Воспоминания Шерлока Холмса
The “Gloria Scott”
‘ItonlyremainsforustofindoutwhatthissecretwaswhichthesailorHudsonseemstohaveheldovertheheadsofthesetwowealthyandrespectedmen.’
"‘Alas,Holmes,Ifearthatitisoneofsinandshame!"criedmyfriend.‘ButfromyouIshallhavenosecrets.HereisthestatementwhichwasdrawnupbymyfatherwhenheknewthatthedangerfromHudsonhadbecomeimminent.IfounditintheJapanesecabinet,ashetoldthedoctor.Takeitandreadittome,forIhaveneitherthestrengthnorthecouragetodoitmyself.’
"Thesearetheverypapers,Watson,whichhehandedtome,andIwillreadthemtoyou,asIreadthemintheoldstudythatnighttohim.Theyareendorsedoutside,asyousee,‘SomeparticularsofthevoyageofthebarkGloriaScott,fromherleavingFalmouthonthe8thOctober,1855,toherdestructioninN.Lat.15degrees20’.W.Long.25degrees14’,onNov.6th."Itisintheformofaletter,andrunsinthisway.
"‘Mydear,dearson,nowthatapproachingdisgracebeginstodarkentheclosingyearsofmylife,Icanwritewithalltruthandhonestythatitisnottheterrorofthelaw,itisnotthelossofmypositioninthecounty,norisitmyfallintheeyesofallwhohaveknownme,whichcutsmetotheheart;butitisthethoughtthatyoushouldcometoblushforme—youwholovemeandwhohaveseldom,Ihope,hadreasontodootherthanrespectme.
