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195. Conflict
195. 冲突
Three years later events were set in motion that would cause the town to regret sending Jose away and set the fanatics by the ears.
三年后，接二连三的事情开始发生，这使镇里的人后悔赶走了乔斯，使狂热者们吵了起来。
A gang of criminals began to set fire to houses, buildings, and cars whenever they could.
一个犯罪团伙开始一有机会就点燃房屋、大楼和汽车。
When the police set their minds on capturing this gang, the gang robbed their homes, beat up their children, and kidnapped their wives!
警察决心要抓住他们，这伙犯罪分子就抢劫他们的钱财、毒打他们的孩子、拐骗他们的妻子！
It set a record for most violent crimes in the state! It served them right, Jose's parents thought.
这使全国最暴力的犯罪创了纪录！他们这是罪有应得，乔斯的父母想。
They had long since set aside the belief that Jose was from the devil. After his departure they had seen that the fanatics served two masters their God and their money!
他们早就不相信乔斯是魔鬼变的。他走之后，他们发现狂热者们原来侍奉二主：一是上帝，二是金钱！
They thought that no Godly people would set foot in a town with a known psychic! And so they had protected their own interests by getting rid of Jose.
他们认为有著名的巫师在，善男信女就不会进城。因此就通过除掉乔斯来保护他们自己的利益。
When Jose's parents had set down their positions in the leadership of the group (given to them after Jose left),
当乔斯的父母确立了他们在小组里的领导地位之后（乔斯走后他们被选为领导），
they had felt set free from hate! Then they set about convincing others that the fanatics were just that, fanatics!
他们觉得已经摆脱了仇恨！接着他们就开始说服别人，狂热者不过是些狂热者！
The gang had arrived, unfortunately, before enough people could be convinced! Asked if he knew where Jose was and if Jose would come back to help,
不幸的是，在足够的人被说服之前犯罪团伙来了。当别人问他是否知道乔斯在哪里、乔斯是否会回来相救时，
Jose’s dad just set his jaw and reminded them that he had served asa member of their group since the day Jose had set forth-there was no way that Jose had talked to him in that time!
乔斯的父亲只是把下巴一沉，提醒他们从乔斯启程的那天起他就一直充当着他们的一员——乔斯不可能在那个时候跟他说话。
No one knew where Jose was! But they all wished he would come back-if only to save them from people they realized were worse than him!
没人知道乔斯在哪里！但大家都希望他会回来——他们已经知道那帮人比他坏，要是他能解救他们就好了！
