“Hush！” said Mr. Adams， raising his trembling hand. “All be quiet for a moment， Agatha！” he called as loudly as he could. “Listen to me ” During the following silence they could hear the faintfaint adj.虚落地， 衰弱的， 软弱的 sound of the child crying in the dark vault.
“My darling！” cried the mother. “She will die of fright！ Open the door！ Oh， break it open！ Cant you， men， do something？”
“There isnt a man nearer than Little Rock who can open that door，” said Mr. Adams in a trembling voice. “My God！ Spencer， what shall we do！ That child—she cant stand it long in there. There isnt enough air， and， besides， shell go mad from frightfright n.惊骇， 吃惊.”
“门打不开了，”他喊道，“时钟没上发条。”
阿佳莎的母亲又一次歇斯底里地叫了起来。
“嘘！”亚当斯先生抬起颤抖的手说。“大家静一会儿。阿佳莎！”他扯开嗓子喊道，“听我说……”在随后的寂静中，他们能听到来自黑暗的地下室里孩子微弱的哭声。
“我的宝贝儿！”阿佳落的母亲哭喊道， “她会被吓死的！开开门！把它砸开呀！你们男人就不能想想办法啊！”
“离这里最近也只有到小石城才能找到人打开这门。”亚当斯行生声音颤抖地说，“我的天！斯宾塞，我们该怎么办呢？那孩子——她可能在里边待时间长了啊，里边没有足够的空气，同时她会被吓疯的。”
Agathas mother beat the door of the vault wildly with her hands. Somebody suggested dynamite. Annabel turned to Jimmy， her large eyes full of horrorhorror n.惊骇， 恐怖， 惨事， 极端厌恶 ， but not yet despairing. To a woman nothing seems impossible to the powers of the man she worships.
“Cant you do something， Ralph—try， wont you？” He looked at her with a strange， soft smile on his lips and in his eyes.
“Annabel，” he said， “give me that rose you are wearing， will you？”
Hardly believing that she heard him aright she unpinnedunpin vt.拔去别针， 拔掉闩 the flower from her dress， and gave it to Jimmy. He put it into his vest pocket， threw off his coat and pulled up his shirt sleeves. With that act Ralph D. Spencer passed away and Jimmy Valentine took his place.
“Get away from the door， all of you，” he commanded， shortly.
阿佳莎的母亲疯了似的用手捶打着地下室的门。有人建议用炸药。安娜贝尔向基米转过身，她大大的眼睛里充满了恐惧，但不是绝望。对一个女人而言，她的心上人是无所不能的。
“你能想想办法吗？拉尔夫，你试试好吗？”他看着她，眼中和嘴边露出一种温柔而奇怪的微笑。
“安娜贝尔，”他说，“把你佩戴的那朵玫瑰花给我，好吗？”
她几乎难以相信的耳朵，但还是将衣服上的那朵花取下来，递给了基米。他将花放进口袋，迅速脱下大衣，挽起了衬衣袖。随着这些动作，拉尔夫·斯宾塞消失了，取而代之的是基米·范林丁。
“你们全都从门边走开，”他简短地命令道。
He put his suitcase of the table and opened it. From that time on he seemed to be unconsciousunconscious adj.不省人事， 未发觉的 of the presence of anyone else. He took out he shining， strange instruments quickly and orderly， whistling softly to himself as he always did when he was at work. In a deep silence and immovableimmovable adj.固定的， 不动的 the others watched him dumbfoundeddumbfound v.使人哑然失声， 使发愣.
In a minute Jimmys drill got into the steel door. In ten minutes—breaking his own burglariousburglarious adj.夜盗的， 窃盗的 record—he opened the door. Agathas mother rushed into the vault and took the child， who was very weak， but safe， into her arms.
Jimmy Valentine put on his coat and walked toward the front door. As he went it seemed to him he heard a faraway voice that he once knew call “Ralph”. But he didnt stop for an instantfor an instant 片刻， 一瞬间.
基米拎起手提箱放到桌子上，然后打开。似乎从这时起，他已感受不到他人的存在。就像以往一样，他轻轻地吹着口哨，动作利索地从桌子里拿出一件又一件的奇怪工具，一切都那么有条不紊。
其他人屏住呼吸，直盯盯看着他的动作，惊得目瞪口呆。
没过多大一会儿，基米就钻透了钢门。只用了10分钟——打破了他的盗窃史的记录——打开了门。阿佳莎的母亲冲进了地下室，抱起孩子。孩子在她的怀里非常虚弱，但安然无恙。
基米穿上大衣，向前门外走去。在走着的时候，他似乎听到一个他曾经熟悉的恍惚的声音在喊：“拉尔夫，”但他没有停下来。
At the door a big man stood in his way.
“Hello， Ben！” said Jimmy， still with his strange smile. “At last youre here， are you？ Well， lets go. I dont think it matters much， now.”
And then Ben Price acted rather strangely.
“I guess youre mistaken， Mr. Spencer，” he said. “I dont believe I recognizerecognize vt.认可， 承认， 公认， 赏识 you. Your buggys waiting for you， isnt it？”
And Ben Price turned and walked down the street.
一个大个子在门口挡住了他的去路。
“喂，本！”基米向他打着招呼，脸上仍带着那种奇怪的笑容，“你还是来了，对吗？好，我们走吧。现在，我什么都无所谓了。”
而本·普莱斯的行为也怪怪的。
“我想你搞错了吧，斯宾塞先生，”他说，“我可不认为我认识你。你的马车在等着你，不是吗？”
说完，本·普莱斯转过身，朝街上走去。
爱情的力量是伟大的，它能让丑恶变得美丽，让邪恶变得善良，让懦弱变得无畏，让无情变得有情。人的本真，都是善良的，但有时候会在不经意间失去，铸成一生的错误甚至罪恶，但不要灰心失望甚至放弃，要相信爱是惟一的救赎。