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"Certainly," I answered.

“当然，”我回答。

"Your leg will stand it?"

“你的腿还能坚持吗？”

"Oh, yes."

“没问题。”

"Here you are, doggy! Good old Toby! Smell it, Toby,
smell it!" He pushed the creosote handkerchief under the

dog's nose, while the creature stood with its fluffy legs
separated, and with a most comical cock to its head, like a
connoisseur sniffing the bouquet of a famous vintage.
Holmes then threw the handkerchief to a distance, fastened
a stout cord to the mongrel's collar, and led him to the foot

of the water-barrel. The creature instantly broke into a
succession of high, tremulous yelps and, with his nose on
the ground and his tail in the air, pattered off upon the trail

at a pace which strained his leash and kept us at the top of
our speed.

“噢，托比！我的好托比！闻闻这个，托比，闻闻这个！”他把沾

过木馏油的手帕放到狗鼻子下面，托比岔开多毛的腿站在那儿，鼻子
滑稽地向上翘着，如同一位品酒师在嗅什么名酒的香味一般。然后，

福尔摩斯就把手帕扔远，在狗脖子上系了一根结实的绳子，牵着它来
到水桶边上。这只狗立刻就发出了一连串高亢、颤抖的狂吠，鼻子在

地上嗅着，尾巴翘在空中，循着气味一直向前奔去，我们拽着绳子，
紧随其后。

The east had been gradually whitening, and we could
now see some distance in the cold gray light. The square,
massive house, with its black, empty windows and high,
bare walls, towered up, sad and forlorn, behind us. Our

course led right across the grounds, in and out among the
trenches and pits with which they were scarred and