I did wish the fool would think to beat a tin pan, and beat it all the time, but he never did, and it was the still places between the whoops that was making the trouble for me.

• 我心里但愿那个傻瓜会想得到敲响洋铁锅这样一个办法，可是他从没有敲过一声。叫我最难受的，还是前后两次喊声间隙时听不到一点儿声音。