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A minute later, however, their plans almost came to grief. It was so dark under the trees that it was hard to see where they were going,
一分鐘后，他們的計劃以失敗告終，樹下一片漆黑，很難看清楚他們去了哪里，
and all of a sudden Priscilla found herself held fast. She had brushed the body of a sleeping soldier without knowing it.
突然普麗西拉發現自己被牢牢抓住，她無意中碰到了一名正在睡覺的士兵。
The man rolled over and caught hold of her, but when he found that he had only a handful of leaves for his trouble,
這個男子打了個滾，并抓住了她，當他發現他碰到的只有幾捆葉子時，
he probably thought he had rolled into a bush in his sleep, for he soon let her go and went to sleep again.
他或許認為他在熟睡中滾進了灌木從，他馬上放開了手，并繼續睡覺。
After that they were more careful and soon reached the back of the house. Both Joseph and Priscilla had often hidden in the old oven
之后他們更加小心，不久到了房子的后面，約瑟夫和普麗西拉過去常常躲在老烤爐里，
when they were playing hide-and-seek, and they knew just how to manage. And so a minute later, when Joseph had taken off his bundles of leaves
當他們玩捉迷藏時，他們知道如何應對，一分鐘后，當約瑟夫拿掉幾捆葉子，
and piled them into a shelter under which Priscilla could keep watch, he crept carefully into the oven.
并將它們堆成一個遮蔽處供普麗西拉觀察，約瑟夫自己小心翼翼地進入烤爐。
Fortunately for him there were air holes in the oven door through which the steam from the cooking could escape into the room,
幸運的是，烤爐門口有透氣口，做飯的蒸汽可以從房間里出來，
and through these he could both see and hear all that was going on in the room.
他從口中可以看到他們，也可以聽到房子里說的話。
It did not take him very long to find out something important, for in about ten minutes he slipped out of the oven and,
不久他就發現了一些重要的事情，大約十分鐘以后，他爬出了烤爐，
breathing very hard, whispered excitedly to Priscilla. Oh, Prissy, they're planning to surprise the Americans at daybreak.
他喘著粗氣，激動地小聲對普麗西拉說，哦西拉，他們計劃在黎明突襲美國人。
The advance guard is already watching their camp fires from Wilson's Hill so that they can't escape.
先頭部隊已經從威爾森山上注視著營火，以免他們逃跑。
These men are waiting for a large body of soldiers to join them tonight,
他們正在等待今晚會有一大群士兵加入他們，
and then they will creep up on our men and destroy the whole army if they can.
他們將慢慢靠近我們，如果可以的話摧毀整個部隊。
Washington and his little army won't have a chance unless they are warned beforehand.
華盛頓和他的小數量部隊沒有勝算，除非他們提前得到警告。
