'It's wonderful! 'he whispered.
"太好了!"他低声说。
'You believe me, 'I said gratefully.
"您信得过我,"我心怀感激地说。
'Of course I do, 'he said. 'I can believe anything strange.
"当然信得过,"他说。"什么怪事我都信。
It's things that happen every day that are difficult to believe. '
天天见到的事倒是让人难以相信的。"
He was very young, but he was the man I needed.
他还年轻,但我正需要这样的人。
'I think my enemies have lost me for the moment.
"我想我的仇人这会儿不知道我哪儿去了。
But I must hide and rest for a day or two. Will you help me? '
但我必须躲起来而且休息一两天。您能帮忙吗?"
He jumped up and led me to the house. 'You'll be safe here.
他跳起来,把我领进屋去。"这儿很安全。
I can keep a secret. And you'll tell me some more about your adventures, won't you? '
我可以保密。您多说说您的冒险故事,好不好?"
As I entered the hotel, I heard the sound of an engine.
一进旅店我就听到发动机的声音。
In the sky to the west was my enemy the plane.
敌人的飞机就在西边的天上。
He gave me a room at the back of the house.
他把我安置在后面的一间屋里。
I asked him to watch out for cars and planes and sat down to work on Scudder's little book.
我求他注意观察汽车和飞机,然后就坐下来研究斯卡德尔的小笔记本。
As I have said, it was a number code.
以前说过,这是数字暗码。
I had to find the word that was the key to it, and when I thought of the million words it might be,
我必须找到解码的关键字,而当我想到有几百万个字的可能性时,
I felt hopeless.
感到束手无策。