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“当然，”他用老教授教导学生的语气对我说，“坐在角落里，不

要让你的脚印扰乱了证据。现在开始工作了！首先，这些人是怎么
来，又是怎么走的呢？屋门从昨晚起就没有开过了。窗户呢？”他拿着

灯穿过房间，大声念叨着他的观察，与其说是在跟我交谈，他更像是
在自言自语。“窗户从里面关死了。窗框也很牢固。两旁也没有合页。

咱们来打开它。附近没有任何水管。屋顶也够不着。可有人曾在窗边
站过。昨晚下了点儿小雨，窗台上有一个脚印。这儿有一个圆形的泥

印子，地上又有一个，桌边还有一个。看这里，沃森！这真是一个好
证据。”

I looked at the round, well-defined muddy discs.

我看了看那个很清晰的圆圆的泥印。

"That is not a foot-mark," said I.

“这不是一个脚印。”我说。

"It is something much more valuable to us. It is the
impression of a wooden stump. You see here on the sill is

the boot-mark, a heavy boot with a broad metal heel, and
beside it is the mark of the timber-toe."

“这是对我们很有价值的东西。这是木桩的印记。你看窗台上的靴

子印，是一只后跟镶着宽铁掌的厚靴子，旁边是木桩的印记。

"It is the wooden-legged man."

“这就是那个装有木腿的人。”

"Quite so. But there has been someone else—a very
able and efficient ally. Could you scale that wall, Doctor?"

“没错。可还有另外一个人——一个非常灵活、能干的同伙。你能

从那面墙爬过来吗，医生？”

I looked out of the open window. The moon still shone
brightly on that angle of the house. We were a good sixty

feet from the ground, and, look where I would, I could see
no foothold, nor as much as a crevice in the brickwork.