I had taken a loathing to my gentleman at first sight. So had the child’s family, which was only natural. But the doctor’s case was what struck me. He was the usual cut and dry apothecary, of no particular age and colour, with a strong Edinburgh accent and about as emotional as a bagpipe. Well, sir, he was like the rest of us; every time he looked at my prisoner, I saw that sawbones turn sick and white with desire to kill him. I knew what was in his mind, just as he knew what was in mine; and killing being out of the question, we did the next best. We told the man we could and would make such a scandal out of this as should make his name stink from one end of London to the other. If he had any friends or any credit, we undertook that he should lose them. And all the time, as we were pitching it in red hot, we were keeping the women off him as best we could for they were as wild as harpies.
私は紳士を一目見ただけで嫌悪感を抱いた。 その子の家族も同様でしたが、それは当然のことでした。 しかし、医師の場合が私に衝撃を与えました。 彼は、年齢も色も特に変わりのない、いつもの真面目な薬剤師で、エディンバラ訛りの強い、バグパイプと同じくらい感情的な人でした。 あの、彼は私たちと同じでした。 彼が私の囚人を見る度に、私はノコギリの骨が彼を殺したいという欲望で病気になって白くなるのが見えました。 彼が私の心の中にあるものを知っていたように、私も彼の心の中にあるものを知っていました。 殺すのは問題外だったので、私たちは次善の策を講じました。 私たちはその男に、この件で彼の名前をロンドンの端から端まで汚すほどの不祥事を起こすことができるし、そうするだろうと言いました。 もし彼に友人や信用があったなら、私たちは彼がそれらを失うべきであると約束しました。 そして、私たちが真っ赤に試合を進めている間、私たちは常に、ハーピーのように野生の女性たちをできる限り彼から遠ざけていました。
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