I felt that this was a good statement of the case, and told him so.

我觉得这是个很好的陈述，就告诉了他。

But, seeing on the clock that it was five minutes of three, he decided to pass over to a statement of the case.

但是，看到时钟上的时间是三点五分，他决定继续陈述案情。

In a theoretical statement of the case the banker would have figured as being at Millner's mercy; but one of the queerest things about experience was the way it made light of theory.

在对该案的理论陈述中，银行家会认为自己任凭米尔纳摆布；但是关于经验的最奇怪的事情之一是它轻视理论的方式。