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Chapter 114 Peppino
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 AT THE same time that the steamer disappeared behind Cape1 Morgion, a man travelling post on the road from Florence to Rome had just passed the little town of Aquapendente. He was travelling fast enough to cover a great deal of ground without exciting suspicion. This man was dressed in a greatcoat, or rather a surtout, a little worse for the journey, but which exhibited the ribbon of the Legion of Honor still fresh and brilliant, a decoration which also ornamented2 the under coat. He might be recognized, not only by these signs, but also from the accent with which he spoke3 to the postilion, as a Frenchman. Another proof that he was a native of the universal country was apparent in the fact of his knowing no other Italian words than the terms used in music, and which like the "goddam" of Figaro, served all possible linguistic4 requirements.

"Allegro5!" he called out to the postilions at every ascent6. "Moderato!" he cried as they descended7. And heaven knows there are hills enough between Rome and Florence by the way of Aquapendente! These two words greatly amused the men to whom they were addressed. On reaching La Storta, the point from whence Rome is first visible, the traveller evinced none of the enthusiastic curiosity which usually leads strangers to stand up and endeavor to catch sight of the dome8 of St. Peter's, which may be seen long before any other object is distinguishable. No, he merely drew a pocketbook from his pocket, and took from it a paper folded in four, and after having examined it in a manner almost reverential, he said--"Good! I have it still!"

The carriage entered by the Porto del Popolo, turned to the left, and stopped at the H?tel d'Espagne. Old Pastrini, our former acquaintance, received the traveller at the door, hat in hand. The traveller alighted, ordered a good dinner, and inquired the address of the house of Thomson & French, which was immediately given to him, as it was one of the most celebrated9 in Rome. It was situated10 in the Via dei Banchi, near St. Peter's. In Rome, as everywhere else, the arrival of a post-chaise is an event. Ten young descendants of Marius and the Gracchi, barefooted and out at elbows, with one hand resting on the hip11 and the other gracefully12 curved above the head, stared at the traveller, the post-chaise, and the horses; to these were added about fifty little vagabonds from the Papal States, who earned a pittance13 by diving into the Tiber at high water from the bridge of St. Angelo. Now, as these street Arabs of Rome, more fortunate than those of Paris, understand every language, more especially the French, they heard the traveller order an apartment, a dinner, and finally inquire the way to the house of Thomson & French. The result was that when the new-comer left the hotel with the cicerone, a man detached himself from the rest of the idlers, and without having been seen by the traveller, and appearing to excite no attention from the guide, followed the stranger with as much skill as a Parisian police agent would have used.

The Frenchman had been so impatient to reach the house of Thomson & French that he would not wait for the horses to be harnessed, but left word for the carriage to overtake him on the road, or to wait for him at the bankers' door. He reached it before the carriage arrived. The Frenchman entered, leaving in the anteroom his guide, who immediately entered into conversation with two or three of the industrious14 idlers who are always to be found in Rome at the doors of banking-houses, churches, museums, or theatres. With the Frenchman, the man who had followed him entered too; the Frenchman knocked at the inner door, and entered the first room; his shadow did the same.

"Messrs. Thomson & French?" inquired the stranger.

An attendant arose at a sign from a confidential15 clerk at the first desk. "Whom shall I announce?" said the attendant.

"Baron16 Danglars."

"Follow me," said the man. A door opened, through which the attendant and the baron disappeared. The man who had followed Danglars sat down on a bench. The clerk continued to write for the next five minutes; the man preserved profound silence, and remained perfectly17 motionless. Then the pen of the clerk ceased to move over the paper; he raised his head, and appearing to be perfectly sure of privacy,--"Ah, ha," he said, "here you are, Peppino!"

"Yes," was the laconic18 reply. "You have found out that there is something worth having about this large gentleman?"

"There is no great merit due to me, for we were informed of it."

"You know his business here, then."

"Pardieu! he has come to draw, but I don't know how much!"

"You will know presently, my friend."

"Very well, only do not give me false information as you did the other day."

"What do you mean?--of whom do you speak? Was it the Englishman who carried off 3,000 crowns from here the other day?"

"No; he really had 3,000 crowns, and we found them. I mean the Russian prince, who you said had 30,000 livres, and we only found 22,000."

"You must have searched badly."

"Luigi Vampa himself searched."

"Indeed? But you must let me make my observations, or the Frenchman will transact19 his business without my knowing the sum." Peppino nodded, and taking a rosary from his pocket began to mutter a few prayers while the clerk disappeared through the same door by which Danglars and the attendant had gone out. At the expiration20 of ten minutes the clerk returned with a beaming countenance21. "Well?" asked Peppino of his friend.

"Joy, joy--the sum is large!"

"Five or six millions, is it not?"

"Yes, you know the amount."

"On the receipt of the Count of Monte Cristo?"

"Why, how came you to be so well acquainted with all this?"

"I told you we were informed beforehand."

"Then why do you apply to me?"

"That I may be sure I have the right man."

"Yes, it is indeed he. Five millions--a pretty sum, eh, Peppino?"

"Hush--here is our man!" The clerk seized his pen, and Peppino his beads22; one was writing and the other praying when the door opened. Danglars looked radiant with joy; the banker accompanied him to the door. Peppino followed Danglars.

According to the arrangements, the carriage was waiting at the door. The guide held the door open. Guides are useful people, who will turn their hands to anything. Danglars leaped into the carriage like a young man of twenty. The cicerone reclosed the door, and sprang up by the side of the coachman. Peppino mounted the seat behind.

"Will your excellency visit St. Peter's?" asked the cicerone.

"I did not come to Rome to see," said Danglars aloud; then he added softly, with an avaricious23 smile, "I came to touch!" and he rapped his pocket-book, in which he had just placed a letter.

"Then your excellency is going"--

"To the hotel."

"Casa Pastrini!" said the cicerone to the coachman, and the carriage drove rapidly on. Ten minutes afterwards the baron entered his apartment, and Peppino stationed himself on the bench outside the door of the hotel, after having whispered something in the ear of one of the descendants of Marius and the Gracchi whom we noticed at the beginning of the chapter, who immediately ran down the road leading to the Capitol at his fullest speed. Danglars was tired and sleepy; he therefore went to bed, placing his pocketbook under his pillow. Peppino had a little spare time, so he had a game of mora with the facchini, lost three crowns, and then to console himself drank a bottle of Orvieto.

The next morning Danglars awoke late, though he went to bed so early; he had not slept well for five or six nights, even if he had slept at all. He breakfasted heartily24, and caring little, as he said, for the beauties of the Eternal City, ordered post-horses at noon. But Danglars had not reckoned upon the formalities of the police and the idleness of the posting-master. The horses only arrived at two o'clock, and the cicerone did not bring the passport till three. All these preparations had collected a number of idlers round the door of Signor Pastrini's; the descendants of Marius and the Gracchi were also not wanting. The baron walked triumphantly25 through the crowd, who for the sake of gain styled him "your excellency." As Danglars had hitherto contented26 himself with being called a baron, he felt rather flattered at the title of excellency, and distributed a dozen silver coins among the beggars, who were ready, for twelve more, to call him "your highness."

"Which road?" asked the postilion in Italian. "The Ancona road," replied the baron. Signor Pastrini interpreted the question and answer, and the horses galloped28 off. Danglars intended travelling to Venice, where he would receive one part of his fortune, and then proceeding29 to Vienna, where he would find the rest, he meant to take up his residence in the latter town, which he had been told was a city of pleasure.

He had scarcely advanced three leagues out of Rome when daylight began to disappear. Danglars had not intended starting so late, or he would have remained; he put his head out and asked the postilion how long it would be before they reached the next town.

"Non capisco" (do not understand), was the reply.

Danglars bent30 his head, which he meant to imply, "Very well."

The carriage again moved on.

"I will stop at the first posting-house," said Danglars to himself.

He still felt the same self-satisfaction which he had experienced the previous evening, and which had procured31 him so good a night's rest. He was luxuriously32 stretched in a good English calash, with double springs; he was drawn33 by four good horses, at full gallop27; he knew the relay to be at a distance of seven leagues. What subject of meditation34 could present itself to the banker, so fortunately become bankrupt?

Danglars thought for ten minutes about his wife in Paris; another ten minutes about his daughter travelling with Mademoiselle d'Armilly; the same period was given to his creditors35, and the manner in which he intended spending their money; and then, having no subject left for contemplation, he shut his eyes, and fell asleep. Now and then a jolt36 more violent than the rest caused him to open his eyes; then he felt that he was still being carried with great rapidity over the same country, thickly strewn with broken aqueducts, which looked like granite37 giants petrified38 while running a race. But the night was cold, dull, and rainy, and it was much more pleasant for a traveller to remain in the warm carriage than to put his head out of the window to make inquiries39 of a postilion whose only answer was "Non capisco."

Danglars therefore continued to sleep, saying to himself that he would be sure to awake at the posting-house. The carriage stopped. Danglars fancied that they had reached the long-desired point; he opened his eyes and looked through the window, expecting to find himself in the midst of some town, or at least village; but he saw nothing except what seemed like a ruin, where three or four men went and came like shadows. Danglars waited a moment, expecting the postilion to come and demand payment with the termination of his stage. He intended taking advantage of the opportunity to make fresh inquiries of the new conductor; but the horses were unharnessed, and others put in their places, without any one claiming money from the traveller. Danglars, astonished, opened the door; but a strong hand pushed him back, and the carriage rolled on. The baron was completely roused. "Eh?" he said to the postilion, "eh, mio caro?"

This was another little piece of Italian the baron had learned from hearing his daughter sing Italian duets with Cavalcanti. But mio caro did not reply. Danglars then opened the window.

"Come, my friend," he said, thrusting his hand through the opening, "where are we going?"

"Dentro la testa!" answered a solemn and imperious voice, accompanied by a menacing gesture. Danglars thought dentro la testa meant, "Put in your head!" He was making rapid progress in Italian. He obeyed, not without some uneasiness, which, momentarily increasing, caused his mind, instead of being as unoccupied as it was when he began his journey, to fill with ideas which were very likely to keep a traveller awake, more especially one in such a situation as Danglars. His eyes acquired that quality which in the first moment of strong emotion enables them to see distinctly, and which afterwards fails from being too much taxed. Before we are alarmed, we see correctly; when we are alarmed, we see double; and when we have been alarmed, we see nothing but trouble. Danglars observed a man in a cloak galloping40 at the right hand of the carriage.

"Some gendarme41!" he exclaimed. "Can I have been intercepted42 by French telegrams to the pontifical43 authorities?" He resolved to end his anxiety. "Where are you taking me?" he asked. "Dentro la testa," replied the same voice, with the same menacing accent.

Danglars turned to the left; another man on horseback was galloping on that side. "Decidedly," said Danglars, with the perspiration44 on his forehead, "I must be under arrest." And he threw himself back in the calash, not this time to sleep, but to think. Directly afterwards the moon rose. He then saw the great aqueducts, those stone phantoms45 which he had before remarked, only then they were on the right hand, now they were on the left. He understood that they had described a circle, and were bringing him back to Rome. "Oh, unfortunate!" he cried, "they must have obtained my arrest." The carriage continued to roll on with frightful46 speed. An hour of terror elapsed, for every spot they passed showed that they were on the road back. At length he saw a dark mass, against which it seemed as if the carriage was about to dash; but the vehicle turned to one side, leaving the barrier behind and Danglars saw that it was one of the ramparts encircling Rome.

"Mon dieu!" cried Danglars, "we are not returning to Rome; then it is not justice which is pursuing me! Gracious heavens; another idea presents itself--what if they should be"--

His hair stood on end. He remembered those interesting stories, so little believed in Paris, respecting Roman bandits; he remembered the adventures that Albert de Morcerf had related when it was intended that he should marry Mademoiselle Eugénie. "They are robbers, perhaps," he muttered. Just then the carriage rolled on something harder than gravel47 road. Danglars hazarded a look on both sides of the road, and perceived monuments of a singular form, and his mind now recalled all the details Morcerf had related, and comparing them with his own situation, he felt sure that he must be on the Appian Way. On the left, in a sort of valley, he perceived a circular excavation48. It was Caracalla's circus. On a word from the man who rode at the side of the carriage, it stopped. At the same time the door was opened.

"Scendi!" exclaimed a commanding voice. Danglars instantly descended; although he did not yet speak Italian, he understood it very well. More dead than alive, he looked around him. Four men surrounded him, besides the postilion.

"Di quà," said one of the men, descending49 a little path leading out of the Appian Way. Danglars followed his guide without opposition50, and had no occasion to turn around to see whether the three others were following him. Still it appeared as though they were stationed at equal distances from one another, like sentinels. After walking for about ten minutes, during which Danglars did not exchange a single word with his guide, he found himself between a hillock and a clump51 of high weeds; three men, standing52 silent, formed a triangle, of which he was the centre. He wished to speak, but his tongue refused to move.

"Avanti!" said the same sharp and imperative53 voice.

This time Danglars had double reason to understand, for if the word and gesture had not explained the speaker's meaning, it was clearly expressed by the man walking behind him, who pushed him so rudely that he struck against the guide. This guide was our friend Peppino, who dashed into the thicket54 of high weeds, through a path which none but lizards55 or polecats could have imagined to be an open road. Peppino stopped before a pit overhung by thick hedges; the pit, half open, afforded a passage to the young man, who disappeared like the evil spirits in the fairy tales. The voice and gesture of the man who followed Danglars ordered him to do the same. There was no longer any doubt, the bankrupt was in the hands of Roman banditti. Danglars acquitted56 himself like a man placed between two dangerous positions, and who is rendered brave by fear. Notwithstanding his large stomach, certainly not intended to penetrate57 the fissures58 of the Campagna, he slid down like Peppino, and closing his eyes fell upon his feet. As he touched the ground, he opened his eyes. The path was wide, but dark. Peppino, who cared little for being recognized now that he was in his own territories, struck a light and lit a torch. Two other men descended after Danglars forming the rearguard, and pushing Danglars whenever he happened to stop, they came by a gentle declivity59 to the intersection60 of two corridors. The walls were hollowed out in sepulchres, one above the other, and which seemed in contrast with the white stones to open their large dark eyes, like those which we see on the faces of the dead. A sentinel struck the rings of his carbine against his left hand. "Who comes there?" he cried.

"A friend, a friend!" said Peppino; "but where is the captain?"

"There," said the sentinel, pointing over his shoulder to a spacious61 crypt, hollowed out of the rock, the lights from which shone into the passage through the large arched openings. "Fine spoil, captain, fine spoil!" said Peppino in Italian, and taking Danglars by the collar of his coat he dragged him to an opening resembling a door, through which they entered the apartment which the captain appeared to have made his dwelling-place.

"Is this the man?" asked the captain, who was attentively62 reading Plutarch's Life of Alexander.

"Himself, captain--himself."

"Very well, show him to me." At this rather impertinent order, Peppino raised his torch to the face of Danglars, who hastily withdrew that he might not have his eyelashes burnt. His agitated63 features presented the appearance of pale and hideous64 terror. "The man is tired," said the captain, "conduct him to his bed."

"Oh," murmured Danglars," that bed is probably one of the coffins65 hollowed in the wall, and the sleep I shall enjoy will be death from one of the poniards I see glistening66 in the darkness."

From their beds of dried leaves or wolf-skins at the back of the chamber67 now arose the companions of the man who had been found by Albert de Morcerf reading C?sar's Commentaries, and by Danglars studying the Life of Alexander. The banker uttered a groan68 and followed his guide; he neither supplicated69 nor exclaimed. He no longer possessed70 strength, will, power, or feeling; he followed where they led him. At length he found himself at the foot of a staircase, and he mechanically lifted his foot five or six times. Then a low door was opened before him, and bending his head to avoid striking his forehead he entered a small room cut out of the rock. The cell was clean, though empty, and dry, though situated at an immeasurable distance under the earth. A bed of dried grass covered with goat-skins was placed in one corner. Danglars brightened up on beholding71 it, fancying that it gave some promise of safety. "Oh, God be praised," he said; "it is a real bed!"

"Ecco!" said the guide, and pushing Danglars into the cell, he closed the door upon him.

A bolt grated and Danglars was a prisoner. If there had been no bolt, it would have been impossible for him to pass through the midst of the garrison72 who held the catacombs of St. Sebastian, encamped round a master whom our readers must have recognized as the famous Luigi Vampa. Danglars, too, had recognized the bandit, whose existence he would not believe when Albert de Morcerf mentioned him in Paris; and not only did he recognize him, but the cell in which Albert had been confined, and which was probably kept for the accommodation of strangers. These recollections were dwelt upon with some pleasure by Danglars, and restored him to some degree of tranquillity73. Since the bandits had not despatched him at once, he felt that they would not kill him at all. They had arrested him for the purpose of robbery, and as he had only a few louis about him, he doubted not he would be ransomed74. He remembered that Morcerf had been taxed at 4,000 crowns, and as he considered himself of much greater importance than Morcerf he fixed75 his own price at 8,000 crowns. Eight thousand crowns amounted to 48,000 livres; he would then have about 5,050,000 francs left. With this sum he could manage to keep out of difficulties. Therefore, tolerably secure in being able to extricate76 himself from his position, provided he were not rated at the unreasonable77 sum of 5,050,000 francs, he stretched himself on his bed, and after turning over two or three times, fell asleep with the tranquillity of the hero whose life Luigi Vampa was studying.
 

在那艘汽船消失在摩琴岬后面的同时,一个人乘着驿车从佛罗伦萨赶往罗马的人,经过阿瓜本特小镇。他的驿车赶得相当快,但还没有快到会令人发生怀疑的程度。这人穿着一件外套,确切地说,是一件紧身长外套,穿了这种衣服旅行是不十分舒服的,但它却把鲜明灿烂的荣誉团军官的缎带显示出来,他外套下面的上装上佩着一枚勋章,这两个标志以及他对车夫讲话时的口音都可以看出他是一个法国人。另外还有一点可以证明他是来自这个世界语言[这时指法语当时流行于欧洲各国。——译注]的国家的,就是,他只知道乐谱上用作术语的那几个意大利字,象费加罗老说“goddam”[法国最流行的外国字之一;十五世纪时,法国人叫英国人为goddam。——译注]一样,这些字能代替特殊语言的一切奥妙。

当马车上坡的时候,他就对车夫大喊“Allegro”[意大利语,音乐术语:“急调,加快!”——译注]当他下坡的时候,他就喊“Moderato!”[意大利语,音乐术语:“不疾不徐,稍慢!”——译注]凡是走过那条路的人,都知道佛罗伦萨经阿瓜本特到罗马,途中有许多的上坡和下坡!这两个字使听话的人感到极其有趣。车到勒斯多塔,罗马业已在望,一般旅客到这里总会表露出强烈的好奇心,站起来去看那最先闯入眼帘的圣·彼得教堂的圆顶,但这位旅客却没有这种好奇心。他只是从口袋里摸出一只皮夹,从皮夹里抽出一张折成两叠的纸片,用一种恭敬的态度把它察看了一遍以后,说:“好!它还在我身边呢。”

马车从波波罗门进城。向左转,在爱斯巴旅馆门口停下来。我们的老相识派里尼老板恭恭敬敬地在门口迎接那位旅客。那位旅客下车,吩咐给他预备一顿丰盛的午餐,然后便打听汤姆生·弗伦奇银行的地址。当然一问就知道了,因为汤姆生·弗伦奇银行是罗马最有名的银行之一,它就在圣·彼得教堂附近的银行街上。罗马,象在其他各地一样,来一辆驿车是一件大事。十几个年轻的闲汉,示脚露肘,一手叉腰,一手有模有样地放到后脑勺上,凝视着那旅客、驿车和马;此外还有五十个左右游手好闲的二流子,他们是从教皇统治下的各省来的,因为教皇重征人头税,要从圣·安琪罗桥抽水灌入梯伯河[梯伯河经意大利中部诸省,该河比海平面高出二百四十四尺。——译注],所以无力纳税的人民只能让他们的孩子流浪出来乞讨为生。但罗马的闲汉和流民比巴黎的幸运,他们懂得各国语言,尤其是法语,他们听到那旅客吩咐要一个房间,一顿午餐,后来又打听汤姆生·弗伦奇银行的地址。结果是:当那位客带着一个向导离开旅馆的时候,一个闲汉离开他的同伴,象巴黎警局的密探那样巧妙地跟着那旅客,未被那旅客发现,也未被向导注意。

那个法国人是急于要到汤姆生·弗伦奇银行去,以致他也不等驾马,只是留话给车夫,叫车夫驾好马以后追上来,或到银行门口去等他。他比马车先到银行。那法国人走进银行把向导留在外厅里,向导便立刻和两三个职业闲汉拉起话来。

在罗马的银行、教堂、废墟、博物馆和剧院门口,总是有这些职业闲汉在那儿的,跟踪法国人的那个家伙也走进银行。那法国人敲一敲内门,走进第一个房间,跟踪他的闲汉也这样做。

“经理先生在吗?”那旅客问道。

坐在第一张写字台前的一个重要职员打了一个手势,一个仆役便站起身来。“您是哪一位?”那仆役问。

“腾格拉尔男爵。”

“请跟我来!”那个人说。

一扇门开了,那仆役和男爵都消失到门里面。那个跟腾格拉尔来的人在一条长凳上坐下来。以后的五分钟内,那职员继续写字,凳子上的那个人也保持着沉默,一动不动地坐在那儿。然后,当那职员停笔的时候,他抬起头来,向四下看一看,确定房间里只有两个人,便说:“啊,啊!你来啦,庇皮诺!”

“是的。”回答很简单。

“你认为这个人有值得探听的事情吗?”

“我没有多少事情要打听,因为我们已经得到情报了。”

“那么你知道他到这儿干什么来的罗?”

“当然,他是来提款的,但我不知道数目。”

“你不久就可以知道的了,我的朋友。”

“好极了,你大概还是象前次那样,给我错误的消息。”

“你是什么意思?你指哪一个人?是不久以前从这儿拿走三万艾居的那个英国人吗?”

“不,他真的有三万艾居,我们找到了。我是指那个俄国王子,你说他有三万里弗,而我们却只找到两万四千。”

“你一定搜得不仔细。”

“是罗吉·万帕亲自搜查的。”

“如果那样,他大概是还了债——”

“一个俄国人还肯还债!”

“——不然就是花掉了一部分。”

“那倒是可能的。”

“一定是的,你必须让我去听一听,不然,那个法国人在我还知道数目以前就要办完手续了。”

庇皮诺点点头,从他的口袋里拿出一串念珠来,开始低声地祈祷,而那职员则走进了腾格拉尔和仆役进去的那间房子十分钟以后,那职员满面光彩地回来了。

“怎么样?”庇皮诺问他的朋友。

“小心,小心!数目很大。”

“五六百万,是不是?”

“是的,你知道那数目了吗?”

“记在基督山伯爵大人的账上?”

“你认识伯爵吗?”

“那笔钱,他们给他开立户头,任他在罗马、威尼斯和维也纳提取?”

“正是如此!”那职员喊道,“你怎么打听得这样清楚呢?”

“我告诉过你,我们是事先就得到情报了。”

“那么你为什么要来问我呢?”

“我要确定我有没有认错了人。”

“是的,的确是他!五百万,——一笔很可观的数目,是吗,庇皮诺?”

“是的。”

“嘘!我们的人来啦!”

那职员抓起他的笔,庇皮诺抓起他的念珠。门开的时候,一个在写字,一个在祈祷。腾格拉尔满面喜色,银行经理一直陪他到门口。庇皮诺跟着腾格拉尔出去。约定马车等在门口。导游拉开车门,他们很能干,什么事情可以派到他的用场。腾格拉尔跳进车子。动作轻捷得象个小伙子,导游关上车门,跳上去坐在车夫旁边。庇皮诺跳上车坐在车厢外的后座上。

“大人是要到圣·彼得教堂去吗?”导游问道。

“去做什么呀?”

“当然是去观光啦!”

“我不是到罗马来观光的,”腾格拉尔大声说,然后,他又带着一个贪婪的微笑轻轻地说,“我是来取钱的!”于是他拍一拍他的皮夹,皮夹里刚才已装进一份信用卡。

“那么大人是到——”

“到旅馆去。”

“到派时尼旅馆去!”导游对车夫说,马车疾驶而去。十分钟后,男爵回到他的房间,庇皮诺则在旅馆门外的长凳上坐下来,他与本章开始时提及的那些闲汉中的一个,咬耳说了几句话,那个闲汉便立刻顺着通到朱庇特殿的那条路飞一般地跑去。腾格拉尔觉得疲乏而满足,睡意很浓,他上了床,把他的皮夹塞在枕头底下。庇皮诺闲得无事,便和闲汉们玩骰子,输了三个艾居,为了安慰自己,喝了一瓶奥维多酒。

腾格拉尔虽然睡得很早,但第二天早晨却醒得很迟,他有五六夜没有睡好了。有时甚至根本没有睡觉时间。他美美地吃了早餐,然后,正如他所说的,因为对这“不朽之城”的美景并不关心,便吩咐车夫在中午给他备好马车。但腾格拉尔可没有计算到警察局的手续会如此麻烦,驿站站长又是如此的懒惰。驿马到两点钟才来,去代领护照的向导直到三点钟才到。而备好的马车在派里尼老板的门口早吸引了一群游手好闲的人。这些人之中当然有不少职业闲汉。男爵得意洋洋地穿过这些看热闹的人,有不少为了想得些赏钱,那些闲汉便齐声唤他“大人。”在那以前,腾格拉尔一向以被称为男爵自满。大人这个称呼使他有点受宠若惊,便撒了十几个铜板给那群人,那群人为了再多得十几个铜板,立刻改称他为“殿下”。

“走哪一条路?”车夫用意大利语问。

“去安科纳省的那条路。”男爵回答。

派里尼老板翻译了这一问一答,马便疾驶而去。腾格拉尔准备先到威尼斯,在那儿提出一部分钱,然后赴维也纳,休息几天以后,他准备在维也纳住下来,因为他听说那是一个可以寻欢作乐的好地方。

他离开罗马不到十哩路,天色便晴起来了。腾格拉尔没想到起程会这么晚,要不是这样,他宁愿在罗马多留一夜的。

他伸出头去,问车夫要多久才能到达一个市镇。

车夫用意大利语回答,“NonCapisco”[意大利语:“听不懂。——译注]腾格拉尔点一点头,意思是说:“好极了。”

马车继续向前走。“我到第一个驿站就停车。”腾格拉尔心想。昨天晚上,他美美地睡了一宿,他现在还能感受到那种舒适惬意的余味。他现在舒舒服服地躺在一辆华丽的英国马车里,身下有双重弹簧座垫,由四匹好马拉着车子疾驶。他知道离前面的驿站只有二十哩路了。一个这样幸运地破产的银行家,他的脑子里究竟在想什么呢?

腾格拉尔想到了他那在巴黎的太太,大约过了十分钟,他又想起了和亚密莱小姐一同出门的女儿,大约又过了十分钟,他的债权人以及他将来如何花他们的钱十分钟以后,他没有东西可想了,便闭上眼睛睡了。时而,一下比较猛烈的颠簸使他睁开眼睛,于是他感觉得到车子依旧载着他在依稀相似的罗马郊外急速地前进,沿途布满着残存的高架引水桥[罗马水道是罗马著名的古代建筑,最早的筑于公元前三世纪,一般都是用巨石和砖砌成的引水渠道。——译注],远看象化为花岗石的巨人挡住他们的去路。但这天晚上天气很冷,天空阴暗,而且下着雨,一个旅客坐在温暖的车厢里,在比问一个只会回答“Napisco”的车夫要舒服得多。腾格拉尔继续睡觉,心想反正到达驿站的时候他一定会醒来的。

马车停了。腾格拉尔以为他们到达了那盼望以久的地点。

他张开眼睛向窗外望出去,以为他已到了一个市镇或至少到了一个村庄里,但他看见的却是一座象废墟一样的东西,有三四个人象幽灵似的在那儿走来走去。腾格拉尔等了一会儿,心想车夫既已赶完他那一段路,一定会来向他要钱,他就可以借那个机会向新车夫问话。但马已经解辔了,另外几匹马换了上去,可是却始终没有人来向他要钱。腾格拉尔惊奇地推开车门;但一只强有力的手把他推回来,车子又开始行驶了。男爵目瞪口呆,完全醒了。“喂!”他对车夫说,“喂,miocaro[意大利语:亲爱的。——译注]!”这两个意大利字,男爵也是在听他的女儿和卡瓦尔康蒂对唱时学来的;但miocaro并没有带来回答。腾格拉尔于是把窗打开。

“喂,我的朋友,”他把头伸到窗外说,“我们是到哪儿去呀?”

“Dentrolatesta!”[意大利语:“头缩进去!”——译注]一个庄严而专横的声音喊着并伴随着一个恫吓的手势。

腾格拉尔明白了,Dentrolatesta的意思是“把头缩回去!”由此可见他的意大利语进步神速。他服从了,但心里却七上八下,而且那种不安与时俱增。他的脑子不再象开始旅行时那样无忧无虑、他的脑子里现在已充满了种种念头。这些念头无疑使他情绪激动、头脑清醒。但后来由于紧张过分又糊涂了。在我们未曾惊慌的时候,我们对外界的一切看得很清楚,当我们惊慌的时候,外界的一切在我们眼中都有了双重意义,而当我们已经吓慌了的时候,我们除了麻烦以外,便什么都看不见了。腾格拉尔看见一个披着披风的人骑着马在车子的右边疾驰。“宪兵!”他喊道。“难道当局已把我的情形发急报给教皇当局了?”他决定要解除这个疑团。“你们带我到哪儿去?”他问道。

“Dentrolatesta!”以前那个声音又气势汹汹的回答。

腾格拉尔朝车厢左边,转过身去,他看见右边也有一个人骑着马在疾驰。“一定是的了!”腾格拉尔说,额头上直冒出汗来,“我准是被捕了。”于是他便往背垫上一靠,但这一次可不是睡觉而是动脑筋了。不久,月亮升起来了。他看见了那庞大的引水渠架,就是他以前看见过的那些花岗石的鬼怪;只是以前它们在他的右边,而现在则已在他的左边。他知道他们已掉转车头。正在把他带回到罗马去。“噢,倒霉!”

他喊道,“他们一定已弄到了我的引渡权。”马车继续快驰。一小时就在这样的担惊受怕中过去了,他们所经过的每一个地点都在提醒这个逃亡者他们是在走回头路。终于,他看见一片黑压庄的庞然大物,看来马车一定会撞在那个东西上;但车子一转弯,那个庞然大物便已落在后面了,那原来是环绕在罗马四周的一个城垒。

“噢,噢!”腾格拉尔喊道,“我们不是回罗马,那么,并不是法院派人来追我,我仁慈的上帝!”另外一个念头浮上他的脑海,“但如果他们竟是——”

他的头发竖了起来。他想起了那些在巴黎很少有人相信的关于罗马强盗的有趣的故事。他想起了阿尔贝·马尔塞夫在与欧热妮小姐的婚约未破裂前讲述的那一番冒险。“他们或许是强盗!”他自言自语地说。正当那时,车子驶上了一条比碎石路更硬的路面。腾格拉尔大着胆子向路的两边望了一望,看见两边都是一式的纪念碑,马尔塞夫那场冒险的种种细节在他的头脑里面盘桓着,他确信自己已被带上了阿匹爱氏路上,在一块象山谷似的地方,他看见有一个圆形凹陷的建筑物。那是卡拉卡勒竞技场。车子右边那个骑马的人一声令下马车便停住了。同时,车子左侧的门打开了。

“Scendi!”[意大利语:“跟着来。”——译注]一个命令式的声音喊道。腾格拉尔本能地下车,他虽然不会说意大利语,他却已经懂得这个字。半死不活的男爵向四周看了一看。除车夫以外的四个人把他围了起来。

“Diqua,”[意大利语:“下来!”——译注]其中有一个人一面说,一面带头走下一条离开阿匹爱氏路的岔道。腾格拉尔一声不吭地跟在他的身后,并不反抗,无须回头,另外那三个人一定跟在他的后面。可是,他似乎觉得每隔一段的距离就站着一个人,象哨兵似的。

这样走了大约十分钟,在这期间,腾格拉尔没有和他前面的人说一句话,最后,他发现自己已在一座小丘和一丛长得很高的杂草之间;三个人默默地站成一个三角形,而他是那个三角形的中心。他想说话但他的舌头却不听使唤。

“Avanti!”[意大利语:向前走。”——译注]是那个严厉和专横的声音说。

这一次,腾格拉尔更明白了,他不但听懂了话,而且也领会了动作的含义,因为他身后的那个人非常粗鲁地把他一推,他差点撞到在前面带路的那个人身上,这个人就是我们的朋友庇皮诺,他扎进杂草丛中,沿着一条只有蜥蜴或黄鼠狼才认为是一条大道的小径向前走去。在一块小树掩遮下的岩石前面他停了下来,那块岩石半开半掩,刚好可容一个人钻进去,那个小伙子一转身便象童话里的妖精似地不见了。腾格拉尔后面的那个人吩咐他也照样做。现在他已经毫不怀疑了,他已经落入罗马强盗手里。腾格拉尔象是一个身临险境进退维谷,却又被恐惧激起了勇气的人那样,他执行了命令,象庇皮诺那样钻了进去。尽管他的肚子给他带来了很多不便。

他闭上眼睛。直到他的脚触到地面的时候,才张开眼来。里面的路很宽,但却很黑。庇皮诺划火点燃了一支火把,他现在已到了自己的地方,不再怕被人认出了。另外那两个人也紧随着腾格拉尔下来,做他的后卫。腾格拉尔一停步,他们就推着他向前走。他们顺着一条平缓的下坡路走到一处阴森可怖的十字路口。墙上挖着一格格装棺材的墓穴,衬托着白石的墙头,就象是骷髅上黑洞洞的大眼睛一样。

一个哨兵把他的步枪拍的一声转到左手。“谁?”他喊道。

“自己人,自己人!”庇皮诺说,“队长在哪儿?”

“在那边!”哨兵用手向背后面一指;那儿的一个大厅象是岩石挖出来的,大厅里的灯光透过拱形的大门廊照入隧道。

“好买卖,队长,好买卖!”庇皮诺用意大利语说,他抓住腾格拉尔的衣领,拖着他向门洞走,拖他穿过门洞进入大厅,看来队长就在那里。

“是这个人吗?”队长问道,他正在聚精会神地读普罗塔克的《亚历山大传》。

“是的,队长,就是他。”

“好极了,让我看看他。”

听到这一声很不客气的命令,庇皮诺便把火把举起来直逼到腾格拉尔的脸上,腾格拉尔吓得忙向后退,以免烧焦眼睫毛。他脸色苍白满是惊恐之色。

“这个人累了,”队长说,带他上床去睡吧。”

“上帝,”腾格拉尔暗暗地说,“他所说的床大概是墙壁空洞里的棺材,而我所能享受的睡眠,大概就是由那在黑影里闪闪发光的匕首所造成的长眠了。”

就是当年阿尔贝·马尔塞夫发现他在读《凯撒历史回忆录》的那个人,这位腾格拉尔发现他在研究《亚历山大传》的首领的话,他的话惊醒了他的同伴,他们从大厅四角用枯叶或狼皮铺成的床上坐起来。那位银行家发出一声呻吟,跟着领他的人向前走,他既未恳求也未哀叫。因为他已经没有精力、意志、没有感觉;不论他们领他到什么地方去,他就会乖乖地跟着走。最后他发觉自己已到了一座楼梯脚下,他机械地抬起腿,向上走了五六步。一扇矮门在他的面前打开了,他低下头,以免撞伤额角,走进一个用岩石挖成的小地室。这回地窖虽然未加粉饰,却很清洁,虽然深埋在地下,却很干燥。地窖的一个角落里有一张干草做的床,上面铺着羊皮。腾格拉尔一看见那张床,眼睛顿时发光了,他认为那是一种安全的象征。“噢,赞美上帝!”他说,这是一张真的床!”

“Ecco!”[意大利语:“到了!”——译注]那向导说,他把腾格拉尔往地窖里一推,随手把门关上。

门闩格拉一响,腾格拉尔变成一个俘虏了。而且,即使没有门闩,他也不可能从这警卫森严的圣·西伯斯坦陵墓里逃出去。至于这群强盗的首领,我们的读者一定已认出那是鼎鼎大名的罗吉·万帕。腾格拉尔也认出了他;当阿尔贝·马尔塞夫在巴黎讲到这个强盗的时候,腾格拉尔不相信他的存在,但现在,他不但认出他,而且也认出了这个曾关过阿尔贝的地窖,这个地方大概是特地留给外客用的。这些记忆给腾格拉尔带来了几分欢喜,使他的心情平静了些。那些强盗既然不想立刻结果他的性命,那么他认为他们根本不想杀他。他们捉他来的目的是为了要钱,既然他身边只带着几块金路易,他相信他们一定会放他出去,他记得马尔塞夫的赎款好象是四千艾居。因为他自认为自己比马尔塞夫重要很多,他把自己的赎款定为八千艾居。八千艾居相当于四万八千里弗;而他现在却有五百零五万法郎在身边。凭着这笔款子,他一定可以使自己恢复自由。他从来没有听说过绑票的赎款有高达五百零五万法郎的,所以,他相信自己不必破费很多钱就可以离开这个地方。他躺到床上,在翻了两三次身以后,便象罗吉·万帕所读的那本书中的主角那样宁静地睡着了。 


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1 cape ITEy6     
n.海角,岬;披肩,短披风
参考例句:
  • I long for a trip to the Cape of Good Hope.我渴望到好望角去旅行。
  • She was wearing a cape over her dress.她在外套上披着一件披肩。
2 ornamented af417c68be20f209790a9366e9da8dbb     
adj.花式字体的v.装饰,点缀,美化( ornament的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • The desk was ornamented with many carvings. 这桌子装饰有很多雕刻物。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • She ornamented her dress with lace. 她用花边装饰衣服。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 spoke XryyC     
n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说
参考例句:
  • They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
  • The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
4 linguistic k0zxn     
adj.语言的,语言学的
参考例句:
  • She is pursuing her linguistic researches.她在从事语言学的研究。
  • The ability to write is a supreme test of linguistic competence.写作能力是对语言能力的最高形式的测试。
5 allegro MLyyu     
adj. 快速而活泼的;n.快板;adv.活泼地
参考例句:
  • The first movement is a conventional symphonic Allegro.第一乐章是传统的交响乐快板。
  • My life in university is like allegro.我的生活在大学中像急速的乐章。
6 ascent TvFzD     
n.(声望或地位)提高;上升,升高;登高
参考例句:
  • His rapid ascent in the social scale was surprising.他的社会地位提高之迅速令人吃惊。
  • Burke pushed the button and the elevator began its slow ascent.伯克按动电钮,电梯开始缓慢上升。
7 descended guQzoy     
a.为...后裔的,出身于...的
参考例句:
  • A mood of melancholy descended on us. 一种悲伤的情绪袭上我们的心头。
  • The path descended the hill in a series of zigzags. 小路呈连续的之字形顺着山坡蜿蜒而下。
8 dome 7s2xC     
n.圆屋顶,拱顶
参考例句:
  • The dome was supported by white marble columns.圆顶由白色大理石柱支撑着。
  • They formed the dome with the tree's branches.他们用树枝搭成圆屋顶。
9 celebrated iwLzpz     
adj.有名的,声誉卓著的
参考例句:
  • He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
  • The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。
10 situated JiYzBH     
adj.坐落在...的,处于某种境地的
参考例句:
  • The village is situated at the margin of a forest.村子位于森林的边缘。
  • She is awkwardly situated.她的处境困难。
11 hip 1dOxX     
n.臀部,髋;屋脊
参考例句:
  • The thigh bone is connected to the hip bone.股骨连着髋骨。
  • The new coats blouse gracefully above the hip line.新外套在臀围线上优美地打着褶皱。
12 gracefully KfYxd     
ad.大大方方地;优美地
参考例句:
  • She sank gracefully down onto a cushion at his feet. 她优雅地坐到他脚旁的垫子上。
  • The new coats blouse gracefully above the hip line. 新外套在臀围线上优美地打着褶皱。
13 pittance KN1xT     
n.微薄的薪水,少量
参考例句:
  • Her secretaries work tirelessly for a pittance.她的秘书们为一点微薄的工资不知疲倦地工作。
  • The widow must live on her slender pittance.那寡妇只能靠自己微薄的收入过活。
14 industrious a7Axr     
adj.勤劳的,刻苦的,奋发的
参考例句:
  • If the tiller is industrious,the farmland is productive.人勤地不懒。
  • She was an industrious and willing worker.她是个勤劳肯干的员工。
15 confidential MOKzA     
adj.秘(机)密的,表示信任的,担任机密工作的
参考例句:
  • He refused to allow his secretary to handle confidential letters.他不让秘书处理机密文件。
  • We have a confidential exchange of views.我们推心置腹地交换意见。
16 baron XdSyp     
n.男爵;(商业界等)巨头,大王
参考例句:
  • Henry Ford was an automobile baron.亨利·福特是一位汽车业巨头。
  • The baron lived in a strong castle.男爵住在一座坚固的城堡中。
17 perfectly 8Mzxb     
adv.完美地,无可非议地,彻底地
参考例句:
  • The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
  • Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。
18 laconic 59Dzo     
adj.简洁的;精练的
参考例句:
  • He sent me a laconic private message.他给我一封简要的私人函件。
  • This response was typical of the writer's laconic wit.这个回答反映了这位作家精练简明的特点。
19 transact hn8wE     
v.处理;做交易;谈判
参考例句:
  • I will transact my business by letter.我会写信去洽谈业务。
  • I have been obliged to see him;there was business to transact.我不得不见他,有些事物要处理。
20 expiration bmSxA     
n.终结,期满,呼气,呼出物
参考例句:
  • Can I have your credit card number followed by the expiration date?能告诉我你的信用卡号码和它的到期日吗?
  • This contract shall be terminated on the expiration date.劳动合同期满,即行终止。
21 countenance iztxc     
n.脸色,面容;面部表情;vt.支持,赞同
参考例句:
  • At the sight of this photograph he changed his countenance.他一看见这张照片脸色就变了。
  • I made a fierce countenance as if I would eat him alive.我脸色恶狠狠地,仿佛要把他活生生地吞下去。
22 beads 894701f6859a9d5c3c045fd6f355dbf5     
n.(空心)小珠子( bead的名词复数 );水珠;珠子项链
参考例句:
  • a necklace of wooden beads 一条木珠项链
  • Beads of perspiration stood out on his forehead. 他的前额上挂着汗珠。
23 avaricious kepyY     
adj.贪婪的,贪心的
参考例句:
  • I call on your own memory as witness:remember we have avaricious hearts.假使你想要保证和证明,你可以回忆一下我们贪婪的心。
  • He is so avaricious that we call him a blood sucker.他如此贪婪,我们都叫他吸血鬼。
24 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。
25 triumphantly 9fhzuv     
ad.得意洋洋地;得胜地;成功地
参考例句:
  • The lion was roaring triumphantly. 狮子正在发出胜利的吼叫。
  • Robert was looking at me triumphantly. 罗伯特正得意扬扬地看着我。
26 contented Gvxzof     
adj.满意的,安心的,知足的
参考例句:
  • He won't be contented until he's upset everyone in the office.不把办公室里的每个人弄得心烦意乱他就不会满足。
  • The people are making a good living and are contented,each in his station.人民安居乐业。
27 gallop MQdzn     
v./n.(马或骑马等)飞奔;飞速发展
参考例句:
  • They are coming at a gallop towards us.他们正朝着我们飞跑过来。
  • The horse slowed to a walk after its long gallop.那匹马跑了一大阵后慢下来缓步而行。
28 galloped 4411170e828312c33945e27bb9dce358     
(使马)飞奔,奔驰( gallop的过去式和过去分词 ); 快速做[说]某事
参考例句:
  • Jo galloped across the field towards him. 乔骑马穿过田野向他奔去。
  • The children galloped home as soon as the class was over. 孩子们一下课便飞奔回家了。
29 proceeding Vktzvu     
n.行动,进行,(pl.)会议录,学报
参考例句:
  • This train is now proceeding from Paris to London.这次列车从巴黎开往伦敦。
  • The work is proceeding briskly.工作很有生气地进展着。
30 bent QQ8yD     
n.爱好,癖好;adj.弯的;决心的,一心的
参考例句:
  • He was fully bent upon the project.他一心扑在这项计划上。
  • We bent over backward to help them.我们尽了最大努力帮助他们。
31 procured 493ee52a2e975a52c94933bb12ecc52b     
v.(努力)取得, (设法)获得( procure的过去式和过去分词 );拉皮条
参考例句:
  • These cars are to be procured through open tender. 这些汽车要用公开招标的办法购买。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • A friend procured a position in the bank for my big brother. 一位朋友为我哥哥谋得了一个银行的职位。 来自《用法词典》
32 luxuriously 547f4ef96080582212df7e47e01d0eaf     
adv.奢侈地,豪华地
参考例句:
  • She put her nose luxuriously buried in heliotrope and tea roses. 她把自己的鼻子惬意地埋在天芥菜和庚申蔷薇花簇中。 来自辞典例句
  • To be well dressed doesn't mean to be luxuriously dressed. 穿得好不一定衣着豪华。 来自辞典例句
33 drawn MuXzIi     
v.拖,拉,拔出;adj.憔悴的,紧张的
参考例句:
  • All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
  • Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。
34 meditation yjXyr     
n.熟虑,(尤指宗教的)默想,沉思,(pl.)冥想录
参考例句:
  • This peaceful garden lends itself to meditation.这个恬静的花园适于冥想。
  • I'm sorry to interrupt your meditation.很抱歉,我打断了你的沉思。
35 creditors 6cb54c34971e9a505f7a0572f600684b     
n.债权人,债主( creditor的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • They agreed to repay their creditors over a period of three years. 他们同意3年内向债主还清欠款。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Creditors could obtain a writ for the arrest of their debtors. 债权人可以获得逮捕债务人的令状。 来自《简明英汉词典》
36 jolt ck1y2     
v.(使)摇动,(使)震动,(使)颠簸
参考例句:
  • We were worried that one tiny jolt could worsen her injuries.我们担心稍微颠簸一下就可能会使她的伤势恶化。
  • They were working frantically in the fear that an aftershock would jolt the house again.他们拼命地干着,担心余震可能会使房子再次受到震动。
37 granite Kyqyu     
adj.花岗岩,花岗石
参考例句:
  • They squared a block of granite.他们把一块花岗岩加工成四方形。
  • The granite overlies the older rocks.花岗岩躺在磨损的岩石上面。
38 petrified 2e51222789ae4ecee6134eb89ed9998d     
adj.惊呆的;目瞪口呆的v.使吓呆,使惊呆;变僵硬;使石化(petrify的过去式和过去分词)
参考例句:
  • I'm petrified of snakes. 我特别怕蛇。
  • The poor child was petrified with fear. 这可怜的孩子被吓呆了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
39 inquiries 86a54c7f2b27c02acf9fcb16a31c4b57     
n.调查( inquiry的名词复数 );疑问;探究;打听
参考例句:
  • He was released on bail pending further inquiries. 他获得保释,等候进一步调查。
  • I have failed to reach them by postal inquiries. 我未能通过邮政查询与他们取得联系。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
40 galloping galloping     
adj. 飞驰的, 急性的 动词gallop的现在分词形式
参考例句:
  • The horse started galloping the moment I gave it a good dig. 我猛戳了马一下,它就奔驰起来了。
  • Japan is galloping ahead in the race to develop new technology. 日本在发展新技术的竞争中进展迅速,日新月异。
41 gendarme DlayC     
n.宪兵
参考例句:
  • A gendarme was crossing the court.一个宪兵正在院子里踱步。
  • While he was at work,a gendarme passed,observed him,and demanded his papers.正在他工作时,有个警察走过,注意到他,便向他要证件。
42 intercepted 970326ac9f606b6dc4c2550a417e081e     
拦截( intercept的过去式和过去分词 ); 截住; 截击; 拦阻
参考例句:
  • Reporters intercepted him as he tried to leave the hotel. 他正要离开旅馆,记者们把他拦截住了。
  • Reporters intercepted him as he tried to leave by the rear entrance. 他想从后门溜走,记者把他截住了。
43 pontifical MuRyH     
adj.自以为是的,武断的
参考例句:
  • His words criticizing modern society just right indicate his pontifical character.他用以批评现代社会的言论恰好反映了他自大武断的性格。
  • The lawyer,with pontifical gravity,sat on a high chair.那律师摆出一副威严庄重的样子,坐在一把高脚椅上。
44 perspiration c3UzD     
n.汗水;出汗
参考例句:
  • It is so hot that my clothes are wet with perspiration.天太热了,我的衣服被汗水湿透了。
  • The perspiration was running down my back.汗从我背上淌下来。
45 phantoms da058e0e11fdfb5165cb13d5ac01a2e8     
n.鬼怪,幽灵( phantom的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • They vanished down the stairs like two phantoms. 他们像两个幽灵似的消失在了楼下。 来自辞典例句
  • The horrible night that he had passed had left phantoms behind it. 他刚才度过的恐布之夜留下了种种错觉。 来自辞典例句
46 frightful Ghmxw     
adj.可怕的;讨厌的
参考例句:
  • How frightful to have a husband who snores!有一个发鼾声的丈夫多讨厌啊!
  • We're having frightful weather these days.这几天天气坏极了。
47 gravel s6hyT     
n.砂跞;砂砾层;结石
参考例句:
  • We bought six bags of gravel for the garden path.我们购买了六袋碎石用来铺花园的小路。
  • More gravel is needed to fill the hollow in the drive.需要更多的砾石来填平车道上的坑洼。
48 excavation RiKzY     
n.挖掘,发掘;被挖掘之地
参考例句:
  • The bad weather has hung up the work of excavation.天气不好耽误了挖掘工作。
  • The excavation exposed some ancient ruins.这次挖掘暴露出一些古遗迹。
49 descending descending     
n. 下行 adj. 下降的
参考例句:
  • The results are expressed in descending numerical order . 结果按数字降序列出。
  • The climbers stopped to orient themselves before descending the mountain. 登山者先停下来确定所在的位置,然后再下山。
50 opposition eIUxU     
n.反对,敌对
参考例句:
  • The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
  • The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
51 clump xXfzH     
n.树丛,草丛;vi.用沉重的脚步行走
参考例句:
  • A stream meandered gently through a clump of trees.一条小溪从树丛中蜿蜒穿过。
  • It was as if he had hacked with his thick boots at a clump of bluebells.仿佛他用自己的厚靴子无情地践踏了一丛野风信子。
52 standing 2hCzgo     
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
参考例句:
  • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
  • They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
53 imperative BcdzC     
n.命令,需要;规则;祈使语气;adj.强制的;紧急的
参考例句:
  • He always speaks in an imperative tone of voice.他老是用命令的口吻讲话。
  • The events of the past few days make it imperative for her to act.过去这几天发生的事迫使她不得不立即行动。
54 thicket So0wm     
n.灌木丛,树林
参考例句:
  • A thicket makes good cover for animals to hide in.丛林是动物的良好隐蔽处。
  • We were now at the margin of the thicket.我们现在已经来到了丛林的边缘。
55 lizards 9e3fa64f20794483b9c33d06297dcbfb     
n.蜥蜴( lizard的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • Nothing lives in Pompeii except crickets and beetles and lizards. 在庞培城里除了蟋蟀、甲壳虫和蜥蜴外,没有别的生物。 来自辞典例句
  • Can lizards reproduce their tails? 蜥蜴的尾巴断了以后能再生吗? 来自辞典例句
56 acquitted c33644484a0fb8e16df9d1c2cd057cb0     
宣判…无罪( acquit的过去式和过去分词 ); 使(自己)作出某种表现
参考例句:
  • The jury acquitted him of murder. 陪审团裁决他谋杀罪不成立。
  • Five months ago she was acquitted on a shoplifting charge. 五个月前她被宣判未犯入店行窃罪。
57 penetrate juSyv     
v.透(渗)入;刺入,刺穿;洞察,了解
参考例句:
  • Western ideas penetrate slowly through the East.西方观念逐渐传入东方。
  • The sunshine could not penetrate where the trees were thickest.阳光不能透入树木最浓密的地方。
58 fissures 7c89089a0ec5a3628fd80fb80bf349b6     
n.狭长裂缝或裂隙( fissure的名词复数 );裂伤;分歧;分裂v.裂开( fissure的第三人称单数 )
参考例句:
  • Rising molten rock flows out on the ocean floor and caps the fissures, trapping the water. 上升熔岩流到海底并堵住了裂隙,结果把海水封在里面。 来自辞典例句
  • The French have held two colloquia and an international symposium on rock fissures. 法国已经开了两次岩石裂缝方面的报告会和一个国际会议。 来自辞典例句
59 declivity 4xSxg     
n.下坡,倾斜面
参考例句:
  • I looked frontage straightly,going declivity one by one.我两眼直视前方,一路下坡又下坡。
  • He had rolled down a declivity of twelve or fifteen feet.他是从十二尺或十五尺高的地方滚下来的。
60 intersection w54xV     
n.交集,十字路口,交叉点;[计算机] 交集
参考例句:
  • There is a stop sign at an intersection.在交叉路口处有停车标志。
  • Bridges are used to avoid the intersection of a railway and a highway.桥用来避免铁路和公路直接交叉。
61 spacious YwQwW     
adj.广阔的,宽敞的
参考例句:
  • Our yard is spacious enough for a swimming pool.我们的院子很宽敞,足够建一座游泳池。
  • The room is bright and spacious.这房间很豁亮。
62 attentively AyQzjz     
adv.聚精会神地;周到地;谛;凝神
参考例句:
  • She listened attentively while I poured out my problems. 我倾吐心中的烦恼时,她一直在注意听。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • She listened attentively and set down every word he said. 她专心听着,把他说的话一字不漏地记下来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
63 agitated dzgzc2     
adj.被鼓动的,不安的
参考例句:
  • His answers were all mixed up,so agitated was he.他是那样心神不定,回答全乱了。
  • She was agitated because her train was an hour late.她乘坐的火车晚点一个小时,她十分焦虑。
64 hideous 65KyC     
adj.丑陋的,可憎的,可怕的,恐怖的
参考例句:
  • The whole experience had been like some hideous nightmare.整个经历就像一场可怕的噩梦。
  • They're not like dogs,they're hideous brutes.它们不像狗,是丑陋的畜牲。
65 coffins 44894d235713b353f49bf59c028ff750     
n.棺材( coffin的名词复数 );使某人早亡[死,完蛋,垮台等]之物
参考例句:
  • The shop was close and hot, and the atmosphere seemed tainted with the smell of coffins. 店堂里相当闷热,空气仿佛被棺木的味儿污染了。 来自辞典例句
  • Donate some coffins to the temple, equal to the number of deaths. 到寺庙里,捐赠棺材盒给这些死者吧。 来自电影对白
66 glistening glistening     
adj.闪耀的,反光的v.湿物闪耀,闪亮( glisten的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • Her eyes were glistening with tears. 她眼里闪着晶莹的泪花。
  • Her eyes were glistening with tears. 她眼睛中的泪水闪着柔和的光。 来自《用法词典》
67 chamber wnky9     
n.房间,寝室;会议厅;议院;会所
参考例句:
  • For many,the dentist's surgery remains a torture chamber.对许多人来说,牙医的治疗室一直是间受刑室。
  • The chamber was ablaze with light.会议厅里灯火辉煌。
68 groan LfXxU     
vi./n.呻吟,抱怨;(发出)呻吟般的声音
参考例句:
  • The wounded man uttered a groan.那个受伤的人发出呻吟。
  • The people groan under the burden of taxes.人民在重税下痛苦呻吟。
69 supplicated 6b2b934fceb4acde392200eb2df080f0     
v.祈求,哀求,恳求( supplicate的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • She supplicated the judge for protection. 她恳求法官保护。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He supplicated the king for clemency. 他恳求国王开恩。 来自互联网
70 possessed xuyyQ     
adj.疯狂的;拥有的,占有的
参考例句:
  • He flew out of the room like a man possessed.他像着了魔似地猛然冲出房门。
  • He behaved like someone possessed.他行为举止像是魔怔了。
71 beholding 05d0ea730b39c90ee12d6e6b8c193935     
v.看,注视( behold的现在分词 );瞧;看呀;(叙述中用于引出某人意外的出现)哎哟
参考例句:
  • Beholding, besides love, the end of love,/Hearing oblivion beyond memory! 我看见了爱,还看到了爱的结局,/听到了记忆外层的哪一片寂寥! 来自英汉 - 翻译样例 - 文学
  • Hence people who began by beholding him ended by perusing him. 所以人们从随便看一看他开始的,都要以仔细捉摸他而终结。 来自辞典例句
72 garrison uhNxT     
n.卫戍部队;驻地,卫戍区;vt.派(兵)驻防
参考例句:
  • The troops came to the relief of the besieged garrison.军队来援救被围的守备军。
  • The German was moving to stiffen up the garrison in Sicily.德军正在加强西西里守军之力量。
73 tranquillity 93810b1103b798d7e55e2b944bcb2f2b     
n. 平静, 安静
参考例句:
  • The phenomenon was so striking and disturbing that his philosophical tranquillity vanished. 这个令人惶惑不安的现象,扰乱了他的旷达宁静的心境。
  • My value for domestic tranquillity should much exceed theirs. 我应该远比他们重视家庭的平静生活。
74 ransomed de372eac504200f33ea8c029c361fd76     
付赎金救人,赎金( ransom的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • His wife ransomed him at a heavy price. 他妻子花了大价钱才把他赎了出来。
  • Surely, surely, we have ransomed one another, with all this woe! 确确实实,我们已经用这一切悲苦彼此赎救了! 来自英汉文学 - 红字
75 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。
76 extricate rlCxp     
v.拯救,救出;解脱
参考例句:
  • How can we extricate the firm from this trouble?我们该如何承救公司脱离困境呢?
  • She found it impossible to extricate herself from the relationship.她发现不可能把自己从这种关系中解脱出来。
77 unreasonable tjLwm     
adj.不讲道理的,不合情理的,过度的
参考例句:
  • I know that they made the most unreasonable demands on you.我知道他们对你提出了最不合理的要求。
  • They spend an unreasonable amount of money on clothes.他们花在衣服上的钱太多了。


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