Audiobook Dictation: “Upon the eighth night I was…”

Upon the eighth night I was more than usually cautious in opening the door.

第八天夜裡，我開門時比平常更加小心。

Never before that night had I felt the extent of my own powers--of my sagacity.

在那夜之前，我從未感到自己的能力——自己的精明——竟有這麼大。

I could scarcely contain my feelings of triumph.

我幾乎抑制不住得意洋洋的心情。

To think that there I was, opening the door, little by little, and he not even to dream of my secret deeds or thoughts.

想想看，我就在那裡，一點一點地推開門，而他連做夢也想不到我的祕密行動和心思。

I kept quite still and said nothing.

我一動不動，一言不發。

He was still sitting up in the bed listening;--just as I have done, night after night, hearkening to the death watches in the wall.

他仍坐在床上傾聽——就像我夜復一夜傾聽牆裡報死蟲的聲音那樣。

I say I knew it well. I knew what the old man felt, and pitied him, although I chuckled at heart.

我說我很清楚。我知道老頭的感受，也可憐他，儘管我心裡在暗笑。

His fears had been ever since growing upon him.

從那以後，他的恐懼就與日俱增。