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Las aventuras de Sherlock Holmes
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
Capítulo 7, Página 11
“Mr.
Henry
Baker,
I
believe,”
said
he,
rising
from
his
armchair
and
greeting
his
visitor
with
the
easy
air
of
geniality
which
he
could
so
readily
assume.
“Pray
take
this
chair
by
the
fire,
Mr.
Baker.
It
is
a
cold
night,
and
I
observe
that
your
circulation
is
more
adapted
for
summer
than
for
winter.
Ah,
Watson,
you
have
just
come
at
the
right
time.
Is
that
your
hat,
Mr.
Baker?”
“Yes,
sir,
that
is
undoubtedly
my
hat.”
He
was
a
large
man
with
rounded
shoulders,
a
massive
head,
and
a
broad,
intelligent
face,
sloping
down
to
a
pointed
beard
of
grizzled
brown.
A
touch
of
red
in
nose
and
cheeks,
with
a
slight
tremor
of
his
extended
hand,
recalled
Holmes’
surmise
as
to
his
habits.
His
rusty
black
frock-coat
was
buttoned
right
up
in
front,
with
the
collar
turned
up,
and
his
lank
wrists
protruded
from
his
sleeves
without
a
sign
of
cuff
or
shirt.
He
spoke
in
a
slow
staccato
fashion,
choosing
his
words
with
care,
and
gave
the
impression
generally
of
a
man
of
learning
and
letters
who
had
had
ill-usage
at
the
hands
of
fortune.
“We
have
retained
these
things
for
some
days,”
said
Holmes,
“because
we
expected
to
see
an
advertisement
from
you
giving
your
address.
I
am
at
a
loss
to
know
now
why
you
did
not
advertise.”
Our
visitor
gave
a
rather
shamefaced
laugh.
“Shillings
have
not
been
so
plentiful
with
me
as
they
once
were,”
he
remarked.
“I
had
no
doubt
that
the
gang
of
roughs
who
assaulted
me
had
carried
off
both
my
hat
and
the
bird.
I
did
not
care
to
spend
more
money
in
a
hopeless
attempt
at
recovering
them.”
“Very
naturally.
By
the
way,
about
the
bird,
we
were
compelled
to
eat
it.”
“To
eat
it!”
Our
visitor
half
rose
from
his
chair
in
his
excitement.
“Yes,
it
would
have
been
of
no
use
to
anyone
had
we
not
done
so.
But
I
presume
that
this
other
goose
upon
the
sideboard,
which
is
about
the
same
weight
and
perfectly
fresh,
will
answer
your
purpose
equally
well?”
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