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，睁开眼睛时，又会回到十五岁。

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

所以销拔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下来，紧紧压在太阳穴上，压得呼吸都很困难。 她拖着脚步走到窗下，拔掉销，耀眼的阳光突然一下涌了进来。

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，有人想房门的销弄开。慌忙堵在门上，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；他的仆人是睡在与这房子没有盖在一起的房子里的，而且所有的门窗都是好销的。

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，在打开那个简单的销时遇到了一点困难，但最终门拉开了，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.

如果你拔掉小窗的销，轻轻一推，窗就打开了，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.

当下楼梯时，看见玛丽一个人在大厅的边窗那里，而在走近她时，她窗户关上并上了销。

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，听到轻微推开销的声音。

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、销和腿。

All 12 docking latches are cocked.

12个对接销均密封完毕。

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，门手紧锁着，销开着，和今早离开时一样。

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

没有暗门，窗户距地面30英尺，从里面上销。

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

他用颤抖的手拉回销，打开了门。

This latch doesn't seem to be working.

Vern: 这个销好像不工作。

The windows yielded easily—their bolts were old.

窗户很容易就被打开了——它们的销已经老化。

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

换句话说，它是一种锁；也可以是一种销。

We know the latch gate could have been loose.

们知道销门可能松动了。

I went to the door and drew back the bolt.

走到门口， 拉开销。

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

然后他举起灯笼， 找到销，带路进了屋。