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"No? You surprise me. Look at it in this way, then.
Captain Morstan disappears. The only person in London

whom he could have visited is Major Sholto. Major Sholto
denies having heard that he was in London. Four years later
Sholto dies. Within a week of his death Captain Morstan's
daughter receives a valuable present, which is repeated
from year to year and now culminates in a letter which

describes her as a wronged woman. What wrong can it refer
to except this deprivation of her father? And why should the
presents begin immediately after Sholto's death unless it is

that Sholto's heir knows something of the mystery and
desires to make compensation? Have you any alternative
theory which will meet the facts?"

“没有吗？这真让我惊讶。那么，让我们这么来看吧。摩斯坦上尉

失踪了。在伦敦，他可能去拜访的只有肖尔托少校。可是肖尔托少校
否认知道他来伦敦的消息。四年后，肖尔托死了。他死后不到一周，

摩斯坦上尉的女儿就收到了一件贵重的礼物，之后每年都收到一次，
现在又收到了一封信，竟说她是一个受了委屈的人。除了失去父亲以

外，她还有什么委屈呢？还有，为什么在肖尔托死后，立刻开始有礼
物寄出？除非是因为，肖尔托的继承人中，有人知晓其中的秘密，想

要进行补偿。你还有其他说法能契合这些事实吗？”

"But what a strange compensation! And how strangely

made! Why, too, should he write a letter now, rather than
six years ago? Again, the letter speaks of giving her justice.
What justice can she have? It is too much to suppose that
her father is still alive. There is no other injustice in her case

that you know of."

“多么奇怪的补偿！而且方式也很怪异！还有，为什么现在才寄出
这封信，而不是六年前呢？而且，这封信提到了要还给她公平公正。

她能拥有什么公正呢？猜想她父亲还活着就太不现实了。而你也不知
道她还受过其他什么不公。”