Воспоминания Шерлока Холмса
The “Gloria Scott”
Hehadtrackedusdownsomehowandhadsethimselftoliveuponourfears.YouwillunderstandnowhowitwasthatIstrovetokeepthepeacewithhim,andyouwillinsomemeasuresympathizewithmeinthefearswhichfillme,nowthathehasgonefrommetohisothervictimwiththreatsuponhistongue.’
"Underneathiswritteninahandsoshakyastobehardlylegible,‘BeddoeswritesinciphertosayH.hastoldall.SweetLord,havemercyonoursouls!’
"ThatwasthenarrativewhichIreadthatnighttoyoungTrevor,andIthink,Watson,thatunderthecircumstancesitwasadramaticone.Thegoodfellowwasheart-brokenatit,andwentouttotheTeraiteaplanting,whereIhearthatheisdoingwell.AstothesailorandBeddoes,neitherofthemwaseverheardofagainafterthatdayonwhichtheletterofwarningwaswritten.Theybothdisappearedutterlyandcompletely.Nocomplainthadbeenlodgedwiththepolice,sothatBeddoeshadmistakenathreatforadeed.Hudsonhadbeenseenlurkingabout,anditwasbelievedbythepolicethathehaddoneawaywithBeddoesandhadfled.FormyselfIbelievethatthetruthwasexactlytheopposite.IthinkthatitismostprobablethatBeddoes,pushedtodesperationandbelievinghimselftohavebeenalreadybetrayed,hadrevengedhimselfuponHudson,andhadfledfromthecountrywithasmuchmoneyashecouldlayhishandson.Thosearethefactsofthecase,Doctor,andiftheyareofanyusetoyourcollection,Iamsurethattheyareveryheartilyatyourservice."
