(单词翻译:单击)
英文原文
"Yes," he said.
"Can I see you," I asked, "alone?" I didn't want to say "alone" again, but without this word the question seemed useless.
The manager looked at me with some anxiety. He felt that I had a terrible secret to tell.
"Come in here," he said, and led the way to a private room. He turned the key in the lock.
"We are safe from interruption here," he said. "Sit down."
We both sat down and looked at each other. I found no voice to speak.
"You are one of Pinkerton's detectives, I suppose," he said.
My mysterious manner had made him think that I was a detective. I knew what he was thinking, and it made me worse.
"No, not from Pinkerton's," I said, seeming to mean that I was from a rival agency.
"To tell the truth," I went on, as if someone had urged me to tell lies about it, "I am not a detective at all. I have come to open an account. I intend to keep all my money in this bank."
The manager looked relieved but still serious; he felt sure now that I was a very rich man, perhaps a son of Baron Roth's child.
"A large account, I suppose," he said.
参考译文
“是的，”他说。
“我可以跟你谈话...”我问，“单独谈话吗？” 我不想再说一次“单独”了，但是不加上这个词这个问题好像没什么意义。
经理有些不安地看了我一眼，他觉得我有骇人的秘密要告诉他。
“跟我来这边，”他说，并引我进入一个密室，用钥匙把门锁上。
“在这里就不会受到打扰了，”他说，“请坐。”
我们坐下，互相看着对方。我发现自己说不出什么来。
“我想您是平克顿的一名私人侦探，”他说。
我神秘的举止让他以为我是侦探，我知道他在想什么，这让我感觉更糟了。
“不，不是平克顿，”我说，似乎自己来自平克顿的对手机构。
“其实，”我继续说，似乎被人怂恿着撒谎，“我根本不是侦探，我来是想开户，我打算把自己所有的钱都存到这里。”
他看上去松了口气，但仍保持严肃，他这会儿肯定觉得我很有钱，或许是Baron Roth的子孙。
“我想是一大笔钱，”他说。
