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Las aventuras de Sherlock Holmes
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb
Capítulo 9, Página 17
"'You're
mad,
Elise!'
he
shouted,
struggling
to
break
free.
'You'll
ruin
us.
He's
seen
too
much.
Let
me
through!'
He
shoved
her
aside
and
rushed
to
the
window,
swinging
his
weapon
at
me.
I
had
let
myself
drop
and
was
hanging
by
my
hands
from
the
sill
when
his
blow
landed.
I
felt
a
dull
pain,
my
grip
loosened,
and
I
fell
into
the
garden
below."
"I
was
shaken
but
unhurt
by
the
fall,
so
I
got
up
and
ran
into
the
bushes
as
fast
as
I
could,
knowing
I
was
still
in
danger.
Suddenly,
as
I
ran,
a
wave
of
dizziness
and
nausea
hit
me.
I
looked
at
my
hand,
which
throbbed
painfully,
and
saw
for
the
first
time
that
my
thumb
had
been
cut
off,
blood
pouring
from
the
wound.
I
tried
to
tie
my
handkerchief
around
it,
but
a
buzzing
filled
my
ears,
and
I
fainted
among
the
rose
bushes."
"I
don't
know
how
long
I
was
unconscious.
It
must
have
been
a
long
time
because
when
I
woke,
the
moon
had
set,
and
a
bright
morning
was
breaking.
My
clothes
were
soaked
with
dew,
and
my
coat
sleeve
was
stained
with
blood
from
my
wounded
thumb.
The
pain
brought
back
all
the
details
of
my
night's
adventure,
and
I
jumped
to
my
feet,
fearing
I
was
still
in
danger.
But
to
my
surprise,
when
I
looked
around,
the
house
and
garden
were
gone.
I
had
been
lying
by
a
hedge
near
the
high
road,
and
a
little
further
down
was
a
long
building,
which
turned
out
to
be
the
station
where
I
had
arrived
the
night
before.
If
not
for
the
ugly
wound
on
my
hand,
all
that
had
happened
might
have
seemed
like
a
bad
dream."
"Half
dazed,
I
went
into
the
station
and
asked
about
the
morning
train.
There
was
one
to
Reading
in
less
than
an
hour.
The
same
porter
was
on
duty
as
when
I
arrived.
I
asked
if
he
had
heard
of
Colonel
Lysander
Stark.
The
name
was
unfamiliar
to
him.
Had
he
seen
a
carriage
waiting
for
me
the
night
before?
No,
he
hadn't.
Was
there
a
police
station
nearby?
There
was
one
about
three
miles
away."
"It
was
too
far
for
me
to
go,
feeling
as
weak
and
ill
as
I
was.
I
decided
to
wait
until
I
got
back
to
town
to
tell
the
police
my
story.
It
was
just
past
six
when
I
arrived,
so
I
went
to
have
my
wound
treated,
and
then
the
doctor
kindly
brought
me
here.
I
leave
the
case
in
your
hands
and
will
do
exactly
as
you
advise."
We
both
sat
quietly
for
a
while
after
hearing
this
strange
story.
Then
Sherlock
Holmes
took
down
one
of
his
large
commonplace
books,
where
he
kept
his
cuttings.
"Here's
an
advertisement
that
might
interest
you,"
he
said.
"It
appeared
in
all
the
papers
about
a
year
ago.
Listen:
'Lost,
on
the
9th
inst.,
Mr.
Jeremiah
Hayling,
aged
twenty-six,
a
hydraulic
engineer.
Left
his
lodgings
at
ten
o'clock
at
night
and
hasn't
been
heard
from
since.
Was
dressed
in,'
etc.,
etc.
Ha!
That
must
have
been
the
last
time
the
colonel
needed
his
machine
checked,
I
think."
"Good
heavens!"
my
patient
exclaimed.
"So
that's
what
the
girl
meant."
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