Вбивство на вулиці Морг
Thisidea,howeversimpleitmaynowseem,escapedthepoliceforthesamereasonthatthebreadthoftheshuttersescapedthem—because,bytheaffairofthenails,theirperceptionshadbeenhermeticallysealedagainstthepossibilityofthewindowshaveeverbeenopenedatall.
Ifnow,inadditiontoallthesethings,youhaveproperlyreflectedupontheodddisorderofthechamber,wehavegonesofarastocombinetheideasofanagilityastounding,astrengthsuperhuman,aferocitybrutal,abutcherywithoutmotive,agrotesquerieinhorrorabsolutelyalienfromhumanity,andavoiceforeignintonetotheearsofmenofmanynations,anddevoidofalldistinctorintelligiblesyllabification.Whatresult,then,hasensued?WhatimpressionhaveImadeuponyourfancy?”
IfeltacreepingofthefleshasDupinaskedmethequestion.“Amadman,”Isaid,“hasdonethisdeed—someravingmaniac,escapedfromaneighboringMaisondeSante.”
“Insomerespects,”hereplied,“yourideaisnotirrelevant.Butthevoicesofmadmen,evenintheirwildestparoxysms,areneverfoundtotallywiththatpeculiarvoicehearduponthestairs.Madmenareofsomenation,andtheirlanguage,howeverincoherentinitswords,hasalwaysthecoherenceofsyllabification.Besides,thehairofamadmanisnotsuchasInowholdinmyhand.IdisentangledthislittletuftfromtherigidlyclutchedfingersofMadameL’Espanaye.Tellmewhatyoucanmakeofit.”
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