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CHAPTER II THE PHANTOM HANDS
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A week later Robert Cairn quitted Oxford1 to take up the newspaper appointment offered to him in London. It may have been due to some mysterious design of a hidden providence2 that Sime 'phoned him early in the week about an unusual case in one of the hospitals.
"Walton is junior house-surgeon there," he said, "and he can arrange for you to see the case. She (the patient) undoubtedly3 died from some rare nervous affection. I have a theory," etc.; the conversation became technical.
Cairn went to the hospital, and by courtesy of Walton, whom he had known at Oxford, was permitted to view the body.
"The symptoms which Sime has got to hear about," explained the surgeon, raising the sheet from the dead woman's face, "are—"
He broke off. Cairn had suddenly exhibited a ghastly pallor; he clutched at Walton for support.
"My God!"
Cairn, still holding on to the other, stooped over the discoloured face. It had been a pretty face when warm life had tinted4 its curves; now it was congested—awful; two heavy discolorations showed, one on either side of the region of the larynx.
"What on earth is wrong with you?" demanded Walton.
"Really! I wish you did! We can't find out anything about her. Have a good look."
"No," said Cairn, mastering himself with an effort—"a chance resemblance, that's all." He wiped the beads6 of perspiration7 from his forehead.
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"You look jolly shaky," commented Walton. "Is she like someone you know very well?"
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Oxford
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n.牛津(英国城市) | |
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providence
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n.深谋远虑,天道,天意;远见;节约;上帝 | |
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adj. 带色彩的 动词tint的过去式和过去分词 | |
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v.喘气( gasp的过去式和过去分词 );喘息;倒抽气;很想要 | |
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mania
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aberration
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longing
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鸟( hover的过去式和过去分词 ); 靠近(某事物); (人)徘徊; 犹豫 | |
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conjectures
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推测,猜想( conjecture的名词复数 ) | |
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frightful
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repel
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shuddered
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scrutiny
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malaria
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relics
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[pl.]n.遗物,遗迹,遗产;遗体,尸骸 | |
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civilisation
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granite
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