他拿了钥匙就上了楼，打开他房间的门。一切都和他离开时一样。地板上那颗领扣还在，这是那个著名侦探本·普莱斯逮捕他时，从他的衬衫上撤掉的。基米移开墙壁上的一块嵌板，取出一只积满灰尘的手提箱。他将它打开之后，爱惜地瞧着那套在东部最出色的盗窃工具。这是完整的一套，是用特种钢制成的，包括各种最新式的工具，其中两三件还是他自己发明的，对此他感到非常自豪。他为这套工具花费了900多美元。这是在某地制作的，那个地方以制造这种东西而闻名。
In half an hour Jimmy went downstairs and walked through the cafe. He was now dressed in an elegant new suit, and carried his cleaned suitcase in his hand. “What are you going to do next? To break another safe?” asked Mike Dolan smiling cheerfully.
半小时后，基米下了楼，穿过咖啡馆，现在他穿上一套新颖雅致的衣服，手里提着擦拭一新的手提箱。“下一步准备做什么呢？撬开另一个保险柜吧？”迈克·杜兰笑道。
“I don’t understand. I’m representing the New York Amalgamated Biscuit Company.”
“我不懂你的意思，我是纽约联合陶器公司的代表。”
This statement delighted Mike to such an extent that he gave Jimmy a seltzer-and-milk on the spot. Jimmy never touched “hard” drinks.
这一番话把迈克逗乐了，他为此马上递给基米一杯矿泉牛奶。基米是从来不碰烈性饮料的。
A week after the release of Valentine, 9762, there was a new safe-burglary in Richmond, Indiana. Only eight hundred dollars were stolen. Two weeks after that another safe was opened and fifteen hundred dollars disappeared; securities and silver were untouched. That began to interest the detectives. A few days later the Jefferson City Bank was robbed and banknotes amounting to five thousand dollars were taken. The losses were now so hi