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CHAPTER XIII
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DR. SEWARD’S DIARY—continued.
THE funeral was arranged for the next succeeding day, so that Lucy and her mother might be buried together. I attended to all the ghastly formalities, and the urbane1 undertaker proved that his staff were afflicted—or blessed—with something of his own obsequious2 suavity3. Even the woman who performed the last offices for the dead remarked to me, in a confidential4, brother-professional way, when she had come out from the death-chamber:—
“She makes a very beautiful corpse5, sir. It’s quite a privilege to attend on her. It’s not too much to say that she will do credit to our establishment!”
I noticed that Van Helsing never kept far away. This was possible from the disordered state of things in the household. There were no relatives at hand; and as Arthur had to be back the next day to attend at his father’s funeral, we were unable to notify any one who should have been bidden. Under the circumstances, Van Helsing and I took it upon ourselves to examine papers, etc. He insisted upon looking over Lucy’s papers himself. I asked him why, for I feared that he, being a foreigner, might not be quite aware of English legal requirements, and so might in ignorance make some unnecessary trouble. He answered me:—
“I know; I know. You forget that I am a lawyer as well as a doctor. But this is not altogether for the law. You knew that, when you avoided the coroner. I have more than him to avoid. There may be papers more—such as this.”
As he spoke7 he took from his pocket-book the memorandum8 which had been in Lucy’s breast, and which she had torn in her sleep.
“When you find anything of the solicitor9 who is for the late Mrs. Westenra, seal all her papers, and write him to-night. For me, I watch here in the room and in Miss Lucy’s old room all night, and I myself search for what may be. It is not well that her very thoughts go into the hands of strangers.”
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suavity
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corpse
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solicitor
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memoranda
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wilderness
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autopsy
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coffin
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disposition
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devotedly
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| 专心地; 恩爱地; 忠实地; 一心一意地 | |
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courteous
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tightening
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unison
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motive
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heartily
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rusty
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desolate
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improper
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etiquette
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pedantry
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bulging
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| 膨胀; 凸出(部); 打气; 折皱 | |
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amazement
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distressing
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lapsing
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malady
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bellow
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miseries
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transfusion
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supremely
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grotesque
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fresco
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