疯了的司机

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I was the conductor on a train out of Danzig, 我是从但泽开出的一趟火车的列车长，

and one morning my engineer was injured and couldn't work. 那天早上我的火车司机受了伤，没法干活。

Passengers were piling onto the platform, 站台上挤满了乘客，

and nobody else could drive the engine. 可没别人会开火车头了。

Then a tall, 这时，一个身材高大、

neatly dressed stranger with piercing black eyes touched my elbow. 衣着整齐、目光锐利的黑眼睛陌生人碰了碰我的手肘。

"I hear you need an engineer. “听说你们缺个司机。

I'm one of the most experienced in the country. 我是全国经验最老到的司机之一。

I'll take you to Bromberg." 我送你们去布龙贝格。”

He handled the engine like an expert, 他操作起火车头来熟练得像个行家，

and I thought I'd been lucky. 我还以为自己撞大运了。

Half an hour later, the carriages were swaying violently. 半小时后，车厢开始剧烈摇晃。

We were going faster than any train had ever gone on that line. 车速比这条线路上跑过的任何火车都要快。

Then one of the railway's owners grabbed my arm, 这时，铁路公司的老板之一一把抓住了我的胳膊，

white as a sheet. 脸色惨白如纸。

"That man is Martin Kroller. “那个人是马丁·克罗勒。

He's insane! 他是个疯子！

He escaped from a hospital!" 他是从医院逃出来的！”

I scrambled forward. 我连滚带爬地往前冲去。

Kroller stood at the controls, hair flying, a pistol in his hand, 克罗勒站在操纵台前，头发乱飞，手里还握着一把手枪，

screaming that we'd reach the moon by tomorrow. 嘴里狂喊着我们明天就能开到月球上去。

The fireman lay flat on the coal, too terrified to move. 司炉工吓得趴在煤堆上一动也不敢动。

Luckily, a young student had followed me. 万幸的是，有个年轻学生跟着我过来了。

He hurled a log that knocked the gun away, 他扔出一根木头砸飞了手枪，

and together we pinned Kroller down. 我们俩合力把克罗勒死死按倒在地。

I shut off the steam, and slowly, 我关掉了蒸汽阀门，慢慢地，

the train shuddered to a halt. 列车剧烈震颤着停了下来。

We'd trusted him because he seemed so sure of himself. 我们当初相信他，全是因为他看起来胸有成竹。

Confidence, I learned that day, is not the same thing as competence. 那天我才明白，自信并不等于真有本事。