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CHAPTER XV. An Embarrassed Toilet
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I was soaked to the bone, and while Peter set off to look for dinner I went to my room to change. I had a rubdown and then got into pyjamas1 for some dumb-bell exercises with two chairs, for that long wet ride had stiffened2 my arm and shoulder muscles. They were a vulgar suit of primitive3 blue, which Blenkiron had looted from my London wardrobe. As Cornelis Brandt I had sported a flannel4 nightgown.
My bedroom opened off the sitting-room5, and while I was busy with my gymnastics I heard the door open. I thought at first it was Blenkiron, but the briskness6 of the tread was unlike his measured gait. I had left the light burning there, and the visitor, whoever he was, had made himself at home. I slipped on a green dressing-gown Blenkiron had lent me, and sallied forth8 to investigate.
My friend Rasta was standing9 by the table, on which he had laid an envelope. He looked round at my entrance and saluted10.
“I come from the Minister of War, sir,” he said, “and bring you your passports for tomorrow. You will travel by ...” And then his voice tailed away and his black eyes narrowed to slits11. He had seen something which switched him off the metals.
At that moment I saw it too. There was a mirror on the wall behind him, and as I faced him I could not help seeing my reflection. It was the exact image of the engineer on the Danube boat—blue jeans, loden cloak, and all. The accursed mischance of my costume had given him the clue to an identity which was otherwise buried deep in the Bosporus.
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1 pyjamas | |
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4 flannel | |
n.法兰绒;法兰绒衣服 | |
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5 sitting-room | |
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6 briskness | |
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7 allied | |
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8 forth | |
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10 saluted | |
v.欢迎,致敬( salute的过去式和过去分词 );赞扬,赞颂 | |
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11 slits | |
n.狭长的口子,裂缝( slit的名词复数 )v.切开,撕开( slit的第三人称单数 );在…上开狭长口子 | |
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12 nonchalance | |
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13 filthy | |
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14 sneer | |
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15 bluff | |
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16 spoke | |
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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17 crooked | |
adj.弯曲的;不诚实的,狡猾的,不正当的 | |
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18 latch | |
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19 wrenched | |
v.(猛力地)扭( wrench的过去式和过去分词 );扭伤;使感到痛苦;使悲痛 | |
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20 foe | |
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21 straps | |
n.带子( strap的名词复数 );挎带;肩带;背带v.用皮带捆扎( strap的第三人称单数 );用皮带抽打;包扎;给…打绷带 | |
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22 melodrama | |
n.音乐剧;情节剧 | |
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23 villain | |
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24 villa | |
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25 neatly | |
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26 pal | |
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27 proffered | |
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28 sable | |
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29 extravagant | |
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30 lurking | |
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31 hectic | |
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32 pretext | |
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33 liking | |
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34 fixed | |
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35 ministry | |
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36 perfectly | |
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37 flicker | |
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38 thwart | |
v.阻挠,妨碍,反对;adj.横(断的) | |
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39 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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40 swelled | |
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41 potent | |
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42 mesmerize | |
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44 rococo | |
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45 pious | |
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46 follies | |
罪恶,时事讽刺剧; 愚蠢,蠢笨,愚蠢的行为、思想或做法( folly的名词复数 ) | |
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48 cogitated | |
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49 virtues | |
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50 humbug | |
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51 humbugs | |
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52 scourge | |
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53 cant | |
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54 herd | |
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55 smothered | |
(使)窒息, (使)透不过气( smother的过去式和过去分词 ); 覆盖; 忍住; 抑制 | |
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56 shams | |
假象( sham的名词复数 ); 假货; 虚假的行为(或感情、言语等); 假装…的人 | |
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57 idols | |
偶像( idol的名词复数 ); 受崇拜的人或物; 受到热爱和崇拜的人或物; 神像 | |
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58 cleanse | |
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59 alley | |
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60 fanatic | |
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61 exquisite | |
adj.精美的;敏锐的;剧烈的,感觉强烈的 | |
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62 eastward | |
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63 pointed | |
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64 spotted | |
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65 envoy | |
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66 determined | |
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67 expedient | |
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68 deferred | |
adj.延期的,缓召的v.拖延,延缓,推迟( defer的过去式和过去分词 );服从某人的意愿,遵从 | |
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69 owl | |
n.猫头鹰,枭 | |
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70 lengthening | |
(时间或空间)延长,伸长( lengthen的现在分词 ); 加长 | |
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71 disillusion | |
vt.使不再抱幻想,使理想破灭 | |
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72 stony | |
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73 malevolent | |
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74 interfered | |
v.干预( interfere的过去式和过去分词 );调停;妨碍;干涉 | |
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75 miscreants | |
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76 harry | |
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77 scribbled | |
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78 busts | |
半身雕塑像( bust的名词复数 ); 妇女的胸部; 胸围; 突击搜捕 | |
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79 incarnate | |
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80 retinue | |
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81 coterie | |
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82 inmates | |
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83 lore | |
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84 piety | |
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85 devoted | |
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86 ascetic | |
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87 ascetics | |
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88 yearns | |
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89 austere | |
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91 degenerate | |
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92 appalling | |
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93 subtlety | |
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94 prune | |
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95 inhuman | |
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96 simplicity | |
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97 honourable | |
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98 creed | |
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99 uncommon | |
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100 sane | |
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101 neurotic | |
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102 corpse | |
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103 partnership | |
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104 absurdity | |
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105 perilous | |
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106 logic | |
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107 entirely | |
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108 bristling | |
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109 groaned | |
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110 trump | |
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111 wrecking | |
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112 yarn | |
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116 eastwards | |
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117 stunt | |
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118 miserable | |
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119 goriest | |
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121 prospect | |
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122 metropolitan | |
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123 relish | |
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