They were built to endure and
to resist; they looked like passive creatures adapting to the hell of
circumstances that oppressed them. Yet, Stephen knew, they had locked up
in their hearts the horror of what they had seen, and their jovial pride
in their resilience was not convincing. They boasted in a mocking way of
what they had seen and done; but in their sad faces wrapped in rags he saw
the burden of their unwanted knowledge.
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resist:
stå imod
adapt: tilpasse sig
circumstances: omstændigheder
oppressed: undertrykt
jovial: munter
resilience: modstandskraft
boasted: pralede
mocking: spottende
rags: laser
burden: byrde |