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布鲁斯—帕廷顿计划（2）
The London criminal is certainly a dull fellow, said he in the querulous voice of the sportsman whose game has failed him. Look out this window, Watson. See how the figures loom up, are dimly seen, and then blend once more into the cloud-bank. The th
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布鲁斯—帕廷顿计划（3）
Cadogen West? I have heard the name. It recalls nothing to my mind. But that Mycroft should break out in this erratic fashion! A planet might as well leave its orbit. By the way, do you know what Mycroft is? I had some vague recollection of an explan
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布鲁斯—帕廷顿计划（4）
I have it, I cried, and plunged among the litter of papers upon the sofa. Yes, yes, here he is, sure enough! Cadogen West was the young man who was found dead on the Underground on Tuesday morning. Holmes sat up at attention, his pipe halfway to his
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布鲁斯—帕廷顿计划（5）
Very good. The case is definite enough. The man, dead or alive, either fell or was precipitated from a train. So much is clear to me. Continue. The trains which traverse the lines of rail beside which the body was found are those which run from west
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布鲁斯—帕廷顿计划（6）
A moment later the tall and portly form of Mycroft Holmes was ushered into the room. Heavily built and massive, there was a suggestion of uncouth physical inertia in the figure, but above this unwieldy frame there was perched a head so masterful in i
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布鲁斯—帕廷顿计划（7）
Only as a name. Its importance can hardly be exaggerated. It has been the most jealously guarded of all government secrets. You may take it from me that naval warfare becomes impossible within the radius of a Bruce-Partington's operation. Two years a
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布鲁斯—帕廷顿计划（8）
Why do you not solve it yourself, Mycroft? You can see as far as I. Possibly, Sherlock. But it is a question of getting details. Give me your details, and from an armchair I will return you an excellent expert opinion. But to run here and run there,
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布鲁斯—帕廷顿计划（9）
Yes; his brother, Colonel Valentine Walter, has testified to his departure from Woolwich, and Admiral Sinclair to his arrival in London; so Sir James is no longer a direct factor in the problem. Who was the other man with a key? The senior clerk and
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0布鲁斯—帕廷顿计划（10）
Can you suggest any possible motive for taking the papers to London except to sell them? No, I cannot. Then we must take that as our working hypothesis. Young West took the papers. Now this could only be done by having a false key Several false keys.
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布鲁斯—帕廷顿计划（11）
A very singular one. That is objection No. 1. Objection No. 2: We will suppose that he reaches London and sees the foreign agent. He must bring back the papers before morning or the loss will be discovered. He took away ten. Only seven were in his po
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布鲁斯—帕廷顿计划（12）
Well, well! said Holmes, shrugging his shoulders. Come, Watson! And you, Lestrade, could you favour us with your company for an hour or two? We will begin our investigation by a visit to Aldgate Station. Good-bye, Mycroft. I shall let you have a repo
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布鲁斯—帕廷顿计划（13）
My friend was standing with an expression of strained intensity upon his face, staring at the railway metals where they curved out of the tunnel. Aldgate is a junction, and there was a network of points. On these his eager, questioning eyes were fixe
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布鲁斯—帕廷顿计划（14）
Very likely, said he, turning away. As it happens, it was not the carriages which I desired to examine. Watson, we have done all we can here. We need not trouble you any further, Mr. Lestrade. I think our investigations must now carry us to Woolwich.
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布鲁斯—帕廷顿计划（15）
There is material here. There is scope, said he. I am dull indeed not to have understood its possibilities. Even now they are dark to me. The end is dark to me also, but I have hold of one idea which may lead us far. The man met his death elsewhere,
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布鲁斯—帕廷顿计划（16）
The house of the famous official was a fine villa with green lawns stretching down to the Thames. As we reached it the fog was lifting, and a thin, watery sunshine was breaking through. A butler answered our ring. Sir James, sir! said he with solemn
