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Chapter Four A Flight for Life

第四章 逃命

In the morning which followed his interview with the
Mormon Prophet, John Ferrier went in to Salt Lake City, and

having found his acquaintance, who was bound for the
Nevada Mountains, he entrusted him with his message to
Jefferson Hope. In it he told the young man of the imminent
danger which threatened them, and how necessary it was
that he should return. Having done thus he felt easier in his

mind, and returned home with a lighter heart.

在和摩门教先知会谈后的第二天早晨，约翰·费里尔就到盐湖城去
了，他在那里找到了那个前往内华达山区的朋友以后，就把一封写给

杰斐逊·霍普的信托他带去了。在信中，他把这个危及他们的紧迫危险

告诉了他，并且要他务必回来。这件事办妥以后，他觉得心中轻松了
一些，于是带着愉快的心情回家了。

As he approached his farm, he was surprised to see a
horse hitched to each of the posts of the gate. Still more
surprised was he on entering to find two young men in
possession of his sitting-room. One, with a long pale face,
was leaning back in the rocking-chair, with his feet cocked

up upon the stove. The other, a bull-necked youth with
coarse bloated features, was standing in front of the window
with his hands in his pocket, whistling a popular hymn. Both

of them nodded to Ferrier as he entered, and the one in the
rocking-chair commenced the conversation.

当他走近他的农场时，他惊奇地看到，大门两旁的门柱上各拴着

一匹马。令他更惊异的是，当他走进屋子时，发现客厅里有两个年轻
人。一个长着一张长脸，面色苍白，正躺在摇椅上，两只脚高高地跷

在火炉上。另一个年轻人脖子粗大，相貌粗俗，神情傲慢，他站在窗