在這期間，艾倫和克盧尼打著牌。我想艾倫剛開始是贏家，記得我坐起來過一次，看見桌子上有六十個或一百個金幾尼。
The second day，he was not lucky. At noonthey woke me and gave me more medicine. The sunwas shining in the open door，and hurt my eyes. Alanbent over my bed and put his face close tomine.
他第二天可不那麼走運了。中午時分，他們叫醒我，又給我吃了些藥。陽光從敞開的房門那兒射了進來，很刺眼。艾倫在我床邊彎下身子，把臉貼近我，說：
“Le nd me your mo ne y，Da vid ，”he said.
“大衛，把你的錢借給我。”
“Why？”I said，“I don’t u nde rs ta nd .”
“為什麼？我不懂你幹嗎要借錢。”我說。
“Oh，Da vid ，”he said，“you will no t re fus e you rfrie nd ？”
“噢，大衛，你總不會拒絕你的朋友的要求吧？”他說。
I was sick and my fever was high. I could notthink. I felt I must get his face away from mine. SoI gave him my money.
我有病，燒得很厲害，不能多考慮，隻是覺得必須讓他把臉從我的麵前移開，所以就把錢給了他。
On the third day，I was better. I was weak，butmy mind was clear. I was hungry，and ate for thefirst time. I went and sat at the door of the Cage.
第三天，我覺得好了一點，身子雖然很虛弱，腦子卻是清醒了。我感到餓，從到來後，第一次吃了點東西。我走出去，坐在“籠子”的門口。
When I came inside again，Alan and Clunywere questioning a servant . Cluny turned to me andspoke in Gaelic.
我回到屋子裏時，艾倫和克盧尼還在問一個仆人問題。克盧尼把臉轉向我，用蓋爾語對我講話。
“I ca n ’un de rs ta nd Ga e lic ，s ir，”I said.
“先生，我不懂蓋爾語。”我說。
Now because of the cards，everything about me
因為打牌的事，我無論說什麼，
made Cluny angry.
幹什麼，克盧尼都不高興。
“Yo ur name ha s more s e n s e tha n yours e lf，”hesaid in English.“It is good Ga e lic . My s e ntrie s re s -port tha t the wa y is c le a r. Are you s tron g e nough fo rtra ve l？”
他用英語說：“你的名字比你的人還通情達理一些，那是個很好的蓋爾語名字。我的哨兵報告說，路上已經沒有士兵巡邏了。你的身體能不能上路？”
I saw cards on the table，but no gold. Alan hada strange，guilty look.