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Walking down again toward the river, and, looking in the faces of people, I met a young Quaker man, whose countenance I lik'd, and, accosting him, requested he would tell me where a stranger could get lodging.
我又向河边走去，一路上我注视着人们的脸，遇见了一个面色和蔼的年轻的教友会教徒，我就向他招呼，请他告诉我外地人在什么地方可以找到宿店。
We were then near the sign of the Three Mariners.
当时，我们是在“三个海员”的招牌附近。
"Here," says he, "is one place that entertains strangers, but it is not a reputable house; if thee wilt walk with me, I'll show thee a better."
他就说：“这里就有一个招待外地人的宿店，但是它的声誉不好，假使你愿意跟我来，我可以告诉你一所较好的宿店。”
He brought me to the Crooked Billet. Here I got a dinner.
他就带我到了“弯曲宿店”，在这里我吃了一顿饭。
After dinner, my sleepiness return'd, and being shown to a bed, I lay down without undressing, and slept till six in the evening, was call'd to supper, went to bed again very early, and slept soundly till next morning.
午饭后，我又感到困倦了，他们给了我一张床，我就和衣倒下，一直睡到晚上六点钟，他们叫我吃晚饭，当天晚上很早就上了床，酣睡到第二天清晨。
Then I made myself as tidy as I could, and went to Andrew Bradford the printer's.
接着我把我自己尽可能地打扮得整整齐齐，到安得鲁·勃拉福的印刷铺去。
I found in the shop the old man his father, whom I had seen at New York, and who, traveling on horseback, had got to Philadelphia before me.
在铺子里我看见我在纽约见过的那个老人，他的父亲，他是骑了马来的，所以比我先到费城。
He introduc'd me to his son, who receiv'd me civilly, gave me a breakfast, but told me he did not at present want a hand, being lately suppli'd with one;
他把我介绍给他的儿子，他儿子很客气地接待了我，招待我吃了早餐，但是他说他目前不需要助手，因为最近他刚添了一个人。
but there was another printer in town, lately set up, one Keimer, who, perhaps, might employ me;
但是城里另外有一家新开的印刷铺，主人叫做凯谋，他或许可以雇用我；
if not, I should be welcome to lodge at his house, and he would give me a little work to do now and then till fuller business should offer.
假如他不能，我可以暂住在他的店里，他会不时地给我一些零活干，直等到我找到工作为止。
The old gentleman said he would go with me to the new printer;
那位老先生说他要和我一同去见那个新印刷铺的老板。
and when we found him, "Neighbour," says Bradford, "I have brought to see you a young man of your business; perhaps you may want such a one."
当我们找到了凯谋的时候，勃拉福说：“朋友，我带了一个年轻印刷工人来见你，或许你正需要这样一个人。”
He ask'd me a few questions, put a composing stick in my hand to see how I work'd, and then said he would employ me soon, though he had just then nothing for me to do;
他问了我一些问题，给我一个排字架看我如何工作，接着他说虽然他一时还找不到事情给我做，他不久就可以雇用我。
and, taking old Bradford, whom he had never seen before, to be one of the town's people that had a good will for him, enter'd into a conversation on his present undertaking and prospects;
他虽然从未见过勃拉福，却把年老的勃拉福当作镇上的一个对他有善意的市民，大谈他目前企业的情况和对未来的展望。
while Bradford, not discovering that he was the other printer's father, on Keimer's saying he expected soon to get the greatest part of the business into his own hands,
勃拉福从未泄露他是城里另外一家印刷铺老板的父亲，听到凯谋说他预期不久可以把城里绝大部分的印刷事务承包下来，
drew him on by artful questions, and starting little doubts, to explain all his views, what interest he reli'd on, and in what manner he intended to proceed.
他就用一些巧妙的问句和一些小小的怀疑，把对方的全部意图都诱了出来：他靠了谁的势力，他准备如何进行。
I, who stood by and heard all, saw immediately that one of them was a crafty old sophister, and the other a mere novice.
我站在一旁，听见了他们的全部谈话，立刻看出他们中间有一个是一只狡猾的老狐狸，另一个只是一个新手。
Bradford left me with Keimer, who was greatly surpris'd when I told him who the old man was.
勃拉福让我留在凯谋处，自己走了，当凯谋听到我说出勃拉福是谁的时候，他大为惊讶。
