Based on stories by SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE Starring: Vassily LIVANOV Vitaly SOLOMIN Rina ZELENAYA Co-starring: Borislav Brondukov Victor Evgrafov Alexander Zakharov Boris Klyuev Nikolai Kryukov Alexei Kozhevnikov Ignat Leirer I. Andronnikov A. Podshivalov Y. Eller Dima Khrilyev and others. I've got an excellent collection starting with the letter "M". Morgan - a poisoner. Merridew, who left behind a collection of scalps. Mortimer - cocainist and murderer. Mrs. Medoc - a bloody jealous avenger. Mathews. The guy who knocked out my left canine tooth at the waiting hall at Charing Cross Station. Those are all shadows of the past, that can only be brought back to life with the power of your pen. And this is a different company! These people caught my attention for only just one instant, however I kept their cards for my files. Who for instance? For instance, Moran - Sebastian. Retired colonel. Served in the First Bengalore field-engineer regiment. The son of Sir Moran, holder of the Order of the Bath, former British envoy to Persia. Graduated from Eton College and Oxford University. Was a signaler in the Jovak and Ardennes campaigns. - You haven't met him there by chance, have you? - No. Also in Cheresiam & Cherpur campaigns. An expert shot. Author of "Hunting Big Prey in the Western Himalayas" and "Three Months in the Jungle". Member of the Anglo-Indian, Tankerville and "Bagatelle" clubs. Well, that's a biography of an honest soldier. Yes. And nevertheless, opposite his name I wrote: "The most dangerous man in London". Up to a certain point Moran did not arise any suspicion. In India they still tell the legend about him crawling along the bottom of a dried brook to save a man from the claws of an enraged wounded tiger. You know, Watson, there are these trees that grow the way they should up to a certain point. And then all of a sudden they start developing ugly abnormal deviations. - That happens with people too. - Yes. Colonel Moran stepped on a vicious path. Without any obvious reason he turned everyone in India so much against himself, that he had to leave London and retire altogether. I don't see anything criminal in that. Do you remember the strange death of Mrs. Stewart from Lauder? In 1887. I'm sure he has the most direct relation to that death. - Why are you so sure? - It's a long story. Want to see what he looks like? I wonder what you say when you see him. Physiognomic analysis is worth something in our line of work. - But where? - At the club "Bagatelle" of course. Make your bets, gentlemen. No more bets. - He is not here? - He's here all right. One of the 12. Port and "The Times". - Want a hint? - No. I know some of those people. The one on the left is Godfry Milmer. A furrier, suffering from gout. I haven't personally treated his partner Lord Belmoran, but everyone knows him. At the next table sits Mr. Murray, sciatica. The one nearest to us is sir John Hardy. Sturdy as a bull, but the wife suffers from constant neuralgia. I beg your pardon, gentlemen, I'll leave you for a minute. We hope you won't be long, Mr. Carlisle. Dear Watson, I have to meet with the man who wrote this note. Proceed with your physiognomic observations. We'll share our impressions at home. You lost, gentlemen! - Congratulations, Sir Ronald. - Aren't you mistaken, Colonel? See for yourself. I don't have my traveling-bag with me. I would kindly ask you to take our winnings, and tomorrow I'll come by to collect my share. All the best, gentlemen. Colonel Moran, I suspect you are a card-sharp. Mind your language, my young friend. Where did the Ace of Clubs come from? Go back, collect the money and divide it into two parts. Don't provoke the tiger to bare his teeth, Sir Fool. Price! Take off the blindfold. Your coronal bones are not as developed I'd expected. You have a very dangerous ------------------------------ Читайте также: - текст 16 кварталов на английском - текст Гадкие лебеди на английском - текст Том Джонс на английском - текст Дюна на английском - текст По закону на английском |