英文名：Moonfleet
中文名：《月牙儿》
作者: John Meade Falkner (1858-1932)
难度：410L
内容介绍：
小说以18世纪中期多塞特郡的一个渔村为背景。故事讲述了一个15岁的孤儿男孩约翰-特伦查德与一个老人成为朋友，而这个老人原来是一个走私团伙的头目。
The novel is set in a fishing village in Dorset during the mid 18th century. The story concerns a 15 year old orphan boy, John Trenchard, who becomes friends with an older man who turns out to be the leader of a gang of smugglers.
One night John chances on the smugglers’ store in the crypt beneath the church. He explores but hides behind a coffin when he hears voices. He finds a locket which contains a parchment, in the coffin belonging to Colonel Mohune. Unfortunately after the visitors leave, he finds himself trapped inside, and is only rescued two days later when two of the smugglers, Ratsey, the sexton and Elzevir Block, the innkeeper of the Why Not?, the local pub, investigate his disappearance. His aunt insists he leaves her house and Elzevir Block takes him in to live at the pub.
