EN + ES
Escuchar
231
Las aventuras de Sherlock Holmes
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb
Capítulo 9, Página 17
"'You
are
mad,
Elise!'
he
shouted,
trying
to
get
past
her.
'You
will
ruin
us.
He
has
seen
too
much.
Let
me
go!'
He
pushed
her
aside
and
rushed
to
the
window,
swinging
his
weapon
at
me.
I
was
hanging
from
the
sill
when
he
struck.
I
felt
a
dull
pain,
my
grip
loosened,
and
I
fell
into
the
garden."
"I
was
shaken
but
not
hurt
from
the
fall.
I
got
up
and
ran
through
the
bushes
as
fast
as
I
could
because
I
knew
I
was
not
safe
yet.
But
as
I
ran,
I
felt
dizzy
and
sick.
I
looked
at
my
hand
and
saw
my
thumb
was
gone,
and
blood
was
pouring
from
the
wound.
I
tried
to
tie
my
handkerchief
around
it,
but
I
felt
a
buzzing
in
my
ears,
and
then
I
fainted
among
the
rose
bushes."
"I
do
not
know
how
long
I
was
unconscious.
It
must
have
been
a
long
time
because
the
moon
was
gone,
and
morning
had
come
when
I
woke
up.
My
clothes
were
wet
with
dew,
and
my
coat
was
soaked
with
blood
from
my
thumb.
The
pain
reminded
me
of
my
night's
adventure,
and
I
jumped
up,
thinking
I
might
still
be
in
danger.
But
to
my
surprise,
I
saw
no
house
or
garden.
I
was
near
the
road,
and
a
little
way
down
was
a
long
building.
It
was
the
station
where
I
had
arrived
the
night
before.
If
not
for
my
wounded
hand,
I
might
have
thought
it
all
a
bad
dream."
"Half-dazed,
I
went
into
the
station
and
asked
about
the
morning
train.
There
was
one
to
Reading
in
less
than
an
hour.
The
same
porter
was
there
as
when
I
arrived.
I
asked
if
he
knew
Colonel
Lysander
Stark.
The
name
was
new
to
him.
Had
he
seen
a
carriage
waiting
the
night
before?
No,
he
had
not.
Was
there
a
police
station
nearby?
There
was
one
about
three
miles
away."
"I
was
too
weak
and
sick
to
go
that
far.
I
decided
to
wait
until
I
got
back
to
town
to
tell
the
police.
It
was
just
past
six
when
I
arrived,
so
I
went
to
get
my
wound
treated.
Then
the
doctor
kindly
brought
me
here.
I
put
the
case
in
your
hands
and
will
do
what
you
advise."
We
both
sat
in
silence
for
a
while
after
hearing
this
strange
story.
Then
Sherlock
Holmes
took
down
a
big
book
where
he
kept
his
notes.
"Here
is
something
that
will
interest
you,"
he
said.
"It's
an
advertisement
from
about
a
year
ago.
Listen:
'Lost,
on
the
9th,
Mr.
Jeremiah
Hayling,
aged
twenty-six,
a
hydraulic
engineer.
Left
his
home
at
ten
at
night
and
has
not
been
seen
since.
Was
wearing...'
etc.
That
was
the
last
time
the
colonel
needed
his
machine
fixed,
I
think."
"Good
heavens!"
cried
my
patient.
"That
explains
what
the
girl
said."
||
||
Las aventuras de Sherlock Holmes — A2 Inglés | Cuentana