Jed, the Poorhouse Boy
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CHAPTER XIX. DISCHARGED.

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 In a front room on the second floor of the Spray Hotel sat Miss Maria Holbrook with a letter in her hand. It was written on the cheapest note-paper, and inclosed in a plebeian1 brown envelope.
 
Of course it will be understood that it was the epistolary effort of Mr. Simeon Fogson.
 
"Just as I thought!" soliloquized the lady. "This boy seems to be a disreputable character of the lowest antecedents, and utterly2 unworthy to associate even as a servant with a member of my family."
 
Here Chester entered in his usual impetuous manner.
 
"Oh, Aunt Maria," he cried, "I had a bully3 bath."
 
"I am shocked to hear you use such a low term as 'bully,' Chester," said his aunt. "No doubt you learned it of Jedediah."
 
[Pg 168]
 
"No, I didn't. Jed never uses the word. At least I never heard him."
 
"Will you tell Jedediah that I wish to see him at once on important business?"
 
"It seems funny to hear you call him Jedediah, Aunt Maria."
 
"I apprehend4 that it is his right name; 'Jed' sounds low."
 
"Well, I'll tell him to come up."
 
When Jed made his appearance Miss Holbrook said: "You may go below, Chester. I wish to speak to Jedediah in private."
 
"What's up now, I wonder?" thought Jed.
 
The lady turned upon him a severe look.
 
"Jedediah," she said, "is it true that your earlier years were spent at the Scranton poorhouse?"
 
"Yes, madam," answered Jed, coloring.
 
"Did you apprise5 my brother of this fact when he engaged you?"
 
"No, madam. I suppose you learned it from Percy Dixon."
 
"I learned it from young Mr. Dixon, but I could hardly believe it. He referred me to Mr. Simeon Fogson, of Scranton, and I have[Pg 169] a letter from that gentleman in my hand. You probably will not care to read it."

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1 plebeian M2IzE     
adj.粗俗的；平民的；n.平民；庶民
参考例句：
  • He is a philosophy professor with a cockney accent and an alarmingly plebeian manner.他是个有一口伦敦土腔、举止粗俗不堪的哲学教授。
  • He spent all day playing rackets on the beach,a plebeian sport if there ever was one.他一整天都在海滩玩壁球，再没有比这更不入流的运动了。
2 utterly ZfpzM1     
adv.完全地，绝对地
参考例句：
  • Utterly devoted to the people,he gave his life in saving his patients.他忠于人民，把毕生精力用于挽救患者的生命。
  • I was utterly ravished by the way she smiled.她的微笑使我完全陶醉了。
3 bully bully     
n.恃强欺弱者，小流氓；vt.威胁，欺侮
参考例句：
  • A bully is always a coward.暴汉常是懦夫。
  • The boy gave the bully a pelt on the back with a pebble.那男孩用石子掷击小流氓的背脊。
4 apprehend zvqzq     
vt.理解，领悟，逮捕，拘捕，忧虑
参考例句：
  • I apprehend no worsening of the situation.我不担心局势会恶化。
  • Police have not apprehended her killer.警察还未抓获谋杀她的凶手。
5 apprise yNUyu     
vt.通知，告知
参考例句：
  • He came to apprise us that the work had been successfully completed.他来通知我们工作已胜利完成。
  • We must apprise them of the dangers that may be involved.我们必须告诉他们可能涉及的危险。
6 squire 0htzjV     
n.护卫, 侍从, 乡绅
参考例句：
  • I told him the squire was the most liberal of men.我告诉他乡绅是世界上最宽宏大量的人。
  • The squire was hard at work at Bristol.乡绅在布里斯托尔热衷于他的工作。
7 detested e34cc9ea05a83243e2c1ed4bd90db391     
v.憎恶，嫌恶，痛恨( detest的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • They detested each other on sight. 他们互相看着就不顺眼。
  • The freethinker hated the formalist; the lover of liberty detested the disciplinarian. 自由思想者总是不喜欢拘泥形式者，爱好自由者总是憎恶清规戒律者。 来自辞典例句
8 impudent X4Eyf     
adj.鲁莽的，卑鄙的，厚颜无耻的
参考例句：
  • She's tolerant toward those impudent colleagues.她对那些无礼的同事采取容忍的态度。
  • The teacher threatened to kick the impudent pupil out of the room.老师威胁着要把这无礼的小学生撵出教室。
9 prospect P01zn     
n.前景，前途；景色，视野
参考例句：
  • This state of things holds out a cheerful prospect.事态呈现出可喜的前景。
  • The prospect became more evident.前景变得更加明朗了。
10 justified 7pSzrk     
a.正当的，有理的
参考例句：
  • She felt fully justified in asking for her money back. 她认为有充分的理由要求退款。
  • The prisoner has certainly justified his claims by his actions. 那个囚犯确实已用自己的行动表明他的要求是正当的。

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