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WHAT BEFELL Mr. PICKWICK WHEN HE GOTINTO THE FLEET; WHAT PRISONERS HE SAWTHERE, AND HOW HE PASSED THE NIGHTr. Tom Roker, the gentleman who had accompanied Mr.
Pickwick into the prison, turned sharp round to theright when he got to the bottom of the little flight ofsteps, and led the way, through an iron gate which stood open, andup another short flight of steps, into a long narrow gallery, dirtyand low, paved with stone, and very dimly lighted by a window ateach remote end.
‘This,’ said the gentleman, thrusting his hands into his pockets,and looking carelessly over his shoulder to Mr. Pickwick―‘thishere is the hall flight.’
‘Oh,’ replied Mr. Pickwick, looking down a dark and filthystaircase, which appeared to lead to a range of damp and gloomystone vaults1, beneath the ground, ‘and those, I suppose, are thelittle cellars where the prisoners keep their small quantities ofcoals. Unpleasant places to have to go down to; but veryconvenient, I dare say.’
‘Yes, I shouldn’t wonder if they was convenient,’ replied thegentleman, ‘seeing that a few people live there, pretty snug2. That’sthe Fair, that is.’
‘My friend,’ said Mr. Pickwick, ‘you don’t really mean to saythat human beings live down in those wretched dungeons3?’
‘Don’t I?’ replied Mr. Roker, with indignant astonishment4; ‘whyshouldn’t I?’
‘Live!―live down there!’ exclaimed Mr. Pickwick.
‘Live down there! Yes, and die down there, too, very often!’
replied Mr. Roker; ‘and what of that? Who’s got to say anythingagin it? Live down there! Yes, and a wery good place it is to live in,ain’t it?’
As Roker turned somewhat fiercely upon Mr. Pickwick insaying this, and moreover muttered in an excited fashion certainunpleasant invocations concerning his own eyes, limbs, andcirculating fluids, the latter gentleman deemed it advisable topursue the discourse5 no further. Mr. Roker then proceeded tomount another staircase, as dirty as that which led to the placewhich has just been the subject of discussion, in which

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n.拱顶( vault的名词复数 );地下室;撑物跳高;墓穴 | |
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(使)窒息, (使)透不过气( smother的过去式和过去分词 ); 覆盖; 忍住; 抑制 | |
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n.(声音大而持续或重复的)洪亮的响声( peal的名词复数 );隆隆声;洪亮的钟声;钟乐v.(使)(钟等)鸣响,(雷等)发出隆隆声( peal的第三人称单数 ) | |
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