El misterio de Cooper Beeches/The adventure of the Cooper Beeches: Edición bilingüe/Bilingual edition – hinnat ja saatavuus

Sherlock Holmes y el doctor Watson se encuentran charlando una fr a ma ana de primavera, despu s del desayuno, y Holmes se lamenta de que los criminales han perdido audacia y originalidad. Dice literalmente: "En cuanto a mi peque o consultorio, parece que est degenerando en una agencia de recuperaci n de l pices perdidos y de consejos a jovencitas de internados escolares. Creo que, al fin, he tocado fondo". Holmes muestra a Watson una carta que le env a una tal se orita Hunter en la que pide que le aconseje si debe aceptar un empleo de ni era. Watson intenta consolarle dici ndole que las cosas muchas veces no son lo que parecen, y en ese momento anuncian a la se orita Violet Hunter. Contra todo pron stico, la joven le gusta a Holmes, ya que detesta los fingimientos y le agrada la gente clara y decidida. Acepta el caso, y as se inicia El misterio de Copper Beeches. Violet Hunter visits Holmes, asking whether she should accept a job as governess; a job with very strange conditions. She is enticed by the phenomenal salary which, as originally offered, is 100 a year, later increased to 120 when Miss Hunter balks at having to cut her long hair short (her previous position paid 48 a year). This is only one of many peculiar provisos to which she must agree. The employer, Jephro Rucastle, seems pleasant enough, yet Miss Hunter obviously has her suspicions. She announces to Holmes, after the raised salary offer, that she will take the job, and Holmes suggests that if he is needed, a telegram will bring him to Hampshire, where Mr Rucastle's country estate, the Copper Beeches, is situated.