“You would have thought the middle of that prairie a fairly safe place for a man to be private,” said he, “but, by thunder, the whole countryside seems to have been out to see me do my wooing — and a mighty poor wooing at that!

“我原以为平原的中心是个不会被人发现的相当可靠的地方呢。”他说道，“可是天哪！就好象全乡的人都跑了出来看我求婚似的——而且还是这样糟糕透顶的求婚！

Conan Doyle, Arthur / The Hound of the Baskervilles柯南 道尔 / 巴斯克维尔猎犬

巴斯克维尔猎犬

柯南 道尔

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Conan Doyle, Arthur

© 1901, 1902 by A. Conan Doyle