{"id":65049,"date":"2026-09-17T20:39:46","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T18:39:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/?p=65049"},"modified":"2026-09-17T20:39:47","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T18:39:47","slug":"edgar-wallace-the-black-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/?p=65049","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 XXIV. &#8211; Jim se n\u011bco dozv\u00edd\u00e1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lady Joan Carstonov\u00e1! Jim nemohl uv\u011b\u0159it sv\u00fdm u\u0161\u00edm.<br \/>\u201eSnad se m\u00fdl\u00edte, sle\u010dno Hamonov\u00e1?\u201c \u0159ekl. \u201eTato d\u00e1ma je sle\u010dna\u2014\u2014\u201c Zmlkl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eTato d\u00e1ma je lady Joan Carstonov\u00e1 a jsem r\u00e1da, \u017ee vid\u00edm, jak jste dob\u0159\u00ed p\u0159\u00e1tel\u00e9. Jsem si jist\u00e1, \u017ee snoubenka m\u00e9ho bratra mi r\u00e1da pom\u016f\u017ee s m\u00fdm mal\u00fdm pl\u00e1nem, jak z v\u00e1s a Ralpha ud\u011blat je\u0161t\u011b lep\u0161\u00ed p\u0159\u00e1tele.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eKdo je snoubenka va\u0161eho bratra?\u201c zeptala se Joan, zasko\u010den\u00e1 t\u00edmto chladn\u00fdm tvrzen\u00edm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eObecn\u011b se m\u00e1 za to, \u017ee jste to vy,\u201c usm\u00e1la se Lydia sladce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eTo se mo\u017en\u00e1 m\u00e1 za to v bl\u00e1zinc\u00edch, kde m\u00e1 mnoho lid\u00ed dokonce dojem, \u017ee jsou p\u0159\u00edbuzn\u00ed Napoleona Bonaparta,\u201c \u0159ekla Joan ost\u0159e, ale rozhodn\u011b to neplat\u00ed ani pro m\u011b, ani pro m\u00e9ho otce. A my bychom to m\u011bly v\u011bd\u011bt jako prvn\u00ed.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Lydia pokr\u010dila rameny. Sna\u017eila se naj\u00edt vysv\u011btlen\u00ed pro p\u0159\u00edtomnost t\u00e9 d\u00edvky v tomto dom\u011b a z jej\u00edho pohledu bylo mo\u017en\u00e9 jen jedno vysv\u011btlen\u00ed.<br \/>A pak j\u00ed za\u010dalo doch\u00e1zet, \u017ee d\u016fm je pr\u00e1zdn\u00fd, a\u017e na tyto dv\u011b osoby, a jej\u00ed postoj, chov\u00e1n\u00ed i hlas v d\u016fsledku toho \u0161oku okam\u017eit\u011b ztuhl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eP\u0159edpokl\u00e1d\u00e1m, \u017ee v\u00e1\u0161 otec je tady, lady Joan?\u201c zeptala se upjat\u011b.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eM\u016fj otec nen\u00ed v Creithu,\u201c odpov\u011bd\u011bla d\u00edvka, kter\u00e1 pochopila, kam m\u00ed\u0159\u00ed. \u201eAni moje teta, ani \u017e\u00e1dn\u00fd z m\u00fdch bratranc\u016f. Vlastn\u011b nem\u00e1m ve Woldovi \u017e\u00e1dn\u00e9ho jin\u00e9ho doprovodu krom\u011b kuchy\u0148sk\u00fdch kamen a pocitu sv\u00e9 nesm\u00edrn\u00e9 nad\u0159azenosti.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Obo\u010d\u00ed zrzav\u00e9 d\u00edvky se zvedlo do \u0161pi\u010dek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eMysl\u00edm, \u017ee by se to Ralphovi nel\u00edbilo\u2026\u201c za\u010dala.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eJe tolik v\u011bc\u00ed, kter\u00e9 se Ralphovi nel\u00edb\u00ed\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> \u2013 byl to Jim, kdo zas\u00e1hl a zachr\u00e1nil Joan Carstonovou p\u0159ed pon\u00ed\u017een\u00edm omlouvat se za v\u011bci, kter\u00e9 by nepochybn\u011b \u0159ekla \u2013 \u201eale neobt\u011b\u017eoval bych se je vypo\u010d\u00edt\u00e1vat. Nemysl\u00edm si, sle\u010dno Hamonov\u00e1, \u017ee bychom m\u011bli lady Joan obt\u011b\u017eovat star\u00fdm rodinn\u00fdm sv\u00e1rem.\u201c<br \/>Obr\u00e1til se k d\u00edvce a podal j\u00ed ruku.<br \/>\u201eJsem v\u00e1m nesm\u00edrn\u011b vd\u011b\u010dn\u00fd,\u201c \u0159ekl. \u201eJe to velmi ban\u00e1ln\u00ed v\u011bta, ale dokonale vyjad\u0159uje, jak se c\u00edt\u00edm.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>O\u010dek\u00e1val, \u017ee bude v rozpac\u00edch, ale ona byla sam\u00e1 vyrovnanost a on \u017easl nad jej\u00edm sebeovl\u00e1d\u00e1n\u00edm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eMysl\u00edm, \u017ee byste m\u011bl rad\u011bji j\u00edt hledat sv\u00e9 slu\u017eebn\u00e9,\u201c \u0159ekla s jiskrou v o\u010d\u00edch, \u201ea domluvit se s nimi, aby za v\u00e1mi p\u0159i\u0161ly z\u00edtra odpoledne ve dv\u011b hodiny.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Zd\u016fraznila ta slova a z jeho srdce spadl k\u00e1men, proto\u017ee v\u011bd\u011bl, \u017ee Joan Carstonov\u00e1 tam bude na sn\u00eddani.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Lydia sledovala d\u00edvku, jak kr\u00e1\u010d\u00ed po p\u0159\u00edjezdov\u00e9 cest\u011b.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eTak\u017ee je pravda, \u017ee Lady Joan je s v\u00e1mi zasnouben\u00e1?\u201c zeptala se a Jimovi poklesla \u010delist. \u201e\u0158ekla mi to, ale myslela jsem si, \u017ee je \u2013 no, otravn\u00e1.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eZasnouben\u00e1 se mnou?\u201c vydechl. \u201eTo \u2013 to \u0159ekla?\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Lydia se pohrdav\u011b usm\u00e1la.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eSamoz\u0159ejm\u011b to nebyla pravda, i kdy\u017e by to pravda b\u00fdt mohla, soud\u011b podle jej\u00ed nerozv\u00e1\u017enosti. Je to va\u0161e kamar\u00e1dka?\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eSkv\u011bl\u00e1 kamar\u00e1dka,\u201c \u0159ekl Jim neur\u010dit\u011b, \u201eale jen v tom smyslu, v jak\u00e9m je Lady Bountiful kamar\u00e1dkou upoutan\u00e9ho vesni\u010dana.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eA vy jste samoz\u0159ejm\u011b ten upoutan\u00fd vesni\u010dan?\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Vynutila si \u00fasm\u011bv, ale on v jej\u00ed tv\u00e1\u0159i zahl\u00e9dl n\u011bco z emoc\u00ed, kter\u00e9 se sna\u017eila potla\u010dit, kdy\u017e si vzpomn\u011bla na d\u016fvod sv\u00e9 n\u00e1v\u0161t\u011bvy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eV\u00e1\u017en\u011b, pane Morlake,\u201c \u0159ekla t\u00e1hl\u00fdm hlasem, \u201enemysl\u00edte, \u017ee je na \u010dase, aby ta va\u0161e hloup\u00e1 h\u00e1dka s Ralphem skon\u010dila?\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eM\u00e1m to ch\u00e1pat tak, \u017ee jste vyslankyn\u011b s olivovou ratolest\u00ed?\u201c zeptal se s lehk\u00fdm pobaven\u00edm. \u201eProto\u017ee pokud ano, p\u0159edpokl\u00e1d\u00e1m, \u017ee stejn\u011b jako v\u0161ichni vyslanci mi m\u00e1te co nab\u00eddnout krom\u011b nehmotn\u00e9ho p\u0159\u00e1telstv\u00ed, a to nav\u00edc velmi pochybn\u00e9 kvality.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>P\u0159e\u0161la ke dve\u0159\u00edm, zav\u0159ela je a pak se p\u0159ibl\u00ed\u017eila a ti\u0161e \u0159ekla:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201eRalph \u0159\u00edkal, \u017ee jste cht\u011bl n\u011bco, co m\u011bl \u2013 u\u017e to nem\u00e1!\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Jim se na ni zamra\u010dil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eZni\u010dil to?\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eU\u017e to nem\u00e1,\u201c zopakovala d\u00edvka. \u201eJe to v jin\u00fdch rukou.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Z\u00edral na ni nev\u011b\u0159\u00edcn\u011b.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eMysl\u00edte to v\u00e1\u017en\u011b?\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 \/>\u201eJak to tedy, \u017ee je v\u00e1\u0161 bratr na svobod\u011b?\u201c zeptal se a ona se p\u0159i tom rozzu\u0159ila.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eNev\u00edm, co t\u00edm mysl\u00edte, pane Morlake. \u201aNa svobod\u011b?\u2018 Mysl\u00edte t\u00edm, \u017ee by m\u016fj bratr m\u011bl b\u00fdt ve v\u011bzen\u00ed?\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eVe v\u011bzen\u00ed by m\u011bl b\u00fdt tak jako tak,\u201c \u0159ekl Jim klidn\u011b. \u201eAle pokud ten dokument \u2013 a p\u0159edpokl\u00e1d\u00e1m, \u017ee m\u00e1te na mysli ur\u010dit\u00fd dokument \u2013 padl do jin\u00fdch rukou,<br \/>pak by v\u00e1\u0161 bratr m\u011bl s nejv\u011bt\u0161\u00ed pravd\u011bpodobnost\u00ed, pokud ten, kdo ho na\u0161el, nen\u00ed zlod\u011bj a vyd\u011bra\u010d, \u010dekat na soud.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Bylo mu zcela z\u0159ejm\u00e9, \u017ee mluv\u00ed naslepo a \u017ee nem\u00e1 pon\u011bt\u00ed o povaze ztracen\u00e9ho dokumentu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eCo chce, abych ud\u011blal?\u201c pokra\u010doval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eZejm\u00e9na si p\u0159eje va\u0161e p\u0159\u00e1telstv\u00ed,\u201c \u0159ekla. \u201ePo\u017e\u00e1dal m\u011b, abych v\u00e1m vzk\u00e1zala, \u017ee mezi v\u00e1mi nen\u00ed \u017e\u00e1dn\u00fd spor, kter\u00fd by se nedal urovnat.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eJin\u00fdmi slovy, pokud ten p\u00e1n, kter\u00fd m\u00e1 prohl\u00e1\u0161en\u00ed v rukou, ho zve\u0159ejn\u00ed, v\u00e1\u0161 bratr si p\u0159eje, abych sv\u011bd\u010dil v jeho prosp\u011bch?\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Zav\u00e1hala.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eNev\u00edm, jestli si to p\u0159eje \u2013 mo\u017en\u00e1 ano. Ne\u0159ekl mi nic v\u00edc, ne\u017e jsem v\u00e1m \u0159ekla j\u00e1, \u017ee to, co jste cht\u011bl, mu vyklouzlo z rukou, a po\u017e\u00e1dal m\u011b o va\u0161e p\u0159\u00e1telstv\u00ed.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Jim do\u0161el k oknu a pod\u00edval se ven, sna\u017e\u00edc se vy\u0159e\u0161it h\u00e1danku, kterou mu p\u0159edlo\u017eila; a celou dobu mu hlavou b\u011bhalo to je\u0161t\u011b \u00fa\u017easn\u011bj\u0161\u00ed zji\u0161t\u011bn\u00ed, \u017ee Jane Smithov\u00e1 je Joan Carstonov\u00e1, dcera hrab\u011bte z Creithu, a z jeho pohledu osoba, k n\u00ed\u017e se ned\u00e1 p\u0159ibl\u00ed\u017eit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To bylo prvn\u00ed z mnoha p\u0159ekvapen\u00ed, kter\u00e1 \u010dekala Jamese Morlakea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eNev\u00edm, co m\u00e1m d\u011blat,\u201c \u0159ekl a obr\u00e1til se zp\u011bt k Lydii. \u201eSpor, jak tomu rad\u011bji \u0159\u00edk\u00e1te, mezi va\u0161\u00edm bratrem a mnou z\u00e1vis\u00ed na tom, zda provede n\u00e1pravu. To mu m\u016f\u017eete vy\u0159\u00eddit.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eTak\u017ee to bude v\u00e1lka?\u201c \u0159ekla trochu dramaticky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Usm\u00e1l se a okam\u017eit\u011b byl zase v\u00e1\u017en\u00fd.<br \/>\u201eAno, ob\u00e1v\u00e1m se, \u017ee to bude v\u00e1lka.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Zakousla se do rtu a rychle p\u0159em\u00fd\u0161lela. Jej\u00ed pokyny byly v\u00edcem\u00e9n\u011b v\u00e1gn\u00ed a Ralph Hamon nechal na n\u00ed, jak\u00fdm zp\u016fsobem jeho n\u00e1vrhy uvede do praxe. Mohla zaujmout i jin\u00fd postoj a rozhodla se, \u017ee nastal okam\u017eik, kdy se ujme nov\u00e9 role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eV\u00edte, co to pro m\u011b znamen\u00e1, pro jeho jedinou sestru?\u201c zeptala se s m\u00edrn\u00fdm chv\u011bn\u00edm v hlase. \u201eUv\u011bdomujete si, co to znamen\u00e1 le\u017eet noc co noc vzh\u016fru,<br \/>p\u0159em\u00fd\u0161let, tr\u00e1pit se a b\u00e1t se toho, co p\u0159inese r\u00e1no?\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>\u201eJe mi l\u00edto, ale ne. Up\u0159\u00edmn\u011b, sle\u010dno Hamonov\u00e1, nem\u00e1m s v\u00e1mi soucit. Pokud je pravda, \u017ee poci\u0165ujete tyto obavy a emoce \u2013 no, to je ne\u0161\u0165astn\u00e9.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201eTo zn\u00ed jako od mal\u00e9 d\u00e1my,\u201c \u0159ekl Jim Morlake, kdy\u017e ji doprov\u00e1zel ke dve\u0159\u00edm.<\/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 XXIV. &#8211; Jim se n\u011bco dozv\u00edd\u00e1 Lady Joan Carstonov\u00e1! Jim nemohl uv\u011b\u0159it sv\u00fdm u\u0161\u00edm.\u201eSnad se m\u00fdl\u00edte, sle\u010dno Hamonov\u00e1?\u201c \u0159ekl. \u201eTato d\u00e1ma je sle\u010dna\u2014\u2014\u201c Zmlkl. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/?p=65049\" 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-65049","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\/65049","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=65049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65049\/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=65049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=65049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.invarena.cz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=65049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}