6 The Truth Is Revealed

Chapter 6 The Truth Is Revealed Sherlock Holmes managed to capture the snake with the dog-leash noose and stow it back inside the safe. Then we went to see Miss Stoner, who had been waiting for us, awake and terrified in her room. She was horrified to hear of the fate of her stepfather, but I also sensed a great weight had lifted from her shoulders and that she could, at last, start to feel safe again. She thanked us with all her heart for what we'd done and, in the morning, departed for her aunt in Harrow, where she planned to live until her wedding.

夏洛克·福尔摩斯成功地用狗绳套住了那条蛇，并把它塞回了保险箱里。 然后我们去看斯托纳小姐，她一直在房间里等着我们，醒着，吓坏了。 听到继父的命运，她吓坏了，但我也感觉到她肩上的重担减轻了，她终于又能开始感到安全了。 她衷心地感谢我们为她所做的一切。第二天早上，她动身去哈罗见她的姑妈，打算在那儿一直住到结婚。

Holmes summoned the police and we stayed at Stoke Moran to answer their many questions. We returned to London that afternoon, and on the journey back I asked Holmes how he had managed to work out that the speckled band was a serpent. "Once I knew the bell pull was a dummy and the bed could not be moved, the first glimmerings of the truth began to emerge," Holmes explained. "I realized the rope had to be a bridge for something passing from the ventilator to the bed. A snake seemed the obvious answer, especially with Roylott's love of exotic animals.

福尔摩斯召来了警察，我们留在斯托克莫兰，回答他们的许多问题。 那天下午，我们回到了伦敦，在回来的路上，我问福尔摩斯他是怎样判断出那带斑点的带子是一条蛇的。 福尔摩斯解释说：“当我知道拉铃是假的，床是不能移动的时候，真相的第一丝曙光开始浮现。” “我意识到绳子一定是一个桥梁，用来把什么东西从呼吸机传到床上。 蛇似乎是显而易见的答案，尤其是罗伊洛特对外来动物的热爱。

"He must have trained it with that whistling sound to go through the shaft and crawl down the bell rope to the bed, then return when summoned. Julia Stoner heard the whistle on several different nights, so clearly the snake did not always strike. But Roylott knew that sooner or later she would fall victim to its deadly bite. "When I saw the safe, the saucer of milk, and that looped dog leash, I knew my theory was correct. The metal clang Helen Stoner heard was the sound of her stepfather hastily closing the safe door upon its deadly occupant. The scuffing

“他一定是用那种口哨的声音训练它穿过竖井，沿着铃绳爬到床上，然后在召唤时回来。 茱莉亚·斯通纳在几个不同的晚上都听到了哨声，所以很明显蛇并不总是袭击我们。 但罗伊洛特知道，她迟早会成为它致命一口的牺牲品。 “当我看到保险柜、一碟牛奶和那条打了圈的狗绳时，我知道我的理论是正确的。 海伦·斯托纳听到的金属声是她继父急忙关上安全门的声音。 拖着脚走路的

on the chair seat showed how he must have reached the ventilator. "Once I realized what was happening, I knew we had to be in Miss Stoner's room that night to catch Roylott in the act. As soon as I heard the whistle, I lit the match and attacked the creature on the bell pull, driving it back through the ventilator. The blows of my cane must have roused its temper so that it attacked the first person it saw. You might say I was therefore partly responsible for Dr. Roylott's death. Yet I can't say I feel too guilty about that."

椅子上的座位显示出他一定是怎样到达呼吸机的。 “一旦我意识到发生了什么事，我就知道那天晚上我们必须去斯通纳小姐的房间，才能当场抓住罗伊洛特。 我一听到汽笛声，就点燃了火柴，向门铃上的怪物发起攻击，把它从通风机里赶了回来。 我手杖的击打一定引起了它的脾气，所以它攻击它看到的第一个人。 你可能会说，我因此要对Dr。 窗板的死亡。但我不能说我对此感到太内疚。”

In due course, matters were eventually resolved to everyone's satisfaction. Dr. Roylott's crimes were exposed, and his house and money were inherited by his surviving stepdaughter. The following month, Holmes and I were invited to the wedding of Miss Helen Stoner and Mr. Percy Armitage, and the bride had never looked happier. As for the snake, baboon, and cheetah, I'm pleased to say they passed the rest of their lives quite contentedly at London Zoo.

在适当的时候，事情最终得到了皆大欢喜的解决。 罗伊洛特医生的罪行被曝光，他的房子和财产由他幸存的继女继承。 接下来的一个月，福尔摩斯和我应邀参加海伦·斯通纳小姐和珀西·阿米蒂奇先生的婚礼，新娘看上去从未如此幸福过。 至于蛇、狒狒和猎豹，我很高兴地说，它们在伦敦动物园很满意地度过了它们的余生。