A Tale of Two Cities-CHAPTER 11 A COMPANION PICTURE

A COMPANION PICTURE,“Sydney,” said Mr. Stryver, on that selfsame night, or morning, to his jackal; “mix another bowl of punch; I have something to say to you, ” Sydney had been working double tides that night, and the night before, and the night before that, and a good many nights in succession, making a grand clearance ¹ among Mr. Stryver’s papers before the setting in of the long vacation. The clearance was effected at last; the Stryver arrears ² were handsomely fetched up; everything was got rid of until November should come with its fogs atmospheric ³ and fogs legal, and bring grist to the mill again.,Sydney was none the livelier and none the soberer for so much application. It had taken a deal of extra wet-towelling to pull him through the night; a correspondingly extra quantity of wine had preceded the towelling; and he was in a very damaged condition, as he now pulled his turban off and threw it into the basin in which he had steeped it at intervals ⁴ for the last six hours.,“Are you mixing that other bowl of punch?” said Stryver the portly, with his hands in his waistband, glancing round from the sofa where he lay on his back.,“I am.
”,“Now, look here! I am going to tell you something that will rather surprise you, and that perhaps will make you think me not quite as shrewd as you usually do think me. I intend to marry.”,“Yes. And not for money. What do you say now? ”,“I don’t feel disposed to say much. Who is she?
”,“Guess.”,“Do I know her? ”,“Guess.
”,The ship sailed as soon as it got clearance. 那艘船一办好离港手续立刻启航了。,The payments on that car loan are in arrears by three months.购车贷款的偿付被拖欠了三个月 。