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For a moment the boy's mind went blank, and then he saw in a flash all the horror of the situation he was in.
那一刻男孩的腦子突然一片空白，轉瞬間他看到了他面臨的所有恐怖。
The acceptance tests were to begin at seven sharp in the morning!
明天早上準七點會開始驗收試驗！
There would be only a scant five minutes after the whistle blew to get someone's attention,
在哨聲引起人們注意之前，只有短短的五分鐘，
even if he could find that wrench in the night and judge the right time to begin his signals for help; for he had no watch.
即使他可以在夜間找到扳手，判斷出發出求助信號的時間，但他沒有表。
And unless he banged all night, he couldn't be sure of being heard in the morning.
除非他整夜敲擊，他無法保證早上有人會聽見。
Tim's flashlight, fortunately, was a new one, and undoubtedly he would be able to locate the wrench with it before long.
幸運的是，蒂姆的手電是個新的，毫無疑問他很快就可以用手電找尋扳手。
But as he set about doing it, his mind raced on, picturing what might happen within the next few hours. Suppose he found the wrench and used it.
但就在他準備行動時，他的心在加速，想象著未來幾個小時會發生的事情，或許他可以找到扳手，并使用它。
Even suppose the men heard the noise he made before they started the Blower. Would they recognize it as a call for help,
甚至想有人會在啟動吹風機之前聽到他制造的噪音，他們會認為這是求救信號嗎？
or would they think the great machine was merely stretching itself for its morning run?
或許會認為大型機器只不過是在早上進行簡單的拉伸？
He was desperately afraid that they would do the latter.
他非常害怕他們會選擇后者。
TIM MAKES HIS ESCAPE
蒂姆逃脫了
And now Tim's nerve was weakening. He slumped down in his tracks and wept, wept because,
如今蒂姆的神經正在衰弱，他在尋覓過程中突然坐下，并開始哭泣
as it suddenly flashed upon him, he would not be there to see his beloved Blower pass her tests.
他突然想到，他無法在現場看到心愛的吹風機通過測試。
Then came the slight bump of something touching his neck, it was the medal.
他感覺到有東西輕微觸碰他的脖子，那是獎牌。
With his flash-light he examined its greasy inscription, as if he did not know every word of it by heart already.
通過手電筒，他檢查了泛著光的獎牌刻字，好似他已經記不起獎牌上的每一個字了。
For Faithful Service in the Company's Interest it read around the edge. The well-remembered words steadied him.
獎牌的邊緣一周寫著“送給為公司利益做出忠實服務的人”，這些已牢記的字讓他鎮定了下來。
Would it be faithful service, he asked himself, until all service was complete, and the Blower was on her way to India?
他捫心自問，這是忠誠的服務嗎？直到所有服務結束，吹風機將前往印度？
No, it would not, decided the boy. It's up to me to come out of this hole alive, he said.
男孩認為這不是，他說是否活著從洞里出來由我來決定。
I believe it can be done, and I'll do it!
我相信可以做到，我可以做到！
