福尔摩斯探案主要内容 福尔摩斯探案经典:《恐怖谷》第5章Part12

福尔摩斯探案经典:《恐怖谷》第5章Part12  

"Very good
Ames. It is
of course
important for us to know which tracks may be Mr. Barker's and which from outside."
"Yes
sir. I may say that I noticed that the slippers were stained with blood--so indeed were my own."
"That is natural enough
considering the condition of the room. Very good
Ames. We will ring if we want you."
A few minutes later we were in the study. Holmes had brought with him the carpet slippers from the hall. As Ames had observed
the soles of both were dark with blood.
"Strange!" murmured Holmes
as he stood in the light of the window and examined them minutely. "Very strange indeed!" Stooping with one of his quick feline pounces
he placed the slipper upon the blood mark on the sill. It exactly corresponded. He smiled in silence at his colleagues. The inspector was transfigured with excitement. His native accent rattled like a stick upon railings. "Man
" he cried
"there's not a doubt of it! Barker has just marked the window himself. It's a good deal broader than any bootmark. I mind that you said it was a splay-foot
and here's the explanation. But what's the game
Mr. Holmes--what's the game?"
"Ay
what's the game?" my friend repeated thoughtfully.
White Mason chuckled and rubbed his fat hands together in his professional satisfaction. "I said it was a snorter!" he cried. "And a real snorter it is!"