Shit.

该死
which required the immediate and complete attention

立刻完全吸引了让先生
of Monsieur Jean,

所有的注意
but, frankly, did not hold mine for long.

但老实说我没有关注它多久
However,

然而
this premature intermission in the story of the curious, old man

这位令人好奇的老人的故事被过早地打断
had left me, as the expression goes,

令我如古语所言
"Gespannt wie ein Flitzebogen,"

"好奇得发紧犹如一张拉满待放的弓"[德]
that is, on the edge of my seat,

于是我坐在床沿上
where I remained throughout the next morning, until,

同一个姿势保持了整晚直到第二天早上
in what I have found to be

我发现命运
its mysterious and utterly reliable fashion,

以它那神秘而又可靠的方式