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Las aventuras de Sherlock Holmes
The Red-Headed League
Capítulo 2, Página 11
"‘No
excuse
will
work,’
said
Mr.
Duncan
Ross;
‘neither
illness
nor
business
nor
anything
else.
You
must
stay
there,
or
you
lose
your
job.’"
"‘And
the
work?’"
"‘Is
to
copy
out
the
Encyclopædia
Britannica.
There
is
the
first
volume
in
that
cupboard.
You
must
bring
your
own
ink,
pens,
and
blotting-paper,
but
we
provide
this
table
and
chair.
Will
you
be
ready
tomorrow?’"
"‘Certainly,’
I
answered."
"‘Then,
goodbye,
Mr.
Jabez
Wilson,
and
let
me
congratulate
you
on
the
important
position
you
have
been
lucky
enough
to
get.’
He
showed
me
out
of
the
room,
and
I
went
home
with
my
assistant,
not
knowing
what
to
say
or
do,
so
pleased
was
I
with
my
good
fortune."
"I
thought
about
it
all
day,
and
by
evening
I
was
feeling
down
again.
I
convinced
myself
it
must
be
a
joke
or
scam,
but
I
couldn’t
figure
out
why.
It
seemed
unbelievable
that
someone
would
make
such
a
will
or
pay
so
much
for
copying
the
Encyclopædia
Britannica.
Vincent
Spaulding
tried
to
cheer
me
up,
but
by
bedtime,
I
doubted
the
whole
thing.
However,
in
the
morning,
I
decided
to
check
it
out
anyway.
I
bought
a
penny
bottle
of
ink
and
with
a
quill
pen
and
seven
sheets
of
foolscap
paper,
I
went
to
Pope’s
Court."
"To
my
surprise
and
delight,
everything
was
perfect.
The
table
was
ready
for
me,
and
Mr.
Duncan
Ross
was
there
to
make
sure
I
started
working.
He
set
me
off
with
the
letter
A,
then
left
me.
He
would
drop
by
sometimes
to
check
on
me.
At
two
o’clock,
he
said
goodbye,
praised
my
work,
and
locked
the
office
door
behind
me."
"This
continued
every
day,
Mr.
Holmes,
and
on
Saturday,
the
manager
came
in
and
gave
me
four
gold
sovereigns
for
my
week’s
work.
It
was
the
same
the
next
week
and
the
week
after.
Every
morning
I
arrived
at
ten,
and
every
afternoon
I
left
at
two.
Gradually,
Mr.
Duncan
Ross
only
came
in
once
a
morning,
and
then
after
a
while,
he
didn’t
come
at
all.
Still,
I
never
dared
to
leave
the
room
for
a
moment
because
I
wasn’t
sure
when
he
might
come,
and
the
job
was
so
good
and
suited
me
so
well
that
I
didn’t
want
to
risk
losing
it."
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