'I beg that you will state your business, sir,' said I; 'my time is of value.'
'請(qǐng)您說(shuō)說(shuō)您的事吧,先生,' 我說(shuō),'我的時(shí)間是很寶貴的。'
Heaven forgive me for that last sentence, but the words came to my lips.
愿上帝饒恕我說(shuō)的后一句話,但這句話是脫口而出的。
'How would fifty guineas for a night's work suit you?' he asked. 'Most admirably.'
'工作一個(gè)晚上五十個(gè)畿尼你感到合適嗎?'他問(wèn)。'可真不少。'
'I say a night's work, but an hour's would be nearer the mark.
'我說(shuō)是一個(gè)晚上的工作,實(shí)際上可能只需要一個(gè)小時(shí)。
I simply want your opinion about a hydraulic stamping machine which has got out of gear.
我只不過(guò)是想請(qǐng)教您有關(guān)一臺(tái)水力沖壓機(jī)齒輪脫開(kāi)的事。
If you show us what is wrong we shall soon set it right ourselves.
只要您指出毛病在什么地方,我們自己很快就會(huì)把它修好的。
What do you think of such a commission as that?'
對(duì)于這樣一樁委托,您覺(jué)得怎么樣?'
'The work appears to be light and the pay munificent.'
'工作看來(lái)很輕松,報(bào)酬卻極為優(yōu)厚。'
'Precisely so. We shall want you to come to-night by the last train.' 'Where to?'
'一點(diǎn)不錯(cuò),我們想請(qǐng)您今天晚上乘坐末班車來(lái)。''到哪兒去?'
'To Eyford, in Berkshire. It is a little place near the borders of Oxfordshire, and within seven miles of Reading.
'去伯克郡的艾津。那是接近牛津郡的一個(gè)小地方,離雷丁不到七英里。
There is a train from Paddington which would bring you there at about 11:15.' 'Very good.'
帕丁頓有一班車可以在十一點(diǎn)十五分左右送您到那兒。''很好。'
'I shall come down in a carriage to meet you.'
'我會(huì)坐一輛馬車來(lái)接您。'
'There is a drive, then?'
'那么,還得坐馬車趕一段路程了?'
'Yes, our little place is quite out in the country. It is a good seven miles from Eyford Station.'
'是的,我們那小地方完全是在鄉(xiāng)下,離艾津車站足足有七英里。'
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