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Sherlock Holmes was well known to the force, and the two constables at the door saluted him.
福爾摩斯是警務人員所熟識的，門旁兩個巡捕向他敬禮。
One of them held the horse's head while the other led us in.
一個巡捕牽住馬頭，另一個便引我們進去。
"Who is on duty?" asked Holmes.
"誰值班？"福爾摩斯問。
"Inspector Bradstreet, sir."
"布雷茲特里特巡官，先生。"
"Ah, Bradstreet, how are you?"
"啊！布雷茲特里特，你好！"
A tall, stout official had come down the stone-flagged passage, in a peaked cap and frogged jacket.
一位身材高大魁偉的巡官走下石板坡的甬道，頭戴鴨舌便帽，身穿帶有盤花紐扣的夾克衫。
"I wish to have a quiet word with you, Bradstreet."
"我想同你私下談一談，布雷茲特里特。"
"Certainly, Mr. Holmes. Step into my room here."
"好的，福爾摩斯先生。到我的屋子里來。"
It was a small, office-like room, with a huge ledger upon the table, and a telephone projecting from the wall.
這是一間小小的類似辦公室的房間，桌上放著一大本厚厚的分類登記簿，一架電話凸出地安在墻上。
The inspector sat down at his desk. "What can I do for you, Mr. Holmes?"
巡官臨桌坐下。"您要我做點什么，福爾摩斯先生？"
"I called about that beggarman, Boone
"我是為了乞丐休·布恩而來的。
the one who was charged with being concerned in the disappearance of Mr. Neville St. Clair, of Lee."
這人被控與李鎮內維爾·圣克萊爾先生的失蹤有關。"
