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CHAPTER 27
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The news of Count Courteau's death traveled fast. 'Poleon Doret was not long in hearing of it, and of course he went at once in search of Rouletta. By the time he found her the girl's momentary1 panic had been succeeded by a quite unnatural2 self-possession; her perturbation had changed to an intense but governable agitation3, and her mind was working with a clarity and a rapidity more than normal. This power of rising to an emergency she had doubtless inherited from her father. "One-armed" Kirby had been a man of resource, and, so long as he remained sober, he had never lost his head. Swiftly the girl told of the instant suspicion that had attached to Phillips and of his prompt apprehension4.
"Who done dat shootin' if he don't?" Doret inquired, quickly.
"Joe McCaskey—or Frank," Rouletta answered with positiveness. 'Poleon started. Through the gloom he stared incredulously at the speaker.
"I'm sure of it, now that I've had time to think," the girl declared. "That's why I ran for you. Now listen! I promised not to tell this, but—I must. Courteau confessed to his wife that he and the McCaskeys trumped5 up that charge against Pierce. They paid Courteau well for his part—or they promised to—and he perjured6 himself, as did they. Hilda got the truth out of him while he was drunk. Of course he denied it later, but she broke him down, and this evening, just before we got home, he promised to go to Colonel Cavendish and make a clean breast of everything. He went out for that purpose, but—evidently he lacked courage to go through with it. Otherwise how did he come to be on the back streets? The McCaskeys live somewhere back yonder, don't they?"
"Sure!" 'Poleon meditated7, briefly
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阻碍,妨碍,阻止( impede的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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wading
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(从水、泥等)蹚,走过,跋( wade的现在分词 ) | |
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n.建筑物,房屋 | |
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astonishment
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n.鞭挞( lash的名词复数 );鞭子;突然猛烈的一击;急速挥动v.鞭打( lash的第三人称单数 );煽动;紧系;怒斥 | |
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adj.求知欲强的,好奇的,好寻根究底的 | |
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v.质疑,对…表示疑问( query的过去式和过去分词 );询问 | |
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pandemonium
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n.喧嚣,大混乱 | |
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yelping
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v.发出短而尖的叫声( yelp的现在分词 ) | |
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pedestrians
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adj.各种各样的,各色俱备的 | |
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thither
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slumber
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imperative
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复得( regain的过去式和过去分词 ); 赢回; 重回; 复至某地 | |
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