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Chapter 7 Light in the Darkness

第七章 黑暗中的光明

The intelligence with which Lestrade greeted us was so
momentous and so unexpected, that we were all three fairly

dumfounded. Gregson sprang out of his chair and upset the
remainder of his whiskey and water. I stared in silence at
Sherlock Holmes, whose lips were compressed and his
brows drawn down over his eyes.

莱斯特雷德带来的消息如此重要，而且又是那么的突然和出乎意
料，我们三个人听了，全都惊讶得说不出话来。格雷格森猛地从椅子
上站起来，把杯子里剩的威士忌加水都弄翻了。我默不作声地注视着

舍洛克·福尔摩斯，他紧闭着嘴唇，眉头紧锁。

"Stangerson too!" he muttered. "The plot thickens."

“斯坦格森也被杀了！”他喃喃地说。“案情更复杂了。”

"It was quite thick enough before," grumbled Lestrade,
taking a chair. "I seem to have dropped into a sort of council

of war."

“案情早就够复杂的了，”莱斯特雷德抱怨道，一边搬来了一张椅

子，“我感觉就像陷入了什么作战议会一样。”

"Are you—are you sure of this piece of intelligence?"
stammered Gregson.

“你——你这个消息可靠吗？”格雷格森结结巴巴地问道。

"I have just come from his room," said Lestrade. "I was
the first to discover what had occurred."

“我刚从他那个房间出来，”莱斯特雷德说，“我是第一个发现这

件事的。”

"We have been hearing Gregson's view of the matter,"
Holmes observed. "Would you mind letting us know what