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S ECRET OF AN EXOTIC RULER

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S ECRET

OF AN EXOTIC RULER

Translation and Exercises:

Anna Kowalczyk

Series Editor:

Adam Wolański

Warsaw 2006

Reviewer:

Dariusz Kętla

Copy editor:

Natica Schmeder

Production editor:

Barbara Gluza

Cover designer:

Michał Dąbrowski

DTP:

Krzysztof Świstak

Text and illustrations

Publishing House, 2006

in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic,

mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written

permission of the Publisher.

Printed in Poland

ISBN 83-88667-53-X

PROLOGUE

That evening the fog over London was extremely dense. The streets

were nearly empty and almost quiet.

On the river a small steamship “Atticos” was signaling with a special

warning siren that it was coming into the port. It had just arrived in

London from Piraeus and was carrying a load of coal.

“Atticos” was planning to dock in the main port but because of the

weather it had to stop at Millwa Pier, in a less crowded area.

A customs officer came on board and was talking with the crew.

They all thought that London at the moment was very unpleasant so

the sailors offered a glass of hot grog to their guest.

The ship was rocking slowly, bumping the post to which she was

tied. Suddenly, a man jumped from the ship and landed on the pier.

He did it so quietly that nobody paid any attention. He ran quickly

towards the lights on West Ferry Road. When he reached Malabar

Street, he saw a drunk man walking close to the curb. A big truck,

driving very fast, was approaching him.

The man who had escaped from “Atticos” jumped at the drunken

fellow and stabbed him in the back with a knife. The victim fell

directly under the wheels of the truck...

The attacker laughed loudly, put the knife back into his pocket and

started singing a strange song: “La . . . ita... Lala... Liia-ta!”

And that is how Mr. Hingle arrived in London.

: pokład

crew załoga

rock kołysać

post słup

tied przywiązany

pier molo

pay attention to zwracać

uwagę na

reach dotrzeć, osiągnąć

towards w kierunku

curb krawężnik

approach zmierzać do

stab pchnąć nożem

victim ofiara

CHAPTER 1

A STRANGE SURPRISE

“Thirty unexplained murders in three weeks! Gentlemen, do you

realize what this means for us?” said Sir Austin, head of the police, to

all the main employees of Scotland Yard. “It’s not the first time that

the newspapers accuse us of being cowardly. But this time I’m afraid

they are right. Yes, gentlemen, the journalists expect some action from

us. So we have to concentrate all our energy on this case . . .”

A telephone on Sir Austin’s desk rang and interrupted him. He

picked up the receiver and listened for a moment. Then he put it

down and said:

“Detectives Morris, Lorkins, Driskoll and Maxwell have just

reported that two heads, cut off the bodies, were brought in a box of

fruit to Scotland Yard an hour ago. The victims belong to different

social groups. One is a homeless man, the other a young engineer

from Drayton. And, as before, somebody put a letter into the box,

too: ‘Regards from Mr. Hingle.’ And directions to where we can find

the bodies. Our detectives went there and indeed found them. As

usual they hadn’t been robbed. I’m sure you remember that after

the first murder Mr. Hingle explained that he’s not a criminal, he’s

a murderer. And now we have just found out about the thirty second

murder committed by this man. Yet we still know nothing about him.

unexplained niewyjaśniony

realize zdawać sobie sprawę

employee pracownik

accuse oskarżać

cowardly tchórzliwy

interrupt przerwać

pick up podnieść

receiver słuchawka

put down

homeless bezdomny

regards pozdrowienia

indeed rzeczywiście

rob obrabować

criminal przestępca

find out dowiedzieć się

commit popełnić

dense gęsty

nearly prawie

steamship parowiec

warn ostrzegać

coal węgiel

dock zacumować

crowded zatłoczony

customs officer celnik

board

: odłożyć

cut off odcięty

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