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CHAPTER XXVII THE THUG'S CORD
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As Robert Cairn hung up the receiver and found himself cut off again from the outer world, he realised, with terror beyond his control, how in this quiet backwater, so near to the main stream, he yet was far from human companionship.
He recalled a night when, amid such a silence as this which now prevailed about him, he had been made the subject of an uncanny demonstration1; how his sanity2, his life, had been attacked; how he had fled from the crowding horrors which had been massed against him by his supernaturally endowed enemy.
There was something very terrifying in the quietude of the court—a quietude which to others might have spelt peace, but which, to Robert Cairn, spelled menace. That Ferrara's device was aimed at his freedom, that his design was intended to lead to the detention3 of his enemy whilst he directed his activities in other directions, seemed plausible4, if inadequate5. The carefully planned incident at the Museum whereby the constable7 had become possessed8 of Cairn's card; the distinct possibility that a detective might knock upon his door at any moment—with the inevitable9 result of his detention pending10 inquiries—formed a chain which had seemed complete, save that Antony Ferrara, was the schemer. For another to have compassed so much, would have been a notable victory; for Ferrara, such a victory would be trivial.
What then, did it mean? His father had told him, and the uncanny events of the evening stood evidence of Dr. Cairn's wisdom. The mysterious and evil force which Antony Ferrara controlled was being focussed upon him!
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demonstration
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n.表明,示范,论证,示威 | |
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peril
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perspiration
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phantom
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taut
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bent
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mighty
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v.猛投,用力掷( hurl的过去式和过去分词 );大声叫骂 | |
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latch
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brass
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collapsed
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inflamed
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