Oliver Twist 雾都孤儿 - Chapter 31

'Who's that?' inquired Brittles, opening the door a little way, with the chain up, and peeping out, shading the candle with his hand. 'Open the door,' replied a man outside; 'it's the officers from Bow Street, as was sent to to-day.' Much comforted by this assurance, Brittles opened the door to its full width, and confronted a portly man in a great-coat; who walked in, without saying anything more, and wiped his shoes on the mat, as coolly as if he lived there. 'Just send somebody out to relieve my mate, will you, young man?' said the officer; 'he's in the gig, a-minding the prad., ,Have you got a coach 'us here, that you could put it up in, for five or ten minutes?' Brittles replying in the affirmative, and pointing out the building, the portly man stepped back to the garden-gate, and helped his companion to put up the gig:, ,while Brittles lighted them, in a state of great admiration ¹., , ,The other was a red-headed, bony man, in top-boots; with a rather ill-favoured countenance ⁴, and a turned-up sinister-looking nose. 'Tell your governor that Blathers and Duff is here, will you?' said the stouter ⁵ man, smoothing down his hair, and laying a pair of handcuffs on the table., ,'Oh!, ,We have a great admiration for the gold medalists.我们对金牌获得者极为敬佩。,He cut a stout stick to help him walk.他砍了一根结实的枝条用来拄着走路 。