"Could you ring him up? — thank you! And I should be glad to have change of this five-pound note."

A lad of fourteen, with a bright, keen face (парень лет четырнадцати, с симпатичным и умным лицом), had obeyed the summons of the manager (вышел на зов: «подчинился вызову» управляющего). He stood now gazing with great reverence at the famous detective (и теперь он стоял, с благоговением уставившись на знаменитого сыщика).

"Let me have the Hotel Directory (дайте мне справочник гостиниц)," said Holmes. "Thank you (благодарю вас)! Now, Cartwright, there are the names of twenty-three hotels here (а теперь = смотрите, Картрайт, здесь названия двадцати трех гостиниц), all in the immediate neighbourhood of Charing Cross (все в непосредственной близости от Чаринг-Кросс). Do you see (видите)?"

"Yes, sir."

"You will visit each of these in turn (вы по очереди посетите каждую из них)."

"Yes, sir."

"You will begin in each case by giving the outside porter one shilling (в каждом случае для начала будете давать швейцарам по шиллингу; outside — внешний, наружный). Here are twenty-three shillings (вот двадцать три шиллинга)."

"Yes, sir."

"You will tell him (вы им скажете) that you want to see the waste paper of yesterday (что хотите осмотреть выброшенные вчера бумаги; waste paper — выброшенная бумага, макулатура; waste — ненужный, непригодный, бесполезный; отработанный). You will say that an important telegram has miscarried (скажете, что одну важную телеграмму доставили не по адресу; to miscarry — потерпеть неудачу; не доходить по адресу) and that you are looking for it (и что вы ее ищете). You understand (вы поняли)?"

"Yes, sir."

"But what you are really looking for (но в действительности вы будете искать) is the centre page of the Times with some holes cut in it with scissors («центральную» страницу "Таймс", изрезанную ножницами; hole — дыра, отверстие; прорезь). Here is a copy of the Times. It is this page (вот номер: «экземпляр» "Таймс", вот эта страница). You could easily recognise it, could you not (вы без труда: «легко» смогли бы ее узнать, не так ли)?"

"Yes, sir."

fourteen [,fO:'ti:n], really ['rI@lI], recognise ['rek@gnaIz]

A lad of fourteen, with a bright, keen face, had obeyed the summons of the manager. He stood now gazing with great reverence at the famous detective.

"Let me have the Hotel Directory," said Holmes. "Thank you! Now, Cartwright, there are the names of twenty-three hotels here, all in the immediate neighbourhood of Charing Cross. Do you see?"

"Yes, sir."

"You will visit each of these in turn."

"Yes, sir."

"You will begin in each case by giving the outside porter one shilling. Here are twenty-three shillings."

"Yes, sir."

"You will tell him that you want to see the waste paper of yesterday. You will say that an important telegram has miscarried and that you are looking for it. You understand?"

"Yes, sir."

"But what you are really looking for is the centre page of the Times with some holes cut in it with scissors. Here is a copy of the Times. It is this page. You could easily recognise it, could you not?"

"Yes, sir."

"In each case the outside porter will send for the hall porter (каждый раз швейцар будет посылать за коридорным), to whom also you will give a shilling (которому вы тоже дадите шиллинг). Here are twenty-three shillings (вот двадцать три шиллинга). You will then learn in possibly twenty cases out of the twenty-three (возможно, в двадцати случаях из двадцати трех вы обнаружите; to learn — учиться; узнавать) that the waste of the day before has been burned or removed (что вчерашний мусор: «мусор предыдущего дня» /уже/ сожгли или вывезли; to remove — перемещать; уносить). In the three other cases (в трех остальных случаях) you will be shown a heap of paper (вам покажут кучу бумаг) and you will look for this page of the Times among it (и вы поищите среди них эту страницу из "Таймс"). The odds are enormously against your finding it (вероятность, что вы ее найдете, очень мала; enormously — весьма, чрезвычайно; enormous — громадный; гигантский; against — против). There are ten shillings over in case of emergencies (вот десять шиллингов на непредвиденные /расходы/; emergency — непредвиденный случай; to emerge — появляться; всплывать; выходить). Let me have a report by wire at Baker Street before evening (к вечеру дайте/пошлите мне отчет по телеграфу на Бейкер-стрит). And now, Watson, it only remains for us to find out by wire the identity of the cabman, No. 2704 (а сейчас, Ватсон, нам остается только установить: «выяснить по телеграфу» личность кебмена номер две тысячи семьсот четыре), and then we will drop into one of the Bond Street picture galleries (а потом заглянем в какую-нибудь картинную галерею на Бонд-стрит) and fill in the time until we are due at the hotel (и скоротаем /там/ время до /поездки/ в гостиницу; to fill in time — убить время; to be due — быть должным)."

porter ['pO:t@], identity [aI'dentItI], gallery ['g&l@rI]

"In each case the outside porter will send for the hall porter, to whom also you will give a shilling. Here are twenty-three shillings. You will then learn in possibly twenty cases out of the twenty-three that the waste of the day before has been burned or removed. In the three other cases you will be shown a heap of paper and you will look for this page of the Times among it. The odds are enormously against your finding it. There are ten shillings over in case of emergencies. Let me have a report by wire at Baker Street before evening. And now, Watson, it only remains for us to find out by wire the identity of the cabman, No. 2704, and then we will drop into one of the Bond Street picture galleries and fill in the time until we are due at the hotel."