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manuscript. Oh no, it was not a work of fiction 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，要知道那份書稿可不是為了掙錢草率寫就的小說，而是一位瘋狂的神經病學家的遺作，類似那部電影中的某種“有毒作品”。它已耗費了他多年心血，并且還將繼續耗費下去，當然，這事絕對是個秘密。她補充道，如果她提到那份手稿，一定是因為她已醉得神志不清了。她希望有人帶她回家，最好去一個涼爽、清靜，有一張干凈的床，又提供送餐服務的地方。她身著無吊帶禮服，