铜山毛榉案 37惨案发生(3)

"Ah," said Holmes, "I think that what you have been good enough to tell us makes the matter fairly clear,

"啊，"福尔摩斯说，"我想你好意地告诉我们的这些情况，使得我们对这件事情已经一清二楚，

and that I can deduce all that remains¹.

至于其余的我就可以推断得出了。

Mr. Rucastle then, I presume, took to this system of imprisonment²?"

鲁卡斯尔先生因而，我敢断言，就采取了监禁的办法？"

"Yes, sir."

"是的，先生。"

"And brought Miss Hunter down from London in order to get rid of the disagreeable persistence³ of Mr. Fowler."

"专门把亨特小姐从伦敦请来，以便摆脱福勒先生不愉快的纠缠？"

"That was it, sir."

"正是这样，先生。"

"But Mr. Fowler being a persevering⁴ man, as a good seaman⁵ should be, blockaded the house,

"可是福勒先生是一位坚持不懈的人，就像一名好水兵必须做的那样，他封锁了这所房子，

and having met you succeeded by certain arguments, metallic⁶ or otherwise, in convincing you that your interests were the same as his."

后来遇见了你以后，通过用金钱或其它方式说服了你，使你相信你和他的利益是一致的。"

"Mr. Fowler was a very kind-spoken, free-handed gentleman," said Mrs. Toller serenely⁷.

托勒太太安祥地说，"福勒先生是一位说话和蔼、手头慷慨的先生。"

"And in this way he managed that your good man should have no want of drink,

"通过这个手段，他设法让你的好男人不缺酒喝，

and that a ladder should be ready at the moment when your master had gone out."

让你当主人一出门就把一架扶梯准备好。"

"You have it, sir, just as it happened."

"你说得对，先生，是这么一回事。"

1 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

2 imprisonment   

n.关押，监禁，坐牢

参考例句：

• His sentence was commuted from death to life imprisonment.他的判决由死刑减为无期徒刑。
• He was sentenced to one year's imprisonment for committing bigamy.他因为犯重婚罪被判入狱一年。

3 persistence   

n.坚持，持续，存留

参考例句：

• The persistence of a cough in his daughter puzzled him.他女儿持续的咳嗽把他难住了。
• He achieved success through dogged persistence.他靠着坚持不懈取得了成功。

4 persevering   

a.坚忍不拔的

参考例句：

• They will only triumph by persevering in their struggle against natural calamities. 他们只有坚持与自然灾害搏斗，才能取得胜利。
• Success belongs to the persevering. 胜利属于不屈不挠的人。

5 seaman   

n.海员，水手，水兵

参考例句：

• That young man is a experienced seaman.那个年轻人是一个经验丰富的水手。
• The Greek seaman went to the hospital five times.这位希腊海员到该医院去过五次。

6 metallic   

adj.金属的；金属制的；含金属的；产金属的；像金属的

参考例句：

• A sharp metallic note coming from the outside frightened me.外面传来尖锐铿锵的声音吓了我一跳。
• He picked up a metallic ring last night.昨夜他捡了一个金属戒指。

7 serenely   

adv.安详地，宁静地，平静地

参考例句：

• The boat sailed serenely on towards the horizon.小船平稳地向着天水交接处驶去。
• It was a serenely beautiful night.那是一个宁静美丽的夜晚。