Der Hund von Baskerville

Gospodin

Mr.

Šerlok Holms,

Sherlock Holmes,

koji je obično ustajao veoma kasno,

who was usually very late in the mornings,

osim u onim nimalo retkim prilikama kada bi probdeo celu noć,

save upon those not infrequent occasions when he was up all night,

sedeo je za stolom i doručkovao.

was seated at the breakfast table.

Stajao sam na prostirci pred kaminom i podigao štap koji je naš posetilac prethodne večeri zaboravio kod nas.

I stood upon the hearth-rug and picked up the stick which our visitor had left behind him the night before.

Bio je to lep,

It was a fine,

debeo drveni štap

thick piece of wood,

sa zadebljanom glavom,

bulbous-headed,

od one vrste koja se naziva

of the sort which is known as a

„penanški advokat“.

“Penang lawyer.”

Tik ispod glave nalazio se širok srebrni prsten, gotovo palac širine.

Just under the head was a broad silver band nearly an inch across.

„Džejmsu Mortimeru,

“To James Mortimer,

M.R.C.S.,

M.R.C.S.,

od njegovih prijatelja iz C.C.H.“,

from his friends of the C.C.H.,”

pisalo je urezano na njemu,

was engraved upon it,

s datumom

with the date

„1884“.

“1884.”

Bio je to upravo onakav štap kakav su nekada nosili staromodni porodični lekari – dostojanstven,

It was just such a stick as the old-fashioned family practitioner used to carry—dignified,

čvrst

solid,

i pouzdan.

and reassuring.

„Pa,

“Well,

Votsone,

Watson,

šta zaključujete iz toga?“

what do you make of it?”