I ascended to No. 15 (я поднялся в номер 15), and found a couple of bobbies and an inspector busy making an examination (и обнаружил парочку полисменов: «бобби» и одного инспектора, которые были заняты осмотром: «проведением осмотра»). I asked a few idiotic questions (я задал несколько идиотских вопросов), and they soon kicked me out (и они вскоре выставили меня за дверь;
‘Nawsty business ’ere this morning, Sir. Gent in No. 15 been and shot ’isself. They’ve just took ’im to the mortiary. The police are up there now.’
I ascended to No. 15, and found a couple of bobbies and an inspector busy making an examination. I asked a few idiotic questions, and they soon kicked me out. Then I found the man that had valeted Scudder, and pumped him, but I could see he suspected nothing. He was a whining fellow with a churchyard face, and half-a-crown went far to console him.