福爾摩斯探案集·銅山毛櫸案 第6期:當(dāng)事人到訪(3)

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'You are looking for a situation, miss?' he asked. 'Yes, sir.'

'你是來尋找職業(yè)的吧，小姐？'他問。'是的，先生。'

'As governess?' 'Yes, sir.'

'做家庭女教師？' '是的，先生。'

'And what salary do you ask?'

'你要求多少薪水？'

'I had 4 pounds a month in my last place with Colonel Spence Munro.'

'我以前在斯彭斯·芒羅上校處是每月四英鎊。'

'Oh, tut, tut! sweating, rank sweating!' he cried, throwing his fat hands out into the air like a man who is in a boiling passion.

'哎喲，嘖！嘖！苛刻啊，這夠苛刻的，'他一面嚷著，一面伸出一雙肥胖的手，好像情緒激動(dòng)的人那樣，在空中揮舞。

'How could anyone offer so pitiful a sum to a lady with such attractions and accomplishments?'

'怎么會(huì)有人出這么可憐的小數(shù)目給這樣有吸引力和造詣的一位女士？'

'My accomplishments, sir, may be less than you imagine,' said I. 'A little French, a little German, music, and drawing...'

'我的造詣么，先生，可能不如你所想象的那么深，'我說，'懂一點(diǎn)法文，懂一點(diǎn)德文、音樂和繪畫...'

'Tut, tut!' he cried. 'This is all quite beside the question.

'嘖，嘖！'他喊著，'這些都不是主要問題。

The point is, have you or have you not the bearing and deportment of a lady? There it is in a nutshell.

關(guān)鍵是你有沒有一位有教養(yǎng)婦女的舉止和風(fēng)度？簡單地說就是這一句話。

If you have not, you are not fitted for the rearing of a child who may some day play a considerable part in the history of the country.

你若是沒有，那你就不適宜于教育一個(gè)將來有一天也許會(huì)對(duì)國家的歷史起很大作用的孩子。

But if you have, why, then, how could any gentleman ask you to condescend to accept anything under the three figures?

但是倘若你有，那么，為什么竟有一位先生好意思要求你屈尊俯就接受少于三位數(shù)的數(shù)目的薪金？

Your salary with me, madam, would commence at 100 pounds a year.'

小姐，你在我這里的薪水，要從一百鎊一年開始。'

You may imagine, Mr. Holmes, that to me, destitute as I was, such an offer seemed almost too good to be true.

你可以想象，福爾摩斯先生，這樣的待遇，在我這樣窮得不名一文的人看來幾乎是好得難以令人相信??！

The gentleman, however, seeing perhaps the look of incredulity upon my face, opened a pocket-book and took out a note.

可是這位先生，大概看見我臉上懷疑的表情，便打開錢包，拿出一張鈔票。

'It is also my custom,' said he, smiling in the most pleasant fashion until his eyes were just two little shining slits amid the white creases of his face,

'這也是我的習(xí)慣，'他說，甜蜜蜜地笑得兩只眼睛在他那布滿皺紋的白臉上只剩下兩條發(fā)亮的細(xì)縫，

'to advance to my young ladies half their salary beforehand, so that they may meet any little expenses of their journey and their wardrobe.'

'預(yù)付一半薪金給我的年輕的小姐，好讓她們應(yīng)付旅費(fèi)上的零星開支和添置些服裝！'