I made myself neat and clean. When I lookedin the glass，I saw the face of David Balfour again.
I was glad.
我梳洗了一下，換上整潔的衣服，朝著鏡子一照，又看到大衛· 巴爾福的麵孔，我感到高興。
When I had finished. Mr Rankeillor took meback into his office.
梳洗過後，蘭基勒先生又把我帶到他的辦公室。
“Sit down，Mr Da vid ，”he said，“Now I ca n e xplain a bo ut your inh e rita nce . P e rha ps you a re wondering a bout your fa the r a nd your uncle ，It is as tra nge s tory，The truth is - it wa s the re su lt of a lovea ffa ir.”
“請坐，大衛先生，現在我可以把有關你的遺產的事講清楚了。也許你對你父親和叔叔的事不了解。
說來也怪，實際上，那是由於一次戀愛事件引起的！”
“Inde e d ，”I said，“I ca nnot ima gine my unclewith a love a ffa ir ！”
“說實在的，我沒有想到我叔叔還會有風流事。”
“But your uncle . Mr Da vid，wa s not a lwa ys old，the lawye r re plie d .“He wa s not a lwa ys ugly e ithe r.
He ha d a fine ，noble look whe n he wa s young . P e opleus e d to s ta nd in the ir doors to wa tc h him whe n herode by. I mys e lf a dmire d him. I wa s ra the r je a lou s ，be c a us e I wa s a n ordina ry la d mys e lf.”
律師回答說：“不過，大衛，你叔叔也有過年輕漂亮的日子。他年輕時風度翩翩，一表人材。那時他騎馬過街時，人們常常站在門口看他。
我本人過去就很羨慕他，對他相當妒忌，因為我自己才不出眾，貌不驚人。”
“I s till ca n ’t be lie ve it，”I said.
“我仍然信不下去。”我說。
“We ll，”the lawyer said.“it is th e diffe re nce be -twe e n youth a nd a ge ，Tha t wa s n ot a ll，Ebe ne ze rs howe d a bra ve sp irit，too . In 1715，he ra n awa y fromhome to join th e re be ls a ga ins t the king . Your fa the rfollowe d him a nd broug ht him ba c k. The n the two la dsfe ll in love with the s a me la dy. Mr. Ebe n e ze r wa s theyounge r s on. His family ha d ma de him s e lfish . The ya dmire d a n d love d a nd spoilt him. The y g a ve hime ve rything . He thou ght he mus t win the la dy，too . Buthe wa s not luc ky in his love a ffa ir. S he cho s e your fa -the r ，a nd Ebe a e z e r c ould n ot be a r it. Firs t he wa s illa nd la y in be d. His family s a t round him a nd c rie d.
The n he rode from one inn to a n othe r. He told histrouble s to e ve ryo ne . Your fa the r，Mr . Da vid，wa s akind ge n tlema n ，but his na ture wa s we a k，ve ry we a k.
He c ould s e e tha t his brothe r wa s unha ppy. He ga veup the la dy to him. But s he wa s not a fool. I think youge t your good s e ns e from he r . S he re fus e d themboth . It ma de e ve rybod y la ugh.”