Английский язык с Шерлоком Холмсом. Знак четырех (ASCII-IPA)

"No? You surprise me (вы удивляете меня). Look at it in this way, then (тогда взгляните на это под таким углом). Captain Morstan disappears (капитан Морстен исчезает). The only person in London whom he could have visited is Major Sholto (единственный человек в Лондоне, которого он мог бы навестить, это майор Шолто). Major Sholto denies having heard that he was in London (майор Шолто отрицает, что он знал о его пребывании в Лондоне; to hear — слышать; услышать, узнать). Four years later Sholto dies (четырьмя годами позже Шолто умирает). Within a week of his death Captain Morstan's daughter receives a valuable present (не прошло и недели со дня его смерти, как дочь капитана Морстена получает ценный подарок), which is repeated from year to year (что повторяется из года в год), and now culminates in a letter which describes her as a wronged woman (а теперь увенчалось письмом, которое описывает ее как невинно пострадавшую; to culminate — достигнуть высшей точки; венчать, завершать). What wrong can it refer to except this deprivation of her father (к каким страданиям это может относиться, кроме как к утрате отца; to refer — направлять; отсылать; иметь отношение, относиться; deprivation — потеря; лишение)? And why should the presents begin immediately after Sholto's death (и почему подарки начинают поступать сразу после смерти Шолто), unless it is that Sholto's heir knows something of the mystery and desires to make compensation (если только наследник Шолто не знает чего-то об этой загадке и не желает искупить вину; heir — наследник; to desire — испытывать сильное желание; очень хотеть; compensation — компенсация, возмещение)? Have you any alternative theory which will meet the facts (у вас есть какая-нибудь другая теория, которая соответствует фактам; alternative — альтернативный; to meet — встречать; удовлетворять, соответствовать)?"

suggestive [s@'dZestIv], detail ['dIteIl], culminate ['kVlmIneIt], wrong [rON], deprivation [,deprI'veIS(@)n], heir [e@], desire [dI'zaI@]

"Well, that would be too much to say. I have discovered a suggestive fact, that is all. It is, however, very suggestive. The details are still to be added. I have just found, on consulting the back files of the Times, that Major Sholto, of Upper Norwood, late of the 34th Bombay Infantry, died upon the 28th of April, 1882."

"I may be very obtuse, Holmes, but I fail to see what this suggests."

"No? You surprise me. Look at it in this way, then. Captain Morstan disappears. The only person in London whom he could have visited is Major Sholto. Major Sholto denies having heard that he was in London. Four years later Sholto dies. Within a week of his death Captain Morstan's daughter receives a valuable present, which is repeated from year to year, and now culminates in a letter which describes her as a wronged woman. What wrong can it refer to except this deprivation of her father? And why should the presents begin immediately after Sholto's death, unless it is that Sholto's heir knows something of the mystery and desires to make compensation? Have you any alternative theory which will meet the facts?"