破镜谋杀案6

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“Dr. Haydock called,” said Miss Knight1 reproachfully. “I told him you’d
gone to tea with Mrs. Bantry. He said he’d call in again tomorrow.”
She helped Miss Marple off with her wraps.
“And now, I expect, we’re tired out,” she said accusingly.
“You may be,” said Miss Marple. “I am not.”
“You come and sit cosy2 by the fire,” said Miss Knight, as usual paying no
attention. (“You don’t need to take much notice of what the old dears say. I
just humour them.”) “And how would we fancy a nice cup of Ovaltine? Or
Horlicks for a change?”
Miss Marple thanked her and said she would like a small glass of dry
sherry. Miss Knight looked disapproving3.
“I don’t know what the doctor would say to that, I’m sure,” she said,
when she returned with the glass.
“We will make a point of asking him tomorrow morning,” said Miss
Marple.
On the following morning Miss Knight met Dr. Haydock in the hall, and
did some agitated4 whispering.
The elderly doctor came into the room rubbing his hands, for it was a
chilly5 morning.
“Here’s our doctor to see us,” said Miss Knight gaily6. “Can I take your
gloves, Doctor?”
“They’ll be all right here,” said Haydock, casting them carelessly on a
table. “Quite a nippy morning.”
“A little glass of sherry perhaps?” suggested Miss Marple.
“I heard you were taking to drink. Well, you should never drink alone.”
The decanter and the glasses were already on a small table by Miss
Marple. Miss Knight left the room.
Dr. Haydock was a very old friend. He had semiretired, but came to at-
tend certain of his old patients.
“I hear you’ve been falling about,” he said as he finished his glass. “It
won’t do, you know, not at your age. I’m warning you. And I hear you
didn’t want to send for Sandford.”
Sandford was Haydock’s partner.
“That Miss Knight of yours sent for him anyway—and she was quite
right.”
“I was only bruised7 and shaken a little. Dr. Sandford said so. I could
have waited quite well until you were back.”
“Now look here, my dear. I can’t go on forever. And Sandford, let me tell
you, has better qualifications than I have. He’s a first class man.”
“The young doctors are all the same,” said Miss Marple. “They take your
blood pressure, and whatever’s the matter with you, you get some kind of
mass produced variety of new pills. Pink ones, yellow ones, brown ones.
Medicine nowadays is just like a supermarket—all packaged up.”
“Serve you right if I prescribed leeches8, and black draught9, and rubbed
your chest with camphorated oil.”
“I do that myself when I’ve got a cough,” said Miss Marple with spirit,
“and very comforting it is.”
“We don’t like getting old, that’s what it is,” said Haydock gently. “I hate
it.”
“You’re quite a young man compared to me,” said Miss Marple. “And I
don’t really mind getting old—not that in itself. It’s the lesser10 indignities11.”
“I think I know what you mean.”
“Never being alone! The difficulty of geting out for a few minutes by
oneself. And even my knitting—such a comfort that has always been, and I
really am a good knitter. Now I drop stitches all the time—and quite often
I don’t even know I’ve dropped them.”
Haydock looked at her thoughtfully.
Then his eyes twinkled.
“There’s always the opposite.”
“Now what do you mean by that?”
“If you can’t knit, what about unravelling12 for a change? Penelope did.”
“I’m hardly in her position.”
“But unravelling’s rather in your line, isn’t it?”
He rose to his feet.
“I must be getting along. What I’d prescribe for you is a nice juicy
murder.”
“That’s an outrageous13 thing to say!”
“Isn’t it? However, you can always make do with the depth the parsley
sank into the butter on a summer’s day. I always wondered about that.
Good old Holmes. A period piece, nowadays, I suppose. But he’ll never be
forgotten.”
Miss Knight bustled14 in after the doctor had gone.
“There,” she said, “we look much more cheerful. Did the doctor recom-
mend a tonic15?”
“He recommended me to take an interest in murder.”
“A nice detective story?”
“No,” said Miss Marple. “Real life.”
“Goodness,” exclaimed Miss Knight. “But there’s not likely to be a
murder in this quiet spot.”
“Murders,” said Miss Marple, “can happen anywhere. And do.”
“At the Development, perhaps?” mused16 Miss Knight. “A lot of those
Teddy-looking boys carry knives.”
But the murder, when it came, was not at the Development.

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1 knight W2Hxk     
n.骑士，武士；爵士
参考例句：
  • He was made an honourary knight.他被授予荣誉爵士称号。
  • A knight rode on his richly caparisoned steed.一个骑士骑在装饰华丽的马上。
2 cosy dvnzc5     
adj.温暖而舒适的，安逸的
参考例句：
  • We spent a cosy evening chatting by the fire.我们在炉火旁聊天度过了一个舒适的晚上。
  • It was so warm and cosy in bed that Simon didn't want to get out.床上温暖而又舒适，西蒙简直不想下床了。
3 disapproving bddf29198e28ab64a272563d29c1f915     
adj.不满的，反对的v.不赞成( disapprove的现在分词 )
参考例句：
  • Mother gave me a disapproving look. 母亲的眼神告诉我她是不赞成的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Her father threw a disapproving glance at her. 她父亲不满地瞥了她一眼。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 agitated dzgzc2     
adj.被鼓动的，不安的
参考例句：
  • His answers were all mixed up,so agitated was he.他是那样心神不定，回答全乱了。
  • She was agitated because her train was an hour late.她乘坐的火车晚点一个小时，她十分焦虑。
5 chilly pOfzl     
adj.凉快的，寒冷的
参考例句：
  • I feel chilly without a coat.我由于没有穿大衣而感到凉飕飕的。
  • I grew chilly when the fire went out.炉火熄灭后，寒气逼人。
6 gaily lfPzC     
adv.欢乐地，高兴地
参考例句：
  • The children sing gaily.孩子们欢唱着。
  • She waved goodbye very gaily.她欢快地挥手告别。
7 bruised 5xKz2P     
[医]青肿的，瘀紫的
参考例句：
  • his bruised and bloodied nose 他沾满血的青肿的鼻子
  • She had slipped and badly bruised her face. 她滑了一跤，摔得鼻青脸肿。
8 leeches 1719980de08011881ae8f13c90baaa92     
n.水蛭( leech的名词复数 )；蚂蟥；榨取他人脂膏者；医生
参考例句：
  • The usurers are leeches;they have drained us dry. 高利贷者是吸血鬼，他们吸干了我们的血汗。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Does it run in the genes to live as leeches? 你们家是不是遗传的，都以欺压别人为生？ 来自电影对白
9 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。
10 lesser UpxzJL     
adj.次要的，较小的；adv.较小地，较少地
参考例句：
  • Kept some of the lesser players out.不让那些次要的球员参加联赛。
  • She has also been affected,but to a lesser degree.她也受到波及，但程度较轻。
11 indignities 35236fff3dcc4da192dc6ef35967f28d     
n.侮辱，轻蔑( indignity的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • The soldiers who were captured suffered many indignities at the hands of the enemy. 被俘的士兵在敌人手中受尽侮辱。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • What sort of indignities would he be forced to endure? 他会被迫忍受什么样的侮辱呢？ 来自辞典例句
12 unravelling 2542a7c888d83634cd78c7dc02a27bc4     
解开，拆散，散开( unravel的现在分词 )； 阐明； 澄清； 弄清楚
参考例句：
  • Nail head clamp the unravelling of nail exteriorize broken nails and clean. 钉头卡钉，拆开钉头取出碎钉并清洁。
  • The ends of ropes are in good condition and secured without unravelling. 缆绳端部状况良好及牢固，并无松散脱线。
13 outrageous MvFyH     
adj.无理的，令人不能容忍的
参考例句：
  • Her outrageous behaviour at the party offended everyone.她在聚会上的无礼行为触怒了每一个人。
  • Charges for local telephone calls are particularly outrageous.本地电话资费贵得出奇。
14 bustled 9467abd9ace0cff070d56f0196327c70     
闹哄哄地忙乱，奔忙( bustle的过去式和过去分词 )； 催促
参考例句：
  • She bustled around in the kitchen. 她在厨房里忙得团团转。
  • The hostress bustled about with an assumption of authority. 女主人摆出一副权威的样子忙来忙去。
15 tonic tnYwt     
n./adj.滋补品，补药，强身的，健体的
参考例句：
  • It will be marketed as a tonic for the elderly.这将作为老年人滋补品在市场上销售。
  • Sea air is Nature's best tonic for mind and body.海上的空气是大自然赋予的对人们身心的最佳补品。
16 mused 0affe9d5c3a243690cca6d4248d41a85     
v.沉思，冥想( muse的过去式和过去分词 )；沉思自语说（某事）
参考例句：
  • \"I wonder if I shall ever see them again, \"he mused. “我不知道是否还可以再见到他们，”他沉思自问。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • \"Where are we going from here?\" mused one of Rutherford's guests. 卢瑟福的一位客人忍不住说道：‘我们这是在干什么？” 来自英汉非文学 - 科学史

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