{"id":64523,"date":"2026-07-19T18:45:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T16:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/?p=64523"},"modified":"2026-07-19T18:45:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T16:45:30","slug":"edgar-wallace-the-black-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/?p=64523","title":{"rendered":"Edgar Wallace – The Black"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Kapitola IV. – N\u00e1v\u0161t\u011bvn\u00edk ve Wold House<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

James Morlake sed\u011bl ve st\u00ednu velk\u00e9ho cedru, kter\u00fd rostl na p\u016fli cesty mezi jeho domem a \u0159ekou. U jeho nohou se rozvaloval jeho kulhav\u00fd foxteri\u00e9r a na kolenou m\u011bl rozlo\u017een\u00e9 noviny. Ne\u010detl; jeho pohled byl up\u0159en\u00fd na sklen\u011bnou hladinu potoka. \u0160plouchnut\u00ed, letm\u00fd z\u00e1blesk mokr\u00e9ho st\u0159\u00edbra, kdy\u017e pstruh vysko\u010dil po neopatrn\u00e9 mu\u0161ce, ho p\u0159im\u011bl oto\u010dit hlavu, a pak uvid\u011bl mu\u017ee, kter\u00fd st\u00e1l na p\u0159\u00edjezdov\u00e9 cest\u011b a pozoroval ho.
Vrhl na n\u011bj jedin\u00fd pohled a pak se vr\u00e1til k poklidn\u00e9mu pozorov\u00e1n\u00ed mal\u00e9 \u0159eky.
Hamon pomalu kr\u00e1\u010del vp\u0159ed s rukama v kaps\u00e1ch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


\u201eNo,\u201c \u0159ekl, \u201eu\u017e je to dlouho, co jsem t\u011b vid\u011bl. Nev\u011bd\u011bl jsem, \u017ee bydl\u00ed\u0161 n\u011bkde tady.\u201c
James Morlake zvedl o\u010di a z\u00edvl.
\u201eM\u011bl jsem ti poslat pozv\u00e1nku,\u201c \u0159ekl l\u00edn\u011b. \u201e\u010clov\u011bk by m\u011bl m\u00edt dny, kdy je \u201adoma\u2018. Kdybych v\u011bd\u011bl, \u017ee dnes r\u00e1no p\u0159ijde\u0161, najal bych vesnickou kapelu a vyv\u011bsil p\u00e1r vlajek.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Pan Hamon p\u0159it\u00e1hl \u017eidli a posadil se p\u0159\u00edmo naproti n\u011bmu, a kdy\u017e promluvil, bylo to s nejv\u011bt\u0161\u00ed rozv\u00e1\u017enost\u00ed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


\u201eKoup\u00edm od tebe tenhle d\u016fm, Morlakeu\u2026\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n


\u201ePane Morlake, nezapom\u00ednejme, \u017ee jsme gentlemani.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n


\u201eKoup\u00edm od v\u00e1s tento d\u016fm a vy m\u016f\u017eete odjet do zahrani\u010d\u00ed. Odpust\u00edm v\u00e1m va\u0161e v\u00fdhr\u016f\u017eky a va\u0161e \u0161\u00edlen\u00e9 bl\u00e1boly o\u2026 no, v\u00edte o \u010dem \u2013 ale do t\u00fddne opust\u00edte
tuto zemi.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Morlake se ti\u0161e zasm\u00e1l a Hamon, kter\u00fd ho nikdy nevid\u011bl se sm\u00e1t, byl ohromen prom\u011bnou, kterou ten sm\u00edch p\u0159inesl na jeho ponurou tv\u00e1\u0159.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


\u201eJste velmi z\u00e1bavn\u00fd \u010dlov\u011bk,\u201c \u0159ekl vysok\u00fd mu\u017e. \u201eSpadnete z oblak\u016f nebo se vyno\u0159\u00edte z v\u011b\u010dn\u00fdch plamen\u016f po letech nep\u0159\u00edtomnosti a okam\u017eit\u011b za\u010dnete p\u0159ebudov\u00e1vat m\u016fj \u017eivot! Tloustnete, Hamone, a ty v\u00e1\u010dky pod o\u010dima nejsou hezk\u00e9. M\u011bl byste nav\u0161t\u00edvit l\u00e9ka\u0159e.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Hamon se naklonil dop\u0159edu.
\u201eCo kdybych va\u0161im soused\u016fm \u0159ekl, kdo jste!\u201c zeptal se pomalu. \u201eCo kdybych \u0161el na policii a \u0159ekl jim, \u017ee pan Morlake\u201c \u2013 s posm\u011b\u0161n\u00fdm d\u016frazem na titul \u2013 \u201eje lacin\u00fd yankeesk\u00fd podvodn\u00edk!\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n


\u201eNe lacin\u00fd,\u201c zamumlal Morlake a pobaven\u011b ho sledoval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


\u201eCo kdybych jim \u0159ekl, \u017ee jsem v\u00e1s kdysi p\u0159istihl p\u0159i loupe\u017ei v Prescott Bank a \u017ee jste m\u011b vyd\u00edral, abych t\u011b nechal j\u00edt!\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Morlakeovy o\u010di se nespustily z mu\u017eova obli\u010deje.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


\u201eV Lond\u00fdn\u011b do\u0161lo k s\u00e9rii vloup\u00e1n\u00ed,\u201c pokra\u010doval Hamon. \u201eP\u00e1chal je mu\u017e zvan\u00fd \u010cern\u00fd \u2013 u\u017e jste o n\u011bm sly\u0161el?\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Morlake se usm\u00e1l.
\u201eNikdy ne\u010dtu noviny,\u201c odv\u011btil pomalu. \u201eJe v nich tolik v\u011bc\u00ed, kter\u00e9 se pro venkovsk\u00e9ho gentlemana nehod\u00ed \u010d\u00edst.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n


\u201eVenkovsk\u00fd gentleman!\u201c
Te\u010f se pobavil pan Hamon. S\u00e1hl do kapsy, vyt\u00e1hl opot\u0159ebovanou pen\u011b\u017eenku, otev\u0159el ji a vyt\u00e1hl pevn\u011b sepnut\u00fd svazek bankovek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


\u201eTo je na va\u0161e cestovn\u00ed v\u00fddaje,\u201c \u0159ekl, kdy\u017e si Morlake vzal pen\u00edze z jeho ruky. \u201eCo se t\u00fd\u010de va\u0161eho dome\u010dku a panstv\u00ed, z\u00edtra v\u00e1m ud\u011bl\u00e1m nab\u00eddku. Va\u0161e cena\u2014\u2014\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n


\u201eJe sto tis\u00edc,\u201c \u0159ekl Morlake. \u201eCht\u011bl bych tu mizernou \u010d\u00e1stku na \u00fa\u010det, kdyby nebylo toho, \u017ee m\u00e1te v\u0161echny druhy bankovek ve sv\u00e9 pen\u011b\u017eence a u br\u00e1ny \u010dek\u00e1 zanepr\u00e1zdn\u011bn\u00fd detektiv, aby m\u011b odvedl, jakmile si ten lup vezmu! Sto tis\u00edc je moje cena, Hamone. Zapla\u0165te to tak jak to chci, a nech\u00e1m v\u00e1s na pokoji – budete m\u00edt m\u011bs\u00edc klidu!\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Hodil pen\u00edze na tr\u00e1vu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


\u201eM\u011bs\u00edc \u2013 co t\u00edm mysl\u00edte, m\u011bs\u00edc?\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Vysok\u00fd mu\u017e op\u011bt zvedl sv\u00e9 klidn\u00e9 o\u010di.
\u201eM\u00e1m na mysli m\u011bs\u00edc, kter\u00fd v t\u00e9to zemi uplyne mezi soudem a popravou.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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p\u0159eklad a \u00faprava: Nikola Valerov\u00e1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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