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THREE GRIM FIGURES IN A LONELY LANE—TWO QUEER GUESTS RIDING TO TONY BLIGH'S—THE WATCHER IN DANGER—AND THE HIGHWAYMEN.
A liberal and unsolicited attention to the affairs of other people, was one among the many amiable1 peculiarities2 of Mr. Laurence Toole: he had hardly, therefore, seen the major and O'Connor fairly beyond the threshold of the "Cock and Anchor," when he donned his cocked hat and followed their steps, allowing, however, an interval3 sufficiently4 long to secure himself against detection. Larry Toole well knew the purposes to which the squalid mansion5 which we have described was dedicated6, and having listened for a few moments at the door, to allow his master and his companion time to reach the inner sanctuary7 of vice8 and brutality9, whither it was the will of Major O'Leary to lead his reluctant friend, this faithful squire10 entered at the half-open door, and began to traverse the passage which we have before mentioned. He was not, however, permitted long to do so undisturbed. The grim sentinel of these unhallowed regions on a sudden upreared his towering proportions, heaving his huge shoulders with a very unpleasant appearance of preparation for an effort, and with two or three formidable strides, brought himself up with the presumptuous11 intruder.
"What do you want here—eh! you d——d scarecrow?" exclaimed the porter, in a tone which made the very walls to vibrate.
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amiable
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| adj.和蔼可亲的,友善的,亲切的 | |
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peculiarities
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interval
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sufficiently
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mansion
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dedicated
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sanctuary
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vice
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brutality
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squire
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presumptuous
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pickpockets
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poltroon
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colossal
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pugnacious
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deigned
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antagonist
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solely
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sublime
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dignified
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precipitately
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luxuriously
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mingled
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savage
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doorway
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dingy
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illuminate
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solitary
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adventurous
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leisurely
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passionate
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sinister
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mischief
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perfectly
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groom
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gallows
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indictment
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| adj.求知欲强的,好奇的,好寻根究底的 | |
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worthies
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| 应得某事物( worthy的名词复数 ); 值得做某事; 可尊敬的; 有(某人或事物)的典型特征 | |
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recess
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projection
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pier
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piers
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mound
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unreasonably
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brace
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impatience
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jack
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trump
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swap
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chancellor
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onward
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tremors
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berth
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hurled
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wretch
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prostrate
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mustered
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