福爾摩斯探案集·紅發(fā)會(huì) 第2期:紅發(fā)的主顧(2)

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"You will remember that I remarked the other day, just before we went into the very simple problem presented by Miss Mary Sutherland,

"你當(dāng)然會(huì)記得那天我們談到瑪麗·薩瑟蘭小姐所提的那個(gè)很簡(jiǎn)單的問(wèn)題之前所說(shuō)的那段話吧：

that for strange effects and extraordinary combinations we must go to life itself,

為了獲得新奇的效果和異乎尋常的配合，我們必須深入生活，

which is always far more daring than any effort of the imagination."

而它本身總是比任何大膽想象更富有冒險(xiǎn)性。"

"A proposition which I took the liberty of doubting."

"我倒要冒昧地懷疑你的這個(gè)說(shuō)法。"

"You did, Doctor, but none the less you must come round to my view,

"是嗎？大夫。但是，你仍然必須同意我的看法。

for otherwise I shall keep on piling fact upon fact on you until your reason breaks down under them and acknowledges me to be right.

否則，我將繼續(xù)列舉一系列事實(shí)，這些事實(shí)將使你的道理不攻自破，然后你就會(huì)承認(rèn)我是對(duì)的。

Now, Mr. Jabez Wilson here has been good enough to call upon me this morning,

好啦，這位杰貝茲·威爾遜先生真好，他今天上午專程來(lái)看我，

and to begin a narrative which promises to be one of the most singular which I have listened to for some time.

他開(kāi)始對(duì)我講很可能是我好些時(shí)候以來(lái)所聽(tīng)過(guò)的最稀奇古怪的故事之一。

You have heard me remark that the strangest and most unique things are very often connected not with the larger but with the smaller crimes,

你已聽(tīng)我說(shuō)過(guò)，最離奇、最獨(dú)特的事物往往不是和較大的罪行而是和較小的罪行有聯(lián)系，

and occasionally, indeed, where there is room for doubt whether any positive crime has been committed.

而且有時(shí)確實(shí)很可以懷疑是不是真的有人犯了罪。

As far as I have heard it is impossible for me to say whether the present case is an instance of crime or not,

就我所聽(tīng)到的來(lái)說(shuō)，我還不可能斷定現(xiàn)在這個(gè)案件是不是一個(gè)犯罪的案例，

but the course of events is certainly among the most singular that I have ever listened to.

但是，事情的經(jīng)過(guò)肯定是我所聽(tīng)到過(guò)的最離奇不過(guò)的了。

Perhaps, Mr. Wilson, you would have the great kindness to recommence your narrative.

威爾遜先生，可不可以請(qǐng)你費(fèi)心從頭講講這件事情的經(jīng)過(guò)。

I ask you not merely because my friend Dr. Watson has not heard the opening part

我請(qǐng)你從頭講，這不僅因?yàn)槲业呐笥讶A生大夫沒(méi)有聽(tīng)到開(kāi)頭那部分，

but also because the peculiar nature of the story makes me anxious to have every possible detail from your lips.

而且還因?yàn)檫@件事很奇特，所以我很想從你嘴里聽(tīng)到其中一切盡可能詳細(xì)的情節(jié)。

As a rule, when I have heard some slight indication of the course of events,

一般說(shuō)來(lái)，當(dāng)我聽(tīng)到一些稍微能夠說(shuō)明事情經(jīng)過(guò)的情節(jié)時(shí)，

I am able to guide myself by the thousands of other similar cases which occur to my memory.

我總是用幾千個(gè)我能想得起來(lái)的其他類似案件來(lái)引導(dǎo)我自己。

In the present instance I am forced to admit that the facts are, to the best of my belief, unique."

這一次我不得不承認(rèn)，我的確深信這些事實(shí)是獨(dú)特的。"