From a drop of water a logician should be able to infer
一个逻辑学家应该可以从一滴水
the possibility of an Atlantic or a Niagara
推断出是大西洋还是尼亚加拉河
Or a Reichenbach?
或是莱辛巴赫瀑布
Have you written up your account of the case?
你把这桩案子写好了吗
Yes
是的
Modified to put it down as one of my rare failures of course?
经过修改把它写成了罕见的我未能破案的案例了吧
Of course
当然
The Adventure Of The Invisible Army
《无形军队历险记》
The League Of Furies?
或者愤怒军团
The Monstrous Regiment?
恐怖军团
I rather thought The Abominable Bride
我倒想起名为《恐怖新娘》
A trifle lurid
有点庸俗
It'll sell
但会畅销的
It's got proper murders in it too
而且还包含了正式八经的谋杀
You're the expert
你是这方面的专家嘛
As for your own tale
至于你的故事
are you sure it's still just a 7% solution that you take?
你还确定你只用了7%的溶剂吗
I think you may have increased the dosage
我觉得你是不是调高用量了
Perhaps I was being a little fanciful
或许我是有点异想天开了
But perhaps such things could come to pass
但或许这种事真的会发生
In any case I know I would be very much at home in such a world
不管怎样我相信我在那个世界会很自在的
Huh, I don't think I would be
我看我不会的
I beg to differ
我不敢苟同
But then I've always known I was a man out of his time
但我一向知道自己是个先于时代之人