福爾摩斯探案集·四簽名 第70期:兇手的末日(3)

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"Well, I gave my mind a thorough rest by plunging into a chemical analysis.

"我利用作化學(xué)分析試驗(yàn)的辦法使我的腦筋得到了徹底的休息。

One of our greatest statesmen has said that a change of work is the best rest. So it is.

咱們的一位大政治家曾經(jīng)說過：'改變工作，是最好的休息。'這句話一點(diǎn)兒也不錯(cuò)。

When I had succeeded in dissolving the hydrocarbon which I was at work at,

當(dāng)我把溶解碳?xì)浠衔锏膶?shí)驗(yàn)作成功以后，

I came back to our problem of the Sholtos, and thought the whole matter out again.

我就回到舒爾托的問題上面，把這問題重新考慮了一遍。

My boys had been up the river and down the river without result.

我所派遣的孩子們?cè)谏舷掠味妓驯榱耍矝]有結(jié)果。

The launch was not at any landing-stage or wharf, nor had it returned.

這只汽船既沒有停泊在任何碼頭上又沒有回轉(zhuǎn)，

Yet it could hardly have been scuttled to hide their traces, though that always remained as a possible hypothesis if all else failed.

也不太象為了滅跡而自沉——如果實(shí)在找不著，當(dāng)然這還算是個(gè)可能的假設(shè)。

I knew that this man Small had a certain degree of low cunning,

我知道斯茂多少有些狡猾的伎倆，

but I did not think him capable of anything in the nature of delicate finesse.

可是我認(rèn)為他不可能有那樣周密的手段。

That is usually a product of higher education.

他沒有受過多少教育

I then reflected that since he had certainly been in London some time

他既然在倫郭居住過相當(dāng)久

as we had evidence that he maintained a continual watch over Pondicherry Lodge

這一點(diǎn)由他對(duì)櫻沼別墅偵伺了很久的事實(shí)就可以證明，

he could hardly leave at a moment's notice, but would need some little time, if it were only a day, to arrange his affairs.

他不可能不需要一個(gè)短時(shí)間——哪怕是一天——作些準(zhǔn)備，方能離開他的巢穴遠(yuǎn)行。

That was the balance of probability, at any rate."

無論如何，這是一個(gè)可能性。"

"It seems to me to be a little weak," said I;

我道："我看這個(gè)可能性不太大，

"it is more probable that he had arranged his affairs before ever he set out upon his expedition."

恐怕他在行動(dòng)以前早已作了遠(yuǎn)行的準(zhǔn)備。"