汤姆在家中听到了卡第夫山事件，还知道人们后来在渡口附近的河里发现了那个“衣衫褴褛”的人的尸体，他也许是想逃跑，结果却被淹死了。

At home Tom learned of the Cardiff Hill event; also that the "ragged man's" body had eventually been found in the river near the ferry-landing; he had been drowned while trying to escape, perhaps.

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我刚认识汤姆时，他是一个非常潇洒漂亮的小伙子，但现在却衣衫褴褛不堪，我料想他日子一定过得很艰难。

When I first knew him, Tom was quite a smart young fellow, but I think he must have fallen on hard times since then, for he looks very seedy nowadays.

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