My enemies had killed Scudder because they thought he was a danger to them.

敌人杀斯卡德尔因为他们认为他对他们构成了威胁。

'For the murder of Franklin Scudder in London on the 23rd of May. '

“因为五月二十三号伦敦的富兰克林·斯卡德尔谋杀案。”

The thin dark man was the murderer. His knife had killed Scudder.

那个瘦而黑的就是杀人凶手。他用刀杀了斯卡德尔。

I was certain that Scudder was using a code.

可以肯定，斯卡德尔用的是密码。

When I had finished, I got out Scudder's black book and studied it.

完事之后，我拿出斯卡德尔的黑笔记本仔细研究。

Scudder had discovered this, but he could do nothing for a fortnight.

斯卡德尔已经发现了。但在两周之内他没有办法。

Scudder had told me nothing but lies.

斯卡德尔给我讲的全是谎话。

'Scudder knew where they were going to leave England.

“斯卡德尔知道他们会在那儿出发离开英格兰。

I asked him to watch out for cars and planes and sat down to work on Scudder's little book.

我求他注意观察汽车和飞机，然后就坐下来研究斯卡德尔的小笔记本。

My coat, Scudder's notebook, my watch and even my pipe and tobacco were with Mr Turnbull.

我的大衣、斯卡德尔的笔记本、我的手表、甚至我的烟斗和烟都留在特恩布尔先生那儿了。

I hate to see a good man beaten，and if I carried on in Scudder's place，the murderers might not win.

即使警察相信我的话，我仍然是帮了斯卡德尔敌人的忙。卡罗里德斯就会留在国内，这正中他们的下怀。斯卡德尔的死使我确信他的话不假；我觉得现在有责任把他的事做下去。看到好人被打败我心有不甘，而如果我代替斯卡德尔干下去，那些凶手也许就不能得手。

I thought about Scudder's black book in my pocket.

我则想着口袋里斯卡德尔小笔记本上的事。

Scudder did like to make things seem important and exciting. '

" 我不全懂，" 他最后说。" 有一件事他说对了，就是十五号的会议。但别人怎么可能知道呢？而关于战争、黑石这一切——听起来非常离奇。斯卡德尔确实喜欢把事情搞得看起来不同一般而又撩拨人心。"

As I put my fingers into the tobacco，I touched something hard，and pulled out Scudder's little black book.

早饭我吃了点饼干，喝了点威士忌，吃完饭大约六点钟。我掏出烟斗，从烟罐里取出烟装满烟斗。我的手指刚摸到烟，感觉碰到什么硬东西，一拉拉出斯卡德尔的小黑笔记本。

He heard about Scudder, his notebook, the milkman, and my travels in Scotland.

他听着关于斯卡德尔、以及他的小笔记本、送奶员、以及我在苏格兰的历程。

His knife had killed Scudder. The fat man had been the First Sea Lord last night.

这三张面孔在眼前似乎变了样。那个瘦而黑的就是杀人凶手。他用刀杀了斯卡德尔。那个胖子是昨天晚上装第一海军大臣的人。

They didn't know about Scudder's black notebook, but why stay with the same plan when there was a chance that I knew about it?

他们不了解斯卡德尔黑笔记本里的内容，但是我可能知道，既然有这种可能，为什么还坚持原计划呢？

Mr Leach is at his best when profiling men such as Edwards, Scudder and others, including solitary, taciturn Herman Strecker and resentful, bilious Augustus Grote.

里奇先生最擅长介绍爱德华、斯卡德等等，包括沉默寡言的隐士斯特雷克和坏脾气的奥古斯塔斯•格罗特。

I decided to go back to Mr Turnbull's house and find my clothes and Scudder's notebook.

我决定还回特恩布尔先生的家，找回我的衣服和斯卡德尔的笔记本。

I said nothing about what I had read in Scudder's notes.

至于我在斯卡德尔的笔记本上看到了什么，我只字未提。