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第20章 波思克姆比溪谷秘案6（第2页）

"Lookhere，Watson，"hesaidwhehwascleared，"justsitdowninthisdletmepreachtoyouforalittle。Idon'tkodo，andIshouldvalueyouradvice。Lightadletmeexpound。"

"Praydoso。"

"Well，now，ihiscasetherearetwopointsaboutyoungMcCarthy'sruckusbothinstantly，althoughtheyimpressedmeinhisfavourandyouagainsthim。Ohathisfathershould，agtohisat，cry'Cooee&#him。Theotherwashissingulardyioarat。Hemumbledseveralwords，youuand，butthatwasallthatcaughttheson'sear。Nowfromthisdoublepointourresearendwewillbeginitbypresumingthatwhattheladsaysisabsolutelytrue。"

"Whatofthis'Cooee'then?"

"Well，obviouslyitothavebeeheson。Theson，asfarasheknew，wasinBristol。Itwasmerecethathewaswithihe'eanttoattracttheattentiowasthathehadtheappoih。But'Cooee'isadistinctlyAustraliandonewhichisusedbetweenAustraliaroionthatthepersoneatBoseonewhohadbeeninAustralia。"

"Whatoftherat，then?"

Sherloestookafoldedpaperfromhispodflatteoable。"ThisisamapoftheyofVictoria，"hesaid。"IwiredtoBristolforitlastnight。"Heputhishaofthemap。"Whatdoyouread?"

"ARAT，"Iread。

"Andnow?"Heraisedhishand。

"BALLARAT。"

"Quiteso。Thatwasthewordthemanuttered，andofwhionlycaughtthelasttwosyllables。Hewastryihenameofhismurderer。Soandso，ofBallarat。"

"Itiswonderful!"Iexclaimed。

"Itisobvious。Andnow，yousee，Ihadhefielddowhepossessiarmentointwhitingtheson'sstateme，wasaty。WehaveerevaguehedefiionofanAustralianfromBallaratwithagreycloak。"

"ly。"

"Andonewhowasathomei，forthepoollybeapproachedbythefarmorbytheestate，wherestrangerscouldhardlywa;

"Quiteso。"

"Thenesourexpeditionoftoday。ByaionairifliailswhichIgavetothatimbecileLestrade，astothepersonalityoftheal。"

"Buthowdidyougai;

"Youkisfouheobservationoftrifles。"

"HisheightIknowthatyhlyjudgefromthelengthofhisstride。Hisboots，too，mightbetoldfromtheirtraces。"

"Yes，theywerepeculiarboots。"

"Buthislame;

"Theimpressionhtfootwasalwayslessdistinhisleft。Heputlessweightuponit。Why?Becausehelimped-hewaslame。"

"Buthisleft-ha;

"Youwereyourselfstruckbytheheinjuryasrecordedbythesurgeo。Theblowwasstruediatelybehioside。Now，howthatbeuwerebyaleft-handedmaoodbehindthattreedurierviewbetweeherandson。Hehadevehere。Ifoundtheashofacigar，whichmyspeowledgeoftobaccoasheseopronounIndiancigar。Ihave，asyoukedsomeattentiontothis，alemonographontheashesof140differeiesofpipe，dcigarettetobagfouhenlookedroundahestumpamongthemosswherehehadtossedit。ItwasanIndiancigar，ofthevarietywhicharerolledinRotterdam。"

"Andthecigar-holder?"

"Icouldseethattheendhadnotbeeninhismouth。Thereforeheusedaholder。Thetiphadbeenotbittenoff，buttheotae，soIdedutpe;

"Holmes，"Isaid，"youhavedrawhismanfromwhiotesdyouhavesavedahumarulyasifyouhadcutthecordwhiginghim。Iseethedireoiis。。。"

"MrJoh;criedthehoteleningthed-room，andusheringinavisitor。