A Judge who had for years looked in vain for an opportunity for infamous1 distinction, but whom no litigant2 thought worth bribing3, sat one day upon the Bench, lamenting4 his hard lot, and threatening to put an end to his life if business did not improve. Suddenly he found himself confronted by a dreadful figure clad in a shroud5, whose pallor and stony6 eyes smote7 him with a horrible apprehension8.
“Who are you,” he faltered9, “and why do you come here?”
“I am the Rash Act,” was the sepulchral10 reply; “you may commit me.”
“No,” the judge said, thoughtfully, “no, that would be quite irregular. I do not sit to-day as a committing magistrate11.”
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1 infamous | |
adj.声名狼藉的,臭名昭著的,邪恶的 | |
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2 litigant | |
n.诉讼当事人;adj.进行诉讼的 | |
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贿赂 | |
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4 lamenting | |
adj.悲伤的,悲哀的v.(为…)哀悼,痛哭,悲伤( lament的现在分词 ) | |
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5 shroud | |
n.裹尸布,寿衣;罩,幕;vt.覆盖,隐藏 | |
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6 stony | |
adj.石头的,多石头的,冷酷的,无情的 | |
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7 smote | |
v.猛打,重击,打击( smite的过去式 ) | |
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8 apprehension | |
n.理解,领悟;逮捕,拘捕;忧虑 | |
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9 faltered | |
(嗓音)颤抖( falter的过去式和过去分词 ); 支吾其词; 蹒跚; 摇晃 | |
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10 sepulchral | |
adj.坟墓的,阴深的 | |
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11 magistrate | |
n.地方行政官,地方法官,治安官 | |
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