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Later, a policeman came to the hospital and Emma told him about the bag-snatcher.
过了不久，一名警察来到医院，埃玛将抢包歹徒的情况告诉了他。
'Did anybody see this young man?' he asked.
“有人看到这个年轻人吗？”他问。
'I don't know,' said Emma. 'But there was nobody in the street when I called for help.'
“我不知道。”埃玛说，“不过我喊救命时，街上没人。”
'Oh dear,' the policeman said. 'What was in your bag?'
“哎呀！”警察说，“你包里有什么？”
'A little money -- and a lottery ticket,' said Emma. 'I buy a ticket every Saturday. Then on Saturday evening I watch the lottery on television.
“有一点钱，还有一张彩票。”埃玛说，“我每周六都会买一张彩票，然后周六晚上看电视上的彩票开奖。
I always have the same numbers -- 5, 12, 23, 24, 38, 41. All those numbers are important to me.
我总是买同样的号码--5，12，23，24，38，41。这些数字对我来说都很重要。
I was born on 5th December, 1923. I lived at number 24 Sandwich Road for 38 years...'
我的生日是1923年12月5日，我在桑威奇路24号住了38...”
'Yes, yes,' said the policeman. 'I understand.' He wrote everything down in a little black book. 'Did you see the man's face?' he asked.
“好的，好的。”警察说，“我知道了。”他把这些都记在一个小黑本上。“你看到那个人的脸了吗？”他问。
'Yes,' said Emma. 'I did. I fell on my back, and he looked down at me for a second. So I saw his face.'
“是的，”埃玛说，“我看到了。我仰面摔在地上，他低头看了我一眼，所以我看到了他的脸。”
The policeman opened a small bag. In it there were a lot of pictures of eyes and ears, hair and mouths.
警察打开了一个小袋子，里面有很多张眼睛、耳朵、头发和嘴的图片。
'I need a picture of the man's face. Can you help me?' he said.
“我需要那个人的脸部图片。你能帮我吗？”他说。
'Yes,' said Emma. 'He was tall and he had long, dirty brown hair. He wore blue trousers and a white shirt with a picture of a footballer. He had brown eyes...'
“可以。”埃玛说，“他个子高高的，有一头脏兮兮的棕色长发。他穿着蓝裤子和一件白色衬衫，衬衫上印有一个足球运动员的图像。他的眼睛是棕色的...”
Carefully she took the small pictures and made a big picture of the young man's face. She checked the picture carefully.
她认真地挑着小图片，拼出了那个年轻人的脸。她仔细地核对了拼图。
'What colour were his shoes?' asked the policeman.
“他的鞋是什么颜色的？”警察问道。
Shoes! Suddenly Emma remembered her new shoes. Where were they?
鞋！突然，埃玛想起了她新买的鞋。它们在哪儿？
She told the policeman about her shoes, but then she began to cry and could not stop.
她把鞋的事情告诉了警察，然后便哭了起来，难以自持。
A nurse came up to Emma's bed. 'Please go now,' she said to the policeman. 'Mrs Carter needs to sleep.'
一位护士来到埃玛的床前。“现在请离开吧。”她对警察说，“卡特太太需要休息。”
