See eras 'Q ‘Who ied Charles McCarthy? And why? Was it really his Son? Sherlock Holmes, the famous English detective, must answer these questions His friend, Dr Watson, helps him to find the murderer. porch othe oy of read nits and easy accessible versions ofthe iterary classics published by angi sound the world Each book hasan nroduction and enone ned 3tzven lol fom Enytarts (200 r15987 B3 toncman I | | 80582) O3HAKOMHTeAbHaA Konnas - frengli Arthur Conan Doyle iC Sherlock Holmes ind the Mystery of Boscombe Pool| Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of Boscombe Pool SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE Level Retold by JY. K. Kerr Series Editors: Andy Hopkins nd Jocelyn Potter O3HaKOMHTeAbHaA Konna - frenglish.ruContents ‘ateg onto aC gd ot an Cong hg ea ‘Ste as a pry mr os mf ed Introduction “Theta he Anes ete “in cp py Pato Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of Boscombe Pool key Aas ey npn nid Bose Rowen frp > hae ea cpbtO51K Kee mt ‘tam pr © Do Ca 91 Tagamet Daley W Di eat -rafaeen io pty i 8 Pa i) “hen i er kf bee 3 I ‘ern pana pbs ' Sa sn da gun Recon eee O3HaKOMHTeAbHaA Konna - frenglish.ru. 1 38Introduction — “Baeything points the fat that he young mani uly, dos it not?" said, "The fas ae not ahuays wha they seen,” enswered Holmes. ‘Tf we look at tha in nother yey ca ell uta diferent story" ‘As usual, Sherlock Holmes has asked his friend Dr Watson to come with him to study another crime. As usual, ts Dr Watson ‘who tells the tory. A rich man, Charles McCarthy, is dead. He ied near Boscombe Pool, hit on the head with something heavy. Who killed him? The police are sure that they know. Young Patience Moran saw Mr McCarthy and James, his son, by the lake, They were both shouting. James vas very angry. He was lifing up his arm. ‘The facts are cleat. But Sherlock Holmes is not so sur. The police hve taken James away and ke isin prison, waiting for the ‘cate to come to court. Holmes has to work fist to find the ral murderer ‘Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1859, tone of seven children. He was a clever boy, who loved reading Afier school he studied medicine at Edinburgh University (One of the teachers there was a doctor called Joseph Bell Bell could look a¢ a person and tell you what his job was. He had a scientific way of studying people’ faces, movements and clothes. When Conan Doyle was writing about his great detective, hhe remembered Joreph Bell. Like Sherlock Holmes, Bell was eal and thin, ‘After he finished his studies, Conan Doyle fist worked as 4 ship's doctor. Then he went to work in the south-west of England, near Portsmouth. He lived there for eight years. For O3HaKOMHTeAbHaA Konna - frenglish.ru.part of this time, his younger brother, Innes, lived with him. Some people say that Conan Doyle used Innes for De Watson in his stories. Conan Doyle did not have much medical work, so he spent a lot of his time writing. His fist book sbout Sherlock Holmes was A Study in Sale, which he wrote in 1887. He sent it to ewo companies but they sent the book back. A third com- pany accepted it but paid Conan Dayle only £25! The Sign of Four came out three yeats later. But Conan Doyle's real scees. With Sherlock Holmes began in 1891 whem he started co write short stories for the Srand Magevne. Later, these tories came ‘out as complete books: ist, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1892) and then The Memoirs of Shera Holmes (1894) Conan Doyle began to get tired of his detective and wanted to “til! him. fn one story, Holmes had a fig with his greatest enemy, Professor Moriarty, and fell to his death in the Swiss ‘mountains. Conan Doyle was unhappy that readers didn't show the same interes in his historical books ike The White Company (1891) oF his scientific adventure stories bike The Lost Wirld (4912), Everybody sill preferred Holmes and Watson. Conan Doyle found that he had to bring Holmes back t life and write five more books about him. Eich of these was an immediate success. In his late life, Conan Doyle became interested in send- ing and receiving messages to and from the world ofthe dead. He died in 1980, athe age of 71. ‘Conan Doyle was not the frst person to write detective stores, He got the idea from one of his fivourite writers, the American, [Edgar Allan Poe. But Poe's French detective, Dupin, is almost unknown because Poe wrote only one short story about him, “The Murders in the Rue Morgue’. Sherlock Holmes, on the ‘other hand, sin over a hundred stories. Today, Holmes ssl the ‘world’s mos famous detecive and one of the most famous people in English literature, The stories are on sale in many languages. There have been many plays films, and television programmes about him. Everyone recognizes his long, unsmiling face, his special hat and special kind of pipe. ‘He is all mind and no heart,’ Conan Doyle once said, But for many readers Sherlock Holmes is ikea eal person, Since Conan Doyle died, people have writen Sherlock Holmes's life story and made ‘museums about him and his work. People ffom all over the ‘world go to see his flat at 224B Baker Steet, in central London. O3HaKOMHTeAbHaA Konna - frenglish.ruWill you go? said my wif looking ars a me O3HaKOMHTeADHas Koma - frengli Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of Boscombe Pool One morning, { vas having breakfast with my wife when a telegram arived. twas from Sherlock Holmes. It ea: _Are yon fie fra day orto? Mast goto the west of England to help ith the Boscombe Pool murder Shall be gla f you can come with me. ‘The change willbe good for us. Leaving Paddington station on the 11.15 tain Will you go? suid my wile looking across at me, “L really don't know what to sy,’ I answered. ‘I have a lot ‘fick people ta visit.” “Anstruther can do your work for you. You are looking tired and L think change from your work ‘will be good for you. You are always so interested in Mr Holmes's “As always you ate right, my dear. But if T do go, 1 must get ready immediately, because the tain leaves in half an hour” My early life asa soldier taught me to travel with very few things, In a few. minutes, I was on my way to Paddington seation. There I found my old fiend in is long grey coat and his fvourite hat. e was walking up and down te platform “Ici really very good of you to come, Watson,’ he suid ‘I need a ftiend like you a times like this. No one cam help me a ‘you can, Please keep two comer places and I shall buy the tickets" We were alone during the tain journey. Holmes had a lange number of newspapers with him and for much of the time he wrote and thought. Finally, he made the papers 1into a very lage ball and threw chem sway, Keeping. only "Have you heard anything about this case” he asked. ‘No, nothing. Thave not seen a newspaper for some days.” “The London papers have not written such about i. have read chem all because I need to know all the fas. It seems to be ‘one of those cases which looks very clear. That i why I chink it ‘wl be difficule, “Isnt char strange?” “Oh no, Cates which seem very cay lke tis one are often the hardest, find. But just nowy things look very serious forthe son of the murdered man. ‘So you ae sue that itis a murder? “Not yet Ie seems to be. But I must believe nothing until 1 have studied all the ficts. Now I shal explain in a few words what have read, ‘Boscombe Valley is near Ros in Herefordshire. A large part of the land there belongs to a Mr John Turner. He made lot fof money in Australia and returned to live in England some years ago. His neighbour, Mr Charles MeCarthy, was also in ‘Avsrala ‘and liver at Hatherley, a farm which beloigs ‘Turner, The two men fist met in Awsralia and itis natural that they have choten to live in the same neighbourhood. ‘Tamer is the richer man and it veems that McCarthy pays him for the use of his farm, They seem to be good ftiends and spend quite 2 lor oftheir time together. McCarthy has one son, who is eighteen years old, and Turner has 2 daughter who is about the same age. The wives of both men are dead, The two families lived quiely and did not mix much with other people. McCarthy had two servants but Turner in his big house has several more ~ about six. That is all I have been able to find ‘out about these families” “What about the murder, then?" I aked "Have you head anything abo thie ase?” he asked 3 o3HakomuTeAbHas Konna - frenglish.ru‘Doe'sary Wom jut itn am cong th “Lt Mond, 3 Jone Chats Mca met thea of os wh cee. Thi ot in th mcg Whe be we ther, he tl ssa ory bce had an npr ‘meeting with someone at chree o'clock that afternoon. They g REE. dhe bck gly wr ou a Hately. je bee ce i Mn o'eock, McCanly lef the farmbowse and walked down lone to eso Ieaeiabe Ril Sacer Se akan ‘Tes a quarter of a mile 6om Hatherley Earm to Boscombe a piles neato Keys ce Sar One was st old won bt we do not now ber me The other ms mannan of Mr Tone elled Won ‘Gowdet Bth poopl ny at McCarthy wa soe The srt digs ee ro se i ar cay he ak tw ison Manes McCarty ping the ae oy He bad unser hs am The son cul ser slater tod wat flowing him Bor Cmdr se ren, ght tething ofthis tlhe beard of McChord ning” “ou eapintallo dea’ T id “Taw ell yout ten dea decor When he nied, yor uy whe yo ie al cosine “Another penon aw he two, McCarty afer Wiliam Cowier ‘The land srund Bowconie Polis fl of weet ws line grain he pen prs bd the wer Ag of Sno Tchoas Keun Sebiafloven magenta vn tha arn, Se sw McCarthy and hs won cose toe ie They toh med be vey apy She Deed ME McCay ing ony ngage oh son Shes the oun ‘tai op his oa Heed dy hh eS fo fghened dat he on wy, When sh go home te der ‘thro ticpna"When Lee testy cab ging he + hte on he ws pang Young pee ta if ‘Patience Moran sew Mr McCarthy and his som coset the ake 4 They both seemed tobe very angry. O3HaKOMHTeAbHaA Konna - frenglish.ru‘Mr McCarthy came running up to tir house. “I have Jost found my father by the pooh” he shouted. “He is dead. We must get belp.” He looked very excited, without either bis hat fr his gun. His right hand vas ted with blood. Immediately, Patience’s parents went with him zo dhe pool, where they found his father's dead body lying on the gras There were many ‘wounds in his head, made by something thick and heavy like the wooden part ofthe young man's gun, They found this gun Tying on the grass not far fom the dead mga. The police soon ‘ame and immediately held the young man for questioning, then locked him up. His case will come up in a few weeks’ “Byerything points to the fact thatthe young man is guilty, oes it not" [id “The facts are not always what they seem,’ answered Holmes “We thnk that che all point tothe same thing but, if we look at ~them in another way, they can tell quite a diferent story. Its true that the case against the young man is very serious and maybe he is in fact guilty. But there are several people wh believe that he is innocent. One of these is Mis Turner, the daughter of McCarthy's neighbour. She has asked Detective Lestrade to take on the case and now Lestrade, since he cannot really say no, has asked me to help him. That is why we are hurrying along in a tain instead of having 2 qui breakfast at home.” “Tam afaid that the case is so clear that no one will thank you for showing what happened, Tsaid “We shall se,” my friend answered. “We both know that Lesuade is not as clever at he thnks and Iam sure chat I shall notice some things which he has mised, But there i something ‘more to tell you. When the police came to Hatherley Farm and took young McCarthy prisoner he sad, “Iam deeply sorry but | am not surprised. I was expecting this.” 6 Jes McCarry come running up t0 the Mean family's house and sald, ‘have just found my father by the pol. leis dead." o3HakomuTeAbHas Konna - frenglish.ru“Ofcourse. that shows that he gui, tsi, “tn no way. ln fact, he has repeated many times that he i innocent.” “But thats hard'o believe don't you think?” “OF course not. He cannot be so scupid chat he does not redize the danger which he isin. So he cannot be surprised that he is prisoner. Clealy he is sorry that his father is dead and that they had a quarrel. His feelings are quite natural, 1 think.” 4 ‘So what tory does this young man have to tell? “You can read it herein this newspaper, said Holmes, He tive it to me and pointed to the right page. This is what 1 read: -MrJames McCarthy, the son ofthe dead man, gave the following. story: "T was away from home for three days becase I had busi- ness in Bristol. I came back only last Mondiy in the morning. [My father was not at home when I arrived. A servant told me that he was in Ros on busines. After some time, I heard the ‘wheels of his carriage coming back. [looked out of the window and saw him walking quickly away fom the house {did not Jknow where he was going, I then took my gun and went for 3 ‘walk. wanted to shoot some binds in the tres on the other side ‘of Boscombe Pool. On my way, 1 pasted William Crowder, hhe has told you. But he is wrong when he says that I was following my father. had no idea that he was in front of me. When T'was about a hundred yande from the pool, I heard someone cal “Cooee!” My father and I often wsed this cll. Ihurried towards the pool and found him sanding there. He seemed very surprised to see me and ao quite angry. He aked, "What are you doing here?” I explained, we began to talk and more angry word fllowed. I became angry too. fle ready to hic im but instead 1 decided to leave. I know that my father 8 get angry very quickly, sometimes about things that are not important. 1 chen went back towards Hatherley Farm. Afier only one hundred and fify yards, I heard a terrible scream, so I ran back to the pool again I found my father on the ground. He was dying. There were terrible wounds on his head. I dropped say gun and held him in my arms but he died almost immediately stayed beside him for some minutes and then I made my way to the nearest house to atk for help. I saw no fone near my father when I returned with Mr and Mrs Moran. I have no idea how he got those wounds, He was a cold man and not much liked in the neighbourhood: bu I do not think that he had any enemies, That ial know about this busines. ‘Questioner: Did your father say anything to you before he ied? ‘McCarthy: His voice was very weak, He spoke a few words but I only understood something about art ‘Questioner: What did that mean to you? "McCarthy: It meant nothing. do not chink he knew what he was saying, ‘Quesioner: What were you taking about with your fither that made him so angry? McCarthy: prefer not to answer ‘Questioner:T must ask you to tll ws. McCarthy: Ie is nor posible for me to tell you. Please under stand that thas nothing to do with his murder. (Questioner; Thats fr us to decide. Ifyou do not answer, you must realize that the case against you wil be worse. ‘McCarthy: do not want to speak about it. Questioner: Ist tev that the cll of ‘Cooce" was a call which you and your father used between you? ‘McCarthy: Yes, O3HaKOMHTeAbHaA Konna - frenglish.ru.coo vy ema =m aa before he even knew of your retan from Bristol? "McCarthy do noc know. ‘Questioner:Did you se anything unusual when you ran back to find your father? “McCarthy: Nothing very clear. ‘Questioner: What do you mean? ‘McCarthy: was so surprised and worried that I could think only of ny father. But I remember that, as {ran towards him, 1 saw something on the ground tothe left of me. tseemed tobe a piece of grey cloth ~ a kind of coat, I think. When I got up, 1 Tooked for it again but i was gone. Questioner: Do you mean that it disappeared before you went for help? ‘McCarthy: Yes, it was gone, (Questioner: You cannot say what it was? ‘McCarthy: No, I just had a feeling that chere was something. there. Questioner:Fow far from the body? McCarthy: About fifteen yards away. (Questioner: And how far wast from the tees? ‘McCarthy: About the same. Questioner: So you think that someone took it while you ‘were only fifteen yards away? “Meth: Yes, but I had my back towards it ‘The questioning of McCarthy ended here. Looking at the newspaper | said, ‘I see thatthe questioner has wed hard words about young MeCarthy. He gives importance tthe fict that his fther called to him before he saw him and also that he did not want to explain his quarrel with his ther [He tells sto remember the strange words which the dying man spoke. All these things, he says, ate very much against the son. 10 | comer Boh you an the gue he ped ot Showing wh he og mars eet ost sx fut Ju iow im obese a cho Ser an! nt cer engi Hef nt vey dee ihe Stowe nin he gor nso ye ter el Sony rim An 00 dre wih trp yo he inte och dpe No Wa sal ey ce nh he es tt ht he organ py We Sec ht er Ad ow a peo ster wo! sate ee lw peo Row, We al tw teh Seino nd ar wl bate mimes Tew i tok bank fm hi orkid a sey, mine Tens nay fu ck when we ae ta he prt wo of ow A thn man ne ws Se on thar nce met ot Sr ts of Scand Yr Were th so ce weak orm "Thanked scrip! il Lee we inking sip oie Ti ln you al oe ed onto vee pce of emer "harap Thain ou Hes ave sec ce wae st elon Tone ke spo, nt gut andes’ be wat “Thee so wind doin hy ae a pack erage ok nth Sin i srl a ny Comrie Te nor tink tt Ts wed he ge de ge ag am ae ht youn ded ow thee lel a your uy a he nwa Sn dew indi ome dae yn tS ae a O3HaKOMHTeAbHaA Konna - frenglish.ru.A young woman hurried nt the rom. ‘have driven here 0 tel you ‘this: eno that James did nt doit.” hasto please a young woman and this one knows what she wants ‘She has heard of you and she decided to ask you to come. told her again and again that there is noching chat you can do which I Ihave not already done but oot!” ‘As he was speaking, a young woman hurried into the room: ‘She was one of the pretties gins that Ihave ever seen in my ie “Her eyes were shining, her lips open, ready to speak, and her face was pink with excitement She looked at each of us carefilly, and then turned to my fiend. "Oh Mr Sherlock Holmes,’ she std. She seemed to know immediately who he was. ‘I am so ghd that you have come. Ihave driven here to tell you this: know that James did ‘not do it.I know it and I want you to know it too, Pleate be Look, here is her carriage a the 2 guite sure ofthat fact before you start your work. I have known, him since we were both lisle children and I know his weak- nesses beter than anyone. But he is too soft-hearted to hurt, 2 y. Anyone who really knows him must believe that he is "Thope that we can show that to be true, Miss Turner,” sid Sherlock Holmes. "Believe me, shall do everything possible” ‘But you have read the fics. You have studied the problem. ‘You must see something wrong in what people are thinking, Some way of escape. Do you not believe that he is innocent?” “Think that probably hei" “There, now!” she sd, throwing back her head and turning to Lestrade. ‘Do you hear that? He gives me hope” Lestrade looked unhappy. He clearly thought that Holmes was rmisaken, ‘Tam afd that my fiend here is only guessing” he sid “But he is ight I know that he is right. James and his father Jad many quarrels about me. Mr McCarthy wanted us to get ‘marred, I have always loved James and he loves me but we are like brother and sister. He is ail young and knows very lide about hfe and ... and... mean, naturally he did not wish to marry just yet. So there were quarrel Iam sure that chis was one of them. “And your father? asked Holmes. ‘Did he also want you to mary James?" "No, he wat agnint it too. Only Mr McCarthy wanted it” Holmes was watching her carefully and we saw that her face suddenly became a deeper pink. “Thank you for ths information,’ Holmes std. “Can T come and vise your father tomorrow?” “Lam find chat the doctor willy no." “The doctor? “Yes, haven't you heard? My poor father has not been strong B O3HaKOMHTeAbHaA Konna - frenglish.rufor many years but with his sadnesesboot this murder he has become very ill. He is in bed and Dr Willows says that his case is serious. Mr McCarthy was the only person left who knew Father in the old days in Australia ~ when he was in Victoria” “Hal In Victoria? Thats important.” “Yes the mines.” “Ofcourse. understand that chose were the goldmines where ‘Mr Turner made his money." € "That is right” “Thank you, Miss Turner. You have been a very grext help to “You will tell me tomorrow if you have any news? I expect ‘that you will go to the prison to see James, Oh Mr Holmes, i€ you do go, please tll him this] know he is innocent.” “Lowi, Mis: Turner." “T must go home now because my fither needs me, He is unhappy if I leave him. Goodbye and God help you in your work.’ She hurried ffom the room and we heard her carriage moving away down the sect, “I am surprised at you, Holmes,’ aid Lestrade, after keeping silat fora few minutes. "Why do you give her hope when she s sore to lose it only too soon? Iam not sof-hearted, as you know, but I think you are being unkind.” “T believe that there is 2 way of saving James McCarthy, sid Holmes. Have you an order to see him inthe prison?” “Yes, but only for you and me “Then I shall change my plans and go out. We have still ot time to take a train to Hereford and see him tonight?" “Plenty of time.” “Then let us go. Watson, Iam affaid that you will be bored but {shall only be avay for an hour or two.” T walked with them to the staion and then came back alone 1“ O3HaKOMHTeAbHaA Konna - frenglish.ru. rough the sree of the litle town to ser hotel. There I st and tried to read a book. But the story was so stupid that my thoughts kepe returning to the Boscoribe Pool mystery. 1 could not follow the story, Finally, I dew the book acros the room and began to think only about the happenings of the day, Perhaps this unlucky young man's words were relly tre? In that case, what terrible thing happened becween the time that he left his father and the time that he ran back t0 the ool, hearing his dying screams? Something very Sghtening, 1 was aure. Bur what was i Maybe the shape.of the wounds had something to tell me, as doctor. I rang the bell and asked for the weekly newspaper, which had a description of them. ‘The wounds were in a group on the buck part of McCarthy's head, on the left side. Clearly the miderer bit him from behind, This fact made James McCarthy's story easier to believe, perhaps. They were fae to face during cher quare, he said OF course, c was ao possible that James hit him when his fier earned his back. Sil {decided to give Holmes this information, Then chere was the strange alk of a rat when the ‘old man ly dying. I is unusual for a dying man to we words ‘with no meaning, Probably he was trying to explain how tall happened. But what did it mean? I chought hard eying co find an answer to he mystery: bu [could not. Then there was the ‘gry cloth which young McCarthy saw. If this was tue, then pethaps the murderer dropped it~ his coat maybe ~ wen he ‘was running away. But the son was siting beside his father, just 2 few yards away and saw no one. So every prt of the cate seemed to bring more problems. Lestrade's ideas did not surprise me bat 1 believed strongly in my fiend Sherlock Holmes. ‘He will nd new fier," [thought to myel, ‘and 1 need not lose hope if each new fact point to young McCarthy's innocence” . 15‘ii f : RG ‘There Isat and tied to read a book. But my thowghts kept returning tothe Boxombe Pool mystery. Finally I hew the book aco the room, O3HaKOMHTeAbHas Kona - frenglish. re because Lestrade was saying at a diffrent hotel. told him about the head wounds, fact which he seemed to find interesting “The weather seems to be saying fine,’ he said, "We don’t ‘want any ran to fll before we can look at the ground. But we must rest and be freh for important work ofthis kind. did not ‘want to begin it afer that long journey. I have seen young McCarty.” “And what did you lear from him?” "Nothing. “Couldn't he tell you anything?” ‘Nothing, I have sid, At fr, thought that he must know the name ofthe murderer. He wanted to save him or her ~ that ‘was iy ides, But now Tam sure that he knows as litle as we do. must ay that he is not a very intelligent young man, even ifhe is good-looking and as, think, good-hearted, 1 do not thinke much of his ast,’ sad, ihe really does not ‘want to marry Miss Tarnet "Ah, that is along, sid story. This boy is deeply in love with hher,But ewo years ago he did 2 very stupid thing. Miss Turner ‘was sill at school then and avay from home. He did not know her very well. James became friendly with a woman in Bristol ‘who worked in a bar, He married her secrey. Even now,no one ‘knows that he is married So think of is feelings when his father told him again and again to marry Miss Tarner! He dearly want- ced to marry her but he knew that t was impossible. His father, 38 swenow know, was a cold, hard man and James could not tel hima about his wife, He has spent the last ree days in Brsol with this bar woman and his father of course knew nothing about i Remember chat fct. I is very important. But something good hha happened a ast, because his wife has now left him. She ead in the newspaper about his serious trouble and wants to have nothing more to do with him, She has written to sy that she hat 7"Theve s2on young McCarthy, But now Lam sure he nous as Tite as we do, said Holos. 1 husband already ~ a sailor ~ and thit she and James are not really married. This piece of news has made poor James + lot happier” "But James is innocent, then who did che murder?” “Ah, who? I want you to notice two important ficts. The frst is that the murdered man went to the pool to meet someone, ‘This person was not his son, becaute his som was away from Ihome. McCarthy did not know when his son was coming back. ‘The second fact is that the murdered man called “Cooce!", not knowing about his son's return. Those are the two things which ‘ill help co save young James. And now let us change the subject. ‘We shall tall no more of murders and leave al that business until 18 J pees the night and the next day was bright and cloudles. At tine o'clock Lestrade came 1 us with the carriage and we lef for Hatherley Farm and Boscombe Valley. “There isseious news ths morning, said Lestrade‘ hear that Mr Turner is dangerously ill The doctor thinks that he is dying" “He is quite an old man, then? asked Holmes. “About saty; bus his healt has been bad for some time. This busines has made him really ill, He was an old ‘fiend of ‘McCarthy's and helped him ina numberof ways. have learned that he gave him fee ute of Hathetley Farm.” 1s that erac? Ths most interesting. said Holmes. “Oh yes and he has helped him in otuer ways too. Everyone round here speaks of his kindnes to McCarcy. “Really? Don't you think ie stange then chat McCarthy ‘wanted his son to marry Turner's daughter? The Turners are rich and the McCarthys seem to be quite poor. We know that ‘old Mr Turner has always been agains the idea, His daughter told ws that, Don't you find that McCarthy's eiendlnes is ile nasal” "You are always fl of ideas, Mr Holmes,’ said Lestrade, look ing at me with a smile. have come here to study the facts and they are difcule enough. Your thoughts always fy aay from the real problems.” “You at right” said Holmes quietly. "You do find: dificult to notice the fact.” “Well, have understood one fact which you do not seem to ‘get hold of answered Lestrade, not very pleased. “And tha ie “That young McCarthy killed his father; any other way of seeing this cate is just not possible “Let ws agree to disagree, said Holmes, laughing, ‘Bur if am not mistaken, there is Hatherley Farm on the et 19 O3HaKOMHTeAbHaA Konna - frenglish.ruYes ae ie? 1c was along, low building made of grey stone and it looked comfortable, But the windows were all shut and there wat co smoke coming up from the roof. I Joked empty. We knocked fon the door and a young servant ial came out. She showed us first the boots which old Me McCarthy was weariag at the time of his death. Se ako showed us a pai ofthe son's boots. Holzaes seadied thei size and shape very carfly. He then asked to see the back ofthe house. From there we cook the path which went to Borcombe Pool Holmes semed to change as he hurried towards the place of the murder. He stopped being the quiet thinker of Baker Stet His face became redder and darker. His eyes shone with « hard light. He pressed his lips together and eld his face down and his body low, studying the ground. His thoughts were earned so fally to che case that he did not seem to hear anything that we ssid. Ihe did, he answered only with a shore word of «wo. He made his way quickly and silently slong the path which went across the fields and then down through the tes to Boscombe Pool ‘The ground was soft and wet as we got nearer. There were the marks of many feet both on the path and on the short {gras on exch side, Sometimes Holmes hurried on, sinetimes hhe suddenly stood still. Once he walked away from the path into a field. Lestrade and I walked behind him. Lestrade seemed bored and uninterested in what Holmes was daing but I watched my friend carfilly, knowing that every movement hada meaning. Boscombe Pool i a small piece of water about one hundred and ewenty yards wide. It lies at the end of the Hatherley Farm land where it joins the beautifil park land belonging to Mr Turner. Above the tees on the fir side of the pool we Hole studied the size and shape ofthe boos very carly could see the big red roof of Turner's home. On the Hatherley 2 i o3HakomuTeAbHas Konna - frenglish.ru“Hols ram here and there ke «dog which has emelled wild enim O3HaKOMHTeAbHas Kona - frenglish. side of the pool the wees grew thick, There was 4 narrow piece of open ground about forty yanis wide between the tucce and the watcr of the lake, This open part was covered with shor, wer gras. Lestade showed us the plice where the body wat lying when they found it. In fact, de ground was so soft that I could see che marks left by McCarthy's fl. Bu, looking at Holmes, I realized ffom his excited face and the ‘quick movement of his eyes that he was learning many other things from the marks on the grat, He ran here and there like 4 dog which has smelled a wild animal. Thea he turned to the detective “Why did you go into the pool” he asked Leitade. “T ehoughe that maybe there was a gun or a piece of clothing or something like that in the water. But tell me, bow: ‘Oh come now, Lestrade. I have no time. That left foot of your is everywhere A child can seit. Look over there, wiher it disappears into the grat. This cate was perfect exsy unl a crowd of people came and stupidly walked all ver the place Here is where the Morane came and their footmarks have covered the ground for five or sx yards around the body. But haere are three different lines ofthe same fect.” fying glass and lay down on top of his coat to see the marks better. Talking to himself more than to-us he said, "These are young McCarthy's fet. Twice he was walking and once he was running fist, because his toes are pressing deeper into the ground. That follows his story, does it ‘not? Then here are the father’s footmarks 2s he walked up and down, What is thi, chen? Ha, ha! What have we here? Some- ‘one walking on his toes. In boots with square toes too. Quite ‘unusual boos. They come, they go, they come again ~ of course, that was for the coat. Now, where did they come from?”He ay dour: and studied the ground with hs maguiying glass. He ran up and down, sometimes losing and sometimes finding the line of footmarks. Soon we were standing in the shadow of a very big te, the largest of them all. Holmes followed the marks to the far side ofthe uee. Then he ly down om his front again with an excited showt. For a long time, he sayed ther, turning lover the dry leaves until he picked up something small, which looked burned. He put this into an envelope. Next, he studied ‘oth the grousid and the sides of the tree with his magnifying ‘has. A big rough stone was ying among the leaves He looked this too with grat interes and kept it. Then he followed another line of footmarks. These went along a path through the tees ‘until they came toa road; where the matksdissppeared “Tehas been 4 most interesting cise,’ Holmes sid, becoming. himself again.‘ chink that this litle house on the right must be the Moran’ home will goin and have a word with Mr Moran, 24 A big rough sone was ling among the lave. Hales looked at hi th intra pet. O3HaKOMHTeAbHaA Konna - frenglish.ruPeshaps 1 will write a short letter. After that we shall drive back ‘Bur whois he?” to the town and have lunch, Pest wal tothe cacage. {shall “That wil no be diffe to find ou. The mimber of people ‘be with you again inten nies” ‘who Hive in his neighbourhood isnot re. * Lestrade had hpelesTook on his fice ‘lam asecibe man, ‘Ten minutes later, we were in the carriage, driving back to Ros, ‘he said dowly.'I really eannot run all over the place looking for a Holmes was still carrying with him the stone, found among the left-handed man with a bad leg. My friends at Scotland Yard will tees "You willbe intereted inthis’ he sa to Lestrade, ling eee out, “Allright std Holmes quiet." hae given you the informa ‘Tsee no marks on it” # tion. Now here we are at your addees, | believe. Goodbye. I shall “There are none send you a fewr words before ese. “How do you know tae tis importa, thes ‘We dropped Lestade at his hotel and then drove to ous, “The gras was growing uncer it Clea i washing tere for -where we found linch upon the table. conly a day or tw. I could not find the place cat it came fom: “Look here, Watson,’ sid my friend when the meal was over there are too many stones around. But itis thd right shape to. fF Jusesit here inthis chai and listen to me fora litle. am not sure ‘make the wound in McCarthy's head” |) what to do and your ides willbe wef Light a cigar and I shal “And the murderer?” explin” “Hie ia tall man, ltchanded, witha ba right leg. Fle wears "Plese do" thick shooting boots and a grey coat smokes Indian cigars uses “Well, when we fint learned about tht cae there were two Cipsholer and cases» porket-knfe~ not very sharp one! things hat we both noticed immediacy. Tey ae both pars of ‘There is more information that can give you: but that will e |} young McCarthy's story. To me they showed him to be inno- ‘enough for you to find him chink |} cent you they seemed to make him guy. The fst thing it Lestrade lnughed ‘sm iid Ifindall this ard to beliewe,'be |} that his father called "Cooee” eo him before he saw him. The ssi, ‘This information ill very well bu it does not show that2 second is that he spoke ofa rat she ay ying, esd several person is guilty of murder” |] other words, you remember, but that was the only word that his “We shal se sd Holmes. You workin your way nd shall ton understood. Now these two fics mst be the sar of our ‘wotk in mine.1 shall be busy this afternoon and I shal probably thinking, We shall lo begin by believing thatthe boy's try is ig0 back to London on the evening tin” IP pevfeaty rue” ‘And leave the case unfinished?” JF ‘What about this “Cooee" then? ‘Nosfinished.” “Wel, cleasy the father was not cling to his son. The son, “But the mystery?” } as fir at he knew, was in Bristol. fe was just luck that James ‘Isamysery no more | heard his fier’ ell. The "Cooee” was for the person that “Who was the guilty peron then?” cold McCarthy was going to meet. But “Cooce" is a special “Ob, God help us! The person Ihave just described, ofcourse’ call dat Australians wie, The perion whom MeCarhy on i 27 O3HaKOMHTeAbHaA Konna - frenglish.ruexpected to meet at Botcombe Pool wat probably someone ‘who knew Asai” “What about the atin tht cate?” Sherlock Holmes toak a piece of paper fiom his poche: and purit onthe able. “Tis isa ap of Auli" he wid sent or itl night" He put his hand over part ofthe map. What do you read he asked, “ARAT, Tread “And now? He lied his hand 2 ‘BALLARAT.’ “Quite sight That vas the wont which the old man spoke; but his son only understood the lat part of it, He was trying to give the mame of his murderer: Mr Something of Balarst? “That's mos surprising” [sid ‘eis perteedy cay” sid Holme. “And now, you se, the number of posible people immediately becomes much smaller. Someone who hats grey coat o jacket: tht ie another thing we can be sue about, if we believe the son's try. We have already come fom knowing nothing ta ite of an Asta rm Ballarat with a grey cout! “Quite ue. “And this perion fl at home inthe wiley, because it is only posible wo ge to the pool acrois other people’ lind, Strangers ‘cannot usualy go there” ‘Again you ae right” “Then there is our visit today. By looking catefily a the ground I wa able co describe the wanted man sill mre fly t> thatsepid detective Lestrade "But how did you find out thot other facts?” “You know my ways. Is che very smal tings that I alvays Jock for” "You Knew that he was ll becase the space berween the a fooematks showed a man with long logs. And che marks alo told you what kind of aoots he wore.” “Yes they were unusual boots.” “Buthis bed leg? “The nat of his right foot was ways les clear than the mark ‘oth et He stood more heavily on the left because his ight leg four hima” ‘But you abo say that he is et-handed?” “Ah, yes! Icwas you, dear Watson, who noticed the kind ofhead ‘wotund which the dactor described. The murderer hit McCarthy ‘fom behind but on the lef side ofthe head. This shows that he ‘was left-handed. Try to doit with your right hand, if you do not believe me. Daring the quarrel becween the fither and son, he stood behind that big tree. He was smoking atthe time. I found theath fiom cigar, which know to bean Indian cigar atthe foot ‘of the tree. You remember that smoking is one of my favourice subjects and that I have written a paper on the ash from one bbandred and forty diferent kinds of pipes, cigars and cigarettes. looked around and soon found the cigar end Iying among the leaves Te was an Indian cigar, fom a shop in Roterdam.” “And the cigar-holder?” “Tcould ee that he didnot put the cigar end in is mouth,so 1 know that he uss a cigar-holder. The end was cutoff, not bitten (off, but the ct was no clean one. Ths showed me that he used an old pocket-knife.” "Holmes I si, ‘you have described this man perfectly. Now he cannot escape and you have saved an innocent man’s lif [Now I see where all these ficts are pointing. The guilty man ‘Mr John Turner,’ called out the hotel waiter, opening door of ‘oar siting-room fora visitor. » O3HaKOMHTeAbHaA Konna - frenglish.ru‘The man who came in was strange and fighterang a look He walked slowly and with difficuky. He Jooked sie; but his hard fice fll of deep lines and his heavy arms and legs showed that he wat strong, both in body and in his feling. His uti ‘bear thick grey hair and dark eyes gave him 3 wild, proud look bur his face was white ath, I noticed the light Bice colose of the skin around his nose and lips. As a doctor, I cold see immediately that he was seriously i "Please st down on the so,” sid Holes sofly. ‘So you got any letter?” “Yes, Moran brought it to me. Ie ays that you want to see me there, because it will make things ease. “Think that people will tlk if they see me going to your house. “And why do you want to see me?" He looked at my fiend ‘with sad, tired eyes. He seemed already to know the answer to his question "Yes, sid Holmes, answering hs look more than his words. It is true know all about McCarthy.” ‘The old man hid his ace in his hands, ‘God help me!’ he shouted. I did not want the yotng man to get hurt. Ifthe case goes against him, 1 promise you that I shall tell the police orice’ ‘ “Tam glad to hear it said Holmes in serious voice. ‘have not spoken yet only because of my dear girl. Maybe 1 ~ but no, it will beak her hear if she hears that [am a prisoner. “Perhaps that need not happen,’ sid Holmes “Whar? ‘Tam not 2 policeman. I understand that it wat your daughter who asked me to come,so | am working for her. But, and here he looked hand at Turner, ‘you must save young McCarthy” O3HaKOMHTeAbHas Kona - frenglish. Holmes at doum at the table witha pen and some paper, Just ll us the tue stor, he sai “Lam a dying man, suid Turner Ihave had diabetes for yan. ‘My doctor does not think that I have more than a month to live ‘But matualy I prefer to die under my own roof than in prison.” Holmes stood up, crowed to the table and eat down a it with 9 ppen in his hand and some paper infront of him. Jus el s the ‘rue story’ he sid. ‘I shall write i ll down. You will put your name to it and Wation here will listen to everything. Then if ‘need to save young MeCarthy’s lif, I can give it co the police. promise you that I shall not use i until I must” “Very well said the old man, ‘Ido not think chat I shall ive ‘unt the cate comes up, 0 it does not matter much to me. But ‘want to save Alice's feelings ican, Its a terrible thing for hee to live with, She is s0 young... And now I will expain every- thing to you. It has taken along time to happen but it will not at‘ake me a Jong time to tell You did not know this dead man, ‘McCarthy. He was a true criminal ~bad in every posible way. hhope that you never fill into the hands of someone lke him. He hha sat on my back for twenty years and he has made my life imposible! shal tell you frst how I met him and became ted to hhim and his greedy ways “Te was in the early '60s at the mines. I was a young man then, hot-blooded and ready to try anything neve { made some bad friends, began drinking, bad no luck W finding gold. So 1 Jefe the mines and became what you call here a gangster ~ a robber on the roads. There were six of us and we had a wild, fice li, robbing 4 sheep station sometimes or stopping the carriages on the road to the mines. Black Jack of Ballarat was the name I took and in Australia people sll remember our group as the Ballaat Boys. One day, a carriage vas carrying gold fiom Ballarat ro Melbourne, so we hid beside the road and took it by surprise, There were sx guands on horses an six of 15,50 we nearly lost che fight. But we shot four of them within 2 few minutes. They killed three of our boys before we got our hhands on the gold I put my gun to the head of the driver, who was this same man, McCarthy. I meant to shoot him but decided to let him go. I still remember his greedy litle eyes looking hard at my face. He planed to remember me. We rode away with the gold and became rich men. I left my old fiends and made my way back to England. Here no one knew me or ry past. I decided to stop travelling and live a good and quiet lie. A family wanted to sell that big howe at Boscombe, 0 I bought it Thegan to put my money to good uses, unlike the ‘way I fist gor it. abo got married. My wife ded young but she left me dear litle Alice. Alice is all the world ro me. Even ‘when she was stil a baby, her ltde hand seemed to show me the right way to live, She is the fst perzon who has ever done that In a word, I changed my selfish ways and did everything I 22 O3HaKOMHTeAbHas Kona - frenglish. “One day, catiage was carrying gold fom Ballarat to Melbourne, 0 we hid beside the road and tok it by suprisecould to become a beter person. All was going well ntl ‘McCarthy came along. “I was in London on busines: one day and met him by accident in Regent Street. He was almost without shoes om hie feet ora coat on his back, "Here we ae at lst, Jack," he sud, touching mie on the arm. “We shal be ike 2 family to you. There ae two of ws, me and my son, and you can look afer us now: And ifyou do not — remem ber that cis is England. There is always a poficeman nearby ¢o tell my story to." "Well, they came down to the West Country and I could not shake them off They lived without paying in the bes farm tat had. There was no rest for me now,no forgetting. Everywhere | ‘went, his greedy, smiling face was at my side, He asked for every- thing that he needed and I gave it to him without question: ‘money, a house, a carriage. It got worse as Alice grew up. He soon realized that I was more affid of her knowing my past than T was ofthe police At lst, he asked for the one thing I could not give. He asked for Alice. His son, you see, was a young man and Alice too was not a child any more. He ‘thought it 2 wonderful idea for his son to have all my land and money, when he married Alice. Bat of cours, could not agree. did not dsike che boy but his father’s blood isin him and that is enough. I told McCarthy no ~ never. McCarthy was ready to go to the police. I told him to do his worst. We finally agreed to meet at the pool, half-way between our fo houses. We were going to talk about McCarthy's plan one ‘more ime. “When I went dove there, saw him talking to his son, They were having a quarrel about Alice. I hid behind a tree and smoked a cigar, becuse I needed to talk to Chatls alone, But 2 T listened to his words, everything inside me that was Back and angry seemed to break out. He wat presing his son to 4 marry my daughter. It didn't seem to matter what my daughters feelings were. He spoke of her as ifshe was a woman ofthe streets It made me wild to thnk of my dearest child in the hhands ofthat criminal How could I break the ie? I was already a dying man with no hope ef. My head was clear and my arms ‘were all strong but I did not have longto lve. But my daughter! ‘And the picture she had of her loving father! I could save them ‘ot. I only had to stop that man’s tongue from telling my secret. SalI dit, Mr Holmes. fel abe to doit again, ight or wrong. ‘have done many bad things in my life but I have paid for them. 1 could not sand stil and see my innocent daughter so hurt. I hit hima and he fl. To me he seemed nothing mote than an animal. His screams brought his son running back but by this ime I vas among the tees. Of course, Thad to go back and get my coat, which I dropped as T hurried avay. That isthe tue story, Mr Holmes, the story of everything that happened. Now show me that paper. ‘Well, itis not for me to speak of right or wrong,” said Holmes, asthe old man wrote his name at the bottom of the last page. ‘I hope that I shall never have to show that you are suily” “Lhope nots. And what do you mean to do now?” “Because of your heakh, I shall do nothisig-You know too well that you must live with your terrible pas.” Holmes pointed to the handwritten pages on the table‘ wil kep this information and if they decide that young McCarthy i guilty of this murder, T must of cour use if that does not happen, no man alive shall ever sce it. Your secret will be safe with us. And the mystery of| Boscombe Poo! wil saya mystery for ever” “Goodbye, then,’ sid the old man in a broken voice. ‘When your time comes, you will be able to die knowing that you have done a great kindnes.” His great sick body was shaking as e slowly let the room. 35 O3HaKOMHTeAbHaA Konna - frenglish.ru“God help us, ssid Holes after keeping silent for some time. “Why is life so hard on poor old men lke him? Everytime that I meta cave ike this, I say to mays "There but for the goodness ‘of God goes Shetlock Holmes."* James McCarthy's cate came up some weeks ater. The deci- sion was:not guilty of murder. The few facts which Holmes gave to the police were enough to fee him. Old Turner lived for seven months mote but he is now dead. fe seems that James and Alice wil oon become husband and wife, knowing nothing of that great black cloud that rests over the past. ee “Tis mo for met spel of ight or wrong sid Holes asthe od man ‘uot his mame at he bottom of the at page O3HaKOMHTeAbHaA Konna - frenglish.ruACTIVITIES Pages 1-16 Betore you reed 1 Lookat tn pictures in this part ot the story. 1 When does the story happen? +100 years ago? 60 years ago? 10 years ago? Which pictures show Sherlock Hoke? 2. Althese words come into fst part ofthe sory. Choose te right meaning foreach tom the ist below. ‘alone caniage case gully innocent ‘mine quae! servant telegram wound {shown by law tbe acim 1b aay oftraveling bor there wore cas {somebody who works for other people nthe home 4 shown by law not to bea ciinal aight using words nly 1 aholeorcutin the body {9 place where men got meta out of he ground problem, 29.8 crime, that detectives have to study | avery quick kind ot massage, not usad toy ‘Aor you read ‘8 Can youname theso poopie? 48 the murdered man » bisneighbour ving neat Boscombe Pool TLC ST. © young maneldty thepales “S\IneV'¢ young woman, daughter of above x © Agr who saw atamly quarrel =. OC 6 ft apoleedetecive oe Which wo ofthese people arein ive? 9! 4 hy epoca ny tat Jaes MeCary io rte? WT i 38 Pages 17-29 ‘Bofre you read '5 Wit sentences to show the mearing ofthese words frm the stone ‘8 rark/path 1 ash gar /magnityng glass 6 Look tre pictre on page 21. What the nie of the biking? Wy co youthink that Holmes istooking at bots and shoes? ‘Alter you rood 77 Copy tis map ofthe Boscombe Vtloy. Then draw the movements ‘of Sherlock Holmes on the day that he vsted Boscombe Poo ‘Start from Hathecay Farm and fish where te carriage was wating, LL LL Z O3HaKOMHTeAbHaA Konna - frenglish.ru{8 Holmes knows these things about the murderer 1 nels lof-nandes 1b he-smokos indian cigars © hohhas a bad right og Explain now Holmes nds out eee fact. Pages 20-87 ‘Beto you read ‘9 Can you guess the name ofthe murderer? Why did he or she ki ‘Mr MeCarthy? Discuss your ideas wth othePstudents. ‘Atoryou reed 10 How does Australia come into the sory? Use jut one sentence for your answer. 111 Why does Holmes decide to keep the rue story ofthe murder trom the police? Give two reasons, Wetting 12 Describe Sherlock Holmes. Write three sentoncas about hie fact body and clothes. Ton wrt tree sentences about Holmes as a person, 19 Write a description of the murderer, Use only the facts which Holmes gives io Watson (see pages 27~28). Start your description Ie this: WANTED FOR MURDER, Aman.. 14 Look atthe questioning of James McCarthy on pages 9-10. Write the questioning of Patience Moran by Detective Lestrade in the same way (886 page 4). 18 Wine a note toa friend about this book. Say if you think that he or ‘she wil enjoy itor not and give your reasons, “wre rhe Acts ck wr picid oo Bo esc psa ‘Store Par ede Fact, rac sp sho Poss wie our ee Paton Etcaton aca ct Mein Capt Porgan ‘nga Peng, Bora Sten Linden WIM SAN O3HaKOMHTeAbHaA Konna - frenglish.ru