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"And who is this Captain Calhoun?"
"這個卡爾霍恩船長是什么人？"
"The leader of the gang. I shall have the others, but he first."
"那幫家伙的頭頭。我還要搞其它幾個人，不過先搞他。"
"How did you trace it, then?"
"那么，你怎樣追查出來的呢？"
He took a large sheet of paper from his pocket, all covered with dates and names.
他從衣袋里拿出一大張紙來，上面盡是些日期和姓名。
"I have spent the whole day," said he, "over Lloyd's registers and files of the old papers,
"我花了一整天的功夫，"他說，"用在查閱勞埃德船登記簿和舊文件的卷宗，
following the future career of every vessel which touched at Pondicherry in January and February in '83.
追查一八八三年一、二月在本地治里港停靠過的每艘船在離港以后的航程。
There were thirty- six ships of fair tonnage which were reported there during those months.
從登記上看，在這兩個月里，到達那里噸位較大的船共有三十六艘。
Of these, one, the Lone Star, instantly attracted my attention,
其中一艘叫做'孤星號'，它立刻引起了我的注意，
since, although it was reported as having cleared from London,
因為這艘船雖然登記的是在倫敦結關的，
the name is that which is given to one of the states of the Union."
但是卻用了美國的一個州的名稱來命名的。"
"Texas, I think."
"我想，是得克薩斯州。"
"I was not and am not sure which; but I knew that the ship must have an American origin."
"是哪一州，我原來弄不清，現在也說不準；不過我知道它原先一定是艘美國船。"
