Возвращение Шерлока Холмса

The Adventure of the Six Napoleons

           

           “Well,howdoyouexplainit?”

           “Idon’tattempttodoso.Iwouldonlyobservethatthereisacertainmethodinthegentleman’seccentricproceedings.Forexample,inDr.Barnicot’shall,whereasoundmightarousethefamily,thebustwastakenoutsidebeforebeingbroken,whereasinthesurgery,wheretherewaslessdangerofanalarm,itwassmashedwhereitstood.Theaffairseemsabsurdlytrifling,andyetIdarecallnothingtrivialwhenIreflectthatsomeofmymostclassiccaseshavehadtheleastpromisingcommencement.Youwillremember,Watson,howthedreadfulbusinessoftheAbernettyfamilywasfirstbroughttomynoticebythedepthwhichtheparsleyhadsunkintothebutteruponahotday.Ican’tafford,therefore,tosmileatyourthreebrokenbusts,Lestrade,andIshallbeverymuchobligedtoyouifyouwillletmehearofanyfreshdevelopmentofsosingularachainofevents.”

           Thedevelopmentforwhichmyfriendhadaskedcameinaquickerandaninfinitelymoretragicformthanhecouldhaveimagined.Iwasstilldressinginmybedroomnextmorning,whentherewasatapatthedoorandHolmesentered,atelegraminhishand.Hereaditaloud:

           “Comeinstantly,131,PittStreet,Kensington.—LESTRADE.”

           “Whatisit,then?”Iasked.

           “Don’tknow—maybeanything.ButIsuspectitisthesequelofthestoryofthestatues.Inthatcaseourfriendtheimage-breakerhasbegunoperationsinanotherquarterofLondon.There’scoffeeonthetable,Watson,andIhaveacabatthedoor.

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