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Las aventuras de Sherlock Holmes
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
Capítulo 7, Página 5
“I
have
no
doubt
that
I
am
very
stupid,
but
I
must
confess
that
I
am
unable
to
follow
you.
For
example,
how
did
you
deduce
that
this
man
was
intellectual?”
For
answer
Holmes
clapped
the
hat
upon
his
head.
It
came
right
over
the
forehead
and
settled
upon
the
bridge
of
his
nose.
“It
is
a
question
of
cubic
capacity,”
said
he;
“a
man
with
so
large
a
brain
must
have
something
in
it.”
“The
decline
of
his
fortunes,
then?”
“This
hat
is
three
years
old.
These
flat
brims
curled
at
the
edge
came
in
then.
It
is
a
hat
of
the
very
best
quality.
Look
at
the
band
of
ribbed
silk
and
the
excellent
lining.
If
this
man
could
afford
to
buy
so
expensive
a
hat
three
years
ago,
and
has
had
no
hat
since,
then
he
has
assuredly
gone
down
in
the
world.”
“Well,
that
is
clear
enough,
certainly.
But
how
about
the
foresight
and
the
moral
retrogression?”
Sherlock
Holmes
laughed.
“Here
is
the
foresight,”
said
he
putting
his
finger
upon
the
little
disc
and
loop
of
the
hat-securer.
“They
are
never
sold
upon
hats.
If
this
man
ordered
one,
it
is
a
sign
of
a
certain
amount
of
foresight,
since
he
went
out
of
his
way
to
take
this
precaution
against
the
wind.
But
since
we
see
that
he
has
broken
the
elastic
and
has
not
troubled
to
replace
it,
it
is
obvious
that
he
has
less
foresight
now
than
formerly,
which
is
a
distinct
proof
of
a
weakening
nature.
On
the
other
hand,
he
has
endeavoured
to
conceal
some
of
these
stains
upon
the
felt
by
daubing
them
with
ink,
which
is
a
sign
that
he
has
not
entirely
lost
his
self-respect.”
“Your
reasoning
is
certainly
plausible.”
“The
further
points,
that
he
is
middle-aged,
that
his
hair
is
grizzled,
that
it
has
been
recently
cut,
and
that
he
uses
lime-cream,
are
all
to
be
gathered
from
a
close
examination
of
the
lower
part
of
the
lining.
The
lens
discloses
a
large
number
of
hair-ends,
clean
cut
by
the
scissors
of
the
barber.
They
all
appear
to
be
adhesive,
and
there
is
a
distinct
odour
of
lime-cream.
This
dust,
you
will
observe,
is
not
the
gritty,
grey
dust
of
the
street
but
the
fluffy
brown
dust
of
the
house,
showing
that
it
has
been
hung
up
indoors
most
of
the
time,
while
the
marks
of
moisture
upon
the
inside
are
proof
positive
that
the
wearer
perspired
very
freely,
and
could
therefore,
hardly
be
in
the
best
of
training.”
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