Воспоминания Шерлока Холмса

The Resident Patient

           Iholdit,therefore,tobecertainthathedoesknowwhothesemenare,andthatforreasonsofhisownhesuppressesit.Itisjustpossiblethatto-morrowmayfindhiminamorecommunicativemood."

           "Istherenotonealternative,"Isuggested,"grotesquelyimprobable,nodoubt,butstilljustconceivable?MightthewholestoryofthecatalepticRussianandhissonbeaconcoctionofDr.Trevelyan’s,whohas,forhisownpurposes,beeninBlessington‘srooms?"

           Isawinthegas-lightthatHolmesworeanamusedsmileatthisbrilliantdepartureofmine.

           "Mydearfellow,"saidhe,"itwasoneofthefirstsolutionswhichoccurredtome,butIwassoonabletocorroboratethedoctor’stale.Thisyoungmanhasleftprintsuponthestair-carpetwhichmadeitquitesuperfluousformetoasktoseethosewhichhehadmadeintheroom.WhenItellyouthathisshoesweresquare-toedinsteadofbeingpointedlikeBlessington’s,andwerequiteaninchandathirdlongerthanthedoctor’s,youwillacknowledgethattherecanbenodoubtastohisindividuality.Butwemaysleeponitnow,forIshallbesurprisedifwedonothearsomethingfurtherfromBrookStreetinthemorning."

           SherlockHolmes’sprophecywassoonfulfilled,andinadramaticfashion.Athalf-pastsevennextmorning,inthefirstdimglimmerofdaylight,Ifoundhimstandingbymybedsideinhisdressing-gown.

           "There’sabroughamwaitingforus,Watson,"saidhe.

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