Text left the home of his childhood.By conscience and courage,devotion and daring,he soon commended himself to his fellows and his officers;and it was to these qualities and to some knowledge of the country that he owed his selection for his present duty at the extreme outpost 33 Nevertheless,fatigue had been stronger than resolution. and he had fallen asleep.(34 What good or bad angel came in a dream,to rouse him,who shall say?(35
Text 课 文 left the home of his childhood. By conscience and courage, devotion and daring, he soon commended himself to his fellows and his officers; and it was to these qualities and to some knowledge of the country that he owed his selection for his present duty at the extreme outpost. (33) Nevertheless, fatigue had been stronger than resolution, and he had fallen asleep. (34) What good or bad angel came in a dream, to rouse him, who shall say?(35)
Text He quietly raised his forehead from his arm and looked between the masking (36)branches of the laurels,instinctively closing his right hand about the stock of his rifle. His first feeling was a keen artistic delight.(37 On the cliff -motionless at the extreme edge of the rock and sharply outlined against the sky-was a statue of impressive dignity. 38 The figure of a man sat on the figure of a horse,straight and soldierly,but with the repose of a god carved in marble (39
Text 课 文 He quietly raised his forehead from his arm and looked between the masking (36) branches of the laurels, instinctively closing his right hand about the stock of his rifle. His first feeling was a keen artistic delight.(37) On the cliff － motionless at the extreme edge of the rock and sharply outlined against the sky－was a statue of impressive dignity. (38) The figure of a man sat on the figure of a horse, straight and soldierly, but with the repose of a god carved in marble (39)
Text The gray uniform harmonized with its background. softened and subdued by the shadow.(40 A carbine lay across the saddle,kept in place by the right hand grasping it at the "grip";the left hand,holding the bridle rein,was invisible.(41 The face of the rider,turned slightly away, showed only an outline of temple and beard;he was looking downward to the bottom of the valley. For an instant Druse had a strange feeling that he had slept to the end of the war and was looking upon a noble work of art.(42)
Text 课 文 The gray uniform harmonized with its background, softened and subdued by the shadow. (40)A carbine lay across the saddle, kept in place by the right hand grasping it at the “grip”; the left hand, holding the bridle rein, was invisible.(41) The face of the rider, turned slightly away, showed only an outline of temple and beard; he was looking downward to the bottom of the valley. For an instant Druse had a strange feeling that he had slept to the end of the war and was looking upon a noble work of art.(42)
Text The feeling was dispelled by a slight movement of the horse which had drawn its body slightly backward from the verge:43)the man remained immobile as before. Broad awake and keenly alive to (44)the significance of the situation,Druse now brought the butt of his rifle against his cheek by cautiously pushing the barrel forward through the bushes and,glancing through the sights,covered a vital spot on the horseman's breast.(45 A touch upon the trigger and all would have been well with Carter Druse.46
Text 课 文 The feeling was dispelled by a slight movement of the horse which had drawn its body slightly backward from the verge;(43) the man remained immobile as before. Broad awake and keenly alive to (44) the significance of the situation, Druse now brought the butt of his rifle against his cheek by cautiously pushing the barrel forward through the bushes and, glancing through the sights, covered a vital spot on the horseman’s breast.(45) A touch upon the trigger and all would have been well with Carter Druse.(46)
Text At that instant the horseman turned his head and looked in the direction of his concealed foe(47 -seemed to look into his face,into his eyes. Carter Druse grew pale;he shook in every limb, turned faint.(48)His hand fell away from his weapon, his head slowly dropped until his face rested on the leaves in which he lay. It was not for long;in another moment his face was raised from earth,his hands resumed their places on the rifle,his forefinger sought the trigger;
Text 课 文 At that instant the horseman turned his head and looked in the direction of his concealed foe(47) －seemed to look into his face, into his eyes. Carter Druse grew pale; he shook in every limb, turned faint.(48) His hand fell away from his weapon, his head slowly dropped until his face rested on the leaves in which he lay. It was not for long; in another moment his face was raised from earth, his hands resumed their places on the rifle, his forefinger sought the trigger;