{"id":65039,"date":"2026-09-17T18:43:42","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T16:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/?p=65039"},"modified":"2026-09-17T18:43:42","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T16:43:42","slug":"edgar-wallace-the-black-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/?p=65039","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 XXI. &#8211; Svazek Emersona<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kolik toho ten sta\u0159ec v\u011bd\u011bl, p\u0159em\u00fd\u0161lel. \u0158ekl mu to Morlake?<br \/>Jeho mysl se vr\u00e1tila k slune\u010dn\u00e9mu dni v Maroku a ke dv\u011bma mu\u017e\u016fm, kte\u0159\u00ed jeli na mul\u00e1ch p\u0159es pou\u0161\u0165 sm\u011brem k modr\u00e9 linii poho\u0159\u00ed Rifi. On byl jedn\u00edm z nich; jeho host, mu\u017e beze jm\u00e9na, byl t\u00edm druh\u00fdm; a kdy\u017e stoupali po p\u00eds\u010dit\u00e9m svahu, p\u0159ijel k nim v cvalu mlad\u00fd mu\u017e a zat\u00e1hl za ot\u011b\u017ee, aby je sledoval, a\u017e projedou. Bylo to poprv\u00e9, co Hamon vid\u011bl Jamese Lexingtona Morlakea.<br \/>A vzpomn\u011bl si, \u017ee m\u011bl divok\u00fd a nerozumn\u00fd impuls obr\u00e1tit se proti mu\u017ei, kter\u00fd je sledoval, a zast\u0159elit ho. Byl to jeden z t\u011bch atavistick\u00fdch pud\u016f, kter\u00e9 p\u0159epadaj\u00ed civilizovan\u00e9 mu\u017ee, jejich\u017e zv\u00ed\u0159ec\u00ed instinkty je\u0161t\u011b zcela neatrofovaly. Ten pozorovatel p\u0159edstavoval nebezpe\u010d\u00ed \u2013 Ralph Hamon si mechanicky p\u0159ilo\u017eil ruku k boku, kde visela zbra\u0148, a pak se s n\u00e1mahou vymanil ze spleti sv\u00fdch sn\u016f a vy\u0161el do kancel\u00e1\u0159e, kde na n\u011bj \u010dekala jeho znud\u011bn\u00e1 sekret\u00e1\u0159ka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eTe\u010f u\u017e jdu,\u201c \u0159ekl drsn\u011b. \u201eP\u0159ij\u010f z\u00edtra r\u00e1no ke mn\u011b dom\u016f: cel\u00fd den nebudu v kancel\u00e1\u0159i. P\u0159ines v\u0161echny osobn\u00ed dopisy a telegramy.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Zapomn\u011bl na dal\u0161\u00ed osobu, kter\u00e1 na n\u011bj \u010dekala, a\u017e kdy\u017e byl t\u00e9m\u011b\u0159 doma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201e\u0158\u00edkal jsi mi, \u017ee se hned vr\u00e1t\u00ed\u0161,\u201c \u0159ekla Lydia rozzu\u0159en\u011b, nebo\u0165 trp\u011blivost nepat\u0159ila mezi jej\u00ed zn\u00e1m\u00e9 ctnosti. \u201eM\u00e1m domluvenou ve\u010de\u0159i s lady Clareboroughovou. M\u016f\u017eu ti v\u011bnovat p\u011bt minut.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Vypadala n\u00e1dhern\u011b ve ve\u010dern\u00edch \u0161atech a on na ni z\u00edral jako omr\u00e1\u010den\u00fd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eM\u016f\u017ee\u0161 mi v\u011bnovat p\u011bt minut, \u017ee? No, mysl\u00edm, \u017ee to bude sta\u010dit,\u201c \u0159ekl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> \u201eLydie, nezn\u00e1\u0161 toho mu\u017ee, Morlakea?\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eMorlakea?\u201c \u0159ekla unaven\u011b. \u201eCopak jsme s n\u00edm u\u017e neskon\u010dili?\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eOt\u00e1zkou je, jestli on skon\u010dil se mnou,\u201c \u0159ekl Hamon.<br \/>Ruka, kter\u00e1 mu odhrnula \u0159\u00eddk\u00e9 kade\u0159e, se lehce chv\u011bla.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eTo je ta ot\u00e1zka \u2013 jestli on skon\u010dil se mnou. Mus\u00ed\u0161 se s t\u00edm mu\u017eem sezn\u00e1mit. Je mi jedno, kolik pen\u011bz utrat\u00ed\u0161; je mi jedno, jak se s n\u00edm sezn\u00e1m\u00ed\u0161. M\u016f\u017ee\u0161 za n\u00edm zaj\u00edt, kdykoli bude\u0161 cht\u00edt. Ale j\u00e1 s n\u00edm chci n\u011bjak uzav\u0159\u00edt m\u00edr a mysl\u00edm, \u017ee ty to zvl\u00e1dne\u0161 l\u00e9pe ne\u017e j\u00e1. Jsi chytr\u00e1 a m\u00e1\u0161 dobr\u00fd n\u00e1pad. Mo\u017en\u00e1 je to ten typ mu\u017ee, kter\u00fd se zamiluje do \u017eeny, jako jsi ty \u2013 je jen velmi m\u00e1lo mu\u017e\u016f, kte\u0159\u00ed by to neud\u011blali,\u201c \u0159ekl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vzdychla s p\u0159edst\u00edranou trp\u011blivost\u00ed.<br \/>\u201eCo mysl\u00ed\u0161 t\u00edm \u201azamiluje se do m\u011b\u2018? Mysl\u00ed\u0161 t\u00edm, \u017ee si m\u011b vezme, nebo se do m\u011b jen zamiluje?\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eJe mi jedno, co ud\u011bl\u00e1, pokud ho p\u0159esv\u011bd\u010d\u00ed\u0161, aby s tou svou malou vendetou p\u0159estal.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eNezastav\u00ed to z\u00e1kon?\u201c zeptala se v\u00fdznamn\u011b. \u201e\u010cetla jsem zpr\u00e1vu o procesu a pozn\u00e1mky soudce a zd\u00e1 se mi, \u017ee si t\u00edm zp\u016fsob\u00ed\u0161 spoustu pot\u00ed\u017e\u00ed. Krom\u011b toho, Ralphe, nem\u00e1m v \u00famyslu ohrozit postaven\u00ed, kter\u00e9 jsem si vybudovala, t\u00edm, \u017ee se budu sbli\u017eovat s usv\u011bd\u010den\u00fdm zlod\u011bjem \u2013 je prakticky usv\u011bd\u010den\u00fd. Mus\u00edm myslet na sv\u00e9 p\u0159\u00e1tele.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>V jeho o\u010d\u00edch se zableskl ocelov\u00fd pohled, kdy\u017e ji p\u0159eru\u0161il.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eJdi se naj\u00edst, moje mil\u00e1 hol\u010di\u010dko,\u201c \u0159ekl ost\u0159e. \u201eMyslel jsem, \u017ee u\u017e ses t\u00e9 touhy po spole\u010densk\u00e9m \u017eivot\u011b zbavila.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Otev\u0159ela \u00fasta, aby mu odsekla, ale potla\u010den\u00e1 zloba v jeho pohledu ji uml\u010dela.<br \/>Lydia Hamonov\u00e1 v\u011bd\u011bla, kdy m\u00e1 p\u0159estat.<br \/>Ralph Hamon byl bohat\u00fd mu\u017e s du\u0161\u00ed lakomce. Byl typem \u010dlov\u011bka, kter\u00fd si schov\u00e1v\u00e1 podivn\u00e9 kousky zbyte\u010dn\u00fdch v\u011bc\u00ed v nad\u011bji, \u017ee se jednoho dne mohou<br \/>hodit. Jeho \u0161atn\u00edk p\u0159et\u00e9kal star\u00fdm a t\u00e9m\u011b\u0159 o\u0161unt\u011bl\u00fdm oble\u010den\u00edm, kter\u00e9 necht\u011bl nikomu d\u00e1t. Ve sv\u00e9m vlastn\u00edm dom\u011b m\u011bl ve zvyku zbavovat se bezvadn\u00e9ho od\u011bvu, v n\u011bm\u017e se objevoval na ve\u0159ejnosti, a je\u0161t\u011b trochu v\u00edce opot\u0159ebovat oble\u010den\u00ed, kter\u00e9 ji\u017e splnilo v\u00edce ne\u017e svou norm\u00e1ln\u00ed slu\u017ebu. Nikdy nepl\u00fdtval ani kouskem pap\u00edru, pokud na n\u011bm zbylo m\u00edsto na psan\u00ed; a kdy\u017e mu lid\u00e9 psali na dvojit\u00e9 listy, v\u017edy odtrhl tu \u010d\u00e1st, kter\u00e1 nebyla pou\u017eita, a vyu\u017eil ji k psan\u00ed pozn\u00e1mek.<br \/>Jim Morlake mu tuto slabost n\u00e1zorn\u011b ilustroval, kdy\u017e mu vypr\u00e1v\u011bl podobenstv\u00ed o opici a tykvi. Nejen\u017ee to byla slabost, ale slibovala, \u017ee bude osudn\u00e1. V\u0161echno rozumn\u00e9 v Ralphu Hamonovi mu \u0159\u00edkalo, aby zap\u00e1lil ohe\u0148 z jedin\u00e9ho kousku pap\u00edru, kter\u00fd m\u011bl u sebe; a p\u0159esto, a\u010dkoli se k tomu rozhodl u\u017e tucetkr\u00e1t, nebyl fyzicky schopen p\u0159ilo\u017eit sirku k jeho rohu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Knihovna, kde pracoval, se nach\u00e1zela v prvn\u00edm pat\u0159e domu na Grosvenor Place a vy\u010dn\u00edvala do ponur\u00e9ho dvora a na st\u0159echy \u0159ady gar\u00e1\u017e\u00ed. A\u010dkoli nebyl velk\u00fdm \u010dten\u00e1\u0159em, t\u0159i st\u011bny byly pokryty knihovnami napln\u011bn\u00fdmi konven\u010dn\u00edmi svazky. Ka\u017ed\u00fd znalec lidsk\u00e9 povahy by v\u011bd\u011bl, \u017ee knihy byly \u201eza\u0159\u00edzeny\u201c bez ohledu na jejich liter\u00e1rn\u00ed kvalitu. Nechyb\u011blo tam dvan\u00e1ct svazk\u016f Scotta, obvykl\u00e9 encyklopedie, soubory d\u011bl autor\u016f z poloviny viktori\u00e1nsk\u00e9 \u00e9ry. Byly sv\u00e1z\u00e1ny v souladu s m\u00edstnost\u00ed a jejich vn\u011bj\u0161\u00ed vzhled uspokojoval oko finan\u010dn\u00edka, i kdy\u017e jejich obsah ho nijak neoslovoval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Byla tam v\u0161ak jedna kniha, kterou m\u011bl \u010dasto p\u0159\u00edle\u017eitost vyndat z \u00fazk\u00e9 \u010d\u00e1sti knihovny zakryt\u00e9 sklen\u011bn\u00fdmi dv\u00ed\u0159ky. V t\u00e9to chr\u00e1n\u011bn\u00e9 oblasti se mimo jin\u00e9 nach\u00e1zel svazek Emersonov\u00fdch Esej\u00ed, pon\u011bkud mohutn\u00e1 sb\u00edrka, po stran\u00e1ch lemovan\u00e1 Hazlittem a svazky Addisonova \u201eSpectatora\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Hamon zamknul dve\u0159e, zat\u00e1hl z\u00e1v\u011bsy, otev\u0159el sk\u0159\u00ed\u0148ku a vzal tento kr\u00e1sn\u00fd svazek, kter\u00fd byl t\u011b\u017e\u0161\u00ed, ne\u017e by kniha m\u011bla b\u00fdt, nebo\u0165 musel pou\u017e\u00edt ob\u011b ruce, aby jej zvedl z police a odnesl ke stolu.<br \/>I nyn\u00ed by jej neznalec mohl zam\u011bnit za oby\u010dejn\u00fd svazek, nebo\u0165 vazba byla dovedn\u011b napodobena a dokonce i mramorovan\u00fd okraj list\u016f byl reprodukov\u00e1n. <br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hamon vybral kl\u00ed\u010d ze svazku, kter\u00fd nosil na konci dlouh\u00e9ho \u0159et\u00edzku v kapse, zasunul jej mezi desky a \u201estr\u00e1nky\u201c a oto\u010dil j\u00edm; pot\u00e9 odklopil desky a odhalil m\u011blkou schr\u00e1nku nap\u016fl zapln\u011bnou pap\u00edry. Kniha byla z masivn\u00ed panc\u00e9\u0159ov\u00e9 oceli a slou\u017eila jako \u00falo\u017ei\u0161t\u011b pro dokumenty, kter\u00e9 si Hamon p\u0159\u00e1l m\u00edt po ruce.<br \/>Jeden z nich vyndal a polo\u017eil na st\u016fl, p\u0159i\u010dem\u017e se d\u00edval na hust\u011b psan\u00e9 prohl\u00e1\u0161en\u00ed, kter\u00e9 obsahoval. V slovech, kter\u00e1 \u010detl, nebylo nic, co by nebylo v jeho neprosp\u011bch. V ka\u017ed\u00e9m \u0159\u00e1dku bylo v\u011bzen\u00ed a mo\u017en\u00e1 i smrt. Nebylo tam ani jedno slovo, kter\u00e9 by ho neodsoudilo, t\u011blem i du\u0161\u00ed, za to, \u010d\u00edm byl; a p\u0159esto, kdy\u017e vyt\u00e1hl krabi\u010dku z\u00e1palek a t\u0159esouc\u00edmi se prsty ji zap\u00e1lil, zav\u00e1hal a nakonec z\u00e1palku hodil do krbu a vr\u00e1til \u010dtvercov\u00fd pap\u00edr do schr\u00e1nky.<br \/>N\u011bkdo zaklepal na dve\u0159e a on sp\u011b\u0161n\u011b zav\u0159el v\u00edko, zasunul \u201eknihu\u201c zp\u011bt mezi ostatn\u00ed a zav\u0159el sklen\u011bn\u00e1 dv\u00ed\u0159ka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201eKdo je tam?\u201c zeptal se.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eChcete vid\u011bt pana Marborna?\u201c zeptal se sluha tich\u00fdm hlasem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eAno. A\u0165 vejde.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Odemkl a vy\u0161el na podestu, aby p\u0159iv\u00edtal nespokojen\u00e9ho detektiva.<br \/>\u201eNo, p\u011bkn\u011b jste to zpackal, Marborne,\u201c \u0159ekl kysele.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eTo m\u011b p\u011bkn\u011b zpackalo, to v\u00e1m pov\u00edm, Hamone,\u201c \u0159ekl ten druh\u00fd. \u201ePo\u017e\u00e1dali m\u011b, abych odevzdal sv\u016fj odznak. K\u00e9\u017e bych se nikdy nezapletl s t\u00edm zatracen\u00fdm Morlakem.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eNem\u00e1 smysl f\u0148ukat,\u201c \u0159ekl Hamon netrp\u011bliv\u011b. \u201eCo t\u00edm mysl\u00ed\u0161, \u017ee \u201avrac\u00ed\u0161 kab\u00e1t\u2018?\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Vyt\u00e1hl ze sk\u0159\u00ed\u0148ky l\u00e1hev whisky a sifon a polo\u017eil je na st\u016fl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eWelling mi to na\u0159\u00eddil a j\u00e1 asi skon\u010dil. A stejn\u011b bych byl v nemilosti po tom, co ten soudce \u0159ekl o policejn\u00edch metod\u00e1ch. Mus\u00ed\u0161 mi sehnat pr\u00e1ci, Hamone.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eAch, to mus\u00edm, \u017ee?\u201c u\u0161kl\u00edbl se Hamon a zastavil se se sklenic\u00ed v ka\u017ed\u00e9 ruce. \u201eMus\u00edm ti naj\u00edt pr\u00e1ci! No nen\u00ed to ta nejv\u011bt\u0161\u00ed drzost!\u201c<br \/>\u201eNev\u00edm, kdo m\u00e1 v\u011bt\u0161\u00ed drzost, jestli ty, nebo j\u00e1,\u201c \u0159ekl inspektor nevl\u00eddn\u011b, \u201eale\u2014\u2014\u201c \u201eNeh\u00e1dejme se.\u201c Hamon nalil do sklenice skromnou d\u00e1vku whisky a zap\u00e1lil sifon. \u201e\u0158ekl bych, \u017ee pro tebe m\u00edsto najdeme; n\u00e1hodou pot\u0159ebuju v Tangeru n\u011bkoho, kdo by se postaral o n\u011bkter\u00e9 m\u00e9 z\u00e1jmy. To j\u00e1 jsem t\u011b do pot\u00ed\u017e\u00ed nedostal, p\u0159\u00edteli, to byl pan James Lexington Morlake.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eA\u0165 jde k \u010dertu!\u201c \u0159ekl Marborne a jedn\u00edm dou\u0161kem spolkl toast i obsah sklenice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eTo je docela dobr\u00e1 whisky,\u201c poznamenal Hamon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eSkoro jsem ji neochutnal,\u201c zn\u011bla odpov\u011b\u010f.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Marborne se posadil ke stolu, vyt\u00e1hl z\u00e1pisn\u00edk a na\u0161el list pap\u00edru, kter\u00fd otev\u0159el.<br \/>\u201eSestavil jsem seznam sv\u00fdch v\u00fddaj\u016f v t\u00e9to z\u00e1le\u017eitosti,\u201c \u0159ekl. \u201eTady jsou.\u201c<br \/>Podal mu je a Hamon sebou trhl, kdy\u017e si p\u0159e\u010detl celkovou \u010d\u00e1stku.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201eTo je trochu p\u0159ehnan\u00e9,\u201c \u0159ekl. \u201eNeschv\u00e1lil jsem ti, abys vynakl\u00e1dal takov\u00e9 v\u00fddaje.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201e\u0158ekl jsi mi, a\u0165 utrat\u00edm, kolik budu cht\u00edt,\u201c \u0159ekl detektiv.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eV\u017edy\u0165 to je skoro tis\u00edc!\u201c vybuchl Hamon. \u201e Copak jsem snad \u2013 batole?\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eJe mi jedno, co jsi, ty to uhrad\u00ed\u0161,\u201c \u0159ekl mu\u017e. \u201eJe tam pod\u00edl pro Slonea.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eZd\u00e1 se, \u017ee zapom\u00edn\u00e1te, \u017ee jsem v\u00e1m u\u017e zaplatil\u2014\u2014\u201c za\u010dal Hamon, kdy\u017e do\u0161lo k p\u0159eru\u0161en\u00ed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Ke dve\u0159\u00edm p\u0159i\u0161el komorn\u00edk a za\u0161eptal n\u011bco, co Marborne nesly\u0161el.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eTady?\u201c zeptal se Hamon rychle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eAno, pane, dole.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Hamon se obr\u00e1til ke sv\u00e9mu n\u00e1v\u0161t\u011bvn\u00edkovi. Jeho hn\u011bv pominul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eJe dole,\u201c \u0159ekl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eKdo?\u201c zeptal se p\u0159ekvapen\u00fd detektiv. \u201eMysl\u00edte Morlakea?\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Hamon p\u0159ik\u00fdvl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eRad\u011bji tady z\u016fsta\u0148te. J\u00e1 se s n\u00edm setk\u00e1m. Nechte dve\u0159e pootev\u0159en\u00e9. Pokud dojde k n\u011bjak\u00e9mu rozruchu, p\u0159ij\u010fte dol\u016f.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Jim Morlake \u010dekal v hale a Hamon ho p\u0159iv\u00edtal s nejv\u011bt\u0161\u00ed srde\u010dnost\u00ed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201ePoj\u010fte d\u00e1l, Morlake,\u201c \u0159ekl a otev\u0159el dve\u0159e do sal\u00f3nu. \u201eAni v\u00e1m nedok\u00e1\u017eu \u0159\u00edct, jak m\u011b t\u011b\u0161\u00ed, \u017ee jsem se do\u010detl, \u017ee jste byl osvobozen.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Jim neodpov\u011bd\u011bl, dokud nebyl v m\u00edstnosti a dve\u0159e se nezav\u0159ely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eRozhodl jsem se skoncovat se svou hanebnou kari\u00e9rou, Hamone,\u201c \u0159ekl a \u0161el rovnou k v\u011bci.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eMysl\u00edm, \u017ee to je moudr\u00e9,\u201c \u0159ekl Hamon srde\u010dn\u011b. \u201eJe tu n\u011bco, co pro v\u00e1s mohu ud\u011blat\u2014\u2014\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eJe tu jedna v\u011bc, kterou m\u016f\u017eete ud\u011blat, a to je d\u00e1t mi jist\u00fd dokument, podepsan\u00fd mu\u017eem, s n\u00edm\u017e jsem v\u00e1s vid\u011bl v Maroku p\u0159ed asi dvan\u00e1cti lety.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eP\u0159edpokl\u00e1dejme, \u017ee bych ho m\u011bl,\u201c \u0159ekl Hamon po chv\u00edli, \u201emysl\u00edte, \u017ee bych byl tak hloup\u00fd, abych v\u00e1m ho dal, abych sv\u011b\u0159il svou\u2026 svou svobodu do va\u0161ich rukou?\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201eDal bych v\u00e1m dostatek \u010dasu na to, abyste opustil zemi, a souhlasil bych, \u017ee nepodpo\u0159\u00edm obvin\u011bn\u00ed uveden\u00e9 v tom dokumentu. A bez m\u00e9 podpory a m\u00fdch<br \/>d\u016fkaz\u016f by p\u0159\u00edpad proti v\u00e1m padl. V ka\u017ed\u00e9m p\u0159\u00edpad\u011b byste m\u011bl dost \u010dasu dostat se do jin\u00e9 zem\u011b.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Hamon se drsn\u011b zasm\u00e1l.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eNem\u00e1m v \u00famyslu opustit Anglii,\u201c \u0159ekl, \u201ea u\u017e v\u016fbec ne te\u010f, v p\u0159edve\u010der m\u00e9 svatby. Beru si lady Joan Carstonovou.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eM\u00e1 m\u016fj soucit,\u201c \u0159ekl Jim. \u201eNen\u00ed to dcera lorda Creitha?\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Hamon p\u0159ik\u00fdvl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eNevd\u00e1 se za v\u00e1s, ani\u017e by o v\u00e1s n\u011bco v\u011bd\u011bla.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eV\u00ed o mn\u011b v\u0161echno, co by m\u011bla v\u011bd\u011bt.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201ePak j\u00ed mus\u00edm \u0159\u00edct n\u011bco, co by v\u011bd\u011bt nem\u011bla,\u201c \u0159ekl Jim. \u201eAle va\u0161e man\u017eelsk\u00e9 eskap\u00e1dy jsou zcela mimo m\u00edsu. P\u0159i\u0161el jsem v\u00e1m d\u00e1t \u0161anci a mimochodem u\u0161et\u0159it si spoustu pot\u00ed\u017e\u00ed a v\u00e1\u017en\u00fdch n\u00e1sledk\u016f, kter\u00e9 by vyplynuly z ur\u010dit\u00e9ho postupu z m\u00e9 strany. Chci ten dokument, Hamone.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Hamon se znovu zasm\u00e1l.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eHon\u00ed\u0161 se za v\u011btrem,\u201c \u0159ekl pohrdav\u011b. \u201eA co se t\u00fd\u010de toho drahocenn\u00e9ho dokumentu, ten neexistuje. N\u011bkdo si z tebe d\u011bl\u00e1 legraci a hraje na tv\u00e9 zn\u00e1m\u00e9 prost\u00e9 srdce. \u201ePoslouchej, Morlake: nem\u016f\u017eeme vy\u0159e\u0161it na\u0161e spory jako gentlemani?\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eJ\u00e1 bych sv\u00e9 spory vy\u0159e\u0161il jako gentleman,\u201c \u0159ekl Jim, \u201eproto\u017ee jsem se tak n\u00e1hodou narodil. Ale ty sv\u00e9 nikdy nevy\u0159e\u0161\u00ed\u0161 jinak ne\u017e jako lacin\u00fd, podvodn\u00fd \u0161ejd\u00ed\u0159, kter\u00fd se vy\u0161plhal na svou sou\u010dasnou v\u00fd\u0161ku prosperity p\u0159es zni\u010den\u00e9 domovy. Tohle je tvoje posledn\u00ed \u0161ance a mo\u017en\u00e1 i moje. Dej mi to prohl\u00e1\u0161en\u00ed a j\u00e1 t\u011b nech\u00e1m na pokoji.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eTo se nejd\u0159\u00edv uvid\u00edme v pekle,\u201c \u0159ekl Hamon zu\u0159iv\u011b. \u201eI kdybych to m\u011bl \u2013 co\u017e nem\u00e1m\u2014\u2014\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Jim p\u0159ik\u00fdvl velmi pomalu a zamy\u0161len\u011b.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eCh\u00e1pu. Opice dr\u017e\u00ed ruku v tykvi; je p\u0159\u00edli\u0161 chamtiv\u00e1, ne\u017e aby ji pustila.\u201c Obr\u00e1til se ke dve\u0159\u00edm a zvedl v\u00e1\u017en\u00fd ukazov\u00e1\u010dek. \u201eVaroval jsem t\u011b, Hamone,\u201c \u0159ekl a ode\u0161el.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Hamon za n\u00edm zav\u0159el dve\u0159e a vy\u0161el po schodech pokryt\u00fdch kobercem do knihovny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eNo, n\u00e1\u0161 p\u0159\u00edtel je st\u00e1le vzpurn\u00fd,\u201c \u0159ekl, ale mluvil do pr\u00e1zdn\u00e9 m\u00edstnosti.<br \/>Marborne byl pry\u010d. Hamon zazvonil na komorn\u00edka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eVid\u011bl jste pana Marborna odch\u00e1zet?\u201c zeptal se.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eAno, pane, ode\u0161el p\u0159ed p\u00e1r vte\u0159inami \u2013 vlastn\u011b t\u011bsn\u011b p\u0159edt\u00edm, ne\u017e jste p\u0159i\u0161el ze sal\u00f3nu. Vypadal, \u017ee sp\u011bch\u00e1.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eTo je velmi podivn\u00e9,\u201c \u0159ekl Hamon a propustil sluhu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Pak si v\u0161iml listu pap\u00edru na stole s na\u010dm\u00e1ranou zpr\u00e1vou.<br \/>\u201ePokud nezaplat\u00edte m\u016fj \u00fa\u010det, mo\u017en\u00e1 zaplat\u00edte je\u0161t\u011b v\u011bt\u0161\u00ed,\u201c st\u00e1lo tam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Hamon si po\u0161kr\u00e1bal bradu. Co znamenala ta tajemn\u00e1 zpr\u00e1va? V\u0161iml si, \u017ee byla naps\u00e1na na jeho nejlep\u0161\u00edm dopisn\u00edm pap\u00ed\u0159e. Marborne byl zjevn\u011b ura\u017een<br \/>zpochybn\u011bn\u00edm sv\u00e9ho \u00fa\u010dtu a ode\u0161el v n\u00e1valu hn\u011bvu. Hamon pokr\u010dil rameny a posadil se ke stolu. Nem\u011bl \u010das se zab\u00fdvat rozmary sv\u00fdch n\u00e1stroj\u016f.<br \/>Kdy\u017e se n\u00e1hodou rozhl\u00e9dl, v\u0161iml si, \u017ee dv\u00ed\u0159ka prosklen\u00e9 knihovny jsou pootev\u0159en\u00e1, a mohl by p\u0159\u00edsahat, \u017ee je zav\u0159el. A pak, s kletbou, vysko\u010dil na nohy.<br \/>Ocelov\u00e1 \u201ekniha\u201c byla na sv\u00e9m m\u00edst\u011b, ale n\u00e1zev byl vzh\u016fru nohama. N\u011bkdo s n\u00ed pohnul. Vyt\u00e1hl ji a zkusil v\u00edko a ke sv\u00e9mu zd\u011b\u0161en\u00ed se otev\u0159elo.<br \/>Zapomn\u011bl ji zamknout.<br \/>T\u0159esouc\u00ed se rukou prolistoval pap\u00edry. Osudn\u00e9 prohl\u00e1\u0161en\u00ed bylo pry\u010d!<br \/>S v\u00fdk\u0159ikem vzteku vysko\u010dil ke dve\u0159\u00edm a zavolal na komorn\u00edka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eKudy \u0161el Marborne?\u201c zeptal se rychle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201e\u0160el doprava, pane, sm\u011brem ke Grosvenor Square,\u201c \u0159ekl komorn\u00edk ze spodn\u00ed \u010d\u00e1sti schodi\u0161t\u011b.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201eSe\u017ee\u0148te mi taxi \u2013 rychle!\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Hamon se vr\u00e1til do sv\u00e9ho pokoje, vr\u00e1til pap\u00edry, kter\u00e9 vyhodil z krabice, zamkl ji a zasunul mezi knihy. O minutu pozd\u011bji ho taxi vezlo k ubytov\u00e1n\u00ed pana Marborna.<br \/>Marborne se je\u0161t\u011b nevr\u00e1til, \u0159ekla mu dom\u00e1c\u00ed, a pr\u00e1v\u011b p\u0159ed chv\u00edl\u00ed volal, \u017ee se dnes v noci nevr\u00e1t\u00ed, proto\u017ee mo\u017en\u00e1 odj\u00ed\u017ed\u00ed na kontinent.<br \/>Zb\u00fdvalo jedin\u00e9, a to j\u00edt rovnou na Scotland Yard. Ten mu\u017e byl st\u00e1le policista a pravd\u011bpodobn\u011b se d\u0159\u00edve \u010di pozd\u011bji hl\u00e1s\u00ed na velitelstv\u00ed. M\u011bl to \u0161t\u011bst\u00ed, \u017ee na\u0161el Wellinga, a star\u00fd mu\u017e se zd\u00e1l b\u00fdt tou n\u00e1v\u0161t\u011bvou v\u016fbec nep\u0159ekvapen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eChcete vid\u011bt Marborna, co? Ob\u00e1v\u00e1m se, \u017ee nen\u00ed ve slu\u017eb\u011b. Je\u0161t\u011b v\u00edce se ob\u00e1v\u00e1m, \u017ee u\u017e ve slu\u017eb\u011b nikdy nebude,\u201c \u0159ekl Julius. \u201eJe to n\u011bco d\u016fle\u017eit\u00e9ho?\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eP\u0159ijde sem v\u016fbec \u2013 chci \u0159\u00edct, aby se hl\u00e1sil?\u201c zeptal se Hamon bez dechu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eUr\u010dit\u011b p\u0159ijde,\u201c \u0159ekl sta\u0159\u00edk. \u201eVlastn\u011b m\u00e1 z\u00edtra r\u00e1no velmi nal\u00e9havou sch\u016fzku s vrchn\u00edm komisa\u0159em.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eM\u00e1 n\u011bjak\u00e9 p\u0159\u00e1tele? Kde bydl\u00ed Slone?\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Julius Welling si upravil br\u00fdle a pozorn\u011b se pod\u00edval na sv\u00e9ho n\u00e1v\u0161t\u011bvn\u00edka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eM\u00e1te velk\u00fd sp\u011bch, abyste ho na\u0161el; d\u011bje se n\u011bco?\u201c zeptal se.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eAno\u2026 ne. Nic, co by m\u011blo velk\u00fd v\u00fdznam pro kohokoli jin\u00e9ho ne\u017e pro m\u011b\u2026 a Marborna.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eOpravdu!\u201c \u0159ekl Julius zdvo\u0159ile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Otev\u0159el knihu a na\u0161el Sloneovu adresu, kterou napsal na kousek pap\u00edru pro n\u00e1v\u0161t\u011bvn\u00edka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eJsem v\u00e1m velmi zav\u00e1z\u00e1n, kapit\u00e1ne Wellingu. Ne\u010dekal jsem, \u017ee si d\u00e1te tu pr\u00e1ci,\u201c \u0159ekl Hamon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201e V\u017edycky d\u011bl\u00e1me, co je v na\u0161ich sil\u00e1ch, pro ve\u0159ejnost,\u201c \u0159ekl Julius ti\u0161e.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Jakmile n\u00e1v\u0161t\u011bvn\u00edk ode\u0161el, zvedl automatick\u00fd telefon a p\u0159epojil se do haly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201eOdj\u00ed\u017ed\u00ed Hamon,\u201c \u0159ekl r\u00e1zn\u011b. \u201e\u0158ekn\u011bte ser\u017eantu Lavingtonovi, a\u0165 ho sleduje a neztr\u00e1c\u00ed ho z dohledu. Chci v\u011bd\u011bt, kam jede, a co se d\u011bje.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Polo\u017eil sluch\u00e1tko a jemn\u011b si promnul sv\u00e9 huben\u00e9 ruce, v o\u010d\u00edch m\u011bl nep\u0159\u00edtomn\u00fd v\u00fdraz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eA mysl\u00edm, \u017ee jsou pot\u00ed\u017ee,\u201c \u0159ekl a up\u0159el pohled ke stropu, \u201evelk\u00e9 pot\u00ed\u017ee.\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 XXI. &#8211; Svazek Emersona Kolik toho ten sta\u0159ec v\u011bd\u011bl, p\u0159em\u00fd\u0161lel. \u0158ekl mu to Morlake?Jeho mysl se vr\u00e1tila k slune\u010dn\u00e9mu dni v Maroku a ke <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/?p=65039\" 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-65039","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\/65039","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=65039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65039\/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=65039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=65039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=65039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}