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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | Progressive Translation Books for Norwegian A1-B2 Students

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | Progressive Translation Books for Norwegian A1-B2 Students

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I.ASCANDALINBOHEMIA
Jeg
I.
ToSherlockHolmessheis
alltid
alwaysthewoman.
Ihave
sjelden
seldomheardhimmentionher
under
underanyothername.
Inhiseyessheeclipses
og
andpredominatesthewholeofher
kjønn
sex.
Itwasnotthathefelt
noen
anyemotionakintoloveforIreneAdler.
Allemotions,
og
andthatoneparticularly,wereabhorrenttohiscold,precise
men
butadmirablybalancedmind.
Hewas,I
tar
takeit,themostperfect
resonnement
reasoningandobservingmachinethat
den
theworldhasseen,butas
en
aloverhewouldhaveplacedhimselfin
en
afalseposition.
Henever
snakket
spokeofthesofterpassions,save
med
withagibeandasneer.
Theywereadmirablethingsfortheobserver—excellentfor
trekke
drawingtheveilfrommen’smotives
og
andactions.
Butforthe
trente
trainedreasonertoadmitsuchintrusionsintohis
egen
owndelicateandfinelyadjustedtemperamentwasto
introdusere
introduceadistractingfactorwhich
kan
mightthrowadoubtuponallhismentalresults.
Gritinasensitive
instrument
instrument,oracrackinoneofhis
egne
ownhigh-powerlenses,wouldnotbe
mer
moredisturbingthanastrong
følelse
emotioninanaturesuchas
hans
his.
Andyettherewasbut
en
onewomantohim,andthat
kvinne
womanwasthelateIreneAdler,ofdubious
og
andquestionablememory.
Ihadseen
lite
littleofHolmeslately.
Mymarriage
hadde
haddriftedusawayfromeachother.
My
egen
owncompletehappiness,andthehome-centredinterestswhich
stiger
riseuparoundthemanwho
først
firstfindshimselfmasterofhis
egen
ownestablishment,weresufficientto
absorbere
absorballmyattention,whileHolmes,who
avskydde
loathedeveryformofsociety
med
withhiswholeBohemiansoul,
forble
remainedinourlodgingsin
Baker
BakerStreet,buriedamonghis
gamle
oldbooks,andalternatingfrom
uke
weektoweekbetweencocaine
og
andambition,thedrowsinessof
den
thedrug,andthefierce
energi
energyofhisownkeen
natur
nature.
Hewasstill,asever,
dypt
deeplyattractedbythestudyof
kriminalitet
crime,andoccupiedhisimmensefaculties
og
andextraordinarypowersofobservationin
følge
followingoutthoseclues,andclearing
opp
upthosemysterieswhichhadbeen
forlatt
abandonedashopelessbythe
offisielle
officialpolice.
Fromtimeto
tid
timeIheardsomevagueaccountofhisdoings:
ofhissummonstoOdessain
den
thecaseoftheTrepoff
mordet
murder,ofhisclearingupof
den
thesingulartragedyoftheAtkinsonbrothersatTrincomalee,
og
andfinallyofthemission
som
whichhehadaccomplishedsodelicately
og
andsuccessfullyforthereigningfamilyofHolland.
Beyond
disse
thesesignsofhisactivity,
imidlertid
however,whichImerelyshared
med
withallthereadersof
den
thedailypress,Iknew
lite
littleofmyformerfriend
og
andcompanion.
Onenight—itwason
den
thetwentiethofMarch,1888—Iwasreturningfroma
reise
journeytoapatient(forI
hadde
hadnowreturnedtocivilpractice),
da
whenmywayledme
gjennom
throughBakerStreet.
AsIpassedthewell-remembered
døren
door,whichmustalwaysbe
assosiert
associatedinmymindwithmywooing,
og
andwiththedarkincidentsoftheStudyin
Scarlet
Scarlet,Iwasseizedwith
et
akeendesiretoseeHolmes
igjen
again,andtoknowhowhewas
ansette
employinghisextraordinarypowers.
Hisroomswerebrilliantly
opplyst
lit,and,evenasI
så
lookedup,Isawhis
høye
tall,sparefigurepasstwicein
en
adarksilhouetteagainsttheblind.
Hewaspacingthe
rommet
roomswiftly,eagerly,withhis
hodet
headsunkuponhischest
og
andhishandsclaspedbehind
ham
him.
Tome,whoknewhis
hvert
everymoodandhabit,his
holdning
attitudeandmannertoldtheir
egen
ownstory.
Hewasat
jobb
workagain.
Hehadrisen
ut
outofhisdrug-createddreams
og
andwashotuponthe
lukten
scentofsomenewproblem.
Irangthe
klokken
bellandwasshownuptothechamber
som
whichhadformerlybeeninpartmy
egen
own.
Hismannerwasnoteffusive.
It
sjelden
seldomwas;
buthewas
glad
glad,Ithink,toseeme.
Med
Withhardlyawordspoken,
men
butwithakindlyeye,he
vinket
wavedmetoanarmchair,
kastet
threwacrosshiscaseofcigars,
og
andindicatedaspiritcase
og
andagasogeneinthecorner.
Thenhestoodbeforethefire
og
andlookedmeoverinhissingularintrospectivefashion.
“Wedlocksuitsyou,”heremarked.
“I
tror
think,Watson,thatyouhaveputon
syv
sevenandahalfpounds
siden
sinceIsawyou.”
“Seven!”
I
svarte
answered.
“Indeed,Ishouldhave
tenkt
thoughtalittlemore.
Just
en
atriflemore,Ifancy,Watson.
Og
Andinpracticeagain,I
observerer
observe.
Youdidnottellme
at
thatyouintendedtogointoharness.”
“Then,
hvordan
howdoyouknow?”
“I
ser
seeit,Ideduceit.
Hvordan
HowdoIknowthatyou
har
havebeengettingyourselfvery
våt
wetlately,andthatyou
har
haveamostclumsyandcarelessservantgirl?”
“My
kjære
dearHolmes,”saidI,“thisis
for
toomuch.
Youwouldcertainly
ha
havebeenburned,hadyou
levd
livedafewcenturiesago.
Itis
sant
truethatIhada
land
countrywalkonThursdayand
kom
camehomeinadreadful
rot
mess,butasIhavechangedmyclothesIcan’t
forestille
imaginehowyoudeduceit.
AstoMaryJane,sheisincorrigible,
og
andmywifehasgivenhernotice,
men
butthere,again,Ifailto
se
seehowyouworkitout.”
Hechuckledtohimself
og
andrubbedhislong,nervoushands
sammen
together.
“Itissimplicityitself,”
sa
saidhe;
“myeyestellmethatonthe
innsiden
insideofyourleftshoe,
akkurat
justwherethefirelightstrikesit,theleatherisscoredby
seks
sixalmostparallelcuts.
Obviouslythey
har
havebeencausedbysomeone
som
whohasverycarelesslyscraped
rundt
roundtheedgesofthesoleinorderto
fjerne
removecrustedmudfromit.
Derfor
Hence,yousee,mydoublededuction
at
thatyouhadbeenoutinvile
vær
weather,andthatyouhad
en
aparticularlymalignantboot-slittingspecimenoftheLondonslavey.
Astoyour
praksis
practice,ifagentlemanwalksintomyrooms
lukter
smellingofiodoform,witha
svart
blackmarkofnitrateof
sølv
silveruponhisrightforefinger,
og
andabulgeonthe
høyre
rightsideofhistop-hatto
vise
showwherehehassecretedhisstethoscope,I
må
mustbedull,indeed,ifIdonot
uttaler
pronouncehimtobeanactive
medlem
memberofthemedicalprofession.”
I
kunne
couldnothelplaughingat
den
theeasewithwhichhe
forklarte
explainedhisprocessofdeduction.
“WhenI
hører
hearyougiveyourreasons,”Iremarked,“thething
alltid
alwaysappearstometobesoridiculouslysimplethatI
kunne
couldeasilydoitmyself,
om
thoughateachsuccessiveinstanceofyour
resonnement
reasoningIambaffleduntilyou
forklarer
explainyourprocess.
AndyetI
tror
believethatmyeyesareas
gode
goodasyours.”
“Quiteso,”he
svarte
answered,lightingacigarette,and
kastet
throwinghimselfdownintoanarmchair.
“You
ser
see,butyoudonot
observerer
observe.
Thedistinctionisclear.
For
eksempel
example,youhavefrequentlyseenthesteps
som
whichleadupfromthehallto
dette
thisroom.”
“Frequently.”
“Howoften?”
“Well,
noen
somehundredsoftimes.”
“Then
hvor
howmanyarethere?”
“Howmany?
Idon’tknow.”
“Quiteso!
You
har
havenotobserved.
Andyetyou
har
haveseen.
Thatisjustmypoint.
Nå
Now,Iknowthatthereareseventeensteps,
fordi
becauseIhavebothseen
og
andobserved.
Bytheway,
siden
sinceyouareinterestedin
disse
theselittleproblems,andsinceyouare
god
goodenoughtochronicleone
eller
ortwoofmytriflingexperiences,you
kan
maybeinterestedinthis.”
He
kastet
threwoverasheetof
tykk
thick,pink-tintednotepaperwhichhadbeenlying
åpent
openuponthetable.
“It
kom
camebythelastpost,”
sa
saidhe.
“Readitaloud.”
Thenotewasundated,
og
andwithouteithersignatureor
adresse
address.
“Therewillcalluponyouto-night,at
en
aquartertoeighto’clock,”it
sa
said,“agentlemanwhodesiresto
konsultere
consultyouuponamatterof
den
theverydeepestmoment.
Your
siste
recentservicestooneof
de
theroyalhousesofEurope
har
haveshownthatyouareonewhomay
trygt
safelybetrustedwithmatterswhichareofan
betydning
importancewhichcanhardlybeexaggerated.
Denne
Thisaccountofyouwe
har
havefromallquartersreceived.
Beinyourchamberthenatthathour,
og
anddonottakeitamiss
hvis
ifyourvisitorwearamask.”
“Thisisindeed
et
amystery,”Iremarked.
“Whatdoyouimaginethatitmeans?”
“I
har
havenodatayet.
Itisa
kapital
capitalmistaketotheorisebeforeone
har
hasdata.
Insensiblyonebeginsto
vride
twistfactstosuittheories,insteadoftheoriestosuitfacts.
Men
Butthenoteitself.
Whatdoyoudeducefromit?”
I
nøye
carefullyexaminedthewriting,andthepaperupon
som
whichitwaswritten.
“Theman
som
whowroteitwaspresumably
godt
welltodo,”Iremarked,endeavouringto
etterligne
imitatemycompanion’sprocesses.
“Such
papir
papercouldnotbebought
under
underhalfacrowna
pakke
packet.
Itispeculiarlystrong
og
andstiff.”
“Peculiar—thatistheveryword,”
sa
saidHolmes.
“Itisnot
en
anEnglishpaperatall.
Hold
Holdituptothelight.”
I
gjorde
didso,andsawa
stor
large“E”withasmall“g,”
en
a“P,”andalarge“G”
med
withasmall“t”wovenintothetextureofthepaper.
“Whatdoyoumakeofthat?”
spurte
askedHolmes.
“Thenameofthemaker,no
tvil
doubt;
orhismonogram,rather.”
“Notatall.
The‘G’
med
withthesmall‘t’standsfor‘Gesellschaft,’whichistheGermanfor‘Company.’Itis
en
acustomarycontractionlikeour‘Co.’‘P,’of
selvfølgelig
course,standsfor‘Papier.’Nowforthe‘Eg.’
La
LetusglanceatourContinentalGazetteer.”
He
tok
tookdownaheavybrownvolumefromhisshelves.
“Eglow,Eglonitz—herewe
er
are,Egria.
Itisin
et
aGerman-speakingcountry—inBohemia,not
langt
farfromCarlsbad.
‘Remarkableasbeingthesceneofthe
døden
deathofWallenstein,andforitsnumerousglass-factories
og
andpaper-mills.’Ha,ha,my
gutt
boy,whatdoyoumakeofthat?”
Hiseyessparkled,
og
andhesentupa
stor
greatbluetriumphantcloudfromhis
sigarett
cigarette.
“ThepaperwasmadeinBohemia,”I
sa
said.
“Precisely.
Andtheman
som
whowrotethenoteis
en
aGerman.
Doyounote
den
thepeculiarconstructionofthesentence—‘Thisaccountofyouwehavefromallquartersreceived.’
En
AFrenchmanorRussiancouldnothave
skrevet
writtenthat.
ItistheGerman
som
whoissouncourteoustohisverbs.
It
bare
onlyremains,therefore,todiscoverwhatis
ønsket
wantedbythisGermanwho
skriver
writesuponBohemianpaperand
foretrekker
preferswearingamaskto
vise
showinghisface.
Andherehe
kommer
comes,ifIamnot
feil
mistaken,toresolveallourdoubts.”
Ashe
snakket
spoketherewasthesharp
lyden
soundofhorses’hoofsandgratingwheels
mot
againstthecurb,followedby
en
asharppullatthe
klokken
bell.
Holmeswhistled.
“Apair,bythesound,”
sa
saidhe.
“Yes,”hecontinued,glancing
ut
outofthewindow.
“A
fin
nicelittlebroughamanda
par
pairofbeauties.
Ahundred
og
andfiftyguineasapiece.
There’s
penger
moneyinthiscase,Watson,
hvis
ifthereisnothingelse.”
“I
tror
thinkthatIhadbetter
gå
go,Holmes.”
“Notabit,
Doktor
Doctor.
Staywhereyouare.
Iam
tapt
lostwithoutmyBoswell.
And
dette
thispromisestobeinteresting.
It
ville
wouldbeapityto
gå glipp av
missit.”
“Butyourclient—”.
“Nevermind
ham
him.
Imaywantyour
hjelp
help,andsomayhe.
Her
Herehecomes.
Sitdowninthatarmchair,
Doktor
Doctor,andgiveusyour
beste
bestattention.”
Aslowand
tungt
heavystep,whichhadbeen
hørt
hearduponthestairsandinthepassage,
stoppet
pausedimmediatelyoutsidethedoor.
Then
det
therewasaloudandauthoritativetap.
“Comein!”
sa
saidHolmes.
Amanentered
som
whocouldhardlyhavebeen
mindre
lessthansixfeetsixinchesin
høyde
height,withthechestandlimbsof
en
aHercules.
Hisdresswas
rik
richwitharichnesswhich
ville
would,inEngland,belookeduponasakinto
dårlig
badtaste.
Heavybandsofastrakhanwereslashedacross
den
thesleevesandfrontsofhisdouble-breastedcoat,
mens
whilethedeepbluecloak
som
whichwasthrownoverhisshoulderswaslined
med
withflame-colouredsilkandsecuredat
den
theneckwithabrooch
som
whichconsistedofasingleflamingberyl.
Boots
som
whichextendedhalfwayuphiscalves,
og
andwhichweretrimmedatthetops
med
withrichbrownfur,completedtheimpressionofbarbaricopulence
som
whichwassuggestedbyhiswholeappearance.
He
bar
carriedabroad-brimmedhatinhis
hånden
hand,whileheworeacross
den
theupperpartofhis
ansiktet
face,extendingdownpastthecheekbones,
en
ablackvizardmask,whichhehad
tilsynelatende
apparentlyadjustedthatverymoment,forhis
hånden
handwasstillraisedtoitasheentered.
From
den
thelowerpartofthe
ansiktet
faceheappearedtobe
en
amanofstrongcharacter,
med
withathick,hanginglip,
og
andalong,straightchinsuggestiveof
resolusjon
resolutionpushedtothelengthofobstinacy.
“Youhadmynote?”
he
spurte
askedwithadeepharsh
stemme
voiceandastronglymarkedGerman
aksent
accent.
“ItoldyouthatI
ville
wouldcall.”
Helookedfrom
den ene
onetotheotherof
oss
us,asifuncertainwhichtoaddress.
“Pray
ta
takeaseat,”saidHolmes.
“Thisismy
venn
friendandcolleague,Dr.Watson,
som
whoisoccasionallygoodenoughto
hjelpe
helpmeinmycases.
Whom
har
haveIthehonourtoaddress?”
“You
kan
mayaddressmeastheCountVonKramm,
en
aBohemiannobleman.
Iunderstandthat
denne
thisgentleman,yourfriend,is
en
amanofhonourand
diskresjon
discretion,whomImaytrust
med
withamatterofthe
mest
mostextremeimportance.
Ifnot,Ishouldmuch
foretrekke
prefertocommunicatewithyoualone.”
Iroseto
gå
go,butHolmescaughtmebythe
håndleddet
wristandpushedmebackintomychair.
“Itis
begge
both,ornone,”saidhe.
“You
kan
maysaybeforethisgentleman
alt
anythingwhichyoumaysaytome.”
The
Greven
Countshruggedhisbroadshoulders.
“ThenI
må
mustbegin,”saidhe,“by
binde
bindingyoubothtoabsolutesecrecyfor
to
twoyears;
attheendofthat
tiden
timethematterwillbeofnoimportance.
Atpresentitisnot
for
toomuchtosaythatitisof
slik
suchweightitmayhave
en
aninfluenceuponEuropeanhistory.”
“Ipromise,”
sa
saidHolmes.
“AndI.”
“You
vil
willexcusethismask,”continuedourstrange
besøkende
visitor.
“Theaugustpersonwhoemploysmewisheshis
agent
agenttobeunknowntoyou,
og
andImayconfessatoncethatthetitlebywhichI
har
havejustcalledmyselfisnotexactlymyown.”
“Iwasawareofit,”
sa
saidHolmesdryly.
“Thecircumstancesareof
stor
greatdelicacy,andeveryprecaution
må
hastobetakentoquenchwhat
kan
mightgrowtobeanimmense
skandale
scandalandseriouslycompromiseoneof
de
thereigningfamiliesofEurope.
To
snakke
speakplainly,thematterimplicates
den
thegreatHouseofOrmstein,hereditarykingsofBohemia.”
“Iwas
også
alsoawareofthat,”murmuredHolmes,settlinghimself
ned
downinhisarmchairand
lukke
closinghiseyes.
Ourvisitorglanced
med
withsomeapparentsurpriseat
den
thelanguid,loungingfigureof
den
themanwhohadbeenno
tvil
doubtdepictedtohimas
den
themostincisivereasonerand
mest
mostenergeticagentinEurope.
Holmes
sakte
slowlyreopenedhiseyesand
så
lookedimpatientlyathisgigantic
klient
client.
“IfyourMajestywouldcondescendtostateyourcase,”heremarked,“Ishouldbe
bedre
betterabletoadviseyou.”
The
mannen
mansprangfromhischair
og
andpacedupanddownthe
rommet
roominuncontrollableagitation.
Then,
med
withagestureofdesperation,he
revet
torethemaskfromhis
ansiktet
faceandhurleditupon
den
theground.
“Youareright,”hecried;
“Iamthe
Kongen
King.
WhyshouldIattempttoconcealit?”
“Why,indeed?”
murmuredHolmes.
“Your
Majestet
MajestyhadnotspokenbeforeIwasaware
at
thatIwasaddressingWilhelmGottsreichSigismondvonOrmstein,GrandDukeofCassel-Felstein,
og
andhereditaryKingofBohemia.”
“Butyou
kan
canunderstand,”saidourstrange
besøkende
visitor,sittingdownoncemore
og
andpassinghishandoverhis
høye
highwhiteforehead,“youcan
forstå
understandthatIamnotaccustomedto
gjøre
doingsuchbusinessinmy
egen
ownperson.
Yetthematterwasso
delikat
delicatethatIcouldnot
betro
confideittoanagent
uten
withoutputtingmyselfinhis
makt
power.
IhavecomeincognitofromPragueforthe
formål
purposeofconsultingyou.”
“Then,
be
prayconsult,”saidHolmes,shuttinghiseyesoncemore.
“Thefactsarebrieflythese:
Some
fem
fiveyearsago,duringalengthy
besøk
visittoWarsaw,Imade
den
theacquaintanceofthewell-knownadventuress,IreneAdler.
The
navnet
nameisnodoubtfamiliartoyou.”
“Kindly
se
lookherupinmy
indeks
index,Doctor,”murmuredHolmeswithout
åpne
openinghiseyes.
Formanyyearshe
hadde
hadadoptedasystemofdocketingallparagraphsconcerningmen
og
andthings,sothatitwas
vanskelig
difficulttonameasubject
eller
orapersononwhichhe
kunne
couldnotatoncefurnish
informasjon
information.
InthiscaseI
fant
foundherbiographysandwichedin
mellom
betweenthatofaHebrewrabbi
og
andthatofastaff-commanderwhohadwritten
en
amonographuponthedeep-sea
fisk
fishes.
“Letmesee!”
saidHolmes.
“Hum!
Født
BorninNewJerseyinthe
året
year1858.
Contralto—hum!
LaScala,
hum
hum!
PrimadonnaImperialOperaofWarsaw—yes!
Pensjonert
Retiredfromoperaticstage—ha!
LivinginLondon—quiteso!
Your
Majestet
Majesty,asIunderstand,becameentangled
med
withthisyoungperson,wroteher
noen
somecompromisingletters,andis
nå
nowdesirousofgettingthoselettersback.”
“Preciselyso.
Men
Buthow—”.