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The Thirty-Nine Steps 三十九级台阶 简 介 理查德·哈内走回他伦敦的公寓，感到百无聊赖。他想，在英格兰好像什么令人激动的 事情也不曾发生过。也许他该回非洲去。然而，那天晚上来了一位叫斯卡德尔的客人，给他 讲了一个离奇的故事。 一周以后，哈内卧在苏格兰荒原的石楠丛中，饥肠辘辘，筋疲力尽。一架小飞机在他头 顶的蓝天上低空盘旋。哈内一动不动地躺着，希望谢天谢地飞机不要发现他，同时琢磨着口 袋里斯卡德尔的黑色小笔记本。斯卡德尔在笔记本里记着“黑石”，这个神秘的黑石是谁呢？ 那个“三十九级台阶”又怎么那么重要？六月十五日伦敦会出什么事？ 而斯卡德尔已经被害，哈内的敌人在苏格兰的山山岭岭日夜追捕他，他必须自己搞清这 是为什么。如果他的敌人抓住他，就会把他杀掉…… 约翰·巴肯（1875—1940）：苏格兰作家，政治家，曾任加拿大总督。他有许多著作最 有名的是理查德·哈内系列惊险小说，其中包括《三十九级台阶》，该书写于一九一五年， 后改编成著名导演希区科克执导的电影。 1 The man who died I returned to my flat at about three oclock on that May afternoon very unhappy with life. I has been back in Britain for three months and I was already bored. The weather was bad，the people were dull，and the amusements of London seemed as exciting as a glass of cold water. Richard Hannay， I told myself ，you have made a mistake，and you had better do something about it. It made me angry when I thought of the years I had spent in Africa. I had spent those years working very hard and making money. Not a lot of money，but enough for me. I had left Scotland when I was six years old ，and I had never been home since. For years I had dreamt of coming home to Britain and spending the rest of my life there，but I was disappointed with the place after the first week. And so here I was，thirty-seven years old，healthy，with enough money to have a good time，and bored to death. That evening I went out to dinner and sat reading the newspapers afterwards. They were full of the troubles in south-east Europe，and there was a long report about Karolides，the Greek Prime Minister. He seemed to be an honest man，but some people in Europe hated him. However， many people in Britain liked him， and one newspaper said that he was the only man who could prevent a war starting. I remember wondering if I could get a job in south-east Europe lt l bthitimge a oess boring than life in London. As I walked home that night ，I decided to give Britain one more day. If nothing inter