The Hound of the Baskervilles — Page 7

他说话时已经站起身来，在房间里踱步。此刻他停在窗边的凹处。

He had risen and paced the room as he spoke. Now he halted in the recess of the window.

他声音中透出一种笃定的语气，令我不禁抬头，满心诧异。

There was such a ring of conviction in his voice that I glanced up in surprise.

「我的老兄，你怎么可能如此确定？」

"My dear fellow, how can you possibly be so sure of that?"

「原因非常简单，因为我看见那只狗就在我们的门阶上，而它主人的门铃声也响了。

"For the very simple reason that I see the dog himself on our very door-step, and there is the ring of its owner.

华生，我求你别动。他是你的同行，你的在场或许对我有所帮助。

Don't move, I beg you, Watson. He is a professional brother of yours, and your presence may be of assistance to me.

华生，此刻正是命运的戏剧性时刻——当你听见楼梯上的脚步声，那脚步正走进你的人生，而你不知那将是福是祸。

Now is the dramatic moment of fate, Watson, when you hear a step upon the stair which is walking into your life, and you know not whether for good or ill.

科学之人詹姆斯·莫蒂默博士，究竟要向犯罪专家夏洛克·福尔摩斯寻求什么？请进！」

What does Dr. James Mortimer, the man of science, ask of Sherlock Holmes, the specialist in crime? Come in!"

我们的访客一出现便令我大感意外，因为我原本以为会是一位典型的乡村医生。

The appearance of our visitor was a surprise to me, since I had expected a typical country practitioner.

他是个非常高挑清瘦的男人，长着一个像鸟喙般的长鼻子，突出在两只敏锐的灰色眼睛之间，那双眼睛靠得很近，透过一副金框眼镜闪烁着明亮的光芒。

He was a very tall, thin man, with a long nose like a beak, which jutted out between two keen, grey eyes, set closely together and sparkling brightly from behind a pair of gold-rimmed glasses.

他的穿着虽然像个专业人士，却相当邋遢，因为他的长礼服外套污迹斑斑，裤子也磨损破旧。

He was clad in a professional but rather slovenly fashion, for his frock-coat was dingy and his trousers frayed.

他虽然年轻，背却已经有些弓了，走路时头向前倾，整体上散发出一种探寻式的慈善气质。

Though young, his long back was already bowed, and he walked with a forward thrust of his head and a general air of peering benevolence.