福爾摩斯探案集·波希米亞丑聞 第19期:喬裝打扮(5)

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This was quite too good to lose, Watson. I was just balancing whether I should run for it,

華生，這是不可錯過的好機(jī)會。我正權(quán)衡是應(yīng)當(dāng)趕上去呢，

or whether I should perch behind her landau when a cab came through the street.

還是應(yīng)當(dāng)攀在車后時，恰好一輛出租馬車從這街上經(jīng)過。

The driver looked twice at such a shabby fare, but I jumped in before he could object.

趕車人對那菲薄的車費(fèi)瞧了又瞧。但我在他可能表示不干之前就跳進(jìn)車?yán)铩?/p>

'The Church of St. Monica,' said I, 'and half a sovereign if you reach it in twenty minutes.'

'圣莫尼卡教堂，'我說，'給你半鎊金幣，要是你在二十分鐘之內(nèi)趕到那里的話。'

It was twenty-five minutes to twelve, and of course it was clear enough what was in the wind.

那時是十一點三十五分，將要發(fā)生什么事情，那當(dāng)然是很清楚的。

My cabby drove fast. I don't think I ever drove faster, but the others were there before us.

我的馬車夫趕得飛快。我覺得我從未趕得這么快過，但那兩輛馬車已經(jīng)比我們先行到達(dá)。

The cab and the landau with their steaming horses were in front of the door when I arrived.

在我趕到的時候，那輛出租馬車和那輛四輪馬車早已停在門前了，兩騎馬正氣喘吁吁冒著熱氣。

I paid the man and hurried into the church.

我付了車錢，急忙走進(jìn)教堂。

There was not a soul there save the two whom I had followed and a surpliced clergyman, who seemed to be expostulating with them.

在那里除了我所追蹤的兩個人和一個身穿白色法衣、好象正在勸告他們什么似的牧師外，別無他人。

They were all three standing in a knot in front of the altar.

他們?nèi)齻€人圍在一起站在圣壇前。

I lounged up the side aisle like any other idler who has dropped into a church.

我就象偶爾浪蕩到教堂里來的其他游手好閑的人一樣，信步順著兩旁的通道往前走。

Suddenly, to my surprise, the three at the altar faced round to me, and Godfrey Norton came running as hard as he could towards me.

使我感到驚異的是，忽然間在圣壇前的這三個人的臉都轉(zhuǎn)過來朝著我。戈弗雷·諾頓拚命向我跑來。

'Thank God,' he cried. 'You'll do. Come! Come!'

"'謝天謝地！'他喊道，'有了你就行了。來！來！'"