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第40章掘墓盗尸人（8）
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Therewasaninstant'shesitation，a.Maeotsuppressawitfinitesimalmarkofanimmenserelief，ashefeltthekeybetweenhisfihecupbhtoutpenandinkahatstoodimeedfromthefundsinadrawerasumsuitabletotheo.
"Now，lookhere，"hesaid，"thereisthepaymeprooodfaith:firststeptoyoursecurity.Youhavenowtochitbyaseterthepaymentinyourbook，andthenyouforyourpartmaydefythedevil."
&fewsedswereforFettesanagonyofthought;butinbalanghisterrorsitwasthemostimmediatethattriumphed.AnyfuturedifficultyseemedalmostweleifhecouldavoidapresehMae.Hesetdownthedlewhichhehadbeengallthistime，andwithasteadyhae，theheamouion.
"Andnow，"saidMae，"it'sonlyfairthatyoushouldpocketthelucre.I'vehadmysharealready.Bythebye，whenamanoftheworldfallsintoabitofluck，hasafewshillirainhispoashamedtospeakofit，butthere'saruleofthe，nopurchaseofexpensiveclass-books，nofolddebts;borrow，don'tlend."
"Mae，"begaillsomewhathoarsely，"Ihaveputmyneahaltertoobligeyou."
"Toobligeme?"criedWolfe."Oh，e!Youdid，asnearasIseethematter，whatyhthadtodoinself-defence.SupposeIgotintotrouble，wherewouldyoube?ThissedlittlematterflowsclearlyfrrayistheuationofMissGalbraith.You'tbegiop.Ifyoubegin，youmustkeepohat'sthetruth.hewicked."
Ahorriblesenseofbladthetreacheryoffateseizedholduponthesouloftheunhappystudent.
"MyGod!"hecried，"butwhathaveIdone?andwheobemadeaclassassistant—inthenameofreasoheharminthat?Servitedthepositihthavegotit.WouldhehavebeenwhereIamnow?"
"Mydearfellow，"saidMae，"whataboyyouare!WhatharmHASetoyou?Whatharmetoyouifyouhue?Why，man，doyouknowwhatthislifeis?Therearetwosquadsofus—thelionsandthelambs.Ifyou'realamb，you'lletolieupoableslikeGrayalbraith;ifyou'realion，you'llliveanddriveahorselikeme，likeK，likealltheite.Yeredatthefirst.ButlookatK!Mydearfellow，you'reclever;youhavepluck.Ilikeyou，andKlikesyou.Youwereborhehunt;andItellyou，onmyhonourandmyexperienceoflife，threedaysfromnowyou'lllaughatallthesescarecrowslikeaHighSchoolboyatafarce."
AndwiththatMaetookhisdepartureahewyndinhisgigtogetundercht.Fetteswasthusleftalohhisregrets.Hesawthemiserableperilioodihinexpressibledismay，thattherewasnolimittohisweakhat，fromto，hehadfalleerofMae'sdestinytohispaidandhelplessaplice.Hewouldhavegiveohavebeenalittlebraveratthetime，butitdidnotothathemightstillbebrave.ThesecretofJahandthetryintheday-bookouth.
Hourspassed;theclassbegantoarrive;themembersoftheunhappyGrayweredealtouttoooanother，aremark.Riadehappywiththehead;ahehouroffreedFettestrembledwithexultationtoperceivehowfartheyhadalreadygoo>
Fortwodaysheuedtowatch，withingjoy，thedreadfulprocessofdisguise.
OhirddayMaemadehisappearance.Hehadbeehemadeupforlosttimebytheehwhichhedirectedthestudents.ToRiinparticularheextevaluableassistandadvidthatstudent，ehepraiseofthedemonstrathwithambitioushopes，andsawthemedalalreadyinhisgrasp.
&heweekwasoutMae'sprophecyhadbeeeshadoutlivedhisterrorsandhadfottenhisbaseoplumehimselfuponhisce，andhadsedthestoryinhismindthathecouldlookbatheseeventswithahypride.Ofhisaplicehesawbutlittle.Theymet，ofthebusiheclass;theyreceivedtheiretherfromMr.K.Attimestheyhadawordortwoinprivate，andMaewasfromfirsttolastparticularlykindandjovial.Butitlainthatheavoidedaheiro;andeveeswhisperedtohimthathehadhislotwiththelionsandforswornthelambs，heoohimsmilinglytoholdhispeace.
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