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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.
'Not
sickness,
business,
or
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
cabinet.
You
must
bring
your
own
ink,
pens,
and
blotting-paper,
but
we
provide
this
table
and
chair.
Can
you
start
tomorrow?'"
"'Certainly,'
I
replied."
"'Then,
goodbye,
Mr.
Jabez
Wilson,
and
let
me
congratulate
you
again
on
securing
this
important
position.'
He
showed
me
out,
and
I
went
home
with
my
assistant,
unsure
of
what
to
say
or
do,
as
I
was
so
pleased
with
my
good
fortune."
"I
thought
about
it
all
day,
and
by
evening,
I
was
feeling
down
again.
I
convinced
myself
that
it
must
be
some
elaborate
trick
or
scam,
though
I
couldn't
figure
out
why.
It
seemed
unbelievable
that
anyone
would
create
such
a
will
or
pay
so
much
for
something
as
simple
as
copying
the
Encyclopædia
Britannica.
Vincent
Spaulding
tried
to
cheer
me
up,
but
by
bedtime,
I
had
talked
myself
out
of
the
whole
thing.
However,
in
the
morning,
I
decided
to
give
it
a
try,
so
I
bought
a
cheap
bottle
of
ink,
a
quill
pen,
and
seven
sheets
of
paper,
and
headed
to
Pope's
Court."
"To
my
surprise
and
delight,
everything
was
just
right.
The
table
was
ready
for
me,
and
Mr.
Duncan
Ross
was
there
to
make
sure
I
got
started.
He
set
me
off
on
the
letter
A,
then
left,
but
he
would
check
in
occasionally
to
see
that
everything
was
going
well.
At
two
o'clock,
he
said
goodbye,
praised
the
amount
I
had
written,
and
locked
the
office
door
behind
me."
"This
routine
continued
day
after
day,
Mr.
Holmes,
and
on
Saturday,
the
manager
came
in
and
handed
me
four
gold
sovereigns
for
my
week's
work.
It
was
the
same
the
next
week,
and
the
week
after
that.
Every
morning
I
arrived
at
ten,
and
every
afternoon
I
left
at
two.
Over
time,
Mr.
Duncan
Ross
only
came
in
once
in
the
morning,
and
eventually,
he
stopped
coming
in
at
all.
Still,
I
never
dared
leave
the
room
for
a
moment,
as
I
wasn't
sure
when
he
might
show
up,
and
the
job
suited
me
so
well
that
I
didn't
want
to
risk
losing
it."
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