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"I cannot answer that, "I said, "but there is something else I don't understand. Why was the hound out on the moor tonight? Stapleton would not let it go out unless he thought Sir Henry was there."
“我回答不上來，”我說道。“但是，還有一事我不大理解。為什么獵犬單單在今晚被放出來在沼地上活動(dòng)呢？除非是斯臺(tái)普頓覺得亨利爵士會(huì)到那里去，否則他是不會(huì)把它放出來的。”
"We may know the answer to that question very soon, "said Holmes. "Here comes Stapleton."
“我們可能很快就能知道問題的答案了，”福爾摩斯講道。“斯臺(tái)普頓來了。”
His sharp eyes had seen a figure moving in the darkness in front of us, and the man came closer, I could see that it was indeed Stapleton.
他那敏銳的眼睛已經(jīng)看到了黑暗之中在我們的前面移動(dòng)的一個(gè)輪廓，而且在這個(gè)人走近時(shí)，我可以看出正是斯臺(tái)普頓。
"We must be very careful not to show that we suspect him, "Holmes warned me.
“我們必須謹(jǐn)慎行事，不要表現(xiàn)出懷疑他的樣子，”福爾摩斯警告我說。
Stapleton stopped when he saw us, and then walked forward again. "Dr Watson, is that you? I didn't expect to see you on the moor at this time of night But, dear me, what's this? Somebody hurt? Not—don't tell me that it's our friend Sir Henry! "
斯臺(tái)普頓看到我們時(shí)停下了腳步，然后又向前走了起來。“華生醫(yī)生，是您嗎？我沒想到會(huì)在晚上的這個(gè)時(shí)候在沼地上看到您。可是，天哪，這是怎么回事？有人受傷了嗎？不——不要告訴我這就是咱們的朋友亨利爵士！”
He went past me and bent over the dead man. I heard him breathe in quickly.
他由我們身旁走過，并在那個(gè)死人的身旁彎下腰來。我聽到他的呼吸急促。
"Who...who is this? " he asked, his voice shaking.
“這是誰……誰呀？”他問道，聲音顫抖著。
"It's Selden, the escaped prisoner."
“是塞爾登，那個(gè)逃犯。”
Stapleton quickly managed to hide the look of surprise and disappointment on his face as he turned towards us. He looked sharply from Holmes to me. "Dear me! How terrible! How did he die?"
斯臺(tái)普頓向我們轉(zhuǎn)過身來時(shí)迅速地、設(shè)法掩飾著驚慌和失望的表情。他兩眼死盯著福爾摩斯，又轉(zhuǎn)向我。“天哪！多么可怕啊！他是怎么死的？”
"We think he broke his neck by falling over the edge of these rocks, "I said.
“我們認(rèn)為他從巖脊邊上掉下來便摔斷了脖子，”我說道。
"I heard a cry, and that is why I came out. I was worried about Sir Henry, "Stapleton said.
“我聽到了一聲叫喊，那便是我跑了出來的原因。我很替亨利爵士擔(dān)心，”斯臺(tái)普頓說道。
