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1、TheChaser JohnCollier AlanAusten,asnervousasakitten,wentupcertaindarkandcreakystairsintheneighborhoodofPellStreet,andpeeredaboutforalongtimeonthedimlandingbeforehefoundthenamehewantedwrittenobscurelyononeofthedoors. Hepushedopenthisdoo
2、r,ashehadbeentoldtodo,andfoundhimselfinatinyroom,whichcontainednofurniturebutaplainkitchentable,arocking-chair,andanordinarychair.Ononeofthedirtybuff-coloredwallswereacoupleofshelves,containinginallperhapsadozenbottlesandjars. Anoldmansatintherocking-chair,readinga
3、newspaper.Alan,withoutaword,handedhimthecardhehadbeengiven.＾Sitdown,Mr.Austen,￣saidtheoldmanverypolitely.＾Iamgladtomakeyouracquaintance.￣ ＾Isittrue,￣askedAlan,＾thatyouhaveacertainmixturethathas！er！quiteextraordinaryeffects?￣ ＾Mydearsir,￣repliedtheoldman,＾mystocki
4、ntradeisnotverylarge！Idon¨tdealinlaxativesandteethingmixtures！butsuchasitis,itisvaried.IthinknothingIsellhaseffectswhichcouldbepreciselydescribedasordinary.￣ ＾Well,thefactis！￣beganAlan. ＾Here,forexample,￣interruptedtheoldman,reachingforabottlefromtheshelf.＾Hereis
5、aliquidascolorlessaswater,almosttasteless,quiteimperceptibleincoffee,wine,oranyotherbeverage.Itisalsoquiteimperceptibletoanyknownmethodofautopsy.￣ ＾Doyoumeanitisapoison?￣criedAlan,verymuchhorrified. ＾Callitaglove-cleanerifyoulike,￣saidtheoldmanindifferently.＾Mayb
6、eitwillcleangloves.Ihavenevertried.Onemightcallitalife-cleaner.Livesneedcleaningsometimes.￣ ＾Iwantnothingofthatsort,￣saidAlan. ＾Probablyitisjustaswell,￣saidtheoldman.＾Doyouknowthepriceofthis?Foroneteaspoonful,whichissufficient,Iaskfivethousanddollars.Neverless.No
7、tapennyless.￣ ＾Ihopeallyourmixturesarenotasexpensive,￣saidAlanapprehensively. ＾Ohdear,no,￣saidtheoldman.＾Itwouldbenogoodchargingthatsortofpriceforalovepotion,forexample.Youngpeoplewhoneedalovepotionveryseldomhavefivethousanddollars.Otherwisetheywouldnotneedalovep
8、otion.￣ ＾Iamgladtohearthat,￣saidAlan. ＾Ilookatitlikethis,￣saidtheoldman.＾Pleaseacustomerwithonearticle,andhewillcomebackwhenhen
