《福尔摩斯探案集·铜山毛榉案》第23节
“Two days later this same performance was gone through under exactly similar circumstances. Again I changed my dress, again I sat in the window, and again I laughed very heartily at the funny stories of which my employer had an immense répertoire, and which he told inimitably. Then he handed me a yellow-backed novel, and moving my chair a little sideways, that my own shadow might not fall upon the page, he begged me to read aloud to him. I read for about ten minutes, beginning in the heart of a chapter, and then suddenly, in the middle of a sentence, he ordered me to cease and to change my dress.
注释摘要
维奥莱特·亨特继续讲述她在铜山毛榉宅的古怪生活。两天之后，完全相同的仪式又上演了一次：她再次换上那件电光蓝色的裙子，再次坐在客厅中央靠窗的椅子上，而鲁卡斯尔先生再次来回踱步，讲了一连串滑稽故事，逗得她笑得肚子都疼了。这位雇主显然拥有一个庞大的笑话储备，而且讲故事的功力一流。笑声停歇之后，这回鲁卡斯尔增加了一个新项目——他递给亨特小姐一本黄封面的通俗小说，把…