“格洛里亚斯科特”号三桅帆船06

“From that day, amid all his cordiality, there was always a touch of suspicion in Mr. Trevor's manner towards me. Even his son remarked it. ‘You've given the governor such a turn,’ said he, ‘that he'll never be sure again of what you know and what you don't know.’ He did not mean to show it, I am sure, but it was so strongly in his mind that it peeped out at every action. At last I became so convinced that I was causing him uneasiness that I drew my visit to a close. On the very day, however, before I left, an incident occurred which proved in the sequel to be of importance.

“We were sitting out upon the lawn on garden chairs, the three of us, basking¹ in the sun and admiring the view across the Broads, when a maid came out to say that there was a man at the door who wanted to see Mr. Trevor.

“‘What is his name?’ asked my host.

“‘He would not give any.’

“‘What does he want, then?’

“‘He says that you know him, and that he only wants a moment's conversation.’

“‘Show him round here.’ An instant afterwards there appeared a little wizened² fellow with a cringing³ manner and a shambling style of walking. He wore an open jacket, with a splotch of tar⁴ on the sleeve, a red-and-black check shirt, dungaree trousers, and heavy boots badly worn. His face was thin and brown and crafty⁵, with a perpetual smile upon it, which showed an irregular line of yellow teeth, and his crinkled hands were half closed in a way that is distinctive⁶ of sailors. As he came slouching across the lawn I heard Mr. Trevor make a sort of hiccoughing noise in his throat, and jumping out of his chair, he ran into the house. He was back in a moment, and I smelt⁷ a strong reek⁸ of brandy as he passed me.

“‘Well, my man,’ said he. ‘What can I do for you?’

“The sailor stood looking at him with puckered⁹ eyes, and with the same loose-lipped smile upon his face.

“‘You don't know me?’ he asked.

“‘Why, dear me, it is surely Hudson,’ said Mr. Trevor in a tone of surprise.

“‘啊，孩子们，’他强作笑脸说道，‘但愿没有吓着你们。我的外貌看起来很强壮，可是心脏很弱，毫不费力就可使我昏倒。福尔摩斯先生，我不知道你是怎么推断出来的，不过我觉得，那些实际存在的侦探也好，虚构出来的侦探也好，在你手下，都只不过象一些小孩子罢了。先生，你可以把它做为你一生的职业。你可以记住我这个饱经世事的人所说的话。’

“华生，请你相信这点。当时，搞推断仅仅是我的业余一爱一好，首先促使我想到这种一爱一好可以作为终生职业的，就是他的劝告以及对我的能力的言过其实的评价。然而，当时，我对东道主突然生病靶到非常不安，顾不得去想别的事。

“‘我希望我没有说什么使你痛苦的话。’我说道。

“‘啊，你当真触到了我的痛处。但我想问一下，你是怎样知道的，你知道了多少情况？’现在他半开玩笑地说道，可是双眼依然残留着惊骇的神情。

“‘这是很简单的，’我说道，‘那天我们在小艇中，你卷起袖子去捉鱼，我见你胳臂弯上刺着Ｊ．Ａ．二字，字形仍然清晰可辨，但笔划已弄得模糊了。字的四周又染着墨迹，分明后来你曾设法要把那字迹抹去。由此可见这两个缩写字母，你本来十分熟悉，后来却想忘掉它。’

“‘你的眼力好厉害啊！’他放心地松了一口气，说道，‘这事正象你所说的那样。不过我们不必去谈论它了。一切鬼魂之中，我们旧相知的一陰一魂是最凶恶的。我们到弹子房去安静地吸一支烟吧。’

1 basking   

v.晒太阳，取暖( bask的现在分词 )；对…感到乐趣；因他人的功绩而出名；仰仗…的余泽

参考例句：

• We sat basking in the warm sunshine. 我们坐着享受温暖的阳光。
• A colony of seals lay basking in the sun. 一群海豹躺着晒太阳。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 wizened   

adj.凋谢的；枯槁的

参考例句：

• That wizened and grotesque little old man is a notorious miser.那个干瘪难看的小老头是个臭名远扬的吝啬鬼。
• Mr solomon was a wizened little man with frizzy gray hair.所罗门先生是一个干瘪矮小的人，头发鬈曲灰白。

3 cringing   

adj.谄媚，奉承

参考例句：

• He had a cringing manner but a very harsh voice.他有卑屈谄媚的神情，但是声音却十分粗沙。
• She stepped towards him with a movement that was horribly cringing.她冲他走了一步，做出一个低三下四，令人作呕的动作。

4 tar   

n.柏油，焦油；vt.涂或浇柏油/焦油于

参考例句：

• The roof was covered with tar.屋顶涂抹了一层沥青。
• We use tar to make roads.我们用沥青铺路。

5 crafty   

adj.狡猾的，诡诈的

参考例句：

• He admired the old man for his crafty plan.他敬佩老者的神机妙算。
• He was an accomplished politician and a crafty autocrat.他是个有造诣的政治家，也是个狡黠的独裁者。

6 distinctive   

adj.特别的，有特色的，与众不同的

参考例句：

• She has a very distinctive way of walking.她走路的样子与别人很不相同。
• This bird has several distinctive features.这个鸟具有几种突出的特征。

7 smelt   

v.熔解，熔炼；n.银白鱼，胡瓜鱼

参考例句：

• Tin is a comparatively easy metal to smelt.锡是比较容易熔化的金属。
• Darby was looking for a way to improve iron when he hit upon the idea of smelting it with coke instead of charcoal.达比一直在寻找改善铁质的方法，他猛然想到可以不用木炭熔炼，而改用焦炭。

8 reek   

v.发出臭气；n.恶臭

参考例句：

• Where there's reek,there's heat.哪里有恶臭，哪里必发热。
• That reek is from the fox.那股恶臭是狐狸发出的。

9 puckered   

v.（使某物）起褶子或皱纹( pucker的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• His face puckered , and he was ready to cry. 他的脸一皱，像要哭了。
• His face puckered, the tears leapt from his eyes. 他皱着脸，眼泪夺眶而出。 来自《简明英汉词典》