那个耳聋的老人用手捂着耳朵——他的手捂着头，像个贝壳一样突出来，又角又空。他说:“我听不见，”他喃喃自语，“别喊，我听得很清楚!”他咕哝着说:“我一个字也听不清;我听不懂。”然后杰克用新教钟声般的声音吼道:“细节!农舍!一年10英镑!”“我不知道你在说什么地方。”耳聋的老人说。杰克说:“管他呢!” But the deaf old man took a pin from his desk, picked a piece of wool the size of a hen's egg from his ear, had a good look at it, decided in its favour and re- placed it in the aforementioned organ.