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He had ceased to strike and was gazing up at the ventilator
他已停止了抽打，朝上注視著通氣孔，
when suddenly there broke from the silence of the night the most horrible cry to which I have ever listened.
緊接著在黑夜的寂靜之中，突然爆發出一聲我有生以來未聽到過的最可怕的尖叫。
It swelled up louder and louder, a hoarse yell of pain and fear and anger all mingled in the one dreadful shriek.
而且叫聲越來越高，這是交織著痛苦、恐懼和憤怒的令人可怖的尖聲哀號。
They say that away down in the village, and even in the distant parsonage, that cry raised the sleepers from their beds.
據說這喊聲把遠在村里，甚至遠教區的人們都從熟睡中驚醒。
It struck cold to our hearts, and I stood gazing at Holmes,
這一叫聲使我們為之毛骨悚然。我站在那里，呆呆地望著福爾摩斯，
and he at me, until the last echoes of it had died away into the silence from which it rose.
他也呆呆地望著我，一直到最后的回聲漸趨消失，一切又恢復了原來的寂靜時為止。
"What can it mean?" I gasped.
"這是什么意思？"我忐忑不安地說。
"It means that it is all over," Holmes answered.
"這意思是事情就這樣了結了，"福爾摩斯回答道。
"And perhaps, after all, it is for the best. Take your pistol, and we will enter Dr. Roylott's room."
"而且，總的來看，這可能是最好的結局。帶著你的手槍，我們到羅伊洛特醫生的房間去。"
With a grave face he lit the lamp and led the way down the corridor.
他點著了燈，帶頭走過過道，表情非常嚴峻。
Twice he struck at the chamber door without any reply from within.
他敲了兩次臥室的房門，里面沒有回音.
Then he turned the handle and entered, I at his heels, with the cocked pistol in my hand.
他隨手轉動了門把手，進入房內，我緊跟在他身后，手里握著扳起擊鐵的手槍。
