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Las aventuras de Sherlock Holmes
A Scandal in Bohemia
Capítulo 1, Página 16
At
exactly
three
o'clock,
I
was
at
Baker
Street,
but
Holmes
hadn't
returned
yet.
The
landlady
told
me
he
left
shortly
after
eight
in
the
morning.
I
sat
by
the
fire,
ready
to
wait
as
long
as
needed.
I
was
already
very
interested
in
his
investigation.
Although
it
didn't
have
the
grim
or
strange
features
of
the
two
crimes
I've
recorded
before,
the
nature
of
the
case
and
the
high
status
of
his
client
made
it
unique.
Besides
the
investigation
itself,
there
was
something
fascinating
about
Holmes's
masterful
understanding
of
situations
and
his
sharp,
logical
reasoning.
Watching
his
methods,
as
he
untangled
the
most
complex
mysteries,
was
a
pleasure.
I
was
so
used
to
his
constant
success
that
I
couldn't
even
consider
the
possibility
of
him
failing.
It
was
nearly
four
when
the
door
opened,
and
a
groom
who
looked
drunk,
unkempt,
with
sideburns
and
shabby
clothes,
entered
the
room.
Even
with
my
familiarity
with
my
friend's
incredible
disguise
skills,
I
had
to
look
three
times
to
be
sure
it
was
him.
With
a
nod,
he
disappeared
into
the
bedroom
and
emerged
five
minutes
later,
dressed
respectably
in
tweed,
as
usual.
He
put
his
hands
in
his
pockets,
stretched
his
legs
in
front
of
the
fire,
and
laughed
heartily
for
several
minutes.
"Well,
really!"
he
exclaimed,
then
choked
and
laughed
again
until
he
had
to
lie
back,
limp
and
helpless,
in
the
chair.
"What
is
it?"
"It's
just
too
funny.
I'm
sure
you'll
never
guess
how
I
spent
my
morning
or
what
I
ended
up
doing."
"I
can't
imagine.
I
suppose
you've
been
observing
Miss
Irene
Adler's
habits,
and
perhaps
her
house."
"Exactly;
but
the
outcome
was
quite
unusual.
I'll
tell
you.
I
left
the
house
just
after
eight
this
morning,
disguised
as
an
unemployed
groom.
There's
a
wonderful
camaraderie
among
horsemen.
If
you
become
one
of
them,
you'll
learn
everything
there
is
to
know.
I
soon
found
Briony
Lodge.
It's
a
charming
villa
with
a
garden
at
the
back,
but
the
front
is
right
by
the
road,
two
stories
high.
The
door
has
a
Chubb
lock.
There's
a
large
sitting
room
on
the
right,
well-furnished,
with
long
windows
almost
reaching
the
floor,
and
those
ridiculous
English
window
fasteners
a
child
could
open.
At
the
back,
nothing
special,
except
the
passage
window
can
be
reached
from
the
top
of
the
coach-house.
I
walked
around
and
examined
it
closely
from
every
angle,
but
found
nothing
else
of
interest."
"I
then
strolled
down
the
street
and
discovered,
as
expected,
a
mews
in
a
lane
running
along
one
wall
of
the
garden.
I
helped
the
stable
hands
groom
their
horses
and,
in
return,
received
two
pence,
a
glass
of
half-and-half,
two
fills
of
shag
tobacco,
and
as
much
information
as
I
could
want
about
Miss
Adler,
not
to
mention
half
a
dozen
other
people
in
the
area
I
wasn't
interested
in,
but
whose
life
stories
I
had
to
hear."
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