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Las aventuras de Sherlock Holmes
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb
Capítulo 9, Página 22
Before
the
station-master
finished
speaking,
we
were
all
rushing
towards
the
fire.
The
road
led
over
a
low
hill,
and
in
front
of
us
was
a
large
whitewashed
building,
spewing
fire
from
every
crack
and
window,
while
three
fire
engines
in
the
garden
struggled
to
control
the
flames.
"That's
it!"
cried
Hatherley,
extremely
excited.
"There's
the
gravel
drive,
and
those
are
the
rose
bushes
where
I
lay.
That
second
window
is
where
I
jumped
from."
"Well,"
said
Holmes,
"you've
had
your
revenge.
There's
no
doubt
that
your
oil
lamp,
crushed
in
the
press,
ignited
the
wooden
walls,
though
they
were
too
focused
on
chasing
you
to
notice
at
the
time.
Now,
look
for
your
friends
from
last
night
in
this
crowd,
though
I
fear
they
are
far
away
by
now."
And
Holmes'
fears
were
confirmed,
as
from
that
day
on,
no
word
was
ever
heard
of
the
beautiful
woman,
the
sinister
German,
or
the
gloomy
Englishman.
Early
that
morning,
a
peasant
saw
a
cart
with
several
people
and
large
boxes
heading
quickly
towards
Reading,
but
all
traces
of
the
fugitives
vanished,
and
even
Holmes'
cleverness
couldn't
find
any
clue
about
their
whereabouts.
The
firemen
were
puzzled
by
the
strange
setup
they
found
inside
and
even
more
so
by
discovering
a
freshly
severed
human
thumb
on
a
second-floor
window
sill.
By
sunset,
however,
they
finally
succeeded
in
extinguishing
the
flames,
but
not
before
the
roof
collapsed
and
the
entire
place
was
reduced
to
ruins.
Only
some
twisted
cylinders
and
iron
pipes
remained
of
the
machinery
that
had
cost
our
unfortunate
acquaintance
so
much.
Large
amounts
of
nickel
and
tin
were
found
in
an
outbuilding,
but
no
coins,
which
might
explain
the
presence
of
those
bulky
boxes
mentioned
earlier.
How
our
hydraulic
engineer
was
moved
from
the
garden
to
where
he
regained
consciousness
might
have
remained
a
mystery
if
not
for
the
soft
ground,
which
revealed
a
clear
story.
He
was
evidently
carried
by
two
people,
one
with
remarkably
small
feet
and
the
other
with
unusually
large
ones.
It
was
likely
that
the
silent
Englishman,
being
less
daring
or
murderous
than
his
partner,
helped
the
woman
carry
the
unconscious
man
out
of
harm's
way.
"Well,"
said
our
engineer
ruefully
as
we
took
our
seats
to
return
to
London,
"it's
been
quite
an
ordeal
for
me!
I've
lost
my
thumb
and
a
fifty-guinea
fee,
and
what
have
I
gained?"
"Experience,"
said
Holmes,
laughing.
"It
might
be
valuable
indirectly;
just
put
it
into
words,
and
you'll
gain
a
reputation
for
being
excellent
company
for
the
rest
of
your
life."
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