-
Главная
-
- Книги
-
- Авторы
-
- Артур Конан Дойл
-
- Tales of Terror and Mystery
-
- Стр. 77/137
Для того чтобы воспользоваться озвучкой предложений, необходимо
Войти или зарегистрироваться
Озвучка предложений доступна при наличии PRO-доступа
Купить PRO-доступ
"
I
am
overjoyed
to
hear
it
.
Please
talk
to
me
about
beetles
.
"
I
talked
.
I
do
not
profess
to
have
said
anything
original
upon
the
subject
,
but
I
gave
a
short
sketch
of
the
characteristics
of
the
beetle
,
and
ran
over
the
more
common
species
,
with
some
allusions
to
the
specimens
in
my
own
little
collection
and
to
the
article
upon
"
Burying
Beetles
"
which
I
had
contributed
to
the
Journal
of
Entomological
Science
.
"
What
!
not
a
collector
?
"
cried
Lord
Linchmere
.
"
You
don
’
t
mean
that
you
are
yourself
a
collector
?
"
His
eyes
danced
with
pleasure
at
the
thought
.
"
You
are
certainly
the
very
man
in
London
for
my
purpose
.
I
thought
that
among
five
millions
of
people
there
must
be
such
a
man
,
but
the
difficulty
is
to
lay
one
’
s
hands
upon
him
.
I
have
been
extraordinarily
fortunate
in
finding
you
.
"
He
rang
a
gong
upon
the
table
,
and
the
footman
entered
.
"
Ask
Lady
Rossiter
to
have
the
goodness
to
step
this
way
,
"
said
his
lordship
,
and
a
few
moments
later
the
lady
was
ushered
into
the
room
.
She
was
a
small
,
middle
-
aged
woman
,
very
like
Lord
Linchmere
in
appearance
,
with
the
same
quick
,
alert
features
and
grey
-
black
hair
.
The
expression
of
anxiety
,
however
,
which
I
had
observed
upon
his
face
was
very
much
more
marked
upon
hers
.
Some
great
grief
seemed
to
have
cast
its
shadow
over
her
features
.
As
Lord
Linchmere
presented
me
she
turned
her
face
full
upon
me
,
and
I
was
shocked
to
observe
a
half
-
healed
scar
extending
for
two
inches
over
her
right
eyebrow
.
It
was
partly
concealed
by
plaster
,
but
none
the
less
I
could
see
that
it
had
been
a
serious
wound
and
not
long
inflicted
.
"
Dr
.
Hamilton
is
the
very
man
for
our
purpose
,
Evelyn
,
"
said
Lord
Linchmere
.
"
He
is
actually
a
collector
of
beetles
,
and
he
has
written
articles
upon
the
subject
.
"
"
Really
!
"
said
Lady
Rossiter
.
"
Then
you
must
have
heard
of
my
husband
.
Everyone
who
knows
anything
about
beetles
must
have
heard
of
Sir
Thomas
Rossiter
.
"
For
the
first
time
a
thin
little
ray
of
light
began
to
break
into
the
obscure
business
.
Here
,
at
last
,
was
a
connection
between
these
people
and
beetles
.
Sir
Thomas
Rossiter
—
he
was
the
greatest
authority
upon
the
subject
in
the
world
.
He
had
made
it
his
lifelong
study
,
and
had
written
a
most
exhaustive
work
upon
it
.
I
hastened
to
assure
her
that
I
had
read
and
appreciated
it
.
