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Gestures at the Window
Holmes questions Mrs. St. Clair point by point about the open window, Neville's cry, and the movement of his hands. She read the gesture as an urgent appeal for help, but heard no intelligible words. Their careful conversation distinguishes what she actually observed from the meaning she naturally gave it.
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Holmes questions Mrs. St. Clair point by point about the open window, Neville's cry, and the movement of his hands. She read the gesture as an urgent appeal for help, but heard no intelligible words. Their careful conversation distinguishes what she actually observed from the meaning she naturally gave it.
"But it might have been a cry of surprise.「しかし、驚きの声だったのかもしれません。
Astonishment at the unexpected sight of you might cause him to throw up his hands?"思いがけず奥様を見かけて驚き、両手を上げたとも考えられますね」
"It is possible."「あり得ることです」
"And you thought he was pulled back?"「それから、後ろへ引かれたように思われた」
"He disappeared so suddenly."「とても突然姿が消えましたから」
"He might have leaped back.「自分で後ろへ跳んだのかもしれません。
You did not see anyone else in the room?"部屋の中に、ほかの人は見えませんでしたか」
"No, but this horrible man confessed to having been there, and the Lascar was at the foot of the stairs."「見えませんでした。でも、あの恐ろしい男はそこにいたと認めていますし、店主は階段の下にいました」
"Quite so.「なるほど。
Your husband, as far as you could see, had his ordinary clothes on?"見えた限りでは、ご主人は普段の服を着ていましたね」
"But without his collar or tie.「でも、付け襟もネクタイも着けていませんでした。
I distinctly saw his bare throat."何も覆っていない喉元がはっきり見えました」