5 Opening the Treasure Chest

Chapter 5 Opening the Treasure Chest Our captive, Jonathan Small, sat in the cabin of the police boat with his handcuffed hands on his lap. His wrinkled, sunburned face told of a hard, outdoor life, and his dark eyes burned with anger and resentment. Sherlock Holmes, seated opposite, said, "Well, Mr. Small, I'm sorry it's come to this." "So am I, sir," answered Small. "I give you my word, I never killed Bartholomew Sholto. His father, the major, I'd have killed in a second, but I had no quarrel with the son. It was my ally, Tonga, who shot one of his poisoned darts into him while I was still climbing the rope, and that definitely wasn't part of the plan. I thought the room would be empty, as Bartholomew usually went down to supper at that time. I was angry with Tonga for killing him, but what could I do? At least I had the treasure."

第五章打开宝箱我们的俘虏乔纳森·斯莫尔坐在警船的舱里，双手戴着手铐放在腿上。 他那张布满皱纹、被太阳晒黑的脸说明他在户外过着艰苦的生活，他那双黑眼睛里闪烁着愤怒和怨恨的光芒。 坐在对面的歇洛克·福尔摩斯说道：“斯莫尔先生，我很抱歉事情发展到这个地步。” “我也是，先生，”斯莫尔回答。 “我向你保证，我从来没有杀过巴塞洛缪·舒尔托。 他的父亲，少校，我一秒钟就会杀了他，但我和他儿子没有争吵。 是我的盟友汤加，在我还在爬绳子的时候，把一只毒箭射进了他的身体，这绝对不是计划的一部分。 我想房间里一定是空的，因为巴塞洛缪通常在那个时候下楼去吃晚饭。 汤加杀了他，我很生气，但我能做什么呢？ 至少我得到了宝藏。”

"The treasure," said Athelney Jones, "belongs to Miss Mary Morstan and Thaddeus Sholto. You, my friend, will be spending the rest of your life in prison." Jones gave me permission to take the treasure chest ashore to show Miss Mary Morstan her share, after which we had to hand it back to the authorities until the official investigation was complete. I went ashore with one of the policemen at Vauxhall, and from there we drove to Miss

“这些财宝，”阿瑟尼·琼斯说，"是属于玛丽·摩斯坦小姐和塞笛厄斯·舒尔托的。 你，我的朋友，你的余生将在监狱里度过。” 琼斯允许我把宝箱带上岸，让玛丽·摩斯坦小姐看看她的那一份，然后我们必须把它交还给当局，直到官方调查结束。 我和沃克斯豪尔的一个警察上了岸，从那儿我们坐车去找小姐

Morstan's house. She was less excited than I expected when I carried the chest into her sitting room. The key was missing, so I took a poker from her fireplace and levered open the lid, breaking the lock with a loud snap. To our great surprise, the chest was empty! "The treasure is lost," said Mary calmly. "To tell you the truth, I'm glad. It's brought nothing but misery to my family." Athelney Jones was less relaxed when showed him the empty chest one hour later. "This is your doing, Small!" he said angrily. "Where did you put the treasure?"

Morstan的房子。当我把箱子拿进她的客厅时，她没有我想象的那么兴奋。 钥匙不见了，所以我从壁炉里拿了根拨火棍，撬开了盖子，啪的一声把锁打开了。 令我们大吃一惊的是，箱子是空的！“宝藏丢了，”玛丽平静地说。 “说实话，我很高兴。 这只给我的家庭带来了痛苦。” 一小时后，当阿瑟尼·琼斯把空箱子拿给他看时，他就没那么放松了。 “这是你干的，斯茂！”他生气地说。 “你把宝藏放在哪里了？”

We were meeting at Baker Street. Jones and Holmes had taken Small there after reporting his capture at the police station. Small, seated in an armchair with his wooden leg crossed over his good one, gave a defiant laugh. "No one," he said, "has any right to that treasure except me and my companions. I've acted for them as much as for myself—it's been the sign of four for us always. They'd have done the same and thrown the treasure into the Thames rather than let it go to the heirs of Sholto or Morstan." "You're lying, Small," said Jones. "If you'd thrown the treasure into the Thames, it would have been easier to throw it in, box and all." "Easier to throw, and easier for you to recover. But now that those jewels are scattered across five miles of riverbed, the job is much harder. I was half-mad with grief when I did it, but that's what my life has driven me to."

我们在贝克街见面。 琼斯和福尔摩斯是在报告斯莫尔在警察局被捕后把他带到那里的。 斯莫尔坐在扶手椅上，把他的木腿搭在他的好腿上，发出一声挑衅的笑声。 “除了我和我的同伴，”他说，“没有人有权利得到这些宝藏。 我为他们表演就像为我自己表演一样——这一直是我们四个的标志。 他们也会做同样的事，把宝藏扔进泰晤士河，而不是让舒尔托或摩斯坦的继承人继承。” “你在撒谎，斯莫尔，”琼斯说。 “如果你把宝藏扔进泰晤士河，那么把它连同盒子一起扔进去就容易多了。” “更容易投掷，也更容易收回。 但现在这些珠宝散落在五英里长的河床上，工作就困难多了。 当我这么做的时候，我悲伤得快疯了，但这是我的生活驱使我做的。”

"Well let's hear about that life," said Holmes. "That way, we can see if justice was ever on your side."

“好吧，让我们听听他的生活吧，”福尔摩斯说道。 “这样，我们就能知道正义是否站在你这边。”