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hearts, straining our ears. From the great black house there
sounded through the silent night the saddest and most

pitiful of sounds—the shrill, broken whimpering of a
frightened woman.

他举高了灯笼，但手抖动得让灯光打着转，到处摇摆闪烁。摩斯

坦小姐握紧了我的手腕，我们都站在那里，伴着扑通扑通的心跳，竖
起耳朵听着。从这巨大、阴森的房子里，传来一阵阵极为悲凉的惨叫

声，划破了静谧的夜空——那是惊恐的女人声嘶力竭的凄厉哀号声。

"It is Mrs. Bernstone," said Sholto. "She is the only
woman in the house. Wait here. I shall be back in a
moment."

“那是伯恩斯通太太，”肖尔托说，“她是这房子里唯一的女人。
在这里等着。我一会儿就出来。”

He hurried for the door and knocked in his peculiar way.
We could see a tall old woman admit him and sway with
pleasure at the very sight of him.

他赶忙走向房门，用他独特的方式敲了敲门。我们看到一个高个
子的老女人让他进了门，并且一见到是他，就非常高兴。

"Oh, Mr. Thaddeus, sir, I am so glad you have come! I

am so glad you have come, Mr. Thaddeus, sir!"

“哦，塞迪厄斯先生，很高兴您来了！我非常高兴您来了，塞迪厄

斯先生！”

We heard her reiterated rejoicings until the door was
closed and her voice died away into a muffled monotone.

我们听到她反反复复地表达着喜悦之情，直到门关上，她的声音

才渐渐减弱，变得含混不清了。

Our guide had left us the lantern. Holmes swung it
slowly round and peered keenly at the house and at the

great rubbish-heaps which cumbered the grounds. Miss
Morstan and I stood together, and her hand was in mine. A