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with a cargo of Malay pilgrims. They were a rum crowd, and
Tonga and I soon managed to settle down among them.

They had one very good quality: they let you alone and
asked no questions."

“后来，我有了一个奇怪的念头，想到了从哪里弄武器。我在黑暗

里坐下，解下了木腿。我猛跳了三下，跳到他的面前。他的枪就背在
肩上，但我全力向他打了下去，他的前脑骨被打得粉碎。你们看我木

腿上的那条裂纹，就是打他时留下的痕迹。我失去了重心，我们两个
人同时摔倒了，但我爬起来时，发现他已一动不动地躺在那里了。我

上了船，一个钟头以后，就远离了海岸。汤加把他的全部财产、兵器
和他的神像全都带上了。除去其他东西，他还有一支竹制的长矛和一

些用安达曼椰树树叶编的席子，我用它们做了一张帆。我们在海上听
天由命地漂浮了十天，到第十一天，有一只从新加坡开往吉达的满载

着马来西亚朝圣香客的商轮，把我们救了上去。船上的人都很古怪，
可是，汤加和我不久就跟大家混熟了。他们有一种非常好的品质：他

们能让我们安静地呆着，不会问东问西。”

"Well, if I were to tell you all the adventures that my
little chum and I went through, you would not thank me, for

I would have you here until the sun was shining. Here and
there we drifted about the world, something always turning
up to keep us from London. All the time, however, I never

lost sight of my purpose. I would dream of Sholto at night. A
hundred times I have killed him in my sleep. At last,
however, some three or four years ago, we found ourselves
in England. I had no great difficulty in finding where Sholto
lived, and I set to work to discover whether he had realized

on the treasure, or if he still had it. I made friends with
someone who could help me—I name no names, for I don't
want to get anyone else in a hole—and I soon found that he

still had the jewels. Then I tried to get at him in many ways;
but he was pretty sly and had always two prize-fighters,
besides his sons and his khitmutgar, on guard over him."