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168 The penury percussionist
168 贫困的打击乐乐手
There was a percussionist on the San Francisco Peninsula, who pursued perfection in every performance.
旧金山半岛有一个打击乐乐手在每一次演奏中都追求尽善尽美。
In addition to practicing her percussion instruments daily, she would, despite her penury conditions, wear an expensive pendant and expensive perfume, for it was her perception that they would bring good luck.
虽然很贫困，每天除了练习打击乐器以外，她都会戴上昂贵的垂饰，喷上价值不菲的香水。她总有一种感觉，这些东西迟早会给她带来好运。
Another performer of similar penury conditions knew of her expensive purchases and decided to undertake the perilous task of purloining them.
另一个同样一贫如洗的表演者得知这位乐手拥有一些贵重物品之后，决定冒着危险去偷那些东酉。
So she made periodic visits to the perimeter of the percussionist's apartment to observe her comings and goings in order to penetrate the premises and procure the pendant ant perfume.
她定期去那个乐手所住的公寓边缘探望，侦察她出出进进的规律，以便渗透到宅院里面，下手偷取那些垂饰和香水。
Hearing the penetrating percussions of the percussionist on an almost permanent basis, the prospective purloiner perceived that the perennial playing would never cease and that the percussionist was ever present.
但她总是听到那个乐手练习打击乐器时发出的尖锐的声音，这让这位准窃贼感觉到这种练习有可能将会长年不断地进行下去，而乐手也可能会永远在家。
So she entered the periphery of the apartment grounds to perform the pending procurement.
于是她到了乐手所住公寓的外围，开始执行她那个即将发生的偷窃方案。
She thought nothing of the peril involved, nor that she perchance would perish in the procedure.
她根本不在乎整件事情的危险性，也没有意识到她自己有可能在这次偷窃中死亡。
Upon entering the percussionist's apartment, she saw the percussionist sitting behind the percussion instrument with a pensive pallor.
进入公寓以后，她看见乐手正坐在乐器后面沉思，面色苍白。那位准窃贼说道，我是来偷垂饰和香水的。
The would be purloiner said, I am here for the pendant and perfume. The percussionist said, I am more perceptive than you think. I noticed you on the perimeter long ago.
而乐手回答说：我比你所想象的更有洞察力。很早以前我就在公寓附近注意到你了。
As you can see, there are only percussion instruments and peripheral items here.
你看，这儿只有打击乐器和一些不重要的外围设备。
My pendant and perfume were purchased by someone else as a result of an ad that I placed in a periodical.
我曾经为一个客户做过广告，刊登在一本杂志里，所以实际上我的垂饰和香水都是别人买的。
