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Las aventuras de Sherlock Holmes
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet
Capítulo 11, Página 26
“He
knows
it
already.
When
I
had
cleared
it
all
up
I
had
an
interview
with
him,
and
finding
that
he
would
not
tell
me
the
story,
I
told
it
to
him,
on
which
he
had
to
confess
that
I
was
right
and
to
add
the
very
few
details
which
were
not
yet
quite
clear
to
me.
Your
news
of
this
morning,
however,
may
open
his
lips.”
“For
Heaven’s
sake,
tell
me,
then,
what
is
this
extraordinary
mystery!”
“I
will
do
so,
and
I
will
show
you
the
steps
by
which
I
reached
it.
And
let
me
say
to
you,
first,
that
which
it
is
hardest
for
me
to
say
and
for
you
to
hear:
there
has
been
an
understanding
between
Sir
George
Burnwell
and
your
niece
Mary.
They
have
now
fled
together.”
“My
Mary?
Impossible!”
“It
is
unfortunately
more
than
possible;
it
is
certain.
Neither
you
nor
your
son
knew
the
true
character
of
this
man
when
you
admitted
him
into
your
family
circle.
He
is
one
of
the
most
dangerous
men
in
England—a
ruined
gambler,
an
absolutely
desperate
villain,
a
man
without
heart
or
conscience.
Your
niece
knew
nothing
of
such
men.
When
he
breathed
his
vows
to
her,
as
he
had
done
to
a
hundred
before
her,
she
flattered
herself
that
she
alone
had
touched
his
heart.
The
devil
knows
best
what
he
said,
but
at
least
she
became
his
tool
and
was
in
the
habit
of
seeing
him
nearly
every
evening.”
“I
cannot,
and
I
will
not,
believe
it!”
cried
the
banker
with
an
ashen
face.
“I
will
tell
you,
then,
what
occurred
in
your
house
last
night.
Your
niece,
when
you
had,
as
she
thought,
gone
to
your
room,
slipped
down
and
talked
to
her
lover
through
the
window
which
leads
into
the
stable
lane.
His
footmarks
had
pressed
right
through
the
snow,
so
long
had
he
stood
there.
She
told
him
of
the
coronet.
His
wicked
lust
for
gold
kindled
at
the
news,
and
he
bent
her
to
his
will.
I
have
no
doubt
that
she
loved
you,
but
there
are
women
in
whom
the
love
of
a
lover
extinguishes
all
other
loves,
and
I
think
that
she
must
have
been
one.
She
had
hardly
listened
to
his
instructions
when
she
saw
you
coming
downstairs,
on
which
she
closed
the
window
rapidly
and
told
you
about
one
of
the
servants’
escapade
with
her
wooden-legged
lover,
which
was
all
perfectly
true.”
“Your
boy,
Arthur,
went
to
bed
after
his
interview
with
you
but
he
slept
badly
on
account
of
his
uneasiness
about
his
club
debts.
In
the
middle
of
the
night
he
heard
a
soft
tread
pass
his
door,
so
he
rose
and,
looking
out,
was
surprised
to
see
his
cousin
walking
very
stealthily
along
the
passage
until
she
disappeared
into
your
dressing-room.
Petrified
with
astonishment,
the
lad
slipped
on
some
clothes
and
waited
there
in
the
dark
to
see
what
would
come
of
this
strange
affair.
Presently
she
emerged
from
the
room
again,
and
in
the
light
of
the
passage-lamp
your
son
saw
that
she
carried
the
precious
coronet
in
her
hands.
She
passed
down
the
stairs,
and
he,
thrilling
with
horror,
ran
along
and
slipped
behind
the
curtain
near
your
door,
whence
he
could
see
what
passed
in
the
hall
beneath.
He
saw
her
stealthily
open
the
window,
hand
out
the
coronet
to
someone
in
the
gloom,
and
then
closing
it
once
more
hurry
back
to
her
room,
passing
quite
close
to
where
he
stood
hid
behind
the
curtain.”
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