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The Pawnbroker
Watson records the issue as the Morning Chronicle of April 27, 1890, exactly two months earlier. Wilson then begins his personal history. He runs a small pawnbroker’s shop near the City, but business provides only a modest living. He now employs a single assistant who accepts half wages because he wants to learn the trade.
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Watson records the issue as the Morning Chronicle of April 27, 1890, exactly two months earlier. Wilson then begins his personal history. He runs a small pawnbroker’s shop near the City, but business provides only a modest living. He now employs a single assistant who accepts half wages because he wants to learn the trade.
"It is The Morning Chronicle of April 27, 1890.「一八九〇年四月二十七日付のモーニング・クロニクル紙だね。
Just two months ago."ちょうど二か月前だ」
"Very good.「よろしい。
Now, Mr. Wilson?"では、ウィルソンさん？」
"Well, it is just as I have been telling you, Mr. Sherlock Holmes," said Jabez Wilson, mopping his forehead; "I have a small pawnbroker's business at Coburg Square, near the City.「ええ、さっきからお話ししているとおりでしてね、シャーロック・ホームズさん」とジェイベズ・ウィルソンは額の汗をぬぐいながら言った。「私はシティの近くのコバーグ・スクエアで、小さな質屋を営んでおりまして。
It's not a very large affair, and of late years it has not done more than just give me a living.たいした店じゃありませんし、ここ数年は、どうにか食べていけるくらいの稼ぎしかありません。
I used to be able to keep two assistants, but now I only keep one; and I would have a job to pay him but that he is willing to come for half wages so as to learn the business."以前は店員を二人置いておけたんですが、今は一人だけでして。それも、商売を覚えたいからと給金半分で来てくれるからいいようなもので、そうでなけりゃ給金を払うのにひと苦労ですよ」