The moment that the clock struck the last of his working hours he threw down his tools and rushed homeward. " Has anybody been for me" ? he asked.

当时钟敲响他最后一个工作时间的那一刻， 他扔下工具， 冲回家去。“有人为我好吗” ？他问。

He threw down his tools and went. Three and a half hours later he was crossing the downs about Marygreen, and presently plunged into the concave field across which the short cut was made to the village.

他扔下工具就走了。三个半小时后，他穿过玛丽格林附近的丘陵地带，不久就跳进了通往村庄的捷径。