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CHAPTER V THE MYSTERY OF THE SEA
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I DO not remember what woke me. I have a vague idea that it was a voice, but whether outside the house or within myself I know not.
It was eleven o’clock by my watch when I left the Kilmarnock Arms and took my way across the sandhills, heading for the Hawklaw which stood out boldly in the brilliant moonlight. I followed the devious1 sheep track amongst the dunes2 covered with wet bent3-grass, every now and again stumbling amongst the rabbit burrows4 which in those days honeycombed the sandhills of Cruden Bay. At last I came to the Hawklaw, and, climbing the steep terraced edge near the sea, sat on the top to breathe myself after the climb.
The scene was one of exquisite5 beauty. Its natural loveliness was enhanced by the softness of the full yellow moonlight which seemed to flood the heavens and the earth alike. To the south-east the bleak6 promontory7 of Whinnyfold stood out stark8 and black as velvet9 and the rocks of the Skares were like black dots in the quivering sea of gold. I arose and went on my way. The tide was far out and as I stumbled along the rude path above the waste of boulders10 I had a feeling that I should be late. I hurried on, crossed the little rill which usually only trickled11 down beside the fishers’ zigzag12 path at the back of Whinnyfold but which was now a rushing stream—again the noise of falling water, the voice of the Lammas[33] floods—and took the cart track which ran hard by the cliff down to the point which looked direct upon the Skares.
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devious
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| adj.不坦率的,狡猾的;迂回的,曲折的 | |
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burrows
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bleak
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boulders
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fangs
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bulwark
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doom
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mammoth
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| n.长毛象;adj.长毛象似的,巨大的 | |
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bide
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frantically
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momentum
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plunged
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exhausted
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unnaturally
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transformation
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teemed
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determined
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distress
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veins
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| n.纹理;矿脉( vein的名词复数 );静脉;叶脉;纹理 | |
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myriad
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| adj.无数的;n.无数,极大数量 | |
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sentient
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| adj.有知觉的,知悉的;adv.有感觉能力地 | |
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utterance
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sentience
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abreast
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| adv.并排地;跟上(时代)的步伐,与…并进地 | |
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antagonism
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mightier
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stony
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rustle
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swirling
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susceptible
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portent
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| n.预兆;恶兆;怪事 | |
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rippled
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| 使泛起涟漪(ripple的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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glistening
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| adj.闪耀的,反光的v.湿物闪耀,闪亮( glisten的现在分词 ) | |
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persistent
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| adj.坚持不懈的,执意的;持续的 | |
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thoroughly
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prevailing
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misty
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phantom
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accurately
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foam
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cleft
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attire
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savages
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| 未开化的人,野蛮人( savage的名词复数 ) | |
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aquiline
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haughty
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indifference
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seamen
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stature
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footpath
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acquiescence
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waning
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