《福尔摩斯探案集·铜山毛榉案》第2节
“It seems to me that I have done you full justice in the matter,” I remarked with some coldness, for I was repelled by the egotism which I had more than once observed to be a strong factor in my friend’s singular character. “No, it is not selfishness or conceit,” said he, answering, as was his wont, my thoughts rather than my words. “If I claim full justice for my art, it is because it is an impersonal thing—a thing beyond myself. Crime is common. Logic is rare. Therefore it is upon the logic rather than upon the crime that you should dwell. You have degraded what should have been a course of lectures into a series of tales.” It was a cold morning of the early spring, and we sat after breakfast on either side of a cheery fire in the old room at Baker Street. A thick fog rolled down between the lines of dun-coloured houses, and the opposing windows loomed like dark, shapeless blurs through the heavy yellow wreaths. Our gas was lit and shone on the white cloth and glimmer of china and metal, for the table had not been cleared yet. Sherlock Holmes had been silent all the morning, dipping continuously into the advertisement columns of a succession of papers until at last, having apparently given up his search, he had emerged in no very sweet temper to lecture me upon my literary shortcomings.
注释摘要
在这一节里，我们首先看到的是一场关于写作的、带刺的客厅辩论。华生被福尔摩斯刚才那一番对自己记录方式的挑剔刺痛了。福尔摩斯说华生不该去渲染那些耸人听闻的情节，而应专注于记录从因到果的严格推理。华生的反应是带着几分冷淡的，他说：“在我看来，在这件事上，我已经为你做了充分的辩护。”他在心里给朋友这番言论定性为“自我中心”——他注意到，这是福尔摩斯独特个性中一个相…