Mr Crowther, for his part, had also suffered some distraction.

至于克劳瑟先生，同样也是心神不安。

Mathew Crowther is a conservation biologist at the University of Sydney.

马修·克劳瑟是悉尼大学的保护生物学家。

" You seem to me, " said Mr Crowther, " a man much given to surprise."

“在我看来，”克劳瑟先生说，“你是一个很爱吃惊的人。”

Whether the thing was a practical joke or not, Mr Crowther considered it an annoying infringement of his privacy.

无论这件事是否是一个恶作剧，克劳瑟先生都认为这是对他独处权利的一种恼人的侵犯。

" Totally! " said Mr Crowther, and his eyes again sought his book.

“完全正确！”克劳瑟先生回答道，接着他的目光又投向了书本。

Mr Crowther raised a languid eye from his book.

克劳瑟先生从他的书上抬起了倦怠的眼睛。

The fellow was obviously counting on him for a violent reaction, and so Mr Crowther made a point of not reacting.

那位旅伴显然在期待他会有强烈的反应。因此，克劳瑟先生故意没有做出反应。

" Not in the least! " said Mr Crowther coldly.

“丝毫没有！ ”克劳瑟先生冷冷地说。

That is in addition to the 3 trillion trees that now live on Earth -- a number Crowther found in earlier research.

当然不包括目前地球上已存在的3万亿棵树，克劳瑟在早期研究中发现了这一数字。

He paused, but Mr Crowther made no reply; on the contrary, he showed every sign of resuming his reading.

他停了下来，但是克劳瑟先生没有回答；相反，他却表现出想要继续看书的样子。

" I don't think, " said Mr Crowther, " that my particular method would be quite in your line."

“我认为我的那种特殊的方法不适合你。”

The glance that his companion had given him worried him extremely, for Mr Crowther's glance had betrayed not the smallest emotion.

那位旅伴对他匆匆的一瞥使他极为不安，因为克劳瑟先生的一瞥没有显露出一丁点儿的感情。

Speaking of Patreon, we'd like to thank all of our patrons in general, and we'd like to specifically thank our Headmaster of Learning Ben Holden-Crowther.

说到 Patreon，我们要感谢我们所有的赞助人，我们要特别感谢我们的 Learning Ben Holden-Crowther 校长。

Then the two men exchanged a sharp glance and immediately Mr Crowther continued his reading, while Mr Harraby-Ribston resumed his seat and sat for a while puffing a little

这两个男人很快对视了一下，克劳瑟先生随即继续他的阅读，而哈利比-里伯斯顿先生重新坐回到自己的座位上。

The only other occupant of the carriage, a small, thin man, a Mr Crowther, had raised his eyes from his book when his travelling- companion stirred from his seat and had noticed the occurrence.

当这位旅伴离开座位时，这个车厢里仅有的另一位乘客，一个又瘦又矮的男人——克劳瑟先生，把目光从书本上移开，抬起头，正好目睹了这一过程。

Mr Crowther shrugged his shoulders wearily.