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CHAPTER I THE POLICEMAN'S DISCOVERY
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"Eleven o'clock and a windy night!" might have been the cry of a mediæval watchman at that hour on the 24th July 19--. Constable1 Mulligan was more reticent2, as it formed no part of his duties to intimate publicly the time or the state of the weather. Nevertheless the bells of the Anglican Church, Troy, London, S.W., chimed the hour through the clamour of a high wind; and those people who were not in bed must have decided3 to retire. Not that any one appeared to be stirring. The lights were extinguished in all windows within the range of Mulligan's vision, and the flashing of his lantern on the doors and gates in Achilles Avenue showed that they were discreetly4 closed. Not even a tramp or a cat enlivened the roadway. Mulligan was apparently5 the sole waking person in a sleeping world.
Troy was a bran-new suburb, built by a jerry-builder, who knew Greek history through the medium of Lempriere's Dictionary. This pseudo-scholar had erected6 classic villas8 with classic names in roads, avenues, and streets designated by Hellenic appellations9. The rents in this anachronistic10 suburb were rather high, and the houses were inhabited mostly by stockbrokers11, prosperous or not, according to their wits or the state of the money-market. There was also a sprinkling of schoolmasters, professors, and students, attracted by the phraseology of the place, which promised cultured surroundings. The drainage was perfect and the morals were unexceptional So new was the suburb, that not even a slum had been evolved to
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constable
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discreetly
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apparently
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villa
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n.别墅,城郊小屋 | |
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villas
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别墅,公馆( villa的名词复数 ); (城郊)住宅 | |
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anachronistic
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stockbrokers
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n.股票经纪人( stockbroker的名词复数 ) | |
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mar
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ornament
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rogues
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picturesque
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possessed
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eminently
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brute
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ruminative
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displeased
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a.不快的 | |
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reveller
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n.摆设酒宴者,饮酒狂欢者 | |
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converse
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vi.谈话,谈天,闲聊;adv.相反的,相反 | |
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bass
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n.男低音(歌手);低音乐器;低音大提琴 | |
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growl
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inmates
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retired
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longing
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smoothly
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adv.平滑地,顺利地,流利地,流畅地 | |
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adj.著名的,知名的 | |
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tenor
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n.男高音(歌手),次中音(乐器),要旨,大意 | |
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saluted
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v.欢迎,致敬( salute的过去式和过去分词 );赞扬,赞颂 | |
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countenance
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n.脸色,面容;面部表情;vt.支持,赞同 | |
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wan
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(wide area network)广域网 | |
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bent
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velvet
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n.丝绒,天鹅绒;adj.丝绒制的,柔软的 | |
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cuffs
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inquisitive
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adj.求知欲强的,好奇的,好寻根究底的 | |
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lighting
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n.照明,光线的明暗,舞台灯光 | |
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wards
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区( ward的名词复数 ); 病房; 受监护的未成年者; 被人照顾或控制的状态 | |
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nucleus
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n.核,核心,原子核 | |
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unwilling
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kindly
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adj.和蔼的,温和的,爽快的;adv.温和地,亲切地 | |
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lumbering
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antelope
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n.羚羊;羚羊皮 | |
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grunted
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(猪等)作呼噜声( grunt的过去式和过去分词 ); (指人)发出类似的哼声; 咕哝着说 | |
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assented
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同意,赞成( assent的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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poker
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n.扑克;vt.烙制 | |
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gentry
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n.绅士阶级,上层阶级 | |
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tranquil
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adj. 安静的, 宁静的, 稳定的, 不变的 | |
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providence
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pointed
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curb
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n.场外证券市场,场外交易;vt.制止,抑制 | |
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tinkling
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n.丁当作响声 | |
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rebounded
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弹回( rebound的过去式和过去分词 ); 反弹; 产生反作用; 未能奏效 | |
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positively
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inspector
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n.检查员,监察员,视察员 | |
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fixed
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adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的 | |
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solace
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n.安慰;v.使快乐;vt.安慰(物),缓和 | |
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gust
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n.阵风,突然一阵(雨、烟等),(感情的)迸发 | |
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philosophic
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adj.哲学的,贤明的 | |
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astutely
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adv.敏锐地;精明地;敏捷地;伶俐地 | |
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consultation
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n.咨询;商量;商议;会议 | |
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foresight
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n.先见之明,深谋远虑 | |
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umbrageous
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adj.多荫的 | |
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tints
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色彩( tint的名词复数 ); 带白的颜色; (淡色)染发剂; 痕迹 | |
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starry
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luminous
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adj.发光的,发亮的;光明的;明白易懂的;有启发的 | |
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twilight
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impervious
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transmuted
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shrill
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vibration
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imperative
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inexplicable
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shrilled
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(声音)尖锐的,刺耳的,高频率的( shrill的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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fumbled
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(笨拙地)摸索或处理(某事物)( fumble的过去式和过去分词 ); 乱摸,笨拙地弄; 使落下 | |
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scented
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glimmer
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intervention
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paraphernalia
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mansion
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vividly
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hue
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grotesque
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artistic
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eerie
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gush
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speck
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milky
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homely
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exclamation
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concealed
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trickled
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