{"id":64684,"date":"2026-08-07T18:05:03","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T16:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/?p=64684"},"modified":"2026-08-07T18:05:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T16:05:04","slug":"edgar-wallace-the-black-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/?p=64684","title":{"rendered":"Edgar Wallace &#8211; The Black"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Kapitola XI. &#8211;  Jane Smithov\u00e1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jakmile se za rozzu\u0159en\u00fdm policistou zav\u0159ely dve\u0159e, Binger sp\u011bchal zp\u011bt ke sv\u00e9mu zam\u011bstnavateli.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eTen mu\u017e byl detektiv,\u201c za\u0161eptal chraplav\u00fdm hlasem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eTo v\u00edm,\u201c \u0159ekl Jim a potla\u010dil z\u00edvnut\u00ed. \u201eUkradl mi z\u00e1palky \u2013 jak\u00fd dal\u0161\u00ed d\u016fkaz bys je\u0161t\u011b pot\u0159eboval, Bingere?\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201ePro\u010d sem p\u0159i\u0161el, pane?\u201c zeptal se Binger rozru\u0161en\u011b.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eAby o mn\u011b zjistil v\u0161echno a aby si z\u0159ejm\u011b zap\u00e1lil doutn\u00edk. V\u00ed v\u0161echno, co kdy bude v\u011bd\u011bt. Ned\u011blej si s n\u00edm starosti, Bingere.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eTi chlapi jsou z\u00e1ludn\u00ed jako opice,\u201c \u0159ekl komorn\u00edk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eJe\u0161t\u011b z\u00e1ludn\u011bj\u0161\u00ed,\u201c souhlasil Jim, \u201eale ne o moc. Opice nen\u00ed v\u016fbec chytr\u00e1: zapamatuj si to, Bingere. Je to nejhloup\u011bj\u0161\u00ed ze v\u0161ech ni\u017e\u0161\u00edch \u017eivo\u010dich\u016f.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eJdete dnes ve\u010der ven, pane?\u201c zeptal se po chv\u00edli.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eNe, dnes ve\u010der z\u016fstanu doma. M\u016f\u017ee\u0161 j\u00edt brzy dom\u016f za svou \u017eenou a rodinou \u2013 p\u0159edpokl\u00e1d\u00e1m, \u017ee m\u00e1\u0161 rodinu?\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eAno, pane, m\u00e1m dva syny v arm\u00e1d\u011b,\u201c \u0159ekl Binger hrd\u011b.<br \/>Jim Morlake p\u0159ik\u00fdvl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eMysl\u00edm, \u017ee u\u017e t\u011b k ni\u010demu nebudu pot\u0159ebovat. \u0158ekni Mahmetovi, a\u0165 mi p\u0159inese k\u00e1vu: dnes ve\u010der budu pracovat dlouho do noci.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Kdy\u017e mu\u017e ode\u0161el, odlo\u017eil knihu a za\u010dal pomalu p\u0159ech\u00e1zet po velk\u00e9 m\u00edstnosti, ruce sepjat\u00e9 za z\u00e1dy, s nep\u0159\u00edtomn\u00fdm pohledem v o\u010d\u00edch a zamra\u010den\u00fdm v\u00fdrazem na hezk\u00e9 tv\u00e1\u0159i. Sly\u0161el bouchnut\u00ed dve\u0159\u00ed, kdy\u017e Binger odch\u00e1zel dom\u016f, a o p\u00e1r vte\u0159in pozd\u011bji ve\u0161el mal\u00fd maursk\u00fd sluha s podnosem se v\u0161\u00edm pot\u0159ebn\u00fdm na p\u0159\u00edpravu k\u00e1vy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Jim ho lhostejn\u011b pozoroval, a kdy\u017e mu\u017e dokon\u010dil svou pr\u00e1ci a s \u00faklonou vy\u0161el z m\u00edstnosti, p\u0159istoupil k pohovce, sklonil se a zvedl vrchn\u00ed \u010d\u00e1st, kter\u00e1 se zvedla jako v\u00edko krabice. Uvnit\u0159 le\u017eel mal\u00fd ocelov\u00fd trezor. Vlo\u017eil kl\u00ed\u010d do z\u00e1mku, zvedl dv\u00ed\u0159ka a vyndal velk\u00fd svazek bankovek. P\u016fl hodiny je t\u0159\u00eddil podle r\u016fzn\u00fdch nomin\u00e1ln\u00edch hodnot. Jakmile skon\u010dil, pe\u010dliv\u011b spo\u010d\u00edtal bal\u00ed\u010dky, vlo\u017eil je do r\u016fzn\u00fdch ob\u00e1lek, na ka\u017edou z nich napsal jin\u00e9 jm\u00e9no a adresy, kter\u00e9 si vyhledal v kapesn\u00edm di\u00e1\u0159i, je\u017e nosil v kapse vesty. Pot\u00e9 v\u0161echny ob\u00e1lky ulo\u017eil zp\u011bt do trezoru, zav\u0159el a zamkl ho a p\u0159ibouchnul \u201ev\u00edko\u201c pohovky.<br \/>Pod\u00edval se na hodinky: bylo p\u016fl dvan\u00e1ct\u00e9. Nec\u00edtil se unaven\u00fd; kniha, kterou \u010detl, byla velmi nudn\u00e1, a p\u0159esto ho \u017e\u00e1dn\u00e1 z\u00e1bava venku nel\u00e1kala.<br \/>Znovu se posadil, aby zv\u00e1\u017eil probl\u00e9m Marborneovy n\u00e1v\u0161t\u011bvy. Marborne si ve sv\u00e9 naivit\u011b p\u0159edstavoval, \u017ee je nezn\u00e1m\u00fd, ale ve skute\u010dnosti nebyl v policejn\u00edm velitelstv\u00ed \u017e\u00e1dn\u00fd detektiv, jeho\u017e tv\u00e1\u0159 by James Morlake neznal.<br \/>Pro\u010d p\u0159i\u0161el? Pro\u010d se dopustil tak mizern\u00e9 kr\u00e1de\u017ee? Jim nevid\u011bl, jak z\u00e1palky miz\u00ed, ale v\u011bd\u011bl, \u017ee byly na stole, a kdy\u017e detektiv p\u0159i\u0161el ke stolu, v\u0161iml si, jak si je schoval do dlan\u011b. Jak\u00fd to m\u011blo smysl, p\u0159em\u00fd\u0161lel \u2013 napadlo ho p\u016fl tuctu \u0159e\u0161en\u00ed, z nich\u017e \u017e\u00e1dn\u00e9 nebylo zcela p\u0159esv\u011bd\u010div\u00e9 ani pro n\u011bj samotn\u00e9ho.<br \/>Vstal a pro\u0161el \u00fazk\u00fdm klenut\u00fdm vchodem do men\u0161\u00ed m\u00edstnosti, vybaven\u00e9 postel\u00ed a sk\u0159\u00edn\u00ed. Rozhodl se, \u017ee vyjde ven, a p\u0159ezul si boty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pr\u00e1v\u011b otev\u00edral dve\u0159e bytu, kdy\u017e uvid\u011bl na podlaze dopis. Zjevn\u011b ho n\u011bkdo prostr\u010dil schr\u00e1nkou, a kdy\u017e ho zvedl, vid\u011bl, \u017ee byl doru\u010den osobn\u011b. Byl adresov\u00e1n tu\u017ekou psan\u00fdm p\u00edsmem \u201epanu Morlakeovi\u201c a byl ozna\u010den jako \u201eNal\u00e9hav\u00e9\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Roztrhl ob\u00e1lku a p\u0159e\u010detl si n\u011bkolik na\u010dm\u00e1ran\u00fdch \u0159\u00e1dk\u016f, kter\u00e9 obsahoval, a p\u0159i \u010dten\u00ed se zamra\u010dil. Pot\u00e9 dopis slo\u017eil, vlo\u017eil zp\u011bt do ob\u00e1lky a vlo\u017eil si ho do kapsy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eMahmete, sly\u0161el jsi venku n\u011bkoho?\u201c zeptal se, kdy\u017e sluha p\u0159i\u0161el na jeho p\u0159ivol\u00e1n\u00ed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eNe, effendi \u2013 od t\u00e9 doby, co ode\u0161el sekret\u00e1\u0159, ne. Tehdy jsem byl v hale.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Morlake vyt\u00e1hl dopis z kapsy.<br \/>\u201eTohle tu nebylo, kdy\u017e jsi pou\u0161t\u011bl Bingera ven?\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eNe \u2013 nic tu nebylo.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Dopis musel b\u00fdt doru\u010den, zat\u00edmco si p\u0159evl\u00e9kal boty.<br \/>Vr\u00e1til na\u010dm\u00e1ran\u00e9 varov\u00e1n\u00ed do kapsy a vy\u0161el na kamennou podestu. Jeho byt byl jedin\u00fdm obytn\u00fdm prostorem v budov\u011b, ni\u017e\u0161\u00ed patra slou\u017eila jako kancel\u00e1\u0159e a v p\u0159\u00edzem\u00ed se nach\u00e1zelo krej\u010dovstv\u00ed. Obvykle v tuto no\u010dn\u00ed hodinu byl jedinou dal\u0161\u00ed osobou v budov\u011b k vid\u011bn\u00ed spr\u00e1vce, , jak kou\u0159\u00ed v mal\u00e9 vstupn\u00ed hale, ale dnes v noci chyb\u011bl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Kdy\u017e Morlake vy\u0161el na ulici, inspektor Marborne, stoj\u00edc\u00ed ve st\u00ednu dve\u0159\u00ed, poklepal sv\u00e9mu spole\u010dn\u00edkovi na rameno.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eT\u00e1mhle je ten v\u00e1\u0161 mu\u017e, Liebere,\u201c \u0159ekl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Kaps\u00e1\u0159 p\u0159ik\u00fdvl a p\u0159e\u0161el p\u0159es ulici, n\u00e1sleduj\u00edc Morlakea, kter\u00fd se pomal\u00fdm krokem ub\u00edral sm\u011brem k Piccadilly. Kdy\u017e do\u0161el k rohu, zastavil se a nerozhodn\u011b se rozhl\u00ed\u017eel nalevo a napravo, jako by nev\u011bd\u011bl, kudy se vydat. V tu chv\u00edli do n\u011bj prudce vrazil mal\u00fd, podsadit\u00fd mu\u017e, kter\u00fd kr\u00e1\u010del rychl\u00fdm krokem. <br \/><br \/>\u201eOpatrn\u011b, p\u0159\u00edteli,\u201c \u0159ekl James Morlake, kdy\u017e se vzpamatoval z n\u00e1razu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201ePromi\u0148te,\u201c zamumlal mal\u00fd mu\u017e a pokra\u010doval ve stejn\u00e9m zb\u011bsil\u00e9m tempu, zat\u00edmco Jim Morlake ho sledoval s jisk\u0159i\u010dkou pobaven\u00ed v o\u010d\u00edch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Inspektor Marborne \u010dekal na zlod\u011bje na rohu Air Street a jakmile ten mal\u00fd mu\u017e zabo\u010dil do t\u00e9 opu\u0161t\u011bn\u00e9 ulice, Marborne se k n\u011bmu p\u0159ibl\u00ed\u017eil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eNo?\u201c zeptal se.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eN\u011bco jsem na\u0161el,\u201c \u0159ekl Lieber a s\u00e1hl do kapsy. \u201eV kapse nem\u00e1 kapesn\u00edk ani pouzdro, ale na\u0161el jsem dopis.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Inspektor mu ho netrp\u011bliv\u011b vytrhl z ruky a zastavil se pod pouli\u010dn\u00edm sloupem, aby si ko\u0159ist prohl\u00e9dl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eJe to adresov\u00e1no jemu, to je jist\u00e9,\u201c \u0159ekl. \u201eTak, pane Morlake, mysl\u00edm, \u017ee v\u00e1s m\u00e1m.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vyt\u00e1hl dopis a p\u0159e\u010detl si ho. Lieber ho sledoval a vid\u011bl, jak se mu \u00fasta otev\u0159ela ve zd\u011b\u0161en\u00e9m \u00fa\u017easu.<br \/>V dopise st\u00e1lo:<br \/>\u201eV\u00e1\u017een\u00fd pane Morlake, Ralph Hamon najal policejn\u00edho d\u016fstojn\u00edka jm\u00e9nem Marborne, kter\u00fd na v\u00e1s chyst\u00e1 past.<br \/>Jane Smithov\u00e1\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201eKdo je sakra Jane Smithov\u00e1?\u201c vydechl Marborne.<br \/>To byla p\u0159esn\u011b ta ot\u00e1zka, kterou si v tu chv\u00edli kladl i James Morlake.<\/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\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Kapitola XI. &#8211; Jane Smithov\u00e1 Jakmile se za rozzu\u0159en\u00fdm policistou zav\u0159ely dve\u0159e, Binger sp\u011bchal zp\u011bt ke sv\u00e9mu zam\u011bstnavateli. \u201eTen mu\u017e byl detektiv,\u201c za\u0161eptal chraplav\u00fdm hlasem. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/?p=64684\" 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-64684","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\/64684","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=64684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64684\/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=64684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}