波希米亚丑闻 07高贵的委托者（5）（在线收听）

I did so, and saw a large "E" with a small "g," a "P," and a large "G" with a small "t" woven into the texture of the paper.

我这样做了。看到纸质纹理中有一个大"E"和一个小"g"、一个"P"以及一个"G"和一个小"t"交织在一起。

"What do you make of that?" asked Holmes.

"你了解这是什么意思？"福尔摩斯问道。

"The name of the maker, no doubt; or his monogram, rather."

"无疑，是制造者的名字，更确切地说，是他名字的交织字母。"

"Not at all. The 'G' with the small 't' stands for 'Gesellschaft,' which is the German for 'Company.'

"完全不对，'G'和小't'代表的是'Gesellschaet'，也就是德文'公司' 这个词。

It is a customary contraction like our 'Co.' 'P,' of course, stands for 'Papier.'

象我们'Co.'这么一个惯用的缩写词一样。当然，'P'代表的是'Paper'--'纸'。

Now for the 'Eg.' Let us glance at our Continental Gazetteer."

现在该轮到'Eg'了。让我们翻一下《大陆地名词典》。"

He took down a heavy brown volume from his shelves.

他从书架上拿下一本很厚的棕色书皮的书。

"Eglow, Eglonitz--here we are, Egria. It is in a German-speaking country--in Bohemia, not far from Carlsbad.

"EglowEglonitz，--有了，Egria。那是在说德语的国家里--也就是在波希米亚，离卡尔斯巴德不远。

'Remarkable as being the scene of the death of Wallenstein, and for its numerous glass-factories and paper-mills.'

'以瓦伦斯坦卒于此地而闻名，同时也以其玻璃工厂和造纸厂林立而著称。'

Ha, ha, my boy, what do you make of that?" His eyes sparkled, and he sent up a great blue triumphant cloud from his cigarette.

哈，哈，老兄，你了解这是什么意思？"他的眼睛闪闪发光，得意地喷出一大口蓝色的香烟的烟雾。

"The paper was made in Bohemia," I said.

"这种纸是在波希米亚制造的。"我说道

"Precisely. And the man who wrote the note is a German.

"完全正确。写这张纸条的是德国人。

Do you note the peculiar construction of the sentence -- 'This account of you we have from all quarters received.'

你是否注意到'此种传述，广播四方，我等知之甚稔' 这种句子的特殊结构？

A Frenchman or Russian could not have written that.

法国人或俄国人是不会这样写的。

It is the German who is so uncourteous to his verbs.

只有德国人才这样乱用动词。

It only remains, therefore, to discover what is wanted by this German who writes upon Bohemian paper and prefers wearing a mask to showing his face.

因此，现在有待查明的是这位用波希米亚纸写字、宁愿戴面具以掩盖他的庐山真面目的德国人到底想干些什么。

And here he comes, if I am not mistaken, to resolve all our doubts."

瞧，要是我没有搞错的话，他来了，他将打破我们的一切疑团。"