45 A Clear Conscience

A clear conscience

问心无愧

The whole village soon learnt that a large sum of money had been lost.

整个村子很快知道,有一大笔钱丢失了。

Sam Benton, the local butcher, had lost his wallet while taking his savings to the post office.

当地的屠户萨姆·本顿在把存款送往邮局的途中把钱包丢了。

Sam was sure that the wallet must have been found by one of the villagers, but it was not returned to him.

萨姆确信那钱包一定是被某个村民捡到了,可是却不见有人来送还给他。

Three months passed, and then one morning, Sam found his wallet outside his front door.

3个月过去了,后来在一天早晨,萨姆在自己的大门外发现了他的钱包。

It had been wrapped up in newspaper and it contained half the money he had lost,

钱包是用报纸包着的,里面有他丢失的钱的一半,