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I walked down to the station with them, and then wandered through the streets of the little town,
我和他們一道步行到火車站，然后在這個小城鎮的街頭閑逛了一會兒，
finally returning to the hotel, where I lay upon the sofa and tried to interest myself in a yellow-backed novel.
最后還是回到了旅館，我躺在旅館的沙發上，拿起一本黃封面的廉價的通俗小說，希望從中得到一些趣味，以資消遣。
The puny plot of the story was so thin, however, when compared to the deep mystery through which we were groping,
但是那微不足道的小說情節同我們正在偵查的深奧莫測的案情相比顯得十分膚淺。
and I found my attention wander so continually from the fiction to the fact,
因此，我的注意力不斷地從小說虛構的情節轉移到當前的現實上來，
that I at last flung it across the room and gave myself up entirely to a consideration of the events of the day.
最后我終于把那本小說扔得遠遠的，全神貫注地去考慮當天所發生的事件。
Supposing that this unhappy young man's story were absolutely true,
假定說這個不幸的青年人所說的事情經過完全屬實，
then what hellish thing, what absolutely unforeseen and extraordinary calamity could have occurred
那么，究竟發生了什么怪事，有什么完全意想不到和異乎尋常的災難，
between the time when he parted from his father, and the moment when, drawn back by his screams, he rushed into the glade?
發生在了從他離開他父親，到聽到他父親的尖聲叫喊而急忙趕回到那林間空地的剎那之間呢？
It was something terrible and deadly. What could it be?
這是某種駭人聽聞的突然事故。但是這可能是什么樣的事故呢？
Might not the nature of the injuries reveal something to my medical instincts?
難道我不能用我醫生的直覺從死者的傷痕上看出點問題嗎？
I rang the bell and called for the weekly county paper, which contained a verbatim account of the inquest.
我拉鈴叫人把縣里出版的周報送來。周報上載有逐字逐句的審訊記錄。
In the surgeon's deposition it was stated that
在法醫的驗尸證明書上寫道：
the posterior third of the left parietal bone and the left half of the occipital bone had been shattered by a heavy blow from a blunt weapon.
死者腦后的第三個左頂骨和枕骨的左半部因受到笨重武器的一下猛擊而破裂。
I marked the spot upon my own head. Clearly such a blow must have been struck from behind.
我在自己頭部比劃那被猛擊的位置，顯而易見，這一猛擊是來自死者背后的。
That was to some extent in favour of the accused, as when seen quarrelling he was face to face with his father.
這一情況在某種程度上對被告有利，因為有人看見他是和他父親面對面爭吵的。
Still, it did not go for very much, for the older man might have turned his back before the blow fell.
不過，這一點到底說明不了多大問題，因為死者也可能是在他轉過身去以后被打死的。
Still, it might be worth while to call Holmes's attention to it.
不管怎么樣，提醒福爾摩斯注意這一點也許還是值得的。
