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'But,' said I, 'there would be millions of red-headed men who would apply.'
我說，'可是，會有數以百萬計紅頭發的男子去申請的。'
'Not so many as you might think,' he answered.
他回答說，'沒有你所想的那么多。
'You see it is really confined to Londoners, and to grown men.
你想想看，那實際上只限于倫敦人，而且必須是成年男子。
This American had started from London when he was young, and he wanted to do the old town a good turn.
這個美國人青年時代是在倫敦發跡的，他想為這個古老的城市做點好事。
Then, again, I have heard it is no use your applying if your hair is light red, or dark red, or anything but real bright, blazing, fiery red.
而且我還聽說，如果你的頭發是淺紅色或深紅色，而不是真正發亮的火紅色，那你去申請也是白搭。
Now, if you cared to apply, Mr. Wilson, you would just walk in;
好啦，威爾遜先生，如果你想申請的話，那你就走進去好了。
but perhaps it would hardly be worth your while to put yourself out of the way for the sake of a few hundred pounds.'
但是，為了幾百英鎊的錢，讓你受到麻煩，也許是不值得的。'
Now, it is a fact, gentlemen, as you may see for yourselves, that my hair is of a very full and rich tint,
先生們，正如你們現在親自看到的實際情況，我的頭發，真是鮮紅鮮紅的。
so that it seemed to me that if there was to be any competition in the matter I stood as good a chance as any man that I had ever met.
因此，在我看來，如果為了得到這個職位需要競爭一下的話，那么我要比任何同我競爭的人更有希望。
Vincent Spaulding seemed to know so much about it that I thought he might prove useful,
文森特·斯波爾丁似乎對這樁事已很了解，所以我想他也許能助我一臂之力。
so I just ordered him to put up the shutters for the day and to come right away with me.
于是，我就叫他把百葉窗關上，馬上跟我一起走。
He was very willing to have a holiday,
他非常高興得到一個休假日，
so we shut the business up and started off for the address that was given us in the advertisement.
我們就這樣停了業，向廣告上登的那個地址出發。
