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Chapter 12 An Amazing Adventure
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Next day Dan went to look up Laurance and have a consultation1, as he was considerably2 puzzled over the new problem and did not know exactly how to act. But Fate was against him, so far as having a second opinion was concerned, for Laurance proved to be absent. An anarchistic3 plot, of which “The Moment” desired to know the details, had taken him to Vienna, and it was probable that he would not return for at least a week. Halliday might have expected something of the sort, as in the prosecution4 of his business Freddy was here, there, and everywhere, never knowing his next destination, which depended entirely5 on the latest sensation. But hitherto few startling events had summoned Laurance out of England, and Dan had been accustomed to finding him always on the spot for a consultation. He left the office of “The Moment” in a rather disconsolate6 frame of mind.
There was no doubt that Halliday badly needed someone to talk to about the matters which occupied his thoughts. But, failing Freddy, who was working alongside him, he did not know any one worth consulting — any one, that is, whose advice would be worth taking.
Certainly there were the two inspectors7 of police — one at Hampstead and one at Blackheath — who were deeply interested in the respective deaths of Moon and Durwin. They would have been delighted to discuss the entire business threadbare in the hope of solving the mystery of the two crimes. But Dan did not wish to bring the police into the matter until he had more evidence to go upon. After all, what he knew concerning Mrs. Jarsell and Penn was both vague and uncertain, while the clue of the perfume being so slight might be scouted8 as ridiculous by these cut-and-dried officials. What Halliday wished to do was to establish a connection between the doings at Sheepeak, Blackheath, and Hampstead on evidence that could not be questioned, so that he might submit a complete case to the police. He could not do this until he acquired positive proof, and he desired to acquire the same by his own endeavours supplemented by those of Laurance. Therefore, as Freddy was away on business, and Dan did not care about placing his unfinished case before the inspectors, he went about his ordinary affairs, waiting for his friend’s return. This was all that he could do, and he did it reluctantly.
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consultation
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anarchistic
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n.检查员( inspector的名词复数 );(英国公共汽车或火车上的)查票员;(警察)巡官;检阅官 | |
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donor
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scent
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exonerating
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mischief
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luring
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吸引,引诱(lure的现在分词形式) | |
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dealing
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possessed
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adventurous
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mere
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tangible
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undoubtedly
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dignified
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bluffing
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meek
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vt.收回;使退出;vi.撤退,退出 | |
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lured
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skilful
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(=skillful)adj.灵巧的,熟练的 | |
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acrid
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adj.辛辣的,尖刻的,刻薄的 | |
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nostrils
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鼻孔( nostril的名词复数 ) | |
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a.密集的,稠密的,浓密的;密度大的 | |
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stimulant
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outrage
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resolute
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secular
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deity
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irony
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theatrical
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consort
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fragrance
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majesty
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