《金银岛》第七章 苹果桶(5)

Silver gave a quiet call and a third man came and sat down with them.Dick's with us,said Silver.

西尔弗轻轻叫了一声，又一个人过来坐在他旁边。迪克也是我们的人，西尔弗说。

I knew Dick was all right, replied the voice of Israel Hands.

我知道迪克是我们的人，伊斯莱尔·汉兹说。

But how long are we going to wait?

还要等多久我们才能下手？

I've had enoughof Captain Smollett.

我已经无法忍受斯摩列特船长了。

Until the last moment!cried Silver.

要等到最后一刻！西尔弗喊道。

Captain Smollett's a first－class seaman¹, and the squire² and doctor have the map.

斯摩列特船长是个一流的水手，而乡绅和大夫那儿有藏宝图。

Let them find the treasure and bring it aboard—then we'll see.

让他们去找到宝藏并运上船—我们再作决定。

I'd rather have Captain Smollett sail us half-way home before I moved,

依我看我们应该让斯摩列特船长送我们半程再干掉他，

but I know the rest of the men won't wait that long So I'll finish with the captain and the others at the island.

但我知道其余的人肯定等不了这么久。那么我们就在岛上干掉那些人。

But what do we do with them? asked Dick.

我们对他们怎么办呢？迪克问。

They must die, said Silver.We don't want them coming home later, to tell what happened Now,

他们必须得死，西尔弗说。我们不能让他们有朝一日回去把真相讲出来。

Dick ,get me an apple .I'm thirsty.

迪克，给我拿个苹果来，我口渴得很。

1 seaman   

n.海员，水手，水兵

参考例句：

• That young man is a experienced seaman.那个年轻人是一个经验丰富的水手。
• The Greek seaman went to the hospital five times.这位希腊海员到该医院去过五次。

2 squire   

n.护卫, 侍从, 乡绅

参考例句：

• I told him the squire was the most liberal of men.我告诉他乡绅是世界上最宽宏大量的人。
• The squire was hard at work at Bristol.乡绅在布里斯托尔热衷于他的工作。