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The other waved his hand airily.
對方得意地?fù)]了揮手：
"There are other ways, simpler ways."
“用其他的方法，更簡單的方法。”
"I should like to know them," said Mr Harraby-Ribston.
“我很想知道是什么方法，”哈利比-里伯斯頓先生說。
"I don't think," said Mr Crowther, "that my particular method would be quite in your line."
克勞瑟先生回答說：“我認(rèn)為我的那種特殊的方法不適合你。”
"But why not?"
“但是為什么不適合我呢？”
Mr Harraby-Ribston was simply bubbling with curiosity.
哈利比-里伯斯頓先生簡直抑制不住內(nèi)心的好奇。
"Why not? Well, my method requires...
“為什么不？噢，我的方法需要……
what shall I say? ...reticence, tact, and a lot of very careful planning."
我該怎么說呢？……緘默、老練，還要有許多周密的計劃。”
"And you think I'm incapable of that?"
“你認(rèn)為我做不到嗎？”
"Well," said Mr Crowther, "I should have said that reticence was not your strong point;
“好吧！”克勞瑟先生說，“我應(yīng)該說緘默不是你的強(qiáng)項(xiàng)，
and your evident desire to arouse surprise in others—that, if you were to adopt my method, might land you in a very uncomfortable position."
顯然你有很強(qiáng)的欲望去使別人驚奇——如果你采用我的方法的話，會把自己置于一個很不利的境地。”
"You interest me enormously," said Mr Harraby-Ribston.
“你激起了我的強(qiáng)烈興趣，”哈利比-里伯斯頓先生說，
"Now do, please, just tell me what you did."
“現(xiàn)在就說出來吧，拜托，只告訴我 你做了什么。”
