We will suppose that there was a guilty secret, a really shameful secret in the life of this man Douglas. This leads to his murder by someone who is, we will suppose, an avenger, someone from outside. This avenger, for some reason which I confess I am still at a loss to explain, took the dead man's wedding ring. The vendetta might conceivably date back to the man's first marriage, and the ring be taken for some such reason.
我們可以假定，道格拉斯這個人生活中確實有過犯罪的隱私，而且實在是可恥的隱私。這就使他遭到某人暗殺，我們設想兇手是個從外面來的仇人。出於某種我到目前還無法解釋的原因，這個仇人取走了死者的結婚戒指。這種宿怨可以認為是他第一次結婚時造成的，而正因如此，才取走他的結婚戒指。