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"Well, and there is the end of our little drama," I remarked, after we had sat some time smoking in silence.
等他們兩人走后，我和福爾摩斯抽著煙默坐了一會，我道："這就是咱們這出小戲的結束了，
"I fear that it may be the last investigation in which I shall have the chance of studying your methods.
恐怕從今以后我學習你工作方法的機會要少了。
Miss Morstan has done me the honour to accept me as a husband in prospective."
摩斯坦小姐和我已訂了婚約。"
He gave a most dismal groan. "I feared as much," said he. "I really cannot congratulate you."
他苦哼了一聲說道："我已料到了，恕我不能向你道賀。"
I was a little hurt. "Have you any reason to be dissatisfied with my choice?" I asked.
我有些不快，問道："我所選的對象，你有不滿意的地方嗎？"
"Not at all. I think she is one of the most charming young ladies I ever met
"一點兒也沒有，我以為她是我生氣所見的女子中最可敬愛的一個人了，
and might have been most useful in such work as we have been doing.
并且有助于我們這一類工作。
She had a decided genius that way;
她在這方面肯定是有天才的，
witness the way in which she preserved that Agra plan from all the other papers of her father.
單從她收藏那張阿格拉藏寶的位置圖和她父親的那些文件的事看來，就可以證明。
But love is an emotional thing, and whatever is emotional is opposed to that true cold reason which I place above all things.
可是愛情是一種情感的事情，和我認為是最重要的冷靜思考是有矛盾的。
I should never marry myself, lest I bias my judgment."
我永遠不會結婚，以免影響我的判斷力。"
"I trust," said I, laughing, "that my judgment may survive the ordeal. But you look weary."
我笑道："我相信，我這次的判斷還經得住考驗。看來你是疲倦了。"
"Yes, the reaction is already upon me. I shall be as limp as a rag for a week."
"是的，我已經感覺到了，我一個星期也恢復不過來。"
