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Chapter Six.
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Wealth pays a Visit to Poverty.
It was an interesting sight to watch police-constable Number 666 as he went through the performance of his arduous1 duties that day at the Regent Circus in Oxford2 Street.
To those who are unacquainted with London, it may be necessary to remark that this circus is one of those great centres of traffic where two main arteries3 cross and tend to cause so much obstruction4, that complete stoppages would become frequent were it not for the admirable management of the several members of the police force who are stationed there to keep order. The “Oxford Circus,” as it is sometimes called, is by no means the largest or most crowded of such crossings, nevertheless the tide of traffic is sufficiently5 strong and continuous there to require several police-constables on constant duty. When men are detailed6 for such “Fixed-Point” duty they go on it for a month at a time, and have different hours from the other men, namely, from nine in the morning till five in the afternoon.
We have said it was interesting to watch our big hero, Number 666, in the performance of his arduous duties. He occupied the crossing on the city side of the circus.
It was a magnificent afternoon, and all the metropolitan7 butterflies were out. Busses flowed on in a continuous stream, looking like big bullies8 who incline to use their weight and strength to crush through all obstruction. The drivers of these were for the most part wise men, and restrained themselves and their steeds. In one or two instances, where the drivers were unwise, a glance from the bright eye of Giles Scott was quite sufficient to keep all right.
And Giles could only afford to bestow
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铜( copper的名词复数 ); 铜币 | |
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pathos
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condescension
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