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“我就担心会这样，”他说道，“恕我不能向你道贺。”

I was a little hurt.

我有些不快。

"Have you any reason to be dissatisfied with my
choice?" I asked.

“对我所选的对象，你有什么不满意的地方吗？”我问道。

"Not at all. I think she is one of the most charming
young ladies I ever met and might have been most useful in

such work as we have been doing. She had a decided
genius that way; witness the way in which she preserved
that Agra plan from all the other papers of her father. But
love is an emotional thing, and whatever is emotional is

opposed to that true cold reason which I place above all
things. I should never marry myself, lest I bias my
judgment."

“一点儿也没有。我认为，在我生平所见的女子中，她是最迷人的

一位了，并且可能是在我们这一类工作中最有帮助的一位。她在这方
面确实有一些天赋，她在她父亲所有文件中独独收藏了那张阿格拉地

图这件事，就可以证明这一点。可是，爱情是一种感性的事情，感性
与纯粹的冷静思考相矛盾，而我认为，后者才是至高无上的。我自己

永远不会结婚，以免影响我的判断力。”

"I trust," said I, laughing, "that my judgment may

survive the ordeal. But you look weary."

“我相信，”我笑道，“我这次的判断还经得住考验。但你看起来

很疲倦了。”

"Yes, the reaction is already upon me. I shall be as limp
as a rag for a week."

“是的，我已经感觉到了。我一个星期都会瘫卧在床。”