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Somewhere inside the Blower he had left his wrench, perhaps caught among the fan blades themselves.
他將扳手留在了吹風機里的什么地方，或許卡在風扇里面了。
What would happen if they should start her up with that big tool inside? Why, it would tear the insides out of her.
里面有這個一個大型工具，開機器時會發(fā)生什么事情？機器的內部會被撕裂。
Weeks, perhaps months of work would have to be done over again! His wrench! He, Tim Crogan,
數周或數月的工作就要重新做！他的扳手，蒂姆
the only apprentice in Shop Eighteen to have an efficiency medal just like the older workers！
是“18號工廠”獲得高效獎牌的唯一一個學徒，一些老工人也獲得了榮譽。
The boy had been walking along in a daze, but now he began to think clearly again.
男孩在恍惚中徑直往前走，但他再一次頭腦清醒。
Either they must not start the Blower, or he must get the wrench out of the machine before seven o'clock.
他們要不然不要打開機器，要不然就要在7點之前找到扳手。
Of course, he could explain to the foreman how he had been shut up inside by mistake,
當然，他可以向工頭解釋他因為意外被困在了里面，
how he had finally escaped and forgotten his wrench. But it had all been caused by his own carelessness!
以及如何逃脫和忘記扳手的，但這是因為自己的疏忽造成的！
The test would be delayed while they opened up the machine and got out the wrench. The foreign agent would be angry;
測試將被延期，他們會打開機器，取出扳手，外國代理人會很生氣；
the office would phone down to know what was the matter. That would be the end of his chance to become a machinist.
辦公室會打電話詢問情況，他成為機械師的機會也終結了。
No, he couldn't tell them. He would have to go back and find that wrench! Tim was running now. He passed a clock in front of a restaurant, six, exactly.
不，他不能告訴他們，他一定要回去找那個扳手，蒂姆跑了起來，他跑過了餐館前的時鐘，整六點。
One hour to go back again into the machine to find the thing that he hadn't been able to find the night before.
回機器去找扳手還有一個小時，昨晚他沒能找到。
Into the yard he ran; the gateman yelled at him, but he paid no heed. Around to the back of Shop Eighteen he went,
他跑進了院落，開門人向他叫嚷，但他沒有注意到，他走到了“18號工廠”的后面，
praying that nobody would see him. There was no one in sight. He grabbed a box and boosted himself up to the mouth of the exhaust pipe where it came through the wall of the building.
希望沒人看到他，四下沒人，他抓住一只箱子，讓自己跳到排氣管道口，管道口穿流在建筑墻壁之中。
In another minute his feet disappeared down the long tunnel leading to the inside of the machine.
又過了一分鐘，他的腳消失在了長軌道中，軌道通向機器內部。
It seemed to Tim that the pipe had shrunk to half its size. He was scarcely able to get through the outlet valve at all.
對于蒂姆而言，管道的長度似乎減少了一半，他勉強能夠進入到出口閥里。
Finally inside, he grabbed his flash-light and began a thorough search. He was cool now working against time for the safety of his Blower.
最終進入了，他拿起手電筒，開始全面尋找，他正在和時間賽跑，確保吹風機的安全。
