Speed (this sentence)– kana/min
Accuracy (this sentence)–
Average this session– kana/min
Accuracy this session (0 sentences)–
Words to learn (this scene)
None yet

Full text: Japanese translation and original English

Holmes again asks Watson whether he noticed anything peculiar about the bed and directs his attention to one particular feature. Watson begins to see the outline of his friend's reasoning, though not the whole answer. Holmes suggests that they rest and smoke their pipes until it is time to act that night.

"It was clamped to the floor.「床に留め付けてあったのだ。
Did you ever see a bed fastened like that before?"あんなふうに固定されたベッドを、前に見たことがあるかね？」
"I cannot say that I have."「ないと思うね」
"The lady could not move her bed.「その女性はベッドを動かせなかった。
It must always be in the same relative position to the ventilator and to the rope—or so we may call it, since it was clearly never meant for a bell-pull."ベッドは常に、通風口と紐、まあそう呼んでおくが、それに対して同じ位置になければならなかった。あれは明らかに呼び鈴の紐のつもりで作られたものではないからね」
"Holmes," I cried, "I seem to see dimly what you are hinting at.「ホームズ」と私は叫んだ。「きみが何をほのめかしているのか、ぼんやり見えてきた気がする。
We are only just in time to prevent some subtle and horrible crime."何か巧妙で恐ろしい犯罪を防ぐのに、ぎりぎり間に合ったんだ」
"Subtle enough and horrible enough.「巧妙で恐ろしい、そのとおりだ。
When a doctor does go wrong he is the first of criminals.医者が道を踏み外したら、最も悪質な犯罪者になる。
He has nerve and he has knowledge.度胸があり、知識もあるのだから。
Palmer and Pritchard were among the heads of their profession.パーマーとプリチャードは、医者仲間でも指折りの人物だった。
This man strikes even deeper, but I think, Watson, that we shall be able to strike deeper still.この男はさらに深く打ち込んでくるが、ワトソン、我々はそれよりさらに深く打てると思う。
But we shall have horrors enough before the night is over; for goodness' sake let us have a quiet pipe and turn our minds for a few hours to something more cheerful."だが夜が明けるまでに恐ろしい思いはたっぷり味わうだろう。後生だ、静かにパイプをくゆらせて、数時間だけでももっと楽しいことに気を向けようじゃないか」