第十五章:“你响了,夫人?”(23)
The witch had attached the Things, you see, to long ropes tied to the anchor rope. And that was why Snotlout had never found them. He must have hunted through these boats so many times, in the secrecy and darkness of night-time. But he never thought to look underwater.
She was a very nasty woman, that witch, but you had to admit that she was rather clever at hiding things.
First the crown came over the side. Then the Roman shield, the arrow-from-the-land-that-does-not- exist, the bracelet that contained the heart’s stone, the key-that-opens-all-locks, the ticking-thing (smashed but still ticking), the Dragon Jewel, the second-best sword and, last of all (and this took a great deal of grunting and straining on the part of the Alvinsmen), the Lost Throne of the Wilderwest…
followed by the anchor.