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体，那个曾经蕴藏着露西·费里尔的纯洁灵魂的躯干。他弯下身来，在

她那冰冷的额上虔诚地吻了一下，接着又拿起她的手来，从她的手指
上取下那只结婚戒指。“她绝不能戴着这个东西下葬。”他凶猛地咆哮

道，在警报尚未响起的时候，他便飞身下楼，倏然不见了。这件事发
生得这样离奇、突兀，要不是露西手指上那枚作为新娘标志的金戒指

确实不翼而飞，构成了不可否认的事实，就连那些守灵人自己都很难
相信这是事实，更不用说让别人相信了。

For some months Jefferson Hope lingered among the
mountains, leading a strange wild life, and nursing in his
heart the fierce desire for vengeance which possessed him.
Tales were told in the city of the weird figure which was seen

prowling about the suburbs, and which haunted the lonely
mountain gorges. Once a bullet whistled through
Stangerson's window and flattened itself upon the wall

within a foot of him. On another occasion, as Drebber
passed under a cliff a great boulder crashed down on him,
and he only escaped a terrible death by throwing himself
upon his face. The two young Mormons were not long in
discovering the reason of these attempts upon their lives,

and led repeated expeditions into the mountains in the hope
of capturing or killing their enemy, but always without
success. Then they adopted the precaution of never going

out alone or after nightfall, and of having their houses
guarded. After a time they were able to relax these
measures, for nothing was either heard or seen of their
opponent, and they hoped that time had cooled his
vindictiveness.

杰斐逊·霍普在大山中飘荡了几个月，过着一种奇异的原始生活，
心中孕育着一股强烈的报仇渴望。他为复仇而疯狂。城里传说着，有

人见到一个怪人徘徊在城外，出没于荒凉的深山幽谷之中。有一次，
一粒子弹嗖地穿过斯坦格森的窗户，射在离他不到一英尺远的墙壁

上。还有一次，当德雷伯从绝壁下经过的时候，一块巨石从他的头上
落了下来，他连忙卧倒在地，才逃脱了这场灾难。这两个年轻的摩门