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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | Progressively Translated Dutch A1 Books

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | Progressively Translated Dutch A1 Books

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I.ASCANDALINBOHEMIA
Ik
I.
ToSherlockHolmessheis
altijd
alwaysthewoman.
Ihaveseldom
horen
heardhimmentionherunder
een
anyothername.
Inhiseyessheeclipses
en
andpredominatesthewholeofher
geslacht
sex.
Itwasnotthathe
voelde
feltanyemotionakinto
liefde
loveforIreneAdler.
Allemotions,
en
andthatoneparticularly,wereabhorrenttohis
koude
cold,precisebutadmirablybalanced
geest
mind.
Hewas,Itakeit,
de
themostperfectreasoningandobservingmachine
die
thattheworldhasseen,
maar
butasaloverhe
zou
wouldhaveplacedhimselfin
een
afalseposition.
Henever
sprak
spokeofthesofterpassions,save
met
withagibeandasneer.
Theywereadmirablethingsfor
de
theobserver—excellentfordrawingtheveilfrommen’smotives
en
andactions.
Butforthetrainedreasonertoadmit
zulke
suchintrusionsintohisowndelicate
en
andfinelyadjustedtemperamentwastointroduce
een
adistractingfactorwhichmightthrow
een
adoubtuponallhismentalresults.
Gritinasensitiveinstrument,
of
oracrackinoneofhis
eigen
ownhigh-powerlenses,wouldnotbe
meer
moredisturbingthanastrongemotioninanaturesuchas
zijn
his.
Andyettherewasbutone
vrouw
womantohim,andthat
vrouw
womanwasthelateIreneAdler,ofdubious
en
andquestionablememory.
Ihad
gezien
seenlittleofHolmeslately.
Mymarriage
had
haddriftedusawayfromeachother.
My
eigen
owncompletehappiness,andthehome-centredinterestswhichriseup
rond
aroundthemanwhofirst
vindt
findshimselfmasterofhis
eigen
ownestablishment,weresufficienttoabsorb
al
allmyattention,whileHolmes,wholoathed
elke
everyformofsocietywithhis
hele
wholeBohemiansoul,remainedinourlodgingsinBaker
Street
Street,buriedamonghisold
boeken
books,andalternatingfromweekto
week
weekbetweencocaineandambition,
de
thedrowsinessofthedrug,
en
andthefierceenergyofhis
eigen
ownkeennature.
Hewas
nog steeds
still,asever,deeplyattractedbythestudyofcrime,
en
andoccupiedhisimmensefaculties
en
andextraordinarypowersofobservationin
volgen
followingoutthoseclues,andclearingupthosemysterieswhichhadbeenabandonedashopelessbytheofficial
politie
police.
FromtimetotimeI
hoorde
heardsomevagueaccountofhisdoings:
ofhissummonstoOdessainthe
geval
caseoftheTrepoffmurder,ofhisclearingupofthesingulartragedyoftheAtkinsonbrothersatTrincomalee,
en
andfinallyofthemission
die
whichhehadaccomplishedsodelicately
en
andsuccessfullyforthereigning
familie
familyofHolland.
Beyondthesesignsofhisactivity,however,
die
whichImerelysharedwith
alle
allthereadersofthedailypress,I
wist
knewlittleofmyformer
vriend
friendandcompanion.
Onenight—itwasonthetwentiethofMarch,1888—Iwasreturningfromajourneytoapatient(forIhad
nu
nowreturnedtocivilpractice),
toen
whenmywayledme
door
throughBakerStreet.
AsIpassed
de
thewell-remembereddoor,whichmust
altijd
alwaysbeassociatedinmy
gedachten
mindwithmywooing,and
met
withthedarkincidentsof
de
theStudyinScarlet,Iwasseized
met
withakeendesireto
zien
seeHolmesagain,andto
weten
knowhowhewasemployinghisextraordinarypowers.
Hisroomswerebrilliantlylit,
en
and,evenasIlooked
omhoog
up,Isawhistall,sparefigurepasstwicein
een
adarksilhouetteagainsttheblind.
Hewaspacing
de
theroomswiftly,eagerly,withhis
hoofd
headsunkuponhischest
en
andhishandsclaspedbehind
hem
him.
Tome,whoknewhiseverymood
en
andhabit,hisattitudeandmanner
vertelden
toldtheirownstory.
Hewasat
werk
workagain.
Hehadrisen
uit
outofhisdrug-createddreams
en
andwashotuponthescentofsome
nieuw
newproblem.
Irangthebell
en
andwasshownupto
de
thechamberwhichhadformerlybeenin
deel
partmyown.
Hismannerwasnoteffusive.
Itseldomwas;
maar
buthewasglad,I
denk
think,toseeme.
Withhardlya
woord
wordspoken,butwithakindlyeye,hewavedmetoanarmchair,threwacrosshis
geval
caseofcigars,andindicatedaspirit
geval
caseandagasogenein
de
thecorner.
Thenhestoodbefore
het
thefireandlookedme
over
overinhissingularintrospectivefashion.
“Wedlocksuitsyou,”heremarked.
“I
denk
think,Watson,thatyouhaveputonseven
en
andahalfpoundssinceIsawyou.”
“Seven!”
Ianswered.
“Indeed,I
moeten
shouldhavethoughtalittle
meer
more.
Justatriflemore,Ifancy,Watson.
En
Andinpracticeagain,Iobserve.
Youdidnot
verteld
tellmethatyouintendedto
gaan
gointoharness.”
“Then,howdoyouknow?”
“I
zie
seeit,Ideduceit.
Hoe
HowdoIknowthatyou
hebt
havebeengettingyourselfverywetlately,
en
andthatyouhaveamostclumsy
en
andcarelessservantgirl?”
“My
beste
dearHolmes,”saidI,“thisis
te
toomuch.
Youwouldcertainly
had
havebeenburned,hadyou
geleefd
livedafewcenturiesago.
Itis
waar
truethatIhadacountry
wandeling
walkonThursdayandcame
huis
homeinadreadfulmess,
maar
butasIhavechangedmyclothesIcan’timagine
hoe
howyoudeduceit.
AstoMaryJane,sheisincorrigible,
en
andmywifehasgivenhernotice,
maar
butthere,again,Ifailto
zie
seehowyouworkitout.”
Hechuckledtohimself
en
andrubbedhislong,nervoushands
elkaar
together.
“Itissimplicityitself,”
zei
saidhe;
“myeyestellme
dat
thatontheinsideofyourleftshoe,
net
justwherethefirelightstrikesit,theleatherisscoredby
zes
sixalmostparallelcuts.
Obviouslythey
heeft
havebeencausedbysomeone
die
whohasverycarelesslyscrapedroundtheedgesofthesoleinordertoremovecrustedmudfromit.
Hence,you
zie
see,mydoubledeductionthatyou
had
hadbeenoutinvileweather,
en
andthatyouhadaparticularlymalignantboot-slittingspecimenof
de
theLondonslavey.
Astoyourpractice,ifagentlemanwalksintomyroomssmellingofiodoform,
met
withablackmarkofnitrateofsilveruponhisrightforefinger,
en
andabulgeontherightsideofhistop-hatto
laten zien
showwherehehassecretedhisstethoscope,I
moet
mustbedull,indeed,ifIdonotpronouncehimtobeanactivememberofthemedicalprofession.”
I
kon
couldnothelplaughingat
het
theeasewithwhichheexplainedhisprocessofdeduction.
“WhenI
hoor
hearyougiveyourreasons,”Iremarked,“the
zaak
thingalwaysappearstometobesoridiculouslysimple
dat
thatIcouldeasilydoitmyself,thoughat
elk
eachsuccessiveinstanceofyourreasoningIambaffled
totdat
untilyouexplainyourprocess.
En
AndyetIbelievethatmyeyesareas
goed
goodasyours.”
“Quiteso,”heanswered,lightingacigarette,
en
andthrowinghimselfdownintoanarmchair.
“You
ziet
see,butyoudonotobserve.
Het
Thedistinctionisclear.
Forexample,you
hebt
havefrequentlyseenthesteps
die
whichleadupfromthehallto
deze
thisroom.”
“Frequently.”
“Howoften?”
“Well,somehundredsoftimes.”
“Thenhowmanyarethere?”
“Howmany?
Idon’tknow.”
“Quiteso!
You
hebt
havenotobserved.
Andyetyou
heb
haveseen.
Thatisjustmy
punt
point.
Now,Iknowthat
er
thereareseventeensteps,becauseI
heb
havebothseenandobserved.
Bytheway,
aangezien
sinceyouareinterestedinthese
kleine
littleproblems,andsinceyouare
goed
goodenoughtochronicleone
of
ortwoofmytriflingexperiences,youmaybeinterestedinthis.”
Hethrew
over
overasheetofthick,pink-tintednotepaper
die
whichhadbeenlyingopenupon
de
thetable.
“Itcameby
de
thelastpost,”saidhe.
“Readitaloud.”
De
Thenotewasundated,and
zonder
withouteithersignatureoraddress.
“There
zal
willcalluponyouto-night,at
een
aquartertoeighto’clock,”it
zei
said,“agentlemanwhodesirestoconsultyouupon
een
amatteroftheverydeepest
moment
moment.
Yourrecentservicestooneof
de
theroyalhousesofEurope
hebben
haveshownthatyouareonewhomaysafelybe
vertrouwd
trustedwithmatterswhichareofanimportancewhichcanhardlybeexaggerated.
Dit
Thisaccountofyouwe
hebben
havefromallquartersreceived.
Beinyourchamberthenat
dat
thathour,anddonot
neem
takeitamissifyourvisitorwear
een
amask.”
“Thisisindeed
een
amystery,”Iremarked.
“Whatdoyouimagine
dat
thatitmeans?”
“Ihave
geen
nodatayet.
Itisacapitalmistaketotheorise
voordat
beforeonehasdata.
Insensibly
men
onebeginstotwistfactstosuittheories,insteadoftheoriestosuitfacts.
Maar
Butthenoteitself.
Whatdoyoudeducefromit?”
Icarefullyexaminedthe
geschreven
writing,andthepaperuponwhichitwas
geschreven
written.
“Themanwhowroteitwaspresumably
goed
welltodo,”Iremarked,endeavouringtoimitatemycompanion’sprocesses.
“Suchpaper
konden
couldnotbeboughtunder
halve
halfacrownapacket.
Itispeculiarlystrong
en
andstiff.”
“Peculiar—thatistheveryword,”
zei
saidHolmes.
“ItisnotanEnglishpaperatall.
Houd
Holdituptothelight.”
I
deed
didso,andsawalarge“E”
met
withasmall“g,”a“P,”
en
andalarge“G”with
een
asmall“t”wovenintothetextureofthepaper.
“Whatdoyoumakeofthat?”
vroeg
askedHolmes.
“Thenameof
de
themaker,nodoubt;
orhismonogram,rather.”
“Notatall.
The‘G’
met
withthesmall‘t’standsfor‘Gesellschaft,’whichistheGermanfor‘Company.’Itis
een
acustomarycontractionlikeour‘Co.’‘P,’of
natuurlijk
course,standsfor‘Papier.’Nowforthe‘Eg.’LetusglanceatourContinentalGazetteer.”
He
nam
tookdownaheavybrownvolumefromhisshelves.
“Eglow,Eglonitz—herewe
zijn
are,Egria.
Itisin
een
aGerman-speakingcountry—inBohemia,not
ver
farfromCarlsbad.
‘Remarkableasbeingthesceneofthe
dood
deathofWallenstein,andforitsnumerousglass-factories
en
andpaper-mills.’Ha,ha,my
jongen
boy,whatdoyoumakeofthat?”
Hiseyessparkled,
en
andhesentupa
grote
greatbluetriumphantcloudfromhiscigarette.
“Thepaperwas
gemaakt
madeinBohemia,”Isaid.
“Precisely.
En
Andthemanwhowrotethenoteis
een
aGerman.
Doyounote
de
thepeculiarconstructionofthesentence—‘Thisaccountofyouwe
hebben
havefromallquartersreceived.’
Een
AFrenchmanorRussiancouldnot
hebben
havewrittenthat.
ItistheGerman
die
whoissouncourteoustohisverbs.
It
alleen
onlyremains,therefore,todiscoverwhatis
wil
wantedbythisGermanwho
schrijft
writesuponBohemianpaperandpreferswearing
een
amasktoshowinghis
gezicht
face.
Andherehecomes,
als
ifIamnotmistaken,toresolve
al
allourdoubts.”
Ashe
sprak
spoketherewasthesharp
geluid
soundofhorses’hoofsandgratingwheels
tegen
againstthecurb,followedby
een
asharppullatthebell.
Holmeswhistled.
“Apair,by
het
thesound,”saidhe.
“Yes,”hecontinued,glancing
uit
outofthewindow.
“Anice
kleine
littlebroughamandapairofbeauties.
Ahundredandfiftyguineasapiece.
There’s
geld
moneyinthiscase,Watson,
als
ifthereisnothingelse.”
“I
denk
thinkthatIhadbetter
gaan
go,Holmes.”
“Notabit,
Dokter
Doctor.
Staywhereyouare.
Iam
verloren
lostwithoutmyBoswell.
And
dit
thispromisestobeinteresting.
It
zou
wouldbeapityto
missen
missit.”
“Butyourclient—”.
“Nevermind
hem
him.
Imaywantyour
hulp
help,andsomayhe.
Hier
Herehecomes.
Sitdownin
die
thatarmchair,Doctor,andgiveusyour
beste
bestattention.”
Aslowandheavystep,
die
whichhadbeenheardupon
de
thestairsandinthepassage,pausedimmediately
buiten
outsidethedoor.
Thentherewas
een
aloudandauthoritativetap.
“Comein!”
zei
saidHolmes.
Amanentered
die
whocouldhardlyhavebeenless
dan
thansixfeetsixinchesinheight,
met
withthechestandlimbsof
een
aHercules.
Hisdresswasrich
met
witharichnesswhichwould,inEngland,belookeduponasakinto
slechte
badtaste.
Heavybandsofastrakhanwereslashedacross
de
thesleevesandfrontsofhisdouble-breastedcoat,
terwijl
whilethedeepbluecloak
die
whichwasthrownoverhisshoulderswaslined
met
withflame-colouredsilkandsecuredat
de
theneckwithabrooch
die
whichconsistedofasingleflamingberyl.
Boots
die
whichextendedhalfwayuphiscalves,
en
andwhichweretrimmedat
de
thetopswithrichbrownfur,completed
de
theimpressionofbarbaricopulence
die
whichwassuggestedbyhis
hele
wholeappearance.
Hecarriedabroad-brimmedhatinhis
hand
hand,whileheworeacrosstheupper
deel
partofhisface,extendingdownpastthecheekbones,
een
ablackvizardmask,whichhe
had
hadapparentlyadjustedthatvery
moment
moment,forhishandwas
nog steeds
stillraisedtoitasheentered.
Fromthelower
deel
partofthefaceheappearedtobe
een
amanofstrongcharacter,
met
withathick,hanginglip,
en
andalong,straightchinsuggestiveofresolutionpushedtothelengthofobstinacy.
“You
heb
hadmynote?”
heasked
met
withadeepharshvoice
en
andastronglymarkedGermanaccent.
“I
zei
toldyouthatIwouldcall.”
He
keek
lookedfromonetothe
andere
otherofus,asifuncertainwhichtoaddress.
“Praytakeaseat,”
zei
saidHolmes.
“Thisismy
vriend
friendandcolleague,Dr.Watson,
die
whoisoccasionallygoodenoughto
helpen
helpmeinmycases.
Whom
heb
haveIthehonourtoaddress?”
“You
mag
mayaddressmeastheCountVonKramm,
een
aBohemiannobleman.
Iunderstandthat
deze
thisgentleman,yourfriend,is
een
amanofhonouranddiscretion,whomI
kan
maytrustwithamatterof
het
themostextremeimportance.
Ifnot,Ishouldmuchprefertocommunicate
met
withyoualone.”
Iroseto
gaan
go,butHolmescaughtmeby
de
thewristandpushedme
terug
backintomychair.
“Itisboth,
of
ornone,”saidhe.
“You
mag
maysaybeforethisgentleman
alles
anythingwhichyoumaysaytome.”
De
TheCountshruggedhisbroadshoulders.
“ThenI
moet
mustbegin,”saidhe,“bybindingyoubothtoabsolutesecrecyfor
twee
twoyears;
attheendof
die
thattimethematterwillbeof
geen
noimportance.
Atpresentitisnottoo
veel
muchtosaythatitisofsuchweightit
kan
mayhaveaninfluenceuponEuropeanhistory.”
“Ipromise,”
zei
saidHolmes.
“AndI.”
“You
zult
willexcusethismask,”continuedourstrangevisitor.
“Theaugust
persoon
personwhoemploysmewisheshisagenttobeunknowntoyou,
en
andImayconfessatoncethat
de
thetitlebywhichI
heb
havejustcalledmyselfisnot
precies
exactlymyown.”
“Iwasawareofit,”
zei
saidHolmesdryly.
“Thecircumstancesareofgreatdelicacy,
en
andeveryprecautionhastobe
genomen
takentoquenchwhatmightgrowtobeanimmensescandal
en
andseriouslycompromiseoneof
de
thereigningfamiliesofEurope.
Tospeakplainly,the
zaak
matterimplicatesthegreatHouseofOrmstein,hereditarykingsofBohemia.”
“Iwas
ook
alsoawareofthat,”murmuredHolmes,settlinghimself
neer
downinhisarmchairand
sloot
closinghiseyes.
Ourvisitorglanced
met
withsomeapparentsurpriseat
de
thelanguid,loungingfigureof
de
themanwhohadbeennodoubtdepictedtohimas
de
themostincisivereasonerand
meest
mostenergeticagentinEurope.
Holmesslowlyreopenedhiseyes
en
andlookedimpatientlyathisgiganticclient.
“IfyourMajesty
zou
wouldcondescendtostateyourcase,”heremarked,“Ishouldbe
beter
betterabletoadviseyou.”
De
Themansprangfromhischair
en
andpacedupanddown
de
theroominuncontrollableagitation.
Then,
met
withagestureofdesperation,hetorethemaskfromhis
gezicht
faceandhurleditupontheground.
“Youareright,”hecried;
“Iam
de
theKing.
WhyshouldIattempttoconcealit?”
“Why,indeed?”
murmuredHolmes.
“YourMajesty
had
hadnotspokenbeforeIwasaware
dat
thatIwasaddressingWilhelmGottsreichSigismondvonOrmstein,GrandDukeofCassel-Felstein,
en
andhereditaryKingofBohemia.”
“Butyou
kunt
canunderstand,”saidourstrangevisitor,
zitten
sittingdownoncemoreandpassinghis
hand
handoverhishighwhiteforehead,“you
kunt
canunderstandthatIamnotaccustomedto
doen
doingsuchbusinessinmy
eigen
ownperson.
Yetthematterwassodelicate
dat
thatIcouldnotconfideitto
een
anagentwithoutputtingmyselfinhis
macht
power.
IhavecomeincognitofromPragueforthepurposeofconsultingyou.”
“Then,prayconsult,”
zei
saidHolmes,shuttinghiseyesoncemore.
“Thefactsarebrieflythese:
Some
vijf
fiveyearsago,duringalengthyvisittoWarsaw,I
maakte
madetheacquaintanceofthewell-knownadventuress,IreneAdler.
De
Thenameisnodoubtfamiliartoyou.”
“Kindlylookherupinmyindex,Doctor,”murmuredHolmes
zonder
withoutopeninghiseyes.
For
vele
manyyearshehadadopted
een
asystemofdocketingallparagraphsconcerningmen
en
andthings,sothatitwasdifficultto
noemen
nameasubjectora
persoon
persononwhichhecouldnotatoncefurnishinformation.
In
dit
thiscaseIfoundherbiographysandwichedin
tussen
betweenthatofaHebrewrabbi
en
andthatofastaff-commanderwho
had
hadwrittenamonographupon
de
thedeep-seafishes.
“Letmesee!”
zei
saidHolmes.
“Hum!
BorninNewJerseyin
het
theyear1858.
Contralto—hum!
LaScala,hum!
PrimadonnaImperialOperaofWarsaw—yes!
Retiredfromoperaticstage—ha!
Wonen
LivinginLondon—quiteso!
YourMajesty,asI
begrijp
understand,becameentangledwiththis
jonge
youngperson,wrotehersomecompromisingletters,
en
andisnowdesirousof
krijgen
gettingthoselettersback.”
“Preciselyso.
Maar
Buthow—”.