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The Adventure of the Creeping Man,Arthur Conan Doyle,Mr. Sherlock Holmes was always of opinion that I should publish the singular facts connected with Professor Presbury, if only to dispel ¹ once for all the ugly rumours ² which some twenty years ago agitated ³ the university and were echoed in the learned societies of London. There were, however, certain obstacles in the way, and the true history of this curious case remained entombed in the tin box which contains so many records of my friend's adventures. Now we have at last obtained permission to ventilate the facts which formed one of the very last cases handled by Holmes before his retirement ⁴ from practice. Even now a certain reticence ⁵ and discretion ⁶ have to be observed in laying the matter before the public.,It was one Sunday evening early in September of the year 1903 that I received one of Holmes's laconic ⁷ messages:,Come at once if convenient—if inconvenient ⁸ come all the same.,— S. H.,When I arrived at Baker ¹⁵ Street I found him huddled ¹⁶ up in his armchair with updrawn knees, his pipe in his mouth and his brow furrowed ¹⁷ with thought. It was clear that he was in the throes of some vexatious problem. With a wave of his hand he indicated my old armchair, but otherwise for half an hour he gave no sign that he was aware of my presence. Then with a start he seemed to come from his reverie, and with his usual whimsical smile he greeted me back to what had once been my home.,“You will excuse a certain abstraction of mind, my dear Watson, ” said he. “Some curious facts have been submitted to me within the last twenty-four hours, and they in turn have given rise to some speculations ¹⁸ of a more general character. I have serious thoughts of writing a small monograph ¹⁹ upon the uses of dogs in the work of the detective.
”,“But surely, Holmes, this has been explored,” said I. “Bloodhounds—sleuth-hounds— ”,“No, no, Watson, that side of the matter is, of course, obvious. But there is another which is far more subtle. You may recollect ²⁰ that in the case which you, in your sensational ²¹ way, coupled with the Copper ²² Beeches ²³, I was able, by watching the mind of the child, to form a deduction ²⁴ as to the criminal habits of the very smug and respectable father.
”,“Yes, I remember it well.”,We hope the programme will dispel certain misconceptions about the disease.我们希望这个节目能消除对这种疾病的一些误解 。,The rumours were completely baseless. 那些谣传毫无根据
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