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Dolsky in Odessa, and of Leturier in Montpellier, will occur at
once to any toxicologist."

“走进屋子以后，这个推断立刻就得到了证实。那位穿着漂亮靴子

的先生就躺在我的面前。那么，如果这是一件谋杀案的话，那个大高

个子就是凶手。死者身上没有伤痕，但是，他脸上显露出来的紧张、
激动的表情使我深信，在临死之前，他已料到他的命运如何了。假如

是死于心脏病，或者突发自然死亡的人，无论如何，他们的面容上也
不会现出那种紧张、激动的表情。我嗅了一下死者的嘴唇，闻到有点

儿酸味，因此我就得出结论，他是被迫服毒而死的。还有，从他脸上
那种愤恨和害怕的神情，我也可以论证他是被迫的。我就是利用这种

排除不合理假设的办法，终于得出了这个结论，因为其他任何假设都
不能和这些事实吻合。你不要以为，这是前所未闻的想法。强迫服毒

在犯罪记录中绝不是一件新鲜事。任何毒物学家都会立刻想到敖德萨
的多尔斯基一案，还有蒙彼利埃的勒蒂里耶一案。”

"And now came the great question as to the reason why.
Robbery had not been the object of the murder, for nothing
was taken. Was it politics, then, or was it a woman? That
was the question which confronted me. I was inclined from

the first to the latter supposition. Political assassins are only
too glad to do their work and to fly. This murder had, on the
contrary, been done most deliberately, and the perpetrator

had left his tracks all over the room, showing that he had
been there all the time. It must have been a private wrong,
and not a political one, which called for such a methodical
revenge. When the inscription was discovered upon the wall
I was more inclined than ever to my opinion. The thing was

too evidently a blind. When the ring was found, however, it
settled the question. Clearly the murderer had used it to
remind his victim of some dead or absent woman. It was at

this point that I asked Gregson whether he had enquired in
his telegram to Cleveland as to any particular point in Mr.
Drebber's former career. He answered, you remember, in
the negative."