Sherlock Holmes Complete Works 1

Chapter 11 Research on Scarlet Characters 11
Holmes had already drawn out his watch.Look intently at the dog, then at the watch.Time passed by minute by minute, and there was still no result.There was a look of extreme annoyance and disappointment on his face.He bit his lip tightly and tapped his fingers on the table, looking very impatient.He was so emotional that even I couldn't help feeling genuinely sorry for him.The two official detectives wore ironic smiles on their faces, secretly rejoicing at Holmes' setback.

"It will not happen by chance," said Holmes thoughtfully, as he paced up and down. "I have long suspected that Draper died of some kind of poison, which was at last discovered after the death of Ster Jason. But why doesn't it do anything? What does it mean? I assure you that I'm not, and can't be, wrong in my conclusions about the case. And yet, the dog doesn't respond." "Oh, I see I finally understand!" After a moment of silence, Holmes suddenly shouted excitedly, ran quickly to the medicine box, took out another pill, cut it in half, dissolved half of it with water, and added Serve with milk and place in front of the dog.As soon as the poor puppy's tongue was touched with this liquid, his limbs convulsed and convulsed, and then he died straight as if struck by lightning.

Holmes let out a sigh of relief, and wiped the sweat from his brow. "It seems that my self-confidence is not strong enough. Just now I should understand that if a fact contradicts the inference, then there must be some other reason. Instead of shaking the correct reasoning, I am actually seeing this. You should have thought of it before taking the medicine, one of the two medicines in the box is highly poisonous, and the other is not."

Holmes' philosophical words are thought-provoking.His last words were so startling that I wondered if he had lost his senses.The dog's death proved his deduction to be correct.I also began to have a better understanding of the case.

Holmes continued: "You seem to think this is very strange, but in fact it's nothing. It's just that at the beginning, you didn't catch the only correct clue, but I was lucky enough to catch it. Everything that happened after that proved me The assumption was correct, and these things happened as a practical consequence of that thread. So the things that confuse you and complicate the case are of great use to me, and they prove to me that It is not advisable to mix the mysterious with the strange, and often the most mysterious crimes are the most ordinary and ordinary, because there is no special clue to solve it. In this case, if the body is on the road, there will be no evidence. If a particular plot attracts attention, then the case is difficult to solve. Therefore, strange things happen that do not make the case more complicated, but become simpler and simpler."

The more Mr. Gregson listened, the more displeased he became. At last he could bear it no longer and said: "Mr. Holmes, we admit that you are a man of wit and ability, and have your own unique way of working. But please stop talking about it now." Some big reasons, we want to catch the murderer. It turns out that Remy Reid and I were wrong. Xia Mingjie cannot be the murderer of the second deceased, and it is impossible to kill Ster Jason, and Ster Jason Killed again. You talk about this and that. You seem to know more than us. Now, you should also tell us how much you know about this case. I think we have the right to ask you to tell. Can you name the murderer? Is your name coming?"

Remy Reid also echoed: "Sir, I also feel that Gregson is right. We have both tried, and now we have failed. Since I entered this room, you have said more than once that you have mastered it." All the evidence you need. You should stop hiding it now!"

I also said: "If the murderer is not caught, he may still have time to endanger others."

Everyone urged him like this, but Holmes seemed to hesitate.He paced the room with his head down, frowning as he usually did when he was lost in thought.

At last he stopped abruptly and said to us: "The murderer won't kill again, you can rest assured about that. You asked me just now if I knew the murderer's name. Of course I do. But knowing his name doesn't count at all." What. To catch him is the end. I reckon I'll catch him soon, and I'll arrange it myself, and it'll be very delicate, because we're dealing with a very cunning, desperate fellow. It also turns out that this killer has someone as smart as he is helping him. As long as the killer is confident that someone has a clue, we have a chance of catching him. However, if he gets even the slightest bit suspicious, he will change his name surname, immediately disappeared among the 400 million inhabitants of this metropolis. I don't mean to belittle you two, but I have to say that I don't think you official detectives are a match for these two, so I didn't ask for your help. If I fail, I will of course accept all responsibility arising from it. I am willing to accept this responsibility. I promise you now that when my overall plan is not affected, I will tell you when it is."

Despite Holmes's assurances and his unceremonious belittling of the official detective, Gregson and Remired seemed unwilling to let this end.Gregson's face was red to the root of his hair, and Remy Reid's round eyes showed curiosity and dissatisfaction.Before they could speak, however, there was a soft knock on the door, and it was the inattentive waif Wiggins.

Wiggins raised his hand and said, "Sir, I've ordered the carriage, and it's downstairs."

"Well done," said Holmes kindly. Then he took out a pair of steel handcuffs from a drawer, and said, "Why don't you police at Scotland Yard use them? You can see how well they work with springs. They snap at the touch. It's stuck."

Still in a disgruntled tone, Remired said, "As long as we can find someone who deserves to be handcuffed, the old-fashioned ones will work just as well."

"Very well, very well," said Holmes, laughing. "The coachman may be able to help me with my box. Wiggins, please come up."

I was very surprised to see Holmes looking like he was going away, because he had never mentioned it to me.Besides, the case is at a critical moment, how could he go away suddenly?There was a small suitcase in the room, and he pulled it out and began to strap it.Just then, the coachman came in.

"Cheerer, please fasten this belt buckle for me," said Holmes, kneeling and busying himself, without looking back.

The coachman looked displeased, and came over reluctantly, and was about to help, when he heard the crisp sound of metal hitting, and Holmes suddenly jumped up.

"Gentlemen," he cried, "I now introduce to you Mr. Jefferson Hope, the murderer of Enoch Draper and Joseph Ster Jackson."

All this happened in an instant, so fast that we had no time to react.I still vividly remember the scene, the triumphant expression on Holmes' face, his resounding voice, and the dazed, savage look on the coachman's face as he saw the shining handcuffs miraculously fastened to his wrists.For a second or two, we stood there like statues.Then, with a roar, the coachman broke free from Holmes' grasp, and dashed for the window, smashing its frame and panes to pieces.However, before he could jump out, Gregson, Remired, and Holmes jumped on him like a pack of hounds, and after pulling him into the house, there was another fight.This man was extremely fierce and beat the four of us back again and again.He seemed to have the brute strength of an epileptic.Because he wanted to rush out of the window just now, his face and hands were bloodied by the glass, but this did not affect his resistance in the slightest.In the end, Remy Reid grabbed his neck tightly, almost choking him to death.Only then did he realize that it was useless to resist, but even so, we tied him hand and foot.After this man named coachman, who was actually a murderer, quieted down, we stood up panting, standing there panting heavily.

"His carriage is just downstairs," said Holmes. "Take him to Scotland Yard. This little mysterious case is over. Now just ask any questions you have, and I will give them to you." satisfactory answer."

(End of this chapter)