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睛，望着我们，可是，我们忠心无比的托比，毫不左瞻右顾，鼻子冲

着地面，一直往前，偶尔从鼻子里发出一阵急切的叫声，说明所循的
气味仍很浓厚。

We had traversed Streatham, Brixton, Camberwell, and
now found ourselves in Kennington line, having borne away
through the sidestreets to the east of the Oval. The men
whom we pursued seemed to have taken a curiously zigzag

road, with the idea probably of escaping observation. They
had never kept to the main road if a parallel sidestreet
would serve their turn. At the foot of Kennington Lane they
had edged away to the left through Bond Street and Miles

Street. Where the latter street turns into Knight's Place, Toby
ceased to advance but began to run backward and forward
with one ear cocked and the other drooping, the very
picture of canine indecision. Then he waddled round in

circles, looking up to us from time to time, as if to ask for
sympathy in his embarrassment.

我们经过了斯特雷特利区、布里克斯顿区、坎伯威尔区，绕过了

许多条小街，一直走到奥弗尔区的东面，才到达了肯宁顿路。我们寻
找的那个人似乎选择了一条异常曲折的路，也许是为了避免被人跟踪

吧。如果另有一条平行的小街道可走的话，他们就绝不走大路。在肯
宁顿路的尽头，他们转向左行，经过邦德街、迈尔斯街。从迈尔斯街

拐入骑士街后，托比就不再前进了，而是开始前后奔走，一只耳朵竖
着，另一只耷拉着，这是狗犹豫不决时的样子。然后他绕着圈子，不

时地看着我们，好像在让我们同情他的窘境似的。

"What the deuce is the matter with the dog?" growled

Holmes. "They surely would not take a cab or go off in a
balloon."

“这只狗是怎么回事？”福尔摩斯嘟囔道，“罪犯一定不会上马

车，更不会乘着气球跑。”

"Perhaps they stood here for some time," I suggested.