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CHAPTER 13. THE PICTURE
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‘I wonder what that nice-looking beggar really means, and who he happens to be?’ That was what I said to myself when I returned to the laboratory. ‘If it is true that, now and again, Providence1 does write a man’s character on his face, then there can’t be the slightest shred2 of a doubt that a curious one’s been written on his. I wonder what his connection has been with the Apostle,—or if it’s only part of his game of bluff3.’
‘If it was all bluff I never saw a better piece of acting5,—and yet what sort of finger can such a precisian as St Paul have in such a pie? The fellow seemed to squirm at the mere6 mention of the rising-hope-of-the-Radicals’ name. Can the objection be political? Let me consider,—what has Lessingham done which could offend the religious or patriotic7 susceptibilities of the most fanatical of Orientals? Politically, I can recall nothing. Foreign affairs, as a rule, he has carefully eschewed8. If he has offended—and if he hasn’t the seeming was uncommonly9 good!—the cause will have to be sought upon some other track. But, then, what track?’
The more I strove to puzzle it out, the greater the puzzlement grew.
‘Absurd!—The rascal10 has had no more connection with St Paul than St Peter. The probability is that he’s a crackpot; and if he isn’t, he has some little game on foot—in close association with the hunt of the oof-bird!—which he tried to work off on me, but couldn’t. As for—for Marjorie—my Marjorie!—only she isn’t mine, confound it!—if I had had my senses about me, I should have broken his head in several places for daring to allow her name to pass his lips,—the unbaptised Mohammedan!—Now to return to the chase of splendid murder!’
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providence
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| n.深谋远虑,天道,天意;远见;节约;上帝 | |
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shred
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| v.撕成碎片,变成碎片;n.碎布条,细片,些少 | |
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bluff
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| v.虚张声势,用假象骗人;n.虚张声势,欺骗 | |
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waned
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| v.衰落( wane的过去式和过去分词 );(月)亏;变小;变暗淡 | |
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acting
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mere
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patriotic
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| adj.爱国的,有爱国心的 | |
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| v.(尤指为道德或实际理由而)习惯性避开,回避( eschew的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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uncommonly
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| adv. 稀罕(极,非常) | |
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rascal
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ward
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standing
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juxtaposition
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tenacious
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lithe
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attain
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knack
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phoenix
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| n.凤凰,长生(不死)鸟;引申为重生 | |
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adherents
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neatly
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bland
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wrest
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peremptory
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superstition
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maniac
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pestered
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| 使烦恼,纠缠( pester的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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unbearable
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superstitions
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cult
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| n.异教,邪教;时尚,狂热的崇拜 | |
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precisely
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hieroglyphics
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marvels
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purely
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legendary
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creeds
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| (尤指宗教)信条,教条( creed的名词复数 ) | |
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inquiries
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followers
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| 追随者( follower的名词复数 ); 用户; 契据的附面; 从动件 | |
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follower
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reluctance
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emblem
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| n.象征,标志;徽章 | |
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beetle
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| n.甲虫,近视眼的人 | |
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venerated
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| 敬重(某人或某事物),崇敬( venerate的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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positively
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| adv.明确地,断然,坚决地;实在,确实 | |
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offhand
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| adj.临时,无准备的;随便,马虎的 | |
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astounding
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| adj.使人震惊的vt.使震惊,使大吃一惊astound的现在分词) | |
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symbolical
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Christians
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| n.基督教徒( Christian的名词复数 ) | |
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eels
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| abbr. 电子发射器定位系统(=electronic emitter location system) | |
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veracity
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vestige
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transformation
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spoke
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| 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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susceptible
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scruples
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agog
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| adj.兴奋的,有强烈兴趣的; adv.渴望地 | |
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steadily
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| adv.稳定地;不变地;持续地 | |
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liking
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literally
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immediate
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previously
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scintillate
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dexterously
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semblance
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vigour
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shrieking
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stark
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agitation
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recurrence
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hunched
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| (常指因寒冷、生病或愁苦)耸肩弓身的,伏首前倾的 | |
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delirious
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jumble
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pickle
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