单身贵族案 19雷斯垂德的困扰(2)

"What's up, then?" asked Holmes with a twinkle in his eye. "You look dissatisfied."

"出了什么事啦？啊？"福尔摩斯眨了眨眼睛问道，"看你这样子似乎很不遂心。"

"And I feel dissatisfied. It is this infernal St. Simon marriage case.

"我的确是感到很不称心。就是圣西蒙勋爵婚事这件倒霉的案子。

I can make neither head nor tail of the business."

对这件案子我是一点头绪也没有。"

"Really! You surprise me."

"真的吗？你真叫我感到吃惊。"

"Who ever heard of such a mixed affair?

"谁听说过这样一团乱糟糟的事情？

Every clue seems to slip through my fingers. I have been at work upon it all day."

每一条线索似乎都从我的手指中溜掉了。我一整天都在忙着搞这件事。"

"And very wet it seems to have made you," said Holmes, laying his hand upon the arm of the pea-jacket.

"看来把你搞得浑身都湿透了。"福尔摩斯说着，一只手搭在他那件粗呢上衣的胳膊上。

"Yes, I have been dragging the Serpentine¹."

"是的，我正在塞彭廷湖里打捞。"

"In heaven's name, what for?"

"天哪，那是为什么？"

"In search of the body of Lady St. Simon."

"寻找圣西蒙夫人的尸体。"

Sherlock Holmes leaned back in his chair and laughed heartily².

福尔摩斯仰身靠在椅子上，捧腹大笑起来。

"Have you dragged the basin of Trafalgar Square fountain?" he asked.

"你没有在特拉德尔加广场的喷水池里打捞吧？"他问道。

"Why? What do you mean?"

"唔，你这是什么意思？"

"Because you have just as good a chance of finding this lady in the one as in the other."

"因为在那里寻找这位夫人的机会和在另一处寻找的机会一样多。"

1 serpentine   

adj.蜿蜒的，弯曲的

参考例句：

• One part of the Serpentine is kept for swimmers.蜿蜒河的一段划为游泳区。
• Tremolite laths and serpentine minerals are present in places.有的地方出现透闪石板条及蛇纹石。

2 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。