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

"Bannister was very much upset by the incident.

“Bannister ficou muito abalado com o incidente.

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

Dei-lhe um pouco de conhaque e deixei-o prostrado numa cadeira, enquanto eu examinava o quarto com o máximo cuidado.

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

Logo vi que o intruso deixara outros vestígios de sua presença além dos papéis amarrotados.

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

Na mesa junto à janela havia várias aparas de um lápis que fora apontado.

A broken tip of lead was lying there also.

Uma ponta de grafite quebrada também estava ali.

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."

Evidentemente o patife copiara a prova às pressas, quebrara o lápis e fora obrigado a fazer-lhe nova ponta.”

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

“Excelente!”, disse Holmes, que recuperava o bom humor à medida que sua atenção se deixava absorver pelo caso.

"This was not all.

“Isso não foi tudo.

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

Tenho uma escrivaninha nova com uma bela superfície de couro vermelho.

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

Estou pronto a jurar, e Bannister também, que ela estava lisa e sem manchas.