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CHAPTER XXI. APPLICATION OF LAW
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Whilst the servant was gone there was a great clatter1 of arrival of a motor at the hotel; but all in Athlyne’s room were too deeply concerned with their own affairs to notice it.
Presently there was a light tap at the door, and the Sheriff’s “May I come in?” was heard. Colonel Ogilvie went himself to the door and threw it open. Beside the Sheriff stood a lady, heavily clad and with a motor veil.
“Joy! Joy!” said the veiled figure, and Aunt Judy stepping forward took the girl in her arms. In the meantime the Sheriff was explaining the situation:
“I was just coming from my room in obedience2 to your summons, when this lady entered the hall. She was asking for you, Colonel, and for Miss Ogilvie, as who she had learned at the railway station, was stopping here. I ventured to offer my services, and as she was coming up here, undertook to pilot her.”
Joy was delighted to see Judy. She had so long been accustomed to look with fixed3 belief on her love and friending that she now expected she would be able to set matters right. Had she had any doubt of her Aunt’s affection such must have soon disappeared in the warmth of the embrace accorded by her. When this was concluded—which was soon for it was short, if strenuous—she turned to Colonel Ogilvie and held out her hand:
“Good morning, Lucius. I see you got here all right. I hope you had a good journey?” Then turning to Athlyne she said, as if in surprise:
“Why, Mr. Hardy4, how are you? And how do you come to be here? We thought we were never going to see you again.” Then she rattled5 on; it was evident to Joy, and to Colonel Ogilvie also, that she was purposeful to baffle comment by flow of her own speech:
“Lucius, you must thank this gentleman who is, as the landlady6 whispered to me, the Sheriff of somewhere or other. He’s a nice man, but a funny sort of Sheriff. When I asked him where was his posse he didn’t know what I meant.” Here she was interrupted by the Sheriff who said with a low bow to her:
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clatter
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| v./n.(使)发出连续而清脆的撞击声 | |
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differentiation
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hostilities
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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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honourable
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| adj.可敬的;荣誉的,光荣的 | |
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quandary
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confide
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gallant
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interval
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proximity
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lawfully
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glorified
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benison
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timorousness
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inquiries
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discreetly
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inquiry
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conjecture
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| n./v.推测,猜测 | |
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standing
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attentively
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| adv.聚精会神地;周到地;谛;凝神 | |
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expounding
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| 论述,详细讲解( expound的现在分词 ) | |
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binding
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| 有约束力的,有效的,应遵守的 | |
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mutual
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| adj.相互的,彼此的;共同的,共有的 | |
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certified
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| a.经证明合格的;具有证明文件的 | |
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valid
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sergeant
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cogent
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wedlock
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exhortation
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doom
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sitting-room
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latch
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blurted
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dishonoured
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astonishment
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hysterical
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utterance
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peculiar
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courteous
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defender
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entanglement
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compliance
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