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CHAPTER X. — WHEAL MARY JANE
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Mr. Manylodes was, at any rate, right in this, that that beverage1, which men call bishop2, is a doctored tipple3; and Alaric Tudor, when he woke in the morning, owned the truth. It had been arranged that certain denizens4 of the mine should meet the two Commissioners5 at the pit-mouth at eight o'clock, and it had been settled at dinner-time that breakfast should be on the table at seven, sharp. Half an hour's quick driving would take them to the spot.
At seven Mr. Fidus Neverbend, who had never yet been known to be untrue to an appointment by the fraction of a second, was standing7 over the breakfast-table alone. He was alone, but not on that account unhappy. He could hardly disguise the pleasure with which he asked the waiter whether Mr. Tudor was yet dressed, or the triumph which he felt when he heard that his colleague was not quite ready.
'Bring the tea and the eggs at once,' said Neverbend, very briskly.
'Won't you wait for Mr. Tudor?' asked the waiter, with an air of surprise. Now the landlord, waiter, boots, and chambermaid, the chambermaid especially, had all, in Mr. Neverbend's estimation, paid Tudor by far too much consideration; and he was determined9 to show that he himself was first fiddle10.
'Wait! no; quite out of the question—bring the hot water immediately—and tell the ostler to have the fly at the door at half-past seven exact.'
'Yes, sir,' said the man, and disappeared.
Neverbend waited five minutes, and then rang the bell impetuously. 'If you don't bring me my tea immediately, I shall send for Mr. Boteldale.' Now Mr. Boteldale was the landlord.
'Mr. Tudor will be down in ten minutes,' was the waiter's false reply; for up to that moment poor Alaric had not yet succeeded in lifting his
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beverage
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n.(水,酒等之外的)饮料 | |
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n.常喝的酒;v.不断喝,饮烈酒 | |
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v.跳入,(使)投入,(使)陷入;猛冲 | |
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