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正文 第22节 文 / [美]H·G·威尔斯

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    infearofstill

    ilookedathiandsaaefaced,e

    hairedn,eyes.saveforhisserenity,the

    touhissettheislandofdooreau

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    tranquillityandhisgnifitbuild,heghthave

    passedsterangahuherfortableold

    gehenishivered.byohis

    seion,ihandedhirevolverheither

    hand.

    keepthehesaid,andsnatchedatayaood

    up,staredatforant,andsled.youhavehad

    tesleep.

    iladitsalleover

    forant,thenoutbytheinnerdoor.

    iiediatelytuedthekeyierone.isat

    doeinakindofstagnantod,so

    otionally,ntally,andphysically,thatiuld

    notthinkbeyondthepoihe

    blackelikealasthan

    effortiputoutthelightandgotintothehaock.very

    soonioreau

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    xv.hebeastfolk.

    iy

    nd,ontof

    adtothe

    doortoassureselfthatthekeyued.thenitried

    thelyfixed.thatthese

    nlikecreaturesonsters,

    regrotesquetravestiesofn,filledhavague

    uaintyoftheirpossibilitieshan

    anydefinitefear.

    atappingcaatthedoor,aheglutinous

    alingspeaking.ipocketedohe

    revolverskeepingonehanduponit,aohi

    gooding,sair,hesaid,bringingin,inaddition

    tothecustoryherbbreakfast,anillokedrabbit.

    ntgoryfollo.hisrovingeyecaughtthe

    positionofarndhesledaskew.

    thepuoreau,

    aryinhishabits,didnotjoinus.i

    talkederytoclearideasofthewayin

    hebeastfolklived.inparticular,ito

    knoannstersfallingtheislandofdooreau

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    uponreauandntgoryandfroendingone

    another.heexplaihattheparativesafetyof

    reauaedntalspe

    ofthesensters.inspiteoftheirincreasedintelligence

    aendenalinstinctstoreawaken,

    theyhadcertainfixedideasilantedbyreauintheir

    nds,aginations.they

    ised;hadbeentoldthatcertainthings

    possible,andthatcertainthingstobe

    done,andtheseprohibitionsothetexture

    oftheirndsbeyondanypossibilityofdisobedienceor

    dispute.

    certaintters,hoinct

    oreausnvenience,able

    ndition.aseriesofpropositionscalledthelawibad

    alreadyheardtheecitedbattledintheirndshthe

    deepseated,everrebelliousal

    natures.thislaheying,ifound,and

    everbreaking.bothntgoryandreaudisplayed

    partiignorantofthetasteof

    blood;theyfearedtheiablesuggestionsofthat

    flavorytoldthatthelaially

    angthefelipeople,becaoddlyweakened

    aboutnightfall;thatthentheaniloreau

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    thataspiritofadventuresprangupihedusk,

    edtodreabr >

    aboutbyday.tothatioystalkingbytheleopard

    n,onthenightofarrival.butduringtheseearlier

    daysofstaytheybrokethelaivelyandafter

    dark;inthedaylightthereosphereof

    respeultifariousprohibitions.

    andhereperhapsiygiveafesabout

    theislandandthebeastpeople.theisland,hwasof

    irregularoutlineandlayloheotal

    area,isuppose,ofsevesquareles.itwas

    voliin,andhreesidesby

    ralreefs;sofurolestothenorth

    spring,heoigesoftheforcesthathadlong

    sincei.nohenafaintquiverof

    earthquakeetistheastof

    thespireofskeultuousbygusts

    ofsteabutthationoftheisland,

    ntgoryinford,noberedratherre

    thansixtyofthesestrangeoreausart,not

    untingthesllernstrositieshe

    undergroanforaltogether

    hehaddenearlyahundredandtanyhad

    died,andothersliketheoreau

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    ehadebyviolentends.in

    anserysaidthatthey

    actuallyboreoffspring,butthatthesegenerallydied.

    andstaedthe

    hunforpoherehe

    ianancharacteristics.the

    feleserousthantheles,andliableto

    onogathe

    lawenjoined.

    thisdescriptionrrespondsinevery

    respeoblesisle.

    c.e.p.

    itpossiblefortodescribethesebeast

    peopleiail;eyehashadnotrainingiails,and

    unhappilyioststriking,perhaps,intheir

    generalappearancehedisproportiohelegs

    ofthesecreaturesandthelengthoftheirbodies;a

    sorelativeisourideaofgraceeyebeca

    habituatedtotheirfor,andatlastievenfellinh

    theirpersuasionthatohighswereungainly.

    anotherpointheforheheadand

    thecluyandinhuncurvatureofthespihe

    apenlackedthatinoreau

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    akesthehunfiguresograceful.sthadtheir

    shouldershunshung

    onspicuously

    hairy,atleastuntiltheendoftiupontheisland.

    theobviousdefortyheirfaces,

    alstallofalfordabout

    theears,hlargeandprotuberantnoses,veryfurryor

    verybristlyhair,andoftenstrangelylouredely

    plaanhad

    achatteringtitter.beyondthesegeneralcharacterstheir

    headsha

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