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CHAPTER 9. THE BURGLAR’S BRIDE
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The morning after the adventure of the Persian cats, the musk-rats, the common cow, and the uncommon1 burglar, all the children slept till it was ten o’clock; and then it was only Cyril who woke; but he attended to the others, so that by half past ten every one was ready to help to get breakfast. It was shivery cold, and there was but little in the house that was really worth eating.
Robert had arranged a thoughtful little surprise for the absent servants. He had made a neat and delightful2 booby trap over the kitchen door, and as soon as they heard the front door click open and knew the servants had come back, all four children hid in the cupboard under the stairs and listened with delight to the entrance—the tumble, the splash, the scuffle, and the remarks of the servants. They heard the cook say it was a judgement on them for leaving the place to itself; she seemed to think that a booby trap was a kind of plant that was quite likely to grow, all by itself, in a dwelling3 that was left shut up. But the housemaid, more acute, judged that someone must have been in the house—a view confirmed by the sight of the breakfast things on the nursery table.
The cupboard under the stairs was very tight and paraffiny, however, and a silent struggle for a place on top ended in the door bursting open and discharging Jane, who rolled like a football to the feet of the servants.
‘Now,’ said Cyril, firmly, when the cook’s hysterics had become quieter, and the housemaid had time to say what she thought of them, ‘don’t you begin jawing4 us. We aren’t going to stand it. We know too much. You’ll please make an extra special treacle5 roley for dinner, and we’ll have a tinned tongue.’
‘I daresay,’ said the housemaid, indignant, still in her outdoor things and with her hat very much on one side. ‘Don’t you come a-threatening me, Master Cyril, because I won’t stand it, so I tell you. You tell your ma about us being out? Much I care! She’ll be sorry for me when she hears about my dear great-aunt by marriage as brought me up from a child and was a mother to me. She sent for me, she did, she wasn’t expected to last the night, from the
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uncommon
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dwelling
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treacle
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说谎者( liar的名词复数 ) | |
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conceal
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concealment
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ruffling
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flinched
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scotch
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industrious
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growth; economy; management; and customer satisfaction 增长 | |
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perspiration
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squint
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n.探查法v.以鼻吸气,嗅,闻( sniff的现在分词 );抽鼻子(尤指哭泣、患感冒等时出声地用鼻子吸气);抱怨,不以为然地说 | |
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dungeon
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pitcher
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pane
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hoarse
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amazement
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fowl
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inaccurate
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severely
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bind
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hues
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色彩( hue的名词复数 ); 色调; 信仰; 观点 | |
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pensively
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mazed
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迷惘的,困惑的 | |
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maiden
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