福尔摩斯探案集第5季 福尔摩斯探案经典:《恐怖谷》第5章Part8

福尔摩斯探案经典:《恐怖谷》第5章Part8  

"We have heard from Mr. Cecil Barker that you did not actuAlly see--that you were never in the room where the tragedy occurred?"
"No
he turned me back upon the stairs. He begged me to return to my room."
"Quite so. You had heard the shot
and you had at once e down."
"I put on my dressing gown and then came down."
"How long was it after hearing the shot that you were stopped on the stair by Mr. Barker?"
"It may have been a couple of minutes. It is so hard to reckon time at such a moment. He implored me not to go on. He assured me that I could do nothing. Then Mrs. Allen
the housekeeper
led me upstairs again. It was all like some dreadful dream."
"Can you give us any idea how long your husband had been downstairs before you heard the shot?"
"No
I cannot say. He went from his dressing room
and I did not hear him go. He did the round of the house every night
for he was nervous of fire. It is the only thing that I have ever known him nervous of."
"That is just the point which I want to e to
Mrs. Douglas. You have known your husband only in England
have you not?"