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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | Progressive Translation Books for Polish A1-B2 Learners

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | Progressive Translation Books for Polish A1-B2 Learners

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I.ASCANDALINBOHEMIA
Ja
I.
ToSherlockHolmessheis
zawsze
alwaysthewoman.
Ihave
rzadko
seldomheardhimmentionher
pod
underanyothername.
Inhiseyessheeclipses
i
andpredominatesthewholeofhersex.
Itwasnot
że
thathefeltanyemotionakintoloveforIreneAdler.
Wszystkie
Allemotions,andthatone
zwłaszcza
particularly,wereabhorrenttohiscold,precise
ale
butadmirablybalancedmind.
Hewas,Itakeit,themostperfectreasoning
i
andobservingmachinethattheworldhas
widział
seen,butasaloverhewouldhave
umieściłby
placedhimselfinafalse
pozycji
position.
Heneverspokeofthesofterpassions,savewithagibe
i
andasneer.
Theywere
podziwu
admirablethingsfortheobserver—excellentfordrawingtheveilfrommen’smotives
i
andactions.
Butforthetrainedreasonertoadmitsuchintrusionsintohis
własny
owndelicateandfinelyadjusted
temperament
temperamentwastointroduceadistractingfactor
który
whichmightthrowadoubtupon
wszystkie
allhismentalresults.
Gritinasensitiveinstrument,
lub
oracrackinoneofhisownhigh-powerlenses,wouldnotbe
bardziej
moredisturbingthanastrongemotioninanaturesuchas
jego
his.
Andyettherewasbutone
kobieta
womantohim,andthat
kobieta
womanwasthelateIreneAdler,ofdubiousandquestionable
pamięci
memory.
IhadseenlittleofHolmes
ostatnio
lately.
Mymarriagehaddriftedusawayfromeachother.
Myowncomplete
szczęście
happiness,andthehome-centredinterestswhichrise
się
uparoundthemanwho
po raz pierwszy
firstfindshimselfmasterofhisown
zakładu
establishment,weresufficienttoabsorballmy
uwagę
attention,whileHolmes,wholoathedeveryformof
społeczeństwa
societywithhiswholeBohemian
duszy
soul,remainedinourlodgingsin
Baker
BakerStreet,buriedamonghisoldbooks,
i
andalternatingfromweekto
tydzień
weekbetweencocaineandambition,thedrowsinessofthe
narkotyków
drug,andthefierceenergyofhisownkeennature.
Hewas
nadal
still,asever,deeplyattractedbythestudyof
przestępczości
crime,andoccupiedhisimmensefaculties
i
andextraordinarypowersofobservationinfollowingout
tych
thoseclues,andclearingup
tych
thosemysterieswhichhadbeenabandonedashopelessbytheofficialpolice.
From
czasu
timetotimeIheard
jakieś
somevagueaccountofhisdoings:
ofhissummonstoOdessainthecaseoftheTrepoffmurder,ofhisclearingupofthesingular
tragedii
tragedyoftheAtkinsonbrothersatTrincomalee,
i
andfinallyofthemissionwhichhehadaccomplishedsodelicately
i
andsuccessfullyforthereigning
rodziny
familyofHolland.
Beyondthesesignsofhisactivity,however,
które
whichImerelysharedwithallthereadersofthedaily
prasy
press,Iknewlittleofmy
byłym
formerfriendandcompanion.
Onenight—itwasonthetwentiethof
Marca
March,1888—Iwasreturningfromajourneytoa
pacjenta
patient(forIhadnowreturnedtocivil
praktyki
practice),whenmywayledme
przez
throughBakerStreet.
AsIpassedthewell-remembered
drzwi
door,whichmustalwaysbeassociatedinmy
umyśle
mindwithmywooing,andwiththedarkincidentsoftheStudyinScarlet,IwasseizedwithakeendesiretoseeHolmes
ponownie
again,andtoknowhowhewasemployinghis
niezwykłe
extraordinarypowers.
Hisroomswerebrilliantly
oświetlone
lit,and,evenasI
spojrzałem
lookedup,Isawhis
wysoki
tall,sparefigurepasstwiceinadarksilhouette
przeciwko
againsttheblind.
Hewaspacingtheroom
szybko
swiftly,eagerly,withhisheadsunkuponhis
klatce piersiowej
chestandhishandsclasped
za
behindhim.
Tome,who
znał
knewhiseverymoodand
nawyk
habit,hisattitudeandmannertoldtheirownstory.
Hewasat
pracy
workagain.
Hehadrisenoutofhisdrug-createddreams
i
andwashotuponthe
zapach
scentofsomenewproblem.
Irangthebell
i
andwasshownuptothechamber
która
whichhadformerlybeeninpartmy
własny
own.
Hismannerwasnoteffusive.
It
rzadko
seldomwas;
buthewas
zadowolony
glad,Ithink,tosee
mnie
me.
Withhardlyawordspoken,
ale
butwithakindlyeye,hewavedmetoanarmchair,
rzucił
threwacrosshiscaseofcigars,
i
andindicatedaspiritcase
i
andagasogeneinthe
rogu
corner.
Thenhestoodbeforethefire
i
andlookedmeoverinhissingularintrospectivefashion.
“Wedlocksuitsyou,”heremarked.
“I
myślę
think,Watson,thatyouhaveputon
siedem
sevenandahalfpounds
od
sinceIsawyou.”
“Seven!”
I
odpowiedziałem
answered.
“Indeed,Ishouldhavethoughta
trochę
littlemore.
Justatrifle
więcej
more,Ifancy,Watson.
Andinpractice
ponownie
again,Iobserve.
Youdidnot
powiedziałeś
tellmethatyouintendedtogointoharness.”
“Then,howdoyouknow?”
“I
widzę
seeit,Ideduceit.
HowdoI
wiedzieć
knowthatyouhavebeengettingyourself
bardzo
verywetlately,andthatyouhavea
najbardziej
mostclumsyandcarelessservantgirl?”
“My
drogi
dearHolmes,”saidI,“thisis
za
toomuch.
Youwouldcertainlyhavebeenburned,hadyou
żył
livedafewcenturiesago.
Itis
prawda
truethatIhadacountrywalkon
Czwartek
Thursdayandcamehomeinadreadfulmess,
ale
butasIhavechangedmy
ubrania
clothesIcan’timaginehowyoudeduceit.
AstoMaryJane,sheisincorrigible,
a
andmywifehasgivenhernotice,
ale
butthere,again,Ifailtoseehowyouworkitout.”
Hechuckledtohimself
i
andrubbedhislong,nervoushandstogether.
“Itissimplicityitself,”
powiedział
saidhe;
“myeyestellme
że
thatontheinsideofyourleft
buta
shoe,justwherethefirelightstrikesit,the
skóra
leatherisscoredbysix
prawie
almostparallelcuts.
Obviouslytheyhavebeen
spowodował
causedbysomeonewhohas
bardzo
verycarelesslyscrapedroundtheedgesofthe
podeszwy
soleinordertoremovecrusted
błota
mudfromit.
Hence,you
widzisz
see,mydoubledeductionthatyou
miałeś
hadbeenoutinvileweather,
i
andthatyouhada
szczególnie
particularlymalignantboot-slittingspecimenoftheLondonslavey.
Astoyour
praktyki
practice,ifagentlemanwalksintomyroomssmellingofiodoform,withablackmarkofnitrateofsilveruponhis
prawej
rightforefinger,andabulgeonthe
prawej
rightsideofhistop-hattoshow
gdzie
wherehehassecretedhisstethoscope,Imustbe
nudny
dull,indeed,ifIdonotpronouncehimtobe
to
anactivememberofthemedicalprofession.”
Icouldnothelplaughingattheeasewithwhichhe
wyjaśnił
explainedhisprocessofdeduction.
“WhenI
słyszę
hearyougiveyourreasons,”Iremarked,“thething
zawsze
alwaysappearstometobesoridiculouslysimple
że
thatIcouldeasilydoitmyself,
chociaż
thoughateachsuccessiveinstanceofyourreasoningIambaffled
dopóki
untilyouexplainyourprocess.
A
AndyetIbelievethatmyeyesareas
dobre
goodasyours.”
“Quiteso,”he
odpowiedział
answered,lightingacigarette,andthrowinghimselfdownintoan
fotel
armchair.
“Yousee,butyoudonot
obserwujesz
observe.
Thedistinctionisclear.
For
przykład
example,youhavefrequentlyseenthesteps
które
whichleadupfromthehallto
tego
thisroom.”
“Frequently.”
“Howoften?”
“Well,somehundredsoftimes.”
“Thenhowmanyarethere?”
“Howmany?
Idon’tknow.”
“Quiteso!
Youhavenot
obserwowałeś
observed.
Andyetyouhave
widziałeś
seen.
Thatisjustmypoint.
Now,I
wiem
knowthatthereareseventeensteps,
bo
becauseIhavebothseen
i
andobserved.
Bytheway,sinceyouareinterestedin
te
theselittleproblems,andsinceyouare
dobry
goodenoughtochronicleone
lub
ortwoofmytriflingexperiences,you
może
maybeinterestedinthis.”
Hethrewovera
arkusz
sheetofthick,pink-tintednotepaper
który
whichhadbeenlyingopenuponthe
stole
table.
“Itcamebythelastpost,”
powiedział
saidhe.
“Readitaloud.”
Thenotewasundated,andwithouteithersignatureoraddress.
“Therewillcalluponyouto-night,ataquartertoeighto’clock,”it
powiedział
said,“agentlemanwhodesiresto
skonsultować się
consultyouuponamatterofthe
bardzo
verydeepestmoment.
Yourrecentservicesto
jednego
oneoftheroyalhousesofEurope
mają
haveshownthatyouare
jednego
onewhomaysafelybetrustedwithmatterswhichareofan
znaczenie
importancewhichcanhardlybeexaggerated.
Tę
Thisaccountofyouwehavefromallquartersreceived.
Beinyourchamberthenatthathour,
i
anddonottakeitamiss
jeśli
ifyourvisitorwearamask.”
“Thisis
rzeczywiście
indeedamystery,”Iremarked.
“Whatdoyouimagine
że
thatitmeans?”
“Ihave
nie
nodatayet.
Itisacapital
błąd
mistaketotheorisebeforeone
ma
hasdata.
Insensiblyonebeginsto
przekręcać
twistfactstosuittheories,
zamiast
insteadoftheoriestosuitfacts.
Ale
Butthenoteitself.
Whatdoyoudeducefromit?”
I
starannie
carefullyexaminedthewriting,andthepaperuponwhichitwaswritten.
“Theman
który
whowroteitwaspresumably
dobrze
welltodo,”Iremarked,endeavouringto
naśladować
imitatemycompanion’sprocesses.
“Suchpapercouldnotbeboughtunder
pół
halfacrownapacket.
Itispeculiarly
mocny
strongandstiff.”
“Peculiar—thatistheveryword,”
powiedział
saidHolmes.
“ItisnotanEnglishpaperatall.
Holdituptothelight.”
I
zrobiłem
didso,andsawa
duże
large“E”withasmall“g,”a“P,”
i
andalarge“G”withasmall“t”wovenintothetextureofthe
papieru
paper.
“Whatdoyoumakeofthat?”
zapytał
askedHolmes.
“Thenameofthemaker,
bez
nodoubt;
orhismonogram,rather.”
“Notatall.
The‘G’withthesmall‘t’standsfor‘Gesellschaft,’
co
whichistheGermanfor‘Company.’Itisacustomarycontraction
jak
likeour‘Co.’‘P,’of
oczywiście
course,standsfor‘Papier.’Nowforthe‘Eg.’Letusglanceatour
Continental
ContinentalGazetteer.”
Hetookdownaheavy
brązowy
brownvolumefromhisshelves.
“Eglow,Eglonitz—hereweare,Egria.
ItisinaGerman-speakingcountry—inBohemia,notfarfromCarlsbad.
‘Remarkableasbeingthesceneofthe
śmierci
deathofWallenstein,andforits
liczne
numerousglass-factoriesandpaper-mills.’Ha,ha,myboy,whatdoyoumakeofthat?”
Hiseyessparkled,
a
andhesentupagreatbluetriumphantcloudfromhiscigarette.
“ThepaperwasmadeinBohemia,”I
powiedziałem
said.
“Precisely.
Andtheman
który
whowrotethenoteisaGerman.
Doyounotethepeculiarconstructionofthesentence—‘Thisaccountofyouwehavefromallquartersreceived.’AFrenchman
lub
orRussiancouldnothavewrittenthat.
ItistheGermanwhoissouncourteoustohisverbs.
It
tylko
onlyremains,therefore,todiscoverwhatiswantedby
ten
thisGermanwhowritesuponBohemianpaper
i
andpreferswearingamasktoshowinghisface.
A
Andherehecomes,ifIamnot
mylę
mistaken,toresolveallourdoubts.”
Ashe
mówił
spoketherewasthesharpsoundofhorses’hoofsandgratingwheelsagainstthecurb,followedbya
ostry
sharppullatthebell.
Holmes
gwizdał
whistled.
“Apair,bythesound,”
powiedział
saidhe.
“Yes,”hecontinued,glancingoutofthe
okno
window.
“Anicelittlebrougham
i
andapairofbeauties.
A
sto
hundredandfiftyguineasapiece.
There’s
pieniądze
moneyinthiscase,Watson,
jeśli
ifthereisnothingelse.”
“I
myślę
thinkthatIhadbetter
pójdę
go,Holmes.”
“Notabit,Doctor.
Stay
gdzie
whereyouare.
Iamlost
bez
withoutmyBoswell.
Andthispromisestobe
ciekawe
interesting.
Itwouldbea
szkoda
pitytomissit.”
“Butyourclient—”.
“Nevermind
nim
him.
Imaywantyourhelp,
a
andsomayhe.
Herehecomes.
Usiądź
Sitdowninthatarmchair,Doctor,
i
andgiveusyourbestattention.”
A
powolny
slowandheavystep,whichhadbeenhearduponthestairs
i
andinthepassage,paused
natychmiast
immediatelyoutsidethedoor.
Thentherewasaloudandauthoritativetap.
“Comein!”
powiedział
saidHolmes.
Amanentered
który
whocouldhardlyhavebeenless
niż
thansixfeetsixinchesinheight,withthechest
i
andlimbsofaHercules.
His
sukienka
dresswasrichwitharichness
które
whichwould,inEngland,belookeduponasakintobadtaste.
Heavybandsofastrakhanwereslashedacrossthesleevesandfrontsofhisdouble-breastedcoat,whilethedeep
niebieski
bluecloakwhichwasthrownoverhisshoulderswaslinedwithflame-colouredsilkandsecuredatthe
szyi
neckwithabroochwhichconsistedofa
jednego
singleflamingberyl.
Bootswhichextendedhalfway
się
uphiscalves,andwhichweretrimmedatthetopswithrichbrown
futrem
fur,completedtheimpressionofbarbaricopulence
które
whichwassuggestedbyhis
cały
wholeappearance.
Hecarriedabroad-brimmed
kapelusz
hatinhishand,whilehe
nosił
woreacrosstheupperpartofhis
twarzy
face,extendingdownpastthecheekbones,ablackvizard
maska
mask,whichhehadapparently
dostosował
adjustedthatverymoment,forhis
ręka
handwasstillraisedtoitashe
wszedł
entered.
Fromthelowerpartofthe
twarzy
faceheappearedtobeamanofstrongcharacter,withathick,hanging
wargę
lip,andalong,straight
podbródek
chinsuggestiveofresolutionpushedtothelengthofobstinacy.
“You
miałeś
hadmynote?”
heaskedwithadeepharsh
głosem
voiceandastronglymarkedGermanaccent.
“Itoldyou
że
thatIwouldcall.”
He
spojrzał
lookedfromonetotheotherof
nas
us,asifuncertainwhichtoaddress.
“Praytakeaseat,”
powiedział
saidHolmes.
“Thisismyfriend
i
andcolleague,Dr.Watson,whoisoccasionally
dobry
goodenoughtohelpmeinmycases.
Whom
mam
haveIthehonourtoaddress?”
“YoumayaddressmeastheCountVonKramm,aBohemiannobleman.
I
rozumiem
understandthatthisgentleman,your
przyjaciel
friend,isamanofhonour
i
anddiscretion,whomImay
zaufać
trustwithamatterofthemostextremeimportance.
Jeśli
Ifnot,Ishouldmuch
wolę
prefertocommunicatewithyoualone.”
Iroseto
iść
go,butHolmescaughtmebythewrist
i
andpushedmebackintomy
krzesło
chair.
“Itisboth,ornone,”
powiedział
saidhe.
“Youmaysay
przed
beforethisgentlemananythingwhichyoumay
powiedzieć
saytome.”
TheCountshruggedhisbroadshoulders.
“ThenImustbegin,”
powiedział
saidhe,“bybindingyoubothto
absolutnej
absolutesecrecyfortwoyears;
atthe
koniec
endofthattimethe
sprawa
matterwillbeofnoimportance.
Atpresentitisnottoomuchto
powiedzieć
saythatitisofsuchweightit
może
mayhaveaninfluenceuponEuropeanhistory.”
“Ipromise,”
powiedział
saidHolmes.
“AndI.”
“Youwillexcuse
tę
thismask,”continuedourstrange
gość
visitor.
“Theaugustpersonwhoemploysme
życzy
wisheshisagenttobe
nieznany
unknowntoyou,andImay
przyznać
confessatoncethatthe
tytuł
titlebywhichIhavejustcalledmyselfisnot
dokładnie
exactlymyown.”
“Iwasawareofit,”
powiedział
saidHolmesdryly.
“Thecircumstancesareofgreatdelicacy,
i
andeveryprecautionhastobetakento
ugasić
quenchwhatmightgrowtobe
to
animmensescandalandseriouslycompromise
jedną
oneofthereigningfamiliesofEurope.
Tospeakplainly,the
sprawa
matterimplicatesthegreatHouseofOrmstein,hereditarykingsofBohemia.”
“Iwas
również
alsoawareofthat,”murmuredHolmes,settlinghimselfdowninhisarmchair
i
andclosinghiseyes.
Our
gość
visitorglancedwithsomeapparentsurpriseatthelanguid,lounging
postać
figureofthemanwhohadbeen
bez
nodoubtdepictedtohimasthe
najbardziej
mostincisivereasonerandmost
energiczny
energeticagentinEurope.
Holmes
powoli
slowlyreopenedhiseyesandlookedimpatientlyathisgigantic
klienta
client.
“IfyourMajestywouldcondescendtostateyourcase,”heremarked,“Ishouldbe
lepiej
betterabletoadviseyou.”
The
mężczyzna
mansprangfromhischair
i
andpacedupanddowntheroominuncontrollableagitation.
Then,witha
gestem
gestureofdesperation,hetorethe
maskę
maskfromhisfaceand
rzucił
hurleditupontheground.
“Youareright,”hecried;
“IamtheKing.
Dlaczego
WhyshouldIattempttoconcealit?”
“Why,indeed?”
murmuredHolmes.
“YourMajestyhadnotspoken
zanim
beforeIwasawarethatIwasaddressingWilhelmGottsreichSigismondvonOrmstein,Grand
Księcia
DukeofCassel-Felstein,andhereditaryKingofBohemia.”
“Butyoucanunderstand,”
powiedział
saidourstrangevisitor,sittingdown
raz
oncemoreandpassinghishandoverhishigh
biały
whiteforehead,“youcanunderstand
że
thatIamnotaccustomedtodoingsuchbusinessinmyown
osobie
person.
Yetthematterwassodelicate
że
thatIcouldnotconfideittoanagentwithoutputtingmyselfinhis
władzy
power.
IhavecomeincognitofromPragueforthe
celu
purposeofconsultingyou.”
“Then,prayconsult,”
powiedział
saidHolmes,shuttinghiseyes
raz
oncemore.
“Thefactsare
krótko
brieflythese:
Somefiveyears
temu
ago,duringalengthyvisittoWarsaw,Imadetheacquaintanceofthewell-knownadventuress,IreneAdler.
Thenameisnodoubtfamiliartoyou.”
“Kindlylookherupinmyindex,Doctor,”murmuredHolmeswithoutopeninghiseyes.
For
wiele
manyyearshehadadopteda
system
systemofdocketingallparagraphs
dotyczące
concerningmenandthings,so
że
thatitwasdifficulttonamea
temat
subjectorapersononwhichhecouldnotatoncefurnish
informacji
information.
InthiscaseI
znalazłem
foundherbiographysandwichedin
pomiędzy
betweenthatofaHebrewrabbi
a
andthatofastaff-commanderwhohadwrittenamonographuponthedeep-seafishes.
“Letmesee!”
powiedział
saidHolmes.
“Hum!
BorninNewJerseyinthe
roku
year1858.
Contralto—hum!
LaScala,hum!
Primadonna
Imperialnej
ImperialOperaofWarsaw—yes!
Retiredfromoperaticstage—ha!
LivinginLondon—quiteso!
YourMajesty,asI
rozumiem
understand,becameentangledwiththisyoung
osobę
person,wrotehersomecompromisingletters,
a
andisnowdesirousofgetting
te
thoselettersback.”
“Preciselyso.
Ale
Buthow—”.