{"id":64686,"date":"2026-08-21T23:14:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T21:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/?p=64686"},"modified":"2026-08-21T23:14:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T21:14:42","slug":"edgar-wallace-the-black-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/?p=64686","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 XIII. &#8211; V Blackheathu<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Byl p\u00e1te\u010dn\u00ed ve\u010der a nad m\u011bstem le\u017eela tenk\u00e1 mlha, p\u0159edzv\u011bst t\u011bch hust\u00fdch mlh, kter\u00e9 za m\u011bs\u00edc u\u010din\u00ed m\u011bsto neobyvateln\u00fdm.<br \/>Jim Morlake dojedl lehkou ve\u010de\u0159i, kterou mu naserv\u00edroval Moor, a \u010detl ve\u010dern\u00ed noviny s v\u00fdrazem \u010dlov\u011bka, kter\u00fd douf\u00e1, \u017ee na jejich str\u00e1nk\u00e1ch najde n\u011bco z\u00e1bavn\u00e9ho, ale m\u00e1 jen velmi malou nad\u011bji, \u017ee se jeho o\u010dek\u00e1v\u00e1n\u00ed spln\u00ed. <br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Binger ode\u0161el dom\u016f d\u0159\u00edve ne\u017e obvykle s pokynem, aby se nevracel t\u0159i dny, nebo\u0165 t\u00e9 noci se Morlake chystal vr\u00e1tit do Wold House a v hale na n\u011bj \u010dekal kufr. Mohl odej\u00edt d\u0159\u00edve, ale mlha byla toho odpoledne neobvykle hust\u00e1 a on \u010dekal, a\u017e se rozplyne. Auto st\u00e1lo u dve\u0159\u00ed, a tak odlo\u017eil noviny, p\u0159e\u0161el k oknu, odhrnul t\u011b\u017ek\u00e9 z\u00e1v\u011bsy a pod\u00edval se ven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201eMysl\u00edm, \u017ee u\u017e p\u016fjdu, Mahmete,\u201c \u0159ekl a v tu chv\u00edli ost\u0159e zazvonil telefon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Zvedl sluch\u00e1tko a podivn\u00fd a vzru\u0161en\u00fd hlas ho oslovil jm\u00e9nem.<br \/>\u201eJe to pan Morlake?\u2026 Vol\u00e1m z Blackheathu.  Bingera srazil autobus a odvezli ho do 12 Cranfield Gardens. M\u016f\u017eete hned p\u0159ijet?\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eJe t\u011b\u017ece zran\u011bn\u00fd?\u201c zeptal se Morlake rychle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eO\u010dek\u00e1v\u00e1 se, \u017ee nep\u0159e\u017eije,\u201c zn\u011bla odpov\u011b\u010f. \u201eJsem doktor Grainger.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Jim po\u010dkal jen tak dlouho, aby zjistil p\u0159esnou polohu Cranfield Gardens, a o p\u00e1r minut pozd\u011bji u\u017e jel plnou rychlost\u00ed sm\u011brem k Blackheathu. Mlha na jihu Lond\u00fdna byla hust\u0161\u00ed, ne\u017e o\u010dek\u00e1val, a postupoval pomalu, ale u New Cross se rozpt\u00fdlila a brzy zmizela \u00fapln\u011b, a on vzhl\u00e9dl k bezmra\u010dn\u00e9 obloze, na kter\u00e9 mraziv\u011b blikaly hv\u011bzdy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Lieber, kter\u00fd hl\u00eddal byt, vid\u011bl auto odj\u00ed\u017ed\u011bt a sp\u011bchal k ve\u0159ejn\u00e9 telefonn\u00ed budce, kde vyto\u010dil \u010d\u00edslo. Zvedl to Marborne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201e Je pry\u010d,\u201c \u0159ekl Lieber bez dechu. \u201eOdjel deset minut po des\u00e1t\u00e9.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eJe s\u00e1m?\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eAno, \u0159\u00edd\u00ed vlastn\u00ed auto. A vypadalo to, \u017ee sp\u011bch\u00e1.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Marborne zav\u011bsil sluch\u00e1tko, zaplatil majiteli mal\u00e9 restaurace v Greenwichi, kde hodinu \u010dekal na zpr\u00e1vy, a sp\u011bchal ven, kde na n\u011bj \u010dekali Slone a Colley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eNen\u00ed \u010das ztr\u00e1cet \u010das, Colley. Vlez do toho domu co nejrychleji to p\u016fjde.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eJe je\u0161t\u011b brzy, pane Marborne. Je\u0161t\u011b nebudou sp\u00e1t,\u201c protestoval Colley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eCel\u00fd d\u016fm jde sp\u00e1t v dev\u011bt,\u201c \u0159ekl ten druh\u00fd netrp\u011bliv\u011b. \u201eMysl\u00ed\u0161, \u017ee jsem se o to nepostaral?\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Auto, kter\u00e9 si na tu noc pronajali, je odvezlo do Blackheathu a na rohu Cranfield Gardens dostal Colley sv\u00e9 pokyny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eVyleze\u0161 oknem ze sp\u00ed\u017ee a dostane\u0161 se do prvn\u00edho patra. Jestli chce\u0161 rozb\u00edt jednu z t\u011bch sklen\u011bn\u00fdch vitr\u00edn, kde se uchov\u00e1vaj\u00ed \u0161perky, klidn\u011b to ud\u011blej.<br \/>Nebude to \u017e\u00e1dn\u00e9 riziko, Colley. Jakmile spln\u00ed\u0161 sv\u016fj \u00fakol a vzbud\u00ed\u0161 rodinu, zmiz. Nem\u00e1\u0161 \u010das nazbyt.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Zlod\u011bj se vytratil do tmy a znepokojen\u00fd Slone se zeptal sv\u00e9ho nad\u0159\u00edzen\u00e9ho.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eTo je primitivn\u00ed, inspektore. Do tak zjevn\u00e9 pasti nikdy nespadne,\u201c \u0159ekl. \u201eP\u016fjde rovnou do domu sv\u00e9ho sluhy a najde ho doma.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201e\u0158\u00edk\u00e1m ti, \u017ee p\u0159ijde rovnou sem. Z jeho hlasu, kdy\u017e jsem mu volal, jsem poznal, \u017ee m\u00e1 o Bingera strach.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Oba mu\u017ei rychle kr\u00e1\u010deli po Cranfield Gardens a zabo\u010dili do br\u00e1ny.<br \/>\u201eSly\u0161\u00edm zvuk auta, jak jede do kopce,\u201c \u0159ekl n\u00e1hle Marborne. \u201eSchovej se do st\u00ednu schod\u016f.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eNel\u00edb\u00ed se mi to,\u201c zavr\u010del Slone. \u201eJe to p\u0159\u00edli\u0161 snadn\u00e9, \u0159\u00edk\u00e1m ti. To nem\u016f\u017ee dopadnout dob\u0159e\u2014\u2014\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eSklapni!\u201c sykl ten druh\u00fd. \u201eTady je to auto.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Jim Morlake odbo\u010dil z Blackheath Hill, zastavil auto a vystoupil. \u010c\u00edslo 12 byl \u010dtvrt\u00fd d\u016fm od konce ulice, do kter\u00e9 vjel, d\u016fm s vysokou fas\u00e1dou, ponur\u00fd, bez jedin\u00e9ho sv\u011btla. Odjistil a pro\u0161el d\u0159ev\u011bnou br\u00e1nou, ne\u017e mu do\u0161lo, \u017ee nesv\u00edt\u00ed \u010derven\u00e9 sv\u011btlo, kter\u00e9 obvykle ozna\u010duje d\u016fm l\u00e9ka\u0159e, a vr\u00e1til se, aby si to ov\u011b\u0159il na sloupc\u00edch br\u00e1ny. Ano, bylo to \u010d\u00edslo 12. U\u017e nev\u00e1hal, vy\u0161el po cest\u011b a vystoupil po kamenn\u00fdch schodech. Kdy\u017e to ud\u011blal, usly\u0161el zevnit\u0159 domu v\u00fdst\u0159el a dun\u011bn\u00ed t\u011b\u017ek\u00fdch krok\u016f v hale a ustoupil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>A pak mu instinktivn\u011b do\u0161lo, v jak\u00e9m nebezpe\u010d\u00ed se nach\u00e1z\u00ed, a vyb\u011bhl po schodech dol\u016f. Ud\u011blal dva kroky sm\u011brem k br\u00e1n\u011b, a n\u011bco ho zas\u00e1hlo. Oto\u010dil se nap\u016fl, om\u00e1men\u00fd a v polov\u011bdom\u00ed, a znovu dopadl \u00fader a v\u0161echno ztmavlo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Kdy\u017e se probral, le\u017eel na tvrd\u00e9 d\u0159ev\u011bn\u00e9 lavici a n\u011bjak\u00fd mu\u017e mu n\u011bco d\u011blal s hlavou. Otev\u0159el o\u010di a v matn\u00e9m sv\u011btle cely, v n\u00ed\u017e le\u017eel, uvid\u011bl vousatou postavu, jak mu p\u0159ivazuje obvaz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201eLehni si,\u201c \u0159ekl autoritativn\u011b l\u00e9ka\u0159 a Jim poslechl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Byla to cela: charakter m\u00edstnosti poznal v okam\u017eiku, kdy otev\u0159el o\u010di. Jak se tam dostal a co se stalo? Pak si vzpomn\u011bl na r\u00e1nu, kter\u00e1 ho srazila k zemi. Hlava mu bolestiv\u011b pulzovala; m\u011bl nep\u0159\u00edjemn\u00fd pocit omezen\u00ed v rukou a kdy\u017e se na n\u011b pod\u00edval, uvid\u011bl, \u017ee jsou spout\u00e1ny pouty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201ePro\u010d jsem tady?\u201c zeptal se.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eMysl\u00edm, \u017ee v\u00e1m o tom v\u0161echno \u0159ekne inspektor,\u201c \u0159ekl l\u00e9ka\u0159, zat\u00edmco p\u0159ipev\u0148oval konce obvazu a ustoupil, aby obdivoval sv\u00e9 d\u00edlo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eAch, opravdu? Opravdu?\u201c \u0159ekl Jim apaticky. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201eNo, byl bych velmi r\u00e1d, kdyby p\u0159i\u0161el a podal mi vysv\u011btlen\u00ed. Jak se m\u00e1 Binger?\u201c <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Usm\u00e1l se slab\u011b. \u201eP\u0159edpokl\u00e1d\u00e1m, \u017ee ten p\u0159\u00edb\u011bh o Bingerovi byl v\u00fdmysl? Ten inspektor, o kter\u00e9m mluv\u00edte, je inspektor Marborne?\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eTo se rad\u011bji zeptejte jeho,\u201c \u0159ekl diplomatick\u00fd doktor. \u201eBude tu za p\u00e1r minut.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Vy\u0161el ven a dve\u0159e cely za Jamesem Morlakem s rachotem zapadly. S ur\u010dit\u00fdmi obt\u00ed\u017eemi se posadil a zhodnotil sv\u016fj ne\u0161\u0165astn\u00fd stav.<br \/>Mechanicky si s\u00e1hl do kapsy: byla pr\u00e1zdn\u00e1. Zkusil druhou s podobn\u00fdm v\u00fdsledkem. Hodinky s \u0159et\u00edzkem byly pry\u010d, cigaretov\u00e9 pouzdro, v\u0161echno, co vlastnil, mu bylo od\u0148ato.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Te\u010f byl velmi bd\u011bl\u00fd; dokonce zapomn\u011bl na fyzickou bolest, kterou trp\u011bl.<br \/>Zazn\u011blo cvaknut\u00ed z\u00e1mku, dve\u0159e cely se otev\u0159ely a Marborne ve\u0161el s triumf\u00e1ln\u00edm \u00fasm\u011bvem na tv\u00e1\u0159i.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eNo, Morlake, kone\u010dn\u011b jsme v\u00e1s dostali!\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eM\u011bl jsem v\u00e1m ty z\u00e1palky d\u00e1t,\u201c \u0159ekl Jim chladn\u011b; \u201ea opravdu, kdybych v\u011bd\u011bl, \u017ee se v\u00e1m tak zal\u00edbily, Marborne, \u017ee byste m\u011b p\u0159epadl a okradl, u\u0161et\u0159il bych v\u00e1m tu n\u00e1mahu.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eNev\u00edm, co t\u00edm o z\u00e1palk\u00e1ch mysl\u00edte,\u201c \u0159ekl Marborne stroze. \u201eV\u00edm jen to, \u017ee jsme v\u00e1s chytili s lupem. Zn\u00e1\u0161 moje jm\u00e9no?\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eZn\u00e1m va\u0161e jm\u00e9no,\u201c p\u0159ik\u00fdvl Jim. \u201eJste inspektor Marborne.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eJsem inspektor Marborne,\u201c \u0159ekl mu\u017e sv\u00fdm nejofici\u00e1ln\u011bj\u0161\u00edm t\u00f3nem, \u201ea obvin\u00edm v\u00e1s z vloup\u00e1n\u00ed do domu \u010d. 12 v Cranfield Gardens v\u010dera v noci. D\u00e1le v\u00e1s obvin\u00edm z dr\u017een\u00ed nabit\u00e9ho revolveru a n\u00e1stroj\u016f k vloup\u00e1n\u00ed.\u201c \u201eD\u00e1le v\u00e1s obvin\u00edm z vloup\u00e1n\u00ed do trezoru Burlington Safe Deposit sedmn\u00e1ct\u00e9ho tohoto m\u011bs\u00edce a nav\u00edc z vloup\u00e1n\u00ed do banky Home Counties Bank dvan\u00e1ct\u00e9ho srpna.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Zastavil se.<br \/>\u201eNenechte m\u011b p\u0159eru\u0161it v\u00e1\u0161 podivn\u00fd v\u00fdklad,\u201c \u0159ekl Jim. \u201eTak\u00e9 m\u011b budete muset upozornit, \u017ee cokoli \u0159eknu, m\u016f\u017ee b\u00fdt pou\u017eito jako d\u016fkaz proti mn\u011b. To je va\u0161e povinnost, v\u00edte, inspektore, ale vy jste opomenul obvykl\u00e9 upozorn\u011bn\u00ed.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Detektiv ho pozorn\u011b sledoval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eBude v\u00e1s zaj\u00edmat, \u017ee jsem tak\u00e9 zatkl va\u0161eho komplice, Jane Smithovou,\u201c \u0159ekl a Jim se zasm\u00e1l.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eTo m\u011b t\u011b\u0161\u00ed! Velmi r\u00e1d bych Jane Smithovou vid\u011bl. A zatkl jste tak\u00e9 na\u0161eho p\u0159\u00edtele Hamona?\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Detektiv se shov\u00edvav\u011b usm\u00e1l.<br \/>\u201eTo ne, Morlake,\u201c \u0159ekl. \u201eV\u00edte, \u017ee jsem pana Hamona nezatkl. Z \u010deho byste ho mohl obvinit?\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Jim chv\u00edli ml\u010del a pak \u0159ekl:<br \/>\u201e\u00damysln\u00e1 vra\u017eda,\u201c \u0159ekl ti\u0161e; \u201ea v\u00e1s bych obvinil z napom\u00e1h\u00e1n\u00ed po \u010dinu.\u201c<\/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 XIII. &#8211; V Blackheathu Byl p\u00e1te\u010dn\u00ed ve\u010der a nad m\u011bstem le\u017eela tenk\u00e1 mlha, p\u0159edzv\u011bst t\u011bch hust\u00fdch mlh, kter\u00e9 za m\u011bs\u00edc u\u010din\u00ed m\u011bsto neobyvateln\u00fdm.Jim Morlake <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/?p=64686\" 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-64686","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\/64686","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=64686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64686\/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=64686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}