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An Overbearing 专横的列车长 Conductor 第五章 专横的列车长 Chapter 5 An Overbearing Conductor 菲尔对列车长的指控感到困惑，因为他不清楚发生 了什么事。菲尔把事情的经过向列车长说了一遍，可是 列车长并不相信。菲尔拿出了立奥奈尔的字条，可是列 车长仍然坚持自己的看法，并要求菲尔将戒指还给那位 小姐。列车长还要把菲尔送到纽约的警察局。菲尔感到 很无助。这时，坐在菲尔后边的一位老人告诉列车长，菲尔所说的 都是真的。可是列车长认为老人是多管闲事。列车长很不讲道理， 他认为戒指肯定是菲尔偷的，并且这事和老人无关。老人告诉列车 长，他是铁路局局长理查德·格兰特，列车长疑惑地看着老人，因 为这位被他轻慢的老人有权力解除他的工作。他刚才欺凌弱小的行 为使他现在必须卑躬屈膝，以挽救他的工作。他随即向局长道歉， 并说既然菲尔不是小偷，那也没有必要找他的麻烦了。 菲尔非常感谢新朋友的帮助，在攀谈中，局长得知了菲尔的情 况，他把自己的名片给了菲尔，并告诉菲尔到纽约之后可以和他联 系，局长还给了菲尔10 美元，原因是这位局长很喜欢菲尔。 菲尔为自己的幸运感到庆幸，尽管他被立奥奈尔·莱克骗了。 35 How Phil Brent 苦 尽 甘 来 Won Success 面对指控，菲尔十分困惑 36 An Overbearing 专横的列车长 Conductor N o matter how honest a boy may be, a sudden charge of theft is likely to make him look confused and guilty. Such was the case with Phil. “I assure you,” he said earnestly, “that I did not steal this ring.” “Where did you get it, then?” demanded the conductor roughly. He was one of those men who, in any position, will make themselves disagreeable. Moreover, he was a man who always thought ill of others, when there was any chance of doing so. In fact, he preferred to credit his fellows with bad qualities rather than with good. “It was handed to me by a young man who just left the car.” said Phil. “That’s a likely story.” sneered the conductor. “Young men are not in the habit of giving valuable rings to strangers.” “He did not give it to me, I advanced him five dollars on it.” “What was the young man’s name?” asked the co