yours. So you admit you killed Drebber and Joseph Stangerson? No, that was not murder. I tried them and I sentenced them to death. They told the state authorities that I threatened them. I spent 2 months in jail. When they let me out I found out that they left to Europe, ran away from me. I saved some money, boarded a ship and set out in search of them. I searched Europe in and out. There wasn't a place where I hadn't been. But a year ago I found out they were back in London. I searched all over London in my cab and finally found them. Now I waited for the right moment. Cab, sir. - I live near here. - Take a ride, sir. - It's not safe to walk around alone at night. - Let's go. - Please. - Take me to Regent Street. - Of course, sir. - That's it, sir. We're here. - Oh really? No, not that way. I'll show you. Where did you bring me? This is not my house. This is not my house. Do you recognize me? You... I can see you do. You want to kill me? I could shoot you 10 times, like a mad dog. Or stab you and your friend to death in a dark alley. But I don't want that. There are 2 pills here. One is harmless. The other contains poison. Choose one of them. I'll swallow the other one. If there is justice in this world, you will die. If there's none, then I don't want to live anyway. I won't take it. You will. You pretend to be God, but you are a common murderer! I won't... I won't... Remember Lucy Ferrier. 10 years ago I had a fiancйe. We met in Utah, in Salt Lake City. The city of Mormons. You know who Mormons are? A religious sect. They're a gang of perverted fanatics. They don't abide by our laws and they only do what their leaders tell them. They allow polygamy, like damned pagans. So this Drebber decided he wants to take my fiancйe for his 4th wife. Lucy Ferrier. Her father didn't want that kind of life for his daughter. They fled, but the Mormons caught them in the desert. Drebber's friend Joe Stangerson shot old Ferrier. And Lucy... They dragged her to Drebber's house by force. At the time I was in Nevada. When I came back and found out about what happened, I can't tell you what I felt. I loved her... so much. Lucy was all I had. I decided to take her away from that place. But it was too late. Lucy died of shame and grief after one month of living with that bastard. Her friend gave me the ring. I'd given it to her. It was the last thing he heard: "Remember Lucy Ferrier". I got so excited, that blood streamed out of my nose. That happens, doctors say it's plethora. I dipped my finger in blood and wrote "Revenge" on the wall. Not for a second do I regret what I've done. Only one thing overshadowed my joy. I dropped the ring. Who was the man who came to me for the ring? I won't tell you his name. You don't need to know it. I'll say only, he is my friend, a jobless actor. He doesn't know about the murder. How did you find Stangerson? You stabbed him, didn't you? I can see you remember me. Do you remember Lucy? And old Ferrier? I'll give you all my money. I have a lot of it. - Anything you want. - No. I haven't come for that. There are 2 pills here. One is harmless, the other one contains poison. Help! I felt I was losing my strength and stabbed him with a knife. Anything else you can say? You know the rest. A boy ran up to me, he said a gentleman was sick and I had to take him home. That's how I got to know Sherlock Holmes. The red face was just a guess. The footprints on the floor... matched the boots and the length of the step of the killer. I thought the blood must have streamed from his nose. Your guess proved right. But why did you ask the boy to look for a cabby? The killer drove in a cab and went into the house. The cab didn't stand put, that means the cabby was not there. The horse was moving about. You could tell that by the prints of hoofs and wheels. There
------------------------------ Читайте также: - текст Антикиллер на английском - текст Руководство на английском - текст Алиса на английском - текст Мэри Поппинс, до свидания! на английском - текст Июльский дождь на английском |