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CHAPTER 43. THE MURDER AT MRS ’ENDERSON’S
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It is something of a drive from Waterloo to Limehouse,—it seems longer when all your nerves are tingling1 with anxiety to reach your journey’s end; and the cab I had hit upon proved to be not the fastest I might have chosen. For some time after our start, we were silent. Each was occupied with his own thoughts.
Then Lessingham, who was sitting at my side, said to me,
‘Mr Champnell, you have that report.’
‘I have.’
‘Will you let me see it once more?’
I gave it to him. He read it once, twice,—and I fancy yet again. I purposely avoided looking at him as he did so. Yet all the while I was conscious of his pallid2 cheeks, the twitched3 muscles of his mouth, the feverish4 glitter of his eyes,—this Leader of Men, whose predominate characteristic in the House of Commons was immobility, was rapidly approximating to the condition of a hysterical5 woman. The mental strain which he had been recently undergoing was proving too much for his physical strength. This disappearance6 of the woman he loved bade fair to be the final straw. I felt convinced that unless something was done quickly to relieve the strain upon his mind he was nearer to a state of complete mental and moral collapse7 than he himself imagined. Had he been under my orders I should have commanded him to at once return home, and not to think; but conscious that, as things were, such a direction would be simply futile8, I decided9 to do something else instead. Feeling that suspense
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tingling
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hysterical
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disappearance
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gasp
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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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wailing
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| v.哭叫,哀号( wail的现在分词 );沱 | |
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wretch
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incarnate
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paraphernalia
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prosaic
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| n.(尤指心灵上的)极度痛苦,烦恼 | |
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provocative
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rattling
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jolting
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diabolical
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lurking
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morbid
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entreat
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dual
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hearty
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modicum
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inferno
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previously
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shrouded
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briefly
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adventurous
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| adj.爱冒险的;惊心动魄的,惊险的,刺激的 | |
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interval
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vengeance
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delirious
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raving
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| adj.说胡话的;疯狂的,怒吼的;非常漂亮的;令人醉心[痴心]的v.胡言乱语(rave的现在分词)n.胡话;疯话adv.胡言乱语地;疯狂地 | |
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utterance
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utterances
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delirium
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hideous
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degradations
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| 堕落( degradation的名词复数 ); 下降; 陵削; 毁坏 | |
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allusion
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ingenuity
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inevitably
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unwilling
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frenzy
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Christian
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demons
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conditionally
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maniac
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corpse
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holocaust
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smuggling
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veins
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persecutor
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inspector
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hovered
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inquiries
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eloquence
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