银色马 25（在线收听）

“It’s my race, anyhow,” gasped the colonel, passing his hand over his eyes. “I confess that I can make neither head nor tail of it. Don’t you think that you have kept up your mystery long enough, Mr. Holmes?”

“Certainly, Colonel, you shall know everything. Let us all go round and have a look at the horse together. Here he is,” he continued as we made our way into the weighing enclosure, where only owners and their friends find admittance. “You have only to wash his face and his leg in spirits of wine, and you will find that he is the same old Silver Blaze as ever.”

“You take my breath away!”

“I found him in the hands of a faker and took the liberty of running him just as he was sent over.”

“My dear sir, you have done wonders. The horse looks very fit and well. It never went better in its life. I owe you a thousand apologies for having doubted your ability. You have done me a great service by recovering my horse. You would do me a greater still if you could lay your hands on the murderer of John Straker.”

“I have done so,” said Holmes quietly.

The colonel and I stared at him in amazement. “You have got him! Where is he, then?”

“He is here.”

“这样看来，真是我那骑马了，”上校把一只手遮到双眼上望着，气喘吁吁地说道，“我承认，我实在摸不着头脑。你不认为你把秘密保守得时间太久了吗？福尔摩斯先生。”

“当然了，上校，你马上会知道一切情况的。我们现在顺便一起去看看这骑马。它在这里，”福尔摩斯继续说道，这时我们已经走进磅马的围栏，这地方只准许马主人和他们的朋友进去，”你只要用酒精把马面和马腿洗一洗，你就可以看到它就是那匹银色白额马。”

“你真使我大吃一惊！”

“我在盗马者手中找到了它，便擅自作主让它这样来参加马赛了。”

“我亲爱的先生，你做得真神秘。这骑马看来非常健壮、良好。它一生中从来还没有象今天跑得这样好。我当初对你的才能有些怀疑，实在感到万分抱歉。你给我找到了马，替我做了件大好事，如果你能抓到杀害约翰-斯特雷克的凶手，你就更给我帮了大忙了。”

“这件事，我也办到了。”福尔摩斯不慌不忙地说道。

上校和我都吃惊地望着福尔摩斯，上校问道：

“你已经抓到他了？那么，他在哪里？”

“他就在这里。”