Brazilian had asked for an introduction to the beautiful Polish

lady--for Frau von Chabert was taken for one in Vevey. She, cold



and designing as she was, blushed slightly when he stood before

her for the first time; and when he gave her his arm, he could



feel her hand tremble slightly on it. The same evening they went

out riding together, the next he was lying at her feet, and on



the third she was his. For four weeks the lovely Wanda and the

Brazilian lived together as if they had been in Paradise, but he



could not deceive her searching eyes any longer.

Her sharp and practiced eye had already discovered in him that



indefinable something which makes a man appear a suspicious

character. Any other woman would have been pained and horrified



at such a discovery, but she found the strange consolation in it

that her handsome adorer promised also to become a very



interesting object for pursuit, and so she began systematically

to watch the man who lay unsuspectingly at her feet.



She soon found out that he was no conspirator; but she asked

herself in vain whether she was to look for a common swindler, an



impudent adventurer, or perhaps even a criminal in him. The day

that she had foreseen soon came; the Brazilian's banker



"unaccountably" had omitted to send him any money, and so he

borrowed some of her. "So he is a male courtesan," she said to



herself. The handsome man soon required money again, and she lent

it to him again. Then at last he left suddenly and nobody knew



where he had gone to; only this much, that he had left Vevey as

the companion of an old but wealthy Wallachian lady. So this time



clever Wanda was duped.

A year afterward she met the Brazilian unexpectedly at Lucca,



with an insipid-looking, light-haired, thin Englishwoman on his

arm. Wanda stood still and looked at him steadily, but he glanced



at her quite indifferently; he did not choose to know her again.

The next morning, however, his valet brought her a letter from



him, which contained the amount of his debt in Italian

hundred-lire notes, accompanied by a very cool excuse. Wanda was



satisfied, but she wished to find out who the lady was, in whose

company she constantly saw Don Escovedo.



"Don Escovedo."

An Austrian count, who had a loud and silly laugh, said:



"Who has saddled you with that yarn? The lady is Lady

Nitingsdale, and his name is Romanesco."



"Romanesco?"

"Yes, he is a rich Boyar from Moldavia, where he has extensive



estates."

Romanesco ran a faro bank in his apartments, and certainly



cheated, for he nearly always won; it was not long, therefore,

before other people in good society at Lucca shared Madame von



Chabert's suspicions, and, consequently, Romanesco thought it

advisable to vanish as suddenly from Lucca as Escovedo had done



from Vevey, and without leaving any more traces behind him.

Some time afterward, Madame von Chabert was on the Island of



Heligoland, for the sea-bathing; and one day she saw

Escovedo-Romanesco sitting opposite to her at the table d'hote,



in very animated conversation with a Russian lady; only his hair

had turned black since she had seen him last. Evidently his light



hair had become too compromising for him.

"The sea-water seems to have a very remarkable effect upon your



hair," Wanda said to him spitefully, in a whisper.

"Do you think so?" he replied, condescendingly.



"I fancy that at one time your hair was fair."

"You are mistaking me for somebody else," the Brazilian replied,



quietly.

"I am not."



"For whom do you take me, pray?" he said with an insolent smile.

"For Don Escovedo."



"I am Count Dembizki from Valkynia," the former Brazilian said

with a bow; "perhaps you would like to see my passport."



"Well, perhaps--"

And he had the impudence to show her his false passport.



A year afterward Wanda met Count Dembizki in Baden, near Vienna.

His hair was still black, but he had a magnificent, full, black



beard; he had become a Greek prince, and his name was Anastasio

Maurokordatos. She met him once in one of the side walks in the

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• supreme [su:´pri:m, sju:-] a.最高的，无上的 (初中英语单词)


• scream [skri:m] v.&n.尖叫(声) (初中英语单词)


• forgive [fə´giv] vt.原谅，谅解，宽恕 (初中英语单词)


• venture [´ventʃə] n.投机 v.冒险；敢于 (初中英语单词)


• procession [prə´seʃən] n.队伍 v.列队行进 (初中英语单词)


• frozen [´frəuzn] freeze 的过去分词 (初中英语单词)


• haunted [´hɔ:tid] a.常出现鬼的，闹鬼的 (初中英语单词)


• occupation [,ɔkju´peiʃən] a.职业的；军事占领的 (初中英语单词)


• constantly [´kɔnstəntli] ad.经常地；不断地 (初中英语单词)


• obtain [əb´tein] v.获得；买到；得到承认 (初中英语单词)


• relieve [ri´li:v] v.救济，援救；减轻 (初中英语单词)


• charge [tʃɑ:dʒ] v.收费；冲锋 n.费用 (初中英语单词)


• luxury [´lʌkʃəri] n.奢侈(品)；享受 (初中英语单词)


• amusement [ə´mju:zmənt] n.娱乐；文娱设施 (初中英语单词)


• mourning [´mɔ:niŋ] n.悲伤；治丧；戴孝 (初中英语单词)


• resource [ri´zɔ:s] n.手段；智谋 (初中英语单词)


• addition [ə´diʃən] n.加；加法；附加物 (初中英语单词)


• italian [i´tæliən] a.意大利 n.意大利人 (初中英语单词)


• learning [´lə:niŋ] n.学习；学问；知识 (初中英语单词)


• intimate [´intimit] a.亲密的 n.知己 (初中英语单词)


• league [li:g] n.同盟；社团 (初中英语单词)


• everyone [´evriwʌn] pron.=everybody 每人 (初中英语单词)


• unusual [ʌn´ju:ʒuəl] a.不平常的；异常的 (初中英语单词)


• wealthy [´welθi] a.富有的；丰富的 (初中英语单词)


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


• introduction [,intrə´dʌkʃən] n.介绍；引言；引导 (初中英语单词)


• slightly [´slaitli] ad.轻微地；细长的 (初中英语单词)


• paradise [´pærədais] n.天堂；乐园 (初中英语单词)


• deceive [di´si:v] vt.欺骗，欺诈 (初中英语单词)


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


• criminal [´kriminəl] a.犯罪的 n.罪犯 (初中英语单词)


• companion [kəm´pæniən] n.同伴；同事；伴侣 (初中英语单词)


• steadily [´stedili] ad.坚定地；不断地 (初中英语单词)


• amount [ə´maunt] n.总数；数量 v.合计 (初中英语单词)


• vanish [´væniʃ] vi.消失；消散；消灭 (初中英语单词)


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


• remarkable [ri´mɑ:kəbl] a.值得注意的；显著的 (初中英语单词)


• magnificent [mæg´nifisənt] a.壮丽的；豪华的 (初中英语单词)


• prince [´prins] n.王子；亲王；君主 (初中英语单词)


• motionless [´məuʃənləs] a.静止的；固定的 (高中英语单词)


• contempt [kən´tempt] n.轻蔑；受辱；不顾 (高中英语单词)


• violently [´vaiələntli] ad.强暴地；猛烈地 (高中英语单词)


• mattress [´mætris] n.床垫 (高中英语单词)


• indifferent [in´difrənt] a.不关心的；中立的 (高中英语单词)


• attire [ə´taiə] vt.装饰；穿 n.衣服 (高中英语单词)


• withdrew [wið´dru:] withdraw的过去式 (高中英语单词)


• occurrence [ə´kʌrəns] n.发生；(偶发)事件 (高中英语单词)


• recollection [,rekə´lekʃən] n.回忆；追想；记忆力 (高中英语单词)


• extravagant [ik´strævəgənt] a.奢侈的；过度的 (高中英语单词)


• linguistic [liŋ´gwistik] a.语言的；语言学的 (高中英语单词)


• profound [prə´faund] a.深奥的；渊博的 (高中英语单词)


• hurried [´hʌrid] a.仓促的，慌忙的 (高中英语单词)


• switzerland [´switsələnd] n.瑞士 (高中英语单词)


• fashionable [´fæʃənəbəl] a.流行的，时髦的 (高中英语单词)


• revolutionary [,revə´lu:ʃənəri] a.革命的 n.革命者 (高中英语单词)


• influential [,influ´enʃəl] a.有力的，有影响的 (高中英语单词)


• napoleon [nə´pəuljən] n.拿破仑 (高中英语单词)


• proprietor [prə´praiətə] n.所有人；业主；经营者 (高中英语单词)


• consequently [´kɔnsikwəntli] ad.因此，所以 (高中英语单词)


• tolerate [´tɔləreit] vt.忍受；宽容 (英语四级单词)


• upstairs [,ʌp´steəz] ad.在楼上 a.楼上的 (英语四级单词)


• feminine [´feminin] a.女性的 (英语四级单词)


• shroud [ʃraud] n.尸衣；覆盖物；罩 (英语四级单词)


• disastrous [di´zɑ:strəs] a.招致灾祸的；不幸的 (英语四级单词)


• polish [´pəuliʃ] a.波兰(人)的 n.波兰语 (英语四级单词)


• specialist [´speʃəlist] n.专家 (英语四级单词)


• reappear [,ri:ə´piə] vi.再(出)现 (英语四级单词)


• brazilian [brə´ziljən] a.&n.巴西(人)(的) (英语四级单词)


• consolation [,kɔnsə´leiʃən] n.安慰，慰问 (英语四级单词)


• adventurer [əd´ventʃərə] n.冒险者 (英语四级单词)


• unexpectedly [´ʌniks´pektidli] ad.意外地；突然地 (英语四级单词)


• insolence [´insələns] n.傲慢；无礼 (英语六级单词)


• taking [´teikiŋ] a.迷人的 n.捕获物 (英语六级单词)


• faithless [´feiθləs] a.不忠的；虚假的 (英语六级单词)


• practiced [´præktist] a.经验丰富的；熟练的 (英语六级单词)


• conspirator [kən´spirətə] n.阴谋家；共谋者 (英语六级单词)


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


• indifferently [in´difrəntli] ad.不关心地；冷淡地 (英语六级单词)


• animated [´ænimeitid] a.栩栩如生的；活跃的 (英语六级单词)


• insolent [´insələnt] a.傲慢的；无礼的 (英语六级单词)