Спогади Шерлока Холмса
The Crooked Man
Onmypressingher,however,sherememberedthatsheheardthewordDavidutteredtwicebythelady.Thepointisoftheutmostimportanceasguidingustowardsthereasonofthesuddenquarrel.Thecolonel’sname,youremember,wasJames.
"Therewasonethinginthecasewhichhadmadethedeepestimpressionbothupontheservantsandthepolice.Thiswasthecontortionofthecolonel’sface.Ithadset,accordingtotheiraccount,intothemostdreadfulexpressionoffearandhorrorwhichahumancountenanceiscapableofassuming.Morethanonepersonfaintedatthemeresightofhim,soterriblewastheeffect.Itwasquitecertainthathehadforeseenhisfate,andthatithadcausedhimtheutmosthorror.This,ofcourse,fittedinwellenoughwiththepolicetheory,ifthecolonelcouldhaveseenhiswifemakingamurderousattackuponhim.Norwasthefactofthewoundbeingonthebackofhisheadafatalobjectiontothis,ashemighthaveturnedtoavoidtheblow.Noinformationcouldbegotfromtheladyherself,whowastemporarilyinsanefromanacuteattackofbrain-fever.
"FromthepoliceIlearnedthatMissMorrison,whoyourememberwentoutthateveningwithMrs.Barclay,deniedhavinganyknowledgeofwhatitwaswhichhadcausedtheill-humourinwhichhercompanionhadreturned.
"Havinggatheredthesefacts,Watson,Ismokedseveralpipesoverthem,tryingtoseparatethosewhichwerecrucialfromotherswhichweremerelyincidental.
