' His voice broke on treasure and his jaw tautened.

’他声音因珍宝而破碎，他下巴绷紧了。

And then suddenly, at the top of the back-swing, the right arm tautened and flashed forward and the throwing-knife bloomed from the tips of the fingers like a white flame.

然后突然，在向后摆动顶点，右臂绷紧并向前一闪， 指尖绽放， 像一团白焰。

The Killer braced himself with the rope across his hip, and as the antelope tautened the singing strands in a last frantic bound for liberty he was thrown over upon his back.

杀手用系在他臀部绳子支撑着自己，当羚羊拉紧歌唱绳索，最后一次疯狂地奔向自由时，他被抛翻在地。

It was impossible to be this close to someone, to feel their skin tauten under your fingertips, to breathe in the air that they breathed out, to have their face only inches from yours, without feeling a little unbalanced.

不可能与某人如此接近，感觉他们皮肤在你指尖下绷紧， 呼吸他们呼出空气，他们脸离你脸只有几英寸， 而不会感到有点不平衡。