《福尔摩斯探案集·歪唇男人》第14节
“And now as to the villains who seemed to be immediately implicated in the matter. The Lascar was known to be a man of the vilest antecedents, but as, by Mrs. St. Clair’s story, he was known to have been at the foot of the stair within a very few seconds of her husband’s appearance at the window, he could hardly have been more than an accessory to the crime. His defence was one of absolute ignorance, and he protested that he had no knowledge as to the doings of Hugh Boone, his lodger, and that he could not account in any way for the presence of the missing gentleman’s clothes.
注释摘要
福尔摩斯把叙述的重点从拉斯卡经理转向了那个住在大烟馆二楼的房客，也就是最后见到圣克莱尔的人。我们先听他把拉斯卡这条线收束一下。在福尔摩斯的分析里，拉斯卡固然是个来历极其肮脏的角色，但圣克莱尔太太的证词反而在某种意义上为他提供了一层保护——她从街上看到丈夫在二楼窗口挥手，几秒钟之内就冲上台阶跑进前厅，并试图上楼，却在楼梯口被拉斯卡和那个丹麦助手挡了回来。这个…