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CHAPTER XXXI. BULSON GROWS DESPERATE.

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 Sam Pepper was taking it easy at the rear of his resort on the evening of the day when Gertrude went to Lakewood, when the door opened and a messenger boy came in.
 
"Is Sam Pepper here?" asked the boy, approaching Bolton.
 
"That's my handle, sonny. What do you want?"
 
"Here's a message. I was to wait for an answer."
 
Pepper took the message and read it with interest.
 
"Friend Pepper: Meet me to-night between eleven and twelve o'clock at my apartments. Something important. Bring those old papers with you. I have the cash.
 
"H. B."
 
"Humph! so Bulson wants to close that deal to-night," muttered Sam Pepper, as he tore the message to shreds1. "He's in a tremendous[Pg 241] hurry, all at once. I wonder what's new in the wind? Well, I'm low on cash, and I might as well take him up now as later on."
 
"Where's the answer?" asked the messenger boy.
 
"Here you are," returned Pepper, and scribbled2 a reply on a slip of paper. Then the messenger received his pay and made off.
 
Promptly3 on time that night Sam Pepper went up Fifth Avenue. Just as he reached Homer Bulson's home the young man came down the steps.
 
"Come with me—the house is full of company," he said. "I want to talk to you where we will be free from interruption."
 
"I'm agreeable," answered Pepper.
 
The pair walked rapidly down a side street. Homer Bulson seemed ill at ease, and Pepper noticed it.
 
"You are not yourself to-night," he said.
 
"I've got lots to think about," growled4 Bulson.
 
"Still mad because the girl won't have you, I suppose."
 
"No, I've given her up. I don't want a wife that won't love me."
 
"That's where you are sensible."
 
"Gertrude can go her way and I'll go mine."
 

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1 shreds 0288daa27f5fcbe882c0eaedf23db832     
v.撕碎，切碎( shred的第三人称单数 )；用撕毁机撕毁（文件）
参考例句：
  • Peel the carrots and cut them into shreds. 将胡罗卜削皮，切成丝。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • I want to take this diary and rip it into shreds. 我真想一赌气扯了这日记。 来自汉英文学 - 中国现代小说
2 scribbled de374a2e21876e209006cd3e9a90c01b     
v.潦草的书写( scribble的过去式和过去分词 )；乱画；草草地写；匆匆记下
参考例句：
  • She scribbled his phone number on a scrap of paper. 她把他的电话号码匆匆写在一张小纸片上。
  • He scribbled a note to his sister before leaving. 临行前，他给妹妹草草写了一封短信。
3 promptly LRMxm     
adv.及时地，敏捷地
参考例句：
  • He paid the money back promptly.他立即还了钱。
  • She promptly seized the opportunity his absence gave her.她立即抓住了因他不在场给她创造的机会。
4 growled 65a0c9cac661e85023a63631d6dab8a3     
v.（动物）发狺狺声， （雷）作隆隆声( growl的过去式和过去分词 )；低声咆哮着说
参考例句：
  • \"They ought to be birched, \" growled the old man. 老人咆哮道：“他们应受到鞭打。” 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He growled out an answer. 他低声威胁着回答。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 fixed JsKzzj     
adj.固定的，不变的，准备好的；(计算机)固定的
参考例句：
  • Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗？
  • Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定，我们就不应该随意改变。
6 sane 9YZxB     
adj.心智健全的，神志清醒的，明智的，稳健的
参考例句：
  • He was sane at the time of the murder.在凶杀案发生时他的神志是清醒的。
  • He is a very sane person.他是一个很有头脑的人。
7 doggedly 6upzAY     
adv.顽强地，固执地
参考例句：
  • He was still doggedly pursuing his studies.他仍然顽强地进行着自己的研究。
  • He trudged doggedly on until he reached the flat.他顽强地、步履艰难地走着，一直走回了公寓。
8 grudge hedzG     
n.不满，怨恨，妒嫉；vt.勉强给，不情愿做
参考例句：
  • I grudge paying so much for such inferior goods.我不愿花这么多钱买次品。
  • I do not grudge him his success.我不嫉妒他的成功。
9 spoke XryyC     
n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说
参考例句：
  • They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
  • The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
10 flask Egxz8     
n.瓶，火药筒，砂箱
参考例句：
  • There is some deposit in the bottom of the flask.这只烧杯的底部有些沉淀物。
  • He took out a metal flask from a canvas bag.他从帆布包里拿出一个金属瓶子。
11 draught 7uyzIH     
n.拉，牵引，拖；一网（饮，吸，阵)；顿服药量，通风；v.起草，设计
参考例句：
  • He emptied his glass at one draught.他将杯中物一饮而尽。
  • It's a pity the room has no north window and you don't get a draught.可惜这房间没北窗，没有过堂风。
12 smacked bb7869468e11f63a1506d730c1d2219e     
拍，打，掴( smack的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • He smacked his lips but did not utter a word. 他吧嗒两下嘴，一声也不言语。
  • She smacked a child's bottom. 她打孩子的屁股。
13 mumbled 3855fd60b1f055fa928ebec8bcf3f539     
含糊地说某事，叽咕，咕哝( mumble的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • He mumbled something to me which I did not quite catch. 他对我叽咕了几句话，可我没太听清楚。
  • George mumbled incoherently to himself. 乔治语无伦次地喃喃自语。
14 villain ZL1zA     
n.反派演员，反面人物；恶棍；问题的起因
参考例句：
  • He was cast as the villain in the play.他在戏里扮演反面角色。
  • The man who played the villain acted very well.扮演恶棍的那个男演员演得很好。
15 crook NnuyV     
v.使弯曲；n.小偷，骗子，贼；弯曲(处)
参考例句：
  • He demanded an apology from me for calling him a crook.我骂他骗子，他要我向他认错。
  • She was cradling a small parcel in the crook of her elbow.她用手臂挎着一个小包裹。
16 alias LKMyX     
n.化名；别名；adv.又名
参考例句：
  • His real name was Johnson,but he often went by the alias of Smith.他的真名是约翰逊，但是他常常用化名史密斯。
  • You can replace this automatically generated alias with a more meaningful one.可用更有意义的名称替换这一自动生成的别名。

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