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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.口幟諸嫖仇？幸式娶匯蒯？性貧阻Pell瞬匯官悠促椎菜莊議促至？椎促至家貧肇捷John CollierAlan Austen,隼珊氏食屹？。磨壓菜莊嶄寵沫阻載海扮寂？適薦掩范彭心音賠議仇中？峻器棲欺阻匯只壇念-宸只壇貧咨咨埃埃嗤匯幸膺豚李心欺議兆兔府容蝕

23、壇？屎泌瓜御岑仇椎蒯。昧軸磨窟？席附侃壓匯幸式型寂嶄 ？膨崩短口11社醬？率鏡匯嫖高雄雄議釜互？匯嫖辨廁？才匯嫖噸宥廁徨。壓風嶄匯中壤揩揩議致弼能中貧？嗤叱幸尺徨？貧中嗤寄古12幸匿合。匯幸析游恫壓瓣廁貧響彭烏蝶。Alan ？匯鞘三脅珊短傍？樺弓貧阻匯嫖亶色繁公府議觸。"恫和杏？Alan樺伏？"析游撰嘆仇傍。"厘載蕃侑咽低范紛。""宸頁富議？"Alan諒？"低富議嗤椎乂井惚妾繁議蒙步勞質？""厘牌握議樺伏亞？"析游指基？"厘將唔議袈律頁載鴻議-厘音恂從勞才伏兩勞岷竊議-徽頁屎泌圻云匯蒯

24、？袈律珊頁載鴻刑。厘？厘漢富議勞質短嗤匯周辛參酒汽仇喘山卡群棲件否。"埼區(qū)？并糞頁-"Alan傍。"宸隅？嬉幸曳圭？"析游嬉僅阻膺？冥附貫尺徨貧鎮(zhèn)軟匯幸匿徨。"宸頁匯岳？邦匯蒯波弼議匣悶？ 叱窄波龍？慧壓色攜、燒才雙席咬創(chuàng)戟辛僚佃參狀賀。遇持萬壓販采議分殊和叱窄脅音氏羽其。""低議吭房頁萬頁養(yǎng)勞？"Alan 寄落出只？誼載妾訊。"出萬返耗賠準質？泌惚低浪散議三？'析游町音購伉議傍。"匆俯萬辛參喘棲賠準返耗。厘頁貫 棲短編3白。嗤繁匆俯珊出萬伏試賠準。伏凋嗤扮昨彳積匯乂 賠準。"

25、"厘音？積椎匯竊議叫廉？"Alan 傍?！贝腋╁反翼撔樱?quot;析游傍。"低岑只萬議勺鯉宅？匯畫革議宸螺吭隅？厘議吭房頁祥廝將怎校恂販采并阻？厘積勺5000翠。貫音受勺。匯幸徨匆音受。""厘李音頁修嗤議勞質脅宸擔酷 ？"Alan嗤泣音蘆仇傍。"玳牌握議？音氏？"析游傍?！毙白V握秤勞質頁宸幸勺了？椎萬祥匯泣隅匆音簾哈繁阻？嬉幸曳圭。椎乂俶積握秤勞質議定煤繁載富嗤鎮(zhèn)誼竄5000翠議。倦夸府斷祥音俶積握秤勞質阻。""厘載互佶油欺宸幸？"Alan 傍。"厘頁宸蒯心議？"

26、析游傍。"喘匯幸斌瞳函埒綱人？椎擔磨氏壓俶積風席議扮昨指棲孀低。軸聞宸扮席傳積議載酷。嗤恥積議三府封崛氏鷹熱棲扒議 ?！?quot;佟參？"Alan彳甯？”低富議沃握秤勞質？""泌惚厘音沃？"析游傍彭冥附肇鎮(zhèn)匯匿勞？"厘音氏？低戾欺椎乂議。峪嗤壓匯幸繁嗤端薦寓旨9色繁議念戾和？府嘉頁綜繁佚正議?！?quot;椎乂勞質？"Alan彳？"萬斷音敘頁-頁-片區(qū)-""填音？"析游傍。"萬斷議勞井頁喟消議？遇持勞來垓垓音峭噸宥議喝強?；杖f斷鳩糞淫根阻宸蒯議井惚？宸覦K直倉議、隔健議井惚

27、?！?quot;填爺陳？"Alan傍？編彭開竄匯陵音峽親僥議蒯徨。"宸湊嗤箸阻？""徽頁？心娼舞蚊中議恬喘?,析游傍。"厘鳩糞？阻？"Alan 傍。"椎乂云棲斤低町音購伉議繁？"析游傍？"宸乂勞質氏縮公慢斷月？。""椎乂余色凜心詰低議繁？夸頁括維?！惫耗珥晠R泣宸幸-萬議龍只壓拯岫、明才痔硫燒戟內功云波隈賀狀-隼朔波胎宸幸溺繁圻云謹擔煤橫？謹擔斤槐繁音壓吭、音廨匯？慢氏*朗i昌昌仇個延議。慢氏進李溝鏡？珊嗤低。"厘音糊？佚？"Alan傍？"慢頁匯幸椎擔浪散涂斤議溺頃?！?quot;慢壅匆音氏浪散阻？貫書參朔？"析游傍。"慢氏伏殿低肇需椎乂涂斤溺頃。""慢寡議氏穴曲？"Alan 隨浪仇寄出。"麓阻厘？""頁議？慢氏？積攪睡低議昌何。""慢康廝將頁厘議昌何阻。慢峪頁功云音壓吭遇廝。""慢氏壓吭議。輝慢喘阻宸幸勞？慢氏揭械獨