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Lord St. Simon had by no means relaxed his rigid attitude,
圣西蒙勛爵一點沒有放松他那僵硬的姿勢，
but had listened with a frowning brow and a compressed lip to this long narrative.
而是皺著眉頭，緊繃著嘴唇，在聽著這篇冗長的敘述。
"Excuse me," he said, "but it is not my custom to discuss my most intimate personal affairs in this public manner."
"對不起，"他說，"這樣公開地討論純屬我個人的私事，我是很不習慣的。"
"Then you won't forgive me? You won't shake hands before I go?"
"那么說，你不肯原諒我了？你不肯在我走以前和我握一下手嗎？"
"Oh, certainly, if it would give you any pleasure."
"噢，當然可以，如果這樣做會使你高興的話。"
He put out his hand and coldly grasped that which she extended to him.
他伸出他的手，冷淡地握了一個她伸過來的手。
"I had hoped," suggested Holmes, "that you would have joined us in a friendly supper."
"我本來希望，"福爾摩斯提議說，"你能和我們共進一頓友好的晚餐。"
"I think that there you ask a little too much," responded his Lordship.
"我覺得，你的要求有點過份了，"勛爵回答說。
"I may be forced to acquiesce in these recent developments, but I can hardly be expected to make merry over them.
"我可能被迫默認最近的事態發展，但也別指望我會很高興。
I think that with your permission I will now wish you all a very good-night."
我想如果你們許可的話，我現在祝你們各位晚安。"
He included us all in a sweeping bow and stalked out of the room.
他向我們大家很快地鞠了個躬，就昂首闊步地走出了房間。
"Then I trust that you at least will honour me with your company," said Sherlock Holmes.
"那么，我相信，至少你們不會不給我點面子吧，"歇洛克·福爾摩斯說。
"It is always a joy to meet an American, Mr. Moulton,
"結交一個美國人，總是令人愉快的，莫爾頓先生，
for I am one of those who believe that the folly of a monarch and the blundering of a minister in far-gone years
許多人包括我在內相信，多年以前的一位君王的愚蠢行為和一位大臣的錯誤，
will not prevent our children from being some day citizens of the same world-wide country
將不會妨礙我們的子孫在某一天成為同一世界大國的公民，
under a flag which shall be a quartering of the Union Jack with the Stars and Stripes."
在這個國土上，飄揚著米字旗和星條旗鑲嵌在一起的國旗。"
