希腊翻译（19）

We had reached our house in Baker¹ Street while we had been talking. Holmes ascended² the stair first, and as he opened the door of our room he gave a start of surprise. Looking over his shoulder, I was equally astonished. His brother Mycroft was sitting smoking in the arm-chair.

“Come in, Sherlock! Come in, sir,” said he blandly³, smiling at our surprised faces. “You don't expect such energy from me, do you, Sherlock? But somehow this case attracts me.”

“How did you get here?”

“I passed you in a hansom.”

“There has been some new development?”

“I had an answer to my advertisement.”

“Ah!”

“Yes, it came within a few minutes of your leaving.”

“And to what effect?”

Mycroft Holmes took out a sheet of paper.

“Here it is,” said he, “written with a J pen on royal cream paper by a middle-aged⁴ man with a weak constitution.

“Sir [he says]:

“In answer to your advertisement of to-day's date, I beg to inform you that I know the young lady in question very well. If you should care to call upon me I could give you some particulars as to her painful history. She is living at present at The Myrtles, Beckenham.

“Yours faithfully,

“J. Davenport.

我们一路说着，不觉回到贝克街寓所。福尔摩斯首先上搂，他打开房门，不觉吃了一惊。

我从他肩上望过去，也觉得很奇怪，原来他哥哥迈克罗夫特正坐在扶手椅中吸烟呢。

“进来，歇洛克。请进，先生，”迈克罗夫特看到我们惊异的面容，和蔼可亲地笑着说道，“你没有想到我有这样的一精一力，是不是？歇洛克。可是不知为什么这件案子吸引了我。”

“你是怎么来的？”

“我坐双轮马车赶过了你们。”

“有什么新进展吗？”

“我的广告有回音了。”

“啊！”

“是的，你们刚离开几分钟回音就来了。”

“结果怎么样？”迈克罗夫特，福尔摩斯取出一张纸来。

“在这里，”他说道，“信是一个中年人用宽尖钢笔，写在淡黄色印刷纸上的，写信人身一体虚弱。

‘先生：读悉今日贵处广告，观复如下。对此女情况，予知之甚详，若枉驾来舍，当详告彼女之惨史。彼现寓于贝纳姆之默特尔兹。

你忠实的Ｊ．达文波特’

1 baker   

n.面包师

参考例句：

• The baker bakes his bread in the bakery.面包师在面包房内烤面包。
• The baker frosted the cake with a mixture of sugar and whites of eggs.面包师在蛋糕上撒了一层白糖和蛋清的混合料。

2 ascended   

v.上升，攀登( ascend的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He has ascended into heaven. 他已经升入了天堂。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The climbers slowly ascended the mountain. 爬山运动员慢慢地登上了这座山。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 blandly   

adv.温和地，殷勤地

参考例句：

• There is a class of men in Bristol monstrously prejudiced against Blandly. 布里斯托尔有那么一帮人为此恨透了布兰德利。 来自英汉文学 - 金银岛
• \"Maybe you could get something in the stage line?\" he blandly suggested. “也许你能在戏剧这一行里找些事做，\"他和蔼地提议道。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹

4 middle-aged   

adj.中年的

参考例句：

• I noticed two middle-aged passengers.我注意到两个中年乘客。
• The new skin balm was welcome by middle-aged women.这种新护肤香膏受到了中年妇女的欢迎。