{"id":64333,"date":"2026-07-10T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/?p=64333"},"modified":"2026-07-09T19:30:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T17:30:58","slug":"wilkie-collins-zluta-maska-38","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/?p=64333","title":{"rendered":"Wilkie Collins &#8211; \u017dlut\u00e1 Maska"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>10.Kapitola<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Po dal\u0161\u00edch t\u0159ech dnech ve\u010der vedle sebe na lavi\u010dce sed\u00ed R\u00f3za, Trudaine a Lomaque a d\u00edvaj\u00ed se na \u0159eku. Otv\u00edr\u00e1 se p\u0159ed nimi zn\u00e1m\u00fd v\u00fdhled na z\u00e1to\u010diny Seiny, kr\u00e1sn\u00fd jako v\u017edy \u2014 jako by to bylo v\u010dera, co se j\u00edm naposledy kochali.<br \/>Rozmlouvaj\u00ed v\u00e1\u017en\u011b, tich\u00fdm hlasem. Stejn\u00e9 vzpom\u00ednky jim t\u00e1hnou hlavou. Nemluv\u00ed o nich \u2014 ale podv\u011bdom\u011b ka\u017ed\u00fd z nich c\u00edt\u00ed, na\u010d mysl\u00ed ten druh\u00fd. Jako by se ml\u010dky dohodli, rozpr\u00e1v\u011bj\u00ed o budoucnosti.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Soumrak houstne, a R\u00f3za prvn\u00ed vst\u00e1v\u00e1 z lavi\u010dky. V tich\u00e9m hovoru pohl\u00e9dne na bratra, pak se obr\u00e1t\u00ed k Lomaquovi:<br \/>\u201eP\u0159ij\u010fte za malou chv\u00edli za mnou do domu. Velmi r\u00e1da bych v\u00e1m n\u011bco uk\u00e1zala.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Bratr \u010dek\u00e1, a\u017e je z doslechu, pak se starostliv\u011b vypt\u00e1v\u00e1, co se stalo v Pa\u0159\u00ed\u017ei po jejich odjezdu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eR\u00f3za je voln\u00e1,\u201c odpov\u00edd\u00e1 Lomaque.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eSouboj se tedy opravdu konal?\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eJe\u0161t\u011b t\u00fd\u017e den. Rozhodli se pou\u017e\u00edt pistole. Gener\u00e1l\u016fv sv\u011bdek tvrd\u00ed, \u017ee Danvilla ochromila hr\u016fza, kde\u017eto jeho vlastn\u00ed sv\u011bdek vyslovil n\u00e1zor, \u017ee se dobrovoln\u011b rozhodl p\u0159ijmout smrt z rukou mu\u017ee, kter\u00e9ho urazil. Kdo z nich m\u00e1 pravdu, nev\u00edm, ale je jist\u00e9, \u017ee v\u016fbec nevyst\u0159elil. Prvn\u00ed protivn\u00edkova kulka ho srazila k zemi. A te\u010f u\u017e nikdy nepromluv\u00ed.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eA co jeho matka?\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eNen\u00ed snadn\u00e9 se o n\u00ed n\u011bco dov\u011bd\u011bt. Nikoho nep\u0159ij\u00edm\u00e1. Star\u00fd sluha se o ni star\u00e1 s \u017e\u00e1rlivou \u00fazkostlivost\u00ed. Do domu chod\u00ed jen l\u00e9ka\u0159. Soused\u00e9 tvrd\u00ed, \u017ee jej\u00ed nemoc je sp\u00ed\u0161 du\u0161evn\u00ed ne\u017e t\u011blesn\u00e1. Nic jin\u00e9ho nev\u00edm.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Po t\u011bch slovech chv\u00edli ml\u010d\u00ed, pak vstanou a jdou k domu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eP\u0159ipravil jste u\u017e sestru na v\u0161echny ty novinky?\u201c pt\u00e1 se Lomaque, kdy\u017e spat\u0159\u00ed sv\u011btlo lampy v oknu haly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eUd\u011bl\u00e1m to, a\u017e si tu op\u011bt zvykneme, a\u017e pomine prvn\u00ed radostn\u00e9 vzru\u0161en\u00ed z n\u00e1vratu a nastanou op\u011bt klidn\u00e9 v\u0161edn\u00ed dny, jako za stara,\u201c odpov\u00edd\u00e1 Trudaine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Vstupuj\u00ed do domu. R\u00f3za pokyne Lomaquovi, aby usedl vedle n\u00ed, a klade na st\u016fl otev\u0159en\u00fd dopis, pero a inkoust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eM\u00e1m k v\u00e1m posledn\u00ed prosbu,\u201c \u0159\u00edk\u00e1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eDouf\u00e1m, \u017ee budu m\u00edt dost \u010dasu v\u00e1m vyhov\u011bt,\u201c odpov\u00edd\u00e1 Lomaque. \u201eZb\u00fdv\u00e1 mi u\u017e jen dne\u0161n\u00ed ve\u010der. Z\u00edtra r\u00e1no, je\u0161t\u011b ne\u017e vstanete, mus\u00edm b\u00fdt na cest\u011b zp\u00e1tky do Ch\u00e2lonsu.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201ePodepi\u0161te tenhle dopis,\u201c vyb\u00edz\u00ed ho R\u00f3za s \u00fasm\u011bvem, \u201ea pak mi ho vra\u0165te, abych ho dala na po\u0161tu. Louis ho diktoval, j\u00e1 ho napsala, a bude \u00fapln\u00fd, a\u017e pod n\u011bj nap\u00ed\u0161ete sv\u00e9 jm\u00e9no.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eP\u0159edpokl\u00e1d\u00e1m, \u017ee si ho sm\u00edm p\u0159e\u010d\u00edst?\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>D\u00edvka p\u0159ik\u00fdvne, a Lomaque \u010dte tyto \u0159\u00e1dky:<br \/>\u201eOb\u010dan Clairfait, obchod s hedv\u00e1b\u00edm, Ch\u00e2lons-sur-Marne. \u2014 Ob\u010dane, dovoluji si V\u00e1m zdvo\u0159ile ozn\u00e1mit, \u017ee jsem splnil \u00fakol, j\u00edm\u017e jste m\u011b pov\u011b\u0159il v Pa\u0159\u00ed\u017ei.<br \/>Sou\u010dasn\u011b pros\u00edm p\u0159ijm\u011bte mou v\u00fdpov\u011b\u010f z m\u00edsta, kter\u00e9 zast\u00e1v\u00e1m v \u00fa\u010dt\u00e1rn\u011b. Laskavost, kterou jste mi v\u017edy prokazoval stejn\u011b jako p\u0159edt\u00edm V\u00e1\u0161 bratr, mne oprav\u0148uje k nad\u011bji, \u017ee s pot\u011b\u0161en\u00edm vyslechnete d\u016fvod m\u00e9 v\u00fdpov\u011bdi. Dva z m\u00fdch p\u0159\u00e1tel, kte\u0159\u00ed se domn\u00edvaj\u00ed, \u017ee jsou mi do jist\u00e9 m\u00edry zav\u00e1z\u00e1ni, si p\u0159ej\u00ed, abych str\u00e1vil zbytek \u017eivota v klidu a pohodl\u00ed pod jejich st\u0159echou. Spole\u010dn\u00e9 utrpen\u00ed minul\u00fdch let n\u00e1s k sob\u011b p\u0159ipoutalo tak bl\u00edzce, jako bychom pat\u0159ili do jedn\u00e9 rodiny. Po neklidn\u00e9m \u017eivot\u011b pot\u0159ebuji stejn\u011b jako ka\u017ed\u00fd jin\u00fd tepl\u00e9 m\u00edsto u rodinn\u00e9ho krbu. A moji p\u0159\u00e1tel\u00e9 m\u011b tak srde\u010dn\u011b uji\u0161\u0165uj\u00ed, \u017ee se ze v\u0161ech sil vynasna\u017e\u00ed poskytnout mi takov\u00e9 m\u00edsto ve sv\u00e9m dom\u011b, \u017ee nem\u00e1m to srdce odm\u00edtnout jejich nab\u00eddku a jejich p\u0159\u00e1telstv\u00ed.<br \/>P\u0159ijm\u011bte proto laskav\u011b v\u00fdpov\u011b\u010f, obsa\u017eenou v tomto dopise, a spolu s n\u00ed projev up\u0159\u00edmn\u00e9 vd\u011b\u010dnosti a \u00facty.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Kdy\u017e si p\u0159e\u010detl dopis, obr\u00e1til se Lomaque k Trudainovi a cht\u011bl promluvit, ale slova mu ne\u0161la z \u00fast. Pohl\u00e9dl na R\u00f3zu a pokusil se o \u00fasm\u011bv, ale jen se mu zachv\u011bly rty. D\u00edvka namo\u010dila pero a podala mu je. Sp\u011b\u0161n\u011b sklonil hlavu nad pap\u00edrem, aby mu nevid\u011bla do tv\u00e1\u0159e. A p\u0159ece dosud v\u00e1hal. Pohladila ho po rameni a za\u0161eptala:<br \/>\u201eSnad byste neodm\u00edtl p\u0159\u00e1n\u00ed \u201esestry R\u00f3zy\u201c. Mus\u00ed p\u0159ece b\u00fdt po jej\u00edm, kdy\u017e je op\u011bt pan\u00ed ve star\u00e9 dom\u00e1cnosti.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Sklonil hlavu je\u0161t\u011b n\u00ed\u017e, je\u0161t\u011b chv\u00edli se rozm\u00fd\u0161lel \u2014 a pak nejist\u00fdm p\u00edsmem napsal sv\u00e9 jm\u00e9no na konec dopisu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Jemn\u011b mu jej odebrala z rukou. Na pap\u00edru ulp\u011blo n\u011bkolik slz. Osu\u0161ila je \u0161\u00e1tkem a pohl\u00e9dla na bratra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eMus\u00ed to b\u00fdt posledn\u00ed slzy v jeho \u017eivot\u011b,\u201c \u0159ekla. \u201eO to se p\u0159i\u010din\u00edme oba dva.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">p\u0159eklad a \u00faprava: Nikola Valerov\u00e1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>10.Kapitola Po dal\u0161\u00edch t\u0159ech dnech ve\u010der vedle sebe na lavi\u010dce sed\u00ed R\u00f3za, Trudaine a Lomaque a d\u00edvaj\u00ed se na \u0159eku. 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