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06-02-雾都孤儿 [64]

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安地问。
  费金举起手来,但感情过分激动,仍说不出话来。
  “你说句话,行吗?”赛克斯大声吼着,用一只大手抓住了费金的衣领,又愤怒又恐惧地摇晃着他。“张开你的嘴,把你要说的话说出来!”
  费金终于能说出话了。“比尔,假如我们团伙当中的一个人晚上出去把我们的事全告诉了别人,我们该怎么办?你会怎么收拾他?”
  “我会把他的脑壳敲个粉碎。”这个盗贼恶狠狠地咒骂着。
  “假如这个人是我,知道我们这里的事最多,能使我们一个不落地都进监狱,都被绞死,那又怎么样呢?”费金小声地说,眼睛里闪着憎恨的目光。
  “我会在大庭广众之下打出你的脑浆来。就是在法庭上,我也会赤手空拳地跑过来杀了你。”赛克斯愤怒得咬牙切齿地说,“我才不管他是谁呢,我就是要这么干。”
  费金叫醒了诺厄。“把你刚才跟我说的话再跟比尔说一遍,说你都看见了什么,她又干了什么。都跟他说!”
  诺厄揉着惺松的睡眼,把事情的全部经过又跟赛克斯说了一遍。由于感情激动,赛克斯的脸色变得惨白,听完后他恼怒万分地咒骂着,奔出了房间,冲下了楼。
  “比尔!”费金在他身后喊道,“你不会……太粗暴了吧?”
  赛克斯没回答,而是拉开房门,跑到了寂静无声的街道上。他头也不回,目不旁视,直瞪瞪地向前看着,疯狂地铁定了一条心。他飞快地跑着,眼睛里冒着火,牙关死死地咬在一起,一口气直跑进了家门。他跑上楼,进了自己的房间,反锁上房门,又拉过来一张桌子顶在了门上,然后才叫醒南希。
  “比尔!”她看见他高兴地说。可她发现他的神色不对劲,顿时脸色变得煞白。“出什么事了?”她警觉地问。
  “你知道出什么事了。”赛克斯拿出枪,但即便是在这种丧心病狂的时候,他也知道枪声会被人听见的。所以他抡起枪狠狠地朝她的脸上横打了两下,她发出一声痛苦与恐惧的低叫,倒在了地上,从额头的伤口里流出的鲜血糊住了她的眼睛。凶手摇摇晃晃地走到屋角,抓起了一根大木棍将她打倒了。


■ 13 The end of the gang
  The sun burst upon the crowded city in all its brightness.It lit up every corner of London,the great houses of the rich,and the miserable homes of the poor.Its hone everywhere,even into the room where the murdered woman lay.The horror of that scene was even more dreadful in the clear morning light.
  Sikes sat the re,unable to move,looking at the body.He had thrown the blood-covered stick into the fire,the n washed himself and his clothe s.He had cut out the bits of his clothes that were stained and burnt the m too,but the re were still bloodstains all over the floor.Even the dog's feet were bloody.
  Finally,he forced himself to leave the room,pulling the dog out with him and locking the door behind him.He walked rapidly north,towards High gate,the n on to Hampstead.On the open land of Hampstead Heath,away from people and houses,he found a place in a field where he could sleep with out being disturbed.
  But before long he was up again and running.This time heran back towards London for a while.The n he turned and went north again,sometimes walking,sometimes running,with no clear purpose in his mind.Eventually,he felt hungry,and changed direction towards Hendon,a quiet place away from the crowds,where he could buy food.But even the children and chickens the re seemed to look at him with suspicion.So he turned back towards Hampstead Heath again,without having eaten,uncertain where to go.
  At last he turned north again,his dog still running at his heels,and set off to a village just outside London.He stopped at a small,quiet pub
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