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- He added, in a still more sombre tone: "Yes, only a month ago there was a mishap down by us, that in the end cost the lives of two men and a woman, and, as it were, put out the sunlight for us for a while.†
mishap = unfortunate accident
- Of course no such mishap could happen to such a superior person as yourself," he added, chuckling.†
- Here I could enjoy everything without an afterthought of the injustice and miserable toil which made my leisure; the ignorance and dulness of life which went to make my keen appreciation of history; the tyranny and the struggle full of fear and mishap which went to make my romance.†
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Definitions:
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(1)
(mishap) an unfortunate accident -- usually minor
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)