I didn't sleep that night. I kept checking the bolt on the door. The present seemed vulnerable to the past, as if it might be overwhelmed by it, as if I might blink, and when my eyes opened I would be fifteen.

那天晚上没睡，不停地检查门上的插销。过去的影响挥之不去，仿佛随时可以推翻现在的一切，仿佛一眨眼，睁眼睛时，又会回到十五岁。

So I might have done you a favour by pulling the plug out.

所以把插销掉可能是帮了你个忙。

The slates threw straight down a heavy heat that gripped her temples, stifled her; she dragged herself to the closed garret-window. She drew back the bolt, and the dazzling light burst in with a leap.

沉闷的热气从石板屋顶上笔直地压来，紧紧压在太阳穴上，压得呼吸都很困难。 她拖着脚步走到，掉插销，耀眼的阳光突然一涌了进来。

At that moment I heard that someone was trying to open the door. I hurried to close it firmly, and then turned back to my dying enemy.

那会子，有人想把房门的插销弄。忙堵在门上，然后马上回身走向对手。

How this warning came into his room puzzled John Ferrier sorely, for his servants slept in an outhouse, and the doors and windows had all been secured.

这个警告究竟是怎么送进他的房中来的，这件事使得约翰·费瑞厄百思莫解；因为他的仆人是睡在与这房子没有盖在一起的房子里的，而且所有的门都是插好插销的。

I flew to the door; I had a little trouble with the simple dead bolt, but I yanked the door open at last, and there he was.

飞奔到门口，在打那个简单的插销时遇到了一点困难，但最终把门拉了，而他就在那里。

And if you opened the little window latch and gave it a shove, the windows would swing open, all the sky would come in.

如果你掉小的插销，轻轻一推，就打了，所有的天空都会涌进来。

As I came down the stairs I saw Mary herself at the side window of the hall, which she closed and fastened as I approached.

当楼梯时，看见玛丽一个人在大厅的边那里，而在走近她时，她把户关上并插上了插销。

It was about 2 o'clock in the morning, when I heard the gentle sound of a bolt being pushed back.

大概临晨两点左右，听到轻微推插销的声音。

Well, bricks and plates, and tiles and panels and slopes, and grills and pegs and legs.

嗯，砖块、平板、瓦片、面板、斜坡、格栅、插销和腿。

All 12 docking latches are cocked.

12个对接插销均密封完毕。

When I got home, the handle of the door was locked, the dead bolt unlocked, just as I'd left it this morning.

当到家的时候，门把手紧锁着，插销着，和今早离时一样。

No secret doors, the windows quite 30 feet above the ground, fastened on the inner side.

没有暗门，户距地面30英尺，从里面插上插销。

He drew back the bolts with a trembling hand, and opened the door.

他用颤抖的手拉回插销，打了门。

This latch doesn't seem to be working.

Vern: 这个插销好像不工作。

The windows yielded easily—their bolts were old.

户很容易就被打了——它们的插销已经老化。

In other words, it's a kind of lock;that also can be a bolt.

换句话说，它是一种锁；也可以是一种插销。

We know the latch gate could have been loose.

们知道插销门可能松动了。

I went to the door and drew back the bolt.

走到门口， 拉插销。

Then he lifted his lantern, found the latch, and led the way into the house.

然后他举起灯笼， 找到插销，带路进了屋。