Возвращение Шерлока Холмса
The Adventure of the Priory School
YouwillaskmewhatwasJames’smotiveindoingsuchadeed.Ianswerthattherewasagreatdealwhichwasunreasoningandfanaticalinthehatredwhichheboremyheir.Inhisviewheshouldhimselfhavebeenheirofallmyestates,andhedeeplyresentedthosesociallawswhichmadeitimpossible.Atthesametime,hehadadefinitemotivealso.HewaseagerthatIshouldbreaktheentail,andhewasofopinionthatitlayinmypowertodoso.Heintendedtomakeabargainwithme—torestoreArthurifIwouldbreaktheentail,andsomakeitpossiblefortheestatetobelefttohimbywill.HeknewwellthatIshouldneverwillinglyinvoketheaidofthepoliceagainsthim.Isaythathewouldhaveproposedsuchabargaintome,buthedidnotactuallydoso,foreventsmovedtooquicklyforhim,andhehadnottimetoputhisplansintopractice.
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