translation.en: So far I have been able to quote from the reports which I have forwarded during these early days to Sherlock Holmes. Now, however, I have arrived at a point in my narrative where I am compelled to abandon this method and to trust once more to my recollections, aided by the diary which I kept at the time.
translation.pl: Do tego punktu w mojem opowiadaniu posiłkowałem się listami, pisywanymi do Sherlocka Holmes.