H庄园的午餐58

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VAlfred James Wargrave.
“You are a rose grower and live at Emsworth, Berks?”
“Yes.”
“Did you on October 20th go to Maidensford and examine a rose tree growing at the Lodge1 atHunterbury Hall?”
“I did.”
“Will you describe this tree?”
“It was a climbing rose—Zephyrine Drouhin. It bears a sweetly scented2 pink flower. It has nothorns.”
“It would be impossible to prick3 oneself on a rose tree of this description?”
“It would be quite impossible. It is a thornless tree.”
No cross-examination.
 

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1 lodge q8nzj     
v.临时住宿，寄宿，寄存，容纳；n.传达室，小旅馆
参考例句：
  • Is there anywhere that I can lodge in the village tonight?村里有我今晚过夜的地方吗？
  • I shall lodge at the inn for two nights.我要在这家小店住两个晚上。
2 scented a9a354f474773c4ff42b74dd1903063d     
adj.有香味的；洒香水的；有气味的v.嗅到(scent的过去分词)
参考例句：
  • I let my lungs fill with the scented air. 我呼吸着芬芳的空气。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The police dog scented about till he found the trail. 警犬嗅来嗅去，终于找到了踪迹。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
3 prick QQyxb     
v.刺伤，刺痛，刺孔；n.刺伤，刺痛
参考例句：
  • He felt a sharp prick when he stepped on an upturned nail.当他踩在一个尖朝上的钉子上时，他感到剧烈的疼痛。
  • He burst the balloon with a prick of the pin.他用针一戳，气球就爆了。

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