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XII,Mrs. Otterbourne, readjusting the turban of native material that she wore draped round her head,said fretfully:,“I really don’t see why we shouldn’t go on to Egypt. I’m sick and tired of Jerusalem. ”,As her daughter made no reply, she said, “You might at least answer when you’re spoken to.
”,Rosalie Otterbourne was looking at a newspaper reproduction of a face. Below it was printed:,Mrs. Simon Doyle, who before her marriage was the well-known societybeauty, Miss Linnet Ridgeway. Mr. and Mrs. Doyle are spending their holiday inEgypt. Rosalie said, “You’d like to move on to Egypt, Mother?”,When I hinted ³ as much, I consider they were most impertinent—most impertinent. I told themexactly what I thought of them. ”,The girl sighed. She said: “One place is very like another. I wish we could get right away.
”,“And this morning,” went on Mrs. Otterbourne, “the manager actually had the impertinence totell me that all the rooms had been booked in advance and that he would require ours in two days’,time. ”,“So we’ve got to go somewhere.”,He lost his temper and snapped irritably at the children. 他发火了，暴躁地斥责孩子们。 来自《简明英汉词典》,Reduction in income tax will be welcomed with open arms.减少所得税将受到热烈欢迎 。