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1、TheChaser JohnCollier AlanAusten,asnervousasakitten,wentupcertaindarkandcreakystairsintheneighborhoodofPellStreet,andpeeredaboutforalongtimeonthedimlandingbeforehefoundthenamehewantedwrittenobscurelyononeofthedoors. Hepushe
2、dopenthisdoor,ashehadbeentoldtodo,andfoundhimselfinatinyroom,whichcontainednofurniturebutaplainkitchentable,arocking-chair,andanordinarychair.Ononeofthedirtybuff-coloredwallswereacoupleofshelves,containinginallperhapsadozenbottlesandjars. Anoldmansatint
3、herocking-chair,readinganewspaper.Alan,withoutaword,handedhimthecardhehadbeengiven.＾Sitdown,Mr.Austen,￣saidtheoldmanverypolitely.＾Iamgladtomakeyouracquaintance.￣ ＾Isittrue,￣askedAlan,＾thatyouhaveacertainmixturethathas！er！quiteextraordinaryeffects?￣ ＾M
4、ydearsir,￣repliedtheoldman,＾mystockintradeisnotverylarge！Idon¨tdealinlaxativesandteethingmixtures！butsuchasitis,itisvaried.IthinknothingIsellhaseffectswhichcouldbepreciselydescribedasordinary.￣ ＾Well,thefactis！￣beganAlan. ＾Here,forexample,￣interrupted
5、theoldman,reachingforabottlefromtheshelf.＾Hereisaliquidascolorlessaswater,almosttasteless,quiteimperceptibleincoffee,wine,oranyotherbeverage.Itisalsoquiteimperceptibletoanyknownmethodofautopsy.￣ ＾Doyoumeanitisapoison?￣criedAlan,verymuchhorrified. ＾Cal
6、litaglove-cleanerifyoulike,￣saidtheoldmanindifferently.＾Maybeitwillcleangloves.Ihavenevertried.Onemightcallitalife-cleaner.Livesneedcleaningsometimes.￣ ＾Iwantnothingofthatsort,￣saidAlan. ＾Probablyitisjustaswell,￣saidtheoldman.＾Doyouknowthepriceofthis?
7、Foroneteaspoonful,whichissufficient,Iaskfivethousanddollars.Neverless.Notapennyless.￣ ＾Ihopeallyourmixturesarenotasexpensive,￣saidAlanapprehensively. ＾Ohdear,no,￣saidtheoldman.＾Itwouldbenogoodchargingthatsortofpriceforalovepotion,forexample.Youngpeopl
8、ewhoneedalovepotionveryseldomhavefivethousanddollars.Otherwisetheywouldnotneedalovepotion.￣ ＾Iamgladtohearthat,￣saidAlan. ＾Ilookatitlikethis,￣saidtheoldman.＾Pleaseacustomerwithonearticle,andhewillcomebackwhenhen
