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CHAPTER IX. WATIER’S.
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My uncle’s house in Jermyn Street was quite a small one—five rooms and an attic1. “A man-cook and a cottage,” he said, “are all that a wise man requires.” On the other hand, it was furnished with the neatness and taste which belonged to his character, so that his most luxurious2 friends found something in the tiny rooms which made them discontented with their own sumptuous3 mansions4. Even the attic, which had been converted into my bedroom, was the most perfect little bijou attic that could possibly be imagined. Beautiful and valuable knick-knacks filled every corner of every apartment, and the house had become a perfect miniature museum which would have delighted a virtuoso5. My uncle explained the presence of all these pretty things with a shrug6 of his shoulders and a wave of his hands. “They are des petites cadeaux,” said he, “but it would be an indiscretion for me to say more.”
We found a note from Ambrose waiting for us which increased rather than explained the mystery of his disappearance7.
“My dear Sir Charles Tregellis,” it ran, “it will ever be a subject of regret to me that the force of circumstances should have compelled me to leave your service in so abrupt8 a fashion, but something occurred during our journey from Friar’s Oak to Brighton which left me without any possible alternative. I trust, however, that my absence may prove to be but a temporary one. The isinglass recipe for the shirt-fronts is in the strong-box at Drummond’s Bank.—Yours obediently, AMBROSE.”
“Well, I suppose I must fill his place as best I can,” said my uncle,
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attic
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sumptuous
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mansions
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disappearance
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exquisite
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manliness
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underlay
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regiment
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(使马)飞奔,奔驰( gallop的过去式和过去分词 ); 快速做[说]某事 | |
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judgment
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brace
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greasy
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galloping
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snug
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effrontery
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benevolent
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gaily
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withers
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deference
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heroism
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folly
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imminent
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virtue
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contagion
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n.(通过接触的疾病)传染;蔓延 | |
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premier
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opposition
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libertine
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velvet
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pointed
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eccentricities
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calves
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n.(calf的复数)笨拙的男子,腓;腿肚子( calf的名词复数 );牛犊;腓;小腿肚v.生小牛( calve的第三人称单数 );(冰川)崩解;生(小牛等),产(犊);使(冰川)崩解 | |
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standing
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buck
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astonishment
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shrugged
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bishop
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cub
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intoxicate
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specially
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arbiters
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仲裁人,裁决者( arbiter的名词复数 ) | |
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