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Where the Goose Went
In the Baker Street sitting room, Holmes seats the little man in a basket-chair and changes into his slippers. He says that the visitor is not interested in the whole flock, but in one white goose with a barred tail. The man shivers and waits to hear where that particular bird went.
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In the Baker Street sitting room, Holmes seats the little man in a basket-chair and changes into his slippers. He says that the visitor is not interested in the whole flock, but in one white goose with a barred tail. The man shivers and waits to hear where that particular bird went.
Ryder quivered with emotion.ライダーは気が高ぶって身を震わせた。
"Oh, sir," he cried, "can you tell me where it went to?"「ああ、旦那」と彼は叫んだ。「その鳥がどこへ行ったか、ご存じなんですか？」
"It came here."「ここへ来たのですよ」
"Here?"「ここへ？」
"Yes, and a most remarkable bird it proved.「ええ、それがじつに驚くべき鳥でしてね。
I don't wonder that you should take an interest in it.あなたが気にかけるのも無理はない。
It laid an egg after it was dead—the bonniest, brightest little blue egg that ever was seen.なにしろ、死んでから卵を産んだのですからね——世にも美しい、きらきら輝く、小さな青い卵を。
I have it here in my museum."その卵は、ここの私のささやかな博物館にしまってありますよ」
Our visitor staggered to his feet and clutched the mantelpiece with his right hand.客はよろめきながら立ち上がり、右手で炉棚をつかんだ。
Holmes unlocked his strong-box and held up the blue carbuncle, which shone out like a star, with a cold, brilliant, many-pointed radiance.ホームズが金庫の鍵を開けて青いガーネットを掲げると、それは星のように、冷たく、まばゆく、幾筋もの光を放って輝いた。
Ryder stood glaring with a drawn face, uncertain whether to claim or to disown it.ライダーはこわばった顔でそれをにらみつけたまま、自分の物だと言うべきか、知らないと言うべきか決めかねて、立ちつくしていた。