Swithin, in the room overhead, had suspended his calculations, for the duologue interested him.

在头顶里，斯维辛暂停了他计算，因为二重奏引起了他兴。

The hollow spiral, as he knew from old experience, would bring down to his ears the slightest sound from above; and it now revealed to him the words of a duologue in progress at the summit of the tower.

他从过去经验中知道，空心螺旋线会最轻微声音传到他耳朵里；现在，它向他揭示了塔顶正在进行对白话。