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1、Unit7TheChaserJohnHenryCollier1AlanAusten,asnervousasakitten,wentupcertaindarkandcreakystairsintheneighborhoodofPellStreet,andpeeredaboutforalongtimeonthedimhallwaybeforehefoundthenamehewantedwrittenobscurelyononeofthedoors.2Hepushedopenthisdoor,ashehadbeen
2、toldtodo,andfoundhimselfinatinyroom,whichcontainednofurniturebutaplainkitchentable,arocking-chair,andanordinarychair.Ononeofthedirtybuff-colouredwallswereacoupleofshelves,containinginallperhapsadozenbottlesandjars.3Anoldmansatintherocking-chair,readinganews
3、paper.Alan,withoutaword,handedhimthecardhehadbeengiven.“Sitdown,Mr.Austen,”saidtheoldmanverypolitely.“Iamgladtomakeyouracquaintance.”4“Isittrue,”askedAlan,“thatyouhaveacertainmixturethathas…er…quiteextraordinaryeffects?”5“Mydearsir,”repliedtheoldman,“mystoc
4、kintradeisnotverylarge—Idon’tdealinlaxativesandteethingmixtures—butsuchasitis,itisvaried.IthinknothingIsellhaseffectswhichcouldbepreciselydescribedasordinary.”6“Well,thefactis…”beganAlan.7“Here,forexample,”interruptedtheoldman,reachingforabottlefromtheshelf
5、.“Hereisaliquidascolourlessaswater,almosttasteless,quiteimperceptibleincoffee,wine,oranyotherbeverage.Itisalsoquiteimperceptibletoanyknownmethodofautopsy.”8“Doyoumeanitisapoison?”criedAlan,verymuchhorrified.9“Callitaglove-cleanerifyoulike,”saidtheoldmanindi
6、fferently.“Maybeitwillcleangloves.Ihavenevertried.Onemightcallitalife-cleaner.Livesneedcleaningsometimes.”10“Iwantnothingofthatsort,”saidAlan.11“Probablyitisjustaswell,”saidtheoldman.“Doyouknowthepriceofthis?Foroneteaspoonful,whichissufficient,Iaskfivethous
7、anddollars.Neverless.Notapennyless.”12“Ihopeallyourmixturesarenotasexpensive,”saidAlanapprehensively.13“Ohdear,no,”saidtheoldman.“Itwouldbenogoodchargingthatsortofpriceforalovepotion,forexample.Youngpeoplewhoneedalovepotionveryseldomhavefivethousanddollars.
8、Otherwisetheywouldnotneedalovepotion.”14“Iamgladtohearthat,”saidAlan.15“Ilookatitlikethis,”saidtheoldman.“Pleaseacustomerwithonearticle,andhewillcomebackwhenheneedsanother.Evenifitismorecostly.Hewillsa
