Page 486 - 血字的研究·四签名(外研社双语读库) (福尔摩斯探案全集)

held a great knife to my throat and swore between his teeth
that he would plunge it into me if I moved a step."

“值岗的第三夜，天空阴霾，小雨纷飞。在这种天气里连续站几小

时，确实很无趣。我又试着和那两个锡克徒攀谈，他们还是不爱理

我。后半夜两点，稍微打破整夜沉寂的巡查过去了。既然我的同伴不
愿和我交谈，我就掏出烟斗来，把枪放下，划了一根火柴。猛然间，

两个锡克徒向我冲了过来。一个人抢过枪来，把枪口对着我的脑袋，
另一个人抽出一把大刀，搁在我脖子上，而且压低声音说，只要我动

一步，就把刀子刺进我的喉咙。”

"My first thought was that these fellows were in league
with the rebels, and that this was the beginning of an

assault. If our door were in the hands of the sepoys the
place must fall, and the women and children be treated as
they were in Cawnpore. Maybe you gentlemen think that I
am just making out a case for myself, but I give you my

word that when I thought of that, though I felt the point of
the knife at my throat, I opened my mouth with the
intention of giving a scream, if it was my last one, which
might alarm the main guard. The man who held me seemed

to know my thoughts; for, even as I braced myself to it, he
whispered: 'Don't make a noise. The fort is safe enough.
There are no rebel dogs on this side of the river.' There was
the ring of truth in what he said, and I knew that if I raised

my voice I was a dead man. I could read it in the fellow's
brown eyes. I waited, therefore, in silence, to see what it
was that they wanted from me."

“我第一个想法是，他们一定和叛军一伙，这也就是他们突击的开

始。如果他们占据了这个堡门，整个碉堡就一定会落入敌人手中，堡
里的妇孺也就会受到和在坎普尔相同的遭遇。也许你们几位会认为，

我在这里在为自己脸上贴金，可是我敢发誓，当我想到这一点的时
候，虽然我感觉得到刀尖就抵在我的喉咙上，我还是张开了口，想要

大叫一声，即使是最后一声也罢，因为说不定就能给中心守卫室一个

警告。那个按住我的人似乎已经知道了我的心思，正当我要出声的时