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THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOMES ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb (2) Đây là một tác phẩm anh ngữ nổi tiếng với những từ vựng quen thuộc. Nhằm giúp các em và các bạn yêu thich tiếng anh luyện tập và củng cố thêm kỹ năng đọc tiếng anh . | THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOMES ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE The Adventure of the Engineer s Thumb 2 Well when I came to think it all over in cool blood I was very much astonished as you may both think at this sudden commission which had been intrusted to me. On the one hand of course I was glad for the fee was at least tenfold what I should have asked had I set a price upon my own services and it was possible that this order might lead to other ones. On the other hand the face and manner of my patron had made an unpleasant impression upon me and I could not think that his explanation of the fuller s-earth was sufficient to explain the necessity for my coming at midnight and his extreme anxiety lest I should tell anyone of my errand. However I threw all fears to the winds ate a hearty supper drove to Paddington and started off having obeyed to the letter the injunction as to holding my tongue. At Reading I had to change not only my carriage but my station. However I was in time for the last train to Eyford and I reached the little dim-lit station after eleven o clock. I was the only passenger who got out there and there was no one upon the platform save a single sleepy porter with a lantern. As I passed out through the wicket gate however I found my acquaintance of the morning waiting in the shadow upon the other side. Without a word he grasped my arm and hurried me into a carriage the door of which was standing open. He drew up the windows on either side tapped on the wood-work and away we went as fast as the horse could go. One horse interjected Holmes. Yes only one. Did you observe the color Yes I saw it by the side-lights when I was stepping into the carriage. It was a chestnut. Tired-looking or fresh Oh fresh and glossy. Thank you. I am sorry to have interrupted you. Pray continue your most interesting statement. Away we went then and we drove for at least an hour. Colonel Lysander Stark had said that it was only seven miles but I should think from the rate that we .