《福尔摩斯探案集·蓝宝石案》第10节
“A thousand pounds! Great Lord of mercy!” The commissionaire plumped down into a chair and stared from one to the other of us. “That is the reward, and I have reason to know that there are sentimental considerations in the background which would induce the Countess to part with half her fortune if she could but recover the gem.” “It was lost, if I remember aright, at the Hotel Cosmopolitan,” I remarked. “Precisely so, on December 22nd, just five days ago. John Horner, a plumber, was accused of having abstracted it from the lady’s jewel-case. The evidence against him was so strong that the case has been referred to the Assizes. I have some account of the matter here, I believe.” He rummaged amid his newspapers, glancing over the dates, until at last he smoothed one out, doubled it over, and read the following paragraph:
注释摘要
这一节始于一个惊叹，来自一位被巨额数字砸懵了的普通人。一千英镑的赏金令老军人彼得森脱口而出的“Great Lord of mercy”，准确传达出维多利亚时代一个看门人对这笔钱的感受——那大约相当于他辛苦工作十五到二十年的全部收入。他一屁股坐进椅子里，目光在两个比他更了解这个世界的人之间来回游移。福尔摩斯则趁势补充了一条更令人咋舌的信息：伯爵夫人对这颗宝石…