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The road in which we found ourselves as we turned round the corner from the retired Saxe-Coburg Square
當我們從那偏僻的薩克斯·科伯格廣場的拐角轉過彎來的時候，
presented as great a contrast to it as the front of a picture does to the back.
呈現在我們面前的道路是一種截然不同的景象，就象一幅畫的正面和背面那樣地截然不同。
It was one of the main arteries which conveyed the traffic of the City to the north and west.
那是市區通向西北的一條交通大動脈。
The roadway was blocked with the immense stream of commerce flowing in a double tide inward and outward,
街道被一股熙熙攘攘做生意的人的洪流堵塞住了；在這洪流中，有向內流的，也有向外流的。
while the foot-paths were black with the hurrying swarm of pedestrians.
人行道則被蜂擁而來的無數行人踩得發黑。
It was difficult to realize as we looked at the line of fine shops and stately business premises
當我們看著那一排華麗的商店和富麗堂皇的商業樓宇的時候，
that they really abutted on the other side upon the faded and stagnant square which we had just quitted.
簡直難以確認這些樓宇和我們離開的死氣沉沉的廣場那一邊是緊靠在一起的。
"Let me see," said Holmes, standing at the corner and glancing along the line,
福爾摩斯站在一個拐角順著那一排房子看過去，說，"讓我們想想看，
"I should like just to remember the order of the houses here.
我很想記住這里這些房子的順序。
It is a hobby of mine to have an exact knowledge of London.
準確了解倫敦是我的一種癖好。
There is Mortimer's, the tobacconist, the little newspaper shop,
這里有一家叫莫蒂然的煙草店，那邊是一家賣報紙的小店！
the Coburg branch of the City and Suburban Bank, the Vegetarian Restaurant, and McFarlane's carriage-building depot.
再過去是城市與郊區銀行的科伯格分行、素食餐館、麥克法蘭馬車制造廠，
That carries us right on to the other block.
一直延伸到另一個街區。
And now, Doctor, we've done our work, so it's time we had some play.
好啦，大夫，我們已完成了我們的工作，該去消遣一會了。
A sandwich and a cup of coffee, and then off to violin-land,
來份三明治和一杯咖啡，然后到演奏提琴的場地去轉一轉，
where all is sweetness and delicacy and harmony, and there are no red-headed clients to vex us with their conundrums."
在那里一切都是悅耳的、優雅的、和諧的，在那里沒有紅頭發委托人出難題來打擾我們。"
