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Las aventuras de Sherlock Holmes
A Case of Identity
Capítulo 3, Página 17
"It
might
be
true,
or
it
might
not,
Mr.
Holmes,"
he
said,
"but
if
you're
so
smart,
you
should
know
that
you're
the
one
breaking
the
law
now,
not
me.
I've
done
nothing
illegal
from
the
start,
but
by
keeping
that
door
locked,
you're
risking
a
charge
of
assault
and
illegal
restraint."
"The
law
can't
touch
you,
as
you
say,"
Holmes
replied,
unlocking
and
opening
the
door,
"yet
no
one
deserves
punishment
more
than
you.
If
the
young
lady
has
a
brother
or
a
friend,
they
should
give
you
a
whipping.
By
Jove!"
he
exclaimed,
his
face
reddening
at
the
man's
sneer,
"it's
not
my
duty
to
my
client,
but
there's
a
hunting
crop
here,
and
I
might
just
treat
myself
to—"
He
took
two
quick
steps
toward
the
whip,
but
before
he
could
grab
it,
there
was
a
loud
clatter
of
footsteps
on
the
stairs,
the
heavy
hall
door
slammed,
and
we
saw
Mr.
James
Windibank
running
down
the
road
as
fast
as
he
could.
"What
a
cold-blooded
scoundrel!"
Holmes
said,
laughing,
as
he
sat
back
in
his
chair.
"That
man
will
keep
committing
crimes
until
he
does
something
really
terrible
and
ends
up
on
the
gallows.
In
some
ways,
this
case
has
been
quite
interesting."
"I
can't
quite
follow
all
your
reasoning,"
I
said.
"Well,
it
was
obvious
from
the
start
that
Mr.
Hosmer
Angel
had
a
strong
motive
for
his
strange
behavior,
and
it
was
equally
clear
that
the
only
person
who
benefited
from
the
situation
was
the
stepfather.
The
fact
that
the
two
men
never
appeared
together,
and
one
always
showed
up
when
the
other
was
away,
was
suggestive.
So
were
the
tinted
spectacles
and
the
strange
voice,
both
indicating
a
disguise,
as
did
the
bushy
whiskers.
My
suspicions
were
confirmed
by
his
peculiar
habit
of
typing
his
signature,
suggesting
his
handwriting
was
so
familiar
to
her
she'd
recognize
even
a
small
sample.
All
these
separate
facts,
along
with
many
minor
ones,
pointed
in
the
same
direction."
"And
how
did
you
verify
them?"
"Once
I
identified
my
suspect,
it
was
easy
to
get
confirmation.
I
knew
the
company
he
worked
for.
I
took
the
printed
description
and
removed
anything
that
could
be
a
disguise—the
whiskers,
glasses,
voice—and
sent
it
to
the
company,
asking
if
it
fit
any
of
their
employees.
I
had
already
noticed
the
unique
features
of
the
typewriter,
and
I
wrote
to
the
man
at
his
work
address,
asking
him
to
come
here.
As
expected,
his
reply
was
typewritten
and
showed
the
same
small
but
distinctive
flaws.
The
same
post
brought
me
a
letter
from
Westhouse
&
Marbank,
of
Fenchurch
Street,
confirming
the
description
matched
their
employee,
James
Windibank.
Voilà
tout!"
"And
Miss
Sutherland?"
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