A Thief who had brought a suit against his accomplices1 to recover his share of the plunder2 taken from an Honest Man, demanded the Honest Man’s attendance at the trial to testify to his loss. But the Honest Man explained that as he was merely the agent of a company of other honest men it was none of his affair; and when the officers came to serve him with a subpoena3 he hid himself behind his back and wiled4 away the dragging hours of retirement5 and inaction by picking his own pockets.
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1 accomplices | |
从犯,帮凶,同谋( accomplice的名词复数 ) | |
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2 plunder | |
vt.劫掠财物,掠夺;n.劫掠物,赃物;劫掠 | |
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3 subpoena | |
n.(法律)传票;v.传讯 | |
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4 wiled | |
v.引诱( wile的过去式和过去分词 );诱惑;消遣;消磨 | |
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5 retirement | |
n.退休,退职 | |
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