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“起初我也很吃惊，”他说，“不过这件事还是正常的。我一时忘

了，否则，我本该预见得到的。这里没什么值得寻找的了。我们下去
吧。”

"What is your theory, then, as to those footmarks?" I
asked eagerly when we had regained the lower room once
more.

“关于这些脚印，你有什么见解呢？”当我们回到下面的房间后，

我急切地问道。

"My dear Watson, try a little analysis yourself," said he

with a touch of impatience. "You know my methods. Apply
them, and it will be instructive to compare results."

“我亲爱的沃森，尝试着自己分析一下吧，”福尔摩斯有点儿不耐

烦地说，“你知道我的方法。使用这些方法，然后我们可以对比彼此的
结论，这会很有益处。”

"I cannot conceive anything which will cover the facts," I
answered.

“我不能从这些事实中得到任何结论，”我回答。

"It will be clear enough to you soon," he said, in an off-

hand way. "I think that there is nothing else of importance
here, but I will look."

“你很快就会清楚了，”他不假思索地说，“我认为这里没有什么

重要的东西了，不过，我得再看看。”

He whipped out his lens and a tape measure and hurried
about the room on his knees, measuring, comparing,

examining, with his long thin nose only a few inches from
the planks and his beady eyes gleaming and deep-set like
those of a bird. So swift, silent, and furtive were his
movements, like those of a trained bloodhound picking out a

scent, that I could not but think what a terrible criminal he
would have made had he turned his energy and sagacity