《福尔摩斯探案集·斑点带子案》第20节
“See that you keep yourself out of my grip,” he snarled, and hurling the twisted poker into the fireplace he strode out of the room. “He seems a very amiable person,” said Holmes, laughing. “I am not quite so bulky, but if he had remained I might have shown him that my grip was not much more feeble than his own.” As he spoke he picked up the steel poker and, with a sudden effort, straightened it out again. “Fancy his having the insolence to confound me with the official detective force! This incident gives zest to our investigation, however, and I only trust that our little friend will not suffer from her imprudence in allowing this brute to trace her. And now, Watson, we shall order breakfast, and afterwards I shall walk down to Doctors’ Commons, where I hope to get some data which may help us in this matter.” It was nearly one o’clock when Sherlock Holmes returned from his excursion. He held in his hand a sheet of blue paper, scrawled over with notes and figures.
注释摘要
罗伊洛特医生的威胁是一句赤裸裸的暴力宣言——“你最好别落到我手里”，说完把拧弯的拨火棍扔进壁炉，迈着重重的步子走出房间。这一幕的戏剧性全在身体动作上：他不用多费口舌，只用一双手和一根铁棍，就完成了对福尔摩斯的恫吓。在维多利亚时代绅士阶层的交际规范里，一个人若在别人家的客厅里拧弯拨火棍，这人就已经把自己放到了文明对话的边界之外。 福尔摩斯的反应写出了他性格中…