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Las aventuras de Sherlock Holmes
The Red-Headed League
Capítulo 2, Página 27
“So
far
I
had
got
when
we
went
to
visit
the
scene
of
action.
I
surprised
you
by
beating
upon
the
pavement
with
my
stick.
I
was
ascertaining
whether
the
cellar
stretched
out
in
front
or
behind.
It
was
not
in
front.
Then
I
rang
the
bell,
and,
as
I
hoped,
the
assistant
answered
it.
We
have
had
some
skirmishes,
but
we
had
never
set
eyes
upon
each
other
before.
I
hardly
looked
at
his
face.
His
knees
were
what
I
wished
to
see.
You
must
yourself
have
remarked
how
worn,
wrinkled,
and
stained
they
were.
They
spoke
of
those
hours
of
burrowing.
The
only
remaining
point
was
what
they
were
burrowing
for.
I
walked
round
the
corner,
saw
the
City
and
Suburban
Bank
abutted
on
our
friend’s
premises,
and
felt
that
I
had
solved
my
problem.
When
you
drove
home
after
the
concert
I
called
upon
Scotland
Yard
and
upon
the
chairman
of
the
bank
directors,
with
the
result
that
you
have
seen.”
“And
how
could
you
tell
that
they
would
make
their
attempt
to-night?”
I
asked.
“Well,
when
they
closed
their
League
offices
that
was
a
sign
that
they
cared
no
longer
about
Mr.
Jabez
Wilson’s
presence—in
other
words,
that
they
had
completed
their
tunnel.
But
it
was
essential
that
they
should
use
it
soon,
as
it
might
be
discovered,
or
the
bullion
might
be
removed.
Saturday
would
suit
them
better
than
any
other
day,
as
it
would
give
them
two
days
for
their
escape.
For
all
these
reasons
I
expected
them
to
come
to-night.”
“You
reasoned
it
out
beautifully,”
I
exclaimed
in
unfeigned
admiration.
“It
is
so
long
a
chain,
and
yet
every
link
rings
true.”
“It
saved
me
from
ennui,”
he
answered,
yawning.
“Alas!
I
already
feel
it
closing
in
upon
me.
My
life
is
spent
in
one
long
effort
to
escape
from
the
commonplaces
of
existence.
These
little
problems
help
me
to
do
so.”
“And
you
are
a
benefactor
of
the
race,”
said
I.
He
shrugged
his
shoulders.
“Well,
perhaps,
after
all,
it
is
of
some
little
use,”
he
remarked.
“‘L’homme
c’est
rien—l’œuvre
c’est
tout,’
as
Gustave
Flaubert
wrote
to
George
Sand.”
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