CHAPTER 3
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The good apothecary [1] appeared a little puzzled. I was standing before him: he fixed his eyes on me very steadily: his eyes were small and gray, not very bright; but I dare say I should think them shrewd [2] now: he had a hard-featured yet good-natured looking face. Having considered me at leisure [3] , he said, ‘What made you ill yesterday? ’
‘She had a fall, 'said Bessie, again putting in her word.
‘Fall! Why, that is like a baby again! Can't she manage to walk at her age? She must be eight or nine years old.’
‘I was knocked down, 'was the blunt [4] explanation, jerked [5] out of me by another pang [6] of mortified [7] pride; ‘but that did not make me ill, 'I added; while Mr. Lloydd helped himself to a pinch [8] of snuff [9] .
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‘The fall did not make you ill; what did, then? 'pursued Mr. Lloyd, when Bessie was gone.
‘I was shut up in a room where there is a ghost, till after dark.’
I saw Mr. Lloyd smile and frown [10] at the same time.‘Ghost! What, you are a baby after all! You are afraid of ghosts? ’
‘Of Mr. Reed's ghost I am; he died in that room, and was laid out there. Neither Bessie nor any one else will go into it at night, if they can help it; and it was cruel to shut me up alone without a candle—so cruel that I think I shall never forget it.’
‘Nonsense! And is it that makes you so miserable [11] ? Are you afraid now in daylight? ’
‘No: but night will come again before long; and besides, I am unhappy—very unhappy, for other things.’
‘What other things? Can you tell me some of them? ’
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‘For one thing, I have no father or mother, brothers or sisters.’
‘You have a kind aunt and cousins.’
Again I paused; then bunglingly [12] enounced [13] ，
‘But John Reed knocked me down, and my aunt shut me up in the red-room.’
Mr. Lloyd a second time produced his snuff-box.
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‘Would you like to go to school? ’
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‘I should indeed [14] like to go to school, 'was the audible [15] conclusion of my musings [16] .
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[1] apothecary/əpɒθəkerɪ/ n. 药剂师，药师
[2] shrewd/ʃruːd/ a． 精明的
[3] leisure/leʒə/ n． 空闲，闲暇
[4] blunt/blʌnt/ a． 钝的
[5] jerk/dʒɜːk/ v． 急拉，急动
[6] pang/pæŋ/ n． 剧痛，悲痛
[7] mortify /mɔːtɪfaɪ/ v． 抑制，苦修
[8] pinch/pɪntʃ/ n． 撮
[9] snuff/snʌf/ n． 鼻烟
[10] frown/fraʊn/ v． 皱眉头
[11] miserable / ˈmɪzərəbl/ a． 悲惨的，痛苦的
[12] bunglingly/ ˈbʌŋglɪŋlɪ/ ad. 笨拙地
[13] enounce /ɪ ˈnaʊns/ v． 声明，说
[14] indeed /ɪn ˈdiːd/ ad． 的确，真正地
[15] audible/ ˈɔːdɪbəl/ a． 听得见的
[16] musing/ ˈmjuːzɪŋ/ n． 沉思，冥想
