波希米亚丑闻 26设计圈套(1)

Irene Adler, as I will still call her, had hurried up the steps;

艾琳·艾德勒--我还愿意这么称呼她--急忙跑上台阶。

but she stood at the top with her superb figure outlined against the lights of the hall, looking back into the street.

但是她在最高一层台阶站住了，门厅里的灯光勾划出了她的极其优美的身材的轮廓。

"Is the poor gentleman much hurt?" she asked.

她回头朝街道问道："那位可怜的先生伤得厉害吗？"

"He is dead," cried several voices. "No, no, there's life in him!" shouted another.

"他已经死啦，"几个声音一起喊道。"不，不，还活着呢，"另一声音高叫着，

"But he'll be gone before you can get him to hospital."

"但是等不到你们把他送进医院，他就会死去的。"

"He's a brave fellow," said a woman. "They would have had the lady's purse and watch if it hadn't been for him.

"他是个勇敢的人，"一个女人说道，“要不是他的话，那些流浪汉早就把夫人的钱包和表抢走了。

They were a gang, and a rough one, too. Ah, he's breathing now."

他们是一帮，而且是一帮粗暴的家伙。啊，他现在能呼吸了。"

"He can't lie in the street. May we bring him in, marm?"

"不能让他躺在街上。我们可以把他抬进屋子里去吗，夫人？"

"Surely. Bring him into the sitting-room¹. There is a comfortable sofa. This way, please!"

"当然可以。把他抬到起居室里去。那儿有一张舒服的沙发。请到这边来吧。"

Slowly and solemnly he was borne into Briony Lodge² and laid out in the principal room,

大家缓慢而庄严地把他抬进布里翁尼府第，安置在正房里。

while I still observed the proceedings³ from my post by the window.

这时我由站在靠近窗口的地方一直在看着整个事情的经过。

The lamps had been lit, but the blinds had not been drawn⁴,

灯都点燃了。可是窗帘没有拉上，

so that I could see Holmes as he lay upon the couch.

所以我可以看到福尔摩斯是怎样被安放在长沙发上的。

I do not know whether he was seized with compunction at that moment for the part he was playing,

当时他对他扮演的角色是否感到有些内疚我不知道，

but I know that I never felt more heartily⁵ ashamed of myself in my life

但是我却知道，我自己有生以来从未比看见

than when I saw the beautiful creature against whom I was conspiring⁶, or the grace and kindliness⁷ with which she waited upon the injured man.

我所密谋反对的美人或者看到她服侍伤者的那种温雅和亲切的仪态更感到由衷的羞愧了。

And yet it would be the blackest treachery to Holmes to draw back now from the part which he had intrusted to me.

可是现在对福尔摩斯委托我扮演的角色半途甩手不干了，未免是一种对他最卑鄙的背叛。

I hardened my heart, and took the smoke-rocket from under my ulster.

我硬下心肠，从我的长外套里取出烟火筒。

After all, I thought, we are not injuring her. We are but preventing her from injuring another.

我想，我们毕竟不是伤害这美人，我们不过是不让她伤害别人罢了。

1 sitting-room   

n.（BrE）客厅，起居室

参考例句：

• The sitting-room is clean.起居室很清洁。
• Each villa has a separate sitting-room.每栋别墅都有一间独立的起居室。

2 lodge   

v.临时住宿，寄宿，寄存，容纳；n.传达室，小旅馆

参考例句：

• Is there anywhere that I can lodge in the village tonight?村里有我今晚过夜的地方吗？
• I shall lodge at the inn for two nights.我要在这家小店住两个晚上。

3 proceedings   

n.进程，过程，议程；诉讼(程序)；公报

参考例句：

• He was released on bail pending committal proceedings. 他交保获释正在候审。
• to initiate legal proceedings against sb 对某人提起诉讼

4 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
• Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。

5 heartily   

adv.衷心地，诚恳地，十分，很

参考例句：

• He ate heartily and went out to look for his horse.他痛快地吃了一顿，就出去找他的马。
• The host seized my hand and shook it heartily.主人抓住我的手，热情地和我握手。

6 conspiring   

密谋( conspire的现在分词 )； 搞阴谋； （事件等）巧合； 共同导致

参考例句：

• They were accused of conspiring against the king. 他们被指控阴谋反对国王。
• John Brown and his associates were tried for conspiring to overthrow the slave states. 约翰·布朗和他的合伙者们由于密谋推翻实行奴隶制度的美国各州而被审讯。

7 kindliness   

n.厚道，亲切，友好的行为

参考例句：

• Martha looked up into a strange face and dark eyes alight with kindliness and concern. 马撒慢慢抬起头，映入眼帘的是张陌生的脸，脸上有一双充满慈爱和关注的眼睛。 来自辞典例句
• I think the chief thing that struck me about Burton was his kindliness. 我想，我对伯顿印象最深之处主要还是这个人的和善。 来自辞典例句