Audiobook Dictation: “Now, if these be Rokuro-Kubi, they…”

Now, if these be Rokuro-Kubi, they mean me no good;--so I shall be justified in following the instructions of the book."...

如果这些真是辘轳首，那它们对我必定不怀好意；——那么我照书上的指示去做，也就理所当然了。”……

Gently unbarring the door, he made his way to the garden, and proceeded with all possible caution to the grove beyond it.

他轻轻拔开门闩，来到园中，又万分小心地朝园子那头的树丛走去。

He heard voices talking in the grove; and he went in the direction of the voices,--stealing from shadow to shadow, until he reached a good hiding-place.

他听见树丛中有人说话；便循声而去，——从一片阴影溜到另一片阴影，直到找到一个隐蔽的好地方。

Presently the head of the aruji stopped eating and said:--

不一会儿，主人的头停止进食，说道：——

I was foolish to talk to him as I did;--it only set him to reciting the sutras on behalf of my soul!

我那样跟他说话真是愚蠢；——这只让他开始为我的魂灵诵起经来！

To go near him while he is reciting would be difficult; and we cannot touch him so long as he is praying.

他诵经的时候很难靠近他；只要他还在祈祷，我们就碰不了他。

But as it is now nearly morning, perhaps he has gone to sleep...

不过天都快亮了，说不定他已经睡着了……

Some one of you go to the house and see what the fellow is doing."

你们谁去屋里看看那家伙在干什么。”

Another head--the head of a young woman--immediately rose up and flitted to the house, lightly as a bat.

另一颗头——一个年轻女子的头——立刻飞起，像蝙蝠一样轻盈地掠向屋子。

After a few minutes it came back, and cried out huskily, in a tone of great alarm:--

几分钟后，它飞了回来，用嘶哑的声音惊慌失措地叫道：——