Спогади Шерлока Холмса
The Naval Treaty
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"Hehassaidnothing."
"Thatisabadsign."
"Onthecontrary.Ihavenoticedthatwhenheisoffthetrailhegenerallysaysso.Itiswhenheisonascentandisnotquiteabsolutelysureyetthatitistherightonethatheismosttaciturn.Now,mydearfellow,wecan’thelpmattersbymakingourselvesnervousaboutthem,soletmeimploreyoutogotobedandsobefreshforwhatevermayawaitusto-morrow."
Iwasableatlasttopersuademycompaniontotakemyadvice,thoughIknewfromhisexcitedmannerthattherewasnotmuchhopeofsleepforhim.Indeed,hismoodwasinfectiousforIlaytossinghalfthenightmyself,broodingoverthisstrangeproblemandinventingahundredtheories,eachofwhichwasmoreimpossiblethanthelast.WhyhadHolmesremainedatWoking?WhyhadheaskedMissHarrisontoremaininthesick-roomallday?WhyhadhebeensocarefulnottoinformthepeopleatBriarbraethatheintendedtoremainnearthem?IcudgelledmybrainsuntilIfellasleepintheendeavourtofindsomeexplanationwhichwouldcoverallthesefacts.
Itwasseveno’clockwhenIawoke,andIsetoffatonceforPhelps’sroomtofindhimhaggardandspentafterasleeplessnight.HisfirstquestionwaswhetherHolmeshadarrivedyet.
"He’llbeherewhenhepromised,"saidI,"andnotaninstantsoonerorlater.
