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I held the little printed slip to the light.
我把那一小張印刷的字條湊到燈前。
"Missing (it said) on the morning of the fourteenth, a gentleman named Hosmer Angel.
"（啟事寫道）：十四日晨，一個名叫霍斯默·安吉爾的先生失蹤。
About five feet seven inches in height; strongly built, sallow complexion, black hair,
此人身高五英尺七英寸，體格健壯，膚色淡黃，頭發(fā)烏黑，
a little bald in the centre, bushy, black side-whiskers and moustache; tinted glasses, slight infirmity of speech.
頭頂略禿，留有濃密漆黑的頰須和唇髭，戴淺色墨鏡，講話低聲細語。
Was dressed, when last seen, in black frock-coat faced with silk, black waistcoat, gold Albert chain,
失蹤前身穿絲鑲邊黑色大禮服，黑色背心，背心上掛一條艾伯特式金鏈。
and gray Harris tweed trousers, with brown gaiters over elastic-sided boots.
哈里斯花呢灰褲，褐色綁腿，兩邊有松緊帶的皮靴。
Known to have been employed in an office in Leadenhall Street. Anybody bringing..."
此人曾在萊登霍爾街的一個事務所任職。若有人..."
"That will do," said Holmes. "As to the letters," he continued, glancing over them, "they are very commonplace.
"行了，"福爾摩斯說，"至于那些信件，"他看了一眼，繼續(xù)說："很一般。
Absolutely no clue in them to Mr. Angel, save that he quotes Balzac once.
除了一次引用過巴爾扎克的話以外，其中沒有任何關(guān)系到霍斯默先生的線索。
There is one remarkable point, however, which will no doubt strike you."
不過有一點很值得注意，它無疑會使你大吃一驚。"
"They are typewritten," I remarked.
"這些信件是用打字機打的，"我說。
"Not only that, but the signature is typewritten.
"不僅如此，連簽名也是打字的。
Look at the neat little 'Hosmer Angel' at the bottom.
請看信末打得工工整整的這幾個小字：'霍斯默·安吉爾'。
There is a date, you see, but no superscription except Leadenhall Street, which is rather vague.
有日期，但是地址除了'萊登霍爾街'外，別無其他，這是十分含糊的。
The point about the signature is very suggestive–in fact, we may call it conclusive."
這個簽名很說明問題，事實上，我們可以說它是決定性的。"
"Of what?" "My dear fellow, is it possible you do not see how strongly it bears upon the case?"
"關(guān)于哪方面的？""我的好伙伴，難道你還沒看出這個簽名與本案的重要關(guān)系嗎？"
