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Chapter 20 THE SECRET ROOM
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Chapter 20 THE SECRET ROOM
The four children had heard the car come racing1 up the drive, and had heard Mr. Perton's arrival.
Julian went to the kitchen door, eager to find out what he could. If Mr. Perton was back, then eitherRichard had played his part well, and had escaped - or he had been discovered, and had been broughtback.
He heard every word of the excited talk out in the hall. Good, good good! - Richard had got away -and was even now telling his tale to the police. It surely wouldn't be very long before the policearrived at Owl's Dene then - and what surprising things they would find there!
He tiptoed out into the hall, when he heard the men go into the room near by. What were their plans?
He hoped they would not vent2 their rage on him or the others. It was true they had Timmy- but in a real emergency Rooky would probably think nothing of shooting the dog straightaway.
Julian didn't at all like what he heard from the room where the men talked over their plans.
'I'm going to bang all those kids' heads together as hard as I can, to start with,' growled3 Rooky.
'That big boy - what's his name? - Julian or something - must have planned Richard Kent's escape -I'll give him a real good thrashing, the interfering4 little beast.'
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'What about the sparklers, Rooky?' said another man's voice. 'We'd better put them in a safe hidingplace before the police arrive. We'll have to hurry.'
'Oh, it'll be some time before they find they can't open that gate,' said Rooky. 'And it'll take a littlemore time before they climb that wall. We'll have time to put the sparklers into the room withWeston. If he's safe there, they'll be safe too.'
'Sparklers!' thought Julian, excited. 'Those are diamonds - so they've got a haul of diamonds hiddensomewhere. Whatever next?'
'Get them,' ordered Mr. Perton. 'Take them to the Secret Room - and be quick about it, Rooky.
The police may be here at any minute now.'
'We'll spin some tale about that kid Richard and his friends,' said the voice of a fourth man.
'We'll say they were caught trespassing5, the lot of them, and kept here as a little punishment.
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1 racing | |
n.竞赛,赛马;adj.竞赛用的,赛马用的 | |
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n.通风口,排放口;开衩;vt.表达,发泄 | |
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v.(动物)发狺狺声, (雷)作隆隆声( growl的过去式和过去分词 );低声咆哮着说 | |
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4 interfering | |
adj. 妨碍的 动词interfere的现在分词 | |
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5 trespassing | |
[法]非法入侵 | |
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6 sullenly | |
不高兴地,绷着脸,忧郁地 | |
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v.投掷,投射( dart的过去式和过去分词 );向前冲,飞奔 | |
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9 gateway | |
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10 aggie | |
n.农校,农科大学生 | |
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11 spat | |
n.口角,掌击;v.发出呼噜呼噜声 | |
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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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14 amazement | |
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15 frightful | |
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v.(土地)下陷(因在地下采矿)( subside的过去式和过去分词 );减弱;下降至较低或正常水平;一下子坐在椅子等上 | |
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