Воспоминания Шерлока Холмса

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           "Ifancythathehadtakenstepstomakethatdraughtefficacious,andthathequiterelieduponyourbeingunconscious.Ofcourse,Iunderstoodthathewouldrepeattheattemptwheneveritcouldbedonewithsafety.Yourleavingtheroomgavehimthechancehewanted.IkeptMissHarrisoninitalldaysothathemightnotanticipateus.Then,havinggivenhimtheideathatthecoastwasclear,IkeptguardasIhavedescribed.Ialreadyknewthatthepaperswereprobablyintheroom,butIhadnodesiretoripupalltheplankingandskirtinginsearchofthem.Ilethimtakethem,therefore,fromthehiding-place,andsosavedmyselfaninfinityoftrouble.IsthereanyotherpointwhichIcanmakeclear?"

           "Whydidhetrythewindowonthefirstoccasion,"Iasked,"whenhemighthaveenteredbythedoor?"

           "Inreachingthedoorhewouldhavetopasssevenbedrooms.Ontheotherhand,hecouldgetoutontothelawn,withease,Anythingelse?"

           "Youdonotthink,"askedPhelps,"thathehadanymurderousintention?Theknifewasonlymeantasatool."

           "limaybeso,"answeredHolmes,shrugginghisshoulders."IcanonlysayforcertainthatMr.JosephHarrisonisagentlemantowhosemercyIshouldbeextremelyunwillingtotrust."