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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | Progressive Translation Books for German A1 Learners

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | Progressive Translation Books for German A1 Learners

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I.ASCANDALINBOHEMIA
Ich
I.
ToSherlockHolmessheisalways
die
thewoman.
Ihaveseldomheardhimmentionher
unter
underanyothername.
Inhiseyessheeclipses
und
andpredominatesthewholeofher
geschlecht
sex.
Itwasnotthathefelt
irgendwelche
anyemotionakintoloveforIreneAdler.
Alle
Allemotions,andthatoneparticularly,wereabhorrenttohiscold,precise
aber
butadmirablybalancedmind.
Hewas,Itake
es
it,themostperfectreasoning
und
andobservingmachinethatthe
welt
worldhasseen,butas
eine
aloverhewouldhaveplacedhimselfin
eine
afalseposition.
Heneverspokeof
den
thesofterpassions,savewithagibe
und
andasneer.
Theywereadmirablethingsfortheobserver—excellentfordrawingtheveilfrommen’smotives
und
andactions.
Butforthetrainedreasonertoadmit
solche
suchintrusionsintohisowndelicate
und
andfinelyadjustedtemperamentwastointroduceadistractingfactorwhich
könnte
mightthrowadoubtupon
alle
allhismentalresults.
Gritinasensitiveinstrument,oracrackinoneofhisownhigh-powerlenses,
würde
wouldnotbemoredisturbingthanastrongemotioninanaturesuchas
seiner
his.
Andyettherewasbut
eine
onewomantohim,andthat
frau
womanwasthelateIreneAdler,ofdubious
und
andquestionablememory.
Ihad
gesehen
seenlittleofHolmeslately.
Mymarriagehaddriftedus
entfernt
awayfromeachother.
Myowncompletehappiness,
und
andthehome-centredinterestswhichriseuparoundthe
mann
manwhofirstfindshimself
meister
masterofhisownestablishment,weresufficienttoabsorballmyattention,
während
whileHolmes,wholoathedeveryformofsocietywithhis
ganze
wholeBohemiansoul,remainedinourlodgingsinBaker
Street
Street,buriedamonghisoldbooks,
und
andalternatingfromweekto
woche
weekbetweencocaineandambition,thedrowsinessofthedrug,
und
andthefierceenergyofhisownkeennature.
Hewas
immer noch
still,asever,deeplyattractedbythestudyofcrime,
und
andoccupiedhisimmensefaculties
und
andextraordinarypowersofobservationinfollowingoutthoseclues,
und
andclearingupthosemysterieswhichhadbeenabandonedashopelessbytheofficial
polizei
police.
FromtimetotimeIheard
einige
somevagueaccountofhisdoings:
ofhissummonstoOdessainthe
fall
caseoftheTrepoffmurder,ofhisclearingupofthesingulartragedyoftheAtkinsonbrothersatTrincomalee,
und
andfinallyofthemissionwhichhehadaccomplishedsodelicately
und
andsuccessfullyforthereigning
familie
familyofHolland.
Beyondthesesignsofhisactivity,however,whichImerelysharedwithallthereadersofthedailypress,Iknew
wenig
littleofmyformerfriend
und
andcompanion.
Onenight—itwason
die
thetwentiethofMarch,1888—Iwasreturningfromajourneytoapatient(forIhad
jetzt
nowreturnedtocivilpractice),
als
whenmywayledme
durch
throughBakerStreet.
AsIpassedthewell-remembereddoor,whichmustalwaysbeassociatedinmy
verstand
mindwithmywooing,andwiththedarkincidentsoftheStudyinScarlet,Iwasseizedwith
ein
akeendesiretoseeHolmesagain,
und
andtoknowhowhewasemployinghisextraordinarypowers.
Hisroomswerebrilliantlylit,
und
and,evenasIlookedup,I
sah
sawhistall,sparefigurepasstwiceinadarksilhouette
gegen
againsttheblind.
Hewaspacingthe
raum
roomswiftly,eagerly,withhis
kopf
headsunkuponhischest
und
andhishandsclaspedbehindhim.
To
mich
me,whoknewhiseverymood
und
andhabit,hisattitudeandmannertoldtheirown
geschichte
story.
Hewasatwork
wieder
again.
Hehadrisenoutofhisdrug-createddreams
und
andwashotuponthescentofsomenewproblem.
Irang
die
thebellandwasshownupto
die
thechamberwhichhadformerlybeeninpartmyown.
Hismannerwasnoteffusive.
Itseldomwas;
aber
buthewasglad,I
glaube
think,toseeme.
Withhardlya
wort
wordspoken,butwithakindlyeye,hewavedmetoanarmchair,threwacrosshis
fall
caseofcigars,andindicatedaspirit
fall
caseandagasogenein
der
thecorner.
Thenhestood
vor
beforethefireandlookedmeoverinhissingularintrospectivefashion.
“Wedlocksuitsyou,”heremarked.
“I
glaube
think,Watson,thatyouhaveputonsevenandahalfpounds
seit
sinceIsawyou.”
“Seven!”
Ianswered.
“Indeed,I
sollen
shouldhavethoughtalittle
mehr
more.
Justatriflemore,Ifancy,Watson.
Und
Andinpracticeagain,Iobserve.
Youdidnot
gesagt
tellmethatyouintendedto
gehen
gointoharness.”
“Then,howdoyouknow?”
“I
sehe
seeit,Ideduceit.
How
gemacht
doIknowthatyouhavebeengettingyourself
sehr
verywetlately,andthatyouhave
ein
amostclumsyandcarelessservantgirl?”
“MydearHolmes,”said
Ich
I,“thisistoomuch.
Youwouldcertainlyhavebeenburned,hadyou
gelebt
livedafewcenturiesago.
Itis
wahr
truethatIhadacountrywalkonThursday
und
andcamehomeinadreadfulmess,
aber
butasIhavechangedmyclothesIcan’timaginehowyoudeduce
es
it.
AstoMaryJane,sheisincorrigible,
und
andmywifehasgivenhernotice,
aber
butthere,again,Ifailtoseehowyouworkitout.”
Hechuckledtohimself
und
andrubbedhislong,nervoushands
zusammen
together.
“Itissimplicityitself,”saidhe;
“myeyes
sagen
tellmethatontheinsideofyourleftshoe,just
wo
wherethefirelightstrikesit,theleatherisscoredby
sechs
sixalmostparallelcuts.
Obviouslytheyhavebeen
verursacht
causedbysomeonewhohas
sehr
verycarelesslyscrapedroundtheedgesofthesoleinordertoremovecrustedmudfromit.
Hence,you
sehen
see,mydoubledeductionthatyouhadbeenoutinvileweather,
und
andthatyouhadaparticularlymalignantboot-slittingspecimenoftheLondonslavey.
Astoyourpractice,
wenn
ifagentlemanwalksintomyroomssmellingofiodoform,withablackmarkofnitrateofsilveruponhisrightforefinger,
und
andabulgeontheright
seite
sideofhistop-hatto
zeigen
showwherehehassecretedhisstethoscope,I
muss
mustbedull,indeed,ifI
tat
donotpronouncehimtobeanactivememberof
der
themedicalprofession.”
Icouldnothelplaughingattheeasewithwhichheexplainedhisprocessofdeduction.
“WhenIhearyougiveyourreasons,”Iremarked,“thethingalwaysappearstometobesoridiculouslysimplethatI
könnte
couldeasilydoitmyself,
obwohl
thoughateachsuccessiveinstanceofyourreasoningIambaffleduntilyouexplainyourprocess.
Und
AndyetIbelievethatmyeyesareas
gut
goodasyours.”
“Quiteso,”heanswered,lightingacigarette,
und
andthrowinghimselfdownintoanarmchair.
“You
siehst
see,butyoudonotobserve.
Der
Thedistinctionisclear.
Forexample,you
haben
havefrequentlyseenthestepswhichleadupfromthehalltothisroom.”
“Frequently.”
“Howoften?”
“Well,
einige
somehundredsoftimes.”
“Thenhow
viele
manyarethere?”
“Howmany?
Idon’tknow.”
“Quiteso!
You
haben
havenotobserved.
Andyetyouhave
gesehen
seen.
Thatisjustmy
punkt
point.
Now,Iknowthatthereareseventeensteps,
weil
becauseIhavebothseen
und
andobserved.
Bytheway,sinceyouareinterestedintheselittleproblems,
und
andsinceyouaregood
genug
enoughtochronicleoneor
zwei
twoofmytriflingexperiences,youmaybeinterestedinthis.”
Hethrew
über
overasheetofthick,pink-tintednotepaperwhichhadbeen
lag
lyingopenuponthetable.
“It
kam
camebythelastpost,”saidhe.
“Readitaloud.”
Die
Thenotewasundated,and
ohne
withouteithersignatureoraddress.
“There
wird
willcalluponyouto-night,at
eine
aquartertoeighto’clock,”itsaid,“agentlemanwhodesirestoconsultyouupon
eine
amatteroftheverydeepestmoment.
YourrecentservicestooneoftheroyalhousesofEurope
haben
haveshownthatyouareonewho
kann
maysafelybetrustedwithmatterswhichareofanimportancewhich
kann
canhardlybeexaggerated.
Thisaccountofyouwe
haben
havefromallquartersreceived.
Beinyourchamberthenatthat
stunde
hour,anddonottakeitamiss
wenn
ifyourvisitorwearamask.”
“Thisisindeed
ein
amystery,”Iremarked.
“Whatdoyouimaginethatitmeans?”
“Ihavenodatayet.
Itis
ein
acapitalmistaketotheorise
bevor
beforeonehasdata.
Insensiblyonebeginstotwistfactstosuittheories,insteadoftheoriestosuitfacts.
Aber
Butthenoteitself.
Whatdoyoudeducefromit?”
Icarefullyexaminedthewriting,
und
andthepaperuponwhichitwaswritten.
“The
mann
manwhowroteitwaspresumably
gut
welltodo,”Iremarked,endeavouringtoimitatemycompanion’sprocesses.
“Suchpaper
konnte
couldnotbeboughtunderhalfacrownapacket.
Itispeculiarlystrong
und
andstiff.”
“Peculiar—thatistheveryword,”saidHolmes.
“ItisnotanEnglishpaperatall.
Halten
Holdituptothelight.”
I
tat
didso,andsawalarge“E”with
ein
asmall“g,”a“P,”
und
andalarge“G”with
ein
asmall“t”woveninto
die
thetextureofthepaper.
“Whatdoyoumakeofthat?”
fragte
askedHolmes.
“Thenameof
der
themaker,nodoubt;
orhismonogram,rather.”
“Notatall.
Das
The‘G’withthesmall‘t’standsfor‘Gesellschaft,’
was
whichistheGermanfor‘Company.’Itis
eine
acustomarycontractionlikeour‘Co.’‘P,’ofcourse,standsfor‘Papier.’Nowfor
das
the‘Eg.’LetusglanceatourContinentalGazetteer.”
Hetookdownaheavybrownvolumefromhisshelves.
“Eglow,Eglonitz—hereweare,Egria.
ItisinaGerman-speakingcountry—inBohemia,notfarfromCarlsbad.
‘RemarkableasbeingthesceneofthedeathofWallenstein,
und
andforitsnumerousglass-factories
und
andpaper-mills.’Ha,ha,my
junge
boy,whatdoyoumakeofthat?”
Hiseyessparkled,
und
andhesentupagreatbluetriumphantcloudfromhiscigarette.
“ThepaperwasmadeinBohemia,”Isaid.
“Precisely.
Und
AndthemanwhowrotethenoteisaGerman.
Doyounotethepeculiarconstructionofthesentence—‘Thisaccountofyouwe
haben
havefromallquartersreceived.’
Ein
AFrenchmanorRussiancouldnot
haben
havewrittenthat.
Itis
der
theGermanwhoissouncourteoustohisverbs.
It
nur
onlyremains,therefore,todiscoverwhatiswantedby
dieser
thisGermanwhowritesuponBohemianpaper
und
andpreferswearingamasktoshowinghis
gesicht
face.
Andherehecomes,
wenn
ifIamnotmistaken,toresolve
alle
allourdoubts.”
Ashespoketherewasthesharpsoundofhorses’hoofs
und
andgratingwheelsagainstthecurb,
gefolgt
followedbyasharppullatthebell.
Holmeswhistled.
“Apair,bythesound,”saidhe.
“Yes,”hecontinued,glancing
aus
outofthewindow.
“Anicelittlebrougham
und
andapairofbeauties.
Ahundredandfiftyguineasapiece.
There’s
geld
moneyinthiscase,Watson,
wenn
ifthereisnothingelse.”
“I
denke
thinkthatIhadbetter
gehen
go,Holmes.”
“Notabit,
Doktor
Doctor.
Staywhereyouare.
Iam
verloren
lostwithoutmyBoswell.
Andthis
verspricht
promisestobeinteresting.
Itwouldbe
eine
apitytomissit.”
“Butyourclient—”.
“Nevermind
ihn
him.
Imaywantyour
hilfe
help,andsomayhe.
Hier
Herehecomes.
Sitdowninthatarmchair,
Doktor
Doctor,andgiveusyour
beste
bestattention.”
Aslowandheavystep,whichhadbeenhearduponthestairs
und
andinthepassage,pausedimmediatelyoutsidethedoor.
Thentherewas
ein
aloudandauthoritativetap.
“Comein!”
saidHolmes.
Ein
Amanenteredwhocouldhardly
sein
havebeenlessthansixfeet
sechs
sixinchesinheight,withthechest
und
andlimbsofaHercules.
Hisdresswasrichwitharichness
der
whichwould,inEngland,belookeduponasakintobadtaste.
Heavybandsofastrakhanwereslashedacrossthesleeves
und
andfrontsofhisdouble-breastedcoat,
während
whilethedeepbluecloakwhichwasthrownoverhisshoulderswaslinedwithflame-colouredsilk
und
andsecuredattheneckwithabroochwhichconsistedofasingleflamingberyl.
Bootswhichextendedhalfwayuphiscalves,
und
andwhichweretrimmedatthetopswithrichbrownfur,completedtheimpressionofbarbaricopulencewhichwassuggestedbyhiswholeappearance.
Hecarried
eine
abroad-brimmedhatinhis
hand
hand,whileheworeacrosstheupper
teil
partofhisface,extendingdownpastthecheekbones,
eine
ablackvizardmask,whichhehadapparentlyadjustedthatvery
augenblick
moment,forhishandwas
immer noch
stillraisedtoitasheentered.
From
der
thelowerpartofthefaceheappearedtobe
ein
amanofstrongcharacter,with
ein
athick,hanginglip,and
ein
along,straightchinsuggestiveofresolutionpushedto
der
thelengthofobstinacy.
“Youhadmynote?”
he
fragte
askedwithadeepharshvoice
und
andastronglymarkedGermanaccent.
“I
gesagt
toldyouthatIwouldcall.”
Helookedfrom
einem
onetotheotherofus,as
ob
ifuncertainwhichtoaddress.
“Pray
nehmen
takeaseat,”saidHolmes.
“Thisismy
freund
friendandcolleague,Dr.Watson,whoisoccasionally
gut
goodenoughtohelpmeinmycases.
WhomhaveI
die
thehonourtoaddress?”
“You
können
mayaddressmeastheCountVonKramm,aBohemiannobleman.
Iunderstand
dass
thatthisgentleman,yourfriend,isa
mann
manofhonouranddiscretion,whomI
kann
maytrustwithamatterofthemostextremeimportance.
Wenn
Ifnot,Ishouldmuchprefertocommunicatewithyoualone.”
Iroseto
gehen
go,butHolmescaughtmebythewrist
und
andpushedmebackintomychair.
“Itisboth,ornone,”saidhe.
“You
können
maysaybeforethisgentleman
alles
anythingwhichyoumaysaytome.”
TheCountshruggedhisbroadshoulders.
“ThenI
muss
mustbegin,”saidhe,“bybindingyou
beide
bothtoabsolutesecrecyfor
zwei
twoyears;
attheendofthat
zeit
timethematterwillbeofnoimportance.
Atpresentitisnottoomuchto
sagen
saythatitisofsuchweightit
kann
mayhaveaninfluenceuponEuropeanhistory.”
“Ipromise,”saidHolmes.
“AndI.”
“You
werden
willexcusethismask,”continuedourstrangevisitor.
“Theaugust
person
personwhoemploysmewisheshisagenttobeunknowntoyou,
und
andImayconfessatonce
dass
thatthetitlebywhichI
sein
havejustcalledmyselfisnot
genau
exactlymyown.”
“Iwasawareofit,”saidHolmesdryly.
“Thecircumstancesareofgreatdelicacy,
und
andeveryprecautionhastobetakentoquenchwhat
könnte
mightgrowtobeanimmensescandal
und
andseriouslycompromiseoneofthereigningfamiliesofEurope.
Tospeakplainly,
das
thematterimplicatesthegreat
Haus
HouseofOrmstein,hereditarykingsofBohemia.”
“Iwas
auch
alsoawareofthat,”murmuredHolmes,settlinghimselfdowninhisarmchair
und
andclosinghiseyes.
Ourvisitorglancedwithsomeapparentsurpriseatthelanguid,loungingfigureofthemanwhohadbeennodoubtdepictedtohimasthemostincisivereasoner
und
andmostenergeticagentinEurope.
Holmesslowlyreopenedhiseyes
und
andlookedimpatientlyathisgiganticclient.
“IfyourMajesty
würde
wouldcondescendtostateyourcase,”heremarked,“Ishouldbe
besser
betterabletoadviseyou.”
Der
Themansprangfromhischair
und
andpacedupanddown
der
theroominuncontrollableagitation.
Then,withagestureofdesperation,hetorethemaskfromhis
gesicht
faceandhurleditupontheground.
“Youareright,”hecried;
“Iam
der
theKing.
WhyshouldIattempttoconcealit?”
“Why,indeed?”
murmuredHolmes.
“YourMajestyhadnotspoken
bevor
beforeIwasawarethatIwasaddressingWilhelmGottsreichSigismondvonOrmstein,GrandDukeofCassel-Felstein,
und
andhereditaryKingofBohemia.”
“Butyou
können
canunderstand,”saidourstrangevisitor,sittingdown
einmal
oncemoreandpassinghis
hand
handoverhishighwhiteforehead,“you
können
canunderstandthatIamnotaccustomedto
machen
doingsuchbusinessinmyown
person
person.
Yetthematterwassodelicate
so
thatIcouldnotconfideittoanagent
ohne
withoutputtingmyselfinhispower.
IhavecomeincognitofromPragueforthepurposeofconsultingyou.”
“Then,prayconsult,”saidHolmes,
schloss
shuttinghiseyesoncemore.
“Thefactsarebrieflythese:
Some
fünf
fiveyearsago,duringalengthyvisittoWarsaw,Imade
die
theacquaintanceofthewell-knownadventuress,IreneAdler.
Der
Thenameisnodoubtfamiliartoyou.”
“Kindlylookher
auf
upinmyindex,Doctor,”murmuredHolmes
ohne
withoutopeninghiseyes.
For
viele
manyyearshehadadoptedasystemofdocketing
alle
allparagraphsconcerningmenandthings,so
so
thatitwasdifficulttonameasubjectora
person
persononwhichhecouldnotatoncefurnishinformation.
Inthis
fall
caseIfoundherbiographysandwichedin
zwischen
betweenthatofaHebrewrabbi
und
andthatofastaff-commanderwhohadwritten
eine
amonographuponthedeep-seafishes.
“Letmesee!”
saidHolmes.
“Hum!
BorninNewJerseyinthe
jahr
year1858.
Contralto—hum!
LaScala,hum!
PrimadonnaImperialOperaofWarsaw—yes!
Retiredfromoperaticstage—ha!
Leben
LivinginLondon—quiteso!
YourMajesty,asIunderstand,becameentangledwiththisyoung
person
person,wrotehersomecompromisingletters,
und
andisnowdesirousofgettingthoselettersback.”
“Preciselyso.
Aber
Buthow—”.