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Las aventuras de Sherlock Holmes
The Five Orange Pips
Capítulo 5, Página 7
“When
my
father
took
over
the
Horsham
property,
he,
at
my
request,
made
a
careful
examination
of
the
attic,
which
had
been
always
locked
up.
We
found
the
brass
box
there,
although
its
contents
had
been
destroyed.
On
the
inside
of
the
cover
was
a
paper
label,
with
the
initials
of
K.
K.
K.
repeated
upon
it,
and
‘Letters,
memoranda,
receipts,
and
a
register’
written
beneath.
These,
we
presume,
indicated
the
nature
of
the
papers
which
had
been
destroyed
by
Colonel
Openshaw.
For
the
rest,
there
was
nothing
of
much
importance
in
the
attic
save
a
great
many
scattered
papers
and
note-books
bearing
upon
my
uncle’s
life
in
America.
Some
of
them
were
of
the
war
time
and
showed
that
he
had
done
his
duty
well
and
had
borne
the
repute
of
a
brave
soldier.
Others
were
of
a
date
during
the
reconstruction
of
the
Southern
states,
and
were
mostly
concerned
with
politics,
for
he
had
evidently
taken
a
strong
part
in
opposing
the
carpet-bag
politicians
who
had
been
sent
down
from
the
North.”
“Well,
it
was
the
beginning
of
’84
when
my
father
came
to
live
at
Horsham,
and
all
went
as
well
as
possible
with
us
until
the
January
of
’85.
On
the
fourth
day
after
the
new
year
I
heard
my
father
give
a
sharp
cry
of
surprise
as
we
sat
together
at
the
breakfast-table.
There
he
was,
sitting
with
a
newly
opened
envelope
in
one
hand
and
five
dried
orange
pips
in
the
outstretched
palm
of
the
other
one.
He
had
always
laughed
at
what
he
called
my
cock-and-bull
story
about
the
colonel,
but
he
looked
very
scared
and
puzzled
now
that
the
same
thing
had
come
upon
himself.”
“‘Why,
what
on
earth
does
this
mean,
John?’
he
stammered.”
“My
heart
had
turned
to
lead.
‘It
is
K.
K.
K.,’
said
I.”
“He
looked
inside
the
envelope.
‘So
it
is,’
he
cried.
‘Here
are
the
very
letters.
But
what
is
this
written
above
them?’”
“‘Put
the
papers
on
the
sundial,’
I
read,
peeping
over
his
shoulder.”
“‘What
papers?
What
sundial?’
he
asked.”
“‘The
sundial
in
the
garden.
There
is
no
other,’
said
I;
‘but
the
papers
must
be
those
that
are
destroyed.’”
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