我勉强地爬上了阁楼，然后在黑暗中摸索着往前走，穿过成堆的东西，钻到我所能找到的一个最隐秘的地方藏了起来。

I managed to climb up there, then I searched my way through the dark among the piles of things, and hid in the most secret place I could find.

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他感到自己仍然在黑暗中摸索，选择了一条路却不停地回头看，怀疑是否读错了路标，是否本该走另外一条路。

He felt that he was still groping in the dark; he had chosen his path but kept looking back, wondering whether he had misread the signs, whether he should not have taken the other way.

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