福爾摩斯探案集·四簽名 第72期:兇手的末日(5)

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"But the launch? They could not have taken that to their lodgings."

"可是他不能夠把這只船也帶到巢穴里去呀。"

"Quite so. I argued that the launch must be no great way off, in spite of its invisibility.

"當(dāng)然不能夠。我認(rèn)為，這只船雖然沒有被我們發(fā)現(xiàn)，可也不會(huì)離開太遠(yuǎn)。

I then put myself in the place of Small and looked at it as a man of his capacity would.

處在斯茂的地位，根據(jù)他這個(gè)人的能力來設(shè)想，

He would probably consider that to send back the launch or to keep it at a wharf would make pursuit easy if the police did happen to get on his track.

他會(huì)想到：如果確有警察跟蹤的話，那么，如果把船遣回或是把它停在碼頭旁邊，都會(huì)使追蹤更容易得多了。

How, then, could he conceal the launch and yet have her at hand when wanted?

那么怎樣才能夠把船隱蔽起來，同時(shí)要用它的時(shí)候還不致于誤事呢？

I wondered what I should do myself if I were in his shoes. I could only think of one way of doing it.

如果我站在他的立場上應(yīng)當(dāng)怎么辦呢？我想，只有一個(gè)辦法，

I might hand the launch over to some boat-builder or repairer, with directions to make a trifling change in her.

我會(huì)把船交給一些造船人或者修理工，指示他們做一些微小的改變，

She would then be removed to his shed or yard, and so be effectually concealed,

之后會(huì)開進(jìn)一個(gè)船塢或者院子里，如此既可達(dá)到隱蔽的目的，

while at the same time I could have her at a few hours' notice."

還可在提前幾個(gè)小時(shí)通知的情況下使用。"

"That seems simple enough."

"這似乎是很簡單的。"