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Uncle Jeff turned to me and said, "I told your aunt that I'd try to keep you out of any danger.
杰夫叔叔转身对我说：“我告诉过你姨妈，我会尽量不让你受到任何危险，
This sounds like trouble to me."
你的安全是我的责任。”
"But you called me your assistant when Professor Dunn was here, remember?" I said.
“可是邓恩教授来的时候你叫我助理，记得吗?”我说。
"You can't promote me one day and then demote me the next."
“你不能一天提拔我，第二天又把我降级。”
"Okay, you can come, but you'll do what I say, okay? Deal?"
“好吧，你可以去，但你要照我说的去做，好吗?”一言为定?”
"Deal."
“一言为定。”
We drove to the university. We didn't talk on the way.
我们开车去了学校，路上我们没有交谈。
I think we were both trying to imagine what could have happened.
我想我们都在试图想象发生的事。
By the time we got to the university, it was six o'clock.
到学校已经六点钟了。
No one was in the lobby of the office where the department secretary usually sat.
办公室大厅里没有人，这里是部门秘书坐的地方。
It was very quiet. Too quiet.
非常安静，太安静了。
We walked down the hallway to the group of offices in the back.
我们沿着走廊走到后面的办公室。
Clara Dunn's office was at the end of the hall on the left and the dean's office was on the right.
克拉拉·邓恩的办公室在大厅的左边，院长的办公室在右边。
We stopped when we got to Professor Dunn's office. Her door was open, but no one was there.
我们在邓恩教授的办公室门前停了下来，门开着，但没人。
There were papers on the desk and her briefcase was on the floor next to her chair.
桌子上放着文件，她的公文包放在椅子旁边的地板上。
It didn't look like she had gone home.
看起来她并没有回家。
