They had gone a mile or two when they passed one of the night shepherds upon the moorlands, and they cried to him to know if he had seen the hunt. And the man, as the story goes, was so crazed with fear that he could scarce speak, but at last he said...
It chanced that some little time later Hugo left his guests to carry food and drink -- with other worse things, perchance -- to his captive, and so found the cage empty and the bird escaped. Then, as it would seem, he became as one that hath a devil,...
Of the origin of the Hound of the Baskervilles there have been many statements, yet as I come in a direct line from Hugo Baskerville, and as I had the story from my father, who also had it from his, I have set it down with all belief that it occurred...
You will observe, Watson, the alternative use of the long s and the short. It is one of several indications which enabled me to fix the date. 华生, 你注意看, 长S 和短S 的换用, 这就是使我能确定年代的几个特点之一。...
Chapter 2 - The Curse of the Baskervilles 第二章 巴斯克维尔的灾祸 I have in my pocket a manuscript, said Dr. James Mortimer. 我口袋里有一篇手稿, 杰姆士 摩梯末医生说道。 I observed it as you entered the room, said Holm...
To the man of precisely scientific mind the work of Monsieur Bertillon must always appeal strongly. 对于一个具有精确的科学头脑的人来说, 贝蒂荣先生办案的手法总是具有很强的吸引 力的。 Then had you not better con...
Sherlock Holmes waved our strange visitor into a chair. You are an enthusiast in your line of thought, I perceive, sir, as I am in mine, said he. I observe from your forefinger that you make your own cigarettes. Have no hesitation in lighting one. 歇洛...
Why was it bad? 为什么糟糕? Only that you have disarranged our little deductions. Your marriage, you say? 因为您已经打乱了 我们的几个小小的推论。 您说是在结婚的时候, 是吗? Yes, sir. I married, and so left the...
The appearance of our visitor was a surprise to me, since I had expected a typical country practitioner. He was a very tall, thin man, with a long nose like a beak, which jutted out between two keen, gray eyes, set closely together and sparkling brig...
Has been in the habit of carrying this stick behind his master. Being a heavy stick the dog has held it tightly by the middle, and the marks of his teeth are very plainly visible. The dog's jaw, as shown in the space between these marks, is too broad...