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第45章姨妈历险记（3）
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Thechillwasbuttra.Myaunt，whowasalmostasresoluteapersonageasyouruurnioryteller），bestantlydcollected.Shewentonadjustingherdress.Sheevenhummedanair，anddidnotmakeevenasie.Shecasuallyoverturnedadressingbox;tookadpickeduptheartiebyohefloor;pursuedaroilingpinthatwasmakiswayuhehedoor;lookedforaninstantintothecorridor，asifindoubtwhethertogo;andthelyout.
&eairs，orderedtheservantstoarmthemselveswiththeonsfirstathand，placedherselfattheirhead，aimmediately.
&ilyleviedarmypresentedaformidableforce.Thestewardhadarustybluheahefootmanapairofhorsepistols，thecookahugegkhebutlerabottleinead.Myauhared-hotpoker，andinmyopihemostformidableoftheparty.Thewaitingmaid，whodreadedtostayalos'hall，broughtuptherear，smellingtoabrokeilesalts，andexpressihe"ghostesses"."Ghosts!"saidmyauely."I'llsiheirwhiskersforthem!"
&eredthechamber.Allwasstillandundisturbedaswheit.Theyapproachedtheportraitofmyuncle.
"Pulldoicture!"criedmyaunt.Aheavygroan，andasouterih，issuedfromtheportrait.Theservantsshrunkback;themaidutteredafaintshriek，andgtothefootmanforsupport.
"Instantly!"addedmyaunt，ofthefoot.Thepictureulleddown，andfromaredit，inwhierlystoodaclock，theyhauledfortharound-shouldered，black-beardedvarlet，withaknifeaslongasmyarm，buttremblingalloverlikeanaspenleaf.
"Well，andwhowashe?Noghost，Isuppose，"saidtheileman.
"Aknightofthepost，"repliedthenarrator，"whohadbeeheworthofthe;orrather，amaraudingTarquin，whohadstolenintoherchambertoviolateherpurse，arongbox，whenallthehouseshouldbeasleep.I;uedhe，"thevagabondwasaloose，idlefellowoftheneighborhood，whohadonaservantinthehouse，andhadbeeoassistinarrangingitforthereistress.Hefessedthathehadtrivedthishidingplaceforhisnefariouspurpose，andhadborrowedaheportraitbywayofarehole."
"Andwhatdidtheydowithhim?Didtheyhanghim?"resumedthequestioner.
"Hanghim?Howcouldthey?"exclaimedabeetle-browedbarristerwithahawk'sheoffeorobbery，noassaulthadbeenitted.Nofortryintothepremises."
"Myaunt，"saidthenarrator，"irit，andapttotakethelawinherownhands.Shehadherownnotionsofessalso.Sheorderedthefellowtobedrawnthroughthehorsepond，toseawayalloffehentobewellrubbeddownwithaowel."
"Andwhatbeafterwards?"saidtheileman.
"Idolyknow.IbelievehewassentonavoyageofimprovementtoBotanyBay."
"Andyouraunt?"saidtheileman."I'llwarraookakehermaidsleepihherafterthat."
"No，sir，shedidbetter;shegaveherhandshortlyaftertsquire;forsheusedtoobservethatitwasadismalthingforawomantosleepalory."
"Shewasright，"observedtheileman，noddingsagaciously;"butIamsorrytheydidnothangthatfellow."
Itwasagreedonallhandsthatthelastnarraththistaletothemostsatisfa，thoughatrypresetheu，whofiguredinthedifferentstories，hadnotbeeher;theylywouldhavebeeched.
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