《福尔摩斯探案集·波希米亚丑闻》第20节
“He was in the house about half an hour, and I could catch glimpses of him in the windows of the sitting-room, pacing up and down, talking excitedly, and waving his arms. Of her I could see nothing. Presently he emerged, looking even more flurried than before. As he stepped up to the cab, he pulled a gold watch from his pocket and looked at it earnestly, ‘Drive like the devil,’ he shouted, ‘first to Gross & Hankey’s in Regent Street, and then to the Church of St. Monica in the Edgeware Road. Half a guinea if you do it in twenty minutes!’ “Away they went, and I was just wondering whether I should not do well to follow them when up the lane came a neat little landau, the coachman with his coat only half-buttoned, and his tie under his ear, while all the tags of his harness were sticking out of the buckles. It hadn’t pulled up before she shot out of the hall door and into it. I only caught a glimpse of her at the moment, but she was a lovely woman, with a face that a man might die for. “‘The Church of St. Monica, John,’ she cried, ‘and half a sovereign if you reach it in twenty minutes.’
注释摘要
透过窗户，福尔摩斯看到一个男人在客厅里来回踱步，情绪激动，挥手说话，但始终看不见艾琳·艾德勒的身影。约半小时后，那人出来了，比进门时更慌张，他掏出金表看了一眼，朝车夫喊出两个目的地——先是摄政街的格罗斯与汉基珠宝店，再是埃奇韦尔路的圣莫尼卡教堂。他开出了半几尼的小费，条件是二十分钟内赶到。人刚走，巷子里就冲出一辆整洁的小型四轮敞篷马车，车夫连外套都没扣好，…