But the wind was wanting ; an to complete our helplessness , down came hunter with the news that jim hawkins had slipped into a boat and go ashore with the rest 但是没有风,并且更使我们绝望的是,亨特下来报告了一个消息:吉姆霍金斯溜进了一只划子里和其余的人一起上岸了。
The two who were left guarding their boats seemed in a bustle at our appearance ; lillibullero stopped off , and i could see the pair discussing what they ought to do 那两个留下来看划子的人一看到我们不由一阵慌乱,利利布雷洛停下不吹了,我看到这两个家伙正在交头接耳。
Then , leaving joyce to guard them - one man , to be sure , but with half a dozen muskets - hunter and i returned to the jolly - boat , and loaded ourselves once more 然后,把乔埃斯留下来守卫着它们的确,只有一个人,但是带着半打火枪亨特和我则又返回到划子上,再次负重前行。
I lay for some time , watching the bustle which succeeded the attack . men were demolishing something with axes on the beach near the stockade ; the poor jolly - boat , i afterwards discovered 在离寨子不远的岸上,那些人正用斧子砍着什么东西稍后我才发现,原来是那只可怜的划子。
I had half a mind to change my plan and destroy their boats , but i feared that silver and the others might be close at hand , and all might very well be lost by trying for too much 我本想改变计划毁掉他们的划子,但我担心西尔弗和其他人可能就在岸边附近,而贪多则可能会坏事。
And he always let on that peter wrote him the things ; but that was a lie : he got every blessed one of them out of that young flathead that we canoed up to the steamboat 而且装作是彼得信上提起过的。不过这些都是谎话,这些全是他从那个年轻的笨蛋也就是从搭我们的划子上大轮的人嘴巴里掏来的。