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He saw the dim form of the captain crossing the level sand, and then, as the moon sailed out from behind the cloud,
他看到體型模糊的船長越過了沙地，之后隨著月光慢慢從云層中透出光亮，
he saw the white man standing over a black figure that lay motionless upon the sand.
他看到白人站在一個黑色人影上方，他躺在沙地上一動不動。
Then Tom Chist scrambled up and ran away, plunging down into the hollow of sand that lay in the shadows below.
隨后，湯姆慌忙地攀登，隨后跑遠了，墜入了凹陷的沙地中，并躺在了下方的陰影處。
Over the next rise he ran, and down again into the next black hollow, and so on over the sliding,
之后他再一次起身跑掉，再一次落入了下一個黑色凹陷處，之后上了斜坡，
shifting ground, panting and gasping. It seemed to him that he could hear footsteps following,
轉換沙地，這時湯姆氣喘吁吁，他似乎能夠聽到跟隨的腳步聲，
and in the terror that possessed him he almost expected every instant to feel the cold knife blade slide between his own ribs.
他恐懼極了，他幾乎可以感覺到冰冷的刀刃會隨時滑入他的肋骨。
So he ran on like one in a nightmare. His feet grew heavy as lead, he panted and gasped,
他像做了噩夢一樣開始跑，他的腳步變得沉重，他喘著粗氣，
his breath came hot and dry in his throat. But still he ran and ran until at last he found himself in front of old Matt Abrahamson's cabin,
他的呼吸變得火熱，喉嚨發干，但他依然在跑，直到他發現自己到達了馬特·阿伯拉罕森的老舊小屋前，
gasping, panting, and sobbing for breath. As he opened the door and dashed into the darkened cabin
他氣喘吁吁，上氣不接下氣，急切地想要呼吸，當他打開大門猛沖進黑暗的小屋后，
(for both Matt and Molly were long ago asleep in bed) there was a flash of light,
（特和莫莉很早以前就睡覺了），出現了一道閃光，
and even as he slammed the door shut behind him there was an instant peal of thunder.
甚至就在他將身后的門關上后，立即出現了閃電的巨響。
The doors and windows of the cabin rattled as though a great weight had been dropped upon the roof of the sky.
小屋的房門和窗戶發出咔嗒咔嗒的聲音，好似有沉重的東西掉落在了天空的屋頂上。
TOM CONFIDES IN PARSON JONES
湯姆向瓊斯牧師袒露心聲
Then Tom Chist crept to bed, trembling, shuddering, bathed in sweat, his heart beating like a trip hammer,
隨后湯姆爬到了床上，顫抖著，渾身濕透了，他的心臟像杵錘一樣跳動，
and his brain dizzy from that long race of terror through the soft sand. For a long, long time he lay awake,
因為在柔軟的沙地上經歷了慌亂長跑，他感覺頭暈目眩，他躺在床上很久沒有合眼，
trembling and chattering with nervous chills, and when he did fall asleep, it was only to drop into horrible dreams.
因緊張而感到渾身發冷顫抖，睡著后的湯姆一定會陷入可怕的夢境中。
Then came the dawning of the broad daylight, and before the rising of the sun Tom was up and out of doors to find the young day
之后日光出來了，在太陽升起之前，湯姆起身出門看到這一天
dripping with the rain of overnight. His first act was to climb the nearest sand hill
滴落著夜晚的雨水，他做的第一件事就是爬到最近的沙丘上，
and to gaze out toward the bay where the pirate ship had been the day before.
眺望昨晚海盜船登陸的那個海灣。
It was no longer there. Soon afterward Matt Abrahamson came out of the cabin.
海盜船不見了，不久以后，馬特·阿伯拉罕森從小屋出來了。
He called to Tom to go get a bite to eat, for it was time for them to be away fishing.
他叫湯姆去找點吃的，現在到了他們去捕魚的時間了。
