海军协定（1）（在线收听）

The Naval Treaty

Arthur Conan Doyle

The July which immediately succeeded my marriage was made memorable by three cases of interest, in which I had the privilege of being associated with Sherlock Holmes and of studying his methods. I find them recorded in my notes under the headings of “The Adventure of the Second Stain,” “The Adventure of the Naval Treaty,” and “The Adventure of the Tired Captain.” The first of these, however, deals with interest of such importance and implicates so many of the first families in the kingdom that for many years it will be impossible to make it public. No case, however, in which Holmes was engaged has ever illustrated the value of his analytical methods so clearly or has impressed those who were associated with him so deeply. I still retain an almost verbatim report of the interview in which he demonstrated the true facts of the case to Monsieur Dubugue of the Paris police, and Fritz von Waldbaum, the well-known specialist of Dantzig, both of whom had wasted their energies upon what proved to be side-issues. The new century will have come, however, before the story can be safely told. Meanwhile I pass on to the second on my list, which promised also at one time to be of national importance, and was marked by several incidents which give it a quite unique character.

海军协定

我婚后那一年的七月实在令人难忘，因为我有幸与歇洛克-福尔摩斯一起侦破了三起重大案件，研究了他的思想方法。我在日记中记载的案件标题是：《第二块血迹》、《海军协定》和《疲倦的船长》。但其中的第一个案件事关重大，并且牵连到王国许多显贵，以致多年不能公之于众。然而，在福尔摩斯经手的案件中，再没有比该案更能清楚地显出他的分析方法的价值和给合作人留下更加深刻的印象的了。我至今还保留着一份几乎一字不差的谈话记录，这是福尔摩斯向巴黎警署的杜布克先生和格但斯克的著名的专家弗里茨-冯沃尔鲍叙述案情真相的谈话。他们两位曾在此案上枉费过许多一精一力，结果证明他们所搞的都是一些枝节的问题。但恐怕要到下一世纪该案才能发表。因此我现在打算把日记中记的第二个案件发表出来，这件案子在一段时间内也事关国家的重大利益，其中一些案情更突出了它独特的一性一质。