The city was equipped with a drainage system, for a great many clay pipes were found beneath the narrow streets.

城里甚至还敷设了排水系统，因为在狭窄的街道底下发现了许许多多陶土制作的排水管道。

One evening, however, the lamb was missing.

可是，一天晚上，那只小羔羊失踪了。

The manufacturers had to pay more money than they had anticipated, or they bought the biscuit from the student for $24,000.

饼干公司不得不付出比他们预计多得多的钱，因为为买下那学生烘制的饼干他们支付了24，000美元。

For years, villagers believed that Endley Farm was hunted.

多年来，村民们一直认为恩得利农场在闹鬼。

Modern readers would find such naive solution totally unacceptable.

现代读者会觉得这种天真的结局完全无法接受。

At night, when you really wish to go to sleep, you rarely manage to do so.

到了夜晚，你真想睡了，却很难入睡。