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215.The good detective
第215課 優秀的偵探
"The suspense is killing me," Mr. Jones said to Detective Richards. "Tell me more about the suspect."
“這個懸念令我困惑不解，”瓊斯先生對理查茲偵探說。“再多給我講些有關嫌疑犯的情況吧。”
Detective Richards had been suspended from the force for sustaining interest in criminal cases which didn't involve him.
由于對與己無關的刑事案件的興趣歷久不衰，理查茲偵探被暫令中止工作。
Taking in a few syllables of breath, he began to tell Jones how he nabbed the Captain.
吸了幾口氣，他開始告訴瓊斯他是怎么抓住這個上尉的。
"Well," began Richards, stroking his trademark suspenders,
“喔，”理查茲整理了一下自己的名牌褲子背帶開始講起來，
"I became suspicious when I realized that the floor to the office was always swept and clean during the evening.
“當我看到通向辦公室的地板在晚上總是被掃得干干凈凈，我就產生了懷疑，
As that is the case, where did all the swampy mud come from that we discovered?
既然這樣，我們發現的松軟潮濕的泥土從何而來？
Obviously, from the nearby swamp.
顯然，是來自附近的沼澤。
Since Captain Moore was the only one who held a key,
穆爾上尉是惟一有鑰匙的人，
I immediately put him under suspicion, and the more my head swelled with ideas,
所以，我立刻對他產生了懷疑，而且，我心里越是充滿這些想法，
the more I found any other explanation difficult to swallow.
我就越發覺得其他解釋難以接受。
Then Moore began talking about making sweeping changes at the department,
之后，穆爾開始談到在部門里做全面調整，
followed by his attempt to sway me from going forward with the case,
接著，他試圖動搖我不要繼續調查這個案子，
and then, of course, with a swift wave of his hand, I was dismissed from the case.
再后來，當然，他迅速地把手一揮，我就從這個案子中被排擠出來。
He kept a sustained interest in closing this case. But I did not swerve from my duty.
他一直對了結該案感興趣。但我并沒有背離職守。
This swarm of ideas in my head provided my sustenance.
頭腦里大量的想法給了我支持。
I had to stand erect as a symbol of all that was right with the police force."
我必須筆挺地站直，成為警方所有正確表現的象征。”
"The ideas in your head remind me of the symbiotic bacteria I read about as a schoolboy," Jones said.
“你頭腦中的想法使我想起上小學時讀過的共生細菌，”瓊斯說道。
"Oh," Richards replied, "I'm not expert in symbology,
“哦，”理查茲回答，“我不是象征學專家，
but the symbolism provided by your metaphor of symbiosis does seem to accurately describe the relationship I have with my ideas."
但是你把象征比喻成共生現象，的確似乎準確地描述了我與我的想法之間的關系。”
