巴斯克维尔的猎犬 岩岗上的人（5）（在线收听）

　　"Did you ever write to Sir Charles asking him to meet you?" I continued.

　　“您曾经写过信给查尔兹爵士请他和您见面吗？ ” 我继续问道。

　　Mrs. Lyons flushed with anger again.

　　莱昂丝太太又气得脸红起来。

　　"Really, sir, this is a very extraordinary question."“先生， 这真是岂有此理的问题。”

　　"I am sorry, madam, but I must repeat it."“我很抱歉， 太太， 可是我不得不重复它。”

　　"Then I answer, certainly not."

　　“那么我就回答吧， 肯定没有过。”

　　"Not on the very day of Sir Charles's death?"“就是在查尔兹爵士死的那天也没有过吗？ ”

　　The flush had faded in an instant, and a deathly face was before me. Her dry lips could notspeak the "No" which I saw rather than heard.

　　脸上的红色马上褪了 下去， 在我面前出现了一副死灰的面孔。 她那焦枯的嘴唇已说不出那“没有” 来了。 与其说我听到了 ， 不如说我是看出来了。

　　"Surely your memory deceives you," said I. "I could even quote a passage of your letter. Itran 'Please, please, as you are a gentleman, burn this letter, and be at the gate by ten o'clock.' "“一定是您的记忆愚弄了您，” 我说道，“我甚至能够背出您那封信中的一段来， 是这样的： ‘您是一位君子， 请您千万将此信烧掉， 并在十点钟的时候到栅门那里去。’ ”

　　I thought that she had fainted, but she recovered herself by a supreme effort.

　　当时， 我以为她已经晕过去了， 可是她竟尽了最大的努力使自 己恢复了镇静。

　　"Is there no such thing as a gentleman?" she gasped.

　　“难道天下就没有一个真正的君子吗？ ！” 她的呼吸变得急促起来。

　　"You do Sir Charles an injustice. He did burn the letter. But sometimes a letter may be legibleeven when burned. You acknowledge now that you wrote it?"“您冤枉查尔兹爵士了。 他确已把信烧掉了， 可是有时虽是一封烧了的信还是可以认得出来的。 您现在承认您曾写过这封信了吗！”