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“你太过奖了。”福尔摩斯一本正经地说，“让我们听听，你是怎

么获得这样一个可喜的结果的。”

The detective seated himself in the arm-chair, and
puffed complacently at his cigar. Then suddenly he slapped

his thigh in a paroxysm of amusement.

这个侦探在扶手椅上坐下来，得意地一口一口吸着雪茄。然后，
他突然高兴地拍了一下大腿。

"The fun of it is," he cried, "that that fool Lestrade, who
thinks himself so smart, has gone off upon the wrong track
altogether. He is after the secretary Stangerson, who had no

more to do with the crime than the babe unborn. I have no
doubt that he has caught him by this time."

“这太好笑了，”他大声说，“莱斯特雷德这个傻瓜，他还以为自

己多么聪明呢，他完全搞错了方向。他还在寻找那个秘书斯坦格森，
这个秘书就像没出生的孩子一样，跟这案子一点儿关系也没有。我敢

说，他现在肯定已经捉到那个家伙了。”

The idea tickled Gregson so much that he laughed until
he choked.

这个想法让格雷格森笑到喘不过气来。

"And how did you get your clue?"

“那么，你是怎么找到线索的呢？”

"Ah, I'll tell you all about it. Of course, Doctor Watson,
this is strictly between ourselves. The first difficulty which
we had to contend with was the finding of this American's
antecedents. Some people would have waited until their
advertisements were answered, or until parties came

forward and volunteered information. That is not Tobias
Gregson's way of going to work. You remember the hat
beside the dead man?"