Augusta's hand. Don't you see how desperately

she is struggling, poor thing?"



Strand dropped the hand as if it had been a

hot coal, blushed to the edge of his hair, and



made another profoundreverence. He was a

tall, huge-limbed youth, with a frame of



gigantic mold, and a large, blonde, shaggy head,

like that of some good-natured antediluvian



animal, which might feel the disadvantages of

its size amid the puny beings of this later stage



of creation. There was a frank directness in

his gaze, and an unconsciousness of self, which



made him very winning, and which could not

fail of its effect upon a girl who, like Augusta,



was fond of the uncommon, and hated smooth,

facile and well-tailored young men, with the



labels of society and fashion upon their coats,

their mustaches, and their speech. And Strand,



with his large sun-burned face, his wild-growing

beard, blue woolen shirt, top boots, and unkempt



appearance generally, was a sufficiently

startling phenomenon to satisfy even so exacting



a fancy as hers; for, after reading his book

about the Wading Birds, she had made up her



mind that he must have few points of resemblance

to the men who had hitherto formed part



of her own small world, although she had not

until now decided just in what way he was to



differ.

"Suppose I help you carry your knapsack,"



said Arnfinn, who was flitting about like a small

nimble spaniel trying to make friends with some



large, good-natured Newfoundland. "You must

be very tired, having roamed about in this



Quixotic fashion!"

"No, I thank you," responded Strand, with



an incredulous laugh, glancing alternately from

Arnfinn to the knapsack, as if estimating their



proportionate weight. "I am afraid you would

rue your bargain if I accepted it."



"I suppose you have a great many stuffed

birds at home," remarked the girl, looking



with self-forgetful admiration at the large

brawny figure.



"No, I have hardly any," answered he,

seating himself on the ground, and pulling a thick



note-book from his pocket. "I prefer live

creatures. Their anatomical and physiological



peculiarities have been studied by others, and

volumes have been written about them. It is



their psychological traits, ii you will allow the

expression, which interest me, and those I can



only get at while they are alive."

"How delightful!"



Some minutes later they were all on their way

to the Parsonage. The sun, in spite of its mid-



summer wakefulness, was getting red-eyed and

drowsy, and the purple mists which hung in



scattered fragments upon the forest below had

lost something of their deep-tinged brilliancy.



But Augusta, quite blind to the weakened light

effects, looked out upon the broad landscape in



ecstasy, and, appealing to her more apathetic

companions, invited them to share her joy at the



beauty of the faint-flushed summer night.

"You are getting quite dithyrambic, my



dear," remarked Arnfinn, with an air of cousinly

superiority, which he felt was eminently



becoming to him; and Augusta looked up with

quick surprise, then smiled in an absent way,



and forgot what she had been saying. She had

no suspicion but that her enthusiasm had been

• character [´kæriktə] n.特性；性质；人物；字 (初中英语单词)


• advantage [əd´vɑ:ntidʒ] n.优势；利益 (初中英语单词)


• series [´siəri:z] n.连续；系列；丛书 (初中英语单词)


• continuous [kən´tinjuəs] a.连续不断的；延长的 (初中英语单词)


• movement [´mu:vmənt] n.活动；运动；动作 (初中英语单词)


• breath [breθ] n.呼吸；气息 (初中英语单词)


• eagerly [´i:gəli] ad.渴望地，急切地 (初中英语单词)


• interruption [intə´rʌpʃ(ə)n] n.停止，中断 (初中英语单词)


• overhead [´əuvə,hed] ad.当头 a.在头上的 (初中英语单词)


• flutter [´flʌtə] vi.飘扬；摆 n.拍动 (初中英语单词)


• anxious [´æŋkʃəs] a.担忧的；渴望的 (初中英语单词)


• whistle [´wisəl] v.吹哨 n.口哨；汽笛 (初中英语单词)


• confusion [kən´fju:ʒən] n.混乱(状态)；骚乱 (初中英语单词)


• flight [flait] n.逃走；飞行；班机 (初中英语单词)


• salute [sə´lu:t] n.&v.招呼；行礼；敬礼 (初中英语单词)


• instant [´instənt] a.立即的 n.紧迫；瞬间 (初中英语单词)


• physical [´fizikəl] a.物质的；有形的 (初中英语单词)


• reflection [ri´flekʃən] n.反射；映象；想法 (初中英语单词)


• stream [stri:m] n.河 vi.流出；飘扬 (初中英语单词)


• excitement [ik´saitmənt] n.兴奋；骚动；煽动 (初中英语单词)


• neighborhood [´neibəhud] n.邻居；邻近；附近 (初中英语单词)


• pardon [´pɑ:dən] n.&vt.原谅；饶恕；赦免 (初中英语单词)


• firmly [´fə:mli] ad.坚固地，稳定地 (初中英语单词)


• impression [im´preʃən] n.印刷；印象；效果 (初中英语单词)


• unhappy [ʌn´hæpi] a.不幸的；不快乐的 (初中英语单词)


• presently [´prezəntli] ad.不久；目前 (初中英语单词)


• goodness [´gudnis] n.优良；美德；精华 (初中英语单词)


• creation [kri´eiʃən] n.创作；作品；创造 (初中英语单词)


• reading [´ri:diŋ] n.(阅)读；朗读；读物 (初中英语单词)


• bargain [´bɑ:gin] n.买卖合同 v.议(价) (初中英语单词)


• admiration [,ædmə´reiʃən] n.赞赏，钦佩 (初中英语单词)


• purple [´pə:pl] n.紫色 a.紫(红)的 (初中英语单词)


• absent [´æbsənt, əb´sent] a.不在的 vt.使缺席 (初中英语单词)


• suspicion [sə´spiʃən] n.怀(猜)疑；嫌疑 (初中英语单词)


• enthusiasm [in´θju:ziæzəm] n.热心；狂热；爱好 (初中英语单词)


• sensitive [´sensitiv] a.敏感的；感光的 (高中英语单词)


• inhabit [in´hæbit] vt.居住；栖息；住宅 (高中英语单词)


• mellow [´meləu] a.芳醇的 v.(使)成熟 (高中英语单词)


• thickly [´θikli] ad.厚厚地；密密地 (高中英语单词)


• singular [´siŋgjulə] a.单一的；非凡的 (高中英语单词)


• shrill [ʃril] a.(声音)尖锐的 (高中英语单词)


• response [ri´spɔns] n.回答；响应 (高中英语单词)


• transparent [træns´peərənt] a.透明的；显而易见的 (高中英语单词)


• sprung [sprʌŋ] spring的过去分词 (高中英语单词)


• seeing [si:iŋ] see的现在分词 n.视觉 (高中英语单词)


• awkward [´ɔ:kwəd] a.笨拙的；为难的 (高中英语单词)


• profound [prə´faund] a.深奥的；渊博的 (高中英语单词)


• reverence [´revərəns] n.尊敬；敬畏；尊严 (高中英语单词)


• phenomenon [fi´nɔminən] n.现象；奇迹；珍品 (高中英语单词)


• hitherto [,hiðə´tu:] ad.至今，迄今 (高中英语单词)


• decided [di´saidid] a.明显的；决定的 (高中英语单词)


• studied [´stʌdid] a.故意的；有计划的 (高中英语单词)


• landscape [´lændskeip] n.风景；景色；风景画 (高中英语单词)


• saying [´seiŋ, ´sei-iŋ] n.言语；言论；格言 (高中英语单词)


• naturalist [´nætʃərəlist] n.自然主义者 (英语四级单词)


• impatiently [im´peiʃəntli] ad.不耐烦地，急躁地 (英语四级单词)


• alluring [ə´ljuəriŋ] a.诱惑的；迷人的 (英语四级单词)


• cautious [´kɔ:ʃəs] a.小心的；谨慎的 (英语四级单词)


• wondrous [´wʌndrəs] a.极好的 ad.惊人地 (英语四级单词)


• perception [pə´sepʃən] n.感觉；概念；理解力 (英语四级单词)


• classical [´klæsikəl] a.经典的；传统的 (英语四级单词)


• vagrancy [´veigrənsi] n.漂泊，流浪 (英语四级单词)


• shaggy [´ʃægi] a.蓬乱的；多粗毛的 (英语四级单词)


• good-natured [´gud-´neitʃəd] a.脾气好的，温厚的 (英语四级单词)


• winning [´winiŋ] n.&a.胜利(的) (英语四级单词)


• uncommon [ʌn´kɔmən] a.非常的，非凡的，罕见的 (英语四级单词)


• woolen [´wulən] a.毛线的；毛织品的 (英语四级单词)


• trying [´traiiŋ] a.难堪的；费劲的 (英语四级单词)


• alternately [ɔ:l´tə:nitli] ad.交替地，轮流地 (英语四级单词)


• psychological [,saikə´lɔdʒikəl] a.心理学(上)的 (英语四级单词)


• familiarity [fə,mili´æriti] n.熟悉；新近；随便 (英语六级单词)


• plaintive [´pleintiv] a.表示哀怨(悲痛) (英语六级单词)


• departed [di´pɑ:tid] a.已往的；已故的 (英语六级单词)


• miraculous [mi´rækjuləs] a.非凡的；奇迹般的 (英语六级单词)


• vagrant [´veigrənt] n.流浪者 a.流浪的 (英语六级单词)


• extended [iks´tendid] a.伸长的；广大的 (英语六级单词)


• fitting [´fitiŋ] a.适当的 n.试衣 (英语六级单词)


• newfoundland [,nju:fənd´lænd] n.纽芬兰(岛) (英语六级单词)


• incredulous [in´kredjuləs] a.不(轻易)相信的 (英语六级单词)