physician [f'zn], preceded [pr'si:dd], police [p'li:s]

In a quarter of an hour or so we were back at the physician’s house. He came running out to meet us with a face of horror.

“Oh, such a business!” he cried, with his hands to his temples.

“What then?”

“Blessington has committed suicide!”

Holmes whistled.

“Yes, he hanged himself during the night.”

We had entered, and the doctor had preceded us into what was evidently his waiting-room.

“I really hardly know what I am doing,” he cried. “The police are already upstairs. It has shaken me most dreadfully.”

“When did you find it out (когда вы это обнаружили)?”

“He has a cup of tea taken in to him early every morning (рано утром ему подают чай). When the maid entered, about seven (когда горничная вошла /к нему/, около семи), there the unfortunate fellow was hanging in the middle of the room (бедняга болтался /в петле/ посреди комнаты). He had tied his cord to the hook (он привязал веревку к крюку) on which the heavy lamp used to hang (на котором раньше висела тяжелая лампа), and he had jumped off from the top of the very box (и спрыгнул с той самой коробки) that he showed us yesterday (которую показывал нам вчера).”

Holmes stood for a moment in deep thought (с минуту Холмс стоял в глубокой задумчивости).

“With your permission (с вашего позволения),” said he at last (сказал он наконец), “I should like to go upstairs and look into the matter (я хотел бы подняться наверх и изучить это дело = осмотреть место происшествия).”

We both ascended, followed by the doctor (мы оба поднялись, за нами шел доктор; to follow smb. — следовать за кем-либо, сопровождать кого-либо).

cord [k:d], yesterday ['jestd], permission [p'mn]

“When did you find it out?”

“He has a cup of tea taken in to him early every morning. When the maid entered, about seven, there the unfortunate fellow was hanging in the middle of the room. He had tied his cord to the hook on which the heavy lamp used to hang, and he had jumped off from the top of the very box that he showed us yesterday.”

Holmes stood for a moment in deep thought.

“With your permission,” said he at last, “I should like to go upstairs and look into the matter.”

We both ascended, followed by the doctor.