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Chapter 6. A House Of Strife.
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The house of the Huguenot merchant was a tall, narrow building standing1 at the corner of the Rue2 St. Martin and the Rue de Biron. It was four stories in height, grim and grave like its owner, with high peaked roof, long diamond-paned windows, a frame-work of black wood, with gray plaster filling the interstices, and five stone steps which led up to the narrow and sombre door. The upper story was but a warehouse3 in which the trader kept his stock, but the second and third were furnished with balconies edged with stout4 wooden balustrades. As the uncle and the nephew sprang out of the caleche, they found themselves upon the outskirts5 of a dense6 crowd of people, who were swaying and tossing with excitement, their chins all thrown forwards and their gaze directed upwards7. Following their eyes, the young officer saw a sight which left him standing bereft8 of every sensation save amazement9.
From the upper balcony there was hanging head downwards10 a man clad in the bright blue coat and white breeches of one of the king’s dragoons. His hat and wig11 had dropped off, and his close-cropped head swung slowly backwards12 and forwards a good fifty feet above the pavement. His face was turned towards the street, and was of a deadly whiteness, while his eyes were screwed up as though he dared not open them upon the horror which faced them. His voice, however,
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wringing
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infamy
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debris
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parquet
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regiment
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molest
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majesty
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sneering
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加固,支撑物 | |
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