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1、TheReturnofSherlockHolmesbyArthurConanDoyleI.--TheAdventureoftheEmptyHouse.ITwasinthespringoftheyear1894thatallLondonwasinterested,andthefashionableworlddismayed,bythemurderoftheHonourableRonaldAdairundermostunusualandinexplicablecircumstances.Thepublichasalreadyle
2、arnedthoseparticularsofthecrimewhichcameoutinthepoliceinvestigation;butagooddealwassuppresseduponthatoccasion,sincethecasefortheprosecutionwassooverwhelminglystrongthatitwasnotnecessarytobringforwardallthefacts.Onlynow,attheendofnearlytenyears,amIallowedtosupplytho
3、semissinglinkswhichmakeupthewholeofthatremarkablechain.Thecrimewasofinterestinitself,butthatinterestwasasnothingtomecomparedtotheinconceivablesequel,whichaffordedmethegreatestshockandsurpriseofanyeventinmyadventurouslife.Evennow,afterthislonginterval,Ifindmyselfthr
4、illingasIthinkofit,andfeelingoncemorethatsuddenfloodofjoy,amazement,andincredulitywhichutterlysubmergedmymind.LetmesaytothatpublicwhichhasshownsomeinterestinthoseglimpseswhichIhaveoccasionallygiventhemofthethoughtsandactionsofaveryremarkablemanthattheyarenottoblame
5、meifIhavenotsharedmyknowledgewiththem,forIshouldhaveconsidereditmyfirstdutytohavedonesohadInotbeenbarredbyapositiveprohibitionfromhisownlips,whichwasonlywithdrawnuponthethirdoflastmonth.ItcanbeimaginedthatmycloseintimacywithSherlockHolmeshadinterestedmedeeplyincrim
6、e,andthatafterhisdisappearanceIneverfailedtoreadwithcarethevariousproblemswhichcamebeforethepublic,andIevenattemptedmorethanonceformyownprivatesatisfactiontoemployhismethodsintheirsolution,thoughwithindifferentsuccess.Therewasnone,however,whichappealedtomelikethist
7、ragedyofRonaldAdair.AsIreadtheevidenceattheinquest,whichleduptoaverdictofwilfulmurderagainstsomepersonorpersonsunknown,IrealizedmoreclearlythanIhadeverdonethelosswhichthecommunityhadsustainedbythedeathofSherlockHolmes.Therewerepointsaboutthisstrangebusinesswhichwou
8、ld,Iwassure,havespeciallyappealedtohim,andtheeffortsofthepolicewouldhavebeensupplemented,ormoreprobablyanticipated,bythetrainedobservationandthea
