《福尔摩斯探案集·歪唇男人》第20节
“We are on the outskirts of Lee,” said my companion. “We have touched on three English counties in our short drive, starting in Middlesex, passing over an angle of Surrey, and ending in Kent. See that light among the trees? That is The Cedars, and beside that lamp sits a woman whose anxious ears have already, I have little doubt, caught the clink of our horse’s feet.” “But why are you not conducting the case from Baker Street?” I asked. “Because there are many inquiries which must be made out here. Mrs. St. Clair has most kindly put two rooms at my disposal, and you may rest assured that she will have nothing but a welcome for my friend and colleague. I hate to meet her, Watson, when I have no news of her husband. Here we are. Whoa, there, whoa!” We had pulled up in front of a large villa which stood within its own grounds. A stable-boy had run out to the horse’s head, and springing down, I followed Holmes up the small, winding gravel-drive which led to the house. As we approached, the door flew open, and a little blonde woman stood in the opening, clad in some sort of light mousseline de soie, with a touch of fluffy pink chiffon at her neck and wrists. She stood with her figure outlined against the flood of light, one hand upon the door, one half-raised in her eagerness, her body slightly bent, her head and face protruded, with eager eyes and parted lips, a standing question.
注释摘要
马车从伦敦市区一路驶入李镇的边缘，福尔摩斯在这时候忽然说起地理来——米德尔塞克斯、萨里的一角、肯特，短短一段路穿越三个英格兰郡。这话听起来像是闲聊，其实是在替华生和我们重新定锚。他们刚刚离开那个烟雾弥漫、充满昏睡身体的鸦片馆，此刻两边是乡间树篱，只有零星农舍的窗里还亮着灯。福尔摩斯指给华生看树丛间的那盏灯火，说那是“雪松庐”，灯旁坐着一个女人，她的耳朵大概…