《福尔摩斯探案集·波希米亚丑闻》第5节
I could not help laughing at the ease with which he explained his process of deduction. “When I hear you give your reasons,” I remarked, “the thing always appears to me to be so ridiculously simple that I could easily do it myself, though at each successive instance of your reasoning I am baffled until you explain your process. And yet I believe that my eyes are as good as yours.” “Quite so,” he answered, lighting a cigarette, and throwing himself down into an armchair. “You see, but you do not observe. The distinction is clear. For example, you have frequently seen the steps which lead up from the hall to this room.” “Frequently.” “How often?” “Well, some hundreds of times.” “Then how many are there?” “How many? I don’t know.” “Quite so! You have not observed. And yet you have seen. That is just my point. Now, I know that there are seventeen steps, because I have both seen and observed. By the way, since you are interested in these little problems, and since you are good enough to chronicle one or two of my trifling experiences, you may be interested in this.” He threw over a sheet of thick, pink-tinted notepaper which had been lying open upon the table. “It came by the last post,” said he. “Read it aloud.”
注释摘要
华生在这里发出了一声忍俊不禁的笑，这笑声里面既有自嘲，也有对福尔摩斯那种近乎魔术的推理方式的本能赞叹。他坦率地承认了一个读者恐怕也有同感的心理事实：听福尔摩斯把推理过程讲出来之后，一切显得那么理所当然，简单到自己仿佛也能做到；然而，在解释之前，每一次他都如坠五里雾中。华生随后加了一句非常要紧的补充——他相信自己的眼睛并不比福尔摩斯的差。这句话既是辩护，也是…