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Maybe it was blown here by the storm, suggested Tom.
湯姆認為或許是風暴吹到這里的。
Like enough; like enough, said Parson Jones. Like enough, after the wretches had buried the chest and killed the poor man,
牧師瓊斯說很有可能，非常有可能，在風暴來臨之前，這些壞蛋埋葬了寶藏并殺害了那名可憐的人，
they were so blown about by the storm that the paper shook out of the man's pocket, and thus blew away without his knowing about it.
它們都被風暴刮跑了，這張紙從這名男子的口袋中吹了出來，而他卻渾然不知。
But let us find the box! cried out Tom Chist. Aye, aye, said the good man; only stay a little,
但讓我們找到盒子，湯姆叫嚷道，老紳士說好的，好的，只是等一會，
my boy, until we make sure what we're about. I've got my pocket compass here,
我的孩子，我們先要確定它的位置，我帶了迷你指南針，
but we must have something to measure off the feet when we have found the peg.
一旦我們發現了釘子，我們需要什么東西來量尺寸。
You run across to Tom Brooke's house and fetch his measuring rod.
你向湯姆·布魯克的房屋跑去，把他的測量桿拿來。
While you're gone I'll pace off the distance marked on the paper with my pocket compass here.
你走后，我會利用迷你指南針，用步子量一量紙上的數據。
CAPTAIN KIDD's BOX OF TREASURE
基德船長的寶藏
Tom Chist was gone for almost an hour, though he ran nearly all the way back. When he returned panting,
湯姆走了近一個小時了，他幾乎是跑著回來的，當他回來后氣喘吁吁，
Parson Jones was nowhere to be seen; but Tom saw his footsteps leading away inland,
瓊斯牧師不見了，但湯姆發現了他往內陸走的腳印，
and he followed the marks in the smooth surface across the sand humps and down into the hollows.
在舒緩的平面上，他沿著這些記號穿越了沙峰，進入了凹陷處。
By and by he found the good gentleman in a spot which he at once knew as soon as he laid his eyes upon it.
不一會他發現了老紳士，湯姆一看到這個地方就立刻明白了。
It was the open space where the pirates had driven their first peg, and where Tom had afterward seen them kill the poor black man.
這是海盜將第一根釘子插入沙子里的空曠地區，也是湯姆隨后看到他們殺害黑人的地方。
Tom gazed around as though expecting to see some sign of the tragedy, but the space was as smooth as a floor,
湯姆四下環視，似乎在找尋悲劇發生的一些痕跡，但這片地區像地面一樣光滑，
excepting where Parson Jones, who was now stooping over something on the ground, had trampled it all around about.
除了這四周已被牧師瓊斯所踐踏，他正彎下腰看著什么東西。
When Tom Chist saw him the parson was still bending over,
當湯姆看到他時，他還是彎著腰，
scraping away the sand from something he had found. It was the first peg!
他在沙子中發現了什么，他正掃除這些沙土。這是第一個釘子。
