福爾摩斯探案集·單身貴族案 第1期:貴族來(lái)信(1)

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The Noble Bachelor

單身貴族案

The Lord ST. SIMON marriage, and its curious termination,

圣西蒙勛爵的婚事及其奇怪的結(jié)局，

have long ceased to be a subject of interest in those exalted circles in which the unfortunate bridegroom moves.

長(zhǎng)久以來(lái)已不再是他這位不幸的新郎與之周旋的上流社會(huì)人士所感興趣的話題了。

Fresh scandals have eclipsed it, and their more piquant details have drawn the gossips away from this four-year-old drama.

新的丑聞已經(jīng)使之黯然失色，它們那些更加妙趣橫生的細(xì)情，已將四年前的這一戲劇性事件推向幕后。

As I have reason to believe, however, that the full facts have never been revealed to the general public,

然而，由于我有理由認(rèn)為這件案子的全部真相從未向大眾透露過(guò)，

and as my friend Sherlock Holmes had a considerable share in clearing the matter up,

而我的朋友歇洛克·福爾摩斯又曾為弄清這事件作出過(guò)重大貢獻(xiàn)，

I feel that no memoir of him would be complete without some little sketch of this remarkable episode.

所以，我覺(jué)得如果不對(duì)這一很不尋常的事件作一簡(jiǎn)要的描述，那對(duì)他的業(yè)績(jī)的記錄將是不夠完整的。

It was a few weeks before my own marriage, during the days when I was still sharing rooms with Holmes in Baker Street,

那還是我和福爾摩斯一起住在貝克街的時(shí)候，我結(jié)婚前幾個(gè)星期的一天，

that he came home from an afternoon stroll to find a letter on the table waiting for him.

福爾摩斯午后散步回來(lái)，看到桌子上有他的一封信。

I had remained indoors all day, for the weather had taken a sudden turn to rain, with high autumnal winds,

我整天呆在家里，因?yàn)槟翘焱蝗魂幱昃d綿，加上秋風(fēng)勁吹，

and the Jezail bullet which I had brought back in one of my limbs as a relic of my Afghan campaign throbbed with dull persistence.

我的胳臂由于殘留著作為我當(dāng)年參加阿富汗戰(zhàn)役的紀(jì)念品的那顆阿富汗步槍子彈，又隱隱作痛不止。

With my body in one easy-chair and my legs upon another, I had surrounded myself with a cloud of newspapers

我躺在一張安樂(lè)椅里，把雙腿搭在另一張椅子上，埋頭在擺滿(mǎn)身邊的報(bào)紙堆里，

until at last, saturated with the news of the day, I tossed them all aside and lay listless,

直到最后，腦袋里裝滿(mǎn)了當(dāng)天的新聞，我才把報(bào)紙丟開(kāi)，無(wú)精打采地躺在那里，

watching the huge crest and monogram upon the envelope upon the table

看著桌子上那封信的信封上端的巨大飾章和交織字母，

and wondering lazily who my friend's noble correspondent could be.

一面懶洋洋地揣度著是哪位貴族給我的朋友寫(xiě)了這封信。