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From time to time one of us stepped from the path and sank up to his waist in the marsh. One man on his own could not hope to escape the pull of the marsh；without help he would sink to his death.
我們不時從小路旁走歪，陷入了泥潭，直到齊腰那么深。獨自一人是不敢奢求自己能逃脫泥潭的拖陷的；沒有別人的幫助就會陷進去沒命了。
But we did not find any sign of Stapleton. We searched and searched without success. There is no doubt that he lost his way in the fog, and sank in the marsh Somewhere, deep down, his body lies to this day.
但是，我們沒有發現斯臺普頓的任何跡象。我們搜啊搜，可是一無所獲。勿庸置疑，他在大霧中迷了路，陷進泥潭中去了。在泥潭深處的某個地方，他的尸體將永遠躺在那里。
We reached the island Miss Stapleton had described, and searched the old house.
我們到達了斯臺普頓小姐描述過的那個小島，還搜尋了一番那棟古老的屋子。
"This place tells us nothing that we do not already know, "said Holmes. "These bones show that he hid the hound here, but he could not keep it quiet, so people heard its cries. Here is the bottle of phosphorous paint. Stapleton used it very cleverly on the hound. After what we saw and felt last night, we cannot be surprised that Sir Charles died of fright. And now I understand how Selden knew that the hound was following him in the dark. It's not surprising the poor man screamed and ran as he did. The old story of the supernatural hound probably gave Stapleton the idea of using phosphorus. Very clever. I said it in London and I say it again, Watson. We have never had a more dangerous enemy than the one who is lying out there"—and he pointed to the great marsh that was all round us.
“這個地方告訴我們我們已知曉的一切詳情，”福爾摩斯說道。“這些骨頭表明他曾把獵犬藏在這兒，可是他不能使它默不出聲，所以人們聽到了它的叫聲。這兒是瓶含磷的涂料。斯臺普頓狡猾地把它抹在了獵犬身上。有了我們昨晚的所見所感作鋪敘以后，我們對查爾斯爵士因恐慌而暴死就不足為奇了。我現在也明白塞爾登是怎么知道那只獵犬在黑暗中跟在他后面的了。那個可憐的家伙就那么大叫著向前跑，這并不奇怪。關于那只魔狗的那個古老的故事使他萌發了使用磷的念頭。十分狡猾。我曾在倫敦這么說過，我現在再這么說一遍，華生。咱們還從來沒有一個比躺在那邊的那個人更為危險的對手呢”——他指了指散布在我們四周的那片大泥潭。
