{"id":64525,"date":"2026-07-19T18:52:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T16:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/?p=64525"},"modified":"2026-07-19T18:52:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T16:52:21","slug":"edgar-wallace-the-black-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/?p=64525","title":{"rendered":"Edgar Wallace – The Black"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Kapitola V. – Opice a tykev<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ralph Hamon vysko\u010dil na nohy, jako by ho n\u011bkdo st\u0159elil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


\u201eJsi lh\u00e1\u0159\u2026 zatracen\u00fd yankeesk\u00fd podvodn\u00edk! Pov\u011bsit m\u011b? To si s tebou vy\u0159\u00edd\u00edm, Morlakeu! V\u00edm o tob\u011b dost\u2026\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Morlake zvedl ruku v p\u0159edst\u00edran\u00e9m zd\u011b\u0161en\u00ed.
\u201eNestra\u0161 m\u011b! Moje nervy u\u017e nejsou, co b\u00fdvaly. A bu\u010f rozumn\u00fd. \u0158ekni mi o sob\u011b v\u0161echno. Sly\u0161el jsem, \u017ee jsi ve Varoni vyd\u011blal p\u016fl milionu Diamonds. A to poctiv\u011b; co\u017e je divn\u00e9. Kdybys jen po\u010dkal, Hamone! Nemusel bys se te\u010f b\u00e1t o sv\u016fj \u017eivot. V\u00ed\u0161, jak domorodci chytaj\u00ed opice? Daj\u00ed \u0161vestku nebo datli na dno tykve s \u00fazk\u00fdm hrdlem. Opice tam vraz\u00ed ruku a uchop\u00ed datli, ale nedok\u00e1\u017ee dostat svou za\u0165atou p\u011bst skrz \u00fazk\u00e9 hrdlo. je p\u0159\u00edli\u0161 chamtiv\u00e1, aby datli pustila, a nem\u00e1 s\u00edlu tykev rozb\u00edt. A tak je chycena. Ty jsi opi\u010d\u00ed \u010dlov\u011bk, Hamone!\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Hamon ovl\u00e1dl sv\u016fj hn\u011bv, ale jeho tv\u00e1\u0159 byla smrteln\u011b bled\u00e1.
\u201eNerozum\u00edm ti,\u201c \u0159ekl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


\u201eJsi jeden z t\u011bch chytr\u00fdch Alec\u016f, kte\u0159\u00ed r\u00e1di poslouchaj\u00ed sami sebe. Varoval jsem t\u011b. Mo\u017en\u00e1 jsi ty ta tykev, kter\u00e1 bude rozbit\u00e1.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n


\u201eTo m\u011b napadlo, ale budu rozbit pro dobrou v\u011bc. Mezit\u00edm z\u016fstanu ve Wold House a budu se radovat ze sv\u00e9ho tajemstv\u00ed a ze z\u00e1jmu, kter\u00fd vzbuzuji v srdc\u00edch venkovan\u016f.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n


\u201eTo tajemstv\u00ed vy\u0159e\u0161\u00edm!\u201c za\u0159val Hamon. Zastavil se na okraji \u0161t\u011brkov\u00e9 cesty a zvedl varovn\u00fd prst. \u201eD\u00e1v\u00e1m ti sedm dn\u00ed na to, abys to vyjasnil,\u201c \u0159ekl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


\u201eZav\u0159i br\u00e1nu, a\u017e bude\u0161 odch\u00e1zet,\u201c \u0159ekl James Morlake, ani\u017e by se obt\u011b\u017eoval oto\u010dit hlavu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Hamon nasko\u010dil do auta, kter\u00e9 nechal na silnici, a rozzu\u0159en\u00fd odjel dom\u016f; ale \u0161oky toho dne t\u00edm neskon\u010dily.
Musel jet po hlavn\u00ed silnici, ne\u017e dorazil k nerovn\u00e9 cest\u011b, kter\u00e1 lemovala panstv\u00ed Creith\u016f. Te\u010f to bylo Hamonovo panstv\u00ed, pomyslel si s uspokojen\u00edm.
Byl p\u00e1nem t\u011bchto rozlehl\u00fdch akr\u016f a ospal\u00fdch farem, kter\u00e9 se schov\u00e1valy v z\u00e1hybech kopc\u016f. Ale jeho panstv\u00ed nebylo \u00fapln\u00e9, pokud k n\u011bmu nepat\u0159ila
ta \u0161t\u00edhl\u00e1, vzp\u0159\u00edmen\u00e1 d\u00edvka, jej\u00ed\u017e nep\u0159\u00e1telstv\u00ed c\u00edtil, jej\u00ed\u017e nevysloven\u00e9 pohrd\u00e1n\u00ed ho bodalo jako \u00fader bi\u010dem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Zkrotit ji, pon\u00ed\u017eit ji, potrestat ji za jej\u00ed drzost, to by byla z\u00e1bava uspokojiv\u011bj\u0161\u00ed ne\u017e cokoli, \u010demu se ve sv\u00e9m pestr\u00e9m \u017eivot\u011b v\u011bnoval. Co se t\u00fd\u010de mu\u017ee jm\u00e9nem James Morlake\u2026 trhl sebou, kdy\u017e pomyslel na ten t\u00e9m\u011b\u0159 p\u0159esn\u00fd prot\u011bj\u0161ek Joan Carstonov\u00e9.
Zato\u010dil sv\u00fdm autem do uli\u010dky, kdy\u017e jeho pohled spo\u010dinul na b\u00edle om\u00edtnut\u00e9 chaloupce za d\u0159ev\u011bn\u00fdm plotem, a zastavil motor.
Vzpomn\u011bl si, \u017ee se zde us\u00eddlila Joanina p\u0159\u00edtelkyn\u011b \u2013 \u017eena.
Ralph Hamon byl oportunista. Joanina p\u0159\u00edtelkyn\u011b by se mohla st\u00e1t i jeho p\u0159\u00edtelkyn\u00ed, a pokud, jak tu\u0161il, nebyla zrovna obda\u0159ena bohatstv\u00edm tohoto sv\u011bta, mohl by naj\u00edt skryt\u00fd zp\u016fsob, jak oslabit d\u00edv\u010diny p\u0159edsudky v\u016f\u010di n\u011bmu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Slezl z motocyklu, vr\u00e1til se na silnici a pro\u0161el branou. Ke dve\u0159\u00edm chalupy vedla cesta z \u010derven\u00fdch cihel lemovan\u00e1 vysok\u00fdmi ji\u0159inami.
Rozhl\u00e9dl se nalevo a napravo. Majitelka nebyla v zahrad\u011b, a tak zaklepal. T\u00e9m\u011b\u0159 okam\u017eit\u011b se dve\u0159e otev\u0159ely a p\u0159ed n\u00edm st\u00e1la vysok\u00e1 postava \u017eeny.
Jejich pohledy se setkaly a ani jeden z nich nepromluvil. Z\u00edral na ni, jako by byla n\u00e1v\u0161t\u011bvnic\u00ed z jin\u00e9ho sv\u011bta, a ona jeho pohledu neuhnula.
Pokusil se promluvit, ale z hrdla mu vy\u0161lo jen nez\u0159eteln\u00e9 zavr\u010den\u00ed; a pak se prudce oto\u010dil a t\u00e9m\u011b\u0159 b\u011b\u017eel po cesti\u010dce; pot mu st\u00e9kal po tv\u00e1\u0159i, \u00fasta m\u011bl such\u00e1 strachem; nebo\u0165 Elsa Cornfordov\u00e1 znala tu polovinu jeho tajemstv\u00ed, kterou p\u00e1n z Wold House netu\u0161il.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Kapitola V. – Opice a tykev Ralph Hamon vysko\u010dil na nohy, jako by ho n\u011bkdo st\u0159elil. \u201eJsi lh\u00e1\u0159\u2026 zatracen\u00fd yankeesk\u00fd podvodn\u00edk! Pov\u011bsit m\u011b? To si […]<\/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-64525","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\/64525","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=64525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64525\/revisions"}],"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=64525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}