" He's in a hurry. We'd — " then I saw another man, an oldish man running heavily, clutching a stick, and a boy naked from the waist up, clutching his pants as he ran.

“他很着急。我们会——” 然后我看到另一个男人， 一个老男人， 他手里拿着一根棍子， 沉重地跑着， 还有一个男孩子上半身一丝不挂， 边跑边抓着裤子。

Is it I, Henry Ryecroft, who, after a night of untroubled rest, rise unhurriedly, dress with the deliberation of an oldish man, and go downstairs happy in the thought that I can sit reading, quietly reading, all day long?

是我，亨利·赖克罗夫特，在一夜安宁的休息之后，从容不迫地起床，穿好衣服，然后高兴地下楼，以为我可以坐着阅读，静静地阅读一整天？