Sherlock Holmes: The Red-Headed League · chapter 4 of 4
The Tunnel
地下的路
A stone lifts, and the case comes to a bright end. Was the League ever real?
Read what you hear
- Vincent 没有人。你快上来！
Méiyǒu rén. Nǐ kuài shànglái!
Nobody's here. Come up quick!
- Sherlock Holmes 克莱先生，晚上好！
Kèlái xiānsheng, wǎnshang hǎo!
Good evening, Mr. Clay!
- Vincent 啊！是你！
Á! Shì nǐ!
Ah! It's you!
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- Inspector Jones 我是警察！别动！你跑不了！
Wǒ shì jǐngchá! Bié dòng! Nǐ pǎo bù liǎo!
I'm the police! Don't move! You can't run!
- Vincent 你怎么知道我叫克莱？
Nǐ zěnme zhīdào wǒ jiào Kèlái?
How do you know my name is Clay?
- Sherlock Holmes 你不是文森。你是克莱，你是小偷。
Nǐ bú shì Wénsēn. Nǐ shì Kèlái, nǐ shì xiǎotōu.
You are not Vincent. You are Clay, and you are a thief.
- Dr. Watson 福尔摩斯！下面还有一个人，他跑了！
Fú'ěrmósī! Xiàmiàn hái yǒu yí gè rén, tā pǎo le!
Holmes! There's another man down there, and he's running away!
- Inspector Jones 让他跑。外面也有我的警察。
Ràng tā pǎo. Wàimiàn yě yǒu wǒ de jǐngchá.
Let him run. My policemen are waiting outside too.
- Inspector Jones 走吧，克莱。我们去一个新地方。
Zǒu ba, Kèlái. Wǒmen qù yí gè xīn dìfang.
Come along, Clay. We're going somewhere new.
- Narrator 第二天早上，福尔摩斯的家。
Dì èr tiān zǎoshang, Fú'ěrmósī de jiā.
The next morning, at Holmes's home.
- Jabez Wilson 福尔摩斯先生！我的店没有事吧？
Fú'ěrmósī xiānsheng! Wǒ de diàn méiyǒu shì ba?
Mr. Holmes! My shop is all right, isn't it?
- Sherlock Holmes 没有事，威尔逊先生。你的文森，是小偷克莱。
Méiyǒu shì, Wēi'ěrxùn xiānsheng. Nǐ de Wénsēn, shì xiǎotōu Kèlái.
It's fine, Mr. Wilson. Your Vincent is the thief, Clay.
- Jabez Wilson 什么？！文森是小偷？
Shénme?! Wénsēn shì xiǎotōu?
What?! Vincent is a thief?
- Dr. Watson 是的。威尔逊先生，红发会是假的。
Shì de. Wēi'ěrxùn xiānsheng, Hóngfà Huì shì jiǎ de.
Yes. Mr. Wilson, the Red-Headed League was fake.
- Jabez Wilson 可是文森让我去！还有那些钱……
Kěshì Wénsēn ràng wǒ qù! Hái yǒu nàxiē qián...
But Vincent told me to go! And all that money...
- Sherlock Holmes 对，他很想你去。那些钱，也是他的。
Duì, tā hěn xiǎng nǐ qù. Nàxiē qián, yě shì tā de.
Yes, he badly wanted you to go. That money was his, too.
- Jabez Wilson 为什么？
Wèishénme?
Why?
- Sherlock Holmes 你上午十点到下午两点，不在店里。
Nǐ shàngwǔ shí diǎn dào xiàwǔ liǎng diǎn, bú zài diàn lǐ.
From ten to two every day, you were not in your shop.
- Sherlock Holmes 那个时候，他在你的地下室里挖。
Nà ge shíhou, tā zài nǐ de dìxiàshì lǐ wā.
And during that time, he was digging in your cellar.
- Jabez Wilson 挖什么？
Wā shénme?
Digging what?
- Sherlock Holmes 挖一条路。路的那边，是银行的金子。
Wā yì tiáo lù. Lù de nà biān, shì yínháng de jīnzi.
A tunnel. And at the other end of it, the bank's gold.
- Jabez Wilson 天啊！我在这儿写字，他在下面挖路！
Tiān a! Wǒ zài zhèr xiě zì, tā zài xiàmiàn wā lù!
Heavens! I sat here writing while he dug a road below!
- Dr. Watson 对！你写百科全书，他挖一条路。
Duì! Nǐ xiě bǎikē quánshū, tā wā yì tiáo lù.
Exactly! You copied an encyclopedia, and he dug a tunnel.
- Jabez Wilson 哈哈！我的红头发，有大用！
Hāhā! Wǒ de hóng tóufa, yǒu dà yòng!
Ha! My red hair was useful after all!
- Jabez Wilson 大侦探，谢谢你。我给你多少钱？
Dà zhēntàn, xièxie nǐ. Wǒ gěi nǐ duōshao qián?
Great detective, thank you. How much do I owe you?
- Sherlock Holmes 不用钱。有这样的怪事，我就不无聊了。谢谢你。
Búyòng qián. Yǒu zhèyàng de guài shì, wǒ jiù bù wúliáo le. Xièxie nǐ.
No money. A strange case like this keeps me from being bored. Thank you.
- Dr. Watson 福尔摩斯，明天还有怪事吗？
Fú'ěrmósī, míngtiān hái yǒu guài shì ma?
Holmes, will there be another strange case tomorrow?
- Sherlock Holmes 谁知道？华生，我们先喝茶吧！
Shéi zhīdào? Huáshēng, wǒmen xiān hē chá ba!
Who knows? Watson, let's have tea first!
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What changed in the story?
- Who climbs up out of the hole?
“你不是文森。你是克莱，你是小偷。”
- Why does Jones let the other man run?
“外面也有我的警察。”
- Why did the League give Wilson a job?
“你上午十点到下午两点，不在店里。”
- What was Clay digging?
“挖一条路。路的那边，是银行的金子。”
- Why does Holmes not take Wilson's money?
“有这样的怪事，我就不无聊了。”