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Mr Harraby-Ribston took the disclosure remarkably well.
哈利比-里伯斯頓先生對同伴的這種坦白的反應(yīng)非常好。
He did, it's true, flinch and turn a little pale, but in a few moments he had recovered himself.
的確，他有點(diǎn)兒畏縮并且臉色蒼白，但很快就恢復(fù)了常態(tài)。
"Thank you, sir," he said, "and let me say how much I appreciate your openness.
“謝謝你，先生，”他說，“我不得不說我是多么欣賞你的坦白，事實(shí)上，你使我也要像你一樣坦白。
In fact, you tempt me to be equally frank with you.
我承認(rèn)，其實(shí)我并沒有離開我的妻子，原因很簡單，我是個(gè)單身漢。
Let me confess, then, that as a matter of fact I haven't left my wife, for the simple reason that I'm a bachelor.
我種了一片相當(dāng)大面積的蔬菜，而且由于業(yè)務(wù)關(guān)系，我每周都要去一次倫敦。
I grow vegetables on rather a large scale and once a week business takes me to London.
至于手提箱的事，因?yàn)槲矣幸恍┡笥眩麄兊姆孔泳驮谖覀儎偮愤^的幾英里后。
As for the matter of the suitcase, I have some friends whose house we passed a few miles back and every week fill a suitcase with vegetables, bring it with me, and throw it out of the carriage-window as the train passes their house.
每周我都帶著一個(gè)裝有蔬菜的手提箱，當(dāng)火車路過他們的房子時(shí)，我就扔出窗外。
It rolls down the embankment and lands up against their railings.
它會滾下路堤，停靠在他們家的圍欄旁。
It's a primitive method, I know, but it saves postage and you can have no idea how much entertaining conversation it provokes with my fellow-passengers.
這是一個(gè)很原始的方法，我知道，但是這樣可以節(jié)省郵資。
You, if I may say so, are no exception."
你一定想象不到，這引起了多少我和旅伴的有趣的談話，可以這么說，你也包括在內(nèi)。”
