古墓之谜 12

Eleven,AN ODD BUSINESS,I’m adhering as far as possible to telling only my personal part in the business. I pass over theevents of the next two hours, the arrival of Captain Maitland and the police and Dr.?Reilly. Therewas a good deal of general confusion, questioning, all the routine business, I suppose.,In my opinion we began to get down to brass ¹ tacks ² about five o’clock when Dr.?Reilly askedme to come with him into the office. He shut the door, sat down in Dr.?Leidner’s chair, motionedme to sit down opposite him, and said briskly: “Now, then, nurse, let’s get down to it. There’ssomething damned odd here.”,I settled my cuffs ³ and looked at him inquiringly.,He drew out a notebook.,“I should say it was almost exactly a quarter to three, ” I said.,“And how do you know that?
”,“Well, I looked at my watch when I got up. It was twenty to three then.”,“Let’s have a look at this watch of yours. ”,I slipped it off my wrist and held it out to him.,Brass is formed by the fusion of copper and zinc.黄铜是通过铜和锌的熔合而成的。,Never mind the side issues, let's get down to brass tacks and thrash out a basic agreement. 别管枝节问题，让我们讨论问题的实质 ，以求得基本一致 。