55、毒巨人 ...
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27th May
The Poison Giant
5月27日
毒巨人
It all started when I received an email. There was no text just a picture of a pearl. I assumed it was spam but then, the next day, there was another one. Another email, another picture. Another pearl. And again and again. Six days, six pearls.
一切是从我收到一封电子邮件开始的。没有正文，只有一张珍珠的照片。我原以为是垃圾邮件，但次日又来了一封。另一颗珍珠。一封又一封。六天，六颗珍珠。
And then it just stopped with no explanation. I was happy to ignore it but Sherlock was intrigued. I think the thing that intrigued him the most was that I'd received the emails rather than him. Well, I think it irritated him. Well, I know it did. He called me one morning, shouting and demanding to know why the interesting people always emailed me and never him. Sometimes he really is just like a little kid.
而后突然就毫无预示地没有下文了。我乐得无视它，但夏洛克的好奇心被勾起来了。我觉得最令他好奇的是，收信人是我而不是他。好吧，我觉得这惹恼了他。好吧，我知道他的确被惹恼了。一天早晨他给我打了个电话，大吼大叫地质问为什么有趣的人总是给我而不是给他发邮件。有时候他真像个小屁孩。
We were able to trace the emails to a warehouse in Wapping owned by a Daniel Brennan. We found the warehouse but, unfortunately, we also found Daniel Brennan. He was lying next to a laptop, having been shot by a poisoned dart. Not that Sherlock noticed. He was too busy searching the laptop for further clues. He'd already worked out that basically we were on a treasure hunt. I made a joke about Anneka Rice's bum but he didn't get it.
我们顺着邮件追踪到了沃平区①的一个仓库，归属一位大人物②名下。我们找到了那个仓库，但不幸的是，我们同时也找到了那位大人物。他被一枚毒镖击中，死在了手提电脑旁边。夏洛克没去注意这个。他正忙于在电脑里寻找更多线索。他已经知道，我们应当是在追踪一桩寻宝案。我开了个关于安妮卡·赖斯③的玩笑，可惜他没抓住笑点。
We took the laptop back to Baker Street and examined it. It seemed to belong to someone called James Swandale, judging by the documents he'd oh-so-carelessly left on it. I didn't need Sherlock to tell me that it was some kind of trap. But still, he did.
我们把那台手提电脑带回了贝克街进行检查。它似乎是属于一个叫詹姆斯·斯旺代尔的人，从他如此不小心落在里头的文档可知。无需夏洛克告诉我我也知道那是个陷阱。但他还是这么告诉我了。
He'd heard of Swandale. He was a jewel thief who could apparently get into lots of places easily because he was... well... short. Really, very short. I'm not sure what the correct word is these days.
他听说过斯旺代尔。那是个珠宝大盗，能轻而易举地溜进许多地方，因为他……好吧……很矮。我说真的，非常矮。最近我都不知道该用什么词才是正确的了。
What I couldn't understand was why he'd emailed me in the first place. Why lead me to an innocent man who he'd killed And, most weirdly, why lead me to a laptop full of clues as to the location of his next heist Obviously it was a trick of some sort. He wanted us to go the wrong place. But even then, why send me the emails at all Or was it all a trick by someone else Was someone else setting up Swandale To be honest, I was baffled. But then again, when am I not baffled
我不明白的是为什么他首先选择了给我发邮件。为什么把我带到被他杀死的无辜男人面前？以及，最古怪的是，为什么给我留下一台电脑，里面满是他下一个抢劫目标之类的线索？显然这是某种恶作剧。他想要将我们引入歧路。但就算这样好了，到底为什么要给我发那些邮件呢？还是说这一切都只是某人的恶作剧？是有人虚构了斯旺代尔这个人物吗？老实说，我一头雾水。但老问题又来了，我什么时候不一头雾水了？
But Sherlock was Sherlock. It was all a big game. Someone had started a new game with him and he had to win. That was something I'd learnt myself quite quickly into our friendship.
不过夏洛克就是夏洛克。这就是一个大型游戏。有人开始跟他玩一个新游戏，而他必须获胜。这是我在我们的友谊中很快明白的东西。
The big clue we had to go on was that Swandale had got hold of the plans of a house belonging to some pop star from the 90s called Giles Conover. He'd been ‘big on the indie scene' apparently. I don't actually know what that means but there you go.
我们要追踪的大线索是，斯旺代尔掌握了一所房子的图纸，那房子属于某个名叫贾尔斯·康诺瓦的90后明星。他是个“独立音乐圈的大人物”。我实际上不是很明白这意味着什么，但你还是得继续追寻下去。
So off we went to do a stakeout. At night. And that's when we met James Swandale. He was, to be honest, terrifying. And he had his poisoned dart with him. And he had a friend. A big friend. A really big friend. Sherlock recognised him as Phil Dickinson, known to some as The Headcrusher. So, there we were being chased across a rooftop by Swandale and his poisoned dart only to run straight into this bloke who could break me in half with his bare hands.
于是我们开始盯梢。大晚上的。然后我们见到了詹姆斯·斯旺代尔。老实说，他很可怕。他身上带着毒镖④，还带着个朋友。一个大朋友。一个真的相当大只的朋友。夏洛克认出那是菲尔·迪金森，人称“碎头机”⑤。因此，我们被人从屋顶这头追杀到那头，自投罗网撞到这个能赤手空拳将我劈成两半的家伙手里。
And that's what it had all been about. Somebody had wanted us dead and rather than hire an assassin had hired a pair of jewel thieves who were like the parallel evil universe version of Little and Large. They were trying to outfox Sherlock by not playing by the rules.
这就是全部真相了。有人想要我们的命，而且雇的不是杀手而是一对《小与大》⑥平行宇宙邪恶版似的珠宝大盗，他们试图不按游戏规则来，阴夏洛克一把。
We escaped, obviously. Sherlock's good with a sword and I'd bought a gun. One of them went off the roof and the other's currently in prison.
显然我们逃脱了。夏洛克耍得一手好剑而我带了把枪。一个敌人逃下了屋顶，另一个目前正在监狱里。
We never found out who was trying to kill us. I felt we should investigate further but Sherlock had already dismissed it as boring and irrelevant. He was far more interested in a phone call he'd just received from Greg.
我们一直没找出是谁想要我们的命。我觉得我们应该继续深入调查，但夏洛克已经将它判为无聊无关的东西扔到一边了。相比起来，他对最近格雷打来的一个电话更感兴趣。
About an elephant.
关于一头大象的。
So that was that. Off we went. Ready to solve our next case. It's exhausting but, God, I've missed this life.
所以事情告一段落。我们就出发了，准备去解决下一个案子。精疲力尽，但老天啊，我真想念这种生活。
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6 comments
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Another good one, mate.
Mike Stamford 27 May
又一次干得漂亮，伙计。
迈克·斯坦福 5月27日
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Anonymous 27 May
这都是谎言！！！来这里更多都斯（是）因为塔们（他们）不翔信（相信）你的谎言伙计
#莫里亚提队
匿名 5月27日
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Sherlock was proved to be innocent. Let it go.
Jacob Sowersby 27 May
夏洛克已经被证实是清白的。别再争了。
雅各布·索维斯拜 5月27日
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Cheers, Jacob.
John Watson 27 May
干杯，雅各布。
约翰·华生 5月27日
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I used to love Giles Conover!!! Did you get his autograph!
James Gamlin 27 May
我以前很迷贾尔斯·康诺瓦的！！！你拿到他签名了吗？！
詹姆斯·甘林 5月27日
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No.
Sherlock Holmes 27 May
没有。
夏洛克·福尔摩斯 5月27日
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