Unit 7: Vocabulary from Readings

This is dreadful, Mrs. Hudson. He was perfectly hale and hearty when I went away only three days ago.

Oh, I told him straightaway I was going to do that, sir. But he got so agitated—almost shouted that he wouldn’t allow any doctor on the premises. You know how masterful he is, Dr. Watson.

There are many problems of disease, many pathological possibilities, peculiar to the East. So I’ve learned during some of my recent researches.

I implore you to be careful.

Trial! You’ll be the one in the dock, Holmes. Inspector, he asked me to come here. He was ill, and I was sorry for him, so I came. Now he’ll pretend I’ve said anything he cares to invent that will corroborate his insane suspicions.

The rooms are sparsely furnished with a few chairs, cots, a table or two.

The yellow Star of David is conspicuous on all of their clothes.

She rushes into her room, hurriedly puts on a little hat improvised from the lamp shade, grabs a satchel bulging with parcels and comes running back.

PETER is coming from his bedroom, ostentatiously holding a bulge in his coat as if he were holding his cat, and dangling ANNE’S present before it.

PETER is furious, inarticulate. He starts toward DUSSEL as if to hit him. MR. FRAND stops him. Mrs. FRANK speaks quickly to ease the situation.

[With sudden foreboding.] What’s happened? Something’s happened! Hasn’t it, Mr. Kraler?

I don’t think you can be really intimate with anyone if he holds something back, do you?

He rushes down the steps. MR. FRANK tries ineffectually to hold him. DUSSEL runs to the lower door, unbolting it.