《福尔摩斯探案集·铜山毛榉案》第32节
“‘Oh, I am so frightened!’ I panted. “‘My dear young lady! my dear young lady!’—you cannot think how caressing and soothing his manner was—‘and what has frightened you, my dear young lady?’ “But his voice was just a little too coaxing. He overdid it. I was keenly on my guard against him. “‘I was foolish enough to go into the empty wing,’ I answered. ‘But it is so lonely and eerie in this dim light that I was frightened and ran out again. Oh, it is so dreadfully still in there!’ “‘Only that?’ said he, looking at me keenly. “‘Why, what did you think?’ I asked. “‘Why do you think that I lock this door?’ “‘I am sure that I do not know.’ “‘It is to keep people out who have no business there. Do you see?’ He was still smiling in the most amiable manner. “‘I am sure if I had known—’ “‘Well, then, you know now. And if you ever put your foot over that threshold again’—here in an instant the smile hardened into a grin of rage, and he glared down at me with the face of a demon—‘I’ll throw you to the mastiff.’
注释摘要
维奥莱特·亨特在这一节里做了一件极其危险的事：她闯进了那扇被禁止的门，发现了被铁栏封死的房间，听到了门内神秘的脚步声，然后仓皇逃出——却直接撞进了鲁卡斯尔先生的怀里。接下来这段对话，从她喘着气喊出“哦，我吓坏了”开始，表面是一场主仆之间关于“你为何私自闯入”的温和询问，实则是两个人都在撒谎、彼此都心知肚明的一场对峙。 先看字面发生了什么。维奥莱特以惊恐的语…