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的下巴上，在他脸上，我只看得见一双犀利的黑眼睛、上方浓密的白

眉毛，以及长长的灰髭须。整体来看，我对他的印象是，他似乎是一
个年事已高、贫困潦倒，但仍令人尊敬的航海家。

"What is it, my man?" I asked.

“朋友，有什么事吗？”我问道。

He looked about him in the slow methodical fashion of
old age.

他用老年人特有的方式，慢条斯理地向四周看了看。

"Is Mr. Sherlock Holmes here?" said he.

“舍洛克·福尔摩斯先生在家吗？”他问道。

"No; but I am acting for him. You can tell me any
message you have for him."

“不在，可是，我可以代表他。您有什么话，可以全都告诉我。”

"It was to him himself I was to tell it," said he.

“我只能向他本人说。”他说。

"But I tell you that I am acting for him. Was it about

Mordecai Smith's boat?"

“可是，我告诉您，我可以代表他。是不是关于莫迪凯·史密斯汽
船的事？”

"Yes. I knows well where it is. An' I knows where the men
he is after are. An' I knows where the treasure is. I knows all
about it."

“是的，我知道这只船在哪里。也知道他所追踪的人在哪里。还知

道宝物在哪里。这一切，我全都知道。”

"Then tell me, and I shall let him know."

“您告诉我好了，我会转告他的。”