Avanture Šerloka Holmsa

I.

I.

Skandal u Boemiji

A Scandal in Bohemia

I.

I.

Za Šerloka Holmsa ona je uvek bila

To Sherlock Holmes she is always

ta

the

žena.

woman.

Retko sam ga slušao da je naziva bilo kojim drugim imenom.

I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name.

U njegovim očima ona zaklanja i nadvisuje ceo svoj pol.

In his eyes she eclipses and predominates the whole of her sex.

Nije bilo tako da je prema Ajrin Adler osećao nešto srodno ljubavi.

It was not that he felt any emotion akin to love for Irene Adler.

Sva osećanja,

All emotions,

a to naročito,

and that one particularly,

bila su odvratna njegovom hladnom,

were abhorrent to his cold,

preciznom, ali zadivljujuće uravnoteženom umu.

precise but admirably balanced mind.

On je bio,

He was,

tako mi se čini,

I take it,

najsavršenija mašina za rasuđivanje i posmatranje koju je svet video,

the most perfect reasoning and observing machine that the world has seen,

ali kao ljubavnik doveo bi sebe u lažan položaj.

but as a lover he would have placed himself in a false position.

O nežnijim strastima nikada nije govorio

He never spoke of the softer passions,

osim sa poruganjem i podsmehom.

save with a gibe and a sneer.

Za posmatrača su bile divna stvar — izvrsne da se s ljudskih pobuda i postupaka skine zavesa.

They were admirable things for the observer—excellent for drawing the veil from men’s motives and actions.

Ali da izvežban mislilac dopusti takve uljeze u svoju osetljivu i fino podešenu prirodu značilo bi uvesti smetnju koja bi mogla baciti senku sumnje na sve rezultate njegovog uma.

But for the trained reasoner to admit such intrusions into his own delicate and finely adjusted temperament was to introduce a distracting factor which might throw a doubt upon all his mental results.

Zrno peska u osetljivom instrumentu,

Grit in a sensitive instrument,

ili pukotina na jednom od njegovih jakih sočiva,

or a crack in one of his own high-power lenses,

ne bi bili više uznemirujući od snažnog osećanja u prirodi kakva je njegova.

would not be more disturbing than a strong emotion in a nature such as his.

A ipak, za njega je postojala samo jedna žena,

And yet there was but one woman to him,

i ta žena bila je pokojna Ajrin Adler,

and that woman was the late Irene Adler,

sumnjive i upitne uspomene.

of dubious and questionable memory.