tailieunhanh - LUYỆN ĐỌC TIẾNG ANH QUA TÁC PHẨM VĂN HỌC-JULES VERNE -THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND- CHAPTER 55

JULES VERNE THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND CHAPTER 55 Đây là một tác phẩm anh ngữ nổi tiếng với những từ vựng nâng cao chuyên ngành văn chương. Nhằm giúp các bạn yêu thich tiếng anh luyện tập và củng cố thêm kỹ năng đọc tiếng anh . | JULES VERNE THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND CHAPTER 55 How had it happened who had killed the convicts Was it Ayrton No for a moment before he was dreading their return. But Ayrton was now in a profound stupor from which it was no longer possible to rouse him. After uttering those few words he had again become unconscious and had fallen back motionless on the bed. The colonists a prey to a thousand confused thoughts under the influence of violent excitement waited all night without leaving Ayrton s house or returning to the spot where lay the bodies of the convicts. It was very probable that Ayrton would not be able to throw any light on the circumstances under which the bodies had been found since he himself was not aware that he was in the corral. But at any rate he would be in a position to give an account of what had taken place before this terrible execution. The next day Ayrton awoke from his torpor and his companions cordially manifested all the joy they felt on seeing him again almost safe and sound after a hundred and four days separation. Ayrton then in a few words recounted what had happened or at least as much as he knew. The day after his arrival at the corral on the 10th of last November at nightfall he was surprised by the convicts who had scaled the palisade. They bound and gagged him then he was led to a dark cavern at the foot of Mount Franklin where the convicts had taken refuge. His death had been decided upon and the next day the convicts were about to kill him when one of them recognized him and called him by the name which he bore in Australia. The wretches had no scruples as to murdering Ayrton They spared Ben Joyce But from that moment Ayrton was exposed to the importunities of his former accomplices. They wished him to join them again and relied upon his aid to enable them to gain possession of Granite House to penetrate into that hitherto inaccessible dwelling and to become masters of the island after murdering the colonists Ayrton remained firm. .