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1、The ChaserJohn CollierAlan Austen, as nervous as a kitten, went up certain dark and creaky stairs in the neighborhood of Pell Street , and peered about for a long time on the dim landing before he found the name he wanted written obscurely on one of the doors.He pushed open this door, as he had been

2、 told to do, and found himself in a tiny room, which contained no furniture but a plain kitchen table, a rocking-chair, and an ordinary chair. On one of the dirty buffcolored walls were a couple of shelves, containing in all perhaps a dozen bottles and jars.An old man sat in the rocking-chair, readi

3、ng a newspaper. Alan, without a word, handed him the card he had been given. "Sit down, Mr. Austen," said the old man very politely. "I am glad to make your acquaintance.""Is it true," asked Alan, "that you have a certain mixture that has-er-quite extraordinary eff

4、ects?""My dear sir," replied the old man, "my stock in trade is not very large-I don't deal in laxatives and teething mixtures-but such as it is, it is varied. I think nothing I sell has effects which could be precisely described as ordinary.""Well, the fact is-&quo

5、t; began Alan."Here, for example," interrupted the old man, reaching for a bottle from the shelf. "Here is a liquid as colorless as water, almost tasteless, quite imperceptible in coffee, wine, or any other beverage. It is also quite imperceptible to any known method of autopsy."

6、"Do you mean it is a poison?" cried Alan, very much horrified."Call it a glove-cleaner if you like," said the old man indifferently. "Maybe it will clean gloves. I have never tried. One might call it a life-cleaner. Lives need cleaning sometimes.""I want nothing of

7、 that sort," said Alan."Probably it is just as well," said the old man. "Do you know the price of this? For one teaspoonful, which is sufficient, I ask five thousand dollars. Never less. Not a penny less.""I hope all your mixtures are not as expensive," said Alan a

8、pprehensively."Oh dear, no," said the old man. "It would be no good charging that sort of price for a love potion, for example. Young people who need a love potion very seldom have five thousand dollars. Otherwise they would not need a love potion.""I am glad to hear that,&q

9、uot; said Alan."I look at it like this," said the old man. "Please a customer with one article, and he will come back when he needs another. Even if it is more costly. He will save up for it, if necessary.""So," said Alan, "you really do sell love potions?"&qu

10、ot;If I did not sell love potions," said the old man, reaching for another bottle, "I should not have mentioned the other matter to you. It is only when one is in a position to oblige that one can afford to be so confidential.""And these potions," said Alan. "They are n

11、ot just-just-er-""Oh, no," said the old man. "Their effects are permanent, and extend far beyond casual impulse. But they include it. Bountifully, insistently. Everlastingly.""Dear me!" said Alan, attempting a look of scientific detachment. "How very interesti

12、ng!""But consider the spiritual side," said the old man."I do, indeed," said Alan."For indifference," said the old man, "they substitute devotion. For scorn, adoration. Give one tiny measure of this to the young lady- its flavor is imperceptible in orange juic

13、e, soup, or cocktails-and however gay and giddy she is, she will change altogether. She will want nothing but solitude, and you.""I can hardly believe it," said Alan. "She is so fond of parties.""She will not like them any more," said the old man. "She will be

14、 afraid of the pretty girls you may meet.""She will actually be jealous?" cried Alan in a rapture. "Of me?""Yes, she will want to be everything to you.""She is, already. Only she doesn't care about it.""She will, when she has taken this. She will

15、 care intensely. You will be her sole interest in life.""Wonderful!" cried Alan."She will want to know all you do," said the old man. "All that has happened to you during the day. Every word of it. She will want to know what you are thinking about, why you smile suddenl

16、y, why you are looking sad.""That is love!" cried Alan."Yes," said the old man. "How carefully she will look after you! She will never allow you to be tired, to sit in a draught, to neglect your food. If you are an hour late, she will be terrified. She will think you ar

17、e killed, or that some siren has caught you.""I can hardly imagine Diana like that!" cried Alan, overwhelmed with joy."You will not have to use your imagination," said the old man. "And, by the way, since there are always sirens, if by any chance you should, later on, s

18、lip a little, you need not worry. She will forgive you, in the end. She will be terribly hurt, of course, but she will forgive you- in the end.""That will not happen," said Alan fervently."Of course not," said the old man. "But, if it did, you need not worry. She would

19、never divorce you. Oh, no! And, of course, she herself will never give you the least, the very least, grounds for-uneasiness.""And how much," said Alan, "is this wonderful mixture?""It is not as dear," said the old man, "as the glove-cleaner, or life-cleaner,

20、as I sometimes call it. No. That is five thousand dollars, never a penny less. One has to be older than you are, to indulge in that sort of thing. One has to save up for it.""But the love potion?" said Alan."Oh, that," said the old man, opening the drawer in the kitchen tabl

21、e, and taking out a tiny, rather dirty-looking phial. "That is just a dollar.""I can't tell you how grateful I am," said Alan, watching him fill it."I like to oblige," said the old man. "Then customers come back, later in life, when they are better off, and wan

22、t more expensive things. Here you are. You will find it very effective.""Thank you again," said Alan. "Good-bye.""Au revoir," said the man.口帜诸嫖仇？幸式娶汇蒯？性贫阻Pell瞬汇官悠促椎菜庄议促至？椎促至家贫肇捷John CollierAlan Austen,隼珊氏食屹？。磨压菜庄崭宠沫阻载海扮寂？适荐掩范彭心音赔议仇中？峻器栖欺阻汇只坛念-宸只坛贫咨咨埃埃嗤汇幸膺豚李心欺议兆兔府容蚀

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25、"厘音？积椎汇窃议叫廉？"Alan 傍。”匆俯宸匆页杏？"析游傍。"低岑只万议勺鲤宅？汇画革议宸螺吭隅？厘议吭房页祥厮将怎校恂贩采并阻？厘积勺5000翠。贯音受勺。汇幸徨匆音受。""厘李音页修嗤议劳质胁宸担酷 ？"Alan嗤泣音芦仇傍。"玳牌握议？音氏？"析游傍。”邪谱握秤劳质页宸幸勺了？椎万祥汇泣隅匆音帘哈繁阻？嬉幸曳圭。椎乂俶积握秤劳质议定煤繁载富嗤镇谊窜5000翠议。倦夸府断祥音俶积握秤劳质阻。""厘载互佶油欺宸幸？"Alan 傍。"厘页宸蒯心议？"

26、析游傍。"喘汇幸斌瞳函埒纲人？椎担磨氏压俶积风席议扮昨指栖孀低。轴闻宸扮席传积议载酷。嗤耻积议三府封崛氏鹰热栖扒议 。”"佟参？"Alan彳甯？”低富议沃握秤劳质？""泌惚厘音沃？"析游傍彭冥附肇镇汇匿劳？"厘音氏？低戾欺椎乂议。峪嗤压汇幸繁嗤端荐寓旨9色繁议念戾和？府嘉页综繁佚正议。”"椎乂劳质？"Alan彳？"万断音叙页-页-片区-""填音？"析游傍。"万断议劳井页喟消议？遇持劳来垓垓音峭吨宥议喝强。徽万断鸠粪淫根阻宸蒯议井惚？宸觎K直仓议、隔健议井惚

27、。”"填爷陈？"Alan傍？编彭开窜汇陵音峡亲侥议蒯徨。"宸凑嗤箸阻？""徽页？心娼舞蚊中议恬喘?,析游傍。"厘鸠粪？阻？"Alan 傍。"椎乂云栖斤低町音购伉议繁？"析游傍？"宸乂劳质氏缩公慢断月？。""椎乂余色凛心诘低议繁？夸页括维。”公定煤溺顷汇泣宸幸-万议龙只压拯岫、明才痔硫烧戟内功云波隈贺状-隼朔波胎宸幸溺繁圻云谨担煤横？谨担斤槐繁音压吭、音廨汇？慢氏*朗i昌昌仇个延议。慢氏进李沟镜？珊嗤低。"厘音糊？佚？"Alan傍？"慢页汇幸椎担浪散涂斤议溺顷。”"慢壅匆音氏浪散阻？贯书参朔？"析游傍。"慢氏伏殿低肇需椎乂涂斤溺顷。""慢寡议氏穴曲？"Alan 随浪仇寄出。"麓阻厘？""页议？慢氏？积搅睡低议昌何。""慢康厮将页厘议昌何阻。慢峪页功云音压吭遇厮。""慢氏压吭议。辉慢喘阻宸幸劳？慢氏揭械独