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On June 3d, that is, on Monday last, McCarthy left his house at Hatherley about three in the afternoon and walked down to the Boscombe Pool,
六月三日，即上星期一下午三點鐘左右，麥卡錫從他在哈瑟利的家里外出，步行到博斯科姆比池塘。
which is a small lake formed by the spreading out of the stream which runs down the Boscombe Valley.
這個池塘是從博斯科姆比溪谷傾瀉而下的溪流匯集而成的一個小湖。
He had been out with his serving- man in the morning at Ross,
上午，他曾經同他的仆人到羅斯去，
and he had told the man that he must hurry, as he had an appointment of importance to keep at three.
并對仆人說過，他必須抓緊時間辦事，因為下午三點鐘有一個重要約會。
From that appointment he never came back alive.
從這個約會之后，他就沒有再活著回來。
From Hatherley Farmhouse to the Boscombe Pool is a quarter of a mile, and two people saw him as he passed over this ground.
哈瑟利農場距離博斯科姆比池塘四分之一英里，當他走過這地段時，曾有兩個人目睹。
One was an old woman, whose name is not mentioned, and the other was William Crowder, a game-keeper in the employ of Mr. Turner.
一個是個老婦人，報紙沒有提到她的姓名，另一個是特納先生雇用的獵場看守人威廉·克勞德。
Both these witnesses depose that Mr. McCarthy was walking alone.
這兩個人證都宣誓作證說，麥卡錫先生當時是單獨一個人路過的。
The game-keeper adds that within a few minutes of his seeing Mr. McCarthy pass he had seen his son,
那個獵場看守人還說，在他看見麥卡錫先生走過去幾分鐘后，
Mr. James McCarthy, going the same way with a gun under his arm.
麥卡錫先生的兒子詹姆斯·麥卡錫先生腋下夾著一支槍也在同一條路上走過去。
To the best of his belief, the father was actually in sight at the time, and the son was following him.
他確信，當時這個父親確實是在尾隨在他后面的兒子的視程之內。
He thought no more of the matter until he heard in the evening of the tragedy that had occurred.
在他晚上聽說發生了那慘案之前，他沒有再想過這件事。
