Приключения Шерлока Холмса

The Adventure of the Engineer’s Thumb

           Easiertheotherway,perhaps;andyet,hadIthenervetolieandlookupatthatdeadlyblackshadowwaveringdownuponme? AlreadyIwasunabletostanderect,whenmyeyecaughtsomethingwhichbroughtagushofhopebacktomyheart. 

           "Ihavesaidthatthoughthefloorandceilingwereofiron,thewallswereofwood. AsIgavealasthurriedglancearound,Isawathinlineofyellowlightbetweentwooftheboards,whichbroadenedandbroadenedasasmallpanelwaspushedbackward. ForaninstantIcouldhardlybelievethatherewasindeedadoorwhichledawayfromdeath. ThenextinstantIthrewmyselfthrough,andlayhalf-faintingupontheotherside. Thepanelhadclosedagainbehindme,butthecrashofthelamp,andafewmomentsafterwardstheclangofthetwoslabsofmetal,toldmehownarrowhadbeenmyescape. 

           "Iwasrecalledtomyselfbyafranticpluckingatmywrist,andIfoundmyselflyinguponthestonefloorofanarrowcorridor,whileawomanbentovermeandtuggedatmewithherlefthand,whilesheheldacandleinherright. ItwasthesamegoodfriendwhosewarningIhadsofoolishlyrejected. 

           "‘Come!come!’shecriedbreathlessly. ‘Theywillbehereinamoment. Theywillseethatyouarenotthere. Oh,donotwastetheso-precioustime,butcome!’ 

           "Thistime,atleast,Ididnotscornheradvice. Istaggeredtomyfeetandranwithheralongthecorridoranddownawindingstair. Thelatterledtoanotherbroadpassage,andjustaswereacheditweheardthesoundofrunningfeetandtheshoutingoftwovoices,oneansweringtheotherfromtheflooronwhichwewereandfromtheonebeneath. 

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