prendergast to jump from his chair, and drove Captain Donnellan to forget his gloves and run to the door.
It was as though all the winds of heaven were being driven down the passage, and as though each separate wind was shod with heavy-heeled boots. Captain Donnellan ran to the door, and Mr. Prendergast with slower steps followed him. When it was opened, Owen was to be seen in the hall, apparently5 in a state of great excitement; and the gentleman whom he had lately asked to breakfast,—he was to be seen also, in a position of unmistakeable discomfort6. He was at that moment proceeding7, with the utmost violence, into a large round bed of bushes, which stood in the middle of the great sweep before the door of the house, his feet just touching8 the ground as he went; and then, having reached his bourne, he penetrated9 face foremost into the thicket10, and in an instant disappeared. He had been kicked out of the house. Owen Fitzgerald had taken him by the shoulders, with a run along the passage and hall, and having reached the door, had
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spoke
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n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说 | |
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n.不断地挑剔或批评(某人)( nag的名词复数 );不断地烦扰或伤害(某人);无休止地抱怨;不断指责v.不断地挑剔或批评(某人)( nag的第三人称单数 );不断地烦扰或伤害(某人);无休止地抱怨;不断指责 | |
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灌木( shrub的名词复数 ) | |
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acting
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succumb
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grooms
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knave
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discretion
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depreciate
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prospects
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proceedings
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nay
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adversary
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equity
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calamity
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aggravate
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accrue
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consonant
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solitude
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gore
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backwards
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cork
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trespass
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misanthrope
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seclusion
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doomed
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whoop
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gasp
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severed
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