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been pronounced by an expert to be of a rare variety and of
considerable value. You can see for yourself that they are

very handsome."

“我还没有跟您讲述最奇怪的部分呢。六年前——准确地说，是一
八八二年的五月四日——《泰晤士报》上出现了一则广告，征询玛丽·

摩斯坦小姐的住址，并说如果回应的话，会对她有好处。但上面并没
有附上任何地址或姓名。那时，我刚到塞西尔·福里斯特夫人那里做家

庭教师。在她的建议之下，我登出了我的地址。就在同一天，我收到
了邮局寄来的一个小纸盒子，里面装着一颗硕大而炫目的珍珠。但却

没有任何附言。从那时起，每年的同一天，我都会收到类似的盒子，
里面装着类似的珍珠，但没有任何邮寄者的信息。专业人士鉴定，这

些珠子都非常罕见，并且有很高的价值。您亲眼看看，就知道它们有

多么华美了。”

She opened a flat box as she spoke and showed me six
of the finest pearls that I had ever seen.

她打开一个扁平的盒子，在那里面，我看到了六颗我生平看到过

的最美的珍珠。

"Your statement is most interesting," said Sherlock

Holmes. "Has anything else occurred to you?"

“你所说的情况非常有趣，”福尔摩斯说，“还发生过什么奇怪的
事情吗？”

"Yes, and no later than to-day. That is why I have come
to you. This morning I received this letter, which you will
perhaps read for yourself."

“是的，就在今天。这就是我来找你的原因今天早上，我收到了一
封信，我想你或许想亲自阅读它。”

"Thank you," said Holmes. "The envelope, too, please.
Postmark, London, S. W. Date, July 7. Hum! Man's thumb-
mark on corner—probably postman. Best quality paper.