《巴斯克威尔猎犬》 53陷阱(5)

"Stapleton told me that he could not allow any other man to give me the money for my divorce,"

“斯台普顿对我说，他不能容许别的男人为我的离婚之事而给我出钱，”

Mrs Lyons said. "He said he was poor, but he would give all his money to bring us together.

莱昂丝太太说道。“他说虽然他是个穷人，但是他也要尽自己所有使我们二人得以结合。

Then, after I heard about Sir Charles' death, Stapleton told me to say nothing about my letter and the meeting.

接着，在我听到查尔斯爵士已死一事之后，斯台普顿叫我决不要把关于我写的信件和约他见面的事情说出去。

He said I would be a suspect¹. He frightened me into staying silent²."

他说，我会变成嫌疑犯的。他吓得我不敢说话了。”

"Yes,"said Holmes. "But you wondered about him?"

“正是这样，”福尔摩斯说道。“可是您对他可曾疑惑过？”

She said nothing for a moment, and looked down. "Yes,"she said.

她一时没说什么，还低下了头。“是的，”她说道。

"But since he has lied to me about marrying me, I will no longer keep his secrets."

“可是既然他就娶我一事向我撒谎的话，我也就不再为他保密了。”

"You are lucky that you have escaped³ him, "Holmes said. "You know too much But I hope you are safe now.

“您能脱身幸运得很呢，”福尔摩斯说道，“您了解得太多了。可是我希望您现在能安全无恙。

Good morning, Mrs Lyons, and thank you. You will hear from us soon."

早安，莱昂丝太太，而且非常感谢。不久您就会听到我们的信儿了。”

"So one by one our questions are answered, "said Holmes as we left Newtown.

“因此，我们的问题一个接一个地被回答了，”我们离开纽顿时福尔摩斯说道。

"When it is over, this will be one of the most famous cases of our time.

“当此案结束时，它将会成为我们所处的时代最著名的案件之一。

And now it has nearly ended. We must hope that it ends safely and successfully⁴."

现在它已几乎结束了。我们必须盼望此案能够平安、顺当地有个了结。”

1 suspect   

n.嫌疑犯；adj.令人怀疑的，不可信的；v.怀疑，猜想

参考例句：

• The police suspect him of having taken the money.警察怀疑钱是他偷的。
• I suspect him to know everything about that.我猜想那件事他全都知道了。

2 silent   

adj.安静的，不吵闹的，沉默的，无言的；n.(复数)默剧

参考例句：

• Immediately on his beginning to speak,everyone was silent.他一讲话，大家顿时安静下来。
• The boys looked at the conjuror in silent wonder. 孩子们目瞪口呆地看着那魔术师。

3 escaped   

adj.溜走v.逃脱( escape的过去式和过去分词 )；（气体，液体等）漏出；（未受伤或只受了一点伤害而）逃脱；声音（不自觉地）由…发出

参考例句：

• He escaped with only a broken arm. 他得以逃生，只是断了一只胳膊。
• Nothing escaped our teacher's eagle eye. 任何事情都逃不过我们老师那锐利的目光。

4 successfully   

adv.圆满地；顺利地；成功地

参考例句：

• The meeting passed off successfully.会议开得很成功。
• At last we successfully put through the business deal.最终我们成功地完成了这桩交易。