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Chapter 10 AN ANGRY POLICEMAN AND A FINE LUNCH
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Chapter 10 AN ANGRY POLICEMAN AND A FINE LUNCH
There was a police-station at Reebles, a small one with a house for the policeman attached. As theone policeman had four villages under his control he felt himself to be rather an important 39fellow.
He was in his house having his dinner when the children walked up to the police-station. They foundnobody there, and walked out again. The policeman had seen them from his window and he cameout, wiping his mouth. He wasn't very pleased at having to come out in the middle of a nice meal ofsausage and onions.
'What do you want?' he said, suspiciously. He didn't like children of any sort. Nasty little things, hethought them - always full of mischief1 and cheek. He didn't know which were worse, the small onesor the big ones!
Julian spoke2 to him politely. 'We've come to report something rather strange, which we thoughtperhaps the police ought to know. It might help them to catch the prisoner who escaped last night.'
'Ha!' said the policeman scornfully. 'You've seen him too, I suppose? You wouldn't believe howmany people have seen him. 'Cording to them he's been in every part of the moor3 at one and the sametime. Clever fellow he must be to split himself up like that.'
'Well, one of us saw him last night,' said Julian politely. 'At least, we think it must have been him. Hegave a message to my brother here.'
'Ho, he did, did he?' said the policeman, eyeing Dick in a most disbelieving manner. 'So he runs aboutgiving messages to school-boys, does he? And what message did he give you, may I ask?'
The message sounded extremely silly when Dick repeated it to the police. 'Two-Trees. GloomyWater. Saucy4 Jane. And Maggie knows.'
'Really?' said the policeman, in a sarcastic5 voice. 'Maggie knows as well, does she? Well, you tellMaggie to come along here and tell me too. I'd like to meet Maggie - specially6 if she's a friend ofyours.'
'She's not,' said Dick feeling annoyed. 'That was in the message. I don't know who Maggie is!
How should I? We thought perhaps the police could
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1 mischief | |
n.损害,伤害,危害;恶作剧,捣蛋,胡闹 | |
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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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3 moor | |
n.荒野,沼泽;vt.(使)停泊;vi.停泊 | |
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4 saucy | |
adj.无礼的;俊俏的;活泼的 | |
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5 sarcastic | |
adj.讥讽的,讽刺的,嘲弄的 | |
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6 specially | |
adv.特定地;特殊地;明确地 | |
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7 unravel | |
v.弄清楚(秘密);拆开,解开,松开 | |
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8 crooked | |
adj.弯曲的;不诚实的,狡猾的,不正当的 | |
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9 smirk | |
n.得意地笑;v.傻笑;假笑着说 | |
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10 aggravating | |
adj.恼人的,讨厌的 | |
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11 scattering | |
n.[物]散射;散乱,分散;在媒介质中的散播adj.散乱的;分散在不同范围的;广泛扩散的;(选票)数量分散的v.散射(scatter的ing形式);散布;驱散 | |
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12 severely | |
adv.严格地;严厉地;非常恶劣地 | |
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13 peculiar | |
adj.古怪的,异常的;特殊的,特有的 | |
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14 horrid | |
adj.可怕的;令人惊恐的;恐怖的;极讨厌的 | |
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15 pointed | |
adj.尖的,直截了当的 | |
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16 growled | |
v.(动物)发狺狺声, (雷)作隆隆声( growl的过去式和过去分词 );低声咆哮着说 | |
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17 growl | |
v.(狗等)嗥叫,(炮等)轰鸣;n.嗥叫,轰鸣 | |
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18 growling | |
n.吠声, 咆哮声 v.怒吠, 咆哮, 吼 | |
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19 sniffed | |
v.以鼻吸气,嗅,闻( sniff的过去式和过去分词 );抽鼻子(尤指哭泣、患感冒等时出声地用鼻子吸气);抱怨,不以为然地说 | |
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20 determined | |
adj.坚定的;有决心的 | |
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21 moors | |
v.停泊,系泊(船只)( moor的第三人称单数 ) | |
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