《新福爾摩斯》第236期:完美詭異的密室謎案

Private Bainbridge had just come off guard duty.He'd stood there for hours, plenty of people watching, nothing apparently wrong.

班布里奇衛(wèi)兵剛換崗回來 他在那里站了好幾個小時 眾目睽睽 沒有異常

He came off duty and within minutes was nearly dead from a wound in his stomach,but there was no weapon.

他換崗之后 在數分鐘內就幾近死亡 傷口在腹部 但是并沒有兇器

Where did it go?Ladies and gentlemen, I invite you to consider this a murderer who can walk through walls, a weapon that can vanish.

它到哪里去了?先生們 女士們 請你們來思考一下 可以穿越墻壁兇手 憑空消失的兇器

But in all of this, there is only one element which can be said to be truly remarkable.

但是在這一切之中 只有一點是值得注意的

Would anyone like to make a guess?

有人愿意來猜一下嗎?

Come on, come on,there is actually an element of Q&A to all of this.

來吧 來嘛 這里有一個問答游戲等著大家呢

Scotland Yard, have you got a theory?

來自蘇格蘭場的那位 你有什么想法?

Yeah, you, you're a detective, broadly speaking. Got a theory?

就是你 廣義地來講你也算是個偵探 有想法了嗎?

Er, um, if the, er...If the... If the...If the blade was propelled through the, erm...

呃 唔 如果 呃...如果... 如果...如果刀是通過 呃...

grating in the air vent,maybe a ballista or a catapult, um...Somebody tiny could crawl in there.

通氣扇的格柵進入......也許是用拋石機或彈弓 呃...身材矮小的人可以爬進去

So, yeah, we're looking for a dwarf.

所以 我們在尋找一個矮子

Brilliant. -Really? -No.

很好 - 對了嗎? - 沒有

Next? - He stabbed himself.

下一個? - 他是自己捅了自己

Hello, who was that?Tom?

是誰說的? 湯姆?

Got a theory?

有什么想法?

Attempted suicide, with a blade made of compacted blood and bone.

自殺未遂 兇器是一把由血和骨頭壓縮的刃器

Broke after piercing his abdomen,like a meat...dagger.

在刺穿腹部后就散了 就像一把肉...刀

A meat dagger? - Yes.

肉刀? - 對

Sit down. - No.

坐下吧 - 不對

There was one feature, and only one feature, of interest in the whole of this baffling case,

在這個讓人懊惱的案子里 有一點 而且僅有一點值得注意

and quite frankly it was the usual!John Watson.

坦白講 毫不意外地 那就是約翰·華生

Who, while I was trying to solve a murder, instead saved a life.

當我想著要破案時 而他則在挽救生命

There are mysteries worth solving and stories worth telling.

值得破解的謎題有的是 值得講的故事有的是

The best and bravest man I know and, on top of that, he actually knows how to do stuff.

他是我認識的人里最優(yōu)秀最勇敢的 此外 他確實知道怎樣做事

Except wedding planning and serviettes, he's rubbish at those.

除了策劃婚禮和折餐巾 他在這些事上很爛

The case itself remains the most ingenious and brilliantly planned murder,

這個案子本身 是一起經過精妙構思有計劃的謀殺

or attempted murder,I've ever had the pleasure to encounter.

或者說是蓄意謀殺 是我一向樂于遇到的那類

The most perfect locked-room mystery of which I am aware.

是我見過最完美的密室兇殺案

However, I'm not just here to praise John,I'm also here to embarrass him, so let's move on to...

不過 我在這不只是為了贊揚約翰 我是來讓他難堪的 所以 大家繼續(xù)聽故事...

No, wait... How was it done?

不 等等... 那是怎么做到的?

How was what done? - The stabbing?

什么是怎么做到? - 怎么捅的那一刀?

I'm afraid I don't know.I didn't solve that one.

恐怕我也不知道 我沒能破解

It can happen sometimes, it's very, very disappointing.

這種事有時會發(fā)生 讓人非常非常失望

Embarrassment leads me on to the stag night.Of course there's hours of material here, but I've cut it down to the really good bits.

為了讓他難堪 我?guī)チ藛紊砼蓪?爆料足夠說上幾個小時 但我把它們剪輯成絕妙的片段