{"id":64464,"date":"2026-07-18T18:32:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T16:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/?p=64464"},"modified":"2026-07-19T17:10:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T15:10:47","slug":"egar-wallace-the-black-abbot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/?p=64464","title":{"rendered":"Edgar Wallace &#8211; The Black"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-be6b37229197ce1591cf7bb36ef78b8a wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Kapitola I. &#8211; \u010cERN\u00dd<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">James Lexington Morlake, gentleman v d\u016fchodu, p\u00e1n panstv\u00ed Wold a dr\u017eitel \u0159ady dal\u0161\u00edch titul\u016f, kter\u00e9 v\u0161ak z\u0159\u00eddka pou\u017e\u00edval, odemkl z\u00e1suvku sv\u00e9ho honosn\u00e9ho psac\u00edho stolu v emp\u00edrov\u00e9m stylu a zamy\u0161len\u011b nahl\u00e9dl do jej\u00ed hloubky.              Byla vylo\u017eena ocel\u00ed a m\u011bla \u010dty\u0159i z\u0159eteln\u00e9 z\u00e1mky. Pomalu do n\u00ed vlo\u017eil ruku a vyt\u00e1hl nejprve slo\u017een\u00fd \u010dtverec \u010dern\u00e9ho hedv\u00e1b\u00ed, pot\u00e9 praktickou samonab\u00edjec\u00ed pistoli a nakonec svitek jemn\u00e9 k\u016f\u017ee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Rozv\u00e1zal \u0161\u0148\u016frku, kter\u00e1 byla uv\u00e1zan\u00e1 kolem st\u0159edu, a rozvinul k\u016f\u017ei na psac\u00edm stole. Byla to ta\u0161ka z jemn\u011b zrnit\u00e9 tulen\u00ed k\u016f\u017ee a v jej\u00edch nes\u010detn\u00fdch kaps\u00e1ch a smy\u010dk\u00e1ch byla ohromuj\u00edc\u00ed rozmanitost n\u00e1stroj\u016f, kle\u0161t\u00ed, r\u00e1\u010den \u2013 ka\u017ed\u00fd mal\u00fd, ka\u017ed\u00fd z nejkvalitn\u011bj\u0161\u00ed kalen\u00e9 oceli.<br \/>Prohl\u00e9dl si diamanty poset\u00fd okraj vrt\u00e1ku, kter\u00fd nebyl v\u011bt\u0161\u00ed ne\u017e kr\u00e1je\u010d na s\u00fdr, pak n\u00e1stroj vr\u00e1til na m\u00edsto, sroloval ta\u0161ku a op\u0159el se v k\u0159esle, o\u010di up\u0159en\u00e9 zamy\u0161len\u011b na p\u0159edm\u011bty, kter\u00e9 vylo\u017eil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Byt Jamese Morlakea v Bond Street byl snad t\u00edm nejluxusn\u011bj\u0161\u00edm bytem v t\u00e9to velmi exkluzivn\u00ed ulici. M\u00edstnost, v n\u00ed\u017e sed\u011bl, s vysok\u00fdm stropem fantasticky vy\u0159ezan\u00fdm do spir\u00e1l a arabesek t\u011bmi nej\u0161ikovn\u011bj\u0161\u00edmi maursk\u00fdmi \u0159emesln\u00edky, byla \u0161irok\u00e1, dlouh\u00e1 a jedine\u010dn\u00e1. St\u011bny byly z mramoru, podlahu tvo\u0159ila \u00fa\u017easn\u00e1 mozaika pokryt\u00e1 hedv\u00e1bn\u00fdmi koberci z Ispahanu. \u010cty\u0159i z\u00e1v\u011bsn\u00e1 sv\u00edtidla, jemn\u00e9 tkaniny ze st\u0159\u00edbra a hedv\u00e1b\u00ed, vrhala tlumen\u00e9 sv\u011btlo. S v\u00fdjimkou psac\u00edho stolu, kter\u00fd v tom stroh\u00e9m a kr\u00e1sn\u00e9m prost\u0159ed\u00ed p\u016fsobil nepat\u0159i\u010dn\u011b ok\u00e1zale, tam bylo jen m\u00e1lo n\u00e1bytku. N\u00edzk\u00fd divan pod oknem se z\u00e1v\u011bsem, mal\u00e1 stoli\u010dka, lakovan\u00e1 do syt\u011b zelen\u00e9 barvy, a dal\u0161\u00ed \u017eidle, to bylo v\u0161e.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Mu\u017ei, kter\u00fd sed\u011bl u psac\u00edho stolu, mohlo b\u00fdt \u010dty\u0159icet. M\u011bl tv\u00e1\u0159 u\u010dence, dychtivou, \u017eivou, pohyblivou. V jeho o\u010d\u00edch byl v\u00edce n\u00e1znak sm\u00edchu, ne\u017e smutku. James Lexington Morlake, \u00fadajn\u011b z New Yorku (a\u010dkoli n\u011bkte\u0159\u00ed o tom pochybovali) a nyn\u00ed z 823 New Bond Street v hrabstv\u00ed Lond\u00fdn a z Wold House v hrabstv\u00ed Sussex, byl velmi reprezentativn\u00ed osoba. Jeho ve\u010dern\u00ed kab\u00e1t mu dokonale padl na \u0161irok\u00e1 ramena; b\u00edl\u00e1 ma\u0161le u l\u00edmce byla uv\u00e1z\u00e1na komorn\u00edkem.<br \/>Zvedl zrak od stolu a jeho zlov\u011bstn\u00e9ho obsahu a jednou tleskl. Skrz hedv\u00e1bnou z\u00e1clonu, kter\u00e1 zakr\u00fdvala prot\u011bj\u0161\u00ed konec m\u00edstnosti, ve\u0161el mal\u00fd Maur s tich\u00fdmi kroky, jeho\u017e bezvadn\u011b b\u00edl\u00e1 \u010depice a karm\u00ednov\u00e1 tarbu\u0161 mu dod\u00e1valy jistou \u017eivost na jemn\u00e9m pozad\u00ed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eMahmete, dnes v noci odj\u00ed\u017ed\u00edm \u2013 d\u00e1m ti v\u011bd\u011bt, a\u017e se vr\u00e1t\u00edm.\u201c<br \/>Mluvil maursky, co\u017e je nej\u010dist\u0161\u00ed z t\u011bch t\u0159\u00ed arabsk\u00fdch dialekt\u016f.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> \u201eA\u017e se, s Bo\u017e\u00ed milost\u00ed, vr\u00e1t\u00edm, budu pro tebe m\u00edt pr\u00e1ci.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Mahmet zvedl ruku na pozdrav, pak lehce p\u0159istoupil a pol\u00edbil ka\u017edou klopu Jamesova fraku, ne\u017e pol\u00edbil sv\u016fj vlastn\u00ed palec, nebo\u0165 Morlake<br \/>byl podle ur\u010dit\u00fdch m\u011b\u0159\u00edtek svat\u00fd pro mal\u00e9ho otroka, kter\u00e9ho koupil na trhu v Rahbutu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eJsem v\u00e1\u0161 slu\u017eebn\u00edk, haj,\u201c \u0159ekl. \u201eBudete si cht\u00edt promluvit se sv\u00fdm sekret\u00e1\u0159em?\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Morlake p\u0159ik\u00fdvl a Mahmet s rychl\u00fdm m\u00e1vnut\u00edm ruky na pozdrav zmizel. Nikdy ho nep\u0159estalo bavit toto ozna\u010den\u00ed Bingera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201eSekret\u00e1\u0159\u201c<br \/>byl jemn\u00fd eufemismus Maura, kter\u00fd by o \u017e\u00e1dn\u00e9m b\u00edl\u00e9m mu\u017ei ne\u0159ekl \u201eslu\u017eebn\u00edk\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Objevil se pan Binger, mal\u00fd, podsadit\u00fd mu\u017e s velmi rudou tv\u00e1\u0159\u00ed a velmi plav\u00fdm kn\u00edrem, kter\u00fd si v momentech rozpak\u016f rychle kroutil. Bez d\u016fkazu v podob\u011b \u00fahledn\u011b roz\u010desan\u00fdch vlas\u016f a kade\u0159e p\u0159ilepen\u00e9 k \u010delu byl zjevn\u011b \u201estar\u00fd voj\u00e1k\u201c.<br \/>Pod\u00edval se na sv\u00e9ho zam\u011bstnavatele a pak na sadu n\u00e1stroj\u016f na stole a povzdechl si.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eJdete ven, pane?\u201c zeptal se smutn\u011b.<br \/>Byl to ten neobvykl\u00fd typ Cockneyho, mu\u017e, kter\u00fd vkl\u00e1dal aspirovan\u00e9 hl\u00e1sky tam, kde nebyly zam\u00fd\u0161leny. Ani jeden Lond\u00fd\u0148an z deseti tis\u00edc nem\u00e1 tento trik, devades\u00e1t procent mo\u017en\u00e1 vynech\u00e1 \u201eh\u201c \u2013 jen velmi m\u00e1lo lid\u00ed to dok\u00e1\u017ee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eJdu ven; mo\u017en\u00e1 budu pry\u010d n\u011bkolik dn\u00ed. V\u00edte, kde m\u011b najdete.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eDouf\u00e1m, pane,\u201c \u0159ekl pochmurn\u00fd Binger. \u201eDouf\u00e1m, \u017ee v\u00e1s nenajdu tam, kde v\u00e1s v\u017edycky o\u010dek\u00e1v\u00e1m \u2013 v hrozn\u00fd v\u011bze\u0148sk\u00fd cele.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>James Morlake se ti\u0161e zasm\u00e1l.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eOsud t\u011b nikdy nezam\u00fd\u0161lel jako komorn\u00edka zlod\u011bje, Bingere,\u201c \u0159ekl a pan Binger se zachv\u011bl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eNepou\u017e\u00edvejte to slovo, pane, pros\u00edm! Rozt\u0159\u00e1s\u00e1m se hr\u016fzou! Nen\u00ed na lidech jako j\u00e1, abych kritizoval, co\u017e jsem nikdy ned\u011blal. A kdybyste nebyl zlod\u011bj, byl bych mrtvola. Riskoval jste kv\u016fli mn\u011b a j\u00e1 na to jen tak nezapomenu!\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Co\u017e byla pravda. Jedn\u00e9 noci se James Lexington Morlake v r\u00e1mci sv\u00e9 \u010dinnosti vloupal do skladu, o kter\u00fd se staral Binger. Morlake si. ten sklad vybral na cest\u011b k v\u011bt\u0161\u00edmu c\u00edli \u2013 na konci skladov\u00e9ho bloku st\u00e1la banka \u2013 a na\u0161el tam t\u00e9m\u011b\u0159 bezvl\u00e1dn\u00e9ho Bingera, kter\u00fd spadl do padac\u00edho poklopu a zlomil si nohu t\u00edm nejkomplikovan\u011bj\u0161\u00edm zp\u016fsobem, jak\u00fdm si \u010dlov\u011bk m\u016f\u017ee nohu zlomit. A Morlake se zastavil a postaral se o n\u011bj; odnesl ho do nemocnice, a\u010dkoli Binger uhodl, k\u00fdm je \u2013 \u201e\u010cern\u00fd\u201c \u2013 postrach v\u0161ech bankovn\u00edch mana\u017eer\u016f v kr\u00e1lovstv\u00ed. T\u00edmto zp\u016fsobem se oba mu\u017ei, podstupuj\u00edc\u00ed nej\u00fa\u017easn\u011bj\u0161\u00ed rizika, sezn\u00e1mili. Ne \u017ee by to pro Jamese Morlakea bylo snad n\u011bjak\u00e9 velk\u00e9 riziko, nebo\u0165 on lidem rozum\u011bl.<br \/>Vyt\u00e1hl cigaretu ze zlat\u00e9ho pouzdra, kter\u00e9 vyt\u00e1hl z kapsy, a zap\u00e1lil si ji.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eJednoho dne se mo\u017en\u00e1 stanu v\u00e1\u017een\u00fdm \u010dlenem spole\u010dnosti, Bingere,\u201c \u0159ekl s chichotem v hlase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eDouf\u00e1m, pane, up\u0159\u00edmn\u011b se za to modl\u00edm,\u201c \u0159ekl Binger v\u00e1\u017en\u011b. \u201eNen\u00ed to hezk\u00e9 povol\u00e1n\u00ed \u2013 jste venku celou noc\u2026 nen\u00ed to zdrav\u00e9! Jako b\u00fdval\u00fd voj\u00e1k v\u00e1m \u0159\u00edk\u00e1m, pane, \u017ee poctivost je nejlep\u0161\u00ed politika.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eJak jste sakra v\u011bd\u011bl, \u017ee v tom \u201apoctivost\u2018 je?\u201c zeptal se James Morlake obdivn\u011b.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eVyslovil jsem to, pane,\u201c \u0159ekl Binger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eTo m\u00e1m na mysli \u2013 te\u010f m\u011b poslouchejte, Bingere. Chci, aby auto \u010dekalo ve dv\u011b hodiny na rohu Albemarle Street. Trochu pr\u0161\u00ed, tak a\u0165 je sta\u017een\u00e1 st\u0159echa. A\u017e p\u0159ijedu, nebu\u010fte bl\u00ed\u017e ne\u017e dvan\u00e1ct metr\u016f od auta. Vzadu dejte oxfordskou pozn\u00e1vac\u00ed zna\u010dku a tu ze Sussexu schovejte pod sedadlo. Termosku s<br \/>horkou k\u00e1vou a bal\u00ed\u010dek sendvi\u010d\u016f \u2013 a to je v\u0161e.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Binger, kdy\u017e se rozestoupily z\u00e1v\u011bsy, se sna\u017eil vyj\u00e1d\u0159it to, co pova\u017eoval za nevhodn\u00e9 a dokonce h\u0159\u00ed\u0161n\u00e9 vyslovit.<br \/>\u201eHodn\u011b \u0161t\u011bst\u00ed, pane,\u201c \u0159ekl slab\u00fdm hlasem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eK\u00e9\u017e bys to myslel v\u00e1\u017en\u011b,\u201c \u0159ekl James Morlake, kdy\u017e vstal, popadl dlouh\u00fd \u010dern\u00fd kab\u00e1t z pohovky a str\u010dil si pistoli a n\u00e1\u0159ad\u00ed do kapsy\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>V trezoru na Burlington Street m\u011bl no\u010dn\u00ed hl\u00edda\u010d stoli\u010dku, na kter\u00e9 mohl sed\u011bt b\u011bhem dlouh\u00fdch osam\u011bl\u00fdch hl\u00eddek. Byla to stoli\u010dka s jednou nohou uprost\u0159ed<br \/>a m\u011bla tu velkou v\u00fdhodu, \u017ee pokud jej\u00ed u\u017eivatel zd\u0159\u00edml, spadl. P\u0159\u00edroda v\u0161ak vyv\u00edj\u00ed vlastnosti, aby vyhovovala ka\u017ed\u00e9 lidsk\u00e9 nouzi, a v pr\u016fb\u011bhu let si no\u010dn\u00ed hl\u00edda\u010d, op\u00edraje se loktem o vy\u010dn\u00edvaj\u00edc\u00ed \u0159\u00edmsu a nap\u00ednaje t\u011blo proti zdi, mohl u\u017e\u00edt pohodln\u00e9ho stavu bezv\u011bdom\u00ed, kter\u00fd se bl\u00ed\u017eil sp\u00e1nku\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201ePromi\u0148te!\u201c \u0159ekl jemn\u00fd hlas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Str\u00e1\u017en\u00fd se s trhnut\u00edm probudil a klop\u00fdtal na nohy, sahaje po revolveru, kter\u00fd m\u011bl le\u017eet na mal\u00e9 d\u0159ev\u011bn\u00e9 \u0159\u00edmse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eVa\u0161e zbra\u0148 je v m\u00e9 kapse a alarm je odpojen\u00fd,\u201c \u0159ekl mu\u017e v \u010dern\u00e9m a o\u010di, kter\u00e9 prosv\u00edtaly skrz napnutou hedv\u00e1bnou masku zakr\u00fdvaj\u00edc\u00ed jeho tv\u00e1\u0159, humorn\u011b jisk\u0159ily. \u201ePochod!\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>No\u010dn\u00ed hl\u00edda\u010d, om\u00e1men\u00fd a ji\u017e hledaj\u00edc\u00ed v mysli v\u00fdmluvy, kter\u00e9 by ho zbavily obvin\u011bn\u00ed ze sp\u00e1nku ve slu\u017eb\u011b, poslechl.<br \/>Trezory Burlington Street Safe Deposit jsou pod zem\u00ed a pro pot\u0159eby hl\u00edda\u010de je zde mal\u00fd betonov\u00fd pokoj vybaven\u00fd elektrick\u00fdm spor\u00e1kem a skl\u00e1dac\u00edm stolem. Ve zdi je tak\u00e9 zabudov\u00e1n mal\u00fd trezor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eTady,\u201c \u0159ekl mu\u017e v \u010dern\u00e9m. \u201ePostav se \u010delem ke zdi a zachra\u0148 mou du\u0161i p\u0159ed ohavn\u00fdm zlo\u010dinem vra\u017edy.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Str\u00e1\u017en\u00fd st\u00e1l s nosem p\u0159itisknut\u00fdm k betonu a sly\u0161el cvaknut\u00ed z\u00e1mku a cink\u00e1n\u00ed kl\u00ed\u010d\u016f. V trezoru byly ulo\u017eeny hlavn\u00ed kl\u00ed\u010de a jejich duplik\u00e1ty a za norm\u00e1ln\u00edch okolnost\u00ed jej nemohl otev\u0159\u00edt nikdo krom\u011b prezidenta nebo tajemn\u00edka spole\u010dnosti. Cizinec z\u0159ejm\u011b nem\u011bl \u017e\u00e1dn\u00e9 pot\u00ed\u017ee obej\u00edt se bez pomoci t\u011bchto \u00fa\u0159edn\u00edk\u016f.<br \/>Ozvalo se bouchnut\u00ed zav\u00edraj\u00edc\u00edch se dve\u0159\u00ed m\u00edstnosti a pak oto\u010den\u00ed kl\u00ed\u010de. Pot\u00e9 nastalo ticho, a\u017e na pronikav\u00fd p\u00edskot vzduchu proud\u00edc\u00edho stropn\u00edm ventil\u00e1torem. Za deset minut byl n\u00e1v\u0161t\u011bvn\u00edk zp\u011bt a str\u00e1\u017en\u00fd vid\u011bl, jak vrac\u00ed kl\u00ed\u010de, kter\u00e9 si vzal, zav\u00edr\u00e1 a zamyk\u00e1 trezor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eTo je v\u0161e, mysl\u00edm,\u201c \u0159ekl cizinec. \u201eUkradl jsem jen velmi m\u00e1lo \u2013 jen tolik, abych si zaplatil dovolenou a nov\u00e9 auto. \u010clov\u011bk mus\u00ed \u017e\u00edt.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eKv\u016fli tomu m\u011b vyhod\u00ed!\u201c zast\u00e9nal hl\u00edda\u010d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eZ\u00e1le\u017e\u00ed na l\u017ei, kterou \u0159ekne\u0161,\u201c \u0159ekl maskovan\u00fd mu\u017e, stoj\u00edc\u00ed ve dve\u0159\u00edch a znepokojiv\u011b to\u010d\u00edc\u00ed svou automatickou zbran\u00ed. \u201ePokud \u0159eknete, \u017ee jste byl om\u00e1men, jak \u0159ekla no\u010dn\u00ed hl\u00eddka v Home Counties Bank, lid\u00e9 tomu mo\u017en\u00e1 nebudou v\u011b\u0159it\u2026\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eA co ten vr\u00e1tn\u00fd?\u201c zeptal se str\u00e1\u017en\u00fd s nad\u011bj\u00ed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eJe ve sv\u00e9 budce a sp\u00ed\u2026 skute\u010dn\u011b om\u00e1men m\u00fdm vlastn\u00edm d\u016fmysln\u00fdm zp\u016fsobem,\u201c \u0159ekl vet\u0159elec.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Pr\u00e1skl dve\u0159mi a kl\u00ed\u010d se znovu oto\u010dil. Zd\u00e1lo se, \u017ee se oto\u010dil dvakr\u00e1t, a tak tomu tak\u00e9 bylo, proto\u017ee kdy\u017e str\u00e1\u017en\u00fd zkusil dve\u0159e otev\u0159\u00edt, \u0161ly snadno. Ale \u010cern\u00fd byl pry\u010d.<br \/>T\u0159i mu\u017ei z \u00fast\u0159ed\u00ed byli u trezoru b\u011bhem n\u011bkolika minut po spu\u0161t\u011bn\u00ed alarmu. Na\u0161li vr\u00e1tn\u00e9ho, kter\u00fd se pomalu probouzel, a no\u010dn\u00edho str\u00e1\u017en\u00e9ho, kter\u00fd byl upov\u00eddan\u00fd a m\u011bl bujnou fantazii.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eNe\u0159\u00edkejte mi tuhle historku o drog\u00e1ch,\u201c \u0159ekl podr\u00e1\u017ed\u011bn\u011b vrchn\u00ed inspektor Wall. \u201eMo\u017en\u00e1 to sed\u00ed u toho vr\u00e1tn\u00e9ho, ale vy jste spal, a jakmile na v\u00e1s nam\u00ed\u0159il zbra\u0148, dal jste se na \u00fat\u011bk. To je va\u0161e verze, a \u017e\u00e1dnou jinou poslouchat nebudu.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Vr\u00e1tn\u00fd nedok\u00e1zal nab\u00eddnout \u017e\u00e1dn\u00e9 vysv\u011btlen\u00ed. Sed\u011bl ve sv\u00e9 mal\u00e9 kancel\u00e1\u0159i a pil k\u00e1vu, kterou si uva\u0159il, a to bylo v\u0161e, co si pamatoval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eNechte si ten \u0161\u00e1lek k\u00e1vy na anal\u00fdzu,\u201c \u0159ekl Wall. \u201eTen mu\u017e musel b\u00fdt v budov\u011b \u2013 jakmile om\u00e1mil spr\u00e1vce, bylo to snadn\u00e9.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Horn\u00ed \u010d\u00e1st trezoru byla pronajata jako kancel\u00e1\u0159sk\u00e9 prostory, zat\u00edmco p\u0159\u00edzem\u00ed a suter\u00e9n slou\u017eily jako prostory trezoru. \u0160irok\u00e1 chodba vedla z ulice ke vchodu do trezoru a v polovin\u011b byla uzav\u0159ena t\u011b\u017ekou ocelovou br\u00e1nou, ke kter\u00e9 m\u011bl kl\u00ed\u010d pouze vr\u00e1tn\u00fd sed\u00edc\u00ed ve sv\u00e9 kancel\u00e1\u0159i uvnit\u0159.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eBylo to jednoduch\u00e9,\u201c \u0159ekl Wall, kdy\u017e dokon\u010dil v\u00fdslech. \u201ePeters opustil svou kancel\u00e1\u0159 a \u0161el dol\u016f za no\u010dn\u00edm hl\u00edda\u010dem. N\u011bjak\u00fdm zp\u016fsobem se \u010cern\u00fd dostal dovnit\u0159 \u2013 on otev\u0159e jak\u00fdkoli z\u00e1mek. Potom u\u017e mu sta\u010dilo jen sledovat a \u010dekat.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>V \u010dasn\u00fdch rann\u00edch hodin\u00e1ch dorazil tajemn\u00edk trezoru a doprov\u00e1zel policii p\u0159i d\u016fkladn\u011bj\u0161\u00ed prohl\u00eddce vnit\u0159n\u00edch trezorov\u00fdch m\u00edstnost\u00ed.<br \/>Jeden mal\u00fd trezor byl odem\u010den\u00fd. Byl to ten, kter\u00fd byl veden na jm\u00e9no Jamese Morlakea, a trezor byl zcela pr\u00e1zdn\u00fd.<\/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\">p\u0159eklad a \u00faprava: Nikola Valerov\u00e1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Kapitola I. &#8211; \u010cERN\u00dd James Lexington Morlake, gentleman v d\u016fchodu, p\u00e1n panstv\u00ed Wold a dr\u017eitel \u0159ady dal\u0161\u00edch titul\u016f, kter\u00e9 v\u0161ak z\u0159\u00eddka pou\u017e\u00edval, odemkl z\u00e1suvku sv\u00e9ho <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/?p=64464\" title=\"Edgar Wallace &#8211; The Black\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":64500,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kultura"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=64464"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64517,"href":"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64464\/revisions\/64517"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/64500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}