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CHAPTER 13 Second Visitor
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CHAPTER 13 Second Visitor
At the sight of Mrs. Oliver, Major Despard looked slightly taken aback. Under his tan his face flushed a rich brick-red, Embarrassment1 made him jerky. He made for Anne.
"I apologise, Miss Meredith," he said. "Been ringing your bell. Nothing happened. Was passing this way. Thought I might just look you up,""I'm so sorry you've been ringing," said Anne. "We haven't got a maid---only awoman who comes in the mornings." She introduced him to Rhoda. Rhoda said briskly:
"Let's have some tea. It's getting chilly2. We'd better go in."They all went into the house. Rhoda disappeared into the kitchen. Mrs. Oliversaid:
"This is quite a coincidence--our all meeting here."Despard said slowly, "Yes."
His eyes rested on her thoughtfully--appraising eyes.
"I've been telling Miss Meredith," said Mrs. Oliver, who was thoroughly3 enjoying herself, "that we ought to have a Plan of campaign. About the murder, Imean. Of course, that doctor did it. Don't you agree with me?""Couldn't say. Very little to go on."
Mrs. Oliver put on her "How like a man!" expression.
A certain air of constraint4 had settled over the three. Mrs. Oliver sensed it quickly enough. When Rhoda brought in tea she rose and said she must be getting back to town. No, it was ever so kind of them, but she wouldn't have any tea. "I'm going to leave you my card," she said. "Here it is, with my address on it. Come and see me when you come up to town, and we'll talk everything over and see if we can't think of something ingenious to get to the bottom of things." "I'll come out to the gate with you," said Rhoda. Just as they were walking down the path to the front gate, Anne Meredith ran out of the house and overtook them. "I've been thinking things over," she said. Her pale face looked unusually resolute5. "Yes, my dear?" "It's extraordinarily6 kind of you, Mrs. Oliver, to have taken all this trouble. But I'd really rather not do anything at all. I mean--it was all so horrible. I just want to forget about it." "My dear child, the question is, will you be allowed to forget about it?" "Oh, I quite understand that the police won't let it drop. They'll probably come here and ask me a lot more questions. I'm prepared for that. But
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1 embarrassment | |
n.尴尬;使人为难的人(事物);障碍;窘迫 | |
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2 chilly | |
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3 thoroughly | |
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n.(on)约束,限制;限制(或约束)性的事物 | |
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6 extraordinarily | |
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7 privately | |
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10 interfering | |
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13 butted | |
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15 superintendent | |
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16 liking | |
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17 gallant | |
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18 devoted | |
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19 courteously | |
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20 peculiar | |
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21 frankly | |
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22 solicitor | |
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24 awfully | |
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25 inevitable | |
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26 impulsively | |
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27 killing | |
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29 touchingly | |
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31 hysterical | |
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34 remarkable | |
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35 instinctive | |
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36 perfectly | |
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37 justification | |
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38 dwindled | |
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39 pals | |
n.朋友( pal的名词复数 );老兄;小子;(对男子的不友好的称呼)家伙 | |
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40 softened | |
(使)变软( soften的过去式和过去分词 ); 缓解打击; 缓和; 安慰 | |
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41 purely | |
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42 disinterested | |
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43 toddling | |
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