An unexpected development puts Holmes’s plan at risk. After seeing where the two people go, he brings his account to a close and asks for cold beef and beer. He then says that he will need Watson’s help that evening. Watson leans forward, ready to hear what his friend has in mind.
"Well, I found my plans very seriously menaced.「さて、私の計画はひどく危うくなった。
It looked as if the pair might take an immediate departure, and so necessitate very prompt and energetic measures on my part.二人がすぐにでも旅立ってしまいそうに見えたし、そうなれば私のほうも、大急ぎで思い切った手を打たなければならない。
At the church door, however, they separated, he driving back to the Temple, and she to her own house.ところが教会の戸口で二人は別れ、彼はテンプルへ、彼女は自宅へと馬車で戻っていった。
'I shall drive out in the park at five as usual,' she said as she left him.『いつものように五時に公園へ馬車で出かけます』と、彼女は別れぎわに言った。
I heard no more.それ以上は聞こえなかった。
They drove away in different directions, and I went off to make my own arrangements."二人は別々の方角へ去り、私は私で手はずを整えに出かけたというわけだ」
"Some cold beef and a glass of beer," he answered, ringing the bell.「冷たい牛肉とビールを一杯さ」と彼は答え、呼び鈴を鳴らした。
"I have been too busy to think of food, and I am likely to be busier still this evening.「忙しくて食事のことなど考える暇もなかったし、今夜はもっと忙しくなりそうだからね。
By the way, Doctor, I shall want your co-operation."ところで先生、きみに協力してもらいたいのだが」