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Full text: Japanese translation and original English

Early one April morning in 1883, Watson wakes to find Holmes fully dressed beside his bed. Holmes normally rises late, yet it is only a quarter past seven. A young woman has arrived and is waiting in the sitting room to consult him. Watson immediately decides to join his friend and hear her story.

It was early in April in the year '83 that I woke one morning to find Sherlock Holmes standing, fully dressed, by the side of my bed.それは一八八三年の四月の初め、ある朝、目を覚ますと、シャーロック・ホームズが身支度をすっかり整えて私のベッドの脇に立っていた、という日のことだ。
He was a late riser, as a rule, and as the clock on the mantelpiece showed me that it was only a quarter-past seven, I blinked up at him in some surprise, and perhaps just a little resentment, for I was myself regular in my habits.彼はたいてい朝寝坊で、暖炉の上の時計もまだ七時十五分にしかなっていなかったので、私は少し驚き、おそらくほんの少し恨めしく思いながら彼を見上げてまばたきをした。私自身は規則正しい生活を送っていたからだ。
"Very sorry to knock you up, Watson," said he, "but it's the common lot this morning.「たたき起こしてすまないね、ワトソン」と彼は言った。「だが今朝は、誰もがこういう目に遭う日なのだ。
Mrs. Hudson has been knocked up, she retorted upon me, and I on you."ハドソン夫人がたたき起こされ、彼女がそれを私に返し、私がそれをきみに回したというわけさ」
"What is it, then—a fire?"「では何だい——火事かい？」
"No; a client.「いや、依頼人だよ。
It seems that a young lady has arrived in a considerable state of excitement, who insists upon seeing me.若い女性が、かなり興奮した様子でやって来て、どうしても私に会いたいと言い張っているらしい。
She is waiting now in the sitting-room.いまは居間で待っている。
Now, when young ladies wander about the metropolis at this hour of the morning, and knock sleepy people up out of their beds, I presume that it is something very pressing which they have to communicate.さて、若い女性がこんな朝早くに大都会をさまよい歩き、眠っている人間をベッドから叩き起こすとなれば、よほど切迫した用件を伝えに来たのだろうと私は思う。
Should it prove to be an interesting case, you would, I am sure, wish to follow it from the outset.もしおもしろい事件だと分かれば、きみはきっと、最初から立ち会いたいと思うはずだ。
I thought, at any rate, that I should call you and give you the chance."とにかく、きみを呼んでその機会を与えるべきだと思ったのだよ」
"My dear fellow, I would not miss it for anything."「きみ、こんな機会を逃すものか」