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Las aventuras de Sherlock Holmes
The Five Orange Pips
Capítulo 5, Página 15
“Then
what
are
they?
Who
is
this
K.
K.
K.,
and
why
does
he
pursue
this
unhappy
family?”
Sherlock
Holmes
closed
his
eyes
and
placed
his
elbows
upon
the
arms
of
his
chair,
with
his
finger-tips
together.
“The
ideal
reasoner,”
he
remarked,
“would,
when
he
had
once
been
shown
a
single
fact
in
all
its
bearings,
deduce
from
it
not
only
all
the
chain
of
events
which
led
up
to
it
but
also
all
the
results
which
would
follow
from
it.
As
Cuvier
could
correctly
describe
a
whole
animal
by
the
contemplation
of
a
single
bone,
so
the
observer
who
has
thoroughly
understood
one
link
in
a
series
of
incidents
should
be
able
to
accurately
state
all
the
other
ones,
both
before
and
after.
We
have
not
yet
grasped
the
results
which
the
reason
alone
can
attain
to.
Problems
may
be
solved
in
the
study
which
have
baffled
all
those
who
have
sought
a
solution
by
the
aid
of
their
senses.
To
carry
the
art,
however,
to
its
highest
pitch,
it
is
necessary
that
the
reasoner
should
be
able
to
utilise
all
the
facts
which
have
come
to
his
knowledge;
and
this
in
itself
implies,
as
you
will
readily
see,
a
possession
of
all
knowledge,
which,
even
in
these
days
of
free
education
and
encyclopædias,
is
a
somewhat
rare
accomplishment.
It
is
not
so
impossible,
however,
that
a
man
should
possess
all
knowledge
which
is
likely
to
be
useful
to
him
in
his
work,
and
this
I
have
endeavoured
in
my
case
to
do.
If
I
remember
rightly,
you
on
one
occasion,
in
the
early
days
of
our
friendship,
defined
my
limits
in
a
very
precise
fashion.”
“Yes,”
I
answered,
laughing.
“It
was
a
singular
document.
Philosophy,
astronomy,
and
politics
were
marked
at
zero,
I
remember.
Botany
variable,
geology
profound
as
regards
the
mud-stains
from
any
region
within
fifty
miles
of
town,
chemistry
eccentric,
anatomy
unsystematic,
sensational
literature
and
crime
records
unique,
violin-player,
boxer,
swordsman,
lawyer,
and
self-poisoner
by
cocaine
and
tobacco.
Those,
I
think,
were
the
main
points
of
my
analysis.”
Holmes
grinned
at
the
last
item.
“Well,”
he
said,
“I
say
now,
as
I
said
then,
that
a
man
should
keep
his
little
brain-attic
stocked
with
all
the
furniture
that
he
is
likely
to
use,
and
the
rest
he
can
put
away
in
the
lumber-room
of
his
library,
where
he
can
get
it
if
he
wants
it.
Now,
for
such
a
case
as
the
one
which
has
been
submitted
to
us
to-night,
we
need
certainly
to
muster
all
our
resources.
Kindly
hand
me
down
the
letter
K
of
the
American
Encyclopædia
which
stands
upon
the
shelf
beside
you.
Thank
you.
Now
let
us
consider
the
situation
and
see
what
may
be
deduced
from
it.
In
the
first
place,
we
may
start
with
a
strong
presumption
that
Colonel
Openshaw
had
some
very
strong
reason
for
leaving
America.
Men
at
his
time
of
life
do
not
change
all
their
habits
and
exchange
willingly
the
charming
climate
of
Florida
for
the
lonely
life
of
an
English
provincial
town.
His
extreme
love
of
solitude
in
England
suggests
the
idea
that
he
was
in
fear
of
someone
or
something,
so
we
may
assume
as
a
working
hypothesis
that
it
was
fear
of
someone
or
something
which
drove
him
from
America.
As
to
what
it
was
he
feared,
we
can
only
deduce
that
by
considering
the
formidable
letters
which
were
received
by
himself
and
his
successors.
Did
you
remark
the
postmarks
of
those
letters?”
“The
first
was
from
Pondicherry,
the
second
from
Dundee,
and
the
third
from
London.”
“From
East
London.
What
do
you
deduce
from
that?”
“They
are
all
seaports.
That
the
writer
was
on
board
of
a
ship.”
“Excellent.
We
have
already
a
clue.
There
can
be
no
doubt
that
the
probability—the
strong
probability—is
that
the
writer
was
on
board
of
a
ship.
And
now
let
us
consider
another
point.
In
the
case
of
Pondicherry,
seven
weeks
elapsed
between
the
threat
and
its
fulfilment,
in
Dundee
it
was
only
some
three
or
four
days.
Does
that
suggest
anything?”
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