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Las aventuras de Sherlock Holmes
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches
Capítulo 12, Página 13
“They
always
fill
me
with
a
certain
horror.
It
is
my
belief,
Watson,
founded
upon
my
experience,
that
the
lowest
and
vilest
alleys
in
London
do
not
present
a
more
dreadful
record
of
sin
than
does
the
smiling
and
beautiful
countryside.”
“You
horrify
me!”
“But
the
reason
is
very
obvious.
The
pressure
of
public
opinion
can
do
in
the
town
what
the
law
cannot
accomplish.
There
is
no
lane
so
vile
that
the
scream
of
a
tortured
child,
or
the
thud
of
a
drunkard’s
blow,
does
not
beget
sympathy
and
indignation
among
the
neighbours,
and
then
the
whole
machinery
of
justice
is
ever
so
close
that
a
word
of
complaint
can
set
it
going,
and
there
is
but
a
step
between
the
crime
and
the
dock.
But
look
at
these
lonely
houses,
each
in
its
own
fields,
filled
for
the
most
part
with
poor
ignorant
folk
who
know
little
of
the
law.
Think
of
the
deeds
of
hellish
cruelty,
the
hidden
wickedness
which
may
go
on,
year
in,
year
out,
in
such
places,
and
none
the
wiser.
Had
this
lady
who
appeals
to
us
for
help
gone
to
live
in
Winchester,
I
should
never
have
had
a
fear
for
her.
It
is
the
five
miles
of
country
which
makes
the
danger.
Still,
it
is
clear
that
she
is
not
personally
threatened.”
“No.
If
she
can
come
to
Winchester
to
meet
us
she
can
get
away.”
“Quite
so.
She
has
her
freedom.”
“What
can
be
the
matter,
then?
Can
you
suggest
no
explanation?”
“I
have
devised
seven
separate
explanations,
each
of
which
would
cover
the
facts
as
far
as
we
know
them.
But
which
of
these
is
correct
can
only
be
determined
by
the
fresh
information
which
we
shall
no
doubt
find
waiting
for
us.
Well,
there
is
the
tower
of
the
cathedral,
and
we
shall
soon
learn
all
that
Miss
Hunter
has
to
tell.”
The
Black
Swan
is
an
inn
of
repute
in
the
High
Street,
at
no
distance
from
the
station,
and
there
we
found
the
young
lady
waiting
for
us.
She
had
engaged
a
sitting-room,
and
our
lunch
awaited
us
upon
the
table.
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