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Mr Crowther seemed to hesitate, then to make up his mind.
克勞瑟先生看起來有些猶豫，然后他還是下定了決心：
"If I tell you, I trust you won't accuse me of any wish to surprise you.
“如果我告訴你，我相信你不會責(zé)怪我存心讓你吃驚。
I've never had the slightest desire to surprise anybody.
我從未有過半點(diǎn)讓別人驚訝的欲望。
Observe, please, that I haven't forced the information on you.
請注意，并不是我強(qiáng)迫你聽我說這些。
If you hadn't spoken to me, we should have travelled in complete silence.
如果你不跟我說話，我們的旅程會相當(dāng)安靜。
I have a book here which interests me greatly and if you hadn't, if I may say so, dragged me into conversation..."
請原諒我這么說，如果你沒有將我拉進(jìn)這場談話，我會在看這本我非常感興趣的書……”
"Quite! Quite!" said Mr Harraby-Ribston, who, by now, was worked up to a dangerous pitch of excitement.
“當(dāng)然！完全正確！”哈利比-里伯斯頓先生說，現(xiàn)在他的興趣已被激發(fā)到了危險的邊緣，
"I admit it; I admit it entirely.
“我承認(rèn)，我完全承認(rèn)。
And I promise you I'll do my best not to appear in the least surprised."
我向你保證，我將盡我最大的努力不表現(xiàn)出絲毫的驚奇。”
"Well," said Mr Crowther, "what I did was simply this.
“好吧！ ”克勞瑟先生說道，“我所做的就是這么簡單，
Forgive me if it seems to you a little sensational, and remember, please, that I shall deeply resent any appearance of astonishment on your part.
如果對你來說有點(diǎn)聳人聽聞的話，請你原諒，但是請記住，我將會深深地厭惡你所表現(xiàn)出的任何吃驚的表情。
Well, as I was saying, I simply murdered my wife."
正如我所說的那樣簡單，我殺了我的妻子。”
