He?stood?and?looked?at?the?piano.?"I?must?have?it,"?he?said?to?himself.?"I'll?ask?Mr?Wood."

At?seven?o'clock?Tony?washed?in?cold?water?and?put?on?his?clean?shirt.?Then?he?went?to?the? kitchen?with?Pip?and?John.?They?sat?down?at?the?big?kitchen?table?and?Mrs?Wood?put?the?food?on three?hot?plates.?Then?she?went?to?have?supper?with?Mr?Wood?and?Linda.

他站起身看著那架舊鋼琴。“我一定要擁有它，”他對自己說道，“我要去問問伍德先生可不可以。”

晚上7點，托尼用冷水沖了澡，換上一件干凈的襯衫，然后就跟皮普和約翰一起進了廚房。他們圍著廚房寬大的桌子坐下，伍德太太將飯菜盛在三個熱騰騰的盤子里端了上來，然后她便去跟伍德先生和琳達一起用晚餐了。

Tony?ate?his?meat?and?potatoes?and?drank?two?cups?of?strong,?sweet?tea.?Then?he?had?three? small?cakes?and?an?apple.?He?was?always?hungry.?He?washed?his?plate?and?his?cup?and?put? them?away.

"Now!"?he?thought.?He?got?up?and?went?to?the?door.

托尼吃完了他的那份肉和土豆，喝了兩杯又濃又香的茶，接著他又吃了三塊小蛋糕和一個蘋果。他的胃口總是那么好。他洗了自己的盤子和杯子，把它們放好。

“我這就去！”他心里想著，并站起身來，走到門口。

"Where?are?you?going?"?asked?John.

"I?want?to?ask?Mr?Wood?about?that?piano,"?said?Tony.?"Pianos?cost?a?lot?of?money.?We?must?tell?him?about?this?one.?Then?he?can?decide?what?to?do?with?it."

He?knocked?at?the?door?of?the?sitting-room.

“你要上哪兒去？”約翰問道。

“我想問問伍德先生那臺鋼琴的事，”托尼答道，“鋼琴是貴重的東西。我們必須告訴他，然后由他來決定怎么辦。”

他敲了敲起居室的門。

"Come?in!"?said?the?farmer.?He?was?reading?his?Farmer's?Weekly.?Mrs?Wood?was?mending?a?hole?in?Linda's?school?dress.?Linda?herself?was?doing?her?homework?at?the?table?in?the?corner.

"Please,?Mr?Wood,"?began?Tony,?"there's?an?old?piano?in?that?building…"

“進來！”農場主說。他正在看《農人周報》，伍德太太在給琳達補校服上的破洞，琳達自己則坐在角落里的桌旁寫作業。

“伍德先生，請聽我說，”托尼開口說，“那幢房子里有一架舊鋼琴…”