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Mr Harraby-Ribston's curiosity was violently aroused.
這強烈地激起了哈利比-里伯斯頓先生的好奇心。
And not only that. He was by nature a sociable, chatty man
不僅如此，他天生是個好交際、愛閑聊的人。
and he had reckoned that his action would infallibly produce conversation.
并且他認為他剛才的行為必然會引起他們之間的一段對話。
But no conversation had followed and,
但是對話卻沒有發生，
that being so, he had had no opportunity of explaining his behaviour
因此，他沒有機會去解釋他的行為，
and he began to feel that he had merely made a fool of himself in the eyes of his companion,
并且他開始感覺他在這位旅伴眼中只是一個傻瓜，
or, worse, that his companion might conclude that the suitcase contained a corpse,
或者更糟的是，他的同伴可能會認為他的手提箱里裝的是一具尸體，
in which event he would perhaps inform the police when they reached their destination and all sorts of troublesome and humiliating enquiries would follow.
那樣的話，當他們到達目的地時，他可能會通知警察，各種各樣討厭而有侮辱性的質問將會接踵而來。
Such were the thoughts that buzzed round Mr Harraby-Ribston, robbing him of the satisfaction and refreshment that were his due.
這些想法在哈利比-里伯斯頓先生的腦中嗡嗡作響，使他本應有的滿足和爽快消失殆盡。
Mr Crowther, for his part, had also suffered some distraction.
至于克勞瑟先生，同樣也是心神不安。
Though he was pretending to read, he was actually unable to do so.
盡管他仍裝著在看書，但實際上他根本就讀不進去。
For all his appearance of indifference, the sight of a well-to-do gentleman pitching a suitcase from the window of a moving train had surprised him very much.
表面上他似乎漠不關心，但是當看到一位富有的紳士把一個手提箱扔出正在行駛的火車車窗時，那場景令他非常吃驚。
But he had not betrayed his surprise.
但他并沒有表現出驚訝。
The fellow was obviously counting on him for a violent reaction, and so Mr Crowther made a point of not reacting.
那位旅伴顯然在期待他會有強烈的反應。因此，克勞瑟先生故意沒有做出反應。
Whether the thing was a practical joke or not, Mr Crowther considered it an annoying infringement of his privacy.
無論這件事是否是一個惡作劇，克勞瑟先生都認為這是對他獨處權利的一種惱人的侵犯。
It was as if the fellow had burst a paper bag in the hope of making him jump.
就好像那個家伙突然拍破了一個紙袋子以希望嚇他一跳一樣。
Well, he wasn't going to jump, he wasn't going to give that fellow the satisfaction.
然而，他就是不打算跳起來，他不打算讓這家伙滿意。
If the fellow imagined that to throw a suitcase out of the window gave him some sort of importance, well, he was mistaken.
如果這家伙幻想把一個手提箱扔出 車窗就能得到別人的重視的話，那么，他錯了。
