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Las aventuras de Sherlock Holmes
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb
Capítulo 9, Página 13
"Inside
the
house,
it
was
pitch
dark,
and
the
colonel
fumbled
for
matches,
muttering
to
himself.
Suddenly,
a
door
at
the
end
of
the
passage
opened,
and
a
long,
golden
beam
of
light
streamed
out
towards
us.
It
widened,
and
a
woman
appeared
with
a
lamp
held
high,
peering
at
us.
I
could
see
she
was
pretty,
and
the
light
reflected
off
her
dark
dress,
showing
it
was
made
of
rich
material.
She
spoke
a
few
words
in
a
foreign
language,
as
if
asking
a
question,
and
when
my
companion
replied
gruffly,
she
started
so
much
that
the
lamp
nearly
fell
from
her
hand.
Colonel
Stark
went
to
her,
whispered
something
in
her
ear,
and
then
pushed
her
back
into
the
room
she
had
come
from.
He
returned
to
me
with
the
lamp."
"Perhaps
you’ll
be
kind
enough
to
wait
in
this
room
for
a
few
minutes,"
he
said,
opening
another
door.
It
was
a
small,
plainly
furnished
room
with
a
round
table
in
the
center,
scattered
with
several
German
books.
Colonel
Stark
placed
the
lamp
on
a
harmonium
by
the
door.
"I
won’t
keep
you
waiting
long,"
he
said,
disappearing
into
the
darkness.
"I
glanced
at
the
books
on
the
table,
and
although
I
didn’t
know
German,
I
could
tell
two
were
scientific
treatises,
and
the
others
were
poetry
volumes.
I
walked
to
the
window,
hoping
to
see
the
countryside,
but
heavy,
barred
oak
shutters
covered
it.
The
house
was
incredibly
silent.
An
old
clock
ticked
loudly
somewhere
in
the
passage,
but
otherwise,
everything
was
deathly
still.
I
started
feeling
uneasy.
Who
were
these
German
people,
and
why
were
they
living
in
such
a
remote
place?
And
where
exactly
was
the
place?
I
knew
I
was
about
ten
miles
from
Eyford,
but
whether
north,
south,
east,
or
west,
I
had
no
idea.
Reading
and
possibly
other
large
towns
were
within
that
distance,
so
the
place
might
not
be
so
isolated
after
all.
Yet,
the
complete
silence
suggested
we
were
in
the
countryside.
I
paced
the
room,
humming
a
tune
under
my
breath
to
keep
my
spirits
up,
feeling
I
was
truly
earning
my
fifty-guinea
fee."
"Suddenly,
without
any
warning
in
the
complete
silence,
the
door
of
my
room
slowly
opened.
The
woman
stood
in
the
doorway,
the
darkness
of
the
hall
behind
her,
while
the
yellow
light
from
my
lamp
lit
up
her
eager
and
beautiful
face.
I
could
see
immediately
that
she
was
terrified,
and
it
sent
a
shiver
through
me.
She
raised
one
shaking
finger
to
signal
me
to
stay
quiet,
and
whispered
a
few
words
of
broken
English,
her
eyes
darting
back
like
those
of
a
scared
horse
into
the
shadows
behind
her."
"'I
would
go,'
she
said,
trying
hard,
it
seemed,
to
speak
calmly;
'I
would
go.
I
should
not
stay
here.
There
is
nothing
good
for
you
to
do.'"
"'But,
madam,'
I
replied,
'I
have
not
yet
done
what
I
came
for.
I
cannot
possibly
leave
until
I
have
seen
the
machine.'"
"'It
is
not
worth
your
while
to
wait,'
she
continued.
'You
can
leave
through
the
door;
no
one
will
stop
you.'
Then,
seeing
that
I
smiled
and
shook
my
head,
she
suddenly
dropped
her
restraint
and
stepped
forward,
wringing
her
hands
together.
'For
the
love
of
Heaven!'
she
whispered,
'get
away
from
here
before
it
is
too
late!'"
"But
I
am
somewhat
stubborn
by
nature,
and
more
eager
to
get
involved
when
there
is
a
challenge.
I
thought
of
my
fifty-guinea
fee,
my
tiring
journey,
and
the
unpleasant
night
that
seemed
ahead.
Was
it
all
to
be
for
nothing?
Why
should
I
leave
without
completing
my
task
and
receiving
my
payment?
This
woman
might,
for
all
I
knew,
be
delusional.
So,
with
a
firm
attitude,
though
her
manner
had
disturbed
me
more
than
I
liked
to
admit,
I
still
shook
my
head
and
declared
my
intention
of
staying.
She
was
about
to
plead
again
when
a
door
slammed
upstairs,
and
the
sound
of
several
footsteps
came
from
the
stairs.
She
listened
for
a
moment,
threw
up
her
hands
in
despair,
and
disappeared
as
suddenly
and
silently
as
she
had
come."
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