(из Сток-Морена)
. The events in question
(события, о которых идет речь: «в вопросе»)
occurred in the early days
(произошли в ранние дни = в начале)
of my association with Holmes
(моей дружбы с Холмсом)
, when we were sharing rooms as bachelors
(делили комнаты как холостяки)
in Baker Street. It is possible
(вероятно)
that I might have placed them upon record before
(я мог бы записать их раньше)
, but a promise of secrecy was made at the time
(обещание тайны было сделано = дано в то время)
, from which I have only been freed
(от которого я был только освобожден)
during the last month
(в течение последнего месяца)
by the untimely death
(безвременной кончиной)
of the lady to whom the pledge was given
(дамы, которой было дано /это/ обещание)
. It is perhaps as well
(пожалуй, также)
that the facts should now come to light
(фактам следует сейчас выйти на свет = можно представить это дело в истинном свете)
, for I have reasons
(так как у меня есть основания)
to know that there are widespread rumours
(широко распространенные слухи)
as to the death of Dr. Grimesby Roylott
(относительно смерти доктора Ройлотта)
which tend to make
(стремятся сделать)
the matter even more terrible than the truth
(дело даже еще более ужасным, чем правда)
.
eight [eɪt], tragic [ˈtræʤɪk], acquirement [ǝˈkwaɪǝmǝnt], pledge [pleʤ], rumours [ˈru:mǝz]
On glancing over my notes of the seventy odd cases in which I have during the last eight years studied the methods of my friend Sherlock Holmes, I find many tragic, some comic, a large number merely strange, but none commonplace; for, working as he did rather for the love of his art than for the acquirement of wealth, he refused to associate himself with any investigation which did not tend towards the unusual, and even the fantastic. Of all these varied cases, however, I cannot recall any which presented more singular features than that which was associated with the well-known Surrey family of the Roylotts of Stoke Moran. The events in question occurred in the early days of my association with Holmes, when we were sharing rooms as bachelors in Baker Street. It is possible that I might have placed them upon record before, but a promise of secrecy was made at the time, from which I have only been freed during the last month by the untimely death of the lady to whom the pledge was given. It is perhaps as well that the facts should now come to light, for I have reasons to know that there are widespread rumours as to the death of Dr. Grimesby Roylott which tend to make the matter even more terrible than the truth.
It was early in April
(рано в апреле = в начале апреля)
in the year '83, that I woke
(проснулся)
one morning to find Sherlock Holmes standing
(чтобы найти Шерлока Холмса стоящим)
, fully dressed
(полностью одетого)
, by the side of my bed
(рядом с моей кроватью)
. He was a late riser
(поздно встающий = любитель долго поспать)
, as a rule
(как правило)
, and as the clock on the mantelpiece
(поскольку часы на каминной полке)
showed me that it was only a quarter-past seven
(показали мне, что было лишь четверть после семи = четверть восьмого)
, I blinked up at him in some surprise
(посмотрел на него с некоторым удивлением; to blink — мигать, щуриться)
, and perhaps just a little resentment
(и, возможно, даже с небольшим возмущением)
, for I was myself regular in my habits
(так как я был сам постоянен в своих привычках)
.
riser [ˈraɪzǝ], mantelpiece [ˈmæntlpi:s], regular [ˈreɡjulǝ]
"Very sorry to knock you up
(очень сожалею будить = что разбудил вас)
, Watson," said he, "but it's the common lot this morning
(но это удел всех этим утром)
. Mrs. Hudson has been knocked up
(была разбужена)
, she retorted upon me
(разбудила меня; to retort — отвечать тем же)
, and I on you."
It was early in April in the year '83, that I woke one morning to find Sherlock Holmes standing, fully dressed, by the side of my bed. He was a late riser, as a rule, and as the clock on the mantelpiece showed me that it was only a quarter-past seven, I blinked up at him in some surprise, and perhaps just a little resentment, for I was myself regular in my habits.
"Very sorry to knock you up, Watson," said he, "but it's the common lot this morning. Mrs. Hudson has been knocked up, she retorted upon me, and I on you."
"What is it, then? А fire
(пожар)
?"
"No; a client. It seems
(похоже)
that a young lady has arrived
(прибыла)
in a considerable state of excitement
(в значительном состоянии возбуждения = ужасно взволнованной)
, who insists upon seeing me
(настаивает на /том, чтобы/ видеть меня)
. She is waiting now in the sitting-room
(она ждет сейчас в гостиной)
. Now, when young ladies wander about the metropolis
(бродят по столице)
at this hour of the morning, and knock sleepy people up out of their beds
(и поднимают сонных людей с кроватей)
, I presume
(полагаю)
that it is something very pressing
(неотложное)
which they have to communicate
(что они имеют сообщить)
. Should it prove to be an interesting case
(если это окажется интересным делом)
, you would, I am sure
(вы, уверен)
, wish to follow it from the outset
(пожелаете проследить за ним с самого начала)
. I thought
(подумал)
, at any rate
(во всяком случае)
, that I should call you and give you the chance
(дать вам шанс)
."
"My dear fellow
(мой дорогой товарищ)
, I would not miss it for anything
(я не пропустил бы этого ни за что)
."
excitement [ɪkˈsaɪtmǝnt], wander [ˈwɔndǝ], outset [ˈautsǝt], chance [tʃɑ:ns]
"What is it, then? А fire?"
"No; a client. It seems that a young lady has arrived in a considerable state of excitement, who insists upon seeing me. She is waiting now in the sitting-room. Now, when young ladies wander about the metropolis at this hour of the morning, and knock sleepy people up out of their beds, I presume that it is something very pressing which they have to communicate. Should it prove to be an interesting case, you would, I am sure, wish to follow it from the outset. I thought, at any rate, that I should call you and give you the chance."
"My dear fellow, I would not miss it for anything."
I had no keener pleasure
(не имел большего удовольствия; keen — острый, резкий)
than in following Holmes in his professional investigations
(чем следовать за Холмсом в его профессиональных расследованиях)
, and in admiring the rapid deductions
(и восхищаться быстрыми выводами)
, as swift as intuitions
(такими стремительными, как интуиция)
, and yet always founded on a logical basis
(и в то же время построенными: «основанными» на логическом основании)
with which he unravelled
(распутывал)
the problems which were submitted to him
(были представляемы на рассмотрение ему = с которыми он сталкивался)
. I rapidly
(быстро)
threw on my clothes
(набросил мою одежду)
and was ready
(готов)
in a few minutes to accompany my friend down to the sitting-room
(был готов через несколько минут сопровождать моего друга вниз в гостиную)
. A lady dressed in black and heavily veiled
(с густой вуалью: «тяжело завуалированная»)
, who had been sitting in the window
(которая сидела у окна)
, rose as we entered
(поднялась, когда мы вошли)
.
pleasure [ˈpleʒǝ], admiring [ǝdˈmaɪǝrɪŋ], accompany [ǝˈkʌmpǝnɪ], veiled [veɪld]
I had no keener pleasure than in following Holmes in his professional investigations, and in admiring the rapid deductions, as swift as intuitions, and yet always founded on a logical basis with which he unravelled the problems which were submitted to him. I rapidly threw on my clothes and was ready in a few minutes to accompany my friend down to the sitting-room. A lady dressed in black and heavily veiled, who had been sitting in the window, rose as we entered.
"Good-morning, madam," said Holmes cheerily
(приветливо)
. "My name is Sherlock Holmes. This is my intimate friend and associate
(близкий друг и помощник)
, Dr. Watson, before whom you can speak as freely as before myself
(перед кем вы можете говорить так же свободно, как и предо мной)
. Ha! I am glad to see
(рад видеть)
that Mrs. Hudson has had the good sense to light the fire
(догадалась: «имела здравый смысл» зажечь огонь)
. Pray draw up to it
(пожалуйста, пододвиньтесь ближе к нему)
, and I shall order you a cup of hot coffee
(прикажу принести вам чашку горячего кофе)
, for I observe that you are shivering
(дрожите)
."
intimate [ˈɪntɪmeɪt], associate [ǝˈsǝuʃɪǝɪt], shivering [ˈʃivǝrɪŋ]
"lt is not cold which makes me shiver
(это не холод /который/ заставляет меня дрожать = я дрожу не от холода)
," said the woman in a low voice
(низким голосом = вполголоса)
, changing her seat as requested
(меняя свое место согласно просьбе; to request — просить, обращаться с просьбой)
.
"What, then
(что /же/ тогда)
?"
"Good-morning, madam," said Holmes cheerily. "My name is Sherlock Holmes. This is my intimate friend and associate, Dr. Watson, before whom you can speak as freely as before myself. Ha! I am glad to see that Mrs. Hudson has had the good sense to light the fire. Pray draw up to it, and I shall order you a cup of hot coffee, for I observe that you are shivering."
"lt is not cold which makes me shiver," said the woman in a low voice, changing her seat as requested.
"What, then?"
"It is fear
(страх)
, Mr. Holmes. It is terror
(ужас)
." She raised her veil
(подняла вуаль)
as she spoke
(говоря)
, and we could see that she was indeed in a pitiable state of agitation
(в жалком состоянии волнения)
, her face all drawn and gray
(лицо все искаженное и серое = бледное)
, with restless frightened eyes
(с тревожным испуганным взглядом)
, like those of some hunted animal
(как у затравленного зверя; to hunt — охотиться)
. Her features and figure
(черты /лица/ и фигура)
were those of a woman of thirty
(женщины тридцати /лет/)
, but her hair was shot with premature gray
(волосы были затронуты преждевременной сединой)
, and her expression was weary and haggard
(выражение /лица/ было уставшим и изможденным)
. Sherlock Holmes ran her over with one of his quick, all-comprehensive glances
(пробежал = окинул ее одним из своих быстрых, все понимающих взглядов)
.
fear [fɪǝ], pitiable [ˈpɪtɪǝbl], premature [ˈpremǝtʃǝ], haggard [ˈhæɡǝd]
"It is fear, Mr. Holmes. It is terror." She raised her veil as she spoke, and we could see that she was indeed in a pitiable state of agitation, her face all drawn and gray, with restless frightened eyes, like those of some hunted animal. Her features and figure were those of a woman of thirty, but her hair was shot with premature gray, and her expression was weary and haggard. Sherlock Holmes ran her over with one of his quick, all-comprehensive glances.
"You must not fear
(вы не должны бояться)
," said he soothingly
(успокаивающе)
, bending forward
(наклоняясь вперед)
and patting her forearm
(и похлопывая ее предплечье = руку)
. "We shall soon set matters right
(вскоре приведем дела в порядок)
, I have no doubt
(не сомневаюсь)
. You have come in by train
(прибыли поездом)
this morning, I see."
soothingly [ˈsu:ðɪŋlɪ], forearm [ˌfɔ:ˈɑ:m], train [treɪn]
"You know me, then?"
"No, but I observe the second half of a return ticket
(вижу вторую половину обратного билета)
in the palm of your left glove
(в ладони вашей левой перчатки)
. You must have started early
(вы, должно быть, выехали рано)
, and yet you had a good drive in a dog-cart
(имели хорошую поездку в = тряслись в двуколке)
, along heavy roads
(вдоль тяжелых дорог = по скверным дорогам)
, before you reached the station
(прежде чем вы доехали до станции)
."
"You must not fear," said he soothingly, bending forward and patting her forearm. "We shall soon set matters right, I have no doubt. You have come in by train this morning, I see."
"You know me, then?"
"No, but I observe the second half of a return ticket in the palm of your left glove. You must have started early, and yet you had a good drive in a dog-cart, along heavy roads, before you reached the station."
The lady gave a violent start
(дала сильное вздрагивание = сильно вздрогнула)
and stared in bewilderment at my companion
(уставилась в смущении/удивлении)
.
glove [ɡlʌv], violent [ˈvaɪǝlǝnt], bewilderment [bɪˈwɪldǝmǝnt]
"There is no mystery
(здесь нет тайны)
, my dear madam," said he, smiling
(улыбаясь)
. "The left arm of your jacket
(левый рукав вашего жакета)
is spattered with mud
(забрызган грязью)
in no less than seven places
(в не менее чем семи местах)
. The marks are perfectly fresh
(пятна совершенно свежие)
. There is no vehicle
(нет /такого/ средства передвижения)
save a dog-cart
(кроме двуколки)
which throws up mud in that way
(которая подбрасывает грязь таким образом)
, and then only when you sit on the left-hand side of the driver
(и притом только если вы сидите на левой стороне от водителя)
."
jacket [ˈʤækɪt], mud [mʌd], vehicle [ˈvi:ɪkl]
The lady gave a violent start and stared in bewilderment at my companion.
"There is no mystery, my dear madam," said he, smiling. "The left arm of your jacket is spattered with mud in no less than seven places. The marks are perfectly fresh. There is no vehicle save a dog-cart which throws up mud in that way, and then only when you sit on the left-hand side of the driver."
"Whatever your reasons may be
(какими бы ни были ваши доводы)
, you are perfectly correct
(совершенно правы)
," said she. "I started from home before six
(раньше шести)
, reached Leatherhead at twenty past
(достигла Лэтерхеда в двадцать /минут/ после = седьмого)
, and came in by the first train
(прибыла с первым поездом)
to Waterloo. Sir, I can stand this strain no longer
(я не могу более выносить это напряжение)
; I shall go mad
(сойду с ума)
if it continues
(если это продолжится)
. I have no one to turn to
(у меня нет никого, чтобы обратиться /за помощью/)
— none, save only one
(кроме одного)
, who cares for me
(кто заботится обо мне)
, and he, poor fellow
(бедняга)
, can be of little aid
(может быть маленькой помощи = мало чем может помочь)
. I have heard of you, Mr. Holmes; I have heard of you from Mrs. Farintosh, whom you helped in the hour of her sore need
(которой вы помогли в час ее тяжелой нужды; sore — больной, страдающий; мучительный)
. It was from her that I had your address. Oh, sir, do you not think that you could help me
(могли бы помочь мне)
, too
(тоже)
, and at least throw a little light
(по крайней мере, пролить: «бросить» немного света)
through the dense darkness which surrounds me
(в непроницаемую темноту, которая окружает меня)
? At present
(в настоящее время)
it is out of my power
(это вне моей силы, возможности = я не могу)
to reward you for your services
(вознаградить вас за ваши услуги)
, but in a month
(через месяц)
or six weeks I shall be married
(я выйду замуж)
, with the control of my own income
(с контролем моего собственного дохода = смогу распоряжаться своими доходами)
, and then at least
(и тогда, по крайней мере)
you shall not find me ungrateful
(не найдете меня неблагодарной)
."
poor [puǝ], sore [sɔ:], reward [rɪˈwɔ:d], income [ˈɪnkʌm], ungrateful [ʌnˈɡreɪtful]
"Whatever your reasons may be, you are perfectly correct," said she. "I started from home before six, reached Leatherhead at twenty past, and came in by the first train to Waterloo. Sir, I can stand this strain no longer; I shall go mad if it continues. I have no one to turn to — none, save only one, who cares for me, and he, poor fellow, can be of little aid. I have heard of you, Mr. Holmes; I have heard of you from Mrs. Farintosh, whom you helped in the hour of her sore need. It was from her that I had your address. Oh, sir, do you not think that you could help me, too, and at least throw a little light through the dense darkness which surrounds me? At present it is out of my power to reward you for your services, but in a month or six weeks I shall be married, with the control of my own income, and then at least you shall not find me ungrateful."
Holmes turned to his desk
(обратился к своей конторке)
and, unlocking it
(открывая ее)
, drew out a small casebook
(вытащил /оттуда/ небольшой дневник)
, which he consulted
(в котором он справился /о фамилии/)
.
"Farintosh," said he. "Ah yes, I recall the case
(вспоминаю это дело)
; it was concerned with an opal tiara
(оно касалось опаловой диадемы)
. I think it was before your time
(до вашего времени = до нашего знакомства)
, Watson. I can only say, madam, that I shall be happy to devote the same care to your case
(буду счастлив посвятить то же самое внимание вашему делу)
as I did to that of your friend
(какое я посвятил делу вашей подруги)
. As to reward
(что касается награды)
, my profession is its own reward
(сама себе награда)
; but you are at liberty to defray
(вы свободны оплатить)
whatever expenses I may be put to
(какие бы то ни было расходы, /которые/ я могу понести)
, at the time which suits you best
(во время, которое подходит вам лучше всего = когда хотите)
. And now I beg
(попрошу)
that you will lay before us
(выложите перед нами)
everything that may help us in forming an opinion upon the matter
(все, что может помочь в составлении мнения по делу)
."
tiara [tɪˈɑ:rǝ], liberty [ˈlɪbǝtɪ], defray [dɪˈfreɪ], expenses [ɪkˈspensɪz]
Holmes turned to his desk and, unlocking it, drew out a small casebook, which he consulted.
"Farintosh," said he. "Ah yes, I recall the case; it was concerned with an opal tiara. I think it was before your time, Watson. I can only say, madam, that I shall be happy to devote the same care to your case as I did to that of your friend. As to reward, my profession is its own reward; but you are at liberty to defray whatever expenses I may be put to, at the time which suits you best. And now I beg that you will lay before us everything that may help us in forming an opinion upon the matter."
"Alas
(увы)
!" replied our visitor
(ответила наша посетительница)
, "the very horror of my situation lies
(как раз весь ужас моего положения лежит = заключается)
in the fact that my fears are so vague
(мои страхи так неясны)
, and my suspicions depend so entirely upon small points
(мои подозрения основываются так полностью на мелочах)
, which might seem trivial to another
(которые могут показаться пустыми другому)
, that even he to whom of all others I have a right to look for help and advice
(именно у кого: «у кого из всех других» я имею право искать помощи и совета)
looks upon all
(смотрит на все)
that I tell him about it
(что я говорю ему об этом)
as the fancies of a nervous woman
(как на фантазии нервной женщины)
. He does not say so
(не говорит так)
, but I can read it from his soothing answers and averted eyes
(могу прочитать это в его утешающих ответах и уклончивом взоре)
. But I have heard, Mr. Holmes, that you can see deeply into the manifold wickedness of the human heart
(вы можете вникать глубоко в многообразные пороки человеческого сердца)
. You may advise
(посоветовать)
me how to walk amid the dangers which encompass me
(как пройти среди опасностей, которые окружают меня)
."
alas [ǝˈlæs], horror [ˈhɒrǝ], vague [veɪɡ], averted [ǝˈvɜ:tɪd], manifold [ˈmænɪfǝuld]
"Alas!" replied our visitor, "the very horror of my situation lies in the fact that my fears are so vague, and my suspicions depend so entirely upon small points, which might seem trivial to another, that even he to whom of all others I have a right to look for help and advice looks upon all that I tell him about it as the fancies of a nervous woman. He does not say so, but I can read it from his soothing answers and averted eyes. But I have heard, Mr. Holmes, that you can see deeply into the manifold wickedness of the human heart. You may advise me how to walk amid the dangers which encompass me."
"I am all attention
(я весь внимание)
, madam."
"My name is Helen Stoner, and I am living with my stepfather
(с отчимом)
, who is the last survivor
(последний /оставшийся в живых/ наследник; to survive — выжить)
of one of the oldest Saxon families
(одной из старейших саксонских фамилий)
in England, the Roylotts of Stoke Moran, on the western border of Surrey
(на западной границе /графства/ Суррей)
."
Holmes nodded his head
(кивнул)
. "The name is familiar to me
(имя знакомо мне)
," said he.
"I am all attention, madam."
"My name is Helen Stoner, and I am living with my stepfather, who is the last survivor of one of the oldest Saxon families in England, the Roylotts of Stoke Moran, on the western border of Surrey."
Holmes nodded his head. "The name is familiar to me," said he.
"The family was at one time
(в одно время)
among the richest in England
(среди богатейших в Англии)
, and the estates extended over
(поместья распространялись до)
the borders into Berkshire in the north
(границ Беркшира на севере)
, and Hampshire in the west
(Хемпшира на западе)
. In the last century
(в прошлом веке)
, however, four successive heirs
(четыре следующих один за другим = подряд наследника)
were of a dissolute and wasteful disposition
(распутного и расточительного характера)
, and the family ruin
(семейный крах)
was eventually completed
(в конце концов был завершен)
by a gambler
(азартным игроком)
in the days of the Regency
(в дни = во времена Регентства /1811 — 1820/)
. Nothing was left
(ничего не осталось)
save a few acres of ground
(кроме нескольких акров земли)
, and the two-hundred-year-old house
(и двухсотлетнего дома)
, which is itself crushed under a heavy mortgage
(который /сам/ раздавлен /под/ обременительным залогом)
. The last squire dragged out his existence there
(последний помещик влачил свое существование там)
, living the horrible life of an aristocratic pauper
(проживая ужасную жизнь аристократического нищего)
; but his only son
(но его единственный сын)
, my stepfather
(отчим)
, seeing that he must adapt himself to the new conditions
(видя, что он должен приспособить себя = приспособиться к новым условиям)
, obtained an advance from a relative
(получил аванс = взял взаймы у родственника)
, which enabled him
(который позволил ему)
to take a medical degree
(получить медицинскую степень)
and went out to Calcutta
(уехал в Калькутту)
, where, by his professional skill
(благодаря своему профессиональному навыку)
and his force of character
(и силе характера)
, he established a large practice
(основал широкую практику)
. In a fit of anger
(в приступе ярости)
, however, caused by some robberies
(вызванной кражами)
which had been perpetrated in the house
(которые были совершены в доме)
, he beat his native butler to death
(избил своего туземца-дворецкого насмерть)
and narrowly escaped a capital sentence
(едва избежал смертного приговора)
. As it was
(хотя /он избежал казни/)
, he suffered a long term of imprisonment
(отбыл долгий срок заключения)
, and afterwards returned
(затем вернулся)
to England a morose and disappointed man
(угрюмым и разочарованным человеком)
.
century [ˈsentʃǝrɪ], heirs [eǝz], Regency [ˈri:ʤǝnsɪ], mortgage [ˈmɔ:ɡɪʤ], morose [mǝˈrǝus]
"The family was at one time among the richest in England, and the estates extended over the borders into Berkshire in the north, and Hampshire in the west. In the last century, however, four successive heirs were of a dissolute and wasteful disposition, and the family ruin was eventually completed by a gambler in the days of the Regency. Nothing was left save a few acres of ground, and the two-hundred-year-old house, which is itself crushed under a heavy mortgage. The last squire dragged out his existence there, living the horrible life of an aristocratic pauper; but his only son, my stepfather, seeing that he must adapt himself to the new conditions, obtained an advance from a relative, which enabled him to take a medical degree and went out to Calcutta, where, by his professional skill and his force of character, he established a large practice. In a fit of anger, however, caused by some robberies which had been perpetrated in the house, he beat his native butler to death and narrowly escaped a capital sentence. As it was, he suffered a long term of imprisonment, and afterwards returned to England a morose and disappointed man.
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