巴斯克维尔的猎犬 华生医生的第一份报告（8）（在线收听）

　　"I could not quite understand the object of your questions this morning, Sir Henry," said he.

　　"I trust that they do not mean that I have done anything to forfeit your confidence?"“我不大明白， 今天早晨您提出那问题来的目的何在， 亨利爵士， ” 他说道，“我想， 您所以那样问我， 不会是说我已作了 什么事使您失去对我的信任了吧？ ”

　　Sir Henry had to assure him that it was not so and pacify him by giving him a considerablepart of his old wardrobe, the London outfit having now all arrived.

　　亨利爵士这时不得不向他保证说绝无此意， 并且把自己大部的旧衣服都给了他， 以使他安心。 因为在伦敦新置办的东西现在已经全部运来了。

　　Mrs. Barrymore is of interest to me. She is a heavy, solid person, very limited, intenselyrespectable, and inclined to be puritanical. You could hardly conceive a less emotional subject. YetI have told you how, on the first night here, I heard her sobbing bitterly, and since then I havemore than once observed traces of tears upon her face. Some deep sorrow gnaws ever at her heart.

　　Sometimes I wonder if she has a guilty memory which haunts her, and sometimes I suspectBarrymore of being a domestic tyrant. I have always felt that there was something singular andquestionable in this man's character, but the adventure of last night brings all my suspicions to ahead.

　　白瑞摩太太引起了我的注意， 她生得胖而结实， 很拘谨， 极为可敬， 几乎是带着清教徒式的严峻， 你很难想象出一个比她更难动情感的人来了。 可是我曾告诉过你， 在我到这里来的第一天晚上， 曾听到她伤心地啜泣过， 从那以后， 我不止一次地看到她脸上带有泪痕， 深重的悲哀在噬啮着她的心。 有时我想， 是否她心中存有什么内疚； 有时我怀疑白瑞摩也许是个家庭的暴君。 我总觉得在这个人的性格里有些特别可疑之处， 可是昨晚的奇遇消除了我全部的怀疑。

　　And yet it may seem a small matter in itself. You are aware that I am not a very sound sleeper,and since I have been on guard in this house my slumbers have been lighter than ever. Last night,about two in the morning, I was aroused by a stealthy step passing my room. I rose, opened mydoor, and peeped out. A long black shadow was trailing down the corridor. It was thrown by a manwho walked softly down the passage with a candle held in his hand. He was in shirt and trousers,with no covering to his feet. I could merely see the outline, but his height told me that it wasBarrymore. He walked very slowly and circumspectly, and there was something indescribablyguilty and furtive in his whole appearance.

　　也许这事情本身是微不足道的。 你知道， 我是个睡觉不很沉的人， 又因为我在这所房子里时刻警醒着的缘故， 所以我的觉睡得比平常还要不踏实。 昨天晚上， 大约在午夜以后两点钟的时候， 我被屋外偷偷走过的脚步声惊醒了 。 我爬了起来， 打开我的房门， 偷偷地往外瞧，有一条长长的黑影投射在走廊的地上。那是一个手里拿着蜡烛、轻轻地沿着过道走去的身影，他穿着衬衫和长裤， 光着双脚。 我只能看到他身体的轮廓， 可是， 由他的身材可以看得出来，这人就是白瑞摩。 他走得很慢， 很谨慎， 由他的整个外表看来， 有一种难以形容的鬼鬼祟祟不可告人的样子。