福爾摩斯探案經典:《恐怖谷》第4章Part20
"Well, I'll borrow that if I may."
"Certainly--but what a wretched weapon! If there is danger--"
"Nothing serious, my dear Watson, or I should certainly ask for your assistance. But I'll take the umbrella. At present I am only awaiting the return of our colleagues from Tunbridge Wells, where they are at present engaged in trying for a likely owner to the bicycle."
It was nightfall before Inspector MacDonald and White Mason came back from their expedition, and they arrived exultant, reporting a great advance in our investigation.
"Man, I'll admeet that I had my doubts if there was ever an outsider," said MacDonald, "but that's all past now. We've had the bicycle identified, and we have a description of our man; so that's a long step on our journey."
"It sounds to me like the beginning of the end," said Holmes.
"I'm sure I congratulate you both with all my heart."
“好，如果可以的話，我要借用一下。”
“當然可以了，不過，這是一件多麼蹩腳的武器啊！如果有什麼危險……”
“沒什麼嚴重問題，我親愛的華生，不然，我就一定會請你幫忙了。可是我一定要借這把傘用一用。目前，我只是等候我的同事們從滕布里奇韋爾斯市回來，他們現在正在那裏查找自行車的主人呢。”
黃昏時分，警官麥克唐納和懷特·梅森調查回來了。他們興高采烈，說是調查有了很大進展。
“夥計，我承認我曾經懷疑過是否果真有個外來人，"麥克唐納說道，“不過現在一切都過去了。我們已經認出了自行車，並且還查訪到車主的外貌特徵，所以，這一趟可是收穫不小啊。”
“你們這麼說，好象這案子就要了結了，"福爾摩斯說道，
“我衷心地向你們二位道喜啊。”
