波希米亚丑闻 07高贵的委托者（5）

I did so, and saw a large "E" with a small "g," a "P," and a large "G" with a small "t" woven into the texture¹ of the paper.

我这样做了。看到纸质纹理中有一个大"E"和一个小"g"、一个"P"以及一个"G"和一个小"t"交织在一起。

"What do you make of that?" asked Holmes.

"你了解这是什么意思？"福尔摩斯问道。

"The name of the maker², no doubt; or his monogram³, rather."

"无疑，是制造者的名字，更确切地说，是他名字的交织字母。"

"Not at all. The 'G' with the small 't' stands for 'Gesellschaft,' which is the German for 'Company.'

"完全不对，'G'和小't'代表的是'Gesellschaet'，也就是德文'公司' 这个词。

It is a customary contraction⁴ like our 'Co.' 'P,' of course, stands for 'Papier.'

象我们'Co.'这么一个惯用的缩写词一样。当然，'P'代表的是'Paper'--'纸'。

Now for the 'Eg.' Let us glance at our Continental⁵ Gazetteer⁶."

现在该轮到'Eg'了。让我们翻一下《大陆地名词典》。"

He took down a heavy brown volume from his shelves.

他从书架上拿下一本很厚的棕色书皮的书。

"Eglow, Eglonitz--here we are, Egria. It is in a German-speaking country--in Bohemia, not far from Carlsbad.

"EglowEglonitz，--有了，Egria。那是在说德语的国家里--也就是在波希米亚，离卡尔斯巴德不远。

'Remarkable⁷ as being the scene of the death of Wallenstein, and for its numerous glass-factories and paper-mills.'

'以瓦伦斯坦卒于此地而闻名，同时也以其玻璃工厂和造纸厂林立而著称。'

Ha, ha, my boy, what do you make of that?" His eyes sparkled, and he sent up a great blue triumphant⁸ cloud from his cigarette.

哈，哈，老兄，你了解这是什么意思？"他的眼睛闪闪发光，得意地喷出一大口蓝色的香烟的烟雾。

"The paper was made in Bohemia," I said.

"这种纸是在波希米亚制造的。"我说道

"Precisely⁹. And the man who wrote the note is a German.

"完全正确。写这张纸条的是德国人。

Do you note the peculiar¹⁰ construction of the sentence -- 'This account of you we have from all quarters received.'

你是否注意到'此种传述，广播四方，我等知之甚稔' 这种句子的特殊结构？

A Frenchman or Russian could not have written that.

法国人或俄国人是不会这样写的。

It is the German who is so uncourteous to his verbs.

只有德国人才这样乱用动词。

It only remains¹¹, therefore, to discover what is wanted by this German who writes upon Bohemian paper and prefers wearing a mask to showing his face.

因此，现在有待查明的是这位用波希米亚纸写字、宁愿戴面具以掩盖他的庐山真面目的德国人到底想干些什么。

And here he comes, if I am not mistaken, to resolve all our doubts."

瞧，要是我没有搞错的话，他来了，他将打破我们的一切疑团。"

1 texture   

n.(织物)质地；(材料)构造；结构；肌理

参考例句：

• We could feel the smooth texture of silk.我们能感觉出丝绸的光滑质地。
• Her skin has a fine texture.她的皮肤细腻。

2 maker   

n.制造者，制造商

参考例句：

• He is a trouble maker，You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼，你不要跟他在一起。
• A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。

3 monogram   

n.字母组合

参考例句：

• There was a monogram in the corner in which were the initials"R.K.B.".原来手帕角上有个图案，其中包含着RKB三个字母。
• When we get married I don't have to change the monogram on my luggage.当我们结婚后，我连皮箱上的字母也不用改。

4 contraction   

n.缩略词，缩写式，害病

参考例句：

• The contraction of this muscle raises the lower arm.肌肉的收缩使前臂抬起。
• The forces of expansion are balanced by forces of contraction.扩张力和收缩力相互平衡。

5 continental   

adj.大陆的，大陆性的，欧洲大陆的

参考例句：

• A continental climate is different from an insular one.大陆性气候不同于岛屿气候。
• The most ancient parts of the continental crust are 4000 million years old.大陆地壳最古老的部分有40亿年历史。

6 gazetteer   

n.地名索引

参考例句：

• Any atlas,containing many pages of maps,normally includes an index,called a gazetteer.任何载有多幅地图的地图集，一般都附有一份地名索引。
• The entire "Geographia" is the first atlas and gazetteer.全部《地理学》可说是第一本地图集和地名辞典。

7 remarkable   

adj.显著的，异常的，非凡的，值得注意的

参考例句：

• She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills.她在写作技巧方面有了长足进步。
• These cars are remarkable for the quietness of their engines.这些汽车因发动机没有噪音而不同凡响。

8 triumphant   

adj.胜利的，成功的；狂欢的，喜悦的

参考例句：

• The army made a triumphant entry into the enemy's capital.部队胜利地进入了敌方首都。
• There was a positively triumphant note in her voice.她的声音里带有一种极为得意的语气。

9 precisely   

adv.恰好，正好，精确地，细致地

参考例句：

• It's precisely that sort of slick sales-talk that I mistrust.我不相信的正是那种油腔滑调的推销宣传。
• The man adjusted very precisely.那个人调得很准。

10 peculiar   

adj.古怪的，异常的；特殊的，特有的

参考例句：

• He walks in a peculiar fashion.他走路的样子很奇特。
• He looked at me with a very peculiar expression.他用一种很奇怪的表情看着我。

11 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。