Well, I hate to disagree with you, O voice from the drainpipe, but I live in Whoville.

不是我想吐你槽！排水管里的老兄，但是我住在呼呼镇。

How hard was it to climb down that drainpipe?

爬这个水管难度有多大？

" What if there was no old drainpipe in your cell, " asked the warden.

” “如果你的牢房里没有旧排水管怎么办， ” 监狱长问道。

It went to an old drainpipe.

它去了一个旧的排水管。

It seemed to be an old drainpipe.

它似乎是一个旧的排水管。

" The drainpipes of the prison go to the river, don't they? " The Thinking Machine asked.

“监狱的排水管是通到河里的， 不是吗？ ” 思考机器问道。

I thought, 'If Hatch has received the message, and if he finds the drainpipe, he will pull the thread.

我想，‘如果 Hatch 收到了消息， 如果他找到了排水管， 他就会拉线。

I looked for the end of the drainpipe for an hour.

我在排水管的尽头找了一个小时。

Thankfully, in 1775, Scottish inventor Alexander Cumming added a bend in the drainpipe to retain water and limit odors.

值得庆幸的是，在 1775 年，苏格兰发明家亚历山大·卡明 (Alexander Cumming) 在排水管中增加了一个弯头以保留水并限制气味。

To ask, I'm going to repaint your house— is it okay if I take off the drainpipes and then put them back?

请问，我要重新粉刷你的房子——我把排水管拿下来再装回去可以吗？