《福尔摩斯探案集·波希米亚丑闻》第22节
“‘Thank God,’ he cried. ‘You’ll do. Come! Come!’ “‘What then?’ I asked. “‘Come, man, come, only three minutes, or it won’t be legal.’ “I was half-dragged up to the altar, and before I knew where I was I found myself mumbling responses which were whispered in my ear, and vouching for things of which I knew nothing, and generally assisting in the secure tying up of Irene Adler, spinster, to Godfrey Norton, bachelor. It was all done in an instant, and there was the gentleman thanking me on the one side and the lady on the other, while the clergyman beamed on me in front. It was the most preposterous position in which I ever found myself in my life, and it was the thought of it that started me laughing just now. It seems that there had been some informality about their license, that the clergyman absolutely refused to marry them without a witness of some sort, and that my lucky appearance saved the bridegroom from having to sally out into the streets in search of a best man. The bride gave me a sovereign, and I mean to wear it on my watch chain in memory of the occasion.”
注释摘要
这段戏的荒唐感，全藏在福尔摩斯那一句简短的陈述里。他在街上装成无业马夫盯着布莱厄尼别墅，看见戈弗雷·诺顿飞一般跳下马车、冲进屋子，又飞一般冲出来，对着马夫大吼三个地名、悬赏半几尼——这已经是紧锣密鼓的节奏了。还没等他决定要不要跟上去，艾琳·艾德勒也冲出来，同样喊出圣莫尼卡教堂，同样悬赏二十分钟内赶到。于是福尔摩斯也跟着跳上一辆马车，三人三辆车先后飞奔到同一…