《福尔摩斯探案集·斑点带子案》第26节
A small side door led into the whitewashed corridor from which the three bedrooms opened. Holmes refused to examine the third chamber, so we passed at once to the second, that in which Miss Stoner was now sleeping, and in which her sister had met with her fate. It was a homely little room, with a low ceiling and a gaping fireplace, after the fashion of old country-houses. A brown chest of drawers stood in one corner, a narrow white-counterpaned bed in another, and a dressing-table on the left-hand side of the window. These articles, with two small wicker-work chairs, made up all the furniture in the room save for a square of Wilton carpet in the centre. The boards round and the panelling of the walls were of brown, worm-eaten oak, so old and discoloured that it may have dated from the original building of the house. Holmes drew one of the chairs into a corner and sat silent, while his eyes travelled round and round and up and down, taking in every detail of the apartment. “Where does that bell communicate with?” he asked at last pointing to a thick bell-rope which hung down beside the bed, the tassel actually lying upon the pillow.
注释摘要
一道窄小的侧门通向一条刷了白灰的走廊，三间卧室的门都开向这条走廊。福尔摩斯拒绝查看第三个房间，于是我们直接走进第二间——也就是斯托纳小姐如今住着的那一间，也是她姐姐丧命的地方。这是一间陈设简单的小屋子：低矮的天花板，敞开式的旧式壁炉，一看就是老派乡间宅邸的格局。屋角立着一只棕色的抽屉柜，另一角摆着一张窄床，铺着白色的床单，窗户左手边是一只梳妆台。除了这些，…