Passage 23
学霸导读 侦探小说总给人一种神秘感，跟着神探夏洛克试着解密一桩入室杀人案吧。
An Extract from The Greatest Tales of Sherlock Holmes
I think I will tell you what happened last night. My husband Sir Eustace went to bed at about half past ten. The servants had already gone to their rooms. Only my housekeeper s 1 in her room at the top of the house until I needed her.
I sat until after eleven in this room, deep in a book. Then I walked round to see that all was right before I went u 2 . I always did this myself, to be sure that everything is OK. I went into the kitchen, the storeroom, the living room, and f 3 the dining room. As I came near the window, which was covered with thick curtains, I suddenly felt the wind blew on my face, and realized that it was o 4 . I pulled the curtain to one side, and found myself face to face with a broad-shouldered, elderly man who had just walked into the room. The window is a long French one, which really forms a door leading to the lawn. By the light of my bedroom candle, I saw two other men entering behind the f irst. I was so scared, trembling. I s 5 back quickly, but the man was on me in a moment. He caught me f irst by the wrist and then by the throat. I struggled to scream, but he hit me heavily over the eye, and I fell to the ground.
I must have been unconscious for a few minutes. When I woke up， I found that they had torn down the bell rope and had tied me tightly to the c 6 standing at the head of the dining table. I was so f irmly bound that I could not move， and a handkerchief round my mouth prevented me from making any sound. It was at this moment that my unfortunate husband came into the room. He had c 7 heard some suspicious sounds， and he came prepared. When he rushed at one of the burglars， another man bent down and took the poker （ 拨火棍 ） out of the f ireplace and struck him heavily as he passed. My husband fell without a groan （ 呻吟 ） and never moved again.（ To be continued ）
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高频词汇
curtain /'kɜːtn/ n. 窗帘；幕布
lawn /lɔːn/ n. 草坪，草地
tremble /'trembl/ v. 颤抖，哆嗦
wrist /rɪst/ n. 手腕
unconscious /ʌn'kɒnʃəs/ adj. 无知觉的，无意识的
tear down 拆毁，拆除
unfortunate /ʌn'fɔːtʃənət/ adj. 不幸的
suspicious /sə'spɪʃəs/ adj. 可疑的，令人怀疑的