福爾摩斯探案集·工程師大拇指案 第18期:被砍掉的大拇指(4)

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I glanced at the books upon the table, and in spite of my ignorance of German

我瞧著桌子上的書，盡管我不懂德文，

I could see that two of them were treatises on science, the others being volumes of poetry.

我還是看出其中有兩本是科學(xué)論文，其它是詩集。

Then I walked across to the window, hoping that I might catch some glimpse of the country-side,

我隨后走到窗口，希望能看一看鄉(xiāng)間的景色，

but an oak shutter, heavily barred, was folded across it.

但是一扇關(guān)閉得很嚴(yán)的櫟木百葉窗遮住了窗子。

It was a wonderfully silent house.

房間里寂靜的出奇。

There was an old clock ticking loudly somewhere in the passage, but otherwise everything was deadly still.

一座舊鐘在走廊里不知什么地方滴嗒滴嗒地響著，除此之外，一切都是死一般的沉寂。

A vague feeling of uneasiness began to steal over me.

一陣模模糊糊的不安的感覺漸漸支配了我。

Who were these German people, and what were they doing living in this strange, out-of-the-way place?

這些德國(guó)人是些什么人，他們卜居在這窮鄉(xiāng)僻壤干些什么勾當(dāng)？

And where was the place?

這個(gè)地方又是在哪兒？

I was ten miles or so from Eyford, that was all I knew, but whether north, south, east, or west I had no idea.

我只知道這里距離艾津十英里左右，但是連東西南北，都分不清楚。

For that matter, Reading, and possibly other large towns, were within that radius,

就這個(gè)地方的位置來說，雷丁可能還有其它一些大鎮(zhèn)子的位置都是在這個(gè)半徑范圍之內(nèi)，

so the place might not be so secluded, after all.

所以這個(gè)地方可能并不那么偏僻。

Yet it was quite certain, from the absolute stillness, that we were in the country.

然而，這里是那么寂靜，可以十分肯定我們是在鄉(xiāng)間。

I paced up and down the room, humming a tune under my breath to keep up my spirits

我在房間里踱來踱去，低聲地哼著小調(diào)來壯膽，

and feeling that I was thoroughly earning my fifty-guinea fee.

并感覺到我完全是為了掙那五十畿尼的酬金來的。