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A Mystery
神秘事件
Just after dark, the door opened. Detective Winters walked into the hall. Doctor Hawthorne welcomed him. In the living room were three cups of warm lemon tea and a guest.
天剛黑，門打開了。溫特斯偵探走進大廳。霍桑醫生歡迎了他。起居室里有三杯暖暖的檸檬茶和一位客人。
"I came as soon as I could. What's going on?" asked Detective Winters as he quickly took off his scarf, hat and coat.
“我盡快趕來了。發生了什么事？”溫特斯偵探一邊問一邊訊速地摘掉圍巾、帽子，脫去外套。
"First, we must keep everything we know very secret. The police have asked us to help them find the truth."
“首先，我們必須保證我們所知道的每件事情都是保密的。警察已經讓我們幫他們找出真相了。”
"I'm sure we can do that," said Winters. Then they heard a noise from the parlour. "Is someone in the parlour?"
“我確定我們可以做到，”溫特斯說道。接著他們聽到客廳里有聲響。“有人在客廳里嗎？”
"Lord Lister's son Daniel is here. Or at least ..."
“李斯特爵士的兒子丹尼爾在這里。或者至少……”
"Lord Lister? I haven't seen him in 20 years. Let me speak to his son. Then we can get to work."
“李斯特角色？我有20年沒見過他了。讓我跟他的兒子說說話吧。然后我們就可以開始工作了。”
"Actually sir, Lord Lister is dead. He passed away recently and his son … well his son is the work," said Dr. Hawthorne.
“先生，事實上李斯特爵士死了。他最近去世了，他的兒子……呃，他的兒子就是咱們的工作，”霍桑醫生說。
"Can you explain this to me, Dr. Hawthorne?"
“你能給我解釋一下嗎，霍桑醫生？”
"You see, there are doubts. Daniel Lister disappeared thirteen years ago. He went on a trip to France and never returned. Nobody knew where he was or whether he was alive. Then suddenly, a week after his father's death, he reappeared to claim his very valuable inheritance. The police have tried their best but it's impossible for them to know exactly what's going on. They thought you could help."
“你看，這里有些疑問。李斯特·丹尼爾13年前消失不見了。他去法國旅行，再也沒有回來過。沒人知道他在哪里，是否還活著。然后突然之間，他父親去世一周后，他現身索要他的巨額遺產。警察已經盡力了，但是他們還是沒能確切知道發生了什么事情。他們覺得你能幫忙。”
"Oh my. This is all very sad. I knew Lord Lister well when we were young, but I've only met Daniel once. Let's see what we can find out," said Winters.
“哎呀，這太讓人難過了。我們年輕的時候我很了解李斯特爵士，但是我只見過丹尼爾一次。咱們去看看能找出些什么吧，”溫特斯說道。
