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CHAPTER XII THE ELIXIR OF RESURRECTION
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Dorothy did not answer. She was still quite absorbed in the strange will of the Marquis. Her companions, their eyes fixed1 on her, seemed to be waiting for her to express an opinion; and since she remained silent, George Earrington, of London, said:
"Not a bad joke. What?"
She shook her head:
"Is it quite certain, cousin, that it is a joke?"
"I don't say that it isn't," said Dorothy, smiling. "The old fellow does seem to me a trifle cracked. Nevertheless the letter he has written to us is certainly authentic3; at the end of two centuries we have come, as he foresaw that we should, to the rendezvous4 he appointed, and above all we are certainly members of the same family."
"I think that we might start embracing all over again, mademoiselle."
"I'm sure, if our ancestor permits it, I shall be charmed," said Dorothy.
"But he does permit it."
"We'll go and ask him."
Maître Delarue protested:
"You'll go without me, mademoiselle. Understand once and for all that I am not going to see whether Jean-Pierre-Augustin de la Roche, Marquis de Beaugreval, is still alive at the age of two hundred and sixty-two years!"
"But he isn't as old as all that, Maître Delarue. We need not count the two hundred years' sleep. Then it's only a matter of sixty-two years; that's quite normal. His friend, Monsieur de Fontenelle, as the Marquis predicted and thanks to an elixir of life, lived to be a hundred."
"In fact you do not believe in it, mademoiselle?"
"No. But all the same there should be something in it."
"What else can there be in it?"
"We shall know presently. But at the moment I confess to my shame that I should like before——"
She paused; and with one accord they cried:
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elixir
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crumbled
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bridle
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pony
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deference
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vigor
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大树枝( bough的名词复数 ) | |
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labors
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nave
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gaping
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equivocation
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confirmation
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groaning
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virgin
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alcove
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tapestry
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distress
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skull
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phantom
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