He sprang out and approached the man.

 

"Is the prisoner safe?" he whispered.

 

"Certainly, Signore."

 

"Is she still in the grape-house?"

 

"With the wine presses, Signore."

 

"And she can't get out?"

 

"Unless she becomes small, like a rat, Signore."

 

Jones glanced around suspiciously, then fixed³ his gaze on a little outbuilding of stone, with a tiled roof, which stood quite removed from the others of the group.

 

"Has she screamed, or cried out?" he asked the man.

 

"Not since I put her in, las' night, Signore."

 

"Good. You've fed her?"

 

"The plenty. She eat very well. It's a nice lady, Signore."

 

"She's dangerous. Listen, Silvio: we must keep her there a week longer."

 

"If I am jailer a week, I mus' double my price," he asserted, shrugging his shoulders.

 

"Nonsense!"

 

"The lady will offer me more to let her out. She say so."

 

"What! You'd betray me?"

 

"Not if I have the gold—here, in my hand—now, Signore."

 

Jones grew red and then white. He eyed the man wickedly. He scowled⁴, and Silvio smiled pleasantly. Silvio was big for an Italian; big and brawny⁵; as his smile faded his face assumed a look of stubborn determination.

 

"So you want the gold now, Silvio?"

 

"At once, if it please the Signore. The gendarmes

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1 villa
n.别墅，城郊小屋
参考例句：
We rented a villa in France for the summer holidays.我们在法国租了一幢别墅消夏。 We are quartered in a beautiful villa.我们住在一栋漂亮的别墅里。

2 factotum
n.杂役；听差
参考例句：
We need a factotum to take care of the workshop.我们需要一个杂役来负责车间的事情。 I was employed as housekeeper,nanny,and general factotum.我是管家、保姆和总勤杂工。

3 fixed
adj.固定的，不变的，准备好的；(计算机)固定的
参考例句：
Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗？ Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定，我们就不应该随意改变。

4 scowled
怒视，生气地皱眉( scowl的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
He scowled his displeasure. 他满脸嗔色。 The teacher scowled at his noisy class. 老师对他那喧闹的课堂板着脸。

5 brawny
adj.强壮的
参考例句：
The blacksmith has a brawny arm.铁匠有强壮的胳膊。 That same afternoon the marshal appeared with two brawny assistants.当天下午，警长带着两名身强力壮的助手来了。

6 gendarmes
n.宪兵，警官( gendarme的名词复数 )
参考例句：
Of course, the line of prisoners was guarded at all times by armed gendarmes. 当然，这一切都是在荷枪实弹的卫兵监视下进行的。 来自百科语句 The three men were gendarmes;the other was Jean Valjean. 那三个人是警察，另一个就是冉阿让。 来自互联网

7 spawn
n.卵，产物，后代，结果；vt.产卵，种菌丝于，产生，造成；vi.产卵，大量生产
参考例句：
The fish were madly pushing their way upstream to spawn.鱼群为产卵而疯狂地向上游挤进。 These fish will lay spawn in about one month from now.这些鱼大约一个月内会产卵。

8 delightful
adj.令人高兴的，使人快乐的
参考例句：
We had a delightful time by the seashore last Sunday.上星期天我们在海滨玩得真痛快。 Peter played a delightful melody on his flute.彼得用笛子吹奏了一支欢快的曲子。

9 Mediterranean
adj.地中海的；地中海沿岸的
参考例句：
The houses are Mediterranean in character.这些房子都属地中海风格。 Gibraltar is the key to the Mediterranean.直布罗陀是地中海的要冲。

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