{"id":64793,"date":"2026-08-21T23:41:05","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T21:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/?p=64793"},"modified":"2026-08-21T23:41:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T21:41:06","slug":"edgar-wallace-the-black-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/?p=64793","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 XV. &#8211; Joan se p\u0159izn\u00e1v\u00e1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joan s velk\u00fdm \u00fadivem \u010detla ve ve\u010dern\u00edch novin\u00e1ch zpr\u00e1vu o z\u00e1sahu sv\u00e9ho otce a kdy\u017e ten ve\u010der p\u0159i\u0161el na ve\u010de\u0159i, \u010dekala na n\u011bj v hale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eOpravdu, tati, jsi \u00fa\u017easn\u00fd \u010dlov\u011bk,\u201c \u0159ekla a pol\u00edbila ho. \u201eVid\u011bl jsi ho?\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eVid\u011bl jsem ho,\u201c p\u0159iznal lord Creith, v n\u011bm\u017e jak\u00e9koli projevy n\u00e1klonnosti ze strany dcery vyvol\u00e1valy pocit nepohodl\u00ed, \u201ea je to docela pohledn\u00fd chlap\u00edk, Joan.\u201c <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zavrt\u011bl hlavou. \u201ePolicie \u0159\u00edk\u00e1, \u017ee je to velmi nebezpe\u010dn\u00fd dareb\u00e1k. Kdy\u017e ho vid\u00ed\u0161, ani by t\u011b to nenapadlo. Abych ti \u0159ekl pravdu\u201c \u2013 rozhl\u00e9dl se a zti\u0161il hlas \u2013 \u201en\u00e1\u0161 p\u0159\u00edtel Hamon vypad\u00e1 mnohem v\u00edc jako zlo\u010dinec! A proboha, neopakuj moje slova, Joan. Kdy\u017e jsem naposledy \u0159ekl n\u011bco nep\u0159\u00edjemn\u00e9ho o Hamonovi, vyklopila jsi to uprost\u0159ed ve\u010de\u0159e a j\u00e1 musel lh\u00e1t do modra, abych si zachr\u00e1nil tv\u00e1\u0159.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Joan se toho r\u00e1na \u00fasp\u011b\u0161n\u011b vyhnula setk\u00e1n\u00ed se sle\u010dnou Lydi\u00ed Hamonovou a doufala, \u017ee vzhledem k tomu, jak neomluviteln\u011b nezdvo\u0159il\u00e1 byla t\u00edm, \u017ee nedodr\u017eela sch\u016fzku, ji ta d\u00edvka nenav\u0161t\u00edv\u00ed. Jindy by byla zv\u011bdav\u00e1, jak\u00fd typ \u010dlov\u011bka je sestra Ralpha Hamona. Dnes ji pohltila jedin\u00e1 my\u0161lenka a jedin\u00e9 t\u00e9ma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dv\u011b hodiny p\u0159ed ve\u010de\u0159\u00ed se lord Creith obvykle v\u011bnoval tomu, co popisoval jako siestu, a Joan obvykle tr\u00e1vila tuto dobu vy\u0159izov\u00e1n\u00edm sv\u00e9 korespondence. Dnes nem\u011bla n\u00e1ladu ps\u00e1t a je\u0161t\u011b m\u00e9n\u011b p\u0159ij\u00edmat n\u00e1v\u0161t\u011bvy, tak\u017ee Petersovo ozn\u00e1men\u00ed, \u017ee p\u0159i\u0161la Lydia Hamonov\u00e1, z n\u00ed vym\u00e1\u010dklo zoufal\u00fd povzdech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201ePo\u017e\u00e1dejte ji, a\u0165 p\u0159ijde nahoru,\u201c \u0159ekla a p\u0159ipravila se na to, \u017ee bude zdvo\u0159il\u00e1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Jej\u00edm prvn\u00edm pocitem p\u0159i pohledu na n\u00e1v\u0161t\u011bvnici bylo p\u0159ekvapen\u00ed. Lydia m\u011bla mnoho p\u0159ednost\u00ed, mezi nimi\u017e nechyb\u011bl ani vynikaj\u00edc\u00ed vkus v obl\u00e9k\u00e1n\u00ed, a vypadala tak k\u0159ehce a sladce, kdy\u017e ve\u0161la do sal\u00f3nu, \u017ee Joan t\u011b\u017eko uv\u011b\u0159ila, \u017ee by ta d\u00edvka mohla b\u00fdt p\u0159\u00edbuzn\u00e1 s nep\u0159\u00edli\u0161 p\u0159ita\u017eliv\u00fdm panem Hamonem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201e \u201eMoc se omlouv\u00e1m, \u017ee v\u00e1s ru\u0161\u00edm,\u201c \u0159ekla n\u00e1v\u0161t\u011bvnice pomalu a pohl\u00e9dla na psac\u00ed st\u016fl, kter\u00fd Joan narychlo zaplnila pozn\u00e1mkov\u00fdmi pap\u00edry, aby m\u011bla<br \/>v\u00fdmluvu, jak rozhovor zkr\u00e1tit. \u201eZavolala jsem dnes r\u00e1no; Ralph \u0159\u00edkal, \u017ee m\u011b o\u010dek\u00e1v\u00e1te, ale nebyla jste doma.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Joan zamumlala omluvu a p\u0159em\u00fd\u0161lela, jak nal\u00e9hav\u00e1 z\u00e1le\u017eitost p\u0159ivedla tu d\u00edvku v tuto neobvyklou hodinu na n\u00e1v\u0161t\u011bvu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eJsem v Lond\u00fdn\u011b jen na p\u00e1r dn\u00ed a prost\u011b jsem v\u00e1s musela vid\u011bt,\u201c \u0159ekla Lydia, jako by odpov\u00eddala na ot\u00e1zku, kter\u00e1 v tu chv\u00edli Joan nejv\u00edce le\u017eela na srdci.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201e\u017diji v Pa\u0159\u00ed\u017ei. Zn\u00e1te Pa\u0159\u00ed\u017e dob\u0159e?\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eTrochu ji zn\u00e1m. Nen\u00ed to moje obl\u00edben\u00e9 m\u011bsto,\u201c \u0159ekla Joan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eOpravdu!\u201c Lydia zvedla obo\u010d\u00ed. \u201eNech\u00e1pu, jak n\u011bkdo m\u016f\u017ee nemilovat Pa\u0159\u00ed\u017e: pro lidi s vkusem je tak okouzluj\u00edc\u00ed.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eTak to m\u00e1m asi nedostatek vkusu,\u201c \u0159ekla Joan t\u00e9m\u011b\u0159 s \u00fasm\u011bvem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eNe, tak jsem to nemyslela.\u201c D\u00edvka se rychle sna\u017eila napravit jak\u00fdkoli mo\u017en\u00fd \u0161patn\u00fd dojem. \u201eMysl\u00edm, \u017ee tam n\u011bkdo bydl\u00ed. Zn\u00e1te v\u00e9vodu z Montvidieru? Je to<br \/>n\u00e1\u0161 velk\u00fd p\u0159\u00edtel.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Vypo\u010d\u00edtala jm\u00e9na tuctu francouzsk\u00fdch \u0161lechtic\u016f, ani\u017e by Joan zaslechla jedin\u00e9ho, o kter\u00e9ho by mohla projevit z\u00e1jem, nato\u017e aby ho znala.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eRalph mi \u0159\u00edkal, \u017ee koupil v\u00e1\u0161 d\u016fm v Sussexu,\u201c \u0159ekla Lydia, pohr\u00e1vaj\u00edc si s rukojet\u00ed slune\u010dn\u00edku a d\u00edvaj\u00edc se p\u0159es d\u00edvku. \u201eJe to kr\u00e1sn\u00e9 m\u00edsto, \u017ee ano?\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eAno, je to tam kr\u00e1sn\u00e9,\u201c \u0159ekla Joan ti\u0161e.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eMysl\u00edm, \u017ee je to takov\u00e1 \u0161koda,\u201c zahoukala Lydia, \u201e\u017ee se to star\u00e9 s\u00eddlo, kter\u00e9 pat\u0159ilo va\u0161\u00ed rodin\u011b po stovky let, dost\u00e1v\u00e1 z va\u0161eho vlastnictv\u00ed \u2013 mus\u00ed to b\u00fdt pro v\u00e1s velk\u00e1 r\u00e1na. \u0158ekla jsem Ralphovi, \u017ee se div\u00edm, \u017ee m\u011bl to srdce, aby se ho ujal\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eJe\u0161t\u011b se ho neujal; neud\u011bl\u00e1 to, dokud je m\u016fj otec na\u017eivu,\u201c \u0159ekla Joan a za\u010dala ch\u00e1pat d\u016fvod n\u00e1v\u0161t\u011bvy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eAch ano, j\u00e1 v\u00edm. Nemyslela jsem na va\u0161eho otce, myslela jsem sp\u00ed\u0161 na v\u00e1s. A v\u00edm, \u017ee Ralph na v\u00e1s hodn\u011b mysl\u00ed.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Lydia se pod \u0159asami pod\u00edvala na bezv\u00fdraznou tv\u00e1\u0159 sv\u00e9 hostitelky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eRalph si d\u011bl\u00e1 velk\u00e9 starosti. Je stra\u0161n\u011b dobrosrde\u010dn\u00fd. Jen velmi m\u00e1lo lid\u00ed mu rozum\u00ed. Pro pr\u016fm\u011brn\u00e9ho \u010dlov\u011bka je Ralph jen chamtiv\u00fd Angli\u010dan,kter\u00fd nem\u00e1 du\u0161i nad obchodem. Ve skute\u010dnosti je n\u011b\u017en\u00fd a laskav\u00fd a je to ten nejv\u011brn\u011bj\u0161\u00ed z p\u0159\u00e1tel.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eM\u011bl by b\u00fdt pro n\u011bjakou d\u00edvku dobr\u00fdm man\u017eelem,\u201c \u0159ekla Joan a okam\u017eit\u011b se vrhla do pauzy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Ta odpov\u011b\u010f Lydii zasko\u010dila. Bylo to tak n\u00e1hl\u00e9 vyj\u00e1d\u0159en\u00ed v\u0161eho, co cht\u011bla nazna\u010dit, \u017ee ztratila nit ve vypr\u00e1v\u011bn\u00ed, kter\u00e9 si tak dob\u0159e nacvi\u010dila.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201eTo si mysl\u00edm. Up\u0159\u00edmn\u011b \u2013 i kdy\u017e si mo\u017en\u00e1 budete myslet, \u017ee je to ode m\u011b drzost \u2013 Ralph je cena, o kterou stoj\u00ed za to bojovat.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eNev\u00edm, pro\u010d bych to m\u011bla pova\u017eovat za drzost,\u201c \u0159ekla Joan, \u201ev\u017edy\u0165 j\u00e1 o tu ko\u0159ist nesout\u011b\u017e\u00edm.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Byla v n\u00ed \u0161petka zlomyslnosti \u2013 ten \u010f\u00e1bel, kter\u00fd ob\u010das zp\u016fsoboval lordu Creithovi velk\u00e9 du\u0161evn\u00ed nepokoje.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eV\u00edte, nemohla bych si va\u0161eho bratra vz\u00edt \u2013 abych to \u0159ekla zcela na rovinu.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201ePro\u010d ne?\u201c zeptala se Lydia, ani\u017e si to uv\u011bdomila.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eProto\u017ee u\u017e jsem zasnouben\u00e1,\u201c \u0159ekla Joan. \u201eVlastn\u011b je to zasnouben\u00ed u\u017e tak dlouho, \u017ee bych ho nerada zru\u0161ila.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eZasnouben\u00e1!\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Pro Lydii to byla zjevn\u011b novinka a v duchu se na bratra rozzlobila, \u017ee tuto informaci nep\u0159idal k d\u016fle\u017eit\u00fdm detail\u016fm, kter\u00e9 j\u00ed sd\u011blil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eAno, jsem zasnouben\u00e1.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eAle nenos\u00edte z\u00e1snubn\u00ed prsten?\u201c \u0159ekla Lydia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eZ\u00e1snubn\u00ed prsten nen\u00ed nutn\u00fd, kdy\u017e jsou dv\u011b srdce v souzn\u011bn\u00ed,\u201c odpov\u011bd\u011bla Joan samolib\u011b.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eM\u016fj bratr o tom nev\u00ed.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eTak mu m\u00e1te co \u0159\u00edct,\u201c \u0159ekla Joan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Lydia vstala a neohraban\u011b si pohr\u00e1vala se slune\u010dn\u00edkem, proto\u017ee te\u010f nev\u011bd\u011bla, jak by mohla rozhovor co nejrychleji ukon\u010dit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eJsem si jist\u00e1, \u017ee ti p\u0159eji \u0161t\u011bst\u00ed,\u201c \u0159ekla kysele, \u201eale mysl\u00edm, \u017ee pro d\u00edvku tv\u00e9ho p\u016fvodu je nejv\u011bt\u0161\u00ed chybou na sv\u011bt\u011b vz\u00edt si n\u011bkoho bez pen\u011bz. A samoz\u0159ejm\u011b, kdyby m\u011bl n\u011bjak\u00e9 pen\u00edze, nedovolil by Ralphovi, aby koupil otcovo panstv\u00ed.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eTakov\u00e1 man\u017eelstv\u00ed n\u011bkdy dopadnou \u0161patn\u011b,\u201c \u0159ekla Joan sladce, \u201eale douf\u00e1m, \u017ee pr\u00e1v\u011b tento svazek \u2013 kter\u00fd je s\u0148atkem z l\u00e1sky, do n\u011bho\u017e se nikdy nevm\u011b\u0161ovala \u0161pinav\u00e1 ot\u00e1zka pen\u011bz \u2013 bude v\u00fdjimkou.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Nyn\u00ed bylo jasn\u00e9, pro\u010d ta d\u00edvka p\u0159i\u0161la. Jej\u00ed zklam\u00e1n\u00ed, zmaten\u00ed a neskr\u00fdvan\u00e9 rozlad\u011bn\u00ed v jej\u00ed tv\u00e1\u0159i a chov\u00e1n\u00ed \u0159ekly Joan v\u0161e, co cht\u011bla v\u011bd\u011bt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201eMo\u017en\u00e1 si to je\u0161t\u011b rozmysl\u00ed\u0161,\u201c \u0159ekla Lydia a nat\u00e1hla ochablou ruku. \u201eRalph je ten typ mu\u017ee, kter\u00fd se jen tak nenech\u00e1 odradit od toho, co chce. Je to velmi dobr\u00fd p\u0159\u00edtel a velmi zl\u00fd nep\u0159\u00edtel. Je tu jeden mu\u017e, kter\u00fd si v cele v\u011bzen\u00ed kr\u00e1t\u00ed \u010das a v\u00ed to\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Vid\u011bla, jak se Joanina tv\u00e1\u0159 zbarvila rum\u011bncem, ale \u0161patn\u011b pochopila p\u0159\u00ed\u010dinu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eNev\u00edm, pro\u010d by se lid\u00e9 ve v\u011bzen\u00ed m\u011bli bavit t\u00edm, \u017ee si kopou do pat,\u201c \u0159ekla Joan chladn\u011b; \u201ea s nejv\u011bt\u0161\u00ed pravd\u011bpodobnost\u00ed je pan Morlake docela vesel\u00fd.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eZn\u00e1\u0161 Jamese Morlakea?\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Joan se pod\u00edvala do tmav\u00fdch o\u010d\u00ed Lydie Hamonov\u00e9 a up\u0159ela na n\u011b pohled. \u201eM\u011bla bych,\u201c \u0159ekla pomalu. \u201eJsem s n\u00edm zasnouben\u00e1.\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 XV. &#8211; Joan se p\u0159izn\u00e1v\u00e1 Joan s velk\u00fdm \u00fadivem \u010detla ve ve\u010dern\u00edch novin\u00e1ch zpr\u00e1vu o z\u00e1sahu sv\u00e9ho otce a kdy\u017e ten ve\u010der p\u0159i\u0161el na <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/?p=64793\" 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-64793","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\/64793","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=64793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64793\/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=64793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}