Book 10 Chapter 5 The Retreat In Which Mosieur Louis Of Franc

The reader has not, perhaps, forgotten that one moment before catching¹ sight of the nocturnal band of vagabonds, Quasimodo, as he inspected Paris from the heights of his bell tower, perceived only one light burning, which gleamed like a star from a window on the topmost story of a lofty edifice² beside the Porte Saint-Antoine. This edifice was the Bastille. That star was the candle of Louis XI.

King Louis XI. had, in fact, been two days in Paris. He was to take his departure on the next day but one for his citadel³ of Montilz-les-Tours. He made but seldom and brief appearance in his good city of Paris, since there he did not feel about him enough pitfalls⁴, gibbets, and Scotch⁵ archers⁶.

He had come, that day, to sleep at the Bastille. The great chamber⁷ five toises* square, which he had at the Louvre, with its huge chimney-piece loaded with twelve great beasts and thirteen great prophets, and his grand bed, eleven feet by twelve, pleased him but little. He felt himself lost amid all this grandeur⁸. This good bourgeois⁹ king preferred the Bastille with a tiny chamber and couch. And then, the Bastille was stronger than the Louvre.

* An ancient long measure in France, containing six feet and nearly five inches English measure.

This little chamber, which the king reserved for himself in the famous state prison, was also tolerably spacious¹⁰ and occupied the topmost story of a turret¹¹ rising from the donjon keep. It was circular in form, carpeted with mats of shining straw, ceiled with beams, enriched with fleurs-de-lis of gilded¹³ metal with interjoists in color; wainscoated with rich woods sown with rosettes of white metal, and with others painted a fine, bright green, made of orpiment and fine indigo¹⁴.

There was only one window, a long pointed¹⁵ casement¹⁶, latticed with brass¹⁷ wire and bars of iron, further darkened by fine colored panes¹⁹ with the arms of the king and of the queen, each pane¹⁸ being worth two and twenty sols.

There was but one entrance, a modern door, with a fiat²⁰ arch, garnished²¹ with a piece of tapestry²² on the inside, and on the outside by one of those porches of Irish wood, frail²³ edifices²⁴ of cabinet-work curiously²⁵ wrought²⁶, numbers of which were still to be seen in old houses a hundred and fifty years ago. "Although they disfigure and embarrass the places," says Sauvel in despair, "our old people are still unwilling²⁷ to get rid of them, and keep them in spite of everybody."

In this chamber, nothing was to be found of what furnishes ordinary apartments, neither benches, nor trestles, nor forms, nor common stools in the form of a chest, nor fine stools sustained by pillars and counter-pillars, at four sols a piece. Only one easy arm-chair, very magnificent, was to be seen; the wood was painted with roses on a red ground, the seat was of ruby²⁸ Cordovan leather, ornamented³⁰ with long silken fringes, and studded with a thousand golden nails. The loneliness of this chair made it apparent that only one person had a right to sit down in this apartment. Beside the chair, and quite close to the window, there was a table covered with a cloth with a pattern of birds. On this table stood an inkhorn spotted³¹ with ink, some parchments, several pens, and a large goblet³³ of chased silver. A little further on was a brazier, a praying stool in crimson³⁴ velvet³⁵, relieved with small bosses of gold. Finally, at the extreme end of the room, a simple bed of scarlet³⁶ and yellow damask, without either tinsel or lace; having only an ordinary fringe. This bed, famous for having borne the sleep or the sleeplessness³⁷ of Louis XI., was still to be seen two hundred years ago, at the house of a councillor of state, where it was seen by old Madame Pilou, celebrated³⁹ in _Cyrus_ under the name "Arricidie" and of "la Morale⁴⁰ Vivante".

Such was the chamber which was called "the retreat where Monsieur Louis de France says his prayers."

At the moment when we have introduced the reader into it, this retreat was very dark. The curfew bell had sounded an hour before; night was come, and there was only one flickering⁴¹ wax candle set on the table to light five persons variously grouped in the chamber.

The first on which the light fell was a seigneur superbly clad in breeches and jerkin of scarlet striped with silver, and a loose coat with half sleeves of cloth of gold with black figures. This splendid costume, on which the light played, seemed glazed⁴² with flame on every fold. The man who wore it had his armorial bearings embroidered⁴³ on his breast in vivid colors; a chevron⁴⁴ accompanied by a deer passant. The shield was flanked, on the right by an olive branch, on the left by a deer's antlers. This man wore in his girdle a rich dagger⁴⁵ whose hilt, of silver gilt⁴⁶, was chased in the form of a helmet, and surmounted⁴⁷ by a count's coronet. He had a forbidding air, a proud mien⁴⁸, and a head held high. At the first glance one read arrogance⁴⁹ on his visage; at the second, craft.

He was standing⁵⁰ bareheaded, a long roll of parchment in his hand, behind the arm-chair in which was seated, his body ungracefully doubled up, his knees crossed, his elbow on the table, a very badly accoutred personage. Let the reader imagine in fact, on the rich seat of Cordova leather, two crooked⁵³ knees, two thin thighs⁵⁴, poorly clad in black worsted tricot, a body enveloped⁵⁵ in a cloak of fustian⁵⁶, with fur trimming of which more leather than hair was visible; lastly, to crown all, a greasy⁵⁷ old hat of the worst sort of black cloth, bordered with a circular string of leaden figures. This, in company with a dirty skull-cap, which hardly allowed a hair to escape, was all that distinguished⁵⁹ the seated personage. He held his head so bent⁶⁰ upon his breast, that nothing was to be seen of his face thus thrown into shadow, except the tip of his nose, upon which fell a ray of light, and which must have been long. From the thinness of his wrinkled hand, one divined that he was an old man. It was Louis XI.

At some distance behind them, two men dressed in garments of Flemish style were conversing⁶¹, who were not sufficiently⁶² lost in the shadow to prevent any one who had been present at the performance of Gringoire's mystery from recognizing in them two of the principal Flemish envoys⁶³, Guillaume Rym, the sagacious pensioner⁶⁴ of Ghent, and Jacques Coppenole, the popular hosier. The reader will remember that these men were mixed up in the secret politics of Louis XI.

Finally, quite at the end of the room, near the door, in the dark, stood, motionless as a statue, a vigorous man with thickset limbs, a military harness, with a surcoat of armorial bearings, whose square face pierced with staring eyes, slit⁶⁵ with an immense mouth, his ears concealed⁶⁶ by two large screens of flat hair, had something about it both of the dog and the tiger.

All were uncovered except the king.

The gentleman who stood near the king was reading him a sort of long memorial to which his majesty⁶⁸ seemed to be listening attentively⁶⁹. The two Flemings were whispering together.

"Cross of God!" grumbled⁷⁰ Coppenole, "I am tired of standing; is there no chair here?"

Rym replied by a negative gesture, accompanied by a discreet⁷¹ smile.

"Croix-Dieu!" resumed Coppenole, thoroughly⁷² unhappy at being obliged to lower his voice thus, "I should like to sit down on the floor, with my legs crossed, like a hosier, as I do in my shop."

"Take good care that you do not, Master Jacques."

"Ouais! Master Guillaume! can one only remain here on his feet?"

"Or on his knees," said Rym.

At that moment the king's voice was uplifted. They held their peace.

"Fifty sols for the robes of our valets, and twelve livres for the mantles⁷³ of the clerks of our crown! That's it! Pour out gold by the ton! Are you mad, Olivier?"

As he spoke⁷⁴ thus, the old man raised his head. The golden shells of the collar of Saint-Michael could be seen gleaming on his neck. The candle fully⁵² illuminated⁷⁵ his gaunt and morose⁷⁶ profile. He tore the papers from the other's hand.

"You are ruining us!" he cried, casting his hollow eyes over the scroll⁷⁷. "What is all this? What need have we of so prodigious⁷⁸ a household? Two chaplains at ten livres a month each, and, a chapel⁷⁹ clerk at one hundred sols! A valet-de- chambre at ninety livres a year. Four head cooks at six score livres a year each! A spit-cook, an herb-cook, a sauce-cook, a butler, two sumpter-horse lackeys⁸⁰, at ten livres a month each! Two scullions at eight livres! A groom⁸¹ of the stables and his two aids at four and twenty livres a month! A porter, a pastry-cook, a baker⁸², two carters, each sixty livres a year! And the farrier six score livres! And the master of the chamber of our funds, twelve hundred livres! And the comptroller five hundred. And how do I know what else? 'Tis ruinous. The wages of our servants are putting France to the pillage⁸³! All the ingots of the Louvre will melt before such a fire of expenses! We shall have to sell our plate! And next year, if God and our Lady (here he raised his hat) lend us life, we shall drink our potions from a pewter pot!"

So saying, he cast a glance at the silver goblet which gleamed upon the table. He coughed and continued,--

"Master Olivier, the princes who reign⁸⁴ over great lordships, like kings and emperors, should not allow sumptuousness⁸⁵ in their houses; for the fire spreads thence through the province. Hence, Master Olivier, consider this said once for all. Our expenditure⁸⁶ increases every year. The thing displease⁸⁷ us. How, ~pasque-Dieu~! when in '79 it did not exceed six and thirty thousand livres, did it attain⁸⁸ in '80, forty-three thousand six hundred and nineteen livres? I have the figures in my head. In '81, sixty-six thousand six hundred and eighty livres, and this year, by the faith of my body, it will reach eighty thousand livres! Doubled in four years! Monstrous⁸⁹!"

He paused breathless, then resumed energetically,--

"I behold⁹⁰ around me only people who fatten⁹¹ on my leanness! you suck crowns from me at every pore."

All remained silent. This was one of those fits of wrath⁹² which are allowed to take their course. He continued,--

"'Tis like that request in Latin from the gentlemen of France, that we should re-establish what they call the grand charges of the Crown! Charges in very deed! Charges which crush! Ah! gentlemen! you say that we are not a king to reign ~dapifero nullo, buticulario nullo~! We will let you see, ~pasque-Dieu~! whether we are not a king!"

Here he smiled, in the consciousness of his power; this softened⁹³ his bad humor, and he turned towards the Flemings,--

"Do you see, Gossip Guillaume? the grand warden⁹⁴ of the keys, the grand butler, the grand chamberlain, the grand seneschal are not worth the smallest valet. Remember this, Gossip Coppenole. They serve no purpose, as they stand thus useless round the king; they produce upon me the effect of the four Evangelists who surround the face of the big clock of the palace, and which Philippe Brille has just set in order afresh. They are gilt, but they do not indicate the hour; and the hands can get on without them."

He remained in thought for a moment, then added, shaking his aged⁹⁵ head,--

"Ho! ho! by our Lady, I am not Philippe Brille, and I shall not gild¹² the great vassals⁹⁶ anew. Continue, Olivier."

The person whom he designated by this name, took the papers into his hands again, and began to read aloud,--

"To Adam Tenon, clerk of the warden of the seals of the provostship of Paris; for the silver, making, and engraving⁹⁹ of said seals, which have been made new because the others preceding, by reason of their antiquity¹⁰⁰ and their worn condition, could no longer be successfully used, twelve livres parisis.

"To Guillaume Frère, the sum of four livres, four sols parisis, for his trouble and salary, for having nourished and fed the doves in the two dove-cots of the H?tel des Tournelles, during the months of January, February, and March of this year; and for this he hath given seven sextiers of barley¹⁰¹.

"To a gray friar for confessing a criminal, four sols parisis."

The king listened in silence. From time to time be coughed; then he raised the goblet to his lips and drank a draught¹⁰² with a grimace¹⁰³.

"During this year there have been made by the ordinance¹⁰⁴ of justice, to the sound of the trumpet¹⁰⁵, through the squares of Paris, fifty-six proclamations. Account to be regulated.

"For having searched and ransacked¹⁰⁶ in certain places, in Paris as well as elsewhere, for money said to be there concealed; but nothing hath been found: forty-five livres parisis."

"Bury a crown to unearth¹⁰⁷ a sou!" said the king.

"For having set in the H?tel des Tournelles six panes of white glass in the place where the iron cage is, thirteen sols; for having made and delivered by command of the king, on the day of the musters¹⁰⁸, four shields with the escutcheons of the said seigneur, encircled with garlands of roses all about, six livres; for two new sleeves to the king's old doublet, twenty sols; for a box of grease to grease the boots of the king, fifteen deniers; a stable newly made to lodge¹⁰⁹ the king's black pigs, thirty livres parisis; many partitions, planks¹¹⁰, and trap-doors, for the safekeeping of the lions at Saint-Paul, twenty-two livres."

"These be dear beasts," said Louis XI. "It matters not; it is a fine magnificence in a king. There is a great red lion whom I love for his pleasant ways. Have you seen him, Master Guillaume? Princes must have these terrific animals; for we kings must have lions for our dogs and tigers for our cats. The great befits a crown. In the days of the pagans of Jupiter, when the people offered the temples a hundred oxen and a hundred sheep, the emperors gave a hundred lions and a hundred eagles. This was wild and very fine. The kings of France have always had roarings round their throne. Nevertheless, people must do me this justice, that I spend still less money on it than they did, and that I possess a greater modesty¹¹¹ of lions, bears, elephants, and leopards¹¹².--Go on, Master Olivier. We wished to say thus much to our Flemish friends."

Guillaume Rym bowed low, while Coppenole, with his surly mien, had the air of one of the bears of which his majesty was speaking. The king paid no heed¹¹³. He had just dipped his lips into the goblet, and he spat¹¹⁴ out the beverage¹¹⁵, saying: "Foh! what a disagreeable potion!" The man who was reading continued:--

"For feeding a rascally¹¹⁷ footpad, locked up these six months in the little cell of the flayer¹¹⁸, until it should be determined¹¹⁹ what to do with him, six livres, four sols."

"What's that?" interrupted the king; "feed what ought to be hanged! ~Pasque-Dieu~! I will give not a sou more for that nourishment¹²⁰. Olivier, come to an understanding about the matter with Monsieur d'Estouteville, and prepare me this very evening the wedding of the gallant¹²² and the gallows¹²³. Resume."

Olivier made a mark with his thumb against the article of the "rascally foot soldier," and passed on.

"To Henriet Cousin, master executor of the high works of justice in Paris, the sum of sixty sols parisis, to him assessed and ordained¹²⁴ by monseigneur the provost of Paris, for having bought, by order of the said sieur the provost, a great broad sword, serving to execute and decapitate persons who are by justice condemned¹²⁶ for their demerits, and he hath caused the same to be garnished with a sheath and with all things thereto appertaining; and hath likewise caused to be repointed and set in order the old sword, which had become broken and notched¹²⁷ in executing justice on Messire Louis de Luxembourg, as will more fully appear .

The king interrupted: "That suffices. I allow the sum with great good will. Those are expenses which I do not begrudge¹²⁸. I have never regretted that money. Continue."

"For having made over a great cage..."

"Ah!" said the king, grasping the arms of his chair in both hands, "I knew well that I came hither to this Bastille for some purpose. Hold, Master Olivier; I desire to see that cage myself. You shall read me the cost while I am examining it. Messieurs Flemings, come and see this; 'tis curious."

Then he rose, leaned on the arm of his interlocutor, made a sign to the sort of mute who stood before the door to precede him, to the two Flemings to follow him, and quitted the room.

The royal company was recruited, at the door of the retreat, by men of arms, all loaded down with iron, and by slender pages bearing flambeaux. It marched for some time through the interior of the gloomy donjon, pierced with staircases and corridors even in the very thickness of the walls. The captain of the Bastille marched at their head, and caused the wickets to be opened before the bent and aged king, who coughed as he walked.

At each wicket, all heads were obliged to stoop, except that of the old man bent double with age. "Hum," said he between his gums, for he had no longer any teeth, "we are already quite prepared for the door of the sepulchre. For a low door, a bent passer."

At length, after having passed a final wicket, so loaded with locks that a quarter of an hour was required to open it, they entered a vast and lofty vaulted¹²⁹ hall, in the centre of which they could distinguish by the light of the torches, a huge cubic mass of masonry¹³⁰, iron, and wood. The interior was hollow. It was one of those famous cages of prisoners of state, which were called "the little daughters of the king." In its walls there were two or three little windows so closely trellised with stout¹²¹ iron bars; that the glass was not visible. The door was a large flat slab¹³¹ of stone, as on tombs; the sort of door which serves for entrance only. Only here, the occupant was alive.

The king began to walk slowly round the little edifice, examining it carefully, while Master Olivier, who followed him, read aloud the note.

"For having made a great cage of wood of solid beams, timbers and wall-plates, measuring nine feet in length by eight in breadth, and of the height of seven feet between the partitions, smoothed and clamped with great bolts of iron, which has been placed in a chamber situated¹³² in one of the towers of the Bastille Saint-Antoine, in which cage is placed and detained, by command of the king our lord, a prisoner who formerly¹³³ inhabited an old, decrepit¹³⁴, and ruined cage. There have been employed in making the said new cage, ninety-six horizontal beams, and fifty-two upright joists, ten wall plates three toises long; there have been occupied nineteen carpenters to hew¹³⁵, work, and fit all the said wood in the courtyard of the Bastille during twenty days."

"Very fine heart of oak," said the king, striking the woodwork with his fist.

"There have been used in this cage," continued the other, "two hundred and twenty great bolts of iron, of nine feet, and of eight, the rest of medium length, with the rowels, caps and counterbands appertaining to the said bolts; weighing, the said iron in all, three thousand, seven hundred and thirty-five pounds; beside eight great squares of iron, serving to attach the said cage in place with clamps and nails weighing in all two hundred and eighteen pounds, not reckoning the iron of the trellises for the windows of the chamber wherein the cage hath been placed, the bars of iron for the door of the cage and other things."

"'Tis a great deal of iron," said the king, "to contain the light of a spirit."

"The whole amounts to three hundred and seventeen livres, five sols, seven deniers."

"~Pasque-Dieu~!" exclaimed the king.

At this oath, which was the favorite of Louis XI., some one seemed to awaken¹³⁶ in the interior of the cage; the sound of chains was heard, grating on the floor, and a feeble voice, which seemed to issue from the tomb was uplifted. "Sire! sire! mercy!" The one who spoke thus could not be seen.

"Three hundred and seventeen livres, five sols, seven deniers," repeated Louis XI.

The lamentable¹³⁷ voice which had proceeded from the cage had frozen all present, even Master Olivier himself. The king alone wore the air of not having heard. At his order, Master Olivier resumed his reading, and his majesty coldly continued his inspection¹³⁸ of the cage.

"In addition to this there hath been paid to a mason who hath made the holes wherein to place the gratings of the windows, and the floor of the chamber where the cage is, because that floor could not support this cage by reason of its weight, twenty-seven livres fourteen sols parisis."

The voice began to moan again.

"Mercy, sire! I swear to you that 'twas Monsieur the Cardinal¹³⁹ d'Angers and not I, who was guilty of treason."

"The mason is bold!" said the king. "Continue, Olivier." Olivier continued,--

"To a joiner for window frames, bedstead, hollow stool, and other things, twenty livres, two sols parisis."

The voice also continued.

"Alas¹⁴⁰, sire! will you not listen to me? I protest to you that 'twas not I who wrote the matter to Monseigneur do Guyenne, but Monsieur le Cardinal Balue."

"The joiner is dear," quoth the king. "Is that all?"

"No, sire. To a glazier, for the windows of the said chamber, forty-six sols, eight deniers parisis."

"Have mercy, sire! Is it not enough to have given all my goods to my judges, my plate to Monsieur de Torcy, my library to Master Pierre Doriolle, my tapestry to the governor of the Roussillon? I am innocent. I have been shivering in an iron cage for fourteen years. Have mercy, sire! You will find your reward in heaven."

"Master Olivier," said the king, "the total?"

"Three hundred sixty-seven livres, eight sols, three deniers parisis.

"Notre-Dame³⁸!" cried the king. "This is an outrageous¹⁴¹ cage!"

He tore the book from Master Olivier's hands, and set to reckoning it himself upon his fingers, examining the paper and the cage alternately. Meanwhile, the prisoner could be heard sobbing¹⁴². This was lugubrious¹⁴³ in the darkness, and their faces turned pale as they looked at each other.

"Fourteen years, sire! Fourteen years now! since the month of April, 1469. In the name of the Holy Mother of God, sire, listen to me! During all this time you have enjoyed the heat of the sun. Shall I, frail creature, never more behold the day? Mercy, sire! Be pitiful! Clemency¹⁴⁴ is a fine, royal virtue¹⁴⁵, which turns aside the currents of wrath. Does your majesty believe that in the hour of death it will be a great cause of content for a king never to have left any offence unpunished? Besides, sire, I did not betray your majesty, 'twas Monsieur d'Angers; and I have on my foot a very heavy chain, and a great ball of iron at the end, much heavier than it should be in reason. Eh! sire! Have pity on me!"

"Olivier," cried the king, throwing back his head, "I observe that they charge me twenty sols a hogshead for plaster, while it is worth but twelve. You will refer back this account."

He turned his back on the cage, and set out to leave the room. The miserable¹⁴⁶ prisoner divined from the removal of the torches and the noise, that the king was taking his departure.

"Sire! sire!" be cried in despair.

The door closed again. He no longer saw anything, and heard only the hoarse¹⁴⁷ voice of the turnkey, singing in his ears this ditty,--

"~Ma?tre Jean Balue, A perdu la vue De ses évêchés. Monsieur de Verdun. N'en a plus pas un; Tous sont dépêchés~."*

* Master Jean Balue has lost sight of his bishoprics. Monsieur of Verdun has no longer one; all have been killed off.

The king reascended in silence to his retreat, and his suite¹⁴⁹ followed him, terrified by the last groans¹⁵⁰ of the condemned man. All at once his majesty turned to the Governor of the Bastille,--

"By the way," said he, "was there not some one in that cage?"

"Pardieu, yes sire!" replied the governor, astounded¹⁵¹ by the question.

"And who was it?"

"Monsieur the Bishop¹⁴⁸ of Verdun."

The king knew this better than any one else. But it was a mania¹⁵² of his.

"Ah!" said he, with the innocent air of thinking of it for the first time, "Guillaume de Harancourt, the friend of Monsieur the Cardinal Balue. A good devil of a bishop!"

At the expiration¹⁵³ of a few moments, the door of the retreat had opened again, then closed upon the five personages whom the reader has seen at the beginning of this chapter, and who resumed their places, their whispered conversations, and their attitudes.

During the king's absence, several despatches had been placed on his table, and he broke the seals himself. Then he began to read them promptly¹⁵⁵, one after the other, made a sign to Master Olivier who appeared to exercise the office of minister, to take a pen, and without communicating to him the contents of the despatches, he began to dictate¹⁵⁶ in a low voice, the replies which the latter wrote, on his knees, in an inconvenient¹⁵⁷ attitude before the table.

Guillaume Rym was on the watch.

The king spoke so low that the Flemings heard nothing of his dictation, except some isolated¹⁵⁸ and rather unintelligible¹⁵⁹ scraps¹⁶⁰, such as,--

"To maintain the fertile places by commerce, and the sterile¹⁶¹ by manufactures....--To show the English lords our four bombards, London, Brabant, Bourg-en-Bresse, Saint- Omer....--Artillery is the cause of war being made more judiciously¹⁶² now....--To Monsieur de Bressuire, our friend....--Armies cannot be maintained without tribute, etc.

Once he raised his voice,--

"~Pasque Dieu~! Monsieur the King of Sicily seals his letters with yellow wax, like a king of France. Perhaps we are in the wrong to permit him so to do. My fair cousin of Burgundy granted no armorial bearings with a field of gules. The grandeur of houses is assured by the integrity of prerogatives¹⁶³. Note this, friend Olivier."

Again,--

"Oh! oh!" said he, "What a long message! What doth our brother the emperor claim?" And running his eye over the missive and breaking his reading with interjection: "Surely! the Germans are so great and powerful, that it is hardly credible--But let us not forget the old proverb: 'The finest county is Flanders; the finest duchy, Milan; the finest kingdom, France.' Is it not so, Messieurs Flemings?"

This time Coppenole bowed in company with Guillaume Rym. The hosier's patriotism¹⁶⁴ was tickled¹⁶⁵.

The last despatch¹⁵⁴ made Louis XI. frown.

"What is this?" be said, "Complaints and fault finding against our garrisons¹⁶⁶ in Picardy! Olivier, write with diligence to M. the Marshal de Rouault:--That discipline is relaxed. That the gendarmes¹⁶⁸ of the unattached troops, the feudal¹⁶⁹ nobles, the free archers, and the Swiss inflict¹⁷⁰ infinite evils on the rustics¹⁷¹.--That the military, not content with what they find in the houses of the rustics, constrain¹⁷³ them with violent blows of cudgel or of lash¹⁷⁴ to go and get wine, spices, and other unreasonable¹⁷⁵ things in the town.--That monsieur the king knows this. That we undertake to guard our people against inconveniences, larcenies¹⁷⁶ and pillage.--That such is our will, by our Lady!--That in addition, it suits us not that any fiddler, barber, or any soldier varlet should be clad like a prince, in velvet, cloth of silk, and rings of gold.--That these vanities are hateful to God.--That we, who are gentlemen, content ourselves with a doublet of cloth at sixteen sols the ell, of Paris.--That messieurs the camp-followers can very well come down to that, also.--Command and ordain¹²⁵.--To Monsieur de Rouault, our friend.--Good."

He dictated¹⁷⁷ this letter aloud, in a firm tone, and in jerks. At the moment when he finished it, the door opened and gave passage to a new personage, who precipitated¹⁷⁸ himself into the chamber, crying in affright,--

"Sire! sire! there is a sedition¹⁷⁹ of the populace in Paris!" Louis XI.'s grave face contracted; but all that was visible of his emotion passed away like a flash of lightning. He controlled himself and said with tranquil¹⁸⁰ severity,--

"Gossip Jacques, you enter very abruptly¹⁸²!"

"Sire! sire! there is a revolt!" repeated Gossip Jacques breathlessly.

The king, who had risen, grasped him roughly by the arm, and said in his ear, in such a manner as to be heard by him alone, with concentrated rage and a sidelong glance at the Flemings,--

"Hold your tongue! or speak low!"

The new comer understood, and began in a low tone to give a very terrified account, to which the king listened calmly, while Guillaume Rym called Coppenole's attention to the face and dress of the new arrival, to his furred cowl, (~caputia fourrata~), his short cape⁵⁸, (~epitogia curta~), his robe of black velvet, which bespoke¹⁸³ a president of the court of accounts.

Hardly had this personage given the king some explanations, when Louis XI. exclaimed, bursting into a laugh,--

"In truth? Speak aloud, Gossip Coictier! What call is there for you to talk so low? Our Lady knoweth that we conceal⁶⁷ nothing from our good friends the Flemings."

"But sire..."

"Speak loud!"

Gossip Coictier was struck dumb with surprise.

"So," resumed the king,--"speak sir,--there is a commotion¹⁸⁴ among the louts in our good city of Paris?"

"Yes, sire."

"And which is moving you say, against monsieur the bailiff of the Palais-de-Justice?"

"So it appears," said the gossip, who still stammered¹⁸⁵, utterly¹⁸⁷ astounded by the abrupt¹⁸¹ and inexplicable¹⁸⁸ change which had just taken place in the king's thoughts.

Louis XI. continued: "Where did the watch meet the rabble¹⁸⁹?"

"Marching from the Grand Truanderie, towards the Pont-aux- Changeurs. I met it myself as I was on my way hither to obey your majesty's commands. I heard some of them shouting: 'Down with the bailiff of the palace!'"

"And what complaints have they against the bailiff?"

"Ah!" said Gossip Jacques, "because he is their lord."

"Really?"

"Yes, sire. They are knaves¹⁹¹ from the Cour-des-Miracles. They have been complaining this long while, of the bailiff, whose vassals they are. They do not wish to recognize him either as judge or as voyer?"*

* One in charge of the highways.

"Yes, certainly!" retorted the king with a smile of satis- faction¹⁹² which he strove in vain to disguise.

"In all their petitions to the Parliament, they claim to have but two masters. Your majesty and their God, who is the devil, I believe."

"Eh! eh!" said the king.

He rubbed his hands, he laughed with that inward mirth which makes the countenance¹⁹³ beam; he was unable to dissimulate¹⁹⁴ his joy, although he endeavored at moments to compose himself. No one understood it in the least, not even Master Olivier. He remained silent for a moment, with a thoughtful but contented¹⁹⁵ air.

"Are they in force?" he suddenly inquired.

"Yes, assuredly, sire," replied Gossip Jacques.

"How many?"

"Six thousand at the least."

The king could not refrain from saying: "Good!" he went on,--

"Are they armed?"

"With scythes¹⁹⁶, pikes, hackbuts, pickaxes. All sorts of very violent weapons."

The king did not appear in the least disturbed by this list. Jacques considered it his duty to add,--

"If your majesty does not send prompt succor¹⁹⁷ to the bailiff, he is lost."

"We will send," said the king with an air of false seriousness. "It is well. Assuredly we will send. Monsieur the bailiff is our friend. Six thousand! They are desperate scamps! Their audacity¹⁹⁸ is marvellous, and we are greatly enraged¹⁹⁹ at it. But we have only a few people about us to-night. To-morrow morning will be time enough."

Gossip Jacques exclaimed, "Instantly, sire! there will be time to sack the bailiwick a score of times, to violate the seignory, to hang the bailiff. For God's sake, sire! send before to-morrow morning."

The king looked him full in the face. "I have told you to-morrow morning."

It was one Of those looks to which one does not reply. After a silence, Louis XI. raised his voice once more,--

"You should know that, Gossip Jacques. What was--"

He corrected himself. "What is the bailiff's feudal jurisdiction²⁰⁰?"

"Sire, the bailiff of the palace has the Rue²⁰¹ Calendre as far as the Rue de l'Herberie, the Place Saint-Michel, and the localities vulgarly known as the Mureaux, situated near the church of Notre-Dame des Champs (here Louis XI. raised the brim of his hat), which hotels number thirteen, plus the Cour des Miracles, plus the Maladerie, called the Banlieue, plus the whole highway which begins at that Maladerie and ends at the Porte Sainte-Jacques. Of these divers²⁰² places he is voyer, high, middle, and low, justiciary, full seigneur."

"Bless me!" said the king, scratching his left ear with his right hand, "that makes a goodly bit of my city! Ah! monsieur the bailiff was king of all that."

This time he did not correct himself. He continued dreamily, and as though speaking to himself,--

"Very fine, monsieur the bailiff! You had there between your teeth a pretty slice of our Paris."

All at once he broke out explosively, "~Pasque-Dieu~!" What people are those who claim to be voyers, justiciaries, lords and masters in our domains²⁰³? who have their tollgates at the end of every field? their gallows and their hangman at every cross-road among our people? So that as the Greek believed that he had as many gods as there were fountains, and the Persian as many as he beheld²⁰⁴ stars, the Frenchman counts as many kings as he sees gibbets! Pardieu! 'tis an evil thing, and the confusion of it displeases²⁰⁵ me. I should greatly like to know whether it be the mercy of God that there should be in Paris any other lord than the king, any other judge than our parliament, any other emperor than ourselves in this empire! By the faith of my soul! the day must certainly come when there shall exist in France but one king, one lord, one judge, one headsman, as there is in paradise but one God!"

He lifted his cap again, and continued, still dreamily, with the air and accent of a hunter who is cheering on his pack of hounds: "Good, my people! bravely done! break these false lords! do your duty! at them! have at them! pillage them! take them! sack them!....Ah! you want to be kings, messeigneurs? On, my people on!"

Here he interrupted himself abruptly, bit his lips as though to take back his thought which had already half escaped, bent his piercing eyes in turn on each of the five persons who surrounded him, and suddenly grasping his hat with both hands and staring full at it, he said to it: "Oh! I would burn you if you knew what there was in my head."

Then casting about him once more the cautious and uneasy glance of the fox re-entering his hole,--

"No matter! we will succor monsieur the bailiff. Unfortunately, we have but few troops here at the present moment, against so great a populace. We must wait until to-morrow. The order will be transmitted to the City and every one who is caught will be immediately hung."

"By the way, sire," said Gossip Coictier, "I had forgotten that in the first agitation²⁰⁶, the watch have seized two laggards²⁰⁷ of the band. If your majesty desires to see these men, they are here."

"If I desire to see them!" cried the king. "What! ~Pasque- Dieu~! You forget a thing like that! Run quick, you, Olivier! Go, seek them!"

Master Olivier quitted the room and returned a moment later with the two prisoners, surrounded by archers of the guard. The first had a coarse, idiotic²⁰⁸, drunken and astonished face. He was clothed in rags, and walked with one knee bent and dragging his leg. The second had a pallid²⁰⁹ and smiling countenance, with which the reader is already acquainted.

The king surveyed them for a moment without uttering a word, then addressing the first one abruptly,--

"What's your name?"

"Gieffroy Pincebourde."

"Your trade."

"Outcast."

"What were you going to do in this damnable sedition?" The outcast stared at the king, and swung his arms with a stupid air.

He had one of those awkwardly shaped heads where intelligence is about as much at its ease as a light beneath an extinguisher.

"I know not," said he. "They went, I went."

"Were you not going to outrageously²¹⁰ attack and pillage your lord, the bailiff of the palace?"

"I know that they were going to take something from some one. That is all."

A soldier pointed out to the king a billhook which he had seized on the person of the vagabond.

"Do you recognize this weapon?" demanded the king.

"Yes; 'tis my billhook; I am a vine-dresser."

"And do you recognize this man as your companion?" added Louis XI., pointing to the other prisoner.

"No, I do not know him."

"That will do," said the king, making a sign with his finger to the silent personage who stood motionless beside the door, to whom we have already called the reader's attention.

"Gossip Tristan, here is a man for you."

Tristan l'Hermite bowed. He gave an order in a low voice to two archers, who led away the poor vagabond.

In the meantime, the king had approached the second prisoner, who was perspiring²¹¹ in great drops: "Your name?"

"Sire, Pierre Gringoire."

"Your trade?"

"Philosopher, sire."

"How do you permit yourself, knave¹⁹⁰, to go and besiege²¹² our friend, monsieur the bailiff of the palace, and what have you to say concerning this popular agitation?"

"Sire, I had nothing to do with it."

"Come, now! you wanton wretch²¹³, were not you apprehended²¹⁴ by the watch in that bad company?"

"No, sire, there is a mistake. 'Tis a fatality²¹⁵. I make tragedies. Sire, I entreat²¹⁶ your majesty to listen to me. I am a poet. 'Tis the melancholy²¹⁷ way of men of my profession to roam the streets by night. I was passing there. It was mere¹⁸⁶ chance. I was unjustly arrested; I am innocent of this civil tempest. Your majesty sees that the vagabond did not recognize me. I conjure²¹⁸ your majesty--"

"Hold your tongue!" said the king, between two swallows of his ptisan. "You split our head!"

Tristan l'Hermite advanced and pointing to Gringoire,--

"Sire, can this one be hanged also?"

This was the first word that he had uttered.

"Phew!" replied the king, "I see no objection."

"I see a great many!" said Gringoire.

At that moment, our philosopher was greener than an olive. He perceived from the king's cold and indifferent mien that there was no other resource than something very pathetic, and he flung himself at the feet of Louis XI., exclaiming, with gestures of despair:--

"Sire! will your majesty deign²¹⁹ to hear me. Sire! break not in thunder over so small a thing as myself. God's great lightning doth not bombard a lettuce²²⁰. Sire, you are an august and, very puissant²²¹ monarch²²²; have pity on a poor man who is honest, and who would find it more difficult to stir up a revolt than a cake of ice would to give out a spark! Very gracious sire, kindness is the virtue of a lion and a king. Alas! rigor²²³ only frightens minds; the impetuous gusts²²⁴ of the north wind do not make the traveller lay aside his cloak; the sun, bestowing²²⁵ his rays little by little, warms him in such ways that it will make him strip to his shirt. Sire, you are the sun. I protest to you, my sovereign lord and master, that I am not an outcast, thief, and disorderly fellow. Revolt and brigandage²²⁶ belong not to the outfit²²⁷ of Apollo. I am not the man to fling myself into those clouds which break out into seditious clamor. I am your majesty's faithful vassal⁹⁷. That same jealousy²²⁸ which a husband cherisheth for the honor of his wife, the resentment²²⁹ which the son hath for the love of his father, a good vassal should feel for the glory of his king; he should pine away for the zeal²³⁰ of this house, for the aggrandizement²³¹ of his service. Every other passion which should transport him would be but madness. These, sire, are my maxims²³² of state: then do not judge me to be a seditious and thieving rascal¹¹⁶ because my garment is worn at the elbows. If you will grant me mercy, sire, I will wear it out on the knees in praying to God for you night and morning! Alas! I am not extremely rich, 'tis true. I am even rather poor. But not vicious on that account. It is not my fault. Every one knoweth that great wealth is not to be drawn²³³ from literature, and that those who are best posted in good books do not always have a great fire in winter. The advocate's trade taketh all the grain, and leaveth only straw to the other scientific professions. There are forty very excellent proverbs anent the hole-ridden cloak of the philosopher. Oh, sire! clemency is the only light which can enlighten the interior of so great a soul. Clemency beareth the torch before all the other virtues²³⁴. Without it they are but blind men groping after God in the dark. Compassion²³⁵, which is the same thing as clemency, causeth the love of subjects, which is the most powerful bodyguard²³⁶ to a prince. What matters it to your majesty, who dazzles all faces, if there is one poor man more on earth, a poor innocent philosopher spluttering amid the shadows of calamity²³⁷, with an empty pocket which resounds²³⁸ against his hollow belly²³⁹? Moreover, sire, I am a man of letters. Great kings make a pearl for their crowns by protecting letters. Hercules did not disdain²⁴⁰ the title of Musagetes. Mathias Corvin favored Jean de Monroyal, the ornament²⁹ of mathematics. Now, 'tis an ill way to protect letters to hang men of letters. What a stain on Alexander if he had hung Aristoteles! This act would not be a little patch on the face of his reputation to embellish²⁴¹ it, but a very malignant²⁴² ulcer²⁴³ to disfigure it. Sire! I made a very proper epithalamium for Mademoiselle of Flanders and Monseigneur the very august Dauphin. That is not a firebrand of rebellion. Your majesty sees that I am not a scribbler of no reputation, that I have studied excellently well, and that I possess much natural eloquence²⁴⁴. Have mercy upon me, sire! In so doing you will perform a gallant deed to our Lady, and I swear to you that I am greatly terrified at the idea of being hanged!"

So saying, the unhappy Gringoire kissed the king's slippers²⁴⁵, and Guillaume Rym said to Coppenole in a low tone: "He doth well to drag himself on the earth. Kings are like the Jupiter of Crete, they have ears only in their feet." And without troubling himself about the Jupiter of Crete, the hosier replied with a heavy smile, and his eyes fixed²⁴⁶ on Gringoire: "Oh! that's it exactly! I seem to hear Chancellor²⁴⁷ Hugonet craving²⁴⁸ mercy of me."

When Gringoire paused at last, quite out of breath, he raised his head tremblingly towards the king, who was engaged in scratching a spot on the knee of his breeches with his finger- nail; then his majesty began to drink from the goblet of ptisan. But he uttered not a word, and this silence tortured Gringoire. At last the king looked at him. "Here is a terrible bawler!" said, he. Then, turning to Tristan l'Hermite, "Bali! let him go!"

Gringoire fell backwards²⁴⁹, quite thunderstruck with joy.

"At liberty!" growled²⁵⁰ Tristan "Doth not your majesty wish to have him detained a little while in a cage?"

"Gossip," retorted Louis XI., "think you that 'tis for birds of this feather that we cause to be made cages at three hundred and sixty-seven livres, eight sous, three deniers apiece? Release him at once, the wanton (Louis XI. was fond of this word which formed, with ~Pasque-Dieu~, the foundation of his joviality), and put him out with a buffet²⁵¹."

"Ugh!" cried Gringoire, "what a great king is here!"

And for fear of a counter order, he rushed towards the door, which Tristan opened for him with a very bad grace. The soldiers left the room with him, pushing him before them with stout thwacks, which Gringoire bore like a true stoical philosopher.

The king's good humor since the revolt against the bailiff had been announced to him, made itself apparent in every way. This unwonted clemency was no small sign of it. Tristan l'Hermite in his corner wore the surly look of a dog who has had a bone snatched away from him.

Meanwhile, the king thrummed gayly with his fingers on the arm of his chair, the March of Pont-Audemer. He was a dissembling prince, but one who understood far better how to hide his troubles than his joys. These external manifestations²⁵³ of joy at any good news sometimes proceeded to very great lengths thus, on the death, of Charles the Bold, to the point of vowing²⁵⁴ silver balustrades to Saint Martin of Tours; on his advent²⁵⁵ to the throne, so far as forgetting to order his father's obsequies.

"Hé! sire!" suddenly exclaimed Jacques Coictier, "what has become of the acute attack of illness for which your majesty had me summoned?"

"Oh!" said the king, "I really suffer greatly, my gossip. There is a hissing²⁵⁶ in my ear and fiery²⁵⁷ rakes rack my chest."

Coictier took the king's hand, and begun to feel of his pulse with a knowing air.

"Look, Coppenole," said Rym, in a low voice. "Behold him between Coictier and Tristan. They are his whole court. A physician for himself, a headsman for others."

As he felt the king's pulse, Coictier assumed an air of greater and greater alarm. Louis XI. watched him with some anxiety. Coictier grew visibly more gloomy. The brave man had no other farm than the king's bad health. He speculated on it to the best of his ability.

"Oh! oh!" he murmured at length, "this is serious indeed."

"Is it not?" said the king, uneasily.

"~Pulsus creber, anhelans, crepitans, irregularis~," continued the leech²⁵⁸.

"~Pasque-Dieu~!"

"This may carry off its man in less than three days."

"Our Lady!" exclaimed the king. "And the remedy, gossip?"

"I am meditating²⁵⁹ upon that, sire."

He made Louis XI. put out his tongue, shook his head, made a grimace, and in the very midst of these affectations,--

"Pardieu, sire," he suddenly said, "I must tell you that there is a receivership of the royal prerogatives vacant, and that I have a nephew."

"I give the receivership to your nephew, Gossip Jacques," replied the king; "but draw this fire from my breast."

"Since your majesty is so clement," replied the leech, "you will not refuse to aid me a little in building my house, Rue Saint-André-des-Arcs."

"Heugh!" said the king.

"I am at the end of my finances," pursued the doctor; and it would really be a pity that the house should not have a roof; not on account of the house, which is simple and thoroughly bourgeois, but because of the paintings of Jehan Fourbault, which adorn²⁶⁰ its wainscoating. There is a Diana flying in the air, but so excellent, so tender, so delicate, of so ingenuous²⁶¹ an action, her hair so well coiffed and adorned²⁶² with a crescent, her flesh so white, that she leads into temptation those who regard her too curiously. There is also a Ceres. She is another very fair divinity. She is seated on sheaves of wheat and crowned with a gallant garland of wheat ears interlaced with salsify and other flowers. Never were seen more amorous²⁶³ eyes, more rounded limbs, a nobler air, or a more gracefully⁵¹ flowing skirt. She is one of the most innocent and most perfect beauties whom the brush has ever produced."

"Executioner!" grumbled Louis XI., "what are you driving at?"

"I must have a roof for these paintings, sire, and, although 'tis but a small matter, I have no more money."

"How much doth your roof cost?"

"Why a roof of copper²⁶⁴, embellished²⁶⁵ and gilt, two thousand livres at the most."

"Ah, assassin!" cried the king, "He never draws out one of my teeth which is not a diamond."

"Am I to have my roof?" said Coictier.

"Yes; and go to the devil, but cure me."

Jacques Coictier bowed low and said,--

"Sire, it is a repellent which will save you. We will apply to your loins the great defensive²⁶⁶ composed of cerate, Armenian bole, white of egg, oil, and vinegar. You will continue your ptisan and we will answer for your majesty."

A burning candle does not attract one gnat⁹⁸ alone. Master Olivier, perceiving the king to be in a liberal mood, and judging the moment to be propitious²⁶⁷, approached in his turn.

"Sire--"

"What is it now?" said Louis XI.

"Sire, your majesty knoweth that Simon Radin is dead?"

"Well?"

"He was councillor to the king in the matter of the courts of the treasury²⁶⁸."

"Well?"

"Sire, his place is vacant."

As he spoke thus, Master Olivier's haughty²⁶⁹ face quitted its arrogant²⁷⁰ expression for a lowly one. It is the only change which ever takes place in a courtier's visage. The king looked him well in the face and said in a dry tone,--"I understand."

He resumed,

"Master Olivier, the Marshal de Boucicaut was wont²⁵² to say, 'There's no master save the king, there are no fishes save in the sea.' I see that you agree with Monsieur de Boucicaut. Now listen to this; we have a good memory. In '68 we made you valet of our chamber: in '69, guardian²⁷¹ of the fortress²⁷² of the bridge of Saint-Cloud, at a hundred livres of Tournay in wages (you wanted them of Paris). In November, '73, by letters given to Gergeole, we instituted you keeper of the Wood of Vincennes, in the place of Gilbert Acle, equerry; in '75, gruyer* of the forest of Rouvray-lez- Saint-Cloud, in the place of Jacques le Maire; in '78, we graciously settled on you, by letters patent sealed doubly with green wax, an income of ten livres parisis, for you and your wife, on the Place of the Merchants, situated at the School Saint-Germain; in '79, we made you gruyer of the forest of Senart, in place of that poor Jehan Daiz; then captain of the Chateau²⁷³ of Loches; then governor of Saint- Quentin; then captain of the bridge of Meulan, of which you cause yourself to be called comte. Out of the five sols fine paid by every barber who shaves on a festival day, there are three sols for you and we have the rest. We have been good enough to change your name of Le Mauvais (The Evil), which resembled your face too closely. In '76, we granted you, to the great displeasure of our nobility, armorial bearings of a thousand colors, which give you the breast of a peacock. ~Pasque-Dieu~! Are not you surfeited²⁷⁴? Is not the draught of fishes sufficiently fine and miraculous²⁷⁵? Are you not afraid that one salmon²⁷⁶ more will make your boat sink? Pride will be your ruin, gossip. Ruin and disgrace always press hard on the heels of pride. Consider this and hold your tongue."

* A lord having a right on the woods of his vassals.

These words, uttered with severity, made Master Olivier's face revert²⁷⁷ to its insolence²⁷⁸.

"Good!" he muttered, almost aloud, "'tis easy to see that the king is ill to-day; he giveth all to the leech."

Louis XI. far from being irritated by this petulant²⁷⁹ insult, resumed with some gentleness, "Stay, I was forgetting that I made you my ambassador to Madame Marie, at Ghent. Yes, gentlemen," added the king turning to the Flemings, "this man hath been an ambassador. There, my gossip," he pursued, addressing Master Olivier, "let us not get angry; we are old friends. 'Tis very late. We have terminated our labors²⁸⁰. Shave me."

Our readers have not, without doubt, waited until the present moment to recognize in Master Olivier that terrible Figaro whom Providence²⁸¹, the great maker²⁸² of dramas, mingled²⁸³ so artistically²⁸⁴ in the long and bloody²⁸⁵ comedy of the reign of Louis XI. We will not here undertake to develop that singular figure. This barber of the king had three names. At court he was politely called Olivier le Daim (the Deer); among the people Olivier the Devil. His real name was Olivier le Mauvais.

Accordingly, Olivier le Mauvais remained motionless, sulking at the king, and glancing askance at Jacques Coictier.

"Yes, yes, the physician!" he said between his teeth.

"Ah, yes, the physician!" retorted Louis XI., with singular good humor; "the physician has more credit than you. 'Tis very simple; he has taken hold upon us by the whole body, and you hold us only by the chin. Come, my poor barber, all will come right. What would you say and what would become of your office if I were a king like Chilperic, whose gesture consisted in holding his beard in one hand? Come, gossip mine, fulfil your office, shave me. Go get what you need therefor."

Olivier perceiving that the king had made up his mind to laugh, and that there was no way of even annoying him, went off grumbling²⁸⁶ to execute his orders.

The king rose, approached the window, and suddenly opening it with extraordinary agitation,--

"Oh! yes!" he exclaimed, clapping his hands, "yonder is a redness in the sky over the City. 'Tis the bailiff burning. It can be nothing else but that. Ah! my good people! here you are aiding me at last in tearing down the rights of lordship!"

Then turning towards the Flemings: "Come, look at this, gentlemen. Is it not a fire which gloweth yonder?"

The two men of Ghent drew near.

"A great fire," said Guillaume Rym.

"Oh!" exclaimed Coppenole, whose eyes suddenly flashed, "that reminds me of the burning of the house of the Seigneur d'Hymbercourt. There must be a goodly revolt yonder."

"You think so, Master Coppenole?" And Louis XI.'s glance was almost as joyous²⁸⁷ as that of the hosier. "Will it not be difficult to resist?"

"Cross of God! Sire! Your majesty will damage many companies of men of war thereon."

"Ah! I! 'tis different," returned the king. "If I willed." The hosier replied hardily,--

"If this revolt be what I suppose, sire, you might will in vain."

"Gossip," said Louis XI., "with the two companies of my unattached troops and one discharge of a serpentine²⁸⁸, short work is made of a populace of louts."

The hosier, in spite of the signs made to him by Guillaume Rym, appeared determined to hold his own against the king.

"Sire, the Swiss were also louts. Monsieur the Duke of Burgundy was a great gentleman, and he turned up his nose at that rabble rout²⁸⁹. At the battle of Grandson, sire, he cried: 'Men of the cannon²⁹⁰! Fire on the villains²⁹¹!' and he swore by Saint-George. But Advoyer Scharnachtal hurled²⁹² himself on the handsome duke with his battle-club and his people, and when the glittering Burgundian army came in contact with these peasants in bull hides, it flew in pieces like a pane of glass at the blow of a pebble²⁹³. Many lords were then slain²⁹⁴ by low-born knaves; and Monsieur de Chateau-Guyon, the greatest seigneur in Burgundy, was found dead, with his gray horse, in a little marsh¹⁶⁷ meadow."

"Friend," returned the king, "you are speaking of a battle. The question here is of a mutiny. And I will gain the upper hand of it as soon as it shall please me to frown."

The other replied indifferently,--

"That may be, sire; in that case, 'tis because the people's hour hath not yet come."

Guillaume Rym considered it incumbent²⁹⁵ on him to intervene,--

"Master Coppenole, you are speaking to a puissant king."

"I know it," replied the hosier, gravely.

"Let him speak, Monsieur Rym, my friend," said the king; "I love this frankness of speech. My father, Charles the Seventh, was accustomed to say that the truth was ailing²⁹⁶; I thought her dead, and that she had found no confessor. Master Coppenole undeceiveth me."

Then, laying his hand familiarly on Coppenole's shoulder,--

"You were saying, Master Jacques?"

"I say, sire, that you may possibly be in the right, that the hour of the people may not yet have come with you."

Louis XI. gazed at him with his penetrating²⁹⁷ eye,--

"And when will that hour come, master?"

"You will hear it strike."

"On what clock, if you please?"

Coppenole, with his tranquil and rustic¹⁷² countenance, made the king approach the window.

"Listen, sire! There is here a donjon keep, a belfry, cannons²⁹⁸, bourgeois, soldiers; when the belfry shall hum, when the cannons shall roar, when the donjon shall fall in ruins amid great noise, when bourgeois and soldiers shall howl and slay²⁹⁹ each other, the hour will strike."

Louis's face grew sombre and dreamy. He remained silent for a moment, then he gently patted with his hand the thick wall of the donjon, as one strokes the haunches of a steed.

"Oh! no!" said he. "You will not crumble³⁰⁰ so easily, will you, my good Bastille?"

And turning with an abrupt gesture towards the sturdy Fleming,--

"Have you never seen a revolt, Master Jacques?"

"I have made them," said the hosier.

"How do you set to work to make a revolt?" said the king.

"Ah!" replied Coppenole, "'tis not very difficult. There are a hundred ways. In the first place, there must be discontent in the city. The thing is not uncommon³⁰¹. And then, the character of the inhabitants. Those of Ghent are easy to stir into revolt. They always love the prince's son; the prince, never. Well! One morning, I will suppose, some one enters my shop, and says to me: 'Father Coppenole, there is this and there is that, the Demoiselle of Flanders wishes to save her ministers, the grand bailiff is doubling the impost³⁰² on shagreen, or something else,'--what you will. I leave my work as it stands, I come out of my hosier's stall, and I shout: 'To the sack?' There is always some smashed cask at hand. I mount it, and I say aloud, in the first words that occur to me, what I have on my heart; and when one is of the people, sire, one always has something on the heart: Then people troop up, they shout, they ring the alarm bell, they arm the louts with what they take from the soldiers, the market people join in, and they set out. And it will always be thus, so long as there are lords in the seignories, bourgeois in the bourgs, and peasants in the country."

"And against whom do you thus rebel?" inquired the king; "against your bailiffs? against your lords?"

"Sometimes; that depends. Against the duke, also, sometimes."

Louis XI. returned and seated himself, saying, with a smile,--

"Ah! here they have only got as far as the bailiffs."

At that instant Olivier le Daim returned. He was followed by two pages, who bore the king's toilet articles; but what struck Louis XI. was that he was also accompanied by the provost of Paris and the chevalier of the watch, who appeared to be in consternation³⁰³. The spiteful barber also wore an air of consternation, which was one of contentment beneath, however. It was he who spoke first.

"Sire, I ask your majesty's pardon for the calamitous³⁰⁴ news which I bring."

The king turned quickly and grazed the mat on the floor with the feet of his chair,--

"What does this mean?"

"Sire," resumed Olivier le Daim, with the malicious³⁰⁵ air of a man who rejoices that he is about to deal a violent blow, "'tis not against the bailiff of the courts that this popular sedition is directed."

"Against whom, then?"

"Against you, sire?'

The aged king rose erect³⁰⁶ and straight as a young man,--

"Explain yourself, Olivier! And guard your head well, gossip; for I swear to you by the cross of Saint-L? that, if you lie to us at this hour, the sword which severed³⁰⁷ the head of Monsieur de Luxembourg is not so notched that it cannot yet sever³² yours!"

The oath was formidable; Louis XI. had only sworn twice in the course of his life by the cross of Saint-L?.

Olivier opened his mouth to reply.

"Sire--"

"On your knees!" interrupted the king violently. "Tristan, have an eye to this man."

Olivier knelt down and said coldly,--

"Sire, a sorceress was condemned to death by your court of parliament. She took refuge in Notre-Dame. The people are trying to take her from thence by main force. Monsieur the provost and monsieur the chevalier of the watch, who have just come from the riot, are here to give me the lie if this is not the truth. The populace is besieging³⁰⁸ Notre-Dame."

"Yes, indeed!" said the king in a low voice, all pale and trembling with wrath. "Notre-Dame! They lay siege to our Lady, my good mistress in her cathedral!--Rise, Olivier. You are right. I give you Simon Radin's charge. You are right. 'Tis I whom they are attacking. The witch is under the protection of this church, the church is under my protection. And I thought that they were acting³⁰⁹ against the bailiff! 'Tis against myself!"

Then, rendered young by fury, he began to walk up and down with long strides. He no longer laughed, he was terrible, he went and came; the fox was changed into a hyaena. He seemed suffocated³¹⁰ to such a degree that he could not speak; his lips moved, and his fleshless fists were clenched³¹¹. All at once he raised his head, his hollow eye appeared full of light, and his voice burst forth³¹² like a clarion³¹³: "Down with them, Tristan! A heavy hand for these rascals³¹⁴! Go, Tristan, my friend! slay! slay!"

This eruption³¹⁵ having passed, he returned to his seat, and said with cold and concentrated wrath,--

"Here, Tristan! There are here with us in the Bastille the fifty lances of the Vicomte de Gif, which makes three hundred horse: you will take them. There is also the company of our unattached archers of Monsieur de Chateaupers: you will take it. You are provost of the marshals; you have the men of your provostship: you will take them. At the H?tel Saint-Pol you will find forty archers of monsieur the dauphin's new guard: you will take them. And, with all these, you will hasten to Notre-Dame. Ah! messieurs, louts of Paris, do you fling yourselves thus against the crown of France, the sanctity of Notre-Dame, and the peace of this commonwealth³¹⁶! Exterminate³¹⁷, Tristan! exterminate! and let not a single one escape, except it be for Montfau?on."

Tristan bowed. "'Tis well, sire."

He added, after a silence, "And what shall I do with the sorceress?"

This question caused the king to meditate³¹⁸.

"Ah!" said he, "the sorceress! Monsieur d'Estouteville, what did the people wish to do with her?"

"Sire," replied the provost of Paris, "I imagine that since the populace has come to tear her from her asylum³¹⁹ in Notre- Dame, 'tis because that impunity³²⁰ wounds them, and they desire to hang her."

The king appeared to reflect deeply: then, addressing Tristan l'Hermite, "Well! gossip, exterminate the people and hang the sorceress."

"That's it," said Rym in a low tone to Coppenole, "punish the people for willing a thing, and then do what they wish."

"Enough, sire," replied Tristan. "If the sorceress is still in Notre-Dame, must she be seized in spite of the sanctuary³²¹?"

"~Pasque-Dieu~! the sanctuary!" said the king, scratching his ear. "But the woman must be hung, nevertheless."

Here, as though seized with a sudden idea, he flung himself on his knees before his chair, took off his hat, placed it on the seat, and gazing devoutly³²² at one of the leaden amulets³²³ which loaded it down, "Oh!" said he, with clasped hands, "our Lady of Paris, my gracious patroness, pardon me. I will only do it this once. This criminal must be punished. I assure you, madame the virgin³²⁴, my good mistress, that she is a sorceress who is not worthy³²⁵ of your amiable³²⁶ protection. You know, madame, that many very pious³²⁷ princes have overstepped the privileges of the churches for the glory of God and the necessities of the State. Saint Hugues, bishop of England, permitted King Edward to hang a witch in his church. Saint-Louis of France, my master, transgressed³²⁸, with the same object, the church of Monsieur Saint-Paul; and Monsieur Alphonse, son of the king of Jerusalem, the very church of the Holy Sepulchre. Pardon me, then, for this once. Our Lady of Paris, I will never do so again, and I will give you a fine statue of silver, like the one which I gave last year to Our Lady of Ecouys. So be it."

He made the sign of the cross, rose, donned his hat once more, and said to Tristan,--

"Be diligent³²⁹, gossip. Take Monsieur Chateaupers with you. You will cause the tocsin to be sounded. You will crush the populace. You will seize the witch. 'Tis said. And I mean the business of the execution to be done by you. You will render me an account of it. Come, Olivier, I shall not go to bed this night. Shave me."

Tristan l'Hermite bowed and departed. Then the king, dismissing Rym and Coppenole with a gesture,--

"God guard you, messieurs, my good friends the Flemings. Go, take a little repose³³⁰. The night advances, and we are nearer the morning than the evening."

Both retired³³¹ and gained their apartments under the guidance of the captain of the Bastille. Coppenole said to Guillaume Rym,--

"Hum! I have had enough of that coughing king! I have seen Charles of Burgundy drunk, and he was less malignant than Louis XI. when ailing."

"Master Jacques," replied Rym, "'tis because wine renders kings less cruel than does barley water."



读者也许还没忘记，伽西莫多在发现那群黑压压的乞丐之前，在高高的钟楼上眺望过巴黎，那时他只看见一星亮光在圣安东尼门边一座高大阴暗建筑的顶楼窗户里闪烁。那座建筑就是巴士底狱，那一星亮光，是路易十一的蜡烛。

国王路易十一的确已经来到巴黎两天了，他后天就要动身到他的蒙第·莱·杜尔城堡去。他是很少到漂亮京城巴黎来的，即便来了，也只作短期逗留，因为他觉得他周围的活门、绞刑架和苏格兰射击手都还不够多。

那天他在巴士底狱过夜。他不大喜欢卢浮宫里他那间一百呎见方的大寝室，那雕刻着十二只巨兽和十三位伟大预言家的大壁炉，那张十二呎长十一呎宽的大床。在那什么都大的房间里，他觉得茫然若失。这位市民习气的国王比较喜欢巴士底的一个小房间，一张小床，何况巴士底比卢浮宫更为坚固。

国王在那著名监狱里住的小房间仍然是相当大的，占据着望楼最高的一层。那是一个圆形的斗室，地板上铺着光滑的草席，天花板上的椽子装饰着镀金百合花，用彩色木条间隔着，富丽的板壁上缀满了白锡做的蔷薇，漆成靛青和紫堇混合的鲜绿色。

房间里只有一个带铜丝格子和铁栅的尖拱形窗户，那画着国王和王后纹章的上等彩色玻璃窗扇有些阴暗，它的每一个窗棂就值二十二个索尔。

那个房间只有一个进口，一道时髦的圆拱门，里边挂着布帘，外面那爱尔兰木料的门廊，是用一百五十年前在古老宅第里常见的那种细工修成的。

索瓦尔曾经失望地说：“它们虽然既不美观又妨碍进出，老人们却仍然不愿拆毁，仍然不顾一切地把它们保存下来。”

在那房间里找不出任何一种普通房间里常见的家具，没有板凳，台子，架子，既没有箱子般的方凳，也没有四索尔一只的漂亮的柱脚凳，只能看到一张富丽堂皇的安乐椅，红漆木料上绘着许多玫瑰花，科尔多瓦的红皮椅座上镶着丝边，上面钉着许多金的钉子。看得出房间里这把唯一的坐椅是只有一个人有权坐在上面的。安乐椅旁边靠窗的地方，有一张铺着百鸟织锦台布的桌子，桌上放着一个满是墨渍的文件夹，几张羊皮纸，几枝羽毛笔和一个镂花大银杯。再远一点有一个炭盆，一张铺着绣花红绒台毯的祈祷台。房间尽头放着一张朴素的床，挂着金红色缎子幛幔，幛幔上除了朴素的条纹之外，没有金银线的镶边和亮片，穗子也不算考究。由于路易十一在上面入睡或失眠而出了名的这张床，两百年前在内阁大臣的府邸内还能看到，用阿里西第和“活道德”的笔名写《西须斯》那本书的老皮鲁夫人就看见过它。

这就是号称“法王路易陛下的祈祷室”的那个房间。

我们给读者介绍这个房间的时候，它是相当暗的，灭灯钟在一个钟头之前就响过了，夜已经很深，只有一支摇晃的蜡烛放在桌上，照见房间里分别站在几处的五个人。

烛光首先照到的那个贵人穿着华丽的长袜，深红色闪银条纹的紧身背心，一件金色作底上绣黑色图案的罩衣。被烛光照着的这身灿烂的衣服，好象每个褶纹都在发亮。穿这件衣服的人胸前挂着一枚色彩鲜艳的徽章，徽章是山形的，底下有一只跑着的梅花鹿，徽章左边配着一条橄榄枝，右边配着一只鹿角。他腰边佩着一把漂亮的匕首，镀银的刀柄雕刻成山峰形状，峰顶象伯爵的帽子。他高傲地抬着头，神情刁恶。从他的脸上第一眼可以看出他的傲慢，第二眼可以看出他的奸猾。

他手里拿着一叠纸张，光着脑袋直直地站在安乐椅旁边，椅上坐着一个衣着极不考究的人物，弓着背，架起一条腿，手靠在桌上。请想象一下搭在大红科尔多瓦皮垫上的两条细长腿，两只穿黑毛袜的瘦脚和那裹在皮领斜纹布外套里的身子吧！那皮领上的毛都快掉完了。最后是一顶用最坏的黑布做成的又旧又脏的帽子，帽沿饰着一串铅铸的肖像，还有一顶把头发盖得严严的睡帽，这就是从那坐在椅上的人身上能看到的一切了。他的头低垂在胸前，要不是烛光照着他的鼻子尖，简直就完全看不见他那被黑影遮住的脸孔了。

鼻子一定很长。由于那布满皱纹的双手，可以猜想到他是一个老年人。这人就是路易十一。

在他们身后不远，有两个弗朗德勒装束的人在低声交谈，阴影没有完全遮住他们，假若甘果瓦的戏剧演出时在场的人们中有一个来到这里，一定会认得他们就是弗朗德勒使臣当中的两位，一位是刚城有远见的养老金领取人居约姆·韩，另一位是群众喜爱的袜店老板雅克·科勃诺尔。人们记得这两人是参与路易十一的政治机密的。

最后，在最远的地方快靠近房门那儿，在黑暗中纹丝不动地站着一个象石像一般矮胖结实的人，穿着军服和绣有纹章的外套，方方的脸上长着一对凸出的眼睛，咧着一张大嘴，两只耳朵被垂下的头发遮住，看不见额头，样子又象狗又象老虎。

除了国王，其余的人都能让人看清楚。

站在国王跟前的贵人正在给他读着一篇长长的账目，国王似乎在留心倾听。那两个弗朗德勒人在交头接耳地谈话。

“上帝的十字架作证！”科勃诺尔嘀咕道，“我可站够哪！这里就没有椅子吗？”

韩摇摇头不安地笑了一下。

“凭上帝的十字架起誓！”科勃诺尔不得不放低声音说道，“我情愿坐在地上，架着腿，就象我在自己店铺里当我的袜店老板那样。”

“安静点吧，雅克老板！”

“什么！居约姆先生，难道在这儿就只好站着吗？”

“要不然就跪着。”居约姆·韩说。

这时国王说起话来，他们就都缄口不语了。

“我的仆人的衣服要五十个索尔，给我做王冠的人的外套要花十二个索尔！就这样把黄金成吨地往外倒呀！你疯了吗？奥里维？”

老人这样说着就抬起头来，看得见他脖子上闪亮着圣米歇尔项链的金坠子，烛光把他瘦削阴沉的脸孔整个儿照亮了。他从那个人手里把那叠纸夺了过来。

“你要叫我们破产哪！”他用深陷的眼睛仔细看着那份账单嚷道，“这都是些什么？我们干吗要这么大的房子？两个教诲师，每人每月十里弗！一个礼拜堂神甫要一百索尔一月！一个寝室侍者要九十里弗一年！四个厨房的主膳官每人每年一百二十里弗！一个烤肉师傅，一个果园管理人，一个管调料的人，一个大厨师，一个司膳，两个助手，都是每人十里弗一月！两个厨役，每人十八里弗一月！一个马夫和两个助手，每人二十四里弗一月！一个脚夫，一个糕饼师傅，一个面包师傅，两个车夫，每人六十里弗一年！还有铁厂管理人，一百二十里弗一年！还有我们的国库管理局局长，一千二百里弗一年！审计官五百里弗一年！我怎能知道还有些什么！这是发疯啊！为了我们这些日常开支，就会把法兰西搜刮空了！卢浮宫里的金锭银锭都会被这种浪费的火熔化掉呢！我们会因此卖掉我们的碗碟！到了明年，假若上帝和圣母（说到这里他举起帽子）还允许我们活着，我们也只好用锡罐子喝药汁了！”

他一面说一面朝桌上的大银杯看了一眼，咳嗽了一声接着说道：“奥里维先生，象国王和皇帝这些统治大国的君主，可不能让自己家里有浪费现象，因为宫中的火灾一定会蔓延到各省。别让我再重复讲了，奥里维先生，我们的费用年年都在增多，这种事情我不喜欢。怎么，天知道！七九年以前没有超出过三万六千里弗，到八○ 年就是四万三千六百十九里弗，我记得清这个数目。八一年是六万六千六百八十里弗，今年呀，我打赌，准得到八万里弗！四年工夫就增加了一倍，真是骇人！”

他喘息着停顿了一下，随后焦躁地说道：“在我周围我只看到那些利用我的消瘦来使自己肥胖起来的人，你们从我每个毛孔里吸出钱来！”

大家都没说话，这是那种只好任其发泄的恼怒。他接着说道：“这就象法国贵族们的拉丁文请愿书，说要重建他们所谓大规模的王室。的确是大规模！可以压碎人的大规模！啊，先生们！你们说我不象一个国王，没有总管，没有侍臣便统治国家。我要让你们看看，天知道！看看我究竟是不是一个国王！”

说到这里，他觉得自己有权，便微笑了一下，脾气缓和些了，便转身向那两个弗朗德勒人说道：“你看见吗，居约姆老弟，大面包师、大总管、大侍从、大执事，还不如一个下等仆人。记住我的话，居约姆老弟，他们一点用处都没有，他们在国王跟前毫无用处，只让我想起王宫里那座大钟钟面周围的四个福音使者，菲立浦·伯西耶最近才把它修理一新，它们都是镀金的，可是它们并不能指示时辰，时针没有它们完全可以。”

他若有所思地停顿了一下，又摇着他老态龙钟的脑袋说：“嗬！嗬！我可不是菲立浦·伯西耶，我才不去给那些大臣镀金呢。我赞同爱德华王的意见：拯救平民，杀掉贵族！念下去吧，奥里维！”

他指的那个人双手捧起那份账单高声朗读起来：“付京城总督之印章保管人亚当·德隆为该印章镀金与雕刻之费用，该印章新近制成，因前一印章已破旧不复能用。十二个巴黎里弗。

“付居约姆·弗埃尔四个巴黎里弗另四个索尔，因彼在今年正月二月三月饲养杜尔内尔大厦两只鸽笼中之鸽子，又为此付彼七夸特另六分之一大麦。

“付罪犯忏悔用的僧帽一顶，四个巴黎索尔。”

国王静悄悄地听着，有时咳嗽一声，这当儿他把大银杯举到嘴边，做着怪样子呷了一口。

“今年曾奉司法官通知，于巴黎各个街口装设五十六只扩音器，此笔账目应予付清。

“为了寻找和发掘据云埋藏在巴黎和别处的金银，但并未找到，付四十五个巴黎里弗。”

“埋藏了一个小钱，却要花一个索尔去挖掘！”国王说。

“……在杜尔内尔大厦放大铁笼的地方安装六块白玻璃壁板，付十三索尔。

“奉国王旨意，于怪物节做四个挂在铠甲上的盾形徽章，周围装饰一圈玫瑰花，付六里弗。

“为国王的旧上衣做两只新衣袖，付二十索尔。

“付国王擦皮靴的靴油一瓶，十五德尼埃。

“付为放国王黑猪之新猪栏一个，三十巴黎里弗。

“为关闭圣保尔大厦里的一群狮子，付墙壁地板门窗等费用二十二里弗。”

“这些野兽真费钱呀！”路易十一说，“没关系！这是国王的豪华气派。

有一匹赭红色的大狮子，我很喜欢它那文雅劲儿。你看见过它吗，居约姆先生？君王们应该有些珍奇的动物。我们这些国王，应该有狮子一般的狗，老虎一般的猫，要这样大才和国王的权威相称。在信奉朱比特的异教时代，老百姓献给教堂一百头牛羊，帝王们就献一百头狮子和一百只老鹰。那才值得骄傲，才有气派呢。法兰西国王过去都曾有过一群禽兽在王座周围的。要不然，人们就会说我在这方面比我的祖先少花了钱，说我在那些狮子大熊大象豹子身上过于节省了。念下去吧，奥里维，我愿意把这些情况告诉我的弗朗德勒朋友们。”

居约姆·韩深深地弯腰行礼，科勃诺尔却摆出一副不高兴的样子，活象一只国王陛下刚才提到的大熊。国王没有注意到这些，他正把嘴伸到大银杯边上，把刚才喝下去的药汁吐出来并且说道：“呸！讨厌的药汁！”那个人接着往下朗读：“付六个月来关在屠宰房听候发落的一个拦路抢劫犯的伙食费，六里弗另四素尔。”

“这是怎么回事？”国王插话道，“喂养要处绞刑的人！天知道！我决不再为这种喂养付出一个索尔。奥里维，去同代斯杜特维尔先生商量一下，今天晚上就给我准备好，让那个该处绞刑的家伙去同绞刑架结婚！再念下去！”

奥里维用大拇指在关于“拦路抢劫犯”那笔账目上做了个记号，又继续念道：“付巴黎法庭总刽子手昂里耶·库赞共六巴黎索尔，此系巴黎总督大人审定，为遵照总督大人命令，购一大宽薄刀，为判处死刑之人处斩时之用，备有刀鞘及其他零件。又付修理处斩路易·德·卢森堡先生时折损之旧刀之费用，以便再用该刀……”

国王插话道：“够了，我完全同意这笔费用，我是不在乎这种花费的，我从来不后悔用这种钱。继续念吧！”

“为制造一崭新大囚笼……”

“啊！”国王双手抓住安乐椅的扶手说，“我知道我到这个巴士底来是专为某件事的。等一等，奥里维先生，我想亲自去看看那个笼子，你可以在我观看的时候把它的价钱念给我听。弗朗德勒的先生们，来看看这个吧，挺别致的呢。”

于是他站了起来，扶着同他谈话的那个人的胳膊，做了个手势，叫直直地立在房门口的那个哑巴似的人在前面带路，叫那两个弗朗德勒人跟在后面，走出了那个房间。

由拿着笨重铁器的人和瘦长的执着蜡烛的年轻侍卫组成的国王的卫队赶快聚到房门口来，他们把黑暗的堡垒巡逻了一遍，堡垒所有的楼梯和走廊都是嵌进厚厚的墙壁里的。巴士底典狱长走在前头，把那些便门一道道在伛偻的老国王前面打开，国王一路走一路咳嗽。

除了因年老而弯腰驼背的国王之外，大家走过每一道门时都不得不把脑袋低下来。“嗯，”他咬着牙龈（因为他已经老掉牙了）说道，“我们都已经离坟墓的门不远哪。低矮的门，就得弓着身子才过得去。”

最后到了一道锁着好几把锁的门前，费了一刻钟才把门打开，大家走进了一个高朗的尖拱顶的大厅，顺着烛光望去，看得见大厅中央放着一个用砖头、铁和木料做成的中空的立方体，这就是那种叫做“国王的小女儿”的关犯人的著名囚笼。笼壁上有两三个小窗洞，都密密地装着铁条，看不见窗上的玻璃。门是用一块大石板做的，象墓门一样，只为了让人一进去就永远不出来。可是，在那里面的并不是一个死人，而是一个活人。

国王慢慢地绕着这个象房子一样的东西一面走一面仔细察看，奥里维先生跟在他身后大声朗读那篇账单：“新制大木笼一个，装有粗栅栏梁木和底板，宽八呎，长九呎，从顶到底高七呎，用大铁板夹住，置于圣安东尼门的巴士底狱中一个房间内，奉国王陛下旨意，将原关在另一破囚笼中之犯人关入新笼。该新制囚笼共用去九十六根铁栅，五十二根支柱，十根十八呎长的梁木，共聘请十九个木匠在巴士底之庭院中砍削那些木料共二十天……”

“顶刮刮的橡木呢！”国王敲了敲木笼说。

“为此笼共用去二百二十块八呎和九呎长的厚重铁夹板，”那一个接着念道，“其余为中等长度，并附带螺旋纽带等等，共用去铁三千七百三十五磅，连同钉于该木笼上之八只大铁钩与铁钉等，共用铁二百十八磅，尚未计算放置该笼之室内窗上之铁格，该室之铁门及其他杂物……”

“竟用了这么多铁，”国王说道，“为了关押这样一个微不足道的人！”

“……合计共付出三百十七里弗五索尔七德尼埃。”

“天晓得！”国王嚷道。

路易十一最喜欢说的这句粗话好象把笼子里面一个什么人吵醒了，听得见铁链拖在地上的响声，一种好象来自坟墓的微弱的声音说道：“陛下，陛下！开恩吧！”但是看不见说话的人。

“三百十七里弗五索尔七德尼埃！”路易十一重复说。

囚笼里发出的悲惨的声音使包括奥里维在内的全体在场的人心寒起来，只有国王一人仿佛没有听见一般。奥里维遵照他的命令继续念账单，国王陛下继续冷冰冰地察看囚笼。

“……此外，付泥水匠二十七个巴黎里弗十四索尔，为窗上铁条挖掘洞孔，并为放置囚笼之室内铺设地板，因原有地板不堪承受新囚笼之重量。”

囚笼里又发出呻吟声：“开恩吧，陛下！我向您发誓，那个谋反的人是安吉尔的红衣主教先生，并不是我呀。”

“泥水匠好心狠！往下念吧，奥里维！”

奥里维接着念道：“为制造窗户床架椅凳及其他物件，付木匠二十个巴黎里弗两索尔……”

那个声音接着说道：“哎，陛下！您不听我讲话么？我向您保证，写那篇东西给居耶恩大人的人并不是我，那是红衣主教巴吕！”

“木匠够贵的呢。”国王说，“就是这些了吧？”

“没完呢，陛下，为装置该室之玻璃窗，付玻璃匠四十六巴黎索尔八德尼埃。”

“开恩呀，陛下！他们把我的全部财产都给了那些审判我的法官，把我的碗碟给了杜尔奇先生，把我的图书给了比埃尔·杜西阿尔先生，把我的地毯给了茹西雍的长官，这还不够么？我是无辜的呀！我在一个铁笼里关了十四年哪！开恩吧，陛下！您会在天堂里得到报偿呢！”

“奥里维先生，”国王说道，“一共是多少？”

“三百六十七巴黎里弗八索尔三德尼埃。”

“圣母呀！”国王嚷道，“好一个贵得吓人的囚笼！”

他从奥里维手中夺过账单，掂着手指头计算起来，一面望望账单又望望囚笼。这时大家听见犯人在哭泣，那哭声在黑暗中非常凄惨，大家都脸色苍白地面面相觑。

“十四年了，陛下，已经十四年了！从一四六九年四月就开始关起。圣母在上，陛下，请听我说吧！您一直在温暖的阳光下幸福地生活，我呢，可怜的我，就不能再见天日了么？开恩吧，陛下！慈悲慈悲吧！宽仁是君王的美德，它能够平息愤怒的波浪。难道连陛下也认为为君的必须惩罚一切罪犯，这样他升天的时候才会愉快吗？何况我并没有背叛您呀，陛下，那是安吉尔的主教先生干的。我脚上系着一根大铁链，铁链末端坠着一个大铁球，重得不近情理。哎，陛下，请怜悯我吧！”

“奥里维，”国王摇着头说，“我查出这上面把石灰开了二十索尔一桶，但实价不过十二索尔。你得把这笔账重算过。”

他转身背着那个囚犯往房外走去。那可怜的犯人看见烛光远了，声音静了，知道国王已经离去。“陛下！陛下！”他绝望地喊道。房门又关上了。

他再也看不见什么，只听到狱卒的沙哑的声音在他耳边响着，唱的是：若望·巴吕先生，他的主教职位已经丢掉了。

凡尔登的先生再也没有了，全都消灭了。

国王平静地回到了他的祈祷室，跟在他身后的侍卫们听见那个囚犯最后的悲惨的声音，全都吓呆了。国王陛下忽然回头对巴士底的典狱长说：“哎呀，囚笼里有个什么人吧？”

“当然哪，陛下！”被这句问话惊呆了的典狱长说。

“那么是谁呢？”

“凡尔登的主教先生。”

其实国王对这件事比谁都清楚，这不过是他的一种手法罢了。

“啊，”他好象才初次想起了似的，装出老实的神态说：“原来是居约姆·德·阿韩古尔，巴吕红衣主教的好朋友，一个挺不错的主教呢。”

过了一会，祈祷室的门重新打开又关上，进来的是我们在这一章开头给读者介绍过的那五个人，他们各自回到先前站着的地方，恢复了先前的姿态和低声的交谈。

国王离开祈祷室的时候，有人放了几件紧急公文在他的案头，国王亲手把封口拆开，随后急忙一件一件地翻阅着。他朝那个象内阁大臣一般侍立在他身边的奥里维做了一个手势，叫他拿起笔，也不告诉他公文的内容，只是低声把复文说给他听，他就怪不舒服地跪在桌前写起来。

居约姆·韩留神看着。

国王用很低的声音说着，弗朗德勒人一点也听不清复文里讲些什么，只掠到下面几句：“……用商业扶持那些富足的地区，用农业扶持那些贫穷的地区……让英格兰贵族看看我们的那四尊大炮：隆特尔，布拉邦，布尔·昂·伯雷斯，圣阿梅……炮兵部队使现代的战争更加合理了……致我们的朋友德·倍雷须尔先生……军队没有粮饷是无法维持的……”

有一次他提高了嗓门：“天知道！西西里国王竟象法兰西国王一般用黄蜡封他的信件，我们允许他这样做可是错误的。我的表兄德·勃艮第没有盖上印章。房屋宽大就证明他们享有完整的特权哪。把这个记上，奥里维老弟。”

还有一次他说道：“啊！啊！重要消息！我的皇兄又要求什么啦？”他中止了口授，把眼睛在一堆公文上看了一遍，“当然罗，德国强大得难以置信，但我们不会忘记这句老话：‘最漂亮的郡国是弗朗德勒，最漂亮的公国是米兰，最漂亮的王国是法兰西。’不是吗，弗朗德勒先生们？”

这回科勃诺尔和居约姆·韩一道躬身施礼了，袜店老板的爱国心被触动啦。

最后一件公文使路易十一皱起了眉头。“这是什么？”他嚷道，“抱怨起我们派在庇卡底的驻防军来了！奥里维，赶快写封信给卢奥元帅先生，就说军纪松弛了，说王室宪兵队、放逐的贵族、弓箭队和御前卫士不断伤害我的百姓，说这些军人在农民家里找到财物还不满意，还用大棍把他们赶出屋子而且还要到城里去拿美酒鱼肉及其他奢侈品，说国王知道全部情况，说我准备保护我的人民，不让他们遭受困苦、抢劫和伤害，说圣母在上，这是我的愿望，说我不同意让一个农村提琴师、理发师或士兵打扮得象个王子，穿上天鹅绒或丝绸的衣服，戴上金戒指，说上帝讨厌这种虚荣，说连我这样一个上等人，只要穿上那种每巴黎俄纳只值十六索尔的布缝成的衣服就满意了呢，说勤务兵先生也可以降低到穿这种价钱布料做成的衣服，说我吩咐并命令你们照办，致我的朋友德·卢奥先生。好了。”

他高声口授这封信，念念又停停，他刚念完就有人推门进来，一面害怕地跑进房一面嚷道：“王上！王上！巴黎发生了群众暴动哪！”

路易十一严厉的面色突然变了，不过那只是象电光般一闪而过，他压着怒火，只是用平静严肃的声音说道：“雅克老弟，你进来得太鲁莽了！”

“王上！王上！造反哪！”跑得气喘的雅克说。

国王站起来抓住他的手臂，斜着眼睛望望两个弗朗德勒人，怒不可遏，但为了不让那两人听见，只好凑在他耳边悄声说：“别响！要不就小点声！”

刚进来的人明白了国王的意思，就低声向他报告一个可怕的情况，他留心地听着。这时居约姆·韩就叫科勃诺尔看那新来的人的面貌和服装，从那人的皮帽短披风和黑绒袍，一看就知道他是审计院院长。

这人才向国王解释了几句，路易十一就大笑起来：“真的呀！大声说吧，夸克纪埃老弟！你何必讲得这样轻声呢？圣母知道，我们对弗朗德勒的朋友是什么都不用隐瞒的。”

“可是，王上……”

“尽管大声讲！”

夸克纪埃“老弟”可惊讶得说不出话了。

“那么，”国王又说道，“讲吧，先生，在我们巴黎这座城市里有些平民骚动起来了，是吧？”

“是的，王上。”

“你说他们反对的是司法宫的大法官，是吗？”

“好象是的，”那位“老弟”仍然十分惊讶国王突然莫名其妙地改变了想法，便结结巴巴地答道。

路易十一又说：“夜巡队是在哪里碰见那群人的呢？”

“是在那群人从乞丐大本营到欧项热桥去的路上。我到这里来听取王上的旨意，路上也碰见了他们。我听见好几个人在喊‘打倒司法宫的法官！’”

“他们对法官有什么仇恨呢？”

“啊，”那雅克老弟说，“法官是他们的领主老爷呀！”

“当然！”

“对了，王上。他们都是圣迹区的乞丐，他们早就对法官不满了，他们是他的臣民呀，但他们不愿意承认他是审判官，也不承认他是路政官吏。”

“啊呀！”国王露出忍不住的笑容说。

“在他们呈递给大理院的每份请愿书里，”雅克说，“他们希望只有您陛下和上帝才是他们的主人。他们的上帝大概就是魔鬼吧。”

“嗯，嗯！”国王说。

他搓弄着双手，心里的欢笑流露到脸上来了，使他满脸放光。他虽然老在装腔作势，但仍然掩盖不住心头的高兴。谁也不明白这是怎么回事，连“奥里维先生”也弄不清，他好一会没说话，神色若有所思但很愉快。

“他们人数很多吗？”他突然问道。

“当然很多，王上，”雅克老弟回答。

“有多少人？”

“不到六千。”

国王禁不住说了声“好！”接着又说，“他们带着兵器吗？”

“他们拿着锉子、钻子、长矛、斧头等各种厉害的兵器。”

国王对这种夸耀的话一点也没表示惊慌，那个雅克老弟以为应该提醒他，于是说：“假若陛下不赶快派兵援救那个法官，他一定会完蛋。”

“我们要派救兵去的，”国王装出认真的样子，“这很好，我们一定派救兵去。法官先生是我的朋友。六千！都是些亡命之徒，他们太大胆了，我为此很生气。但今夜我身边没有什么人可派。得等明天再说。”

雅克老弟叫喊起来：“王上，得即刻派救兵！要不然法官家里早给抢上二十次哪，领地会给抢空哪，法官也给绞死哪。看在上帝份上，陛下，天不亮就派救兵去吧！”

国王看着他的脸说：“我已经告诉你要等到明天早上。”

他的眼光使人不敢再望。

沉默了一会，路易十一又提高嗓门说：“我的雅克老弟，你应该知道，在哪个地区……”他重复道，“那法官的领地在哪个地区？”

“王上，那法官的领地包括从加朗特街到蔬菜市街，包括圣米歇尔广场和郊区圣母院（国王听到这个字就举起帽子）旁边那些统称为垣墙的地带，那里有十三幢大厦，外加圣迹区和称作郊区的麻风病院，再加从这个麻风病院开始到圣雅克门的整段车道。他是这些地带的路政官，绝对的统治者，是高级的中级的和初级的审判官。”

“怎么！”国王用右手抓抓左耳朵说：“这是我城市里的一块好地区呀！

法官先生在这个地带称王呢！”

这回他不再说话了。他好象做梦似的自言自语道：“很好，法官先生，你可咬住我们巴黎的一块好地方哪！”

他忽然激动地说：“天知道！那些在我们这里当路政官、审判官、统治者和主人的家伙究竟是怎么回事？是谁让他们时时刻刻收通行税，谁让他们把法庭和刽子手安置在每条路口，安置在我的人民中间？正象希腊人看见几股泉水就以为有同样多的上帝，波斯人看见几颗星星就以为有同样多的神明一样，法国人会因为看见那么多刑台就以为有同样多的国王呢！天知道！这种事情太糟糕了，我不喜欢这种骚动。我很想知道，荣耀的上帝是否乐意在巴黎除了国王之外还有另一个路政官，除了大理院之外还有另一个司法机关，在这个帝国里除了我之外还有另一位帝王！凭我心里的法则起誓！应该会有那样的日子到来，那时法兰西只有一个国王，一个领主，一个法官，一个有权处斩刑的人，象天堂里只有一个上帝一样！”

他又举起帽子，仍然好象做梦似的接着说，神态和声调就象叫一群猎狗去追踪猎物的猎人那样：“好！我的百姓们！好极了！推翻那些假冒的领主！

干你们的吧！进攻！进攻！打倒他们，杀掉他们，绞死他们！啊！你们都想当国王吗，大人们？干吧，老百姓，干吧！”

说到这里他忽然停住，咬着嘴唇似乎想要捉住已经溜掉一半的思路，不断用锐利的眼睛打量他周围五个人中的每一个。他忽然双手把帽子捧起来呆呆地瞧着，并且向它喊道：“要是你知道我脑子里此刻有些什么想法，我就要把你烧掉！”

随后他重新环顾四周，眼光就象刚刚溜回洞穴的狐狸一般机警和不安：“这不要紧！我们要支援法官先生，可惜我们此时此地只有很少的军队，不足以抵挡那样多的人，得等到明天再说。传令到旧城区去，叫把抓到的人狠狠地绞死。”

“啊，王上！”夸克纪埃老弟说，“我一慌就忘了这件事：夜巡队抓到了那些暴民中的两个，假若陛下想看看那两个人，他们就在那边。”

“还问我想不想看他们？”国王喊道，“天知道！你怎会忘掉这种事！

你快跑去，奥里维，去把他们带来！”

奥里维先生出去一会就带着两个俘虏回来了，近卫弓箭队环立在那两人身边。第一个有一张醉醺醺的吓昏了的大胖脸，一身破烂，走起路来一拐一拐地拖着脚步。第二个是读者早就认识的那个笑嘻嘻的脸色苍白的人。

国王一言不发地观察了他们一会，随后突然向第一个问道：“你叫什么名字？”

“吉佛华·潘斯布德。”

“干什么的？”

“讨饭的。”

“你打算在那该死的暴动里干什么？”

那乞丐望着国王，昏迷地摇着胳膊，他的头脑是那种糟糕的头脑，智慧在那里就象火光在灭火器下面熄灭了一样。

“我不知道，”他说，“人家去，我也去。”

“你们不是要去猛攻和抢劫你们的领主司法宫的大法官吗？”

“我只知道他们要到什么人家里去拿点什么东西。”

一个兵士把从那个乞丐身上搜出的一把砍刀呈给国王看。

“你认得这件兵器么？”

“认得，这是我的砍刀，我是种葡萄的。”

“你认得你这个同伙吗？”路易十一指着另一个俘虏问。

“不，我不认识他。”

“够哪，”国王说。他又向我们早已给读者提到过的那个站在门边的人说道：“特里斯丹老弟，这个人交给你发落。”

特里斯丹·莱尔米特躬身行礼，他低声吩咐两名弓箭手把那可怜的人带走。

这时国王走到第二个俘虏跟前，那个俘虏正在大颗地淌汗。

“你叫什么名字？”

“王上，我叫比埃尔·甘果瓦。”

“干什么的？”

“我是个哲学家，王上。”

“坏蛋！你怎么跟他们去围攻我的朋友法官先生呢？你对这个群众暴动有什么说的？”

“王上，我没有参加暴动。”

“啊，强盗！你不是被夜巡队从那群歹徒里抓来的么？”

“不是呀，王上，他们弄错了，真是命该如此。我是写悲剧的，王上，请陛下听我陈述。我是个诗人，干我这行的人喜欢夜晚在街上行走。今天晚上我从那里经过，那完全是出于偶然，他们错逮了我。我同群众暴动的事毫无关系，陛下看见那个乞丐并不认识我。我向陛下发誓……”

“住口！”国王喝了一口药汁说，“你闹得我头都胀破了！”

特里斯丹·莱尔米特走向前来，指着甘果瓦说道：“王上，这家伙也得绞死吧？”

这就是他首先想到的话。

“咳！”国王无所谓地答道，“我看这样也没什么不好。”

“我看太不好哪！”甘果瓦说。

我们的诗人这时脸色比橄榄还青，看见国王那副冷冰冰的不高兴的样子，他就想到除了装出十分悲痛以外没有别的办法，于是他急忙跪在路易十一的脚前，绝望地指手划脚地喊道：“王上请赐恩，容我上禀。王上，不要对我这个微不足道的人大发雷霆，上帝的雷电不打莴苣。王上，您是一位极有权威的君主，请怜悯一个诚实的可怜的人。我不会谋反，正象冰块不会爆出火星一样！最仁慈的王上啊，宽厚是狮子同国王的美德。哎！严酷只能吓唬人们的心，凛冽的北风刮不掉行人的外衣，太阳的光辉照到行人身上，却能使他渐渐热起来，自动把外衣脱掉。王上就是太阳。我向王上保证，我至高无上的主人和君王，我并不是偷盗胡来的乞丐一流人物，叛乱和抢劫都不在阿波罗的随从里，我是不会混进那种能爆发出种种叛乱的乌云中去的，我是陛下的一个忠实仆人。丈夫为了妻子的名誉而起的妒嫉心，儿子为了爱他父母而起的孝心，一个奴仆应该拿这两种心情来爱他的国王的威名，他应该为忠于王室，为发展国王的大业效犬马之劳。假若他热中于别的感情，那除非是发疯。王上，这就是我的政治格言。那么，请不要因为我的衣袖破得连胳膊都露出来就断定我是谋反行劫的人。假若陛下对我开恩，我要每天早晚为陛下向上帝祈福！哎！我不怎么有钱，这是真的，我还相当穷苦呢。但这并不是什么缺点，这不是我的过错呀。谁都知道，巨富并不是用漂亮文章取得的，最有学问的人冬天还生不起一炉好火呢。律师拿去了全部谷物，却把干草留给从事别种科学事业的人。

我可以把有关四十位哲学家破烂衣服的绝妙笑话背给陛下听。啊，陛下，只有仁爱能够烛照伟大的灵魂。仁爱在一切德性之前高举火把。假若没有它，我们就只是些在黑暗里寻找上帝的瞎子哪。慈悲也同仁爱一样，它使臣民爱戴王上，这种爱戴是君王最好的护卫。陛下的威光使万物晕眩，大地上多了我这么个穷人——多了这么个空着肚子，空着钱包在悲苦的黑暗中摸索的贫穷无辜的哲学家，对陛下又有什么妨碍呢？而且，陛下，我是一个文人，那些伟大的国王的王冠上都有一颗保护文化的珍珠。赫拉克勒斯不轻视‘缪斯引进者’的称号，马蒂亚斯·果尔凡对著名数学家，若望·德·蒙华亚尔恩宠有加。可是，如今却用绞死文人的恶劣办法来代替保护文化哪。假若亚历山大把亚里斯多德绞死了，那该是多大的污点，这不是一个使他名望更高的美人痣，而是使他名声败坏的烂疮哪。王上呵，我给弗朗德勒的小姐和尊敬的太子殿下写了一篇贺婚诗，那可不是叛乱的号召呀。陛下看得出，我并不是个拙劣的作家，我是有学问的，有多种天才。对我开恩吧，这样王上也就是对我们的圣母做了一件功德哪，我向王上发誓，我是非常害怕给绞死的啊。”

悲苦的甘果瓦一面说一面去吻国王的拖鞋，这时居约姆·韩低声向科勃诺尔说：“他爬在地上算是做对了，国王们都象克里特的朱比特一般，耳朵长在脚上呀。”那个袜店老板并不去留心克里特的朱比特，却把眼睛盯住甘果瓦，微笑着回答道：“这多好！我相信是听见大臣雨果奈在求我开恩呢！”

甘果瓦喘着气说完了那篇话之后，战战兢兢地抬起眼睛去望国王，国王正在用指甲刮他裤子上膝盖部分的一个污点，随后国王喝了一口药水，一句话也不讲，这种沉默使甘果瓦好象受着苦刑。国王终于看了看他说：“真是个吵人精！”随后便回过头对特里斯丹·莱尔米特说道：“呸，放掉他吧！”

甘果瓦快乐得仰身昏倒了。

“放掉他！”特里斯丹埋怨道，“难道陛下不愿意让他在囚笼里关一阵吗？”

“老弟，”国王说，“你以为我们这些值三百六十七里弗八索尔三德尼埃一个的笼子，是用来关这种鸟儿的么？只管把这家伙（路易十一喜欢用这个词，这个词和“天知道”都是他极高兴时经常用的）给我放掉，拿大棍子把他赶出去！”

“啊！”甘果瓦喊道，“真是一位伟大的国王！”

担心国王再发出一个相反的命令，甘果瓦便急忙向房门口奔去，特里斯丹极其不高兴地给他开了门，兵士们拳脚交加地把他推了出来，甘果瓦用一种真正的斯多噶派哲学家的坚忍来忍受着这一切。

自从得知人们对法官造反的消息之后，国王的好脾气表现在一切方面，刚才这种罕见的宽仁就是一个不小的标志。特里斯丹依旧绷着脸站在那个角落里，好象一条狗看见了什么东西却又弄不到。

这时国王愉快地用手指头在靠椅扶手上敲起俄德梅桥的进行曲来了，这位国王挺会做作，但他能够比掩饰欢乐更巧妙地掩饰他的烦恼。这种明显地表现出来的欢乐，在得到好消息时往往会更加扩大，例如当勇敢的查理逝世的时候，他甚至立誓赠送杜尔的圣马尔丹教堂一道银栏杆；在他即位当国王的时候，他甚至忘记吩咐给他父王办理丧事。

“嗯，王上，”雅克·夸克纪埃忽然嚷起来，“陛下让我医治的那种厉害的病现在好些了么？”

“啊，”国王说，“我实在很难受呢，我的老弟。我耳朵嗡嗡响，好象有很多烧红的铁耙在耙我的胸膛。”

夸克纪埃抓着国王的手腕，装出很自信的样子替他把起脉来。

“你瞧，科勃诺尔，”韩低声说道，“他就夹在夸克纪埃和特里斯丹的中间，他整个的朝廷都在这里了。一个医生是为他自己用的，一个刽子手是对付别人的。”

夸克纪埃给国王把着脉，装出愈来愈吃惊的样子，路易十一带着几分愁苦望着他。夸克纪埃的脸色愈来愈黯淡了，这家伙没有别的谋生之计，专门靠国王的病痛过日子，他尽可能地加以利用。

“啊！啊！”他终于喃喃道，“这会儿情况很严重。”

“是吗？”国王不安地说。

“脉搏很快，不规则，跳动间歇……”那个医生接着说。

“天知道！”

“不出三天就要人性命。”

“圣母啊！”国王喊道，“怎么治疗呢，老弟！”

“我正在想呢，王上。”

他使得国王咋舌，摇头，做出一副怪相，趁这机会他忽然说道：“天哪！

我必须告诉您，有了一个肥缺啦。我正好有一个侄儿。”

“我把空缺给你的侄儿，雅克老弟，”国王回答道，“可是得清清我胸里的内火。”

“既然陛下如此宽厚，”医生又说，“对于我在圣安德烈·代·亚克街修建的房屋决不会拒绝给点帮助吧。”

“嗯！”国王说。

“我的钱快用光了，”医生接着说，“那座房子没有屋顶真是可惜。倒不是为了那房子本身，那房子不过是简陋的民房罢了，倒是为了若望·富尔波的绘画，它使墙壁生色不少呢。有一幅空中飞翔的狄安娜，那么精致，那么温柔，那么文雅，姿态那么自然，头饰那么美好，戴着一顶新月形的帽子，皮肤非常洁白，走得太近一点去看的人真会受到诱惑呢。还有一幅色蕾丝，她也是一位异常美貌的女神，她坐在一捆麦秆上，戴着一顶麦穗编成的花冠，上面还编有波罗门参和别的花卉。再没有比她的眼睛更多情的了，再没有比她的腿更圆溜的了，再没有比她的仪态更高贵的了，再没有比她的衣裙更好的衣料了，她是画笔画得出来的美人中最美的一位。”

“狠心的家伙！”路易十一嘀咕道，“你究竟想要什么？”

“我需要一个屋顶来遮盖这些绘画，王上，这虽然不过是件小事，可是我没有钱呀。”

“你那屋顶要多少钱？”

“那……一个铜花边镀金的屋顶，顶多两千里弗。”

“啊，凶手，”国王嚷道，“他连一颗牙都没有替我拔掉，倒想因此得到一颗宝石！”

“我可以得到我的屋顶吗？”夸克纪埃问。

“可以！滚到魔鬼那儿去吧，可是先得把我医治好。”

夸克纪埃深深一鞠躬说：“王上，只需一服发散药就能救您的命。您得在腰上敷一种用蜡膏、亚美尼亚粘土、蛋清、油和醋调配的特效药，您必须继续喝您的药汁。我会报答陛下的。”

一支点燃的蜡烛不单是招引一只飞蛾，奥里维先生看见国王毫不在乎的样子，以为正是好机会，也走向前来说道：“王上……”

“又是什么事，”路易十一问。

“陛下知道西蒙·拉丹先生死去了吗？”

“那又怎样？”

“他是在财产审判方面代表国王的顾问官呀！”

“那又怎样？”

“他的职位现在空着。”

这样说着，奥里维先生那副傲慢的面孔失去了傲慢，变得卑躬屈节起来，这是可以看清楚廷臣本来面目的唯一时机。国王直楞楞地看着他的脸，用毫无表情的腔调说：“我明白哪。”

接着他又说道：“奥里维先生，布西科元帅说过：‘只有国王那里才有赏赐，只有大海里才有鱼。’我看你同布西科先生的意见倒很一致。现在你听着：我的记性是很好的，六八年我让你当了我的内侍；六九年我让你当了圣克鲁桥的堡垒管理人，年俸一百杜尔里弗（你想要的是巴黎里弗）；七三年十一月，为了送信到吉尔日阿尔的功劳，我让你代替骑士盾手吉倍尔·阿克尔当上了凡赛纳森林的护林宫；七八年因为送交几份用双重绿蜡封口的信件，我恩赐你和你妻子每年在圣日尔曼学校的商业广场收用十个巴黎里弗；七九年让你代替可怜的若望·代兹当塞纳尔森林的护林官，后来又当洛奇堡垒的上尉，后来又当圣刚丹的长官，后来又当麦浪桥的上尉。你叫人称呼你是伯爵。每个理发师在节日里交纳的五个索尔中，有三个是归你的，剩下的才归我。我很想把你的名字改成‘坏蛋’，那同你的面目太符合了。七四年，我让你穿上了胸前象孔雀开屏那样五彩缤纷的铠甲，虽然那非常令我不高兴。

天晓得！你还不满意吗？你捕鱼的本领还不神妙吗？你不怕再加一条鲑鱼就会把你的船翻沉吗？骄傲会使你倒霉的，我的老弟，骄傲后面往往紧跟着毁灭和羞辱呢。想想这些，并且闭上你的嘴。”

国王严厉地说出的这些话，使奥里维先生又恢复了先前那种傲慢的神情。“好呀，”他大声嘀咕道，“国王今天显然生病哪，他把什么都给了医生。”

路易十一并没有因为这句无礼的话恼怒起来，反而温和地说道：“咳，我还忘记说我让你在玛丽夫人身边当了刚城的使臣呢。是呀，先生们，”国王回过头对两个弗朗德勒人说道，“这人是我的公使哪。”“得，我的老弟，”

他又向奥里维先生说，“咱俩不会闹翻的，咱俩是老朋友呀。我的公事已经办完了，给我刮胡子吧。”

我们的读者大概没想到会从这位奥里维先生身上认出那可怕的费加罗来吧？老天这一位伟大的戏剧家，曾经把他放进路易十一那出冗长而流血的喜剧里。我们不想在这里对这一奇特的人物多加说明，这位国王的理发师有三个名字：在宫廷里人们有礼貌地称呼他为奥里维·勒丹；老百姓叫他魔鬼奥里维；而他的真名是坏蛋奥里维。

坏蛋奥里维一动不动地站在那里，愠怒地望着国王，又斜眼瞟瞟雅克·夸克纪埃。“是呀，是呀！这个医生！”他咬牙切齿地说。

“咳，是呀，这个医生，”路易十一神情古怪地说道，“医生可比你守信用得多呢。这是很简单的事，他抓住我们的是个身子，而你才不过碰到我们的下巴。来，我可怜的理发师，别再想了。假若我是象西尔倍里格一样的一个国王，老喜欢用一只手握着胡子，你又会怎么说呢，你的职务会变成什么样的呢？算了吧，我的老弟，专心于你的职务，给我刮胡子吧。去把你需要的东西拿来。”

看见国王笑起来，奥里维没办法再同他怄气了，只好嘀咕着出去找理发器具来执行他的吩咐。

国王起身走到窗前，忽然异常激动地把窗门打开。“啊，对了！”他拍着手喊道，“旧城区上空有一片红光，那是法官家里起的火。一定是这样。

啊，我的好百姓！你们终于帮助我来消灭领主啦！”

这时他转身向那两个弗朗德勒人说道：“先生们，到这里来看看，不是一片红红的火光吗？”

那两个刚城来的人走了过去。

“是一片大火，”居约姆·韩说道。

“啊，”科勃诺尔眼睛忽然亮闪闪地说道，“这使我想起了焚烧贵族安倍古府第时的情形。那边一定是发生了大暴动。”

“你以为是这样吗，科勃诺尔先生？”路易十一的眼色几乎同那袜店老板一般愉快，“那不是很不容易抵御的吗？”

“上帝的十字架作证！王上，那得要陛下好几团的战士呢！”

“啊！那就是另一回事了，只要我愿意……”

那袜店老板大胆地回答道：“假若这次暴动是我猜想的那一种，你愿意也是枉然呀！王上！”

“老弟，”路易十一说，“只要用我的两个近卫团和一尊大炮，就能把那些平民赶走。”

袜店老板可不管居约姆·韩向他做的暗示，好象决心要和国王争论一番。

“王上，那些教堂侍卫也不过是些平民。勃艮第公爵是一位伟大的绅士，他没把那些民众放在眼里。王上，在格郎松战役，公爵叫喊道：‘炮手们！

向那些贱民开火！’他还用圣乔治的名义起誓。可是那个复仇者夏尔纳达尔带着大棒和他的人向那漂亮公爵冲过来，兵器发出闪光的勃艮第军队和那些肤色象水牛般的乡下人一交手，就象玻璃被石子打碎了一样。那一次有许多骑士被强盗杀死，勃艮第最大的领主夏多·居容和他那匹高大的灰色马一块儿死在一片泥沼里。”

“朋友，”国王说，“你讲的那是一次战役，但这里却只是一次暴动。

只要我高兴，皱皱眉头就能够把它了结。”

“那也可能，王上。假若是那样，那就是说属于人民的日子还没有到来。”

居约姆·韩认为应当干预了。“科勃诺尔先生，你是在同一位权威的国王讲话呀。”

“我知道，”袜店老板严肃地答道。

“让他讲吧，我的朋友韩先生，”国王说，“我喜欢这样坦率的讲话。

我父亲查理七世常说真理生病了。我呢，我相信真理死掉了，它没找到一个听忏悔的神甫。科勃诺尔先生消除了我的疑惑。”

于是他亲热地把手搭在科勃诺尔肩膀上说：“科勃诺尔先生，那么您是说……”

“王上，我是说您也许是对的，在您这里，属于人民的日子还没有到来。”

路易十一用他那洞察一切的眼睛望着他。

“那一天，何时到来呢，先生？”

“您就快要听到它的钟声敲响哪。”

“那是什么钟呀，请问？”

科勃诺尔神色庄严而镇静地叫国王走近窗前。“听我说吧，王上，这里有一个堡垒和一口警钟，有许多大炮，许多市民和许多士兵。当堡垒上敲起警钟，大炮齐鸣时，堡垒就要在喧闹声中倒坍，那时平民和士兵也大喊大叫，互相厮杀，这就是那一时刻到来哪。”

国王的脸色象在做梦一般阴暗恍惚，他好一会没说话。随后他轻轻地拍拍那堡垒的厚墙，好象在拍一匹战马的臀部。“啊，不会的！”他说，“你不是那么容易倒坍的吧，我的好巴士底？”

他突然转身问那大胆的弗朗德勒人：“你看见过暴动吗，雅克先生？”

“我造过反呢。”

“你是怎样造反的呢？”国王问。

“啊，”科勃诺尔回答道，“那并不怎么难办，有上百种办法呢。第一要那城里的人不满意，这种情况是常有的；再就要看居民们的气质如何，刚城的居民是很适合造反的。他们永远爱他们的君王，君王可从来不爱他们。

咳，我想那是一个早晨吧，人们走进我的店铺，向我说科勃诺尔伯伯，发生了这件事，又发生了那件事，那弗朗德勒小姐要救她那些大臣，大管家要把磨面费增加一倍，或者诸如此类的事情。于是我丢开活儿，走出店铺到了街上，我就喊道：‘抢吧！’那里经常有些空着的木桶，我站到桶上，大声讲出最先想到的话，这些话本来是早就在我心里的。当你站在老百姓一边的时候，王上，那你心头总是有话要说的。于是我们排成队伍，叫喊着并且敲响警钟，我们让平民都拿起从士兵手中夺过来的武器，市场上的人也参加进来，我们就干起来啦！永远是这样的，只要封邑里有领主，市镇里有居民，乡村里有农夫。”

“你们是造谁的反呢？造你们那些法官的反吗？造你们那些领主的反吗？”

“有时造他们的反，有时也造大公爵的反。”

路易十一走回去坐在椅上，微笑着说道：“在这里，他们还不过是在造法官的反呀！”

正在这当儿，奥里维走了进来，他身后跟着两个侍卫，捧着国王的梳洗用具，但使路易十一惊讶的，是同他们一起进来的还有巴黎总督和夜巡队队长，神色都很惊慌。那怨气未消的理发师也装出惊恐的样子，其实他心里挺高兴，正是他先开口说道：“王上，请陛下宽恕我向您报告一个坏消息。”

国王急忙转过身来，椅子脚把地板擦得直响：“什么消息？”

“王上，”奥里维用那种由于能狠狠报复一下而觉得满意的恶毒的神态说，“这次暴动并不是造法官的反呀。”

“那么是造谁的反呢？”

“是造您的反，王上。”

老国王象年轻人一样直挺挺地站起来了：“奥里维，你得说清楚！好好保住你的脑袋，我的老弟。我凭圣洛的十字架起誓，假若你在这当儿对我撒谎，那把砍过卢森堡先生脖子的刀，还不至于坏得锯不下你的脑袋！”

这个誓言极其可怕，路易十一一生只用圣洛的十字架发过两次誓。

奥里维张口结舌想回答：“王上……”

“跪下！”国王狂怒地打断他道，“特里斯丹，守住这个人！”

奥里维跪下来，冷冰冰地说道：“王上，您的大理院法庭把一个女巫判了死刑，她躲在圣母院里，民众要用武力把她拉出来。总督先生和夜巡队队长是从叛乱地点来的，他们可以证明我讲的是不是实话。民众围攻的就是圣母院。”

“果然！”国王气得脸发白，浑身发抖，他低声说道，“圣母啊，我善良的女主人！原来他们围攻的是您的大教堂啊！起来，奥里维，你说得有理，我要把西蒙·拉丹的职位赏给你。他们是攻击我呀，那个女巫是受教堂保护的，教堂是受我保护的。我还以为他们造法官的反呢，原来是造我的反呀！”

他好象被愤怒激动得年轻起来，大踏步走来走去。他不再笑了，脸色很可怕，走过来又走过去，狐狸变成了狼哪。他似乎窒息得说不出话了，只是嘴唇一动一动的，紧握着瘦骨嶙嶙的拳头。忽然他抬起头来，眼睛里充满了愤怒的光芒，声音同喇叭一般响亮：“砍碎他们，特里斯丹！把那些歹徒统统砍成碎块！去吧，我的朋友特里斯丹，给我杀吧，杀吧！”

发作了一阵，他又坐了下来，忍住怒火，不在乎地说：“在这里，特里斯丹，在我身边，在巴士底，有纪甫子爵的五十支长枪，一共三百匹马，你带去。还有沙多倍尔队长的一队近卫弓箭手，你带去。你是宪兵司令，你有你的人马，你可以全部带去。在圣波尔大厦，你还可以找到太子殿下的新卫队弓箭手四十名，你可以带去。带着这全部人马，快跑到圣母院去。啊，巴黎的平民先生们，你们想推翻法兰西的王冠，想推翻圣母院的神圣同这个国家的和平吗？斩尽杀绝！特里斯丹，把他们斩尽杀绝！不许让一个人逃脱，除非是逃到隼山去！”

特里斯丹躬身施礼：“好吧，王上。”

过一会他又问道：“我该把那个女巫怎么办呢？”

这个问题使国王沉吟起来。

“啊，”他说道，“女巫么！代斯杜特维尔先生，民众打算把她怎么办？”

“王上，”巴黎总督答道，“我想民众是打算把她拖出圣母院的避难所，就是那个荡妇惹起了他们的恼怒。他们打算把她绞死。”

国王好象深思起来，随后他吩咐特里斯丹：“好吧，我的老弟，杀尽百姓，绞死女巫！”

“妙啊，”居约姆向科勃诺尔耳语道，“命令惩罚老百姓，却又照老百姓的愿望行事！”

“行了，王上，”特里斯丹答道，“要是那女巫还在圣母院里，是不是不管圣地不圣地的就把她拖出来呢？”

“天晓得，什么圣地！”国王搔搔耳朵说，“总之得把那女巫绞死。”

说到这里，他好象想到了什么妙计似的，突然从椅子上滚到地下跪着，把帽子摘下来放在座位上，虔诚地望着帽子上的一个铅铸肖像。“啊，”他双手合十地说道， “巴黎的圣母，我崇敬的女护神啊！请宽恕我！我就只干这么一回。那个女犯应该受惩罚。圣处女啊，我善良的女主人，我向您担保，她是一个不值得受您怜惜的女巫。您知道，圣母啊，很多虔诚的君王都为了上帝的光荣和国家的需要，侵犯过教堂的特权。英格兰的主教圣雨格就曾经允许国王爱德华到他的教堂里去逮捕一个术士。法兰西的圣路易，我的老师，也曾经为了同样的目的侵犯了圣保尔先生的教堂。耶路撒冷国王的儿子阿尔封斯，甚至侵犯过圣塞比尔克尔教堂。请宽恕我这一回吧，巴黎的圣母啊，我决不再犯。我要献给您一个美丽的银像，就象我去年献给圣代苦依的圣母的那个一样。阿门！”

他划过十字便站起身来，重新戴上帽子，向特里斯丹说道：“勤奋些，我的老弟，让沙多倍尔先生同你一道，你们要把警钟敲响，你们要把民众击溃，你们要把女巫绞死。说定了！我等着听你奏功，你要向我报告一切。奥里维，今晚我不睡觉了，给我刮胡子。”

特里斯丹鞠躬告退。于是国王挥手和居约姆·韩和科勃诺尔告别：“上帝保佑你们，我的弗朗德勒好友们，请去休息一会。黑夜快结束哪，我们离天亮比离开黄昏近了。”

两人告辞退出。巴士底典狱长把他俩送回他们的房门口，科勃诺尔向居约姆·韩说：“这位咳咳咯咯的国王可叫我受够哪！我见过喝得酩酊大醉的查理·德·勃艮第，他还没有这个病歪歪的路易十一可恶呢。”

“雅克先生，”韩回答道，“那是因为国王们的酒并不象他们的药水那么厉害。”

1 catching   

adj.易传染的，有魅力的，迷人的，接住

参考例句：

• There are those who think eczema is catching.有人就是认为湿疹会传染。
• Enthusiasm is very catching.热情非常富有感染力。

2 edifice   

n.宏伟的建筑物(如宫殿，教室)

参考例句：

• The American consulate was a magnificent edifice in the centre of Bordeaux.美国领事馆是位于波尔多市中心的一座宏伟的大厦。
• There is a huge Victorian edifice in the area.该地区有一幢维多利亚式的庞大建筑物。

3 citadel   

n.城堡；堡垒；避难所

参考例句：

• The citadel was solid.城堡是坚固的。
• This citadel is built on high ground for protecting the city.这座城堡建于高处是为保护城市。

4 pitfalls   

（捕猎野兽用的）陷阱( pitfall的名词复数 )； 意想不到的困难，易犯的错误

参考例句：

• the potential pitfalls of buying a house 购买房屋可能遇到的圈套
• Several pitfalls remain in the way of an agreement. 在达成协议的进程中还有几个隐藏的困难。

5 scotch   

n.伤口，刻痕；苏格兰威士忌酒；v.粉碎，消灭，阻止；adj.苏格兰(人)的

参考例句：

• Facts will eventually scotch these rumours.这种谣言在事实面前将不攻自破。
• Italy was full of fine views and virtually empty of Scotch whiskey.意大利多的是美景，真正缺的是苏格兰威士忌。

6 archers   

n.弓箭手，射箭运动员( archer的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The next evening old Mr. Sillerton Jackson came to dine with the Archers. 第二天晚上，西勒顿？杰克逊老先生来和阿切尔家人一起吃饭。 来自辞典例句
• Week of Archer: Double growth for Archers and Marksmen. 射手周：弓箭手与弩手（人类）产量加倍。 来自互联网

7 chamber   

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。

8 grandeur   

n.伟大，崇高，宏伟，庄严，豪华

参考例句：

• The grandeur of the Great Wall is unmatched.长城的壮观是独一无二的。
• These ruins sufficiently attest the former grandeur of the place.这些遗迹充分证明此处昔日的宏伟。

9 bourgeois   

adj./n.追求物质享受的(人)；中产阶级分子

参考例句：

• He's accusing them of having a bourgeois and limited vision.他指责他们像中产阶级一样目光狭隘。
• The French Revolution was inspired by the bourgeois.法国革命受到中产阶级的鼓励。

10 spacious   

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。

11 turret   

n.塔楼，角塔

参考例句：

• This ancient turret has attracted many visitors.这座古老的塔楼吸引了很多游客。
• The soldier scaled the wall of the fortress by turret.士兵通过塔楼攀登上了要塞的城墙。

12 gild   

vt.给…镀金，把…漆成金色，使呈金色

参考例句：

• The sun transform the gild cupola into dazzling point of light.太阳将这些镀金的圆屋顶变成了闪耀的光点。
• With Dimitar Berbatov and Wayne Rooney primed to flower anew,Owen can gild the lily.贝巴和鲁尼如今蓄势待发，欧文也可以为曼联锦上添花。

13 gilded   

a.镀金的，富有的

参考例句：

• The golden light gilded the sea. 金色的阳光使大海如金子般闪闪发光。
• "Friends, they are only gilded disks of lead!" "朋友们，这只不过是些镀金的铅饼！ 来自英汉文学 - 败坏赫德莱堡

14 indigo   

n.靛青，靛蓝

参考例句：

• The sky was indigo blue,and a great many stars were shining.天空一片深蓝，闪烁着点点繁星。
• He slipped into an indigo tank.他滑落到蓝靛桶中。

15 pointed   

adj.尖的，直截了当的

参考例句：

• He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
• She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。

16 casement   

n.竖铰链窗；窗扉

参考例句：

• A casement is a window that opens by means of hinges at the side.竖铰链窗是一种用边上的铰链开启的窗户。
• With the casement half open,a cold breeze rushed inside.窗扉半开，凉风袭来。

17 brass   

n.黄铜；黄铜器，铜管乐器

参考例句：

• Many of the workers play in the factory's brass band.许多工人都在工厂铜管乐队中演奏。
• Brass is formed by the fusion of copper and zinc.黄铜是通过铜和锌的熔合而成的。

18 pane   

n.窗格玻璃，长方块

参考例句：

• He broke this pane of glass.他打破了这块窗玻璃。
• Their breath bloomed the frosty pane.他们呼出的水气，在冰冷的窗玻璃上形成一层雾。

19 panes   

窗玻璃( pane的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The sun caught the panes and flashed back at him. 阳光照到窗玻璃上，又反射到他身上。
• The window-panes are dim with steam. 玻璃窗上蒙上了一层蒸汽。

20 fiat   

n.命令，法令，批准；vt.批准，颁布

参考例句：

• The opening of a market stall is governed by municipal fiat.开设市场摊位受市政法令管制。
• He has tried to impose solutions to the country's problems by fiat.他试图下令强行解决该国的问题。

21 garnished   

v.给（上餐桌的食物）加装饰( garnish的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Her robes were garnished with gems. 她的礼服上装饰着宝石。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Serve the dish garnished with wedges of lime. 给这道菜配上几角酸橙。 来自《简明英汉词典》

22 tapestry   

n.挂毯，丰富多采的画面

参考例句：

• How about this artistic tapestry and this cloisonne vase?这件艺术挂毯和这个景泰蓝花瓶怎么样？
• The wall of my living room was hung with a tapestry.我的起居室的墙上挂着一块壁毯。

23 frail   

adj.身体虚弱的；易损坏的

参考例句：

• Mrs. Warner is already 96 and too frail to live by herself.华纳太太已经九十六岁了，身体虚弱，不便独居。
• She lay in bed looking particularly frail.她躺在床上，看上去特别虚弱。

24 edifices   

n.大建筑物( edifice的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• They complain that the monstrous edifices interfere with television reception. 他们抱怨说，那些怪物般的庞大建筑，干扰了电视接收。 来自辞典例句
• Wealthy officials and landlords built these queer edifices a thousand years ago. 有钱的官吏和地主在一千年前就修建了这种奇怪的建筑物。 来自辞典例句

25 curiously   

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。

26 wrought   

v.引起；以…原料制作；运转；adj.制造的

参考例句：

• Events in Paris wrought a change in British opinion towards France and Germany.巴黎发生的事件改变了英国对法国和德国的看法。
• It's a walking stick with a gold head wrought in the form of a flower.那是一个金质花形包头的拐杖。

27 unwilling   

adj.不情愿的

参考例句：

• The natives were unwilling to be bent by colonial power.土著居民不愿受殖民势力的摆布。
• His tightfisted employer was unwilling to give him a raise.他那吝啬的雇主不肯给他加薪。

28 ruby   

n.红宝石，红宝石色

参考例句：

• She is wearing a small ruby earring.她戴着一枚红宝石小耳环。
• On the handle of his sword sat the biggest ruby in the world.他的剑柄上镶有一颗世上最大的红宝石。

29 ornament   

v.装饰，美化；n.装饰，装饰物

参考例句：

• The flowers were put on the table for ornament.花放在桌子上做装饰用。
• She wears a crystal ornament on her chest.她的前胸戴了一个水晶饰品。

30 ornamented   

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》

31 spotted   

adj.有斑点的，斑纹的，弄污了的

参考例句：

• The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
• Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。

32 sever   

v.切开，割开；断绝，中断

参考例句：

• She wanted to sever all her connections with the firm.她想断绝和那家公司的所有联系。
• We must never sever the cultural vein of our nation.我们不能割断民族的文化血脉。

33 goblet   

n.高脚酒杯

参考例句：

• He poured some wine into the goblet.他向高脚酒杯里倒了一些葡萄酒。
• He swirled the brandy around in the huge goblet.他摇晃着高脚大玻璃杯使里面的白兰地酒旋动起来。

34 crimson   

n./adj.深(绯)红色(的)；vi.脸变绯红色

参考例句：

• She went crimson with embarrassment.她羞得满脸通红。
• Maple leaves have turned crimson.枫叶已经红了。

35 velvet   

n.丝绒，天鹅绒；adj.丝绒制的，柔软的

参考例句：

• This material feels like velvet.这料子摸起来像丝绒。
• The new settlers wore the finest silk and velvet clothing.新来的移民穿着最华丽的丝绸和天鹅绒衣服。

36 scarlet   

n.深红色，绯红色，红衣；adj.绯红色的

参考例句：

• The scarlet leaves of the maples contrast well with the dark green of the pines.深红的枫叶和暗绿的松树形成了明显的对比。
• The glowing clouds are growing slowly pale,scarlet,bright red,and then light red.天空的霞光渐渐地淡下去了，深红的颜色变成了绯红，绯红又变为浅红。

37 sleeplessness   

n.失眠，警觉

参考例句：

• Modern pharmacy has solved the problem of sleeplessness. 现代制药学已经解决了失眠问题。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The doctors were puzzled by this strange continuous sleeplessness. 医生们对他的奇异的不眠感到疑惑。 来自英语晨读30分（高三）

38 dame   

n.女士

参考例句：

• The dame tell of her experience as a wife and mother.这位年长妇女讲了她作妻子和母亲的经验。
• If you stick around,you'll have to marry that dame.如果再逗留多一会，你就要跟那个夫人结婚。

39 celebrated   

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。

40 morale   

n.道德准则，士气，斗志

参考例句：

• The morale of the enemy troops is sinking lower every day.敌军的士气日益低落。
• He tried to bolster up their morale.他尽力鼓舞他们的士气。

41 flickering   

adj.闪烁的，摇曳的，一闪一闪的

参考例句：

• The crisp autumn wind is flickering away. 清爽的秋风正在吹拂。
• The lights keep flickering. 灯光忽明忽暗。

42 glazed   

adj.光滑的，像玻璃的；上过釉的；呆滞无神的v.装玻璃( glaze的过去式)；上釉于，上光；（目光）变得呆滞无神

参考例句：

• eyes glazed with boredom 厌倦无神的眼睛
• His eyes glazed over at the sight of her. 看到她时，他的目光就变得呆滞。 来自《简明英汉词典》

43 embroidered   

adj．绣花的

参考例句：

• She embroidered flowers on the cushion covers. 她在这些靠垫套上绣了花。
• She embroidered flowers on the front of the dress. 她在连衣裙的正面绣花。

44 chevron   

n.V形臂章；V形图案

参考例句：

• He wore shoulderstrap rank slides with sergeant's chevrons.他佩戴标示级别的肩章，上面有中士的V形标志。
• The chevron or arrow road sign indicates a sharp bend to the left or right.V形或箭头路标表示有向左或向右的急转弯。

45 dagger   

n.匕首，短剑，剑号

参考例句：

• The bad news is a dagger to his heart.这条坏消息刺痛了他的心。
• The murderer thrust a dagger into her heart.凶手将匕首刺进她的心脏。

46 gilt   

adj.镀金的；n.金边证券

参考例句：

• The plates have a gilt edge.这些盘子的边是镀金的。
• The rest of the money is invested in gilt.其余的钱投资于金边证券。

47 surmounted   

战胜( surmount的过去式和过去分词 )； 克服（困难）； 居于…之上； 在…顶上

参考例句：

• She was well aware of the difficulties that had to be surmounted. 她很清楚必须克服哪些困难。
• I think most of these obstacles can be surmounted. 我认为这些障碍大多数都是可以克服的。

48 mien   

n.风采；态度

参考例句：

• He was a Vietnam veteran with a haunted mien.他是个越战老兵，举止总有些惶然。
• It was impossible to tell from his mien whether he was offended.从他的神态中难以看出他是否生气了。

49 arrogance   

n.傲慢，自大

参考例句：

• His arrogance comes out in every speech he makes.他每次讲话都表现得骄傲自大。
• Arrogance arrested his progress.骄傲阻碍了他的进步。

50 standing   

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。

51 gracefully   

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。

52 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

53 crooked   

adj.弯曲的；不诚实的，狡猾的，不正当的

参考例句：

• He crooked a finger to tell us to go over to him.他弯了弯手指，示意我们到他那儿去。
• You have to drive slowly on these crooked country roads.在这些弯弯曲曲的乡间小路上你得慢慢开车。

54 thighs   

n.股，大腿( thigh的名词复数 )；食用的鸡（等的）腿

参考例句：

• He's gone to London for skin grafts on his thighs. 他去伦敦做大腿植皮手术了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The water came up to the fisherman's thighs. 水没到了渔夫的大腿。 来自《简明英汉词典》

55 enveloped   

v.包围，笼罩，包住( envelop的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She was enveloped in a huge white towel. 她裹在一条白色大毛巾里。
• Smoke from the burning house enveloped the whole street. 燃烧着的房子冒出的浓烟笼罩了整条街。 来自《简明英汉词典》

56 fustian   

n.浮夸的；厚粗棉布

参考例句：

• Fustian can't disguise the author's meager plot.浮夸的文章掩饰不住这个作者的贫乏情节。
• His fustian shirt,sanguineflowered,trembles its Spanish tassels at his secrets.他身上穿的是件印有血红色大花的粗斜纹布衬衫，每当他吐露秘密时，西班牙式的流苏就颤悠。

57 greasy   

adj. 多脂的，油脂的

参考例句：

• He bought a heavy-duty cleanser to clean his greasy oven.昨天他买了强力清洁剂来清洗油污的炉子。
• You loathe the smell of greasy food when you are seasick.当你晕船时，你会厌恶油腻的气味。

58 cape   

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。

59 distinguished   

adj.卓越的，杰出的，著名的

参考例句：

• Elephants are distinguished from other animals by their long noses.大象以其长长的鼻子显示出与其他动物的不同。
• A banquet was given in honor of the distinguished guests.宴会是为了向贵宾们致敬而举行的。

60 bent   

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。

61 conversing   

v.交谈，谈话( converse的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• I find that conversing with her is quite difficult. 和她交谈实在很困难。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They were conversing in the parlor. 他们正在客厅谈话。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

62 sufficiently   

adv.足够地，充分地

参考例句：

• It turned out he had not insured the house sufficiently.原来他没有给房屋投足保险。
• The new policy was sufficiently elastic to accommodate both views.新政策充分灵活地适用两种观点。

63 envoys   

使节( envoy的名词复数 )； 公使； 谈判代表； 使节身份

参考例句：

• the routine tit for tat when countries expel each other's envoys 国家相互驱逐对方使节这种惯常的报复行动
• Marco Polo's travelogue mentions that Kublai Khan sent envoys to Malgache. 马可波罗游记中提到忽必烈曾派使节到马尔加什。

64 pensioner   

n.领养老金的人

参考例句：

• The tax threshold for a single pensioner is$ 445.单身领退休年金者的纳税起点为445英镑。
• It was the pensioner's vote late in the day that influenced the election of Mr.Sweet.最后是领取养老金者的选票影响了斯威特先生的当选。

65 slit   

n.狭长的切口；裂缝；vt.切开，撕裂

参考例句：

• The coat has been slit in two places.这件外衣有两处裂开了。
• He began to slit open each envelope.他开始裁开每个信封。

66 concealed   

a.隐藏的，隐蔽的

参考例句：

• The paintings were concealed beneath a thick layer of plaster. 那些画被隐藏在厚厚的灰泥层下面。
• I think he had a gun concealed about his person. 我认为他当时身上藏有一支枪。

67 conceal   

v.隐藏，隐瞒，隐蔽

参考例句：

• He had to conceal his identity to escape the police.为了躲避警方，他只好隐瞒身份。
• He could hardly conceal his joy at his departure.他几乎掩饰不住临行时的喜悦。

68 majesty   

n.雄伟，壮丽，庄严，威严；最高权威，王权

参考例句：

• The king had unspeakable majesty.国王有无法形容的威严。
• Your Majesty must make up your mind quickly!尊贵的陛下，您必须赶快做出决定！

69 attentively   

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》

70 grumbled   

抱怨( grumble的过去式和过去分词 )； 发牢骚； 咕哝； 发哼声

参考例句：

• He grumbled at the low pay offered to him. 他抱怨给他的工资低。
• The heat was sweltering, and the men grumbled fiercely over their work. 天热得让人发昏，水手们边干活边发着牢骚。

71 discreet   

adj.(言行)谨慎的；慎重的；有判断力的

参考例句：

• He is very discreet in giving his opinions.发表意见他十分慎重。
• It wasn't discreet of you to ring me up at the office.你打电话到我办公室真是太鲁莽了。

72 thoroughly   

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。

73 mantles   

vt.&vi.覆盖（mantle的第三人称单数形式）

参考例句：

• The ivy mantles the building. 长春藤覆盖了建筑物。 来自互联网

74 spoke   

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。

75 illuminated   

adj.被照明的；受启迪的

参考例句：

• Floodlights illuminated the stadium. 泛光灯照亮了体育场。
• the illuminated city at night 夜幕中万家灯火的城市

76 morose   

adj.脾气坏的，不高兴的

参考例句：

• He was silent and morose.他沉默寡言、郁郁寡欢。
• The publicity didn't make him morose or unhappy?公开以后，没有让他郁闷或者不开心吗？

77 scroll   

n.卷轴，纸卷；(石刻上的)漩涡

参考例句：

• As I opened the scroll,a panorama of the Yellow River unfolded.我打开卷轴时，黄河的景象展现在眼前。
• He was presented with a scroll commemorating his achievements.他被授予一幅卷轴，以表彰其所做出的成就。

78 prodigious   

adj.惊人的，奇妙的；异常的；巨大的；庞大的

参考例句：

• This business generates cash in prodigious amounts.这种业务收益丰厚。
• He impressed all who met him with his prodigious memory.他惊人的记忆力让所有见过他的人都印象深刻。

79 chapel   

n.小教堂，殡仪馆

参考例句：

• The nimble hero,skipped into a chapel that stood near.敏捷的英雄跳进近旁的一座小教堂里。
• She was on the peak that Sunday afternoon when she played in chapel.那个星期天的下午，她在小教堂的演出，可以说是登峰造极。

80 lackeys   

n.听差( lackey的名词复数 )；男仆（通常穿制服）；卑躬屈膝的人；被待为奴仆的人

参考例句：

• When the boss falls from power, his lackeys disperse. 树倒猢狲散。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The singer was surrounded by the usual crowd of lackeys and hangers on. 那个歌手让那帮总是溜须拍马、前呼後拥的人给围住了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

81 groom   

vt.给（马、狗等）梳毛，照料，使...整洁

参考例句：

• His father was a groom.他父亲曾是个马夫。
• George was already being groomed for the top job.为承担这份高级工作，乔治已在接受专门的培训。

82 baker   

n.面包师

参考例句：

• The baker bakes his bread in the bakery.面包师在面包房内烤面包。
• The baker frosted the cake with a mixture of sugar and whites of eggs.面包师在蛋糕上撒了一层白糖和蛋清的混合料。

83 pillage   

v.抢劫；掠夺；n.抢劫，掠夺；掠夺物

参考例句：

• The invading troops were guilty of rape and pillage.侵略军犯了抢劫和强奸的罪。
• It was almost pillage.这简直是一场洗劫。

84 reign   

n.统治时期，统治，支配，盛行；v.占优势

参考例句：

• The reign of Queen Elizabeth lapped over into the seventeenth century.伊丽莎白王朝延至17世纪。
• The reign of Zhu Yuanzhang lasted about 31 years.朱元璋统治了大约三十一年。

85 sumptuousness   

奢侈，豪华

参考例句：

• No need to dwell on the sumptuousness of that feast. 更不用再说那肴馔之盛。 来自英汉 - 翻译样例 - 文学

86 expenditure   

n.(时间、劳力、金钱等)支出；使用，消耗

参考例句：

• The entry of all expenditure is necessary.有必要把一切开支入账。
• The monthly expenditure of our family is four hundred dollars altogether.我们一家的开销每月共计四百元。

87 displease   

vt.使不高兴，惹怒；n.不悦，不满，生气

参考例句：

• Not wishing to displease her,he avoided answering the question.为了不惹她生气，他对这个问题避而不答。
• She couldn't afford to displease her boss.她得罪不起她的上司。

88 attain   

vt.达到，获得，完成

参考例句：

• I used the scientific method to attain this end. 我用科学的方法来达到这一目的。
• His painstaking to attain his goal in life is praiseworthy. 他为实现人生目标所下的苦功是值得称赞的。

89 monstrous   

adj.巨大的；恐怖的；可耻的，丢脸的

参考例句：

• The smoke began to whirl and grew into a monstrous column.浓烟开始盘旋上升，形成了一个巨大的烟柱。
• Your behaviour in class is monstrous!你在课堂上的行为真是丢人！

90 behold   

v.看，注视，看到

参考例句：

• The industry of these little ants is wonderful to behold.这些小蚂蚁辛勤劳动的样子看上去真令人惊叹。
• The sunrise at the seaside was quite a sight to behold.海滨日出真是个奇景。

91 fatten   

v.使肥，变肥

参考例句：

• The new feed can fatten the chicken up quickly enough for market.新饲料能使鸡长得更快，以适应市场需求。
• We keep animals in pens to fatten them.我们把动物关在围栏里把它们养肥。

92 wrath   

n.愤怒，愤慨，暴怒

参考例句：

• His silence marked his wrath. 他的沉默表明了他的愤怒。
• The wrath of the people is now aroused. 人们被激怒了。

93 softened   

（使）变软( soften的过去式和过去分词 )； 缓解打击； 缓和； 安慰

参考例句：

• His smile softened slightly. 他的微笑稍柔和了些。
• The ice cream softened and began to melt. 冰淇淋开始变软并开始融化。

94 warden   

n.监察员，监狱长，看守人，监护人

参考例句：

• He is the warden of an old people's home.他是一家养老院的管理员。
• The warden of the prison signed the release.监狱长签发释放令。

95 aged   

adj.年老的，陈年的

参考例句：

• He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。
• He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。

96 vassals   

n.奴仆( vassal的名词复数 )；（封建时代）诸侯；从属者；下属

参考例句：

• He was indeed at this time having the Central Office cleared of all but his vassals. 的确，他这时正在对中央事务所进行全面清洗（他的亲信除外）。 来自辞典例句
• The lowly vassals suffering all humiliates in both physical and mental aspects. 地位低下的奴仆，他们在身体上和精神上受尽屈辱。 来自互联网

97 vassal   

n.附庸的；属下；adj.奴仆的

参考例句：

• Wales was a vassal kingdom at that time.那时威尔士是个附庸国。
• The vassal swore that he would be loyal to the king forever.这位封臣宣誓他将永远忠诚于国王。

98 gnat   

v.对小事斤斤计较，琐事

参考例句：

• Strain at a gnat and swallow a camel.小事拘谨，大事糊涂。
• He's always straining at a gnat.他总是对小事很拘谨。

99 engraving   

n.版画；雕刻（作品）；雕刻艺术；镌版术v.在（硬物）上雕刻（字，画等）( engrave的现在分词 )；将某事物深深印在（记忆或头脑中）

参考例句：

• He collected an old engraving of London Bridge. 他收藏了一张古老的伦敦桥版画。 来自辞典例句
• Some writing has the precision of a steel engraving. 有的字体严谨如同钢刻。 来自辞典例句

100 antiquity   

n.古老；高龄；古物，古迹

参考例句：

• The museum contains the remains of Chinese antiquity.博物馆藏有中国古代的遗物。
• There are many legends about the heroes of antiquity.有许多关于古代英雄的传说。

101 barley   

n.大麦，大麦粒

参考例句：

• They looked out across the fields of waving barley.他们朝田里望去,只见大麦随风摇摆。
• He cropped several acres with barley.他种了几英亩大麦。

102 draught   

n.拉，牵引，拖；一网（饮，吸，阵)；顿服药量，通风；v.起草，设计

参考例句：

• He emptied his glass at one draught.他将杯中物一饮而尽。
• It's a pity the room has no north window and you don't get a draught.可惜这房间没北窗，没有过堂风。

103 grimace   

v.做鬼脸，面部歪扭

参考例句：

• The boy stole a look at his father with grimace.那男孩扮着鬼脸偷看了他父亲一眼。
• Thomas made a grimace after he had tasted the wine.托马斯尝了那葡萄酒后做了个鬼脸。

104 ordinance   

n.法令；条令；条例

参考例句：

• The Ordinance of 1785 provided the first land grants for educational purposes.1785年法案为教育目的提供了第一批土地。
• The city passed an ordinance compelling all outdoor lighting to be switched off at 9.00 PM.该市通过一条法令强令晚上九点关闭一切室外照明。

105 trumpet   

n.喇叭，喇叭声；v.吹喇叭，吹嘘

参考例句：

• He plays the violin, but I play the trumpet.他拉提琴，我吹喇叭。
• The trumpet sounded for battle.战斗的号角吹响了。

106 ransacked   

v.彻底搜查( ransack的过去式和过去分词 )；抢劫，掠夺

参考例句：

• The house had been ransacked by burglars. 这房子遭到了盗贼的洗劫。
• The house had been ransacked of all that was worth anything. 屋子里所有值钱的东西都被抢去了。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

107 unearth   

v.发掘，掘出，从洞中赶出

参考例句：

• Most of the unearth relics remain intact.大多数出土文物仍保持完整无损。
• More human remains have been unearthed in the north.北部又挖掘出了更多的人体遗骸。

108 musters   

v.集合，召集，集结（尤指部队）( muster的第三人称单数 )；（自他人处）搜集某事物；聚集；激发

参考例句：

• The garrison musters eighty men. 驻军共有八十名。 来自辞典例句
• Musters were being taken through England in view of wars with Scotland and France. 一群群队伍在带领下正穿过英格兰，期待与苏格兰和法兰西开战。 来自互联网

109 lodge   

v.临时住宿，寄宿，寄存，容纳；n.传达室，小旅馆

参考例句：

• Is there anywhere that I can lodge in the village tonight?村里有我今晚过夜的地方吗？
• I shall lodge at the inn for two nights.我要在这家小店住两个晚上。

110 planks   

（厚）木板( plank的名词复数 )； 政纲条目，政策要点

参考例句：

• The house was built solidly of rough wooden planks. 这房子是用粗木板牢固地建造的。
• We sawed the log into planks. 我们把木头锯成了木板。

111 modesty   

n.谦逊，虚心，端庄，稳重，羞怯，朴素

参考例句：

• Industry and modesty are the chief factors of his success.勤奋和谦虚是他成功的主要因素。
• As conceit makes one lag behind,so modesty helps one make progress.骄傲使人落后，谦虚使人进步。

112 leopards   

n.豹( leopard的名词复数 )；本性难移

参考例句：

• Lions, tigers and leopards are all cats. 狮、虎和豹都是猫科动物。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• For example, airlines never ship leopards and canaries on the same flight. 例如，飞机上从来不会同时运送豹和金丝雀。 来自英语晨读30分（初三）

113 heed   

v.注意，留意；n.注意，留心

参考例句：

• You must take heed of what he has told.你要注意他所告诉的事。
• For the first time he had to pay heed to his appearance.这是他第一次非得注意自己的外表不可了。

114 spat   

n.口角，掌击；v.发出呼噜呼噜声

参考例句：

• Her parents always have spats.她的父母经常有些小的口角。
• There is only a spat between the brother and sister.那只是兄妹间的小吵小闹。

115 beverage   

n.(水，酒等之外的)饮料

参考例句：

• The beverage is often colored with caramel.这种饮料常用焦糖染色。
• Beer is a beverage of the remotest time.啤酒是一种最古老的饮料。

116 rascal   

n.流氓；不诚实的人

参考例句：

• If he had done otherwise,I should have thought him a rascal.如果他不这样做，我就认为他是个恶棍。
• The rascal was frightened into holding his tongue.这坏蛋吓得不敢往下说了。

117 rascally   

adj. 无赖的，恶棍的 adv. 无赖地，卑鄙地

参考例句：

• They said Kelso got some rascally adventurer, some Belgian brute, to insult his son-in-law in public. 他们说是凯尔索指使某个下贱的冒险家，一个比利时恶棍，来当众侮辱他的女婿。
• Ms Taiwan: Can't work at all, but still brag and quibble rascally. 台湾小姐：明明不行，还要硬拗、赖皮逞强。

118 flayer   

剥皮者，抢劫者，痛责者

参考例句：

119 determined   

adj.坚定的；有决心的

参考例句：

• I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
• He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。

120 nourishment   

n.食物，营养品；营养情况

参考例句：

• Lack of proper nourishment reduces their power to resist disease.营养不良降低了他们抵抗疾病的能力。
• He ventured that plants draw part of their nourishment from the air.他大胆提出植物从空气中吸收部分养分的观点。

122 gallant   

adj.英勇的，豪侠的；(向女人)献殷勤的

参考例句：

• Huang Jiguang's gallant deed is known by all men. 黄继光的英勇事迹尽人皆知。
• These gallant soldiers will protect our country.这些勇敢的士兵会保卫我们的国家的。

123 gallows   

n.绞刑架，绞台

参考例句：

• The murderer was sent to the gallows for his crimes.谋杀犯由于罪大恶极被处以绞刑。
• Now I was to expiate all my offences at the gallows.现在我将在绞刑架上赎我一切的罪过。

124 ordained   

v.任命（某人）为牧师( ordain的过去式和过去分词 )；授予（某人）圣职；（上帝、法律等）命令；判定

参考例句：

• He was ordained in 1984. 他在一九八四年被任命为牧师。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He was ordained priest. 他被任命为牧师。 来自辞典例句

125 ordain   

vi.颁发命令；vt.命令，授以圣职，注定，任命

参考例句：

• The church's ruling body voted to ordain women as priests.该教会的管理机构投票通过接纳女性为牧师。
• The essence of management refers to its internal inevitable ordain quality,and is also called ultimate attribute.管理的本质是指管理自身内在的必然的规定性，即根本属性。

126 condemned   

adj. 被责难的, 被宣告有罪的 动词condemn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He condemned the hypocrisy of those politicians who do one thing and say another. 他谴责了那些说一套做一套的政客的虚伪。
• The policy has been condemned as a regressive step. 这项政策被认为是一种倒退而受到谴责。

127 notched   

a.有凹口的，有缺口的

参考例句：

• Torino notched up a 2-1 win at Lazio. 都灵队以2 比1 赢了拉齐奧队。
• He notched up ten points in the first five minutes of the game. 他在比赛开始后的五分钟里得了十分。

128 begrudge   

vt.吝啬，羡慕

参考例句：

• I begrudge spending so much money on train fares.我舍不得把这么多钱花在火车票上。
• We should not begrudge our neighbour's richness.我们不应该嫉妒邻人的富有。

129 vaulted   

adj.拱状的

参考例句：

• She vaulted over the gate and ran up the path. 她用手一撑跃过栅栏门沿着小路跑去。
• The formal living room has a fireplace and vaulted ceilings. 正式的客厅有一个壁炉和拱形天花板。

130 masonry   

n.砖土建筑；砖石

参考例句：

• Masonry is a careful skill.砖石工艺是一种精心的技艺。
• The masonry of the old building began to crumble.旧楼房的砖石结构开始崩落。

131 slab   

n.平板，厚的切片；v.切成厚板，以平板盖上

参考例句：

• This heavy slab of oak now stood between the bomb and Hitler.这时笨重的橡木厚板就横在炸弹和希特勒之间了。
• The monument consists of two vertical pillars supporting a horizontal slab.这座纪念碑由两根垂直的柱体构成，它们共同支撑着一块平板。

132 situated   

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。

133 formerly   

adv.从前，以前

参考例句：

• We now enjoy these comforts of which formerly we had only heard.我们现在享受到了过去只是听说过的那些舒适条件。
• This boat was formerly used on the rivers of China.这船从前航行在中国内河里。

134 decrepit   

adj.衰老的，破旧的

参考例句：

• The film had been shot in a decrepit old police station.该影片是在一所破旧不堪的警察局里拍摄的。
• A decrepit old man sat on a park bench.一个衰弱的老人坐在公园的长凳上。

135 hew   

v.砍；伐；削

参考例句：

• Hew a path through the underbrush.在灌木丛中砍出一条小路。
• Plant a sapling as tall as yourself and hew it off when it is two times high of you.种一棵与自己身高一样的树苗，长到比自己高两倍时砍掉它。

136 awaken   

vi.醒，觉醒；vt.唤醒，使觉醒，唤起，激起

参考例句：

• Old people awaken early in the morning.老年人早晨醒得早。
• Please awaken me at six.请于六点叫醒我。

137 lamentable   

adj.令人惋惜的，悔恨的

参考例句：

• This lamentable state of affairs lasted until 1947.这一令人遗憾的事态一直持续至1947年。
• His practice of inebriation was lamentable.他的酗酒常闹得别人束手无策。

138 inspection   

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。

139 cardinal   

n.(天主教的)红衣主教；adj.首要的，基本的

参考例句：

• This is a matter of cardinal significance.这是非常重要的事。
• The Cardinal coloured with vexation. 红衣主教感到恼火，脸涨得通红。

140 alas   

int.唉(表示悲伤、忧愁、恐惧等)

参考例句：

• Alas!The window is broken!哎呀！窗子破了！
• Alas,the truth is less romantic.然而，真理很少带有浪漫色彩。

141 outrageous   

adj.无理的，令人不能容忍的

参考例句：

• Her outrageous behaviour at the party offended everyone.她在聚会上的无礼行为触怒了每一个人。
• Charges for local telephone calls are particularly outrageous.本地电话资费贵得出奇。

142 sobbing   

<主方>Ⅰ adj.湿透的

参考例句：

• I heard a child sobbing loudly. 我听见有个孩子在呜呜地哭。
• Her eyes were red with recent sobbing. 她的眼睛因刚哭过而发红。

143 lugubrious   

adj.悲哀的，忧郁的

参考例句：

• That long,lugubrious howl rose on the night air again!夜空中又传来了那又长又凄凉的狗叫声。
• After the earthquake,the city is full of lugubrious faces.地震之后，这个城市满是悲哀的面孔。

144 clemency   

n.温和，仁慈，宽厚

参考例句：

• The question of clemency would rest with the King.宽大处理问题，将由国王决定。
• They addressed to the governor a plea for clemency.他们向州长提交了宽刑的申辨书。

145 virtue   

n.德行，美德；贞操；优点；功效，效力

参考例句：

• He was considered to be a paragon of virtue.他被认为是品德尽善尽美的典范。
• You need to decorate your mind with virtue.你应该用德行美化心灵。

146 miserable   

adj.悲惨的，痛苦的；可怜的，糟糕的

参考例句：

• It was miserable of you to make fun of him.你取笑他，这是可耻的。
• Her past life was miserable.她过去的生活很苦。

147 hoarse   

adj.嘶哑的，沙哑的

参考例句：

• He asked me a question in a hoarse voice.他用嘶哑的声音问了我一个问题。
• He was too excited and roared himself hoarse.他过于激动，嗓子都喊哑了。

148 bishop   

n.主教，（国际象棋）象

参考例句：

• He was a bishop who was held in reverence by all.他是一位被大家都尊敬的主教。
• Two years after his death the bishop was canonised.主教逝世两年后被正式封为圣者。

149 suite   

n.一套(家具)；套房；随从人员

参考例句：

• She has a suite of rooms in the hotel.她在那家旅馆有一套房间。
• That is a nice suite of furniture.那套家具很不错。

150 groans   

n.呻吟，叹息( groan的名词复数 )；呻吟般的声音v.呻吟( groan的第三人称单数 )；发牢骚；抱怨；受苦

参考例句：

• There were loud groans when he started to sing. 他刚开始歌唱时有人发出了很大的嘘声。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• It was a weird old house, full of creaks and groans. 这是所神秘而可怕的旧宅，到处嘎吱嘎吱作响。 来自《简明英汉词典》

151 astounded   

v.使震惊(astound的过去式和过去分词)；愕然；愕；惊讶

参考例句：

• His arrogance astounded her. 他的傲慢使她震惊。
• How can you say that? I'm absolutely astounded. 你怎么能说出那种话？我感到大为震惊。

152 mania   

n.疯狂；躁狂症，狂热，癖好

参考例句：

• Football mania is sweeping the country.足球热正风靡全国。
• Collecting small items can easily become a mania.收藏零星物品往往容易变成一种癖好。

153 expiration   

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。

154 despatch   

n./v.(dispatch)派遣；发送；n.急件；新闻报道

参考例句：

• The despatch of the task force is purely a contingency measure.派出特遣部队纯粹是应急之举。
• He rushed the despatch through to headquarters.他把急件赶送到总部。

155 promptly   

adv.及时地，敏捷地

参考例句：

• He paid the money back promptly.他立即还了钱。
• She promptly seized the opportunity his absence gave her.她立即抓住了因他不在场给她创造的机会。

156 dictate   

v.口授；(使)听写；指令，指示，命令

参考例句：

• It took him a long time to dictate this letter.口述这封信花了他很长时间。
• What right have you to dictate to others?你有什么资格向别人发号施令？

157 inconvenient   

adj.不方便的，令人感到麻烦的

参考例句：

• You have come at a very inconvenient time.你来得最不适时。
• Will it be inconvenient for him to attend that meeting?他参加那次会议会不方便吗？

158 isolated   

adj.与世隔绝的

参考例句：

• His bad behaviour was just an isolated incident. 他的不良行为只是个别事件。
• Patients with the disease should be isolated. 这种病的患者应予以隔离。

159 unintelligible   

adj.无法了解的，难解的，莫明其妙的

参考例句：

• If a computer is given unintelligible data, it returns unintelligible results.如果计算机得到的是难以理解的数据，它给出的也将是难以理解的结果。
• The terms were unintelligible to ordinary folk.这些术语一般人是不懂的。

160 scraps   

油渣

参考例句：

• Don't litter up the floor with scraps of paper. 不要在地板上乱扔纸屑。
• A patchwork quilt is a good way of using up scraps of material. 做杂拼花布棉被是利用零碎布料的好办法。

161 sterile   

adj.不毛的，不孕的，无菌的，枯燥的，贫瘠的

参考例句：

• This top fits over the bottle and keeps the teat sterile.这个盖子严实地盖在奶瓶上，保持奶嘴无菌。
• The farmers turned the sterile land into high fields.农民们把不毛之地变成了高产田。

162 judiciously   

adv.明断地，明智而审慎地

参考例句：

• Let's use these intelligence tests judiciously. 让我们好好利用这些智力测试题吧。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• His ideas were quaint and fantastic. She brought him judiciously to earth. 他的看法荒廖古怪，她颇有见识地劝他面对现实。 来自辞典例句

163 prerogatives   

n.权利( prerogative的名词复数 )；特权；大主教法庭；总督委任组成的法庭

参考例句：

• The tsar protected his personal prerogatives. 沙皇维护了自己的私人特权。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Congressmen may be reluctant to vote for legislation that infringes the traditional prerogatives of the states. 美国国会议员可能不情愿投票拥护侵犯各州传统特权的立法。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法

164 patriotism   

n.爱国精神，爱国心，爱国主义

参考例句：

• His new book is a demonstration of his patriotism.他写的新书是他的爱国精神的证明。
• They obtained money under the false pretenses of patriotism.他们以虚伪的爱国主义为借口获得金钱。

165 tickled   

（使）发痒( tickle的过去式和过去分词 )； （使）愉快，逗乐

参考例句：

• We were tickled pink to see our friends on television. 在电视中看到我们的一些朋友，我们高兴极了。
• I tickled the baby's feet and made her laugh. 我胳肢孩子的脚，使她发笑。

166 garrisons   

守备部队，卫戍部队( garrison的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• I've often seen pictures of such animals at the garrisons. 在要塞里，我经常看到这种动物的画片。
• Use a Black Hand to garrisons, and take it for yourself. 用黑手清空驻守得步兵，为自己占一个。

167 marsh   

n.沼泽，湿地

参考例句：

• There are a lot of frogs in the marsh.沼泽里有许多青蛙。
• I made my way slowly out of the marsh.我缓慢地走出这片沼泽地。

168 gendarmes   

n.宪兵，警官( gendarme的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Of course, the line of prisoners was guarded at all times by armed gendarmes. 当然，这一切都是在荷枪实弹的卫兵监视下进行的。 来自百科语句
• The three men were gendarmes;the other was Jean Valjean. 那三个人是警察，另一个就是冉阿让。 来自互联网

169 feudal   

adj.封建的，封地的，领地的

参考例句：

• Feudal rulers ruled over the country several thousand years.封建统治者统治这个国家几千年。
• The feudal system lasted for two thousand years in China.封建制度在中国延续了两千年之久。

170 inflict   

vt.(on)把…强加给，使遭受，使承担

参考例句：

• Don't inflict your ideas on me.不要把你的想法强加于我。
• Don't inflict damage on any person.不要伤害任何人。

171 rustics   

n.有农村或村民特色的( rustic的名词复数 )；粗野的；不雅的；用粗糙的木材或树枝制作的

参考例句：

• These rustics are utilized for the rough work of devoton. 那样的乡村气质可以替宗教做些粗重的工作。 来自互联网

172 rustic   

adj.乡村的，有乡村特色的；n.乡下人，乡巴佬

参考例句：

• It was nearly seven months of leisurely rustic living before Michael felt real boredom.这种悠闲的乡村生活过了差不多七个月之后,迈克尔开始感到烦闷。
• We hoped the fresh air and rustic atmosphere would help him adjust.我们希望新鲜的空气和乡村的氛围能帮他调整自己。

173 constrain   

vt.限制，约束；克制，抑制

参考例句：

• She tried to constrain herself from a cough in class.上课时她竭力忍住不咳嗽。
• The study will examine the factors which constrain local economic growth.这项研究将考查抑制当地经济发展的因素。

174 lash   

v.系牢；鞭打；猛烈抨击；n.鞭打；眼睫毛

参考例句：

• He received a lash of her hand on his cheek.他突然被她打了一记耳光。
• With a lash of its tail the tiger leaped at her.老虎把尾巴一甩朝她扑过来。

175 unreasonable   

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。

176 larcenies   

n.盗窃（罪）( larceny的名词复数 )

参考例句：

177 dictated   

v.大声讲或读( dictate的过去式和过去分词 )；口授；支配；摆布

参考例句：

• He dictated a letter to his secretary. 他向秘书口授信稿。
• No person of a strong character likes to be dictated to. 没有一个个性强的人愿受人使唤。 来自《简明英汉词典》

178 precipitated   

v.（突如其来地）使发生( precipitate的过去式和过去分词 )；促成；猛然摔下；使沉淀

参考例句：

• His resignation precipitated a leadership crisis. 他的辞职立即引发了领导层的危机。
• He lost his footing and was precipitated to the ground. 他失足摔倒在地上。 来自《简明英汉词典》

179 sedition   

n.煽动叛乱

参考例句：

• Government officials charged him with sedition.政府官员指控他煽动人们造反。
• His denial of sedition was a denial of violence.他对煽动叛乱的否定又是对暴力的否定。

180 tranquil   

adj. 安静的, 宁静的, 稳定的, 不变的

参考例句：

• The boy disturbed the tranquil surface of the pond with a stick. 那男孩用棍子打破了平静的池面。
• The tranquil beauty of the village scenery is unique. 这乡村景色的宁静是绝无仅有的。

181 abrupt   

adj.突然的，意外的；唐突的，鲁莽的

参考例句：

• The river takes an abrupt bend to the west.这河突然向西转弯。
• His abrupt reply hurt our feelings.他粗鲁的回答伤了我们的感情。

182 abruptly   

adv.突然地，出其不意地

参考例句：

• He gestured abruptly for Virginia to get in the car.他粗鲁地示意弗吉尼亚上车。
• I was abruptly notified that a half-hour speech was expected of me.我突然被通知要讲半个小时的话。

183 bespoke   

adj.（产品）订做的；专做订货的v.预定( bespeak的过去式 )；订（货）；证明；预先请求

参考例句：

• His style of dressing bespoke great self-confidence. 他的衣着风格显得十分自信。
• The haberdasher presented a cap, saying,"Here is the cap your worship bespoke." 帽匠拿出一顶帽子来说：“这就是老爷您定做的那顶。” 来自辞典例句

184 commotion   

n.骚动，动乱

参考例句：

• They made a commotion by yelling at each other in the theatre.他们在剧院里相互争吵，引起了一阵骚乱。
• Suddenly the whole street was in commotion.突然间，整条街道变得一片混乱。

185 stammered   

v.结巴地说出( stammer的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He stammered most when he was nervous. 他一紧张往往口吃。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• Barsad leaned back in his chair, and stammered, \"What do you mean?\" 巴萨往椅背上一靠，结结巴巴地说，“你是什么意思？” 来自英汉文学 - 双城记

186 mere   

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。

187 utterly   

adv.完全地，绝对地

参考例句：

• Utterly devoted to the people,he gave his life in saving his patients.他忠于人民，把毕生精力用于挽救患者的生命。
• I was utterly ravished by the way she smiled.她的微笑使我完全陶醉了。

188 inexplicable   

adj.无法解释的，难理解的

参考例句：

• It is now inexplicable how that development was misinterpreted.当时对这一事态发展的错误理解究竟是怎么产生的，现在已经无法说清楚了。
• There are many things which are inexplicable by science.有很多事科学还无法解释。

189 rabble   

n.乌合之众，暴民；下等人

参考例句：

• They formed an army out of rabble.他们用乌合之众组成一支军队。
• Poverty in itself does not make men into a rabble.贫困自身并不能使人成为贱民。

190 knave   

n.流氓；（纸牌中的）杰克

参考例句：

• Better be a fool than a knave.宁做傻瓜，不做无赖。
• Once a knave,ever a knave.一次成无赖，永远是无赖。

191 knaves   

n.恶棍，无赖( knave的名词复数 )；（纸牌中的）杰克

参考例句：

• Give knaves an inch and they will take a yard. 我一日三餐都吃得很丰盛。 来自互联网
• Knaves and robbers can obtain only what was before possessed by others. 流氓、窃贼只能攫取原先由别人占有的财富。 来自互联网

192 faction   

n.宗派，小集团；派别；派系斗争

参考例句：

• Faction and self-interest appear to be the norm.派系之争和自私自利看来非常普遍。
• I now understood clearly that I was caught between the king and the Bunam's faction.我现在完全明白自己已陷入困境，在国王与布纳姆集团之间左右为难。

193 countenance   

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。

194 dissimulate   

v.掩饰，隐藏

参考例句：

• This man was too injured to dissimulate well.这个人受伤严重，无法完全遮掩住。
• He who knows not how to dissimulate,can not reign.不知道如何装扮成一个君子的人无法赢得尊重。

195 contented   

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。

196 scythes   

n.（长柄）大镰刀( scythe的名词复数 )v.（长柄）大镰刀( scythe的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Scythes swished to and fro. 长柄大镰刀嗖嗖地来回挥动。 来自辞典例句
• I'll tell you what: go to the forge now and get some more scythes. 我告诉你怎么做：你现在就去铁匠店多买几把镰刀回来。 来自互联网

197 succor   

n.援助，帮助；v.给予帮助

参考例句：

• In two short hours we may look for succor from Webb.在短短的两小时内，韦布将军的救兵就可望到达。
• He was so much in need of succor,so totally alone.他当时孑然一身，形影相吊，特别需要援助。

198 audacity   

n.大胆，卤莽，无礼

参考例句：

• He had the audacity to ask for an increase in salary.他竟然厚着脸皮要求增加薪水。
• He had the audacity to pick pockets in broad daylight.他竟敢在光天化日之下掏包。

199 enraged   

使暴怒( enrage的过去式和过去分词 )； 歜； 激愤

参考例句：

• I was enraged to find they had disobeyed my orders. 发现他们违抗了我的命令，我极为恼火。
• The judge was enraged and stroke the table for several times. 大法官被气得连连拍案。

200 jurisdiction   

n.司法权，审判权，管辖权，控制权

参考例句：

• It doesn't lie within my jurisdiction to set you free.我无权将你释放。
• Changzhou is under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu Province.常州隶属江苏省。

201 rue   

n.懊悔，芸香，后悔；v.后悔，悲伤，懊悔

参考例句：

• You'll rue having failed in the examination.你会悔恨考试失败。
• You're going to rue this the longest day that you live.你要终身悔恨不尽呢。

202 divers   

adj.不同的；种种的

参考例句：

• He chose divers of them,who were asked to accompany him.他选择他们当中的几个人，要他们和他作伴。
• Two divers work together while a standby diver remains on the surface.两名潜水员协同工作，同时有一名候补潜水员留在水面上。

203 domains   

n.范围( domain的名词复数 )；领域；版图；地产

参考例句：

• The theory of thermodynamics links the macroscopic and submicroscopic domains. 热力学把宏观世界同亚微观世界联系起来。 来自辞典例句
• All three flow domains are indicated by shading. 所有三个流动区域都是用阴影部分表示的。 来自辞典例句

204 beheld   

v.看，注视( behold的过去式和过去分词 )；瞧；看呀；（叙述中用于引出某人意外的出现）哎哟

参考例句：

• His eyes had never beheld such opulence. 他从未见过这样的财富。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The soul beheld its features in the mirror of the passing moment. 灵魂在逝去的瞬间的镜子中看到了自己的模样。 来自英汉文学 - 红字

205 displeases   

冒犯，使生气，使不愉快( displease的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Nothing displeases me more than loud talking. 没有比大声谈话更使我不高兴的了。
• Bill is a wise guy and displeases others by what he says. 比尔自命不凡，说的话让人生气。

206 agitation   

n.搅动；搅拌；鼓动，煽动

参考例句：

• Small shopkeepers carried on a long agitation against the big department stores.小店主们长期以来一直在煽动人们反对大型百货商店。
• These materials require constant agitation to keep them in suspension.这些药剂要经常搅动以保持悬浮状态。

207 laggards   

n.落后者( laggard的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• I would say the best students at Chengdu are no laggards. 依我看成都最优秀的学生绝不逊色。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The laggards include utilities and telecommunications, up about % and 12% respectively, to MSCI. 据摩根士丹利资本国际的数据，涨幅居后的包括公用事业和电信类股，分别涨了约%和12%。 来自互联网

208 idiotic   

adj.白痴的

参考例句：

• It is idiotic to go shopping with no money.去买东西而不带钱是很蠢的。
• The child's idiotic deeds caused his family much trouble.那小孩愚蠢的行为给家庭带来许多麻烦。

209 pallid   

adj.苍白的，呆板的

参考例句：

• The moon drifted from behind the clouds and exposed the pallid face.月亮从云朵后面钻出来，照着尸体那张苍白的脸。
• His dry pallid face often looked gaunt.他那张干瘪苍白的脸常常显得憔悴。

210 outrageously   

凶残地； 肆无忌惮地； 令人不能容忍地； 不寻常地

参考例句：

• Leila kept smiling her outrageously cute smile. 莱拉脸上始终挂着非常可爱的笑容。
• He flirts outrageously. 他肆无忌惮地调情。

211 perspiring   

v.出汗，流汗( perspire的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• He had been working hard and was perspiring profusely. 他一直在努力干活，身上大汗淋漓的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• So they "went it lively," panting and perspiring with the work. 于是他们就“痛痛快快地比一比”了，结果比得两个人气喘吁吁、汗流浃背。 来自英汉文学 - 汤姆历险

212 besiege   

vt.包围，围攻，拥在...周围

参考例句：

• The Afghan air force was using helicopters to supply the besieged town.阿富汗空军正用直升机向被围城镇提供补给。
• She was besieged by the press and the public.她被媒体和公众纠缠不休。

213 wretch   

n.可怜的人，不幸的人；卑鄙的人

参考例句：

• You are really an ungrateful wretch to complain instead of thanking him.你不但不谢他，还埋怨他，真不知好歹。
• The dead husband is not the dishonoured wretch they fancied him.死去的丈夫不是他们所想象的不光彩的坏蛋。

214 apprehended   

逮捕，拘押( apprehend的过去式和过去分词 )； 理解

参考例句：

• She apprehended the complicated law very quickly. 她很快理解了复杂的法律。
• The police apprehended the criminal. 警察逮捕了罪犯。

215 fatality   

n.不幸，灾祸，天命

参考例句：

• She struggle against fatality in vain.她徒然奋斗反抗宿命。
• He began to have a growing sense of fatality.他开始有一种越来越强烈的宿命感。

216 entreat   

v.恳求，恳请

参考例句：

• Charles Darnay felt it hopeless entreat him further,and his pride was touched besides.查尔斯-达尔内感到再恳求他已是枉然，自尊心也受到了伤害。
• I entreat you to contribute generously to the building fund.我恳求您慷慨捐助建设基金。

217 melancholy   

n.忧郁，愁思；adj.令人感伤（沮丧）的，忧郁的

参考例句：

• All at once he fell into a state of profound melancholy.他立即陷入无尽的忧思之中。
• He felt melancholy after he failed the exam.这次考试没通过，他感到很郁闷。

218 conjure   

v.恳求，祈求；变魔术，变戏法

参考例句：

• I conjure you not to betray me.我恳求你不要背弃我。
• I can't simply conjure up the money out of thin air.我是不能像变魔术似的把钱变来。

219 deign   

v. 屈尊, 惠允 ( 做某事)

参考例句：

• He doesn't deign to talk to unimportant people like me. 他不肯屈尊和像我这样不重要的人说话。
• I would not deign to comment on such behaviour. 这种行为不屑我置评。

220 lettuce   

n.莴苣；生菜

参考例句：

• Get some lettuce and tomatoes so I can make a salad.买些莴苣和西红柿，我好做色拉。
• The lettuce is crisp and cold.莴苣松脆爽口。

221 puissant   

adj.强有力的

参考例句：

• The young man has a puissant body.这个年轻人有一副强壮的身体。
• Global shipbuilding industry is puissant in conformity burst forth.全球造船业在整合中强力迸发。

222 monarch   

n.帝王，君主，最高统治者

参考例句：

• The monarch's role is purely ceremonial.君主纯粹是个礼仪职位。
• I think myself happier now than the greatest monarch upon earth.我觉得这个时候比世界上什么帝王都快乐。

223 rigor   

n.严酷，严格，严厉

参考例句：

• Their analysis lacks rigor.他们的分析缺乏严谨性。||The crime will be treated with the full rigor of the law.这一罪行会严格依法审理。

224 gusts   

一阵强风( gust的名词复数 )； （怒、笑等的）爆发； （感情的）迸发； 发作

参考例句：

• Her profuse skirt bosomed out with the gusts. 她的宽大的裙子被风吹得鼓鼓的。
• Turbulence is defined as a series of irregular gusts. 紊流定义为一组无规则的突风。

225 bestowing   

砖窑中砖堆上层已烧透的砖

参考例句：

• Apollo, you see, is bestowing the razor on the Triptolemus of our craft. 你瞧，阿波罗正在把剃刀赠给我们这项手艺的特里泼托勒默斯。
• What thanks do we not owe to Heaven for thus bestowing tranquillity, health and competence! 我们要谢谢上苍，赐我们的安乐、健康和饱暖。

226 brigandage   

n.抢劫；盗窃；土匪；强盗

参考例句：

• Charity asas brigandage. Charity is really as unfair to the recipient as the donor. 施舍和掠夺一样可恶，对捐献者和接受者都有失公平。 来自互联网

227 outfit   

n.（为特殊用途的）全套装备，全套服装

参考例句：

• Jenney bought a new outfit for her daughter's wedding.珍妮为参加女儿的婚礼买了一套新装。
• His father bought a ski outfit for him on his birthday.他父亲在他生日那天给他买了一套滑雪用具。

228 jealousy   

n.妒忌，嫉妒，猜忌

参考例句：

• Some women have a disposition to jealousy.有些女人生性爱妒忌。
• I can't support your jealousy any longer.我再也无法忍受你的嫉妒了。

229 resentment   

n.怨愤，忿恨

参考例句：

• All her feelings of resentment just came pouring out.她一股脑儿倾吐出所有的怨恨。
• She cherished a deep resentment under the rose towards her employer.她暗中对她的雇主怀恨在心。

230 zeal   

n.热心，热情，热忱

参考例句：

• Revolutionary zeal caught them up,and they joined the army.革命热情激励他们，于是他们从军了。
• They worked with great zeal to finish the project.他们热情高涨地工作，以期完成这个项目。

231 aggrandizement   

n.增大，强化，扩大

参考例句：

• Her sole aim is personal aggrandizement. 她唯一的目的就是扩大个人权势。
• His sole aim is personal aggrandizement. 他唯一的目标就是要扩充个人的权势。 来自辞典例句

232 maxims   

n.格言，座右铭( maxim的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Courts also draw freely on traditional maxims of construction. 法院也自由吸收传统的解释准则。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法
• There are variant formulations of some of the maxims. 有些准则有多种表达方式。 来自辞典例句

233 drawn   

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。

234 virtues   

美德( virtue的名词复数 )； 德行； 优点； 长处

参考例句：

• Doctors often extol the virtues of eating less fat. 医生常常宣扬少吃脂肪的好处。
• She delivered a homily on the virtues of family life. 她进行了一场家庭生活美德方面的说教。

235 compassion   

n.同情，怜悯

参考例句：

• He could not help having compassion for the poor creature.他情不自禁地怜悯起那个可怜的人来。
• Her heart was filled with compassion for the motherless children.她对于没有母亲的孩子们充满了怜悯心。

236 bodyguard   

n.护卫，保镖

参考例句：

• She has to have an armed bodyguard wherever she goes.她不管到哪儿都得有带武器的保镖跟从。
• The big guy standing at his side may be his bodyguard.站在他身旁的那个大个子可能是他的保镖。

237 calamity   

n.灾害，祸患，不幸事件

参考例句：

• Even a greater natural calamity cannot daunt us. 再大的自然灾害也压不垮我们。
• The attack on Pearl Harbor was a crushing calamity.偷袭珍珠港(对美军来说)是一场毁灭性的灾难。

238 resounds   

v.（指声音等）回荡于某处( resound的第三人称单数 )；产生回响；（指某处）回荡着声音

参考例句：

• When the Christmas musical box, music resounds, Christmas old man swinging. 圣诞音乐盒，音乐响起时，圣诞老人会摆动。 来自互联网
• In the epilogue, the Silk Road resounds with the song of friendship. 尾声：丝绸之路上洋溢着友谊之歌。 来自互联网

239 belly   

n.肚子，腹部；(像肚子一样)鼓起的部分，膛

参考例句：

• The boss has a large belly.老板大腹便便。
• His eyes are bigger than his belly.他眼馋肚饱。

240 disdain   

n.鄙视，轻视；v.轻视，鄙视，不屑

参考例句：

• Some people disdain labour.有些人轻视劳动。
• A great man should disdain flatterers.伟大的人物应鄙视献媚者。

241 embellish   

v.装饰，布置；给…添加细节，润饰

参考例句：

• I asked him not to embellish the truth with ideas of his own.我要他不对事实添油加醋。
• Can you embellish your refusal just a little bit?你可以对你的婉拒之辞略加修饰吗？

242 malignant   

adj.恶性的，致命的；恶意的，恶毒的

参考例句：

• Alexander got a malignant slander.亚历山大受到恶意的诽谤。
• He started to his feet with a malignant glance at Winston.他爬了起来，不高兴地看了温斯顿一眼。

243 ulcer   

n.溃疡，腐坏物

参考例句：

• She had an ulcer in her mouth.她口腔出现溃疡。
• A bacterium is identified as the cause for his duodenal ulcer.一种细菌被断定为造成他十二指肠溃疡的根源。

244 eloquence   

n.雄辩；口才，修辞

参考例句：

• I am afraid my eloquence did not avail against the facts.恐怕我的雄辩也无补于事实了。
• The people were charmed by his eloquence.人们被他的口才迷住了。

245 slippers   

n. 拖鞋

参考例句：

• a pair of slippers 一双拖鞋
• He kicked his slippers off and dropped on to the bed. 他踢掉了拖鞋，倒在床上。

246 fixed   

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。

247 chancellor   

n.(英)大臣；法官；(德、奥)总理；大学校长

参考例句：

• They submitted their reports to the Chancellor yesterday.他们昨天向财政大臣递交了报告。
• He was regarded as the most successful Chancellor of modern times.他被认为是现代最成功的财政大臣。

248 craving   

n.渴望,热望

参考例句：

• a craving for chocolate 非常想吃巧克力
• She skipped normal meals to satisfy her craving for chocolate and crisps. 她不吃正餐，以便满足自己吃巧克力和炸薯片的渴望。

249 backwards   

adv.往回地，向原处，倒，相反，前后倒置地

参考例句：

• He turned on the light and began to pace backwards and forwards.他打开电灯并开始走来走去。
• All the girls fell over backwards to get the party ready.姑娘们迫不及待地为聚会做准备。

250 growled   

v.（动物）发狺狺声， （雷）作隆隆声( growl的过去式和过去分词 )；低声咆哮着说

参考例句：

• \"They ought to be birched, \" growled the old man. 老人咆哮道：“他们应受到鞭打。” 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He growled out an answer. 他低声威胁着回答。 来自《简明英汉词典》

251 buffet   

n.自助餐；饮食柜台；餐台

参考例句：

• Are you having a sit-down meal or a buffet at the wedding?你想在婚礼中摆桌宴还是搞自助餐？
• Could you tell me what specialties you have for the buffet?你能告诉我你们的自助餐有什么特色菜吗？

252 wont   

adj.习惯于；v.习惯；n.习惯

参考例句：

• He was wont to say that children are lazy.他常常说小孩子们懒惰。
• It is his wont to get up early.早起是他的习惯。

253 manifestations   

n.表示，显示（manifestation的复数形式）

参考例句：

• These were manifestations of the darker side of his character. 这些是他性格阴暗面的表现。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• To be wordly-wise and play safe is one of the manifestations of liberalism. 明哲保身是自由主义的表现之一。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

254 vowing   

起誓，发誓（vow的现在分词形式）

参考例句：

• President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild its collapsed bridge. 布什总统承诺将帮助明尼阿波利斯重建坍塌的大桥。
• President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild this collapse bridge. 布什总统发誓要帮助明尼阿波利斯重建起这座坍塌的桥梁。

255 advent   

n.(重要事件等的)到来，来临

参考例句：

• Swallows come by groups at the advent of spring. 春天来临时燕子成群飞来。
• The advent of the Euro will redefine Europe.欧元的出现将重新定义欧洲。

256 hissing   

n. 发嘶嘶声, 蔑视 动词hiss的现在分词形式

参考例句：

• The steam escaped with a loud hissing noise. 蒸汽大声地嘶嘶冒了出来。
• His ears were still hissing with the rustle of the leaves. 他耳朵里还听得萨萨萨的声音和屑索屑索的怪声。 来自汉英文学 - 春蚕

257 fiery   

adj.燃烧着的，火红的；暴躁的；激烈的

参考例句：

• She has fiery red hair.她有一头火红的头发。
• His fiery speech agitated the crowd.他热情洋溢的讲话激动了群众。

258 leech   

n.水蛭，吸血鬼，榨取他人利益的人；vt.以水蛭吸血；vi.依附于别人

参考例句：

• A leech is a small blood-sucking worm and usually lives in water.水蛭是一种小型吸血虫，通常生活在水中。
• One-side love like a greedy leech absorbed my time and my mirth.单相思如同一只贪婪的水蛭，吸走了我的时间和欢笑。

259 meditating   

a.沉思的，冥想的

参考例句：

• They were meditating revenge. 他们在谋划进行报复。
• The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics. 这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。

260 adorn   

vt.使美化，装饰

参考例句：

• She loved to adorn herself with finery.她喜欢穿戴华丽的服饰。
• His watercolour designs adorn a wide range of books.他的水彩设计使许多图书大为生色。

261 ingenuous   

adj.纯朴的，单纯的；天真的；坦率的

参考例句：

• Only the most ingenuous person would believe such a weak excuse!只有最天真的人才会相信这么一个站不住脚的借口！
• With ingenuous sincerity,he captivated his audience.他以自己的率真迷住了观众。

262 adorned   

[计]被修饰的

参考例句：

• The walls were adorned with paintings. 墙上装饰了绘画。
• And his coat was adorned with a flamboyant bunch of flowers. 他的外套上面装饰着一束艳丽刺目的鲜花。

263 amorous   

adj.多情的；有关爱情的

参考例句：

• They exchanged amorous glances and clearly made known their passions.二人眉来眼去，以目传情。
• She gave him an amorous look.她脉脉含情的看他一眼。

264 copper   

n.铜；铜币；铜器；adj.铜(制)的；(紫)铜色的

参考例句：

• The students are asked to prove the purity of copper.要求学生们检验铜的纯度。
• Copper is a good medium for the conduction of heat and electricity.铜是热和电的良导体。

265 embellished   

v.美化( embellish的过去式和过去分词 )；装饰；修饰；润色

参考例句：

• The door of the old church was embellished with decorations. 老教堂的门是用雕饰美化的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The stern was embellished with carvings in red and blue. 船尾饰有红色和蓝色的雕刻图案。 来自辞典例句

266 defensive   

adj.防御的；防卫的；防守的

参考例句：

• Their questions about the money put her on the defensive.他们问到钱的问题，使她警觉起来。
• The Government hastily organized defensive measures against the raids.政府急忙布置了防卫措施抵御空袭。

267 propitious   

adj.吉利的；顺利的

参考例句：

• The circumstances were not propitious for further expansion of the company.这些情况不利于公司的进一步发展。
• The cool days during this week are propitious for out trip.这种凉爽的天气对我们的行程很有好处。

268 treasury   

n.宝库；国库，金库；文库

参考例句：

• The Treasury was opposed in principle to the proposals.财政部原则上反对这些提案。
• This book is a treasury of useful information.这本书是有价值的信息宝库。

269 haughty   

adj.傲慢的，高傲的

参考例句：

• He gave me a haughty look and walked away.他向我摆出傲慢的表情后走开。
• They were displeased with her haughty airs.他们讨厌她高傲的派头。

270 arrogant   

adj.傲慢的，自大的

参考例句：

• You've got to get rid of your arrogant ways.你这骄傲劲儿得好好改改。
• People are waking up that he is arrogant.人们开始认识到他很傲慢。

271 guardian   

n.监护人；守卫者，保护者

参考例句：

• The form must be signed by the child's parents or guardian. 这张表格须由孩子的家长或监护人签字。
• The press is a guardian of the public weal. 报刊是公共福利的卫护者。

272 fortress   

n.堡垒，防御工事

参考例句：

• They made an attempt on a fortress.他们试图夺取这一要塞。
• The soldier scaled the wall of the fortress by turret.士兵通过塔车攀登上了要塞的城墙。

273 chateau   

n.城堡，别墅

参考例句：

• The house was modelled on a French chateau.这房子是模仿一座法国大别墅建造的。
• The chateau was left to itself to flame and burn.那府第便径自腾起大火燃烧下去。

274 surfeited   

v.吃得过多( surfeit的过去式和过去分词 )；由于过量而厌腻

参考例句：

• They were surfeited with entertainment. 他们对玩乐生厌了；他们玩腻了。 来自辞典例句
• They had cloyed him with obedience, and surfeited him with sweet respect and submission. 她们在他面前百依百顺，甜言蜜语，卑躬屈膝。 来自辞典例句

275 miraculous   

adj.像奇迹一样的，不可思议的

参考例句：

• The wounded man made a miraculous recovery.伤员奇迹般地痊愈了。
• They won a miraculous victory over much stronger enemy.他们战胜了远比自己强大的敌人，赢得了非凡的胜利。

276 salmon   

n.鲑，大马哈鱼，橙红色的

参考例句：

• We saw a salmon jumping in the waterfall there.我们看见一条大马哈鱼在那边瀑布中跳跃。
• Do you have any fresh salmon in at the moment?现在有新鲜大马哈鱼卖吗？

277 revert   

v.恢复，复归，回到

参考例句：

• Let us revert to the earlier part of the chapter.让我们回到本章的前面部分。
• Shall we revert to the matter we talked about yesterday?我们接着昨天谈过的问题谈，好吗？

278 insolence   

n.傲慢；无礼；厚颜；傲慢的态度

参考例句：

• I've had enough of your insolence, and I'm having no more. 我受够了你的侮辱，不能再容忍了。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• How can you suffer such insolence? 你怎么能容忍这种蛮横的态度？ 来自《简明英汉词典》

279 petulant   

adj.性急的，暴躁的

参考例句：

• He picked the pen up with a petulant gesture.他生气地拿起那支钢笔。
• The thing had been remarked with petulant jealousy by his wife.

280 labors   

v.努力争取(for)( labor的第三人称单数 )；苦干；详细分析；（指引擎）缓慢而困难地运转

参考例句：

• He was tiresome in contending for the value of his own labors. 他老为他自己劳动的价值而争强斗胜，令人生厌。 来自辞典例句
• Farm labors used to hire themselves out for the summer. 农业劳动者夏季常去当雇工。 来自辞典例句

281 providence   

n.深谋远虑，天道，天意；远见；节约；上帝

参考例句：

• It is tempting Providence to go in that old boat.乘那艘旧船前往是冒大险。
• To act as you have done is to fly in the face of Providence.照你的所作所为那样去行事，是违背上帝的意志的。

282 maker   

n.制造者，制造商

参考例句：

• He is a trouble maker，You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼，你不要跟他在一起。
• A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。

283 mingled   

混合，混入( mingle的过去式和过去分词 )； 混进，与…交往[联系]

参考例句：

• The sounds of laughter and singing mingled in the evening air. 笑声和歌声交织在夜空中。
• The man and the woman mingled as everyone started to relax. 当大家开始放松的时候，这一男一女就开始交往了。

284 artistically   

adv.艺术性地

参考例句：

• The book is beautifully printed and artistically bound. 这本书印刷精美，装帧高雅。
• The room is artistically decorated. 房间布置得很美观。

285 bloody   

adj.非常的的；流血的；残忍的；adv.很；vt.血染

参考例句：

• He got a bloody nose in the fight.他在打斗中被打得鼻子流血。
• He is a bloody fool.他是一个十足的笨蛋。

286 grumbling   

adj. 喃喃鸣不平的, 出怨言的

参考例句：

• She's always grumbling to me about how badly she's treated at work. 她总是向我抱怨她在工作中如何受亏待。
• We didn't hear any grumbling about the food. 我们没听到过对食物的抱怨。

287 joyous   

adj.充满快乐的；令人高兴的

参考例句：

• The lively dance heightened the joyous atmosphere of the scene.轻快的舞蹈给这场戏渲染了欢乐气氛。
• They conveyed the joyous news to us soon.他们把这一佳音很快地传递给我们。

288 serpentine   

adj.蜿蜒的，弯曲的

参考例句：

• One part of the Serpentine is kept for swimmers.蜿蜒河的一段划为游泳区。
• Tremolite laths and serpentine minerals are present in places.有的地方出现透闪石板条及蛇纹石。

289 rout   

n.溃退，溃败；v.击溃，打垮

参考例句：

• The enemy was put to rout all along the line.敌人已全线崩溃。
• The people's army put all to rout wherever they went.人民军队所向披靡。

290 cannon   

n.大炮，火炮；飞机上的机关炮

参考例句：

• The soldiers fired the cannon.士兵们开炮。
• The cannon thundered in the hills.大炮在山间轰鸣。

291 villains   

n.恶棍( villain的名词复数 )；罪犯；（小说、戏剧等中的）反面人物；淘气鬼

参考例句：

• The impression of villains was inescapable. 留下恶棍的印象是不可避免的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Some villains robbed the widow of the savings. 有几个歹徒将寡妇的积蓄劫走了。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

292 hurled   

v.猛投，用力掷( hurl的过去式和过去分词 )；大声叫骂

参考例句：

• He hurled a brick through the window. 他往窗户里扔了块砖。
• The strong wind hurled down bits of the roof. 大风把屋顶的瓦片刮了下来。 来自《简明英汉词典》

293 pebble   

n.卵石，小圆石

参考例句：

• The bird mistook the pebble for egg and tried to hatch it.这只鸟错把卵石当蛋，想去孵它。
• The pebble made a ripple on the surface of the lake.石子在湖面上激起一个涟漪。

294 slain   

杀死，宰杀，杀戮( slay的过去分词 )； (slay的过去分词)

参考例句：

• The soldiers slain in the battle were burried that night. 在那天夜晚埋葬了在战斗中牺牲了的战士。
• His boy was dead, slain by the hand of the false Amulius. 他的儿子被奸诈的阿缪利乌斯杀死了。

295 incumbent   

adj.成为责任的，有义务的；现任的，在职的

参考例句：

• He defeated the incumbent governor by a large plurality.他以压倒多数票击败了现任州长。
• It is incumbent upon you to warn them.你有责任警告他们。

296 ailing   

v.生病

参考例句：

• They discussed the problems ailing the steel industry. 他们讨论了困扰钢铁工业的问题。
• She looked after her ailing father. 她照顾有病的父亲。

297 penetrating   

adj.（声音）响亮的，尖锐的adj.（气味）刺激的adj.（思想）敏锐的，有洞察力的

参考例句：

• He had an extraordinarily penetrating gaze. 他的目光有股异乎寻常的洞察力。
• He examined the man with a penetrating gaze. 他以锐利的目光仔细观察了那个人。

298 cannons   

n.加农炮，大炮，火炮( cannon的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Cannons bombarded enemy lines. 大炮轰击了敌军阵地。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• One company had been furnished with six cannons. 某连队装备了六门大炮。 来自《简明英汉词典》

299 slay   

v.杀死，宰杀，杀戮

参考例句：

• He intended to slay his father's murderer.他意图杀死杀父仇人。
• She has ordered me to slay you.她命令我把你杀了。

300 crumble   

vi.碎裂，崩溃；vt.弄碎，摧毁

参考例句：

• Opposition more or less crumbled away.反对势力差不多都瓦解了。
• Even if the seas go dry and rocks crumble,my will will remain firm.纵然海枯石烂，意志永不动摇。

301 uncommon   

adj.罕见的，非凡的，不平常的

参考例句：

• Such attitudes were not at all uncommon thirty years ago.这些看法在30年前很常见。
• Phil has uncommon intelligence.菲尔智力超群。

302 impost   

n.进口税，关税

参考例句：

• Exemption from wharfage dues and any export tax,duty,impost and fees.免除任何码头费及任何出口税、关税、进口税费。
• In the situation of zollverein,the basic principles of impost reformation are the same.作者认为，在单边、多边或者在关税同盟的情况下，关税改革的基本原则都是一样的。

303 consternation   

n.大为吃惊，惊骇

参考例句：

• He was filled with consternation to hear that his friend was so ill.他听说朋友病得那么厉害，感到非常震惊。
• Sam stared at him in consternation.萨姆惊恐不安地注视着他。

304 calamitous   

adj.灾难的，悲惨的；多灾多难；惨重

参考例句：

• We are exposed to the most calamitous accidents. 我们遭受着极大的灾难。 来自辞典例句
• Light reveals the subtle alteration of things, the sly or calamitous impermanence or mortal life. 事物的细微变动，人生的狡猾，倏忽无常，一一都在光中显露出来。 来自辞典例句

305 malicious   

adj.有恶意的，心怀恶意的

参考例句：

• You ought to kick back at such malicious slander. 你应当反击这种恶毒的污蔑。
• Their talk was slightly malicious.他们的谈话有点儿心怀不轨。

306 erect   

n./v.树立，建立，使竖立；adj.直立的，垂直的

参考例句：

• She held her head erect and her back straight.她昂着头，把背挺得笔直。
• Soldiers are trained to stand erect.士兵们训练站得笔直。

307 severed   

v.切断，断绝( sever的过去式和过去分词 )；断，裂

参考例句：

• The doctor said I'd severed a vessel in my leg. 医生说我割断了腿上的一根血管。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• We have severed diplomatic relations with that country. 我们与那个国家断绝了外交关系。 来自《简明英汉词典》

308 besieging   

包围，围困，围攻( besiege的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• They constituted a near-insuperable obstacle to the besieging infantry. 它们就会形成围城步兵几乎不可逾越的障碍。
• He concentrated the sun's rays on the Roman ships besieging the city and burned them. 他把集中的阳光照到攻城的罗马船上，把它们焚毁。

309 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

310 suffocated   

（使某人）窒息而死( suffocate的过去式和过去分词 )； （将某人）闷死； 让人感觉闷热； 憋气

参考例句：

• Many dogs have suffocated in hot cars. 许多狗在热烘烘的汽车里给闷死了。
• I nearly suffocated when the pipe of my breathing apparatus came adrift. 呼吸器上的管子脱落时，我差点给憋死。

311 clenched   

v.紧握，抓紧，咬紧( clench的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He clenched his fists in anger. 他愤怒地攥紧了拳头。
• She clenched her hands in her lap to hide their trembling. 她攥紧双手放在腿上，以掩饰其颤抖。 来自《简明英汉词典》

312 forth   

adv.向前；向外，往外

参考例句：

• The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
• He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。

313 clarion   

n.尖音小号声；尖音小号

参考例句：

• Clarion calls to liberation had been mocked when we stood by.当我们袖手旁观的时候，自由解放的号角声遭到了嘲弄。
• To all the people present,his speech is a clarion call.对所有在场的人而言，他的演讲都是动人的号召。

314 rascals   

流氓( rascal的名词复数 )； 无赖； （开玩笑说法）淘气的人（尤指小孩）； 恶作剧的人

参考例句：

• "Oh, but I like rascals. "唔，不过我喜欢流氓。
• "They're all second-raters, black sheep, rascals. "他们都是二流人物，是流氓，是恶棍。

315 eruption   

n.火山爆发；（战争等）爆发；（疾病等）发作

参考例句：

• The temple was destroyed in the violent eruption of 1470 BC.庙宇在公元前1470年猛烈的火山爆发中摧毁了。
• The eruption of a volcano is spontaneous.火山的爆发是自发的。

316 commonwealth   

n.共和国，联邦，共同体

参考例句：

• He is the chairman of the commonwealth of artists.他是艺术家协会的主席。
• Most of the members of the Commonwealth are nonwhite.英联邦的许多成员国不是白人国家。

317 exterminate   

v.扑灭，消灭，根绝

参考例句：

• Some people exterminate garden insects by spraying poison on the plants.有些人在植物上喷撒毒剂以杀死花园内的昆虫。
• Woodpeckers can exterminate insect pests hiding in trees.啄木鸟能消灭躲在树里的害虫。

318 meditate   

v.想，考虑，（尤指宗教上的）沉思，冥想

参考例句：

• It is important to meditate on the meaning of life.思考人生的意义很重要。
• I was meditating,and reached a higher state of consciousness.我在冥想，并进入了一个更高的意识境界。

319 asylum   

n.避难所，庇护所，避难

参考例句：

• The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
• Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。

320 impunity   

n.(惩罚、损失、伤害等的)免除

参考例句：

• You will not escape with impunity.你不可能逃脱惩罚。
• The impunity what compulsory insurance sets does not include escapement.交强险规定的免责范围不包括逃逸。

321 sanctuary   

n.圣所，圣堂，寺庙；禁猎区，保护区

参考例句：

• There was a sanctuary of political refugees behind the hospital.医院后面有一个政治难民的避难所。
• Most countries refuse to give sanctuary to people who hijack aeroplanes.大多数国家拒绝对劫机者提供庇护。

322 devoutly   

adv.虔诚地，虔敬地，衷心地

参考例句：

• She was a devoutly Catholic. 她是一个虔诚地天主教徒。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• This was not a boast, but a hope, at once bold and devoutly humble. 这不是夸夸其谈，而是一个即大胆而又诚心、谦虚的希望。 来自辞典例句

323 amulets   

n.护身符( amulet的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Amulets,\"guards,\" as they are popularly called, intended to ward off evil spirits. 护身符――或者象他们普遍的叫法：“警卫”用来抵御妖魔鬼怪。 来自辞典例句
• However, all oval amulets in a single game are the same. 当然，所有的魔法用品也有类似的情形。 来自互联网

324 virgin   

n.处女，未婚女子；adj.未经使用的；未经开发的

参考例句：

• Have you ever been to a virgin forest?你去过原始森林吗？
• There are vast expanses of virgin land in the remote regions.在边远地区有大片大片未开垦的土地。

325 worthy   

adj.(of)值得的，配得上的；有价值的

参考例句：

• I did not esteem him to be worthy of trust.我认为他不值得信赖。
• There occurred nothing that was worthy to be mentioned.没有值得一提的事发生。

326 amiable   

adj.和蔼可亲的，友善的，亲切的

参考例句：

• She was a very kind and amiable old woman.她是个善良和气的老太太。
• We have a very amiable companionship.我们之间存在一种友好的关系。

327 pious   

adj.虔诚的；道貌岸然的

参考例句：

• Alexander is a pious follower of the faith.亚历山大是个虔诚的信徒。
• Her mother was a pious Christian.她母亲是一个虔诚的基督教徒。

328 transgressed   

v.超越( transgress的过去式和过去分词 )；越过；违反；违背

参考例句：

• You transgressed against the law. 你犯法了。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• His behavior transgressed the unwritten rules of social conduct. 他的行为违反了不成文的社交规范。 来自辞典例句

329 diligent   

adj.勤勉的，勤奋的

参考例句：

• He is the more diligent of the two boys.他是这两个男孩中较用功的一个。
• She is diligent and keeps herself busy all the time.她真勤快，一会儿也不闲着。

330 repose   

v.(使)休息；n.安息

参考例句：

• Don't disturb her repose.不要打扰她休息。
• Her mouth seemed always to be smiling,even in repose.她的嘴角似乎总是挂着微笑，即使在睡眠时也是这样。

331 retired   

adj.隐退的，退休的，退役的

参考例句：

• The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。
• Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。