The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — Page 40
律师不知不觉地软化了。
Insensibly the lawyer melted.
没有人比格斯特先生知道他更多的秘密；而且他也不敢肯定自己保守了原本想保守的那么多秘密。
There was no man from whom he kept fewer secrets than Mr. Guest; and he was not always sure that he kept as many as he meant.
格斯特经常因公事去医生那里；他认识普尔；他不可能没有听说海德先生在这所房子里进出自如的事；他可能会得出结论：既然如此，让他看一封能解开这个谜团的信不是更好吗？
Guest had often been on business to the doctor's; he knew Poole; he could scarce have failed to hear of Mr. Hyde's familiarity about the house; he might draw conclusions: was it not as well, then, that he should see a letter which put that mystery to right?
尤其是格斯特作为一个笔迹研究和评论的专家，会认为这一步骤自然而友善？
and above all since Guest, being a great student and critic of handwriting, would consider the step natural and obliging?
此外，这位书记员是个有见识的人；他几乎不可能读到如此奇怪的文件而不发表意见；而阿特森先生可以通过那个意见来决定他未来的行动方针。
The clerk, besides, was a man of counsel; he could scarce read so strange a document without dropping a remark; and by that remark Mr. Utterson might shape his future course.
"丹弗斯爵士的事真是令人悲伤，"他说。
"This is a sad business about Sir Danvers," he said.
"是的，先生，确实如此。这引起了公众的强烈反响，"格斯特回答道。
"Yes, sir, indeed. It has elicited a great deal of public feeling," returned Guest.
"那个人当然是疯了。"
"The man, of course, was mad."
"我想听听你对此的看法，"阿特森回答道。
"I should like to hear your views on that," replied Utterson.
"我这里有一份他的笔迹；这是我们之间的事，因为我几乎不知道该怎么处理它；这无论如何都是件丑事。
"I have a document here in his handwriting; it is between ourselves, for I scarce know what to do about it; it is an ugly business at the best.
但它就在这里；正好适合你：一个杀人犯的亲笔签名。"
But there it is; quite in your way: a murderer's autograph."
格斯特的眼睛亮了起来，他立刻坐下来热切地研究它。
Guest's eyes brightened, and he sat down at once and studied it with passion.
"不，先生，"他说："不是疯了；但这确实是一种奇特的笔迹。
"No sir," he said: "not mad; but it is an odd hand.
Vocabulary
- Insensibly
- 不知不觉地，逐渐地，以察觉不到的方式
- lawyer
- 律师，从事法律工作的专业人士
- melted
- 融化；（态度）软化，变温和
- fewer
- 更少的（few的比较级）
- secrets
- 秘密，不为人知的事情
- Guest
- 客人；盖斯特（人名）
- always
- 总是，一直，经常
- sure
- 确定的，肯定的
- meant
- 意味着，意思是（mean的过去式）
- often
- 经常，常常
- business
- 生意，事务，业务
- scarce
- 稀少的；几乎不，勉强
- failed
- 失败，未能做到
- familiarity
- 熟悉，亲近，随便
- draw
- 画；拉；得出（结论）
- conclusions
- 结论，推论
- letter
- 信件，字母
- mystery
- 神秘，谜，难以理解的事物
- above
- 在...上面；超过
- since
- 自从；因为
- student
- 学生，研究者
- critic
- 评论家，批评家
- handwriting
- 笔迹，手写字体
- consider
- 考虑，认为
- step
- 步骤，步伐；台阶
- natural
- 自然的，天然的，正常的
- obliging
- 乐于助人的，热情的
- clerk
- 职员，文书，办事员
- besides
- 此外，而且
- counsel
- 建议，劝告；律师
- strange
- 奇怪的，陌生的
- document
- 文件，文档，证件
- without
- 没有，不带
- remark
- 评论，意见，话语
- shape
- 形状；塑造，决定
- future
- 未来，将来的
- course
- 过程，课程；方针
- sad
- 悲伤的，令人难过的
- Sir
- 先生，阁下，尊称
- sir
- 先生，对男性的尊称
- indeed
- 确实，的确
- elicited
- 引出，探出，诱出
- deal
- 交易；大量；处理
- public
- 公众的，公共的
- feeling
- 感觉，情感，看法
- mad
- 疯狂的，生气的
- views
- 观点，看法；景色
- replied
- 回答，答复（reply的过去式）
- between
- 在...之间
- ugly
- 丑陋的；令人不快的
- quite
- 相当，很，完全地
- autograph
- 亲笔签名；手稿
- brightened
- 变明亮；使高兴（brighten的过去式）
- once
- 一次；曾经；立刻
- passion
- 热情，激情，酷爱
- odd
- 奇怪的；奇数的；零散的
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