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Las aventuras de Sherlock Holmes
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor
Capítulo 10, Página 10
“Now,
what
is
your
own
impression
as
to
the
young
lady’s—your
wife’s
character?”
The
nobleman
swung
his
glasses
a
little
faster
and
stared
down
into
the
fire.
“You
see,
Mr.
Holmes,”
said
he,
“my
wife
was
twenty
before
her
father
became
a
rich
man.
During
that
time
she
ran
free
in
a
mining
camp
and
wandered
through
woods
or
mountains,
so
that
her
education
has
come
from
Nature
rather
than
from
the
schoolmaster.
She
is
what
we
call
in
England
a
tomboy,
with
a
strong
nature,
wild
and
free,
unfettered
by
any
sort
of
traditions.
She
is
impetuous—volcanic,
I
was
about
to
say.
She
is
swift
in
making
up
her
mind
and
fearless
in
carrying
out
her
resolutions.
On
the
other
hand,
I
would
not
have
given
her
the
name
which
I
have
the
honour
to
bear”—he
gave
a
little
stately
cough—“had
I
not
thought
her
to
be
at
bottom
a
noble
woman.
I
believe
that
she
is
capable
of
heroic
self-sacrifice
and
that
anything
dishonourable
would
be
repugnant
to
her.”
“Have
you
her
photograph?”
“I
brought
this
with
me.”
He
opened
a
locket
and
showed
us
the
full
face
of
a
very
lovely
woman.
It
was
not
a
photograph
but
an
ivory
miniature,
and
the
artist
had
brought
out
the
full
effect
of
the
lustrous
black
hair,
the
large
dark
eyes,
and
the
exquisite
mouth.
Holmes
gazed
long
and
earnestly
at
it.
Then
he
closed
the
locket
and
handed
it
back
to
Lord
St.
Simon.
“The
young
lady
came
to
London,
then,
and
you
renewed
your
acquaintance?”
“Yes,
her
father
brought
her
over
for
this
last
London
season.
I
met
her
several
times,
became
engaged
to
her,
and
have
now
married
her.”
“She
brought,
I
understand,
a
considerable
dowry?”
“A
fair
dowry.
Not
more
than
is
usual
in
my
family.”
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