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SEVENTEEN, EIGHTEEN, MAIDS IN WAITING 1
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SEVENTEEN, EIGHTEEN, MAIDS IN WAITING
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On the following day Hercule Poirot spent some hours with a theatrical1 agent of his acquaintance.
In the afternoon he went to Oxford2. On the day after that he drove down to the country—it was
late when he returned.
He had telephoned before he left to make an appointment with Mr. Alistair Blunt for that same
evening.
It was half past nine when he reached the Gothic House.
Alistair Blunt was alone in his library when Poirot was shown in.
He looked an eager question at his visitor as he shook hands.
He said:
“Well?”
Slowly, Hercule Poirot nodded his head.
Blunt looked at him in almost incredulous appreciation4.
“Have you found her?”
“Yes. Yes, I have found her.”
He sat down. And he sighed.
Alistair Blunt said:
“You are tired?”
“Yes. I am tired. And it is not pretty—what I have to tell you.”
Blunt said:
“Is she dead?”
“That depends,” said Hercule Poirot slowly, “on how you like to look at it.”
Blunt frowned.
He said:
“My dear man, a person must be dead or alive. Miss Sainsbury Seale must be one or the other!”
“Ah, but who is Miss Sainsbury Seale?”
Alistair Blunt said:
“You don’t mean that—that there isn’t any such person?”
“Oh no, no. There was such a person. She lived in Calcutta. She taught elocution. She busied
herself with good works. She came to England in the Maharanah—the same boat in which Mr.
Amberiotis travelled. Although they were not in the same class, he helped her over something—
some fuss about her luggage. He was, it would seem, a kindly5 man in little ways. And sometimes,
M. Blunt, kindness is repaid in an unexpected fashion. It was so, you know, with M. Amberiotis.
He chanced to meet the lady again in the streets of London. He was feeling expansive, he good-
naturedly invited her to lunch with him at the Savoy. An unexpected treat for her. And an
unexpected windfall for M. Amberiotis! For his kindness was not premeditated—he had no idea
that this faded,
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1 theatrical | |
adj.剧场的,演戏的;做戏似的,做作的 | |
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2 Oxford | |
n.牛津(英国城市) | |
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3 credulous | |
adj.轻信的,易信的 | |
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4 appreciation | |
n.评价;欣赏;感谢;领会,理解;价格上涨 | |
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5 kindly | |
adj.和蔼的,温和的,爽快的;adv.温和地,亲切地 | |
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6 middle-aged | |
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7 buckled | |
a. 有带扣的 | |
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8 buckle | |
n.扣子,带扣;v.把...扣住,由于压力而弯曲 | |
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9 descend | |
vt./vi.传下来,下来,下降 | |
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10 chic | |
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11 frankly | |
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12 descended | |
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13 wrenched | |
v.(猛力地)扭( wrench的过去式和过去分词 );扭伤;使感到痛苦;使悲痛 | |
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14 inspector | |
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15 mansions | |
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16 omen | |
n.征兆,预兆;vt.预示 | |
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17 rosy | |
adj.美好的,乐观的,玫瑰色的 | |
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18 deliberately | |
adv.审慎地;蓄意地;故意地 | |
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19 tangle | |
n.纠缠;缠结;混乱;v.(使)缠绕;变乱 | |
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20 impatience | |
n.不耐烦,急躁 | |
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21 testimony | |
n.证词;见证,证明 | |
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22 depicted | |
描绘,描画( depict的过去式和过去分词 ); 描述 | |
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23 conscientious | |
adj.审慎正直的,认真的,本着良心的 | |
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24 apparently | |
adv.显然地;表面上,似乎 | |
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25 accosted | |
v.走过去跟…讲话( accost的过去式和过去分词 );跟…搭讪;(乞丐等)上前向…乞讨;(妓女等)勾搭 | |
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26 amiable | |
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27 accomplice | |
n.从犯,帮凶,同谋 | |
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28 perfectly | |
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29 bribe | |
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30 awakening | |
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31 glimmering | |
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32 retired | |
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33 insignificant | |
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34 killing | |
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35 supreme | |
adj.极度的,最重要的;至高的,最高的 | |
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36 purported | |
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37 inevitably | |
adv.不可避免地;必然发生地 | |
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38 prudently | |
adv. 谨慎地,慎重地 | |
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39 psalm | |
n.赞美诗,圣诗 | |
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40 spoke | |
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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41 snare | |
n.陷阱,诱惑,圈套;(去除息肉或者肿瘤的)勒除器;响弦,小军鼓;vt.以陷阱捕获,诱惑 | |
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42 dual | |
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43 riddle | |
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44 vouched | |
v.保证( vouch的过去式和过去分词 );担保;确定;确定地说 | |
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45 reconstruction | |
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46 buckles | |
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47 brutally | |
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48 unduly | |
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49 vista | |
n.远景,深景,展望,回想 | |
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50 acquiesced | |
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51 tiresome | |
adj.令人疲劳的,令人厌倦的 | |
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52 babbled | |
v.喋喋不休( babble的过去式和过去分词 );作潺潺声(如流水);含糊不清地说话;泄漏秘密 | |
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53 uncommon | |
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54 espionage | |
n.间谍行为,谍报活动 | |
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55 blackmailer | |
敲诈者,勒索者 | |
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56 dealing | |
n.经商方法,待人态度 | |
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57 buzzer | |
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58 linen | |
n.亚麻布,亚麻线,亚麻制品;adj.亚麻布制的,亚麻的 | |
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59 applied | |
adj.应用的;v.应用,适用 | |
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60 makeup | |
n.组织;性格;化装品 | |
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61 sterilizer | |
n.消毒者,消毒器 | |
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62 alas | |
int.唉(表示悲伤、忧愁、恐惧等) | |
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63 scapegoat | |
n.替罪的羔羊,替人顶罪者;v.使…成为替罪羊 | |
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64 steadily | |
adv.稳定地;不变地;持续地 | |
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65 intonation | |
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66 laurels | |
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67 enjoyment | |
n.乐趣;享有;享用 | |
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68 acting | |
n.演戏,行为,假装;adj.代理的,临时的,演出用的 | |
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69 royalty | |
n.皇家,皇族 | |
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70 consort | |
v.相伴;结交 | |
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71 supremely | |
adv.无上地,崇高地 | |
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72 repertoire | |
n.(准备好演出的)节目,保留剧目;(计算机的)指令表,指令系统, <美>(某个人的)全部技能;清单,指令表 | |
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73 secrecy | |
n.秘密,保密,隐蔽 | |
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74 solvent | |
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75 grumble | |
vi.抱怨;咕哝;n.抱怨,牢骚;咕哝,隆隆声 | |
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76 blackmailing | |
胁迫,尤指以透露他人不体面行为相威胁以勒索钱财( blackmail的现在分词 ) | |
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77 rogue | |
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78 decided | |
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79 pricks | |
刺痛( prick的名词复数 ); 刺孔; 刺痕; 植物的刺 | |
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80 sanity | |
n.心智健全,神智正常,判断正确 | |
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81 axe | |
n.斧子;v.用斧头砍,削减 | |
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82 crook | |
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