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CHAPTER L THE EYES OF THE DEAD
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AS I knelt with the dead woman’s hands in one of mine and the other over her eyes, I seemed to be floating high up in the air; and with amazing vision to see all round for a great distance. The fog still hung thick over the water. Around, the vast of the air and the depths of the sea were as open as though sunshine was on them and I was merely looking through bright water. In the general panorama2 of things, so far as the eye could range, all lay open. The ships on the sea, and the floor under it; the iron-bound coast, and the far-lying uplands were all as though marked on a picture chart. Far away on the horizon were several craft, small and large. A few miles out was a ship of war; and to the north of her but much closer in shore lay a graceful3 yacht, slowly moving with the tide and under shortened sail. The war ship was all alert; on every top, and wherever there was a chance of seeing anything, was the head of a man on the look-out. The search-light was on, and sea and sky were lit alternately with its revolving4 rays. But that which drew my eyes, as the magnet draws the iron, was a clumsily rigged ship close in shore, seemingly only a few hundred yards beyond the Dunbuy Rock. She was a whaler I knew, for on her deck were the great boats for use in rough seas, and the furnace where the blubber was melted. With unconscious movement, as[424] though my soul were winged as a bird, I hung poised5 over this vessel6. It was strange indeed, but she seemed all as though composed of crystal; I could see through her, and down into the deep below her where her shadow lay, till my eyes rested on the patches of bare sand or the masses of giant seaweed which swayed with the tide above the rocks on which it grew. In and out amongst the seaweed the fishes darted7, and the flower-like limpets moved ceaselessly outside their shells on the rocks. I could even see the streaks8 on the water which wind and current invariably leave on their course. Within the ship, all was clear as though I were looking into a child’s toy-house; but a toy-house
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mere
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panorama
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graceful
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revolving
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| adj.旋转的,轮转式的;循环的v.(使)旋转( revolve的现在分词 );细想 | |
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poised
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vessel
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| n.船舶;容器,器皿;管,导管,血管 | |
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darted
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| n.(与周围有所不同的)条纹( streak的名词复数 );(通常指不好的)特征(倾向);(不断经历成功或失败的)一段时期v.快速移动( streak的第三人称单数 );使布满条纹 | |
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wrought
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dual
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dire
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scrutiny
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| n.详细检查,仔细观察 | |
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monstrous
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bunk
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| n.(车、船等倚壁而设的)铺位;废话 | |
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wan
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| (wide area network)广域网 | |
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nostrils
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| 鼻孔( nostril的名词复数 ) | |
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streaked
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| adj.有条斑纹的,不安的v.快速移动( streak的过去式和过去分词 );使布满条纹 | |
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chronometer
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| n.精密的计时器 | |
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vindictiveness
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| 恶毒;怀恨在心 | |
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mechanism
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hideous
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repulsive
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gale
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| n.大风,强风,一阵闹声(尤指笑声等) | |
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| v.除去( obliterate的过去式和过去分词 );涂去;擦掉;彻底破坏或毁灭 | |
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retired
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| 怒视,生气地皱眉( scowl的现在分词 ) | |
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wondrous
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opaque
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frantic
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| n.(尤指心灵上的)极度痛苦,烦恼 | |
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phantom
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| n.幻影,虚位,幽灵;adj.错觉的,幻影的,幽灵的 | |
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lone
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underlying
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| adj.在下面的,含蓄的,潜在的 | |
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reverently
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blessing
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| n.祈神赐福;祷告;祝福,祝愿 | |
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haven
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stark
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procure
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groaned
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dagger
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naval
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chivalry
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| n.骑士气概,侠义;(男人)对女人彬彬有礼,献殷勤 | |
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sanity
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descend
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| adj.(声音)被隔的;听不太清的;(衣服)裹严的;蒙住的v.压抑,捂住( muffle的过去式和过去分词 );用厚厚的衣帽包着(自己) | |
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resolutely
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| 大山洞,大洞穴( cavern的名词复数 ) | |
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