{"id":64983,"date":"2026-09-13T08:17:54","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T06:17:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/?p=64983"},"modified":"2026-09-13T08:17:54","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T06:17:54","slug":"edgar-wallace-the-black-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/?p=64983","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 XIX. &#8211; \u010cajovna<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nap\u016fl udiven\u00fd, nap\u016fl pobaven\u00fd na ni z\u00edral.<br \/>\u201eJane Smithov\u00e1?\u201c zopakoval. \u201eJste ta d\u00e1ma, kter\u00e1 mi napsala dopis, ve kter\u00e9m m\u011b varovala p\u0159ed Hamonem?\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>P\u0159ik\u00fdvla.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eZn\u00e1te ho? Je to v\u00e1\u0161 p\u0159\u00edtel?\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eAch ne.\u201c Energicky zavrt\u011bla hlavou. \u201eAle vid\u011bla jsem ho; ob\u010das p\u0159ij\u00ed\u017ed\u00ed do vesnice, kde bydl\u00edm \u2013 do Creithu.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eAch, bydl\u00edte v Creithu? Nevzpom\u00edn\u00e1m si, \u017ee bych v\u00e1s tam vid\u011bl.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Usm\u00e1la se.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eNedok\u00e1\u017eu si p\u0159edstavit, \u017ee byste v t\u00e9 vesnici znal n\u011bkoho,\u201c \u0159ekla su\u0161e. \u201eNejste zrovna spole\u010densk\u00fd, \u017ee? A krom\u011b toho,\u201c pokra\u010dovala rychle, \u201eje m\u00e1lo pravd\u011bpodobn\u00e9, \u017ee byste nav\u0161t\u011bvoval lidi z na\u0161ich skromn\u00fdch pom\u011br\u016f.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eRestaurace\u201c se uk\u00e1zala b\u00fdt \u010dajovnou, kter\u00e1 byla v tuto denn\u00ed dobu t\u00e9m\u011b\u0159 opu\u0161t\u011bn\u00e1, proto\u017ee ob\u011bd u\u017e skon\u010dil a \u010dajov\u00fd n\u00e1val je\u0161t\u011b neza\u010dal. Usadila se ke stolu v rohu a objednala si \u010daj tak v\u011bcn\u011b, \u017ee Jim Morlake usoudil, \u017ee nen\u00ed nezku\u0161en\u00e1 v dom\u00e1c\u00edm hospoda\u0159en\u00ed. P\u0159em\u00fd\u0161lel, kdo to je a jak to, \u017ee si tak n\u00e1padn\u011b kr\u00e1sn\u00e9 d\u00edvky nev\u0161iml.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201e\u017dijete v Creithu u\u017e dlouho?\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eNarodila jsem se tam,\u201c \u0159ekla Jane Smithov\u00e1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Chv\u00edli p\u0159em\u00fd\u0161lel a pak:<br \/>\u201eJak jste p\u0159i\u0161la na to, \u017ee Hamon chyst\u00e1 tuhle l\u00e9\u010dku?\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eNev\u011bd\u011bla jsem to, jen jsem to tu\u0161ila,\u201c \u0159ekla. \u201eMoje kamar\u00e1dka bydl\u00ed v Creith House a hodn\u011b sly\u0161ela o panu Hamonovi.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Jim p\u0159ik\u00fdvl.<br \/>\u201eDlu\u017e\u00edm lordu Creithovi n\u011bco za jeho dobr\u00e9 \u00famysly,\u201c \u0159ekl, nap\u016fl k sob\u011b a nap\u016fl k d\u00edvce, a slab\u011b se usm\u00e1l. \u201eMysl\u00edm, \u017ee jeho lordstvo by nebylo p\u0159\u00edli\u0161 pot\u011b\u0161eno, kdybych se zastavil osobn\u011b, abych mu pod\u011bkoval. M\u00e1 dceru, \u017ee?\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Jane Smithov\u00e1 p\u0159ik\u00fdvla.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eN\u011bkdo mi o n\u00ed vypr\u00e1v\u011bl \u2013 velmi hezk\u00e1 a velmi sv\u00e9hlav\u00e1 mlad\u00e1 d\u00e1ma a, pokud tomu dob\u0159e rozum\u00edm, pon\u011bkud romantick\u00e1?\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Jane Smithov\u00e1 se u\u0161kl\u00edbla.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eNikdy jsem nesly\u0161ela, \u017ee by lady Joan byla romantick\u00e1,\u201c \u0159ekla t\u00e9m\u011b\u0159 ost\u0159e. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201eMysl\u00edm, \u017ee je to velmi praktick\u00e1, inteligentn\u00ed d\u00edvka \u2013 je sice hezk\u00e1, ale to j\u00ed ned\u011bl\u00e1 \u010dest.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>P\u0159inesli \u010daj a ona se pustila do nal\u00e9v\u00e1n\u00ed. On ji zamy\u0161len\u011b pozoroval, dokud neskon\u010dila a nepodala mu \u0161\u00e1lek. Najednou se jej\u00ed chov\u00e1n\u00ed zm\u011bnilo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201ePane Morlake,\u201c \u0159ekla v\u00e1\u017en\u011b, \u201ebyla to pro v\u00e1s stra\u0161n\u00e1 lekce, \u017ee ano?\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eTen soud?\u201c zeptal se a p\u0159ik\u00fdvl. \u201eAno, byla to docela lekce. Jednak jsem podcenil Hamona a jednak jsem p\u0159ecenil genialitu bezohledn\u00e9ho pana Marborna. Byl to velmi primitivn\u00ed a hloup\u00fd pokus m\u011b nachytat.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>D\u00edvala se na n\u011bj up\u0159en\u011b, jej\u00ed neochv\u011bjn\u00e9 o\u010di up\u0159en\u00e9 do jeho.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eU\u017e nebudete poru\u0161ovat z\u00e1kon, \u017ee ne, pane Morlake?\u201c zeptala se ti\u0161e. \u201eByl jste velmi\u2014velmi \u00fasp\u011b\u0161n\u00fd. Mysl\u00edm t\u00edm, \u017ee jste musel vyd\u011blat spoustu pen\u011bz. Nen\u00ed nutn\u00e9 podstupovat dal\u0161\u00ed rizika, \u017ee?\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Neodpov\u011bd\u011bl. Bylo na n\u00ed n\u011bco, co mu bylo pov\u011bdom\u00e9, n\u011bco, co poznal, a p\u0159esto mu to unikalo. Kde ji vid\u011bl? Nebo to byl jej\u00ed hlas, kter\u00fd poznal? Pak:<br \/>\u201eZn\u00e1m v\u00e1s,\u201c \u0159ekl n\u00e1hle. \u201eByla jste ta d\u00edvka, kterou srazila bou\u0159e!\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Najednou zrudla.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eAno,\u201c p\u0159iznala. \u201eNevid\u011bl jste mi do tv\u00e1\u0159e.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201ePamatuji si v\u00e1\u0161 hlas: je to jeden z t\u011bch podivn\u011b sladk\u00fdch hlas\u016f, na kter\u00e9 se velmi t\u011b\u017eko zapom\u00edn\u00e1.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Necht\u011bl j\u00ed lichotit ani ji urazit, ale jej\u00ed tv\u00e1\u0159 zrudla je\u0161t\u011b v\u00edc.<br \/>\u201e\u0158\u00edkala jste, \u017ee jste tak\u00e9 n\u00e1v\u0161t\u011bvnice. Jak m\u016f\u017eete b\u00fdt n\u00e1v\u0161t\u011bvnic\u00ed, kdy\u017e bydl\u00edte ve vesnici?\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eJane Smithov\u00e1\u201c se okam\u017eit\u011b vzpamatovala.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eLhala jsem,\u201c \u0159ekla chladn\u011b. \u201eZjistila jsem, \u017ee lhan\u00ed je nejjednodu\u0161\u0161\u00ed zp\u016fsob, jak se dostat z v\u011bt\u0161iny obt\u00ed\u017e\u00ed. Jestli to mus\u00edte v\u011bd\u011bt, pane Morlake, byla jsem ve slu\u017eb\u00e1ch v Hallu.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eSlu\u017eka?\u201c \u0159ekl nev\u011b\u0159\u00edcn\u011b.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>P\u0159ik\u00fdvla.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eJsem pokojsk\u00e1,\u201c \u0159ekla klidn\u011b, \u201ea velmi dobr\u00e1 pokojsk\u00e1.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eO tom jsem p\u0159esv\u011bd\u010den,\u201c sp\u011bchal s odpov\u011bd\u00ed, a pak se pod\u00edval na jej\u00ed ruce a ona byla vd\u011b\u010dn\u00e1, \u017ee m\u00e1 rukavice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201eTak takhle jste to v\u011bd\u011bla, co? No, jsem v\u00e1m velmi zav\u00e1z\u00e1n, sle\u010dno Smithov\u00e1. Jste st\u00e1le v Hallu?\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Zavrt\u011bla hlavou.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eP\u0159i\u0161la jsem o pr\u00e1ci,\u201c \u0159ekla l\u017eiv\u011b a dodala: \u201e Proto\u017ee jsem byla venku tak pozd\u011b v tu bou\u0159livou noc.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>A pak, kdy\u017e ji za\u010dalo tr\u00e1pit sv\u011bdom\u00ed, nasm\u011brovala rozhovor na bezpe\u010dn\u011bj\u0161\u00ed t\u00e9mata.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eU\u017e nebudete zlod\u011bj, \u017ee ne?\u201c K jej\u00edmu \u00fa\u017easu se usm\u00e1l.<br \/>\u201eTo snad ne!\u201c vydechla. \u201ePo tom va\u0161em stra\u0161n\u00e9m \u00fat\u011bku a po tom v\u0161em, co \u0159ekl soudce! Ach, pane Morlake, vy byste p\u0159ece nebyl takov\u00fd bl\u00e1zen! \u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Tentokr\u00e1t se nahlas zasm\u00e1l.<br \/>\u201eJe mi z\u0159ejm\u00e9, mlad\u00e1 d\u00e1mo, \u017ee nedok\u00e1\u017eete ocenit radosti a vzru\u0161en\u00ed zlod\u011bjsk\u00e9ho \u017eivota, jinak byste m\u011b tak bezstarostn\u011b neprosila, abych se vzdal n\u011b\u010deho, co je v\u00edc ne\u017e jen z\u00e1bava a zp\u016fsob ob\u017eivy. Soudce byl rozhodn\u011b p\u0159\u00edsn\u00fd! Ale up\u0159\u00edmn\u011b, soudce a to, co \u0159\u00edkaj\u00ed, moc ne\u0159e\u0161\u00edm.<br \/>Je pravd\u011bpodobn\u00e9, \u017ee d\u00edky zvl\u00e1\u0161tn\u00edmu syst\u00e9mu, kter\u00fd v Anglii plat\u00ed, se p\u0159ed toho soudce nikdy nedostanu \u2013 v Old Bailey soud\u00ed p\u016fl tuctu lid\u00ed a mo\u017en\u00e1 p\u0159i m\u00e9m p\u0159\u00ed\u0161t\u00edm vystoupen\u00ed potk\u00e1m laskavou a hum\u00e1nn\u00ed du\u0161i, kter\u00e1 m\u011b propust\u00ed s napomenut\u00edm.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Jeho zv\u011bdav\u00fd pohled a \u0161k\u00e1dliv\u00fd t\u00f3n v d\u00edvce nevyvolaly \u017e\u00e1dnou reakci. Jeho tvrdohlavost ji znepokojovala, t\u00e9m\u011b\u0159 ranila.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eAle nen\u00ed tu nikdo\u201c \u2013 zav\u00e1hala \u2013 \u201ekdo by v\u00e1s mohl p\u0159esv\u011bd\u010dit? N\u011bkdo, kdo je v\u00e1m velmi drah\u00fd, mo\u017en\u00e1 p\u0159\u00edbuzn\u00fd nebo \u2013 nebo \u2013 d\u00edvka?\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Zavrt\u011bl hlavou.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eNem\u00e1m na sv\u011bt\u011b \u017e\u00e1dn\u00e9 p\u0159\u00edbuzn\u00e9 ani p\u0159\u00e1tele,\u201c \u0159ekl; \u201ea pokud to zn\u00ed pateticky, pros\u00edm v\u00e1s, abyste uv\u011b\u0159ila, \u017ee nec\u00edt\u00edm \u017e\u00e1dnou zvl\u00e1\u0161tn\u00ed l\u00edtost nad t\u00edm, \u017ee jsem<br \/>tak nezat\u00ed\u017een. Je to od v\u00e1s velmi laskav\u00e9, sle\u010dno Smithov\u00e1\u201c \u2013 jeho hlas a t\u00f3n zm\u011bkly \u2013 \u201ea v\u00e1\u017e\u00edm si my\u0161lenky, kter\u00e1 stoj\u00ed za va\u0161\u00ed prosbou.<br \/>Ale mus\u00edm j\u00edt svou vlastn\u00ed cestou, proto\u017ee ta je jedinou cestou k du\u0161evn\u00edmu klidu. A te\u010f si mysl\u00edm, \u017ee jste str\u00e1vila p\u0159\u00edli\u0161 mnoho \u010dasu ve spole\u010dnosti zlo\u010dince, a proto v\u00e1s po\u0161lu dom\u016f. Bydl\u00edte v Lond\u00fdn\u011b?\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eAno, bydl\u00edm tady \u2013 tedy, m\u00e1m tady p\u0159\u00e1tele,\u201c \u0159ekla pon\u011bkud zmaten\u011b.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eTak b\u011b\u017ete za sv\u00fdmi p\u0159\u00e1teli.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Zaplatil \u00fa\u010det a spole\u010dn\u011b vy\u0161li z obchodu. Najednou se k jeho p\u0159ekvapen\u00ed oto\u010dila a vr\u00e1tila se zp\u011bt do obchodu a on ji n\u00e1sledoval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eJe tu mu\u017e, kter\u00e9ho nechci vid\u011bt,\u201c \u0159ekla bez dechu, a kdy\u017e se pod\u00edval oknem, uvid\u011bl pana Ralpha Hamona, jak zu\u0159iv\u011b kr\u00e1\u010d\u00ed po chodn\u00edku, a sledoval, jak zabo\u010dil do kancel\u00e1\u0159sk\u00e9 budovy, p\u0159i\u010dem\u017e cel\u00e9 jeho chov\u00e1n\u00ed prozrazovalo hn\u011bv, kter\u00fd v n\u011bm vyvolalo zpro\u0161t\u011bn\u00ed viny Jamese Morlakea.<\/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 XIX. &#8211; \u010cajovna Nap\u016fl udiven\u00fd, nap\u016fl pobaven\u00fd na ni z\u00edral.\u201eJane Smithov\u00e1?\u201c zopakoval. \u201eJste ta d\u00e1ma, kter\u00e1 mi napsala dopis, ve kter\u00e9m m\u011b varovala p\u0159ed <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/?p=64983\" 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-64983","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\/64983","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=64983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64983\/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=64983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}