Приключения Шерлока Холмса / The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (сборник)

3) He was ready to devote his life to this case, he wanted to take revenge.

4) He started crying.

4. What were Mrs. King and Saunders sure of?

1) That Mrs. Cubitt killed her husband.

2) That the window was shut.

3) That there were only two shots.

4) That the cubitts were not united.

5. How did Holmes explain that the window was shut?

1) The smell of the powder didn’t spread through the house.

2) The man’s first instinct would be to shut and lock the window.

3) The woman’s first instinct would be to shut and lock the window.

4) The criminal was very careful.

6. What was in the lady’s hand-bag?

1) A letter with the dancing men

2) A gun

3) A ticket to America

4) Twenty fifty-pound notes of the bank of England

7. Where did Holmes find the third bullet?

1) In the window-frame

2) In the garden

3) On the floor

4) In the lady’s hand-bag

8. Describe Inspector Martin:

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

9. Choose the right verbs:

Together they…………… to the room – the door…………… open and a candle…………… on the table.

1) were coming, was, burned

2) come, was, was burning

3) were coming, was, was burning

4) came, was, was burning

10. Complete the sentences with these words and expressions:

the alarm, the talk of, in a mess, what’s the matter, time, pay attention

1) It would take some…………… before she could speak.

2) I must tell the facts and I must follow them to the strange chain of events which some day will be…………… the whole England.

3) We must explain…………… to Hilton Cubitt.

4) Was it she who gave……………?

5) We were very much surprised when we saw that the flower-bed was…………….

6) “It’s important to…………… to this fact,” said Holmes to us.

11. Insert the right prepositions:

of, for (2), in (2), to, with, on (2)

1) There were a lot of footmarks…………… it. Large feet of a man…………… long, sharp toes.

2) Now let us concentrate…………… this third bullet.

3) Mr. Hilton Cubitt was shot…………… the heart.

4) Holmes stood with this piece of paper…………… some minutes, examining it, and then suddenly he turned…………… me.

5) Both door and window were only open…………… a very short time, however.

6) They woke up because…………… a loud sound of an explosion…………… a minute they heard a second one.

12. Complete the table:

IV

The country inspector’s face showed amazement. At first he had his own position, but now he was filled with admiration and was ready to follow without question wherever Holmes led.

“Whom do you suspect?” he asked.

“I’ll tell you later. There are several points in this problem which I haven’t explained to you yet. But I think it will be better if we wait a bit, and then I’ll explain everything.”

“As you wish, Mr. Holmes, but we must catch the murderer.”

“I don’t want to make mysteries, but it is impossible at the moment to start long and difficult explanations. I have the threads of this affair all in my hand[134]. Even if this lady should never recover we can still reconstruct the events of last night. First of all I’d like to know whether there is a hotel in this neighbourhood, called ‘Elrige’s’?”

We asked the servants, but none of them had heard of such a place. Only the stable-boy remembered that a farmer of that name lived some miles in the direction of East Ruston.

“Is it a lonely farm?”

“Very lonely, sir.”

“Perhaps they have not heard yet of all that happened here during the night?”

“Maybe not, sir.”

Holmes thought for a little and then he suddenly smiled.

“Saddle a horse, boy,” he said. “Take a note to Elrige’s Farm.”

He took out from his pocket all the pieces of paper with the dancing men. He worked with them for some time at the table. Finally he gave a note to the boy. He said to put it into the hands of the person to whom it was addressed, and especially not to answer any questions. I saw the note – it was addressed to Mr. Abe Slaney, Elrige’s Farm, East Ruston, Norfolk.

“I think, inspector,” Holmes said, “if my calculations are correct, you should telegraph for an escort. We may catch a very dangerous prisoner. The boy who takes this note could help with your telegram. If there is an afternoon train to town, Watson, I think we should take it, because I have to finish my chemical analysis, and this investigation comes to an end.”