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SAT阅读小说:UNCLE SILAS系列(3) He had odd, absent ways, and talked more to himself, I believe, than to all the rest of the world put together. &aposShe won&apost understand,&apos he whispered, looking at me enquiringly. &aposNo, she won&apost. Will she?&apos Then there was a pause, during which he brought forth from his breast pocket a small bunch of some half-dozen keys, on one of which he looked frowningly, every now and then balancing it a little bore his eyes, between his finger and thumb, as he deliberated. I knew him too well, of course, to interpose a word. &aposThey are easily frightened—ay, they are. I&aposd better do it another way.&apos And pausing, he looked in my face as he might upon a picture. &aposThey are—yes—I had better do it another way—another way; yes—and she&aposll not suspect—she&aposll not suppose.&apos Then he looked steadfastly upon the key, and from it to me, suddenly lifting it up, and said abruptly, &aposSee, child,&apos and, after a second or two, &aposRemember this key.&apos It was oddly shaped, and unlike others. &aposYes, sir.&apos I always called him &apossir.&apos &aposIt opens that,&apos and he tapped it sharply on the door of the cabinet. &aposIn the daytime it is always here,&apos at which word he dropped it into his pocket again. &aposYou see?—and at night under my pillow—you hear me?&apos &aposYes, sir.&apos &aposYou won&apost forget this cabinet—oak—next the door—on your lt—you won&apost forget?&apos &aposNo, sir.&apos &aposPity she&aposs a girl, and so young—ay, a girl, and so young—no sense—giddy. You say, you&aposll remember?&apos &aposYes, sir.&apos &aposIt behoves you.&apos He turned round and looked full upon me, like a man who has taken a sudden resolution; and I think for a moment he had made up his mind to tell me a great deal more. But if so, he changed it again; and after another pause, he said slowly and sternly—&aposYou [pg 07] will tell nobody what I have said, under pain of my displeasure.&apos &aposOh! no, sir!&apos &aposGood child!&apos &aposExcept,&apos he resumed, &aposunder one contingency; that is, in case I should be absent, and Dr. Bryerly—you recollect the thin gentleman, in spectacles and a black wig, who spent three days here last month—should come and enquire for the key, you understand, in my absence.&apos &aposYes, sir.&apos So he kissed me on the forehead, and said— &aposLet us return.&apos Which, accordingly, we did, in silence; the storm outside, like a dirge on a great organ, accompanying our flitting.