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Las aventuras de Sherlock Holmes
The Red-Headed League
Capítulo 2, Página 7
“‘And
what
are
they
worth?’
I
asked.”
“‘Oh,
merely
a
couple
of
hundred
a
year,
but
the
work
is
slight,
and
it
need
not
interfere
very
much
with
one’s
other
occupations.’”
“Well,
you
can
easily
think
that
that
made
me
prick
up
my
ears,
for
the
business
has
not
been
over
good
for
some
years,
and
an
extra
couple
of
hundred
would
have
been
very
handy.”
“‘Tell
me
all
about
it,’
said
I.”
“‘Well,’
said
he,
showing
me
the
advertisement,
‘you
can
see
for
yourself
that
the
League
has
a
vacancy,
and
there
is
the
address
where
you
should
apply
for
particulars.
As
far
as
I
can
make
out,
the
League
was
founded
by
an
American
millionaire,
Ezekiah
Hopkins,
who
was
very
peculiar
in
his
ways.
He
was
himself
red-headed,
and
he
had
a
great
sympathy
for
all
red-headed
men;
so,
when
he
died,
it
was
found
that
he
had
left
his
enormous
fortune
in
the
hands
of
trustees,
with
instructions
to
apply
the
interest
to
the
providing
of
easy
berths
to
men
whose
hair
is
of
that
colour.
From
all
I
hear
it
is
splendid
pay
and
very
little
to
do.’”
“‘But,’
said
I,
‘there
would
be
millions
of
red-headed
men
who
would
apply.’”
“‘Not
so
many
as
you
might
think,’
he
answered.
‘You
see
it
is
really
confined
to
Londoners,
and
to
grown
men.
This
American
had
started
from
London
when
he
was
young,
and
he
wanted
to
do
the
old
town
a
good
turn.
Then,
again,
I
have
heard
it
is
no
use
your
applying
if
your
hair
is
light
red,
or
dark
red,
or
anything
but
real
bright,
blazing,
fiery
red.
Now,
if
you
cared
to
apply,
Mr.
Wilson,
you
would
just
walk
in;
but
perhaps
it
would
hardly
be
worth
your
while
to
put
yourself
out
of
the
way
for
the
sake
of
a
few
hundred
pounds.’”
“Now,
it
is
a
fact,
gentlemen,
as
you
may
see
for
yourselves,
that
my
hair
is
of
a
very
full
and
rich
tint,
so
that
it
seemed
to
me
that
if
there
was
to
be
any
competition
in
the
matter
I
stood
as
good
a
chance
as
any
man
that
I
had
ever
met.
Vincent
Spaulding
seemed
to
know
so
much
about
it
that
I
thought
he
might
prove
useful,
so
I
just
ordered
him
to
put
up
the
shutters
for
the
day
and
to
come
right
away
with
me.
He
was
very
willing
to
have
a
holiday,
so
we
shut
the
business
up
and
started
off
for
the
address
that
was
given
us
in
the
advertisement.”
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