The Adventure of the Speckled Band花斑带之谜 （二）

"When Dr. Roylott was in India he married my mother, Mrs. Stoner,,the young widow of Major-General Stoner, of the Bengal Artillery ¹.,My sister Julia and I were twins, and we were only two years old,at the time of my mother's re-marriage. She had a considerable,sum of money--not less than 1000 pounds a year--and this she,bequeathed to Dr. Roylott entirely ² while we resided with him,,each of us in the event of our marriage. Shortly after our return,to England my mother died--she was killed eight years ago in a,railway accident near Crewe. Dr. Roylott then abandoned his,attempts to establish himself in practice in London and took us,to live with him in the old ancestral house at Stoke Moran. The,The artillery has more firepower than the infantry.炮兵火力比步兵大。,The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的 。