{"id":64797,"date":"2026-08-21T23:58:35","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T21:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/?p=64797"},"modified":"2026-08-21T23:58:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T21:58:36","slug":"edgar-wallace-the-black-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/?p=64797","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 XVII. &#8211; Laskav\u00fd Julius<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Plukovn\u00edk Carter z \u00da\u0159adu pro vy\u0161et\u0159ov\u00e1n\u00ed trestn\u00fdch \u010din\u016f si vyndal doutn\u00edk z \u00fast, aby se mohl l\u00e9pe usm\u00edvat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eM\u016fj drah\u00fd Wellingu, jsi romantik, a proto\u017ee jsi romantik, m\u011bl bys b\u00fdt ne\u00fasp\u011b\u0161n\u00fd. M\u00edsto toho jsi v\u0161ak d\u00edky n\u011bjak\u00e9 z\u00e1hadn\u00e9 proz\u0159etelnosti velmi \u00fasp\u011b\u0161n\u00fdm detektivem. Romantika v na\u0161\u00ed pr\u00e1ci nehraje \u017e\u00e1dnou roli; na zlo\u010dinu nen\u00ed nic romantick\u00e9ho.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>A) je zlod\u011bj se zvl\u00e1\u0161tn\u00edmi, ale dob\u0159e zn\u00e1m\u00fdmi metodami;<br \/>B) je flegmatick\u00fd, nen\u00e1padit\u00fd policista, kter\u00fd, kdy\u017e je povol\u00e1n k p\u0159\u00edpadu vloup\u00e1n\u00ed, kr\u00e1de\u017ee, \u010dehokoli, zjist\u00ed, \u017ee zlo\u010din sp\u00e1chal n\u011bkdo, kdo pou\u017e\u00edv\u00e1 metody A. Mo\u017en\u00e1 m\u00e1 A jako kon\u00ed\u010dek vylamov\u00e1n\u00ed kuchy\u0148sk\u00fdch oken nebo pou\u017e\u00edv\u00e1n\u00ed n\u00e1hodn\u011b nalezen\u00fdch \u017eeb\u0159\u00edk\u016f, nebo m\u00e1 ve zvyku se po sp\u00e1ch\u00e1n\u00ed loupe\u017ee naj\u00edst. Ka\u017edop\u00e1dn\u011b existuj\u00ed charakteristick\u00e9 rysy A. Tak\u017ee B ho zatkne a obvykle m\u00e1 pravdu.<br \/>Vy byste naopak ve zbytc\u00edch ukraden\u00e9ho j\u00eddla na\u0161li d\u016fkaz, \u017ee zlod\u011bj hladov\u011bl, a hledali byste hladov\u011b vypadaj\u00edc\u00edho, lev\u00e1ka!\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Julius Welling, \u0161\u00e9f 8. \u00fa\u0159adu, povzdechl. Byl to star\u0161\u00ed, b\u011blovlas\u00fd mu\u017e se smutnou tv\u00e1\u0159\u00ed a zvyku si t\u0159\u00edt nos, kdy\u017e byl v rozpac\u00edch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eProsadil ses, b\u016fhv\u00ed jak,\u201c zamumlal Carter p\u0159es doutn\u00edk. \u201eMo\u017en\u00e1 je to \u0161t\u011bst\u00ed \u2013 mo\u017en\u00e1 inspirace.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eVynechal jsi v\u0161echny mo\u017enosti g\u00e9nia,\u201c \u0159ekl Welling jemn\u011b.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Ve slu\u017eb\u011b, kterou zdobil t\u0159icet p\u011bt let, mu \u0159\u00edkali \u201eJemn\u00fd Julius\u201c. Jeho hodnost odpov\u00eddala policejn\u00edmu n\u00e1\u010deln\u00edkovi, nebo\u0165 dos\u00e1hl v\u0161ech mo\u017en\u00fdch pov\u00fd\u0161en\u00ed, jak\u00e1 mohl \u00fasp\u011b\u0161n\u00fd policejn\u00ed d\u016fstojn\u00edk z\u00edskat, a p\u0159i t\u011bch vz\u00e1cn\u00fdch p\u0159\u00edle\u017eitostech, kdy nosil uniformu, se jeho vyznamen\u00e1n\u00ed t\u00e1hla ve t\u0159ech rovn\u00fdch \u0159ad\u00e1ch od knofl\u00edk\u016f k ramen\u016fm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Jackson Carter a on nastoupili do slu\u017eby ve stejn\u00fd den, prvn\u00ed z nich byl \u00fa\u0159edn\u00edk s v\u00fdjime\u010dn\u00fdm talentem pro organizaci, druh\u00fd byl tak pono\u0159en do studia mu\u017e\u016f a \u017een, \u017ee si sotva v\u0161iml plynut\u00ed let, kter\u00e1 mu p\u0159inesla tolik cti.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eJak \u0159\u00edk\u00e1m, jsi romantick\u00fd star\u00fd pes,\u201c \u0159ekl Carter, vracej\u00edc se ke sv\u00e9mu obl\u00edben\u00e9mu t\u00e9matu, kter\u00e9 bylo t\u00e9m\u011b\u0159 jeho jedinou z\u00e1bavou \u2013 \u0161k\u00e1dlen\u00ed sv\u00e9ho celo\u017eivotn\u00edho p\u0159\u00edtele.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eI kdy\u017e p\u0159izn\u00e1v\u00e1m \u2013 a to je ode m\u011b velmi \u0161lechetn\u00e9 \u2013 \u017ee tv\u00e9 sn\u011bn\u00ed t\u011b n\u011bkdy dovedlo k podivn\u00fdm v\u00fdsledk\u016fm.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Julius Welling se usm\u00e1l o\u010dima.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201eKam m\u011b zavede m\u016fj sou\u010dasn\u00fd sen?\u201c zeptal se.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eK ne\u00fasp\u011bchu,\u201c \u0159ekl ten druh\u00fd v\u00e1\u017en\u011b. \u201eM\u00e1me \u010cern\u00e9ho \u2013 o tom nen\u00ed pochyb. P\u0159\u00e1l bych si, aby ho chytil n\u011bkdo jin\u00fd ne\u017e Marborne, proto\u017ee jsem si kv\u016fli n\u011bmu naost\u0159il \u0161pi\u010dku prav\u00e9 boty, ale takov\u00e1 je hra; Marborne ho chytil. M\u00e1me v\u0161echny d\u016fkazy, kter\u00e9 pot\u0159ebujeme. Krom\u011b toho, \u017ee byl p\u0159isti\u017een p\u0159i \u010dinu, na\u0161li jsme u n\u011bj lupi\u010dsk\u00e9 n\u00e1\u010din\u00ed a zbra\u0148, a v jeho byt\u011b v Bond Street byla objevena spousta v\u011bc\u00ed. Bal\u00ed\u010dek pen\u011bz ozna\u010den\u00fd raz\u00edtkem Home Counties Bank\u2014\u2014\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eTo bych mohl z\u00edskat, kdybych po\u017e\u00e1dal Home Counties,\u201c zamumlal pan Welling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201ePokladni\u010dka zakopan\u00e1 v jeho zahrad\u011b\u2014\u2014\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201ePro\u010d by zakop\u00e1val pokladni\u010dku v zahrad\u011b?\u201c zeptal se Welling \u017ealostn\u011b. \u201eTo d\u011blaj\u00ed jen amat\u00e9r\u0161t\u00ed zlod\u011bji.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eNo, jak se tam ta truhla dostala?\u201c zeptal se roz\u010dilen\u00fd Carter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Pan Welling si zamy\u0161len\u011b promnul nos.<br \/>\u201eMo\u017en\u00e1 ji tam n\u011bkdo nastra\u017eil, aby ho usv\u011bd\u010dili,\u201c navrhl. \u201eMarborne takhle chytil Shellmana, pad\u011blatele bankovek.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u0160\u00e9f na n\u011bj z\u00edral.<br \/>\u201eChce\u0161 \u0159\u00edct, \u017ee to byla l\u00e9\u010dka?\u201c zeptal se a Welling p\u0159ik\u00fdvl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eKonkr\u00e9tn\u00ed obvin\u011bn\u00ed, na jeho\u017e z\u00e1klad\u011b byl odsouzen, bylo zfal\u0161ovan\u00e9. V\u00edm to u\u017e n\u011bjakou dobu. Shellman byl samoz\u0159ejm\u011b pad\u011blatel, p\u0159\u00edli\u0161 chytr\u00fd na to, aby ho chytili.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Obvin\u011bn\u00ed, kv\u016fli kter\u00e9mu dostal deset let, mu bylo nepochybn\u011b nastra\u017eeno, a za t\u00edm st\u00e1l Marborne.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eTo je pro m\u011b novinka,\u201c \u0159ekl ten druh\u00fd zamra\u010den\u011b.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eCo se t\u00fd\u010de toho Morlakea,\u201c pan Welling p\u0159ednesl sv\u016fj n\u00e1zor s charakteristickou plachost\u00ed, \u201enezn\u00ed ten p\u0159\u00edb\u011bh, kter\u00fd vypr\u00e1v\u00ed, pon\u011bkud podez\u0159ele? \u0158\u00edk\u00e1, \u017ee jeho<br \/>sluha byl nemocn\u00fd \u2013 ten sluha bydl\u00ed v Blackheathu, pamatuje\u0161? P\u0159ijde do domu a je n\u00e1hle ubod\u00e1n. P\u0159ekvapen a ubod\u00e1n \u2013 a m\u00e1 u sebe zbra\u0148! P\u0159ijde vykr\u00e1st d\u016fm a nech\u00e1 auto na rohu ulice se zapnut\u00fdmi sv\u011btly, kdy\u017e je necel\u00fdch \u0161est metr\u016f<br \/>odtud uli\u010dka, kde by auto mohl schovat? \u00dadajn\u011b se vloupal do zadn\u00ed \u010d\u00e1sti domu, kde je zahrada a n\u00edzk\u00e1 ze\u010f, p\u0159es kterou by se dostal na voln\u00e9 prostranstv\u00ed, a p\u0159esto ute\u010de p\u0159edn\u00edmi dve\u0159mi! \u201aBojuje\u2018 \u2013 jak? Nikdy nezapome\u0148te, \u017ee m\u00e1 nabitou pistoli, a p\u0159esto \u201eklade odpor\u201c tak \u00fa\u010dinn\u011b, \u017ee Marborne na n\u011bj mus\u00ed vyt\u00e1hnout svou \u201eh\u016fl\u201c. Co celou tu dobu d\u011blala jeho zbra\u0148?\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Plukovn\u00edk Carter zavrt\u011bl hlavou.<br \/>\u201eTen p\u0159\u00edb\u011bh o telefon\u00e1tu je le\u017e\u2014\u2014\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eNaopak, je to pravda,\u201c \u0159ekl star\u00fd Julius, t\u00e9m\u011b\u0159 omluvn\u011b. \u201e\u00dast\u0159edna v New Crossu ten hovor zachytila. Testovali spojovac\u00ed linky, proto\u017ee jeden \u00fa\u010dastn\u00edk nahl\u00e1sil poruchu, a technici n\u00e1hodou poslouchali pr\u00e1v\u011b tuto konkr\u00e9tn\u00ed spojku, kdy\u017e ten hovor pro\u0161el.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Plukovn\u00edk Carter otev\u0159el o\u010di.<br \/>\u201eTy jsi pracoval na tomhle p\u0159\u00edpadu?\u201c zeptal se. \u201eTy nesleduje\u0161 \u010cern\u00e9ho?\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Julius jemn\u011b zavrt\u011bl hlavou.<br \/>\u201eSledoval jsem Marbornea,\u201c \u0159ekl, jemn\u011bji ne\u017e kdy jindy. \u201eV\u00ed\u0161, Jacku, \u0161\u00e9f m\u00e1 na toho inspektora podobn\u00fd n\u00e1zor jako ty, a poslal m\u011b, abych dohl\u00e9dl na to, \u017ee se mu nic nestane. A ten, kdo zavolal Morlakeovi a vypr\u00e1v\u011bl mu tu historku o zran\u011bn\u00e9m sluhovi, byl ten inspektor. Chci Marborn\u016fv kab\u00e1t pro svou v\u00fdstavu uniforem b\u00fdval\u00fdch d\u016fstojn\u00edk\u016f. A, Jacku, nic nen\u00ed jist\u011bj\u0161\u00edho, ne\u017e \u017ee ho dostanu!\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eA co Morlake?\u201c zeptal se Carter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Julius rozpa\u017eil sv\u00e9 vr\u00e1s\u010dit\u00e9 ruce v gestu lhostejnosti.<br \/>\u201eMo\u017en\u00e1 ho usv\u011bd\u010d\u00ed, mo\u017en\u00e1 ne,\u201c \u0159ekl; \u201eale jedno ti m\u016f\u017eu \u0159\u00edct, a to je tohle. James Lexington Morlake je The Black, nejchyt\u0159ej\u0161\u00ed bankovn\u00ed lupi\u010d, jak\u00e9ho jsme za posledn\u00edch dvacet let vid\u011bli. M\u00e1m na to d\u016fkaz a v\u00edc ne\u017e jen d\u016fkaz, Jacku.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Zat\u00e1hl rty a jeho b\u00edl\u00e9 obo\u010d\u00ed se spojilo v ohromn\u00e9m zamra\u010den\u00ed.<br \/>\u201eP\u0159ed deseti lety,\u201c \u0159ekl a mluvil s v\u011bt\u0161\u00ed rozv\u00e1\u017enost\u00ed ne\u017e obvykle, \u201ezachytila policie v Haslemere um\u00edraj\u00edc\u00edho n\u00e1mo\u0159n\u00edka na Portsmouth Road.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eO \u010dem to sakra mluv\u00ed\u0161?\u201c zeptal se p\u0159ekvapen\u00fd Carter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eMluv\u00edm o \u010cern\u00e9m,\u201c \u0159ekl Welling, \u201ea o tom, pro\u010d je zlod\u011bj \u2013 zapamatuj si to, Jacku \u2013 um\u00edraj\u00edc\u00ed n\u00e1mo\u0159n\u00edk, z n\u011bho\u017e vyrazili \u017eivot, a ani \u0159\u00e1dek ani slovo, kter\u00e9 by ho identifikovalo; um\u00edraj\u00edc\u00ed n\u00e1mo\u0159n\u00edk, kter\u00fd sp\u00ed na mal\u00e9m h\u0159bitov\u011b v Hindheadu, bez jm\u00e9na na kameni, kter\u00fd ho zakr\u00fdv\u00e1.<br \/>Nesta\u010d\u00ed to snad na to, aby se z ka\u017ed\u00e9ho \u010dlov\u011bka stal zlod\u011bj?\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eMiluje\u0161 z\u00e1hady, \u017ee, Juliusi?\u201c zeptal se jeho podr\u00e1\u017ed\u011bn\u00fd p\u0159\u00edtel, kdy\u017e Welling vstal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eZ\u00e1hady jsou moje specialita,\u201c \u0159ekl Julius jemn\u011b.<\/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 XVII. &#8211; Laskav\u00fd Julius Plukovn\u00edk Carter z \u00da\u0159adu pro vy\u0161et\u0159ov\u00e1n\u00ed trestn\u00fdch \u010din\u016f si vyndal doutn\u00edk z \u00fast, aby se mohl l\u00e9pe usm\u00edvat. \u201eM\u016fj drah\u00fd <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/?p=64797\" 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-64797","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\/64797","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=64797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64797\/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=64797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}