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巴斯克維爾 獵犬
The hound of the baskervilles
美國(guó)作家改編
原著 Conan Doyle
【英】柯南.道爾
改編 Robert Ellis
故事梗概
九月一個(gè)美麗的早晨，神探歌洛克.福爾摩斯收到一封來(lái)自一位名叫詹姆斯.摩梯末的醫(yī)生的拜訪信。上午十點(diǎn)半摩梯末醫(yī)生如約而至，他隨身帶來(lái)了一扎神秘的手稿，這扎手稿來(lái)自已故的查爾斯.巴斯克雄爾爵士。信中講述了一百多年前巴斯克維爾家庭的祖先雨果.巴斯克維爾是如何為非作歹，最終招致自己?jiǎn)拭趥髡f(shuō)中兇悍無(wú)比的巴斯克維爾獵犬的利齒之下的故事。自此之后，巴斯克維爾家族就籠罩在祖先所犯下罪行的陰影之中，家族族長(zhǎng)的繼承人們都相繼以蹊蹺而恐怖的方式死去。
起初福爾摩斯并不為摩梯末醫(yī)生的故事所吸引，認(rèn)為這只是個(gè)有趣的傳說(shuō)。但隨著摩梯末醫(yī)生逐步向福爾摩斯講述了查爾斯.巴斯克維爾爵士死因的疑點(diǎn)時(shí)，福爾摩斯決定插手此案，因?yàn)樗庾R(shí)到這不僅關(guān)系到已故伯爵查爾斯的真正死因，還關(guān)系到巴斯克維爾莊園的下一個(gè)繼承人亨利.巴斯克維爾的生命安全。在福爾摩斯的巧妙安排之下。他的忠實(shí)搭檔華生醫(yī)生陪伴亨利爵士回到巴斯克維爾莊園。
在巴斯克維爾莊園期間，華生醫(yī)生接二連三地遇到了種種怪異之事，如半夜時(shí)分女人凄慘的哭聲，管家白瑞摩夜間可疑的舉動(dòng)，還有他后來(lái)發(fā)現(xiàn)的一封查爾斯爵士死前未被完全燒毀的信件的碎片，等等。這諸多的疑團(tuán)使他墜入云霧之中。正當(dāng)他決定開(kāi)始深入虎穴探聽(tīng)虛實(shí)之時(shí)，他卻出乎意料地遇到了從天而降的福爾摩斯。原來(lái)福爾摩斯為了弄清傳說(shuō)中那只可怕獵犬的秘密及發(fā)生在巴斯克維爾莊園的慘案，故意避人耳目，獨(dú)自躲在人跡罕至的沼澤地，忍受暴風(fēng)雨以及孤獨(dú)和寒冷的襲擊。而此時(shí)狡猾的罪犯也開(kāi)始按捺不住，逐漸浮出水面，他迫不及待地誤殺了穿著亨利爵士衣服的逃犯塞爾多。這使福爾摩斯更加確信自己的推斷無(wú)誤。于是，福爾摩斯果斷地用亨利引出了真正的兇手——斯臺(tái)普頓。原來(lái)兩年前剛剛搬到德文郡的斯臺(tái)普頓就是羅杰.巴斯克維爾，即查爾斯爵士最小弟弟的兒子。多年前人們誤以為身為逃犯的羅杰死于南美洲，但實(shí)際上，他并沒(méi)有死，而且還有了一個(gè)兒子也叫羅杰，他就是斯臺(tái)普頓。斯臺(tái)普頓知道如果查爾斯和亨利都死了，那么他將能得到巴斯克維爾家族的巨額財(cái)產(chǎn)，因此他便利用巴斯克維爾獵犬的傳說(shuō)不擇手段地殺害了自己的親人。他先是用怒犬嚇?biāo)懒四昀象w衰的查爾斯爵士，隨后又妄圖讓惡犬咬死亨利爵士，但福爾摩斯最終識(shí)破了他的詭計(jì)，在華生和警探的配合下殺死了那只可怕的獵犬，而斯臺(tái)普頓也在深夜倉(cāng)皇出逃時(shí)生死不明……
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
巴斯克維爾獵犬
原著Conan Doyle(英)柯南·道爾
CHAPTER ONE
The Beginning of the Case
It's a beautiful September morning. The sky was blue and the air cool and fresh. The sun shone warmly into the windows of my house on Baker Street in London. I had just finished eating breakfast, and was enjoying the day's newspaper. My friend and
partner Holmes, who usually slept later than I did, was still eating. A man was ooming to see us at ten thirty, and I wondered if Holmes would finish eating his boiled egg and porridge before our visitor arrived!
But Holmes did not seem to be in a hurry. He was reading a letter. It was from a doctor named James Mortimer, who wanted to meet with Holmes.
"Well, Watson," Holmes said to me, "Perhaps Dr. Mortimer's case will not be very interesting for us. His letter tells us nothing about his problem, but he says it is very important. I hope that we can help him to someway.
At exactly ten-thirty, there was a knock on the front door.
"Excellent!" said Holmes. "Clearly, this Dr.Mortimer is a man who will not waste our valuable time!
We stood up as a servant brought our visitor into the sitting room.
"Good morning, gentlemen," he said. "I am Dr.James Mortimer, from the town of Grimpen in Devonshire. And you must be Mr. Sherlock Holmes”As the two men shook hands, Hohnes said
"It is a pleasure to meet you, Dr. Mortimer. This is my friend and partner, Dr. John Watson. "
"Certainly," said Mortimer, as he turned to me and shook hands. "The strange story I am about to discuss with you is very difficult. If it will help for Dr. Watson to listen to the conversation, then he should stay."
Although he lived in the English eomtryside, Mortimer looked like an educated city man. He was very tall and thin. His gray eyes shone brightly with intelligence, and he wore small, thin golden glasses.However, his clothing~old and worn, like a countryman's. His face was young, but very tired and worried looking. He took some papers from, his pocket,and said:
"Mr. Holmes, I need your help and advice. There is a strange and frightening mystery that must be solved”
"Sit down,Dr M.rtimer," said Holmes, "and tell us about it.Would you like some tea?”
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