【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 ntleman: You don39。t seem very afraid.Watson: You don39。t seem very frightening.Mysterious Gentleman: Yes. The bravery of the soldier. Bravery is by far the kindest word for stupidity don39。t you think? What is your connection to Sherlock Holmes?Watson: I don39。t have one. I barely know him. I met him... yesterday.Mysterious Gentleman: Hm and since yesterday you39。ve moved in with him and now you39。re solving crimes together. Are we to expect a happy announcement by the end of the week?Watson: Who are you?Mysterious Gentleman: An interested party.Mysterious Gentleman: I am the closest thing to a friend that Sherlock Holmes is capable of having.Watson: And what39。s that?Mysterious Gentleman: An enemy.Watson: An enemy?Mysterious Gentleman: In his mind certainly. If you were to ask him he39。d probably say his archenemy. He does love to be dramatic.Watson: Well thank god you39。re above all that. Baker Street. Come at once if convenient. SHIf inconvenient e anyway. SH Mysterious Gentleman: Do you plan to continue your association with Sherlock Holmes?Watson: I could be wrong, but I think that39。s none of your business.Mysterious Gentleman: It could be.Watson: It really couldn39。t.Mysterious Gentleman: You39。re very loyal, very quickly.Watson: No I39。m not. I39。m just not interested.Mysterious Gentleman: Trust issues, it says here.Watson: What39。s that?Mysterious Gentleman: Could it be you39。ve decided to trust Sherlock Holmes of all people?Watson: Who says I trust him?Mysterious Gentleman: You don39。t seem the kind to make friends easily.Watson: Are we done?Mysterious Gentleman: You tell me.Mysterious Gentleman: I imagine people have already warned you to stay away from him but I can see from your left hand that39。s not going to happen.Watson: My what?Mysterious Gentleman: Show me.Watson: Don39。t—Mysterious Gentleman: Remarkable.Watson: What is?Mysterious Gentleman: Most people blunder around this city and all they see are streets and shops and cars. When you walk with Sherlock Holmes you see the battlefield. You39。ve seen it already, haven39。t you. Watson: What39。s wrong with my hand?Mysterious Gentleman: You have an intermittent tremor in your left hand. {Watson nods} Your therapist thinks it39。s posttraumatic stress disorder. She thinks you39。re haunted by memories of your military service—Watson: Who the hell are you? {he gets no response} How do you know that?Mysterious Gentleman: Fire her. She39。s got it the wrong way around. You39。re under stress right now and your hand is perfectly steady. You39。re not haunted by the war, Dr. Watson. You miss it. Wele back.Mysterious Gentleman: Time to choose a side, Dr. Watson. Watson: Listen, your boss. Any chance you could not tell him this is where I went?Anthea: Sure.Watson: You39。ve told him already haven39。t you.Anthea: Yeah.Watson: Hey, um, do you ever get any free time?Anthea: Oh yeah. Lots. {pointedly}. Bye. Watson: What are you doing?Sherlock: Nicotine patch. Helps me think. Impossible to sustain a smoking habit in London these days. Bad news for brainwork.Watson: Good news for breathing.Sherlock: Ah, breathing. Breathing39。s boring.Watson: Is that three patches?Sherlock: It39。s a three patch problem.Sherlock: What39。s wrong?Watson: I just met a friend of yours.Holmes surprised: A friend?Watson: An enemy.Sherlock: Oh! Which one?Watson: Your archenemy, according to him. Do people have archenemies?Sherlock: Did he offer you money to spy on me?Watson: Yes.Sherlock: Did you take it?Watson: No.Sherlock: Pity, we could have split the fee. Think it through next time.Watson: Who is he?Sherlock: The most dangerous man you39。ve ever met and not my problem right now.Watson: That39。s the pink lady39。s case. That39。s Jennifer Wilson39。s case.Sherlock: Yes. Obviously. Oh perhaps I should mention I didn39。t kill her.Watson: Pink. You got all that because you realized the case would be pink.Sherlock: Well it had to be pink. Obviously.Watson: Why didn39。t I think of that.Sherlock: Because you39。re an idiot. No no no, don39。t be like that. Practically everyone is.Watson: Have you talked to the police?Sherlock: Four people are dead. There isn39。t time to talk to the police.Watson: So why are you talking to me?Sherlock: Mrs. Hudson took my skull.Watson: So I39。m basically filling in for your skull.Sherlock: Relax. You39。re doing fine. Well?Watson: Well what?Sherlock: Well you could just sit there and watch telly.Watson: What, you want me to e with you?Sherlock: I like pany when I go out and I think better when I talk aloud. The skull just attracts attention.Watson: Where are we going?Sherlock: Northumberland Street39。s a five minute walk from here.Watson: You think he39。s stupid enough to go there?Sherlock: No. I think he39。s brilliant enough. I love the brilliant ones—they39。re always so desperate to get caught.Watson: Why?Sherlock: Appreciation. Applause. At long last, the spotlight. That39。s the frailty of genius, John. It needs an audience. Sherlock: No. Teeth, tan. What, Californian? LA. Santa Monica. Just arrived.Watson: How can you possibly know that?Sherlock: The luggage. Probably your first trip to London, right? Going by your final destination, the route the cabbie was taking you.Californian: Sorry, are you guys the police?Sherlock: Yeah. {flashes badge}. Everyth