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Mr. Know-All By W. Somerset Maugham 1 I was prepared to dislike Max Kelada even before I knew him. The war had just finished and the passenger traffic in the ocean-going liners远洋客轮 was heavy. Accommodation was very hard to get and you had to put up with whatever the agents chose to offer you. You could not hope for a cabin to yourself and I was thankful to be given one in which there were only two berths铺位. But when I was told the name of my companion my heart sank. It suggested closed portholes封闭的舷窗 and the night air rigidly excluded严格排除. It was bad enough to share a cabin for fourteen days with anyone (I was going from San Francisco to Yokohama, but I should have looked upon it with less dismay沮丧，灰心 if my fellow passenger`s name had been Smith or Brown. 2 When I went on board I found Mr Kelada`s luggage already below. I did not like the look of it; there were too many labels on the suit-cases, and the wardrobe trunk 大衣箱was too big. He had unpacked his toilet things牙具, and I observed that he was a patron [peitr?n]赞助人，保护人 of the excellent Monsieur先生 Coty; for I saw on the washing-stand his scent气味，痕迹, his hair-wash and his brilliantine润发油. Mr Kelada`s brushes, ebony乌木制 with his monogram将姓名的首字母组成的组合图案in gold, would have been all the better for a scrub. I did not at all like Mr Kelada. I made my way into the smoking-room. I called for a pack of cards and began to play patience. I had scarcely started before a man came up to me and asked me if he was right in thinking my name was so and so. 3 I am Mr Kelada, he added, with a smile that showed a row of flashing teeth, and sat down. 4 Oh, yes, we`re sharing a cabin, I think. 5 Bit of luck, I call it. You never know who you`re going to be put in with. I was jolly glad when I heard you were English. I`m all for us English slicking打扮整洁 together when we`re abroad, if you understand what I mean. 6 I blinked. 7 Are you English? I asked, perhaps tactlessly不得体地，不圆滑地. 8 Rather. You don`t think I look like an American, do y