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Between midnight and one o’clock, the Knights2 of Idleness began their gratuitous3 distribution of comestibles to the dogs of the town. This memorable4 expedition was not over till three in the morning, the hour at which these reprobates5 went to sup at Cognette’s. At half-past four, in the early dawn, they crept home. Just as Max turned the corner of the rue6 l’Avenier into the Grande rue, Fario, who stood ambushed7 in a recess8, struck a knife at his heart, drew out the blade, and escaped by the moat towards Vilatte, wiping the blade of his knife on his handkerchief. The Spaniard washed the handkerchief in the Riviere forcee, and returned quietly to his lodgings9 at Saint–Paterne, where he got in by a window he had left open, and went to bed: later, he was awakened11 by his new watchman, who found him fast asleep.
As he fell, Max uttered a fearful cry which no one could mistake. Lousteau–Prangin, son of a judge, a distant relation to the family of the sub-delegate, and young Goddet, who lived at the lower end of the Grande rue, ran at full speed up the street, calling to each other —
“They are killing12 Max! Help! help!”
But not a dog barked; and all the town, accustomed to the false alarms of these nightly prowlers, stayed quietly in their beds. When his two comrades reached him, Max had fainted. It was necessary to rouse Monsieur Goddet, the surgeon. Max had recognized Fario; but when he came to his senses, with several persons about him, and felt that his wound was not mortal, it suddenly occurred to him to make capital out of the attack, and he said, in a faint voice —
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amazement
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mattress
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hooting
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remarkable
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adj.显著的,异常的,非凡的,值得注意的 | |
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facade
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v.使放心,使消除疑虑 | |
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rectified
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[医]矫正的,调整的 | |
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testimony
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fable
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waylay
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humbling
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