单身贵族案 18雷斯垂德的困扰(1)

"It is very good of Lord St. Simon to honour my head by putting it on a level with his own," said Sherlock Holmes, laughing.

"承蒙圣西蒙勋爵将我的脑袋和他自己的脑袋相提并论，真是不胜荣幸之至。"歇洛克·福尔摩斯说着，笑了起来。

"I think that I shall have a whisky and soda¹ and a cigar after all this cross-questioning.

"经过这么长时间的盘问，我想我得来一杯苏打威士忌和一支雪茄。

I had formed my conclusions as to the case before our client came into the room."

在我们的委托人进门以前，我就已经做出了这个案子的结论。"

"My dear Holmes!"

"老兄，真有你的！"

"I have notes of several similar cases, though none, as I remarked before, which were quite as prompt.

"我有好几个类似案件的记录，只是象我曾经说过的那样，没有一个象这个这么干脆。

My whole examination served to turn my conjecture² into a certainty.

我的全部调查有助于肯定我的推测。

Circumstantial evidence is occasionally very convincing,

旁证有时是非常有说服力的，

as when you find a trout³ in the milk, to quote Thoreau's example."

用梭洛的话来说，就象你在牛奶里发现了一条鳟鱼一样。"

"But I have heard all that you have heard."

"但是，我也听到了你所听到的一切。"

"Without, however, the knowledge of preexisting cases which serves me so well.

"然而，缺少对我起了很大作用的过去发生过的案例的知识。

There was a parallel instance in Aberdeen some years back,

若干年前在阿伯丁有一个相似的例子。

and something on very much the same lines at Munich the year after the Franco-Prussian War.

普法战争后一年，在慕尼黑又有一件极为相似的事情。

It is one of these cases, but, hello, here is Lestrade! Good-afternoon, Lestrade!

这就是这类案例中的一个。但是，喂，雷斯垂德来了！你好，雷斯垂德！

You will find an extra tumbler upon the sideboard, and there are cigars in the box."

餐具柜上有一只特大的酒杯，盒里有雪茄烟。"

The official detective was attired⁴ in a pea-jacket and cravat⁵,

这位官厅侦探身穿一件水手的粗呢上衣，

which gave him a decidedly nautical⁶ appearance, and he carried a black canvas bag in his hand.

戴着一条老式领带，显然一副水手形象，他手里提着一只黑色的帆布提包。

With a short greeting he seated himself and lit the cigar which had been offered to him.

简单地寒暄了几句就坐下，点着了一根递给他的雪茄。

1 soda   

n.苏打水；汽水

参考例句：

• She doesn't enjoy drinking chocolate soda.她不喜欢喝巧克力汽水。
• I will freshen your drink with more soda and ice cubes.我给你的饮料重加一些苏打水和冰块。

2 conjecture   

n./v.推测，猜测

参考例句：

• She felt it no use to conjecture his motives.她觉得猜想他的动机是没有用的。
• This conjecture is not supported by any real evidence.这种推测未被任何确切的证据所证实。

3 trout   

n.鳟鱼；鲑鱼(属)

参考例句：

• Thousands of young salmon and trout have been killed by the pollution.成千上万的鲑鱼和鳟鱼的鱼苗因污染而死亡。
• We hooked a trout and had it for breakfast.我们钓了一条鳟鱼，早饭时吃了。

4 attired   

adj.穿着整齐的v.使穿上衣服，使穿上盛装( attire的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The bride was attired in white. 新娘穿一身洁白的礼服。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• It is appropriate that everyone be suitably attired. 人人穿戴得体是恰当的。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 cravat   

n.领巾，领结；v.使穿有领结的服装，使结领结

参考例句：

• You're never fully dressed without a cravat.不打领结，就不算正装。
• Mr. Kenge adjusting his cravat,then looked at us.肯吉先生整了整领带，然后又望着我们。

6 nautical   

adj.海上的，航海的，船员的

参考例句：

• A nautical mile is 1,852 meters.一海里等于1852米。
• It is 206 nautical miles from our present location.距离我们现在的位置有206海里。