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"The Baskerville lands are worth about one million pounds," Dr Mortimer said.
“巴斯克維爾家族的地產價值大約一百萬英鎊，”摩梯末醫生說道。
"Dear me," said Holmes. "A man could kill for that much. One more question. If something happened to our young friend here, who would get Baskerville Hall and all its lands?"
“天啊，”福爾摩斯說道?！耙粋€人為了這個會殺人的。還有一個問題，假若我們的這位年輕朋友發生不測的話，那么將由誰來繼承巴斯克維爾莊園及其地產呢？”
"Well, as you know, Sir Charles had two brothers. Sir Henry is the only son of Sir Charles'younger brother. The youngest brother of the three, Roger, was a criminal.
“哦，如您所知，查爾斯爵士有兩個兄弟。亨利爵士是查爾斯爵士的弟弟的獨生子。兄弟三人中最小的那個羅杰是個罪犯。
The police wanted him, so he had to leave England. They say he looked exactly like the family picture of old Sir Hugo, who first saw the Hound.
警察局想緝拿他，于是他不得不離開了英國。人們說他長得和家中的老雨果爵士即最初見到那個獵犬的那位的畫像一模一樣。
He was the same kind of man, too. He went to South America, where he died of a fever. So if Sir Henry died, Baskerville Hall would go to James Desmond,
他和雨果還是同一類人。他去了南美，在那兒死于黃熱病。因此，要是亨利爵士不在了的話，巴斯克維爾莊園將歸他的表兄詹姆斯·戴斯蒙所有。
who is a cousin of the Baskervilles. James Desmond is an old man, who lives in the north of England. His life is very simple and he would not want to be rich."
詹姆斯·戴斯蒙年事已高，住在英格蘭北部。他的生活非常簡樸，也不想成為富豪。”
"Thank you, Dr Mortimer," said Holmes. "Now, Sir Henry, I agree that you should go to Baskerville Hall as quickly as possible. But you must not go alone. I myself cannot leave London at the present time. I am working on another case. I am trying to save one of the most important men in England from a difficult situation. I hope my friend Watson will go with you. If there is danger, you could not have a better man by your side."
“謝謝您，摩梯末醫生。”福爾摩斯說道?！艾F在，亨利爵士，我同意您盡快前往巴斯克維爾莊園了?？墒?，您決不能單獨去。我目前尚不能離開倫敦。我正在辦理另一宗案子。我正在想方設法制止英格蘭的一位極其重要的人士陷于危險的處境之中。我希望我的朋友華生能與您一同前往。如果您的情況危急，則沒有比他更好的人選陪在您身邊了?！?/div>
Sir Henry and I were both very happy with this idea. So we arranged to travel to Devonshire on the following Saturday.
我和亨利爵士對這個主意都感到很高興。因此我們安排在接下來的星期六動身前往德文郡。
Just as we were leaving Sir Henry's room, he gave a cry and got down on his knees by the table.
就在我們正要離開亨利爵士的房間時，他叫喊了一聲并在桌邊跪下了。
"Here's my brown shoe that was lost, " he said, reaching under the table.
“這正是我丟了的那只棕色的鞋子，”他說道，同時把手伸向桌子底下。
"That's very strange, " said Dr Mortimer. "We both searched the room before lunch, and it wasn't under the table then."
“那真是太怪了，”摩梯末醫生說道。“午飯前我們已查找過這屋子了，那時它還不在桌子底下?！?/div>
None of the people who worked at the hotel could explain how the shoe had got back into the room.
旅館里的工作人員誰也解釋不清這只鞋是如何回到房間里來的。
So we had another mystery. On the way back to Baker Street in the taxi, Holmes sat thinking deeply. All through the afternoon and the evening he went on thinking silently, and smoking pipe after pipe.
這樣我們又有了一個疑團。我們乘出租馬車回貝克街時，福爾摩斯一直在坐著沉思。整個下午乃至傍晚他都一聲不吭地思考著，抽了一煙斗又一煙斗的煙。
Just before dinner, a telegram arrived. It was from Sir Henry and said: "Have just heard that Barrymore is at the Hall."
就是晚飯前，來了一封電報。那是亨利爵士發來的，上面說：“頃悉白瑞摩現在莊園?！?/div>
"So we don't have the answer to the mystery of the man with the beard," said Holmes. "But perhaps we shall soon have an answer to another question."
“因此，我們并沒有找到關于那個蓄胡須的人的疑團的答案，”福爾摩斯說道。“可是，我們沒準很快便會找到另一個疑團的答案?！?/p>
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