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Las aventuras de Sherlock Holmes
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb
Capítulo 9, Página 11
“‘I
have
heard
so.’”
“‘Some
little
time
ago
I
bought
a
small
place—a
very
small
place—within
ten
miles
of
Reading.
I
was
fortunate
enough
to
discover
that
there
was
a
deposit
of
fuller’s-earth
in
one
of
my
fields.
On
examining
it,
however,
I
found
that
this
deposit
was
a
comparatively
small
one,
and
that
it
formed
a
link
between
two
very
much
larger
ones
upon
the
right
and
left—both
of
them,
however,
in
the
grounds
of
my
neighbours.
These
good
people
were
absolutely
ignorant
that
their
land
contained
that
which
was
quite
as
valuable
as
a
gold-mine.
Naturally,
it
was
to
my
interest
to
buy
their
land
before
they
discovered
its
true
value,
but
unfortunately
I
had
no
capital
by
which
I
could
do
this.
I
took
a
few
of
my
friends
into
the
secret,
however,
and
they
suggested
that
we
should
quietly
and
secretly
work
our
own
little
deposit
and
that
in
this
way
we
should
earn
the
money
which
would
enable
us
to
buy
the
neighbouring
fields.
This
we
have
now
been
doing
for
some
time,
and
in
order
to
help
us
in
our
operations
we
erected
a
hydraulic
press.
This
press,
as
I
have
already
explained,
has
got
out
of
order,
and
we
wish
your
advice
upon
the
subject.
We
guard
our
secret
very
jealously,
however,
and
if
it
once
became
known
that
we
had
hydraulic
engineers
coming
to
our
little
house,
it
would
soon
rouse
inquiry,
and
then,
if
the
facts
came
out,
it
would
be
good-bye
to
any
chance
of
getting
these
fields
and
carrying
out
our
plans.
That
is
why
I
have
made
you
promise
me
that
you
will
not
tell
a
human
being
that
you
are
going
to
Eyford
to-night.
I
hope
that
I
make
it
all
plain?’”
“‘I
quite
follow
you,’
said
I.
‘The
only
point
which
I
could
not
quite
understand
was
what
use
you
could
make
of
a
hydraulic
press
in
excavating
fuller’s-earth,
which,
as
I
understand,
is
dug
out
like
gravel
from
a
pit.’”
“‘Ah!’
said
he
carelessly,
‘we
have
our
own
process.
We
compress
the
earth
into
bricks,
so
as
to
remove
them
without
revealing
what
they
are.
But
that
is
a
mere
detail.
I
have
taken
you
fully
into
my
confidence
now,
Mr.
Hatherley,
and
I
have
shown
you
how
I
trust
you.’
He
rose
as
he
spoke.
‘I
shall
expect
you,
then,
at
Eyford
at
11:.’”
“‘I
shall
certainly
be
there.’”
“‘And
not
a
word
to
a
soul.’
He
looked
at
me
with
a
last
long,
questioning
gaze,
and
then,
pressing
my
hand
in
a
cold,
dank
grasp,
he
hurried
from
the
room.”
“Well,
when
I
came
to
think
it
all
over
in
cool
blood
I
was
very
much
astonished,
as
you
may
both
think,
at
this
sudden
commission
which
had
been
intrusted
to
me.
On
the
one
hand,
of
course,
I
was
glad,
for
the
fee
was
at
least
tenfold
what
I
should
have
asked
had
I
set
a
price
upon
my
own
services,
and
it
was
possible
that
this
order
might
lead
to
other
ones.
On
the
other
hand,
the
face
and
manner
of
my
patron
had
made
an
unpleasant
impression
upon
me,
and
I
could
not
think
that
his
explanation
of
the
fuller’s-earth
was
sufficient
to
explain
the
necessity
for
my
coming
at
midnight,
and
his
extreme
anxiety
lest
I
should
tell
anyone
of
my
errand.
However,
I
threw
all
fears
to
the
winds,
ate
a
hearty
supper,
drove
to
Paddington,
and
started
off,
having
obeyed
to
the
letter
the
injunction
as
to
holding
my
tongue.”
“At
Reading
I
had
to
change
not
only
my
carriage
but
my
station.
However,
I
was
in
time
for
the
last
train
to
Eyford,
and
I
reached
the
little
dim-lit
station
after
eleven
o’clock.
I
was
the
only
passenger
who
got
out
there,
and
there
was
no
one
upon
the
platform
save
a
single
sleepy
porter
with
a
lantern.
As
I
passed
out
through
the
wicket
gate,
however,
I
found
my
acquaintance
of
the
morning
waiting
in
the
shadow
upon
the
other
side.
Without
a
word
he
grasped
my
arm
and
hurried
me
into
a
carriage,
the
door
of
which
was
standing
open.
He
drew
up
the
windows
on
either
side,
tapped
on
the
wood-work,
and
away
we
went
as
fast
as
the
horse
could
go.”
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