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Chapter Three
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The opportunity and the temptation were too much for Willems, and under the pressure of sudden necessity he abused that trust which was his pride, the perpetual sign of his cleverness and a load too heavy for him to carry. A run of bad luck at cards, the failure of a small speculation1 undertaken on his own account, an unexpected demand for money from one or another member of the Da Souza family — and almost before he was well aware of it he was off the path of his peculiar2 honesty. It was such a faint and ill-defined track that it took him some time to find out how far he had strayed amongst the brambles of the dangerous wilderness3 he had been skirting for so many years, without any other guide than his own convenience and that doctrine4 of success which he had found for himself in the book of life — in those interesting chapters that the Devil has been permitted to write in it, to test the sharpness of men’s eyesight and the steadfastness5 of their hearts. For one short, dark and solitary6 moment he was dismayed, but he had that courage that will not scale heights, yet will wade7 bravely through the mud — if there be no other road. He applied8 himself to the task of restitution9, and devoted10 himself to the duty of not being found out. On his thirtieth birthday he had almost accomplished11 the task — and the duty had been faithfully and cleverly performed. He saw himself safe. Again he could look hopefully towards the goal of his
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speculation
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| n.思索,沉思;猜测;投机 | |
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doctrine
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solitary
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wade
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restitution
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rattle
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cavern
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humiliation
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tellers
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doorway
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lapse
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idiotic
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guilt
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aberration
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gust
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dwelling
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foliage
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prospect
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irresolute
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laboriously
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lament
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misery
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| vt.使窒息;闷死;扼杀;抑止,阻止 | |
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groan
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| vi./n.呻吟,抱怨;(发出)呻吟般的声音 | |
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superciliously
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condescending
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affected
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abasement
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evoked
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upwards
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eyelids
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awry
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obtrusive
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disarray
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attire
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encumbrances
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reluctance
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stony
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exertion
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vividly
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slanting
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accentuated
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melancholy
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entreating
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amazement
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injustice
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zinc
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exasperation
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conspiracy
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sobbing
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groaning
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frantic
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outskirts
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admiration
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