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Still Tom lay there watching and listening; by and by a puff of warm air blew across the sand,
湯姆依然躺在那里觀察和聆聽，不一會一陣暖風吹到了沙灘上，
when a thumping of louder thunder leaped from out the storm cloud, which every minute was coming nearer and nearer.
突然一陣隆隆巨響從暴風云中迸發(fā)，每一分鐘都在向我們走進。
Still Tom Chist lay watching. Suddenly, the three pirates came out again from behind the sand hill, the captain leading the way;
湯姆依然躺在那里觀察，突然三名海盜再次從沙丘后面出來，船長帶路；
the negro and white man followed closely behind him. They had gone about halfway across the sandy level toward the hillock
黑人和白人緊隨其后，他們向小丘方向走來，已經(jīng)穿越了沙地的一半，
behind which Tom Chist lay, when the white man stopped and bent over as though to tie his shoe.
小丘后面就是湯姆躺著的地方，突然白人停下來，彎下腰似乎在系鞋帶。
This brought the negro a few steps in front of his companion.
這讓黑人比他的同伴多向前了幾步。
That which then followed happened so suddenly, so unexpectedly, so swiftly,
隨后的事情發(fā)生的十分突然，十分不可思議，十分迅速，
that Tom Chist had hardly time to realize what it all meant before it was over.
湯姆還沒來得及反應就結(jié)束了。
As the negro passed him, the white man arose suddenly and stood silently erect;
就當黑人越過同伴時，白人突然起身，安安靜靜地直立著，
and Tom Chist saw the white moonlight glint upon the blade of a great dirk knife which he now held in his hand.
湯姆看到長匕首刀刃閃爍的白色月光，刀正握在白人手中。
The white man took one, two silent, catlike steps behind the unsuspecting negro.
一步，兩步，白人靜悄悄地走到了毫無戒備的黑人后面。
Then there was a sweeping flash of the blade in the pale light,
在暗淡的月光下，刀刃反射的光一閃而過，
and a blow, the thump of which Tom could hear even from where he lay stretched out upon the sand.
然后是一聲巨響，就連平躺在沙灘上的湯姆都聽得到。
There was an instant yell from the black man,
黑人立即發(fā)出了尖叫聲，
who ran stumbling forward, stopped, regained his footing, and then stood for a moment as though rooted to the spot.
他跌跌撞撞地向前跑，努力讓自己站穩(wěn)，隨后站立了一會，好似固定在了那一點。
Meantime the pirate captain had stopped, and now stood with his hand resting upon his cane, looking calmly on.
同時，海盜船長停下了，將他的手放在手杖上站立，冷靜地注視著。
Then the black man started to run. The white man stood for a while glaring after him;
黑人男子開始逃跑，白人站立了一會，并怒視這名黑人；
then he, too, started after his victim upon the run. The black man was not very far from Tom when he staggered and fell.
隨后他開始追逐他，黑人男子在距離不遠處跌落。
He tried to rise, then fell forward again and lay at length. At that instant the first edge of the cloud cut across the moon,
他嘗試起身，之后再次向前倒，最終倒地，就在這時烏云的邊緣第一次穿透了月亮，
and there was a sudden darkness; but in the silence Tom heard the sound of another blow and a groan,
突然變得很黑，但在寂靜之中，湯姆又聽到了一聲巨響和呻吟聲，
and then presently a voice calling to the pirate captain that it was all over.
隨后有人向船長報告，說一切結(jié)束了。
