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Five
I
In a mood of exploration Poirot went through the front gates and down the steeply twisting road
that presently emerged on a small quay1. A large bell with a chain had a notice upon it: “Ring for
the Ferry.” There were various boats moored2 by the side of the quay. A very old man with rheumy
eyes, who had been leaning against a bollard, came shuffling3 towards Poirot.
“Du ee want the ferry, sir?”
“I thank you, no. I have just come down from Nasse House for a little walk.”
“Ah, ’tis up at Nasse yu are? Worked there as a boy, I did, and my son, he were head gardener
there. But I did use to look after the boats. Old Squire4 Folliat, he was fair mazed5 about boats. Sail
in all weathers, he would. The Major, now, his son, he didn’t care for sailing. Horses, that’s all he
cared about. And a pretty packet went on ’em. That and the bottle—had a hard time with him, his
wife did. Yu’ve seen her, maybe—lives at the Lodge6 now, she du.”
“Yes, I have just left her there now.”
“Her be a Folliat, tu, second cousin from over Tiverton way. A great one for the garden, she is,
all them there flowering shrubs7 she had put in. Even when it was took over during the war, and the
two young gentlemen was gone to the war, she still looked after they shrubs and kept ’em from
being overrun.”
“It was hard on her, both her sons being killed.”
“Ah, she’ve had a hard life, she have, what with this and that. Trouble with her husband, and
trouble with the young gentlemen, tu. Not Mr. Henry. He was as nice a young gentleman as yu
could wish, took after his grandfather, fond of sailing and went into the Navy as a matter of
course, but Mr. James, he caused her a lot of trouble. Debts and women it were, and then, tu, he
were real wild in his temper. Born one of they as can’t go straight. But the war suited him, as yu
might say—give him his chance. Ah! There’s many who can’t go straight in peace who dies
bravely in war.”
“So now,” said Poirot, “there are no more Folliats at Nasse.”
The old man’s flow of talk died abruptly8.
“Just as yu say, sir.”
Poirot looked curiously9 at the old man.
“Instead you have Sir George Stubbs. What is thought locally of him?”
“Us understands,” said the old man, “that he be powerful rich.”
His tone sounded dry and almost amused.
“And his wife?”
“Ah, she’s a fine lady from London, she is. No use for gardens, not her. They du say, tu, as her
du be wanting up here.”
He tapped his temple significantly.
“Not as her isn’t always very nice spoken and friendly. Just over a year they’ve been here.
Bought the place and had it all done up like new. I remember as though ’twere yesterday them
arriving. Arrived in the evening, they did, day after the worst gale11 as I ever remember. Trees down
right and left—one down across the drive and us had to get it sawn away in a hurry to get the drive
clear for the car. And the big oak up along, that come down and brought a lot of others down with
it, made a rare mess, it did.”
“Ah, yes, where the Folly12 stands now?”
The old man turned aside and spat13 disgustedly.
“Folly ’tis called and Folly ’tis—newfangled nonsense. Never was no Folly in the old Folliats’
time. Her ladyship’s idea that Folly was. Put up not three weeks after they first come, and I’ve no
doubt she talked Sir George into it. Rare silly it looks stuck up there among the trees, like a
heathen temple. A nice summerhouse now, made rustic14 like with stained glass. I’d have nothing
against that.”
Poirot smiled faintly.
“The London ladies,” he said, “they must have their fancies. It is sad that the day of the Folliats
is over.”
“Don’t ee never believe that, sir.” The old man gave a wheezy chuckle15. “Always be Folliats at
Nasse.”
“But the house belongs to Sir George Stubbs.”
“That’s as may be—but there’s still a Folliat here. Ah! Rare and cunning the Folliats are!”
“What do you mean?”
The old man gave him a sly sideways glance.
“Mrs. Folliat be living up tu Lodge, bain’t she?” he demanded.
“Yes,” said Poirot slowly. “Mrs. Folliat is living at the Lodge and the world is very wicked, and
all the people in it are very wicked.”
The old man stared at him.
“Ah,” he said. “Yu’ve got something there, maybe.”
He shuffled16 away again.
“But what have I got?” Poirot asked himself with irritation17 as he slowly walked up the hill back
to the house.
II
Hercule Poirot made a meticulous18 toilet, applying a scented19 pomade to his moustaches and
twirling them to a ferocious20 couple of points. He stood back from the mirror and was satisfied with
what he saw.
The sound of a gong resounded21 through the house, and he descended22 the stairs.
The butler, having finished a most artistic23 performance, crescendo24, forte25, diminuendo,
rallentando, was just replacing the gong stick on its hook. His dark melancholy26 face showed
pleasure.
Poirot thought to himself: “A blackmailing27 letter from the housekeeper28 — or it may be the
butler…” This butler looked as though blackmailing letters would be well within his scope. Poirot
wondered if Mrs. Oliver took her characters from life.
Miss Brewis crossed the hall in an unbecoming flowered chiffon dress and he caught up with
her, asking as he did so:
“You have a housekeeper here?”
“Oh, no, M. Poirot. I’m afraid one doesn’t run to niceties of that kind nowadays, except in a
really large establishment, of course. Oh, no, I’m the housekeeper — more housekeeper than
secretary, sometimes, in this house.”
She gave a short acid laugh.
“So you are the housekeeper?” Poirot considered her thoughtfully.
He could not see Miss Brewis writing a blackmailing letter. Now, an anonymous30 letter—that
would be a different thing. He had known anonymous letters written by women not unlike Miss
Brewis—solid, dependable women, totally unsuspected by those around them.
“What is your butler’s name?” he asked.
“Henden.” Miss Brewis looked a little astonished.
Poirot recollected31 himself and explained quickly:
“I ask because I had a fancy I had seen him somewhere before.”
“Very likely,” said Miss Brewis. “None of these people ever seem to stay in any place more
than four months. They must soon have done the round of all the available situations in England.
After all, it’s not many people who can afford butlers and cooks nowadays.”
They came into the drawing room, where Sir George, looking somehow rather unnatural32 in a
dinner jacket, was proffering33 sherry. Mrs. Oliver, in iron-grey satin, was looking like an obsolete34
battleship, and Lady Stubbs’ smooth black head was bent35 down as she studied the fashions in
Vogue36.
Alec and Sally Legge were dining and also Jim Warburton.
“We’ve a heavy evening ahead of us,” he warned them. “No bridge tonight. All hands to the
pumps. There are any amount of notices to print, and the big card for the Fortune Telling. What
name shall we have? Madame Zuleika? Esmeralda? Or Romany Leigh, the Gipsy Queen?”
“The Eastern touch,” said Sally. “Everyone in agricultural districts hates gipsies. Zuleika sounds
all right. I brought my paint box over and I thought Michael could do us a curling snake to
ornament37 the notice.”
“Cleopatra rather than Zuleika, then?”
Henden appeared at the door.
“Dinner is served, my lady.”
They went in. There were candles on the long table. The room was full of shadows.
Warburton and Alec Legge sat on either side of their hostess. Poirot was between Mrs. Oliver
and Miss Brewis. The latter was engaged in brisk general conversation about further details of
preparation for tomorrow.
Mrs. Oliver sat in brooding abstraction and hardly spoke10.
When she did at last break her silence, it was with a somewhat contradictory38 explanation.
“Don’t bother about me,” she said to Poirot. “I’m just remembering if there’s anything I’ve
forgotten.”
Sir George laughed heartily39.
“The fatal flaw, eh?” he remarked.
“That’s just it,” said Mrs. Oliver. “There always is one. Sometimes one doesn’t realize it until a
book’s actually in print. And then it’s agony!” Her face reflected this emotion. She sighed. “The
curious thing is that most people never notice it. I say to myself, ‘But of course the cook would
have been bound to notice that two cutlets hadn’t been eaten.’ But nobody else thinks of it at all.”
“You fascinate me.” Michael Weyman leant across the table. “The Mystery of the Second
Cutlet. Please, please never explain. I shall wonder about it in my bath.”
Mrs. Oliver gave him an abstracted smile and relapsed into her preoccupations.
Lady Stubbs was also silent. Now and again she yawned. Warburton, Alec Legge and Miss
Brewis talked across her.
As they came out of the dining room, Lady Stubbs stopped by the stairs.
“I’m going to bed,” she announced. “I’m very sleepy.”
“Oh, Lady Stubbs,” exclaimed Miss Brewis, “there’s so much to be done. We’ve been counting
on you to help us.”
“Yes, I know,” said Lady Stubbs. “But I’m going to bed.”
She spoke with the satisfaction of a small child.
She turned her head as Sir George came out of the dining room.
“I’m tired, George. I’m going to bed. You don’t mind?”
He came up to her and patted her on the shoulder affectionately.
“You go and get your beauty sleep, Hattie. Be fresh for tomorrow.”
He kissed her lightly and she went up the stairs, waving her hand and calling out:
“Goodnight, all.”
Sir George smiled up at her. Miss Brewis drew in her breath sharply and turned brusquely away.
“Come along, everybody,” she said, with a forced cheerfulness that did not ring true. “We’ve
got to work.”
Presently everyone was set to their tasks. Since Miss Brewis could not be everywhere at once,
there were soon some defaulters. Michael Weyman ornamented40 a placard with a ferociously41
magnificent serpent and the words, Madame Zuleika will tell your Fortune, and then vanished
unobtrusively. Alec Legge did a few nondescript chores and then went out avowedly42 to measure
for the hoopla and did not reappear. The women, as women do, worked energetically and
conscientiously43. Hercule Poirot followed his hostess’s example and went early to bed.
III
Poirot came down to breakfast on the following morning at nine-thirty. Breakfast was served in
pre-war fashion. A row of hot dishes on an electric heater. Sir George was eating a full-sized
Englishman’s breakfast of scrambled44 eggs, bacon and kidneys. Mrs. Oliver and Miss Brewis had a
modified version of the same. Michael Weyman was eating a plateful of cold ham. Only Lady
Stubbs was unheedful of the fleshpots and was nibbling45 thin toast and sipping46 black coffee. She
was wearing a large pale-pink hat which looked odd at the breakfast table.
The post had just arrived. Miss Brewis had an enormous pile of letters in front of her which she
was rapidly sorting into piles. Any of Sir George’s marked “Personal” she passed over to him. The
others she opened herself and sorted into categories.
Lady Stubbs had three letters. She opened what were clearly a couple of bills and tossed them
aside. Then she opened the third letter and said suddenly and clearly:
“Oh!”
The exclamation47 was so startled that all heads turned towards her.
“It’s from Etienne,” she said. “My cousin Etienne. He’s coming here in a yacht.”
“Let’s see, Hattie.” Sir George held out his hand. She passed the letter down the table. He
smoothed out the sheet and read.
“Who’s this Etienne de Sousa? A cousin, you say?”
“I think so. A second cousin. I do not remember him very well—hardly at all. He was—”
“Yes, my dear?”
She shrugged48 her shoulders.
“It does not matter. It is all a long time ago. I was a little girl.”
“I suppose you wouldn’t remember him very well. But we must make him welcome, of course,”
said Sir George heartily. “Pity in a way it’s the fête today, but we’ll ask him to dinner. Perhaps we
could put him up for a night or two—show him something of the country?”
Sir George was being the hearty49 country squire.
Lady Stubbs said nothing. She stared down into her coffee cup.
Conversation on the inevitable50 subject of the fête became general. Only Poirot remained
detached, watching the slim exotic figure at the head of the table. He wondered just what was
going on in her mind. At that very moment her eyes came up and cast a swift glance along the
table to where he sat. It was a look so shrewd and appraising51 that he was startled. As their eyes
met, the shrewd expression vanished—emptiness returned. But that other look had been there,
cold, calculating, watchful….
Or had he imagined it? In any case, wasn’t it true that people who were slightly mentally
deficient52 very often had a kind of sly native cunning that sometimes surprised even the people who
knew them best?
He thought to himself that Lady Stubbs was certainly an enigma53. People seemed to hold
diametrically opposite ideas concerning her. Miss Brewis had intimated that Lady Stubbs knew
very well what she was doing. Yet Mrs. Oliver definitely thought her half-witted, and Mrs. Folliat
who had known her long and intimately had spoken of her as someone not quite normal, who
needed care and watchfulness54.
Miss Brewis was probably prejudiced. She disliked Lady Stubbs for her indolence and her
aloofness55. Poirot wondered if Miss Brewis had been Sir George’s secretary prior to his marriage.
If so, she might easily resent the coming of the new régime.
Poirot himself would have agreed wholeheartedly with Mrs. Folliat and Mrs. Oliver—until this
morning. And, after all, could he really rely on what had been only a fleeting56 impression?
Lady Stubbs got up abruptly from the table.
“I have a headache,” she said. “I shall go and lie down in my room.”
Sir George sprang up anxiously.
“My dear girl. You’re all right, aren’t you?”
“It’s just a headache.”
“You’ll be fit enough for this afternoon, won’t you?”
“Yes, I think so.”
“Take some aspirin57, Lady Stubbs,” said Miss Brewis briskly. “Have you got some or shall I
bring it to you?”
“I’ve got some.”
She moved towards the door. As she went she dropped the handkerchief she had been squeezing
between her fingers. Poirot, moving quietly forward, picked it up unobtrusively.
Sir George, about to follow his wife, was stopped by Miss Brewis.
“About the parking of cars this afternoon, Sir George. I’m just going to give Mitchell
instructions. Do you think that the best plan would be, as you said—?”
Poirot, going out of the room, heard no more.
He caught up his hostess on the stairs.
“Madame, you dropped this.”
He proffered58 the handkerchief with a bow.
She took it unheedingly.
“Did I? Thank you.”
“I am most distressed59, Madame, that you should be suffering. Particularly when your cousin is
coming.”
She answered quickly, almost violently.
“I don’t want to see Etienne. I don’t like him. He’s bad. He was always bad. I’m afraid of him.
He does bad things.”
The door of the dining room opened and Sir George came across the hall and up the stairs.
“Hattie, my poor darling. Let me come and tuck you up.”
They went up the stairs together, his arm round her tenderly, his face worried and absorbed.
Poirot looked up after them, then turned to encounter Miss Brewis moving fast, and clasping
papers.
“Lady Stubbs’ headache—” he began.
“No more headache than my foot,” said Miss Brewis crossly, and disappeared into her office,
closing the door behind her.
Poirot sighed and went out through the front door on to the terrace. Mrs. Masterton had just
driven up in a small car and was directing the elevation60 of a tea marquee, baying out orders in rich
full-blooded tones.
She turned to greet Poirot.
“Such a nuisance, these affairs,” she observed. “And they will always put everything in the
wrong place. No, Rogers! More to the left—left—not right! What do you think of the weather, M.
Poirot? Looks doubtful to me. Rain, of course, would spoil everything. And we’ve had such a fine
summer this year for a change. Where’s Sir George? I want to talk to him about car parking.”
“His wife had a headache and has gone to lie down.”
“She’ll be all right this afternoon,” said Mrs. Masterton confidently. “Likes functions, you
know. She’ll make a terrific toilet and be as pleased about it as a child. Just fetch me a bundle of
those pegs61 over there, will you? I want to mark the places for the clock golf numbers.”
Poirot, thus pressed into service, was worked by Mrs. Masterton relentlessly62, as a useful
apprentice63. She condescended64 to talk to him in the intervals65 of hard labour.
“Got to do everything yourself, I find. Only way…By the way, you’re a friend of the Eliots, I
believe?”
Poirot, after his long sojourn66 in England, comprehended that this was an indication of social
recognition. Mrs. Masterton was in fact saying: “Although a foreigner, I understand you are One
of Us.” She continued to chat in an intimate manner.
“Nice to have Nasse lived in again. We were all so afraid it was going to be a hotel. You know
what it is nowadays; one drives through the country and passes place after place with the board up
‘Guest House’ or ‘Private Hotel’ or ‘Hotel A.A. Fully29 Licensed67.’ All the houses one stayed in as a
girl—or where one went to dances. Very sad. Yes, I’m glad about Nasse and so is poor dear Amy
Folliat, of course. She’s had such a hard life—but never complains, I will say. Sir George has done
wonders for Nasse—and not vulgarized it. Don’t know whether that’s the result of Amy Folliat’s
influence—or whether it’s his own natural good taste. He has got quite good taste, you know.
Very surprising in a man like that.”
“He is not, I understand, one of the landed gentry68?” said Poirot cautiously.
“He isn’t even really Sir George—was christened it, I understand. Took the idea from Lord
George Sanger’s Circus, I suspect. Very amusing really. Of course we never let on. Rich men must
be allowed their little snobberies, don’t you agree? The funny thing is that in spite of his origins
George Stubbs would go down perfectly69 well anywhere. He’s a throwback. Pure type of the
eighteenth- century country squire. Good blood in him, I’d say. Father a gent and mother a
barmaid, is my guess.”
Mrs. Masterton interrupted herself to yell to a gardener.
“Not by that rhododendron. You must leave room for the skittles over to the right. Right—not
left!”
She went on: “Extraordinary how they can’t tell their left from their right. The Brewis woman is
efficient. Doesn’t like poor Hattie, though. Looks at her sometimes as though she’d like to murder
her. So many of these good secretaries are in love with their boss. Now where do you think Jim
Warburton can have got to? Silly the way he sticks to calling himself ‘Captain.’ Not a regular
soldier and never within miles of a German. One has to put up, of course, with what one can get
these days—and he’s a hard worker—but I feel there’s something rather fishy70 about him. Ah!
Here are the Legges.”
Sally Legge, dressed in slacks and a yellow pullover, said brightly:
“We’ve come to help.”
“Lots to do,” boomed Mrs. Masterton. “Now, let me see…”
Poirot, profiting by her inattention, slipped away. As he came round the corner of the house on
to the front terrace he became a spectator of a new drama.
Two young women, in shorts, with bright blouses, had come out from the wood and were
standing71 uncertainly looking up at the house. In one of them he thought he recognized the Italian
girl of yesterday’s lift in the car. From the window of Lady Stubbs’ bedroom Sir George leaned
out and addressed them wrathfully.
“You’re trespassing,” he shouted.
“Please?” said the young woman with the green headscarf.
“You can’t come through here. Private.”
The other young woman, who had a royal blue headscarf, said brightly:
“Please? Nassecombe Quay…” She pronounced it carefully. “It is this way? Please.”
“You’re trespassing,” bellowed72 Sir George.
“Please?”
“Trespassing! No way through. You’ve got to go back. BACK! The way you came.”
They stared as he gesticulated. Then they consulted together in a flood of foreign speech.
Finally, doubtfully, blue-scarf said:
“Back? To Hostel73?”
“That’s right. And you take the road—road round that way.”
They retreated unwillingly74. Sir George mopped his brow and looked down at Poirot.
“Spend my time turning people off,” he said. “Used to come through the top gate. I’ve
padlocked that. Now they come through the woods, having got over the fence. Think they can get
down to the shore and the quay easily this way. Well, they can, of course, much quicker. But
there’s no right of way—never has been. And they’re practically all foreigners—don’t understand
what you say, and just jabber75 back at you in Dutch or something.”
“Of these, one is German and the other Italian, I think—I saw the Italian girl on her way from
the station yesterday.”
“Every kind of language they talk…Yes, Hattie? What did you say?” He drew back into the
room.
Poirot turned to find Mrs. Oliver and a well-developed girl of fourteen dressed in Guide uniform
close behind him.
“This is Marlene,” said Mrs. Oliver.
Marlene giggled76.
“I’m the horrible Corpse,” she said. “But I’m not going to have any blood on me.” Her tone
expressed disappointment.
“No?”
“No. Just strangled with a cord, that’s all. I’d of liked to be stabbed—and have lashings of red
paint.”
“Captain Warburton thought it might look too realistic,” said Mrs. Oliver.
“In a murder I think you ought to have blood,” said Marlene sulkily. She looked at Poirot with
hungry interest. “Seen lots of murders, haven’t you? So she says.”
“One or two,” said Poirot modestly.
He observed with alarm that Mrs. Oliver was leaving them.
“Any sex maniacs78?” asked Marlene with avidity.
“Certainly not.”
“I like sex maniacs,” said Marlene with relish79. “Reading about them, I mean.”
“You would probably not like meeting one.”
“Oh, I dunno. D’you know what? I believe we’ve got a sex maniac77 round here. My granddad
saw a body in the woods once. He was scared and ran away, and when he come back it was gone.
It was a woman’s body. But of course he’s batty, my granddad is, so no one listens to what he
says.”
Poirot managed to escape and, regaining80 the house by a circuitous81 route, took refuge in his
bedroom. He felt in need of repose82.

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1 quay uClyc     
n.码头,靠岸处
参考例句:
  • There are all kinds of ships in a quay.码头停泊各式各样的船。
  • The side of the boat hit the quay with a grinding jar.船舷撞到码头发出刺耳的声音。
2 moored 7d8a41f50d4b6386c7ace4489bce8b89     
adj. 系泊的 动词moor的过去式和过去分词形式
参考例句:
  • The ship is now permanently moored on the Thames in London. 该船现在永久地停泊在伦敦泰晤士河边。
  • We shipped (the) oars and moored alongside the bank. 我们收起桨,把船泊在岸边。
3 shuffling 03b785186d0322e5a1a31c105fc534ee     
adj. 慢慢移动的, 滑移的 动词shuffle的现在分词形式
参考例句:
  • Don't go shuffling along as if you were dead. 别像个死人似地拖着脚走。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
  • Some one was shuffling by on the sidewalk. 外面的人行道上有人拖着脚走过。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
4 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。
5 mazed 18bc15bc478e360757cbc026561c36c9     
迷惘的,困惑的
参考例句:
  • The kite felt mazed when it was free from the constraint. 挣脱束缚的风筝,自由了,却也迷惘了。
  • He is so mazed that he does not know what to do. 他昏乱得不知所措。
6 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。
7 shrubs b480276f8eea44e011d42320b17c3619     
灌木( shrub的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • The gardener spent a complete morning in trimming those two shrubs. 园丁花了整个上午的时间修剪那两处灌木林。
  • These shrubs will need more light to produce flowering shoots. 这些灌木需要更多的光照才能抽出开花的新枝。
8 abruptly iINyJ     
adv.突然地,出其不意地
参考例句:
  • He gestured abruptly for Virginia to get in the car.他粗鲁地示意弗吉尼亚上车。
  • I was abruptly notified that a half-hour speech was expected of me.我突然被通知要讲半个小时的话。
9 curiously 3v0zIc     
adv.有求知欲地;好问地;奇特地
参考例句:
  • He looked curiously at the people.他好奇地看着那些人。
  • He took long stealthy strides. His hands were curiously cold.他迈着悄没声息的大步。他的双手出奇地冷。
10 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。
11 gale Xf3zD     
n.大风,强风,一阵闹声(尤指笑声等)
参考例句:
  • We got our roof blown off in the gale last night.昨夜的大风把我们的房顶给掀掉了。
  • According to the weather forecast,there will be a gale tomorrow.据气象台预报,明天有大风。
12 folly QgOzL     
n.愚笨,愚蠢,蠢事,蠢行,傻话
参考例句:
  • Learn wisdom by the folly of others.从别人的愚蠢行动中学到智慧。
  • Events proved the folly of such calculations.事情的进展证明了这种估计是愚蠢的。
13 spat pFdzJ     
n.口角,掌击;v.发出呼噜呼噜声
参考例句:
  • Her parents always have spats.她的父母经常有些小的口角。
  • There is only a spat between the brother and sister.那只是兄妹间的小吵小闹。
14 rustic mCQz9     
adj.乡村的,有乡村特色的;n.乡下人,乡巴佬
参考例句:
  • It was nearly seven months of leisurely rustic living before Michael felt real boredom.这种悠闲的乡村生活过了差不多七个月之后,迈克尔开始感到烦闷。
  • We hoped the fresh air and rustic atmosphere would help him adjust.我们希望新鲜的空气和乡村的氛围能帮他调整自己。
15 chuckle Tr1zZ     
vi./n.轻声笑,咯咯笑
参考例句:
  • He shook his head with a soft chuckle.他轻轻地笑着摇了摇头。
  • I couldn't suppress a soft chuckle at the thought of it.想到这个,我忍不住轻轻地笑起来。
16 shuffled cee46c30b0d1f2d0c136c830230fe75a     
v.洗(纸牌)( shuffle的过去式和过去分词 );拖着脚步走;粗心地做;摆脱尘世的烦恼
参考例句:
  • He shuffled across the room to the window. 他拖着脚走到房间那头的窗户跟前。
  • Simon shuffled awkwardly towards them. 西蒙笨拙地拖着脚朝他们走去。 来自《简明英汉词典》
17 irritation la9zf     
n.激怒,恼怒,生气
参考例句:
  • He could not hide his irritation that he had not been invited.他无法掩饰因未被邀请而生的气恼。
  • Barbicane said nothing,but his silence covered serious irritation.巴比康什么也不说,但是他的沉默里潜伏着阴郁的怒火。
18 meticulous A7TzJ     
adj.极其仔细的,一丝不苟的
参考例句:
  • We'll have to handle the matter with meticulous care.这事一点不能含糊。
  • She is meticulous in her presentation of facts.她介绍事实十分详细。
19 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》
20 ferocious ZkNxc     
adj.凶猛的,残暴的,极度的,十分强烈的
参考例句:
  • The ferocious winds seemed about to tear the ship to pieces.狂风仿佛要把船撕成碎片似的。
  • The ferocious panther is chasing a rabbit.那只凶猛的豹子正追赶一只兔子。
21 resounded 063087faa0e6dc89fa87a51a1aafc1f9     
v.(指声音等)回荡于某处( resound的过去式和过去分词 );产生回响;(指某处)回荡着声音
参考例句:
  • Laughter resounded through the house. 笑声在屋里回荡。
  • The echo resounded back to us. 回声传回到我们的耳中。 来自《简明英汉词典》
22 descended guQzoy     
a.为...后裔的,出身于...的
参考例句:
  • A mood of melancholy descended on us. 一种悲伤的情绪袭上我们的心头。
  • The path descended the hill in a series of zigzags. 小路呈连续的之字形顺着山坡蜿蜒而下。
23 artistic IeWyG     
adj.艺术(家)的,美术(家)的;善于艺术创作的
参考例句:
  • The picture on this screen is a good artistic work.这屏风上的画是件很好的艺术品。
  • These artistic handicrafts are very popular with foreign friends.外国朋友很喜欢这些美术工艺品。
24 crescendo 1o8zM     
n.(音乐)渐强,高潮
参考例句:
  • The gale reached its crescendo in the evening.狂风在晚上达到高潮。
  • There was a crescendo of parliamentary and press criticism.来自议会和新闻界的批评越来越多。
25 forte 8zbyB     
n.长处,擅长;adj.(音乐)强音的
参考例句:
  • Her forte is playing the piano.她擅长弹钢琴。
  • His forte is to show people around in the company.他最拿手的就是向大家介绍公司。
26 melancholy t7rz8     
n.忧郁,愁思;adj.令人感伤(沮丧)的,忧郁的
参考例句:
  • All at once he fell into a state of profound melancholy.他立即陷入无尽的忧思之中。
  • He felt melancholy after he failed the exam.这次考试没通过,他感到很郁闷。
27 blackmailing 5179dc6fb450aa50a5119c7ec77af55f     
胁迫,尤指以透露他人不体面行为相威胁以勒索钱财( blackmail的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • The policemen kept blackmailing him, because they had sth. on him. 那些警察之所以经常去敲他的竹杠是因为抓住把柄了。
  • Democratic paper "nailed" an aggravated case of blackmailing to me. 民主党最主要的报纸把一桩极为严重的讹诈案件“栽”在我的头上。
28 housekeeper 6q2zxl     
n.管理家务的主妇,女管家
参考例句:
  • A spotless stove told us that his mother is a diligent housekeeper.炉子清洁无瑕就表明他母亲是个勤劳的主妇。
  • She is an economical housekeeper and feeds her family cheaply.她节约持家,一家人吃得很省。
29 fully Gfuzd     
adv.完全地,全部地,彻底地;充分地
参考例句:
  • The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气,然后全部呼出。
  • They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。
30 anonymous lM2yp     
adj.无名的;匿名的;无特色的
参考例句:
  • Sending anonymous letters is a cowardly act.寄匿名信是懦夫的行为。
  • The author wishes to remain anonymous.作者希望姓名不公开。
31 recollected 38b448634cd20e21c8e5752d2b820002     
adj.冷静的;镇定的;被回忆起的;沉思默想的v.记起,想起( recollect的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • I recollected that she had red hair. 我记得她有一头红发。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • His efforts, the Duke recollected many years later, were distinctly half-hearted. 据公爵许多年之后的回忆,他当时明显只是敷衍了事。 来自辞典例句
32 unnatural 5f2zAc     
adj.不自然的;反常的
参考例句:
  • Did her behaviour seem unnatural in any way?她有任何反常表现吗?
  • She has an unnatural smile on her face.她脸上挂着做作的微笑。
33 proffering bb5743f9a89c53e1d4727ba5f1e36dbf     
v.提供,贡献,提出( proffer的现在分词 )
参考例句:
34 obsolete T5YzH     
adj.已废弃的,过时的
参考例句:
  • These goods are obsolete and will not fetch much on the market.这些货品过时了,在市场上卖不了高价。
  • They tried to hammer obsolete ideas into the young people's heads.他们竭力把陈旧思想灌输给青年。
35 bent QQ8yD     
n.爱好,癖好;adj.弯的;决心的,一心的
参考例句:
  • He was fully bent upon the project.他一心扑在这项计划上。
  • We bent over backward to help them.我们尽了最大努力帮助他们。
36 Vogue 6hMwC     
n.时髦,时尚;adj.流行的
参考例句:
  • Flowery carpets became the vogue.花卉地毯变成了时髦货。
  • Short hair came back into vogue about ten years ago.大约十年前短发又开始流行起来了。
37 ornament u4czn     
v.装饰,美化;n.装饰,装饰物
参考例句:
  • The flowers were put on the table for ornament.花放在桌子上做装饰用。
  • She wears a crystal ornament on her chest.她的前胸戴了一个水晶饰品。
38 contradictory VpazV     
adj.反驳的,反对的,抗辩的;n.正反对,矛盾对立
参考例句:
  • The argument is internally contradictory.论据本身自相矛盾。
  • What he said was self-contradictory.他讲话前后不符。
39 heartily Ld3xp     
adv.衷心地,诚恳地,十分,很
参考例句:
  • He ate heartily and went out to look for his horse.他痛快地吃了一顿,就出去找他的马。
  • The host seized my hand and shook it heartily.主人抓住我的手,热情地和我握手。
40 ornamented af417c68be20f209790a9366e9da8dbb     
adj.花式字体的v.装饰,点缀,美化( ornament的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • The desk was ornamented with many carvings. 这桌子装饰有很多雕刻物。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • She ornamented her dress with lace. 她用花边装饰衣服。 来自《简明英汉词典》
41 ferociously e84ae4b9f07eeb9fbd44e3c2c7b272c5     
野蛮地,残忍地
参考例句:
  • The buck shook his antlers ferociously. 那雄鹿猛烈地摇动他的鹿角。
  • At intervals, he gritted his teeth ferociously. 他不时狠狠的轧平。
42 avowedly 22a8f7113a6a07f0e70ce2acc52ecdfa     
adv.公然地
参考例句:
  • He was avowedly in the wrong. 他自认错了。 来自辞典例句
  • Their policy has been avowedly marxist. 他们的政策被公开地宣称为马克思主义政策。 来自互联网
43 conscientiously 3vBzrQ     
adv.凭良心地;认真地,负责尽职地;老老实实
参考例句:
  • He kept silent,eating just as conscientiously but as though everything tasted alike. 他一声不吭,闷头吃着,仿佛桌上的饭菜都一个味儿。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • She discharged all the responsibilities of a minister conscientiously. 她自觉地履行部长的一切职责。 来自《简明英汉词典》
44 scrambled 2e4a1c533c25a82f8e80e696225a73f2     
v.快速爬行( scramble的过去式和过去分词 );攀登;争夺;(军事飞机)紧急起飞
参考例句:
  • Each scrambled for the football at the football ground. 足球场上你争我夺。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • He scrambled awkwardly to his feet. 他笨拙地爬起身来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
45 nibbling 610754a55335f7412ddcddaf447d7d54     
v.啃,一点一点地咬(吃)( nibble的现在分词 );啃出(洞),一点一点咬出(洞);慢慢减少;小口咬
参考例句:
  • We sat drinking wine and nibbling olives. 我们坐在那儿,喝着葡萄酒嚼着橄榄。
  • He was nibbling on the apple. 他在啃苹果。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
46 sipping e7d80fb5edc3b51045def1311858d0ae     
v.小口喝,呷,抿( sip的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • She sat in the sun, idly sipping a cool drink. 她坐在阳光下懒洋洋地抿着冷饮。
  • She sat there, sipping at her tea. 她坐在那儿抿着茶。
47 exclamation onBxZ     
n.感叹号,惊呼,惊叹词
参考例句:
  • He could not restrain an exclamation of approval.他禁不住喝一声采。
  • The author used three exclamation marks at the end of the last sentence to wake up the readers.作者在文章的最后一句连用了三个惊叹号,以引起读者的注意。
48 shrugged 497904474a48f991a3d1961b0476ebce     
vt.耸肩(shrug的过去式与过去分词形式)
参考例句:
  • Sam shrugged and said nothing. 萨姆耸耸肩膀,什么也没说。
  • She shrugged, feigning nonchalance. 她耸耸肩,装出一副无所谓的样子。 来自《简明英汉词典》
49 hearty Od1zn     
adj.热情友好的;衷心的;尽情的,纵情的
参考例句:
  • After work they made a hearty meal in the worker's canteen.工作完了,他们在工人食堂饱餐了一顿。
  • We accorded him a hearty welcome.我们给他热忱的欢迎。
50 inevitable 5xcyq     
adj.不可避免的,必然发生的
参考例句:
  • Mary was wearing her inevitable large hat.玛丽戴着她总是戴的那顶大帽子。
  • The defeat had inevitable consequences for British policy.战败对英国政策不可避免地产生了影响。
51 appraising 3285bf735793610b563b00c395ce6cc6     
v.估价( appraise的现在分词 );估计;估量;评价
参考例句:
  • At the appraising meeting, experts stated this method was superior to others. 鉴定会上,专家们指出这种方法优于其他方法。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • The teacher is appraising the students' work. 老师正在评定学生的作业。 来自辞典例句
52 deficient Cmszv     
adj.不足的,不充份的,有缺陷的
参考例句:
  • The crops are suffering from deficient rain.庄稼因雨量不足而遭受损害。
  • I always have been deficient in selfconfidence and decision.我向来缺乏自信和果断。
53 enigma 68HyU     
n.谜,谜一样的人或事
参考例句:
  • I've known him for many years,but he remains something of an enigma to me.我与他相识多年,他仍然难以捉摸。
  • Even after all the testimonies,the murder remained a enigma.即使听完了所有的证词,这件谋杀案仍然是一个谜。
54 watchfulness 2ecdf1f27c52a55029bd5400ce8c70a4     
警惕,留心; 警觉(性)
参考例句:
  • The escort and the universal watchfulness had completely isolated him. 护送和普遍一致的监视曾经使他完全孤立。
  • A due watchfulness on the movements of the enemy was maintained. 他们对敌人的行动还是相当警惕的。
55 aloofness 25ca9c51f6709fb14da321a67a42da8a     
超然态度
参考例句:
  • Why should I have treated him with such sharp aloofness? 但我为什么要给人一些严厉,一些端庄呢? 来自汉英文学 - 中国现代小说
  • He had an air of haughty aloofness. 他有一种高傲的神情。 来自辞典例句
56 fleeting k7zyS     
adj.短暂的,飞逝的
参考例句:
  • The girls caught only a fleeting glimpse of the driver.女孩们只匆匆瞥了一眼司机。
  • Knowing the life fleeting,she set herself to enjoy if as best as she could.她知道这种日子转瞬即逝,于是让自已尽情地享受。
57 aspirin 4yszpM     
n.阿司匹林
参考例句:
  • The aspirin seems to quiet the headache.阿司匹林似乎使头痛减轻了。
  • She went into a chemist's and bought some aspirin.她进了一家药店,买了些阿司匹林。
58 proffered 30a424e11e8c2d520c7372bd6415ad07     
v.提供,贡献,提出( proffer的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • She proffered her cheek to kiss. 她伸过自己的面颊让人亲吻。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He rose and proffered a silver box full of cigarettes. 他站起身,伸手递过一个装满香烟的银盒子。 来自辞典例句
59 distressed du1z3y     
痛苦的
参考例句:
  • He was too distressed and confused to answer their questions. 他非常苦恼而困惑,无法回答他们的问题。
  • The news of his death distressed us greatly. 他逝世的消息使我们极为悲痛。
60 elevation bqsxH     
n.高度;海拔;高地;上升;提高
参考例句:
  • The house is at an elevation of 2,000 metres.那幢房子位于海拔两千米的高处。
  • His elevation to the position of General Manager was announced yesterday.昨天宣布他晋升总经理职位。
61 pegs 6e3949e2f13b27821b0b2a5124975625     
n.衣夹( peg的名词复数 );挂钉;系帐篷的桩;弦钮v.用夹子或钉子固定( peg的第三人称单数 );使固定在某水平
参考例句:
  • She hung up the shirt with two (clothes) pegs. 她用两只衣夹挂上衬衫。 来自辞典例句
  • The vice-presidents were all square pegs in round holes. 各位副总裁也都安排得不得其所。 来自辞典例句
62 relentlessly Rk4zSD     
adv.不屈不挠地;残酷地;不间断
参考例句:
  • The African sun beat relentlessly down on his aching head. 非洲的太阳无情地照射在他那发痛的头上。
  • He pursued her relentlessly, refusing to take 'no' for an answer. 他锲而不舍地追求她,拒不接受“不”的回答。
63 apprentice 0vFzq     
n.学徒,徒弟
参考例句:
  • My son is an apprentice in a furniture maker's workshop.我的儿子在一家家具厂做学徒。
  • The apprentice is not yet out of his time.这徒工还没有出徒。
64 condescended 6a4524ede64ac055dc5095ccadbc49cd     
屈尊,俯就( condescend的过去式和过去分词 ); 故意表示和蔼可亲
参考例句:
  • We had to wait almost an hour before he condescended to see us. 我们等了几乎一小时他才屈尊大驾来见我们。
  • The king condescended to take advice from his servants. 国王屈驾向仆人征求意见。
65 intervals f46c9d8b430e8c86dea610ec56b7cbef     
n.[军事]间隔( interval的名词复数 );间隔时间;[数学]区间;(戏剧、电影或音乐会的)幕间休息
参考例句:
  • The forecast said there would be sunny intervals and showers. 预报间晴,有阵雨。
  • Meetings take place at fortnightly intervals. 每两周开一次会。
66 sojourn orDyb     
v./n.旅居,寄居;逗留
参考例句:
  • It would be cruel to begrudge your sojourn among flowers and fields.如果嫉妒你逗留在鲜花与田野之间,那将是太不近人情的。
  • I am already feeling better for my sojourn here.我在此逗留期间,觉得体力日渐恢复。
67 licensed ipMzNI     
adj.得到许可的v.许可,颁发执照(license的过去式和过去分词)
参考例句:
  • The new drug has not yet been licensed in the US. 这种新药尚未在美国获得许可。
  • Is that gun licensed? 那支枪有持枪执照吗?
68 gentry Ygqxe     
n.绅士阶级,上层阶级
参考例句:
  • Landed income was the true measure of the gentry.来自土地的收入是衡量是否士绅阶层的真正标准。
  • Better be the head of the yeomanry than the tail of the gentry.宁做自由民之首,不居贵族之末。
69 perfectly 8Mzxb     
adv.完美地,无可非议地,彻底地
参考例句:
  • The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
  • Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。
70 fishy ysgzzF     
adj. 值得怀疑的
参考例句:
  • It all sounds very fishy to me.所有这些在我听起来都很可疑。
  • There was definitely something fishy going on.肯定当时有可疑的事情在进行中。
71 standing 2hCzgo     
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
参考例句:
  • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
  • They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
72 bellowed fa9ba2065b18298fa17a6311db3246fc     
v.发出吼叫声,咆哮(尤指因痛苦)( bellow的过去式和过去分词 );(愤怒地)说出(某事),大叫
参考例句:
  • They bellowed at her to stop. 他们吼叫着让她停下。
  • He bellowed with pain when the tooth was pulled out. 当牙齿被拔掉时,他痛得大叫。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
73 hostel f5qyR     
n.(学生)宿舍,招待所
参考例句:
  • I lived in a hostel while I was a student.我求学期间住在青年招待所里。
  • He says he's staying at a Youth Hostel.他说他现住在一家青年招待所。
74 unwillingly wjjwC     
adv.不情愿地
参考例句:
  • He submitted unwillingly to his mother. 他不情愿地屈服于他母亲。
  • Even when I call, he receives unwillingly. 即使我登门拜访,他也是很不情愿地接待我。
75 jabber EaBzb     
v.快而不清楚地说;n.吱吱喳喳
参考例句:
  • Listen to the jabber of those monkeys.听那些猴子在吱吱喳喳地叫。
  • He began to protes,to jabber of his right of entry.他开始抗议,唠叨不休地说他有进来的权力。
76 giggled 72ecd6e6dbf913b285d28ec3ba1edb12     
v.咯咯地笑( giggle的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • The girls giggled at the joke. 女孩子们让这笑话逗得咯咯笑。
  • The children giggled hysterically. 孩子们歇斯底里地傻笑。 来自《简明英汉词典》
77 maniac QBexu     
n.精神癫狂的人;疯子
参考例句:
  • Be careful!That man is driving like a maniac!注意!那个人开车像个疯子一样!
  • You were acting like a maniac,and you threatened her with a bomb!你像一个疯子,你用炸弹恐吓她!
78 maniacs 11a6200b98a38680d7dd8e9553e00911     
n.疯子(maniac的复数形式)
参考例句:
  • Hollywood films misrepresented us as drunks, maniacs and murderers. 好莱坞电影把我们歪曲成酒鬼、疯子和杀人凶手。 来自辞典例句
  • They're not irrational, potentially homicidal maniacs, to start! 他们不是非理性的,或者有杀人倾向的什么人! 来自电影对白
79 relish wBkzs     
n.滋味,享受,爱好,调味品;vt.加调味料,享受,品味;vi.有滋味
参考例句:
  • I have no relish for pop music.我对流行音乐不感兴趣。
  • I relish the challenge of doing jobs that others turn down.我喜欢挑战别人拒绝做的工作。
80 regaining 458e5f36daee4821aec7d05bf0dd4829     
复得( regain的现在分词 ); 赢回; 重回; 复至某地
参考例句:
  • She was regaining consciousness now, but the fear was coming with her. 现在她正在恢发她的知觉,但是恐怖也就伴随着来了。
  • She said briefly, regaining her will with a click. 她干脆地答道,又马上重新振作起精神来。
81 circuitous 5qzzs     
adj.迂回的路的,迂曲的,绕行的
参考例句:
  • They took a circuitous route to avoid reporters.他们绕道避开了记者。
  • The explanation was circuitous and puzzling.这个解释很迂曲,让人困惑不解。
82 repose KVGxQ     
v.(使)休息;n.安息
参考例句:
  • Don't disturb her repose.不要打扰她休息。
  • Her mouth seemed always to be smiling,even in repose.她的嘴角似乎总是挂着微笑,即使在睡眠时也是这样。

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