Спогади Шерлока Холмса
Silver Blaze
Hunter,onrecoveringfromhisstupor,wasalsoquitepositiveastotheownershipofthecravat.Hewasequallycertainthatthesamestrangerhad,whilestandingatthewindow,druggedhiscurriedmutton,andsodeprivedthestablesoftheirwatchman.Astothemissinghorse,therewereabundantproofsinthemudwhichlayatthebottomofthefatalhollowthathehadbeenthereatthetimeofthestruggle.Butfromthatmorninghehasdisappeared,andalthoughalargerewardhasbeenoffered,andallthegypsiesofDartmoorareonthealert,nonewshascomeofhim.Finally,ananalysishasshownthattheremainsofhissupperleftbythestable-ladcontainedanappreciablequantityofpowderedopium,whilethepeopleatthehousepartookofthesamedishonthesamenightwithoutanyilleffect.
"Thosearethemainfactsofthecase,strippedofallsurmise,andstatedasbaldlyaspossible.Ishallnowrecapitulatewhatthepolicehavedoneinthematter.
"InspectorGregory,towhomthecasehasbeencommitted,isanextremelycompetentofficer.Werehebutgiftedwithimaginationhemightrisetogreatheightsinhisprofession.Onhisarrivalhepromptlyfoundandarrestedthemanuponwhomsuspicionnaturallyrested.Therewaslittledifficultyinfindinghim,forheinhabitedoneofthosevillaswhichIhavementioned.Hisname,itappears,wasFitzroySimpson.
