重温经典：柯南·道尔英文原著中的福尔摩斯[1]_美文

重温经典：柯南·道尔英文原著中的福尔摩斯[1]

Nothing could exceed his energy when the working fit was upon him; but now and again a reaction would seize him, and for days on end he would lie upon the sofa in the sitting-room, hardly uttering a word or moving a muscle from morning to night.

在他高兴工作的时候，绝没有人能比得上他那份旺盛的精力；可是常常也会上来一股相反的劲头，整天地躺在起居室的沙发上，从早到晚，几乎一言不发，一动不动。

他这样描述自己对任何可以刺激头脑的事物的渴求：

My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram, or the most intricate analysis, and I am in my own proper atmosphere. I can dispense then with artificial stimulants. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for mental exaltation.

一遇无事可做的时候，我就会心绪不宁起来。给我难题，给我工作，给我最深奥的密码，给我最复杂的分析工作，这样我才觉得最舒适，才不需要人为的刺激。我非常憎恶平淡的生活，我追求精神上的兴奋。

而且，他有一个怪癖：思考的时候不吃饭。

It was one of his peculiarities that in his more intense moments he would permit himself no food, and I have known him to presume upon his iron strength until he has fainted from pure inanition.