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关键的是，第二个男人在逃走前，为什么要写上德语的‘复仇’呢？我

承认，我没有办法可以把这些事实一一联系起来。”

My companion smiled approvingly.

我的同伴赞许地笑了笑。

"You sum up the difficulties of the situation succinctly
and well," he said. "There is much that is still obscure,
though I have quite made up my mind on the main facts. As
to poor Lestrade's discovery it was simply a blind intended

to put the police upon a wrong track, by suggesting
Socialism and secret societies. It was not done by a German.
The A, if you noticed, was printed somewhat after the

German fashion. Now, a real German invariably prints in the
Latin character, so that we may safely say that this was not
written by one, but by a clumsy imitator who overdid his
part. It was simply a ruse to divert inquiry into a wrong
channel. I'm not going to tell you much more of the case,

Doctor. You know a conjuror gets no credit when once he
has explained his trick, and if I show you too much of my
method of working, you will come to the conclusion that I

am a very ordinary individual after all."

“你把情况的所有疑难之处总结得言简意赅，恰到好处，”他
说，“虽然在主要事实上，我已有了想法，但还有很多地方仍不明朗。

至于那可怜的莱斯特雷德发现的血字，那不过是个障眼法，为了将警
察引入误区，暗示这是什么社会党或者秘密团体干的。这不是德国人

干的。那个字母A，如果你注意了的话会发现，多少是模仿德语的写
法写的。其实，真正的德国人一定会用拉丁字母来写。因此，可以肯

定地说，这字不是一个德国人写的，而是出自一个画蛇添足的拙劣模
仿者之手。这不过是一个想把侦查工作引入误区的诡计而已。医生，

我不打算再讲更多关于这个案子的事情了。要知道，一个魔术师把戏

法说穿后，就得不到别人的赞赏了，如果我给你讲太多我的工作方法
的话，你就会得出我终究只是一个平常人这样的结论。”