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TELLSON'S BANK, established in the Saint Germain Quarter of Paris, was in a wing of a large house, approached by a court-yard and shut off from the street by a high wall and a strong gate. The house belonged to a great nobleman who had lived in it until he made a flight from the troubles, in his own cook's dress, and got across the borders. A mere1 beast of the chase flying from hunters, he was still in his metempsychosis no other than the same Monseigneur, the preparation of whose chocolate for whose lips had once occupied three strong men besides the cook in question.
Monseigneur gone, and the three strong men absolving2 themselves from the sin of having drawn3 his high wages, by being more than ready and willing to cut his throat on the altar of the dawning Republic one and indivisible of Liberty, Equality, Fraternity, or Death, Monseigneur's house had been first sequestrated, and then confiscated4. For, all things moved so fast, and decree followed decree with that fierce precipitation, that now upon the third night of the autumn month of September, patriot5 emissaries of the law were in possession of Monseigneur's house, and had marked it with the tricolour, and were drinking
brandy in its state apartments.
A place of business in London like Tellson's place of business in Paris, would soon have driven the House out of its mind and into the Gazette. For, what would staid British responsibility and respectability have said to orange-trees in boxes in a Bank court-yard, and even to a Cupid over the counter? Yet such things were. Tellson's had whitewashed6 the Cupid, but he was still to be seen on the ceiling, in the coolest linen7, aiming (as he very often does) at money from morning to night. Bankruptcy8 must inevitably
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mere
adj.纯粹的;仅仅,只不过
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absolving
宣告…无罪,赦免…的罪行,宽恕…的罪行( absolve的现在分词 ); 不受责难,免除责任 [义务] ,开脱(罪责)
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drawn
v.拖,拉,拔出;adj.憔悴的,紧张的
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confiscated
没收,充公( confiscate的过去式和过去分词 )
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patriot
n.爱国者,爱国主义者
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whitewashed
粉饰,美化,掩饰( whitewash的过去式和过去分词 )
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linen
n.亚麻布,亚麻线,亚麻制品;adj.亚麻布制的,亚麻的
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bankruptcy
n.破产;无偿付能力
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inevitably
adv.不可避免地;必然发生地
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alcove
n.凹室
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immortal
adj.不朽的;永生的,不死的;神的
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provocation
n.激怒,刺激,挑拨,挑衅的事物,激怒的原因
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tarnish
n.晦暗,污点;vt.使失去光泽;玷污
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rusted
v.(使)生锈( rust的过去式和过去分词 )
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blighted
adj.枯萎的,摧毁的
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prematurely
adv.过早地,贸然地
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courageous
adj.勇敢的,有胆量的
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fidelity
n.忠诚,忠实;精确
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derived
vi.起源;由来;衍生;导出v.得到( derive的过去式和过去分词 );(从…中)得到获得;源于;(从…中)提取
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patriotic
adj.爱国的,有爱国心的
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colonnade
n.柱廊
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standing
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
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flaring
a.火焰摇曳的,过份艳丽的
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retired
adj.隐退的,退休的,退役的
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weird
adj.古怪的,离奇的;怪诞的,神秘而可怕的
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dread
vt.担忧,忧虑;惧怕,不敢;n.担忧,畏惧
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awaken
vi.醒,觉醒;vt.唤醒,使觉醒,唤起,激起
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amazement
n.惊奇,惊讶
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intensified
v.(使)增强, (使)加剧( intensify的过去式和过去分词 )
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fixed
adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的
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imploringly
adv. 恳求地, 哀求地
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generosity
n.大度,慷慨,慷慨的行为
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throng
n.人群,群众;v.拥挤,群集
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savages
未开化的人,野蛮人( savage的名词复数 )
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hideous
adj.丑陋的,可憎的,可怕的,恐怖的
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countenances
n.面容( countenance的名词复数 );表情;镇静;道义支持
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bloody
adj.非常的的;流血的;残忍的;adv.很;vt.血染
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awry
adj.扭曲的,错的
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gore
n.凝血,血污;v.(动物)用角撞伤,用牙刺破;缝以补裆;顶
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smear
v.涂抹;诽谤,玷污;n.污点;诽谤,污蔑
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hatchets
n.短柄小斧( hatchet的名词复数 );恶毒攻击;诽谤;休战
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hacked
生气
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frantic
adj.狂乱的,错乱的,激昂的
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hue
n.色度;色调;样子
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frenzied
a.激怒的;疯狂的
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beholder
n.观看者,旁观者
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petrify
vt.使发呆;使…变成化石
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regained
复得( regain的过去式和过去分词 ); 赢回; 重回; 复至某地
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remarkable
adj.显著的,异常的,非凡的,值得注意的
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murmur
n.低语,低声的怨言;v.低语,低声而言
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unintelligible
adj.无法了解的,难解的,莫明其妙的
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stupor
v.昏迷;不省人事
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slain
杀死,宰杀,杀戮( slay的过去分词 ); (slay的过去分词)
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descried
adj.被注意到的,被发现的,被看到的
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lesser
adj.次要的,较小的;adv.较小地,较少地