Пригоди Шерлока Холмса
A Scandal in Bohemia
FromtimetotimeIheardsomevagueaccountofhisdoings: ofhissummonstoOdessainthecaseoftheTrepoffmurder, ofhisclearingupofthesingulartragedyoftheAtkinsonbrothersatTrincomalee, andfinallyofthemissionwhichhehadaccomplishedsodelicatelyandsuccessfullyforthereigningfamilyofHolland. Beyondthesesignsofhisactivity,however, whichImerelysharedwithallthereadersofthedailypress,Iknewlittleofmyformerfriendandcompanion.
Onenight—itwasonthetwentiethofMarch,1888 —Iwasreturningfromajourneytoapatient(forIhadnowreturnedtocivilpractice), whenmywayledmethroughBakerStreet. AsIpassedthewell-remembereddoor,whichmustalwaysbeassociatedinmymindwithmywooing, andwiththedarkincidentsoftheStudyinScarlet,IwasseizedwithakeendesiretoseeHolmesagain, andtoknowhowhewasemployinghisextraordinarypowers. Hisroomswerebrilliantlylit,and,evenasIlookedup,Isawhistall, sparefigurepasstwiceinadarksilhouetteagainsttheblind. Hewaspacingtheroomswiftly,eagerly,withhisheadsunkuponhischestandhishandsclaspedbehindhim. Tome,whoknewhiseverymoodandhabit, hisattitudeandmannertoldtheirownstory. Hewasatworkagain.Hehadrisenoutofhisdrug-createddreams andwashotuponthescentofsomenewproblem. Irangthebellandwasshownuptothechamber whichhadformerlybeeninpartmyown.
Hismannerwasnoteffusive. Itseldomwas;buthewasglad,Ithink,toseeme. Withhardlyawordspoken,butwithakindlyeye,hewavedmetoanarmchair, threwacrosshiscaseofcigars,andindicatedaspiritcaseandagasogeneinthecorner. Thenhestoodbeforethefireandlookedmeoverinhissingularintrospectivefashion.
