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Rufus Wilson was next introduced into the room and left to himself;
隨后，魯弗斯.威爾森被吩咐走進房間。
but he had not been there ten minutes before he began to move from one place to another.
不到十分鐘，他就開始在房間里轉悠開了。
He was of a bold, resolute temper, but not overburdened with principle;
他膽子很大，性格果敢，對誠信的原則問題似乎不太介意，
for if he could have opened every cupboard, closet, and drawer in the house, without being found out, he would have done it directly.
如果不被發現的話，或許房間內每扇櫥柜、壁柜甚至抽屜皆能被他逐一打開，無須任何躊躇或猶豫。
Having looked around the room, he noticed a drawer to the table, and made up his mind to peep therein.
四周看看，魯弗斯看到了桌子抽屜，他一心想知道里面裝有什么。
But no sooner did he lay hold of the drawer knob than he set a large bell ringing, which was concealed under the table.
不料他剛剛捏住抽屜把手，旋即鈴聲大作，原來那響鈴竟隱蔽地裝在桌下。
The old gentleman immediately answered the summons, and entered the room.
聽到鈴聲，老人迅速走進房間。
Rufus was so startled by the sudden ringing of the bell, that all his impudence could not support him.
魯弗斯被突如其來的鈴聲完全弄懵了，他的所有魯莽無法自圓其說。
He looked as though anyone might knock him down with a feather.
他看起來那么不堪一擊，似乎一根羽毛也能將其擊倒。
The old gentleman asked him if he had rung the bell because he wanted anything.
老人問他是否需要什么才撳動響鈴，
Rufus was much confused,and stammered, and tried to excuse himself, but all to no purpose, for it did not prevent him from being ordered off the premises.
尷尬的魯弗斯結結巴巴，不知所措，張口還想辯解什么，卻又莫衷一是，理由愈發站不住腳，最終還是沒能逃脫被要求離開的結局。
George Jones was then shown into the room by an old steward;
喬治.瓊斯由一位老管家領進房間，
and being of a cautious disposition, he touched nothing, but only looked at the things about him.
他生性謹慎小心，不敢觸動屋內任何物品，只用眼光橫掃室內一圈。
At last he saw that a closet door was a little open,
最后，他發現一扇壁櫥的門露出些許縫隙，
and, thinking it would be impossible for anyone to know that he had opened it a little more,
他想，如果自己將那門稍微開大些，
he very cautiously opened it an inch farther, looking down at the bottom of the door, that it might not catch against anything and make a noise.
亦斷然不會為人察覺。于是他看了看門底，確信不會掛住什么，發出聲音，然后小心翼翼地將門打開一點縫隙。
