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CHAPTER IV. A GLANCE BACKWARDS.
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It was growing late. Night had drawn1 its sombre veil over the great city, and the streets, a little while before filled with busy passers-by, now echoed but seldom to the steps of an occasional wayfarer2. The shops were closed, the long day assigned to trade being over. To plodding3 feet and busy brains, to frames weary with exhausting labor4, to minds harassed5 by anxious cares, night came in friendly guise6, bringing the rest and temporary oblivion of sleep.
From a small building in a by-street, or rather lane, which nevertheless was not far removed from the main thoroughfare, there gleamed a solitary7 candle, emitting a fitful glare, which served, so far as it went, to give a very unfavorable idea of the immediate8 vicinity. Within, a young man, painfully thin, was seated at a low table, engrossing9 a legal document. The face was not an agreeable one. The prevailing10 expression was one of discontent and weak repining. He was one who could complain of circumstances without having the energy to control them; born to be a subordinate of loftier and more daring intellects.
He wrote with rapidity and, at the same time, with scrupulous11 elegance12. He was evidently a professional copyist.
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v.拖,拉,拔出;adj.憔悴的,紧张的 | |
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plodding
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labor
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solitary
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scrupulous
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elegance
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enjoyment
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intoxication
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mingled
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tempted
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apprehension
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awakening
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steadily
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maxim
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WHIMS
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虚妄,禅病 | |
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apparently
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defraud
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tithe
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jack
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gambling
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annuity
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brook
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attachment
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irritation
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cultivation
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refinement
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distinguished
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exasperation
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peremptorily
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stigmatizing
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injustice
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accede
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admiration
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homage
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rascality
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流氓性,流氓集团 | |
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craftiness
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狡猾,狡诈 | |
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repel
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humble
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prospective
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procured
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bounty
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affected
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tenor
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leisurely
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fidelity
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complacently
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conspiring
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