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"I shall be proud and happy," said I fervently, "if I can be
of any service."

“荣幸至极，”我热切地说，“如果我能提供什么帮助的话。”

"You are both very kind," she answered. "I have led a
retired life and have no friends whom I could appeal to. If I
am here at six it will do, I suppose?"

“你们两位都实在是太善良了。”她回答，“我过着幽静的生活，
也没有什么朋友可以求助。我六点钟来可以吧？”

"You must not be later," said Holmes. "There is one
other point, however. Is this handwriting the same as that
upon the pearl-box addresses?"

“不要来晚了，”福尔摩斯说，“还有一点。这封信的笔迹和寄珍

珠的盒子上住址的笔迹是一样的吗？”

"I have them here," she answered, producing half a

dozen pieces of paper.

“我把它们带来了，”她回答着，拿出了一沓信笺。

"You are certainly a model client. You have the correct
intuition. Let us see, now." He spread out the papers upon

the table and gave little darting glances from one to the
other. "They are disguised hands, except the letter," he said
presently; "but there can be no question as to the

authorship. See how the irrepressible Greek e will break out,
and see the twirl of the final s. They are undoubtedly by the
same person. I should not like to suggest false hopes, Miss
Morstan, but is there any resemblance between this hand
and that of your father?"

“你考虑得这么周到，简直堪称模范委托人了。你有着正确的直
觉。现在，让我们来看看吧。”他把信纸铺开在桌面上，并一字一句地

对比着。“这些笔迹全都是伪装的，除了这封信以外，”过了一会儿，
他说，“但毫无疑问都是出自同一个人的手笔。看看这个希腊字母e，