福爾摩斯探案集·銅山毛櫸案 第31期:離奇事件接連出現(xiàn)(8)
"Excellent! We shall then look thoroughly into the affair.
"好極了！那么我們就來徹底調查這件事。
Of course there is only one feasible explanation.
當然，只有一個說得通的解釋，
You have been brought there to personate someone, and the real person is imprisoned in this chamber. That is obvious.
你是被請到那里去冒充某個人，而那個人實際上被囚禁在那間屋子里，這是一清二楚的。
As to who this prisoner is, I have no doubt that it is the daughter, Miss Alice Rucastle,
至于這個被囚禁的人是誰，我可以斷定就是那個女兒艾麗絲·魯卡斯爾小姐，
if I remember right, who was said to have gone to America.
如果我沒記錯的話，她是被說成已經到美國去了。
You were chosen, doubtless, as resembling her in height, figure, and the colour of your hair.
毫無疑問，你所以被選中是因為你的高度、身材和你的頭發(fā)的色澤和她的一樣。
Hers had been cut off, very possibly in some illness through which she has passed, and so, of course, yours had to be sacrificed also.
好的頭發(fā)被剪掉很可能是因為她曾經患過什么病，因而，自然也必須要你犧牲你的頭發(fā)。
By a curious chance you came upon her tresses.
你瞧見那綹頭發(fā)完全是碰巧。
The man in the road was undoubtedly some friend of hers -- possibly her fiance
那個在公路上的男人無疑是她的什么朋友，很可能是她的未婚夫。
and no doubt, as you wore the girl's dress and were so like her,
而且無疑，正因為你穿著那個姑娘的衣服，而且又那么像她，
he was convinced from your laughter, whenever he saw you, and afterwards from your gesture,
所以每當他看見你的時候，他從你的笑容中，以后又從你的姿勢中，
that Miss Rucastle was perfectly happy, and that she no longer desired his attentions.
相信魯卡斯爾小姐確實很快樂，并認為她不再需要他的關懷了。
The dog is let loose at night to prevent him from endeavouring to communicate with her. So much is fairly clear.
那只狗晚上放出來是為了防止他設法和她接觸。所有這些都是相當清楚的，
The most serious point in the case is the disposition of the child."
這樁案件最嚴重的一點就是那孩子的性情。"
"What on earth has that to do with it?" I ejaculated.
"這和孩子又有什么關系？"我突然叫了出來。
"My dear Watson, you as a medical man are continually gaining light as to the tendencies of a child by the study of the parents.
"我親愛的華生，你作為一個醫(yī)生要逐漸地了解一個孩子的癖性，就要從研究他的父母親開始。
Don't you see that the converse is equally valid.
你沒想到反過來也是同樣的道理嗎？
I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying their children.
我時常從研究孩子入手來取得對其父母品格基本的真正的深入了解。
This child's disposition is abnormally cruel, merely for cruelty's sake,
這孩子的性格異常殘忍，而且是為殘忍而殘忍，
and whether he derives this from his smiling father, as I should suspect, or from his mother,
不管這種性格是像我所猜疑的那樣來源于他的笑瞇瞇的父親，還是來源于他的母親，
it bodes evil for the poor girl who is in their power."
這對在他們掌握之中的那個可憐的姑娘注定是不妙的。"
"I am sure that you are right, Mr. Holmes," cried our client.
"我確實相信你是對的，福爾摩斯先生，"我們的委托人大聲說。
"A thousand things come back to me which make me certain that you have hit it.
"無數(shù)的事回想起來使我非常確定你說得十分中肯。
Oh, let us lose not an instant in bringing help to this poor creature."
讓我們一刻也不要耽擱，趕快去營救那可憐的人吧！"
"We must be circumspect, for we are dealing with a very cunning man. We can do nothing until seven o'clock.
"我們必須小心謹慎，因為我們是在對付一個很狡猾的人。我們在七點鐘以前辦不了什么事。
At that hour we shall be with you, and it will not be long before we solve the mystery."
一到七點我們就會和你在一起，不用很久我們就能解開這個謎了。"
