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Full text: Japanese translation and original English

Holmes remarks that apparently obvious facts can deceive. As he explains how his methods differ from Lestrade's, he turns the conversation toward Watson's everyday life. With complete confidence, he brings up the position of Watson's bedroom window. Before they have even inspected the scene of the case, Holmes offers an example drawn from something much closer to home.

"There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact," he answered, laughing.「明白な事実ほど人を欺くものはない」と彼は笑って答えた。
"Besides, we may chance to hit upon some other obvious facts which may have been by no means obvious to Mr. Lestrade.「それに、レストレードには少しも明白でなかった、別の明白な事実に、私たちは偶然ぶつかるかもしれない。
You know me too well to think that I am boasting when I say that I shall either confirm or destroy his theory by means which he is quite incapable of employing, or even of understanding.彼の説を裏付けるか打ち壊すか、彼には使うことも、理解することさえまったくできない方法でそうしてみせる、と私が言っても、私をよく知るきみなら自慢だとは思わないだろう。
To take the first example to hand, I very clearly perceive that in your bedroom the window is upon the right-hand side, and yet I question whether Mr. Lestrade would have noted even so self-evident a thing as that."手近な最初の例を挙げれば、きみの寝室の窓は右手にあるとはっきり分かる。それでもレストレードが、これほど自明なことにさえ気づくかどうか、私は疑っている」
"How on earth—"「いったい、どうして……」