Возвращение Шерлока Холмса

The Adventure of the Six Napoleons

           

           “Iwasverymuchsurprisedatyourletter,forIcouldnotimaginehowyouknewthatIownedsuchathing.”

           “Ofcourseyoumusthavebeensurprised,buttheexplanationisverysimple.Mr.Harding,ofHardingBrothers,saidthattheyhadsoldyoutheirlastcopy,andhegavemeyouraddress.”

           “Oh,thatwasit,wasit?DidhetellyouwhatIpaidforit?”

           “No,hedidnot.”

           “Well,Iamanhonestman,thoughnotaveryrichone.Ionlygavefifteenshillingsforthebust,andIthinkyououghttoknowthatbeforeItaketenpoundsfromyou.

           “Iamsurethescrupledoesyouhonour,Mr.Sandeford.ButIhavenamedthatprice,soIintendtosticktoit.”

           “Well,itisveryhandsomeofyou,Mr.Holmes.Ibroughtthebustupwithme,asyouaskedmetodo.Hereitis!”Heopenedhisbag,andatlastwesawplaceduponourtableacompletespecimenofthatbustwhichwehadalreadyseenmorethanonceinfragments.

           Holmestookapaperfromhispocketandlaidaten-poundnoteuponthetable.

           “Youwillkindlysignthatpaper,Mr.Sandeford,inthepresenceofthesewitnesses.Itissimplytosaythatyoutransfereverypossiblerightthatyoueverhadinthebusttome.Iamamethodicalman,yousee,andyouneverknowwhatturneventsmighttakeafterwards.Thankyou,Mr.Sandeford;hereisyourmoney,andIwishyouaverygoodevening.”

           Whenourvisitorhaddisappeared,SherlockHolmes’smovementsweresuchastorivetourattention.Hebeganbytakingacleanwhiteclothfromadrawerandlayingitoverthetable.Thenheplacedhisnewlyacquiredbustinthecentreofthecloth.

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