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Las aventuras de Sherlock Holmes
The Five Orange Pips
Capítulo 5, Página 9
"Three
days
after
the
letter
arrived,
my
father
went
to
visit
an
old
friend,
Major
Freebody,
who
commanded
a
fort
on
Portsdown
Hill.
I
was
glad
he
went,
thinking
he
was
safer
away
from
home.
But
I
was
wrong.
On
the
second
day
of
his
trip,
I
got
a
telegram
from
the
major,
urging
me
to
come
immediately.
My
father
had
fallen
into
a
deep
chalk-pit
in
the
area
and
was
unconscious
with
a
broken
skull.
I
rushed
to
him,
but
he
died
without
regaining
consciousness.
He
had
been
returning
from
Fareham
at
twilight.
Since
he
didn’t
know
the
area
and
the
chalk-pit
wasn’t
fenced,
the
jury
ruled
it
an
accident.
I
examined
everything
about
his
death
but
found
nothing
suggesting
murder.
There
were
no
signs
of
violence,
no
footprints,
no
robbery,
and
no
strangers
seen
nearby.
Yet,
I
was
almost
sure
there
was
a
plot
against
him."
"This
is
how
I
inherited
the
estate.
You
might
wonder
why
I
didn’t
sell
it.
I
believed
our
troubles
were
linked
to
something
from
my
uncle’s
life,
and
that
danger
would
follow
us
anywhere."
"My
father
died
in
January
1885,
and
two
years
and
eight
months
have
passed
since
then.
During
this
time,
I
lived
happily
at
Horsham,
hoping
our
family
curse
had
ended
with
the
last
generation.
But
I
was
wrong
to
feel
comforted.
Yesterday,
the
threat
returned,
just
as
it
did
for
my
father."
"The
young
man
took
a
crumpled
envelope
from
his
waistcoat
and
shook
out
five
small
dried
orange
pips
onto
the
table."
"'This
is
the
envelope,'
he
said.
'The
postmark
is
from
London—eastern
division.
Inside
are
the
same
words
from
my
father’s
last
message:
‘K.
K.
K.’
and
‘Put
the
papers
on
the
sundial.’"
"'What
have
you
done?'
asked
Holmes."
"'Nothing.'"
"'Nothing?'"
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