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我是休·博纳维尔，欢迎收听《巴斯克维尔的猎犬》第四部分。
I'm Hugh Bonneville, and welcome to the Hound of the Baskervilles part four.
上一集里，福尔摩斯派华生带着他那把可靠的左轮手枪前往巴斯克维尔庄园。
In the last episode, Holmes dispatched Watson to Baskerville Hall along with his trusty revolver.
他和亨利爵士到达时，发现这座本就阴沉的宅邸正笼罩在哀悼之中，总管巴里摩尔也打算辞职，去别处找份更开心的工作。
He and Sir Henry arrived to find the already gloomy house in mourning, and head butler Barrymore on the point of quitting his job for a cheerier position elsewhere.
一顿沉重的晚餐后，这两位新来者便回房休息了。
After a somber dinner, the two new arrivals retired to bed.
但到了深夜，失眠的华生突然被一阵可怕的声音惊醒——那是某个极度悲伤的女人压抑的抽泣声。
But in the dead of night, an insomniac Watson was startled by a terrible sound, the strangled sobs of a clearly distraught woman.
来自《噪音者》播客：第二天清晨的清新空气，渐渐抹去了我们初到巴斯克维尔庄园时留下的那片阴郁灰暗的印象。
From the Noiser Pod The fresh beauty of the following morning did something to efface from our minds the grim and gray impression which had been left upon both of us by our first experience of Baskerville Hall.
亨利爵士和我吃早餐时，阳光透过高大的花窗倾泻而入，在窗上那些纹章上投下斑驳的彩色光斑。
As Sir Henry and I sat at breakfast, the sunlight flooded in through the high mullioned windows, throwing watery patches of color from the coats of arms which covered them.
深色的木板墙在金色阳光下泛着青铜般的光泽，实在难以相信，这竟是昨晚让我们心头沉重的同一个房间。
The dark paneling glowed like bronze in the golden rays, and it was hard to realize that this was indeed the chamber which had struck such a gloom into our souls upon the evening before.
我想，问题不在房子，而在我们自己，爵士说。
I guess it is ourselves and not the house that we have to blame, said the baronet.
我们一路奔波，又冷又累，所以看哪儿都觉得阴沉。
We were tired with our journey and chilled by our drive, so we took a gray view of the place.
现在我们精神好了，浑身舒坦，这地方也就显得明亮多了。
Now we are fresh and well, so it is all cheerful once more.
不过，这也不完全是想象出来的，我回答道。
And yet it was not entirely a question of imagination, I answered.
比如，你有没有在夜里听到过有人——我觉得是位女士——在哭？
Did you, for example, happen to hear someone, a woman, I think, sobbing in the night?
真奇怪，我半梦半醒的时候，好像也听到过一点动静。
That is curious, for I did, when I was half asleep, fancy that I heard something of the sort.
我等了好一会儿，可再没声音了，就以为是自己做梦了。
I waited quite a time, but there was no more of it, so I concluded that it was all a dream.
我听得清清楚楚，那绝对是位女士的抽泣声。
I heard it distinctly, and I am sure that it was really the sob of a woman.
我们得马上问清楚这件事。
We must ask about this right away.
他按了铃，问巴里摩尔是否能解释我们的经历。
He rang the bell and asked Barrymore whether he could account for our experience.
我注意到，听主人问话时，管家那张苍白的脸似乎更白了几分。
It seemed to me that the pallid features of the butler turned a shade paler still as he listened to his master's question.
房子里只有两位女性，亨利爵士。
There are only two women in the house, sir Henry, he answered.
一位是厨房女佣，睡在另一侧的厢房。
One is the scullery maid who sleeps in the other wing.
另一位是我妻子，我可以保证，那声音不可能是她发出来的。
The other is my wife, and I can answer for it that the sound could not have come from her.
但他说话时在撒谎。
And yet he lied, as he said it.
因为巧的是，吃早饭后，我在长长的走廊里碰见了巴里摩尔太太，阳光正照在她脸上。
For it chanced that after breakfast, I met missus Barrymore in the long corridor with the sun full upon her face.
她是个身材高大、表情木然、五官粗重的女人，嘴角紧绷，显得严厉冷峻，但那双泄露秘密的眼睛通红，从肿胀的眼睑间偷偷瞥了我一眼。
She was a large, impassive, heavy featured woman with a stern, set expression of mouth, but her telltale eyes were red and glanced at me from between swollen lids.
那么，夜里哭泣的人就是她了，如果真是她，她丈夫不可能不知道。
It was she then who wept in the night, and if she did so, her husband must know it.
可他偏偏冒着被揭穿的风险，硬说不是她。
Yet he had taken the obvious risk of discovery in declaring that it was not so.
他为什么要撒这个谎？她又为何哭得如此伤心？
Why had he done this, and why did she weep so bitterly?
此刻，这位面色苍白、相貌英俊、留着黑色胡须的男人，正被一层神秘而阴郁的氛围悄然笼罩。
Already round this pale faced, handsome, black bearded man, there was gathering an atmosphere of mystery and of gloom.
是他第一个发现查尔斯爵士的尸体，而关于老人去世前的种种细节，我们全靠他的一面之词。
It was he who had been the first to discover the body of sir Charles, and we had only his word for all the circumstances which led up to the old man's death.
会不会其实那天在摄政街车上看到的人，就是巴里摩尔本人？
Was it possible that it was Barrymore, after all, whom we had seen in the cab in Regent Street?
那胡子，很可能根本就是同一把。
The beard might well have been the same.
那位车夫说那人个子矮一些，但这种印象很可能出错了。
The cabman had described a somewhat shorter man, but such an impression might easily have been erroneous.
我该怎么彻底弄清楚这件事呢？
How could I settle the point forever?
显然，第一件事是去找格里姆彭的邮局局长，确认那封测试电报是不是真的交到了巴里摩尔本人手里。
Obviously, the first thing to do was to see the Grimpen postmaster and find whether the test telegram had really been placed in Barrymore's own hands.
不管结果如何，我至少能向夏洛克·福尔摩斯汇报点什么了。
Be the answer what it might, I should at least have something to report to Sherlock Holmes.
亨利爵士早餐后要处理一堆文件，这正适合我出门一趟。
Sir Henry had numerous papers to examine after breakfast, so that the time was propitious for my excursion.
沿着荒原边缘走了四英里，路途很惬意，最后到了一个小灰石村，村子里有两栋稍大的房子，一间是旅馆，另一间是莫蒂默医生的家，格外显眼。
It was a pleasant walk of four miles along the edge of the moor, leading me at last to a small gray hamlet in which two larger buildings, which proved to be the inn and the house of doctor Mortimer, stood high above the rest.
邮局局长——同时也是村里的杂货商——对那封电报记得很清楚。
The postmaster, who was also the village grocer, had a clear recollection of the telegram.
当然，先生，他说。
Certainly, sir, said he.
我按照指示把电报亲自交到了巴里摩尔先生手里。
I had the telegram delivered to mister Barrymore exactly as directed.
是谁送的？
Who delivered it?
我儿子送的。
My boy here.
詹姆斯，上周你把那封电报送到庄园，交给了巴里摩尔先生，对吧？
James, you delivered that telegram to mister Barrymore at the hall last week, did you not?
是的，爸爸。
Yes, father.
是我送的。
I delivered it.
是亲手交到他手里的吗？
Into his own hands?
我问了。
I asked.
当时他在阁楼上，所以我没法亲手交给他，但我把电报交给了巴里莫太太，她答应立刻转交。
Well, he was up in the loft at the time so that I could not put it into his own hands, but I gave it into miss Barrymore's hands, and she promised to deliver it at once.
你见到巴里莫先生了吗？
Did you see mister Barrymore?
没有，先生。
No, sir.
我跟你说过，他在阁楼上。
I tell you he was in the loft.
你都没见到他，怎么知道他在阁楼上？
If you didn't see him, how do you know he was in the loft?
邮局局长不耐烦地说：‘他妻子难道还不知道他在哪儿吗？’
Well, surely his own wife ought to know where he is, said the postmaster testily.
他到底收到电报了吗？
Didn't he get the telegram?
如果有任何问题，应该由巴里莫先生自己来提。
If there is any mistake, it is for mister Barrymore himself to complain.
继续追查下去似乎毫无希望，但很明显，尽管福尔摩斯用了计策，我们还是没有证据证明巴里摩尔那段时间不在伦敦。
It seemed hopeless to pursue the inquiry any farther, but it was clear that in spite of Holmes' ruse, we had no proof that Barrymore had not been in London all the time.
假设真是这样，假设同一个人，既是最后见到查尔斯爵士活着的人，又是新继承人回到英国后第一个盯上他的人。
Suppose that it were so, suppose that the same man had been the last who had seen sir Charles alive and the first to dog the new heir when he returned to England.
那又怎么样呢？
What then?
他是受人指使，还是自己另有阴险的打算？
Was he the agent of others, or had he some sinister design of his own?
他有什么理由要逼迫巴斯克维尔家族？
What interest could he have in persecuting the Baskerville family?
我想起了那封从《泰晤士报》社论上剪下来的奇怪警告。
I thought of the strange warning clipped out of the leading article of the times.
这会是他干的吗？还是说，有人想破坏他的计划，才故意这么做的？
Was that his work, or was it possibly the doing of someone who was bent upon counteracting his schemes?
唯一说得通的动机，就是亨利爵士提过的——如果能把这家人吓跑，巴里摩尔夫妇就能永久占住这处舒适的宅子。
The only conceivable motive was that which had been suggested by Sir Henry, that if the family could be scared away, a comfortable and permanent home would be secured for the Barrymoors.
但这样的解释显然不足以说明背后那套深沉而精妙的谋划——那张无形的网，正悄悄笼罩在年轻的巴思克维尔爵士身上。
But surely, such an explanation as that would be quite inadequate to account for the deep and subtle scheming which seemed to be weaving an invisible net around the young baronet.
福尔摩斯自己也说过，他这一生经历的案子无数，但从未遇到过比这更复杂的。
Holmes himself had said that no more complex case had come to him in all the long series of his sensational investigations.
我沿着那条灰暗冷清的小路往回走时，心里默默祈祷，希望我的朋友能早日摆脱那些烦心事，下来接手这份沉重的责任。
I prayed as I walked back along the gray, lonely road that my friend might soon be freed from his preoccupations and able to come down to take this heavy burden of responsibility from my shoulders.
突然，身后传来急促的脚步声，有人喊了我的名字，打断了我的思绪。
Suddenly, my thoughts were interrupted by the sound of running feet behind me and by a voice which called me by name.
我转过身，本以为是莫蒂默医生，没想到追上来的却是个陌生人。
I turned expecting to see doctor Mortimer, but to my surprise, it was a stranger who was pursuing me.
他个子矮小，身材瘦削，面容整洁，金发，下颌线条分明，三十到四十岁之间，穿着一套灰色西装，戴着一顶草帽。
He was a small, slim, clean shaven, prim faced man, flaxen haired and lean jawed, between 30 and 40 years of age, dressed in a gray suit and wearing a straw hat.
他肩上挂着一个装植物标本的铁盒，手里还提着一张绿色的蝴蝶网。
A tin box for botanical specimens hung over his shoulder, and he carried a green butterfly net in one of his hands.
‘华生医生，我相信您一定会原谅我的冒昧，’他气喘吁吁地跑到我面前，说道。
You will, I I am sure, excuse my presumption, doctor Watson, said he, as he came panting up to where I stood.
在这片荒原上，我们都是直性子，不用那些客套的介绍。
Here on the moor, we are homely folk, and do not wait for formal introductions.
你可能从我们共同的朋友莫蒂默那儿听过我的名字。
You may possibly have heard my name from our mutual friend Mortimer.
我是梅里皮宅的斯泰普顿。
I am Stapleton of Merrypit House.
你的捕虫网和标本箱已经告诉我了。
Your net and box would have told me as much, said I.
我知道斯泰普顿先生是个自然学家。
For I knew that mister Stapleton was a naturalist.
那你又是怎么认出我的？
But how did you know me?
我刚去拜访过莫蒂默，他从诊所窗户指给你看，说你刚走过。
I have been calling on Mortimer, and he pointed you out to me from the window of his surgery as you passed.
正好我们走的是同一条路，我就想着追上你，顺便打个招呼。
As our road lay the same way, I thought that I would overtake you and introduce myself.
希望亨利爵士旅途顺利，没有受累。
I I trust that sir Henry is none the worse for his journey.
他状态很好。
He is very well.
谢谢您的关心。
Thank you.
在查尔斯爵士不幸去世后，我们都担心新爵士会不愿意住到这里。
We were all rather afraid that after the sad death of sir Charles, the new baronet might refuse to live here.
让一位富有的人来这种偏僻地方安顿下来，确实不容易，但您也知道，这对整个地区意义重大。
It is asking much of a wealthy man to come down and bury himself in a place of this kind, but I need not tell you that it means a very great deal to the countryside.
我想，亨利爵士应该不会相信那些迷信的说法吧。
Sir Henry has, I suppose, no superstitious fears in the matter.
我觉得不太可能。
I do not think that it is likely.
当然，您一定听过那个关于家族被恶魔猎犬纠缠的传说。
Of course, you know the legend of the fiend dog which haunts the family.
我听说过这个传说。
I have heard it.
这里的乡下人真是容易轻信。
It is extraordinary how credulous the peasants are about here.
好多人发誓说他们在沼泽上见过那种生物。
Any number of them are ready to swear that they have seen such a creature upon the moor.
他说话时带着笑，但我从他眼神里看出，他其实当真了。
He spoke with a smile, but I seemed to read in his eyes that he took the matter more seriously.
这个故事深深影响了查尔斯爵士的想象力，我毫不怀疑它间接导致了他悲惨的结局。
The story took a great hold upon the imagination of sir Charles, and I have no doubt that it led to his tragic end.
可怎么会这样呢？
But how?
他的神经太过紧张，哪怕看到一条狗，都可能对本就衰弱的心脏造成致命打击。
His nerves were so worked up that the appearance of any dog might have had a fatal effect upon his diseased heart.
我想，他最后那个晚上在紫杉小径上，确实看到了什么类似的东西。
I fancy that he really did see something of the kind upon that last night in the yew alley.
我担心会出事，因为我很敬重这位老人，也知道他心脏不好。
I feared that some disaster might occur, for I was very fond of the old man, and I knew that his heart was weak.
你怎么会知道的？
How did you know that?
我的朋友莫蒂默告诉我的。
My friend Mortimer told me.
你是说，有条狗追过查尔斯爵士，结果他被吓死了？
You think then that some dog pursued sir Charles and that he died of fright in consequence.
你有别的更合理的解释吗？
Have you any better explanation?
嗯，我还没得出什么结论。
Well, I have not come to any conclusion.
夏洛克·福尔摩斯先生有什么看法吗？
Has mister Sherlock Holmes?
那句话让我瞬间屏住了呼吸，但瞥了一眼同伴平静的面容和坚定的眼神，我就明白他并不是在惊讶。
The words took away my breath for an instant, but a glance at the placid face and steadfast eyes of my companion showed that no surprise was intended.
我们没必要装作不认识你，华生医生，他说。
It is useless for us to pretend that we do not know you, doctor Watson, said he.
你的侦探事迹已经传到我们这儿了，你这么推崇他，别人自然知道你是谁。
The records of your detective have reached us here, and you could not celebrate him without being known yourself.
莫蒂默告诉我你的名字时，根本没法否认你的身份。
When Mortimer told me your name, he could not deny your identity.
既然你来了，那说明夏洛克·福尔摩斯先生对这件事感兴趣了，我自然想知道他怎么看。
If you are here, then it follows that mister Sherlock Holmes is interesting himself in the matter, and I am naturally curious to know what view he may take.
恐怕我没法回答这个问题。
I am afraid that I cannot answer that question.
我可以问一下，他会亲自来拜访我们吗？
May I ask if he is going to honor us with a visit himself?
他目前走不开。
He cannot leave town at present.
他手头还有别的案子要处理。
He has other cases which engage his attention.
真遗憾。
What a pity.
他本可以为我们揭开这些谜团的。
He might throw some light on that which is so dark to us.
至于你的调查，如果有什么我能帮上忙的地方，你尽管开口。
But as to your own researches, if there is any possible way in which I can be of service to you, I trust that you will command me.
如果你能透露一点你的怀疑方向，或者打算怎么查，我或许现在就能给你一些建议。
If I had any indication of the nature of your suspicions or how you propose to investigate the case, I might perhaps even now give you some aid or advice.
我向你保证，我只是来拜访我的朋友亨利爵士，不需要任何帮助。
I assure you that I am simply here upon a visit to my friend, sir Henry, and that I need no help of any kind.
很好，斯塔普顿说。
Excellent, said Stapleton.
你保持警惕、谨慎是对的。
You are perfectly right to be wary and discreet.
我确实不该多管闲事，现在被你点醒了，我保证再也不提这事了。
I am justly reproved for what I feel was an unjustifiable intrusion, and I promise you that I will not mention the matter again.
我们走到一个岔路口，一条狭窄的草地小径从大路上分出来，蜿蜒穿过荒原。
We had come to a point where a narrow grassy path struck off from the road and wound away across the moor.
右边是一座陡峭的山，满是碎石，过去曾被开凿成花岗岩采石场。
A steep, boulder sprinkled hill lay upon the right, which had in bygone days been cut into a granite quarry.
朝向我们的这一面是一道漆黑的悬崖，岩缝里长满了蕨类和荆棘。
The face which was turned towards us formed a dark cliff with ferns and brambles growing in its niches.
远处一座小丘上方，飘着一缕淡淡的灰烟。
From over a distant rise, there floated a gray plume of smoke.
沿着这条荒原小路走一段不远的路，就能到梅里皮特庄园，他说。
A moderate walk along this moor path brings us to Merrypit House, said he.
也许你能抽出一个小时，让我有机会介绍我妹妹给你认识。
Perhaps you will spare an hour that I may have the pleasure of introducing you to my sister.
我第一反应是该陪在亨利爵士身边。
My first thought was that I should be by Sir Henry's side.
但随后我想起他书房里堆得满桌的文件和账单。
But then I remembered the pile of papers and bills with which his study table was littered.
那些事我确实帮不上忙。
It was certain that I could not help with those.
福尔摩斯明明叮嘱过我，要仔细观察荒原上的邻居。
And Holmes had expressly said that I should study the neighbors upon the moor.
我接受了斯塔普顿的邀请，两人一起沿着小路走下去。
I accepted Stapleton's invitation, and we turned together down the path.
这荒原真是奇妙，”他环顾着起伏的丘陵，说道，“一片片绿色的波浪，顶端是参差的花岗岩，像浪花般翻涌成奇异的形状。
It is a wonderful place, the moor, said he, looking round over the undulating downs, long green rollers with crests of jagged granite foaming up into fantastic surges.
在这荒原上，怎么看都不会腻。
You never tire of the moor.
你根本想象不到它藏了多少秘密。
You cannot think the wonderful secrets which it contains.
它既辽阔，又荒凉，还充满神秘。
It is so vast and so barren and so mysterious.
那你对这里很熟悉了。
You know it well then.
我来这里才两年。
I have only been here two years.
当地的居民肯定会把我当成新来的。
The residents would call me a newcomer.
我们是在查尔斯爵士安顿下来后不久搬来的，但我的性格让我走遍了周围每一个角落。
We came shortly after sir Charles settled, but my tastes led me to explore every part of the country round.
我想，很少有人比我还了解这片地方。
And I should think that there are few men who know it better than I do.
很难了解吗？
Is it hard to know?
非常难。
Very hard.
你看，比如这边北方这片大平原，上面突兀地耸立着那些奇怪的山丘。
You see, for example, this great plain to the north here with the Queer Hills breaking out of it.
你有没有注意到什么特别的地方？
Do you observe anything remarkable about that?
那地方可不适合骑马狂奔。
It would be a rare place for a gallop.
你大概也会这么想，而且以前就有人因为这么想丢了性命。
You would naturally think so, and the thought has cost several their lives before now.
你注意到那些散落在上面的鲜绿色斑块了吗？
You notice those bright green spots scattered thickly over it?
注意到了。
Yes.
它们看起来比其他地方更肥沃。
They seem more fertile than the rest.
Stapleton笑了。
Stapleton laughed.
他说，那就是大格里彭沼泽。
That is the great Grimpen Mire, said he.
只要再往前迈一步，人和动物都会丧命。
A full step yonder means death to man or beast.
就在昨天，我还看见一头沼泽小马误入了那里。
Only yesterday, I saw one of the Moor ponies wander into it.
它再也没出来过。
He never came out.
我眼睁睁看着它的头在泥潭里挣扎了好一阵子，最后还是被吞了进去。
I saw his head for quite a long time craning out of the bog hole, but it sucked him down at last.
就算在干旱的季节，穿过那里也很危险，更别说下过秋雨之后，简直成了死地。
Even in dry seasons, it is a danger to cross it, But after these autumn rains, it is an awful place.
可我偏偏能安然无恙地走到沼泽最深处再回来。
And yet I can find my way to the very heart of it and return alive.
天哪，又有一头倒霉的小马。
By George, there is another of those miserable ponies.
有团棕色的东西在绿色的芦苇丛里翻滚扭动。
Something brown was rolling and tossing among the green sedges.
接着，一条长长的脖子痛苦地伸向空中，一声凄厉的哀嚎回荡在荒原上。
Then a long agonized writhing neck shot upward, and a dreadful cry echoed over the moor.
我吓得浑身发冷，可我同伴的胆子好像比我大得多。
It turned me cold with horror, but my companion's nerves seemed to be stronger than mine.
它没了，”他说。
It's gone, said he.
泥沼把它吞了。
The mire has him.
两天内就死了两只，以后还不知道会有多少，干季时它们误闯进去，等发现不对劲，早就被泥沼牢牢缠住了。
Two in two days and many more perhaps, for they get in the way of going there in the dry weather and never know the difference until the mire has them in its clutches.
这大格里彭沼泽真是个凶地。
It's a bad place, the great Grimpen mire.
你说你能穿过去？
And you say you can penetrate it?
能。
Yes.
有那么一两条路，身手灵活的人还能走。
There are one or two paths which a very active man can take.
我已经找到那些路了。
I have found them out.
可你为什么想去那么可怕的地方？
But why should you wish to go into so horrible a place?
你看那边的山丘。
Well, you see the hills beyond.
那些山丘其实是被沼泽包围的孤岛，多年以来，沼泽慢慢爬过来，把它们全围住了。
They are really islands cut off on all sides by the impassable mire, which has crawled round them in the course of years.
那些稀有的植物和蝴蝶就在那儿，只要你有本事能到得了。
That is where the rare plants and the butterflies are, if you have the wit to reach them.
总有一天我会去碰碰运气。
I shall try my luck someday.
他惊讶地看着我。
He looked at me with a surprised face.
天哪，快把这种念头从脑子里赶出去吧。
Oh, for god's sake, put such an idea out of your mind, said he.
如果出了事，罪责全在我身上。
Your blood would be upon my head.
我向你保证，你绝无可能活着回来。
I assure you that there would not be the least chance of your coming back alive.
我之所以能办到，全靠记住一些复杂的地标。
It is only by remembering certain complex landmarks that I am able to do it.
喂？
Hello?
那是什么声音？
What is that?
一阵悠长低沉的哀鸣，带着说不出的悲凉，掠过荒原。
A long, low moan, indescribably sad, swept over the moor.
那声音充满整个天地，却根本听不出是从哪儿传来的。
It filled the whole air, and yet it was impossible to say whence it came.
它从低沉的嗡鸣渐渐升成深沉的咆哮，随后又回落成一声凄凉而起伏的低吟。
From a dull murmur, it swelled into a deep roar, and then sank back into a melancholy, throbbing murmur once again.
斯塔普尔顿用一种奇怪的表情看着我。
Stapleton looked at me with a curious expression in his face.
这片荒原真是古怪，”他说。
Queer place, the moor, said he.
那到底是什么东西？
But what is it?
当地人说，那是巴斯克维尔家的猎犬在呼唤它的猎物。
The peasants say it is the hound of the Baskervilles calling for its prey.
我以前也听过一两次，但从来没这么响过。
I've heard it once or twice before, but never quite so loud.
我环顾四周，心头一阵发冷，眼前是广袤起伏的荒原，点缀着一片片绿色的灯芯草。
I looked round with a chill of fear in my heart at the huge swelling plain mottled with the green patches of rushes.
辽阔的原野上一片寂静，只有两只乌鸦从我们身后的一座小丘上呱呱飞起。
Nothing stirred over the vast expanse, save a pair of ravens, which crouched loudly from a tour behind us.
你是个受过教育的人。
You are an educated man.
我说：你不会真信这种胡说八道吧。
You don't believe such nonsense as that, said I.
那你觉得这奇怪的声音到底是怎么回事？
What do you think is the cause of so strange a sound?
沼泽地有时候会发出怪声。
Bogs make queer noises sometimes.
可能是泥巴下沉，或者水位上涨，之类的吧。
It's the mud settling or the water rising or something.
不是。
No.
不是。
No.
那分明是活人的声音。
That was a living voice.
嗯，也许确实是。
Well, perhaps it was.
你以前听过夜鹰的叫声吗？
Did you ever hear a bittern booming?
没有。
No.
我也没听过。
I never did.
这种鸟非常稀有，现在在英格兰几乎绝迹了，但在荒原上，什么事都可能发生。
It's a very rare bird, practically extinct in England now, but all things are possible upon the moor.
是的。
Yes.
如果听到的是最后一只夜鹰的叫声，我一点也不奇怪。
I should not be surprised to learn that what we have heard is the cry of the last of the bitterns.
这是我这辈子听过最古怪、最离奇的声音。
It's the weirdest, strangest thing that ever I heard in my life.
是的。
Yes.
这地方整体上都透着一股怪异劲儿。
It's rather an uncanny place altogether.
瞧那边的山坡。
Look at the hillside yonder.
你看出那些是什么了吗？
What do you make of those?
整个陡坡上布满了灰色的圆形石圈，至少有二十来个。
The whole steep slope was covered with gray circular rings of stone, a score of them at least.
哦，那这是什么东西？
Oh, what are they?
羊圈？
Sheep pens?
不是。
No.
那是我们祖先的居所。
They are the homes of our worthy ancestors.
史前时代的人在荒原上密集居住，而自那以后没人专门住过这里，所以他们留下的所有生活痕迹都原封不动地保留着。
Prehistoric man lived thickly on the moor, and as no one in particular has lived there since, we find all his little arrangements exactly as he left them.
这些就是他们没屋顶的窝棚。
These are his wigwams with the roofs off.
如果你有兴趣进去看看，甚至还能看到他们的炉灶和床铺。
You can even see his hearth and his couch if you have the curiosity to go inside.
这简直就像一座小镇。
But it is quite a town.
他们是什么时候住在这里的？
When was it inhabited?
新石器时代的人。
Neolithic man.
没有确切年代。
No date.
他们平时都做些什么？
What did he do?
他在这些山坡上放牧牛群，当青铜剑逐渐取代石斧时，他学会了开采锡矿。
He grazed his cattle on these slopes, and he learned to dig for tin when the bronze sword began to supersede the stone axe.
你看对面山丘上那个巨大的沟壑。
Look at the great trench in the opposite hill.
那就是他的印记。
That is his mark.
是的。
Yes.
华生医生，这沼泽地上有不少奇特的地方。
You will find some very singular points about the moor, doctor Watson.
抱歉，让我稍等一下。
Oh, excuse me an instant.
那肯定是环眼蝶。
It is surely Cyclopides.
一只小飞虫或蛾子从我们面前飞过，瞬间，斯塔普尔顿就以惊人的速度和力气追了上去。
The small fly or moth had fluttered across our path, and in an instant, Stapleton was rushing with extraordinary energy and speed in pursuit of it.
让我吃惊的是，那东西直接飞向了那片大沼泽，而我的朋友丝毫没有停歇，紧追着它，从一簇簇草丛跳到另一簇，绿色的网在空中挥舞。
To my dismay, the creature flew straight for the great mire, and my acquaintance never paused for an instant, bounding from tuft to tuft behind it, his green net waving in the air.
他穿着灰衣服，动作忽快忽慢、歪歪扭扭，活像一只巨大的飞蛾。
His gray clothes and jerky zigzag irregular progress made him not unlike some huge moth himself.
我正站在那儿，一边惊叹于他惊人的敏捷，一边担心他会陷进那片危险的沼泽，这时听见了脚步声，回头一看，一个女人已经站在我身旁的小路上。
I was standing watching his pursuit with a mixture of admiration for his extraordinary activity and fear, lest he should lose his footing in the treacherous mire, when I heard the sound of steps and turning round, found a woman near me upon the path.
她是从冒烟的地方——也就是梅里皮特小屋的方向走来的，只是因为沼泽地势低洼，直到她走近了我才看见她。
She had come from the direction in which the plume of smoke indicated the position of Merry Pit House, but the dip of the moor had hid her until she was quite close.
我立刻确定她就是我听说过的斯塔普尔顿小姐，因为在这片荒原上，能见到的女性本就稀少，而且我确实听人说过她是个美人。
I could not doubt that this was the miss Stapleton of whom I had been told, since ladies of any sort must be few upon the moor, and I remembered that I had heard someone describe her as being a beauty.
站在我面前的这位女士，确实美得不同寻常。
The woman who approached me was certainly that, and of a most uncommon type.
兄妹俩的反差简直太大了：斯塔普尔顿肤色苍白，金发灰眼，而她却比我在英国见过的任何黑发女郎都要深色。
There could not have been a greater contrast between brother and sister, for Stapleton was neutral tinted with light hair and gray eyes, while she was darker than any brunette whom I have seen in England.
身材苗条，优雅，高挑。
Slim, elegant, and tall.
她面容高傲，轮廓精致，端正得近乎冷淡，唯有那敏感的双唇和一双深邃、明亮而热切的眼睛打破了这份平静。
She had a proud, finely cut face, so regular that it might have seemed impassive were it not for the sensitive mouth and the beautiful, dark, eager eyes.
她身材完美，衣着优雅，独自出现在这片荒凉的沼泽小径上，简直像一场幻影。
With her perfect figure and elegant dress, she was indeed a strange apparition upon a lonely moorland path.
我转身时，她的目光正落在哥哥身上，随即加快脚步朝我走来。
Her eyes were on her brother as I turned, and then she quickened her pace towards me.
我刚摘下帽子，正想解释几句，她的话却一下子把我所有的思绪都引向了另一个方向。
I had raised my hat and was about to make some explanatory remark when her own words turned all my thoughts into a new channel.
回去，”她说。
Go back, she said.
立刻回伦敦去。
Go straight back to London instantly.
我只能呆呆地盯着她，一脸震惊。
I could only stare at her in stupid surprise.
她瞪着我，眼神灼人，脚不安地跺着地面。
Her eyes blazed at me, and she tapped the ground impatiently with her foot.
我为什么要回去？
Why should I go back?
我问她。
I asked.
我说不清楚。
I cannot explain.
她用低沉而急切的声音说着，说话时还带着一丝奇特的口齿不清。
She spoke in a low, eager voice with a curious lisp in her utterance.
看在老天的份上，照我说的做吧。
But for god's sake, do what I ask you.
立刻回去，永远别再踏上这片荒原。
Go back and never set foot upon the moor again.
可我才刚到啊。
But I've only just come.
先生，先生，她喊道。
Man, man, she cried.
你难道看不出这是为你好吗？
Can you not tell when a warning is for your own good?
回伦敦去。
Go back to London.
就今晚就走。
Start tonight.
无论如何都要离开这个地方。
Get away from this place at all costs.
别出声。
Hush.
我哥哥要来了。
My my brother is coming.
我刚才说的，一个字都不准提。
Not a word of what I have said.
你能帮我到那边的野草丛里摘朵兰花吗？
Oh, would you mind getting that orchid for me among the mare's tales yonder?
这片荒原上的兰花可真多，不过你来得确实有点晚了，错过了这里最美的景色。
We are very rich in orchids on the moor, though, of course, you are rather late to see the beauties of the place.
斯塔普尔顿放弃了追赶，气喘吁吁地跑回来，脸上通红，显然累得不轻。
Stapleton had abandoned the chase and came back to us breathing hard and flushed with his exertions.
他打招呼说：‘你好，贝丽尔。’
Hello, Beryl, said he.
我觉得他的问候语气，似乎并不怎么热情。
And it seemed to me that the tone of his greeting was not altogether a cordial one.
哎呀，杰克，你可真够热的。
Well, Jack, you are very hot.
是啊。
Yes.
我刚才在追一种环蝶。
I was chasing a Cyclopides.
这种蝴蝶很稀有，深秋时节很少见。
He is very rare and seldom found in the late autumn.
真可惜，我居然没赶上他。
What a pity that I should have missed him.
他说话一副无所谓的样子，但那双小眼睛不停地在女孩和我之间来回打量。
He spoke unconcernedly, but his small light eyes glanced incessantly from the girl to me.
你们已经互相介绍过了，我看出来了。
You have introduced yourselves, I can see.
对。
Yes.
我刚跟亨利爵士说，现在来看沼泽地的真正美景，未免太晚了。
I was telling Sir Henry that it was rather late for him to see the true beauties of the Moa.
为什么？
Why?
你猜这个人是谁？
Who do you think this is?
我想这位应该是亨利·巴斯科姆爵士。
I imagine that it must be Sir Henry Bascomeil.
不是。
No.
不是，我说。
No, said I.
只是一个普通的平民，但他是我的朋友。
Only a humble commoner, but his friend.
我叫华生医生。
My name is doctor Watson.
她那张富有表情的脸上闪过一丝不悦。
A flash of vexation passed over her expressive face.
我们刚才在聊天，”她说。
We have been talking at said she.
你哪有那么多时间聊天啊，”她哥哥带着同样的疑惑眼神说道。
Why, you had not very much time for talk, her brother remarked with the same questioning eyes.
我说话的时候，就当华生医生是常住这儿的，而不是个过客，”她说。
I talked as if doctor Watson were a resident instead of being merely a visitor, said she.
他对 orchids 什么时候开根本不在乎，但你一定会来吧？来看看 Merry Pit House。
It cannot much matter to him whether it is early or late for the orchids, but you will come on, will you not, and see Merry Pit House?
走了一小段路，我们就到了。
A short walk brought us to it.
那是一座荒凉的荒原小屋，过去是某个牧羊人农场，如今翻新过，改成了现代住宅。
A bleak moorland house, once the farm of some grazier in the old prosperous days, but now put into repair and turned into a modern dwelling.
周围有个果园，但树都长得矮小干瘪，像荒原上常见的那样，整个地方显得寒酸又凄凉。
An orchard surrounded it, but the trees, as is usual upon the moor, were stunted and nipped, and the effect of the whole place was mean and melancholy.
开门的是个干瘦的老男仆，穿着褪色的旧外套，和这房子倒是很配。
We were admitted by a strange wizened, rusty coated old manservant who seemed in keeping with the house.
可一进屋，里面却是宽敞的房间，陈设雅致，我一眼就认出了那位女士的品味。
Inside, however, there were large rooms furnished with an elegance in which I seemed to recognize the taste of the lady.
我从窗边望出去，只见无边无际的花岗岩斑驳荒原一直延伸到天边，真想不通，这么有教养的男人和这么美丽的女人，怎么会选这里定居。
As I looked from their windows at the interminable granite flecked moor rolling unbroken to the farthest horizon, I could not but marvel at what could have brought this highly educated man and this beautiful woman to live in such a place.
选这么个古怪的地方，是不是？
Queer spot to choose, is it not?
他这么说，仿佛猜中了我的心思。
Said he, as if in answer to my thought.
但我们还是过得挺自在的。
And yet we manage to make ourselves fairly happy.
对吧，贝丽尔？
Do we not, Beryl?
她说很幸福，可话里听不出半点真心。
Quite happy, said she, but there was no ring of conviction in her words.
我以前开过一所学校，
I had a school, said Stapleton.
在北方。
It was in the North Country.
那份工作对我来说枯燥乏味，但能和年轻人朝夕相处，帮助他们成长，把自己的价值观传递给他们，对我来说无比珍贵。
The work to a man of my temperament was mechanical and uninteresting, but the privilege of living with youth, of helping to mold those young minds, and of impressing them with one's own character and ideals was very dear to me.
可命运偏偏不遂人愿。
However, the fates were against us.
学校里爆发了一场严重的疫情，三个男孩不幸去世了。
A serious epidemic broke out in the school, and three of the boys died.
学校从此一蹶不振，我大部分资金也都血本无归。
It never recovered from the blow, and much of my capital was irretrievably swallowed up.
但若不是失去了那些可爱的孩子们，我倒反而该为自己的遭遇感到庆幸，因为我对植物学和动物学有着浓厚的兴趣。
And yet if it were not for the loss of the charming companionship of the boys, I could rejoice over my own misfortune for with my strong taste for botany and zoology.
在这里，我有无穷无尽的研究空间，我妹妹也和我一样热爱大自然。
I find an unlimited field of work here, and my sister is as devoted to nature as I am.
这一切，华生医生，都是因为你望向窗外荒原时的表情引起的。
All this, doctor Watson, has been brought upon your head by your expression as you surveyed the moor out of our window.
我确实想过，这里或许有点枯燥，不过对你来说可能还好，对你妹妹就未必了。
It certainly did cross my mind that it might be a little dull, less for you perhaps and for your sister.
不是的。
No.
不是的。
No.
我从来不会觉得无聊，”她迅速说道。
I am never dull, said she quickly.
我们有书。
We have books.
我们有研究，还有有趣的邻居。
We have our studies, and we have interesting neighbors.
莫蒂默医生在自己的领域里学识渊博。
Doctor Mortimer is a most learned man in his own line.
查尔斯爵士生前也是个极好的伴侣。
Poor Sir Charles was also an admirable companion.
我们很了解他，他的离去让我们无比怀念。
We knew him well and miss him more than I can tell.
如果我今天下午去拜访，顺便认识一下亨利爵士，会不会太冒昧？
Do you think that I should intrude if I were to call this afternoon and make the acquaintance of sir Henry?
我相信他一定会非常高兴。
I'm sure that he would be delighted.
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那请你顺便提一下，我打算下午去拜访。
Then perhaps you would mention that I propose to do so.
我们虽然能力有限，但也可以尽点力，帮他适应新环境。
We may, in our humble way, do something to make things more easy for him until he becomes accustomed to his new surroundings.
沃森医生，您要不要上楼看看我的蝴蝶收藏？
Will you come upstairs, doctor Watson, and inspect my collection of lepidoptera?
我觉得这可能是英格兰西南部最完整的收藏了。
I think it is the most complete one in the Southwest Of England.
等您看完这些标本，午餐也差不多准备好了。
By the time that you have looked through them, lunch will be almost ready.
但我急着回去照看我的任务。
But I was eager to get back to my charge.
沼泽的忧郁、那匹不幸小马的死亡，还有那与巴斯克维尔家族恐怖传说相关的诡异声响，都让我的心情蒙上了一层阴郁。
The melancholy of the moor, the death of the unfortunate pony, the weird sound which had been associated with the grim legend of the Baskervilles, all these things tinged my thoughts with sadness.
就在这些模糊的印象之上，还出现了斯泰普顿小姐明确而急切的警告，她的态度如此认真，让我毫不怀疑背后一定藏着重大而深刻的原因。
Then on the top of these more or less vague impressions, there had come the definite and distinct warning of miss Stapleton, delivered with such intense earnestness that I could not doubt that some grave and deep reason lay behind it.
我顶住了留下来吃午饭的压力，立刻动身往回走，走了我们来时那条长满青草的小路。
I resisted all pressure to stay for lunch, and I set off at once upon my return journey, taking the grass grown path by which we had come.
不过看来，那些熟悉路的人应该有条近道。
It seems, however, that there must have been some shortcut for those who knew it.
还没走到大路上，我就惊讶地发现斯泰普顿小姐正坐在路边的一块石头上。
For before I had reached the road, I was astounded to see miss Stapleton sitting upon a rock by the side of the track.
她的脸因奔跑而泛着红晕，一只手按在肋侧。
Her face was beautifully flushed with her exertions, and she held her hand to her side.
我一路跑来就是为了拦住你，沃森医生，”她说。
I have run all the way in order to cut you off, doctor Watson, said she.
我连帽子都来不及戴。
I had not even time to put on my hat.
我不能停，不然我哥哥该发现我不见了。
I must not stop, or my brother may miss me.
我想告诉你，我为之前误把你当成亨利爵士的事感到非常抱歉。
I wanted to say to you how sorry I am about the stupid mistake I made in thinking that you were Sir Henry.
请忘了我刚才说的话，那些话跟你一点关系都没有。
Please forget the words I said, which have no application whatever to you.
可是我忘不了，斯塔尔顿小姐，我说。
But I can't forget them, miss Stapleton, said I.
我是亨利爵士的朋友，他的安危对我来说非常重要。
I am Sir Henry's friend, and his welfare is a very close concern of mine.
你为什么那么急着让亨利爵士回伦敦？能告诉我原因吗？
Tell me why it was that you were so eager that Sir Henry should return to London.
这是女人的直觉，沃森医生。
A woman's win, Doctor Watson.
等你更了解我，就会明白，我有时候也说不清自己为什么这么说、这么做。
When you know me better, you will understand that I cannot always give reasons for what I say or do.
不行。
No.
不行。
No.
我记得你声音里的激动。
I remember the thrill in your voice.
我记得你眼神里的神情。
I remember the look in your eyes.
求你了，求你对我坦白一点，斯塔普顿小姐。
Please, please be frank with me, miss Stapleton.
自从我来到这里，就一直觉得四周有阴影在晃动。
For ever since I have been here, I have been conscious of shadows all around me.
生活就像格里姆彭沼泽，到处都是看似安全的小块绿洲，可一踩进去就会陷下去，还找不到任何路标。
Life has become like that great Grimpen mire, with little green patches everywhere into which one may sink and with no guide to point the track.
那你到底想说什么？告诉我，我答应你，一定把你的警告转达给亨利爵士。
Tell me then what what it was that you meant, and I will promise to convey your warning to Sir Henry.
她脸上有一瞬间的犹豫，但回答我时，眼神又变得坚定起来。
An expression of irresolution passed for an instant over her face, but her eyes had hardened again when she answered answered me.
你太在意这些事了，华生医生。
You make too much of it, doctor Watson,' said she.
我哥哥和我听到查尔斯爵士去世的消息，都非常震惊。
My brother and I were very much shocked by the death of Sir Charles.
我们跟他非常熟，他最喜欢沿着荒原走到我们家来。
We knew him very intimately, for his favorite walk was over the moor to our house.
他一直深受家族诅咒的困扰，这起悲剧发生后，我自然觉得他之前的担忧恐怕不是空穴来风。
He was deeply impressed with the curse which hung over the family, and when this tragedy came, I naturally felt that there must be some grounds for the fears which he had expressed.
所以当另一位家族成员搬来这里住时，我感到很不安，觉得必须提醒他注意潜在的危险。
I was distressed, therefore, when another member of the family came down to live here, and I felt that he should be warned of the danger which he will run.
我本来只想传达这一点。
That was all which I intended to convey.
那到底是什么危险？
But what is the danger?
你听过那只猎犬的传说吧。
You know the story of the hound.
我不信这种鬼话，但我确实信。
I do not believe in such nonsense, but I do.
如果你对亨利有什么影响力，就带他离开这个地方吧，这里一向对他的家人不利。
If you have any influence with the Henry, take him away from a place which has always been fatal to his family.
世界那么大。
The world is wide.
他为什么非要住在这么危险的地方？
Why should he wish to live at the place of danger?
正因为这里危险，他才非住不可。
Because it is the place of danger.
这就是亨利爵士的个性。
That is Sir Henry's nature.
我担心，除非你能给我更确切的证据，否则根本没法让他搬走。
I fear that unless you can give me some more definite information than this, it would be impossible to get him to move.
我没法说具体什么，因为我也不清楚任何确切的事。
I cannot say anything definite, for I do not know anything definite.
我还想问你一个问题，斯塔普顿小姐。
I would ask you one more question, miss Stapleton.
如果你最初跟我说这些的时候，心里没别的意思，那为什么不想让你哥哥听见你说的话呢？
If you meant no more than this when you first spoke to me, why should you not wish your brother to overhear what you said?
这话没什么好让人反对的。
There is nothing to which he or anyone else could object.
我哥哥特别希望有人住在庄园里，因为他觉得这对荒原上的穷苦人有好处。
My brother is very anxious to have the hall inhabited for he thinks it is for the good of the poor folk upon the moor.
如果他知道我说了什么可能让亨利爵士离开的话，他一定会大发雷霆。
He would be very angry if he knew that I have said anything which might induce sir Henry to go away.
但我已经尽了我的责任，再多的话我就不说了。
But I have done my duty now, and I will say no more.
我得回去了，不然他会发现我不在，怀疑我见过你。
I must go back, or he will miss me and suspect that I have seen you.
再见。
Goodbye.
她转过身，转眼间就消失在散落的巨石之间，而我满心疑虑，继续朝巴斯克维尔庄园走去。
She turned and had disappeared in a few minutes among the scattered boulders, while I, with my soul full of vague fears, pursued my way to Baskerville Hall.
从现在开始，我将通过抄录摆在桌上的那些写给夏洛克·福尔摩斯先生的信件，来记录接下来发生的事。
From this point onward, I will follow the course of events by transcribing my own letters to mister Sherlock Holmes, which lie before me on the table.
其中有一页不见了，但其余的都原封不动，比我的记忆——哪怕我对这些悲剧事件记得再清楚——更能真实还原我当时的心情和疑虑。
One page is missing, but otherwise, they are exactly as written and show my feelings and suspicions of the moment more accurately than my memory, clear as it is upon these tragic events, can possibly do.
巴斯克维尔庄园，10月13日。
Baskerville Hall, October 13.
亲爱的福尔摩斯，我之前写的信和拍的电报，应该已经让你对这个荒凉偏僻之地发生的一切有了充分了解。
My dear Holmes, my previous letters and telegrams have kept you pretty well up to date as to all that has occurred in this most godforsaken corner of the world.
在这里待得越久，荒原的气质就越深地渗入你的灵魂——它的辽阔，还有它那阴郁的迷人之处。
The longer one stays here, the more does the spirit of the moor sink into one's soul, its vastness, and also its grim charm.
只要你一踏上荒原，就彻底甩开了现代英格兰的痕迹。
When you are once out upon its bosom, you have left all traces of modern England behind you.
但与此同时，你无论走到哪里，都能感受到史前居民的居所与劳作的痕迹。
But on the other hand, you are conscious everywhere of the homes and the work of the prehistoric people.
你每走一步，四周都是这些被遗忘的族群的房屋、墓穴，还有那些据说是他们祭祀用的巨大石碑。
On all sides of you as you walk are the houses of these forgotten folk with their graves and the huge monoliths, which are supposed to have marked their temples.
当你凝视着这些灰石小屋依偎在伤痕累累的山坡上时，仿佛自己也脱离了这个时代。
As you look at their gray stone huts against the scarred hillsides, you leave your own age behind you.
如果你看见一个身披兽皮、毛发浓密的人，从低矮的门洞里爬出来，正把一支燧石箭头搭上弓弦，你反而会觉得，他在这里才更合情合理。
And if you were to see a skin clad, hairy man crawl out from the low door, fitting a flint tipped arrow onto the string of his bow, you would feel that his presence there was more natural than your own.
奇怪的是，这片土地如此贫瘠，他们怎么会如此密集地生活在这里？
The strange thing is that they should have lived so thickly on what must always have been most unfruitful soil.
我不是考古专家，但我猜，他们或许是一群温顺而被逼迫的族群，只能接受别人不愿踏足的荒地。
I am no antiquarian, but I could imagine that they were some unwarlike and harried race who were forced to accept that which none other would occupy.
不过这些都离你派我来的任务太远了，恐怕在你这样务实的人听来，也毫无趣味。
All this, however, is foreign to the mission on which you sent me and will probably be very uninteresting to your severely practical mind.
我还记得，你根本不在乎是太阳绕着地球转，还是地球绕着太阳转。
I can still remember your complete indifference as to whether the sun moved around the earth or the earth round the sun.
还是让我回到亨利·巴斯克维尔爵士的事情上来吧。
Let me therefore return to the facts concerning sir Henry Baskerville.
如果你最近几天没收到报告，那是因为直到今天，都没什么值得上报的重要事。
If you have not had any report within the last few days, it is because up to today, there was nothing of importance to relate.
接着发生了一件非常出人意料的事，我会在适当的时候告诉您。
Then a very surprising circumstance occurred, which I shall tell you in due course.
不过在那之前，我得先让您了解局势中的其他一些情况。
But first of all, I must keep you in touch with some of the other factors in the situation.
其中我提到不多的一点，就是逃犯在荒原上的事。
One of these concerning which I have said little is the escaped convict upon the moor.
现在有充分理由相信他已经彻底逃走了，这可让这片地区那些孤零零的住户松了口气。
There is strong reason now to believe that he has got right away, which is a considerable relief to the lonely householders of this district.
他逃跑已经两个星期了，期间没人见过他，也没收到任何消息。
A fortnight has passed since his flight, during which he has not been seen, and nothing has been heard of him.
很难想象他能在荒原上撑过这么长时间。
It is surely inconceivable that he could have held out upon the moor during all that time.
至于藏身，这倒没什么难的。
Of course, so far as his concealment goes, there is no difficulty at all.
随便哪间石屋都能让他躲得严严实实。
Any one of these stone huts would give him a hiding place.
但他要是不吃东西，除非去抓并宰了那些羊。
But there is nothing to eat unless he were to catch and slaughter one of the more sheep.
所以我们认为他已经走了，这下周边的农夫们也能睡得安稳了。
We think, therefore, that he has gone, and the outlying farmers sleep the better in consequence.
我们家里有四个身强力壮的男人，自保没问题，但我不得不承认，一想到斯塔普尔顿一家，我就心里不踏实。
We are four able-bodied men in this household so that we could take good care of ourselves, but I confess that I have had uneasy moments when I have thought of the Stapletons.
他们住得离任何帮助都远得不行。
They live miles from any help.
家里只有一个女仆、一位年老的男仆，还有兄妹俩，而那位哥哥身体并不算强健。
There are one maid, an old man servant, the sister, and the brother, the latter not a very strong man.
要是那个亡命之徒真能闯进去，他们根本毫无招架之力。
They would be helpless in the hands of a desperate fellow like this Notting Hill criminal if he could once effect an entrance.
我和亨利爵士都为他们的处境担心，有人提议让马夫珀金斯过去陪夜，但斯塔普尔顿坚决不同意。
Both Sir Henry and I were concerned at their situation, and it was suggested that Perkins the groom should go over to sleep there, but Stapleton would not hear of it.
事实上，我们这位爵士先生，已经开始对这位漂亮的邻居表现出浓厚的兴趣了。
The fact is that our friend, the baronet, begins to display a considerable interest in our fair neighbor.
这也不奇怪，毕竟在这偏僻的地方，对于一个像他这样精力充沛的人来说，日子确实难熬，而且她也是个非常有魅力、很漂亮的女人。
It is not to be wondered, ad, for time hangs heavily in this lonely spot to an active man like him, and she is a very fascinating and beautiful woman.
她身上有种热带风情和异域感，这跟她那位冷静、不动声色的哥哥形成了鲜明的对比。
There is something tropical and exotic about her, which forms a singular contrast to her cool and unemotional brother.
不过，他给人的感觉也是内心藏着烈火。
Yet he also gives the idea of hidden fires.
他确实对她有很大的影响力，因为我注意到她说话时总是不断地看他，好像在寻求他的认可。
He has certainly a very marked influence over her, for I have seen her continually glance at him as she talked as if seeking approbation for what she said.
我相信他对她很好。
I trust that he is kind to her.
他眼神里透着股冷硬的光，薄嘴唇抿得紧紧的，这通常意味着他性格固执，甚至可能有点苛刻。
There is a dry glitter in his eyes and a firm set of his thin lips, which goes with a positive and possibly a harsh nature.
你会觉得他是个很有意思的研究对象。
You would find him an interesting study.
第一天他就来拜访巴斯克维尔，第二天一早，他又带我们俩去看了那个据说邪恶的休戈传说起源的地方。
He came over to call upon Baskerville on that first day, and the very next morning, he took us both to show us the spot where the legend of the wicked Hugo is supposed to have had its origin.
那是一次横跨沼泽地的远足，走了好几英里，去到一个阴森得让人联想到这个传说的地方。
It was an excursion of some miles across the moor to a place which is so dismal that it might have suggested the story.
我们找到一条夹在两座陡峭山丘之间的短谷，通向一片开阔的草地，草地上零星点缀着白色的棉草。
We found a short valley between two rugged tours, which led to an open grassy space, flecked over with the white cotton grass.
草地中央立着两块巨大的石头，顶端被风霜磨得尖锐，活像某种巨兽腐朽的獠牙。
In the middle of it rose two great stones, worn and sharpened at the upper end until they looked like the huge corroding fangs of some monstrous beast.
从各方面看，这个地方都和那个古老悲剧的场景完全吻合。
In every way, it corresponded with the scene of the old tragedy.
亨利爵士非常感兴趣，不止一次问斯塔普尔顿，他是否真的相信超自然力量会干预人类的事务。
Sir Henry was much interested and asked Stapleton more than once whether he did really believe in the possibility of the interference of the supernatural in the affairs of men.
他说话时语气轻松，但谁都看得出来，他其实非常认真。
He spoke lightly, but it was evident that he was very much in earnest.
斯塔普尔顿回答得很谨慎，明显话留了一半——他显然是顾及爵士的感受，不愿把真实想法全说出来。
Stapleton was guarded in his replies, but it was easy to see that he said less than he might and that he would not express his whole opinion out of consideration for the feelings of the baronet.
他还跟我们讲了几个类似家族遭受邪恶力量侵扰的案例，最后给我们留下一个印象：他其实和大多数人一样，相信这个传说。
He told us of similar cases where families had suffered from some evil influence, and he left us with the impression that he shared the popular view upon the matter.
回来的路上，我们在梅里皮特宅邸吃了午饭，正是在那里，亨利爵士认识了斯塔普尔顿小姐。
On our way back, we stayed for lunch at Merripit House, and it was there that Sir Henry made the acquaintance of miss Stapleton.
从见到她的第一眼起，他就明显被她吸引住了，而我也敢说，她对他同样有好感。
From the first moment that he saw her, he appeared to be strongly attracted by her, and I am much mistaken if the feeling was not mutual.
回家路上，他一再提起她，从那以后，几乎每天我们都能见到兄妹俩。
He referred to her again and again on our walk home, and since then, hardly a day has passed that we have not seen something of the brother and sister.
今晚他们要来这儿吃晚饭，听说下周我们还要去他们那儿做客。
They dine here tonight, and there is some talk of our going to them next week.
按理说，这样的婚事对斯塔普尔顿来说该是求之不得，可我好几次注意到，当亨利爵士对妹妹表示亲近时，他脸上会闪过强烈的不悦。
One would imagine that such a match would be very welcome to Stapleton, and yet I have more than once caught a look of the strongest disapprobation in his face when sir Henry has been paying some attention to his sister.
他显然非常疼爱妹妹，没有她，生活会变得孤单。
He is much attached to her, no doubt, and would lead a lonely life without her.
但如果他因为私心阻拦妹妹嫁给这么出色的人，那就太自私了。
But it would seem the height of selfishness if he were to stand in the way of her making so brilliant a marriage.
但我确信，他并不希望两人之间的关系发展成爱情，好几次我都发现，他故意制造障碍，不让他们独处。
Yet I am certain that he does not wish their intimacy to ripen into love, and I have several times observed that he has taken pains to prevent them from being tit a tet.
顺便说一句，如果再加上一段恋情，您让我别让亨利爵士单独外出的吩咐，可就更难办了。
By the way, your instructions to me never to allow Sir Henry to go out alone will become very much more onerous if a love affair were to be added to our other difficulties.
要是我真按您的吩咐寸步不离地盯着他，我这人缘怕是要完蛋了。
My popularity would soon suffer if I were to carry out your orders to the letter.
前几天，确切说是周四，莫蒂默医生来和我们一起吃午饭。
The other day, Thursday, to be more exact, doctor Mortimer lunched with us.
他一直在朗唐丘挖掘一座古墓，挖出了一颗史前头骨，高兴得不得了。
He has been excavating a barrow at Long Down and has got a prehistoric skull which fills him with great joy.
从没见过像他这样全心全意痴迷的人。
Never was there such a single-minded enthusiast as he.
后来斯泰普尔顿兄妹也来了，莫蒂默医生应亨利爵士的要求，带我们所有人去了紫杉小径，实地还原了那个致命夜晚的经过。
The Stapletons came in afterwards, and the good doctor took us all to the Yew Alley at Sir Henry's request to show us exactly how everything occurred upon that fatal night.
紫杉小径又长又阴冷，两边是修剪整齐的高篱墙，中间夹着两条窄窄的草皮。
It is a long, dismal walk, the Yew Alley, between two high walls of clipped hedge with a narrow band of grass upon either side.
小径尽头有一座破旧的凉亭。
At the far end is an old tumbledown summerhouse.
走到一半是荒原的门，那位老先生就是在那里丢下雪茄灰的。
Halfway down is the moor gate, where the old gentleman left his cigar ash.
那是个白色的木门，门后就是辽阔的荒原。
It is a white wooden gate with a latch beyond it lies the wide moor.
我想起了你的推测，努力在脑子里还原当时的情景。
I remembered your theory of the affair and tried to picture all that had occurred.
老人站在那儿，忽然看见荒原上有什么东西，吓得他魂飞魄散，拼命狂奔，最后因恐惧和精疲力竭而死。
As the old man stood there, he saw something across the moor, something which terrified him so that he lost his wits and ran and ran until he died of sheer horror and exhaustion.
他逃窜的，就是这条又长又阴森的小道。
There was the long gloomy tunnel down which he fled.
那他到底在逃什么？
And from what?
是荒原上的牧羊犬，还是那只漆黑、无声、巨大的幽灵猎犬？
A sheepdog of the Moor or a spectral hound, black, silent, and monstrous?
这件事背后，有没有人的操纵？
Was there a human agency in the matter?
那个脸色苍白、总是默默观察的巴里莫，是不是知道得比他愿意说的还要多？
Did the pale, watchful Barrymore know more than he cared to say?
一切都模糊不清，但总有一股罪恶的阴影笼罩在背后。
It was all dim and vague, but always there is the dark shadow of crime behind it.
自从我上回写信以来，我又认识了一位邻居。
One other neighbor I have met since I wrote last.
他是拉瑟姆庄园的富兰克林先生，住在我们南边大约四英里远的地方。
This is mister Franklin of Latham Hall who lives some four miles to the south of us.
他年纪大了，脸红红的，头发全白，脾气还挺暴躁。
He is an elderly man, red faced, white haired, and choleric.
他最爱的就是英国法律，花了不少钱打官司。
His passion is for the British law, and he has spent a large fortune in litigation.
他打官司纯粹是为了享受争斗的乐趣，不管对错都愿意站队，难怪这爱好花销巨大。
He fights for the mere pleasure of fighting and is equally ready to take up either side of a question so that it is no wonder that he has found it a costly amusement.
有时候他会堵死一条小路，跟整个教区对着干，就是不肯 reopening。
Sometimes he will shut up a right of way and defy the parish to make him open it.
有时他还会亲手拆掉别人家的门，硬说那条小路自古就有，还挑衅主人告他擅闯私地。
At others, he will, with his own hands, tear down some other man's gate and declare that a path has existed there from tying the memorial, defying the owner to prosecute him for trespass.
他对古老的庄园权和共有权了如指掌，时而帮费恩沃里的村民说话，时而又跟他们作对，所以村民们隔一阵子就要么抬着他游街庆祝，要么烧他的纸人泄愤，全看他最近干了哪一桩事。
He is learned in old manorial and communal rights, and he applies his knowledge sometimes in favor of the villages of Fern worthy and sometimes against them so that he is periodically either carried in triumph down the village street or else burned in effigy according to his latest exploit.
听说他眼下手头有七桩官司，大概会把剩下的家产全耗光，到那时他也就没劲儿再闹了，往后自然安分下来。
He is said to have about seven lawsuits upon his hands at present, which will probably swallow up the remainder of his fortune and so draw his sting and leave him harmless for the future.
撇开法律这事不谈，他其实是个和善好脾气的人，我提起他只是因为你特别叮嘱我要把周围人的样子都告诉你。
Apart from the law, he seems a kindly good natured person, and I only mention him because you were particular that I should send some description of the people who surround us.
他现在正忙着一件挺特别的事——是个业余天文学家。
He is curiously employed at present for being an amateur astronomer.
他有一台很棒的望远镜，整天躺在自家屋顶上，对着荒原一遍遍扫视，盼着能瞥见那个越狱的犯人。
He has an excellent telescope with which he lies upon the roof of his own house and sweeps the moor all day in the hope of catching a glimpse of the escaped convict.
要是他只专心干这个，那就再好不过了。
If he would confine his energies to this, all would be well.
但有传言说，他打算起诉莫蒂默医生，说他没征得亲属同意就挖了坟，因为医生在朗顿土丘里挖出了新石器时代的头骨。
But there are rumors that he intends to prosecute doctor Mortimer for opening a grave without the consent of the next of kin because he dug up the Neolithic skull in the barrow on Long Down.
他让我们的生活不至于枯燥，适时地带来一点幽默调剂，正好解了燃眉之急。
He helps to keep our lives from being monotonous and gives a little comic relief where it is badly needed.
现在我已经把逃犯、斯塔普尔顿夫妇、莫蒂默医生，还有拉瑟姆庄园的富兰克林的情况都跟你说了，接下来我要讲最重要的一件事——关于巴里摩尔一家，特别是昨晚发生的惊人变故。
And now having brought you up to date in the escaped convict, the Stapletons, doctor Mortimer, and Franklin of Latham Hall, let me end on that which is most important and tell you more about the Barrymoors and especially about the surprising development of last night.
首先，关于你从伦敦发来的那封测试电报，目的是确认巴里摩尔确实在这里。
First of all, about the test telegram which you sent from London in order to make sure that Barrymore was really here.
我之前已经说过，邮局主管的证词表明，这个测试根本无效，我们既没法证实也没法否认。
I have already explained that the testimony of the postmaster shows that the test was worthless and that we have no proof one way or the other.
我把情况告诉了亨利爵士，他立刻用他一贯直截了当的方式，把巴里摩尔叫来，直接问他有没有亲自收到那封电报。
I told Sir Henry how the matter stood, and he, at once, in his downright fashion, had Barrymore up and asked him whether he had received the telegram himself.
巴里摩尔说他收到了。
Barrymore said that he had.
是那个男孩亲手把电报交到你手里的吗？
Did the boy deliver it into your own hands?
亨利爵士问。
Asked Sir Henry.
巴里莫显得很惊讶，沉默了一会儿才开口。
Barrymore looked surprised and considered for a little time.
没有，”他说。
No, said he.
当时我在储物间，是我妻子把信拿上来的。
I was in the box room at the time and my wife brought it up to me.
是你亲自回的信吗？
Did you answer it yourself?
不是。
No.
我告诉了我妻子该怎么回，她就下去写了。
I told my wife what to answer, and she went down to write it.
到了晚上，他主动又提起了这件事。
In the evening, he recurred to the subject of his own accord.
先生，我实在不明白您今天早上问这些是为什么。
I could not quite understand the object of your questions this morning, sir Henry, said he.
我希望他们并不认为我做了什么失去你们信任的事。
I trust that they do not mean that I have done anything to forfeit your confidence.
亨利爵士不得不向他保证情况并非如此，还把一大部分他以前的旧衣服送给了他，因为从伦敦寄来的行装已经全到了。
Sir Henry had to assure him that it was not so and pacify him by giving him a considerable part of his old wardrobe, the London outfit having now all arrived.
巴里莫太太让我很在意。
Missus Barrymore is of interest to me.
她是个身材敦实、性格沉稳的人，见识有限，非常注重体面，还有点清教徒式的严谨。
She is a heavy, solid person, very limited, intensely respectable, and inclined to be puritanical.
你简直难以想象还有比她更不外露情感的人，但我已经告诉过你，刚来这里的第一个晚上，我就听见她哭得特别伤心。
You could hardly conceive a less emotional subject, yet I have told you how, on the first night here, I heard her sobbing bitterly.
从那以后，我好几次注意到她脸上有泪痕。
And since then, I have more than once observed traces of tears upon her face.
某种深藏的悲伤一直在啃噬着她的心。
Some deep sorrow gnaws ever at her heart.
有时候我在想，她是不是背负着什么愧疚的回忆，有时候我又怀疑巴里莫是个专横的丈夫。
Sometimes I wonder if she has a guilty memory which haunts her, and sometimes I suspect Barrymore of being a domestic tyrant.
我一直觉得这人性格里有些古怪又可疑的地方，但昨晚的那件事，让我的所有疑虑一下子都浮出了水面。
I have always felt that there was something singular and questionable in this man's character, but the adventure of last night brings all my suspicions to a head.
不过，这件事本身可能看起来微不足道。
And yet it may seem a small matter in itself.
你知道，我一向睡得不沉。
You are aware that I am not a very sound sleeper.
自从在这栋房子里值夜以来，我的睡眠比以往更轻了。
And since I have been on guard in this house, my slumbers have been lighter than ever.
昨晚大约两点钟，我被一阵悄悄经过我房间的脚步声惊醒了。
Last night, about two in the morning, I was aroused by a stealthy step passing my room.
我立刻起身，打开门，往外偷看。
I rose, opened my door, and peeped out.
走廊上有一道长长的黑影在移动。
A long black shadow was trailing down the corridor.
那影子是个人，手里举着蜡烛，轻手轻脚地沿着走廊走过去。
It was thrown by a man who walked softly down the passage with a candle held in his hand.
他只穿着衬衫和长裤，脚上连双鞋都没穿。
He was in shirt and trousers with no covering to his feet.
我只能看到个轮廓，但那身高分明是巴里摩尔。
I could merely see the outline, but his height told me that it was Barrymore.
他走得很慢，格外小心，整个人透着一股说不清的愧疚和鬼祟劲儿。
He walked very slowly and circumspectly, and there was something indescribably guilty and furtive in his whole appearance.
我跟你说过，这条走廊被环绕大厅的阳台打断了，但另一边又接着延伸。
I have told you that the corridor is broken by the balcony which runs round the hall, but that it is resumed upon the father's side.
我等他走远看不见了，才悄悄跟上去。
I waited until he had passed out of sight, and then I followed him.
等我绕到阳台那边，他已经走到父亲那边走廊的尽头，透过半开的门缝，我能看见里面透出一点微光——他进了一间屋子。
When I came round the balcony, he had reached the end of the father corridor, and I could see from the glimmer of light through an open door that he had entered one of the rooms.
可那些房间全都是空的，没家具也没人住，他这么半夜溜进去，越发让人捉摸不透了。
Now all these rooms are unfurnished and unoccupied so that his expedition became more mysterious than ever.
那灯光一直稳稳亮着，像他站在那儿一动不动。
The light shone steadily as if he were standing motionless.
我尽量悄无声息地沿着走廊溜过去，偷偷朝门角张望。
I crept down the passage as noiselessly as I could and peeped around the corner of the door.
巴里摩尔蹲在窗边，把蜡烛紧贴在玻璃上。
Barrymore was crouching at the window with the candle held against the glass.
他的侧脸朝向我，神情紧绷，目光死死盯着荒原上一片漆黑的夜色。
His profile was half turned towards me, and his face seemed to be rigid with expectation as he stared out into the blackness of the moor.
他站了好几分钟，全神贯注地望着外面。
For some minutes, he stood watching intently.
接着，他深深叹了一口气，不耐烦地吹灭了蜡烛。
Then he gave a deep groan, and with an impatient gesture, he put out the light.
我立刻折返回自己的房间，没过多久，又听见那轻手轻脚的脚步声再次经过，往回走去。
Instantly, I made my way back to my room, and very shortly came the stealthy steps passing once more upon their return journey.
后来，我迷迷糊糊快睡着时，听见远处有钥匙转动锁芯的声音，但说不清是从哪儿传来的。
Long afterwards, when I had fallen into a light sleep, I heard a key turn somewhere in a lock, but I could not tell whence the sound came.
这一切到底意味着什么，我完全猜不透。但这座阴森的房子里一定藏着什么秘密，迟早我们会查个水落石出。
What it all means, I cannot guess, But there is some secret business going on in this house of gloom, which sooner or later, we shall get to the bottom of.
我不跟你说我的推测，因为你只让我提供事实。
I do not trouble you with my theories, for you asked me to furnish you only with facts.
今天早上我和亨利爵士长谈了一次，根据昨晚的观察，我们制定了一套行动计划。
I have had a long talk with Sir Henry this morning, and we have made a plan of campaign founded upon my observations of last night.
现在还不方便细说，但下一次的报告一定会让你看得津津有味。
I will not speak about it just now, but it should make my next report interesting reading.
下一期《巴斯克维尔的猎犬》里，巴里摩尔的把戏就要败露了，亨利爵士会逼他招供。
Next time in the Hound of the Baskervilles, the game is up for Barrymore as Sir Henry extracts a confession.
他和华生夜里穿过荒原，打算抓住那个越狱的犯人。
He and Watson set off across the moor at night, hoping to lay their hands on the escaped convict.
但结果发现，荒原上鬼鬼祟祟的，可不止那个逃犯一个人。
But it turns out the former prisoner isn't the only one who's been skulking about out there.
下回再说。
That's next time.
是不是等不及看下集了？
Can't wait until the next episode?
马上订阅Noiser Plus，立即收听吧。
Well, listen to it right away by subscribing to Noiser Plus.
访问 www.noiser.com/subscriptions 了解详情，或者点击节目描述里的链接。
Head to www.noiser.com/subscriptions for more information, or click the link in the episode description.
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