His whisper was hardly audible when he said, "Oh, Huck, its a stray dog!"

他小声得几乎让人听不见，说道：“哦，哈克，那是只野狗！”

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He had hardly finished when a loud noise became audible on the staircase. They heard a tumult of ascending footsteps, and the old portress saying in her loudest and most piercing tones.

他的话刚说完，楼梯下已闹得一片响，他听见许多人的脚步，走上楼来，又听见那看门老妇人用她那最高最锐的嗓子说。

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