Возвращение Шерлока Холмса

The Adventure of the Priory School

           Andtheflightwasaswiftone,sinceittookfivemilesbeforeanexpertcyclistcouldovertakethem.Yetwesurveythegroundroundthesceneofthetragedy.Whatdowefind?Afewcattle-tracks,nothingmore.Itookawidesweepround,andthereisnopathwithinfiftyyards.Anothercyclistcouldhavehadnothingtodowiththeactualmurder,norwerethereanyhumanfoot-marks.”

           “Holmes,”Icried,“thisisimpossible.”

           “Admirable!”hesaid.“Amostilluminatingremark.ItisimpossibleasIstateit,andthereforeImustinsomerespecthavestateditwrong.Yetyousawforyourself.Canyousuggestanyfallacy?”

           “Hecouldnothavefracturedhisskullinafall?”

           “Inamorass,Watson?”

           “Iamatmywits’end.”

           “Tut,tut,wehavesolvedsomeworseproblems.Atleastwehaveplentyofmaterial,ifwecanonlyuseit.Come,then,and,havingexhaustedthePalmer,letusseewhattheDunlopwiththepatchedcoverhastoofferus.”

           Wepickedupthetrackandfolloweditonwardforsomedistance,butsoonthemoorroseintoalong,heather-tuftedcurve,andweleftthewatercoursebehindus.Nofurtherhelpfromtrackscouldbehopedfor.AtthespotwherewesawthelastoftheDunloptireitmightequallyhaveledtoHoldernesseHall,thestatelytowersofwhichrosesomemilestoourleft,ortoalow,greyvillagewhichlayinfrontofusandmarkedthepositionoftheChesterfieldhighroad.

           Asweapproachedtheforbiddingandsqualidinn,withthesignofagame-cockabovethedoor,Holmesgaveasuddengroan,andclutchedmebytheshouldertosavehimselffromfalling.

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