无人生还17

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VIII
Anthony Marston was in his bath. He luxuriated in the steaming water.
His limbs had felt cramped1 after his long drive. Very few thoughts passed
through his head. Anthony was a creature of sensation—and of action.
He thought to himself:
‘Must go through with it, I suppose,’ and thereafter dismissed everything
from his mind.
Warm steaming water—tired limbs—presently a shave—a cocktail—
dinner.
And after—?
IX
Mr Blore was tying his tie. He wasn’t very good at this sort of thing.
Did he look all right? He supposed so.
Nobody had been exactly cordial to him…Funny the way they all eyed
each other—as though they knew…
Well, it was up to him.
He didn’t mean to bungle2 his job.
He glanced up at the framed nursery rhyme over the mantelpiece.
Neat touch, having that there!
He thought:
Remember this island when I was a kid. Never thought I’d be doing this
sort of a job in a house here. Good thing, perhaps, that one can’t foresee
the future.
X
General Macarthur was frowning to himself.
Damn it all, the whole thing was deuced odd! Not at all what he’d been
led to expect…
For two pins he’d make an excuse and get away…Throw up the whole
business…
But the motor-boat had gone back to the mainland.
He’d have to stay.
That fellow Lombard now, he was a queer chap.
Not straight. He’d swear the man wasn’t straight.
XI
As the gong sounded, Philip Lombard came out of his room and walked to
the head of the stairs. He moved like a panther, smoothly3 and noiselessly.
There was something of the panther about him altogether. A beast of prey4
—pleasant to the eye.
He was smiling to himself.
A week—eh?
He was going to enjoy that week.
XII
In her bedroom, Emily Brent, dressed in black silk ready for dinner, was
reading her Bible.
Her lips moved as she followed the words:
‘The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made:
in the net which they hid is their own foot taken. The
Lord is known by the judgment5 which he executeth: the
wicked is snared6 in the work of his own hands. The
wicked shall be turned into hell.’
Her lips tight closed. She shut the Bible.
Rising, she pinned a cairngorm brooch at her neck, and went down to
dinner.

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1 cramped 287c2bb79385d19c466ec2df5b5ce970     
a.狭窄的
参考例句：
  • The house was terribly small and cramped, but the agent described it as a bijou residence. 房子十分狭小拥挤，但经纪人却把它说成是小巧别致的住宅。
  • working in cramped conditions 在拥挤的环境里工作
2 bungle QsZz6     
v.搞糟；n.拙劣的工作
参考例句：
  • If you bungle a job,you must do it again!要是你把这件事搞糟了，你得重做！
  • That last stupid bungle of his is the end.他那最后一次愚蠢的错误使我再也无法容忍了。
3 smoothly iiUzLG     
adv.平滑地，顺利地，流利地，流畅地
参考例句：
  • The workmen are very cooperative,so the work goes on smoothly.工人们十分合作，所以工作进展顺利。
  • Just change one or two words and the sentence will read smoothly.这句话只要动一两个字就顺了。
4 prey g1czH     
n.被掠食者，牺牲者，掠食；v.捕食，掠夺，折磨
参考例句：
  • Stronger animals prey on weaker ones.弱肉强食。
  • The lion was hunting for its prey.狮子在寻找猎物。
5 judgment e3xxC     
n.审判；判断力，识别力，看法，意见
参考例句：
  • The chairman flatters himself on his judgment of people.主席自认为他审视人比别人高明。
  • He's a man of excellent judgment.他眼力过人。
6 snared a8ce569307d57c4b2bd368805ef1f215     
v.用罗网捕捉，诱陷，陷害( snare的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • He snared a job with IBM. 他以巧妙的手段在 IBM 公司谋得一职。 来自辞典例句
  • The hunter snared a skunk. 猎人捕得一只臭鼬。 来自辞典例句

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