《福尔摩斯探案集·波希米亚丑闻》第17节
“Well, really!” he cried, and then he choked and laughed again until he was obliged to lie back, limp and helpless, in the chair. “What is it?” “It’s quite too funny. I am sure you could never guess how I employed my morning, or what I ended by doing.” “I can’t imagine. I suppose that you have been watching the habits, and perhaps the house, of Miss Irene Adler.” “Quite so; but the sequel was rather unusual. I will tell you, however. I left the house a little after eight o’clock this morning in the character of a groom out of work. There is a wonderful sympathy and freemasonry among horsey men. Be one of them, and you will know all that there is to know. I soon found Briony Lodge. It is a bijou villa, with a garden at the back, but built out in front right up to the road, two stories. Chubb lock to the door. Large sitting-room on the right side, well furnished, with long windows almost to the floor, and those preposterous English window fasteners which a child could open. Behind there was nothing remarkable, save that the passage window could be reached from the top of the coach-house. I walked round it and examined it closely from every point of view, but without noting anything else of interest.
注释摘要
福尔摩斯笑得几乎瘫倒在椅子上，华生完全摸不着头脑。他猜对了一半：福尔摩斯上午确实去观察了艾琳·艾德勒小姐的住所和习惯。但福尔摩斯说“后续发展相当不寻常”，这勾起了读者和华生共同的期待——一个侦探的常规侦察，能有什么不寻常的后续？ 福尔摩斯的叙述从这里开始。他早上八点多出门，伪装成一个失业的马夫。这里他讲了一句很能体现他方法论的话：马夫之间有一种奇妙的共济会…