乔装调查

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The next morning, Holmes left Baker Street early. 第二天早上，福尔摩斯很早就离开了贝克街。

He was dressed as a poor horse driver, dirty and simple. 他打扮成一个贫穷的马车夫，衣着肮脏，样子朴素。

No one would ever guess he was a detective. 没有人会想到他是一名侦探。

He went to the street where Irene Adler lived. 他去了艾琳·艾德勒住的那条街。

There he talked with the local drivers and servants. 在那里，他与当地的马车夫和仆人们交谈。

In this clever way, he learned all about her. 通过这种巧妙的方式，他了解了她的一切。

"She is kind and lovely," Holmes told me later. “她善良又可爱，”福尔摩斯后来告诉我。

"Every man in the street likes her. “街上的每个人都喜欢她。

And she has one gentleman friend, a lawyer named Godfrey Norton. 她还有一个绅士朋友，一位名叫戈弗雷·诺顿的律师。

He visits her often." 他经常拜访她。”

That very day, something surprising happened. 就在那天，发生了一件令人惊讶的事情。

Norton rushed to Irene's house. 诺顿急匆匆地赶到艾琳的家。

Then Irene hurried out. 然后艾琳匆匆忙忙地出来了。

Both drove quickly to a church. 两人都迅速开车去了一座教堂。

Holmes, still in disguise, followed them inside. 福尔摩斯，仍然乔装打扮，跟着他们进了教堂。

And there, by chance, he became part of the story. 在那里，他偶然地成为了故事的一部分。

Irene and Norton were getting married—and they needed one more witness. 艾琳和诺顿正在结婚——他们还需要一位证人。

"You, sir! “先生，你！

Come here!" 过来！”

they called to the dirty driver. 他们对那个肮脏的马车夫喊道。

So Holmes helped the very two people he was spying on to marry. 于是，福尔摩斯帮助了他正在监视的两个人结婚。

Life often surprises the man who believes he has planned everything. 生活常常会给那些自以为计划好一切的人带来惊喜。

Holmes now knew that Irene was married. 福尔摩斯现在知道艾琳已经结婚了。

But he still had to find the photograph. 但他仍然需要找到那张照片。