假火警
类别:经典文学
福尔摩斯巧妙设计假火警,引诱艾琳在紧急关头暴露藏匿珍贵照片的地点,成功识破其藏身之处。
时长 61 秒 · 语速 189 wpm
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That evening, Holmes made a clever plan. 那天晚上,福尔摩斯想出了一个巧妙的计划。
To find the photo, he needed Irene to show him where she kept it. 为了找到那张照片,他需要艾琳给他指出她把它藏在哪里。
"When a house is on fire," Holmes told me, “当房子着火时,”福尔摩斯告诉我,
"a person runs to save their most precious thing. “一个人会跑去救他们最珍贵的东西。
I will make Irene believe there is a fire." 我会让艾琳相信发生了火灾。”
He asked me to help. 他请求我帮忙。
I hid a smoke stick that could make a loud noise and a cloud of smoke. 我藏了一根烟雾棒,它能发出巨响并冒出浓烟。
Holmes dressed as a kind old priest. 福尔摩斯乔装成一位和蔼的老牧师。
Near Irene's house, he pretended to be hurt in a small fight in the street. 在艾琳家附近,他假装在街头的一场小冲突中受了伤。
Kind Irene had him carried into her sitting room to rest. 善良的艾琳让人把他扶进她的客厅休息。
Then I threw the smoke stick through the window. 然后我把烟雾棒从窗户扔了进去。
"Fire! “着火了!
Fire!" 着火了!”
people shouted. 人们喊道。
Just as Holmes had guessed, Irene ran straight to one spot. 正如福尔摩斯所料,艾琳径直跑向一个地方。
She pulled at a small panel in the wall, reaching for the photo. 她拉开墙上的一个小隔板,伸手去拿照片。
Holmes saw the hiding place clearly. 福尔摩斯清楚地看到了那个藏匿地点。
"It is all right, it was a false alarm," he called. “没关系,是虚惊一场,”他喊道。
Slowly, everyone grew calm. 慢慢地,大家平静了下来。
People reveal what they love most in the moment they fear to lose it. 人们在害怕失去的那一刻,会显露出他们最珍爱的东西。
Holmes now knew exactly where the photo was hidden. 福尔摩斯现在确切地知道照片藏在哪里了。
He would return the next day to take it. 他第二天会回来拿走它。