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The old man sank his face in his hands. "God help me!" he cried.
這個老人把頭低垂，兩手掩面。他喊道："上帝保佑我吧！
"But I would not have let the young man come to harm.
但是，我是不會讓這個年輕人受害的。
I give you my word that I would have spoken out if it went against him at the Assizes."
我向你保證，如果巡回審判法庭宣判他有罪，我會出來說話的。"
"I am glad to hear you say so," said Holmes gravely.
福爾摩斯嚴肅地說："我很高興聽你這么說。"
"I would have spoken now had it not been for my dear girl.
"要不是為了我親愛的女兒著想，我早就說出來了。
It would break her heart -- it will break her heart when she hears that I am arrested."
那會使她十分痛心的，當(dāng)她聽到我被捕的消息時，她是會很痛心的。"
"It may not come to that," said Holmes. "What?"
福爾摩斯說："也許不至于要逮捕吧。""你說什么？"
"I am no official agent.
"我不是官方偵探。
I understand that it was your daughter who required my presence here, and I am acting in her interests.
我明白，是你女兒要求我到這里來的，我現(xiàn)在是替她辦事。
Young McCarthy must be got off, however."
無論如何必須使小麥卡錫無罪開釋。"
"I am a dying man," said old Turner. "I have had diabetes for years.
老特納說："我是個瀕臨死亡的人了。我患糖尿病已有多年。
My doctor says it is a question whether I shall live a month.
我的醫(yī)生說，我是否還能活一個月都是個問題。
Yet I would rather die under my own roof than in a jail."
可是，我寧可死在自己家里也不愿死在監(jiān)獄里。"
Holmes rose and sat down at the table with his pen in his hand and a bundle of paper before him.
福爾摩斯站起身來走到桌子旁邊坐下，然后拿起筆，在他面前放著一沓紙。
"Just tell us the truth," he said. "I shall jot down the facts.
他說："只要告訴我事實真相，我把事實摘錄下來，
You will sign it, and Watson here can witness it.
然后你在上面簽字，這位華生可作見證人。
Then I could produce your confession at the last extremity to save young McCarthy.
以后我可能出示你的自白書，但只是在為了拯救小麥卡錫的萬不得已的時候。
I promise you that I shall not use it unless it is absolutely needed."
我答應(yīng)你，除非絕對必要，否則我不會用它的。"
"It's as well," said the old man; "it's a question whether I shall live to the Assizes,
那老人說："這樣也可以。我能不能活到巡回審判法庭開庭的時候還是個問題，
so it matters little to me, but I should wish to spare Alice the shock.
所以這對我沒有多大關(guān)系，我只是不想引起艾麗斯的震驚就是了。
And now I will make the thing clear to you; it has been a long time in the acting, but will not take me long to tell."
現(xiàn)在我一定向你直說，事情經(jīng)過的時間很長，我講出來倒用不了多長時間。"
