博斯科姆比溪谷秘案 02前往博斯科姆比溪谷(2)

We had the carriage to ourselves save for an immense litter of papers which Holmes had brought with him.

在车厢里，除了福尔摩斯随身带来的一大卷乱七八糟的报纸外，只有我们两个乘客。

Among these he rummaged¹ and read, with intervals² of note-taking and of meditation³, until we were past Reading.

他在这些报纸里东翻西找，然后阅读，有时记点笔记，有时沉默深思，直到我们已经过了雷丁为止。

Then he suddenly rolled them all into a gigantic ball and tossed them up onto the rack.

接着，他忽然把所有报纸卷成一大捆，扔到行李架上。

"Have you heard anything of the case?" he asked.

"你听说过有关这个案子的任何情况吗？"他问道。

"Not a word. I have not seen a paper for some days."

"一无所闻。我有好几天没有看报纸了。"

"The London press has not had very full accounts.

"伦敦出版的报纸的报道都不很详细。

I have just been looking through all the recent papers in order to master the particulars.

我一直在看最近的报纸，想掌握一些具体情况。

It seems, from what I gather, to be one of those simple cases which are so extremely difficult."

据我推测，这件案子好象是那种极难侦破的简单案件之一。"

"That sounds a little paradoxical."

"这话听起来有点自相矛盾。"

"But it is profoundly true. Singularity is almost invariably a clue.

"但这是一个意味深长的真理。异常现象几乎总是可以为你提供线索。

The more featureless and commonplace a crime is, the more difficult it is to bring it home.

可是，一个越是毫无特征和平平常常的罪行，就越是难以确实证明它是某个人所犯的。

In this case, however, they have established a very serious case against the son of the murdered man."

然而，这个案件，他们已经认定是一起儿子谋杀父亲的严重案件。"

"It is a murder, then?" "Well, it is conjectured⁴ to be so.

"这么说，那是个谋杀案了？"

I shall take nothing for granted until I have the opportunity of looking personally into it.

"唔，他们是这样猜想的。在我有机会亲自侦查这个案件之前，我决不会想当然地肯定是这样。

I will explain the state of things to you, as far as I have been able to understand it, in a very few words."

我现在就把我到目前为止所能了解到的情况，简短地给你说一下。"

1 rummaged   

翻找，搜寻( rummage的过去式和过去分词 )； 已经海关检查

参考例句：

• I rummaged through all the boxes but still could not find it. 几个箱子都翻腾遍了也没有找到。
• The customs officers rummaged the ship suspected to have contraband goods. 海关人员仔细搜查了一艘有走私嫌疑的海轮。

2 intervals   

n.[军事]间隔( interval的名词复数 )；间隔时间；[数学]区间；（戏剧、电影或音乐会的）幕间休息

参考例句：

• The forecast said there would be sunny intervals and showers. 预报间晴，有阵雨。
• Meetings take place at fortnightly intervals. 每两周开一次会。

3 meditation   

n.熟虑，（尤指宗教的）默想，沉思，（pl.）冥想录

参考例句：

• This peaceful garden lends itself to meditation.这个恬静的花园适于冥想。
• I'm sorry to interrupt your meditation.很抱歉，我打断了你的沉思。

4 conjectured   

推测，猜测，猜想( conjecture的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The old peasant conjectured that it would be an unusually cold winter. 那老汉推测冬天将会异常地寒冷。
• The general conjectured that the enemy only had about five days' supply of food left. 将军推测敌人只剩下五天的粮食给养。