《福尔摩斯探案集·斑点带子案》第16节
“Yes, all.” “Miss Roylott, you have not. You are screening your stepfather.” “Why, what do you mean?” For answer Holmes pushed back the frill of black lace which fringed the hand that lay upon our visitor’s knee. Five little livid spots, the marks of four fingers and a thumb, were printed upon the white wrist. “You have been cruelly used,” said Holmes. The lady coloured deeply and covered over her injured wrist. “He is a hard man,” she said, “and perhaps he hardly knows his own strength.” There was a long silence, during which Holmes leaned his chin upon his hands and stared into the crackling fire. “This is a very deep business,” he said at last. “There are a thousand details which I should desire to know before I decide upon our course of action. Yet we have not a moment to lose. If we were to come to Stoke Moran to-day, would it be possible for us to see over these rooms without the knowledge of your stepfather?” “As it happens, he spoke of coming into town to-day upon some most important business. It is probable that he will be away all day, and that there would be nothing to disturb you. We have a housekeeper now, but she is old and foolish, and I could easily get her out of the way.”
注释摘要
海伦说完了。说得那么完整，那么坦诚——然而福尔摩斯几乎不加停顿，便拆穿了这份坦诚。他说，你并没有把所有事都告诉我，你在包庇你的继父。 这是一个非常漂亮的叙事时刻，华生把它写得极富戏剧性。海伦反问时的那句“你是什么意思”，在原文里是带着真实的困惑与警觉的。而福尔摩斯的回应不是语言，是一个动作：他推开她手套腕部的黑色蕾丝褶边，露出五个青紫色的指印——四根手指和…