It would have cost Brown less to have forgotten the debt than to try to trace the couple through a detective agency, but he hated being diddled and swore to have his pound of flesh.

• 通过侦探介绍所去追查那对夫妇以索回债务，花费之多倒不如忘掉那笔债。但是布朗痛恨受人骗，发誓要追回他们的欠债。