Plague - Apr 19

Rambert said he’d thought it over very carefully, and his views hadn’t changed, but if he went away, he would feel ashamed of himself, and that would ________(妨碍) his relations with the woman he loved.

Only then Rieux turned toward him, ________(起身/站立) himself with an effort from the cushion.

Before leaving, Rieux ________(突然心血来潮) asked the Othons if there wasn’t anything they’d like him to do for them.

If it failed, the doctor was convinced the whole town would be at the mercy of the epidemic, which would either continue its ravages for an unpredictable period or perhaps die out abruptly ________(自动地/不借助外力地).

“No,” he said, then ________(抑制强烈的感情). “But—save my son.”

Toward the close of October Castel’s anti-plague serum was tried for the first time. Practically speaking, it was Rieux’s ________(最后手段/最后一张牌).