【探案集】The Blue Diamond 17

Sherlock Holmes: The Blue Diamond 【原文】Chapter Three --- Mr Henry Baker 05 Sherlock Holmes looked at me with a little smile. "Very well," he said to Mr Baker. "There is your hat and there is your bird. Please take them. Oh, and, before you go, can you tell me something? Where did you get your goose? I know a lot about geese and that was a very good bird, I can tell you." "Well, sir," said Mr Baker. He stood up and took his hat and the goose in his hands. "I got that bird at The Alpha, a pub near the British Museum. This year the owner of the pub, Mr Windigate, began a goose club. Every week we all put five or six pence into a money box and at Christmas time we all had the money for a goose." With that he said goodbye and left. "Well," said my detective friend. "That answers one question. Mr Baker is not our diamond thief. Are you hungry, Watson?" "No, not very." "Let&`&s eat later then. We must go to The Alpha at once. We need to speak to Mr Windigate tonight."