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5章Part3

福尔摩斯探案经典:《恐怖谷》第5章Part3  

"He was a bachelor
you say?"
"A widower."
"Have you ever heard where his first wife came from?"
"No
I remember his saying that she was of German extraction
and I have seen her portrait. She was a very beautiful woman. She died of typhoid the year before I met him."
"You don't associate his past with any particular part of America?"
"I have heard him talk of Chicago. He knew that city well and had worked there. I have heard him talk of the coal and iron districts. He had travelled a good deal in his time."
"Was he a politician? Had this secret society to do with politics?"
"No
he cared nothing about politics."
"You have no reason to think it was criminal?"
"On the contrary
I never met a straighter man in my life."
"Was there anything curious about his life in California?"
"He liked best to stay and to work at our claim in the mountains. He would never go where other men were if he could help it. That's why I first thought that someone was after him. Then when he left so suddenly for Europe I made sure that it was so. I believe that he had a warning of some sort. Within a week of his leaving half a dozen men were inquiring for him."
"What sort of men?"