Возвращение Шерлока Холмса
The Adventure of the Dancing Men
Thepassage,aswellastheroom,wasfullofsmokeandthesmellofpowder.Thewindowwascertainlyshutandfastenedupontheinside.Bothwomenwerepositiveuponthepoint.Theyhadatoncesentforthedoctorandfortheconstable.Then,withtheaidofthegroomandthestable-boy,theyhadconveyedtheirinjuredmistresstoherroom.Bothsheandherhusbandhadoccupiedthebed.Shewascladinherdress—heinhisdressing-gown,overhisnight-clothes.Nothinghadbeenmovedinthestudy.Sofarastheyknew,therehadneverbeenanyquarrelbetweenhusbandandwife.Theyhadalwayslookeduponthemasaveryunitedcouple.
Thesewerethemainpointsoftheservants’evidence.InanswertoInspectorMartin,theywereclearthateverydoorwasfastenedupontheinside,andthatnoonecouldhaveescapedfromthehouse.InanswertoHolmes,theybothrememberedthattheywereconsciousofthesmellofpowderfromthemomentthattheyranoutoftheirroomsuponthetopfloor.“Icommendthatfactverycarefullytoyourattention,”saidHolmestohisprofessionalcolleague.“AndnowIthinkthatweareinapositiontoundertakeathoroughexaminationoftheroom.”
Thestudyprovedtobeasmallchamber,linedonthreesideswithbooks,andwithawriting-tablefacinganordinarywindow,whichlookedoutuponthegarden.Ourfirstattentionwasgiventothebodyoftheunfortunatesquire,whosehugeframelaystretchedacrosstheroom.Hisdisordereddressshowedthathehadbeenhastilyarousedfromsleep.
