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CHAPTER IV IN THE NIGHT
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Louis stood hesitant and slightly impatient in the parlour, alone. A dark blue cloth now covered the table, and in the centre of it was a large copper1 jar containing an evergreen2 plant. Of the feast no material trace remained except a few crumbs3 on the floor. But the room was still pervaded4 by the emotional effluence of the perturbed5 souls who had just gone; and Louis felt it, though without understanding.
Throughout the evening he had of course been preoccupied7 by the consciousness of having in his pocket bank-notes to a value unknown. Several times he had sought for a suitable opportunity to disclose his exciting secret. But he had found none. In practice he could not say to his aunt, before Julian and Rachel: "Auntie, I picked up a lot of bank-notes on the landing. You really ought to be more careful!" He could not even in any way refer to them. The dignity of Mrs. Maldon had intimidated8 him. He had decided9, after Julian's announcement of departure, that he would hand them over to her, simply and undramatically and with no triumphant10 air, as soon as he and she should for a moment be alone together. Then Mrs. Maldon vanished upstairs. And she had not returned. Rachel also had vanished. And he was waiting.
He desired to examine the notes, to let his eyes luxuriously11 rest upon them, but he dared not take them from his pocket lest one or other of the silent-footed women might surprise him by a sudden entrance. He fingered them as they lay in their
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exclamation
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innocence
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snobbery
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n.奇迹( marvel的名词复数 );令人惊奇的事物(或事例);不平凡的成果;成就v.惊奇,对…感到惊奇( marvel的第三人称单数 ) | |
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