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CHAPTER TWO
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A MAN DEAD
The declaration was followed by a silence of some length. The Secretary of the American Embassy and the Peruvian attaché had followed the conversation with eager interest. Major d'Astrignac nodded his head with an air of approval. To his mind, Perenna could not be mistaken.
The Prefect of Police confessed:
"Certainly, certainly … we have a number of circumstances here … that are fairly ambiguous…. Those brown patches; that doctor…. It's a case that wants looking into." And, questioning Don Luis Perenna as though in spite of himself, he asked, "No doubt, in your opinion, there is a possible connection between the murder … and Mr. Mornington's will?"
"That, Monsieur le Préfet, I cannot tell. If there is, we should have to suppose that the contents of the will were known. Do you think they can have leaked out, Maître Lepertuis?"
"I don't think so, for Mr. Mornington seemed to behave with great caution."
"And there's no question, is there, of any indiscretion committed in your office?"
"By whom? No one handled the will except myself; and I alone have the key of the safe in which I put away documents of that importance every evening."
"The safe has not been broken into? There has been no burglary at your office?"
"No."
"You saw Cosmo Mornington in the morning?"
"Yes, on a Friday morning."
"What did you do with the will until the evening, until you locked it away up your safe?"
"I probably put it in the drawer of my desk."
"And the drawer was not forced?"
Maître Lepertuis seemed taken aback and made no reply.
"Well?" asked Perenna.
"Well, yes, I remember … there was something that day … that same Friday."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes. When I came in from lunch I noticed that the drawer was not locked, although I had locked it beyond the least doubt. At the time I attached comparatively little importance to the incident. To-day, I understand, I understand—"
Thus, little by little, were all the suppositions conceived by Don Luis verified: suppositions resting, it is true, upon just one or two clues, but yet containing an amount of intuition, of
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3 divination | |
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19 conceal | |
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20 apprehension | |
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22 obstinacy | |
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23 tottering | |
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24 imperturbably | |
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25 deferential | |
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26 doomed | |
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31 devoid | |
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32 dread | |
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33 bent | |
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36 flicker | |
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37 pallid | |
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38 tragic | |
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39 enacted | |
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41 corpse | |
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42 puncture | |
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44 penetration | |
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45 fixed | |
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46 legacy | |
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48 Christian | |
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50 abominable | |
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51 inquiries | |
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52 authorize | |
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53 exclamation | |
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54 mingled | |
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55 stipulates | |
n.(尤指在协议或建议中)规定,约定,讲明(条件等)( stipulate的名词复数 );规定,明确要求v.(尤指在协议或建议中)规定,约定,讲明(条件等)( stipulate的第三人称单数 );规定,明确要求 | |
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56 hustled | |
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57 stammered | |
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58 sobbing | |
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59 twitching | |
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60 affected | |
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61 lobes | |
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62 inquiry | |
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63 invaluable | |
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64 hoarse | |
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65 investigation | |
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66 gratitude | |
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67 longing | |
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68 resolute | |
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69 penetrate | |
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70 sincerity | |
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71 sergeant | |
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72 drooping | |
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73 watery | |
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74 avenge | |
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75 perspicacity | |
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76 decided | |
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77 explicit | |
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78 pointed | |
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79 dealing | |
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80 hesitation | |
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81 civic | |
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82 embarrassment | |
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83 afterward | |
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84 worthy | |
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85 forgery | |
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86 tampering | |
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87 lengthen | |
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88 snarled | |
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89 baron | |
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90 frail | |
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91 allied | |
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92 audacity | |
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93 interferes | |
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94 perplexed | |
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95 scarlet | |
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96 growled | |
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97 humbug | |
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98 maneuvers | |
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99 providence | |
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100 obedience | |
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101 speck | |
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102 absurdity | |
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