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question is, what can you make people believe that you
have done. Never mind," he continued, more brightly, after

a pause. "I would not have missed the investigation for
anything. There has been no better case within my
recollection. Simple as it was, there were several most
instructive points about it."

“在这个世界上，你到底做了些什么倒无关紧要，”我的伙伴尖酸
地说道，“问题是，你能让别人相信你都做了些什么。没关系，”停了

一会儿，他用更加欢快的语调接着说道，“不管怎样，我都不想错过这
件案子。在我的记忆中，再没有比这件案子更为精彩的了。虽然简

单，但是其中有几点却值得借鉴。”

"Simple!" I ejaculated.

“简单？！”我叫了起来。

"Well, really, it can hardly be described as otherwise,"
said Sherlock Holmes, smiling at my surprise. "The proof of
its intrinsic simplicity is, that without any help save a few
very ordinary deductions I was able to lay my hand upon the

criminal within three days."

“嗯，是的，除了简单外，很难用别的字眼来形容，”舍洛克·福尔
摩斯说，看到我满脸的惊讶，他不觉微笑起来，“没有任何人的帮助，

只是经过一番寻常的推理，我居然在三天之内就捉到了这个罪犯，这

就证明，这件案子实质上是非常简单的。”

"That is true," said I.

“这倒是没错。”我说。

"I have already explained to you that what is out of the
common is usually a guide rather than a hindrance. In
solving a problem of this sort, the grand thing is to be able
to reason backwards. That is a very useful accomplishment,

and a very easy one, but people do not practise it much. In
the every-day affairs of life it is more useful to reason
forwards, and so the other comes to be neglected. There are