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

他想知道这种风险加上它可怕性是否会令人感到愉快刺激。

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；但是他话立刻表明了一点点熟人关系和小伙子放纵，这让我很困惑。