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CHAPTER VII. Christmastide
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Everything depended on whether the servant was in the hall. I had put Stumm to sleep for a bit, but I couldn’t flatter myself he would long be quiet, and when he came to he would kick the locked door to matchwood. I must get out of the house without a minute’s delay, and if the door was shut and the old man gone to bed I was done.
I met him at the foot of the stairs, carrying a candle.
“Your master wants me to send off an important telegram. Where is the nearest office? There’s one in the village, isn’t there?” I spoke1 in my best German, the first time I had used the tongue since I crossed the frontier.
“The village is five minutes off at the foot of the avenue,” he said. “Will you be long, sir?”
“I’ll be back in a quarter of an hour,” I said. “Don’t lock up till I get in.”
I put on my ulster and walked out into a clear starry2 night. My bag I left lying on a settle in the hall. There was nothing in it to compromise me, but I wished I could have got a toothbrush and some tobacco out of it.
So began one of the craziest escapades you can well imagine. I couldn’t stop to think of the future yet, but must take one step at a time. I ran down the avenue, my feet cracking on the hard snow, planning hard my programme for the next hour.
I found the village—half a dozen houses with one biggish place that looked like an inn. The moon was rising, and as I approached I saw that there was some kind of a store. A funny little two-seated car was purring before the door, and I guessed this was also the telegraph office.
I marched in and told my story to a stout3 woman with spectacles on her nose who was talking to a young man.
“It is too late,” she shook her head. “The Herr Burgrave knows that well. There is no connection from here after eight o’clock. If the matter is urgent you must go to Schwandorf.”
“How far is that?” I asked, looking for some excuse to get decently out of the shop.
“Seven miles,” she said, “but here is Franz and the post-wagon
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spoke
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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 | |
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folly
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amiable
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scrambled
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dwelling
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antiquated
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mischief
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bonnet
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jaw
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sling
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bluff
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wring
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acting
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chauffeur
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tangle
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consternation
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scouring
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擦[洗]净,冲刷,洗涤 | |
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entangled
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adj.卷入的;陷入的;被缠住的;缠在一起的v.使某人(某物/自己)缠绕,纠缠于(某物中),使某人(自己)陷入(困难或复杂的环境中)( entangle的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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uncommon
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espionage
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cape
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spire
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banking
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n.银行业,银行学,金融业 | |
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sardines
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n. 沙丁鱼 | |
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capes
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belongings
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chattering
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marrow
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wrack
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basking
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turquoise
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scented
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trek
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sniffed
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v.以鼻吸气,嗅,闻( sniff的过去式和过去分词 );抽鼻子(尤指哭泣、患感冒等时出声地用鼻子吸气);抱怨,不以为然地说 | |
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dismal
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miserably
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depressed
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numbed
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hatred
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avenge
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civilized
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legacy
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battalion
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bouts
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sentries
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gust
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darted
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twilight
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scantily
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hearth
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