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The man who entered was a sturdy, middle-sized fellow, some thirty years of age,
進門的男人身體結實，中等身材，三十來歲，
clean-shaven, and sallow-skinned, with a bland, insinuating manner, and a pair of wonderfully sharp and penetrating gray eyes.
胡須刮得干干凈凈，膚色淡黃，一副殷勤的、曲意奉承的樣子，一雙銳利逼人的灰色眼睛。
He shot a questioning glance at each of us, placed his shiny top-hat upon the sideboard,
他詢問地掃視了我們倆一眼，把那頂有光澤的圓式帽子擱在邊架上，
and with a slight bow sidled down into the nearest chair.
微微鞠了個躬，側身坐在就近的椅子上。
"Good-evening, Mr. James Windibank," said Holmes.
"晚安，詹姆斯·溫迪班克先生，"福爾摩斯說道，
"I think that this typewritten letter is from you, in which you made an appointment with me for six o'clock?"
"我想這封打字的信是出自你手的吧，你在信中約定六點鐘和我們見面，是嗎？"
"Yes, sir. I am afraid that I am a little late, but I am not quite my own master, you know.
"是的，先生。我怕是稍微來遲了，不過我身不由己啊。
I am sorry that Miss Sutherland has troubled you about this little matter,
我很抱歉薩瑟蘭小姐拿這種微不足道的事情來麻煩你，
for I think it is far better not to wash linen of the sort in public.
我覺得還是不要家丑外揚的好。
It was quite against my wishes that she came, but she is a very excitable, impulsive girl, as you may have noticed,
她來找你們，這是違背了我的意愿的。你們也已看到了，
and she is not easily controlled when she has made up her mind on a point.
她是個好發脾氣、容易沖動的姑娘，她一旦決定干什么就難以自制。
Of course, I did not mind you so much, as you are not connected with the official police,
當然我對你們倒是不太介意，因為你們與官廳警察沒有聯系；
but it is not pleasant to have a family misfortune like this noised abroad.
不過讓這種家庭的不幸張揚到社會上去卻也不是令人高興的事。
Besides, it is a useless expense, for how could you possibly find this Hosmer Angel?"
而且，這是徒勞無益的，因為你怎么可能找到霍斯默·安吉爾這個人呢？"
"On the contrary," said Holmes quietly; "I have every reason to believe that I will succeed in discovering Mr. Hosmer Angel."
"恰恰相反，"福爾摩斯平靜地說，“我很有理由相信我會找到霍斯默·安吉爾先生。"
