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Chapter 3 In Quest of a Solution

第三章 寻求解答

It was half-past five before Holmes returned. He was
bright, eager, and in excellent spirits, a mood which in his

case alter-nated with fits of the blackest depression.

一直到五点半，福尔摩斯才回来。他神采奕奕，非常亢奋，他的
心情总在极度萎靡不振与如此的亢奋之间转换。

"There is no great mystery in this matter," he said,
taking the cup of tea which I had poured out for him; "the
facts appear to admit of only one explanation."

“这件事情其实没有什么神秘之处，”他说，拿起一杯我给他倒的

茶，“这些事情似乎只有一个解释。

"What! you have solved it already?"

“什么！你已经解决了吗？”

"Well, that would be too much to say. I have discovered
a suggestive fact, that is all. It is, however, very suggestive.

The details are still to be added. I have just found, on
consulting the back files of the Times, that Major Sholto, of
Upper Norwood, late of the Thirty-fourth Bombay Infantry,
died upon the twenty-eighth of April, 1882."

“噢，还不能这么说。不过，我已经发现了一个非常有价值的线
索，仅此而已。但这个线索非常有启发性。还有一些细节有待补充。
我在查阅《泰晤士报》过期的期刊时刚刚发现，住在上诺伍德的肖尔

托少校，前属驻孟买陆军第三十四团，死于一八八二年四月二十八

日。”

"I may be very obtuse, Holmes, but I fail to see what this
suggests."

“也许是我愚钝吧，福尔摩斯，但我看不出这有什么启发可言。”