1.It all served to fog my mind with pleasure so that I forgot my Grandpa's repeated warnings, and one night left Maheegun unchained.
【難句解析】serve (only) to do sth.意思是“對...起作用,導致”;leave +n.+v-ed/adj./prep, 導致(使)...保持一種狀態或位置,過去分詞、形容詞、介詞短語做賓語補
足語,表示賓語的現狀、狀態或某一動作的結果。
2.The following morning in sailed Mrs. Yesno, wild with anger, who demanded Maheegun be shot because he had killed her rooster.
【難句解析】句子的前半部分為修辭倒裝,正常語序為Mrs. Yesno sailed in,將與介詞同形的副詞移到句首,而把謂語放在主語后面,使描繪顯得更為生動。