{"id":65043,"date":"2026-09-17T20:08:30","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T18:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/?p=65043"},"modified":"2026-09-17T20:08:31","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T18:08:31","slug":"edgar-wallace-the-black-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/?p=65043","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 XXII. &#8211; V\u00edtej Doma<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jim Morlake je\u0161t\u011b nikdy nejel tak pomalu jako na cest\u011b dom\u016f do Wold House. Dok\u00e1zal si dob\u0159e p\u0159edstavit, \u017ee sussexsk\u00e1 spole\u010dnost byla ot\u0159esena a\u017e do morku kost\u00ed. Far\u00e1\u0159i a kosteln\u00edci, statk\u00e1\u0159i a statk\u00e1\u0159ky, hlavy \u0161lechtick\u00fdch rod\u016f, kte\u0159\u00ed mu na z\u00e1klad\u011b sousedstv\u00ed nab\u00eddli svou pohostinnost, samotn\u00ed vesni\u010dan\u00e9, p\u0159\u00edsn\u00ed str\u00e1\u017eci slu\u0161nosti, budou jeho zat\u010den\u00ed a pozn\u00e1mky soudce pova\u017eovat za n\u011bco katastrof\u00e1ln\u00edho.<br \/>V t\u00e9to oblasti si udr\u017eoval zna\u010dn\u00fd styl. Jeho d\u016fm byl velk\u00fd; zam\u011bstn\u00e1val komorn\u00edka a hospodyni, tucet slu\u017eebn\u00fdch, kucha\u0159\u016f a podobn\u011b, a nikdy si nebyl zcela jist\u00fd po\u010dtem zahradn\u00edk\u016f, kte\u0159\u00ed byli na jeho v\u00fdplatn\u00ed listin\u011b.<br \/>Usm\u00e1l se, kdy\u017e pomyslel na to, jak\u00fd dojem bude m\u00edt jeho vystoupen\u00ed u \u00dast\u0159edn\u00edho trestn\u00edho soudu na tyto poctiv\u00e9 lidi. Byli dob\u0159e placeni a skv\u011ble<br \/>se o n\u011b starali. Jeho komorn\u00edk a komorn\u00edkova \u017eena, kter\u00e1 byla hospodyn\u011b, byli dojat\u00ed vd\u011b\u010dnost\u00ed za mal\u00e9 slu\u017eby, kter\u00e9 jim prok\u00e1zal. Co si te\u010f mysl\u00ed, nemohl odhadnout, proto\u017ee od sv\u00e9ho zat\u010den\u00ed nem\u011bl s Wold House \u017e\u00e1dn\u00fd kontakt. Pov\u011b\u0159il m\u00edstn\u00edho bankovn\u00edho \u0159editele, aby jim vypl\u00e1cel platy a poskytoval prost\u0159edky nezbytn\u00e9 k chodu dom\u00e1cnosti, a jako odpov\u011b\u010f obdr\u017eel pouze jeden dopis od<br \/>zahradn\u00edka, kter\u00fd se ptal, zda si vzhledem k ned\u00e1vn\u00fdm ud\u00e1lostem p\u0159eje, aby byly cibulky narcis\u016f vysazeny na okraji lesa, jak na\u0159\u00eddil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Br\u00e1ny Wold House byly otev\u0159en\u00e9; zato\u010dil autem na p\u0159\u00edjezdovou cestu a v\u00e1\u017en\u00fd \u0161of\u00e9r, kter\u00fd na n\u011bj \u010dekal, se uctiv\u011b dotkl \u010depice a ujal se \u0159\u00edzen\u00ed s jistou ponurou d\u016fkladnost\u00ed, kter\u00e1 byla zlov\u011bstn\u00e1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Jim pro\u0161el do sv\u00e9ho ob\u00fdvac\u00edho pokoje. Komorn\u00edk mu pokynul, aby ve\u0161el, a otev\u0159el mu dve\u0159e do ob\u00fdvac\u00edho pokoje.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eJe v\u0161echno v po\u0159\u00e1dku, Williame?\u201c zeptal se Jim, zat\u00edmco si pomalu svl\u00e9kl rukavice a kab\u00e1t a podal je mu\u017ei.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eV\u0161echno je v naprost\u00e9m po\u0159\u00e1dku, pane,\u201c \u0159ekl pan William Cleaver a pak: \u201eR\u00e1d bych si s v\u00e1mi, pane Morlake, co nejd\u0159\u00edve promluvil.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eJakmile budete cht\u00edt,\u201c \u0159ekl Jim, tu\u0161\u00edc bl\u00ed\u017e\u00edc\u00ed se exodus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> \u201eOdneste m\u016fj kab\u00e1t a hned se vra\u0165te.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Kdy\u017e se komorn\u00edk vr\u00e1til, byl nesv\u016fj.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201ePravda je, pane,\u201c \u0159ekl, \u201e\u017ee v\u00e1s chci po\u017e\u00e1dat, abyste m\u011b propustil z m\u00e9ho zam\u011bstn\u00e1n\u00ed. A to\u2026 ehm\u2026 plat\u00ed i pro pan\u00ed Cleaverovou.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eChcete ode m\u011b odej\u00edt, co? Nel\u00edb\u00ed se v\u00e1m ta pr\u00e1ce?\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eJe to velmi vynikaj\u00edc\u00ed m\u00edsto,\u201c \u0159ekl Cleaver p\u0159esn\u011b, ale z\u00e1rove\u0148 nerv\u00f3zn\u011b; \u201ejen mi tu na venkov\u011b nen\u00ed dob\u0159e, pane, a byla mi nab\u00eddnuta vynikaj\u00edc\u00ed pozice ve m\u011bst\u011b.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eV\u00fdborn\u011b,\u201c \u0159ekl Jim stroze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Odemkl z\u00e1suvku sv\u00e9ho stolu, otev\u0159el pokladnu a vyndal n\u011bjak\u00e9 pen\u00edze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eTady je v\u00e1\u0161 dosavadn\u00ed plat.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eKdy by bylo vhodn\u00e9, abych ode\u0161el?\u201c zeptal se komorn\u00edk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eHned,\u201c zn\u011bla lakonick\u00e1 odpov\u011b\u010f. \u201eZa hodinu jede vlak do tv\u00e9ho milovan\u00e9ho \u201am\u011bsta\u2018, do t\u00e9 doby bude\u0161 pry\u010d z tohoto domu. Rozum\u00ed\u0161, Cleavere?\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eAno, pane,\u201c \u0159ekl zahanben\u00fd sluha. \u201eByly tu i jin\u00e9\u2026 ehm\u2026 \u017e\u00e1dosti, ale odm\u00edtl jsem se jimi zab\u00fdvat.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eCh\u00e1pu.\u201c Jim p\u0159ik\u00fdvl. \u201ePo\u0161lete sem ty dychtiv\u00e9 uchaze\u010de, pros\u00edm.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jako prvn\u00ed p\u0159i\u0161la kucha\u0159ka, statn\u00e1 \u017eena, ale uhlazen\u00e1 a\u017e do kone\u010dk\u016f prst\u016f, kter\u00e1 byla horlivou k\u0159es\u0165ankou a \u010dlenkou st\u00e1tn\u00ed c\u00edrkve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eChci podat v\u00fdpov\u011b\u010f, pane.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201ePro\u010d?\u201c zeptal se Jim bez obalu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eNo, jde o to, \u017ee moje nete\u0159 je nemocn\u00e1 a j\u00e1 za n\u00ed chci jet.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eChcete \u0159\u00edct, \u017ee chcete odej\u00edt hned?\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eNechci v\u00e1m zp\u016fsobit \u017e\u00e1dn\u00e9 pot\u00ed\u017ee,\u201c sp\u011b\u0161n\u011b dodala \u017eena, \u201ea abych v\u00e1m vyhov\u011bla\u2026\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eNijak mi nevyhovujte,\u201c \u0159ekl Jim Morlake. \u201eOdejdete hned. Jestli je va\u0161e nete\u0159 nemocn\u00e1, bude pravd\u011bpodobn\u011b mrtv\u00e1, ne\u017e uplyne va\u0161e m\u011bs\u00ed\u010dn\u00ed v\u00fdpov\u011bdn\u00ed lh\u016fta. Tadym\u00e1te v\u00fdplatu.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>P\u0159i\u0161el dlouh\u00fd pr\u016fvod: pokojsk\u00e1, s m\u00edrn\u00fdmi slzami v o\u010d\u00edch, kter\u00e1 zjevn\u011b jednala podle pokyn\u016f sv\u00fdch p\u0159\u00edsn\u00fdch rodi\u010d\u016f; dal\u0161\u00ed, trochu samo\u00fa\u010deln\u00e1 a se sklonem ohrnovat nos p\u0159i pouh\u00e9 my\u0161lence, \u017ee by m\u011bla slou\u017eit zlo\u010dinci; jako posledn\u00ed p\u0159i\u0161li \u017eenich a \u0161of\u00e9r. Ka\u017ed\u00fd z nich uvedl d\u016fvod, pro\u010d cht\u011bli sp\u011b\u0161n\u011b odjet, ale pravdu \u0159ekl jen jeden. N\u011bkte\u0159\u00ed m\u011bli nemocn\u00e9 p\u0159\u00edbuzn\u00e9, jin\u00fdm byla nab\u00eddnuta dobr\u00e1 pracovn\u00ed m\u00edsta; alespo\u0148 jeden nazna\u010dil bl\u00ed\u017e\u00edc\u00ed se svatbu a touhu v\u011bnovat \u010das \u201ed\u00e1t v\u011bci do po\u0159\u00e1dku\u201c. Ani mu\u017e, ani \u017eena ne\u0159ekli p\u0159esn\u011b, pro\u010d opou\u0161t\u011bj\u00ed Wold House. Nikdo, dokud se p\u0159ed psac\u00edm stolem nepostavila mal\u00e1 kuchy\u0148sk\u00e1 pomocnice, s u\u0161pin\u011bnou tv\u00e1\u0159\u00ed a podsaditou postavou, s velk\u00fdma rukama v bok.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201ePro\u010d odch\u00e1z\u00ed\u0161, Jessie?\u201c zeptal se Jim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eProto\u017ee jsi zlod\u011bj,\u201c zn\u011bla stroh\u00e1 odpov\u011b\u010f a on se op\u0159el v k\u0159esle a ti\u0161e se chv\u011bl sm\u00edchem.<br \/>\u201eMysl\u00edm, \u017ee ti dlu\u017e\u00edm dv\u011b libry. Tady m\u00e1\u0161 p\u011bt. A sm\u00edm j\u00e1, skute\u010dn\u00fd zlod\u011bj, pozdravit t\u011b jako jedin\u00e9ho poctiv\u00e9ho \u010dlena t\u00e9to mal\u00e9 komunity?<br \/>Ned\u00edvej se na tu bankovku, jako by t\u011b mohla kousnout: nen\u00ed pad\u011blan\u00e1 a nebyla ukraden\u00e1.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Nakonec ode\u0161li, v\u0161ichni, s prov\u00e1zkov\u00fdmi kufry nalo\u017een\u00fdmi na v\u016fz, kter\u00fd si nechal p\u0159iv\u00e9zt z vesnice po telefonu, a on \u0161el za n\u00edm a po zav\u0159en\u00ed bran za posledn\u00edm n\u00e1kladem se vr\u00e1til do sv\u00e9ho pr\u00e1zdn\u00e9ho domu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Srazit Bingera na kolena bylo hor\u0161\u00ed ne\u017e zbyte\u010dn\u00e9, krom\u011b toho ho v Lond\u00fdn\u011b pot\u0159eboval; a Mahmet, a\u010dkoli byl vynikaj\u00edc\u00edm va\u0159i\u010dem k\u00e1vy, by jist\u011b selhal ve v\u0161ech ostatn\u00edch oblastech kulin\u00e1\u0159sk\u00e9ho um\u011bn\u00ed. Bloudil opu\u0161t\u011bn\u00fdm domem od kuchyn\u011b po p\u016fdu. Byl bez poskvrny \u010dist\u00fd a tak by to z\u016fstalo je\u0161t\u011b den \u010di dva.<br \/>\u201eRozumn\u00fd \u010dlov\u011bk m\u016f\u017ee ud\u011blat jen jednu v\u011bc,\u201c \u0159ekl si, a tou bylo vr\u00e1tit se do Lond\u00fdna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Ale byl p\u0159\u00edli\u0161 bojovn\u00fd na to, aby se vyhnul i t\u00e9 nejmen\u0161\u00ed v\u00fdzv\u011b, kterou mu jeho dom\u00e1c\u00ed person\u00e1l p\u0159edhodil. Se\u0161el do p\u0159\u00edzem\u00ed a prohl\u00e9dl si sp\u00ed\u017e. Hledal chl\u00e9b, m\u00e1slo a \u010daj. Mohl by se obej\u00edt bez \u010dehokoli z toho, ale cht\u011bl v\u011bd\u011bt, na \u010dem p\u0159esn\u011b je.<br \/>Hlavn\u00edm obchodem ve vesnici byl Colter\u016fv obchod, kter\u00fd dod\u00e1val t\u00e9m\u011b\u0159 v\u0161e, od krmiva pro kon\u011b po \u017ed\u00edma\u010dky. Kdy\u017e jeho auto zastavilo p\u0159ed obchodem, uvid\u011bl skrz okno vzru\u0161en\u00e9ho mlad\u00edka, jak ukazuje prstem, a vousat\u00fd pan Colter vy\u0161el ze sv\u00e9 mal\u00e9 kancel\u00e1\u0159e na konci pultu. Jim v klidu vystoupil z auta a ve\u0161el do obchodu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eDobr\u00e9 r\u00e1no,\u201c \u0159ekl. \u201eChci, abyste poslal n\u011bjak\u00fd chl\u00e9b do Wold House a p\u00e1r liber m\u00e1sla. Mysl\u00edm, \u017ee budu cht\u00edt tak\u00e9 n\u011bjak\u00e1 vejce.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Pan Colter odstr\u010dil sv\u00e9ho pomocn\u00edka z cesty a postavil se naproti z\u00e1kazn\u00edkovi z druh\u00e9 strany pultu, a v o\u010d\u00edch pana Coltera byl lesk, kter\u00fd v\u00fdmluvn\u011b sv\u011bd\u010dil o jeho spravedlnosti.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eNepo\u0161lu v\u00e1m dom\u016f ani chleba, ani nic jin\u00e9ho, pane Morlake,\u201c \u0159ekl. \u201eCel\u00fd \u017eivot jsem si dr\u017eel ruce \u010dist\u00e9 od \u0161pinav\u00fdch pen\u011bz a v m\u00e9m v\u011bku rozhodn\u011b neza\u010dnu podl\u00e9zat zlod\u011bj\u016fm a lupi\u010d\u016fm!\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Jim si vyndal doutn\u00edk z \u00fast a z\u00fa\u017eil o\u010di.<br \/>\u201eTo znamen\u00e1, \u017ee mne odm\u00edt\u00e1te obslou\u017eit?\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eP\u0159esn\u011b tak to znamen\u00e1,\u201c \u0159ekl pan Colter a up\u0159en\u011b se na n\u011bj d\u00edval p\u0159es sv\u00e9 siln\u00e9 br\u00fdle. \u201eA \u0159eknu v\u00e1m je\u0161t\u011b n\u011bco, pane Morlake: \u010d\u00edm d\u0159\u00edve odejdete se sv\u00fdmi z\u00e1kazn\u00edky z Creithu, t\u00edm l\u00e9pe pro n\u00e1s.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Jim se rozhl\u00e9dl po obchod\u011b.<br \/>\u201eM\u00e1te tu docela velk\u00fd obrat, \u017ee, Coltere?\u201c zeptal se.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201ePoctiv\u00fd obchod,\u201c \u0159ekl pan Colter d\u016frazn\u011b.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eChci \u0159\u00edct, m\u00e1 pro v\u00e1s tenhle obchod n\u011bjakou hodnotu? Koup\u00edm ho od v\u00e1s.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Pan Colter zavrt\u011bl hlavou a v tu chv\u00edli se z dve\u0159\u00ed vedouc\u00edch do sal\u00f3nku vyno\u0159ila jeho korpulentn\u00ed partnerka, kter\u00e1 dosud ml\u010dky sledovala cel\u00fd ten spor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eNechceme va\u0161e pen\u00edze; ani neprod\u00e1v\u00e1me, ani nekupujeme,\u201c \u0159ekla pronikav\u00fdm hlasem. \u201eSta\u010d\u00ed n\u00e1m, \u017ee zlod\u011bji \u017eij\u00ed jako gentlemani, ani\u017e by se sna\u017eili zkazit slu\u0161n\u00e9, poctiv\u00e9 a bohabojn\u00e9 lidi.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eAch, jsem r\u00e1d, \u017ee je tu n\u011bkdo, koho se boj\u00edte,\u201c \u0159ekl Jim a vy\u0161el z domu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jeho banka byla t\u00e9m\u011b\u0159 naproti a bank\u00e9\u0159i maj\u00ed jen m\u00e1lo p\u0159edsudk\u016f.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eJsem r\u00e1d, \u017ee jste se dostal z pot\u00ed\u017e\u00ed, pane Morlake,\u201c \u0159ekl energicky \u0159editel. <br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201eMimochodem, policie prozkoumala v\u00e1\u0161 \u00fa\u010det \u2013 v\u00edte o tom?\u201c<br \/>\u201eA nena\u0161la \u017e\u00e1dnou souvislost mezi m\u00fdmi r\u016fzn\u00fdmi loupe\u017eemi a m\u00fdm neomezen\u00fdm bohatstv\u00edm,\u201c usm\u00e1l se Jim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> \u201eTe\u010f poslouchejte, p\u0159\u00edteli: kdy\u017e jsem tu byl naposledy, sna\u017eil jste se m\u011b p\u0159im\u011bt, abych se zaj\u00edmal o nemovitosti ve vesnici. \u201eV\u0161iml jsem si, \u017ee obchod vedle Colter&#8217;s je pr\u00e1zdn\u00fd.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Vedouc\u00ed p\u0159ik\u00fdvl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eZkrachoval kv\u016fli hypot\u00e9ce. Majitel se pokou\u0161el provozovat autoservis, ale Creith le\u017e\u00ed na okraji sv\u011bta a za m\u011bs\u00edc byl na mizin\u011b. Chcete to koupit?\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201e\u0158ekn\u011bte cenu, ale a\u0165 je rozumn\u00e1. P\u0159edstavte si, \u017ee vyjedn\u00e1v\u00e1te s arcibiskupem z Canterbury, a zapome\u0148te na to, \u017ee jsem bohat\u00fd zlod\u011bj,\u201c \u0159ekl Jim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>O hodinu pozd\u011bji vy\u0161el z advok\u00e1tn\u00ed kancel\u00e1\u0159e jako majitel obchodu.<br \/>V deset hodin toho ve\u010dera p\u0159ijel z Lond\u00fdna mlad\u00fd a energick\u00fd mu\u017e.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eZavolal jsem kv\u016fli tob\u011b do Sdru\u017een\u00ed obchodn\u00edk\u016f s potravinami a \u0159ekli mi, \u017ee jsi n\u011bco jako \u017eiv\u00fd dr\u00e1t.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eTo bezpochyby jsem,\u201c \u0159ekl mlad\u00edk neskromn\u011b.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eVe vesnici je vedle Colterova obchodu dal\u0161\u00ed obchod. Chci, abys to tam z\u00edtra r\u00e1no p\u0159evzal; se\u017ee\u0148 tesa\u0159e a mal\u00ed\u0159e a z\u00e1sob to v\u0161\u00edm, co Colter prod\u00e1v\u00e1. Sni\u017e v\u0161echny ceny o dvacet p\u011bt procent pod jeho. Se\u017ee\u0148 dod\u00e1vku a proje\u010f okol\u00ed, abys p\u0159il\u00e1kal z\u00e1kazn\u00edky. Jestli sn\u00ed\u017e\u00ed ceny, sni\u017e je taky, rozum\u00ed\u0161? Ale v ka\u017ed\u00e9m p\u0159\u00edpad\u011b je dr\u017e o dvacet p\u011bt procent n\u00ed\u017ee.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eTo bude st\u00e1t pen\u00edze,\u201c \u0159ekl mlad\u00edk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201ePravd\u011bpodobn\u011b jsi o mn\u011b nikdy nesly\u0161el. Jmenuju se Morlake a povol\u00e1n\u00edm jsem zlod\u011bj. M\u016fj kapit\u00e1l je proto neomezen\u00fd,\u201c \u0159ekl Jim v\u00e1\u017en\u011b. \u201ePokud bude t\u0159eba do podniku vlo\u017eit nov\u00fd kapit\u00e1l, sta\u010d\u00ed mi d\u00e1t v\u011bd\u011bt a j\u00e1 si vezmu pistoli a ta\u0161ku a zajdu si do nejbli\u017e\u0161\u00ed banky pro dluhopisy.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>K ob\u011bdu m\u011bl su\u0161enky, \u010daj a velk\u00fd pl\u00e1tek \u0161unky; k ve\u010de\u0159i m\u011bl su\u0161enky a \u010daj bez \u0161unky; a r\u00e1no, kdy\u017e \u0161el hledat n\u011bco k sn\u00eddani, odm\u00edtl v\u0161echny jin\u00e9 kombinace ne\u017e \u010daj a su\u0161enky. Bylo to trochu monot\u00f3nn\u00ed, ale uspokojiv\u00e9. V ko\u0161ili s vyhrnut\u00fdmi ruk\u00e1vy zametl sv\u016fj pokoj a chodbu, ustlal si postel a vydrhl \u0161irok\u00e9 schody p\u0159ed domem. Za\u010dal souc\u00edtit s pokojsk\u00fdmi, kter\u00e9 ho opustily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cel\u00fd den vj\u00ed\u017ed\u011bly do vesnice podivn\u00e9 dod\u00e1vky a mal\u00e1 arm\u00e1da tesa\u0159\u016f a mal\u00ed\u0159\u016f ze sousedn\u00edho m\u011bsta, mu\u017e\u016f, kte\u0159\u00ed nepova\u017eovali za hanbu pracovat pro h\u0159\u00ed\u0161n\u00edky, ale sp\u00ed\u0161e se py\u0161nili t\u00edm, \u017ee jsou zam\u011bstn\u00e1ni u gentlemana, kter\u00fd se proslavil u Old<br \/>Bailey, pracovala na pln\u00e9 obr\u00e1tky, aby p\u0159em\u011bnila \u0161edivou a neobyvatelnou gar\u00e1\u017e na sklad. Vzduch byl nabit\u00fd energi\u00ed. Zbo\u017e\u00ed p\u0159ich\u00e1zelo ka\u017edou hodinu.<br \/>Pan Colter st\u00e1l p\u0159ed sv\u00fdmi dve\u0159mi, s jednou rukou v kapse z\u00e1st\u011bry a druhou si hladil vousy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eBude to z\u00e1zrak na dev\u011bt dn\u00ed,\u201c \u0159ekl p\u0159ed publikem sv\u00fdch soused\u016f. \u201eTihle lid\u00e9, co jsou tu dnes a z\u00edtra u\u017e ne! V\u017edy\u0165 j\u00e1 m\u00e1m konkurenci a por\u00e1\u017e\u00edm je u\u017e t\u0159icet let!\u201c<br \/>Odpoledne byl let\u00e1k doru\u010den a sousedn\u00ed vesnice se dozv\u011bd\u011bly o senza\u010dn\u00edch a trval\u00fdch sn\u00ed\u017een\u00ed cen t\u00e9m\u011b\u0159 v\u0161eho zbo\u017e\u00ed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pan Colter \u0161el na policejn\u00ed stanici po\u017e\u00e1dat o pr\u00e1vn\u00ed radu a policejn\u00ed ser\u017eant, kter\u00fd si nebyl zcela jist\u00fd, a rozhodn\u011b nem\u011bl \u017e\u00e1dn\u00e9 znalosti o pr\u00e1vn\u00edch aspektech tohoto podb\u00edziv\u00e9ho procesu, ho odk\u00e1zal k pr\u00e1vn\u00edkovi. Bylo to poprv\u00e9 v \u017eivot\u011b, co zaplatil jedin\u00fd cent pr\u00e1vn\u00edkovi, ale situace vy\u017eadovala mimo\u0159\u00e1dn\u00e9 v\u00fddaje a panu Colterovi se nezd\u00e1lo, \u017ee by dostal za sv\u00e9 pen\u00edze odpov\u00eddaj\u00edc\u00ed hodnotu, kdy\u017e mu bylo \u0159e\u010deno, \u017ee nem\u016f\u017ee nic d\u011blat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eMluvit o spiknut\u00ed je absurdn\u00ed,\u201c \u0159ekl pr\u00e1vn\u00edk. \u201eNic tomuto nov\u00e9mu chl\u00e1pkovi nebr\u00e1n\u00ed v tom, aby rozd\u00e1val sv\u00e9 zbo\u017e\u00ed zadarmo.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eAle za touto skand\u00e1ln\u00ed z\u00e1le\u017eitost\u00ed stoj\u00ed pen\u00edze zlod\u011bje!\u201c na\u0159\u00edkal pan Colter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eKdyby to byl vrah, nic by to nezm\u011bnilo,\u201c \u0159ekl pr\u00e1vn\u00edk s uspokojen\u00edm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Colter si po porad\u011b s man\u017eelkou obl\u00e9kl kab\u00e1t a vyrazil do Wold House. V hale na\u0161el Jima, jak sed\u00ed na schodech s hromadou st\u0159\u00edbra u nohou, kter\u00e9 le\u0161til.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201ePosa\u010fte se,\u201c \u0159ekl Jim zdvo\u0159ile a pan Colter se rozhl\u00e9dl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> \u201eM\u016f\u017eete si sednout na podlahu, nebo m\u016f\u017eete vyj\u00edt o jeden schod v\u00fd\u0161 ne\u017e j\u00e1 a sednout si tam. Sly\u0161\u00edm v\u00e1s docela dob\u0159e a nen\u00ed nutn\u00e9, abych vid\u011bl va\u0161i tv\u00e1\u0159.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201ePod\u00edvejte se, pane Morlake, mysl\u00edm, \u017ee tahle z\u00e1le\u017eitost za\u0161la trochu p\u0159\u00edli\u0161 daleko. V\u00edte, \u017ee mi berete chl\u00e9b a m\u00e1slo z \u00fast?\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eV\u00edm, \u017ee jste mi ty sam\u00e9 v\u011bci a i dal\u0161\u00ed odep\u0159el,\u201c \u0159ekl Jim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eZ\u00edtra jdu za Jeho Lordstvem. Jdu se zeptat, jestli hrab\u011b z Creithu dopust\u00ed, aby byl n\u011bkter\u00fd z jeho soused\u016f p\u0159ipraven o \u017eivobyt\u00ed. Ne \u017ee bys to ud\u011blal ty,\u201c \u0159ekl pan Colter. \u201eM\u00e1m v t\u00e9to \u010dtvrti p\u0159\u00e1tele u\u017e \u010dty\u0159icet let! Stoj\u00ed za mnou cel\u00e1 obec!\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eUvid\u00ed\u0161, jak se k tob\u011b budou hrnout, a\u017e za\u010dne platit to dvacetip\u011btiprocentn\u00ed sn\u00ed\u017een\u00ed!\u201c \u0159ekl Jim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eTo je ta nejskand\u00e1ln\u011bj\u0161\u00ed v\u011bc, jak\u00e1 se kdy v historii sv\u011bta stala!\u201c vyk\u0159ikl obchodn\u00edk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eZapomn\u011bl jsi na masakr hugenot\u016f,\u201c \u0159ekl Jim, \u201ea na Neronovy lv\u00ed z\u00e1pasy a p\u00e1r dal\u0161\u00edch nevkusn\u00fdch ud\u00e1lost\u00ed.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pan Colter se vr\u00e1til do vesnice, sepsal prohl\u00e1\u0161en\u00ed o sv\u00e9m postoji, kter\u00e9 vytiskl jeden neproz\u0159eteln\u00fd pap\u00edrn\u00edk, a roznesl ho do ka\u017ed\u00e9 domu ve vesnici \u2013 neproz\u0159eteln\u00fd proto, \u017ee n\u00e1sleduj\u00edc\u00edho r\u00e1na p\u0159i\u0161el dopis od horshamsk\u00e9ho pr\u00e1vn\u00edka, kter\u00fd po\u017eadoval, aby mu bylo zasl\u00e1no jm\u00e9no pr\u00e1vn\u00edho z\u00e1stupce tiska\u0159e,<br \/>jeliko\u017e jeho klient hodl\u00e1 podat \u017ealobu pro pomluvu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u010caj a such\u00e9 su\u0161enky u\u017e Jimovi za\u010d\u00ednaly l\u00e9zt na nervy, kdy\u017e toho sam\u00e9ho r\u00e1na objevil ne\u010dekanou z\u00e1sobu vajec. Necht\u011blo se mu rozd\u011bl\u00e1vat ohe\u0148 v kuchyni; na\u0161el va\u0159i\u010d a z\u00e1sobu lihu a to si p\u0159ipravil ve sv\u00e9 pon\u011bkud neuspo\u0159\u00e1dan\u00e9 pracovn\u011b. Uva\u0159il \u010daj, prost\u0159el st\u016fl s v\u00fdtiskem rann\u00edch novin a pustil se do va\u0159en\u00ed vajec. O va\u0159en\u00ed vajec v\u011bd\u011bl jen m\u00e1lo, krom\u011b toho, \u017ee je zapot\u0159eb\u00ed ur\u010dit\u00e9ho mno\u017estv\u00ed tepla, ur\u010dit\u00e9ho po\u010dtu vajec a p\u00e1nve. M\u00edstnost byla \u0161ed\u00e1 od kou\u0159e a p\u00e1chla sp\u00e1lenou p\u00e1nv\u00ed, kdy\u017e dorazila ne\u010dekan\u00e1 n\u00e1v\u0161t\u011bva.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Ve\u0161la otev\u0159en\u00fdmi dve\u0159mi a st\u00e1la ve dve\u0159\u00edch s otev\u0159en\u00fdmi \u00fasty a sledovala jeho primitivn\u00ed pokus o va\u0159en\u00ed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eAch, co to d\u011bl\u00e1\u0161?\u201c zeptala se zd\u011b\u0161en\u011b a p\u0159eb\u011bhla p\u0159es pokoj, aby mu vzala z ruky tu kou\u0159\u00edc\u00ed ohavnost. \u201eTy jsi do p\u00e1nve nedal \u017e\u00e1dn\u00fd tuk!\u201c \u0159ekla. \u201eJak m\u016f\u017ee\u0161 o\u010dek\u00e1vat, \u017ee uva\u0159\u00ed\u0161 vejce bez n\u011bjak\u00e9ho tuku?\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Z \u00fa\u017easu on\u011bm\u011bl. Posledn\u00ed osobou, kterou o\u010dek\u00e1val, \u017ee uvid\u00ed ve Wold House v t\u00e9to krizov\u00e9 chv\u00edli, byla Jane Smithov\u00e1. A p\u0159ece to byla Jane Smithov\u00e1, hez\u010d\u00ed ne\u017e kdy jindy ve sv\u00e9m prost\u00e9m modr\u00e9m kost\u00fdmku, s velk\u00fdm b\u00edl\u00fdm l\u00edme\u010dkem ve stylu Petra Pana a mal\u00fdm \u010dern\u00fdm klobou\u010dkem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eKde se tu sakra bere\u0161?\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eP\u0159i\u0161la jsem z vesnice,\u201c \u0159ekla a zk\u0159ivila nos s v\u00fdrazem znechucen\u00ed. \u201eFuj! Otev\u0159i okno.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201ePro\u010d, nem\u00e1\u0161 r\u00e1da vejce?\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eVyj\u00e1d\u0159ila snad n\u011bkter\u00e1 z t\u011bchto vajec p\u0159\u00e1n\u00ed b\u00fdt sp\u00e1lena?\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>On se ani nepohnul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eP\u0159edpokl\u00e1d\u00e1m, \u017ee v\u00ed\u0161\u2014\u2014\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eV\u00edm v\u0161echno.\u201c Zhasla lihov\u00fd plamen a odlo\u017eila p\u00e1nev, pak si sundala kab\u00e1t a klobouk a hodila je na pohovku.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> \u201eP\u0159i\u0161la jsem se o tebe postarat,\u201c \u0159ekla, \u201ety uboh\u00fd americk\u00fd sirotku!\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 XXII. &#8211; V\u00edtej Doma Jim Morlake je\u0161t\u011b nikdy nejel tak pomalu jako na cest\u011b dom\u016f do Wold House. Dok\u00e1zal si dob\u0159e p\u0159edstavit, \u017ee sussexsk\u00e1 <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/?p=65043\" 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-65043","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\/65043","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=65043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65043\/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=65043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=65043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=65043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}