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"Hum! So much for the police-court," said Holmes thoughtfully, tossing aside the paper.
"哼！警察局和法庭所提供的情況也就這么多了，"福爾摩斯若有所思地說著，順手把報(bào)紙扔到一邊。
"The question for us now to solve
"我們現(xiàn)在要解決的問題是，
is the sequence of events leading from a rifled jewel-case at one end to the crop of a goose in Tottenham Court Road at the other.
把從被盜的首飾匣為起點(diǎn)到托特納姆法院路拾到的那只鵝的嗦囊為終點(diǎn)的一系列事件按順序理清楚。
You see, Watson, our little deductions have suddenly assumed a much more important and less innocent aspect.
你知道嗎，華生，我們的小小推論已經(jīng)很快地表現(xiàn)為嚴(yán)重性大為增加，而無罪的可能性大為減少這方面了。
Here is the stone; the stone came from the goose, and the goose came from Mr. Henry Baker,
這就是那顆寶石，那顆寶石來自那只鵝，那只鵝來自亨利·貝克先生，
the gentleman with the bad hat and all the other characteristics with which I have bored you.
關(guān)于這位先生的破帽子以及所有其它的特征的分析我已向你提供了。
So now we must set ourselves very seriously to finding this gentleman and ascertaining what part he has played in this little mystery.
因此現(xiàn)在我們要認(rèn)真地找到這位先生，并且弄清楚他在這小小的神秘事件中扮演的是什么樣的角色。
To do this, we must try the simplest means first, and these lie undoubtedly in an advertisement in all the evening papers.
要做到這一點(diǎn)，我們開始必須使用最簡(jiǎn)單的方法，這方法無庸置疑地是在所有晚報(bào)上刊登一則啟事。
If this fail, I shall have recourse to other methods."
如果這種方法不成功，那么我將不得不借助于其它的方法了。"
"What will you say?"
"啟事說什么呢？"
"Give me a pencil and that slip of paper.
"給我一枝鉛筆和一張紙。
Now, then: 'Found at the corner of Goodge Street, a goose and a black felt hat.
好，下面就是我要說的：'茲于古治街拐角揀到鵝一只和黑氈帽一頂。
Mr. Henry Baker can have the same by applying at 6:30 this evening at 221B, Baker Street.' That is clear and concise."
亨利·貝克先生請(qǐng)于晚六點(diǎn)半到貝克街221號(hào)乙詢問，即可領(lǐng)回原物。'這樣寫既簡(jiǎn)單又明了。"
"Very. But will he see it?"
"對(duì)?？墒撬麜?huì)看到這個(gè)啟事嗎？"
