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Boscombe Valley is a country district not very far from Ross, in Herefordshire.
博斯科姆比溪谷位于赫里福德郡，是距離羅斯不很遠(yuǎn)的一個(gè)鄉(xiāng)間地區(qū)。
The largest landed proprietor in that part is a Mr. John Turner,
約翰·特納先生是那個(gè)地區(qū)的一個(gè)最大的農(nóng)場主。
who made his money in Australia and returned some years ago to the old country.
他在澳大利亞發(fā)了財(cái)，若干年前返回故鄉(xiāng)。
One of the farms which he held, that of Hatherley, was let to Mr. Charles McCarthy, who was also an ex-Australian.
他把他所擁有的農(nóng)場之一，哈瑟利農(nóng)場，租給了也曾經(jīng)在澳大利亞呆過的查爾斯·麥卡錫先生。
The men had known each other in the colonies,
他們兩人是在那個(gè)殖民地互相認(rèn)識的，
so that it was not unnatural that when they came to settle down they should do so as near each other as possible.
因此，當(dāng)他們定居的時(shí)候，彼此盡可能親近地結(jié)為比鄰是很自然的。
Turner was apparently the richer man, so McCarthy became his tenant but still remained,
顯然特納比較富有，所以麥卡錫成了他的佃戶，
it seems, upon terms of perfect equality, as they were frequently together.
但是，看來他們還是和過去常在一起時(shí)一樣，是完全平等的關(guān)系。
McCarthy had one son, a lad of eighteen, and Turner had an only daughter of the same age, but neither of them had wives living.
麥卡錫有一個(gè)兒子，是個(gè)十八歲的小伙子，特納有個(gè)同樣年齡的獨(dú)生女，他們兩個(gè)人的妻子都已不在人世。
They appear to have avoided the society of the neighbouring English families and to have led retired lives,
他們好像一直避免和鄰近的英國人家有任何社交往來，過著隱居的生活，
though both the McCarthys were fond of sport and were frequently seen at the race-meetings of the neighbourhood.
麥卡錫父子倆倒是喜歡運(yùn)動的，因此經(jīng)常出現(xiàn)在附近舉行的賽馬場上。
McCarthy kept two servants–a man and a girl. Turner had a considerable household, some half-dozen at the least.
麥卡錫有兩個(gè)仆人，一個(gè)男仆和一個(gè)侍女。特納一家人口相當(dāng)多，大約有五六口人。
That is as much as I have been able to gather about the families. Now for the facts.
這就是我盡可能了解到的這兩家人的情況。現(xiàn)在再說些具體事實(shí)。
