Возвращение Шерлока Холмса

The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist

           AtFarnhamStationIhadnodifficultyinbeingdirectedtoCharlingtonHeath.Itwasimpossibletomistakethesceneoftheyounglady’sadventure,fortheroadrunsbetweentheopenheathononesideandanoldyewhedgeupontheother,surroundingaparkwhichisstuddedwithmagnificenttrees.Therewasamaingatewayoflichen-studdedstone,eachsidepillarsurmountedbymoulderingheraldicemblems,butbesidesthiscentralcarriagedriveIobservedseveralpointswherethereweregapsinthehedgeandpathsleadingthroughthem.Thehousewasinvisiblefromtheroad,butthesurroundingsallspokeofgloomanddecay.

           Theheathwascoveredwithgoldenpatchesoffloweringgorse,gleamingmagnificentlyinthelightofthebrightspringsunshine.BehindoneoftheseclumpsItookupmyposition,soastocommandboththegatewayoftheHallandalongstretchoftheroaduponeitherside.IthadbeendesertedwhenIleftit,butnowIsawacyclistridingdownitfromtheoppositedirectiontothatinwhichIhadcome.Hewascladinadarksuit,andIsawthathehadablackbeard.OnreachingtheendoftheCharlingtongrounds,hesprangfromhismachineandleditthroughagapinthehedge,disappearingfrommyview.

           Aquarterofanhourpassed,andthenasecondcyclistappeared.Thistimeitwastheyoungladycomingfromthestation.IsawherlookaboutherasshecametotheCharlingtonhedge.Aninstantlaterthemanemergedfromhishiding-place,spranguponhiscycle,andfollowedher.

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