20-05-12 Fairbank was a good-sized square house of white stone, standing back a little from the road. A double carriage-sweep, with a snow-clad lawn, stretched down in front to two large iron gates which closed the entrance. On the right side was a small woo...
20-05-12 Sherlock Holmes sat silent for some few minutes, with his brows knitted and his eyes fixed upon the fire. Do you receive much company? he asked. None save my partner with his family and an occasional friend of Arthurs. Sir George Burnwell has been s...
20-05-12 Holmes, said I as I stood one morning in our bow-window looking down the street, here is a madman coming along. It seems rather sad that his relatives should allow him to come out alone. My friend rose lazily from his armchair and stood with his han...
20-05-11 Dr Livesey went to London,to find another doctor to look after his patients while he was away. 李甫西大夫去伦敦了,他去找人在他不在期间为他照看他的病人。 I waited at his home with Tom Redruth. 我和汤姆雷德拉斯在他家等他。 Weeks passed, and I spent m...
20-05-11 At the sight of these newcomers our client had sprung from his seat and stood very erect, with his eyes cast down and his hand thrust into the breast of his frock-coat, a picture of offended dignity. The lady had taken a quick step forward and had h...
20-05-11 He had hardly shut the door behind him when Holmes rose to put on his overcoat. There is something in what the fellow says about outdoor work, he remarked, so I think, Watson, that I must leave you to your papers for a little. It was after five oclo...
20-05-11 Eh? What was that? I say that I have solved it. Where, then, is my wife? That is a detail which I shall speedily supply. Lord St. Simon shook his head. I am afraid that it will take wiser heads than yours or mine, he remarked, and bowing in a statel...
20-05-11 Such as they are, they are set forth in a single article of a morning paper of yesterday, which I will read to you. It is headed, Singular Occurrence at a Fashionable Wedding: The family of Lord Robert St. Simon has been thrown into the greatest con...
20-05-11 MY DEAR MR. SHERLOCK HOLMES:--Lord Backwater tells me that I may place implicit reliance upon your judgment and discretion. I have determined, therefore, to call upon you and to consult you in reference to the very painful event which has occurred i...
20-05-11 The Lord St. Simon marriage, and its curious termination, have long ceased to be a subject of interest in those exalted circles in which the unfortunate bridegroom moves. Fresh scandals have eclipsed it, and their more piquant details have drawn the...