"Perhaps you haven't the right accent," suggested the Major. "That's just it! Confound the accent!" Once more Paganel repeated his compliment, but with no better success. "I'll change the phrase," he said; and in slow, deliberate tones he went on, "_Sam duvida um Patagao_" (A Patagonian, undoubtedly). No response still. "DIZEIME!" said Paganel (Answer me). But no answer came. "_Vos compriendeis?_" (Do you understand?) shouted Paganel, at the very top of his voice, as if he would burst his throat.英文原著 · 《In Search of the Castaways》
Was it giddiness, or worse still, suffocation, caused by the high temperature? They ran to him, exclaiming: "Paganel! Paganel! what is the matter?" "Just this. I have no horse, now!" he replied, disengaging his feet from the stirrups. "What! your horse?" "Dead like Mulrady's, as if a thunderbolt had struck him." Glenarvan, John Mangles, and Wilson examined the animal; and found Paganel was right. His horse had been suddenly struck dead.英文原著 · 《In Search of the Castaways》
At the sound of his voice they all rushed into the "oudoupa," and he was cordially embraced all round. Paganel was found again. He was their salvation. They wanted to question him; to know how and why he was here on the summit of Maunganamu; but Glenarvan stopped this misplaced curiosity. "The savages?" said he. "The savages," said Paganel, shrugging his shoulders. "I have a contempt for those people! Come and look at them." They all followed Paganel out of the "oudoupa." The Maories were still in the same position round the base of the mountain, uttering fearful cries.英文原著 · 《In Search of the Castaways》
Come, now, tell me, you want me very much to stay, don't you?" said Paganel. "And you're dying to stay, now, aren't you, Paganel?" returned Glenarvan. "That's about it," confessed the learned geographer; "but I was afraid it would be inconsiderate."英文原著 · 《In Search of the Castaways》
Portuguese!" Paganel could not say more. He looked vexed, while his companions, who had all gathered round, broke out in a furious burst of laughter. The Indian never moved a muscle of his face. He quietly awaited the explanation of this incomprehensible mirth. "Fool, idiot, that I am!" at last uttered Paganel. "Is it really a fact? You are not joking with me? It is what I have actually been doing?英文原著 · 《In Search of the Castaways》
What fresh catastrophe had happened now? Had the unfortunate Paganel slipped his footing? Already Wilson and Mulrady had rushed to his rescue when his long body appeared tumbling down from branch to branch. But was he living or dead, for his hands made no attempt to seize anything to stop himself. A few minutes more, and he would have fallen into the roaring waters had not the Major's strong arm barred his passage. "Much obliged, McNabbs," said Paganel. "How's this? What is the matter with you?英文原著 · 《In Search of the Castaways》
I cannot feel bells and incense and all the rest of that pagan fodder is pleasing to God.美剧 · 《Downton Abbey》
So I can read about pagan-worshipping actors complaining about how America sucks?美剧 · 《Shameless》
In the pre-Christian era, As the winter solstice approached and the plants died, Pagans brought evergreen boughs into their homes As an act of sympathetic magic, intended To guard the life essences of the plants until spring.美剧 · 《The Big Bang Theory》