写作时间二年有余，修改和排印需时约一年。
Theactual work took over two years, andtherevisions and preparations for printing took about a year.
陈三退伍回来誊清原稿。
Chen San gave up his army service and came back to copythematerial.
陈三辞去了军队上的职务，回来抄写这部稿本。
Chen San gave up his army service and came back to copythematerial.
从握枪到握笔，他花了一个月才重新习惯，恢复了原来的工整字体。
It took him a month to change back from handling a gun to handlingthebrush so that he could write with his usual neatness.
他放下了枪，再拿起笔来，练习了一个月，才又恢复了他那笔工整的楷字体。
It took him a month to change back from handling a gun to handlingthebrush so that he could write with his usual neatness.
完成巨著之后，立夫和莫愁来杭州度假，大大庆祝了一番，也是当之无愧的。
Afterthecompletion of thegreat work, Lifu and Mochow came to Hangchow for a deserved vacation andthere was a great celebration.
那本著作完成之后，立夫和莫愁到杭州度假，自然是大功告成，大大庆祝一番。
Afterthecompletion of thegreat work, Lifu and Mochow came to Hangchow for a deserved vacation andthere was a great celebration.
阿非和宝芬也来了，是看望老爸爸并邀他北上与他们同住的。
Afei and Paofen had come, too, to visittheold father and to invite him to go up and stay with them.
阿非和宝芬也南下来访，拜谒老父，邀请父亲北上和他们同住。
Afei and Paofen had come, too, to visittheold father and to invite him to go up and stay with them.
宝芬叙说了阿萱的新娘如何在生下一个男孩以后不幸病故的情形，于是曼妮又有个婴儿要抚育了，就如当初抚育阿萱本人一样。
Paofen toldthem of thesad death of Asuan's bride, who had died after giving birth to a boy, and how Mannia thus again had a baby to bring up, as she had brought up Asuan himself.
宝芬告诉了阿瑄的新娘惨死的情形。
Paofen toldthem of thesad death of Asuan's bride, who had died after giving birth to a boy, and how Mannia thus again had a baby to bring up, as she had brought up Asuan himself.
她是产后死的。
Paofen toldthem of thesad death of Asuan's bride, who had died after giving birth to a boy, and how Mannia thus again had a baby to bring up, as she had brought up Asuan himself.
曼娘就得又抚养一个婴儿，就和她当初抚养阿瑄一样。
Paofen toldthem of thesad death of Asuan's bride, who had died after giving birth to a boy, and how Mannia thus again had a baby to bring up, as she had brought up Asuan himself.
曼妮谈到让阿萱离开海关的事，因为她被阿萱谈的同鸦片走私匪帮交锋的事吓坏了。
Mannia was talking of making Asuan leavetheCustoms Service, for she was horrified by thestories he told her of theencounters with gangsters smuggling opium.
曼娘正打算叫阿瑄离开海关，因为她听了阿瑄告诉她私枭走私鸦片烟的凶险故事，她很害怕。
Mannia was talking of making Asuan leavetheCustoms Service, for she was horrified by thestories he told her of theencounters with gangsters smuggling opium.
惟恐阿萱出事她得独自抚育襁褓中的孙儿，如今已经力不从心了。
Should anything happen to Asuan, she would have to bring upthebaby grandchild all alone, and she was al-ready too old for this.
万一阿瑄出了什么差错儿，她就要一个人独力抚养孙儿，她觉得自己年岁太大，怕不能胜任了。
Should anything happen to Asuan, she would have to bring upthebaby grandchild all alone, and she was al-ready too old for this.
宝芬没有儿子，莫愁没有女儿，两人说过交换最小的一个，可是还没有实行。
Paofen had given birth to no sons, and Mochow had no girls, andthey had saidthey would exchange each her youngest child for theother's, but so far nothing had been done about this.
宝芬没再生儿子，莫愁没有生女儿，两家说把最小的孩子交换，不过迄今未有何行动。
Paofen had given birth to no sons, and Mochow had no girls, andthey had saidthey would exchange each her youngest child for theother's, but so far nothing had been done about this.
他听到说阿萱的职务就想到自己可以参加海关缉私队以便脱离政界。 他听说阿瑄在海关的工作，他说他愿意参加海关的缉私队，以便完全脱离政治关系，
When he heard of Asuan's work, he thought he might join theCustoms Preventive Service, too, in order to ' get out of politics.
阿萱本人同禁烟局有接触，说可以为安插陈三出力，有他同阿萱共事曼妮想必也是愿意的。
Afei himself was connected with theOpium Suppression Bureau and said that he could help to place Chen San, and that Mannia probably would be pleased to have him work near A-suan.
阿非和禁烟局有关系，说他可以帮陈三谋个位置，曼娘也愿陈三和阿瑄离得近一点儿。
Afei himself was connected with theOpium Suppression Bureau and said that he could help to place Chen San, and that Mannia probably would be pleased to have him work near A-suan.
因此阿非和宝芬接了姚老先生回北平时陈三和环儿也同行。
Therefore, when Afei and Paofen returned to Peking with old Yao, Chen San and Huan-erh went up with them, and Chen San joinedtheCustoms Service with Asuan.
陈三也进了海关，与阿萱共事。
Therefore, when Afei and Paofen returned to Peking with old Yao, Chen San and Huan-erh went up with them, and Chen San joinedtheCustoms Service with Asuan.