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CHAPTER XVII SOMETHING HAPPENS TO GERALD FOSLAND
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There was something radically1 wrong with the Fosland household. Gerald’s man had for years invariably said: “Good morning, sir; I hope you slept well, sir.” This time he merely said: “Good morning, sir”; and he forgot the salt. What was the matter with the house? With the exception of William’s slip, the every morning programme was quite as usual. Gerald arose, had his plunge4, his breakfast, read his mail and his paper, went for a canter in the Park, had luncheon5 at the Papyrus6 Club, and unless his morning engagement slip had shown him some social duty for the afternoon, he did not see Mrs. Fosland until he came down, from the hands of William, dressed for dinner.
 
One can readily see that no deviation7 from this routine confronted Gerald Fosland this morning. He had had his plunge and his breakfast, his mail and his paper laid before him, and yet there was something ghastly about the feel of the house. It was as if some one were dead! Gerald Fosland made as radical2 a deviation from his daily life as William had done. He left his mail unopened, after a glance at the postmark; he left his paper unread, and he started for his canter in the Park a full half hour early!
 
He arrived at the Papyrus Club a full half hour early, and sat in the dimmest corner of the library, 179taking himself seriously in hand. Somehow, he was not quite fit, not quite up to himself. It seemed desperately9 lonely in the Club. There were plenty of fellows there, but they were merely nodders. They were not the ones who came at his hour. He brightened a shade as Tompkinson came in five minutes early. He was about to wonder if all the world had started a trifle early this morning, when he remembered that, ordinarily on his arrival, he found Tompkinson there. He could not analyse why this should be such a relief to him, unless it was that he found mere3 normality comforting to-day.
 
“Good morning, Fosland,” drawled Tompkinson. “Beautiful weather.”
 
“Yes,” said Gerald, and they sat together in voiceless satisfaction until Connors came in.
 
“Good morning,” observed Connors. “Beautiful weather.”
 
“Yes,” replied Fosland and Tompkinson, and Connors sat.
 
“Depressing affair of Prymm’s,” presently remarked Tompkinson, calling a boy for the customary appetiser.
 
“Rotten,” agreed Connors, with some feeling. All his ancestors had been Irish, and it never quite gets out of the blood.
 
“I haven’t heard,” suggested Fosland, with the decent interest one club-fellow should have in another.
 
“Wife went to Italy with the sculptor10 who made her portrait; Carmelli, that’s the name. Intense looking fellow, you know. Prymm had him here at the club.”
 
“You don’t tell me.” Gerald felt an unusual throb11 of commiseration12 for Prymm. “Mighty decent chap.”
 
“Yes, Prymm’s all cut up about it,” went on Tompkinson. 180“Has a sort of notion he should kill the fellow, or something of the kind.”
 
“Why?” demanded Connors, with some feeling again. Connors was a widower13, and Fosland suddenly remembered, though he could not trace a connection leading to the thought, that Connors had not been a frequenter of the club until after the death of his wife. “Prymm’s a thoroughly14 decent chap, but he was so wasteful15.”
 
This being a new word in such connection, both Fosland and Tompkinson looked at Connors inquiringly.
 
“I hadn’t noticed.” This Tompkinson.
 
“Wasteful of Mrs. Prymm,” explained Connors. “She is a beautiful young woman, clever, charming, companionable, and, naturally, fond of admiration16. Prymm admired her. He frequently intimated that he did. He admired his horse, and an exceptional Botticelli which hung in his music room, but his chief pleasure lay in their possession. He never considered that he should give any particular pleasure to the Botticelli, but he did to the horse.”
 
Gerald Fosland was aware of a particular feel of discomfort17. Rather heartless to be discussing a fellow member’s intimate affairs this way.
 
“It is most unfortunate,” he commented. “Shall we go down to lunch?”
 
In the hall they met Prymm, a properly set up fellow, with neatly18 plastered hair and an air of unusually perfect grooming19. He presented the appearance of having shaved too closely to-day.
 
“Good morning,” said Prymm. “Beautiful weather.”
 
Inconsiderate of Prymm to show up at the club. A trifle selfish of him. It put such a strain on his fellow 181members. Of course, though, he had most of his mail there. He only stopped for his mail, and went out.
 
“You’ll be in for the usual Tuesday night whist, I dare say,” inquired Tompkinson perfunctorily.
 
“Oh yes,” remembered Fosland, and was thoughtful for a moment. “No, I don’t think I can come. Sorry.” He felt the eye of Connors fixed20 on him curiously21.
 
On Fosland’s book was a tea, the date filled in two weeks ago; one of those art things to which men are compelled. Arly had handed it to him, much like a bill for repairs, or a memorandum22 to secure steamer tickets. He drove home, and dressed, and when William handed him his hat and gloves and stick he laid them on the table beside him, in his lounging room, and sat down, looking patiently out of the window. He glanced at his watch, by and by, and resumed his inspection23 of the opposite side of the street. He stirred restlessly, and then he suddenly rose, with a little smile at himself. He had been waiting for word from Mrs. Fosland, that she was ready. For just a few abstracted moments he had forgotten that he was to pay the social obligations of the house of Fosland entirely24 alone.
 
He picked up his hat and gloves and stick, and started to leave the room. As he passed the door leading to Arly’s apartments, he hesitated, and put his hand on the knob. He glanced over his shoulder, as a guilty conscience made him imagine that William was coming in, then he gently turned the knob, and entered. A tiny vestibule, and then a little French-grey salon25, and then the boudoir, all in delicate blue, and sweet with a faint, delicate, evasive fragrance26 which was like 182the passing of Arly. Something made him stand, for a moment, with a trace of feeling which came to awe27, and then he turned and went out of the terribly solemn place. He did not notice, until afterwards, that he had tiptoed.
 
Gerald Fosland had never been noted28 for brilliance29, but he was an insufferable bore at the art tea. People asked him the usual polite questions, and he either forgot that they were talking or answered about something else, and he entirely mislaid the fragments of art conversation which he was supposed to have put on with his ascot. Nearly every one asked about Arly, and several with more than perfunctory courtesy. He had always known that Arly was very popular, but he had a new perception, now, that she was extremely well liked; and it gratified him.
 
Occupied with his own reflections, which were not so much thought as a dull feeling that he was about to have a thought, he nevertheless felt that this was a rather agreeable gathering30, after all, until he accidentally joined a group which, with keen fervour, was discussing the accident to Prymm. He had a general aversion to gossip anyhow, and shortly after that he went home.
 
He wrote some letters, and, when it grew dark, he rang for William.
 
“I shall remain in for dinner to-night,” he observed, and mechanically took up the evening paper which the quiet William laid before him. A headline which made his hand tremble, caught his eye, and he dropped the paper. Prymm had shot himself.
 
No tragedy had ever shaken Gerald Fosland so much as this. Why, he had met Prymm only that noon. Prymm had said: “Good morning, beautiful weather.” 183For a moment Fosland almost changed his mind about remaining in for dinner, but, after all, the big panelled dining room, with its dark wainscoting and its heavily carved furniture and its super-abundant service, was less lonely than the club. The only words which broke the silence of the dim dining room during that dinner, were: “Sauce, sir?”
 
Gerald took his coffee in his lounging room, and then he went again to Arly’s door. He turned before he opened it, and tossed his cigarette in the fireplace. He did not enter by stealth this time. He walked in. He even went on to the dainty blue bedroom, and looked earnestly about it, then he went back to the boudoir and seated himself on the stiff chair in which he had, on rare occasions, sat and chatted with her. He remained there perhaps half an hour. Suddenly he arose, and called for his limousine31, and drove to Teasdale’s. They were out, he was told. They were at Mr. Sargent’s, and he drove straight there. Somehow, he was glad that, since they were out, they had gone to Sargent’s. He was most anxious to see Lucile.
 
“Just in time to join the mourners, Gerald,” greeted Ted8. “We’re doing a very solemn lot of Gailing.”
 
“I’ll join you with pleasure,” agreed Gerald, feeling more at home and lighter32 of heart here than he had anywhere during the day. Lucile seemed particularly near to him. “Have you any intimation that Gail expects to return soon?”
 
“None at all,” stated Aunt Helen, with a queer mixture of sombreness and impatience33. “She only writes about what a busy time they are having, and how delightfully34 eager her friends have been about her, and how popular Arly is, and such things as that.”
 
“Arly is popular everywhere,” stated Gerald, and 184Lucile looked at him wonderingly, turning her head very slowly towards him.
 
“What do you hear from Arly?” she inquired, holding up her hand as if to shield her eyes from the fire, and studying him curiously from that shadow.
 
“Much the same,” he answered; “except that she mentions Gail’s popularity instead of her own. She had her maid send her another trunkful of clothing, I believe,” and he fell to gazing into the fireplace.
 
“I am very much disappointed in Arly,” worried Aunt Helen. “I sent Arly specifically to bring Gail back in a week, and they have been gone nine days!”
 
“I’m glad they’re having a good time,” observed Jim Sargent. “She’ll come back when she gets ready. The New York pull is something which hits you in the middle of the night, and makes you get up and pack.”
 
“Yes, but the season will soon be over,” worried Aunt Helen. “Gail’s presence here at this time is so important that I do not see how she can neglect it. It may affect her entire future life. A second season is never so full of opportunities as the first one.”
 
“Oh nonsense,” laughed Jim. “You’re a fanatic35 on match-making, Helen. What you really mean is that Gail should make a choice out of the matrimonial market before it has all been picked over.”
 
“Jim,” protested Mrs. Sargent, the creases36 of worry appearing in her brow. Her husband and sister had never quarrelled, but they had permitted divergences37 of opinion, which had required much mutual38 forbearance.
 
“A spade is a spade,” returned Jim. “I think it’s silly to worry about Gail’s matrimonial prospects39. Whenever she’s ready to be married, she’ll look them all over, and pick out the one who suits her. All she’ll 185have to say is ‘Eeny-meeny-miny-moe, you’re it,’ and the fellow will rush right out and be measured for his suit.”
 
“Just the same, I’d rather she’d be here when she counts out,” laughed Lucile.
 
“So would I,” agreed Jim; “but, after all, there are good men everywhere. Girls get married out in the middle-west as well as here, and live happily ever after.”
 
“They grow fine men out there,” stated Mrs. Sargent, with a complimentary40 glance at her husband. She had never wavered in her opinion of that fine man.
 
“Right you are,” agreed Sargent heartily41. “They have not the polish of eastern men perhaps, but they have a strength, and forcefulness, and virility42, which carries them through. There are men out there, stacks of them, who would appeal to any bright and vivacious43 woman, sweep her off her feet, carry her away by storm, and make her forget a lot of things. If any handsome woman is unappreciated in New York, all she has to do is to go out to the middle-west.”
 
Lucile, listening to the innocently blundering speech of Gail’s proud uncle, watched Gerald with intense interest. She could scarcely believe the startling idea which had popped into her head! Gerald’s only apparent deviation from his normal attitude had consisted in abstractedly staring into the fire, instead of paying polite attention to every one, but that he had heard was evidenced by the shifting glance he gave Sargent. Otherwise he had not moved.
 
“You scare me,” said Lucile, still watching Gerald. “I’m not going to leave Gail out there any longer. I’m going to have her back at once.”
 
Gerald raised his head immediately, and smiled at her.
 
186“Splendid,” he approved. “Fact of the matter is,” and he hesitated an instant, “I’m becoming extremely lonesome.”
 
Even Ted detected something in Gerald’s tone and in his face.
 
“It’s time you were waking up,” he bluntly commented. “I should think you would be lonely without Arly.”
 
“Yes, isn’t it time,” agreed Gerald, studying the matter carefully. “You know, both having plenty of leisure, there’s never been any occasion for us to travel separately before, and, really, I miss her dreadfully.”
 
“I think I’ll have to get her for you, Gerald,” promised Lucile, removing her hand from in front of her eyes, and smiling at him reassuringly44. She could smile beautifully just now. The incredible thing she had thought she detected was positively45 true, and it made her excitedly happy! Gerald Fosland had been in love with his wife, and had never known it until now!
 
“If you can work that miracle, and bring Gail back with her, you’ll spread sunshine all over the place,” declared Jim Sargent. “It’s been like a funeral here since she went home. You’d think Gail was the most important section of New York. Everybody’s blue; Allison, Doctor Boyd; everybody who knew her inquires, with long faces, when she’s coming back!”
 
“What do you propose?” inquired Mrs. Helen Davies, with a degree of interest which intimated that she was quite ready to take any part in the conspiracy46.
 
“I have my little plan,” laughed Lucile. “I’m going to send her an absolutely irresistible47 reminder48 of New York!”

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1 radically ITQxu     
ad.根本地,本质地
参考例句:
  • I think we may have to rethink our policies fairly radically. 我认为我们可能要对我们的政策进行根本的反思。
  • The health service must be radically reformed. 公共医疗卫生服务必须进行彻底改革。
2 radical hA8zu     
n.激进份子,原子团,根号;adj.根本的,激进的,彻底的
参考例句:
  • The patient got a radical cure in the hospital.病人在医院得到了根治。
  • She is radical in her demands.她的要求十分偏激。
3 mere rC1xE     
adj.纯粹的;仅仅,只不过
参考例句:
  • That is a mere repetition of what you said before.那不过是重复了你以前讲的话。
  • It's a mere waste of time waiting any longer.再等下去纯粹是浪费时间。
4 plunge 228zO     
v.跳入,(使)投入,(使)陷入;猛冲
参考例句:
  • Test pool's water temperature before you plunge in.在你跳入之前你应该测试水温。
  • That would plunge them in the broil of the two countries.那将会使他们陷入这两国的争斗之中。
5 luncheon V8az4     
n.午宴,午餐,便宴
参考例句:
  • We have luncheon at twelve o'clock.我们十二点钟用午餐。
  • I have a luncheon engagement.我午饭有约。
6 papyrus hK9xR     
n.古以纸草制成之纸
参考例句:
  • The Egyptians wrote on papyrus.埃及人书写用薄草纸。
  • Since papyrus dries up and crumble,very few documents of ancient Egypt have survived.因草片会干裂成粉末所以古埃及的文件很少保存下来。
7 deviation Ll0zv     
n.背离,偏离;偏差,偏向;离题
参考例句:
  • Deviation from this rule are very rare.很少有违反这条规则的。
  • Any deviation from the party's faith is seen as betrayal.任何对党的信仰的偏离被视作背叛。
8 ted 9gazhs     
vt.翻晒,撒,撒开
参考例句:
  • The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。
  • She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。
9 desperately cu7znp     
adv.极度渴望地,绝望地,孤注一掷地
参考例句:
  • He was desperately seeking a way to see her again.他正拼命想办法再见她一面。
  • He longed desperately to be back at home.他非常渴望回家。
10 sculptor 8Dyz4     
n.雕刻家,雕刻家
参考例句:
  • A sculptor forms her material.雕塑家把材料塑造成雕塑品。
  • The sculptor rounded the clay into a sphere.那位雕塑家把黏土做成了一个球状。
11 throb aIrzV     
v.震颤,颤动;(急速强烈地)跳动,搏动
参考例句:
  • She felt her heart give a great throb.她感到自己的心怦地跳了一下。
  • The drums seemed to throb in his ears.阵阵鼓声彷佛在他耳边震响。
12 commiseration commiseration     
n.怜悯,同情
参考例句:
  • I offered him my commiseration. 我对他表示同情。
  • Self- commiseration brewed in her heart. 她在心里开始自叹命苦。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
13 widower fe4z2a     
n.鳏夫
参考例句:
  • George was a widower with six young children.乔治是个带著六个小孩子的鳏夫。
  • Having been a widower for many years,he finally decided to marry again.丧偶多年后,他终于决定二婚了。
14 thoroughly sgmz0J     
adv.完全地,彻底地,十足地
参考例句:
  • The soil must be thoroughly turned over before planting.一定要先把土地深翻一遍再下种。
  • The soldiers have been thoroughly instructed in the care of their weapons.士兵们都系统地接受过保护武器的训练。
15 wasteful ogdwu     
adj.(造成)浪费的,挥霍的
参考例句:
  • It is a shame to be so wasteful.这样浪费太可惜了。
  • Duties have been reassigned to avoid wasteful duplication of work.为避免重复劳动浪费资源,任务已经重新分派。
16 admiration afpyA     
n.钦佩,赞美,羡慕
参考例句:
  • He was lost in admiration of the beauty of the scene.他对风景之美赞不绝口。
  • We have a great admiration for the gold medalists.我们对金牌获得者极为敬佩。
17 discomfort cuvxN     
n.不舒服,不安,难过,困难,不方便
参考例句:
  • One has to bear a little discomfort while travelling.旅行中总要忍受一点不便。
  • She turned red with discomfort when the teacher spoke.老师讲话时她不好意思地红着脸。
18 neatly ynZzBp     
adv.整洁地,干净地,灵巧地,熟练地
参考例句:
  • Sailors know how to wind up a long rope neatly.水手们知道怎样把一条大绳利落地缠好。
  • The child's dress is neatly gathered at the neck.那孩子的衣服在领口处打着整齐的皱褶。
19 grooming grooming     
n. 修饰, 美容,(动物)梳理毛发
参考例句:
  • You should always pay attention to personal grooming. 你应随时注意个人仪容。
  • We watched two apes grooming each other. 我们看两只猩猩在互相理毛。
20 fixed JsKzzj     
adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的
参考例句:
  • Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗?
  • Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定,我们就不应该随意改变。
21 curiously 3v0zIc     
adv.有求知欲地;好问地;奇特地
参考例句:
  • He looked curiously at the people.他好奇地看着那些人。
  • He took long stealthy strides. His hands were curiously cold.他迈着悄没声息的大步。他的双手出奇地冷。
22 memorandum aCvx4     
n.备忘录,便笺
参考例句:
  • The memorandum was dated 23 August,2008.备忘录上注明的日期是2008年8月23日。
  • The Secretary notes down the date of the meeting in her memorandum book.秘书把会议日期都写在记事本上。
23 inspection y6TxG     
n.检查,审查,检阅
参考例句:
  • On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查,发现肉变质了。
  • The soldiers lined up for their daily inspection by their officers.士兵们列队接受军官的日常检阅。
24 entirely entirely     
ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地
参考例句:
  • The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
  • His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。
25 salon VjTz2Z     
n.[法]沙龙;客厅;营业性的高级服务室
参考例句:
  • Do you go to the hairdresser or beauty salon more than twice a week?你每周去美容院或美容沙龙多过两次吗?
  • You can hear a lot of dirt at a salon.你在沙龙上会听到很多流言蜚语。
26 fragrance 66ryn     
n.芬芳,香味,香气
参考例句:
  • The apple blossoms filled the air with their fragrance.苹果花使空气充满香味。
  • The fragrance of lavender filled the room.房间里充满了薰衣草的香味。
27 awe WNqzC     
n.敬畏,惊惧;vt.使敬畏,使惊惧
参考例句:
  • The sight filled us with awe.这景色使我们大为惊叹。
  • The approaching tornado struck awe in our hearts.正在逼近的龙卷风使我们惊恐万分。
28 noted 5n4zXc     
adj.著名的,知名的
参考例句:
  • The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
  • Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。
29 brilliance 1svzs     
n.光辉,辉煌,壮丽,(卓越的)才华,才智
参考例句:
  • I was totally amazed by the brilliance of her paintings.她的绘画才能令我惊歎不已。
  • The gorgeous costume added to the brilliance of the dance.华丽的服装使舞蹈更加光彩夺目。
30 gathering ChmxZ     
n.集会,聚会,聚集
参考例句:
  • He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
  • He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。
31 limousine B3NyJ     
n.豪华轿车
参考例句:
  • A chauffeur opened the door of the limousine for the grand lady.司机为这个高贵的女士打开了豪华轿车的车门。
  • We arrived in fine style in a hired limousine.我们很气派地乘坐出租的豪华汽车到达那里。
32 lighter 5pPzPR     
n.打火机,点火器;驳船;v.用驳船运送;light的比较级
参考例句:
  • The portrait was touched up so as to make it lighter.这张画经过润色,色调明朗了一些。
  • The lighter works off the car battery.引燃器利用汽车蓄电池打火。
33 impatience OaOxC     
n.不耐烦,急躁
参考例句:
  • He expressed impatience at the slow rate of progress.进展缓慢,他显得不耐烦。
  • He gave a stamp of impatience.他不耐烦地跺脚。
34 delightfully f0fe7d605b75a4c00aae2f25714e3131     
大喜,欣然
参考例句:
  • The room is delightfully appointed. 这房子的设备令人舒适愉快。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • The evening is delightfully cool. 晚间凉爽宜人。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
35 fanatic AhfzP     
n.狂热者,入迷者;adj.狂热入迷的
参考例句:
  • Alexander is a football fanatic.亚历山大是个足球迷。
  • I am not a religious fanatic but I am a Christian.我不是宗教狂热分子,但我是基督徒。
36 creases adfbf37b33b2c1e375b9697e49eb1ec1     
(使…)起折痕,弄皱( crease的第三人称单数 ); (皮肤)皱起,使起皱纹
参考例句:
  • She smoothed the creases out of her skirt. 她把裙子上的皱褶弄平。
  • She ironed out all the creases in the shirt. 她熨平了衬衣上的所有皱褶。
37 divergences 013507962bcd4e2c427ab01ddf4d94c8     
n.分叉( divergence的名词复数 );分歧;背离;离题
参考例句:
  • This overall figure conceals wide divergences between the main industrial countries. 这项综合数据掩盖了主要工业国家间的巨大分歧。 来自辞典例句
  • Inform Production Planner of any divergences from production plan. 生产计划有任何差异通知生产计划员。 来自互联网
38 mutual eFOxC     
adj.相互的,彼此的;共同的,共有的
参考例句:
  • We must pull together for mutual interest.我们必须为相互的利益而通力合作。
  • Mutual interests tied us together.相互的利害关系把我们联系在一起。
39 prospects fkVzpY     
n.希望,前途(恒为复数)
参考例句:
  • There is a mood of pessimism in the company about future job prospects. 公司中有一种对工作前景悲观的情绪。
  • They are less sanguine about the company's long-term prospects. 他们对公司的远景不那么乐观。
40 complimentary opqzw     
adj.赠送的,免费的,赞美的,恭维的
参考例句:
  • She made some highly complimentary remarks about their school.她对他们的学校给予高度的评价。
  • The supermarket operates a complimentary shuttle service.这家超市提供免费购物班车。
41 heartily Ld3xp     
adv.衷心地,诚恳地,十分,很
参考例句:
  • He ate heartily and went out to look for his horse.他痛快地吃了一顿,就出去找他的马。
  • The host seized my hand and shook it heartily.主人抓住我的手,热情地和我握手。
42 virility JUKzS     
n.雄劲,丈夫气
参考例句:
  • He wanted his sons to become strong,virile,and athletic like himself.他希望他的儿子们能长得像他一样强壮、阳刚而又健美。
  • He is a tall,virile man with rugged good looks.他是个身材高大、体魄健壮、相貌粗犷英俊的男子。
43 vivacious Dp7yI     
adj.活泼的,快活的
参考例句:
  • She is an artless,vivacious girl.她是一个天真活泼的女孩。
  • The picture has a vivacious artistic conception.这幅画气韵生动。
44 reassuringly YTqxW     
ad.安心,可靠
参考例句:
  • He patted her knee reassuringly. 他轻拍她的膝盖让她放心。
  • The doctor smiled reassuringly. 医生笑了笑,让人心里很踏实。
45 positively vPTxw     
adv.明确地,断然,坚决地;实在,确实
参考例句:
  • She was positively glowing with happiness.她满脸幸福。
  • The weather was positively poisonous.这天气着实讨厌。
46 conspiracy NpczE     
n.阴谋,密谋,共谋
参考例句:
  • The men were found guilty of conspiracy to murder.这些人被裁决犯有阴谋杀人罪。
  • He claimed that it was all a conspiracy against him.他声称这一切都是一场针对他的阴谋。
47 irresistible n4CxX     
adj.非常诱人的,无法拒绝的,无法抗拒的
参考例句:
  • The wheel of history rolls forward with an irresistible force.历史车轮滚滚向前,势不可挡。
  • She saw an irresistible skirt in the store window.她看见商店的橱窗里有一条叫人着迷的裙子。
48 reminder WkzzTb     
n.提醒物,纪念品;暗示,提示
参考例句:
  • I have had another reminder from the library.我又收到图书馆的催还单。
  • It always took a final reminder to get her to pay her share of the rent.总是得发给她一份最后催缴通知,她才付应该交的房租。


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