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The Duc de Sairmeuse was one of those men who remain superior to all fortuitous circumstances, good or bad. He was a man of vast experience, and great natural shrewdness. His mind was quick to act, and fertile in resources. But when he found himself immured1 in the damp and loathsome2 station-house, after the terrible scenes at the Poivriere, he relinquished3 all hope.
Martial4 knew that Justice does not trust to appearances, and that when she finds herself confronted by a mystery, she does not rest until she has fathomed5 it.
Martial knew, only too well, that if his identity was established, the authorities would endeavor to discover the reason of his presence at the Poivriere. That this reason would soon be discovered, he could not doubt, and, in that case, the crime at the Borderie, and the guilt6 of the duchess, would undoubtedly7 be made public.
This meant the Court of Assizes, prison, a frightful8 scandal, dishonor, eternal disgrace!
And the power he had wielded9 in former days was a positive disadvantage to him now. His place was now filled by his political adversaries10. Among them were two personal enemies upon whom he had inflicted11 those terrible wounds of vanity which are never healed. What an opportunity for revenge this would afford them!
At the thought of this ineffaceable stain upon the great name of Sairmeuse, which was his pride and his glory, reason almost

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wretch
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intoxication
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investigations
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finesse
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conqueror
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baroness
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triumphantly
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humiliation
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stupor
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shrug
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pretext
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expedient
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tangible
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testimony
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persistently
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deductions
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扣除( deduction的名词复数 ); 结论; 扣除的量; 推演 | |
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entreatingly
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authorized
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