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'the Squire's face was red, and he banged angrily on the table as he spoke.
乡绅涨红了脸，生气地拍着桌子说。
'It's worse than breaking a leg, 'continued Godfrey miserably.
"比腿断了更糟，"戈弗雷接着沮丧地说，
'Wildfire's dead. But I don't want you to buy me another horse.
"野火死了。不过我并不想让您给我买新马，
I just feel sorry I can't pay you－you see, sir, the truth is, I'm very sorry, Fowler did pay the money.
我只是为不能还上您的钱而难过--您看，很抱歉，实际上福勒先生已经还了钱，
He gave it to me, and I was stupid enough to let Dunstan have it.
他还给了我，而我太傻了，竟然把钱交给了邓斯坦，
And he was going to sell Wildfire and then I was going to repay you the money. '
我必须再还给您，所以邓斯坦就去卖野火。"
The Squire's face was purple now, and for a moment he could not speak.
乡绅的脸已经变成了紫色，气得一时说不上话来。
'You-you let Dunstan have my money? Why did you give it to him?
"你--你把我的钱给了邓斯坦？为什么给他？
And why did he want it? Where's Dunstan now?
他为什么要钱？邓斯坦现在在哪儿？
He'll answer my questions, or leave this house! Go and fetch him at once! '
他必须回答我的问题，否则就滚出这幢房子！马上去给我找他！"
'Dunstan hasn't come home, sir.
"邓斯坦还没回家来，先生，
The horse was found dead, and nobody knows where Dunstan is.
马被找到时已经死了，没人知道邓斯坦在哪儿。"
