With hideous, goggling eyes the great god Budd sat cross-legged on a pedestal and stared stolidly into the semi-darkness. He saw, by the wavering light of a peacock lamp which swooped down from the ceiling with wings outstretched, what might have been a nook in a palace of East India. Draperies hung here, there, everywhere; richly embroidered divans sprawled about; fierce tiger rugs glared up from the floor; grotesque idols grinned mirthlessly in unexpected corners; strange arms were grouped on the walls. Outside the trolley cars clanged blatantly.想加入可可冠军团队，有人加入了吗
狰狞，瞪着眼睛伟大的神布盘腿坐在一座看不到半黑暗。他看到，在摇摆不定的光孔雀灯从天花板上下来，突然张开翅膀，可能已经在宫殿东印度的某个角落。窗帘挂在这里，那里，到处都是；绣床躺一下；凶猛的老虎瞪着眼睛从地板上的地毯；怪诞的偶像露齿而笑，忧伤地在你意想不到的地方；奇怪的武器被分在墙上。在电车上公然。想加入可可冠军团队，有人加入了吗
The single human figure was a distinct contradiction of all else. It was that of a man in evening dress, smoking. He was fifty, perhaps sixty, years old with the ruddy colour of one who has lived a great deal out of doors. There was only a touch of gray in his abundant hair and moustache. His eyes were steady and clear, and indolent.
单一的人的形象是一个独特的矛盾的所有其他。这是一个穿着晚礼服的男人。他是五十岁，也许六十岁，有着红润的颜色，有一个生活着巨大的门。只有在他浓密的头发和胡子，淡淡的灰色。他的眼睛是稳定的和清晰的，无痛。想加入可可冠军团队，有人加入了吗
For a long time he sat, then the draperies to his right parted and a girl entered. She was a part of the picture of which the man was a contradiction. Her lustrous black hair flowed about her shoulders; lambent mysteries lay in her eyes. Her dress was the dress of the East. For a moment she stood looking at the man and then entered with light tread.
很长一段时间他坐，然后窗帘右手分开了，一个女孩进入。她是那个男人的一部分，是一个矛盾。她的乌黑发亮的头发垂在她的肩上；闪烁的奥秘躺在她的眼睛。她的衣服是东方的衣服。她站在那儿看了一会儿，然后就走了进来。想加入可可冠军团队，有人加入了吗
“Varick Sahib,” she said, timidly, as if it were a greeting. “Do I intrude?” Her voice was softly guttural with the accent of her native tongue.
“瓦里克先生，”她说，轻轻地，仿佛它是一个问候。“我是否打扰？“她的声音很温柔的喉音用她的母语口音。
“Oh no, Jadeh. Come in,” said the man.
“哦，不，jadeh。“进来吧，”男人说。卡祖玛咖效果怎么样？
She smiled frankly and sat down on a hassock near him.
她坦然地微笑着坐在他旁边一个草丛。
“My brother?” she asked.
“我的兄弟？“她问。
“He is in the cabinet.”
“他在内阁中。”卡祖玛咖效果怎么样？
Varick had merely glanced at her and then continued his thoughtful gaze into vacancy. From time to time she looked up at him shyly, with a touch of eagerness, but there was no answering interest in his manner. His thoughts were far away.
瓦里克只是瞥了她一眼，然后继续他的体贴凝视的空缺。她不时抬头看他害羞，有点渴望，但没有回答对他的态度。他的想法很遥远。
“May I ask what brings you this time, Sahib?” she inquired at last.
“我可以问你怎么这个时候，大人？最后她问道。
“A little deal in the market,” responded Varick, carelessly. “It seems to have puzzled Adhem as much as it did me. He has been in the cabinet for half an hour.”
“在市场的小交易，“回应瓦里克，漫不经心地。“这似乎不解戴牧深深地鞠一样的我。他在内阁已经半小时了。”卡祖玛咖效果怎么样？
He stared on musingly as he smoked, then dropped his eyes to the slender, graceful figure of Jadeh. With knees clasped in her hands she leaned back on the hassock deeply thoughtful. Her head was tilted upward and the flickering light fell full on her face. It crossed Varick’s mind that she was pretty, and he was about to say so as he would have said it to any other woman, when the curtains behind them were thrown apart and they both glanced around.
他若有所思地盯着他抽烟，然后把他的眼睛细长，优美的jadeh。膝盖抱在她的手，她靠在垫子上深深的沉思。她的头部向上倾斜，闪烁的灯光落在她的脸上。它穿过瓦里克的心，她很漂亮，他说，他会给其他女人说，当他们背后的窗帘被拉开，他们环顾四周。
Another man — an East Indian — entered. This man was Adhem Singh, the crystal gazer, in the ostentatious robes of a seer. He, too, was a part of the picture. There was an expression of apprehension, mingled with some other impalpable quality on his strong face.
另一个男人--一个东印度进入。这个人是戴牧深深地鞠辛格，水晶凝视，在先知的长袍。他也同样是这幅画的一部分。有忧虑的一种表达，夹杂着他的坚强面对一些无形的质量。
“Well, Adhem?” inquired Varick.
“嗯，戴牧深深地鞠？“问瓦里克。
“I have seen strange things, Sahib,” replied the seer, solemnly. “The crystal tells me of danger.”卡祖玛咖效果怎么样？，有人加入了吗
“我见过的奇怪的事情，先生，”回答的先见，庄严。“水晶告诉我危险。”
“Danger?” repeated Varick with a slight lifting of his brows. “Oh well, in that case I shall keep out of it.”
“危险？“稍微抬起眉毛重复瓦里克。“噢，那我就不在了。”
“Not danger to your business, Sahib,” the crystal gazer went on with troubled face, “but danger in another way.”
“不是你的生意，老爷的危险，“水晶球占卜者继续面临困境，但在另一种危险。”
The girl, Jadeh, looked at him with quick, startled eyes and asked some question in her native tongue. He answered in the same language, and she rose suddenly with terror stricken face to fling herself at Varick’s feet, weeping. Varick seemed to understand too, and looked at the seer in apprehension.
女孩，jadeh，看着他快，惊惶失措的眼睛问一些问题在她的母语。他用同样的语言回答，她突然站起来用惊恐的脸把自己在瓦里克的脚，哭泣。瓦里克似乎明白过，看着恐惧者。
“Death?” he exclaimed. “What do you mean?”
“死亡？他喊道。“你是什么意思？“
Adhem was silent for a moment and bowed his head respectfully before the steady, inquiring gaze of the white man.
戴牧深深地鞠沉默了一会，低下头恭敬地前的稳定，对白种人凝视。卡祖玛咖效果怎么样？
“Pardon, Sahib,” he said at last. “I did not remember that you understood my language.”
“请原谅，先生，”他最后说。“我不记得你理解我的语言。”
“What is it?” insisted Varick, abruptly. “Tell me.”
“那是什么？“坚持瓦里克，突然。“告诉我。”
“I cannot, Sahib.”
“我不能，先生。”
“You must,” declared the other. He had arisen commandingly. “You must.”
“你必须，”另一。他出现了指挥。“你必须的。”
The crystal gazer crossed to him and stood for an instant with his hand on the white man’s shoulder, and his eyes studying the fear he found in the white man’s face.
水晶凝视过他，站在他的手一瞬间的忠实可靠的人的肩膀，他的眼睛对恐惧他发现在忠实可靠的人的脸。
“The crystal, Sahib,” he began. “It tells me that — that —”
“水晶，大人，”他开始。“它告诉我-那-”
“No, no, brother,” pleaded the girl.
“不，不，兄弟，”女孩恳求道。
“Go on,” Varick commanded.
“去吧，”瓦里克吩咐。
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