福尔摩斯探案集·单身贵族案 第29期:真相大白(6)
"When I got back I told my maid, who had known him in California, and had always been his friend.
"回到寓所，我告诉了我的女佣人。她在加利福尼亚时就认识他，并且一直和他很友好。
I ordered her to say nothing, but to get a few things packed and my ulster ready.
我嘱咐她什么也不要说，只要收拾一些东西，准备好我的长外套。
I know I ought to have spoken to Lord St. Simon, but it was dreadful hard before his mother and all those great people.
我知道我应该向圣西蒙勋爵说明一下，但是在他母亲和那些大人物面前难以张口。
I just made up my mind to run away and explain afterwards.
我只好下决心不辞而别，以后再作解释。
I hadn't been at the table ten minutes before I saw Frank out of the window at the other side of the road.
我到餐桌就座还不到十分钟，就看见弗兰克站在窗外马路的另一边。
He beckoned to me and then began walking into the Park.
他向我招了招手，随即走进了公园。
I slipped out, put on my things, and followed him.
我穿戴好溜了出来，跟上他。
Some woman came talking something or other about Lord St. Simon to me
这时有一个女人过来跟我谈了些圣西蒙勋爵的闲话，
seemed to me from the little I heard as if he had a little secret of his own before marriage also
从她的只言片语中透露，似乎他在结婚前也有他自己的一点儿秘密，
but I managed to get away from her and soon overtook Frank.
但是我设法摆脱了她，很快就赶上了弗兰克。
We got into a cab together, and away we drove to some lodgings he had taken in Gordon Square,
我们一起坐上了一辆出租马车，驶往他在戈登广场租下的寓所，
and that was my true wedding after all those years of waiting.
在盼了那么些岁月之后，这次我才真的算是结婚了。
Frank had been a prisoner among the Apaches, had escaped, came on to 'Frisco,
弗兰克在亚利桑那被印地安人囚禁过，后来他越狱逃跑，长途跋涉来到旧金山，
found that I had given him up for dead and had gone to England, followed me there,
他发现我以为他死了，并且已经到英国去了，他追踪到了这里，
and had come upon me at last on the very morning of my second wedding."
终于在我举行第二次婚礼的当天早上找到了我。"
"I saw it in a paper," explained the American. "It gave the name and the church but not where the lady lived."
"我是在一张报纸上看到的，"这位美国人补充说。"报纸上登着教堂的名字，但没有提到女方的住处。"
