Before long Tom was darting about on all fours, scrabbling together everything he could see.

汤姆在地上趴了个四仰八叉，把能看见的东西都捡了个遍。

" Little and less. Don't take offense where none was meant, ser. How about Long Tom Costayne" ?

" 没什么。你不要总那么敏感，爵士。你知道‘老不死'科托因吗？"

" She tells me, " he said, " that the pirates sighted us before the darkness came, and got Long Tom out" .

" 她告诉我，" 他说，" 海盗天黑前就看见了我们，把长腿汤姆拿出来了。"

As if in answer to his request, the air was rent by the most tremendous crash he had ever heard. The pirates had fired Long Tom at them.

似乎是为了答复他的请求，一阵惊天动地的爆响划破了长空。 海盗用长腿汤姆朝他们开炮了。

Had it been summer they would have gone out together and indolently sipped two long Tom Collinses, as they wilted their collars and watched the faintly diverting round of some lazy August cabaret.

如果是在夏天，他们就会一起出去，悠闲地啜饮两杯长杯汤姆柯林斯，一边撩起衣领，一边观看八月某个慵懒的歌舞表演中隐隐约约的消遣。