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own position toward him at the present time.
"Mr. Winterfield has made an appointment with me to call at his
hotel, on his return to London," I said. "I shall probably be the
first friend who sees him. If you will trust me with your sealed
packet, in consideration of these circumstances, I will give you
a formalreceipt for it in Doctor Wybrow's presence--and I will
add any written pledge that you may require on my part, acting as
Mr. Winterfield's representative and friend. Perhaps you would
like a reference as well?"
He made a courteous reply. "A friend of Dr. Wybrow's," he said,
"requires no other reference."
"Excuse me," I persisted. "I had the honor of meeting Doctor
Wybrow, for the first time, yesterday. Permit me to refer you to
Lord Loring, who has long known me as his spiritualrector" target="_blank" title="n.指导者；….长；导演">director and
friend."
This account of myself settled the matter. I drew out the
necessary securities--and I have all the papers lying before me
on my desk at this moment.
You remember how seals were broken, and impressed again, at the
Roman post-office, in the revolutionary days when we were both
young men? Thanks to the knowledge then obtained, the
extraordinary events which once associated Mr. Winterfield and
Miss Eyrecourt are at last plainly revealed to me. Copies of the
papers are in my possession, and the originals are sealed again,
with the crest of the proprietor of the asylum, as if nothing had
happened. I make no attempt to excuse myself. You know our
motto:--THE END JUSTIFIES THE MEANS.
I don't propose to make any premature use of the information
which I have obtained. The first and foremost necessity, as I
have already reminded you, is to give Penrose the undisturbed
opportunity of completing the conversion of Romayne. During this
interval, my copies of the papers are at the disposal of my
reverend brethren at headquarters.
----
THE STOLEN PAPERS.--(COPIES.)
_Number One.--From Emma Winterfield to Bernard Winterfield._
4 Maidwell Buildings, Belhaven.
How shall I address you? Dear Bernard, or Sir? It doesn't matter.
I am going to do one of the few good actions of my life: and
familiarities or formalities matter nothing to a woman who lies
on her deathbed.
Yes--I have met with another accident. Shortly after the date of
our separation, you heard, I think, of the fall in the circus
that fractured my skull? On that occasion, a surgical operation,
and a bit of silver plate in place of the bone, put me right
again. This time it has been the kick of a horse, in the stables.
Some internalinjury is the consequence. I may die to-morrow, or
live till next week. Anyway--the doctor has confessed it--my time
has come.
Mind one thing. The drink--that vile habit which lost me your
love and banished me from your house--the drink is not to blame
for this last misfortune. Only the day before it happened I had
taken the pledge, under persuasion of the good rector here, the
Reverend Mr. Fennick. It is he who has brought me to make this
confession, and who takes it down in writing at my bedside. Do
you remember how I once hated the very name of a parson--and when
you proposed, in joke, to marry me before the registrar, how I
took it in downrightearnest, and kept you to your word? We poor
horse-riders and acrobats only knew clergymen as the worst
enemies we had--always using their influence to keep the people
out of our show, and the bread out of our mouths. If I had met
with Mr. Fennick in my younger days, what a different woman I
might have been!
Well, regrets of that kind are useless now. I am truly sorry,
Bernard, for the evil that I have done to you; and I ask your
pardon with a contrite heart.
You will at least allow it in my favor that your drunken wife
knew she was unworthy of you. I refused to accept the allowance
that you offered to me. I respected your name. For seven years
from the time of our separation I returned to my profession under
an assumed name and never troubled you. The one thing I could not
"Mr. Winterfield has made an appointment with me to call at his
hotel, on his return to London," I said. "I shall probably be the
first friend who sees him. If you will trust me with your sealed
packet, in consideration of these circumstances, I will give you
a formalreceipt for it in Doctor Wybrow's presence--and I will
add any written pledge that you may require on my part, acting as
Mr. Winterfield's representative and friend. Perhaps you would
like a reference as well?"
He made a courteous reply. "A friend of Dr. Wybrow's," he said,
"requires no other reference."
"Excuse me," I persisted. "I had the honor of meeting Doctor
Wybrow, for the first time, yesterday. Permit me to refer you to
Lord Loring, who has long known me as his spiritualrector" target="_blank" title="n.指导者；….长；导演">director and
friend."
This account of myself settled the matter. I drew out the
necessary securities--and I have all the papers lying before me
on my desk at this moment.
You remember how seals were broken, and impressed again, at the
Roman post-office, in the revolutionary days when we were both
young men? Thanks to the knowledge then obtained, the
extraordinary events which once associated Mr. Winterfield and
Miss Eyrecourt are at last plainly revealed to me. Copies of the
papers are in my possession, and the originals are sealed again,
with the crest of the proprietor of the asylum, as if nothing had
happened. I make no attempt to excuse myself. You know our
motto:--THE END JUSTIFIES THE MEANS.
I don't propose to make any premature use of the information
which I have obtained. The first and foremost necessity, as I
have already reminded you, is to give Penrose the undisturbed
opportunity of completing the conversion of Romayne. During this
interval, my copies of the papers are at the disposal of my
reverend brethren at headquarters.
----
THE STOLEN PAPERS.--(COPIES.)
_Number One.--From Emma Winterfield to Bernard Winterfield._
4 Maidwell Buildings, Belhaven.
How shall I address you? Dear Bernard, or Sir? It doesn't matter.
I am going to do one of the few good actions of my life: and
familiarities or formalities matter nothing to a woman who lies
on her deathbed.
Yes--I have met with another accident. Shortly after the date of
our separation, you heard, I think, of the fall in the circus
that fractured my skull? On that occasion, a surgical operation,
and a bit of silver plate in place of the bone, put me right
again. This time it has been the kick of a horse, in the stables.
Some internalinjury is the consequence. I may die to-morrow, or
live till next week. Anyway--the doctor has confessed it--my time
has come.
Mind one thing. The drink--that vile habit which lost me your
love and banished me from your house--the drink is not to blame
for this last misfortune. Only the day before it happened I had
taken the pledge, under persuasion of the good rector here, the
Reverend Mr. Fennick. It is he who has brought me to make this
confession, and who takes it down in writing at my bedside. Do
you remember how I once hated the very name of a parson--and when
you proposed, in joke, to marry me before the registrar, how I
took it in downrightearnest, and kept you to your word? We poor
horse-riders and acrobats only knew clergymen as the worst
enemies we had--always using their influence to keep the people
out of our show, and the bread out of our mouths. If I had met
with Mr. Fennick in my younger days, what a different woman I
might have been!
Well, regrets of that kind are useless now. I am truly sorry,
Bernard, for the evil that I have done to you; and I ask your
pardon with a contrite heart.
You will at least allow it in my favor that your drunken wife
knew she was unworthy of you. I refused to accept the allowance
that you offered to me. I respected your name. For seven years
from the time of our separation I returned to my profession under
an assumed name and never troubled you. The one thing I could not
- mental [´mentl]
a.精神的；心理的 (初中英语单词) - disappointment [,disə´pɔintmənt] n.失望；挫折 (初中英语单词)
- extraordinary [ik´strɔ:dinəri] a.非常的；额外的 (初中英语单词)
- interval [´intəvəl] n.间隙；(工间)休息 (初中英语单词)
- illness [´ilnis] n.生病，不健康，疾病 (初中英语单词)
- professional [prə´feʃənəl] a.职业的 n.自由职业 (初中英语单词)
- medical [´medikəl] a.医学的；医疗的 (初中英语单词)
- briefly [´bri:fli] ad.简短地；简略地 (初中英语单词)
- explanation [,eksplə´neiʃən] n.解释；说明；辩解 (初中英语单词)
- envelope [´envələup] n.信封，封皮 (初中英语单词)
- phrase [freiz] n.短语；词组；措词 (初中英语单词)
- proportion [prə´pɔ:ʃən] n.比率 vt.使成比例 (初中英语单词)
- reference [´refərəns] n.参考；参照；出处 (初中英语单词)
- punctual [´pʌŋktjuəl] a.准时的；精确的 (初中英语单词)
- height [hait] n.高度；顶点；卓越 (初中英语单词)
- relief [ri´li:f] n.救济；援救；减轻 (初中英语单词)
- intelligent [in´telidʒənt] a.聪明的；理智的 (初中英语单词)
- sufficiently [sə´fiʃəntli] ad.充分地，足够地 (初中英语单词)
- domestic [də´mestik] a.家庭的；本国的 (初中英语单词)
- attendant [ə´tendənt] n.随员 a.伴随的 (初中英语单词)
- hidden [´hid(ə)n] hide 的过去分词 (初中英语单词)
- garment [´gɑ:mənt] n.衣服，外衣 (初中英语单词)
- examination [ig,zæmi´neiʃən] n.检查；考试；检验 (初中英语单词)
- preserve [pri´zə:v] v.保藏 n.保藏物 (初中英语单词)
- assistant [ə´sistənt] n.助手；助理；助教 (初中英语单词)
- useless [´ju:sləs] a.无用的，无价值的 (初中英语单词)
- stolen [´stəulən] steal 的过去分词 (初中英语单词)
- motive [´məutiv] n.动机；主题 a.运动的 (初中英语单词)
- ashamed [ə´ʃeimd] a.惭愧；不好意思 (初中英语单词)
- restore [ri´stɔ:] vt.(使)恢复；修复 (初中英语单词)
- anywhere [´eniweə] ad.无论何处；任何地方 (初中英语单词)
- absence [´æbsəns] n.不在，缺席；缺乏 (初中英语单词)
- plainly [´pleinli] ad.平坦地；简单地 (初中英语单词)
- consideration [kən,sidə´reiʃən] n.考虑；原因；体谅 (初中英语单词)
- formal [´fɔ:məl] a.正式的；外表的 (初中英语单词)
- receipt [ri´si:t] n.收到；收据 (初中英语单词)
- pledge [pledʒ] n.信物；誓约vt.使发誓 (初中英语单词)
- acting [´æktiŋ] a.代理的 n.演戏 (初中英语单词)
- yesterday [´jestədi] n.&ad.昨天；前不久 (初中英语单词)
- spiritual [´spiritʃuəl] a.精神(上)的；神圣的 (初中英语单词)
- director [di´rektə] n.指导者；….长；导演 (初中英语单词)
- account [ə´kaunt] vi.说明 vt.认为 n.帐目 (初中英语单词)
- shortly [´ʃɔ:tli] ad.立刻，马上；不久 (初中英语单词)
- injury [´indʒəri] n.伤害；毁坏；侮辱 (初中英语单词)
- consequence [´kɔnsikwəns] n.结果；后果；推断 (初中英语单词)
- persuasion [pə´sweiʒən] n.说服(力)；劝说；见解 (初中英语单词)
- writing [´raitiŋ] n.书写；写作；书法 (初中英语单词)
- earnest [´ə:nist] a.认真的 n.认真；诚恳 (初中英语单词)
- drunken [´drʌŋkən] a.喝醉的；常醉的 (初中英语单词)
- profession [prə´feʃən] n.职业；声明；表白 (初中英语单词)
- recovery [ri´kʌvəri] n.重获；获得；恢复 (高中英语单词)
- saying [´seiŋ, ´sei-iŋ] n.言语；言论；格言 (高中英语单词)
- lining [´lainiŋ] n.衬里；衬料 (高中英语单词)
- narrative [´nærətiv] a.叙述的 n.记事 (高中英语单词)
- repetition [,repi´tiʃən] n.重复；背诵；复制品 (高中英语单词)
- perfectly [´pə:fiktli] ad.理想地；完美地 (高中英语单词)
- inscription [in´skripʃən] n.题名；题字；碑文 (高中英语单词)
- proprietor [prə´praiətə] n.所有人；业主；经营者 (高中英语单词)
- draught [drɑ:ft] n.通风，通气；吸出 (高中英语单词)
- courteous [´kə:tiəs] a.有礼貌的；殷勤的 (高中英语单词)
- post-office [´pəust-´ɔfis] a.邮政的 (高中英语单词)
- revolutionary [,revə´lu:ʃənəri] a.革命的 n.革命者 (高中英语单词)
- foremost [´fɔ:məust] a.最重要的；最先的 (高中英语单词)
- disposal [di´spəuzəl] n.处理；支配 (高中英语单词)
- separation [,sepə´reiʃən] n.分离；分开；分居 (高中英语单词)
- internal [in´tə:nl] a.内部的；国内的 (高中英语单词)
- misfortune [mis´fɔ:tʃən] n.不幸；灾祸 (高中英语单词)
- mischievous [´mistʃivəs] a.有害的；淘气的 (英语四级单词)
- undertook [,ʌndə´tuk] undertake的过去式 (英语四级单词)
- packet [´pækit] n.盒 vt.…打成小包 (英语四级单词)
- unlucky [ʌn´lʌki] a.倒霉的，不幸的 (英语四级单词)
- conversion [kən´və:ʃən] n.转化；变换；皈依 (英语四级单词)
- bedside [´bedsaid] n.床边 a.护理的 (英语四级单词)
- unworthy [ʌn´wə:ði] a.不值得的；不足道的 (英语四级单词)
- asylum [ə´sailəm] n.避难所，收容所 (英语六级单词)
- waistcoat [´weskət, ´weiskəut] n.背心，马甲 (英语六级单词)
- irritable [´iritəbəl] a.急躁的；过敏的 (英语六级单词)
- concealment [kən´si:lmənt] n.隐藏，隐瞒 (英语六级单词)
- vagrant [´veigrənt] n.流浪者 a.流浪的 (英语六级单词)
- speaking [´spi:kiŋ] n.说话 a.发言的 (英语六级单词)
- applied [ə´plaid] a.实用的，应用的 (英语六级单词)
- rector [´rektə] n.校长；主任；负责人 (英语六级单词)
- downright [´daunrait] a.直率的 ad.彻底 (英语六级单词)
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