“格洛里亚斯科特”号三桅帆船04

“‘Well, that's true enough,’ said he. ‘You know, Victor,’ turning to his son, ‘when we broke up that poaching gang they swore to knife us, and Sir Edward Holly¹ has actually been attacked. I've always been on my guard since then, though I have no idea how you know it.’

“‘You have a very handsome stick,’ I answered. ‘By the inscription² I observed that you had not had it more than a year. But you have taken some pains to bore the head of it and pour melted lead into the hole so as to make it a formidable weapon. I argued that you would not take such precautions unless you had some danger to fear.’

“‘Anything else?’ he asked, smiling.

“‘You have boxed a good deal in your youth.’

“‘Right again. How did you know it? Is my nose knocked a little out of the straight?’

“‘No,’ said I. ‘It is your ears. They have the peculiar³ flattening⁴ and thickening which marks the boxing man.’

“‘Anything else?’

“‘You have done a good deal of digging by your callosities.’

“‘Made all my money at the gold fields.’

“‘You have been in New Zealand.’

“‘Right again.’

“‘You have visited Japan.’

“‘Quite true.’

“‘And you have been most intimately associated with some one whose initials were J. A., and whom you afterwards were eager to entirely⁵ forget.’

“Mr. Trevor stood slowly up, fixed⁶ his large blue eyes upon me with a strange wild stare, and then pitched forward, with his face among the nutshells which strewed⁷ the cloth, in a dead faint.

“You can imagine, Watson, how shocked both his son and I were. His attack did not last long, however, for when we undid⁸ his collar, and sprinkled the water from one of the finger-glasses over his face, he gave a gasp⁹ or two and sat up.

“‘啊呀，确实是这样，’他说道，‘维克托，你知道，’老人转身向他儿子说道，‘在我们把来沼泽地偷猎的那伙人赶走以后，他们立誓要杀死我们，而一爱一德华-霍利先生果真遭到了偷袭。从那以后我总是小心提防，但不知你是怎么知道这事的呢？’

“‘你有一根非常漂亮的手杖，’我答道，‘我从杖上刻着的字看出，你买它不超过一年。可是你却下了不少工夫把手杖头上凿个洞，灌上熔化了的铅，把它做成可怕的武器。我料想你若不担心有什么危险，是绝不会采取这种预防措施的。’

“‘还有呢？’他微笑着问道。

“‘你年轻时还经常参加拳击。’

“‘这也说对了。你怎么知道的呢？是不是我的鼻子有些被打歪了？’

“‘不是，’我说道，‘我是从你耳朵上知道的。你的耳朵特别扁平宽厚，那是拳击家的特征。’

“‘还有呢？’

“‘从你手上的老茧看，你曾做过许多采掘工作。’

“‘我确实是从金矿上致富的。’

“‘你曾经到过新西兰。’

“‘这也不错。’

“‘你去过日本。’

“‘十分正确。’

“‘你曾经和一个人一交一往得非常密切，那个人姓名的缩写字母是Ｊ．Ａ．，可是后来，你却极力想把他彻底忘掉。’

“这时老特雷佛先生慢慢地站起身来，把那双蓝色的大眼睛瞪得圆圆的，用奇怪而疯狂的眼神死盯着我，然后一头向前栽去，他的脸撞在桌布上的硬果壳堆里，昏迷不省人事。

“华生，你可想而知，当时我和他儿子两人是多么震惊了。

可是，他失去知觉的时间并不长，因为正当我们给他解一开衣领，把洗指杯中的冷水浇到他脸上时，他喘了一口气就坐起来了。

1 holly   

n.[植]冬青属灌木

参考例句：

• I recently acquired some wood from a holly tree.最近我从一棵冬青树上弄了些木料。
• People often decorate their houses with holly at Christmas.人们总是在圣诞节时用冬青来装饰房屋。

2 inscription   

n.（尤指石块上的）刻印文字，铭文，碑文

参考例句：

• The inscription has worn away and can no longer be read.铭文已磨损，无法辨认了。
• He chiselled an inscription on the marble.他在大理石上刻碑文。

3 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。

4 flattening   

n. 修平 动词flatten的现在分词

参考例句：

• Flattening of the right atrial border is also seen in constrictive pericarditis. 右心房缘变平亦见于缩窄性心包炎。
• He busied his fingers with flattening the leaves of the book. 他手指忙着抚平书页。

5 entirely   

ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
• His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。

6 fixed   

adj.固定的，不变的，准备好的；(计算机)固定的

参考例句：

• Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗？
• Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定，我们就不应该随意改变。

7 strewed   

v.撒在…上( strew的过去式和过去分词 )；散落于；点缀；撒满

参考例句：

• Papers strewed the floor. 文件扔了一地。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Autumn leaves strewed the lawn. 草地上撒满了秋叶。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

8 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。

9 gasp   

n.喘息，气喘；v.喘息；气吁吁他说

参考例句：

• She gave a gasp of surprise.她吃惊得大口喘气。
• The enemy are at their last gasp.敌人在做垂死的挣扎。