{"id":64543,"date":"2026-07-21T10:58:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T08:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/?p=64543"},"modified":"2026-07-21T10:58:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T08:58:19","slug":"edgar-wallace-the-black-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/?p=64543","title":{"rendered":"Edgar Wallace &#8211; The Black"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c3df3db9b0dd5815b8bc8e1f6137bc72 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Kapitola VIII. &#8211; Zlod\u011bj<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201eJe to pravda \u2013 pravda!\u201c                                                                               pochopila a on usly\u0161el bolest v jej\u00edm hlase a sklonil se k n\u00ed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eCo je pravda? \u2013 Pros\u00edm, nek\u0159i\u010dte, nebo v\u00e1s usly\u0161\u00ed.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Bezmocn\u011b se t\u0159\u00e1sla a sna\u017eila se znovu ovl\u00e1dnout sv\u016fj hlas.<br \/>\u201eJste zlod\u011bj!\u201c \u0159ekla a zaslechla jeho potla\u010den\u00fd v\u00fdk\u0159ik.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201eMysl\u00edte\u2026 tu masku? Ob\u00e1v\u00e1m se, \u017ee jste ji zahl\u00e9dla. Jedna maska je\u0161t\u011b ned\u011bl\u00e1 zlod\u011bje, v\u00edte, stejn\u011b jako jedna vla\u0161tovka ned\u011bl\u00e1 l\u00e9to! V de\u0161tiv\u00e9 noci, jako je<br \/>tato, by mu\u017e, kter\u00fd si p\u0159eje zachovat ple\u0165 \u0161kola\u010dky, p\u0159irozen\u011b chr\u00e1nil\u2014\u2014\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201ePros\u00edm, nebu\u010fte absurdn\u00ed!\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>D\u00edky sv\u00e9mu vyvinut\u00e9mu smyslu pro humor si uv\u011bdomila, \u017ee d\u016fstojnost jej\u00edho t\u00f3nu zrovna neodpov\u00edd\u00e1 jej\u00ed vlastn\u00ed \u017ealostn\u00e9 situaci. Le\u017eela nepohodln\u011b na mokr\u00e9 tr\u00e1v\u011b, jej\u00ed obli\u010dej\u2026 Doufala, \u017ee j\u00ed nevid\u00ed do tv\u00e1\u0159e, a potaj\u00ed si ot\u0159ela \u010d\u00e1st bl\u00e1ta slizk\u00fdm c\u00edpem pl\u00e1\u0161t\u011bnky, kterou si z n\u011bjak\u00e9ho nepochopiteln\u00e9ho d\u016fvodu nesla p\u0159es rameno i b\u011bhem bou\u0159ky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201ePom\u016f\u017eete mi pros\u00edm vst\u00e1t?\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Jako odpov\u011b\u010f se sklonil a bez zjevn\u00e9 n\u00e1mahy ji zvedl na nohy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eBydl\u00edte v z\u00e1mku?\u201c zeptal se, a v t\u00e9 ot\u00e1zce bylo n\u011bco tak form\u00e1ln\u00edho a tak p\u0159ipom\u00ednaj\u00edc\u00edho zdvo\u0159ilou konverzaci, \u017ee se j\u00ed chv\u011bly rty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eAno \u2013 bydl\u00edm. Vy\u2026 cht\u011bl jste se do z\u00e1mku vloupat?\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Sp\u00ed\u0161 ne\u017e aby ho sly\u0161ela, c\u00edtila, jak se sm\u011bje.<br \/>\u201eNev\u011b\u0159\u00edte mi, \u017ee nejsem zlod\u011bj\u2026\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eJste?\u201c<br \/>V jej\u00edm hlase zazn\u011bla v\u00fdzva.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eOpravdu,\u201c \u0159ekl po chv\u00edli James Morlake, \u201etahle situace hrani\u010d\u00ed s grotesknost\u00ed\u2026\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eJste?\u201c zeptala se znovu a jak o\u010dek\u00e1vala, tak tak\u00e9 odpov\u011bd\u011bl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eTo jsem.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Kdyby \u0159ekl cokoli jin\u00e9ho, byla by hluboce zklaman\u00e1. Zlod\u011bj mo\u017en\u00e1 ano, lh\u00e1\u0159 ale rozhodn\u011b ne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eNo, nem\u00e1me tu nic, co by se dalo ukr\u00e1st, pane\u2014\u2014\u201c Najednou se zarazila. V\u011bd\u011bl snad, \u017ee ho poznala?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201ePane\u2026?\u201c navrhl. \u201ePr\u00e1v\u011b jste \u0159ekla \u201aJe to pravda\u2018 \u2013 t\u00edm jste myslela, \u017ee je pravda, \u017ee jsem zlod\u011bj. \u010cekala jste dnes v noci n\u00e1v\u0161t\u011bvu?\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eAno,\u201c \u0159ekla, ani\u017e by m\u011bla n\u011bjak\u00e9 v\u00fd\u010ditky. \u201ePan Hamon \u0159\u00edkal, \u017ee n\u00e1s mo\u017en\u00e1 vykradou.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Byla to ta nejslab\u0161\u00ed v\u00fdmluva, ale \u00fa\u010dinek na toho mu\u017ee byl ne\u010dekan\u00fd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eAch! Vy jste n\u00e1v\u0161t\u011bvn\u00edk v s\u00eddle. Omlouv\u00e1m se, myslel jsem, \u017ee jste\u2026 ehm\u2026 no, nev\u011bd\u011bl jsem p\u0159esn\u011b, co jste \u2013 nevadilo by v\u00e1m pod\u00edvat se p\u0159\u00edmo na d\u016fm?\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201ePro\u010d?\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201ePros\u00edm\u2026\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Poslechla ho p\u0159irozen\u011b a oto\u010dila se k n\u011bmu z\u00e1dy. K doutnaj\u00edc\u00edmu stromu n\u011bkdo vych\u00e1zel. Kym\u00e1cela se bou\u0159kov\u00e1 lucerna a ch\u016fze p\u0159\u00edchoz\u00edho nazna\u010dovala neochotu prozkoumat jevy p\u0159\u00edrody zbl\u00edzka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eTo je Peters,\u201c \u0159ekla a ohl\u00e9dla se.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Byla sama; maskovan\u00fd mu\u017e byl pry\u010d.<br \/>Bylo snadn\u00e9 se Petersovi vyhnout, ale kdy\u017e dorazila do chodby vedouc\u00ed k jej\u00edmu pokoji, n\u00e1hle narazila na sv\u00e9ho otce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eProboha! Joan\u2026 kde jsi sakra byla\u2026 vyd\u011bsila jsi m\u011b.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201e\u0160la jsem se pod\u00edvat na ten strom,\u201c \u0159ekla (nikdy v \u017eivot\u011b nelhala tak snadno).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201ePro\u010d sakra chce\u0161 chodit ven do toho hnusn\u00e9ho de\u0161t\u011b, abys si prohl\u00ed\u017eela stromy?\u201c zabru\u010del lord Creith. \u201eA\u0165 se na to pod\u00edv\u00e1 Peters! M\u00e1\u0161 cel\u00fd obli\u010dej od bl\u00e1ta\u2026\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Vb\u011bhla do sv\u00e9ho pokoje, pr\u00e1v\u011b kdy\u017e se otev\u0159ely dve\u0159e Hamonovy komnaty a objevila se jeho postava v py\u017eamu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eN\u011bco se stalo?\u201c zeptal se Hamon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Lord Creith oto\u010dil hlavu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eJeden z tv\u00fdch strom\u016f, m\u016fj drah\u00fd p\u0159\u00edteli,\u201c \u0159ekl s uspokojen\u00edm. \u201eProboha! Teprve te\u010f jsem si uv\u011bdomil, \u017ee to nebyl m\u016fj strom!\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>A ut\u011b\u0161en v\u011bdom\u00edm, \u017ee opravdu nen\u00ed d\u016fvod k osobn\u00edm obav\u00e1m, se Jeho Lordstvo vr\u00e1tilo do postele, neru\u0161eno h\u0159m\u011bn\u00edm nebes ani blesky, kter\u00e9 v nepravideln\u00fdch intervalech osv\u011btlovaly jeho pokoj.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Joanin pokoj byl jedin\u00fdm v Creith Hall, kter\u00fd se py\u0161nil luxusem p\u0159ilehl\u00e9 koupelny, a ona byla dostate\u010dn\u011b \u017eensk\u00e1, aby se p\u0159i svl\u00e9k\u00e1n\u00ed mokr\u00e9ho oble\u010den\u00ed na chv\u00edli pono\u0159ila do d\u016fkladn\u00e9ho nam\u00e1\u010den\u00ed a \u010d\u00e1ste\u010dn\u011b tak vyt\u011bsnila v\u0161echny my\u0161lenky na sv\u00e9 dobrodru\u017estv\u00ed.<br \/>K probl\u00e9mu pana Morlakea se vr\u00e1tila, kdy\u017e sed\u011bla v posteli, obj\u00edmala si kolena a sledovala otev\u0159en\u00fdm oknem pr\u016fb\u011bh bou\u0159e.<br \/>Ka\u0161tanov\u00fd strom je\u0161t\u011b kou\u0159il a blesk j\u00ed umo\u017enil zahl\u00e9dnout dva mu\u017ee v mosazn\u00fdch p\u0159ilb\u00e1ch, kte\u0159\u00ed bezmocn\u011b hled\u011bli na trosky. Vesnick\u00e1 hasi\u010dsk\u00e1 brig\u00e1da byla, co se t\u00fd\u010de uniformy, p\u0159esnou kopi\u00ed sv\u00e9ho velkom\u011bstsk\u00e9ho vzoru. Zaost\u00e1vala jen v nepodstatn\u00e9m bod\u011b, a to v efektivit\u011b.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Poznal ji Morlake? To bylo velmi pochybn\u00e9. Nikdy se s n\u00edm nesetkala a domn\u00edvala se, \u017ee je tak lhostejn\u00fd k identit\u011b obyvatel Creith House, \u017ee to myslel up\u0159\u00edmn\u011b, kdy\u017e si ji spletl s n\u00e1v\u0161t\u011bvn\u00edkem. Za koho si myslel, \u017ee je? Mo\u017en\u00e1 za slu\u017eebnou.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eMysl\u00edm, \u017ee jsi te\u010f naprosto a \u00fapln\u011b roz\u010darovan\u00e1, Joan Carstonov\u00e1,\u201c \u0159ekla v\u00e1\u017en\u011b. \u201eTv\u016fj z\u00e1zra\u010dn\u00fd mu\u017e je zlod\u011bj! A o zlod\u011bje se m\u016f\u017ee\u0161 zaj\u00edmat jen tehdy,<br \/>jestli m\u00e1\u0161 zvr\u00e1cenou a nezdravou mysl a tv\u016fj pohled na sv\u011bt je beznad\u011bjn\u011b dekadentn\u00ed. A\u0165 ti to slou\u017e\u00ed jako pou\u010den\u00ed, mlad\u00e1 \u017eeno! Soust\u0159e\u010f se na<br \/>norm\u00e1ln\u00ed str\u00e1nky \u017eivota.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>S t\u011bmito slovy vylezla z postele a nat\u00e1hla krk, aby se pod\u00edvala p\u0159es park sm\u011brem k Wold House. Mal\u00e9 sv\u011bt\u00fdlko sv\u00edtilo. Pan Morlake se vr\u00e1til dom\u016f.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>S vd\u011b\u010dn\u00fdm povzdechem se vr\u00e1tila do postele a spala hlubok\u00fdm sp\u00e1nkem, kdy\u017e James Morlake vystoupil z \u00fakrytu rododendron\u016f a, p\u0159e\u0161el tr\u00e1vn\u00edk, zasunul okraj mal\u00e9ho p\u00e1\u010didla pod spodn\u00ed \u010d\u00e1st okna, kter\u00e9 vedlo do temn\u00e9 vstupn\u00ed haly.<\/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 VIII. &#8211; Zlod\u011bj \u201eJe to pravda \u2013 pravda!\u201c pochopila a on usly\u0161el bolest v jej\u00edm hlase a sklonil se k n\u00ed. \u201eCo je pravda? <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/?p=64543\" 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-64543","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\/64543","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=64543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64543\/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=64543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}