【美文】沼地上的一起死亡事件 Death on the Moor part.4 阅读, 思考, 每日英语

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'We may know the answer to that question very soon,'said Holmes.'Here comes Stapleton.'


His sharp eyes had seen a figure moving in the darkness in front of us,and


s the man came closer,I could see that it was indeed Stapleton.


'We must be very careful not to show that we suspect him,'Holmes warned me.


Stapleton stopped when he saw us,and then walked forward again.'Dr Watson,is that you?I didn't expect to see you on the moor at this time of night But,dear me,what's this? Somebody hurt? Not—don't tell me that it's our friend Sir Henry!'


He went past me and bent over the dead man.I heard him breathe in quickly.


'Who…who is this?' he asked,his voice shaking.


'It's Selden,the escaped prisoner.'


中文翻译：
“我回答不上来，”我说道。“但是，还有一事我不大理解。为什么猎犬单单在今晚被放出来在沼地上活动呢？除非是斯台普顿觉得亨利爵士会到那里去，否则他是不会把它放出来的。”

“我们可能很快就能知道问题的答案了，”福尔摩斯讲道。“斯台普顿来了。”

他那敏锐的眼睛已经看到了黑暗之中在我们的前面移动的一个轮廓，而且在这个人走近时，我可以看出正是斯台普顿。

“我们必须谨慎行事，不要表现出怀疑他的样子，”福尔摩斯警告我说。

斯台普顿看到我们时停下了脚步，然后又向前走了起来。“华生医生，是您吗？我没想到会在晚上的这个时候在沼地上看到您。可是，天哪，这是怎么回事？有人受伤了吗？不——不要告诉我这就是咱们的朋友亨利爵士！”