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CHAPTER SIXTEEN
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WEBER TAKES HIS REVENGE
Don Luis was for one moment amazed. Florence Levasseur here! Florence, whom he had left in the train under Mazeroux's supervision1 and for whom it was physically2 impossible to be back in Paris before eight o'clock in the evening!
Then, despite his bewilderment, he at once understood. Florence, knowing that she was being followed, had drawn3 them after her to the Gare Saint-Lazare and simply walked through the railway carriage, getting out on the other platform, while the worthy4 Mazeroux went on in the train to keep his eye on the traveller who was not there.
But suddenly the full horror of the situation struck him. Florence was here to claim the inheritance; and her claim, as he himself had said, was a proof of the most terrible guilt5.
Acting6 on an irresistible7 impulse, Don Luis leaped to the girl's side, seized her by the arm and said, with almost malevolent8 force:
"What are you doing here? What have you come for? Why did you not let me know?"
M. Desmalions stepped between them. But Don Luis, without letting go of the girl's arm, exclaimed:
"Oh, Monsieur le Préfet, don't you see that this is all a mistake? The person whom we are expecting, about whom I told you, is not this one. The other is keeping in the background, as usual. Why it's impossible that Florence Levasseur—"
"I have no preconceived opinion on the subject of this young lady," said the Prefect of Police, in an authoritative9
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1 supervision | |
n.监督,管理 | |
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4 worthy | |
adj.(of)值得的,配得上的;有价值的 | |
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5 guilt | |
n.犯罪;内疚;过失,罪责 | |
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6 acting | |
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7 irresistible | |
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8 malevolent | |
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9 authoritative | |
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10 serenity | |
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11 devoid | |
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12 ornaments | |
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13 graceful | |
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14 intervention | |
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15 descended | |
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16 exclamation | |
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17 astonishment | |
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18 insistently | |
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19 spoke | |
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20 animation | |
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21 accusation | |
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22 thoroughly | |
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23 solicitor | |
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24 briefly | |
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25 entirely | |
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26 affidavit | |
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27 depositions | |
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28 solicitors | |
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29 consulate | |
n.领事馆 | |
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30 stammered | |
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31 monstrous | |
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32 undoubtedly | |
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33 anguish | |
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34 hideously | |
adv.可怕地,非常讨厌地 | |
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35 torments | |
(肉体或精神上的)折磨,痛苦( torment的名词复数 ); 造成痛苦的事物[人] | |
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(使)窒息, (使)窒闷( stifle的过去式和过去分词 ); 镇压,遏制; 堵 | |
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37 fixed | |
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38 generosity | |
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39 pointed | |
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40 distress | |
n.苦恼,痛苦,不舒适;不幸;vt.使悲痛 | |
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41 promptly | |
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42 fervent | |
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43 hesitation | |
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44 throbbing | |
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45 utterly | |
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46 passionately | |
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47 incapable | |
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48 jealousy | |
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49 villain | |
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50 hatred | |
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51 immediate | |
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52 inquiries | |
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53 entreat | |
v.恳求,恳请 | |
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54 succumbed | |
不再抵抗(诱惑、疾病、攻击等)( succumb的过去式和过去分词 ); 屈从; 被压垮; 死 | |
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55 innocence | |
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56 custody | |
n.监护,照看,羁押,拘留 | |
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57 loathsome | |
adj.讨厌的,令人厌恶的 | |
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58 brute | |
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59 lair | |
n.野兽的巢穴;躲藏处 | |
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60 favourably | |
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61 inspectors | |
n.检查员( inspector的名词复数 );(英国公共汽车或火车上的)查票员;(警察)巡官;检阅官 | |
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62 literally | |
adv.照字面意义,逐字地;确实 | |
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63 preamble | |
n.前言;序文 | |
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64 legacy | |
n.遗产,遗赠;先人(或过去)留下的东西 | |
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65 determined | |
adj.坚定的;有决心的 | |
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66 embarrassment | |
n.尴尬;使人为难的人(事物);障碍;窘迫 | |
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67 accusations | |
n.指责( accusation的名词复数 );指控;控告;(被告发、控告的)罪名 | |
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68 sergeant | |
n.警官,中士 | |
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69 obstinate | |
adj.顽固的,倔强的,不易屈服的,较难治愈的 | |
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70 shrugged | |
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71 underneath | |
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72 populous | |
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73 conceal | |
v.隐藏,隐瞒,隐蔽 | |
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74 thwarted | |
阻挠( thwart的过去式和过去分词 ); 使受挫折; 挫败; 横过 | |
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75 entreated | |
恳求,乞求( entreat的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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76 inflexible | |
adj.不可改变的,不受影响的,不屈服的 | |
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77 unreasonable | |
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78 scrap | |
n.碎片;废料;v.废弃,报废 | |
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79 squad | |
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80 shrill | |
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81 extremity | |
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82 onlookers | |
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83 quays | |
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84 tenant | |
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85 lodge | |
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86 justify | |
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87 chauffeur | |
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88 growled | |
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89 wriggle | |
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90 bellowed | |
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91 dense | |
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92 fuming | |
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93 stunned | |
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94 accosted | |
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95 seething | |
沸腾的,火热的 | |
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96 curt | |
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97 afterward | |
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98 alias | |
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99 shudder | |
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100 plucky | |
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101 flinch | |
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102 accomplice | |
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103 berth | |
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104 honourable | |
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105 lucrative | |
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106 confidential | |
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107 entrusting | |
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108 zeal | |
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109 bowling | |
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110 prey | |
n.被掠食者,牺牲者,掠食;v.捕食,掠夺,折磨 | |
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111 mattress | |
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