Lesson 3 Blackmail
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阿瑟·黑利
1.负责旅馆保安工作的奥格尔维探长在他那个神秘的电话里说好一个钟头以后到克罗伊敦夫妇的套房里来，实际上过了两个小时才到。结果，当外面门上的电铃终于微弱地嗡嗡响起时，公爵夫妇的神经都紧张到了极点。
2.公爵夫人亲自去开门。之前她找借口把女仆打发了出去。那个圆脸的男秘书，见到狗就怕得要死，公爵夫人狠心地让他去遛遛贝德林顿狼犬。但是这两个人随时都会回来，一想到这些，公爵夫人的紧张情绪就放松不下来。
3.奥格尔维吐着烟雾进了屋。到了起居室的时候，公爵夫人直直得盯着这个大肥佬嘴里抽了一半的雪茄，“我丈夫和我都讨厌浓烟味，请您把它灭了好吧?”
4.探长长着厚厚的双下巴，脸上的猪眼睛讥讽地打量了公爵夫人一眼。然后他扫视了一圈这个宽敞豪华、设施完备的房间，看到公爵这时背朝窗户神色茫然地面对着他们。
5.“你们这套房间布置得倒挺讲究的呢。”奥格尔维慢条斯理地取出那让人讨厌的雪茄，敲掉烟灰，然后把烟蒂扔向右边的装饰性壁炉，但没扔进去，烟蒂掉到地毯上，他也不在意。
6.公爵夫人绷紧了嘴唇，尖刻地说，“我想你不是来谈论房间装饰的吧。”
7.他表示欣赏地轻声笑起来，肥胖的身子跟着抖动。“不是的，夫人，当然不是!不过我确实喜欢高雅的东西。”他压低了他那别扭的尖嗓音接着说，“比如像你们那辆小轿车，就是停在旅馆这八的那辆，是美洲豹牌的吧?”
8.“嗯!”这声音不像是从克罗伊敦公爵嘴里发出来的，倒像是从鼻子中呼出来的。他的夫人马上瞪了他一眼以示警告。
9.“我们的车子碍你什么事了?”
10.公爵夫人的话似乎给探长提了醒，探长的态度马上就变了。他突然问道，“这儿还有别的人么?”
11.公爵回答道，“没有。我们早就把他们都打发出去了。”
12.“还是检查一下的好。”这个大胖子动作出奇地快，打开所有的门往里看，对整个套房前前后后地搜查了一遍。显然他对整套房间的布局是很清楚的。最后他再次打开外面的房门又关上，满意地回到了起居室。
13.公爵夫人坐在一张直靠背椅上，奥格尔维还是站着。
14.“我说，”他开口了，“你们俩肇事后逃跑了吧。”
15.她直视着他的眼睛。“你在胡扯些什么?”
16.“别装了，夫人。这不是闹着玩儿。”他掏出一支新雪茄，把烟头咬掉。“报纸你们已经看过了吧，电台里也不断地广播呢。”
17.克罗伊敦公爵夫人那本来很苍白的双颊变得通红。“你的话真是太恶心，太荒唐了……”
18.“你给我——闭嘴!”奥格尔维突然粗鲁地冲口而出，他此时凶相毕露，先前装出的那副和蔼劲儿荡然无存。他全然没把公爵放在眼里，竟然把那支还没点燃的雪茄在对方的鼻子底下晃了一晃。“你听我说，尊敬的阁下。这事儿现在闹得满城风雨——警察，市长，所有的人都知道了。一旦他们查出昨夜的事是谁干的，是谁撞死了那小孩和她的母亲，然后却逃之天天，他们一定会严加惩处，不管肇事者是谁，也不管他们有着多么显赫的爵位。现在我知道了真相，假如我照章办事的话，没等你眨眼，警察就来了。但是我要讲讲公道，所以先到你们这儿来听听你们自己的想法。”他的猪眼睛眨巴了几下，随即沉下脸来。“要是你们想被抓走，就直说吧。”
19.克罗伊敦公爵夫人依仗着三个半世纪祖传下来的傲慢天性，并没有轻易低头。她猛地一下跳了起来，怒容满面，灰绿色的眼睛里喷射出火光，直瞪瞪地逼视着一堆肥肉的探长。熟悉她的人都会被她的声调吓得矮掉半截。“你这下流的无赖，敢在我这儿撒野!”
20.奥格尔维虽然有股自信劲儿，也不禁为之一震。但在这时克罗伊敦公爵插话了：“你这样也不是个办法，老婆子。按探长的话试试也好。”他面向奥格尔维说道：“你刚才说的我们撞人的事是真的，肇事者是我，是我开车撞死那小姑娘的。”
21.“这才像话，”奥格尔维说着点燃了那支刚掏出来的雪茄。“我们这才谈到点子上。”
22.克罗伊敦公爵夫人累了，以认输的姿势颓然坐回到椅子上。她的手在颤抖，为了掩饰，她双手握在一起，问道：“你都知道些什么?”
23.“好吧，那我可说了。”探长慢慢腾腾地，一边悠然地吐出一团青色的雪茄烟雾，一边瞟向公爵夫人，眼里的嘲弄好像故意要激起她的反感似的。但公爵夫人只是厌恶地皱了皱鼻子，一言不发。
24.奥格尔维手指着公爵说：“昨晚入夜不久，你去了爱尔兰海湾的林迪娱乐城。你是开着你们那辆心爱的美洲豹去的，并且还带着一个情妇。如果你不挑眼的话，至少，我猜你会这么称她的。”
25.说到这儿，奥格尔维带着坏笑看了看公爵夫人。见此情形，公爵厉声道：“说下去!”
26.“好啊”——那张自鸣得意的胖脸又转了回来——“据我所知，你赌钱赢了一百，然后全花在酒吧里。你准备同一些有头有脸的人物再赌一百，这时你夫人坐出租车赶到了那儿。”
27.“你是怎么知道这一切的?”
28.“实话跟你说吧，公爵——我在这个城市和这个旅馆呆了很长时间了。到处都有我的朋友。我帮他们，他们也帮我。比如说告诉我哪儿发生了些什么事儿，住在这个旅馆的人们所做的事情，凡是有点儿出格的，很少能瞒得过我。大多数旅客回我知道。”都不知道我会了解他们的事，他们也不认识我。他们以为自己的那些小秘密不为人知，有些也确实不为人知——可是这一回我知道。”
29.公爵冷冷地说，“原来如此。”
30.“有一件事我想弄明白。我生性好奇，夫人，你是如何猜到他的去处的呢?”
31.公爵夫人说道，“既然你知道得这么多….…跟你说也无所谓了。我丈夫习惯在打电话时做记录，而打完电话后总是忘了尽销毁掉。”
32.探长连连咂嘴，责备地说：“公爵，这种习惯未免太不谨慎了，瞧它给你带来多大的麻烦。那么,我估计接下来你开车带着夫人一起回家了。尽管后来的结果表明，如果她来开车，可能不会出事。”
33.“我夫人不会开车。”
34.奥格尔维明白了似的点了点头。“这个是清楚了。反正，我估计你当时是已经喝醉了，但是还好……”
35.公爵夫人打断了他的话：“这么说你并不知道实情!你知道的事情都不能肯定!你拿不出任何真凭实据来证实……”
36.“夫人，凡是需要证实的，我都能证实。”
37.公爵提醒夫人，“老婆子，还是先让他把话说完吧。”
38.“就是嘛，”奥格尔维说道。“坐好了听我讲。昨天夜里，我看见你们进来的——为了避免经过门厅，你们走的是地下室，而且俩人看起来都是惊魂未定的样子。我那时也刚进来，就想知道是怎么回事儿。我说过了，我这人生性好奇。”
39.公爵夫人吸了一口气，“说下去。”
40.“昨晚深夜，撞人的消息传开了。我预感到是你们，就悄悄地去车库里检查了一下你们的汽车。你们大概没注意到—它刚好停在远处一个角落里，又隐藏在一个柱子后面，其他司机开车经过根本看不到。”
41.公爵舔了舔嘴唇。“我想现在停车位置已经无关紧要了。”
42.“但你有可能会在那儿留下点蛛丝马迹，”奥格尔维承认道。“不管怎么说，我的发现促使我去侦察了一番——警察局的人和我相熟，我去询问了一下。”他停下来吐了口烟，公爵和夫人则静静地等候着。雪茄烟头发出红光时，他对它细看了一眼，又接着说下去。“他们那儿有三件东西做为追查的线索。一个前灯的框圈，那一定是撞到那孩子和女人时从车上掉下来的；一些前灯玻璃的碎片；另外通过检查那小孩的衣服，他们判断车上应该有一种摩擦痕迹。”
43.“一种什么?”
44.“公爵夫人，假如你把衣服和硬物摩擦，尤其和汽车防护板这种光滑闪亮的硬物摩擦时的话，上面会留下类似指纹的痕迹。警察局的化验室像提取指纹一样处理这种痕迹——涂上药粉、痕迹便显现出来了。”
45.“这倒挺新鲜的，”公爵好像是在谈论什么与己无关的事情似的。“我以前可不知道。”
46.“知道的人不多。不过，在这件案子上，我想那也没多大关系。你们车上有一只前灯打碎了，框圈也掉了。警察一定会认为你们的车子就是肇事车。即使没有发现擦痕和血迹也会这么认为。哦，我还忘了告诉你们，车上有许多血迹，尽管在黑漆表面上不怎么明显。”
47.“天哪!”公爵夫人一手捂着脸，转过身去。
48.她的丈夫问道，“依你看该怎么办?”
49.大胖子搓着双手，低下头看着自己那又大又肥的手指。“我刚才已经说过，我是来先聽你们的想法的。”
50.公爵绝望地说，“我还能说什么呢?你什么都知道了。”他想挺起胸来，可就是挺不起来。“你还是通知警方来处理此事容吧。”51.“其实呢，这事也不用着急。”他那别扭的尖嗓音里带着一种沉思的声调。祸已经闯了，再急也不能让那小孩和她的母亲复生。况且，公爵，你是不会喜欢警察局的处理的。真的，阁下，你绝不会喜欢的。”
52.公爵夫妇听完这话后慢慢抬起了眼睛。
53.“我倒是希望，”奥格尔维说，“你们俩能想出点儿什么办法来。”
54.公爵迟疑地说：“我听不明白。”
55.“我听明白了，”克罗伊敦公爵夫人说。“你想要钱，是不是?你是来这儿敲诈我们的。”
56.她要是想以这话来震慑住对方的话，那她的期望就落空了。探长只耸了耸肩。“随你怎么说，夫人，我不在乎。我来这儿的目的是为了帮助你们摆脱困境，但我也要吃饭呀。”
57.“你得了钱便对你所知道的事守白如瓶吗?”
58.“可能会吧。”
59.“但照你所说的来看，”此刻公爵夫人已恢复了往日镇定自若的神态，她指出，“那根本没用，反正车子迟早会被人发现的。”
60.“那你们也只能去碰碰运气了。不过车子也不一定会被发现，有些情况我还没对你们讲呢。”
61.“快说吧。”
62.奥格尔维说，“有些情况我自己也还没有完全弄明白。撞到那孩子时，你们的车子是往城外开，而不是往城里开的吧。”
63.“我们走错了路，”公爵夫人说道。“不知为什么方向弄反了。新奥尔良的街道弯弯曲曲，是很容易走错方向的。后来我们是从小路绕回来的。”
64.“我想也是这样的，”奥格尔维点了点头，表示明白了。“但警方却没想到这种情况，他们正在搜查那些开车去城外的人。所以，他们这会儿只正在郊区和城外小镇里进行搜索。他们也可能会回头搜索市区，但眼下还不会来。”
65.“他们多久会回来呢?”
66.“三四天以后吧。他们先要搜很多地方。”
67.“那又有什么用呢——拖延几天而已?”
68.“也许会有用，”奥格尔维说。“只要没人注意到你们的车子—没有人发现它停在哪儿，放在那儿可能比较安全。只要你能把它弄走。”
69.“你是说弄出这个州去?”
70.“我的意思是离开南方。”
71.“没那么容易吧?”
72.“是不容易，夫人。各个邻州—得克萨斯、阿肯色、密西西比、亚拉巴马以及其余各州都会密切注意一辆损坏得象你这辆一样的车子。”
73.公爵夫人想了想。“可不可以先修理一下呢?修得好的话，我们会出大价钱。”
74.探长使劲摇着头。“那样的话，还不如现在就去警察局投案自首。路易斯安那州境内的每一家修理厂都已接到通知，一旦发现像你们那样需要修理的汽车，要立即向警方报告。修车厂会报警的，你们的事谁都知道。”
75.克罗伊敦公爵夫人极力控制自己那脱缰野马般的的思绪。她知道保持自己头脑的冷静和理智至关重要。方才那几分钟的谈话气氛似乎变得非常随意，仿佛所讨论的只是一些无关紧要的家常琐事 而并非人命关天。她想就这么谈下去。她再次意识到，她必须担当起唱主角的责任。此时此刻，她正在和这个恶毒的肥佬之间的交易，而她的丈夫只是一名紧张而被动的旁观者。无所谓，是祸躲不过。要紧的是提前考虑好所有可能性。她突然想出了一个主意。
76.“你说警方拿到了我们车上掉下来的一件东西，叫什么来着？”
77.“框圈。”
78.“它会成为追查的线索吗?”
79.奥格尔维点头肯定。“他们能查出它是从什么样的汽车上掉下来的—生产厂家，车型，也许还能查出出厂年份，或者是大致的出厂时间。那车灯玻璃碎片也可以起到同样作用。但由于你们的车子是外国的，查起来可能得花几天的工夫。”
80.“几天过后，”她追问道，“警方就会知道他们要找的是一辆美洲豹吗?”
81.“我想是这样。”
82.今天是星期二。根据这家伙所讲的情况，他们最多只能拖到星期五或星期六。盘算过后，公爵夫人发现了当下问题的关键。假使买通了这个探长，他们唯一的机会——非常渺茫的机会—就在于迅速将汽车弄走。若能弄到北方某个城市里去，那儿人们不知道新奥尔良发生的车祸和警方的搜查行动，车子就可以神不知鬼不觉地在那里修好，这样罪证也就消灭了。那么,即使以后再怀疑到克罗伊敦夫妇头上，也找不到什么证据。但车子如何才能弄走呢?
83.毫无疑问，这个粗俗的探长说的是真话：要想把车子开到北方，沿途所要经过的各州都会像路易斯安那州一样警惕和注意的，所有的公路巡警都会留心注意一辆前灯破损、没有框圈的车子，也许还会设有路障。很容易被目光锐利的警察抓到。
84.但这还是有可能做得到的。只要能够夜间行车，白天把汽车隐藏起来。有许多地方远离高速公路，没有警察看守。这样做风险很大，但总比坐以待毙好。他们可以走乡间小道，为掩人耳目，也可以选择不大会有人走的路线。
85.但还存在其他的一些麻烦……现在该对那些问题加以考虑了。走小路必须要熟悉地形才行，克罗伊敦夫妇可不熟悉地形，而且他们俩对看地图都不怎么在行。另外，行车途中不能不停车加油，到时候他们的言谈举止会暴露自己的身份而引人注意。不过……这些险是非冒不可的。
86.非冒不可吗?
87.公爵夫人面对着奥格尔维。“你要多少钱?”
88.这猝然的问话让奥格尔维吃了一惊。“唔……我想你们家是非常有钱的。”
89.她冷冷地说：“我问你要多少。”
90.探长那双猪眼睛眨巴了一下。“一万美元。”
91.尽管这数目比她所预料的多了一倍，她却不动声色。“要是我们付了这样一笔巨款，能得到什么样的回报呢?”
92.大胖子似乎被这话问糊涂了。“我已经说过，我可以对自己知道的一切守口如瓶。”
93.“要是我们不付钱呢?”
94.他耸了耸肩。“我下楼到门厅里去，打电话。”
95.“不，”话说得斩钉截铁。“我们不会付钱给你。”
96.克罗伊敦公爵不安地移动着身子，探长那滚圆的脸涨得通红。“听我说，夫人……”
97.她专横地打断他的话。“我不听，你给我听着。”她紧紧盯住他的脸，漂亮、高颧骨的脸上一副极为傲慢的神态。“我们即使付钱给你也没什么用，顶多也只是拖延几天时间罢了。你把这一点已经讲得很清楚了。
98.“你们有机会………”
99.“住口!”她眼睛死死地盯住他，厉声呵斥道。他忍气吞声，绷着脸不吭气了。
100.克罗伊敦公爵夫人知道，接下来的事也许会是她一生中所做的最重大的事。决不能出半点差错，不能因自己的见识狭隘而优柔寡断或举棋不定。要想赢大钱，就得下大注。她想对这大胖子的贪心赌一把，而且要恰到好处，才能保证万无一失。
101.她果断地宣布，“我们不会付给你一万美元，但我们会付给你二万五千美元。”
102.探长的眼珠子都鼓起来了。
103.“作为回报，”她不动声色地继续说道，“你得把我们的汽车开到北方去。”
104.奥格尔维依然目瞪口呆。
105.“二万五千美元，”她重复道。现在先付一万，等你到芝加哥与我们碰面时再付一万五。”
106.大胖子舔了舔自己的嘴唇，依然一言未发，那双圆圆的小眼睛直盯住她的双眼，好像不相信似的。一阵沉默。
107.后来，在她目不转睛的逼视下，他微微点了一下头。
108.又是一阵沉默。最后奥格尔维说话了：“夫人，这支雪茄让您烦心了吧?”
109.她点了点头，大胖子随即将它掐灭了。
(摘自《大饭店》,1965)
练习答案
Ⅱ.
A.
1.The Duchess had expected that the detective was coming for the accident.She wanted to keep the secret from the maid and the secretary,so she sent them out beforehand.
2.No,Ogilvie didn't show any respect to the Duke and the Duchess.
He knew their secret,spied on the Croydons'and got evidence against them,so he intends to be in an advantageous position from the very beginning.
3.The Duke committed a hit-and-run crime.It was a serious crime.
4.The previous night he saw the Duke and his wife entering the hotel through the basement instead of the lobby,both of them looking right shaken.When the word about the hit-and-run was out,he went over to the garage and took a look at their car.He found that the headlight of the car was busted,the trim ring was gone,a brush trace was there and there was plenty of blood,though it didn't show too much on the black paint.All these were important evidence for the crime.
5.Ogilvie came to talk with them and asked them to “suggest something"rather than reported the evidence to the police and“get it over",which made the Duchess reach the conclusion that Ogilvie had come to blackmail them.
He also gave a hint by coming to their suite,telling them that they were involved in the hit-and-run and saying "I got to live".
6.Because every repair shop in New Orleans had been told to report to the police when a car needing repair like theirs came in.
7.Knowing the greed of the detective,the Duchess offered him a large sum so that he could not resist the temptation and would agree to drive the car to the north.
8.Yes,he did.He suggests obedience to the Duchess in the last sentence.
B.
1.One evening,when driving back from gambling house,a Duke and a Duchess,living in a luxurious hotel in New Oreland,knocked down and killed a woman and her child.They drove away after the accident.Later,the accident caused some sensational reactions in the city.The house detective of the hotel noticed the unusualness of the Duke and the Duchess,so he examined the Duke's car and found that the Duke was just the murderer.Then he wanted to blackmail the Duke,so he didn't report to the police.At first,the Duchess and Duke denied their crime,but facing profound evidences given by the detective,they had to admit they killed the woman and her child.Then the detective said he could keep the secret if they give him a large sum of money.The Duke was a coward,so it was the Duchess that had to deal with the detective.The clever Duchess figured out that to avoid being discovered,they must drove the car out of the city.So she offered the detective twice the money he demanded provide he drives the car to Chicago up in the north.The greedy detective accepted the Duchess's requirement.
2.The theme of the story is the blackmailing and counter blackmailing and the major conflicts in this story is between the Croydons(the Duke and the Duchess)and the chief house officer—Ogilvie.
3.The third-person narrative voice is applied because the narrator is totally outside the events so that the narrator can not only tell the reader everything related to the story,including the time,place and the protagonists who did it,but also reveal how the characters thought and felt.For instance,in the story"Blackmail",paragraphs 75 and 82 vividly depicted how the Duchess was thinking of concocting a clever plan to bring about a turning point in their currently disadvantageous situation.
4.The action of the events moves very fast,so that the reader is always kept in suspense.The three characters in the story are mainly portrayed through verbal confrontations.It's not only the intense conflicts between the characters,but also the conflicts within each character that hold the readers' interest and attention.
5.The differences in social status between the Duchess and the chief house detective are shown through their different speeches and manners.
1)Due to her noble blood,good education and breeding,the speech of the Duchess is refined,elegant and well-structured,while the
speech of the chief house detective is coarse,ungrammatical and slangy.
2)The Duchess is an arrogant,shrewd and imperious woman with a strong character;she doesn't yield easily;she is bossy even her
husband is submissive to her;she masterminds the cover-up after the traffic accident and offers Ogilvie more money than he has
expected;facing Ogilvie,unlike her husband,she is always concentrated and able to keep the situation under control.All this says
something about her social status and her breeding.
The chief house detective is vulgar,greedy,ill-mannered and unscrupulous.For example,he comes into the suite smoking a cigar,and when the Duchess protests,he just throws his cigar on the carpet and ignores it.And when the Duchess offers to pay him 25thousand dollars,he licks his lip with his eyes bulging.All these depictions show how repulsive this character is.
6.The writer builds up the suspense of the story through the vivid depictions of the meeting of the Croydons and the chief house detective and through the distinctive characters who are unpredictable,changing or growing with actions,rounded and three-dimensional in the story.So the readers are attracted to the story.
The section of Paragraphs 1-22 mainly introduces the meeting of the house detective Ogilvie with the Duke and the Duchess,and also describes the Croydon's hit-and-run accident in their Jaguar,Ogilvie's blackmailing,the Duke's breakdown and the Duchess's helplessness before the facts.
This section is the introduction to the whole story.It sets the stage for the confrontations between Ogilvie and the Duchess,and prepares for the coming climax of the story.
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7.The plot doesn't evolve in a straightforward way;there are quite a few twists and turns in the storyline.The turning point of the story comes at Paragraph 100,when the Duchess decides to gamble on Ogilvie's greed and prepares to offer him 25 thousand dollars,which is much more than Ogilvie has asked for.
8.Arthur Hailey is skillful in portraying the characters in his novels.The characterization in this story is achieved through describing their look,the place they live in,clothes,furniture,cars,etc.,and most importantly,their speech and manners.
1)For example,Ogilvie is portrayed as a vulgar,coarse,unscrupulous,greedy and ill-mannered villain in this novel.He has piggy eyes,a gross jowled face and an obese body.He speaks in falsetto,which is inconsistent with a man as fat as he is.
Knowing that the Croydons were in the hit-and-run,he comes to the hotel suite to blackmail them regardless of what they may think or feel.He comes into the room smoking his cigar and asks for ten thousand dollars to remain quiet,and when the Duchess protests,he just throws his cigar on the carpet and ignores it.Later on he takes out a fresh cigar,and waves it under the Duchess's nose,which is very cunning,greedy,rude and ill-mannered indeed.
Through the ungrammatical and slangy language he uses such as "there's things""you was..”"musta"“shoulda"etc.,we can draw a conclusion that he is poorly educated.
2)The Duke is timid and weak.He is fond of drinking,gambling and women.And in this story,responsible for killing a woman and a child,he is frightened to death and eager to escape the responsibility.Facing Ogilvie,he is rather passive and at a loss about how to deal with the situation and just let his wife in charge of the whole situation.
3)The Duchess,in contrast with the Duke,is stronger in character.She is,arrogant,shrewd and imperious even her husband is submissive to her.In the whole process of dealing with Ogilvie,dominant and composed,she tries hard to pretend that they have nothing to do with the traffic accident.After sizing up the whole situation,she offers to pay much more than Ogilvie requires,which
is out of everyone's expectation.And finally she successfully makes Ogilvie an accomplice in the cover-up of the hit-and-run crime.
Ⅲ.
1.Ogilvie suddenly yelled out the vulgar words,throwing away his pretending polite manner.
2.When they find who killed the mother and the kid and then ran away,they'll deal out the maximum punishment,and they will not care who will be punished in this case or what their social position is.
3.The Duchess,born to be proud in a noble family with a history of three centuries and fifty years,did not lower herself easily.
4.The Duchess was a good actress and she appeared so firm about their innocence that,for a brief moment,Ogilvie felt unsure if his assumption about them was right.But the moment was very short and passed quickly.
5.The house detective was in no hurry.He enjoyed his cigar and puffed a cloud of blue cigar smoke in a relaxed manner.At the same time,his eyes were fixed disdainfully on the Duchess as if he was openly daring her to object to his smoking a cigar,as she had done earlier.
6.If anybody who stays in this hotel does anything wrong,improper or unusual,I always get to know about it.There isn't much that can escape me.
7.The Duchess kept firm and tight control of her mind which is working quickly.The Duchess is thinking quickly,but at the same time keeping her thoughts under control.
8.Furthermore,when they stopped for petrol,as it would be necessary,their speech/and manner would reveal their identity.British English would be particularly noticeable in the South.
9.She mustn't make any mistakes in her plan,or waver in mind and show indecision or deal with the situation carelessly due to small-mindedness.In other words she had to take a big chance,to do something very daring,so she must be bold,resolute,decisive and rise to the occasion.
IV.
A.
1.suite:a set of rooms,usually expensive in a hotel
2.pointedly:directly and sharply
3.well-appointed:excellently furnished and arranged
4.set-up:arrangement of furniture etc.
5.hit-and-run:hitting and then escaping,usually of an automobile driver who flees from the scene of an accident in which he or she is involved
6.blandness:smoothness in manner or flavor of food
7.spring to one's feet:to stand up suddenly
8.unspeakable:extremely bad blackguard:scoundrel,villain
9.flicker:to burn or shine with an unsteady light that goes on and off quickly;to move with a light wavering motion
10.oblige:to do something someone has asked you to do
11.tuck away:to hide so as to be difficult to find
12.shaken:upset and shocked
13.call:need
14.rivet:to fasten with a rivet;to fix or hold(eyes,attention etc.)firmly imperious:overbearing,arrogant and domineering
B.
1.it is beneficial and worthwhile
2.real/true
3.deal out the most severe punishment
4.of no use/useless
5.explain it clearly and in detail
6.anyway
7.lively and fashionable
8.the hotel staff in charge of car parking
9.pays attention to/notices
10.call the police
11.sought after by the police
12.pretty wealthy/well-to-do
C.
1.sarcastic指嘲笑的，sardonic意为讽刺的，指行为的风格、态度。
2.self-confidence是褒义词，意思是自信；self-assurance带有贬义，指过分相信自己的能力，自负。
3.accuse意思是指责，用法广泛。charge意思是控告，一般与法律或罪行相关。
4.tired指疲劳或疲倦；weary指厌倦，不能或不愿继续下去。
5.slowly指能表示动作很慢。但leisurely表示悠闲的，带有享受的意味。
6.oblige指对某人施恩惠，语气比help重。
7.discreetly除和careful相似表示小心仔细意思外，还表示严谨自律。
8.nervous指人心里紧张，不一定流于外表；tense可表示外表上和心理的紧张，句子中公爵夫人通过公爵的外表就可以看得出他很紧张。
9.eventuality指可能出现的结果，possibility指可能发生的事情。
10.respite指暂时的缓解或休息；relief指彻底摆脱痛苦、疲劳、忧虑，两者有程度上的差别。例：The teatime is a welcome respite from hard work.喝茶的时间是刻苦工作后令人愉快地短暂休息。He heaved a sigh of relief when all the work has finished.所有工作都做完以后，他欣慰地松了一口气。
V.
A.
1.There is no need for hurry.Take your time.
2.Are you suggesting that I am telling a lie?
3.He tried every means to conceal the fact.
4.Our chance to succeed is very slim.Nevertheless we shall do our utmost.
5.We will have our meeting at 10 tomorrow morning unless notified otherwise.
6.Neither of us is adept at figures.
7.Would it be possible to reach that place before dark assuming we set out at 5 am?
8.He was reluctant to comply with her request.
9.I know you are from the South of China.Your accent has betrayed you.
10.We have no alternative in this matter.
B.
1.但是这两个人随时都会回来，一想到这些，公爵夫人的紧张情绪就放松不下来。
2.奥格尔维吐着烟雾进了屋。
3.奥格尔维慢条斯理地取出那让人讨厌的雪茄，敲掉烟灰，然后把烟蒂扔向右边的装饰性壁炉。
4.“现在我知道了真相，假如我照章办事的话，没等你眨眼，警察就来了。”
5.她猛地一下跳了起来，怒容满面，灰绿色的眼睛里喷射出火光，直瞪瞪地逼视着一堆肥肉的探长。
6.“新奥尔良的街道弯弯曲曲，是很容易走错方向的。”
7.“那样的话，还不如现在就去警察局投案自首。”
8.她再次意识到，她必须担当起唱金角的责任。此时此刻，她正在和这个恶毒的肥佬之间的交易，而她的丈夫只是一名紧张而被动的旁观者。
9.她紧紧盯住他的脸，漂亮、高颧骨的脸上一副极为傲慢的神态。
10.“我们即使付钱给你也没什么用，顶多也只是拖延几天时间罢了。”
C.
See the translation of the text.
VI.
1.Junior did not invite Pecola out of hospitality.He just wanted to attract her to his house so that he could bully and make fun of her.
2.When Pecola entered the house she was surprised at how beautiful it was.She was filled with admiration.
3.Junior suddenly threw the cat into her face.The cat was also surprised and clawed her face in an effort to right itself.Pecola was frightened and tears came to her eyes.Meanwhile Junior was laughing wildly,enjoying the pleasure of seeing Pecola suffer.Pecola wanted to leave the place but Junior shut the door,saying,"You're my prisoner".The cat moved around Pecola and she touched the cat gently and the cat iked it a lot.Seeing this,Junior snatched the cat from her and began to swing the cat around by holding one of its hind legs.Pecola tried to stop this cruel act,but Junior wouldn't let go of the cat.The two struggled of the cat and both fell Junior releasing the cat in mid-motion.The cat was thrown with full force against the window and lay motionless on the radiator.When Junior's mother Geraldine came home,Junior told her that Pecola killed the cat.Geraldine ordered Pecola to get out,calling her"nasty little black bitch".Outside,Pecola held her head down against the cold and snow.
4.From this episode we can learn that Junior was a cruel and dishonest boy.He made Pecola suffer and got pleasure from doing so.He accused Pecola of killing the cat while it was he who swung the cat around and caused the cat's death.
Pecola was a poor,vulnerable black girl.She was treated badly by Junior and his mother.When she got out of the house,she felt so cold and helpless.The snowflakes dying on the pavement is symbolic of the dying of hope for Pecola.
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