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The Savage had retreated towards cover, and now, in the posture of an animal at bay,
野蠻人已往隱蔽處退卻，擺出一副暴虎憑河的架勢，
stood with his back to the wall of the lighthouse, staring from face to face in speechless horror, like a man out of his senses.
此刻正背對著燈塔，瞪著眼前的一張張面孔，恐怖得說不出話來，像個瘋子。
From this stupor he was aroused to a more immediate sense of reality by the impact on his cheek of a well-aimed packet of chewing-gum.
一包口香糖準確地打在他臉上，把他從茫然狀態驚醒過來，讓他感覺到了更為直接的現實。
A shock of startling pain–and he was broad awake, awake and fiercely angry.
一陣驚人的疼痛，他完全清醒了，清醒而且暴跳如雷。
"Go away!" he shouted.
“滾！”他大叫。
The ape had spoken; there was a burst of laughter and hand-clapping.
猴子說話了！歡笑和掌聲爆發。
"Good old Savage! Hurrah, hurrah!" And through the babel he heard cries of: "Whip, whip, the whip!"
“可愛的老蠻子！烏拉！烏拉！”他從雜亂的人聲里聽見了叫喊，“鞭子，鞭子，鞭子！”
Acting on the word's suggestion, he seized the bunch of knotted cords from its nail behind the door and shook it at his tormentors.
這話啟發了他，他抓住門背后釘子上那把打了結的繩，對折磨他的人們搖晃起來。
There was a yell of ironical applause.
一陣帶諷刺意味的歡呼爆出。
Menacingly he advanced towards them. A woman cried out in fear.
他氣勢洶洶地向他們撲去。一個婦女嚇得叫了起來。
The line wavered at its most immediately threatened point, then stiffened again, stood firm.
人群里受到最直接威脅的幾個人猶豫了一下，卻隨即穩住了，站定了。
The consciousness of being in overwhelming force had given these sightseers a courage which the Savage had not expected of them.
數量上的絕對優勢給了觀光者們勇氣，這可是出乎野蠻人對他們的估計之外的。
Taken aback, he halted and looked round.
他倒退了一步，站住了，四面看看。
"Why don't you leave me alone?" There was an almost plaintive note in his anger.
“你們為什么就不能夠讓我安靜安靜？”他的憤怒中幾乎帶著悲涼。
"Have a few magnesium-salted almonds!" said the man who, if the Savage were to advance, would be the first to be attacked.
“吃點鎂鹽杏仁吧！”那人遞出了一包杏仁，野蠻人若是進攻他就會首當其沖。
He held out a packet. "They're really very good, you know," he added, with a rather nervous smile of propitation.
你知道，”他帶著頗有些緊張的微笑，和解地說下去，
And the magnesium salts will help to keep you young.
鎂鹽可以讓你永遠年輕。
