The proprietor had just lighted a hanging oil lamp which gave off an unclean but friendly smell.

店主人刚刚点了一盏煤油挂灯，发出一阵不干净的然而友好的气味。

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It was not a Manet than Manet would have signed but it looked more like Manet than it did like Hudson and it looked exactly like the proprietor.

虽说画出来的成品并没能乱真到马奈本人会在上面签名的程度，但像马奈的成分要比像赫德森的多得多，而且把这位老板画得惟妙惟肖。

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Who else but Byron, the self-appointed proprietor of Curmudgeonly Arms, could paint this charming picture of "Chainsaw Al" Dunlop's first marriage on a slow night?

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