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看见阿瑟站在门口大笑，手里拿着一根木棍。“我相信这个家伙再也不

会来找我们麻烦了。”他说。“我跟在他后边，想看看他要干什
么。”他说完这些，拿起帽子就向街上跑去。第二天早上，我们就听到

了德雷伯先生离奇死亡的消息。’”

"This statement came from Mrs. Charpentier's lips with
many gasps and pauses. At times she spoke so low that I

could hardly catch the words. I made shorthand notes of all
that she said, however, so that there should be no
possibility of a mistake."

“这是卡尔庞捷太太亲口说的话，她说一阵喘一阵。有时候，她说

话声音低得我简直听不清楚。不过，我把她说的所有话都速记下来

了，所以不会有任何差错。”

"It's quite exciting," said Sherlock Holmes, with a yawn.
"What happened next?"

“这真令人兴奋。”舍洛克·福尔摩斯说着打了一个呵欠。“然后怎

么样了？”

"When Mrs. Charpentier paused," the detective
continued, "I saw that the whole case hung upon one point.

Fixing her with my eye in a way which I always found
effective with women, I asked her at what hour her son
returned.

“卡尔庞捷太太停下来的时候，”这个侦探接着说，“我发现了整

个案子的关键所在。于是我用一种我认为对女人通常很管用的眼神盯

着她，追问她儿子回家的时间。

"'I do not know,' she answered.

“‘我不知道。’她回答说。

Not know?'

‘不知道?'

No; he has a latchkey, and he let himself in.'