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.
我们可以假定，道格拉斯这个人生活中确实有过犯罪的隐私，而且实在是可耻的隐私。这就使他遭到某人暗杀，我们设想凶手是个从外面来的仇人。出于某种我到目前还无法解释的原因，这个仇人取走了死者的结婚戒指。这种宿怨可以认为是他第一次结婚时造成的，而正因如此，才取走他的结婚戒指。