KIDNAPPED Webster’s Thesaurus Edition for PSAT®, SAT®, GRE®, LSAT®, GMAT®, and AP® English Test Preparation Robert Louis Stevenson PSAT is a registered trademark of the College Entrance Examination Board and the National Merit Scholarship Corporation neither of which sponsors or endorses this book; SAT is a registered trademark of the College Board which neither sponsors nor endorses this book; GRE, AP and Advanced Placement are registered trademarks of the Educational Testing Service which neither sponsors nor endorses this book, GMAT is a registered trademark of the Graduate Management Admissions Council which is neither affiliated with this book nor endorses this book, LSAT is a registered trademark of the Law School Admissions Council which neither sponsors nor endorses this product. All rights reserved. Kidnapped Webster’s Thesaurus Edition for PSAT®, SAT®, GRE®, LSAT®, GMAT®, and AP® English Test Preparation Robert Louis Stevenson PSAT® is a registered trademark of the College Entrance Examination Board and the National Merit Scholarship Corporation neither of which sponsors or endorses this book; SAT® is a registered trademark of the College Board which neither sponsors nor endorses this book; GRE®, AP® and Advanced Placement® are registered trademarks of the Educational Testing Service which neither sponsors nor endorses this book, GMAT® is a registered trademark of the Graduate Management Admissions Council which is neither affiliated with this book nor endorses this book, LSAT® is a registered trademark of the Law School Admissions Council which neither sponsors nor endorses this product. All rights reserved. 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ISBN 0-497-25313-5 iii Contents PREFACE FROM THE EDITOR..........................................................................................1 PREFACE TO THE BIOGRAPHICAL EDITION.....................................................................5 DEDICATION....................................................................................................................9 CHAPTER I I SET OFF UPON MY JOURNEY TO THE HOUSE OF SHAWS.......................11 CHAPTER II I COME TO MY JOURNEY’S END................................................................17 CHAPTER III I MAKE ACQUAINTANCE OF MY UNCLE....................................................23 CHAPTER IV I RUN A GREAT DANGER IN THE HOUSE OF SHAWS................................31 CHAPTER V I GO TO THE QUEEN’S FERRY...................................................................39 CHAPTER VI WHAT BEFELL AT THE QUEEN’S FERRY...................................................47 CHAPTER VII I GO TO SEA IN THE BRIG “COVENANT” OF DYSART...............................53 CHAPTER VIII THE ROUND-HOUSE...............................................................................61 CHAPTER IX THE MAN WITH THE BELT OF GOLD........................................................67 CHAPTER X THE SIEGE OF THE ROUND-HOUSE..........................................................77 CHAPTER XI THE CAPTAIN KNUCKLES UNDER.............................................................85 CHAPTER XII I HEAR OF THE “RED FOX”......................................................................91 CHAPTER XIII THE LOSS OF THE BRIG.......................................................................101 CHAPTER XIV THE ISLET............................................................................................107 CHAPTER XV THE LAD WITH THE SILVER BUTTON: THROUGH THE ISLE OF MULL..117 CHAPTER XVI THE LAD WITH THE SILVER BUTTON: ACROSS MORVEN....................125 CHAPTER XVII THE DEATH OF THE RED FOX............................................................133 CHAPTER XVIII I TALK WITH ALAN IN THE WOOD OF LETTERMORE..........................139 CHAPTER XIX THE HOUSE OF FEAR...........................................................................147 CHAPTER XX THE FLIGHT IN THE HEATHER: THE ROCKS.........................................154 CHAPTER XXI THE FLIGHT IN THE HEATHER: THE HEUGH OF CORRYNAKIEGH.......163 CHAPTER XXII THE FLIGHT IN THE HEATHER: THE MOOR........................................171 CHAPTER XXIII CLUNY’S CAGE...................................................................................179 CHAPTER XXIV THE FLIGHT IN THE HEATHER: THE QUARREL.................................189 CHAPTER XXV IN BALQUHIDDER...............................................................................199 CHAPTER XXVI END OF THE FLIGHT: WE PASS THE FORTH......................................207 CHAPTER XXVII I COME TO MR. RANKEILLOR............................................................219 CHAPTER XXVIII I GO IN QUEST OF MY INHERITANCE...............................................227 CHAPTER XXIX I COME INTO MY KINGDOM...............................................................235 iv CHAPTER XXX GOOD-BYE..........................................................................................243 GLOSSARY...................................................................................................................247 Robert Louis Stevenson 1 PREFACE FROM THE EDITOR Designed for school districts, educators, and students seeking to maximize performance on standardized tests, Webster’s paperbacks take advantage of the fact that classics are frequently assigned readings in English courses. By using a running thesaurus at the bottom of each page, this edition of Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson was edited for students who are actively building their vocabularies in anticipation of taking PSAT®, SAT®, AP® (Advanced Placement®), GRE®, LSAT®, GMAT® or similar examinations.1 Webster’s edition of this classic is organized to expose the reader to a maximum number of synonyms and antonyms for difficult and often ambiguous English words that are encountered in other works of literature, conversation, or academic examinations. Extremely rare or idiosyncratic words and expressions are given lower priority in the notes compared to words which are “difficult, and often encountered” in examinations. Rather than supply a single synonym, many are provided for a variety of meanings, allowing readers to better grasp the ambiguity of the English language, and avoid using the notes as a pure crutch. Having the reader decipher a word’s meaning within context serves to improve vocabulary retention and understanding. Each page covers words not already highlighted on previous pages. If a difficult word is not noted on a page, chances are that it has been highlighted on a previous page. A more complete thesaurus is supplied at the end of the book; Synonyms and antonyms are extracted from Webster’s Online Dictionary. Definitions of remaining terms as well as translations can be found at www.websters-online- dictionary.org. Please send suggestions to [email protected] The Editor Webster’s Online Dictionary www.websters-online-dictionary.org 1 P S A T ® i s a r e g i s t e r e d t r a d e m a r k o f t h e College Entrance Examination Board and the National Merit Scholarship Corporation neither of which sponsors or endorses this book; SAT® is a registered trademark of the College Board which neither sponsors nor endorses this book; GRE®, AP® and Advanced Placement® are registered trademarks of the Educational Testing Service which neither sponsors nor endorses this book, GMAT® is a registered trademark of the Graduate Management Admissions Council which is neither affiliated with this book nor endorses this book, LSAT® is a registered trademark of the Law School Admissions Council which neither sponsors nor endorses this product. All rights reserved. Robert Louis Stevenson 3 HOW HE WAS KIDNAPPED AND CAST AWAY; HIS SUFFERINGS IN A DESERT ISLE; HIS JOURNEY IN THE WILD HIGHLANDS; HIS ACQUAINTANCE WITH ALAN BRECK STEWART AND OTHER NOTORIOUS HIGHLAND JACOBITES; WITH ALL THAT HE SUFFERED AT THE HANDS OF HIS UNCLE, EBENEZER BALFOUR OF SHAWS, FALSELY SO CALLED.% WRITTEN BY HIMSELF AND NOW SET FORTH BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON WITH A PREFACE BY MRS. STEVENSON Thesaurus stevenson: (n) Robert Louis Stevenson, Adlai Ewing Stevenson, Adlai Stevenson. Robert Louis Stevenson 5 PREFACE TO THE BIOGRAPHICAL EDITION While my husband and Mr. Henley were engaged in writing plays in Bournemouth they made a number of titles, hoping to use them in the future. Dramatic composition was not what my husband preferred, but the torrent of Mr. Henley’s enthusiasm swept him off his feet. However, after several plays had been finished, and his health seriously impaired by his endeavours to keep up with Mr. Henley, play writing was abandoned forever, and my husband returned to his legitimate vocation. Having added one of the titles, The Hanging Judge, to the list of projected plays, now thrown aside, and emboldened by my husband’s offer to give me any help needed, I concluded to try and write it myself.% As I wanted a trial scene in the Old Bailey, I chose the period of 1700 for my purpose; but being shamefully ignorant of my subject, and my husband confessing to little more knowledge than I possessed, a London bookseller was commissioned to send us everything he could procure bearing on Old Bailey trials. A great package came in response to our order, and very soon we were both absorbed, not so much in the trials as in following the brilliant career of a Mr. Garrow, who appeared as counsel in many of the cases. We sent for more books, and yet more, still intent on Mr. Garrow, whose subtle cross-examination of witnesses and masterly, if sometimes startling, methods of arriving at the truth seemed more thrilling to us than any novel. Thesaurus bookseller: (n) bookshop, bookstore, find. ANTONYM: (v) give. swelling. ANTONYMS: (adj) boring, owner, proprietor, publisher. shamefully: (adv) ignominiously, depressing, discouraging, upsetting, confessing: (v) confess. ingloriously, scandalously, uninspiring. cross-examination: (n) inquiry, trial, infamously, shockingly, torrent: (n) flood, cloudburst, examination. discreditably, basely, outrageously; overflow, stream, downpour, rain, emboldened: (adj) bold. (adv, v) dishonorably, foully, nastily. shower, soaker, inundation; (adj, n) masterly: (adj) masterful, expert, crack, ANTONYMS: (adv) commendably, volley, eruption. ANTONYMS: (n) proficient, consummate, compassionately, nobly. drought, trickle, shower. accomplished, adroit, skillful, thrilling: (adj, n) electric; (adj) exciting, vocation: (n, v) calling, profession, dexterous; (adv) principally, expertly. sensational, exhilarating, electrifying, employment; (n) occupation, job, procure: (v) get, obtain, buy, earn, win, emotional, rousing, gripping, trade, business, career, line, mission, gain, have, purchase, induce, derive, stimulating; (adj, v) impressive; (n, v) line of work.