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manuscript. Oh no, it was not a work offiction which one dashes off, you know, to make money; it was a mad neurologist’s testament, a kind of Poisonous Opus as in that film. It had cost him, and would still cost him, years of toil, but the thing was of course, an absolute secret. If she mentioned it at all, she added, it was because she was drunk. She wished to be taken home or preferably to some cool quiet place with a clean bed and room service. She wore a strapless gown

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哦，不，要知道那份书稿可不是为了挣钱草率写就的小说，而是一位疯狂的神经病学家的遗作，类似那部电影中的某种“有毒作品”。它已耗费了他多年心血，并且还将继续耗费下去，当然，这事绝对是个秘密。她补充道，如果她提到那份手稿，一定是因为她已醉得神志不清了。她希望有人带她回家，最好去一个凉爽、清静，有一张干净的床，又提供送餐服务的地方。她身着无吊带礼服，