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"Well, Watson," said Holmes when our visitor had left us, "what do you make of it all?"
在客人走了以后，福爾摩斯對(duì)我說(shuō)："好啦，華生，依你看，這到底是怎么回事呢？"
"I make nothing of it," I answered frankly. "It is a most mysterious business."
我坦率地回答說(shuō)："我一點(diǎn)也看不出問(wèn)題來(lái)。這件事太神秘了。"
"As a rule," said Holmes, "the more bizarre a thing is the less mysterious it proves to be.
福爾摩斯先生說(shuō)："一般地說(shuō)，愈是稀奇的事，一旦真相大白，就可以看出并不是那么高深莫測(cè)。
It is your commonplace, featureless crimes which are really puzzling,
那些普普通通、毫無(wú)特色的罪行才真正令人迷惑。
just as a commonplace face is the most difficult to identify. But I must be prompt over this matter."
就像一個(gè)人的平淡無(wú)奇的面孔最難以辨認(rèn)一樣。但是，我必須立即采取行動(dòng)去處理這件事。"
"What are you going to do, then?" I asked.
我回答他："那么你準(zhǔn)備怎么辦呢？"
"To smoke," he answered. "It is quite a three pipe problem, and I beg that you won't speak to me for fifty minutes."
他回答說(shuō)："抽煙，這是要抽足三斗煙才能解決的問(wèn)題；同時(shí)我請(qǐng)你在五十分鐘內(nèi)不要跟我說(shuō)話(huà)。"
He curled himself up in his chair, with his thin knees drawn up to his hawk-like nose,
他蜷縮在椅子里，瘦削的膝蓋幾乎碰著他那鷹鉤鼻子。
and there he sat with his eyes closed and his black clay pipe thrusting out like the bill of some strange bird.
他閉上眼睛靜坐在那里，叼著的那只黑色陶制煙斗，很象某種珍禽異鳥(niǎo)的那個(gè)又尖又長(zhǎng)的嘴。
I had come to the conclusion that he had dropped asleep, and indeed was nodding myself,
我當(dāng)時(shí)認(rèn)為，他一定沉入夢(mèng)鄉(xiāng)了，我也打起瞌睡來(lái)；
when he suddenly sprang out of his chair with the gesture of a man who has made up his mind and put his pipe down upon the mantelpiece.
而正在這個(gè)時(shí)候，他忽然從椅子里一躍而起，一副拿定了主意的神態(tài)，隨即把煙斗放在壁爐臺(tái)上。
"Sarasate plays at the St. James's Hall this afternoon," he remarked.
他說(shuō)："薩拉沙特今天下午在圣詹姆士會(huì)堂演出。
"What do you think, Watson? Could your patients spare you for a few hours?"
華生，你看怎么樣？你的病人可以讓你有幾小時(shí)空閑的時(shí)間嗎？"
"I have nothing to do to-day. My practice is never very absorbing."
"我今天沒(méi)什么事。我的工作從來(lái)不是那么離不開(kāi)的。"
"Then put on your hat and come. I am going through the City first, and we can have some lunch on the way.
"那么戴上帽子，咱們走吧。我們將經(jīng)過(guò)市區(qū)，順路可以吃點(diǎn)午飯。
I observe that there is a good deal of German music on the programme, which is rather more to my taste than Italian or French.
我注意到節(jié)目單上德國(guó)音樂(lè)很不少。我覺(jué)得德國(guó)音樂(lè)比意大利或法國(guó)音樂(lè)更為優(yōu)美動(dòng)聽(tīng)。
It is introspective, and I want to introspect. Come along!"
德國(guó)音樂(lè)聽(tīng)了發(fā)人深省。我正要做一番內(nèi)省的功夫。走吧。"
