“Mydearlady”saysHolmes．“You'reshivering．Areyouold?Doyouwantacupofhottea?”“I'mnotcold”thewomanreplies“Ifearformylife!”“Wearehereto

　　“Mydearlady”saysHolmes．“You'reshivering．Areyouold?Doyouwantacupofhottea?”

　　“I'mnotcold”thewomanreplies“Ifearformylife!”

　　“Weareheretohelpyou．Don'tworryaboutanything．Idon'tknowyou．ButIknowmanythingsaboutyou．ForexampleIknowhowyoutravel．YoucametoLondonbytrain．Youalsoridetothetrainstationonahorse-drawnwagon(马车)．”

　　“Whyyes．You'reright．Buthowdoyouknowthesethings?”

　　“Iseeareturnticketinyourglove．Iseefreshmudontheleftarmofyourdress．Nowtellusyourproblem．”

　　“MynameisHelenStoner”shestates“Mymotherandfatheraredead．IamlivingwithmystepfatherDrGrimesbyRoylott．Hecomesfromarichfamily．Buttheyarenolongerrich．Theyhavenothingexceptasmallpieceoflandandahugeoldhouse．Wearelivinginthehouse．DrRoylottisusingmymother'smoneyforexpenses(开支)．Partofitwasformysisterandme．Itwasforourmarriages．”

　　Holmesissittinginhischair．Hiseyesareclosed．HeislisteningcarefullytoHelen'sstory．Hehearseverydetail．

　　Helencontinues．“Mystepfatherhasnofriends．Hefightswitheveryone．Heisstrongandgetsangryquickly．Everyoneisafraidofhim．”

　　“Hehasnofriendsatall?”asksHolmes．

　　“No．Hetalkstonooneexceptthegypsies．Theyarepoorpeoplewhotravelfromplacetoplace．Abandofgypsiesisstayingonourlandrightnow．”

　　“Areyouandyoursisterafraidofthegypsies?”

　　“MydearMrHolmes．Youaremakingmesosad．Mysisterisdead．ThatiswhyIamstandinghereinthisroom．”

　　(1)

　　Paragraph6beginningwith“Mynameis…”ismostlyabout________．

　　[]A．

　　Helen'sdeadsister

　　B．

　　Helen'striptoLondon

　　C．

　　thehouseHelenlivesin

　　D．

　　Helen'sstepfatherandthefamily

　　(2)