前景提要：华生独自一人离开案发现场被多诺万警官告诫最好离卷福远一点。此时，卷福的哥哥闪亮登场，要华生选择阵营。卷福的调查马上步入正轨......
华生回家啦啦啦啦
W：what are you doing? 你在干什么？
S：Nicotine patch. Help me think. Impossible to sustain a smoking habit in London these days. Bad news for brain work.尼古丁贴片,有助于我思考，这年头在伦敦连烟都抽不起，对大脑无益。
wuli卷福在贴尼古丁贴片—。—这小眼神
W：It's good news for breathing. 对呼吸有益。
S：Oh,breathing! Breathing's boring. 呼吸有什么意义！
W：Is that three patches？那是贴了三片？
S：It's a three-patch problem.一片一个难度嘛。
招牌冥想姿势
W：well...？you asked me to come, I’m assuming it’s important.
急着叫我回来，有什么要紧事。
S：Oh, yeah, of course. Can I borrow your phone? 对，当然，能借用一下手机吗？
W：My phone?我的手机吗？
S：Always a chance that my number will be recognised. It's on the website.我的号码可能会被认出来，网上已经公诸于众了
W：Mrs Hudson's got a phone.赫德森太太也有手机吧。
S：Yeah, she's downstairs. I tried shouting but she didn't hear.
对，可她在楼下。我喊破喉咙她都没听见。
W：I was the other side of London...可当时我在伦敦的另一头。
S：There was no hurry. 我又不赶时间。
卷福 就是这么任性
W：Here... So what's this about - the case?给…那箱子呢？
S：Her case...她的箱子… W：Her case?她的箱子？
S：Her suitcase, yes,obviously. The murderer took her suitcase, first big mistake.
就是她的，很明显。凶手拿走手提箱，第一个大错
W：OK, he took her case. So? 凶手拿走箱子说明什么？
S：It's no use, there's no other way. We'll have to risk it. On my desk there's a number. I want you to send a text. 虽然是徒劳，但是别无他法了，用这个来搏一搏。我说书桌上有个手机号，帮我发个短信。
华生内心有万匹草泥马奔腾而过
S：Text, yes. The number on my desk. What's wrong?对，号码在桌上。怎么了？
W：Just met a friend of yours.刚才见了你一位朋友。
S：A friend?朋友吗？ W：An enemy.敌人
S：Oh. Which one?哪个？
W：Well, yourarch-enemy, according to him. Do people have arch-enemies?
据他所说是你的死敌。什么人会有死敌啊？
S：Did he offer you money to spy on me?他给你钱派来监视我吗？
W：Yes.对 S：Did you take it?你收了吗？ W：No.没有
W：Who is he?他是谁？
S：The most dangerousman you've ever met, and not my problem right now. On my desk, the number!最危险的人物，先不说这个，快拿我桌上的手机号。
W：Jennifer Wilson.That was... Hang on. Wasn't that the dead woman?
詹妮弗.威尔逊，这是…等等，这不是那个死者吗？
S：Yes. That's not important. Just enter the number. Are you doing it?是，别管这个，输入这个号码。输入了吗？
W：Yes.对 S：Have you done it?输完了吗？
W：Yeah - hang on!等，别催！
S：These words exactly.我说什么写什么。
劳瑞斯顿花园发生了什么事，我一定是昏过去了， 诺森伯兰大街22号，请快过来。
S：Oh，perhaps I should mention-I didn’t kill her.也许我该提议下，我没有杀她。
W：I never said you did.我没说是你。
S：Why not？Given that text and the fact I have her case, it’s a perfectly logical assumption.为什么不是？鉴于那短信，箱子又在我手上，自然会怀疑我。
W：Do people usually assume you’re the murderer?人们通常把你看成凶手吗？
S：Now and then, yes.早晚会的。
W：OK…好吧…
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