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CHAPTER XXVIII THE HIGH PRIEST, HORTOTEF
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The breakfast-room of Dr. Cairn's house in Half-Moon Street presented a cheery appearance, and this despite the gloom of the morning; for thunderous clouds hung low in the sky, and there were distant mutterings ominous1 of a brewing2 storm.
Robert Cairn stood looking out of the window. He was thinking of an afternoon at Oxford3, when, to such an accompaniment as this, he had witnessed the first scene in the drama of evil wherein the man called Antony Ferrara sustained the leading rôle.
That the denouément was at any moment to be anticipated, his reason told him; and some instinct that was not of his reason forewarned him, too, that he and his father, Dr. Cairn, were now upon the eve of that final, decisive struggle which should determine the triumph of good over evil—or of evil over good. Already the doctor's house was invested by the uncanny forces marshalled by Antony Ferrara against them. The distinguished4 patients, who daily flocked to the consulting-room of the celebrated5 specialist, who witnessed his perfect self-possession and took comfort from his confidence, knowing it for the confidence of strength, little suspected that a greater ill than any flesh is heir to, assailed6 the doctor to whom they came for healing.
A menace, dreadful and unnatural7, hung over that home as now the thunder clouds hung over it. This well-ordered household, so modern, so typical of twentieth century culture and refinement9, presented none of the appearances of a beleaguered10 garrison
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adj.不祥的,不吉的,预兆的,预示的 | |
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n. 酿造, 一次酿造的量 动词brew的现在分词形式 | |
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Oxford
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n.牛津(英国城市) | |
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distinguished
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celebrated
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refinement
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beleaguered
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garrison
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fortress
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peal
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portent
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malignant
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tempting
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a.诱人的, 吸引人的 | |
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contented
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proprieties
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pro
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dictated
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v.大声讲或读( dictate的过去式和过去分词 );口授;支配;摆布 | |
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imperative
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prudish
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decided
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feudal
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adj.封建的,封地的,领地的 | |
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baron
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n.男爵;(商业界等)巨头,大王 | |
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formerly
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longing
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inquiry
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n.打听,询问,调查,查问 | |
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v.战栗( shudder的过去式和过去分词 );发抖;(机器、车辆等)突然震动;颤动 | |
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fixed
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frightful
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apparently
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luminous
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entirely
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ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地 | |
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copper
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saluting
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v.欢迎,致敬( salute的现在分词 );赞扬,赞颂 | |
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ferocious
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adj.凶猛的,残暴的,极度的,十分强烈的 | |
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pointed
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abruptly
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outrageous
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determined
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doctrine
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n.教义;主义;学说 | |
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dealing
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terminology
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condemned
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sane
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persistently
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ad.坚持地;固执地 | |
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condescend
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v.俯就,屈尊;堕落,丢丑 | |
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phenomena
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stigma
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deliberately
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bent
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imprints
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fiery
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adj.燃烧着的,火红的;暴躁的;激烈的 | |
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casements
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inquiries
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reign
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sinister
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creed
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allied
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corroborative
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adj.确证(性)的,确凿的 | |
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lore
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laborious
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excavations
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chamber
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excavating
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mounds
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papyrus
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perfectly
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feverishly
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groaned
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enchant
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supreme
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diplomacy
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innocence
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