Воспоминания Шерлока Холмса
The Greek Interpreter
MycroftlodgesinPallMall,andhewalksroundthecornerintoWhitehalleverymorningandbackeveryevening.Fromyear’sendtoyear‘sendhetakesnootherexercise,andisseennowhereelse,exceptonlyintheDiogenesClub,whichisjustoppositehisrooms."
"Icannotrecallthename."
"Verylikelynot.TherearemanymeninLondon,youknow,who,somefromshyness,somefrommisanthropy,havenowishforthecompanyoftheirfellows.Yettheyarenotaversetocomfortablechairsandthelatestperiodicals.ItisfortheconvenienceofthesethattheDiogenesClubwasstarted,anditnowcontainsthemostunsociableandunclubablemenintown.Nomemberispermittedtotaketheleastnoticeofanyotherone.SaveintheStranger’sRoom,notalkingis,underanycircumstances,allowed,andthreeoffences,ifbroughttothenoticeofthecommittee,renderthetalkerliabletoexpulsion.Mybrotherwasoneofthefounders,andIhavemyselffounditaverysoothingatmosphere."
WehadreachedPallMallaswetalked,andwerewalkingdownitfromtheSt.James’send.SherlockHolmesstoppedatadoorsomelittledistancefromtheCarlton,and,cautioningmenottospeak,heledthewayintothehall.ThroughtheglasspanellingIcaughtaglimpseofalargeandluxuriousroom,inwhichaconsiderablenumberofmenweresittingaboutandreadingpapers,eachinhisownlittlenook.
