{"id":64377,"date":"2026-07-11T08:09:48","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T06:09:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/?p=64377"},"modified":"2026-07-11T08:09:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T06:09:49","slug":"wilkie-collins-zluta-maska-40","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/?p=64377","title":{"rendered":"Wilkie Collins &#8211; \u017dlut\u00e1 Maska"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c52d9f74ad38a48d6bfe8de6e688648f wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>5.NOVELA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9aff038a276badafa18686687a8b025e wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Doslov<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>I.<\/strong><br \/>Dopis zaslan\u00fd Charlottou matce v den, kdy Percy p\u0159ijel do Pa\u0159\u00ed\u017ee, obsahuje ur\u010dit\u00e1 fakta, kter\u00e1 stoj\u00ed za to, abychom je uvedli ke konci na\u0161eho p\u0159\u00edb\u011bhu.<br \/>Jeliko\u017e se kapit\u00e1novi nepoda\u0159ilo jin\u00fdmi d\u016fvody p\u0159im\u011bt Charlottu, aby souhlasila s jeho pl\u00e1nem, zavedl ji k otci a uprosil ho, aby j\u00ed uk\u00e1zal tajn\u00fd p\u0159\u00edkaz k zat\u010den\u00ed. Musela sl\u00edbit, \u017ee nezklame projevenou d\u016fv\u011bru a neprozrad\u00ed nejm\u00e9n\u011b do p\u016flnoci dne 2. dubna ani slovo o tom, co se dozv\u011bd\u011bla. Nem\u011bla proto ve\u010der prvn\u00edho dubna jin\u00e9 volby, ne\u017e bu\u010f p\u0159ihl\u00ed\u017eet uv\u011bzn\u011bn\u00ed milence a otce, nebo nasednout do ko\u010d\u00e1ru vedle kapit\u00e1na a jeho sestry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Mu\u017e, kter\u00fd m\u011bl dost odvahy a obratnosti, aby svedl zv\u011bda na nepravou stopu pr\u00e1v\u011b ve chv\u00edli, kdy bylo nejv\u00edce \u017e\u00e1douc\u00ed odstranit ho z domu, nebyl nikdo jin\u00fd ne\u017e major Much. Tento d\u00e1vn\u00fd rodinn\u00fd p\u0159\u00edtel byl p\u0159i Charlottin\u011b p\u0159\u00edchodu na n\u00e1v\u0161t\u011bv\u011b v Manor Housu a kdy\u017e sly\u0161el, \u017ee neprav\u00fd komorn\u00edk je jedinou p\u0159ek\u00e1\u017ekou \u00fasp\u011b\u0161n\u00e9mu proveden\u00ed z\u00e1m\u011bru jeho drah\u00e9ho Arthura, rozhodl se, p\u0159estrojit se za pana Bowmora. M\u011bli oba p\u0159ibli\u017en\u011b stejnou postavu, a kdy\u017e si obl\u00e9kl vlastenc\u016fv cestovn\u00ed pl\u00e1\u0161\u0165 a \u010depici, nebyl p\u0159i pohledu zezadu, jak ho zahl\u00e9dl Petr vyl\u00e1kan\u00fd \u00famysln\u00fdm hlukem z kuchyn\u011b do p\u0159eds\u00edn\u011b, od pana Bowmora k rozezn\u00e1n\u00ed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Cestou do Lond\u00fdna major Much na ka\u017ed\u00e9 stanici op\u0159el hlavu o op\u011bradlo, zakryl si tv\u00e1\u0159 \u0161\u00e1tkem a tv\u00e1\u0159il se, jako by spal, nebo\u0165 spr\u00e1vn\u011b p\u0159edpokl\u00e1dal, \u017ee Petr nakoukne ok\u00e9nkem do vozu, aby se p\u0159esv\u011bd\u010dil, \u017ee uprchl\u00edk dosud sed\u00ed uvnit\u0159. Kdy\u017e vystoupil v Lond\u00fdn\u011b u sv\u00e9ho bytu, sp\u011bchal star\u00fd voj\u00e1k co nejrychleji ve tm\u011b ke dve\u0159\u00edm, p\u0159i\u010dem\u017e obdivuhodn\u011b napodobil chov\u00e1n\u00ed mu\u017ee, kter\u00fd si nep\u0159eje b\u00fdt spat\u0159en. Petr z\u016fstal na str\u00e1\u017ei p\u0159ed domem a p\u0159emluvil prvn\u00edho n\u00e1hodn\u00e9ho chodce, aby zanesl do kancel\u00e1\u0159e policejn\u00edho n\u00e1\u010deln\u00edka jeho dopis, v n\u011bm\u017e \u017e\u00e1dal o posilu. Jakmile hodiny na kosteln\u00ed v\u011b\u017ei odbily p\u016flnoc a ohl\u00e1sily tak \u00fa\u0159edn\u011b za\u010d\u00e1tek nov\u00e9ho dne \u2014 2. dubna \u2014 vstoupil s pomocn\u00edky do domu se zatyka\u010dem v ruce bez jak\u00e9hokoliv odporu ze strany slou\u017e\u00edc\u00edho, kter\u00fd jim p\u0159i\u0161el otev\u0159\u00edt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Prvn\u00ed, koho spat\u0159ili, byl major Much kou\u0159\u00edc\u00ed d\u00fdmku s bohorovn\u00fdm klidem. Pop\u00edral, \u017ee by cokoli v\u011bd\u011bl o panu Bowmorovi, s tv\u00e1\u0159\u00ed, ze soudn\u00edho hlediska, tak podez\u0159elou, \u017ee Petr a jeho mu\u017ei vypl\u00fdtvali n\u011bkolik hodin na prohl\u00eddku domu a v\u00fdslech v\u0161ech p\u0159\u00edtomn\u00fdch osob od kuchyn\u011b a\u017e po podkrov\u00ed. Teprve tehdy za\u010dalo \u0161piclovi sv\u00edtat a pochopil, \u017ee byl p\u0159elst\u011bn. Rozjel se prvn\u00edm dostavn\u00edkem zp\u00e1tky do Dartfordu, ale tou dobou u\u017e Percy a pan Bowmore objedn\u00e1vali p\u0159esn\u00edd\u00e1vku v Desseinov\u011b hotelu v Calais.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Kdy\u017e Charlotta uklidnila matku vyl\u00ed\u010den\u00edm t\u011bchto ud\u00e1lost\u00ed, vr\u00e1tila se k z\u00e1le\u017eitosti brzk\u00e9ho s\u0148atku.<br \/>\u201eMou dru\u017ei\u010dkou bude sle\u010dna Bervieov\u00e1,\u201c psala, \u201ea n\u00e1\u0161 drah\u00fd kapit\u00e1n p\u016fjde za sv\u011bdka Percymu. Tat\u00ednek n\u00e1m jist\u011b d\u00e1 po\u017eehn\u00e1n\u00ed. Ale svatba se neobejde bez tebe. Percy pov\u011b\u0159il spolehliv\u00e9ho posla, aby t\u011b doprovodil do Pa\u0159\u00ed\u017ee. Mus\u00ed\u0161 p\u0159ijet, drah\u00e1 maminko, nejen kv\u016fli mn\u011b, ale tak\u00e9 ve vlastn\u00edm z\u00e1jmu. Ani Percy ani tat\u00ednek se nemohou vr\u00e1tit do Anglie a nedovedu si p\u0159edstavit, \u017ee bys z\u016fstala v Dartfordu sama. Snad mi krom\u011b toho pom\u016f\u017ee\u0161 uklidnit otce. Po\u0159\u00e1d se je\u0161t\u011b zlob\u00ed na kapit\u00e1na a ned\u00e1 si to ni\u010d\u00edm vymluvit. Kdy\u017e mu p\u0159ipom\u00edn\u00e1m, \u017ee neb\u00fdt Bervieho, touhle dobou by sed\u011bl ve v\u011bzen\u00ed, jen se smutn\u011b usm\u00edv\u00e1. \u201eS v\u011bzen\u00edm bych se u\u017e n\u011bjak sm\u00ed\u0159il,\u201c \u0159\u00edk\u00e1, \u201eale nikdy se nesm\u00ed\u0159\u00edm s my\u0161lenkou, \u017ee jsem se stal ob\u011bt\u00ed intrik.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Touto rodinnou historkou a kopou rad, co v\u0161echno si m\u00e1 vz\u00edt s sebou do zavazadla, dopis matce kon\u010dil.<br \/>Svatba se slavila za \u010dtrn\u00e1ct dn\u00ed v neju\u017e\u0161\u00edm rodinn\u00e9m kruhu. P\u0159i skromn\u00e9 hostin\u011b, je\u017e n\u00e1sledovala, trval pan Bowmore na tom, \u017ee pronese \u0159e\u010d k vybran\u00e9 spole\u010dnosti p\u011bti p\u0159\u00edtomn\u00fdch osob \u2014 co\u017e byli \u017eenich a nev\u011bsta, kaplan, kapit\u00e1n Bervie a pan\u00ed Bowmorov\u00e1. Nebyl to trochu p\u0159\u00edli\u0161 \u00fazk\u00fd okruh poslucha\u010d\u016f? Takov\u00e1 mali\u010dkost nem\u016f\u017ee zchladit \u0159e\u010dnickou v\u00e1\u0161e\u0148 prav\u00e9ho Angli\u010dana. A\u017e nastane konec sv\u011bta, zaslechnou dohas\u00ednaj\u00edc\u00ed s\u00edly P\u0159\u00edrody bur\u00e1cej\u00edc\u00ed hlas \u2014 hlas posledn\u00edho Angli\u010dana pron\u00e1\u0161ej\u00edc\u00edho svou posledn\u00ed \u0159e\u010d!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Pan Bowmore mluvil p\u016fl hodiny. N\u00e1pl\u0148 projevu: Jak mohu b\u00fdt nejl\u00e9pe u\u017eite\u010dn\u00fd vlasti v dne\u0161n\u00edch kritick\u00fdch dnech? Jako psanec v ciz\u00ed zemi nebo jako mu\u010dedn\u00edk v britsk\u00e9m \u017eal\u00e1\u0159i? Odpov\u011b\u010f na shora uvedenou ot\u00e1zku: P\u0159\u00e1tel\u00e9, ponechme rozhodnut\u00ed \u010dasu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Percy se moud\u0159e rozhodl, \u017ee z\u016fstanou na svatebn\u00ed cest\u011b co nejd\u00e9le. Cht\u011bl si b\u00fdt dokonale jist sv\u00fdm vlivem na man\u017eelku, ne\u017eli se op\u011bt octne v otcov\u011b dosahu. P\u00e1n a pan\u00ed Bowmorovi doprovodili kapit\u00e1na Bervieho na zp\u00e1te\u010dn\u00ed cest\u011b do Anglie pouze do Boulogne. V tomto p\u016fvabn\u00e9m m\u011bste\u010dku rozbil vlastenec sv\u016fj stan. \u017dilo se v n\u011bm levn\u011bji ne\u017e v Pa\u0159\u00ed\u017ei, a krom\u011b toho le\u017eelo bl\u00edzko anglick\u00fdch b\u0159eh\u016f, co\u017e mohlo panu Bowmorovi p\u0159ij\u00edt vhod, kdyby ho napadlo znovu \u0159e\u0161it probl\u00e9m, zda je pro n\u011bj d\u016fstojn\u011bj\u0161\u00ed \u00fad\u011bl psance nebo mu\u010dedn\u00edka. Nakonec mu v\u00fdvoj ud\u00e1lost\u00ed usnadnil volbu. Pan Bowmore se vr\u00e1til do Anglie, kdy\u017e znovu vstoupil v platnost z\u00e1kon Habeas corpus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>II.<\/strong><br \/>Uplynulo n\u011bkolik let. Z Percyho a Charlotty se stala z romantick\u00e9ho hlediska, zcela nezaj\u00edmav\u00e1 man\u017eelsk\u00e1 dvojice, Bervie, dosud star\u00fd ml\u00e1denec, stoupal v povol\u00e1n\u00ed st\u00e1le v\u00fd\u0161 po \u017eeb\u0159\u00ed\u010dku vojensk\u00fdch hodnost\u00ed. Panu Bowmorovi nov\u00e1 vl\u00e1da shov\u00edvav\u011b trp\u011bla, aby se d\u00e1l v\u011bnoval malichern\u00e9mu politika\u0159en\u00ed. Zku\u0161en\u00ed minist\u0159i spr\u00e1vn\u011b uhodli, \u017ee to nikdy nikam nep\u0159ivede.<br \/>Zb\u00fdv\u00e1 zm\u00ednit se o posledn\u00ed zaj\u00edmav\u00e9 postav\u011b mezi osobami na\u0161eho mal\u00e9ho dramatu \u2014 o dr. Lagardovi. Ani ve Francii se nepoda\u0159ilo nal\u00e9zt stopu po francouzsk\u00e9m l\u00e9ka\u0159i, je\u017e tak podivn\u011b sv\u00fdmi vidinami zas\u00e1hnul v magnetick\u00e9m sp\u00e1nku do osudu dvou mu\u017e\u016f, kte\u0159\u00ed vyhledali jeho slu\u017eby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Kapit\u00e1n Bervie si hou\u017eevnat\u011b uchov\u00e1val vlastn\u00ed n\u00e1zor na proroctv\u00ed a jeho vypln\u011bn\u00ed a pevn\u011b v\u011b\u0159il, \u017ee osud svede je\u0161t\u011b jednou bu\u010f jeho nebo Percyho s dr. Lagardem, aby pokra\u010dovali v seanci tam, kde ji p\u0159ed l\u00e9ty p\u0159eru\u0161ili. Ale i ti, kdo m\u011bli to \u0161t\u011bst\u00ed a m\u011bli \u201ezdrav\u00fd rozum\u201c, podle n\u011bho\u017e p\u0159edv\u00eddat budoucnost znamen\u00e1 nazda\u0159b\u016fh h\u00e1dat, a spln\u00ed-li se p\u0159edpov\u011b\u010f, je to pouh\u00e1 n\u00e1hoda, i ti, kdo vol\u00ed mezi mystick\u00fdm a rozumov\u00fdm v\u00fdkladem st\u0159edn\u00ed cestu a v\u011b\u0159\u00ed, \u017ee celou z\u00e1hadu lze vysv\u011btlit \u201e\u010dten\u00edm my\u0161lenek\u201c \u2014 shodn\u011b usoudili, \u017ee cht\u00edt naj\u00edt dr. Lagarda je stejn\u011b sm\u011b\u0161n\u00fd n\u00e1pad, jako hledat proslulou jehlu v kupce sena. Ale Bervieho tvrdohlavost byla pov\u011bstn\u00e1. Nic nemohlo zviklat jeho p\u0159esv\u011bd\u010den\u00ed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Uplynulo v\u00edc ne\u017e t\u0159in\u00e1ct let od konzultace v l\u00e9ka\u0159ov\u011b byt\u011b, kdy\u017e Bervie p\u0159ijel do Pa\u0159\u00ed\u017ee, aby str\u00e1vil letn\u00ed dovolenou ve spole\u010dnosti p\u0159\u00edtele kaplana z pa\u0159\u00ed\u017esk\u00e9ho velvyslanectv\u00ed. Kdy\u017e se lou\u010dil s Percym a Charlottou, byla jeho posledn\u00ed slova: \u201eCo kdybych se p\u0159ece jen setkal s dr. Lagardem?\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Psal se rok 1830. Bervie zazvonil u p\u0159\u00edtelov\u00fdch dve\u0159\u00ed 24. \u010dervence.                   Dne 27. \u010dervence vypukla zn\u00e1m\u00e1 revoluce, kter\u00e1 ve t\u0159ech dnech svrhla z tr\u016fnu Karla X.<br \/>Druh\u00fd den povst\u00e1n\u00ed se Bervie a jeho p\u0159\u00edtel odv\u00e1\u017eili do ulic, ostatn\u011b jako mnoho jin\u00fdch lehkomysln\u00fdch Angli\u010dan\u016f, aby si prohl\u00e9dli revoluci zbl\u00edzka, t\u0159eba\u017ee d\u00e1vali v s\u00e1zku \u017eivot. Ve v\u0161eobecn\u00e9m zmatku byli od sebe odtr\u017eeni. Bervie hledal sv\u00e9ho spole\u010dn\u00edka a dostal se a\u017e k barik\u00e1d\u011b, kter\u00e1 p\u0159edt\u00edm byla n\u011bkolikr\u00e1t zoufale napadena a stejn\u011b zoufale br\u00e1n\u011bna. Mrtv\u00ed a um\u00edraj\u00edc\u00ed mu\u017ei v d\u011blnick\u00fdch halen\u00e1ch i vojensk\u00fdch uniform\u00e1ch le\u017eeli na dla\u017eb\u011b vedle sebe. Trikol\u00f3ra vlaj\u00edc\u00ed nad z\u00e1tarasem dokazovala, \u017ee z boje vy\u0161el v\u00edt\u011bzn\u011b lid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Bervie pr\u00e1v\u011b osv\u011b\u017eil jednoho ze zran\u011bn\u00fdch dou\u0161kem z p\u0159evr\u017een\u00e9ho d\u017eb\u00e1nu, na jeho\u017e dn\u011b z\u016fstalo p\u00e1r kapek vody, kdy\u017e mu kdosi polo\u017eil ruku na rameno. Ohl\u00e9dl se a spat\u0159il p\u0159\u00edslu\u0161n\u00edka N\u00e1rodn\u00ed gardy, kter\u00fd byl sv\u011bdkem jeho milosrdn\u00e9ho skutku. <br \/>\u201ePomozte tam tomu nebo\u017e\u00e1kovi,\u201c \u0159ekl ob\u010dan. \u201ePot\u0159ebuje p\u00e1r siln\u00fdch pa\u017e\u00ed.\u201c <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">P\u0159i \u0159e\u010di uk\u00e1zal na nedaleko stoj\u00edc\u00edho d\u011bln\u00edka v kazajce za\u0161pin\u011bn\u00e9 krv\u00ed a st\u0159eln\u00fdm prachem. Po mu\u017eov\u011b tv\u00e1\u0159i se \u0159inuly slzy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> \u201ePro pl\u00e1\u010d nevid\u00edm na cestu, pane,\u201c \u0159ekl. \u201ePomozte mi odn\u00e9st toto \u017ealostn\u00e9 b\u0159emeno do vedlej\u0161\u00ed ulice.\u201c <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Uk\u00e1zal na hrub\u011b p\u0159ibit\u00e1 d\u0159ev\u011bn\u00e1 nos\u00edtka, na nich\u017e le\u017eel mrtv\u00fd nebo zran\u011bn\u00fd mu\u017e s tv\u00e1\u0159\u00ed a hrud\u00ed p\u0159ikrytou star\u00fdm pl\u00e1\u0161t\u011bm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> \u201eJe to nejv\u011brn\u011bj\u0161\u00ed p\u0159\u00edtel, jak\u00e9ho kdy lid m\u011bl. Pe\u010doval o n\u00e1s, dod\u00e1val n\u00e1m \u00fat\u011bchu, v\u00e1\u017eil si n\u00e1s a m\u011bl n\u00e1s r\u00e1d. Te\u010f tady le\u017e\u00ed mrtev. Zast\u0159elili ho, kdy\u017e ovazoval r\u00e1ny zran\u011bn\u00fdm p\u0159\u00e1tel\u016fm i nep\u0159\u00e1tel\u016fm!\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eA\u0165 je to kdokoliv, zem\u0159el slavn\u011b,\u201c poznamenal Bervie. \u201eMohu se na n\u011bj pod\u00edvat?\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>D\u011bln\u00edk p\u0159ik\u00fdvl na souhlas.<br \/>Bervie nadzvedl pl\u00e1\u0161\u0165 \u2014 a tak se je\u0161t\u011b jednou setkal s dr. 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