银行地窖

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That night, Holmes, the police, and I went quietly to the bank. 那个晚上，福尔摩斯、警察和我悄悄地去了银行。

We climbed down into the dark vault below, where the gold was kept. 我们下到下面漆黑的金库里，那里存放着黄金。

Then we waited in complete silence. 然后我们鸦雀无声地等待着。

Hours passed. 几个小时过去了。

It was cold and black. 里面又冷又黑。

I held my breath. 我屏住了呼吸。

At last, we heard a small sound. 终于，我们听到了一点点声音。

A light appeared between the stones of the floor. 一束光从地板的石缝间出现了。

Slowly, a hole opened. 慢慢地，一个洞口打开了。

A hand came up, then a head. 一只手伸了上来，接着是一个头。

The thief was climbing out of his tunnel—straight into our trap. 那个小偷正从他的地道里爬出来——正好落入我们的陷阱。

"Now!" “现在！”

cried Holmes. 福尔摩斯喊道。

He jumped forward and caught the man. 他跳上前去抓住了那个人。

It was Spaulding, the assistant—but his real name was John Clay, a famous and clever criminal. 原来是助手斯波尔丁——但他的真名是约翰·克莱，一个著名而狡猾的罪犯。

A second thief tried to escape down the tunnel, but the police soon caught him too. 第二个小偷试图从地道逃走，但警察很快也抓住了他。

"You did well," Holmes told the police calmly. “你们干得很好，”福尔摩斯平静地对警察说。

"The whole plan was clever, but the Red-Headed League gave it away." “整个计划很巧妙，但红发会却把它泄露了。”

The bank's gold was safe. 银行的黄金安全了。

Mr. Wilson never even knew how close he had come to helping a great robbery. 威尔逊先生甚至都不知道他差点就帮助了一场大抢劫。

The cleverest trick is the one that is a little too clever. 最巧妙的计谋，往往是聪明反被聪明误。

"It was a small case," Holmes said with a smile, "but I confess I enjoyed it." “这只是一个小案子，”福尔摩斯笑着说，“但我承认我乐在其中。”