6 Holmes Tells His Story

Chapter 6 Holmes Tells His Story Percy Phelps stared at the naval treaty for a moment. Then he began dancing wildly about the room, pressing it to his chest and shrieking with delight. Finally, he fell, exhausted, into an armchair. "Sorry to spring that on you like that," smiled Holmes, patting Phelps's shoulder. "Watson will tell you, I can never resist a touch of the dramatic."

第六章福尔摩斯的故事珀西·菲尔普斯盯着海军条约看了一会儿。 然后他开始在房间里疯狂地跳舞，把它贴在胸前，高兴得尖叫起来。 最后，他筋疲力尽地倒在一张扶手椅上。 福尔摩斯拍着菲尔普斯的肩膀微笑着说：“很抱歉这样突然对你说这件事。” “华生会告诉你的，我总是忍不住要弄点戏剧性的东西。”

Phelps seized his hand and kissed it. "God bless you, sir!" he cried. "You've saved my reputation." "And mine," Holmes declared. "It would have been dreadful to have failed in a case such as this." "I don't wish to interrupt your breakfast," said Phelps, "but I'm dying to know how you found it." So, after eating his fill of curried chicken, Holmes sat in an armchair and told us his story. "After leaving you at the station, I spent the day

菲尔普斯抓住他的手，吻了一下。 “上帝保佑你，先生！”他喊道。 “你挽救了我的名誉。” “还有我的，”福尔摩斯说。 “如果在这种情况下失败了，那就太可怕了。” “我不想打扰你的早餐，”费尔普斯说，“但我很想知道你是怎么发现它的。” 于是，福尔摩斯饱餐一顿咖喱鸡后，坐在扶手椅上给我们讲起了他的故事。 “把你留在车站后，我度过了一天

at the inn of a little village near Woking. In the evening, I set off for Briar House. Not wishing to be noticed, I climbed over the fence into the grounds, then found a place to hide behind a rhododendron bush, just opposite your bedroom window. "From where I sat, I had a clear view of Miss Harrison sitting in the room reading her book. At quarter-past ten, she rose, fastened the shutters, and departed. I heard her close the door and lock it." "Why did she lock the door?" asked Phelps. "Because I told her to. She carried out my instructions to the letter. Without her help, you would not now have that treaty in your pocket.

在沃金附近一个小村庄里的旅店里。 晚上，我动身去布赖尔府。 为了不被人注意，我翻过篱笆来到院子里，然后找了个地方躲在杜鹃花丛后面，就在你卧室窗户对面。 “从我坐的地方，我可以清楚地看到哈里森小姐正坐在房间里看书。 十点一刻，她站起身来，关好百叶窗，走了。 我听见她把门关上，锁上了。” “她为什么锁门？”菲尔普斯问。 “因为我让她这么做的。她严格执行了我的指示。 没有她的帮助，你现在就不会有那个条约。

"I continued to wait and watch behind my rhododendron bush as the hours went by. It was a long vigil, but at last, around two in the morning, I saw a figure emerge from the servant's door and Joseph Harrison stepped out into the moonlight." "Joseph?" cried Phelps. Holmes nodded. "He tiptoed over to your window, then worked a long-bladed knife through the sash. He used the knife first to open

随着时间的流逝，我继续在我的杜鹃花丛后面等待和观察。 这是一个漫长的守夜，但最后，大约凌晨两点，我看到一个人影从仆人的门里出来，约瑟夫·哈里森走到月光下。” “约瑟夫？”费尔普斯叫道。福尔摩斯点点头。 “他蹑手蹑脚地走到你的窗前，然后用一把长刃刀刺穿窗扇。 他先用刀切开

the window and then the shutters. Within a few minutes, he had entered the bedroom. "Very quietly, I crept across the lawn so I could see what he was doing. "I watched as he lit the candles on the mantelpiece, then turned back a corner of the carpet near the door. He lifted a loose floorboard and took out that little roll of paper. Then he put back the floorboard and carpet, blew out the candles, climbed out of the window—and walked straight into me. "Your future brother-in-law reacted more violently than I expected, flying at me with his knife. I received a cut on the knuckles before I managed to grab his wrists and overpower him. He had murder in his eyes, but his position was helpless and eventually he handed over the treaty.

窗户，然后是百叶窗。 没过几分钟，他就进了卧室。 我悄悄地爬过草坪，好看看他在做什么。 我看着他点燃壁炉台上的蜡烛，然后把靠近门的地毯的一角转回来。 他掀起一块松动的地板，拿出那一小卷纸。 然后他把地板和地毯放回去，吹灭蜡烛，爬出窗户，径直朝我走来。 “你未来的姐夫的反应比我想象的更激烈，他拿着刀向我飞来。 在我抓住他的手腕并制服他之前，我的指关节被割伤了。 他眼中有谋杀的念头，但他的地位无可奈何，最终他交出了条约。

"Once I had it, I let Harrison go, but I've wired Forbes with all the details. He may catch him, though it will probably be better for the government if he doesn't. I doubt either you, Mr. Phelps, or Lord Holdhurst are anxious for this affair to be made public, which it would be if Harrison goes on trial." "Are you telling me that the stolen treaty was in that room with me all this time?" gasped Phelps. "I certainly am." "And Joseph of all people was the villain and the thief?" "Joseph Harrison may not have been quite the fine, upstanding man you thought him to be,"

“一旦我得到了这个职位，我就让哈里森走了，但我已经把所有细节都发给了《福布斯》。 他可能会抓住他，但如果他不抓住，对政府来说可能会更好。 费尔普斯先生，你和霍尔德赫斯特勋爵都不希望这件事公布于众，而如果哈里森出庭受审，这件事就会公布于众。” “你是说被盗的条约一直跟我在那个房间里吗？”费尔普斯喘着气说。 “我当然是。”“在所有人中，约瑟夫是恶棍和小偷？”“约瑟夫·哈里森可能不像你想象的那样善良、正直。”