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"I was staggered, sir. I did not know what to do.
"先生，我感到很震驚，我不知道怎么辦才好。
Then I called at the offices round, but none of them seemed to know anything about it.
我向辦公室周?chē)慕址淮蚵?tīng)，但是，看來(lái)他們誰(shuí)也不知道那是怎么回事。
Finally, I went to the landlord, who is an accountant living on the ground-floor,
最后，我去找房東，他住在樓下，是當(dāng)會(huì)計(jì)的。
and I asked him if he could tell me what had become of the Red-headed League.
我問(wèn)他能否告訴我紅發(fā)會(huì)出了什么事。
He said that he had never heard of any such body.
他說(shuō)，他從來(lái)沒(méi)有聽(tīng)說(shuō)過(guò)有這樣一個(gè)團(tuán)體。
Then I asked him who Mr. Duncan Ross was. He answered that the name was new to him."
然后，我問(wèn)他鄧肯·羅斯先生是什么人。他回答說(shuō)，這個(gè)名字對(duì)他很陌生。"
'Well,' said I, 'the gentleman at No. 4.'
我說(shuō)，'唔，是住在4號(hào)的那位先生。'
'What, the red-headed man?' 'Yes.'
'什么，那個(gè)紅頭發(fā)的人？''是的。'
'Oh,' said he, 'his name was William Morris.
他說(shuō)，'噢，他名叫威廉·莫里斯。
He was a solicitor and was using my room as a temporary convenience until his new premises were ready. He moved out yesterday.'
他是個(gè)律師，他暫住我的屋子，因?yàn)樗男戮舆€沒(méi)有準(zhǔn)備好。他是昨天搬走的。'
'Where could I find him?'
' 我在什么地方能找到他呢？'
'Oh, at his new offices. He did tell me the address.
'噢，在他的新辦公室。他確實(shí)把他的地址告訴我了。
Yes, 17 King Edward Street, near St. Paul's.'
是的，愛(ài)德華王街17號(hào)，就在圣保羅教堂附近。'
"I started off, Mr. Holmes, but when I got to that address it was a manufactory of artificial knee-caps,
"福爾摩斯先生，我馬上動(dòng)身到那里去了，但是，當(dāng)我找到那個(gè)地方的時(shí)候，我發(fā)現(xiàn)它是個(gè)護(hù)膝制造廠，
and no one in it had ever heard of either Mr. William Morris or Mr. Duncan Ross."
這個(gè)廠子里誰(shuí)也沒(méi)有聽(tīng)說(shuō)過(guò)有個(gè)叫威廉·莫里斯或叫鄧肯·羅斯的人。"
