Shoe-Bar Stratton - Chapter 23

Bud Jessup removed a battered ¹ stew-pan from the fire and set it aside to cool a little., ,"Well, by this time I reckon friend Tex is all worked up over what's become of me," he remarked in a tone of satisfaction, deftly ² shifting the coffee-pot to a bed of deeper coals. "He's sure tried often enough to get rid of me, but I don't guess he quite relishes ³ my droppin' out of sight like this.", ,Buck ⁴ Stratton, his back resting comfortably against a rock a little way from the fire, nodded absently., , ,"Certain sure," returned Jessup confidently. "When Miss Mary came in around four, I was in the wagon-shed, the rest of the crowd bein' down in south pasture. Like I told yuh before, she had a good-sized package all done up nice in her hand, an' it didn't take her long to tell me what was up. Then we walks out together an' stops by the kitchen door., ,"'Yuh better get yore supper at the hotel,' she says, an' ride back afterwards. 'I meant to send in right after dinner to mail the package, but I got held up out on the range.', ,The world was brutally battered but it survived.这个世界遭受了惨重的创伤,但它还是生存下来了。,He deftly folded the typed sheets and replaced them in the envelope. 他灵巧地将打有字的纸折好重新放回信封 。 来自《简明英汉词典》