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CHAPTER VIII
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Late that evening, I was surprised at my lodgings1 by a visit from Mr. Bruff.
There was a noticeable change in the lawyer’s manner. It had lost its usual confidence and spirit. He shook hands with me, for the first time in his life, in silence.
“Are you going back to Hampstead?” I asked, by way of saying something.
“I have just left Hampstead,” he answered. “I know, Mr. Franklin, that you have got at the truth at last. But, I tell you plainly, if I could have foreseen the price that was to be paid for it, I should have preferred leaving you in the dark.”
“You have seen Rachel?”
“I have come here after taking her back to Portland Place; it was impossible to let her return in the carriage by herself. I can hardly hold you responsible—considering that you saw her in my house and by my permission—for the shock that this unlucky interview has inflicted2 on her. All I can do is to provide against a repetition of the mischief3. She is young—she has a resolute4 spirit—she will get over this, with time and rest to help her. I want to be assured that you will do nothing to hinder her recovery. May I depend on your making no second attempt to see her—except with my sanction and approval?”
“After what she has suffered, and after what I have suffered,” I said, “you may rely on me.”
“I have your promise?”
“You have my promise.”
Mr. Bruff looked relieved. He put down his hat, and drew his chair nearer to mine.
“That’s settled!” he said. “Now, about the future—your future, I mean. To my mind, the result of the extraordinary turn which the matter has now taken is briefly5 this. In the first place, we are sure that Rachel has told you the whole truth, as plainly as words can tell it. In the second place—though we know that there must be some dreadful mistake somewhere—we can hardly blame her for believing you to be guilty, on the evidence of her own senses; backed, as that evidence has been, by circumstances which appear, on the face of them, to tell dead against you.”
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inquiry
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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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philosophical
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perfectly
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elucidation
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memorable
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unintelligible
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accurately
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adj.不足的,不充份的,有缺陷的 | |
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recollect
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v.回忆,想起,记起,忆起,记得 | |
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contemplated
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adj. 预期的 动词contemplate的过去分词形式 | |
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proceeding
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investigation
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n.调查,调查研究 | |
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obstinately
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ad.固执地,顽固地 | |
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contrived
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previously
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withdrawal
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n.取回,提款;撤退,撤军;收回,撤销 | |
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prospered
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成功,兴旺( prosper的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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pecuniary
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adj.金钱的;金钱上的 | |
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meritorious
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adj.值得赞赏的 | |
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legacy
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n.遗产,遗赠;先人(或过去)留下的东西 | |
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respite
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fatality
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depressed
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prospect
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peculiarities
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(人)喋喋不休( chatter的过去式 ); 唠叨; (牙齿)打战; (机器)震颤 | |
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