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"I have come to you, Mr. Holmes," she said, "because
you once enabled my employer, Mrs.Cecil Forrester, to

unravel a little domestic complication. She was much
impressed by your kindness and skill."

“我来找你，福尔摩斯先生，”她说，“是因为你曾经为我的女主

人塞西尔·福里斯特成功解决过一桩家庭纠纷。你的善意和能力给她留
下了深刻的印象。

"Mrs. Cecil Forrester," he repeated thoughtfully. "I
believe that I was of some slight service to her. The case,
however, as I remember it, was a very simple one."

“塞西尔·福里斯特女士，”他若有所思地重复道，“我相信我为她

提供了一些微不足道的服务。那个案件，就我的回忆来说，其实是非
常简单的。”

"She did not think so. But at least you cannot say the
same of mine. I can hardly imagine anything more strange,
more utterly inexplicable, than the situation in which I find
myself."

“她并不这么认为。但最起码，您并不会认为我的案子简单的。我
简直不能想象，还有什么事比我现在经历的这件事更怪异、更令人费

解。”

Holmes rubbed his hands, and his eyes glistened. He
leaned forward in his chair with an expression of

extraordinary concentration upon his clear-cut, hawk-like
features.

福尔摩斯搓着他的双手，双眼放光。他在躺椅中微微地倾身向

前，他那清瘦得如鹞鹰一般的脸上露出了精神极度集中的样子。

"State your case," said he in brisk business tones.

“说说你的案子。”他精神抖擞、一本正经地说道。

I felt that my position was an embarrassing one.