克雷默博士的答复依然同往常一样很长，但却是明确而直率的。

Kraemer's reply was characteristically long-winded but nevertheless clear and direct.

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目光里有一种不拘礼节的直率，一种锐利、明确的坚定，说明他一直避开陌生人不是出于腼腆，而是故意的。

There was an unceremonious directness, a searching, decided steadfastness in his gaze now, which told that intention, and not diffidence, had hitherto kept it averted from the stranger.

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