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There was a scuffling of feet, and the lantern began to come steadily down the side of the wall.
一陣窸窸窣窣的腳的聲音，那燈光順著墻邊穩穩當當地降了下來，
Then with a light spring he came on to the barrel, and from there to the earth.
然后他輕輕一跳就落在桶上了，隨后又跳到了地上。
"It was easy to follow him," he said, drawing on his stockings and boots.
他一邊穿著靴襪一邊說道："追尋這個人的足跡還算容易。
"Tiles were loosened the whole way along, and in his hurry he had dropped this.
一路上的瓦全都被他踩松了。他在急忙之中，遺漏下這個東西。
It confirms my diagnosis, as you doctors express it."
按你們醫生的說法就是：它證實了我的診斷沒有錯。"
The object which he held up to me was a small pocket or pouch woven out of coloured grasses
他拿給我看的東西是一個用有顏色的草編成的，
and with a few tawdry beads strung round it.
外面裝著幾顆不值錢的小珠子，
In shape and size it was not unlike a cigarette-case.
同紙煙盒一般大小的口袋，
Inside were half a dozen spines of dark wood,
里邊裝著六個黑色的木刺，
sharp at one end and rounded at the other, like that which had struck Bartholomew Sholto.
一頭是尖的，一頭是圓的，和刺到巴索洛謬·舒爾托頭上的一樣。
"They are hellish things," said he. "Look out that you don't prick yourself.
他道："這是危險的兇器，當心不要刺著你。
I'm delighted to have them, for the chances are that they are all he has.
我得到這個高興極了，因為這可能是他全部的兇器。
There is the less fear of you or me finding one in our skin before long.
咱們兩人這才可能免除被刺的危險。
I would sooner face a Martini bullet, myself.
我寧愿叫槍打我也不愿中這個刺的毒。
Are you game for a six- mile trudge, Watson?"
華生，你還有勇氣跑六英里的路嗎？"
"Certainly," I answered.
我答道："沒有問題。"
"Your leg will stand it?"
"你的腿受得住嗎？"
"Oh, yes."
"受得住。"
"Here you are, doggy! Good old Toby! Smell it, Toby, smell it!"
"喂，透比！好透比！聞一聞這個，透比，聞一聞！"
He pushed the creosote handkerchief under the dog's nose,
他把浸過木餾油的手巾放在透比的鼻子上說
while the creature stood with its fluffy legs separated, and with a most comical cock to its head,
透比叉開多毛的腿站著子向上翹著，
like a connoisseur sniffing the bouquet of a famous vintage.
好象釀酒家在品佳釀一般。
Holmes then threw the handkerchief to a distance,
福爾摩斯把手巾丟開了，
fastened a stout cord to the mongrel's collar, and led him to the foot of the water-barrel.
在狗脖子上系了一根堅實的繩子，牽著它到木桶下面。
The creature instantly broke into a succession of high, tremulous yelps and,
這只狗立刻就不斷地發出高而顫抖的狂叫，
with his nose on the ground and his tail in the air,
把鼻子在地上嗅著，尾巴高聳著，
pattered off upon the trail at a pace which strained his leash and kept us at the top of our speed.
跟蹤氣味一直往前奔去。我們拉著繩子，緊隨在后面。
The east had been gradually whitening, and we could now see some distance in the cold gray light.
這時，東方已漸發白，在灰色的寒光里已能向遠處了望。
The square, massive house, with its black, empty windows and high, bare walls, towered up, sad and forlorn, behind us.
我的背后是那所四方的大房子，窗里黯然無光，光禿禿的高墻，慘淡孤獨地聳立在我們的身后。
Our course led right across the grounds, in and out among the trenches and pits with which they were scarred and intersected.
院里散亂地堆著垃圾，灌木叢生，這凄慘的景況正好象征著昨夜的慘案。
