无人生还4

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Philip Lombard, summing up the girl opposite in a mere1 flash of his quick
moving eyes thought to himself:
‘Quite attractive—a bit schoolmistressy perhaps.’
A cool customer, he should imagine—and one who could hold her own
—in love or war. He’d rather like to take her on…
He frowned. No, cut out all that kind of stuff. This was business. He’d got
to keep his mind on the job.
What exactly was up, he wondered? That little Jew had been damned
mysterious.
‘Take it or leave it, Captain Lombard.’
He had said thoughtfully:
‘A hundred guineas, eh?’
He had said it in a casual way as though a hundred guineas was nothing
to him. A hundred guineas when he was literally2 down to his last square
meal! He had fancied, though, that the little Jew had not been deceived—
that was the damnable part about Jews, you couldn’t deceive them about
money—they knew!
He said in the same casual tone:
‘And you can’t give me any further information?’
Mr Isaac Morris had shaken his little bald head very positively3.
‘No, Captain Lombard, the matter rests there. It is understood by my cli-
ent that your reputation is that of a good man in a tight place. I am em-
powered to hand you one hundred guineas in return for which you will
travel to Sticklehaven, Devon. The nearest station is Oakbridge, you will
be met there and motored to Sticklehaven where a motor launch will con-
vey you to Soldier Island. There you will hold yourself at the disposal of
my client.’
Lombard had said abruptly4:
‘For how long?’
‘Not longer than a week at most.’
Fingering his small moustache, Captain Lombard said:
‘You understand I can’t undertake anything—illegal?’
He had darted5 a very sharp glance at the other as he had spoken. There
had been a very faint smile on the thick Semitic lips of Mr Morris as he
answered gravely:
‘If anything illegal is proposed, you will, of course, be at perfect liberty
to withdraw.’
Damn the smooth little brute6, he had smiled! It was as though he knew
very well that in Lombard’s past actions legality had not always been a
sine qua non…
Lombard’s own lips parted in a grin.
By Jove, he’d sailed pretty near the wind once or twice! But he’d always
got away with it! There wasn’t much he drew the line at really…
No, there wasn’t much he’d draw the line at. He fancied that he was go-
ing to enjoy himself at Soldier Island…

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1 mere rC1xE     
adj.纯粹的；仅仅，只不过
参考例句：
  • That is a mere repetition of what you said before.那不过是重复了你以前讲的话。
  • It's a mere waste of time waiting any longer.再等下去纯粹是浪费时间。
2 literally 28Wzv     
adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实
参考例句：
  • He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
  • Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。
3 positively vPTxw     
adv.明确地，断然，坚决地；实在，确实
参考例句：
  • She was positively glowing with happiness.她满脸幸福。
  • The weather was positively poisonous.这天气着实讨厌。
4 abruptly iINyJ     
adv.突然地，出其不意地
参考例句：
  • He gestured abruptly for Virginia to get in the car.他粗鲁地示意弗吉尼亚上车。
  • I was abruptly notified that a half-hour speech was expected of me.我突然被通知要讲半个小时的话。
5 darted d83f9716cd75da6af48046d29f4dd248     
v.投掷，投射( dart的过去式和过去分词 )；向前冲，飞奔
参考例句：
  • The lizard darted out its tongue at the insect. 蜥蜴伸出舌头去吃小昆虫。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The old man was displeased and darted an angry look at me. 老人不高兴了，瞪了我一眼。 来自《简明英汉词典》
6 brute GSjya     
n.野兽，兽性
参考例句：
  • The aggressor troops are not many degrees removed from the brute.侵略军简直象一群野兽。
  • That dog is a dangerous brute.It bites people.那条狗是危险的畜牲，它咬人。

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