福尔摩斯：基本演绎法 第一季第7集One Way to Get Off（3）

（单词翻译）

 

Something of a career-defining case.

那可是决定你事业发展的重要案件

Of course I'm familiar with it.

我当然知道了

There.

看这里

Always nice when a psychopath

一个变态把自己的形象

grooms¹ himself to look the part, don't you think?

弄得这么生动真不容易，不是吗

Question is, why copycat a home invader²?

问题是，为什么要模仿入室劫匪呢

You think this is the work of a copycat?

你觉得这是模仿

Well, it's either that, or...

不是模仿的话，那就是...

some kind of weird³ coincidence.

某种奇怪的巧合

There is another possibility.

还有另外一种可能性

But that depends on what we find in the shoe closet.

但要先看看他们的鞋柜才能确定

I noticed something odd

在当年的案件中

in the old case files.

我发现了一些奇怪的地方

Two of the safes that Crewes looted

克鲁斯洗劫的保险箱中

were located in bedroom closets.

有两个是装在卧室衣柜里的

The other was in an office,

还有一个是在书房里

but he rifled through the bedroom anyway.

但他还是翻看了卧室

Now, in each case, the woman of the house

在每个案件里，房子的女主人

had a collection of expensive shoes.

都有很多昂贵的鞋

And in every case, one of those shoes

而每起谋杀结束后

was missing after the murder.

都有一双鞋会少一只

See for yourself.

你看

Why would someone steal one shoe?

为什么会偷走一只鞋呢

Well, that's a fair question.

问得好

My guess is the perpetrator

我的猜测是罪犯

wanted a little something to memorialize the occasion.

想拿点东西来纪念这次犯罪