Grit or The Young Boatman of Pine Point
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CHAPTER 12. GRIT'S MISFORTUNE.

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 The next morning Grit1 came down to breakfast nearly an hour later than usual. It might have been because he was unusually fatigued2, or it may have been on account of his slumbers3 having been interrupted. When he came down-stairs, he looked at the clock, and realized that he had overslept himself.
 
"I am nearly an hour late, mother," he said. "Why didn't you call me?"
 
"I thought you were tired, Grit, and needed sleep."
 
"Where is Mr. Brandon? I suppose he has not got up!"
 
"Yes, he has had his breakfast and gone out."
 
"He is in a great hurry to spend my ten cents," said Grit, laughing.
 
"What do you mean, Grit?"
 
"I had a visit from him last night," Grit explained. "He rummaged4 my pockets, and was successful in finding a dime5."
 
"Is it possible?"
 
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"Why should you be surprised, mother? I was not."
 
"Did he say anything to you?"
 
"Yes; he has found out somehow about the sixty dollars, and he asked me to give it to him."
 
"Oh, Grit, I am afraid there will be trouble," said Mrs. Brandon anxiously. "He won't rest till he gets the money."
 
"Then he won't rest at all," said Grit firmly.
 
"I am afraid you will have to give it to him, Grit."
 
"Not if I know what I am about. No, mother, the money is safe, where he won't find it. I won't tell you, for he might annoy you till you told him."
 
"No, Grit; don't tell me. I would rather not know. How happy we were before he came, and how rich we should feel if this money had come to you before Mr. Brandon came home!"
 
"That is true, mother. It's a shame that he should come home to give us so much trouble."

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1 grit LlMyH     
n.沙粒，决心，勇气；v.下定决心，咬紧牙关
参考例句：
  • The soldiers showed that they had plenty of grit. 士兵们表现得很有勇气。
  • I've got some grit in my shoe.我的鞋子里弄进了一些砂子。
2 fatigued fatigued     
adj. 疲乏的
参考例句：
  • The exercises fatigued her. 操练使她感到很疲乏。
  • The President smiled, with fatigued tolerance for a minor person's naivety. 总统笑了笑，疲惫地表现出对一个下级人员的天真想法的宽容。
3 slumbers bc73f889820149a9ed406911856c4ce2     
睡眠，安眠( slumber的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • His image traversed constantly her restless slumbers. 他的形象一再闯进她的脑海，弄得她不能安睡。
  • My Titan brother slumbers deep inside his mountain prison. Go. 我的泰坦兄弟就被囚禁在山脉的深处。
4 rummaged c663802f2e8e229431fff6cdb444b548     
翻找，搜寻( rummage的过去式和过去分词 )； 已经海关检查
参考例句：
  • I rummaged through all the boxes but still could not find it. 几个箱子都翻腾遍了也没有找到。
  • The customs officers rummaged the ship suspected to have contraband goods. 海关人员仔细搜查了一艘有走私嫌疑的海轮。
5 dime SuQxv     
n.（指美国、加拿大的钱币）一角
参考例句：
  • A dime is a tenth of a dollar.一角银币是十分之一美元。
  • The liberty torch is on the back of the dime.自由火炬在一角硬币的反面。
6 mortgage k6Sz2     
n.抵押，抵押贷款；vt.抵押
参考例句：
  • He's having a lot of trouble paying his mortgage every month.他付每月的抵押借款利息有很大的困难。
  • The bank refused to accept any mortgage on land.银行拒绝接受任何土地抵押。

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