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Las aventuras de Sherlock Holmes
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
Capítulo 7, Página 23
“Here?”
“Yes,
and
a
most
remarkable
bird
it
proved.
I
don’t
wonder
that
you
should
take
an
interest
in
it.
It
laid
an
egg
after
it
was
dead—the
bonniest,
brightest
little
blue
egg
that
ever
was
seen.
I
have
it
here
in
my
museum.”
Our
visitor
staggered
to
his
feet
and
clutched
the
mantelpiece
with
his
right
hand.
Holmes
unlocked
his
strong-box
and
held
up
the
blue
carbuncle,
which
shone
out
like
a
star,
with
a
cold,
brilliant,
many-pointed
radiance.
Ryder
stood
glaring
with
a
drawn
face,
uncertain
whether
to
claim
or
to
disown
it.
“The
game’s
up,
Ryder,”
said
Holmes
quietly.
“Hold
up,
man,
or
you’ll
be
into
the
fire!
Give
him
an
arm
back
into
his
chair,
Watson.
He’s
not
got
blood
enough
to
go
in
for
felony
with
impunity.
Give
him
a
dash
of
brandy.
So!
Now
he
looks
a
little
more
human.
What
a
shrimp
it
is,
to
be
sure!”
For
a
moment
he
had
staggered
and
nearly
fallen,
but
the
brandy
brought
a
tinge
of
colour
into
his
cheeks,
and
he
sat
staring
with
frightened
eyes
at
his
accuser.
“I
have
almost
every
link
in
my
hands,
and
all
the
proofs
which
I
could
possibly
need,
so
there
is
little
which
you
need
tell
me.
Still,
that
little
may
as
well
be
cleared
up
to
make
the
case
complete.
You
had
heard,
Ryder,
of
this
blue
stone
of
the
Countess
of
Morcar’s?”
“It
was
Catherine
Cusack
who
told
me
of
it,”
said
he
in
a
crackling
voice.
“I
see—her
ladyship’s
waiting-maid.
Well,
the
temptation
of
sudden
wealth
so
easily
acquired
was
too
much
for
you,
as
it
has
been
for
better
men
before
you;
but
you
were
not
very
scrupulous
in
the
means
you
used.
It
seems
to
me,
Ryder,
that
there
is
the
making
of
a
very
pretty
villain
in
you.
You
knew
that
this
man
Horner,
the
plumber,
had
been
concerned
in
some
such
matter
before,
and
that
suspicion
would
rest
the
more
readily
upon
him.
What
did
you
do,
then?
You
made
some
small
job
in
my
lady’s
room—you
and
your
confederate
Cusack—and
you
managed
that
he
should
be
the
man
sent
for.
Then,
when
he
had
left,
you
rifled
the
jewel-case,
raised
the
alarm,
and
had
this
unfortunate
man
arrested.
You
then—”
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