There's the devilish cunning of it! If he were acting through a human agent we could get some evidence, but if we were to drag this great dog to the light of day it would not help us in putting a rope round the neck of its master.”

这里边有魔鬼一样的狡猾手段，如果他是通过一个人来进行活动，咱们还可以找到些证据，可是如果咱们在光天化日之下拉出这条大狗来，对于咱们想把绳子套在它主人脖子上的计划是毫无帮助的。”

Conan Doyle, Arthur / The Hound of the Baskervilles柯南 道尔 / 巴斯克维尔猎犬

巴斯克维尔猎犬

柯南 道尔

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Conan Doyle, Arthur

© 1901, 1902 by A. Conan Doyle