Воспоминания Шерлока Холмса
The “Gloria Scott”
"‘Almostimmediatelyafteryouleft.’
"‘Didherecoverconsciousness?’
"‘Foraninstantbeforetheend.’
"‘Anymessageforme?’
"‘OnlythatthepaperswereinthebackdraweroftheJapanesecabinet.’
"MyfriendascendedwiththedoctortothechamberofdeathwhileIremainedinthestudy,turningthewholematteroverandoverinmyhead,andfeelingassombreaseverIhaddoneinmylife.WhatwasthepastofthisTrevor,pugilist,traveller,andgold-digger,andhowhadheplacedhimselfinthepowerofthisacid-facedseaman?Why,too,shouldhefaintatanallusiontothehalf-effacedinitialsuponhisarmanddieoffrightwhenhehadaletterfromFordingham?ThenIrememberedthatFordinghamwasinHampshire,andthatthisMr.Beddoes,whomtheseamanhadgonetovisitandpresumablytoblackmail,hadalsobeenmentionedaslivinginHampshire.Theletter,then,mighteithercomefromHudson,theseaman,sayingthathehadbetrayedtheguiltysecretwhichappearedtoexist,oritmightcomefromBeddoes,warninganoldconfederatethatsuchabetrayalwasimminent.Sofaritseemedclearenough.Butthenhowcouldthisletterbetrivialandgrotesque,asdescribedbytheson?Hemusthavemisreadit.Ifso,itmusthavebeenoneofthoseingenioussecretcodeswhichmeanonethingwhiletheyseemtomeananother.Imustseethisletter.Iftherewasahiddenmeaninginit,IwasconfidentthatIcouldpluckitforth.
