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"A thousand pounds! Great Lord of mercy!"

"一千英镑！我的老天爷呀！"

The commissionaire plumped down into a chair and stared from one to the other of us.

看门人品通一下跌坐在椅子上，瞪大眼睛轮番看着我和福尔摩斯。

"That is the reward, and I have reason to know that there are sentimental1 considerations in the background

"那只不过是赏格而已，而且我确实知道伯爵夫人由于暗中某些感情上的考虑，

which would induce the Countess to part with half her fortune if she could but recover the gem2."

只要能够找回这颗宝石，她就是将财产分一半给人也会心甘情愿的。"

"It was lost, if I remember aright, at the Hotel Cosmopolitan," I remarked.

"如果我没有记错的话，这颗宝石是在'世界旅馆'丢失的。"我说道。

"Precisely3 so, on December 22d, just five days ago.

"的确如此，十二月二十二日，也就是五天以前。

John Horner, a plumber4, was accused of having abstracted it from the lady's jewel-case.

约翰·霍纳，一个管子工，被人指控从伯爵夫人的首饰匣里窃取了这颗宝石。

The evidence against him was so strong that the case has been referred to the Assizes.

因为他犯罪的证据确凿，现在这一案件已提交法庭。

I have some account of the matter here, I believe."

我想这里还有些关于这事件的记载。"

He rummaged5 amid his newspapers, glancing over the dates,

他在那堆报纸里翻弄着，眼睛扫视一张张报纸上的日期，

until at last he smoothed one out, doubled it over, and read the following paragraph.

最后把一张报纸摊平，叠了一折，然后念了下面的段落。


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1 sentimental dDuzS     
adj.多愁善感的，感伤的
参考例句：
  • She's a sentimental woman who believes marriage comes by destiny.她是多愁善感的人，她相信姻缘命中注定。
  • We were deeply touched by the sentimental movie.我们深深被那感伤的电影所感动。
2 gem Ug8xy     
n.宝石，珠宝；受爱戴的人 [同]jewel
参考例句：
  • The gem is beyond my pocket.这颗宝石我可买不起。
  • The little gem is worth two thousand dollars.这块小宝石价值两千美元。
3 precisely zlWzUb     
adv.恰好，正好，精确地，细致地
参考例句：
  • It's precisely that sort of slick sales-talk that I mistrust.我不相信的正是那种油腔滑调的推销宣传。
  • The man adjusted very precisely.那个人调得很准。
4 plumber f2qzM     
n.(装修水管的)管子工
参考例句：
  • Have you asked the plumber to come and look at the leaking pipe?你叫管道工来检查漏水的管子了吗？
  • The plumber screwed up the tap by means of a spanner.管子工用板手把龙头旋紧。
5 rummaged c663802f2e8e229431fff6cdb444b548     
翻找，搜寻( rummage的过去式和过去分词 )； 已经海关检查
参考例句：
  • I rummaged through all the boxes but still could not find it. 几个箱子都翻腾遍了也没有找到。
  • The customs officers rummaged the ship suspected to have contraband goods. 海关人员仔细搜查了一艘有走私嫌疑的海轮。

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