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Scudder had been a very careful man, and always kept the place tidy.
斯卡德尔向来十分细心，总是把屋子保持得很整洁。
Someone had been searching for something, and perhaps for the notebook.
肯定有人找过什么东西，多半是找那个小黑笔记本。
I went round the flat and found that everything had been searched-the insides of books, cupboards, boxes, even the pockets of my clothes.
我在各屋转了一圈，发现什么都被搜查了一遍--书本、橱柜、盒子、甚至我的衣服口袋。
There was no sign of the notebook, so Scudder's enemies had probably found it in the end.
仍然不见那个小黑笔记本，可见斯卡德尔的敌人最后很可能找到了它。
Then I got out a map of Britain.
然后我拿出英国地图。
My plan was to find some wild country.
我打算找一个人烟稀少的地方。
I was used to Africa, and I would feel trapped in the city.
我已经习惯了非洲的生活，在城市会觉得不自由。
I thought Scotland would probably be best,
我想苏格兰也许最理想，
because my family came from Scotland and I could pretend to be a Scotsman easily.
因为我老家是苏格兰，我可以不费吹灰之力地冒充苏格兰人。
The other possibility was to be a German tourist；
另外一种可能是扮成德国旅游者；
my father had worked with Germans and I had spoken German often as a boy.
我父亲曾和德国人共过事，我还是个孩子的时候就经常讲德语。
But it would probably be better to be a Scotsman in Scotland.
但在苏格兰装苏格兰人很可能要好一点。
