none of Captain Dalgetty's habits to employ his mouth in talking,

while it could be more profitably occupied. Sir Duncan was



absolutely silent, and the lady and churchman only occasionally

exchanged a few words, spoken low, and indistinctly.



But, when the dishes were removed, and their place supplied by

liquors of various sorts, Captain Dalgetty no longer had,



himself, the same weighty reasons for silence, and began to tire

of that of the rest of the company. He commenced a new attack



upon his landlord, upon the former ground.

"Touching that round monticle, or hill, or eminence, termed



Drumsnab, I would be proud to hold some dialogue with you, Sir

Duncan, on the nature of the sconce to be there constructed; and



whether the angles thereof should be acute or obtuse--anent whilk

I have heard the great Velt-Mareschal Bannier hold a learned



argument with General Tiefenbach during a still-stand of arms."

"Captain Dalgetty," answered Sir Duncan very dryly, "it is not



our Highland usage to debate military points with strangers.

This castle is like to hold out against a stronger enemy than any



force which the unfortunate gentlemen we left at Darnlinvarach

are able to bring against it."



A deep sigh from the lady accompanied the conclusion of her

husband's speech, which seemed to remind her of some painful



circumstance.

"He who gave," said the clergyman, addressing her in a solemn



tone, "hath taken away. May you, honourable lady, be long

enabled to say, Blessed be his name!"



To this exhortation, which seemed intended for her sole behoof,

the lady answered by an inclination of her head, more humble than



Captain Dalgetty had yet observed her make. Supposing he should

now find her in a more conversible humour, he proceeded to accost



her.

"It is indubitably very natural that your ladyship should be



downcast at the mention of military preparations, whilk I have

observed to spread perturbation among women of all nations, and



almost all conditions. Nevertheless, Penthesilea, in ancient

times, and also Joan of Arc, and others, were of a different



kidney. And, as I have learned while I served the Spaniard, the

Duke of Alva in former times had the leaguer-lasses who followed



his camp marshalled into TERTIAS (whilk me call regiments), and

officered and commanded by those of their own feminine gender,



and regulated by a commander-in chief, called in German

Hureweibler, or, as we would say vernacularly, Captain of the



Queans. True it is, they were persons not to be named as

parallel to your ladyship, being such QUAE QUAESTUM CORPORIBUS



FACIEBANT, as we said of Jean Drochiels at Mareschal-College; the

same whom the French term CURTISANNES, and we in Scottish--"



"The lady will spare you the trouble of further exposition,

Captain Dalgetty," said his host, somewhat sternly; to which the



clergyman added, "that such discourse better befitted a watch-

tower guarded by profane soldiery than the board of an honourable



person, and the presence of a lady of quality."

"Craving your pardon, Dominie, or Doctor, AUT QUOCUNQUE ALIO



NOMINE GAUDES, for I would have you to know I have studied polite

letters," said the unabashed envoy, filling a great cup of wine,



"I see no ground for your reproof, seeing I did not speak of

those TURPES PERSONAE, as if their occupation or character was a



proper subject of conversation for this lady's presence, but

simply PAR ACCIDENS, as illustrating the matter in hand, namely,



their natural courage and audacity, much enhanced, doubtless, by

the desperate circumstances of their condition."



"Captain Dalgetty," said Sir Duncan Campbell, "to break short

this discourse, I must acquaint you, that I have some business to



dispatch to-night, in order to enable me to ride with you to-

morrow towards Inverary; and therefore--"

• countenance [´kauntinəns] n.面部表情；脸色；面容 (初中英语单词)


• advise [əd´vaiz] vt.忠告；建议；通知 (初中英语单词)


• accordingly [ə´kɔ:diŋli] ad.因此；从而；依照 (初中英语单词)


• thence [ðens] ad.从那里；因此 (初中英语单词)


• sensible [´sensəbəl] a.感觉得到的 (初中英语单词)


• partly [´pɑ:tli] ad.部分地；不完全地 (初中英语单词)


• pointed [´pɔintid] a.尖(锐)的；中肯的 (初中英语单词)


• cannon [´kænən] n.大炮 (初中英语单词)


• invention [in´venʃən] n.创造；发明；虚构 (初中英语单词)


• prince [´prins] n.王子；亲王；君主 (初中英语单词)


• suffering [´sʌfəriŋ] n.痛苦；灾害 (初中英语单词)


• intention [in´tenʃən] n.意图；打算；意义 (初中英语单词)


• armour [´ɑ:mə] (=armor) n.甲胄，盔甲 (初中英语单词)


• injury [´indʒəri] n.伤害；毁坏；侮辱 (初中英语单词)


• sustain [sə´stein] vt.支撑；蒙受；确认 (初中英语单词)


• construct [kən´strʌkt] vt.建造；构(词)；造句 (初中英语单词)


• apartment [ə´pɑ:tmənt] n.一套房间 (初中英语单词)


• banner [´bænə] n.旗(帜)；头号标题 (初中英语单词)


• gallant [´gælənt, gə´lænt] a.英勇的；华丽的 (初中英语单词)


• honourable [´ɔnərəbəl] a.荣誉的；正直的 (初中英语单词)


• acquaintance [ə´kweintəns] n.相识；熟人，相识的人 (初中英语单词)


• messenger [´mesindʒə] n.使者；送信人 (初中英语单词)


• amount [ə´maunt] n.总数；数量 v.合计 (初中英语单词)


• lately [´leitli] ad.近来，不久前 (初中英语单词)


• mourning [´mɔ:niŋ] n.悲伤；治丧；戴孝 (初中英语单词)


• aspect [´æspekt] n.面貌；神色；方向 (初中英语单词)


• scarce [skeəs, skers] a.缺乏的；稀有的 (初中英语单词)


• dislike [dis´laik] vt.&n.不喜爱，厌恶 (初中英语单词)


• devotion [di´vəuʃən] n.献身；忠诚；热爱 (初中英语单词)


• blessing [´blesiŋ] n.祝福 (初中英语单词)


• spoken [´spəukən] speak的过去分词 (初中英语单词)


• landlord [´lændlɔ:d] n.地主；房东；店主 (初中英语单词)


• debate [di´beit] n.&v.讨论，辩论 (初中英语单词)


• unfortunate [ʌn´fɔ:tʃunit] a.不幸的，运气差的 (初中英语单词)


• conclusion [kən´klu:ʒən] n.结束；结论；推论 (初中英语单词)


• remind [ri´maind] vt.提醒；使记(想)起 (初中英语单词)


• humble [´hʌmbəl] a.谦卑的 vt.贬抑 (初中英语单词)


• humour [´hju:mə] n.幽默，诙谐 (初中英语单词)


• nevertheless [,nevəðə´les] conj.&ad.然而；不过 (初中英语单词)


• spaniard [´spænjəd] n.西班牙人 (初中英语单词)


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


• occupation [,ɔkju´peiʃən] a.职业的；军事占领的 (初中英语单词)


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


• doubtless [´dautlis] ad.无疑地；大概，多半 (初中英语单词)


• desperate [´despərit] a.拼死的；绝望的 (初中英语单词)


• acquaint [ə´kweint] vt.使….认识；告知 (初中英语单词)


• enable [i´neibəl] vt.使能够；赋予权力 (初中英语单词)


• shovel [´ʃʌvəl] n.铲子；铁锹 (高中英语单词)


• impatient [im´peiʃənt] a.不耐烦的，急躁的 (高中英语单词)


• highland [´hailənd] n.山地，高地 (高中英语单词)


• irregular [i´regjulə] a.不规则的；不正当的 (高中英语单词)


• squadron [´skwɔdrən] n.(骑兵)中队；团体 (高中英语单词)


• syllable [´siləbəl] n.音节；只言片语 (高中英语单词)


• poland [´pəulənd] n.波兰 (高中英语单词)


• prejudice [´predʒədis] n.偏见；不利 vt.损害 (高中英语单词)


• lining [´lainiŋ] n.衬里；衬料 (高中英语单词)


• temporary [´tempərəri] a.暂时的 n.临时工 (高中英语单词)


• sentinel [´sentinəl] n.哨兵；看守人 (高中英语单词)


• patiently [´peiʃəntli] ad.有耐心地；坚韧地 (高中英语单词)


• joyful [´dʒɔifəl] a.高兴的，充满快乐的 (高中英语单词)


• hospitality [,hɔspi´tæliti] n.好客，殷勤 (高中英语单词)


• clergyman [´klə:dʒimən] n.牧师；教士 (高中英语单词)


• geneva [dʒi´ni:və] n.日内瓦 (高中英语单词)


• technical [´teknikəl] a.技术的；专门性的 (高中英语单词)


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


• melancholy [´melənkəli] n.忧郁 a.忧郁的 (高中英语单词)


• inclination [,inkli´neiʃən] n.倾斜；爱好；天资 (高中英语单词)


• learned [´lə:nid] a.有学问的，博学的 (高中英语单词)


• sternly [´stə:nli] ad.严厉地；坚定地 (高中英语单词)


• discourse [´diskɔ:s] n.论文；演说；说教 (高中英语单词)


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


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


• accomplished [ə´kʌmpliʃt] a.完成了的；熟练的 (英语四级单词)


• fortify [´fɔ:tifai] vt.设防；加强；证实 (英语四级单词)


• fortification [,fɔ:tifi´keiʃən] n.筑堡；加强；要塞 (英语四级单词)


• staircase [´steəkeis] n.楼梯 =stairway (英语四级单词)


• whence [wens] ad.从何处；从那里 (英语四级单词)


• totally [´təutəli] ad.统统，完全 (英语四级单词)


• triumphant [trai´ʌmfənt] a.胜利的；洋洋得意的 (英语四级单词)


• wherefore [´weəfɔ:] ad.为什么；因此 (英语四级单词)


• willingly [´wiliŋli] ad.情愿地，乐意地 (英语四级单词)


• exterior [ik´stiəriə] n.&a.外表(的) (英语四级单词)


• compute [kəm´pju:t] v.&n.计算；估计 (英语四级单词)


• drawing [´drɔ:iŋ] n.画图；制图；图样 (英语四级单词)


• brigade [bri´geid] n.(军队的)旅；队，组 (英语四级单词)


• churchman [´tʃə:tʃmən] n.教士；牧师；国教教徒 (英语四级单词)


• chaplain [´tʃæplin] n.本堂神父；专职教士 (英语四级单词)


• clause [klɔ:z] n.条(款)；分句，从句 (英语四级单词)


• blessed [´blesid] a.享福的；神圣的 (英语四级单词)


• feminine [´feminin] a.女性的 (英语四级单词)


• profane [prə´fein] a.亵渎的 vt.玷污 (英语四级单词)


• audacity [ɔ:´dæsiti] n.大胆；卤莽；无礼 (英语四级单词)


• artificially [,ɑ:ti´fiʃəli] ad.人工地；假地 (英语六级单词)


• seaward [´si:wəd] a.&ad.朝海(的) (英语六级单词)


• charger [´tʃɑ:dʒə] n.军马；委托者；控诉者 (英语六级单词)


• inaccessible [,inæk´sesəbəl] a.达不到的，难接近的 (英语六级单词)


• eminence [´eminəns] n.杰出；重要人物；高处 (英语六级单词)


• ceaseless [´si:slis] a.不绝的，不停的 (英语六级单词)


• godlike [´gɔdlaik] a.神似的 (英语六级单词)


• salutation [,sælju´teiʃ(ə)n] n.招呼，致意；行礼 (英语六级单词)


• nether [´neðə] a.下面的；地下的 (英语六级单词)


• decency [´di:sənsi] n.正派；体面 (英语六级单词)


• exhortation [,egzɔ:´teiʃən] n.劝告 (英语六级单词)


• reproof [ri´pru:f] n.谴责；责备 (英语六级单词)