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"Don't trouble yourself about it, Mr. Sholto," said
Holmes; "I think that I can engage to clear you of the

charge."

“别紧张，肖尔托先生，”福尔摩斯说，“我认为我可以为你洗脱
罪名。”

"Don't promise too much, Mr. Theorist, don't promise too
much!" snapped the detective. "You may find it a harder
matter than you think."

“不要承诺太多，理论家先生，千万别承诺太多！”警探反驳

道，“你会发现，这比你想象得要困难。”

"Not only will I clear him, Mr. Jones, but I will make you a

free present of the name and description of one of the two
people who were in this room last night. His name, I have
every reason to believe, is Jonathan Small. He is a poorly
educated man, small, active, with his right leg off, and

wearing a wooden stump which is worn away upon the inner
side. His left boot has a coarse, square-toed sole, with an
iron band round the heel. He is a middle-aged man, much
sunburned, and has been a convict. These few indications

may be of some assistance to you, coupled with the fact
that there is a good deal of skin missing from the palm of his
hand. The other man——"

“我不仅会为他洗脱罪名，琼斯先生，还会免费赠予您一件礼物，

那就是昨晚在这个房间里的两个人之中的一个人的名字和特征。他的

名字，我完全有理由相信，是乔纳森·斯莫尔。他是一个没受过什么教
育的人，矮小而灵活，没有右腿，戴着一支木腿，木腿内侧已经磨去
了一块。他的左靴子是粗糙的方形鞋底，后跟上钉着铁掌。他是一个

中年男人，皮肤晒得黝黑，从前是一个囚犯。这些指示或许会对你有

所帮助，还有，他的手掌磨破了不少皮。而另一个人呢——”

"Ah! the other man?"asked Athelney Jones in a sneering
voice, but impressed none the less, as I could easily see, by

the precision of the other's manner.