他慌忙走到那通连大客厅的门边，伛下了腰，正想把耳朵贴到那钥匙孔上去偷听，忽然又转了念头：“何苦呢！

• He tiptoed to the door and had just bent down to put his ear to the keyhole to listen, when thought better of it. "What's the use!" he thought.