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“因为他的口音，先生。我记得他的口音，十分粗重、模糊。他敲

了几下窗户——那时大概是三点钟。‘伙计，快起来吧，’他说，‘咱们
该走了！’我老伴还叫醒了吉姆——我的大儿子，他们一起走了，一句

话都没跟我说。我能听到那木腿踏在石头路上的声音。”

"And was this wooden-legged man alone?"

“那么，这个装木腿的人是自己一个人吗？”

"Couldn't say, I am sure, sir. I didn't hear no one else."

“说不准，先生。我没听到别人的声音。”

"I am sorry, Mrs. Smith, for I wanted a steam launch,

and I have heard good reports of the—Let me see, what is
her name?"

“我很抱歉，史密斯太太，我想租一只汽船，因为我早就听人称赞

过这艘——让我想想，它叫什么来着？”

"The Aurora, sir."

“‘曙光’号，先生。”

"Ah! She's not that old green launch with a yellow line,
very broad in the beam?"

“啊！不是那种绿色的、船帮上画着宽黄线的旧船吧？”

"No, indeed. She's as trim a little thing as any on the
river. She's been fresh painted, black with two red streaks."

“不，不是。是那种河面上常见的小船。刚刚粉刷过，黑色的船身

上画着两条红线。”

"Thanks. I hope that you will hear soon from Mr. Smith. I
am going down the river, and if I should see anything of the

Aurora I shall let him know that you are uneasy. A black
funnel, you say?"

“谢谢。我希望你能尽快得到史密斯先生的消息。我打算坐船沿河

下去，如果我看到‘曙光’号的话，我会转告他你很担心他。你刚才