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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | Progressively Translated Ukrainian A1-B2 Books

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | Progressively Translated Ukrainian A1-B2 Books

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I.ASCANDALINBOHEMIA
Я
I.
ToSherlockHolmessheis
завжди
alwaysthewoman.
Ihave
рідко
seldomheardhimmentionher
під
underanyothername.
Inhiseyessheeclipses
і
andpredominatesthewholeofhersex.
Itwasnot
що
thathefeltanyemotionakinto
любов
loveforIreneAdler.
Allemotions,
і
andthatoneparticularly,wereabhorrenttohiscold,
точного
precisebutadmirablybalancedmind.
Hewas,Itakeit,themostperfectreasoning
і
andobservingmachinethatthe
світ
worldhasseen,butasaloverhewouldhaveplacedhimselfinafalse
становище
position.
Heneverspokeofthesofterpassions,savewithagibe
і
andasneer.
Theywereadmirablethingsfortheobserver—excellentfordrawingthe
завісу
veilfrommen’smotivesandactions.
Але
Butforthetrainedreasonerto
визнати
admitsuchintrusionsintohis
власний
owndelicateandfinelyadjusted
темперамент
temperamentwastointroduceadistracting
фактор
factorwhichmightthrowadoubtupon
всі
allhismentalresults.
Gritinasensitiveinstrument,
або
oracrackinoneofhisownhigh-powerlenses,wouldnotbe
більш
moredisturbingthanastrongemotioninanaturesuchas
його
his.
Andyettherewasbut
одна
onewomantohim,andthat
жінка
womanwasthelateIreneAdler,ofdubious
і
andquestionablememory.
Ihadseen
мало
littleofHolmeslately.
My
шлюб
marriagehaddriftedusawayfromeachother.
Myowncomplete
щастя
happiness,andthehome-centredinterestswhichriseup
навколо
aroundthemanwhofirstfindshimselfmasterofhisownestablishment,were
достатньо
sufficienttoabsorballmy
увагу
attention,whileHolmes,wholoathedevery
форму
formofsocietywithhiswholeBohemian
душею
soul,remainedinourlodgingsin
Бейкер
BakerStreet,buriedamonghisoldbooks,
і
andalternatingfromweektoweek
між
betweencocaineandambition,thedrowsinessof
на
thedrug,andthefierceenergyofhisownkeennature.
Hewasstill,asever,
глибоко
deeplyattractedbythestudyofcrime,
і
andoccupiedhisimmensefaculties
і
andextraordinarypowersofobservationinfollowingoutthoseclues,
і
andclearingupthosemysteries
які
whichhadbeenabandonedashopelessbytheofficialpolice.
FromtimetotimeIheardsomevagueaccountofhisdoings:
ofhissummonstoOdessainthecaseoftheTrepoff
вбивство
murder,ofhisclearingupofthesingulartragedyoftheAtkinsonbrothersatTrincomalee,
і
andfinallyofthemissionwhichhehadaccomplishedsodelicately
і
andsuccessfullyforthereigning
сім'ї
familyofHolland.
Beyondthesesignsofhis
діяльності
activity,however,whichImerelysharedwithallthereadersofthedaily
преси
press,Iknewlittleofmyformer
друга
friendandcompanion.
Onenight—itwasonthetwentiethof
Березня
March,1888—Iwasreturningfromajourneytoa
пацієнта
patient(forIhadnowreturnedto
цивільної
civilpractice),whenmywayledme
через
throughBakerStreet.
AsIpassedthewell-remembered
двері
door,whichmustalwaysbeassociatedinmymindwithmywooing,
і
andwiththedarkincidentsoftheStudyinScarlet,Iwasseizedwithakeendesireto
побачити
seeHolmesagain,andtoknowhowhewasemployinghis
надзвичайні
extraordinarypowers.
Hisroomswerebrilliantlylit,
і
and,evenasIlooked
вгору
up,Isawhistall,sparefigurepass
двічі
twiceinadarksilhouetteagainsttheblind.
Hewaspacing
на
theroomswiftly,eagerly,withhisheadsunkuponhis
грудях
chestandhishandsclasped
за
behindhim.
Tome,whoknewhis
кожен
everymoodandhabit,his
ставлення
attitudeandmannertoldtheirownstory.
Hewasatwork
знову
again.
Hehadrisenoutofhisdrug-createddreams
і
andwashotuponthe
запах
scentofsomenewproblem.
Irangthebell
і
andwasshownuptothechamber
яка
whichhadformerlybeeninpartmyown.
Hismannerwasnoteffusive.
It
рідко
seldomwas;
buthewas
радий
glad,Ithink,tosee
мене
me.
Withhardlyawordspoken,
але
butwithakindlyeye,hewavedmetoanarmchair,threwacrosshiscaseofcigars,
і
andindicatedaspiritcase
і
andagasogeneinthe
кутку
corner.
Thenhestoodbefore
на
thefireandlookedmeoverinhissingularintrospectivefashion.
“Wedlocksuitsyou,”heremarked.
“I
думаю
think,Watson,thatyouhaveputon
сім
sevenandahalfpounds
з
sinceIsawyou.”
“Seven!”
Ianswered.
“Indeed,Ishouldhavethoughta
трохи
littlemore.
Justatrifle
більше
more,Ifancy,Watson.
Andin
практиці
practiceagain,Iobserve.
Youdidnottellme
що
thatyouintendedtogointoharness.”
“Then,howdoyouknow?”
“Isee
це
it,Ideduceit.
HowdoI
знати
knowthatyouhavebeengettingyourself
дуже
verywetlately,andthatyou
є
haveamostclumsyandcarelessservantgirl?”
“MydearHolmes,”said
Я
I,“thisistoomuch.
Youwould
безумовно
certainlyhavebeenburned,hadyouliveda
кілька
fewcenturiesago.
Itis
правда
truethatIhadacountrywalkon
Четвер
Thursdayandcamehomeinadreadfulmess,
але
butasIhavechangedmy
одяг
clothesIcan’timaginehowyoudeduceit.
AstoMaryJane,sheisincorrigible,
і
andmywifehasgivenhernotice,
але
butthere,again,Ifailtoseehowyouworkitout.”
Hechuckledtohimself
і
andrubbedhislong,nervoushands
разом
together.
“Itissimplicityitself,”saidhe;
“myeyestellme
що
thatontheinsideofyourleftshoe,just
де
wherethefirelightstrikesit,the
шкіра
leatherisscoredbysix
майже
almostparallelcuts.
Obviouslytheyhavebeencausedbysomeone
хто
whohasverycarelesslyscrapedroundtheedgesofthesoleinordertoremovecrusted
бруду
mudfromit.
Hence,yousee,my
подвійний
doubledeductionthatyouhadbeenoutinvileweather,
і
andthatyouhada
особливо
particularlymalignantboot-slittingspecimenoftheLondonslavey.
Astoyourpractice,
якщо
ifagentlemanwalksintomyroomssmellingofiodoform,withablackmarkofnitrateofsilveruponhis
правому
rightforefinger,andabulgeonthe
правому
rightsideofhistop-hatto
показати
showwherehehassecretedhisstethoscope,Imustbe
нудним
dull,indeed,ifIdonotpronouncehimtobeanactive
членом
memberofthemedicalprofession.”
Icouldnothelplaughingatthe
легкістю
easewithwhichheexplainedhis
процес
processofdeduction.
“WhenI
чую
hearyougiveyourreasons,”Iremarked,“the
справа
thingalwaysappearstometobesoridiculouslysimple
що
thatIcouldeasilydoitmyself,
хоча
thoughateachsuccessiveinstanceofyour
міркування
reasoningIambaffleduntilyouexplainyour
процес
process.
AndyetIbelieve
що
thatmyeyesareasgoodasyours.”
“Quiteso,”heanswered,lightingacigarette,
і
andthrowinghimselfdownintoan
крісло
armchair.
“Yousee,butyoudonotobserve.
The
різниця
distinctionisclear.
Forexample,youhave
часто
frequentlyseenthestepswhichleadupfromthehallto
цієї
thisroom.”
“Frequently.”
“Howoften?”
“Well,somehundredsoftimes.”
“Thenhowmanyarethere?”
“Howmany?
Idon’tknow.”
“Quiteso!
Youhavenotobserved.
І
Andyetyouhaveseen.
Thatis
лише
justmypoint.
Now,I
знаю
knowthatthereareseventeensteps,
тому
becauseIhavebothseen
і
andobserved.
Bytheway,
оскільки
sinceyouareinterestedin
цих
theselittleproblems,andsinceyouaregood
досить
enoughtochronicleoneor
два
twoofmytriflingexperiences,youmaybe
зацікавлені
interestedinthis.”
Hethrewovera
лист
sheetofthick,pink-tintednotepaper
який
whichhadbeenlyingopenuponthe
столі
table.
“Itcamebythelastpost,”saidhe.
“Readitaloud.”
На
Thenotewasundated,andwithouteithersignatureoraddress.
“Therewillcalluponyouto-night,ataquartertoeighto’clock,”itsaid,“a
джентльмен
gentlemanwhodesirestoconsultyouupona
питання
matteroftheverydeepestmoment.
Your
недавні
recentservicestooneoftheroyalhousesofEuropehaveshownthatyouareonewhomay
безпечно
safelybetrustedwithmatterswhichareofan
значення
importancewhichcanhardlybeexaggerated.
Цю
Thisaccountofyouwehavefrom
усіх
allquartersreceived.
Beinyourchamberthenatthathour,
і
anddonottakeitamiss
якщо
ifyourvisitorwearamask.”
“Thisis
дійсно
indeedamystery,”Iremarked.
“Whatdoyouimaginethatitmeans?”
“Ihave
немає
nodatayet.
Itisacapitalmistaketotheorise
перш ніж
beforeonehasdata.
Insensiblyonebeginstotwistfactstosuittheories,insteadoftheoriestosuitfacts.
Але
Butthenoteitself.
Whatdoyoudeducefromit?”
I
уважно
carefullyexaminedthewriting,and
на
thepaperuponwhichitwaswritten.
“Theman
який
whowroteitwaspresumably
добре
welltodo,”Iremarked,endeavouringto
наслідувати
imitatemycompanion’sprocesses.
“Such
папір
papercouldnotbeboughtunderhalfacrowna
пакет
packet.
Itispeculiarlystrong
і
andstiff.”
“Peculiar—thatistheveryword,”saidHolmes.
“ItisnotanEnglishpaperatall.
Holdituptothelight.”
Ididso,
і
andsawalarge“E”withasmall“g,”a“P,”
і
andalarge“G”withasmall“t”wovenintothetextureofthe
паперу
paper.
“Whatdoyoumakeofthat?”
askedHolmes.
“The
ім'я
nameofthemaker,no
сумніву
doubt;
orhismonogram,rather.”
“Notatall.
The‘G’withthesmall‘t’standsfor‘Gesellschaft,’whichistheGermanfor‘Company.’Itisacustomarycontraction
як
likeour‘Co.’‘P,’of
звичайно
course,standsfor‘Papier.’Nowforthe‘Eg.’LetusglanceatourContinentalGazetteer.”
Hetookdownaheavy
коричневий
brownvolumefromhisshelves.
“Eglow,Eglonitz—hereweare,Egria.
ItisinaGerman-speakingcountry—inBohemia,notfarfromCarlsbad.
‘Remarkableasbeingthesceneofthe
смерті
deathofWallenstein,andforits
численні
numerousglass-factoriesandpaper-mills.’Ha,ha,my
хлопчик
boy,whatdoyoumakeofthat?”
Hiseyessparkled,
і
andhesentupagreatbluetriumphantcloudfromhis
сигарети
cigarette.
“ThepaperwasmadeinBohemia,”Isaid.
“Precisely.
А
Andthemanwhowrotethe
записку
noteisaGerman.
Doyounotethepeculiarconstructionofthesentence—‘Thisaccountofyouwehavefrom
усіх
allquartersreceived.’AFrenchman
або
orRussiancouldnothavewrittenthat.
ItistheGerman
який
whoissouncourteoustohisverbs.
It
лише
onlyremains,therefore,todiscoverwhatiswantedby
цей
thisGermanwhowritesuponBohemianpaperandpreferswearing
на
amasktoshowinghis
обличчя
face.
Andherehecomes,
якщо
ifIamnotmistaken,to
розв'язати
resolveallourdoubts.”
Ashespoketherewasthesharp
звук
soundofhorses’hoofsandgratingwheels
проти
againstthecurb,followedbyasharppullatthebell.
Holmeswhistled.
“Apair,bythesound,”said
він
he.
“Yes,”hecontinued,glancingoutofthe
вікно
window.
“Anicelittlebrougham
і
andapairofbeauties.
A
сто
hundredandfiftyguineasapiece.
There’s
гроші
moneyinthiscase,Watson,
якщо
ifthereisnothingelse.”
“I
думаю
thinkthatIhadbetter
піти
go,Holmes.”
“Notabit,Doctor.
Staywhereyouare.
Iamlost
без
withoutmyBoswell.
Andthispromisestobeinteresting.
Itwouldbea
шкода
pitytomissit.”
“Butyourclient—”.
“Nevermind
нього
him.
Imaywantyour
допомога
help,andsomayhe.
Ось
Herehecomes.
Sitdowninthatarmchair,Doctor,
і
andgiveusyourbestattention.”
Aslow
і
andheavystep,whichhadbeenhearduponthe
сходах
stairsandinthepassage,paused
відразу
immediatelyoutsidethedoor.
Thentherewasa
гучний
loudandauthoritativetap.
“Comein!”
saidHolmes.
A
чоловік
manenteredwhocouldhardlyhavebeen
менше
lessthansixfeetsixinchesin
висота
height,withthechestandlimbsofaHercules.
Hisdresswasrich
з
witharichnesswhichwould,inEngland,belookeduponasakintobad
смак
taste.
Heavybandsofastrakhanwereslashedacrossthesleevesandfrontsofhisdouble-breasted
пальто
coat,whilethedeepblue
плащ
cloakwhichwasthrownoverhisshoulderswaslinedwithflame-colouredsilkandsecuredatthe
шиї
neckwithabroochwhichconsistedofa
одного
singleflamingberyl.
Bootswhichextended
півдорозі
halfwayuphiscalves,andwhichweretrimmedatthetopswithrichbrownfur,completedthe
враження
impressionofbarbaricopulencewhichwassuggestedbyhiswholeappearance.
Hecarriedabroad-brimmed
капелюх
hatinhishand,whileheworeacrossthe
верхній
upperpartofhisface,extending
вниз
downpastthecheekbones,ablackvizard
маску
mask,whichhehadapparentlyadjusted
що
thatverymoment,forhis
рука
handwasstillraisedtoitasheentered.
Fromthelowerpartofthe
обличчя
faceheappearedtobeamanofstrongcharacter,withathick,hanging
губою
lip,andalong,straightchinsuggestiveofresolutionpushedtothelengthofobstinacy.
“Youhadmynote?”
heaskedwithadeepharshvoice
і
andastronglymarkedGermanaccent.
“Itoldyou
що
thatIwouldcall.”
Helookedfrom
одного
onetotheotherof
нас
us,asifuncertainwhichtoaddress.
“Praytakeaseat,”saidHolmes.
“Thisismy
друг
friendandcolleague,Dr.Watson,
який
whoisoccasionallygoodenoughtohelpmeinmycases.
WhomhaveIthehonourtoaddress?”
“Youmayaddressmeasthe
Графа
CountVonKramm,aBohemiannobleman.
I
розумію
understandthatthisgentleman,your
друг
friend,isamanofhonour
і
anddiscretion,whomImaytrustwithamatterofthemostextremeimportance.
Якщо
Ifnot,Ishouldmuchpreferto
спілкуватися
communicatewithyoualone.”
Iroseto
піти
go,butHolmescaughtmeby
на
thewristandpushedme
назад
backintomychair.
“Itisboth,
або
ornone,”saidhe.
“Youmay
сказати
saybeforethisgentlemananythingwhichyoumay
сказати
saytome.”
TheCountshruggedhisbroadshoulders.
“ThenImustbegin,”said
він
he,“bybindingyoubothtoabsolute
таємниці
secrecyfortwoyears;
attheendofthat
часу
timethematterwillbeof
не
noimportance.
Atpresentitisnot
надто
toomuchtosaythatitisof
такий
suchweightitmayhavean
вплинути
influenceuponEuropeanhistory.”
“Ipromise,”saidHolmes.
“AndI.”
“Youwillexcuse
цю
thismask,”continuedourstrange
відвідувач
visitor.
“Theaugustpersonwhoemploysmewisheshis
агент
agenttobeunknowntoyou,
і
andImayconfessatoncethatthe
титул
titlebywhichIhave
тільки
justcalledmyselfisnot
зовсім
exactlymyown.”
“Iwasawareofit,”saidHolmesdryly.
“Thecircumstancesareofgreatdelicacy,
і
andeveryprecautionhastobetakentoquenchwhatmightgrowtobeanimmense
скандал
scandalandseriouslycompromiseoneof
на
thereigningfamiliesofEurope.
To
говорити
speakplainly,thematterimplicatesthegreatHouseofOrmstein,hereditarykingsofBohemia.”
“Iwas
також
alsoawareofthat,”murmuredHolmes,settlinghimselfdowninhis
крісло
armchairandclosinghiseyes.
Our
відвідувач
visitorglancedwithsomeapparentsurpriseatthelanguid,loungingfigureofthemanwhohadbeen
без
nodoubtdepictedtohimasthemostincisivereasoner
і
andmostenergeticagentinEurope.
Holmes
повільно
slowlyreopenedhiseyesandlookedimpatientlyathisgiganticclient.
“Ifyour
Величність
Majestywouldcondescendtostateyourcase,”heremarked,“Ishouldbe
краще
betterabletoadviseyou.”
The
чоловік
mansprangfromhischair
і
andpacedupanddownthe
кімнаті
roominuncontrollableagitation.
Then,witha
жестом
gestureofdesperation,hetorethe
маску
maskfromhisfaceandhurledituponthe
землю
ground.
“Youareright,”hecried;
“Iamthe
Король
King.
WhyshouldIattempttoconcealit?”
“Why,indeed?”
murmuredHolmes.
“Your
Величність
MajestyhadnotspokenbeforeIwasaware
що
thatIwasaddressingWilhelmGottsreichSigismondvonOrmstein,GrandDukeofCassel-Felstein,
і
andhereditaryKingofBohemia.”
“Butyoucanunderstand,”saidourstrangevisitor,sittingdown
раз
oncemoreandpassinghis
руку
handoverhishighwhiteforehead,“youcanunderstand
що
thatIamnotaccustomedtodoingsuchbusinessinmyownperson.
Yetthe
справа
matterwassodelicatethatIcouldnotconfideittoanagentwithoutputtingmyselfinhis
владу
power.
IhavecomeincognitofromPragueforthe
метою
purposeofconsultingyou.”
“Then,prayconsult,”saidHolmes,shuttinghiseyes
раз
oncemore.
“Thefactsare
коротко
brieflythese:
Somefiveyears
тому
ago,duringalengthyvisittoWarsaw,Imadetheacquaintanceofthewell-knownadventuress,IreneAdler.
The
ім'я
nameisnodoubtfamiliartoyou.”
“Kindly
подивіться
lookherupinmyindex,Doctor,”murmuredHolmeswithoutopeninghiseyes.
Formanyyearshehadadoptedasystemofdocketing
всіх
allparagraphsconcerningmenandthings,so
що
thatitwasdifficulttonamea
тему
subjectorapersononwhichhecouldnotatoncefurnishinformation.
In
цьому
thiscaseIfoundherbiographysandwichedin
між
betweenthatofaHebrewrabbi
і
andthatofastaff-commanderwhohadwrittenamonographuponthedeep-seafishes.
“Letmesee!”
saidHolmes.
“Hum!
Народився
BorninNewJerseyinthe
році
year1858.
Contralto—hum!
LaScala,hum!
PrimadonnaImperial
Опери
OperaofWarsaw—yes!
Retiredfromoperaticstage—ha!
LivinginLondon—quiteso!
Your
Величність
Majesty,asIunderstand,becameentangledwiththisyoungperson,wrotehersomecompromisingletters,
і
andisnowdesirousofgetting
ці
thoselettersback.”
“Preciselyso.
Але
Buthow—”.