Возвращение Шерлока Холмса

The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist

           

           Holmes’squietdayinthecountryhadasingulartermination,forhearrivedatBakerStreetlateintheevening,withacutlipandadiscolouredlumpuponhisforehead,besidesageneralairofdissipationwhichwouldhavemadehisownpersonthefittingobjectofaScotlandYardinvestigation.Hewasimmenselytickledbyhisownadventuresandlaughedheartilyasherecountedthem.

           “Igetsolittleactiveexercisethatitisalwaysatreat,”saidhe.“YouareawarethatIhavesomeproficiencyinthegoodoldBritishsportofboxing.Occasionally,itisofservice,to-day,forexample,Ishouldhavecometoveryignominiousgriefwithoutit.”

           Ibeggedhimtotellmewhathadoccurred.

           “IfoundthatcountrypubwhichIhadalreadyrecommendedtoyournotice,andthereImademydiscreetinquiries.Iwasinthebar,andagarrulouslandlordwasgivingmeallthatIwanted.Williamsonisawhite-beardedman,andhelivesalonewithasmallstaffofservantsattheHall.Thereissomerumourthatheisorhasbeenaclergyman,butoneortwoincidentsofhisshortresidenceattheHallstruckmeaspeculiarlyunecclesiastical.Ihavealreadymadesomeinquiriesataclericalagency,andtheytellmethattherewasamanofthatnameinorders,whosecareerhasbeenasingularlydarkone.Thelandlordfurtherinformedmethatthereareusuallyweek-endvisitors—‘awarmlot,sir’—attheHall,andespeciallyonegentlemanwitharedmoustache,Mr.Woodleybyname,whowasalwaysthere.

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