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CHAPTER 41FINANCIAL NEWS
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The Salle Xavier, or Xavier Hall, had been built, with other people’s money, by Xavier in order to force the general public to do something which the general public does not want to do and never would do of its own accord. Namely, to listen to high-class music. It had not been built, and it was not run, strange to say, to advertise a certain brand of piano. Xavier was an old Jew, of surpassing ugliness, from Cracow or some such place. He looked a rascal1, and he was one—admittedly; he himself would imply it, if not crudely admit it. He had no personal interest in music, either high-class or low-class. But he possessed2 a gift for languages and he had mixed a great deal with musicians in an informal manner. Wagner, at Venice, had once threatened Xavier with a stick, and also Xavier had twice run away with great exponents3 of the rôle of Isolde. His competence4 as a connoisseur5 of Wagner’s music, and of the proper methods of rendering6 Wagner’s music, could therefore not be questioned, and it was not questioned.
He had a habit of initiating7 grandiose8 schemes for opera or concerts and of obtaining money therefor from wealthy amateurs. After a few months he would return the money less ten per cent. for preliminary expenses and plus his regrets that the schemes had unhappily fallen through owing to unforeseen difficulties. And wealthy amateurs were so astonished to get ninety per cent. of their money back from a rascal that they thought him almost an honest man, asked him to dinner, and listened sympathetically to details of his next grandiose scheme. The Xavier Hall was one of the few schemes—and the only real estate scheme—that had ever gone through. With the hall for a centre, Xavier laid daily his plans and
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competence
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connoisseur
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n.鉴赏家,行家,内行 | |
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v.开始( initiate的现在分词 );传授;发起;接纳新成员 | |
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grandiose
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speculations
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pretence
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promising
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distraction
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indifference
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determined
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melodious
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adj.旋律美妙的,调子优美的,音乐性的 | |
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vt.发现,确定,查明,弄清 | |
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investigations
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(正式的)调查( investigation的名词复数 ); 侦查; 科学研究; 学术研究 | |
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adj.奢侈的;过分的;(言行等)放肆的 | |
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ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地 | |
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grandeur
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n.伟大,崇高,宏伟,庄严,豪华 | |
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exacting
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doughty
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humiliation
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nay
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mien
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a.正当的,有理的 | |
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tuned
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adj.调谐的,已调谐的v.调音( tune的过去式和过去分词 );调整;(给收音机、电视等)调谐;使协调 | |
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fiddle
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n.小提琴;vi.拉提琴;不停拨弄,乱动 | |
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precisely
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manifestations
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purely
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(人)喋喋不休( chatter的过去式 ); 唠叨; (牙齿)打战; (机器)震颤 | |
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ad.大大方方地;优美地 | |
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证明( demonstration的名词复数 ); 表明; 表达; 游行示威 | |
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