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“他们大多是私家侦探打发来的。他们都是遇到一些麻烦问题，需

要一点儿指引的人。我听他们讲事情的经过，他们听取我的意见，然
后费用就赚到口袋里了。”“你的意思是说，”我说，“别人尽管亲眼目

睹各种细节，却仍解释不了的一些疑难问题，而你足不出户就能解
决？”

"Quite so. I have a kind of intuition that way. Now and
again a case turns up which is a little more complex. Then I
have to bustle about and see things with my own eyes. You
see I have a lot of special knowledge which I apply to the

problem, and which facilitates matters wonderfully. Those
rules of deduction laid down in that article which aroused
your scorn, are invaluable to me in practical work.
Observation with me is second nature. You appeared to be

surprised when I told you, on our first meeting, that you had
come from Afghanistan."

“正是这样。我在这方面有一种直觉。偶尔也会有一些稍微复杂点

儿的案件。那么我就得出去奔波，亲自侦查了。你知道，我有许多特
殊的知识能运用到解决问题上，这些都能让案件迎刃而解。文章中提

及的那些让你嗤之以鼻的演绎法，对我来说在实际工作中有巨大的价
值。观察能力是我的第二天性。我们第一次见面时，我对你说过，你

是从阿富汗来的，你当时好像还很惊讶吧。”

"You were told, no doubt."

“毫无疑问，肯定有人告诉你了。”

"Nothing of the sort. I knew you came from Afghanistan.
From long habit the train of thoughts ran so swiftly through
my mind, that I arrived at the conclusion without being

conscious of intermediate steps. There were such steps,
however. The train of reasoning ran, 'Here is a gentleman of
a medical type, but with the air of a military man. Clearly an
army doctor, then. He has just come from the tropics, for his

face is dark, and that is not the natural tint of his skin, for
his wrists are fair. He has undergone hardship and sickness,