Chapter 19 AN EXCITING PLAN
After fifteen minutes they had six towns on their list, all of which could have been reached in abouthalf-an-hour from Big Twillingham, which was two miles away from the Fair.
'And now what do you propose to do, Ju?' asked Dick. 'Bike over to all the towns and ask if anyonehas seen the car?'
'No. We can't possibly do that,' said Julian. 'I'm going down to the garage to see our friend Jim, andget his help! I'm going to ask him to ring up any friends he has in the garages in those towns, and askif they've seen the car passing through.'
'Won't he think it's a bit funny?' asked Anne.
'Yes. But he won't mind how funny it is if we pay the telephone-calls and give him fifty pence for histrouble!' said Julian, folding up the map. 'And what's more he won't ask any questions either. He'llprobably think it's some silly bet we've got on with one another.'
Jim was quite willing to ring up the garages for them. He knew boys working in main garages in fourof the towns, and he knew the hall-porter of a hotel in the fifth town. But he knew no one in the sixth.
'That don't matter!' he said. 'We'll ring up the garage in the High Street there, and just ask whoevercomes to the phone.'
Jim rang up the garage in Hillingford, and had a rather cheeky conversation with his friend there.
He put the receiver down. 'No go,' he said. 'He says no car like that came through Hillingford, or he'dhave noticed it that time of day. I'll ring up Jake at Green's Garage in Lowington now.'
'That's no go, either,' he said, after a minute's telephone conversation. 'I'll try my hall-porter now.
He's a cousin of mine.'
The hall-porter had some news. 'Yes!' Jim kept saying. 'Yes, that's the one! Yes, yes! You heard himsay that, did you? Thanks most awfully¹.'
'What is it?' asked Dick, eagerly, when Jim at last put down the receiver.
'Pat - that's the hall porter - says he was off duty this afternoon, and went to buy some cigarettes at alittle shop in the main street of Graysfield, where his hotel is - and as he stood talking to the fellow inthe shop an enormous car drew up at the kerb - silver-grey, with blue wings - an American car, left-hand drive and all.'
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'Yes - what next?' said Julian, eagerly.
'Well, the driver got out to get some cigarettes at the shop. He had dark glasses on, and a big goldring on his finger - Pat noticed that...'
'That must be the man who asked about us at the tea-shop in Kirrin!' said Julian, remembering.
'Go on, Jim - this is wonderful!'
'Well, Pat's interested in big cars, so he went out and had a good look at it,' said Jim. 'He said the carhad its blinds drawn

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1 awfully
adv.可怕地，非常地，极端地
参考例句：
Agriculture was awfully neglected in the past.过去农业遭到严重忽视。 I've been feeling awfully bad about it.对这我一直感到很难受。

2 drawn
v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的
参考例句：
All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。 Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。

3 admiration
n.钦佩，赞美，羡慕
参考例句：
He was lost in admiration of the beauty of the scene.他对风景之美赞不绝口。 We have a great admiration for the gold medalists.我们对金牌获得者极为敬佩。

4 sergeant
n.警官，中士
参考例句：
His elder brother is a sergeant.他哥哥是个警官。 How many stripes are there on the sleeve of a sergeant?陆军中士的袖子上有多少条纹？

5 decided
adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的
参考例句：
This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。 There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

6 intervals
n.[军事]间隔( interval的名词复数 )；间隔时间；[数学]区间；（戏剧、电影或音乐会的）幕间休息
参考例句：
The forecast said there would be sunny intervals and showers. 预报间晴，有阵雨。 Meetings take place at fortnightly intervals. 每两周开一次会。

7 kidnappers
n.拐子，绑匪( kidnapper的名词复数 )
参考例句：
They were freed yesterday by their kidnappers unharmed. 他们昨天被绑架者释放了，没有受到伤害。 来自《简明英汉词典》 The kidnappers had threatened to behead all four unless their jailed comrades were released. 帮匪们曾经威胁说如果印度方面不释放他们的同伙，他们就要将这四名人质全部斩首。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 winking
n.瞬眼，目语v.使眼色( wink的现在分词 )；递眼色（表示友好或高兴等）；（指光）闪烁；闪亮
参考例句：
Anyone can do it; it's as easy as winking. 这谁都办得到，简直易如反掌。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》 The stars were winking in the clear sky. 星星在明亮的天空中闪烁。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 applied
adj.应用的；v.应用，适用
参考例句：
She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。 This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。

10 looming
n.上现蜃景（光通过低层大气发生异常折射形成的一种海市蜃楼）v.隐约出现，阴森地逼近( loom的现在分词 )；隐约出现，阴森地逼近
参考例句：
The foothills were looming ahead through the haze. 丘陵地带透过薄雾朦胧地出现在眼前。 来自《简明英汉词典》 Then they looked up. Looming above them was Mount Proteome. 接着他们往上看，在其上隐约看到的是蛋白质组山。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 回顾与展望

11 loomed
v.隐约出现，阴森地逼近( loom的过去式和过去分词 )；隐约出现，阴森地逼近
参考例句：
A dark shape loomed up ahead of us. 一个黑糊糊的影子隐隐出现在我们的前面。 The prospect of war loomed large in everyone's mind. 战事将起的庞大阴影占据每个人的心。 来自《简明英汉词典》

12 nervously
adv.神情激动地，不安地
参考例句：
He bit his lip nervously,trying not to cry.他紧张地咬着唇，努力忍着不哭出来。 He paced nervously up and down on the platform.他在站台上情绪不安地走来走去。

13 twig
n.小树枝，嫩枝；v.理解
参考例句：
He heard the sharp crack of a twig.他听到树枝清脆的断裂声。 The sharp sound of a twig snapping scared the badger away.细枝突然折断的刺耳声把獾惊跑了。

14 jitters
n.pl.紧张(通常前面要有the)
参考例句：
I always get the jitters before exams. 我考试前总是很紧张。 The whole city had the jitters from the bombing. 全城居民都为轰炸而心神不宁。

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