“鬼”- - - - -为心机，手法活络，翻手为云覆手为雨(引自作者“津津”：胡雪岩的“五字商典”)。

"Ghost" — for efforts active way, for Fanshou hand for the rain cloud cover (from the author of "Jin" : Hu Xueyan "five words are Code").

“苦肉计是故意的，我们完全是自然天成。孩子哪会有这样的心机？”石泉辩解道。

"Huang Gai did deliberately, but we did naturally. Can a kid be so scheming?" Shiquan explained.

福尔图纳托举起他手中昏暗的火把，尽力窥视凹洞深处，可他枉费了一番心机。

It was in vain that Fortunato, uplifting his dull torch, endeavoured to pry into the depths of the recess.