Arthur Conan Doyle

The story revolves around the case of Miss Mary Sutherland, a woman with a substantial income from the interest on a fund set up for her. She is engaged to a quiet Londoner who has recently disappeared. Sherlock Holmes's detective powers are barely challenged as this turns out to be quite an elementary case for him, much as it puzzles Watson. The fianc , Mr. Hosmer Angel, is a peculiar character, rather quiet, and rather secretive about his life. Miss Sutherland only knows that he works in an office in Leadenhall Street, but nothing more specific than that. All his letters to her are typewritten, even the signature, and he insists that she write back to him through the local Post Office. The climax of the sad liaison comes when Mr. Angel abandons Miss Sutherland at the altar on their wedding day.

Un d a de fuertes vientos, Holmes estaba sentado en su sill n cu ndo tocan el timbre. Era un joven llamado John Openshaw que quer a consejos y ayuda sobre un caso en su familia; empieza a contar el caso. El padre de John (Joseph) hab a patentado unos neum ticos irrompibles que lo hicieron rico, tanto que vendi la empresa y se retir a n m s rico. El t o de John (El as), en cambio, emigr a USA, d nde consigui el cargo de coronel en el ej rcito, y compr una plantaci n en Florida. En 1869, El as volvi a Inglaterra, donde adquiri una finca. Era un hombre violento, irascible y con repugnancia hacia la etnia negra; fumaba mucho y tomaba brandy en abundancia. En 1878, Joseph le pidi a El as que John se quedara en su casa. El as acept amablemente. El 10 de marzo del 1883, en el correo apareci una carta Que ven a desde Pondicherry, India. Cu ndo el t o la abri , salieron 5 semillas de naranja y un papel que dec a ''K. K. K''. El as se desmay y nunca m s estuvo igual.