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Tuan

Mr.

Sherlock Holmes,

Sherlock Holmes,

yang biasanya bangun sangat siang,

who was usually very late in the mornings,

kecuali pada saat-saat yang tidak jarang ketika ia terjaga semalaman,

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

sedang duduk di meja sarapan.

was seated at the breakfast table.

Saya berdiri di atas permadani di depan perapian dan memungut tongkat yang ditinggalkan tamu kami malam sebelumnya.

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

Tongkat itu terbuat dari kayu yang bagus,

It was a fine,

tebal,

thick piece of wood,

berkepala bulat menggembung,

bulbous-headed,

dari jenis yang dikenal sebagai

of the sort which is known as a

“pengacara Penang”.

“Penang lawyer.”

Tepat di bawah kepalanya melingkar sebuah cincin perak lebar yang lebarnya hampir satu inci.

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

“Untuk James Mortimer,

“To James Mortimer,

M.R.C.S.,

M.R.C.S.,

dari sahabat-sahabatnya di C.C.H.,”

from his friends of the C.C.H.,”

demikian terukir di situ,

was engraved upon it,

bersama tahun

with the date

“1884”.

“1884.”

Tongkat itu persis seperti yang biasa dibawa dokter keluarga zaman dulu—anggun,

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

kokoh,

solid,

dan menenteramkan.

and reassuring.

“Nah,

“Well,

Watson,

Watson,

apa kesimpulanmu tentang tongkat itu?”

what do you make of it?”