"Iguess you'd better get out of Marseilles before Tough Bill comes out ofhospital," he said to Strickland, when they had got back to the Chink'sHead and were cleaning themselves.
"Thisbeats cock-fighting," said Strickland.
Icould see his sardonic smile.
CaptainNichols was anxious. He knew Tough Bill's vindictiveness. Strickland had downedthe mulatto twice, and the mulatto, sober, was a man to be reckoned with. Hewould bide his time stealthily. He would be in no hurry, but one nightStrickland would get a knife-thrust in his back, and in a day or two the corp网站优化f a nameless beach-comber would be fished out of the dirty water of theharbour. Nichols went next evening to Tough Bill's house and made enquiries. Hewas in hospital still, but his wife, who had been to see him, said he wasswearing hard to kill Strickland when they let him out.
Aweek passed.
"That'swhat I always say," reflected Captain Nichols, "when you hurt a man,hurt him bad. It gives you a bit of time to look about and think what you'll donext."
ThenStrickland had a bit of luck. A ship bound for Australia had sent to theSailors' Home for a stoker in place of one who had thrown himself overboard offGibraltar in an attack of delirium tremens.
"Youdouble down to the harbour, my lad," said the Captain to Strickland,"and sign on. You've got your papers."
Stricklandset off at once, and that was the last Captain Nichols saw of him. The ship wasonly in port for six hours, and in the evening Captain Nichols watched thevanishing smoke from her funnels as she ploughed East through the wintry sea.
请教老师：
这一句Hewas in hospital still, but his wife, who had been to see him, said he wasswearing hard to kill Strickland when they let him out. 对had beento see的理解困惑。
我的疑惑是：由beto see变成hadbeen to see, 这里的see动作达成了没？还是原来计划计划去看，而实质没去看？或者是原来计划计划去看，结果未知？或者是原来计划计划去看，结果也确实去看了？
hadbeen to see 和was to have seen 理解上，含义到底有什么不同呢？
另外Stricklandset off at once, and that was the last Captain Nichols saw of him. 这里的saw ofhim, of=about 吗？为何不直接说成saw him呢？
be to do 表示安排中的以后事件。had been to do 或者 was to have done 表示未达成的过去安排。与 planned to have done, had planned to do 结构意义相同。see of sb = meet sb, be in contact with sb.
以上解答有误，网友可以忽视。重新解答如下：
本句中的 who had been to see him. 并非be to do结构表示安排中的以后事件。而是have been to +地址名词这种使用方法的一个变体。词典对be to+地址名词的讲解是，此时的be to为动态动词及物动词，等于visit，后接地址名词作宾语。这种使用方法只用于完成体，表示曾去过某处。这种使用方法中，之所以能后接宾语，其实是由于介词to的原故，visit 的意思实质还是来自动词be，表示go的意思，要表示visit什么地方时，才需要介词to引出visit的地址。假如上下文语境已经告诉了地址，或者不需要说出具体地址，而只想说某人去某处做了某事，则不需要再用介词短语引出地址，直接用have done或had done表示不及物的go的意义，然后接不定式表示go 的目的。如此就得到了变体形式 have been to do sth, had been to do sth. 意为已经去过某处做某事了。本句中Who had been to see him 由于她已经去医院看望过他了。
COCA类似例句：Mom had been to see her in the intervening years, first inNew York and then Seattle, but this was Lucy's first trip home in nine long andundeniably interesting years.
For Valentine's Day, I'm going to read a poemcalled " Romantic Moment, " which is about a man and a woman who havebeen to see a nature documentary on a date, a first date.
In this small reservation town at least fivepeople have been to visit the White House in the past two years.
