Chapter 3

CHAPTER THREE George went down the passage that led to the shop and the old man took her to a drawer at the back. He was just opening it when a small van drew up outside the shop.

第三章乔治沿着通向商店的通道走下去，老人把她领到后面的一个抽屉前。 他刚打开门，一辆小货车就停在了店外。

It stopped and two men got out. George looked up casually- and jumped! One of the men was peering through the letterbox on the shop door. What an extraordinary thing to do! George distinctly saw the man's eyes looking through the letterbox into the dark shop. She pulled at Mr Pails' arm and whispered. 'Do you see that man peering through the letterbox? What does he want? He couldn't have seen us because we're in such a dark corner.'

车停了下来，两个人下了车。 乔治漫不经心地抬起头——然后跳了起来！其中一个人正透过商店门上的信箱往外看。 这是一件多么了不起的事情啊！乔治清楚地看到那个人的眼睛正透过信箱往黑暗的商店里看。 她拉着保尔斯先生的胳膊，低声说。 “你看见那个从信箱里偷看的人了吗？” 他想要什么？他不可能看到我们，因为我们在这么黑暗的角落里。”

At that very moment the door was forced open and two men came hurriedly into the shop. At first they didn't see Mr Pails and George,

就在这时，门被撞开了，两个人匆匆走进店里。 起初，他们没有看到保尔斯先生和乔治，

and made for the little black safe set at the back of the counter. Mr Pails gave an indignant shout. 'Hey, you! What do you mean, forcing your way in here? I'll...'

向柜台后面的黑色小保险箱走去。 保尔斯先生愤怒地大叫一声。 “嘿,你!你说强行进来是什么意思？ 我要……”

But one of the men leapt over to him and put his hand over the old man's mouth. The other man ran to George and swung her into a little cupboard nearby, paying no attention to her yells.

但是其中一个人跳了过来，用手捂住了老人的嘴。 另一个人跑到乔治跟前，把她扔到旁边的一个小柜子里，根本不理会她的喊叫。