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The Woman on the Steps
Although he accepts Holmes’s reasoning, the King falls into a gloomy silence. The carriage eventually reaches Briony Lodge on Serpentine Avenue. The front door is open, and an older woman is standing on the steps. She seems to have been expecting the visitors and greets Holmes by name as they arrive.
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Although he accepts Holmes’s reasoning, the King falls into a gloomy silence. The carriage eventually reaches Briony Lodge on Serpentine Avenue. The front door is open, and an older woman is standing on the steps. She seems to have been expecting the visitors and greets Holmes by name as they arrive.
"It is true.「それはそうだ。
And yet—!だが――！
Well!まあよい！
I wish she had been of my own station!あの女が私と同じ身分であったなら！
What a queen she would have made!"どれほど立派な王妃になったことか！」
He relapsed into a moody silence, which was not broken until we drew up in Serpentine Avenue.国王はふたたびふさぎ込んで黙り込み、その沈黙は馬車がサーペンタイン通りに着くまで破られなかった。
The door of Briony Lodge was open, and an elderly woman stood upon the steps.ブライオニー荘の扉は開いていて、年配の女が玄関の石段に立っていた。
She watched us with a sardonic eye as we stepped from the brougham.私たちが箱馬車から降りるのを、女は皮肉っぽい目つきで眺めていた。
"Mr. Sherlock Holmes, I believe?" said she.「シャーロック・ホームズ様でいらっしゃいますね」と女は言った。
"I am Mr. Holmes," answered my companion, looking at her with a questioning and rather startled gaze.「ホームズは私ですが」と、わが友は問いかけるような、いささか驚いた目で女を見ながら答えた。
"Indeed!「やはりそうでしたか！
My mistress told me that you were likely to call.奥様から、あなた様がおそらくお見えになるだろうと伺っておりました。
She left this morning with her husband by the 5:15 train from Charing Cross for the Continent."奥様は今朝、ご主人とご一緒に、チャリング・クロス発五時十五分の列車で大陸へお発ちになりました」