It seemed hopeless to pursue the inquiry any farther, but it was clear that in spite of Holmes'sruse we had no proof that Barrymore had not been in London all the time. Suppose that it were so-- suppose that the same man had been the last who had see...
Sir Henry had numerous papers to examine after breakfast, so that the time was propitious formy excursion. It was a pleasant walk of four miles along the edge of the moor, leading me at lastto a small gray hamlet, in which two larger buildings, which...
There are only two women in the house, Sir Henry, he answered. One is the scullery-maid,who sleeps in the other wing. The other is my wife, and I can answer for it that the sound couldnot have come from her. 亨利爵爷， 在这房子里只有两个女...
Chapter 7 - The Stapletons of Merripit House 第七章 梅利琵宅邸的主人斯台普吞 The fresh beauty of the following morning did something to efface from our minds the grim and gray impression which had been left upon both of us by our first...
I drew aside my curtains before I went to bed and looked out from my window. It openedupon the grassy space which lay in front of the hall door. Beyond, two copses of trees moaned andswung in a rising wind. A half moon broke through the rifts of raci...
But the dining-room which opened out of the hall was a place of shadow and gloom. It was along chamber with a step separating the dais where the family sat from the lower portion reservedfor their dependents. At one end a minstrel's gallery overlooke...
I feel that also, sir, and so does my wife. But to tell the truth, sir, we were both very muchattached to Sir Charles and his death gave us a shock and made these surroundings very painful tous. I fear that we shall never again be easy in our minds a...
It's just as I imagined it, said Sir Henry. Is it not the very picture of an old family home? To think that this should be the same hall in which for five hundred years my people have lived. Itstrikes me solemn to think of it. 正如我所想象的那样...
You don't mind my driving straight home, Sir Henry? said Dr. Mortimer. My wife isexpecting me. 亨利爵士， 如果我要一直赶回家去您不会见怪吧？ 摩梯末医生说道， 我太太在等着我呢。 Surely you will stay and have some...
The avenue opened into a broad expanse of turf, and the house lay before us. In the fadinglight I could see that the centre was a heavy block of building from which a porch projected. Thewhole front was draped in ivy, with a patch clipped bare here a...
