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"Well, I gave my mind a thorough rest by plunging into a chemical analysis.
"我利用作化學(xué)分析試驗的辦法使我的腦筋得到了徹底的休息。
One of our greatest statesmen has said that a change of work is the best rest. So it is.
咱們的一位大政治家曾經(jīng)說過：'改變工作，是最好的休息。'這句話一點兒也不錯。
When I had succeeded in dissolving the hydrocarbon which I was at work at,
當(dāng)我把溶解碳?xì)浠衔锏膶嶒炞鞒晒σ院螅?/div>
I came back to our problem of the Sholtos, and thought the whole matter out again.
我就回到舒爾托的問題上面，把這問題重新考慮了一遍。
My boys had been up the river and down the river without result.
我所派遣的孩子們在上下游都搜遍了，也沒有結(jié)果。
The launch was not at any landing-stage or wharf, nor had it returned.
這只汽船既沒有停泊在任何碼頭上又沒有回轉(zhuǎn)，
Yet it could hardly have been scuttled to hide their traces, though that always remained as a possible hypothesis if all else failed.
也不太象為了滅跡而自沉——如果實在找不著，當(dāng)然這還算是個可能的假設(shè)。
I knew that this man Small had a certain degree of low cunning,
我知道斯茂多少有些狡猾的伎倆，
but I did not think him capable of anything in the nature of delicate finesse.
可是我認(rèn)為他不可能有那樣周密的手段。
That is usually a product of higher education.
他沒有受過多少教育
I then reflected that since he had certainly been in London some time
他既然在倫郭居住過相當(dāng)久
as we had evidence that he maintained a continual watch over Pondicherry Lodge
這一點由他對櫻沼別墅偵伺了很久的事實就可以證明，
he could hardly leave at a moment's notice, but would need some little time, if it were only a day, to arrange his affairs.
他不可能不需要一個短時間——哪怕是一天——作些準(zhǔn)備，方能離開他的巢穴遠(yuǎn)行。
That was the balance of probability, at any rate."
無論如何，這是一個可能性。"
"It seems to me to be a little weak," said I;
我道："我看這個可能性不太大，
"it is more probable that he had arranged his affairs before ever he set out upon his expedition."
恐怕他在行動以前早已作了遠(yuǎn)行的準(zhǔn)備。"
