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Chapter 12 The Strange Story of

Jonathan Small

第十二章 乔纳森·斯莫尔的奇异故事

A very patient man was that inspector in the cab, for it
was a weary time before I rejoined him. His face clouded

over when I showed him the empty box.

那个警官很有耐心地在车上等着我，我回到车上时，已经很晚
了。我给他看了空箱子，他大失所望。

"There goes the reward!" said he gloomily. "Where there
is no money there is no pay. This night's work would have
been worth a tenner each to Sam Brown and me if the
treasure had been there."

“这样一来，奖金也没了！”他郁闷地说道，“没有钱，也就没有
报酬了。如果有宝物的话，今晚我和同伴萨姆·布朗每人可以得到十镑

奖金呢。”

"Mr. Thaddeus Sholto is a rich man," I said; "he will see
that you are rewarded, treasure or no."

“塞迪厄斯·肖尔托先生是一个有钱人，”我说，“不管有没有宝
物，他都会给你们酬劳的。”

The inspector shook his head despondently, however.
"It's a bad job," he repeated; "and so Mr. Athelney Jones will
think."

然而，警官沮丧地摇摇头。“干得很糟，”他重复道，“阿塞尔纳·
琼斯先生也会这么认为的。”

His forecast proved to be correct, for the detective

looked blank enough when I got to Baker Street and showed
him the empty box. They had only just arrived, Holmes, the
prisoner, and he, for they had changed their plans so far as