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and to the right. One of these had obviously been closed for
many weeks. The other belonged to the dining-room, which

was the apartment in which the mysterious affair had
occurred. Holmes walked in, and I followed him with that
subdued feeling at my heart which the presence of death
inspires.

一条没有铺地毯的短过道通向厨房和办公室，地面布满灰尘。过
道左右两边各有一扇门。其中一扇门显然已经多个星期没有打开过

了。另一扇通向餐厅，也就是谜案发生的地方。福尔摩斯走了进去，
我跟着他走着，眼前这场死亡所引发的抑郁感占据了我的心。

It was a large square room, looking all the larger from

the absence of all furniture. A vulgar flaring paper adorned
the walls, but it was blotched in places with mildew, and
here and there great strips had become detached and hung

down, exposing the yellow plaster beneath. Opposite the
door was a showy fireplace, surmounted by a mantelpiece
of imitation white marble. On one corner of this was stuck
the stump of a red wax candle. The solitary window was so
dirty that the light was hazy and uncertain, giving a dull

grey tinge to everything, which was intensified by the thick
layer of dust which coated the whole apartment.

这是一间方形的大房间，没有任何家具陈设使它显得更宽大。墙

壁上糊着庸俗的花墙纸，有些地方有了斑斑点点的霉迹，到处都有大
片大片的墙纸剥落垂下来，露出底下黄色的泥墙。对着门有一个引人

注目的壁炉，上面有一个仿大理石做的白色壁炉台。壁炉一角还放着
一段红色蜡烛。唯一的一个窗户布满灰尘，使光线昏暗不明，给所有

的东西蒙上一层灰暗、阴郁的色彩，整个房间里厚厚的尘土更加深了

这种色调。

All these details I observed afterwards. At present my
attention was centred upon the single grim motionless
figure which lay stretched upon the boards, with vacant

sightless eyes staring up at the discoloured ceiling. It was