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

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

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I.ASCANDALINBOHEMIA
Я
I.
ToSherlockHolmessheis
всегда
alwaysthewoman.
Ihave
редко
seldomheardhimmentionher
под
underanyothername.
Inhiseyessheeclipses
и
andpredominatesthewholeofhersex.
Itwasnot
что
thathefeltanyemotionakinto
любовь
loveforIreneAdler.
Allemotions,
и
andthatoneparticularly,wereabhorrenttohiscold,precise
но
butadmirablybalancedmind.
Hewas,Itakeit,themostperfectreasoning
и
andobservingmachinethatthe
мир
worldhasseen,butasa
любовник
loverhewouldhaveplacedhimselfinafalse
положение
position.
Heneverspokeofthesofterpassions,savewithagibe
и
andasneer.
Theywereadmirablethingsfortheobserver—excellentfordrawingtheveilfrommen’smotives
и
andactions.
Butforthetrainedreasonertoadmitsuchintrusionsintohis
собственный
owndelicateandfinelyadjustedtemperamentwastointroduceadistractingfactor
который
whichmightthrowadoubtupon
все
allhismentalresults.
Gritinasensitiveinstrument,
или
oracrackinoneofhisownhigh-powerlenses,wouldnotbe
более
moredisturbingthanastrong
эмоции
emotioninanaturesuchas
его
his.
Andyettherewasbutone
женщина
womantohim,andthat
женщина
womanwasthelateIreneAdler,ofdubious
и
andquestionablememory.
Ihadseen
мало
littleofHolmeslately.
My
брак
marriagehaddriftedusawayfrom
друг
eachother.
Myowncompletehappiness,
и
andthehome-centredinterestswhichriseup
вокруг
aroundthemanwhofirstfindshimselfmasterofhisownestablishment,were
достаточно
sufficienttoabsorballmy
внимание
attention,whileHolmes,wholoathedeveryformofsocietywithhis
всей
wholeBohemiansoul,remainedinourlodgingsin
Бейкер
BakerStreet,buriedamonghisoldbooks,
и
andalternatingfromweektoweek
между
betweencocaineandambition,thedrowsinessofthedrug,
и
andthefierceenergyofhisownkeennature.
Hewas
прежнему
still,asever,deeplyattractedbythestudyofcrime,
и
andoccupiedhisimmensefaculties
и
andextraordinarypowersofobservationinfollowingout
те
thoseclues,andclearingup
те
thosemysterieswhichhadbeenabandonedashopelessbytheofficial
полиции
police.
FromtimetotimeIheardsomevagueaccountofhisdoings:
ofhissummonstoOdessainthecaseoftheTrepoffmurder,ofhisclearingupofthesingulartragedyoftheAtkinsonbrothersatTrincomalee,
и
andfinallyofthemission
что
whichhehadaccomplishedsodelicately
и
andsuccessfullyforthereigning
семьи
familyofHolland.
Beyondthesesignsofhis
деятельности
activity,however,whichImerelyshared
со
withallthereadersofthedailypress,Iknew
мало
littleofmyformerfriend
и
andcompanion.
Onenight—itwasonthetwentiethof
Марта
March,1888—Iwasreturningfroma
поездки
journeytoapatient(forIhad
теперь
nowreturnedtocivilpractice),
когда
whenmywayledme
через
throughBakerStreet.
AsIpassedthewell-remembereddoor,whichmust
всегда
alwaysbeassociatedinmymind
с
withmywooing,andwiththedarkincidentsoftheStudyinScarlet,Iwasseized
с
withakeendesireto
увидеть
seeHolmesagain,andto
знать
knowhowhewasemployinghisextraordinarypowers.
Hisroomswerebrilliantlylit,
и
and,evenasIlooked
вверх
up,Isawhistall,sparefigurepass
дважды
twiceinadarksilhouette
против
againsttheblind.
Hewaspacingtheroom
быстро
swiftly,eagerly,withhisheadsunkuponhis
грудь
chestandhishandsclasped
за
behindhim.
Tome,whoknewhisevery
настроение
moodandhabit,hisattitude
и
andmannertoldtheirownstory.
Hewasatwork
опять
again.
Hehadrisenoutofhisdrug-createddreams
и
andwashotuponthe
запах
scentofsomenewproblem.
Irangthebell
и
andwasshownuptothechamberwhichhad
ранее
formerlybeeninpartmyown.
Hismannerwasnoteffusive.
It
редко
seldomwas;
buthewasglad,I
думаю
think,toseeme.
With
вряд ли
hardlyawordspoken,but
с
withakindlyeye,hewavedmetoanarmchair,threw
через
acrosshiscaseofcigars,
и
andindicatedaspiritcase
и
andagasogeneinthe
углу
corner.
Thenhestoodbeforethefire
и
andlookedmeoverinhissingularintrospectivefashion.
“Wedlocksuitsyou,”heremarked.
“I
думаю
think,Watson,thatyouhaveputon
семь
sevenandahalfpounds
с
sinceIsawyou.”
“Seven!”
Ianswered.
“Indeed,I
должен
shouldhavethoughtalittle
больше
more.
Justatriflemore,Ifancy,Watson.
И
Andinpracticeagain,Iobserve.
Youdidnottellme
что
thatyouintendedtogointoharness.”
“Then,howdoyouknow?”
“I
вижу
seeit,Ideduceit.
HowdoI
знать
knowthatyouhavebeengettingyourself
очень
verywetlately,andthatyou
у
haveamostclumsyandcarelessservantgirl?”
“My
дорогой
dearHolmes,”saidI,“thisis
слишком
toomuch.
Youwouldcertainlyhavebeenburned,hadyouliveda
несколько
fewcenturiesago.
ItistruethatIhadacountry
прогулка
walkonThursdayandcame
домой
homeinadreadfulmess,
но
butasIhavechangedmyclothesIcan’timaginehowyoudeduceit.
AstoMaryJane,sheisincorrigible,
и
andmywifehasgivenhernotice,
но
butthere,again,Ifailtoseehowyouworkitout.”
Hechuckledtohimself
и
andrubbedhislong,nervoushandstogether.
“Itissimplicityitself,”saidhe;
“myeyestellme
что
thatontheinsideofyourleft
обуви
shoe,justwherethefirelightstrikesit,the
кожа
leatherisscoredbysix
почти
almostparallelcuts.
Obviouslytheyhavebeencausedby
кем
someonewhohasverycarelesslyscrapedroundtheedgesofthesoleinorderto
удалить
removecrustedmudfromit.
Отсюда
Hence,yousee,mydoublededuction
что
thatyouhadbeenoutinvileweather,
и
andthatyouhada
особенно
particularlymalignantboot-slittingspecimenoftheLondonslavey.
Astoyourpractice,
если
ifagentlemanwalksintomyroomssmellingofiodoform,
с
withablackmarkofnitrateofsilveruponhis
правой
rightforefinger,andabulgeonthe
правой
rightsideofhistop-hatto
показать
showwherehehassecretedhisstethoscope,I
должен
mustbedull,indeed,ifIdonotpronouncehimtobeanactivememberofthemedicalprofession.”
Icouldnothelplaughingattheease
с
withwhichheexplainedhis
процесс
processofdeduction.
“WhenIhearyougiveyourreasons,”Iremarked,“thething
всегда
alwaysappearstometobesoridiculouslysimplethatIcould
легко
easilydoitmyself,thoughateachsuccessiveinstanceofyourreasoningIambaffleduntilyouexplainyour
процесс
process.
AndyetIbelieve
что
thatmyeyesareasgoodasyours.”
“Quiteso,”heanswered,lightingacigarette,
и
andthrowinghimselfdownintoanarmchair.
“Yousee,
но
butyoudonotobserve.
Thedistinctionisclear.
For
например
example,youhavefrequentlyseenthestepswhich
ведут
leadupfromthehallto
эту
thisroom.”
“Frequently.”
“Howoften?”
“Well,
несколько
somehundredsoftimes.”
“Thenhowmanyarethere?”
“Howmany?
Idon’tknow.”
“Quiteso!
Youhavenotobserved.
И
Andyetyouhaveseen.
Это
Thatisjustmypoint.
Теперь
Now,Iknowthatthereareseventeensteps,
потому что
becauseIhavebothseen
и
andobserved.
Bytheway,sinceyouare
заинтересованы
interestedintheselittleproblems,
и
andsinceyouaregood
достаточно
enoughtochronicleoneor
два
twoofmytriflingexperiences,youmaybe
заинтересованы
interestedinthis.”
Hethrewovera
лист
sheetofthick,pink-tintednotepaperwhichhadbeenlyingopenuponthetable.
“Itcamebythelastpost,”saidhe.
“Readitaloud.”
Thenotewasundated,
и
andwithouteithersignatureoraddress.
“Therewillcalluponyou
вечером
to-night,ataquarterto
восемь
eighto’clock,”itsaid,“a
джентльмен
gentlemanwhodesirestoconsultyouuponamatteroftheverydeepestmoment.
Your
недавние
recentservicestooneoftheroyalhousesofEuropehaveshownthatyouareonewhomaysafelybetrustedwithmatterswhichareofanimportancewhichcan
вряд ли
hardlybeexaggerated.
Thisaccountofyouwehavefromallquartersreceived.
Beinyourchamberthenatthat
час
hour,anddonottakeitamiss
если
ifyourvisitorwearamask.”
“Thisis
действительно
indeedamystery,”Iremarked.
“Whatdoyouimaginethatitmeans?”
“I
у
havenodatayet.
Itisacapital
ошибка
mistaketotheorisebeforeonehas
данные
data.
Insensiblyonebeginstotwistfactstosuittheories,
вместо
insteadoftheoriestosuitfacts.
Но
Butthenoteitself.
Whatdoyoudeducefromit?”
I
тщательно
carefullyexaminedthewriting,andthepaperuponwhichitwaswritten.
“Theman
который
whowroteitwaspresumably
хорошо
welltodo,”Iremarked,endeavouringto
имитировать
imitatemycompanion’sprocesses.
“Suchpapercouldnotbeboughtunderhalfacrowna
пакет
packet.
Itispeculiarlystrong
и
andstiff.”
“Peculiar—thatistheveryword,”saidHolmes.
“ItisnotanEnglishpaperatall.
Holdituptothelight.”
Ididso,
и
andsawalarge“E”
с
withasmall“g,”a“P,”
и
andalarge“G”withasmall“t”wovenintothetextureofthe
бумаги
paper.
“Whatdoyoumakeofthat?”
askedHolmes.
“Thenameofthemaker,no
сомнения
doubt;
orhismonogram,rather.”
“Notatall.
The‘G’
с
withthesmall‘t’standsfor‘Gesellschaft,’
что
whichistheGermanfor‘Company.’Itisacustomarycontraction
как
likeour‘Co.’‘P,’of
конечно
course,standsfor‘Papier.’Nowforthe‘Eg.’LetusglanceatourContinentalGazetteer.”
Hetookdownaheavy
коричневый
brownvolumefromhisshelves.
“Eglow,Eglonitz—hereweare,Egria.
ItisinaGerman-speakingcountry—inBohemia,notfarfromCarlsbad.
‘Remarkableasbeingthesceneofthe
смерти
deathofWallenstein,andforits
многочисленные
numerousglass-factoriesandpaper-mills.’Ha,ha,my
мальчик
boy,whatdoyoumakeofthat?”
Hiseyessparkled,
и
andhesentupagreatblue
триумфальное
triumphantcloudfromhiscigarette.
“ThepaperwasmadeinBohemia,”Isaid.
“Precisely.
И
AndthemanwhowrotethenoteisaGerman.
Doyounotethepeculiarconstructionofthesentence—‘Thisaccountofyouwehavefromallquartersreceived.’AFrenchman
или
orRussiancouldnothavewritten
это
that.
ItistheGerman
который
whoissouncourteoustohisverbs.
It
только
onlyremains,therefore,todiscoverwhatiswantedby
этот
thisGermanwhowritesuponBohemianpaper
и
andpreferswearingamasktoshowinghisface.
И
Andherehecomes,ifIamnot
ошибаюсь
mistaken,toresolveallourdoubts.”
Ashespoketherewasthe
резкий
sharpsoundofhorses’hoofs
и
andgratingwheelsagainstthe
бордюра
curb,followedbyasharppullatthe
колокол
bell.
Holmeswhistled.
“Apair,bythesound,”said
он
he.
“Yes,”hecontinued,glancingoutof
в
thewindow.
“Anicelittlebrougham
и
andapairofbeauties.
A
сто
hundredandfiftyguineasapiece.
There’s
деньги
moneyinthiscase,Watson,
если
ifthereisnothingelse.”
“I
думаю
thinkthatIhadbettergo,Holmes.”
“Notabit,
Доктор
Doctor.
Staywhereyouare.
IamlostwithoutmyBoswell.
И
Andthispromisestobeinteresting.
Itwouldbeapitytomissit.”
“Butyourclient—”.
“Nevermind
него
him.
Imaywantyourhelp,
и
andsomayhe.
Herehecomes.
Sitdowninthatarmchair,
Доктор
Doctor,andgiveusyourbestattention.”
A
медленный
slowandheavystep,whichhadbeenhearduponthestairs
и
andinthepassage,paused
сразу
immediatelyoutsidethedoor.
Thentherewasa
громкий
loudandauthoritativetap.
“Comein!”
saidHolmes.
Amanentered
который
whocouldhardlyhavebeen
меньше
lessthansixfeetsixinchesinheight,
с
withthechestandlimbsofaHercules.
Hisdresswasrichwitharichnesswhichwould,inEngland,belookeduponasakinto
плохой
badtaste.
Heavybandsofastrakhanwereslashedacrossthesleeves
и
andfrontsofhisdouble-breasted
пальто
coat,whilethedeepblue
плащ
cloakwhichwasthrownoverhisshoulderswaslinedwithflame-colouredsilk
и
andsecuredattheneckwithabrooch
который
whichconsistedofasingleflamingberyl.
Bootswhichextended
наполовину
halfwayuphiscalves,andwhichweretrimmedatthetops
с
withrichbrownfur,completedthe
впечатление
impressionofbarbaricopulencewhichwassuggestedbyhis
всей
wholeappearance.
Hecarriedabroad-brimmedhatinhis
рука
hand,whileheworeacrossthe
верхней
upperpartofhisface,extending
вниз
downpastthecheekbones,ablackvizard
маска
mask,whichhehadapparentlyadjustedthatverymoment,forhis
рука
handwasstillraisedtoitasheentered.
Fromthelowerpartofthefaceheappearedtobeamanofstrongcharacter,withathick,hanginglip,
и
andalong,straightchinsuggestiveofresolutionpushedtothelengthofobstinacy.
“Youhadmynote?”
heaskedwithadeepharshvoice
и
andastronglymarkedGermanaccent.
“Itoldyou
что
thatIwouldcall.”
Helookedfromonetotheotherof
нас
us,asifuncertainwhichtoaddress.
“Praytakeaseat,”saidHolmes.
“Thisismy
друг
friendandcolleague,Dr.Watson,
который
whoisoccasionallygoodenoughtohelpmeinmycases.
WhomhaveIthehonourtoaddress?”
“YoumayaddressmeastheCountVonKramm,aBohemiannobleman.
Iunderstand
что
thatthisgentleman,yourfriend,isamanofhonour
и
anddiscretion,whomImaytrustwitha
дело
matterofthemostextremeimportance.
Если
Ifnot,Ishouldmuchprefertocommunicate
с
withyoualone.”
Irosetogo,
но
butHolmescaughtmebythe
запястье
wristandpushedmebackintomychair.
“Itisboth,
или
ornone,”saidhe.
“Youmay
сказать
saybeforethisgentlemananything
что
whichyoumaysaytome.”
The
Граф
Countshruggedhisbroadshoulders.
“ThenI
должен
mustbegin,”saidhe,“bybindingyou
обоих
bothtoabsolutesecrecyfor
двух
twoyears;
attheendof
это
thattimethematterwillbeof
не
noimportance.
Atpresentitisnottoomuchto
сказать
saythatitisof
такой
suchweightitmayhavean
влияние
influenceuponEuropeanhistory.”
“Ipromise,”saidHolmes.
“AndI.”
“Youwillexcuse
эту
thismask,”continuedourstrange
гость
visitor.
“Theaugustpersonwhoemploysmewisheshis
агент
agenttobeunknowntoyou,
и
andImayconfessatoncethatthe
титул
titlebywhichIhave
только
justcalledmyselfisnot
совсем
exactlymyown.”
“Iwasawareofit,”saidHolmesdryly.
“Thecircumstancesareofgreatdelicacy,
и
andeveryprecautionhastobetakentoquenchwhatmightgrowtobeanimmensescandal
и
andseriouslycompromiseoneofthereigningfamiliesofEurope.
Tospeakplainly,the
дело
matterimplicatesthegreatHouseofOrmstein,
наследственных
hereditarykingsofBohemia.”
“Iwas
также
alsoawareofthat,”murmuredHolmes,settlinghimselfdowninhisarmchair
и
andclosinghiseyes.
Our
посетитель
visitorglancedwithsomeapparentsurpriseatthelanguid,loungingfigureoftheman
который
whohadbeennodoubtdepictedtohimasthemostincisivereasoner
и
andmostenergeticagentin
Европе
Europe.
Holmesslowlyreopenedhiseyes
и
andlookedimpatientlyathisgigantic
клиента
client.
“IfyourMajestywouldcondescendtostateyourcase,”heremarked,“Ishouldbe
лучше
betterabletoadviseyou.”
The
мужчина
mansprangfromhischair
и
andpacedupanddowntheroominuncontrollableagitation.
Then,withagestureof
отчаяния
desperation,hetorethemaskfromhisface
и
andhurleditupontheground.
“Youareright,”hecried;
“Iamthe
Король
King.
WhyshouldIattempttoconcealit?”
“Why,indeed?”
murmuredHolmes.
“Your
Величество
MajestyhadnotspokenbeforeIwasaware
что
thatIwasaddressingWilhelmGottsreichSigismondvonOrmstein,GrandDukeofCassel-Felstein,
и
andhereditaryKingofBohemia.”
“Butyoucanunderstand,”saidour
странный
strangevisitor,sittingdownonce
еще
moreandpassinghishandoverhishighwhite
лбу
forehead,“youcanunderstandthatIamnotaccustomedtodoing
такие
suchbusinessinmyownperson.
Yetthe
дело
matterwassodelicatethatIcouldnotconfideittoanagentwithoutputtingmyselfinhis
власть
power.
IhavecomeincognitofromPragueforthepurposeofconsultingyou.”
“Then,prayconsult,”saidHolmes,shuttinghiseyes
раз
oncemore.
“Thefactsare
вкратце
brieflythese:
Somefiveyears
назад
ago,duringalengthyvisittoWarsaw,Imadetheacquaintanceofthewell-knownadventuress,IreneAdler.
The
имя
nameisnodoubtfamiliartoyou.”
“Kindly
посмотрите
lookherupinmyindex,Doctor,”murmuredHolmeswithoutopeninghiseyes.
Formanyyearshehadadopteda
системы
systemofdocketingallparagraphsconcerningmen
и
andthings,sothatitwas
трудно
difficulttonameasubject
или
orapersononwhichhecouldnotatoncefurnishinformation.
Inthis
случае
caseIfoundherbiographysandwichedin
между
betweenthatofaHebrewrabbi
и
andthatofastaff-commander
который
whohadwrittenamonographuponthedeep-seafishes.
“Letmesee!”
saidHolmes.
“Hum!
Родился
BorninNewJerseyintheyear1858.
Contralto—hum!
LaScala,hum!
PrimadonnaImperialOperaofWarsaw—yes!
Retiredfromoperaticstage—ha!
LivinginLondon—quiteso!
Your
Величество
Majesty,asIunderstand,becameentangled
с
withthisyoungperson,wroteher
несколько
somecompromisingletters,andis
теперь
nowdesirousofgettingthoselettersback.”
“Preciselyso.
Но
Buthow—”.