福爾摩斯探案集·紅發(fā)會(huì) 第15期:正式應(yīng)聘(6)

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Well, to my surprise and delight, everything was as right as possible.

唔，使我又驚又喜的是，一切都很順利。

The table was set out ready for me, and Mr. Duncan Ross was there to see that I got fairly to work.

桌子已給我擺好了，鄧肯·羅斯先生在那里照料，好讓我順利地開始工作。

He started me off upon the letter A, and then he left me; but he would drop in from time to time to see that all was right with me.

他讓我從字母A開始抄，然后離開我，但他不時(shí)走進(jìn)來(lái)看看我工作進(jìn)行得是否順當(dāng)。

At two o'clock he bade me good-day, complimented me upon the amount that I had written, and locked the door of the office after me.

下午兩點(diǎn)鐘他和我說(shuō)再見(jiàn)，并稱贊我抄寫得真不少。我走出辦公室后，他就把門鎖上。

This went on day after day, Mr. Holmes, and on Saturday the manager came in and planked down four golden sovereigns for my week's work.

福爾摩斯先生，事情就這樣一天天地繼續(xù)下去。到了星期六，那干事進(jìn)來(lái)，付給我四個(gè)英鎊的金幣作為我一周工作的報(bào)酬。

It was the same next week, and the same the week after.

下星期是這樣，再下星期還是這樣。

Every morning I was there at ten, and every afternoon I left at two.

我每天上午十點(diǎn)到那里上班，下午兩點(diǎn)下班。

By degrees Mr. Duncan Ross took to coming in only once of a morning, and then, after a time, he did not come in at all.

以后鄧肯·羅斯先生就逐漸地不怎么常來(lái)了，有時(shí)候一個(gè)上午只來(lái)一次，再過(guò)一段時(shí)間，他就根本不來(lái)了。

Still, of course, I never dared to leave the room for an instant,

當(dāng)然，我還是一會(huì)兒也不敢離開辦公室，

for I was not sure when he might come, and the billet was such a good one, and suited me so well, that I would not risk the loss of it.

因?yàn)槲也桓铱隙ㄋ裁磿r(shí)候可能會(huì)來(lái)的，而這個(gè)職務(wù)確實(shí)很不錯(cuò)，對(duì)我很合適，我不愿冒丟掉它的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)。

Eight weeks passed away like this, and I had written about Abbots and Archery and Armour and Architecture and Attica,

就這樣，八個(gè)星期的時(shí)間過(guò)去了。我抄寫了'男修道院院長(zhǎng)' 、'盔甲' 、'建筑學(xué)' 和'雅典人'等詞條；

and hoped with diligence that I might get on to the B's before very long.

并且希望由于我的勤奮努力，不久就可以開始抄寫以字母B為首的詞條。

It cost me something in foolscap, and I had pretty nearly filled a shelf with my writings.

我花了不少錢買大頁(yè)書寫紙，我抄寫的東西幾乎堆滿了一個(gè)架子。

And then suddenly the whole business came to an end.

接著，這整個(gè)事情突然宣告結(jié)束。