That is the letter which I have just received, Mr. Holmes, and my mind is made up that I will accept it. 这是我刚接到的信,福尔摩斯先生,我已决定接受这个位置。 I thought, however, that before taking the final step I should...
Well, Mr. Holmes, when I got back to my lodgings and found little enough in the cupboard, 唔,福尔摩斯先生,我回到寓所,打开食橱,见里面已经没有隔宿之粮了, and two or three bills upon the table, I began to ask myself...
'Or to cut your hair quite short before you come to us?' '或者在你到我们那里之前,让你把头发剪短呢?' I could hardly believe my ears. 我简直不敢相信自己的耳朵。 As you may observe, Mr. Holmes, my hair is somewhat lux...
It seemed to me that I had never met so fascinating and so thoughtful a man. 我好像从来没遇到过这么动人、这么会体贴人的人。 As I was already in debt to my tradesmen, the advance was a great convenience, 由于我那时还欠着小...
'You are looking for a situation, miss?' he asked. 'Yes, sir.' '你是来寻找职业的吧,小姐?'他问。'是的,先生。' 'As governess?' 'Yes, sir.' '做家庭女教师?' '是的,先生。' 'And what salary do you ask?' '你要求多少...
There is a well-known agency for governesses in the West End called Westaway's, 西区有一家出名的叫作韦斯塔韦的家庭女教师介绍所, and there I used to call about once a week in order to see whether anything had turned up which m...
As he spoke the door opened and a young lady entered the room. 话音未落,房门开处只见一位年轻的小姐走进房间。 She was plainly but neatly dressed, with a bright, quick face, freckled like a plover's egg, 她衣着朴素,但很整...
The end may have been so, I answered, but the methods I hold to have been novel and of interest. 结果可能是这样,我回答说,但是我所采用的方法是新颖而又饶有趣味的。 Pshaw, my dear fellow, what do the public, the great...
It seems to me that I have done you full justice in the matter, I remarked with some coldness, 在这个问题上我看我对你还是十分公正的,我有点冷淡地说, for I was repelled by the egotism which I had more than once observed to...
The Copper Beeches 铜山毛榉案 To the man who loves art for its own sake, remarked Sherlock Holmes, tossing aside the advertisement sheet of the Daily Telegraph, 一个为艺术而爱好艺术的人,歇洛克福尔摩斯将《每日电讯报》的...