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"And who is her maid?"
"她的女傭人是什么人？"
"Alice is her name. She is an American and came from California with her."
"她名叫艾麗絲，是個美國人，從加利福尼亞和她一起來的。"
"A confidential servant?"
"一名心腹傭人？"
"A little too much so. It seemed to me that her mistress allowed her to take great liberties.
"這么說也許有點過份。在我看來似乎她的女主人對她非常隨便，不拘禮儀。
Still, of course, in America they look upon these things in a different way."
可是，當然在美國他們對這一類事情有不同看法。"
"How long did she speak to this Alice?"
"她和這位艾麗絲談了多久？"
"Oh, a few minutes. I had something else to think of."
"哦，幾分鐘。當時我正在考慮一些別的事。"
"You did not overhear what they said?"
"你沒有聽到她們說些什么？"
"Lady St. Simon said something about 'jumping a claim.'
"圣西蒙夫人談到些'強占別人土地'的話，
She was accustomed to use slang of the kind. I have no idea what she meant."
她總是慣于說這一類的俚語。我不理解她指的是什么。"
"American slang is very expressive sometimes. And what did your wife do when she finished speaking to her maid?"
"美國的俚語有時是很形象化的。你的妻子和女傭人談過話后做了些什么事？"
"She walked into the breakfast-room." "On your arm?"
"她走進吃早餐的房間。""你挽著她走進去的嗎？"
"No, alone. She was very independent in little matters like that.
"不，她一個人。象這一類小節，她是一向不講究的。
Then, after we had sat down for ten minutes or so,
接著，在我們就座大約十分鐘以后，
she rose hurriedly, muttered some words of apology, and left the room. She never came back."
她急急忙忙地站起身來，咕噥了幾句道歉的話，就離開了房間。她就這樣一去不復返了。"
"But this maid, Alice, as I understand, deposes that she went to her room,
"但是，據我了解，那位女傭人艾麗絲作證說，女主人走進自己的房間，
covered her bride's dress with a long ulster, put on a bonnet, and went out."
用一件長外套罩在新娘的禮服上，戴上一頂軟帽，就出去了。"
"Quite so. And she was afterwards seen walking into Hyde Park in company with Flora Millar,
"正是這樣。過后，有人看到她和弗洛拉·米勒一道走進海德公園。
a woman who is now in custody, and who had already made a disturbance at Mr. Doran's house that morning."
弗洛拉·米勒就是現在被拘留的那個女人，那天早上，她曾經在多蘭的寓所里惹起一場風波。"
"Ah, yes. I should like a few particulars as to this young lady, and your relations to her."
"啊，是的。關于這位年輕的婦女，我想知道她的一點具體情況，還有你和她的關系。"
