Grant had asked about their trip down the Rushmere, so as to set him talking; if you got a man to talk enough he lost his defensive quality. Whitmore was drawing too hard on his cigarette but talking quite freely.

格兰特问起他们沿着拉什米尔河的旅行，好让他开口说话；如果你让一个人说得够多，他就会失去防御能力。 Whitmore 抽烟太用力了，但说话却很畅快。