福尔摩斯英语故事阅读3.docx

1、福尔摩斯英语故事阅读3福尔摩斯英语故事阅读3导读：我根据大家的需要整理了一份关于福尔摩斯英语故事阅读3的内容，具体内容：So much for Mr. Henry Baker, said Holmes when he had closed the door behind him. . So much for Mr. Henry Baker, said Holmes when he had closed the door behind him. It is quite certain that he knows nothing whatever about the matter. Are you

2、 hungry, Watson? Not particularly. Then I suggest that we turn our dinner into a supper and follow up this clew while it is still hot. By all means. It was a bitter night, so we drew on our ulsters and wrapped cravats about our throats. Outside, the stars were shining coldly in a cloudless sky, and

3、the breath of the passers-by blew out into smoke like so many pistol shots. Our footfalls rang out crisply and loudly as we swung through the doctors quarter, Wimpole Street, Harley Street, and so through Wigmore Street into Oxford Street. In a quarter of an hour we were in Bloomsbury at the Alpha I

4、nn, which is a small public-house at the corner of one of the streets which runs down into Holborn. Holmes pushed open the door of the private bar and ordered two glasses of beer from the ruddy-faced, white-aproned landlord. Your beer should be excellent if it is as good as your geese, said he. My g

5、eese! The man seemed surprised. Yes. I was speaking only half an hour ago to Mr. Henry Baker, who was a member of your goose club. Ah! yes, I see. But you see, sir, thems not our geese. Indeed! Whose, then? Well, I got the two dozen from a salesman in Covent Garden. Indeed? I know some of them. Whic

6、h was it? Breckinridge is his name. Ah! I dont know him. Well, heres your good health landlord, and prosperity to your house. Good-night. Now for Mr. Breckinridge, he continued, buttoning up his coat as we came out into the frosty air. Remember, Watson that though we have so homely a thing as a goos

7、e at one end of this chain, we have at the other a man who will certainly get seven years penal servitude unless we can establish his innocence. It is possible that our inquiry may but confirm his guilt but, in any case, we have a line of investigation which has been missed by the police, and which

8、a singular chance has placed in our hands. Let us follow it out to the bitter end. Faces to the south, then, and quick march! We passed across Holborn, down Endell Street, and so through a zigzag of slums to Covent Garden Market. One of the largest stalls bore the name of Breckinridge upon it, and t

9、he proprietor a horsy-looking man, with a sharp face and trim side-whiskers was helping a boy to put up the shutters. Good-evening. Its a cold night, said Holmes. The salesman nodded and shot a questioning glance at my companion. Sold out of geese, I see, continued Holmes, pointing at the bare slabs

10、 of marble. Let you have five hundred to-morrow morning. Thats no good. Well, there are some on the stall with the gas-flare. Ah, but I was recommended to you. Who by? The landlord of the Alpha. Oh, yes; I sent him a couple of dozen. Fine birds they were, too. Now where did you get them from? To my

11、surprise the question provoked a burst of anger from the salesman. Now, then, mister, said he, with his head cocked and his arms akimbo, what are you driving at? Lets have it straight, now. It is straight enough. I should like to know who sold you the geese which you supplied to the Alpha. Well then

12、, I shant tell you. So now! Oh, it is a matter of no importance; but I dont know why you should be so warm over such a trifle. Warm! Youd be as warm, maybe, if you were as pestered as I am. When I pay good money for a good article there should be an end of the business; but its Where are the geese?

13、and Who did you sell the geese to? and What will you take for the geese? One would think they were the only geese in the world, to hear the fuss that is made over them. Well, I have no connection with any other people who have been making inquiries, said Holmes carelessly. If you wont tell us the be

14、t is off, that is all. But Im always ready to back my opinion on a matter of fowls, and I have a fiver on it that the bird I ate is country bred. Well, then, youve lost your fiver, for its town bred, snapped the salesman. Its nothing of the kind. I say it is. I dont believe it. Dyou think you know m

15、ore about fowls than I, who have handled them ever since I was a nipper? I tell you, all those birds that went to the Alpha were town bred. Youll never persuade me to believe that. Will you bet, then? Its merely taking your money, for I know that I am right. But Ill have a sovereign on with you, jus

16、t to teach you not to be obstinate. The salesman chuckled grimly. Bring me the books, Bill, said he. The small boy brought round a small thin volume and a great greasy-backed one, laying them out together beneath the hanging lamp. Now then, Mr. Cocksure, said the salesman, I thought that I was out o

17、f geese, but before I finish youll find that there is still one left in my shop. You see this little book? Well? Thats the list of the folk from whom I buy. Dyou see? Well, then, here on this page are the country folk, and the numbers after their names are where their accounts are in the big ledger.

18、 Now, then! You see this other page in red ink? Well, that is a list of my town suppliers. Now, look at that third name. Just read it out to me. Mrs. Oakshott, 117, Brixton Road-249, read Holmes. Quite so. Now turn that up in the ledger. Holmes turned to the page indicated. Here you are, Mrs. Oaksho

19、tt, 117, Brixton Road, egg and poultry supplier. Now, then, whats the last entry? December 22d. Twenty-four geese at 7s. 6d. Quite so. There you are. And underneath? Sold to Mr. Windigate of the Alpha, at 12s. What have you to say now? Sherlock Holmes looked deeply chagrined. He drew a sovereign fro

20、m his pocket and threw it down upon the slab, turning away with the air of a man whose disgust is too deep for words. A few yards off he stopped under a lamp-post and laughed in the hearty, noiseless fashion which was peculiar to him. When you see a man with whiskers of that cut and the Pink un prot

21、ruding out of his pocket, you can always draw him by a bet, said he. I daresay that if I had put 100 pounds down in front of him, that man would not have given me such complete information as was drawn from him by the idea that he was doing me on a wager. Well, Watson, we are, I fancy, nearing the e

22、nd of our quest, and the only point which remains to be determined is whether we should go on to this Mrs. Oakshott to-night, or whether we should reserve it for to-morrow. It is clear from what that surly fellow said that there are others besides ourselves who are anxious about the matter, and I sh

23、ould- His remarks were suddenly cut short by a loud hubbub which broke out from the stall which we had just left. Turning round we saw a little rat-faced fellow standing in the centre of the circle of yellow light which was thrown by the swinging lamp, while Breckinridge, the salesman, framed in the

24、 door of his stall, was shaking his fists fiercely at the cringing figure. Ive had enough of you and your geese, he shouted. I wish you were all at the devil together. If you come pestering me any more with your silly talk Ill set the dog at you. You bring Mrs. Oakshott here and Ill answer her, but

25、what have you to do with it? Did I buy the geese off you? No; but one of them was mine all the same, whined the little man. Well, then, ask Mrs. Oakshott for it. She told me to ask you. Well, you can ask the King of Proosia, for all I care. Ive had enough of it. Get out of this! He rushed fiercely f

26、orward, and the inquirer flitted away into the darkness. Ha! this may save us a visit to Brixton Road, whispered Holmes. Come with me, and we will see what is to be made of this fellow. Striding through the scattered knots of people who lounged round the flaring stalls, my companion speedily overtoo

27、k the little man and touched him upon the shoulder. He sprang round, and I could see in the gas-light that every vestige of color had been driven from his face. Who are you, then? What do you want? he asked in a quavering voice. You will excuse me, said Holmes blandly, but I could not help overheari

28、ng the questions which you put to the salesman just now. I think that I could be of assistance to you. You? Who are you? How could you know anything of the matter? My name is Sherlock Holmes. It is my business to know what other people dont know. But you can know nothing of this? Excuse me, I know e

29、verything of it. You are endeavoring to trace some geese which were sold by Mrs. Oakshott, of Brixton Road, to a salesman named Breckinridge, by him in turn to Mr. Windigate, of the Alpha, and by him to his club, of which Mr. Henry Baker is a member. Oh, sir, you are the very man whom I have longed

30、to meet, cried the little fellow with outstretched hands and quivering fingers. I can hardly explain to you how interested I am in this matter. Sherlock Holmes hailed a four-wheeler which was passing. In that case we had better discuss it in a cosy room rather than in this wind-swept market-place, s

31、aid he. But pray tell me, before we go farther, who it is that I have the pleasure of assisting. The man hesitated for an instant. My name is John Robinson, he answered with a sidelong glance. No, no; the real name, said Holmes sweetly. It is always awkward doing business with an alias. A flush spra

32、ng to the white cheeks of the stranger. Well then, said he, my real name is James Ryder. Precisely so. Head attendant at the Hotel Cosmopolitan. Pray step into the cab, and I shall soon be able to tell you everything which you would wish to know. The little man stood glancing from one to the other of us with half-frightened, half-hopeful eyes, as one who is not sure wh