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The dog, like the horse, abases1 the base. Being base, Waiter Merritt Emory was abased2 by his desire for the possession of Michael. Had there been no Michael, his conduct would have been quite different. He would have dealt with Daughtry as Daughtry had described, as between white men. He would have warned Daughtry of his disease and enabled him to take ship to the South Seas or to Japan, or to other countries where lepers are not segregated3. This would have worked no hardship on those countries, since such was their law and procedure, while it would have enabled Daughtry and Kwaque to escape the hell of the San Francisco pest-house, to which, because of his baseness, he condemned4 them for the rest of their lives.
Furthermore, when the expense of the maintenance of armed guards over the pest-house, day and night, throughout the years, is considered, Walter Merritt Emory could have saved many thousands of dollars to the tax-payers of the city and county of San Francisco, which thousands of dollars, had they been spent otherwise, could have been diverted to the reduction of the notorious crowding in school-rooms, to purer milk for the babies of the poor, or to an increase of breathing-space in the park system for the people of the stifling5 ghetto6. But had Walter Merritt Emory been thus considerate, not only would Daughtry and Kwaque have sailed out and away over the sea, but with them would have sailed Michael.
Never was a reception-roomful of patients rushed through more expeditiously7 than was Doctor Emory’s the moment the door had closed upon the two policemen who brought up Daughtry’s rear. And before he went to his late lunch, Doctor Emory was away in his machine and down into the Barbary Coast to the door of the Bowhead Lodging8
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使谦卑( abase的第三人称单数 ); 使感到羞耻; 使降低(地位、身份等); 降下 | |
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使谦卑( abase的过去式和过去分词 ); 使感到羞耻; 使降低(地位、身份等); 降下 | |
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分开的; 被隔离的 | |
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n.女房东,女地主 | |
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preyer
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monotonous
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adj.单调的,一成不变的,使人厌倦的 | |
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a.不知道的,未意识到的 | |
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a.imminent, about to come or happen | |
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gallant
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adj.英勇的,豪侠的;(向女人)献殷勤的 | |
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frail
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adj.身体虚弱的;易损坏的 | |
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furry
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adj.毛皮的;似毛皮的;毛皮制的 | |
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devour
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v.吞没;贪婪地注视或谛听,贪读;使着迷 | |
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