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True it is, generally speaking, that "murder will out."
尤其是一樁萬眾矚目的案件，
True it is that Providence hath so ordained, and doth so govern things,
事實上，上帝已經如此裁定，也是這樣主宰萬物的，
that those who break the great law of Heaven by shedding man's blood,
通過讓別人流血而踐踏上帝訂立法則的人，
seldom succeed in avoiding discovery.
鮮有僥幸得脫的。
Especially, in a case exciting so much attention as this,
尤其是一樁萬眾矚目的案件，
discovery must come, and wilt come, sooner or later.
案發是必定的結果，只是遲早而已。
A thousand eyes turn at once to explore every man,
成千上萬雙眼睛一齊盯著與時間、地點有關的每個人，
everything, every circumstance connected with the time and place;
每一個情境，每件事情；
a thousand ears catch every whisper; a thousand excited minds intensely dwell on the scene,
成千上萬雙耳朵在捕捉每一可疑的細語。成千上萬人懷著激動的心情密切關注著犯罪現場，
shedding all their light, and ready to kindle the slightest circumstance into a blaze of discovery.
準備用最不經意的線索點然真相大白的火花。
Meantime, the guilty soul can not keep its own secret.
與此同時，那個被罪惡折磨的人也無法守住秘密。
It is false to itself, or rather it feels an irresistible impulse of conscience to be true to itself.
這個秘密本身就是不真實的，它能感覺到良知有一種無法抗拒的沖動。
It labors under its guilty possession, and knows not what to do with it.
良知已經被罪惡感占據了，不曉得該做什么。
