3 Tracing the Source

Chapter 3 Tracing the Source An hour's drive took us to Harrison's Art and Antiques on Kennington Road. The owner, Mr. Mort Harrison, was a small, stout man with a red face. He was still angry about the vandalism that had taken place in his shop. "It was on this very counter, sir," he said. "It's shocking how someone could just come in off the street and do that." "Did Dr. Barnicot buy his two statues from you?" asked Holmes. "Yes, sir."

驱车一小时，我们来到了肯宁顿路的哈里森艺术古董店。 店主莫特·哈里森先生是个矮胖的红脸人。 他还在为他店里发生的破坏公物的事生气。 “就在这个柜台上，先生，”他说。 “一个人怎么能从街上走进来就做出这种事，真是令人震惊。” 福尔摩斯问道：“巴尼科特医生的两尊雕像是从您那里买的吗？” “是的,先生。”

"Where did you get the statues from?" "I don't see what that's got to do with anything, but they came from Gelder & Co., on Church Street, Stepney. I ordered three in total— the two I sold to Dr. Barnicot and the one smashed on my counter." When Holmes showed him the photo found in the dead man's pocket, Harrison recognized him immediately. "That's Beppo! He helped out in my shop for a while. He could carve a bit, and gild and frame. He left me last week, two days before the bust was smashed. I don't know where he came from or where he went, but he gave me no trouble." "There were some useful nuggets of information there, amidst all the bluster," said Holmes as we emerged from Harrison's. "We now know that Beppo was in both Kennington and Kensington, making him a common factor in these crimes. Let's head for Gelder & Co., the makers of the busts, and see what they can tell us."

“你从哪儿弄来这些雕像的？”“我看不出这有什么关系，不过它们是来自斯特普尼教堂街的盖尔德公司。 我一共订了三个——我把两个卖给了Dr。 巴尼科特和砸在我柜台上的那个。” 当福尔摩斯给他看在死者口袋里找到的照片时，哈里森立刻认出了他。 “这是Beppo !他在我的店里帮忙了一段时间。 他会一点雕刻，还会烫金和画框。 他上周离开了我，就在半身像被砸的前两天。 我不知道他从哪里来，到哪里去，但他没有给我添麻烦。” 当我们从哈里森家出来时，福尔摩斯说：“在所有的喧嚣声中，还是有一些有用的信息。 “我们现在知道，Beppo在肯宁顿和肯辛顿都出现过，这使他成为这些犯罪的共同因素。 让我们去盖德公司，半身像的制造者，看看他们能告诉我们什么。”

It took us another hour to reach the riverside district of Stepney in London's East End, where the tenement dwellings were crowded with poor immigrant families from Europe. Gelder & Co. was a sculpture works on the main thoroughfare. Its yard was filled with large statues and tombstones. Inside its cavernous workshop, some fifty workers busily carved and shaped stone. The manager, a big, blond German fellow, invited us into his office. He told us they had made hundreds of casts of Napoleon, copied

我们又花了一个小时到达伦敦东区的斯特普尼河畔区，那里的廉价公寓里挤满了来自欧洲的贫穷移民家庭。 盖尔德公司是一家位于主干道上的雕塑公司。 它的院子里满是巨大的雕像和墓碑。 在洞穴般的车间里，大约50名工人忙着雕刻和塑造石头。 经理是一个身材高大、金发碧眼的德国人，他邀请我们去他的办公室。 他告诉我们他们做了几百个拿破仑的模型，都是复制的

from a famous marble bust by the French sculptor Henri Devine. The three bought by Mort Harrison were half of a batch of six. The other three had gone to Harding Brothers of Kensington. He could think of no reason why those six should be different from all the other casts, nor why anyone should wish to destroy them. In fact, he laughed at the idea. He explained that the plaster cast was made by joining together two halves of Napoleon's face, formed from the original bust. This was usually carried out by Italian workers. When finished, the casts were placed on a table in the passage to

来自法国雕塑家亨利·迪瓦恩的著名大理石半身像。 莫特·哈里森买的这三件是一批六件中的一半。 另外三个人都到肯辛顿的哈丁兄弟那里去了。 他想不出为什么这六个人和其他所有的人不同，也想不出为什么有人想要毁灭他们。 事实上，他对这个想法一笑置之。 他解释说，石膏模型是由拿破仑半身像的两半脸拼接而成的。 这通常是由意大利工人完成的。 完成后，这些模型被放在通道里的一张桌子上

dry before being stored in the warehouse. That was all he could tell us. The manager was calm and polite, but his manner changed abruptly when Holmes showed him the photograph. His cheeks reddened and his blue eyes flashed with anger. "That rascal!" he cried. "Yes, I know him. The only time we've ever had the police in here was because of him. It was more than a year ago now. He knifed another Italian man in the street, then came in here with the police on his heels, and here they arrested him. Beppo was his name. I wish I'd never hired him, although he was a talented worker—one of the best."

在入库前应先干燥。 他只能告诉我们这些。 经理平静而有礼貌，但当福尔摩斯给他看照片时，他的态度突然改变了。 他的脸涨得通红，蓝眼睛里闪着愤怒的光芒。 “那个无赖！”“是的，我认识他。 我们唯一一次让警察来就是因为他。 那是一年多前的事了。 他在街上用刀捅了另一名意大利人，然后在警察的尾随下来到这里，他们在这里逮捕了他。 他的名字叫贝波。我真希望我没有雇用他，尽管他是一个很有才华的员工——最好的员工之一。”

"Did he go to prison?" The manager nodded. "I've no doubt he's out by now, though he hasn't dared show his face around here. His cousin is one of our workers. He could probably tell you where he is." "No, no!" cried Holmes. "Don't say a word to the cousin, I beg of you." The manager raised his eyebrows at this response, but promised he wouldn't. "I noticed when you were looking at your records," said Holmes, "that you sold those casts on June 3rd last year. Could you tell me when Beppo was arrested?"

“他进监狱了吗？”经理点点头。 “我敢肯定他现在已经出去了，虽然他不敢在这里露面。 他的表弟是我们的工人之一。 他也许能告诉你他在哪儿。” “不，不！”福尔摩斯喊道。“我求求你，一个字也不要对那位表兄说。” 经理听到这个回答皱了皱眉，但他保证不会。 福尔摩斯说道：“我注意到你在看你的记录时，你在去年6月3日卖掉了那些石膏。 你能告诉我贝波是什么时候被捕的吗？”