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Las aventuras de Sherlock Holmes
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches
Capítulo 12, Página 5
"'Oh,
that's
terrible!'
he
cried,
throwing
his
hands
up.
'How
could
anyone
offer
such
a
low
amount
to
a
lady
with
your
skills?'"
“My
skills,
sir,
are
not
so
many,”
I
said.
“A
little
French,
a
little
German,
music,
and
drawing.”
“Tut,
tut!”
he
said.
“That
is
not
the
point.
The
question
is,
do
you
have
the
manners
of
a
lady?
That
is
important.
If
you
do
not,
you
cannot
raise
a
child
who
might
be
important
in
the
future.
But
if
you
do,
then
how
could
anyone
ask
you
to
take
less
than
£100
a
year?
Your
salary
with
me
would
start
at
£100
a
year.”
“You
can
imagine,
Mr.
Holmes,
that
to
me,
having
no
money,
this
offer
seemed
too
good
to
be
true.
The
gentleman
saw
my
surprise
and
took
out
a
note
from
his
pocketbook.”
“It
is
my
custom,”
he
said,
smiling
with
his
eyes
almost
closed,
“to
give
my
young
ladies
half
their
salary
in
advance.
This
helps
with
travel
and
clothes.”
“I
thought
I
had
never
met
such
a
charming
and
thoughtful
man.
I
was
already
in
debt,
so
the
advance
was
very
helpful.
But
something
felt
strange,
and
I
wanted
to
know
more
before
I
agreed.”
“May
I
ask
where
you
live,
sir?”
I
said.
“Hampshire.
A
lovely
rural
place.
The
Copper
Beeches,
five
miles
past
Winchester.
It
is
beautiful,
my
dear
young
lady,
and
a
lovely
old
house.”
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