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CHAPTER XV LEGAL EXPERIENCES
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Standing1, as I am now (as far as my story is concerned), on the threshold of the Bankruptcy2 Court, I wish to disavow the idea of having any quarrel with individuals, or, of any personal bias4. One of the main objects I have had before me in writing this book has been to record simply and without hyperbole my own experiences in connection with this great national Institution. If, in the course of my remarks, I say anything which is not strictly5 warranted by the facts, I declare that it is not intentional6. I only say that which personal observation and experience leads me to believe is strictly true. Also, be it noted7, I write from the point of the view of the amateur—I have not had the benefit in one sense of an association with any of those able financiers who have been bankrupt several times, and then have retired8 to enjoy in a peaceful retirement9 the fruits of their labours.
I declare that when I pushed open the swing doors of the vast hall I felt just as a boy does upon entering a school for the first time. So utterly10 ignorant, so[Pg 219] helpless, so willing to learn. I advanced a few paces and met a cheery soul in uniform, who said heartily11, "Wotyer lookin' fur, Govnor?" Now, as the Americans say, wouldn't that get you busy? I looked at him and to him, I make no doubt, like a perfect fool. He looked at me keenly and enquiringly, until I had to say, "Well, the fact is—I am unfamiliar
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earnings
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宣告…无罪,赦免…的罪行,宽恕…的罪行( absolve的过去式和过去分词 ); 不受责难,免除责任 [义务] ,开脱(罪责) | |
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redeem
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鸟( fowl的名词复数 ); 禽肉; 既不是这; 非驴非马 | |
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malign
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enquire
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v.打听,询问;调查,查问 | |
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aloofness
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超然态度 | |
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grunted
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(猪等)作呼噜声( grunt的过去式和过去分词 ); (指人)发出类似的哼声; 咕哝着说 | |
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verbiage
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innocence
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injustice
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器具,用具,器皿( utensil的名词复数 ); 器物 | |
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