的读者

我开始把更多钱存到其他岛上的读者那里，心里不是没有担忧。

I wasn’t without my worries when I started saving more money with readers on other islands.

“哦，你的读者会更多的，”我回答。

“Oh, you’ll have more readers,” I replied.

我说，他们的读者得乘船来见我。

I said their readers would have to come see me by boat.

哪怕我的读者只有一个。

Even if I only have one reader.

你的读者已经见过我的船员——现在也是你的船员了——并把我要求的合同交给了他们。

Your readers have already met my crew—which is your crew now, too—and given them the contract I asked for.

他们也不太高兴，不过他们的读者已经准备好出发了。

They weren’t too happy either, but their readers were ready to set off.