Проклятие мумии, или Камень Семи Звезд
Chapter 2
Shewenton:
"Ashowever,Doctor,yourguessdoesnotexhaustthepossibilities,wemustbearinmindthatsomeothervariantofthesameroot-ideamaybecorrect.Itakeit,therefore,thatourfirstsearch,tobemadeonthisassumption,mustbefortheweaponwithwhichtheinjurywasdonetomyFather’swrist."
"Perhapsheputtheweaponinthesafebeforehebecamequiteunconscious,"saidI,givingvoicefoolishlytoahalf-formedthought.
"Thatcouldnotbe,"saidtheDoctorquickly."AtleastIthinkitcouldhardlybe,"headdedcautiously,withabriefbowtome."Yousee,thelefthandiscoveredwithblood;butthereisnobloodmarkwhateveronthesafe."
"Quiteright!"Isaid,andtherewasalongpause.
ThefirsttobreakthesilencewastheDoctor.
"Weshallwantanursehereassoonaspossible;andIknowtheveryonetosuit.IshallgoatoncetogetherifIcan.ImustaskthattillIreturnsomeofyouwillremainconstantlywiththepatient.Itmaybenecessarytoremovehimtoanotherroomlateron;butinthemeantimeheisbestlefthere.MissTrelawny,mayItakeitthateitheryouorMrs.Grantwillremainhere—notmerelyintheroom,butclosetothepatientandwatchfulofhim—tillIreturn?"
Shebowedinreply,andtookaseatbesidethesofa.TheDoctorgavehersomedirectionsastowhatsheshoulddoincaseherfathershouldbecomeconsciousbeforehisreturn.
