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"You will be none the worse," I said. "We shall recompense you for the loss of your time.
我道："請不要著急，您所費的時間我們會補報您的。
Sit over here on the sofa, and you will not have long to wait."
請坐在那邊沙發上，不久福爾摩斯先生就可以回來了。"
He came across sullenly enough and seated himself with his face resting on his hands.
他很不高興地用兩手掩住了臉，無可奈何地坐在那里。
Jones and I resumed our cigars and our talk.
瓊斯和我繼續一邊吸著我們的雪茄煙一邊談話。
Suddenly, however, Holmes's voice broke in upon us.
剎時間忽然聽見福爾摩斯的聲音向我們說話。
"I think that you might offer me a cigar too," he said.
"我想你們也應該敬我一支雪茄煙了。"
We both started in our chairs. There was Holmes sitting close to us with an air of quiet amusement.
我們二人從椅上吃驚地跳了起來，旁邊坐著福爾摩斯，笑容可掬。
"Holmes!" I exclaimed. "You here! But where is the old man?"
我驚訝地喊道："福爾摩斯！是你嗎？那老頭哪兒去了？"
"Here is the old man," said he, holding out a heap of white hair. "Here he is–wig, whiskers, eyebrows, and all.
他拿出一把白發，說道："他就在這兒，假發、胡須、眼眉，全在這里。
I thought my disguise was pretty good, but I hardly expected that it would stand that test."
我認為我的化裝還不錯，可是沒有想到把你們也騙住了。"
"Ah, you rogue!" cried Jones, highly delighted.
瓊斯高興得喊道："啊，你這壞蛋！
"You would have made an actor and a rare one.
你真夠得上一個戲劇演員--一個出色的演員，
You had the proper workhouse cough, and those weak legs of yours are worth ten pound a week.
你學工人的咳嗽，還有你腿部的表演每星期足可掙十鎊的工資。
I thought I knew the glint of your eye, though. You didn't get away from us so easily, you see."
可是我想我看出你的眼神來了，你還沒有把我們騙得完全相信。"
"I have been working in that get-up all day," said he, lighting his cigar.
他點燃了雪茄煙，說道："我今天整日打扮成這個樣子。
"You see, a good many of the criminal classes begin to know me--especially since our friend here took to publishing some of my cases:
你知道，很多的匪徒們已漸漸地認識了我--特別是在咱們這位朋友把我的偵探事跡寫成了書之后。
so I can only go on the war-path under some simple disguise like this. You got my wire?"
所以我只好在工作時簡單地加以化裝。你接到我的電報了嗎？"
