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很难凑合到一起的邪恶罪犯上。有时我还这样想：会不会是福尔摩斯

的理论有什么基本的错误？他是不是犯了严重的自欺病？有没有可能
是他那喜好臆想的敏锐头脑从错误的前提出发，得出了这些疯狂的推

理？我从没见过他的工作发生错误，可是，智者千虑，必有一失。我
想，有可能因为他的逻辑太过精巧，而他太喜欢给手头上平淡、普通

的问题弄出一个极为精妙、奇异的解释，所以才更可能犯下错误。可
是，回过头来一想，我亲眼见过那些证据，也亲耳听过他作推断的理

由。再看一看这一连串的奇怪事件，其中有许多都无关重要，可是全
部都指向了同一方向。我不得不承认，就算福尔摩斯的理解真的错

了，那套正确的推理也必定同样异乎寻常、令人惊讶。

At three o'clock on the afternoon there was a loud peal

at the bell, an authoritative voice in the hall, and, to my
surprise, no less a person than Mr. Athelney Jones was
shown up to me.

下午三点钟时，铃声大作，楼下有命令语气的说话声，没有想

到，上来的不是别人，竟是阿塞尔纳·琼斯先生。

Very different was he, however, from the brusque and

masterful professor of commonsense who had taken over
the case so confidently at Upper Norwood. His expression
was downcast, and his bearing meek and even apologetic.

可是，他的态度和以前大不相同了，完全不像在上诺伍德自信满

满地接手案子时那个粗暴、傲慢的常识专家了。他神情沮丧，态度谦
虚，甚至还有些自惭。

"Good-day, sir, good-day," said he. "Mr. Sherlock Holmes
is out, I understand."

“您好，先生，您好！”他说，“福尔摩斯先生出去了？我知道

了。”

"Yes, and I cannot be sure when he will be back. But
perhaps you would care to wait. Take that chair and try one

of these cigars."