绿玉皇冠案 17宝石不见了(4)

"'You may as well face the matter,' said I; 'you have been caught in the act, and no confession¹ could make your guilt² more heinous³.

"'你也应该正视这件事，'我说，'你是当场被抓住的，而拒不承认得会加重你的罪行。

If you but make such reparation as is in your power, by telling us where the beryls are, all shall be forgiven and forgotten.'

如果你想采取你能做到的这样一个补救办法，也就是把隐藏绿玉的地方告诉我们，那么一切都可宽恕，并且不念旧恶。'

'Keep your forgiveness for those who ask for it,' he answered, turning away from me with a sneer⁴.

'将你的宽恕留给那些向你恳求宽恕的人吧。'他轻蔑地一笑回答道，转身离开了我。

I saw that he was too hardened for any words of mine to influence him.

我看他顽固到了绝非任何言辞所能感化的程度。

There was but one way for it. I called in the inspector⁵ and gave him into custody⁶.

没有别的办法，于是我只好叫巡官进来把他看管起来。

A search was made at once not only of his person but of his room and of every portion of the house where he could possibly have concealed⁷ the gems⁸;

随后立刻作了全面搜查，他的身上，他所住的房间以及屋里他可能藏匿宝石的每个地方都搜查遍了，

but no trace of them could be found, nor would the wretched boy open his mouth for all our persuasions⁹ and our threats.

但是没有发现任何痕迹，尽管我们用尽了种种劝诱和恐吓，这倒霉的孩子还是一句话也不肯讲。

This morning he was removed to a cell, and I, after going through all the police formalities,

今天早上他被送进了牢房。而我在办完了警方要求我办的一切手续之后，

have hurried round to you to implore¹⁰ you to use your skill in unravelling¹¹ the matter.

便急忙赶到这儿来求你运用你的本领破案。

The police have openly confessed that they can at present make nothing of it.

警察公开承认他们眼下一无所获。

You may go to any expense which you think necessary.

你可以为此事花费你认为需要的费用。

I have already offered a reward of 1000 pounds. My God, what shall I do!

我已经悬赏一千英镑。天啊，我怎么办呢？

I have lost my honour, my gems, and my son in one night. Oh, what shall I do!"

一夜之间我就失去了我的信誉，我的宝石和我的儿子。啊！我该怎么办呢？"

1 confession   

n.自白，供认，承认

参考例句：

• Her confession was simply tantamount to a casual explanation.她的自白简直等于一篇即席说明。
• The police used torture to extort a confession from him.警察对他用刑逼供。

2 guilt   

n.犯罪；内疚；过失，罪责

参考例句：

• She tried to cover up her guilt by lying.她企图用谎言掩饰自己的罪行。
• Don't lay a guilt trip on your child about schoolwork.别因为功课责备孩子而使他觉得很内疚。

3 heinous   

adj.可憎的，十恶不赦的

参考例句：

• They admitted to the most heinous crimes.他们承认了极其恶劣的罪行。
• I do not want to meet that heinous person.我不想见那个十恶不赦的人。

4 sneer   

v.轻蔑；嘲笑；n.嘲笑，讥讽的言语

参考例句：

• He said with a sneer.他的话中带有嘲笑之意。
• You may sneer,but a lot of people like this kind of music.你可以嗤之以鼻，但很多人喜欢这种音乐。

5 inspector   

n.检查员，监察员，视察员

参考例句：

• The inspector was interested in everything pertaining to the school.视察员对有关学校的一切都感兴趣。
• The inspector was shining a flashlight onto the tickets.查票员打着手电筒查看车票。

6 custody   

n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留

参考例句：

• He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
• He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。

7 concealed   

a.隐藏的，隐蔽的

参考例句：

• The paintings were concealed beneath a thick layer of plaster. 那些画被隐藏在厚厚的灰泥层下面。
• I think he had a gun concealed about his person. 我认为他当时身上藏有一支枪。

8 gems   

growth； economy； management； and customer satisfaction 增长

参考例句：

• a crown studded with gems 镶有宝石的皇冠
• The apt citations and poetic gems have adorned his speeches. 贴切的引语和珠玑般的诗句为他的演说词增添文采。

9 persuasions   

n.劝说，说服（力）( persuasion的名词复数 )；信仰

参考例句：

• To obtain more advertisting it needed readers of all political persuasions. 为获得更多的广告，它需要迎合各种政治见解的读者。 来自辞典例句
• She lingered, and resisted my persuasions to departure a tiresome while. 她踌躇不去，我好说歹说地劝她走，她就是不听。 来自辞典例句

10 implore   

vt.乞求，恳求，哀求

参考例句：

• I implore you to write. At least tell me you're alive.请给我音讯，让我知道你还活着。
• Please implore someone else's help in a crisis.危险时请向别人求助。

11 unravelling   

解开，拆散，散开( unravel的现在分词 )； 阐明； 澄清； 弄清楚

参考例句：

• Nail head clamp the unravelling of nail exteriorize broken nails and clean. 钉头卡钉，拆开钉头取出碎钉并清洁。
• The ends of ropes are in good condition and secured without unravelling. 缆绳端部状况良好及牢固，并无松散脱线。