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The Abby de la Ville — The Abby Galiani — The Neapolitan Dialect — I Set Out for Dunkirk on a Secret Mission I Succeed — I Return to Paris by Amiens — My Adventure by the Way — M. de la Bretonniere — My Report Gives Satisfaction — I Am Paid Five Hundred Louis — Reflections.
A new career was opening before me. Fortune was still my friend, and I had all the necessary qualities to second the efforts of the blind goddess on my behalf save one — perseverance1. My immoderate life of pleasure annulled2 the effect of all my other qualities.
M. de Bernis received me in his usual manner, that is more like a friend than a minister. He asked me if I had any inclination3 for a secret mission.
“Have I the necessary talents?”
“I think so.”
“I have an inclination for all honest means of earning a livelihood4, and as for my talents I will take your excellency’s opinion for granted.”
This last observation made him smile, as I had intended.
After a few words spoken at random6 on the memories of bygone years which time had not entirely7 defaced, the minister told me to go to the Abbe de la Ville and use his name.
This abbe, the chief permanent official of the foreign office, was a man of cold temperament8, a profound diplomatist, and the soul of the department, and high in favour with his excellency the minister. He had served the state well as an agent at The Hague, and his grateful king rewarded him by giving him a bishopric on the day of his death. It was a little late, but kings have not always sufficient leisure to remember things. His heir was a wealthy man named Gamier, who had formerly9 been chief cook at M. d’Argenson’s, and had become rich by profiting by the friendship the Abbe de la Ville had always had for him. These two friends, who were nearly of the same age, had deposited their wills in the hands of the same attorney, and each had made the other his residuary legatee.
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n.坚持不懈,不屈不挠 | |
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procure
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sufficiently
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belongings
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dexterous
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a.沉思的,冥想的 | |
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v.(使)醒( awaken的过去式和过去分词 );(使)觉醒;弄醒;(使)意识到 | |
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v.憎恶,嫌恶,痛恨( detest的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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contraband
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n.违禁品,走私品 | |
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fumed
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愤怒( fume的过去式和过去分词 ); 大怒; 发怒; 冒烟 | |
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vengeance
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n.报复,报仇,复仇 | |
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depicted
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描绘,描画( depict的过去式和过去分词 ); 描述 | |
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tractable
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adj.易驾驭的;温顺的 | |
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supple
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adj.柔软的,易弯的,逢迎的,顺从的,灵活的;vt.使柔软,使柔顺,使顺从;vi.变柔软,变柔顺 | |
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rascal
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exhausted
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superintendent
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rabble
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inaccessible
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festive
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knights
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骑士; (中古时代的)武士( knight的名词复数 ); 骑士; 爵士; (国际象棋中)马 | |
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apparition
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lawful
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injustice
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humbly
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majesty
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