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Full text: Japanese translation and original English

The letter Watson reads says that a gentleman will call at a quarter to eight tonight for a consultation. It closes by asking Holmes not to take offense if his visitor wears a mask. Watson asks what it means. Holmes replies that forming a theory without evidence is a mistake, and encourages him to draw deductions from the letter itself.

"There will call upon you to-night, at a quarter to eight o'clock," it said, "a gentleman who desires to consult you upon a matter of the very deepest moment.「今夜八時十五分前、ある紳士があなたのもとを訪れます」と手紙にはあった。「このうえなく重大な件で、ご相談したいとのことです。
Your recent services to one of the royal houses of Europe have shown that you are one who may safely be trusted with matters which are of an importance which can hardly be exaggerated.先ごろヨーロッパのある王家のためになさったお働きから、あなたが、どれほど言っても言い過ぎにならないほど重要な事柄を、安心して任せられる方だと分かっております。
This account of you we have from all quarters received.あなたについてのこの評判を、私どもはあらゆる方面から受け取っております。
Be in your chamber then at that hour, and do not take it amiss if your visitor wear a mask."その時刻にはお部屋にいてください。また、訪問者が仮面をつけていても、気を悪くなさらないように」
"This is indeed a mystery," I remarked.「これはまったく謎だね」と私は言った。
"What do you imagine that it means?"「どういうことだと思うかい」
"I have no data yet.「まだ材料がない。
It is a capital mistake to theorise before one has data.材料もないうちに理屈を組み立てるのは、大きな間違いだよ。
Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.知らず知らずのうちに、事実に合わせて理屈を立てるのではなく、理屈に合わせて事実をねじ曲げはじめてしまうからね。
But the note itself.だが、手紙そのものはどうだ。
What do you deduce from it?"そこから何が推理できるかね」
I carefully examined the writing, and the paper upon which it was written.私は筆跡と、それが書かれた紙とを、念入りに調べた。