At least sorting out the things she should have discarded years ago was now being made easier for her.
这样一来，她倒是容易将那些几年前就该扔掉的东西找出来了。
Then a police inspector arrived with a constable and she told them of her discovery of the ransacked flat.
过了一会儿，一位巡官带着一名警察来了。她向他们讲述了发现公寓遭劫的经过。
The inspector began to look for fingerprints, while the constable checked that the front door locks had not been forced,
巡官开始搜寻指纹，警察经检查发现大门锁头并无撬过的迹象。
thereby proving that the burglars had either used skeleton keys or entered over the balcony.
由此可以证明，窍贼或者是用了万能钥匙，或者是翻越阳台进来的。
There was no trace of fingerprints,^巡官没有发现指纹，
but the inspector found a dirty red bundle that contained jewellery which the old lady said was not hers.
却发现了一个装有珠宝的、肮脏的红包袱。老妇人说那不是她的。
So their entry into this flat was apparently not the burglars' first job that day and they must have been disturbed.
很明显，闯进这套公寓的窃贼那天并不是首次作案，而且他一定是受了惊吓。
The inspector then asked the old lady to try to check what was missing by the next day and advised her not to stay alone in the flat for a few nights.
巡官请老妇人在次日之前设法查清丢了些什么，并劝她几夜之内不要独自一人在公寓过夜。
The old lady thought he was a fussy creature,^老妇人觉得巡官大惊小怪，
but since the porter agreed with him, she rang up her daughter and asked for her help in what she described as a little spot of bother.
但既然看门人也同意他的意见，她只得打电话向女儿求援，说她碰到了一点儿小麻烦。
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