小说站
www.xsz.tw栗子小说 m.lizi.tw栗子小说 m.lizi.twsteadily,grelasttosuexquisiteexpressionof
sufferingthatiuldstanditinthatnfinedrooo
longer.isteppedoutofthedoorintothesluerousheat
ofthelateafteoon,andaintheislandofdooreau
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entrancelockedagain,inoticedtuedtheerof
thewall
thegsoundedevenlouderoutofdoors.itwasas
ifallthepaininthehadi
kno,andhaditbeen
du,ibelieveihavethoughtsinceiuldhave
stooditiseand
setsouervesquiveringthatthispityestroublingus.
butinspiteofthebrilliantsunlightandthegreenfansof
thetreeshesoothingseabreeze,theworldwas
anfusion,blurreds,
untiliofearshotofthehouseinthechequered
oreau
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ix.thethingintheforest.
istrodethroughtheundergrohatclothedthe
ridgebehindthehouse,scarcelyheedingheri;
passedhtheshadohickclusterof
straightsteedtreesbeyondit,andsopresentlyfound
selfsoheothersideoftheridge,and
desdingtoletthatranthroughanarrow
valley.ipausedandlistehedistanceihade,or
theintervenihicket,deadenedanysoundthat
ghtbeingfroheenclosure.theairill.
thenerged,andpering
uptheslopebefore.ihesitated,andsatdohe
edgeoftheshade.
theplae.therivuletwashidden
bytheluxuriaationofthebankssaveatonepoint,
atriangularpatchofitsglitteringer.
ohersideisahroughabluishhazeatangleof
treesandinous
blueofthesky.hereandthereasplashofeor
arkedthebloongofsotrailingepiphyte.i
leteyeshisseforahen
begantotuoverinndagairaheislandofdooreau
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peontgorysn.butitoohotto
thinkelaborately,alyifellintoatranquilstate
dweendozingandwaking.
frohisieriknohowlong,by
arustlingadstthegreeneryohersideofthe
streaforantiuldseenothingbutthewaving
suitsofthefesahensuddenlyuponthe
bankofthestreappearedsothingatfirstiuld
notdistingui**bosrouothe
an,going
onallfourslikeabeast.hehedinbluishcloth,
andhblackhair.it
seedthatgrotesqueuglinesser
oftheseislanders.iuldhearthesuckoftheerathis
lipsashedrank.
ileantforbetter,andapieceoflava,
detachedbyhand,patteringdoheslope.he
lookedupguiltily,andhiseyestne.forthhhe
scraledtohisfeet,andstoodsyhand
aouthandregarding.hislegsarcely
halfthelengthofhisbody.so,stariheroutof
untenance,ainedforperhapsthespaceofa
hen,stoppingtolookbaceorte,he
slunkoffangthebushesthtof,aheislandofdooreau
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theshefrondsgroianddie
aaitingup
staringinthedireydrowsy
tranquillityhadgone.
ie,andtuing
suddenlysaheflappiailofarabbitvanishing
uptheslope.ijuedtofeet.theapparitionofthis
grotesque,halfbestialcreaturehadsuddenlypopulatedthe
stillnessoftheafteoonfor.ilookedaround
ratheervously,atedthatied.theni
thoughtthatthenihadjustseenhadbeenclothedin
bluishcloth,hadnotbeennakedasasavagewouldhave
been;anditriedtopersuadeselffrohatfactthathe
erallprobablyapeacefulcharacter,thatthedull
fero.
yetilydisturbedattheapparition.iwalked
totheleftalongtheslope,tuingheadaboutand
peeringthisoraightsteofthe
trees.angoonallfoursanddrinkh
hislipspresentlyiheardananilwailingagain,and
takingittobethepu,ituedaboutandwalkedina
direetrie
do,acrosseppedandpushed
oreau
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iartledbyagreatpatchofvividscarletonthe
ground,andgoinguptoitfoundittobeapeculiar
fungus,branchedandrrugatedlikeafoliaceousli,
butdeliqueseatthetoudtheninthe
shadoeluxuriantfesicauponanunpleasant
thing,thedeadbodyofarabbitveredhshining
flies,butstillandhtheheadtooff.istopped
aghastatthesightofthescatteredblood.hereatleastwas
onevisitortotheislanddisposedofthereraces
ofotherviolenceaboutit.itlookedasthoughithadbeen
suddenlysnatchedupandkilled;andasistaredatthelittle
furrybodycathedifficultyofhohethinghadbeen
dohevaguedreadthathadbeeninndsincei
hadseentheinhunfaanatthestrearew
distincterasistoodthere.ibegantorealisethehardihood
ofexpeditionangtheseunknohe
thiebeagination.every
shadoesothihanashadoe
anaush;everyrustlebecaathreat.invisiblethings
seede.iresolvedtogobacktothe
enclosureonthebeach.isuddenlytuedahrust
selfviolently,possiblyevenfrantically,throughthe
bushes,anxioustogetaeagain.theislandofdooreau
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istoppedjustintitopreventselfergingupon
anopenspace.itade
byafall;seedlingsartinguptlefor
thevatspadbeyond,thedensegros
andtwiningvinesandsplashesoffungusandflowers
e,squattingtogetheruponthe
fungoidruinsofahugefallentreeandstillunay
approafigures.onewas
evidentlyafele;theotherten.theywere
naked,saveforsiddle;
andtheirskinswereofadull
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