福尔摩斯探案全集哪个版本最好 福尔摩斯探案经典:《恐怖谷》第13章Part6

福尔摩斯探案经典:《恐怖谷》第13章Part6  

The police trial had passed
in which the case of John Douglas was referred to a higher court. So had the Quarter Sessions
at which he was acquitted as having acted in self-defense.
"Get him out of England at any cost
" wrote Holmes to the wife. "There are forces here which may be more dangerous than those he has escaped. There is no safety for your husband in England."
Two months had gone by
and the case had to some extent passed from our minds. Then one morning there came an enigmatic note slipped into our letter box. "Dear me
Mr. Holmes. Dear me!" said this singular epistle. There was neither superscription nor signature. I laughed at the quaint message; but Holmes showed unwonted seriousness.
"Deviltry
Watson!" he remarked
and sat long with a clouded brow.
Late last night Mrs. Hudson
our landlady
brought up a message that a gentleman wished to see Mr. Holmes
and that the matter was of the utmost importance. Close at the heels of his messenger came Cecil Barker
our friend of the moated Manor House. His face was drawn and haggard.
"I've had bad news--terrible news
Mr. Holmes
" said he.
"I feared as much
" said Holmes.
"You have not had a cable
have you?"
"I have had a note from someone who has."
"It's poor Douglas. They tell me his name is Edwards; but he will always be Jack Douglas of Benito Canon to me. I told you that they started together for South Africa in the Palmyra three weeks ago."
"Exactly."
"The ship reached Cape Town last night. I received this cable from Mrs. Douglas this morning:
Jack has been lost overboard in gale off St. Helena. No one knows how accident occurred.
IVY DOUGLAS."
"Ha! It came like that
did it?" said Holmes thoughtfully. "Well
I've no doubt it was well stage-managed."
"You mean that you think there was no accident?"
"None in the world."
"He was murdered?"
"Surely!"