地下的秘密

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We took a cab to Mr. Wilson's shop. 我们乘出租车去了威尔逊先生的店。

But Holmes did not go inside. 但福尔摩斯没有进去。

Instead, he did something odd. 相反，他做了一件奇怪的事。

He walked up to the shop 他走到店门口

and hit the pavement hard with his stick, 用他的手杖用力敲击人行道，

two or three times. 两三次。

He seemed to be listening to the ground. 他似乎在听地面。

Then he knocked on the door and asked the assistant a simple question about directions. 然后他敲了敲门，问了店员一个关于方向的简单问题。

The young man, Spaulding, answered and went back inside. 那个年轻人，斯波尔丁，回答完就回去了。

"Did you see his knees?" “你看到他的膝盖了吗？”

Holmes asked me as we walked away. 福尔摩斯在我们走开时问我。

"His knees? “他的膝盖？”

No," I said. “没有，”我说。

"They were worn and dirty," Holmes said. “它们又旧又脏，”福尔摩斯说。

"That comes from digging. “那是挖土造成的。

This man has been digging a tunnel." 这个人一直在挖隧道。”

Then Holmes led me around the corner. 然后福尔摩斯带着我绕过街角。

Behind Wilson's little shop stood a great building: a large city bank. 在威尔逊的小店后面，矗立着一座宏伟的建筑：一家大型城市银行。

Suddenly everything was clear. 突然间，一切都清楚了。

"They are digging from the cellar to the bank," Holmes said. “他们正在从地窖挖到银行，”福尔摩斯说。

"The League was a trick to empty the shop while they worked. “那个联盟是个诡计，目的是在他们工作时让店里没人。

And I believe they will strike tonight." 我相信他们今晚就会动手。”

A small clue, rightly read, can reveal a whole hidden plan. 一个小小的线索，如果解读正确，就能揭示一个完整的隐藏计划。

"Tonight, Watson," Holmes said, "we will be waiting for them." “今晚，华生，”福尔摩斯说，“我们会在那里等着他们。”