这部改编自同名小说《A Slight Trick of the Mind》的电影情节设定在1947年，退休的福尔摩斯在苏塞克斯郡的乡下过着平静的生活，陪在他身边是他的女管家和她的儿子。

A Slight Trick of the Mind will be set in 1947 and see a retired Holmes living a quiet life in a Sussex village with his housekeeper and her son.

其实打件盔甲，随便一个乡下铁匠都会。

Any village smith can hammer out a shirt of mail;

我们在乡下度过了愉快的一天。

We spent a pleasant day in the country.

我们在乡下玩了一天。

We had a day out in the country.

萨姆在乡下出生，特别喜爱大自然。

Sam was born in the country and had a deep affinity with nature.

我们迁居到乡下，这在生活方式上是个巨大的变化。

It was a big change in lifestyle when we moved to the country.

她住在乡下。

She lives in the country.

她有着乡下女人所特有的那种和缓、轻柔的声音。

She had the slow, soft voice of a countrywoman.

他们在乡下到处转悠，看到活动的东西就开枪。

They're roaming around the country shooting at anything that moves

他昨天躲在了他乡下的静养地。

He spent yesterday hidden away in his country retreat.

精明的乡下人正纷纷逃回各郡。

Smart country people are fleeing back to the shires.

一位面颊绯红、一副乡下贵族打扮的老妇人出现在门口。

An older woman, pink-cheeked and tweedy, appeared in the doorway.