Audiobook Dictation: “Bannister was very much upset by…”

"Bannister was very much upset by the incident.

「バニスターはこの出来事にひどく動揺していました。

I gave him a little brandy and left him collapsed in a chair, while I made a most careful examination of the room.

私は彼にブランデーを少し飲ませ、椅子にぐったりさせておいて、その間に部屋をこの上なく念入りに調べました。

I soon saw that the intruder had left other traces of his presence besides the rumpled papers.

まもなく、侵入者が乱れた書類のほかにも痕跡を残していったことがわかりました。

On the table in the window were several shreds from a pencil which had been sharpened.

窓際のテーブルの上に、削られた鉛筆の削りくずがいくつか落ちていました。

A broken tip of lead was lying there also.

折れた芯の先も落ちていました。

Evidently the rascal had copied the paper in a great hurry, had broken his pencil, and had been compelled to put a fresh point to it."

明らかに、そいつは大急ぎで問題を書き写していて鉛筆を折ってしまい、削り直さなければならなかったのです」

"Excellent!" said Holmes, who was recovering his good-humour as his attention became more engrossed by the case.

「すばらしい！」とホームズは言った。事件に気を取られていくにつれ、彼の上機嫌は戻りつつあった。

"This was not all.

「それだけではありません。

I have a new writing-table with a fine surface of red leather.

私のところには、上等な赤い革張りの新しい書き物机があります。

I am prepared to swear, and so is Bannister, that it was smooth and unstained.

あれがなめらかで染み一つなかったことは、私もバニスターも誓って言えます。