"No, it certainly is not."
"With all these data you should be able to draw some just inference. But here are the regulars: so the auxiliary forces may beat a retreat."
As he spoke, the steps which had been coming nearer sounded loudly on the passage, and a very stout, portly man in a gray suit strode heavily into the room. He was red-faced, burly and plethoric, with a pair of very small twinkling eyes which looked keenly out from between swollen and puffy pouches. He was closely followed by an inspector in uniform, and by the still palpitating Thaddeus Sholto.
"Here's a business!" he cried, in a muffled, husky voice (ну и дельце! — вскричал он глухим, хриплым голосом; to muffle — закутывать, окутывать; глушить, заглушать /звук/). "Here's a pretty business (хорошенькое дельце)! But who are all these (но кто все эти люди)? Why, the house seems to be as full as a rabbit-warren (да в этом доме тесно: «этот дом так полон», как в кроличьем садке)!"
"I think you must recollect me, Mr. Athelney Jones," said Holmes, quietly (вы, должно быть, помните меня, мистер Этелни Джонс, — спокойно сказал Холмс).
"Why, of course I do!" he wheezed (ну, конечно же помню! — прохрипел он; to wheeze — дышать с присвистом; хрипеть). "It's Mr. Sherlock Holmes, the theorist (мистер Шерлок Холмс, теоретик). Remember you (помню вас)! I'll never forget how you lectured us all on causes and inferences and effects in the Bishopgate jewel case (я никогда не забуду, как вы поучали нас по поводу причин, выводов и следствий в бишопгейтском ювелирном деле; to lecture — читать лекцию). It's true you set us on the right track (вы и впрямь направили нас по правильному пути; to set — ставить, класть; направлять; track — след; курс, путь); but you'll own now that it was more by good luck than good guidance (но вы должны признать теперь, что это случилось, скорее, благодаря удаче, чем удачному совету; to own — владеть; признаваться; good luck — счастливый случай, удача; guidance — руководство; консультирование; to guide — вести; руководить)."
"It was a piece of very simple reasoning (это был образчик очень простых умозаключений = это была обычная логика; piece — кусок; образец, пример; reasoning — рассуждение, умозаключение)."
warren ['wOr(@)n]
"Here's a business!" he cried, in a muffled, husky voice. "Here's a pretty business! But who are all these? Why, the house seems to be as full as a rabbit-warren!"
"I think you must recollect me, Mr. Athelney Jones," said Holmes, quietly.
"Why, of course I do!" he wheezed. "It's Mr. Sherlock Holmes, the theorist. Remember you! I'll never forget how you lectured us all on causes and inferences and effects in the Bishopgate jewel case. It's true you set us on the right track; but you'll own now that it was more by good luck than good guidance."
"It was a piece of very simple reasoning."
"Oh, come, now, come (да ладно вам)! Never be ashamed to own up (никогда не стыдитесь признаться). But what is all this (но что это тут)? Bad business! Bad business (скверное дело)! Stern facts here, — no room for theories (голые факты теперь — теориям не место; stern — строгий; room — комната; место). How lucky that I happened to be out at Norwood over another case (как удачно, что я как раз оказался в Норвуде по другому делу; to happen — случаться, происходить)! I was at the station when the message arrived (я был в участке, когда поступило сообщение). What d'you think the man died of (как выдумаете, от чего он умер)?"