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II. THE SECRETS OF THE SWAMP.
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However hard and fast the door of the Swamp may be locked at night, however tightly it may be shut, it opens quickly enough to whomsoever carries the key. There is no creaking of its vast and heavy hinges; there is not the faintest flutter of a leaf, nor the softest whisper of a blade of grass. That is the bargain the bearer of the key must make:—
That which moves, let it swiftly pass.
Else the Swamp will never reveal itself. The sound of one alien footfall is enough. It is the signal for each secret to hide itself, and for all the mysteries to vanish into mystery. The Swamp calls them all in, covers them as with a mantle3, and puts on its every-day disguise,—the disguise that the eyes of few mortals have ever penetrated4. But those who stand by the bargain[39] that all key-bearers must make—whether they go on two legs or on four, whether they fly or crawl or creep or swim—find the Swamp more friendly. There is no disguise anywhere. The secrets come swarming6 forth7 from all possible or impossible places; and the mysteries, led by their torch-bearer Jack-o'-the-Lantern, glide8 through the tall canes9 and move about among the tall trees.
The unfathomable blackness of night never sets foot here. It is an alien and is shut out. And this is one of the mysteries. If, when the door of the Swamp is opened to a key-bearer the black night seems to have crept in, wait a moment,—have patience. It is a delusion12. Underneath13 this leafy covering, in the midst of this dense
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kin
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n.家族,亲属,血缘关系;adj.亲属关系的,同类的 | |
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delusion
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underneath
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dense
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falcon
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quagmire
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plunge
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grunted
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crooked
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laggard
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dwarf
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circumference
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demon
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uproar
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squealing
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prone
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spoke
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tusks
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ominously
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foaming
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grunts
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hog
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frankly
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crutches
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queried
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bridle
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glimmered
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superstitious
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