I.ASCANDALINBOHEMIA
Minä
I.ToSherlockHolmessheis
aina
alwaysthewoman.Ihave
harvoin
seldomheardhimmentionherunderanyothername.Inhiseyessheeclipsesandpredominatesthewholeofhersex.
Itwasnot
että
thathefeltanyemotionakintoloveforIreneAdler.Kaikki
Allemotions,andthatoneerityisen
particularly,wereabhorrenttohiskylmä
cold,precisebutadmirablybalancedmind.Hewas,Itakeit,themostperfectreasoning
ja
andobservingmachinethatthemaailman
worldhasseen,butasaloverhewouldhaveplacedhimselfinafalseposition.He
koskaan
neverspokeofthesofterpassions,paitsi
savewithagibeandasneer.Theywereadmirablethingsfortheobserver—excellentfordrawingthe
verhon
veilfrommen’smotivesandactions.Mutta
Butforthetrainedreasonertomyöntäisivät
admitsuchintrusionsintohisowndelicateja
andfinelyadjustedtemperamentwastointroduceadistractingfactorjoka
whichmightthrowadoubtuponallhismentalresults.Gritinasensitiveinstrument,
tai
oracrackinoneofhisownhigh-powerlenses,wouldnotbemoredisturbingthanavoimakas
strongemotioninanaturesuchashänen
his.Andyettherewasbut
yksi
onewomantohim,andthatnainen
womanwasthelateIreneAdler,ofdubiousandepäilyttävä
questionablememory.IhadseenlittleofHolmes
viime aikoina
lately.Mymarriagehaddriftedusawayfromeachother.
Myown
täydellinen
completehappiness,andthehome-centredinterestswhichriseuparoundthemiehen
manwhofirstfindshimselfmasterofhisownestablishment,weresufficienttoabsorbkaikki
allmyattention,whileHolmes,wholoathedeveryformofsocietywithhiswholeBohemiansoul,pysyi
remainedinourlodgingsinBaker
BakerStreet,buriedamonghisoldbooks,andalternatingfromweektoweekbetweencocaineandkunnianhimoa
ambition,thedrowsinessofthedrug,andthefierceenergyofhisownkeennature.Hewas
yhä
still,asever,deeplyattractedbythestudyofrikollisuuden
crime,andoccupiedhisimmensefacultiesandpoikkeuksellisia
extraordinarypowersofobservationinfollowingoutthoseclues,andclearingupthosemysteriesjotka
whichhadbeenabandonedashopelessbythevirallinen
officialpolice.Fromtimeto
aika
timeIheardsomevagueaccountofhisdoings:ofhis
kutsuttiin
summonstoOdessainthecaseoftheTrepoffmurder,ofhisclearingupofthesingulartragedyoftheAtkinsonbrothersatTrincomalee,andlopuksi
finallyofthemissionwhichhehadsuoritti
accomplishedsodelicatelyandsuccessfullyforthereigningfamilyofHolland.Beyond
näiden
thesesignsofhisactivity,however,whichIvain
merelysharedwithallthereadersofthedailypress,Itiennyt
knewlittleofmyformerfriendandcompanion.Onenight—itwasonthetwentiethofMarch,1888—Iwasreturningfromajourneytoapatient(forIhad
nyt
nowreturnedtocivilpractice),kun
whenmywayledmeläpi
throughBakerStreet.AsI
kuljin
passedthewell-remembereddoor,whichtäytyy
mustalwaysbeassociatedinmymindwithmywooing,andwiththedarkincidentsoftheStudyinScarlet,Iwastarttui
seizedwithakeendesiretonähdä
seeHolmesagain,andtotietää
knowhowhewasemployinghispoikkeuksellisia
extraordinarypowers.Hisroomswerebrilliantlylit,
ja
and,evenasIlookedylös
up,Isawhistall,sparefigurepasskahdesti
twiceinadarksilhouetteagainsttheblind.Hewaspacingthe
huoneessa
roomswiftly,eagerly,withhispäänsä
headsunkuponhischestja
andhishandsclaspedbehindhim.To
minulle
me,whoknewhiseverymoodja
andhabit,hisattitudeandmannerkertoivat
toldtheirownstory.Hewasatwork
taas
again.Hehadrisenoutofhisdrug-createddreamsandwashotuponthescentofsomenewproblem.
Irangthe
kelloa
bellandwasshownuptothechamberjoka
whichhadformerlybeeninpartmyown.Hismannerwasnoteffusive.
It
harvoin
seldomwas;buthewas
iloinen
glad,Ithink,toseeminut
me.Withhardlyawordspoken,
mutta
butwithakindlyeye,hewavedmetoanarmchair,heitti
threwacrosshiscaseofcigars,andindicatedaspiritcaseandagasogeneinthenurkassa
corner.Thenhestoodbeforethe
tulen
fireandlookedmeoverinhissingularintrospectivefashion.“Wedlock
sopii
suitsyou,”heremarked.“Ithink,Watson,
että
thatyouhaveputonseitsemän
sevenandahalfpoundssinceInäin
sawyou.”“Seven!”
Ianswered.
“Indeed,I
olisi
shouldhavethoughtalittleenemmän
more.Justatriflemore,Ifancy,Watson.
Ja
Andinpracticeagain,Itarkkailen
observe.Youdidnottellme
että
thatyouintendedtogointoharness.”“Then,howdoyouknow?”
“I
näen
seeit,Ideduceit.HowdoI
tiedän
knowthatyouhavebeengettingyourselfhyvin
verywetlately,andthatyouon
haveamostclumsyandhuolimaton
carelessservantgirl?”“MydearHolmes,”
sanoin
saidI,“thisistoomuch.Youwould
varmasti
certainlyhavebeenburned,hadyoulivedafewcenturiessitten
ago.ItistruethatIhadacountry
kävelin
walkonThursdayandcamekotiin
homeinadreadfulmess,mutta
butasIhavechangedmyclothesIcan’tkuvitella
imaginehowyoudeduceit.AstoMaryJane,sheisincorrigible,
ja
andmywifehasgivenhernotice,mutta
butthere,again,Ifailtoseemiten
howyouworkitout.”Hechuckledtohimself
ja
andrubbedhislong,nervoushandsyhteen
together.“Itissimplicityitself,”
sanoi
saidhe;“myeyestellme
että
thatontheinsideofyourleftshoe,juuri
justwherethefirelightstrikesit,theleatherisscoredbykuusi
sixalmostparallelcuts.Obviouslythey
on
havebeencausedbysomeonejoka
whohasverycarelesslyscrapedroundtheedgesofthesoleinordertoremovecrustedmudfromit.Hence,yousee,my
kaksinkertainen
doubledeductionthatyouhadbeenoutinvileweather,andettä
thatyouhadaparticularlymalignantboot-slittingspecimenoftheLondonslavey.Astoyourpractice,
jos
ifagentlemanwalksintomyroomssmellingofiodoform,withamusta
blackmarkofnitrateofsilveruponhisrightforefinger,andabulgeontherightpuolella
sideofhistop-hattoosoittaa
showwherehehassecretedhisstethoscope,Imustbetylsä
dull,indeed,ifIdonotpronouncehimtobeanactivememberofthelääketieteen
medicalprofession.”Icouldnothelp
nauramatta
laughingattheeasewithwhichheselitti
explainedhisprocessofdeduction.“WhenI
kuulen
hearyougiveyourreasons,”Ihuomautin
remarked,“thethingalwaysappearstometobesoridiculouslysimpleettä
thatIcouldeasilydoitmyself,thoughateachsuccessiveinstanceofyourreasoningIambaffledkunnes
untilyouexplainyourprocess.Ja
AndyetIbelievethatmyeyesareashyviä
goodasyours.”“Quiteso,”he
vastasi
answered,lightingacigarette,andheitti
throwinghimselfdownintoanarmchair.“You
näet
see,butyoudonottarkkaile
observe.Thedistinctionisclear.
Forexample,you
olette
havefrequentlyseenthestepsjotka
whichleadupfromthehalltothisroom.”“Frequently.”
“Howoften?”
“Well,somehundredsoftimes.”
“Thenhow
monta
manyarethere?”“Howmany?
Idon’tknow.”
“Quiteso!
You
ole
havenotobserved.Andyetyou
olet
haveseen.Thatisjustmypoint.
Nyt
Now,Iknowthatthereareseventeensteps,koska
becauseIhavebothseenandtarkkaillut
observed.Bytheway,sinceyouare
kiinnostunut
interestedintheselittleproblems,andkoska
sinceyouaregoodenoughtochronicleyhden
oneortwoofmytriflingexperiences,yousaatat
maybeinterestedinthis.”He
heitti
threwoverasheetofthick,pink-tintednotepaperjoka
whichhadbeenlyingopenuponthetable.“It
tuli
camebythelastpost,”sanoi
saidhe.“Readitaloud.”
The
muistiinpano
notewasundated,andwithouteithersignaturetai
oraddress.“Therewillcalluponyouto-night,ataquarterto
kahdeksan
eighto’clock,”itsaid,“agentlemanjoka
whodesirestoconsultyouuponamatterofthehyvin
verydeepestmoment.YourrecentservicestooneoftheroyalhousesofEuropehave
ovat osoittaneet
shownthatyouareonewhomayturvallisesti
safelybetrustedwithmatterswhichareofanimportancewhichcantuskin
hardlybeexaggerated.Thisaccountofyouwe
olemme
havefromallquartersreceived.Beinyourchamberthenatthathour,anddonottakeitamiss
jos
ifyourvisitorwearamask.”“Thisis
todellakin
indeedamystery,”Iremarked.“Whatdoyouimaginethatitmeans?”
“I
ole
havenodatayet.Itisacapitalmistaketotheorisebeforeone
on
hasdata.Insensiblyonebeginstotwistfactsto
sopisivat
suittheories,insteadoftheoriestosopisivat
suitfacts.Butthenoteitself.
Whatdoyoudeducefromit?”
I
huolellisesti
carefullyexaminedthewriting,andthepaperuponwhichitwaskirjoitettu
written.“Themanwhowroteitwas
luultavasti
presumablywelltodo,”Ihuomautin
remarked,endeavouringtoimitatemycompanion’sprocesses.“Suchpapercouldnotbe
ostaa
boughtunderhalfacrownapacket.Itispeculiarly
vahva
strongandstiff.”“Peculiar—thatistheveryword,”
sanoi
saidHolmes.“ItisnotanEnglishpaperatall.
Pidä
Holdituptothelight.”I
tein
didso,andsawalarge“E”jossa
withasmall“g,”a“P,”andalarge“G”jossa
withasmall“t”wovenintothetextureofthepaper.“Whatdoyoumakeofthat?”
kysyi
askedHolmes.“Thenameofthemaker,no
epäilemättä
doubt;orhismonogram,rather.”
“Notatall.
The‘G’withthesmall‘t’standsfor‘Gesellschaft,’
joka
whichistheGermanfor‘Company.’Itisacustomarycontractionkuten
likeour‘Co.’‘P,’ofcourse,standsfor‘Papier.’Nowforthe‘Eg.’On
LetusglanceatourContinentalGazetteer.”He
otti
tookdownaheavybrownvolumefromhisshelves.“Eglow,Eglonitz—herewe
olemme
are,Egria.ItisinaGerman-speakingcountry—inBohemia,notfarfromCarlsbad.
‘Remarkableasbeingthe
kohtaus
sceneofthedeathofWallenstein,andforitsnumerousglass-factoriesandpaper-mills.’Ha,ha,myboy,whatdoyoumakeofthat?”Hiseyessparkled,
ja
andhesentupagreatbluetriumphantcloudfromhiscigarette.“ThepaperwasmadeinBohemia,”I
sanoin
said.“Precisely.
Andtheman
joka
whowrotethenoteisaGerman.Doyounote
sitä
thepeculiarconstructionofthesentence—‘Thisaccountofyouweon
havefromallquartersreceived.’AFrenchmantai
orRussiancouldnothavekirjoittaa
writtenthat.ItistheGerman
joka
whoissouncourteoustohisverbs.It
vain
onlyremains,therefore,todiscoverwhatiswantedbytämä
thisGermanwhowritesuponBohemianpaperja
andpreferswearingamasktonäyttää
showinghisface.Andherehe
tulee
comes,ifIamnotväärässä
mistaken,toresolveallourdoubts.”Ashe
puhui
spoketherewasthesharpääni
soundofhorses’hoofsandgratingwheelsagainstthecurb,followedbyajyrkkä
sharppullatthebell.Holmeswhistled.
“Apair,bythesound,”
sanoi
saidhe.“Yes,”hecontinued,glancing
ulos
outofthewindow.“Anice
pieni
littlebroughamandapairofbeauties.Ahundredandfiftyguineasapiece.
There’s
rahaa
moneyinthiscase,Watson,jos
ifthereisnothingelse.”“Ithink
että
thatIhadbettergo,Holmes.”“Notabit,
Tohtori
Doctor.Staywhereyouare.
Iam
kadonnut
lostwithoutmyBoswell.And
tämä
thispromisestobeinteresting.Itwouldbea
sääli
pitytomissit.”“Butyourclient—”.
“Nevermind
hänestä
him.Imaywantyourhelp,
ja
andsomayhe.Herehecomes.
Istu
Sitdowninthatarmchair,Tohtori
Doctor,andgiveusyourbestattention.”A
hidas
slowandheavystep,whicholi
hadbeenhearduponthestairsja
andinthepassage,pausedvälittömästi
immediatelyoutsidethedoor.Thentherewasa
kova
loudandauthoritativetap.“Comein!”
sanoi
saidHolmes.Amanentered
joka
whocouldhardlyhavebeenlesskuin
thansixfeetsixinchesinheight,withthechestandlimbsofaHercules.Hisdresswas
rikas
richwitharichnesswhichwould,inEngland,bekatsotaan
lookeduponasakintohuono
badtaste.Heavybandsofastrakhanwereslashedacrossthesleevesandfrontsofhisdouble-breastedcoat,whilethe
syvän
deepbluecloakwhichwasheitetty
thrownoverhisshoulderswaslinedwithflame-colouredsilkandsecuredattheneckwithabroochjoka
whichconsistedofasingleflamingberyl.Bootswhich
ulottuivat
extendedhalfwayuphiscalves,andwhichweretrimmedatthetopswithrikas
richbrownfur,completedtheimpressionofbarbaricopulencewhichwasehdotettu
suggestedbyhiswholeappearance.He
kantoi
carriedabroad-brimmedhatinhishand,kun
whileheworeacrosstheupperpartofhisface,ulottui
extendingdownpastthecheekbones,amusta
blackvizardmask,whichheoli
hadapparentlyadjustedthatverymoment,forhishandwasyhä
stillraisedtoitasheastui
entered.Fromthelowerpartofthefaceheappearedtobea
mies
manofstrongcharacter,withathick,hanginglip,andapitkä
long,straightchinsuggestiveofresolutionpushedtothelengthofobstinacy.“Youhadmynote?”
he
kysyi
askedwithadeepharshäänellä
voiceandastronglymarkedGermanaksentti
accent.“ItoldyouthatIwouldcall.”
He
katsoi
lookedfromonetotheotherofus,asifepävarma
uncertainwhichtoaddress.“Praytakeaseat,”
sanoi
saidHolmes.“Thisismyfriend
ja
andcolleague,Dr.Watson,whoissilloin tällöin
occasionallygoodenoughtohelpmeinmycases.Whom
on
haveIthehonourtoaddress?”“Youmayaddressmeasthe
Kreivi
CountVonKramm,aBohemiannobleman.I
ymmärrän
understandthatthisgentleman,yourfriend,isamies
manofhonouranddiscretion,whomIvoin
maytrustwithamatterofthemostextremeimportance.Jos
Ifnot,Ishouldmuchmieluummin
prefertocommunicatewithyoualone.”Irosetogo,
mutta
butHolmescaughtmebythewristja
andpushedmebackintomychair.“Itisboth,
tai
ornone,”saidhe.“You
voitte
maysaybeforethisgentlemananythingwhichyouvoitte
maysaytome.”The
Kreivi
Countshruggedhisbroadshoulders.“ThenI
täytyy
mustbegin,”saidhe,“bybindingyoumolemmat
bothtoabsolutesecrecyfortwoyears;attheendofthat
ajan
timethematterwillbeofnoimportance.At
hetkellä
presentitisnottoomuchtosanoa
saythatitisofsuchpaino
weightitmayhaveanvaikutus
influenceuponEuropeanhistory.”“Ipromise,”
sanoi
saidHolmes.“AndI.”
“Youwillexcuse
tämä
thismask,”continuedourstrangevisitor.“Theaugustpersonwhoemploysmewisheshisagenttobe
tuntematon
unknowntoyou,andImayconfessatonceettä
thatthetitlebywhichIhavejuuri
justcalledmyselfisnotexactlymyown.”“Iwas
tietoinen
awareofit,”saidHolmesdryly.“Thecircumstancesareofgreatdelicacy,andeveryprecautionhastobe
otettava
takentoquenchwhatmightkasvaa
growtobeanimmensescandalandvakavasti
seriouslycompromiseoneofthereigningfamiliesofEurope.Tospeakplainly,the
asia
matterimplicatesthegreatHouseofOrmstein,hereditarykingsofBohemia.”“Iwas
myös
alsoawareofthat,”murmuredHolmes,asettuen
settlinghimselfdowninhisarmchairandsulkee
closinghiseyes.Ourvisitorglancedwithsomeapparentsurpriseatthelanguid,loungingfigureoftheman
joka
whohadbeennodoubtdepictedtohimasthekaikkein
mostincisivereasonerandmostenergeticagentinEurope.Holmes
hitaasti
slowlyreopenedhiseyesandlookedimpatientlyathisgiganticclient.“IfyourMajestywouldcondescendtostateyourcase,”he
huomautti
remarked,“Ishouldbebetterabletoneuvomaan
adviseyou.”Themansprangfromhischair
ja
andpacedupanddownthehuoneessa
roominuncontrollableagitation.Then,witha
eleen
gestureofdesperation,hetorethemaskfromhisfaceandheitti
hurleditupontheground.“Youareright,”he
huusi
cried;“IamtheKing.
Miksi
WhyshouldIattempttoconcealit?”“Why,indeed?”
murmuredHolmes.
“YourMajesty
ollut
hadnotspokenbeforeIwasawareettä
thatIwasaddressingWilhelmGottsreichSigismondvonOrmstein,GrandDukeofCassel-Felstein,andhereditaryKingofBohemia.”“Butyoucanunderstand,”
sanoi
saidourstrangevisitor,sittingdownkerran
oncemoreandpassinghishandoverhishighwhiteforehead,“youcanymmärrä
understandthatIamnotaccustomedtotekemään
doingsuchbusinessinmyownperson.Mutta
Yetthematterwassoarkaluonteinen
delicatethatIcouldnotconfideittoanagentilman
withoutputtingmyselfinhispower.I
olen
havecomeincognitofromPragueforthepurposeofneuvottelemaan
consultingyou.”“Then,prayconsult,”
sanoi
saidHolmes,shuttinghiseyeskerran
oncemore.“Thefactsare
lyhyesti
brieflythese:Somefiveyears
sitten
ago,duringalengthyvisittoWarsaw,Imadethetutustuin
acquaintanceofthewell-knownadventuress,IreneAdler.The
nimi
nameisnodoubtfamiliartoyou.”“Kindlylookherupinmyindex,Doctor,”murmuredHolmeswithout
avaamatta
openinghiseyes.Formanyyearshehad
antaa
adoptedasystemofdocketingkaikki
allparagraphsconcerningmenandthings,soettä
thatitwasdifficulttonameasubjecttai
orapersononwhichhecouldnotatoncefurnishinformation.InthiscaseI
löysin
foundherbiographysandwichedinbetweenthatofaHebrewrabbiandthatofastaff-commanderjoka
whohadwrittenamonographuponthedeep-seafishes.“Letmesee!”
sanoi
saidHolmes.“Hum!
BorninNewJerseyinthe
vuonna
year1858.Contralto—hum!
LaScala,hum!
Prima
PrimadonnaImperialOperaofWarsaw—yes!Retiredfromoperaticstage—ha!
Elämä
LivinginLondon—quiteso!YourMajesty,asI
ymmärrän
understand,becameentangledwiththisyoungperson,kirjoitti
wrotehersomecompromisingletters,andisnyt
nowdesirousofgettingthoselettersback.”“Preciselyso.
Mutta
Buthow—”.