《巴斯克威尔猎犬》 16巴斯克维尔庄园(1)

Baskerville Hall

巴斯克维尔庄园

Holmes came to Waterloo Station to say goodbye to us. Our friends told him that they were sure nobody had followed them since our last meeting.

福尔摩斯来滑铁卢车站向我们道别。我们的朋友们告诉他，他们敢肯定，自从上次见面以来就再也没有人跟踪过他们了。

Sir Henry's other shoe had not reappeared. Holmes repeated his warning that Sir Henry should not go on the moor¹ at night, and should not go anywhere alone.

亨利爵士的另一只鞋没有再冒出来过。福尔摩斯再次警告亨利爵士不要在夜间到沼地上去，也不要单独去什么地方。

Then Holmes checked with me that I had my gun, an army revolver.

接着，福尔摩斯又和我查看了一下我随身带的那把左轮手枪。

The journey was fast and enjoyable. We were met at Newtown Station and driven to Baskerville Hall.

旅行迅速而又愉快。有人在纽敦车站迎接我们，并用车把我们送到了巴斯克维尔庄园。

The countryside we drove through was beautiful, but behind it we could see the long, dark, frightening hills of the moor.

我们驱车经过的乡间景色很美，可是我们能看得到远处的沼地上的那些绵长、黝黑和令人惊恐的沼地山丘。

As we turned a corner, we were surprised to see a soldier on horseback. He was carrying a gun.

在拐弯处，我们惊奇地看到一个骑在马上的士兵。他拿着一杆枪。

Dr Mortimer asked our driver why the soldier was there.

摩梯末医生向车夫询问了那个士兵在那里的缘由。

"A dangerous criminal has escaped from the prison, sir, " he told us. "He's been free for three days now, and people are frightened.

“一个危险的罪犯越狱逃跑了，先生。”他告诉我们，“他已经逃出来三天了。

His name is Selden. He's the man who did that murder in London."

他叫塞尔登。就是在伦敦杀人的那个家伙。”

I remembered the case well. It had been a very cruel murder. I thought of this killer² out on the empty, wild moor, and I felt more and more uncomfortable about my surroundings³.

那个案子我记得很清楚。杀人手段非常残忍。我想到了在这片空旷、荒芜的沼地上活动着的这个凶手，愈来愈觉得周围的环境叫人不安。

The beautiful green fields with their thick hedges⁴ were behind us, and we were now on the cold, open moor. Everything was grey, hard and wild Huge rough stones stood on the hard ground.

那些长着茂密的树篱的、美丽的、绿色的田野已经被奔驰的马车甩在我们身后了，我们现在到了既寒冷又空旷的沼地上。这里的一切都灰蒙蒙、硬梆梆的，又很荒芜。

The tops of the hills stood sharply⁵ like cruel teeth against the sky. A cold wind was blowing, and night was falling. I saw Sir Henry pull his coat closer round him.

坚硬的地面上竖立着粗糙的巨石。山顶很尖，在天空的衬托下好像一排排獠牙。正刮着冷飕飕的风，夜幕正在降临。我看到亨利爵士把大衣裹得更紧了些。

At last we reached the gates of Baskerville Hall. From the gates a long, dark road led up to the house, with the black shapes of old trees on each side of it.

我们终于到了巴斯克维尔庄园的门口。大门那儿有一条漫长而又阴暗的路径通向房屋，道路的两旁是一些老树的暗影。

At the end of this road we could see the great house standing⁶ with a pale light round it like a ghost.

我们在道路的尽头处看到一所像幽灵似地闪着微光的房屋。

1 moor   

n.荒野，沼泽；vt.(使)停泊；vi.停泊

参考例句：

• I decided to moor near some tourist boats.我决定在一些观光船附近停泊。
• There were hundreds of the old huts on the moor.沼地上有成百上千的古老的石屋。

2 killer   

n.杀人者，杀人犯，杀手，屠杀者

参考例句：

• Heart attacks have become Britain's No.1 killer disease.心脏病已成为英国的头号致命疾病。
• The bulk of the evidence points to him as her killer.大量证据证明是他杀死她的。

3 surroundings   

n.周围的事物(或情况)，环境

参考例句：

• She is not very well tuned into her surroundings. 她不太适应周围的环境。
• The rich man lives in luxurious surroundings.这位富人生活在奢侈的环境中。

4 hedges   

树篱( hedge的名词复数 )； 保护手段； 防止损失（尤指金钱）的手段

参考例句：

• Farmers often enclose their land with hedges. 农夫们常用树篱将他们的地围起来。
• She came across butchered hedges and flowerbeds choked with weeds. 她发现树篱被糟蹋，花坛里野草丛生。

5 sharply   

adj.锐利地，急速；adv.严厉地，鲜明地

参考例句：

• The plane dived sharply and rose again.飞机猛然俯冲而后又拉了起来。
• Demand for personal computers has risen sharply.对个人电脑的需求急剧增长。

6 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。