Part 4 Fellow TravelersThe next day in the afternoon four of us started out for the hop-fields.The most interesting of the men with me was a youth named Ginger, who is still my mate when I write this.He is a strong, athletic youth of twenty six, almost illiterate and quite brainless, but daring enough for anything.Except when in prison, he has probably broken the law every day for the last five years.As a boy he did three years in Borstal，came out, married at eighteen on the strength of a successful burglary,and shortly afterwards enlisted in the artillery.His wife died, and a little while afterwards he had an accident to his left eye and was invalided out of the service.They offered him a pension or a lump sum, and of course he chose the lump sum and blew it all in about a week.After that he took to burglary again and has been in prison six times,but never for a long sentence, as they have only caught him for small jobs;he has done one or two jobs which brought him over￡500.He has always been perfectly honest towards me, as his partner,but in a general way he will steal anything that is not tied down.I doubt his ever being a successful burglar, though,for he is too stupid to be able to foresee risks.It is all a great pity, for he could earn a decent living for he chose.
第四部分 同行者August 28th, 19311931年8月28日第二天下午我们四人开始启程，前往种植着蛇麻草的田地。和我同行的人中最有趣的一个叫金格，当我写下这些文字的时候他仍然和我在一起。他26岁，体格强健，朝气蓬勃，几乎一字不识，笨头笨脑，但是敢于冒险，敢做任何事。除了在监狱的日子，他在过去5年中可能天天都在干着违法的勾当。年少时，他在少年犯感化院待了3年，出来后凭借一次成功的盗窃在18岁时娶了妻子，后来当了炮兵。他妻子死后不久，由于一次事故，他左眼受伤，不能继续留在军中，从此伤残退役。军队给他提供抚恤金，有月付和一次付清两种选择，他选了后者，一周不到就挥霍耗尽。此后他又重操旧业，开始行窃，到如今已经蹲过6次监狱，但每次都判刑不长，因为他们只是因为小偷小摸而逮捕他。他曾经抢劫一两次，捞到了500多英镑。因为我是他的同伴，他向来都对我开诚布公。总的说来，任何东西他都会顺手牵羊。但我怀疑他是否是一位成功的窃贼，因为他过于愚蠢，无法预知风险。我觉得只要他愿意，他是可以过上体面生活的，这实属一大憾事。
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