But he had no time given him to recover Silver, agile as a monkey, even without leg or crutch, was on the top of him next moment, and had twice buried his knife up to the hilt in that defenceless body.

• 不过，他连恢复知觉的时间也没有得到。 希尔弗尽管只有一条腿，而且还少了拐杖，但他的动作仍像猴子一样敏捷。 只见他转眼之间就跳到了汤姆的身上，再次将一把刀子深深地插进后者那毫无反抗能力的身体中，只露出刀