福爾摩斯探案集·銅山毛櫸案 第7期:當(dāng)事人到訪(fǎng)(4)

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It seemed to me that I had never met so fascinating and so thoughtful a man.

我好像從來(lái)沒(méi)遇到過(guò)這么動(dòng)人、這么會(huì)體貼人的人。

As I was already in debt to my tradesmen, the advance was a great convenience,

由于我那時(shí)還欠著小商販的債，這預(yù)付給我的錢(qián)當(dāng)然對(duì)我是很大的方便。

and yet there was something unnatural about the whole transaction which made me wish to know a little more before I quite committed myself.

然而，整個(gè)接洽過(guò)程當(dāng)中，我總覺(jué)得有些地方不大自然，決定多了解一些情況然后再表態(tài)。

'May I ask where you live, sir?' said I.

'我是否可以問(wèn)你住在什么地方，先生。'我說(shuō)。

'Hampshire. Charming rural place. The Copper Beeches, five miles on the far side of Winchester.

'漢普郡，可愛(ài)的鄉(xiāng)村地區(qū)。銅山毛櫸，它離溫切斯特才五英里。

It is the most lovely country, my dear young lady, and the dearest old country-house.'

真是最可愛(ài)不過(guò)的鄉(xiāng)村，我親愛(ài)的小姐，并且還有一座最可愛(ài)的古老的鄉(xiāng)村房子。'

'And my duties, sir? I should be glad to know what they would be.'

'那么我的職務(wù)呢，先生？我很想了解一下是什么工作。'

'One child, one dear little romper just six years old.

'一個(gè)小孩子，一個(gè)剛剛六歲的可愛(ài)的小淘氣。

Oh, if you could see him killing cockroaches with a slipper! Smack! smack! smack! Three gone before you could wink!'

喲，你要是能夠看見(jiàn)他用拖鞋打死蟑螂！啪噠！啪噠！啪噠！你眼睛還來(lái)不及眨一眨，三個(gè)已經(jīng)報(bào)銷(xiāo)了！'

He leaned back in his chair and laughed his eyes into his head again.

他靠在椅背上笑得又把他的眼睛瞇成一條縫了。

I was a little startled at the nature of the child's amusement, but the father's laughter made me think that perhaps he was joking.

孩子這樣的玩樂(lè)興趣有點(diǎn)使我吃驚，但是他爸爸的笑聲使我認(rèn)為也許他只是在開(kāi)玩笑而已。

'My sole duties, then,' I asked, 'are to take charge of a single child?'

'那么，我唯一的工作，'我說(shuō)，'是照管一個(gè)孩子？'

'No, no, not the sole, not the sole, my dear young lady,' he cried.

'不，不，不是唯一的，不是唯一的，我親愛(ài)的年輕小姐，'他大聲地說(shuō)。

'Your duty would be, as I am sure your good sense would suggest, to obey any little commands my wife might give,

'你的任務(wù)應(yīng)該是，我肯定你聰明的頭腦會(huì)意識(shí)到，聽(tīng)候我妻子的任何命令，

provided always that they were such commands as a lady might with propriety obey. You see no difficulty, heh?'

假如這些命令是一位小姐理應(yīng)遵從的話(huà)。你看，一點(diǎn)困難沒(méi)有，是嗎？'

'I should be happy to make myself useful.'

'我很樂(lè)意使自己成為對(duì)你們有用的人。'

'Quite so. In dress now, for example. We are faddy people, you know, faddy but kind-hearted.

'那太好了，現(xiàn)在說(shuō)說(shuō)服裝，比如說(shuō)，我們喜歡時(shí)尚，你知道，有時(shí)尚癖，但是心眼不壞。

If you were asked to wear any dress which we might give you, you would not object to our little whim. Heh?'

倘若我們給你件服裝要你穿的話(huà)，你不會(huì)反對(duì)我們的小小怪癖，是嗎？'

'No,' said I, considerably astonished at his words.

'不，'我說(shuō)，對(duì)他的話(huà)感到相當(dāng)吃驚。

'Or to sit here, or sit there, that would not be offensive to you?' 'Oh, no.'

'叫你坐在這里，或者坐在那里，這將不致于使你不高興吧？' '?。〔粫?huì)的。'