红酋长的赎金 The Ransom of Red Chief（12）

To Two Desperate Men:

Thank you for your letter.

My answer is no.

The ransom¹ is very high.

Very high!

I have another idea for you.

You bring Johnny home and you give me $ 200.

When Johnny is with me at home, you can escape.

Ebenezer Dorset

致两个亡命徒：

谢谢你们的来信。

我的回答是“不”。

赎金太高了。

太高了?!

我给你们出个主意。

你们把约翰尼带回家，再给我两百美元。

约翰尼回到家里跟我在一起后，你们就可以解脱了。

埃比尼泽·多塞特

1 ransom   

n.赎金，赎身；v.赎回，解救

参考例句：

• We'd better arrange the ransom right away.我们最好马上把索取赎金的事安排好。
• The kidnappers exacted a ransom of 10000 from the family.绑架者向这家人家勒索10000英镑的赎金。