The drama of blackmail(by Charley)
blackmail
Main character
Peter McDermott, assistant general manager Ogilvie: chief house officer, detective of the
hotel the Duke of Croydon: newly appointed British ambassador to the United States the Duchess of Croydon: wife of the Duke a prostitute
used “please” only once look pointedly at the cigar shot a swift warning glance Would you kindly put that out!
3. Language: formal, highly educated I imagine you did not come here to discuss décor.
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Plot:
Monday evening, the Duke went to the gambling house. Later, his wife pursued and found him. On their way back, the car Jaguar knocked down a woman and her child. Both killed.
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The Duke of Croydon was an internationally famous statesman and the newly appointed British ambassador to Washington. They occupied the best suite of the hotel--- the Presidential Suite.
Blackmail中的情节
张汉熙主编的高级英语第一册Unit Six Blackmail中Plot(情节描述)In New Orleans，the Duke and the Duchess occupied a quite luxurious suite in a large hotel. One Monday evening, when they drove back from a gambling house, they knocked down a woman and her child. Although they knew that they had killed both of them, they did not stop the car and just drove away. This hit-n-run accident became sensational news to the whole city. Late that evening, the hotel’s chief house detective,Ogilvie, notice that the Duke and the Duchess were suspicious, so he went to check their car and found that their car was busted. However, he came to talk with the Duke and the Duchess instead of reporting what he had found to the police. He promised to keep quiet about what he knew with a large sum of money in return from the Duke and the Duchess. the Duke didn’t know how to solve this problem, so he made his wife, a clever women, copy with the situation. The Duchess first try tried to deny the fact that they killed the woman and her child, but she had to admit it after the evidence was shown. She realized that in order to get out of this mess, the car must be driven out of the South where people were alerted about the hit-and-run accident. So she offered to pay Ogilvie twice more than he had asked on condition that he drove the car to Chicago up in the North. With the desire for the money , the detective accepted the offer.。
高级英语话剧Blackmail台词
Blackmail(paragraphy14—109)Ogilvie: now then, you two was in the hit-’n-run.Duchess: what are you talking about?Ogilvie: don’t play games, lady. This is for real.(拿烟，咬烟头) you saw the papers. There’s been plenty on radio, too.Duchess: (脸红)what you are suggesting is the most dis’gusting,ri’diculous…Ogilvie: I told you –cut it out! (拿烟在公爵鼻子下晃了晃)you listen to me, your high-an’-mightiness. This city’s burnin’mad--cops, mayor, everybody else. When they find who done last night, who killed that kid an’its m other, then high-tailed it, they’ll throw the books, and never mind who it hits, or whether they got fancy titles neither. Now I know what I know, and if I do what by rights I should, there’ll be a squad of cops in here so fast you’ll hardly see’em. But I come to you first, in fairness, so’s you could tell your side of it to me.（眨眼变凶）if you want it the other way, just say so.Duchess: (跳起来怒容满面)you unspeakable blackguard! How dare you! Duke: (对Duchess)it’s no go, old girl. I’m afraid. It was a good try.(对Ogilvie) what you accuse us of is ture. I am to blame. I was driving the car and killing the little girl.Ogilvie: that’s more like it.(点烟) now we’re getting somewhere. Duchess: (疲乏的做认输手势，颓然坐回椅子上，双手对握已掩饰颤抖) what is it you know?Ogilvie: well now, I’ll spell it out.(吐眼圈带嘲讽意看Duchess（皱鼻）指向Duke)last night, early on, you went to Lindy’s Place in Irish Bayou, You drove there in your fancy jaguar, and you took a lady friend. Leastways, I guess you’d call he that if you’re not too fussy’(看Duchess咧嘴笑) Duke: (厉声吼) get on with it.Ogilvie: well, the way I hear it, you won a hundred at the tables, then lost it at the bar. You were into a second hundred-with a real swingingparty-when your wife here got there in a taxi.Duke: how would you know all this?Ogilvie: I told you, Ogilvie-I’ve been in this town and this hotel a long time. I got friends all over. I oblige them; they do the same for me, like letting me know what gives, and where. There ain’t much, out of the way, which people who stay in this hotel do, I don’t get to hear about. Most of’em never know I know, or know me. They think they go t their little secret tucked away, and so they have-except like now.Duke: (冷冷地)I see.Ogilvie: one thing I’d like to know. I got a curious nature, ma’am. How’d you figure where he was?Duchess: you know so much… I supposed it doesn’t matter. My husbandhas a habit of making notes while he is telephoning. Afterward he often forgets to destroy them.Ogilvie: (咋舌表责备)a little careless habit like that, Ogilvie-look at the mess it gets you in. well, here’s what I figure about the rest. You an’your wife took off home, you drivin’, though the way things turned out it might have been better if she’d have drove.Duke: my wife doesn’t drive.Ogilvie: (点头表理解) explains that one. Anyway, I reckon you were lickered up, but good…Duchess: then you don’t know! You don’t kno w anything for sure! You can’t possibly prove…Ogilvie: lady, I can prove all I need to.Duke:(规劝Duchess) better let him finish, old girl.Ogilvie: that’s right, just sit an’ listen. Last night I seen you comein-though the basement, so’s not to use the lo bby. Look the right shaken, too, the pair of you, just come in myself, an’I got to wondering why. Like I said, I got a curious nature.Duchess: go on.Ogilvie: late last night the word was out about the hit-’n-run. On a hunch I went over the garage and took a quiet look-see at your car. You maybe don’t know-it’s away in the corner, behind a pillar where the jockeys don’t see it when they’re comin’by.Duke:(舔嘴唇)ｉsuppose that doesn’t matter now.Ogilvie: you might have something there. Anyway, what I found made me do some scouting-across at police headquarters where they know me too.(吸香烟看一眼红烟头) over there they got three things to go on. They got a headlight trim ring which musta come off when the kid an’the woman was hit. They got some headlight glass, and look’in at the kid’s clothin’, they reckon there’ll be a brush trace.Duchess: a what?Ogilvie: you rub clothes against something hard, Duchess, specially if it’s shiny like a car fender, say, an’it leaves a mark the same way as fingerprints.Duke: (像讨论与自己无关紧要的事) that’s interesting, I didn’t know that. Ogilvie: not many do. In this case, though, I reckon it don’t make a lot difference. On your car you got a busted headlight, and the trim ring’s gone. Ain’t any doubt they’d match up, even without the brush trace an’the blood. Oh year,I shoulda told, there’s plenty of blood, though it don’t show too much on the black paint.Duchess:(一手捂脸转过面去)oh, my god!Duke: what do you propose to do?Ogilvie:(搓手低头看手指) like I said, I come to hear your side of it.Duke: (绝望地)what can I possibly say? You know what happened.(作势想挺胸但没成功)you’d better call the police and get it over.Ogilvie: well now, there’s no call for being hasty. What’s done’s been done. Rushing any place ain’t gonna bring back the kid nor its mother neither. Besides, what they’d do to you across at the headquarters, Ogilvie, you wouldn’t like. No sir, you wouldn’t like it at all.(接着说)I was hoping, that you folks could suggest somethingDuke:(狐疑地说) I don’t understand.Duchess: I understand, you want money, don’t you? You came here to blackmail us.Ogilvie: (耸肩)whatever names you call things, ma’am, don’t matter to me. All I come for was to help you people out of trouble. But I got to live too. Duchess: you’d accept money to keep silent about what you know? Ogilvie: I reckon I might.Duchess: but from what you say, it would do no good. The car would be discovered in any case.Ogilvie: I guess you’d have to take that xhance. But there’s some reasons it might not be. Something I ain’t told you yet.Duchess: tell us now, please.Ogilvie: I ain’t fig ured this out myself completely. But when you hit that kid you was going away from town, not to it.Duchess: we’d made a mistake in the route, somehow we’d become turned around. It’s easily done in New Orleans, with the street winding as they do. Afterward, using side streets, we went back.Ogilvie: I thought it might be that.(点头表理解) but the po lice ain’t figured it that way. They’re looking for somebody who was headed out. That’s why, right now, they’re workin’on the suburbs and the outside towns. They may get around to searchin’down town, but it won’t be yet. Duchess: How long before they do?Ogilvie: maybe three, four days. They got a lot of other places to look first.Duchess: how could that help us-the delay?Ogilvie: it might, providin’ nobody twigs the car-an’seein’where it is, you might be lucky there. An’if you can get it away.Duchess: you mean out of state?Ogilvie: I mean out o’the south.Duchess: that wouldn’t be easy?Ogilvie: no, ma’am. Every state around will be watching for a car damaged the way yours is.Duchess:(考虑) Is there any possibility of having repairs made first? If the wo rk were done dis’creetly we could pay well.Ogilvie:(摇头) you try that, you might as well walk over to headquarters right now an’give up. Every repair shop in Louisiana’s been told to holler ‘cops’the minute a car needing fixin’like yours comes in. they’d d o it, too. You people are hot.Duchess:(想到一个主意) the piece from our car which you say the policehave. What is it called?Ogilvie: a trim ring.Duchess: is it traceable?Ogilvie:(肯定点头) they can figure what king o’car it’s from-make, model,an maybe the year, or close to it. Same thing with the glass. But with your car being foreign, it’ll likely take a few days.Duchess: but after that, the police will know they’re looking for a Jaguar? Ogilvie: I reckon that’s so.(Duchess认真考虑很长一段时间)Duchess: (面向Ogilvie)how much do you want?Ogilvie: well…I figure you people are pretty well fixed.Duchess:(冷冷地) I asked how much.Ogilvie:(眨眼) ten thousand dollars.Duchess:(不动声色地) assuming we paid this gro’tesque amount, what would we receive in return?Ogilvie: like I said, I keep quiet about what I know.Duchess: and the alternative?Ogilvie:(耸肩) I go down the lobby. I pick up a phone.Duchess:(斩钉截铁地) no, we will not pay you.Ogilvie:(不安的移动身子，脸涨得通红) now listen, lady…Duchess:(蛮横地打断Ogilvie的话) I will not listen. Instead, you will listen to me.(紧盯Ogilvie且脸上显出霸道的神态) we would achieve nothing by paying you, except possibly a few days’ respite. You have made that abundantly clear.Ogilvie: that’s a chance you gotta…Duchess:(厉声呵斥) silence!(Ogilvie满脸不高兴的住口了，Duchess接着果断宣布)we will not pay you ten thousand dollars. But we will pay you twenty-five thousand dollars.(Ogilvie鼓眼睛) in return for that, you will drive our car north.(Ogilvie依旧目瞪口呆状) twenty-five thousand dollars, ten thousand now. fifteen thousand more when you meet us in Chi’cago. (Ogilvie舔嘴唇，不发一言，眼睛似乎不相信似的直盯Duchess双眼，一阵沉默然后在Duchess目不转睛的逼视下，微微点了点头)Ogilvie: this cigar botherin’you, Duchess?(Duchess点了点头，Ogilvie随即将烟掐灭了)。
高英3版第3课Blackmail 课文全文
BlackmailArthur Hailey○1The chief house officer, Ogilvie, who had declared he would appear at the Croydons suite an hour after his cryptic telephone call actually took twice that time. As a result the nerves of both the Duke and Duchess were excessively frayed when the muted buzzer of the outer door eventually sounded.○2The Duchess went to the door herself. Earlier she had dispatched her maid on an invented errand and, cruelly, instructed the moon-faced male secretary –who was terrified of dogs –to exercise the Bedlington terriers. Her own tension was not lessened by the knowledge that both might return at any moment.○3 A wave of cigar smoke accompanied Ogilvie in. When he had followed her to the living room, the Duchess looked pointedly at the half-burned cigar in the fat man’s mouth. “My husband and I find strong smoke offensive. Would you kindly put that out."○4The house detective's piggy eyes surveyed her sardonically from his gross jowled face. His gaze moved on to sweep the spacious, well-appointed room, encompassing the Duke who faced them uncertainly, his back to a window.○5"Pretty neat set-up you folks got.” Taking his time, Ogilvie removed the offending cigar, knocked off the ash and flipped the butt toward an ornamental fireplace on his right. He missed, and the butt fell upon the carpet where he ignored it. ○6The Duchess's lips tightened. She said sharply, imagine you did not come here to discuss décor ".○7The obese body shook in an appreciative chuckle . "No, ma'am, can't say I did. I like nice things, though." He lowered the level of his incongruous falsetto voice." Like that car of yours. The one you keep here in the hotel. Jaguar, ain't it?"○8"Aah!" It was not a spoken word, but an emission of breath from the Duke of Croydon. His wife shot him a swift, warning glance.○9"In what conceivable way does our car concern you?”○10As if the question from the Duchess had been a signal, the house detective's manner changed. He inquired abruptly, "Who else is in this place?"○11It was the Duke who answered, "No one. We sent them out."○12"There's things it pays to check." Moving with surprising speed, the fat man walked around the suite, opening doors and inspecting the space behind them. Obviously he knew the room arrangement well. After reopening and closing the outer door, he returned, apparently satisfied, to the living room.○13The Duchess had seated herself in a straight-backed Ogilvie remained standing. ○14"Now then," he said. "You two was in the hit-'n-run ."○15She met his eyes directly." What are you talking about?"○16"Don't play games, lady. This is for real." He took out a fresh cigar and bit off the end, "You saw the papers. There's been plenty on radio, too."○17Two high points of color appeared in the paleness of the Duchess of Croydon's cheeks. "What you are suggesting is the most disgusting, ridiculous..."○18"I told you –Cut it out!” The words spat forth with sudden savagery , all pretense of blandness gone. Ignoring the Duke, Ogilvie waved the unlighted cigar under his adversary 's adversary 's nose. "You listen to me, your high-an'-mightiness. This city's burnin' mad – cops, mayor, everybody else. When they find who done that last night, who killed that kid an' its mother, then high-tailed it, they'll throw the book, and never mind who it hits, or whether they got fancy titles neither. Now I know what I know, and if I do what by rights I should, there'll be a squad of cops in here so fast you'll hardly see 'em. But I come to you first, in fairness, so's you could tell your side of it to me." The piggy eyes blinked, then hardened. " 'f you want it the other way, justsay so."○19The Duchess of Croydon – three centuries and a half of inbred arrogance behind her –did not yield easily. Springing to her feet, her face wrathful, gray-green eyes blazing, she faced the grossness of the house detective squarely. Her tone would have withered anyone who knew her well. “You unspeakable blackguard! How dare you!”○20Even the self-assurance of Ogilvie flickered for an instant. But it was the Duke of Croydon who interjected, "It's no go, old girl. I'm afraid. It was a good try." Facing Ogilvie, he said, "What you accuse us of is true. I am to blame. I was driving the car and killed the little girl."○21"That's more like it," Ogilvie said. He lit the fresh cigar. "Now we're getting somewhere."○22Wearily, in a gesture of surrender, the Duchess of Croydon sank back into her chair. Clasping her hands to conceal their trembling, she asked. "What is it you know?"○23"Well now, I'll spell it out." The house detective took his time, leisurely putting a cloud of blue cigar smoke, his eyes sardonically on the Duchess as if challenging her objection. But beyond wrinkling her nose in distaste, she made no comment.○24Ogilvie pointed to the Duke. "Last night, early on, you went to Lindy's Place in Irish Bayou. You drove there in your fancy Jaguar, and you took a lady friend. Leastways, I guess you'd call her that if you're not too fussy."○25As Ogilvie glanced, grinning, at the Duchess, the Duke said sharply, "Get on with it!"○26"Well" – the smug fat face swung back – "the way I hear it, you won a hundred at the tables, then lost it at the bar. You were into a second hundred –with a real swinging party – when your wife here got there in a taxi. "○27"How do you know all this?"○28"I'll tell you, Duke –I've been in this town and this hotel a long time. I got friends all over. I oblige them; they do the same for me, like letting me know what gives, an’ where. There ain't much, out of the way, which people who stay in this hotel do, I don't get to hear about. Most of ’em never know I know, or know me. They think they got their little secret tucked away , and so they have – except like now."○29The Duke said coldly, "I see."○30"One thing I'd like to know. I got a curious nature, ma’ am. How'd you figure where he was?"○31The Duchess said, "You know so much... I suppose it doesn't matter. My husband has a habit of making notes while he is telephoning. Afterward he often forgets to destroy them. ”○32The house detective clucked his tongue reprovingly . "A little careless habit like that, Duke – look at the mess it gets you in. Well, here's what I figure about the rest. You an' your wife took off home, you drivin', though the way things turned out it might have been better if she'd have drove."○33"My wife doesn't drive."○34Ogilvie nodded understandingly. "Explains that one. Anyway, I reckon you were lickered ( = liquored ) up, but good..."○35The Duchess interrupted. "Then you don't know! You don't know anything for sure! You can't possibly prove..."○36"Lady, I can prove all I need to."○37The Duke cautioned, "Better let him finish, old girl."○38"That's right," Ogilvie said. "Just sit an' listen. Last night I seen you come in –through the basement, so's not to use the lobby. Looked right shaken, too, the pair of you. Just come in myself, an' I got to wondering why. Like I said, I got a curious nature."○39The Duchess breathed, "Go on."○40"Late last night the word was out about the hit-'n-run. On a hunch I went over the garage and took a quiet look-see at your car. You maybe don't know – it's away in a corner, behind a pillar where the jockeys don't see it when they're comin' by."○41The Duke licked his lips. "I suppose that doesn't matter now."○42"You might have something there," Ogilvie conceded. "Anyway, what I found made me do some scouting -- across at police headquarters where they know me too." He paused to puff again at the cigar as his listeners waited silently. When the cigar tip was glowing he inspected it, then continued. "Over there they got three things to go on. They got a headlight trim ring which musta come off when the kid an’ the woman was hit. They got some headlight glass, and lookin’ at the kid's clothin', they reckon there'll be a brush trace. "○43"A what?"○44"You rub clothes against something hard, Duchess, specially if it's shiny like a car fender, say, an' it leaves a mark the same way as finger prints. The police lab kin pick it up like they do prints –dust it, an’ it shows."○45"That's interesting," the Duke said, as if speaking of something unconnected with himself. "I didn't know that."○46"Not many do. In this case, though, I reckon it don't make a lot o' difference. On your car you got a busted headlight, and the trim ring's gone. Ain't any doubt they'd match up, even without the brush trace an’ the blood. 0h yeah, I should a told you. There's plenty of blood, though it don't show too much on the black paint."○47"Oh, my God!" A hand to her face, the Duchess turned away.○48Her husband asked, "What do you propose to do?"○49The fat man rubbed his hands together, looking down at his thick, fleshy fingers. "Like I said, I come to hear your side of it."○50The Duke said despairingly, “What can I possibly say? You know what happened.” He made an attempt to square his shoulders which did not succeed. “You'd better call the police and get it over.”○51“Well now, there's no call for being hasty .” The incongruous falsetto voice took on a musing note. “What's done's been done. Rushing any place ain't gonna bring back the kid nor its mother neither. Besides, what they'd do to you across at the headquarters, Duke, you wouldn't like. No sir, you wouldn't like it at all.”○52The other two slowly raised their eyes.○53“I was hoping,” Ogilvie said, “that you folks could suggest something.”○54The Duke said uncertainly, “I don't understand.”○55“I understand,” the Duchess of Croydon said. “You want money, don't you? You came here to blackmail us.”○56If she expected her words to shock, they did not succeed. The house detective shrugged. “Whatever names you call things, ma'am, don't matter to me. All I come for was to help you people out of trouble. But I got to live too.”○57”You'd accept money to keep silent about what you know?”○58”I reckon I might.”○59”But from what you say,”the Duchess pointed out, her poise for the moment recovered, “it would do no good. The car would be discovered in any case.”○60”I guess you'd have to take that chance. But there's some reasons it might not be. Something I ain't told you yet.”○61“Tell us now, please.”○62Ogilvie said, “I ain't figured this out myself completely. But when you hit that kid you was going away from town, not to it.”○63”We'd made a mistake in the route,” the Duchess said. “Somehow we'd becometurned around. It's easily done in New Orleans, with the street winding as they do. Afterward, using side streets, we went back. “○64“I thought it might be that,”Ogilvie nodded understandingly. “But the police ain't figured it that way. They’re looking for somebody who was headed out. That's why, right now, they're workin' on the suburbs and the outside towns. They may get around to searchin' downtown, but it won't be yet. “○65“How long before they do?”○66“Maybe three, four days. They got a lot of other places to look first.”○67“ How could that help us --- the delay‘?”○68“It might,” Ogilvie said. “Providin' nobody twigs the car – an' seein' where it is, you might be lucky there. An' if you can get it away.”○69“You mean out of the state?”○70“I mean out o’ the South.”○71“That wouldn't be easy?”○72“No, ma'am. Every state around – Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, all the rest'll be watching for a car damaged the way yours is.”○73The Duchess considered. “Is there any possibility of having repairs made first? If the work were done discreetly we could pay well. “○74The house detective shook his head emphatically. “You try that, you might as well walk over to headquarters right now an' give up. Every repair shop in Louisiana's been told to holler 'cops' the minute a car needing fixin' like yours comes in. They'd do it, too. You people are hot.”○75The Duchess of Croydon kept firm, tight rein on her racing mind. It was essential, she knew, that her thinking remain calm and reasoned. In the last few minutes the conversation had become as seemingly casual as if the discussion were of some minor domestic matter and not survival itself. She intended to keep it that way. Once more,she was aware, the role of leadership had fallen to her, her husband now a tense but passive spectator of the exchange between the evil tat man and herself. No matter. What was inevitable must be accepted. The important thing was to consider all eventualities. A thought occurred to her.○76“The piece from our car which you say the police have. What is it called?”○77“A trim ring.”○78“Is it traceable?”○79Ogilvie nodded affirmatively. “They can figure what kind o' car it's from --- make, model, an' maybe the year, or close to it. Same thing with the glass. But with your car being foreign, it'll likely take a few days.”○80“But after that,”she persisted, “the police will know they're looking for a Jaguar?”○81“I reckon that 's so. “○82Today was Tuesday. From all that this man said, they had until Friday or Saturday at best. With calculated coolness the Duchess reasoned: the situation came down to one essential. Assuming the hotel man was bought off, their only chance -- a slim one -- lay in removing the car quickly, If it could be got north, to one of the big cities where the New Orleans tragedy and search would be unknown, repairs could be made quietly, the incriminating evidence removed. Then, even if suspicion settled on the Croydons later, nothing could be proved. But how to get the car away?○83Undoubtedly what this oafish detective said was true: As well as Louisiana, the other states through which the car would have to pass would be alert and watchful. Every highway patrol would be on the lookout for a damaged head-light with a missing trim ring. There would probably be road-blocks. It would be hard not to fall victim to some sharpeyed policeman.○84But it might be done. If the car could be driven at night and concealed by day. There were plenty of places to pull off the highway and be unobserved. It would behazardous, but no more than waiting here for certain detection. There would be back roads. They could choose an unlikely route to avoid attention.○85But there would be other complications ... and now was the time to consider them. Traveling by secondary roads would be difficult unless knowing the terrain. The Croydons did not. Nor was either of them adept at using maps. And when they stopped for petrol, as they would have to, their speech and manner would betray them, making them conspicuous . And yet ... these were risks which had to be taken.○86Or had they?○87The Duchess faced Ogilvie. “How much do you want?”○88The abruptness took him by surprise. “Well ... I figure you people are pretty well fixed.”○89She said coldly, “I asked how much.”○90The piggy eyes blinked. Ten thousand dollars.”○91Though it was twice what she had expected, her expression did not change. “Assuming we paid this grotesque amount, what would we receive in return?”○92The fat man seemed puzzled. “Like I said, I keep quiet about what I know.”○93“And the alternative ?”○94He shrugged. “I go down the lobby. I pick up a phone. “○95“No,” The statement was unequivocal . “We will not pay, you.”○96As the Duke of Croydon shifted uneasily, the house detective's bulbous countenance reddened, “Now listen, lady…”○97Peremptorily she cut him oft. “I will not listen. Instead, you will listen to me.”Her eyes were riveted on his face, her handsome, high cheek boned features set in their most imperious mold. “We would achieve nothing by paying you, except possibly a few days' respite . You have made that abundantly clear.”○98“That's a chance you gotta...”○99“Silence!” Her voice was a whiplash. Eyes bored into him. Swallowing, sullenly , he complied .100 What came next, the Duchess of Croydon knew, could be the most significant thing she had ever done. There must be no mistake, no vacillation or dallying because of her own smallness of mind. When you were playing for the highest stakes, you made the highest bid. She intended to gamble on the fat man's greed. She must do so in such a way as to place the outcome beyond any doubt.101 She declared decisively, “We will not pay you ten thousand dollars. But we will pay you twenty-five thousand dollars.”102 The house detective's eyes bulged.103 “In return for that,” she continued evenly, “You will drive our car north.”104 Ogilvie continued to stare.105 “Twenty-five thousand dollars,”she repeated. “Ten thousand now. Fifteen thousand more when you meet us in Chicago.”106 Still without speaking, the fat man licked his lips. His beady eyes, as if unbelieving, were focused upon her own. The silence hung.107 Then, as she watched intently, he gave the slightest of nods.108 The silence remained. At length Ogilvie spoke. “This cigar bother in' you, Duchess?”109 As she nodded, he put it out.(from Hotel, 1965)。
Unit_6_Blackmail
• Some Features of Hailey‟s Writings
• Each of his novels is set in a different industry or commercial environment and includes, in addition to dramatic human conflict, all of the information about the way that particular environment functions, and how it affects both the society and the people in it. • Stories of U.S.A. (1965-1969) • Be serious about popular literature, three years per book. • Arthur Hailey, who has died at his home in the Bahamas aged 84, was one of the most commercially successful authors of all time, producing 12 books which sold more than 170 million copies, were translated into some 40 languages, and brought him tens of millions of dollars. Most of his books have been made into films and Hotel was made into a long-running television series. Hailey's fiction was not of the sort that inspired doctoral theses. • Multi-character/event/climax, yet fixed time/location.
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Blackmail(高英之人物性格分析)Blackmail is a piece of narration and it emphases on nature of characters through the vivid plots. The three figures, the Duke, the Duchess and the detective hold different characteristics. The first character, the Duke was fond of liq uor and other men’s wives.This point was proved by the detective in the passage, he said that before the car accident happened the Duke took a lady friend and had a drink. Besides he i s also cowardly a nd submissive to his wife. In the whole passage the Duke had the least words but hisbehavior implicated his cowardice. When he killed the little girl and her mother he ranaway and turned to his wife for help; when his hit-and-run was known and blackmailed by detective he didn’t know how to deal with and jus t hided behind his wife, frightened and focused on the negotiation between the detective and his wife.In contrast to the Duke’s weakness, the Duchess was an arrogant, calm, sensitive and firm lady. The sentence “The Duchess of Corydon—three centuries and a half ofinbred arrogance behind her—did not yield easily” told us that the Duchess’s arrogance was from her parents of whole noble families so it was powerful enough to lead her to be a strong person and dare to faced such rude a detective. Her calmness, witness andsensitivity helped her to change the position from passive side to active side. She had to play the most important role in this serious event as she knew her husband’s weakness so well. Therefore when each battle of wits performed between the detective and her, she always tightened her lips, met the detective’s eyes directly and said in a sharp and cold tone to alleviate her nerves and surpassed the detective’s effrontery and even when the detective threatened her and asked for a large sum of money she still had seated herself in a straight-backed chair and kept calmness.Ogilvie, t he last major figure in the passage was a greedy, poor-educated, and evil detective. The cigar is his major prop and it helped to shape a coarse man. His piggy eyes, gross jowled face, obese body and falsetto voice presented a greedy and evil man.As he held the evidence of the Duke’s criminal, he was so pleased to seize such good opportunity to blackmail much money to enhance his social position and so he took up the challenge to speak in an arrogant way and lighted cigars to offend the Duke and theDuchess. His poor-educated characteristic was shown by his rude words which always accompanied with some grammatical problems and also his simple ambition of requiring more money in an illegal way. The word “spat” in the sentence “The words spat forth with sudden savagery” was a grammatical mistake that the author mean to make. It made the detective’s evil personality be more dramatic and more vivid. At last when the Duc hess promised to give him more than twice the money than he asked for, he lost himselfimmediately and his greed put him into a trap. Finally he became a blackmailee who was a blackmailer at first and completely changed him attitude to the Duke and The Duchess and put out his prop cigar.In conclusion, the detailed description of characters is a useful tool to figure one’s image and characteristic.11:15 | 添加评论 | 发送消息 | 查看引用通告(0) | 写入日志 | Essay词汇(Vocabulary):the obtaining of money or advancement by threatening to make known unpleasant facts about a person or group敲诈；勒索----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:a group of connected rooms used as a unit，such as an apa rtment一套房间----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:having a hidden or ambiguous meaning；mysterious隐蔽的，秘密的；神秘的----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:make or become weakened or strained(使)变弱；(使)紧张----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:send off or out promptly，usually on a specific errand or official business(迅速地)派遣，派出(常指特别差事或公事)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:a trip to carry a message or do a definite thing，esp. for so meone else差事(尤指为别人送信或办事)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: like a pig；gluttonous猪一般的；贪婪的(=piggish)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:bitter，scornful(used of smile or laughter)disdainfully or bi tterly sneering，ironic or sarcastic讥讽的；嘲笑的／sardonically adv．----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: big or fat and coarse—looking；corpulent；burtly肥胖的，臃肿的；粗壮的----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:the fleshy，hanging part under the lower jaw下颚的下垂部分----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:shut in all around；surround；encircle 围绕，环绕----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:toss or move with a quick jerk；flick(用指等)轻弹；轻拂----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:[Fre.]decoration[法语]装饰，装璜----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:very fat；stout；corpulent过度肥胖的；肥大的----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:feeling or showing appreciation欣赏的；有欣赏力的；有眼力的；有鉴赏力的----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:lacking harmony or agreement; incompatible不和谐的；不调和不相容的；自相矛盾的----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: ①n．an artificial way of singing or speaking，in which the voice is placed in a register much higher than that of the natural voice假声(说、唱)②adj.假声的；用假声唱的----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:the act of sending out or giving forth(heat，light，smell)；t he action of uttering(sound)(热、光、气味等的)散发，放出；(声音等的)发出----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:eject，throw(out)，emit，or utter explosively喷出，吐出；激烈地说出----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:savage act，behavior，or disposition；barbarity暴行；残忍；凶猛----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:being mild and soothing温和，和蔼；文雅----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: person who opposes or fights against another；opponen t敌手；敌方；对手----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:[colloq．]leave or go in a hurry；scurry off (chiefly in high —tail it )[口]匆忙离开，匆忙走开；迅速撤退；迅速逃走(主要用于high—tail it)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:wink(the eyes)rapidly；cause(eyes)to wink眨(眼)；使眨(眼)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: innate or deeply instilled天生的，生来的，先天的----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:move with a quick，light，wavering motion摇曳，摇动，晃动----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:throw in between；interrupt with打断；插入，插(话)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:hold tightly(with the arms or hands)；grasp firmly握住；紧握----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:put out of sight；hide把……藏起来，隐藏，隐匿----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:blow，drive，give forth，etc．in or with a puff or puffs(一阵阵地)吹；喷出----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:(chiefly dial．)leastwise；anyway(多用于口语)至少；无论如何----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:narrowly contented with one’s own accomplishments，beliefs，morality，etc．；self—satisfied to an annoying degree沾沾自喜的；自鸣得意的；自满的----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:put into a secluded or isolated spot把……放入隐蔽或隔离的地方；使隐蔽；(收)藏起----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:make a low，sharp，clicking sound，as of a hen calling her chickens or brooding；utter with such a sound(母鸡唤小鸡时的)咯咯叫，作咯咯叫声；(人)咯咯地叫；咯咯地说----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:expressing disapproval of指摘的；非难的／reprovingly a dv．----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:[colloq．]a feeling about something not based on known fact s；premonition or suspicion[口]预感，预兆；疑心----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:[Am．slang]one who operates a specified vehicle，machine，etc．[美俚](某种车辆的)驾驶员；(机器等的)操作者----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:[slang]burst or break[俚](使)爆裂，(使)击破----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:feeling or showing despair；hopeless绝望的，没有希望的／despairingly adv．----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:draw up(the shoulders)，as in expressing indifference，doub t，disdain，contempt，etc．(为表达冷漠、无奈等)耸肩----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:[Brit．colloq．]observe；notice[英口]观察；注意----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:careful about what．one says or does；prudent：keeping silent or preserving confidences when necessary (言行)谨慎的；慎重的；考虑周到的／discreetly adv．----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:[colloq．]shout or yell[口]叫喊，呼喊----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:stupid愚蠢的，笨拙的----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:ludicrously eccentric or strange；ridiculous；absurd；fant astic怪僻的；荒谬的；滑稽可笑的----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:not equivocal；not ambiguous；plain；clear不含糊的；不模棱两可的；明确的；明白的----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:shaped like a bulb；fat and round(often derog．)球茎形的；又肥又圆的(常用作贬义)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:the face；facial features；visage脸,面孔;面貌，面容，容貌，脸色----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:intolerantly positive；dictatorial；dogmatic；imperious高傲的；武断的；专横的；强制的／peremptorily adv．----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:fix or hold(the eyes，attention，etc．)firmly(把目光、注意力等)集中于……----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: overbearing；arrogant；masterful，domineering傲慢的；专横的；盛气凌人的----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:an interval of temporary relief or rest暂时的休息；暂时的喘息----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: showing resentment and ill humor by morose，unsociab le withdrawal愠怒的，闷闷不乐的／sullenly adv．----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:he state of wavering in mind；hesitation；indecision犹豫；踌躇----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:be slow or waste time闲荡；延误----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:swell or bend outward；protrude or project膨胀，肿胀；鼓起，隆起，突出----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:(esp．of an eye)small，round，and glittering like a bead(尤指眼睛)似珠子般小而亮的短语(Expressions)put out: stop sth．burning熄灭例：I threw water over him．desperately trying t0 put out the flame s．我往他身上泼水，拼命地想扑灭他身上的火焰。
高级英语第一册Blackmail的赏析
BlackmailAbout the author.This novel is written by Arthur Hailey.He is a bestsellers novelist. Born in Luton, Bedfordshire, England, Hailey served in the Royal Air Force from the start of World War II during 1939 until 1947, when he went to live in Canada. Hailey's last novel, Detective(1997), is a mystery told from the perspective of a Miami homicide detective. This detective also happens to be a former Catholic priest who has lost his religion; the work deals with themes of religion and questions the Catholic Church. Hailey told the Walden Book Report that his aim in writing this book was to share his own thoughts about religion without "mak[ing] it a lecture." He says that he lost his own faith while serving in Cyprus during World War II, and that since ex-priests have many occupations he might as well give his protagonist an exciting one.After working at a number of jobs and writing part-time, he became a writer full-time during 1956.Following the success of Hotel during 1965, he moved to California; in 1969, he moved to the Bahamas to avoid Canadian and U.S. income taxes, which were claiming 90% of his income.His best sellers include:Hotel,Airport,Wheels,The Final Diagnosis and The Moneychangers.About the best sellers of authorEach of his novels has a different industrial or commercial setting and includes, in addition to dramatic human conflict, carefully researched information about the way that particular environment and system functions and how these affect society and its inhabitants.Critics often dismissed Hailey's success as the result of a formulaic "potboilera" style, in which he caused an ordinary character to become involved in a crisis, then increased the suspense by switching among multiple related plot lines. However, he was so popular with readers that his books were almost guaranteed to become best-sellers.He would spend about one year researching a subject, followed by six months reviewing his notes and, finally, about 18 months writing the book. That aggressive research—tracking rebel guerrillas in the Peruvian jungle at age 67 for The Evening News(1990), or reading 27 books on the hotel industry for Hotel—gave his novels a realism that appealed to readers, even as some critics complained that he used it to disguise a lack of literary talent.Many of his books reached 1 on the New York Times bestseller list and more than 170 million copies have been sold worldwide in 40 languages. Many have been made into movies and Hotel was made into a long-running television series.Airport becamea successful film with dramatic visual effects.About the background.The story happened in a hotel named St. Gregory in New Orleans, Louisiana which is in the south of US.The text is only a part of the nove,Hotel.We can see three main characters in this text.O gilvie: chief house officer.the Duke of Croydon: newly appointed British ambassador to the United States.the Duchess of Croydon: wife of the Duke.This kind of novels are called thrillers. Generally defining, a thriller is a work of fiction or drama designed to hold the interest by the use of a high degree of intrigue, adventure or suspense. Others can be called cop-criminal novels, detective novels. The main purpose is for entertainment, amusement. Very often this kind of novels contain a lot of action, usu. suspension, not very much deep thought, without moral intention, not considered classic.The basic technique is to make the whole story of crime into sth. like a jigsaw puzzle. You can not see the outcome until the final part is put in.About the plot.Gregory was now at the brink of bankruptcy, but Peter McDermott is trying every means he could to save it.Several events happened during the week with the present text as part of it.The Duke ofCroydon was an internationally famous statesman and the newly appointed British ambassador to Washington. They occupied the best suite of the hotel. Monday evening, the Duke went to the gambling house. Later, his wife pursued and found him. On their way back, the car Jaguar knocked down a woman and her child. Both killed.Ogilvie found the crime and blackmailed the Duke and the Duchess.He managed to make the Duke and the Duchess believe that he would bring the crime to light if his demand was not satisfied.The Duchess came up with a good idea in order to avoid punishment.She would like Ogilvie drive the car away from the city.In the end,the couple paid Ogilvie money and the dirty deal was done.And then,At one o'clock Thursday morning, Ogilvie drove the car north. But he was seen leaving the hotel by McDermott. Later in the afternoon, McDermott witnessed the funeral of the two victims of the accident. He suddenly realized the relation between these two events and contacted police.Ogilvie was caught in Tennessee and sent back to New Orleans. The Duke decided to go to the police to confess his crime (to surrender himself / to give himself up). But he was hurled out the elevator due to the breakdown of it. He hit the cement ground and died instantly.Anyway, the novel had a pleasant ending.One of the guests, who looked old and sick, turned out to be a millionaire. Earlier he was seriously ill and was saved by McDermott and his girl friend. To show his gratitude and to repay the hotel staffs' kindness, he bought the hotel and appointed McDermott executive vice president of the hotel.About the structure.The novel is writed by the order of time.We can see the prelude,the process of unveiling the crime and the dirty deal. I think this novel can be devided into four parts. Parts 1,from the chief house officer to “In what way conceivable way”.Three main characters stepped into the stage and we can feel the tension of the atmosphere.Ogilvie acted in a vugal and uncouth way and showed contempt to the Duke and the Duchess. And the Duchess, although nervours,are still brash and thrusting.The part one provided characters and suspense for us.Why did Ogilvie act so rudely to the the Duke and the Duchess?Part 2, from As if the question from to p96 The Duke licked his lips.In this part, Ogilvie exposed the truth of car accident and the Duke admitted the crumbled was him .And the brash expression of Duke and the Duchess was faded away.They were feared and weak .Ogilvie became more proud and ruder.Part 3,from You might have something there to I reckon that’s so.In this part ,Ogilvie disclosed more hidenthing in the accident and revealed the evidence he knew and tried to confirm all the detailed. The Duchess tried to win back the upper hand.And then,The Croydons realized that they were convicted of the crime. The conviction was undeniable.Part 4,from Today was Tuesday to the end.The Duchess eliminated the possibility of having the car repaired in New Orleans and found no possibility.So she agreed to pay Ogilvie and let him drive the car away. The dirty deal reached.About the details.I found some interesting details in the text. The novel is colourful and impressive beacause these details.Details 1, the cigar of Ogilvie.The cigar is mentioned five times in this text and the number of the descriptions of the conflict about putting out the cigar between the Duchess and Ogilvie are three.The cigar is a imorpant prop of Ogilvie.Sometimes it was waved violently, indicting the anger and excitment of the master.At the beginning of the text,A wave of cigar smoke accompanied Ogilvie in. ThisAbout the conflict about putting out the cigar，we can see the converstion below.the Duchess looked pointedly at the half-burned cigar in the fat man’s mouth.“My husband and I find strong smoke offensive.Would you kindly put that out.”Proper polite,but firm and proud.Although the Duchess was nervours,she still kept the nobleclass.She didn’t know what happened.However, when Ogilvie unveiled the crime , we can dramaly see: The house detective took his time,leisurely puffing a cloud of blue cigar smoke,his eyes sardonically on the Duchess as if challenging her objection.But beyond wrinkling her nose in distance, she made no comment.This is a contrast, which show the change of the attitude of the Duchess. She had the handle in hand of Ogilvie.So she chose silence and beared the impolite behaviour.And Ogilvie was smoking leisurely all the time after that.When the Duchess agreed to pay Ogilvie money ,the situation bagan to change.At length Ogivie spoke,This cigar botherin’you ,Duchess?”As she nodded,he put it out.Ogilvie got the promise that he can get dollars,so his attitude towards the Duchess changed.He became the slave of money.Detail 2,the change of Ogilvie’s eye in the end of the text.Eyes bored into him. The house detetive’s eyes bulged. His beady eyes,as if unbelieving, were focused upon her own.The description go forward one by one,implying the greedy and surprising of the detetive.About the writing techniqueIn order to depict Ogilvie, the author added many informal,ugrammatical and slangy language into the conversitions of Ogilvie.For example,Th is cigar botherin’you ,Duchess?,gotta,shulda,etc.so we can infer that Ogilvie is uneducated .Besides ,the author use a lot of physical descriptions to Ogilvie and he emphasize his eyes.The house detective’s eyes .the piggy eyes blinked.Compared to the Duch, the Duchess is more acttrctive and impressive.In the text ,the autor use two long paragraphs psychological description to depict the careful calculation and strict budgeting of the Duchess. It seems that she faced Ogilvie by her own.About the rhetoricMetaphor:...the nerves of both ... were excessively frayed...his wife shot him a swift, warning glance.The words spat forth with sudden savagery.Her tone ...withered......self-assurance...flickered...The Duchess kept firm tight rein on her racing mind.Her voice was a whiplash.eyes bored into himI’ll spell it out.Euphemism:...and you took a lady friend.Metonymy:won 100 at the tableslost it at the barthey'll throw the book,...Onomatopoeia: appreciative chuckle clucked his tongue。
(完整版)BlackmailArthurHailey
Blackmail Arthur Hailey○ 1 The chief house officer, Ogilvie, who had declared he would appear at the Croydons suite an hour after his cryptic telephone call actually took twice that time. As a result the nerves of both the Duke and Duchess were excessively frayed when the muted buzzer of the outer door eventually sounded.○ 2 The Duchess went to the door herself. Earlier she had dispatched her maid on an invented errand and, cruelly, instructed the moon-faced male secretary –who was terrified of dogs –to exercise the Bedlington terriers. Her own tension was not lessened by the knowledge that both might return at any moment.○ 3 A wave of cigar smoke accompanied Ogilvie in. When he had followed her to the living room, the Duchess looked pointedly at the half-burned cigar in the fat man‟s mouth. “My husband and I find strong smoke offensive. Would you kindly put that out."○ 4 The house detective's piggy eyes surveyed her sardonically from his gross jowled face. His gaze moved on to sweep the spacious, well-appointed room, encompassing the Duke who faced them uncertainly, his back to a window.○ 5 "Pretty neat set-up you folks got.” Taking his time, Ogilvie removed the offending cigar, knocked off the ash and flipped the butt toward an ornamental fireplace on his right. He missed, and the butt fell upon the carpet where he ignored it.○6 The Duchess's lips tightened. She said sharply, imagine you did not come here to discuss décor ".○ 7 The obese body shook in an appreciative chuckle . "No, m a'am, can't say I did. I like nice things, though." He lowered the level of his incongruous falsetto voice." Like that car of yours. The one you keep here in the hotel. Jaguar, ain't it?"○ 8 "Aah!" It was not a spoken word, but an emission of breath from the Duke of Croydon. His wife shot him a swift, warning glance.○ 9 "In what conceivable way does our car concern you?”○ 10 As if the question from the Duchess had been a signal, the house detective's manner changed. He inquired abruptly, "Who else is in this place?"○ 11 It was the Duke who answered, "No one. We sent them out."○ 12 "There's things it pays to check." Moving with surprising speed, the fat man walked aroundthe suite, opening doors and inspecting the space behind them. Obviously he knew the room arrangement well. After reopening and closing the outer door, he returned, apparently satisfied, to the living room.○ 13 The Duchess had seated herself in a straight-backed Ogilvie remained standing.○ 14 "Now then," he said. "You two was i n the hit-'n-run ."○ 15 She met his eyes directly." What are you talking about?"○ 16 "Don't play games, lady. This is for real." He took out a fresh cigar and bit off the end, "You saw the papers. There's been plenty on radio, too."○ 17 Two high poi nts of color appeared in the paleness of the Duchess of Croydon's cheeks. "What you are suggesting is the most disgusting, ridiculous..."○ 18 "I told you –Cut it out!” The words spat forth with sudden savagery , all pretense of blandness gone. Ignoring the Duke, Ogilvie waved the unlighted cigar under his adversary 's adversary 's nose. "You listen to me, your high-an'-mightiness. This city's burnin' mad –cops, mayor, everybody else. When they find who done that last night, who killed that kid an' its mother, then high-tailed it, they'll throw the book, and never mind who it hits, or whether they got fancy titles neither. Now I know what I know, and if I do what by rights I should, there'll be a squad of cops in here so fast you'll hardly see 'em. But I come to you first, in fairness, so's you could tell your side of it to me." The piggy eyes blinked, then hardened. " 'f you want it the other way, just say so."○ 19 The Duchess of Croydon – three centuries and a half of inbred arrogance behind her – did not yield easily. Springing to her feet, her face wrathful, gray-green eyes blazing, she faced the grossness of the house detective squarely. Her tone would have withered anyone who knew her well. “You unspeakable blackguard! How dare you!”○ 20 Even t he self-assurance of Ogilvie flickered for an instant. But it was the Duke of Croydon who interjected, "It's no go, old girl. I'm afraid. It was a good try." Facing Ogilvie, he said, "What you accuse us of is true. I am to blame. I was driving the car and killed the little girl."○21 "That's more like it," Ogilvie said. He lit the fresh cigar. "Now we're getting somewhere."○ 22 Wearily, in a gesture of surrender, the Duchess of Croydon sank back into her chair. Clasping her hands to conceal their trembling, she asked. "What is it you know?"○ 23 "Well now, I'll spell it out." The house detective took his time, leisurely putting a cloud ofblue cigar smoke, his eyes sardonically on the Duchess as if challenging her objection. But beyond wrinkling her nose in distaste, she made no comment.○ 24 Ogilvie pointed to the Duke. "Last night, early on, you went to Lindy's Place in Irish Bayou. You drove there in your fancy Jaguar, and you took a lady friend. Leastways, I guess you'd call her that if you're not too fussy."○25 As Ogilvie glanced, grinning, at the Duchess, the Duke said sharply, "Get on with it!"○ 26 "Well" – the smug fat face swung back – "the way I hear it, you won a hundred at the tables, then lost it at the bar. You were into a second hundred – with a real swinging party – when your wife here got there in a taxi. "○ 27 "How do you know all this?"○ 28 "I'll tell you, Duke – I've been in this town and this hotel a long time. I got friends all over. I oblige them; they do the same for me, like letting me know what gives, an‟ where. There ain't much, out of the way, which people who stay in this hotel do, I don't get to hear about. Most of ‟em never know I know, or know me. They think they got their little secret tucked away , and so they have – except like now."○ 29 The Duke said coldly, "I see."○30 "One thing I'd like to know. I got a curious nature, ma‟ am. How'd you figure where he was?" ○ 31 The Duchess said, "You know so much... I suppose it doesn't matter. My husband has a habit of making notes while he is telephoning. Afterward he often forgets to destroy them. ”○ 32 The house detective clucked his tongue reprovingly . "A little careless habit like that, Duke –look at the mess it gets you in. Well, here's what I figure about the rest. You an' your wife took off home, you drivin', though the way things turned out it might have been better if she'd have drove." ○ 33 "My wife doesn't drive."○ 34 Ogilvie nodded understandingly. "Explains that one. Anyway, I reckon you were lick ered ( = liquored ) up, but good..."○ 35 The Duchess interrupted. "Then you don't know! You don't know anything for sure! You can't possibly prove..."○ 36 "Lady, I can prove all I need to."○ 37 The Duke cautioned, "Better let him finish, old girl."○ 38 "That's right," Ogilvie said. "Just sit an' listen. Last night I seen you come in – through thebasement, so's not to use the lobby. Looked right shaken, too, the pair of you. Just come in myself, an' I got to wondering why. Like I said, I got a curious nature."○ 39 The Duchess breathed, "Go on."○ 40 "Late last night the word was out about the hit-'n-run. On a hunch I went over the garage and took a quiet look-see at your car. You maybe don't know – it's away in a corner, behind a pillar where the jockeys don't see it when they're comin' by."○ 41 The Duke licked his lips. "I suppose that doesn't matter now."○ 42 "You might have something there," Ogilvie conceded. "Anyway, what I found made me do some scouting -- across at police headquarters where they know me too." He paused to puff again at the cigar as his listeners waited silently. When the cigar tip was glowing he inspected it, then continued. "Over there they got three things to go on. They got a headlight trim ring which musta come off w hen the kid an‟ the woman was hit. They got some headlight glass, and lookin‟ at the kid's clothin', they reckon there'll be a brush trace. "○ 43 "A what?"○ 44 "You rub clothes against something hard, Duchess, specially if it's shiny like a car fender, say, an' it leaves a mark the same way as finger prints. The police lab kin pick it up like they do prints –dust it, an‟ it shows."○ 45 "That's interesting," the Duke said, as if speaking of something unconnected with himself. "I didn't know that."○ 46 "Not many do. In this case, though, I reckon it don't make a lot o' difference. On your car you got a busted headlight, and the trim ring's gone. Ain't any doubt they'd match up, even without the brush trace an‟ the blood. 0h yeah, I should a told you. There's plenty of blood, though it don't show too much on the black paint."○ 47 "Oh, my God!" A hand to her face, the Duchess turned away.○ 48 Her husband asked, "What do you propose to do?"○ 49 The fat man rubbed his hands together, looking down a t his thick, fleshy fingers. "Like I said, I come to hear your side of it."○ 50 The Duke said despairingly, “What can I possibly say? You know what happened.” He made an attempt to square his shoulders which did not succeed. “You'd better call the police and get it over.”○ 51 “Well now, there's no call for being hasty .” The incongruous falsetto voice took on a musing note. “What's done's been done. Rushing any place ain't gonna bring back the kid nor its mother neither. Besides, what they'd do to you across at the headquarters, Duke, you wouldn't like. No sir, you wouldn't like it at all.”○ 52 The other two slowly raised their eyes.○ 53 “I was hoping,” Ogilvie said, “that you folks could suggest something.”○ 54 The Duke said uncertainly, “I don't understand.”○ 55 “I understand,” the Duchess of Croydon said. “You want money, don't you? You came here to blackmail us.”○ 56 If she expected her words to shock, they did not succeed. The house detective shrugged. “Whatever names you call things, ma'a m, don't matter to me. All I come for was to help you people out of trouble. But I got to live too.”○ 57 ”You'd accept money to keep silent about what you know?”○ 58 ”I reckon I might.”○ 59 ”But from what you say,” the Duchess pointed out, her poise for the moment recovered, “it would do no good. The car would be discovered in any case.”○ 60 ”I guess you'd have to take that chance. But there's some reasons it might not be. Something I ain't told you yet.”○ 61 “Tell us now, please.”○ 62 Ogilvie said, “I ain't figured this out myself completely. But when you hit that kid you was going away from town, not to it.”○ 63 ”We'd made a mistake in the route,” the Duchess said. “Somehow we'd become turned around. It's easily done in New Orleans, with the street winding as they do. Afterward, using side streets, we went back. “○ 64 “I thought it might be that,” Ogilvie nodded understandingly. “But the police ain't figured it that way. They‟re looking for somebody who was headed out. That's why, right now, they're workin' on the suburbs and the outside towns. They may get around to searchin' downtown, but it won't be yet. “○ 65 “How long before they do?”○ 66 “Maybe three, four days. They got a lot of other places to look first.”○ 67 “ How could th at help us --- the delay…?”○ 68 “It might,” Ogilvie said. “Providin' nobody twigs the car – an' seein' where it is, you might be lucky there. An' if you can get it away.”○ 69 “You mean out of the state?”○ 70 “I mean out o‟ the South.”○ 71 “That wouldn't be easy?”○ 72 “No, ma'am. Every state around – Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, all the rest'll be watching for a car damaged the way yours is.”○ 73 The Duchess considered. “Is there any possibility of having repairs made first? If the wor k were done discreetly we could pay well. “○ 74 The house detective shook his head emphatically. “You try that, you might as well walk over to headquarters right now an' give up. Every repair shop in Louisiana's been told to holler 'cops' the minute a c ar needing fixin' like yours comes in. They'd do it, too. You people are hot.”○ 75 The Duchess of Croydon kept firm, tight rein on her racing mind. It was essential, she knew, that her thinking remain calm and reasoned. In the last few minutes the conversation had become as seemingly casual as if the discussion were of some minor domestic matter and not survival itself. She intended to keep it that way. Once more, she was aware, the role of leadership had fallen to her, her husband now a tense but passive spectator of the exchange between the evil tat man and herself. No matter. What was inevitable must be accepted. The important thing was to consider all eventualities. A thought occurred to her.○ 76 “The piece from our car which you say the police have. What is it called?”○ 77 “A trim ring.”○ 78 “Is it traceable?”○ 79 Ogilvie nodded affirmatively. “They can figure what kind o' car it's from --- make, model, an' maybe the year, or close to it. Same thing with the glass. But with your car being foreign, it'll likely take a few days.”○80 “But after that,” she persisted, “the police will know they're looking for a Jaguar?”○ 81 “I reckon that 's so. “○ 82 Today was Tuesday. From all that this man said, they had until Friday or Saturday at best. With calculated coolness the Duchess reasoned: the situation came down to one essential.Assuming the hotel man was bought off, their only chance -- a slim one -- lay in removing the car quickly, If it could be got north, to one of the big cities where the New Orleans tragedy and search would be unknown, repairs could be made quietly, the incriminating evidence removed. Then, even if suspicion settled on the Croydons later, nothing could be proved. But how to get the car away?○ 83 Undoubtedly what this oafish detective said was true: As well as Louisiana, the other states through which the car would have to pass would be alert and watchful. Every highway patrol would be on the lookout for a damaged head-light with a missing trim ring. There would probably be road-blocks. It would be hard not to fall victim to some sharpeyed policeman.○ 84 But it might be done. If the car could be driven at night and concealed by day. There were plenty of places to pull off the highway and be unobserved. It wouhazardous, but no more than waiting here for certain detection. There would be back roads. They could choose an unlikely route to avoid attention.○ 85 But there would be other complications ... and now was the time to consider them. Traveling by secondary roads would be difficult unless knowing the terrain. The Croydons did not. Nor was either of them adept at using maps. And when they stopped for petrol, as they would have to, their speech and manner would betray them, making them conspicuous . And yet ... these were risks which had to be taken.○ 86 Or had they?○ 87 The Duchess faced Ogilvie. “How much do you want?”○88 The abruptness took him by surprise. “Well ... I figure you people are pretty well fixed.”○ 89 She said coldly, “I asked how much.”○ 90The piggy eyes blinked. Ten thousand dollars.”○ 91 Though it was twice what she had expected, her expression did not change. “Assuming we paid this grotesque amount, what would we receive in return?”○ 92 The fat man seemed puzzled. “Like I said, I keep quiet about what I know.”○ 93 “And the alternative ?”○ 94 He shrugged. “I go down the lobby. I pick up a phone. “○ 95 “No,” The statement was unequivocal . “We will not pay, you.”○ 96 As the Duke of Croydon shifted uneasily, the house detective's bulbous countenancereddened, “Now listen, lady…”○ 97 Peremptorily she cut him oft. “I will not listen. Instead, you will listen to me.” Her eyes were riveted on his face, her handsome, high cheek boned features set in their most imperious mold. “We w ould achieve nothing by paying you, except possibly a few days' respite . You have made that abundantly clear.”○ 98 “That's a chance you gotta...”○99 “Silence!” Her voice was a whiplash. Eyes bored into him. Swallowing, sullenly , he complied .100 What came next, the Duchess of Croydon knew, could be the most significant thing she had ever done. There must be no mistake, no vacillation or dallying because of her own smallness of mind. When you were playing for the highest stakes, you made the highest bid. She intended to gamble on the fat man's greed. She must do so in such a way as to place the outcome beyond any doubt.101 She declared decisively, “We will not pay you ten thousand dollars. But we will pay you twenty-five thousand dollars.”102 The house detective's eyes bulged.103 “In return for that,” she continued evenly, “You will drive our car north.”104 Ogilvie continued to stare.105 “Twenty-five thousand dollars,” she repeated. “Ten thousand now. Fifteen thousand more when you meet u s in Chicago.”106 Still without speaking, the fat man licked his lips. His beady eyes, as if unbelieving, were focused upon her own. The silence hung.107 Then, as she watched intently, he gave the slightest of nods.108 The silence remained. At len gth Ogilvie spoke. “This cigar bother in' you, Duchess?”109 As she nodded, he put it out.。
高级英语Blackmail剧本
黄俞—Detective 冯静—Duchess 李喜莲—Duke曾莉雅—Male secretary 余若娴—Maid 王楚—Follower of the detective王楚若娴—Two policeScene 1 （2 police / Duke / Detective）Polices: We are police!Police 1: According to the sporting phone, Y ou two are arrested!Police 2: Come with us! ....Hurry up! .....Be honest!Scene 2 ( Maid/ Male secretary /Duchess/ Duke/ Detective/ The Follower)Male secretary: Oh my god! Dog is the most terrible animal for me in the world! I hate dogs! Why does the duchess let me to walk the dog?.... (搔首徘徊）I really don’t want to..... Maybe.. ..I should think out a way to avoid this terrible thinghappen..(接着徘徊,环顾四周）Ok, Great! It’s a good idea to hide behind the curtain....I will not let them find me today .... (藏好)Duke: Honey, （抓住公爵夫人、担忧）what should we do about the cryptic telephone call？If.the detective....Duchess：Honey, please be relaxed! I have sent the maid out to do something for me, We just act depends, So just wait the coming visitor...(门铃响。
高级英语 lesson6 blackmail(1-5段)
suite [swi:t]
n. 1 一套；一组；一批；一群 a suite of一系列 2 一套房间，套房 presidential suite 总统套房；总统套间 honeymoon suite 蜜月套房 They are in suite 705. Let me phone him. 他们住在705号套房，我来给他打电话。 3／su:t／ (尤指一个房间内的)一套家具 4 一班随员，一批扈从 5【计算机】 a 程序组，程序序列 b (软件)套件，组件
词组短语：
declare oneself 显露身分；发表意见 declare for 表明赞成（拥护） nothing to declare 绿色通道；不需报关 declare bankrupcty 宣告破产 declare war on v. 发动进攻；对…宣战
同近义词：
vt. 宣布，声明；断言，宣称 bill , state vi. 声明，宣布 to announce, hand down
威廉公爵
肯特公爵夫人
著名的温莎公爵夫妇
著名的中国公爵
索尼（1601年-1667年）， 赫舍里氏，满洲正黄旗人。 清朝的开国功臣之一，一 等公爵，也是由孝庄皇后 指定辅助康熙的四位辅政 大臣之一。康熙四年 （1665年），孙女赫舍里 氏成为康熙帝的皇后。康 熙六年，索尼去世，谥号 文忠，儿子索额图继承其 职位和爵位。
blackmail ['blækmeɪl]
n. 1 a敲诈；勒索；逼取；讹诈，威胁，要挟 b被敲诈勒索的钱财；敲诈勒索所得的钱财 2 (旧时英格兰和苏格兰边界农民等向盗匪支付勒索数额以免 被劫的)太平税，保安费，保护费 3 恐吓信 vt. 1 向…敲诈，向…勒索，逼取(金钱等)： They tried to blackmail me (into giving them the money). 他们企图向我勒索(金钱)。 2 要挟；胁迫(某人做某事)： (into doing something)to be blackmail into signing the contract 被迫在合同上签字
blackmail电子剧本
ScriptDuchess:“My husband and I find strong smoke offensive.Would you kindly put that out."Detective:“Pretty neat set-up you folks got.〞Duchess:“I imagine you did not come here to discuss décor".Detective:“No,ma'am,can't say I did.I like nice things,though.Like that ca r of yours.The one you keep here in the hotel. Jaguar,ain't it?"Duke:"Aah!"Duchess:“In what conceivable way does our car concern you?〞Detective:“Who else is in this place?"Duke:“No one.We sent them out."Detective:“There's things it pays to check.(检查房间)Now then, you two was in the hit-'n-run."Duchess:“What are you talking about?"Detective:“Don't play games,lady.This is for real.(拿雪茄)You saw the papers.There's been plenty on radio,too."Duchess:“What you are suggesting is the most disgusting,ridiculous..."Detective:“I told you–Cut it out!You listen to me,your high-an'-mightines s.This city'sburnin'mad–cops,mayor,everybody else.When theyfind who done that last night,who killed that kid an'itsmother,then high-tailed it,they'll throw the book,andnever mind who it hits,or whether they got fancy titlesneither.Now I know what I know,and if I do what by rights I should,there'll be a squad of cops in here so fast you'll hardly see'em.But I come to you first,in fairness,so'syou could tell your side of it to me.'f you want it the other way,just say so."Duchess:“You unspeakable blackguard!How dare you!〞Duke:“It's no go,old girl.I'm afraid.It was a good try. (转向探长) What you accuse us of is true.I am to blame.I was driving thecar and killed the little girl."Detective:“That's more like it.Now we're getting somewhere." Duchess:“What is it you know?"Detective:“Well now,I'll spell it st night,early on,you went to Lindy's Place in IrishBayou.You drove there in your fancy Jaguar,and youtook a lady friend.Leastways,I guess you'd call her that if you're not too fussy."Duke:“Get on with it!"Detective:“Well, the way I hear it,you won a hundred at the tables,then lost it at the bar.You were into a second hundred–with a real swinging party–when your wife here got there in ataxi."Duke:“"How do you know all this?"Detective:“I'll tell you,Duke–I've been in this town and this hotel along time.I got friends all over.I oblige them;they do the samefor me,like letting me know what gives,an’where.There ain'tmuch,out of the way,which people who stay in this hotel do,Idon't get to hear about.Most of’em never know I know,or know me.They think they got their littlesecret tucked away,and so they have–except like now." Duke:“I see."Detective:“One thing I'd like to know.I got a curious nature,ma’am.How'd you figure where he was?"Duchess:“You know so much...I suppose it doesn't matter.Myhusband has a habit of making notes while he istelephoning.Afterward he often forgets to destroy them.〞Detective:“A little careless habit like that,Duke–look at the mess itgets you in.Well,here's what I figure about the rest.Youan'your wife took off home,you drivin',though the waythings turned out it might have been better if she'd havedrove."Duke:“My wife doesn't drive."Detective:“Explains that one.Anyway,I reckon you were lickered(=liquored)up,but good..."Duchess:“Then you don't know!You don't know anything for sure!You can't possibly prove..."Detective:“Lady,I can prove all I need to."Duke:“Better let him finish,old girl."Detective:“That's right.Just sit an'st night I seen you come in–thr ough the basement,so's not to use the lobby.Looked rightshaken,too,the pair of you.Just come in myself,an'I got to wondering why.Like Isaid,I got a curious nature."Duchess:“Go on."Detective:“Late last night the word was out about the hit-'n-run.On a hunch I went over the garage and took a quiet look-see at your car.You maybe don't know–it's away in a corner,behind a pillar where the jockeys don't see it whenthey're comin'by."Duke:“I suppose that doesn't matter now."Detective:“You might have something there.Anyway,what I found made me do some scouting–across at police headquarters where they know me too. (吸口烟)Over there they got three things to go on.They got a headlight trim ring which musta come off when the kid an’thewoman was hit.They got some headlight glass,andlookin’at the kid's clothin',they reckon there'll be a brushtrace."Duchess:“A what?"Detective:“You rub clothes against something hard,Duchess,specially if it's shiny like a car fender,say,an'it leaves a mark the same way as finger prints.The police lab kinpick it up like they do prints–dust it,an’it shows."Duke:“That's interesting,I didn't know that."Detective:“Not many do.In this case,though,I reckon it don't make a lot o' difference.On your car you got a bustedheadlight,and the trim ring's gone.Ain't any doubt they'd match up,even without the brush trace an’the blood.0hyeah,I should a told you.There's plenty of blood,thoughit don't show too much on the black paint."Duchess:“Oh,my God!"Duke:“What do you propose to do?"Detective:“Like I said,I come to hear you,side of it."Duke:“what can I possibly say?You know what happened.You'd better call the police and get it over."Detective:“Well now,there's no call for being hasty.What's done's been do ne.Rushing any place ain't gonna bring back the kid nor its mother neither.Besides,whatthey'd do to you across at the headquarters,Duke,youwouldn't like.No sir,you wouldn't like it at all."Detective:“I was hoping,that you folks could suggest something."Duke:“I don't understand."Duchess:“I understand.You want money,don't you?You came here to bla ckmail us."Detective:“Whatever names you call things,ma'am,don't matter tome.All I come for was to help you people out of trouble.But I got to live too.〞Duchess:“You'd accept money to keep silent about what you know?"Detective:“I reckon I might."Duchess:“But from what you say,it would do no good.The car would be discovered in anycase."Detective:“I guess you'd have to take that chance.But there's some reasons it might not be.Something I ain't told you yet."Duchess:“Tell us now,please."Detective:“I ain't figured this out myself completely.But when you hit that k id you was going away from town,not to it."Duchess:“We'd made a mistake in the route.Somehow we'd become turne d around.It's easily done in New Orleans,with thestreet winding as they do.Afterward,using side streets,we wentback.〞Detective:“I thought it might be that.But the police ain't figured it that way.They’re looking forsomebody who was headed out.That's why,right now,they're workin'on the suburbs and the outside towns.They may get around to searchin'downtown,but it won'tbe yet."Duchess:“How long before they do?"Detective:“Maybe three,four days.They got a lot of other places tolook first."Duchess:“How could that help us---the delay‘?"Detective:“It might.Providin'nobody twigs the car–an'seein'where it is,you might be lucky there.An'if you can get itaway."Detective:“You mean out of the state?"Detective:“I mean out o’the South."Duchess:“That wouldn't be easy?"Detective:“No,ma'am.Every state around,all the rest'll be watching for a c ar damaged the way yours is."Duchess:“Is there any possibility of having repairs made first?If the workwere done discreetly we could pay well."Detective:“You try that,you might as well walk over to headquartersright now an'give up.Every repair shop in Louisiana'sbeen told to holler'cops'the minute a car needing fixin'like yours comes in.They'd do it,too.You people are hot."Duchess:“The piece from our car which you say the police have.What is it called?"Detective:“A trim ring."Duchess:“Is it traceable?"Detective:“They can figure what kind o'car it's from---make,model,an' maybe the year,or close to it.Same thing with theglass.But with your car being foreign,it'll likely take a few days."Duchess:“But after that,the police will know they're looking for a Jaguar?" Detective:“I reckon that's so."Duchess:“How much do you want?"Detective:“ell...I figure you people are pretty well fixed."Duchess:“I asked how much."Detective:“Ten thousand dollars."Duchess:“Assuming we paid this grotesque amount,what would we receive in return?"Detective:“Like I said,I keep quiet about what I know."Duchess:“And the alternative?"Detective:“I go down the lobby.I pick up a phone."Duchess:“No.We will not pay,you."Detective:“Now listen,lady…"Duchess:“I will not listen.Instead,you will listen to me.We would achieve nothing by paying you,exceptpossibly a few days'respite.You have made thatabundantly clear."Detective:“That's a chance you gotta..."Duchess:“Silence!(瞪着探长)We will not pay you ten thousand dollars.But we will pay youtwenty-five thousand dollars.(平静地说)In return for that,you will drive our car north.Twenty-five thousand dollars.Ten thousand now.Fifteenthousand more when you meet us in Chicago."Detective:“This cigar bother in'you,Duchess?"。
高英3版第3课Blackmail课文全文
BlackmailArthur HaileyThe chief house officer, Ogilvie, who had declared he would appear at theCroydons suite an hour after his cryptic telephone call actually took twice that time. As a result the nerves of both the Duke and Duchess were excessively frayed when the muted buzzer of the outer door eventually sounded.②The Duchess went to the door herself. Earlier she had dispatched her maid on aninven ted errand and, cruelly, in structed the moon-faced male secretary - who was terrified of dogs —to exercise the Bedlington terriers. Her own tension was not lessened by the knowledge that both might return at any moment.②3 A wave of cigar smoke accompanied Ogilvie in. When he had followed her tothe living room, the Duchess looked pointedly at the half-burned cigar in the fat man 's mouth. “My husband and I find strong smoke offensive. Wouldyou kindly put that out."②4 The house detective's piggy eyes surveyed her sardonically from his gross jowled face. His gaze moved on to sweep the spacious, well-appointed room, encompassing the Duke whofaced them uncertainly, his back to a window.②5 "Pretty neat set-up you folks got. ”Taking his time, Ogilvie removed the offending cigar, knocked off the ash and flipped the butt toward an ornamental fireplace on his right. He missed, and the butt fell upon the carpet where he ignored it. ②6 The Duchess's lips tightened. She said sharply, imagine you did not come here to discuss d co f".②7 The obese body shook in an appreciative chuckle . "No, ma'am, can't say I did. I like nice things, though." He lowered the level of his incongruous falsetto voice."Like that car of yours. The one you keep here in the hotel. Jaguar, ain't it?""Aah!" It was not a spoken word, but an emission of breath from the Duke ofCroydon. His wife shot him a swift, warning glance.⑨"In what conceivable way does our car concern you? ”(10 As if the question from the Duchess had been a signal, the house detective's manner changed. He inquired abruptly, "Who else is in this place?"011 It was the Duke who answered, "No one. We sent them out."012 "There's things it pays to check." Moving with surprising speed, the fat man walked around the suite, opening doors and inspecting the space behind them. Obviously he knew the room arrangement well. After reopening and closing the outer door, he returned, apparently satisfied, to the living room.013 The Duchess had seated herself in a straight-backed Ogilvie remained standing. 014 "Now then," he said. "You two was in the hit-'n-run ."015 She met his eyes directly." What are you talking about?"016 "Don't play games, lady. This is for real." He took out a fresh cigar and bit off the end, "You saw the papers. There's been plenty on radio, too."017 Two high points of color appeared in the paleness of the Duchess of Croydon's cheeks."What you are suggesting is the most disgusting, ridiculous..." 0 "I told you —Cut it out! ”The words spat forth with sudden savagery , all pretense of blandness gone. Ignoring the Duke, Ogilvie waved the unlighted cigar under his adversary 's adversary 's nose. "You listen to me, your high-an'-mightiness. This city's burnin' mad -cops, mayor, everybody else. When they find who done that last night, who killed that kid an' its mother, then high-tailed it, they'll throw the book, and never mind who it hits, or whether they got fancy titles neither. Now I know what I know, and if I do what by rights I should, there'll be a squad of cops in here so fast you'll hardly see 'em. But I come to you first, in fairness, so's you could tell your side of it to me." The piggy eyes blinked, then hardened. " 'f you want it the other way, justsay so."(19 The Duchess of Croydo n -three cen turies and a half of in bred arroga nee behi ndher - did not yield easily. Springing to her feet, her face wrathful, gray-green eyes blazing, shefaced the grossness of the house detective squarely. Her tone would have withered anyone who knew her well. “You unspeakable blackguard! How dare you!920Even the self-assurance of Ogilvie flickered for an instant. But it was the Duke of Croydon who interjected, "It's no go, old girl. I'm afraid. It was a good try." Facing Ogilvie, he said, "What you accuse us of is true. I am to blame. I was driving the car and killed the little girl."921"That's more like it," Ogilvie said. He lit the fresh cigar. "Now we're getting somewhere."922Wearily, in a gesture of surrender, the Duchess of Croydon sank back into her chair. Clasping her hands to conceal their trembling, she asked. "What is it you know?" 923"Well now, I'll spell it out." The house detective took his time, leisurely putting a cloudof blue cigar smoke, his eyes sardonically on the Duchess as if challenging her objection. But beyond wrinkling her nose in distaste, she made no comment.924Ogilvie pointed to the Duke. "Last night, early on, you went to Lindy's Place in IrishBayou. You drove there in your fancy Jaguar, and you took a lady friend. Leastways, I guess you'd call her that if you're not too fussy."925As Ogilvie glanced, grinning, at the Duchess, the Duke said sharply, "Get onwith it!" "Well" -the smug fat face swung back-"the way I hear it, you won a hundred at the tables, then lost it at the bar. You were into a second hundred - with a real swinging party -when your wife here got there in a taxi. "927 "How do you know all this?"28 "I'll tell you, Duke - I've been in this town and this hotel a long time. I gotfriends all over. I oblige them; they do the same for me, like letting me know what gives, an ' where. There ain't much, out of the way, which people who stay in this hoteldo, I don't get to hear about. Most of r kno'w eImknnoewv,eor know me. They thinkthey got their little secret tucked away , and so they hav—except like no w."229The Duke said coldly, "I see."230"One thing I'd like to know. I got a curious nature, ma ' aHmo.w'd you figure where he was?"231The Duchess said, "You know so much... I suppose it doesn't matter. My husband has a habit of making notes while he is telephoning. Afterward he often forgets to destroy them. ”232The house detective clucked his tongue reprovingly . "A little careless habit like that, Duke -look at the mess it gets you in. Well, here's what I figure about the rest. You an' your wife took off home, you drivin', though the way things turned out it might have been better if she'd have drove.""My wife doesn't drive."234Ogilvie nodded understandingly. "Explains that one. Anyway, I reckon you were lickered ( = liquored ) up, but good..."235The Duchess interrupted. "Then you don't know! You don't know anything for sure! You can't possibly prove..."236"Lady, I can prove all I need to."237The Duke cautioned, "Better let him finish, old girl."238"That's right," Ogilvie said. "Just sit an' listen. Last night I seen you come in - through the basement, so's not to use the lobby. Looked right shaken, too, the pair of you. Just come in myself, an' I got to wondering why. Like I said, I got a curious nature."(39 The Duchess breathed, "Go on." "Late last night the word was out about the hit-'n-run. On a hunch I went over the garage and took a quiet look-see at your car. You maybe don't know -it's away in a corner, behind a pillar where the jockeys don't see it when they're comin' by." (41 The Duke licked his lips. "I suppose that does n't matter no w."(42 "You might have someth ing there," Ogilvie con ceded. "Any way, what I foundmade me do some scouting -- across at police headquarters where they know me too." He paused to puff again at the cigar as his listeners waited silently. When the cigar tip was glowing he inspected it, then continued. "Over there they got three things to go on. They got a headlight trim ring which musta come off when the kid an ' the woman was hit. They got some headlight glass, and lookin ' at the kid's clothin', they reckon there'll be a brush trace. "443"A what?"444"You rub clothes against something hard, Duchess, specially if it's shiny like acar fender, say, an' it leaves a mark the same way as finger prints. The police lab kin pick it up like they do prints -dust it, an ' it shows."445"That's interesting," the Duke said, as if speaking of something unconnected with himself. "I didn't know that."446"Not many do. In this case, though, I reckon it don't make a lot o' difference. On your car you got a busted headlight, and the trim ring's gone. Ain't any doubt they'd match up, even without the brush trace an ' the blood. 0Ihsyheoauhld, a told you. There's plenty of blood, though it don't show too much on the black paint."447"Oh, my God!" A hand to her face, the Duchess turned away.448Her husband asked, "What do you propose to do?"The fat man rubbed his hands together, looking down at his thick, fleshy fingers."Like I said, I come to hear your side of it."(550 The Duke said despairingly. What can I possibly say? You know what happened”. He made an attempt to square his shoulders which did not succeedY. ou'd better call the police and get it over”.(51 “Well now, there's no call for being hasty .”The incongruous falsetto voice took on a musing note. “What's done's been done. Rushing any place ain't gonna bring back the kid nor its mother neither. Besides, what they'd do to you across at the headquarters, Duke, you wouldn't like. No sir, you wouldn't like it at all. ”(52 The other two slowly raised their eyes.(53 “I was hoping,”Ogilvie said, “that you folks could suggest something”.(54 The Duke said uncertainly,“ I don't understand”.I understand,”the Duchess of Croydon said. “You want money, don't you? You came hereto blackmail us”.(56 If she expected her words to shock, they did not succeed. The house detective shrugged. “Whatever names you call things, ma'am, don't matter to me. All I come for was to help you people out of trouble. But I got to live too.”(57 ”You'd accept money to keep silent about what you know”?(58 ”Ireckon I might.”(59 ”But from what you say,”the Duchess pointed out, her poise for the moment recovered, “it would do no good. The car would be discovered in any case”.(60 ”Iguess you'd have to take that chance. But there's some reasons it might not be. SomethingI ain't told you yet.”(61 “Tell us now, please”.(62 Ogilvie said, “I ain't figured this out myself completely. But when you hit thatkid you was going away from town, not to it.”(63 ”We'd made a mistake in the route,”the Duchess said. “Somehow we'd becometurned around. It's easily done in New Orleans, with the street winding as they do.Afterward, using side streets, we went back.“(64 r thought it might be that,” Ogilvie nodded understandingly. But the policere lookingofdoyr swohmoewbas headed out. That'swhy, right now, they're workin' on the suburbs and the outside towns. They may get around to searchin' downtown, but it won't be yet.“(65 How long before they do?'(66 Maybe three, four days. They got a lot of other places to look first.(67 How could that help us --- the delay ‘ ？”(68 It might, ” Ogilvie said. Provid in' n obody twigs the car —an' see in' where it is, you might be lucky there. An' if you can get it away.”(69 You mea n out of the state?(70 “I mean out o ' the South. ”彩 No, ma'am. Every state aroun d-Texas, Arka nsas, Mississippi, Alabama, all therest'll be watching for a car damaged the way yours is ”.The Duchess considered. fs there any possibility of having repairs made first? Ifthe work were done discreetly we could pay well.Q4)The house detective shook his head emphatically. You try that, you might as wellwalk over to headquarters right now an' give up. Every repair shop in Louisiana's beentold to holler 'cops' the minute a car needing fixin' like yours comes in. They'd do it, too.You people are hot ”.(7^ The Duchess of Croydon kept firm, tight rein on her racing mind. It was essential,she knew, that her thinking remain calm and reasoned. In the last few minutes theconversation had become as seemingly casual as if the discussion were of some minorThat wouldn't be easy?”ain't figured it that waydomestic matter and not survival itself. She intended to keep it that way. Once more,she was aware, the role of leadership had fallen to her, her husband now a tense but passive spectator of the exchange between the evil tat man and herself. No matter. What was inevitable must be accepted. The important thing was to consider all eventualities. A thought occurred to her.(76 The piece from our car which you say the police have. What is it called?ring.Is it traceable?”(79 Ogilvie nodded affirmatively. They can figure what kind o' car it's from --make, model, an' maybe the year, or close to it. Same thing with the glass. But with your car being foreign, it'll likely take a few days.”(880 But after that” she persisted, the police will know they're looking for a Jaguar?”I reckon that 's so.<82 Today was Tuesday. From all that this man said, they had until Friday or Saturday at best. With calculated coolness the Duchess reasoned: the situation came down to one essential. Assuming the hotel man was bought off, their only chance -- a slim one -- lay in removing the car quickly, If it could be got north, to one of the big cities where the New Orleans tragedy and search would be unknown, repairs could be made quietly, the incriminating evidence removed. Then, even if suspicion settled on the Croydons later, nothing could be proved. But how to get the car away?<83 Undoubtedly what this oafish detective said was true: As well as Louisiana, the other states through which the car would have to pass would be alert and watchful. Every highway patrol would be on the lookout for a damaged head-light with a missing trim ring. There would probably be road-blocks. It would be hard not to fall victim to some sharpeyed policeman.<84 But it might be done. If the car could be driven at night and concealed by day. There were plenty of places to pull off the highway and be unobserved. It would behazardous, but no more than waiting here for certain detection. There would be back roads. They could choose an unlikely route to avoid attention.(85 But there would be other complications ... and now was the time to consider them. Traveling by secondary roads would be difficult unless knowing the terrain. The Croydons did not. Nor was either of them adept at using maps. And when they stopped for petrol, as they would have to, their speech and manner would betray them, making them conspicuous . And yet ... these were risks which had to be taken.(86 Or had they?(87 The Duchess faced Ogilvie. How much do you want?'The abruptness took him by surprise.“ Well ... I figure you people are pretty well fixed.She said coldly,“ I asked how much.” (90 The piggy eyes blinked. Tenthousand dollars.@1 Though it was twice what she had expected, her expression did not change.“Assuming we paid this grotesque amount, what would we receive in return”?@92 The fat man seemed puzzled. Like I said, I keep quiet about what I know.”@93 “And the alternative ?”@94 He shrugged.“ I go down the lobby. I pick up a phone.“@95 “No, ” The statement was unequivocal . We will not pay, you.”@96 As the Duke of Croydon shifted uneasily, the house detective's bulbouscountenance redde ned,Now liste n, lady …”@97 Peremptorily she cut him oft. “I will not listen. Instead, you will listen to me. ”Her eyes were riveted on his face, her handsome, high cheek boned features set in their most imperious mold. “We would achieve nothing by paying you, except possiblya few days' respite . You have made that abundantly cle”ar.(98 That's a cha nee you gotta.”(99 Silenee!” Her voice was a whiplash. Eyes bored into him. Swallowing, sullenly , he complied .100 What came n ext, the Duchess of Croyd on kn ew, could be the most sig nifica nt thing she had ever done. There must be no mistake, no vacillation or dallying because of her own small ness of mi nd. When you were playi ng for the highest stakes, you made the highest bid. She inten ded to gamble on the fat man's greed. She must do so in such a way as to place the outcome bey ond any doubt.101 She declared decisively, We will not pay you ten thousa nd dollars. But we will pay you twen ty-five thousa nd dollars. ”102 The house detective's eyes bulged.103 In return for that,” she continued evenly, You will drive our car north. ”104 Ogilvie continued to stare.105 Twenty-five thousand dollars,” she repeated. Ten thousand now. Fifteen thousa nd more whe n you meet us in Chicago.106 Still without speaking, the fat man licked his lips. His beady eyes, as if un believ ing, were focused upon her own. The sile nee hung.107 Then, as she watched inten tly, he gave the slightest of no ds.108 The sile nee rema in ed. At len gth Ogilvie spoke. This cigar bother in' you, Duchess?109 As she nodded, he put it out.(from Hotel, 1965) （范文素材和资料部分来自网络，供参考。
Blackmail
最初
他在多伦多的一家生产拖拉机履带的工厂里做营销。
2001年
黑利在接受媒体采访时声称的那样，他的大脑“无时无 刻不在编织故事”，不久他即辞职从事剧本写作。
他移居巴哈马的一个海岛，定居至今。 他不再公开出版小说，但据透露，作为一种爱好，他仍 时常写作。 在巴哈马去世，享年84岁。
1969年 近年来 2004年11 月24日
Lesson 6
Blackmail
第三组 主讲：娄优优
组员：刘依云 伏淑钰 张文姣 马雅琼 王金慧
一.About the author
1920年 14岁时
出生于英格兰。 因家庭经济困难而中断学业。
“二战”
1947年
他参加了英国皇家空军，在中东和印度执行任务。
黑利离开英国，定居加拿大，之后取得了加拿大 （同时保留英国国籍）。 国籍
主要作品
据统计，他的11部作品在40个国 家被翻译成38种文字，总印数超 过1.7亿本。
作品在影视界的影响
其中的代表作被改编成影视剧后，风靡整 个世界。1968年，根据他的小说《航空港》 改编的同名电影上映后，开启了上世纪70 年代灾难片的风潮。而根据他的《钱商》 改编的电视连续剧由著名影星柯克· 道格拉 斯与琼· 科林斯主演，是历史上收视率最高 的电视剧集之一。
黑利写一部“行业小说”通常要花数年的时间，他的妻子 说：“他沉思良久才写上几个字，每天虽只限定600字，却 要花上6个小时。”而且，据说每次下笔前，他都会亲身深 入各个行业，体会个中三味。为《航空港》一书黑利夫人 曾协助他，用一个通宵观看了机场邮局分拣邮件装机经过， 写了厚厚一叠调查报告，可黑利只采用了一句话。为了写 《大饭店》黑利采访一个旅馆雇员，用几个小时听他大叹 苦经，偶尔听到一句：“有一个惯窃，你可能有兴趣，他 是这样窃取房间钥匙的。”于是小说中的米尔思就此诞生。
Enola_Holmes_2_福尔摩斯小姐：伦敦厄运
◎万宇婧这是一部比前作口碑更佳的续作，电影中的许多人物来源于经典的福尔摩斯系列探案小说。
小编选取了三位主要人物的对话，以便大家在学习文本的同时，也能提升听力和口语能力。
Enola Holmes 2/影音室Movie & Melody剧情简介： 故事讲述破获接手的第一起案件后，伊诺拉·福尔摩斯意犹未尽，她决定追随哥哥夏洛克·福尔摩斯的脚步，开办自己的侦探事务所，却发现女侦探的生活并没有看上去的那么容易。
在她不得不接受冷酷现实，准备关闭事务所时，一个身无分文的火柴厂女孩为她带来了第一单生意：寻找失踪的姐姐。
但事实证明，这个案子比她想象的要复杂得多。
伊诺拉更因此走进陌生之地，陷入险境。
她进入伦敦阴森诡秘的工厂和绚丽堂皇的音乐厅，混入上流社会，甚至回到贝克街 221B，随着致命阴谋的触发，伊诺拉需要朋友们和哥哥夏洛克的帮助才能解开这个谜团，脱离困境。
Track 6伊诺拉怕大家忘记自己，电影一开始她简单地回顾自己的背景并介绍自己的侦探职业。
哥哥夏洛克成绩斐然，与哥哥相比，伊诺拉显得黯然失色。
当时社会观念对男女的不平等，导致伊诺拉的侦探事业停滞不前。
久而久之，她的自信心被消磨殆尽。
Scene A Enola: Perhaps, I should explain. My name is Enola Holmes.You may remember me. After solving my first case, I started a business, a 1)detective agency. Open and ready for my first clients. I was going to join the 2)pantheon of great Victorian detectives— Detective Field (Yes, sir!) , McKenzie Macintosh (Hi!), Sir Alfred Hornblower (Tally Ho!), and the 3)infamous Reginald Swain. And best of all, I would be joining my brother. I would be his equal, a detective in my own right, worthy of the Holmes name. So, my brother, while I had not a single case, Sherlock has been《福尔摩斯小姐：伦敦厄运》是《福尔摩斯小姐：失踪的侯爵》的续作，由哈利·布拉德比尔执导，米莉·博比·布朗、亨利·卡维尔等主演，改编自南希·史宾格创作的“福尔摩斯小妹探案”系列小说。
高英3版第3课Blackmail-课文全文
BlackmailArthur Hailey○1The chief house officer, Ogilvie, who had declared he would appear at the Croydons suite an hour after his cryptic telephone call actually took twice that time. As a result the nerves of both the Duke and Duchess were excessively frayed when the muted buzzer of the outer door eventually sounded.○2The Duchess went to the door herself. Earlier she had dispatched her maid on an invented errand and, cruelly, instructed the moon-faced male secretary –who was terrified of dogs –to exercise the Bedlington terriers. Her own tension was not lessened by the knowledge that both might return at any moment.○3 A wave of cigar smoke accompanied Ogilvie in. When he had followed her to the living room, the Duchess looked pointedly at the half-burned cigar in the fat man’s mouth. “My husband and I find strong smoke offensive. Would you kindly put that out."○4The house detective's piggy eyes surveyed her sardonically from his gross jowled face. His gaze moved on to sweep the spacious, well-appointed room, encompassing the Duke who faced them uncertainly, his back to a window.○5"Pretty neat set-up you folks got.” Taking his time, Ogilvie removed the offending cigar, knocked off the ash and flipped the butt toward an ornamental fireplace on his right. He missed, and the butt fell upon the carpet where he ignored it. ○6The Duchess's lips tightened. She said sharply, imagine you did not come here to discuss décor ".○7The obese body shook in an appreciative chuckle . "No, ma'am, can't say I did. I like nice things, though." He lowered the level of his incongruous falsetto voice." Like that car of yours. The one you keep here in the hotel. Jaguar, ain't it?"○8"Aah!" It was not a spoken word, but an emission of breath from the Duke of Croydon. His wife shot him a swift, warning glance.○9"In what conceivable way does our car concern you?”○10As if the question from the Duchess had been a signal, the house detective's manner changed. He inquired abruptly, "Who else is in this place?"○11It was the Duke who answered, "No one. We sent them out."○12"There's things it pays to check." Moving with surprising speed, the fat man walked around the suite, opening doors and inspecting the space behind them. Obviously he knew the room arrangement well. After reopening and closing the outer door, he returned, apparently satisfied, to the living room.○13The Duchess had seated herself in a straight-backed Ogilvie remained standing. ○14"Now then," he said. "You two was in the hit-'n-run ."○15She met his eyes directly." What are you talking about?"○16"Don't play games, lady. This is for real." He took out a fresh cigar and bit off the end, "You saw the papers. There's been plenty on radio, too."○17Two high points of color appeared in the paleness of the Duchess of Croydon's cheeks. "What you are suggesting is the most disgusting, ridiculous..."○18"I told you –Cut it out!” The words spat forth with sudden savagery , all pretense of blandness gone. Ignoring the Duke, Ogilvie waved the unlighted cigar under his adversary 's adversary 's nose. "You listen to me, your high-an'-mightiness. This city's burnin' mad – cops, mayor, everybody else. When they find who done that last night, who killed that kid an' its mother, then high-tailed it, they'll throw the book, and never mind who it hits, or whether they got fancy titles neither. Now I know what I know, and if I do what by rights I should, there'll be a squad of cops in here so fast you'll hardly see 'em. But I come to you first, in fairness, so's you could tell your side of it to me." The piggy eyes blinked, then hardened. " 'f you want it the other way, justsay so."○19The Duchess of Croydon – three centuries and a half of inbred arrogance behind her –did not yield easily. Springing to her feet, her face wrathful, gray-green eyes blazing, she faced the grossness of the house detective squarely. Her tone would have withered anyone who knew her well. “You unspeakable blackguard! How dare you!”○20Even the self-assurance of Ogilvie flickered for an instant. But it was the Duke of Croydon who interjected, "It's no go, old girl. I'm afraid. It was a good try." Facing Ogilvie, he said, "What you accuse us of is true. I am to blame. I was driving the car and killed the little girl."○21"That's more like it," Ogilvie said. He lit the fresh cigar. "Now we're getting somewhere."○22Wearily, in a gesture of surrender, the Duchess of Croydon sank back into her chair. Clasping her hands to conceal their trembling, she asked. "What is it you know?"○23"Well now, I'll spell it out." The house detective took his time, leisurely putting a cloud of blue cigar smoke, his eyes sardonically on the Duchess as if challenging her objection. But beyond wrinkling her nose in distaste, she made no comment.○24Ogilvie pointed to the Duke. "Last night, early on, you went to Lindy's Place in Irish Bayou. You drove there in your fancy Jaguar, and you took a lady friend. Leastways, I guess you'd call her that if you're not too fussy."○25As Ogilvie glanced, grinning, at the Duchess, the Duke said sharply, "Get on with it!"○26"Well" – the smug fat face swung back – "the way I hear it, you won a hundred at the tables, then lost it at the bar. You were into a second hundred –with a real swinging party – when your wife here got there in a taxi. "○27"How do you know all this?"○28"I'll tell you, Duke –I've been in this town and this hotel a long time. I got friends all over. I oblige them; they do the same for me, like letting me know what gives, an’ where. There ain't much, out of the way, which people who stay in this hotel do, I don't get to hear about. Most of ’em neve r know I know, or know me. They think they got their little secret tucked away , and so they have – except like now."○29The Duke said coldly, "I see."○30"One thing I'd like to know. I got a curious nature, ma’ am. How'd yo u figure where he was?"○31The Duchess said, "You know so much... I suppose it doesn't matter. My husband has a habit of making notes while he is telephoning. Afterward he often forgets to destroy them. ”○32The house detective clucked his tongue reprovingly . "A little careless habit like that, Duke – look at the mess it gets you in. Well, here's what I figure about the rest. You an' your wife took off home, you drivin', though the way things turned out it might have been better if she'd have drove."○33"My wife doesn't drive."○34Ogilvie nodded understandingly. "Explains that one. Anyway, I reckon you were lickered ( = liquored ) up, but good..."○35The Duchess interrupted. "Then you don't know! You don't know anything for sure! You can't possibly prove..."○36"Lady, I can prove all I need to."○37The Duke cautioned, "Better let him finish, old girl."○38"That's right," Ogilvie said. "Just sit an' listen. Last night I seen you come in –through the basement, so's not to use the lobby. Looked right shaken, too, the pair of you. Just come in myself, an' I got to wondering why. Like I said, I got a curious nature."○39The Duchess breathed, "Go on."○40"Late last night the word was out about the hit-'n-run. On a hunch I went over the garage and took a quiet look-see at your car. You maybe don't know – it's away in a corner, behind a pillar where the jockeys don't see it when they're comin' by."○41The Duke licked his lips. "I suppose that doesn't matter now."○42"You might have something there," Ogilvie conceded. "Anyway, what I found made me do some scouting -- across at police headquarters where they know me too." He paused to puff again at the cigar as his listeners waited silently. When the cigar tip was glowing he inspected it, then continued. "Over there they got three things to go on. They got a headlight trim ring whic h musta come off when the kid an’ the woman was hit. They got some headlight glass, and lookin’ at the kid's clothin', they reckon there'll be a brush trace. "○43"A what?"○44"You rub clothes against something hard, Duchess, specially if it's shiny like a car fender, say, an' it leaves a mark the same way as finger prints. The police lab kin pick it up like they do prints –dust it, an’ it shows."○45"That's interesting," the Duke said, as if speaking of something unconnected with himself. "I didn't know that."○46"Not many do. In this case, though, I reckon it don't make a lot o' difference. On your car you got a busted headlight, and the trim ring's gone. Ain't any doubt they'd match up, even without the brush trace an’ the blood. 0h yeah, I should a told you. There's plenty of blood, though it don't show too much on the black paint."○47"Oh, my God!" A hand to her face, the Duchess turned away.○48Her husband asked, "What do you propose to do?"○49The fat man rubbed his hands together, looking down at his thick, fleshy fingers. "Like I said, I come to hear your side of it."○50The Duke said despairingly, “What can I possibly say? You know what happened.” He made an attempt to square his shoulders which did not succeed. “You'd better call the police and get it over.”○51“Well now, there's no call for being hasty .” The incongruous falsetto voice took on a musing note. “What's done's been done. Rushing any place ain't gonna bring back the kid nor its mother neither. Besides, what they'd do to you across at the headquarters, Duke, you wouldn't like. No sir, you wouldn't like it at all.”○52The other two slowly raised their eyes.○53“I was hoping,” Ogilvie said, “that you folks could suggest something.”○54The Duke said uncertainly, “I don't understand.”○55“I understand,” the Duchess of Croydon said. “You want money, don't you? You came here to blackmail us.”○56If she expected her words to shock, they did not succeed. The house detective shrugged. “Whatever names you call things, ma'am, don't matter to me. All I come for was to help you people out of trouble. But I got to live too.”○57”You'd accept money to keep silent about what you know?”○58”I reckon I might.”○59”But from what you say,”the Duchess pointed out, her poise for the moment recovered, “it would do no good. The car would be discovered in any case.”○60”I guess you'd have to take that chance. But there's some reasons it might not be. Something I ain't told you yet.”○61“Tell us now, please.”○62Ogilvie said, “I ain't figured this out myself completely. But when you hit that kid you was going away from town, not to it.”○63”We'd made a mistake in the route,” the Duchess said. “Somehow we'd becometurned around. It's easily done in New Orleans, with the street winding as they do. Afterward, using side streets, we went back. “○64“I thought it might be that,”Ogilvie nodded understandingly. “But the police ain't figured it that way. They’re looking for someb ody who was headed out. That's why, right now, they're workin' on the suburbs and the outside towns. They may get around to searchin' downtown, but it won't be yet. “○65“How long before they do?”○66“Maybe three, four days. They got a lot of other places to look first.”○67“ How could that help us --- the delay‘?”○68“It might,” Ogilvie said. “Providin' nobody twigs the car – an' seein' where it is, you might be lucky there. An' if you can get it away.”○69“You mean out of the state?”○70“I mean out o’ the South.”○71“That wouldn't be easy?”○72“No, ma'am. Every state around – Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, all the rest'll be watching for a car damaged the way yours is.”○73The Duchess considered. “Is there any possibility of having repairs made first? If the work were done discreetly we could pay well. “○74The house detective shook his head emphatically. “You try that, you might as well walk over to headquarters right now an' give up. Every repair shop in Louisiana's been told to holler 'cops' the minute a car needing fixin' like yours comes in. They'd do it, too. You people are hot.”○75The Duchess of Croydon kept firm, tight rein on her racing mind. It was essential, she knew, that her thinking remain calm and reasoned. In the last few minutes the conversation had become as seemingly casual as if the discussion were of some minor domestic matter and not survival itself. She intended to keep it that way. Once more,she was aware, the role of leadership had fallen to her, her husband now a tense but passive spectator of the exchange between the evil tat man and herself. No matter. What was inevitable must be accepted. The important thing was to consider all eventualities. A thought occurred to her.○76“The piece from our car which you say the police have. What is it called?”○77“A trim ring.”○78“Is it traceable?”○79Ogilvie nodded affirmatively. “They can figure what kind o' car it's from --- make, model, an' maybe the year, or close to it. Same thing with the glass. But with your car being foreign, it'll likely take a few days.”○80“But after that,”she persisted, “the police will know they're looking for a Jaguar?”○81“I reckon that 's so. “○82Today was Tuesday. From all that this man said, they had until Friday or Saturday at best. With calculated coolness the Duchess reasoned: the situation came down to one essential. Assuming the hotel man was bought off, their only chance -- a slim one -- lay in removing the car quickly, If it could be got north, to one of the big cities where the New Orleans tragedy and search would be unknown, repairs could be made quietly, the incriminating evidence removed. Then, even if suspicion settled on the Croydons later, nothing could be proved. But how to get the car away?○83Undoubtedly what this oafish detective said was true: As well as Louisiana, the other states through which the car would have to pass would be alert and watchful. Every highway patrol would be on the lookout for a damaged head-light with a missing trim ring. There would probably be road-blocks. It would be hard not to fall victim to some sharpeyed policeman.○84But it might be done. If the car could be driven at night and concealed by day. There were plenty of places to pull off the highway and be unobserved. It would behazardous, but no more than waiting here for certain detection. There would be back roads. They could choose an unlikely route to avoid attention.○85But there would be other complications ... and now was the time to consider them. Traveling by secondary roads would be difficult unless knowing the terrain. The Croydons did not. Nor was either of them adept at using maps. And when they stopped for petrol, as they would have to, their speech and manner would betray them, making them conspicuous . And yet ... these were risks which had to be taken.○86Or had they?○87The Duchess faced Ogilvie. “How much do you want?”○88The abruptness took him by surprise. “Well ... I figure you people are pretty well fixed.”○89She said coldly, “I asked how much.”○90The piggy eyes blinked. Ten thousand dollars.”○91Though it was twice what she had expected, her expression did not change. “Assuming we paid this grotesque amount, what would we receive in return?”○92The fat man seemed puzzled. “Like I said, I keep quiet about what I know.”○93“And the alternative ?”○94He shrugged. “I go down the lobby. I pick up a phone. “○95“No,” The statement was unequivocal . “We will not pay, you.”○96As the Duke of Croydon shifted uneasily, the house detective's bulbous countenance reddened, “Now listen, lady…”○97Peremptorily she cut him oft. “I will not listen. Instead, you will listen to me.”Her eyes were riveted on his face, her handsome, high cheek boned features set in their most imperious mold. “We would achieve nothing by paying you, except possibly a few days' respite . You have made that abundantly clear.”○98“That's a chance you gotta...”○99“Silence!” Her voice was a whiplash. Eyes bored into him. Swallowing, sullenly , he complied .100 What came next, the Duchess of Croydon knew, could be the most significant thing she had ever done. There must be no mistake, no vacillation or dallying because of her own smallness of mind. When you were playing for the highest stakes, you made the highest bid. She intended to gamble on the fat man's greed. She must do so in such a way as to place the outcome beyond any doubt.101 She declared decisively, “We will not pay you ten thousand dollars. But we will pay you twenty-five thousand dollars.”102 The house detective's eyes bulged.103 “In return for that,” she continued evenly, “You will drive our car north.”104 Ogilvie continued to stare.105 “Twenty-five thousand dollars,”she repeated. “Ten thousand now. Fifteen thousand more when you meet us in Chicago.”106 Still without speaking, the fat man licked his lips. His beady eyes, as if unbelieving, were focused upon her own. The silence hung.107 Then, as she watched intently, he gave the slightest of nods.108 The silence remained. At length Ogilvie spoke. “This cigar bother in' you, Duchess?”109 As she nodded, he put it out.(from Hotel, 1965)。
高英3版第3课Blackmail-课文全文
BlackmailArthur Hailey○1The chief house officer, Ogilvie, who had declared he would appear at the Croydons suite an hour after his cryptic telephone call actually took twice that time. As a result the nerves of both the Duke and Duchess were excessively frayed when the muted buzzer of the outer door eventually sounded.○2The Duchess went to the door herself. Earlier she had dispatched her maid on an invented errand and, cruelly, instructed the moon-faced male secretary –who was terrified of dogs –to exercise the Bedlington terriers. Her own tension was not lessened by the knowledge that both might return at any moment.○3A wave of cigar smoke accompanied Ogilvie in. When he had followed her to the living room, the Duchess looked pointedly at the half-burned cigar in the fat man’s mouth. “My husband and I find strong smoke offensive. Would you kindly put that out."○4The house detective's piggy eyes surveyed her sardonically from his gross jowled face. His gaze moved on to sweep the spacious, well-appointed room, encompassingthe Duke who faced them uncertainly, his back to a window.○5"Pretty neat set-up you folks got.〞Taking his time, Ogilvie removed the offending cigar, knocked off the ash and flipped the butt toward an ornamental fireplace on his right. He missed, and the butt fell upon the carpet where he ignored it. ○6The Duchess's lips tightened. She said sharply, imagine you did not come here to discuss décor ".○7The obese body shook in an appreciative chuckle . "No, ma'am, can't say I did. I like nice things, though." He lowered the level of his incongruous falsetto voice." Like that car of yours. The one you keep here in the hotel. Jaguar, ain't it?"○8"Aah!" It was not a spoken word, but an emission of breath from the Duke of Croydon. His wife shot him a swift, warning glance.○9"In what conceivable way does our car concern you?〞○10As if the question from the Duchess had been a signal, the house detective's manner changed. He inquired abruptly, "Who else is in this place?"○11It was the Duke who answered, "No one. We sent them out."○12"There's things it pays to check." Moving with surprising speed, the fat man walked around the suite, opening doors and inspecting the space behind them. Obviously he knew the room arrangement well. After reopening and closing the outer door, he returned, apparently satisfied, to the living room.○13The Duchess had seated herself in a straight-backed Ogilvie remained standing. ○14"Now then," he said. "You two was in the hit-'n-run ."○15She met his eyes directly." What are you talking about?"○16"Don't play games, lady. This is for real." He took out a fresh cigar and bit off the end, "You saw the papers. There's been plenty on radio, too."○17Two high points of color appeared in the paleness of the Duchess of Croydon's cheeks. "What you are suggesting is the most disgusting, ridiculous..."○18"I told you –Cut it out!〞The words spat forth with sudden savagery , all pretense of blandnessgone. Ignoring the Duke, Ogilvie waved the unlighted cigar under his adversary 's adversary 's nose. "You listen to me, your high-an'-mightiness. This city's burnin' mad – cops, mayor, everybody else. When they find who done that last night, who killed that kid an' its mother, then high-tailed it, they'll throw the book, and never mind who it hits, or whether they got fancy titles neither. Now I know what I know, and if I do what by rights I should, there'll be a squad of cops in here so fast you'll hardly see 'em. But I come to you first, in fairness, so's you could tell your side of it to me." The piggy eyes blinked, then hardened. " 'f you want it the other way, justsay so."○19The Duchess of Croydon – three centuries and a half of inbred arrogancebehind her –did not yield easily. Springing to her feet, her face wrathful, gray-green eyes blazing, she faced the grossness of the house detective squarely. Her tone would have withered anyone who knew her well. “You unspeakable blackguard! How dare you!〞○20Even the self-assurance of Ogilvie flickered for an instant. But it was the Duke of Croydon who interjected, "It's no go, old girl. I'm afraid. It was a good try." Facing Ogilvie, he said, "What you accuse us of is true. I am to blame. I was driving the car and killed the little girl."○21"That's more like it," Ogilvie said. He lit the fresh cigar. "Now we're getting somewhere."○22Wearily, in a gesture of surrender, the Duchess of Croydon sank back into her chair. Clasping her hands to conceal their trembling, she asked. "What is it you know?"○23"Well now, I'll spell it out." The house detective took his time, leisurely putting a cloud of blue cigar smoke, his eyes sardonically on the Duchess as if challenging her objection. But beyond wrinkling her nose in distaste, she made no comment.○24Ogilvie pointed to the Duke. "Last night, early on, you went to Lindy's Place in Irish Bayou. You drove there in your fancy Jaguar, and you took a lady friend. Leastways, I guess you'd call her that if you're not too fussy."○25As Ogilvie glanced, grinning, at the Duchess, the Duke said sharply, "Get on with it!"○26"Well" – the smug fat face swung back – "the way I hear it, you won a hundred at the tables, then lost it at the bar. You were into a second hundred –with a real swinging party – when your wife here got there in a taxi. "○27"How do you know all this?"○28"I'll tell you, Duke – I've been in this town and this hotel a long time. I got friends all over. I o blige them; they do the same for me, like letting me know what gives, an’ where. There ain't much, out of the way, which people who stay in this hotel do, I don't get to hear about. Most of ’em never know I know, or know me. They think they got their little secret tucked away , and so they have – except like now."○29The Duke said coldly, "I see."○30"One thing I'd like to know. I got a curious nature, ma’ am. How'd you figure where he was?"○31The Duchess said, "You know so much... I suppose it doesn't matter. My husband has a habit of making notes while he is telephoning. Afterward he often forgets to destroy them. 〞○32The house detective clucked his tongue reprovingly . "A little careless habit like that, Duke – look at the mess it gets you in. Well, here's what I figure about the rest. You an' your wife took off home, you drivin', though the way things turned out it might have been better if she'd have drove."○33"My wife doesn't drive."○34Ogilvie nodded understandingly. "Explains that one. Anyway, I reckon you were lickered ( = liquored ) up, but good..."○35The Duchess interrupted. "Then you don't know! You don't know anything for sure! You can't possibly prove..."○36"Lady, I can prove all I need to."○37The Duke cautioned, "Better let him finish, old girl."○38"That's right," Ogilvie said. "Just sit an' listen. Last night I seen you come in –through the basement, so's not to use the lobby. Looked right shaken, too, the pair of you.Just come in myself, an' I got to wondering why. Like I said, I got a curious nature."○39The Duchess breathed, "Go on."○40"Late last night the word was out about the hit-'n-run. On a hunch I went over the garage and took a quiet look-see at your car. You maybe don't know – it's away in a corner, behind a pillar where the jockeys don't see it when they're comin' by."○41The Duke licked his lips. "I suppose that doesn't matter now."○42"You might have something there," Ogilvie conceded. "Anyway, what I found made me do some scouting -- across at police headquarters where they know me too." He paused to puff again at the cigar as his listeners waited silently. When the cigar tip was glowing he inspected it, then continued. "Over there they got three things to go on. They got a headlight trim ring which musta come off when the kid an’ the woman was hit. They got some headlight glass, and lookin’ at the kid's clothin', they reckon there'll be a brush trace. "○43"A what?"○44"You rub clothes against something hard, Duchess, specially if it's shiny like a car fender, say, an' it leaves a mark the same way as finger prints. The police lab kin pick it up like they do prints –dust it, an’ it shows."○45"That's interesting," the Duke said, as if speaking of something unconnected with himself. "I didn't know that."○46"Not many do. In this case, though, I reckon it don't make a lot o' difference. On your car you got a busted headlight, and the trim ring's gone. Ain't any doubt they'd match up, even without the brush trace an’ the blood. 0h yeah, I should a told you. There's plenty of blood, though it don't show too much on the black paint."○47"Oh, my God!" A hand to her face, the Duchess turned away.○48Her husband asked, "What do you propose to do?"○49The fat man rubbed his hands together, looking down at his thick, fleshy fingers. "Like I said, I come to hear your side of it."○50The Duke said despairingly, “What can I possibly say? You know what happened.〞He made an attempt to square his shoulders which did not succeed. “You'd better call the police and get it over.〞○51“Well now, there's no call for being hasty .〞The incongruous falsetto voice took on a musing note. “What's done's been done. Rushing any place ain't gonna bring back the kid nor its mother neither. Besides, what they'd do to you across at the headquarters, Duke, you wouldn't like. No sir, you wouldn't like it at all.〞○52The other two slowly raised their eyes.○53“I was hoping,〞Ogilvie said, “that you folks could suggest something.〞○54The Duke said uncertainly, “I don't understand.〞○55“I understand,〞the Duchess of Croydon said. “You want money, don't you? You came here to blackmail us.〞○56If she expected her words to shock, they did not succeed. The house detective shrugged. “Whatever names you call things, ma'am, don't matter to me. All I come for was to help you people out of trouble. But I got to live too.〞○57〞You'd accept money to keep silent about what you know?〞○58〞I reckon I might.〞○59〞But from what you say,〞the Duchess pointed out, her poise for the moment recovered, “it would do no good. The car would be discovered in any case.〞○60〞I guess you'd have to take that chance. But there's some reasons it might not be. Something I ain't told you yet.〞○61“Tell us now, please.〞○62Ogilvie said, “I ain't figured this out myself completely. But when you hit that kid you was going away from town, not to it.〞○63〞We'd made a mistake in the route,〞the Duchess said. “Somehow we'dbecome turned around. It's easily done in New Orleans, with the street winding as they do. Afterward, using side streets, we went back. “○64“I thought it might be that,〞Ogilvie nodded understandingly. “But the police ain't figured it that way. They’re looking for somebody who was headed out. That's why, right now, they're workin' on the suburbs and the outside towns. They may get around to searchin' downtown, but it won't be yet. “○65“How long before they do?〞○66“Maybe three, four days. They got a lot of other places to look first.〞○67“How could that help us --- the delay‘?〞○68“It might,〞Ogilvie said. “Providin' nobody twigs the car – an' seein' where it is, you might be lucky there. An' if you can get it away.〞○69“You mean out of the state?〞○70“I mean out o’ the South.〞○71“That wouldn't be easy?〞○72“No, ma'am. Every state around – Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, all the rest'll be watching for a car damaged the way yours is.〞○73The Duchess considered. “Is there any possibility of having repairs made first? If the work were done discreetly we could pay well. “○74The house detective shook his head emphatically. “You try that, you might as well walk over to headquarters right now an' give up. Every repair shop in Louisiana's been told to holler 'cops' the minute a car needing fixin' like yours comes in. They'd do it, too. You people are hot.〞○75The Duchess of Croydon kept firm, tight rein on her racing mind. It was essential, she knew, that her thinking remain calm and reasoned. In the last few minutes the conversation had become as seemingly casual as if the discussion were of some minor domestic matter and not survival itself. She intended to keep it that way. Once more,she was aware, the role of leadership had fallen to her, her husband now a tense but passive spectator of the exchange between the evil tat man and herself. No matter. What was inevitable must be accepted. The important thing was to consider all eventualities. A thought occurred to her.○76“The piece from our car which you say the police have. What is it called?〞○77“A trim ring.〞○78“Is it traceable?〞○79Ogilvie nodded affirmatively. “They can figure what kind o' car it's from --- make, model, an' maybe the year, or close to it. Same thing with the glass. But with your car being foreign, it'll likely take a few days.〞○80“But after that,〞she persisted, “the police will know they're looking for a Jaguar?〞○81“I reckon that 's so. “○82Today was Tuesday. From all that this man said, they had until Friday or Saturday at best. With calculated coolness the Duchess reasoned: the situation came down to one essential. Assuming the hotel man was bought off, their only chance -- a slim one -- lay in removing the car quickly, If it could be got north, to one of the big cities where the New Orleans tragedy and search would be unknown, repairs could be made quietly, the incriminating evidence removed. Then, even if suspicion settled on the Croydons later, nothing could be proved. But how to get the car away?○83Undoubtedly what this oafish detective said was true: As well as Louisiana, the other states through which the car would have to pass would be alert and watchful. Every highway patrol would be on the lookout for a damaged head-light with a missing trim ring. There would probably be road-blocks. It would be hard not to fall victim to some sharpeyed policeman.○84But it might be done. If the car could be driven at night and concealed by day. There were plenty of places to pull off the highway and be unobserved. It would behazardous, but no more than waiting here for certain detection. There would be back roads. They could choose an unlikely route to avoid attention.○85But there would be other complications ... and now was the time to consider them. Traveling by secondary roads would be difficult unless knowing the terrain. The Croydons did not. Nor was either of them adept at using maps. And when they stopped for petrol, as they would have to, their speech and manner would betray them, making them conspicuous . And yet ... these were risks which had to be taken.○86Or had they?○87The Duchess faced Ogilvie. “How much do you want?〞○88The abruptness took him by surprise. “Well ... I figure you people are pretty well fixed.〞○89She said coldly, “I asked how much.〞○90The piggy eyes blinked. Ten thousand dollars.〞○91Though it was twice what she had expected, her expression did not change. “Assuming we paid this grotesque amount, what would we receive in return?〞○92The fat man seemed puzzled. “Like I said, I keep quiet about what I know.〞○93“And the alternative ?〞○94He shrugged. “I go down the lobby. I pick up a phone. “○95“No,〞The statement was unequivocal . “We will not pay, you.〞○96As the Duke of Croydon shifted uneasily, the house detective's bulbous countenance reddened, “Now listen, lady…〞○97Peremptorily she cut him oft. “I will not listen. Instead, you will listen to me.〞Her eyes were riveted on his face, her handsome, high cheek boned features set in their most imperious mold. “We would achieve nothing by paying you, except possibly a few days' respite . You have made that abundantly clear.〞○98“That's a chance you gotta...〞○99“Silence!〞Her voice was a whiplash. Eyes bored into him. Swallowing, sullenly , he complied .100What came next, the Duchess of Croydon knew, could be the most significant thing she had ever done. There must be no mistake, no vacillation or dallying because of her own smallness of mind. When you were playing for the highest stakes, you made the highest bid. She intended to gamble on the fat man's greed. She must do so in such a way as to place the outcome beyond any doubt.101She declared decisively, “We will not pay you ten thousand dollars. But we will pay you twenty-five thousand dollars.〞102The house detective's eyes bulged.103“In return for that,〞she continued evenly, “You will drive our car north.〞104Ogilvie continued to stare.105“Twenty-five thousand dollars,〞she repeated. “Ten thousand now. Fifteen thousand more when you meet us in Chicago.〞106Still without speaking, the fat man licked his lips. His beadyeyes, as if unbelieving, were focused upon her own. The silence hung.107Then, as she watched intently, he gave the slightest of nods.108The silence remained. At length Ogilvie spoke. “This cigar bother in' you, Duchess?〞109As she nodded, he put it out.(from Hotel, 1965)。
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by Charley 祁亚林E08061805080313•Characters of the drama:•Ogilvie: chief house detective•the Duke of Croydon: newly appointed British ambassador to the United States•the Duchess of Croydon: wife of the Duke•a prostitute called lady friend by OgilviePlot:•The Duke of Croydon was an internationally famous statesman and the newly appointed British ambassador to Washington. They occupied the best suite of the hotel---the Presidential Suite.•Monday evening, the Duke went to the gambling house. Later, his wife pursued and found him. On their way back, the car Jaguar knocked down a woman and her child. Both killed......•In a luxurious suite of a hotel, the Duke and Duchess are waiting for someone nervously. Duke (sits down on a seat and thinks uneasily): Who is that man? Nobody could see it in such a dark evening!•(the bell rings)•Duchess(opens the door,with a fruit knife in her sleeve): you must be the witness? Tell us what you know.•Ogilvie: yeah, so I am.(slips intothe room without permission)•(Duke stands up, Duchess closes the door and leans on it.)•Duchess(indubitable and haughty): now you can say all the things.•Ogilvie:I'm a detective of this hotel. so drop down your weapons and don'ttry to murder me. Or I can't ensure others won't speak it out.•(Duchess puts the knife on table)•Ogilvie(sits in the bed): what a comfortable bed.(His gaze moved on to sweep the spacious, well-appointed room.)•Duchess：that's enough.I imagine you did not come here to discuss décor.•Ogilvie:No, ma'am, can't say I did. I like nice things, though. Like that car of yours. The one you keep here in the hotel. Jaguar, ain't it?•Duke(intranquil):how could you know it?•Ogilvie(ignores him and speaks slowly):is it in this hotel?•Duke(sweaty):so you really saw the whole process?•Ogilvie:Actually, I imagined it in my mind.•Duke(takes a deep breath and says slowly):you mean you didn't see it!? that's great!•Duchess(laughes loudly):imagined it? get out here, I don't want to negotiate with a lunatic.if you want sth, show us your sincerity.•O:ok, last night, your husband went to a public house for wenching...•Duchess：that's enough.What are you talking about?•Ogilvie:Don't play games, lady. This is for real.You saw the papers. There's beenplenty on radio, too.•Duchess:What you are suggesting is the most disgusting, ridiculous...•Ogilvie:You listen to me, your high-an'-mightiness. This city's burnin' mad –cops, mayor, everybody else. When they find who done that last night, who killed that kid an' its mother, then high-tailed it,they'll throw the book, and never mind who it hits, or whether they got fancy titles neither.•Duchess(panic):You unspeakable blackguard ! How dare you!•Duke(crestfallen):It's no go, old girl. I'm afraid. It was a goodtry.What you accuse us of is true. I am to blame. I was driving the car and killed the little girl.•Ogilvie:That's more like it.Now we're getting somewhere.•Duchess:What is it you know?•Ogilvie(complacent):Well now, I'll spell it st night, early on, you went to Lindy's Place in Irish Bayou.•Duchess:Get on with it!•Ogilvie:well, the way I hear it, you won a hundred at the tables, thenlost it at the bar. You were into a second hundred –with a real swinging party –when your wife here got there in a taxi.•Duke(sweats drop down):How do you know all this?•Ogilvie:I won't tell you. that's my livelihood to make a living.•Duchess:I see.•Duke:What do you propose to do?•Ogilvie:I was hoping that you folks could suggest something.•Duke(confused):I don't understand.•Duchess:you came here to blackmailus!?•Ogilvie:Whatever names you call things, ma'am, don't matter to me.All I come for was to help you people out of trouble. But I said I got to live too.Duchess:You'd accept money to keep silent about what you know?Ogilvie:I reckon I might.Duchess:How much do you want?Ogilvie(surprised):Well ... I figure you people are pretty well fixed. Duchess(cold):I asked how much.what's the amount that can shut up your mouth ?•Ogilvie(laughes loudly):Your Excellency,you're wise.(eyesblink)Ten thousand dollars?!•Duchess:Assuming we paid this grotesque amount, what would we receive in return?•Ogilvie:Like I said, I keep quiet about what I know.•Duchess:And the alternative ?•Ogilvie:I go down the lobby. I pick up a phone.•Duke(unequivocal)(to his wife):No,We will not pay, him.•Ogilvie:Now listen, lady...•Duchess:I will not listen. Instead, you will listen to me.(Her eyes were riveted on his face, her handsome, high cheek boned features set intheir most imperious mold.)We would achieve nothing by paying you, except possibly a few days' respite . You have made that abundantly clear.•Ogilvie:That's a chance you gotta...•Duchess:Silence!(deep breathing, decisively)We will not pay you ten thousand dollars. But we will pay you twenty-five thousand dollars.•(the detective is totally tunned and his eyes are bulged with greediness)•In return for that,you will drive our car north.Ten thousand now. Fifteen thousand more when you meet us in Chicago.•(Still without speaking, the fat man licks his lips. His beadyeyes, as if unbelieving, are focused upon her own. The silence hangs.suddenlyhe givesthe slightest of nods.)•Ogilvie:That's the bargain.The money,uh, and your car's key.Then I think we shall discuss details on the route, destination, time to meet in Chicago and how to deal with your car......。