(单词翻译:单击)
英文原版
"We have heard from Mr. Cecil Barker that you did not actually see--that you were never in the room where the tragedy occurred?"
"No, he turned me back upon the stairs. He begged me to return to my room."
"Quite so. You had heard the shot, and you had at once come down."
"I put on my dressing gown and then came down."
"How long was it after hearing the shot that you were stopped on the stair by Mr. Barker?"
"It may have been a couple of minutes. It is so hard to reckon time at such a moment. He implored me not to go on. He assured me that I could do nothing. Then Mrs. Allen, the housekeeper, led me upstairs again. It was all like some dreadful dream."
"Can you give us any idea how long your husband had been downstairs before you heard the shot?"
"No, I cannot say. He went from his dressing room, and I did not hear him go. He did the round of the house every night, for he was nervous of fire. It is the only thing that I have ever known him nervous of."
"That is just the point which I want to come to, Mrs. Douglas. You have known your husband only in England, have you not?"
“我们听塞西尔·巴克先生说你实际上没有看到,也就是说,你并没有到发生惨案的屋子里面去,对吗?”
“没有去,巴克让我回到楼上去了。他恳求我回到我的卧室去。”
“确实是这样,你听到了枪声,而且马上就下楼了。”
“我穿上睡衣就下楼了。”
“从你听到枪声,到巴克先生在楼下阻拦你,中间隔了多少时候?”
“大约有两分钟吧,在这样的时刻是很难计算时间的。巴克先生恳求我不要前去。他说我是无能为力的。后来,女管家艾伦太太就把我扶回楼上了。这真象是一场可怕的恶梦。”
“你能不能大体上告诉我们,你丈夫下楼多久你就听到了枪声?”
“不,我说不清楚。因为他是从更衣室下楼的,我没有听到他走出去。因为他怕失火,所以每天晚上都要在庄园里绕一圈。我只知道他唯一害怕的东西就是火灾。”
“道格拉斯夫人,这正是我想要谈到的问题。你和你丈夫是在英国才认识的,对不对?”
背景阅读
作者简介:
亚瑟·柯南·道尔(1859——1930)英国杰出的侦探小说家、剧作家。生于苏格兰爱丁堡,父亲是一位政府建工部的公务员。柯南·道尔自幼喜欢文学,中学时任校刊主编。毕业于爱丁堡医科大学,行医10余年,收入仅能维持生活。后专写侦探小说。《血字的研究》几经退稿才发表,以《四签名》闻名于世。1891年弃医从文,遂成侦探小说家。代表作有《波西米亚丑闻》《红发会》、《五个橘核》等。1894年决定停止写侦探小说,在《最后一案》中让福尔摩斯在激流中死去。不料广大读者对此极端愤慨,提出抗议。柯南道尔只得在《空屋》中让福尔摩斯死里逃生,又写出《巴斯克维尔的猎犬》、《恐怖谷》等侦探小说。塑造的福尔摩斯已成为世界上家喻户晓的人物。就连福尔摩斯的办公地点——伦敦贝克街221号B也成了旅游景点。
导言:
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