The Secret River

Every tree—apart from the one on which Sal marked the weeks—was hacked at with the axe until it fell. … Nothing remained that any man could hide behind.

圈地即冲突引擎，plot 90。

Better my own company than many I’ve known, she said. … As for the blacks, I give them when they ask. … They help themselves now and then, I turn a blind eye.

邻人伦理对照，cast 88。

With each day that passed, a little more progress could be measured: one more tree cut down, one more yard of bushes cleared, another length of fence.

日计拓荒节拍，pace 87。

He was nothing more than a flea on the side of some enormous quiet creature.

尺度隐喻干净，prose 92。

There was no need of lock, of door, of wall: this was a prison whose bars were ten thousand miles of water.

殖民地理立世界，world 93。

The Alexander, with its cargo of convicts, had bucked over the face of the ocean for the better part of a year. Now it had fetched up at the end of the earth.

船抵尽头钩住，hook 94。

He could not understand why it did not feel like triumph.

得地无胜的形式刺，innov 89。

Too late, too late. Every day he sat here, watching, waiting, while dusk gathered in the valley

望远镜空望收束，ending 93。