With the paper’s origin established, Holmes offers a further view of the person who wrote the letter. He says the clue lies in the way its sentences are put together. Just then, a carriage is heard stopping outside and the bell rings sharply. Holmes gives a whistle as the sounds reach them.
"Precisely.「そのとおり。
And the man who wrote the note is a German.そして、手紙を書いた男はドイツ人だ。
Do you note the peculiar construction of the sentence—'This account of you we have from all quarters received.'文の組み立てが妙なのに気づいたかね。『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』というところだ。
A Frenchman or Russian could not have written that.フランス人やロシア人なら、あんなふうには書けない。
It is the German who is so uncourteous to his verbs.動詞をこんなにぞんざいに扱うのは、ドイツ人なのだよ。
It only remains, therefore, to discover what is wanted by this German who writes upon Bohemian paper and prefers wearing a mask to showing his face.したがって残るは、ボヘミアの紙に手紙を書き、顔を見せるより仮面をつけたがるこのドイツ人が、何を望んでいるのかを突き止めることだけだ。
And here he comes, if I am not mistaken, to resolve all our doubts."ほら、私の思い違いでなければ、その本人が疑問をすべて解きにやって来たようだ」
As he spoke there was the sharp sound of horses' hoofs and grating wheels against the curb, followed by a sharp pull at the bell.彼がそう言ううちに、馬のひづめの鋭い音と、縁石にこすれる車輪のきしみが聞こえ、続いて呼び鈴が強く引かれた。
Holmes whistled.ホームズは口笛を吹いた。