A week later, the editor at last received a fax from the journalist.

一周之后，编辑终于接到记者的传真。

Then I added with a smile,

我微笑地接着说，

After he was defeated by a boxer called Gentleman Jackson, he was quickly forgotten.

他在被一个叫杰克逊绅士的拳击手击败后很快被遗忘。

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。

The cave might never have been discovered has not the entrance been spotted by the distinguished French pot-holer, Berger.

若不是法国著名洞穴探险家伯杰由于偶然的机会发现了这个洞口的话，这个洞也许不会为人所知。

Even under a clear blue sky, the village looked forbidding, as all the houses were built of grey mud bricks.

农舍全用灰色的土坯建成，因此，即使在晴朗的蓝天底下，村庄看上去也会令人感到难以亲近。