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Las aventuras de Sherlock Holmes
The Man with the Twisted Lip
Capítulo 6, Página 26
"If
I
am
Mr.
Neville
St.
Clair,
then
no
crime
happened,
and
I
am
kept
here
wrongly."
"No
crime,
but
a
big
mistake
happened,"
said
Holmes.
"You
should
have
trusted
your
wife."
"It
wasn’t
the
wife;
it
was
the
children,"
groaned
the
prisoner.
"God
help
me,
I
didn’t
want
them
to
be
ashamed
of
their
father.
My
God!
What
a
mess!
What
can
I
do?"
Sherlock
Holmes
sat
down
next
to
him
on
the
couch
and
patted
his
shoulder
kindly.
"If
you
let
a
court
clear
this
up,"
said
he,
"you
can’t
avoid
publicity.
But
if
you
show
the
police
there’s
no
case
against
you,
maybe
it
won’t
be
in
the
papers.
Inspector
Bradstreet
would
take
notes
on
what
you
say
and
give
them
to
the
right
people.
The
case
might
not
go
to
court."
"God
bless
you!"
cried
the
prisoner
passionately.
"I
would
have
gone
to
prison,
even
execution,
rather
than
leave
my
secret
for
my
children."
"You
are
the
first
to
hear
my
story.
My
father
was
a
teacher
in
Chesterfield,
where
I
got
a
good
education.
I
traveled
when
I
was
young,
worked
on
stage,
and
became
a
reporter
in
London.
One
day
my
editor
wanted
articles
on
begging
in
the
city,
and
I
offered
to
write
them.
That
was
the
start
of
my
adventures.
I
tried
begging
to
get
facts
for
my
articles.
As
an
actor,
I
knew
how
to
disguise
myself
well.
I
painted
my
face,
made
a
scar,
twisted
my
lip
with
a
small
plaster,
and
wore
a
red
wig.
I
dressed
like
a
beggar
and
sold
matches
but
really
begged.
For
seven
hours
I
worked,
and
at
home
in
the
evening,
I
found
I
made
26s.
4d."
"I
wrote
my
articles
and
forgot
about
it
until
I
backed
a
bill
for
a
friend
and
owed
£25.
I
didn’t
know
where
to
get
the
money,
but
then
I
had
an
idea.
I
asked
for
two
weeks
from
the
creditor,
took
a
holiday,
and
begged
in
the
City
in
disguise.
In
ten
days,
I
had
the
money
and
paid
the
debt."
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