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51
Last
night
,
however
,
there
was
an
attempt
made
to
break
-
into
the
branch
of
the
Bank
of
England
,
and
we
are
all
in
a
flutter
in
consequence
.
Parkenson
,
the
manager
,
is
an
intimate
friend
of
mine
,
and
I
found
him
very
much
excited
when
I
walked
round
there
after
breakfast
.
Had
the
thieves
broken
into
the
counting
-
house
,
they
would
still
have
had
the
safes
to
reckon
with
,
so
that
the
defence
was
considerably
stronger
than
the
attack
.
Indeed
,
the
latter
does
not
appear
to
have
ever
been
very
formidable
.
Two
of
the
lower
windows
have
marks
as
if
a
chisel
or
some
such
instrument
had
been
pushed
under
them
to
force
them
open
.
The
police
should
have
a
good
clue
,
for
the
wood
-
work
had
been
done
with
green
paint
only
the
day
before
,
and
from
the
smears
it
is
evident
that
some
of
it
has
found
its
way
on
to
the
criminal
s
hands
or
clothes
.
4
.
30
P
.
M
.
Ah
,
that
accursed
woman
!
That
thrice
accursed
woman
!
Never
mind
!
She
shall
not
beat
me
!
No
,
she
shall
not
!
But
,
oh
,
the
she
-
devil
!
She
has
taken
my
professorship
.
Now
she
would
take
my
honor
.
Is
there
nothing
I
can
do
against
her
,
nothing
save
Ah
,
but
,
hard
pushed
as
I
am
,
I
cannot
bring
myself
to
think
of
that
!
It
was
about
an
hour
ago
that
I
went
into
my
bedroom
,
and
was
brushing
my
hair
before
the
glass
,
when
suddenly
my
eyes
lit
upon
something
which
left
me
so
sick
and
cold
that
I
sat
down
upon
the
edge
of
the
bed
and
began
to
cry
.
It
is
many
a
long
year
since
I
shed
tears
,
but
all
my
nerve
was
gone
,
and
I
could
but
sob
and
sob
in
impotent
grief
and
anger
.
52
There
was
my
house
jacket
,
the
coat
I
usually
wear
after
dinner
,
hanging
on
its
peg
by
the
wardrobe
,
with
the
right
sleeve
thickly
crusted
from
wrist
to
elbow
with
daubs
of
green
paint
.
So
this
was
what
she
meant
by
another
turn
of
the
screw
!
She
had
made
a
public
imbecile
of
me
.
Now
she
would
brand
me
as
a
criminal
.
This
time
she
has
failed
.
But
how
about
the
next
?
I
dare
not
think
of
it
and
of
Agatha
and
my
poor
old
mother
!
I
wish
that
I
were
dead
!
Yes
,
this
is
the
other
turn
of
the
screw
.
And
this
is
also
what
she
meant
,
no
doubt
,
when
she
said
that
I
had
not
realized
yet
the
power
she
has
over
me
.
I
look
back
at
my
account
of
my
conversation
with
her
,
and
I
see
how
she
declared
that
with
a
slight
exertion
of
her
will
her
subject
would
be
conscious
,
and
with
a
stronger
one
unconscious
.
Last
night
I
was
unconscious
.
I
could
have
sworn
that
I
slept
soundly
in
my
bed
without
so
much
as
a
dream
.
And
yet
those
stains
tell
me
that
I
dressed
,
made
my
way
out
,
attempted
to
open
the
bank
windows
,
and
returned
.
Was
I
observed
?
Is
it
possible
that
some
one
saw
me
do
it
and
followed
me
home
?
Ah
,
what
a
hell
my
life
has
become
!
I
have
no
peace
,
no
rest
.
But
my
patience
is
nearing
its
end
.
10
P
.
M
.
I
have
cleaned
my
coat
with
turpentine
.
I
do
not
think
that
any
one
could
have
seen
me
.
It
was
with
my
screw
-
driver
that
I
made
the
marks
.
I
found
it
all
crusted
with
paint
,
and
I
have
cleaned
it
.
My
head
aches
as
if
it
would
burst
,
and
I
have
taken
five
grains
of
antipyrine
.
If
it
were
not
for
Agatha
,
I
should
have
taken
fifty
and
had
an
end
of
it
.
May
3
.
Three
quiet
days
.
This
hell
fiend
is
like
a
cat
with
a
mouse
.
53
She
lets
me
loose
only
to
pounce
upon
me
again
.
I
am
never
so
frightened
as
when
every
thing
is
still
.
My
physical
state
is
deplorable
perpetual
hiccough
and
ptosis
of
the
left
eyelid
.
I
have
heard
from
the
Mardens
that
they
will
be
back
the
day
after
to
-
morrow
.
I
do
not
know
whether
I
am
glad
or
sorry
.
They
were
safe
in
London
.
Once
here
they
may
be
drawn
into
the
miserable
network
in
which
I
am
myself
struggling
.
And
I
must
tell
them
of
it
.
I
cannot
marry
Agatha
so
long
as
I
know
that
I
am
not
responsible
for
my
own
actions
.
Yes
,
I
must
tell
them
,
even
if
it
brings
every
thing
to
an
end
between
us
.
To
-
night
is
the
university
ball
,
and
I
must
go
.
God
knows
I
never
felt
less
in
the
humor
for
festivity
,
but
I
must
not
have
it
said
that
I
am
unfit
to
appear
in
public
.
If
I
am
seen
there
,
and
have
speech
with
some
of
the
elders
of
the
university
it
will
go
a
long
way
toward
showing
them
that
it
would
be
unjust
to
take
my
chair
away
from
me
.
10
P
.
M
.
I
have
been
to
the
ball
.
Charles
Sadler
and
I
went
together
,
but
I
have
come
away
before
him
.
I
shall
wait
up
for
him
,
however
,
for
,
indeed
,
I
fear
to
go
to
sleep
these
nights
.
He
is
a
cheery
,
practical
fellow
,
and
a
chat
with
him
will
steady
my
nerves
.
On
the
whole
,
the
evening
was
a
great
success
.
I
talked
to
every
one
who
has
influence
,
and
I
think
that
I
made
them
realize
that
my
chair
is
not
vacant
quite
yet
.
The
creature
was
at
the
ball
unable
to
dance
,
of
course
,
but
sitting
with
Mrs
.
Wilson
.
Again
and
again
her
eyes
rested
upon
me
.
They
were
almost
the
last
things
I
saw
before
I
left
the
room
.
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54
Once
,
as
I
sat
sideways
to
her
,
I
watched
her
,
and
saw
that
her
gaze
was
following
some
one
else
.
It
was
Sadler
,
who
was
dancing
at
the
time
with
the
second
Miss
Thurston
.
To
judge
by
her
expression
,
it
is
well
for
him
that
he
is
not
in
her
grip
as
I
am
.
He
does
not
know
the
escape
he
has
had
.
I
think
I
hear
his
step
in
the
street
now
,
and
I
will
go
down
and
let
him
in
.
If
he
will
May
4
.
Why
did
I
break
off
in
this
way
last
night
?
I
never
went
down
stairs
,
after
all
at
least
,
I
have
no
recollection
of
doing
so
.
But
,
on
the
other
hand
,
I
cannot
remember
going
to
bed
.
One
of
my
hands
is
greatly
swollen
this
morning
,
and
yet
I
have
no
remembrance
of
injuring
it
yesterday
.
Otherwise
,
I
am
feeling
all
the
better
for
last
night
s
festivity
.
But
I
cannot
understand
how
it
is
that
I
did
not
meet
Charles
Sadler
when
I
so
fully
intended
to
do
so
.
Is
it
possible
My
God
,
it
is
only
too
probable
!
Has
she
been
leading
me
some
devil
s
dance
again
?
I
will
go
down
to
Sadler
and
ask
him
.
Mid
-
day
.
The
thing
has
come
to
a
crisis
.
My
life
is
not
worth
living
.
But
,
if
I
am
to
die
,
then
she
shall
come
also
.
I
will
not
leave
her
behind
,
to
drive
some
other
man
mad
as
she
has
me
.
No
,
I
have
come
to
the
limit
of
my
endurance
.
She
has
made
me
as
desperate
and
dangerous
a
man
as
walks
the
earth
.
God
knows
I
have
never
had
the
heart
to
hurt
a
fly
,
and
yet
,
if
I
had
my
hands
now
upon
that
woman
,
she
should
never
leave
this
room
alive
.
I
shall
see
her
this
very
day
,
and
she
shall
learn
what
she
has
to
expect
from
me
.
I
went
to
Sadler
and
found
him
,
to
my
surprise
,
in
bed
.
55
As
I
entered
he
sat
up
and
turned
a
face
toward
me
which
sickened
me
as
I
looked
at
it
.
"
Why
,
Sadler
,
what
has
happened
?
"
I
cried
,
but
my
heart
turned
cold
as
I
said
it
.
"
Gilroy
,
"
he
answered
,
mumbling
with
his
swollen
lips
,
"
I
have
for
some
weeks
been
under
the
impression
that
you
are
a
madman
.
Now
I
know
it
,
and
that
you
are
a
dangerous
one
as
well
.
If
it
were
not
that
I
am
unwilling
to
make
a
scandal
in
the
college
,
you
would
now
be
in
the
hands
of
the
police
.
"
"
Do
you
mean
"
I
cried
.
"
I
mean
that
as
I
opened
the
door
last
night
you
rushed
out
upon
me
,
struck
me
with
both
your
fists
in
the
face
,
knocked
me
down
,
kicked
me
furiously
in
the
side
,
and
left
me
lying
almost
unconscious
in
the
street
.
Look
at
your
own
hand
bearing
witness
against
you
.
"
Yes
,
there
it
was
,
puffed
up
,
with
sponge
-
like
knuckles
,
as
after
some
terrific
blow
.
What
could
I
do
?
Though
he
put
me
down
as
a
madman
,
I
must
tell
him
all
.
I
sat
by
his
bed
and
went
over
all
my
troubles
from
the
beginning
.
I
poured
them
out
with
quivering
hands
and
burning
words
which
might
have
carried
conviction
to
the
most
sceptical
.
"
She
hates
you
and
she
hates
me
!
"
I
cried
.
"
She
revenged
herself
last
night
on
both
of
us
at
once
.
She
saw
me
leave
the
ball
,
and
she
must
have
seen
you
also
.
She
knew
how
long
it
would
take
you
to
reach
home
.
Then
she
had
but
to
use
her
wicked
will
.
Ah
,
your
bruised
face
is
a
small
thing
beside
my
bruised
soul
!
"
He
was
struck
by
my
story
.
That
was
evident
.
"
Yes
,
yes
,
she
watched
me
out
of
the
room
,
"
he
muttered
.
"
She
is
capable
of
it
.
56
But
is
it
possible
that
she
has
really
reduced
you
to
this
?
What
do
you
intend
to
do
?
"
"
To
stop
it
!
"
I
cried
.
"
I
am
perfectly
desperate
;
I
shall
give
her
fair
warning
to
-
day
,
and
the
next
time
will
be
the
last
.
"
"
Do
nothing
rash
,
"
said
he
.
"
Rash
!
"
I
cried
.
"
The
only
rash
thing
is
that
I
should
postpone
it
another
hour
.
"
With
that
I
rushed
to
my
room
,
and
here
I
am
on
the
eve
of
what
may
be
the
great
crisis
of
my
life
.
I
shall
start
at
once
.
I
have
gained
one
thing
to
-
day
,
for
I
have
made
one
man
,
at
least
,
realize
the
truth
of
this
monstrous
experience
of
mine
.
And
,
if
the
worst
should
happen
,
this
diary
remains
as
a
proof
of
the
goad
that
has
driven
me
.
Evening
.
When
I
came
to
Wilson
s
,
I
was
shown
up
,
and
found
that
he
was
sitting
with
Miss
Penclosa
.
For
half
an
hour
I
had
to
endure
his
fussy
talk
about
his
recent
research
into
the
exact
nature
of
the
spiritualistic
rap
,
while
the
creature
and
I
sat
in
silence
looking
across
the
room
at
each
other
.
I
read
a
sinister
amusement
in
her
eyes
,
and
she
must
have
seen
hatred
and
menace
in
mine
.
I
had
almost
despaired
of
having
speech
with
her
when
he
was
called
from
the
room
,
and
we
were
left
for
a
few
moments
together
.
"
Well
,
Professor
Gilroy
or
is
it
Mr
.
Gilroy
?
"
said
she
,
with
that
bitter
smile
of
hers
.
"
How
is
your
friend
Mr
.
Charles
Sadler
after
the
ball
?
"
"
You
fiend
!
"
I
cried
.
"
You
have
come
to
the
end
of
your
tricks
now
.
I
will
have
no
more
of
them
.
Listen
to
what
I
say
.
"
I
strode
across
and
shook
her
roughly
by
the
shoulder
"
As
sure
as
there
is
a
God
in
heaven
,
I
swear
that
if
you
try
another
of
your
deviltries
upon
me
I
will
have
your
life
for
it
.
57
Come
what
may
,
I
will
have
your
life
.
I
have
come
to
the
end
of
what
a
man
can
endure
.
"
"
Accounts
are
not
quite
settled
between
us
,
"
said
she
,
with
a
passion
that
equalled
my
own
.
"
I
can
love
,
and
I
can
hate
.
You
had
your
choice
.
You
chose
to
spurn
the
first
;
now
you
must
test
the
other
.
It
will
take
a
little
more
to
break
your
spirit
,
I
see
,
but
broken
it
shall
be
.
Miss
Marden
comes
back
to
-
morrow
,
as
I
understand
.
"
"
What
has
that
to
do
with
you
?
"
I
cried
.
"
It
is
a
pollution
that
you
should
dare
even
to
think
of
her
.
If
I
thought
that
you
would
harm
her
"
She
was
frightened
,
I
could
see
,
though
she
tried
to
brazen
it
out
.
She
read
the
black
thought
in
my
mind
,
and
cowered
away
from
me
.
"
She
is
fortunate
in
having
such
a
champion
,
"
said
she
.
"
He
actually
dares
to
threaten
a
lonely
woman
.
I
must
really
congratulate
Miss
Marden
upon
her
protector
.
"
The
words
were
bitter
,
but
the
voice
and
manner
were
more
acid
still
.
"
There
is
no
use
talking
,
"
said
I
.
"
I
only
came
here
to
tell
you
,
and
to
tell
you
most
solemnly
,
that
your
next
outrage
upon
me
will
be
your
last
.
"
With
that
,
as
I
heard
Wilson
s
step
upon
the
stair
,
I
walked
from
the
room
.
Ay
,
she
may
look
venomous
and
deadly
,
but
,
for
all
that
,
she
is
beginning
to
see
now
that
she
has
as
much
to
fear
from
me
as
I
can
have
from
her
.
Murder
!
It
has
an
ugly
sound
.
But
you
don
t
talk
of
murdering
a
snake
or
of
murdering
a
tiger
.
Let
her
have
a
care
now
.
May
5
.
I
met
Agatha
and
her
mother
at
the
station
at
eleven
o
clock
.
She
is
looking
so
bright
,
so
happy
,
so
beautiful
.
And
she
was
so
overjoyed
to
see
me
.
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What
have
I
done
to
deserve
such
love
?
I
went
back
home
with
them
,
and
we
lunched
together
.
All
the
troubles
seem
in
a
moment
to
have
been
shredded
back
from
my
life
.
She
tells
me
that
I
am
looking
pale
and
worried
and
ill
.
The
dear
child
puts
it
down
to
my
loneliness
and
the
perfunctory
attentions
of
a
housekeeper
.
I
pray
that
she
may
never
know
the
truth
!
May
the
shadow
,
if
shadow
there
must
be
,
lie
ever
black
across
my
life
and
leave
hers
in
the
sunshine
.
I
have
just
come
back
from
them
,
feeling
a
new
man
.
With
her
by
my
side
I
think
that
I
could
show
a
bold
face
to
any
thing
which
life
might
send
.
5
P
.
M
.
Now
,
let
me
try
to
be
accurate
.
Let
me
try
to
say
exactly
how
it
occurred
.
It
is
fresh
in
my
mind
,
and
I
can
set
it
down
correctly
,
though
it
is
not
likely
that
the
time
will
ever
come
when
I
shall
forget
the
doings
of
to
-
day
.
I
had
returned
from
the
Mardens
after
lunch
,
and
was
cutting
some
microscopic
sections
in
my
freezing
microtome
,
when
in
an
instant
I
lost
consciousness
in
the
sudden
hateful
fashion
which
has
become
only
too
familiar
to
me
of
late
.
When
my
senses
came
back
to
me
I
was
sitting
in
a
small
chamber
,
very
different
from
the
one
in
which
I
had
been
working
.
It
was
cosey
and
bright
,
with
chintz
-
covered
settees
,
colored
hangings
,
and
a
thousand
pretty
little
trifles
upon
the
wall
.
A
small
ornamental
clock
ticked
in
front
of
me
,
and
the
hands
pointed
to
half
-
past
three
.
It
was
all
quite
familiar
to
me
,
and
yet
I
stared
about
for
a
moment
in
a
half
-
dazed
way
until
my
eyes
fell
upon
a
cabinet
photograph
of
myself
upon
the
top
of
the
piano
.
On
the
other
side
stood
one
of
Mrs
.
Marden
.
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Then
,
of
course
,
I
remembered
where
I
was
.
It
was
Agatha
s
boudoir
.
But
how
came
I
there
,
and
what
did
I
want
?
A
horrible
sinking
came
to
my
heart
.
Had
I
been
sent
here
on
some
devilish
errand
?
Had
that
errand
already
been
done
?
Surely
it
must
;
otherwise
,
why
should
I
be
allowed
to
come
back
to
consciousness
?
Oh
,
the
agony
of
that
moment
!
What
had
I
done
?
I
sprang
to
my
feet
in
my
despair
,
and
as
I
did
so
a
small
glass
bottle
fell
from
my
knees
on
to
the
carpet
.
It
was
unbroken
,
and
I
picked
it
up
.
Outside
was
written
"
Sulphuric
Acid
.
Fort
.
"
When
I
drew
the
round
glass
stopper
,
a
thick
fume
rose
slowly
up
,
and
a
pungent
,
choking
smell
pervaded
the
room
.
I
recognized
it
as
one
which
I
kept
for
chemical
testing
in
my
chambers
.
But
why
had
I
brought
a
bottle
of
vitriol
into
Agatha
s
chamber
?
Was
it
not
this
thick
,
reeking
liquid
with
which
jealous
women
had
been
known
to
mar
the
beauty
of
their
rivals
?
My
heart
stood
still
as
I
held
the
bottle
to
the
light
.
Thank
God
,
it
was
full
!
No
mischief
had
been
done
as
yet
.
But
had
Agatha
come
in
a
minute
sooner
,
was
it
not
certain
that
the
hellish
parasite
within
me
would
have
dashed
the
stuff
into
her
Ah
,
it
will
not
bear
to
be
thought
of
!
But
it
must
have
been
for
that
.
Why
else
should
I
have
brought
it
?
At
the
thought
of
what
I
might
have
done
my
worn
nerves
broke
down
,
and
I
sat
shivering
and
twitching
,
the
pitiable
wreck
of
a
man
.
It
was
the
sound
of
Agatha
s
voice
and
the
rustle
of
her
dress
which
restored
me
.
I
looked
up
,
and
saw
her
blue
eyes
,
so
full
of
tenderness
and
pity
,
gazing
down
at
me
.
"
We
must
take
you
away
to
the
country
,
Austin
,
"
she
said
.
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"
You
want
rest
and
quiet
.
You
look
wretchedly
ill
.
"
"
Oh
,
it
is
nothing
!
"
said
I
,
trying
to
smile
.
"
It
was
only
a
momentary
weakness
.
I
am
all
right
again
now
.
"
"
I
am
so
sorry
to
keep
you
waiting
.
Poor
boy
,
you
must
have
been
here
quite
half
an
hour
!
The
vicar
was
in
the
drawing
-
room
,
and
,
as
I
knew
that
you
did
not
care
for
him
,
I
thought
it
better
that
Jane
should
show
you
up
here
.
I
thought
the
man
would
never
go
!
"
"
Thank
God
he
stayed
!
Thank
God
he
stayed
!
"
I
cried
hysterically
.
"
Why
,
what
is
the
matter
with
you
,
Austin
?
"
she
asked
,
holding
my
arm
as
I
staggered
up
from
the
chair
.
"
Why
are
you
glad
that
the
vicar
stayed
?
And
what
is
this
little
bottle
in
your
hand
?
"
"
Nothing
,
"
I
cried
,
thrusting
it
into
my
pocket
.
"
But
I
must
go
.
I
have
something
important
to
do
.
"
"
How
stern
you
look
,
Austin
!
I
have
never
seen
your
face
like
that
.
You
are
angry
?
"
"
Yes
,
I
am
angry
.
"
"
But
not
with
me
?
"
"
No
,
no
,
my
darling
!
You
would
not
understand
.
"
"
But
you
have
not
told
me
why
you
came
.
"
"
I
came
to
ask
you
whether
you
would
always
love
me
no
matter
what
I
did
,
or
what
shadow
might
fall
on
my
name
.
Would
you
believe
in
me
and
trust
me
however
black
appearances
might
be
against
me
?
"
"
You
know
that
I
would
,
Austin
.
"
"
Yes
,
I
know
that
you
would
.
What
I
do
I
shall
do
for
you
.
I
am
driven
to
it
.
There
is
no
other
way
out
,
my
darling
!
"
I
kissed
her
and
rushed
from
the
room
.
The
time
for
indecision
was
at
an
end
.
As
long
as
the
creature
threatened
my
own
prospects
and
my
honor
there
might
be
a
question
as
to
what
I
should
do
.
But
now
,
when
Agatha
my
innocent
Agatha
was
endangered
,
my
duty
lay
before
me
like
a
turnpike
road