第一章：世界末日（2）(4)

阿尔乔姆已经开始后悔让彼得·安德列维奇复述波列扎耶夫车站的故事了。彼得相比其他人更加见多识广，所以对那件事的细节描述得更加到位；不管怎样，他对那件事情所了解的细节是车站里的商贩做梦也想不到的。阿尔乔姆浑身都起鸡皮疙瘩，尽管他就坐在火堆旁，也依然感觉到明显得不适。此时从隧道中传来的任何细微的响声，即使放在平时是多么地司空见惯，现在也开始刺激着阿尔乔姆的神经。
Artyom was already beginning to regret that he had asked Pyotr Andreevich to recount the story of Polezhaevskaya. Pytro Andreevich was either beter informed, or was embellishing the story somewhat; but in any case, he was telling details of the sort that the traders couldn't have dreamed, despite being sent a chill over Artyom's skin, and he became uncomfortable even sitting next to the fire. Any rustlings from the tunnel, even the most innocent, were now exciting his imagination.