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"When did you first meet Miss Hatty Doran?" "In San Francisco, a year ago."
"你第一次見到哈蒂·多蘭小姐是在什么時候？""一年以前，在舊金山。"
"You were travelling in the States?" "Yes."
"當時你正在美國旅行？""是的。"
"Did you become engaged then?" "No."
"你們那時候訂婚了嗎？""沒有。"
"But you were on a friendly footing?"
"但是有著友好的往來？"
"I was amused by her society, and she could see that I was amused."
"我能和她交往感到很高興，她能夠看出我很高興。"
"Her father is very rich?"
"她的父親很有錢？"
"He is said to be the richest man on the Pacific slope."
"據說他是太平洋彼岸最有錢的人。"
"And how did he make his money?"
"他是怎樣發財的呢？"
"In mining. He had nothing a few years ago. Then he struck gold, invested it, and came up by leaps and bounds."
"開礦。幾年以前，他還一無所有。有一天，他挖到了金礦，于是投資開發，從此飛黃騰達成了暴發戶。"
"Now, what is your own impression as to the young lady's–your wife's character?"
"現在談談你對這位年輕的小姐--你的妻子的性格的印象怎么樣？"
The nobleman swung his glasses a little faster and stared down into the fire.
這位貴族目不轉睛地看著壁爐，系在他眼鏡上的鏈子晃動得更快了。
"You see, Mr. Holmes," said he, "my wife was twenty before her father became a rich man.
"你知道，福爾摩斯先生，"他說，"我的妻子在她的父親發財以前，已經是二十歲了。
During that time she ran free in a mining camp and wandered through woods or mountains,
在這時期，她在礦鎮上無拘無束，整天在山上或樹林里游蕩，
so that her education has come from Nature rather than from the schoolmaster.
所以她所受的教育，與其說是教師傳授的，還不如說是大自然賦予的。
She is what we call in England a tomboy, with a strong nature, wild and free, unfettered by any sort of traditions.
她是一個我們英國人所說的頑皮姑娘，她性格潑辣、粗野，而又任性，放蕩不羈，不受任何習俗的約束。
She is impetuous–volcanic, I was about to say.
她很性急，我幾乎想說是暴躁。
She is swift in making up her mind and fearless in carrying out her resolutions.
她輕易地作出決定，干起來天不怕、地不怕。
On the other hand, I would not have given her the name which I have the honour to bear" he gave a little stately cough
另一方面，要不是我考慮她到底是一位高貴的女人，"他莊重地咳嗽了一聲，
"had not I thought her to be at bottom a noble woman.
"我是決不會讓她享受我所享有的高貴稱號的。
I believe that she is capable of heroic self-sacrifice and that anything dishonourable would be repugnant to her."
我相信，她是能夠做出英勇的自我犧牲，任何不名譽的事情都是她所深惡痛絕的。"
