The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2 — Page 14
इस अधिकारी ने उसे पूर्ण आनंद की व्याकुलता में थाम लिया, कांपते हाथ से खोला, उसकी सामग्री पर एक तीव्र दृष्टि डाली, और फिर दरवाजे की ओर लड़खड़ाते और संघर्ष करते हुए बढ़ा, और अंततः बिना किसी औपचारिकता के कमरे से और घर से बाहर निकल गया — बिना एक भी शब्द कहे, जब से डुपिन ने उसे चेक भरने को कहा था।
This functionary grasped it in a perfect agony of joy, opened it with a trembling hand, cast a rapid glance at its contents, and then, scrambling and struggling to the door, rushed at length unceremoniously from the room and from the house, without having uttered a syllable since Dupin had requested him to fill up the check.
जब वह चला गया, तो मेरे मित्र ने कुछ स्पष्टीकरण दिए।
When he had gone, my friend entered into some explanations.
"पेरिसी पुलिस," उन्होंने कहा, "अपने तरीके से अत्यंत कुशल है।
"The Parisian police," he said, "are exceedingly able in their way.
वे दृढ़निश्चयी, चतुर, चालाक और उस ज्ञान में पूरी तरह पारंगत हैं जिसकी मांग उनके कर्तव्य मुख्यतः करते प्रतीत होते हैं।
They are persevering, ingenious, cunning, and thoroughly versed in the knowledge which their duties seem chiefly to demand.
इस प्रकार, जब G—— ने हमें होटल D—— में परिसर की तलाशी लेने के अपने तरीके का विस्तार से वर्णन किया, तो मुझे उनकी जांच के संतोषजनक होने पर पूरा विश्वास था — जहाँ तक उनके प्रयास पहुँचे।"
Thus, when G—— detailed to us his mode of searching the premises at the Hotel D——, I felt entire confidence in his having made a satisfactory investigation—so far as his labors extended."
"जहाँ तक उनके प्रयास पहुँचे?" मैंने कहा।
"So far as his labors extended?" said I.
"हाँ," डुपिन ने कहा। "अपनाए गए उपाय न केवल अपनी तरह के सर्वश्रेष्ठ थे, बल्कि पूर्ण परिपूर्णता के साथ क्रियान्वित भी किए गए थे।
"Yes," said Dupin. "The measures adopted were not only the best of their kind, but carried out to absolute perfection.
यदि पत्र उनकी तलाश की सीमा के भीतर रखा होता, तो ये लोग निःसंदेह उसे खोज लेते।"
Had the letter been deposited within the range of their search, these fellows would, beyond a question, have found it."
मैं केवल हँसा — लेकिन वे जो कुछ भी कह रहे थे उसमें वे बिल्कुल गंभीर प्रतीत हो रहे थे।
I merely laughed—but he seemed quite serious in all that he said.
"तो वे उपाय," उन्होंने जारी रखा, "अपनी तरह से अच्छे और भली-भाँति क्रियान्वित थे; उनकी कमी यह थी कि वे इस मामले और इस व्यक्ति पर लागू नहीं होते थे।
"The measures, then," he continued, "were good in their kind, and well executed; their defect lay in their being inapplicable to the case, and to the man.
प्रीफेक्ट के पास अत्यंत चतुर साधनों का एक निश्चित समूह है, जो उनके लिए एक प्रकार के प्रोक्रस्टियन बिस्तर की तरह है, जिसमें वे अपनी योजनाओं को जबरदस्ती ढाल लेते हैं।
A certain set of highly ingenious resources are, with the Prefect, a sort of Procrustean bed, to which he forcibly adapts his designs.
Vocabulary
- functionary
- sarkari karmachari ya adhikari
- grasped
- pakda, samjha, ya jahaan tak pohacha
- perfect
- bilkul sahi, bina kisi kami ke
- agony
- bahut sakht peeda ya kathnai
- joy
- khushi, anand, ya prasannata
- opened
- khola, dar ya kapaat khol diya
- trembling
- kaanp rahe, thithur rahe ya vibhrajit ho rahe
- hand
- hath, bahu ya palm
- cast
- pheka, daala ya dhuaan
- rapid
- tezi se, jaldi ya dheere-dheere nahi
- glance
- ek tez nazar, jhack se dekhan
- contents
- jo cheezein andar hain, samgri ya vistaar
- scrambling
- daud-bhaag kar jane, hilte-dulte chalna
- struggling
- sangharsh karte hue, taklifon se jhujhna
- door
- dwar, darwaza ya andar bahar jane ka rasta
- rushed
- tezi se bhaaga, daud-daud gaya
- length
- lambai, lambi duri ya vittira
- unceremoniously
- beadab tarike se, samman ke bina
- room
- kamra, kothri ya kahaan baithne wali jagah
- house
- ghar, makaan ya niwas sthan
- without
- bina, iske alawa, ya koi nahin
- uttered
- kaha, bol diya ya zubaan se nikala
- syllable
- akhar, var ya shabd ka hissa
- since
- se lekar, jab se ya kyunki
- requested
- manga, vinati ki ya maanga gaya
- fill
- bhar na, poora karna ya bharna
- check
- cheque, pardah, ya rukna
- gone
- gaya, chala gaya ya gaayab ho gaya
- friend
- dost, mitr ya yaara
- entered
- aya, dakhil hua ya andar aaya
- into
- andar, bheetar, ya ke maddhyam se
- explanations
- vyakhya, tathya batana ya samjhana
- Parisian
- Paris se sambandhit, Pariswaasi ya Paris mehtnewala
- police
- police, pulis bal ya niyam rakhne wale
- said
- kaha, kahha gaya ya bol diya
- exceedingly
- bahut zyada, atyadhik ya bilkul badha
- able
- shakti-man, samarthvaan ya kabil
- way
- rasta, tareeka ya tarah
- persevering
- hathan na chhode vale, mehnat sheel
- ingenious
- hoshiyaar, buddhiman ya pratibhawal
- cunning
- chhal, cunning, ya chaalaaki
- thoroughly
- bilkul, puri tarah, ya sampoorn tarike se
- versed
- parichitnit, mahir ya jaankaar
- knowledge
- gyan, jankari ya vichar
- duties
- kartavya, jimmedari ya kaam
- seem
- lagta hai, prakah hota hai ya dikh padta hai
- chiefly
- mukhya tarah, pramukh roop se ya jyadatar
- demand
- maang, zaroorat, ya apeksha
- Thus
- isliye, is tarah, ya in karan se
- detailed
- vistar se bataya, samagri de diya
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