希腊翻译（8）（在线收听）

“I have asked Mr. Melas to step across,” said he. “He lodges on the floor above me, and I have some slight acquaintance with him, which led him to come to me in his perplexity. Mr. Melas is a Greek by extraction, as I understand, and he is a remarkable linguist. He earns his living partly as interpreter in the law courts and partly by acting as guide to any wealthy Orientals who may visit the Northumberland Avenue hotels. I think I will leave him to tell his very remarkable experience in his own fashion.”

A few minutes later we were joined by a short, stout man whose olive face and coal-black hair proclaimed his Southern origin, though his speech was that of an educated Englishman. He shook hands eagerly with Sherlock Holmes, and his dark eyes sparkled with pleasure when he understood that the specialist was anxious to hear his story.

“I do not believe that the police credit me—on my word, I do not,” said he in a wailing voice. “Just because they have never heard of it before, they think that such a thing cannot be. But I know that I shall never be easy in my mind until I know what has become of my poor man with the sticking-plaster upon his face.”

“I am all attention,” said Sherlock Holmes.

“我已经叫人去请梅拉斯先生到这里来了。”迈克罗夫特说道，“他就住在我楼上，我和他有点熟，他在遇到疑难时，便来找我。据我所知，梅拉斯先生是希腊血统，一精一通数国语言。他的生活来源，一半是靠在法院充当译员，一半是靠给那些住在诺森伯兰街旅馆的阔绰的东方人作向导。我看还是让他自己把他的奇怪的的遭遇告诉你们吧。”

过了几分钟，来了一个敌胖粗一壮的人，他那橄榄色的脸庞和漆黑的头发说明他是南方人，可是他讲起话来，却象是一个受过教育的英国人。他热情地同歇洛克．福尔摩斯握手。听说这位专家愿意听他的奇遇，他那一双黑色的眼睛闪烁出喜悦的光芒。

“我所说的事，恐怕警察不会相信，”他悲戚地说道，“正因为他们以前没有听过这样的事。可是我知道，除非我弄清那个脸上贴橡皮膏的可怜的结果如何，我的心里是决不会轻松的。”

“我洗耳恭听，”歇洛克．福尔摩斯说道。