“Well, really, when I consider that she has turned her back (ну да; когда я думаю, что она отказалась; to turn one's back upon: «повернуться спиной» — отвернуться, отказаться от /кого-либо или от чего-либо/; покинуть, бросить /кого-либо или что-либо/) — I will not say upon me (нет, не от меня), but upon so much that many have aspired to without success (а от всего того, к чему многие /женщины/ стремились безуспешно) — I can hardly explain it in any other fashion (мне трудно объяснить это как-то иначе).”

jealousy ['dZel@sI], propound [pr@'paund], consciousness ['kOnS@snIs]

“Still, jealousy is a strange transformer of characters. Pray what is your own theory as to what took place?”

“Well, really, I came to seek a theory, not to propound one. I have given you all the facts. Since you ask me, however, I may say that it has occurred to me as possible that the excitement of this affair, the consciousness that she had made so immense a social stride, had the effect of causing some little nervous disturbance in my wife.”

“In short, that she had become suddenly deranged?”

“Well, really, when I consider that she has turned her back — I will not say upon me, but upon so much that many have aspired to without success — I can hardly explain it in any other fashion.”

“Well, certainly that is also a conceivable hypothesis (что ж, конечно, это тоже возможное предположение),” said Holmes, smiling (сказал Холмс, улыбаясь). “And now, Lord St. Simon, I think that I have nearly all my data (а теперь, лорд Сент-Саймон, у меня, пожалуй, есть почти все /необходимые/ сведения). May I ask whether you were seated at the breakfast-table (можно спросить: сидели ли вы за свадебным столом таким образом) so that you could see out of the window (что могли видеть, что происходит на улице: «могли смотреть в окно»)?”

“We could see the other side of the road and the Park (мы видели другую сторону дороги = противоположный тротуар и Парк).”

“Quite so (отлично; quite so — несомненно, правильно, совершенно верно). Then I do not think that I need to detain you longer (итак, больше нет необходимости задерживать вас). I shall communicate with you (я свяжусь с вами; to communicate — сообщать; поддерживать связь, общаться).”

“Should you be fortunate enough to solve this problem (только бы вам посчастливилось разрешить эту загадку),” said our client, rising (сказал наш клиент, вставая).

“I have solved it (я уже разрешил ее).”

“Eh? What was that (что? что вы сказали)?”

“I say that I have solved it (я сказал, что разрешил ее).”

hypothesis [haI'pOT@sIs], communicate [k@'mju:nIkeIt], enough [I'nVf]

“Well, certainly that is also a conceivable hypothesis,” said Holmes, smiling. “And now, Lord St. Simon, I think that I have nearly all my data. May I ask whether you were seated at the breakfast-table so that you could see out of the window?”

“We could see the other side of the road and the Park.”

“Quite so. Then I do not think that I need to detain you longer. I shall communicate with you.”

“Should you be fortunate enough to solve this problem,” said our client, rising.

“I have solved it.”

“Eh? What was that?”

“I say that I have solved it.”

“Where, then, is my wife (тогда где же моя жена)?”

“That is a detail which I shall speedily supply (эту деталь я скоро сообщу вам; to supply — давать, поставлять; удовлетворять /нужды, желания/).”

Lord St. Simon shook his head (лорд Сент-Саймон покачал головой).