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AVING finished his reading, M. Bergeret folded up his manuscript and put it in his pocket. M. Mazure, M. Paillot, and M. de Terremondre nodded three times in silence.
Then the last-named placed a hand on Bergeret’s shoulder:
“What you have just read to us, my dear sir,” said he, “is truly?…”
At this moment Léon flung himself into the shop and exclaimed with a mixture of excitement and importance:
“Madame Houssieu has just been found strangled in her bed.”
“How extraordinary!” said M. de Terremondre.
“From the state of the body,” added Léon, “it is believed that death took place three days ago.”
“Then,” remarked M. Mazure, the archivist, “that would make it Saturday that the crime was committed.”
Paillot, the bookseller, who had remained silent196 up till now, with his mouth wide open out of deference1 to death, now began to collect his thoughts.
“On Saturday, about five o’clock in the afternoon, I plainly heard stifled2 cries and the heavy thud produced by the fall of a body. I even said to these gentlemen” (he turned towards M. de Terremondre and M. Bergeret) “that something extraordinary was going on in Queen Marguerite’s house.”
No one supported the claim that the bookseller was making that he alone, by the keenness of his senses and the penetration3 of his mind, had suspected the deed at the moment when it was taking place.
After a respectful silence, Paillot began again:
“During the night between Saturday and Sunday I said to Madame Paillot: ‘There isn’t a sound from Queen Marguerite’s house.’”
M. Mazure asked the age of the victim. Paillot replied that Madame Houssieu was between seventy-nine and eighty years of age, that she had been a widow fifty years, that she owned landed property, stocks and shares, and a large sum of money, but that, being miserly and eccentric, she kept no servant, and cooked her victuals4
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deference
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n.穿透,穿人,渗透 | |
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手持着使用(武器、工具等)( wield的过去式和过去分词 ); 具有; 运用(权力); 施加(影响) | |
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prosecutor
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shutters
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delicacy
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v.颠簸( plunge的过去式和过去分词 );暴跌;骤降;突降 | |
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murmur
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unanimity
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n.全体一致,一致同意 | |
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condemnation
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n.谴责; 定罪 | |
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n.爱好,癖好;adj.弯的;决心的,一心的 | |
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savages
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未开化的人,野蛮人( savage的名词复数 ) | |
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adj.悲剧的,悲剧性的,悲惨的 | |
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tapestry
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n.挂毯,丰富多采的画面 | |
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munificence
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n.宽宏大量,慷慨给与 | |
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inscriptions
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(作者)题词( inscription的名词复数 ); 献词; 碑文; 证劵持有人的登记 | |
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n.掌故,趣闻,轶事( anecdote的名词复数 ) | |
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depreciating
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v.贬值,跌价,减价( depreciate的现在分词 );贬低,蔑视,轻视 | |
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adj.令人垂涎的;垂涎的,梦寐以求的v.贪求,觊觎(covet的过去分词);垂涎;贪图 | |
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小薄片( flake的名词复数 ); (尤指)碎片; 雪花; 古怪的人 | |
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magistrates
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地方法官,治安官( magistrate的名词复数 ) | |
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magistrate
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n.地方行政官,地方法官,治安官 | |
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entangled
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adj.卷入的;陷入的;被缠住的;缠在一起的v.使某人(某物/自己)缠绕,纠缠于(某物中),使某人(自己)陷入(困难或复杂的环境中)( entangle的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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impeded
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阻碍,妨碍,阻止( impede的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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withered
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adj. 枯萎的,干瘪的,(人身体的部分器官)因病萎缩的或未发育良好的 动词wither的过去式和过去分词形式 | |
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v.脱去,(尤指)脱帽( doff的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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retired
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cane
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disciple
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n.亚麻布,亚麻线,亚麻制品;adj.亚麻布制的,亚麻的 | |
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conscientiousness
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