福爾摩斯探案集·工程師大拇指案 第2期:奇怪的病人(2)

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It was in the summer of '89, not long after my marriage, that the events occurred which I am now about to summarize.

我現(xiàn)在要扼要講講的故事發(fā)生在我結(jié)婚后不久的一八八九年的夏天。

I had returned to civil practice and had finally abandoned Holmes in his Baker Street rooms,

我那時已重新開業(yè)行醫(yī)，并且終于把福爾摩斯一個人舍棄在貝克街的寓所里，

although I continually visited him and occasionally even persuaded him to forego his Bohemian habits so far as to come and visit us.

雖然我還不時地探望他，甚至偶爾還勸說他去掉他那豪放不羈的習(xí)性來我家作客。

My practice had steadily increased, and as I happened to live at no very great distance from Paddington Station,

我的業(yè)務(wù)蒸蒸日上，湊巧我的住處離帕丁頓車站不遠，

I got a few patients from among the officials.

有幾位鐵路員工就到我這里來看病。

One of these, whom I had cured of a painful and lingering disease,

由于我治好了他們當(dāng)中一位所患的痛苦纏綿的病，

was never weary of advertising my virtues and of endeavouring to send me on every sufferer over whom he might have any influence.

他就不厭其煩地到處大肆宣傳我的醫(yī)術(shù)，盡量將他能夠?qū)χ┘佑绊懙拿恳粋€病人都送到我這里來診治。

One morning, at a little before seven o'clock,

一天早晨，將近七點鐘的時候，

I was awakened by the maid tapping at the door to announce that two men had come from Paddington and were waiting in the consulting-room.

我被女傭人的敲門聲吵醒。她對我說，從帕丁頓來了兩個人，正在診室里等候。

I dressed hurriedly, for I knew by experience that railway cases were seldom trivial, and hastened downstairs.

我急忙穿上衣服，匆匆下樓，因為經(jīng)驗告訴我，鐵路上來的人，病情大都是相當(dāng)嚴重的。

As I descended, my old ally, the guard, came out of the room and closed the door tightly behind him.

我下樓后，我的老伙伴--那個鐵路警察從診室里走了出來，并隨手把門緊緊地關(guān)上。

"I've got him here," he whispered, jerking his thumb over his shoulder; "he's all right."

"我把他帶到這兒來了，"他把大拇指舉到肩頭朝后指指，悄悄地說："他現(xiàn)在問題不大了。"

"What is it, then?" I asked, for his manner suggested that it was some strange creature which he had caged up in my room.

"這是怎么回事？"我問道，因為他的舉止使我感到似乎他把一個怪物關(guān)在我的房間里了。

"It's a new patient," he whispered. "I thought I'd bring him round myself; then he couldn't slip away.

"是一個新病人，"他悄悄地說，"我認為我最好還是親自把他送來，這樣他就溜不掉了。

There he is, all safe and sound. I must go now, Doctor; I have my dooties, just the same as you."

我現(xiàn)在就得走，大夫，我和你一樣，還得值班去，他現(xiàn)在在里邊安然無恙了。"

And off he went, this trusty tout, without even giving me time to thank him.

說完，這位忠實的介紹人，甚至不讓我有向他道謝的機會，就一下子走掉了。