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All I had to do then was to do as much for Stangerson, and so pay off John Ferrier's debt.
我以后要做的事，就是要用同樣的辦法來對付斯坦節遜，這樣我就可以替約翰·費瑞厄報仇雪恨了，
I knew that he was staying at Halliday's Private Hotel,
我知道斯坦節遜當時正在郝黎代旅館里。
and I hung about all day, but he never came out.
我在旅館附近徘徊了一整天，可是他一直沒有露面。
I fancy that he suspected something when Drebber failed to put in an appearance.
我想，大概是因為錐伯一去不返，所以使他感到事情有些不妙了。
He was cunning, was Stangerson, and always on his guard.
斯坦節遜這個家伙確實很狡猾，他一直是謹慎提防著的。
If he thought he could keep me off by staying indoors he was very much mistaken.
但是，如果他認為只要呆在房里不出來，就可以逃避我，那么他就大錯特錯了。
I soon found out which was the window of his bedroom,
很快，我就弄清了他的臥室的窗戶。
and early next morning I took advantage of some ladders which were lying in the lane behind the hotel,
第二天清晨，我就利用旅館外面胡同里放著的一張梯子，
and so made my way into his room in the gray of the dawn.
乘著曙色朦朧的當兒，一直爬進了他的房間里去。
I woke him up and told him that the hour had come when he was to answer for the life he had taken so long before.
我把他叫醒，對他說，很久以前他殺害過人，現在是他償命的時候了。
I described Drebber's death to him, and I gave him the same choice of the poisoned pills.
我把錐伯死的情況講給他聽，并且要他同樣揀食一粒藥丸。
Instead of grasping at the chance of safety which that offered him,
他不愿接受我給他的活命機會，
he sprang from his bed and flew at my throat.
他從床上跳了起來，直向我的咽喉刺來。
In self-defence I stabbed him to the heart.
為了自衛起見，我就一刀刺進了他的心房。
It would have been the same in any case,
不管采用什么辦法，結果都是一樣，
for Providence would never have allowed his guilty hand to pick out anything but the poison.
因為老天爺決不會讓他那只罪惡的手，揀起那無毒的一粒的。
