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hours of the morning I could hear the clinking of his test-
tubes which told me that he was still engaged in his

malodorous experiment.

然而，我们没有。一天过去了，威金斯和其他搜查人员都没有消
息。大多数报纸都登着对诺伍德惨案的报道。他们对不幸的塞迪厄斯·

肖尔托攻击得很厉害。但是，除了说官方将在第二天验尸之外，各报
纸也没有什么新的消息了。我傍晚步行到坎伯威尔，把我们的失败情

况向两位女士作了报告。我回来的时候，看见福尔摩斯依然垂头丧
气，很不高兴。他甚至对我的问话也爱理不理，整个晚上忙着做一个

玄妙的化学实验，蒸馏器不断加热，蒸汽不断蒸馏，直到最后产生出
阵阵恶臭，使我不得不离开屋子。一直到快天亮时，我还听见试管的

叮当响声，知道他还在那里进行着这恶臭的实验。

In the early dawn I woke with a start and was surprised

to find him standing by my bedside, clad in a rude sailor
dress with a pea-jacket and a coarse red scarf round his
neck.

第二天清晨，我惊醒过来，看见福尔摩斯已经站在我的床前。他

穿着一身水手服装，外面罩着一件短大衣，颈上围着一条劣质的红围

巾。

"I am off down the river, Watson," said he. "I have been
turning it over in my mind, and I can see only one way out
of it. It is worth trying, at all events."

“我到要下游去了，沃森。”他说，“经过再三考虑，我觉得只剩
这一招了。无论如何都是值得一试的。”

"Surely I can come with you, then?" said I.

“那我和你一起去，好不好？”我说。

"No; you can be much more useful if you will remain

here as my representative. I am loath to go, for it is quite on
the cards that some message may come during the day,
though Wiggins was despondent about it last night. I want