Il taccuino di Sherlock Holmes

KUULSA KLIENDI JUHTUM

The adventure of the illustrious client

„Nüüd ei saa see enam kahju teha,“

“It can’t hurt now,”

oli härra

was Mr.

Sherlock Holmesi kommentaar, kui ma

Sherlock Holmes’s comment when,

kümnendat korda kümne aasta jooksul

for the tenth time in as many years,

palusin tema luba järgneva loo avaldamiseks.

I asked his leave to reveal the following narrative.

Nii sain ma lõpuks loa jäädvustada seda, mis oli

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

mõnes mõttes

in some ways,

mu sõbra karjääri kõrgeim hetk.

the supreme moment of my friend’s career.

Nii Holmesil kui ka minul oli nõrkus türgi sauna vastu.

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

Just suitsu tehes, kuivatusruumi meeldivas lõtvuses, olen ma leidnud ta vähem kinnise ja inimlikumana kui kusagil mujal.

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.

Northumberland Avenue asutuse ülemisel korrusel on eraldatud nurk, kus kaks lamamistooli seisavad kõrvuti,

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

ja just neil me lamasime 3. septembril

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

1902. aastal,

1902,

päeval, mil mu jutustus algab.

the day when my narrative begins.

Olin temalt küsinud, kas midagi on tulekul,

I had asked him whether anything was stirring,

ja vastuseks oli ta pistnud oma pika,

and for answer he had shot his long,

peenikese,

thin,

närvilise käe välja linade vahelt, mis teda ümbritsesid, ja tõmmanud ümbriku välja kõrval rippuva mantli sisetaskust.

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.

„See võib olla mõni pedantne,

“It may be some fussy,

enesetähtis narr,

self-important fool,

see võib olla elu ja surma küsimus,“

it may be a matter of life or death,”

ütles ta,

said he,

ulatades mulle kirjakese.

as he handed me the note.

„Ma ei tea rohkem, kui see sõnum mulle ütleb.“

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