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1、Unit7TheChaserJohnHenryCollier1AlanAusten,asnervousasakitten,wentupcertaindarkandcreakystairsintheneighborhoodofPellStreet,andpeeredaboutforalongtimeonthedimhallwaybeforehefoundthenamehewantedwrittenobscurelyononeofthedoors.2Hepushedopenthisdoor,ashehadbeentoldtodo,andfoundh
2、imselfinatinyroom,whichcontainednofurniturebutaplainkitchentable,arocking-chair,andanordinarychair.Ononeofthedirtybuff-colouredwallswereacoupleofshelves,containinginallperhapsadozenbottlesandjars.3Anoldmansatintherocking-chair,readinganewspaper.Alan,withoutaword,handedhimthe
3、cardhehadbeengiven.“Sitdown,Mr.Austen,”saidtheoldmanverypolitely.“Iamgladtomakeyouracquaintance.”4“Isittrue,”askedAlan,“thatyouhaveacertainmixturethathas…er…quiteextraordinaryeffects?”5“Mydearsir,”repliedtheoldman,“mystockintradeisnotverylarge—Idon’tdealinlaxativesandteethin
4、gmixtures—butsuchasitis,itisvaried.IthinknothingIsellhaseffectswhichcouldbepreciselydescribedasordinary.”6“Well,thefactis…”beganAlan.7“Here,forexample,”interruptedtheoldman,reachingforabottlefromtheshelf.“Hereisaliquidascolourlessaswater,almosttasteless,quiteimperceptibleinc
5、offee,wine,oranyotherbeverage.Itisalsoquiteimperceptibletoanyknownmethodofautopsy.”8“Doyoumeanitisapoison?”criedAlan,verymuchhorrified.9“Callitaglove-cleanerifyoulike,”saidtheoldmanindifferently.“Maybeitwillcleangloves.Ihavenevertried.Onemightcallitalife-cleaner.Livesneedcle
6、aningsometimes.”10“Iwantnothingofthatsort,”saidAlan.11“Probablyitisjustaswell,”saidtheoldman.“Doyouknowthepriceofthis?Foroneteaspoonful,whichissufficient,Iaskfivethousanddollars.Neverless.Notapennyless.”12“Ihopeallyourmixturesarenotasexpensive,”saidAlanapprehensively.精选13“Oh
7、dear,no,”saidtheoldman.“Itwouldbenogoodchargingthatsortofpriceforalovepotion,forexample.Youngpeoplewhoneedalovepotionveryseldomhavefivethousanddollars.Otherwisetheywouldnotneedalovepotion.”14“Iamgladtohearthat,”saidAlan.15“Ilookatitlikethis,”saidtheoldman.“Pleaseacustomerwit
8、honearticle,andhewillcomebackwhenheneedsanother.Evenifitismorecostly.Hewill
