蓝宝石案 12蓝宝石现身(2)

"A thousand pounds! Great Lord of mercy!"

"一千英镑！我的老天爷呀！"

The commissionaire plumped down into a chair and stared from one to the other of us.

看门人品通一下跌坐在椅子上，瞪大眼睛轮番看着我和福尔摩斯。

"That is the reward, and I have reason to know that there are sentimental¹ considerations in the background

"那只不过是赏格而已，而且我确实知道伯爵夫人由于暗中某些感情上的考虑，

which would induce the Countess to part with half her fortune if she could but recover the gem²."

只要能够找回这颗宝石，她就是将财产分一半给人也会心甘情愿的。"

"It was lost, if I remember aright, at the Hotel Cosmopolitan," I remarked.

"如果我没有记错的话，这颗宝石是在'世界旅馆'丢失的。"我说道。

"Precisely³ so, on December 22d, just five days ago.

"的确如此，十二月二十二日，也就是五天以前。

John Horner, a plumber⁴, was accused of having abstracted it from the lady's jewel-case.

约翰·霍纳，一个管子工，被人指控从伯爵夫人的首饰匣里窃取了这颗宝石。

The evidence against him was so strong that the case has been referred to the Assizes.

因为他犯罪的证据确凿，现在这一案件已提交法庭。

I have some account of the matter here, I believe."

我想这里还有些关于这事件的记载。"

He rummaged⁵ amid his newspapers, glancing over the dates,

他在那堆报纸里翻弄着，眼睛扫视一张张报纸上的日期，

until at last he smoothed one out, doubled it over, and read the following paragraph.

最后把一张报纸摊平，叠了一折，然后念了下面的段落。

1 sentimental   

adj.多愁善感的，感伤的

参考例句：

• She's a sentimental woman who believes marriage comes by destiny.她是多愁善感的人，她相信姻缘命中注定。
• We were deeply touched by the sentimental movie.我们深深被那感伤的电影所感动。

2 gem   

n.宝石，珠宝；受爱戴的人 [同]jewel

参考例句：

• The gem is beyond my pocket.这颗宝石我可买不起。
• The little gem is worth two thousand dollars.这块小宝石价值两千美元。

3 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。

4 plumber   

n.(装修水管的)管子工

参考例句：

• Have you asked the plumber to come and look at the leaking pipe?你叫管道工来检查漏水的管子了吗？
• The plumber screwed up the tap by means of a spanner.管子工用板手把龙头旋紧。

5 rummaged   

翻找，搜寻( rummage的过去式和过去分词 )； 已经海关检查

参考例句：

• I rummaged through all the boxes but still could not find it. 几个箱子都翻腾遍了也没有找到。
• The customs officers rummaged the ship suspected to have contraband goods. 海关人员仔细搜查了一艘有走私嫌疑的海轮。