【探案集】The Blue Diamond 26

Sherlock Holmes: The Blue Diamond 【原文】Chapter Six --- One or Two Questions 03 "We can see about that later!" said Holmes. "But now please tell me, Mr Ryder. How did the diamond get from the hotel into a goose? And how did the goose get into a shop? And please tell the truth." Ryder began: When the police arrested Horner, I left the hotel with the diamond in my pocket. I didn&`&t want to stay at the Cosmopolitan, not with the police everywhere, looking at everything, so I went to my sister&`&s house in South London. She lives in Brixton Road with her husband, Mr Oakshott. I saw lots of police officers on my way there and when I got to Brixton Road I was very afraid. "What&`&s the matter?" my sister asked. I told her about the diamond thief and about the police arresting Horner. Then I went into the back garden to smoke and think. What could I do with the diamond now? In the garden, I remembered my friend Maudsley. He began well, but he went bad, and in the end he went to prison for his crimes. "Perhaps he knows about selling diamonds," I thought. So I decided to visit him at his home in Kilburn in North London.