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Las aventuras de Sherlock Holmes
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor
Capítulo 10, Página 28
“Then
I
trust
that
you
at
least
will
honour
me
with
your
company,”
said
Sherlock
Holmes.
“It
is
always
a
joy
to
meet
an
American,
Mr.
Moulton,
for
I
am
one
of
those
who
believe
that
the
folly
of
a
monarch
and
the
blundering
of
a
minister
in
far-gone
years
will
not
prevent
our
children
from
being
some
day
citizens
of
the
same
world-wide
country
under
a
flag
which
shall
be
a
quartering
of
the
Union
Jack
with
the
Stars
and
Stripes.”
“The
case
has
been
an
interesting
one,”
remarked
Holmes
when
our
visitors
had
left
us,
“because
it
serves
to
show
very
clearly
how
simple
the
explanation
may
be
of
an
affair
which
at
first
sight
seems
to
be
almost
inexplicable.
Nothing
could
be
more
natural
than
the
sequence
of
events
as
narrated
by
this
lady,
and
nothing
stranger
than
the
result
when
viewed,
for
instance,
by
Mr.
Lestrade
of
Scotland
Yard.”
“You
were
not
yourself
at
fault
at
all,
then?”
“From
the
first,
two
facts
were
very
obvious
to
me,
the
one
that
the
lady
had
been
quite
willing
to
undergo
the
wedding
ceremony,
the
other
that
she
had
repented
of
it
within
a
few
minutes
of
returning
home.
Obviously
something
had
occurred
during
the
morning,
then,
to
cause
her
to
change
her
mind.
What
could
that
something
be?
She
could
not
have
spoken
to
anyone
when
she
was
out,
for
she
had
been
in
the
company
of
the
bridegroom.
Had
she
seen
someone,
then?
If
she
had,
it
must
be
someone
from
America
because
she
had
spent
so
short
a
time
in
this
country
that
she
could
hardly
have
allowed
anyone
to
acquire
so
deep
an
influence
over
her
that
the
mere
sight
of
him
would
induce
her
to
change
her
plans
so
completely.
You
see
we
have
already
arrived,
by
a
process
of
exclusion,
at
the
idea
that
she
might
have
seen
an
American.
Then
who
could
this
American
be,
and
why
should
he
possess
so
much
influence
over
her?
It
might
be
a
lover;
it
might
be
a
husband.
Her
young
womanhood
had,
I
knew,
been
spent
in
rough
scenes
and
under
strange
conditions.
So
far
I
had
got
before
I
ever
heard
Lord
St.
Simon’s
narrative.
When
he
told
us
of
a
man
in
a
pew,
of
the
change
in
the
bride’s
manner,
of
so
transparent
a
device
for
obtaining
a
note
as
the
dropping
of
a
bouquet,
of
her
resort
to
her
confidential
maid,
and
of
her
very
significant
allusion
to
claim-jumping—which
in
miners’
parlance
means
taking
possession
of
that
which
another
person
has
a
prior
claim
to—the
whole
situation
became
absolutely
clear.
She
had
gone
off
with
a
man,
and
the
man
was
either
a
lover
or
was
a
previous
husband—the
chances
being
in
favour
of
the
latter.”
“And
how
in
the
world
did
you
find
them?”
“It
might
have
been
difficult,
but
friend
Lestrade
held
information
in
his
hands
the
value
of
which
he
did
not
himself
know.
The
initials
were,
of
course,
of
the
highest
importance,
but
more
valuable
still
was
it
to
know
that
within
a
week
he
had
settled
his
bill
at
one
of
the
most
select
London
hotels.”
“How
did
you
deduce
the
select?”
“By
the
select
prices.
Eight
shillings
for
a
bed
and
eightpence
for
a
glass
of
sherry
pointed
to
one
of
the
most
expensive
hotels.
There
are
not
many
in
London
which
charge
at
that
rate.
In
the
second
one
which
I
visited
in
Northumberland
Avenue,
I
learned
by
an
inspection
of
the
book
that
Francis
H.
Moulton,
an
American
gentleman,
had
left
only
the
day
before,
and
on
looking
over
the
entries
against
him,
I
came
upon
the
very
items
which
I
had
seen
in
the
duplicate
bill.
His
letters
were
to
be
forwarded
to
226
Gordon
Square;
so
thither
I
travelled,
and
being
fortunate
enough
to
find
the
loving
couple
at
home,
I
ventured
to
give
them
some
paternal
advice
and
to
point
out
to
them
that
it
would
be
better
in
every
way
that
they
should
make
their
position
a
little
clearer
both
to
the
general
public
and
to
Lord
St.
Simon
in
particular.
I
invited
them
to
meet
him
here,
and,
as
you
see,
I
made
him
keep
the
appointment.”
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