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CHAPTER XXXI THE BOOK OF THOTH
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The mists of early morning still floated over the fields, when these two, set upon strange business, walked through the damp grass to the door of the barn, where-from radiated the deathly waves which on the previous night had reached them, or almost reached them, in the library at Half-Moon Street.
The big double doors were padlocked, but for this they had come provided. Ten minutes work upon the padlock sufficed—and Dr. Cairn swung wide the doors.
A suffocating1 smell—the smell of that incense2 with which they had too often come in contact, was wafted3 out to them. There was a dim light inside the place, and without hesitation4 both entered.
A deal table and chair constituted the sole furniture of the interior. A part of the floor was roughly boarded, and a brief examination of the boarding sufficed to discover the hiding place in which Antony Ferrara kept the utensils5 of his awful art.
Dr. Cairn lifted out two heavy boards; and in a recess6 below lay a number of singular objects. There were four antique lamps of most peculiar7 design; there was a larger silver lamp, which both of them had seen before in various apartments occupied by Antony Ferrara. There were a number of other things which Robert Cairn could not have described, had he been called upon to do so, for the reason that he had seen nothing like them before, and had no idea of their nature or purpose.
But, conspicuous8 amongst this curious hoard9, was a square iron box of workmanship dissimilar from any workmanship known to Robert Cairn. Its lid was covered with a sort of
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a.使人窒息的 | |
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incense
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v.吹送,飘送,(使)浮动( waft的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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n.犹豫,踌躇 | |
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utensils
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器具,用具,器皿( utensil的名词复数 ); 器物 | |
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n.短期休息,壁凹(墙上装架子,柜子等凹处) | |
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n.卷轴,纸卷;(石刻上的)漩涡 | |
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astonishment
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smeared
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弄脏; 玷污; 涂抹; 擦上 | |
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amazement
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hoarse
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demur
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acrid
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adj.辛辣的,尖刻的,刻薄的 | |
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vi.笨拙地用手摸、弄、接等,摸索 | |
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adj.有才艺的;有造诣的;达到了的 | |
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charred
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n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说 | |
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