希腊翻译（4）（在线收听）

“Very likely not. There are many men in London, you know, who, some from shyness, some from misanthropy, have no wish for the company of their fellows. Yet they are not averse to comfortable chairs and the latest periodicals. It is for the convenience of these that the Diogenes Club was started, and it now contains the most unsociable and unclubable men in town. No member is permitted to take the least notice of any other one. Save in the Stranger's Room, no talking is, under any circumstances, allowed, and three offences, if brought to the notice of the committee, render the talker liable to expulsion. My brother was one of the founders, and I have myself found it a very soothing atmosphere.”

We had reached Pall Mall as we talked, and were walking down it from the St. James's end. Sherlock Holmes stopped at a door some little distance from the Carlton, and, cautioning me not to speak, he led the way into the hall. Through the glass paneling I caught a glimpse of a large and luxurious room, in which a considerable number of men were sitting about and reading papers, each in his own little nook. Holmes showed me into a small chamber which looked out into Pall Mall, and then, leaving me for a minute, he came back with a companion whom I knew could only be his brother.

“很可能你不知道。伦敦有许多人，有的生一性一羞怯，有的愤世嫉俗，他们不愿与人为伍，可是他们并不反对到舒适的地方坐坐，看看最新的期刊。为了这个目的，第欧根尼俱乐部便诞生了，现在它接纳了城里最孤僻和最不一爱一交一际的人。会员们不准互相搭话。除了在会客室，绝对不准许一交一谈，如果犯规三次，引起俱乐部委员会的注意，谈话者就会补开除。我哥哥是俱乐部发起人之一，我本人觉得这个俱乐部气氛是很怡人的。”

我们边走边谈，从詹姆斯街尽头转过去，不觉来到蓓尔美尔街。歇洛克．福尔摩斯在离卡尔顿大厅不远的一个门口停了下来，叮嘱我不要开口，把我领进大厅。我通过门上的玻璃看到一间宽大而豪华的房间，里面很多人坐着看报，每人各守一隅。福尔摩斯领我走进一间小屋，从这里可以望见蓓尔美尔街，然后离开了我一会儿，很快领回一个人来。我知道这就是他哥哥。