La Kazo-Libro de Ŝerloko Holmso

AVANTURA SLAVNOG KLIJENTA

The adventure of the illustrious client

„Sada više ne može da naškodi“,

“It can’t hurt now,”

prokomentarisao je gospodin

was Mr.

Šerlok Holms kada sam ga,

Sherlock Holmes’s comment when,

po deseti put u deset godina,

for the tenth time in as many years,

zamolio za dozvolu da objavim priču koja sledi.

I asked his leave to reveal the following narrative.

Tako sam najzad dobio dopuštenje da zabeležim ono što je,

So it was that at last I obtained permission to put on record what was,

na neki način,

in some ways,

bio vrhunac karijere mog prijatelja.

the supreme moment of my friend’s career.

I Holms i ja imali smo slabost prema turskom kupatilu.

Both Holmes and I had a weakness for the Turkish Bath.

Upravo uz cigaretu, u prijatnoj malaksalosti sobe za sušenje, nalazio sam ga manje uzdržanim i ljudskijim nego igde drugde.

It was over a smoke in the pleasant lassitude of the drying-room that I have found him less reticent and more human than anywhere else.

Na gornjem spratu kupatila u Nortamberlend aveniji postoji osamljen kutak u kome dva ležaja stoje jedan pored drugog,

On the upper floor of the Northumberland Avenue establishment there is an isolated corner where two couches lie side by side,

i na njima smo ležali 3. septembra

and it was on these that we lay upon September 3,

1902,

1902,

dana kada počinje moja priča.

the day when my narrative begins.

Pitao sam ga da li se nešto sprema,

I had asked him whether anything was stirring,

a on je umesto odgovora ispružio svoju dugu,

and for answer he had shot his long,

tanku,

thin,

nervoznu ruku ispod čaršava u koje je bio umotan i izvadio koverat iz unutrašnjeg džepa kaputa koji je visio pored njega.

nervous arm out of the sheets which enveloped him and had drawn an envelope from the inside pocket of the coat which hung beside him.

„Možda je u pitanju neka cepidlačka,

“It may be some fussy,

uobražena budala,

self-important fool,

a možda je stvar života i smrti“,

it may be a matter of life or death,”

rekao je

said he,

pružajući mi pisamce.

as he handed me the note.

„Ne znam ništa više od onoga što kaže ova poruka.“

“I know no more than this message tells me.”