"Quite so. I argued that the launch must be no great way off, in spite of its invisibility. I then put myself in the place of Small, and looked at it as a man of his capacity would. He would probably consider that to send back the launch or to keep it at a wharf would make pursuit easy if the police did happen to get on his track. How, then, could he conceal the launch and yet have her at hand when wanted? I wondered what I should do myself if I were in his shoes. I could only think of one way of doing it. I might land the launch over to some boat-builder or repairer, with directions to make a trifling change in her. She would then be removed to his shed or hard, and so be effectually concealed, while at the same time I could have her at a few hours' notice."
當然不能夠。我認為，這艘船雖然沒有被我們發現，可也不會離開太遠的。處在斯茂的立場，根據他這個人的能力來設想，他會想到，如果確實有警察跟蹤的話，那麼，如果把船遣回或是把它停在碼頭旁邊，都會使追蹤容易得多。那麼怎樣才能把船隱蔽起來，同時在要用它的時候還不至於誤事呢？如果我站在他的立場上會怎麼辦呢？我想，只有一個辦法，那就是把船開進一個船塢裡進行小修，這樣既可以達到隱蔽的目的，還可以在提前幾個小時得到通知的情況下使用。
in one's shoes：在這裡表示「站在某人的角度思考、設想，尤指惡劣處境。
例如：
Parents can help instill affective empathy by encouraging children to walk in others'shoes.
（父母可以通過鼓勵兒童站在他人的角度想問題，來培養他們的情感同理心。）
You wouldn’t do that if you stood in my shoes.
（如果你是我的話，你也不會那麼做的.）
我們再來看兩個含有shoes的短語：
fill one's shoes 就位，取代, 頂替，令人滿意的替代。
No one will be able to fill her shoes after she retires.
（她退休後誰都不會勝任她的工作。）
shake in one's shoes：嚇得發抖。
She is frightened at snakes, so she will shake in her shoes whenever she sees one.
（她很怕蛇，看見蛇會嚇得發抖。）