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CHAPTER THIRTEEN
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THE EXPLOSION
The fourth mysterious letter! The fourth of those letters "posted by the devil and delivered by the devil," as one of the newspapers expressed it!
We all of us remember the really extraordinary agitation1 of the public as the night of the twenty-fifth of May drew near. And fresh news increased this interest to a yet higher degree.
People heard in quick succession of the arrest of Sauverand, the flight of his accomplice2, Florence Levasseur, Don Luis Perenna's secretary, and the inexplicable3 disappearance4 of Perenna himself, whom they insisted, for the best of reasons, on identifying with Arsène Lupin.
The police, assured from this moment of victory and having nearly all the actors in the tragedy in their power, had gradually given way to indiscretion; and, thanks to the particulars revealed to this or that journalist, the public knew of Don Luis's change of attitude, suspected his passion for Florence Levasseur and the real cause of his right-about-face, and thrilled with excitement as they saw that astonishing figure enter upon a fresh struggle.
What was he going to do? If he wanted to save the woman he loved from prosecution5 and to release Marie and Sauverand from prison, he would have to intervene some time that night, to take part, somehow or other, in the event at hand, and to prove the innocence6 of the three accomplices7, either by arresting the invisible bearer of the fourth letter or by suggesting some plausible8 explanation. In short, he would have to be there; and that was interesting indeed!
And then the news of Marie Fauville was not good. With unwavering
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1 agitation | |
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3 inexplicable | |
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4 disappearance | |
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5 prosecution | |
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6 innocence | |
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7 accomplices | |
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9 obstinacy | |
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10 conceal | |
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11 fixed | |
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12 catastrophe | |
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13 sinister | |
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14 intervals | |
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16 sergeant | |
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17 decided | |
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18 attic | |
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19 favourable | |
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20 inquiry | |
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21 lighting | |
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22 risky | |
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23 spoke | |
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24 syllables | |
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25 astound | |
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26 growled | |
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27 hoax | |
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28 beseeching | |
adj.恳求似的v.恳求,乞求(某事物)( beseech的现在分词 ) | |
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29 faltered | |
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30 fatigue | |
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31 pallid | |
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32 deference | |
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33 entreat | |
v.恳求,恳请 | |
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34 saluted | |
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35 dressing | |
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36 recurring | |
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37 mere | |
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38 drawn | |
v.拖,拉,拔出;adj.憔悴的,紧张的 | |
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39 feats | |
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40 faculties | |
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41 conjuring | |
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42 immediate | |
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43 simplicity | |
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44 anguish | |
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45 ardent | |
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47 frenzied | |
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48 disorder | |
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49 fugitives | |
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50 deliberately | |
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51 dictates | |
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52 prudence | |
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53 thoroughly | |
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54 idiotic | |
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55 perfectly | |
adv.完美地,无可非议地,彻底地 | |
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56 forth | |
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57 darting | |
v.投掷,投射( dart的现在分词 );向前冲,飞奔 | |
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58 conscientious | |
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59 distressed | |
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60 strewed | |
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61 reassured | |
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62 famished | |
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63 tragic | |
adj.悲剧的,悲剧性的,悲惨的 | |
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64 animation | |
n.活泼,兴奋,卡通片/动画片的制作 | |
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65 hesitation | |
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66 submission | |
n.服从,投降;温顺,谦虚;提出 | |
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67 dense | |
a.密集的,稠密的,浓密的;密度大的 | |
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68 cordon | |
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69 havoc | |
n.大破坏,浩劫,大混乱,大杂乱 | |
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70 wrought | |
v.引起;以…原料制作;运转;adj.制造的 | |
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71 apparently | |
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72 standing | |
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73 annex | |
vt.兼并,吞并;n.附属建筑物 | |
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74 demolished | |
v.摧毁( demolish的过去式和过去分词 );推翻;拆毁(尤指大建筑物);吃光 | |
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75 inspection | |
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76 magistrate | |
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77 feverish | |
adj.发烧的,狂热的,兴奋的 | |
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78 impatience | |
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79 tenterhooks | |
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80 foretold | |
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81 accomplished | |
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82 shutters | |
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83 flickered | |
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84 draught | |
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85 ridicules | |
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86 fatigues | |
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87 apparition | |
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88 nibbling | |
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89 grimace | |
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90 obsessed | |
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91 descending | |
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92 spun | |
v.纺,杜撰,急转身 | |
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