"We have got to the deductions and the inferences," said Lestrade, winking at me.
雷斯垂德一面對我使了個眼色一面說:"我們已經(jīng)用演繹法來推斷過了。
"I find it hard enough to tackle facts, Holmes, without flying away after theories and fancies."
福爾摩斯,我覺得,不去輕率地空發(fā)議論和想入非非,專門去調查核實事實就已經(jīng)夠難辦的了。"
"You are right," said Holmes demurely; "you do find it very hard to tackle the facts."
福爾摩斯很有風趣地說:"你說得對,你確實覺得核實事實很難辦。"
"Anyhow, I have grasped one fact which you seem to find it difficult to get hold of," replied Lestrade with some warmth. "And that is..."
雷斯垂德有點激動地回答說:"不管怎么樣,我已經(jīng)掌握了一個你似乎難以掌握的事實。""那就是..."
"That McCarthy senior met his death from McCarthy junior and that all theories to the contrary are the merest moonshine."
"那就是麥卡錫死于小麥卡錫之手,與此相反的一切說法都是空談。"
"Well, moonshine is a brighter thing than fog," said Holmes, laughing.
福爾摩斯笑著說:"唔,月光總比迷霧要明亮些。
"But I am very much mistaken if this is not Hatherley Farm upon the left." "Yes, that is it."
左邊不就是哈瑟利農場了嗎,你們看是不是?""是的,那就是。"
It was a widespread, comfortable-looking building, two-storied, slate-roofed,
那是一所占地面積很大、樣式令人感到舒適愜意的兩層石板瓦頂樓房,
with great yellow blotches of lichen upon the gray walls.
灰色的墻上長著大片大片的黃色苔蘚。
The drawn blinds and the smokeless chimneys, however, gave it a stricken look,
然而窗簾低垂,煙囪也不冒煙,顯得很凄涼的樣子,
as though the weight of this horror still lay heavy upon it.
仿佛這次事件的恐怖氣氛仍然沉甸甸地壓在它的上面似的。