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"You don't seem to give much thought to the matter in
hand," I said at last, interrupting Holmes' musical

disquisition.

“你看起来没怎么思考手头这件案子。”最后，我终于说道，打断
了福尔摩斯关于音乐的言论。

"No data yet," he answered. "It is a capital mistake to
theorize before you have all the evidence. It biases the
judgment."

“还没有资料呢，”他回答说，“在掌握所有证据前就空谈是重大

的错误。这会让判断产生偏差。”

"You will have your data soon," I remarked, pointing with

my finger; "this is the Brixton Road, and that is the house, if
I am not very much mistaken."

“你很快就可以得到资料了，”我用手指指着前面说，“如果我没

弄错的话，这就是布里克斯顿路，那里就是那个房子。”

"So it is. Stop, driver, stop!" We were still a hundred
yards or so from it, but he insisted upon our alighting, and

we finished our journey upon foot.

“正是。停下，车夫，停车！”我们离那所房子还有差不多一百
码，但是，他坚持下车，然后我们徒步走完了剩下的路程。

Number 3, Lauriston Gardens wore an ill-omened and
minatory look. It was one of four which stood back some
little way from the street, two being occupied and two
empty. The latter looked out with three tiers of vacant

melancholy windows, which were blank and dreary, save
that here and there a "To Let" card had developed like a
cataract upon the bleared panes. A small garden sprinkled

over with a scattered eruption of sickly plants separated
each of these houses from the street, and was traversed by
a narrow pathway, yellowish in colour, and consisting
apparently of a mixture of clay and of gravel. The whole