We examined the rungs of every chair in the hotel,

We examined the rungs of every chair in the hotel, and, indeed, the jointings of every kind of furniture, by the aid of a most powerful microscope. Had there been any traces of recent disturbance we should not have failed to detect it instantly. A single grain of gimlet-dust, for example, would have been as obvious as an apple. Any disorder in the gluing - any unusual gaping in the joints - would have sufficed to insure detection.

①A single grain of gimlet-dust,を節にしてください
②any disorder in the gluingを節にしてください

No.1 ベストアンサー 回答者： TheOEDLovesMeNot3 回答日時： 2022/10/02 12:59

(1) ★A single grain of gimlet-dust★, for example, would have been as obvious as an apple.

---> ●The fact that there was a single grain of gimlet-dust●, (あとは同じ)

---> または If there had been a signle grain of gimlet-dust, for example, it would have been as obvious as an apple.


(2) ★Any disorder in the gluing★ - any unusual gaping in the joints - would have sufficed to insure detection.

---> ●The fact that there was any disorder in the gluing●

---> または If there had been any disorder in the gluing -- any unusual gaping in the joints, it would have sufficed to insure detection.