Full text: Japanese translation and original English
Settled on the inn's sofa, Holmes considers whether to go outside by looking at the barometer and the sky. Lestrade discusses the prospects of the case and the woman who asked him to investigate it. As the men sit together over tea, a carriage arrives at the door, bringing a new visitor into their room.
"How is the glass?「気圧計はどうかな。
Twenty-nine, I see.なるほど、二十九だ。
No wind, and not a cloud in the sky.風もなければ、空に雲一つない。
I have a caseful of cigarettes here which need smoking, and the sofa is very much superior to the usual country hotel abomination.ここにケースいっぱい、吸ってやらなければならない紙巻きたばこがあるし、このソファも、田舎の宿によくあるひどい代物より、ずっと上等だ。
I do not think that it is probable that I shall use the carriage to-night."今夜は、馬車を使うことはなさそうだね」
Lestrade laughed indulgently.レストレードは大目に見るように笑った。
"You have, no doubt, already formed your conclusions from the newspapers," he said.「もう新聞だけで結論を出してしまったのだろう」と彼は言った。
"The case is as plain as a pikestaff, and the more one goes into it the plainer it becomes.「この事件はまったく明白だし、調べれば調べるほど、いっそう明らかになる。
Still, of course, one can't refuse a lady, and such a very positive one, too.とはいえ、もちろん、女性の頼みは断れない。しかも、あれほど意志の固い人とあってはね。
She has heard of you, and would have your opinion, though I repeatedly told her that there was nothing which you could do which I had not already done.あの人はきみの評判を聞いて、どうしても意見を聞きたいと言うのだ。きみにできて、私がまだしていないことなど何もないと、繰り返し話したのだが。
Why, bless my soul! here is her carriage at the door."おや、これは驚いた。戸口にあの人の馬車が来ているよ」
He had hardly spoken before there rushed into the room one of the most lovely young women that I have ever seen in my life.彼が言い終えるか終えないかのうちに、私が生涯見た中でもひときわ美しい若い女性が、部屋へ駆け込んできた。
Her violet eyes shining, her lips parted, a pink flush upon her cheeks, all thought of her natural reserve lost in her overpowering excitement and concern.紫色の目を輝かせ、唇をわずかに開き、頬を淡い桃色に染めていた。抗いがたい興奮と心配のために、生来の慎み深さをすっかり忘れている様子だった。