Her father had riddenover to Twelve Oaks, the Wilkes plantation, that afternoon to offer to buy Dilcey, the broad wife of his valet, Pork.
原来那天下午她父亲骑马到威尔克斯家的农场“十二橡树”村去了,是为了商量购买他那位管家波克的迪尔茜。
2
The suspense over the two remaining hostages ended last night when the police discovered the bullet ridden bodies.
有关剩下两名人质的悬念在昨晚警方发现布满弹孔的尸体后结束了。
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3
Reading about the Jeannette artifacts, Nansen wondered if the strong east-to-west current over the Arctic could be ridden to the North Pole—or at least close. And so an idea was hatched.