空幻之屋24

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Sixteen
Gerda Christow pulled the black dress up over her head and let it fall on a chair.
Her eyes were piteous with uncertainty1.
She said: “I don’t know—I really don’t know. Nothing seems to matter.”
“I know, dear, I know.” Mrs. Patterson was kind but firm. She knew exactly how to treat people
who had had a bereavement2. “Elsie is wonderful in a crisis,” her family said of her.
At the present moment she was sitting in her sister Gerda’s bedroom in Harley Street being
wonderful. Elsie Patterson was tall and spare with an energetic manner. She was looking now at
Gerda with a mixture of irritation3 and compassion4.
Poor dear Gerda—tragic for her to lose her husband in such an awful way. And really, even
now, she didn’t seem to take in the—well, the implications, properly. Of course, Mrs. Patterson
reflected, Gerda always was terribly slow. And there was shock, too, to take into account.
She said in a brisk voice: “I think I should decide on that black marocain at twelve guineas.”
One always did have to make up Gerda’s mind for her.
Gerda stood motionless, her brow puckered5. She said hesitantly:
“I don’t really know if John liked mourning. I think I once heard him say he didn’t.”
“John,” she thought. “If only John were here to tell me what to do.”
But John would never be there again. Never—never—never…Mutton getting cold—congealing
on the table…the bang of the consulting room door, John running up two steps at a time, always in
a hurry, so vital, so alive….
Alive.
Lying on his back by the swimming pool…the slow drip of blood over the edge…the feel of the
revolver in her hand….
A nightmare, a bad dream, presently she would wake up and none of it would be true.
Her sister’s crisp voice came cutting through her nebulous thoughts.
“You must have something black for the inquest. It would look most odd if you turned up in
bright blue.”
Gerda said: “That awful inquest!” and half-shut her eyes.
“Terrible for you, darling,” said Elsie Patterson quickly. “But after it is all over you will come
straight down to us and we shall take great care of you.”
The nebulous blur6 of Gerda Christow’s thoughts hardened. She said, and her voice was
frightened, almost panic-stricken:
“What am I going to do without John?”
Elsie Patterson knew the answer to that one. “You’ve got your children. You’ve got to live for
them.”
Zena, sobbing7 and crying, “My Daddy’s dead!” Throwing herself on her bed. Terry, pale,
inquiring, shedding no tears.
An accident with a revolver, she had told them—poor Daddy has had an accident.
Beryl Collins (so thoughtful of her) had confiscated8 the morning papers so that the children
should not see them. She had warned the servants too. Really, Beryl had been most kind and
thoughtful.
Terence coming to his mother in the dim drawing room, his lips pursed close together, his face
almost greenish in its odd pallor.
“Why was Father shot?”
“An accident, dear. I—I can’t talk about it.”
“It wasn’t an accident. Why do you say what isn’t true? Father was killed. It was murder. The
paper says so.”
“Terry, how did you get hold of a paper? I told Miss Collins—”
He had nodded—queer repeated nods like a very old man.
“I went out and bought one, of course. I knew there must be something in them that you weren’t
telling us, or else why did Miss Collins hide them?”
It was never any good hiding truth from Terence. That queer, detached, scientific curiosity of
his had always to be satisfied.
“Why was he killed, Mother?”
She had broken down then, becoming hysterical9.
“Don’t ask me about it—don’t talk about it—I can’t talk about it…it’s all too dreadful.”
“But they’ll find out, won’t they? I mean, they have to find out. It’s necessary.”
So reasonable, so detached. It made Gerda want to scream and laugh and cry. She thought: “He
doesn’t care—he can’t care—he just goes on asking questions. Why, he hasn’t cried, even.”
Terence had gone away, evading10 his Aunt Elsie’s ministrations, a lonely little boy with a stiff,
pinched face. He had always felt alone. But it hadn’t mattered until today.
Today, he thought, was different. If only there was someone who would answer questions
reasonably and intelligently.
Tomorrow, Tuesday, he and Nicholson Minor11 were going to make nitroglycerine. He had been
looking forward to it with a thrill. The thrill had gone. He didn’t care if he never made
nitroglycerine.
Terence felt almost shocked at himself. Not to care any more about scientific experiment. But
when a chap’s father had been murdered…He thought: “My father—murdered.”
And something stirred—took root—grew…a slow anger.
Beryl Collins tapped on the bedroom door and came in. She was pale, composed, efficient. She
said:
“Inspector12 Grange is here.” And as Gerda gasped13 and looked at her piteously, Beryl went on
quickly: “He said there was no need for him to worry you. He’ll have a word with you before he
goes, but it is just routine questions about Dr. Christow’s practice and I can tell him everything he
wants to know.”
“Oh thank you, Collie.”
Beryl made a rapid exit and Gerda sighed out:
“Collie is such a help. She’s so practical.”
“Yes, indeed,” said Mrs. Patterson. “An excellent secretary, I’m sure. Very plain, poor girl, isn’t
she? Oh, well, I always think that’s just as well. Especially with an attractive man like John.”
Gerda flamed out at her:
“What do you mean, Elsie? John would never—he never—you talk as though John would have
flirted14 or something horrid15 if he had had a pretty secretary. John wasn’t like that at all.”
“Of course not, darling,” said Mrs. Patterson. “But after all, one knows what men are like!”
In the consulting room Inspector Grange faced the cool, belligerent16 glance of Beryl Collins. It
was belligerent, he noted17 that. Well, perhaps that was only natural.
“Plain bit of goods,” he thought. “Nothing between her and the doctor, I shouldn’t think. She
may have been sweet on him, though. It works that way sometimes.”
But not this time, he came to the conclusion, when he leaned back in his chair a quarter of an
hour later. Beryl Collins’s answers to his questions had been models of clearness. She replied
promptly18, and obviously had every detail of the doctor’s practice at her fingertips. He shifted his
ground and began to probe gently into the relations existing between John Christow and his wife.
They had been, Beryl said, on excellent terms.
“I suppose they quarrelled every now and then like most married couples?” The inspector
sounded easy and confidential19.
“I do not remember any quarrels. Mrs. Christow was quite devoted20 to her husband—really quite
slavishly so.”
There was a faint edge of contempt in her voice. Inspector Grange heard it.
“Bit of a feminist21, this girl,” he thought.
Aloud he said:
“Didn’t stand up for herself at all?”
“No. Everything revolved22 round Dr. Christow.”
“Tyrannical, eh?”
Beryl considered.
“No, I wouldn’t say that. But he was what I should call a very selfish man. He took it for
granted that Mrs. Christow would always fall in with his ideas.”
“Any difficulties with patients—women, I mean? You needn’t think about being frank, Miss
Collins. One knows doctors have their difficulties in that line.”
“Oh, that sort of thing!” Beryl’s voice was scornful. “Dr. Christow was quite equal to dealing23
with any difficulties in that line. He had an excellent manner with patients.” She added, “He was
really a wonderful doctor.”
There was an almost grudging24 admiration25 in her voice.
Grange said: “Was he tangled26 up with any woman? Don’t be loyal, Miss Collins, it’s important
that we should know.”
“Yes, I can appreciate that. Not to my knowledge.”
A little too brusque, he thought. She doesn’t know, but perhaps she guesses.
He said sharply, “What about Miss Henrietta Savernake?”
Beryl’s lips closed tightly.
“She was a close friend of the family’s.”
“No—trouble between Dr. and Mrs. Christow on her account?”
“Certainly not.”
The answer was emphatic27. (Overemphatic?)
The inspector shifted his ground.
“What about Miss Veronica Cray?”
“Veronica Cray?”
There was pure astonishment28 in Beryl’s voice.
“She was a friend of Dr. Christow’s, was she not?”
“I never heard of her. At least, I seem to know the name—”
“The motion picture actress.”
Beryl’s brow cleared.
“Of course! I wondered why the name was familiar. But I didn’t even know that Dr. Christow
knew her.”
She seemed so positive on the point that the inspector abandoned it at once. He went on to
question her about Dr. Christow’s manner on the preceding Saturday. And here, for the first time,
the confidence of Beryl’s replies wavered. She said slowly:
“His manner wasn’t quite as usual.”
“What was the difference?”
“He seemed distrait29. There was quite a long gap before he rang for his last patient—and yet
normally he was always in a hurry to get through when he was going away. I thought—yes, I
definitely thought he had something on his mind.”
But she could not be more definite.
Inspector Grange was not very satisfied with his investigations30. He’d come nowhere near
establishing motive31—and motive had to be established before there was a case to go to the Public
Prosecutor32.
He was quite certain in his own mind that Gerda Christow had shot her husband. He suspected
jealousy33 as the motive—but so far he had found nothing to go on. Sergeant34 Coombes had been
working on the maids but they all told the same story. Mrs. Christow worshipped the ground her
husband walked on.
Whatever happened, he thought, must have happened down at The Hollow. And remembering
The Hollow he felt a vague disquietude. They were an odd lot down there.
The telephone on the desk rang and Miss Collins picked up the receiver.
She said: “It’s for you, Inspector,” and passed the instrument to him.
“Hallo, Grange here. What’s that?” Beryl heard the alteration35 in his tone and looked at him
curiously36. The wooden-looking face was impassive as ever. He was grunting—listening.
“Yes…yes, I’ve got that. That’s absolutely certain, is it? No margin37 of error. Yes…yes…yes,
I’ll be down. I’ve about finished here. Yes.”
He put the receiver back and sat for a moment motionless. Beryl looked at him curiously.
He pulled himself together and asked in a voice that was quite different from the voice of his
previous questions:
“You’ve no ideas of your own, I suppose, Miss Collins, about this matter?”
“You mean—”
“I mean no ideas as to who it was killed Dr. Christow?”
She said flatly:
“I’ve absolutely no idea at all, Inspector.”
Grange said slowly:
“When the body was found, Mrs. Christow was standing38 beside it with the revolver in her hand
—”
He left it purposely as an unfinished sentence.
Her reaction came promptly. Not heated, cool and judicial39.
“If you think Mrs. Christow killed her husband, I am quite sure you are wrong. Mrs. Christow is
not at all a violent woman. She is very meek40 and submissive, and she was entirely41 under the
doctor’s thumb. It seems to me quite ridiculous that anyone could imagine for a moment that she
shot him, however much appearances may be against her.”
“Then if she didn’t, who did?” he asked sharply.
Beryl said slowly, “I’ve no idea.”
The inspector moved to the door. Beryl asked:
“Do you want to see Mrs. Christow before you go?”
“No—yes, perhaps I’d better.”
Again Beryl wondered; this was not the same man who had been questioning her before the
telephone rang. What news had he got that had altered him so much?
Gerda came into the room nervously42. She looked unhappy and bewildered. She said in a low,
shaky voice:
“Have you found out any more about who killed John?”
“Not yet, Mrs. Christow.”
“It’s so impossible—so absolutely impossible.”
“But it happened, Mrs. Christow.”
She nodded, looking down, screwing a handkerchief into a little ball.
He said quietly:
“Had your husband any enemies, Mrs. Christow?”
“John? Oh, no. He was wonderful. Everyone adored him.”
“You can’t think of anyone who had a grudge43 against him”—he paused—“or against you?”
“Against me?” She seemed amazed. “Oh, no, Inspector.”
Inspector Grange sighed.
“What about Miss Veronica Cray?”
“Veronica Cray? Oh, you mean the one who came that night to borrow matches?”
“Yes, that’s the one. You knew her?”
Gerda shook her head.
“I’d never seen her before. John knew her years ago—or so she said.”
“I suppose she might have had a grudge against him that you didn’t know about.”
Gerda said with dignity:
“I don’t believe anybody could have had a grudge against John. He was the kindest and most
unselfish—oh, and one of the noblest men.”
“H’m,” said the inspector. “Yes. Quite so. Well, good morning, Mrs. Christow. You understand
about the inquest? Eleven o’clock Wednesday in Market Depleach. It will be very simple —
nothing to upset you—probably be adjourned44 for a week so that we can make further inquiries45.”
“Oh, I see. Thank you.”
She stood there staring after him. He wondered whether, even now, she had grasped the fact that
she was the principal suspect.
He hailed a taxi—justifiable expense in view of the piece of information he had just been given
over the telephone. Just where that piece of information was leading him, he did not know. On the
face of it, it seemed completely irrelevant—crazy. It simply did not make sense. Yet in some way
he could not yet see, it must make sense.
The only inference to be drawn46 from it was that the case was not quite the simple,
straightforward47 one that he had hitherto assumed it to be.

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1 uncertainty NlFwK     
n.易变，靠不住，不确知，不确定的事物
参考例句：
  • Her comments will add to the uncertainty of the situation.她的批评将会使局势更加不稳定。
  • After six weeks of uncertainty,the strain was beginning to take its toll.6个星期的忐忑不安后，压力开始产生影响了。
2 bereavement BQSyE     
n.亲人丧亡，丧失亲人，丧亲之痛
参考例句：
  • the pain of an emotional crisis such as divorce or bereavement 诸如离婚或痛失亲人等情感危机的痛苦
  • I sympathize with you in your bereavement. 我对你痛失亲人表示同情。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 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。
4 compassion 3q2zZ     
n.同情，怜悯
参考例句：
  • He could not help having compassion for the poor creature.他情不自禁地怜悯起那个可怜的人来。
  • Her heart was filled with compassion for the motherless children.她对于没有母亲的孩子们充满了怜悯心。
5 puckered 919dc557997e8559eff50805cb11f46e     
v.（使某物）起褶子或皱纹( pucker的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • His face puckered , and he was ready to cry. 他的脸一皱，像要哭了。
  • His face puckered, the tears leapt from his eyes. 他皱着脸，眼泪夺眶而出。 来自《简明英汉词典》
6 blur JtgzC     
n.模糊不清的事物；vt.使模糊，使看不清楚
参考例句：
  • The houses appeared as a blur in the mist.房子在薄雾中隐隐约约看不清。
  • If you move your eyes and your head,the picture will blur.如果你的眼睛或头动了，图像就会变得模糊不清。
7 sobbing df75b14f92e64fc9e1d7eaf6dcfc083a     
<主方>Ⅰ adj.湿透的
参考例句：
  • I heard a child sobbing loudly. 我听见有个孩子在呜呜地哭。
  • Her eyes were red with recent sobbing. 她的眼睛因刚哭过而发红。
8 confiscated b8af45cb6ba964fa52504a6126c35855     
没收，充公( confiscate的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • Their land was confiscated after the war. 他们的土地在战后被没收。
  • The customs officer confiscated the smuggled goods. 海关官员没收了走私品。
9 hysterical 7qUzmE     
adj.情绪异常激动的，歇斯底里般的
参考例句：
  • He is hysterical at the sight of the photo.他一看到那张照片就异常激动。
  • His hysterical laughter made everybody stunned.他那歇斯底里的笑声使所有的人不知所措。
10 evading 6af7bd759f5505efaee3e9c7803918e5     
逃避( evade的现在分词 )； 避开； 回避； 想不出
参考例句：
  • Segmentation of a project is one means of evading NEPA. 把某一工程进行分割，是回避《国家环境政策法》的一种手段。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
  • Too many companies, she says, are evading the issue. 她说太多公司都在回避这个问题。
11 minor e7fzR     
adj.较小(少)的，较次要的；n.辅修学科；vi.辅修
参考例句：
  • The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。
  • I gave him a minor share of my wealth.我把小部分财产给了他。
12 inspector q6kxH     
n.检查员，监察员，视察员
参考例句：
  • The inspector was interested in everything pertaining to the school.视察员对有关学校的一切都感兴趣。
  • The inspector was shining a flashlight onto the tickets.查票员打着手电筒查看车票。
13 gasped e6af294d8a7477229d6749fa9e8f5b80     
v.喘气( gasp的过去式和过去分词 )；喘息；倒抽气；很想要
参考例句：
  • She gasped at the wonderful view. 如此美景使她惊讶得屏住了呼吸。
  • People gasped with admiration at the superb skill of the gymnasts. 体操运动员的高超技艺令人赞叹。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
14 flirted 49ccefe40dd4c201ecb595cadfecc3a3     
v.调情，打情骂俏( flirt的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • She flirted her fan. 她急速挥动着扇子。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • During his four months in Egypt he flirted with religious emotions. 在埃及逗留的这四个月期间，他又玩弄起宗教情绪来了。 来自辞典例句
15 horrid arozZj     
adj.可怕的；令人惊恐的；恐怖的；极讨厌的
参考例句：
  • I'm not going to the horrid dinner party.我不打算去参加这次讨厌的宴会。
  • The medicine is horrid and she couldn't get it down.这种药很难吃，她咽不下去。
16 belligerent Qtwzz     
adj.好战的，挑起战争的；n.交战国，交战者
参考例句：
  • He had a belligerent aspect.他有种好斗的神色。
  • Our government has forbidden exporting the petroleum to the belligerent countries.我们政府已经禁止向交战国输出石油。
17 noted 5n4zXc     
adj.著名的，知名的
参考例句：
  • The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
  • Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。
18 promptly LRMxm     
adv.及时地，敏捷地
参考例句：
  • He paid the money back promptly.他立即还了钱。
  • She promptly seized the opportunity his absence gave her.她立即抓住了因他不在场给她创造的机会。
19 confidential MOKzA     
adj.秘（机）密的，表示信任的，担任机密工作的
参考例句：
  • He refused to allow his secretary to handle confidential letters.他不让秘书处理机密文件。
  • We have a confidential exchange of views.我们推心置腹地交换意见。
20 devoted xu9zka     
adj.忠诚的，忠实的，热心的，献身于...的
参考例句：
  • He devoted his life to the educational cause of the motherland.他为祖国的教育事业贡献了一生。
  • We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。
21 feminist mliyh     
adj.主张男女平等的，女权主义的
参考例句：
  • She followed the feminist movement.她支持女权运动。
  • From then on,feminist studies on literature boomed.从那时起，男女平等受教育的现象开始迅速兴起。
22 revolved b63ebb9b9e407e169395c5fc58399fe6     
v.（使）旋转( revolve的过去式和过去分词 )；细想
参考例句：
  • The fan revolved slowly. 电扇缓慢地转动着。
  • The wheel revolved on its centre. 轮子绕中心转动。 来自《简明英汉词典》
23 dealing NvjzWP     
n.经商方法，待人态度
参考例句：
  • This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
  • His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。
24 grudging grudging     
adj.勉强的，吝啬的
参考例句：
  • He felt a grudging respect for her talents as an organizer.他勉强地对她的组织才能表示尊重。
  • After a pause he added"sir."in a dilatory,grudging way.停了一会他才慢吞吞地、勉勉强强地加了一声“先生”。
25 admiration afpyA     
n.钦佩，赞美，羡慕
参考例句：
  • He was lost in admiration of the beauty of the scene.他对风景之美赞不绝口。
  • We have a great admiration for the gold medalists.我们对金牌获得者极为敬佩。
26 tangled e487ee1bc1477d6c2828d91e94c01c6e     
adj. 纠缠的，紊乱的 动词tangle的过去式和过去分词
参考例句：
  • Your hair's so tangled that I can't comb it. 你的头发太乱了，我梳不动。
  • A movement caught his eye in the tangled undergrowth. 乱灌木丛里的晃动引起了他的注意。
27 emphatic 0P1zA     
adj.强调的，着重的；无可置疑的，明显的
参考例句：
  • Their reply was too emphatic for anyone to doubt them.他们的回答很坚决，不容有任何人怀疑。
  • He was emphatic about the importance of being punctual.他强调严守时间的重要性。
28 astonishment VvjzR     
n.惊奇，惊异
参考例句：
  • They heard him give a loud shout of astonishment.他们听见他惊奇地大叫一声。
  • I was filled with astonishment at her strange action.我对她的奇怪举动不胜惊异。
29 distrait 9l0zW     
adj.心不在焉的
参考例句：
  • The distrait boy is always losing his books.这个心不在焉的男孩老是丢书。
  • The distrait actress fluffed her lines.那位心不在焉的女演员忘了台词。
30 investigations 02de25420938593f7db7bd4052010b32     
（正式的）调查( investigation的名词复数 )； 侦查； 科学研究； 学术研究
参考例句：
  • His investigations were intensive and thorough but revealed nothing. 他进行了深入彻底的调查，但没有发现什么。
  • He often sent them out to make investigations. 他常常派他们出去作调查。
31 motive GFzxz     
n.动机，目的；adv.发动的，运动的
参考例句：
  • The police could not find a motive for the murder.警察不能找到谋杀的动机。
  • He had some motive in telling this fable.他讲这寓言故事是有用意的。
32 prosecutor 6RXx1     
n.起诉人；检察官，公诉人
参考例句：
  • The defender argued down the prosecutor at the court.辩护人在法庭上驳倒了起诉人。
  • The prosecutor would tear your testimony to pieces.检查官会把你的证言驳得体无完肤。
33 jealousy WaRz6     
n.妒忌，嫉妒，猜忌
参考例句：
  • Some women have a disposition to jealousy.有些女人生性爱妒忌。
  • I can't support your jealousy any longer.我再也无法忍受你的嫉妒了。
34 sergeant REQzz     
n.警官，中士
参考例句：
  • His elder brother is a sergeant.他哥哥是个警官。
  • How many stripes are there on the sleeve of a sergeant?陆军中士的袖子上有多少条纹？
35 alteration rxPzO     
n.变更，改变；蚀变
参考例句：
  • The shirt needs alteration.这件衬衣需要改一改。
  • He easily perceived there was an alteration in my countenance.他立刻看出我的脸色和往常有些不同。
36 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。
37 margin 67Mzp     
n.页边空白；差额；余地，余裕；边，边缘
参考例句：
  • We allowed a margin of 20 minutes in catching the train.我们有20分钟的余地赶火车。
  • The village is situated at the margin of a forest.村子位于森林的边缘。
38 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。
39 judicial c3fxD     
adj.司法的，法庭的，审判的，明断的，公正的
参考例句：
  • He is a man with a judicial mind.他是个公正的人。
  • Tom takes judicial proceedings against his father.汤姆对他的父亲正式提出诉讼。
40 meek x7qz9     
adj.温顺的，逆来顺受的
参考例句：
  • He expects his wife to be meek and submissive.他期望妻子温顺而且听他摆布。
  • The little girl is as meek as a lamb.那个小姑娘像羔羊一般温顺。
41 entirely entirely     
ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地
参考例句：
  • The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
  • His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。
42 nervously tn6zFp     
adv.神情激动地，不安地
参考例句：
  • He bit his lip nervously,trying not to cry.他紧张地咬着唇，努力忍着不哭出来。
  • He paced nervously up and down on the platform.他在站台上情绪不安地走来走去。
43 grudge hedzG     
n.不满，怨恨，妒嫉；vt.勉强给，不情愿做
参考例句：
  • I grudge paying so much for such inferior goods.我不愿花这么多钱买次品。
  • I do not grudge him his success.我不嫉妒他的成功。
44 adjourned 1e5a5e61da11d317191a820abad1664d     
（使）休会， （使）休庭( adjourn的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • The court adjourned for lunch. 午餐时间法庭休庭。
  • The trial was adjourned following the presentation of new evidence to the court. 新证据呈到庭上后，审讯就宣告暂停。
45 inquiries 86a54c7f2b27c02acf9fcb16a31c4b57     
n.调查( inquiry的名词复数 )；疑问；探究；打听
参考例句：
  • He was released on bail pending further inquiries. 他获得保释，等候进一步调查。
  • I have failed to reach them by postal inquiries. 我未能通过邮政查询与他们取得联系。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
46 drawn MuXzIi     
v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的
参考例句：
  • All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
  • Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。
47 straightforward fFfyA     
adj.正直的，坦率的；易懂的，简单的
参考例句：
  • A straightforward talk is better than a flowery speech.巧言不如直说。
  • I must insist on your giving me a straightforward answer.我一定要你给我一个直截了当的回答。

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