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Las aventuras de Sherlock Holmes
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
Capítulo 7, Página 8
“A
thousand
pounds!
Great
Lord
of
mercy!”
The
commissionaire
plumped
down
into
a
chair
and
stared
from
one
to
the
other
of
us.
“That
is
the
reward,
and
I
have
reason
to
know
that
there
are
sentimental
considerations
in
the
background
which
would
induce
the
Countess
to
part
with
half
her
fortune
if
she
could
but
recover
the
gem.”
“It
was
lost,
if
I
remember
aright,
at
the
Hotel
Cosmopolitan,”
I
remarked.
“Precisely
so,
on
December
22nd,
just
five
days
ago.
John
Horner,
a
plumber,
was
accused
of
having
abstracted
it
from
the
lady’s
jewel-case.
The
evidence
against
him
was
so
strong
that
the
case
has
been
referred
to
the
Assizes.
I
have
some
account
of
the
matter
here,
I
believe.”
He
rummaged
amid
his
newspapers,
glancing
over
the
dates,
until
at
last
he
smoothed
one
out,
doubled
it
over,
and
read
the
following
paragraph:
“Hotel
Cosmopolitan
Jewel
Robbery.
John
Horner,
26,
plumber,
was
brought
up
upon
the
charge
of
having
upon
the
22nd
inst.,
abstracted
from
the
jewel-case
of
the
Countess
of
Morcar
the
valuable
gem
known
as
the
blue
carbuncle.
James
Ryder,
upper-attendant
at
the
hotel,
gave
his
evidence
to
the
effect
that
he
had
shown
Horner
up
to
the
dressing-room
of
the
Countess
of
Morcar
upon
the
day
of
the
robbery
in
order
that
he
might
solder
the
second
bar
of
the
grate,
which
was
loose.
He
had
remained
with
Horner
some
little
time,
but
had
finally
been
called
away.
On
returning,
he
found
that
Horner
had
disappeared,
that
the
bureau
had
been
forced
open,
and
that
the
small
morocco
casket
in
which,
as
it
afterwards
transpired,
the
Countess
was
accustomed
to
keep
her
jewel,
was
lying
empty
upon
the
dressing-table.
Ryder
instantly
gave
the
alarm,
and
Horner
was
arrested
the
same
evening;
but
the
stone
could
not
be
found
either
upon
his
person
or
in
his
rooms.
Catherine
Cusack,
maid
to
the
Countess,
deposed
to
having
heard
Ryder’s
cry
of
dismay
on
discovering
the
robbery,
and
to
having
rushed
into
the
room,
where
she
found
matters
as
described
by
the
last
witness.
Inspector
Bradstreet,
B
division,
gave
evidence
as
to
the
arrest
of
Horner,
who
struggled
frantically,
and
protested
his
innocence
in
the
strongest
terms.
Evidence
of
a
previous
conviction
for
robbery
having
been
given
against
the
prisoner,
the
magistrate
refused
to
deal
summarily
with
the
offence,
but
referred
it
to
the
Assizes.
Horner,
who
had
shown
signs
of
intense
emotion
during
the
proceedings,
fainted
away
at
the
conclusion
and
was
carried
out
of
court.”
“Hum!
So
much
for
the
police-court,”
said
Holmes
thoughtfully,
tossing
aside
the
paper.
“The
question
for
us
now
to
solve
is
the
sequence
of
events
leading
from
a
rifled
jewel-case
at
one
end
to
the
crop
of
a
goose
in
Tottenham
Court
Road
at
the
other.
You
see,
Watson,
our
little
deductions
have
suddenly
assumed
a
much
more
important
and
less
innocent
aspect.
Here
is
the
stone;
the
stone
came
from
the
goose,
and
the
goose
came
from
Mr.
Henry
Baker,
the
gentleman
with
the
bad
hat
and
all
the
other
characteristics
with
which
I
have
bored
you.
So
now
we
must
set
ourselves
very
seriously
to
finding
this
gentleman
and
ascertaining
what
part
he
has
played
in
this
little
mystery.
To
do
this,
we
must
try
the
simplest
means
first,
and
these
lie
undoubtedly
in
an
advertisement
in
all
the
evening
papers.
If
this
fail,
I
shall
have
recourse
to
other
methods.”
“What
will
you
say?”
“Give
me
a
pencil
and
that
slip
of
paper.
Now,
then:
‘Found
at
the
corner
of
Goodge
Street,
a
goose
and
a
black
felt
hat.
Mr.
Henry
Baker
can
have
the
same
by
applying
at
6:
this
evening
at
221B,
Baker
Street.’
That
is
clear
and
concise.”
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