铜山毛榉案 24离奇事件接连出现(1)

"I took it up and examined it. It was of the same peculiar¹ tint², and the same thickness.

"我拿起头发来细细地检查。那罕有的色泽，密度，和我的一模一样。

But then the impossibility of the thing obtruded³ itself upon me.

眼睁睁不可能的事却摆在我眼前。

How could my hair have been locked in the drawer?

我的头发怎么会锁在这个抽屉里呢？

With trembling hands I undid⁴ my trunk, turned out the contents, and drew from the bottom my own hair.

我双手颤抖地将我的箱子打开，把里面的东西统统倒了出来，从箱子底抽出我自己的头发。

I laid the two tresses together, and I assure you that they were identical. Was it not extraordinary?

我把两绺放在一起，我敢向你们保证，它们完全一样。这不是很离奇吗？

Puzzle as I would, I could make nothing at all of what it meant.

我真是莫名其妙，我想不出这是什么道理。

I returned the strange hair to the drawer,

我把那绺奇怪的头发放回到抽屉里，

and I said nothing of the matter to the Rucastles as I felt that I had put myself in the wrong by opening a drawer which they had locked.

对鲁卡斯尔夫妇只字不提这件事，因为我觉得打开他们锁上的抽屉这件事做得不对。

I am naturally observant, as you may have remarked, Mr. Holmes, and I soon had a pretty good plan of the whole house in my head.

你可能注意到我是个天性喜欢留心观察事物的人，福尔摩斯先生，不久我在脑子里对整个房子就有了一个很清楚的轮廓。

There was one wing, however, which appeared not to be inhabited at all.

有一边的厢房看来根本就没有人住。

A door which faced that which led into the quarters of the Tollers opened into this suite⁵, but it was invariably locked.

托勒一家住处的通道对面的一扇门可以通向这套厢房，但是这扇门总是锁着的。

One day, however, as I ascended⁶ the stair, I met Mr. Rucastle coming out through this door, his keys in his hand,

可是有一天我正上楼时，碰见鲁卡斯尔先生从这扇门里走出来，手里拿着钥匙，

and a look on his face which made him a very different person to the round, jovial⁷ man to whom I was accustomed.

看他那时的脸和我平时惯常看到的胖胖的、愉快的样子俨然判若两人。

His cheeks were red, his brow was all crinkled with anger, and the veins⁸ stood out at his temples with passion.

他因发怒面两颊涨得通红，眉头紧皱着，激动得太阳穴两旁青筋毕露。

He locked the door and hurried past me without a word or a look."

他锁好那扇门后急急地从我身边走过，一言不发，也不看我一眼。"

1 peculiar   

adj.古怪的，异常的；特殊的，特有的

参考例句：

• He walks in a peculiar fashion.他走路的样子很奇特。
• He looked at me with a very peculiar expression.他用一种很奇怪的表情看着我。

2 tint   

n.淡色，浅色；染发剂；vt.着以淡淡的颜色

参考例句：

• You can't get up that naturalness and artless rosy tint in after days.你今后不再会有这种自然和朴实无华的红润脸色。
• She gave me instructions on how to apply the tint.她告诉我如何使用染发剂。

3 obtruded   

v.强行向前，强行，强迫( obtrude的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Music from the next room obtruded upon his thoughts. 隔壁的音乐声打扰了他的思绪。
• Not a leaf stirred; not a sound obtruded upon great Nature's meditation. 树叶儿一动也不动，没有任何声音打扰大自然的酣眠。 来自英汉文学 - 汤姆历险

4 Undid   

v. 解开, 复原

参考例句：

• The officer undid the flap of his holster and drew his gun. 军官打开枪套盖拔出了手枪。
• He did wrong, and in the end his wrongs undid him. 行恶者终以其恶毁其身。

5 suite   

n.一套(家具)；套房；随从人员

参考例句：

• She has a suite of rooms in the hotel.她在那家旅馆有一套房间。
• That is a nice suite of furniture.那套家具很不错。

6 ascended   

v.上升，攀登( ascend的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He has ascended into heaven. 他已经升入了天堂。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The climbers slowly ascended the mountain. 爬山运动员慢慢地登上了这座山。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 jovial   

adj.快乐的，好交际的

参考例句：

• He seemed jovial,but his eyes avoided ours.他显得很高兴，但他的眼光却避开了我们的眼光。
• Grandma was plump and jovial.祖母身材圆胖，整天乐呵呵的。

8 veins   

n.纹理；矿脉( vein的名词复数 )；静脉；叶脉；纹理

参考例句：

• The blood flows from the capillaries back into the veins. 血从毛细血管流回静脉。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I felt a pleasant glow in all my veins from the wine. 喝过酒后我浑身的血都热烘烘的，感到很舒服。 来自《简明英汉词典》