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CHAPTER II. PROFESSOR BRADDOCK
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There was only one really palatial1 mansion2 in Gartley, and that was the ancient Georgian house known as the Pyramids. Lucy's step-father had given the place this eccentric name on taking up his abode3 there some ten years previously4. Before that time the dwelling5 had been occupied by the Lord of the Manor6 and his family. But now the old squire7 was dead, and his impecunious8 children were scattered9 to the four quarters of the globe in search of money with which to rebuild their ruined fortunes. As the village was somewhat isolated10 and rather unhealthily situated11 in a marshy12 country, the huge, roomy old Grange had not been easy to let, and had proved quite impossible to sell. Under these disastrous13 circumstances, Professor Braddock—who described himself humorously as a scientific pauper—had obtained the tenancy at a ridiculously low rental14, much to his satisfaction.
Many people would have paid money to avoid exile in these damp waste lands, which, as it were, fringed civilization, but their loneliness and desolation suited the Professor exactly. He required ample room for his Egyptian collection, with plenty of time to decipher
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adj.(有记载的)历史以前的,史前的,古老的 | |
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