"I'll have to tell ye, then," pursued Hermiston. "It seems ye've been

skirting against the father that begot ye, and one of his Maijesty's



Judges in this land; and that in the public street, and while an order

of the Court was being executit. Forbye which, it would appear that



ye've been airing your opeenions in a Coallege Debatin' Society"; he

paused a moment: and then, with extraordinarybitterness, added: "Ye



damned eediot."

"I had meant to tell you," stammered Archie. "I see you are well



informed."

"Muckle obleeged to ye," said his lordship, and took his usual seat.



"And so you approve" target="_blank" title="v.不赞成；指责">disapprove of Caapital Punishment?" he added.

"I am sorry, sir, I do," said Archie.



"I am sorry, too," said his lordship. "And now, if you please, we shall

approach this business with a little more parteecularity. I hear that



at the hanging of Duncan Jopp - and, man! ye had a fine client there -

in the middle of all the riff-raff of the ceety, ye thought fit to cry



out, `This is a damned murder, and my gorge rises at the man that

haangit him.' "



"No, sir, these were not my words," cried Archie.

"What were yer words, then?" asked the Judge.



"I believe I said, `I denounce it as a murder!'" said the son. "I beg

your pardon - a God-defying murder. I have no wish to conceal the



truth," he added, and looked his father for a moment in the face.

"God, it would only need that of it next!" cried Hermiston. "There was



nothing about your gorge rising, then?"

"That was afterwards, my lord, as I was leaving the Speculative. I said



I had been to see the miserable creature hanged, and my gorge rose at

it."



"Did ye, though?" said Hermiston. "And I suppose ye knew who haangit

him?"



"I was present at the trial, I ought to tell you that, I ought to

explain. I ask your pardonbeforehand for any expression that may seem



undutiful. The position in which I stand is wretched," said the unhappy

hero, now fairly face to face with the business he had chosen. "I have



been reading some of your cases. I was present while Jopp was tried.

It was a hideous business. Father, it was a hideous thing! Grant he



was vile, why should you hunt him with a vileness equal to his own? It

was done with glee - that is the word - you did it with glee; and I



looked on, God help me! with horror."

"You're a young gentleman that doesna approve of Caapital Punishment,"



said Hermiston. "Weel, I'm an auld man that does. I was glad to get

Jopp haangit, and what for would I pretend I wasna? You're all for



honesty, it seems; you couldn't even steik your mouth on the public

street. What for should I steik mines upon the bench, the King's



officer, bearing the sword, a dreid to evil-doers, as I was from the

beginning, and as I will be to the end! Mair than enough of it!



Heedious! I never gave twa thoughts to heediousness, I have no call to

be bonny. I'm a man that gets through with my day's business, and let



that suffice."

The ring of sarcasm had died out of his voice as he went on; the plain



words became invested with some of the dignity of the Justice-seat.

"It would be telling you if you could say as much," the speaker resumed.



"But ye cannot. Ye've been reading some of my cases, ye say. But it

was not for the law in them, it was to spy out your faither's nakedness,



a fine employment in a son. You're splairging; you're running at lairge

in life like a wild nowt. It's impossible you should think any longer



of coming to the Bar. You're not fit for it; no splairger is. And

another thing: son of mines or no son of mines, you have flung fylement



in public on one of the Senators of the Coallege of Justice, and I would

make it my business to see that ye were never admitted there yourself.



There is a kind of a decency to be observit. Then comes the next of it

- what am I to do with ye next? Ye'll have to find some kind of a



trade, for I'll never support ye in idleset. What do ye fancy ye'll be

fit for? The pulpit? Na, they could never get diveenity into that



bloackhead. Him that the law of man whammles is no likely to do muckle

better by the law of God. What would ye make of hell? Wouldna your



gorge rise at that? Na, there's no room for splairgers under the fower

quarters of John Calvin. What else is there? Speak up. Have ye got

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• faithful [´feiθfəl] a.忠实的；可靠的 (初中英语单词)


• valley [´væli] n.谷；河谷；流域 (初中英语单词)


• stable [´steibəl] n.马棚 a.稳固的 (初中英语单词)


• reference [´refərəns] n.参考；参照；出处 (初中英语单词)


• combine [kəm´bain] v.(使)结合；联合企业 (初中英语单词)


• encounter [in´kauntə] vt.&n.偶然相遇；冲突 (初中英语单词)


• celebrated [´selibreitid] a.著名的 (初中英语单词)


• countenance [´kauntinəns] n.面部表情；脸色；面容 (初中英语单词)


• sprang [spræŋ] spring 的过去式 (初中英语单词)


• evidently [´evidəntli] ad.明显地 (初中英语单词)


• pursuit [pə´sju:t] n.追踪；追击；事务 (初中英语单词)


• stupid [´stju:pid] a.愚蠢的；糊涂的 (初中英语单词)


• equally [´i:kwəli] ad.相等地；平等地 (初中英语单词)


• intelligence [in´telidʒəns] n.智力；消息 (初中英语单词)


• suffering [´sʌfəriŋ] n.痛苦；灾害 (初中英语单词)


• anxious [´æŋkʃəs] a.担忧的；渴望的 (初中英语单词)


• observer [əb´zə:və] n.遵守者；观察员 (初中英语单词)


• distinctly [di´stiŋktli] ad.清楚地，明晰地 (初中英语单词)


• departure [di´pɑ:tʃə] n.离开，出发 (初中英语单词)


• immense [i´mens] a.广大的，无限的 (初中英语单词)


• instantly [´instəntli] ad.立即，立刻 (初中英语单词)


• confess [kən´fes] vt.供认；坦白；承认 (初中英语单词)


• old-fashioned [´əuld´feʃənd] a.老式的；过时的 (初中英语单词)


• strongly [´strɔŋli] ad.强烈地；强有力地 (初中英语单词)


• movement [´mu:vmənt] n.活动；运动；动作 (初中英语单词)


• instinct [´instiŋkt] n.本能；直觉；天资 (初中英语单词)


• orderly [´ɔ:dəli] a.整洁的 n.勤务兵 (初中英语单词)


• extraordinary [ik´strɔ:dinəri] a.非常的；额外的 (初中英语单词)


• pardon [´pɑ:dən] n.&vt.原谅；饶恕；赦免 (初中英语单词)


• conceal [kən´si:l] vt.藏；隐瞒 (初中英语单词)


• miserable [´mizərəbəl] a.悲惨的；可怜的 (初中英语单词)


• reading [´ri:diŋ] n.(阅)读；朗读；读物 (初中英语单词)


• approve [ə´pru:v] v.赞成；同意；批准 (初中英语单词)


• pretend [pri´tend] v.假装；借口；妄求 (初中英语单词)


• dignity [´digniti] n.尊严，尊贵；高官显贵 (初中英语单词)


• speaker [´spi:kə] n.演讲人；代言人 (初中英语单词)


• employment [im´plɔimənt] n.工作；职业；雇用 (初中英语单词)


• running [´rʌniŋ] a.奔跑的；流动的 (初中英语单词)


• grimly [´grimli] ad.严厉地；坚强地 (高中英语单词)


• huddle [´hʌdl] vi.卷缩 vt.乱堆，乱挤 (高中英语单词)


• destiny [´destini] n.命运 (高中英语单词)


• industrious [in´dʌstriəs] a.勤勉的，刻苦的 (高中英语单词)


• buffet [´bʌfit, bʌ´fət] n.食品小卖部 v.打击 (高中英语单词)


• sensitive [´sensitiv] a.敏感的；感光的 (高中英语单词)


• exceedingly [ik´si:diŋli] ad.非常地，极度地 (高中英语单词)


• saying [´seiŋ, ´sei-iŋ] n.言语；言论；格言 (高中英语单词)


• generosity [,dʒenə´rɔsiti] n.慷慨；慷慨的行为 (高中英语单词)


• impatient [im´peiʃənt] a.不耐烦的，急躁的 (高中英语单词)


• stately [´steitli] a.庄严的，雄伟的 (高中英语单词)


• needless [´ni:dləs] a.不必要的；无用的 (高中英语单词)


• hanging [´hæŋiŋ] n.绞刑 a.悬挂着的 (高中英语单词)


• bitterness [´bitənis] n.苦味；辛酸；苦难 (高中英语单词)


• lordship [´lɔ:dʃip] n.贵族权力；阁下 (高中英语单词)


• client [´klaiənt] n.委托人；顾客 (高中英语单词)


• damned [dæmd] a.该死的 ad.非常，极 (高中英语单词)


• denounce [di´nauns] vt.指责；告发；揭发 (高中英语单词)


• hideous [´hidiəs] a.丑陋的，可怕的 (高中英语单词)


• bearing [´beəriŋ] n.举止；忍耐；关系 (高中英语单词)


• unbroken [ʌn´brəukən] a.未破的；不间断的 (英语四级单词)


• glimmer [´glimə] n.&vi.闪光 (英语四级单词)


• verify [´verifai] vt.检验；查对；证明 (英语四级单词)


• sickening [´sikəniŋ, ´sikniŋ] a.引起疾病的 (英语四级单词)


• precarious [pri´keəriəs] a.不安定的；危险的 (英语四级单词)


• hateful [´heitfəl] a.可恨的，可憎的 (英语四级单词)


• providence [´prɔvidəns] n.天意，天命，上帝 (英语四级单词)


• foresee [fɔ:´si:] vt.预见，预知 (英语四级单词)


• vaguely [´veigli] ad.含糊地，暖昧地 (英语四级单词)


• trying [´traiiŋ] a.难堪的；费劲的 (英语四级单词)


• charitable [´tʃæritəbəl] a.仁爱的；慈善的 (英语四级单词)


• apology [ə´pɔlədʒi] n.道歉(的话)；辩解 (英语四级单词)


• antiquity [æn´tikwiti] n.太古；古代；古迹 (英语四级单词)


• speechless [´spi:tʃləs] a.说不出话的 (英语四级单词)


• anecdote [´ænikdəut] n.轶事；趣闻 (英语四级单词)


• infinitely [´infinitli] ad.无限地；无穷地 (英语四级单词)


• observance [əb´zə:vəns] n.遵守；惯例；仪式 (英语四级单词)


• instinctively [in´stiŋktivli] ad.本能地 (英语四级单词)


• railing [´reiliŋ] n.栏杆 (英语四级单词)


• imperative [im´perətiv] a.紧急的 n.命令式 (英语四级单词)


• disapprove [,disə´pru:v] v.不赞成；指责 (英语四级单词)


• beforehand [bi´fɔ:hænd] ad.事先；提前 (英语四级单词)


• pulpit [´pulpit] n.讲坛 (英语四级单词)


• isolation [,aisə´leiʃən] n.隔离，孤立 (英语六级单词)


• emblem [´embləm] n.象征；标志；徽章 (英语六级单词)


• foreseen [fɔ:´si:n] foresee的过去分词 (英语六级单词)


• affront [ə´frʌnt] vt.&n.(当众)侮辱 (英语六级单词)


• ordeal [ɔ:´di:l] n.严峻考验；折磨 (英语六级单词)


• jester [´dʒestə] n.爱开玩笑的人 (英语六级单词)


• awakening [ə´weikəniŋ] n.&a.觉醒(中的) (英语六级单词)


• landing [´lændiŋ] n.登陆；降落；楼梯平台 (英语六级单词)


• impending [im´pendiŋ] a.即将发生的 (英语六级单词)


• speculative [´spekjulətiv] a.臆测的；投机的 (英语六级单词)


• decency [´di:sənsi] n.正派；体面 (英语六级单词)