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W.W.雅各布斯 /
W.W.雅各布斯（，1863—1943），英国小说家，生于伦敦，毕业于伯克拜克大学。他是一个多产的小说家，写过大量的讽刺小说和恐怖小说。其中最著名的恐怖小说是《猴爪》（1901），曾被多次改编为电影和剧本，斯蒂芬·金的小说《宠物公墓》深受其影响。
Without， thenightwascoldandwet， ， theformer， whopossessedideasaboutthegameinvolvingradicalchanges， puttinghiskingintosuchsharpandunnecessaryperilsthatitevenprovokedcommentfromthewhite-hairedoldladyknittingplacidlybythefire.
"Harkatthewind， " ， who， havingseenafatalmistakeafteritwastoolate， wasamiablydesirousofpreventinghissonfromseeingit.
"I' mlistening， " saidthelatter， grimlysurveyingtheboardashestretchedouthishand."Check."
"Ishouldhardlythinkthathe' dcometo-night， " saidhisfather， withhishandpoisedovertheboard.
"Mate， " repliedtheson.
"That' stheworstoflivingsofarout， " ， withsuddenandunlooked-forviolence； "ofallthebeastly， slushy， out-of-the-wayplacestolivein， ' sabog， andtheroad' ' ， theythinkitdoesn' tmatter."
"Nevermind， dear， " saidhiswifesoothingly； "perhapsyou' llwinthenextone."
， ， andhehidaguiltygrininhisthingreybeard.
"Thereheis， " saidHerbertWhite， asthegatebangedtoloudlyandheavyfootstepscametowardthedoor.
Theoldmanrosewithhospitablehaste， andopeningthedoor， ， ， "Tut， tut！" andcoughedgentlyasherhusbandenteredtheroom， followedbyatallburlyman， beadyofeyeandrubicundofvisage.
"Sergeant-MajorMorris， " hesaid， introducinghim.
Thesergeant-majorshookhands， andtakingtheprofferedseatbythefire， watchedcontentedlywhilehishostgotoutwhiskyandtumblersandstoodasmallcopperkettleonthefire.
