巴斯克维尔的猎犬 设网（7）

 

"I know what is good when I see it, and I see it now. That's a Kneller, I'll swear, that lady inthe blue silk over yonder, and the stout gentleman with the wig ought to be a Reynolds. They areall family portraits, I presume?"

“好在哪里， 我一眼就能看出来， 我现在就看出来了。 我敢发誓， 那是一张奈勒画的画像， 就是那边那个穿着蓝绸衣服的女人像； 而那个胖胖的戴着假发的绅士像则一定出自瑞诺茨的手笔。 我想这些都是您家里人的画像吧？ ”

"Every one."

“所有的都是。”

"Do you know the names?"

“人名您都知道吗？ ”

"Barrymore has been coaching me in them, and I think I can say my lessons fairly well."“白瑞摩曾经详细地告诉过我， 我想我还能背得不错呢。”

"Who is the gentleman with the telescope?"

“拿着望远镜的那位绅士是谁呀？ ”

"That is Rear-Admiral Baskerville, who served under Rodney in the West Indies. The manwith the blue coat and the roll of paper is Sir William Baskerville, who was Chairman ofCommittees of the House of Commons under Pitt."“那是巴斯克维尔海军少将， 他是在西印度群岛在罗德尼麾下任职的。那穿着蓝色外衣、拿着一卷纸的是威廉· 巴斯克维尔爵士， 在庇特任首相时期， 他任下议院委员会的主席。”

"And this Cavalier opposite to me -- the one with the black velvet and the lace?"“还有我对面的这个骑士——穿着黑天鹅绒斗篷、 挂着绶带的这位呢？ ”

"Ah, you have a right to know about him. That is the cause of all the mischief, the wickedHugo, who started the Hound of the Baskervilles. We're not likely to forget him."“啊， 您可得知道他——品质恶劣的修果， 他就是一切不幸的根源， 巴斯克维尔的猎狗的传说就是从他开始的。 我们不会忘掉他的。”

I gazed with interest and some surprise upon the portrait.

我也很感兴趣并有些惊奇地望着那张肖像。

"Dear me!" said Holmes, "he seems a quiet, meek-mannered man enough, but I dare say thatthere was a lurking devil in his eyes. I had pictured him as a more robust and ruffianly person."“天哪！” 福尔摩斯说，“看样子他确象一位态度安详而又柔顺的人， 可是我敢说， 在他的眼里暗藏着乖戾的神气。 我曾把他想象成一个比这要更粗暴、 凶残得多的人呢。”

"There's no doubt about the authenticity, for the name and the date, 1647, are on the back ofthe canvas."

“这张画像的真实性是不容怀疑的， 因为画布的背面还写着姓名和年代‘１ ６ ４ ７ ’ 呢。”