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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | Progressively Translated Dutch A1-B2 Books

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | Progressively Translated Dutch A1-B2 Books

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I.ASCANDALINBOHEMIA
Ik
I.
ToSherlockHolmessheis
altijd
alwaysthewoman.
Ihave
zelden
seldomheardhimmentionher
onder
underanyothername.
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.
Theywere
bewonderenswaardige
admirablethingsfortheobserver—excellentfor
trekken
drawingtheveilfrommen’smotives
en
andactions.
Butforthetrainedreasonerto
toe
admitsuchintrusionsintohis
eigen
owndelicateandfinelyadjustedtemperamentwasto
voeren
introduceadistractingfactorwhich
kunnen
mightthrowadoubtupon
al
allhismentalresults.
Gritina
gevoelig
sensitiveinstrument,oracrackinoneofhis
eigen
ownhigh-powerlenses,wouldnotbe
meer
moredisturbingthanastrong
emotie
emotioninanaturesuchas
zijn
his.
Andyettherewasbutone
vrouw
womantohim,andthat
vrouw
womanwasthelateIreneAdler,ofdubious
en
andquestionablememory.
Ihad
gezien
seenlittleofHolmeslately.
My
huwelijk
marriagehaddriftedusawayfromeachother.
My
eigen
owncompletehappiness,andthehome-centredinterestswhichriseup
rond
aroundthemanwhofirst
vindt
findshimselfmasterofhis
eigen
ownestablishment,weresufficientto
absorberen
absorballmyattention,whileHolmes,wholoathed
elke
everyformofsocietywithhis
hele
wholeBohemiansoul,remainedinourlodgingsin
Baker
BakerStreet,buriedamonghis
oude
oldbooks,andalternatingfrom
week
weektoweekbetweencocaine
en
andambition,thedrowsinessof
de
thedrug,andthefierce
energie
energyofhisownkeen
aard
nature.
Hewasstill,asever,
diep
deeplyattractedbythestudyof
misdaad
crime,andoccupiedhisimmensefaculties
en
andextraordinarypowersofobservationin
volgen
followingoutthoseclues,andclearingupthosemysterieswhichhadbeen
verlaten
abandonedashopelessbythe
officiële
officialpolice.
Fromtimeto
tijd
timeIheardsomevagueaccountofhisdoings:
ofhissummonstoOdessainthe
geval
caseoftheTrepoffmurder,ofhisclearingupofthesingular
tragedie
tragedyoftheAtkinsonbrothersatTrincomalee,
en
andfinallyofthemission
die
whichhehadaccomplishedsodelicately
en
andsuccessfullyforthereigning
familie
familyofHolland.
Beyondthesesignsofhis
activiteit
activity,however,whichImerely
deelde
sharedwithallthereadersof
de
thedailypress,Iknew
weinig
littleofmyformerfriend
en
andcompanion.
Onenight—itwasonthetwentiethof
Maart
March,1888—Iwasreturningfroma
reis
journeytoapatient(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
knowhowhewasemployinghis
buitengewone
extraordinarypowers.
Hisroomswerebrilliantly
verlicht
lit,and,evenasI
keek
lookedup,Isawhistall,
reserve
sparefigurepasstwicein
een
adarksilhouetteagainsttheblind.
Hewaspacing
de
theroomswiftly,eagerly,withhis
hoofd
headsunkuponhischest
en
andhishandsclaspedbehind
hem
him.
Tome,whoknewhisevery
humeur
moodandhabit,hisattitude
en
andmannertoldtheirown
verhaal
story.
Hewasatwork
weer
again.
Hehadrisenoutofhisdrug-createddreams
en
andwashotuponthe
geur
scentofsomenewproblem.
Irang
de
thebellandwasshownupto
de
thechamberwhichhadformerlybeenin
deel
partmyown.
Hismannerwasnoteffusive.
It
zelden
seldomwas;
buthewas
blij
glad,Ithink,tosee
me
me.
Withhardlyaword
gesproken
spoken,butwithakindly
oog
eye,hewavedmetoanarmchair,
gooide
threwacrosshiscaseofcigars,
en
andindicatedaspiritcase
en
andagasogeneinthe
hoek
corner.
Thenhestoodbefore
het
thefireandlookedme
over
overinhissingularintrospective
manier
fashion.
“Wedlocksuitsyou,”heremarked.
“I
denk
think,Watson,thatyouhaveputon
zeven
sevenandahalfpounds
sinds
sinceIsawyou.”
“Seven!”
Ianswered.
“Indeed,I
moeten
shouldhavethoughtalittle
meer
more.
Justatriflemore,Ifancy,Watson.
En
Andinpracticeagain,I
observeer
observe.
Youdidnottellme
dat
thatyouintendedtogointoharness.”
“Then,
hoe
howdoyouknow?”
“I
zie
seeit,Ideduceit.
Hoe
HowdoIknowthatyou
hebt
havebeengettingyourselfvery
nat
wetlately,andthatyou
hebt
haveamostclumsyand
onzorgvuldig
carelessservantgirl?”
“MydearHolmes,”
zei
saidI,“thisistoo
veel
much.
Youwouldcertainlyhavebeen
verbrand
burned,hadyouliveda
paar
fewcenturiesago.
Itis
waar
truethatIhadacountry
wandeling
walkonThursdayandcame
huis
homeinadreadfulmess,
maar
butasIhavechangedmy
kleren
clothesIcan’timaginehowyoudeduce
het
it.
AstoMaryJane,sheisincorrigible,
en
andmywifehasgivenhernotice,
maar
butthere,again,Ifailto
zie
seehowyouworkitout.”
Hechuckledtohimself
en
andrubbedhislong,nervoushands
elkaar
together.
“Itissimplicityitself,”
zei
saidhe;
“myeyestellme
dat
thatontheinsideofyourleftshoe,
net
justwherethefirelightstrikesit,the
leer
leatherisscoredbysix
bijna
almostparallelcuts.
Obviouslythey
heeft
havebeencausedbysomeone
die
whohasverycarelesslyscrapedroundtheedgesofthe
zool
soleinordertoremovecrusted
modder
mudfromit.
Hence,you
zie
see,mydoubledeductionthatyou
had
hadbeenoutinvile
weer
weather,andthatyouhad
een
aparticularlymalignantboot-slittingspecimenof
de
theLondonslavey.
Astoyour
praktijk
practice,ifagentlemanwalksintomyroomssmellingofiodoform,
met
withablackmarkofnitrateofsilveruponhisrightforefinger,
en
andabulgeontherightsideofhistop-hatto
laten zien
showwherehehassecretedhisstethoscope,I
moet
mustbedull,indeed,ifIdonotpronouncehimtobean
actief
activememberofthemedicalprofession.”
I
kon
couldnothelplaughingat
het
theeasewithwhichheexplainedhisprocessofdeduction.
“WhenI
hoor
hearyougiveyourreasons,”Iremarked,“the
zaak
thingalwaysappearstometobesoridiculouslysimple
dat
thatIcouldeasilydoitmyself,thoughat
elk
eachsuccessiveinstanceofyour
redenering
reasoningIambaffleduntilyouexplainyour
proces
process.
AndyetIbelieve
dat
thatmyeyesareas
goed
goodasyours.”
“Quiteso,”heanswered,lightinga
sigaret
cigarette,andthrowinghimselfdownintoanarmchair.
“You
ziet
see,butyoudonot
observeert
observe.
Thedistinctionisclear.
Forexample,you
hebt
havefrequentlyseenthesteps
die
whichleadupfromthe
hal
halltothisroom.”
“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,youmaybe
geïnteresseerd
interestedinthis.”
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,“agentlemanwhodesiresto
raadplegen
consultyouuponamatteroftheverydeepest
moment
moment.
Yourrecentservicestooneof
de
theroyalhousesofEurope
hebben
haveshownthatyouareonewhomaysafelybe
vertrouwd
trustedwithmatterswhichareofan
belang
importancewhichcanhardlybeexaggerated.
Dit
Thisaccountofyouwe
hebben
havefromallquartersreceived.
Beinyour
kamer
chamberthenatthathour,
en
anddonottakeitamiss
als
ifyourvisitorwearamask.”
“Thisis
inderdaad
indeedamystery,”Iremarked.
“Whatdoyou
denk
imaginethatitmeans?”
“I
heb
havenodatayet.
Itisacapital
vergissing
mistaketotheorisebeforeone
heeft
hasdata.
Insensiblyonebeginstotwistfactstosuittheories,
plaats
insteadoftheoriestosuitfacts.
Maar
Butthenoteitself.
Whatdoyoudeducefromit?”
I
zorgvuldig
carefullyexaminedthewriting,andthe
papier
paperuponwhichitwas
geschreven
written.
“Themanwhowroteitwas
vermoedelijk
presumablywelltodo,”Iremarked,endeavouringto
imiteren
imitatemycompanion’sprocesses.
“Suchpaper
konden
couldnotbeboughtunder
halve
halfacrownapacket.
Itispeculiarly
sterk
strongandstiff.”
“Peculiar—thatis
het
theveryword,”saidHolmes.
“ItisnotanEnglish
krant
paperatall.
Holdituptothelight.”
I
deed
didso,andsawa
grote
large“E”withasmall“g,”
een
a“P,”andalarge“G”
met
withasmall“t”wovenintothe
textuur
textureofthepaper.
“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.
‘Remarkableasbeingthe
toneel
sceneofthedeathofWallenstein,
en
andforitsnumerousglass-factories
en
andpaper-mills.’Ha,ha,my
jongen
boy,whatdoyoumakeofthat?”
Hiseyessparkled,
en
andhesentupa
grote
greatbluetriumphantcloudfromhis
sigaret
cigarette.
“ThepaperwasmadeinBohemia,”I
zei
said.
“Precisely.
Andtheman
die
whowrotethenoteis
een
aGerman.
Doyounote
de
thepeculiarconstructionofthesentence—‘Thisaccountofyouwe
hebben
havefromallquartersreceived.’
Een
AFrenchmanorRussiancouldnot
hebben
havewrittenthat.
ItistheGerman
die
whoissouncourteoustohisverbs.
It
alleen
onlyremains,therefore,todiscoverwhatis
wil
wantedbythisGermanwho
schrijft
writesuponBohemianpaperandprefers
draagt
wearingamasktoshowinghis
gezicht
face.
Andherehecomes,
als
ifIamnotmistaken,to
op te lossen
resolveallourdoubts.”
Ashe
sprak
spoketherewasthesharp
geluid
soundofhorses’hoofsandgratingwheels
tegen
againstthecurb,followedby
een
asharppullatthebell.
Holmeswhistled.
“A
paar
pair,bythesound,”said
hij
he.
“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.”
Aslowand
zware
heavystep,whichhadbeen
gehoord
hearduponthestairsandin
de
thepassage,pausedimmediatelyoutside
de
thedoor.
Thentherewas
een
aloudandauthoritativetap.
“Comein!”
zei
saidHolmes.
Amanentered
die
whocouldhardlyhavebeen
minder
lessthansixfeetsixinchesinheight,
met
withthechestandlimbsof
een
aHercules.
Hisdresswas
rijk
richwitharichnesswhich
zou
would,inEngland,belookeduponasakinto
slechte
badtaste.
Heavybandsofastrakhanwereslashedacross
de
thesleevesandfrontsofhisdouble-breasted
jas
coat,whilethedeepblue
mantel
cloakwhichwasthrownoverhisshoulderswaslined
met
withflame-colouredsilkandsecuredat
de
theneckwithabrooch
die
whichconsistedofasingleflamingberyl.
Boots
die
whichextendedhalfwayuphiscalves,
en
andwhichweretrimmedat
de
thetopswithrichbrown
bont
fur,completedtheimpressionofbarbaricopulence
die
whichwassuggestedbyhis
hele
wholeappearance.
Hecarriedabroad-brimmed
hoed
hatinhishand,whilehe
droeg
woreacrosstheupperpartofhis
gezicht
face,extendingdownpastthecheekbones,
een
ablackvizardmask,whichhe
had
hadapparentlyadjustedthatvery
moment
moment,forhishandwas
nog steeds
stillraisedtoitasheentered.
Fromthelower
deel
partofthefacehe
leek
appearedtobeamanof
sterk
strongcharacter,withathick,hanging
lip
lip,andalong,straight
kin
chinsuggestiveofresolutionpushedtothe
lengte
lengthofobstinacy.
“Youhadmynote?”
he
vroeg
askedwithadeepharsh
stem
voiceandastronglymarkedGerman
accent
accent.
“ItoldyouthatI
zou
wouldcall.”
Helookedfrom
ene
onetotheotherof
ons
us,asifuncertainwhichtoaddress.
“Praytakeaseat,”
zei
saidHolmes.
“Thisismy
vriend
friendandcolleague,Dr.Watson,
die
whoisoccasionallygoodenoughto
helpen
helpmeinmycases.
Whom
heb
haveIthehonourtoaddress?”
“You
mag
mayaddressmeasthe
Graaf
CountVonKramm,aBohemian
edelman
nobleman.
Iunderstandthatthisgentleman,your
vriend
friend,isamanofhonour
en
anddiscretion,whomImay
vertrouwen
trustwithamatterof
het
themostextremeimportance.
Ifnot,Ishouldmuch
liever
prefertocommunicatewithyoualone.”
Iroseto
gaan
go,butHolmescaughtmeby
de
thewristandpushedme
terug
backintomychair.
“Itisboth,
of
ornone,”saidhe.
“You
mag
maysaybeforethisgentleman
alles
anythingwhichyoumaysaytome.”
De
TheCountshruggedhisbroadshoulders.
“ThenI
moet
mustbegin,”saidhe,“by
binden
bindingyoubothtoabsolute
geheimhouding
secrecyfortwoyears;
atthe
einde
endofthattimethe
zaak
matterwillbeofno
belang
importance.
Atpresentitisnottoo
veel
muchtosaythatitisofsuch
gewicht
weightitmayhaveaninfluenceupon
Europese
Europeanhistory.”
“Ipromise,”saidHolmes.
“AndI.”
“You
zult
willexcusethismask,”continuedourstrange
bezoeker
visitor.
“Theaugustpersonwhoemploysme
wil
wisheshisagenttobe
onbekend
unknowntoyou,andI
kan
mayconfessatoncethat
de
thetitlebywhichI
heb
havejustcalledmyselfisnot
precies
exactlymyown.”
“Iwasawareofit,”
zei
saidHolmesdryly.
“Thecircumstancesareofgreatdelicacy,
en
andeveryprecautionhastobe
genomen
takentoquenchwhatmightgrowtobeanimmense
schandaal
scandalandseriouslycompromiseoneof
de
thereigningfamiliesofEurope.
Tospeak
duidelijk
plainly,thematterimplicatesthe
grote
greatHouseofOrmstein,hereditarykingsofBohemia.”
“Iwas
ook
alsoawareofthat,”murmuredHolmes,settlinghimself
neer
downinhisarmchairand
sloot
closinghiseyes.
Ourvisitorglanced
met
withsomeapparentsurpriseat
de
thelanguid,loungingfigureof
de
themanwhohadbeennodoubtdepictedtohimas
de
themostincisivereasonerand
meest
mostenergeticagentinEurope.
Holmes
langzaam
slowlyreopenedhiseyesand
keek
lookedimpatientlyathisgigantic
cliënt
client.
“IfyourMajestywouldcondescendtostateyourcase,”heremarked,“Ishouldbe
beter
betterabletoadviseyou.”
De
Themansprangfromhis
stoel
chairandpacedupand
neer
downtheroominuncontrollableagitation.
Then,
met
withagestureofdesperation,he
scheurde
torethemaskfromhis
gezicht
faceandhurleditupontheground.
“Youareright,”he
huilde
cried;
“IamtheKing.
Waarom
WhyshouldIattempttoconcealit?”
“Why,indeed?”
murmuredHolmes.
“Your
Majesteit
MajestyhadnotspokenbeforeIwasaware
dat
thatIwasaddressingWilhelmGottsreichSigismondvonOrmstein,GrandDukeofCassel-Felstein,
en
andhereditaryKingofBohemia.”
“Butyou
kunt
canunderstand,”saidourstrange
bezoeker
visitor,sittingdownoncemore
en
andpassinghishandoverhis
hoge
highwhiteforehead,“youcan
begrijpen
understandthatIamnot
gewend
accustomedtodoingsuchbusinessinmy
eigen
ownperson.
Yetthematterwassodelicate
dat
thatIcouldnotconfideitto
een
anagentwithoutputtingmyselfinhis
macht
power.
IhavecomeincognitofromPragueforthepurposeof
raadplegen
consultingyou.”
“Then,prayconsult,”
zei
saidHolmes,shuttinghiseyesoncemore.
“Thefactsare
kort
brieflythese:
Somefiveyears
geleden
ago,duringalengthyvisittoWarsaw,I
maakte
madetheacquaintanceofthewell-knownadventuress,IreneAdler.
De
Thenameisnodoubt
bekend
familiartoyou.”
“Kindlylookherupinmy
index
index,Doctor,”murmuredHolmeswithout
openen
openinghiseyes.
Formanyyearshe
had
hadadoptedasystemofdocketing
alle
allparagraphsconcerningmenandthings,sothatitwas
moeilijk
difficulttonameasubject
of
orapersononwhichhe
kon
couldnotatoncefurnish
informatie
information.
InthiscaseI
vond
foundherbiographysandwichedin
tussen
betweenthatofaHebrewrabbi
en
andthatofastaff-commanderwho
had
hadwrittenamonographupon
de
thedeep-seafishes.
“Letmesee!”
zei
saidHolmes.
“Hum!
BorninNewJerseyin
het
theyear1858.
Contralto—hum!
LaScala,
hum
hum!
PrimadonnaImperialOperaofWarsaw—yes!
Pensioen
Retiredfromoperaticstage—ha!
LivinginLondon—quiteso!
Your
Majesteit
Majesty,asIunderstand,becameentangled
met
withthisyoungperson,wrotehersomecompromisingletters,
en
andisnowdesirousof
krijgen
gettingthoselettersback.”
“Preciselyso.
Maar
Buthow—”.