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跑，然后携带宝物，赶回住处。在一两天内，他们还有时间看看报纸

上的说法，看是否有什么疑窦，然后，趁着某一个黑夜，他们前往格
雷夫森德或唐斯锚地，在那里，他们肯定早已订好了船位，逃往美洲

或其他殖民地去。”

"But the launch? They could not have taken that to their
lodgings."

“但汽船呢？“他们不可能把汽船也带到住处去呀。”

"Quite so. I argued that the launch must be no great
way off, in spite of its invisibility. I then put myself in the

place of Small and looked at it as a man of his capacity
would. He would probably consider that to send back the
launch or to keep it at a wharf would make pursuit easy if
the police did happen to get on his track. How, then, could
he conceal the launch and yet have her at hand when

wanted? I wondered what I should do myself if I were in his
shoes. I could only think of one way of doing it. I might hand
the launch over to some boatbuilder or repairer, with

directions to make a trifling change in her. She would then
be removed to his shed or yard, and so be effectually
concealed, while at the same time I could have her at a few
hours' notice."

“当然。我认为，这只船虽然没有被我们发现，可也不会离我们太
远。我站在斯莫尔的角度上，根据他这个人的智商来设想。他可能会
想，如果警察碰巧追踪他的话，那么，把船遣回，或是让它停在码

头，都会使他容易被追踪到。那怎样才能把船隐藏起来，同时，要用

它的时候，又能召之即来呢？我思考着，如果我站在他的立场上，我
会怎么办。我只想得到一个办法。我可能会把汽船交给某个造船工或

修船工，指示他对它做一些小修整。然后，船就会被停放在他的船棚
或船坞，如此就可有效地隐蔽起来，同时，只要提前几个小时通知，

我就能够使用它了。”

"That seems simple enough."