Человек с рассеченной губой

What an exposure!	- Красавец, не правда ли? - сказал инспектор.
What can I do?"	- Ему необходимо помыться, - заметил Холмс.
Sherlock Holmes sat down beside him on the couch and patted him kindly on the shoulder.	- Я уже и раньше об этом догадывался и захватил с собой весь инструмент.
"If you leave it to a court of law to clear the matter up," said he, "of course you can hardly avoid publicity.	Он раскрыл чемоданчик и, к нашему изумлению, вынул из него большую губку.
On the other hand, if you convince the police authorities that there is no possible case against you, I do not know that there is any reason that the details should find their way into the papers.	- Хе-хе, да вы шутник! - засмеялся инспектор.
Inspector Bradstreet would, I am sure, make notes upon anything which you might tell us and submit it to the proper authorities.	- Будьте любезны, откройте нам тихонько дверь, и мы живо придадим ему более приличный вид.
The case would then never go into court at all."	- Ладно, - оказал инспектор.
"God bless you!" cried the prisoner passionately.	- А то он и в самом деле позорит нашу тюрьму.
"I would have endured imprisonment, ay, even execution, rather than have left my miserable secret as a family blot to my children.	Инспектор открыл дверь, и мы втроем бесшумно вошли в камеру.
"You are the first who have ever heard my story.	Арестант шевельнулся, но сразу же заснул еще крепче.
My father was a schoolmaster in Chesterfield, where I received an excellent education.	Холмс подошел к рукомойнику, намочил свою губку и дважды с силой провел ею по лицу арестанта.
I travelled in my youth, took to the stage, and finally became a reporter on an evening paper in London.	- Позвольте мне представить вас мистеру Невиллу Сент-Клеру из Ли, в графстве Кент! - воскликнул Холмс.
One day my editor wished to have a series of articles upon begging in the metropolis, and I volunteered to supply them.	Никогда в жизни не видел я ничего подобного.
There was the point from which all my adventures started.	Лицо сползло с арестанта, как кора с дерева.
It was only by trying begging as an amateur that I could get the facts upon which to base my articles.	Исчез грубый темный загар.
When an actor I had, of course, learned all the secrets of making up, and had been famous in the green-room for my skill.	Исчез ужасный шрам, пересекавший все лицо наискосок.
I took advantage now of my attainments.	Исчезла разрезанная губа.
I painted my face, and to make myself as pitiable as possible I made a good scar and fixed one side of my lip in a twist by the aid of a small slip of flesh-coloured plaster.	Исчез отталкивающий оскал зубов.