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他坐在矮矮的靠椅上，探询地朝我们眨巴了一下眼睛，那双蓝眼

睛泪汪汪的，但却没有生气。

"For my part," said Holmes, "whatever you may choose
to say will go no further."

“就我来说，”福尔摩斯说，“无论你告诉我什么，我都不会说出

去。”

I nodded to show my agreement.

我点头表示同意。

"That is well! That is well!" said he. "May I offer you a
glass of Chianti, Miss Morstan? Or of Tokay? I keep no other

wines. Shall I open a flask? No? Well, then, I trust that you
have no objection to tobacco-smoke, to the balsamic odour
of the Eastern tobacco. I am a little nervous, and I find my
hookah an invaluable sedative."

“那就行了！那就好了！”他说，“摩斯坦小姐，我可不可以敬您
一杯意大利勤地酒，或是匈牙利托考伊酒？我这里没有存别的酒了。

我开一瓶好吗？不喝吗？好吧，我想你们不会反对我吸这种有柔和香
味的东方烟吧。我有些紧张，我发现我的水烟是最好的镇静剂。”

He applied a taper to the great bowl, and the smoke
bubbled merrily through the rose-water. We sat all three in a
semicircle, with our heads advanced and our chins upon our
hands, while the strange, jerky little fellow, with his high,

shining head, puffed uneasily in the centre.

他点燃大水烟壶，烟从烟壶里的玫瑰水中徐徐地冒了出来。我们
三人环坐成一个半圆，伸着头，两手支着下巴，而中间则坐着这个奇

怪而激动的矮小男子，头顶光亮突出，局促不安地吸着烟。

"When I first determined to make this communication to

you," said he, "I might have given you my address; but I
feared that you might disregard my request and bring
unpleasant people with you. I took the liberty, therefore, of