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'Tell me, Helen,' said she, 'have you ever heard anyone whistle in the dead of the night?'
'告訴我，海倫，'她說(shuō)，'在夜深人靜的時(shí)候，你聽到過(guò)有人吹口哨沒(méi)有？'
'Never,' said I.
'從來(lái)沒(méi)有聽到過(guò)，我說(shuō)。
'I suppose that you could not possibly whistle, yourself, in your sleep?'
'我想你睡著的時(shí)候，不可能吹口哨吧？'
'Certainly not. But why?'
'當(dāng)然不會(huì)，你為什么要問(wèn)這個(gè)呢？'
'Because during the last few nights I have always, about three in the morning, heard a low, clear whistle.
'因?yàn)檫@幾天的深夜，大約清晨三點(diǎn)鐘左右，我總是聽到輕輕的清晰的口哨聲。
I am a light sleeper, and it has awakened me.
我是一個(gè)睡不沉的人，所以就被吵醒了。
I cannot tell where it came from–perhaps from the next room, perhaps from the lawn.
我說(shuō)不出那聲音是從哪兒來(lái)的，可能來(lái)自隔壁房間，也可能來(lái)自草坪。
I thought that I would just ask you whether you had heard it.'
我當(dāng)時(shí)就想，我得問(wèn)問(wèn)你是否也聽到了。'
'No, I have not. It must be those wretched gypsies in the plantation.'
'沒(méi)有，我沒(méi)聽到過(guò)。一定是種植園里那些討厭的吉卜賽人。'
'Very likely. And yet if it were on the lawn, I wonder that you did not hear it also.'
'極其可能。可是如果是從草坪那兒來(lái)的，我感到奇怪你怎么會(huì)沒(méi)有同樣地聽到。'
'Ah, but I sleep more heavily than you.'
'啊，但是，我一般睡得比你沉。'
'Well, it is of no great consequence, at any rate.'
'好啦，不管怎么說(shuō)，這關(guān)系都不大。'
She smiled back at me, closed my door, and a few moments later I heard her key turn in the lock."
她扭過(guò)頭對(duì)我笑笑，接著把我的房門關(guān)上。不一會(huì)兒，我就聽到她的鑰匙在門鎖里轉(zhuǎn)動(dòng)的聲音。"
