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"Really, Mr. Holmes," said Mr. Merryweather as we followed them from the cellar,
當我們跟在他們后面從地下室走出來的時候，梅里韋瑟先生說：真的，福爾摩斯先生，
"I do not know how the bank can thank you or repay you.
"我不知道我們銀行該怎么感謝和酬勞你們才好。
There is no doubt that you have detected and defeated in the most complete manner
毫無疑問，你們用了最嚴謹周密的方法來偵察和破案；
one of the most determined attempts at bank robbery that have ever come within my experience."
這個案件是我經歷中從未見過的最精心策劃的一起盜竊銀行案。"
"I have had one or two little scores of my own to settle with Mr. John Clay," said Holmes.
福爾摩斯說："我自己就有一兩筆帳要和約翰·克萊算。
"I have been at some small expense over this matter, which I shall expect the bank to refund,
我為這個案子花了點錢，我想銀行會付給我這些錢的。
but beyond that I am amply repaid by having had an experience which is in many ways unique,
但是，除此以外，我還得到其他方面的優厚報酬，這次破案的經驗在許多方面都是獨一無二的。
and by hearing the very remarkable narrative of the Red-headed League."
光是聽那紅發會的很不尋常的故事也就收獲不小了。"
"You see, Watson," he explained in the early hours of the morning as we sat over a glass of whisky and soda in Baker Street,
清晨，我們在貝克街喝加蘇打水的威士忌酒的時候，福爾摩斯解釋說："華生，你看，
"it was perfectly obvious from the first that the only possible object of this rather fantastic business of the advertisement of the League,
從一開始就十分明顯，這個紅發會的那個稀奇古怪的廣告
and the copying of the Encyclopaedia,
和抄寫《大英百科全書》的唯一可能的目的，
must be to get this not over-bright pawnbroker out of the way for a number of hours every day.
是使這個糊里糊涂的當票老板每天離開他的店鋪幾個小時。
It was a curious way of managing it, but, really, it would be difficult to suggest a better.
這種做法很新奇，但確實很難想出比這更巧妙的辦法。
The method was no doubt suggested to Clay's ingenious mind by the colour of his accomplice's hair.
這個辦法無疑說明克萊的別出心裁，他利用品同謀犯的頭發顏色。
The 4 pounds a week was a lure which must draw him, and what was it to them, who were playing for thousands?
每周四英鎊肯定是引他上鉤的誘餌。對他們這些想把成千成萬英鎊弄到手的人來說，這點錢算得了什么呢？
They put in the advertisement, one rogue has the temporary office,
他們登了廣告，一個流氓搞了個臨時辦公室，
the other rogue incites the man to apply for it, and together they manage to secure his absence every morning in the week.
另一個流氓慫恿他去申請那個職位。他們合謀保證他每周每天上午離開他的店鋪。
From the time that I heard of the assistant having come for half wages,
從我聽到那伙計只拿一半工資的時候起，
it was obvious to me that he had some strong motive for securing the situation."
我就看出，顯然他到那當票當伙計是有某種特殊動機的。"
