It had cleared in the morning,

清晨，天已放晴，

and the sun was shining with a subdued brightness through the dim veil which hangs over the great city.

太阳透过笼罩在这伟大城市上空的朦胧云雾闪耀着柔和的光芒。

Sherlock Holmes was already at breakfast when I came down.

我下楼时，福尔摩斯已经在吃早餐了。

"You will excuse me for not waiting for you," said he;

"你会原谅我没有等你吧，"他说，

"I have, I foresee, a very busy day before me in looking into this case of young Openshaw's."

"我估计，我将要为小奥彭肖的案子忙碌一整天。"

"What steps will you take?" I asked.

"你准备采取什么措施？"我问道。

"It will very much depend upon the results of my first inquiries. I may have to go down to Horsham, after all."

"这在很大程度上取决于我初步调查的结果了。总之，我也许不得不去霍尔舍姆一趟。"

"You will not go there first?"

"你不先去那里吗？"

"No, I shall commence with the City. Just ring the bell and the maid will bring up your coffee."

"不，我得从城里开始，只要拉拉铃，女佣人就会给你端杯咖啡来的。"

As I waited, I lifted the unopened newspaper from the table and glanced my eye over it.

我在等待咖啡的时候，拿起了桌上还没有打开的报纸浏览了一下。

It rested upon a heading which sent a chill to my heart.

我的目光停在一个标题上，心里打了一个冷战。

"Holmes," I cried, "you are too late."

"福尔摩斯，"我叫了起来，"你晚了！"

"Ah!" said he, laying down his cup, "I feared as much. How was it done?"

"啊！"他放下了杯子答道，"我担心的正是这样。这是怎么搞的？"

He spoke calmly, but I could see that he was deeply moved.

显然他说的时候很平静，但我已看出他内心很激动。