最後的致意（簡體書）

《世界名著閱讀叢書：*后的致意（英文原著插圖·中文導讀）》是世界偵探小說的經典巨著，它由一系列充滿傳奇、冒險與智慧的探案故事構成。在充滿霧氣的倫敦貝克街上，住著一位富有正義感的偵探福爾摩斯，他和他忠實的醫生朋友華生一起，經歷了無數千奇百怪的案子，制造了許多經典的偵探故事。
《世界名著閱讀叢書：*后的致意（英文原著插圖·中文導讀）》便是其中*的故事之一，《世界名著閱讀叢書：*后的致意（英文原著插圖·中文導讀）》被公認為世界偵探小說的經典之作，至今已被譯成世界上幾十種文字，并曾經無數次被改編成電影、電視劇和動畫片等。無論作為語言學習的課本，還是作為通俗的文學讀本，《世界名著閱讀叢書：*后的致意（英文原著插圖·中文導讀）》對當代中國讀者，特別是青少年讀者將產生積極的影響。為了使讀者能夠了解英文故事概況，進而提高閱讀速度和閱讀水平，在每章的開始部分增加了中文導讀。同時，為了使讀者更好地理解故事內容，書中加入了大量的插圖。

柯南·道爾（1859～1930），英國杰出的偵探小說家，世界暢銷書作家之一。1859年出生于英國愛丁堡。曾進入愛丁堡大學醫學院就讀，后來定居倫敦。由于不喜歡從事醫學工作，柯南·道爾將更多的閑暇時間用在小說創作上。1886年4月他寫成個福爾摩斯探案故事《血字的研究》，此后一發不可收拾，創作了大量偵探故事，共創作了56個短篇和4個中篇小說，也因為塑造了夏洛克·福爾摩斯這個全球*的偵探人物而留名。除此之外他還曾寫過多部其他類型的小說，如科幻、歷史小說、愛情小說、戲劇、詩歌等。柯南·道爾于1930年7月7日去世。

1．威斯特里亞寓所
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge
2．紅圈會
The Adventure of the Red Circle
3．紙板盒
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box
4．布魯斯—帕廷頓計劃
The Adventure of the Bruce-PartingtoPlans
5．臨終的偵察
The Adventure of the Dying Detective
6．失蹤的弗朗西絲·卡法克斯女士
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax
7．魔鬼的腳印
The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot
8．福爾摩斯謝幕
His Last Bow： AEpilogue of Sherlock Homes

《世界名著閱讀叢書：后的致意（英文原著插圖·中文導讀）》：
2. The Tiger of SaPedro
A cold and melancholy walk of a couple of miles brought us to a highwoodegate, which opened into a gloomy avenue of chestnuts. The curved and shadowed drive led us to a low, dark house, pitch-black against a slate-coloured sky. From the front window upothe left of the door there peeped a glimmer of a feeble light.
'There's a constable ipossession,' said Baynes. 'I'll knock at the win- dow.' He stepped across the grass plot and tapped with his hand othe pane. Through the fogged glass I dimly saw a maspring up from a chair beside the fire, and heard a sharp cry from withithe room. Ainstant later a white-faced, hard-breathing policemahad opened the door, the candle wavering ihis trembling hand.
'What's the matter, Walters' asked Baynes sharply.
The mamopped his forehead with his handkerchief and gave a long sigh of relief.
'I am glad you have e, sir. It has beea long evening, and I don't think my nerve is as good as it was.'
'Your nerve, Walters I should not have thought you had a nerve iyour body.'
'Well, sir, it's this lonely, silent house and the queer thing ithe kitchen.Thewheyou tapped at the window I thought it had e again.'
'That what had e again'
'The devil, sir, for all I know. It was at the window.'
'What was at the window, and when'
'It was just about two hours ago. The light was just fading. I was sitting reading ithe chair. I don't know what made me look up, but there was a facelooking iat me through the lower pane. Lord, sir, what a face it was! I'll see it imy dreams.'
'Tut, tut, Walters. This is not talk for a police-constable.'
'I know sir, I know; but it shook me sir, and there's no use to deny it. Itwasn't black, sir, nor was it white, nor any colour that I know, but a kind of queer shade like clay with a splash of milk iit. Thethere was the size of it - it was twice yours, sir. And the look of it - the great staring goggle eyes, and the line of white teeth like a hungry beast. I tell you, sir, I couldn't move a finger, nor get my breath, till it whisked away and was gone. Out I raand through the shrubbery, but thank God there was no one there.'
'If l didn't know you were a good man, Walters, I should put a black mark against you for this. I fit were the devil himself a constable oduty should never thank God that he could not lay his hands upohim. I suppose the whole thing is not a visioand a touch of nerves'
'That, at least, is very easily settled,' said Holmes, lighting his little pocket lantern. 'Yes,' he reported, after a short examinatioof the grass bed, 'a number twelve shoe, I should say. If he was all othe same scale as his foot he must certainly have beea giant.'
'What became of him'
'He seems to have brokethrough the shrubbery and made for the road.'
'Well.' said the inspector with a grave and thoughtful face, 'whoever hemay have been, and whatever he may have wanted, he's gone for the present,and we have more immediate things to attend to. Now, Mr. Holmes, with your permission, I will show you round the house.
The various bedrooms and sitting-rooms had yielded nothing to a carefulsearch. Apparently the tenants had brought little or nothing with them, and all the furniture dowto the smallest details had beetakeover with the house. A good deal of clothing with the stamp of Marx and Co., High Holborn, had beenleft behind. Telegraphic inquiries had beealready made which showed that Marx knew nothing of his customer save that he was a good payer. Odds and ends, some pipes, a few novels, two of them iSpanish, aold-fashioned pinfire revolver, and a guitar were among the personal property.
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