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Las aventuras de Sherlock Holmes
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor
Capítulo 10, Página 3
“‘MY
DEAR
MR.
SHERLOCK
HOLMES,—Lord
Backwater
tells
me
that
I
can
rely
completely
on
your
judgment
and
discretion.
I
have
decided,
therefore,
to
consult
you
regarding
the
very
distressing
event
connected
with
my
wedding.
Mr.
Lestrade,
from
Scotland
Yard,
is
already
involved,
but
he
assures
me
that
he
sees
no
issue
with
your
cooperation
and
even
thinks
it
might
be
helpful.
I
will
call
at
four
in
the
afternoon,
and
if
you
have
any
other
engagement
at
that
time,
I
hope
you
will
postpone
it,
as
this
matter
is
of
utmost
importance.
Yours
faithfully,’”
“‘ROBERT
ST.
SIMON.’”
“It’s
dated
from
Grosvenor
Mansions,
written
with
a
quill
pen,
and
the
noble
lord
has
unfortunately
gotten
a
smear
of
ink
on
the
outer
side
of
his
right
little
finger,”
Holmes
noted
as
he
folded
the
letter.
“He
says
four
o’clock.
It’s
three
now.
He’ll
be
here
in
an
hour.”
“Then
I
have
just
enough
time,
with
your
help,
to
get
clear
on
the
subject.
Go
through
those
papers
and
arrange
the
extracts
in
chronological
order
while
I
take
a
look
at
who
our
client
is.”
He
picked
a
red-covered
volume
from
a
line
of
reference
books
beside
the
mantelpiece.
“Here
he
is,”
he
said,
sitting
down
and
spreading
it
out
on
his
knee.
“‘Lord
Robert
Walsingham
de
Vere
St.
Simon,
second
son
of
the
Duke
of
Balmoral.’
Hmm!
‘Arms:
Azure,
three
caltrops
in
chief
over
a
fess
sable.
Born
in
1846.’
He’s
forty-one
years
old,
which
is
mature
for
marriage.
He
was
Under-Secretary
for
the
colonies
in
a
recent
administration.
The
Duke,
his
father,
was
once
Secretary
for
Foreign
Affairs.
They
have
Plantagenet
blood
directly
and
Tudor
on
the
distaff
side.
Ha!
Well,
there’s
nothing
very
informative
in
all
this.
I
think
I
must
turn
to
you,
Watson,
for
something
more
substantial.”
“I
have
no
difficulty
finding
what
I
want,”
I
said,
“because
the
facts
are
quite
recent,
and
the
matter
struck
me
as
unusual.
I
hesitated
to
bring
them
to
you,
though,
as
I
knew
you
had
an
investigation
ongoing
and
disliked
the
intrusion
of
other
matters.”
“Oh,
you
mean
the
little
problem
of
the
Grosvenor
Square
furniture
van.
That’s
all
cleared
up
now—though,
indeed,
it
was
obvious
from
the
start.
Please
give
me
the
results
of
your
newspaper
selections.”
“Here
is
the
first
notice
I
found.
It’s
in
the
personal
column
of
the
Morning
Post,
and
dates,
as
you
see,
a
few
weeks
back:
‘A
marriage
has
been
arranged,’
it
says,
‘and
will,
if
rumor
is
correct,
soon
take
place,
between
Lord
Robert
St.
Simon,
second
son
of
the
Duke
of
Balmoral,
and
Miss
Hatty
Doran,
the
only
daughter
of
Aloysius
Doran,
Esq.,
of
San
Francisco,
Cal.,
U.S.A.’
That’s
all.”
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