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Full text: Japanese translation and original English

Lunch is waiting when Holmes and Watson return to the inn. Once the table has been cleared, Holmes invites his friend to sit down and says he would value some advice. Together they are about to reconsider the young man's explanation. Their starting point is the testimony they have already read in the newspaper, and the details it contains.

Having left Lestrade at his rooms, we drove to our hotel, where we found lunch upon the table.レストレードを下宿で降ろしたあと、私たちは馬車で自分たちの宿へ向かった。そこでは、テーブルに昼食が用意されていた。
Holmes was silent and buried in thought with a pained expression upon his face, as one who finds himself in a perplexing position.ホームズは黙って考え込み、困った立場に置かれた人のように、苦しげな表情を浮かべていた。
"Look here, Watson," he said when the cloth was cleared "just sit down in this chair and let me preach to you for a little.「いいかい、ワトソン」と食卓が片づくと彼は言った。「ちょっとこの椅子に座って、少しばかり私の話を聞いてくれ。
I don't know quite what to do, and I should value your advice.どうすればよいのか、どうも決めかねている。きみの助言をもらえればありがたい。
Light a cigar and let me expound."葉巻に火をつけて、説明させてくれ」
"Pray do so."「どうぞ、聞かせてくれ」
"Well, now, in considering this case there are two points about young McCarthy's narrative which struck us both instantly, although they impressed me in his favour and you against him.「さて、この事件を考えるうえで、若いマッカーシーの話には、私たち二人ともすぐに心を引かれた点が二つあったね。ただし、私は彼に有利、きみは不利な点と受け取った。
One was the fact that his father should, according to his account, cry 'Cooee!' before seeing him.一つは、彼の説明によれば、父親が息子を見る前に『クーイー』と叫んだという事実だ。
The other was his singular dying reference to a rat.もう一つは、死に際の、ネズミについての奇妙な言葉だ。
He mumbled several words, you understand, but that was all that caught the son's ear.父親はいくつか言葉をつぶやいたが、息子に聞き取れたのはそれだけだったのだね。
Now from this double point our research must commence, and we will begin it by presuming that what the lad says is absolutely true."そこで、この二点から調査を始めなければならない。まずは青年の言うことがまったく本当だと仮定することにしよう」