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"But the launch? They could not have taken that to their lodgings."
"可是他不能夠把這只船也帶到巢穴里去呀。"
"Quite so. I argued that the launch must be no great way off, in spite of its invisibility.
"當然不能夠。我認為，這只船雖然沒有被我們發現，可也不會離開太遠。
I then put myself in the place of Small and looked at it as a man of his capacity would.
處在斯茂的地位，根據他這個人的能力來設想，
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.
他會想到：如果確有警察跟蹤的話，那么，如果把船遣回或是把它停在碼頭旁邊，都會使追蹤更容易得多了。
How, then, could he conceal the launch and yet have her at hand when wanted?
那么怎樣才能夠把船隱蔽起來，同時要用它的時候還不致于誤事呢？
I wondered what I should do myself if I were in his shoes. I could only think of one way of doing it.
如果我站在他的立場上應當怎么辦呢？我想，只有一個辦法，
I might hand the launch over to some boat-builder or repairer, with directions to make a trifling change in her.
我會把船交給一些造船人或者修理工，指示他們做一些微小的改變，
She would then be removed to his shed or yard, and so be effectually concealed,
之后會開進一個船塢或者院子里，如此既可達到隱蔽的目的，
while at the same time I could have her at a few hours' notice."
還可在提前幾個小時通知的情況下使用。"
"That seems simple enough."
"這似乎是很簡單的。"
