He wondered if the slightness of the risk combined with its fearfulness might even be found agreeably stimulating.

他想知道这种轻微的风险加上它的可怕性是否会令人感到愉快的刺激。

I did not know the boy by sight, nor did Raffles introduce us; but their conversation proclaimed at once a slightness of acquaintanceship and a license on the lad's part which combined to puzzle me.

我不认识这个男孩，莱佛士也没有介绍我们；但是他们的谈话立刻表明了一点点熟人关系和小伙子的放纵，这让我很困惑。