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动机，两个壮实的警官坐在前面。

"Where to?" asked Jones.

“船开到哪里去？”琼斯问道。

"To the Tower. Tell them to stop opposite to Jacobson's
Yard."

“到伦敦塔，叫他们把船停在雅各布森船坞的对面。”

Our craft was evidently a very fast one. We shot past
the long lines of loaded barges as though they were

stationary. Holmes smiled with satisfaction as we
overhauled a river steamer and left her behind us.

我们的船速度确实很快。我们从一列列载着货物的平底船旁边飞

驰而过，那些船简直就像是静止不动的一样。当我们赶上一只小汽
船，又迅速把它抛在后面时，福尔摩斯满意地微笑起来。

"We ought to be able to catch anything on the river," he

said.

“我们应该可以追得上河里的任何船只了。”他说。

"Well, hardly that. But there are not many launches to
beat us."

“那倒不见得。不过，没多少汽船能赢得过我们。”

"We shall have to catch the Aurora, and she has a name

for being a clipper. I will tell you how the land lies, Watson.
You recollect how annoyed I was at being baulked by so
small a thing?"

“我们必须赶上‘曙光’号，那是一只有名的快艇。沃森，现在我可

以把情况和你讲讲。你记不记得，我被一个微不足道的障碍难住，烦

恼不已？”

"Yes."

“是啊。”