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，莱佛士有介绍我们；但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。