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A Study In Scarlet,A STUDY IN SCARLET,1
A Study In Scarlet,,2
A Study In Scarlet,Table of contents,3
A Study In Scarlet,,4
A Study In Scarlet,Part I,5
A Study In Scarlet,Mr. Sherlock Holmes,6
A Study In Scarlet,The Science Of Deduction,7
A Study In Scarlet,The Lauriston Garden Mystery,8
A Study In Scarlet,What John Rance Had To Tell,9
A Study In Scarlet,Our Advertisement Brings A Visitor,10
A Study In Scarlet,Tobias Gregson Shows What He Can Do,11
A Study In Scarlet,Light In The Darkness,12
A Study In Scarlet,,13
A Study In Scarlet,Part II,14
A Study In Scarlet,On The Great Alkali Plain,15
A Study In Scarlet,The Flower Of Utah,16
A Study In Scarlet,John Ferrier Talks With The Prophet,17
A Study In Scarlet,A Flight For Life,18
A Study In Scarlet,The Avenging Angels,19
A Study In Scarlet,"A Continuation Of The Reminiscences Of John Watson, M.D.",20
A Study In Scarlet,The Conclusion,21
A Study In Scarlet,,22
A Study In Scarlet,PART I,23
A Study In Scarlet,,24
A Study In Scarlet,(Being a reprint from the reminiscences of,25
A Study In Scarlet,"John H. Watson, M.D.,",26
A Study In Scarlet,late of the Army Medical Department.),27
A Study In Scarlet,,28
A Study In Scarlet,CHAPTER I,29
A Study In Scarlet,Mr. Sherlock Holmes,30
A Study In Scarlet,,31
A Study In Scarlet,In the year 1878 I took my degree of Doctor of Medicine of the,32
A Study In Scarlet,"University of London, and proceeded to Netley to go through the",33
A Study In Scarlet,course prescribed for surgeons in the army. Having completed my,34
A Study In Scarlet,"studies there, I was duly attached to the Fifth Northumberland",35
A Study In Scarlet,Fusiliers as Assistant Surgeon. The regiment was stationed in India,36
A Study In Scarlet,"at the time, and before I could join it, the second Afghan war had",37
A Study In Scarlet,"broken out. On landing at Bombay, I learned that my corps had",38
A Study In Scarlet,"advanced through the passes, and was already deep in the enemy's",39
A Study In Scarlet,"country. I followed, however, with many other officers who were in",40
A Study In Scarlet,"the same situation as myself, and succeeded in reaching Candahar in",41
A Study In Scarlet,"safety, where I found my regiment, and at once entered upon my new",42
A Study In Scarlet,duties.,43
A Study In Scarlet,,44
A Study In Scarlet,"The campaign brought honours and promotion to many, but for me it had",45
A Study In Scarlet,nothing but misfortune and disaster. I was removed from my brigade,46
A Study In Scarlet,"and attached to the Berkshires, with whom I served at the fatal",47
A Study In Scarlet,battle of Maiwand. There I was struck on the shoulder by a Jezail,48
A Study In Scarlet,"bullet, which shattered the bone and grazed the subclavian artery. I",49
A Study In Scarlet,should have fallen into the hands of the murderous Ghazis had it not,50
A Study In Scarlet,"been for the devotion and courage shown by Murray, my orderly, who",51
A Study In Scarlet,"threw me across a pack-horse, and succeeded in bringing me safely to",52
A Study In Scarlet,the British lines.,53
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A Study In Scarlet,"Worn with pain, and weak from the prolonged hardships which I had",55
A Study In Scarlet,"undergone, I was removed, with a great train of wounded sufferers, to",56
A Study In Scarlet,"the base hospital at Peshawar. Here I rallied, and had already",57
A Study In Scarlet,"improved so far as to be able to walk about the wards, and even to",58
A Study In Scarlet,"bask a little upon the verandah, when I was struck down by enteric",59
A Study In Scarlet,"fever, that curse of our Indian possessions. For months my life was",60
A Study In Scarlet,"despaired of, and when at last I came to myself and became",61
A Study In Scarlet,"convalescent, I was so weak and emaciated that a medical board",62
A Study In Scarlet,determined that not a day should be lost in sending me back to,63
A Study In Scarlet,"England. I was dispatched, accordingly, in the troopship Orontes, and",64
A Study In Scarlet,"landed a month later on Portsmouth jetty, with my health",65
A Study In Scarlet,"irretrievably ruined, but with permission from a paternal government",66
A Study In Scarlet,to spend the next nine months in attempting to improve it.,67
A Study In Scarlet,,68
A Study In Scarlet,"I had neither kith nor kin in England, and was therefore as free as",69
A Study In Scarlet,air--or as free as an income of eleven shillings and sixpence a day,70
A Study In Scarlet,"will permit a man to be. Under such circumstances, I naturally",71
A Study In Scarlet,"gravitated to London, that great cesspool into which all the loungers",72
A Study In Scarlet,and idlers of the Empire are irresistibly drained. There I stayed for,73
A Study In Scarlet,"some time at a private hotel in the Strand, leading a comfortless,",74
A Study In Scarlet,"meaningless existence, and spending such money as I had, considerably",75
A Study In Scarlet,more freely than I ought. So alarming did the state of my finances,76
A Study In Scarlet,"become, that I soon realized that I must either leave the metropolis",77
A Study In Scarlet,"and rusticate somewhere in the country, or that I must make a",78
A Study In Scarlet,complete alteration in my style of living. Choosing the latter,79
A Study In Scarlet,"alternative, I began by making up my mind to leave the hotel, and to",80
A Study In Scarlet,take up my quarters in some less pretentious and less expensive,81
A Study In Scarlet,domicile.,82
A Study In Scarlet,,83
A Study In Scarlet,"On the very day that I had come to this conclusion, I was standing at",84
A Study In Scarlet,"the Criterion Bar, when some one tapped me on the shoulder, and",85
A Study In Scarlet,"turning round I recognized young Stamford, who had been a dresser",86
A Study In Scarlet,under me at Bart's. The sight of a friendly face in the great,87
A Study In Scarlet,wilderness of London is a pleasant thing indeed to a lonely man. In,88
A Study In Scarlet,"old days Stamford had never been a particular crony of mine, but now",89
A Study In Scarlet,"I hailed him with enthusiasm, and he, in his turn, appeared to be",90
A Study In Scarlet,"delighted to see me. In the exuberance of my joy, I asked him to",91
A Study In Scarlet,"lunch with me at the Holborn, and we started off together in a",92
A Study In Scarlet,hansom.,93
A Study In Scarlet,,94
A Study In Scarlet,"""Whatever have you been doing with yourself, Watson?"" he asked in",95
A Study In Scarlet,"undisguised wonder, as we rattled through the crowded London streets.",96
A Study In Scarlet,"""You are as thin as a lath and as brown as a nut.""",97
A Study In Scarlet,,98
A Study In Scarlet,"I gave him a short sketch of my adventures, and had hardly concluded",99
A Study In Scarlet,it by the time that we reached our destination.,100
A Study In Scarlet,,101
A Study In Scarlet,"""Poor devil!"" he said, commiseratingly, after he had listened to my",102
A Study In Scarlet,"misfortunes. ""What are you up to now?""",103
A Study In Scarlet,,104
A Study In Scarlet,"""Looking for lodgings,"" I answered. ""Trying to solve the problem as",105
A Study In Scarlet,to whether it is possible to get comfortable rooms at a reasonable,106
A Study In Scarlet,"price.""",107
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A Study In Scarlet,"""That's a strange thing,"" remarked my companion; ""you are the second",109
A Study In Scarlet,"man to-day that has used that expression to me.""",110
A Study In Scarlet,,111
A Study In Scarlet,"""And who was the first?"" I asked.",112
A Study In Scarlet,,113
A Study In Scarlet,"""A fellow who is working at the chemical laboratory up at the",114
A Study In Scarlet,hospital. He was bemoaning himself this morning because he could not,115
A Study In Scarlet,get someone to go halves with him in some nice rooms which he had,116
A Study In Scarlet,"found, and which were too much for his purse.""",117
A Study In Scarlet,,118
A Study In Scarlet,"""By Jove!"" I cried, ""if he really wants someone to share the rooms",119
A Study In Scarlet,"and the expense, I am the very man for him. I should prefer having a",120
A Study In Scarlet,"partner to being alone.""",121
A Study In Scarlet,,122
A Study In Scarlet,Young Stamford looked rather strangely at me over his wine-glass.,123
A Study In Scarlet,"""You don't know Sherlock Holmes yet,"" he said; ""perhaps you would not",124
A Study In Scarlet,"care for him as a constant companion.""",125
A Study In Scarlet,,126
A Study In Scarlet,"""Why, what is there against him?""",127
A Study In Scarlet,,128
A Study In Scarlet,"""Oh, I didn't say there was anything against him. He is a little",129
A Study In Scarlet,queer in his ideas--an enthusiast in some branches of science. As far,130
A Study In Scarlet,"as I know he is a decent fellow enough.""",131
A Study In Scarlet,,132
A Study In Scarlet,"""A medical student, I suppose?"" said I.",133
A Study In Scarlet,,134
A Study In Scarlet,"""No--I have no idea what he intends to go in for. I believe he is",135
A Study In Scarlet,"well up in anatomy, and he is a first-class chemist; but, as far as I",136
A Study In Scarlet,"know, he has never taken out any systematic medical classes. His",137
A Study In Scarlet,"studies are very desultory and eccentric, but he has amassed a lot of",138
A Study In Scarlet,"out-of-the way knowledge which would astonish his professors.""",139
A Study In Scarlet,,140
A Study In Scarlet,"""Did you never ask him what he was going in for?"" I asked.",141
A Study In Scarlet,,142
A Study In Scarlet,"""No; he is not a man that it is easy to draw out, though he can be",143
A Study In Scarlet,"communicative enough when the fancy seizes him.""",144
A Study In Scarlet,,145
A Study In Scarlet,"""I should like to meet him,"" I said. ""If I am to lodge with anyone, I",146
A Study In Scarlet,should prefer a man of studious and quiet habits. I am not strong,147
A Study In Scarlet,enough yet to stand much noise or excitement. I had enough of both in,148
A Study In Scarlet,Afghanistan to last me for the remainder of my natural existence. How,149
A Study In Scarlet,"could I meet this friend of yours?""",150
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A Study In Scarlet,"""He is sure to be at the laboratory,"" returned my companion. ""He",152
A Study In Scarlet,"either avoids the place for weeks, or else he works there from",153
A Study In Scarlet,"morning to night. If you like, we shall drive round together after",154
A Study In Scarlet,"luncheon.""",155
A Study In Scarlet,,156
A Study In Scarlet,"""Certainly,"" I answered, and the conversation drifted away into other",157
A Study In Scarlet,channels.,158
A Study In Scarlet,,159
A Study In Scarlet,"As we made our way to the hospital after leaving the Holborn,",160
A Study In Scarlet,Stamford gave me a few more particulars about the gentleman whom I,161
A Study In Scarlet,proposed to take as a fellow-lodger.,162
A Study In Scarlet,,163
A Study In Scarlet,"""You mustn't blame me if you don't get on with him,"" he said; ""I know",164
A Study In Scarlet,nothing more of him than I have learned from meeting him occasionally,165
A Study In Scarlet,"in the laboratory. You proposed this arrangement, so you must not",166
A Study In Scarlet,"hold me responsible.""",167
A Study In Scarlet,,168
A Study In Scarlet,"""If we don't get on it will be easy to part company,"" I answered. ""It",169
A Study In Scarlet,"seems to me, Stamford,"" I added, looking hard at my companion, ""that",170
A Study In Scarlet,you have some reason for washing your hands of the matter. Is this,171
A Study In Scarlet,"fellow's temper so formidable, or what is it? Don't be mealy-mouthed",172
A Study In Scarlet,"about it.""",173
A Study In Scarlet,,174
A Study In Scarlet,"""It is not easy to express the inexpressible,"" he answered with a",175
A Study In Scarlet,"laugh. ""Holmes is a little too scientific for my tastes--it",176
A Study In Scarlet,approaches to cold-bloodedness. I could imagine his giving a friend a,177
A Study In Scarlet,"little pinch of the latest vegetable alkaloid, not out of",178
A Study In Scarlet,"malevolence, you understand, but simply out of a spirit of inquiry in",179
A Study In Scarlet,"order to have an accurate idea of the effects. To do him justice, I",180
A Study In Scarlet,think that he would take it himself with the same readiness. He,181
A Study In Scarlet,"appears to have a passion for definite and exact knowledge.""",182
A Study In Scarlet,,183
A Study In Scarlet,"""Very right too.""",184
A Study In Scarlet,,185
A Study In Scarlet,"""Yes, but it may be pushed to excess. When it comes to beating the",186
A Study In Scarlet,"subjects in the dissecting-rooms with a stick, it is certainly taking",187
A Study In Scarlet,"rather a bizarre shape.""",188
A Study In Scarlet,,189
A Study In Scarlet,"""Beating the subjects!""",190
A Study In Scarlet,,191
A Study In Scarlet,"""Yes, to verify how far bruises may be produced after death. I saw",192
A Study In Scarlet,"him at it with my own eyes.""",193
A Study In Scarlet,,194
A Study In Scarlet,"""And yet you say he is not a medical student?""",195
A Study In Scarlet,,196
A Study In Scarlet,"""No. Heaven knows what the objects of his studies are. But here we",197
A Study In Scarlet,"are, and you must form your own impressions about him."" As he spoke,",198
A Study In Scarlet,"we turned down a narrow lane and passed through a small side-door,",199
A Study In Scarlet,which opened into a wing of the great hospital. It was familiar,200
A Study In Scarlet,"ground to me, and I needed no guiding as we ascended the bleak stone",201
A Study In Scarlet,staircase and made our way down the long corridor with its vista of,202
A Study In Scarlet,whitewashed wall and dun-coloured doors. Near the further end a low,203
A Study In Scarlet,arched passage branched away from it and led to the chemical,204
A Study In Scarlet,laboratory.,205
A Study In Scarlet,,206
A Study In Scarlet,"This was a lofty chamber, lined and littered with countless bottles.",207
A Study In Scarlet,"Broad, low tables were scattered about, which bristled with retorts,",208
A Study In Scarlet,"test-tubes, and little Bunsen lamps, with their blue flickering",209
A Study In Scarlet,"flames. There was only one student in the room, who was bending over",210
A Study In Scarlet,a distant table absorbed in his work. At the sound of our steps he,211
A Study In Scarlet,"glanced round and sprang to his feet with a cry of pleasure. ""I've",212
A Study In Scarlet,"found it! I've found it,"" he shouted to my companion, running towards",213
A Study In Scarlet,"us with a test-tube in his hand. ""I have found a re-agent which is",214
A Study In Scarlet,"precipitated by hoemoglobin, and by nothing else."" Had he discovered",215
A Study In Scarlet,"a gold mine, greater delight could not have shone upon his features.",216
A Study In Scarlet,,217
A Study In Scarlet,"""Dr. Watson, Mr. Sherlock Holmes,"" said Stamford, introducing us.",218
A Study In Scarlet,,219
A Study In Scarlet,"""How are you?"" he said cordially, gripping my hand with a strength",220
A Study In Scarlet,"for which I should hardly have given him credit. ""You have been in",221
A Study In Scarlet,"Afghanistan, I perceive.""",222
A Study In Scarlet,,223
A Study In Scarlet,"""How on earth did you know that?"" I asked in astonishment.",224
A Study In Scarlet,,225
A Study In Scarlet,"""Never mind,"" said he, chuckling to himself. ""The question now is",226
A Study In Scarlet,about hoemoglobin. No doubt you see the significance of this,227
A Study In Scarlet,"discovery of mine?""",228
A Study In Scarlet,,229
A Study In Scarlet,"""It is interesting, chemically, no doubt,"" I answered, ""but",230
A Study In Scarlet,"practically--""",231
A Study In Scarlet,,232
A Study In Scarlet,"""Why, man, it is the most practical medico-legal discovery for years.",233
A Study In Scarlet,Don't you see that it gives us an infallible test for blood stains.,234
A Study In Scarlet,"Come over here now!"" He seized me by the coat-sleeve in his",235
A Study In Scarlet,"eagerness, and drew me over to the table at which he had been",236
A Study In Scarlet,"working. ""Let us have some fresh blood,"" he said, digging a long",237
A Study In Scarlet,"bodkin into his finger, and drawing off the resulting drop of blood",238
A Study In Scarlet,"in a chemical pipette. ""Now, I add this small quantity of blood to a",239
A Study In Scarlet,litre of water. You perceive that the resulting mixture has the,240
A Study In Scarlet,appearance of pure water. The proportion of blood cannot be more than,241
A Study In Scarlet,"one in a million. I have no doubt, however, that we shall be able to",242
A Study In Scarlet,"obtain the characteristic reaction."" As he spoke, he threw into the",243
A Study In Scarlet,"vessel a few white crystals, and then added some drops of a",244
A Study In Scarlet,transparent fluid. In an instant the contents assumed a dull mahogany,245
A Study In Scarlet,"colour, and a brownish dust was precipitated to the bottom of the",246
A Study In Scarlet,glass jar.,247
A Study In Scarlet,,248
A Study In Scarlet,"""Ha! ha!"" he cried, clapping his hands, and looking as delighted as a",249
A Study In Scarlet,"child with a new toy. ""What do you think of that?""",250
A Study In Scarlet,,251
A Study In Scarlet,"""It seems to be a very delicate test,"" I remarked.",252
A Study In Scarlet,,253
A Study In Scarlet,"""Beautiful! beautiful! The old Guiacum test was very clumsy and",254
A Study In Scarlet,uncertain. So is the microscopic examination for blood corpuscles.,255
A Study In Scarlet,"The latter is valueless if the stains are a few hours old. Now, this",256
A Study In Scarlet,appears to act as well whether the blood is old or new. Had this test,257
A Study In Scarlet,"been invented, there are hundreds of men now walking the earth who",258
A Study In Scarlet,"would long ago have paid the penalty of their crimes.""",259
A Study In Scarlet,,260
A Study In Scarlet,"""Indeed!"" I murmured.",261
A Study In Scarlet,,262
A Study In Scarlet,"""Criminal cases are continually hinging upon that one point. A man is",263
A Study In Scarlet,suspected of a crime months perhaps after it has been committed. His,264
A Study In Scarlet,"linen or clothes are examined, and brownish stains discovered upon",265
A Study In Scarlet,"them. Are they blood stains, or mud stains, or rust stains, or fruit",266
A Study In Scarlet,"stains, or what are they? That is a question which has puzzled many",267
A Study In Scarlet,"an expert, and why? Because there was no reliable test. Now we have",268
A Study In Scarlet,"the Sherlock Holmes' test, and there will no longer be any",269
A Study In Scarlet,"difficulty.""",270
A Study In Scarlet,,271
A Study In Scarlet,"His eyes fairly glittered as he spoke, and he put his hand over his",272
A Study In Scarlet,heart and bowed as if to some applauding crowd conjured up by his,273
A Study In Scarlet,imagination.,274
A Study In Scarlet,,275
A Study In Scarlet,"""You are to be congratulated,"" I remarked, considerably surprised at",276
A Study In Scarlet,his enthusiasm.,277
A Study In Scarlet,,278
A Study In Scarlet,"""There was the case of Von Bischoff at Frankfort last year. He would",279
A Study In Scarlet,certainly have been hung had this test been in existence. Then there,280
A Study In Scarlet,"was Mason of Bradford, and the notorious Muller, and Lefevre of",281
A Study In Scarlet,"Montpellier, and Samson of new Orleans. I could name a score of cases",282
A Study In Scarlet,"in which it would have been decisive.""",283
A Study In Scarlet,,284
A Study In Scarlet,"""You seem to be a walking calendar of crime,"" said Stamford with a",285
A Study In Scarlet,"laugh. ""You might start a paper on those lines. Call it the 'Police",286
A Study In Scarlet,"News of the Past.'""",287
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A Study In Scarlet,"""Very interesting reading it might be made, too,"" remarked Sherlock",289
A Study In Scarlet,"Holmes, sticking a small piece of plaster over the prick on his",290
A Study In Scarlet,"finger. ""I have to be careful,"" he continued, turning to me with a",291
A Study In Scarlet,"smile, ""for I dabble with poisons a good deal."" He held out his hand",292
A Study In Scarlet,"as he spoke, and I noticed that it was all mottled over with similar",293
A Study In Scarlet,"pieces of plaster, and discoloured with strong acids.",294
A Study In Scarlet,,295
A Study In Scarlet,"""We came here on business,"" said Stamford, sitting down on a high",296
A Study In Scarlet,"three-legged stool, and pushing another one in my direction with his",297
A Study In Scarlet,"foot. ""My friend here wants to take diggings, and as you were",298
A Study In Scarlet,"complaining that you could get no one to go halves with you, I",299
A Study In Scarlet,"thought that I had better bring you together.""",300
A Study In Scarlet,,301
A Study In Scarlet,Sherlock Holmes seemed delighted at the idea of sharing his rooms,302
A Study In Scarlet,"with me. ""I have my eye on a suite in Baker Street,"" he said, ""which",303
A Study In Scarlet,would suit us down to the ground. You don't mind the smell of strong,304
A Study In Scarlet,"tobacco, I hope?""",305
A Study In Scarlet,,306
A Study In Scarlet,"""I always smoke 'ship's' myself,"" I answered.",307
A Study In Scarlet,,308
A Study In Scarlet,"""That's good enough. I generally have chemicals about, and",309
A Study In Scarlet,"occasionally do experiments. Would that annoy you?""",310
A Study In Scarlet,,311
A Study In Scarlet,"""By no means.""",312
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A Study In Scarlet,"""Let me see--what are my other shortcomings. I get in the dumps at",314
A Study In Scarlet,"times, and don't open my mouth for days on end. You must not think I",315
A Study In Scarlet,"am sulky when I do that. Just let me alone, and I'll soon be right.",316
A Study In Scarlet,What have you to confess now? It's just as well for two fellows to,317
A Study In Scarlet,"know the worst of one another before they begin to live together.""",318
A Study In Scarlet,,319
A Study In Scarlet,"I laughed at this cross-examination. ""I keep a bull pup,"" I said,",320
A Study In Scarlet,"""and I object to rows because my nerves are shaken, and I get up at",321
A Study In Scarlet,"all sorts of ungodly hours, and I am extremely lazy. I have another",322
A Study In Scarlet,"set of vices when I'm well, but those are the principal ones at",323
A Study In Scarlet,"present.""",324
A Study In Scarlet,,325
A Study In Scarlet,"""Do you include violin-playing in your category of rows?"" he asked,",326
A Study In Scarlet,anxiously.,327
A Study In Scarlet,,328
A Study In Scarlet,"""It depends on the player,"" I answered. ""A well-played violin is a",329
A Study In Scarlet,"treat for the gods--a badly-played one--""",330
A Study In Scarlet,,331
A Study In Scarlet,"""Oh, that's all right,"" he cried, with a merry laugh. ""I think we may",332
A Study In Scarlet,"consider the thing as settled--that is, if the rooms are agreeable to",333
A Study In Scarlet,"you.""",334
A Study In Scarlet,,335
A Study In Scarlet,"""When shall we see them?""",336
A Study In Scarlet,,337
A Study In Scarlet,"""Call for me here at noon to-morrow, and we'll go together and settle",338
A Study In Scarlet,"everything,"" he answered.",339
A Study In Scarlet,,340
A Study In Scarlet,"""All right--noon exactly,"" said I, shaking his hand.",341
A Study In Scarlet,,342
A Study In Scarlet,"We left him working among his chemicals, and we walked together",343
A Study In Scarlet,towards my hotel.,344
A Study In Scarlet,,345
A Study In Scarlet,"""By the way,"" I asked suddenly, stopping and turning upon Stamford,",346
A Study In Scarlet,"""how the deuce did he know that I had come from Afghanistan?""",347
A Study In Scarlet,,348
A Study In Scarlet,"My companion smiled an enigmatical smile. ""That's just his little",349
A Study In Scarlet,"peculiarity,"" he said. ""A good many people have wanted to know how he",350
A Study In Scarlet,"finds things out.""",351
A Study In Scarlet,,352
A Study In Scarlet,"""Oh! a mystery is it?"" I cried, rubbing my hands. ""This is very",353
A Study In Scarlet,piquant. I am much obliged to you for bringing us together. 'The,354
A Study In Scarlet,"proper study of mankind is man,' you know.""",355
A Study In Scarlet,,356
A Study In Scarlet,"""You must study him, then,"" Stamford said, as he bade me good-bye.",357
A Study In Scarlet,"""You'll find him a knotty problem, though. I'll wager he learns more",358
A Study In Scarlet,"about you than you about him. Good-bye.""",359
A Study In Scarlet,,360
A Study In Scarlet,"""Good-bye,"" I answered, and strolled on to my hotel, considerably",361
A Study In Scarlet,interested in my new acquaintance.,362
A Study In Scarlet,,363
A Study In Scarlet,CHAPTER II,364
A Study In Scarlet,The Science Of Deduction,365
A Study In Scarlet,,366
A Study In Scarlet,"We met next day as he had arranged, and inspected the rooms at No.",367
A Study In Scarlet,"221b, Baker Street, of which he had spoken at our meeting. They",368
A Study In Scarlet,consisted of a couple of comfortable bed-rooms and a single large,369
A Study In Scarlet,"airy sitting-room, cheerfully furnished, and illuminated by two broad",370
A Study In Scarlet,"windows. So desirable in every way were the apartments, and so",371
A Study In Scarlet,"moderate did the terms seem when divided between us, that the bargain",372
A Study In Scarlet,"was concluded upon the spot, and we at once entered into possession.",373
A Study In Scarlet,"That very evening I moved my things round from the hotel, and on the",374
A Study In Scarlet,following morning Sherlock Holmes followed me with several boxes and,375
A Study In Scarlet,portmanteaus. For a day or two we were busily employed in unpacking,376
A Study In Scarlet,"and laying out our property to the best advantage. That done, we",377
A Study In Scarlet,gradually began to settle down and to accommodate ourselves to our,378
A Study In Scarlet,new surroundings.,379
A Study In Scarlet,,380
A Study In Scarlet,Holmes was certainly not a difficult man to live with. He was quiet,381
A Study In Scarlet,"in his ways, and his habits were regular. It was rare for him to be",382
A Study In Scarlet,"up after ten at night, and he had invariably breakfasted and gone out",383
A Study In Scarlet,before I rose in the morning. Sometimes he spent his day at the,384
A Study In Scarlet,"chemical laboratory, sometimes in the dissecting-rooms, and",385
A Study In Scarlet,"occasionally in long walks, which appeared to take him into the",386
A Study In Scarlet,lowest portions of the City. Nothing could exceed his energy when the,387
A Study In Scarlet,working fit was upon him; but now and again a reaction would seize,388
A Study In Scarlet,"him, and for days on end he would lie upon the sofa in the",389
A Study In Scarlet,"sitting-room, hardly uttering a word or moving a muscle from morning",390
A Study In Scarlet,"to night. On these occasions I have noticed such a dreamy, vacant",391
A Study In Scarlet,"expression in his eyes, that I might have suspected him of being",392
A Study In Scarlet,"addicted to the use of some narcotic, had not the temperance and",393
A Study In Scarlet,cleanliness of his whole life forbidden such a notion.,394
A Study In Scarlet,,395
A Study In Scarlet,"As the weeks went by, my interest in him and my curiosity as to his",396
A Study In Scarlet,"aims in life, gradually deepened and increased. His very person and",397
A Study In Scarlet,appearance were such as to strike the attention of the most casual,398
A Study In Scarlet,"observer. In height he was rather over six feet, and so excessively",399
A Study In Scarlet,lean that he seemed to be considerably taller. His eyes were sharp,400
A Study In Scarlet,"and piercing, save during those intervals of torpor to which I have",401
A Study In Scarlet,"alluded; and his thin, hawk-like nose gave his whole expression an",402
A Study In Scarlet,"air of alertness and decision. His chin, too, had the prominence and",403
A Study In Scarlet,squareness which mark the man of determination. His hands were,404
A Study In Scarlet,"invariably blotted with ink and stained with chemicals, yet he was",405
A Study In Scarlet,"possessed of extraordinary delicacy of touch, as I frequently had",406
A Study In Scarlet,occasion to observe when I watched him manipulating his fragile,407
A Study In Scarlet,philosophical instruments.,408
A Study In Scarlet,,409
A Study In Scarlet,"The reader may set me down as a hopeless busybody, when I confess how",410
A Study In Scarlet,"much this man stimulated my curiosity, and how often I endeavoured to",411
A Study In Scarlet,break through the reticence which he showed on all that concerned,412
A Study In Scarlet,"himself. Before pronouncing judgment, however, be it remembered, how",413
A Study In Scarlet,"objectless was my life, and how little there was to engage my",414
A Study In Scarlet,attention. My health forbade me from venturing out unless the weather,415
A Study In Scarlet,"was exceptionally genial, and I had no friends who would call upon me",416
A Study In Scarlet,and break the monotony of my daily existence. Under these,417
A Study In Scarlet,"circumstances, I eagerly hailed the little mystery which hung around",418
A Study In Scarlet,"my companion, and spent much of my time in endeavouring to unravel",419
A Study In Scarlet,it.,420
A Study In Scarlet,,421
A Study In Scarlet,"He was not studying medicine. He had himself, in reply to a question,",422
A Study In Scarlet,confirmed Stamford's opinion upon that point. Neither did he appear,423
A Study In Scarlet,to have pursued any course of reading which might fit him for a,424
A Study In Scarlet,degree in science or any other recognized portal which would give him,425
A Study In Scarlet,an entrance into the learned world. Yet his zeal for certain studies,426
A Study In Scarlet,"was remarkable, and within eccentric limits his knowledge was so",427
A Study In Scarlet,extraordinarily ample and minute that his observations have fairly,428
A Study In Scarlet,astounded me. Surely no man would work so hard or attain such precise,429
A Study In Scarlet,information unless he had some definite end in view. Desultory,430
A Study In Scarlet,readers are seldom remarkable for the exactness of their learning. No,431
A Study In Scarlet,man burdens his mind with small matters unless he has some very good,432
A Study In Scarlet,reason for doing so.,433
A Study In Scarlet,,434
A Study In Scarlet,His ignorance was as remarkable as his knowledge. Of contemporary,435
A Study In Scarlet,"literature, philosophy and politics he appeared to know next to",436
A Study In Scarlet,"nothing. Upon my quoting Thomas Carlyle, he inquired in the naivest",437
A Study In Scarlet,way who he might be and what he had done. My surprise reached a,438
A Study In Scarlet,"climax, however, when I found incidentally that he was ignorant of",439
A Study In Scarlet,the Copernican Theory and of the composition of the Solar System.,440
A Study In Scarlet,That any civilized human being in this nineteenth century should not,441
A Study In Scarlet,be aware that the earth travelled round the sun appeared to be to me,442
A Study In Scarlet,such an extraordinary fact that I could hardly realize it.,443
A Study In Scarlet,,444
A Study In Scarlet,"""You appear to be astonished,"" he said, smiling at my expression of",445
A Study In Scarlet,"surprise. ""Now that I do know it I shall do my best to forget it.""",446
A Study In Scarlet,,447
A Study In Scarlet,"""To forget it!""",448
A Study In Scarlet,,449
A Study In Scarlet,"""You see,"" he explained, ""I consider that a man's brain originally is",450
A Study In Scarlet,"like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such",451
A Study In Scarlet,furniture as you choose. A fool takes in all the lumber of every sort,452
A Study In Scarlet,"that he comes across, so that the knowledge which might be useful to",453
A Study In Scarlet,"him gets crowded out, or at best is jumbled up with a lot of other",454
A Study In Scarlet,things so that he has a difficulty in laying his hands upon it. Now,455
A Study In Scarlet,the skilful workman is very careful indeed as to what he takes into,456
A Study In Scarlet,his brain-attic. He will have nothing but the tools which may help,457
A Study In Scarlet,"him in doing his work, but of these he has a large assortment, and",458
A Study In Scarlet,all in the most perfect order. It is a mistake to think that that,459
A Study In Scarlet,little room has elastic walls and can distend to any extent. Depend,460
A Study In Scarlet,upon it there comes a time when for every addition of knowledge you,461
A Study In Scarlet,forget something that you knew before. It is of the highest,462
A Study In Scarlet,"importance, therefore, not to have useless facts elbowing out the",463
A Study In Scarlet,"useful ones.""",464
A Study In Scarlet,,465
A Study In Scarlet,"""But the Solar System!"" I protested.",466
A Study In Scarlet,,467
A Study In Scarlet,"""What the deuce is it to me?"" he interrupted impatiently; ""you say",468
A Study In Scarlet,that we go round the sun. If we went round the moon it would not make,469
A Study In Scarlet,"a pennyworth of difference to me or to my work.""",470
A Study In Scarlet,,471
A Study In Scarlet,"I was on the point of asking him what that work might be, but",472
A Study In Scarlet,something in his manner showed me that the question would be an,473
A Study In Scarlet,"unwelcome one. I pondered over our short conversation, however, and",474
A Study In Scarlet,endeavoured to draw my deductions from it. He said that he would,475
A Study In Scarlet,acquire no knowledge which did not bear upon his object. Therefore,476
A Study In Scarlet,all the knowledge which he possessed was such as would be useful to,477
A Study In Scarlet,him. I enumerated in my own mind all the various points upon which he,478
A Study In Scarlet,had shown me that he was exceptionally well-informed. I even took a,479
A Study In Scarlet,pencil and jotted them down. I could not help smiling at the document,480
A Study In Scarlet,when I had completed it. It ran in this way--,481
A Study In Scarlet,,482
A Study In Scarlet,Sherlock Holmes--his limits.,483
A Study In Scarlet,,484
A Study In Scarlet,1. Knowledge of Literature.--Nil.,485
A Study In Scarlet,2. Philosophy.--Nil.,486
A Study In Scarlet,3. Astronomy.--Nil.,487
A Study In Scarlet,4. Politics.--Feeble.,488
A Study In Scarlet,"5. Botany.--Variable. Well up in belladonna, opium, and poisons",489
A Study In Scarlet,generally. Knows nothing of practical gardening.,490
A Study In Scarlet,"6. Geology.--Practical, but limited. Tells at a glance different",491
A Study In Scarlet,soils from each other. After walks has shown me splashes upon his,492
A Study In Scarlet,"trousers, and told me by their colour and consistence in what part of",493
A Study In Scarlet,London he had received them.,494
A Study In Scarlet,7. Chemistry.--Profound.,495
A Study In Scarlet,"8. Anatomy.--Accurate, but unsystematic.",496
A Study In Scarlet,9. Sensational Literature.--Immense. He appears to know every detail,497
A Study In Scarlet,of every horror perpetrated in the century.,498
A Study In Scarlet,10. Plays the violin well.,499
A Study In Scarlet,"11. Is an expert singlestick player, boxer, and swordsman.",500
A Study In Scarlet,12. Has a good practical knowledge of British law.,501
A Study In Scarlet,,502
A Study In Scarlet,When I had got so far in my list I threw it into the fire in despair.,503
A Study In Scarlet,"""If I can only find what the fellow is driving at by reconciling all",504
A Study In Scarlet,"these accomplishments, and discovering a calling which needs them",505
A Study In Scarlet,"all,"" I said to myself, ""I may as well give up the attempt at once.""",506
A Study In Scarlet,,507
A Study In Scarlet,I see that I have alluded above to his powers upon the violin. These,508
A Study In Scarlet,"were very remarkable, but as eccentric as all his other",509
A Study In Scarlet,"accomplishments. That he could play pieces, and difficult pieces, I",510
A Study In Scarlet,"knew well, because at my request he has played me some of",511
A Study In Scarlet,"Mendelssohn's Lieder, and other favourites. When left to himself,",512
A Study In Scarlet,"however, he would seldom produce any music or attempt any recognized",513
A Study In Scarlet,"air. Leaning back in his arm-chair of an evening, he would close his",514
A Study In Scarlet,eyes and scrape carelessly at the fiddle which was thrown across his,515
A Study In Scarlet,knee. Sometimes the chords were sonorous and melancholy. Occasionally,516
A Study In Scarlet,they were fantastic and cheerful. Clearly they reflected the thoughts,517
A Study In Scarlet,"which possessed him, but whether the music aided those thoughts, or",518
A Study In Scarlet,whether the playing was simply the result of a whim or fancy was more,519
A Study In Scarlet,than I could determine. I might have rebelled against these,520
A Study In Scarlet,exasperating solos had it not been that he usually terminated them by,521
A Study In Scarlet,playing in quick succession a whole series of my favourite airs as a,522
A Study In Scarlet,slight compensation for the trial upon my patience.,523
A Study In Scarlet,,524
A Study In Scarlet,"During the first week or so we had no callers, and I had begun to",525
A Study In Scarlet,think that my companion was as friendless a man as I was myself.,526
A Study In Scarlet,"Presently, however, I found that he had many acquaintances, and those",527
A Study In Scarlet,in the most different classes of society. There was one little sallow,528
A Study In Scarlet,"rat-faced, dark-eyed fellow who was introduced to me as Mr. Lestrade,",529
A Study In Scarlet,and who came three or four times in a single week. One morning a,530
A Study In Scarlet,"young girl called, fashionably dressed, and stayed for half an hour",531
A Study In Scarlet,"or more. The same afternoon brought a grey-headed, seedy visitor,",532
A Study In Scarlet,"looking like a Jew pedlar, who appeared to me to be much excited, and",533
A Study In Scarlet,who was closely followed by a slipshod elderly woman. On another,534
A Study In Scarlet,occasion an old white-haired gentleman had an interview with my,535
A Study In Scarlet,companion; and on another a railway porter in his velveteen uniform.,536
A Study In Scarlet,"When any of these nondescript individuals put in an appearance,",537
A Study In Scarlet,"Sherlock Holmes used to beg for the use of the sitting-room, and I",538
A Study In Scarlet,would retire to my bed-room. He always apologized to me for putting,539
A Study In Scarlet,"me to this inconvenience. ""I have to use this room as a place of",540
A Study In Scarlet,"business,"" he said, ""and these people are my clients."" Again I had an",541
A Study In Scarlet,"opportunity of asking him a point blank question, and again my",542
A Study In Scarlet,delicacy prevented me from forcing another man to confide in me. I,543
A Study In Scarlet,imagined at the time that he had some strong reason for not alluding,544
A Study In Scarlet,"to it, but he soon dispelled the idea by coming round to the subject",545
A Study In Scarlet,of his own accord.,546
A Study In Scarlet,,547
A Study In Scarlet,"It was upon the 4th of March, as I have good reason to remember, that",548
A Study In Scarlet,"I rose somewhat earlier than usual, and found that Sherlock Holmes",549
A Study In Scarlet,had not yet finished his breakfast. The landlady had become so,550
A Study In Scarlet,accustomed to my late habits that my place had not been laid nor my,551
A Study In Scarlet,coffee prepared. With the unreasonable petulance of mankind I rang,552
A Study In Scarlet,the bell and gave a curt intimation that I was ready. Then I picked,553
A Study In Scarlet,up a magazine from the table and attempted to while away the time,554
A Study In Scarlet,"with it, while my companion munched silently at his toast. One of the",555
A Study In Scarlet,"articles had a pencil mark at the heading, and I naturally began to",556
A Study In Scarlet,run my eye through it.,557
A Study In Scarlet,,558
A Study In Scarlet,"Its somewhat ambitious title was ""The Book of Life,"" and it attempted",559
A Study In Scarlet,to show how much an observant man might learn by an accurate and,560
A Study In Scarlet,systematic examination of all that came in his way. It struck me as,561
A Study In Scarlet,being a remarkable mixture of shrewdness and of absurdity. The,562
A Study In Scarlet,"reasoning was close and intense, but the deductions appeared to me to",563
A Study In Scarlet,be far-fetched and exaggerated. The writer claimed by a momentary,564
A Study In Scarlet,"expression, a twitch of a muscle or a glance of an eye, to fathom a",565
A Study In Scarlet,"man's inmost thoughts. Deceit, according to him, was an impossibility",566
A Study In Scarlet,in the case of one trained to observation and analysis. His,567
A Study In Scarlet,conclusions were as infallible as so many propositions of Euclid. So,568
A Study In Scarlet,startling would his results appear to the uninitiated that until they,569
A Study In Scarlet,learned the processes by which he had arrived at them they might well,570
A Study In Scarlet,consider him as a necromancer.,571
A Study In Scarlet,,572
A Study In Scarlet,"""From a drop of water,"" said the writer, ""a logician could infer the",573
A Study In Scarlet,possibility of an Atlantic or a Niagara without having seen or heard,574
A Study In Scarlet,"of one or the other. So all life is a great chain, the nature of",575
A Study In Scarlet,which is known whenever we are shown a single link of it. Like all,576
A Study In Scarlet,"other arts, the Science of Deduction and Analysis is one which can",577
A Study In Scarlet,only be acquired by long and patient study nor is life long enough to,578
A Study In Scarlet,allow any mortal to attain the highest possible perfection in it.,579
A Study In Scarlet,Before turning to those moral and mental aspects of the matter which,580
A Study In Scarlet,"present the greatest difficulties, let the enquirer begin by",581
A Study In Scarlet,"mastering more elementary problems. Let him, on meeting a",582
A Study In Scarlet,"fellow-mortal, learn at a glance to distinguish the history of the",583
A Study In Scarlet,"man, and the trade or profession to which he belongs. Puerile as such",584
A Study In Scarlet,"an exercise may seem, it sharpens the faculties of observation, and",585
A Study In Scarlet,teaches one where to look and what to look for. By a man's finger,586
A Study In Scarlet,"nails, by his coat-sleeve, by his boot, by his trouser knees, by the",587
A Study In Scarlet,"callosities of his forefinger and thumb, by his expression, by his",588
A Study In Scarlet,shirt cuffs--by each of these things a man's calling is plainly,589
A Study In Scarlet,revealed. That all united should fail to enlighten the competent,590
A Study In Scarlet,"enquirer in any case is almost inconceivable.""",591
A Study In Scarlet,,592
A Study In Scarlet,"""What ineffable twaddle!"" I cried, slapping the magazine down on the",593
A Study In Scarlet,"table, ""I never read such rubbish in my life.""",594
A Study In Scarlet,,595
A Study In Scarlet,"""What is it?"" asked Sherlock Holmes.",596
A Study In Scarlet,,597
A Study In Scarlet,"""Why, this article,"" I said, pointing at it with my egg spoon as I",598
A Study In Scarlet,"sat down to my breakfast. ""I see that you have read it since you have",599
A Study In Scarlet,marked it. I don't deny that it is smartly written. It irritates me,600
A Study In Scarlet,though. It is evidently the theory of some arm-chair lounger who,601
A Study In Scarlet,evolves all these neat little paradoxes in the seclusion of his own,602
A Study In Scarlet,study. It is not practical. I should like to see him clapped down in,603
A Study In Scarlet,"a third class carriage on the Underground, and asked to give the",604
A Study In Scarlet,trades of all his fellow-travellers. I would lay a thousand to one,605
A Study In Scarlet,"against him.""",606
A Study In Scarlet,,607
A Study In Scarlet,"""You would lose your money,"" Sherlock Holmes remarked calmly.  ""As",608
A Study In Scarlet,"for the article I wrote it myself.""",609
A Study In Scarlet,,610
A Study In Scarlet,"""You!""",611
A Study In Scarlet,,612
A Study In Scarlet,"""Yes, I have a turn both for observation and for deduction. The",613
A Study In Scarlet,"theories which I have expressed there, and which appear to you to be",614
A Study In Scarlet,so chimerical are really extremely practical--so practical that I,615
A Study In Scarlet,"depend upon them for my bread and cheese.""",616
A Study In Scarlet,,617
A Study In Scarlet,"""And how?"" I asked involuntarily.",618
A Study In Scarlet,,619
A Study In Scarlet,"""Well, I have a trade of my own. I suppose I am the only one in the",620
A Study In Scarlet,"world. I'm a consulting detective, if you can understand what that",621
A Study In Scarlet,is. Here in London we have lots of Government detectives and lots of,622
A Study In Scarlet,"private ones. When these fellows are at fault they come to me, and I",623
A Study In Scarlet,manage to put them on the right scent. They lay all the evidence,624
A Study In Scarlet,"before me, and I am generally able, by the help of my knowledge of",625
A Study In Scarlet,"the history of crime, to set them straight. There is a strong family",626
A Study In Scarlet,"resemblance about misdeeds, and if you have all the details of a",627
A Study In Scarlet,"thousand at your finger ends, it is odd if you can't unravel the",628
A Study In Scarlet,thousand and first. Lestrade is a well-known detective. He got,629
A Study In Scarlet,"himself into a fog recently over a forgery case, and that was what",630
A Study In Scarlet,"brought him here.""",631
A Study In Scarlet,,632
A Study In Scarlet,"""And these other people?""",633
A Study In Scarlet,,634
A Study In Scarlet,"""They are mostly sent on by private inquiry agencies. They are all",635
A Study In Scarlet,"people who are in trouble about something, and want a little",636
A Study In Scarlet,"enlightening. I listen to their story, they listen to my comments,",637
A Study In Scarlet,"and then I pocket my fee.""",638
A Study In Scarlet,,639
A Study In Scarlet,"""But do you mean to say,"" I said, ""that without leaving your room you",640
A Study In Scarlet,"can unravel some knot which other men can make nothing of, although",641
A Study In Scarlet,"they have seen every detail for themselves?""",642
A Study In Scarlet,,643
A Study In Scarlet,"""Quite so. I have a kind of intuition that way. Now and again a case",644
A Study In Scarlet,turns up which is a little more complex. Then I have to bustle about,645
A Study In Scarlet,and see things with my own eyes. You see I have a lot of special,646
A Study In Scarlet,"knowledge which I apply to the problem, and which facilitates matters",647
A Study In Scarlet,wonderfully. Those rules of deduction laid down in that article which,648
A Study In Scarlet,"aroused your scorn, are invaluable to me in practical work.",649
A Study In Scarlet,Observation with me is second nature. You appeared to be surprised,650
A Study In Scarlet,"when I told you, on our first meeting, that you had come from",651
A Study In Scarlet,"Afghanistan.""",652
A Study In Scarlet,,653
A Study In Scarlet,"""You were told, no doubt.""",654
A Study In Scarlet,,655
A Study In Scarlet,"""Nothing of the sort. I knew you came from Afghanistan. From long",656
A Study In Scarlet,"habit the train of thoughts ran so swiftly through my mind, that I",657
A Study In Scarlet,arrived at the conclusion without being conscious of intermediate,658
A Study In Scarlet,"steps. There were such steps, however. The train of reasoning ran,",659
A Study In Scarlet,"'Here is a gentleman of a medical type, but with the air of a",660
A Study In Scarlet,"military man. Clearly an army doctor, then. He has just come from the",661
A Study In Scarlet,"tropics, for his face is dark, and that is not the natural tint of",662
A Study In Scarlet,"his skin, for his wrists are fair. He has undergone hardship and",663
A Study In Scarlet,"sickness, as his haggard face says clearly. His left arm has been",664
A Study In Scarlet,injured. He holds it in a stiff and unnatural manner. Where in the,665
A Study In Scarlet,tropics could an English army doctor have seen much hardship and got,666
A Study In Scarlet,his arm wounded? Clearly in Afghanistan.' The whole train of thought,667
A Study In Scarlet,did not occupy a second. I then remarked that you came from,668
A Study In Scarlet,"Afghanistan, and you were astonished.""",669
A Study In Scarlet,,670
A Study In Scarlet,"""It is simple enough as you explain it,"" I said, smiling. ""You remind",671
A Study In Scarlet,me of Edgar Allen Poe's Dupin. I had no idea that such individuals,672
A Study In Scarlet,"did exist outside of stories.""",673
A Study In Scarlet,,674
A Study In Scarlet,"Sherlock Holmes rose and lit his pipe. ""No doubt you think that you",675
A Study In Scarlet,"are complimenting me in comparing me to Dupin,"" he observed. ""Now, in",676
A Study In Scarlet,"my opinion, Dupin was a very inferior fellow. That trick of his of",677
A Study In Scarlet,breaking in on his friends' thoughts with an apropos remark after a,678
A Study In Scarlet,quarter of an hour's silence is really very showy and superficial. He,679
A Study In Scarlet,"had some analytical genius, no doubt; but he was by no means such a",680
A Study In Scarlet,"phenomenon as Poe appeared to imagine.""",681
A Study In Scarlet,,682
A Study In Scarlet,"""Have you read Gaboriau's works?"" I asked. ""Does Lecoq come up to",683
A Study In Scarlet,"your idea of a detective?""",684
A Study In Scarlet,,685
A Study In Scarlet,"Sherlock Holmes sniffed sardonically. ""Lecoq was a miserable",686
A Study In Scarlet,"bungler,"" he said, in an angry voice; ""he had only one thing to",687
A Study In Scarlet,"recommend him, and that was his energy. That book made me positively",688
A Study In Scarlet,ill. The question was how to identify an unknown prisoner. I could,689
A Study In Scarlet,have done it in twenty-four hours. Lecoq took six months or so. It,690
A Study In Scarlet,might be made a text-book for detectives to teach them what to,691
A Study In Scarlet,"avoid.""",692
A Study In Scarlet,,693
A Study In Scarlet,I felt rather indignant at having two characters whom I had admired,694
A Study In Scarlet,"treated in this cavalier style. I walked over to the window, and",695
A Study In Scarlet,"stood looking out into the busy street. ""This fellow may be very",696
A Study In Scarlet,"clever,"" I said to myself, ""but he is certainly very conceited.""",697
A Study In Scarlet,,698
A Study In Scarlet,"""There are no crimes and no criminals in these days,"" he said,",699
A Study In Scarlet,"querulously. ""What is the use of having brains in our profession? I",700
A Study In Scarlet,know well that I have it in me to make my name famous. No man lives,701
A Study In Scarlet,or has ever lived who has brought the same amount of study and of,702
A Study In Scarlet,natural talent to the detection of crime which I have done. And what,703
A Study In Scarlet,"is the result? There is no crime to detect, or, at most, some",704
A Study In Scarlet,bungling villany with a motive so transparent that even a Scotland,705
A Study In Scarlet,"Yard official can see through it.""",706
A Study In Scarlet,,707
A Study In Scarlet,I was still annoyed at his bumptious style of conversation. I thought,708
A Study In Scarlet,it best to change the topic.,709
A Study In Scarlet,,710
A Study In Scarlet,"""I wonder what that fellow is looking for?"" I asked, pointing to a",711
A Study In Scarlet,"stalwart, plainly-dressed individual who was walking slowly down the",712
A Study In Scarlet,"other side of the street, looking anxiously at the numbers. He had a",713
A Study In Scarlet,"large blue envelope in his hand, and was evidently the bearer of a",714
A Study In Scarlet,message.,715
A Study In Scarlet,,716
A Study In Scarlet,"""You mean the retired sergeant of Marines,"" said Sherlock Holmes.",717
A Study In Scarlet,,718
A Study In Scarlet,"""Brag and bounce!"" thought I to myself. ""He knows that I cannot",719
A Study In Scarlet,"verify his guess.""",720
A Study In Scarlet,,721
A Study In Scarlet,The thought had hardly passed through my mind when the man whom we,722
A Study In Scarlet,"were watching caught sight of the number on our door, and ran rapidly",723
A Study In Scarlet,"across the roadway. We heard a loud knock, a deep voice below, and",724
A Study In Scarlet,heavy steps ascending the stair.,725
A Study In Scarlet,,726
A Study In Scarlet,"""For Mr. Sherlock Holmes,"" he said, stepping into the room and",727
A Study In Scarlet,handing my friend the letter.,728
A Study In Scarlet,,729
A Study In Scarlet,Here was an opportunity of taking the conceit out of him. He little,730
A Study In Scarlet,"thought of this when he made that random shot. ""May I ask, my lad,"" I",731
A Study In Scarlet,"said, in the blandest voice, ""what your trade may be?""",732
A Study In Scarlet,,733
A Study In Scarlet,"""Commissionaire, sir,"" he said, gruffly. ""Uniform away for repairs.""",734
A Study In Scarlet,,735
A Study In Scarlet,"""And you were?"" I asked, with a slightly malicious glance at my",736
A Study In Scarlet,companion.,737
A Study In Scarlet,,738
A Study In Scarlet,"""A sergeant, sir, Royal Marine Light Infantry, sir. No answer? Right,",739
A Study In Scarlet,"sir.""",740
A Study In Scarlet,,741
A Study In Scarlet,"He clicked his heels together, raised his hand in a salute, and was",742
A Study In Scarlet,gone.,743
A Study In Scarlet,,744
A Study In Scarlet,CHAPTER III,745
A Study In Scarlet,The Lauriston Garden Mystery,746
A Study In Scarlet,,747
A Study In Scarlet,I confess that I was considerably startled by this fresh proof of the,748
A Study In Scarlet,practical nature of my companion's theories. My respect for his,749
A Study In Scarlet,powers of analysis increased wondrously. There still remained some,750
A Study In Scarlet,"lurking suspicion in my mind, however, that the whole thing was a",751
A Study In Scarlet,"pre-arranged episode, intended to dazzle me, though what earthly",752
A Study In Scarlet,object he could have in taking me in was past my comprehension. When,753
A Study In Scarlet,"I looked at him he had finished reading the note, and his eyes had",754
A Study In Scarlet,"assumed the vacant, lack-lustre expression which showed mental",755
A Study In Scarlet,abstraction.,756
A Study In Scarlet,,757
A Study In Scarlet,"""How in the world did you deduce that?"" I asked.",758
A Study In Scarlet,,759
A Study In Scarlet,"""Deduce what?"" said he, petulantly.",760
A Study In Scarlet,,761
A Study In Scarlet,"""Why, that he was a retired sergeant of Marines.""",762
A Study In Scarlet,,763
A Study In Scarlet,"""I have no time for trifles,"" he answered, brusquely; then with a",764
A Study In Scarlet,"smile, ""Excuse my rudeness. You broke the thread of my thoughts; but",765
A Study In Scarlet,perhaps it is as well. So you actually were not able to see that that,766
A Study In Scarlet,"man was a sergeant of Marines?""",767
A Study In Scarlet,,768
A Study In Scarlet,"""No, indeed.""",769
A Study In Scarlet,,770
A Study In Scarlet,"""It was easier to know it than to explain why I knew it. If you were",771
A Study In Scarlet,"asked to prove that two and two made four, you might find some",772
A Study In Scarlet,"difficulty, and yet you are quite sure of the fact. Even across the",773
A Study In Scarlet,street I could see a great blue anchor tattooed on the back of the,774
A Study In Scarlet,"fellow's hand. That smacked of the sea. He had a military carriage,",775
A Study In Scarlet,"however, and regulation side whiskers. There we have the marine. He",776
A Study In Scarlet,was a man with some amount of self-importance and a certain air of,777
A Study In Scarlet,command. You must have observed the way in which he held his head and,778
A Study In Scarlet,"swung his cane. A steady, respectable, middle-aged man, too, on the",779
A Study In Scarlet,face of him--all facts which led me to believe that he had been a,780
A Study In Scarlet,"sergeant.""",781
A Study In Scarlet,,782
A Study In Scarlet,"""Wonderful!"" I ejaculated.",783
A Study In Scarlet,,784
A Study In Scarlet,"""Commonplace,"" said Holmes, though I thought from his expression that",785
A Study In Scarlet,"he was pleased at my evident surprise and admiration. ""I said just",786
A Study In Scarlet,now that there were no criminals. It appears that I am wrong--look at,787
A Study In Scarlet,"this!"" He threw me over the note which the commissionaire had",788
A Study In Scarlet,brought.,789
A Study In Scarlet,,790
A Study In Scarlet,"""Why,"" I cried, as I cast my eye over it, ""this is terrible!""",791
A Study In Scarlet,,792
A Study In Scarlet,"""It does seem to be a little out of the common,"" he remarked, calmly.",793
A Study In Scarlet,"""Would you mind reading it to me aloud?""",794
A Study In Scarlet,,795
A Study In Scarlet,This is the letter which I read to him--,796
A Study In Scarlet,,797
A Study In Scarlet,"""My dear Mr. Sherlock Holmes:",798
A Study In Scarlet,"""There has been a bad business during the night at 3, Lauriston",799
A Study In Scarlet,"Gardens, off the Brixton Road. Our man on the beat saw a light there",800
A Study In Scarlet,"about two in the morning, and as the house was an empty one,",801
A Study In Scarlet,"suspected that something was amiss. He found the door open, and in",802
A Study In Scarlet,"the front room, which is bare of furniture, discovered the body of a",803
A Study In Scarlet,"gentleman, well dressed, and having cards in his pocket bearing the",804
A Study In Scarlet,"name of 'Enoch J. Drebber, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.' There had been no",805
A Study In Scarlet,"robbery, nor is there any evidence as to how the man met his death.",806
A Study In Scarlet,"There are marks of blood in the room, but there is no wound upon his",807
A Study In Scarlet,person. We are at a loss as to how he came into the empty house;,808
A Study In Scarlet,"indeed, the whole affair is a puzzler. If you can come round to the",809
A Study In Scarlet,"house any time before twelve, you will find me there. I have left",810
A Study In Scarlet,everything in statu quo until I hear from you. If you are unable to,811
A Study In Scarlet,"come I shall give you fuller details, and would esteem it a great",812
A Study In Scarlet,kindness if you would favour me with your opinion.,813
A Study In Scarlet,"""Yours faithfully,",814
A Study In Scarlet,"""Tobias Gregson.""",815
A Study In Scarlet,,816
A Study In Scarlet,"""Gregson is the smartest of the Scotland Yarders,"" my friend",817
A Study In Scarlet,"remarked; ""he and Lestrade are the pick of a bad lot. They are both",818
A Study In Scarlet,"quick and energetic, but conventional--shockingly so. They have their",819
A Study In Scarlet,"knives into one another, too. They are as jealous as a pair of",820
A Study In Scarlet,professional beauties. There will be some fun over this case if they,821
A Study In Scarlet,"are both put upon the scent.""",822
A Study In Scarlet,,823
A Study In Scarlet,"I was amazed at the calm way in which he rippled on. ""Surely there is",824
A Study In Scarlet,"not a moment to be lost,"" I cried, ""shall I go and order you a cab?""",825
A Study In Scarlet,,826
A Study In Scarlet,"""I'm not sure about whether I shall go. I am the most incurably lazy",827
A Study In Scarlet,"devil that ever stood in shoe leather--that is, when the fit is on",828
A Study In Scarlet,"me, for I can be spry enough at times.""",829
A Study In Scarlet,,830
A Study In Scarlet,"""Why, it is just such a chance as you have been longing for.""",831
A Study In Scarlet,,832
A Study In Scarlet,"""My dear fellow, what does it matter to me. Supposing I unravel the",833
A Study In Scarlet,"whole matter, you may be sure that Gregson, Lestrade, and Co. will",834
A Study In Scarlet,"pocket all the credit. That comes of being an unofficial personage.""",835
A Study In Scarlet,,836
A Study In Scarlet,"""But he begs you to help him.""",837
A Study In Scarlet,,838
A Study In Scarlet,"""Yes. He knows that I am his superior, and acknowledges it to me; but",839
A Study In Scarlet,he would cut his tongue out before he would own it to any third,840
A Study In Scarlet,"person. However, we may as well go and have a look. I shall work it",841
A Study In Scarlet,out on my own hook. I may have a laugh at them if I have nothing,842
A Study In Scarlet,"else. Come on!""",843
A Study In Scarlet,,844
A Study In Scarlet,"He hustled on his overcoat, and bustled about in a way that showed",845
A Study In Scarlet,that an energetic fit had superseded the apathetic one.,846
A Study In Scarlet,,847
A Study In Scarlet,"""Get your hat,"" he said.",848
A Study In Scarlet,,849
A Study In Scarlet,"""You wish me to come?""",850
A Study In Scarlet,,851
A Study In Scarlet,"""Yes, if you have nothing better to do."" A minute later we were both",852
A Study In Scarlet,"in a hansom, driving furiously for the Brixton Road.",853
A Study In Scarlet,,854
A Study In Scarlet,"It was a foggy, cloudy morning, and a dun-coloured veil hung over the",855
A Study In Scarlet,"house-tops, looking like the reflection of the mud-coloured streets",856
A Study In Scarlet,"beneath. My companion was in the best of spirits, and prattled away",857
A Study In Scarlet,"about Cremona fiddles, and the difference between a Stradivarius and",858
A Study In Scarlet,"an Amati. As for myself, I was silent, for the dull weather and the",859
A Study In Scarlet,"melancholy business upon which we were engaged, depressed my spirits.",860
A Study In Scarlet,,861
A Study In Scarlet,"""You don't seem to give much thought to the matter in hand,"" I said",862
A Study In Scarlet,"at last, interrupting Holmes' musical disquisition.",863
A Study In Scarlet,,864
A Study In Scarlet,"""No data yet,"" he answered. ""It is a capital mistake to theorize",865
A Study In Scarlet,"before you have all the evidence. It biases the judgment.""",866
A Study In Scarlet,,867
A Study In Scarlet,"""You will have your data soon,"" I remarked, pointing with my finger;",868
A Study In Scarlet,"""this is the Brixton Road, and that is the house, if I am not very",869
A Study In Scarlet,"much mistaken.""",870
A Study In Scarlet,,871
A Study In Scarlet,"""So it is. Stop, driver, stop!"" We were still a hundred yards or so",872
A Study In Scarlet,"from it, but he insisted upon our alighting, and we finished our",873
A Study In Scarlet,journey upon foot.,874
A Study In Scarlet,,875
A Study In Scarlet,"Number 3, Lauriston Gardens wore an ill-omened and minatory look. It",876
A Study In Scarlet,"was one of four which stood back some little way from the street, two",877
A Study In Scarlet,being occupied and two empty. The latter looked out with three tiers,878
A Study In Scarlet,"of vacant melancholy windows, which were blank and dreary, save that",879
A Study In Scarlet,"here and there a ""To Let"" card had developed like a cataract upon the",880
A Study In Scarlet,bleared panes. A small garden sprinkled over with a scattered,881
A Study In Scarlet,eruption of sickly plants separated each of these houses from the,882
A Study In Scarlet,"street, and was traversed by a narrow pathway, yellowish in colour,",883
A Study In Scarlet,and consisting apparently of a mixture of clay and of gravel. The,884
A Study In Scarlet,whole place was very sloppy from the rain which had fallen through,885
A Study In Scarlet,the night. The garden was bounded by a three-foot brick wall with a,886
A Study In Scarlet,"fringe of wood rails upon the top, and against this wall was leaning",887
A Study In Scarlet,"a stalwart police constable, surrounded by a small knot of loafers,",888
A Study In Scarlet,who craned their necks and strained their eyes in the vain hope of,889
A Study In Scarlet,catching some glimpse of the proceedings within.,890
A Study In Scarlet,,891
A Study In Scarlet,I had imagined that Sherlock Holmes would at once have hurried into,892
A Study In Scarlet,the house and plunged into a study of the mystery. Nothing appeared,893
A Study In Scarlet,"to be further from his intention. With an air of nonchalance which,",894
A Study In Scarlet,"under the circumstances, seemed to me to border upon affectation, he",895
A Study In Scarlet,"lounged up and down the pavement, and gazed vacantly at the ground,",896
A Study In Scarlet,"the sky, the opposite houses and the line of railings. Having",897
A Study In Scarlet,"finished his scrutiny, he proceeded slowly down the path, or rather",898
A Study In Scarlet,"down the fringe of grass which flanked the path, keeping his eyes",899
A Study In Scarlet,"riveted upon the ground. Twice he stopped, and once I saw him smile,",900
A Study In Scarlet,and heard him utter an exclamation of satisfaction. There were many,901
A Study In Scarlet,"marks of footsteps upon the wet clayey soil, but since the police had",902
A Study In Scarlet,"been coming and going over it, I was unable to see how my companion",903
A Study In Scarlet,could hope to learn anything from it. Still I had had such,904
A Study In Scarlet,"extraordinary evidence of the quickness of his perceptive faculties,",905
A Study In Scarlet,that I had no doubt that he could see a great deal which was hidden,906
A Study In Scarlet,from me.,907
A Study In Scarlet,,908
A Study In Scarlet,"At the door of the house we were met by a tall, white-faced,",909
A Study In Scarlet,"flaxen-haired man, with a notebook in his hand, who rushed forward",910
A Study In Scarlet,"and wrung my companion's hand with effusion. ""It is indeed kind of",911
A Study In Scarlet,"you to come,"" he said, ""I have had everything left untouched.""",912
A Study In Scarlet,,913
A Study In Scarlet,"""Except that!"" my friend answered, pointing at the pathway. ""If a",914
A Study In Scarlet,herd of buffaloes had passed along there could not be a greater mess.,915
A Study In Scarlet,"No doubt, however, you had drawn your own conclusions, Gregson,",916
A Study In Scarlet,"before you permitted this.""",917
A Study In Scarlet,,918
A Study In Scarlet,"""I have had so much to do inside the house,"" the detective said",919
A Study In Scarlet,"evasively. ""My colleague, Mr. Lestrade, is here. I had relied upon",920
A Study In Scarlet,"him to look after this.""",921
A Study In Scarlet,,922
A Study In Scarlet,"Holmes glanced at me and raised his eyebrows sardonically. ""With two",923
A Study In Scarlet,"such men as yourself and Lestrade upon the ground, there will not be",924
A Study In Scarlet,"much for a third party to find out,"" he said.",925
A Study In Scarlet,,926
A Study In Scarlet,"Gregson rubbed his hands in a self-satisfied way. ""I think we have",927
A Study In Scarlet,"done all that can be done,"" he answered; ""it's a queer case though,",928
A Study In Scarlet,"and I knew your taste for such things.""",929
A Study In Scarlet,,930
A Study In Scarlet,"""You did not come here in a cab?"" asked Sherlock Holmes.",931
A Study In Scarlet,,932
A Study In Scarlet,"""No, sir.""",933
A Study In Scarlet,,934
A Study In Scarlet,"""Nor Lestrade?""",935
A Study In Scarlet,,936
A Study In Scarlet,"""No, sir.""",937
A Study In Scarlet,,938
A Study In Scarlet,"""Then let us go and look at the room."" With which inconsequent remark",939
A Study In Scarlet,"he strode on into the house, followed by Gregson, whose features",940
A Study In Scarlet,expressed his astonishment.,941
A Study In Scarlet,,942
A Study In Scarlet,"A short passage, bare planked and dusty, led to the kitchen and",943
A Study In Scarlet,offices. Two doors opened out of it to the left and to the right. One,944
A Study In Scarlet,of these had obviously been closed for many weeks. The other belonged,945
A Study In Scarlet,"to the dining-room, which was the apartment in which the mysterious",946
A Study In Scarlet,"affair had occurred. Holmes walked in, and I followed him with that",947
A Study In Scarlet,subdued feeling at my heart which the presence of death inspires.,948
A Study In Scarlet,,949
A Study In Scarlet,"It was a large square room, looking all the larger from the absence",950
A Study In Scarlet,"of all furniture. A vulgar flaring paper adorned the walls, but it",951
A Study In Scarlet,"was blotched in places with mildew, and here and there great strips",952
A Study In Scarlet,"had become detached and hung down, exposing the yellow plaster",953
A Study In Scarlet,"beneath. Opposite the door was a showy fireplace, surmounted by a",954
A Study In Scarlet,mantelpiece of imitation white marble. On one corner of this was,955
A Study In Scarlet,stuck the stump of a red wax candle. The solitary window was so dirty,956
A Study In Scarlet,"that the light was hazy and uncertain, giving a dull grey tinge to",957
A Study In Scarlet,"everything, which was intensified by the thick layer of dust which",958
A Study In Scarlet,coated the whole apartment.,959
A Study In Scarlet,,960
A Study In Scarlet,All these details I observed afterwards. At present my attention was,961
A Study In Scarlet,centred upon the single grim motionless figure which lay stretched,962
A Study In Scarlet,"upon the boards, with vacant sightless eyes staring up at the",963
A Study In Scarlet,discoloured ceiling. It was that of a man about forty-three or,964
A Study In Scarlet,"forty-four years of age, middle-sized, broad shouldered, with crisp",965
A Study In Scarlet,"curling black hair, and a short stubbly beard. He was dressed in a",966
A Study In Scarlet,"heavy broadcloth frock coat and waistcoat, with light-coloured",967
A Study In Scarlet,"trousers, and immaculate collar and cuffs. A top hat, well brushed",968
A Study In Scarlet,"and trim, was placed upon the floor beside him. His hands were",969
A Study In Scarlet,"clenched and his arms thrown abroad, while his lower limbs were",970
A Study In Scarlet,interlocked as though his death struggle had been a grievous one. On,971
A Study In Scarlet,"his rigid face there stood an expression of horror, and as it seemed",972
A Study In Scarlet,"to me, of hatred, such as I have never seen upon human features. This",973
A Study In Scarlet,"malignant and terrible contortion, combined with the low forehead,",974
A Study In Scarlet,"blunt nose, and prognathous jaw gave the dead man a singularly",975
A Study In Scarlet,"simious and ape-like appearance, which was increased by his writhing,",976
A Study In Scarlet,"unnatural posture. I have seen death in many forms, but never has it",977
A Study In Scarlet,appeared to me in a more fearsome aspect than in that dark grimy,978
A Study In Scarlet,"apartment, which looked out upon one of the main arteries of suburban",979
A Study In Scarlet,London.,980
A Study In Scarlet,,981
A Study In Scarlet,"Lestrade, lean and ferret-like as ever, was standing by the doorway,",982
A Study In Scarlet,and greeted my companion and myself.,983
A Study In Scarlet,,984
A Study In Scarlet,"""This case will make a stir, sir,"" he remarked. ""It beats anything I",985
A Study In Scarlet,"have seen, and I am no chicken.""",986
A Study In Scarlet,,987
A Study In Scarlet,"""There is no clue?"" said Gregson.",988
A Study In Scarlet,,989
A Study In Scarlet,"""None at all,"" chimed in Lestrade.",990
A Study In Scarlet,,991
A Study In Scarlet,"Sherlock Holmes approached the body, and, kneeling down, examined it",992
A Study In Scarlet,"intently. ""You are sure that there is no wound?"" he asked, pointing",993
A Study In Scarlet,to numerous gouts and splashes of blood which lay all round.,994
A Study In Scarlet,,995
A Study In Scarlet,"""Positive!"" cried both detectives.",996
A Study In Scarlet,,997
A Study In Scarlet,"""Then, of course, this blood belongs to a second",998
A Study In Scarlet,"individual--presumably the murderer, if murder has been committed. It",999
A Study In Scarlet,"reminds me of the circumstances attendant on the death of Van Jansen,",1000
A Study In Scarlet,"in Utrecht, in the year '34. Do you remember the case, Gregson?""",1001
A Study In Scarlet,,1002
A Study In Scarlet,"""No, sir.""",1003
A Study In Scarlet,,1004
A Study In Scarlet,"""Read it up--you really should. There is nothing new under the sun.",1005
A Study In Scarlet,"It has all been done before.""",1006
A Study In Scarlet,,1007
A Study In Scarlet,"As he spoke, his nimble fingers were flying here, there, and",1008
A Study In Scarlet,"everywhere, feeling, pressing, unbuttoning, examining, while his eyes",1009
A Study In Scarlet,wore the same far-away expression which I have already remarked upon.,1010
A Study In Scarlet,"So swiftly was the examination made, that one would hardly have",1011
A Study In Scarlet,"guessed the minuteness with which it was conducted. Finally, he",1012
A Study In Scarlet,"sniffed the dead man's lips, and then glanced at the soles of his",1013
A Study In Scarlet,patent leather boots.,1014
A Study In Scarlet,,1015
A Study In Scarlet,"""He has not been moved at all?"" he asked.",1016
A Study In Scarlet,,1017
A Study In Scarlet,"""No more than was necessary for the purposes of our examination.""",1018
A Study In Scarlet,,1019
A Study In Scarlet,"""You can take him to the mortuary now,"" he said. ""There is nothing",1020
A Study In Scarlet,"more to be learned.""",1021
A Study In Scarlet,,1022
A Study In Scarlet,Gregson had a stretcher and four men at hand. At his call they,1023
A Study In Scarlet,"entered the room, and the stranger was lifted and carried out. As",1024
A Study In Scarlet,"they raised him, a ring tinkled down and rolled across the floor.",1025
A Study In Scarlet,Lestrade grabbed it up and stared at it with mystified eyes.,1026
A Study In Scarlet,,1027
A Study In Scarlet,"""There's been a woman here,"" he cried. ""It's a woman's wedding-ring.""",1028
A Study In Scarlet,,1029
A Study In Scarlet,"He held it out, as he spoke, upon the palm of his hand. We all",1030
A Study In Scarlet,gathered round him and gazed at it. There could be no doubt that that,1031
A Study In Scarlet,circlet of plain gold had once adorned the finger of a bride.,1032
A Study In Scarlet,,1033
A Study In Scarlet,"""This complicates matters,"" said Gregson. ""Heaven knows, they were",1034
A Study In Scarlet,"complicated enough before.""",1035
A Study In Scarlet,,1036
A Study In Scarlet,"""You're sure it doesn't simplify them?"" observed Holmes. ""There's",1037
A Study In Scarlet,nothing to be learned by staring at it. What did you find in his,1038
A Study In Scarlet,"pockets?""",1039
A Study In Scarlet,,1040
A Study In Scarlet,"""We have it all here,"" said Gregson, pointing to a litter of objects",1041
A Study In Scarlet,"upon one of the bottom steps of the stairs. ""A gold watch, No. 97163,",1042
A Study In Scarlet,"by Barraud, of London. Gold Albert chain, very heavy and solid. Gold",1043
A Study In Scarlet,"ring, with masonic device. Gold pin--bull-dog's head, with rubies as",1044
A Study In Scarlet,"eyes. Russian leather card-case, with cards of Enoch J. Drebber of",1045
A Study In Scarlet,"Cleveland, corresponding with the E. J. D. upon the linen. No purse,",1046
A Study In Scarlet,but loose money to the extent of seven pounds thirteen. Pocket,1047
A Study In Scarlet,"edition of Boccaccio's 'Decameron,' with name of Joseph Stangerson",1048
A Study In Scarlet,upon the fly-leaf. Two letters--one addressed to E. J. Drebber and,1049
A Study In Scarlet,"one to Joseph Stangerson.""",1050
A Study In Scarlet,,1051
A Study In Scarlet,"""At what address?""",1052
A Study In Scarlet,,1053
A Study In Scarlet,"""American Exchange, Strand--to be left till called for. They are both",1054
A Study In Scarlet,"from the Guion Steamship Company, and refer to the sailing of their",1055
A Study In Scarlet,boats from Liverpool. It is clear that this unfortunate man was about,1056
A Study In Scarlet,"to return to New York.""",1057
A Study In Scarlet,,1058
A Study In Scarlet,"""Have you made any inquiries as to this man, Stangerson?""",1059
A Study In Scarlet,,1060
A Study In Scarlet,"""I did it at once, sir,"" said Gregson. ""I have had advertisements",1061
A Study In Scarlet,"sent to all the newspapers, and one of my men has gone to the",1062
A Study In Scarlet,"American Exchange, but he has not returned yet.""",1063
A Study In Scarlet,,1064
A Study In Scarlet,"""Have you sent to Cleveland?""",1065
A Study In Scarlet,,1066
A Study In Scarlet,"""We telegraphed this morning.""",1067
A Study In Scarlet,,1068
A Study In Scarlet,"""How did you word your inquiries?""",1069
A Study In Scarlet,,1070
A Study In Scarlet,"""We simply detailed the circumstances, and said that we should be",1071
A Study In Scarlet,"glad of any information which could help us.""",1072
A Study In Scarlet,,1073
A Study In Scarlet,"""You did not ask for particulars on any point which appeared to you",1074
A Study In Scarlet,"to be crucial?""",1075
A Study In Scarlet,,1076
A Study In Scarlet,"""I asked about Stangerson.""",1077
A Study In Scarlet,,1078
A Study In Scarlet,"""Nothing else? Is there no circumstance on which this whole case",1079
A Study In Scarlet,"appears to hinge? Will you not telegraph again?""",1080
A Study In Scarlet,,1081
A Study In Scarlet,"""I have said all I have to say,"" said Gregson, in an offended voice.",1082
A Study In Scarlet,,1083
A Study In Scarlet,"Sherlock Holmes chuckled to himself, and appeared to be about to make",1084
A Study In Scarlet,"some remark, when Lestrade, who had been in the front room while we",1085
A Study In Scarlet,"were holding this conversation in the hall, reappeared upon the",1086
A Study In Scarlet,"scene, rubbing his hands in a pompous and self-satisfied manner.",1087
A Study In Scarlet,,1088
A Study In Scarlet,"""Mr. Gregson,"" he said, ""I have just made a discovery of the highest",1089
A Study In Scarlet,"importance, and one which would have been overlooked had I not made a",1090
A Study In Scarlet,"careful examination of the walls.""",1091
A Study In Scarlet,,1092
A Study In Scarlet,"The little man's eyes sparkled as he spoke, and he was evidently in a",1093
A Study In Scarlet,state of suppressed exultation at having scored a point against his,1094
A Study In Scarlet,colleague.,1095
A Study In Scarlet,,1096
A Study In Scarlet,"""Come here,"" he said, bustling back into the room, the atmosphere of",1097
A Study In Scarlet,"which felt clearer since the removal of its ghastly inmate. ""Now,",1098
A Study In Scarlet,"stand there!""",1099
A Study In Scarlet,,1100
A Study In Scarlet,He struck a match on his boot and held it up against the wall.,1101
A Study In Scarlet,,1102
A Study In Scarlet,"""Look at that!"" he said, triumphantly.",1103
A Study In Scarlet,,1104
A Study In Scarlet,I have remarked that the paper had fallen away in parts. In this,1105
A Study In Scarlet,"particular corner of the room a large piece had peeled off, leaving a",1106
A Study In Scarlet,yellow square of coarse plastering. Across this bare space there was,1107
A Study In Scarlet,scrawled in blood-red letters a single word--,1108
A Study In Scarlet,,1109
A Study In Scarlet,RACHE.,1110
A Study In Scarlet,,1111
A Study In Scarlet,"""What do you think of that?"" cried the detective, with the air of a",1112
A Study In Scarlet,"showman exhibiting his show. ""This was overlooked because it was in",1113
A Study In Scarlet,"the darkest corner of the room, and no one thought of looking there.",1114
A Study In Scarlet,The murderer has written it with his or her own blood. See this smear,1115
A Study In Scarlet,where it has trickled down the wall! That disposes of the idea of,1116
A Study In Scarlet,suicide anyhow. Why was that corner chosen to write it on? I will,1117
A Study In Scarlet,"tell you. See that candle on the mantelpiece. It was lit at the time,",1118
A Study In Scarlet,and if it was lit this corner would be the brightest instead of the,1119
A Study In Scarlet,"darkest portion of the wall.""",1120
A Study In Scarlet,,1121
A Study In Scarlet,"""And what does it mean now that you have found it?"" asked Gregson in",1122
A Study In Scarlet,a depreciatory voice.,1123
A Study In Scarlet,,1124
A Study In Scarlet,"""Mean? Why, it means that the writer was going to put the female name",1125
A Study In Scarlet,"Rachel, but was disturbed before he or she had time to finish. You",1126
A Study In Scarlet,"mark my words, when this case comes to be cleared up you will find",1127
A Study In Scarlet,that a woman named Rachel has something to do with it. It's all very,1128
A Study In Scarlet,"well for you to laugh, Mr. Sherlock Holmes. You may be very smart and",1129
A Study In Scarlet,"clever, but the old hound is the best, when all is said and done.""",1130
A Study In Scarlet,,1131
A Study In Scarlet,"""I really beg your pardon!"" said my companion, who had ruffled the",1132
A Study In Scarlet,"little man's temper by bursting into an explosion of laughter. ""You",1133
A Study In Scarlet,"certainly have the credit of being the first of us to find this out,",1134
A Study In Scarlet,"and, as you say, it bears every mark of having been written by the",1135
A Study In Scarlet,other participant in last night's mystery. I have not had time to,1136
A Study In Scarlet,"examine this room yet, but with your permission I shall do so now.""",1137
A Study In Scarlet,,1138
A Study In Scarlet,"As he spoke, he whipped a tape measure and a large round magnifying",1139
A Study In Scarlet,glass from his pocket. With these two implements he trotted,1140
A Study In Scarlet,"noiselessly about the room, sometimes stopping, occasionally",1141
A Study In Scarlet,"kneeling, and once lying flat upon his face. So engrossed was he with",1142
A Study In Scarlet,"his occupation that he appeared to have forgotten our presence, for",1143
A Study In Scarlet,"he chattered away to himself under his breath the whole time, keeping",1144
A Study In Scarlet,"up a running fire of exclamations, groans, whistles, and little cries",1145
A Study In Scarlet,suggestive of encouragement and of hope. As I watched him I was,1146
A Study In Scarlet,irresistibly reminded of a pure-blooded well-trained foxhound as it,1147
A Study In Scarlet,"dashes backwards and forwards through the covert, whining in its",1148
A Study In Scarlet,"eagerness, until it comes across the lost scent. For twenty minutes",1149
A Study In Scarlet,"or more he continued his researches, measuring with the most exact",1150
A Study In Scarlet,"care the distance between marks which were entirely invisible to me,",1151
A Study In Scarlet,and occasionally applying his tape to the walls in an equally,1152
A Study In Scarlet,incomprehensible manner. In one place he gathered up very carefully a,1153
A Study In Scarlet,"little pile of grey dust from the floor, and packed it away in an",1154
A Study In Scarlet,"envelope. Finally, he examined with his glass the word upon the wall,",1155
A Study In Scarlet,going over every letter of it with the most minute exactness. This,1156
A Study In Scarlet,"done, he appeared to be satisfied, for he replaced his tape and his",1157
A Study In Scarlet,glass in his pocket.,1158
A Study In Scarlet,,1159
A Study In Scarlet,"""They say that genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains,"" he",1160
A Study In Scarlet,"remarked with a smile. ""It's a very bad definition, but it does apply",1161
A Study In Scarlet,"to detective work.""",1162
A Study In Scarlet,,1163
A Study In Scarlet,Gregson and Lestrade had watched the manoeuvres of their amateur,1164
A Study In Scarlet,companion with considerable curiosity and some contempt. They,1165
A Study In Scarlet,"evidently failed to appreciate the fact, which I had begun to",1166
A Study In Scarlet,"realize, that Sherlock Holmes' smallest actions were all directed",1167
A Study In Scarlet,towards some definite and practical end.,1168
A Study In Scarlet,,1169
A Study In Scarlet,"""What do you think of it, sir?"" they both asked.",1170
A Study In Scarlet,,1171
A Study In Scarlet,"""It would be robbing you of the credit of the case if I was to",1172
A Study In Scarlet,"presume to help you,"" remarked my friend. ""You are doing so well now",1173
A Study In Scarlet,"that it would be a pity for anyone to interfere."" There was a world",1174
A Study In Scarlet,"of sarcasm in his voice as he spoke. ""If you will let me know how",1175
A Study In Scarlet,"your investigations go,"" he continued, ""I shall be happy to give you",1176
A Study In Scarlet,any help I can. In the meantime I should like to speak to the,1177
A Study In Scarlet,"constable who found the body. Can you give me his name and address?""",1178
A Study In Scarlet,,1179
A Study In Scarlet,"Lestrade glanced at his note-book. ""John Rance,"" he said. ""He is off",1180
A Study In Scarlet,"duty now. You will find him at 46, Audley Court, Kennington Park",1181
A Study In Scarlet,"Gate.""",1182
A Study In Scarlet,,1183
A Study In Scarlet,Holmes took a note of the address.,1184
A Study In Scarlet,,1185
A Study In Scarlet,"""Come along, Doctor,"" he said; ""we shall go and look him up. I'll",1186
A Study In Scarlet,"tell you one thing which may help you in the case,"" he continued,",1187
A Study In Scarlet,"turning to the two detectives. ""There has been murder done, and the",1188
A Study In Scarlet,"murderer was a man. He was more than six feet high, was in the prime",1189
A Study In Scarlet,"of life, had small feet for his height, wore coarse, square-toed",1190
A Study In Scarlet,boots and smoked a Trichinopoly cigar. He came here with his victim,1191
A Study In Scarlet,"in a four-wheeled cab, which was drawn by a horse with three old",1192
A Study In Scarlet,shoes and one new one on his off fore leg. In all probability the,1193
A Study In Scarlet,"murderer had a florid face, and the finger-nails of his right hand",1194
A Study In Scarlet,"were remarkably long. These are only a few indications, but they may",1195
A Study In Scarlet,"assist you.""",1196
A Study In Scarlet,,1197
A Study In Scarlet,Lestrade and Gregson glanced at each other with an incredulous smile.,1198
A Study In Scarlet,,1199
A Study In Scarlet,"""If this man was murdered, how was it done?"" asked the former.",1200
A Study In Scarlet,,1201
A Study In Scarlet,"""Poison,"" said Sherlock Holmes curtly, and strode off. ""One other",1202
A Study In Scarlet,"thing, Lestrade,"" he added, turning round at the door: ""'Rache,' is",1203
A Study In Scarlet,the German for 'revenge;' so don't lose your time looking for Miss,1204
A Study In Scarlet,"Rachel.""",1205
A Study In Scarlet,,1206
A Study In Scarlet,"With which Parthian shot he walked away, leaving the two rivals",1207
A Study In Scarlet,open-mouthed behind him.,1208
A Study In Scarlet,,1209
A Study In Scarlet,CHAPTER IV,1210
A Study In Scarlet,What John Rance Had To Tell,1211
A Study In Scarlet,,1212
A Study In Scarlet,"It was one o'clock when we left No. 3, Lauriston Gardens. Sherlock",1213
A Study In Scarlet,"Holmes led me to the nearest telegraph office, whence he dispatched a",1214
A Study In Scarlet,"long telegram. He then hailed a cab, and ordered the driver to take",1215
A Study In Scarlet,us to the address given us by Lestrade.,1216
A Study In Scarlet,,1217
A Study In Scarlet,"""There is nothing like first hand evidence,"" he remarked; ""as a",1218
A Study In Scarlet,"matter of fact, my mind is entirely made up upon the case, but still",1219
A Study In Scarlet,"we may as well learn all that is to be learned.""",1220
A Study In Scarlet,,1221
A Study In Scarlet,"""You amaze me, Holmes,"" said I. ""Surely you are not as sure as you",1222
A Study In Scarlet,"pretend to be of all those particulars which you gave.""",1223
A Study In Scarlet,,1224
A Study In Scarlet,"""There's no room for a mistake,"" he answered. ""The very first thing",1225
A Study In Scarlet,which I observed on arriving there was that a cab had made two ruts,1226
A Study In Scarlet,"with its wheels close to the curb. Now, up to last night, we have had",1227
A Study In Scarlet,"no rain for a week, so that those wheels which left such a deep",1228
A Study In Scarlet,impression must have been there during the night. There were the,1229
A Study In Scarlet,"marks of the horse's hoofs, too, the outline of one of which was far",1230
A Study In Scarlet,"more clearly cut than that of the other three, showing that that was",1231
A Study In Scarlet,"a new shoe. Since the cab was there after the rain began, and was not",1232
A Study In Scarlet,there at any time during the morning--I have Gregson's word for,1233
A Study In Scarlet,"that--it follows that it must have been there during the night, and,",1234
A Study In Scarlet,"therefore, that it brought those two individuals to the house.""",1235
A Study In Scarlet,,1236
A Study In Scarlet,"""That seems simple enough,"" said I; ""but how about the other man's",1237
A Study In Scarlet,"height?""",1238
A Study In Scarlet,,1239
A Study In Scarlet,"""Why, the height of a man, in nine cases out of ten, can be told from",1240
A Study In Scarlet,"the length of his stride. It is a simple calculation enough, though",1241
A Study In Scarlet,there is no use my boring you with figures. I had this fellow's,1242
A Study In Scarlet,stride both on the clay outside and on the dust within. Then I had a,1243
A Study In Scarlet,"way of checking my calculation. When a man writes on a wall, his",1244
A Study In Scarlet,instinct leads him to write about the level of his own eyes. Now that,1245
A Study In Scarlet,"writing was just over six feet from the ground. It was child's play.""",1246
A Study In Scarlet,,1247
A Study In Scarlet,"""And his age?"" I asked.",1248
A Study In Scarlet,,1249
A Study In Scarlet,"""Well, if a man can stride four and a-half feet without the smallest",1250
A Study In Scarlet,"effort, he can't be quite in the sere and yellow. That was the",1251
A Study In Scarlet,breadth of a puddle on the garden walk which he had evidently walked,1252
A Study In Scarlet,"across. Patent-leather boots had gone round, and Square-toes had",1253
A Study In Scarlet,hopped over. There is no mystery about it at all. I am simply,1254
A Study In Scarlet,applying to ordinary life a few of those precepts of observation and,1255
A Study In Scarlet,deduction which I advocated in that article. Is there anything else,1256
A Study In Scarlet,"that puzzles you?""",1257
A Study In Scarlet,,1258
A Study In Scarlet,"""The finger nails and the Trichinopoly,"" I suggested.",1259
A Study In Scarlet,,1260
A Study In Scarlet,"""The writing on the wall was done with a man's forefinger dipped in",1261
A Study In Scarlet,blood. My glass allowed me to observe that the plaster was slightly,1262
A Study In Scarlet,"scratched in doing it, which would not have been the case if the",1263
A Study In Scarlet,man's nail had been trimmed. I gathered up some scattered ash from,1264
A Study In Scarlet,the floor. It was dark in colour and flakey--such an ash as is only,1265
A Study In Scarlet,made by a Trichinopoly. I have made a special study of cigar,1266
A Study In Scarlet,"ashes--in fact, I have written a monograph upon the subject. I",1267
A Study In Scarlet,flatter myself that I can distinguish at a glance the ash of any,1268
A Study In Scarlet,"known brand, either of cigar or of tobacco. It is just in such",1269
A Study In Scarlet,details that the skilled detective differs from the Gregson and,1270
A Study In Scarlet,"Lestrade type.""",1271
A Study In Scarlet,,1272
A Study In Scarlet,"""And the florid face?"" I asked.",1273
A Study In Scarlet,,1274
A Study In Scarlet,"""Ah, that was a more daring shot, though I have no doubt that I was",1275
A Study In Scarlet,"right. You must not ask me that at the present state of the affair.""",1276
A Study In Scarlet,,1277
A Study In Scarlet,"I passed my hand over my brow. ""My head is in a whirl,"" I remarked;",1278
A Study In Scarlet,"""the more one thinks of it the more mysterious it grows. How came",1279
A Study In Scarlet,these two men--if there were two men--into an empty house? What has,1280
A Study In Scarlet,become of the cabman who drove them? How could one man compel another,1281
A Study In Scarlet,to take poison? Where did the blood come from? What was the object of,1282
A Study In Scarlet,"the murderer, since robbery had no part in it? How came the woman's",1283
A Study In Scarlet,"ring there? Above all, why should the second man write up the German",1284
A Study In Scarlet,word RACHE before decamping? I confess that I cannot see any possible,1285
A Study In Scarlet,"way of reconciling all these facts.""",1286
A Study In Scarlet,,1287
A Study In Scarlet,My companion smiled approvingly.,1288
A Study In Scarlet,,1289
A Study In Scarlet,"""You sum up the difficulties of the situation succinctly and well,""",1290
A Study In Scarlet,"he said. ""There is much that is still obscure, though I have quite",1291
A Study In Scarlet,made up my mind on the main facts. As to poor Lestrade's discovery it,1292
A Study In Scarlet,"was simply a blind intended to put the police upon a wrong track, by",1293
A Study In Scarlet,suggesting Socialism and secret societies. It was not done by a,1294
A Study In Scarlet,"German. The A, if you noticed, was printed somewhat after the German",1295
A Study In Scarlet,"fashion. Now, a real German invariably prints in the Latin character,",1296
A Study In Scarlet,"so that we may safely say that this was not written by one, but by a",1297
A Study In Scarlet,clumsy imitator who overdid his part. It was simply a ruse to divert,1298
A Study In Scarlet,inquiry into a wrong channel. I'm not going to tell you much more of,1299
A Study In Scarlet,"the case, Doctor. You know a conjuror gets no credit when once he has",1300
A Study In Scarlet,"explained his trick, and if I show you too much of my method of",1301
A Study In Scarlet,"working, you will come to the conclusion that I am a very ordinary",1302
A Study In Scarlet,"individual after all.""",1303
A Study In Scarlet,,1304
A Study In Scarlet,"""I shall never do that,"" I answered; ""you have brought detection as",1305
A Study In Scarlet,"near an exact science as it ever will be brought in this world.""",1306
A Study In Scarlet,,1307
A Study In Scarlet,"My companion flushed up with pleasure at my words, and the earnest",1308
A Study In Scarlet,way in which I uttered them. I had already observed that he was as,1309
A Study In Scarlet,sensitive to flattery on the score of his art as any girl could be of,1310
A Study In Scarlet,her beauty.,1311
A Study In Scarlet,,1312
A Study In Scarlet,"""I'll tell you one other thing,"" he said. ""Patent-leathers and",1313
A Study In Scarlet,"Square-toes came in the same cab, and they walked down the pathway",1314
A Study In Scarlet,"together as friendly as possible--arm-in-arm, in all probability.",1315
A Study In Scarlet,"When they got inside they walked up and down the room--or rather,",1316
A Study In Scarlet,Patent-leathers stood still while Square-toes walked up and down. I,1317
A Study In Scarlet,could read all that in the dust; and I could read that as he walked,1318
A Study In Scarlet,he grew more and more excited. That is shown by the increased length,1319
A Study In Scarlet,"of his strides. He was talking all the while, and working himself up,",1320
A Study In Scarlet,"no doubt, into a fury. Then the tragedy occurred. I've told you all I",1321
A Study In Scarlet,"know myself now, for the rest is mere surmise and conjecture. We have",1322
A Study In Scarlet,"a good working basis, however, on which to start. We must hurry up,",1323
A Study In Scarlet,for I want to go to Halle's concert to hear Norman Neruda this,1324
A Study In Scarlet,"afternoon.""",1325
A Study In Scarlet,,1326
A Study In Scarlet,This conversation had occurred while our cab had been threading its,1327
A Study In Scarlet,way through a long succession of dingy streets and dreary by-ways. In,1328
A Study In Scarlet,the dingiest and dreariest of them our driver suddenly came to a,1329
A Study In Scarlet,"stand. ""That's Audley Court in there,"" he said, pointing to a narrow",1330
A Study In Scarlet,"slit in the line of dead-coloured brick. ""You'll find me here when",1331
A Study In Scarlet,"you come back.""",1332
A Study In Scarlet,,1333
A Study In Scarlet,Audley Court was not an attractive locality. The narrow passage led,1334
A Study In Scarlet,us into a quadrangle paved with flags and lined by sordid dwellings.,1335
A Study In Scarlet,"We picked our way among groups of dirty children, and through lines",1336
A Study In Scarlet,"of discoloured linen, until we came to Number 46, the door of which",1337
A Study In Scarlet,was decorated with a small slip of brass on which the name Rance was,1338
A Study In Scarlet,"engraved. On enquiry we found that the constable was in bed, and we",1339
A Study In Scarlet,were shown into a little front parlour to await his coming.,1340
A Study In Scarlet,,1341
A Study In Scarlet,"He appeared presently, looking a little irritable at being disturbed",1342
A Study In Scarlet,"in his slumbers. ""I made my report at the office,"" he said.",1343
A Study In Scarlet,,1344
A Study In Scarlet,Holmes took a half-sovereign from his pocket and played with it,1345
A Study In Scarlet,"pensively. ""We thought that we should like to hear it all from your",1346
A Study In Scarlet,"own lips,"" he said.",1347
A Study In Scarlet,,1348
A Study In Scarlet,"""I shall be most happy to tell you anything I can,"" the constable",1349
A Study In Scarlet,answered with his eyes upon the little golden disk.,1350
A Study In Scarlet,,1351
A Study In Scarlet,"""Just let us hear it all in your own way as it occurred.""",1352
A Study In Scarlet,,1353
A Study In Scarlet,"Rance sat down on the horsehair sofa, and knitted his brows as though",1354
A Study In Scarlet,determined not to omit anything in his narrative.,1355
A Study In Scarlet,,1356
A Study In Scarlet,"""I'll tell it ye from the beginning,"" he said. ""My time is from ten",1357
A Study In Scarlet,at night to six in the morning. At eleven there was a fight at the,1358
A Study In Scarlet,'White Hart'; but bar that all was quiet enough on the beat. At one,1359
A Study In Scarlet,"o'clock it began to rain, and I met Harry Murcher--him who has the",1360
A Study In Scarlet,Holland Grove beat--and we stood together at the corner of Henrietta,1361
A Study In Scarlet,Street a-talkin'. Presently--maybe about two or a little after--I,1362
A Study In Scarlet,thought I would take a look round and see that all was right down the,1363
A Study In Scarlet,Brixton Road. It was precious dirty and lonely. Not a soul did I meet,1364
A Study In Scarlet,"all the way down, though a cab or two went past me. I was a strollin'",1365
A Study In Scarlet,"down, thinkin' between ourselves how uncommon handy a four of gin hot",1366
A Study In Scarlet,"would be, when suddenly the glint of a light caught my eye in the",1367
A Study In Scarlet,"window of that same house. Now, I knew that them two houses in",1368
A Study In Scarlet,Lauriston Gardens was empty on account of him that owns them who,1369
A Study In Scarlet,"won't have the drains seed to, though the very last tenant what lived",1370
A Study In Scarlet,in one of them died o' typhoid fever. I was knocked all in a heap,1371
A Study In Scarlet,"therefore at seeing a light in the window, and I suspected as",1372
A Study In Scarlet,"something was wrong. When I got to the door--""",1373
A Study In Scarlet,,1374
A Study In Scarlet,"""You stopped, and then walked back to the garden gate,"" my companion",1375
A Study In Scarlet,"interrupted. ""What did you do that for?""",1376
A Study In Scarlet,,1377
A Study In Scarlet,"Rance gave a violent jump, and stared at Sherlock Holmes with the",1378
A Study In Scarlet,utmost amazement upon his features.,1379
A Study In Scarlet,,1380
A Study In Scarlet,"""Why, that's true, sir,"" he said; ""though how you come to know it,",1381
A Study In Scarlet,"Heaven only knows. Ye see, when I got up to the door it was so still",1382
A Study In Scarlet,"and so lonesome, that I thought I'd be none the worse for some one",1383
A Study In Scarlet,with me. I ain't afeared of anything on this side o' the grave; but I,1384
A Study In Scarlet,thought that maybe it was him that died o' the typhoid inspecting the,1385
A Study In Scarlet,"drains what killed him. The thought gave me a kind o' turn, and I",1386
A Study In Scarlet,"walked back to the gate to see if I could see Murcher's lantern, but",1387
A Study In Scarlet,"there wasn't no sign of him nor of anyone else.""",1388
A Study In Scarlet,,1389
A Study In Scarlet,"""There was no one in the street?""",1390
A Study In Scarlet,,1391
A Study In Scarlet,"""Not a livin' soul, sir, nor as much as a dog. Then I pulled myself",1392
A Study In Scarlet,together and went back and pushed the door open. All was quiet,1393
A Study In Scarlet,"inside, so I went into the room where the light was a-burnin'. There",1394
A Study In Scarlet,was a candle flickerin' on the mantelpiece--a red wax one--and by its,1395
A Study In Scarlet,"light I saw--""",1396
A Study In Scarlet,,1397
A Study In Scarlet,"""Yes, I know all that you saw. You walked round the room several",1398
A Study In Scarlet,"times, and you knelt down by the body, and then you walked through",1399
A Study In Scarlet,"and tried the kitchen door, and then--""",1400
A Study In Scarlet,,1401
A Study In Scarlet,John Rance sprang to his feet with a frightened face and suspicion in,1402
A Study In Scarlet,"his eyes. ""Where was you hid to see all that?"" he cried. ""It seems to",1403
A Study In Scarlet,"me that you knows a deal more than you should.""",1404
A Study In Scarlet,,1405
A Study In Scarlet,Holmes laughed and threw his card across the table to the constable.,1406
A Study In Scarlet,"""Don't get arresting me for the murder,"" he said. ""I am one of the",1407
A Study In Scarlet,hounds and not the wolf; Mr. Gregson or Mr. Lestrade will answer for,1408
A Study In Scarlet,"that. Go on, though. What did you do next?""",1409
A Study In Scarlet,,1410
A Study In Scarlet,"Rance resumed his seat, without however losing his mystified",1411
A Study In Scarlet,"expression. ""I went back to the gate and sounded my whistle. That",1412
A Study In Scarlet,"brought Murcher and two more to the spot.""",1413
A Study In Scarlet,,1414
A Study In Scarlet,"""Was the street empty then?""",1415
A Study In Scarlet,,1416
A Study In Scarlet,"""Well, it was, as far as anybody that could be of any good goes.""",1417
A Study In Scarlet,,1418
A Study In Scarlet,"""What do you mean?""",1419
A Study In Scarlet,,1420
A Study In Scarlet,"The constable's features broadened into a grin. ""I've seen many a",1421
A Study In Scarlet,"drunk chap in my time,"" he said, ""but never anyone so cryin' drunk as",1422
A Study In Scarlet,"that cove. He was at the gate when I came out, a-leanin' up ag'in the",1423
A Study In Scarlet,"railings, and a-singin' at the pitch o' his lungs about Columbine's",1424
A Study In Scarlet,"New-fangled Banner, or some such stuff. He couldn't stand, far less",1425
A Study In Scarlet,"help.""",1426
A Study In Scarlet,,1427
A Study In Scarlet,"""What sort of a man was he?"" asked Sherlock Holmes.",1428
A Study In Scarlet,,1429
A Study In Scarlet,"John Rance appeared to be somewhat irritated at this digression. ""He",1430
A Study In Scarlet,"was an uncommon drunk sort o' man,"" he said. ""He'd ha' found hisself",1431
A Study In Scarlet,"in the station if we hadn't been so took up.""",1432
A Study In Scarlet,,1433
A Study In Scarlet,"""His face--his dress--didn't you notice them?"" Holmes broke in",1434
A Study In Scarlet,impatiently.,1435
A Study In Scarlet,,1436
A Study In Scarlet,"""I should think I did notice them, seeing that I had to prop him",1437
A Study In Scarlet,"up--me and Murcher between us. He was a long chap, with a red face,",1438
A Study In Scarlet,"the lower part muffled round--""",1439
A Study In Scarlet,,1440
A Study In Scarlet,"""That will do,"" cried Holmes. ""What became of him?""",1441
A Study In Scarlet,,1442
A Study In Scarlet,"""We'd enough to do without lookin' after him,"" the policeman said, in",1443
A Study In Scarlet,"an aggrieved voice. ""I'll wager he found his way home all right.""",1444
A Study In Scarlet,,1445
A Study In Scarlet,"""How was he dressed?""",1446
A Study In Scarlet,,1447
A Study In Scarlet,"""A brown overcoat.""",1448
A Study In Scarlet,,1449
A Study In Scarlet,"""Had he a whip in his hand?""",1450
A Study In Scarlet,,1451
A Study In Scarlet,"""A whip--no.""",1452
A Study In Scarlet,,1453
A Study In Scarlet,"""He must have left it behind,"" muttered my companion. ""You didn't",1454
A Study In Scarlet,"happen to see or hear a cab after that?""",1455
A Study In Scarlet,,1456
A Study In Scarlet,"""No.""",1457
A Study In Scarlet,,1458
A Study In Scarlet,"""There's a half-sovereign for you,"" my companion said, standing up",1459
A Study In Scarlet,"and taking his hat. ""I am afraid, Rance, that you will never rise in",1460
A Study In Scarlet,the force. That head of yours should be for use as well as ornament.,1461
A Study In Scarlet,You might have gained your sergeant's stripes last night. The man,1462
A Study In Scarlet,whom you held in your hands is the man who holds the clue of this,1463
A Study In Scarlet,"mystery, and whom we are seeking. There is no use of arguing about it",1464
A Study In Scarlet,"now; I tell you that it is so. Come along, Doctor.""",1465
A Study In Scarlet,,1466
A Study In Scarlet,"We started off for the cab together, leaving our informant",1467
A Study In Scarlet,"incredulous, but obviously uncomfortable.",1468
A Study In Scarlet,,1469
A Study In Scarlet,"""The blundering fool,"" Holmes said, bitterly, as we drove back to our",1470
A Study In Scarlet,"lodgings. ""Just to think of his having such an incomparable bit of",1471
A Study In Scarlet,"good luck, and not taking advantage of it.""",1472
A Study In Scarlet,,1473
A Study In Scarlet,"""I am rather in the dark still. It is true that the description of",1474
A Study In Scarlet,this man tallies with your idea of the second party in this mystery.,1475
A Study In Scarlet,But why should he come back to the house after leaving it? That is,1476
A Study In Scarlet,"not the way of criminals.""",1477
A Study In Scarlet,,1478
A Study In Scarlet,"""The ring, man, the ring: that was what he came back for. If we have",1479
A Study In Scarlet,"no other way of catching him, we can always bait our line with the",1480
A Study In Scarlet,"ring. I shall have him, Doctor--I'll lay you two to one that I have",1481
A Study In Scarlet,"him. I must thank you for it all. I might not have gone but for you,",1482
A Study In Scarlet,and so have missed the finest study I ever came across: a study in,1483
A Study In Scarlet,"scarlet, eh? Why shouldn't we use a little art jargon. There's the",1484
A Study In Scarlet,scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of,1485
A Study In Scarlet,"life, and our duty is to unravel it, and isolate it, and expose every",1486
A Study In Scarlet,"inch of it. And now for lunch, and then for Norman Neruda. Her attack",1487
A Study In Scarlet,and her bowing are splendid. What's that little thing of Chopin's she,1488
A Study In Scarlet,"plays so magnificently: Tra-la-la-lira-lira-lay.""",1489
A Study In Scarlet,,1490
A Study In Scarlet,"Leaning back in the cab, this amateur bloodhound carolled away like a",1491
A Study In Scarlet,lark while I meditated upon the many-sidedness of the human mind.,1492
A Study In Scarlet,,1493
A Study In Scarlet,CHAPTER V,1494
A Study In Scarlet,Our Advertisement Brings A Visitor,1495
A Study In Scarlet,,1496
A Study In Scarlet,"Our morning's exertions had been too much for my weak health, and I",1497
A Study In Scarlet,was tired out in the afternoon. After Holmes' departure for the,1498
A Study In Scarlet,"concert, I lay down upon the sofa and endeavoured to get a couple of",1499
A Study In Scarlet,hours' sleep. It was a useless attempt. My mind had been too much,1500
A Study In Scarlet,"excited by all that had occurred, and the strangest fancies and",1501
A Study In Scarlet,surmises crowded into it. Every time that I closed my eyes I saw,1502
A Study In Scarlet,before me the distorted baboon-like countenance of the murdered man.,1503
A Study In Scarlet,So sinister was the impression which that face had produced upon me,1504
A Study In Scarlet,that I found it difficult to feel anything but gratitude for him who,1505
A Study In Scarlet,had removed its owner from the world. If ever human features bespoke,1506
A Study In Scarlet,"vice of the most malignant type, they were certainly those of Enoch",1507
A Study In Scarlet,"J. Drebber, of Cleveland. Still I recognized that justice must be",1508
A Study In Scarlet,"done, and that the depravity of the victim was no condonement in the",1509
A Study In Scarlet,eyes of the law.,1510
A Study In Scarlet,,1511
A Study In Scarlet,The more I thought of it the more extraordinary did my companion's,1512
A Study In Scarlet,"hypothesis, that the man had been poisoned, appear. I remembered how",1513
A Study In Scarlet,"he had sniffed his lips, and had no doubt that he had detected",1514
A Study In Scarlet,"something which had given rise to the idea. Then, again, if not",1515
A Study In Scarlet,"poison, what had caused the man's death, since there was neither",1516
A Study In Scarlet,"wound nor marks of strangulation? But, on the other hand, whose blood",1517
A Study In Scarlet,was that which lay so thickly upon the floor? There were no signs of,1518
A Study In Scarlet,"a struggle, nor had the victim any weapon with which he might have",1519
A Study In Scarlet,"wounded an antagonist. As long as all these questions were unsolved,",1520
A Study In Scarlet,"I felt that sleep would be no easy matter, either for Holmes or",1521
A Study In Scarlet,myself. His quiet self-confident manner convinced me that he had,1522
A Study In Scarlet,"already formed a theory which explained all the facts, though what it",1523
A Study In Scarlet,was I could not for an instant conjecture.,1524
A Study In Scarlet,,1525
A Study In Scarlet,"He was very late in returning--so late, that I knew that the concert",1526
A Study In Scarlet,could not have detained him all the time. Dinner was on the table,1527
A Study In Scarlet,before he appeared.,1528
A Study In Scarlet,,1529
A Study In Scarlet,"""It was magnificent,"" he said, as he took his seat. ""Do you remember",1530
A Study In Scarlet,what Darwin says about music? He claims that the power of producing,1531
A Study In Scarlet,and appreciating it existed among the human race long before the,1532
A Study In Scarlet,power of speech was arrived at. Perhaps that is why we are so subtly,1533
A Study In Scarlet,influenced by it. There are vague memories in our souls of those,1534
A Study In Scarlet,"misty centuries when the world was in its childhood.""",1535
A Study In Scarlet,,1536
A Study In Scarlet,"""That's rather a broad idea,"" I remarked.",1537
A Study In Scarlet,,1538
A Study In Scarlet,"""One's ideas must be as broad as Nature if they are to interpret",1539
A Study In Scarlet,"Nature,"" he answered. ""What's the matter? You're not looking quite",1540
A Study In Scarlet,"yourself. This Brixton Road affair has upset you.""",1541
A Study In Scarlet,,1542
A Study In Scarlet,"""To tell the truth, it has,"" I said. ""I ought to be more",1543
A Study In Scarlet,case-hardened after my Afghan experiences. I saw my own comrades,1544
A Study In Scarlet,"hacked to pieces at Maiwand without losing my nerve.""",1545
A Study In Scarlet,,1546
A Study In Scarlet,"""I can understand. There is a mystery about this which stimulates the",1547
A Study In Scarlet,imagination; where there is no imagination there is no horror. Have,1548
A Study In Scarlet,"you seen the evening paper?""",1549
A Study In Scarlet,,1550
A Study In Scarlet,"""No.""",1551
A Study In Scarlet,,1552
A Study In Scarlet,"""It gives a fairly good account of the affair. It does not mention",1553
A Study In Scarlet,"the fact that when the man was raised up, a woman's wedding ring fell",1554
A Study In Scarlet,"upon the floor. It is just as well it does not.""",1555
A Study In Scarlet,,1556
A Study In Scarlet,"""Why?""",1557
A Study In Scarlet,,1558
A Study In Scarlet,"""Look at this advertisement,"" he answered. ""I had one sent to every",1559
A Study In Scarlet,"paper this morning immediately after the affair.""",1560
A Study In Scarlet,,1561
A Study In Scarlet,He threw the paper across to me and I glanced at the place indicated.,1562
A Study In Scarlet,"It was the first announcement in the ""Found"" column. ""In Brixton",1563
A Study In Scarlet,"Road, this morning,"" it ran, ""a plain gold wedding ring, found in the",1564
A Study In Scarlet,roadway between the 'White Hart' Tavern and Holland Grove. Apply Dr.,1565
A Study In Scarlet,"Watson, 221b, Baker Street, between eight and nine this evening.""",1566
A Study In Scarlet,,1567
A Study In Scarlet,"""Excuse my using your name,"" he said. ""If I used my own some of these",1568
A Study In Scarlet,"dunderheads would recognize it, and want to meddle in the affair.""",1569
A Study In Scarlet,,1570
A Study In Scarlet,"""That is all right,"" I answered. ""But supposing anyone applies, I",1571
A Study In Scarlet,"have no ring.""",1572
A Study In Scarlet,,1573
A Study In Scarlet,"""Oh yes, you have,"" said he, handing me one. ""This will do very well.",1574
A Study In Scarlet,"It is almost a facsimile.""",1575
A Study In Scarlet,,1576
A Study In Scarlet,"""And who do you expect will answer this advertisement.""",1577
A Study In Scarlet,,1578
A Study In Scarlet,"""Why, the man in the brown coat--our florid friend with the square",1579
A Study In Scarlet,"toes. If he does not come himself he will send an accomplice.""",1580
A Study In Scarlet,,1581
A Study In Scarlet,"""Would he not consider it as too dangerous?""",1582
A Study In Scarlet,,1583
A Study In Scarlet,"""Not at all. If my view of the case is correct, and I have every",1584
A Study In Scarlet,"reason to believe that it is, this man would rather risk anything",1585
A Study In Scarlet,than lose the ring. According to my notion he dropped it while,1586
A Study In Scarlet,"stooping over Drebber's body, and did not miss it at the time. After",1587
A Study In Scarlet,"leaving the house he discovered his loss and hurried back, but found",1588
A Study In Scarlet,"the police already in possession, owing to his own folly in leaving",1589
A Study In Scarlet,the candle burning. He had to pretend to be drunk in order to allay,1590
A Study In Scarlet,the suspicions which might have been aroused by his appearance at the,1591
A Study In Scarlet,gate. Now put yourself in that man's place. On thinking the matter,1592
A Study In Scarlet,"over, it must have occurred to him that it was possible that he had",1593
A Study In Scarlet,"lost the ring in the road after leaving the house. What would he do,",1594
A Study In Scarlet,then? He would eagerly look out for the evening papers in the hope of,1595
A Study In Scarlet,"seeing it among the articles found. His eye, of course, would light",1596
A Study In Scarlet,upon this. He would be overjoyed. Why should he fear a trap? There,1597
A Study In Scarlet,would be no reason in his eyes why the finding of the ring should be,1598
A Study In Scarlet,connected with the murder. He would come. He will come. You shall see,1599
A Study In Scarlet,"him within an hour.""",1600
A Study In Scarlet,,1601
A Study In Scarlet,"""And then?"" I asked.",1602
A Study In Scarlet,,1603
A Study In Scarlet,"""Oh, you can leave me to deal with him then. Have you any arms?""",1604
A Study In Scarlet,,1605
A Study In Scarlet,"""I have my old service revolver and a few cartridges.""",1606
A Study In Scarlet,,1607
A Study In Scarlet,"""You had better clean it and load it. He will be a desperate man, and",1608
A Study In Scarlet,"though I shall take him unawares, it is as well to be ready for",1609
A Study In Scarlet,"anything.""",1610
A Study In Scarlet,,1611
A Study In Scarlet,I went to my bedroom and followed his advice. When I returned with,1612
A Study In Scarlet,"the pistol the table had been cleared, and Holmes was engaged in his",1613
A Study In Scarlet,favourite occupation of scraping upon his violin.,1614
A Study In Scarlet,,1615
A Study In Scarlet,"""The plot thickens,"" he said, as I entered; ""I have just had an",1616
A Study In Scarlet,answer to my American telegram. My view of the case is the correct,1617
A Study In Scarlet,"one.""",1618
A Study In Scarlet,,1619
A Study In Scarlet,"""And that is?"" I asked eagerly.",1620
A Study In Scarlet,,1621
A Study In Scarlet,"""My fiddle would be the better for new strings,"" he remarked. ""Put",1622
A Study In Scarlet,your pistol in your pocket. When the fellow comes speak to him in an,1623
A Study In Scarlet,ordinary way. Leave the rest to me. Don't frighten him by looking at,1624
A Study In Scarlet,"him too hard.""",1625
A Study In Scarlet,,1626
A Study In Scarlet,"""It is eight o'clock now,"" I said, glancing at my watch.",1627
A Study In Scarlet,,1628
A Study In Scarlet,"""Yes. He will probably be here in a few minutes. Open the door",1629
A Study In Scarlet,slightly. That will do. Now put the key on the inside. Thank you!,1630
A Study In Scarlet,This is a queer old book I picked up at a stall yesterday--De Jure,1631
A Study In Scarlet,"inter Gentes--published in Latin at Liege in the Lowlands, in 1642.",1632
A Study In Scarlet,Charles' head was still firm on his shoulders when this little,1633
A Study In Scarlet,"brown-backed volume was struck off.""",1634
A Study In Scarlet,,1635
A Study In Scarlet,"""Who is the printer?""",1636
A Study In Scarlet,,1637
A Study In Scarlet,"""Philippe de Croy, whoever he may have been. On the fly-leaf, in very",1638
A Study In Scarlet,"faded ink, is written 'Ex libris Guliolmi Whyte.' I wonder who",1639
A Study In Scarlet,"William Whyte was. Some pragmatical seventeenth century lawyer, I",1640
A Study In Scarlet,"suppose. His writing has a legal twist about it. Here comes our man,",1641
A Study In Scarlet,"I think.""",1642
A Study In Scarlet,,1643
A Study In Scarlet,As he spoke there was a sharp ring at the bell. Sherlock Holmes rose,1644
A Study In Scarlet,softly and moved his chair in the direction of the door. We heard the,1645
A Study In Scarlet,"servant pass along the hall, and the sharp click of the latch as she",1646
A Study In Scarlet,opened it.,1647
A Study In Scarlet,,1648
A Study In Scarlet,"""Does Dr. Watson live here?"" asked a clear but rather harsh voice. We",1649
A Study In Scarlet,"could not hear the servant's reply, but the door closed, and some one",1650
A Study In Scarlet,began to ascend the stairs. The footfall was an uncertain and,1651
A Study In Scarlet,shuffling one. A look of surprise passed over the face of my,1652
A Study In Scarlet,"companion as he listened to it. It came slowly along the passage, and",1653
A Study In Scarlet,there was a feeble tap at the door.,1654
A Study In Scarlet,,1655
A Study In Scarlet,"""Come in,"" I cried.",1656
A Study In Scarlet,,1657
A Study In Scarlet,"At my summons, instead of the man of violence whom we expected, a",1658
A Study In Scarlet,very old and wrinkled woman hobbled into the apartment. She appeared,1659
A Study In Scarlet,"to be dazzled by the sudden blaze of light, and after dropping a",1660
A Study In Scarlet,"curtsey, she stood blinking at us with her bleared eyes and fumbling",1661
A Study In Scarlet,"in her pocket with nervous, shaky fingers. I glanced at my companion,",1662
A Study In Scarlet,and his face had assumed such a disconsolate expression that it was,1663
A Study In Scarlet,all I could do to keep my countenance.,1664
A Study In Scarlet,,1665
A Study In Scarlet,"The old crone drew out an evening paper, and pointed at our",1666
A Study In Scarlet,"advertisement. ""It's this as has brought me, good gentlemen,"" she",1667
A Study In Scarlet,"said, dropping another curtsey; ""a gold wedding ring in the Brixton",1668
A Study In Scarlet,"Road. It belongs to my girl Sally, as was married only this time",1669
A Study In Scarlet,"twelvemonth, which her husband is steward aboard a Union boat, and",1670
A Study In Scarlet,what he'd say if he comes 'ome and found her without her ring is more,1671
A Study In Scarlet,"than I can think, he being short enough at the best o' times, but",1672
A Study In Scarlet,"more especially when he has the drink. If it please you, she went to",1673
A Study In Scarlet,"the circus last night along with--""",1674
A Study In Scarlet,,1675
A Study In Scarlet,"""Is that her ring?"" I asked.",1676
A Study In Scarlet,,1677
A Study In Scarlet,"""The Lord be thanked!"" cried the old woman; ""Sally will be a glad",1678
A Study In Scarlet,"woman this night. That's the ring.""",1679
A Study In Scarlet,,1680
A Study In Scarlet,"""And what may your address be?"" I inquired, taking up a pencil.",1681
A Study In Scarlet,,1682
A Study In Scarlet,"""13, Duncan Street, Houndsditch. A weary way from here.""",1683
A Study In Scarlet,,1684
A Study In Scarlet,"""The Brixton Road does not lie between any circus and Houndsditch,""",1685
A Study In Scarlet,said Sherlock Holmes sharply.,1686
A Study In Scarlet,,1687
A Study In Scarlet,The old woman faced round and looked keenly at him from her little,1688
A Study In Scarlet,"red-rimmed eyes. ""The gentleman asked me for my address,"" she said.",1689
A Study In Scarlet,"""Sally lives in lodgings at 3, Mayfield Place, Peckham.""",1690
A Study In Scarlet,,1691
A Study In Scarlet,"""And your name is--?""",1692
A Study In Scarlet,,1693
A Study In Scarlet,"""My name is Sawyer--her's is Dennis, which Tom Dennis married",1694
A Study In Scarlet,"her--and a smart, clean lad, too, as long as he's at sea, and no",1695
A Study In Scarlet,"steward in the company more thought of; but when on shore, what with",1696
A Study In Scarlet,"the women and what with liquor shops--""",1697
A Study In Scarlet,,1698
A Study In Scarlet,"""Here is your ring, Mrs. Sawyer,"" I interrupted, in obedience to a",1699
A Study In Scarlet,"sign from my companion; ""it clearly belongs to your daughter, and I",1700
A Study In Scarlet,"am glad to be able to restore it to the rightful owner.""",1701
A Study In Scarlet,,1702
A Study In Scarlet,With many mumbled blessings and protestations of gratitude the old,1703
A Study In Scarlet,"crone packed it away in her pocket, and shuffled off down the stairs.",1704
A Study In Scarlet,Sherlock Holmes sprang to his feet the moment that she was gone and,1705
A Study In Scarlet,rushed into his room. He returned in a few seconds enveloped in an,1706
A Study In Scarlet,"ulster and a cravat. ""I'll follow her,"" he said, hurriedly; ""she must",1707
A Study In Scarlet,"be an accomplice, and will lead me to him. Wait up for me."" The hall",1708
A Study In Scarlet,door had hardly slammed behind our visitor before Holmes had,1709
A Study In Scarlet,descended the stair. Looking through the window I could see her,1710
A Study In Scarlet,"walking feebly along the other side, while her pursuer dogged her",1711
A Study In Scarlet,"some little distance behind. ""Either his whole theory is incorrect,""",1712
A Study In Scarlet,"I thought to myself, ""or else he will be led now to the heart of the",1713
A Study In Scarlet,"mystery."" There was no need for him to ask me to wait up for him, for",1714
A Study In Scarlet,I felt that sleep was impossible until I heard the result of his,1715
A Study In Scarlet,adventure.,1716
A Study In Scarlet,,1717
A Study In Scarlet,It was close upon nine when he set out. I had no idea how long he,1718
A Study In Scarlet,"might be, but I sat stolidly puffing at my pipe and skipping over the",1719
A Study In Scarlet,"pages of Henri Murger's Vie de Bohème. Ten o'clock passed, and I",1720
A Study In Scarlet,"heard the footsteps of the maid as they pattered off to bed. Eleven,",1721
A Study In Scarlet,"and the more stately tread of the landlady passed my door, bound for",1722
A Study In Scarlet,the same destination. It was close upon twelve before I heard the,1723
A Study In Scarlet,sharp sound of his latch-key. The instant he entered I saw by his,1724
A Study In Scarlet,face that he had not been successful. Amusement and chagrin seemed to,1725
A Study In Scarlet,"be struggling for the mastery, until the former suddenly carried the",1726
A Study In Scarlet,"day, and he burst into a hearty laugh.",1727
A Study In Scarlet,,1728
A Study In Scarlet,"""I wouldn't have the Scotland Yarders know it for the world,"" he",1729
A Study In Scarlet,"cried, dropping into his chair; ""I have chaffed them so much that",1730
A Study In Scarlet,they would never have let me hear the end of it. I can afford to,1731
A Study In Scarlet,"laugh, because I know that I will be even with them in the long run.""",1732
A Study In Scarlet,,1733
A Study In Scarlet,"""What is it then?"" I asked.",1734
A Study In Scarlet,,1735
A Study In Scarlet,"""Oh, I don't mind telling a story against myself. That creature had",1736
A Study In Scarlet,gone a little way when she began to limp and show every sign of being,1737
A Study In Scarlet,"foot-sore. Presently she came to a halt, and hailed a four-wheeler",1738
A Study In Scarlet,which was passing. I managed to be close to her so as to hear the,1739
A Study In Scarlet,"address, but I need not have been so anxious, for she sang it out",1740
A Study In Scarlet,"loud enough to be heard at the other side of the street, 'Drive to",1741
A Study In Scarlet,"13, Duncan Street, Houndsditch,' she cried. This begins to look",1742
A Study In Scarlet,"genuine, I thought, and having seen her safely inside, I perched",1743
A Study In Scarlet,myself behind. That's an art which every detective should be an,1744
A Study In Scarlet,"expert at. Well, away we rattled, and never drew rein until we",1745
A Study In Scarlet,reached the street in question. I hopped off before we came to the,1746
A Study In Scarlet,"door, and strolled down the street in an easy, lounging way. I saw",1747
A Study In Scarlet,"the cab pull up. The driver jumped down, and I saw him open the door",1748
A Study In Scarlet,and stand expectantly. Nothing came out though. When I reached him he,1749
A Study In Scarlet,"was groping about frantically in the empty cab, and giving vent to",1750
A Study In Scarlet,the finest assorted collection of oaths that ever I listened to.,1751
A Study In Scarlet,"There was no sign or trace of his passenger, and I fear it will be",1752
A Study In Scarlet,some time before he gets his fare. On inquiring at Number 13 we found,1753
A Study In Scarlet,"that the house belonged to a respectable paperhanger, named Keswick,",1754
A Study In Scarlet,and that no one of the name either of Sawyer or Dennis had ever been,1755
A Study In Scarlet,"heard of there.""",1756
A Study In Scarlet,,1757
A Study In Scarlet,"""You don't mean to say,"" I cried, in amazement, ""that that tottering,",1758
A Study In Scarlet,feeble old woman was able to get out of the cab while it was in,1759
A Study In Scarlet,"motion, without either you or the driver seeing her?""",1760
A Study In Scarlet,,1761
A Study In Scarlet,"""Old woman be damned!"" said Sherlock Holmes, sharply. ""We were the",1762
A Study In Scarlet,"old women to be so taken in. It must have been a young man, and an",1763
A Study In Scarlet,"active one, too, besides being an incomparable actor. The get-up was",1764
A Study In Scarlet,"inimitable. He saw that he was followed, no doubt, and used this",1765
A Study In Scarlet,means of giving me the slip. It shows that the man we are after is,1766
A Study In Scarlet,"not as lonely as I imagined he was, but has friends who are ready to",1767
A Study In Scarlet,"risk something for him. Now, Doctor, you are looking done-up. Take my",1768
A Study In Scarlet,"advice and turn in.""",1769
A Study In Scarlet,,1770
A Study In Scarlet,"I was certainly feeling very weary, so I obeyed his injunction. I",1771
A Study In Scarlet,"left Holmes seated in front of the smouldering fire, and long into",1772
A Study In Scarlet,"the watches of the night I heard the low, melancholy wailings of his",1773
A Study In Scarlet,"violin, and knew that he was still pondering over the strange problem",1774
A Study In Scarlet,which he had set himself to unravel.,1775
A Study In Scarlet,,1776
A Study In Scarlet,CHAPTER VI,1777
A Study In Scarlet,Tobias Gregson Shows What He Can Do,1778
A Study In Scarlet,,1779
A Study In Scarlet,"The papers next day were full of the ""Brixton Mystery,"" as they",1780
A Study In Scarlet,"termed it. Each had a long account of the affair, and some had",1781
A Study In Scarlet,leaders upon it in addition. There was some information in them which,1782
A Study In Scarlet,was new to me. I still retain in my scrap-book numerous clippings and,1783
A Study In Scarlet,extracts bearing upon the case. Here is a condensation of a few of,1784
A Study In Scarlet,them:--,1785
A Study In Scarlet,,1786
A Study In Scarlet,The Daily Telegraph remarked that in the history of crime there had,1787
A Study In Scarlet,seldom been a tragedy which presented stranger features. The German,1788
A Study In Scarlet,"name of the victim, the absence of all other motive, and the sinister",1789
A Study In Scarlet,"inscription on the wall, all pointed to its perpetration by political",1790
A Study In Scarlet,refugees and revolutionists. The Socialists had many branches in,1791
A Study In Scarlet,"America, and the deceased had, no doubt, infringed their unwritten",1792
A Study In Scarlet,"laws, and been tracked down by them. After alluding airily to the",1793
A Study In Scarlet,"Vehmgericht, aqua tofana, Carbonari, the Marchioness de Brinvilliers,",1794
A Study In Scarlet,"the Darwinian theory, the principles of Malthus, and the Ratcliff",1795
A Study In Scarlet,"Highway murders, the article concluded by admonishing the Government",1796
A Study In Scarlet,and advocating a closer watch over foreigners in England.,1797
A Study In Scarlet,,1798
A Study In Scarlet,The Standard commented upon the fact that lawless outrages of the,1799
A Study In Scarlet,sort usually occurred under a Liberal Administration. They arose from,1800
A Study In Scarlet,"the unsettling of the minds of the masses, and the consequent",1801
A Study In Scarlet,weakening of all authority. The deceased was an American gentleman,1802
A Study In Scarlet,who had been residing for some weeks in the Metropolis. He had stayed,1803
A Study In Scarlet,"at the boarding-house of Madame Charpentier, in Torquay Terrace,",1804
A Study In Scarlet,Camberwell. He was accompanied in his travels by his private,1805
A Study In Scarlet,"secretary, Mr. Joseph Stangerson. The two bade adieu to their",1806
A Study In Scarlet,"landlady upon Tuesday, the 4th inst., and departed to Euston Station",1807
A Study In Scarlet,with the avowed intention of catching the Liverpool express. They,1808
A Study In Scarlet,were afterwards seen together upon the platform. Nothing more is,1809
A Study In Scarlet,"known of them until Mr. Drebber's body was, as recorded, discovered",1810
A Study In Scarlet,"in an empty house in the Brixton Road, many miles from Euston. How he",1811
A Study In Scarlet,"came there, or how he met his fate, are questions which are still",1812
A Study In Scarlet,involved in mystery. Nothing is known of the whereabouts of,1813
A Study In Scarlet,"Stangerson. We are glad to learn that Mr. Lestrade and Mr. Gregson,",1814
A Study In Scarlet,"of Scotland Yard, are both engaged upon the case, and it is",1815
A Study In Scarlet,confidently anticipated that these well-known officers will speedily,1816
A Study In Scarlet,throw light upon the matter.,1817
A Study In Scarlet,,1818
A Study In Scarlet,The Daily News observed that there was no doubt as to the crime being,1819
A Study In Scarlet,a political one. The despotism and hatred of Liberalism which,1820
A Study In Scarlet,animated the Continental Governments had had the effect of driving to,1821
A Study In Scarlet,our shores a number of men who might have made excellent citizens,1822
A Study In Scarlet,were they not soured by the recollection of all that they had,1823
A Study In Scarlet,"undergone. Among these men there was a stringent code of honour, any",1824
A Study In Scarlet,infringement of which was punished by death. Every effort should be,1825
A Study In Scarlet,"made to find the secretary, Stangerson, and to ascertain some",1826
A Study In Scarlet,particulars of the habits of the deceased. A great step had been,1827
A Study In Scarlet,gained by the discovery of the address of the house at which he had,1828
A Study In Scarlet,boarded--a result which was entirely due to the acuteness and energy,1829
A Study In Scarlet,of Mr. Gregson of Scotland Yard.,1830
A Study In Scarlet,,1831
A Study In Scarlet,"Sherlock Holmes and I read these notices over together at breakfast,",1832
A Study In Scarlet,and they appeared to afford him considerable amusement.,1833
A Study In Scarlet,,1834
A Study In Scarlet,"""I told you that, whatever happened, Lestrade and Gregson would be",1835
A Study In Scarlet,"sure to score.""",1836
A Study In Scarlet,,1837
A Study In Scarlet,"""That depends on how it turns out.""",1838
A Study In Scarlet,,1839
A Study In Scarlet,"""Oh, bless you, it doesn't matter in the least. If the man is caught,",1840
A Study In Scarlet,"it will be on account of their exertions; if he escapes, it will be",1841
A Study In Scarlet,in spite of their exertions. It's heads I win and tails you lose.,1842
A Study In Scarlet,"Whatever they do, they will have followers. 'Un sot trouve toujours",1843
A Study In Scarlet,"un plus sot qui l'admire.'""",1844
A Study In Scarlet,,1845
A Study In Scarlet,"""What on earth is this?"" I cried, for at this moment there came the",1846
A Study In Scarlet,"pattering of many steps in the hall and on the stairs, accompanied by",1847
A Study In Scarlet,audible expressions of disgust upon the part of our landlady.,1848
A Study In Scarlet,,1849
A Study In Scarlet,"""It's the Baker Street division of the detective police force,"" said",1850
A Study In Scarlet,"my companion, gravely; and as he spoke there rushed into the room",1851
A Study In Scarlet,half a dozen of the dirtiest and most ragged street Arabs that ever I,1852
A Study In Scarlet,clapped eyes on.,1853
A Study In Scarlet,,1854
A Study In Scarlet,"""'Tention!"" cried Holmes, in a sharp tone, and the six dirty little",1855
A Study In Scarlet,"scoundrels stood in a line like so many disreputable statuettes. ""In",1856
A Study In Scarlet,"future you shall send up Wiggins alone to report, and the rest of you",1857
A Study In Scarlet,"must wait in the street. Have you found it, Wiggins?""",1858
A Study In Scarlet,,1859
A Study In Scarlet,"""No, sir, we hain't,"" said one of the youths.",1860
A Study In Scarlet,,1861
A Study In Scarlet,"""I hardly expected you would. You must keep on until you do. Here are",1862
A Study In Scarlet,"your wages."" He handed each of them a shilling. ""Now, off you go, and",1863
A Study In Scarlet,"come back with a better report next time.""",1864
A Study In Scarlet,,1865
A Study In Scarlet,"He waved his hand, and they scampered away downstairs like so many",1866
A Study In Scarlet,"rats, and we heard their shrill voices next moment in the street.",1867
A Study In Scarlet,,1868
A Study In Scarlet,"""There's more work to be got out of one of those little beggars than",1869
A Study In Scarlet,"out of a dozen of the force,"" Holmes remarked. ""The mere sight of an",1870
A Study In Scarlet,"official-looking person seals men's lips. These youngsters, however,",1871
A Study In Scarlet,"go everywhere and hear everything. They are as sharp as needles, too;",1872
A Study In Scarlet,"all they want is organisation.""",1873
A Study In Scarlet,,1874
A Study In Scarlet,"""Is it on this Brixton case that you are employing them?"" I asked.",1875
A Study In Scarlet,,1876
A Study In Scarlet,"""Yes; there is a point which I wish to ascertain. It is merely a",1877
A Study In Scarlet,matter of time. Hullo! we are going to hear some news now with a,1878
A Study In Scarlet,vengeance! Here is Gregson coming down the road with beatitude,1879
A Study In Scarlet,"written upon every feature of his face. Bound for us, I know. Yes, he",1880
A Study In Scarlet,"is stopping. There he is!""",1881
A Study In Scarlet,,1882
A Study In Scarlet,"There was a violent peal at the bell, and in a few seconds the",1883
A Study In Scarlet,"fair-haired detective came up the stairs, three steps at a time, and",1884
A Study In Scarlet,burst into our sitting-room.,1885
A Study In Scarlet,,1886
A Study In Scarlet,"""My dear fellow,"" he cried, wringing Holmes' unresponsive hand,",1887
A Study In Scarlet,"""congratulate me! I have made the whole thing as clear as day.""",1888
A Study In Scarlet,,1889
A Study In Scarlet,A shade of anxiety seemed to me to cross my companion's expressive,1890
A Study In Scarlet,face.,1891
A Study In Scarlet,,1892
A Study In Scarlet,"""Do you mean that you are on the right track?"" he asked.",1893
A Study In Scarlet,,1894
A Study In Scarlet,"""The right track! Why, sir, we have the man under lock and key.""",1895
A Study In Scarlet,,1896
A Study In Scarlet,"""And his name is?""",1897
A Study In Scarlet,,1898
A Study In Scarlet,"""Arthur Charpentier, sub-lieutenant in Her Majesty's navy,"" cried",1899
A Study In Scarlet,"Gregson, pompously, rubbing his fat hands and inflating his chest.",1900
A Study In Scarlet,,1901
A Study In Scarlet,"Sherlock Holmes gave a sigh of relief, and relaxed into a smile.",1902
A Study In Scarlet,,1903
A Study In Scarlet,"""Take a seat, and try one of these cigars,"" he said. ""We are anxious",1904
A Study In Scarlet,"to know how you managed it. Will you have some whiskey and water?""",1905
A Study In Scarlet,,1906
A Study In Scarlet,"""I don't mind if I do,"" the detective answered. ""The tremendous",1907
A Study In Scarlet,exertions which I have gone through during the last day or two have,1908
A Study In Scarlet,"worn me out. Not so much bodily exertion, you understand, as the",1909
A Study In Scarlet,"strain upon the mind. You will appreciate that, Mr. Sherlock Holmes,",1910
A Study In Scarlet,"for we are both brain-workers.""",1911
A Study In Scarlet,,1912
A Study In Scarlet,"""You do me too much honour,"" said Holmes, gravely. ""Let us hear how",1913
A Study In Scarlet,"you arrived at this most gratifying result.""",1914
A Study In Scarlet,,1915
A Study In Scarlet,"The detective seated himself in the arm-chair, and puffed",1916
A Study In Scarlet,complacently at his cigar. Then suddenly he slapped his thigh in a,1917
A Study In Scarlet,paroxysm of amusement.,1918
A Study In Scarlet,,1919
A Study In Scarlet,"""The fun of it is,"" he cried, ""that that fool Lestrade, who thinks",1920
A Study In Scarlet,"himself so smart, has gone off upon the wrong track altogether. He is",1921
A Study In Scarlet,"after the secretary Stangerson, who had no more to do with the crime",1922
A Study In Scarlet,than the babe unborn. I have no doubt that he has caught him by this,1923
A Study In Scarlet,"time.""",1924
A Study In Scarlet,,1925
A Study In Scarlet,The idea tickled Gregson so much that he laughed until he choked.,1926
A Study In Scarlet,,1927
A Study In Scarlet,"""And how did you get your clue?""",1928
A Study In Scarlet,,1929
A Study In Scarlet,"""Ah, I'll tell you all about it. Of course, Doctor Watson, this is",1930
A Study In Scarlet,strictly between ourselves. The first difficulty which we had to,1931
A Study In Scarlet,contend with was the finding of this American's antecedents. Some,1932
A Study In Scarlet,"people would have waited until their advertisements were answered, or",1933
A Study In Scarlet,until parties came forward and volunteered information. That is not,1934
A Study In Scarlet,Tobias Gregson's way of going to work. You remember the hat beside,1935
A Study In Scarlet,"the dead man?""",1936
A Study In Scarlet,,1937
A Study In Scarlet,"""Yes,"" said Holmes; ""by John Underwood and Sons, 129, Camberwell",1938
A Study In Scarlet,"Road.""",1939
A Study In Scarlet,,1940
A Study In Scarlet,Gregson looked quite crest-fallen.,1941
A Study In Scarlet,,1942
A Study In Scarlet,"""I had no idea that you noticed that,"" he said. ""Have you been",1943
A Study In Scarlet,"there?""",1944
A Study In Scarlet,,1945
A Study In Scarlet,"""No.""",1946
A Study In Scarlet,,1947
A Study In Scarlet,"""Ha!"" cried Gregson, in a relieved voice; ""you should never neglect a",1948
A Study In Scarlet,"chance, however small it may seem.""",1949
A Study In Scarlet,,1950
A Study In Scarlet,"""To a great mind, nothing is little,"" remarked Holmes, sententiously.",1951
A Study In Scarlet,,1952
A Study In Scarlet,"""Well, I went to Underwood, and asked him if he had sold a hat of",1953
A Study In Scarlet,"that size and description. He looked over his books, and came on it",1954
A Study In Scarlet,"at once. He had sent the hat to a Mr. Drebber, residing at",1955
A Study In Scarlet,"Charpentier's Boarding Establishment, Torquay Terrace. Thus I got at",1956
A Study In Scarlet,"his address.""",1957
A Study In Scarlet,,1958
A Study In Scarlet,"""Smart--very smart!"" murmured Sherlock Holmes.",1959
A Study In Scarlet,,1960
A Study In Scarlet,"""I next called upon Madame Charpentier,"" continued the detective. ""I",1961
A Study In Scarlet,"found her very pale and distressed. Her daughter was in the room,",1962
A Study In Scarlet,"too--an uncommonly fine girl she is, too; she was looking red about",1963
A Study In Scarlet,the eyes and her lips trembled as I spoke to her. That didn't escape,1964
A Study In Scarlet,"my notice. I began to smell a rat. You know the feeling, Mr. Sherlock",1965
A Study In Scarlet,"Holmes, when you come upon the right scent--a kind of thrill in your",1966
A Study In Scarlet,nerves. 'Have you heard of the mysterious death of your late boarder,1967
A Study In Scarlet,"Mr. Enoch J. Drebber, of Cleveland?' I asked.",1968
A Study In Scarlet,,1969
A Study In Scarlet,"""The mother nodded. She didn't seem able to get out a word. The",1970
A Study In Scarlet,daughter burst into tears. I felt more than ever that these people,1971
A Study In Scarlet,knew something of the matter.,1972
A Study In Scarlet,,1973
A Study In Scarlet,"""'At what o'clock did Mr. Drebber leave your house for the train?' I",1974
A Study In Scarlet,asked.,1975
A Study In Scarlet,,1976
A Study In Scarlet,"""'At eight o'clock,' she said, gulping in her throat to keep down her",1977
A Study In Scarlet,"agitation. 'His secretary, Mr. Stangerson, said that there were two",1978
A Study In Scarlet,trains--one at 9.15 and one at 11. He was to catch the first.',1979
A Study In Scarlet,,1980
A Study In Scarlet,"""'And was that the last which you saw of him?'",1981
A Study In Scarlet,,1982
A Study In Scarlet,"""A terrible change came over the woman's face as I asked the",1983
A Study In Scarlet,question. Her features turned perfectly livid. It was some seconds,1984
A Study In Scarlet,before she could get out the single word 'Yes'--and when it did come,1985
A Study In Scarlet,it was in a husky unnatural tone.,1986
A Study In Scarlet,,1987
A Study In Scarlet,"""There was silence for a moment, and then the daughter spoke in a",1988
A Study In Scarlet,calm clear voice.,1989
A Study In Scarlet,,1990
A Study In Scarlet,"""'No good can ever come of falsehood, mother,' she said. 'Let us be",1991
A Study In Scarlet,frank with this gentleman. We did see Mr. Drebber again.',1992
A Study In Scarlet,,1993
A Study In Scarlet,"""'God forgive you!' cried Madame Charpentier, throwing up her hands",1994
A Study In Scarlet,and sinking back in her chair. 'You have murdered your brother.',1995
A Study In Scarlet,,1996
A Study In Scarlet,"""'Arthur would rather that we spoke the truth,' the girl answered",1997
A Study In Scarlet,firmly.,1998
A Study In Scarlet,,1999
A Study In Scarlet,"""'You had best tell me all about it now,' I said. 'Half-confidences",2000
A Study In Scarlet,"are worse than none. Besides, you do not know how much we know of",2001
A Study In Scarlet,it.',2002
A Study In Scarlet,,2003
A Study In Scarlet,"""'On your head be it, Alice!' cried her mother; and then, turning to",2004
A Study In Scarlet,"me, 'I will tell you all, sir. Do not imagine that my agitation on",2005
A Study In Scarlet,behalf of my son arises from any fear lest he should have had a hand,2006
A Study In Scarlet,"in this terrible affair. He is utterly innocent of it. My dread is,",2007
A Study In Scarlet,"however, that in your eyes and in the eyes of others he may appear to",2008
A Study In Scarlet,be compromised. That however is surely impossible. His high,2009
A Study In Scarlet,"character, his profession, his antecedents would all forbid it.'",2010
A Study In Scarlet,,2011
A Study In Scarlet,"""'Your best way is to make a clean breast of the facts,' I answered.",2012
A Study In Scarlet,"'Depend upon it, if your son is innocent he will be none the worse.'",2013
A Study In Scarlet,,2014
A Study In Scarlet,"""'Perhaps, Alice, you had better leave us together,' she said, and",2015
A Study In Scarlet,"her daughter withdrew. 'Now, sir,' she continued, 'I had no intention",2016
A Study In Scarlet,"of telling you all this, but since my poor daughter has disclosed it",2017
A Study In Scarlet,"I have no alternative. Having once decided to speak, I will tell you",2018
A Study In Scarlet,all without omitting any particular.',2019
A Study In Scarlet,,2020
A Study In Scarlet,"""'It is your wisest course,' said I.",2021
A Study In Scarlet,,2022
A Study In Scarlet,"""'Mr. Drebber has been with us nearly three weeks. He and his",2023
A Study In Scarlet,"secretary, Mr. Stangerson, had been travelling on the Continent. I",2024
A Study In Scarlet,"noticed a ""Copenhagen"" label upon each of their trunks, showing that",2025
A Study In Scarlet,that had been their last stopping place. Stangerson was a quiet,2026
A Study In Scarlet,"reserved man, but his employer, I am sorry to say, was far otherwise.",2027
A Study In Scarlet,He was coarse in his habits and brutish in his ways. The very night,2028
A Study In Scarlet,"of his arrival he became very much the worse for drink, and, indeed,",2029
A Study In Scarlet,after twelve o'clock in the day he could hardly ever be said to be,2030
A Study In Scarlet,sober. His manners towards the maid-servants were disgustingly free,2031
A Study In Scarlet,"and familiar. Worst of all, he speedily assumed the same attitude",2032
A Study In Scarlet,"towards my daughter, Alice, and spoke to her more than once in a way",2033
A Study In Scarlet,"which, fortunately, she is too innocent to understand. On one",2034
A Study In Scarlet,occasion he actually seized her in his arms and embraced her--an,2035
A Study In Scarlet,outrage which caused his own secretary to reproach him for his,2036
A Study In Scarlet,unmanly conduct.',2037
A Study In Scarlet,,2038
A Study In Scarlet,"""'But why did you stand all this,' I asked. 'I suppose that you can",2039
A Study In Scarlet,get rid of your boarders when you wish.',2040
A Study In Scarlet,,2041
A Study In Scarlet,"""Mrs. Charpentier blushed at my pertinent question. 'Would to God",2042
A Study In Scarlet,"that I had given him notice on the very day that he came,' she said.",2043
A Study In Scarlet,'But it was a sore temptation. They were paying a pound a day,2044
A Study In Scarlet,"each--fourteen pounds a week, and this is the slack season. I am a",2045
A Study In Scarlet,"widow, and my boy in the Navy has cost me much. I grudged to lose the",2046
A Study In Scarlet,"money. I acted for the best. This last was too much, however, and I",2047
A Study In Scarlet,gave him notice to leave on account of it. That was the reason of his,2048
A Study In Scarlet,going.',2049
A Study In Scarlet,,2050
A Study In Scarlet,"""'Well?'",2051
A Study In Scarlet,,2052
A Study In Scarlet,"""'My heart grew light when I saw him drive away. My son is on leave",2053
A Study In Scarlet,"just now, but I did not tell him anything of all this, for his temper",2054
A Study In Scarlet,"is violent, and he is passionately fond of his sister. When I closed",2055
A Study In Scarlet,"the door behind them a load seemed to be lifted from my mind. Alas,",2056
A Study In Scarlet,"in less than an hour there was a ring at the bell, and I learned that",2057
A Study In Scarlet,"Mr. Drebber had returned. He was much excited, and evidently the",2058
A Study In Scarlet,"worse for drink. He forced his way into the room, where I was sitting",2059
A Study In Scarlet,"with my daughter, and made some incoherent remark about having missed",2060
A Study In Scarlet,"his train. He then turned to Alice, and before my very face, proposed",2061
A Study In Scarlet,"to her that she should fly with him. ""You are of age,"" he said, ""and",2062
A Study In Scarlet,there is no law to stop you. I have money enough and to spare. Never,2063
A Study In Scarlet,"mind the old girl here, but come along with me now straight away. You",2064
A Study In Scarlet,"shall live like a princess."" Poor Alice was so frightened that she",2065
A Study In Scarlet,"shrunk away from him, but he caught her by the wrist and endeavoured",2066
A Study In Scarlet,"to draw her towards the door. I screamed, and at that moment my son",2067
A Study In Scarlet,Arthur came into the room. What happened then I do not know. I heard,2068
A Study In Scarlet,oaths and the confused sounds of a scuffle. I was too terrified to,2069
A Study In Scarlet,raise my head. When I did look up I saw Arthur standing in the,2070
A Study In Scarlet,"doorway laughing, with a stick in his hand. ""I don't think that fine",2071
A Study In Scarlet,"fellow will trouble us again,"" he said. ""I will just go after him and",2072
A Study In Scarlet,"see what he does with himself."" With those words he took his hat and",2073
A Study In Scarlet,started off down the street. The next morning we heard of Mr.,2074
A Study In Scarlet,Drebber's mysterious death.',2075
A Study In Scarlet,,2076
A Study In Scarlet,"""This statement came from Mrs. Charpentier's lips with many gasps and",2077
A Study In Scarlet,pauses. At times she spoke so low that I could hardly catch the,2078
A Study In Scarlet,"words. I made shorthand notes of all that she said, however, so that",2079
A Study In Scarlet,"there should be no possibility of a mistake.""",2080
A Study In Scarlet,,2081
A Study In Scarlet,"""It's quite exciting,"" said Sherlock Holmes, with a yawn. ""What",2082
A Study In Scarlet,"happened next?""",2083
A Study In Scarlet,,2084
A Study In Scarlet,"""When Mrs. Charpentier paused,"" the detective continued, ""I saw that",2085
A Study In Scarlet,the whole case hung upon one point. Fixing her with my eye in a way,2086
A Study In Scarlet,"which I always found effective with women, I asked her at what hour",2087
A Study In Scarlet,her son returned.,2088
A Study In Scarlet,,2089
A Study In Scarlet,"""'I do not know,' she answered.",2090
A Study In Scarlet,,2091
A Study In Scarlet,"""'Not know?'",2092
A Study In Scarlet,,2093
A Study In Scarlet,"""'No; he has a latch-key, and he let himself in.'",2094
A Study In Scarlet,,2095
A Study In Scarlet,"""'After you went to bed?'",2096
A Study In Scarlet,,2097
A Study In Scarlet,"""'Yes.'",2098
A Study In Scarlet,,2099
A Study In Scarlet,"""'When did you go to bed?'",2100
A Study In Scarlet,,2101
A Study In Scarlet,"""'About eleven.'",2102
A Study In Scarlet,,2103
A Study In Scarlet,"""'So your son was gone at least two hours?'",2104
A Study In Scarlet,,2105
A Study In Scarlet,"""'Yes.'",2106
A Study In Scarlet,,2107
A Study In Scarlet,"""'Possibly four or five?'",2108
A Study In Scarlet,,2109
A Study In Scarlet,"""'Yes.'",2110
A Study In Scarlet,,2111
A Study In Scarlet,"""'What was he doing during that time?'",2112
A Study In Scarlet,,2113
A Study In Scarlet,"""'I do not know,' she answered, turning white to her very lips.",2114
A Study In Scarlet,,2115
A Study In Scarlet,"""Of course after that there was nothing more to be done. I found out",2116
A Study In Scarlet,"where Lieutenant Charpentier was, took two officers with me, and",2117
A Study In Scarlet,arrested him. When I touched him on the shoulder and warned him to,2118
A Study In Scarlet,"come quietly with us, he answered us as bold as brass, 'I suppose you",2119
A Study In Scarlet,are arresting me for being concerned in the death of that scoundrel,2120
A Study In Scarlet,"Drebber,' he said. We had said nothing to him about it, so that his",2121
A Study In Scarlet,"alluding to it had a most suspicious aspect.""",2122
A Study In Scarlet,,2123
A Study In Scarlet,"""Very,"" said Holmes.",2124
A Study In Scarlet,,2125
A Study In Scarlet,"""He still carried the heavy stick which the mother described him as",2126
A Study In Scarlet,"having with him when he followed Drebber. It was a stout oak cudgel.""",2127
A Study In Scarlet,,2128
A Study In Scarlet,"""What is your theory, then?""",2129
A Study In Scarlet,,2130
A Study In Scarlet,"""Well, my theory is that he followed Drebber as far as the Brixton",2131
A Study In Scarlet,"Road. When there, a fresh altercation arose between them, in the",2132
A Study In Scarlet,"course of which Drebber received a blow from the stick, in the pit of",2133
A Study In Scarlet,"the stomach, perhaps, which killed him without leaving any mark. The",2134
A Study In Scarlet,"night was so wet that no one was about, so Charpentier dragged the",2135
A Study In Scarlet,"body of his victim into the empty house. As to the candle, and the",2136
A Study In Scarlet,"blood, and the writing on the wall, and the ring, they may all be so",2137
A Study In Scarlet,"many tricks to throw the police on to the wrong scent.""",2138
A Study In Scarlet,,2139
A Study In Scarlet,"""Well done!"" said Holmes in an encouraging voice. ""Really, Gregson,",2140
A Study In Scarlet,"you are getting along. We shall make something of you yet.""",2141
A Study In Scarlet,,2142
A Study In Scarlet,"""I flatter myself that I have managed it rather neatly,"" the",2143
A Study In Scarlet,"detective answered proudly. ""The young man volunteered a statement,",2144
A Study In Scarlet,"in which he said that after following Drebber some time, the latter",2145
A Study In Scarlet,"perceived him, and took a cab in order to get away from him. On his",2146
A Study In Scarlet,"way home he met an old shipmate, and took a long walk with him. On",2147
A Study In Scarlet,"being asked where this old shipmate lived, he was unable to give any",2148
A Study In Scarlet,satisfactory reply. I think the whole case fits together uncommonly,2149
A Study In Scarlet,"well. What amuses me is to think of Lestrade, who had started off",2150
A Study In Scarlet,"upon the wrong scent. I am afraid he won't make much of--Why, by",2151
A Study In Scarlet,"Jove, here's the very man himself!""",2152
A Study In Scarlet,,2153
A Study In Scarlet,"It was indeed Lestrade, who had ascended the stairs while we were",2154
A Study In Scarlet,"talking, and who now entered the room. The assurance and jauntiness",2155
A Study In Scarlet,"which generally marked his demeanour and dress were, however,",2156
A Study In Scarlet,"wanting. His face was disturbed and troubled, while his clothes were",2157
A Study In Scarlet,disarranged and untidy. He had evidently come with the intention of,2158
A Study In Scarlet,"consulting with Sherlock Holmes, for on perceiving his colleague he",2159
A Study In Scarlet,appeared to be embarrassed and put out. He stood in the centre of the,2160
A Study In Scarlet,"room, fumbling nervously with his hat and uncertain what to do. ""This",2161
A Study In Scarlet,"is a most extraordinary case,"" he said at last--""a most",2162
A Study In Scarlet,"incomprehensible affair.""",2163
A Study In Scarlet,,2164
A Study In Scarlet,"""Ah, you find it so, Mr. Lestrade!"" cried Gregson, triumphantly. ""I",2165
A Study In Scarlet,thought you would come to that conclusion. Have you managed to find,2166
A Study In Scarlet,"the Secretary, Mr. Joseph Stangerson?""",2167
A Study In Scarlet,,2168
A Study In Scarlet,"""The Secretary, Mr. Joseph Stangerson,"" said Lestrade gravely, ""was",2169
A Study In Scarlet,"murdered at Halliday's Private Hotel about six o'clock this morning.""",2170
A Study In Scarlet,,2171
A Study In Scarlet,CHAPTER VII,2172
A Study In Scarlet,Light In The Darkness,2173
A Study In Scarlet,,2174
A Study In Scarlet,The intelligence with which Lestrade greeted us was so momentous and,2175
A Study In Scarlet,"so unexpected, that we were all three fairly dumbfounded. Gregson",2176
A Study In Scarlet,sprang out of his chair and upset the remainder of his whiskey and,2177
A Study In Scarlet,"water. I stared in silence at Sherlock Holmes, whose lips were",2178
A Study In Scarlet,compressed and his brows drawn down over his eyes.,2179
A Study In Scarlet,,2180
A Study In Scarlet,"""Stangerson too!"" he muttered. ""The plot thickens.""",2181
A Study In Scarlet,,2182
A Study In Scarlet,"""It was quite thick enough before,"" grumbled Lestrade, taking a",2183
A Study In Scarlet,"chair. ""I seem to have dropped into a sort of council of war.""",2184
A Study In Scarlet,,2185
A Study In Scarlet,"""Are you--are you sure of this piece of intelligence?"" stammered",2186
A Study In Scarlet,Gregson.,2187
A Study In Scarlet,,2188
A Study In Scarlet,"""I have just come from his room,"" said Lestrade. ""I was the first to",2189
A Study In Scarlet,"discover what had occurred.""",2190
A Study In Scarlet,,2191
A Study In Scarlet,"""We have been hearing Gregson's view of the matter,"" Holmes observed.",2192
A Study In Scarlet,"""Would you mind letting us know what you have seen and done?""",2193
A Study In Scarlet,,2194
A Study In Scarlet,"""I have no objection,"" Lestrade answered, seating himself. ""I freely",2195
A Study In Scarlet,confess that I was of the opinion that Stangerson was concerned in,2196
A Study In Scarlet,the death of Drebber. This fresh development has shown me that I was,2197
A Study In Scarlet,"completely mistaken. Full of the one idea, I set myself to find out",2198
A Study In Scarlet,what had become of the Secretary. They had been seen together at,2199
A Study In Scarlet,Euston Station about half-past eight on the evening of the third. At,2200
A Study In Scarlet,two in the morning Drebber had been found in the Brixton Road. The,2201
A Study In Scarlet,question which confronted me was to find out how Stangerson had been,2202
A Study In Scarlet,"employed between 8.30 and the time of the crime, and what had become",2203
A Study In Scarlet,"of him afterwards. I telegraphed to Liverpool, giving a description",2204
A Study In Scarlet,"of the man, and warning them to keep a watch upon the American boats.",2205
A Study In Scarlet,I then set to work calling upon all the hotels and lodging-houses in,2206
A Study In Scarlet,"the vicinity of Euston. You see, I argued that if Drebber and his",2207
A Study In Scarlet,"companion had become separated, the natural course for the latter",2208
A Study In Scarlet,"would be to put up somewhere in the vicinity for the night, and then",2209
A Study In Scarlet,"to hang about the station again next morning.""",2210
A Study In Scarlet,,2211
A Study In Scarlet,"""They would be likely to agree on some meeting-place beforehand,""",2212
A Study In Scarlet,remarked Holmes.,2213
A Study In Scarlet,,2214
A Study In Scarlet,"""So it proved. I spent the whole of yesterday evening in making",2215
A Study In Scarlet,"enquiries entirely without avail. This morning I began very early,",2216
A Study In Scarlet,"and at eight o'clock I reached Halliday's Private Hotel, in Little",2217
A Study In Scarlet,George Street. On my enquiry as to whether a Mr. Stangerson was,2218
A Study In Scarlet,"living there, they at once answered me in the affirmative.",2219
A Study In Scarlet,,2220
A Study In Scarlet,"""'No doubt you are the gentleman whom he was expecting,' they said.",2221
A Study In Scarlet,'He has been waiting for a gentleman for two days.',2222
A Study In Scarlet,,2223
A Study In Scarlet,"""'Where is he now?' I asked.",2224
A Study In Scarlet,,2225
A Study In Scarlet,"""'He is upstairs in bed. He wished to be called at nine.'",2226
A Study In Scarlet,,2227
A Study In Scarlet,"""'I will go up and see him at once,' I said.",2228
A Study In Scarlet,,2229
A Study In Scarlet,"""It seemed to me that my sudden appearance might shake his nerves and",2230
A Study In Scarlet,lead him to say something unguarded. The Boots volunteered to show me,2231
A Study In Scarlet,"the room: it was on the second floor, and there was a small corridor",2232
A Study In Scarlet,"leading up to it. The Boots pointed out the door to me, and was about",2233
A Study In Scarlet,to go downstairs again when I saw something that made me feel,2234
A Study In Scarlet,"sickish, in spite of my twenty years' experience. From under the door",2235
A Study In Scarlet,"there curled a little red ribbon of blood, which had meandered across",2236
A Study In Scarlet,the passage and formed a little pool along the skirting at the other,2237
A Study In Scarlet,"side. I gave a cry, which brought the Boots back. He nearly fainted",2238
A Study In Scarlet,"when he saw it. The door was locked on the inside, but we put our",2239
A Study In Scarlet,"shoulders to it, and knocked it in. The window of the room was open,",2240
A Study In Scarlet,"and beside the window, all huddled up, lay the body of a man in his",2241
A Study In Scarlet,"nightdress. He was quite dead, and had been for some time, for his",2242
A Study In Scarlet,"limbs were rigid and cold. When we turned him over, the Boots",2243
A Study In Scarlet,recognized him at once as being the same gentleman who had engaged,2244
A Study In Scarlet,the room under the name of Joseph Stangerson. The cause of death was,2245
A Study In Scarlet,"a deep stab in the left side, which must have penetrated the heart.",2246
A Study In Scarlet,And now comes the strangest part of the affair. What do you suppose,2247
A Study In Scarlet,"was above the murdered man?""",2248
A Study In Scarlet,,2249
A Study In Scarlet,"I felt a creeping of the flesh, and a presentiment of coming horror,",2250
A Study In Scarlet,even before Sherlock Holmes answered.,2251
A Study In Scarlet,,2252
A Study In Scarlet,"""The word RACHE, written in letters of blood,"" he said.",2253
A Study In Scarlet,,2254
A Study In Scarlet,"""That was it,"" said Lestrade, in an awe-struck voice; and we were all",2255
A Study In Scarlet,silent for a while.,2256
A Study In Scarlet,,2257
A Study In Scarlet,There was something so methodical and so incomprehensible about the,2258
A Study In Scarlet,"deeds of this unknown assassin, that it imparted a fresh ghastliness",2259
A Study In Scarlet,"to his crimes. My nerves, which were steady enough on the field of",2260
A Study In Scarlet,battle tingled as I thought of it.,2261
A Study In Scarlet,,2262
A Study In Scarlet,"""The man was seen,"" continued Lestrade. ""A milk boy, passing on his",2263
A Study In Scarlet,"way to the dairy, happened to walk down the lane which leads from the",2264
A Study In Scarlet,"mews at the back of the hotel. He noticed that a ladder, which",2265
A Study In Scarlet,"usually lay there, was raised against one of the windows of the",2266
A Study In Scarlet,"second floor, which was wide open. After passing, he looked back and",2267
A Study In Scarlet,saw a man descend the ladder. He came down so quietly and openly that,2268
A Study In Scarlet,the boy imagined him to be some carpenter or joiner at work in the,2269
A Study In Scarlet,"hotel. He took no particular notice of him, beyond thinking in his",2270
A Study In Scarlet,own mind that it was early for him to be at work. He has an,2271
A Study In Scarlet,"impression that the man was tall, had a reddish face, and was dressed",2272
A Study In Scarlet,"in a long, brownish coat. He must have stayed in the room some little",2273
A Study In Scarlet,"time after the murder, for we found blood-stained water in the basin,",2274
A Study In Scarlet,"where he had washed his hands, and marks on the sheets where he had",2275
A Study In Scarlet,"deliberately wiped his knife.""",2276
A Study In Scarlet,,2277
A Study In Scarlet,"I glanced at Holmes on hearing the description of the murderer, which",2278
A Study In Scarlet,"tallied so exactly with his own. There was, however, no trace of",2279
A Study In Scarlet,exultation or satisfaction upon his face.,2280
A Study In Scarlet,,2281
A Study In Scarlet,"""Did you find nothing in the room which could furnish a clue to the",2282
A Study In Scarlet,"murderer?"" he asked.",2283
A Study In Scarlet,,2284
A Study In Scarlet,"""Nothing. Stangerson had Drebber's purse in his pocket, but it seems",2285
A Study In Scarlet,"that this was usual, as he did all the paying. There was eighty odd",2286
A Study In Scarlet,"pounds in it, but nothing had been taken. Whatever the motives of",2287
A Study In Scarlet,"these extraordinary crimes, robbery is certainly not one of them.",2288
A Study In Scarlet,"There were no papers or memoranda in the murdered man's pocket,",2289
A Study In Scarlet,"except a single telegram, dated from Cleveland about a month ago, and",2290
A Study In Scarlet,"containing the words, 'J. H. is in Europe.' There was no name",2291
A Study In Scarlet,"appended to this message.""",2292
A Study In Scarlet,,2293
A Study In Scarlet,"""And there was nothing else?"" Holmes asked.",2294
A Study In Scarlet,,2295
A Study In Scarlet,"""Nothing of any importance. The man's novel, with which he had read",2296
A Study In Scarlet,"himself to sleep was lying upon the bed, and his pipe was on a chair",2297
A Study In Scarlet,"beside him. There was a glass of water on the table, and on the",2298
A Study In Scarlet,"window-sill a small chip ointment box containing a couple of pills.""",2299
A Study In Scarlet,,2300
A Study In Scarlet,Sherlock Holmes sprang from his chair with an exclamation of delight.,2301
A Study In Scarlet,,2302
A Study In Scarlet,"""The last link,"" he cried, exultantly. ""My case is complete.""",2303
A Study In Scarlet,,2304
A Study In Scarlet,The two detectives stared at him in amazement.,2305
A Study In Scarlet,,2306
A Study In Scarlet,"""I have now in my hands,"" my companion said, confidently, ""all the",2307
A Study In Scarlet,"threads which have formed such a tangle. There are, of course,",2308
A Study In Scarlet,"details to be filled in, but I am as certain of all the main facts,",2309
A Study In Scarlet,"from the time that Drebber parted from Stangerson at the station, up",2310
A Study In Scarlet,"to the discovery of the body of the latter, as if I had seen them",2311
A Study In Scarlet,with my own eyes. I will give you a proof of my knowledge. Could you,2312
A Study In Scarlet,"lay your hand upon those pills?""",2313
A Study In Scarlet,,2314
A Study In Scarlet,"""I have them,"" said Lestrade, producing a small white box; ""I took",2315
A Study In Scarlet,"them and the purse and the telegram, intending to have them put in a",2316
A Study In Scarlet,place of safety at the Police Station. It was the merest chance my,2317
A Study In Scarlet,"taking these pills, for I am bound to say that I do not attach any",2318
A Study In Scarlet,"importance to them.""",2319
A Study In Scarlet,,2320
A Study In Scarlet,"""Give them here,"" said Holmes. ""Now, Doctor,"" turning to me, ""are",2321
A Study In Scarlet,"those ordinary pills?""",2322
A Study In Scarlet,,2323
A Study In Scarlet,"They certainly were not. They were of a pearly grey colour, small,",2324
A Study In Scarlet,"round, and almost transparent against the light. ""From their",2325
A Study In Scarlet,"lightness and transparency, I should imagine that they are soluble in",2326
A Study In Scarlet,"water,"" I remarked.",2327
A Study In Scarlet,,2328
A Study In Scarlet,"""Precisely so,"" answered Holmes. ""Now would you mind going down and",2329
A Study In Scarlet,fetching that poor little devil of a terrier which has been bad so,2330
A Study In Scarlet,"long, and which the landlady wanted you to put out of its pain",2331
A Study In Scarlet,"yesterday.""",2332
A Study In Scarlet,,2333
A Study In Scarlet,I went downstairs and carried the dog upstair in my arms. It's,2334
A Study In Scarlet,laboured breathing and glazing eye showed that it was not far from,2335
A Study In Scarlet,"its end. Indeed, its snow-white muzzle proclaimed that it had already",2336
A Study In Scarlet,exceeded the usual term of canine existence. I placed it upon a,2337
A Study In Scarlet,cushion on the rug.,2338
A Study In Scarlet,,2339
A Study In Scarlet,"""I will now cut one of these pills in two,"" said Holmes, and drawing",2340
A Study In Scarlet,"his penknife he suited the action to the word. ""One half we return",2341
A Study In Scarlet,into the box for future purposes. The other half I will place in this,2342
A Study In Scarlet,"wine glass, in which is a teaspoonful of water. You perceive that our",2343
A Study In Scarlet,"friend, the Doctor, is right, and that it readily dissolves.""",2344
A Study In Scarlet,,2345
A Study In Scarlet,"""This may be very interesting,"" said Lestrade, in the injured tone of",2346
A Study In Scarlet,"one who suspects that he is being laughed at, ""I cannot see, however,",2347
A Study In Scarlet,"what it has to do with the death of Mr. Joseph Stangerson.""",2348
A Study In Scarlet,,2349
A Study In Scarlet,"""Patience, my friend, patience! You will find in time that it has",2350
A Study In Scarlet,everything to do with it. I shall now add a little milk to make the,2351
A Study In Scarlet,"mixture palatable, and on presenting it to the dog we find that he",2352
A Study In Scarlet,"laps it up readily enough.""",2353
A Study In Scarlet,,2354
A Study In Scarlet,As he spoke he turned the contents of the wine glass into a saucer,2355
A Study In Scarlet,"and placed it in front of the terrier, who speedily licked it dry.",2356
A Study In Scarlet,Sherlock Holmes' earnest demeanour had so far convinced us that we,2357
A Study In Scarlet,"all sat in silence, watching the animal intently, and expecting some",2358
A Study In Scarlet,"startling effect. None such appeared, however. The dog continued to",2359
A Study In Scarlet,"lie stretched upon the cushion, breathing in a laboured way, but",2360
A Study In Scarlet,apparently neither the better nor the worse for its draught.,2361
A Study In Scarlet,,2362
A Study In Scarlet,"Holmes had taken out his watch, and as minute followed minute without",2363
A Study In Scarlet,"result, an expression of the utmost chagrin and disappointment",2364
A Study In Scarlet,"appeared upon his features. He gnawed his lip, drummed his fingers",2365
A Study In Scarlet,"upon the table, and showed every other symptom of acute impatience.",2366
A Study In Scarlet,"So great was his emotion, that I felt sincerely sorry for him, while",2367
A Study In Scarlet,"the two detectives smiled derisively, by no means displeased at this",2368
A Study In Scarlet,check which he had met.,2369
A Study In Scarlet,,2370
A Study In Scarlet,"""It can't be a coincidence,"" he cried, at last springing from his",2371
A Study In Scarlet,"chair and pacing wildly up and down the room; ""it is impossible that",2372
A Study In Scarlet,it should be a mere coincidence. The very pills which I suspected in,2373
A Study In Scarlet,the case of Drebber are actually found after the death of Stangerson.,2374
A Study In Scarlet,And yet they are inert. What can it mean? Surely my whole chain of,2375
A Study In Scarlet,reasoning cannot have been false. It is impossible! And yet this,2376
A Study In Scarlet,"wretched dog is none the worse. Ah, I have it! I have it!"" With a",2377
A Study In Scarlet,"perfect shriek of delight he rushed to the box, cut the other pill in",2378
A Study In Scarlet,"two, dissolved it, added milk, and presented it to the terrier. The",2379
A Study In Scarlet,unfortunate creature's tongue seemed hardly to have been moistened in,2380
A Study In Scarlet,"it before it gave a convulsive shiver in every limb, and lay as rigid",2381
A Study In Scarlet,and lifeless as if it had been struck by lightning.,2382
A Study In Scarlet,,2383
A Study In Scarlet,"Sherlock Holmes drew a long breath, and wiped the perspiration from",2384
A Study In Scarlet,"his forehead. ""I should have more faith,"" he said; ""I ought to know",2385
A Study In Scarlet,by this time that when a fact appears to be opposed to a long train,2386
A Study In Scarlet,"of deductions, it invariably proves to be capable of bearing some",2387
A Study In Scarlet,other interpretation. Of the two pills in that box one was of the,2388
A Study In Scarlet,"most deadly poison, and the other was entirely harmless. I ought to",2389
A Study In Scarlet,"have known that before ever I saw the box at all.""",2390
A Study In Scarlet,,2391
A Study In Scarlet,"This last statement appeared to me to be so startling, that I could",2392
A Study In Scarlet,hardly believe that he was in his sober senses. There was the dead,2393
A Study In Scarlet,"dog, however, to prove that his conjecture had been correct. It",2394
A Study In Scarlet,seemed to me that the mists in my own mind were gradually clearing,2395
A Study In Scarlet,"away, and I began to have a dim, vague perception of the truth.",2396
A Study In Scarlet,,2397
A Study In Scarlet,"""All this seems strange to you,"" continued Holmes, ""because you",2398
A Study In Scarlet,failed at the beginning of the inquiry to grasp the importance of the,2399
A Study In Scarlet,single real clue which was presented to you. I had the good fortune,2400
A Study In Scarlet,"to seize upon that, and everything which has occurred since then has",2401
A Study In Scarlet,"served to confirm my original supposition, and, indeed, was the",2402
A Study In Scarlet,logical sequence of it. Hence things which have perplexed you and,2403
A Study In Scarlet,"made the case more obscure, have served to enlighten me and to",2404
A Study In Scarlet,strengthen my conclusions. It is a mistake to confound strangeness,2405
A Study In Scarlet,with mystery. The most commonplace crime is often the most mysterious,2406
A Study In Scarlet,because it presents no new or special features from which deductions,2407
A Study In Scarlet,may be drawn. This murder would have been infinitely more difficult,2408
A Study In Scarlet,to unravel had the body of the victim been simply found lying in the,2409
A Study In Scarlet,roadway without any of those outré and sensational accompaniments,2410
A Study In Scarlet,"which have rendered it remarkable. These strange details, far from",2411
A Study In Scarlet,"making the case more difficult, have really had the effect of making",2412
A Study In Scarlet,"it less so.""",2413
A Study In Scarlet,,2414
A Study In Scarlet,"Mr. Gregson, who had listened to this address with considerable",2415
A Study In Scarlet,"impatience, could contain himself no longer. ""Look here, Mr. Sherlock",2416
A Study In Scarlet,"Holmes,"" he said, ""we are all ready to acknowledge that you are a",2417
A Study In Scarlet,"smart man, and that you have your own methods of working. We want",2418
A Study In Scarlet,"something more than mere theory and preaching now, though. It is a",2419
A Study In Scarlet,"case of taking the man. I have made my case out, and it seems I was",2420
A Study In Scarlet,wrong. Young Charpentier could not have been engaged in this second,2421
A Study In Scarlet,"affair. Lestrade went after his man, Stangerson, and it appears that",2422
A Study In Scarlet,"he was wrong too. You have thrown out hints here, and hints there,",2423
A Study In Scarlet,"and seem to know more than we do, but the time has come when we feel",2424
A Study In Scarlet,that we have a right to ask you straight how much you do know of the,2425
A Study In Scarlet,"business. Can you name the man who did it?""",2426
A Study In Scarlet,,2427
A Study In Scarlet,"""I cannot help feeling that Gregson is right, sir,"" remarked",2428
A Study In Scarlet,"Lestrade. ""We have both tried, and we have both failed. You have",2429
A Study In Scarlet,remarked more than once since I have been in the room that you had,2430
A Study In Scarlet,all the evidence which you require. Surely you will not withhold it,2431
A Study In Scarlet,"any longer.""",2432
A Study In Scarlet,,2433
A Study In Scarlet,"""Any delay in arresting the assassin,"" I observed, ""might give him",2434
A Study In Scarlet,"time to perpetrate some fresh atrocity.""",2435
A Study In Scarlet,,2436
A Study In Scarlet,"Thus pressed by us all, Holmes showed signs of irresolution. He",2437
A Study In Scarlet,continued to walk up and down the room with his head sunk on his,2438
A Study In Scarlet,"chest and his brows drawn down, as was his habit when lost in",2439
A Study In Scarlet,thought.,2440
A Study In Scarlet,,2441
A Study In Scarlet,"""There will be no more murders,"" he said at last, stopping abruptly",2442
A Study In Scarlet,"and facing us. ""You can put that consideration out of the question.",2443
A Study In Scarlet,You have asked me if I know the name of the assassin. I do. The mere,2444
A Study In Scarlet,"knowing of his name is a small thing, however, compared with the",2445
A Study In Scarlet,power of laying our hands upon him. This I expect very shortly to do.,2446
A Study In Scarlet,I have good hopes of managing it through my own arrangements; but it,2447
A Study In Scarlet,"is a thing which needs delicate handling, for we have a shrewd and",2448
A Study In Scarlet,"desperate man to deal with, who is supported, as I have had occasion",2449
A Study In Scarlet,"to prove, by another who is as clever as himself. As long as this man",2450
A Study In Scarlet,has no idea that anyone can have a clue there is some chance of,2451
A Study In Scarlet,"securing him; but if he had the slightest suspicion, he would change",2452
A Study In Scarlet,"his name, and vanish in an instant among the four million inhabitants",2453
A Study In Scarlet,"of this great city. Without meaning to hurt either of your feelings,",2454
A Study In Scarlet,I am bound to say that I consider these men to be more than a match,2455
A Study In Scarlet,"for the official force, and that is why I have not asked your",2456
A Study In Scarlet,"assistance. If I fail I shall, of course, incur all the blame due to",2457
A Study In Scarlet,this omission; but that I am prepared for. At present I am ready to,2458
A Study In Scarlet,promise that the instant that I can communicate with you without,2459
A Study In Scarlet,"endangering my own combinations, I shall do so.""",2460
A Study In Scarlet,,2461
A Study In Scarlet,Gregson and Lestrade seemed to be far from satisfied by this,2462
A Study In Scarlet,"assurance, or by the depreciating allusion to the detective police.",2463
A Study In Scarlet,"The former had flushed up to the roots of his flaxen hair, while the",2464
A Study In Scarlet,other's beady eyes glistened with curiosity and resentment. Neither,2465
A Study In Scarlet,"of them had time to speak, however, before there was a tap at the",2466
A Study In Scarlet,"door, and the spokesman of the street Arabs, young Wiggins,",2467
A Study In Scarlet,introduced his insignificant and unsavoury person.,2468
A Study In Scarlet,,2469
A Study In Scarlet,"""Please, sir,"" he said, touching his forelock, ""I have the cab",2470
A Study In Scarlet,"downstairs.""",2471
A Study In Scarlet,,2472
A Study In Scarlet,"""Good boy,"" said Holmes, blandly. ""Why don't you introduce this",2473
A Study In Scarlet,"pattern at Scotland Yard?"" he continued, taking a pair of steel",2474
A Study In Scarlet,"handcuffs from a drawer. ""See how beautifully the spring works. They",2475
A Study In Scarlet,"fasten in an instant.""",2476
A Study In Scarlet,,2477
A Study In Scarlet,"""The old pattern is good enough,"" remarked Lestrade, ""if we can only",2478
A Study In Scarlet,"find the man to put them on.""",2479
A Study In Scarlet,,2480
A Study In Scarlet,"""Very good, very good,"" said Holmes, smiling. ""The cabman may as well",2481
A Study In Scarlet,"help me with my boxes. Just ask him to step up, Wiggins.""",2482
A Study In Scarlet,,2483
A Study In Scarlet,I was surprised to find my companion speaking as though he were about,2484
A Study In Scarlet,"to set out on a journey, since he had not said anything to me about",2485
A Study In Scarlet,"it. There was a small portmanteau in the room, and this he pulled out",2486
A Study In Scarlet,and began to strap. He was busily engaged at it when the cabman,2487
A Study In Scarlet,entered the room.,2488
A Study In Scarlet,,2489
A Study In Scarlet,"""Just give me a help with this buckle, cabman,"" he said, kneeling",2490
A Study In Scarlet,"over his task, and never turning his head.",2491
A Study In Scarlet,,2492
A Study In Scarlet,"The fellow came forward with a somewhat sullen, defiant air, and put",2493
A Study In Scarlet,"down his hands to assist. At that instant there was a sharp click,",2494
A Study In Scarlet,"the jangling of metal, and Sherlock Holmes sprang to his feet again.",2495
A Study In Scarlet,,2496
A Study In Scarlet,"""Gentlemen,"" he cried, with flashing eyes, ""let me introduce you to",2497
A Study In Scarlet,"Mr. Jefferson Hope, the murderer of Enoch Drebber and of Joseph",2498
A Study In Scarlet,"Stangerson.""",2499
A Study In Scarlet,,2500
A Study In Scarlet,The whole thing occurred in a moment--so quickly that I had no time,2501
A Study In Scarlet,"to realize it. I have a vivid recollection of that instant, of",2502
A Study In Scarlet,"Holmes' triumphant expression and the ring of his voice, of the",2503
A Study In Scarlet,"cabman's dazed, savage face, as he glared at the glittering",2504
A Study In Scarlet,"handcuffs, which had appeared as if by magic upon his wrists. For a",2505
A Study In Scarlet,"second or two we might have been a group of statues. Then, with an",2506
A Study In Scarlet,"inarticulate roar of fury, the prisoner wrenched himself free from",2507
A Study In Scarlet,"Holmes's grasp, and hurled himself through the window. Woodwork and",2508
A Study In Scarlet,"glass gave way before him; but before he got quite through, Gregson,",2509
A Study In Scarlet,"Lestrade, and Holmes sprang upon him like so many staghounds. He was",2510
A Study In Scarlet,"dragged back into the room, and then commenced a terrific conflict.",2511
A Study In Scarlet,"So powerful and so fierce was he, that the four of us were shaken off",2512
A Study In Scarlet,again and again. He appeared to have the convulsive strength of a man,2513
A Study In Scarlet,in an epileptic fit. His face and hands were terribly mangled by his,2514
A Study In Scarlet,"passage through the glass, but loss of blood had no effect in",2515
A Study In Scarlet,diminishing his resistance. It was not until Lestrade succeeded in,2516
A Study In Scarlet,getting his hand inside his neckcloth and half-strangling him that we,2517
A Study In Scarlet,made him realize that his struggles were of no avail; and even then,2518
A Study In Scarlet,we felt no security until we had pinioned his feet as well as his,2519
A Study In Scarlet,"hands. That done, we rose to our feet breathless and panting.",2520
A Study In Scarlet,,2521
A Study In Scarlet,"""We have his cab,"" said Sherlock Holmes. ""It will serve to take him",2522
A Study In Scarlet,"to Scotland Yard. And now, gentlemen,"" he continued, with a pleasant",2523
A Study In Scarlet,"smile, ""we have reached the end of our little mystery. You are very",2524
A Study In Scarlet,"welcome to put any questions that you like to me now, and there is no",2525
A Study In Scarlet,"danger that I will refuse to answer them.""",2526
A Study In Scarlet,,2527
A Study In Scarlet,PART II,2528
A Study In Scarlet,,2529
A Study In Scarlet,The Country of the Saints.,2530
A Study In Scarlet,,2531
A Study In Scarlet,CHAPTER I,2532
A Study In Scarlet,On The Great Alkali Plain,2533
A Study In Scarlet,,2534
A Study In Scarlet,In the central portion of the great North American Continent there,2535
A Study In Scarlet,"lies an arid and repulsive desert, which for many a long year served",2536
A Study In Scarlet,as a barrier against the advance of civilisation. From the Sierra,2537
A Study In Scarlet,"Nevada to Nebraska, and from the Yellowstone River in the north to",2538
A Study In Scarlet,"the Colorado upon the south, is a region of desolation and silence.",2539
A Study In Scarlet,Nor is Nature always in one mood throughout this grim district. It,2540
A Study In Scarlet,"comprises snow-capped and lofty mountains, and dark and gloomy",2541
A Study In Scarlet,valleys. There are swift-flowing rivers which dash through jagged,2542
A Study In Scarlet,"cañons; and there are enormous plains, which in winter are white with",2543
A Study In Scarlet,"snow, and in summer are grey with the saline alkali dust. They all",2544
A Study In Scarlet,"preserve, however, the common characteristics of barrenness,",2545
A Study In Scarlet,"inhospitality, and misery.",2546
A Study In Scarlet,,2547
A Study In Scarlet,There are no inhabitants of this land of despair. A band of Pawnees,2548
A Study In Scarlet,or of Blackfeet may occasionally traverse it in order to reach other,2549
A Study In Scarlet,"hunting-grounds, but the hardiest of the braves are glad to lose",2550
A Study In Scarlet,"sight of those awesome plains, and to find themselves once more upon",2551
A Study In Scarlet,"their prairies. The coyote skulks among the scrub, the buzzard flaps",2552
A Study In Scarlet,"heavily through the air, and the clumsy grizzly bear lumbers through",2553
A Study In Scarlet,"the dark ravines, and picks up such sustenance as it can amongst the",2554
A Study In Scarlet,rocks. These are the sole dwellers in the wilderness.,2555
A Study In Scarlet,,2556
A Study In Scarlet,In the whole world there can be no more dreary view than that from,2557
A Study In Scarlet,the northern slope of the Sierra Blanco. As far as the eye can reach,2558
A Study In Scarlet,"stretches the great flat plain-land, all dusted over with patches of",2559
A Study In Scarlet,"alkali, and intersected by clumps of the dwarfish chaparral bushes.",2560
A Study In Scarlet,On the extreme verge of the horizon lie a long chain of mountain,2561
A Study In Scarlet,"peaks, with their rugged summits flecked with snow. In this great",2562
A Study In Scarlet,"stretch of country there is no sign of life, nor of anything",2563
A Study In Scarlet,"appertaining to life. There is no bird in the steel-blue heaven, no",2564
A Study In Scarlet,"movement upon the dull, grey earth--above all, there is absolute",2565
A Study In Scarlet,"silence. Listen as one may, there is no shadow of a sound in all that",2566
A Study In Scarlet,mighty wilderness; nothing but silence--complete and heart-subduing,2567
A Study In Scarlet,silence.,2568
A Study In Scarlet,,2569
A Study In Scarlet,It has been said there is nothing appertaining to life upon the broad,2570
A Study In Scarlet,"plain. That is hardly true. Looking down from the Sierra Blanco, one",2571
A Study In Scarlet,"sees a pathway traced out across the desert, which winds away and is",2572
A Study In Scarlet,lost in the extreme distance. It is rutted with wheels and trodden,2573
A Study In Scarlet,down by the feet of many adventurers. Here and there there are,2574
A Study In Scarlet,"scattered white objects which glisten in the sun, and stand out",2575
A Study In Scarlet,"against the dull deposit of alkali. Approach, and examine them! They",2576
A Study In Scarlet,"are bones: some large and coarse, others smaller and more delicate.",2577
A Study In Scarlet,"The former have belonged to oxen, and the latter to men. For fifteen",2578
A Study In Scarlet,hundred miles one may trace this ghastly caravan route by these,2579
A Study In Scarlet,scattered remains of those who had fallen by the wayside.,2580
A Study In Scarlet,,2581
A Study In Scarlet,"Looking down on this very scene, there stood upon the fourth of May,",2582
A Study In Scarlet,"eighteen hundred and forty-seven, a solitary traveller. His",2583
A Study In Scarlet,appearance was such that he might have been the very genius or demon,2584
A Study In Scarlet,of the region. An observer would have found it difficult to say,2585
A Study In Scarlet,whether he was nearer to forty or to sixty. His face was lean and,2586
A Study In Scarlet,"haggard, and the brown parchment-like skin was drawn tightly over the",2587
A Study In Scarlet,"projecting bones; his long, brown hair and beard were all flecked and",2588
A Study In Scarlet,"dashed with white; his eyes were sunken in his head, and burned with",2589
A Study In Scarlet,an unnatural lustre; while the hand which grasped his rifle was,2590
A Study In Scarlet,"hardly more fleshy than that of a skeleton. As he stood, he leaned",2591
A Study In Scarlet,"upon his weapon for support, and yet his tall figure and the massive",2592
A Study In Scarlet,framework of his bones suggested a wiry and vigorous constitution.,2593
A Study In Scarlet,"His gaunt face, however, and his clothes, which hung so baggily over",2594
A Study In Scarlet,"his shrivelled limbs, proclaimed what it was that gave him that",2595
A Study In Scarlet,senile and decrepit appearance. The man was dying--dying from hunger,2596
A Study In Scarlet,and from thirst.,2597
A Study In Scarlet,,2598
A Study In Scarlet,"He had toiled painfully down the ravine, and on to this little",2599
A Study In Scarlet,"elevation, in the vain hope of seeing some signs of water. Now the",2600
A Study In Scarlet,"great salt plain stretched before his eyes, and the distant belt of",2601
A Study In Scarlet,"savage mountains, without a sign anywhere of plant or tree, which",2602
A Study In Scarlet,might indicate the presence of moisture. In all that broad landscape,2603
A Study In Scarlet,"there was no gleam of hope. North, and east, and west he looked with",2604
A Study In Scarlet,"wild questioning eyes, and then he realised that his wanderings had",2605
A Study In Scarlet,"come to an end, and that there, on that barren crag, he was about to",2606
A Study In Scarlet,"die. ""Why not here, as well as in a feather bed, twenty years hence,""",2607
A Study In Scarlet,"he muttered, as he seated himself in the shelter of a boulder.",2608
A Study In Scarlet,,2609
A Study In Scarlet,"Before sitting down, he had deposited upon the ground his useless",2610
A Study In Scarlet,"rifle, and also a large bundle tied up in a grey shawl, which he had",2611
A Study In Scarlet,carried slung over his right shoulder. It appeared to be somewhat too,2612
A Study In Scarlet,"heavy for his strength, for in lowering it, it came down on the",2613
A Study In Scarlet,ground with some little violence. Instantly there broke from the grey,2614
A Study In Scarlet,"parcel a little moaning cry, and from it there protruded a small,",2615
A Study In Scarlet,"scared face, with very bright brown eyes, and two little speckled,",2616
A Study In Scarlet,dimpled fists.,2617
A Study In Scarlet,,2618
A Study In Scarlet,"""You've hurt me!"" said a childish voice reproachfully.",2619
A Study In Scarlet,,2620
A Study In Scarlet,"""Have I though,"" the man answered penitently, ""I didn't go for to do",2621
A Study In Scarlet,"it."" As he spoke he unwrapped the grey shawl and extricated a pretty",2622
A Study In Scarlet,"little girl of about five years of age, whose dainty shoes and smart",2623
A Study In Scarlet,pink frock with its little linen apron all bespoke a mother's care.,2624
A Study In Scarlet,"The child was pale and wan, but her healthy arms and legs showed that",2625
A Study In Scarlet,she had suffered less than her companion.,2626
A Study In Scarlet,,2627
A Study In Scarlet,"""How is it now?"" he answered anxiously, for she was still rubbing the",2628
A Study In Scarlet,towsy golden curls which covered the back of her head.,2629
A Study In Scarlet,,2630
A Study In Scarlet,"""Kiss it and make it well,"" she said, with perfect gravity, shoving",2631
A Study In Scarlet,"the injured part up to him. ""That's what mother used to do. Where's",2632
A Study In Scarlet,"mother?""",2633
A Study In Scarlet,,2634
A Study In Scarlet,"""Mother's gone. I guess you'll see her before long.""",2635
A Study In Scarlet,,2636
A Study In Scarlet,"""Gone, eh!"" said the little girl. ""Funny, she didn't say good-bye;",2637
A Study In Scarlet,"she 'most always did if she was just goin' over to Auntie's for tea,",2638
A Study In Scarlet,"and now she's been away three days. Say, it's awful dry, ain't it?",2639
A Study In Scarlet,"Ain't there no water, nor nothing to eat?""",2640
A Study In Scarlet,,2641
A Study In Scarlet,"""No, there ain't nothing, dearie. You'll just need to be patient",2642
A Study In Scarlet,"awhile, and then you'll be all right. Put your head up agin me like",2643
A Study In Scarlet,"that, and then you'll feel bullier. It ain't easy to talk when your",2644
A Study In Scarlet,"lips is like leather, but I guess I'd best let you know how the cards",2645
A Study In Scarlet,"lie. What's that you've got?""",2646
A Study In Scarlet,,2647
A Study In Scarlet,"""Pretty things! fine things!"" cried the little girl enthusiastically,",2648
A Study In Scarlet,"holding up two glittering fragments of mica. ""When we goes back to",2649
A Study In Scarlet,"home I'll give them to brother Bob.""",2650
A Study In Scarlet,,2651
A Study In Scarlet,"""You'll see prettier things than them soon,"" said the man",2652
A Study In Scarlet,"confidently. ""You just wait a bit. I was going to tell you",2653
A Study In Scarlet,"though--you remember when we left the river?""",2654
A Study In Scarlet,,2655
A Study In Scarlet,"""Oh, yes.""",2656
A Study In Scarlet,,2657
A Study In Scarlet,"""Well, we reckoned we'd strike another river soon, d'ye see. But",2658
A Study In Scarlet,"there was somethin' wrong; compasses, or map, or somethin', and it",2659
A Study In Scarlet,didn't turn up. Water ran out. Just except a little drop for the,2660
A Study In Scarlet,"likes of you and--and--""",2661
A Study In Scarlet,,2662
A Study In Scarlet,"""And you couldn't wash yourself,"" interrupted his companion gravely,",2663
A Study In Scarlet,staring up at his grimy visage.,2664
A Study In Scarlet,,2665
A Study In Scarlet,"""No, nor drink. And Mr. Bender, he was the fust to go, and then",2666
A Study In Scarlet,"Indian Pete, and then Mrs. McGregor, and then Johnny Hones, and then,",2667
A Study In Scarlet,"dearie, your mother.""",2668
A Study In Scarlet,,2669
A Study In Scarlet,"""Then mother's a deader too,"" cried the little girl dropping her face",2670
A Study In Scarlet,in her pinafore and sobbing bitterly.,2671
A Study In Scarlet,,2672
A Study In Scarlet,"""Yes, they all went except you and me. Then I thought there was some",2673
A Study In Scarlet,"chance of water in this direction, so I heaved you over my shoulder",2674
A Study In Scarlet,and we tramped it together. It don't seem as though we've improved,2675
A Study In Scarlet,"matters. There's an almighty small chance for us now!""",2676
A Study In Scarlet,,2677
A Study In Scarlet,"""Do you mean that we are going to die too?"" asked the child, checking",2678
A Study In Scarlet,"her sobs, and raising her tear-stained face.",2679
A Study In Scarlet,,2680
A Study In Scarlet,"""I guess that's about the size of it.""",2681
A Study In Scarlet,,2682
A Study In Scarlet,"""Why didn't you say so before?"" she said, laughing gleefully. ""You",2683
A Study In Scarlet,"gave me such a fright. Why, of course, now as long as we die we'll be",2684
A Study In Scarlet,"with mother again.""",2685
A Study In Scarlet,,2686
A Study In Scarlet,"""Yes, you will, dearie.""",2687
A Study In Scarlet,,2688
A Study In Scarlet,"""And you too. I'll tell her how awful good you've been. I'll bet she",2689
A Study In Scarlet,"meets us at the door of Heaven with a big pitcher of water, and a lot",2690
A Study In Scarlet,"of buckwheat cakes, hot, and toasted on both sides, like Bob and me",2691
A Study In Scarlet,"was fond of. How long will it be first?""",2692
A Study In Scarlet,,2693
A Study In Scarlet,"""I don't know--not very long."" The man's eyes were fixed upon the",2694
A Study In Scarlet,northern horizon. In the blue vault of the heaven there had appeared,2695
A Study In Scarlet,"three little specks which increased in size every moment, so rapidly",2696
A Study In Scarlet,did they approach. They speedily resolved themselves into three large,2697
A Study In Scarlet,"brown birds, which circled over the heads of the two wanderers, and",2698
A Study In Scarlet,then settled upon some rocks which overlooked them. They were,2699
A Study In Scarlet,"buzzards, the vultures of the west, whose coming is the forerunner of",2700
A Study In Scarlet,death.,2701
A Study In Scarlet,,2702
A Study In Scarlet,"""Cocks and hens,"" cried the little girl gleefully, pointing at their",2703
A Study In Scarlet,"ill-omened forms, and clapping her hands to make them rise. ""Say, did",2704
A Study In Scarlet,"God make this country?""",2705
A Study In Scarlet,,2706
A Study In Scarlet,"""Of course He did,"" said her companion, rather startled by this",2707
A Study In Scarlet,unexpected question.,2708
A Study In Scarlet,,2709
A Study In Scarlet,"""He made the country down in Illinois, and He made the Missouri,"" the",2710
A Study In Scarlet,"little girl continued. ""I guess somebody else made the country in",2711
A Study In Scarlet,these parts. It's not nearly so well done. They forgot the water and,2712
A Study In Scarlet,"the trees.""",2713
A Study In Scarlet,,2714
A Study In Scarlet,"""What would ye think of offering up prayer?"" the man asked",2715
A Study In Scarlet,diffidently.,2716
A Study In Scarlet,,2717
A Study In Scarlet,"""It ain't night yet,"" she answered.",2718
A Study In Scarlet,,2719
A Study In Scarlet,"""It don't matter. It ain't quite regular, but He won't mind that, you",2720
A Study In Scarlet,bet. You say over them ones that you used to say every night in the,2721
A Study In Scarlet,"waggon when we was on the Plains.""",2722
A Study In Scarlet,,2723
A Study In Scarlet,"""Why don't you say some yourself?"" the child asked, with wondering",2724
A Study In Scarlet,eyes.,2725
A Study In Scarlet,,2726
A Study In Scarlet,"""I disremember them,"" he answered. ""I hain't said none since I was",2727
A Study In Scarlet,half the height o' that gun. I guess it's never too late. You say,2728
A Study In Scarlet,"them out, and I'll stand by and come in on the choruses.""",2729
A Study In Scarlet,,2730
A Study In Scarlet,"""Then you'll need to kneel down, and me too,"" she said, laying the",2731
A Study In Scarlet,"shawl out for that purpose. ""You've got to put your hands up like",2732
A Study In Scarlet,"this. It makes you feel kind o' good.""",2733
A Study In Scarlet,,2734
A Study In Scarlet,It was a strange sight had there been anything but the buzzards to,2735
A Study In Scarlet,"see it. Side by side on the narrow shawl knelt the two wanderers, the",2736
A Study In Scarlet,"little prattling child and the reckless, hardened adventurer. Her",2737
A Study In Scarlet,"chubby face, and his haggard, angular visage were both turned up to",2738
A Study In Scarlet,the cloudless heaven in heartfelt entreaty to that dread being with,2739
A Study In Scarlet,"whom they were face to face, while the two voices--the one thin and",2740
A Study In Scarlet,"clear, the other deep and harsh--united in the entreaty for mercy and",2741
A Study In Scarlet,"forgiveness. The prayer finished, they resumed their seat in the",2742
A Study In Scarlet,"shadow of the boulder until the child fell asleep, nestling upon the",2743
A Study In Scarlet,broad breast of her protector. He watched over her slumber for some,2744
A Study In Scarlet,"time, but Nature proved to be too strong for him. For three days and",2745
A Study In Scarlet,three nights he had allowed himself neither rest nor repose. Slowly,2746
A Study In Scarlet,"the eyelids drooped over the tired eyes, and the head sunk lower and",2747
A Study In Scarlet,"lower upon the breast, until the man's grizzled beard was mixed with",2748
A Study In Scarlet,"the gold tresses of his companion, and both slept the same deep and",2749
A Study In Scarlet,dreamless slumber.,2750
A Study In Scarlet,,2751
A Study In Scarlet,Had the wanderer remained awake for another half hour a strange sight,2752
A Study In Scarlet,would have met his eyes. Far away on the extreme verge of the alkali,2753
A Study In Scarlet,"plain there rose up a little spray of dust, very slight at first, and",2754
A Study In Scarlet,"hardly to be distinguished from the mists of the distance, but",2755
A Study In Scarlet,"gradually growing higher and broader until it formed a solid,",2756
A Study In Scarlet,well-defined cloud. This cloud continued to increase in size until it,2757
A Study In Scarlet,became evident that it could only be raised by a great multitude of,2758
A Study In Scarlet,moving creatures. In more fertile spots the observer would have come,2759
A Study In Scarlet,to the conclusion that one of those great herds of bisons which graze,2760
A Study In Scarlet,upon the prairie land was approaching him. This was obviously,2761
A Study In Scarlet,impossible in these arid wilds. As the whirl of dust drew nearer to,2762
A Study In Scarlet,"the solitary bluff upon which the two castaways were reposing, the",2763
A Study In Scarlet,canvas-covered tilts of waggons and the figures of armed horsemen,2764
A Study In Scarlet,"began to show up through the haze, and the apparition revealed itself",2765
A Study In Scarlet,as being a great caravan upon its journey for the West. But what a,2766
A Study In Scarlet,"caravan! When the head of it had reached the base of the mountains,",2767
A Study In Scarlet,the rear was not yet visible on the horizon. Right across the,2768
A Study In Scarlet,"enormous plain stretched the straggling array, waggons and carts, men",2769
A Study In Scarlet,"on horseback, and men on foot. Innumerable women who staggered along",2770
A Study In Scarlet,"under burdens, and children who toddled beside the waggons or peeped",2771
A Study In Scarlet,out from under the white coverings. This was evidently no ordinary,2772
A Study In Scarlet,"party of immigrants, but rather some nomad people who had been",2773
A Study In Scarlet,compelled from stress of circumstances to seek themselves a new,2774
A Study In Scarlet,country. There rose through the clear air a confused clattering and,2775
A Study In Scarlet,"rumbling from this great mass of humanity, with the creaking of",2776
A Study In Scarlet,"wheels and the neighing of horses. Loud as it was, it was not",2777
A Study In Scarlet,sufficient to rouse the two tired wayfarers above them.,2778
A Study In Scarlet,,2779
A Study In Scarlet,At the head of the column there rode a score or more of grave,2780
A Study In Scarlet,"ironfaced men, clad in sombre homespun garments and armed with",2781
A Study In Scarlet,"rifles. On reaching the base of the bluff they halted, and held a",2782
A Study In Scarlet,short council among themselves.,2783
A Study In Scarlet,,2784
A Study In Scarlet,"""The wells are to the right, my brothers,"" said one, a hard-lipped,",2785
A Study In Scarlet,clean-shaven man with grizzly hair.,2786
A Study In Scarlet,,2787
A Study In Scarlet,"""To the right of the Sierra Blanco--so we shall reach the Rio",2788
A Study In Scarlet,"Grande,"" said another.",2789
A Study In Scarlet,,2790
A Study In Scarlet,"""Fear not for water,"" cried a third. ""He who could draw it from the",2791
A Study In Scarlet,"rocks will not now abandon His own chosen people.""",2792
A Study In Scarlet,,2793
A Study In Scarlet,"""Amen! Amen!"" responded the whole party.",2794
A Study In Scarlet,,2795
A Study In Scarlet,They were about to resume their journey when one of the youngest and,2796
A Study In Scarlet,keenest-eyed uttered an exclamation and pointed up at the rugged crag,2797
A Study In Scarlet,"above them. From its summit there fluttered a little wisp of pink,",2798
A Study In Scarlet,showing up hard and bright against the grey rocks behind. At the,2799
A Study In Scarlet,sight there was a general reining up of horses and unslinging of,2800
A Study In Scarlet,"guns, while fresh horsemen came galloping up to reinforce the",2801
A Study In Scarlet,"vanguard. The word ""Redskins"" was on every lip.",2802
A Study In Scarlet,,2803
A Study In Scarlet,"""There can't be any number of Injuns here,"" said the elderly man who",2804
A Study In Scarlet,"appeared to be in command. ""We have passed the Pawnees, and there are",2805
A Study In Scarlet,"no other tribes until we cross the great mountains.""",2806
A Study In Scarlet,,2807
A Study In Scarlet,"""Shall I go forward and see, Brother Stangerson,"" asked one of the",2808
A Study In Scarlet,band.,2809
A Study In Scarlet,,2810
A Study In Scarlet,"""And I,"" ""and I,"" cried a dozen voices.",2811
A Study In Scarlet,,2812
A Study In Scarlet,"""Leave your horses below and we will await you here,"" the Elder",2813
A Study In Scarlet,"answered. In a moment the young fellows had dismounted, fastened",2814
A Study In Scarlet,"their horses, and were ascending the precipitous slope which led up",2815
A Study In Scarlet,to the object which had excited their curiosity. They advanced,2816
A Study In Scarlet,"rapidly and noiselessly, with the confidence and dexterity of",2817
A Study In Scarlet,practised scouts. The watchers from the plain below could see them,2818
A Study In Scarlet,flit from rock to rock until their figures stood out against the,2819
A Study In Scarlet,skyline. The young man who had first given the alarm was leading,2820
A Study In Scarlet,"them. Suddenly his followers saw him throw up his hands, as though",2821
A Study In Scarlet,"overcome with astonishment, and on joining him they were affected in",2822
A Study In Scarlet,the same way by the sight which met their eyes.,2823
A Study In Scarlet,,2824
A Study In Scarlet,On the little plateau which crowned the barren hill there stood a,2825
A Study In Scarlet,"single giant boulder, and against this boulder there lay a tall man,",2826
A Study In Scarlet,"long-bearded and hard-featured, but of an excessive thinness. His",2827
A Study In Scarlet,placid face and regular breathing showed that he was fast asleep.,2828
A Study In Scarlet,"Beside him lay a little child, with her round white arms encircling",2829
A Study In Scarlet,"his brown sinewy neck, and her golden haired head resting upon the",2830
A Study In Scarlet,"breast of his velveteen tunic. Her rosy lips were parted, showing the",2831
A Study In Scarlet,"regular line of snow-white teeth within, and a playful smile played",2832
A Study In Scarlet,over her infantile features. Her plump little white legs terminating,2833
A Study In Scarlet,"in white socks and neat shoes with shining buckles, offered a strange",2834
A Study In Scarlet,contrast to the long shrivelled members of her companion. On the,2835
A Study In Scarlet,ledge of rock above this strange couple there stood three solemn,2836
A Study In Scarlet,"buzzards, who, at the sight of the new comers uttered raucous screams",2837
A Study In Scarlet,of disappointment and flapped sullenly away.,2838
A Study In Scarlet,,2839
A Study In Scarlet,The cries of the foul birds awoke the two sleepers who stared about,2840
A Study In Scarlet,them in bewilderment. The man staggered to his feet and looked down,2841
A Study In Scarlet,upon the plain which had been so desolate when sleep had overtaken,2842
A Study In Scarlet,"him, and which was now traversed by this enormous body of men and of",2843
A Study In Scarlet,"beasts. His face assumed an expression of incredulity as he gazed,",2844
A Study In Scarlet,"and he passed his boney hand over his eyes. ""This is what they call",2845
A Study In Scarlet,"delirium, I guess,"" he muttered. The child stood beside him, holding",2846
A Study In Scarlet,"on to the skirt of his coat, and said nothing but looked all round",2847
A Study In Scarlet,her with the wondering questioning gaze of childhood.,2848
A Study In Scarlet,,2849
A Study In Scarlet,The rescuing party were speedily able to convince the two castaways,2850
A Study In Scarlet,that their appearance was no delusion. One of them seized the little,2851
A Study In Scarlet,"girl, and hoisted her upon his shoulder, while two others supported",2852
A Study In Scarlet,"her gaunt companion, and assisted him towards the waggons.",2853
A Study In Scarlet,,2854
A Study In Scarlet,"""My name is John Ferrier,"" the wanderer explained; ""me and that",2855
A Study In Scarlet,little un are all that's left o' twenty-one people. The rest is all,2856
A Study In Scarlet,"dead o' thirst and hunger away down in the south.""",2857
A Study In Scarlet,,2858
A Study In Scarlet,"""Is she your child?"" asked someone.",2859
A Study In Scarlet,,2860
A Study In Scarlet,"""I guess she is now,"" the other cried, defiantly; ""she's mine 'cause",2861
A Study In Scarlet,I saved her. No man will take her from me. She's Lucy Ferrier from,2862
A Study In Scarlet,"this day on. Who are you, though?"" he continued, glancing with",2863
A Study In Scarlet,"curiosity at his stalwart, sunburned rescuers; ""there seems to be a",2864
A Study In Scarlet,"powerful lot of ye.""",2865
A Study In Scarlet,,2866
A Study In Scarlet,"""Nigh upon ten thousand,"" said one of the young men; ""we are the",2867
A Study In Scarlet,"persecuted children of God--the chosen of the Angel Merona.""",2868
A Study In Scarlet,,2869
A Study In Scarlet,"""I never heard tell on him,"" said the wanderer. ""He appears to have",2870
A Study In Scarlet,"chosen a fair crowd of ye.""",2871
A Study In Scarlet,,2872
A Study In Scarlet,"""Do not jest at that which is sacred,"" said the other sternly. ""We",2873
A Study In Scarlet,"are of those who believe in those sacred writings, drawn in Egyptian",2874
A Study In Scarlet,"letters on plates of beaten gold, which were handed unto the holy",2875
A Study In Scarlet,"Joseph Smith at Palmyra. We have come from Nauvoo, in the State of",2876
A Study In Scarlet,"Illinois, where we had founded our temple. We have come to seek a",2877
A Study In Scarlet,"refuge from the violent man and from the godless, even though it be",2878
A Study In Scarlet,"the heart of the desert.""",2879
A Study In Scarlet,,2880
A Study In Scarlet,The name of Nauvoo evidently recalled recollections to John Ferrier.,2881
A Study In Scarlet,"""I see,"" he said, ""you are the Mormons.""",2882
A Study In Scarlet,,2883
A Study In Scarlet,"""We are the Mormons,"" answered his companions with one voice.",2884
A Study In Scarlet,,2885
A Study In Scarlet,"""And where are you going?""",2886
A Study In Scarlet,,2887
A Study In Scarlet,"""We do not know. The hand of God is leading us under the person of",2888
A Study In Scarlet,our Prophet. You must come before him. He shall say what is to be,2889
A Study In Scarlet,"done with you.""",2890
A Study In Scarlet,,2891
A Study In Scarlet,"They had reached the base of the hill by this time, and were",2892
A Study In Scarlet,"surrounded by crowds of the pilgrims--pale-faced meek-looking women,",2893
A Study In Scarlet,"strong laughing children, and anxious earnest-eyed men. Many were the",2894
A Study In Scarlet,cries of astonishment and of commiseration which arose from them when,2895
A Study In Scarlet,they perceived the youth of one of the strangers and the destitution,2896
A Study In Scarlet,"of the other. Their escort did not halt, however, but pushed on,",2897
A Study In Scarlet,"followed by a great crowd of Mormons, until they reached a waggon,",2898
A Study In Scarlet,which was conspicuous for its great size and for the gaudiness and,2899
A Study In Scarlet,"smartness of its appearance. Six horses were yoked to it, whereas the",2900
A Study In Scarlet,"others were furnished with two, or, at most, four a-piece. Beside the",2901
A Study In Scarlet,driver there sat a man who could not have been more than thirty years,2902
A Study In Scarlet,"of age, but whose massive head and resolute expression marked him as",2903
A Study In Scarlet,"a leader. He was reading a brown-backed volume, but as the crowd",2904
A Study In Scarlet,"approached he laid it aside, and listened attentively to an account",2905
A Study In Scarlet,of the episode. Then he turned to the two castaways.,2906
A Study In Scarlet,,2907
A Study In Scarlet,"""If we take you with us,"" he said, in solemn words, ""it can only be",2908
A Study In Scarlet,as believers in our own creed. We shall have no wolves in our fold.,2909
A Study In Scarlet,Better far that your bones should bleach in this wilderness than that,2910
A Study In Scarlet,you should prove to be that little speck of decay which in time,2911
A Study In Scarlet,"corrupts the whole fruit. Will you come with us on these terms?""",2912
A Study In Scarlet,,2913
A Study In Scarlet,"""Guess I'll come with you on any terms,"" said Ferrier, with such",2914
A Study In Scarlet,emphasis that the grave Elders could not restrain a smile. The leader,2915
A Study In Scarlet,"alone retained his stern, impressive expression.",2916
A Study In Scarlet,,2917
A Study In Scarlet,"""Take him, Brother Stangerson,"" he said, ""give him food and drink,",2918
A Study In Scarlet,and the child likewise. Let it be your task also to teach him our,2919
A Study In Scarlet,"holy creed. We have delayed long enough. Forward! On, on to Zion!""",2920
A Study In Scarlet,,2921
A Study In Scarlet,"""On, on to Zion!"" cried the crowd of Mormons, and the words rippled",2922
A Study In Scarlet,"down the long caravan, passing from mouth to mouth until they died",2923
A Study In Scarlet,away in a dull murmur in the far distance. With a cracking of whips,2924
A Study In Scarlet,"and a creaking of wheels the great waggons got into motion, and soon",2925
A Study In Scarlet,the whole caravan was winding along once more. The Elder to whose,2926
A Study In Scarlet,"care the two waifs had been committed, led them to his waggon, where",2927
A Study In Scarlet,a meal was already awaiting them.,2928
A Study In Scarlet,,2929
A Study In Scarlet,"""You shall remain here,"" he said. ""In a few days you will have",2930
A Study In Scarlet,"recovered from your fatigues. In the meantime, remember that now and",2931
A Study In Scarlet,"forever you are of our religion. Brigham Young has said it, and he",2932
A Study In Scarlet,"has spoken with the voice of Joseph Smith, which is the voice of",2933
A Study In Scarlet,"God.""",2934
A Study In Scarlet,,2935
A Study In Scarlet,CHAPTER II,2936
A Study In Scarlet,The Flower Of Utah,2937
A Study In Scarlet,,2938
A Study In Scarlet,This is not the place to commemorate the trials and privations,2939
A Study In Scarlet,endured by the immigrant Mormons before they came to their final,2940
A Study In Scarlet,haven. From the shores of the Mississippi to the western slopes of,2941
A Study In Scarlet,the Rocky Mountains they had struggled on with a constancy almost,2942
A Study In Scarlet,"unparalleled in history. The savage man, and the savage beast,",2943
A Study In Scarlet,"hunger, thirst, fatigue, and disease--every impediment which Nature",2944
A Study In Scarlet,could place in the way--had all been overcome with Anglo-Saxon,2945
A Study In Scarlet,tenacity. Yet the long journey and the accumulated terrors had shaken,2946
A Study In Scarlet,the hearts of the stoutest among them. There was not one who did not,2947
A Study In Scarlet,sink upon his knees in heartfelt prayer when they saw the broad,2948
A Study In Scarlet,"valley of Utah bathed in the sunlight beneath them, and learned from",2949
A Study In Scarlet,"the lips of their leader that this was the promised land, and that",2950
A Study In Scarlet,these virgin acres were to be theirs for evermore.,2951
A Study In Scarlet,,2952
A Study In Scarlet,Young speedily proved himself to be a skilful administrator as well,2953
A Study In Scarlet,"as a resolute chief. Maps were drawn and charts prepared, in which",2954
A Study In Scarlet,the future city was sketched out. All around farms were apportioned,2955
A Study In Scarlet,and allotted in proportion to the standing of each individual. The,2956
A Study In Scarlet,tradesman was put to his trade and the artisan to his calling. In the,2957
A Study In Scarlet,"town streets and squares sprang up, as if by magic. In the country",2958
A Study In Scarlet,"there was draining and hedging, planting and clearing, until the next",2959
A Study In Scarlet,summer saw the whole country golden with the wheat crop. Everything,2960
A Study In Scarlet,"prospered in the strange settlement. Above all, the great temple",2961
A Study In Scarlet,which they had erected in the centre of the city grew ever taller and,2962
A Study In Scarlet,larger. From the first blush of dawn until the closing of the,2963
A Study In Scarlet,"twilight, the clatter of the hammer and the rasp of the saw was never",2964
A Study In Scarlet,absent from the monument which the immigrants erected to Him who had,2965
A Study In Scarlet,led them safe through many dangers.,2966
A Study In Scarlet,,2967
A Study In Scarlet,"The two castaways, John Ferrier and the little girl who had shared",2968
A Study In Scarlet,"his fortunes and had been adopted as his daughter, accompanied the",2969
A Study In Scarlet,Mormons to the end of their great pilgrimage. Little Lucy Ferrier was,2970
A Study In Scarlet,"borne along pleasantly enough in Elder Stangerson's waggon, a retreat",2971
A Study In Scarlet,"which she shared with the Mormon's three wives and with his son, a",2972
A Study In Scarlet,"headstrong forward boy of twelve. Having rallied, with the elasticity",2973
A Study In Scarlet,"of childhood, from the shock caused by her mother's death, she soon",2974
A Study In Scarlet,"became a pet with the women, and reconciled herself to this new life",2975
A Study In Scarlet,in her moving canvas-covered home. In the meantime Ferrier having,2976
A Study In Scarlet,"recovered from his privations, distinguished himself as a useful",2977
A Study In Scarlet,guide and an indefatigable hunter. So rapidly did he gain the esteem,2978
A Study In Scarlet,"of his new companions, that when they reached the end of their",2979
A Study In Scarlet,"wanderings, it was unanimously agreed that he should be provided with",2980
A Study In Scarlet,"as large and as fertile a tract of land as any of the settlers, with",2981
A Study In Scarlet,"the exception of Young himself, and of Stangerson, Kemball, Johnston,",2982
A Study In Scarlet,"and Drebber, who were the four principal Elders.",2983
A Study In Scarlet,,2984
A Study In Scarlet,On the farm thus acquired John Ferrier built himself a substantial,2985
A Study In Scarlet,"log-house, which received so many additions in succeeding years that",2986
A Study In Scarlet,"it grew into a roomy villa. He was a man of a practical turn of mind,",2987
A Study In Scarlet,keen in his dealings and skilful with his hands. His iron,2988
A Study In Scarlet,constitution enabled him to work morning and evening at improving and,2989
A Study In Scarlet,tilling his lands. Hence it came about that his farm and all that,2990
A Study In Scarlet,belonged to him prospered exceedingly. In three years he was better,2991
A Study In Scarlet,"off than his neighbours, in six he was well-to-do, in nine he was",2992
A Study In Scarlet,"rich, and in twelve there were not half a dozen men in the whole of",2993
A Study In Scarlet,Salt Lake City who could compare with him. From the great inland sea,2994
A Study In Scarlet,to the distant Wahsatch Mountains there was no name better known than,2995
A Study In Scarlet,that of John Ferrier.,2996
A Study In Scarlet,,2997
A Study In Scarlet,There was one way and only one in which he offended the,2998
A Study In Scarlet,susceptibilities of his co-religionists. No argument or persuasion,2999
A Study In Scarlet,could ever induce him to set up a female establishment after the,3000
A Study In Scarlet,manner of his companions. He never gave reasons for this persistent,3001
A Study In Scarlet,"refusal, but contented himself by resolutely and inflexibly adhering",3002
A Study In Scarlet,to his determination. There were some who accused him of lukewarmness,3003
A Study In Scarlet,"in his adopted religion, and others who put it down to greed of",3004
A Study In Scarlet,"wealth and reluctance to incur expense. Others, again, spoke of some",3005
A Study In Scarlet,"early love affair, and of a fair-haired girl who had pined away on",3006
A Study In Scarlet,"the shores of the Atlantic. Whatever the reason, Ferrier remained",3007
A Study In Scarlet,strictly celibate. In every other respect he conformed to the,3008
A Study In Scarlet,"religion of the young settlement, and gained the name of being an",3009
A Study In Scarlet,orthodox and straight-walking man.,3010
A Study In Scarlet,,3011
A Study In Scarlet,"Lucy Ferrier grew up within the log-house, and assisted her adopted",3012
A Study In Scarlet,father in all his undertakings. The keen air of the mountains and the,3013
A Study In Scarlet,balsamic odour of the pine trees took the place of nurse and mother,3014
A Study In Scarlet,to the young girl. As year succeeded to year she grew taller and,3015
A Study In Scarlet,"stronger, her cheek more rudy, and her step more elastic. Many a",3016
A Study In Scarlet,wayfarer upon the high road which ran by Ferrier's farm felt,3017
A Study In Scarlet,long-forgotten thoughts revive in their mind as they watched her,3018
A Study In Scarlet,"lithe girlish figure tripping through the wheatfields, or met her",3019
A Study In Scarlet,"mounted upon her father's mustang, and managing it with all the ease",3020
A Study In Scarlet,and grace of a true child of the West. So the bud blossomed into a,3021
A Study In Scarlet,"flower, and the year which saw her father the richest of the farmers",3022
A Study In Scarlet,left her as fair a specimen of American girlhood as could be found in,3023
A Study In Scarlet,the whole Pacific slope.,3024
A Study In Scarlet,,3025
A Study In Scarlet,"It was not the father, however, who first discovered that the child",3026
A Study In Scarlet,had developed into the woman. It seldom is in such cases. That,3027
A Study In Scarlet,mysterious change is too subtle and too gradual to be measured by,3028
A Study In Scarlet,dates. Least of all does the maiden herself know it until the tone of,3029
A Study In Scarlet,"a voice or the touch of a hand sets her heart thrilling within her,",3030
A Study In Scarlet,"and she learns, with a mixture of pride and of fear, that a new and a",3031
A Study In Scarlet,larger nature has awoken within her. There are few who cannot recall,3032
A Study In Scarlet,that day and remember the one little incident which heralded the dawn,3033
A Study In Scarlet,of a new life. In the case of Lucy Ferrier the occasion was serious,3034
A Study In Scarlet,"enough in itself, apart from its future influence on her destiny and",3035
A Study In Scarlet,that of many besides.,3036
A Study In Scarlet,,3037
A Study In Scarlet,"It was a warm June morning, and the Latter Day Saints were as busy as",3038
A Study In Scarlet,the bees whose hive they have chosen for their emblem. In the fields,3039
A Study In Scarlet,and in the streets rose the same hum of human industry. Down the,3040
A Study In Scarlet,"dusty high roads defiled long streams of heavily-laden mules, all",3041
A Study In Scarlet,"heading to the west, for the gold fever had broken out in California,",3042
A Study In Scarlet,"and the Overland Route lay through the City of the Elect. There, too,",3043
A Study In Scarlet,were droves of sheep and bullocks coming in from the outlying pasture,3044
A Study In Scarlet,"lands, and trains of tired immigrants, men and horses equally weary",3045
A Study In Scarlet,"of their interminable journey. Through all this motley assemblage,",3046
A Study In Scarlet,"threading her way with the skill of an accomplished rider, there",3047
A Study In Scarlet,"galloped Lucy Ferrier, her fair face flushed with the exercise and",3048
A Study In Scarlet,her long chestnut hair floating out behind her. She had a commission,3049
A Study In Scarlet,"from her father in the City, and was dashing in as she had done many",3050
A Study In Scarlet,"a time before, with all the fearlessness of youth, thinking only of",3051
A Study In Scarlet,her task and how it was to be performed. The travel-stained,3052
A Study In Scarlet,"adventurers gazed after her in astonishment, and even the unemotional",3053
A Study In Scarlet,"Indians, journeying in with their pelties, relaxed their accustomed",3054
A Study In Scarlet,stoicism as they marvelled at the beauty of the pale-faced maiden.,3055
A Study In Scarlet,,3056
A Study In Scarlet,She had reached the outskirts of the city when she found the road,3057
A Study In Scarlet,"blocked by a great drove of cattle, driven by a half-dozen",3058
A Study In Scarlet,wild-looking herdsmen from the plains. In her impatience she,3059
A Study In Scarlet,endeavoured to pass this obstacle by pushing her horse into what,3060
A Study In Scarlet,"appeared to be a gap. Scarcely had she got fairly into it, however,",3061
A Study In Scarlet,"before the beasts closed in behind her, and she found herself",3062
A Study In Scarlet,"completely imbedded in the moving stream of fierce-eyed, long-horned",3063
A Study In Scarlet,"bullocks. Accustomed as she was to deal with cattle, she was not",3064
A Study In Scarlet,"alarmed at her situation, but took advantage of every opportunity to",3065
A Study In Scarlet,urge her horse on in the hopes of pushing her way through the,3066
A Study In Scarlet,"cavalcade. Unfortunately the horns of one of the creatures, either by",3067
A Study In Scarlet,"accident or design, came in violent contact with the flank of the",3068
A Study In Scarlet,"mustang, and excited it to madness. In an instant it reared up upon",3069
A Study In Scarlet,"its hind legs with a snort of rage, and pranced and tossed in a way",3070
A Study In Scarlet,that would have unseated any but a most skilful rider. The situation,3071
A Study In Scarlet,was full of peril. Every plunge of the excited horse brought it,3072
A Study In Scarlet,"against the horns again, and goaded it to fresh madness. It was all",3073
A Study In Scarlet,"that the girl could do to keep herself in the saddle, yet a slip",3074
A Study In Scarlet,would mean a terrible death under the hoofs of the unwieldy and,3075
A Study In Scarlet,"terrified animals. Unaccustomed to sudden emergencies, her head began",3076
A Study In Scarlet,"to swim, and her grip upon the bridle to relax. Choked by the rising",3077
A Study In Scarlet,"cloud of dust and by the steam from the struggling creatures, she",3078
A Study In Scarlet,"might have abandoned her efforts in despair, but for a kindly voice",3079
A Study In Scarlet,at her elbow which assured her of assistance. At the same moment a,3080
A Study In Scarlet,"sinewy brown hand caught the frightened horse by the curb, and",3081
A Study In Scarlet,"forcing a way through the drove, soon brought her to the outskirts.",3082
A Study In Scarlet,,3083
A Study In Scarlet,"""You're not hurt, I hope, miss,"" said her preserver, respectfully.",3084
A Study In Scarlet,,3085
A Study In Scarlet,"She looked up at his dark, fierce face, and laughed saucily. ""I'm",3086
A Study In Scarlet,"awful frightened,"" she said, naively; ""whoever would have thought",3087
A Study In Scarlet,"that Poncho would have been so scared by a lot of cows?""",3088
A Study In Scarlet,,3089
A Study In Scarlet,"""Thank God you kept your seat,"" the other said earnestly. He was a",3090
A Study In Scarlet,"tall, savage-looking young fellow, mounted on a powerful roan horse,",3091
A Study In Scarlet,"and clad in the rough dress of a hunter, with a long rifle slung over",3092
A Study In Scarlet,"his shoulders. ""I guess you are the daughter of John Ferrier,"" he",3093
A Study In Scarlet,"remarked, ""I saw you ride down from his house. When you see him, ask",3094
A Study In Scarlet,him if he remembers the Jefferson Hopes of St. Louis. If he's the,3095
A Study In Scarlet,"same Ferrier, my father and he were pretty thick.""",3096
A Study In Scarlet,,3097
A Study In Scarlet,"""Hadn't you better come and ask yourself?"" she asked, demurely.",3098
A Study In Scarlet,,3099
A Study In Scarlet,"The young fellow seemed pleased at the suggestion, and his dark eyes",3100
A Study In Scarlet,"sparkled with pleasure. ""I'll do so,"" he said, ""we've been in the",3101
A Study In Scarlet,"mountains for two months, and are not over and above in visiting",3102
A Study In Scarlet,"condition. He must take us as he finds us.""",3103
A Study In Scarlet,,3104
A Study In Scarlet,"""He has a good deal to thank you for, and so have I,"" she answered,",3105
A Study In Scarlet,"""he's awful fond of me. If those cows had jumped on me he'd have",3106
A Study In Scarlet,"never got over it.""",3107
A Study In Scarlet,,3108
A Study In Scarlet,"""Neither would I,"" said her companion.",3109
A Study In Scarlet,,3110
A Study In Scarlet,"""You! Well, I don't see that it would make much matter to you,",3111
A Study In Scarlet,"anyhow. You ain't even a friend of ours.""",3112
A Study In Scarlet,,3113
A Study In Scarlet,The young hunter's dark face grew so gloomy over this remark that,3114
A Study In Scarlet,Lucy Ferrier laughed aloud.,3115
A Study In Scarlet,,3116
A Study In Scarlet,"""There, I didn't mean that,"" she said; ""of course, you are a friend",3117
A Study In Scarlet,"now. You must come and see us. Now I must push along, or father won't",3118
A Study In Scarlet,"trust me with his business any more. Good-bye!""",3119
A Study In Scarlet,,3120
A Study In Scarlet,"""Good-bye,"" he answered, raising his broad sombrero, and bending over",3121
A Study In Scarlet,"her little hand. She wheeled her mustang round, gave it a cut with",3122
A Study In Scarlet,"her riding-whip, and darted away down the broad road in a rolling",3123
A Study In Scarlet,cloud of dust.,3124
A Study In Scarlet,,3125
A Study In Scarlet,"Young Jefferson Hope rode on with his companions, gloomy and",3126
A Study In Scarlet,taciturn. He and they had been among the Nevada Mountains prospecting,3127
A Study In Scarlet,"for silver, and were returning to Salt Lake City in the hope of",3128
A Study In Scarlet,raising capital enough to work some lodes which they had discovered.,3129
A Study In Scarlet,He had been as keen as any of them upon the business until this,3130
A Study In Scarlet,sudden incident had drawn his thoughts into another channel. The,3131
A Study In Scarlet,"sight of the fair young girl, as frank and wholesome as the Sierra",3132
A Study In Scarlet,"breezes, had stirred his volcanic, untamed heart to its very depths.",3133
A Study In Scarlet,"When she had vanished from his sight, he realized that a crisis had",3134
A Study In Scarlet,"come in his life, and that neither silver speculations nor any other",3135
A Study In Scarlet,questions could ever be of such importance to him as this new and,3136
A Study In Scarlet,all-absorbing one. The love which had sprung up in his heart was not,3137
A Study In Scarlet,"the sudden, changeable fancy of a boy, but rather the wild, fierce",3138
A Study In Scarlet,passion of a man of strong will and imperious temper. He had been,3139
A Study In Scarlet,accustomed to succeed in all that he undertook. He swore in his heart,3140
A Study In Scarlet,that he would not fail in this if human effort and human perseverance,3141
A Study In Scarlet,could render him successful.,3142
A Study In Scarlet,,3143
A Study In Scarlet,"He called on John Ferrier that night, and many times again, until his",3144
A Study In Scarlet,"face was a familiar one at the farm-house. John, cooped up in the",3145
A Study In Scarlet,"valley, and absorbed in his work, had had little chance of learning",3146
A Study In Scarlet,the news of the outside world during the last twelve years. All this,3147
A Study In Scarlet,"Jefferson Hope was able to tell him, and in a style which interested",3148
A Study In Scarlet,"Lucy as well as her father. He had been a pioneer in California, and",3149
A Study In Scarlet,could narrate many a strange tale of fortunes made and fortunes lost,3150
A Study In Scarlet,"in those wild, halcyon days. He had been a scout too, and a trapper,",3151
A Study In Scarlet,"a silver explorer, and a ranchman. Wherever stirring adventures were",3152
A Study In Scarlet,"to be had, Jefferson Hope had been there in search of them. He soon",3153
A Study In Scarlet,"became a favourite with the old farmer, who spoke eloquently of his",3154
A Study In Scarlet,"virtues. On such occasions, Lucy was silent, but her blushing cheek",3155
A Study In Scarlet,"and her bright, happy eyes, showed only too clearly that her young",3156
A Study In Scarlet,heart was no longer her own. Her honest father may not have observed,3157
A Study In Scarlet,"these symptoms, but they were assuredly not thrown away upon the man",3158
A Study In Scarlet,who had won her affections.,3159
A Study In Scarlet,,3160
A Study In Scarlet,It was a summer evening when he came galloping down the road and,3161
A Study In Scarlet,"pulled up at the gate. She was at the doorway, and came down to meet",3162
A Study In Scarlet,him. He threw the bridle over the fence and strode up the pathway.,3163
A Study In Scarlet,,3164
A Study In Scarlet,"""I am off, Lucy,"" he said, taking her two hands in his, and gazing",3165
A Study In Scarlet,"tenderly down into her face; ""I won't ask you to come with me now,",3166
A Study In Scarlet,"but will you be ready to come when I am here again?""",3167
A Study In Scarlet,,3168
A Study In Scarlet,"""And when will that be?"" she asked, blushing and laughing.",3169
A Study In Scarlet,,3170
A Study In Scarlet,"""A couple of months at the outside. I will come and claim you then,",3171
A Study In Scarlet,"my darling. There's no one who can stand between us.""",3172
A Study In Scarlet,,3173
A Study In Scarlet,"""And how about father?"" she asked.",3174
A Study In Scarlet,,3175
A Study In Scarlet,"""He has given his consent, provided we get these mines working all",3176
A Study In Scarlet,"right. I have no fear on that head.""",3177
A Study In Scarlet,,3178
A Study In Scarlet,"""Oh, well; of course, if you and father have arranged it all, there's",3179
A Study In Scarlet,"no more to be said,"" she whispered, with her cheek against his broad",3180
A Study In Scarlet,breast.,3181
A Study In Scarlet,,3182
A Study In Scarlet,"""Thank God!"" he said, hoarsely, stooping and kissing her. ""It is",3183
A Study In Scarlet,"settled, then. The longer I stay, the harder it will be to go. They",3184
A Study In Scarlet,"are waiting for me at the cañon. Good-bye, my own darling--good-bye.",3185
A Study In Scarlet,"In two months you shall see me.""",3186
A Study In Scarlet,,3187
A Study In Scarlet,"He tore himself from her as he spoke, and, flinging himself upon his",3188
A Study In Scarlet,"horse, galloped furiously away, never even looking round, as though",3189
A Study In Scarlet,afraid that his resolution might fail him if he took one glance at,3190
A Study In Scarlet,"what he was leaving. She stood at the gate, gazing after him until he",3191
A Study In Scarlet,"vanished from her sight. Then she walked back into the house, the",3192
A Study In Scarlet,happiest girl in all Utah.,3193
A Study In Scarlet,,3194
A Study In Scarlet,CHAPTER III,3195
A Study In Scarlet,John Ferrier Talks With The Prophet,3196
A Study In Scarlet,,3197
A Study In Scarlet,Three weeks had passed since Jefferson Hope and his comrades had,3198
A Study In Scarlet,departed from Salt Lake City. John Ferrier's heart was sore within,3199
A Study In Scarlet,"him when he thought of the young man's return, and of the impending",3200
A Study In Scarlet,loss of his adopted child. Yet her bright and happy face reconciled,3201
A Study In Scarlet,him to the arrangement more than any argument could have done. He had,3202
A Study In Scarlet,"always determined, deep down in his resolute heart, that nothing",3203
A Study In Scarlet,would ever induce him to allow his daughter to wed a Mormon. Such a,3204
A Study In Scarlet,"marriage he regarded as no marriage at all, but as a shame and a",3205
A Study In Scarlet,"disgrace. Whatever he might think of the Mormon doctrines, upon that",3206
A Study In Scarlet,"one point he was inflexible. He had to seal his mouth on the subject,",3207
A Study In Scarlet,"however, for to express an unorthodox opinion was a dangerous matter",3208
A Study In Scarlet,in those days in the Land of the Saints.,3209
A Study In Scarlet,,3210
A Study In Scarlet,"Yes, a dangerous matter--so dangerous that even the most saintly",3211
A Study In Scarlet,"dared only whisper their religious opinions with bated breath, lest",3212
A Study In Scarlet,"something which fell from their lips might be misconstrued, and bring",3213
A Study In Scarlet,down a swift retribution upon them. The victims of persecution had,3214
A Study In Scarlet,"now turned persecutors on their own account, and persecutors of the",3215
A Study In Scarlet,"most terrible description. Not the Inquisition of Seville, nor the",3216
A Study In Scarlet,"German Vehmgericht, nor the Secret Societies of Italy, were ever able",3217
A Study In Scarlet,to put a more formidable machinery in motion than that which cast a,3218
A Study In Scarlet,cloud over the State of Utah.,3219
A Study In Scarlet,,3220
A Study In Scarlet,"Its invisibility, and the mystery which was attached to it, made this",3221
A Study In Scarlet,organization doubly terrible. It appeared to be omniscient and,3222
A Study In Scarlet,"omnipotent, and yet was neither seen nor heard. The man who held out",3223
A Study In Scarlet,"against the Church vanished away, and none knew whither he had gone",3224
A Study In Scarlet,or what had befallen him. His wife and his children awaited him at,3225
A Study In Scarlet,"home, but no father ever returned to tell them how he had fared at",3226
A Study In Scarlet,the hands of his secret judges. A rash word or a hasty act was,3227
A Study In Scarlet,"followed by annihilation, and yet none knew what the nature might be",3228
A Study In Scarlet,of this terrible power which was suspended over them. No wonder that,3229
A Study In Scarlet,"men went about in fear and trembling, and that even in the heart of",3230
A Study In Scarlet,the wilderness they dared not whisper the doubts which oppressed,3231
A Study In Scarlet,them.,3232
A Study In Scarlet,,3233
A Study In Scarlet,At first this vague and terrible power was exercised only upon the,3234
A Study In Scarlet,"recalcitrants who, having embraced the Mormon faith, wished",3235
A Study In Scarlet,"afterwards to pervert or to abandon it. Soon, however, it took a",3236
A Study In Scarlet,"wider range. The supply of adult women was running short, and",3237
A Study In Scarlet,polygamy without a female population on which to draw was a barren,3238
A Study In Scarlet,doctrine indeed. Strange rumours began to be bandied about--rumours,3239
A Study In Scarlet,of murdered immigrants and rifled camps in regions where Indians had,3240
A Study In Scarlet,never been seen. Fresh women appeared in the harems of the,3241
A Study In Scarlet,"Elders--women who pined and wept, and bore upon their faces the",3242
A Study In Scarlet,traces of an unextinguishable horror. Belated wanderers upon the,3243
A Study In Scarlet,"mountains spoke of gangs of armed men, masked, stealthy, and",3244
A Study In Scarlet,"noiseless, who flitted by them in the darkness. These tales and",3245
A Study In Scarlet,"rumours took substance and shape, and were corroborated and",3246
A Study In Scarlet,"re-corroborated, until they resolved themselves into a definite name.",3247
A Study In Scarlet,"To this day, in the lonely ranches of the West, the name of the",3248
A Study In Scarlet,"Danite Band, or the Avenging Angels, is a sinister and an ill-omened",3249
A Study In Scarlet,one.,3250
A Study In Scarlet,,3251
A Study In Scarlet,Fuller knowledge of the organization which produced such terrible,3252
A Study In Scarlet,results served to increase rather than to lessen the horror which it,3253
A Study In Scarlet,inspired in the minds of men. None knew who belonged to this ruthless,3254
A Study In Scarlet,society. The names of the participators in the deeds of blood and,3255
A Study In Scarlet,violence done under the name of religion were kept profoundly secret.,3256
A Study In Scarlet,The very friend to whom you communicated your misgivings as to the,3257
A Study In Scarlet,"Prophet and his mission, might be one of those who would come forth",3258
A Study In Scarlet,at night with fire and sword to exact a terrible reparation. Hence,3259
A Study In Scarlet,"every man feared his neighbour, and none spoke of the things which",3260
A Study In Scarlet,were nearest his heart.,3261
A Study In Scarlet,,3262
A Study In Scarlet,"One fine morning, John Ferrier was about to set out to his",3263
A Study In Scarlet,"wheatfields, when he heard the click of the latch, and, looking",3264
A Study In Scarlet,"through the window, saw a stout, sandy-haired, middle-aged man coming",3265
A Study In Scarlet,"up the pathway. His heart leapt to his mouth, for this was none other",3266
A Study In Scarlet,than the great Brigham Young himself. Full of trepidation--for he,3267
A Study In Scarlet,knew that such a visit boded him little good--Ferrier ran to the door,3268
A Study In Scarlet,"to greet the Mormon chief. The latter, however, received his",3269
A Study In Scarlet,"salutations coldly, and followed him with a stern face into the",3270
A Study In Scarlet,sitting-room.,3271
A Study In Scarlet,,3272
A Study In Scarlet,"""Brother Ferrier,"" he said, taking a seat, and eyeing the farmer",3273
A Study In Scarlet,"keenly from under his light-coloured eyelashes, ""the true believers",3274
A Study In Scarlet,have been good friends to you. We picked you up when you were,3275
A Study In Scarlet,"starving in the desert, we shared our food with you, led you safe to",3276
A Study In Scarlet,"the Chosen Valley, gave you a goodly share of land, and allowed you",3277
A Study In Scarlet,"to wax rich under our protection. Is not this so?""",3278
A Study In Scarlet,,3279
A Study In Scarlet,"""It is so,"" answered John Ferrier.",3280
A Study In Scarlet,,3281
A Study In Scarlet,"""In return for all this we asked but one condition: that was, that",3282
A Study In Scarlet,"you should embrace the true faith, and conform in every way to its",3283
A Study In Scarlet,"usages. This you promised to do, and this, if common report says",3284
A Study In Scarlet,"truly, you have neglected.""",3285
A Study In Scarlet,,3286
A Study In Scarlet,"""And how have I neglected it?"" asked Ferrier, throwing out his hands",3287
A Study In Scarlet,"in expostulation. ""Have I not given to the common fund? Have I not",3288
A Study In Scarlet,"attended at the Temple? Have I not--?""",3289
A Study In Scarlet,,3290
A Study In Scarlet,"""Where are your wives?"" asked Young, looking round him. ""Call them",3291
A Study In Scarlet,"in, that I may greet them.""",3292
A Study In Scarlet,,3293
A Study In Scarlet,"""It is true that I have not married,"" Ferrier answered. ""But women",3294
A Study In Scarlet,"were few, and there were many who had better claims than I. I was not",3295
A Study In Scarlet,"a lonely man: I had my daughter to attend to my wants.""",3296
A Study In Scarlet,,3297
A Study In Scarlet,"""It is of that daughter that I would speak to you,"" said the leader",3298
A Study In Scarlet,"of the Mormons. ""She has grown to be the flower of Utah, and has",3299
A Study In Scarlet,"found favour in the eyes of many who are high in the land.""",3300
A Study In Scarlet,,3301
A Study In Scarlet,John Ferrier groaned internally.,3302
A Study In Scarlet,,3303
A Study In Scarlet,"""There are stories of her which I would fain disbelieve--stories that",3304
A Study In Scarlet,she is sealed to some Gentile. This must be the gossip of idle,3305
A Study In Scarlet,tongues. What is the thirteenth rule in the code of the sainted,3306
A Study In Scarlet,Joseph Smith? 'Let every maiden of the true faith marry one of the,3307
A Study In Scarlet,"elect; for if she wed a Gentile, she commits a grievous sin.' This",3308
A Study In Scarlet,"being so, it is impossible that you, who profess the holy creed,",3309
A Study In Scarlet,"should suffer your daughter to violate it.""",3310
A Study In Scarlet,,3311
A Study In Scarlet,"John Ferrier made no answer, but he played nervously with his",3312
A Study In Scarlet,riding-whip.,3313
A Study In Scarlet,,3314
A Study In Scarlet,"""Upon this one point your whole faith shall be tested--so it has been",3315
A Study In Scarlet,"decided in the Sacred Council of Four. The girl is young, and we",3316
A Study In Scarlet,"would not have her wed grey hairs, neither would we deprive her of",3317
A Study In Scarlet,"all choice. We Elders have many heifers*1, but our children must also",3318
A Study In Scarlet,"be provided. Stangerson has a son, and Drebber has a son, and either",3319
A Study In Scarlet,of them would gladly welcome your daughter to their house. Let her,3320
A Study In Scarlet,"choose between them. They are young and rich, and of the true faith.",3321
A Study In Scarlet,"What say you to that?""",3322
A Study In Scarlet,,3323
A Study In Scarlet,Ferrier remained silent for some little time with his brows knitted.,3324
A Study In Scarlet,,3325
A Study In Scarlet,"""You will give us time,"" he said at last. ""My daughter is very",3326
A Study In Scarlet,"young--she is scarce of an age to marry.""",3327
A Study In Scarlet,,3328
A Study In Scarlet,"""She shall have a month to choose,"" said Young, rising from his seat.",3329
A Study In Scarlet,"""At the end of that time she shall give her answer.""",3330
A Study In Scarlet,,3331
A Study In Scarlet,"He was passing through the door, when he turned, with flushed face",3332
A Study In Scarlet,"and flashing eyes. ""It were better for you, John Ferrier,"" he",3333
A Study In Scarlet,"thundered, ""that you and she were now lying blanched skeletons upon",3334
A Study In Scarlet,"the Sierra Blanco, than that you should put your weak wills against",3335
A Study In Scarlet,"the orders of the Holy Four!""",3336
A Study In Scarlet,,3337
A Study In Scarlet,"With a threatening gesture of his hand, he turned from the door, and",3338
A Study In Scarlet,Ferrier heard his heavy step scrunching along the shingly path.,3339
A Study In Scarlet,,3340
A Study In Scarlet,"He was still sitting with his elbows upon his knees, considering how",3341
A Study In Scarlet,he should broach the matter to his daughter when a soft hand was laid,3342
A Study In Scarlet,"upon his, and looking up, he saw her standing beside him. One glance",3343
A Study In Scarlet,"at her pale, frightened face showed him that she had heard what had",3344
A Study In Scarlet,passed.,3345
A Study In Scarlet,,3346
A Study In Scarlet,"""I could not help it,"" she said, in answer to his look. ""His voice",3347
A Study In Scarlet,"rang through the house. Oh, father, father, what shall we do?""",3348
A Study In Scarlet,,3349
A Study In Scarlet,"""Don't you scare yourself,"" he answered, drawing her to him, and",3350
A Study In Scarlet,"passing his broad, rough hand caressingly over her chestnut hair.",3351
A Study In Scarlet,"""We'll fix it up somehow or another. You don't find your fancy kind",3352
A Study In Scarlet,"o' lessening for this chap, do you?""",3353
A Study In Scarlet,,3354
A Study In Scarlet,A sob and a squeeze of his hand was her only answer.,3355
A Study In Scarlet,,3356
A Study In Scarlet,"""No; of course not. I shouldn't care to hear you say you did. He's a",3357
A Study In Scarlet,"likely lad, and he's a Christian, which is more than these folk here,",3358
A Study In Scarlet,in spite o' all their praying and preaching. There's a party starting,3359
A Study In Scarlet,"for Nevada to-morrow, and I'll manage to send him a message letting",3360
A Study In Scarlet,"him know the hole we are in. If I know anything o' that young man,",3361
A Study In Scarlet,"he'll be back here with a speed that would whip electro-telegraphs.""",3362
A Study In Scarlet,,3363
A Study In Scarlet,Lucy laughed through her tears at her father's description.,3364
A Study In Scarlet,,3365
A Study In Scarlet,"""When he comes, he will advise us for the best. But it is for you",3366
A Study In Scarlet,"that I am frightened, dear. One hears--one hears such dreadful",3367
A Study In Scarlet,stories about those who oppose the Prophet: something terrible always,3368
A Study In Scarlet,"happens to them.""",3369
A Study In Scarlet,,3370
A Study In Scarlet,"""But we haven't opposed him yet,"" her father answered. ""It will be",3371
A Study In Scarlet,time to look out for squalls when we do. We have a clear month before,3372
A Study In Scarlet,"us; at the end of that, I guess we had best shin out of Utah.""",3373
A Study In Scarlet,,3374
A Study In Scarlet,"""Leave Utah!""",3375
A Study In Scarlet,,3376
A Study In Scarlet,"""That's about the size of it.""",3377
A Study In Scarlet,,3378
A Study In Scarlet,"""But the farm?""",3379
A Study In Scarlet,,3380
A Study In Scarlet,"""We will raise as much as we can in money, and let the rest go. To",3381
A Study In Scarlet,"tell the truth, Lucy, it isn't the first time I have thought of doing",3382
A Study In Scarlet,"it. I don't care about knuckling under to any man, as these folk do",3383
A Study In Scarlet,"to their darned prophet. I'm a free-born American, and it's all new",3384
A Study In Scarlet,to me. Guess I'm too old to learn. If he comes browsing about this,3385
A Study In Scarlet,"farm, he might chance to run up against a charge of buckshot",3386
A Study In Scarlet,"travelling in the opposite direction.""",3387
A Study In Scarlet,,3388
A Study In Scarlet,"""But they won't let us leave,"" his daughter objected.",3389
A Study In Scarlet,,3390
A Study In Scarlet,"""Wait till Jefferson comes, and we'll soon manage that. In the",3391
A Study In Scarlet,"meantime, don't you fret yourself, my dearie, and don't get your eyes",3392
A Study In Scarlet,"swelled up, else he'll be walking into me when he sees you. There's",3393
A Study In Scarlet,"nothing to be afeared about, and there's no danger at all.""",3394
A Study In Scarlet,,3395
A Study In Scarlet,John Ferrier uttered these consoling remarks in a very confident,3396
A Study In Scarlet,"tone, but she could not help observing that he paid unusual care to",3397
A Study In Scarlet,"the fastening of the doors that night, and that he carefully cleaned",3398
A Study In Scarlet,and loaded the rusty old shotgun which hung upon the wall of his,3399
A Study In Scarlet,bedroom.,3400
A Study In Scarlet,,3401
A Study In Scarlet,-----,3402
A Study In Scarlet,"*1: Heber C Kemball, in one of his sermons, alludes to his hundred",3403
A Study In Scarlet,wives under this endearing epithet.,3404
A Study In Scarlet,,3405
A Study In Scarlet,CHAPTER IV,3406
A Study In Scarlet,A Flight For Life,3407
A Study In Scarlet,,3408
A Study In Scarlet,"On the morning which followed his interview with the Mormon Prophet,",3409
A Study In Scarlet,"John Ferrier went in to Salt Lake City, and having found his",3410
A Study In Scarlet,"acquaintance, who was bound for the Nevada Mountains, he entrusted",3411
A Study In Scarlet,him with his message to Jefferson Hope. In it he told the young man,3412
A Study In Scarlet,"of the imminent danger which threatened them, and how necessary it",3413
A Study In Scarlet,was that he should return. Having done thus he felt easier in his,3414
A Study In Scarlet,"mind, and returned home with a lighter heart.",3415
A Study In Scarlet,,3416
A Study In Scarlet,"As he approached his farm, he was surprised to see a horse hitched to",3417
A Study In Scarlet,each of the posts of the gate. Still more surprised was he on,3418
A Study In Scarlet,entering to find two young men in possession of his sitting-room.,3419
A Study In Scarlet,"One, with a long pale face, was leaning back in the rocking-chair,",3420
A Study In Scarlet,"with his feet cocked up upon the stove. The other, a bull-necked",3421
A Study In Scarlet,"youth with coarse bloated features, was standing in front of the",3422
A Study In Scarlet,"window with his hands in his pocket, whistling a popular hymn. Both",3423
A Study In Scarlet,"of them nodded to Ferrier as he entered, and the one in the",3424
A Study In Scarlet,rocking-chair commenced the conversation.,3425
A Study In Scarlet,,3426
A Study In Scarlet,"""Maybe you don't know us,"" he said. ""This here is the son of Elder",3427
A Study In Scarlet,"Drebber, and I'm Joseph Stangerson, who travelled with you in the",3428
A Study In Scarlet,desert when the Lord stretched out His hand and gathered you into the,3429
A Study In Scarlet,"true fold.""",3430
A Study In Scarlet,,3431
A Study In Scarlet,"""As He will all the nations in His own good time,"" said the other in",3432
A Study In Scarlet,"a nasal voice; ""He grindeth slowly but exceeding small.""",3433
A Study In Scarlet,,3434
A Study In Scarlet,John Ferrier bowed coldly. He had guessed who his visitors were.,3435
A Study In Scarlet,,3436
A Study In Scarlet,"""We have come,"" continued Stangerson, ""at the advice of our fathers",3437
A Study In Scarlet,to solicit the hand of your daughter for whichever of us may seem,3438
A Study In Scarlet,good to you and to her. As I have but four wives and Brother Drebber,3439
A Study In Scarlet,"here has seven, it appears to me that my claim is the stronger one.""",3440
A Study In Scarlet,,3441
A Study In Scarlet,"""Nay, nay, Brother Stangerson,"" cried the other; ""the question is not",3442
A Study In Scarlet,"how many wives we have, but how many we can keep. My father has now",3443
A Study In Scarlet,"given over his mills to me, and I am the richer man.""",3444
A Study In Scarlet,,3445
A Study In Scarlet,"""But my prospects are better,"" said the other, warmly. ""When the Lord",3446
A Study In Scarlet,"removes my father, I shall have his tanning yard and his leather",3447
A Study In Scarlet,"factory. Then I am your elder, and am higher in the Church.""",3448
A Study In Scarlet,,3449
A Study In Scarlet,"""It will be for the maiden to decide,"" rejoined young Drebber,",3450
A Study In Scarlet,"smirking at his own reflection in the glass. ""We will leave it all to",3451
A Study In Scarlet,"her decision.""",3452
A Study In Scarlet,,3453
A Study In Scarlet,"During this dialogue, John Ferrier had stood fuming in the doorway,",3454
A Study In Scarlet,hardly able to keep his riding-whip from the backs of his two,3455
A Study In Scarlet,visitors.,3456
A Study In Scarlet,,3457
A Study In Scarlet,"""Look here,"" he said at last, striding up to them, ""when my daughter",3458
A Study In Scarlet,"summons you, you can come, but until then I don't want to see your",3459
A Study In Scarlet,"faces again.""",3460
A Study In Scarlet,,3461
A Study In Scarlet,The two young Mormons stared at him in amazement. In their eyes this,3462
A Study In Scarlet,competition between them for the maiden's hand was the highest of,3463
A Study In Scarlet,honours both to her and her father.,3464
A Study In Scarlet,,3465
A Study In Scarlet,"""There are two ways out of the room,"" cried Ferrier; ""there is the",3466
A Study In Scarlet,"door, and there is the window. Which do you care to use?""",3467
A Study In Scarlet,,3468
A Study In Scarlet,"His brown face looked so savage, and his gaunt hands so threatening,",3469
A Study In Scarlet,that his visitors sprang to their feet and beat a hurried retreat.,3470
A Study In Scarlet,The old farmer followed them to the door.,3471
A Study In Scarlet,,3472
A Study In Scarlet,"""Let me know when you have settled which it is to be,"" he said,",3473
A Study In Scarlet,sardonically.,3474
A Study In Scarlet,,3475
A Study In Scarlet,"""You shall smart for this!"" Stangerson cried, white with rage. ""You",3476
A Study In Scarlet,have defied the Prophet and the Council of Four. You shall rue it to,3477
A Study In Scarlet,"the end of your days.""",3478
A Study In Scarlet,,3479
A Study In Scarlet,"""The hand of the Lord shall be heavy upon you,"" cried young Drebber;",3480
A Study In Scarlet,"""He will arise and smite you!""",3481
A Study In Scarlet,,3482
A Study In Scarlet,"""Then I'll start the smiting,"" exclaimed Ferrier furiously, and would",3483
A Study In Scarlet,have rushed upstairs for his gun had not Lucy seized him by the arm,3484
A Study In Scarlet,"and restrained him. Before he could escape from her, the clatter of",3485
A Study In Scarlet,horses' hoofs told him that they were beyond his reach.,3486
A Study In Scarlet,,3487
A Study In Scarlet,"""The young canting rascals!"" he exclaimed, wiping the perspiration",3488
A Study In Scarlet,"from his forehead; ""I would sooner see you in your grave, my girl,",3489
A Study In Scarlet,"than the wife of either of them.""",3490
A Study In Scarlet,,3491
A Study In Scarlet,"""And so should I, father,"" she answered, with spirit; ""but Jefferson",3492
A Study In Scarlet,"will soon be here.""",3493
A Study In Scarlet,,3494
A Study In Scarlet,"""Yes. It will not be long before he comes. The sooner the better, for",3495
A Study In Scarlet,"we do not know what their next move may be.""",3496
A Study In Scarlet,,3497
A Study In Scarlet,"It was, indeed, high time that someone capable of giving advice and",3498
A Study In Scarlet,help should come to the aid of the sturdy old farmer and his adopted,3499
A Study In Scarlet,daughter. In the whole history of the settlement there had never been,3500
A Study In Scarlet,such a case of rank disobedience to the authority of the Elders. If,3501
A Study In Scarlet,"minor errors were punished so sternly, what would be the fate of this",3502
A Study In Scarlet,arch rebel. Ferrier knew that his wealth and position would be of no,3503
A Study In Scarlet,avail to him. Others as well known and as rich as himself had been,3504
A Study In Scarlet,"spirited away before now, and their goods given over to the Church.",3505
A Study In Scarlet,"He was a brave man, but he trembled at the vague, shadowy terrors",3506
A Study In Scarlet,"which hung over him. Any known danger he could face with a firm lip,",3507
A Study In Scarlet,but this suspense was unnerving. He concealed his fears from his,3508
A Study In Scarlet,"daughter, however, and affected to make light of the whole matter,",3509
A Study In Scarlet,"though she, with the keen eye of love, saw plainly that he was ill at",3510
A Study In Scarlet,ease.,3511
A Study In Scarlet,,3512
A Study In Scarlet,He expected that he would receive some message or remonstrance from,3513
A Study In Scarlet,"Young as to his conduct, and he was not mistaken, though it came in",3514
A Study In Scarlet,"an unlooked-for manner. Upon rising next morning he found, to his",3515
A Study In Scarlet,"surprise, a small square of paper pinned on to the coverlet of his",3516
A Study In Scarlet,"bed just over his chest. On it was printed, in bold straggling",3517
A Study In Scarlet,letters:--,3518
A Study In Scarlet,,3519
A Study In Scarlet,"""Twenty-nine days are given you for amendment, and then--""",3520
A Study In Scarlet,,3521
A Study In Scarlet,The dash was more fear-inspiring than any threat could have been. How,3522
A Study In Scarlet,"this warning came into his room puzzled John Ferrier sorely, for his",3523
A Study In Scarlet,"servants slept in an outhouse, and the doors and windows had all been",3524
A Study In Scarlet,"secured. He crumpled the paper up and said nothing to his daughter,",3525
A Study In Scarlet,but the incident struck a chill into his heart. The twenty-nine days,3526
A Study In Scarlet,were evidently the balance of the month which Young had promised.,3527
A Study In Scarlet,What strength or courage could avail against an enemy armed with such,3528
A Study In Scarlet,mysterious powers? The hand which fastened that pin might have struck,3529
A Study In Scarlet,"him to the heart, and he could never have known who had slain him.",3530
A Study In Scarlet,,3531
A Study In Scarlet,Still more shaken was he next morning. They had sat down to their,3532
A Study In Scarlet,breakfast when Lucy with a cry of surprise pointed upwards. In the,3533
A Study In Scarlet,"centre of the ceiling was scrawled, with a burned stick apparently,",3534
A Study In Scarlet,"the number 28. To his daughter it was unintelligible, and he did not",3535
A Study In Scarlet,enlighten her. That night he sat up with his gun and kept watch and,3536
A Study In Scarlet,"ward. He saw and he heard nothing, and yet in the morning a great 27",3537
A Study In Scarlet,had been painted upon the outside of his door.,3538
A Study In Scarlet,,3539
A Study In Scarlet,Thus day followed day; and as sure as morning came he found that his,3540
A Study In Scarlet,"unseen enemies had kept their register, and had marked up in some",3541
A Study In Scarlet,conspicuous position how many days were still left to him out of the,3542
A Study In Scarlet,"month of grace. Sometimes the fatal numbers appeared upon the walls,",3543
A Study In Scarlet,"sometimes upon the floors, occasionally they were on small placards",3544
A Study In Scarlet,stuck upon the garden gate or the railings. With all his vigilance,3545
A Study In Scarlet,John Ferrier could not discover whence these daily warnings,3546
A Study In Scarlet,proceeded. A horror which was almost superstitious came upon him at,3547
A Study In Scarlet,"the sight of them. He became haggard and restless, and his eyes had",3548
A Study In Scarlet,the troubled look of some hunted creature. He had but one hope in,3549
A Study In Scarlet,"life now, and that was for the arrival of the young hunter from",3550
A Study In Scarlet,Nevada.,3551
A Study In Scarlet,,3552
A Study In Scarlet,"Twenty had changed to fifteen and fifteen to ten, but there was no",3553
A Study In Scarlet,"news of the absentee. One by one the numbers dwindled down, and still",3554
A Study In Scarlet,there came no sign of him. Whenever a horseman clattered down the,3555
A Study In Scarlet,"road, or a driver shouted at his team, the old farmer hurried to the",3556
A Study In Scarlet,"gate thinking that help had arrived at last. At last, when he saw",3557
A Study In Scarlet,"five give way to four and that again to three, he lost heart, and",3558
A Study In Scarlet,"abandoned all hope of escape. Single-handed, and with his limited",3559
A Study In Scarlet,"knowledge of the mountains which surrounded the settlement, he knew",3560
A Study In Scarlet,that he was powerless. The more-frequented roads were strictly,3561
A Study In Scarlet,"watched and guarded, and none could pass along them without an order",3562
A Study In Scarlet,"from the Council. Turn which way he would, there appeared to be no",3563
A Study In Scarlet,avoiding the blow which hung over him. Yet the old man never wavered,3564
A Study In Scarlet,in his resolution to part with life itself before he consented to,3565
A Study In Scarlet,what he regarded as his daughter's dishonour.,3566
A Study In Scarlet,,3567
A Study In Scarlet,"He was sitting alone one evening pondering deeply over his troubles,",3568
A Study In Scarlet,and searching vainly for some way out of them. That morning had shown,3569
A Study In Scarlet,"the figure 2 upon the wall of his house, and the next day would be",3570
A Study In Scarlet,the last of the allotted time. What was to happen then? All manner of,3571
A Study In Scarlet,vague and terrible fancies filled his imagination. And his,3572
A Study In Scarlet,daughter--what was to become of her after he was gone? Was there no,3573
A Study In Scarlet,escape from the invisible network which was drawn all round them. He,3574
A Study In Scarlet,sank his head upon the table and sobbed at the thought of his own,3575
A Study In Scarlet,impotence.,3576
A Study In Scarlet,,3577
A Study In Scarlet,What was that? In the silence he heard a gentle scratching,3578
A Study In Scarlet,"sound--low, but very distinct in the quiet of the night. It came from",3579
A Study In Scarlet,the door of the house. Ferrier crept into the hall and listened,3580
A Study In Scarlet,"intently. There was a pause for a few moments, and then the low",3581
A Study In Scarlet,insidious sound was repeated. Someone was evidently tapping very,3582
A Study In Scarlet,gently upon one of the panels of the door. Was it some midnight,3583
A Study In Scarlet,assassin who had come to carry out the murderous orders of the secret,3584
A Study In Scarlet,tribunal? Or was it some agent who was marking up that the last day,3585
A Study In Scarlet,of grace had arrived. John Ferrier felt that instant death would be,3586
A Study In Scarlet,better than the suspense which shook his nerves and chilled his,3587
A Study In Scarlet,heart. Springing forward he drew the bolt and threw the door open.,3588
A Study In Scarlet,,3589
A Study In Scarlet,"Outside all was calm and quiet. The night was fine, and the stars",3590
A Study In Scarlet,were twinkling brightly overhead. The little front garden lay before,3591
A Study In Scarlet,"the farmer's eyes bounded by the fence and gate, but neither there",3592
A Study In Scarlet,nor on the road was any human being to be seen. With a sigh of,3593
A Study In Scarlet,"relief, Ferrier looked to right and to left, until happening to",3594
A Study In Scarlet,glance straight down at his own feet he saw to his astonishment a man,3595
A Study In Scarlet,"lying flat upon his face upon the ground, with arms and legs all",3596
A Study In Scarlet,asprawl.,3597
A Study In Scarlet,,3598
A Study In Scarlet,So unnerved was he at the sight that he leaned up against the wall,3599
A Study In Scarlet,with his hand to his throat to stifle his inclination to call out.,3600
A Study In Scarlet,His first thought was that the prostrate figure was that of some,3601
A Study In Scarlet,"wounded or dying man, but as he watched it he saw it writhe along the",3602
A Study In Scarlet,ground and into the hall with the rapidity and noiselessness of a,3603
A Study In Scarlet,"serpent. Once within the house the man sprang to his feet, closed the",3604
A Study In Scarlet,"door, and revealed to the astonished farmer the fierce face and",3605
A Study In Scarlet,resolute expression of Jefferson Hope.,3606
A Study In Scarlet,,3607
A Study In Scarlet,"""Good God!"" gasped John Ferrier. ""How you scared me! Whatever made",3608
A Study In Scarlet,"you come in like that.""",3609
A Study In Scarlet,,3610
A Study In Scarlet,"""Give me food,"" the other said, hoarsely. ""I have had no time for",3611
A Study In Scarlet,"bite or sup for eight-and-forty hours."" He flung himself upon the",3612
A Study In Scarlet,cold meat and bread which were still lying upon the table from his,3613
A Study In Scarlet,"host's supper, and devoured it voraciously. ""Does Lucy bear up well?""",3614
A Study In Scarlet,"he asked, when he had satisfied his hunger.",3615
A Study In Scarlet,,3616
A Study In Scarlet,"""Yes. She does not know the danger,"" her father answered.",3617
A Study In Scarlet,,3618
A Study In Scarlet,"""That is well. The house is watched on every side. That is why I",3619
A Study In Scarlet,"crawled my way up to it. They may be darned sharp, but they're not",3620
A Study In Scarlet,"quite sharp enough to catch a Washoe hunter.""",3621
A Study In Scarlet,,3622
A Study In Scarlet,John Ferrier felt a different man now that he realized that he had a,3623
A Study In Scarlet,devoted ally. He seized the young man's leathery hand and wrung it,3624
A Study In Scarlet,"cordially. ""You're a man to be proud of,"" he said. ""There are not",3625
A Study In Scarlet,"many who would come to share our danger and our troubles.""",3626
A Study In Scarlet,,3627
A Study In Scarlet,"""You've hit it there, pard,"" the young hunter answered. ""I have a",3628
A Study In Scarlet,"respect for you, but if you were alone in this business I'd think",3629
A Study In Scarlet,twice before I put my head into such a hornet's nest. It's Lucy that,3630
A Study In Scarlet,"brings me here, and before harm comes on her I guess there will be",3631
A Study In Scarlet,"one less o' the Hope family in Utah.""",3632
A Study In Scarlet,,3633
A Study In Scarlet,"""What are we to do?""",3634
A Study In Scarlet,,3635
A Study In Scarlet,"""To-morrow is your last day, and unless you act to-night you are",3636
A Study In Scarlet,lost. I have a mule and two horses waiting in the Eagle Ravine. How,3637
A Study In Scarlet,"much money have you?""",3638
A Study In Scarlet,,3639
A Study In Scarlet,"""Two thousand dollars in gold, and five in notes.""",3640
A Study In Scarlet,,3641
A Study In Scarlet,"""That will do. I have as much more to add to it. We must push for",3642
A Study In Scarlet,Carson City through the mountains. You had best wake Lucy. It is as,3643
A Study In Scarlet,"well that the servants do not sleep in the house.""",3644
A Study In Scarlet,,3645
A Study In Scarlet,"While Ferrier was absent, preparing his daughter for the approaching",3646
A Study In Scarlet,"journey, Jefferson Hope packed all the eatables that he could find",3647
A Study In Scarlet,"into a small parcel, and filled a stoneware jar with water, for he",3648
A Study In Scarlet,knew by experience that the mountain wells were few and far between.,3649
A Study In Scarlet,He had hardly completed his arrangements before the farmer returned,3650
A Study In Scarlet,with his daughter all dressed and ready for a start. The greeting,3651
A Study In Scarlet,"between the lovers was warm, but brief, for minutes were precious,",3652
A Study In Scarlet,and there was much to be done.,3653
A Study In Scarlet,,3654
A Study In Scarlet,"""We must make our start at once,"" said Jefferson Hope, speaking in a",3655
A Study In Scarlet,"low but resolute voice, like one who realizes the greatness of the",3656
A Study In Scarlet,"peril, but has steeled his heart to meet it. ""The front and back",3657
A Study In Scarlet,"entrances are watched, but with caution we may get away through the",3658
A Study In Scarlet,side window and across the fields. Once on the road we are only two,3659
A Study In Scarlet,miles from the Ravine where the horses are waiting. By daybreak we,3660
A Study In Scarlet,"should be half-way through the mountains.""",3661
A Study In Scarlet,,3662
A Study In Scarlet,"""What if we are stopped,"" asked Ferrier.",3663
A Study In Scarlet,,3664
A Study In Scarlet,Hope slapped the revolver butt which protruded from the front of his,3665
A Study In Scarlet,"tunic. ""If they are too many for us we shall take two or three of",3666
A Study In Scarlet,"them with us,"" he said with a sinister smile.",3667
A Study In Scarlet,,3668
A Study In Scarlet,"The lights inside the house had all been extinguished, and from the",3669
A Study In Scarlet,darkened window Ferrier peered over the fields which had been his,3670
A Study In Scarlet,"own, and which he was now about to abandon for ever. He had long",3671
A Study In Scarlet,"nerved himself to the sacrifice, however, and the thought of the",3672
A Study In Scarlet,honour and happiness of his daughter outweighed any regret at his,3673
A Study In Scarlet,"ruined fortunes. All looked so peaceful and happy, the rustling trees",3674
A Study In Scarlet,"and the broad silent stretch of grain-land, that it was difficult to",3675
A Study In Scarlet,realize that the spirit of murder lurked through it all. Yet the,3676
A Study In Scarlet,white face and set expression of the young hunter showed that in his,3677
A Study In Scarlet,approach to the house he had seen enough to satisfy him upon that,3678
A Study In Scarlet,head.,3679
A Study In Scarlet,,3680
A Study In Scarlet,"Ferrier carried the bag of gold and notes, Jefferson Hope had the",3681
A Study In Scarlet,"scanty provisions and water, while Lucy had a small bundle containing",3682
A Study In Scarlet,a few of her more valued possessions. Opening the window very slowly,3683
A Study In Scarlet,"and carefully, they waited until a dark cloud had somewhat obscured",3684
A Study In Scarlet,"the night, and then one by one passed through into the little garden.",3685
A Study In Scarlet,"With bated breath and crouching figures they stumbled across it, and",3686
A Study In Scarlet,"gained the shelter of the hedge, which they skirted until they came",3687
A Study In Scarlet,to the gap which opened into the cornfields. They had just reached,3688
A Study In Scarlet,this point when the young man seized his two companions and dragged,3689
A Study In Scarlet,"them down into the shadow, where they lay silent and trembling.",3690
A Study In Scarlet,,3691
A Study In Scarlet,It was as well that his prairie training had given Jefferson Hope the,3692
A Study In Scarlet,ears of a lynx. He and his friends had hardly crouched down before,3693
A Study In Scarlet,the melancholy hooting of a mountain owl was heard within a few yards,3694
A Study In Scarlet,"of them, which was immediately answered by another hoot at a small",3695
A Study In Scarlet,distance. At the same moment a vague shadowy figure emerged from the,3696
A Study In Scarlet,"gap for which they had been making, and uttered the plaintive signal",3697
A Study In Scarlet,"cry again, on which a second man appeared out of the obscurity.",3698
A Study In Scarlet,,3699
A Study In Scarlet,"""To-morrow at midnight,"" said the first who appeared to be in",3700
A Study In Scarlet,"authority. ""When the Whip-poor-Will calls three times.""",3701
A Study In Scarlet,,3702
A Study In Scarlet,"""It is well,"" returned the other. ""Shall I tell Brother Drebber?""",3703
A Study In Scarlet,,3704
A Study In Scarlet,"""Pass it on to him, and from him to the others. Nine to seven!""",3705
A Study In Scarlet,,3706
A Study In Scarlet,"""Seven to five!"" repeated the other, and the two figures flitted away",3707
A Study In Scarlet,in different directions. Their concluding words had evidently been,3708
A Study In Scarlet,some form of sign and countersign. The instant that their footsteps,3709
A Study In Scarlet,"had died away in the distance, Jefferson Hope sprang to his feet, and",3710
A Study In Scarlet,"helping his companions through the gap, led the way across the fields",3711
A Study In Scarlet,"at the top of his speed, supporting and half-carrying the girl when",3712
A Study In Scarlet,her strength appeared to fail her.,3713
A Study In Scarlet,,3714
A Study In Scarlet,"""Hurry on! hurry on!"" he gasped from time to time. ""We are through",3715
A Study In Scarlet,"the line of sentinels. Everything depends on speed. Hurry on!""",3716
A Study In Scarlet,,3717
A Study In Scarlet,Once on the high road they made rapid progress. Only once did they,3718
A Study In Scarlet,"meet anyone, and then they managed to slip into a field, and so avoid",3719
A Study In Scarlet,recognition. Before reaching the town the hunter branched away into a,3720
A Study In Scarlet,rugged and narrow footpath which led to the mountains. Two dark,3721
A Study In Scarlet,"jagged peaks loomed above them through the darkness, and the defile",3722
A Study In Scarlet,which led between them was the Eagle Cañon in which the horses were,3723
A Study In Scarlet,awaiting them. With unerring instinct Jefferson Hope picked his way,3724
A Study In Scarlet,"among the great boulders and along the bed of a dried-up watercourse,",3725
A Study In Scarlet,"until he came to the retired corner, screened with rocks, where the",3726
A Study In Scarlet,faithful animals had been picketed. The girl was placed upon the,3727
A Study In Scarlet,"mule, and old Ferrier upon one of the horses, with his money-bag,",3728
A Study In Scarlet,while Jefferson Hope led the other along the precipitous and,3729
A Study In Scarlet,dangerous path.,3730
A Study In Scarlet,,3731
A Study In Scarlet,It was a bewildering route for anyone who was not accustomed to face,3732
A Study In Scarlet,Nature in her wildest moods. On the one side a great crag towered up,3733
A Study In Scarlet,"a thousand feet or more, black, stern, and menacing, with long",3734
A Study In Scarlet,basaltic columns upon its rugged surface like the ribs of some,3735
A Study In Scarlet,petrified monster. On the other hand a wild chaos of boulders and,3736
A Study In Scarlet,debris made all advance impossible. Between the two ran the irregular,3737
A Study In Scarlet,"track, so narrow in places that they had to travel in Indian file,",3738
A Study In Scarlet,and so rough that only practised riders could have traversed it at,3739
A Study In Scarlet,"all. Yet in spite of all dangers and difficulties, the hearts of the",3740
A Study In Scarlet,"fugitives were light within them, for every step increased the",3741
A Study In Scarlet,distance between them and the terrible despotism from which they were,3742
A Study In Scarlet,flying.,3743
A Study In Scarlet,,3744
A Study In Scarlet,"They soon had a proof, however, that they were still within the",3745
A Study In Scarlet,jurisdiction of the Saints. They had reached the very wildest and,3746
A Study In Scarlet,"most desolate portion of the pass when the girl gave a startled cry,",3747
A Study In Scarlet,"and pointed upwards. On a rock which overlooked the track, showing",3748
A Study In Scarlet,"out dark and plain against the sky, there stood a solitary sentinel.",3749
A Study In Scarlet,"He saw them as soon as they perceived him, and his military challenge",3750
A Study In Scarlet,"of ""Who goes there?"" rang through the silent ravine.",3751
A Study In Scarlet,,3752
A Study In Scarlet,"""Travellers for Nevada,"" said Jefferson Hope, with his hand upon the",3753
A Study In Scarlet,rifle which hung by his saddle.,3754
A Study In Scarlet,,3755
A Study In Scarlet,"They could see the lonely watcher fingering his gun, and peering down",3756
A Study In Scarlet,at them as if dissatisfied at their reply.,3757
A Study In Scarlet,,3758
A Study In Scarlet,"""By whose permission?"" he asked.",3759
A Study In Scarlet,,3760
A Study In Scarlet,"""The Holy Four,"" answered Ferrier. His Mormon experiences had taught",3761
A Study In Scarlet,him that that was the highest authority to which he could refer.,3762
A Study In Scarlet,,3763
A Study In Scarlet,"""Nine from seven,"" cried the sentinel.",3764
A Study In Scarlet,,3765
A Study In Scarlet,"""Seven from five,"" returned Jefferson Hope promptly, remembering the",3766
A Study In Scarlet,countersign which he had heard in the garden.,3767
A Study In Scarlet,,3768
A Study In Scarlet,"""Pass, and the Lord go with you,"" said the voice from above. Beyond",3769
A Study In Scarlet,"his post the path broadened out, and the horses were able to break",3770
A Study In Scarlet,"into a trot. Looking back, they could see the solitary watcher",3771
A Study In Scarlet,"leaning upon his gun, and knew that they had passed the outlying post",3772
A Study In Scarlet,"of the chosen people, and that freedom lay before them.",3773
A Study In Scarlet,,3774
A Study In Scarlet,CHAPTER V,3775
A Study In Scarlet,The Avenging Angels,3776
A Study In Scarlet,,3777
A Study In Scarlet,All night their course lay through intricate defiles and over,3778
A Study In Scarlet,"irregular and rock-strewn paths. More than once they lost their way,",3779
A Study In Scarlet,but Hope's intimate knowledge of the mountains enabled them to regain,3780
A Study In Scarlet,"the track once more. When morning broke, a scene of marvellous though",3781
A Study In Scarlet,savage beauty lay before them. In every direction the great,3782
A Study In Scarlet,"snow-capped peaks hemmed them in, peeping over each other's shoulders",3783
A Study In Scarlet,to the far horizon. So steep were the rocky banks on either side of,3784
A Study In Scarlet,"them, that the larch and the pine seemed to be suspended over their",3785
A Study In Scarlet,"heads, and to need only a gust of wind to come hurtling down upon",3786
A Study In Scarlet,"them. Nor was the fear entirely an illusion, for the barren valley",3787
A Study In Scarlet,was thickly strewn with trees and boulders which had fallen in a,3788
A Study In Scarlet,"similar manner. Even as they passed, a great rock came thundering",3789
A Study In Scarlet,"down with a hoarse rattle which woke the echoes in the silent gorges,",3790
A Study In Scarlet,and startled the weary horses into a gallop.,3791
A Study In Scarlet,,3792
A Study In Scarlet,"As the sun rose slowly above the eastern horizon, the caps of the",3793
A Study In Scarlet,"great mountains lit up one after the other, like lamps at a festival,",3794
A Study In Scarlet,until they were all ruddy and glowing. The magnificent spectacle,3795
A Study In Scarlet,cheered the hearts of the three fugitives and gave them fresh energy.,3796
A Study In Scarlet,At a wild torrent which swept out of a ravine they called a halt and,3797
A Study In Scarlet,"watered their horses, while they partook of a hasty breakfast. Lucy",3798
A Study In Scarlet,"and her father would fain have rested longer, but Jefferson Hope was",3799
A Study In Scarlet,"inexorable. ""They will be upon our track by this time,"" he said.",3800
A Study In Scarlet,"""Everything depends upon our speed. Once safe in Carson we may rest",3801
A Study In Scarlet,"for the remainder of our lives.""",3802
A Study In Scarlet,,3803
A Study In Scarlet,"During the whole of that day they struggled on through the defiles,",3804
A Study In Scarlet,and by evening they calculated that they were more than thirty miles,3805
A Study In Scarlet,from their enemies. At night-time they chose the base of a beetling,3806
A Study In Scarlet,"crag, where the rocks offered some protection from the chill wind,",3807
A Study In Scarlet,"and there huddled together for warmth, they enjoyed a few hours'",3808
A Study In Scarlet,"sleep. Before daybreak, however, they were up and on their way once",3809
A Study In Scarlet,"more. They had seen no signs of any pursuers, and Jefferson Hope",3810
A Study In Scarlet,began to think that they were fairly out of the reach of the terrible,3811
A Study In Scarlet,organization whose enmity they had incurred. He little knew how far,3812
A Study In Scarlet,"that iron grasp could reach, or how soon it was to close upon them",3813
A Study In Scarlet,and crush them.,3814
A Study In Scarlet,,3815
A Study In Scarlet,About the middle of the second day of their flight their scanty store,3816
A Study In Scarlet,of provisions began to run out. This gave the hunter little,3817
A Study In Scarlet,"uneasiness, however, for there was game to be had among the",3818
A Study In Scarlet,"mountains, and he had frequently before had to depend upon his rifle",3819
A Study In Scarlet,"for the needs of life. Choosing a sheltered nook, he piled together a",3820
A Study In Scarlet,"few dried branches and made a blazing fire, at which his companions",3821
A Study In Scarlet,"might warm themselves, for they were now nearly five thousand feet",3822
A Study In Scarlet,"above the sea level, and the air was bitter and keen. Having tethered",3823
A Study In Scarlet,"the horses, and bade Lucy adieu, he threw his gun over his shoulder,",3824
A Study In Scarlet,and set out in search of whatever chance might throw in his way.,3825
A Study In Scarlet,Looking back he saw the old man and the young girl crouching over the,3826
A Study In Scarlet,"blazing fire, while the three animals stood motionless in the",3827
A Study In Scarlet,back-ground. Then the intervening rocks hid them from his view.,3828
A Study In Scarlet,,3829
A Study In Scarlet,He walked for a couple of miles through one ravine after another,3830
A Study In Scarlet,"without success, though from the marks upon the bark of the trees,",3831
A Study In Scarlet,"and other indications, he judged that there were numerous bears in",3832
A Study In Scarlet,"the vicinity. At last, after two or three hours' fruitless search, he",3833
A Study In Scarlet,"was thinking of turning back in despair, when casting his eyes",3834
A Study In Scarlet,upwards he saw a sight which sent a thrill of pleasure through his,3835
A Study In Scarlet,"heart. On the edge of a jutting pinnacle, three or four hundred feet",3836
A Study In Scarlet,"above him, there stood a creature somewhat resembling a sheep in",3837
A Study In Scarlet,"appearance, but armed with a pair of gigantic horns. The",3838
A Study In Scarlet,"big-horn--for so it is called--was acting, probably, as a guardian",3839
A Study In Scarlet,over a flock which were invisible to the hunter; but fortunately it,3840
A Study In Scarlet,"was heading in the opposite direction, and had not perceived him.",3841
A Study In Scarlet,"Lying on his face, he rested his rifle upon a rock, and took a long",3842
A Study In Scarlet,and steady aim before drawing the trigger. The animal sprang into the,3843
A Study In Scarlet,"air, tottered for a moment upon the edge of the precipice, and then",3844
A Study In Scarlet,came crashing down into the valley beneath.,3845
A Study In Scarlet,,3846
A Study In Scarlet,"The creature was too unwieldy to lift, so the hunter contented",3847
A Study In Scarlet,himself with cutting away one haunch and part of the flank. With this,3848
A Study In Scarlet,"trophy over his shoulder, he hastened to retrace his steps, for the",3849
A Study In Scarlet,"evening was already drawing in. He had hardly started, however,",3850
A Study In Scarlet,before he realized the difficulty which faced him. In his eagerness,3851
A Study In Scarlet,"he had wandered far past the ravines which were known to him, and it",3852
A Study In Scarlet,was no easy matter to pick out the path which he had taken. The,3853
A Study In Scarlet,valley in which he found himself divided and sub-divided into many,3854
A Study In Scarlet,"gorges, which were so like each other that it was impossible to",3855
A Study In Scarlet,distinguish one from the other. He followed one for a mile or more,3856
A Study In Scarlet,until he came to a mountain torrent which he was sure that he had,3857
A Study In Scarlet,"never seen before. Convinced that he had taken the wrong turn, he",3858
A Study In Scarlet,"tried another, but with the same result. Night was coming on rapidly,",3859
A Study In Scarlet,and it was almost dark before he at last found himself in a defile,3860
A Study In Scarlet,which was familiar to him. Even then it was no easy matter to keep to,3861
A Study In Scarlet,"the right track, for the moon had not yet risen, and the high cliffs",3862
A Study In Scarlet,on either side made the obscurity more profound. Weighed down with,3863
A Study In Scarlet,"his burden, and weary from his exertions, he stumbled along, keeping",3864
A Study In Scarlet,up his heart by the reflection that every step brought him nearer to,3865
A Study In Scarlet,"Lucy, and that he carried with him enough to ensure them food for the",3866
A Study In Scarlet,remainder of their journey.,3867
A Study In Scarlet,,3868
A Study In Scarlet,He had now come to the mouth of the very defile in which he had left,3869
A Study In Scarlet,them. Even in the darkness he could recognize the outline of the,3870
A Study In Scarlet,"cliffs which bounded it. They must, he reflected, be awaiting him",3871
A Study In Scarlet,"anxiously, for he had been absent nearly five hours. In the gladness",3872
A Study In Scarlet,of his heart he put his hands to his mouth and made the glen re-echo,3873
A Study In Scarlet,to a loud halloo as a signal that he was coming. He paused and,3874
A Study In Scarlet,"listened for an answer. None came save his own cry, which clattered",3875
A Study In Scarlet,"up the dreary silent ravines, and was borne back to his ears in",3876
A Study In Scarlet,"countless repetitions. Again he shouted, even louder than before, and",3877
A Study In Scarlet,again no whisper came back from the friends whom he had left such a,3878
A Study In Scarlet,"short time ago. A vague, nameless dread came over him, and he hurried",3879
A Study In Scarlet,"onwards frantically, dropping the precious food in his agitation.",3880
A Study In Scarlet,,3881
A Study In Scarlet,"When he turned the corner, he came full in sight of the spot where",3882
A Study In Scarlet,the fire had been lit. There was still a glowing pile of wood ashes,3883
A Study In Scarlet,"there, but it had evidently not been tended since his departure. The",3884
A Study In Scarlet,same dead silence still reigned all round. With his fears all changed,3885
A Study In Scarlet,"to convictions, he hurried on. There was no living creature near the",3886
A Study In Scarlet,"remains of the fire: animals, man, maiden, all were gone. It was only",3887
A Study In Scarlet,too clear that some sudden and terrible disaster had occurred during,3888
A Study In Scarlet,"his absence--a disaster which had embraced them all, and yet had left",3889
A Study In Scarlet,no traces behind it.,3890
A Study In Scarlet,,3891
A Study In Scarlet,"Bewildered and stunned by this blow, Jefferson Hope felt his head",3892
A Study In Scarlet,"spin round, and had to lean upon his rifle to save himself from",3893
A Study In Scarlet,"falling. He was essentially a man of action, however, and speedily",3894
A Study In Scarlet,recovered from his temporary impotence. Seizing a half-consumed piece,3895
A Study In Scarlet,"of wood from the smouldering fire, he blew it into a flame, and",3896
A Study In Scarlet,proceeded with its help to examine the little camp. The ground was,3897
A Study In Scarlet,"all stamped down by the feet of horses, showing that a large party of",3898
A Study In Scarlet,"mounted men had overtaken the fugitives, and the direction of their",3899
A Study In Scarlet,tracks proved that they had afterwards turned back to Salt Lake City.,3900
A Study In Scarlet,Had they carried back both of his companions with them? Jefferson,3901
A Study In Scarlet,"Hope had almost persuaded himself that they must have done so, when",3902
A Study In Scarlet,his eye fell upon an object which made every nerve of his body tingle,3903
A Study In Scarlet,within him. A little way on one side of the camp was a low-lying heap,3904
A Study In Scarlet,"of reddish soil, which had assuredly not been there before. There was",3905
A Study In Scarlet,no mistaking it for anything but a newly-dug grave. As the young,3906
A Study In Scarlet,"hunter approached it, he perceived that a stick had been planted on",3907
A Study In Scarlet,"it, with a sheet of paper stuck in the cleft fork of it. The",3908
A Study In Scarlet,"inscription upon the paper was brief, but to the point:",3909
A Study In Scarlet,,3910
A Study In Scarlet,"JOHN FERRIER,",3911
A Study In Scarlet,"Formerly of Salt Lake City,",3912
A Study In Scarlet,"Died August 4th, 1860.",3913
A Study In Scarlet,,3914
A Study In Scarlet,"The sturdy old man, whom he had left so short a time before, was",3915
A Study In Scarlet,"gone, then, and this was all his epitaph. Jefferson Hope looked",3916
A Study In Scarlet,"wildly round to see if there was a second grave, but there was no",3917
A Study In Scarlet,sign of one. Lucy had been carried back by their terrible pursuers to,3918
A Study In Scarlet,"fulfil her original destiny, by becoming one of the harem of the",3919
A Study In Scarlet,"Elder's son. As the young fellow realized the certainty of her fate,",3920
A Study In Scarlet,"and his own powerlessness to prevent it, he wished that he, too, was",3921
A Study In Scarlet,lying with the old farmer in his last silent resting-place.,3922
A Study In Scarlet,,3923
A Study In Scarlet,"Again, however, his active spirit shook off the lethargy which",3924
A Study In Scarlet,"springs from despair. If there was nothing else left to him, he could",3925
A Study In Scarlet,at least devote his life to revenge. With indomitable patience and,3926
A Study In Scarlet,"perseverance, Jefferson Hope possessed also a power of sustained",3927
A Study In Scarlet,"vindictiveness, which he may have learned from the Indians amongst",3928
A Study In Scarlet,"whom he had lived. As he stood by the desolate fire, he felt that the",3929
A Study In Scarlet,only one thing which could assuage his grief would be thorough and,3930
A Study In Scarlet,"complete retribution, brought by his own hand upon his enemies. His",3931
A Study In Scarlet,"strong will and untiring energy should, he determined, be devoted to",3932
A Study In Scarlet,"that one end. With a grim, white face, he retraced his steps to where",3933
A Study In Scarlet,"he had dropped the food, and having stirred up the smouldering fire,",3934
A Study In Scarlet,he cooked enough to last him for a few days. This he made up into a,3935
A Study In Scarlet,"bundle, and, tired as he was, he set himself to walk back through the",3936
A Study In Scarlet,mountains upon the track of the avenging angels.,3937
A Study In Scarlet,,3938
A Study In Scarlet,For five days he toiled footsore and weary through the defiles which,3939
A Study In Scarlet,he had already traversed on horseback. At night he flung himself down,3940
A Study In Scarlet,"among the rocks, and snatched a few hours of sleep; but before",3941
A Study In Scarlet,"daybreak he was always well on his way. On the sixth day, he reached",3942
A Study In Scarlet,"the Eagle Cañon, from which they had commenced their ill-fated",3943
A Study In Scarlet,flight. Thence he could look down upon the home of the saints. Worn,3944
A Study In Scarlet,"and exhausted, he leaned upon his rifle and shook his gaunt hand",3945
A Study In Scarlet,fiercely at the silent widespread city beneath him. As he looked at,3946
A Study In Scarlet,"it, he observed that there were flags in some of the principal",3947
A Study In Scarlet,"streets, and other signs of festivity. He was still speculating as to",3948
A Study In Scarlet,"what this might mean when he heard the clatter of horse's hoofs, and",3949
A Study In Scarlet,"saw a mounted man riding towards him. As he approached, he recognized",3950
A Study In Scarlet,"him as a Mormon named Cowper, to whom he had rendered services at",3951
A Study In Scarlet,"different times. He therefore accosted him when he got up to him,",3952
A Study In Scarlet,with the object of finding out what Lucy Ferrier's fate had been.,3953
A Study In Scarlet,,3954
A Study In Scarlet,"""I am Jefferson Hope,"" he said. ""You remember me.""",3955
A Study In Scarlet,,3956
A Study In Scarlet,"The Mormon looked at him with undisguised astonishment--indeed, it",3957
A Study In Scarlet,"was difficult to recognize in this tattered, unkempt wanderer, with",3958
A Study In Scarlet,"ghastly white face and fierce, wild eyes, the spruce young hunter of",3959
A Study In Scarlet,"former days. Having, however, at last, satisfied himself as to his",3960
A Study In Scarlet,"identity, the man's surprise changed to consternation.",3961
A Study In Scarlet,,3962
A Study In Scarlet,"""You are mad to come here,"" he cried. ""It is as much as my own life",3963
A Study In Scarlet,is worth to be seen talking with you. There is a warrant against you,3964
A Study In Scarlet,"from the Holy Four for assisting the Ferriers away.""",3965
A Study In Scarlet,,3966
A Study In Scarlet,"""I don't fear them, or their warrant,"" Hope said, earnestly. ""You",3967
A Study In Scarlet,"must know something of this matter, Cowper. I conjure you by",3968
A Study In Scarlet,everything you hold dear to answer a few questions. We have always,3969
A Study In Scarlet,"been friends. For God's sake, don't refuse to answer me.""",3970
A Study In Scarlet,,3971
A Study In Scarlet,"""What is it?"" the Mormon asked uneasily. ""Be quick. The very rocks",3972
A Study In Scarlet,"have ears and the trees eyes.""",3973
A Study In Scarlet,,3974
A Study In Scarlet,"""What has become of Lucy Ferrier?""",3975
A Study In Scarlet,,3976
A Study In Scarlet,"""She was married yesterday to young Drebber. Hold up, man, hold up,",3977
A Study In Scarlet,"you have no life left in you.""",3978
A Study In Scarlet,,3979
A Study In Scarlet,"""Don't mind me,"" said Hope faintly. He was white to the very lips,",3980
A Study In Scarlet,and had sunk down on the stone against which he had been leaning.,3981
A Study In Scarlet,"""Married, you say?""",3982
A Study In Scarlet,,3983
A Study In Scarlet,"""Married yesterday--that's what those flags are for on the Endowment",3984
A Study In Scarlet,House. There was some words between young Drebber and young,3985
A Study In Scarlet,Stangerson as to which was to have her. They'd both been in the party,3986
A Study In Scarlet,"that followed them, and Stangerson had shot her father, which seemed",3987
A Study In Scarlet,"to give him the best claim; but when they argued it out in council,",3988
A Study In Scarlet,"Drebber's party was the stronger, so the Prophet gave her over to",3989
A Study In Scarlet,"him. No one won't have her very long though, for I saw death in her",3990
A Study In Scarlet,"face yesterday. She is more like a ghost than a woman. Are you off,",3991
A Study In Scarlet,"then?""",3992
A Study In Scarlet,,3993
A Study In Scarlet,"""Yes, I am off,"" said Jefferson Hope, who had risen from his seat.",3994
A Study In Scarlet,"His face might have been chiselled out of marble, so hard and set was",3995
A Study In Scarlet,"its expression, while its eyes glowed with a baleful light.",3996
A Study In Scarlet,,3997
A Study In Scarlet,"""Where are you going?""",3998
A Study In Scarlet,,3999
A Study In Scarlet,"""Never mind,"" he answered; and, slinging his weapon over his",4000
A Study In Scarlet,"shoulder, strode off down the gorge and so away into the heart of the",4001
A Study In Scarlet,mountains to the haunts of the wild beasts. Amongst them all there,4002
A Study In Scarlet,was none so fierce and so dangerous as himself.,4003
A Study In Scarlet,,4004
A Study In Scarlet,The prediction of the Mormon was only too well fulfilled. Whether it,4005
A Study In Scarlet,was the terrible death of her father or the effects of the hateful,4006
A Study In Scarlet,"marriage into which she had been forced, poor Lucy never held up her",4007
A Study In Scarlet,"head again, but pined away and died within a month. Her sottish",4008
A Study In Scarlet,"husband, who had married her principally for the sake of John",4009
A Study In Scarlet,"Ferrier's property, did not affect any great grief at his",4010
A Study In Scarlet,"bereavement; but his other wives mourned over her, and sat up with",4011
A Study In Scarlet,"her the night before the burial, as is the Mormon custom. They were",4012
A Study In Scarlet,"grouped round the bier in the early hours of the morning, when, to",4013
A Study In Scarlet,"their inexpressible fear and astonishment, the door was flung open,",4014
A Study In Scarlet,"and a savage-looking, weather-beaten man in tattered garments strode",4015
A Study In Scarlet,"into the room. Without a glance or a word to the cowering women, he",4016
A Study In Scarlet,walked up to the white silent figure which had once contained the,4017
A Study In Scarlet,"pure soul of Lucy Ferrier. Stooping over her, he pressed his lips",4018
A Study In Scarlet,"reverently to her cold forehead, and then, snatching up her hand, he",4019
A Study In Scarlet,"took the wedding-ring from her finger. ""She shall not be buried in",4020
A Study In Scarlet,"that,"" he cried with a fierce snarl, and before an alarm could be",4021
A Study In Scarlet,raised sprang down the stairs and was gone. So strange and so brief,4022
A Study In Scarlet,"was the episode, that the watchers might have found it hard to",4023
A Study In Scarlet,"believe it themselves or persuade other people of it, had it not been",4024
A Study In Scarlet,for the undeniable fact that the circlet of gold which marked her as,4025
A Study In Scarlet,having been a bride had disappeared.,4026
A Study In Scarlet,,4027
A Study In Scarlet,"For some months Jefferson Hope lingered among the mountains, leading",4028
A Study In Scarlet,"a strange wild life, and nursing in his heart the fierce desire for",4029
A Study In Scarlet,vengeance which possessed him. Tales were told in the City of the,4030
A Study In Scarlet,"weird figure which was seen prowling about the suburbs, and which",4031
A Study In Scarlet,haunted the lonely mountain gorges. Once a bullet whistled through,4032
A Study In Scarlet,Stangerson's window and flattened itself upon the wall within a foot,4033
A Study In Scarlet,"of him. On another occasion, as Drebber passed under a cliff a great",4034
A Study In Scarlet,"boulder crashed down on him, and he only escaped a terrible death by",4035
A Study In Scarlet,throwing himself upon his face. The two young Mormons were not long,4036
A Study In Scarlet,"in discovering the reason of these attempts upon their lives, and led",4037
A Study In Scarlet,repeated expeditions into the mountains in the hope of capturing or,4038
A Study In Scarlet,"killing their enemy, but always without success. Then they adopted",4039
A Study In Scarlet,"the precaution of never going out alone or after nightfall, and of",4040
A Study In Scarlet,having their houses guarded. After a time they were able to relax,4041
A Study In Scarlet,"these measures, for nothing was either heard or seen of their",4042
A Study In Scarlet,"opponent, and they hoped that time had cooled his vindictiveness.",4043
A Study In Scarlet,,4044
A Study In Scarlet,"Far from doing so, it had, if anything, augmented it. The hunter's",4045
A Study In Scarlet,"mind was of a hard, unyielding nature, and the predominant idea of",4046
A Study In Scarlet,revenge had taken such complete possession of it that there was no,4047
A Study In Scarlet,"room for any other emotion. He was, however, above all things",4048
A Study In Scarlet,practical. He soon realized that even his iron constitution could not,4049
A Study In Scarlet,stand the incessant strain which he was putting upon it. Exposure and,4050
A Study In Scarlet,want of wholesome food were wearing him out. If he died like a dog,4051
A Study In Scarlet,"among the mountains, what was to become of his revenge then? And yet",4052
A Study In Scarlet,such a death was sure to overtake him if he persisted. He felt that,4053
A Study In Scarlet,"that was to play his enemy's game, so he reluctantly returned to the",4054
A Study In Scarlet,"old Nevada mines, there to recruit his health and to amass money",4055
A Study In Scarlet,enough to allow him to pursue his object without privation.,4056
A Study In Scarlet,,4057
A Study In Scarlet,"His intention had been to be absent a year at the most, but a",4058
A Study In Scarlet,combination of unforeseen circumstances prevented his leaving the,4059
A Study In Scarlet,"mines for nearly five. At the end of that time, however, his memory",4060
A Study In Scarlet,of his wrongs and his craving for revenge were quite as keen as on,4061
A Study In Scarlet,that memorable night when he had stood by John Ferrier's grave.,4062
A Study In Scarlet,"Disguised, and under an assumed name, he returned to Salt Lake City,",4063
A Study In Scarlet,"careless what became of his own life, as long as he obtained what he",4064
A Study In Scarlet,knew to be justice. There he found evil tidings awaiting him. There,4065
A Study In Scarlet,"had been a schism among the Chosen People a few months before, some",4066
A Study In Scarlet,of the younger members of the Church having rebelled against the,4067
A Study In Scarlet,"authority of the Elders, and the result had been the secession of a",4068
A Study In Scarlet,"certain number of the malcontents, who had left Utah and become",4069
A Study In Scarlet,Gentiles. Among these had been Drebber and Stangerson; and no one,4070
A Study In Scarlet,knew whither they had gone. Rumour reported that Drebber had managed,4071
A Study In Scarlet,"to convert a large part of his property into money, and that he had",4072
A Study In Scarlet,"departed a wealthy man, while his companion, Stangerson, was",4073
A Study In Scarlet,"comparatively poor. There was no clue at all, however, as to their",4074
A Study In Scarlet,whereabouts.,4075
A Study In Scarlet,,4076
A Study In Scarlet,"Many a man, however vindictive, would have abandoned all thought of",4077
A Study In Scarlet,"revenge in the face of such a difficulty, but Jefferson Hope never",4078
A Study In Scarlet,"faltered for a moment. With the small competence he possessed, eked",4079
A Study In Scarlet,"out by such employment as he could pick up, he travelled from town to",4080
A Study In Scarlet,town through the United States in quest of his enemies. Year passed,4081
A Study In Scarlet,"into year, his black hair turned grizzled, but still he wandered on,",4082
A Study In Scarlet,"a human bloodhound, with his mind wholly set upon the one object upon",4083
A Study In Scarlet,which he had devoted his life. At last his perseverance was rewarded.,4084
A Study In Scarlet,"It was but a glance of a face in a window, but that one glance told",4085
A Study In Scarlet,him that Cleveland in Ohio possessed the men whom he was in pursuit,4086
A Study In Scarlet,of. He returned to his miserable lodgings with his plan of vengeance,4087
A Study In Scarlet,"all arranged. It chanced, however, that Drebber, looking from his",4088
A Study In Scarlet,"window, had recognized the vagrant in the street, and had read murder",4089
A Study In Scarlet,"in his eyes. He hurried before a justice of the peace, accompanied by",4090
A Study In Scarlet,"Stangerson, who had become his private secretary, and represented to",4091
A Study In Scarlet,him that they were in danger of their lives from the jealousy and,4092
A Study In Scarlet,hatred of an old rival. That evening Jefferson Hope was taken into,4093
A Study In Scarlet,"custody, and not being able to find sureties, was detained for some",4094
A Study In Scarlet,"weeks. When at last he was liberated, it was only to find that",4095
A Study In Scarlet,"Drebber's house was deserted, and that he and his secretary had",4096
A Study In Scarlet,departed for Europe.,4097
A Study In Scarlet,,4098
A Study In Scarlet,"Again the avenger had been foiled, and again his concentrated hatred",4099
A Study In Scarlet,"urged him to continue the pursuit. Funds were wanting, however, and",4100
A Study In Scarlet,"for some time he had to return to work, saving every dollar for his",4101
A Study In Scarlet,"approaching journey. At last, having collected enough to keep life in",4102
A Study In Scarlet,"him, he departed for Europe, and tracked his enemies from city to",4103
A Study In Scarlet,"city, working his way in any menial capacity, but never overtaking",4104
A Study In Scarlet,the fugitives. When he reached St. Petersburg they had departed for,4105
A Study In Scarlet,Paris; and when he followed them there he learned that they had just,4106
A Study In Scarlet,set off for Copenhagen. At the Danish capital he was again a few days,4107
A Study In Scarlet,"late, for they had journeyed on to London, where he at last succeeded",4108
A Study In Scarlet,"in running them to earth. As to what occurred there, we cannot do",4109
A Study In Scarlet,"better than quote the old hunter's own account, as duly recorded in",4110
A Study In Scarlet,"Dr. Watson's Journal, to which we are already under such obligations.",4111
A Study In Scarlet,,4112
A Study In Scarlet,CHAPTER VI,4113
A Study In Scarlet,"A Continuation Of The Reminiscences Of John Watson, M.D.",4114
A Study In Scarlet,,4115
A Study In Scarlet,Our prisoner's furious resistance did not apparently indicate any,4116
A Study In Scarlet,"ferocity in his disposition towards ourselves, for on finding himself",4117
A Study In Scarlet,"powerless, he smiled in an affable manner, and expressed his hopes",4118
A Study In Scarlet,"that he had not hurt any of us in the scuffle. ""I guess you're going",4119
A Study In Scarlet,"to take me to the police-station,"" he remarked to Sherlock Holmes.",4120
A Study In Scarlet,"""My cab's at the door. If you'll loose my legs I'll walk down to it.",4121
A Study In Scarlet,"I'm not so light to lift as I used to be.""",4122
A Study In Scarlet,,4123
A Study In Scarlet,Gregson and Lestrade exchanged glances as if they thought this,4124
A Study In Scarlet,proposition rather a bold one; but Holmes at once took the prisoner,4125
A Study In Scarlet,"at his word, and loosened the towel which we had bound round his",4126
A Study In Scarlet,"ankles. He rose and stretched his legs, as though to assure himself",4127
A Study In Scarlet,"that they were free once more. I remember that I thought to myself,",4128
A Study In Scarlet,"as I eyed him, that I had seldom seen a more powerfully built man;",4129
A Study In Scarlet,and his dark sunburned face bore an expression of determination and,4130
A Study In Scarlet,energy which was as formidable as his personal strength.,4131
A Study In Scarlet,,4132
A Study In Scarlet,"""If there's a vacant place for a chief of the police, I reckon you",4133
A Study In Scarlet,"are the man for it,"" he said, gazing with undisguised admiration at",4134
A Study In Scarlet,"my fellow-lodger. ""The way you kept on my trail was a caution.""",4135
A Study In Scarlet,,4136
A Study In Scarlet,"""You had better come with me,"" said Holmes to the two detectives.",4137
A Study In Scarlet,,4138
A Study In Scarlet,"""I can drive you,"" said Lestrade.",4139
A Study In Scarlet,,4140
A Study In Scarlet,"""Good! and Gregson can come inside with me. You too, Doctor, you have",4141
A Study In Scarlet,"taken an interest in the case and may as well stick to us.""",4142
A Study In Scarlet,,4143
A Study In Scarlet,"I assented gladly, and we all descended together. Our prisoner made",4144
A Study In Scarlet,"no attempt at escape, but stepped calmly into the cab which had been",4145
A Study In Scarlet,"his, and we followed him. Lestrade mounted the box, whipped up the",4146
A Study In Scarlet,"horse, and brought us in a very short time to our destination. We",4147
A Study In Scarlet,were ushered into a small chamber where a police Inspector noted down,4148
A Study In Scarlet,our prisoner's name and the names of the men with whose murder he had,4149
A Study In Scarlet,"been charged. The official was a white-faced unemotional man, who",4150
A Study In Scarlet,"went through his duties in a dull mechanical way. ""The prisoner will",4151
A Study In Scarlet,"be put before the magistrates in the course of the week,"" he said;",4152
A Study In Scarlet,"""in the mean time, Mr. Jefferson Hope, have you anything that you",4153
A Study In Scarlet,"wish to say? I must warn you that your words will be taken down, and",4154
A Study In Scarlet,"may be used against you.""",4155
A Study In Scarlet,,4156
A Study In Scarlet,"""I've got a good deal to say,"" our prisoner said slowly. ""I want to",4157
A Study In Scarlet,"tell you gentlemen all about it.""",4158
A Study In Scarlet,,4159
A Study In Scarlet,"""Hadn't you better reserve that for your trial?"" asked the Inspector.",4160
A Study In Scarlet,,4161
A Study In Scarlet,"""I may never be tried,"" he answered. ""You needn't look startled. It",4162
A Study In Scarlet,"isn't suicide I am thinking of. Are you a Doctor?"" He turned his",4163
A Study In Scarlet,fierce dark eyes upon me as he asked this last question.,4164
A Study In Scarlet,,4165
A Study In Scarlet,"""Yes; I am,"" I answered.",4166
A Study In Scarlet,,4167
A Study In Scarlet,"""Then put your hand here,"" he said, with a smile, motioning with his",4168
A Study In Scarlet,manacled wrists towards his chest.,4169
A Study In Scarlet,,4170
A Study In Scarlet,I did so; and became at once conscious of an extraordinary throbbing,4171
A Study In Scarlet,and commotion which was going on inside. The walls of his chest,4172
A Study In Scarlet,seemed to thrill and quiver as a frail building would do inside when,4173
A Study In Scarlet,some powerful engine was at work. In the silence of the room I could,4174
A Study In Scarlet,hear a dull humming and buzzing noise which proceeded from the same,4175
A Study In Scarlet,source.,4176
A Study In Scarlet,,4177
A Study In Scarlet,"""Why,"" I cried, ""you have an aortic aneurism!""",4178
A Study In Scarlet,,4179
A Study In Scarlet,"""That's what they call it,"" he said, placidly. ""I went to a Doctor",4180
A Study In Scarlet,"last week about it, and he told me that it is bound to burst before",4181
A Study In Scarlet,many days passed. It has been getting worse for years. I got it from,4182
A Study In Scarlet,over-exposure and under-feeding among the Salt Lake Mountains. I've,4183
A Study In Scarlet,"done my work now, and I don't care how soon I go, but I should like",4184
A Study In Scarlet,to leave some account of the business behind me. I don't want to be,4185
A Study In Scarlet,"remembered as a common cut-throat.""",4186
A Study In Scarlet,,4187
A Study In Scarlet,The Inspector and the two detectives had a hurried discussion as to,4188
A Study In Scarlet,the advisability of allowing him to tell his story.,4189
A Study In Scarlet,,4190
A Study In Scarlet,"""Do you consider, Doctor, that there is immediate danger?"" the former",4191
A Study In Scarlet,asked.,4192
A Study In Scarlet,,4193
A Study In Scarlet,"""Most certainly there is,"" I answered.",4194
A Study In Scarlet,,4195
A Study In Scarlet,"""In that case it is clearly our duty, in the interests of justice, to",4196
A Study In Scarlet,"take his statement,"" said the Inspector. ""You are at liberty, sir, to",4197
A Study In Scarlet,"give your account, which I again warn you will be taken down.""",4198
A Study In Scarlet,,4199
A Study In Scarlet,"""I'll sit down, with your leave,"" the prisoner said, suiting the",4200
A Study In Scarlet,"action to the word. ""This aneurism of mine makes me easily tired, and",4201
A Study In Scarlet,the tussle we had half an hour ago has not mended matters. I'm on the,4202
A Study In Scarlet,"brink of the grave, and I am not likely to lie to you. Every word I",4203
A Study In Scarlet,"say is the absolute truth, and how you use it is a matter of no",4204
A Study In Scarlet,"consequence to me.""",4205
A Study In Scarlet,,4206
A Study In Scarlet,"With these words, Jefferson Hope leaned back in his chair and began",4207
A Study In Scarlet,the following remarkable statement. He spoke in a calm and methodical,4208
A Study In Scarlet,"manner, as though the events which he narrated were commonplace",4209
A Study In Scarlet,"enough. I can vouch for the accuracy of the subjoined account, for I",4210
A Study In Scarlet,"have had access to Lestrade's note-book, in which the prisoner's",4211
A Study In Scarlet,words were taken down exactly as they were uttered.,4212
A Study In Scarlet,,4213
A Study In Scarlet,"""It don't much matter to you why I hated these men,"" he said; ""it's",4214
A Study In Scarlet,enough that they were guilty of the death of two human beings--a,4215
A Study In Scarlet,"father and a daughter--and that they had, therefore, forfeited their",4216
A Study In Scarlet,"own lives. After the lapse of time that has passed since their crime,",4217
A Study In Scarlet,it was impossible for me to secure a conviction against them in any,4218
A Study In Scarlet,"court. I knew of their guilt though, and I determined that I should",4219
A Study In Scarlet,"be judge, jury, and executioner all rolled into one. You'd have done",4220
A Study In Scarlet,"the same, if you have any manhood in you, if you had been in my",4221
A Study In Scarlet,place.,4222
A Study In Scarlet,,4223
A Study In Scarlet,"""That girl that I spoke of was to have married me twenty years ago.",4224
A Study In Scarlet,"She was forced into marrying that same Drebber, and broke her heart",4225
A Study In Scarlet,"over it. I took the marriage ring from her dead finger, and I vowed",4226
A Study In Scarlet,"that his dying eyes should rest upon that very ring, and that his",4227
A Study In Scarlet,last thoughts should be of the crime for which he was punished. I,4228
A Study In Scarlet,"have carried it about with me, and have followed him and his",4229
A Study In Scarlet,accomplice over two continents until I caught them. They thought to,4230
A Study In Scarlet,"tire me out, but they could not do it. If I die to-morrow, as is",4231
A Study In Scarlet,"likely enough, I die knowing that my work in this world is done, and",4232
A Study In Scarlet,"well done. They have perished, and by my hand. There is nothing left",4233
A Study In Scarlet,"for me to hope for, or to desire.",4234
A Study In Scarlet,,4235
A Study In Scarlet,"""They were rich and I was poor, so that it was no easy matter for me",4236
A Study In Scarlet,"to follow them. When I got to London my pocket was about empty, and I",4237
A Study In Scarlet,found that I must turn my hand to something for my living. Driving,4238
A Study In Scarlet,"and riding are as natural to me as walking, so I applied at a",4239
A Study In Scarlet,"cabowner's office, and soon got employment. I was to bring a certain",4240
A Study In Scarlet,"sum a week to the owner, and whatever was over that I might keep for",4241
A Study In Scarlet,"myself. There was seldom much over, but I managed to scrape along",4242
A Study In Scarlet,"somehow. The hardest job was to learn my way about, for I reckon that",4243
A Study In Scarlet,"of all the mazes that ever were contrived, this city is the most",4244
A Study In Scarlet,"confusing. I had a map beside me though, and when once I had spotted",4245
A Study In Scarlet,"the principal hotels and stations, I got on pretty well.",4246
A Study In Scarlet,,4247
A Study In Scarlet,"""It was some time before I found out where my two gentlemen were",4248
A Study In Scarlet,living; but I inquired and inquired until at last I dropped across,4249
A Study In Scarlet,"them. They were at a boarding-house at Camberwell, over on the other",4250
A Study In Scarlet,side of the river. When once I found them out I knew that I had them,4251
A Study In Scarlet,"at my mercy. I had grown my beard, and there was no chance of their",4252
A Study In Scarlet,recognizing me. I would dog them and follow them until I saw my,4253
A Study In Scarlet,opportunity. I was determined that they should not escape me again.,4254
A Study In Scarlet,,4255
A Study In Scarlet,"""They were very near doing it for all that. Go where they would about",4256
A Study In Scarlet,"London, I was always at their heels. Sometimes I followed them on my",4257
A Study In Scarlet,"cab, and sometimes on foot, but the former was the best, for then",4258
A Study In Scarlet,they could not get away from me. It was only early in the morning or,4259
A Study In Scarlet,"late at night that I could earn anything, so that I began to get",4260
A Study In Scarlet,"behind hand with my employer. I did not mind that, however, as long",4261
A Study In Scarlet,as I could lay my hand upon the men I wanted.,4262
A Study In Scarlet,,4263
A Study In Scarlet,"""They were very cunning, though. They must have thought that there",4264
A Study In Scarlet,"was some chance of their being followed, for they would never go out",4265
A Study In Scarlet,"alone, and never after nightfall. During two weeks I drove behind",4266
A Study In Scarlet,"them every day, and never once saw them separate. Drebber himself was",4267
A Study In Scarlet,"drunk half the time, but Stangerson was not to be caught napping. I",4268
A Study In Scarlet,"watched them late and early, but never saw the ghost of a chance; but",4269
A Study In Scarlet,"I was not discouraged, for something told me that the hour had almost",4270
A Study In Scarlet,come. My only fear was that this thing in my chest might burst a,4271
A Study In Scarlet,little too soon and leave my work undone.,4272
A Study In Scarlet,,4273
A Study In Scarlet,"""At last, one evening I was driving up and down Torquay Terrace, as",4274
A Study In Scarlet,"the street was called in which they boarded, when I saw a cab drive",4275
A Study In Scarlet,"up to their door. Presently some luggage was brought out, and after a",4276
A Study In Scarlet,"time Drebber and Stangerson followed it, and drove off. I whipped up",4277
A Study In Scarlet,"my horse and kept within sight of them, feeling very ill at ease, for",4278
A Study In Scarlet,I feared that they were going to shift their quarters. At Euston,4279
A Study In Scarlet,"Station they got out, and I left a boy to hold my horse, and followed",4280
A Study In Scarlet,"them on to the platform. I heard them ask for the Liverpool train,",4281
A Study In Scarlet,and the guard answer that one had just gone and there would not be,4282
A Study In Scarlet,"another for some hours. Stangerson seemed to be put out at that, but",4283
A Study In Scarlet,Drebber was rather pleased than otherwise. I got so close to them in,4284
A Study In Scarlet,the bustle that I could hear every word that passed between them.,4285
A Study In Scarlet,"Drebber said that he had a little business of his own to do, and that",4286
A Study In Scarlet,if the other would wait for him he would soon rejoin him. His,4287
A Study In Scarlet,"companion remonstrated with him, and reminded him that they had",4288
A Study In Scarlet,resolved to stick together. Drebber answered that the matter was a,4289
A Study In Scarlet,"delicate one, and that he must go alone. I could not catch what",4290
A Study In Scarlet,"Stangerson said to that, but the other burst out swearing, and",4291
A Study In Scarlet,"reminded him that he was nothing more than his paid servant, and that",4292
A Study In Scarlet,he must not presume to dictate to him. On that the Secretary gave it,4293
A Study In Scarlet,"up as a bad job, and simply bargained with him that if he missed the",4294
A Study In Scarlet,last train he should rejoin him at Halliday's Private Hotel; to which,4295
A Study In Scarlet,"Drebber answered that he would be back on the platform before eleven,",4296
A Study In Scarlet,and made his way out of the station.,4297
A Study In Scarlet,,4298
A Study In Scarlet,"""The moment for which I had waited so long had at last come. I had my",4299
A Study In Scarlet,"enemies within my power. Together they could protect each other, but",4300
A Study In Scarlet,"singly they were at my mercy. I did not act, however, with undue",4301
A Study In Scarlet,precipitation. My plans were already formed. There is no satisfaction,4302
A Study In Scarlet,in vengeance unless the offender has time to realize who it is that,4303
A Study In Scarlet,"strikes him, and why retribution has come upon him. I had my plans",4304
A Study In Scarlet,arranged by which I should have the opportunity of making the man who,4305
A Study In Scarlet,had wronged me understand that his old sin had found him out. It,4306
A Study In Scarlet,chanced that some days before a gentleman who had been engaged in,4307
A Study In Scarlet,looking over some houses in the Brixton Road had dropped the key of,4308
A Study In Scarlet,"one of them in my carriage. It was claimed that same evening, and",4309
A Study In Scarlet,"returned; but in the interval I had taken a moulding of it, and had a",4310
A Study In Scarlet,duplicate constructed. By means of this I had access to at least one,4311
A Study In Scarlet,spot in this great city where I could rely upon being free from,4312
A Study In Scarlet,interruption. How to get Drebber to that house was the difficult,4313
A Study In Scarlet,problem which I had now to solve.,4314
A Study In Scarlet,,4315
A Study In Scarlet,"""He walked down the road and went into one or two liquor shops,",4316
A Study In Scarlet,staying for nearly half-an-hour in the last of them. When he came out,4317
A Study In Scarlet,"he staggered in his walk, and was evidently pretty well on. There was",4318
A Study In Scarlet,"a hansom just in front of me, and he hailed it. I followed it so",4319
A Study In Scarlet,close that the nose of my horse was within a yard of his driver the,4320
A Study In Scarlet,whole way. We rattled across Waterloo Bridge and through miles of,4321
A Study In Scarlet,"streets, until, to my astonishment, we found ourselves back in the",4322
A Study In Scarlet,Terrace in which he had boarded. I could not imagine what his,4323
A Study In Scarlet,intention was in returning there; but I went on and pulled up my cab,4324
A Study In Scarlet,"a hundred yards or so from the house. He entered it, and his hansom",4325
A Study In Scarlet,"drove away. Give me a glass of water, if you please. My mouth gets",4326
A Study In Scarlet,"dry with the talking.""",4327
A Study In Scarlet,,4328
A Study In Scarlet,"I handed him the glass, and he drank it down.",4329
A Study In Scarlet,,4330
A Study In Scarlet,"""That's better,"" he said. ""Well, I waited for a quarter of an hour,",4331
A Study In Scarlet,"or more, when suddenly there came a noise like people struggling",4332
A Study In Scarlet,inside the house. Next moment the door was flung open and two men,4333
A Study In Scarlet,"appeared, one of whom was Drebber, and the other was a young chap",4334
A Study In Scarlet,"whom I had never seen before. This fellow had Drebber by the collar,",4335
A Study In Scarlet,and when they came to the head of the steps he gave him a shove and a,4336
A Study In Scarlet,"kick which sent him half across the road. 'You hound,' he cried,",4337
A Study In Scarlet,shaking his stick at him; 'I'll teach you to insult an honest girl!',4338
A Study In Scarlet,He was so hot that I think he would have thrashed Drebber with his,4339
A Study In Scarlet,"cudgel, only that the cur staggered away down the road as fast as his",4340
A Study In Scarlet,"legs would carry him. He ran as far as the corner, and then, seeing",4341
A Study In Scarlet,"my cab, he hailed me and jumped in. 'Drive me to Halliday's Private",4342
A Study In Scarlet,"Hotel,' said he.",4343
A Study In Scarlet,,4344
A Study In Scarlet,"""When I had him fairly inside my cab, my heart jumped so with joy",4345
A Study In Scarlet,that I feared lest at this last moment my aneurism might go wrong. I,4346
A Study In Scarlet,"drove along slowly, weighing in my own mind what it was best to do. I",4347
A Study In Scarlet,"might take him right out into the country, and there in some deserted",4348
A Study In Scarlet,"lane have my last interview with him. I had almost decided upon this,",4349
A Study In Scarlet,when he solved the problem for me. The craze for drink had seized him,4350
A Study In Scarlet,"again, and he ordered me to pull up outside a gin palace. He went in,",4351
A Study In Scarlet,leaving word that I should wait for him. There he remained until,4352
A Study In Scarlet,"closing time, and when he came out he was so far gone that I knew the",4353
A Study In Scarlet,game was in my own hands.,4354
A Study In Scarlet,,4355
A Study In Scarlet,"""Don't imagine that I intended to kill him in cold blood. It would",4356
A Study In Scarlet,"only have been rigid justice if I had done so, but I could not bring",4357
A Study In Scarlet,myself to do it. I had long determined that he should have a show for,4358
A Study In Scarlet,his life if he chose to take advantage of it. Among the many billets,4359
A Study In Scarlet,"which I have filled in America during my wandering life, I was once",4360
A Study In Scarlet,janitor and sweeper out of the laboratory at York College. One day,4361
A Study In Scarlet,"the professor was lecturing on poisons, and he showed his students",4362
A Study In Scarlet,"some alkaloid, as he called it, which he had extracted from some",4363
A Study In Scarlet,"South American arrow poison, and which was so powerful that the least",4364
A Study In Scarlet,grain meant instant death. I spotted the bottle in which this,4365
A Study In Scarlet,"preparation was kept, and when they were all gone, I helped myself to",4366
A Study In Scarlet,"a little of it. I was a fairly good dispenser, so I worked this",4367
A Study In Scarlet,"alkaloid into small, soluble pills, and each pill I put in a box with",4368
A Study In Scarlet,a similar pill made without the poison. I determined at the time that,4369
A Study In Scarlet,"when I had my chance, my gentlemen should each have a draw out of one",4370
A Study In Scarlet,"of these boxes, while I ate the pill that remained. It would be quite",4371
A Study In Scarlet,"as deadly, and a good deal less noisy than firing across a",4372
A Study In Scarlet,"handkerchief. From that day I had always my pill boxes about with me,",4373
A Study In Scarlet,and the time had now come when I was to use them.,4374
A Study In Scarlet,,4375
A Study In Scarlet,"""It was nearer one than twelve, and a wild, bleak night, blowing hard",4376
A Study In Scarlet,"and raining in torrents. Dismal as it was outside, I was glad",4377
A Study In Scarlet,within--so glad that I could have shouted out from pure exultation.,4378
A Study In Scarlet,"If any of you gentlemen have ever pined for a thing, and longed for",4379
A Study In Scarlet,"it during twenty long years, and then suddenly found it within your",4380
A Study In Scarlet,"reach, you would understand my feelings. I lit a cigar, and puffed at",4381
A Study In Scarlet,"it to steady my nerves, but my hands were trembling, and my temples",4382
A Study In Scarlet,"throbbing with excitement. As I drove, I could see old John Ferrier",4383
A Study In Scarlet,"and sweet Lucy looking at me out of the darkness and smiling at me,",4384
A Study In Scarlet,just as plain as I see you all in this room. All the way they were,4385
A Study In Scarlet,"ahead of me, one on each side of the horse until I pulled up at the",4386
A Study In Scarlet,house in the Brixton Road.,4387
A Study In Scarlet,,4388
A Study In Scarlet,"""There was not a soul to be seen, nor a sound to be heard, except the",4389
A Study In Scarlet,"dripping of the rain. When I looked in at the window, I found Drebber",4390
A Study In Scarlet,"all huddled together in a drunken sleep. I shook him by the arm,",4391
A Study In Scarlet,"'It's time to get out,' I said.",4392
A Study In Scarlet,,4393
A Study In Scarlet,"""'All right, cabby,' said he.",4394
A Study In Scarlet,,4395
A Study In Scarlet,"""I suppose he thought we had come to the hotel that he had mentioned,",4396
A Study In Scarlet,"for he got out without another word, and followed me down the garden.",4397
A Study In Scarlet,"I had to walk beside him to keep him steady, for he was still a",4398
A Study In Scarlet,"little top-heavy. When we came to the door, I opened it, and led him",4399
A Study In Scarlet,"into the front room. I give you my word that all the way, the father",4400
A Study In Scarlet,and the daughter were walking in front of us.,4401
A Study In Scarlet,,4402
A Study In Scarlet,"""'It's infernally dark,' said he, stamping about.",4403
A Study In Scarlet,,4404
A Study In Scarlet,"""'We'll soon have a light,' I said, striking a match and putting it",4405
A Study In Scarlet,"to a wax candle which I had brought with me. 'Now, Enoch Drebber,' I",4406
A Study In Scarlet,"continued, turning to him, and holding the light to my own face, 'who",4407
A Study In Scarlet,am I?',4408
A Study In Scarlet,,4409
A Study In Scarlet,"""He gazed at me with bleared, drunken eyes for a moment, and then I",4410
A Study In Scarlet,"saw a horror spring up in them, and convulse his whole features,",4411
A Study In Scarlet,"which showed me that he knew me. He staggered back with a livid face,",4412
A Study In Scarlet,"and I saw the perspiration break out upon his brow, while his teeth",4413
A Study In Scarlet,"chattered in his head. At the sight, I leaned my back against the",4414
A Study In Scarlet,door and laughed loud and long. I had always known that vengeance,4415
A Study In Scarlet,"would be sweet, but I had never hoped for the contentment of soul",4416
A Study In Scarlet,which now possessed me.,4417
A Study In Scarlet,,4418
A Study In Scarlet,"""'You dog!' I said; 'I have hunted you from Salt Lake City to St.",4419
A Study In Scarlet,"Petersburg, and you have always escaped me. Now, at last your",4420
A Study In Scarlet,"wanderings have come to an end, for either you or I shall never see",4421
A Study In Scarlet,"to-morrow's sun rise.' He shrunk still further away as I spoke, and I",4422
A Study In Scarlet,could see on his face that he thought I was mad. So I was for the,4423
A Study In Scarlet,"time. The pulses in my temples beat like sledge-hammers, and I",4424
A Study In Scarlet,believe I would have had a fit of some sort if the blood had not,4425
A Study In Scarlet,gushed from my nose and relieved me.,4426
A Study In Scarlet,,4427
A Study In Scarlet,"""'What do you think of Lucy Ferrier now?' I cried, locking the door,",4428
A Study In Scarlet,"and shaking the key in his face. 'Punishment has been slow in coming,",4429
A Study In Scarlet,but it has overtaken you at last.' I saw his coward lips tremble as I,4430
A Study In Scarlet,"spoke. He would have begged for his life, but he knew well that it",4431
A Study In Scarlet,was useless.,4432
A Study In Scarlet,,4433
A Study In Scarlet,"""'Would you murder me?' he stammered.",4434
A Study In Scarlet,,4435
A Study In Scarlet,"""'There is no murder,' I answered. 'Who talks of murdering a mad dog?",4436
A Study In Scarlet,"What mercy had you upon my poor darling, when you dragged her from",4437
A Study In Scarlet,"her slaughtered father, and bore her away to your accursed and",4438
A Study In Scarlet,shameless harem.',4439
A Study In Scarlet,,4440
A Study In Scarlet,"""'It was not I who killed her father,' he cried.",4441
A Study In Scarlet,,4442
A Study In Scarlet,"""'But it was you who broke her innocent heart,' I shrieked, thrusting",4443
A Study In Scarlet,the box before him. 'Let the high God judge between us. Choose and,4444
A Study In Scarlet,eat. There is death in one and life in the other. I shall take what,4445
A Study In Scarlet,"you leave. Let us see if there is justice upon the earth, or if we",4446
A Study In Scarlet,are ruled by chance.',4447
A Study In Scarlet,,4448
A Study In Scarlet,"""He cowered away with wild cries and prayers for mercy, but I drew my",4449
A Study In Scarlet,knife and held it to his throat until he had obeyed me. Then I,4450
A Study In Scarlet,"swallowed the other, and we stood facing one another in silence for a",4451
A Study In Scarlet,"minute or more, waiting to see which was to live and which was to",4452
A Study In Scarlet,die. Shall I ever forget the look which came over his face when the,4453
A Study In Scarlet,first warning pangs told him that the poison was in his system? I,4454
A Study In Scarlet,"laughed as I saw it, and held Lucy's marriage ring in front of his",4455
A Study In Scarlet,"eyes. It was but for a moment, for the action of the alkaloid is",4456
A Study In Scarlet,rapid. A spasm of pain contorted his features; he threw his hands out,4457
A Study In Scarlet,"in front of him, staggered, and then, with a hoarse cry, fell heavily",4458
A Study In Scarlet,"upon the floor. I turned him over with my foot, and placed my hand",4459
A Study In Scarlet,upon his heart. There was no movement. He was dead!,4460
A Study In Scarlet,,4461
A Study In Scarlet,"""The blood had been streaming from my nose, but I had taken no notice",4462
A Study In Scarlet,of it. I don't know what it was that put it into my head to write,4463
A Study In Scarlet,upon the wall with it. Perhaps it was some mischievous idea of,4464
A Study In Scarlet,"setting the police upon a wrong track, for I felt light-hearted and",4465
A Study In Scarlet,cheerful. I remembered a German being found in New York with RACHE,4466
A Study In Scarlet,"written up above him, and it was argued at the time in the newspapers",4467
A Study In Scarlet,that the secret societies must have done it. I guessed that what,4468
A Study In Scarlet,"puzzled the New Yorkers would puzzle the Londoners, so I dipped my",4469
A Study In Scarlet,finger in my own blood and printed it on a convenient place on the,4470
A Study In Scarlet,wall. Then I walked down to my cab and found that there was nobody,4471
A Study In Scarlet,"about, and that the night was still very wild. I had driven some",4472
A Study In Scarlet,distance when I put my hand into the pocket in which I usually kept,4473
A Study In Scarlet,"Lucy's ring, and found that it was not there. I was thunderstruck at",4474
A Study In Scarlet,"this, for it was the only memento that I had of her. Thinking that I",4475
A Study In Scarlet,"might have dropped it when I stooped over Drebber's body, I drove",4476
A Study In Scarlet,"back, and leaving my cab in a side street, I went boldly up to the",4477
A Study In Scarlet,house--for I was ready to dare anything rather than lose the ring.,4478
A Study In Scarlet,"When I arrived there, I walked right into the arms of a",4479
A Study In Scarlet,"police-officer who was coming out, and only managed to disarm his",4480
A Study In Scarlet,suspicions by pretending to be hopelessly drunk.,4481
A Study In Scarlet,,4482
A Study In Scarlet,"""That was how Enoch Drebber came to his end. All I had to do then was",4483
A Study In Scarlet,"to do as much for Stangerson, and so pay off John Ferrier's debt. I",4484
A Study In Scarlet,"knew that he was staying at Halliday's Private Hotel, and I hung",4485
A Study In Scarlet,"about all day, but he never came out. I fancy that he suspected",4486
A Study In Scarlet,something when Drebber failed to put in an appearance. He was,4487
A Study In Scarlet,"cunning, was Stangerson, and always on his guard. If he thought he",4488
A Study In Scarlet,could keep me off by staying indoors he was very much mistaken. I,4489
A Study In Scarlet,"soon found out which was the window of his bedroom, and early next",4490
A Study In Scarlet,morning I took advantage of some ladders which were lying in the lane,4491
A Study In Scarlet,"behind the hotel, and so made my way into his room in the grey of the",4492
A Study In Scarlet,dawn. I woke him up and told him that the hour had come when he was,4493
A Study In Scarlet,to answer for the life he had taken so long before. I described,4494
A Study In Scarlet,"Drebber's death to him, and I gave him the same choice of the",4495
A Study In Scarlet,poisoned pills. Instead of grasping at the chance of safety which,4496
A Study In Scarlet,"that offered him, he sprang from his bed and flew at my throat. In",4497
A Study In Scarlet,self-defence I stabbed him to the heart. It would have been the same,4498
A Study In Scarlet,"in any case, for Providence would never have allowed his guilty hand",4499
A Study In Scarlet,to pick out anything but the poison.,4500
A Study In Scarlet,,4501
A Study In Scarlet,"""I have little more to say, and it's as well, for I am about done up.",4502
A Study In Scarlet,"I went on cabbing it for a day or so, intending to keep at it until I",4503
A Study In Scarlet,could save enough to take me back to America. I was standing in the,4504
A Study In Scarlet,yard when a ragged youngster asked if there was a cabby there called,4505
A Study In Scarlet,"Jefferson Hope, and said that his cab was wanted by a gentleman at",4506
A Study In Scarlet,"221b, Baker Street. I went round, suspecting no harm, and the next",4507
A Study In Scarlet,"thing I knew, this young man here had the bracelets on my wrists, and",4508
A Study In Scarlet,as neatly snackled as ever I saw in my life. That's the whole of my,4509
A Study In Scarlet,"story, gentlemen. You may consider me to be a murderer; but I hold",4510
A Study In Scarlet,"that I am just as much an officer of justice as you are.""",4511
A Study In Scarlet,,4512
A Study In Scarlet,"So thrilling had the man's narrative been, and his manner was so",4513
A Study In Scarlet,impressive that we had sat silent and absorbed. Even the professional,4514
A Study In Scarlet,"detectives, blase as they were in every detail of crime, appeared to",4515
A Study In Scarlet,be keenly interested in the man's story. When he finished we sat for,4516
A Study In Scarlet,some minutes in a stillness which was only broken by the scratching,4517
A Study In Scarlet,of Lestrade's pencil as he gave the finishing touches to his,4518
A Study In Scarlet,shorthand account.,4519
A Study In Scarlet,,4520
A Study In Scarlet,"""There is only one point on which I should like a little more",4521
A Study In Scarlet,"information,"" Sherlock Holmes said at last. ""Who was your accomplice",4522
A Study In Scarlet,"who came for the ring which I advertised?""",4523
A Study In Scarlet,,4524
A Study In Scarlet,"The prisoner winked at my friend jocosely. ""I can tell my own",4525
A Study In Scarlet,"secrets,"" he said, ""but I don't get other people into trouble. I saw",4526
A Study In Scarlet,"your advertisement, and I thought it might be a plant, or it might be",4527
A Study In Scarlet,the ring which I wanted. My friend volunteered to go and see. I think,4528
A Study In Scarlet,"you'll own he did it smartly.""",4529
A Study In Scarlet,,4530
A Study In Scarlet,"""Not a doubt of that,"" said Holmes heartily.",4531
A Study In Scarlet,,4532
A Study In Scarlet,"""Now, gentlemen,"" the Inspector remarked gravely, ""the forms of the",4533
A Study In Scarlet,law must be complied with. On Thursday the prisoner will be brought,4534
A Study In Scarlet,"before the magistrates, and your attendance will be required. Until",4535
A Study In Scarlet,"then I will be responsible for him."" He rang the bell as he spoke,",4536
A Study In Scarlet,"and Jefferson Hope was led off by a couple of warders, while my",4537
A Study In Scarlet,friend and I made our way out of the Station and took a cab back to,4538
A Study In Scarlet,Baker Street.,4539
A Study In Scarlet,,4540
A Study In Scarlet,CHAPTER VII,4541
A Study In Scarlet,The Conclusion,4542
A Study In Scarlet,,4543
A Study In Scarlet,We had all been warned to appear before the magistrates upon the,4544
A Study In Scarlet,Thursday; but when the Thursday came there was no occasion for our,4545
A Study In Scarlet,"testimony. A higher Judge had taken the matter in hand, and Jefferson",4546
A Study In Scarlet,Hope had been summoned before a tribunal where strict justice would,4547
A Study In Scarlet,be meted out to him. On the very night after his capture the aneurism,4548
A Study In Scarlet,"burst, and he was found in the morning stretched upon the floor of",4549
A Study In Scarlet,"the cell, with a placid smile upon his face, as though he had been",4550
A Study In Scarlet,"able in his dying moments to look back upon a useful life, and on",4551
A Study In Scarlet,work well done.,4552
A Study In Scarlet,,4553
A Study In Scarlet,"""Gregson and Lestrade will be wild about his death,"" Holmes remarked,",4554
A Study In Scarlet,"as we chatted it over next evening. ""Where will their grand",4555
A Study In Scarlet,"advertisement be now?""",4556
A Study In Scarlet,,4557
A Study In Scarlet,"""I don't see that they had very much to do with his capture,"" I",4558
A Study In Scarlet,answered.,4559
A Study In Scarlet,,4560
A Study In Scarlet,"""What you do in this world is a matter of no consequence,"" returned",4561
A Study In Scarlet,"my companion, bitterly. ""The question is, what can you make people",4562
A Study In Scarlet,"believe that you have done. Never mind,"" he continued, more brightly,",4563
A Study In Scarlet,"after a pause. ""I would not have missed the investigation for",4564
A Study In Scarlet,anything. There has been no better case within my recollection.,4565
A Study In Scarlet,"Simple as it was, there were several most instructive points about",4566
A Study In Scarlet,"it.""",4567
A Study In Scarlet,,4568
A Study In Scarlet,"""Simple!"" I ejaculated.",4569
A Study In Scarlet,,4570
A Study In Scarlet,"""Well, really, it can hardly be described as otherwise,"" said",4571
A Study In Scarlet,"Sherlock Holmes, smiling at my surprise. ""The proof of its intrinsic",4572
A Study In Scarlet,"simplicity is, that without any help save a few very ordinary",4573
A Study In Scarlet,deductions I was able to lay my hand upon the criminal within three,4574
A Study In Scarlet,"days.""",4575
A Study In Scarlet,,4576
A Study In Scarlet,"""That is true,"" said I.",4577
A Study In Scarlet,,4578
A Study In Scarlet,"""I have already explained to you that what is out of the common is",4579
A Study In Scarlet,usually a guide rather than a hindrance. In solving a problem of this,4580
A Study In Scarlet,"sort, the grand thing is to be able to reason backwards. That is a",4581
A Study In Scarlet,"very useful accomplishment, and a very easy one, but people do not",4582
A Study In Scarlet,practise it much. In the every-day affairs of life it is more useful,4583
A Study In Scarlet,"to reason forwards, and so the other comes to be neglected. There are",4584
A Study In Scarlet,fifty who can reason synthetically for one who can reason,4585
A Study In Scarlet,"analytically.""",4586
A Study In Scarlet,,4587
A Study In Scarlet,"""I confess,"" said I, ""that I do not quite follow you.""",4588
A Study In Scarlet,,4589
A Study In Scarlet,"""I hardly expected that you would. Let me see if I can make it",4590
A Study In Scarlet,"clearer. Most people, if you describe a train of events to them, will",4591
A Study In Scarlet,tell you what the result would be. They can put those events together,4592
A Study In Scarlet,"in their minds, and argue from them that something will come to pass.",4593
A Study In Scarlet,"There are few people, however, who, if you told them a result, would",4594
A Study In Scarlet,be able to evolve from their own inner consciousness what the steps,4595
A Study In Scarlet,were which led up to that result. This power is what I mean when I,4596
A Study In Scarlet,"talk of reasoning backwards, or analytically.""",4597
A Study In Scarlet,,4598
A Study In Scarlet,"""I understand,"" said I.",4599
A Study In Scarlet,,4600
A Study In Scarlet,"""Now this was a case in which you were given the result and had to",4601
A Study In Scarlet,find everything else for yourself. Now let me endeavour to show you,4602
A Study In Scarlet,the different steps in my reasoning. To begin at the beginning. I,4603
A Study In Scarlet,"approached the house, as you know, on foot, and with my mind entirely",4604
A Study In Scarlet,free from all impressions. I naturally began by examining the,4605
A Study In Scarlet,"roadway, and there, as I have already explained to you, I saw clearly",4606
A Study In Scarlet,"the marks of a cab, which, I ascertained by inquiry, must have been",4607
A Study In Scarlet,there during the night. I satisfied myself that it was a cab and not,4608
A Study In Scarlet,a private carriage by the narrow gauge of the wheels. The ordinary,4609
A Study In Scarlet,London growler is considerably less wide than a gentleman's brougham.,4610
A Study In Scarlet,,4611
A Study In Scarlet,"""This was the first point gained. I then walked slowly down the",4612
A Study In Scarlet,"garden path, which happened to be composed of a clay soil, peculiarly",4613
A Study In Scarlet,suitable for taking impressions. No doubt it appeared to you to be a,4614
A Study In Scarlet,"mere trampled line of slush, but to my trained eyes every mark upon",4615
A Study In Scarlet,its surface had a meaning. There is no branch of detective science,4616
A Study In Scarlet,which is so important and so much neglected as the art of tracing,4617
A Study In Scarlet,"footsteps. Happily, I have always laid great stress upon it, and much",4618
A Study In Scarlet,practice has made it second nature to me. I saw the heavy footmarks,4619
A Study In Scarlet,"of the constables, but I saw also the track of the two men who had",4620
A Study In Scarlet,first passed through the garden. It was easy to tell that they had,4621
A Study In Scarlet,"been before the others, because in places their marks had been",4622
A Study In Scarlet,entirely obliterated by the others coming upon the top of them. In,4623
A Study In Scarlet,"this way my second link was formed, which told me that the nocturnal",4624
A Study In Scarlet,"visitors were two in number, one remarkable for his height (as I",4625
A Study In Scarlet,"calculated from the length of his stride), and the other fashionably",4626
A Study In Scarlet,"dressed, to judge from the small and elegant impression left by his",4627
A Study In Scarlet,boots.,4628
A Study In Scarlet,,4629
A Study In Scarlet,"""On entering the house this last inference was confirmed. My",4630
A Study In Scarlet,"well-booted man lay before me. The tall one, then, had done the",4631
A Study In Scarlet,"murder, if murder there was. There was no wound upon the dead man's",4632
A Study In Scarlet,"person, but the agitated expression upon his face assured me that he",4633
A Study In Scarlet,had foreseen his fate before it came upon him. Men who die from heart,4634
A Study In Scarlet,"disease, or any sudden natural cause, never by any chance exhibit",4635
A Study In Scarlet,agitation upon their features. Having sniffed the dead man's lips I,4636
A Study In Scarlet,"detected a slightly sour smell, and I came to the conclusion that he",4637
A Study In Scarlet,"had had poison forced upon him. Again, I argued that it had been",4638
A Study In Scarlet,forced upon him from the hatred and fear expressed upon his face. By,4639
A Study In Scarlet,"the method of exclusion, I had arrived at this result, for no other",4640
A Study In Scarlet,hypothesis would meet the facts. Do not imagine that it was a very,4641
A Study In Scarlet,unheard of idea. The forcible administration of poison is by no means,4642
A Study In Scarlet,"a new thing in criminal annals. The cases of Dolsky in Odessa, and of",4643
A Study In Scarlet,"Leturier in Montpellier, will occur at once to any toxicologist.",4644
A Study In Scarlet,,4645
A Study In Scarlet,"""And now came the great question as to the reason why. Robbery had",4646
A Study In Scarlet,"not been the object of the murder, for nothing was taken. Was it",4647
A Study In Scarlet,"politics, then, or was it a woman? That was the question which",4648
A Study In Scarlet,confronted me. I was inclined from the first to the latter,4649
A Study In Scarlet,supposition. Political assassins are only too glad to do their work,4650
A Study In Scarlet,"and to fly. This murder had, on the contrary, been done most",4651
A Study In Scarlet,"deliberately, and the perpetrator had left his tracks all over the",4652
A Study In Scarlet,"room, showing that he had been there all the time. It must have been",4653
A Study In Scarlet,"a private wrong, and not a political one, which called for such a",4654
A Study In Scarlet,methodical revenge. When the inscription was discovered upon the wall,4655
A Study In Scarlet,I was more inclined than ever to my opinion. The thing was too,4656
A Study In Scarlet,"evidently a blind. When the ring was found, however, it settled the",4657
A Study In Scarlet,question. Clearly the murderer had used it to remind his victim of,4658
A Study In Scarlet,some dead or absent woman. It was at this point that I asked Gregson,4659
A Study In Scarlet,whether he had enquired in his telegram to Cleveland as to any,4660
A Study In Scarlet,"particular point in Mr. Drebber's former career. He answered, you",4661
A Study In Scarlet,"remember, in the negative.",4662
A Study In Scarlet,,4663
A Study In Scarlet,"""I then proceeded to make a careful examination of the room, which",4664
A Study In Scarlet,"confirmed me in my opinion as to the murderer's height, and furnished",4665
A Study In Scarlet,me with the additional details as to the Trichinopoly cigar and the,4666
A Study In Scarlet,"length of his nails. I had already come to the conclusion, since",4667
A Study In Scarlet,"there were no signs of a struggle, that the blood which covered the",4668
A Study In Scarlet,floor had burst from the murderer's nose in his excitement. I could,4669
A Study In Scarlet,perceive that the track of blood coincided with the track of his,4670
A Study In Scarlet,"feet. It is seldom that any man, unless he is very full-blooded,",4671
A Study In Scarlet,"breaks out in this way through emotion, so I hazarded the opinion",4672
A Study In Scarlet,that the criminal was probably a robust and ruddy-faced man. Events,4673
A Study In Scarlet,proved that I had judged correctly.,4674
A Study In Scarlet,,4675
A Study In Scarlet,"""Having left the house, I proceeded to do what Gregson had neglected.",4676
A Study In Scarlet,"I telegraphed to the head of the police at Cleveland, limiting my",4677
A Study In Scarlet,enquiry to the circumstances connected with the marriage of Enoch,4678
A Study In Scarlet,Drebber. The answer was conclusive. It told me that Drebber had,4679
A Study In Scarlet,already applied for the protection of the law against an old rival in,4680
A Study In Scarlet,"love, named Jefferson Hope, and that this same Hope was at present in",4681
A Study In Scarlet,"Europe. I knew now that I held the clue to the mystery in my hand,",4682
A Study In Scarlet,and all that remained was to secure the murderer.,4683
A Study In Scarlet,,4684
A Study In Scarlet,"""I had already determined in my own mind that the man who had walked",4685
A Study In Scarlet,"into the house with Drebber, was none other than the man who had",4686
A Study In Scarlet,driven the cab. The marks in the road showed me that the horse had,4687
A Study In Scarlet,wandered on in a way which would have been impossible had there been,4688
A Study In Scarlet,"anyone in charge of it. Where, then, could the driver be, unless he",4689
A Study In Scarlet,"were inside the house? Again, it is absurd to suppose that any sane",4690
A Study In Scarlet,"man would carry out a deliberate crime under the very eyes, as it",4691
A Study In Scarlet,"were, of a third person, who was sure to betray him. Lastly,",4692
A Study In Scarlet,"supposing one man wished to dog another through London, what better",4693
A Study In Scarlet,means could he adopt than to turn cabdriver. All these considerations,4694
A Study In Scarlet,led me to the irresistible conclusion that Jefferson Hope was to be,4695
A Study In Scarlet,found among the jarveys of the Metropolis.,4696
A Study In Scarlet,,4697
A Study In Scarlet,"""If he had been one there was no reason to believe that he had ceased",4698
A Study In Scarlet,"to be. On the contrary, from his point of view, any sudden chance",4699
A Study In Scarlet,"would be likely to draw attention to himself. He would, probably, for",4700
A Study In Scarlet,"a time at least, continue to perform his duties. There was no reason",4701
A Study In Scarlet,to suppose that he was going under an assumed name. Why should he,4702
A Study In Scarlet,change his name in a country where no one knew his original one? I,4703
A Study In Scarlet,"therefore organized my Street Arab detective corps, and sent them",4704
A Study In Scarlet,systematically to every cab proprietor in London until they ferreted,4705
A Study In Scarlet,"out the man that I wanted. How well they succeeded, and how quickly I",4706
A Study In Scarlet,"took advantage of it, are still fresh in your recollection. The",4707
A Study In Scarlet,"murder of Stangerson was an incident which was entirely unexpected,",4708
A Study In Scarlet,"but which could hardly in any case have been prevented. Through it,",4709
A Study In Scarlet,"as you know, I came into possession of the pills, the existence of",4710
A Study In Scarlet,which I had already surmised. You see the whole thing is a chain of,4711
A Study In Scarlet,"logical sequences without a break or flaw.""",4712
A Study In Scarlet,,4713
A Study In Scarlet,"""It is wonderful!"" I cried. ""Your merits should be publicly",4714
A Study In Scarlet,"recognized. You should publish an account of the case. If you won't,",4715
A Study In Scarlet,"I will for you.""",4716
A Study In Scarlet,,4717
A Study In Scarlet,"""You may do what you like, Doctor,"" he answered. ""See here!"" he",4718
A Study In Scarlet,"continued, handing a paper over to me, ""look at this!""",4719
A Study In Scarlet,,4720
A Study In Scarlet,"It was the Echo for the day, and the paragraph to which he pointed",4721
A Study In Scarlet,was devoted to the case in question.,4722
A Study In Scarlet,,4723
A Study In Scarlet,"""The public,"" it said, ""have lost a sensational treat through the",4724
A Study In Scarlet,"sudden death of the man Hope, who was suspected of the murder of Mr.",4725
A Study In Scarlet,Enoch Drebber and of Mr. Joseph Stangerson. The details of the case,4726
A Study In Scarlet,"will probably be never known now, though we are informed upon good",4727
A Study In Scarlet,authority that the crime was the result of an old standing and,4728
A Study In Scarlet,"romantic feud, in which love and Mormonism bore a part. It seems that",4729
A Study In Scarlet,"both the victims belonged, in their younger days, to the Latter Day",4730
A Study In Scarlet,"Saints, and Hope, the deceased prisoner, hails also from Salt Lake",4731
A Study In Scarlet,"City. If the case has had no other effect, it, at least, brings out",4732
A Study In Scarlet,in the most striking manner the efficiency of our detective police,4733
A Study In Scarlet,"force, and will serve as a lesson to all foreigners that they will do",4734
A Study In Scarlet,"wisely to settle their feuds at home, and not to carry them on to",4735
A Study In Scarlet,British soil. It is an open secret that the credit of this smart,4736
A Study In Scarlet,"capture belongs entirely to the well-known Scotland Yard officials,",4737
A Study In Scarlet,"Messrs. Lestrade and Gregson. The man was apprehended, it appears, in",4738
A Study In Scarlet,"the rooms of a certain Mr. Sherlock Holmes, who has himself, as an",4739
A Study In Scarlet,"amateur, shown some talent in the detective line, and who, with such",4740
A Study In Scarlet,"instructors, may hope in time to attain to some degree of their",4741
A Study In Scarlet,skill. It is expected that a testimonial of some sort will be,4742
A Study In Scarlet,presented to the two officers as a fitting recognition of their,4743
A Study In Scarlet,"services.""",4744
A Study In Scarlet,,4745
A Study In Scarlet,"""Didn't I tell you so when we started?"" cried Sherlock Holmes with a",4746
A Study In Scarlet,"laugh. ""That's the result of all our Study in Scarlet: to get them a",4747
A Study In Scarlet,"testimonial!""",4748
A Study In Scarlet,,4749
A Study In Scarlet,"""Never mind,"" I answered, ""I have all the facts in my journal, and",4750
A Study In Scarlet,the public shall know them. In the meantime you must make yourself,4751
A Study In Scarlet,"contented by the consciousness of success, like the Roman miser--",4752
A Study In Scarlet,,4753
A Study In Scarlet,"""'Populus me sibilat, at mihi plaudo",4754
A Study In Scarlet,"Ipse domi simul ac nummos contemplar in arca.'""",4755
A Study In Scarlet,,4756
The Sign of the Four,THE SIGN OF THE FOUR,1
The Sign of the Four,,2
The Sign of the Four,Table of contents,3
The Sign of the Four,The Science of Deduction,4
The Sign of the Four,The Statement of the Case,5
The Sign of the Four,In Quest of a Solution,6
The Sign of the Four,The Story of the Bald-Headed Man,7
The Sign of the Four,The Tragedy of Pondicherry Lodge,8
The Sign of the Four,Sherlock Holmes Gives a Demonstration,9
The Sign of the Four,The Episode of the Barrel,10
The Sign of the Four,The Baker Street Irregulars,11
The Sign of the Four,A Break in the Chain,12
The Sign of the Four,The End of the Islander,13
The Sign of the Four,The Great Agra Treasure,14
The Sign of the Four,The Strange Story of Jonathan Small,15
The Sign of the Four,,16
The Sign of the Four,CHAPTER I,17
The Sign of the Four,The Science of Deduction,18
The Sign of the Four,,19
The Sign of the Four,Sherlock Holmes took his bottle from the corner of the mantelpiece,20
The Sign of the Four,"and his hypodermic syringe from its neat morocco case. With his long,",21
The Sign of the Four,"white, nervous fingers he adjusted the delicate needle, and rolled",22
The Sign of the Four,back his left shirt-cuff. For some little time his eyes rested,23
The Sign of the Four,thoughtfully upon the sinewy forearm and wrist all dotted and scarred,24
The Sign of the Four,with innumerable puncture-marks. Finally he thrust the sharp point,25
The Sign of the Four,"home, pressed down the tiny piston, and sank back into the",26
The Sign of the Four,velvet-lined arm-chair with a long sigh of satisfaction.,27
The Sign of the Four,,28
The Sign of the Four,"Three times a day for many months I had witnessed this performance,",29
The Sign of the Four,"but custom had not reconciled my mind to it. On the contrary, from",30
The Sign of the Four,"day to day I had become more irritable at the sight, and my",31
The Sign of the Four,conscience swelled nightly within me at the thought that I had lacked,32
The Sign of the Four,the courage to protest. Again and again I had registered a vow that I,33
The Sign of the Four,"should deliver my soul upon the subject, but there was that in the",34
The Sign of the Four,"cool, nonchalant air of my companion which made him the last man with",35
The Sign of the Four,whom one would care to take anything approaching to a liberty. His,36
The Sign of the Four,"great powers, his masterly manner, and the experience which I had had",37
The Sign of the Four,"of his many extraordinary qualities, all made me diffident and",38
The Sign of the Four,backward in crossing him.,39
The Sign of the Four,,40
The Sign of the Four,"Yet upon that afternoon, whether it was the Beaune which I had taken",41
The Sign of the Four,"with my lunch, or the additional exasperation produced by the extreme",42
The Sign of the Four,"deliberation of his manner, I suddenly felt that I could hold out no",43
The Sign of the Four,longer.,44
The Sign of the Four,,45
The Sign of the Four,"""Which is it to-day?"" I asked,--""morphine or cocaine?""",46
The Sign of the Four,,47
The Sign of the Four,He raised his eyes languidly from the old black-letter volume which,48
The Sign of the Four,"he had opened. ""It is cocaine,"" he said,--""a seven-per-cent solution.",49
The Sign of the Four,"Would you care to try it?""",50
The Sign of the Four,,51
The Sign of the Four,"""No, indeed,"" I answered, brusquely. ""My constitution has not got",52
The Sign of the Four,over the Afghan campaign yet. I cannot afford to throw any extra,53
The Sign of the Four,"strain upon it.""",54
The Sign of the Four,,55
The Sign of the Four,"He smiled at my vehemence. ""Perhaps you are right, Watson,"" he said.",56
The Sign of the Four,"""I suppose that its influence is physically a bad one. I find it,",57
The Sign of the Four,"however, so transcendently stimulating and clarifying to the mind",58
The Sign of the Four,"that its secondary action is a matter of small moment.""",59
The Sign of the Four,,60
The Sign of the Four,"""But consider!"" I said, earnestly. ""Count the cost! Your brain may,",61
The Sign of the Four,"as you say, be roused and excited, but it is a pathological and",62
The Sign of the Four,"morbid process, which involves increased tissue-change and may at",63
The Sign of the Four,"last leave a permanent weakness. You know, too, what a black reaction",64
The Sign of the Four,comes upon you. Surely the game is hardly worth the candle. Why,65
The Sign of the Four,"should you, for a mere passing pleasure, risk the loss of those great",66
The Sign of the Four,powers with which you have been endowed?  Remember that I speak not,67
The Sign of the Four,"only as one comrade to another, but as a medical man to one for whose",68
The Sign of the Four,"constitution he is to some extent answerable.""",69
The Sign of the Four,,70
The Sign of the Four,"He did not seem offended. On the contrary, he put his fingertips",71
The Sign of the Four,"together and leaned his elbows on the arms of his chair, like one who",72
The Sign of the Four,has a relish for conversation.,73
The Sign of the Four,,74
The Sign of the Four,"""My mind,"" he said, ""rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me",75
The Sign of the Four,"work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram or the most intricate",76
The Sign of the Four,"analysis, and I am in my own proper atmosphere. I can dispense then",77
The Sign of the Four,with artificial stimulants. But I abhor the dull routine of,78
The Sign of the Four,existence. I crave for mental exaltation. That is why I have chosen,79
The Sign of the Four,"my own particular profession,--or rather created it, for I am the",80
The Sign of the Four,"only one in the world.""",81
The Sign of the Four,,82
The Sign of the Four,"""The only unofficial detective?"" I said, raising my eyebrows.",83
The Sign of the Four,,84
The Sign of the Four,"""The only unofficial consulting detective,"" he answered.  ""I am the",85
The Sign of the Four,last and highest court of appeal in detection. When Gregson or,86
The Sign of the Four,"Lestrade or Athelney Jones are out of their depths--which, by the",87
The Sign of the Four,"way, is their normal state--the matter is laid before me. I examine",88
The Sign of the Four,"the data, as an expert, and pronounce a specialist's opinion. I claim",89
The Sign of the Four,no credit in such cases. My name figures in no newspaper. The work,90
The Sign of the Four,"itself, the pleasure of finding a field for my peculiar powers, is my",91
The Sign of the Four,highest reward. But you have yourself had some experience of my,92
The Sign of the Four,"methods of work in the Jefferson Hope case.""",93
The Sign of the Four,,94
The Sign of the Four,"""Yes, indeed,"" said I, cordially. ""I was never so struck by anything",95
The Sign of the Four,in my life. I even embodied it in a small brochure with the somewhat,96
The Sign of the Four,"fantastic title of 'A Study in Scarlet.'""",97
The Sign of the Four,,98
The Sign of the Four,"He shook his head sadly. ""I glanced over it,"" said he.  ""Honestly, I",99
The Sign of the Four,"cannot congratulate you upon it. Detection is, or ought to be, an",100
The Sign of the Four,"exact science, and should be treated in the same cold and unemotional",101
The Sign of the Four,"manner. You have attempted to tinge it with romanticism, which",102
The Sign of the Four,produces much the same effect as if you worked a love-story or an,103
The Sign of the Four,"elopement into the fifth proposition of Euclid.""",104
The Sign of the Four,,105
The Sign of the Four,"""But the romance was there,"" I remonstrated. ""I could not tamper with",106
The Sign of the Four,"the facts.""",107
The Sign of the Four,,108
The Sign of the Four,"""Some facts should be suppressed, or at least a just sense of",109
The Sign of the Four,proportion should be observed in treating them. The only point in the,110
The Sign of the Four,case which deserved mention was the curious analytical reasoning from,111
The Sign of the Four,"effects to causes by which I succeeded in unraveling it.""",112
The Sign of the Four,,113
The Sign of the Four,I was annoyed at this criticism of a work which had been specially,114
The Sign of the Four,"designed to please him. I confess, too, that I was irritated by the",115
The Sign of the Four,egotism which seemed to demand that every line of my pamphlet should,116
The Sign of the Four,be devoted to his own special doings. More than once during the years,117
The Sign of the Four,that I had lived with him in Baker Street I had observed that a small,118
The Sign of the Four,vanity underlay my companion's quiet and didactic manner. I made no,119
The Sign of the Four,"remark, however, but sat nursing my wounded leg. I had a Jezail",120
The Sign of the Four,"bullet through it some time before, and, though it did not prevent me",121
The Sign of the Four,"from walking, it ached wearily at every change of the weather.",122
The Sign of the Four,,123
The Sign of the Four,"""My practice has extended recently to the Continent,"" said Holmes,",124
The Sign of the Four,"after a while, filling up his old brier-root pipe. ""I was consulted",125
The Sign of the Four,"last week by Francois Le Villard, who, as you probably know, has come",126
The Sign of the Four,rather to the front lately in the French detective service. He has,127
The Sign of the Four,"all the Celtic power of quick intuition, but he is deficient in the",128
The Sign of the Four,wide range of exact knowledge which is essential to the higher,129
The Sign of the Four,"developments of his art. The case was concerned with a will, and",130
The Sign of the Four,possessed some features of interest. I was able to refer him to two,131
The Sign of the Four,"parallel cases, the one at Riga in 1857, and the other at St. Louis",132
The Sign of the Four,"in 1871, which have suggested to him the true solution. Here is the",133
The Sign of the Four,"letter which I had this morning acknowledging my assistance."" He",134
The Sign of the Four,"tossed over, as he spoke, a crumpled sheet of foreign notepaper. I",135
The Sign of the Four,"glanced my eyes down it, catching a profusion of notes of admiration,",136
The Sign of the Four,"with stray magnifiques, coup-de-maîtres and tours-de-force, all",137
The Sign of the Four,testifying to the ardent admiration of the Frenchman.,138
The Sign of the Four,,139
The Sign of the Four,"""He speaks as a pupil to his master,"" said I.",140
The Sign of the Four,,141
The Sign of the Four,"""Oh, he rates my assistance too highly,"" said Sherlock Holmes,",142
The Sign of the Four,"lightly. ""He has considerable gifts himself. He possesses two out of",143
The Sign of the Four,the three qualities necessary for the ideal detective. He has the,144
The Sign of the Four,power of observation and that of deduction. He is only wanting in,145
The Sign of the Four,knowledge; and that may come in time. He is now translating my small,146
The Sign of the Four,"works into French.""",147
The Sign of the Four,,148
The Sign of the Four,"""Your works?""",149
The Sign of the Four,,150
The Sign of the Four,"""Oh, didn't you know?"" he cried, laughing. ""Yes, I have been guilty",151
The Sign of the Four,"of several monographs. They are all upon technical subjects. Here,",152
The Sign of the Four,"for example, is one 'Upon the Distinction between the Ashes of the",153
The Sign of the Four,Various Tobaccoes.' In it I enumerate a hundred and forty forms of,154
The Sign of the Four,"cigar-, cigarette-, and pipe-tobacco, with colored plates",155
The Sign of the Four,illustrating the difference in the ash. It is a point which is,156
The Sign of the Four,"continually turning up in criminal trials, and which is sometimes of",157
The Sign of the Four,"supreme importance as a clue. If you can say definitely, for example,",158
The Sign of the Four,that some murder has been done by a man who was smoking an Indian,159
The Sign of the Four,"lunkah, it obviously narrows your field of search. To the trained eye",160
The Sign of the Four,there is as much difference between the black ash of a Trichinopoly,161
The Sign of the Four,and the white fluff of bird's-eye as there is between a cabbage and a,162
The Sign of the Four,"potato.""",163
The Sign of the Four,,164
The Sign of the Four,"""You have an extraordinary genius for minutiae,"" I remarked.",165
The Sign of the Four,,166
The Sign of the Four,"""I appreciate their importance. Here is my monograph upon the tracing",167
The Sign of the Four,"of footsteps, with some remarks upon the uses of plaster of Paris as",168
The Sign of the Four,"a preserver of impresses. Here, too, is a curious little work upon",169
The Sign of the Four,"the influence of a trade upon the form of the hand, with lithotypes",170
The Sign of the Four,"of the hands of slaters, sailors, corkcutters, compositors, weavers,",171
The Sign of the Four,and diamond-polishers. That is a matter of great practical interest,172
The Sign of the Four,"to the scientific detective,--especially in cases of unclaimed",173
The Sign of the Four,"bodies, or in discovering the antecedents of criminals. But I weary",174
The Sign of the Four,"you with my hobby.""",175
The Sign of the Four,,176
The Sign of the Four,"""Not at all,"" I answered, earnestly. ""It is of the greatest interest",177
The Sign of the Four,"to me, especially since I have had the opportunity of observing your",178
The Sign of the Four,practical application of it. But you spoke just now of observation,179
The Sign of the Four,"and deduction. Surely the one to some extent implies the other.""",180
The Sign of the Four,,181
The Sign of the Four,"""Why, hardly,"" he answered, leaning back luxuriously in his armchair,",182
The Sign of the Four,"and sending up thick blue wreaths from his pipe. ""For example,",183
The Sign of the Four,observation shows me that you have been to the Wigmore Street,184
The Sign of the Four,"Post-Office this morning, but deduction lets me know that when there",185
The Sign of the Four,"you dispatched a telegram.""",186
The Sign of the Four,,187
The Sign of the Four,"""Right!"" said I. ""Right on both points! But I confess that I don't",188
The Sign of the Four,"see how you arrived at it. It was a sudden impulse upon my part, and",189
The Sign of the Four,"I have mentioned it to no one.""",190
The Sign of the Four,,191
The Sign of the Four,"""It is simplicity itself,"" he remarked, chuckling at my",192
The Sign of the Four,"surprise,--""so absurdly simple that an explanation is superfluous;",193
The Sign of the Four,and yet it may serve to define the limits of observation and of,194
The Sign of the Four,deduction. Observation tells me that you have a little reddish mould,195
The Sign of the Four,adhering to your instep. Just opposite the Seymour Street Office they,196
The Sign of the Four,have taken up the pavement and thrown up some earth which lies in,197
The Sign of the Four,such a way that it is difficult to avoid treading in it in entering.,198
The Sign of the Four,"The earth is of this peculiar reddish tint which is found, as far as",199
The Sign of the Four,"I know, nowhere else in the neighborhood. So much is observation. The",200
The Sign of the Four,"rest is deduction.""",201
The Sign of the Four,,202
The Sign of the Four,"""How, then, did you deduce the telegram?""",203
The Sign of the Four,,204
The Sign of the Four,"""Why, of course I knew that you had not written a letter, since I sat",205
The Sign of the Four,opposite to you all morning. I see also in your open desk there that,206
The Sign of the Four,you have a sheet of stamps and a thick bundle of postcards.  What,207
The Sign of the Four,"could you go into the post-office for, then, but to send a wire?",208
The Sign of the Four,"Eliminate all other factors, and the one which remains must be the",209
The Sign of the Four,"truth.""",210
The Sign of the Four,,211
The Sign of the Four,"""In this case it certainly is so,"" I replied, after a little thought.",212
The Sign of the Four,"""The thing, however, is, as you say, of the simplest.  Would you",213
The Sign of the Four,think me impertinent if I were to put your theories to a more severe,214
The Sign of the Four,"test?""",215
The Sign of the Four,,216
The Sign of the Four,"""On the contrary,"" he answered, ""it would prevent me from taking a",217
The Sign of the Four,second dose of cocaine. I should be delighted to look into any,218
The Sign of the Four,"problem which you might submit to me.""",219
The Sign of the Four,,220
The Sign of the Four,"""I have heard you say that it is difficult for a man to have any",221
The Sign of the Four,object in daily use without leaving the impress of his individuality,222
The Sign of the Four,"upon it in such a way that a trained observer might read it. Now, I",223
The Sign of the Four,have here a watch which has recently come into my possession. Would,224
The Sign of the Four,you have the kindness to let me have an opinion upon the character or,225
The Sign of the Four,"habits of the late owner?""",226
The Sign of the Four,,227
The Sign of the Four,I handed him over the watch with some slight feeling of amusement in,228
The Sign of the Four,"my heart, for the test was, as I thought, an impossible one, and I",229
The Sign of the Four,intended it as a lesson against the somewhat dogmatic tone which he,230
The Sign of the Four,"occasionally assumed. He balanced the watch in his hand, gazed hard",231
The Sign of the Four,"at the dial, opened the back, and examined the works, first with his",232
The Sign of the Four,naked eyes and then with a powerful convex lens. I could hardly keep,233
The Sign of the Four,from smiling at his crestfallen face when he finally snapped the case,234
The Sign of the Four,to and handed it back.,235
The Sign of the Four,,236
The Sign of the Four,"""There are hardly any data,"" he remarked. ""The watch has been",237
The Sign of the Four,"recently cleaned, which robs me of my most suggestive facts.""",238
The Sign of the Four,,239
The Sign of the Four,"""You are right,"" I answered. ""It was cleaned before being sent to",240
The Sign of the Four,"me."" In my heart I accused my companion of putting forward a most",241
The Sign of the Four,lame and impotent excuse to cover his failure. What data could he,242
The Sign of the Four,expect from an uncleaned watch?,243
The Sign of the Four,,244
The Sign of the Four,"""Though unsatisfactory, my research has not been entirely barren,"" he",245
The Sign of the Four,"observed, staring up at the ceiling with dreamy, lack-lustre eyes.",246
The Sign of the Four,"""Subject to your correction, I should judge that the watch belonged",247
The Sign of the Four,"to your elder brother, who inherited it from your father.""",248
The Sign of the Four,,249
The Sign of the Four,"""That you gather, no doubt, from the H. W. upon the back?""",250
The Sign of the Four,,251
The Sign of the Four,"""Quite so. The W. suggests your own name. The date of the watch is",252
The Sign of the Four,"nearly fifty years back, and the initials are as old as the watch: so",253
The Sign of the Four,it was made for the last generation. Jewelry usually descents to the,254
The Sign of the Four,"eldest son, and he is most likely to have the same name as the",255
The Sign of the Four,"father. Your father has, if I remember right, been dead many years.",256
The Sign of the Four,"It has, therefore, been in the hands of your eldest brother.""",257
The Sign of the Four,,258
The Sign of the Four,"""Right, so far,"" said I. ""Anything else?""",259
The Sign of the Four,,260
The Sign of the Four,"""He was a man of untidy habits,--very untidy and careless. He was",261
The Sign of the Four,"left with good prospects, but he threw away his chances, lived for",262
The Sign of the Four,"some time in poverty with occasional short intervals of prosperity,",263
The Sign of the Four,"and finally, taking to drink, he died. That is all I can gather.""",264
The Sign of the Four,,265
The Sign of the Four,I sprang from my chair and limped impatiently about the room with,266
The Sign of the Four,considerable bitterness in my heart.,267
The Sign of the Four,,268
The Sign of the Four,"""This is unworthy of you, Holmes,"" I said. ""I could not have believed",269
The Sign of the Four,that you would have descended to this. You have made inquires into,270
The Sign of the Four,"the history of my unhappy brother, and you now pretend to deduce this",271
The Sign of the Four,knowledge in some fanciful way. You cannot expect me to believe that,272
The Sign of the Four,"you have read all this from his old watch! It is unkind, and, to",273
The Sign of the Four,"speak plainly, has a touch of charlatanism in it.""",274
The Sign of the Four,,275
The Sign of the Four,"""My dear doctor,"" said he, kindly, ""pray accept my apologies.",276
The Sign of the Four,"Viewing the matter as an abstract problem, I had forgotten how",277
The Sign of the Four,"personal and painful a thing it might be to you. I assure you,",278
The Sign of the Four,"however, that I never even knew that you had a brother until you",279
The Sign of the Four,"handed me the watch.""",280
The Sign of the Four,,281
The Sign of the Four,"""Then how in the name of all that is wonderful did you get these",282
The Sign of the Four,"facts? They are absolutely correct in every particular.""",283
The Sign of the Four,,284
The Sign of the Four,"""Ah, that is good luck. I could only say what was the balance of",285
The Sign of the Four,"probability. I did not at all expect to be so accurate.""",286
The Sign of the Four,,287
The Sign of the Four,"""But it was not mere guess-work?""",288
The Sign of the Four,,289
The Sign of the Four,"""No, no: I never guess. It is a shocking habit,--destructive to the",290
The Sign of the Four,logical faculty. What seems strange to you is only so because you do,291
The Sign of the Four,not follow my train of thought or observe the small facts upon which,292
The Sign of the Four,"large inferences may depend. For example, I began by stating that",293
The Sign of the Four,your brother was careless. When you observe the lower part of that,294
The Sign of the Four,"watch-case you notice that it is not only dinted in two places, but",295
The Sign of the Four,it is cut and marked all over from the habit of keeping other hard,296
The Sign of the Four,"objects, such as coins or keys, in the same pocket. Surely it is no",297
The Sign of the Four,great feat to assume that a man who treats a fifty-guinea watch so,298
The Sign of the Four,cavalierly must be a careless man. Neither is it a very far-fetched,299
The Sign of the Four,inference that a man who inherits one article of such value is pretty,300
The Sign of the Four,"well provided for in other respects.""",301
The Sign of the Four,,302
The Sign of the Four,"I nodded, to show that I followed his reasoning.",303
The Sign of the Four,,304
The Sign of the Four,"""It is very customary for pawnbrokers in England, when they take a",305
The Sign of the Four,"watch, to scratch the number of the ticket with a pin-point upon the",306
The Sign of the Four,"inside of the case. It is more handy than a label, as there is no",307
The Sign of the Four,risk of the number being lost or transposed. There are no less than,308
The Sign of the Four,four such numbers visible to my lens on the inside of this case.,309
The Sign of the Four,"Inference,--that your brother was often at low water. Secondary",310
The Sign of the Four,"inference,--that he had occasional bursts of prosperity, or he could",311
The Sign of the Four,"not have redeemed the pledge. Finally, I ask you to look at the inner",312
The Sign of the Four,"plate, which contains the key-hole. Look at the thousands of",313
The Sign of the Four,"scratches all round the hole,--marks where the key has slipped. What",314
The Sign of the Four,sober man's key could have scored those grooves? But you will never,315
The Sign of the Four,"see a drunkard's watch without them. He winds it at night, and he",316
The Sign of the Four,leaves these traces of his unsteady hand. Where is the mystery in all,317
The Sign of the Four,"this?""",318
The Sign of the Four,,319
The Sign of the Four,"""It is as clear as daylight,"" I answered. ""I regret the injustice",320
The Sign of the Four,which I did you. I should have had more faith in your marvellous,321
The Sign of the Four,faculty. May I ask whether you have any professional inquiry on foot,322
The Sign of the Four,"at present?""",323
The Sign of the Four,,324
The Sign of the Four,"""None. Hence the cocaine. I cannot live without brain-work. What else",325
The Sign of the Four,is there to live for? Stand at the window here. Was ever such a,326
The Sign of the Four,"dreary, dismal, unprofitable world? See how the yellow fog swirls",327
The Sign of the Four,down the street and drifts across the duncolored houses. What could,328
The Sign of the Four,be more hopelessly prosaic and material? What is the use of having,329
The Sign of the Four,"powers, doctor, when one has no field upon which to exert them? Crime",330
The Sign of the Four,"is commonplace, existence is commonplace, and no qualities save those",331
The Sign of the Four,"which are commonplace have any function upon earth.""",332
The Sign of the Four,,333
The Sign of the Four,"I had opened my mouth to reply to this tirade, when with a crisp",334
The Sign of the Four,"knock our landlady entered, bearing a card upon the brass salver.",335
The Sign of the Four,,336
The Sign of the Four,"""A young lady for you, sir,"" she said, addressing my companion.",337
The Sign of the Four,,338
The Sign of the Four,"""Miss Mary Morstan,"" he read. ""Hum! I have no recollection of the",339
The Sign of the Four,"name. Ask the young lady to step up, Mrs. Hudson. Don't go, doctor. I",340
The Sign of the Four,"should prefer that you remain.""",341
The Sign of the Four,,342
The Sign of the Four,CHAPTER II,343
The Sign of the Four,The Statement of the Case,344
The Sign of the Four,,345
The Sign of the Four,Miss Morstan entered the room with a firm step and an outward,346
The Sign of the Four,"composure of manner. She was a blonde young lady, small, dainty, well",347
The Sign of the Four,"gloved, and dressed in the most perfect taste. There was, however, a",348
The Sign of the Four,plainness and simplicity about her costume which bore with it a,349
The Sign of the Four,"suggestion of limited means. The dress was a sombre grayish beige,",350
The Sign of the Four,"untrimmed and unbraided, and she wore a small turban of the same dull",351
The Sign of the Four,"hue, relieved only by a suspicion of white feather in the side. Her",352
The Sign of the Four,"face had neither regularity of feature nor beauty of complexion, but",353
The Sign of the Four,"her expression was sweet and amiable, and her large blue eyes were",354
The Sign of the Four,singularly spiritual and sympathetic. In an experience of women which,355
The Sign of the Four,"extends over many nations and three separate continents, I have never",356
The Sign of the Four,looked upon a face which gave a clearer promise of a refined and,357
The Sign of the Four,sensitive nature. I could not but observe that as she took the seat,358
The Sign of the Four,"which Sherlock Holmes placed for her, her lip trembled, her hand",359
The Sign of the Four,"quivered, and she showed every sign of intense inward agitation.",360
The Sign of the Four,,361
The Sign of the Four,"""I have come to you, Mr. Holmes,"" she said, ""because you once enabled",362
The Sign of the Four,"my employer, Mrs. Cecil Forrester, to unravel a little domestic",363
The Sign of the Four,"complication. She was much impressed by your kindness and skill.""",364
The Sign of the Four,,365
The Sign of the Four,"""Mrs. Cecil Forrester,"" he repeated thoughtfully. ""I believe that I",366
The Sign of the Four,"was of some slight service to her. The case, however, as I remember",367
The Sign of the Four,"it, was a very simple one.""",368
The Sign of the Four,,369
The Sign of the Four,"""She did not think so. But at least you cannot say the same of mine.",370
The Sign of the Four,"I can hardly imagine anything more strange, more utterly",371
The Sign of the Four,"inexplicable, than the situation in which I find myself.""",372
The Sign of the Four,,373
The Sign of the Four,"Holmes rubbed his hands, and his eyes glistened. He leaned forward in",374
The Sign of the Four,his chair with an expression of extraordinary concentration upon his,375
The Sign of the Four,"clear-cut, hawklike features. ""State your case,"" said he, in brisk,",376
The Sign of the Four,business tones.,377
The Sign of the Four,,378
The Sign of the Four,"I felt that my position was an embarrassing one. ""You will, I am",379
The Sign of the Four,"sure, excuse me,"" I said, rising from my chair.",380
The Sign of the Four,,381
The Sign of the Four,"To my surprise, the young lady held up her gloved hand to detain me.",382
The Sign of the Four,"""If your friend,"" she said, ""would be good enough to stop, he might",383
The Sign of the Four,"be of inestimable service to me.""",384
The Sign of the Four,,385
The Sign of the Four,I relapsed into my chair.,386
The Sign of the Four,,387
The Sign of the Four,"""Briefly,"" she continued, ""the facts are these. My father was an",388
The Sign of the Four,officer in an Indian regiment who sent me home when I was quite a,389
The Sign of the Four,"child. My mother was dead, and I had no relative in England. I was",390
The Sign of the Four,"placed, however, in a comfortable boarding establishment at",391
The Sign of the Four,"Edinburgh, and there I remained until I was seventeen years of age.",392
The Sign of the Four,"In the year 1878 my father, who was senior captain of his regiment,",393
The Sign of the Four,obtained twelve months' leave and came home. He telegraphed to me,394
The Sign of the Four,"from London that he had arrived all safe, and directed me to come",395
The Sign of the Four,"down at once, giving the Langham Hotel as his address. His message,",396
The Sign of the Four,"as I remember, was full of kindness and love. On reaching London I",397
The Sign of the Four,"drove to the Langham, and was informed that Captain Morstan was",398
The Sign of the Four,"staying there, but that he had gone out the night before and had not",399
The Sign of the Four,"yet returned. I waited all day without news of him. That night, on",400
The Sign of the Four,"the advice of the manager of the hotel, I communicated with the",401
The Sign of the Four,"police, and next morning we advertised in all the papers. Our",402
The Sign of the Four,inquiries let to no result; and from that day to this no word has,403
The Sign of the Four,ever been heard of my unfortunate father. He came home with his heart,404
The Sign of the Four,"full of hope, to find some peace, some comfort, and instead--"" She",405
The Sign of the Four,"put her hand to her throat, and a choking sob cut short the sentence.",406
The Sign of the Four,,407
The Sign of the Four,"""The date?"" asked Holmes, opening his note-book.",408
The Sign of the Four,,409
The Sign of the Four,"""He disappeared upon the 3d of December, 1878,--nearly ten years",410
The Sign of the Four,"ago.""",411
The Sign of the Four,,412
The Sign of the Four,"""His luggage?""",413
The Sign of the Four,,414
The Sign of the Four,"""Remained at the hotel. There was nothing in it to suggest a",415
The Sign of the Four,"clue,--some clothes, some books, and a considerable number of",416
The Sign of the Four,curiosities from the Andaman Islands. He had been one of the officers,417
The Sign of the Four,"in charge of the convict-guard there.""",418
The Sign of the Four,,419
The Sign of the Four,"""Had he any friends in town?""",420
The Sign of the Four,,421
The Sign of the Four,"""Only one that we know of,--Major Sholto, of his own regiment, the",422
The Sign of the Four,"34th Bombay Infantry. The major had retired some little time before,",423
The Sign of the Four,"and lived at Upper Norwood. We communicated with him, of course, but",424
The Sign of the Four,"he did not even know that his brother officer was in England.""",425
The Sign of the Four,,426
The Sign of the Four,"""A singular case,"" remarked Holmes.",427
The Sign of the Four,,428
The Sign of the Four,"""I have not yet described to you the most singular part. About six",429
The Sign of the Four,"years ago--to be exact, upon the 4th of May, 1882--an advertisement",430
The Sign of the Four,appeared in the Times asking for the address of Miss Mary Morstan and,431
The Sign of the Four,stating that it would be to her advantage to come forward. There was,432
The Sign of the Four,no name or address appended. I had at that time just entered the,433
The Sign of the Four,family of Mrs. Cecil Forrester in the capacity of governess. By her,434
The Sign of the Four,advice I published my address in the advertisement column. The same,435
The Sign of the Four,day there arrived through the post a small card-board box addressed,436
The Sign of the Four,"to me, which I found to contain a very large and lustrous pearl. No",437
The Sign of the Four,word of writing was enclosed. Since then every year upon the same,438
The Sign of the Four,"date there has always appeared a similar box, containing a similar",439
The Sign of the Four,"pearl, without any clue as to the sender. They have been pronounced",440
The Sign of the Four,by an expert to be of a rare variety and of considerable value. You,441
The Sign of the Four,"can see for yourselves that they are very handsome."" She opened a",442
The Sign of the Four,"flat box as she spoke, and showed me six of the finest pearls that I",443
The Sign of the Four,had ever seen.,444
The Sign of the Four,,445
The Sign of the Four,"""Your statement is most interesting,"" said Sherlock Holmes.  ""Has",446
The Sign of the Four,"anything else occurred to you?""",447
The Sign of the Four,,448
The Sign of the Four,"""Yes, and no later than to-day. That is why I have come to you.  This",449
The Sign of the Four,"morning I received this letter, which you will perhaps read for",450
The Sign of the Four,"yourself.""",451
The Sign of the Four,,452
The Sign of the Four,"""Thank you,"" said Holmes. ""The envelope too, please. Postmark,",453
The Sign of the Four,"London, S.W. Date, July 7. Hum! Man's thumb-mark on corner,--probably",454
The Sign of the Four,postman. Best quality paper. Envelopes at sixpence a packet.,455
The Sign of the Four,Particular man in his stationery. No address. 'Be at the third pillar,456
The Sign of the Four,from the left outside the Lyceum Theatre to-night at seven o'clock.,457
The Sign of the Four,"If you are distrustful, bring two friends. You are a wronged woman,",458
The Sign of the Four,"and shall have justice. Do not bring police. If you do, all will be",459
The Sign of the Four,"in vain. Your unknown friend.' Well, really, this is a very pretty",460
The Sign of the Four,"little mystery.  What do you intend to do, Miss Morstan?""",461
The Sign of the Four,,462
The Sign of the Four,"""That is exactly what I want to ask you.""",463
The Sign of the Four,,464
The Sign of the Four,"""Then we shall most certainly go. You and I and--yes, why, Dr.",465
The Sign of the Four,Watson is the very man. Your correspondent says two friends. He and I,466
The Sign of the Four,"have worked together before.""",467
The Sign of the Four,,468
The Sign of the Four,"""But would he come?"" she asked, with something appealing in her voice",469
The Sign of the Four,and expression.,470
The Sign of the Four,,471
The Sign of the Four,"""I should be proud and happy,"" said I, fervently, ""if I can be of any",472
The Sign of the Four,"service.""",473
The Sign of the Four,,474
The Sign of the Four,"""You are both very kind,"" she answered. ""I have led a retired life,",475
The Sign of the Four,and have no friends whom I could appeal to. If I am here at six it,476
The Sign of the Four,"will do, I suppose?""",477
The Sign of the Four,,478
The Sign of the Four,"""You must not be later,"" said Holmes. ""There is one other point,",479
The Sign of the Four,however. Is this handwriting the same as that upon the pearl-box,480
The Sign of the Four,"addresses?""",481
The Sign of the Four,,482
The Sign of the Four,"""I have them here,"" she answered, producing half a dozen pieces of",483
The Sign of the Four,paper.,484
The Sign of the Four,,485
The Sign of the Four,"""You are certainly a model client. You have the correct intuition.",486
The Sign of the Four,"Let us see, now."" He spread out the papers upon the table, and gave",487
The Sign of the Four,"little darting glances from one to the other. ""They are disguised",488
The Sign of the Four,"hands, except the letter,"" he said, presently, ""but there can be no",489
The Sign of the Four,question as to the authorship. See how the irrepressible Greek e will,490
The Sign of the Four,"break out, and see the twirl of the final s. They are undoubtedly by",491
The Sign of the Four,"the same person. I should not like to suggest false hopes, Miss",492
The Sign of the Four,"Morstan, but is there any resemblance between this hand and that of",493
The Sign of the Four,"your father?""",494
The Sign of the Four,,495
The Sign of the Four,"""Nothing could be more unlike.""",496
The Sign of the Four,,497
The Sign of the Four,"""I expected to hear you say so. We shall look out for you, then, at",498
The Sign of the Four,six. Pray allow me to keep the papers. I may look into the matter,499
The Sign of the Four,"before then. It is only half-past three. Au revoir, then.""",500
The Sign of the Four,,501
The Sign of the Four,"""Au revoir,"" said our visitor, and, with a bright, kindly glance from",502
The Sign of the Four,"one to the other of us, she replaced her pearl-box in her bosom and",503
The Sign of the Four,"hurried away. Standing at the window, I watched her walking briskly",504
The Sign of the Four,"down the street, until the gray turban and white feather were but a",505
The Sign of the Four,speck in the sombre crowd.,506
The Sign of the Four,,507
The Sign of the Four,"""What a very attractive woman!"" I exclaimed, turning to my companion.",508
The Sign of the Four,,509
The Sign of the Four,"He had lit his pipe again, and was leaning back with drooping",510
The Sign of the Four,"eyelids. ""Is she?"" he said, languidly. ""I did not observe.""",511
The Sign of the Four,,512
The Sign of the Four,"""You really are an automaton,--a calculating-machine!"" I cried.",513
The Sign of the Four,"""There is something positively inhuman in you at times.""",514
The Sign of the Four,,515
The Sign of the Four,"He smiled gently. ""It is of the first importance,"" he said, ""not to",516
The Sign of the Four,allow your judgment to be biased by personal qualities. A client is,517
The Sign of the Four,"to me a mere unit,--a factor in a problem. The emotional qualities",518
The Sign of the Four,are antagonistic to clear reasoning. I assure you that the most,519
The Sign of the Four,winning woman I ever knew was hanged for poisoning three little,520
The Sign of the Four,"children for their insurance-money, and the most repellant man of my",521
The Sign of the Four,acquaintance is a philanthropist who has spent nearly a quarter of a,522
The Sign of the Four,"million upon the London poor.""",523
The Sign of the Four,,524
The Sign of the Four,"""In this case, however--""",525
The Sign of the Four,,526
The Sign of the Four,"""I never make exceptions. An exception disproves the rule. Have you",527
The Sign of the Four,ever had occasion to study character in handwriting? What do you make,528
The Sign of the Four,"of this fellow's scribble?""",529
The Sign of the Four,,530
The Sign of the Four,"""It is legible and regular,"" I answered. ""A man of business habits",531
The Sign of the Four,"and some force of character.""",532
The Sign of the Four,,533
The Sign of the Four,"Holmes shook his head. ""Look at his long letters,"" he said. ""They",534
The Sign of the Four,"hardly rise above the common herd. That d might be an a, and that l",535
The Sign of the Four,"an e. Men of character always differentiate their long letters,",536
The Sign of the Four,however illegibly they may write. There is vacillation in his k's and,537
The Sign of the Four,self-esteem in his capitals. I am going out now. I have some few,538
The Sign of the Four,"references to make. Let me recommend this book,--one of the most",539
The Sign of the Four,remarkable ever penned. It is Winwood Reade's Martyrdom of Man. I,540
The Sign of the Four,"shall be back in an hour.""",541
The Sign of the Four,,542
The Sign of the Four,"I sat in the window with the volume in my hand, but my thoughts were",543
The Sign of the Four,far from the daring speculations of the writer. My mind ran upon our,544
The Sign of the Four,"late visitor,--her smiles, the deep rich tones of her voice, the",545
The Sign of the Four,strange mystery which overhung her life. If she were seventeen at the,546
The Sign of the Four,time of her father's disappearance she must be seven-and-twenty,547
The Sign of the Four,"now,--a sweet age, when youth has lost its self-consciousness and",548
The Sign of the Four,"become a little sobered by experience. So I sat and mused, until such",549
The Sign of the Four,dangerous thoughts came into my head that I hurried away to my desk,550
The Sign of the Four,and plunged furiously into the latest treatise upon pathology. What,551
The Sign of the Four,"was I, an army surgeon with a weak leg and a weaker banking-account,",552
The Sign of the Four,"that I should dare to think of such things? She was a unit, a",553
The Sign of the Four,"factor,--nothing more. If my future were black, it was better surely",554
The Sign of the Four,to face it like a man than to attempt to brighten it by mere,555
The Sign of the Four,will-o'-the-wisps of the imagination.,556
The Sign of the Four,,557
The Sign of the Four,CHAPTER III,558
The Sign of the Four,In Quest of a Solution,559
The Sign of the Four,,560
The Sign of the Four,"It was half-past five before Holmes returned. He was bright, eager,",561
The Sign of the Four,"and in excellent spirits,--a mood which in his case alternated with",562
The Sign of the Four,fits of the blackest depression.,563
The Sign of the Four,,564
The Sign of the Four,"""There is no great mystery in this matter,"" he said, taking the cup",565
The Sign of the Four,"of tea which I had poured out for him. ""The facts appear to admit of",566
The Sign of the Four,"only one explanation.""",567
The Sign of the Four,,568
The Sign of the Four,"""What! you have solved it already?""",569
The Sign of the Four,,570
The Sign of the Four,"""Well, that would be too much to say. I have discovered a suggestive",571
The Sign of the Four,"fact, that is all. It is, however, very suggestive. The details are",572
The Sign of the Four,"still to be added. I have just found, on consulting the back files of",573
The Sign of the Four,"the Times, that Major Sholto, of Upper Norword, late of the 34th",574
The Sign of the Four,"Bombay Infantry, died upon the 28th of April, 1882.""",575
The Sign of the Four,,576
The Sign of the Four,"""I may be very obtuse, Holmes, but I fail to see what this suggests.""",577
The Sign of the Four,,578
The Sign of the Four,"""No? You surprise me. Look at it in this way, then. Captain Morstan",579
The Sign of the Four,disappears. The only person in London whom he could have visited is,580
The Sign of the Four,Major Sholto. Major Sholto denies having heard that he was in London.,581
The Sign of the Four,Four years later Sholto dies. Within a week of his death Captain,582
The Sign of the Four,"Morstan's daughter receives a valuable present, which is repeated",583
The Sign of the Four,"from year to year, and now culminates in a letter which describes her",584
The Sign of the Four,as a wronged woman. What wrong can it refer to except this,585
The Sign of the Four,deprivation of her father? And why should the presents begin,586
The Sign of the Four,"immediately after Sholto's death, unless it is that Sholto's heir",587
The Sign of the Four,knows something of the mystery and desires to make compensation? Have,588
The Sign of the Four,"you any alternative theory which will meet the facts?""",589
The Sign of the Four,,590
The Sign of the Four,"""But what a strange compensation! And how strangely made! Why, too,",591
The Sign of the Four,"should he write a letter now, rather than six years ago? Again, the",592
The Sign of the Four,letter speaks of giving her justice. What justice can she have? It is,593
The Sign of the Four,too much to suppose that her father is still alive. There is no other,594
The Sign of the Four,"injustice in her case that you know of.""",595
The Sign of the Four,,596
The Sign of the Four,"""There are difficulties; there are certainly difficulties,"" said",597
The Sign of the Four,"Sherlock Holmes, pensively. ""But our expedition of to-night will",598
The Sign of the Four,"solve them all. Ah, here is a four-wheeler, and Miss Morstan is",599
The Sign of the Four,"inside. Are you all ready? Then we had better go down, for it is a",600
The Sign of the Four,"little past the hour.""",601
The Sign of the Four,,602
The Sign of the Four,"I picked up my hat and my heaviest stick, but I observed that Holmes",603
The Sign of the Four,took his revolver from his drawer and slipped it into his pocket. It,604
The Sign of the Four,was clear that he thought that our night's work might be a serious,605
The Sign of the Four,one.,606
The Sign of the Four,,607
The Sign of the Four,"Miss Morstan was muffled in a dark cloak, and her sensitive face was",608
The Sign of the Four,"composed, but pale. She must have been more than woman if she did not",609
The Sign of the Four,feel some uneasiness at the strange enterprise upon which we were,610
The Sign of the Four,"embarking, yet her self-control was perfect, and she readily answered",611
The Sign of the Four,the few additional questions which Sherlock Holmes put to her.,612
The Sign of the Four,,613
The Sign of the Four,"""Major Sholto was a very particular friend of papa's,"" she said. ""His",614
The Sign of the Four,letters were full of allusions to the major. He and papa were in,615
The Sign of the Four,"command of the troops at the Andaman Islands, so they were thrown a",616
The Sign of the Four,"great deal together. By the way, a curious paper was found in papa's",617
The Sign of the Four,desk which no one could understand. I don't suppose that it is of the,618
The Sign of the Four,"slightest importance, but I thought you might care to see it, so I",619
The Sign of the Four,"brought it with me. It is here.""",620
The Sign of the Four,,621
The Sign of the Four,Holmes unfolded the paper carefully and smoothed it out upon his,622
The Sign of the Four,knee. He then very methodically examined it all over with his double,623
The Sign of the Four,lens.,624
The Sign of the Four,,625
The Sign of the Four,"""It is paper of native Indian manufacture,"" he remarked. ""It has at",626
The Sign of the Four,some time been pinned to a board. The diagram upon it appears to be a,627
The Sign of the Four,"plan of part of a large building with numerous halls, corridors, and",628
The Sign of the Four,"passages. At one point is a small cross done in red ink, and above it",629
The Sign of the Four,"is '3.37 from left,' in faded pencil-writing.  In the left-hand",630
The Sign of the Four,corner is a curious hieroglyphic like four crosses in a line with,631
The Sign of the Four,"their arms touching. Beside it is written, in very rough and coarse",632
The Sign of the Four,"characters, 'The sign of the four,--Jonathan Small, Mahomet Singh,",633
The Sign of the Four,"Abdullah Khan, Dost Akbar.' No, I confess that I do not see how this",634
The Sign of the Four,bears upon the matter. Yet it is evidently a document of importance.,635
The Sign of the Four,It has been kept carefully in a pocket-book; for the one side is as,636
The Sign of the Four,"clean as the other.""",637
The Sign of the Four,,638
The Sign of the Four,"""It was in his pocket-book that we found it.""",639
The Sign of the Four,,640
The Sign of the Four,"""Preserve it carefully, then, Miss Morstan, for it may prove to be of",641
The Sign of the Four,use to us. I begin to suspect that this matter may turn out to be,642
The Sign of the Four,much deeper and more subtle than I at first supposed. I must,643
The Sign of the Four,"reconsider my ideas."" He leaned back in the cab, and I could see by",644
The Sign of the Four,his drawn brow and his vacant eye that he was thinking intently. Miss,645
The Sign of the Four,Morstan and I chatted in an undertone about our present expedition,646
The Sign of the Four,"and its possible outcome, but our companion maintained his",647
The Sign of the Four,impenetrable reserve until the end of our journey.,648
The Sign of the Four,,649
The Sign of the Four,"It was a September evening, and not yet seven o'clock, but the day",650
The Sign of the Four,"had been a dreary one, and a dense drizzly fog lay low upon the great",651
The Sign of the Four,city. Mud-colored clouds drooped sadly over the muddy streets. Down,652
The Sign of the Four,the Strand the lamps were but misty splotches of diffused light which,653
The Sign of the Four,threw a feeble circular glimmer upon the slimy pavement. The yellow,654
The Sign of the Four,"glare from the shop-windows streamed out into the steamy, vaporous",655
The Sign of the Four,"air, and threw a murky, shifting radiance across the crowded",656
The Sign of the Four,"thoroughfare. There was, to my mind, something eerie and ghost-like",657
The Sign of the Four,in the endless procession of faces which flitted across these narrow,658
The Sign of the Four,"bars of light,--sad faces and glad, haggard and merry. Like all human",659
The Sign of the Four,"kind, they flitted from the gloom into the light, and so back into",660
The Sign of the Four,"the gloom once more. I am not subject to impressions, but the dull,",661
The Sign of the Four,"heavy evening, with the strange business upon which we were engaged,",662
The Sign of the Four,combined to make me nervous and depressed. I could see from Miss,663
The Sign of the Four,Morstan's manner that she was suffering from the same feeling. Holmes,664
The Sign of the Four,alone could rise superior to petty influences. He held his open,665
The Sign of the Four,"note-book upon his knee, and from time to time he jotted down figures",666
The Sign of the Four,and memoranda in the light of his pocket-lantern.,667
The Sign of the Four,,668
The Sign of the Four,At the Lyceum Theatre the crowds were already thick at the,669
The Sign of the Four,side-entrances. In front a continuous stream of hansoms and,670
The Sign of the Four,"four-wheelers were rattling up, discharging their cargoes of",671
The Sign of the Four,"shirt-fronted men and beshawled, bediamonded women. We had hardly",672
The Sign of the Four,"reached the third pillar, which was our rendezvous, before a small,",673
The Sign of the Four,"dark, brisk man in the dress of a coachman accosted us.",674
The Sign of the Four,,675
The Sign of the Four,"""Are you the parties who come with Miss Morstan?"" he asked.",676
The Sign of the Four,,677
The Sign of the Four,"""I am Miss Morstan, and these two gentlemen are my friends,"" said",678
The Sign of the Four,she.,679
The Sign of the Four,,680
The Sign of the Four,He bent a pair of wonderfully penetrating and questioning eyes upon,681
The Sign of the Four,"us. ""You will excuse me, miss,"" he said with a certain dogged manner,",682
The Sign of the Four,"""but I was to ask you to give me your word that neither of your",683
The Sign of the Four,"companions is a police-officer.""",684
The Sign of the Four,,685
The Sign of the Four,"""I give you my word on that,"" she answered.",686
The Sign of the Four,,687
The Sign of the Four,"He gave a shrill whistle, on which a street Arab led across a",688
The Sign of the Four,four-wheeler and opened the door. The man who had addressed us,689
The Sign of the Four,"mounted to the box, while we took our places inside. We had hardly",690
The Sign of the Four,"done so before the driver whipped up his horse, and we plunged away",691
The Sign of the Four,at a furious pace through the foggy streets.,692
The Sign of the Four,,693
The Sign of the Four,"The situation was a curious one. We were driving to an unknown place,",694
The Sign of the Four,on an unknown errand. Yet our invitation was either a complete,695
The Sign of the Four,"hoax,--which was an inconceivable hypothesis,--or else we had good",696
The Sign of the Four,reason to think that important issues might hang upon our journey.,697
The Sign of the Four,Miss Morstan's demeanor was as resolute and collected as ever. I,698
The Sign of the Four,endeavored to cheer and amuse her by reminiscences of my adventures,699
The Sign of the Four,"in Afghanistan; but, to tell the truth, I was myself so excited at",700
The Sign of the Four,our situation and so curious as to our destination that my stories,701
The Sign of the Four,were slightly involved. To this day she declares that I told her one,702
The Sign of the Four,moving anecdote as to how a musket looked into my tent at the dead of,703
The Sign of the Four,"night, and how I fired a double-barrelled tiger cub at it. At first I",704
The Sign of the Four,"had some idea as to the direction in which we were driving; but soon,",705
The Sign of the Four,"what with our pace, the fog, and my own limited knowledge of London,",706
The Sign of the Four,"I lost my bearings, and knew nothing, save that we seemed to be going",707
The Sign of the Four,"a very long way. Sherlock Holmes was never at fault, however, and he",708
The Sign of the Four,muttered the names as the cab rattled through squares and in and out,709
The Sign of the Four,by tortuous by-streets.,710
The Sign of the Four,,711
The Sign of the Four,"""Rochester Row,"" said he. ""Now Vincent Square. Now we come out on the",712
The Sign of the Four,"Vauxhall Bridge Road. We are making for the Surrey side, apparently.",713
The Sign of the Four,"Yes, I thought so. Now we are on the bridge. You can catch glimpses",714
The Sign of the Four,"of the river.""",715
The Sign of the Four,,716
The Sign of the Four,We did indeed bet a fleeting view of a stretch of the Thames with the,717
The Sign of the Four,"lamps shining upon the broad, silent water; but our cab dashed on,",718
The Sign of the Four,and was soon involved in a labyrinth of streets upon the other side.,719
The Sign of the Four,,720
The Sign of the Four,"""Wordsworth Road,"" said my companion. ""Priory Road. Lark Hall Lane.",721
The Sign of the Four,Stockwell Place. Robert Street. Cold Harbor Lane. Our quest does not,722
The Sign of the Four,"appear to take us to very fashionable regions.""",723
The Sign of the Four,,724
The Sign of the Four,"We had, indeed, reached a questionable and forbidding neighborhood.",725
The Sign of the Four,Long lines of dull brick houses were only relieved by the coarse,726
The Sign of the Four,glare and tawdry brilliancy of public houses at the corner. Then came,727
The Sign of the Four,"rows of two-storied villas each with a fronting of miniature garden,",728
The Sign of the Four,and then again interminable lines of new staring brick,729
The Sign of the Four,"buildings,--the monster tentacles which the giant city was throwing",730
The Sign of the Four,out into the country. At last the cab drew up at the third house in a,731
The Sign of the Four,"new terrace. None of the other houses were inhabited, and that at",732
The Sign of the Four,"which we stopped was as dark as its neighbors, save for a single",733
The Sign of the Four,"glimmer in the kitchen window. On our knocking, however, the door was",734
The Sign of the Four,"instantly thrown open by a Hindoo servant clad in a yellow turban,",735
The Sign of the Four,"white loose-fitting clothes, and a yellow sash. There was something",736
The Sign of the Four,strangely incongruous in this Oriental figure framed in the,737
The Sign of the Four,commonplace door-way of a third-rate suburban dwelling-house.,738
The Sign of the Four,,739
The Sign of the Four,"""The Sahib awaits you,"" said he, and even as he spoke there came a",740
The Sign of the Four,"high piping voice from some inner room. ""Show them in to me,",741
The Sign of the Four,"khitmutgar,"" it cried. ""Show them straight in to me.""",742
The Sign of the Four,,743
The Sign of the Four,CHAPTER IV,744
The Sign of the Four,The Story of the Bald-Headed Man,745
The Sign of the Four,,746
The Sign of the Four,"We followed the Indian down a sordid and common passage, ill lit and",747
The Sign of the Four,"worse furnished, until he came to a door upon the right, which he",748
The Sign of the Four,"threw open. A blaze of yellow light streamed out upon us, and in the",749
The Sign of the Four,"centre of the glare there stood a small man with a very high head, a",750
The Sign of the Four,"bristle of red hair all round the fringe of it, and a bald, shining",751
The Sign of the Four,scalp which shot out from among it like a mountain-peak from,752
The Sign of the Four,"fir-trees. He writhed his hands together as he stood, and his",753
The Sign of the Four,"features were in a perpetual jerk, now smiling, now scowling, but",754
The Sign of the Four,"never for an instant in repose. Nature had given him a pendulous lip,",755
The Sign of the Four,"and a too visible line of yellow and irregular teeth, which he strove",756
The Sign of the Four,feebly to conceal by constantly passing his hand over the lower part,757
The Sign of the Four,"of his face. In spite of his obtrusive baldness, he gave the",758
The Sign of the Four,impression of youth. In point of fact he had just turned his,759
The Sign of the Four,thirtieth year.,760
The Sign of the Four,,761
The Sign of the Four,"""Your servant, Miss Morstan,"" he kept repeating, in a thin, high",762
The Sign of the Four,"voice. ""Your servant, gentlemen. Pray step into my little sanctum. A",763
The Sign of the Four,"small place, miss, but furnished to my own liking.  An oasis of art",764
The Sign of the Four,"in the howling desert of South London.""",765
The Sign of the Four,,766
The Sign of the Four,We were all astonished by the appearance of the apartment into which,767
The Sign of the Four,he invited us. In that sorry house it looked as out of place as a,768
The Sign of the Four,diamond of the first water in a setting of brass. The richest and,769
The Sign of the Four,"glossiest of curtains and tapestries draped the walls, looped back",770
The Sign of the Four,here and there to expose some richly-mounted painting or Oriental,771
The Sign of the Four,"vase. The carpet was of amber-and-black, so soft and so thick that",772
The Sign of the Four,"the foot sank pleasantly into it, as into a bed of moss. Two great",773
The Sign of the Four,tiger-skins thrown athwart it increased the suggestion of Eastern,774
The Sign of the Four,"luxury, as did a huge hookah which stood upon a mat in the corner. A",775
The Sign of the Four,lamp in the fashion of a silver dove was hung from an almost,776
The Sign of the Four,invisible golden wire in the centre of the room. As it burned it,777
The Sign of the Four,filled the air with a subtle and aromatic odor.,778
The Sign of the Four,,779
The Sign of the Four,"""Mr. Thaddeus Sholto,"" said the little man, still jerking and",780
The Sign of the Four,"smiling. ""That is my name. You are Miss Morstan, of course. And these",781
The Sign of the Four,"gentlemen--""",782
The Sign of the Four,,783
The Sign of the Four,"""This is Mr. Sherlock Holmes, and this is Dr. Watson.""",784
The Sign of the Four,,785
The Sign of the Four,"""A doctor, eh?"" cried he, much excited. ""Have you your stethoscope?",786
The Sign of the Four,Might I ask you--would you have the kindness? I have grave doubts as,787
The Sign of the Four,"to my mitral valve, if you would be so very good. The aortic I may",788
The Sign of the Four,"rely upon, but I should value your opinion upon the mitral.""",789
The Sign of the Four,,790
The Sign of the Four,"I listened to his heart, as requested, but was unable to find",791
The Sign of the Four,"anything amiss, save indeed that he was in an ecstasy of fear, for he",792
The Sign of the Four,"shivered from head to foot. ""It appears to be normal,"" I said. ""You",793
The Sign of the Four,"have no cause for uneasiness.""",794
The Sign of the Four,,795
The Sign of the Four,"""You will excuse my anxiety, Miss Morstan,"" he remarked, airily.  ""I",796
The Sign of the Four,"am a great sufferer, and I have long had suspicions as to that valve.",797
The Sign of the Four,"I am delighted to hear that they are unwarranted. Had your father,",798
The Sign of the Four,"Miss Morstan, refrained from throwing a strain upon his heart, he",799
The Sign of the Four,"might have been alive now.""",800
The Sign of the Four,,801
The Sign of the Four,"I could have struck the man across the face, so hot was I at this",802
The Sign of the Four,callous and off-hand reference to so delicate a matter. Miss Morstan,803
The Sign of the Four,"sat down, and her face grew white to the lips. ""I knew in my heart",804
The Sign of the Four,"that he was dead,"" said she.",805
The Sign of the Four,,806
The Sign of the Four,"""I can give you every information,"" said he, ""and, what is more, I",807
The Sign of the Four,"can do you justice; and I will, too, whatever Brother Bartholomew may",808
The Sign of the Four,"say. I am so glad to have your friends here, not only as an escort to",809
The Sign of the Four,"you, but also as witnesses to what I am about to do and say. The",810
The Sign of the Four,three of us can show a bold front to Brother Bartholomew. But let us,811
The Sign of the Four,"have no outsiders,--no police or officials. We can settle everything",812
The Sign of the Four,"satisfactorily among ourselves, without any interference. Nothing",813
The Sign of the Four,"would annoy Brother Bartholomew more than any publicity."" He sat down",814
The Sign of the Four,"upon a low settee and blinked at us inquiringly with his weak, watery",815
The Sign of the Four,blue eyes.,816
The Sign of the Four,,817
The Sign of the Four,"""For my part,"" said Holmes, ""whatever you may choose to say will go",818
The Sign of the Four,"no further.""",819
The Sign of the Four,,820
The Sign of the Four,I nodded to show my agreement.,821
The Sign of the Four,,822
The Sign of the Four,"""That is well! That is well!"" said he. ""May I offer you a glass of",823
The Sign of the Four,"Chianti, Miss Morstan? Or of Tokay? I keep no other wines. Shall I",824
The Sign of the Four,"open a flask? No? Well, then, I trust that you have no objection to",825
The Sign of the Four,"tobacco-smoke, to the mild balsamic odor of the Eastern tobacco. I am",826
The Sign of the Four,"a little nervous, and I find my hookah an invaluable sedative."" He",827
The Sign of the Four,"applied a taper to the great bowl, and the smoke bubbled merrily",828
The Sign of the Four,"through the rose-water. We sat all three in a semicircle, with our",829
The Sign of the Four,"heads advanced, and our chins upon our hands, while the strange,",830
The Sign of the Four,"jerky little fellow, with his high, shining head, puffed uneasily in",831
The Sign of the Four,the centre.,832
The Sign of the Four,,833
The Sign of the Four,"""When I first determined to make this communication to you,"" said he,",834
The Sign of the Four,"""I might have given you my address, but I feared that you might",835
The Sign of the Four,disregard my request and bring unpleasant people with you. I took the,836
The Sign of the Four,"liberty, therefore, of making an appointment in such a way that my",837
The Sign of the Four,man Williams might be able to see you first. I have complete,838
The Sign of the Four,"confidence in his discretion, and he had orders, if he were",839
The Sign of the Four,"dissatisfied, to proceed no further in the matter. You will excuse",840
The Sign of the Four,"these precautions, but I am a man of somewhat retiring, and I might",841
The Sign of the Four,"even say refined, tastes, and there is nothing more unaesthetic than",842
The Sign of the Four,a policeman. I have a natural shrinking from all forms of rough,843
The Sign of the Four,"materialism. I seldom come in contact with the rough crowd. I live,",844
The Sign of the Four,"as you see, with some little atmosphere of elegance around me. I may",845
The Sign of the Four,call myself a patron of the arts. It is my weakness. The landscape is,846
The Sign of the Four,"a genuine Corot, and, though a connoisseur might perhaps throw a",847
The Sign of the Four,"doubt upon that Salvator Rosa, there cannot be the least question",848
The Sign of the Four,"about the Bouguereau. I am partial to the modern French school.""",849
The Sign of the Four,,850
The Sign of the Four,"""You will excuse me, Mr. Sholto,"" said Miss Morstan, ""but I am here",851
The Sign of the Four,at your request to learn something which you desire to tell me. It is,852
The Sign of the Four,"very late, and I should desire the interview to be as short as",853
The Sign of the Four,"possible.""",854
The Sign of the Four,,855
The Sign of the Four,"""At the best it must take some time,"" he answered; ""for we shall",856
The Sign of the Four,certainly have to go to Norwood and see Brother Bartholomew. We shall,857
The Sign of the Four,all go and try if we can get the better of Brother Bartholomew. He is,858
The Sign of the Four,very angry with me for taking the course which has seemed right to,859
The Sign of the Four,me. I had quite high words with him last night. You cannot imagine,860
The Sign of the Four,"what a terrible fellow he is when he is angry.""",861
The Sign of the Four,,862
The Sign of the Four,"""If we are to go to Norwood it would perhaps be as well to start at",863
The Sign of the Four,"once,"" I ventured to remark.",864
The Sign of the Four,,865
The Sign of the Four,"He laughed until his ears were quite red. ""That would hardly do,"" he",866
The Sign of the Four,"cried. ""I don't know what he would say if I brought you in that",867
The Sign of the Four,"sudden way. No, I must prepare you by showing you how we all stand to",868
The Sign of the Four,"each other. In the first place, I must tell you that there are",869
The Sign of the Four,several points in the story of which I am myself ignorant. I can only,870
The Sign of the Four,lay the facts before you as far as I know them myself.,871
The Sign of the Four,,872
The Sign of the Four,"""My father was, as you may have guessed, Major John Sholto, once of",873
The Sign of the Four,"the Indian army. He retired some eleven years ago, and came to live",874
The Sign of the Four,"at Pondicherry Lodge in Upper Norwood. He had prospered in India, and",875
The Sign of the Four,"brought back with him a considerable sum of money, a large collection",876
The Sign of the Four,"of valuable curiosities, and a staff of native servants. With these",877
The Sign of the Four,"advantages he bought himself a house, and lived in great luxury. My",878
The Sign of the Four,twin-brother Bartholomew and I were the only children.,879
The Sign of the Four,,880
The Sign of the Four,"""I very well remember the sensation which was caused by the",881
The Sign of the Four,"disappearance of Captain Morstan. We read the details in the papers,",882
The Sign of the Four,"and, knowing that he had been a friend of our father's, we discussed",883
The Sign of the Four,the case freely in his presence. He used to join in our speculations,884
The Sign of the Four,as to what could have happened. Never for an instant did we suspect,885
The Sign of the Four,"that he had the whole secret hidden in his own breast,--that of all",886
The Sign of the Four,men he alone knew the fate of Arthur Morstan.,887
The Sign of the Four,,888
The Sign of the Four,"""We did know, however, that some mystery--some positive",889
The Sign of the Four,"danger--overhung our father. He was very fearful of going out alone,",890
The Sign of the Four,and he always employed two prize-fighters to act as porters at,891
The Sign of the Four,"Pondicherry Lodge. Williams, who drove you to-night, was one of them.",892
The Sign of the Four,He was once light-weight champion of England. Our father would never,893
The Sign of the Four,"tell us what it was he feared, but he had a most marked aversion to",894
The Sign of the Four,men with wooden legs. On one occasion he actually fired his revolver,895
The Sign of the Four,"at a wooden-legged man, who proved to be a harmless tradesman",896
The Sign of the Four,canvassing for orders. We had to pay a large sum to hush the matter,897
The Sign of the Four,"up. My brother and I used to think this a mere whim of my father's,",898
The Sign of the Four,but events have since led us to change our opinion.,899
The Sign of the Four,,900
The Sign of the Four,"""Early in 1882 my father received a letter from India which was a",901
The Sign of the Four,great shock to him. He nearly fainted at the breakfast-table when he,902
The Sign of the Four,"opened it, and from that day he sickened to his death. What was in",903
The Sign of the Four,"the letter we could never discover, but I could see as he held it",904
The Sign of the Four,that it was short and written in a scrawling hand. He had suffered,905
The Sign of the Four,"for years from an enlarged spleen, but he now became rapidly worse,",906
The Sign of the Four,and towards the end of April we were informed that he was beyond all,907
The Sign of the Four,"hope, and that he wished to make a last communication to us.",908
The Sign of the Four,,909
The Sign of the Four,"""When we entered his room he was propped up with pillows and",910
The Sign of the Four,breathing heavily. He besought us to lock the door and to come upon,911
The Sign of the Four,"either side of the bed. Then, grasping our hands, he made a",912
The Sign of the Four,"remarkable statement to us, in a voice which was broken as much by",913
The Sign of the Four,emotion as by pain. I shall try and give it to you in his own very,914
The Sign of the Four,words.,915
The Sign of the Four,,916
The Sign of the Four,"""'I have only one thing,' he said, 'which weighs upon my mind at this",917
The Sign of the Four,supreme moment. It is my treatment of poor Morstan's orphan. The,918
The Sign of the Four,cursed greed which has been my besetting sin through life has,919
The Sign of the Four,"withheld from her the treasure, half at least of which should have",920
The Sign of the Four,"been hers. And yet I have made no use of it myself,--so blind and",921
The Sign of the Four,foolish a thing is avarice. The mere feeling of possession has been,922
The Sign of the Four,so dear to me that I could not bear to share it with another. See,923
The Sign of the Four,that chaplet dipped with pearls beside the quinine-bottle. Even that,924
The Sign of the Four,"I could not bear to part with, although I had got it out with the",925
The Sign of the Four,"design of sending it to her. You, my sons, will give her a fair share",926
The Sign of the Four,of the Agra treasure. But send her nothing--not even the,927
The Sign of the Four,"chaplet--until I am gone. After all, men have been as bad as this and",928
The Sign of the Four,have recovered.,929
The Sign of the Four,,930
The Sign of the Four,"""'I will tell you how Morstan died,' he continued. 'He had suffered",931
The Sign of the Four,"for years from a weak heart, but he concealed it from every one. I",932
The Sign of the Four,"alone knew it. When in India, he and I, through a remarkable chain of",933
The Sign of the Four,"circumstances, came into possession of a considerable treasure. I",934
The Sign of the Four,"brought it over to England, and on the night of Morstan's arrival he",935
The Sign of the Four,came straight over here to claim his share. He walked over from the,936
The Sign of the Four,"station, and was admitted by my faithful Lal Chowdar, who is now",937
The Sign of the Four,dead. Morstan and I had a difference of opinion as to the division of,938
The Sign of the Four,"the treasure, and we came to heated words. Morstan had sprung out of",939
The Sign of the Four,"his chair in a paroxysm of anger, when he suddenly pressed his hand",940
The Sign of the Four,"to his side, his face turned a dusky hue, and he fell backwards,",941
The Sign of the Four,cutting his head against the corner of the treasure-chest. When I,942
The Sign of the Four,"stooped over him I found, to my horror, that he was dead.",943
The Sign of the Four,,944
The Sign of the Four,"""'For a long time I sat half distracted, wondering what I should do.",945
The Sign of the Four,"My first impulse was, of course, to call for assistance; but I could",946
The Sign of the Four,not but recognize that there was every chance that I would be accused,947
The Sign of the Four,"of his murder. His death at the moment of a quarrel, and the gash in",948
The Sign of the Four,"his head, would be black against me. Again, an official inquiry could",949
The Sign of the Four,"not be made without bringing out some facts about the treasure, which",950
The Sign of the Four,I was particularly anxious to keep secret. He had told me that no,951
The Sign of the Four,soul upon earth knew where he had gone. There seemed to be no,952
The Sign of the Four,necessity why any soul ever should know.,953
The Sign of the Four,,954
The Sign of the Four,"""'I was still pondering over the matter, when, looking up, I saw my",955
The Sign of the Four,"servant, Lal Chowdar, in the doorway. He stole in and bolted the door",956
The Sign of the Four,"behind him. ""Do not fear, Sahib,"" he said. ""No one need know that you",957
The Sign of the Four,"have killed him. Let us hide him away, and who is the wiser?"" ""I did",958
The Sign of the Four,"not kill him,"" said I. Lal Chowdar shook his head and smiled. ""I",959
The Sign of the Four,"heard it all, Sahib,"" said he. ""I heard you quarrel, and I heard the",960
The Sign of the Four,blow. But my lips are sealed. All are asleep in the house. Let us put,961
The Sign of the Four,"him away together."" That was enough to decide met. If my own servant",962
The Sign of the Four,"could not believe my innocence, how could I hope to make it good",963
The Sign of the Four,before twelve foolish tradesmen in a jury-box? Lal Chowdar and I,964
The Sign of the Four,"disposed of the body that night, and within a few days the London",965
The Sign of the Four,papers were full of the mysterious disappearance of Captain Morstan.,966
The Sign of the Four,You will see from what I say that I can hardly be blamed in the,967
The Sign of the Four,matter. My fault lies in the fact that we concealed not only the,968
The Sign of the Four,"body, but also the treasure, and that I have clung to Morstan's share",969
The Sign of the Four,"as well as to my own. I wish you, therefore, to make restitution. Put",970
The Sign of the Four,your ears down to my mouth. The treasure is hidden in--At this,971
The Sign of the Four,instant a horrible change came over his expression; his eyes stared,972
The Sign of the Four,"wildly, his jaw dropped, and he yelled, in a voice which I can never",973
The Sign of the Four,"forget, 'Keep him out! For Christ's sake keep him out'! We both",974
The Sign of the Four,stared round at the window behind us upon which his gaze was fixed. A,975
The Sign of the Four,face was looking in at us out of the darkness. We could see the,976
The Sign of the Four,whitening of the nose where it was pressed against the glass. It was,977
The Sign of the Four,"a bearded, hairy face, with wild cruel eyes and an expression of",978
The Sign of the Four,"concentrated malevolence. My brother and I rushed towards the window,",979
The Sign of the Four,but the man was gone. When we returned to my father his head had,980
The Sign of the Four,dropped and his pulse had ceased to beat.,981
The Sign of the Four,,982
The Sign of the Four,"""We searched the garden that night, but found no sign of the",983
The Sign of the Four,"intruder, save that just under the window a single footmark was",984
The Sign of the Four,"visible in the flower-bed. But for that one trace, we might have",985
The Sign of the Four,"thought that our imaginations had conjured up that wild, fierce face.",986
The Sign of the Four,"We soon, however, had another and a more striking proof that there",987
The Sign of the Four,were secret agencies at work all round us. The window of my father's,988
The Sign of the Four,"room was found open in the morning, his cupboards and boxes had been",989
The Sign of the Four,"rifled, and upon his chest was fixed a torn piece of paper, with the",990
The Sign of the Four,words 'The sign of the four' scrawled across it. What the phrase,991
The Sign of the Four,"meant, or who our secret visitor may have been, we never knew. As far",992
The Sign of the Four,"as we can judge, none of my father's property had been actually",993
The Sign of the Four,"stolen, though everything had been turned out. My brother and I",994
The Sign of the Four,naturally associated this peculiar incident with the fear which,995
The Sign of the Four,haunted my father during his life; but it is still a complete mystery,996
The Sign of the Four,"to us.""",997
The Sign of the Four,,998
The Sign of the Four,The little man stopped to relight his hookah and puffed thoughtfully,999
The Sign of the Four,"for a few moments. We had all sat absorbed, listening to his",1000
The Sign of the Four,extraordinary narrative. At the short account of her father's death,1001
The Sign of the Four,"Miss Morstan had turned deadly white, and for a moment I feared that",1002
The Sign of the Four,"she was about to faint. She rallied however, on drinking a glass of",1003
The Sign of the Four,water which I quietly poured out for her from a Venetian carafe upon,1004
The Sign of the Four,the side-table. Sherlock Holmes leaned back in his chair with an,1005
The Sign of the Four,abstracted expression and the lids drawn low over his glittering,1006
The Sign of the Four,eyes. As I glanced at him I could not but think how on that very day,1007
The Sign of the Four,he had complained bitterly of the commonplaceness of life. Here at,1008
The Sign of the Four,least was a problem which would tax his sagacity to the utmost. Mr.,1009
The Sign of the Four,Thaddeus Sholto looked from one to the other of us with an obvious,1010
The Sign of the Four,"pride at the effect which his story had produced, and then continued",1011
The Sign of the Four,between the puffs of his overgrown pipe.,1012
The Sign of the Four,,1013
The Sign of the Four,"""My brother and I,"" said he, ""were, as you may imagine, much excited",1014
The Sign of the Four,as to the treasure which my father had spoken of. For weeks and for,1015
The Sign of the Four,"months we dug and delved in every part of the garden, without",1016
The Sign of the Four,discovering its whereabouts. It was maddening to think that the,1017
The Sign of the Four,hiding-place was on his very lips at the moment that he died. We,1018
The Sign of the Four,could judge the splendor of the missing riches by the chaplet which,1019
The Sign of the Four,he had taken out. Over this chaplet my brother Bartholomew and I had,1020
The Sign of the Four,"some little discussion. The pearls were evidently of great value, and",1021
The Sign of the Four,"he was averse to part with them, for, between friends, my brother was",1022
The Sign of the Four,"himself a little inclined to my father's fault. He thought, too, that",1023
The Sign of the Four,if we parted with the chaplet it might give rise to gossip and,1024
The Sign of the Four,finally bring us into trouble. It was all that I could do to persuade,1025
The Sign of the Four,him to let me find out Miss Morstan's address and send her a detached,1026
The Sign of the Four,"pearl at fixed intervals, so that at least she might never feel",1027
The Sign of the Four,"destitute.""",1028
The Sign of the Four,,1029
The Sign of the Four,"""It was a kindly thought,"" said our companion, earnestly. ""It was",1030
The Sign of the Four,"extremely good of you.""",1031
The Sign of the Four,,1032
The Sign of the Four,"The little man waved his hand deprecatingly. ""We were your trustees,""",1033
The Sign of the Four,"he said. ""That was the view which I took of it, though Brother",1034
The Sign of the Four,Bartholomew could not altogether see it in that light. We had plenty,1035
The Sign of the Four,"of money ourselves. I desired no more. Besides, it would have been",1036
The Sign of the Four,such bad taste to have treated a young lady in so scurvy a fashion.,1037
The Sign of the Four,'Le mauvais goût mène au crime.' The French have a very neat way of,1038
The Sign of the Four,putting these things. Our difference of opinion on this subject went,1039
The Sign of the Four,so far that I thought it best to set up rooms for myself: so I left,1040
The Sign of the Four,"Pondicherry Lodge, taking the old khitmutgar and Williams with me.",1041
The Sign of the Four,"Yesterday, however, I learn that an event of extreme importance has",1042
The Sign of the Four,occurred. The treasure has been discovered. I instantly communicated,1043
The Sign of the Four,"with Miss Morstan, and it only remains for us to drive out to Norwood",1044
The Sign of the Four,and demand our share. I explained my views last night to Brother,1045
The Sign of the Four,"Bartholomew: so we shall be expected, if not welcome, visitors.""",1046
The Sign of the Four,,1047
The Sign of the Four,"Mr. Thaddeus Sholto ceased, and sat twitching on his luxurious",1048
The Sign of the Four,"settee. We all remained silent, with our thoughts upon the new",1049
The Sign of the Four,development which the mysterious business had taken. Holmes was the,1050
The Sign of the Four,first to spring to his feet.,1051
The Sign of the Four,,1052
The Sign of the Four,"""You have done well, sir, from first to last,"" said he. ""It is",1053
The Sign of the Four,possible that we may be able to make you some small return by,1054
The Sign of the Four,"throwing some light upon that which is still dark to you. But, as",1055
The Sign of the Four,"Miss Morstan remarked just now, it is late, and we had best put the",1056
The Sign of the Four,"matter through without delay.""",1057
The Sign of the Four,,1058
The Sign of the Four,Our new acquaintance very deliberately coiled up the tube of his,1059
The Sign of the Four,"hookah, and produced from behind a curtain a very long befrogged",1060
The Sign of the Four,"topcoat with Astrakhan collar and cuffs. This he buttoned tightly up,",1061
The Sign of the Four,"in spite of the extreme closeness of the night, and finished his",1062
The Sign of the Four,attire by putting on a rabbit-skin cap with hanging lappets which,1063
The Sign of the Four,"covered the ears, so that no part of him was visible save his mobile",1064
The Sign of the Four,"and peaky face. ""My health is somewhat fragile,"" he remarked, as he",1065
The Sign of the Four,"led the way down the passage. ""I am compelled to be a",1066
The Sign of the Four,"valetudinarian.""",1067
The Sign of the Four,,1068
The Sign of the Four,"Our cab was awaiting us outside, and our programme was evidently",1069
The Sign of the Four,"prearranged, for the driver started off at once at a rapid pace.",1070
The Sign of the Four,"Thaddeus Sholto talked incessantly, in a voice which rose high above",1071
The Sign of the Four,the rattle of the wheels.,1072
The Sign of the Four,,1073
The Sign of the Four,"""Bartholomew is a clever fellow,"" said he. ""How do you think he found",1074
The Sign of the Four,out where the treasure was? He had come to the conclusion that it was,1075
The Sign of the Four,"somewhere indoors: so he worked out all the cubic space of the house,",1076
The Sign of the Four,"and made measurements everywhere, so that not one inch should be",1077
The Sign of the Four,"unaccounted for. Among other things, he found that the height of the",1078
The Sign of the Four,"building was seventy-four feet, but on adding together the heights of",1079
The Sign of the Four,"all the separate rooms, and making every allowance for the space",1080
The Sign of the Four,"between, which he ascertained by borings, he could not bring the",1081
The Sign of the Four,total to more than seventy feet. There were four feet unaccounted,1082
The Sign of the Four,for. These could only be at the top of the building. He knocked a,1083
The Sign of the Four,"hole, therefore, in the lath-and-plaster ceiling of the highest room,",1084
The Sign of the Four,"and there, sure enough, he came upon another little garret above it,",1085
The Sign of the Four,which had been sealed up and was known to no one. In the centre stood,1086
The Sign of the Four,"the treasure-chest, resting upon two rafters. He lowered it through",1087
The Sign of the Four,"the hole, and there it lies. He computes the value of the jewels at",1088
The Sign of the Four,"not less than half a million sterling.""",1089
The Sign of the Four,,1090
The Sign of the Four,At the mention of this gigantic sum we all stared at one another,1091
The Sign of the Four,"open-eyed. Miss Morstan, could we secure her rights, would change",1092
The Sign of the Four,from a needy governess to the richest heiress in England. Surely it,1093
The Sign of the Four,was the place of a loyal friend to rejoice at such news; yet I am,1094
The Sign of the Four,"ashamed to say that selfishness took me by the soul, and that my",1095
The Sign of the Four,heart turned as heavy as lead within me. I stammered out some few,1096
The Sign of the Four,"halting words of congratulation, and then sat downcast, with my head",1097
The Sign of the Four,"drooped, deaf to the babble of our new acquaintance. He was clearly a",1098
The Sign of the Four,"confirmed hypochondriac, and I was dreamily conscious that he was",1099
The Sign of the Four,"pouring forth interminable trains of symptoms, and imploring",1100
The Sign of the Four,information as to the composition and action of innumerable quack,1101
The Sign of the Four,"nostrums, some of which he bore about in a leather case in his",1102
The Sign of the Four,pocket. I trust that he may not remember any of the answers which I,1103
The Sign of the Four,gave him that night. Holmes declares that he overheard me caution him,1104
The Sign of the Four,"against the great danger of taking more than two drops of castor oil,",1105
The Sign of the Four,while I recommended strychnine in large doses as a sedative. However,1106
The Sign of the Four,"that may be, I was certainly relieved when our cab pulled up with a",1107
The Sign of the Four,jerk and the coachman sprang down to open the door.,1108
The Sign of the Four,,1109
The Sign of the Four,"""This, Miss Morstan, is Pondicherry Lodge,"" said Mr. Thaddeus Sholto,",1110
The Sign of the Four,as he handed her out.,1111
The Sign of the Four,,1112
The Sign of the Four,CHAPTER V,1113
The Sign of the Four,The Tragedy of Pondicherry Lodge,1114
The Sign of the Four,,1115
The Sign of the Four,It was nearly eleven o'clock when we reached this final stage of our,1116
The Sign of the Four,night's adventures. We had left the damp fog of the great city behind,1117
The Sign of the Four,"us, and the night was fairly fine. A warm wind blew from the",1118
The Sign of the Four,"westward, and heavy clouds moved slowly across the sky, with half a",1119
The Sign of the Four,moon peeping occasionally through the rifts. It was clear enough to,1120
The Sign of the Four,"see for some distance, but Thaddeus Sholto took down one of the",1121
The Sign of the Four,side-lamps from the carriage to give us a better light upon our way.,1122
The Sign of the Four,,1123
The Sign of the Four,"Pondicherry Lodge stood in its own grounds, and was girt round with a",1124
The Sign of the Four,very high stone wall topped with broken glass. A single narrow,1125
The Sign of the Four,iron-clamped door formed the only means of entrance. On this our,1126
The Sign of the Four,guide knocked with a peculiar postman-like rat-tat.,1127
The Sign of the Four,,1128
The Sign of the Four,"""Who is there?"" cried a gruff voice from within.",1129
The Sign of the Four,,1130
The Sign of the Four,"""It is I, McMurdo. You surely know my knock by this time.""",1131
The Sign of the Four,,1132
The Sign of the Four,There was a grumbling sound and a clanking and jarring of keys. The,1133
The Sign of the Four,"door swung heavily back, and a short, deep-chested man stood in the",1134
The Sign of the Four,"opening, with the yellow light of the lantern shining upon his",1135
The Sign of the Four,protruded face and twinkling distrustful eyes.,1136
The Sign of the Four,,1137
The Sign of the Four,"""That you, Mr. Thaddeus? But who are the others? I had no orders",1138
The Sign of the Four,"about them from the master.""",1139
The Sign of the Four,,1140
The Sign of the Four,"""No, McMurdo? You surprise me! I told my brother last night that I",1141
The Sign of the Four,should bring some friends.,1142
The Sign of the Four,,1143
The Sign of the Four,"""He ain't been out o' his room to-day, Mr. Thaddeus, and I have no",1144
The Sign of the Four,orders. You know very well that I must stick to regulations. I can,1145
The Sign of the Four,"let you in, but your friends must just stop where they are.""",1146
The Sign of the Four,,1147
The Sign of the Four,This was an unexpected obstacle. Thaddeus Sholto looked about him in,1148
The Sign of the Four,"a perplexed and helpless manner. ""This is too bad of you, McMurdo!""",1149
The Sign of the Four,"he said. ""If I guarantee them, that is enough for you. There is the",1150
The Sign of the Four,"young lady, too. She cannot wait on the public road at this hour.""",1151
The Sign of the Four,,1152
The Sign of the Four,"""Very sorry, Mr. Thaddeus,"" said the porter, inexorably. ""Folk may be",1153
The Sign of the Four,"friends o' yours, and yet no friends o' the master's. He pays me well",1154
The Sign of the Four,"to do my duty, and my duty I'll do. I don't know none o' your",1155
The Sign of the Four,"friends.""",1156
The Sign of the Four,,1157
The Sign of the Four,"""Oh, yes you do, McMurdo,"" cried Sherlock Holmes, genially. ""I don't",1158
The Sign of the Four,think you can have forgotten me. Don't you remember the amateur who,1159
The Sign of the Four,fought three rounds with you at Alison's rooms on the night of your,1160
The Sign of the Four,"benefit four years back?""",1161
The Sign of the Four,,1162
The Sign of the Four,"""Not Mr. Sherlock Holmes!"" roared the prize-fighter. ""God's truth!",1163
The Sign of the Four,how could I have mistook you? If instead o' standin' there so quiet,1164
The Sign of the Four,you had just stepped up and given me that cross-hit of yours under,1165
The Sign of the Four,"the jaw, I'd ha' known you without a question. Ah, you're one that",1166
The Sign of the Four,"has wasted your gifts, you have! You might have aimed high, if you",1167
The Sign of the Four,"had joined the fancy.""",1168
The Sign of the Four,,1169
The Sign of the Four,"""You see, Watson, if all else fails me I have still one of the",1170
The Sign of the Four,"scientific professions open to me,"" said Holmes, laughing. ""Our",1171
The Sign of the Four,"friend won't keep us out in the cold now, I am sure.""",1172
The Sign of the Four,,1173
The Sign of the Four,"""In you come, sir, in you come,--you and your friends,"" he answered.",1174
The Sign of the Four,"""Very sorry, Mr. Thaddeus, but orders are very strict. Had to be",1175
The Sign of the Four,"certain of your friends before I let them in.""",1176
The Sign of the Four,,1177
The Sign of the Four,"Inside, a gravel path wound through desolate grounds to a huge clump",1178
The Sign of the Four,"of a house, square and prosaic, all plunged in shadow save where a",1179
The Sign of the Four,moonbeam struck one corner and glimmered in a garret window. The vast,1180
The Sign of the Four,"size of the building, with its gloom and its deathly silence, struck",1181
The Sign of the Four,"a chill to the heart. Even Thaddeus Sholto seemed ill at ease, and",1182
The Sign of the Four,the lantern quivered and rattled in his hand.,1183
The Sign of the Four,,1184
The Sign of the Four,"""I cannot understand it,"" he said. ""There must be some mistake. I",1185
The Sign of the Four,"distinctly told Bartholomew that we should be here, and yet there is",1186
The Sign of the Four,"no light in his window. I do not know what to make of it.""",1187
The Sign of the Four,,1188
The Sign of the Four,"""Does he always guard the premises in this way?"" asked Holmes.",1189
The Sign of the Four,,1190
The Sign of the Four,"""Yes; he has followed my father's custom. He was the favorite son,",1191
The Sign of the Four,"you know, and I sometimes think that my father may have told him more",1192
The Sign of the Four,than he ever told me. That is Bartholomew's window up there where the,1193
The Sign of the Four,"moonshine strikes. It is quite bright, but there is no light from",1194
The Sign of the Four,"within, I think.""",1195
The Sign of the Four,,1196
The Sign of the Four,"""None,"" said Holmes. ""But I see the glint of a light in that little",1197
The Sign of the Four,"window beside the door.""",1198
The Sign of the Four,,1199
The Sign of the Four,"""Ah, that is the housekeeper's room. That is where old Mrs. Bernstone",1200
The Sign of the Four,sits. She can tell us all about it. But perhaps you would not mind,1201
The Sign of the Four,"waiting here for a minute or two, for if we all go in together and",1202
The Sign of the Four,she has no word of our coming she may be alarmed. But hush! what is,1203
The Sign of the Four,"that?""",1204
The Sign of the Four,,1205
The Sign of the Four,"He held up the lantern, and his hand shook until the circles of light",1206
The Sign of the Four,"flickered and wavered all round us. Miss Morstan seized my wrist, and",1207
The Sign of the Four,"we all stood with thumping hearts, straining our ears. From the great",1208
The Sign of the Four,black house there sounded through the silent night the saddest and,1209
The Sign of the Four,"most pitiful of sounds,--the shrill, broken whimpering of a",1210
The Sign of the Four,frightened woman.,1211
The Sign of the Four,,1212
The Sign of the Four,"""It is Mrs. Bernstone,"" said Sholto. ""She is the only woman in the",1213
The Sign of the Four,"house. Wait here. I shall be back in a moment."" He hurried for the",1214
The Sign of the Four,"door, and knocked in his peculiar way. We could see a tall old woman",1215
The Sign of the Four,"admit him, and sway with pleasure at the very sight of him.",1216
The Sign of the Four,,1217
The Sign of the Four,"""Oh, Mr. Thaddeus, sir, I am so glad you have come! I am so glad you",1218
The Sign of the Four,"have come, Mr. Thaddeus, sir!"" We heard her reiterated rejoicings",1219
The Sign of the Four,until the door was closed and her voice died away into a muffled,1220
The Sign of the Four,monotone.,1221
The Sign of the Four,,1222
The Sign of the Four,"Our guide had left us the lantern. Holmes swung it slowly round, and",1223
The Sign of the Four,"peered keenly at the house, and at the great rubbish-heaps which",1224
The Sign of the Four,"cumbered the grounds. Miss Morstan and I stood together, and her hand",1225
The Sign of the Four,"was in mine. A wondrous subtle thing is love, for here were we two",1226
The Sign of the Four,"who had never seen each other before that day, between whom no word",1227
The Sign of the Four,"or even look of affection had ever passed, and yet now in an hour of",1228
The Sign of the Four,trouble our hands instinctively sought for each other. I have,1229
The Sign of the Four,"marvelled at it since, but at the time it seemed the most natural",1230
The Sign of the Four,"thing that I should go out to her so, and, as she has often told me,",1231
The Sign of the Four,there was in her also the instinct to turn to me for comfort and,1232
The Sign of the Four,"protection. So we stood hand in hand, like two children, and there",1233
The Sign of the Four,was peace in our hearts for all the dark things that surrounded us.,1234
The Sign of the Four,,1235
The Sign of the Four,"""What a strange place!"" she said, looking round.",1236
The Sign of the Four,,1237
The Sign of the Four,"""It looks as though all the moles in England had been let loose in",1238
The Sign of the Four,it. I have seen something of the sort on the side of a hill near,1239
The Sign of the Four,"Ballarat, where the prospectors had been at work.""",1240
The Sign of the Four,,1241
The Sign of the Four,"""And from the same cause,"" said Holmes. ""These are the traces of the",1242
The Sign of the Four,treasure-seekers. You must remember that they were six years looking,1243
The Sign of the Four,"for it. No wonder that the grounds look like a gravel-pit.""",1244
The Sign of the Four,,1245
The Sign of the Four,"At that moment the door of the house burst open, and Thaddeus Sholto",1246
The Sign of the Four,"came running out, with his hands thrown forward and terror in his",1247
The Sign of the Four,eyes.,1248
The Sign of the Four,,1249
The Sign of the Four,"""There is something amiss with Bartholomew!"" he cried. ""I am",1250
The Sign of the Four,"frightened! My nerves cannot stand it."" He was, indeed, half",1251
The Sign of the Four,"blubbering with fear, and his twitching feeble face peeping out from",1252
The Sign of the Four,the great Astrakhan collar had the helpless appealing expression of a,1253
The Sign of the Four,terrified child.,1254
The Sign of the Four,,1255
The Sign of the Four,"""Come into the house,"" said Holmes, in his crisp, firm way.",1256
The Sign of the Four,,1257
The Sign of the Four,"""Yes, do!"" pleaded Thaddeus Sholto. ""I really do not feel equal to",1258
The Sign of the Four,"giving directions.""",1259
The Sign of the Four,,1260
The Sign of the Four,"We all followed him into the housekeeper's room, which stood upon the",1261
The Sign of the Four,left-hand side of the passage. The old woman was pacing up and down,1262
The Sign of the Four,"with a scared look and restless picking fingers, but the sight of",1263
The Sign of the Four,Miss Morstan appeared to have a soothing effect upon her.,1264
The Sign of the Four,,1265
The Sign of the Four,"""God bless your sweet calm face!"" she cried, with an hysterical sob.",1266
The Sign of the Four,"""It does me good to see you. Oh, but I have been sorely tried this",1267
The Sign of the Four,"day!""",1268
The Sign of the Four,,1269
The Sign of the Four,"Our companion patted her thin, work-worn hand, and murmured some few",1270
The Sign of the Four,words of kindly womanly comfort which brought the color back into the,1271
The Sign of the Four,others bloodless cheeks.,1272
The Sign of the Four,,1273
The Sign of the Four,"""Master has locked himself in and will now answer me,"" she explained.",1274
The Sign of the Four,"""All day I have waited to hear from him, for he often likes to be",1275
The Sign of the Four,"alone; but an hour ago I feared that something was amiss, so I went",1276
The Sign of the Four,"up and peeped through the key-hole. You must go up, Mr.",1277
The Sign of the Four,"Thaddeus,--you must go up and look for yourself. I have seen Mr.",1278
The Sign of the Four,"Bartholomew Sholto in joy and in sorrow for ten long years, but I",1279
The Sign of the Four,"never saw him with such a face on him as that.""",1280
The Sign of the Four,,1281
The Sign of the Four,"Sherlock Holmes took the lamp and led the way, for Thaddeus Sholto's",1282
The Sign of the Four,teeth were chattering in his head. So shaken was he that I had to,1283
The Sign of the Four,"pass my hand under his arm as we went up the stairs, for his knees",1284
The Sign of the Four,were trembling under him. Twice as we ascended Holmes whipped his,1285
The Sign of the Four,lens out of his pocket and carefully examined marks which appeared to,1286
The Sign of the Four,me to be mere shapeless smudges of dust upon the cocoa-nut matting,1287
The Sign of the Four,"which served as a stair-carpet. He walked slowly from step to step,",1288
The Sign of the Four,"holding the lamp, and shooting keen glances to right and left. Miss",1289
The Sign of the Four,Morstan had remained behind with the frightened housekeeper.,1290
The Sign of the Four,,1291
The Sign of the Four,The third flight of stairs ended in a straight passage of some,1292
The Sign of the Four,"length, with a great picture in Indian tapestry upon the right of it",1293
The Sign of the Four,and three doors upon the left. Holmes advanced along it in the same,1294
The Sign of the Four,"slow and methodical way, while we kept close at his heels, with our",1295
The Sign of the Four,long black shadows streaming backwards down the corridor. The third,1296
The Sign of the Four,door was that which we were seeking. Holmes knocked without receiving,1297
The Sign of the Four,"any answer, and then tried to turn the handle and force it open. It",1298
The Sign of the Four,"was locked on the inside, however, and by a broad and powerful bolt,",1299
The Sign of the Four,as we could see when we set our lamp up against it. The key being,1300
The Sign of the Four,"turned, however, the hole was not entirely closed. Sherlock Holmes",1301
The Sign of the Four,"bent down to it, and instantly rose again with a sharp intaking of",1302
The Sign of the Four,the breath.,1303
The Sign of the Four,,1304
The Sign of the Four,"""There is something devilish in this, Watson,"" said he, more moved",1305
The Sign of the Four,"than I had ever before seen him. ""What do you make of it?""",1306
The Sign of the Four,,1307
The Sign of the Four,"I stooped to the hole, and recoiled in horror. Moonlight was",1308
The Sign of the Four,"streaming into the room, and it was bright with a vague and shifty",1309
The Sign of the Four,"radiance. Looking straight at me, and suspended, as it were, in the",1310
The Sign of the Four,"air, for all beneath was in shadow, there hung a face,--the very face",1311
The Sign of the Four,"of our companion Thaddeus. There was the same high, shining head, the",1312
The Sign of the Four,"same circular bristle of red hair, the same bloodless countenance.",1313
The Sign of the Four,"The features were set, however, in a horrible smile, a fixed and",1314
The Sign of the Four,"unnatural grin, which in that still and moonlit room was more jarring",1315
The Sign of the Four,to the nerves than any scowl or contortion. So like was the face to,1316
The Sign of the Four,that of our little friend that I looked round at him to make sure,1317
The Sign of the Four,that he was indeed with us. Then I recalled to mind that he had,1318
The Sign of the Four,mentioned to us that his brother and he were twins.,1319
The Sign of the Four,,1320
The Sign of the Four,"""This is terrible!"" I said to Holmes. ""What is to be done?""",1321
The Sign of the Four,,1322
The Sign of the Four,"""The door must come down,"" he answered, and, springing against it, he",1323
The Sign of the Four,"put all his weight upon the lock. It creaked and groaned, but did not",1324
The Sign of the Four,"yield. Together we flung ourselves upon it once more, and this time",1325
The Sign of the Four,"it gave way with a sudden snap, and we found ourselves within",1326
The Sign of the Four,Bartholomew Sholto's chamber.,1327
The Sign of the Four,,1328
The Sign of the Four,It appeared to have been fitted up as a chemical laboratory. A double,1329
The Sign of the Four,line of glass-stoppered bottles was drawn up upon the wall opposite,1330
The Sign of the Four,"the door, and the table was littered over with Bunsen burners,",1331
The Sign of the Four,"test-tubes, and retorts. In the corners stood carboys of acid in",1332
The Sign of the Four,"wicker baskets. One of these appeared to leak or to have been broken,",1333
The Sign of the Four,"for a stream of dark-colored liquid had trickled out from it, and the",1334
The Sign of the Four,"air was heavy with a peculiarly pungent, tar-like odor. A set of",1335
The Sign of the Four,"steps stood at one side of the room, in the midst of a litter of lath",1336
The Sign of the Four,"and plaster, and above them there was an opening in the ceiling large",1337
The Sign of the Four,enough for a man to pass through. At the foot of the steps a long,1338
The Sign of the Four,coil of rope was thrown carelessly together.,1339
The Sign of the Four,,1340
The Sign of the Four,"By the table, in a wooden arm-chair, the master of the house was",1341
The Sign of the Four,"seated all in a heap, with his head sunk upon his left shoulder, and",1342
The Sign of the Four,"that ghastly, inscrutable smile upon his face. He was stiff and cold,",1343
The Sign of the Four,and had clearly been dead many hours. It seemed to me that not only,1344
The Sign of the Four,his features but all his limbs were twisted and turned in the most,1345
The Sign of the Four,fantastic fashion. By his hand upon the table there lay a peculiar,1346
The Sign of the Four,"instrument,--a brown, close-grained stick, with a stone head like a",1347
The Sign of the Four,"hammer, rudely lashed on with coarse twine. Beside it was a torn",1348
The Sign of the Four,sheet of note-paper with some words scrawled upon it. Holmes glanced,1349
The Sign of the Four,"at it, and then handed it to me.",1350
The Sign of the Four,,1351
The Sign of the Four,"""You see,"" he said, with a significant raising of the eyebrows.",1352
The Sign of the Four,,1353
The Sign of the Four,"In the light of the lantern I read, with a thrill of horror, ""The",1354
The Sign of the Four,"sign of the four.""",1355
The Sign of the Four,,1356
The Sign of the Four,"""In God's name, what does it all mean?"" I asked.",1357
The Sign of the Four,,1358
The Sign of the Four,"""It means murder,"" said he, stooping over the dead man. ""Ah, I",1359
The Sign of the Four,"expected it. Look here!"" He pointed to what looked like a long, dark",1360
The Sign of the Four,thorn stuck in the skin just above the ear.,1361
The Sign of the Four,,1362
The Sign of the Four,"""It looks like a thorn,"" said I.",1363
The Sign of the Four,,1364
The Sign of the Four,"""It is a thorn. You may pick it out. But be careful, for it is",1365
The Sign of the Four,"poisoned.""",1366
The Sign of the Four,,1367
The Sign of the Four,I took it up between my finger and thumb. It came away from the skin,1368
The Sign of the Four,so readily that hardly any mark was left behind. One tiny speck of,1369
The Sign of the Four,blood showed where the puncture had been.,1370
The Sign of the Four,,1371
The Sign of the Four,"""This is all an insoluble mystery to me,"" said I. ""It grows darker",1372
The Sign of the Four,"instead of clearer.""",1373
The Sign of the Four,,1374
The Sign of the Four,"""On the contrary,"" he answered, ""it clears every instant. I only",1375
The Sign of the Four,"require a few missing links to have an entirely connected case.""",1376
The Sign of the Four,,1377
The Sign of the Four,We had almost forgotten our companion's presence since we entered the,1378
The Sign of the Four,"chamber. He was still standing in the door-way, the very picture of",1379
The Sign of the Four,"terror, wringing his hands and moaning to himself. Suddenly, however,",1380
The Sign of the Four,"he broke out into a sharp, querulous cry.",1381
The Sign of the Four,,1382
The Sign of the Four,"""The treasure is gone!"" he said. ""They have robbed him of the",1383
The Sign of the Four,treasure! There is the hole through which we lowered it. I helped him,1384
The Sign of the Four,to do it! I was the last person who saw him! I left him here last,1385
The Sign of the Four,"night, and I heard him lock the door as I came down-stairs.""",1386
The Sign of the Four,,1387
The Sign of the Four,"""What time was that?""",1388
The Sign of the Four,,1389
The Sign of the Four,"""It was ten o'clock. And now he is dead, and the police will be",1390
The Sign of the Four,"called in, and I shall be suspected of having had a hand in it. Oh,",1391
The Sign of the Four,"yes, I am sure I shall. But you don't think so, gentlemen? Surely you",1392
The Sign of the Four,don't think that it was I? Is it likely that I would have brought you,1393
The Sign of the Four,"here if it were I? Oh, dear! oh, dear! I know that I shall go mad!""",1394
The Sign of the Four,He jerked his arms and stamped his feet in a kind of convulsive,1395
The Sign of the Four,frenzy.,1396
The Sign of the Four,,1397
The Sign of the Four,"""You have no reason for fear, Mr. Sholto,"" said Holmes, kindly,",1398
The Sign of the Four,"putting his hand upon his shoulder. ""Take my advice, and drive down",1399
The Sign of the Four,to the station to report this matter to the police. Offer to assist,1400
The Sign of the Four,"them in every way. We shall wait here until your return.""",1401
The Sign of the Four,,1402
The Sign of the Four,"The little man obeyed in a half-stupefied fashion, and we heard him",1403
The Sign of the Four,stumbling down the stairs in the dark.,1404
The Sign of the Four,,1405
The Sign of the Four,CHAPTER VI,1406
The Sign of the Four,Sherlock Holmes Gives a Demonstration,1407
The Sign of the Four,,1408
The Sign of the Four,"""Now, Watson,"" said Holmes, rubbing his hands, ""we have half an hour",1409
The Sign of the Four,"to ourselves. Let us make good use of it. My case is, as I have told",1410
The Sign of the Four,"you, almost complete; but we must not err on the side of",1411
The Sign of the Four,"over-confidence. Simple as the case seems now, there may be something",1412
The Sign of the Four,"deeper underlying it.""",1413
The Sign of the Four,,1414
The Sign of the Four,"""Simple!"" I ejaculated.",1415
The Sign of the Four,,1416
The Sign of the Four,"""Surely,"" said he, with something of the air of a clinical professor",1417
The Sign of the Four,"expounding to his class. ""Just sit in the corner there, that your",1418
The Sign of the Four,footprints may not complicate matters. Now to work! In the first,1419
The Sign of the Four,"place, how did these folk come, and how did they go? The door has not",1420
The Sign of the Four,"been opened since last night. How of the window?"" He carried the lamp",1421
The Sign of the Four,"across to it, muttering his observations aloud the while, but",1422
The Sign of the Four,"addressing them to himself rather than to me. ""Window is snibbed on",1423
The Sign of the Four,the inner side. Framework is solid. No hinges at the side. Let us,1424
The Sign of the Four,open it. No water-pipe near. Roof quite out of reach. Yet a man has,1425
The Sign of the Four,mounted by the window. It rained a little last night. Here is the,1426
The Sign of the Four,print of a foot in mould upon the sill. And here is a circular muddy,1427
The Sign of the Four,"mark, and here again upon the floor, and here again by the table. See",1428
The Sign of the Four,"here, Watson! This is really a very pretty demonstration.""",1429
The Sign of the Four,,1430
The Sign of the Four,"I looked at the round, well-defined muddy discs. ""This is not a",1431
The Sign of the Four,"footmark,"" said I.",1432
The Sign of the Four,,1433
The Sign of the Four,"""It is something much more valuable to us. It is the impression of a",1434
The Sign of the Four,"wooden stump. You see here on the sill is the boot-mark, a heavy boot",1435
The Sign of the Four,"with the broad metal heel, and beside it is the mark of the",1436
The Sign of the Four,"timber-toe.""",1437
The Sign of the Four,,1438
The Sign of the Four,"""It is the wooden-legged man.""",1439
The Sign of the Four,,1440
The Sign of the Four,"""Quite so. But there has been some one else,--a very able and",1441
The Sign of the Four,"efficient ally. Could you scale that wall, doctor?""",1442
The Sign of the Four,,1443
The Sign of the Four,I looked out of the open window. The moon still shone brightly on,1444
The Sign of the Four,"that angle of the house. We were a good sixty feet from the ground,",1445
The Sign of the Four,"and, look where I would, I could see no foothold, nor as much as a",1446
The Sign of the Four,crevice in the brick-work.,1447
The Sign of the Four,,1448
The Sign of the Four,"""It is absolutely impossible,"" I answered.",1449
The Sign of the Four,,1450
The Sign of the Four,"""Without aid it is so. But suppose you had a friend up here who",1451
The Sign of the Four,"lowered you this good stout rope which I see in the corner, securing",1452
The Sign of the Four,"one end of it to this great hook in the wall. Then, I think, if you",1453
The Sign of the Four,"were an active man, you might swarm up, wooden leg and all. You would",1454
The Sign of the Four,"depart, of course, in the same fashion, and your ally would draw up",1455
The Sign of the Four,"the rope, untie it from the hook, shut the window, snib it on the",1456
The Sign of the Four,"inside, and get away in the way that he originally came. As a minor",1457
The Sign of the Four,"point it may be noted,"" he continued, fingering the rope, ""that our",1458
The Sign of the Four,"wooden-legged friend, though a fair climber, was not a professional",1459
The Sign of the Four,sailor. His hands were far from horny. My lens discloses more than,1460
The Sign of the Four,"one blood-mark, especially towards the end of the rope, from which I",1461
The Sign of the Four,gather that he slipped down with such velocity that he took the skin,1462
The Sign of the Four,"off his hand.""",1463
The Sign of the Four,,1464
The Sign of the Four,"""This is all very well,"" said I, ""but the thing becomes more",1465
The Sign of the Four,unintelligible than ever. How about this mysterious ally? How came he,1466
The Sign of the Four,"into the room?""",1467
The Sign of the Four,,1468
The Sign of the Four,"""Yes, the ally!"" repeated Holmes, pensively. ""There are features of",1469
The Sign of the Four,interest about this ally. He lifts the case from the regions of the,1470
The Sign of the Four,commonplace. I fancy that this ally breaks fresh ground in the annals,1471
The Sign of the Four,"of crime in this country,--though parallel cases suggest themselves",1472
The Sign of the Four,"from India, and, if my memory serves me, from Senegambia.""",1473
The Sign of the Four,,1474
The Sign of the Four,"""How came he, then?"" I reiterated. ""The door is locked, the window is",1475
The Sign of the Four,"inaccessible. Was it through the chimney?""",1476
The Sign of the Four,,1477
The Sign of the Four,"""The grate is much too small,"" he answered. ""I had already considered",1478
The Sign of the Four,"that possibility.""",1479
The Sign of the Four,,1480
The Sign of the Four,"""How then?"" I persisted.",1481
The Sign of the Four,,1482
The Sign of the Four,"""You will not apply my precept,"" he said, shaking his head. ""How",1483
The Sign of the Four,often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible,1484
The Sign of the Four,"whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth? We know that",1485
The Sign of the Four,"he did not come through the door, the window, or the chimney. We also",1486
The Sign of the Four,"know that he could not have been concealed in the room, as there is",1487
The Sign of the Four,"no concealment possible. Whence, then, did he come?""",1488
The Sign of the Four,,1489
The Sign of the Four,"""He came through the hole in the roof,"" I cried.",1490
The Sign of the Four,,1491
The Sign of the Four,"""Of course he did. He must have done so. If you will have the",1492
The Sign of the Four,"kindness to hold the lamp for me, we shall now extend our researches",1493
The Sign of the Four,"to the room above,--the secret room in which the treasure was found.""",1494
The Sign of the Four,,1495
The Sign of the Four,"He mounted the steps, and, seizing a rafter with either hand, he",1496
The Sign of the Four,"swung himself up into the garret. Then, lying on his face, he reached",1497
The Sign of the Four,down for the lamp and held it while I followed him.,1498
The Sign of the Four,,1499
The Sign of the Four,The chamber in which we found ourselves was about ten feet one way,1500
The Sign of the Four,"and six the other. The floor was formed by the rafters, with thin",1501
The Sign of the Four,"lath-and-plaster between, so that in walking one had to step from",1502
The Sign of the Four,"beam to beam. The roof ran up to an apex, and was evidently the inner",1503
The Sign of the Four,shell of the true roof of the house. There was no furniture of any,1504
The Sign of the Four,"sort, and the accumulated dust of years lay thick upon the floor.",1505
The Sign of the Four,,1506
The Sign of the Four,"""Here you are, you see,"" said Sherlock Holmes, putting his hand",1507
The Sign of the Four,"against the sloping wall. ""This is a trap-door which leads out on to",1508
The Sign of the Four,"the roof. I can press it back, and here is the roof itself, sloping",1509
The Sign of the Four,"at a gentle angle. This, then, is the way by which Number One",1510
The Sign of the Four,entered. Let us see if we can find one other traces of his,1511
The Sign of the Four,"individuality.""",1512
The Sign of the Four,,1513
The Sign of the Four,"He held down the lamp to the floor, and as he did so I saw for the",1514
The Sign of the Four,"second time that night a startled, surprised look come over his face.",1515
The Sign of the Four,"For myself, as I followed his gaze my skin was cold under my clothes.",1516
The Sign of the Four,The floor was covered thickly with the prints of a naked,1517
The Sign of the Four,"foot,--clear, well defined, perfectly formed, but scarce half the",1518
The Sign of the Four,size of those of an ordinary man.,1519
The Sign of the Four,,1520
The Sign of the Four,"""Holmes,"" I said, in a whisper, ""a child has done the horrid thing.""",1521
The Sign of the Four,,1522
The Sign of the Four,"He had recovered his self-possession in an instant. ""I was staggered",1523
The Sign of the Four,"for the moment,"" he said, ""but the thing is quite natural. My memory",1524
The Sign of the Four,"failed me, or I should have been able to foretell it. There is",1525
The Sign of the Four,"nothing more to be learned here. Let us go down.""",1526
The Sign of the Four,,1527
The Sign of the Four,"""What is your theory, then, as to those footmarks?"" I asked, eagerly,",1528
The Sign of the Four,when we had regained the lower room once more.,1529
The Sign of the Four,,1530
The Sign of the Four,"""My dear Watson, try a little analysis yourself,"" said he, with a",1531
The Sign of the Four,"touch of impatience. ""You know my methods. Apply them, and it will be",1532
The Sign of the Four,"instructive to compare results.""",1533
The Sign of the Four,,1534
The Sign of the Four,"""I cannot conceive anything which will cover the facts,"" I answered.",1535
The Sign of the Four,,1536
The Sign of the Four,"""It will be clear enough to you soon,"" he said, in an off-hand way.",1537
The Sign of the Four,"""I think that there is nothing else of importance here, but I will",1538
The Sign of the Four,"look."" He whipped out his lens and a tape measure, and hurried about",1539
The Sign of the Four,"the room on his knees, measuring, comparing, examining, with his long",1540
The Sign of the Four,"thin nose only a few inches from the planks, and his beady eyes",1541
The Sign of the Four,"gleaming and deep-set like those of a bird. So swift, silent, and",1542
The Sign of the Four,"furtive were his movements, like those of a trained blood-hound",1543
The Sign of the Four,"picking out a scent, that I could not but think what a terrible",1544
The Sign of the Four,criminal he would have made had he turned his energy and sagacity,1545
The Sign of the Four,"against the law, instead of exerting them in its defense. As he",1546
The Sign of the Four,"hunted about, he kept muttering to himself, and finally he broke out",1547
The Sign of the Four,into a loud crow of delight.,1548
The Sign of the Four,,1549
The Sign of the Four,"""We are certainly in luck,"" said he. ""We ought to have very little",1550
The Sign of the Four,trouble now. Number One has had the misfortune to tread in the,1551
The Sign of the Four,creosote. You can see the outline of the edge of his small foot here,1552
The Sign of the Four,"at the side of this evil-smelling mess. The carboy has been cracked,",1553
The Sign of the Four,"You see, and the stuff has leaked out.""",1554
The Sign of the Four,,1555
The Sign of the Four,"""What then?"" I asked.",1556
The Sign of the Four,,1557
The Sign of the Four,"""Why, we have got him, that's all,"" said he. ""I know a dog that would",1558
The Sign of the Four,follow that scent to the world's end. If a pack can track a trailed,1559
The Sign of the Four,"herring across a shire, how far can a specially-trained hound follow",1560
The Sign of the Four,so pungent a smell as this? It sounds like a sum in the rule of,1561
The Sign of the Four,three. The answer should give us the--But halloo! here are the,1562
The Sign of the Four,"accredited representatives of the law.""",1563
The Sign of the Four,,1564
The Sign of the Four,"Heavy steps and the clamor of loud voices were audible from below,",1565
The Sign of the Four,and the hall door shut with a loud crash.,1566
The Sign of the Four,,1567
The Sign of the Four,"""Before they come,"" said Holmes, ""just put your hand here on this",1568
The Sign of the Four,"poor fellow's arm, and here on his leg. What do you feel?""",1569
The Sign of the Four,,1570
The Sign of the Four,"""The muscles are as hard as a board,"" I answered.",1571
The Sign of the Four,,1572
The Sign of the Four,"""Quite so. They are in a state of extreme contraction, far exceeding",1573
The Sign of the Four,"the usual rigor mortis. Coupled with this distortion of the face,",1574
The Sign of the Four,"this Hippocratic smile, or 'risus sardonicus,' as the old writers",1575
The Sign of the Four,"called it, what conclusion would it suggest to your mind?""",1576
The Sign of the Four,,1577
The Sign of the Four,"""Death from some powerful vegetable alkaloid,"" I answered,--""some",1578
The Sign of the Four,"strychnine-like substance which would produce tetanus.""",1579
The Sign of the Four,,1580
The Sign of the Four,"""That was the idea which occurred to me the instant I saw the drawn",1581
The Sign of the Four,muscles of the face. On getting into the room I at once looked for,1582
The Sign of the Four,"the means by which the poison had entered the system. As you saw, I",1583
The Sign of the Four,discovered a thorn which had been driven or shot with no great force,1584
The Sign of the Four,into the scalp. You observe that the part struck was that which would,1585
The Sign of the Four,be turned towards the hole in the ceiling if the man were erect in,1586
The Sign of the Four,"his chair. Now examine the thorn.""",1587
The Sign of the Four,,1588
The Sign of the Four,I took it up gingerly and held it in the light of the lantern. It was,1589
The Sign of the Four,"long, sharp, and black, with a glazed look near the point as though",1590
The Sign of the Four,some gummy substance had dried upon it. The blunt end had been,1591
The Sign of the Four,trimmed and rounded off with a knife.,1592
The Sign of the Four,,1593
The Sign of the Four,"""Is that an English thorn?"" he asked.",1594
The Sign of the Four,,1595
The Sign of the Four,"""No, it certainly is not.""",1596
The Sign of the Four,,1597
The Sign of the Four,"""With all these data you should be able to draw some just inference.",1598
The Sign of the Four,But here are the regulars: so the auxiliary forces may beat a,1599
The Sign of the Four,"retreat.""",1600
The Sign of the Four,,1601
The Sign of the Four,"As he spoke, the steps which had been coming nearer sounded loudly on",1602
The Sign of the Four,"the passage, and a very stout, portly man in a gray suit strode",1603
The Sign of the Four,"heavily into the room. He was red-faced, burly and plethoric, with a",1604
The Sign of the Four,pair of very small twinkling eyes which looked keenly out from,1605
The Sign of the Four,between swollen and puffy pouches. He was closely followed by an,1606
The Sign of the Four,"inspector in uniform, and by the still palpitating Thaddeus Sholto.",1607
The Sign of the Four,,1608
The Sign of the Four,"""Here's a business!"" he cried, in a muffled, husky voice. ""Here's a",1609
The Sign of the Four,"pretty business! But who are all these? Why, the house seems to be as",1610
The Sign of the Four,"full as a rabbit-warren!""",1611
The Sign of the Four,,1612
The Sign of the Four,"""I think you must recollect me, Mr. Athelney Jones,"" said Holmes,",1613
The Sign of the Four,quietly.,1614
The Sign of the Four,,1615
The Sign of the Four,"""Why, of course I do!"" he wheezed. ""It's Mr. Sherlock Holmes, the",1616
The Sign of the Four,theorist. Remember you! I'll never forget how you lectured us all on,1617
The Sign of the Four,causes and inferences and effects in the Bishopgate jewel case. It's,1618
The Sign of the Four,true you set us on the right track; but you'll own now that it was,1619
The Sign of the Four,"more by good luck than good guidance.""",1620
The Sign of the Four,,1621
The Sign of the Four,"""It was a piece of very simple reasoning.""",1622
The Sign of the Four,,1623
The Sign of the Four,"""Oh, come, now, come! Never be ashamed to own up. But what is all",1624
The Sign of the Four,"this? Bad business! Bad business! Stern facts here,--no room for",1625
The Sign of the Four,theories. How lucky that I happened to be out at Norwood over another,1626
The Sign of the Four,case! I was at the station when the message arrived. What d'you think,1627
The Sign of the Four,"the man died of?""",1628
The Sign of the Four,,1629
The Sign of the Four,"""Oh, this is hardly a case for me to theorize over,"" said Holmes,",1630
The Sign of the Four,dryly.,1631
The Sign of the Four,,1632
The Sign of the Four,"""No, no. Still, we can't deny that you hit the nail on the head",1633
The Sign of the Four,"sometimes. Dear me! Door locked, I understand. Jewels worth half a",1634
The Sign of the Four,"million missing. How was the window?""",1635
The Sign of the Four,,1636
The Sign of the Four,"""Fastened; but there are steps on the sill.""",1637
The Sign of the Four,,1638
The Sign of the Four,"""Well, well, if it was fastened the steps could have nothing to do",1639
The Sign of the Four,with the matter. That's common sense. Man might have died in a fit;,1640
The Sign of the Four,but then the jewels are missing. Ha! I have a theory. These flashes,1641
The Sign of the Four,"come upon me at times.--Just step outside, sergeant, and you, Mr.",1642
The Sign of the Four,"Sholto. Your friend can remain.--What do you think of this, Holmes?",1643
The Sign of the Four,"Sholto was, on his own confession, with his brother last night. The",1644
The Sign of the Four,"brother died in a fit, on which Sholto walked off with the treasure.",1645
The Sign of the Four,"How's that?""",1646
The Sign of the Four,,1647
The Sign of the Four,"""On which the dead man very considerately got up and locked the door",1648
The Sign of the Four,"on the inside.""",1649
The Sign of the Four,,1650
The Sign of the Four,"""Hum! There's a flaw there. Let us apply common sense to the matter.",1651
The Sign of the Four,This Thaddeus Sholto was with his brother; there was a quarrel; so,1652
The Sign of the Four,much we know. The brother is dead and the jewels are gone. So much,1653
The Sign of the Four,also we know. No one saw the brother from the time Thaddeus left him.,1654
The Sign of the Four,His bed had not been slept in. Thaddeus is evidently in a most,1655
The Sign of the Four,"disturbed state of mind. His appearance is--well, not attractive. You",1656
The Sign of the Four,see that I am weaving my web round Thaddeus. The net begins to close,1657
The Sign of the Four,"upon him.""",1658
The Sign of the Four,,1659
The Sign of the Four,"""You are not quite in possession of the facts yet,"" said Holmes.",1660
The Sign of the Four,"""This splinter of wood, which I have every reason to believe to be",1661
The Sign of the Four,"poisoned, was in the man's scalp where you still see the mark; this",1662
The Sign of the Four,"card, inscribed as you see it, was on the table; and beside it lay",1663
The Sign of the Four,this rather curious stone-headed instrument. How does all that fit,1664
The Sign of the Four,"into your theory?""",1665
The Sign of the Four,,1666
The Sign of the Four,"""Confirms it in every respect,"" said the fat detective, pompously.",1667
The Sign of the Four,"""House is full of Indian curiosities. Thaddeus brought this up, and",1668
The Sign of the Four,if this splinter be poisonous Thaddeus may as well have made,1669
The Sign of the Four,murderous use of it as any other man. The card is some,1670
The Sign of the Four,"hocus-pocus,--a blind, as like as not. The only question is, how did",1671
The Sign of the Four,"he depart? Ah, of course, here is a hole in the roof."" With great",1672
The Sign of the Four,"activity, considering his bulk, he sprang up the steps and squeezed",1673
The Sign of the Four,"through into the garret, and immediately afterwards we heard his",1674
The Sign of the Four,exulting voice proclaiming that he had found the trap-door.,1675
The Sign of the Four,,1676
The Sign of the Four,"""He can find something,"" remarked Holmes, shrugging his shoulders.",1677
The Sign of the Four,"""He has occasional glimmerings of reason. Il n'y a pas des sots si",1678
The Sign of the Four,"incommodes que ceux qui ont de l'esprit!""",1679
The Sign of the Four,,1680
The Sign of the Four,"""You see!"" said Athelney Jones, reappearing down the steps again.",1681
The Sign of the Four,"""Facts are better than mere theories, after all. My view of the case",1682
The Sign of the Four,"is confirmed. There is a trap-door communicating with the roof, and",1683
The Sign of the Four,"it is partly open.""",1684
The Sign of the Four,,1685
The Sign of the Four,"""It was I who opened it.""",1686
The Sign of the Four,,1687
The Sign of the Four,"""Oh, indeed! You did notice it, then?"" He seemed a little crestfallen",1688
The Sign of the Four,"at the discovery. ""Well, whoever noticed it, it shows how our",1689
The Sign of the Four,"gentleman got away. Inspector!""",1690
The Sign of the Four,,1691
The Sign of the Four,"""Yes, sir,"" from the passage.",1692
The Sign of the Four,,1693
The Sign of the Four,"""Ask Mr. Sholto to step this way.--Mr. Sholto, it is my duty to",1694
The Sign of the Four,inform you that anything which you may say will be used against you.,1695
The Sign of the Four,I arrest you in the Queen's name as being concerned in the death of,1696
The Sign of the Four,"your brother.""",1697
The Sign of the Four,,1698
The Sign of the Four,"""There, now! Didn't I tell you!"" cried the poor little man, throwing",1699
The Sign of the Four,"out his hands, and looking from one to the other of us.",1700
The Sign of the Four,,1701
The Sign of the Four,"""Don't trouble yourself about it, Mr. Sholto,"" said Holmes. ""I think",1702
The Sign of the Four,"that I can engage to clear you of the charge.""",1703
The Sign of the Four,,1704
The Sign of the Four,"""Don't promise too much, Mr. Theorist,--don't promise too much!""",1705
The Sign of the Four,"snapped the detective. ""You may find it a harder matter than you",1706
The Sign of the Four,"think.""",1707
The Sign of the Four,,1708
The Sign of the Four,"""Not only will I clear him, Mr. Jones, but I will make you a free",1709
The Sign of the Four,present of the name and description of one of the two people who were,1710
The Sign of the Four,"in this room last night. His name, I have every reason to believe, is",1711
The Sign of the Four,"Jonathan Small. He is a poorly-educated man, small, active, with his",1712
The Sign of the Four,"right leg off, and wearing a wooden stump which is worn away upon the",1713
The Sign of the Four,"inner side. His left boot has a coarse, square-toed sole, with an",1714
The Sign of the Four,"iron band round the heel. He is a middle-aged man, much sunburned,",1715
The Sign of the Four,and has been a convict. These few indications may be of some,1716
The Sign of the Four,"assistance to you, coupled with the fact that there is a good deal of",1717
The Sign of the Four,"skin missing from the palm of his hand. The other man--""",1718
The Sign of the Four,,1719
The Sign of the Four,"""Ah! the other man--?"" asked Athelney Jones, in a sneering voice, but",1720
The Sign of the Four,"impressed none the less, as I could easily see, by the precision of",1721
The Sign of the Four,the other's manner.,1722
The Sign of the Four,,1723
The Sign of the Four,"""Is a rather curious person,"" said Sherlock Holmes, turning upon his",1724
The Sign of the Four,"heel. ""I hope before very long to be able to introduce you to the",1725
The Sign of the Four,"pair of them. A word with you, Watson.""",1726
The Sign of the Four,,1727
The Sign of the Four,"He led me out to the head of the stair. ""This unexpected occurrence,""",1728
The Sign of the Four,"he said, ""has caused us rather to lose sight of the original purpose",1729
The Sign of the Four,"of our journey.""",1730
The Sign of the Four,,1731
The Sign of the Four,"""I have just been thinking so,"" I answered. ""It is not right that",1732
The Sign of the Four,"Miss Morstan should remain in this stricken house.""",1733
The Sign of the Four,,1734
The Sign of the Four,"""No. You must escort her home. She lives with Mrs. Cecil Forrester,",1735
The Sign of the Four,in Lower Camberwell: so it is not very far. I will wait for you here,1736
The Sign of the Four,"if you will drive out again. Or perhaps you are too tired?""",1737
The Sign of the Four,,1738
The Sign of the Four,"""By no means. I don't think I could rest until I know more of this",1739
The Sign of the Four,"fantastic business. I have seen something of the rough side of life,",1740
The Sign of the Four,but I give you my word that this quick succession of strange,1741
The Sign of the Four,"surprises to-night has shaken my nerve completely. I should like,",1742
The Sign of the Four,"however, to see the matter through with you, now that I have got so",1743
The Sign of the Four,"far.""",1744
The Sign of the Four,,1745
The Sign of the Four,"""Your presence will be of great service to me,"" he answered. ""We",1746
The Sign of the Four,"shall work the case out independently, and leave this fellow Jones to",1747
The Sign of the Four,exult over any mare's-nest which he may choose to construct. When you,1748
The Sign of the Four,"have dropped Miss Morstan I wish you to go on to No. 3 Pinchin Lane,",1749
The Sign of the Four,down near the water's edge at Lambeth. The third house on the,1750
The Sign of the Four,right-hand side is a bird-stuffer's: Sherman is the name. You will,1751
The Sign of the Four,see a weasel holding a young rabbit in the window. Knock old Sherman,1752
The Sign of the Four,"up, and tell him, with my compliments, that I want Toby at once. You",1753
The Sign of the Four,"will bring Toby back in the cab with you.""",1754
The Sign of the Four,,1755
The Sign of the Four,"""A dog, I suppose.""",1756
The Sign of the Four,,1757
The Sign of the Four,"""Yes,--a queer mongrel, with a most amazing power of scent. I would",1758
The Sign of the Four,rather have Toby's help than that of the whole detective force of,1759
The Sign of the Four,"London.""",1760
The Sign of the Four,,1761
The Sign of the Four,"""I shall bring him, then,"" said I. ""It is one now. I ought to be back",1762
The Sign of the Four,"before three, if I can get a fresh horse.""",1763
The Sign of the Four,,1764
The Sign of the Four,"""And I,"" said Holmes, ""shall see what I can learn from Mrs.",1765
The Sign of the Four,"Bernstone, and from the Indian servant, who, Mr. Thaddeus tell me,",1766
The Sign of the Four,sleeps in the next garret. Then I shall study the great Jones's,1767
The Sign of the Four,methods and listen to his not too delicate sarcasms. 'Wir sind,1768
The Sign of the Four,"gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehen.' Goethe",1769
The Sign of the Four,"is always pithy.""",1770
The Sign of the Four,,1771
The Sign of the Four,CHAPTER VII,1772
The Sign of the Four,The Episode of the Barrel,1773
The Sign of the Four,,1774
The Sign of the Four,"The police had brought a cab with them, and in this I escorted Miss",1775
The Sign of the Four,"Morstan back to her home. After the angelic fashion of women, she had",1776
The Sign of the Four,borne trouble with a calm face as long as there was some one weaker,1777
The Sign of the Four,"than herself to support, and I had found her bright and placid by the",1778
The Sign of the Four,"side of the frightened housekeeper. In the cab, however, she first",1779
The Sign of the Four,"turned faint, and then burst into a passion of weeping,--so sorely",1780
The Sign of the Four,had she been tried by the adventures of the night. She has told me,1781
The Sign of the Four,since that she thought me cold and distant upon that journey. She,1782
The Sign of the Four,"little guessed the struggle within my breast, or the effort of",1783
The Sign of the Four,self-restraint which held me back. My sympathies and my love went out,1784
The Sign of the Four,"to her, even as my hand had in the garden. I felt that years of the",1785
The Sign of the Four,"conventionalities of life could not teach me to know her sweet, brave",1786
The Sign of the Four,nature as had this one day of strange experiences. Yet there were two,1787
The Sign of the Four,thoughts which sealed the words of affection upon my lips. She was,1788
The Sign of the Four,"weak and helpless, shaken in mind and nerve. It was to take her at a",1789
The Sign of the Four,"disadvantage to obtrude love upon her at such a time. Worse still,",1790
The Sign of the Four,"she was rich. If Holmes's researches were successful, she would be an",1791
The Sign of the Four,"heiress. Was it fair, was it honorable, that a half-pay surgeon",1792
The Sign of the Four,should take such advantage of an intimacy which chance had brought,1793
The Sign of the Four,about? Might she not look upon me as a mere vulgar fortune-seeker? I,1794
The Sign of the Four,could not bear to risk that such a thought should cross her mind.,1795
The Sign of the Four,This Agra treasure intervened like an impassable barrier between us.,1796
The Sign of the Four,,1797
The Sign of the Four,It was nearly two o'clock when we reached Mrs. Cecil Forrester's. The,1798
The Sign of the Four,"servants had retired hours ago, but Mrs. Forrester had been so",1799
The Sign of the Four,interested by the strange message which Miss Morstan had received,1800
The Sign of the Four,that she had sat up in the hope of her return. She opened the door,1801
The Sign of the Four,"herself, a middle-aged, graceful woman, and it gave me joy to see how",1802
The Sign of the Four,tenderly her arm stole round the other's waist and how motherly was,1803
The Sign of the Four,the voice in which she greeted her. She was clearly no mere paid,1804
The Sign of the Four,"dependant, but an honored friend. I was introduced, and Mrs.",1805
The Sign of the Four,Forrester earnestly begged me to step in and tell her our adventures.,1806
The Sign of the Four,"I explained, however, the importance of my errand, and promised",1807
The Sign of the Four,faithfully to call and report any progress which we might make with,1808
The Sign of the Four,"the case. As we drove away I stole a glance back, and I still seem to",1809
The Sign of the Four,"see that little group on the step, the two graceful, clinging",1810
The Sign of the Four,"figures, the half-opened door, the hall light shining through stained",1811
The Sign of the Four,"glass, the barometer, and the bright stair-rods. It was soothing to",1812
The Sign of the Four,catch even that passing glimpse of a tranquil English home in the,1813
The Sign of the Four,"midst of the wild, dark business which had absorbed us.",1814
The Sign of the Four,,1815
The Sign of the Four,"And the more I thought of what had happened, the wilder and darker it",1816
The Sign of the Four,grew. I reviewed the whole extraordinary sequence of events as I,1817
The Sign of the Four,rattled on through the silent gas-lit streets. There was the original,1818
The Sign of the Four,problem: that at least was pretty clear now. The death of Captain,1819
The Sign of the Four,"Morstan, the sending of the pearls, the advertisement, the",1820
The Sign of the Four,"letter,--we had had light upon all those events. They had only led",1821
The Sign of the Four,"us, however, to a deeper and far more tragic mystery. The Indian",1822
The Sign of the Four,"treasure, the curious plan found among Morstan's baggage, the strange",1823
The Sign of the Four,"scene at Major Sholto's death, the rediscovery of the treasure",1824
The Sign of the Four,"immediately followed by the murder of the discoverer, the very",1825
The Sign of the Four,"singular accompaniments to the crime, the footsteps, the remarkable",1826
The Sign of the Four,"weapons, the words upon the card, corresponding with those upon",1827
The Sign of the Four,"Captain Morstan's chart,--here was indeed a labyrinth in which a man",1828
The Sign of the Four,less singularly endowed than my fellow-lodger might well despair of,1829
The Sign of the Four,ever finding the clue.,1830
The Sign of the Four,,1831
The Sign of the Four,Pinchin Lane was a row of shabby two-storied brick houses in the,1832
The Sign of the Four,lower quarter of Lambeth. I had to knock for some time at No. 3,1833
The Sign of the Four,"before I could make my impression. At last, however, there was the",1834
The Sign of the Four,"glint of a candle behind the blind, and a face looked out at the",1835
The Sign of the Four,upper window.,1836
The Sign of the Four,,1837
The Sign of the Four,"""Go on, you drunken vagabone,"" said the face. ""If you kick up any",1838
The Sign of the Four,more row I'll open the kennels and let out forty-three dogs upon,1839
The Sign of the Four,"you.""",1840
The Sign of the Four,,1841
The Sign of the Four,"""If you'll let one out it's just what I have come for,"" said I.",1842
The Sign of the Four,,1843
The Sign of the Four,"""Go on!"" yelled the voice. ""So help me gracious, I have a wiper in",1844
The Sign of the Four,"the bag, an' I'll drop it on your 'ead if you don't hook it.""",1845
The Sign of the Four,,1846
The Sign of the Four,"""But I want a dog,"" I cried.",1847
The Sign of the Four,,1848
The Sign of the Four,"""I won't be argued with!"" shouted Mr. Sherman. ""Now stand clear, for",1849
The Sign of the Four,"when I say 'three,' down goes the wiper.""",1850
The Sign of the Four,,1851
The Sign of the Four,"""Mr. Sherlock Holmes--"" I began, but the words had a most magical",1852
The Sign of the Four,"effect, for the window instantly slammed down, and within a minute",1853
The Sign of the Four,"the door was unbarred and open. Mr. Sherman was a lanky, lean old",1854
The Sign of the Four,"man, with stooping shoulders, a stringy neck, and blue-tinted",1855
The Sign of the Four,glasses.,1856
The Sign of the Four,,1857
The Sign of the Four,"""A friend of Mr. Sherlock is always welcome,"" said he.  ""Step in,",1858
The Sign of the Four,"sir. Keep clear of the badger; for he bites. Ah, naughty, naughty,",1859
The Sign of the Four,"would you take a nip at the gentleman?"" This to a stoat which thrust",1860
The Sign of the Four,"its wicked head and red eyes between the bars of its cage. ""Don't",1861
The Sign of the Four,"mind that, sir: it's only a slow-worm. It hain't got no fangs, so I",1862
The Sign of the Four,"gives it the run o' the room, for it keeps the bettles down. You must",1863
The Sign of the Four,"not mind my bein' just a little short wi' you at first, for I'm guyed",1864
The Sign of the Four,"at by the children, and there's many a one just comes down this lane",1865
The Sign of the Four,"to knock me up. What was it that Mr. Sherlock Holmes wanted, sir?""",1866
The Sign of the Four,,1867
The Sign of the Four,"""He wanted a dog of yours.""",1868
The Sign of the Four,,1869
The Sign of the Four,"""Ah! that would be Toby.""",1870
The Sign of the Four,,1871
The Sign of the Four,"""Yes, Toby was the name.""",1872
The Sign of the Four,,1873
The Sign of the Four,"""Toby lives at No. 7 on the left here."" He moved slowly forward with",1874
The Sign of the Four,his candle among the queer animal family which he had gathered round,1875
The Sign of the Four,"him. In the uncertain, shadowy light I could see dimly that there",1876
The Sign of the Four,"were glancing, glimmering eyes peeping down at us from every cranny",1877
The Sign of the Four,and corner. Even the rafters above our heads were lined by solemn,1878
The Sign of the Four,"fowls, who lazily shifted their weight from one leg to the other as",1879
The Sign of the Four,our voices disturbed their slumbers.,1880
The Sign of the Four,,1881
The Sign of the Four,"Toby proved to an ugly, long-haired, lop-eared creature, half spaniel",1882
The Sign of the Four,"and half lurcher, brown-and-white in color, with a very clumsy",1883
The Sign of the Four,waddling gait. It accepted after some hesitation a lump of sugar,1884
The Sign of the Four,"which the old naturalist handed to me, and, having thus sealed an",1885
The Sign of the Four,"alliance, it followed me to the cab, and made no difficulties about",1886
The Sign of the Four,accompanying me. It had just struck three on the Palace clock when I,1887
The Sign of the Four,found myself back once more at Pondicherry Lodge. The,1888
The Sign of the Four,"ex-prize-fighter McMurdo had, I found, been arrested as an accessory,",1889
The Sign of the Four,and both he and Mr. Sholto had been marched off to the station. Two,1890
The Sign of the Four,"constables guarded the narrow gate, but they allowed me to pass with",1891
The Sign of the Four,the dog on my mentioning the detective's name.,1892
The Sign of the Four,,1893
The Sign of the Four,"Holmes was standing on the door-step, with his hands in his pockets,",1894
The Sign of the Four,smoking his pipe.,1895
The Sign of the Four,,1896
The Sign of the Four,"""Ah, you have him there!"" said he. ""Good dog, then! Athelney Jones",1897
The Sign of the Four,has gone. We have had an immense display of energy since you left. He,1898
The Sign of the Four,"has arrested not only friend Thaddeus, but the gatekeeper, the",1899
The Sign of the Four,"housekeeper, and the Indian servant. We have the place to ourselves,",1900
The Sign of the Four,"but for a sergeant up-stairs. Leave the dog here, and come up.""",1901
The Sign of the Four,,1902
The Sign of the Four,"We tied Toby to the hall table, and reascended the stairs. The room",1903
The Sign of the Four,"was as we had left it, save that a sheet had been draped over the",1904
The Sign of the Four,central figure. A weary-looking police-sergeant reclined in the,1905
The Sign of the Four,corner.,1906
The Sign of the Four,,1907
The Sign of the Four,"""Lend me your bull's-eye, sergeant,"" said my companion. ""Now tie this",1908
The Sign of the Four,"bit of card round my neck, so as to hang it in front of me. Thank",1909
The Sign of the Four,you. Now I must kick off my boots and stockings.--Just you carry them,1910
The Sign of the Four,"down with you, Watson. I am going to do a little climbing. And dip my",1911
The Sign of the Four,handkerchief into the creasote. That will do. Now come up into the,1912
The Sign of the Four,"garret with me for a moment.""",1913
The Sign of the Four,,1914
The Sign of the Four,We clambered up through the hole. Holmes turned his light once more,1915
The Sign of the Four,upon the footsteps in the dust.,1916
The Sign of the Four,,1917
The Sign of the Four,"""I wish you particularly to notice these footmarks,"" he said. ""Do you",1918
The Sign of the Four,"observe anything noteworthy about them?""",1919
The Sign of the Four,,1920
The Sign of the Four,"""They belong,"" I said, ""to a child or a small woman.""",1921
The Sign of the Four,,1922
The Sign of the Four,"""Apart from their size, though. Is there nothing else?""",1923
The Sign of the Four,,1924
The Sign of the Four,"""They appear to be much as other footmarks.""",1925
The Sign of the Four,,1926
The Sign of the Four,"""Not at all. Look here! This is the print of a right foot in the",1927
The Sign of the Four,dust. Now I make one with my naked foot beside it. What is the chief,1928
The Sign of the Four,"difference?""",1929
The Sign of the Four,,1930
The Sign of the Four,"""Your toes are all cramped together. The other print has each toe",1931
The Sign of the Four,"distinctly divided.""",1932
The Sign of the Four,,1933
The Sign of the Four,"""Quite so. That is the point. Bear that in mind. Now, would you",1934
The Sign of the Four,kindly step over to that flap-window and smell the edge of the,1935
The Sign of the Four,"wood-work? I shall stay here, as I have this handkerchief in my",1936
The Sign of the Four,"hand.""",1937
The Sign of the Four,,1938
The Sign of the Four,"I did as he directed, and was instantly conscious of a strong tarry",1939
The Sign of the Four,smell.,1940
The Sign of the Four,,1941
The Sign of the Four,"""That is where he put his foot in getting out. If you can trace him,",1942
The Sign of the Four,I should think that Toby will have no difficulty. Now run,1943
The Sign of the Four,"down-stairs, loose the dog, and look out for Blondin.""",1944
The Sign of the Four,,1945
The Sign of the Four,By the time that I got out into the grounds Sherlock Holmes was on,1946
The Sign of the Four,"the roof, and I could see him like an enormous glow-worm crawling",1947
The Sign of the Four,very slowly along the ridge. I lost sight of him behind a stack of,1948
The Sign of the Four,"chimneys, but he presently reappeared, and then vanished once more",1949
The Sign of the Four,upon the opposite side. When I made my way round there I found him,1950
The Sign of the Four,seated at one of the corner eaves.,1951
The Sign of the Four,,1952
The Sign of the Four,"""That You, Watson?"" he cried.",1953
The Sign of the Four,,1954
The Sign of the Four,"""Yes.""",1955
The Sign of the Four,,1956
The Sign of the Four,"""This is the place. What is that black thing down there?""",1957
The Sign of the Four,,1958
The Sign of the Four,"""A water-barrel.""",1959
The Sign of the Four,,1960
The Sign of the Four,"""Top on it?""",1961
The Sign of the Four,,1962
The Sign of the Four,"""Yes.""",1963
The Sign of the Four,,1964
The Sign of the Four,"""No sign of a ladder?""",1965
The Sign of the Four,,1966
The Sign of the Four,"""No.""",1967
The Sign of the Four,,1968
The Sign of the Four,"""Confound the fellow! It's a most break-neck place. I ought to be",1969
The Sign of the Four,able to come down where he could climb up. The water-pipe feels,1970
The Sign of the Four,"pretty firm. Here goes, anyhow.""",1971
The Sign of the Four,,1972
The Sign of the Four,"There was a scuffling of feet, and the lantern began to come steadily",1973
The Sign of the Four,down the side of the wall. Then with a light spring he came on to the,1974
The Sign of the Four,"barrel, and from there to the earth.",1975
The Sign of the Four,,1976
The Sign of the Four,"""It was easy to follow him,"" he said, drawing on his stockings and",1977
The Sign of the Four,"boots. ""Tiles were loosened the whole way along, and in his hurry he",1978
The Sign of the Four,"had dropped this. It confirms my diagnosis, as you doctors express",1979
The Sign of the Four,"it.""",1980
The Sign of the Four,,1981
The Sign of the Four,The object which he held up to me was a small pocket or pouch woven,1982
The Sign of the Four,out of colored grasses and with a few tawdry beads strung round it.,1983
The Sign of the Four,In shape and size it was not unlike a cigarette-case. Inside were,1984
The Sign of the Four,"half a dozen spines of dark wood, sharp at one end and rounded at the",1985
The Sign of the Four,"other, like that which had struck Bartholomew Sholto.",1986
The Sign of the Four,,1987
The Sign of the Four,"""They are hellish things,"" said he. ""Look out that you don't prick",1988
The Sign of the Four,"yourself. I'm delighted to have them, for the chances are that they",1989
The Sign of the Four,are all he has. There is the less fear of you or me finding one in,1990
The Sign of the Four,"our skin before long. I would sooner face a Martini bullet, myself.",1991
The Sign of the Four,"Are you game for a six-mile trudge, Watson?""",1992
The Sign of the Four,,1993
The Sign of the Four,"""Certainly,"" I answered.",1994
The Sign of the Four,,1995
The Sign of the Four,"""Your leg will stand it?""",1996
The Sign of the Four,,1997
The Sign of the Four,"""Oh, yes.""",1998
The Sign of the Four,,1999
The Sign of the Four,"""Here you are, doggy! Good old Toby! Smell it, Toby, smell it!"" He",2000
The Sign of the Four,"pushed the creasote handkerchief under the dog's nose, while the",2001
The Sign of the Four,"creature stood with its fluffy legs separated, and with a most",2002
The Sign of the Four,"comical cock to its head, like a connoisseur sniffing the bouquet of",2003
The Sign of the Four,"a famous vintage. Holmes then threw the handkerchief to a distance,",2004
The Sign of the Four,"fastened a stout cord to the mongrel's collar, and let him to the",2005
The Sign of the Four,foot of the water-barrel. The creature instantly broke into a,2006
The Sign of the Four,"succession of high, tremulous yelps, and, with his nose on the",2007
The Sign of the Four,"ground, and his tail in the air, pattered off upon the trail at a",2008
The Sign of the Four,pace which strained his leash and kept us at the top of our speed.,2009
The Sign of the Four,,2010
The Sign of the Four,"The east had been gradually whitening, and we could now see some",2011
The Sign of the Four,"distance in the cold gray light. The square, massive house, with its",2012
The Sign of the Four,"black, empty windows and high, bare walls, towered up, sad and",2013
The Sign of the Four,"forlorn, behind us. Our course let right across the grounds, in and",2014
The Sign of the Four,out among the trenches and pits with which they were scarred and,2015
The Sign of the Four,"intersected. The whole place, with its scattered dirt-heaps and",2016
The Sign of the Four,"ill-grown shrubs, had a blighted, ill-omened look which harmonized",2017
The Sign of the Four,with the black tragedy which hung over it.,2018
The Sign of the Four,,2019
The Sign of the Four,"On reaching the boundary wall Toby ran along, whining eagerly,",2020
The Sign of the Four,"underneath its shadow, and stopped finally in a corner screened by a",2021
The Sign of the Four,"young beech. Where the two walls joined, several bricks had been",2022
The Sign of the Four,"loosened, and the crevices left were worn down and rounded upon the",2023
The Sign of the Four,"lower side, as though they had frequently been used as a ladder.",2024
The Sign of the Four,"Holmes clambered up, and, taking the dog from me, he dropped it over",2025
The Sign of the Four,upon the other side.,2026
The Sign of the Four,,2027
The Sign of the Four,"""There's the print of wooden-leg's hand,"" he remarked, as I mounted",2028
The Sign of the Four,"up beside him. ""You see the slight smudge of blood upon the white",2029
The Sign of the Four,plaster. What a lucky thing it is that we have had no very heavy rain,2030
The Sign of the Four,since yesterday! The scent will lie upon the road in spite of their,2031
The Sign of the Four,"eight-and-twenty hours' start.""",2032
The Sign of the Four,,2033
The Sign of the Four,I confess that I had my doubts myself when I reflected upon the great,2034
The Sign of the Four,traffic which had passed along the London road in the interval. My,2035
The Sign of the Four,"fears were soon appeased, however. Toby never hesitated or swerved,",2036
The Sign of the Four,"but waddled on in his peculiar rolling fashion. Clearly, the pungent",2037
The Sign of the Four,smell of the creasote rose high above all other contending scents.,2038
The Sign of the Four,,2039
The Sign of the Four,"""Do not imagine,"" said Holmes, ""that I depend for my success in this",2040
The Sign of the Four,case upon the mere chance of one of these fellows having put his foot,2041
The Sign of the Four,in the chemical. I have knowledge now which would enable me to trace,2042
The Sign of the Four,"them in many different ways. This, however, is the readiest and,",2043
The Sign of the Four,"since fortune has put it into our hands, I should be culpable if I",2044
The Sign of the Four,"neglected it. It has, however, prevented the case from becoming the",2045
The Sign of the Four,pretty little intellectual problem which it at one time promised to,2046
The Sign of the Four,"be. There might have been some credit to be gained out of it, but for",2047
The Sign of the Four,"this too palpable clue.""",2048
The Sign of the Four,,2049
The Sign of the Four,"""There is credit, and to spare,"" said I. ""I assure you, Holmes, that",2050
The Sign of the Four,"I marvel at the means by which you obtain your results in this case,",2051
The Sign of the Four,even more than I did in the Jefferson Hope Murder. The thing seems to,2052
The Sign of the Four,"me to be deeper and more inexplicable. How, for example, could you",2053
The Sign of the Four,"describe with such confidence the wooden-legged man?""",2054
The Sign of the Four,,2055
The Sign of the Four,"""Pshaw, my dear boy! it was simplicity itself. I don't wish to be",2056
The Sign of the Four,theatrical. It is all patent and above-board. Two officers who are in,2057
The Sign of the Four,command of a convict-guard learn an important secret as to buried,2058
The Sign of the Four,treasure. A map is drawn for them by an Englishman named Jonathan,2059
The Sign of the Four,Small. You remember that we saw the name upon the chart in Captain,2060
The Sign of the Four,Morstan's possession. He had signed it in behalf of himself and his,2061
The Sign of the Four,"associates,--the sign of the four, as he somewhat dramatically called",2062
The Sign of the Four,"it. Aided by this chart, the officers--or one of them--gets the",2063
The Sign of the Four,"treasure and brings it to England, leaving, we will suppose, some",2064
The Sign of the Four,"condition under which he received it unfulfilled. Now, then, why did",2065
The Sign of the Four,not Jonathan Small get the treasure himself? The answer is obvious.,2066
The Sign of the Four,The chart is dated at a time when Morstan was brought into close,2067
The Sign of the Four,association with convicts. Jonathan Small did not get the treasure,2068
The Sign of the Four,because he and his associates were themselves convicts and could not,2069
The Sign of the Four,"get away.""",2070
The Sign of the Four,,2071
The Sign of the Four,"""But that is mere speculation,"" said I.",2072
The Sign of the Four,,2073
The Sign of the Four,"""It is more than that. It is the only hypothesis which covers the",2074
The Sign of the Four,facts. Let us see how it fits in with the sequel. Major Sholto,2075
The Sign of the Four,"remains at peace for some years, happy in the possession of his",2076
The Sign of the Four,treasure. Then he receives a letter from India which gives him a,2077
The Sign of the Four,"great fright. What was that?""",2078
The Sign of the Four,,2079
The Sign of the Four,"""A letter to say that the men whom he had wronged had been set free.""",2080
The Sign of the Four,,2081
The Sign of the Four,"""Or had escaped. That is much more likely, for he would have known",2082
The Sign of the Four,what their term of imprisonment was. It would not have been a,2083
The Sign of the Four,surprise to him. What does he do then? He guards himself against a,2084
The Sign of the Four,"wooden-legged man,--a white man, mark you, for he mistakes a white",2085
The Sign of the Four,"tradesman for him, and actually fires a pistol at him. Now, only one",2086
The Sign of the Four,white man's name is on the chart. The others are Hindoos or,2087
The Sign of the Four,Mohammedans. There is no other white man. Therefore we may say with,2088
The Sign of the Four,confidence that the wooden-legged man is identical with Jonathan,2089
The Sign of the Four,"Small. Does the reasoning strike yo as being faulty?""",2090
The Sign of the Four,,2091
The Sign of the Four,"""No: it is clear and concise.""",2092
The Sign of the Four,,2093
The Sign of the Four,"""Well, now, let us put ourselves in the place of Jonathan Small. Let",2094
The Sign of the Four,us look at it from his point of view. He comes to England with the,2095
The Sign of the Four,double idea of regaining what he would consider to be his rights and,2096
The Sign of the Four,of having his revenge upon the man who had wronged him. He found out,2097
The Sign of the Four,"where Sholto lived, and very possibly he established communications",2098
The Sign of the Four,"with some one inside the house. There is this butler, Lal Rao, whom",2099
The Sign of the Four,we have not seen. Mrs. Bernstone gives him far from a good character.,2100
The Sign of the Four,"Small could not find out, however, where the treasure was hid, for no",2101
The Sign of the Four,"one ever knew, save the major and one faithful servant who had died.",2102
The Sign of the Four,Suddenly Small learns that the major is on his death-bed. In a frenzy,2103
The Sign of the Four,"lest the secret of the treasure die with him, he runs the gauntlet of",2104
The Sign of the Four,"the guards, makes his way to the dying man's window, and is only",2105
The Sign of the Four,deterred from entering by the presence of his two sons. Mad with,2106
The Sign of the Four,"hate, however, against the dead man, he enters the room that night,",2107
The Sign of the Four,searches his private papers in the hope of discovering some,2108
The Sign of the Four,"memorandum relating to the treasure, and finally leaves a memento of",2109
The Sign of the Four,his visit in the short inscription upon the card. He had doubtless,2110
The Sign of the Four,planned beforehand that should he slay the major he would leave some,2111
The Sign of the Four,"such record upon the body as a sign that it was not a common murder,",2112
The Sign of the Four,"but, from the point of view of the four associates, something in the",2113
The Sign of the Four,nature of an act of justice. Whimsical and bizarre conceits of this,2114
The Sign of the Four,"kind are common enough in the annals of crime, and usually afford",2115
The Sign of the Four,"valuable indications as to the criminal. Do you follow all this?""",2116
The Sign of the Four,,2117
The Sign of the Four,"""Very clearly.""",2118
The Sign of the Four,,2119
The Sign of the Four,"""Now, what could Jonathan Small do? He could only continue to keep a",2120
The Sign of the Four,secret watch upon the efforts made to find the treasure. Possibly he,2121
The Sign of the Four,leaves England and only comes back at intervals. Then comes the,2122
The Sign of the Four,"discovery of the garret, and he is instantly informed of it. We again",2123
The Sign of the Four,"trace the presence of some confederate in the household. Jonathan,",2124
The Sign of the Four,"with his wooden leg, is utterly unable to reach the lofty room of",2125
The Sign of the Four,"Bartholomew Sholto. He takes with him, however, a rather curious",2126
The Sign of the Four,"associate, who gets over this difficulty, but dips his naked foot",2127
The Sign of the Four,"into creasote, whence come Toby, and a six-mile limp for a half-pay",2128
The Sign of the Four,"officer with a damaged tendo Achillis.""",2129
The Sign of the Four,,2130
The Sign of the Four,"""But it was the associate, and not Jonathan, who committed the",2131
The Sign of the Four,"crime.""",2132
The Sign of the Four,,2133
The Sign of the Four,"""Quite so. And rather to Jonathan's disgust, to judge by the way the",2134
The Sign of the Four,stamped about when he got into the room. He bore no grudge against,2135
The Sign of the Four,"Bartholomew Sholto, and would have preferred if he could have been",2136
The Sign of the Four,simply bound and gagged. He did not wish to put his head in a halter.,2137
The Sign of the Four,"There was no help for it, however: the savage instincts of his",2138
The Sign of the Four,"companion had broken out, and the poison had done its work: so",2139
The Sign of the Four,"Jonathan Small left his record, lowered the treasure-box to the",2140
The Sign of the Four,"ground, and followed it himself. That was the train of events as far",2141
The Sign of the Four,as I can decipher them. Of course as to his personal appearance he,2142
The Sign of the Four,"must be middle-aged, and must be sunburned after serving his time in",2143
The Sign of the Four,such an oven as the Andamans. His height is readily calculated from,2144
The Sign of the Four,"the length of his stride, and we know that he was bearded. His",2145
The Sign of the Four,hairiness was the one point which impressed itself upon Thaddeus,2146
The Sign of the Four,Sholto when he saw him at the window. I don't know that there is,2147
The Sign of the Four,"anything else.""",2148
The Sign of the Four,,2149
The Sign of the Four,"""The associate?""",2150
The Sign of the Four,,2151
The Sign of the Four,"""Ah, well, there is no great mystery in that. But you will know all",2152
The Sign of the Four,about it soon enough. How sweet the morning air is! See how that one,2153
The Sign of the Four,little cloud floats like a pink feather from some gigantic flamingo.,2154
The Sign of the Four,Now the red rim of the sun pushes itself over the London cloud-bank.,2155
The Sign of the Four,"It shines on a good many folk, but on none, I dare bet, who are on a",2156
The Sign of the Four,stranger errand than you and I. How small we feel with our petty,2157
The Sign of the Four,ambitions and strivings in the presence of the great elemental forces,2158
The Sign of the Four,"of nature! Are you well up in your Jean Paul?""",2159
The Sign of the Four,,2160
The Sign of the Four,"""Fairly so. I worked back to him through Carlyle.""",2161
The Sign of the Four,,2162
The Sign of the Four,"""That was like following the brook to the parent lake. He makes one",2163
The Sign of the Four,curious but profound remark. It is that the chief proof of man's real,2164
The Sign of the Four,"greatness lies in his perception of his own smallness. It argues, you",2165
The Sign of the Four,"see, a power of comparison and of appreciation which is in itself a",2166
The Sign of the Four,proof of nobility. There is much food for thought in Richter. You,2167
The Sign of the Four,"have not a pistol, have you?""",2168
The Sign of the Four,,2169
The Sign of the Four,"""I have my stick.""",2170
The Sign of the Four,,2171
The Sign of the Four,"""It is just possible that we may need something of the sort if we get",2172
The Sign of the Four,"to their lair. Jonathan I shall leave to you, but if the other turns",2173
The Sign of the Four,"nasty I shall shoot him dead."" He took out his revolver as he spoke,",2174
The Sign of the Four,"and, having loaded two of the chambers, he put it back into the",2175
The Sign of the Four,right-hand pocket of his jacket.,2176
The Sign of the Four,,2177
The Sign of the Four,We had during this time been following the guidance of Toby down the,2178
The Sign of the Four,"half-rural villa-lined roads which lead to the metropolis. Now,",2179
The Sign of the Four,"however, we were beginning to come among continuous streets, where",2180
The Sign of the Four,"laborers and dockmen were already astir, and slatternly women were",2181
The Sign of the Four,taking down shutters and brushing door-steps. At the square-topped,2182
The Sign of the Four,"corner public houses business was just beginning, and rough-looking",2183
The Sign of the Four,"men were emerging, rubbing their sleeves across their beards after",2184
The Sign of the Four,their morning wet. Strange dogs sauntered up and stared wonderingly,2185
The Sign of the Four,"at us as we passed, but our inimitable Toby looked neither to the",2186
The Sign of the Four,"right nor to the left, but trotted onwards with his nose to the",2187
The Sign of the Four,ground and an occasional eager whine which spoke of a hot scent.,2188
The Sign of the Four,,2189
The Sign of the Four,"We had traversed Streatham, Brixton, Camberwell, and now found",2190
The Sign of the Four,"ourselves in Kennington Lane, having borne away through the",2191
The Sign of the Four,side-streets to the east of the Oval. The men whom we pursued seemed,2192
The Sign of the Four,"to have taken a curiously zigzag road, with the idea probably of",2193
The Sign of the Four,escaping observation. They had never kept to the main road if a,2194
The Sign of the Four,parallel side-street would serve their turn. At the foot of,2195
The Sign of the Four,Kennington Lane they had edged away to the left through Bond Street,2196
The Sign of the Four,"and Miles Street. Where the latter street turns into Knight's Place,",2197
The Sign of the Four,"Toby ceased to advance, but began to run backwards and forwards with",2198
The Sign of the Four,"one ear cocked and the other drooping, the very picture of canine",2199
The Sign of the Four,"indecision. Then he waddled round in circles, looking up to us from",2200
The Sign of the Four,"time to time, as if to ask for sympathy in his embarrassment.",2201
The Sign of the Four,,2202
The Sign of the Four,"""What the deuce is the matter with the dog?"" growled Holmes. ""They",2203
The Sign of the Four,"surely would not take a cab, or go off in a balloon.""",2204
The Sign of the Four,,2205
The Sign of the Four,"""Perhaps they stood here for some time,"" I suggested.",2206
The Sign of the Four,,2207
The Sign of the Four,"""Ah! it's all right. He's off again,"" said my companion, in a tone of",2208
The Sign of the Four,relief.,2209
The Sign of the Four,,2210
The Sign of the Four,"He was indeed off, for after sniffing round again he suddenly made up",2211
The Sign of the Four,"his mind, and darted away with an energy and determination such as he",2212
The Sign of the Four,"had not yet shown. The scent appeared to be much hotter than before,",2213
The Sign of the Four,"for he had not even to put his nose on the ground, but tugged at his",2214
The Sign of the Four,leash and tried to break into a run. I cold see by the gleam in,2215
The Sign of the Four,Holmes's eyes that he thought we were nearing the end of our journey.,2216
The Sign of the Four,,2217
The Sign of the Four,Our course now ran down Nine Elms until we came to Broderick and,2218
The Sign of the Four,"Nelson's large timber-yard, just past the White Eagle tavern. Here",2219
The Sign of the Four,"the dog, frantic with excitement, turned down through the side-gate",2220
The Sign of the Four,"into the enclosure, where the sawyers were already at work. On the",2221
The Sign of the Four,"dog raced through sawdust and shavings, down an alley, round a",2222
The Sign of the Four,"passage, between two wood-piles, and finally, with a triumphant yelp,",2223
The Sign of the Four,sprang upon a large barrel which still stood upon the hand-trolley on,2224
The Sign of the Four,"which it had been brought. With lolling tongue and blinking eyes,",2225
The Sign of the Four,"Toby stood upon the cask, looking from one to the other of us for",2226
The Sign of the Four,some sign of appreciation. The staves of the barrel and the wheels of,2227
The Sign of the Four,"the trolley were smeared with a dark liquid, and the whole air was",2228
The Sign of the Four,heavy with the smell of creasote.,2229
The Sign of the Four,,2230
The Sign of the Four,"Sherlock Holmes and I looked blankly at each other, and then burst",2231
The Sign of the Four,simultaneously into an uncontrollable fit of laughter.,2232
The Sign of the Four,,2233
The Sign of the Four,CHAPTER VIII,2234
The Sign of the Four,The Baker Street Irregulars,2235
The Sign of the Four,,2236
The Sign of the Four,"""What now?"" I asked. ""Toby has lost his character for infallibility.""",2237
The Sign of the Four,,2238
The Sign of the Four,"""He acted according to his lights,"" said Holmes, lifting him down",2239
The Sign of the Four,"from the barrel and walking him out of the timber-yard. ""If you",2240
The Sign of the Four,"consider how much creasote is carted about London in one day, it is",2241
The Sign of the Four,no great wonder that our trail should have been crossed. It is much,2242
The Sign of the Four,"used now, especially for the seasoning of wood. Poor Toby is not to",2243
The Sign of the Four,"blame.""",2244
The Sign of the Four,,2245
The Sign of the Four,"""We must get on the main scent again, I suppose.""",2246
The Sign of the Four,,2247
The Sign of the Four,"""Yes. And, fortunately, we have no distance to go. Evidently what",2248
The Sign of the Four,puzzled the dog at the corner of Knight's Place was that there were,2249
The Sign of the Four,two different trails running in opposite directions. We took the,2250
The Sign of the Four,"wrong one. It only remains to follow the other.""",2251
The Sign of the Four,,2252
The Sign of the Four,There was no difficulty about this. On leading Toby to the place,2253
The Sign of the Four,"where he had committed his fault, he cast about in a wide circle and",2254
The Sign of the Four,finally dashed off in a fresh direction.,2255
The Sign of the Four,,2256
The Sign of the Four,"""We must take care that he does not now bring us to the place where",2257
The Sign of the Four,"the creasote-barrel came from,"" I observed.",2258
The Sign of the Four,,2259
The Sign of the Four,"""I had thought of that. But you notice that he keeps on the pavement,",2260
The Sign of the Four,"whereas the barrel passed down the roadway. No, we are on the true",2261
The Sign of the Four,"scent now.""",2262
The Sign of the Four,,2263
The Sign of the Four,"It tended down towards the river-side, running through Belmont Place",2264
The Sign of the Four,and Prince's Street. At the end of Broad Street it ran right down to,2265
The Sign of the Four,"the water's edge, where there was a small wooden wharf. Toby led us",2266
The Sign of the Four,"to the very edge of this, and there stood whining, looking out on the",2267
The Sign of the Four,dark current beyond.,2268
The Sign of the Four,,2269
The Sign of the Four,"""We are out of luck,"" said Holmes. ""They have taken to a boat here.""",2270
The Sign of the Four,Several small punts and skiffs were lying about in the water and on,2271
The Sign of the Four,"the edge of the wharf. We took Toby round to each in turn, but,",2272
The Sign of the Four,"though he sniffed earnestly, he made no sign.",2273
The Sign of the Four,,2274
The Sign of the Four,"Close to the rude landing-stage was a small brick house, with a",2275
The Sign of the Four,"wooden placard slung out through the second window. ""Mordecai Smith""",2276
The Sign of the Four,"was printed across it in large letters, and, underneath, ""Boats to",2277
The Sign of the Four,"hire by the hour or day."" A second inscription above the door",2278
The Sign of the Four,"informed us that a steam launch was kept,--a statement which was",2279
The Sign of the Four,confirmed by a great pile of coke upon the jetty. Sherlock Holmes,2280
The Sign of the Four,"looked slowly round, and his face assumed an ominous expression.",2281
The Sign of the Four,,2282
The Sign of the Four,"""This looks bad,"" said he. ""These fellows are sharper than I",2283
The Sign of the Four,"expected. They seem to have covered their tracks. There has, I fear,",2284
The Sign of the Four,"been preconcerted management here.""",2285
The Sign of the Four,,2286
The Sign of the Four,"He was approaching the door of the house, when it opened, and a",2287
The Sign of the Four,"little, curly-headed lad of six came running out, followed by a",2288
The Sign of the Four,"stoutish, red-faced woman with a large sponge in her hand.",2289
The Sign of the Four,,2290
The Sign of the Four,"""You come back and be washed, Jack,"" she shouted. ""Come back, you",2291
The Sign of the Four,"young imp; for if your father comes home and finds you like that,",2292
The Sign of the Four,"he'll let us hear of it.""",2293
The Sign of the Four,,2294
The Sign of the Four,"""Dear little chap!"" said Holmes, strategically. ""What a rosy-cheeked",2295
The Sign of the Four,"young rascal! Now, Jack, is there anything you would like?""",2296
The Sign of the Four,,2297
The Sign of the Four,"The youth pondered for a moment. ""I'd like a shillin',"" said he.",2298
The Sign of the Four,,2299
The Sign of the Four,"""Nothing you would like better?""",2300
The Sign of the Four,,2301
The Sign of the Four,"""I'd like two shillin' better,"" the prodigy answered, after some",2302
The Sign of the Four,thought.,2303
The Sign of the Four,,2304
The Sign of the Four,"""Here you are, then! Catch!--A fine child, Mrs. Smith!""",2305
The Sign of the Four,,2306
The Sign of the Four,"""Lor' bless you, sir, he is that, and forward. He gets a'most too",2307
The Sign of the Four,"much for me to manage, 'specially when my man is away days at a",2308
The Sign of the Four,"time.""",2309
The Sign of the Four,,2310
The Sign of the Four,"""Away, is he?"" said Holmes, in a disappointed voice. ""I am sorry for",2311
The Sign of the Four,"that, for I wanted to speak to Mr. Smith.""",2312
The Sign of the Four,,2313
The Sign of the Four,"""He's been away since yesterday mornin', sir, and, truth to tell, I",2314
The Sign of the Four,am beginnin' to feel frightened about him. But if it was about a,2315
The Sign of the Four,"boat, sir, maybe I could serve as well.""",2316
The Sign of the Four,,2317
The Sign of the Four,"""I wanted to hire his steam launch.""",2318
The Sign of the Four,,2319
The Sign of the Four,"""Why, bless you, sir, it is in the steam launch that he has gone.",2320
The Sign of the Four,That's what puzzles me; for I know there ain't more coals in her than,2321
The Sign of the Four,would take her to about Woolwich and back. If he'd been away in the,2322
The Sign of the Four,barge I'd ha' thought nothin'; for many a time a job has taken him as,2323
The Sign of the Four,"far as Gravesend, and then if there was much doin' there he might ha'",2324
The Sign of the Four,"stayed over. But what good is a steam launch without coals?""",2325
The Sign of the Four,,2326
The Sign of the Four,"""He might have bought some at a wharf down the river.""",2327
The Sign of the Four,,2328
The Sign of the Four,"""He might, sir, but it weren't his way. Many a time I've heard him",2329
The Sign of the Four,"call out at the prices they charge for a few odd bags. Besides, I",2330
The Sign of the Four,"don't like that wooden-legged man, wi' his ugly face and outlandish",2331
The Sign of the Four,"talk. What did he want always knockin' about here for?""",2332
The Sign of the Four,,2333
The Sign of the Four,"""A wooden-legged man?"" said Holmes, with bland surprise.",2334
The Sign of the Four,,2335
The Sign of the Four,"""Yes, sir, a brown, monkey-faced chap that's called more'n once for",2336
The Sign of the Four,"my old man. It was him that roused him up yesternight, and, what's",2337
The Sign of the Four,"more, my man knew he was comin', for he had steam up in the launch. I",2338
The Sign of the Four,"tell you straight, sir, I don't feel easy in my mind about it.""",2339
The Sign of the Four,,2340
The Sign of the Four,"""But, my dear Mrs. Smith,"" said Holmes, shrugging his shoulders, ""You",2341
The Sign of the Four,are frightening yourself about nothing. How could you possibly tell,2342
The Sign of the Four,that it was the wooden-legged man who came in the night? I don't,2343
The Sign of the Four,"quite understand how you can be so sure.""",2344
The Sign of the Four,,2345
The Sign of the Four,"""His voice, sir. I knew his voice, which is kind o' thick and foggy.",2346
The Sign of the Four,"He tapped at the winder,--about three it would be. 'Show a leg,",2347
The Sign of the Four,"matey,' says he: 'time to turn out guard.' My old man woke up",2348
The Sign of the Four,"Jim,--that's my eldest,--and away they went, without so much as a",2349
The Sign of the Four,"word to me. I could hear the wooden leg clackin' on the stones.""",2350
The Sign of the Four,,2351
The Sign of the Four,"""And was this wooden-legged man alone?""",2352
The Sign of the Four,,2353
The Sign of the Four,"""Couldn't say, I am sure, sir. I didn't hear no one else.""",2354
The Sign of the Four,,2355
The Sign of the Four,"""I am sorry, Mrs. Smith, for I wanted a steam launch, and I have",2356
The Sign of the Four,"heard good reports of the--Let me see, what is her name?""",2357
The Sign of the Four,,2358
The Sign of the Four,"""The Aurora, sir.""",2359
The Sign of the Four,,2360
The Sign of the Four,"""Ah! She's not that old green launch with a yellow line, very broad",2361
The Sign of the Four,"in the beam?""",2362
The Sign of the Four,,2363
The Sign of the Four,"""No, indeed. She's as trim a little thing as any on the river. She's",2364
The Sign of the Four,"been fresh painted, black with two red streaks.""",2365
The Sign of the Four,,2366
The Sign of the Four,"""Thanks. I hope that you will hear soon from Mr. Smith. I am going",2367
The Sign of the Four,down the river; and if I should see anything of the Aurora I shall,2368
The Sign of the Four,"let him know that you are uneasy. A black funnel, you say?""",2369
The Sign of the Four,,2370
The Sign of the Four,"""No, sir. Black with a white band.""",2371
The Sign of the Four,,2372
The Sign of the Four,"""Ah, of course. It was the sides which were black. Good-morning, Mrs.",2373
The Sign of the Four,"Smith.--There is a boatman here with a wherry, Watson. We shall take",2374
The Sign of the Four,it and cross the river.,2375
The Sign of the Four,,2376
The Sign of the Four,"""The main thing with people of that sort,"" said Holmes, as we sat in",2377
The Sign of the Four,"the sheets of the wherry, ""is never to let them think that their",2378
The Sign of the Four,"information can be of the slightest importance to you. If you do,",2379
The Sign of the Four,they will instantly shut up like an oyster. If you listen to them,2380
The Sign of the Four,"under protest, as it were, you are very likely to get what you want.""",2381
The Sign of the Four,,2382
The Sign of the Four,"""Our course now seems pretty clear,"" said I.",2383
The Sign of the Four,,2384
The Sign of the Four,"""What would you do, then?""",2385
The Sign of the Four,,2386
The Sign of the Four,"""I would engage a launch and go down the river on the track of the",2387
The Sign of the Four,"Aurora.""",2388
The Sign of the Four,,2389
The Sign of the Four,"""My dear fellow, it would be a colossal task. She may have touched at",2390
The Sign of the Four,any wharf on either side of the stream between here and Greenwich.,2391
The Sign of the Four,Below the bridge there is a perfect labyrinth of landing-places for,2392
The Sign of the Four,"miles. It would take you days and days to exhaust them, if you set",2393
The Sign of the Four,"about it alone.""",2394
The Sign of the Four,,2395
The Sign of the Four,"""Employ the police, then.""",2396
The Sign of the Four,,2397
The Sign of the Four,"""No. I shall probably call Athelney Jones in at the last moment. He",2398
The Sign of the Four,"is not a bad fellow, and I should not like to do anything which would",2399
The Sign of the Four,injure him professionally. But I have a fancy for working it out,2400
The Sign of the Four,"myself, now that we have gone so far.""",2401
The Sign of the Four,,2402
The Sign of the Four,"""Could we advertise, then, asking for information from wharfingers?""",2403
The Sign of the Four,,2404
The Sign of the Four,"""Worse and worse! Our men would know that the chase was hot at their",2405
The Sign of the Four,"heels, and they would be off out of the country. As it is, they are",2406
The Sign of the Four,"likely enough to leave, but as long as they think they are perfectly",2407
The Sign of the Four,safe they will be in no hurry. Jones's energy will be of use to us,2408
The Sign of the Four,"there, for his view of the case is sure to push itself into the daily",2409
The Sign of the Four,"press, and the runaways will think that every one is off on the wrong",2410
The Sign of the Four,"scent.""",2411
The Sign of the Four,,2412
The Sign of the Four,"""What are we to do, then?"" I asked, as we landed near Millbank",2413
The Sign of the Four,Penitentiary.,2414
The Sign of the Four,,2415
The Sign of the Four,"""Take this hansom, drive home, have some breakfast, and get an hour's",2416
The Sign of the Four,sleep. It is quite on the cards that we may be afoot to-night again.,2417
The Sign of the Four,"Stop at a telegraph-office, cabby! We will keep Toby, for he may be",2418
The Sign of the Four,"of use to us yet.""",2419
The Sign of the Four,,2420
The Sign of the Four,"We pulled up at the Great Peter Street post-office, and Holmes",2421
The Sign of the Four,"despatched his wire. ""Whom do you think that is to?"" he asked, as we",2422
The Sign of the Four,resumed our journey.,2423
The Sign of the Four,,2424
The Sign of the Four,"""I am sure I don't know.""",2425
The Sign of the Four,,2426
The Sign of the Four,"""You remember the Baker Street division of the detective police force",2427
The Sign of the Four,"whom I employed in the Jefferson Hope case?""",2428
The Sign of the Four,,2429
The Sign of the Four,"""Well,"" said I, laughing.",2430
The Sign of the Four,,2431
The Sign of the Four,"""This is just the case where they might be invaluable. If they fail,",2432
The Sign of the Four,I have other resources; but I shall try them first. That wire was to,2433
The Sign of the Four,"my dirty little lieutenant, Wiggins, and I expect that he and his",2434
The Sign of the Four,"gang will be with us before we have finished our breakfast.""",2435
The Sign of the Four,,2436
The Sign of the Four,"It was between eight and nine o'clock now, and I was conscious of a",2437
The Sign of the Four,strong reaction after the successive excitements of the night. I was,2438
The Sign of the Four,"limp and weary, befogged in mind and fatigued in body. I had not the",2439
The Sign of the Four,"professional enthusiasm which carried my companion on, nor could I",2440
The Sign of the Four,look at the matter as a mere abstract intellectual problem. As far as,2441
The Sign of the Four,"the death of Bartholomew Sholto went, I had heard little good of him,",2442
The Sign of the Four,"and could feel no intense antipathy to his murderers. The treasure,",2443
The Sign of the Four,"however, was a different matter. That, or part of it, belonged",2444
The Sign of the Four,rightfully to Miss Morstan. While there was a chance of recovering it,2445
The Sign of the Four,"I was ready to devote my life to the one object. True, if I found it",2446
The Sign of the Four,it would probably put her forever beyond my reach. Yet it would be a,2447
The Sign of the Four,petty and selfish love which would be influenced by such a thought as,2448
The Sign of the Four,"that. If Holmes could work to find the criminals, I had a tenfold",2449
The Sign of the Four,stronger reason to urge me on to find the treasure.,2450
The Sign of the Four,,2451
The Sign of the Four,A bath at Baker Street and a complete change freshened me up,2452
The Sign of the Four,wonderfully. When I came down to our room I found the breakfast laid,2453
The Sign of the Four,and Holmes pouring out the coffee.,2454
The Sign of the Four,,2455
The Sign of the Four,"""Here it is,"" said he, laughing, and pointing to an open newspaper.",2456
The Sign of the Four,"""The energetic Jones and the ubiquitous reporter have fixed it up",2457
The Sign of the Four,between them. But you have had enough of the case. Better have your,2458
The Sign of the Four,"ham and eggs first.""",2459
The Sign of the Four,,2460
The Sign of the Four,"I took the paper from him and read the short notice, which was headed",2461
The Sign of the Four,"""Mysterious Business at Upper Norwood.""",2462
The Sign of the Four,,2463
The Sign of the Four,"""About twelve o'clock last night,"" said the Standard, ""Mr.",2464
The Sign of the Four,"Bartholomew Sholto, of Pondicherry Lodge, Upper Norwood, was found",2465
The Sign of the Four,dead in his room under circumstances which point to foul play. As far,2466
The Sign of the Four,"as we can learn, no actual traces of violence were found upon Mr.",2467
The Sign of the Four,"Sholto's person, but a valuable collection of Indian gems which the",2468
The Sign of the Four,deceased gentleman had inherited from his father has been carried,2469
The Sign of the Four,off. The discovery was first made by Mr. Sherlock Holmes and Dr.,2470
The Sign of the Four,"Watson, who had called at the house with Mr. Thaddeus Sholto, brother",2471
The Sign of the Four,"of the deceased. By a singular piece of good fortune, Mr. Athelney",2472
The Sign of the Four,"Jones, the well-known member of the detective police force, happened",2473
The Sign of the Four,"to be at the Norwood Police Station, and was on the ground within",2474
The Sign of the Four,half an hour of the first alarm. His trained and experienced,2475
The Sign of the Four,faculties were at once directed towards the detection of the,2476
The Sign of the Four,"criminals, with the gratifying result that the brother, Thaddeus",2477
The Sign of the Four,"Sholto, has already been arrested, together with the housekeeper,",2478
The Sign of the Four,"Mrs. Bernstone, an Indian butler named Lal Rao, and a porter, or",2479
The Sign of the Four,"gatekeeper, named McMurdo. It is quite certain that the thief or",2480
The Sign of the Four,"thieves were well acquainted with the house, for Mr. Jones's",2481
The Sign of the Four,well-known technical knowledge and his powers of minute observation,2482
The Sign of the Four,have enabled him to prove conclusively that the miscreants could not,2483
The Sign of the Four,"have entered by the door or by the window, but must have made their",2484
The Sign of the Four,"way across the roof of the building, and so through a trap-door into",2485
The Sign of the Four,a room which communicated with that in which the body was found. This,2486
The Sign of the Four,"fact, which has been very clearly made out, proves conclusively that",2487
The Sign of the Four,it was no mere haphazard burglary. The prompt and energetic action of,2488
The Sign of the Four,the officers of the law shows the great advantage of the presence on,2489
The Sign of the Four,such occasions of a single vigorous and masterful mind. We cannot but,2490
The Sign of the Four,think that it supplies an argument to those who would wish to see our,2491
The Sign of the Four,"detectives more decentralized, and so brought into closer and more",2492
The Sign of the Four,effective touch with the cases which it is their duty to,2493
The Sign of the Four,"investigate.""",2494
The Sign of the Four,,2495
The Sign of the Four,"""Isn't it gorgeous!"" said Holmes, grinning over his coffee-cup. ""What",2496
The Sign of the Four,"do you think of it?""",2497
The Sign of the Four,,2498
The Sign of the Four,"""I think that we have had a close shave ourselves of being arrested",2499
The Sign of the Four,"for the crime.""",2500
The Sign of the Four,,2501
The Sign of the Four,"""So do I. I wouldn't answer for our safety now, if he should happen",2502
The Sign of the Four,"to have another of his attacks of energy.""",2503
The Sign of the Four,,2504
The Sign of the Four,"At this moment there was a loud ring at the bell, and I could hear",2505
The Sign of the Four,"Mrs. Hudson, our landlady, raising her voice in a wail of",2506
The Sign of the Four,expostulation and dismay.,2507
The Sign of the Four,,2508
The Sign of the Four,"""By heaven, Holmes,"" I said, half rising, ""I believe that they are",2509
The Sign of the Four,"really after us.""",2510
The Sign of the Four,,2511
The Sign of the Four,"""No, it's not quite so bad as that. It is the unofficial force,--the",2512
The Sign of the Four,"Baker Street irregulars.""",2513
The Sign of the Four,,2514
The Sign of the Four,"As he spoke, there came a swift pattering of naked feet upon the",2515
The Sign of the Four,"stairs, a clatter of high voices, and in rushed a dozen dirty and",2516
The Sign of the Four,ragged little street-Arabs. There was some show of discipline among,2517
The Sign of the Four,"them, despite their tumultuous entry, for they instantly drew up in",2518
The Sign of the Four,"line and stood facing us with expectant faces. One of their number,",2519
The Sign of the Four,"taller and older than the others, stood forward with an air of",2520
The Sign of the Four,lounging superiority which was very funny in such a disreputable,2521
The Sign of the Four,little carecrow.,2522
The Sign of the Four,,2523
The Sign of the Four,"""Got your message, sir,"" said he, ""and brought 'em on sharp. Three",2524
The Sign of the Four,"bob and a tanner for tickets.""",2525
The Sign of the Four,,2526
The Sign of the Four,"""Here you are,"" said Holmes, producing some silver. ""In future they",2527
The Sign of the Four,"can report to you, Wiggins, and you to me. I cannot have the house",2528
The Sign of the Four,"invaded in this way. However, it is just as well that you should all",2529
The Sign of the Four,hear the instructions. I want to find the whereabouts of a steam,2530
The Sign of the Four,"launch called the Aurora, owner Mordecai Smith, black with two red",2531
The Sign of the Four,"streaks, funnel black with a white band. She is down the river",2532
The Sign of the Four,somewhere. I want one boy to be at Mordecai Smith's landing-stage,2533
The Sign of the Four,opposite Millbank to say if the boat comes back. You must divide it,2534
The Sign of the Four,"out among yourselves, and do both banks thoroughly. Let me know the",2535
The Sign of the Four,"moment you have news. Is that all clear?""",2536
The Sign of the Four,,2537
The Sign of the Four,"""Yes, guv'nor,"" said Wiggins.",2538
The Sign of the Four,,2539
The Sign of the Four,"""The old scale of pay, and a guinea to the boy who finds the boat.",2540
The Sign of the Four,"Here's a day in advance. Now off you go!"" He handed them a shilling",2541
The Sign of the Four,"each, and away they buzzed down the stairs, and I saw them a moment",2542
The Sign of the Four,later streaming down the street.,2543
The Sign of the Four,,2544
The Sign of the Four,"""If the launch is above water they will find her,"" said Holmes, as he",2545
The Sign of the Four,"rose from the table and lit his pipe. ""They can go everywhere, see",2546
The Sign of the Four,"everything, overhear every one. I expect to hear before evening that",2547
The Sign of the Four,"they have spotted her. In the mean while, we can do nothing but await",2548
The Sign of the Four,results. We cannot pick up the broken trail until we find either the,2549
The Sign of the Four,"Aurora or Mr. Mordecai Smith.""",2550
The Sign of the Four,,2551
The Sign of the Four,"""Toby could eat these scraps, I dare say. Are you going to bed,",2552
The Sign of the Four,"Holmes?""",2553
The Sign of the Four,,2554
The Sign of the Four,"""No: I am not tired. I have a curious constitution. I never remember",2555
The Sign of the Four,"feeling tired by work, though idleness exhausts me completely. I am",2556
The Sign of the Four,going to smoke and to think over this queer business to which my fair,2557
The Sign of the Four,"client has introduced us. If ever man had an easy task, this of ours",2558
The Sign of the Four,"ought to be. Wooden-legged men are not so common, but the other man",2559
The Sign of the Four,"must, I should think, be absolutely unique.""",2560
The Sign of the Four,,2561
The Sign of the Four,"""That other man again!""",2562
The Sign of the Four,,2563
The Sign of the Four,"""I have no wish to make a mystery of him,--to you, anyway. But you",2564
The Sign of the Four,"must have formed your own opinion. Now, do consider the data.",2565
The Sign of the Four,"Diminutive footmarks, toes never fettered by boots, naked feet,",2566
The Sign of the Four,"stone-headed wooden mace, great agility, small poisoned darts. What",2567
The Sign of the Four,"do you make of all this?""",2568
The Sign of the Four,,2569
The Sign of the Four,"""A savage!"" I exclaimed. ""Perhaps one of those Indians who were the",2570
The Sign of the Four,"associates of Jonathan Small.""",2571
The Sign of the Four,,2572
The Sign of the Four,"""Hardly that,"" said he. ""When first I saw signs of strange weapons I",2573
The Sign of the Four,was inclined to think so; but the remarkable character of the,2574
The Sign of the Four,footmarks caused me to reconsider my views. Some of the inhabitants,2575
The Sign of the Four,"of the Indian Peninsula are small men, but none could have left such",2576
The Sign of the Four,marks as that. The Hindoo proper has long and thin feet. The,2577
The Sign of the Four,sandal-wearing Mohammedan has the great toe well separated from the,2578
The Sign of the Four,"others, because the thong is commonly passed between. These little",2579
The Sign of the Four,"darts, too, could only be shot in one way. They are from a blow-pipe.",2580
The Sign of the Four,"Now, then, where are we to find our savage?""",2581
The Sign of the Four,,2582
The Sign of the Four,"""South American,"" I hazarded.",2583
The Sign of the Four,,2584
The Sign of the Four,"He stretched his hand up, and took down a bulky volume from the",2585
The Sign of the Four,"shelf. ""This is the first volume of a gazetteer which is now being",2586
The Sign of the Four,published. It may be looked upon as the very latest authority. What,2587
The Sign of the Four,"have we here? 'Andaman Islands, situated 340 miles to the north of",2588
The Sign of the Four,"Sumatra, in the Bay of Bengal.' Hum! hum!  What's all this? Moist",2589
The Sign of the Four,"climate, coral reefs, sharks, Port Blair, convict-barracks, Rutland",2590
The Sign of the Four,"Island, cottonwoods--Ah, here we are. 'The aborigines of the Andaman",2591
The Sign of the Four,Islands may perhaps claim the distinction of being the smallest race,2592
The Sign of the Four,"upon this earth, though some anthropologists prefer the Bushmen of",2593
The Sign of the Four,"Africa, the Digger Indians of America, and the Terra del Fuegians.",2594
The Sign of the Four,"The average height is rather below four feet, although many",2595
The Sign of the Four,full-grown adults may be found who are very much smaller than this.,2596
The Sign of the Four,"They are a fierce, morose, and intractable people, though capable of",2597
The Sign of the Four,forming most devoted friendships when their confidence has once been,2598
The Sign of the Four,"gained.' Mark that, Watson. Now, then, listen to this. 'They are",2599
The Sign of the Four,"naturally hideous, having large, misshapen heads, small, fierce eyes,",2600
The Sign of the Four,"and distorted features. Their feet and hands, however, are remarkably",2601
The Sign of the Four,small. So intractable and fierce are they that all the efforts of the,2602
The Sign of the Four,British official have failed to win them over in any degree. They,2603
The Sign of the Four,"have always been a terror to shipwrecked crews, braining the",2604
The Sign of the Four,"survivors with their stone-headed clubs, or shooting them with their",2605
The Sign of the Four,poisoned arrows. These massacres are invariably concluded by a,2606
The Sign of the Four,"cannibal feast.' Nice, amiable people, Watson! If this fellow had",2607
The Sign of the Four,been left to his own unaided devices this affair might have taken an,2608
The Sign of the Four,"even more ghastly turn. I fancy that, even as it is, Jonathan Small",2609
The Sign of the Four,"would give a good deal not to have employed him.""",2610
The Sign of the Four,,2611
The Sign of the Four,"""But how came he to have so singular a companion?""",2612
The Sign of the Four,,2613
The Sign of the Four,"""Ah, that is more than I can tell. Since, however, we had already",2614
The Sign of the Four,"determined that Small had come from the Andamans, it is not so very",2615
The Sign of the Four,wonderful that this islander should be with him. No doubt we shall,2616
The Sign of the Four,"know all about it in time. Look here, Watson; you look regularly",2617
The Sign of the Four,"done. Lie down there on the sofa, and see if I can put you to sleep.""",2618
The Sign of the Four,,2619
The Sign of the Four,"He took up his violin from the corner, and as I stretched myself out",2620
The Sign of the Four,"he began to play some low, dreamy, melodious air,--his own, no doubt,",2621
The Sign of the Four,for he had a remarkable gift for improvisation. I have a vague,2622
The Sign of the Four,"remembrance of his gaunt limbs, his earnest face, and the rise and",2623
The Sign of the Four,fall of his bow. Then I seemed to be floated peacefully away upon a,2624
The Sign of the Four,"soft sea of sound, until I found myself in dream-land, with the sweet",2625
The Sign of the Four,face of Mary Morstan looking down upon me.,2626
The Sign of the Four,,2627
The Sign of the Four,CHAPTER IX,2628
The Sign of the Four,A Break in the Chain,2629
The Sign of the Four,,2630
The Sign of the Four,"It was late in the afternoon before I woke, strengthened and",2631
The Sign of the Four,"refreshed. Sherlock Holmes still sat exactly as I had left him, save",2632
The Sign of the Four,that he had laid aside his violin and was deep in a book. He looked,2633
The Sign of the Four,"across at me, as I stirred, and I noticed that his face was dark and",2634
The Sign of the Four,troubled.,2635
The Sign of the Four,,2636
The Sign of the Four,"""You have slept soundly,"" he said. ""I feared that our talk would wake",2637
The Sign of the Four,"you.""",2638
The Sign of the Four,,2639
The Sign of the Four,"""I heard nothing,"" I answered. ""Have you had fresh news, then?""",2640
The Sign of the Four,,2641
The Sign of the Four,"""Unfortunately, no. I confess that I am surprised and disappointed. I",2642
The Sign of the Four,expected something definite by this time.  Wiggins has just been up,2643
The Sign of the Four,to report. He says that no trace can be found of the launch. It is a,2644
The Sign of the Four,"provoking check, for every hour is of importance.""",2645
The Sign of the Four,,2646
The Sign of the Four,"""Can I do anything? I am perfectly fresh now, and quite ready for",2647
The Sign of the Four,"another night's outing.""",2648
The Sign of the Four,,2649
The Sign of the Four,"""No, we can do nothing. We can only wait. If we go ourselves, the",2650
The Sign of the Four,"message might come in our absence, and delay be caused. You can do",2651
The Sign of the Four,"what you will, but I must remain on guard.""",2652
The Sign of the Four,,2653
The Sign of the Four,"""Then I shall run over to Camberwell and call upon Mrs. Cecil",2654
The Sign of the Four,"Forrester. She asked me to, yesterday.""",2655
The Sign of the Four,,2656
The Sign of the Four,"""On Mrs. Cecil Forrester?"" asked Holmes, with the twinkle of a smile",2657
The Sign of the Four,in his eyes.,2658
The Sign of the Four,,2659
The Sign of the Four,"""Well, of course Miss Morstan too. They were anxious to hear what",2660
The Sign of the Four,"happened.""",2661
The Sign of the Four,,2662
The Sign of the Four,"""I would not tell them too much,"" said Holmes. ""Women are never to be",2663
The Sign of the Four,"entirely trusted,--not the best of them.""",2664
The Sign of the Four,,2665
The Sign of the Four,"I did not pause to argue over this atrocious sentiment. ""I shall be",2666
The Sign of the Four,"back in an hour or two,"" I remarked.",2667
The Sign of the Four,,2668
The Sign of the Four,"""All right! Good luck! But, I say, if you are crossing the river you",2669
The Sign of the Four,"may as well return Toby, for I don't think it is at all likely that",2670
The Sign of the Four,"we shall have any use for him now.""",2671
The Sign of the Four,,2672
The Sign of the Four,"I took our mongrel accordingly, and left him, together with a",2673
The Sign of the Four,"half-sovereign, at the old naturalist's in Pinchin Lane. At",2674
The Sign of the Four,Camberwell I found Miss Morstan a little weary after her night's,2675
The Sign of the Four,"adventures, but very eager to hear the news. Mrs. Forrester, too, was",2676
The Sign of the Four,"full of curiosity. I told them all that we had done, suppressing,",2677
The Sign of the Four,"however, the more dreadful parts of the tragedy. Thus, although I",2678
The Sign of the Four,"spoke of Mr. Sholto's death, I said nothing of the exact manner and",2679
The Sign of the Four,"method of it. With all my omissions, however, there was enough to",2680
The Sign of the Four,startle and amaze them.,2681
The Sign of the Four,,2682
The Sign of the Four,"""It is a romance!"" cried Mrs. Forrester. ""An injured lady, half a",2683
The Sign of the Four,"million in treasure, a black cannibal, and a wooden-legged ruffian.",2684
The Sign of the Four,"They take the place of the conventional dragon or wicked earl.""",2685
The Sign of the Four,,2686
The Sign of the Four,"""And two knight-errants to the rescue,"" added Miss Morstan, with a",2687
The Sign of the Four,bright glance at me.,2688
The Sign of the Four,,2689
The Sign of the Four,"""Why, Mary, your fortune depends upon the issue of this search. I",2690
The Sign of the Four,don't think that you are nearly excited enough. Just imagine what it,2691
The Sign of the Four,"must be to be so rich, and to have the world at your feet!""",2692
The Sign of the Four,,2693
The Sign of the Four,It sent a little thrill of joy to my heart to notice that she showed,2694
The Sign of the Four,"no sign of elation at the prospect. On the contrary, she gave a toss",2695
The Sign of the Four,"of her proud head, as though the matter were one in which she took",2696
The Sign of the Four,small interest.,2697
The Sign of the Four,,2698
The Sign of the Four,"""It is for Mr. Thaddeus Sholto that I am anxious,"" she said. ""Nothing",2699
The Sign of the Four,else is of any consequence; but I think that he has behaved most,2700
The Sign of the Four,kindly and honorably throughout. It is our duty to clear him of this,2701
The Sign of the Four,"dreadful and unfounded charge.""",2702
The Sign of the Four,,2703
The Sign of the Four,"It was evening before I left Camberwell, and quite dark by the time I",2704
The Sign of the Four,"reached home. My companion's book and pipe lay by his chair, but he",2705
The Sign of the Four,"had disappeared. I looked about in the hope of seeing a note, but",2706
The Sign of the Four,there was none.,2707
The Sign of the Four,,2708
The Sign of the Four,"""I suppose that Mr. Sherlock Holmes has gone out,"" I said to Mrs.",2709
The Sign of the Four,Hudson as she came up to lower the blinds.,2710
The Sign of the Four,,2711
The Sign of the Four,"""No, sir. He has gone to his room, sir. Do you know, sir,"" sinking",2712
The Sign of the Four,"her voice into an impressive whisper, ""I am afraid for his health?""",2713
The Sign of the Four,,2714
The Sign of the Four,"""Why so, Mrs. Hudson?""",2715
The Sign of the Four,,2716
The Sign of the Four,"""Well, he's that strange, sir. After you was gone he walked and he",2717
The Sign of the Four,"walked, up and down, and up and down, until I was weary of the sound",2718
The Sign of the Four,"of his footstep. Then I heard him talking to himself and muttering,",2719
The Sign of the Four,"and every time the bell rang out he came on the stairhead, with 'What",2720
The Sign of the Four,"is that, Mrs. Hudson?' And now he has slammed off to his room, but I",2721
The Sign of the Four,can hear him walking away the same as ever. I hope he's not going to,2722
The Sign of the Four,"be ill, sir. I ventured to say something to him about cooling",2723
The Sign of the Four,"medicine, but he turned on me, sir, with such a look that I don't",2724
The Sign of the Four,"know how ever I got out of the room.""",2725
The Sign of the Four,,2726
The Sign of the Four,"""I don't think that you have any cause to be uneasy, Mrs. Hudson,"" I",2727
The Sign of the Four,"answered. ""I have seen him like this before. He has some small matter",2728
The Sign of the Four,"upon his mind which makes him restless."" I tried to speak lightly to",2729
The Sign of the Four,"our worthy landlady, but I was myself somewhat uneasy when through",2730
The Sign of the Four,the long night I still from time to time heard the dull sound of his,2731
The Sign of the Four,"tread, and knew how his keen spirit was chafing against this",2732
The Sign of the Four,involuntary inaction.,2733
The Sign of the Four,,2734
The Sign of the Four,"At breakfast-time he looked worn and haggard, with a little fleck of",2735
The Sign of the Four,feverish color upon either cheek.,2736
The Sign of the Four,,2737
The Sign of the Four,"""You are knocking yourself up, old man,"" I remarked. ""I heard you",2738
The Sign of the Four,"marching about in the night.""",2739
The Sign of the Four,,2740
The Sign of the Four,"""No, I could not sleep,"" he answered. ""This infernal problem is",2741
The Sign of the Four,"consuming me. It is too much to be balked by so petty an obstacle,",2742
The Sign of the Four,"when all else had been overcome. I know the men, the launch,",2743
The Sign of the Four,everything; and yet I can get no news. I have set other agencies at,2744
The Sign of the Four,"work, and used every means at my disposal. The whole river has been",2745
The Sign of the Four,"searched on either side, but there is no news, nor has Mrs. Smith",2746
The Sign of the Four,heard of her husband. I shall come to the conclusion soon that they,2747
The Sign of the Four,"have scuttled the craft. But there are objections to that.""",2748
The Sign of the Four,,2749
The Sign of the Four,"""Or that Mrs. Smith has put us on a wrong scent.""",2750
The Sign of the Four,,2751
The Sign of the Four,"""No, I think that may be dismissed. I had inquiries made, and there",2752
The Sign of the Four,"is a launch of that description.""",2753
The Sign of the Four,,2754
The Sign of the Four,"""Could it have gone up the river?""",2755
The Sign of the Four,,2756
The Sign of the Four,"""I have considered that possibility too, and there is a search-party",2757
The Sign of the Four,"who will work up as far as Richmond. If no news comes to-day, I shall",2758
The Sign of the Four,"start off myself to-morrow, and go for the men rather than the boat.",2759
The Sign of the Four,"But surely, surely, we shall hear something.""",2760
The Sign of the Four,,2761
The Sign of the Four,"We did not, however. Not a word came to us either from Wiggins or",2762
The Sign of the Four,from the other agencies. There were articles in most of the papers,2763
The Sign of the Four,upon the Norwood tragedy. They all appeared to be rather hostile to,2764
The Sign of the Four,"the unfortunate Thaddeus Sholto. No fresh details were to be found,",2765
The Sign of the Four,"however, in any of them, save that an inquest was to be held upon the",2766
The Sign of the Four,following day. I walked over to Camberwell in the evening to report,2767
The Sign of the Four,"our ill success to the ladies, and on my return I found Holmes",2768
The Sign of the Four,"dejected and somewhat morose. He would hardly reply to my questions,",2769
The Sign of the Four,and busied himself all evening in an abstruse chemical analysis which,2770
The Sign of the Four,"involved much heating of retorts and distilling of vapors, ending at",2771
The Sign of the Four,last in a smell which fairly drove me out of the apartment. Up to the,2772
The Sign of the Four,small hours of the morning I could hear the clinking of his,2773
The Sign of the Four,test-tubes which told me that he was still engaged in his malodorous,2774
The Sign of the Four,experiment.,2775
The Sign of the Four,,2776
The Sign of the Four,"In the early dawn I woke with a start, and was surprised to find him",2777
The Sign of the Four,"standing by my bedside, clad in a rude sailor dress with a",2778
The Sign of the Four,"pea-jacket, and a coarse red scarf round his neck.",2779
The Sign of the Four,,2780
The Sign of the Four,"""I am off down the river, Watson,"" said he. ""I have been turning it",2781
The Sign of the Four,"over in my mind, and I can see only one way out of it. It is worth",2782
The Sign of the Four,"trying, at all events.""",2783
The Sign of the Four,,2784
The Sign of the Four,"""Surely I can come with you, then?"" said I.",2785
The Sign of the Four,,2786
The Sign of the Four,"""No; you can be much more useful if you will remain here as my",2787
The Sign of the Four,"representative. I am loath to go, for it is quite on the cards that",2788
The Sign of the Four,"some message may come during the day, though Wiggins was despondent",2789
The Sign of the Four,"about it last night. I want you to open all notes and telegrams, and",2790
The Sign of the Four,to act on your own judgment if any news should come. Can I rely upon,2791
The Sign of the Four,"you?""",2792
The Sign of the Four,,2793
The Sign of the Four,"""Most certainly.""",2794
The Sign of the Four,,2795
The Sign of the Four,"""I am afraid that you will not be able to wire to me, for I can",2796
The Sign of the Four,"hardly tell yet where I may find myself. If I am in luck, however, I",2797
The Sign of the Four,may not be gone so very long. I shall have news of some sort or other,2798
The Sign of the Four,"before I get back.""",2799
The Sign of the Four,,2800
The Sign of the Four,I had heard nothing of him by breakfast-time. On opening the,2801
The Sign of the Four,"Standard, however, I found that there was a fresh allusion to the",2802
The Sign of the Four,business.,2803
The Sign of the Four,,2804
The Sign of the Four,"""With reference to the Upper Norwood tragedy,"" it remarked, ""we have",2805
The Sign of the Four,reason to believe that the matter promises to be even more complex,2806
The Sign of the Four,and mysterious than was originally supposed. Fresh evidence has shown,2807
The Sign of the Four,that it is quite impossible that Mr. Thaddeus Sholto could have been,2808
The Sign of the Four,"in any way concerned in the matter. He and the housekeeper, Mrs.",2809
The Sign of the Four,"Bernstone, were both released yesterday evening. It is believed,",2810
The Sign of the Four,"however, that the police have a clue as to the real culprits, and",2811
The Sign of the Four,"that it is being prosecuted by Mr. Athelney Jones, of Scotland Yard,",2812
The Sign of the Four,with all his well-known energy and sagacity. Further arrests may be,2813
The Sign of the Four,"expected at any moment.""",2814
The Sign of the Four,,2815
The Sign of the Four,"""That is satisfactory so far as it goes,"" thought I. ""Friend Sholto",2816
The Sign of the Four,"is safe, at any rate. I wonder what the fresh clue may be; though it",2817
The Sign of the Four,seems to be a stereotyped form whenever the police have made a,2818
The Sign of the Four,"blunder.""",2819
The Sign of the Four,,2820
The Sign of the Four,"I tossed the paper down upon the table, but at that moment my eye",2821
The Sign of the Four,caught an advertisement in the agony column. It ran in this way:,2822
The Sign of the Four,,2823
The Sign of the Four,"""Lost.--Whereas Mordecai Smith, boatman, and his son, Jim, left",2824
The Sign of the Four,Smith's Wharf at or about three o'clock last Tuesday morning in the,2825
The Sign of the Four,"steam launch Aurora, black with two red stripes, funnel black with a",2826
The Sign of the Four,"white band, the sum of five pounds will be paid to any one who can",2827
The Sign of the Four,"give information to Mrs. Smith, at Smith's Wharf, or at 221b Baker",2828
The Sign of the Four,"Street, as to the whereabouts of the said Mordecai Smith and the",2829
The Sign of the Four,"launch Aurora.""",2830
The Sign of the Four,,2831
The Sign of the Four,This was clearly Holmes's doing. The Baker Street address was enough,2832
The Sign of the Four,"to prove that. It struck me as rather ingenious, because it might be",2833
The Sign of the Four,read by the fugitives without their seeing in it more than the,2834
The Sign of the Four,natural anxiety of a wife for her missing husband.,2835
The Sign of the Four,,2836
The Sign of the Four,"It was a long day. Every time that a knock came to the door, or a",2837
The Sign of the Four,"sharp step passed in the street, I imagined that it was either Holmes",2838
The Sign of the Four,"returning or an answer to his advertisement. I tried to read, but my",2839
The Sign of the Four,thoughts would wander off to our strange quest and to the,2840
The Sign of the Four,ill-assorted and villainous pair whom we were pursuing. Could there,2841
The Sign of the Four,"be, I wondered, some radical flaw in my companion's reasoning. Might",2842
The Sign of the Four,he be suffering from some huge self-deception? Was it not possible,2843
The Sign of the Four,that his nimble and speculative mind had built up this wild theory,2844
The Sign of the Four,upon faulty premises? I had never known him to be wrong; and yet the,2845
The Sign of the Four,"keenest reasoner may occasionally be deceived. He was likely, I",2846
The Sign of the Four,"thought, to fall into error through the over-refinement of his",2847
The Sign of the Four,"logic,--his preference for a subtle and bizarre explanation when a",2848
The Sign of the Four,"plainer and more commonplace one lay ready to his hand. Yet, on the",2849
The Sign of the Four,"other hand, I had myself seen the evidence, and I had heard the",2850
The Sign of the Four,reasons for his deductions. When I looked back on the long chain of,2851
The Sign of the Four,"curious circumstances, many of them trivial in themselves, but all",2852
The Sign of the Four,"tending in the same direction, I could not disguise from myself that",2853
The Sign of the Four,even if Holmes's explanation were incorrect the true theory must be,2854
The Sign of the Four,equally outré and startling.,2855
The Sign of the Four,,2856
The Sign of the Four,"At three o'clock in the afternoon there was a loud peal at the bell,",2857
The Sign of the Four,"an authoritative voice in the hall, and, to my surprise, no less a",2858
The Sign of the Four,person than Mr. Athelney Jones was shown up to me. Very different was,2859
The Sign of the Four,"he, however, from the brusque and masterful professor of common sense",2860
The Sign of the Four,who had taken over the case so confidently at Upper Norwood. His,2861
The Sign of the Four,"expression was downcast, and his bearing meek and even apologetic.",2862
The Sign of the Four,,2863
The Sign of the Four,"""Good-day, sir; good-day,"" said he. ""Mr. Sherlock Holmes is out, I",2864
The Sign of the Four,"understand.""",2865
The Sign of the Four,,2866
The Sign of the Four,"""Yes, and I cannot be sure when he will be back. But perhaps you",2867
The Sign of the Four,"would care to wait. Take that chair and try one of these cigars.""",2868
The Sign of the Four,,2869
The Sign of the Four,"""Thank you; I don't mind if I do,"" said he, mopping his face with a",2870
The Sign of the Four,red bandanna handkerchief.,2871
The Sign of the Four,,2872
The Sign of the Four,"""And a whiskey-and-soda?""",2873
The Sign of the Four,,2874
The Sign of the Four,"""Well, half a glass. It is very hot for the time of year; and I have",2875
The Sign of the Four,had a good deal to worry and try me. You know my theory about this,2876
The Sign of the Four,"Norwood case?""",2877
The Sign of the Four,,2878
The Sign of the Four,"""I remember that you expressed one.""",2879
The Sign of the Four,,2880
The Sign of the Four,"""Well, I have been obliged to reconsider it. I had my net drawn",2881
The Sign of the Four,"tightly round Mr. Sholto, sir, when pop he went through a hole in the",2882
The Sign of the Four,middle of it. He was able to prove an alibi which could not be,2883
The Sign of the Four,shaken. From the time that he left his brother's room he was never,2884
The Sign of the Four,out of sight of some one or other. So it could not be he who climbed,2885
The Sign of the Four,"over roofs and through trap-doors. It's a very dark case, and my",2886
The Sign of the Four,professional credit is at stake. I should be very glad of a little,2887
The Sign of the Four,"assistance.""",2888
The Sign of the Four,,2889
The Sign of the Four,"""We all need help sometimes,"" said I.",2890
The Sign of the Four,,2891
The Sign of the Four,"""Your friend Mr. Sherlock Holmes is a wonderful man, sir,"" said he,",2892
The Sign of the Four,"in a husky and confidential voice. ""He's a man who is not to be beat.",2893
The Sign of the Four,"I have known that young man go into a good many cases, but I never",2894
The Sign of the Four,saw the case yet that he could not throw a light upon. He is,2895
The Sign of the Four,"irregular in his methods, and a little quick perhaps in jumping at",2896
The Sign of the Four,"theories, but, on the whole, I think he would have made a most",2897
The Sign of the Four,"promising officer, and I don't care who knows it. I have had a wire",2898
The Sign of the Four,"from him this morning, by which I understand that he has got some",2899
The Sign of the Four,"clue to this Sholto business. Here is the message.""",2900
The Sign of the Four,,2901
The Sign of the Four,"He took the telegram out of his pocket, and handed it to me. It was",2902
The Sign of the Four,"dated from Poplar at twelve o'clock. ""Go to Baker Street at once,"" it",2903
The Sign of the Four,"said. ""If I have not returned, wait for me. I am close on the track",2904
The Sign of the Four,of the Sholto gang. You can come with us to-night if you want to be,2905
The Sign of the Four,"in at the finish.""",2906
The Sign of the Four,,2907
The Sign of the Four,"""This sounds well. He has evidently picked up the scent again,"" said",2908
The Sign of the Four,I.,2909
The Sign of the Four,,2910
The Sign of the Four,"""Ah, then he has been at fault too,"" exclaimed Jones, with evident",2911
The Sign of the Four,"satisfaction. ""Even the best of us are thrown off sometimes. Of",2912
The Sign of the Four,course this may prove to be a false alarm; but it is my duty as an,2913
The Sign of the Four,officer of the law to allow no chance to slip. But there is some one,2914
The Sign of the Four,"at the door. Perhaps this is he.""",2915
The Sign of the Four,,2916
The Sign of the Four,"A heavy step was heard ascending the stair, with a great wheezing and",2917
The Sign of the Four,rattling as from a man who was sorely put to it for breath. Once or,2918
The Sign of the Four,"twice he stopped, as though the climb were too much for him, but at",2919
The Sign of the Four,last he made his way to our door and entered. His appearance,2920
The Sign of the Four,"corresponded to the sounds which we had heard. He was an aged man,",2921
The Sign of the Four,"clad in seafaring garb, with an old pea-jacket buttoned up to his",2922
The Sign of the Four,"throat. His back was bowed, his knees were shaky, and his breathing",2923
The Sign of the Four,was painfully asthmatic. As he leaned upon a thick oaken cudgel his,2924
The Sign of the Four,shoulders heaved in the effort to draw the air into his lungs. He had,2925
The Sign of the Four,"a colored scarf round his chin, and I could see little of his face",2926
The Sign of the Four,"save a pair of keen dark eyes, overhung by bushy white brows, and",2927
The Sign of the Four,long gray side-whiskers. Altogether he gave me the impression of a,2928
The Sign of the Four,respectable master mariner who had fallen into years and poverty.,2929
The Sign of the Four,,2930
The Sign of the Four,"""What is it, my man?"" I asked.",2931
The Sign of the Four,,2932
The Sign of the Four,He looked about him in the slow methodical fashion of old age.,2933
The Sign of the Four,,2934
The Sign of the Four,"""Is Mr. Sherlock Holmes here?"" said he.",2935
The Sign of the Four,,2936
The Sign of the Four,"""No; but I am acting for him. You can tell me any message you have",2937
The Sign of the Four,"for him.""",2938
The Sign of the Four,,2939
The Sign of the Four,"""It was to him himself I was to tell it,"" said he.",2940
The Sign of the Four,,2941
The Sign of the Four,"""But I tell you that I am acting for him. Was it about Mordecai",2942
The Sign of the Four,"Smith's boat?""",2943
The Sign of the Four,,2944
The Sign of the Four,"""Yes. I knows well where it is. An' I knows where the men he is after",2945
The Sign of the Four,"are. An' I knows where the treasure is. I knows all about it.""",2946
The Sign of the Four,,2947
The Sign of the Four,"""Then tell me, and I shall let him know.""",2948
The Sign of the Four,,2949
The Sign of the Four,"""It was to him I was to tell it,"" he repeated, with the petulant",2950
The Sign of the Four,obstinacy of a very old man.,2951
The Sign of the Four,,2952
The Sign of the Four,"""Well, you must wait for him.""",2953
The Sign of the Four,,2954
The Sign of the Four,"""No, no; I ain't goin' to lose a whole day to please no one. If Mr.",2955
The Sign of the Four,"Holmes ain't here, then Mr. Holmes must find it all out for himself.",2956
The Sign of the Four,"I don't care about the look of either of you, and I won't tell a",2957
The Sign of the Four,"word.""",2958
The Sign of the Four,,2959
The Sign of the Four,"He shuffled towards the door, but Athelney Jones got in front of him.",2960
The Sign of the Four,,2961
The Sign of the Four,"""Wait a bit, my friend,"" said he. ""You have important information,",2962
The Sign of the Four,"and you must not walk off. We shall keep you, whether you like or",2963
The Sign of the Four,"not, until our friend returns.""",2964
The Sign of the Four,,2965
The Sign of the Four,"The old man made a little run towards the door, but, as Athelney",2966
The Sign of the Four,"Jones put his broad back up against it, he recognized the uselessness",2967
The Sign of the Four,of resistance.,2968
The Sign of the Four,,2969
The Sign of the Four,"""Pretty sort o' treatment this!"" he cried, stamping his stick. ""I",2970
The Sign of the Four,"come here to see a gentleman, and you two, who I never saw in my",2971
The Sign of the Four,"life, seize me and treat me in this fashion!""",2972
The Sign of the Four,,2973
The Sign of the Four,"""You will be none the worse,"" I said. ""We shall recompense you for",2974
The Sign of the Four,"the loss of your time. Sit over here on the sofa, and you will not",2975
The Sign of the Four,"have long to wait.""",2976
The Sign of the Four,,2977
The Sign of the Four,"He came across sullenly enough, and seated himself with his face",2978
The Sign of the Four,resting on his hands. Jones and I resumed our cigars and our talk.,2979
The Sign of the Four,"Suddenly, however, Holmes's voice broke in upon us.",2980
The Sign of the Four,,2981
The Sign of the Four,"""I think that you might offer me a cigar too,"" he said.",2982
The Sign of the Four,,2983
The Sign of the Four,We both started in our chairs. There was Holmes sitting close to us,2984
The Sign of the Four,with an air of quiet amusement.,2985
The Sign of the Four,,2986
The Sign of the Four,"""Holmes!"" I exclaimed. ""You here! But where is the old man?""",2987
The Sign of the Four,,2988
The Sign of the Four,"""Here is the old man,"" said he, holding out a heap of white hair.",2989
The Sign of the Four,"""Here he is,--wig, whiskers, eyebrows, and all. I thought my disguise",2990
The Sign of the Four,"was pretty good, but I hardly expected that it would stand that",2991
The Sign of the Four,"test.""",2992
The Sign of the Four,,2993
The Sign of the Four,"""Ah, you rogue!"" cried Jones, highly delighted. ""You would have made",2994
The Sign of the Four,"an actor, and a rare one. You had the proper workhouse cough, and",2995
The Sign of the Four,those weak legs of yours are worth ten pound a week. I thought I knew,2996
The Sign of the Four,"the glint of your eye, though. You didn't get away from us so easily,",2997
The Sign of the Four,"you see.""",2998
The Sign of the Four,,2999
The Sign of the Four,"""I have been working in that get-up all day,"" said he, lighting his",3000
The Sign of the Four,"cigar. ""You see, a good many of the criminal classes begin to know",3001
The Sign of the Four,"me,--especially since our friend here took to publishing some of my",3002
The Sign of the Four,cases: so I can only go on the war-path under some simple disguise,3003
The Sign of the Four,"like this. You got my wire?""",3004
The Sign of the Four,,3005
The Sign of the Four,"""Yes; that was what brought me here.""",3006
The Sign of the Four,,3007
The Sign of the Four,"""How has your case prospered?""",3008
The Sign of the Four,,3009
The Sign of the Four,"""It has all come to nothing. I have had to release two of my",3010
The Sign of the Four,"prisoners, and there is no evidence against the other two.""",3011
The Sign of the Four,,3012
The Sign of the Four,"""Never mind. We shall give you two others in the place of them. But",3013
The Sign of the Four,you must put yourself under my orders. You are welcome to all the,3014
The Sign of the Four,"official credit, but you must act on the line that I point out. Is",3015
The Sign of the Four,"that agreed?""",3016
The Sign of the Four,,3017
The Sign of the Four,"""Entirely, if you will help me to the men.""",3018
The Sign of the Four,,3019
The Sign of the Four,"""Well, then, in the first place I shall want a fast police-boat--a",3020
The Sign of the Four,"steam launch--to be at the Westminster Stairs at seven o'clock.""",3021
The Sign of the Four,,3022
The Sign of the Four,"""That is easily managed. There is always one about there; but I can",3023
The Sign of the Four,"step across the road and telephone to make sure.""",3024
The Sign of the Four,,3025
The Sign of the Four,"""Then I shall want two stanch men, in case of resistance.""",3026
The Sign of the Four,,3027
The Sign of the Four,"""There will be two or three in the boat. What else?""",3028
The Sign of the Four,,3029
The Sign of the Four,"""When we secure the men we shall get the treasure. I think that it",3030
The Sign of the Four,would be a pleasure to my friend here to take the box round to the,3031
The Sign of the Four,young lady to whom half of it rightfully belongs. Let her be the,3032
The Sign of the Four,"first to open it.--Eh, Watson?""",3033
The Sign of the Four,,3034
The Sign of the Four,"""It would be a great pleasure to me.""",3035
The Sign of the Four,,3036
The Sign of the Four,"""Rather an irregular proceeding,"" said Jones, shaking his head.",3037
The Sign of the Four,"""However, the whole thing is irregular, and I suppose we must wink at",3038
The Sign of the Four,it. The treasure must afterwards be handed over to the authorities,3039
The Sign of the Four,"until after the official investigation.""",3040
The Sign of the Four,,3041
The Sign of the Four,"""Certainly. That is easily managed. One other point. I should much",3042
The Sign of the Four,like to have a few details about this matter from the lips of,3043
The Sign of the Four,Jonathan Small himself. You know I like to work the detail of my,3044
The Sign of the Four,cases out. There is no objection to my having an unofficial interview,3045
The Sign of the Four,"with him, either here in my rooms or elsewhere, as long as he is",3046
The Sign of the Four,"efficiently guarded?""",3047
The Sign of the Four,,3048
The Sign of the Four,"""Well, you are master of the situation. I have had no proof yet of",3049
The Sign of the Four,"the existence of this Jonathan Small. However, if you can catch him I",3050
The Sign of the Four,"don't see how I can refuse you an interview with him.""",3051
The Sign of the Four,,3052
The Sign of the Four,"""That is understood, then?""",3053
The Sign of the Four,,3054
The Sign of the Four,"""Perfectly. Is there anything else?""",3055
The Sign of the Four,,3056
The Sign of the Four,"""Only that I insist upon your dining with us. It will be ready in",3057
The Sign of the Four,"half an hour. I have oysters and a brace of grouse, with something a",3058
The Sign of the Four,"little choice in white wines.--Watson, you have never yet recognized",3059
The Sign of the Four,"my merits as a housekeeper.""",3060
The Sign of the Four,,3061
The Sign of the Four,CHAPTER X,3062
The Sign of the Four,The End of the Islander,3063
The Sign of the Four,,3064
The Sign of the Four,Our meal was a merry one. Holmes coud talk exceedingly well when he,3065
The Sign of the Four,"chose, and that night he did choose. He appeared to be in a state of",3066
The Sign of the Four,nervous exaltation. I have never known him so brilliant. He spoke on,3067
The Sign of the Four,"a quick succession of subjects,--on miracle-plays, on medieval",3068
The Sign of the Four,"pottery, on Stradivarius violins, on the Buddhism of Ceylon, and on",3069
The Sign of the Four,"the war-ships of the future,--handling each as though he had made a",3070
The Sign of the Four,special study of it. His bright humor marked the reaction from his,3071
The Sign of the Four,black depression of the preceding days. Athelney Jones proved to be a,3072
The Sign of the Four,"sociable soul in his hours of relaxation, and face his dinner with",3073
The Sign of the Four,"the air of a bon vivant. For myself, I felt elated at the thought",3074
The Sign of the Four,"that we were nearing the end of our task, and I caught something of",3075
The Sign of the Four,Holmes's gaiety. None of us alluded during dinner to the cause which,3076
The Sign of the Four,had brought us together.,3077
The Sign of the Four,,3078
The Sign of the Four,"When the cloth was cleared, Holmes glanced at this watch, and filled",3079
The Sign of the Four,"up three glasses with port. ""One bumper,"" said he, ""to the success of",3080
The Sign of the Four,our little expedition. And now it is high time we were off. Have you,3081
The Sign of the Four,"a pistol, Watson?""",3082
The Sign of the Four,,3083
The Sign of the Four,"""I have my old service-revolver in my desk.""",3084
The Sign of the Four,,3085
The Sign of the Four,"""You had best take it, then. It is well to be prepared. I see that",3086
The Sign of the Four,"the cab is at the door. I ordered it for half-past six.""",3087
The Sign of the Four,,3088
The Sign of the Four,"It was a little past seven before we reached the Westminster wharf,",3089
The Sign of the Four,and found our launch awaiting us. Holmes eyed it critically.,3090
The Sign of the Four,,3091
The Sign of the Four,"""Is there anything to mark it as a police-boat?""",3092
The Sign of the Four,,3093
The Sign of the Four,"""Yes,--that green lamp at the side.""",3094
The Sign of the Four,,3095
The Sign of the Four,"""Then take it off.""",3096
The Sign of the Four,,3097
The Sign of the Four,"The small change was made, we stepped on board, and the ropes were",3098
The Sign of the Four,"cast off. Jones, Holmes, and I sat in the stern. There was one man at",3099
The Sign of the Four,"the rudder, one to tend the engines, and two burly police-inspectors",3100
The Sign of the Four,forward.,3101
The Sign of the Four,,3102
The Sign of the Four,"""Where to?"" asked Jones.",3103
The Sign of the Four,,3104
The Sign of the Four,"""To the Tower. Tell them to stop opposite Jacobson's Yard.""",3105
The Sign of the Four,,3106
The Sign of the Four,Our craft was evidently a very fast one. We shot past the long lines,3107
The Sign of the Four,of loaded barges as though they were stationary. Holmes smiled with,3108
The Sign of the Four,satisfaction as we overhauled a river steamer and left her behind us.,3109
The Sign of the Four,,3110
The Sign of the Four,"""We ought to be able to catch anything on the river,"" he said.",3111
The Sign of the Four,,3112
The Sign of the Four,"""Well, hardly that. But there are not many launches to beat us.""",3113
The Sign of the Four,,3114
The Sign of the Four,"""We shall have to catch the Aurora, and she has a name for being a",3115
The Sign of the Four,"clipper. I will tell you how the land lies, Watson. You recollect how",3116
The Sign of the Four,"annoyed I was at being balked by so small a thing?""",3117
The Sign of the Four,,3118
The Sign of the Four,"""Yes.""",3119
The Sign of the Four,,3120
The Sign of the Four,"""Well, I gave my mind a thorough rest by plunging into a chemical",3121
The Sign of the Four,analysis. One of our greatest statesmen has said that a change of,3122
The Sign of the Four,work is the best rest. So it is. When I had succeeded in dissolving,3123
The Sign of the Four,"the hydrocarbon which I was at work at, I came back to our problem of",3124
The Sign of the Four,"the Sholtos, and thought the whole matter out again. My boys had been",3125
The Sign of the Four,up the river and down the river without result. The launch was not at,3126
The Sign of the Four,"any landing-stage or wharf, nor had it returned. Yet it could hardly",3127
The Sign of the Four,"have been scuttled to hide their traces,--though that always remained",3128
The Sign of the Four,as a possible hypothesis if all else failed. I knew this man Small,3129
The Sign of the Four,"had a certain degree of low cunning, but I did not think him capable",3130
The Sign of the Four,of anything in the nature of delicate finesse. That is usually a,3131
The Sign of the Four,product of higher education. I then reflected that since he had,3132
The Sign of the Four,certainly been in London some time--as we had evidence that he,3133
The Sign of the Four,maintained a continual watch over Pondicherry Lodge--he could hardly,3134
The Sign of the Four,"leave at a moment's notice, but would need some little time, if it",3135
The Sign of the Four,"were only a day, to arrange his affairs. That was the balance of",3136
The Sign of the Four,"probability, at any rate.""",3137
The Sign of the Four,,3138
The Sign of the Four,"""It seems to me to be a little weak,"" said I. ""It is more probable",3139
The Sign of the Four,that he had arranged his affairs before ever he set out upon his,3140
The Sign of the Four,"expedition.""",3141
The Sign of the Four,,3142
The Sign of the Four,"""No, I hardly think so. This lair of his would be too valuable a",3143
The Sign of the Four,retreat in case of need for him to give it up until he was sure that,3144
The Sign of the Four,he could do without it. But a second consideration struck me.,3145
The Sign of the Four,Jonathan Small must have felt that the peculiar appearance of his,3146
The Sign of the Four,"companion, however much he may have top-coated him, would give rise",3147
The Sign of the Four,"to gossip, and possibly be associated with this Norwood tragedy. He",3148
The Sign of the Four,was quite sharp enough to see that. They had started from their,3149
The Sign of the Four,"head-quarters under cover of darkness, and he would wish to get back",3150
The Sign of the Four,"before it was broad light. Now, it was past three o'clock, according",3151
The Sign of the Four,"to Mrs. Smith, when they got the boat. It would be quite bright, and",3152
The Sign of the Four,"people would be about in an hour or so. Therefore, I argued, they did",3153
The Sign of the Four,"not go very far. They paid Smith well to hold his tongue, reserved",3154
The Sign of the Four,"his launch for the final escape, and hurried to their lodgings with",3155
The Sign of the Four,"the treasure-box. In a couple of nights, when they had time to see",3156
The Sign of the Four,"what view the papers took, and whether there was any suspicion, they",3157
The Sign of the Four,would make their way under cover of darkness to some ship at,3158
The Sign of the Four,"Gravesend or in the Downs, where no doubt they had already arranged",3159
The Sign of the Four,"for passages to America or the Colonies.""",3160
The Sign of the Four,,3161
The Sign of the Four,"""But the launch? They could not have taken that to their lodgings.""",3162
The Sign of the Four,,3163
The Sign of the Four,"""Quite so. I argued that the launch must be no great way off, in",3164
The Sign of the Four,"spite of its invisibility. I then put myself in the place of Small,",3165
The Sign of the Four,and looked at it as a man of his capacity would. He would probably,3166
The Sign of the Four,consider that to send back the launch or to keep it at a wharf would,3167
The Sign of the Four,"make pursuit easy if the police did happen to get on his track. How,",3168
The Sign of the Four,"then, could he conceal the launch and yet have her at hand when",3169
The Sign of the Four,wanted? I wondered what I should do myself if I were in his shoes. I,3170
The Sign of the Four,could only think of one way of doing it. I might land the launch over,3171
The Sign of the Four,"to some boat-builder or repairer, with directions to make a trifling",3172
The Sign of the Four,"change in her. She would then be removed to his shed or hard, and so",3173
The Sign of the Four,"be effectually concealed, while at the same time I could have her at",3174
The Sign of the Four,"a few hours' notice.""",3175
The Sign of the Four,,3176
The Sign of the Four,"""That seems simple enough.""",3177
The Sign of the Four,,3178
The Sign of the Four,"""It is just these very simple things which are extremely liable to be",3179
The Sign of the Four,"overlooked. However, I determined to act on the idea. I started at",3180
The Sign of the Four,once in this harmless seaman's rig and inquired at all the yards down,3181
The Sign of the Four,"the river. I drew blank at fifteen, but at the",3182
The Sign of the Four,sixteenth--Jacobson's--I learned that the Aurora had been handed over,3183
The Sign of the Four,"to them two days ago by a wooden-legged man, with some trivial",3184
The Sign of the Four,directions as to her rudder. 'There ain't naught amiss with her,3185
The Sign of the Four,"rudder,' said the foreman. 'There she lies, with the red streaks.' At",3186
The Sign of the Four,"that moment who should come down but Mordecai Smith, the missing",3187
The Sign of the Four,"owner? He was rather the worse for liquor. I should not, of course,",3188
The Sign of the Four,"have known him, but he bellowed out his name and the name of his",3189
The Sign of the Four,"launch. 'I want her to-night at eight o'clock,' said he,--'eight",3190
The Sign of the Four,"o'clock sharp, mind, for I have two gentlemen who won't be kept",3191
The Sign of the Four,"waiting.' They had evidently paid him well, for he was very flush of",3192
The Sign of the Four,"money, chucking shillings about to the men. I followed him some",3193
The Sign of the Four,"distance, but he subsided into an ale-house: so I went back to the",3194
The Sign of the Four,"yard, and, happening to pick up one of my boys on the way, I",3195
The Sign of the Four,stationed him as a sentry over the launch. He is to stand at water's,3196
The Sign of the Four,edge and wave his handkerchief to us when they start. We shall be,3197
The Sign of the Four,"lying off in the stream, and it will be a strange thing if we do not",3198
The Sign of the Four,"take men, treasure, and all.""",3199
The Sign of the Four,,3200
The Sign of the Four,"""You have planned it all very neatly, whether they are the right men",3201
The Sign of the Four,"or not,"" said Jones; ""but if the affair were in my hands I should",3202
The Sign of the Four,"have had a body of police in Jacobson's Yard, and arrested them when",3203
The Sign of the Four,"they came down.""",3204
The Sign of the Four,,3205
The Sign of the Four,"""Which would have been never. This man Small is a pretty shrewd",3206
The Sign of the Four,"fellow. He would send a scout on ahead, and if anything made him",3207
The Sign of the Four,"suspicious lie snug for another week.""",3208
The Sign of the Four,,3209
The Sign of the Four,"""But you might have stuck to Mordecai Smith, and so been led to their",3210
The Sign of the Four,"hiding-place,"" said I.",3211
The Sign of the Four,,3212
The Sign of the Four,"""In that case I should have wasted my day. I think that it is a",3213
The Sign of the Four,hundred to one against Smith knowing where they live. As long as he,3214
The Sign of the Four,"has liquor and good pay, why should he ask questions? They send him",3215
The Sign of the Four,"messages what to do. No, I thought over every possible course, and",3216
The Sign of the Four,"this is the best.""",3217
The Sign of the Four,,3218
The Sign of the Four,"While this conversation had been proceeding, we had been shooting the",3219
The Sign of the Four,long series of bridges which span the Thames. As we passed the City,3220
The Sign of the Four,the last rays of the sun were gilding the cross upon the summit of,3221
The Sign of the Four,St. Paul's. It was twilight before we reached the Tower.,3222
The Sign of the Four,,3223
The Sign of the Four,"""That is Jacobson's Yard,"" said Holmes, pointing to a bristle of",3224
The Sign of the Four,"masts and rigging on the Surrey side. ""Cruise gently up and down here",3225
The Sign of the Four,"under cover of this string of lighters."" He took a pair of",3226
The Sign of the Four,"night-glasses from his pocket and gazed some time at the shore. ""I",3227
The Sign of the Four,"see my sentry at his post,"" he remarked, ""but no sign of a",3228
The Sign of the Four,"handkerchief.""",3229
The Sign of the Four,,3230
The Sign of the Four,"""Suppose we go down-stream a short way and lie in wait for them,""",3231
The Sign of the Four,"said Jones, eagerly. We were all eager by this time, even the",3232
The Sign of the Four,"policemen and stokers, who had a very vague idea of what was going",3233
The Sign of the Four,forward.,3234
The Sign of the Four,,3235
The Sign of the Four,"""We have no right to take anything for granted,"" Holmes answered. ""It",3236
The Sign of the Four,"is certainly ten to one that they go down-stream, but we cannot be",3237
The Sign of the Four,"certain. From this point we can see the entrance of the yard, and",3238
The Sign of the Four,they can hardly see us. It will be a clear night and plenty of light.,3239
The Sign of the Four,We must stay where we are. See how the folk swarm over yonder in the,3240
The Sign of the Four,"gaslight.""",3241
The Sign of the Four,,3242
The Sign of the Four,"""They are coming from work in the yard.""",3243
The Sign of the Four,,3244
The Sign of the Four,"""Dirty-looking rascals, but I suppose every one has some little",3245
The Sign of the Four,"immortal spark concealed about him. You would not think it, to look",3246
The Sign of the Four,at them. There is no a priori probability about it. A strange enigma,3247
The Sign of the Four,"is man!""",3248
The Sign of the Four,,3249
The Sign of the Four,"""Some one calls him a soul concealed in an animal,"" I suggested.",3250
The Sign of the Four,,3251
The Sign of the Four,"""Winwood Reade is good upon the subject,"" said Holmes. ""He remarks",3252
The Sign of the Four,"that, while the individual man is an insoluble puzzle, in the",3253
The Sign of the Four,"aggregate he becomes a mathematical certainty. You can, for example,",3254
The Sign of the Four,"never foretell what any one man will do, but you can say with",3255
The Sign of the Four,"precision what an average number will be up to. Individuals vary, but",3256
The Sign of the Four,percentages remain constant. So says the statistician. But do I see a,3257
The Sign of the Four,"handkerchief? Surely there is a white flutter over yonder.""",3258
The Sign of the Four,,3259
The Sign of the Four,"""Yes, it is your boy,"" I cried. ""I can see him plainly.""",3260
The Sign of the Four,,3261
The Sign of the Four,"""And there is the Aurora,"" exclaimed Holmes, ""and going like the",3262
The Sign of the Four,"devil! Full speed ahead, engineer. Make after that launch with the",3263
The Sign of the Four,"yellow light. By heaven, I shall never forgive myself if she proves",3264
The Sign of the Four,"to have the heels of us!""",3265
The Sign of the Four,,3266
The Sign of the Four,She had slipped unseen through the yard-entrance and passed behind,3267
The Sign of the Four,"two or three small craft, so that she had fairly got her speed up",3268
The Sign of the Four,"before we saw her. Now she was flying down the stream, near in to the",3269
The Sign of the Four,"shore, going at a tremendous rate. Jones looked gravely at her and",3270
The Sign of the Four,shook his head.,3271
The Sign of the Four,,3272
The Sign of the Four,"""She is very fast,"" he said. ""I doubt if we shall catch her.""",3273
The Sign of the Four,,3274
The Sign of the Four,"""We must catch her!"" cried Holmes, between his teeth. ""Heap it on,",3275
The Sign of the Four,stokers! Make her do all she can! If we burn the boat we must have,3276
The Sign of the Four,"them!""",3277
The Sign of the Four,,3278
The Sign of the Four,"We were fairly after her now. The furnaces roared, and the powerful",3279
The Sign of the Four,"engines whizzed and clanked, like a great metallic heart. Her sharp,",3280
The Sign of the Four,steep prow cut through the river-water and sent two rolling waves to,3281
The Sign of the Four,right and to left of us. With every throb of the engines we sprang,3282
The Sign of the Four,and quivered like a living thing. One great yellow lantern in our,3283
The Sign of the Four,"bows threw a long, flickering funnel of light in front of us. Right",3284
The Sign of the Four,"ahead a dark blur upon the water showed where the Aurora lay, and the",3285
The Sign of the Four,swirl of white foam behind her spoke of the pace at which she was,3286
The Sign of the Four,"going. We flashed past barges, steamers, merchant-vessels, in and",3287
The Sign of the Four,"out, behind this one and round the other. Voices hailed us out of the",3288
The Sign of the Four,"darkness, but still the Aurora thundered on, and still we followed",3289
The Sign of the Four,close upon her track.,3290
The Sign of the Four,,3291
The Sign of the Four,"""Pile it on, men, pile it on!"" cried Holmes, looking down into the",3292
The Sign of the Four,"engine-room, while the fierce glow from below beat upon his eager,",3293
The Sign of the Four,"aquiline face. ""Get every pound of steam you can.""",3294
The Sign of the Four,,3295
The Sign of the Four,"""I think we gain a little,"" said Jones, with his eyes on the Aurora.",3296
The Sign of the Four,,3297
The Sign of the Four,"""I am sure of it,"" said I. ""We shall be up with her in a very few",3298
The Sign of the Four,"minutes.""",3299
The Sign of the Four,,3300
The Sign of the Four,"At that moment, however, as our evil fate would have it, a tug with",3301
The Sign of the Four,three barges in tow blundered in between us. It was only by putting,3302
The Sign of the Four,"our helm hard down that we avoided a collision, and before we could",3303
The Sign of the Four,round them and recover our way the Aurora had gained a good two,3304
The Sign of the Four,"hundred yards. She was still, however, well in view, and the murky",3305
The Sign of the Four,uncertain twilight was setting into a clear starlit night. Our,3306
The Sign of the Four,"boilers were strained to their utmost, and the frail shell vibrated",3307
The Sign of the Four,and creaked with the fierce energy which was driving us along. We had,3308
The Sign of the Four,"shot through the Pool, past the West India Docks, down the long",3309
The Sign of the Four,"Deptford Reach, and up again after rounding the Isle of Dogs. The",3310
The Sign of the Four,dull blur in front of us resolved itself now clearly enough into the,3311
The Sign of the Four,"dainty Aurora. Jones turned our search-light upon her, so that we",3312
The Sign of the Four,could plainly see the figures upon her deck. One man sat by the,3313
The Sign of the Four,"stern, with something black between his knees over which he stooped.",3314
The Sign of the Four,Beside him lay a dark mass which looked like a Newfoundland dog. The,3315
The Sign of the Four,"boy held the tiller, while against the red glare of the furnace I",3316
The Sign of the Four,"could see old Smith, stripped to the waist, and shovelling coals for",3317
The Sign of the Four,dear life. They may have had some doubt at first as to whether we,3318
The Sign of the Four,"were really pursuing them, but now as we followed every winding and",3319
The Sign of the Four,turning which they took there could no longer be any question about,3320
The Sign of the Four,it. At Greenwich we were about three hundred paces behind them. At,3321
The Sign of the Four,Blackwall we could not have been more than two hundred and fifty. I,3322
The Sign of the Four,have coursed many creatures in many countries during my checkered,3323
The Sign of the Four,"career, but never did sport give me such a wild thrill as this mad,",3324
The Sign of the Four,"flying man-hunt down the Thames. Steadily we drew in upon them, yard",3325
The Sign of the Four,by yard. In the silence of the night we could hear the panting and,3326
The Sign of the Four,clanking of their machinery. The man in the stern still crouched upon,3327
The Sign of the Four,"the deck, and his arms were moving as though he were busy, while",3328
The Sign of the Four,every now and then he would look up and measure with a glance the,3329
The Sign of the Four,distance which still separated us. Nearer we came and nearer. Jones,3330
The Sign of the Four,yelled to them to stop. We were not more than four boat's lengths,3331
The Sign of the Four,"behind them, both boats flying at a tremendous pace. It was a clear",3332
The Sign of the Four,"reach of the river, with Barking Level upon one side and the",3333
The Sign of the Four,melancholy Plumstead Marshes upon the other. At our hail the man in,3334
The Sign of the Four,the stern sprang up from the deck and shook his two clinched fists at,3335
The Sign of the Four,"us, cursing the while in a high, cracked voice. He was a good-sized,",3336
The Sign of the Four,"powerful man, and as he stood poising himself with legs astride I",3337
The Sign of the Four,could see that from the thigh downwards there was but a wooden stump,3338
The Sign of the Four,"upon the right side. At the sound of his strident, angry cries there",3339
The Sign of the Four,was movement in the huddled bundle upon the deck. It straightened,3340
The Sign of the Four,itself into a little black man--the smallest I have ever seen--with a,3341
The Sign of the Four,"great, misshapen head and a shock of tangled, dishevelled hair.",3342
The Sign of the Four,"Holmes had already drawn his revolver, and I whipped out mine at the",3343
The Sign of the Four,"sight of this savage, distorted creature. He was wrapped in some sort",3344
The Sign of the Four,"of dark ulster or blanket, which left only his face exposed; but that",3345
The Sign of the Four,face was enough to give a man a sleepless night. Never have I seen,3346
The Sign of the Four,features so deeply marked with all bestiality and cruelty. His small,3347
The Sign of the Four,"eyes glowed and burned with a sombre light, and his thick lips were",3348
The Sign of the Four,"writhed back from his teeth, which grinned and chattered at us with a",3349
The Sign of the Four,half animal fury.,3350
The Sign of the Four,,3351
The Sign of the Four,"""Fire if he raises his hand,"" said Holmes, quietly. We were within a",3352
The Sign of the Four,"boat's-length by this time, and almost within touch of our quarry. I",3353
The Sign of the Four,"can see the two of them now as they stood, the white man with his",3354
The Sign of the Four,"legs far apart, shrieking out curses, and the unhallowed dwarf with",3355
The Sign of the Four,"his hideous face, and his strong yellow teeth gnashing at us in the",3356
The Sign of the Four,light of our lantern.,3357
The Sign of the Four,,3358
The Sign of the Four,It was well that we had so clear a view of him. Even as we looked he,3359
The Sign of the Four,"plucked out from under his covering a short, round piece of wood,",3360
The Sign of the Four,"like a school-ruler, and clapped it to his lips. Our pistols rang out",3361
The Sign of the Four,"together. He whirled round, threw up his arms, and with a kind of",3362
The Sign of the Four,choking cough fell sideways into the stream. I caught one glimpse of,3363
The Sign of the Four,"his venomous, menacing eyes amid the white swirl of the waters. At",3364
The Sign of the Four,the same moment the wooden-legged man threw himself upon the rudder,3365
The Sign of the Four,"and put it hard down, so that his boat made straight in for the",3366
The Sign of the Four,"southern bank, while we shot past her stern, only clearing her by a",3367
The Sign of the Four,"few feet. We were round after her in an instant, but she was already",3368
The Sign of the Four,"nearly at the bank. It was a wild and desolate place, where the moon",3369
The Sign of the Four,"glimmered upon a wide expanse of marsh-land, with pools of stagnant",3370
The Sign of the Four,water and beds of decaying vegetation. The launch with a dull thud,3371
The Sign of the Four,"ran up upon the mud-bank, with her bow in the air and her stern flush",3372
The Sign of the Four,"with the water. The fugitive sprang out, but his stump instantly sank",3373
The Sign of the Four,its whole length into the sodden soil. In vain he struggled and,3374
The Sign of the Four,writhed. Not one step could he possibly take either forwards or,3375
The Sign of the Four,"backwards. He yelled in impotent rage, and kicked frantically into",3376
The Sign of the Four,"the mud with his other foot, but his struggles only bored his wooden",3377
The Sign of the Four,pin the deeper into the sticky bank. When we brought our launch,3378
The Sign of the Four,alongside he was so firmly anchored that it was only by throwing the,3379
The Sign of the Four,"end of a rope over his shoulders that we were able to haul him out,",3380
The Sign of the Four,"and to drag him, like some evil fish, over our side. The two Smiths,",3381
The Sign of the Four,"father and son, sat sullenly in their launch, but came aboard meekly",3382
The Sign of the Four,enough when commanded. The Aurora herself we hauled off and made fast,3383
The Sign of the Four,to our stern. A solid iron chest of Indian workmanship stood upon the,3384
The Sign of the Four,"deck. This, there could be no question, was the same that had",3385
The Sign of the Four,"contained the ill-omened treasure of the Sholtos. There was no key,",3386
The Sign of the Four,"but it was of considerable weight, so we transferred it carefully to",3387
The Sign of the Four,"our own little cabin. As we steamed slowly up-stream again, we",3388
The Sign of the Four,"flashed our search-light in every direction, but there was no sign of",3389
The Sign of the Four,the Islander. Somewhere in the dark ooze at the bottom of the Thames,3390
The Sign of the Four,lie the bones of that strange visitor to our shores.,3391
The Sign of the Four,,3392
The Sign of the Four,"""See here,"" said Holmes, pointing to the wooden hatchway. ""We were",3393
The Sign of the Four,"hardly quick enough with our pistols."" There, sure enough, just",3394
The Sign of the Four,"behind where we had been standing, stuck one of those murderous darts",3395
The Sign of the Four,which we knew so well. It must have whizzed between us at the instant,3396
The Sign of the Four,that we fired. Holmes smiled at it and shrugged his shoulders in his,3397
The Sign of the Four,"easy fashion, but I confess that it turned me sick to think of the",3398
The Sign of the Four,horrible death which had passed so close to us that night.,3399
The Sign of the Four,,3400
The Sign of the Four,CHAPTER XI,3401
The Sign of the Four,The Great Agra Treasure,3402
The Sign of the Four,,3403
The Sign of the Four,Our captive sat in the cabin opposite to the iron box which he had,3404
The Sign of the Four,"done so much and waited so long to gain. He was a sunburned,",3405
The Sign of the Four,"reckless-eyed fellow, with a net-work of lines and wrinkles all over",3406
The Sign of the Four,"his mahogany features, which told of a hard, open-air life. There was",3407
The Sign of the Four,a singular prominence about his bearded chin which marked a man who,3408
The Sign of the Four,was not to be easily turned from his purpose. His age may have been,3409
The Sign of the Four,"fifty or thereabouts, for his black, curly hair was thickly shot with",3410
The Sign of the Four,"gray. His face in repose was not an unpleasing one, though his heavy",3411
The Sign of the Four,"brows and aggressive chin gave him, as I had lately seen, a terrible",3412
The Sign of the Four,expression when moved to anger. He sat now with his handcuffed hands,3413
The Sign of the Four,"upon his lap, and his head sunk upon his breast, while he looked with",3414
The Sign of the Four,"his keen, twinkling eyes at the box which had been the cause of his",3415
The Sign of the Four,ill-doings. It seemed to me that there was more sorrow than anger in,3416
The Sign of the Four,his rigid and contained countenance. Once he looked up at me with a,3417
The Sign of the Four,gleam of something like humour in his eyes.,3418
The Sign of the Four,,3419
The Sign of the Four,"""Well, Jonathan Small,"" said Holmes, lighting a cigar, ""I am sorry",3420
The Sign of the Four,"that it has come to this.""",3421
The Sign of the Four,,3422
The Sign of the Four,"""And so am I, sir,"" he answered, frankly. ""I don't believe that I can",3423
The Sign of the Four,swing over the job. I give you my word on the book that I never,3424
The Sign of the Four,raised hand against Mr. Sholto. It was that little hell-hound Tonga,3425
The Sign of the Four,"who shot one of his cursed darts into him. I had no part in it, sir.",3426
The Sign of the Four,I was as grieved as if it had been my blood-relation. I welted the,3427
The Sign of the Four,"little devil with the slack end of the rope for it, but it was done,",3428
The Sign of the Four,"and I could not undo it again.""",3429
The Sign of the Four,,3430
The Sign of the Four,"""Have a cigar,"" said Holmes; ""and you had best take a pull out of my",3431
The Sign of the Four,"flask, for you are very wet. How could you expect so small and weak a",3432
The Sign of the Four,man as this black fellow to overpower Mr. Sholto and hold him while,3433
The Sign of the Four,"you were climbing the rope?""",3434
The Sign of the Four,,3435
The Sign of the Four,"""You seem to know as much about it as if you were there, sir. The",3436
The Sign of the Four,truth is that I hoped to find the room clear. I knew the habits of,3437
The Sign of the Four,"the house pretty well, and it was the time when Mr. Sholto usually",3438
The Sign of the Four,went down to his supper. I shall make no secret of the business. The,3439
The Sign of the Four,"best defence that I can make is just the simple truth. Now, if it had",3440
The Sign of the Four,been the old major I would have swung for him with a light heart. I,3441
The Sign of the Four,would have thought no more of knifing him than of smoking this cigar.,3442
The Sign of the Four,"But it's cursed hard that I should be lagged over this young Sholto,",3443
The Sign of the Four,"with whom I had no quarrel whatever.""",3444
The Sign of the Four,,3445
The Sign of the Four,"""You are under the charge of Mr. Athelney Jones, of Scotland Yard. He",3446
The Sign of the Four,"is going to bring you up to my rooms, and I shall ask you for a true",3447
The Sign of the Four,"account of the matter. You must make a clean breast of it, for if you",3448
The Sign of the Four,do I hope that I may be of use to you.  I think I can prove that the,3449
The Sign of the Four,poison acts so quickly that the man was dead before ever you reached,3450
The Sign of the Four,"the room.""",3451
The Sign of the Four,,3452
The Sign of the Four,"""That he was, sir. I never got such a turn in my life as when I saw",3453
The Sign of the Four,him grinning at me with his head on his shoulder as I climbed through,3454
The Sign of the Four,"the window. It fairly shook me, sir. I'd have half killed Tonga for",3455
The Sign of the Four,it if he had not scrambled off. That was how he came to leave his,3456
The Sign of the Four,"club, and some of his darts too, as he tells me, which I dare say",3457
The Sign of the Four,helped to put you on our track; though how you kept on it is more,3458
The Sign of the Four,than I can tell. I don't feel no malice against you for it. But it,3459
The Sign of the Four,"does seem a queer thing,"" he added, with a bitter smile, ""that I who",3460
The Sign of the Four,have a fair claim to nigh upon half a million of money should spend,3461
The Sign of the Four,"the first half of my life building a breakwater in the Andamans, and",3462
The Sign of the Four,am like to spend the other half digging drains at Dartmoor. It was an,3463
The Sign of the Four,evil day for me when first I clapped eyes upon the merchant Achmet,3464
The Sign of the Four,"and had to do with the Agra treasure, which never brought anything",3465
The Sign of the Four,"but a curse yet upon the man who owned it. To him it brought murder,",3466
The Sign of the Four,"to Major Sholto it brought fear and guilt, to me it has meant slavery",3467
The Sign of the Four,"for life.""",3468
The Sign of the Four,,3469
The Sign of the Four,At this moment Athelney Jones thrust his broad face and heavy,3470
The Sign of the Four,"shoulders into the tiny cabin. ""Quite a family party,"" he remarked.",3471
The Sign of the Four,"""I think I shall have a pull at that flask, Holmes.  Well, I think we",3472
The Sign of the Four,may all congratulate each other. Pity we didn't take the other alive;,3473
The Sign of the Four,"but there was no choice. I say, Holmes, you must confess that you cut",3474
The Sign of the Four,"it rather fine. It was all we could do to overhaul her.""",3475
The Sign of the Four,,3476
The Sign of the Four,"""All is well that ends well,"" said Holmes. ""But I certainly did not",3477
The Sign of the Four,"know that the Aurora was such a clipper.""",3478
The Sign of the Four,,3479
The Sign of the Four,"""Smith says she is one of the fastest launches on the river, and that",3480
The Sign of the Four,if he had had another man to help him with the engines we should,3481
The Sign of the Four,never have caught her. He swears he knew nothing of this Norwood,3482
The Sign of the Four,"business.""",3483
The Sign of the Four,,3484
The Sign of the Four,"""Neither he did,"" cried our prisoner,--""not a word. I chose his",3485
The Sign of the Four,"launch because I heard that she was a flier. We told him nothing, but",3486
The Sign of the Four,"we paid him well, and he was to get something handsome if we reached",3487
The Sign of the Four,"our vessel, the Esmeralda, at Gravesend, outward bound for the",3488
The Sign of the Four,"Brazils.""",3489
The Sign of the Four,,3490
The Sign of the Four,"""Well, if he has done no wrong we shall see that no wrong comes to",3491
The Sign of the Four,"him. If we are pretty quick in catching our men, we are not so quick",3492
The Sign of the Four,"in condemning them."" It was amusing to notice how the consequential",3493
The Sign of the Four,Jones was already beginning to give himself airs on the strength of,3494
The Sign of the Four,the capture. From the slight smile which played over Sherlock,3495
The Sign of the Four,"Holmes's face, I could see that the speech had not been lost upon",3496
The Sign of the Four,him.,3497
The Sign of the Four,,3498
The Sign of the Four,"""We will be at Vauxhall Bridge presently,"" said Jones, ""and shall",3499
The Sign of the Four,"land you, Dr. Watson, with the treasure-box. I need hardly tell you",3500
The Sign of the Four,that I am taking a very grave responsibility upon myself in doing,3501
The Sign of the Four,this. It is most irregular; but of course an agreement is an,3502
The Sign of the Four,"agreement. I must, however, as a matter of duty, send an inspector",3503
The Sign of the Four,"with you, since you have so valuable a charge. You will drive, no",3504
The Sign of the Four,"doubt?""",3505
The Sign of the Four,,3506
The Sign of the Four,"""Yes, I shall drive.""",3507
The Sign of the Four,,3508
The Sign of the Four,"""It is a pity there is no key, that we may make an inventory first.",3509
The Sign of the Four,"You will have to break it open. Where is the key, my man?""",3510
The Sign of the Four,,3511
The Sign of the Four,"""At the bottom of the river,"" said Small, shortly.",3512
The Sign of the Four,,3513
The Sign of the Four,"""Hum! There was no use your giving this unnecessary trouble. We have",3514
The Sign of the Four,"had work enough already through you. However, doctor, I need not warn",3515
The Sign of the Four,you to be careful. Bring the box back with you to the Baker Street,3516
The Sign of the Four,"rooms. You will find us there, on our way to the station.""",3517
The Sign of the Four,,3518
The Sign of the Four,"They landed me at Vauxhall, with my heavy iron box, and with a bluff,",3519
The Sign of the Four,genial inspector as my companion. A quarter of an hour's drive,3520
The Sign of the Four,brought us to Mrs. Cecil Forrester's. The servant seemed surprised at,3521
The Sign of the Four,"so late a visitor. Mrs. Cecil Forrester was out for the evening, she",3522
The Sign of the Four,"explained, and likely to be very late. Miss Morstan, however, was in",3523
The Sign of the Four,"the drawing-room: so to the drawing-room I went, box in hand, leaving",3524
The Sign of the Four,the obliging inspector in the cab.,3525
The Sign of the Four,,3526
The Sign of the Four,"She was seated by the open window, dressed in some sort of white",3527
The Sign of the Four,"diaphanous material, with a little touch of scarlet at the neck and",3528
The Sign of the Four,waist. The soft light of a shaded lamp fell upon her as she leaned,3529
The Sign of the Four,"back in the basket chair, playing over her sweet, grave face, and",3530
The Sign of the Four,"tinting with a dull, metallic sparkle the rich coils of her luxuriant",3531
The Sign of the Four,"hair. One white arm and hand drooped over the side of the chair, and",3532
The Sign of the Four,her whole pose and figure spoke of an absorbing melancholy. At the,3533
The Sign of the Four,"sound of my foot-fall she sprang to her feet, however, and a bright",3534
The Sign of the Four,flush of surprise and of pleasure colored her pale cheeks.,3535
The Sign of the Four,,3536
The Sign of the Four,"""I heard a cab drive up,"" she said. ""I thought that Mrs. Forrester",3537
The Sign of the Four,"had come back very early, but I never dreamed that it might be you.",3538
The Sign of the Four,"What news have you brought me?""",3539
The Sign of the Four,,3540
The Sign of the Four,"""I have brought something better than news,"" said I, putting down the",3541
The Sign of the Four,"box upon the table and speaking jovially and boisterously, though my",3542
The Sign of the Four,"heart was heavy within me. ""I have brought you something which is",3543
The Sign of the Four,"worth all the news in the world. I have brought you a fortune.""",3544
The Sign of the Four,,3545
The Sign of the Four,"She glanced at iron box. ""Is that the treasure, then?"" she asked,",3546
The Sign of the Four,coolly enough.,3547
The Sign of the Four,,3548
The Sign of the Four,"""Yes, this is the great Agra treasure. Half of it is yours and half",3549
The Sign of the Four,is Thaddeus Sholto's. You will have a couple of hundred thousand,3550
The Sign of the Four,each. Think of that! An annuity of ten thousand pounds. There will be,3551
The Sign of the Four,"few richer young ladies in England. Is it not glorious?""",3552
The Sign of the Four,,3553
The Sign of the Four,"I think that I must have been rather overacting my delight, and that",3554
The Sign of the Four,"she detected a hollow ring in my congratulations, for I saw her",3555
The Sign of the Four,"eyebrows rise a little, and she glanced at me curiously.",3556
The Sign of the Four,,3557
The Sign of the Four,"""If I have it,"" said she, ""I owe it to you.""",3558
The Sign of the Four,,3559
The Sign of the Four,"""No, no,"" I answered, ""not to me, but to my friend Sherlock Holmes.",3560
The Sign of the Four,"With all the will in the world, I could never have followed up a clue",3561
The Sign of the Four,"which has taxed even his analytical genius.  As it was, we very",3562
The Sign of the Four,"nearly lost it at the last moment.""",3563
The Sign of the Four,,3564
The Sign of the Four,"""Pray sit down and tell me all about it, Dr. Watson,"" said she.",3565
The Sign of the Four,,3566
The Sign of the Four,I narrated briefly what had occurred since I had seen her,3567
The Sign of the Four,"last,--Holmes's new method of search, the discovery of the Aurora,",3568
The Sign of the Four,"the appearance of Athelney Jones, our expedition in the evening, and",3569
The Sign of the Four,the wild chase down the Thames. She listened with parted lips and,3570
The Sign of the Four,shining eyes to my recital of our adventures. When I spoke of the,3571
The Sign of the Four,"dart which had so narrowly missed us, she turned so white that I",3572
The Sign of the Four,feared that she was about to faint.,3573
The Sign of the Four,,3574
The Sign of the Four,"""It is nothing,"" she said, as I hastened to pour her out some water.",3575
The Sign of the Four,"""I am all right again. It was a shock to me to hear that I had placed",3576
The Sign of the Four,"my friends in such horrible peril.""",3577
The Sign of the Four,,3578
The Sign of the Four,"""That is all over,"" I answered. ""It was nothing. I will tell you no",3579
The Sign of the Four,more gloomy details. Let us turn to something brighter. There is the,3580
The Sign of the Four,treasure. What could be brighter than that? I got leave to bring it,3581
The Sign of the Four,"with me, thinking that it would interest you to be the first to see",3582
The Sign of the Four,"it.""",3583
The Sign of the Four,,3584
The Sign of the Four,"""It would be of the greatest interest to me,"" she said. There was no",3585
The Sign of the Four,"eagerness in her voice, however. It had struck her, doubtless, that",3586
The Sign of the Four,it might seem ungracious upon her part to be indifferent to a prize,3587
The Sign of the Four,which had cost so much to win.,3588
The Sign of the Four,,3589
The Sign of the Four,"""What a pretty box!"" she said, stooping over it. ""This is Indian",3590
The Sign of the Four,"work, I suppose?""",3591
The Sign of the Four,,3592
The Sign of the Four,"""Yes; it is Benares metal-work.""",3593
The Sign of the Four,,3594
The Sign of the Four,"""And so heavy!"" she exclaimed, trying to raise it. ""The box alone",3595
The Sign of the Four,"must be of some value. Where is the key?""",3596
The Sign of the Four,,3597
The Sign of the Four,"""Small threw it into the Thames,"" I answered. ""I must borrow Mrs.",3598
The Sign of the Four,"Forrester's poker."" There was in the front a thick and broad hasp,",3599
The Sign of the Four,wrought in the image of a sitting Buddha. Under this I thrust the end,3600
The Sign of the Four,of the poker and twisted it outward as a lever. The hasp sprang open,3601
The Sign of the Four,with a loud snap. With trembling fingers I flung back the lid. We,3602
The Sign of the Four,both stood gazing in astonishment. The box was empty!,3603
The Sign of the Four,,3604
The Sign of the Four,No wonder that it was heavy. The iron-work was two-thirds of an inch,3605
The Sign of the Four,"thick all round. It was massive, well made, and solid, like a chest",3606
The Sign of the Four,"constructed to carry things of great price, but not one shred or",3607
The Sign of the Four,crumb of metal or jewelry lay within it. It was absolutely and,3608
The Sign of the Four,completely empty.,3609
The Sign of the Four,,3610
The Sign of the Four,"""The treasure is lost,"" said Miss Morstan, calmly.",3611
The Sign of the Four,,3612
The Sign of the Four,"As I listened to the words and realized what they meant, a great",3613
The Sign of the Four,shadow seemed to pass from my soul. I did not know how this Agra,3614
The Sign of the Four,"treasure had weighed me down, until now that it was finally removed.",3615
The Sign of the Four,"It was selfish, no doubt, disloyal, wrong, but I could realize",3616
The Sign of the Four,"nothing save that the golden barrier was gone from between us. ""Thank",3617
The Sign of the Four,"God!"" I ejaculated from my very heart.",3618
The Sign of the Four,,3619
The Sign of the Four,"She looked at me with a quick, questioning smile. ""Why do you say",3620
The Sign of the Four,"that?"" she asked.",3621
The Sign of the Four,,3622
The Sign of the Four,"""Because you are within my reach again,"" I said, taking her hand. She",3623
The Sign of the Four,"did not withdraw it. ""Because I love you, Mary, as truly as ever a",3624
The Sign of the Four,"man loved a woman. Because this treasure, these riches, sealed my",3625
The Sign of the Four,lips. Now that they are gone I can tell you how I love you. That is,3626
The Sign of the Four,"why I said, 'Thank God.'""",3627
The Sign of the Four,,3628
The Sign of the Four,"""Then I say, 'Thank God,' too,"" she whispered, as I drew her to my",3629
The Sign of the Four,"side. Whoever had lost a treasure, I knew that night that I had",3630
The Sign of the Four,gained one.,3631
The Sign of the Four,,3632
The Sign of the Four,CHAPTER XII,3633
The Sign of the Four,The Strange Story of Jonathan Small,3634
The Sign of the Four,,3635
The Sign of the Four,"A very patient man was that inspector in the cab, for it was a weary",3636
The Sign of the Four,time before I rejoined him. His face clouded over when I showed him,3637
The Sign of the Four,the empty box.,3638
The Sign of the Four,,3639
The Sign of the Four,"""There goes the reward!"" said he, gloomily. ""Where there is no money",3640
The Sign of the Four,there is no pay. This night's work would have been worth a tenner,3641
The Sign of the Four,"each to Sam Brown and me if the treasure had been there.""",3642
The Sign of the Four,,3643
The Sign of the Four,"""Mr. Thaddeus Sholto is a rich man,"" I said. ""He will see that you",3644
The Sign of the Four,"are rewarded, treasure or no.""",3645
The Sign of the Four,,3646
The Sign of the Four,"The inspector shook his head despondently, however. ""It's a bad job,""",3647
The Sign of the Four,"he repeated; ""and so Mr. Athelney Jones will think.""",3648
The Sign of the Four,,3649
The Sign of the Four,"His forecast proved to be correct, for the detective looked blank",3650
The Sign of the Four,enough when I got to Baker Street and showed him the empty box. They,3651
The Sign of the Four,"had only just arrived, Holmes, the prisoner, and he, for they had",3652
The Sign of the Four,changed their plans so far as to report themselves at a station upon,3653
The Sign of the Four,the way. My companion lounged in his arm-chair with his usual,3654
The Sign of the Four,"listless expression, while Small sat stolidly opposite to him with",3655
The Sign of the Four,his wooden leg cocked over his sound one. As I exhibited the empty,3656
The Sign of the Four,box he leaned back in his chair and laughed aloud.,3657
The Sign of the Four,,3658
The Sign of the Four,"""This is your doing, Small,"" said Athelney Jones, angrily.",3659
The Sign of the Four,,3660
The Sign of the Four,"""Yes, I have put it away where you shall never lay hand upon it,"" he",3661
The Sign of the Four,"cried, exultantly. ""It is my treasure; and if I can't have the loot",3662
The Sign of the Four,I'll take darned good care that no one else does. I tell you that no,3663
The Sign of the Four,"living man has any right to it, unless it is three men who are in the",3664
The Sign of the Four,Andaman convict-barracks and myself. I know now that I cannot have,3665
The Sign of the Four,"the use of it, and I know that they cannot. I have acted all through",3666
The Sign of the Four,for them as much as for myself. It's been the sign of four with us,3667
The Sign of the Four,always. Well I know that they would have had me do just what I have,3668
The Sign of the Four,"done, and throw the treasure into the Thames rather than let it go to",3669
The Sign of the Four,kith or kin of Sholto or of Morstan. It was not to make them rich,3670
The Sign of the Four,"that we did for Achmet. You'll find the treasure where the key is,",3671
The Sign of the Four,"and where little Tonga is. When I saw that your launch must catch us,",3672
The Sign of the Four,I put the loot away in a safe place. There are no rupees for you this,3673
The Sign of the Four,"journey.""",3674
The Sign of the Four,,3675
The Sign of the Four,"""You are deceiving us, Small,"" said Athelney Jones, sternly. ""If you",3676
The Sign of the Four,had wished to throw the treasure into the Thames it would have been,3677
The Sign of the Four,"easier for you to have thrown box and all.""",3678
The Sign of the Four,,3679
The Sign of the Four,"""Easier for me to throw, and easier for you to recover,"" he answered,",3680
The Sign of the Four,"with a shrewd, sidelong look. ""The man that was clever enough to hunt",3681
The Sign of the Four,me down is clever enough to pick an iron box from the bottom of a,3682
The Sign of the Four,"river. Now that they are scattered over five miles or so, it may be a",3683
The Sign of the Four,"harder job. It went to my heart to do it, though. I was half mad when",3684
The Sign of the Four,"you came up with us. However, there's no good grieving over it. I've",3685
The Sign of the Four,"had ups in my life, and I've had downs, but I've learned not to cry",3686
The Sign of the Four,"over spilled milk.""",3687
The Sign of the Four,,3688
The Sign of the Four,"""This is a very serious matter, Small,"" said the detective. ""If you",3689
The Sign of the Four,"had helped justice, instead of thwarting it in this way, you would",3690
The Sign of the Four,"have had a better chance at your trial.""",3691
The Sign of the Four,,3692
The Sign of the Four,"""Justice!"" snarled the ex-convict. ""A pretty justice! Whose loot is",3693
The Sign of the Four,"this, if it is not ours? Where is the justice that I should give it",3694
The Sign of the Four,up to those who have never earned it? Look how I have earned it!,3695
The Sign of the Four,"Twenty long years in that fever-ridden swamp, all day at work under",3696
The Sign of the Four,"the mangrove-tree, all night chained up in the filthy convict-huts,",3697
The Sign of the Four,"bitten by mosquitoes, racked with ague, bullied by every cursed",3698
The Sign of the Four,black-faced policeman who loved to take it out of a white man. That,3699
The Sign of the Four,was how I earned the Agra treasure; and you talk to me of justice,3700
The Sign of the Four,because I cannot bear to feel that I have paid this price only that,3701
The Sign of the Four,"another may enjoy it! I would rather swing a score of times, or have",3702
The Sign of the Four,"one of Tonga's darts in my hide, than live in a convict's cell and",3703
The Sign of the Four,feel that another man is at his ease in a palace with the money that,3704
The Sign of the Four,"should be mine."" Small had dropped his mask of stoicism, and all this",3705
The Sign of the Four,"came out in a wild whirl of words, while his eyes blazed, and the",3706
The Sign of the Four,handcuffs clanked together with the impassioned movement of his,3707
The Sign of the Four,"hands. I could understand, as I saw the fury and the passion of the",3708
The Sign of the Four,"man, that it was no groundless or unnatural terror which had",3709
The Sign of the Four,possessed Major Sholto when he first learned that the injured convict,3710
The Sign of the Four,was upon his track.,3711
The Sign of the Four,,3712
The Sign of the Four,"""You forget that we know nothing of all this,"" said Holmes quietly.",3713
The Sign of the Four,"""We have not heard your story, and we cannot tell how far justice may",3714
The Sign of the Four,"originally have been on your side.""",3715
The Sign of the Four,,3716
The Sign of the Four,"""Well, sir, you have been very fair-spoken to me, though I can see",3717
The Sign of the Four,that I have you to thank that I have these bracelets upon my wrists.,3718
The Sign of the Four,"Still, I bear no grudge for that. It is all fair and above-board. If",3719
The Sign of the Four,you want to hear my story I have no wish to hold it back. What I say,3720
The Sign of the Four,"to you is God's truth, every word of it. Thank you; you can put the",3721
The Sign of the Four,"glass beside me here, and I'll put my lips to it if I am dry.",3722
The Sign of the Four,,3723
The Sign of the Four,"""I am a Worcestershire man myself,--born near Pershore. I dare say",3724
The Sign of the Four,you would find a heap of Smalls living there now if you were to look.,3725
The Sign of the Four,"I have often thought of taking a look round there, but the truth is",3726
The Sign of the Four,"that I was never much of a credit to the family, and I doubt if they",3727
The Sign of the Four,"would be so very glad to see me. They were all steady, chapel-going",3728
The Sign of the Four,"folk, small farmers, well known and respected over the country-side,",3729
The Sign of the Four,"while I was always a bit of a rover. At last, however, when I was",3730
The Sign of the Four,"about eighteen, I gave them no more trouble, for I got into a mess",3731
The Sign of the Four,"over a girl, and could only get out of it again by taking the queen's",3732
The Sign of the Four,"shilling and joining the 3d Buffs, which was just starting for India.",3733
The Sign of the Four,,3734
The Sign of the Four,"""I wasn't destined to do much soldiering, however. I had just got",3735
The Sign of the Four,"past the goose-step, and learned to handle my musket, when I was fool",3736
The Sign of the Four,"enough to go swimming in the Ganges. Luckily for me, my company",3737
The Sign of the Four,"sergeant, John Holder, was in the water at the same time, and he was",3738
The Sign of the Four,"one of the finest swimmers in the service. A crocodile took me, just",3739
The Sign of the Four,"as I was half-way across, and nipped off my right leg as clean as a",3740
The Sign of the Four,"surgeon could have done it, just above the knee. What with the shock",3741
The Sign of the Four,"and the loss of blood, I fainted, and should have drowned if Holder",3742
The Sign of the Four,had not caught hold of me and paddled for the bank. I was five months,3743
The Sign of the Four,"in hospital over it, and when at last I was able to limp out of it",3744
The Sign of the Four,with this timber toe strapped to my stump I found myself invalided,3745
The Sign of the Four,out of the army and unfitted for any active occupation.,3746
The Sign of the Four,,3747
The Sign of the Four,"""I was, as you can imagine, pretty down on my luck at this time, for",3748
The Sign of the Four,"I was a useless cripple though not yet in my twentieth year. However,",3749
The Sign of the Four,my misfortune soon proved to be a blessing in disguise. A man named,3750
The Sign of the Four,"Abelwhite, who had come out there as an indigo-planter, wanted an",3751
The Sign of the Four,overseer to look after his coolies and keep them up to their work. He,3752
The Sign of the Four,"happened to be a friend of our colonel's, who had taken an interest",3753
The Sign of the Four,"in me since the accident. To make a long story short, the colonel",3754
The Sign of the Four,"recommended me strongly for the post and, as the work was mostly to",3755
The Sign of the Four,"be done on horseback, my leg was no great obstacle, for I had enough",3756
The Sign of the Four,knee left to keep good grip on the saddle. What I had to do was to,3757
The Sign of the Four,"ride over the plantation, to keep an eye on the men as they worked,",3758
The Sign of the Four,"and to report the idlers. The pay was fair, I had comfortable",3759
The Sign of the Four,"quarters, and altogether I was content to spend the remainder of my",3760
The Sign of the Four,"life in indigo-planting. Mr. Abelwhite was a kind man, and he would",3761
The Sign of the Four,"often drop into my little shanty and smoke a pipe with me, for white",3762
The Sign of the Four,folk out there feel their hearts warm to each other as they never do,3763
The Sign of the Four,here at home.,3764
The Sign of the Four,,3765
The Sign of the Four,"""Well, I was never in luck's way long. Suddenly, without a note of",3766
The Sign of the Four,"warning, the great mutiny broke upon us. One month India lay as still",3767
The Sign of the Four,"and peaceful, to all appearance, as Surrey or Kent; the next there",3768
The Sign of the Four,"were two hundred thousand black devils let loose, and the country was",3769
The Sign of the Four,"a perfect hell. Of course you know all about it, gentlemen,--a deal",3770
The Sign of the Four,"more than I do, very like, since reading is not in my line. I only",3771
The Sign of the Four,know what I saw with my own eyes. Our plantation was at a place,3772
The Sign of the Four,"called Muttra, near the border of the Northwest Provinces. Night",3773
The Sign of the Four,"after night the whole sky was alight with the burning bungalows, and",3774
The Sign of the Four,day after day we had small companies of Europeans passing through our,3775
The Sign of the Four,"estate with their wives and children, on their way to Agra, where",3776
The Sign of the Four,were the nearest troops. Mr. Abelwhite was an obstinate man. He had,3777
The Sign of the Four,"it in his head that the affair had been exaggerated, and that it",3778
The Sign of the Four,would blow over as suddenly as it had sprung up. There he sat on his,3779
The Sign of the Four,"veranda, drinking whiskey-pegs and smoking cheroots, while the",3780
The Sign of the Four,"country was in a blaze about him. Of course we stuck by him, I and",3781
The Sign of the Four,"Dawson, who, with his wife, used to do the book-work and the",3782
The Sign of the Four,"managing. Well, one fine day the crash came. I had been away on a",3783
The Sign of the Four,"distant plantation, and was riding slowly home in the evening, when",3784
The Sign of the Four,my eye fell upon something all huddled together at the bottom of a,3785
The Sign of the Four,"steep nullah. I rode down to see what it was, and the cold struck",3786
The Sign of the Four,"through my heart when I found it was Dawson's wife, all cut into",3787
The Sign of the Four,"ribbons, and half eaten by jackals and native dogs. A little further",3788
The Sign of the Four,"up the road Dawson himself was lying on his face, quite dead, with an",3789
The Sign of the Four,empty revolver in his hand and four Sepoys lying across each other in,3790
The Sign of the Four,"front of him. I reined up my horse, wondering which way I should",3791
The Sign of the Four,"turn, but at that moment I saw thick smoke curling up from",3792
The Sign of the Four,Abelwhite's bungalow and the flames beginning to burst through the,3793
The Sign of the Four,"roof. I knew then that I could do my employer no good, but would only",3794
The Sign of the Four,throw my own life away if I meddled in the matter. From where I stood,3795
The Sign of the Four,"I could see hundreds of the black fiends, with their red coats still",3796
The Sign of the Four,"on their backs, dancing and howling round the burning house. Some of",3797
The Sign of the Four,"them pointed at me, and a couple of bullets sang past my head; so I",3798
The Sign of the Four,"broke away across the paddy-fields, and found myself late at night",3799
The Sign of the Four,safe within the walls at Agra.,3800
The Sign of the Four,,3801
The Sign of the Four,"""As it proved, however, there was no great safety there, either. The",3802
The Sign of the Four,whole country was up like a swarm of bees. Wherever the English could,3803
The Sign of the Four,collect in little bands they held just the ground that their guns,3804
The Sign of the Four,commanded. Everywhere else they were helpless fugitives. It was a,3805
The Sign of the Four,fight of the millions against the hundreds; and the cruellest part of,3806
The Sign of the Four,"it was that these men that we fought against, foot, horse, and",3807
The Sign of the Four,"gunners, were our own picked troops, whom we had taught and trained,",3808
The Sign of the Four,"handling our own weapons, and blowing our own bugle-calls. At Agra",3809
The Sign of the Four,"there were the 3d Bengal Fusiliers, some Sikhs, two troops of horse,",3810
The Sign of the Four,and a battery of artillery. A volunteer corps of clerks and merchants,3811
The Sign of the Four,"had been formed, and this I joined, wooden leg and all. We went out",3812
The Sign of the Four,"to meet the rebels at Shahgunge early in July, and we beat them back",3813
The Sign of the Four,"for a time, but our powder gave out, and we had to fall back upon the",3814
The Sign of the Four,"city. Nothing but the worst news came to us from every side,--which",3815
The Sign of the Four,"is not to be wondered at, for if you look at the map you will see",3816
The Sign of the Four,that we were right in the heart of it. Lucknow is rather better than,3817
The Sign of the Four,"a hundred miles to the east, and Cawnpore about as far to the south.",3818
The Sign of the Four,From every point on the compass there was nothing but torture and,3819
The Sign of the Four,murder and outrage.,3820
The Sign of the Four,,3821
The Sign of the Four,"""The city of Agra is a great place, swarming with fanatics and fierce",3822
The Sign of the Four,devil-worshippers of all sorts. Our handful of men were lost among,3823
The Sign of the Four,"the narrow, winding streets. Our leader moved across the river,",3824
The Sign of the Four,"therefore, and took up his position in the old fort at Agra. I don't",3825
The Sign of the Four,know if any of you gentlemen have ever read or heard anything of that,3826
The Sign of the Four,"old fort. It is a very queer place,--the queerest that ever I was in,",3827
The Sign of the Four,"and I have been in some rum corners, too. First of all, it is",3828
The Sign of the Four,enormous in size. I should think that the enclosure must be acres and,3829
The Sign of the Four,"acres. There is a modern part, which took all our garrison, women,",3830
The Sign of the Four,"children, stores, and everything else, with plenty of room over. But",3831
The Sign of the Four,"the modern part is nothing like the size of the old quarter, where",3832
The Sign of the Four,"nobody goes, and which is given over to the scorpions and the",3833
The Sign of the Four,"centipedes. It is all full of great deserted halls, and winding",3834
The Sign of the Four,"passages, and long corridors twisting in and out, so that it is easy",3835
The Sign of the Four,enough for folk to get lost in it. For this reason it was seldom that,3836
The Sign of the Four,"any one went into it, though now and again a party with torches might",3837
The Sign of the Four,go exploring.,3838
The Sign of the Four,,3839
The Sign of the Four,"""The river washes along the front of the old fort, and so protects",3840
The Sign of the Four,"it, but on the sides and behind there are many doors, and these had",3841
The Sign of the Four,"to be guarded, of course, in the old quarter as well as in that which",3842
The Sign of the Four,"was actually held by our troops. We were short-handed, with hardly",3843
The Sign of the Four,men enough to man the angles of the building and to serve the guns.,3844
The Sign of the Four,"It was impossible for us, therefore, to station a strong guard at",3845
The Sign of the Four,every one of the innumerable gates. What we did was to organize a,3846
The Sign of the Four,"central guard-house in the middle of the fort, and to leave each gate",3847
The Sign of the Four,under the charge of one white man and two or three natives. I was,3848
The Sign of the Four,selected to take charge during certain hours of the night of a small,3849
The Sign of the Four,isolated door upon the southwest side of the building. Two Sikh,3850
The Sign of the Four,"troopers were placed under my command, and I was instructed if",3851
The Sign of the Four,"anything went wrong to fire my musket, when I might rely upon help",3852
The Sign of the Four,coming at once from the central guard. As the guard was a good two,3853
The Sign of the Four,"hundred paces away, however, and as the space between was cut up into",3854
The Sign of the Four,"a labyrinth of passages and corridors, I had great doubts as to",3855
The Sign of the Four,whether they could arrive in time to be of any use in case of an,3856
The Sign of the Four,actual attack.,3857
The Sign of the Four,,3858
The Sign of the Four,"""Well, I was pretty proud at having this small command given me,",3859
The Sign of the Four,"since I was a raw recruit, and a game-legged one at that. For two",3860
The Sign of the Four,"nights I kept the watch with my Punjaubees. They were tall,",3861
The Sign of the Four,"fierce-looking chaps, Mahomet Singh and Abdullah Khan by name, both",3862
The Sign of the Four,old fighting-men who had borne arms against us at Chilian-wallah.,3863
The Sign of the Four,"They could talk English pretty well, but I could get little out of",3864
The Sign of the Four,them. They preferred to stand together and jabber all night in their,3865
The Sign of the Four,"queer Sikh lingo. For myself, I used to stand outside the gate-way,",3866
The Sign of the Four,"looking down on the broad, winding river and on the twinkling lights",3867
The Sign of the Four,"of the great city. The beating of drums, the rattle of tomtoms, and",3868
The Sign of the Four,"the yells and howls of the rebels, drunk with opium and with bang,",3869
The Sign of the Four,were enough to remind us all night of our dangerous neighbors across,3870
The Sign of the Four,the stream. Every two hours the officer of the night used to come,3871
The Sign of the Four,"round to all the posts, to make sure that all was well.",3872
The Sign of the Four,,3873
The Sign of the Four,"""The third night of my watch was dark and dirty, with a small,",3874
The Sign of the Four,driving rain. It was dreary work standing in the gate-way hour after,3875
The Sign of the Four,"hour in such weather. I tried again and again to make my Sikhs talk,",3876
The Sign of the Four,"but without much success. At two in the morning the rounds passed,",3877
The Sign of the Four,and broke for a moment the weariness of the night. Finding that my,3878
The Sign of the Four,"companions would not be led into conversation, I took out my pipe,",3879
The Sign of the Four,and laid down my musket to strike the match. In an instant the two,3880
The Sign of the Four,Sikhs were upon me. One of them snatched my firelock up and levelled,3881
The Sign of the Four,"it at my head, while the other held a great knife to my throat and",3882
The Sign of the Four,swore between his teeth that he would plunge it into me if I moved a,3883
The Sign of the Four,step.,3884
The Sign of the Four,,3885
The Sign of the Four,"""My first thought was that these fellows were in league with the",3886
The Sign of the Four,"rebels, and that this was the beginning of an assault. If our door",3887
The Sign of the Four,"were in the hands of the Sepoys the place must fall, and the women",3888
The Sign of the Four,and children be treated as they were in Cawnpore. Maybe you gentlemen,3889
The Sign of the Four,"think that I am just making out a case for myself, but I give you my",3890
The Sign of the Four,"word that when I thought of that, though I felt the point of the",3891
The Sign of the Four,"knife at my throat, I opened my mouth with the intention of giving a",3892
The Sign of the Four,"scream, if it was my last one, which might alarm the main guard. The",3893
The Sign of the Four,"man who held me seemed to know my thoughts; for, even as I braced",3894
The Sign of the Four,"myself to it, he whispered, 'Don't make a noise. The fort is safe",3895
The Sign of the Four,enough. There are no rebel dogs on this side of the river.' There was,3896
The Sign of the Four,"the ring of truth in what he said, and I knew that if I raised my",3897
The Sign of the Four,voice I was a dead man. I could read it in the fellow's brown eyes. I,3898
The Sign of the Four,"waited, therefore, in silence, to see what it was that they wanted",3899
The Sign of the Four,from me.,3900
The Sign of the Four,,3901
The Sign of the Four,"""'Listen to me, Sahib,' said the taller and fiercer of the pair, the",3902
The Sign of the Four,one whom they called Abdullah Khan. 'You must either be with us now,3903
The Sign of the Four,or you must be silenced forever. The thing is too great a one for us,3904
The Sign of the Four,to hesitate. Either you are heart and soul with us on your oath on,3905
The Sign of the Four,"the cross of the Christians, or your body this night shall be thrown",3906
The Sign of the Four,into the ditch and we shall pass over to our brothers in the rebel,3907
The Sign of the Four,"army. There is no middle way. Which is it to be, death or life? We",3908
The Sign of the Four,"can only give you three minutes to decide, for the time is passing,",3909
The Sign of the Four,and all must be done before the rounds come again.',3910
The Sign of the Four,,3911
The Sign of the Four,"""'How can I decide?' said I. 'You have not told me what you want of",3912
The Sign of the Four,me. But I tell you now that if it is anything against the safety of,3913
The Sign of the Four,"the fort I will have no truck with it, so you can drive home your",3914
The Sign of the Four,knife and welcome.',3915
The Sign of the Four,,3916
The Sign of the Four,"""'It is nothing against the fort,' said he. 'We only ask you to do",3917
The Sign of the Four,that which your countrymen come to this land for. We ask you to be,3918
The Sign of the Four,"rich. If you will be one of us this night, we will swear to you upon",3919
The Sign of the Four,"the naked knife, and by the threefold oath which no Sikh was ever",3920
The Sign of the Four,"known to break, that you shall have your fair share of the loot. A",3921
The Sign of the Four,quarter of the treasure shall be yours. We can say no fairer.',3922
The Sign of the Four,,3923
The Sign of the Four,"""'But what is the treasure, then?' I asked. 'I am as ready to be rich",3924
The Sign of the Four,"as you can be, if you will but show me how it can be done.'",3925
The Sign of the Four,,3926
The Sign of the Four,"""'You will swear, then,' said he, 'by the bones of your father, by",3927
The Sign of the Four,"the honor of your mother, by the cross of your faith, to raise no",3928
The Sign of the Four,"hand and speak no word against us, either now or afterwards?'",3929
The Sign of the Four,,3930
The Sign of the Four,"""'I will swear it,' I answered, 'provided that the fort is not",3931
The Sign of the Four,endangered.',3932
The Sign of the Four,,3933
The Sign of the Four,"""'Then my comrade and I will swear that you shall have a quarter of",3934
The Sign of the Four,the treasure which shall be equally divided among the four of us.',3935
The Sign of the Four,,3936
The Sign of the Four,"""'There are but three,' said I.",3937
The Sign of the Four,,3938
The Sign of the Four,"""'No; Dost Akbar must have his share. We can tell the tale to you",3939
The Sign of the Four,"while we await them. Do you stand at the gate, Mahomet Singh, and",3940
The Sign of the Four,"give notice of their coming. The thing stands thus, Sahib, and I tell",3941
The Sign of the Four,"it to you because I know that an oath is binding upon a Feringhee,",3942
The Sign of the Four,"and that we may trust you. Had you been a lying Hindoo, though you",3943
The Sign of the Four,"had sworn by all the gods in their false temples, your blood would",3944
The Sign of the Four,"have been upon the knife, and your body in the water. But the Sikh",3945
The Sign of the Four,"knows the Englishman, and the Englishman knows the Sikh. Hearken,",3946
The Sign of the Four,"then, to what I have to say.",3947
The Sign of the Four,,3948
The Sign of the Four,"""'There is a rajah in the northern provinces who has much wealth,",3949
The Sign of the Four,"though his lands are small. Much has come to him from his father, and",3950
The Sign of the Four,"more still he has set by himself, for he is of a low nature and",3951
The Sign of the Four,hoards his gold rather than spend it. When the troubles broke out he,3952
The Sign of the Four,"would be friends both with the lion and the tiger,--with the Sepoy",3953
The Sign of the Four,"and with the Company's raj. Soon, however, it seemed to him that the",3954
The Sign of the Four,"white men's day was come, for through all the land he could hear of",3955
The Sign of the Four,"nothing but of their death and their overthrow. Yet, being a careful",3956
The Sign of the Four,"man, he made such plans that, come what might, half at least of his",3957
The Sign of the Four,treasure should be left to him. That which was in gold and silver he,3958
The Sign of the Four,"kept by him in the vaults of his palace, but the most precious stones",3959
The Sign of the Four,"and the choicest pearls that he had he put in an iron box, and sent",3960
The Sign of the Four,"it by a trusty servant who, under the guise of a merchant, should",3961
The Sign of the Four,"take it to the fort at Agra, there to lie until the land is at peace.",3962
The Sign of the Four,"Thus, if the rebels won he would have his money, but if the Company",3963
The Sign of the Four,conquered his jewels would be saved to him. Having thus divided his,3964
The Sign of the Four,"hoard, he threw himself into the cause of the Sepoys, since they were",3965
The Sign of the Four,"strong upon his borders. By doing this, mark you, Sahib, his property",3966
The Sign of the Four,becomes the due of those who have been true to their salt.,3967
The Sign of the Four,,3968
The Sign of the Four,"""'This pretended merchant, who travels under the name of Achmet, is",3969
The Sign of the Four,"now in the city of Agra, and desires to gain his way into the fort.",3970
The Sign of the Four,"He has with him as travelling-companion my foster-brother Dost Akbar,",3971
The Sign of the Four,who knows his secret. Dost Akbar has promised this night to lead him,3972
The Sign of the Four,"to a side-postern of the fort, and has chosen this one for his",3973
The Sign of the Four,"purpose. Here he will come presently, and here he will find Mahomet",3974
The Sign of the Four,"Singh and myself awaiting him. The place is lonely, and none shall",3975
The Sign of the Four,know of his coming. The world shall know of the merchant Achmet no,3976
The Sign of the Four,"more, but the great treasure of the rajah shall be divided among us.",3977
The Sign of the Four,"What say you to it, Sahib?'",3978
The Sign of the Four,,3979
The Sign of the Four,"""In Worcestershire the life of a man seems a great and a sacred",3980
The Sign of the Four,thing; but it is very different when there is fire and blood all,3981
The Sign of the Four,round you and you have been used to meeting death at every turn.,3982
The Sign of the Four,Whether Achmet the merchant lived or died was a thing as light as air,3983
The Sign of the Four,"to me, but at the talk about the treasure my heart turned to it, and",3984
The Sign of the Four,"I thought of what I might do in the old country with it, and how my",3985
The Sign of the Four,folk would stare when they saw their ne'er-do-well coming back with,3986
The Sign of the Four,"his pockets full of gold moidores. I had, therefore, already made up",3987
The Sign of the Four,"my mind. Abdullah Khan, however, thinking that I hesitated, pressed",3988
The Sign of the Four,the matter more closely.,3989
The Sign of the Four,,3990
The Sign of the Four,"""'Consider, Sahib,' said he, 'that if this man is taken by the",3991
The Sign of the Four,"commandant he will be hung or shot, and his jewels taken by the",3992
The Sign of the Four,"government, so that no man will be a rupee the better for them. Now,",3993
The Sign of the Four,"since we do the taking of him, why should we not do the rest as well?",3994
The Sign of the Four,The jewels will be as well with us as in the Company's coffers. There,3995
The Sign of the Four,will be enough to make every one of us rich men and great chiefs. No,3996
The Sign of the Four,"one can know about the matter, for here we are cut off from all men.",3997
The Sign of the Four,"What could be better for the purpose?  Say again, then, Sahib,",3998
The Sign of the Four,"whether you are with us, or if we must look upon you as an enemy.'",3999
The Sign of the Four,,4000
The Sign of the Four,"""'I am with you heart and soul,' said I.",4001
The Sign of the Four,,4002
The Sign of the Four,"""'It is well,' he answered, handing me back my firelock. 'You see",4003
The Sign of the Four,"that we trust you, for your word, like ours, is not to be broken. We",4004
The Sign of the Four,have now only to wait for my brother and the merchant.',4005
The Sign of the Four,,4006
The Sign of the Four,"""'Does your brother know, then, of what you will do?' I asked.",4007
The Sign of the Four,,4008
The Sign of the Four,"""'The plan is his. He has devised it. We will go to the gate and",4009
The Sign of the Four,share the watch with Mahomet Singh.',4010
The Sign of the Four,,4011
The Sign of the Four,"""The rain was still falling steadily, for it was just the beginning",4012
The Sign of the Four,"of the wet season. Brown, heavy clouds were drifting across the sky,",4013
The Sign of the Four,and it was hard to see more than a stone-cast. A deep moat lay in,4014
The Sign of the Four,"front of our door, but the water was in places nearly dried up, and",4015
The Sign of the Four,it could easily be crossed. It was strange to me to be standing there,4016
The Sign of the Four,with those two wild Punjaubees waiting for the man who was coming to,4017
The Sign of the Four,his death.,4018
The Sign of the Four,,4019
The Sign of the Four,"""Suddenly my eye caught the glint of a shaded lantern at the other",4020
The Sign of the Four,"side of the moat. It vanished among the mound-heaps, and then",4021
The Sign of the Four,appeared again coming slowly in our direction.,4022
The Sign of the Four,,4023
The Sign of the Four,"""'Here they are!' I exclaimed.",4024
The Sign of the Four,,4025
The Sign of the Four,"""'You will challenge him, Sahib, as usual,' whispered Abdullah. 'Give",4026
The Sign of the Four,"him no cause for fear. Send us in with him, and we shall do the rest",4027
The Sign of the Four,"while you stay here on guard. Have the lantern ready to uncover, that",4028
The Sign of the Four,we may be sure that it is indeed the man.',4029
The Sign of the Four,,4030
The Sign of the Four,"""The light had flickered onwards, now stopping and now advancing,",4031
The Sign of the Four,until I could see two dark figures upon the other side of the moat. I,4032
The Sign of the Four,"let them scramble down the sloping bank, splash through the mire, and",4033
The Sign of the Four,"climb half-way up to the gate, before I challenged them.",4034
The Sign of the Four,,4035
The Sign of the Four,"""'Who goes there?' said I, in a subdued voice.",4036
The Sign of the Four,,4037
The Sign of the Four,"""'Friends,' came the answer. I uncovered my lantern and threw a flood",4038
The Sign of the Four,"of light upon them. The first was an enormous Sikh, with a black",4039
The Sign of the Four,beard which swept nearly down to his cummerbund. Outside of a show I,4040
The Sign of the Four,"have never seen so tall a man. The other was a little, fat, round",4041
The Sign of the Four,"fellow, with a great yellow turban, and a bundle in his hand, done up",4042
The Sign of the Four,"in a shawl. He seemed to be all in a quiver with fear, for his hands",4043
The Sign of the Four,"twitched as if he had the ague, and his head kept turning to left and",4044
The Sign of the Four,"right with two bright little twinkling eyes, like a mouse when he",4045
The Sign of the Four,ventures out from his hole. It gave me the chills to think of killing,4046
The Sign of the Four,"him, but I thought of the treasure, and my heart set as hard as a",4047
The Sign of the Four,flint within me. When he saw my white face he gave a little chirrup,4048
The Sign of the Four,of joy and came running up towards me.,4049
The Sign of the Four,,4050
The Sign of the Four,"""'Your protection, Sahib,' he panted,--'your protection for the",4051
The Sign of the Four,unhappy merchant Achmet. I have travelled across Rajpootana that I,4052
The Sign of the Four,might seek the shelter of the fort at Agra. I have been robbed and,4053
The Sign of the Four,beaten and abused because I have been the friend of the Company. It,4054
The Sign of the Four,"is a blessed night this when I am once more in safety,--I and my poor",4055
The Sign of the Four,possessions.',4056
The Sign of the Four,,4057
The Sign of the Four,"""'What have you in the bundle?' I asked.",4058
The Sign of the Four,,4059
The Sign of the Four,"""'An iron box,' he answered, 'which contains one or two little family",4060
The Sign of the Four,"matters which are of no value to others, but which I should be sorry",4061
The Sign of the Four,"to lose. Yet I am not a beggar; and I shall reward you, young Sahib,",4062
The Sign of the Four,"and your governor also, if he will give me the shelter I ask.'",4063
The Sign of the Four,,4064
The Sign of the Four,"""I could not trust myself to speak longer with the man. The more I",4065
The Sign of the Four,"looked at his fat, frightened face, the harder did it seem that we",4066
The Sign of the Four,should slay him in cold blood. It was best to get it over.,4067
The Sign of the Four,,4068
The Sign of the Four,"""'Take him to the main guard,' said I. The two Sikhs closed in upon",4069
The Sign of the Four,"him on each side, and the giant walked behind, while they marched in",4070
The Sign of the Four,through the dark gate-way. Never was a man so compassed round with,4071
The Sign of the Four,death. I remained at the gate-way with the lantern.,4072
The Sign of the Four,,4073
The Sign of the Four,"""I could hear the measured tramp of their footsteps sounding through",4074
The Sign of the Four,"the lonely corridors. Suddenly it ceased, and I heard voices, and a",4075
The Sign of the Four,"scuffle, with the sound of blows. A moment later there came, to my",4076
The Sign of the Four,"horror, a rush of footsteps coming in my direction, with the loud",4077
The Sign of the Four,"breathing of a running man. I turned my lantern down the long,",4078
The Sign of the Four,"straight passage, and there was the fat man, running like the wind,",4079
The Sign of the Four,"with a smear of blood across his face, and close at his heels,",4080
The Sign of the Four,"bounding like a tiger, the great black-bearded Sikh, with a knife",4081
The Sign of the Four,flashing in his hand. I have never seen a man run so fast as that,4082
The Sign of the Four,"little merchant. He was gaining on the Sikh, and I could see that if",4083
The Sign of the Four,he once passed me and got to the open air he would save himself yet.,4084
The Sign of the Four,"My heart softened to him, but again the thought of his treasure",4085
The Sign of the Four,turned me hard and bitter. I cast my firelock between his legs as he,4086
The Sign of the Four,"raced past, and he rolled twice over like a shot rabbit. Ere he could",4087
The Sign of the Four,"stagger to his feet the Sikh was upon him, and buried his knife twice",4088
The Sign of the Four,"in his side. The man never uttered moan nor moved muscle, but lay",4089
The Sign of the Four,were he had fallen. I think myself that he may have broken his neck,4090
The Sign of the Four,"with the fall. You see, gentlemen, that I am keeping my promise. I am",4091
The Sign of the Four,"telling you every work of the business just exactly as it happened,",4092
The Sign of the Four,"whether it is in my favor or not.""",4093
The Sign of the Four,,4094
The Sign of the Four,"He stopped, and held out his manacled hands for the whiskey-and-water",4095
The Sign of the Four,"which Holmes had brewed for him. For myself, I confess that I had now",4096
The Sign of the Four,"conceived the utmost horror of the man, not only for this",4097
The Sign of the Four,"cold-blooded business in which he had been concerned, but even more",4098
The Sign of the Four,for the somewhat flippant and careless way in which he narrated it.,4099
The Sign of the Four,"Whatever punishment was in store for him, I felt that he might expect",4100
The Sign of the Four,no sympathy from me. Sherlock Holmes and Jones sat with their hands,4101
The Sign of the Four,"upon their knees, deeply interested in the story, but with the same",4102
The Sign of the Four,"disgust written upon their faces.  He may have observed it, for there",4103
The Sign of the Four,was a touch of defiance in his voice and manner as he proceeded.,4104
The Sign of the Four,,4105
The Sign of the Four,"""It was all very bad, no doubt,"" said he. ""I should like to know how",4106
The Sign of the Four,many fellows in my shoes would have refused a share of this loot when,4107
The Sign of the Four,they knew that they would have their throats cut for their pains.,4108
The Sign of the Four,"Besides, it was my life or his when once he was in the fort. If he",4109
The Sign of the Four,"had got out, the whole business would come to light, and I should",4110
The Sign of the Four,have been court-martialled and shot as likely as not; for people were,4111
The Sign of the Four,"not very lenient at a time like that.""",4112
The Sign of the Four,,4113
The Sign of the Four,"""Go on with your story,"" said Holmes, shortly.",4114
The Sign of the Four,,4115
The Sign of the Four,"""Well, we carried him in, Abdullah, Akbar, and I. A fine weight he",4116
The Sign of the Four,"was, too, for all that he was so short. Mahomet Singh was left to",4117
The Sign of the Four,guard the door. We took him to a place which the Sikhs had already,4118
The Sign of the Four,"prepared. It was some distance off, where a winding passage leads to",4119
The Sign of the Four,"a great empty hall, the brick walls of which were all crumbling to",4120
The Sign of the Four,"pieces. The earth floor had sunk in at one place, making a natural",4121
The Sign of the Four,"grave, so we left Achmet the merchant there, having first covered him",4122
The Sign of the Four,"over with loose bricks. This done, we all went back to the treasure.",4123
The Sign of the Four,,4124
The Sign of the Four,"""It lay where he had dropped it when he was first attacked. The box",4125
The Sign of the Four,was the same which now lies open upon your table. A key was hung by a,4126
The Sign of the Four,"silken cord to that carved handle upon the top. We opened it, and the",4127
The Sign of the Four,light of the lantern gleamed upon a collection of gems such as I have,4128
The Sign of the Four,read of and thought about when I was a little lad at Pershore. It was,4129
The Sign of the Four,blinding to look upon them. When we had feasted our eyes we took them,4130
The Sign of the Four,all out and made a list of them. There were one hundred and,4131
The Sign of the Four,"forty-three diamonds of the first water, including one which has been",4132
The Sign of the Four,"called, I believe, 'the Great Mogul' and is said to be the second",4133
The Sign of the Four,largest stone in existence. Then there were ninety-seven very fine,4134
The Sign of the Four,"emeralds, and one hundred and seventy rubies, some of which, however,",4135
The Sign of the Four,"were small. There were forty carbuncles, two hundred and ten",4136
The Sign of the Four,"sapphires, sixty-one agates, and a great quantity of beryls, onyxes,",4137
The Sign of the Four,"cats'-eyes, turquoises, and other stones, the very names of which I",4138
The Sign of the Four,"did not know at the time, though I have become more familiar with",4139
The Sign of the Four,"them since. Besides this, there were nearly three hundred very fine",4140
The Sign of the Four,"pearls, twelve of which were set in a gold coronet. By the way, these",4141
The Sign of the Four,last had been taken out of the chest and were not there when I,4142
The Sign of the Four,recovered it.,4143
The Sign of the Four,,4144
The Sign of the Four,"""After we had counted our treasures we put them back into the chest",4145
The Sign of the Four,and carried them to the gate-way to show them to Mahomet Singh. Then,4146
The Sign of the Four,we solemnly renewed our oath to stand by each other and be true to,4147
The Sign of the Four,our secret. We agreed to conceal our loot in a safe place until the,4148
The Sign of the Four,"country should be at peace again, and then to divide it equally among",4149
The Sign of the Four,"ourselves. There was no use dividing it at present, for if gems of",4150
The Sign of the Four,"such value were found upon us it would cause suspicion, and there was",4151
The Sign of the Four,no privacy in the fort nor any place where we could keep them. We,4152
The Sign of the Four,"carried the box, therefore, into the same hall where we had buried",4153
The Sign of the Four,"the body, and there, under certain bricks in the best-preserved wall,",4154
The Sign of the Four,we made a hollow and put our treasure. We made careful note of the,4155
The Sign of the Four,"place, and next day I drew four plans, one for each of us, and put",4156
The Sign of the Four,"the sign of the four of us at the bottom, for we had sworn that we",4157
The Sign of the Four,"should each always act for all, so that none might take advantage.",4158
The Sign of the Four,That is an oath that I can put my hand to my heart and swear that I,4159
The Sign of the Four,have never broken.,4160
The Sign of the Four,,4161
The Sign of the Four,"""Well, there's no use my telling you gentlemen what came of the",4162
The Sign of the Four,Indian mutiny. After Wilson took Delhi and Sir Colin relieved Lucknow,4163
The Sign of the Four,"the back of the business was broken. Fresh troops came pouring in,",4164
The Sign of the Four,and Nana Sahib made himself scarce over the frontier. A flying column,4165
The Sign of the Four,under Colonel Greathed came round to Agra and cleared the Pandies,4166
The Sign of the Four,"away from it. Peace seemed to be settling upon the country, and we",4167
The Sign of the Four,four were beginning to hope that the time was at hand when we might,4168
The Sign of the Four,"safely go off with our shares of the plunder. In a moment, however,",4169
The Sign of the Four,our hopes were shattered by our being arrested as the murderers of,4170
The Sign of the Four,Achmet.,4171
The Sign of the Four,,4172
The Sign of the Four,"""It came about in this way. When the rajah put his jewels into the",4173
The Sign of the Four,hands of Achmet he did it because he knew that he was a trusty man.,4174
The Sign of the Four,"They are suspicious folk in the East, however: so what does this",4175
The Sign of the Four,rajah do but take a second even more trusty servant and set him to,4176
The Sign of the Four,play the spy upon the first? This second man was ordered never to let,4177
The Sign of the Four,"Achmet out of his sight, and he followed him like his shadow. He went",4178
The Sign of the Four,after him that night and saw him pass through the doorway. Of course,4179
The Sign of the Four,"he thought he had taken refuge in the fort, and applied for admission",4180
The Sign of the Four,"there himself next day, but could find no trace of Achmet. This",4181
The Sign of the Four,seemed to him so strange that he spoke about it to a sergeant of,4182
The Sign of the Four,"guides, who brought it to the ears of the commandant. A thorough",4183
The Sign of the Four,"search was quickly made, and the body was discovered. Thus at the",4184
The Sign of the Four,very moment that we thought that all was safe we were all four seized,4185
The Sign of the Four,"and brought to trial on a charge of murder,--three of us because we",4186
The Sign of the Four,"had held the gate that night, and the fourth because he was known to",4187
The Sign of the Four,have been in the company of the murdered man. Not a word about the,4188
The Sign of the Four,"jewels came out at the trial, for the rajah had been deposed and",4189
The Sign of the Four,driven out of India: so no one had any particular interest in them.,4190
The Sign of the Four,"The murder, however, was clearly made out, and it was certain that we",4191
The Sign of the Four,must all have been concerned in it. The three Sikhs got penal,4192
The Sign of the Four,"servitude for life, and I was condemned to death, though my sentence",4193
The Sign of the Four,was afterwards commuted into the same as the others.,4194
The Sign of the Four,,4195
The Sign of the Four,"""It was rather a queer position that we found ourselves in then.",4196
The Sign of the Four,There we were all four tied by the leg and with precious little,4197
The Sign of the Four,"chance of ever getting out again, while we each held a secret which",4198
The Sign of the Four,might have put each of us in a palace if we could only have made use,4199
The Sign of the Four,of it. It was enough to make a man eat his heart out to have to stand,4200
The Sign of the Four,"the kick and the cuff of every petty jack-in-office, to have rice to",4201
The Sign of the Four,"eat and water to drink, when that gorgeous fortune was ready for him",4202
The Sign of the Four,"outside, just waiting to be picked up. It might have driven me mad;",4203
The Sign of the Four,"but I was always a pretty stubborn one, so I just held on and bided",4204
The Sign of the Four,my time.,4205
The Sign of the Four,,4206
The Sign of the Four,"""At last it seemed to me to have come. I was changed from Agra to",4207
The Sign of the Four,"Madras, and from there to Blair Island in the Andamans. There are",4208
The Sign of the Four,"very few white convicts at this settlement, and, as I had behaved",4209
The Sign of the Four,"well from the first, I soon found myself a sort of privileged person.",4210
The Sign of the Four,"I was given a hut in Hope Town, which is a small place on the slopes",4211
The Sign of the Four,"of Mount Harriet, and I was left pretty much to myself. It is a",4212
The Sign of the Four,"dreary, fever-stricken place, and all beyond our little clearings was",4213
The Sign of the Four,"infested with wild cannibal natives, who were ready enough to blow a",4214
The Sign of the Four,"poisoned dart at us if they saw a chance. There was digging, and",4215
The Sign of the Four,"ditching, and yam-planting, and a dozen other things to be done, so",4216
The Sign of the Four,we were busy enough all day; though in the evening we had a little,4217
The Sign of the Four,"time to ourselves. Among other things, I learned to dispense drugs",4218
The Sign of the Four,"for the surgeon, and picked up a smattering of his knowledge. All the",4219
The Sign of the Four,time I was on the lookout for a chance of escape; but it is hundreds,4220
The Sign of the Four,"of miles from any other land, and there is little or no wind in those",4221
The Sign of the Four,seas: so it was a terribly difficult job to get away.,4222
The Sign of the Four,,4223
The Sign of the Four,"""The surgeon, Dr. Somerton, was a fast, sporting young chap, and the",4224
The Sign of the Four,other young officers would meet in his rooms of an evening and play,4225
The Sign of the Four,"cards. The surgery, where I used to make up my drugs, was next to his",4226
The Sign of the Four,"sitting-room, with a small window between us. Often, if I felt",4227
The Sign of the Four,"lonesome, I used to turn out the lamp in the surgery, and then,",4228
The Sign of the Four,"standing there, I could hear their talk and watch their play. I am",4229
The Sign of the Four,"fond of a hand at cards myself, and it was almost as good as having",4230
The Sign of the Four,"one to watch the others. There was Major Sholto, Captain Morstan, and",4231
The Sign of the Four,"Lieutenant Bromley Brown, who were in command of the native troops,",4232
The Sign of the Four,"and there was the surgeon himself, and two or three prison-officials,",4233
The Sign of the Four,crafty old hands who played a nice sly safe game. A very snug little,4234
The Sign of the Four,party they used to make.,4235
The Sign of the Four,,4236
The Sign of the Four,"""Well, there was one thing which very soon struck me, and that was",4237
The Sign of the Four,"that the soldiers used always to lose and the civilians to win. Mind,",4238
The Sign of the Four,"I don't say that there was anything unfair, but so it was. These",4239
The Sign of the Four,prison-chaps had done little else than play cards ever since they had,4240
The Sign of the Four,"been at the Andamans, and they knew each other's game to a point,",4241
The Sign of the Four,while the others just played to pass the time and threw their cards,4242
The Sign of the Four,"down anyhow. Night after night the soldiers got up poorer men, and",4243
The Sign of the Four,the poorer they got the more keen they were to play. Major Sholto was,4244
The Sign of the Four,"the hardest hit. He used to pay in notes and gold at first, but soon",4245
The Sign of the Four,it came to notes of hand and for big sums. He sometimes would win for,4246
The Sign of the Four,"a few deals, just to give him heart, and then the luck would set in",4247
The Sign of the Four,against him worse than ever. All day he would wander about as black,4248
The Sign of the Four,"as thunder, and he took to drinking a deal more than was good for",4249
The Sign of the Four,him.,4250
The Sign of the Four,,4251
The Sign of the Four,"""One night he lost even more heavily than usual. I was sitting in my",4252
The Sign of the Four,hut when he and Captain Morstan came stumbling along on the way to,4253
The Sign of the Four,"their quarters. They were bosom friends, those two, and never far",4254
The Sign of the Four,apart. The major was raving about his losses.,4255
The Sign of the Four,,4256
The Sign of the Four,"""'It's all up, Morstan,' he was saying, as they passed my hut. 'I",4257
The Sign of the Four,shall have to send in my papers. I am a ruined man.',4258
The Sign of the Four,,4259
The Sign of the Four,"""'Nonsense, old chap!' said the other, slapping him upon the",4260
The Sign of the Four,"shoulder. 'I've had a nasty facer myself, but--' That was all I could",4261
The Sign of the Four,"hear, but it was enough to set me thinking.",4262
The Sign of the Four,,4263
The Sign of the Four,A couple of days later Major Sholto was strolling on the beach: so I,4264
The Sign of the Four,took the chance of speaking to him.,4265
The Sign of the Four,,4266
The Sign of the Four,"""'I wish to have your advice, major,' said I.",4267
The Sign of the Four,,4268
The Sign of the Four,"""'Well, Small, what is it?' he asked, taking his cheroot from his",4269
The Sign of the Four,lips.,4270
The Sign of the Four,,4271
The Sign of the Four,"""'I wanted to ask you, sir,' said I, 'who is the proper person to",4272
The Sign of the Four,whom hidden treasure should be handed over. I know where half a,4273
The Sign of the Four,"million worth lies, and, as I cannot use it myself, I thought perhaps",4274
The Sign of the Four,the best thing that I could do would be to hand it over to the proper,4275
The Sign of the Four,"authorities, and then perhaps they would get my sentence shortened",4276
The Sign of the Four,for me.',4277
The Sign of the Four,,4278
The Sign of the Four,"""'Half a million, Small?' he gasped, looking hard at me to see if I",4279
The Sign of the Four,was in earnest.,4280
The Sign of the Four,,4281
The Sign of the Four,"""'Quite that, sir,--in jewels and pearls. It lies there ready for",4282
The Sign of the Four,anyone. And the queer thing about it is that the real owner is,4283
The Sign of the Four,"outlawed and cannot hold property, so that it belongs to the first",4284
The Sign of the Four,comer.',4285
The Sign of the Four,,4286
The Sign of the Four,"""'To government, Small,' he stammered,--'to government.' But he said",4287
The Sign of the Four,"it in a halting fashion, and I knew in my heart that I had got him.",4288
The Sign of the Four,,4289
The Sign of the Four,"""'You think, then, sir, that I should give the information to the",4290
The Sign of the Four,"Governor-General?' said I, quietly.",4291
The Sign of the Four,,4292
The Sign of the Four,"""'Well, well, you must not do anything rash, or that you might",4293
The Sign of the Four,"repent. Let me hear all about it, Small. Give me the facts.'",4294
The Sign of the Four,,4295
The Sign of the Four,"""I told him the whole story, with small changes so that he could not",4296
The Sign of the Four,identify the places. When I had finished he stood stock still and,4297
The Sign of the Four,full of thought. I could see by the twitch of his lip that there was,4298
The Sign of the Four,a struggle going on within him.,4299
The Sign of the Four,,4300
The Sign of the Four,"""'This is a very important matter, Small,' he said, at last. 'You",4301
The Sign of the Four,"must not say a word to any one about it, and I shall see you again",4302
The Sign of the Four,soon.',4303
The Sign of the Four,,4304
The Sign of the Four,"""Two nights later he and his friend Captain Morstan came to my hut in",4305
The Sign of the Four,the dead of the night with a lantern.,4306
The Sign of the Four,,4307
The Sign of the Four,"""'I want you just to let Captain Morstan hear that story from your",4308
The Sign of the Four,"own lips, Small,' said he.",4309
The Sign of the Four,,4310
The Sign of the Four,"""I repeated it as I had told it before.",4311
The Sign of the Four,,4312
The Sign of the Four,"""'It rings true, eh?' said he. 'It's good enough to act upon?'",4313
The Sign of the Four,,4314
The Sign of the Four,"""Captain Morstan nodded.",4315
The Sign of the Four,,4316
The Sign of the Four,"""'Look here, Small,' said the major. 'We have been talking it over,",4317
The Sign of the Four,"my friend here and I, and we have come to the conclusion that this",4318
The Sign of the Four,"secret of yours is hardly a government matter, after all, but is a",4319
The Sign of the Four,"private concern of your own, which of course you have the power of",4320
The Sign of the Four,"disposing of as you think best. Now, the question is, what price",4321
The Sign of the Four,"would you ask for it? We might be inclined to take it up, and at",4322
The Sign of the Four,"least look into it, if we could agree as to terms.' He tried to speak",4323
The Sign of the Four,"in a cool, careless way, but his eyes were shining with excitement",4324
The Sign of the Four,and greed.,4325
The Sign of the Four,,4326
The Sign of the Four,"""'Why, as to that, gentlemen,' I answered, trying also to be cool,",4327
The Sign of the Four,"but feeling as excited as he did, 'there is only one bargain which a",4328
The Sign of the Four,man in my position can make. I shall want you to help me to my,4329
The Sign of the Four,"freedom, and to help my three companions to theirs.  We shall then",4330
The Sign of the Four,"take yo into partnership, and give you a fifth share to divide",4331
The Sign of the Four,between you.',4332
The Sign of the Four,,4333
The Sign of the Four,"""'Hum!' said he. 'A fifth share! That is not very tempting.'",4334
The Sign of the Four,,4335
The Sign of the Four,"""'It would come to fifty thousand apiece,' said I.",4336
The Sign of the Four,,4337
The Sign of the Four,"""'But how can we gain your freedom? You know very well that you ask",4338
The Sign of the Four,an impossibility.',4339
The Sign of the Four,,4340
The Sign of the Four,"""'Nothing of the sort,' I answered. 'I have thought it all out to the",4341
The Sign of the Four,last detail. The only bar to our escape is that we can get no boat,4342
The Sign of the Four,"fit for the voyage, and no provisions to last us for so long a time.",4343
The Sign of the Four,There are plenty of little yachts and yawls at Calcutta or Madras,4344
The Sign of the Four,which would serve our turn well. Do you bring one over. We shall,4345
The Sign of the Four,"engage to get aboard her by night, and if you will drop us on any",4346
The Sign of the Four,part of the Indian coast you will have done your part of the,4347
The Sign of the Four,bargain.',4348
The Sign of the Four,,4349
The Sign of the Four,"""'If there were only one,' he said.",4350
The Sign of the Four,,4351
The Sign of the Four,"""'None or all,' I answered. 'We have sworn it. The four of us must",4352
The Sign of the Four,always act together.',4353
The Sign of the Four,,4354
The Sign of the Four,"""'You see, Morstan,' said he, 'Small is a man of his word. He does",4355
The Sign of the Four,not flinch from his friend. I think we may very well trust him.',4356
The Sign of the Four,,4357
The Sign of the Four,"""'It's a dirty business,' the other answered. 'Yet, as you say, the",4358
The Sign of the Four,money would save our commissions handsomely.',4359
The Sign of the Four,,4360
The Sign of the Four,"""'Well, Small,' said the major, 'we must, I suppose, try and meet",4361
The Sign of the Four,"you. We must first, of course, test the truth of your story. Tell me",4362
The Sign of the Four,"where the box is hid, and I shall get leave of absence and go back to",4363
The Sign of the Four,India in the monthly relief-boat to inquire into the affair.',4364
The Sign of the Four,,4365
The Sign of the Four,"""'Not so fast,' said I, growing colder as he got hot. 'I must have",4366
The Sign of the Four,the consent of my three comrades. I tell you that it is four or none,4367
The Sign of the Four,with us.',4368
The Sign of the Four,,4369
The Sign of the Four,"""'Nonsense!' he broke in. 'What have three black fellows to do with",4370
The Sign of the Four,our agreement?',4371
The Sign of the Four,,4372
The Sign of the Four,"""'Black or blue,' said I, 'they are in with me, and we all go",4373
The Sign of the Four,together.',4374
The Sign of the Four,,4375
The Sign of the Four,"""Well, the matter ended by a second meeting, at which Mahomet Singh,",4376
The Sign of the Four,"Abdullah Khan, and Dost Akbar were all present. We talked the matter",4377
The Sign of the Four,"over again, and at last we came to an arrangement. We were to provide",4378
The Sign of the Four,both the officers with charts of the part of the Agra fort and mark,4379
The Sign of the Four,the place in the wall where the treasure was hid. Major Sholto was to,4380
The Sign of the Four,go to India to test our story. If he found the box he was to leave it,4381
The Sign of the Four,"there, to send out a small yacht provisioned for a voyage, which was",4382
The Sign of the Four,"to lie off Rutland Island, and to which we were to make our way, and",4383
The Sign of the Four,finally to return to his duties. Captain Morstan was then to apply,4384
The Sign of the Four,"for leave of absence, to meet us at Agra, and there we were to have a",4385
The Sign of the Four,"final division of the treasure, he taking the major's share as well",4386
The Sign of the Four,as his own. All this we sealed by the most solemn oaths that the mind,4387
The Sign of the Four,"could think or the lips utter. I sat up all night with paper and ink,",4388
The Sign of the Four,"and by the morning I had the two charts all ready, signed with the",4389
The Sign of the Four,"sign of four,--that is, of Abdullah, Akbar, Mahomet, and myself.",4390
The Sign of the Four,,4391
The Sign of the Four,"""Well, gentlemen, I weary you with my long story, and I know that my",4392
The Sign of the Four,friend Mr. Jones is impatient to get me safely stowed in chokey. I'll,4393
The Sign of the Four,"make it as short as I can. The villain Sholto went off to India, but",4394
The Sign of the Four,he never came back again. Captain Morstan showed me his name among a,4395
The Sign of the Four,list of passengers in one of the mail-boats very shortly afterwards.,4396
The Sign of the Four,"His uncle had died, leaving him a fortune, and he had left the army,",4397
The Sign of the Four,yet he could stoop to treat five men as he had treated us. Morstan,4398
The Sign of the Four,"went over to Agra shortly afterwards, and found, as we expected, that",4399
The Sign of the Four,"the treasure was indeed gone. The scoundrel had stolen it all,",4400
The Sign of the Four,without carrying out one of the conditions on which we had sold him,4401
The Sign of the Four,the secret. From that day I lived only for vengeance. I thought of it,4402
The Sign of the Four,"by day and I nursed it by night. It became an overpowering, absorbing",4403
The Sign of the Four,"passion with me. I cared nothing for the law,--nothing for the",4404
The Sign of the Four,"gallows. To escape, to track down Sholto, to have my hand upon his",4405
The Sign of the Four,"throat,--that was my one thought. Even the Agra treasure had come to",4406
The Sign of the Four,be a smaller thing in my mind than the slaying of Sholto.,4407
The Sign of the Four,,4408
The Sign of the Four,"""Well, I have set my mind on many things in this life, and never one",4409
The Sign of the Four,which I did not carry out. But it was weary years before my time,4410
The Sign of the Four,came. I have told you that I had picked up something of medicine. One,4411
The Sign of the Four,day when Dr. Somerton was down with a fever a little Andaman Islander,4412
The Sign of the Four,"was picked up by a convict-gang in the woods. He was sick to death,",4413
The Sign of the Four,"and had gone to a lonely place to die. I took him in hand, though he",4414
The Sign of the Four,"was as venomous as a young snake, and after a couple of months I got",4415
The Sign of the Four,"him all right and able to walk. He took a kind of fancy to me then,",4416
The Sign of the Four,"and would hardly go back to his woods, but was always hanging about",4417
The Sign of the Four,"my hut. I learned a little of his lingo from him, and this made him",4418
The Sign of the Four,all the fonder of me.,4419
The Sign of the Four,,4420
The Sign of the Four,"""Tonga--for that was his name--was a fine boatman, and owned a big,",4421
The Sign of the Four,roomy canoe of his own. When I found that he was devoted to me and,4422
The Sign of the Four,"would do anything to serve me, I saw my chance of escape. I talked it",4423
The Sign of the Four,over with him. He was to bring his boat round on a certain night to,4424
The Sign of the Four,"an old wharf which was never guarded, and there he was to pick me up.",4425
The Sign of the Four,I gave him directions to have several gourds of water and a lot of,4426
The Sign of the Four,"yams, cocoa-nuts, and sweet potatoes.",4427
The Sign of the Four,,4428
The Sign of the Four,"""He was stanch and true, was little Tonga. No man ever had a more",4429
The Sign of the Four,faithful mate. At the night named he had his boat at the wharf. As it,4430
The Sign of the Four,"chanced, however, there was one of the convict-guard down there,--a",4431
The Sign of the Four,vile Pathan who had never missed a chance of insulting and injuring,4432
The Sign of the Four,"me. I had always vowed vengeance, and now I had my chance. It was as",4433
The Sign of the Four,if fate had placed him in my way that I might pay my debt before I,4434
The Sign of the Four,"left the island. He stood on the bank with his back to me, and his",4435
The Sign of the Four,carbine on his shoulder. I looked about for a stone to beat out his,4436
The Sign of the Four,"brains with, but none could I see.",4437
The Sign of the Four,,4438
The Sign of the Four,"""Then a queer thought came into my head and showed me where I could",4439
The Sign of the Four,lay my hand on a weapon. I sat down in the darkness and unstrapped my,4440
The Sign of the Four,wooden leg. With three long hops I was on him. He put his carbine to,4441
The Sign of the Four,"his shoulder, but I struck him full, and knocked the whole front of",4442
The Sign of the Four,his skull in. You can see the split in the wood now where I hit him.,4443
The Sign of the Four,"We both went down together, for I could not keep my balance, but when",4444
The Sign of the Four,"I got up I found him still lying quiet enough. I made for the boat,",4445
The Sign of the Four,and in an hour we were well out at sea. Tonga had brought all his,4446
The Sign of the Four,"earthly possessions with him, his arms and his gods. Among other",4447
The Sign of the Four,"things, he had a long bamboo spear, and some Andaman cocoa-nut",4448
The Sign of the Four,"matting, with which I made a sort of sail. For ten days we were",4449
The Sign of the Four,"beating about, trusting to luck, and on the eleventh we were picked",4450
The Sign of the Four,up by a trader which was going from Singapore to Jiddah with a cargo,4451
The Sign of the Four,"of Malay pilgrims. They were a rum crowd, and Tonga and I soon",4452
The Sign of the Four,managed to settle down among them. They had one very good quality:,4453
The Sign of the Four,they let you alone and asked no questions.,4454
The Sign of the Four,,4455
The Sign of the Four,"""Well, if I were to tell you all the adventures that my little chum",4456
The Sign of the Four,"and I went through, you would not thank me, for I would have you here",4457
The Sign of the Four,"until the sun was shining. Here and there we drifted about the world,",4458
The Sign of the Four,"something always turning up to keep us from London. All the time,",4459
The Sign of the Four,"however, I never lost sight of my purpose. I would dream of Sholto at",4460
The Sign of the Four,"night. A hundred times I have killed him in my sleep. At last,",4461
The Sign of the Four,"however, some three or four years ago, we found ourselves in England.",4462
The Sign of the Four,"I had no great difficulty in finding where Sholto lived, and I set to",4463
The Sign of the Four,"work to discover whether he had realized the treasure, or if he still",4464
The Sign of the Four,"had it. I made friends with someone who could help me,--I name no",4465
The Sign of the Four,"names, for I don't want to get any one else in a hole,--and I soon",4466
The Sign of the Four,found that he still had the jewels. Then I tried to get at him in,4467
The Sign of the Four,"many ways; but he was pretty sly, and had always two prize-fighters,",4468
The Sign of the Four,"besides his sons and his khitmutgar, on guard over him.",4469
The Sign of the Four,,4470
The Sign of the Four,"""One day, however, I got word that he was dying. I hurried at once to",4471
The Sign of the Four,"the garden, mad that he should slip out of my clutches like that,",4472
The Sign of the Four,"and, looking through the window, I saw him lying in his bed, with his",4473
The Sign of the Four,sons on each side of him. I'd have come through and taken my chance,4474
The Sign of the Four,"with the three of them, only even as I looked at him his jaw dropped,",4475
The Sign of the Four,"and I knew that he was gone. I got into his room that same night,",4476
The Sign of the Four,"though, and I searched his papers to see if there was any record of",4477
The Sign of the Four,"where he had hidden our jewels. There was not a line, however: so I",4478
The Sign of the Four,"came away, bitter and savage as a man could be. Before I left I",4479
The Sign of the Four,bethought me that if I ever met my Sikh friends again it would be a,4480
The Sign of the Four,satisfaction to know that I had left some mark of our hatred: so I,4481
The Sign of the Four,"scrawled down the sign of the four of us, as it had been on the",4482
The Sign of the Four,"chart, and I pinned it on his bosom. It was too much that he should",4483
The Sign of the Four,be taken to the grave without some token from the men whom he had,4484
The Sign of the Four,robbed and befooled.,4485
The Sign of the Four,,4486
The Sign of the Four,"""We earned a living at this time by my exhibiting poor Tonga at fairs",4487
The Sign of the Four,and other such places as the black cannibal. He would eat raw meat,4488
The Sign of the Four,and dance his war-dance: so we always had a hatful of pennies after a,4489
The Sign of the Four,"day's work. I still heard all the news from Pondicherry Lodge, and",4490
The Sign of the Four,"for some years there was no news to hear, except that they were",4491
The Sign of the Four,"hunting for the treasure. At last, however, came what we had waited",4492
The Sign of the Four,for so long. The treasure had been found. It was up at the top of the,4493
The Sign of the Four,"house, in Mr. Bartholomew Sholto's chemical laboratory. I came at",4494
The Sign of the Four,"once and had a look at the place, but I could not see how with my",4495
The Sign of the Four,"wooden leg I was to make my way up to it. I learned, however, about a",4496
The Sign of the Four,"trap-door in the roof, and also about Mr. Sholto's supper-hour. It",4497
The Sign of the Four,seemed to me that I could manage the thing easily through Tonga. I,4498
The Sign of the Four,brought him out with me with a long rope wound round his waist. He,4499
The Sign of the Four,"could climb like a cat, and he soon made his way through the roof,",4500
The Sign of the Four,"but, as ill luck would have it, Bartholomew Sholto was still in the",4501
The Sign of the Four,"room, to his cost. Tonga thought he had done something very clever in",4502
The Sign of the Four,"killing him, for when I came up by the rope I found him strutting",4503
The Sign of the Four,about as proud as a peacock. Very much surprised was he when I made,4504
The Sign of the Four,at him with the rope's end and cursed him for a little blood-thirsty,4505
The Sign of the Four,"imp. I took the treasure-box and let it down, and then slid down",4506
The Sign of the Four,"myself, having first left the sign of the four upon the table, to",4507
The Sign of the Four,show that the jewels had come back at last to those who had most,4508
The Sign of the Four,"right to them. Tonga then pulled up the rope, closed the window, and",4509
The Sign of the Four,made off the way that he had come.,4510
The Sign of the Four,,4511
The Sign of the Four,"""I don't know that I have anything else to tell you. I had heard a",4512
The Sign of the Four,"waterman speak of the speed of Smith's launch, the Aurora, so I",4513
The Sign of the Four,thought she would be a handy craft for our escape. I engaged with old,4514
The Sign of the Four,"Smith, and was to give him a big sum if he got us safe to our ship.",4515
The Sign of the Four,"He knew, no doubt, that there was some screw loose, but he was not in",4516
The Sign of the Four,"our secrets. All this is the truth, and if I tell it to you,",4517
The Sign of the Four,"gentlemen, it is not to amuse you,--for you have not done me a very",4518
The Sign of the Four,"good turn,--but it is because I believe the best defence I can make",4519
The Sign of the Four,"is just to hold back nothing, but let all the world know how badly I",4520
The Sign of the Four,"have myself been served by Major Sholto, and how innocent I am of the",4521
The Sign of the Four,"death of his son.""",4522
The Sign of the Four,,4523
The Sign of the Four,"""A very remarkable account,"" said Sherlock Holmes. ""A fitting wind-up",4524
The Sign of the Four,to an extremely interesting case. There is nothing at all new to me,4525
The Sign of the Four,"in the latter part of your narrative, except that you brought your",4526
The Sign of the Four,"own rope. That I did not know. By the way, I had hoped that Tonga had",4527
The Sign of the Four,"lost all his darts; yet he managed to shoot one at us in the boat.""",4528
The Sign of the Four,,4529
The Sign of the Four,"""He had lost them all, sir, except the one which was in his blow-pipe",4530
The Sign of the Four,"at the time.""",4531
The Sign of the Four,,4532
The Sign of the Four,"""Ah, of course,"" said Holmes. ""I had not thought of that.""",4533
The Sign of the Four,,4534
The Sign of the Four,"""Is there any other point which you would like to ask about?"" asked",4535
The Sign of the Four,"the convict, affably.",4536
The Sign of the Four,,4537
The Sign of the Four,"""I think not, thank you,"" my companion answered.",4538
The Sign of the Four,,4539
The Sign of the Four,"""Well, Holmes,"" said Athelney Jones, ""You are a man to be humored,",4540
The Sign of the Four,"and we all know that you are a connoisseur of crime, but duty is",4541
The Sign of the Four,"duty, and I have gone rather far in doing what you and your friend",4542
The Sign of the Four,asked me. I shall feel more at ease when we have our story-teller,4543
The Sign of the Four,"here safe under lock and key. The cab still waits, and there are two",4544
The Sign of the Four,inspectors down-stairs. I am much obliged to you both for your,4545
The Sign of the Four,assistance. Of course you will be wanted at the trial. Good-night to,4546
The Sign of the Four,"you.""",4547
The Sign of the Four,,4548
The Sign of the Four,"""Good-night, gentlemen both,"" said Jonathan Small.",4549
The Sign of the Four,,4550
The Sign of the Four,"""You first, Small,"" remarked the wary Jones as they left the room.",4551
The Sign of the Four,"""I'll take particular care that you don't club me with your wooden",4552
The Sign of the Four,"leg, whatever you may have done to the gentleman at the Andaman",4553
The Sign of the Four,"Isles.""",4554
The Sign of the Four,,4555
The Sign of the Four,"""Well, and there is the end of our little drama,"" I remarked, after",4556
The Sign of the Four,"we had set some time smoking in silence. ""I fear that it may be the",4557
The Sign of the Four,last investigation in which I shall have the chance of studying your,4558
The Sign of the Four,methods. Miss Morstan has done me the honor to accept me as a husband,4559
The Sign of the Four,"in prospective.""",4560
The Sign of the Four,,4561
The Sign of the Four,"He gave a most dismal groan. ""I feared as much,"" said he. ""I really",4562
The Sign of the Four,"cannot congratulate you.""",4563
The Sign of the Four,,4564
The Sign of the Four,"I was a little hurt. ""Have you any reason to be dissatisfied with my",4565
The Sign of the Four,"choice?"" I asked.",4566
The Sign of the Four,,4567
The Sign of the Four,"""Not at all. I think she is one of the most charming young ladies I",4568
The Sign of the Four,"ever met, and might have been most useful in such work as we have",4569
The Sign of the Four,been doing. She had a decided genius that way: witness the way in,4570
The Sign of the Four,which she preserved that Agra plan from all the other papers of her,4571
The Sign of the Four,"father. But love is an emotional thing, and whatever is emotional is",4572
The Sign of the Four,opposed to that true cold reason which I place above all things. I,4573
The Sign of the Four,"should never marry myself, lest I bias my judgment.""",4574
The Sign of the Four,,4575
The Sign of the Four,"""I trust,"" said I, laughing, ""that my judgment may survive the",4576
The Sign of the Four,"ordeal. But you look weary.""",4577
The Sign of the Four,,4578
The Sign of the Four,"""Yes, the reaction is already upon me. I shall be as limp as a rag",4579
The Sign of the Four,"for a week.""",4580
The Sign of the Four,,4581
The Sign of the Four,"""Strange,"" said I, ""how terms of what in another man I should call",4582
The Sign of the Four,"laziness alternate with your fits of splendid energy and vigor.""",4583
The Sign of the Four,,4584
The Sign of the Four,"""Yes,"" he answered, ""there are in me the makings of a very fine",4585
The Sign of the Four,loafer and also of a pretty spry sort of fellow. I often think of,4586
The Sign of the Four,"those lines of old Goethe,--",4587
The Sign of the Four,,4588
The Sign of the Four,"Schade, daß die Natur nur einen Mensch aus Dir schuf,",4589
The Sign of the Four,Denn zum würdigen Mann war und zum Schelmen der Stoff.,4590
The Sign of the Four,,4591
The Sign of the Four,"""By the way, a propos of this Norwood business, you see that they",4592
The Sign of the Four,"had, as I surmised, a confederate in the house, who could be none",4593
The Sign of the Four,"other than Lal Rao, the butler: so Jones actually has the undivided",4594
The Sign of the Four,"honor of having caught one fish in his great haul.""",4595
The Sign of the Four,,4596
The Sign of the Four,"""The division seems rather unfair,"" I remarked. ""You have done all",4597
The Sign of the Four,"the work in this business. I get a wife out of it, Jones gets the",4598
The Sign of the Four,"credit, pray what remains for you?""",4599
The Sign of the Four,,4600
The Sign of the Four,"""For me,"" said Sherlock Holmes, ""there still remains the",4601
The Sign of the Four,"cocaine-bottle."" And he stretched his long white hand up for it.",4602
The Sign of the Four,,4603
The Sign of the Four,THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES,4604
The Sign of the Four,,4605
A Scandal in Bohemia,A SCANDAL IN BOHEMIA,1
A Scandal in Bohemia,,2
A Scandal in Bohemia,Table of contents,3
A Scandal in Bohemia,Chapter 1,4
A Scandal in Bohemia,Chapter 2,5
A Scandal in Bohemia,Chapter 3,6
A Scandal in Bohemia,,7
A Scandal in Bohemia,CHAPTER I,8
A Scandal in Bohemia,,9
A Scandal in Bohemia,To Sherlock Holmes she is always the woman. I have seldom heard him,10
A Scandal in Bohemia,mention her under any other name. In his eyes she eclipses and,11
A Scandal in Bohemia,predominates the whole of her sex. It was not that he felt any,12
A Scandal in Bohemia,"emotion akin to love for Irene Adler. All emotions, and that one",13
A Scandal in Bohemia,"particularly, were abhorrent to his cold, precise but admirably",14
A Scandal in Bohemia,"balanced mind. He was, I take it, the most perfect reasoning and",15
A Scandal in Bohemia,"observing machine that the world has seen, but as a lover he would",16
A Scandal in Bohemia,have placed himself in a false position. He never spoke of the softer,17
A Scandal in Bohemia,"passions, save with a gibe and a sneer. They were admirable things",18
A Scandal in Bohemia,for the observer--excellent for drawing the veil from men's motives,19
A Scandal in Bohemia,and actions. But for the trained reasoner to admit such intrusions,20
A Scandal in Bohemia,into his own delicate and finely adjusted temperament was to,21
A Scandal in Bohemia,introduce a distracting factor which might throw a doubt upon all his,22
A Scandal in Bohemia,"mental results. Grit in a sensitive instrument, or a crack in one of",23
A Scandal in Bohemia,"his own high-power lenses, would not be more disturbing than a strong",24
A Scandal in Bohemia,emotion in a nature such as his. And yet there was but one woman to,25
A Scandal in Bohemia,"him, and that woman was the late Irene Adler, of dubious and",26
A Scandal in Bohemia,questionable memory.,27
A Scandal in Bohemia,,28
A Scandal in Bohemia,I had seen little of Holmes lately. My marriage had drifted us away,29
A Scandal in Bohemia,"from each other. My own complete happiness, and the home-centred",30
A Scandal in Bohemia,interests which rise up around the man who first finds himself master,31
A Scandal in Bohemia,"of his own establishment, were sufficient to absorb all my attention,",32
A Scandal in Bohemia,"while Holmes, who loathed every form of society with his whole",33
A Scandal in Bohemia,"Bohemian soul, remained in our lodgings in Baker Street, buried among",34
A Scandal in Bohemia,"his old books, and alternating from week to week between cocaine and",35
A Scandal in Bohemia,"ambition, the drowsiness of the drug, and the fierce energy of his",36
A Scandal in Bohemia,"own keen nature. He was still, as ever, deeply attracted by the study",37
A Scandal in Bohemia,"of crime, and occupied his immense faculties and extraordinary powers",38
A Scandal in Bohemia,"of observation in following out those clues, and clearing up those",39
A Scandal in Bohemia,mysteries which had been abandoned as hopeless by the official,40
A Scandal in Bohemia,police. From time to time I heard some vague account of his doings:,41
A Scandal in Bohemia,"of his summons to Odessa in the case of the Trepoff murder, of his",42
A Scandal in Bohemia,clearing up of the singular tragedy of the Atkinson brothers at,43
A Scandal in Bohemia,"Trincomalee, and finally of the mission which he had accomplished so",44
A Scandal in Bohemia,delicately and successfully for the reigning family of Holland.,45
A Scandal in Bohemia,"Beyond these signs of his activity, however, which I merely shared",46
A Scandal in Bohemia,"with all the readers of the daily press, I knew little of my former",47
A Scandal in Bohemia,friend and companion.,48
A Scandal in Bohemia,,49
A Scandal in Bohemia,"One night--it was on the twentieth of March, 1888--I was returning",50
A Scandal in Bohemia,from a journey to a patient (for I had now returned to civil,51
A Scandal in Bohemia,"practice), when my way led me through Baker Street. As I passed the",52
A Scandal in Bohemia,"well-remembered door, which must always be associated in my mind with",53
A Scandal in Bohemia,"my wooing, and with the dark incidents of the Study in Scarlet, I was",54
A Scandal in Bohemia,"seized with a keen desire to see Holmes again, and to know how he was",55
A Scandal in Bohemia,"employing his extraordinary powers. His rooms were brilliantly lit,",56
A Scandal in Bohemia,"and, even as I looked up, I saw his tall, spare figure pass twice in",57
A Scandal in Bohemia,"a dark silhouette against the blind. He was pacing the room swiftly,",58
A Scandal in Bohemia,"eagerly, with his head sunk upon his chest and his hands clasped",59
A Scandal in Bohemia,"behind him. To me, who knew his every mood and habit, his attitude",60
A Scandal in Bohemia,and manner told their own story. He was at work again. He had risen,61
A Scandal in Bohemia,out of his drug-created dreams and was hot upon the scent of some new,62
A Scandal in Bohemia,problem. I rang the bell and was shown up to the chamber which had,63
A Scandal in Bohemia,formerly been in part my own.,64
A Scandal in Bohemia,,65
A Scandal in Bohemia,"His manner was not effusive. It seldom was; but he was glad, I think,",66
A Scandal in Bohemia,"to see me. With hardly a word spoken, but with a kindly eye, he waved",67
A Scandal in Bohemia,"me to an armchair, threw across his case of cigars, and indicated a",68
A Scandal in Bohemia,spirit case and a gasogene in the corner. Then he stood before the,69
A Scandal in Bohemia,fire and looked me over in his singular introspective fashion.,70
A Scandal in Bohemia,,71
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Wedlock suits you,"" he remarked. ""I think, Watson, that you have put",72
A Scandal in Bohemia,"on seven and a half pounds since I saw you.""",73
A Scandal in Bohemia,,74
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Seven!"" I answered.",75
A Scandal in Bohemia,,76
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Indeed, I should have thought a little more. Just a trifle more, I",77
A Scandal in Bohemia,"fancy, Watson. And in practice again, I observe. You did not tell me",78
A Scandal in Bohemia,"that you intended to go into harness.""",79
A Scandal in Bohemia,,80
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Then, how do you know?""",81
A Scandal in Bohemia,,82
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""I see it, I deduce it. How do I know that you have been getting",83
A Scandal in Bohemia,"yourself very wet lately, and that you have a most clumsy and",84
A Scandal in Bohemia,"careless servant girl?""",85
A Scandal in Bohemia,,86
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""My dear Holmes,"" said I, ""this is too much. You would certainly have",87
A Scandal in Bohemia,"been burned, had you lived a few centuries ago. It is true that I had",88
A Scandal in Bohemia,"a country walk on Thursday and came home in a dreadful mess, but as I",89
A Scandal in Bohemia,have changed my clothes I can't imagine how you deduce it. As to Mary,90
A Scandal in Bohemia,"Jane, she is incorrigible, and my wife has given her notice, but",91
A Scandal in Bohemia,"there, again, I fail to see how you work it out.""",92
A Scandal in Bohemia,,93
A Scandal in Bohemia,"He chuckled to himself and rubbed his long, nervous hands together.",94
A Scandal in Bohemia,,95
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""It is simplicity itself,"" said he; ""my eyes tell me that on the",96
A Scandal in Bohemia,"inside of your left shoe, just where the firelight strikes it, the",97
A Scandal in Bohemia,leather is scored by six almost parallel cuts. Obviously they have,98
A Scandal in Bohemia,been caused by someone who has very carelessly scraped round the,99
A Scandal in Bohemia,"edges of the sole in order to remove crusted mud from it. Hence, you",100
A Scandal in Bohemia,"see, my double deduction that you had been out in vile weather, and",101
A Scandal in Bohemia,that you had a particularly malignant boot-slitting specimen of the,102
A Scandal in Bohemia,"London slavey. As to your practice, if a gentleman walks into my",103
A Scandal in Bohemia,"rooms smelling of iodoform, with a black mark of nitrate of silver",104
A Scandal in Bohemia,"upon his right forefinger, and a bulge on the right side of his",105
A Scandal in Bohemia,"top-hat to show where he has secreted his stethoscope, I must be",106
A Scandal in Bohemia,"dull, indeed, if I do not pronounce him to be an active member of the",107
A Scandal in Bohemia,"medical profession.""",108
A Scandal in Bohemia,,109
A Scandal in Bohemia,I could not help laughing at the ease with which he explained his,110
A Scandal in Bohemia,"process of deduction. ""When I hear you give your reasons,"" I",111
A Scandal in Bohemia,"remarked, ""the thing always appears to me to be so ridiculously",112
A Scandal in Bohemia,"simple that I could easily do it myself, though at each successive",113
A Scandal in Bohemia,instance of your reasoning I am baffled until you explain your,114
A Scandal in Bohemia,"process. And yet I believe that my eyes are as good as yours.""",115
A Scandal in Bohemia,,116
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Quite so,"" he answered, lighting a cigarette, and throwing himself",117
A Scandal in Bohemia,"down into an armchair. ""You see, but you do not observe. The",118
A Scandal in Bohemia,"distinction is clear. For example, you have frequently seen the steps",119
A Scandal in Bohemia,"which lead up from the hall to this room.""",120
A Scandal in Bohemia,,121
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Frequently.""",122
A Scandal in Bohemia,,123
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""How often?""",124
A Scandal in Bohemia,,125
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Well, some hundreds of times.""",126
A Scandal in Bohemia,,127
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Then how many are there?""",128
A Scandal in Bohemia,,129
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""How many? I don't know.""",130
A Scandal in Bohemia,,131
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Quite so! You have not observed. And yet you have seen. That is just",132
A Scandal in Bohemia,"my point. Now, I know that there are seventeen steps, because I have",133
A Scandal in Bohemia,"both seen and observed. By-the-way, since you are interested in these",134
A Scandal in Bohemia,"little problems, and since you are good enough to chronicle one or",135
A Scandal in Bohemia,"two of my trifling experiences, you may be interested in this."" He",136
A Scandal in Bohemia,"threw over a sheet of thick, pink-tinted note-paper which had been",137
A Scandal in Bohemia,"lying open upon the table. ""It came by the last post,"" said he. ""Read",138
A Scandal in Bohemia,"it aloud.""",139
A Scandal in Bohemia,,140
A Scandal in Bohemia,"The note was undated, and without either signature or address.",141
A Scandal in Bohemia,,142
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""There will call upon you to-night, at a quarter to eight o'clock,""",143
A Scandal in Bohemia,"it said, ""a gentleman who desires to consult you upon a matter of the",144
A Scandal in Bohemia,very deepest moment. Your recent services to one of the royal houses,145
A Scandal in Bohemia,of Europe have shown that you are one who may safely be trusted with,146
A Scandal in Bohemia,matters which are of an importance which can hardly be exaggerated.,147
A Scandal in Bohemia,This account of you we have from all quarters received. Be in your,148
A Scandal in Bohemia,"chamber then at that hour, and do not take it amiss if your visitor",149
A Scandal in Bohemia,"wear a mask.""",150
A Scandal in Bohemia,,151
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""This is indeed a mystery,"" I remarked. ""What do you imagine that it",152
A Scandal in Bohemia,"means?""",153
A Scandal in Bohemia,,154
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""I have no data yet. It is a capital mistake to theorize before one",155
A Scandal in Bohemia,"has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories,",156
A Scandal in Bohemia,instead of theories to suit facts. But the note itself. What do you,157
A Scandal in Bohemia,"deduce from it?""",158
A Scandal in Bohemia,,159
A Scandal in Bohemia,"I carefully examined the writing, and the paper upon which it was",160
A Scandal in Bohemia,written.,161
A Scandal in Bohemia,,162
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""The man who wrote it was presumably well to do,"" I remarked,",163
A Scandal in Bohemia,"endeavouring to imitate my companion's processes. ""Such paper could",164
A Scandal in Bohemia,not be bought under half a crown a packet. It is peculiarly strong,165
A Scandal in Bohemia,"and stiff.""",166
A Scandal in Bohemia,,167
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Peculiar--that is the very word,"" said Holmes. ""It is not an English",168
A Scandal in Bohemia,"paper at all. Hold it up to the light.""",169
A Scandal in Bohemia,,170
A Scandal in Bohemia,"I did so, and saw a large ""E"" with a small ""g,"" a ""P,"" and a large",171
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""G"" with a small ""t"" woven into the texture of the paper.",172
A Scandal in Bohemia,,173
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""What do you make of that?"" asked Holmes.",174
A Scandal in Bohemia,,175
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""The name of the maker, no doubt; or his monogram, rather.""",176
A Scandal in Bohemia,,177
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Not at all. The 'G' with the small 't' stands for 'Gesellschaft,'",178
A Scandal in Bohemia,which is the German for 'Company.' It is a customary contraction like,179
A Scandal in Bohemia,"our 'Co.' 'P,' of course, stands for 'Papier.' Now for the 'Eg.' Let",180
A Scandal in Bohemia,"us glance at our Continental Gazetteer."" He took down a heavy brown",181
A Scandal in Bohemia,"volume from his shelves. ""Eglow, Eglonitz--here we are, Egria. It is",182
A Scandal in Bohemia,"in a German-speaking country--in Bohemia, not far from Carlsbad.",183
A Scandal in Bohemia,"'Remarkable as being the scene of the death of Wallenstein, and for",184
A Scandal in Bohemia,"its numerous glass-factories and paper-mills.' Ha, ha, my boy, what",185
A Scandal in Bohemia,"do you make of that?"" His eyes sparkled, and he sent up a great blue",186
A Scandal in Bohemia,triumphant cloud from his cigarette.,187
A Scandal in Bohemia,,188
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""The paper was made in Bohemia,"" I said.",189
A Scandal in Bohemia,,190
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Precisely. And the man who wrote the note is a German. Do you note",191
A Scandal in Bohemia,the peculiar construction of the sentence--'This account of you we,192
A Scandal in Bohemia,have from all quarters received.' A Frenchman or Russian could not,193
A Scandal in Bohemia,have written that. It is the German who is so uncourteous to his,194
A Scandal in Bohemia,"verbs. It only remains, therefore, to discover what is wanted by this",195
A Scandal in Bohemia,German who writes upon Bohemian paper and prefers wearing a mask to,196
A Scandal in Bohemia,"showing his face. And here he comes, if I am not mistaken, to resolve",197
A Scandal in Bohemia,"all our doubts.""",198
A Scandal in Bohemia,,199
A Scandal in Bohemia,As he spoke there was the sharp sound of horses' hoofs and grating,200
A Scandal in Bohemia,"wheels against the curb, followed by a sharp pull at the bell. Holmes",201
A Scandal in Bohemia,whistled.,202
A Scandal in Bohemia,,203
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""A pair, by the sound,"" said he. ""Yes,"" he continued, glancing out of",204
A Scandal in Bohemia,"the window. ""A nice little brougham and a pair of beauties. A hundred",205
A Scandal in Bohemia,"and fifty guineas apiece. There's money in this case, Watson, if",206
A Scandal in Bohemia,"there is nothing else.""",207
A Scandal in Bohemia,,208
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""I think that I had better go, Holmes.""",209
A Scandal in Bohemia,,210
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Not a bit, Doctor. Stay where you are. I am lost without my Boswell.",211
A Scandal in Bohemia,"And this promises to be interesting. It would be a pity to miss it.""",212
A Scandal in Bohemia,,213
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""But your client--""",214
A Scandal in Bohemia,,215
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Never mind him. I may want your help, and so may he. Here he comes.",216
A Scandal in Bohemia,"Sit down in that armchair, Doctor, and give us your best attention.""",217
A Scandal in Bohemia,,218
A Scandal in Bohemia,"A slow and heavy step, which had been heard upon the stairs and in",219
A Scandal in Bohemia,"the passage, paused immediately outside the door. Then there was a",220
A Scandal in Bohemia,loud and authoritative tap.,221
A Scandal in Bohemia,,222
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Come in!"" said Holmes.",223
A Scandal in Bohemia,,224
A Scandal in Bohemia,A man entered who could hardly have been less than six feet six,225
A Scandal in Bohemia,"inches in height, with the chest and limbs of a Hercules. His dress",226
A Scandal in Bohemia,"was rich with a richness which would, in England, be looked upon as",227
A Scandal in Bohemia,akin to bad taste. Heavy bands of astrakhan were slashed across the,228
A Scandal in Bohemia,"sleeves and fronts of his double-breasted coat, while the deep blue",229
A Scandal in Bohemia,cloak which was thrown over his shoulders was lined with,230
A Scandal in Bohemia,flame-coloured silk and secured at the neck with a brooch which,231
A Scandal in Bohemia,consisted of a single flaming beryl. Boots which extended halfway up,232
A Scandal in Bohemia,"his calves, and which were trimmed at the tops with rich brown fur,",233
A Scandal in Bohemia,completed the impression of barbaric opulence which was suggested by,234
A Scandal in Bohemia,"his whole appearance. He carried a broad-brimmed hat in his hand,",235
A Scandal in Bohemia,"while he wore across the upper part of his face, extending down past",236
A Scandal in Bohemia,"the cheekbones, a black vizard mask, which he had apparently adjusted",237
A Scandal in Bohemia,"that very moment, for his hand was still raised to it as he entered.",238
A Scandal in Bohemia,From the lower part of the face he appeared to be a man of strong,239
A Scandal in Bohemia,"character, with a thick, hanging lip, and a long, straight chin",240
A Scandal in Bohemia,suggestive of resolution pushed to the length of obstinacy.,241
A Scandal in Bohemia,,242
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""You had my note?"" he asked with a deep harsh voice and a strongly",243
A Scandal in Bohemia,"marked German accent. ""I told you that I would call."" He looked from",244
A Scandal in Bohemia,"one to the other of us, as if uncertain which to address.",245
A Scandal in Bohemia,,246
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Pray take a seat,"" said Holmes. ""This is my friend and colleague,",247
A Scandal in Bohemia,"Dr. Watson, who is occasionally good enough to help me in my cases.",248
A Scandal in Bohemia,"Whom have I the honour to address?""",249
A Scandal in Bohemia,,250
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""You may address me as the Count Von Kramm, a Bohemian nobleman. I",251
A Scandal in Bohemia,"understand that this gentleman, your friend, is a man of honour and",252
A Scandal in Bohemia,"discretion, whom I may trust with a matter of the most extreme",253
A Scandal in Bohemia,"importance. If not, I should much prefer to communicate with you",254
A Scandal in Bohemia,"alone.""",255
A Scandal in Bohemia,,256
A Scandal in Bohemia,"I rose to go, but Holmes caught me by the wrist and pushed me back",257
A Scandal in Bohemia,"into my chair. ""It is both, or none,"" said he. ""You may say before",258
A Scandal in Bohemia,"this gentleman anything which you may say to me.""",259
A Scandal in Bohemia,,260
A Scandal in Bohemia,"The Count shrugged his broad shoulders. ""Then I must begin,"" said he,",261
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""by binding you both to absolute secrecy for two years; at the end of",262
A Scandal in Bohemia,that time the matter will be of no importance. At present it is not,263
A Scandal in Bohemia,too much to say that it is of such weight it may have an influence,264
A Scandal in Bohemia,"upon European history.""",265
A Scandal in Bohemia,,266
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""I promise,"" said Holmes.",267
A Scandal in Bohemia,,268
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""And I.""",269
A Scandal in Bohemia,,270
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""You will excuse this mask,"" continued our strange visitor. ""The",271
A Scandal in Bohemia,"august person who employs me wishes his agent to be unknown to you,",272
A Scandal in Bohemia,and I may confess at once that the title by which I have just called,273
A Scandal in Bohemia,"myself is not exactly my own.""",274
A Scandal in Bohemia,,275
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""I was aware of it,"" said Holmes dryly.",276
A Scandal in Bohemia,,277
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""The circumstances are of great delicacy, and every precaution has to",278
A Scandal in Bohemia,be taken to quench what might grow to be an immense scandal and,279
A Scandal in Bohemia,seriously compromise one of the reigning families of Europe. To speak,280
A Scandal in Bohemia,"plainly, the matter implicates the great House of Ormstein,",281
A Scandal in Bohemia,"hereditary kings of Bohemia.""",282
A Scandal in Bohemia,,283
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""I was also aware of that,"" murmured Holmes, settling himself down in",284
A Scandal in Bohemia,his armchair and closing his eyes.,285
A Scandal in Bohemia,,286
A Scandal in Bohemia,"Our visitor glanced with some apparent surprise at the languid,",287
A Scandal in Bohemia,lounging figure of the man who had been no doubt depicted to him as,288
A Scandal in Bohemia,the most incisive reasoner and most energetic agent in Europe. Holmes,289
A Scandal in Bohemia,slowly reopened his eyes and looked impatiently at his gigantic,290
A Scandal in Bohemia,client.,291
A Scandal in Bohemia,,292
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""If your Majesty would condescend to state your case,"" he remarked,",293
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""I should be better able to advise you.""",294
A Scandal in Bohemia,,295
A Scandal in Bohemia,The man sprang from his chair and paced up and down the room in,296
A Scandal in Bohemia,"uncontrollable agitation. Then, with a gesture of desperation, he",297
A Scandal in Bohemia,"tore the mask from his face and hurled it upon the ground. ""You are",298
A Scandal in Bohemia,"right,"" he cried; ""I am the King. Why should I attempt to conceal",299
A Scandal in Bohemia,"it?""",300
A Scandal in Bohemia,,301
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Why, indeed?"" murmured Holmes. ""Your Majesty had not spoken before I",302
A Scandal in Bohemia,was aware that I was addressing Wilhelm Gottsreich Sigismond von,303
A Scandal in Bohemia,"Ormstein, Grand Duke of Cassel-Felstein, and hereditary King of",304
A Scandal in Bohemia,"Bohemia.""",305
A Scandal in Bohemia,,306
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""But you can understand,"" said our strange visitor, sitting down once",307
A Scandal in Bohemia,"more and passing his hand over his high white forehead, ""you can",308
A Scandal in Bohemia,understand that I am not accustomed to doing such business in my own,309
A Scandal in Bohemia,person. Yet the matter was so delicate that I could not confide it to,310
A Scandal in Bohemia,an agent without putting myself in his power. I have come incognito,311
A Scandal in Bohemia,"from Prague for the purpose of consulting you.""",312
A Scandal in Bohemia,,313
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Then, pray consult,"" said Holmes, shutting his eyes once more.",314
A Scandal in Bohemia,,315
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""The facts are briefly these: Some five years ago, during a lengthy",316
A Scandal in Bohemia,"visit to Warsaw, I made the acquaintance of the well-known",317
A Scandal in Bohemia,"adventuress, Irene Adler. The name is no doubt familiar to you.""",318
A Scandal in Bohemia,,319
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Kindly look her up in my index, Doctor,"" murmured Holmes without",320
A Scandal in Bohemia,opening his eyes. For many years he had adopted a system of docketing,321
A Scandal in Bohemia,"all paragraphs concerning men and things, so that it was difficult to",322
A Scandal in Bohemia,name a subject or a person on which he could not at once furnish,323
A Scandal in Bohemia,information. In this case I found her biography sandwiched in between,324
A Scandal in Bohemia,that of a Hebrew rabbi and that of a staff-commander who had written,325
A Scandal in Bohemia,a monograph upon the deep-sea fishes.,326
A Scandal in Bohemia,,327
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Let me see!"" said Holmes. ""Hum! Born in New Jersey in the year 1858.",328
A Scandal in Bohemia,"Contralto--hum! La Scala, hum! Prima donna Imperial Opera of",329
A Scandal in Bohemia,Warsaw--yes! Retired from operatic stage--ha! Living in London--quite,330
A Scandal in Bohemia,"so! Your Majesty, as I understand, became entangled with this young",331
A Scandal in Bohemia,"person, wrote her some compromising letters, and is now desirous of",332
A Scandal in Bohemia,"getting those letters back.""",333
A Scandal in Bohemia,,334
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Precisely so. But how--""",335
A Scandal in Bohemia,,336
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Was there a secret marriage?""",337
A Scandal in Bohemia,,338
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""None.""",339
A Scandal in Bohemia,,340
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""No legal papers or certificates?""",341
A Scandal in Bohemia,,342
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""None.""",343
A Scandal in Bohemia,,344
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Then I fail to follow your Majesty. If this young person should",345
A Scandal in Bohemia,"produce her letters for blackmailing or other purposes, how is she to",346
A Scandal in Bohemia,"prove their authenticity?""",347
A Scandal in Bohemia,,348
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""There is the writing.""",349
A Scandal in Bohemia,,350
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Pooh, pooh! Forgery.""",351
A Scandal in Bohemia,,352
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""My private note-paper.""",353
A Scandal in Bohemia,,354
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Stolen.""",355
A Scandal in Bohemia,,356
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""My own seal.""",357
A Scandal in Bohemia,,358
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Imitated.""",359
A Scandal in Bohemia,,360
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""My photograph.""",361
A Scandal in Bohemia,,362
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Bought.""",363
A Scandal in Bohemia,,364
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""We were both in the photograph.""",365
A Scandal in Bohemia,,366
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Oh, dear! That is very bad! Your Majesty has indeed committed an",367
A Scandal in Bohemia,"indiscretion.""",368
A Scandal in Bohemia,,369
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""I was mad--insane.""",370
A Scandal in Bohemia,,371
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""You have compromised yourself seriously.""",372
A Scandal in Bohemia,,373
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""I was only Crown Prince then. I was young. I am but thirty now.""",374
A Scandal in Bohemia,,375
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""It must be recovered.""",376
A Scandal in Bohemia,,377
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""We have tried and failed.""",378
A Scandal in Bohemia,,379
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Your Majesty must pay. It must be bought.""",380
A Scandal in Bohemia,,381
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""She will not sell.""",382
A Scandal in Bohemia,,383
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Stolen, then.""",384
A Scandal in Bohemia,,385
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Five attempts have been made. Twice burglars in my pay ransacked her",386
A Scandal in Bohemia,house. Once we diverted her luggage when she travelled. Twice she has,387
A Scandal in Bohemia,"been waylaid. There has been no result.""",388
A Scandal in Bohemia,,389
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""No sign of it?""",390
A Scandal in Bohemia,,391
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Absolutely none.""",392
A Scandal in Bohemia,,393
A Scandal in Bohemia,"Holmes laughed. ""It is quite a pretty little problem,"" said he.",394
A Scandal in Bohemia,,395
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""But a very serious one to me,"" returned the King reproachfully.",396
A Scandal in Bohemia,,397
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Very, indeed. And what does she propose to do with the photograph?""",398
A Scandal in Bohemia,,399
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""To ruin me.""",400
A Scandal in Bohemia,,401
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""But how?""",402
A Scandal in Bohemia,,403
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""I am about to be married.""",404
A Scandal in Bohemia,,405
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""So I have heard.""",406
A Scandal in Bohemia,,407
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""To Clotilde Lothman von Saxe-Meningen, second daughter of the King",408
A Scandal in Bohemia,of Scandinavia. You may know the strict principles of her family. She,409
A Scandal in Bohemia,is herself the very soul of delicacy. A shadow of a doubt as to my,410
A Scandal in Bohemia,"conduct would bring the matter to an end.""",411
A Scandal in Bohemia,,412
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""And Irene Adler?""",413
A Scandal in Bohemia,,414
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Threatens to send them the photograph. And she will do it. I know",415
A Scandal in Bohemia,"that she will do it. You do not know her, but she has a soul of",416
A Scandal in Bohemia,"steel. She has the face of the most beautiful of women, and the mind",417
A Scandal in Bohemia,of the most resolute of men. Rather than I should marry another,418
A Scandal in Bohemia,"woman, there are no lengths to which she would not go--none.""",419
A Scandal in Bohemia,,420
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""You are sure that she has not sent it yet?""",421
A Scandal in Bohemia,,422
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""I am sure.""",423
A Scandal in Bohemia,,424
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""And why?""",425
A Scandal in Bohemia,,426
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Because she has said that she would send it on the day when the",427
A Scandal in Bohemia,"betrothal was publicly proclaimed. That will be next Monday.""",428
A Scandal in Bohemia,,429
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Oh, then we have three days yet,"" said Holmes with a yawn. ""That is",430
A Scandal in Bohemia,"very fortunate, as I have one or two matters of importance to look",431
A Scandal in Bohemia,"into just at present. Your Majesty will, of course, stay in London",432
A Scandal in Bohemia,"for the present?""",433
A Scandal in Bohemia,,434
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Certainly. You will find me at the Langham under the name of the",435
A Scandal in Bohemia,"Count Von Kramm.""",436
A Scandal in Bohemia,,437
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Then I shall drop you a line to let you know how we progress.""",438
A Scandal in Bohemia,,439
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Pray do so. I shall be all anxiety.""",440
A Scandal in Bohemia,,441
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Then, as to money?""",442
A Scandal in Bohemia,,443
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""You have carte blanche.""",444
A Scandal in Bohemia,,445
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Absolutely?""",446
A Scandal in Bohemia,,447
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""I tell you that I would give one of the provinces of my kingdom to",448
A Scandal in Bohemia,"have that photograph.""",449
A Scandal in Bohemia,,450
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""And for present expenses?""",451
A Scandal in Bohemia,,452
A Scandal in Bohemia,The King took a heavy chamois leather bag from under his cloak and,453
A Scandal in Bohemia,laid it on the table.,454
A Scandal in Bohemia,,455
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""There are three hundred pounds in gold and seven hundred in notes,""",456
A Scandal in Bohemia,he said.,457
A Scandal in Bohemia,,458
A Scandal in Bohemia,Holmes scribbled a receipt upon a sheet of his note-book and handed,459
A Scandal in Bohemia,it to him.,460
A Scandal in Bohemia,,461
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""And Mademoiselle's address?"" he asked.",462
A Scandal in Bohemia,,463
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Is Briony Lodge, Serpentine Avenue, St. John's Wood.""",464
A Scandal in Bohemia,,465
A Scandal in Bohemia,"Holmes took a note of it. ""One other question,"" said he. ""Was the",466
A Scandal in Bohemia,"photograph a cabinet?""",467
A Scandal in Bohemia,,468
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""It was.""",469
A Scandal in Bohemia,,470
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Then, good-night, your Majesty, and I trust that we shall soon have",471
A Scandal in Bohemia,"some good news for you. And good-night, Watson,"" he added, as the",472
A Scandal in Bohemia,"wheels of the royal brougham rolled down the street. ""If you will be",473
A Scandal in Bohemia,good enough to call to-morrow afternoon at three o'clock I should,474
A Scandal in Bohemia,"like to chat this little matter over with you.""",475
A Scandal in Bohemia,,476
A Scandal in Bohemia,CHAPTER II,477
A Scandal in Bohemia,,478
A Scandal in Bohemia,"At three o'clock precisely I was at Baker Street, but Holmes had not",479
A Scandal in Bohemia,yet returned. The landlady informed me that he had left the house,480
A Scandal in Bohemia,shortly after eight o'clock in the morning. I sat down beside the,481
A Scandal in Bohemia,"fire, however, with the intention of awaiting him, however long he",482
A Scandal in Bohemia,"might be. I was already deeply interested in his inquiry, for, though",483
A Scandal in Bohemia,it was surrounded by none of the grim and strange features which were,484
A Scandal in Bohemia,"associated with the two crimes which I have already recorded, still,",485
A Scandal in Bohemia,the nature of the case and the exalted station of his client gave it,486
A Scandal in Bohemia,"a character of its own. Indeed, apart from the nature of the",487
A Scandal in Bohemia,"investigation which my friend had on hand, there was something in his",488
A Scandal in Bohemia,"masterly grasp of a situation, and his keen, incisive reasoning,",489
A Scandal in Bohemia,"which made it a pleasure to me to study his system of work, and to",490
A Scandal in Bohemia,"follow the quick, subtle methods by which he disentangled the most",491
A Scandal in Bohemia,inextricable mysteries. So accustomed was I to his invariable success,492
A Scandal in Bohemia,that the very possibility of his failing had ceased to enter into my,493
A Scandal in Bohemia,head.,494
A Scandal in Bohemia,,495
A Scandal in Bohemia,"It was close upon four before the door opened, and a drunken-looking",496
A Scandal in Bohemia,"groom, ill-kempt and side-whiskered, with an inflamed face and",497
A Scandal in Bohemia,"disreputable clothes, walked into the room. Accustomed as I was to my",498
A Scandal in Bohemia,"friend's amazing powers in the use of disguises, I had to look three",499
A Scandal in Bohemia,times before I was certain that it was indeed he. With a nod he,500
A Scandal in Bohemia,"vanished into the bedroom, whence he emerged in five minutes",501
A Scandal in Bohemia,"tweed-suited and respectable, as of old. Putting his hands into his",502
A Scandal in Bohemia,"pockets, he stretched out his legs in front of the fire and laughed",503
A Scandal in Bohemia,heartily for some minutes.,504
A Scandal in Bohemia,,505
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Well, really!"" he cried, and then he choked and laughed again until",506
A Scandal in Bohemia,"he was obliged to lie back, limp and helpless, in the chair.",507
A Scandal in Bohemia,,508
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""What is it?""",509
A Scandal in Bohemia,,510
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""It's quite too funny. I am sure you could never guess how I employed",511
A Scandal in Bohemia,"my morning, or what I ended by doing.""",512
A Scandal in Bohemia,,513
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""I can't imagine. I suppose that you have been watching the habits,",514
A Scandal in Bohemia,"and perhaps the house, of Miss Irene Adler.""",515
A Scandal in Bohemia,,516
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Quite so; but the sequel was rather unusual. I will tell you,",517
A Scandal in Bohemia,however. I left the house a little after eight o'clock this morning,518
A Scandal in Bohemia,in the character of a groom out of work. There is a wonderful,519
A Scandal in Bohemia,"sympathy and freemasonry among horsey men. Be one of them, and you",520
A Scandal in Bohemia,will know all that there is to know. I soon found Briony Lodge. It is,521
A Scandal in Bohemia,"a bijou villa, with a garden at the back, but built out in front",522
A Scandal in Bohemia,"right up to the road, two stories. Chubb lock to the door. Large",523
A Scandal in Bohemia,"sitting-room on the right side, well furnished, with long windows",524
A Scandal in Bohemia,"almost to the floor, and those preposterous English window fasteners",525
A Scandal in Bohemia,"which a child could open. Behind there was nothing remarkable, save",526
A Scandal in Bohemia,that the passage window could be reached from the top of the,527
A Scandal in Bohemia,coach-house. I walked round it and examined it closely from every,528
A Scandal in Bohemia,"point of view, but without noting anything else of interest.",529
A Scandal in Bohemia,,530
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""I then lounged down the street and found, as I expected, that there",531
A Scandal in Bohemia,was a mews in a lane which runs down by one wall of the garden. I,532
A Scandal in Bohemia,"lent the ostlers a hand in rubbing down their horses, and received in",533
A Scandal in Bohemia,"exchange twopence, a glass of half and half, two fills of shag",534
A Scandal in Bohemia,"tobacco, and as much information as I could desire about Miss Adler,",535
A Scandal in Bohemia,to say nothing of half a dozen other people in the neighbourhood in,536
A Scandal in Bohemia,"whom I was not in the least interested, but whose biographies I was",537
A Scandal in Bohemia,"compelled to listen to.""",538
A Scandal in Bohemia,,539
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""And what of Irene Adler?"" I asked.",540
A Scandal in Bohemia,,541
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Oh, she has turned all the men's heads down in that part. She is the",542
A Scandal in Bohemia,daintiest thing under a bonnet on this planet. So say the,543
A Scandal in Bohemia,"Serpentine-mews, to a man. She lives quietly, sings at concerts,",544
A Scandal in Bohemia,"drives out at five every day, and returns at seven sharp for dinner.",545
A Scandal in Bohemia,"Seldom goes out at other times, except when she sings. Has only one",546
A Scandal in Bohemia,"male visitor, but a good deal of him. He is dark, handsome, and",547
A Scandal in Bohemia,"dashing, never calls less than once a day, and often twice. He is a",548
A Scandal in Bohemia,"Mr. Godfrey Norton, of the Inner Temple. See the advantages of a",549
A Scandal in Bohemia,cabman as a confidant. They had driven him home a dozen times from,550
A Scandal in Bohemia,"Serpentine-mews, and knew all about him. When I had listened to all",551
A Scandal in Bohemia,"they had to tell, I began to walk up and down near Briony Lodge once",552
A Scandal in Bohemia,"more, and to think over my plan of campaign.",553
A Scandal in Bohemia,,554
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""This Godfrey Norton was evidently an important factor in the matter.",555
A Scandal in Bohemia,He was a lawyer. That sounded ominous. What was the relation between,556
A Scandal in Bohemia,"them, and what the object of his repeated visits? Was she his client,",557
A Scandal in Bohemia,"his friend, or his mistress? If the former, she had probably",558
A Scandal in Bohemia,"transferred the photograph to his keeping. If the latter, it was less",559
A Scandal in Bohemia,likely. On the issue of this question depended whether I should,560
A Scandal in Bohemia,"continue my work at Briony Lodge, or turn my attention to the",561
A Scandal in Bohemia,"gentleman's chambers in the Temple. It was a delicate point, and it",562
A Scandal in Bohemia,widened the field of my inquiry. I fear that I bore you with these,563
A Scandal in Bohemia,"details, but I have to let you see my little difficulties, if you are",564
A Scandal in Bohemia,"to understand the situation.""",565
A Scandal in Bohemia,,566
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""I am following you closely,"" I answered.",567
A Scandal in Bohemia,,568
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""I was still balancing the matter in my mind when a hansom cab drove",569
A Scandal in Bohemia,"up to Briony Lodge, and a gentleman sprang out. He was a remarkably",570
A Scandal in Bohemia,"handsome man, dark, aquiline, and moustached--evidently the man of",571
A Scandal in Bohemia,"whom I had heard. He appeared to be in a great hurry, shouted to the",572
A Scandal in Bohemia,"cabman to wait, and brushed past the maid who opened the door with",573
A Scandal in Bohemia,the air of a man who was thoroughly at home.,574
A Scandal in Bohemia,,575
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""He was in the house about half an hour, and I could catch glimpses",576
A Scandal in Bohemia,"of him in the windows of the sitting-room, pacing up and down,",577
A Scandal in Bohemia,"talking excitedly, and waving his arms. Of her I could see nothing.",578
A Scandal in Bohemia,"Presently he emerged, looking even more flurried than before. As he",579
A Scandal in Bohemia,"stepped up to the cab, he pulled a gold watch from his pocket and",580
A Scandal in Bohemia,"looked at it earnestly, 'Drive like the devil,' he shouted, 'first to",581
A Scandal in Bohemia,"Gross & Hankey's in Regent Street, and then to the Church of St.",582
A Scandal in Bohemia,Monica in the Edgeware Road. Half a guinea if you do it in twenty,583
A Scandal in Bohemia,minutes!',584
A Scandal in Bohemia,,585
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Away they went, and I was just wondering whether I should not do",586
A Scandal in Bohemia,"well to follow them when up the lane came a neat little landau, the",587
A Scandal in Bohemia,"coachman with his coat only half-buttoned, and his tie under his ear,",588
A Scandal in Bohemia,while all the tags of his harness were sticking out of the buckles.,589
A Scandal in Bohemia,It hadn't pulled up before she shot out of the hall door and into it.,590
A Scandal in Bohemia,"I only caught a glimpse of her at the moment, but she was a lovely",591
A Scandal in Bohemia,"woman, with a face that a man might die for.",592
A Scandal in Bohemia,,593
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""'The Church of St. Monica, John,' she cried, 'and half a sovereign",594
A Scandal in Bohemia,if you reach it in twenty minutes.',595
A Scandal in Bohemia,,596
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""This was quite too good to lose, Watson. I was just balancing",597
A Scandal in Bohemia,"whether I should run for it, or whether I should perch behind her",598
A Scandal in Bohemia,landau when a cab came through the street. The driver looked twice at,599
A Scandal in Bohemia,"such a shabby fare, but I jumped in before he could object. 'The",600
A Scandal in Bohemia,"Church of St. Monica,' said I, 'and half a sovereign if you reach it",601
A Scandal in Bohemia,"in twenty minutes.' It was twenty-five minutes to twelve, and of",602
A Scandal in Bohemia,course it was clear enough what was in the wind.,603
A Scandal in Bohemia,,604
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""My cabby drove fast. I don't think I ever drove faster, but the",605
A Scandal in Bohemia,others were there before us. The cab and the landau with their,606
A Scandal in Bohemia,steaming horses were in front of the door when I arrived. I paid the,607
A Scandal in Bohemia,man and hurried into the church. There was not a soul there save the,608
A Scandal in Bohemia,"two whom I had followed and a surpliced clergyman, who seemed to be",609
A Scandal in Bohemia,expostulating with them. They were all three standing in a knot in,610
A Scandal in Bohemia,front of the altar. I lounged up the side aisle like any other idler,611
A Scandal in Bohemia,"who has dropped into a church. Suddenly, to my surprise, the three at",612
A Scandal in Bohemia,"the altar faced round to me, and Godfrey Norton came running as hard",613
A Scandal in Bohemia,as he could towards me.,614
A Scandal in Bohemia,,615
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""'Thank God,' he cried. 'You'll do. Come! Come!'",616
A Scandal in Bohemia,,617
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""'What then?' I asked.",618
A Scandal in Bohemia,,619
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""'Come, man, come, only three minutes, or it won't be legal.'",620
A Scandal in Bohemia,,621
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""I was half-dragged up to the altar, and before I knew where I was I",622
A Scandal in Bohemia,"found myself mumbling responses which were whispered in my ear, and",623
A Scandal in Bohemia,"vouching for things of which I knew nothing, and generally assisting",624
A Scandal in Bohemia,"in the secure tying up of Irene Adler, spinster, to Godfrey Norton,",625
A Scandal in Bohemia,"bachelor. It was all done in an instant, and there was the gentleman",626
A Scandal in Bohemia,"thanking me on the one side and the lady on the other, while the",627
A Scandal in Bohemia,clergyman beamed on me in front. It was the most preposterous,628
A Scandal in Bohemia,"position in which I ever found myself in my life, and it was the",629
A Scandal in Bohemia,thought of it that started me laughing just now. It seems that there,630
A Scandal in Bohemia,"had been some informality about their license, that the clergyman",631
A Scandal in Bohemia,"absolutely refused to marry them without a witness of some sort, and",632
A Scandal in Bohemia,that my lucky appearance saved the bridegroom from having to sally,633
A Scandal in Bohemia,out into the streets in search of a best man. The bride gave me a,634
A Scandal in Bohemia,"sovereign, and I mean to wear it on my watch-chain in memory of the",635
A Scandal in Bohemia,"occasion.""",636
A Scandal in Bohemia,,637
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""This is a very unexpected turn of affairs,"" said I; ""and what then?""",638
A Scandal in Bohemia,,639
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Well, I found my plans very seriously menaced. It looked as if the",640
A Scandal in Bohemia,"pair might take an immediate departure, and so necessitate very",641
A Scandal in Bohemia,"prompt and energetic measures on my part. At the church door,",642
A Scandal in Bohemia,"however, they separated, he driving back to the Temple, and she to",643
A Scandal in Bohemia,"her own house. 'I shall drive out in the park at five as usual,' she",644
A Scandal in Bohemia,said as she left him. I heard no more. They drove away in different,645
A Scandal in Bohemia,"directions, and I went off to make my own arrangements.""",646
A Scandal in Bohemia,,647
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Which are?""",648
A Scandal in Bohemia,,649
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Some cold beef and a glass of beer,"" he answered, ringing the bell.",650
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""I have been too busy to think of food, and I am likely to be busier",651
A Scandal in Bohemia,"still this evening. By the way, Doctor, I shall want your",652
A Scandal in Bohemia,"co-operation.""",653
A Scandal in Bohemia,,654
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""I shall be delighted.""",655
A Scandal in Bohemia,,656
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""You don't mind breaking the law?""",657
A Scandal in Bohemia,,658
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Not in the least.""",659
A Scandal in Bohemia,,660
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Nor running a chance of arrest?""",661
A Scandal in Bohemia,,662
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Not in a good cause.""",663
A Scandal in Bohemia,,664
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Oh, the cause is excellent!""",665
A Scandal in Bohemia,,666
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Then I am your man.""",667
A Scandal in Bohemia,,668
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""I was sure that I might rely on you.""",669
A Scandal in Bohemia,,670
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""But what is it you wish?""",671
A Scandal in Bohemia,,672
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""When Mrs. Turner has brought in the tray I will make it clear to",673
A Scandal in Bohemia,"you. Now,"" he said as he turned hungrily on the simple fare that our",674
A Scandal in Bohemia,"landlady had provided, ""I must discuss it while I eat, for I have not",675
A Scandal in Bohemia,much time. It is nearly five now. In two hours we must be on the,676
A Scandal in Bohemia,"scene of action. Miss Irene, or Madame, rather, returns from her",677
A Scandal in Bohemia,"drive at seven. We must be at Briony Lodge to meet her.""",678
A Scandal in Bohemia,,679
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""And what then?""",680
A Scandal in Bohemia,,681
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""You must leave that to me. I have already arranged what is to occur.",682
A Scandal in Bohemia,There is only one point on which I must insist. You must not,683
A Scandal in Bohemia,"interfere, come what may. You understand?""",684
A Scandal in Bohemia,,685
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""I am to be neutral?""",686
A Scandal in Bohemia,,687
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""To do nothing whatever. There will probably be some small",688
A Scandal in Bohemia,unpleasantness. Do not join in it. It will end in my being conveyed,689
A Scandal in Bohemia,into the house. Four or five minutes afterwards the sitting-room,690
A Scandal in Bohemia,window will open. You are to station yourself close to that open,691
A Scandal in Bohemia,"window.""",692
A Scandal in Bohemia,,693
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Yes.""",694
A Scandal in Bohemia,,695
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""You are to watch me, for I will be visible to you.""",696
A Scandal in Bohemia,,697
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Yes.""",698
A Scandal in Bohemia,,699
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""And when I raise my hand--so--you will throw into the room what I",700
A Scandal in Bohemia,"give you to throw, and will, at the same time, raise the cry of fire.",701
A Scandal in Bohemia,"You quite follow me?""",702
A Scandal in Bohemia,,703
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Entirely.""",704
A Scandal in Bohemia,,705
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""It is nothing very formidable,"" he said, taking a long cigar-shaped",706
A Scandal in Bohemia,"roll from his pocket. ""It is an ordinary plumber's smoke-rocket,",707
A Scandal in Bohemia,fitted with a cap at either end to make it self-lighting. Your task,708
A Scandal in Bohemia,"is confined to that. When you raise your cry of fire, it will be",709
A Scandal in Bohemia,taken up by quite a number of people. You may then walk to the end of,710
A Scandal in Bohemia,"the street, and I will rejoin you in ten minutes. I hope that I have",711
A Scandal in Bohemia,"made myself clear?""",712
A Scandal in Bohemia,,713
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""I am to remain neutral, to get near the window, to watch you, and at",714
A Scandal in Bohemia,"the signal to throw in this object, then to raise the cry of fire,",715
A Scandal in Bohemia,"and to wait you at the corner of the street.""",716
A Scandal in Bohemia,,717
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Precisely.""",718
A Scandal in Bohemia,,719
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Then you may entirely rely on me.""",720
A Scandal in Bohemia,,721
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""That is excellent. I think, perhaps, it is almost time that I",722
A Scandal in Bohemia,"prepare for the new role I have to play.""",723
A Scandal in Bohemia,,724
A Scandal in Bohemia,He disappeared into his bedroom and returned in a few minutes in the,725
A Scandal in Bohemia,character of an amiable and simple-minded Nonconformist clergyman.,726
A Scandal in Bohemia,"His broad black hat, his baggy trousers, his white tie, his",727
A Scandal in Bohemia,"sympathetic smile, and general look of peering and benevolent",728
A Scandal in Bohemia,curiosity were such as Mr. John Hare alone could have equalled. It,729
A Scandal in Bohemia,"was not merely that Holmes changed his costume. His expression, his",730
A Scandal in Bohemia,"manner, his very soul seemed to vary with every fresh part that he",731
A Scandal in Bohemia,"assumed. The stage lost a fine actor, even as science lost an acute",732
A Scandal in Bohemia,"reasoner, when he became a specialist in crime.",733
A Scandal in Bohemia,,734
A Scandal in Bohemia,"It was a quarter past six when we left Baker Street, and it still",735
A Scandal in Bohemia,wanted ten minutes to the hour when we found ourselves in Serpentine,736
A Scandal in Bohemia,"Avenue. It was already dusk, and the lamps were just being lighted as",737
A Scandal in Bohemia,"we paced up and down in front of Briony Lodge, waiting for the coming",738
A Scandal in Bohemia,of its occupant. The house was just such as I had pictured it from,739
A Scandal in Bohemia,"Sherlock Holmes' succinct description, but the locality appeared to",740
A Scandal in Bohemia,"be less private than I expected. On the contrary, for a small street",741
A Scandal in Bohemia,"in a quiet neighbourhood, it was remarkably animated. There was a",742
A Scandal in Bohemia,"group of shabbily dressed men smoking and laughing in a corner, a",743
A Scandal in Bohemia,"scissors-grinder with his wheel, two guardsmen who were flirting with",744
A Scandal in Bohemia,"a nurse-girl, and several well-dressed young men who were lounging up",745
A Scandal in Bohemia,and down with cigars in their mouths.,746
A Scandal in Bohemia,,747
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""You see,"" remarked Holmes, as we paced to and fro in front of the",748
A Scandal in Bohemia,"house, ""this marriage rather simplifies matters. The photograph",749
A Scandal in Bohemia,becomes a double-edged weapon now. The chances are that she would be,750
A Scandal in Bohemia,"as averse to its being seen by Mr. Godfrey Norton, as our client is",751
A Scandal in Bohemia,to its coming to the eyes of his princess. Now the question is--Where,752
A Scandal in Bohemia,"are we to find the photograph?""",753
A Scandal in Bohemia,,754
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Where, indeed?""",755
A Scandal in Bohemia,,756
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""It is most unlikely that she carries it about with her. It is",757
A Scandal in Bohemia,cabinet size. Too large for easy concealment about a woman's dress.,758
A Scandal in Bohemia,She knows that the King is capable of having her waylaid and,759
A Scandal in Bohemia,searched. Two attempts of the sort have already been made. We may,760
A Scandal in Bohemia,"take it, then, that she does not carry it about with her.""",761
A Scandal in Bohemia,,762
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Where, then?""",763
A Scandal in Bohemia,,764
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Her banker or her lawyer. There is that double possibility. But I am",765
A Scandal in Bohemia,"inclined to think neither. Women are naturally secretive, and they",766
A Scandal in Bohemia,like to do their own secreting. Why should she hand it over to anyone,767
A Scandal in Bohemia,"else? She could trust her own guardianship, but she could not tell",768
A Scandal in Bohemia,what indirect or political influence might be brought to bear upon a,769
A Scandal in Bohemia,"business man. Besides, remember that she had resolved to use it",770
A Scandal in Bohemia,within a few days. It must be where she can lay her hands upon it. It,771
A Scandal in Bohemia,"must be in her own house.""",772
A Scandal in Bohemia,,773
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""But it has twice been burgled.""",774
A Scandal in Bohemia,,775
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Pshaw! They did not know how to look.""",776
A Scandal in Bohemia,,777
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""But how will you look?""",778
A Scandal in Bohemia,,779
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""I will not look.""",780
A Scandal in Bohemia,,781
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""What then?""",782
A Scandal in Bohemia,,783
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""I will get her to show me.""",784
A Scandal in Bohemia,,785
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""But she will refuse.""",786
A Scandal in Bohemia,,787
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""She will not be able to. But I hear the rumble of wheels. It is her",788
A Scandal in Bohemia,"carriage. Now carry out my orders to the letter.""",789
A Scandal in Bohemia,,790
A Scandal in Bohemia,As he spoke the gleam of the side-lights of a carriage came round the,791
A Scandal in Bohemia,curve of the avenue. It was a smart little landau which rattled up to,792
A Scandal in Bohemia,"the door of Briony Lodge. As it pulled up, one of the loafing men at",793
A Scandal in Bohemia,the corner dashed forward to open the door in the hope of earning a,794
A Scandal in Bohemia,"copper, but was elbowed away by another loafer, who had rushed up",795
A Scandal in Bohemia,"with the same intention. A fierce quarrel broke out, which was",796
A Scandal in Bohemia,"increased by the two guardsmen, who took sides with one of the",797
A Scandal in Bohemia,"loungers, and by the scissors-grinder, who was equally hot upon the",798
A Scandal in Bohemia,"other side. A blow was struck, and in an instant the lady, who had",799
A Scandal in Bohemia,"stepped from her carriage, was the centre of a little knot of flushed",800
A Scandal in Bohemia,"and struggling men, who struck savagely at each other with their",801
A Scandal in Bohemia,fists and sticks. Holmes dashed into the crowd to protect the lady;,802
A Scandal in Bohemia,"but just as he reached her he gave a cry and dropped to the ground,",803
A Scandal in Bohemia,with the blood running freely down his face. At his fall the,804
A Scandal in Bohemia,guardsmen took to their heels in one direction and the loungers in,805
A Scandal in Bohemia,"the other, while a number of better-dressed people, who had watched",806
A Scandal in Bohemia,"the scuffle without taking part in it, crowded in to help the lady",807
A Scandal in Bohemia,"and to attend to the injured man. Irene Adler, as I will still call",808
A Scandal in Bohemia,"her, had hurried up the steps; but she stood at the top with her",809
A Scandal in Bohemia,"superb figure outlined against the lights of the hall, looking back",810
A Scandal in Bohemia,into the street.,811
A Scandal in Bohemia,,812
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Is the poor gentleman much hurt?"" she asked.",813
A Scandal in Bohemia,,814
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""He is dead,"" cried several voices.",815
A Scandal in Bohemia,,816
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""No, no, there's life in him!"" shouted another. ""But he'll be gone",817
A Scandal in Bohemia,"before you can get him to hospital.""",818
A Scandal in Bohemia,,819
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""He's a brave fellow,"" said a woman. ""They would have had the lady's",820
A Scandal in Bohemia,"purse and watch if it hadn't been for him. They were a gang, and a",821
A Scandal in Bohemia,"rough one, too. Ah, he's breathing now.""",822
A Scandal in Bohemia,,823
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""He can't lie in the street. May we bring him in, marm?""",824
A Scandal in Bohemia,,825
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Surely. Bring him into the sitting-room. There is a comfortable",826
A Scandal in Bohemia,"sofa. This way, please!""",827
A Scandal in Bohemia,,828
A Scandal in Bohemia,Slowly and solemnly he was borne into Briony Lodge and laid out in,829
A Scandal in Bohemia,"the principal room, while I still observed the proceedings from my",830
A Scandal in Bohemia,"post by the window. The lamps had been lit, but the blinds had not",831
A Scandal in Bohemia,"been drawn, so that I could see Holmes as he lay upon the couch. I do",832
A Scandal in Bohemia,not know whether he was seized with compunction at that moment for,833
A Scandal in Bohemia,"the part he was playing, but I know that I never felt more heartily",834
A Scandal in Bohemia,ashamed of myself in my life than when I saw the beautiful creature,835
A Scandal in Bohemia,"against whom I was conspiring, or the grace and kindliness with which",836
A Scandal in Bohemia,she waited upon the injured man. And yet it would be the blackest,837
A Scandal in Bohemia,treachery to Holmes to draw back now from the part which he had,838
A Scandal in Bohemia,"intrusted to me. I hardened my heart, and took the smoke-rocket from",839
A Scandal in Bohemia,"under my ulster. After all, I thought, we are not injuring her. We",840
A Scandal in Bohemia,are but preventing her from injuring another.,841
A Scandal in Bohemia,,842
A Scandal in Bohemia,"Holmes had sat up upon the couch, and I saw him motion like a man who",843
A Scandal in Bohemia,is in need of air. A maid rushed across and threw open the window. At,844
A Scandal in Bohemia,the same instant I saw him raise his hand and at the signal I tossed,845
A Scandal in Bohemia,"my rocket into the room with a cry of ""Fire!"" The word was no sooner",846
A Scandal in Bohemia,"out of my mouth than the whole crowd of spectators, well dressed and",847
A Scandal in Bohemia,"ill--gentlemen, ostlers, and servant-maids--joined in a general",848
A Scandal in Bohemia,"shriek of ""Fire!"" Thick clouds of smoke curled through the room and",849
A Scandal in Bohemia,"out at the open window. I caught a glimpse of rushing figures, and a",850
A Scandal in Bohemia,moment later the voice of Holmes from within assuring them that it,851
A Scandal in Bohemia,was a false alarm. Slipping through the shouting crowd I made my way,852
A Scandal in Bohemia,"to the corner of the street, and in ten minutes was rejoiced to find",853
A Scandal in Bohemia,"my friend's arm in mine, and to get away from the scene of uproar. He",854
A Scandal in Bohemia,walked swiftly and in silence for some few minutes until we had,855
A Scandal in Bohemia,turned down one of the quiet streets which lead towards the Edgeware,856
A Scandal in Bohemia,Road.,857
A Scandal in Bohemia,,858
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""You did it very nicely, Doctor,"" he remarked. ""Nothing could have",859
A Scandal in Bohemia,"been better. It is all right.""",860
A Scandal in Bohemia,,861
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""You have the photograph?""",862
A Scandal in Bohemia,,863
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""I know where it is.""",864
A Scandal in Bohemia,,865
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""And how did you find out?""",866
A Scandal in Bohemia,,867
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""She showed me, as I told you she would.""",868
A Scandal in Bohemia,,869
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""I am still in the dark.""",870
A Scandal in Bohemia,,871
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""I do not wish to make a mystery,"" said he, laughing. ""The matter was",872
A Scandal in Bohemia,"perfectly simple. You, of course, saw that everyone in the street was",873
A Scandal in Bohemia,"an accomplice. They were all engaged for the evening.""",874
A Scandal in Bohemia,,875
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""I guessed as much.""",876
A Scandal in Bohemia,,877
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Then, when the row broke out, I had a little moist red paint in the",878
A Scandal in Bohemia,"palm of my hand. I rushed forward, fell down, clapped my hand to my",879
A Scandal in Bohemia,"face, and became a piteous spectacle. It is an old trick.""",880
A Scandal in Bohemia,,881
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""That also I could fathom.""",882
A Scandal in Bohemia,,883
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Then they carried me in. She was bound to have me in. What else",884
A Scandal in Bohemia,"could she do? And into her sitting-room, which was the very room",885
A Scandal in Bohemia,"which I suspected. It lay between that and her bedroom, and I was",886
A Scandal in Bohemia,"determined to see which. They laid me on a couch, I motioned for air,",887
A Scandal in Bohemia,"they were compelled to open the window, and you had your chance.""",888
A Scandal in Bohemia,,889
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""How did that help you?""",890
A Scandal in Bohemia,,891
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""It was all-important. When a woman thinks that her house is on fire,",892
A Scandal in Bohemia,her instinct is at once to rush to the thing which she values most.,893
A Scandal in Bohemia,"It is a perfectly overpowering impulse, and I have more than once",894
A Scandal in Bohemia,taken advantage of it. In the case of the Darlington substitution,895
A Scandal in Bohemia,"scandal it was of use to me, and also in the Arnsworth Castle",896
A Scandal in Bohemia,business. A married woman grabs at her baby; an unmarried one reaches,897
A Scandal in Bohemia,for her jewel-box. Now it was clear to me that our lady of to-day had,898
A Scandal in Bohemia,nothing in the house more precious to her than what we are in quest,899
A Scandal in Bohemia,of. She would rush to secure it. The alarm of fire was admirably,900
A Scandal in Bohemia,done. The smoke and shouting were enough to shake nerves of steel.,901
A Scandal in Bohemia,She responded beautifully. The photograph is in a recess behind a,902
A Scandal in Bohemia,sliding panel just above the right bell-pull. She was there in an,903
A Scandal in Bohemia,"instant, and I caught a glimpse of it as she half-drew it out. When I",904
A Scandal in Bohemia,"cried out that it was a false alarm, she replaced it, glanced at the",905
A Scandal in Bohemia,"rocket, rushed from the room, and I have not seen her since. I rose,",906
A Scandal in Bohemia,"and, making my excuses, escaped from the house. I hesitated whether",907
A Scandal in Bohemia,to attempt to secure the photograph at once; but the coachman had,908
A Scandal in Bohemia,"come in, and as he was watching me narrowly it seemed safer to wait.",909
A Scandal in Bohemia,"A little over-precipitance may ruin all.""",910
A Scandal in Bohemia,,911
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""And now?"" I asked.",912
A Scandal in Bohemia,,913
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Our quest is practically finished. I shall call with the King",914
A Scandal in Bohemia,"to-morrow, and with you, if you care to come with us. We will be",915
A Scandal in Bohemia,"shown into the sitting-room to wait for the lady, but it is probable",916
A Scandal in Bohemia,that when she comes she may find neither us nor the photograph. It,917
A Scandal in Bohemia,might be a satisfaction to his Majesty to regain it with his own,918
A Scandal in Bohemia,"hands.""",919
A Scandal in Bohemia,,920
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""And when will you call?""",921
A Scandal in Bohemia,,922
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""At eight in the morning. She will not be up, so that we shall have a",923
A Scandal in Bohemia,"clear field. Besides, we must be prompt, for this marriage may mean a",924
A Scandal in Bohemia,complete change in her life and habits. I must wire to the King,925
A Scandal in Bohemia,"without delay.""",926
A Scandal in Bohemia,,927
A Scandal in Bohemia,We had reached Baker Street and had stopped at the door. He was,928
A Scandal in Bohemia,searching his pockets for the key when someone passing said:,929
A Scandal in Bohemia,,930
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Good-night, Mister Sherlock Holmes.""",931
A Scandal in Bohemia,,932
A Scandal in Bohemia,"There were several people on the pavement at the time, but the",933
A Scandal in Bohemia,greeting appeared to come from a slim youth in an ulster who had,934
A Scandal in Bohemia,hurried by.,935
A Scandal in Bohemia,,936
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""I've heard that voice before,"" said Holmes, staring down the dimly",937
A Scandal in Bohemia,"lit street. ""Now, I wonder who the deuce that could have been.""",938
A Scandal in Bohemia,,939
A Scandal in Bohemia,CHAPTER III,940
A Scandal in Bohemia,,941
A Scandal in Bohemia,"I slept at Baker Street that night, and we were engaged upon our",942
A Scandal in Bohemia,toast and coffee in the morning when the King of Bohemia rushed into,943
A Scandal in Bohemia,the room.,944
A Scandal in Bohemia,,945
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""You have really got it!"" he cried, grasping Sherlock Holmes by",946
A Scandal in Bohemia,either shoulder and looking eagerly into his face.,947
A Scandal in Bohemia,,948
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Not yet.""",949
A Scandal in Bohemia,,950
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""But you have hopes?""",951
A Scandal in Bohemia,,952
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""I have hopes.""",953
A Scandal in Bohemia,,954
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Then, come. I am all impatience to be gone.""",955
A Scandal in Bohemia,,956
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""We must have a cab.""",957
A Scandal in Bohemia,,958
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""No, my brougham is waiting.""",959
A Scandal in Bohemia,,960
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Then that will simplify matters."" We descended and started off once",961
A Scandal in Bohemia,more for Briony Lodge.,962
A Scandal in Bohemia,,963
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Irene Adler is married,"" remarked Holmes.",964
A Scandal in Bohemia,,965
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Married! When?""",966
A Scandal in Bohemia,,967
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Yesterday.""",968
A Scandal in Bohemia,,969
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""But to whom?""",970
A Scandal in Bohemia,,971
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""To an English lawyer named Norton.""",972
A Scandal in Bohemia,,973
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""But she could not love him.""",974
A Scandal in Bohemia,,975
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""I am in hopes that she does.""",976
A Scandal in Bohemia,,977
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""And why in hopes?""",978
A Scandal in Bohemia,,979
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Because it would spare your Majesty all fear of future annoyance. If",980
A Scandal in Bohemia,"the lady loves her husband, she does not love your Majesty. If she",981
A Scandal in Bohemia,"does not love your Majesty, there is no reason why she should",982
A Scandal in Bohemia,"interfere with your Majesty's plan.""",983
A Scandal in Bohemia,,984
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""It is true. And yet--Well! I wish she had been of my own station!",985
A Scandal in Bohemia,"What a queen she would have made!"" He relapsed into a moody silence,",986
A Scandal in Bohemia,which was not broken until we drew up in Serpentine Avenue.,987
A Scandal in Bohemia,,988
A Scandal in Bohemia,"The door of Briony Lodge was open, and an elderly woman stood upon",989
A Scandal in Bohemia,the steps. She watched us with a sardonic eye as we stepped from the,990
A Scandal in Bohemia,brougham.,991
A Scandal in Bohemia,,992
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Mr. Sherlock Holmes, I believe?"" said she.",993
A Scandal in Bohemia,,994
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""I am Mr. Holmes,"" answered my companion, looking at her with a",995
A Scandal in Bohemia,questioning and rather startled gaze.,996
A Scandal in Bohemia,,997
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Indeed! My mistress told me that you were likely to call. She left",998
A Scandal in Bohemia,this morning with her husband by the 5.15 train from Charing Cross,999
A Scandal in Bohemia,"for the Continent.""",1000
A Scandal in Bohemia,,1001
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""What!"" Sherlock Holmes staggered back, white with chagrin and",1002
A Scandal in Bohemia,"surprise. ""Do you mean that she has left England?""",1003
A Scandal in Bohemia,,1004
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Never to return.""",1005
A Scandal in Bohemia,,1006
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""And the papers?"" asked the King hoarsely. ""All is lost.""",1007
A Scandal in Bohemia,,1008
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""We shall see."" He pushed past the servant and rushed into the",1009
A Scandal in Bohemia,"drawing-room, followed by the King and myself. The furniture was",1010
A Scandal in Bohemia,"scattered about in every direction, with dismantled shelves and open",1011
A Scandal in Bohemia,"drawers, as if the lady had hurriedly ransacked them before her",1012
A Scandal in Bohemia,"flight. Holmes rushed at the bell-pull, tore back a small sliding",1013
A Scandal in Bohemia,"shutter, and, plunging in his hand, pulled out a photograph and a",1014
A Scandal in Bohemia,"letter. The photograph was of Irene Adler herself in evening dress,",1015
A Scandal in Bohemia,"the letter was superscribed to ""Sherlock Holmes, Esq. To be left till",1016
A Scandal in Bohemia,"called for."" My friend tore it open and we all three read it",1017
A Scandal in Bohemia,together. It was dated at midnight of the preceding night and ran in,1018
A Scandal in Bohemia,this way:,1019
A Scandal in Bohemia,,1020
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""My dear Mr. Sherlock Holmes:",1021
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""You really did it very well. You took me in completely. Until after",1022
A Scandal in Bohemia,"the alarm of fire, I had not a suspicion. But then, when I found how",1023
A Scandal in Bohemia,"I had betrayed myself, I began to think. I had been warned against",1024
A Scandal in Bohemia,you months ago. I had been told that if the King employed an agent it,1025
A Scandal in Bohemia,"would certainly be you. And your address had been given me. Yet, with",1026
A Scandal in Bohemia,"all this, you made me reveal what you wanted to know. Even after I",1027
A Scandal in Bohemia,"became suspicious, I found it hard to think evil of such a dear, kind",1028
A Scandal in Bohemia,"old clergyman. But, you know, I have been trained as an actress",1029
A Scandal in Bohemia,myself. Male costume is nothing new to me. I often take advantage of,1030
A Scandal in Bohemia,"the freedom which it gives. I sent John, the coachman, to watch you,",1031
A Scandal in Bohemia,"ran up stairs, got into my walking-clothes, as I call them, and came",1032
A Scandal in Bohemia,down just as you departed.,1033
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Well, I followed you to your door, and so made sure that I was",1034
A Scandal in Bohemia,really an object of interest to the celebrated Mr. Sherlock Holmes.,1035
A Scandal in Bohemia,"Then I, rather imprudently, wished you good-night, and started for",1036
A Scandal in Bohemia,the Temple to see my husband.,1037
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""We both thought the best resource was flight, when pursued by so",1038
A Scandal in Bohemia,formidable an antagonist; so you will find the nest empty when you,1039
A Scandal in Bohemia,"call to-morrow. As to the photograph, your client may rest in peace.",1040
A Scandal in Bohemia,I love and am loved by a better man than he. The King may do what he,1041
A Scandal in Bohemia,will without hindrance from one whom he has cruelly wronged. I keep,1042
A Scandal in Bohemia,"it only to safeguard myself, and to preserve a weapon which will",1043
A Scandal in Bohemia,always secure me from any steps which he might take in the future. I,1044
A Scandal in Bohemia,"leave a photograph which he might care to possess; and I remain, dear",1045
A Scandal in Bohemia,"Mr. Sherlock Holmes,",1046
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Very truly yours,",1047
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Irene Norton, née Adler.""",1048
A Scandal in Bohemia,,1049
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""What a woman--oh, what a woman!"" cried the King of Bohemia, when we",1050
A Scandal in Bohemia,"had all three read this epistle. ""Did I not tell you how quick and",1051
A Scandal in Bohemia,resolute she was? Would she not have made an admirable queen? Is it,1052
A Scandal in Bohemia,"not a pity that she was not on my level?""",1053
A Scandal in Bohemia,,1054
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""From what I have seen of the lady she seems indeed to be on a very",1055
A Scandal in Bohemia,"different level to your Majesty,"" said Holmes coldly. ""I am sorry",1056
A Scandal in Bohemia,that I have not been able to bring your Majesty's business to a more,1057
A Scandal in Bohemia,"successful conclusion.""",1058
A Scandal in Bohemia,,1059
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""On the contrary, my dear sir,"" cried the King; ""nothing could be",1060
A Scandal in Bohemia,more successful. I know that her word is inviolate. The photograph is,1061
A Scandal in Bohemia,"now as safe as if it were in the fire.""",1062
A Scandal in Bohemia,,1063
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""I am glad to hear your Majesty say so.""",1064
A Scandal in Bohemia,,1065
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""I am immensely indebted to you. Pray tell me in what way I can",1066
A Scandal in Bohemia,"reward you. This ring--"" He slipped an emerald snake ring from his",1067
A Scandal in Bohemia,finger and held it out upon the palm of his hand.,1068
A Scandal in Bohemia,,1069
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Your Majesty has something which I should value even more highly,""",1070
A Scandal in Bohemia,said Holmes.,1071
A Scandal in Bohemia,,1072
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""You have but to name it.""",1073
A Scandal in Bohemia,,1074
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""This photograph!""",1075
A Scandal in Bohemia,,1076
A Scandal in Bohemia,The King stared at him in amazement.,1077
A Scandal in Bohemia,,1078
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""Irene's photograph!"" he cried. ""Certainly, if you wish it.""",1079
A Scandal in Bohemia,,1080
A Scandal in Bohemia,"""I thank your Majesty. Then there is no more to be done in the",1081
A Scandal in Bohemia,"matter. I have the honour to wish you a very good-morning."" He bowed,",1082
A Scandal in Bohemia,"and, turning away without observing the hand which the King had",1083
A Scandal in Bohemia,"stretched out to him, he set off in my company for his chambers.",1084
A Scandal in Bohemia,,1085
A Scandal in Bohemia,And that was how a great scandal threatened to affect the kingdom of,1086
A Scandal in Bohemia,"Bohemia, and how the best plans of Mr. Sherlock Holmes were beaten by",1087
A Scandal in Bohemia,"a woman's wit. He used to make merry over the cleverness of women,",1088
A Scandal in Bohemia,but I have not heard him do it of late. And when he speaks of Irene,1089
A Scandal in Bohemia,"Adler, or when he refers to her photograph, it is always under the",1090
A Scandal in Bohemia,honourable title of the woman.,1091
A Scandal in Bohemia,,1092
The Red-Headed League,THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE,1
The Red-Headed League,,2
The Red-Headed League,"I had called upon my friend, Mr. Sherlock Holmes, one day in the",3
The Red-Headed League,autumn of last year and found him in deep conversation with a very,4
The Red-Headed League,"stout, florid-faced, elderly gentleman with fiery red hair. With an",5
The Red-Headed League,"apology for my intrusion, I was about to withdraw when Holmes pulled",6
The Red-Headed League,me abruptly into the room and closed the door behind me.,7
The Red-Headed League,,8
The Red-Headed League,"""You could not possibly have come at a better time, my dear Watson,""",9
The Red-Headed League,he said cordially.,10
The Red-Headed League,,11
The Red-Headed League,"""I was afraid that you were engaged.""",12
The Red-Headed League,,13
The Red-Headed League,"""So I am. Very much so.""",14
The Red-Headed League,,15
The Red-Headed League,"""Then I can wait in the next room.""",16
The Red-Headed League,,17
The Red-Headed League,"""Not at all. This gentleman, Mr. Wilson, has been my partner and",18
The Red-Headed League,"helper in many of my most successful cases, and I have no doubt that",19
The Red-Headed League,"he will be of the utmost use to me in yours also.""",20
The Red-Headed League,,21
The Red-Headed League,The stout gentleman half rose from his chair and gave a bob of,22
The Red-Headed League,"greeting, with a quick little questioning glance from his small",23
The Red-Headed League,fat-encircled eyes.,24
The Red-Headed League,,25
The Red-Headed League,"""Try the settee,"" said Holmes, relapsing into his armchair and",26
The Red-Headed League,"putting his fingertips together, as was his custom when in judicial",27
The Red-Headed League,"moods. ""I know, my dear Watson, that you share my love of all that is",28
The Red-Headed League,bizarre and outside the conventions and humdrum routine of everyday,29
The Red-Headed League,life. You have shown your relish for it by the enthusiasm which has,30
The Red-Headed League,"prompted you to chronicle, and, if you will excuse my saying so,",31
The Red-Headed League,"somewhat to embellish so many of my own little adventures.""",32
The Red-Headed League,,33
The Red-Headed League,"""Your cases have indeed been of the greatest interest to me,"" I",34
The Red-Headed League,observed.,35
The Red-Headed League,,36
The Red-Headed League,"""You will remember that I remarked the other day, just before we went",37
The Red-Headed League,"into the very simple problem presented by Miss Mary Sutherland, that",38
The Red-Headed League,for strange effects and extraordinary combinations we must go to life,39
The Red-Headed League,"itself, which is always far more daring than any effort of the",40
The Red-Headed League,"imagination.""",41
The Red-Headed League,,42
The Red-Headed League,"""A proposition which I took the liberty of doubting.""",43
The Red-Headed League,,44
The Red-Headed League,"""You did, Doctor, but none the less you must come round to my view,",45
The Red-Headed League,for otherwise I shall keep on piling fact upon fact on you until your,46
The Red-Headed League,"reason breaks down under them and acknowledges me to be right. Now,",47
The Red-Headed League,Mr. Jabez Wilson here has been good enough to call upon me this,48
The Red-Headed League,"morning, and to begin a narrative which promises to be one of the",49
The Red-Headed League,most singular which I have listened to for some time. You have heard,50
The Red-Headed League,me remark that the strangest and most unique things are very often,51
The Red-Headed League,"connected not with the larger but with the smaller crimes, and",52
The Red-Headed League,"occasionally, indeed, where there is room for doubt whether any",53
The Red-Headed League,positive crime has been committed. As far as I have heard it is,54
The Red-Headed League,impossible for me to say whether the present case is an instance of,55
The Red-Headed League,"crime or not, but the course of events is certainly among the most",56
The Red-Headed League,"singular that I have ever listened to. Perhaps, Mr. Wilson, you would",57
The Red-Headed League,have the great kindness to recommence your narrative. I ask you not,58
The Red-Headed League,merely because my friend Dr. Watson has not heard the opening part,59
The Red-Headed League,but also because the peculiar nature of the story makes me anxious to,60
The Red-Headed League,"have every possible detail from your lips. As a rule, when I have",61
The Red-Headed League,"heard some slight indication of the course of events, I am able to",62
The Red-Headed League,guide myself by the thousands of other similar cases which occur to,63
The Red-Headed League,my memory. In the present instance I am forced to admit that the,64
The Red-Headed League,"facts are, to the best of my belief, unique.""",65
The Red-Headed League,,66
The Red-Headed League,The portly client puffed out his chest with an appearance of some,67
The Red-Headed League,little pride and pulled a dirty and wrinkled newspaper from the,68
The Red-Headed League,inside pocket of his greatcoat. As he glanced down the advertisement,69
The Red-Headed League,"column, with his head thrust forward and the paper flattened out upon",70
The Red-Headed League,"his knee, I took a good look at the man and endeavoured, after the",71
The Red-Headed League,"fashion of my companion, to read the indications which might be",72
The Red-Headed League,presented by his dress or appearance.,73
The Red-Headed League,,74
The Red-Headed League,"I did not gain very much, however, by my inspection. Our visitor bore",75
The Red-Headed League,"every mark of being an average commonplace British tradesman, obese,",76
The Red-Headed League,"pompous, and slow. He wore rather baggy grey shepherd's check",77
The Red-Headed League,"trousers, a not over-clean black frock-coat, unbuttoned in the front,",78
The Red-Headed League,"and a drab waistcoat with a heavy brassy Albert chain, and a square",79
The Red-Headed League,pierced bit of metal dangling down as an ornament. A frayed top-hat,80
The Red-Headed League,and a faded brown overcoat with a wrinkled velvet collar lay upon a,81
The Red-Headed League,"chair beside him. Altogether, look as I would, there was nothing",82
The Red-Headed League,"remarkable about the man save his blazing red head, and the",83
The Red-Headed League,expression of extreme chagrin and discontent upon his features.,84
The Red-Headed League,,85
The Red-Headed League,"Sherlock Holmes' quick eye took in my occupation, and he shook his",86
The Red-Headed League,"head with a smile as he noticed my questioning glances. ""Beyond the",87
The Red-Headed League,"obvious facts that he has at some time done manual labour, that he",88
The Red-Headed League,"takes snuff, that he is a Freemason, that he has been in China, and",89
The Red-Headed League,"that he has done a considerable amount of writing lately, I can",90
The Red-Headed League,"deduce nothing else.""",91
The Red-Headed League,,92
The Red-Headed League,"Mr. Jabez Wilson started up in his chair, with his forefinger upon",93
The Red-Headed League,"the paper, but his eyes upon my companion.",94
The Red-Headed League,,95
The Red-Headed League,"""How, in the name of good-fortune, did you know all that, Mr.",96
The Red-Headed League,"Holmes?"" he asked. ""How did you know, for example, that I did manual",97
The Red-Headed League,"labour. It's as true as gospel, for I began as a ship's carpenter.""",98
The Red-Headed League,,99
The Red-Headed League,"""Your hands, my dear sir. Your right hand is quite a size larger than",100
The Red-Headed League,"your left. You have worked with it, and the muscles are more",101
The Red-Headed League,"developed.""",102
The Red-Headed League,,103
The Red-Headed League,"""Well, the snuff, then, and the Freemasonry?""",104
The Red-Headed League,,105
The Red-Headed League,"""I won't insult your intelligence by telling you how I read that,",106
The Red-Headed League,"especially as, rather against the strict rules of your order, you use",107
The Red-Headed League,"an arc-and-compass breastpin.""",108
The Red-Headed League,,109
The Red-Headed League,"""Ah, of course, I forgot that. But the writing?""",110
The Red-Headed League,,111
The Red-Headed League,"""What else can be indicated by that right cuff so very shiny for five",112
The Red-Headed League,"inches, and the left one with the smooth patch near the elbow where",113
The Red-Headed League,"you rest it upon the desk?""",114
The Red-Headed League,,115
The Red-Headed League,"""Well, but China?""",116
The Red-Headed League,,117
The Red-Headed League,"""The fish that you have tattooed immediately above your right wrist",118
The Red-Headed League,could only have been done in China. I have made a small study of,119
The Red-Headed League,tattoo marks and have even contributed to the literature of the,120
The Red-Headed League,subject. That trick of staining the fishes' scales of a delicate pink,121
The Red-Headed League,"is quite peculiar to China. When, in addition, I see a Chinese coin",122
The Red-Headed League,"hanging from your watch-chain, the matter becomes even more simple.""",123
The Red-Headed League,,124
The Red-Headed League,"Mr. Jabez Wilson laughed heavily. ""Well, I never!"" said he. ""I",125
The Red-Headed League,"thought at first that you had done something clever, but I see that",126
The Red-Headed League,"there was nothing in it, after all.""",127
The Red-Headed League,,128
The Red-Headed League,"""I begin to think, Watson,"" said Holmes, ""that I make a mistake in",129
The Red-Headed League,"explaining. 'Omne ignotum pro magnifico,' you know, and my poor",130
The Red-Headed League,"little reputation, such as it is, will suffer shipwreck if I am so",131
The Red-Headed League,"candid. Can you not find the advertisement, Mr. Wilson?""",132
The Red-Headed League,,133
The Red-Headed League,"""Yes, I have got it now,"" he answered with his thick red finger",134
The Red-Headed League,"planted halfway down the column. ""Here it is. This is what began it",135
The Red-Headed League,"all. You just read it for yourself, sir.""",136
The Red-Headed League,,137
The Red-Headed League,I took the paper from him and read as follows:,138
The Red-Headed League,,139
The Red-Headed League,"""To the Red-headed League: On account of the bequest of the late",140
The Red-Headed League,"Ezekiah Hopkins, of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, U. S. A., there is now",141
The Red-Headed League,another vacancy open which entitles a member of the League to a,142
The Red-Headed League,salary of £4 a week for purely nominal services. All red-headed men,143
The Red-Headed League,"who are sound in body and mind and above the age of twenty-one years,",144
The Red-Headed League,"are eligible. Apply in person on Monday, at eleven o'clock, to Duncan",145
The Red-Headed League,"Ross, at the offices of the League, 7 Pope's Court, Fleet Street.""",146
The Red-Headed League,,147
The Red-Headed League,"""What on earth does this mean?"" I ejaculated after I had twice read",148
The Red-Headed League,over the extraordinary announcement.,149
The Red-Headed League,,150
The Red-Headed League,"Holmes chuckled and wriggled in his chair, as was his habit when in",151
The Red-Headed League,"high spirits. ""It is a little off the beaten track, isn't it?"" said",152
The Red-Headed League,"he. ""And now, Mr. Wilson, off you go at scratch and tell us all about",153
The Red-Headed League,"yourself, your household, and the effect which this advertisement had",154
The Red-Headed League,"upon your fortunes. You will first make a note, Doctor, of the paper",155
The Red-Headed League,"and the date.""",156
The Red-Headed League,,157
The Red-Headed League,"""It is The Morning Chronicle of April 27, 1890. Just two months ago.""",158
The Red-Headed League,,159
The Red-Headed League,"""Very good. Now, Mr. Wilson?""",160
The Red-Headed League,,161
The Red-Headed League,"""Well, it is just as I have been telling you, Mr. Sherlock Holmes,""",162
The Red-Headed League,"said Jabez Wilson, mopping his forehead; ""I have a small pawnbroker's",163
The Red-Headed League,"business at Coburg Square, near the City. It's not a very large",164
The Red-Headed League,"affair, and of late years it has not done more than just give me a",165
The Red-Headed League,"living. I used to be able to keep two assistants, but now I only keep",166
The Red-Headed League,one; and I would have a job to pay him but that he is willing to come,167
The Red-Headed League,"for half wages so as to learn the business.""",168
The Red-Headed League,,169
The Red-Headed League,"""What is the name of this obliging youth?"" asked Sherlock Holmes.",170
The Red-Headed League,,171
The Red-Headed League,"""His name is Vincent Spaulding, and he's not such a youth, either.",172
The Red-Headed League,"It's hard to say his age. I should not wish a smarter assistant, Mr.",173
The Red-Headed League,Holmes; and I know very well that he could better himself and earn,174
The Red-Headed League,"twice what I am able to give him. But, after all, if he is satisfied,",175
The Red-Headed League,"why should I put ideas in his head?""",176
The Red-Headed League,,177
The Red-Headed League,"""Why, indeed? You seem most fortunate in having an employee who comes",178
The Red-Headed League,under the full market price. It is not a common experience among,179
The Red-Headed League,employers in this age. I don't know that your assistant is not as,180
The Red-Headed League,"remarkable as your advertisement.""",181
The Red-Headed League,,182
The Red-Headed League,"""Oh, he has his faults, too,"" said Mr. Wilson. ""Never was such a",183
The Red-Headed League,fellow for photography. Snapping away with a camera when he ought to,184
The Red-Headed League,"be improving his mind, and then diving down into the cellar like a",185
The Red-Headed League,"rabbit into its hole to develop his pictures. That is his main fault,",186
The Red-Headed League,"but on the whole he's a good worker. There's no vice in him.""",187
The Red-Headed League,,188
The Red-Headed League,"""He is still with you, I presume?""",189
The Red-Headed League,,190
The Red-Headed League,"""Yes, sir. He and a girl of fourteen, who does a bit of simple",191
The Red-Headed League,"cooking and keeps the place clean--that's all I have in the house,",192
The Red-Headed League,"for I am a widower and never had any family. We live very quietly,",193
The Red-Headed League,"sir, the three of us; and we keep a roof over our heads and pay our",194
The Red-Headed League,"debts, if we do nothing more.",195
The Red-Headed League,,196
The Red-Headed League,"""The first thing that put us out was that advertisement. Spaulding,",197
The Red-Headed League,"he came down into the office just this day eight weeks, with this",198
The Red-Headed League,"very paper in his hand, and he says:",199
The Red-Headed League,,200
The Red-Headed League,"""'I wish to the Lord, Mr. Wilson, that I was a red-headed man.'",201
The Red-Headed League,,202
The Red-Headed League,"""'Why that?' I asks.",203
The Red-Headed League,,204
The Red-Headed League,"""'Why,' says he, 'here's another vacancy on the League of the",205
The Red-Headed League,Red-headed Men. It's worth quite a little fortune to any man who gets,206
The Red-Headed League,"it, and I understand that there are more vacancies than there are",207
The Red-Headed League,"men, so that the trustees are at their wits' end what to do with the",208
The Red-Headed League,"money. If my hair would only change colour, here's a nice little crib",209
The Red-Headed League,all ready for me to step into.',210
The Red-Headed League,,211
The Red-Headed League,"""'Why, what is it, then?' I asked. You see, Mr. Holmes, I am a very",212
The Red-Headed League,"stay-at-home man, and as my business came to me instead of my having",213
The Red-Headed League,"to go to it, I was often weeks on end without putting my foot over",214
The Red-Headed League,the door-mat. In that way I didn't know much of what was going on,215
The Red-Headed League,"outside, and I was always glad of a bit of news.",216
The Red-Headed League,,217
The Red-Headed League,"""'Have you never heard of the League of the Red-headed Men?' he asked",218
The Red-Headed League,with his eyes open.,219
The Red-Headed League,,220
The Red-Headed League,"""'Never.'",221
The Red-Headed League,,222
The Red-Headed League,"""'Why, I wonder at that, for you are eligible yourself for one of the",223
The Red-Headed League,vacancies.',224
The Red-Headed League,,225
The Red-Headed League,"""'And what are they worth?' I asked.",226
The Red-Headed League,,227
The Red-Headed League,"""'Oh, merely a couple of hundred a year, but the work is slight, and",228
The Red-Headed League,it need not interfere very much with one's other occupations.',229
The Red-Headed League,,230
The Red-Headed League,"""Well, you can easily think that that made me prick up my ears, for",231
The Red-Headed League,"the business has not been over-good for some years, and an extra",232
The Red-Headed League,couple of hundred would have been very handy.,233
The Red-Headed League,,234
The Red-Headed League,"""'Tell me all about it,' said I.",235
The Red-Headed League,,236
The Red-Headed League,"""'Well,' said he, showing me the advertisement, 'you can see for",237
The Red-Headed League,"yourself that the League has a vacancy, and there is the address",238
The Red-Headed League,"where you should apply for particulars. As far as I can make out, the",239
The Red-Headed League,"League was founded by an American millionaire, Ezekiah Hopkins, who",240
The Red-Headed League,"was very peculiar in his ways. He was himself red-headed, and he had",241
The Red-Headed League,a great sympathy for all red-headed men; so when he died it was found,242
The Red-Headed League,"that he had left his enormous fortune in the hands of trustees, with",243
The Red-Headed League,instructions to apply the interest to the providing of easy berths to,244
The Red-Headed League,men whose hair is of that colour. From all I hear it is splendid pay,245
The Red-Headed League,and very little to do.',246
The Red-Headed League,,247
The Red-Headed League,"""'But,' said I, 'there would be millions of red-headed men who would",248
The Red-Headed League,apply.',249
The Red-Headed League,,250
The Red-Headed League,"""'Not so many as you might think,' he answered. 'You see it is really",251
The Red-Headed League,"confined to Londoners, and to grown men. This American had started",252
The Red-Headed League,"from London when he was young, and he wanted to do the old town a",253
The Red-Headed League,"good turn. Then, again, I have heard it is no use your applying if",254
The Red-Headed League,"your hair is light red, or dark red, or anything but real bright,",255
The Red-Headed League,"blazing, fiery red. Now, if you cared to apply, Mr. Wilson, you would",256
The Red-Headed League,just walk in; but perhaps it would hardly be worth your while to put,257
The Red-Headed League,yourself out of the way for the sake of a few hundred pounds.',258
The Red-Headed League,,259
The Red-Headed League,"""Now, it is a fact, gentlemen, as you may see for yourselves, that my",260
The Red-Headed League,"hair is of a very full and rich tint, so that it seemed to me that if",261
The Red-Headed League,there was to be any competition in the matter I stood as good a,262
The Red-Headed League,chance as any man that I had ever met. Vincent Spaulding seemed to,263
The Red-Headed League,"know so much about it that I thought he might prove useful, so I just",264
The Red-Headed League,ordered him to put up the shutters for the day and to come right away,265
The Red-Headed League,"with me. He was very willing to have a holiday, so we shut the",266
The Red-Headed League,business up and started off for the address that was given us in the,267
The Red-Headed League,advertisement.,268
The Red-Headed League,,269
The Red-Headed League,"""I never hope to see such a sight as that again, Mr. Holmes. From",270
The Red-Headed League,"north, south, east, and west every man who had a shade of red in his",271
The Red-Headed League,hair had tramped into the city to answer the advertisement. Fleet,272
The Red-Headed League,"Street was choked with red-headed folk, and Pope's Court looked like",273
The Red-Headed League,a coster's orange barrow. I should not have thought there were so,274
The Red-Headed League,many in the whole country as were brought together by that single,275
The Red-Headed League,"advertisement. Every shade of colour they were--straw, lemon, orange,",276
The Red-Headed League,"brick, Irish-setter, liver, clay; but, as Spaulding said, there were",277
The Red-Headed League,not many who had the real vivid flame-coloured tint. When I saw how,278
The Red-Headed League,"many were waiting, I would have given it up in despair; but Spaulding",279
The Red-Headed League,"would not hear of it. How he did it I could not imagine, but he",280
The Red-Headed League,"pushed and pulled and butted until he got me through the crowd, and",281
The Red-Headed League,right up to the steps which led to the office. There was a double,282
The Red-Headed League,"stream upon the stair, some going up in hope, and some coming back",283
The Red-Headed League,dejected; but we wedged in as well as we could and soon found,284
The Red-Headed League,"ourselves in the office.""",285
The Red-Headed League,,286
The Red-Headed League,"""Your experience has been a most entertaining one,"" remarked Holmes",287
The Red-Headed League,as his client paused and refreshed his memory with a huge pinch of,288
The Red-Headed League,"snuff. ""Pray continue your very interesting statement.""",289
The Red-Headed League,,290
The Red-Headed League,"""There was nothing in the office but a couple of wooden chairs and a",291
The Red-Headed League,"deal table, behind which sat a small man with a head that was even",292
The Red-Headed League,redder than mine. He said a few words to each candidate as he came,293
The Red-Headed League,"up, and then he always managed to find some fault in them which would",294
The Red-Headed League,disqualify them. Getting a vacancy did not seem to be such a very,295
The Red-Headed League,"easy matter, after all. However, when our turn came the little man",296
The Red-Headed League,"was much more favourable to me than to any of the others, and he",297
The Red-Headed League,"closed the door as we entered, so that he might have a private word",298
The Red-Headed League,with us.,299
The Red-Headed League,,300
The Red-Headed League,"""'This is Mr. Jabez Wilson,' said my assistant, 'and he is willing to",301
The Red-Headed League,fill a vacancy in the League.',302
The Red-Headed League,,303
The Red-Headed League,"""'And he is admirably suited for it,' the other answered. 'He has",304
The Red-Headed League,every requirement. I cannot recall when I have seen anything so,305
The Red-Headed League,"fine.' He took a step backward, cocked his head on one side, and",306
The Red-Headed League,gazed at my hair until I felt quite bashful. Then suddenly he plunged,307
The Red-Headed League,"forward, wrung my hand, and congratulated me warmly on my success.",308
The Red-Headed League,,309
The Red-Headed League,"""'It would be injustice to hesitate,' said he. 'You will, however, I",310
The Red-Headed League,"am sure, excuse me for taking an obvious precaution.' With that he",311
The Red-Headed League,"seized my hair in both his hands, and tugged until I yelled with the",312
The Red-Headed League,"pain. 'There is water in your eyes,' said he as he released me. 'I",313
The Red-Headed League,"perceive that all is as it should be. But we have to be careful, for",314
The Red-Headed League,we have twice been deceived by wigs and once by paint. I could tell,315
The Red-Headed League,you tales of cobbler's wax which would disgust you with human,316
The Red-Headed League,nature.' He stepped over to the window and shouted through it at the,317
The Red-Headed League,top of his voice that the vacancy was filled. A groan of,318
The Red-Headed League,"disappointment came up from below, and the folk all trooped away in",319
The Red-Headed League,different directions until there was not a red-head to be seen except,320
The Red-Headed League,my own and that of the manager.,321
The Red-Headed League,,322
The Red-Headed League,"""'My name,' said he, 'is Mr. Duncan Ross, and I am myself one of the",323
The Red-Headed League,pensioners upon the fund left by our noble benefactor. Are you a,324
The Red-Headed League,"married man, Mr. Wilson? Have you a family?'",325
The Red-Headed League,,326
The Red-Headed League,"""I answered that I had not.",327
The Red-Headed League,,328
The Red-Headed League,"""His face fell immediately.",329
The Red-Headed League,,330
The Red-Headed League,"""'Dear me!' he said gravely, 'that is very serious indeed! I am sorry",331
The Red-Headed League,"to hear you say that. The fund was, of course, for the propagation",332
The Red-Headed League,and spread of the red-heads as well as for their maintenance. It is,333
The Red-Headed League,exceedingly unfortunate that you should be a bachelor.',334
The Red-Headed League,,335
The Red-Headed League,"""My face lengthened at this, Mr. Holmes, for I thought that I was not",336
The Red-Headed League,to have the vacancy after all; but after thinking it over for a few,337
The Red-Headed League,minutes he said that it would be all right.,338
The Red-Headed League,,339
The Red-Headed League,"""'In the case of another,' said he, 'the objection might be fatal,",340
The Red-Headed League,but we must stretch a point in favour of a man with such a head of,341
The Red-Headed League,hair as yours. When shall you be able to enter upon your new duties?',342
The Red-Headed League,,343
The Red-Headed League,"""'Well, it is a little awkward, for I have a business already,' said",344
The Red-Headed League,I.,345
The Red-Headed League,,346
The Red-Headed League,"""'Oh, never mind about that, Mr. Wilson!' said Vincent Spaulding. 'I",347
The Red-Headed League,should be able to look after that for you.',348
The Red-Headed League,,349
The Red-Headed League,"""'What would be the hours?' I asked.",350
The Red-Headed League,,351
The Red-Headed League,"""'Ten to two.'",352
The Red-Headed League,,353
The Red-Headed League,"""Now a pawnbroker's business is mostly done of an evening, Mr.",354
The Red-Headed League,"Holmes, especially Thursday and Friday evening, which is just before",355
The Red-Headed League,pay-day; so it would suit me very well to earn a little in the,356
The Red-Headed League,"mornings. Besides, I knew that my assistant was a good man, and that",357
The Red-Headed League,he would see to anything that turned up.,358
The Red-Headed League,,359
The Red-Headed League,"""'That would suit me very well,' said I. 'And the pay?'",360
The Red-Headed League,,361
The Red-Headed League,"""'Is £4 a week.'",362
The Red-Headed League,,363
The Red-Headed League,"""'And the work?'",364
The Red-Headed League,,365
The Red-Headed League,"""'Is purely nominal.'",366
The Red-Headed League,,367
The Red-Headed League,"""'What do you call purely nominal?'",368
The Red-Headed League,,369
The Red-Headed League,"""'Well, you have to be in the office, or at least in the building,",370
The Red-Headed League,"the whole time. If you leave, you forfeit your whole position",371
The Red-Headed League,forever. The will is very clear upon that point. You don't comply,372
The Red-Headed League,with the conditions if you budge from the office during that time.',373
The Red-Headed League,,374
The Red-Headed League,"""'It's only four hours a day, and I should not think of leaving,'",375
The Red-Headed League,said I.,376
The Red-Headed League,,377
The Red-Headed League,"""'No excuse will avail,' said Mr. Duncan Ross; 'neither sickness nor",378
The Red-Headed League,"business nor anything else. There you must stay, or you lose your",379
The Red-Headed League,billet.',380
The Red-Headed League,,381
The Red-Headed League,"""'And the work?'",382
The Red-Headed League,,383
The Red-Headed League,"""'Is to copy out the ""Encyclopaedia Britannica."" There is the first",384
The Red-Headed League,"volume of it in that press. You must find your own ink, pens, and",385
The Red-Headed League,"blotting-paper, but we provide this table and chair. Will you be",386
The Red-Headed League,ready to-morrow?',387
The Red-Headed League,,388
The Red-Headed League,"""'Certainly,' I answered.",389
The Red-Headed League,,390
The Red-Headed League,"""'Then, good-bye, Mr. Jabez Wilson, and let me congratulate you once",391
The Red-Headed League,more on the important position which you have been fortunate enough,392
The Red-Headed League,to gain.' He bowed me out of the room and I went home with my,393
The Red-Headed League,"assistant, hardly knowing what to say or do, I was so pleased at my",394
The Red-Headed League,own good fortune.,395
The Red-Headed League,,396
The Red-Headed League,"""Well, I thought over the matter all day, and by evening I was in low",397
The Red-Headed League,spirits again; for I had quite persuaded myself that the whole affair,398
The Red-Headed League,"must be some great hoax or fraud, though what its object might be I",399
The Red-Headed League,could not imagine. It seemed altogether past belief that anyone could,400
The Red-Headed League,"make such a will, or that they would pay such a sum for doing",401
The Red-Headed League,anything so simple as copying out the 'Encyclopaedia Britannica.',402
The Red-Headed League,"Vincent Spaulding did what he could to cheer me up, but by bedtime I",403
The Red-Headed League,"had reasoned myself out of the whole thing. However, in the morning I",404
The Red-Headed League,"determined to have a look at it anyhow, so I bought a penny bottle of",405
The Red-Headed League,"ink, and with a quill-pen, and seven sheets of foolscap paper, I",406
The Red-Headed League,started off for Pope's Court.,407
The Red-Headed League,,408
The Red-Headed League,"""Well, to my surprise and delight, everything was as right as",409
The Red-Headed League,"possible. The table was set out ready for me, and Mr. Duncan Ross was",410
The Red-Headed League,there to see that I got fairly to work. He started me off upon the,411
The Red-Headed League,"letter A, and then he left me; but he would drop in from time to time",412
The Red-Headed League,to see that all was right with me. At two o'clock he bade me,413
The Red-Headed League,"good-day, complimented me upon the amount that I had written, and",414
The Red-Headed League,locked the door of the office after me.,415
The Red-Headed League,,416
The Red-Headed League,"""This went on day after day, Mr. Holmes, and on Saturday the manager",417
The Red-Headed League,came in and planked down four golden sovereigns for my week's work.,418
The Red-Headed League,"It was the same next week, and the same the week after. Every morning",419
The Red-Headed League,"I was there at ten, and every afternoon I left at two. By degrees Mr.",420
The Red-Headed League,"Duncan Ross took to coming in only once of a morning, and then, after",421
The Red-Headed League,"a time, he did not come in at all. Still, of course, I never dared to",422
The Red-Headed League,"leave the room for an instant, for I was not sure when he might come,",423
The Red-Headed League,"and the billet was such a good one, and suited me so well, that I",424
The Red-Headed League,would not risk the loss of it.,425
The Red-Headed League,,426
The Red-Headed League,"""Eight weeks passed away like this, and I had written about Abbots",427
The Red-Headed League,"and Archery and Armour and Architecture and Attica, and hoped with",428
The Red-Headed League,diligence that I might get on to the B's before very long. It cost me,429
The Red-Headed League,"something in foolscap, and I had pretty nearly filled a shelf with my",430
The Red-Headed League,"writings. And then suddenly the whole business came to an end.""",431
The Red-Headed League,,432
The Red-Headed League,"""To an end?""",433
The Red-Headed League,,434
The Red-Headed League,"""Yes, sir. And no later than this morning. I went to my work as usual",435
The Red-Headed League,"at ten o'clock, but the door was shut and locked, with a little",436
The Red-Headed League,square of cardboard hammered on to the middle of the panel with a,437
The Red-Headed League,"tack. Here it is, and you can read for yourself.""",438
The Red-Headed League,,439
The Red-Headed League,He held up a piece of white cardboard about the size of a sheet of,440
The Red-Headed League,note-paper. It read in this fashion:,441
The Red-Headed League,,442
The Red-Headed League,The Red-headed League,443
The Red-Headed League,is,444
The Red-Headed League,Dissolved,445
The Red-Headed League,"October 9, 1890.",446
The Red-Headed League,,447
The Red-Headed League,Sherlock Holmes and I surveyed this curt announcement and the rueful,448
The Red-Headed League,"face behind it, until the comical side of the affair so completely",449
The Red-Headed League,overtopped every other consideration that we both burst out into a,450
The Red-Headed League,roar of laughter.,451
The Red-Headed League,,452
The Red-Headed League,"""I cannot see that there is anything very funny,"" cried our client,",453
The Red-Headed League,"flushing up to the roots of his flaming head. ""If you can do nothing",454
The Red-Headed League,"better than laugh at me, I can go elsewhere.""",455
The Red-Headed League,,456
The Red-Headed League,"""No, no,"" cried Holmes, shoving him back into the chair from which he",457
The Red-Headed League,"had half risen. ""I really wouldn't miss your case for the world. It",458
The Red-Headed League,"is most refreshingly unusual. But there is, if you will excuse my",459
The Red-Headed League,"saying so, something just a little funny about it. Pray what steps",460
The Red-Headed League,"did you take when you found the card upon the door?""",461
The Red-Headed League,,462
The Red-Headed League,"""I was staggered, sir. I did not know what to do. Then I called at",463
The Red-Headed League,"the offices round, but none of them seemed to know anything about it.",464
The Red-Headed League,"Finally, I went to the landlord, who is an accountant living on the",465
The Red-Headed League,"ground-floor, and I asked him if he could tell me what had become of",466
The Red-Headed League,the Red-headed League. He said that he had never heard of any such,467
The Red-Headed League,body. Then I asked him who Mr. Duncan Ross was. He answered that the,468
The Red-Headed League,name was new to him.,469
The Red-Headed League,,470
The Red-Headed League,"""'Well,' said I, 'the gentleman at No. 4.'",471
The Red-Headed League,,472
The Red-Headed League,"""'What, the red-headed man?'",473
The Red-Headed League,,474
The Red-Headed League,"""'Yes.'",475
The Red-Headed League,,476
The Red-Headed League,"""'Oh,' said he, 'his name was William Morris. He was a solicitor and",477
The Red-Headed League,was using my room as a temporary convenience until his new premises,478
The Red-Headed League,were ready. He moved out yesterday.',479
The Red-Headed League,,480
The Red-Headed League,"""'Where could I find him?'",481
The Red-Headed League,,482
The Red-Headed League,"""'Oh, at his new offices. He did tell me the address. Yes, 17 King",483
The Red-Headed League,"Edward Street, near St. Paul's.'",484
The Red-Headed League,,485
The Red-Headed League,"""I started off, Mr. Holmes, but when I got to that address it was a",486
The Red-Headed League,"manufactory of artificial knee-caps, and no one in it had ever heard",487
The Red-Headed League,"of either Mr. William Morris or Mr. Duncan Ross.""",488
The Red-Headed League,,489
The Red-Headed League,"""And what did you do then?"" asked Holmes.",490
The Red-Headed League,,491
The Red-Headed League,"""I went home to Saxe-Coburg Square, and I took the advice of my",492
The Red-Headed League,assistant. But he could not help me in any way. He could only say,493
The Red-Headed League,that if I waited I should hear by post. But that was not quite good,494
The Red-Headed League,"enough, Mr. Holmes. I did not wish to lose such a place without a",495
The Red-Headed League,"struggle, so, as I had heard that you were good enough to give advice",496
The Red-Headed League,"to poor folk who were in need of it, I came right away to you.""",497
The Red-Headed League,,498
The Red-Headed League,"""And you did very wisely,"" said Holmes. ""Your case is an exceedingly",499
The Red-Headed League,"remarkable one, and I shall be happy to look into it. From what you",500
The Red-Headed League,have told me I think that it is possible that graver issues hang from,501
The Red-Headed League,"it than might at first sight appear.""",502
The Red-Headed League,,503
The Red-Headed League,"""Grave enough!"" said Mr. Jabez Wilson. ""Why, I have lost four pound a",504
The Red-Headed League,"week.""",505
The Red-Headed League,,506
The Red-Headed League,"""As far as you are personally concerned,"" remarked Holmes, ""I do not",507
The Red-Headed League,see that you have any grievance against this extraordinary league. On,508
The Red-Headed League,"the contrary, you are, as I understand, richer by some £30, to say",509
The Red-Headed League,nothing of the minute knowledge which you have gained on every,510
The Red-Headed League,subject which comes under the letter A. You have lost nothing by,511
The Red-Headed League,"them.""",512
The Red-Headed League,,513
The Red-Headed League,"""No, sir. But I want to find out about them, and who they are, and",514
The Red-Headed League,what their object was in playing this prank--if it was a prank--upon,515
The Red-Headed League,"me. It was a pretty expensive joke for them, for it cost them two and",516
The Red-Headed League,"thirty pounds.""",517
The Red-Headed League,,518
The Red-Headed League,"""We shall endeavour to clear up these points for you. And, first, one",519
The Red-Headed League,"or two questions, Mr. Wilson. This assistant of yours who first",520
The Red-Headed League,called your attention to the advertisement--how long had he been with,521
The Red-Headed League,"you?""",522
The Red-Headed League,,523
The Red-Headed League,"""About a month then.""",524
The Red-Headed League,,525
The Red-Headed League,"""How did he come?""",526
The Red-Headed League,,527
The Red-Headed League,"""In answer to an advertisement.""",528
The Red-Headed League,,529
The Red-Headed League,"""Was he the only applicant?""",530
The Red-Headed League,,531
The Red-Headed League,"""No, I had a dozen.""",532
The Red-Headed League,,533
The Red-Headed League,"""Why did you pick him?""",534
The Red-Headed League,,535
The Red-Headed League,"""Because he was handy and would come cheap.""",536
The Red-Headed League,,537
The Red-Headed League,"""At half-wages, in fact.""",538
The Red-Headed League,,539
The Red-Headed League,"""Yes.""",540
The Red-Headed League,,541
The Red-Headed League,"""What is he like, this Vincent Spaulding?""",542
The Red-Headed League,,543
The Red-Headed League,"""Small, stout-built, very quick in his ways, no hair on his face,",544
The Red-Headed League,though he's not short of thirty. Has a white splash of acid upon his,545
The Red-Headed League,"forehead.""",546
The Red-Headed League,,547
The Red-Headed League,"Holmes sat up in his chair in considerable excitement. ""I thought as",548
The Red-Headed League,"much,"" said he. ""Have you ever observed that his ears are pierced for",549
The Red-Headed League,"earrings?""",550
The Red-Headed League,,551
The Red-Headed League,"""Yes, sir. He told me that a gipsy had done it for him when he was a",552
The Red-Headed League,"lad.""",553
The Red-Headed League,,554
The Red-Headed League,"""Hum!"" said Holmes, sinking back in deep thought. ""He is still with",555
The Red-Headed League,"you?""",556
The Red-Headed League,,557
The Red-Headed League,"""Oh, yes, sir; I have only just left him.""",558
The Red-Headed League,,559
The Red-Headed League,"""And has your business been attended to in your absence?""",560
The Red-Headed League,,561
The Red-Headed League,"""Nothing to complain of, sir. There's never very much to do of a",562
The Red-Headed League,"morning.""",563
The Red-Headed League,,564
The Red-Headed League,"""That will do, Mr. Wilson. I shall be happy to give you an opinion",565
The Red-Headed League,"upon the subject in the course of a day or two. To-day is Saturday,",566
The Red-Headed League,"and I hope that by Monday we may come to a conclusion.""",567
The Red-Headed League,,568
The Red-Headed League,"""Well, Watson,"" said Holmes when our visitor had left us, ""what do",569
The Red-Headed League,"you make of it all?""",570
The Red-Headed League,,571
The Red-Headed League,"""I make nothing of it,"" I answered frankly. ""It is a most mysterious",572
The Red-Headed League,"business.""",573
The Red-Headed League,,574
The Red-Headed League,"""As a rule,"" said Holmes, ""the more bizarre a thing is the less",575
The Red-Headed League,"mysterious it proves to be. It is your commonplace, featureless",576
The Red-Headed League,"crimes which are really puzzling, just as a commonplace face is the",577
The Red-Headed League,"most difficult to identify. But I must be prompt over this matter.""",578
The Red-Headed League,,579
The Red-Headed League,"""What are you going to do, then?"" I asked.",580
The Red-Headed League,,581
The Red-Headed League,"""To smoke,"" he answered. ""It is quite a three pipe problem, and I beg",582
The Red-Headed League,"that you won't speak to me for fifty minutes."" He curled himself up",583
The Red-Headed League,"in his chair, with his thin knees drawn up to his hawk-like nose, and",584
The Red-Headed League,there he sat with his eyes closed and his black clay pipe thrusting,585
The Red-Headed League,out like the bill of some strange bird. I had come to the conclusion,586
The Red-Headed League,"that he had dropped asleep, and indeed was nodding myself, when he",587
The Red-Headed League,suddenly sprang out of his chair with the gesture of a man who has,588
The Red-Headed League,made up his mind and put his pipe down upon the mantelpiece.,589
The Red-Headed League,,590
The Red-Headed League,"""Sarasate plays at the St. James's Hall this afternoon,"" he remarked.",591
The Red-Headed League,"""What do you think, Watson? Could your patients spare you for a few",592
The Red-Headed League,"hours?""",593
The Red-Headed League,,594
The Red-Headed League,"""I have nothing to do to-day. My practice is never very absorbing.""",595
The Red-Headed League,,596
The Red-Headed League,"""Then put on your hat and come. I am going through the City first,",597
The Red-Headed League,and we can have some lunch on the way. I observe that there is a good,598
The Red-Headed League,"deal of German music on the programme, which is rather more to my",599
The Red-Headed League,"taste than Italian or French. It is introspective, and I want to",600
The Red-Headed League,"introspect. Come along!""",601
The Red-Headed League,,602
The Red-Headed League,We travelled by the Underground as far as Aldersgate; and a short,603
The Red-Headed League,"walk took us to Saxe-Coburg Square, the scene of the singular story",604
The Red-Headed League,"which we had listened to in the morning. It was a poky, little,",605
The Red-Headed League,"shabby-genteel place, where four lines of dingy two-storied brick",606
The Red-Headed League,"houses looked out into a small railed-in enclosure, where a lawn of",607
The Red-Headed League,weedy grass and a few clumps of faded laurel-bushes made a hard fight,608
The Red-Headed League,against a smoke-laden and uncongenial atmosphere. Three gilt balls,609
The Red-Headed League,"and a brown board with ""Jabez Wilson"" in white letters, upon a corner",610
The Red-Headed League,"house, announced the place where our red-headed client carried on his",611
The Red-Headed League,business. Sherlock Holmes stopped in front of it with his head on one,612
The Red-Headed League,"side and looked it all over, with his eyes shining brightly between",613
The Red-Headed League,"puckered lids. Then he walked slowly up the street, and then down",614
The Red-Headed League,"again to the corner, still looking keenly at the houses. Finally he",615
The Red-Headed League,"returned to the pawnbroker's, and, having thumped vigorously upon the",616
The Red-Headed League,"pavement with his stick two or three times, he went up to the door",617
The Red-Headed League,"and knocked. It was instantly opened by a bright-looking,",618
The Red-Headed League,"clean-shaven young fellow, who asked him to step in.",619
The Red-Headed League,,620
The Red-Headed League,"""Thank you,"" said Holmes, ""I only wished to ask you how you would go",621
The Red-Headed League,"from here to the Strand.""",622
The Red-Headed League,,623
The Red-Headed League,"""Third right, fourth left,"" answered the assistant promptly, closing",624
The Red-Headed League,the door.,625
The Red-Headed League,,626
The Red-Headed League,"""Smart fellow, that,"" observed Holmes as we walked away. ""He is, in",627
The Red-Headed League,"my judgment, the fourth smartest man in London, and for daring I am",628
The Red-Headed League,not sure that he has not a claim to be third. I have known something,629
The Red-Headed League,"of him before.""",630
The Red-Headed League,,631
The Red-Headed League,"""Evidently,"" said I, ""Mr. Wilson's assistant counts for a good deal",632
The Red-Headed League,in this mystery of the Red-headed League. I am sure that you inquired,633
The Red-Headed League,"your way merely in order that you might see him.""",634
The Red-Headed League,,635
The Red-Headed League,"""Not him.""",636
The Red-Headed League,,637
The Red-Headed League,"""What then?""",638
The Red-Headed League,,639
The Red-Headed League,"""The knees of his trousers.""",640
The Red-Headed League,,641
The Red-Headed League,"""And what did you see?""",642
The Red-Headed League,,643
The Red-Headed League,"""What I expected to see.""",644
The Red-Headed League,,645
The Red-Headed League,"""Why did you beat the pavement?""",646
The Red-Headed League,,647
The Red-Headed League,"""My dear doctor, this is a time for observation, not for talk. We are",648
The Red-Headed League,spies in an enemy's country. We know something of Saxe-Coburg Square.,649
The Red-Headed League,"Let us now explore the parts which lie behind it.""",650
The Red-Headed League,,651
The Red-Headed League,The road in which we found ourselves as we turned round the corner,652
The Red-Headed League,from the retired Saxe-Coburg Square presented as great a contrast to,653
The Red-Headed League,it as the front of a picture does to the back. It was one of the main,654
The Red-Headed League,arteries which conveyed the traffic of the City to the north and,655
The Red-Headed League,west. The roadway was blocked with the immense stream of commerce,656
The Red-Headed League,"flowing in a double tide inward and outward, while the footpaths were",657
The Red-Headed League,black with the hurrying swarm of pedestrians. It was difficult to,658
The Red-Headed League,realise as we looked at the line of fine shops and stately business,659
The Red-Headed League,premises that they really abutted on the other side upon the faded,660
The Red-Headed League,and stagnant square which we had just quitted.,661
The Red-Headed League,,662
The Red-Headed League,"""Let me see,"" said Holmes, standing at the corner and glancing along",663
The Red-Headed League,"the line, ""I should like just to remember the order of the houses",664
The Red-Headed League,here. It is a hobby of mine to have an exact knowledge of London.,665
The Red-Headed League,"There is Mortimer's, the tobacconist, the little newspaper shop, the",666
The Red-Headed League,"Coburg branch of the City and Suburban Bank, the Vegetarian",667
The Red-Headed League,"Restaurant, and McFarlane's carriage-building depot. That carries us",668
The Red-Headed League,"right on to the other block. And now, Doctor, we've done our work, so",669
The Red-Headed League,"it's time we had some play. A sandwich and a cup of coffee, and then",670
The Red-Headed League,"off to violin-land, where all is sweetness and delicacy and harmony,",671
The Red-Headed League,"and there are no red-headed clients to vex us with their conundrums.""",672
The Red-Headed League,,673
The Red-Headed League,"My friend was an enthusiastic musician, being himself not only a very",674
The Red-Headed League,capable performer but a composer of no ordinary merit. All the,675
The Red-Headed League,"afternoon he sat in the stalls wrapped in the most perfect happiness,",676
The Red-Headed League,"gently waving his long, thin fingers in time to the music, while his",677
The Red-Headed League,"gently smiling face and his languid, dreamy eyes were as unlike those",678
The Red-Headed League,"of Holmes the sleuth-hound, Holmes the relentless, keen-witted,",679
The Red-Headed League,"ready-handed criminal agent, as it was possible to conceive. In his",680
The Red-Headed League,"singular character the dual nature alternately asserted itself, and",681
The Red-Headed League,"his extreme exactness and astuteness represented, as I have often",682
The Red-Headed League,"thought, the reaction against the poetic and contemplative mood which",683
The Red-Headed League,occasionally predominated in him. The swing of his nature took him,684
The Red-Headed League,"from extreme languor to devouring energy; and, as I knew well, he was",685
The Red-Headed League,"never so truly formidable as when, for days on end, he had been",686
The Red-Headed League,lounging in his armchair amid his improvisations and his black-letter,687
The Red-Headed League,editions. Then it was that the lust of the chase would suddenly come,688
The Red-Headed League,"upon him, and that his brilliant reasoning power would rise to the",689
The Red-Headed League,"level of intuition, until those who were unacquainted with his",690
The Red-Headed League,methods would look askance at him as on a man whose knowledge was not,691
The Red-Headed League,that of other mortals. When I saw him that afternoon so enwrapped in,692
The Red-Headed League,the music at St. James's Hall I felt that an evil time might be,693
The Red-Headed League,coming upon those whom he had set himself to hunt down.,694
The Red-Headed League,,695
The Red-Headed League,"""You want to go home, no doubt, Doctor,"" he remarked as we emerged.",696
The Red-Headed League,,697
The Red-Headed League,"""Yes, it would be as well.""",698
The Red-Headed League,,699
The Red-Headed League,"""And I have some business to do which will take some hours. This",700
The Red-Headed League,"business at Coburg Square is serious.""",701
The Red-Headed League,,702
The Red-Headed League,"""Why serious?""",703
The Red-Headed League,,704
The Red-Headed League,"""A considerable crime is in contemplation. I have every reason to",705
The Red-Headed League,believe that we shall be in time to stop it. But to-day being,706
The Red-Headed League,Saturday rather complicates matters. I shall want your help,707
The Red-Headed League,"to-night.""",708
The Red-Headed League,,709
The Red-Headed League,"""At what time?""",710
The Red-Headed League,,711
The Red-Headed League,"""Ten will be early enough.""",712
The Red-Headed League,,713
The Red-Headed League,"""I shall be at Baker Street at ten.""",714
The Red-Headed League,,715
The Red-Headed League,"""Very well. And, I say, Doctor, there may be some little danger, so",716
The Red-Headed League,"kindly put your army revolver in your pocket."" He waved his hand,",717
The Red-Headed League,"turned on his heel, and disappeared in an instant among the crowd.",718
The Red-Headed League,,719
The Red-Headed League,"I trust that I am not more dense than my neighbours, but I was always",720
The Red-Headed League,oppressed with a sense of my own stupidity in my dealings with,721
The Red-Headed League,"Sherlock Holmes. Here I had heard what he had heard, I had seen what",722
The Red-Headed League,"he had seen, and yet from his words it was evident that he saw",723
The Red-Headed League,"clearly not only what had happened but what was about to happen,",724
The Red-Headed League,while to me the whole business was still confused and grotesque. As I,725
The Red-Headed League,"drove home to my house in Kensington I thought over it all, from the",726
The Red-Headed League,"extraordinary story of the red-headed copier of the ""Encyclopaedia""",727
The Red-Headed League,"down to the visit to Saxe-Coburg Square, and the ominous words with",728
The Red-Headed League,"which he had parted from me. What was this nocturnal expedition, and",729
The Red-Headed League,"why should I go armed?  Where were we going, and what were we to do?",730
The Red-Headed League,I had the hint from Holmes that this smooth-faced pawnbroker's,731
The Red-Headed League,assistant was a formidable man--a man who might play a deep game. I,732
The Red-Headed League,"tried to puzzle it out, but gave it up in despair and set the matter",733
The Red-Headed League,aside until night should bring an explanation.,734
The Red-Headed League,,735
The Red-Headed League,It was a quarter-past nine when I started from home and made my way,736
The Red-Headed League,"across the Park, and so through Oxford Street to Baker Street. Two",737
The Red-Headed League,"hansoms were standing at the door, and as I entered the passage I",738
The Red-Headed League,heard the sound of voices from above. On entering his room I found,739
The Red-Headed League,"Holmes in animated conversation with two men, one of whom I",740
The Red-Headed League,"recognised as Peter Jones, the official police agent, while the other",741
The Red-Headed League,"was a long, thin, sad-faced man, with a very shiny hat and",742
The Red-Headed League,oppressively respectable frock-coat.,743
The Red-Headed League,,744
The Red-Headed League,"""Ha! Our party is complete,"" said Holmes, buttoning up his pea-jacket",745
The Red-Headed League,"and taking his heavy hunting crop from the rack. ""Watson, I think you",746
The Red-Headed League,"know Mr. Jones, of Scotland Yard? Let me introduce you to Mr.",747
The Red-Headed League,"Merryweather, who is to be our companion in to-night's adventure.""",748
The Red-Headed League,,749
The Red-Headed League,"""We're hunting in couples again, Doctor, you see,"" said Jones in his",750
The Red-Headed League,"consequential way. ""Our friend here is a wonderful man for starting a",751
The Red-Headed League,chase. All he wants is an old dog to help him to do the running,752
The Red-Headed League,"down.""",753
The Red-Headed League,,754
The Red-Headed League,"""I hope a wild goose may not prove to be the end of our chase,""",755
The Red-Headed League,observed Mr. Merryweather gloomily.,756
The Red-Headed League,,757
The Red-Headed League,"""You may place considerable confidence in Mr. Holmes, sir,"" said the",758
The Red-Headed League,"police agent loftily. ""He has his own little methods, which are, if",759
The Red-Headed League,"he won't mind my saying so, just a little too theoretical and",760
The Red-Headed League,"fantastic, but he has the makings of a detective in him. It is not",761
The Red-Headed League,"too much to say that once or twice, as in that business of the Sholto",762
The Red-Headed League,"murder and the Agra treasure, he has been more nearly correct than",763
The Red-Headed League,"the official force.""",764
The Red-Headed League,,765
The Red-Headed League,"""Oh, if you say so, Mr. Jones, it is all right,"" said the stranger",766
The Red-Headed League,"with deference. ""Still, I confess that I miss my rubber. It is the",767
The Red-Headed League,first Saturday night for seven-and-twenty years that I have not had,768
The Red-Headed League,"my rubber.""",769
The Red-Headed League,,770
The Red-Headed League,"""I think you will find,"" said Sherlock Holmes, ""that you will play",771
The Red-Headed League,"for a higher stake to-night than you have ever done yet, and that the",772
The Red-Headed League,"play will be more exciting. For you, Mr. Merryweather, the stake will",773
The Red-Headed League,"be some £30,000; and for you, Jones, it will be the man upon whom you",774
The Red-Headed League,"wish to lay your hands.""",775
The Red-Headed League,,776
The Red-Headed League,"""John Clay, the murderer, thief, smasher, and forger. He's a young",777
The Red-Headed League,"man, Mr. Merryweather, but he is at the head of his profession, and I",778
The Red-Headed League,would rather have my bracelets on him than on any criminal in London.,779
The Red-Headed League,"He's a remarkable man, is young John Clay. His grandfather was a",780
The Red-Headed League,"royal duke, and he himself has been to Eton and Oxford. His brain is",781
The Red-Headed League,"as cunning as his fingers, and though we meet signs of him at every",782
The Red-Headed League,"turn, we never know where to find the man himself. He'll crack a crib",783
The Red-Headed League,"in Scotland one week, and be raising money to build an orphanage in",784
The Red-Headed League,Cornwall the next. I've been on his track for years and have never,785
The Red-Headed League,"set eyes on him yet.""",786
The Red-Headed League,,787
The Red-Headed League,"""I hope that I may have the pleasure of introducing you to-night.",788
The Red-Headed League,"I've had one or two little turns also with Mr. John Clay, and I agree",789
The Red-Headed League,"with you that he is at the head of his profession. It is past ten,",790
The Red-Headed League,"however, and quite time that we started. If you two will take the",791
The Red-Headed League,"first hansom, Watson and I will follow in the second.""",792
The Red-Headed League,,793
The Red-Headed League,Sherlock Holmes was not very communicative during the long drive and,794
The Red-Headed League,lay back in the cab humming the tunes which he had heard in the,795
The Red-Headed League,afternoon. We rattled through an endless labyrinth of gas-lit streets,796
The Red-Headed League,until we emerged into Farrington Street.,797
The Red-Headed League,,798
The Red-Headed League,"""We are close there now,"" my friend remarked. ""This fellow",799
The Red-Headed League,"Merryweather is a bank director, and personally interested in the",800
The Red-Headed League,matter. I thought it as well to have Jones with us also. He is not a,801
The Red-Headed League,"bad fellow, though an absolute imbecile in his profession. He has one",802
The Red-Headed League,positive virtue. He is as brave as a bulldog and as tenacious as a,803
The Red-Headed League,"lobster if he gets his claws upon anyone. Here we are, and they are",804
The Red-Headed League,"waiting for us.""",805
The Red-Headed League,,806
The Red-Headed League,We had reached the same crowded thoroughfare in which we had found,807
The Red-Headed League,"ourselves in the morning. Our cabs were dismissed, and, following the",808
The Red-Headed League,"guidance of Mr. Merryweather, we passed down a narrow passage and",809
The Red-Headed League,"through a side door, which he opened for us. Within there was a small",810
The Red-Headed League,"corridor, which ended in a very massive iron gate. This also was",811
The Red-Headed League,"opened, and led down a flight of winding stone steps, which",812
The Red-Headed League,terminated at another formidable gate. Mr. Merryweather stopped to,813
The Red-Headed League,"light a lantern, and then conducted us down a dark, earth-smelling",814
The Red-Headed League,"passage, and so, after opening a third door, into a huge vault or",815
The Red-Headed League,"cellar, which was piled all round with crates and massive boxes.",816
The Red-Headed League,,817
The Red-Headed League,"""You are not very vulnerable from above,"" Holmes remarked as he held",818
The Red-Headed League,up the lantern and gazed about him.,819
The Red-Headed League,,820
The Red-Headed League,"""Nor from below,"" said Mr. Merryweather, striking his stick upon the",821
The Red-Headed League,"flags which lined the floor. ""Why, dear me, it sounds quite hollow!""",822
The Red-Headed League,"he remarked, looking up in surprise.",823
The Red-Headed League,,824
The Red-Headed League,"""I must really ask you to be a little more quiet!"" said Holmes",825
The Red-Headed League,"severely. ""You have already imperilled the whole success of our",826
The Red-Headed League,expedition. Might I beg that you would have the goodness to sit down,827
The Red-Headed League,"upon one of those boxes, and not to interfere?""",828
The Red-Headed League,,829
The Red-Headed League,"The solemn Mr. Merryweather perched himself upon a crate, with a very",830
The Red-Headed League,"injured expression upon his face, while Holmes fell upon his knees",831
The Red-Headed League,"upon the floor and, with the lantern and a magnifying lens, began to",832
The Red-Headed League,examine minutely the cracks between the stones. A few seconds,833
The Red-Headed League,"sufficed to satisfy him, for he sprang to his feet again and put his",834
The Red-Headed League,glass in his pocket.,835
The Red-Headed League,,836
The Red-Headed League,"""We have at least an hour before us,"" he remarked, ""for they can",837
The Red-Headed League,hardly take any steps until the good pawnbroker is safely in bed.,838
The Red-Headed League,"Then they will not lose a minute, for the sooner they do their work",839
The Red-Headed League,"the longer time they will have for their escape. We are at present,",840
The Red-Headed League,Doctor--as no doubt you have divined--in the cellar of the City,841
The Red-Headed League,branch of one of the principal London banks. Mr. Merryweather is the,842
The Red-Headed League,"chairman of directors, and he will explain to you that there are",843
The Red-Headed League,reasons why the more daring criminals of London should take a,844
The Red-Headed League,"considerable interest in this cellar at present.""",845
The Red-Headed League,,846
The Red-Headed League,"""It is our French gold,"" whispered the director. ""We have had several",847
The Red-Headed League,"warnings that an attempt might be made upon it.""",848
The Red-Headed League,,849
The Red-Headed League,"""Your French gold?""",850
The Red-Headed League,,851
The Red-Headed League,"""Yes. We had occasion some months ago to strengthen our resources and",852
The Red-Headed League,"borrowed for that purpose 30,000 napoleons from the Bank of France.",853
The Red-Headed League,It has become known that we have never had occasion to unpack the,854
The Red-Headed League,"money, and that it is still lying in our cellar. The crate upon which",855
The Red-Headed League,"I sit contains 2,000 napoleons packed between layers of lead foil.",856
The Red-Headed League,Our reserve of bullion is much larger at present than is usually kept,857
The Red-Headed League,"in a single branch office, and the directors have had misgivings upon",858
The Red-Headed League,"the subject.""",859
The Red-Headed League,,860
The Red-Headed League,"""Which were very well justified,"" observed Holmes. ""And now it is",861
The Red-Headed League,time that we arranged our little plans. I expect that within an hour,862
The Red-Headed League,"matters will come to a head. In the meantime Mr. Merryweather, we",863
The Red-Headed League,"must put the screen over that dark lantern.""",864
The Red-Headed League,,865
The Red-Headed League,"""And sit in the dark?""",866
The Red-Headed League,,867
The Red-Headed League,"""I am afraid so. I had brought a pack of cards in my pocket, and I",868
The Red-Headed League,"thought that, as we were a partie carrée, you might have your rubber",869
The Red-Headed League,after all. But I see that the enemy's preparations have gone so far,870
The Red-Headed League,"that we cannot risk the presence of a light. And, first of all, we",871
The Red-Headed League,"must choose our positions. These are daring men, and though we shall",872
The Red-Headed League,"take them at a disadvantage, they may do us some harm unless we are",873
The Red-Headed League,"careful. I shall stand behind this crate, and do you conceal",874
The Red-Headed League,"yourselves behind those. Then, when I flash a light upon them, close",875
The Red-Headed League,"in swiftly. If they fire, Watson, have no compunction about shooting",876
The Red-Headed League,"them down.""",877
The Red-Headed League,,878
The Red-Headed League,"I placed my revolver, cocked, upon the top of the wooden case behind",879
The Red-Headed League,which I crouched. Holmes shot the slide across the front of his,880
The Red-Headed League,lantern and left us in pitch darkness--such an absolute darkness as I,881
The Red-Headed League,have never before experienced. The smell of hot metal remained to,882
The Red-Headed League,"assure us that the light was still there, ready to flash out at a",883
The Red-Headed League,"moment's notice. To me, with my nerves worked up to a pitch of",884
The Red-Headed League,"expectancy, there was something depressing and subduing in the sudden",885
The Red-Headed League,"gloom, and in the cold dank air of the vault.",886
The Red-Headed League,,887
The Red-Headed League,"""They have but one retreat,"" whispered Holmes. ""That is back through",888
The Red-Headed League,the house into Saxe-Coburg Square. I hope that you have done what I,889
The Red-Headed League,"asked you, Jones?""",890
The Red-Headed League,,891
The Red-Headed League,"""I have an inspector and two officers waiting at the front door.""",892
The Red-Headed League,,893
The Red-Headed League,"""Then we have stopped all the holes. And now we must be silent and",894
The Red-Headed League,"wait.""",895
The Red-Headed League,,896
The Red-Headed League,What a time it seemed! From comparing notes afterwards it was but an,897
The Red-Headed League,"hour and a quarter, yet it appeared to me that the night must have",898
The Red-Headed League,almost gone and the dawn be breaking above us. My limbs were weary,899
The Red-Headed League,"and stiff, for I feared to change my position; yet my nerves were",900
The Red-Headed League,"worked up to the highest pitch of tension, and my hearing was so",901
The Red-Headed League,acute that I could not only hear the gentle breathing of my,902
The Red-Headed League,"companions, but I could distinguish the deeper, heavier in-breath of",903
The Red-Headed League,"the bulky Jones from the thin, sighing note of the bank director.",904
The Red-Headed League,From my position I could look over the case in the direction of the,905
The Red-Headed League,floor. Suddenly my eyes caught the glint of a light.,906
The Red-Headed League,,907
The Red-Headed League,At first it was but a lurid spark upon the stone pavement. Then it,908
The Red-Headed League,"lengthened out until it became a yellow line, and then, without any",909
The Red-Headed League,"warning or sound, a gash seemed to open and a hand appeared, a white,",910
The Red-Headed League,"almost womanly hand, which felt about in the centre of the little",911
The Red-Headed League,"area of light. For a minute or more the hand, with its writhing",912
The Red-Headed League,"fingers, protruded out of the floor. Then it was withdrawn as",913
The Red-Headed League,"suddenly as it appeared, and all was dark again save the single lurid",914
The Red-Headed League,spark which marked a chink between the stones.,915
The Red-Headed League,,916
The Red-Headed League,"Its disappearance, however, was but momentary. With a rending,",917
The Red-Headed League,"tearing sound, one of the broad, white stones turned over upon its",918
The Red-Headed League,"side and left a square, gaping hole, through which streamed the light",919
The Red-Headed League,"of a lantern. Over the edge there peeped a clean-cut, boyish face,",920
The Red-Headed League,"which looked keenly about it, and then, with a hand on either side of",921
The Red-Headed League,"the aperture, drew itself shoulder-high and waist-high, until one",922
The Red-Headed League,knee rested upon the edge. In another instant he stood at the side of,923
The Red-Headed League,"the hole and was hauling after him a companion, lithe and small like",924
The Red-Headed League,"himself, with a pale face and a shock of very red hair.",925
The Red-Headed League,,926
The Red-Headed League,"""It's all clear,"" he whispered. ""Have you the chisel and the bags?",927
The Red-Headed League,"Great Scott! Jump, Archie, jump, and I'll swing for it!""",928
The Red-Headed League,,929
The Red-Headed League,Sherlock Holmes had sprung out and seized the intruder by the collar.,930
The Red-Headed League,"The other dived down the hole, and I heard the sound of rending cloth",931
The Red-Headed League,as Jones clutched at his skirts. The light flashed upon the barrel of,932
The Red-Headed League,"a revolver, but Holmes' hunting crop came down on the man's wrist,",933
The Red-Headed League,and the pistol clinked upon the stone floor.,934
The Red-Headed League,,935
The Red-Headed League,"""It's no use, John Clay,"" said Holmes blandly. ""You have no chance at",936
The Red-Headed League,"all.""",937
The Red-Headed League,,938
The Red-Headed League,"""So I see,"" the other answered with the utmost coolness. ""I fancy",939
The Red-Headed League,"that my pal is all right, though I see you have got his coat-tails.""",940
The Red-Headed League,,941
The Red-Headed League,"""There are three men waiting for him at the door,"" said Holmes.",942
The Red-Headed League,,943
The Red-Headed League,"""Oh, indeed! You seem to have done the thing very completely. I must",944
The Red-Headed League,"compliment you.""",945
The Red-Headed League,,946
The Red-Headed League,"""And I you,"" Holmes answered. ""Your red-headed idea was very new and",947
The Red-Headed League,"effective.""",948
The Red-Headed League,,949
The Red-Headed League,"""You'll see your pal again presently,"" said Jones. ""He's quicker at",950
The Red-Headed League,climbing down holes than I am. Just hold out while I fix the,951
The Red-Headed League,"derbies.""",952
The Red-Headed League,,953
The Red-Headed League,"""I beg that you will not touch me with your filthy hands,"" remarked",954
The Red-Headed League,"our prisoner as the handcuffs clattered upon his wrists. ""You may not",955
The Red-Headed League,"be aware that I have royal blood in my veins. Have the goodness,",956
The Red-Headed League,"also, when you address me always to say 'sir' and 'please.'""",957
The Red-Headed League,,958
The Red-Headed League,"""All right,"" said Jones with a stare and a snigger. ""Well, would you",959
The Red-Headed League,"please, sir, march upstairs, where we can get a cab to carry your",960
The Red-Headed League,"Highness to the police-station?""",961
The Red-Headed League,,962
The Red-Headed League,"""That is better,"" said John Clay serenely. He made a sweeping bow to",963
The Red-Headed League,the three of us and walked quietly off in the custody of the,964
The Red-Headed League,detective.,965
The Red-Headed League,,966
The Red-Headed League,"""Really, Mr. Holmes,"" said Mr. Merryweather as we followed them from",967
The Red-Headed League,"the cellar, ""I do not know how the bank can thank you or repay you.",968
The Red-Headed League,There is no doubt that you have detected and defeated in the most,969
The Red-Headed League,complete manner one of the most determined attempts at bank robbery,970
The Red-Headed League,"that have ever come within my experience.""",971
The Red-Headed League,,972
The Red-Headed League,"""I have had one or two little scores of my own to settle with Mr.",973
The Red-Headed League,"John Clay,"" said Holmes. ""I have been at some small expense over this",974
The Red-Headed League,"matter, which I shall expect the bank to refund, but beyond that I am",975
The Red-Headed League,amply repaid by having had an experience which is in many ways,976
The Red-Headed League,"unique, and by hearing the very remarkable narrative of the",977
The Red-Headed League,"Red-headed League.""",978
The Red-Headed League,,979
The Red-Headed League,"""You see, Watson,"" he explained in the early hours of the morning as",980
The Red-Headed League,"we sat over a glass of whisky and soda in Baker Street, ""it was",981
The Red-Headed League,perfectly obvious from the first that the only possible object of,982
The Red-Headed League,"this rather fantastic business of the advertisement of the League,",983
The Red-Headed League,"and the copying of the 'Encyclopaedia,' must be to get this not",984
The Red-Headed League,over-bright pawnbroker out of the way for a number of hours every,985
The Red-Headed League,"day. It was a curious way of managing it, but, really, it would be",986
The Red-Headed League,difficult to suggest a better. The method was no doubt suggested to,987
The Red-Headed League,Clay's ingenious mind by the colour of his accomplice's hair. The £4,988
The Red-Headed League,"a week was a lure which must draw him, and what was it to them, who",989
The Red-Headed League,"were playing for thousands? They put in the advertisement, one rogue",990
The Red-Headed League,"has the temporary office, the other rogue incites the man to apply",991
The Red-Headed League,"for it, and together they manage to secure his absence every morning",992
The Red-Headed League,in the week. From the time that I heard of the assistant having come,993
The Red-Headed League,"for half wages, it was obvious to me that he had some strong motive",994
The Red-Headed League,"for securing the situation.""",995
The Red-Headed League,,996
The Red-Headed League,"""But how could you guess what the motive was?""",997
The Red-Headed League,,998
The Red-Headed League,"""Had there been women in the house, I should have suspected a mere",999
The Red-Headed League,"vulgar intrigue. That, however, was out of the question. The man's",1000
The Red-Headed League,"business was a small one, and there was nothing in his house which",1001
The Red-Headed League,"could account for such elaborate preparations, and such an",1002
The Red-Headed League,"expenditure as they were at. It must, then, be something out of the",1003
The Red-Headed League,house. What could it be? I thought of the assistant's fondness for,1004
The Red-Headed League,"photography, and his trick of vanishing into the cellar. The cellar!",1005
The Red-Headed League,There was the end of this tangled clue. Then I made inquiries as to,1006
The Red-Headed League,this mysterious assistant and found that I had to deal with one of,1007
The Red-Headed League,the coolest and most daring criminals in London. He was doing,1008
The Red-Headed League,something in the cellar--something which took many hours a day for,1009
The Red-Headed League,"months on end. What could it be, once more? I could think of nothing",1010
The Red-Headed League,save that he was running a tunnel to some other building.,1011
The Red-Headed League,,1012
The Red-Headed League,"""So far I had got when we went to visit the scene of action. I",1013
The Red-Headed League,surprised you by beating upon the pavement with my stick. I was,1014
The Red-Headed League,ascertaining whether the cellar stretched out in front or behind. It,1015
The Red-Headed League,"was not in front. Then I rang the bell, and, as I hoped, the",1016
The Red-Headed League,"assistant answered it. We have had some skirmishes, but we had never",1017
The Red-Headed League,set eyes upon each other before. I hardly looked at his face. His,1018
The Red-Headed League,knees were what I wished to see. You must yourself have remarked how,1019
The Red-Headed League,"worn, wrinkled, and stained they were. They spoke of those hours of",1020
The Red-Headed League,burrowing. The only remaining point was what they were burrowing for.,1021
The Red-Headed League,"I walked round the corner, saw the City and Suburban Bank abutted on",1022
The Red-Headed League,"our friend's premises, and felt that I had solved my problem. When",1023
The Red-Headed League,you drove home after the concert I called upon Scotland Yard and upon,1024
The Red-Headed League,"the chairman of the bank directors, with the result that you have",1025
The Red-Headed League,"seen.""",1026
The Red-Headed League,,1027
The Red-Headed League,"""And how could you tell that they would make their attempt to-night?""",1028
The Red-Headed League,I asked.,1029
The Red-Headed League,,1030
The Red-Headed League,"""Well, when they closed their League offices that was a sign that",1031
The Red-Headed League,they cared no longer about Mr. Jabez Wilson's presence--in other,1032
The Red-Headed League,"words, that they had completed their tunnel. But it was essential",1033
The Red-Headed League,"that they should use it soon, as it might be discovered, or the",1034
The Red-Headed League,bullion might be removed. Saturday would suit them better than any,1035
The Red-Headed League,"other day, as it would give them two days for their escape. For all",1036
The Red-Headed League,"these reasons I expected them to come to-night.""",1037
The Red-Headed League,,1038
The Red-Headed League,"""You reasoned it out beautifully,"" I exclaimed in unfeigned",1039
The Red-Headed League,"admiration. ""It is so long a chain, and yet every link rings true.""",1040
The Red-Headed League,,1041
The Red-Headed League,"""It saved me from ennui,"" he answered, yawning. ""Alas! I already feel",1042
The Red-Headed League,it closing in upon me. My life is spent in one long effort to escape,1043
The Red-Headed League,from the commonplaces of existence. These little problems help me to,1044
The Red-Headed League,"do so.""",1045
The Red-Headed League,,1046
The Red-Headed League,"""And you are a benefactor of the race,"" said I.",1047
The Red-Headed League,,1048
The Red-Headed League,"He shrugged his shoulders. ""Well, perhaps, after all, it is of some",1049
The Red-Headed League,"little use,"" he remarked. ""'L'homme c'est rien--l'oeuvre c'est tout,'",1050
The Red-Headed League,"as Gustave Flaubert wrote to George Sand.""",1051
The Red-Headed League,,1052
A Case of Identity,A CASE OF IDENTITY,1
A Case of Identity,,2
A Case of Identity,"""My dear fellow,"" said Sherlock Holmes as we sat on either side of",3
A Case of Identity,"the fire in his lodgings at Baker Street, ""life is infinitely",4
A Case of Identity,stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent. We would,5
A Case of Identity,not dare to conceive the things which are really mere commonplaces of,6
A Case of Identity,"existence. If we could fly out of that window hand in hand, hover",7
A Case of Identity,"over this great city, gently remove the roofs, and peep in at the",8
A Case of Identity,"queer things which are going on, the strange coincidences, the",9
A Case of Identity,"plannings, the cross-purposes, the wonderful chains of events,",10
A Case of Identity,"working through generations, and leading to the most outré results,",11
A Case of Identity,it would make all fiction with its conventionalities and foreseen,12
A Case of Identity,"conclusions most stale and unprofitable.""",13
A Case of Identity,,14
A Case of Identity,"""And yet I am not convinced of it,"" I answered. ""The cases which come",15
A Case of Identity,"to light in the papers are, as a rule, bald enough, and vulgar",16
A Case of Identity,enough. We have in our police reports realism pushed to its extreme,17
A Case of Identity,"limits, and yet the result is, it must be confessed, neither",18
A Case of Identity,"fascinating nor artistic.""",19
A Case of Identity,,20
A Case of Identity,"""A certain selection and discretion must be used in producing a",21
A Case of Identity,"realistic effect,"" remarked Holmes. ""This is wanting in the police",22
A Case of Identity,"report, where more stress is laid, perhaps, upon the platitudes of",23
A Case of Identity,"the magistrate than upon the details, which to an observer contain",24
A Case of Identity,"the vital essence of the whole matter. Depend upon it, there is",25
A Case of Identity,"nothing so unnatural as the commonplace.""",26
A Case of Identity,,27
A Case of Identity,"I smiled and shook my head. ""I can quite understand your thinking",28
A Case of Identity,"so."" I said. ""Of course, in your position of unofficial adviser and",29
A Case of Identity,"helper to everybody who is absolutely puzzled, throughout three",30
A Case of Identity,"continents, you are brought in contact with all that is strange and",31
A Case of Identity,"bizarre. But here""--I picked up the morning paper from the",32
A Case of Identity,"ground--""let us put it to a practical test. Here is the first heading",33
A Case of Identity,upon which I come. 'A husband's cruelty to his wife.' There is half a,34
A Case of Identity,"column of print, but I know without reading it that it is all",35
A Case of Identity,"perfectly familiar to me. There is, of course, the other woman, the",36
A Case of Identity,"drink, the push, the blow, the bruise, the sympathetic sister or",37
A Case of Identity,"landlady. The crudest of writers could invent nothing more crude.""",38
A Case of Identity,,39
A Case of Identity,"""Indeed, your example is an unfortunate one for your argument,"" said",40
A Case of Identity,"Holmes, taking the paper and glancing his eye down it. ""This is the",41
A Case of Identity,"Dundas separation case, and, as it happens, I was engaged in clearing",42
A Case of Identity,up some small points in connection with it. The husband was a,43
A Case of Identity,"teetotaler, there was no other woman, and the conduct complained of",44
A Case of Identity,was that he had drifted into the habit of winding up every meal by,45
A Case of Identity,"taking out his false teeth and hurling them at his wife, which, you",46
A Case of Identity,"will allow, is not an action likely to occur to the imagination of",47
A Case of Identity,"the average story-teller. Take a pinch of snuff, Doctor, and",48
A Case of Identity,"acknowledge that I have scored over you in your example.""",49
A Case of Identity,,50
A Case of Identity,"He held out his snuffbox of old gold, with a great amethyst in the",51
A Case of Identity,centre of the lid. Its splendour was in such contrast to his homely,52
A Case of Identity,ways and simple life that I could not help commenting upon it.,53
A Case of Identity,,54
A Case of Identity,"""Ah,"" said he, ""I forgot that I had not seen you for some weeks. It",55
A Case of Identity,is a little souvenir from the King of Bohemia in return for my,56
A Case of Identity,"assistance in the case of the Irene Adler papers.""",57
A Case of Identity,,58
A Case of Identity,"""And the ring?"" I asked, glancing at a remarkable brilliant which",59
A Case of Identity,sparkled upon his finger.,60
A Case of Identity,,61
A Case of Identity,"""It was from the reigning family of Holland, though the matter in",62
A Case of Identity,which I served them was of such delicacy that I cannot confide it,63
A Case of Identity,"even to you, who have been good enough to chronicle one or two of my",64
A Case of Identity,"little problems.""",65
A Case of Identity,,66
A Case of Identity,"""And have you any on hand just now?"" I asked with interest.",67
A Case of Identity,,68
A Case of Identity,"""Some ten or twelve, but none which present any feature of interest.",69
A Case of Identity,"They are important, you understand, without being interesting.",70
A Case of Identity,"Indeed, I have found that it is usually in unimportant matters that",71
A Case of Identity,"there is a field for the observation, and for the quick analysis of",72
A Case of Identity,cause and effect which gives the charm to an investigation. The,73
A Case of Identity,"larger crimes are apt to be the simpler, for the bigger the crime the",74
A Case of Identity,"more obvious, as a rule, is the motive. In these cases, save for one",75
A Case of Identity,rather intricate matter which has been referred to me from,76
A Case of Identity,"Marseilles, there is nothing which presents any features of interest.",77
A Case of Identity,"It is possible, however, that I may have something better before very",78
A Case of Identity,"many minutes are over, for this is one of my clients, or I am much",79
A Case of Identity,"mistaken.""",80
A Case of Identity,,81
A Case of Identity,He had risen from his chair and was standing between the parted,82
A Case of Identity,blinds gazing down into the dull neutral-tinted London street.,83
A Case of Identity,"Looking over his shoulder, I saw that on the pavement opposite there",84
A Case of Identity,"stood a large woman with a heavy fur boa round her neck, and a large",85
A Case of Identity,curling red feather in a broad-brimmed hat which was tilted in a,86
A Case of Identity,coquettish Duchess of Devonshire fashion over her ear. From under,87
A Case of Identity,"this great panoply she peeped up in a nervous, hesitating fashion at",88
A Case of Identity,"our windows, while her body oscillated backward and forward, and her",89
A Case of Identity,"fingers fidgeted with her glove buttons. Suddenly, with a plunge, as",90
A Case of Identity,"of the swimmer who leaves the bank, she hurried across the road, and",91
A Case of Identity,we heard the sharp clang of the bell.,92
A Case of Identity,,93
A Case of Identity,"""I have seen those symptoms before,"" said Holmes, throwing his",94
A Case of Identity,"cigarette into the fire. ""Oscillation upon the pavement always means",95
A Case of Identity,"an affaire de coeur. She would like advice, but is not sure that the",96
A Case of Identity,matter is not too delicate for communication. And yet even here we,97
A Case of Identity,may discriminate. When a woman has been seriously wronged by a man,98
A Case of Identity,"she no longer oscillates, and the usual symptom is a broken bell",99
A Case of Identity,"wire. Here we may take it that there is a love matter, but that the",100
A Case of Identity,"maiden is not so much angry as perplexed, or grieved. But here she",101
A Case of Identity,"comes in person to resolve our doubts.""",102
A Case of Identity,,103
A Case of Identity,"As he spoke there was a tap at the door, and the boy in buttons",104
A Case of Identity,"entered to announce Miss Mary Sutherland, while the lady herself",105
A Case of Identity,loomed behind his small black figure like a full-sailed merchant-man,106
A Case of Identity,behind a tiny pilot boat. Sherlock Holmes welcomed her with the easy,107
A Case of Identity,"courtesy for which he was remarkable, and, having closed the door and",108
A Case of Identity,"bowed her into an armchair, he looked her over in the minute and yet",109
A Case of Identity,abstracted fashion which was peculiar to him.,110
A Case of Identity,,111
A Case of Identity,"""Do you not find,"" he said, ""that with your short sight it is a",112
A Case of Identity,"little trying to do so much typewriting?""",113
A Case of Identity,,114
A Case of Identity,"""I did at first,"" she answered, ""but now I know where the letters are",115
A Case of Identity,"without looking."" Then, suddenly realising the full purport of his",116
A Case of Identity,"words, she gave a violent start and looked up, with fear and",117
A Case of Identity,"astonishment upon her broad, good-humoured face. ""You've heard about",118
A Case of Identity,"me, Mr. Holmes,"" she cried, ""else how could you know all that?""",119
A Case of Identity,,120
A Case of Identity,"""Never mind,"" said Holmes, laughing; ""it is my business to know",121
A Case of Identity,things. Perhaps I have trained myself to see what others overlook. If,122
A Case of Identity,"not, why should you come to consult me?""",123
A Case of Identity,,124
A Case of Identity,"""I came to you, sir, because I heard of you from Mrs. Etherege, whose",125
A Case of Identity,husband you found so easy when the police and everyone had given him,126
A Case of Identity,"up for dead. Oh, Mr. Holmes, I wish you would do as much for me. I'm",127
A Case of Identity,"not rich, but still I have a hundred a year in my own right, besides",128
A Case of Identity,"the little that I make by the machine, and I would give it all to",129
A Case of Identity,"know what has become of Mr. Hosmer Angel.""",130
A Case of Identity,,131
A Case of Identity,"""Why did you come away to consult me in such a hurry?"" asked Sherlock",132
A Case of Identity,"Holmes, with his finger-tips together and his eyes to the ceiling.",133
A Case of Identity,,134
A Case of Identity,Again a startled look came over the somewhat vacuous face of Miss,135
A Case of Identity,"Mary Sutherland. ""Yes, I did bang out of the house,"" she said, ""for",136
A Case of Identity,"it made me angry to see the easy way in which Mr. Windibank--that is,",137
A Case of Identity,"my father--took it all. He would not go to the police, and he would",138
A Case of Identity,"not go to you, and so at last, as he would do nothing and kept on",139
A Case of Identity,"saying that there was no harm done, it made me mad, and I just on",140
A Case of Identity,"with my things and came right away to you.""",141
A Case of Identity,,142
A Case of Identity,"""Your father,"" said Holmes, ""your stepfather, surely, since the name",143
A Case of Identity,"is different.""",144
A Case of Identity,,145
A Case of Identity,"""Yes, my stepfather. I call him father, though it sounds funny, too,",146
A Case of Identity,"for he is only five years and two months older than myself.""",147
A Case of Identity,,148
A Case of Identity,"""And your mother is alive?""",149
A Case of Identity,,150
A Case of Identity,"""Oh, yes, mother is alive and well. I wasn't best pleased, Mr.",151
A Case of Identity,"Holmes, when she married again so soon after father's death, and a",152
A Case of Identity,man who was nearly fifteen years younger than herself. Father was a,153
A Case of Identity,"plumber in the Tottenham Court Road, and he left a tidy business",154
A Case of Identity,"behind him, which mother carried on with Mr. Hardy, the foreman; but",155
A Case of Identity,"when Mr. Windibank came he made her sell the business, for he was",156
A Case of Identity,"very superior, being a traveller in wines. They got £4700 for the",157
A Case of Identity,"goodwill and interest, which wasn't near as much as father could have",158
A Case of Identity,"got if he had been alive.""",159
A Case of Identity,,160
A Case of Identity,I had expected to see Sherlock Holmes impatient under this rambling,161
A Case of Identity,"and inconsequential narrative, but, on the contrary, he had listened",162
A Case of Identity,with the greatest concentration of attention.,163
A Case of Identity,,164
A Case of Identity,"""Your own little income,"" he asked, ""does it come out of the",165
A Case of Identity,"business?""",166
A Case of Identity,,167
A Case of Identity,"""Oh, no, sir. It is quite separate and was left me by my uncle Ned in",168
A Case of Identity,"Auckland. It is in New Zealand stock, paying 4½ per cent. Two",169
A Case of Identity,"thousand five hundred pounds was the amount, but I can only touch the",170
A Case of Identity,"interest.""",171
A Case of Identity,,172
A Case of Identity,"""You interest me extremely,"" said Holmes. ""And since you draw so",173
A Case of Identity,"large a sum as a hundred a year, with what you earn into the bargain,",174
A Case of Identity,you no doubt travel a little and indulge yourself in every way. I,175
A Case of Identity,believe that a single lady can get on very nicely upon an income of,176
A Case of Identity,"about £60.""",177
A Case of Identity,,178
A Case of Identity,"""I could do with much less than that, Mr. Holmes, but you understand",179
A Case of Identity,"that as long as I live at home I don't wish to be a burden to them,",180
A Case of Identity,and so they have the use of the money just while I am staying with,181
A Case of Identity,"them. Of course, that is only just for the time. Mr. Windibank draws",182
A Case of Identity,"my interest every quarter and pays it over to mother, and I find that",183
A Case of Identity,I can do pretty well with what I earn at typewriting. It brings me,184
A Case of Identity,"twopence a sheet, and I can often do from fifteen to twenty sheets in",185
A Case of Identity,"a day.""",186
A Case of Identity,,187
A Case of Identity,"""You have made your position very clear to me,"" said Holmes. ""This is",188
A Case of Identity,"my friend, Dr. Watson, before whom you can speak as freely as before",189
A Case of Identity,myself. Kindly tell us now all about your connection with Mr. Hosmer,190
A Case of Identity,"Angel.""",191
A Case of Identity,,192
A Case of Identity,"A flush stole over Miss Sutherland's face, and she picked nervously",193
A Case of Identity,"at the fringe of her jacket. ""I met him first at the gasfitters'",194
A Case of Identity,"ball,"" she said. ""They used to send father tickets when he was alive,",195
A Case of Identity,"and then afterwards they remembered us, and sent them to mother. Mr.",196
A Case of Identity,Windibank did not wish us to go. He never did wish us to go anywhere.,197
A Case of Identity,He would get quite mad if I wanted so much as to join a Sunday-school,198
A Case of Identity,"treat. But this time I was set on going, and I would go; for what",199
A Case of Identity,right had he to prevent? He said the folk were not fit for us to,200
A Case of Identity,"know, when all father's friends were to be there. And he said that I",201
A Case of Identity,"had nothing fit to wear, when I had my purple plush that I had never",202
A Case of Identity,"so much as taken out of the drawer. At last, when nothing else would",203
A Case of Identity,"do, he went off to France upon the business of the firm, but we went,",204
A Case of Identity,"mother and I, with Mr. Hardy, who used to be our foreman, and it was",205
A Case of Identity,"there I met Mr. Hosmer Angel.""",206
A Case of Identity,,207
A Case of Identity,"""I suppose,"" said Holmes, ""that when Mr. Windibank came back from",208
A Case of Identity,"France he was very annoyed at your having gone to the ball.""",209
A Case of Identity,,210
A Case of Identity,"""Oh, well, he was very good about it. He laughed, I remember, and",211
A Case of Identity,"shrugged his shoulders, and said there was no use denying anything to",212
A Case of Identity,"a woman, for she would have her way.""",213
A Case of Identity,,214
A Case of Identity,"""I see. Then at the gasfitters' ball you met, as I understand, a",215
A Case of Identity,"gentleman called Mr. Hosmer Angel.""",216
A Case of Identity,,217
A Case of Identity,"""Yes, sir. I met him that night, and he called next day to ask if we",218
A Case of Identity,"had got home all safe, and after that we met him--that is to say, Mr.",219
A Case of Identity,"Holmes, I met him twice for walks, but after that father came back",220
A Case of Identity,"again, and Mr. Hosmer Angel could not come to the house any more.""",221
A Case of Identity,,222
A Case of Identity,"""No?""",223
A Case of Identity,,224
A Case of Identity,"""Well, you know father didn't like anything of the sort. He wouldn't",225
A Case of Identity,"have any visitors if he could help it, and he used to say that a",226
A Case of Identity,"woman should be happy in her own family circle. But then, as I used",227
A Case of Identity,"to say to mother, a woman wants her own circle to begin with, and I",228
A Case of Identity,"had not got mine yet.""",229
A Case of Identity,,230
A Case of Identity,"""But how about Mr. Hosmer Angel? Did he make no attempt to see you?""",231
A Case of Identity,,232
A Case of Identity,"""Well, father was going off to France again in a week, and Hosmer",233
A Case of Identity,wrote and said that it would be safer and better not to see each,234
A Case of Identity,"other until he had gone. We could write in the meantime, and he used",235
A Case of Identity,"to write every day. I took the letters in in the morning, so there",236
A Case of Identity,"was no need for father to know.""",237
A Case of Identity,,238
A Case of Identity,"""Were you engaged to the gentleman at this time?""",239
A Case of Identity,,240
A Case of Identity,"""Oh, yes, Mr. Holmes. We were engaged after the first walk that we",241
A Case of Identity,took. Hosmer--Mr. Angel--was a cashier in an office in Leadenhall,242
A Case of Identity,"Street--and--""",243
A Case of Identity,,244
A Case of Identity,"""What office?""",245
A Case of Identity,,246
A Case of Identity,"""That's the worst of it, Mr. Holmes, I don't know.""",247
A Case of Identity,,248
A Case of Identity,"""Where did he live, then?""",249
A Case of Identity,,250
A Case of Identity,"""He slept on the premises.""",251
A Case of Identity,,252
A Case of Identity,"""And you don't know his address?""",253
A Case of Identity,,254
A Case of Identity,"""No--except that it was Leadenhall Street.""",255
A Case of Identity,,256
A Case of Identity,"""Where did you address your letters, then?""",257
A Case of Identity,,258
A Case of Identity,"""To the Leadenhall Street Post Office, to be left till called for. He",259
A Case of Identity,said that if they were sent to the office he would be chaffed by all,260
A Case of Identity,"the other clerks about having letters from a lady, so I offered to",261
A Case of Identity,"typewrite them, like he did his, but he wouldn't have that, for he",262
A Case of Identity,"said that when I wrote them they seemed to come from me, but when",263
A Case of Identity,they were typewritten he always felt that the machine had come,264
A Case of Identity,"between us. That will just show you how fond he was of me, Mr.",265
A Case of Identity,"Holmes, and the little things that he would think of.""",266
A Case of Identity,,267
A Case of Identity,"""It was most suggestive,"" said Holmes. ""It has long been an axiom of",268
A Case of Identity,mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.  Can,269
A Case of Identity,"you remember any other little things about Mr. Hosmer Angel?""",270
A Case of Identity,,271
A Case of Identity,"""He was a very shy man, Mr. Holmes. He would rather walk with me in",272
A Case of Identity,"the evening than in the daylight, for he said that he hated to be",273
A Case of Identity,conspicuous. Very retiring and gentlemanly he was. Even his voice was,274
A Case of Identity,"gentle. He'd had the quinsy and swollen glands when he was young, he",275
A Case of Identity,"told me, and it had left him with a weak throat, and a hesitating,",276
A Case of Identity,"whispering fashion of speech. He was always well dressed, very neat",277
A Case of Identity,"and plain, but his eyes were weak, just as mine are, and he wore",278
A Case of Identity,"tinted glasses against the glare.""",279
A Case of Identity,,280
A Case of Identity,"""Well, and what happened when Mr. Windibank, your stepfather,",281
A Case of Identity,"returned to France?""",282
A Case of Identity,,283
A Case of Identity,"""Mr. Hosmer Angel came to the house again and proposed that we should",284
A Case of Identity,marry before father came back. He was in dreadful earnest and made me,285
A Case of Identity,"swear, with my hands on the Testament, that whatever happened I would",286
A Case of Identity,always be true to him. Mother said he was quite right to make me,287
A Case of Identity,"swear, and that it was a sign of his passion. Mother was all in his",288
A Case of Identity,"favour from the first and was even fonder of him than I was. Then,",289
A Case of Identity,"when they talked of marrying within the week, I began to ask about",290
A Case of Identity,"father; but they both said never to mind about father, but just to",291
A Case of Identity,"tell him afterwards, and mother said she would make it all right with",292
A Case of Identity,"him. I didn't quite like that, Mr. Holmes. It seemed funny that I",293
A Case of Identity,"should ask his leave, as he was only a few years older than me; but I",294
A Case of Identity,"didn't want to do anything on the sly, so I wrote to father at",295
A Case of Identity,"Bordeaux, where the company has its French offices, but the letter",296
A Case of Identity,"came back to me on the very morning of the wedding.""",297
A Case of Identity,,298
A Case of Identity,"""It missed him, then?""",299
A Case of Identity,,300
A Case of Identity,"""Yes, sir; for he had started to England just before it arrived.""",301
A Case of Identity,,302
A Case of Identity,"""Ha! that was unfortunate. Your wedding was arranged, then, for the",303
A Case of Identity,"Friday. Was it to be in church?""",304
A Case of Identity,,305
A Case of Identity,"""Yes, sir, but very quietly. It was to be at St. Saviour's, near",306
A Case of Identity,"King's Cross, and we were to have breakfast afterwards at the St.",307
A Case of Identity,"Pancras Hotel. Hosmer came for us in a hansom, but as there were two",308
A Case of Identity,"of us he put us both into it and stepped himself into a four-wheeler,",309
A Case of Identity,which happened to be the only other cab in the street. We got to the,310
A Case of Identity,"church first, and when the four-wheeler drove up we waited for him to",311
A Case of Identity,"step out, but he never did, and when the cabman got down from the box",312
A Case of Identity,and looked there was no one there! The cabman said that he could not,313
A Case of Identity,"imagine what had become of him, for he had seen him get in with his",314
A Case of Identity,"own eyes. That was last Friday, Mr. Holmes, and I have never seen or",315
A Case of Identity,heard anything since then to throw any light upon what became of,316
A Case of Identity,"him.""",317
A Case of Identity,,318
A Case of Identity,"""It seems to me that you have been very shamefully treated,"" said",319
A Case of Identity,Holmes.,320
A Case of Identity,,321
A Case of Identity,"""Oh, no, sir! He was too good and kind to leave me so. Why, all the",322
A Case of Identity,"morning he was saying to me that, whatever happened, I was to be",323
A Case of Identity,true; and that even if something quite unforeseen occurred to,324
A Case of Identity,"separate us, I was always to remember that I was pledged to him, and",325
A Case of Identity,that he would claim his pledge sooner or later. It seemed strange,326
A Case of Identity,"talk for a wedding-morning, but what has happened since gives a",327
A Case of Identity,"meaning to it.""",328
A Case of Identity,,329
A Case of Identity,"""Most certainly it does. Your own opinion is, then, that some",330
A Case of Identity,"unforeseen catastrophe has occurred to him?""",331
A Case of Identity,,332
A Case of Identity,"""Yes, sir. I believe that he foresaw some danger, or else he would",333
A Case of Identity,"not have talked so. And then I think that what he foresaw happened.""",334
A Case of Identity,,335
A Case of Identity,"""But you have no notion as to what it could have been?""",336
A Case of Identity,,337
A Case of Identity,"""None.""",338
A Case of Identity,,339
A Case of Identity,"""One more question. How did your mother take the matter?""",340
A Case of Identity,,341
A Case of Identity,"""She was angry, and said that I was never to speak of the matter",342
A Case of Identity,"again.""",343
A Case of Identity,,344
A Case of Identity,"""And your father? Did you tell him?""",345
A Case of Identity,,346
A Case of Identity,"""Yes; and he seemed to think, with me, that something had happened,",347
A Case of Identity,"and that I should hear of Hosmer again. As he said, what interest",348
A Case of Identity,"could anyone have in bringing me to the doors of the church, and then",349
A Case of Identity,"leaving me? Now, if he had borrowed my money, or if he had married me",350
A Case of Identity,"and got my money settled on him, there might be some reason, but",351
A Case of Identity,Hosmer was very independent about money and never would look at a,352
A Case of Identity,"shilling of mine. And yet, what could have happened? And why could he",353
A Case of Identity,"not write? Oh, it drives me half-mad to think of it, and I can't",354
A Case of Identity,"sleep a wink at night."" She pulled a little handkerchief out of her",355
A Case of Identity,muff and began to sob heavily into it.,356
A Case of Identity,,357
A Case of Identity,"""I shall glance into the case for you,"" said Holmes, rising, ""and I",358
A Case of Identity,have no doubt that we shall reach some definite result. Let the,359
A Case of Identity,"weight of the matter rest upon me now, and do not let your mind dwell",360
A Case of Identity,"upon it further. Above all, try to let Mr. Hosmer Angel vanish from",361
A Case of Identity,"your memory, as he has done from your life.""",362
A Case of Identity,,363
A Case of Identity,"""Then you don't think I'll see him again?""",364
A Case of Identity,,365
A Case of Identity,"""I fear not.""",366
A Case of Identity,,367
A Case of Identity,"""Then what has happened to him?""",368
A Case of Identity,,369
A Case of Identity,"""You will leave that question in my hands. I should like an accurate",370
A Case of Identity,"description of him and any letters of his which you can spare.""",371
A Case of Identity,,372
A Case of Identity,"""I advertised for him in last Saturday's Chronicle,"" said she. ""Here",373
A Case of Identity,"is the slip and here are four letters from him.""",374
A Case of Identity,,375
A Case of Identity,"""Thank you. And your address?""",376
A Case of Identity,,377
A Case of Identity,"""No. 31 Lyon Place, Camberwell.""",378
A Case of Identity,,379
A Case of Identity,"""Mr. Angel's address you never had, I understand. Where is your",380
A Case of Identity,"father's place of business?""",381
A Case of Identity,,382
A Case of Identity,"""He travels for Westhouse & Marbank, the great claret importers of",383
A Case of Identity,"Fenchurch Street.""",384
A Case of Identity,,385
A Case of Identity,"""Thank you. You have made your statement very clearly. You will leave",386
A Case of Identity,"the papers here, and remember the advice which I have given you. Let",387
A Case of Identity,"the whole incident be a sealed book, and do not allow it to affect",388
A Case of Identity,"your life.""",389
A Case of Identity,,390
A Case of Identity,"""You are very kind, Mr. Holmes, but I cannot do that. I shall be true",391
A Case of Identity,"to Hosmer. He shall find me ready when he comes back.""",392
A Case of Identity,,393
A Case of Identity,"For all the preposterous hat and the vacuous face, there was",394
A Case of Identity,something noble in the simple faith of our visitor which compelled,395
A Case of Identity,our respect. She laid her little bundle of papers upon the table and,396
A Case of Identity,"went her way, with a promise to come again whenever she might be",397
A Case of Identity,summoned.,398
A Case of Identity,,399
A Case of Identity,Sherlock Holmes sat silent for a few minutes with his fingertips,400
A Case of Identity,"still pressed together, his legs stretched out in front of him, and",401
A Case of Identity,his gaze directed upward to the ceiling. Then he took down from the,402
A Case of Identity,"rack the old and oily clay pipe, which was to him as a counsellor,",403
A Case of Identity,"and, having lit it, he leaned back in his chair, with the thick blue",404
A Case of Identity,"cloud-wreaths spinning up from him, and a look of infinite languor in",405
A Case of Identity,his face.,406
A Case of Identity,,407
A Case of Identity,"""Quite an interesting study, that maiden,"" he observed. ""I found her",408
A Case of Identity,"more interesting than her little problem, which, by the way, is",409
A Case of Identity,"rather a trite one. You will find parallel cases, if you consult my",410
A Case of Identity,"index, in Andover in '77, and there was something of the sort at The",411
A Case of Identity,"Hague last year. Old as is the idea, however, there were one or two",412
A Case of Identity,details which were new to me. But the maiden herself was most,413
A Case of Identity,"instructive.""",414
A Case of Identity,,415
A Case of Identity,"""You appeared to read a good deal upon her which was quite invisible",416
A Case of Identity,"to me,"" I remarked.",417
A Case of Identity,,418
A Case of Identity,"""Not invisible but unnoticed, Watson. You did not know where to look,",419
A Case of Identity,and so you missed all that was important. I can never bring you to,420
A Case of Identity,"realise the importance of sleeves, the suggestiveness of thumb-nails,",421
A Case of Identity,"or the great issues that may hang from a boot-lace. Now, what did you",422
A Case of Identity,"gather from that woman's appearance? Describe it.""",423
A Case of Identity,,424
A Case of Identity,"""Well, she had a slate-coloured, broad-brimmed straw hat, with a",425
A Case of Identity,"feather of a brickish red. Her jacket was black, with black beads",426
A Case of Identity,"sewn upon it, and a fringe of little black jet ornaments. Her dress",427
A Case of Identity,"was brown, rather darker than coffee colour, with a little purple",428
A Case of Identity,plush at the neck and sleeves. Her gloves were greyish and were worn,429
A Case of Identity,through at the right forefinger. Her boots I didn't observe. She had,430
A Case of Identity,"small round, hanging gold earrings, and a general air of being fairly",431
A Case of Identity,"well-to-do in a vulgar, comfortable, easy-going way.""",432
A Case of Identity,,433
A Case of Identity,Sherlock Holmes clapped his hands softly together and chuckled.,434
A Case of Identity,,435
A Case of Identity,"""'Pon my word, Watson, you are coming along wonderfully. You have",436
A Case of Identity,really done very well indeed. It is true that you have missed,437
A Case of Identity,"everything of importance, but you have hit upon the method, and you",438
A Case of Identity,"have a quick eye for colour. Never trust to general impressions, my",439
A Case of Identity,"boy, but concentrate yourself upon details. My first glance is always",440
A Case of Identity,at a woman's sleeve. In a man it is perhaps better first to take the,441
A Case of Identity,"knee of the trouser. As you observe, this woman had plush upon her",442
A Case of Identity,"sleeves, which is a most useful material for showing traces. The",443
A Case of Identity,"double line a little above the wrist, where the typewritist presses",444
A Case of Identity,"against the table, was beautifully defined. The sewing-machine, of",445
A Case of Identity,"the hand type, leaves a similar mark, but only on the left arm, and",446
A Case of Identity,"on the side of it farthest from the thumb, instead of being right",447
A Case of Identity,"across the broadest part, as this was. I then glanced at her face,",448
A Case of Identity,"and, observing the dint of a pince-nez at either side of her nose, I",449
A Case of Identity,"ventured a remark upon short sight and typewriting, which seemed to",450
A Case of Identity,"surprise her.""",451
A Case of Identity,,452
A Case of Identity,"""It surprised me.""",453
A Case of Identity,,454
A Case of Identity,"""But, surely, it was obvious. I was then much surprised and",455
A Case of Identity,"interested on glancing down to observe that, though the boots which",456
A Case of Identity,"she was wearing were not unlike each other, they were really odd",457
A Case of Identity,"ones; the one having a slightly decorated toe-cap, and the other a",458
A Case of Identity,plain one. One was buttoned only in the two lower buttons out of,459
A Case of Identity,"five, and the other at the first, third, and fifth. Now, when you see",460
A Case of Identity,"that a young lady, otherwise neatly dressed, has come away from home",461
A Case of Identity,"with odd boots, half-buttoned, it is no great deduction to say that",462
A Case of Identity,"she came away in a hurry.""",463
A Case of Identity,,464
A Case of Identity,"""And what else?"" I asked, keenly interested, as I always was, by my",465
A Case of Identity,friend's incisive reasoning.,466
A Case of Identity,,467
A Case of Identity,"""I noted, in passing, that she had written a note before leaving home",468
A Case of Identity,but after being fully dressed. You observed that her right glove was,469
A Case of Identity,"torn at the forefinger, but you did not apparently see that both",470
A Case of Identity,glove and finger were stained with violet ink. She had written in a,471
A Case of Identity,"hurry and dipped her pen too deep. It must have been this morning, or",472
A Case of Identity,"the mark would not remain clear upon the finger. All this is amusing,",473
A Case of Identity,"though rather elementary, but I must go back to business, Watson.",474
A Case of Identity,Would you mind reading me the advertised description of Mr. Hosmer,475
A Case of Identity,"Angel?""",476
A Case of Identity,,477
A Case of Identity,I held the little printed slip to the light.,478
A Case of Identity,,479
A Case of Identity,"""Missing,"" it said, ""on the morning of the fourteenth, a gentleman",480
A Case of Identity,named Hosmer Angel. About five ft. seven in. in height; strongly,481
A Case of Identity,"built, sallow complexion, black hair, a little bald in the centre,",482
A Case of Identity,"bushy, black side-whiskers and moustache; tinted glasses, slight",483
A Case of Identity,"infirmity of speech. Was dressed, when last seen, in black frock-coat",484
A Case of Identity,"faced with silk, black waistcoat, gold Albert chain, and grey Harris",485
A Case of Identity,"tweed trousers, with brown gaiters over elastic-sided boots. Known to",486
A Case of Identity,have been employed in an office in Leadenhall Street. Anybody,487
A Case of Identity,"bringing--""",488
A Case of Identity,,489
A Case of Identity,"""That will do,"" said Holmes. ""As to the letters,"" he continued,",490
A Case of Identity,"glancing over them, ""they are very commonplace. Absolutely no clue in",491
A Case of Identity,"them to Mr. Angel, save that he quotes Balzac once. There is one",492
A Case of Identity,"remarkable point, however, which will no doubt strike you.""",493
A Case of Identity,,494
A Case of Identity,"""They are typewritten,"" I remarked.",495
A Case of Identity,,496
A Case of Identity,"""Not only that, but the signature is typewritten. Look at the neat",497
A Case of Identity,"little 'Hosmer Angel' at the bottom. There is a date, you see, but no",498
A Case of Identity,"superscription except Leadenhall Street, which is rather vague. The",499
A Case of Identity,"point about the signature is very suggestive--in fact, we may call it",500
A Case of Identity,"conclusive.""",501
A Case of Identity,,502
A Case of Identity,"""Of what?""",503
A Case of Identity,,504
A Case of Identity,"""My dear fellow, is it possible you do not see how strongly it bears",505
A Case of Identity,"upon the case?""",506
A Case of Identity,,507
A Case of Identity,"""I cannot say that I do unless it were that he wished to be able to",508
A Case of Identity,deny his signature if an action for breach of promise were,509
A Case of Identity,"instituted.""",510
A Case of Identity,,511
A Case of Identity,"""No, that was not the point. However, I shall write two letters,",512
A Case of Identity,"which should settle the matter. One is to a firm in the City, the",513
A Case of Identity,"other is to the young lady's stepfather, Mr. Windibank, asking him",514
A Case of Identity,whether he could meet us here at six o'clock tomorrow evening. It is,515
A Case of Identity,just as well that we should do business with the male relatives. And,516
A Case of Identity,"now, Doctor, we can do nothing until the answers to those letters",517
A Case of Identity,"come, so we may put our little problem upon the shelf for the",518
A Case of Identity,"interim.""",519
A Case of Identity,,520
A Case of Identity,I had had so many reasons to believe in my friend's subtle powers of,521
A Case of Identity,reasoning and extraordinary energy in action that I felt that he must,522
A Case of Identity,have some solid grounds for the assured and easy demeanour with which,523
A Case of Identity,he treated the singular mystery which he had been called upon to,524
A Case of Identity,"fathom. Once only had I known him to fail, in the case of the King of",525
A Case of Identity,Bohemia and of the Irene Adler photograph; but when I looked back to,526
A Case of Identity,"the weird business of the Sign of Four, and the extraordinary",527
A Case of Identity,"circumstances connected with the Study in Scarlet, I felt that it",528
A Case of Identity,would be a strange tangle indeed which he could not unravel.,529
A Case of Identity,,530
A Case of Identity,"I left him then, still puffing at his black clay pipe, with the",531
A Case of Identity,conviction that when I came again on the next evening I would find,532
A Case of Identity,that he held in his hands all the clues which would lead up to the,533
A Case of Identity,identity of the disappearing bridegroom of Miss Mary Sutherland.,534
A Case of Identity,,535
A Case of Identity,A professional case of great gravity was engaging my own attention at,536
A Case of Identity,"the time, and the whole of next day I was busy at the bedside of the",537
A Case of Identity,sufferer. It was not until close upon six o'clock that I found myself,538
A Case of Identity,"free and was able to spring into a hansom and drive to Baker Street,",539
A Case of Identity,half afraid that I might be too late to assist at the dénouement of,540
A Case of Identity,"the little mystery. I found Sherlock Holmes alone, however, half",541
A Case of Identity,"asleep, with his long, thin form curled up in the recesses of his",542
A Case of Identity,"armchair. A formidable array of bottles and test-tubes, with the",543
A Case of Identity,"pungent cleanly smell of hydrochloric acid, told me that he had spent",544
A Case of Identity,his day in the chemical work which was so dear to him.,545
A Case of Identity,,546
A Case of Identity,"""Well, have you solved it?"" I asked as I entered.",547
A Case of Identity,,548
A Case of Identity,"""Yes. It was the bisulphate of baryta.""",549
A Case of Identity,,550
A Case of Identity,"""No, no, the mystery!"" I cried.",551
A Case of Identity,,552
A Case of Identity,"""Oh, that! I thought of the salt that I have been working upon. There",553
A Case of Identity,"was never any mystery in the matter, though, as I said yesterday,",554
A Case of Identity,some of the details are of interest. The only drawback is that there,555
A Case of Identity,"is no law, I fear, that can touch the scoundrel.""",556
A Case of Identity,,557
A Case of Identity,"""Who was he, then, and what was his object in deserting Miss",558
A Case of Identity,"Sutherland?""",559
A Case of Identity,,560
A Case of Identity,"The question was hardly out of my mouth, and Holmes had not yet",561
A Case of Identity,"opened his lips to reply, when we heard a heavy footfall in the",562
A Case of Identity,passage and a tap at the door.,563
A Case of Identity,,564
A Case of Identity,"""This is the girl's stepfather, Mr. James Windibank,"" said Holmes.",565
A Case of Identity,"""He has written to me to say that he would be here at six. Come in!""",566
A Case of Identity,,567
A Case of Identity,"The man who entered was a sturdy, middle-sized fellow, some thirty",568
A Case of Identity,"years of age, clean-shaven, and sallow-skinned, with a bland,",569
A Case of Identity,"insinuating manner, and a pair of wonderfully sharp and penetrating",570
A Case of Identity,"grey eyes. He shot a questioning glance at each of us, placed his",571
A Case of Identity,"shiny top-hat upon the sideboard, and with a slight bow sidled down",572
A Case of Identity,into the nearest chair.,573
A Case of Identity,,574
A Case of Identity,"""Good-evening, Mr. James Windibank,"" said Holmes. ""I think that this",575
A Case of Identity,"typewritten letter is from you, in which you made an appointment with",576
A Case of Identity,"me for six o'clock?""",577
A Case of Identity,,578
A Case of Identity,"""Yes, sir. I am afraid that I am a little late, but I am not quite my",579
A Case of Identity,"own master, you know. I am sorry that Miss Sutherland has troubled",580
A Case of Identity,"you about this little matter, for I think it is far better not to",581
A Case of Identity,wash linen of the sort in public. It was quite against my wishes that,582
A Case of Identity,"she came, but she is a very excitable, impulsive girl, as you may",583
A Case of Identity,"have noticed, and she is not easily controlled when she has made up",584
A Case of Identity,"her mind on a point. Of course, I did not mind you so much, as you",585
A Case of Identity,"are not connected with the official police, but it is not pleasant to",586
A Case of Identity,"have a family misfortune like this noised abroad. Besides, it is a",587
A Case of Identity,"useless expense, for how could you possibly find this Hosmer Angel?""",588
A Case of Identity,,589
A Case of Identity,"""On the contrary,"" said Holmes quietly; ""I have every reason to",590
A Case of Identity,"believe that I will succeed in discovering Mr. Hosmer Angel.""",591
A Case of Identity,,592
A Case of Identity,"Mr. Windibank gave a violent start and dropped his gloves. ""I am",593
A Case of Identity,"delighted to hear it,"" he said.",594
A Case of Identity,,595
A Case of Identity,"""It is a curious thing,"" remarked Holmes, ""that a typewriter has",596
A Case of Identity,really quite as much individuality as a man's handwriting. Unless,597
A Case of Identity,"they are quite new, no two of them write exactly alike. Some letters",598
A Case of Identity,"get more worn than others, and some wear only on one side. Now, you",599
A Case of Identity,"remark in this note of yours, Mr. Windibank, that in every case there",600
A Case of Identity,"is some little slurring over of the 'e,' and a slight defect in the",601
A Case of Identity,"tail of the 'r.' There are fourteen other characteristics, but those",602
A Case of Identity,"are the more obvious.""",603
A Case of Identity,,604
A Case of Identity,"""We do all our correspondence with this machine at the office, and no",605
A Case of Identity,"doubt it is a little worn,"" our visitor answered, glancing keenly at",606
A Case of Identity,Holmes with his bright little eyes.,607
A Case of Identity,,608
A Case of Identity,"""And now I will show you what is really a very interesting study, Mr.",609
A Case of Identity,"Windibank,"" Holmes continued. ""I think of writing another little",610
A Case of Identity,monograph some of these days on the typewriter and its relation to,611
A Case of Identity,crime. It is a subject to which I have devoted some little attention.,612
A Case of Identity,I have here four letters which purport to come from the missing man.,613
A Case of Identity,"They are all typewritten. In each case, not only are the 'e's'",614
A Case of Identity,"slurred and the 'r's' tailless, but you will observe, if you care to",615
A Case of Identity,"use my magnifying lens, that the fourteen other characteristics to",616
A Case of Identity,"which I have alluded are there as well.""",617
A Case of Identity,,618
A Case of Identity,"Mr. Windibank sprang out of his chair and picked up his hat. ""I",619
A Case of Identity,"cannot waste time over this sort of fantastic talk, Mr. Holmes,"" he",620
A Case of Identity,"said. ""If you can catch the man, catch him, and let me know when you",621
A Case of Identity,"have done it.""",622
A Case of Identity,,623
A Case of Identity,"""Certainly,"" said Holmes, stepping over and turning the key in the",624
A Case of Identity,"door. ""I let you know, then, that I have caught him!""",625
A Case of Identity,,626
A Case of Identity,"""What! where?"" shouted Mr. Windibank, turning white to his lips and",627
A Case of Identity,glancing about him like a rat in a trap.,628
A Case of Identity,,629
A Case of Identity,"""Oh, it won't do--really it won't,"" said Holmes suavely. ""There is no",630
A Case of Identity,"possible getting out of it, Mr. Windibank. It is quite too",631
A Case of Identity,"transparent, and it was a very bad compliment when you said that it",632
A Case of Identity,was impossible for me to solve so simple a question. That's right!,633
A Case of Identity,"Sit down and let us talk it over.""",634
A Case of Identity,,635
A Case of Identity,"Our visitor collapsed into a chair, with a ghastly face and a glitter",636
A Case of Identity,"of moisture on his brow. ""It--it's not actionable,"" he stammered.",637
A Case of Identity,,638
A Case of Identity,"""I am very much afraid that it is not. But between ourselves,",639
A Case of Identity,"Windibank, it was as cruel and selfish and heartless a trick in a",640
A Case of Identity,"petty way as ever came before me. Now, let me just run over the",641
A Case of Identity,"course of events, and you will contradict me if I go wrong.""",642
A Case of Identity,,643
A Case of Identity,"The man sat huddled up in his chair, with his head sunk upon his",644
A Case of Identity,"breast, like one who is utterly crushed. Holmes stuck his feet up on",645
A Case of Identity,"the corner of the mantelpiece and, leaning back with his hands in his",646
A Case of Identity,"pockets, began talking, rather to himself, as it seemed, than to us.",647
A Case of Identity,,648
A Case of Identity,"""The man married a woman very much older than himself for her money,""",649
A Case of Identity,"said he, ""and he enjoyed the use of the money of the daughter as long",650
A Case of Identity,"as she lived with them. It was a considerable sum, for people in",651
A Case of Identity,"their position, and the loss of it would have made a serious",652
A Case of Identity,difference. It was worth an effort to preserve it. The daughter was,653
A Case of Identity,"of a good, amiable disposition, but affectionate and warm-hearted in",654
A Case of Identity,"her ways, so that it was evident that with her fair personal",655
A Case of Identity,"advantages, and her little income, she would not be allowed to remain",656
A Case of Identity,"single long. Now her marriage would mean, of course, the loss of a",657
A Case of Identity,"hundred a year, so what does her stepfather do to prevent it? He",658
A Case of Identity,takes the obvious course of keeping her at home and forbidding her to,659
A Case of Identity,seek the company of people of her own age. But soon he found that,660
A Case of Identity,"that would not answer forever. She became restive, insisted upon her",661
A Case of Identity,"rights, and finally announced her positive intention of going to a",662
A Case of Identity,certain ball. What does her clever stepfather do then? He conceives,663
A Case of Identity,an idea more creditable to his head than to his heart. With the,664
A Case of Identity,"connivance and assistance of his wife he disguised himself, covered",665
A Case of Identity,"those keen eyes with tinted glasses, masked the face with a moustache",666
A Case of Identity,"and a pair of bushy whiskers, sunk that clear voice into an",667
A Case of Identity,"insinuating whisper, and doubly secure on account of the girl's short",668
A Case of Identity,"sight, he appears as Mr. Hosmer Angel, and keeps off other lovers by",669
A Case of Identity,"making love himself.""",670
A Case of Identity,,671
A Case of Identity,"""It was only a joke at first,"" groaned our visitor. ""We never thought",672
A Case of Identity,"that she would have been so carried away.""",673
A Case of Identity,,674
A Case of Identity,"""Very likely not. However that may be, the young lady was very",675
A Case of Identity,"decidedly carried away, and, having quite made up her mind that her",676
A Case of Identity,"stepfather was in France, the suspicion of treachery never for an",677
A Case of Identity,instant entered her mind. She was flattered by the gentleman's,678
A Case of Identity,"attentions, and the effect was increased by the loudly expressed",679
A Case of Identity,"admiration of her mother. Then Mr. Angel began to call, for it was",680
A Case of Identity,obvious that the matter should be pushed as far as it would go if a,681
A Case of Identity,"real effect were to be produced. There were meetings, and an",682
A Case of Identity,"engagement, which would finally secure the girl's affections from",683
A Case of Identity,turning towards anyone else. But the deception could not be kept up,684
A Case of Identity,forever. These pretended journeys to France were rather cumbrous. The,685
A Case of Identity,thing to do was clearly to bring the business to an end in such a,686
A Case of Identity,dramatic manner that it would leave a permanent impression upon the,687
A Case of Identity,young lady's mind and prevent her from looking upon any other suitor,688
A Case of Identity,for some time to come. Hence those vows of fidelity exacted upon a,689
A Case of Identity,"Testament, and hence also the allusions to a possibility of something",690
A Case of Identity,happening on the very morning of the wedding. James Windibank wished,691
A Case of Identity,"Miss Sutherland to be so bound to Hosmer Angel, and so uncertain as",692
A Case of Identity,"to his fate, that for ten years to come, at any rate, she would not",693
A Case of Identity,"listen to another man. As far as the church door he brought her, and",694
A Case of Identity,"then, as he could go no farther, he conveniently vanished away by the",695
A Case of Identity,old trick of stepping in at one door of a four-wheeler and out at the,696
A Case of Identity,"other. I think that was the chain of events, Mr. Windibank!""",697
A Case of Identity,,698
A Case of Identity,Our visitor had recovered something of his assurance while Holmes had,699
A Case of Identity,"been talking, and he rose from his chair now with a cold sneer upon",700
A Case of Identity,his pale face.,701
A Case of Identity,,702
A Case of Identity,"""It may be so, or it may not, Mr. Holmes,"" said he, ""but if you are",703
A Case of Identity,so very sharp you ought to be sharp enough to know that it is you who,704
A Case of Identity,"are breaking the law now, and not me. I have done nothing actionable",705
A Case of Identity,"from the first, but as long as you keep that door locked you lay",706
A Case of Identity,"yourself open to an action for assault and illegal constraint.""",707
A Case of Identity,,708
A Case of Identity,"""The law cannot, as you say, touch you,"" said Holmes, unlocking and",709
A Case of Identity,"throwing open the door, ""yet there never was a man who deserved",710
A Case of Identity,"punishment more. If the young lady has a brother or a friend, he",711
A Case of Identity,"ought to lay a whip across your shoulders. By Jove!"" he continued,",712
A Case of Identity,"flushing up at the sight of the bitter sneer upon the man's face, ""it",713
A Case of Identity,"is not part of my duties to my client, but here's a hunting crop",714
A Case of Identity,"handy, and I think I shall just treat myself to--"" He took two swift",715
A Case of Identity,"steps to the whip, but before he could grasp it there was a wild",716
A Case of Identity,"clatter of steps upon the stairs, the heavy hall door banged, and",717
A Case of Identity,from the window we could see Mr. James Windibank running at the top,718
A Case of Identity,of his speed down the road.,719
A Case of Identity,,720
A Case of Identity,"""There's a cold-blooded scoundrel!"" said Holmes, laughing, as he",721
A Case of Identity,"threw himself down into his chair once more. ""That fellow will rise",722
A Case of Identity,"from crime to crime until he does something very bad, and ends on a",723
A Case of Identity,"gallows. The case has, in some respects, been not entirely devoid of",724
A Case of Identity,"interest.""",725
A Case of Identity,,726
A Case of Identity,"""I cannot now entirely see all the steps of your reasoning,"" I",727
A Case of Identity,remarked.,728
A Case of Identity,,729
A Case of Identity,"""Well, of course it was obvious from the first that this Mr. Hosmer",730
A Case of Identity,"Angel must have some strong object for his curious conduct, and it",731
A Case of Identity,was equally clear that the only man who really profited by the,732
A Case of Identity,"incident, as far as we could see, was the stepfather. Then the fact",733
A Case of Identity,"that the two men were never together, but that the one always",734
A Case of Identity,"appeared when the other was away, was suggestive. So were the tinted",735
A Case of Identity,"spectacles and the curious voice, which both hinted at a disguise, as",736
A Case of Identity,did the bushy whiskers. My suspicions were all confirmed by his,737
A Case of Identity,"peculiar action in typewriting his signature, which, of course,",738
A Case of Identity,inferred that his handwriting was so familiar to her that she would,739
A Case of Identity,recognise even the smallest sample of it. You see all these isolated,740
A Case of Identity,"facts, together with many minor ones, all pointed in the same",741
A Case of Identity,"direction.""",742
A Case of Identity,,743
A Case of Identity,"""And how did you verify them?""",744
A Case of Identity,,745
A Case of Identity,"""Having once spotted my man, it was easy to get corroboration. I knew",746
A Case of Identity,the firm for which this man worked. Having taken the printed,747
A Case of Identity,"description, I eliminated everything from it which could be the",748
A Case of Identity,"result of a disguise--the whiskers, the glasses, the voice, and I",749
A Case of Identity,"sent it to the firm, with a request that they would inform me whether",750
A Case of Identity,it answered to the description of any of their travellers. I had,751
A Case of Identity,"already noticed the peculiarities of the typewriter, and I wrote to",752
A Case of Identity,the man himself at his business address asking him if he would come,753
A Case of Identity,"here. As I expected, his reply was typewritten and revealed the same",754
A Case of Identity,trivial but characteristic defects. The same post brought me a letter,755
A Case of Identity,"from Westhouse & Marbank, of Fenchurch Street, to say that the",756
A Case of Identity,"description tallied in every respect with that of their employee,",757
A Case of Identity,"James Windibank. Voilà tout!""",758
A Case of Identity,,759
A Case of Identity,"""And Miss Sutherland?""",760
A Case of Identity,,761
A Case of Identity,"""If I tell her she will not believe me. You may remember the old",762
A Case of Identity,"Persian saying, 'There is danger for him who taketh the tiger cub,",763
A Case of Identity,and danger also for whoso snatches a delusion from a woman.' There is,764
A Case of Identity,"as much sense in Hafiz as in Horace, and as much knowledge of the",765
A Case of Identity,"world.""",766
A Case of Identity,,767
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY,1
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,2
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"We were seated at breakfast one morning, my wife and I, when the maid",3
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,brought in a telegram. It was from Sherlock Holmes and ran in this,4
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,way:,5
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,6
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""Have you a couple of days to spare? Have just been wired for from",7
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,the west of England in connection with Boscombe Valley tragedy. Shall,8
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,be glad if you will come with me. Air and scenery perfect. Leave,9
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"Paddington by the 11.15.""",10
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""What do you say, dear?"" said my wife, looking across at me. ""Will",11
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"you go?""",12
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,13
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""I really don't know what to say. I have a fairly long list at",14
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"present.""",15
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,16
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""Oh, Anstruther would do your work for you. You have been looking a",17
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"little pale lately. I think that the change would do you good, and",18
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"you are always so interested in Mr. Sherlock Holmes' cases.""",19
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,20
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""I should be ungrateful if I were not, seeing what I gained through",21
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"one of them,"" I answered. ""But if I am to go, I must pack at once,",22
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"for I have only half an hour.""",23
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,24
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,My experience of camp life in Afghanistan had at least had the effect,25
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,of making me a prompt and ready traveller. My wants were few and,26
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"simple, so that in less than the time stated I was in a cab with my",27
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"valise, rattling away to Paddington Station. Sherlock Holmes was",28
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"pacing up and down the platform, his tall, gaunt figure made even",29
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,gaunter and taller by his long grey travelling-cloak and,30
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,close-fitting cloth cap.,31
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,32
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""It is really very good of you to come, Watson,"" said he. ""It makes a",33
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"considerable difference to me, having someone with me on whom I can",34
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,thoroughly rely. Local aid is always either worthless or else,35
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,biassed. If you will keep the two corner seats I shall get the,36
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"tickets.""",37
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,38
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,We had the carriage to ourselves save for an immense litter of papers,39
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"which Holmes had brought with him. Among these he rummaged and read,",40
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"with intervals of note-taking and of meditation, until we were past",41
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,Reading. Then he suddenly rolled them all into a gigantic ball and,42
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,tossed them up onto the rack.,43
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,44
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""Have you heard anything of the case?"" he asked.",45
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,46
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""Not a word. I have not seen a paper for some days.""",47
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,48
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""The London press has not had very full accounts. I have just been",49
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,looking through all the recent papers in order to master the,50
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"particulars. It seems, from what I gather, to be one of those simple",51
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"cases which are so extremely difficult.""",52
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,53
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""That sounds a little paradoxical.""",54
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,55
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""But it is profoundly true. Singularity is almost invariably a clue.",56
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"The more featureless and commonplace a crime is, the more difficult",57
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"it is to bring it home. In this case, however, they have established",58
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"a very serious case against the son of the murdered man.""",59
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,60
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""It is a murder, then?""",61
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,62
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""Well, it is conjectured to be so. I shall take nothing for granted",63
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,until I have the opportunity of looking personally into it. I will,64
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"explain the state of things to you, as far as I have been able to",65
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"understand it, in a very few words.",66
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,67
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""Boscombe Valley is a country district not very far from Ross, in",68
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,Herefordshire. The largest landed proprietor in that part is a Mr.,69
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"John Turner, who made his money in Australia and returned some years",70
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"ago to the old country. One of the farms which he held, that of",71
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"Hatherley, was let to Mr. Charles McCarthy, who was also an",72
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"ex-Australian. The men had known each other in the colonies, so that",73
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,it was not unnatural that when they came to settle down they should,74
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,do so as near each other as possible. Turner was apparently the,75
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"richer man, so McCarthy became his tenant but still remained, it",76
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"seems, upon terms of perfect equality, as they were frequently",77
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"together. McCarthy had one son, a lad of eighteen, and Turner had an",78
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"only daughter of the same age, but neither of them had wives living.",79
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,They appear to have avoided the society of the neighbouring English,80
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"families and to have led retired lives, though both the McCarthys",81
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,were fond of sport and were frequently seen at the race-meetings of,82
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,the neighbourhood. McCarthy kept two servants--a man and a girl.,83
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"Turner had a considerable household, some half-dozen at the least.",84
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,That is as much as I have been able to gather about the families. Now,85
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,for the facts.,86
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,87
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""On June 3rd, that is, on Monday last, McCarthy left his house at",88
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,Hatherley about three in the afternoon and walked down to the,89
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"Boscombe Pool, which is a small lake formed by the spreading out of",90
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,the stream which runs down the Boscombe Valley. He had been out with,91
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"his serving-man in the morning at Ross, and he had told the man that",92
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"he must hurry, as he had an appointment of importance to keep at",93
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,three. From that appointment he never came back alive.,94
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,95
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""From Hatherley Farm-house to the Boscombe Pool is a quarter of a",96
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"mile, and two people saw him as he passed over this ground. One was",97
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"an old woman, whose name is not mentioned, and the other was William",98
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"Crowder, a game-keeper in the employ of Mr. Turner. Both these",99
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,witnesses depose that Mr. McCarthy was walking alone. The game-keeper,100
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,adds that within a few minutes of his seeing Mr. McCarthy pass he had,101
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"seen his son, Mr. James McCarthy, going the same way with a gun under",102
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"his arm. To the best of his belief, the father was actually in sight",103
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"at the time, and the son was following him. He thought no more of the",104
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,matter until he heard in the evening of the tragedy that had,105
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,occurred.,106
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,107
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""The two McCarthys were seen after the time when William Crowder, the",108
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"game-keeper, lost sight of them. The Boscombe Pool is thickly wooded",109
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"round, with just a fringe of grass and of reeds round the edge. A",110
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"girl of fourteen, Patience Moran, who is the daughter of the",111
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"lodge-keeper of the Boscombe Valley estate, was in one of the woods",112
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"picking flowers. She states that while she was there she saw, at the",113
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"border of the wood and close by the lake, Mr. McCarthy and his son,",114
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,and that they appeared to be having a violent quarrel. She heard Mr.,115
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"McCarthy the elder using very strong language to his son, and she saw",116
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,the latter raise up his hand as if to strike his father. She was so,117
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,frightened by their violence that she ran away and told her mother,118
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,when she reached home that she had left the two McCarthys quarrelling,119
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"near Boscombe Pool, and that she was afraid that they were going to",120
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,fight. She had hardly said the words when young Mr. McCarthy came,121
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,running up to the lodge to say that he had found his father dead in,122
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"the wood, and to ask for the help of the lodge-keeper. He was much",123
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"excited, without either his gun or his hat, and his right hand and",124
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,sleeve were observed to be stained with fresh blood. On following him,125
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,they found the dead body stretched out upon the grass beside the,126
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,pool. The head had been beaten in by repeated blows of some heavy and,127
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,blunt weapon. The injuries were such as might very well have been,128
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"inflicted by the butt-end of his son's gun, which was found lying on",129
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,the grass within a few paces of the body. Under these circumstances,130
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"the young man was instantly arrested, and a verdict of 'wilful",131
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"murder' having been returned at the inquest on Tuesday, he was on",132
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"Wednesday brought before the magistrates at Ross, who have referred",133
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,the case to the next Assizes. Those are the main facts of the case as,134
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"they came out before the coroner and the police-court.""",135
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,136
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""I could hardly imagine a more damning case,"" I remarked. ""If ever",137
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"circumstantial evidence pointed to a criminal it does so here.""",138
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,139
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""Circumstantial evidence is a very tricky thing,"" answered Holmes",140
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"thoughtfully. ""It may seem to point very straight to one thing, but",141
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"if you shift your own point of view a little, you may find it",142
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,pointing in an equally uncompromising manner to something entirely,143
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"different. It must be confessed, however, that the case looks",144
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"exceedingly grave against the young man, and it is very possible that",145
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,he is indeed the culprit. There are several people in the,146
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"neighbourhood, however, and among them Miss Turner, the daughter of",147
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"the neighbouring landowner, who believe in his innocence, and who",148
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"have retained Lestrade, whom you may recollect in connection with the",149
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"Study in Scarlet, to work out the case in his interest. Lestrade,",150
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"being rather puzzled, has referred the case to me, and hence it is",151
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,that two middle-aged gentlemen are flying westward at fifty miles an,152
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"hour instead of quietly digesting their breakfasts at home.""",153
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,154
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""I am afraid,"" said I, ""that the facts are so obvious that you will",155
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"find little credit to be gained out of this case.""",156
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,157
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact,"" he answered,",158
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"laughing. ""Besides, we may chance to hit upon some other obvious",159
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,facts which may have been by no means obvious to Mr. Lestrade. You,160
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,know me too well to think that I am boasting when I say that I shall,161
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,either confirm or destroy his theory by means which he is quite,162
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"incapable of employing, or even of understanding. To take the first",163
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"example to hand, I very clearly perceive that in your bedroom the",164
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"window is upon the right-hand side, and yet I question whether Mr.",165
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"Lestrade would have noted even so self-evident a thing as that.""",166
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,167
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""How on earth--""",168
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,169
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""My dear fellow, I know you well. I know the military neatness which",170
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"characterises you. You shave every morning, and in this season you",171
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,shave by the sunlight; but since your shaving is less and less,172
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"complete as we get farther back on the left side, until it becomes",173
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"positively slovenly as we get round the angle of the jaw, it is",174
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,surely very clear that that side is less illuminated than the other.,175
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,I could not imagine a man of your habits looking at himself in an,176
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,equal light and being satisfied with such a result. I only quote this,177
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,as a trivial example of observation and inference. Therein lies my,178
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"métier, and it is just possible that it may be of some service in the",179
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,investigation which lies before us. There are one or two minor points,180
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"which were brought out in the inquest, and which are worth",181
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"considering.""",182
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,183
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""What are they?""",184
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,185
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""It appears that his arrest did not take place at once, but after the",186
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,return to Hatherley Farm. On the inspector of constabulary informing,187
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"him that he was a prisoner, he remarked that he was not surprised to",188
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"hear it, and that it was no more than his deserts. This observation",189
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,of his had the natural effect of removing any traces of doubt which,190
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"might have remained in the minds of the coroner's jury.""",191
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,192
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""It was a confession,"" I ejaculated.",193
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,194
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""No, for it was followed by a protestation of innocence.""",195
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,196
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""Coming on the top of such a damning series of events, it was at",197
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"least a most suspicious remark.""",198
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,199
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""On the contrary,"" said Holmes, ""it is the brightest rift which I can",200
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"at present see in the clouds. However innocent he might be, he could",201
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,not be such an absolute imbecile as not to see that the circumstances,202
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,were very black against him. Had he appeared surprised at his own,203
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"arrest, or feigned indignation at it, I should have looked upon it as",204
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"highly suspicious, because such surprise or anger would not be",205
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"natural under the circumstances, and yet might appear to be the best",206
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,policy to a scheming man. His frank acceptance of the situation marks,207
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"him as either an innocent man, or else as a man of considerable",208
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"self-restraint and firmness. As to his remark about his deserts, it",209
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,was also not unnatural if you consider that he stood beside the dead,210
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"body of his father, and that there is no doubt that he had that very",211
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"day so far forgotten his filial duty as to bandy words with him, and",212
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"even, according to the little girl whose evidence is so important, to",213
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,raise his hand as if to strike him. The self-reproach and contrition,214
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,which are displayed in his remark appear to me to be the signs of a,215
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"healthy mind rather than of a guilty one.""",216
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,217
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"I shook my head. ""Many men have been hanged on far slighter",218
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"evidence,"" I remarked.",219
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,220
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""So they have. And many men have been wrongfully hanged.""",221
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,222
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""What is the young man's own account of the matter?""",223
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,224
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""It is, I am afraid, not very encouraging to his supporters, though",225
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,there are one or two points in it which are suggestive. You will find,226
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"it here, and may read it for yourself.""",227
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,228
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,He picked out from his bundle a copy of the local Herefordshire,229
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"paper, and having turned down the sheet he pointed out the paragraph",230
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,in which the unfortunate young man had given his own statement of,231
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,what had occurred. I settled myself down in the corner of the,232
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,carriage and read it very carefully. It ran in this way:,233
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,234
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""Mr. James McCarthy, the only son of the deceased, was then called",235
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,and gave evidence as follows: 'I had been away from home for three,236
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"days at Bristol, and had only just returned upon the morning of last",237
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"Monday, the 3rd. My father was absent from home at the time of my",238
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"arrival, and I was informed by the maid that he had driven over to",239
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"Ross with John Cobb, the groom. Shortly after my return I heard the",240
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"wheels of his trap in the yard, and, looking out of my window, I saw",241
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"him get out and walk rapidly out of the yard, though I was not aware",242
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,in which direction he was going. I then took my gun and strolled out,243
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"in the direction of the Boscombe Pool, with the intention of visiting",244
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,the rabbit warren which is upon the other side. On my way I saw,245
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"William Crowder, the game-keeper, as he had stated in his evidence;",246
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,but he is mistaken in thinking that I was following my father. I had,247
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,no idea that he was in front of me. When about a hundred yards from,248
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"the pool I heard a cry of ""Cooee!"" which was a usual signal between",249
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"my father and myself. I then hurried forward, and found him standing",250
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,by the pool. He appeared to be much surprised at seeing me and asked,251
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,me rather roughly what I was doing there. A conversation ensued which,252
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"led to high words and almost to blows, for my father was a man of a",253
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,very violent temper. Seeing that his passion was becoming,254
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"ungovernable, I left him and returned towards Hatherley Farm. I had",255
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"not gone more than 150 yards, however, when I heard a hideous outcry",256
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"behind me, which caused me to run back again. I found my father",257
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"expiring upon the ground, with his head terribly injured. I dropped",258
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"my gun and held him in my arms, but he almost instantly expired. I",259
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"knelt beside him for some minutes, and then made my way to Mr.",260
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"Turner's lodge-keeper, his house being the nearest, to ask for",261
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"assistance. I saw no one near my father when I returned, and I have",262
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"no idea how he came by his injuries. He was not a popular man, being",263
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"somewhat cold and forbidding in his manners, but he had, as far as I",264
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"know, no active enemies. I know nothing further of the matter.'",265
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""The Coroner: Did your father make any statement to you before he",266
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,died?,267
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""Witness: He mumbled a few words, but I could only catch some",268
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,allusion to a rat.,269
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""The Coroner: What did you understand by that?",270
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""Witness: It conveyed no meaning to me. I thought that he was",271
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,delirious.,272
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""The Coroner: What was the point upon which you and your father had",273
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,this final quarrel?,274
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""Witness: I should prefer not to answer.",275
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""The Coroner: I am afraid that I must press it.",276
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""Witness: It is really impossible for me to tell you. I can assure",277
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,you that it has nothing to do with the sad tragedy which followed.,278
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""The Coroner: That is for the court to decide. I need not point out",279
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,to you that your refusal to answer will prejudice your case,280
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,considerably in any future proceedings which may arise.,281
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""Witness: I must still refuse.",282
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""The Coroner: I understand that the cry of 'Cooee' was a common",283
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,signal between you and your father?,284
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""Witness: It was.",285
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""The Coroner: How was it, then, that he uttered it before he saw you,",286
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,and before he even knew that you had returned from Bristol?,287
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""Witness (with considerable confusion): I do not know.",288
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""A Juryman: Did you see nothing which aroused your suspicions when",289
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,you returned on hearing the cry and found your father fatally,290
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,injured?,291
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""Witness: Nothing definite.",292
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""The Coroner: What do you mean?",293
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""Witness: I was so disturbed and excited as I rushed out into the",294
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"open, that I could think of nothing except of my father. Yet I have a",295
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,vague impression that as I ran forward something lay upon the ground,296
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"to the left of me. It seemed to me to be something grey in colour, a",297
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"coat of some sort, or a plaid perhaps. When I rose from my father I",298
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"looked round for it, but it was gone.",299
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""'Do you mean that it disappeared before you went for help?'",300
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""'Yes, it was gone.'",301
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""'You cannot say what it was?'",302
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""'No, I had a feeling something was there.'",303
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""'How far from the body?'",304
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""'A dozen yards or so.'",305
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""'And how far from the edge of the wood?'",306
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""'About the same.'",307
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""'Then if it was removed it was while you were within a dozen yards",308
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,of it?',309
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""'Yes, but with my back towards it.'",310
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""This concluded the examination of the witness.""",311
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,312
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""I see,"" said I as I glanced down the column, ""that the coroner in",313
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,his concluding remarks was rather severe upon young McCarthy. He,314
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"calls attention, and with reason, to the discrepancy about his father",315
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"having signalled to him before seeing him, also to his refusal to",316
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"give details of his conversation with his father, and his singular",317
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"account of his father's dying words. They are all, as he remarks,",318
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"very much against the son.""",319
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,320
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,Holmes laughed softly to himself and stretched himself out upon the,321
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"cushioned seat. ""Both you and the coroner have been at some pains,""",322
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"said he, ""to single out the very strongest points in the young man's",323
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,favour. Don't you see that you alternately give him credit for having,324
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"too much imagination and too little? Too little, if he could not",325
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,invent a cause of quarrel which would give him the sympathy of the,326
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"jury; too much, if he evolved from his own inner consciousness",327
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"anything so outré as a dying reference to a rat, and the incident of",328
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"the vanishing cloth. No, sir, I shall approach this case from the",329
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"point of view that what this young man says is true, and we shall see",330
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,whither that hypothesis will lead us. And now here is my pocket,331
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"Petrarch, and not another word shall I say of this case until we are",332
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"on the scene of action. We lunch at Swindon, and I see that we shall",333
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"be there in twenty minutes.""",334
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,335
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"It was nearly four o'clock when we at last, after passing through the",336
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"beautiful Stroud Valley, and over the broad gleaming Severn, found",337
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"ourselves at the pretty little country-town of Ross. A lean,",338
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"ferret-like man, furtive and sly-looking, was waiting for us upon the",339
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,platform. In spite of the light brown dustcoat and leather-leggings,340
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"which he wore in deference to his rustic surroundings, I had no",341
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"difficulty in recognising Lestrade, of Scotland Yard. With him we",342
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,drove to the Hereford Arms where a room had already been engaged for,343
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,us.,344
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,345
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""I have ordered a carriage,"" said Lestrade as we sat over a cup of",346
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"tea. ""I knew your energetic nature, and that you would not be happy",347
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"until you had been on the scene of the crime.""",348
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,349
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""It was very nice and complimentary of you,"" Holmes answered. ""It is",350
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"entirely a question of barometric pressure.""",351
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,352
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"Lestrade looked startled. ""I do not quite follow,"" he said.",353
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,354
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""How is the glass? Twenty-nine, I see. No wind, and not a cloud in",355
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"the sky. I have a caseful of cigarettes here which need smoking, and",356
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,the sofa is very much superior to the usual country hotel,357
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,abomination. I do not think that it is probable that I shall use the,358
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"carriage to-night.""",359
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,360
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"Lestrade laughed indulgently. ""You have, no doubt, already formed",361
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"your conclusions from the newspapers,"" he said. ""The case is as plain",362
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"as a pikestaff, and the more one goes into it the plainer it becomes.",363
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"Still, of course, one can't refuse a lady, and such a very positive",364
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"one, too. She has heard of you, and would have your opinion, though I",365
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,repeatedly told her that there was nothing which you could do which I,366
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"had not already done. Why, bless my soul! here is her carriage at the",367
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"door.""",368
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,369
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,He had hardly spoken before there rushed into the room one of the,370
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,most lovely young women that I have ever seen in my life. Her violet,371
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"eyes shining, her lips parted, a pink flush upon her cheeks, all",372
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,thought of her natural reserve lost in her overpowering excitement,373
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,and concern.,374
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,375
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""Oh, Mr. Sherlock Holmes!"" she cried, glancing from one to the other",376
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"of us, and finally, with a woman's quick intuition, fastening upon my",377
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"companion, ""I am so glad that you have come. I have driven down to",378
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"tell you so. I know that James didn't do it. I know it, and I want",379
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"you to start upon your work knowing it, too. Never let yourself doubt",380
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,upon that point. We have known each other since we were little,381
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"children, and I know his faults as no one else does; but he is too",382
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,tender-hearted to hurt a fly. Such a charge is absurd to anyone who,383
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"really knows him.""",384
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,385
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""I hope we may clear him, Miss Turner,"" said Sherlock Holmes.  ""You",386
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"may rely upon my doing all that I can.""",387
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,388
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""But you have read the evidence. You have formed some conclusion? Do",389
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"you not see some loophole, some flaw? Do you not yourself think that",390
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"he is innocent?""",391
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,392
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""I think that it is very probable.""",393
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,394
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""There, now!"" she cried, throwing back her head and looking defiantly",395
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"at Lestrade. ""You hear! He gives me hopes.""",396
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,397
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"Lestrade shrugged his shoulders. ""I am afraid that my colleague has",398
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"been a little quick in forming his conclusions,"" he said.",399
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,400
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""But he is right. Oh! I know that he is right. James never did it.",401
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"And about his quarrel with his father, I am sure that the reason why",402
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,he would not speak about it to the coroner was because I was,403
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"concerned in it.""",404
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,405
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""In what way?"" asked Holmes.",406
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,407
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""It is no time for me to hide anything. James and his father had many",408
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,disagreements about me. Mr. McCarthy was very anxious that there,409
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,should be a marriage between us. James and I have always loved each,410
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,other as brother and sister; but of course he is young and has seen,411
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"very little of life yet, and--and--well, he naturally did not wish to",412
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"do anything like that yet. So there were quarrels, and this, I am",413
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"sure, was one of them.""",414
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,415
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""And your father?"" asked Holmes. ""Was he in favour of such a union?""",416
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,417
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""No, he was averse to it also. No one but Mr. McCarthy was in favour",418
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"of it."" A quick blush passed over her fresh young face as Holmes shot",419
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"one of his keen, questioning glances at her.",420
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,421
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""Thank you for this information,"" said he. ""May I see your father if",422
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"I call to-morrow?""",423
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,424
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""I am afraid the doctor won't allow it.""",425
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,426
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""The doctor?""",427
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,428
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""Yes, have you not heard? Poor father has never been strong for years",429
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"back, but this has broken him down completely. He has taken to his",430
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"bed, and Dr. Willows says that he is a wreck and that his nervous",431
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,system is shattered. Mr. McCarthy was the only man alive who had,432
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"known dad in the old days in Victoria.""",433
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,434
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""Ha! In Victoria! That is important.""",435
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,436
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""Yes, at the mines.""",437
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,438
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""Quite so; at the gold-mines, where, as I understand, Mr. Turner made",439
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"his money.""",440
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,441
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""Yes, certainly.""",442
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,443
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""Thank you, Miss Turner. You have been of material assistance to me.""",444
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,445
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""You will tell me if you have any news to-morrow. No doubt you will",446
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"go to the prison to see James. Oh, if you do, Mr. Holmes, do tell him",447
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"that I know him to be innocent.""",448
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,449
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""I will, Miss Turner.""",450
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,451
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""I must go home now, for dad is very ill, and he misses me so if I",452
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"leave him. Good-bye, and God help you in your undertaking."" She",453
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"hurried from the room as impulsively as she had entered, and we heard",454
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,the wheels of her carriage rattle off down the street.,455
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,456
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""I am ashamed of you, Holmes,"" said Lestrade with dignity after a few",457
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"minutes' silence. ""Why should you raise up hopes which you are bound",458
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"to disappoint? I am not over-tender of heart, but I call it cruel.""",459
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,460
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""I think that I see my way to clearing James McCarthy,"" said Holmes.",461
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""Have you an order to see him in prison?""",462
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,463
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""Yes, but only for you and me.""",464
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,465
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""Then I shall reconsider my resolution about going out. We have still",466
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"time to take a train to Hereford and see him to-night?""",467
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,468
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""Ample.""",469
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,470
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""Then let us do so. Watson, I fear that you will find it very slow,",471
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"but I shall only be away a couple of hours.""",472
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,473
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"I walked down to the station with them, and then wandered through the",474
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"streets of the little town, finally returning to the hotel, where I",475
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,lay upon the sofa and tried to interest myself in a yellow-backed,476
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"novel. The puny plot of the story was so thin, however, when compared",477
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"to the deep mystery through which we were groping, and I found my",478
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"attention wander so continually from the action to the fact, that I",479
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,at last flung it across the room and gave myself up entirely to a,480
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,consideration of the events of the day. Supposing that this unhappy,481
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"young man's story were absolutely true, then what hellish thing, what",482
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,absolutely unforeseen and extraordinary calamity could have occurred,483
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"between the time when he parted from his father, and the moment when,",484
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"drawn back by his screams, he rushed into the glade? It was something",485
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,terrible and deadly. What could it be? Might not the nature of the,486
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,injuries reveal something to my medical instincts? I rang the bell,487
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"and called for the weekly county paper, which contained a verbatim",488
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,account of the inquest. In the surgeon's deposition it was stated,489
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,that the posterior third of the left parietal bone and the left half,490
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,of the occipital bone had been shattered by a heavy blow from a blunt,491
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,weapon. I marked the spot upon my own head. Clearly such a blow must,492
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,have been struck from behind. That was to some extent in favour of,493
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"the accused, as when seen quarrelling he was face to face with his",494
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"father. Still, it did not go for very much, for the older man might",495
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"have turned his back before the blow fell. Still, it might be worth",496
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,while to call Holmes' attention to it. Then there was the peculiar,497
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,dying reference to a rat. What could that mean? It could not be,498
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,delirium. A man dying from a sudden blow does not commonly become,499
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"delirious. No, it was more likely to be an attempt to explain how he",500
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,met his fate. But what could it indicate? I cudgelled my brains to,501
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,find some possible explanation. And then the incident of the grey,502
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,cloth seen by young McCarthy. If that were true the murderer must,503
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"have dropped some part of his dress, presumably his overcoat, in his",504
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"flight, and must have had the hardihood to return and to carry it",505
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,away at the instant when the son was kneeling with his back turned,506
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,not a dozen paces off. What a tissue of mysteries and improbabilities,507
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"the whole thing was! I did not wonder at Lestrade's opinion, and yet",508
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,I had so much faith in Sherlock Holmes' insight that I could not lose,509
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,hope as long as every fresh fact seemed to strengthen his conviction,510
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,of young McCarthy's innocence.,511
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,512
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"It was late before Sherlock Holmes returned. He came back alone, for",513
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,Lestrade was staying in lodgings in the town.,514
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,515
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""The glass still keeps very high,"" he remarked as he sat down. ""It is",516
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,of importance that it should not rain before we are able to go over,517
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"the ground. On the other hand, a man should be at his very best and",518
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"keenest for such nice work as that, and I did not wish to do it when",519
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"fagged by a long journey. I have seen young McCarthy.""",520
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,521
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""And what did you learn from him?""",522
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,523
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""Nothing.""",524
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,525
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""Could he throw no light?""",526
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,527
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""None at all. I was inclined to think at one time that he knew who",528
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"had done it and was screening him or her, but I am convinced now that",529
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,he is as puzzled as everyone else. He is not a very quick-witted,530
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"youth, though comely to look at and, I should think, sound at heart.""",531
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,532
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""I cannot admire his taste,"" I remarked, ""if it is indeed a fact that",533
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,he was averse to a marriage with so charming a young lady as this,534
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"Miss Turner.""",535
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,536
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""Ah, thereby hangs a rather painful tale. This fellow is madly,",537
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"insanely, in love with her, but some two years ago, when he was only",538
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"a lad, and before he really knew her, for she had been away five",539
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"years at a boarding-school, what does the idiot do but get into the",540
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,clutches of a barmaid in Bristol and marry her at a registry office?,541
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"No one knows a word of the matter, but you can imagine how maddening",542
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,it must be to him to be upbraided for not doing what he would give,543
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"his very eyes to do, but what he knows to be absolutely impossible.",544
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,It was sheer frenzy of this sort which made him throw his hands up,545
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"into the air when his father, at their last interview, was goading",546
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"him on to propose to Miss Turner. On the other hand, he had no means",547
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"of supporting himself, and his father, who was by all accounts a very",548
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"hard man, would have thrown him over utterly had he known the truth.",549
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,It was with his barmaid wife that he had spent the last three days in,550
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"Bristol, and his father did not know where he was. Mark that point.",551
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"It is of importance. Good has come out of evil, however, for the",552
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"barmaid, finding from the papers that he is in serious trouble and",553
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"likely to be hanged, has thrown him over utterly and has written to",554
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"him to say that she has a husband already in the Bermuda Dockyard, so",555
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,that there is really no tie between them. I think that that bit of,556
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"news has consoled young McCarthy for all that he has suffered.""",557
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,558
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""But if he is innocent, who has done it?""",559
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,560
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""Ah! who? I would call your attention very particularly to two",561
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,points. One is that the murdered man had an appointment with someone,562
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"at the pool, and that the someone could not have been his son, for",563
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"his son was away, and he did not know when he would return. The",564
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,second is that the murdered man was heard to cry 'Cooee!' before he,565
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,knew that his son had returned. Those are the crucial points upon,566
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"which the case depends. And now let us talk about George Meredith, if",567
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"you please, and we shall leave all minor matters until to-morrow.""",568
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,569
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"There was no rain, as Holmes had foretold, and the morning broke",570
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,bright and cloudless. At nine o'clock Lestrade called for us with the,571
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"carriage, and we set off for Hatherley Farm and the Boscombe Pool.",572
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,573
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""There is serious news this morning,"" Lestrade observed. ""It is said",574
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"that Mr. Turner, of the Hall, is so ill that his life is despaired",575
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"of.""",576
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,577
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""An elderly man, I presume?"" said Holmes.",578
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,579
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""About sixty; but his constitution has been shattered by his life",580
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"abroad, and he has been in failing health for some time. This",581
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,business has had a very bad effect upon him. He was an old friend of,582
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"McCarthy's, and, I may add, a great benefactor to him, for I have",583
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"learned that he gave him Hatherley Farm rent free.""",584
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,585
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""Indeed! That is interesting,"" said Holmes.",586
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,587
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""Oh, yes! In a hundred other ways he has helped him. Everybody about",588
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"here speaks of his kindness to him.""",589
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,590
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""Really! Does it not strike you as a little singular that this",591
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"McCarthy, who appears to have had little of his own, and to have been",592
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"under such obligations to Turner, should still talk of marrying his",593
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"son to Turner's daughter, who is, presumably, heiress to the estate,",594
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"and that in such a very cocksure manner, as if it were merely a case",595
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"of a proposal and all else would follow? It is the more strange,",596
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,since we know that Turner himself was averse to the idea. The,597
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"daughter told us as much. Do you not deduce something from that?""",598
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,599
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""We have got to the deductions and the inferences,"" said Lestrade,",600
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"winking at me. ""I find it hard enough to tackle facts, Holmes,",601
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"without flying away after theories and fancies.""",602
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,603
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""You are right,"" said Holmes demurely; ""you do find it very hard to",604
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"tackle the facts.""",605
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,606
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""Anyhow, I have grasped one fact which you seem to find it difficult",607
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"to get hold of,"" replied Lestrade with some warmth.",608
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,609
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""And that is--""",610
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,611
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""That McCarthy senior met his death from McCarthy junior and that all",612
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"theories to the contrary are the merest moonshine.""",613
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,614
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""Well, moonshine is a brighter thing than fog,"" said Holmes,",615
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"laughing. ""But I am very much mistaken if this is not Hatherley Farm",616
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"upon the left.""",617
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,618
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""Yes, that is it."" It was a widespread, comfortable-looking building,",619
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"two-storied, slate-roofed, with great yellow blotches of lichen upon",620
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"the grey walls. The drawn blinds and the smokeless chimneys, however,",621
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"gave it a stricken look, as though the weight of this horror still",622
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"lay heavy upon it. We called at the door, when the maid, at Holmes'",623
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"request, showed us the boots which her master wore at the time of his",624
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"death, and also a pair of the son's, though not the pair which he had",625
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,then had. Having measured these very carefully from seven or eight,626
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"different points, Holmes desired to be led to the court-yard, from",627
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,which we all followed the winding track which led to Boscombe Pool.,628
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,629
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,Sherlock Holmes was transformed when he was hot upon such a scent as,630
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,this. Men who had only known the quiet thinker and logician of Baker,631
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,Street would have failed to recognise him. His face flushed and,632
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"darkened. His brows were drawn into two hard black lines, while his",633
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,eyes shone out from beneath them with a steely glitter. His face was,634
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"bent downward, his shoulders bowed, his lips compressed, and the",635
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"veins stood out like whipcord in his long, sinewy neck. His nostrils",636
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"seemed to dilate with a purely animal lust for the chase, and his",637
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,mind was so absolutely concentrated upon the matter before him that a,638
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"question or remark fell unheeded upon his ears, or, at the most, only",639
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"provoked a quick, impatient snarl in reply. Swiftly and silently he",640
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"made his way along the track which ran through the meadows, and so by",641
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"way of the woods to the Boscombe Pool. It was damp, marshy ground, as",642
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"is all that district, and there were marks of many feet, both upon",643
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,the path and amid the short grass which bounded it on either side.,644
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"Sometimes Holmes would hurry on, sometimes stop dead, and once he",645
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,made quite a little detour into the meadow. Lestrade and I walked,646
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"behind him, the detective indifferent and contemptuous, while I",647
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,watched my friend with the interest which sprang from the conviction,648
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,that every one of his actions was directed towards a definite end.,649
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,650
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"The Boscombe Pool, which is a little reed-girt sheet of water some",651
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"fifty yards across, is situated at the boundary between the Hatherley",652
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,Farm and the private park of the wealthy Mr. Turner. Above the woods,653
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"which lined it upon the farther side we could see the red, jutting",654
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,pinnacles which marked the site of the rich landowner's dwelling. On,655
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"the Hatherley side of the pool the woods grew very thick, and there",656
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,was a narrow belt of sodden grass twenty paces across between the,657
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,edge of the trees and the reeds which lined the lake. Lestrade showed,658
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"us the exact spot at which the body had been found, and, indeed, so",659
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"moist was the ground, that I could plainly see the traces which had",660
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"been left by the fall of the stricken man. To Holmes, as I could see",661
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"by his eager face and peering eyes, very many other things were to be",662
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"read upon the trampled grass. He ran round, like a dog who is picking",663
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"up a scent, and then turned upon my companion.",664
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,665
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""What did you go into the pool for?"" he asked.",666
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,667
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""I fished about with a rake. I thought there might be some weapon or",668
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"other trace. But how on earth--""",669
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,670
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""Oh, tut, tut! I have no time! That left foot of yours with its",671
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"inward twist is all over the place. A mole could trace it, and there",672
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"it vanishes among the reeds. Oh, how simple it would all have been",673
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,had I been here before they came like a herd of buffalo and wallowed,674
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"all over it. Here is where the party with the lodge-keeper came, and",675
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,they have covered all tracks for six or eight feet round the body.,676
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"But here are three separate tracks of the same feet."" He drew out a",677
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"lens and lay down upon his waterproof to have a better view, talking",678
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"all the time rather to himself than to us. ""These are young",679
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"McCarthy's feet. Twice he was walking, and once he ran swiftly, so",680
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,that the soles are deeply marked and the heels hardly visible. That,681
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,bears out his story. He ran when he saw his father on the ground.,682
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,Then here are the father's feet as he paced up and down. What is,683
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"this, then? It is the butt-end of the gun as the son stood listening.",684
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"And this? Ha, ha! What have we here? Tiptoes! tiptoes! Square, too,",685
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"quite unusual boots! They come, they go, they come again--of course",686
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"that was for the cloak. Now where did they come from?"" He ran up and",687
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"down, sometimes losing, sometimes finding the track until we were",688
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,well within the edge of the wood and under the shadow of a great,689
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"beech, the largest tree in the neighbourhood. Holmes traced his way",690
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,to the farther side of this and lay down once more upon his face with,691
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"a little cry of satisfaction. For a long time he remained there,",692
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"turning over the leaves and dried sticks, gathering up what seemed to",693
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,me to be dust into an envelope and examining with his lens not only,694
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,the ground but even the bark of the tree as far as he could reach. A,695
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"jagged stone was lying among the moss, and this also he carefully",696
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,examined and retained. Then he followed a pathway through the wood,697
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"until he came to the highroad, where all traces were lost.",698
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,699
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""It has been a case of considerable interest,"" he remarked, returning",700
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"to his natural manner. ""I fancy that this grey house on the right",701
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,must be the lodge. I think that I will go in and have a word with,702
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"Moran, and perhaps write a little note. Having done that, we may",703
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"drive back to our luncheon. You may walk to the cab, and I shall be",704
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"with you presently.""",705
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,706
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,It was about ten minutes before we regained our cab and drove back,707
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"into Ross, Holmes still carrying with him the stone which he had",708
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,picked up in the wood.,709
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,710
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""This may interest you, Lestrade,"" he remarked, holding it out.  ""The",711
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"murder was done with it.""",712
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,713
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""I see no marks.""",714
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,715
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""There are none.""",716
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,717
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""How do you know, then?""",718
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,719
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""The grass was growing under it. It had only lain there a few days.",720
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,There was no sign of a place whence it had been taken. It corresponds,721
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"with the injuries. There is no sign of any other weapon.""",722
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,723
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""And the murderer?""",724
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,725
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""Is a tall man, left-handed, limps with the right leg, wears",726
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"thick-soled shooting-boots and a grey cloak, smokes Indian cigars,",727
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"uses a cigar-holder, and carries a blunt pen-knife in his pocket.",728
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"There are several other indications, but these may be enough to aid",729
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"us in our search.""",730
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,731
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"Lestrade laughed. ""I am afraid that I am still a sceptic,"" he said.",732
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""Theories are all very well, but we have to deal with a hard-headed",733
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"British jury.""",734
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,735
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""Nous verrons,"" answered Holmes calmly. ""You work your own method,",736
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"and I shall work mine. I shall be busy this afternoon, and shall",737
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"probably return to London by the evening train.""",738
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,739
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""And leave your case unfinished?""",740
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,741
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""No, finished.""",742
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,743
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""But the mystery?""",744
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,745
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""It is solved.""",746
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,747
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""Who was the criminal, then?""",748
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,749
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""The gentleman I describe.""",750
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,751
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""But who is he?""",752
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,753
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""Surely it would not be difficult to find out. This is not such a",754
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"populous neighbourhood.""",755
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,756
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"Lestrade shrugged his shoulders. ""I am a practical man,"" he said,",757
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""and I really cannot undertake to go about the country looking for a",758
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,left-handed gentleman with a game leg. I should become the,759
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"laughing-stock of Scotland Yard.""",760
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,761
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""All right,"" said Holmes quietly. ""I have given you the chance. Here",762
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"are your lodgings. Good-bye. I shall drop you a line before I leave.""",763
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,764
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"Having left Lestrade at his rooms, we drove to our hotel, where we",765
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,found lunch upon the table. Holmes was silent and buried in thought,766
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"with a pained expression upon his face, as one who finds himself in a",767
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,perplexing position.,768
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,769
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""Look here, Watson,"" he said when the cloth was cleared ""just sit",770
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,down in this chair and let me preach to you for a little. I don't,771
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"know quite what to do, and I should value your advice. Light a cigar",772
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"and let me expound.""",773
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,774
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""Pray do so.""",775
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,776
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""Well, now, in considering this case there are two points about young",777
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"McCarthy's narrative which struck us both instantly, although they",778
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,impressed me in his favour and you against him. One was the fact that,779
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"his father should, according to his account, cry 'Cooee!' before",780
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,seeing him. The other was his singular dying reference to a rat. He,781
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"mumbled several words, you understand, but that was all that caught",782
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"the son's ear. Now from this double point our research must commence,",783
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,and we will begin it by presuming that what the lad says is,784
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"absolutely true.""",785
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,786
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""What of this 'Cooee!' then?""",787
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,788
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""Well, obviously it could not have been meant for the son. The son,",789
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"as far as he knew, was in Bristol. It was mere chance that he was",790
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,within earshot. The 'Cooee!' was meant to attract the attention of,791
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,whoever it was that he had the appointment with. But 'Cooee' is a,792
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"distinctly Australian cry, and one which is used between Australians.",793
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,There is a strong presumption that the person whom McCarthy expected,794
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"to meet him at Boscombe Pool was someone who had been in Australia.""",795
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,796
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""What of the rat, then?""",797
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,798
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,Sherlock Holmes took a folded paper from his pocket and flattened it,799
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"out on the table. ""This is a map of the Colony of Victoria,"" he said.",800
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""I wired to Bristol for it last night."" He put his hand over part of",801
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"the map. ""What do you read?""",802
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,803
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""ARAT,"" I read.",804
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,805
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""And now?"" He raised his hand.",806
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,807
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""BALLARAT.""",808
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,809
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""Quite so. That was the word the man uttered, and of which his son",810
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,only caught the last two syllables. He was trying to utter the name,811
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"of his murderer. So and so, of Ballarat.""",812
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,813
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""It is wonderful!"" I exclaimed.",814
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,815
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""It is obvious. And now, you see, I had narrowed the field down",816
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,considerably. The possession of a grey garment was a third point,817
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"which, granting the son's statement to be correct, was a certainty.",818
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,We have come now out of mere vagueness to the definite conception of,819
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"an Australian from Ballarat with a grey cloak.""",820
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,821
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""Certainly.""",822
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,823
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""And one who was at home in the district, for the pool can only be",824
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"approached by the farm or by the estate, where strangers could hardly",825
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"wander.""",826
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,827
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""Quite so.""",828
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,829
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""Then comes our expedition of to-day. By an examination of the ground",830
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"I gained the trifling details which I gave to that imbecile Lestrade,",831
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"as to the personality of the criminal.""",832
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,833
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""But how did you gain them?""",834
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,835
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""You know my method. It is founded upon the observation of trifles.""",836
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,837
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""His height I know that you might roughly judge from the length of",838
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"his stride. His boots, too, might be told from their traces.""",839
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,840
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""Yes, they were peculiar boots.""",841
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,842
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""But his lameness?""",843
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,844
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""The impression of his right foot was always less distinct than his",845
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,left. He put less weight upon it. Why? Because he limped--he was,846
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"lame.""",847
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,848
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""But his left-handedness.""",849
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,850
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""You were yourself struck by the nature of the injury as recorded by",851
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,the surgeon at the inquest. The blow was struck from immediately,852
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"behind, and yet was upon the left side. Now, how can that be unless",853
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,it were by a left-handed man? He had stood behind that tree during,854
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,the interview between the father and son. He had even smoked there. I,855
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"found the ash of a cigar, which my special knowledge of tobacco ashes",856
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"enables me to pronounce as an Indian cigar. I have, as you know,",857
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"devoted some attention to this, and written a little monograph on the",858
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"ashes of 140 different varieties of pipe, cigar, and cigarette",859
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"tobacco. Having found the ash, I then looked round and discovered the",860
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"stump among the moss where he had tossed it. It was an Indian cigar,",861
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"of the variety which are rolled in Rotterdam.""",862
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,863
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""And the cigar-holder?""",864
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,865
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""I could see that the end had not been in his mouth. Therefore he",866
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"used a holder. The tip had been cut off, not bitten off, but the cut",867
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"was not a clean one, so I deduced a blunt pen-knife.""",868
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,869
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""Holmes,"" I said, ""you have drawn a net round this man from which he",870
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"cannot escape, and you have saved an innocent human life as truly as",871
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,if you had cut the cord which was hanging him. I see the direction in,872
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"which all this points. The culprit is--""",873
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,874
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""Mr. John Turner,"" cried the hotel waiter, opening the door of our",875
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"sitting-room, and ushering in a visitor.",876
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,877
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"The man who entered was a strange and impressive figure. His slow,",878
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"limping step and bowed shoulders gave the appearance of decrepitude,",879
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"and yet his hard, deep-lined, craggy features, and his enormous limbs",880
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,showed that he was possessed of unusual strength of body and of,881
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"character. His tangled beard, grizzled hair, and outstanding,",882
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,drooping eyebrows combined to give an air of dignity and power to his,883
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"appearance, but his face was of an ashen white, while his lips and",884
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,the corners of his nostrils were tinged with a shade of blue. It was,885
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,clear to me at a glance that he was in the grip of some deadly and,886
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,chronic disease.,887
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,888
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""Pray sit down on the sofa,"" said Holmes gently. ""You had my note?""",889
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,890
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""Yes, the lodge-keeper brought it up. You said that you wished to see",891
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"me here to avoid scandal.""",892
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,893
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""I thought people would talk if I went to the Hall.""",894
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,895
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""And why did you wish to see me?"" He looked across at my companion",896
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"with despair in his weary eyes, as though his question was already",897
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,answered.,898
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,899
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""Yes,"" said Holmes, answering the look rather than the words. ""It is",900
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"so. I know all about McCarthy.""",901
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,902
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"The old man sank his face in his hands. ""God help me!"" he cried. ""But",903
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,I would not have let the young man come to harm. I give you my word,904
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"that I would have spoken out if it went against him at the Assizes.""",905
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,906
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""I am glad to hear you say so,"" said Holmes gravely.",907
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,908
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""I would have spoken now had it not been for my dear girl. It would",909
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,break her heart--it will break her heart when she hears that I am,910
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"arrested.""",911
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,912
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""It may not come to that,"" said Holmes.",913
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,914
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""What?""",915
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,916
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""I am no official agent. I understand that it was your daughter who",917
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"required my presence here, and I am acting in her interests. Young",918
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"McCarthy must be got off, however.""",919
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,920
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""I am a dying man,"" said old Turner. ""I have had diabetes for years.",921
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,My doctor says it is a question whether I shall live a month. Yet I,922
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"would rather die under my own roof than in a jail.""",923
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,924
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,Holmes rose and sat down at the table with his pen in his hand and a,925
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"bundle of paper before him. ""Just tell us the truth,"" he said. ""I",926
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"shall jot down the facts. You will sign it, and Watson here can",927
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,witness it. Then I could produce your confession at the last,928
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,extremity to save young McCarthy. I promise you that I shall not use,929
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"it unless it is absolutely needed.""",930
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,931
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""It's as well,"" said the old man; ""it's a question whether I shall",932
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"live to the Assizes, so it matters little to me, but I should wish to",933
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,spare Alice the shock. And now I will make the thing clear to you; it,934
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"has been a long time in the acting, but will not take me long to",935
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,tell.,936
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,937
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""You didn't know this dead man, McCarthy. He was a devil incarnate. I",938
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,tell you that. God keep you out of the clutches of such a man as he.,939
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"His grip has been upon me these twenty years, and he has blasted my",940
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,life. I'll tell you first how I came to be in his power.,941
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,942
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""It was in the early '60's at the diggings. I was a young chap then,",943
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"hot-blooded and reckless, ready to turn my hand at anything; I got",944
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"among bad companions, took to drink, had no luck with my claim, took",945
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"to the bush, and in a word became what you would call over here a",946
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"highway robber. There were six of us, and we had a wild, free life of",947
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"it, sticking up a station from time to time, or stopping the wagons",948
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,on the road to the diggings. Black Jack of Ballarat was the name I,949
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"went under, and our party is still remembered in the colony as the",950
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,Ballarat Gang.,951
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,952
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""One day a gold convoy came down from Ballarat to Melbourne, and we",953
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,lay in wait for it and attacked it. There were six troopers and six,954
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"of us, so it was a close thing, but we emptied four of their saddles",955
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"at the first volley. Three of our boys were killed, however, before",956
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"we got the swag. I put my pistol to the head of the wagon-driver, who",957
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,was this very man McCarthy. I wish to the Lord that I had shot him,958
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"then, but I spared him, though I saw his wicked little eyes fixed on",959
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"my face, as though to remember every feature. We got away with the",960
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"gold, became wealthy men, and made our way over to England without",961
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,being suspected. There I parted from my old pals and determined to,962
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"settle down to a quiet and respectable life. I bought this estate,",963
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"which chanced to be in the market, and I set myself to do a little",964
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"good with my money, to make up for the way in which I had earned it.",965
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"I married, too, and though my wife died young she left me my dear",966
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,little Alice. Even when she was just a baby her wee hand seemed to,967
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"lead me down the right path as nothing else had ever done. In a word,",968
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,I turned over a new leaf and did my best to make up for the past. All,969
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,was going well when McCarthy laid his grip upon me.,970
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,971
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""I had gone up to town about an investment, and I met him in Regent",972
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,Street with hardly a coat to his back or a boot to his foot.,973
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,974
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""'Here we are, Jack,' says he, touching me on the arm; 'we'll be as",975
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"good as a family to you. There's two of us, me and my son, and you",976
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"can have the keeping of us. If you don't--it's a fine, law-abiding",977
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"country is England, and there's always a policeman within hail.'",978
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,979
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""Well, down they came to the west country, there was no shaking them",980
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"off, and there they have lived rent free on my best land ever since.",981
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"There was no rest for me, no peace, no forgetfulness; turn where I",982
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"would, there was his cunning, grinning face at my elbow. It grew",983
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"worse as Alice grew up, for he soon saw I was more afraid of her",984
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"knowing my past than of the police. Whatever he wanted he must have,",985
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"and whatever it was I gave him without question, land, money, houses,",986
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,until at last he asked a thing which I could not give. He asked for,987
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,Alice.,988
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,989
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""His son, you see, had grown up, and so had my girl, and as I was",990
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"known to be in weak health, it seemed a fine stroke to him that his",991
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,lad should step into the whole property. But there I was firm. I,992
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,would not have his cursed stock mixed with mine; not that I had any,993
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"dislike to the lad, but his blood was in him, and that was enough. I",994
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,stood firm. McCarthy threatened. I braved him to do his worst. We,995
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,were to meet at the pool midway between our houses to talk it over.,996
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,997
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""When I went down there I found him talking with his son, so I smoked",998
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,a cigar and waited behind a tree until he should be alone. But as I,999
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,listened to his talk all that was black and bitter in me seemed to,1000
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,come uppermost. He was urging his son to marry my daughter with as,1001
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,little regard for what she might think as if she were a slut from off,1002
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,the streets. It drove me mad to think that I and all that I held most,1003
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,dear should be in the power of such a man as this. Could I not snap,1004
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,the bond? I was already a dying and a desperate man. Though clear of,1005
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"mind and fairly strong of limb, I knew that my own fate was sealed.",1006
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,But my memory and my girl! Both could be saved if I could but silence,1007
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"that foul tongue. I did it, Mr. Holmes. I would do it again. Deeply",1008
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"as I have sinned, I have led a life of martyrdom to atone for it. But",1009
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,that my girl should be entangled in the same meshes which held me was,1010
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,more than I could suffer. I struck him down with no more compunction,1011
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,than if he had been some foul and venomous beast. His cry brought,1012
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"back his son; but I had gained the cover of the wood, though I was",1013
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,forced to go back to fetch the cloak which I had dropped in my,1014
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"flight. That is the true story, gentlemen, of all that occurred.""",1015
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,1016
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""Well, it is not for me to judge you,"" said Holmes as the old man",1017
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"signed the statement which had been drawn out. ""I pray that we may",1018
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"never be exposed to such a temptation.""",1019
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,1020
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""I pray not, sir. And what do you intend to do?""",1021
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,1022
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""In view of your health, nothing. You are yourself aware that you",1023
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,will soon have to answer for your deed at a higher court than the,1024
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"Assizes. I will keep your confession, and if McCarthy is condemned I",1025
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"shall be forced to use it. If not, it shall never be seen by mortal",1026
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"eye; and your secret, whether you be alive or dead, shall be safe",1027
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"with us.""",1028
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,1029
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""Farewell, then,"" said the old man solemnly. ""Your own deathbeds,",1030
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"when they come, will be the easier for the thought of the peace which",1031
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"you have given to mine."" Tottering and shaking in all his giant",1032
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"frame, he stumbled slowly from the room.",1033
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,1034
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"""God help us!"" said Holmes after a long silence. ""Why does fate play",1035
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"such tricks with poor, helpless worms? I never hear of such a case as",1036
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"this that I do not think of Baxter's words, and say, 'There, but for",1037
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"the grace of God, goes Sherlock Holmes.'""",1038
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,1039
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,James McCarthy was acquitted at the Assizes on the strength of a,1040
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,number of objections which had been drawn out by Holmes and submitted,1041
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,to the defending counsel. Old Turner lived for seven months after our,1042
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,"interview, but he is now dead; and there is every prospect that the",1043
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,son and daughter may come to live happily together in ignorance of,1044
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,the black cloud which rests upon their past.,1045
The Boscombe Valley Mystery,,1046
The Five Orange Pips,THE FIVE ORANGE PIPS,1
The Five Orange Pips,,2
The Five Orange Pips,When I glance over my notes and records of the Sherlock Holmes cases,3
The Five Orange Pips,"between the years '82 and '90, I am faced by so many which present",4
The Five Orange Pips,strange and interesting features that it is no easy matter to know,5
The Five Orange Pips,"which to choose and which to leave. Some, however, have already",6
The Five Orange Pips,"gained publicity through the papers, and others have not offered a",7
The Five Orange Pips,field for those peculiar qualities which my friend possessed in so,8
The Five Orange Pips,"high a degree, and which it is the object of these papers to",9
The Five Orange Pips,"illustrate. Some, too, have baffled his analytical skill, and would",10
The Five Orange Pips,"be, as narratives, beginnings without an ending, while others have",11
The Five Orange Pips,"been but partially cleared up, and have their explanations founded",12
The Five Orange Pips,rather upon conjecture and surmise than on that absolute logical,13
The Five Orange Pips,"proof which was so dear to him. There is, however, one of these last",14
The Five Orange Pips,which was so remarkable in its details and so startling in its,15
The Five Orange Pips,results that I am tempted to give some account of it in spite of the,16
The Five Orange Pips,fact that there are points in connection with it which never have,17
The Five Orange Pips,"been, and probably never will be, entirely cleared up.",18
The Five Orange Pips,,19
The Five Orange Pips,The year '87 furnished us with a long series of cases of greater or,20
The Five Orange Pips,"less interest, of which I retain the records. Among my headings under",21
The Five Orange Pips,this one twelve months I find an account of the adventure of the,22
The Five Orange Pips,"Paradol Chamber, of the Amateur Mendicant Society, who held a",23
The Five Orange Pips,"luxurious club in the lower vault of a furniture warehouse, of the",24
The Five Orange Pips,"facts connected with the loss of the British barque ""Sophy Anderson"",",25
The Five Orange Pips,of the singular adventures of the Grice Patersons in the island of,26
The Five Orange Pips,"Uffa, and finally of the Camberwell poisoning case. In the latter, as",27
The Five Orange Pips,"may be remembered, Sherlock Holmes was able, by winding up the dead",28
The Five Orange Pips,"man's watch, to prove that it had been wound up two hours before, and",29
The Five Orange Pips,that therefore the deceased had gone to bed within that time--a,30
The Five Orange Pips,deduction which was of the greatest importance in clearing up the,31
The Five Orange Pips,"case. All these I may sketch out at some future date, but none of",32
The Five Orange Pips,them present such singular features as the strange train of,33
The Five Orange Pips,circumstances which I have now taken up my pen to describe.,34
The Five Orange Pips,,35
The Five Orange Pips,"It was in the latter days of September, and the equinoctial gales had",36
The Five Orange Pips,set in with exceptional violence. All day the wind had screamed and,37
The Five Orange Pips,"the rain had beaten against the windows, so that even here in the",38
The Five Orange Pips,"heart of great, hand-made London we were forced to raise our minds",39
The Five Orange Pips,for the instant from the routine of life and to recognise the,40
The Five Orange Pips,presence of those great elemental forces which shriek at mankind,41
The Five Orange Pips,"through the bars of his civilisation, like untamed beasts in a cage.",42
The Five Orange Pips,"As evening drew in, the storm grew higher and louder, and the wind",43
The Five Orange Pips,cried and sobbed like a child in the chimney. Sherlock Holmes sat,44
The Five Orange Pips,moodily at one side of the fireplace cross-indexing his records of,45
The Five Orange Pips,"crime, while I at the other was deep in one of Clark Russell's fine",46
The Five Orange Pips,sea-stories until the howl of the gale from without seemed to blend,47
The Five Orange Pips,"with the text, and the splash of the rain to lengthen out into the",48
The Five Orange Pips,"long swash of the sea waves. My wife was on a visit to her mother's,",49
The Five Orange Pips,and for a few days I was a dweller once more in my old quarters at,50
The Five Orange Pips,Baker Street.,51
The Five Orange Pips,,52
The Five Orange Pips,"""Why,"" said I, glancing up at my companion, ""that was surely the",53
The Five Orange Pips,"bell. Who could come to-night? Some friend of yours, perhaps?""",54
The Five Orange Pips,,55
The Five Orange Pips,"""Except yourself I have none,"" he answered. ""I do not encourage",56
The Five Orange Pips,"visitors.""",57
The Five Orange Pips,,58
The Five Orange Pips,"""A client, then?""",59
The Five Orange Pips,,60
The Five Orange Pips,"""If so, it is a serious case. Nothing less would bring a man out on",61
The Five Orange Pips,such a day and at such an hour. But I take it that it is more likely,62
The Five Orange Pips,"to be some crony of the landlady's.""",63
The Five Orange Pips,,64
The Five Orange Pips,"Sherlock Holmes was wrong in his conjecture, however, for there came",65
The Five Orange Pips,a step in the passage and a tapping at the door. He stretched out his,66
The Five Orange Pips,long arm to turn the lamp away from himself and towards the vacant,67
The Five Orange Pips,chair upon which a newcomer must sit.,68
The Five Orange Pips,,69
The Five Orange Pips,"""Come in!"" said he.",70
The Five Orange Pips,,71
The Five Orange Pips,"The man who entered was young, some two-and-twenty at the outside,",72
The Five Orange Pips,"well-groomed and trimly clad, with something of refinement and",73
The Five Orange Pips,delicacy in his bearing. The streaming umbrella which he held in his,74
The Five Orange Pips,"hand, and his long shining waterproof told of the fierce weather",75
The Five Orange Pips,through which he had come. He looked about him anxiously in the glare,76
The Five Orange Pips,"of the lamp, and I could see that his face was pale and his eyes",77
The Five Orange Pips,"heavy, like those of a man who is weighed down with some great",78
The Five Orange Pips,anxiety.,79
The Five Orange Pips,,80
The Five Orange Pips,"""I owe you an apology,"" he said, raising his golden pince-nez to his",81
The Five Orange Pips,"eyes. ""I trust that I am not intruding. I fear that I have brought",82
The Five Orange Pips,"some traces of the storm and rain into your snug chamber.""",83
The Five Orange Pips,,84
The Five Orange Pips,"""Give me your coat and umbrella,"" said Holmes. ""They may rest here on",85
The Five Orange Pips,the hook and will be dry presently. You have come up from the,86
The Five Orange Pips,"south-west, I see.""",87
The Five Orange Pips,,88
The Five Orange Pips,"""Yes, from Horsham.""",89
The Five Orange Pips,,90
The Five Orange Pips,"""That clay and chalk mixture which I see upon your toe caps is quite",91
The Five Orange Pips,"distinctive.""",92
The Five Orange Pips,,93
The Five Orange Pips,"""I have come for advice.""",94
The Five Orange Pips,,95
The Five Orange Pips,"""That is easily got.""",96
The Five Orange Pips,,97
The Five Orange Pips,"""And help.""",98
The Five Orange Pips,,99
The Five Orange Pips,"""That is not always so easy.""",100
The Five Orange Pips,,101
The Five Orange Pips,"""I have heard of you, Mr. Holmes. I heard from Major Prendergast how",102
The Five Orange Pips,"you saved him in the Tankerville Club scandal.""",103
The Five Orange Pips,,104
The Five Orange Pips,"""Ah, of course. He was wrongfully accused of cheating at cards.""",105
The Five Orange Pips,,106
The Five Orange Pips,"""He said that you could solve anything.""",107
The Five Orange Pips,,108
The Five Orange Pips,"""He said too much.""",109
The Five Orange Pips,,110
The Five Orange Pips,"""That you are never beaten.""",111
The Five Orange Pips,,112
The Five Orange Pips,"""I have been beaten four times--three times by men, and once by a",113
The Five Orange Pips,"woman.""",114
The Five Orange Pips,,115
The Five Orange Pips,"""But what is that compared with the number of your successes?""",116
The Five Orange Pips,,117
The Five Orange Pips,"""It is true that I have been generally successful.""",118
The Five Orange Pips,,119
The Five Orange Pips,"""Then you may be so with me.""",120
The Five Orange Pips,,121
The Five Orange Pips,"""I beg that you will draw your chair up to the fire and favour me",122
The Five Orange Pips,"with some details as to your case.""",123
The Five Orange Pips,,124
The Five Orange Pips,"""It is no ordinary one.""",125
The Five Orange Pips,,126
The Five Orange Pips,"""None of those which come to me are. I am the last court of appeal.""",127
The Five Orange Pips,,128
The Five Orange Pips,"""And yet I question, sir, whether, in all your experience, you have",129
The Five Orange Pips,ever listened to a more mysterious and inexplicable chain of events,130
The Five Orange Pips,"than those which have happened in my own family.""",131
The Five Orange Pips,,132
The Five Orange Pips,"""You fill me with interest,"" said Holmes. ""Pray give us the essential",133
The Five Orange Pips,"facts from the commencement, and I can afterwards question you as to",134
The Five Orange Pips,"those details which seem to me to be most important.""",135
The Five Orange Pips,,136
The Five Orange Pips,The young man pulled his chair up and pushed his wet feet out towards,137
The Five Orange Pips,the blaze.,138
The Five Orange Pips,,139
The Five Orange Pips,"""My name,"" said he, ""is John Openshaw, but my own affairs have, as",140
The Five Orange Pips,"far as I can understand, little to do with this awful business. It is",141
The Five Orange Pips,"a hereditary matter; so in order to give you an idea of the facts, I",142
The Five Orange Pips,must go back to the commencement of the affair.,143
The Five Orange Pips,,144
The Five Orange Pips,"""You must know that my grandfather had two sons--my uncle Elias and",145
The Five Orange Pips,"my father Joseph. My father had a small factory at Coventry, which he",146
The Five Orange Pips,enlarged at the time of the invention of bicycling. He was a patentee,147
The Five Orange Pips,"of the Openshaw unbreakable tire, and his business met with such",148
The Five Orange Pips,success that he was able to sell it and to retire upon a handsome,149
The Five Orange Pips,competence.,150
The Five Orange Pips,,151
The Five Orange Pips,"""My uncle Elias emigrated to America when he was a young man and",152
The Five Orange Pips,"became a planter in Florida, where he was reported to have done very",153
The Five Orange Pips,"well. At the time of the war he fought in Jackson's army, and",154
The Five Orange Pips,"afterwards under Hood, where he rose to be a colonel. When Lee laid",155
The Five Orange Pips,"down his arms my uncle returned to his plantation, where he remained",156
The Five Orange Pips,for three or four years. About 1869 or 1870 he came back to Europe,157
The Five Orange Pips,"and took a small estate in Sussex, near Horsham. He had made a very",158
The Five Orange Pips,"considerable fortune in the States, and his reason for leaving them",159
The Five Orange Pips,"was his aversion to the negroes, and his dislike of the Republican",160
The Five Orange Pips,"policy in extending the franchise to them. He was a singular man,",161
The Five Orange Pips,"fierce and quick-tempered, very foul-mouthed when he was angry, and",162
The Five Orange Pips,of a most retiring disposition. During all the years that he lived at,163
The Five Orange Pips,"Horsham, I doubt if ever he set foot in the town. He had a garden and",164
The Five Orange Pips,"two or three fields round his house, and there he would take his",165
The Five Orange Pips,"exercise, though very often for weeks on end he would never leave his",166
The Five Orange Pips,"room. He drank a great deal of brandy and smoked very heavily, but he",167
The Five Orange Pips,"would see no society and did not want any friends, not even his own",168
The Five Orange Pips,brother.,169
The Five Orange Pips,,170
The Five Orange Pips,"""He didn't mind me; in fact, he took a fancy to me, for at the time",171
The Five Orange Pips,when he saw me first I was a youngster of twelve or so. This would be,172
The Five Orange Pips,"in the year 1878, after he had been eight or nine years in England.",173
The Five Orange Pips,He begged my father to let me live with him and he was very kind to,174
The Five Orange Pips,me in his way. When he was sober he used to be fond of playing,175
The Five Orange Pips,"backgammon and draughts with me, and he would make me his",176
The Five Orange Pips,"representative both with the servants and with the tradespeople, so",177
The Five Orange Pips,that by the time that I was sixteen I was quite master of the house.,178
The Five Orange Pips,"I kept all the keys and could go where I liked and do what I liked,",179
The Five Orange Pips,so long as I did not disturb him in his privacy. There was one,180
The Five Orange Pips,"singular exception, however, for he had a single room, a lumber-room",181
The Five Orange Pips,"up among the attics, which was invariably locked, and which he would",182
The Five Orange Pips,never permit either me or anyone else to enter. With a boy's,183
The Five Orange Pips,"curiosity I have peeped through the keyhole, but I was never able to",184
The Five Orange Pips,see more than such a collection of old trunks and bundles as would be,185
The Five Orange Pips,expected in such a room.,186
The Five Orange Pips,,187
The Five Orange Pips,"""One day--it was in March, 1883--a letter with a foreign stamp lay",188
The Five Orange Pips,upon the table in front of the colonel's plate. It was not a common,189
The Five Orange Pips,"thing for him to receive letters, for his bills were all paid in",190
The Five Orange Pips,"ready money, and he had no friends of any sort. 'From India!' said he",191
The Five Orange Pips,"as he took it up, 'Pondicherry postmark! What can this be?' Opening",192
The Five Orange Pips,"it hurriedly, out there jumped five little dried orange pips, which",193
The Five Orange Pips,"pattered down upon his plate. I began to laugh at this, but the laugh",194
The Five Orange Pips,"was struck from my lips at the sight of his face. His lip had fallen,",195
The Five Orange Pips,"his eyes were protruding, his skin the colour of putty, and he glared",196
The Five Orange Pips,"at the envelope which he still held in his trembling hand, 'K. K.",197
The Five Orange Pips,"K.!' he shrieked, and then, 'My God, my God, my sins have overtaken",198
The Five Orange Pips,me!',199
The Five Orange Pips,,200
The Five Orange Pips,"""'What is it, uncle?' I cried.",201
The Five Orange Pips,,202
The Five Orange Pips,"""'Death,' said he, and rising from the table he retired to his room,",203
The Five Orange Pips,leaving me palpitating with horror. I took up the envelope and saw,204
The Five Orange Pips,"scrawled in red ink upon the inner flap, just above the gum, the",205
The Five Orange Pips,letter K three times repeated. There was nothing else save the five,206
The Five Orange Pips,dried pips. What could be the reason of his overpowering terror? I,207
The Five Orange Pips,"left the breakfast-table, and as I ascended the stair I met him",208
The Five Orange Pips,"coming down with an old rusty key, which must have belonged to the",209
The Five Orange Pips,"attic, in one hand, and a small brass box, like a cashbox, in the",210
The Five Orange Pips,other.,211
The Five Orange Pips,,212
The Five Orange Pips,"""'They may do what they like, but I'll checkmate them still,' said he",213
The Five Orange Pips,"with an oath. 'Tell Mary that I shall want a fire in my room to-day,",214
The Five Orange Pips,"and send down to Fordham, the Horsham lawyer.'",215
The Five Orange Pips,,216
The Five Orange Pips,"""I did as he ordered, and when the lawyer arrived I was asked to step",217
The Five Orange Pips,"up to the room. The fire was burning brightly, and in the grate there",218
The Five Orange Pips,"was a mass of black, fluffy ashes, as of burned paper, while the",219
The Five Orange Pips,brass box stood open and empty beside it. As I glanced at the box I,220
The Five Orange Pips,"noticed, with a start, that upon the lid was printed the treble K",221
The Five Orange Pips,which I had read in the morning upon the envelope.,222
The Five Orange Pips,,223
The Five Orange Pips,"""'I wish you, John,' said my uncle, 'to witness my will. I leave my",224
The Five Orange Pips,"estate, with all its advantages and all its disadvantages, to my",225
The Five Orange Pips,"brother, your father, whence it will, no doubt, descend to you. If",226
The Five Orange Pips,"you can enjoy it in peace, well and good! If you find you cannot,",227
The Five Orange Pips,"take my advice, my boy, and leave it to your deadliest enemy. I am",228
The Five Orange Pips,"sorry to give you such a two-edged thing, but I can't say what turn",229
The Five Orange Pips,things are going to take. Kindly sign the paper where Mr. Fordham,230
The Five Orange Pips,shows you.',231
The Five Orange Pips,,232
The Five Orange Pips,"""I signed the paper as directed, and the lawyer took it away with",233
The Five Orange Pips,"him. The singular incident made, as you may think, the deepest",234
The Five Orange Pips,"impression upon me, and I pondered over it and turned it every way in",235
The Five Orange Pips,my mind without being able to make anything of it. Yet I could not,236
The Five Orange Pips,"shake off the vague feeling of dread which it left behind, though the",237
The Five Orange Pips,sensation grew less keen as the weeks passed and nothing happened to,238
The Five Orange Pips,disturb the usual routine of our lives. I could see a change in my,239
The Five Orange Pips,"uncle, however. He drank more than ever, and he was less inclined for",240
The Five Orange Pips,"any sort of society. Most of his time he would spend in his room,",241
The Five Orange Pips,"with the door locked upon the inside, but sometimes he would emerge",242
The Five Orange Pips,in a sort of drunken frenzy and would burst out of the house and tear,243
The Five Orange Pips,"about the garden with a revolver in his hand, screaming out that he",244
The Five Orange Pips,"was afraid of no man, and that he was not to be cooped up, like a",245
The Five Orange Pips,"sheep in a pen, by man or devil. When these hot fits were over,",246
The Five Orange Pips,"however, he would rush tumultuously in at the door and lock and bar",247
The Five Orange Pips,"it behind him, like a man who can brazen it out no longer against the",248
The Five Orange Pips,terror which lies at the roots of his soul. At such times I have seen,249
The Five Orange Pips,"his face, even on a cold day, glisten with moisture, as though it",250
The Five Orange Pips,were new raised from a basin.,251
The Five Orange Pips,,252
The Five Orange Pips,"""Well, to come to an end of the matter, Mr. Holmes, and not to abuse",253
The Five Orange Pips,"your patience, there came a night when he made one of those drunken",254
The Five Orange Pips,"sallies from which he never came back. We found him, when we went to",255
The Five Orange Pips,"search for him, face downward in a little green-scummed pool, which",256
The Five Orange Pips,"lay at the foot of the garden. There was no sign of any violence, and",257
The Five Orange Pips,"the water was but two feet deep, so that the jury, having regard to",258
The Five Orange Pips,"his known eccentricity, brought in a verdict of 'suicide.' But I, who",259
The Five Orange Pips,"knew how he winced from the very thought of death, had much ado to",260
The Five Orange Pips,persuade myself that he had gone out of his way to meet it. The,261
The Five Orange Pips,"matter passed, however, and my father entered into possession of the",262
The Five Orange Pips,"estate, and of some £14,000, which lay to his credit at the bank.""",263
The Five Orange Pips,,264
The Five Orange Pips,"""One moment,"" Holmes interposed, ""your statement is, I foresee, one",265
The Five Orange Pips,of the most remarkable to which I have ever listened. Let me have the,266
The Five Orange Pips,"date of the reception by your uncle of the letter, and the date of",267
The Five Orange Pips,"his supposed suicide.""",268
The Five Orange Pips,,269
The Five Orange Pips,"""The letter arrived on March 10, 1883. His death was seven weeks",270
The Five Orange Pips,"later, upon the night of May 2nd.""",271
The Five Orange Pips,,272
The Five Orange Pips,"""Thank you. Pray proceed.""",273
The Five Orange Pips,,274
The Five Orange Pips,"""When my father took over the Horsham property, he, at my request,",275
The Five Orange Pips,"made a careful examination of the attic, which had been always locked",276
The Five Orange Pips,"up. We found the brass box there, although its contents had been",277
The Five Orange Pips,"destroyed. On the inside of the cover was a paper label, with the",278
The Five Orange Pips,"initials of K. K. K. repeated upon it, and 'Letters, memoranda,",279
The Five Orange Pips,"receipts, and a register' written beneath. These, we presume,",280
The Five Orange Pips,indicated the nature of the papers which had been destroyed by,281
The Five Orange Pips,"Colonel Openshaw. For the rest, there was nothing of much importance",282
The Five Orange Pips,in the attic save a great many scattered papers and note-books,283
The Five Orange Pips,bearing upon my uncle's life in America. Some of them were of the war,284
The Five Orange Pips,time and showed that he had done his duty well and had borne the,285
The Five Orange Pips,repute of a brave soldier. Others were of a date during the,286
The Five Orange Pips,"reconstruction of the Southern states, and were mostly concerned with",287
The Five Orange Pips,"politics, for he had evidently taken a strong part in opposing the",288
The Five Orange Pips,carpet-bag politicians who had been sent down from the North.,289
The Five Orange Pips,,290
The Five Orange Pips,"""Well, it was the beginning of '84 when my father came to live at",291
The Five Orange Pips,"Horsham, and all went as well as possible with us until the January",292
The Five Orange Pips,of '85. On the fourth day after the new year I heard my father give a,293
The Five Orange Pips,sharp cry of surprise as we sat together at the breakfast-table.,294
The Five Orange Pips,"There he was, sitting with a newly opened envelope in one hand and",295
The Five Orange Pips,five dried orange pips in the outstretched palm of the other one. He,296
The Five Orange Pips,had always laughed at what he called my cock-and-bull story about the,297
The Five Orange Pips,"colonel, but he looked very scared and puzzled now that the same",298
The Five Orange Pips,thing had come upon himself.,299
The Five Orange Pips,,300
The Five Orange Pips,"""'Why, what on earth does this mean, John?' he stammered.",301
The Five Orange Pips,,302
The Five Orange Pips,"""My heart had turned to lead. 'It is K. K. K.,' said I.",303
The Five Orange Pips,,304
The Five Orange Pips,"""He looked inside the envelope. 'So it is,' he cried. 'Here are the",305
The Five Orange Pips,very letters. But what is this written above them?',306
The Five Orange Pips,,307
The Five Orange Pips,"""'Put the papers on the sundial,' I read, peeping over his shoulder.",308
The Five Orange Pips,,309
The Five Orange Pips,"""'What papers? What sundial?' he asked.",310
The Five Orange Pips,,311
The Five Orange Pips,"""'The sundial in the garden. There is no other,' said I; 'but the",312
The Five Orange Pips,papers must be those that are destroyed.',313
The Five Orange Pips,,314
The Five Orange Pips,"""'Pooh!' said he, gripping hard at his courage. 'We are in a",315
The Five Orange Pips,"civilised land here, and we can't have tomfoolery of this kind. Where",316
The Five Orange Pips,does the thing come from?',317
The Five Orange Pips,,318
The Five Orange Pips,"""'From Dundee,' I answered, glancing at the postmark.",319
The Five Orange Pips,,320
The Five Orange Pips,"""'Some preposterous practical joke,' said he. 'What have I to do with",321
The Five Orange Pips,sundials and papers? I shall take no notice of such nonsense.',322
The Five Orange Pips,,323
The Five Orange Pips,"""'I should certainly speak to the police,' I said.",324
The Five Orange Pips,,325
The Five Orange Pips,"""'And be laughed at for my pains. Nothing of the sort.'",326
The Five Orange Pips,,327
The Five Orange Pips,"""'Then let me do so?'",328
The Five Orange Pips,,329
The Five Orange Pips,"""'No, I forbid you. I won't have a fuss made about such nonsense.'",330
The Five Orange Pips,,331
The Five Orange Pips,"""It was in vain to argue with him, for he was a very obstinate man. I",332
The Five Orange Pips,"went about, however, with a heart which was full of forebodings.",333
The Five Orange Pips,,334
The Five Orange Pips,"""On the third day after the coming of the letter my father went from",335
The Five Orange Pips,"home to visit an old friend of his, Major Freebody, who is in command",336
The Five Orange Pips,of one of the forts upon Portsdown Hill. I was glad that he should,337
The Five Orange Pips,"go, for it seemed to me that he was farther from danger when he was",338
The Five Orange Pips,"away from home. In that, however, I was in error. Upon the second day",339
The Five Orange Pips,"of his absence I received a telegram from the major, imploring me to",340
The Five Orange Pips,come at once. My father had fallen over one of the deep chalk-pits,341
The Five Orange Pips,"which abound in the neighbourhood, and was lying senseless, with a",342
The Five Orange Pips,"shattered skull. I hurried to him, but he passed away without having",343
The Five Orange Pips,"ever recovered his consciousness. He had, as it appears, been",344
The Five Orange Pips,"returning from Fareham in the twilight, and as the country was",345
The Five Orange Pips,"unknown to him, and the chalk-pit unfenced, the jury had no",346
The Five Orange Pips,hesitation in bringing in a verdict of 'death from accidental,347
The Five Orange Pips,"causes.' Carefully as I examined every fact connected with his death,",348
The Five Orange Pips,I was unable to find anything which could suggest the idea of murder.,349
The Five Orange Pips,"There were no signs of violence, no footmarks, no robbery, no record",350
The Five Orange Pips,of strangers having been seen upon the roads. And yet I need not tell,351
The Five Orange Pips,"you that my mind was far from at ease, and that I was well-nigh",352
The Five Orange Pips,certain that some foul plot had been woven round him.,353
The Five Orange Pips,,354
The Five Orange Pips,"""In this sinister way I came into my inheritance. You will ask me why",355
The Five Orange Pips,"I did not dispose of it? I answer, because I was well convinced that",356
The Five Orange Pips,our troubles were in some way dependent upon an incident in my,357
The Five Orange Pips,"uncle's life, and that the danger would be as pressing in one house",358
The Five Orange Pips,as in another.,359
The Five Orange Pips,,360
The Five Orange Pips,"""It was in January, '85, that my poor father met his end, and two",361
The Five Orange Pips,years and eight months have elapsed since then. During that time I,362
The Five Orange Pips,"have lived happily at Horsham, and I had begun to hope that this",363
The Five Orange Pips,"curse had passed away from the family, and that it had ended with the",364
The Five Orange Pips,"last generation. I had begun to take comfort too soon, however;",365
The Five Orange Pips,yesterday morning the blow fell in the very shape in which it had,366
The Five Orange Pips,"come upon my father.""",367
The Five Orange Pips,,368
The Five Orange Pips,"The young man took from his waistcoat a crumpled envelope, and",369
The Five Orange Pips,turning to the table he shook out upon it five little dried orange,370
The Five Orange Pips,pips.,371
The Five Orange Pips,,372
The Five Orange Pips,"""This is the envelope,"" he continued. ""The postmark is",373
The Five Orange Pips,London--eastern division. Within are the very words which were upon,374
The Five Orange Pips,my father's last message: 'K. K. K.'; and then 'Put the papers on the,375
The Five Orange Pips,"sundial.'""",376
The Five Orange Pips,,377
The Five Orange Pips,"""What have you done?"" asked Holmes.",378
The Five Orange Pips,,379
The Five Orange Pips,"""Nothing.""",380
The Five Orange Pips,,381
The Five Orange Pips,"""Nothing?""",382
The Five Orange Pips,,383
The Five Orange Pips,"""To tell the truth""--he sank his face into his thin, white hands--""I",384
The Five Orange Pips,have felt helpless. I have felt like one of those poor rabbits when,385
The Five Orange Pips,the snake is writhing towards it. I seem to be in the grasp of some,386
The Five Orange Pips,"resistless, inexorable evil, which no foresight and no precautions",387
The Five Orange Pips,"can guard against.""",388
The Five Orange Pips,,389
The Five Orange Pips,"""Tut! tut!"" cried Sherlock Holmes. ""You must act, man, or you are",390
The Five Orange Pips,"lost. Nothing but energy can save you. This is no time for despair.""",391
The Five Orange Pips,,392
The Five Orange Pips,"""I have seen the police.""",393
The Five Orange Pips,,394
The Five Orange Pips,"""Ah!""",395
The Five Orange Pips,,396
The Five Orange Pips,"""But they listened to my story with a smile. I am convinced that the",397
The Five Orange Pips,inspector has formed the opinion that the letters are all practical,398
The Five Orange Pips,"jokes, and that the deaths of my relations were really accidents, as",399
The Five Orange Pips,"the jury stated, and were not to be connected with the warnings.""",400
The Five Orange Pips,,401
The Five Orange Pips,"Holmes shook his clenched hands in the air. ""Incredible imbecility!""",402
The Five Orange Pips,he cried.,403
The Five Orange Pips,,404
The Five Orange Pips,"""They have, however, allowed me a policeman, who may remain in the",405
The Five Orange Pips,"house with me.""",406
The Five Orange Pips,,407
The Five Orange Pips,"""Has he come with you to-night?""",408
The Five Orange Pips,,409
The Five Orange Pips,"""No. His orders were to stay in the house.""",410
The Five Orange Pips,,411
The Five Orange Pips,Again Holmes raved in the air.,412
The Five Orange Pips,,413
The Five Orange Pips,"""Why did you come to me,"" he cried, ""and, above all, why did you not",414
The Five Orange Pips,"come at once?""",415
The Five Orange Pips,,416
The Five Orange Pips,"""I did not know. It was only to-day that I spoke to Major Prendergast",417
The Five Orange Pips,"about my troubles and was advised by him to come to you.""",418
The Five Orange Pips,,419
The Five Orange Pips,"""It is really two days since you had the letter. We should have acted",420
The Five Orange Pips,"before this. You have no further evidence, I suppose, than that which",421
The Five Orange Pips,"you have placed before us--no suggestive detail which might help us?""",422
The Five Orange Pips,,423
The Five Orange Pips,"""There is one thing,"" said John Openshaw. He rummaged in his coat",424
The Five Orange Pips,"pocket, and, drawing out a piece of discoloured, blue-tinted paper,",425
The Five Orange Pips,"he laid it out upon the table. ""I have some remembrance,"" said he,",426
The Five Orange Pips,"""that on the day when my uncle burned the papers I observed that the",427
The Five Orange Pips,"small, unburned margins which lay amid the ashes were of this",428
The Five Orange Pips,particular colour. I found this single sheet upon the floor of his,429
The Five Orange Pips,"room, and I am inclined to think that it may be one of the papers",430
The Five Orange Pips,"which has, perhaps, fluttered out from among the others, and in that",431
The Five Orange Pips,"way has escaped destruction. Beyond the mention of pips, I do not see",432
The Five Orange Pips,that it helps us much. I think myself that it is a page from some,433
The Five Orange Pips,"private diary. The writing is undoubtedly my uncle's.""",434
The Five Orange Pips,,435
The Five Orange Pips,"Holmes moved the lamp, and we both bent over the sheet of paper,",436
The Five Orange Pips,which showed by its ragged edge that it had indeed been torn from a,437
The Five Orange Pips,"book. It was headed, ""March, 1869,"" and beneath were the following",438
The Five Orange Pips,enigmatical notices:,439
The Five Orange Pips,,440
The Five Orange Pips,4th. Hudson came. Same old platform.,441
The Five Orange Pips,"7th. Set the pips on McCauley, Paramore, and John Swain, of St.",442
The Five Orange Pips,Augustine.,443
The Five Orange Pips,9th. McCauley cleared.,444
The Five Orange Pips,10th. John Swain cleared.,445
The Five Orange Pips,12th. Visited Paramore. All well.,446
The Five Orange Pips,,447
The Five Orange Pips,"""Thank you!"" said Holmes, folding up the paper and returning it to",448
The Five Orange Pips,"our visitor. ""And now you must on no account lose another instant. We",449
The Five Orange Pips,cannot spare time even to discuss what you have told me. You must get,450
The Five Orange Pips,"home instantly and act.""",451
The Five Orange Pips,,452
The Five Orange Pips,"""What shall I do?""",453
The Five Orange Pips,,454
The Five Orange Pips,"""There is but one thing to do. It must be done at once. You must put",455
The Five Orange Pips,this piece of paper which you have shown us into the brass box which,456
The Five Orange Pips,you have described. You must also put in a note to say that all the,457
The Five Orange Pips,"other papers were burned by your uncle, and that this is the only one",458
The Five Orange Pips,which remains. You must assert that in such words as will carry,459
The Five Orange Pips,"conviction with them. Having done this, you must at once put the box",460
The Five Orange Pips,"out upon the sundial, as directed. Do you understand?""",461
The Five Orange Pips,,462
The Five Orange Pips,"""Entirely.""",463
The Five Orange Pips,,464
The Five Orange Pips,"""Do not think of revenge, or anything of the sort, at present. I",465
The Five Orange Pips,think that we may gain that by means of the law; but we have our web,466
The Five Orange Pips,"to weave, while theirs is already woven. The first consideration is",467
The Five Orange Pips,to remove the pressing danger which threatens you. The second is to,468
The Five Orange Pips,"clear up the mystery and to punish the guilty parties.""",469
The Five Orange Pips,,470
The Five Orange Pips,"""I thank you,"" said the young man, rising and pulling on his",471
The Five Orange Pips,"overcoat. ""You have given me fresh life and hope. I shall certainly",472
The Five Orange Pips,"do as you advise.""",473
The Five Orange Pips,,474
The Five Orange Pips,"""Do not lose an instant. And, above all, take care of yourself in the",475
The Five Orange Pips,"meanwhile, for I do not think that there can be a doubt that you are",476
The Five Orange Pips,"threatened by a very real and imminent danger. How do you go back?""",477
The Five Orange Pips,,478
The Five Orange Pips,"""By train from Waterloo.""",479
The Five Orange Pips,,480
The Five Orange Pips,"""It is not yet nine. The streets will be crowded, so I trust that you",481
The Five Orange Pips,"may be in safety. And yet you cannot guard yourself too closely.""",482
The Five Orange Pips,,483
The Five Orange Pips,"""I am armed.""",484
The Five Orange Pips,,485
The Five Orange Pips,"""That is well. To-morrow I shall set to work upon your case.""",486
The Five Orange Pips,,487
The Five Orange Pips,"""I shall see you at Horsham, then?""",488
The Five Orange Pips,,489
The Five Orange Pips,"""No, your secret lies in London. It is there that I shall seek it.""",490
The Five Orange Pips,,491
The Five Orange Pips,"""Then I shall call upon you in a day, or in two days, with news as to",492
The Five Orange Pips,the box and the papers. I shall take your advice in every,493
The Five Orange Pips,"particular."" He shook hands with us and took his leave. Outside the",494
The Five Orange Pips,wind still screamed and the rain splashed and pattered against the,495
The Five Orange Pips,"windows. This strange, wild story seemed to have come to us from amid",496
The Five Orange Pips,the mad elements--blown in upon us like a sheet of sea-weed in a,497
The Five Orange Pips,gale--and now to have been reabsorbed by them once more.,498
The Five Orange Pips,,499
The Five Orange Pips,"Sherlock Holmes sat for some time in silence, with his head sunk",500
The Five Orange Pips,forward and his eyes bent upon the red glow of the fire. Then he lit,501
The Five Orange Pips,"his pipe, and leaning back in his chair he watched the blue",502
The Five Orange Pips,smoke-rings as they chased each other up to the ceiling.,503
The Five Orange Pips,,504
The Five Orange Pips,"""I think, Watson,"" he remarked at last, ""that of all our cases we",505
The Five Orange Pips,"have had none more fantastic than this.""",506
The Five Orange Pips,,507
The Five Orange Pips,"""Save, perhaps, the Sign of Four.""",508
The Five Orange Pips,,509
The Five Orange Pips,"""Well, yes. Save, perhaps, that. And yet this John Openshaw seems to",510
The Five Orange Pips,"me to be walking amid even greater perils than did the Sholtos.""",511
The Five Orange Pips,,512
The Five Orange Pips,"""But have you,"" I asked, ""formed any definite conception as to what",513
The Five Orange Pips,"these perils are?""",514
The Five Orange Pips,,515
The Five Orange Pips,"""There can be no question as to their nature,"" he answered.",516
The Five Orange Pips,,517
The Five Orange Pips,"""Then what are they? Who is this K. K. K., and why does he pursue",518
The Five Orange Pips,"this unhappy family?""",519
The Five Orange Pips,,520
The Five Orange Pips,Sherlock Holmes closed his eyes and placed his elbows upon the arms,521
The Five Orange Pips,"of his chair, with his finger-tips together. ""The ideal reasoner,"" he",522
The Five Orange Pips,"remarked, ""would, when he had once been shown a single fact in all",523
The Five Orange Pips,"its bearings, deduce from it not only all the chain of events which",524
The Five Orange Pips,led up to it but also all the results which would follow from it. As,525
The Five Orange Pips,Cuvier could correctly describe a whole animal by the contemplation,526
The Five Orange Pips,"of a single bone, so the observer who has thoroughly understood one",527
The Five Orange Pips,link in a series of incidents should be able to accurately state all,528
The Five Orange Pips,"the other ones, both before and after. We have not yet grasped the",529
The Five Orange Pips,results which the reason alone can attain to. Problems may be solved,530
The Five Orange Pips,in the study which have baffled all those who have sought a solution,531
The Five Orange Pips,"by the aid of their senses. To carry the art, however, to its highest",532
The Five Orange Pips,"pitch, it is necessary that the reasoner should be able to utilise",533
The Five Orange Pips,all the facts which have come to his knowledge; and this in itself,534
The Five Orange Pips,"implies, as you will readily see, a possession of all knowledge,",535
The Five Orange Pips,"which, even in these days of free education and encyclopaedias, is a",536
The Five Orange Pips,"somewhat rare accomplishment. It is not so impossible, however, that",537
The Five Orange Pips,a man should possess all knowledge which is likely to be useful to,538
The Five Orange Pips,"him in his work, and this I have endeavoured in my case to do. If I",539
The Five Orange Pips,"remember rightly, you on one occasion, in the early days of our",540
The Five Orange Pips,"friendship, defined my limits in a very precise fashion.""",541
The Five Orange Pips,,542
The Five Orange Pips,"""Yes,"" I answered, laughing. ""It was a singular document. Philosophy,",543
The Five Orange Pips,"astronomy, and politics were marked at zero, I remember. Botany",544
The Five Orange Pips,"variable, geology profound as regards the mud-stains from any region",545
The Five Orange Pips,"within fifty miles of town, chemistry eccentric, anatomy",546
The Five Orange Pips,"unsystematic, sensational literature and crime records unique,",547
The Five Orange Pips,"violin-player, boxer, swordsman, lawyer, and self-poisoner by cocaine",548
The Five Orange Pips,"and tobacco. Those, I think, were the main points of my analysis.""",549
The Five Orange Pips,,550
The Five Orange Pips,"Holmes grinned at the last item. ""Well,"" he said, ""I say now, as I",551
The Five Orange Pips,"said then, that a man should keep his little brain-attic stocked with",552
The Five Orange Pips,"all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put",553
The Five Orange Pips,"away in the lumber-room of his library, where he can get it if he",554
The Five Orange Pips,"wants it. Now, for such a case as the one which has been submitted to",555
The Five Orange Pips,"us to-night, we need certainly to muster all our resources. Kindly",556
The Five Orange Pips,hand me down the letter K of the 'American Encyclopaedia' which,557
The Five Orange Pips,stands upon the shelf beside you. Thank you. Now let us consider the,558
The Five Orange Pips,"situation and see what may be deduced from it. In the first place, we",559
The Five Orange Pips,may start with a strong presumption that Colonel Openshaw had some,560
The Five Orange Pips,very strong reason for leaving America. Men at his time of life do,561
The Five Orange Pips,not change all their habits and exchange willingly the charming,562
The Five Orange Pips,climate of Florida for the lonely life of an English provincial town.,563
The Five Orange Pips,His extreme love of solitude in England suggests the idea that he was,564
The Five Orange Pips,"in fear of someone or something, so we may assume as a working",565
The Five Orange Pips,hypothesis that it was fear of someone or something which drove him,566
The Five Orange Pips,"from America. As to what it was he feared, we can only deduce that by",567
The Five Orange Pips,considering the formidable letters which were received by himself and,568
The Five Orange Pips,"his successors. Did you remark the postmarks of those letters?""",569
The Five Orange Pips,,570
The Five Orange Pips,"""The first was from Pondicherry, the second from Dundee, and the",571
The Five Orange Pips,"third from London.""",572
The Five Orange Pips,,573
The Five Orange Pips,"""From East London. What do you deduce from that?""",574
The Five Orange Pips,,575
The Five Orange Pips,"""They are all seaports. That the writer was on board of a ship.""",576
The Five Orange Pips,,577
The Five Orange Pips,"""Excellent. We have already a clue. There can be no doubt that the",578
The Five Orange Pips,probability--the strong probability--is that the writer was on board,579
The Five Orange Pips,of a ship. And now let us consider another point. In the case of,580
The Five Orange Pips,"Pondicherry, seven weeks elapsed between the threat and its",581
The Five Orange Pips,"fulfilment, in Dundee it was only some three or four days. Does that",582
The Five Orange Pips,"suggest anything?""",583
The Five Orange Pips,,584
The Five Orange Pips,"""A greater distance to travel.""",585
The Five Orange Pips,,586
The Five Orange Pips,"""But the letter had also a greater distance to come.""",587
The Five Orange Pips,,588
The Five Orange Pips,"""Then I do not see the point.""",589
The Five Orange Pips,,590
The Five Orange Pips,"""There is at least a presumption that the vessel in which the man or",591
The Five Orange Pips,men are is a sailing-ship. It looks as if they always send their,592
The Five Orange Pips,singular warning or token before them when starting upon their,593
The Five Orange Pips,mission. You see how quickly the deed followed the sign when it came,594
The Five Orange Pips,from Dundee. If they had come from Pondicherry in a steamer they,595
The Five Orange Pips,"would have arrived almost as soon as their letter. But, as a matter",596
The Five Orange Pips,"of fact, seven weeks elapsed. I think that those seven weeks",597
The Five Orange Pips,represented the difference between the mail-boat which brought the,598
The Five Orange Pips,"letter and the sailing vessel which brought the writer.""",599
The Five Orange Pips,,600
The Five Orange Pips,"""It is possible.""",601
The Five Orange Pips,,602
The Five Orange Pips,"""More than that. It is probable. And now you see the deadly urgency",603
The Five Orange Pips,"of this new case, and why I urged young Openshaw to caution. The blow",604
The Five Orange Pips,has always fallen at the end of the time which it would take the,605
The Five Orange Pips,"senders to travel the distance. But this one comes from London, and",606
The Five Orange Pips,"therefore we cannot count upon delay.""",607
The Five Orange Pips,,608
The Five Orange Pips,"""Good God!"" I cried. ""What can it mean, this relentless persecution?""",609
The Five Orange Pips,,610
The Five Orange Pips,"""The papers which Openshaw carried are obviously of vital importance",611
The Five Orange Pips,to the person or persons in the sailing-ship. I think that it is,612
The Five Orange Pips,quite clear that there must be more than one of them. A single man,613
The Five Orange Pips,could not have carried out two deaths in such a way as to deceive a,614
The Five Orange Pips,"coroner's jury. There must have been several in it, and they must",615
The Five Orange Pips,have been men of resource and determination. Their papers they mean,616
The Five Orange Pips,"to have, be the holder of them who it may. In this way you see K. K.",617
The Five Orange Pips,K. ceases to be the initials of an individual and becomes the badge,618
The Five Orange Pips,"of a society.""",619
The Five Orange Pips,,620
The Five Orange Pips,"""But of what society?""",621
The Five Orange Pips,,622
The Five Orange Pips,"""Have you never--"" said Sherlock Holmes, bending forward and sinking",623
The Five Orange Pips,"his voice--""have you never heard of the Ku Klux Klan?""",624
The Five Orange Pips,,625
The Five Orange Pips,"""I never have.""",626
The Five Orange Pips,,627
The Five Orange Pips,"Holmes turned over the leaves of the book upon his knee. ""Here it",628
The Five Orange Pips,"is,"" said he presently:",629
The Five Orange Pips,,630
The Five Orange Pips,"""'Ku Klux Klan. A name derived from the fanciful resemblance to the",631
The Five Orange Pips,sound produced by cocking a rifle. This terrible secret society was,632
The Five Orange Pips,formed by some ex-Confederate soldiers in the Southern states after,633
The Five Orange Pips,"the Civil War, and it rapidly formed local branches in different",634
The Five Orange Pips,"parts of the country, notably in Tennessee, Louisiana, the Carolinas,",635
The Five Orange Pips,"Georgia, and Florida. Its power was used for political purposes,",636
The Five Orange Pips,principally for the terrorising of the negro voters and the murdering,637
The Five Orange Pips,and driving from the country of those who were opposed to its views.,638
The Five Orange Pips,Its outrages were usually preceded by a warning sent to the marked,639
The Five Orange Pips,man in some fantastic but generally recognised shape--a sprig of,640
The Five Orange Pips,"oak-leaves in some parts, melon seeds or orange pips in others. On",641
The Five Orange Pips,"receiving this the victim might either openly abjure his former ways,",642
The Five Orange Pips,"or might fly from the country. If he braved the matter out, death",643
The Five Orange Pips,"would unfailingly come upon him, and usually in some strange and",644
The Five Orange Pips,"unforeseen manner. So perfect was the organisation of the society,",645
The Five Orange Pips,"and so systematic its methods, that there is hardly a case upon",646
The Five Orange Pips,"record where any man succeeded in braving it with impunity, or in",647
The Five Orange Pips,which any of its outrages were traced home to the perpetrators. For,648
The Five Orange Pips,some years the organisation flourished in spite of the efforts of the,649
The Five Orange Pips,United States government and of the better classes of the community,650
The Five Orange Pips,"in the South. Eventually, in the year 1869, the movement rather",651
The Five Orange Pips,"suddenly collapsed, although there have been sporadic outbreaks of",652
The Five Orange Pips,the same sort since that date.',653
The Five Orange Pips,,654
The Five Orange Pips,"""You will observe,"" said Holmes, laying down the volume, ""that the",655
The Five Orange Pips,sudden breaking up of the society was coincident with the,656
The Five Orange Pips,disappearance of Openshaw from America with their papers. It may well,657
The Five Orange Pips,have been cause and effect. It is no wonder that he and his family,658
The Five Orange Pips,have some of the more implacable spirits upon their track. You can,659
The Five Orange Pips,understand that this register and diary may implicate some of the,660
The Five Orange Pips,"first men in the South, and that there may be many who will not sleep",661
The Five Orange Pips,"easy at night until it is recovered.""",662
The Five Orange Pips,,663
The Five Orange Pips,"""Then the page we have seen--""",664
The Five Orange Pips,,665
The Five Orange Pips,"""Is such as we might expect. It ran, if I remember right, 'sent the",666
The Five Orange Pips,"pips to A, B, and C'--that is, sent the society's warning to them.",667
The Five Orange Pips,"Then there are successive entries that A and B cleared, or left the",668
The Five Orange Pips,"country, and finally that C was visited, with, I fear, a sinister",669
The Five Orange Pips,"result for C. Well, I think, Doctor, that we may let some light into",670
The Five Orange Pips,"this dark place, and I believe that the only chance young Openshaw",671
The Five Orange Pips,has in the meantime is to do what I have told him. There is nothing,672
The Five Orange Pips,"more to be said or to be done to-night, so hand me over my violin and",673
The Five Orange Pips,let us try to forget for half an hour the miserable weather and the,674
The Five Orange Pips,"still more miserable ways of our fellow-men.""",675
The Five Orange Pips,,676
The Five Orange Pips,"It had cleared in the morning, and the sun was shining with a subdued",677
The Five Orange Pips,brightness through the dim veil which hangs over the great city.,678
The Five Orange Pips,Sherlock Holmes was already at breakfast when I came down.,679
The Five Orange Pips,,680
The Five Orange Pips,"""You will excuse me for not waiting for you,"" said he; ""I have, I",681
The Five Orange Pips,"foresee, a very busy day before me in looking into this case of young",682
The Five Orange Pips,"Openshaw's.""",683
The Five Orange Pips,,684
The Five Orange Pips,"""What steps will you take?"" I asked.",685
The Five Orange Pips,,686
The Five Orange Pips,"""It will very much depend upon the results of my first inquiries. I",687
The Five Orange Pips,"may have to go down to Horsham, after all.""",688
The Five Orange Pips,,689
The Five Orange Pips,"""You will not go there first?""",690
The Five Orange Pips,,691
The Five Orange Pips,"""No, I shall commence with the City. Just ring the bell and the maid",692
The Five Orange Pips,"will bring up your coffee.""",693
The Five Orange Pips,,694
The Five Orange Pips,"As I waited, I lifted the unopened newspaper from the table and",695
The Five Orange Pips,glanced my eye over it. It rested upon a heading which sent a chill,696
The Five Orange Pips,to my heart.,697
The Five Orange Pips,,698
The Five Orange Pips,"""Holmes,"" I cried, ""you are too late.""",699
The Five Orange Pips,,700
The Five Orange Pips,"""Ah!"" said he, laying down his cup, ""I feared as much. How was it",701
The Five Orange Pips,"done?"" He spoke calmly, but I could see that he was deeply moved.",702
The Five Orange Pips,,703
The Five Orange Pips,"""My eye caught the name of Openshaw, and the heading 'Tragedy Near",704
The Five Orange Pips,Waterloo Bridge.' Here is the account:,705
The Five Orange Pips,,706
The Five Orange Pips,"""Between nine and ten last night Police-Constable Cook, of the H",707
The Five Orange Pips,"Division, on duty near Waterloo Bridge, heard a cry for help and a",708
The Five Orange Pips,"splash in the water. The night, however, was extremely dark and",709
The Five Orange Pips,"stormy, so that, in spite of the help of several passers-by, it was",710
The Five Orange Pips,"quite impossible to effect a rescue. The alarm, however, was given,",711
The Five Orange Pips,"and, by the aid of the water-police, the body was eventually",712
The Five Orange Pips,"recovered. It proved to be that of a young gentleman whose name, as",713
The Five Orange Pips,"it appears from an envelope which was found in his pocket, was John",714
The Five Orange Pips,"Openshaw, and whose residence is near Horsham. It is conjectured that",715
The Five Orange Pips,he may have been hurrying down to catch the last train from Waterloo,716
The Five Orange Pips,"Station, and that in his haste and the extreme darkness he missed his",717
The Five Orange Pips,path and walked over the edge of one of the small landing-places for,718
The Five Orange Pips,"river steamboats. The body exhibited no traces of violence, and there",719
The Five Orange Pips,can be no doubt that the deceased had been the victim of an,720
The Five Orange Pips,"unfortunate accident, which should have the effect of calling the",721
The Five Orange Pips,attention of the authorities to the condition of the riverside,722
The Five Orange Pips,"landing-stages.""",723
The Five Orange Pips,,724
The Five Orange Pips,"We sat in silence for some minutes, Holmes more depressed and shaken",725
The Five Orange Pips,than I had ever seen him.,726
The Five Orange Pips,,727
The Five Orange Pips,"""That hurts my pride, Watson,"" he said at last. ""It is a petty",728
The Five Orange Pips,"feeling, no doubt, but it hurts my pride. It becomes a personal",729
The Five Orange Pips,"matter with me now, and, if God sends me health, I shall set my hand",730
The Five Orange Pips,"upon this gang. That he should come to me for help, and that I should",731
The Five Orange Pips,"send him away to his death--!"" He sprang from his chair and paced",732
The Five Orange Pips,"about the room in uncontrollable agitation, with a flush upon his",733
The Five Orange Pips,sallow cheeks and a nervous clasping and unclasping of his long thin,734
The Five Orange Pips,hands.,735
The Five Orange Pips,,736
The Five Orange Pips,"""They must be cunning devils,"" he exclaimed at last. ""How could they",737
The Five Orange Pips,have decoyed him down there? The Embankment is not on the direct line,738
The Five Orange Pips,"to the station. The bridge, no doubt, was too crowded, even on such a",739
The Five Orange Pips,"night, for their purpose. Well, Watson, we shall see who will win in",740
The Five Orange Pips,"the long run. I am going out now!""",741
The Five Orange Pips,,742
The Five Orange Pips,"""To the police?""",743
The Five Orange Pips,,744
The Five Orange Pips,"""No; I shall be my own police. When I have spun the web they may take",745
The Five Orange Pips,"the flies, but not before.""",746
The Five Orange Pips,,747
The Five Orange Pips,"All day I was engaged in my professional work, and it was late in the",748
The Five Orange Pips,evening before I returned to Baker Street. Sherlock Holmes had not,749
The Five Orange Pips,"come back yet. It was nearly ten o'clock before he entered, looking",750
The Five Orange Pips,"pale and worn. He walked up to the sideboard, and tearing a piece",751
The Five Orange Pips,"from the loaf he devoured it voraciously, washing it down with a long",752
The Five Orange Pips,draught of water.,753
The Five Orange Pips,,754
The Five Orange Pips,"""You are hungry,"" I remarked.",755
The Five Orange Pips,,756
The Five Orange Pips,"""Starving. It had escaped my memory. I have had nothing since",757
The Five Orange Pips,"breakfast.""",758
The Five Orange Pips,,759
The Five Orange Pips,"""Nothing?""",760
The Five Orange Pips,,761
The Five Orange Pips,"""Not a bite. I had no time to think of it.""",762
The Five Orange Pips,,763
The Five Orange Pips,"""And how have you succeeded?""",764
The Five Orange Pips,,765
The Five Orange Pips,"""Well.""",766
The Five Orange Pips,,767
The Five Orange Pips,"""You have a clue?""",768
The Five Orange Pips,,769
The Five Orange Pips,"""I have them in the hollow of my hand. Young Openshaw shall not long",770
The Five Orange Pips,"remain unavenged. Why, Watson, let us put their own devilish",771
The Five Orange Pips,"trade-mark upon them. It is well thought of!""",772
The Five Orange Pips,,773
The Five Orange Pips,"""What do you mean?""",774
The Five Orange Pips,,775
The Five Orange Pips,"He took an orange from the cupboard, and tearing it to pieces he",776
The Five Orange Pips,squeezed out the pips upon the table. Of these he took five and,777
The Five Orange Pips,"thrust them into an envelope. On the inside of the flap he wrote ""S.",778
The Five Orange Pips,"H. for J. O."" Then he sealed it and addressed it to ""Captain James",779
The Five Orange Pips,"Calhoun, Barque Lone Star, Savannah, Georgia.""",780
The Five Orange Pips,,781
The Five Orange Pips,"""That will await him when he enters port,"" said he, chuckling. ""It",782
The Five Orange Pips,may give him a sleepless night. He will find it as sure a precursor,783
The Five Orange Pips,"of his fate as Openshaw did before him.""",784
The Five Orange Pips,,785
The Five Orange Pips,"""And who is this Captain Calhoun?""",786
The Five Orange Pips,,787
The Five Orange Pips,"""The leader of the gang. I shall have the others, but he first.""",788
The Five Orange Pips,,789
The Five Orange Pips,"""How did you trace it, then?""",790
The Five Orange Pips,,791
The Five Orange Pips,"He took a large sheet of paper from his pocket, all covered with",792
The Five Orange Pips,dates and names.,793
The Five Orange Pips,,794
The Five Orange Pips,"""I have spent the whole day,"" said he, ""over Lloyd's registers and",795
The Five Orange Pips,"files of the old papers, following the future career of every vessel",796
The Five Orange Pips,which touched at Pondicherry in January and February in '83. There,797
The Five Orange Pips,were thirty-six ships of fair tonnage which were reported there,798
The Five Orange Pips,"during those months. Of these, one, the Lone Star, instantly",799
The Five Orange Pips,"attracted my attention, since, although it was reported as having",800
The Five Orange Pips,"cleared from London, the name is that which is given to one of the",801
The Five Orange Pips,"states of the Union.""",802
The Five Orange Pips,,803
The Five Orange Pips,"""Texas, I think.""",804
The Five Orange Pips,,805
The Five Orange Pips,"""I was not and am not sure which; but I knew that the ship must have",806
The Five Orange Pips,"an American origin.""",807
The Five Orange Pips,,808
The Five Orange Pips,"""What then?""",809
The Five Orange Pips,,810
The Five Orange Pips,"""I searched the Dundee records, and when I found that the barque Lone",811
The Five Orange Pips,"Star was there in January, '85, my suspicion became a certainty. I",812
The Five Orange Pips,then inquired as to the vessels which lay at present in the port of,813
The Five Orange Pips,"London.""",814
The Five Orange Pips,,815
The Five Orange Pips,"""Yes?""",816
The Five Orange Pips,,817
The Five Orange Pips,"""The Lone Star had arrived here last week. I went down to the Albert",818
The Five Orange Pips,Dock and found that she had been taken down the river by the early,819
The Five Orange Pips,"tide this morning, homeward bound to Savannah. I wired to Gravesend",820
The Five Orange Pips,"and learned that she had passed some time ago, and as the wind is",821
The Five Orange Pips,easterly I have no doubt that she is now past the Goodwins and not,822
The Five Orange Pips,"very far from the Isle of Wight.""",823
The Five Orange Pips,,824
The Five Orange Pips,"""What will you do, then?""",825
The Five Orange Pips,,826
The Five Orange Pips,"""Oh, I have my hand upon him. He and the two mates, are as I learn,",827
The Five Orange Pips,the only native-born Americans in the ship. The others are Finns and,828
The Five Orange Pips,"Germans. I know, also, that they were all three away from the ship",829
The Five Orange Pips,last night. I had it from the stevedore who has been loading their,830
The Five Orange Pips,cargo. By the time that their sailing-ship reaches Savannah the,831
The Five Orange Pips,"mail-boat will have carried this letter, and the cable will have",832
The Five Orange Pips,informed the police of Savannah that these three gentlemen are badly,833
The Five Orange Pips,"wanted here upon a charge of murder.""",834
The Five Orange Pips,,835
The Five Orange Pips,"There is ever a flaw, however, in the best laid of human plans, and",836
The Five Orange Pips,the murderers of John Openshaw were never to receive the orange pips,837
The Five Orange Pips,"which would show them that another, as cunning and as resolute as",838
The Five Orange Pips,"themselves, was upon their track. Very long and very severe were the",839
The Five Orange Pips,equinoctial gales that year. We waited long for news of the Lone Star,840
The Five Orange Pips,"of Savannah, but none ever reached us. We did at last hear that",841
The Five Orange Pips,somewhere far out in the Atlantic a shattered stern-post of a boat,842
The Five Orange Pips,"was seen swinging in the trough of a wave, with the letters ""L. S.""",843
The Five Orange Pips,"carved upon it, and that is all which we shall ever know of the fate",844
The Five Orange Pips,of the Lone Star.,845
The Five Orange Pips,,846
The Man with the Twisted Lip,THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP,1
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,2
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"Isa Whitney, brother of the late Elias Whitney, D.D., Principal of",3
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"the Theological College of St. George's, was much addicted to opium.",4
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"The habit grew upon him, as I understand, from some foolish freak",5
The Man with the Twisted Lip,when he was at college; for having read De Quincey's description of,6
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"his dreams and sensations, he had drenched his tobacco with laudanum",7
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"in an attempt to produce the same effects. He found, as so many more",8
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"have done, that the practice is easier to attain than to get rid of,",9
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"and for many years he continued to be a slave to the drug, an object",10
The Man with the Twisted Lip,of mingled horror and pity to his friends and relatives. I can see,11
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"him now, with yellow, pasty face, drooping lids, and pin-point",12
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"pupils, all huddled in a chair, the wreck and ruin of a noble man.",13
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,14
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"One night--it was in June, '89--there came a ring to my bell, about",15
The Man with the Twisted Lip,the hour when a man gives his first yawn and glances at the clock. I,16
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"sat up in my chair, and my wife laid her needle-work down in her lap",17
The Man with the Twisted Lip,and made a little face of disappointment.,18
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,19
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""A patient!"" said she. ""You'll have to go out.""",20
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,21
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"I groaned, for I was newly come back from a weary day.",22
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,23
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"We heard the door open, a few hurried words, and then quick steps",24
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"upon the linoleum. Our own door flew open, and a lady, clad in some",25
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"dark-coloured stuff, with a black veil, entered the room.",26
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,27
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""You will excuse my calling so late,"" she began, and then, suddenly",28
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"losing her self-control, she ran forward, threw her arms about my",29
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"wife's neck, and sobbed upon her shoulder. ""Oh, I'm in such trouble!""",30
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"she cried; ""I do so want a little help.""",31
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,32
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Why,"" said my wife, pulling up her veil, ""it is Kate Whitney.  How",33
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"you startled me, Kate! I had not an idea who you were when you came",34
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"in.""",35
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,36
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""I didn't know what to do, so I came straight to you."" That was",37
The Man with the Twisted Lip,always the way. Folk who were in grief came to my wife like birds to,38
The Man with the Twisted Lip,a light-house.,39
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,40
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""It was very sweet of you to come. Now, you must have some wine and",41
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"water, and sit here comfortably and tell us all about it. Or should",42
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"you rather that I sent James off to bed?""",43
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,44
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Oh, no, no! I want the doctor's advice and help, too. It's about",45
The Man with the Twisted Lip,Isa. He has not been home for two days. I am so frightened about,46
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"him!""",47
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,48
The Man with the Twisted Lip,It was not the first time that she had spoken to us of her husband's,49
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"trouble, to me as a doctor, to my wife as an old friend and school",50
The Man with the Twisted Lip,companion. We soothed and comforted her by such words as we could,51
The Man with the Twisted Lip,find. Did she know where her husband was? Was it possible that we,52
The Man with the Twisted Lip,could bring him back to her?,53
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,54
The Man with the Twisted Lip,It seems that it was. She had the surest information that of late he,55
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"had, when the fit was on him, made use of an opium den in the",56
The Man with the Twisted Lip,farthest east of the City. Hitherto his orgies had always been,57
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"confined to one day, and he had come back, twitching and shattered,",58
The Man with the Twisted Lip,in the evening. But now the spell had been upon him eight-and-forty,59
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"hours, and he lay there, doubtless among the dregs of the docks,",60
The Man with the Twisted Lip,breathing in the poison or sleeping off the effects. There he was to,61
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"be found, she was sure of it, at the Bar of Gold, in Upper Swandam",62
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"Lane. But what was she to do? How could she, a young and timid woman,",63
The Man with the Twisted Lip,make her way into such a place and pluck her husband out from among,64
The Man with the Twisted Lip,the ruffians who surrounded him?,65
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,66
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"There was the case, and of course there was but one way out of it.",67
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"Might I not escort her to this place? And then, as a second thought,",68
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"why should she come at all? I was Isa Whitney's medical adviser, and",69
The Man with the Twisted Lip,as such I had influence over him. I could manage it better if I were,70
The Man with the Twisted Lip,alone. I promised her on my word that I would send him home in a cab,71
The Man with the Twisted Lip,within two hours if he were indeed at the address which she had given,72
The Man with the Twisted Lip,me. And so in ten minutes I had left my armchair and cheery,73
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"sitting-room behind me, and was speeding eastward in a hansom on a",74
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"strange errand, as it seemed to me at the time, though the future",75
The Man with the Twisted Lip,only could show how strange it was to be.,76
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,77
The Man with the Twisted Lip,But there was no great difficulty in the first stage of my adventure.,78
The Man with the Twisted Lip,Upper Swandam Lane is a vile alley lurking behind the high wharves,79
The Man with the Twisted Lip,which line the north side of the river to the east of London Bridge.,80
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"Between a slop-shop and a gin-shop, approached by a steep flight of",81
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"steps leading down to a black gap like the mouth of a cave, I found",82
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"the den of which I was in search. Ordering my cab to wait, I passed",83
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"down the steps, worn hollow in the centre by the ceaseless tread of",84
The Man with the Twisted Lip,drunken feet; and by the light of a flickering oil-lamp above the,85
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"door I found the latch and made my way into a long, low room, thick",86
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"and heavy with the brown opium smoke, and terraced with wooden",87
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"berths, like the forecastle of an emigrant ship.",88
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,89
The Man with the Twisted Lip,Through the gloom one could dimly catch a glimpse of bodies lying in,90
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"strange fantastic poses, bowed shoulders, bent knees, heads thrown",91
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"back, and chins pointing upward, with here and there a dark,",92
The Man with the Twisted Lip,lack-lustre eye turned upon the newcomer. Out of the black shadows,93
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"there glimmered little red circles of light, now bright, now faint,",94
The Man with the Twisted Lip,as the burning poison waxed or waned in the bowls of the metal pipes.,95
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"The most lay silent, but some muttered to themselves, and others",96
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"talked together in a strange, low, monotonous voice, their",97
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"conversation coming in gushes, and then suddenly tailing off into",98
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"silence, each mumbling out his own thoughts and paying little heed to",99
The Man with the Twisted Lip,the words of his neighbour. At the farther end was a small brazier of,100
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"burning charcoal, beside which on a three-legged wooden stool there",101
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"sat a tall, thin old man, with his jaw resting upon his two fists,",102
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"and his elbows upon his knees, staring into the fire.",103
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,104
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"As I entered, a sallow Malay attendant had hurried up with a pipe for",105
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"me and a supply of the drug, beckoning me to an empty berth.",106
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,107
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Thank you. I have not come to stay,"" said I. ""There is a friend of",108
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"mine here, Mr. Isa Whitney, and I wish to speak with him.""",109
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,110
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"There was a movement and an exclamation from my right, and peering",111
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"through the gloom, I saw Whitney, pale, haggard, and unkempt, staring",112
The Man with the Twisted Lip,out at me.,113
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,114
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""My God! It's Watson,"" said he. He was in a pitiable state of",115
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"reaction, with every nerve in a twitter. ""I say, Watson, what o'clock",116
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"is it?""",117
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,118
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Nearly eleven.""",119
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,120
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Of what day?""",121
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,122
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Of Friday, June 19th.""",123
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,124
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Good heavens! I thought it was Wednesday. It is Wednesday. What",125
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"d'you want to frighten a chap for?"" He sank his face onto his arms",126
The Man with the Twisted Lip,and began to sob in a high treble key.,127
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,128
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""I tell you that it is Friday, man. Your wife has been waiting this",129
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"two days for you. You should be ashamed of yourself!""",130
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,131
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""So I am. But you've got mixed, Watson, for I have only been here a",132
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"few hours, three pipes, four pipes--I forget how many. But I'll go",133
The Man with the Twisted Lip,home with you. I wouldn't frighten Kate--poor little Kate. Give me,134
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"your hand! Have you a cab?""",135
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,136
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Yes, I have one waiting.""",137
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,138
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Then I shall go in it. But I must owe something. Find what I owe,",139
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"Watson. I am all off colour. I can do nothing for myself.""",140
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,141
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"I walked down the narrow passage between the double row of sleepers,",142
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"holding my breath to keep out the vile, stupefying fumes of the drug,",143
The Man with the Twisted Lip,and looking about for the manager. As I passed the tall man who sat,144
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"by the brazier I felt a sudden pluck at my skirt, and a low voice",145
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"whispered, ""Walk past me, and then look back at me."" The words fell",146
The Man with the Twisted Lip,quite distinctly upon my ear. I glanced down. They could only have,147
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"come from the old man at my side, and yet he sat now as absorbed as",148
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"ever, very thin, very wrinkled, bent with age, an opium pipe dangling",149
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"down from between his knees, as though it had dropped in sheer",150
The Man with the Twisted Lip,lassitude from his fingers. I took two steps forward and looked back.,151
The Man with the Twisted Lip,It took all my self-control to prevent me from breaking out into a,152
The Man with the Twisted Lip,cry of astonishment. He had turned his back so that none could see,153
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"him but I. His form had filled out, his wrinkles were gone, the dull",154
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"eyes had regained their fire, and there, sitting by the fire and",155
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"grinning at my surprise, was none other than Sherlock Holmes. He made",156
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"a slight motion to me to approach him, and instantly, as he turned",157
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"his face half round to the company once more, subsided into a",158
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"doddering, loose-lipped senility.",159
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,160
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Holmes!"" I whispered, ""what on earth are you doing in this den?""",161
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,162
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""As low as you can,"" he answered; ""I have excellent ears. If you",163
The Man with the Twisted Lip,would have the great kindness to get rid of that sottish friend of,164
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"yours I should be exceedingly glad to have a little talk with you.""",165
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,166
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""I have a cab outside.""",167
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,168
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Then pray send him home in it. You may safely trust him, for he",169
The Man with the Twisted Lip,appears to be too limp to get into any mischief. I should recommend,170
The Man with the Twisted Lip,you also to send a note by the cabman to your wife to say that you,171
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"have thrown in your lot with me. If you will wait outside, I shall be",172
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"with you in five minutes.""",173
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,174
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"It was difficult to refuse any of Sherlock Holmes' requests,",175
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"for they were always so exceedingly definite, and put forward with",176
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"such a quiet air of mastery. I felt, however, that when Whitney was",177
The Man with the Twisted Lip,once confined in the cab my mission was practically accomplished; and,178
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"for the rest, I could not wish anything better than to be associated",179
The Man with the Twisted Lip,with my friend in one of those singular adventures which were the,180
The Man with the Twisted Lip,normal condition of his existence. In a few minutes I had written my,181
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"note, paid Whitney's bill, led him out to the cab, and seen him",182
The Man with the Twisted Lip,driven through the darkness. In a very short time a decrepit figure,183
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"had emerged from the opium den, and I was walking down the street",184
The Man with the Twisted Lip,with Sherlock Holmes. For two streets he shuffled along with a bent,185
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"back and an uncertain foot. Then, glancing quickly round, he",186
The Man with the Twisted Lip,straightened himself out and burst into a hearty fit of laughter.,187
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,188
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""I suppose, Watson,"" said he, ""that you imagine that I have added",189
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"opium-smoking to cocaine injections, and all the other little",190
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"weaknesses on which you have favoured me with your medical views.""",191
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,192
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""I was certainly surprised to find you there.""",193
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,194
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""But not more so than I to find you.""",195
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,196
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""I came to find a friend.""",197
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,198
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""And I to find an enemy.""",199
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,200
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""An enemy?""",201
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,202
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Yes; one of my natural enemies, or, shall I say, my natural prey.",203
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"Briefly, Watson, I am in the midst of a very remarkable inquiry, and",204
The Man with the Twisted Lip,I have hoped to find a clue in the incoherent ramblings of these,205
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"sots, as I have done before now. Had I been recognised in that den my",206
The Man with the Twisted Lip,life would not have been worth an hour's purchase; for I have used it,207
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"before now for my own purposes, and the rascally Lascar who runs it",208
The Man with the Twisted Lip,has sworn to have vengeance upon me. There is a trap-door at the back,209
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"of that building, near the corner of Paul's Wharf, which could tell",210
The Man with the Twisted Lip,some strange tales of what has passed through it upon the moonless,211
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"nights.""",212
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,213
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""What! You do not mean bodies?""",214
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,215
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Ay, bodies, Watson. We should be rich men if we had £1000 for every",216
The Man with the Twisted Lip,poor devil who has been done to death in that den. It is the vilest,217
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"murder-trap on the whole riverside, and I fear that Neville St. Clair",218
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"has entered it never to leave it more. But our trap should be here.""",219
The Man with the Twisted Lip,He put his two forefingers between his teeth and whistled shrilly--a,220
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"signal which was answered by a similar whistle from the distance,",221
The Man with the Twisted Lip,followed shortly by the rattle of wheels and the clink of horses',222
The Man with the Twisted Lip,hoofs.,223
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,224
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Now, Watson,"" said Holmes, as a tall dog-cart dashed up through the",225
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"gloom, throwing out two golden tunnels of yellow light from its side",226
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"lanterns. ""You'll come with me, won't you?""",227
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,228
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""If I can be of use.""",229
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,230
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Oh, a trusty comrade is always of use; and a chronicler still more",231
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"so. My room at The Cedars is a double-bedded one.""",232
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,233
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""The Cedars?""",234
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,235
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Yes; that is Mr. St. Clair's house. I am staying there while I",236
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"conduct the inquiry.""",237
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,238
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Where is it, then?""",239
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,240
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Near Lee, in Kent. We have a seven-mile drive before us.""",241
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,242
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""But I am all in the dark.""",243
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,244
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Of course you are. You'll know all about it presently. Jump up here.",245
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"All right, John; we shall not need you. Here's half a crown. Look out",246
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"for me to-morrow, about eleven. Give her her head. So long, then!""",247
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,248
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"He flicked the horse with his whip, and we dashed away through the",249
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"endless succession of sombre and deserted streets, which widened",250
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"gradually, until we were flying across a broad balustraded bridge,",251
The Man with the Twisted Lip,with the murky river flowing sluggishly beneath us. Beyond lay,252
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"another dull wilderness of bricks and mortar, its silence broken only",253
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"by the heavy, regular footfall of the policeman, or the songs and",254
The Man with the Twisted Lip,shouts of some belated party of revellers. A dull wrack was drifting,255
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"slowly across the sky, and a star or two twinkled dimly here and",256
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"there through the rifts of the clouds. Holmes drove in silence, with",257
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"his head sunk upon his breast, and the air of a man who is lost in",258
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"thought, while I sat beside him, curious to learn what this new quest",259
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"might be which seemed to tax his powers so sorely, and yet afraid to",260
The Man with the Twisted Lip,break in upon the current of his thoughts. We had driven several,261
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"miles, and were beginning to get to the fringe of the belt of",262
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"suburban villas, when he shook himself, shrugged his shoulders, and",263
The Man with the Twisted Lip,lit up his pipe with the air of a man who has satisfied himself that,264
The Man with the Twisted Lip,he is acting for the best.,265
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,266
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""You have a grand gift of silence, Watson,"" said he. ""It makes you",267
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"quite invaluable as a companion. 'Pon my word, it is a great thing",268
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"for me to have someone to talk to, for my own thoughts are not",269
The Man with the Twisted Lip,over-pleasant. I was wondering what I should say to this dear little,270
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"woman to-night when she meets me at the door.""",271
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,272
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""You forget that I know nothing about it.""",273
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,274
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""I shall just have time to tell you the facts of the case before we",275
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"get to Lee. It seems absurdly simple, and yet, somehow I can get",276
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"nothing to go upon. There's plenty of thread, no doubt, but I can't",277
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"get the end of it into my hand. Now, I'll state the case clearly and",278
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"concisely to you, Watson, and maybe you can see a spark where all is",279
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"dark to me.""",280
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,281
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Proceed, then.""",282
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,283
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Some years ago--to be definite, in May, 1884--there came to Lee a",284
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"gentleman, Neville St. Clair by name, who appeared to have plenty of",285
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"money. He took a large villa, laid out the grounds very nicely, and",286
The Man with the Twisted Lip,lived generally in good style. By degrees he made friends in the,287
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"neighbourhood, and in 1887 he married the daughter of a local brewer,",288
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"by whom he now has two children. He had no occupation, but was",289
The Man with the Twisted Lip,interested in several companies and went into town as a rule in the,290
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"morning, returning by the 5.14 from Cannon Street every night. Mr.",291
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"St. Clair is now thirty-seven years of age, is a man of temperate",292
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"habits, a good husband, a very affectionate father, and a man who is",293
The Man with the Twisted Lip,popular with all who know him. I may add that his whole debts at the,294
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"present moment, as far as we have been able to ascertain, amount to",295
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"£88 10s., while he has £220 standing to his credit in the Capital and",296
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"Counties Bank. There is no reason, therefore, to think that money",297
The Man with the Twisted Lip,troubles have been weighing upon his mind.,298
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,299
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Last Monday Mr. Neville St. Clair went into town rather earlier than",300
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"usual, remarking before he started that he had two important",301
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"commissions to perform, and that he would bring his little boy home a",302
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"box of bricks. Now, by the merest chance, his wife received a",303
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"telegram upon this same Monday, very shortly after his departure, to",304
The Man with the Twisted Lip,the effect that a small parcel of considerable value which she had,305
The Man with the Twisted Lip,been expecting was waiting for her at the offices of the Aberdeen,306
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"Shipping Company. Now, if you are well up in your London, you will",307
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"know that the office of the company is in Fresno Street, which",308
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"branches out of Upper Swandam Lane, where you found me to-night. Mrs.",309
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"St. Clair had her lunch, started for the City, did some shopping,",310
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"proceeded to the company's office, got her packet, and found herself",311
The Man with the Twisted Lip,at exactly 4.35 walking through Swandam Lane on her way back to the,312
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"station. Have you followed me so far?""",313
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,314
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""It is very clear.""",315
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,316
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""If you remember, Monday was an exceedingly hot day, and Mrs. St.",317
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"Clair walked slowly, glancing about in the hope of seeing a cab, as",318
The Man with the Twisted Lip,she did not like the neighbourhood in which she found herself. While,319
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"she was walking in this way down Swandam Lane, she suddenly heard an",320
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"ejaculation or cry, and was struck cold to see her husband looking",321
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"down at her and, as it seemed to her, beckoning to her from a",322
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"second-floor window. The window was open, and she distinctly saw his",323
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"face, which she describes as being terribly agitated. He waved his",324
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"hands frantically to her, and then vanished from the window so",325
The Man with the Twisted Lip,suddenly that it seemed to her that he had been plucked back by some,326
The Man with the Twisted Lip,irresistible force from behind. One singular point which struck her,327
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"quick feminine eye was that although he wore some dark coat, such as",328
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"he had started to town in, he had on neither collar nor necktie.",329
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,330
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Convinced that something was amiss with him, she rushed down the",331
The Man with the Twisted Lip,steps--for the house was none other than the opium den in which you,332
The Man with the Twisted Lip,found me to-night--and running through the front room she attempted,333
The Man with the Twisted Lip,to ascend the stairs which led to the first floor. At the foot of the,334
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"stairs, however, she met this Lascar scoundrel of whom I have spoken,",335
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"who thrust her back and, aided by a Dane, who acts as assistant",336
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"there, pushed her out into the street. Filled with the most maddening",337
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"doubts and fears, she rushed down the lane and, by rare good-fortune,",338
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"met in Fresno Street a number of constables with an inspector, all on",339
The Man with the Twisted Lip,their way to their beat. The inspector and two men accompanied her,340
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"back, and in spite of the continued resistance of the proprietor,",341
The Man with the Twisted Lip,they made their way to the room in which Mr. St. Clair had last been,342
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"seen. There was no sign of him there. In fact, in the whole of that",343
The Man with the Twisted Lip,floor there was no one to be found save a crippled wretch of hideous,344
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"aspect, who, it seems, made his home there. Both he and the Lascar",345
The Man with the Twisted Lip,stoutly swore that no one else had been in the front room during the,346
The Man with the Twisted Lip,afternoon. So determined was their denial that the inspector was,347
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"staggered, and had almost come to believe that Mrs. St. Clair had",348
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"been deluded when, with a cry, she sprang at a small deal box which",349
The Man with the Twisted Lip,lay upon the table and tore the lid from it. Out there fell a cascade,350
The Man with the Twisted Lip,of children's bricks. It was the toy which he had promised to bring,351
The Man with the Twisted Lip,home.,352
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,353
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""This discovery, and the evident confusion which the cripple showed,",354
The Man with the Twisted Lip,made the inspector realise that the matter was serious. The rooms,355
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"were carefully examined, and results all pointed to an abominable",356
The Man with the Twisted Lip,crime. The front room was plainly furnished as a sitting-room and led,357
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"into a small bedroom, which looked out upon the back of one of the",358
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"wharves. Between the wharf and the bedroom window is a narrow strip,",359
The Man with the Twisted Lip,which is dry at low tide but is covered at high tide with at least,360
The Man with the Twisted Lip,four and a half feet of water. The bedroom window was a broad one and,361
The Man with the Twisted Lip,opened from below. On examination traces of blood were to be seen,362
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"upon the windowsill, and several scattered drops were visible upon",363
The Man with the Twisted Lip,the wooden floor of the bedroom. Thrust away behind a curtain in the,364
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"front room were all the clothes of Mr. Neville St. Clair, with the",365
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"exception of his coat. His boots, his socks, his hat, and his",366
The Man with the Twisted Lip,watch--all were there. There were no signs of violence upon any of,367
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"these garments, and there were no other traces of Mr. Neville St.",368
The Man with the Twisted Lip,Clair. Out of the window he must apparently have gone for no other,369
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"exit could be discovered, and the ominous bloodstains upon the sill",370
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"gave little promise that he could save himself by swimming, for the",371
The Man with the Twisted Lip,tide was at its very highest at the moment of the tragedy.,372
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,373
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""And now as to the villains who seemed to be immediately implicated",374
The Man with the Twisted Lip,in the matter. The Lascar was known to be a man of the vilest,375
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"antecedents, but as, by Mrs. St. Clair's story, he was known to have",376
The Man with the Twisted Lip,been at the foot of the stair within a very few seconds of her,377
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"husband's appearance at the window, he could hardly have been more",378
The Man with the Twisted Lip,than an accessory to the crime. His defence was one of absolute,379
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"ignorance, and he protested that he had no knowledge as to the doings",380
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"of Hugh Boone, his lodger, and that he could not account in any way",381
The Man with the Twisted Lip,for the presence of the missing gentleman's clothes.,382
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,383
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""So much for the Lascar manager. Now for the sinister cripple who",384
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"lives upon the second floor of the opium den, and who was certainly",385
The Man with the Twisted Lip,the last human being whose eyes rested upon Neville St. Clair. His,386
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"name is Hugh Boone, and his hideous face is one which is familiar to",387
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"every man who goes much to the City. He is a professional beggar,",388
The Man with the Twisted Lip,though in order to avoid the police regulations he pretends to a,389
The Man with the Twisted Lip,small trade in wax vestas. Some little distance down Threadneedle,390
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"Street, upon the left-hand side, there is, as you may have remarked,",391
The Man with the Twisted Lip,a small angle in the wall. Here it is that this creature takes his,392
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"daily seat, cross-legged with his tiny stock of matches on his lap,",393
The Man with the Twisted Lip,and as he is a piteous spectacle a small rain of charity descends,394
The Man with the Twisted Lip,into the greasy leather cap which lies upon the pavement beside him.,395
The Man with the Twisted Lip,I have watched the fellow more than once before ever I thought of,396
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"making his professional acquaintance, and I have been surprised at",397
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"the harvest which he has reaped in a short time. His appearance, you",398
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"see, is so remarkable that no one can pass him without observing him.",399
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"A shock of orange hair, a pale face disfigured by a horrible scar,",400
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"which, by its contraction, has turned up the outer edge of his upper",401
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"lip, a bulldog chin, and a pair of very penetrating dark eyes, which",402
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"present a singular contrast to the colour of his hair, all mark him",403
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"out from amid the common crowd of mendicants and so, too, does his",404
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"wit, for he is ever ready with a reply to any piece of chaff which",405
The Man with the Twisted Lip,may be thrown at him by the passers-by. This is the man whom we now,406
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"learn to have been the lodger at the opium den, and to have been the",407
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"last man to see the gentleman of whom we are in quest.""",408
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,409
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""But a cripple!"" said I. ""What could he have done single-handed",410
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"against a man in the prime of life?""",411
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,412
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""He is a cripple in the sense that he walks with a limp; but in other",413
The Man with the Twisted Lip,respects he appears to be a powerful and well-nurtured man. Surely,414
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"your medical experience would tell you, Watson, that weakness in one",415
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"limb is often compensated for by exceptional strength in the others.""",416
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,417
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Pray continue your narrative.""",418
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,419
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Mrs. St. Clair had fainted at the sight of the blood upon the",420
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"window, and she was escorted home in a cab by the police, as her",421
The Man with the Twisted Lip,presence could be of no help to them in their investigations.,422
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"Inspector Barton, who had charge of the case, made a very careful",423
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"examination of the premises, but without finding anything which threw",424
The Man with the Twisted Lip,any light upon the matter. One mistake had been made in not arresting,425
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"Boone instantly, as he was allowed some few minutes during which he",426
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"might have communicated with his friend the Lascar, but this fault",427
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"was soon remedied, and he was seized and searched, without anything",428
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"being found which could incriminate him. There were, it is true, some",429
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"blood-stains upon his right shirt-sleeve, but he pointed to his",430
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"ring-finger, which had been cut near the nail, and explained that the",431
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"bleeding came from there, adding that he had been to the window not",432
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"long before, and that the stains which had been observed there came",433
The Man with the Twisted Lip,doubtless from the same source. He denied strenuously having ever,434
The Man with the Twisted Lip,seen Mr. Neville St. Clair and swore that the presence of the clothes,435
The Man with the Twisted Lip,in his room was as much a mystery to him as to the police. As to Mrs.,436
The Man with the Twisted Lip,St. Clair's assertion that she had actually seen her husband at the,437
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"window, he declared that she must have been either mad or dreaming.",438
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"He was removed, loudly protesting, to the police-station, while the",439
The Man with the Twisted Lip,inspector remained upon the premises in the hope that the ebbing tide,440
The Man with the Twisted Lip,might afford some fresh clue.,441
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,442
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""And it did, though they hardly found upon the mud-bank what they had",443
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"feared to find. It was Neville St. Clair's coat, and not Neville St.",444
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"Clair, which lay uncovered as the tide receded. And what do you think",445
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"they found in the pockets?""",446
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,447
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""I cannot imagine.""",448
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,449
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""No, I don't think you would guess. Every pocket stuffed with pennies",450
The Man with the Twisted Lip,and half-pennies--421 pennies and 270 half-pennies. It was no wonder,451
The Man with the Twisted Lip,that it had not been swept away by the tide. But a human body is a,452
The Man with the Twisted Lip,different matter. There is a fierce eddy between the wharf and the,453
The Man with the Twisted Lip,house. It seemed likely enough that the weighted coat had remained,454
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"when the stripped body had been sucked away into the river.""",455
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,456
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""But I understand that all the other clothes were found in the room.",457
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"Would the body be dressed in a coat alone?""",458
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,459
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""No, sir, but the facts might be met speciously enough. Suppose that",460
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"this man Boone had thrust Neville St. Clair through the window, there",461
The Man with the Twisted Lip,is no human eye which could have seen the deed. What would he do,462
The Man with the Twisted Lip,then? It would of course instantly strike him that he must get rid of,463
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"the tell-tale garments. He would seize the coat, then, and be in the",464
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"act of throwing it out, when it would occur to him that it would swim",465
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"and not sink. He has little time, for he has heard the scuffle",466
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"downstairs when the wife tried to force her way up, and perhaps he",467
The Man with the Twisted Lip,has already heard from his Lascar confederate that the police are,468
The Man with the Twisted Lip,hurrying up the street. There is not an instant to be lost. He rushes,469
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"to some secret hoard, where he has accumulated the fruits of his",470
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"beggary, and he stuffs all the coins upon which he can lay his hands",471
The Man with the Twisted Lip,into the pockets to make sure of the coat's sinking. He throws it,472
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"out, and would have done the same with the other garments had not he",473
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"heard the rush of steps below, and only just had time to close the",474
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"window when the police appeared.""",475
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,476
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""It certainly sounds feasible.""",477
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,478
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Well, we will take it as a working hypothesis for want of a better.",479
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"Boone, as I have told you, was arrested and taken to the station, but",480
The Man with the Twisted Lip,it could not be shown that there had ever before been anything,481
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"against him. He had for years been known as a professional beggar,",482
The Man with the Twisted Lip,but his life appeared to have been a very quiet and innocent one.,483
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"There the matter stands at present, and the questions which have to",484
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"be solved--what Neville St. Clair was doing in the opium den, what",485
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"happened to him when there, where is he now, and what Hugh Boone had",486
The Man with the Twisted Lip,to do with his disappearance--are all as far from a solution as ever.,487
The Man with the Twisted Lip,I confess that I cannot recall any case within my experience which,488
The Man with the Twisted Lip,looked at the first glance so simple and yet which presented such,489
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"difficulties.""",490
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,491
The Man with the Twisted Lip,While Sherlock Holmes had been detailing this singular series of,492
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"events, we had been whirling through the outskirts of the great town",493
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"until the last straggling houses had been left behind, and we rattled",494
The Man with the Twisted Lip,along with a country hedge upon either side of us. Just as he,495
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"finished, however, we drove through two scattered villages, where a",496
The Man with the Twisted Lip,few lights still glimmered in the windows.,497
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,498
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""We are on the outskirts of Lee,"" said my companion. ""We have touched",499
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"on three English counties in our short drive, starting in Middlesex,",500
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"passing over an angle of Surrey, and ending in Kent. See that light",501
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"among the trees? That is The Cedars, and beside that lamp sits a",502
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"woman whose anxious ears have already, I have little doubt, caught",503
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"the clink of our horse's feet.""",504
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,505
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""But why are you not conducting the case from Baker Street?"" I asked.",506
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,507
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Because there are many inquiries which must be made out here. Mrs.",508
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"St. Clair has most kindly put two rooms at my disposal, and you may",509
The Man with the Twisted Lip,rest assured that she will have nothing but a welcome for my friend,510
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"and colleague. I hate to meet her, Watson, when I have no news of her",511
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"husband. Here we are. Whoa, there, whoa!""",512
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,513
The Man with the Twisted Lip,We had pulled up in front of a large villa which stood within its own,514
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"grounds. A stable-boy had run out to the horse's head, and springing",515
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"down, I followed Holmes up the small, winding gravel-drive which led",516
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"to the house. As we approached, the door flew open, and a little",517
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"blonde woman stood in the opening, clad in some sort of light",518
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"mousseline de soie, with a touch of fluffy pink chiffon at her neck",519
The Man with the Twisted Lip,and wrists. She stood with her figure outlined against the flood of,520
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"light, one hand upon the door, one half-raised in her eagerness, her",521
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"body slightly bent, her head and face protruded, with eager eyes and",522
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"parted lips, a standing question.",523
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,524
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Well?"" she cried, ""well?"" And then, seeing that there were two of",525
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"us, she gave a cry of hope which sank into a groan as she saw that my",526
The Man with the Twisted Lip,companion shook his head and shrugged his shoulders.,527
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,528
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""No good news?""",529
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,530
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""None.""",531
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,532
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""No bad?""",533
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,534
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""No.""",535
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,536
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Thank God for that. But come in. You must be weary, for you have had",537
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"a long day.""",538
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,539
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""This is my friend, Dr. Watson. He has been of most vital use to me",540
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"in several of my cases, and a lucky chance has made it possible for",541
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"me to bring him out and associate him with this investigation.""",542
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,543
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""I am delighted to see you,"" said she, pressing my hand warmly. ""You",544
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"will, I am sure, forgive anything that may be wanting in our",545
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"arrangements, when you consider the blow which has come so suddenly",546
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"upon us.""",547
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,548
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""My dear madam,"" said I, ""I am an old campaigner, and if I were not I",549
The Man with the Twisted Lip,can very well see that no apology is needed. If I can be of any,550
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"assistance, either to you or to my friend here, I shall be indeed",551
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"happy.""",552
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,553
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Now, Mr. Sherlock Holmes,"" said the lady as we entered a well-lit",554
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"dining-room, upon the table of which a cold supper had been laid out,",555
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""I should very much like to ask you one or two plain questions, to",556
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"which I beg that you will give a plain answer.""",557
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,558
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Certainly, madam.""",559
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,560
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Do not trouble about my feelings. I am not hysterical, nor given to",561
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"fainting. I simply wish to hear your real, real opinion.""",562
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,563
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Upon what point?""",564
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,565
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""In your heart of hearts, do you think that Neville is alive?""",566
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,567
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"Sherlock Holmes seemed to be embarrassed by the question. ""Frankly,",568
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"now!"" she repeated, standing upon the rug and looking keenly down at",569
The Man with the Twisted Lip,him as he leaned back in a basket-chair.,570
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,571
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Frankly, then, madam, I do not.""",572
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,573
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""You think that he is dead?""",574
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,575
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""I do.""",576
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,577
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Murdered?""",578
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,579
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""I don't say that. Perhaps.""",580
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,581
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""And on what day did he meet his death?""",582
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,583
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""On Monday.""",584
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,585
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Then perhaps, Mr. Holmes, you will be good enough to explain how it",586
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"is that I have received a letter from him to-day.""",587
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,588
The Man with the Twisted Lip,Sherlock Holmes sprang out of his chair as if he had been galvanised.,589
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,590
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""What!"" he roared.",591
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,592
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Yes, to-day."" She stood smiling, holding up a little slip of paper",593
The Man with the Twisted Lip,in the air.,594
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,595
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""May I see it?""",596
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,597
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Certainly.""",598
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,599
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"He snatched it from her in his eagerness, and smoothing it out upon",600
The Man with the Twisted Lip,the table he drew over the lamp and examined it intently. I had left,601
The Man with the Twisted Lip,my chair and was gazing at it over his shoulder. The envelope was a,602
The Man with the Twisted Lip,very coarse one and was stamped with the Gravesend postmark and with,603
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"the date of that very day, or rather of the day before, for it was",604
The Man with the Twisted Lip,considerably after midnight.,605
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,606
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Coarse writing,"" murmured Holmes. ""Surely this is not your husband's",607
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"writing, madam.""",608
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,609
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""No, but the enclosure is.""",610
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,611
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""I perceive also that whoever addressed the envelope had to go and",612
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"inquire as to the address.""",613
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,614
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""How can you tell that?""",615
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,616
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""The name, you see, is in perfectly black ink, which has dried",617
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"itself. The rest is of the greyish colour, which shows that",618
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"blotting-paper has been used. If it had been written straight off,",619
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"and then blotted, none would be of a deep black shade. This man has",620
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"written the name, and there has then been a pause before he wrote the",621
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"address, which can only mean that he was not familiar with it. It is,",622
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"of course, a trifle, but there is nothing so important as trifles.",623
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"Let us now see the letter. Ha!  there has been an enclosure here!""",624
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,625
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Yes, there was a ring. His signet-ring.""",626
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,627
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""And you are sure that this is your husband's hand?""",628
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,629
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""One of his hands.""",630
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,631
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""One?""",632
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,633
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""His hand when he wrote hurriedly. It is very unlike his usual",634
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"writing, and yet I know it well.""",635
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,636
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Dearest do not be frightened. All will come well. There is a huge",637
The Man with the Twisted Lip,error which it may take some little time to rectify. Wait in,638
The Man with the Twisted Lip,patience.,639
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Neville.",640
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,641
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"Written in pencil upon the fly-leaf of a book, octavo size, no",642
The Man with the Twisted Lip,water-mark. Hum! Posted to-day in Gravesend by a man with a dirty,643
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"thumb. Ha! And the flap has been gummed, if I am not very much in",644
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"error, by a person who had been chewing tobacco. And you have no",645
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"doubt that it is your husband's hand, madam?""",646
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,647
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""None. Neville wrote those words.""",648
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,649
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""And they were posted to-day at Gravesend. Well, Mrs. St. Clair, the",650
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"clouds lighten, though I should not venture to say that the danger is",651
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"over.""",652
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,653
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""But he must be alive, Mr. Holmes.""",654
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,655
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Unless this is a clever forgery to put us on the wrong scent. The",656
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"ring, after all, proves nothing. It may have been taken from him.""",657
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,658
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""No, no; it is, it is his very own writing!""",659
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,660
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Very well. It may, however, have been written on Monday and only",661
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"posted to-day.""",662
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,663
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""That is possible.""",664
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,665
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""If so, much may have happened between.""",666
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,667
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Oh, you must not discourage me, Mr. Holmes. I know that all is well",668
The Man with the Twisted Lip,with him. There is so keen a sympathy between us that I should know,669
The Man with the Twisted Lip,if evil came upon him. On the very day that I saw him last he cut,670
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"himself in the bedroom, and yet I in the dining-room rushed upstairs",671
The Man with the Twisted Lip,instantly with the utmost certainty that something had happened. Do,672
The Man with the Twisted Lip,you think that I would respond to such a trifle and yet be ignorant,673
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"of his death?""",674
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,675
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""I have seen too much not to know that the impression of a woman may",676
The Man with the Twisted Lip,be more valuable than the conclusion of an analytical reasoner. And,677
The Man with the Twisted Lip,in this letter you certainly have a very strong piece of evidence to,678
The Man with the Twisted Lip,corroborate your view. But if your husband is alive and able to write,679
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"letters, why should he remain away from you?""",680
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,681
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""I cannot imagine. It is unthinkable.""",682
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,683
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""And on Monday he made no remarks before leaving you?""",684
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,685
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""No.""",686
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,687
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""And you were surprised to see him in Swandam Lane?""",688
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,689
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Very much so.""",690
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,691
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Was the window open?""",692
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,693
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Yes.""",694
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,695
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Then he might have called to you?""",696
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,697
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""He might.""",698
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,699
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""He only, as I understand, gave an inarticulate cry?""",700
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,701
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Yes.""",702
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,703
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""A call for help, you thought?""",704
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,705
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Yes. He waved his hands.""",706
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,707
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""But it might have been a cry of surprise. Astonishment at the",708
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"unexpected sight of you might cause him to throw up his hands?""",709
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,710
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""It is possible.""",711
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,712
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""And you thought he was pulled back?""",713
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,714
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""He disappeared so suddenly.""",715
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,716
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""He might have leaped back. You did not see anyone else in the room?""",717
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,718
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""No, but this horrible man confessed to having been there, and the",719
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"Lascar was at the foot of the stairs.""",720
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,721
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Quite so. Your husband, as far as you could see, had his ordinary",722
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"clothes on?""",723
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,724
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""But without his collar or tie. I distinctly saw his bare throat.""",725
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,726
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Had he ever spoken of Swandam Lane?""",727
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,728
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Never.""",729
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,730
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Had he ever showed any signs of having taken opium?""",731
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,732
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Never.""",733
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,734
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Thank you, Mrs. St. Clair. Those are the principal points about",735
The Man with the Twisted Lip,which I wished to be absolutely clear. We shall now have a little,736
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"supper and then retire, for we may have a very busy day to-morrow.""",737
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,738
The Man with the Twisted Lip,A large and comfortable double-bedded room had been placed at our,739
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"disposal, and I was quickly between the sheets, for I was weary after",740
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"my night of adventure. Sherlock Holmes was a man, however, who, when",741
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"he had an unsolved problem upon his mind, would go for days, and even",742
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"for a week, without rest, turning it over, rearranging his facts,",743
The Man with the Twisted Lip,looking at it from every point of view until he had either fathomed,744
The Man with the Twisted Lip,it or convinced himself that his data were insufficient. It was soon,745
The Man with the Twisted Lip,evident to me that he was now preparing for an all-night sitting. He,746
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"took off his coat and waistcoat, put on a large blue dressing-gown,",747
The Man with the Twisted Lip,and then wandered about the room collecting pillows from his bed and,748
The Man with the Twisted Lip,cushions from the sofa and armchairs. With these he constructed a,749
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"sort of Eastern divan, upon which he perched himself cross-legged,",750
The Man with the Twisted Lip,with an ounce of shag tobacco and a box of matches laid out in front,751
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"of him. In the dim light of the lamp I saw him sitting there, an old",752
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"briar pipe between his lips, his eyes fixed vacantly upon the corner",753
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"of the ceiling, the blue smoke curling up from him, silent,",754
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"motionless, with the light shining upon his strong-set aquiline",755
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"features. So he sat as I dropped off to sleep, and so he sat when a",756
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"sudden ejaculation caused me to wake up, and I found the summer sun",757
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"shining into the apartment. The pipe was still between his lips, the",758
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"smoke still curled upward, and the room was full of a dense tobacco",759
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"haze, but nothing remained of the heap of shag which I had seen upon",760
The Man with the Twisted Lip,the previous night.,761
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,762
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Awake, Watson?"" he asked.",763
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,764
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Yes.""",765
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,766
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Game for a morning drive?""",767
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,768
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Certainly.""",769
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,770
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Then dress. No one is stirring yet, but I know where the stable-boy",771
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"sleeps, and we shall soon have the trap out."" He chuckled to himself",772
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"as he spoke, his eyes twinkled, and he seemed a different man to the",773
The Man with the Twisted Lip,sombre thinker of the previous night.,774
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,775
The Man with the Twisted Lip,As I dressed I glanced at my watch. It was no wonder that no one was,776
The Man with the Twisted Lip,stirring. It was twenty-five minutes past four. I had hardly finished,777
The Man with the Twisted Lip,when Holmes returned with the news that the boy was putting in the,778
The Man with the Twisted Lip,horse.,779
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,780
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""I want to test a little theory of mine,"" said he, pulling on his",781
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"boots. ""I think, Watson, that you are now standing in the presence of",782
The Man with the Twisted Lip,one of the most absolute fools in Europe. I deserve to be kicked from,783
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"here to Charing Cross. But I think I have the key of the affair now.""",784
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,785
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""And where is it?"" I asked, smiling.",786
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,787
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""In the bathroom,"" he answered. ""Oh, yes, I am not joking,"" he",788
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"continued, seeing my look of incredulity. ""I have just been there,",789
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"and I have taken it out, and I have got it in this Gladstone bag.",790
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"Come on, my boy, and we shall see whether it will not fit the lock.""",791
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,792
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"We made our way downstairs as quietly as possible, and out into the",793
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"bright morning sunshine. In the road stood our horse and trap, with",794
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"the half-clad stable-boy waiting at the head. We both sprang in, and",795
The Man with the Twisted Lip,away we dashed down the London Road. A few country carts were,796
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"stirring, bearing in vegetables to the metropolis, but the lines of",797
The Man with the Twisted Lip,villas on either side were as silent and lifeless as some city in a,798
The Man with the Twisted Lip,dream.,799
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,800
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""It has been in some points a singular case,"" said Holmes, flicking",801
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"the horse on into a gallop. ""I confess that I have been as blind as a",802
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"mole, but it is better to learn wisdom late than never to learn it at",803
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"all.""",804
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,805
The Man with the Twisted Lip,In town the earliest risers were just beginning to look sleepily from,806
The Man with the Twisted Lip,their windows as we drove through the streets of the Surrey side.,807
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"Passing down the Waterloo Bridge Road we crossed over the river, and",808
The Man with the Twisted Lip,dashing up Wellington Street wheeled sharply to the right and found,809
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"ourselves in Bow Street. Sherlock Holmes was well known to the force,",810
The Man with the Twisted Lip,and the two constables at the door saluted him. One of them held the,811
The Man with the Twisted Lip,horse's head while the other led us in.,812
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,813
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Who is on duty?"" asked Holmes.",814
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,815
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Inspector Bradstreet, sir.""",816
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,817
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Ah, Bradstreet, how are you?"" A tall, stout official had come down",818
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"the stone-flagged passage, in a peaked cap and frogged jacket. ""I",819
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"wish to have a quiet word with you, Bradstreet."" ""Certainly, Mr.",820
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"Holmes. Step into my room here."" It was a small, office-like room,",821
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"with a huge ledger upon the table, and a telephone projecting from",822
The Man with the Twisted Lip,the wall. The inspector sat down at his desk.,823
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,824
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""What can I do for you, Mr. Holmes?""",825
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,826
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""I called about that beggarman, Boone--the one who was charged with",827
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"being concerned in the disappearance of Mr. Neville St. Clair, of",828
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"Lee.""",829
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,830
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Yes. He was brought up and remanded for further inquiries.""",831
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,832
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""So I heard. You have him here?""",833
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,834
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""In the cells.""",835
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,836
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Is he quiet?""",837
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,838
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Oh, he gives no trouble. But he is a dirty scoundrel.""",839
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,840
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Dirty?""",841
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,842
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Yes, it is all we can do to make him wash his hands, and his face is",843
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"as black as a tinker's. Well, when once his case has been settled, he",844
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"will have a regular prison bath; and I think, if you saw him, you",845
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"would agree with me that he needed it.""",846
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,847
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""I should like to see him very much.""",848
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,849
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Would you? That is easily done. Come this way. You can leave your",850
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"bag.""",851
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,852
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""No, I think that I'll take it.""",853
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,854
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Very good. Come this way, if you please."" He led us down a passage,",855
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"opened a barred door, passed down a winding stair, and brought us to",856
The Man with the Twisted Lip,a whitewashed corridor with a line of doors on each side.,857
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,858
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""The third on the right is his,"" said the inspector. ""Here it is!"" He",859
The Man with the Twisted Lip,quietly shot back a panel in the upper part of the door and glanced,860
The Man with the Twisted Lip,through.,861
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,862
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""He is asleep,"" said he. ""You can see him very well.""",863
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,864
The Man with the Twisted Lip,We both put our eyes to the grating. The prisoner lay with his face,865
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"towards us, in a very deep sleep, breathing slowly and heavily. He",866
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"was a middle-sized man, coarsely clad as became his calling, with a",867
The Man with the Twisted Lip,coloured shirt protruding through the rent in his tattered coat. He,868
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"was, as the inspector had said, extremely dirty, but the grime which",869
The Man with the Twisted Lip,covered his face could not conceal its repulsive ugliness. A broad,870
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"wheal from an old scar ran right across it from eye to chin, and by",871
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"its contraction had turned up one side of the upper lip, so that",872
The Man with the Twisted Lip,three teeth were exposed in a perpetual snarl. A shock of very bright,873
The Man with the Twisted Lip,red hair grew low over his eyes and forehead.,874
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,875
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""He's a beauty, isn't he?"" said the inspector.",876
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,877
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""He certainly needs a wash,"" remarked Holmes. ""I had an idea that he",878
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"might, and I took the liberty of bringing the tools with me."" He",879
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"opened the Gladstone bag as he spoke, and took out, to my",880
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"astonishment, a very large bath-sponge.",881
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,882
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""He! he! You are a funny one,"" chuckled the inspector.",883
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,884
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Now, if you will have the great goodness to open that door very",885
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"quietly, we will soon make him cut a much more respectable figure.""",886
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,887
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Well, I don't know why not,"" said the inspector. ""He doesn't look a",888
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"credit to the Bow Street cells, does he?"" He slipped his key into the",889
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"lock, and we all very quietly entered the cell. The sleeper half",890
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"turned, and then settled down once more into a deep slumber. Holmes",891
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"stooped to the water-jug, moistened his sponge, and then rubbed it",892
The Man with the Twisted Lip,twice vigorously across and down the prisoner's face.,893
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,894
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Let me introduce you,"" he shouted, ""to Mr. Neville St. Clair, of",895
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"Lee, in the county of Kent.""",896
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,897
The Man with the Twisted Lip,Never in my life have I seen such a sight. The man's face peeled off,898
The Man with the Twisted Lip,under the sponge like the bark from a tree. Gone was the coarse brown,899
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"tint! Gone, too, was the horrid scar which had seamed it across, and",900
The Man with the Twisted Lip,the twisted lip which had given the repulsive sneer to the face! A,901
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"twitch brought away the tangled red hair, and there, sitting up in",902
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"his bed, was a pale, sad-faced, refined-looking man, black-haired and",903
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"smooth-skinned, rubbing his eyes and staring about him with sleepy",904
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"bewilderment. Then suddenly realising the exposure, he broke into a",905
The Man with the Twisted Lip,scream and threw himself down with his face to the pillow.,906
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,907
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Great heavens!"" cried the inspector, ""it is, indeed, the missing",908
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"man. I know him from the photograph.""",909
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,910
The Man with the Twisted Lip,The prisoner turned with the reckless air of a man who abandons,911
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"himself to his destiny. ""Be it so,"" said he. ""And pray what am I",912
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"charged with?""",913
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,914
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""With making away with Mr. Neville St.--Oh, come, you can't be",915
The Man with the Twisted Lip,charged with that unless they make a case of attempted suicide of,916
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"it,"" said the inspector with a grin. ""Well, I have been twenty-seven",917
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"years in the force, but this really takes the cake.""",918
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,919
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""If I am Mr. Neville St. Clair, then it is obvious that no crime has",920
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"been committed, and that, therefore, I am illegally detained.""",921
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,922
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""No crime, but a very great error has been committed,"" said Holmes.",923
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""You would have done better to have trusted your wife.""",924
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,925
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""It was not the wife; it was the children,"" groaned the prisoner.",926
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""God help me, I would not have them ashamed of their father. My God!",927
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"What an exposure! What can I do?""",928
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,929
The Man with the Twisted Lip,Sherlock Holmes sat down beside him on the couch and patted him,930
The Man with the Twisted Lip,kindly on the shoulder.,931
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,932
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""If you leave it to a court of law to clear the matter up,"" said he,",933
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""of course you can hardly avoid publicity. On the other hand, if you",934
The Man with the Twisted Lip,convince the police authorities that there is no possible case,935
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"against you, I do not know that there is any reason that the details",936
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"should find their way into the papers. Inspector Bradstreet would, I",937
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"am sure, make notes upon anything which you might tell us and submit",938
The Man with the Twisted Lip,it to the proper authorities. The case would then never go into court,939
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"at all.""",940
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,941
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""God bless you!"" cried the prisoner passionately. ""I would have",942
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"endured imprisonment, ay, even execution, rather than have left my",943
The Man with the Twisted Lip,miserable secret as a family blot to my children.,944
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,945
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""You are the first who have ever heard my story. My father was a",946
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"schoolmaster in Chesterfield, where I received an excellent",947
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"education. I travelled in my youth, took to the stage, and finally",948
The Man with the Twisted Lip,became a reporter on an evening paper in London. One day my editor,949
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"wished to have a series of articles upon begging in the metropolis,",950
The Man with the Twisted Lip,and I volunteered to supply them. There was the point from which all,951
The Man with the Twisted Lip,my adventures started. It was only by trying begging as an amateur,952
The Man with the Twisted Lip,that I could get the facts upon which to base my articles. When an,953
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"actor I had, of course, learned all the secrets of making up, and had",954
The Man with the Twisted Lip,been famous in the green-room for my skill. I took advantage now of,955
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"my attainments. I painted my face, and to make myself as pitiable as",956
The Man with the Twisted Lip,possible I made a good scar and fixed one side of my lip in a twist,957
The Man with the Twisted Lip,by the aid of a small slip of flesh-coloured plaster. Then with a red,958
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"head of hair, and an appropriate dress, I took my station in the",959
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"business part of the city, ostensibly as a match-seller but really as",960
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"a beggar. For seven hours I plied my trade, and when I returned home",961
The Man with the Twisted Lip,in the evening I found to my surprise that I had received no less,962
The Man with the Twisted Lip,than 26s. 4d.,963
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,964
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""I wrote my articles and thought little more of the matter until,",965
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"some time later, I backed a bill for a friend and had a writ served",966
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"upon me for £25. I was at my wit's end where to get the money, but a",967
The Man with the Twisted Lip,sudden idea came to me. I begged a fortnight's grace from the,968
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"creditor, asked for a holiday from my employers, and spent the time",969
The Man with the Twisted Lip,in begging in the City under my disguise. In ten days I had the money,970
The Man with the Twisted Lip,and had paid the debt.,971
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,972
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Well, you can imagine how hard it was to settle down to arduous work",973
The Man with the Twisted Lip,at £2 a week when I knew that I could earn as much in a day by,974
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"smearing my face with a little paint, laying my cap on the ground,",975
The Man with the Twisted Lip,and sitting still. It was a long fight between my pride and the,976
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"money, but the dollars won at last, and I threw up reporting and sat",977
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"day after day in the corner which I had first chosen, inspiring pity",978
The Man with the Twisted Lip,by my ghastly face and filling my pockets with coppers. Only one man,979
The Man with the Twisted Lip,knew my secret. He was the keeper of a low den in which I used to,980
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"lodge in Swandam Lane, where I could every morning emerge as a",981
The Man with the Twisted Lip,squalid beggar and in the evenings transform myself into a,982
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"well-dressed man about town. This fellow, a Lascar, was well paid by",983
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"me for his rooms, so that I knew that my secret was safe in his",984
The Man with the Twisted Lip,possession.,985
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,986
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Well, very soon I found that I was saving considerable sums of",987
The Man with the Twisted Lip,money. I do not mean that any beggar in the streets of London could,988
The Man with the Twisted Lip,earn £700 a year--which is less than my average takings--but I had,989
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"exceptional advantages in my power of making up, and also in a",990
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"facility of repartee, which improved by practice and made me quite a",991
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"recognised character in the City. All day a stream of pennies, varied",992
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"by silver, poured in upon me, and it was a very bad day in which I",993
The Man with the Twisted Lip,failed to take £2.,994
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,995
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""As I grew richer I grew more ambitious, took a house in the country,",996
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"and eventually married, without anyone having a suspicion as to my",997
The Man with the Twisted Lip,real occupation. My dear wife knew that I had business in the City.,998
The Man with the Twisted Lip,She little knew what.,999
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,1000
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Last Monday I had finished for the day and was dressing in my room",1001
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"above the opium den when I looked out of my window and saw, to my",1002
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"horror and astonishment, that my wife was standing in the street,",1003
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"with her eyes fixed full upon me. I gave a cry of surprise, threw up",1004
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"my arms to cover my face, and, rushing to my confidant, the Lascar,",1005
The Man with the Twisted Lip,entreated him to prevent anyone from coming up to me. I heard her,1006
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"voice downstairs, but I knew that she could not ascend. Swiftly I",1007
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"threw off my clothes, pulled on those of a beggar, and put on my",1008
The Man with the Twisted Lip,pigments and wig. Even a wife's eyes could not pierce so complete a,1009
The Man with the Twisted Lip,disguise. But then it occurred to me that there might be a search in,1010
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"the room, and that the clothes might betray me. I threw open the",1011
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"window, reopening by my violence a small cut which I had inflicted",1012
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"upon myself in the bedroom that morning. Then I seized my coat, which",1013
The Man with the Twisted Lip,was weighted by the coppers which I had just transferred to it from,1014
The Man with the Twisted Lip,the leather bag in which I carried my takings. I hurled it out of the,1015
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"window, and it disappeared into the Thames. The other clothes would",1016
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"have followed, but at that moment there was a rush of constables up",1017
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"the stair, and a few minutes after I found, rather, I confess, to my",1018
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"relief, that instead of being identified as Mr. Neville St. Clair, I",1019
The Man with the Twisted Lip,was arrested as his murderer.,1020
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,1021
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""I do not know that there is anything else for me to explain. I was",1022
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"determined to preserve my disguise as long as possible, and hence my",1023
The Man with the Twisted Lip,preference for a dirty face. Knowing that my wife would be terribly,1024
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"anxious, I slipped off my ring and confided it to the Lascar at a",1025
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"moment when no constable was watching me, together with a hurried",1026
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"scrawl, telling her that she had no cause to fear.""",1027
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,1028
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""That note only reached her yesterday,"" said Holmes.",1029
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,1030
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Good God! What a week she must have spent!""",1031
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,1032
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""The police have watched this Lascar,"" said Inspector Bradstreet,",1033
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""and I can quite understand that he might find it difficult to post a",1034
The Man with the Twisted Lip,letter unobserved. Probably he handed it to some sailor customer of,1035
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"his, who forgot all about it for some days.""",1036
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,1037
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""That was it,"" said Holmes, nodding approvingly; ""I have no doubt of",1038
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"it. But have you never been prosecuted for begging?""",1039
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,1040
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""Many times; but what was a fine to me?""",1041
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,1042
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""It must stop here, however,"" said Bradstreet. ""If the police are to",1043
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"hush this thing up, there must be no more of Hugh Boone.""",1044
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,1045
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""I have sworn it by the most solemn oaths which a man can take.""",1046
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,1047
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""In that case I think that it is probable that no further steps may",1048
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"be taken. But if you are found again, then all must come out. I am",1049
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"sure, Mr. Holmes, that we are very much indebted to you for having",1050
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"cleared the matter up. I wish I knew how you reach your results.""",1051
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,1052
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"""I reached this one,"" said my friend, ""by sitting upon five pillows",1053
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"and consuming an ounce of shag. I think, Watson, that if we drive to",1054
The Man with the Twisted Lip,"Baker Street we shall just be in time for breakfast.""",1055
The Man with the Twisted Lip,,1056
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE,1
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,2
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,I had called upon my friend Sherlock Holmes upon the second morning,3
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"after Christmas, with the intention of wishing him the compliments of",4
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"the season. He was lounging upon the sofa in a purple dressing-gown,",5
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"a pipe-rack within his reach upon the right, and a pile of crumpled",6
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"morning papers, evidently newly studied, near at hand. Beside the",7
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"couch was a wooden chair, and on the angle of the back hung a very",8
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"seedy and disreputable hard-felt hat, much the worse for wear, and",9
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,cracked in several places. A lens and a forceps lying upon the seat,10
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,of the chair suggested that the hat had been suspended in this manner,11
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,for the purpose of examination.,12
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,13
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""You are engaged,"" said I; ""perhaps I interrupt you.""",14
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,15
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Not at all. I am glad to have a friend with whom I can discuss my",16
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"results. The matter is a perfectly trivial one""--he jerked his thumb",17
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"in the direction of the old hat--""but there are points in connection",18
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,with it which are not entirely devoid of interest and even of,19
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"instruction.""",20
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,21
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,I seated myself in his armchair and warmed my hands before his,22
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"crackling fire, for a sharp frost had set in, and the windows were",23
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"thick with the ice crystals. ""I suppose,"" I remarked, ""that, homely",24
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"as it looks, this thing has some deadly story linked on to it--that",25
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,it is the clue which will guide you in the solution of some mystery,26
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"and the punishment of some crime.""",27
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,28
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""No, no. No crime,"" said Sherlock Holmes, laughing. ""Only one of",29
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,those whimsical little incidents which will happen when you have four,30
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,million human beings all jostling each other within the space of a,31
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,few square miles. Amid the action and reaction of so dense a swarm of,32
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"humanity, every possible combination of events may be expected to",33
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"take place, and many a little problem will be presented which may be",34
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,striking and bizarre without being criminal. We have already had,35
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"experience of such.""",36
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,37
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""So much so,"" I remarked, ""that of the last six cases which I have",38
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"added to my notes, three have been entirely free of any legal crime.""",39
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,40
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Precisely. You allude to my attempt to recover the Irene Adler",41
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"papers, to the singular case of Miss Mary Sutherland, and to the",42
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"adventure of the man with the twisted lip. Well, I have no doubt that",43
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,this small matter will fall into the same innocent category. You know,44
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"Peterson, the commissionaire?""",45
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,46
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Yes.""",47
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,48
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""It is to him that this trophy belongs.""",49
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,50
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""It is his hat.""",51
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,52
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""No, no, he found it. Its owner is unknown. I beg that you will look",53
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,upon it not as a battered billycock but as an intellectual problem.,54
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"And, first, as to how it came here. It arrived upon Christmas",55
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"morning, in company with a good fat goose, which is, I have no doubt,",56
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,roasting at this moment in front of Peterson's fire. The facts are,57
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"these: about four o'clock on Christmas morning, Peterson, who, as you",58
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"know, is a very honest fellow, was returning from some small",59
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,jollification and was making his way homeward down Tottenham Court,60
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"Road. In front of him he saw, in the gaslight, a tallish man, walking",61
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"with a slight stagger, and carrying a white goose slung over his",62
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"shoulder. As he reached the corner of Goodge Street, a row broke out",63
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,between this stranger and a little knot of roughs. One of the latter,64
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"knocked off the man's hat, on which he raised his stick to defend",65
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"himself and, swinging it over his head, smashed the shop window",66
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,behind him. Peterson had rushed forward to protect the stranger from,67
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"his assailants; but the man, shocked at having broken the window, and",68
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"seeing an official-looking person in uniform rushing towards him,",69
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"dropped his goose, took to his heels, and vanished amid the labyrinth",70
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,of small streets which lie at the back of Tottenham Court Road. The,71
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"roughs had also fled at the appearance of Peterson, so that he was",72
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"left in possession of the field of battle, and also of the spoils of",73
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,victory in the shape of this battered hat and a most unimpeachable,74
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"Christmas goose.""",75
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,76
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Which surely he restored to their owner?""",77
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,78
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""My dear fellow, there lies the problem. It is true that 'For Mrs.",79
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,Henry Baker' was printed upon a small card which was tied to the,80
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"bird's left leg, and it is also true that the initials 'H. B.' are",81
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"legible upon the lining of this hat, but as there are some thousands",82
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"of Bakers, and some hundreds of Henry Bakers in this city of ours, it",83
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"is not easy to restore lost property to any one of them.""",84
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,85
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""What, then, did Peterson do?""",86
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,87
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""He brought round both hat and goose to me on Christmas morning,",88
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,knowing that even the smallest problems are of interest to me. The,89
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"goose we retained until this morning, when there were signs that, in",90
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"spite of the slight frost, it would be well that it should be eaten",91
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"without unnecessary delay. Its finder has carried it off, therefore,",92
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"to fulfil the ultimate destiny of a goose, while I continue to retain",93
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"the hat of the unknown gentleman who lost his Christmas dinner.""",94
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,95
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Did he not advertise?""",96
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,97
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""No.""",98
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,99
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Then, what clue could you have as to his identity?""",100
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,101
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Only as much as we can deduce.""",102
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,103
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""From his hat?""",104
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,105
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Precisely.""",106
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,107
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""But you are joking. What can you gather from this old battered",108
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"felt?""",109
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,110
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Here is my lens. You know my methods. What can you gather yourself",111
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"as to the individuality of the man who has worn this article?""",112
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,113
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,I took the tattered object in my hands and turned it over rather,114
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"ruefully. It was a very ordinary black hat of the usual round shape,",115
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"hard and much the worse for wear. The lining had been of red silk,",116
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"but was a good deal discoloured. There was no maker's name; but, as",117
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"Holmes had remarked, the initials ""H. B."" were scrawled upon one",118
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"side. It was pierced in the brim for a hat-securer, but the elastic",119
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"was missing. For the rest, it was cracked, exceedingly dusty, and",120
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"spotted in several places, although there seemed to have been some",121
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,attempt to hide the discoloured patches by smearing them with ink.,122
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,123
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""I can see nothing,"" said I, handing it back to my friend.",124
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,125
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""On the contrary, Watson, you can see everything. You fail, however,",126
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,to reason from what you see. You are too timid in drawing your,127
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"inferences.""",128
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,129
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Then, pray tell me what it is that you can infer from this hat?""",130
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,131
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,He picked it up and gazed at it in the peculiar introspective fashion,132
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"which was characteristic of him. ""It is perhaps less suggestive than",133
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"it might have been,"" he remarked, ""and yet there are a few inferences",134
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"which are very distinct, and a few others which represent at least a",135
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,strong balance of probability. That the man was highly intellectual,136
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"is of course obvious upon the face of it, and also that he was fairly",137
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"well-to-do within the last three years, although he has now fallen",138
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"upon evil days. He had foresight, but has less now than formerly,",139
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"pointing to a moral retrogression, which, when taken with the decline",140
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"of his fortunes, seems to indicate some evil influence, probably",141
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"drink, at work upon him. This may account also for the obvious fact",142
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"that his wife has ceased to love him.""",143
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,144
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""My dear Holmes!""",145
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,146
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""He has, however, retained some degree of self-respect,"" he",147
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"continued, disregarding my remonstrance. ""He is a man who leads a",148
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"sedentary life, goes out little, is out of training entirely, is",149
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"middle-aged, has grizzled hair which he has had cut within the last",150
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"few days, and which he anoints with lime-cream. These are the more",151
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"patent facts which are to be deduced from his hat. Also, by the way,",152
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,that it is extremely improbable that he has gas laid on in his,153
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"house.""",154
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,155
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""You are certainly joking, Holmes.""",156
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,157
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Not in the least. Is it possible that even now, when I give you",158
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"these results, you are unable to see how they are attained?""",159
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,160
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""I have no doubt that I am very stupid, but I must confess that I am",161
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"unable to follow you. For example, how did you deduce that this man",162
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"was intellectual?""",163
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,164
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,For answer Holmes clapped the hat upon his head. It came right over,165
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"the forehead and settled upon the bridge of his nose. ""It is a",166
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"question of cubic capacity,"" said he; ""a man with so large a brain",167
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"must have something in it.""",168
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,169
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""The decline of his fortunes, then?""",170
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,171
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""This hat is three years old. These flat brims curled at the edge",172
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,came in then. It is a hat of the very best quality. Look at the band,173
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,of ribbed silk and the excellent lining. If this man could afford to,174
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"buy so expensive a hat three years ago, and has had no hat since,",175
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"then he has assuredly gone down in the world.""",176
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,177
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Well, that is clear enough, certainly. But how about the foresight",178
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"and the moral retrogression?""",179
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,180
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"Sherlock Holmes laughed. ""Here is the foresight,"" said he putting his",181
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"finger upon the little disc and loop of the hat-securer.  ""They are",182
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"never sold upon hats. If this man ordered one, it is a sign of a",183
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"certain amount of foresight, since he went out of his way to take",184
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,this precaution against the wind. But since we see that he has broken,185
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"the elastic and has not troubled to replace it, it is obvious that he",186
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"has less foresight now than formerly, which is a distinct proof of a",187
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"weakening nature. On the other hand, he has endeavoured to conceal",188
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"some of these stains upon the felt by daubing them with ink, which is",189
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"a sign that he has not entirely lost his self-respect.""",190
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,191
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Your reasoning is certainly plausible.""",192
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,193
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""The further points, that he is middle-aged, that his hair is",194
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"grizzled, that it has been recently cut, and that he uses lime-cream,",195
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,are all to be gathered from a close examination of the lower part of,196
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"the lining. The lens discloses a large number of hair-ends, clean cut",197
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"by the scissors of the barber. They all appear to be adhesive, and",198
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"there is a distinct odour of lime-cream. This dust, you will observe,",199
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"is not the gritty, grey dust of the street but the fluffy brown dust",200
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"of the house, showing that it has been hung up indoors most of the",201
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"time, while the marks of moisture upon the inside are proof positive",202
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"that the wearer perspired very freely, and could therefore, hardly be",203
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"in the best of training.""",204
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,205
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""But his wife--you said that she had ceased to love him.""",206
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,207
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""This hat has not been brushed for weeks. When I see you, my dear",208
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"Watson, with a week's accumulation of dust upon your hat, and when",209
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"your wife allows you to go out in such a state, I shall fear that you",210
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"also have been unfortunate enough to lose your wife's affection.""",211
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,212
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""But he might be a bachelor.""",213
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,214
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Nay, he was bringing home the goose as a peace-offering to his wife.",215
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"Remember the card upon the bird's leg.""",216
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,217
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""You have an answer to everything. But how on earth do you deduce",218
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"that the gas is not laid on in his house?""",219
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,220
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""One tallow stain, or even two, might come by chance; but when I see",221
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"no less than five, I think that there can be little doubt that the",222
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,individual must be brought into frequent contact with burning,223
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,tallow--walks upstairs at night probably with his hat in one hand and,224
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"a guttering candle in the other. Anyhow, he never got tallow-stains",225
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"from a gas-jet. Are you satisfied?""",226
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,227
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Well, it is very ingenious,"" said I, laughing; ""but since, as you",228
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"said just now, there has been no crime committed, and no harm done",229
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"save the loss of a goose, all this seems to be rather a waste of",230
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"energy.""",231
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,232
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"Sherlock Holmes had opened his mouth to reply, when the door flew",233
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"open, and Peterson, the commissionaire, rushed into the apartment",234
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,with flushed cheeks and the face of a man who is dazed with,235
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,astonishment.,236
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,237
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""The goose, Mr. Holmes! The goose, sir!"" he gasped.",238
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,239
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Eh? What of it, then? Has it returned to life and flapped off",240
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"through the kitchen window?"" Holmes twisted himself round upon the",241
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,sofa to get a fairer view of the man's excited face.,242
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,243
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""See here, sir! See what my wife found in its crop!"" He held out his",244
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,hand and displayed upon the centre of the palm a brilliantly,245
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"scintillating blue stone, rather smaller than a bean in size, but of",246
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,such purity and radiance that it twinkled like an electric point in,247
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,the dark hollow of his hand.,248
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,249
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"Sherlock Holmes sat up with a whistle. ""By Jove, Peterson!"" said he,",250
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""this is treasure trove indeed. I suppose you know what you have",251
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"got?""",252
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,253
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""A diamond, sir? A precious stone. It cuts into glass as though it",254
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"were putty.""",255
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,256
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""It's more than a precious stone. It is the precious stone.""",257
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,258
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Not the Countess of Morcar's blue carbuncle!"" I ejaculated.",259
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,260
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Precisely so. I ought to know its size and shape, seeing that I have",261
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,read the advertisement about it in The Times every day lately. It is,262
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"absolutely unique, and its value can only be conjectured, but the",263
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,reward offered of £1000 is certainly not within a twentieth part of,264
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"the market price.""",265
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,266
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""A thousand pounds! Great Lord of mercy!"" The commissionaire plumped",267
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,down into a chair and stared from one to the other of us.,268
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,269
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""That is the reward, and I have reason to know that there are",270
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,sentimental considerations in the background which would induce the,271
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,Countess to part with half her fortune if she could but recover the,272
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"gem.""",273
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,274
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""It was lost, if I remember aright, at the Hotel Cosmopolitan,"" I",275
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,remarked.,276
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,277
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Precisely so, on December 22nd, just five days ago. John Horner, a",278
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"plumber, was accused of having abstracted it from the lady's",279
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,jewel-case. The evidence against him was so strong that the case has,280
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"been referred to the Assizes. I have some account of the matter here,",281
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"I believe."" He rummaged amid his newspapers, glancing over the dates,",282
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"until at last he smoothed one out, doubled it over, and read the",283
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,following paragraph:,284
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,285
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Hotel Cosmopolitan Jewel Robbery. John Horner, 26, plumber, was",286
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,brought up upon the charge of having upon the 22nd inst. abstracted,287
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,from the jewel-case of the Countess of Morcar the valuable gem known,288
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"as the blue carbuncle. James Ryder, upper-attendant at the hotel,",289
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,gave his evidence to the effect that he had shown Horner up to the,290
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,dressing-room of the Countess of Morcar upon the day of the robbery,291
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"in order that he might solder the second bar of the grate, which was",292
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"loose. He had remained with Horner some little time, but had finally",293
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"been called away. On returning, he found that Horner had disappeared,",294
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"that the bureau had been forced open, and that the small morocco",295
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"casket in which, as it afterwards transpired, the Countess was",296
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"accustomed to keep her jewel, was lying empty upon the",297
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"dressing-table. Ryder instantly gave the alarm, and Horner was",298
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,arrested the same evening; but the stone could not be found either,299
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"upon his person or in his rooms. Catherine Cusack, maid to the",300
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"Countess, deposed to having heard Ryder's cry of dismay on",301
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"discovering the robbery, and to having rushed into the room, where",302
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,she found matters as described by the last witness. Inspector,303
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"Bradstreet, B division, gave evidence as to the arrest of Horner, who",304
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"struggled frantically, and protested his innocence in the strongest",305
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,terms. Evidence of a previous conviction for robbery having been,306
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"given against the prisoner, the magistrate refused to deal summarily",307
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"with the offence, but referred it to the Assizes. Horner, who had",308
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"shown signs of intense emotion during the proceedings, fainted away",309
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"at the conclusion and was carried out of court.""",310
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,311
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Hum! So much for the police-court,"" said Holmes thoughtfully,",312
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"tossing aside the paper. ""The question for us now to solve is the",313
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,sequence of events leading from a rifled jewel-case at one end to the,314
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"crop of a goose in Tottenham Court Road at the other. You see,",315
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"Watson, our little deductions have suddenly assumed a much more",316
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,important and less innocent aspect. Here is the stone; the stone came,317
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"from the goose, and the goose came from Mr. Henry Baker, the",318
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,gentleman with the bad hat and all the other characteristics with,319
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,which I have bored you. So now we must set ourselves very seriously,320
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,to finding this gentleman and ascertaining what part he has played in,321
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"this little mystery. To do this, we must try the simplest means",322
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"first, and these lie undoubtedly in an advertisement in all the",323
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"evening papers. If this fail, I shall have recourse to other",324
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"methods.""",325
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,326
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""What will you say?""",327
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,328
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Give me a pencil and that slip of paper. Now, then: 'Found at the",329
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"corner of Goodge Street, a goose and a black felt hat. Mr. Henry",330
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"Baker can have the same by applying at 6.30 this evening at 221b,",331
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"Baker Street.' That is clear and concise.""",332
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,333
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Very. But will he see it?""",334
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,335
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Well, he is sure to keep an eye on the papers, since, to a poor man,",336
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,the loss was a heavy one. He was clearly so scared by his mischance,337
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,in breaking the window and by the approach of Peterson that he,338
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"thought of nothing but flight, but since then he must have bitterly",339
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"regretted the impulse which caused him to drop his bird. Then, again,",340
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"the introduction of his name will cause him to see it, for everyone",341
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"who knows him will direct his attention to it. Here you are,",342
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"Peterson, run down to the advertising agency and have this put in the",343
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"evening papers.""",344
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,345
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""In which, sir?""",346
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,347
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Oh, in the Globe, Star, Pall Mall, St. James's, Evening News,",348
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"Standard, Echo, and any others that occur to you.""",349
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,350
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Very well, sir. And this stone?""",351
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,352
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Ah, yes, I shall keep the stone. Thank you. And, I say, Peterson,",353
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"just buy a goose on your way back and leave it here with me, for we",354
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,must have one to give to this gentleman in place of the one which,355
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"your family is now devouring.""",356
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,357
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"When the commissionaire had gone, Holmes took up the stone and held",358
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"it against the light. ""It's a bonny thing,"" said he. ""Just see how it",359
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,glints and sparkles. Of course it is a nucleus and focus of crime.,360
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,Every good stone is. They are the devil's pet baits. In the larger,361
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,and older jewels every facet may stand for a bloody deed. This stone,362
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,is not yet twenty years old. It was found in the banks of the Amoy,363
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,River in southern China and is remarkable in having every,364
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"characteristic of the carbuncle, save that it is blue in shade",365
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"instead of ruby red. In spite of its youth, it has already a sinister",366
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"history. There have been two murders, a vitriol-throwing, a suicide,",367
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,and several robberies brought about for the sake of this forty-grain,368
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,weight of crystallised charcoal. Who would think that so pretty a toy,369
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,would be a purveyor to the gallows and the prison? I'll lock it up in,370
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,my strong box now and drop a line to the Countess to say that we have,371
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"it.""",372
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,373
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Do you think that this man Horner is innocent?""",374
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,375
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""I cannot tell.""",376
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,377
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Well, then, do you imagine that this other one, Henry Baker, had",378
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"anything to do with the matter?""",379
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,380
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""It is, I think, much more likely that Henry Baker is an absolutely",381
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"innocent man, who had no idea that the bird which he was carrying was",382
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"of considerably more value than if it were made of solid gold. That,",383
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"however, I shall determine by a very simple test if we have an answer",384
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"to our advertisement.""",385
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,386
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""And you can do nothing until then?""",387
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,388
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Nothing.""",389
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,390
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""In that case I shall continue my professional round. But I shall",391
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"come back in the evening at the hour you have mentioned, for I should",392
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"like to see the solution of so tangled a business.""",393
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,394
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Very glad to see you. I dine at seven. There is a woodcock, I",395
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"believe. By the way, in view of recent occurrences, perhaps I ought",396
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"to ask Mrs. Hudson to examine its crop.""",397
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,398
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"I had been delayed at a case, and it was a little after half-past six",399
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,when I found myself in Baker Street once more. As I approached the,400
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,house I saw a tall man in a Scotch bonnet with a coat which was,401
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,buttoned up to his chin waiting outside in the bright semicircle,402
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,which was thrown from the fanlight. Just as I arrived the door was,403
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"opened, and we were shown up together to Holmes' room.",404
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,405
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Mr. Henry Baker, I believe,"" said he, rising from his armchair and",406
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,greeting his visitor with the easy air of geniality which he could so,407
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"readily assume. ""Pray take this chair by the fire, Mr. Baker. It is a",408
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"cold night, and I observe that your circulation is more adapted for",409
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"summer than for winter. Ah, Watson, you have just come at the right",410
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"time. Is that your hat, Mr. Baker?""",411
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,412
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Yes, sir, that is undoubtedly my hat.""",413
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,414
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"He was a large man with rounded shoulders, a massive head, and a",415
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"broad, intelligent face, sloping down to a pointed beard of grizzled",416
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"brown. A touch of red in nose and cheeks, with a slight tremor of his",417
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"extended hand, recalled Holmes' surmise as to his habits. His rusty",418
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"black frock-coat was buttoned right up in front, with the collar",419
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"turned up, and his lank wrists protruded from his sleeves without a",420
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"sign of cuff or shirt. He spoke in a slow staccato fashion, choosing",421
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"his words with care, and gave the impression generally of a man of",422
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,learning and letters who had had ill-usage at the hands of fortune.,423
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,424
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""We have retained these things for some days,"" said Holmes, ""because",425
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,we expected to see an advertisement from you giving your address. I,426
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"am at a loss to know now why you did not advertise.""",427
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,428
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"Our visitor gave a rather shamefaced laugh. ""Shillings have not been",429
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"so plentiful with me as they once were,"" he remarked. ""I had no doubt",430
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,that the gang of roughs who assaulted me had carried off both my hat,431
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,and the bird. I did not care to spend more money in a hopeless,432
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"attempt at recovering them.""",433
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,434
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Very naturally. By the way, about the bird, we were compelled to eat",435
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"it.""",436
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,437
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""To eat it!"" Our visitor half rose from his chair in his excitement.",438
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,439
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Yes, it would have been of no use to anyone had we not done so. But",440
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"I presume that this other goose upon the sideboard, which is about",441
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"the same weight and perfectly fresh, will answer your purpose equally",442
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"well?""",443
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,444
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Oh, certainly, certainly,"" answered Mr. Baker with a sigh of relief.",445
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,446
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Of course, we still have the feathers, legs, crop, and so on of your",447
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"own bird, so if you wish--""",448
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,449
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"The man burst into a hearty laugh. ""They might be useful to me as",450
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"relics of my adventure,"" said he, ""but beyond that I can hardly see",451
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,what use the disjecta membra of my late acquaintance are going to be,452
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"to me. No, sir, I think that, with your permission, I will confine my",453
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,attentions to the excellent bird which I perceive upon the,454
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"sideboard.""",455
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,456
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,Sherlock Holmes glanced sharply across at me with a slight shrug of,457
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,his shoulders.,458
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,459
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""There is your hat, then, and there your bird,"" said he. ""By the way,",460
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,would it bore you to tell me where you got the other one from? I am,461
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"somewhat of a fowl fancier, and I have seldom seen a better grown",462
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"goose.""",463
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,464
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Certainly, sir,"" said Baker, who had risen and tucked his newly",465
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"gained property under his arm. ""There are a few of us who frequent",466
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"the Alpha Inn, near the Museum--we are to be found in the Museum",467
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"itself during the day, you understand. This year our good host,",468
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"Windigate by name, instituted a goose club, by which, on",469
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"consideration of some few pence every week, we were each to receive a",470
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"bird at Christmas. My pence were duly paid, and the rest is familiar",471
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"to you. I am much indebted to you, sir, for a Scotch bonnet is fitted",472
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"neither to my years nor my gravity."" With a comical pomposity of",473
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,manner he bowed solemnly to both of us and strode off upon his way.,474
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,475
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""So much for Mr. Henry Baker,"" said Holmes when he had closed the",476
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"door behind him. ""It is quite certain that he knows nothing whatever",477
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"about the matter. Are you hungry, Watson?""",478
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,479
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Not particularly.""",480
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,481
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Then I suggest that we turn our dinner into a supper and follow up",482
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"this clue while it is still hot.""",483
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,484
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""By all means.""",485
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,486
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"It was a bitter night, so we drew on our ulsters and wrapped cravats",487
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"about our throats. Outside, the stars were shining coldly in a",488
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"cloudless sky, and the breath of the passers-by blew out into smoke",489
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,like so many pistol shots. Our footfalls rang out crisply and loudly,490
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"as we swung through the doctors' quarter, Wimpole Street, Harley",491
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"Street, and so through Wigmore Street into Oxford Street. In a",492
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"quarter of an hour we were in Bloomsbury at the Alpha Inn, which is a",493
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,small public-house at the corner of one of the streets which runs,494
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,down into Holborn. Holmes pushed open the door of the private bar and,495
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"ordered two glasses of beer from the ruddy-faced, white-aproned",496
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,landlord.,497
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,498
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Your beer should be excellent if it is as good as your geese,"" said",499
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,he.,500
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,501
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""My geese!"" The man seemed surprised.",502
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,503
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Yes. I was speaking only half an hour ago to Mr. Henry Baker, who",504
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"was a member of your goose club.""",505
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,506
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Ah! yes, I see. But you see, sir, them's not our geese.""",507
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,508
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Indeed! Whose, then?""",509
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,510
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Well, I got the two dozen from a salesman in Covent Garden.""",511
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,512
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Indeed? I know some of them. Which was it?""",513
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,514
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Breckinridge is his name.""",515
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,516
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Ah! I don't know him. Well, here's your good health landlord, and",517
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"prosperity to your house. Good-night.""",518
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,519
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Now for Mr. Breckinridge,"" he continued, buttoning up his coat as we",520
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"came out into the frosty air. ""Remember, Watson that though we have",521
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"so homely a thing as a goose at one end of this chain, we have at the",522
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,other a man who will certainly get seven years' penal servitude,523
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,unless we can establish his innocence. It is possible that our,524
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"inquiry may but confirm his guilt; but, in any case, we have a line",525
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"of investigation which has been missed by the police, and which a",526
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,singular chance has placed in our hands. Let us follow it out to the,527
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"bitter end. Faces to the south, then, and quick march!""",528
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,529
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"We passed across Holborn, down Endell Street, and so through a zigzag",530
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,of slums to Covent Garden Market. One of the largest stalls bore the,531
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"name of Breckinridge upon it, and the proprietor a horsey-looking",532
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"man, with a sharp face and trim side-whiskers was helping a boy to",533
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,put up the shutters.,534
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,535
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Good-evening. It's a cold night,"" said Holmes.",536
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,537
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,The salesman nodded and shot a questioning glance at my companion.,538
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,539
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Sold out of geese, I see,"" continued Holmes, pointing at the bare",540
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,slabs of marble.,541
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,542
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Let you have five hundred to-morrow morning.""",543
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,544
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""That's no good.""",545
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,546
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Well, there are some on the stall with the gas-flare.""",547
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,548
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Ah, but I was recommended to you.""",549
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,550
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Who by?""",551
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,552
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""The landlord of the Alpha.""",553
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,554
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Oh, yes; I sent him a couple of dozen.""",555
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,556
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Fine birds they were, too. Now where did you get them from?""",557
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,558
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,To my surprise the question provoked a burst of anger from the,559
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,salesman.,560
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,561
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Now, then, mister,"" said he, with his head cocked and his arms",562
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"akimbo, ""what are you driving at? Let's have it straight, now.""",563
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,564
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""It is straight enough. I should like to know who sold you the geese",565
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"which you supplied to the Alpha.""",566
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,567
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Well then, I shan't tell you. So now!""",568
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,569
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Oh, it is a matter of no importance; but I don't know why you should",570
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"be so warm over such a trifle.""",571
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,572
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Warm! You'd be as warm, maybe, if you were as pestered as I am. When",573
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,I pay good money for a good article there should be an end of the,574
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,business; but it's 'Where are the geese?' and 'Who did you sell the,575
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,geese to?' and 'What will you take for the geese?' One would think,576
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"they were the only geese in the world, to hear the fuss that is made",577
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"over them.""",578
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,579
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Well, I have no connection with any other people who have been",580
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"making inquiries,"" said Holmes carelessly. ""If you won't tell us the",581
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"bet is off, that is all. But I'm always ready to back my opinion on a",582
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"matter of fowls, and I have a fiver on it that the bird I ate is",583
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"country bred.""",584
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,585
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Well, then, you've lost your fiver, for it's town bred,"" snapped the",586
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,salesman.,587
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,588
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""It's nothing of the kind.""",589
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,590
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""I say it is.""",591
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,592
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""I don't believe it.""",593
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,594
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""D'you think you know more about fowls than I, who have handled them",595
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"ever since I was a nipper? I tell you, all those birds that went to",596
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"the Alpha were town bred.""",597
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,598
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""You'll never persuade me to believe that.""",599
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,600
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Will you bet, then?""",601
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,602
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""It's merely taking your money, for I know that I am right. But I'll",603
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"have a sovereign on with you, just to teach you not to be obstinate.""",604
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,605
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"The salesman chuckled grimly. ""Bring me the books, Bill,"" said he.",606
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,607
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,The small boy brought round a small thin volume and a great,608
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"greasy-backed one, laying them out together beneath the hanging lamp.",609
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,610
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Now then, Mr. Cocksure,"" said the salesman, ""I thought that I was",611
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"out of geese, but before I finish you'll find that there is still one",612
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"left in my shop. You see this little book?""",613
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,614
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Well?""",615
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,616
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""That's the list of the folk from whom I buy. D'you see? Well, then,",617
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"here on this page are the country folk, and the numbers after their",618
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"names are where their accounts are in the big ledger. Now, then! You",619
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"see this other page in red ink? Well, that is a list of my town",620
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"suppliers. Now, look at that third name. Just read it out to me.""",621
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,622
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Mrs. Oakshott, 117, Brixton Road--249,"" read Holmes.",623
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,624
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Quite so. Now turn that up in the ledger.""",625
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,626
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"Holmes turned to the page indicated. ""Here you are, 'Mrs. Oakshott,",627
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"117, Brixton Road, egg and poultry supplier.'""",628
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,629
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Now, then, what's the last entry?""",630
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,631
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""'December 22nd. Twenty-four geese at 7s. 6d.'""",632
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,633
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Quite so. There you are. And underneath?""",634
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,635
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""'Sold to Mr. Windigate of the Alpha, at 12s.'""",636
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,637
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""What have you to say now?""",638
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,639
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,Sherlock Holmes looked deeply chagrined. He drew a sovereign from his,640
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"pocket and threw it down upon the slab, turning away with the air of",641
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,a man whose disgust is too deep for words. A few yards off he stopped,642
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"under a lamp-post and laughed in the hearty, noiseless fashion which",643
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,was peculiar to him.,644
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,645
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""When you see a man with whiskers of that cut and the 'Pink 'un'",646
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"protruding out of his pocket, you can always draw him by a bet,"" said",647
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"he. ""I daresay that if I had put £100 down in front of him, that man",648
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,would not have given me such complete information as was drawn from,649
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"him by the idea that he was doing me on a wager. Well, Watson, we",650
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"are, I fancy, nearing the end of our quest, and the only point which",651
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,remains to be determined is whether we should go on to this Mrs.,652
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"Oakshott to-night, or whether we should reserve it for to-morrow. It",653
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,is clear from what that surly fellow said that there are others,654
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"besides ourselves who are anxious about the matter, and I should--""",655
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,656
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,His remarks were suddenly cut short by a loud hubbub which broke out,657
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,from the stall which we had just left. Turning round we saw a little,658
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,rat-faced fellow standing in the centre of the circle of yellow light,659
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"which was thrown by the swinging lamp, while Breckinridge, the",660
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"salesman, framed in the door of his stall, was shaking his fists",661
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,fiercely at the cringing figure.,662
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,663
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""I've had enough of you and your geese,"" he shouted. ""I wish you were",664
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,all at the devil together. If you come pestering me any more with,665
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,your silly talk I'll set the dog at you. You bring Mrs. Oakshott here,666
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"and I'll answer her, but what have you to do with it? Did I buy the",667
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"geese off you?""",668
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,669
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""No; but one of them was mine all the same,"" whined the little man.",670
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,671
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Well, then, ask Mrs. Oakshott for it.""",672
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,673
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""She told me to ask you.""",674
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,675
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Well, you can ask the King of Proosia, for all I care. I've had",676
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"enough of it. Get out of this!"" He rushed fiercely forward, and the",677
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,inquirer flitted away into the darkness.,678
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,679
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Ha! this may save us a visit to Brixton Road,"" whispered Holmes.",680
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Come with me, and we will see what is to be made of this fellow.""",681
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,Striding through the scattered knots of people who lounged round the,682
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"flaring stalls, my companion speedily overtook the little man and",683
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"touched him upon the shoulder. He sprang round, and I could see in",684
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,the gas-light that every vestige of colour had been driven from his,685
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,face.,686
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,687
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Who are you, then? What do you want?"" he asked in a quavering voice.",688
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,689
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""You will excuse me,"" said Holmes blandly, ""but I could not help",690
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,overhearing the questions which you put to the salesman just now. I,691
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"think that I could be of assistance to you.""",692
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,693
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""You? Who are you? How could you know anything of the matter?""",694
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,695
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""My name is Sherlock Holmes. It is my business to know what other",696
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"people don't know.""",697
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,698
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""But you can know nothing of this?""",699
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,700
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Excuse me, I know everything of it. You are endeavouring to trace",701
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"some geese which were sold by Mrs. Oakshott, of Brixton Road, to a",702
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"salesman named Breckinridge, by him in turn to Mr. Windigate, of the",703
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"Alpha, and by him to his club, of which Mr. Henry Baker is a member.""",704
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,705
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Oh, sir, you are the very man whom I have longed to meet,"" cried the",706
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"little fellow with outstretched hands and quivering fingers. ""I can",707
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"hardly explain to you how interested I am in this matter.""",708
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,709
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"Sherlock Holmes hailed a four-wheeler which was passing. ""In that",710
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,case we had better discuss it in a cosy room rather than in this,711
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"wind-swept market-place,"" said he. ""But pray tell me, before we go",712
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"farther, who it is that I have the pleasure of assisting.""",713
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,714
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"The man hesitated for an instant. ""My name is John Robinson,"" he",715
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,answered with a sidelong glance.,716
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,717
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""No, no; the real name,"" said Holmes sweetly. ""It is always awkward",718
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"doing business with an alias.""",719
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,720
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"A flush sprang to the white cheeks of the stranger. ""Well then,"" said",721
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"he, ""my real name is James Ryder.""",722
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,723
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Precisely so. Head attendant at the Hotel Cosmopolitan. Pray step",724
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"into the cab, and I shall soon be able to tell you everything which",725
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"you would wish to know.""",726
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,727
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,The little man stood glancing from one to the other of us with,728
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"half-frightened, half-hopeful eyes, as one who is not sure whether he",729
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,is on the verge of a windfall or of a catastrophe. Then he stepped,730
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"into the cab, and in half an hour we were back in the sitting-room at",731
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"Baker Street. Nothing had been said during our drive, but the high,",732
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"thin breathing of our new companion, and the claspings and",733
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"unclaspings of his hands, spoke of the nervous tension within him.",734
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,735
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Here we are!"" said Holmes cheerily as we filed into the room. ""The",736
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"fire looks very seasonable in this weather. You look cold, Mr. Ryder.",737
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,Pray take the basket-chair. I will just put on my slippers before we,738
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"settle this little matter of yours. Now, then! You want to know what",739
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"became of those geese?""",740
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,741
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Yes, sir.""",742
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,743
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Or rather, I fancy, of that goose. It was one bird, I imagine in",744
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"which you were interested--white, with a black bar across the tail.""",745
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,746
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"Ryder quivered with emotion. ""Oh, sir,"" he cried, ""can you tell me",747
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"where it went to?""",748
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,749
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""It came here.""",750
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,751
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Here?""",752
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,753
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Yes, and a most remarkable bird it proved. I don't wonder that you",754
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,should take an interest in it. It laid an egg after it was dead--the,755
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"bonniest, brightest little blue egg that ever was seen. I have it",756
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"here in my museum.""",757
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,758
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,Our visitor staggered to his feet and clutched the mantelpiece with,759
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,his right hand. Holmes unlocked his strong-box and held up the blue,760
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"carbuncle, which shone out like a star, with a cold, brilliant,",761
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"many-pointed radiance. Ryder stood glaring with a drawn face,",762
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,uncertain whether to claim or to disown it.,763
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,764
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""The game's up, Ryder,"" said Holmes quietly. ""Hold up, man, or you'll",765
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"be into the fire! Give him an arm back into his chair, Watson. He's",766
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,not got blood enough to go in for felony with impunity. Give him a,767
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,dash of brandy. So! Now he looks a little more human. What a shrimp,768
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"it is, to be sure!""",769
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,770
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"For a moment he had staggered and nearly fallen, but the brandy",771
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"brought a tinge of colour into his cheeks, and he sat staring with",772
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,frightened eyes at his accuser.,773
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,774
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""I have almost every link in my hands, and all the proofs which I",775
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"could possibly need, so there is little which you need tell me.",776
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"Still, that little may as well be cleared up to make the case",777
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"complete. You had heard, Ryder, of this blue stone of the Countess of",778
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"Morcar's?""",779
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,780
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""It was Catherine Cusack who told me of it,"" said he in a crackling",781
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,voice.,782
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,783
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""I see--her ladyship's waiting-maid. Well, the temptation of sudden",784
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"wealth so easily acquired was too much for you, as it has been for",785
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,better men before you; but you were not very scrupulous in the means,786
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"you used. It seems to me, Ryder, that there is the making of a very",787
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"pretty villain in you. You knew that this man Horner, the plumber,",788
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"had been concerned in some such matter before, and that suspicion",789
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"would rest the more readily upon him. What did you do, then? You made",790
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,some small job in my lady's room--you and your confederate,791
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"Cusack--and you managed that he should be the man sent for. Then,",792
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"when he had left, you rifled the jewel-case, raised the alarm, and",793
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"had this unfortunate man arrested. You then--""",794
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,795
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,Ryder threw himself down suddenly upon the rug and clutched at my,796
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"companion's knees. ""For God's sake, have mercy!"" he shrieked. ""Think",797
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,of my father! Of my mother! It would break their hearts. I never went,798
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,wrong before! I never will again. I swear it. I'll swear it on a,799
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"Bible. Oh, don't bring it into court! For Christ's sake, don't!""",800
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,801
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Get back into your chair!"" said Holmes sternly. ""It is very well to",802
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"cringe and crawl now, but you thought little enough of this poor",803
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"Horner in the dock for a crime of which he knew nothing.""",804
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,805
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""I will fly, Mr. Holmes. I will leave the country, sir. Then the",806
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"charge against him will break down.""",807
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,808
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Hum! We will talk about that. And now let us hear a true account of",809
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"the next act. How came the stone into the goose, and how came the",810
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"goose into the open market? Tell us the truth, for there lies your",811
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"only hope of safety.""",812
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,813
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"Ryder passed his tongue over his parched lips. ""I will tell you it",814
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"just as it happened, sir,"" said he. ""When Horner had been arrested,",815
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,it seemed to me that it would be best for me to get away with the,816
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"stone at once, for I did not know at what moment the police might not",817
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,take it into their heads to search me and my room. There was no place,818
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"about the hotel where it would be safe. I went out, as if on some",819
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"commission, and I made for my sister's house. She had married a man",820
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"named Oakshott, and lived in Brixton Road, where she fattened fowls",821
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,for the market. All the way there every man I met seemed to me to be,822
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"a policeman or a detective; and, for all that it was a cold night,",823
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,the sweat was pouring down my face before I came to the Brixton Road.,824
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"My sister asked me what was the matter, and why I was so pale; but I",825
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,told her that I had been upset by the jewel robbery at the hotel.,826
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,Then I went into the back yard and smoked a pipe and wondered what it,827
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,would be best to do.,828
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,829
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""I had a friend once called Maudsley, who went to the bad, and has",830
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"just been serving his time in Pentonville. One day he had met me, and",831
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"fell into talk about the ways of thieves, and how they could get rid",832
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"of what they stole. I knew that he would be true to me, for I knew",833
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,one or two things about him; so I made up my mind to go right on to,834
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"Kilburn, where he lived, and take him into my confidence. He would",835
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,show me how to turn the stone into money. But how to get to him in,836
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,safety? I thought of the agonies I had gone through in coming from,837
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"the hotel. I might at any moment be seized and searched, and there",838
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,would be the stone in my waistcoat pocket. I was leaning against the,839
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,wall at the time and looking at the geese which were waddling about,840
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"round my feet, and suddenly an idea came into my head which showed me",841
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,how I could beat the best detective that ever lived.,842
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,843
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""My sister had told me some weeks before that I might have the pick",844
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"of her geese for a Christmas present, and I knew that she was always",845
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"as good as her word. I would take my goose now, and in it I would",846
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"carry my stone to Kilburn. There was a little shed in the yard, and",847
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"behind this I drove one of the birds--a fine big one, white, with a",848
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"barred tail. I caught it, and prying its bill open, I thrust the",849
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,stone down its throat as far as my finger could reach. The bird gave,850
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"a gulp, and I felt the stone pass along its gullet and down into its",851
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"crop. But the creature flapped and struggled, and out came my sister",852
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,to know what was the matter. As I turned to speak to her the brute,853
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,broke loose and fluttered off among the others.,854
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,855
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""'Whatever were you doing with that bird, Jem?' says she.",856
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,857
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""'Well,' said I, 'you said you'd give me one for Christmas, and I was",858
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,feeling which was the fattest.',859
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,860
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""'Oh,' says she, 'we've set yours aside for you--Jem's bird, we call",861
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"it. It's the big white one over yonder. There's twenty-six of them,",862
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"which makes one for you, and one for us, and two dozen for the",863
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,market.',864
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,865
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""'Thank you, Maggie,' says I; 'but if it is all the same to you, I'd",866
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,rather have that one I was handling just now.',867
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,868
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""'The other is a good three pound heavier,' said she, 'and we",869
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,fattened it expressly for you.',870
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,871
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""'Never mind. I'll have the other, and I'll take it now,' said I.",872
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,873
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""'Oh, just as you like,' said she, a little huffed. 'Which is it you",874
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"want, then?'",875
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,876
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""'That white one with the barred tail, right in the middle of the",877
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,flock.',878
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,879
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""'Oh, very well. Kill it and take it with you.'",880
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,881
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Well, I did what she said, Mr. Holmes, and I carried the bird all",882
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"the way to Kilburn. I told my pal what I had done, for he was a man",883
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,that it was easy to tell a thing like that to. He laughed until he,884
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"choked, and we got a knife and opened the goose. My heart turned to",885
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"water, for there was no sign of the stone, and I knew that some",886
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"terrible mistake had occurred. I left the bird, rushed back to my",887
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"sister's, and hurried into the back yard. There was not a bird to be",888
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,seen there.,889
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,890
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""'Where are they all, Maggie?' I cried.",891
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,892
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""'Gone to the dealer's, Jem.'",893
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,894
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""'Which dealer's?'",895
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,896
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""'Breckinridge, of Covent Garden.'",897
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,898
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""'But was there another with a barred tail?' I asked, 'the same as",899
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,the one I chose?',900
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,901
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""'Yes, Jem; there were two barred-tailed ones, and I could never tell",902
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,them apart.',903
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,904
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Well, then, of course I saw it all, and I ran off as hard as my feet",905
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,would carry me to this man Breckinridge; but he had sold the lot at,906
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"once, and not one word would he tell me as to where they had gone.",907
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"You heard him yourselves to-night. Well, he has always answered me",908
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,like that. My sister thinks that I am going mad. Sometimes I think,909
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"that I am myself. And now--and now I am myself a branded thief,",910
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,without ever having touched the wealth for which I sold my character.,911
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"God help me! God help me!"" He burst into convulsive sobbing, with his",912
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,face buried in his hands.,913
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,914
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"There was a long silence, broken only by his heavy breathing and by",915
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,the measured tapping of Sherlock Holmes' finger-tips upon the edge of,916
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,the table. Then my friend rose and threw open the door.,917
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,918
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""Get out!"" said he.",919
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,920
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""What, sir! Oh, Heaven bless you!""",921
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,922
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""No more words. Get out!""",923
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,924
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"And no more words were needed. There was a rush, a clatter upon the",925
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"stairs, the bang of a door, and the crisp rattle of running footfalls",926
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,from the street.,927
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,928
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"""After all, Watson,"" said Holmes, reaching up his hand for his clay",929
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"pipe, ""I am not retained by the police to supply their deficiencies.",930
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,If Horner were in danger it would be another thing; but this fellow,931
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"will not appear against him, and the case must collapse. I suppose",932
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"that I am commuting a felony, but it is just possible that I am",933
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,saving a soul. This fellow will not go wrong again; he is too,934
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"terribly frightened. Send him to jail now, and you make him a",935
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"jail-bird for life. Besides, it is the season of forgiveness. Chance",936
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"has put in our way a most singular and whimsical problem, and its",937
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,solution is its own reward. If you will have the goodness to touch,938
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"the bell, Doctor, we will begin another investigation, in which, also",939
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,"a bird will be the chief feature.""",940
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,,941
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND,1
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,2
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,On glancing over my notes of the seventy odd cases in which I have,3
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,during the last eight years studied the methods of my friend Sherlock,4
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"Holmes, I find many tragic, some comic, a large number merely",5
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"strange, but none commonplace; for, working as he did rather for the",6
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"love of his art than for the acquirement of wealth, he refused to",7
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,associate himself with any investigation which did not tend towards,8
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"the unusual, and even the fantastic. Of all these varied cases,",9
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"however, I cannot recall any which presented more singular features",10
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,than that which was associated with the well-known Surrey family of,11
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,the Roylotts of Stoke Moran. The events in question occurred in the,12
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"early days of my association with Holmes, when we were sharing rooms",13
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,as bachelors in Baker Street. It is possible that I might have placed,14
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"them upon record before, but a promise of secrecy was made at the",15
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"time, from which I have only been freed during the last month by the",16
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,untimely death of the lady to whom the pledge was given. It is,17
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"perhaps as well that the facts should now come to light, for I have",18
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,reasons to know that there are widespread rumours as to the death of,19
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,Dr. Grimesby Roylott which tend to make the matter even more terrible,20
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,than the truth.,21
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,22
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,It was early in April in the year '83 that I woke one morning to find,23
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"Sherlock Holmes standing, fully dressed, by the side of my bed. He",24
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"was a late riser, as a rule, and as the clock on the mantelpiece",25
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"showed me that it was only a quarter-past seven, I blinked up at him",26
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"in some surprise, and perhaps just a little resentment, for I was",27
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,myself regular in my habits.,28
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,29
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""Very sorry to knock you up, Watson,"" said he, ""but it's the common",30
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"lot this morning. Mrs. Hudson has been knocked up, she retorted upon",31
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"me, and I on you.""",32
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,33
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""What is it, then--a fire?""",34
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,35
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""No; a client. It seems that a young lady has arrived in a",36
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"considerable state of excitement, who insists upon seeing me. She is",37
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"waiting now in the sitting-room. Now, when young ladies wander about",38
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"the metropolis at this hour of the morning, and knock sleepy people",39
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"up out of their beds, I presume that it is something very pressing",40
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,which they have to communicate. Should it prove to be an interesting,41
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"case, you would, I am sure, wish to follow it from the outset. I",42
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"thought, at any rate, that I should call you and give you the",43
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"chance.""",44
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,45
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""My dear fellow, I would not miss it for anything.""",46
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,47
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,I had no keener pleasure than in following Holmes in his professional,48
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"investigations, and in admiring the rapid deductions, as swift as",49
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"intuitions, and yet always founded on a logical basis with which he",50
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,unravelled the problems which were submitted to him. I rapidly threw,51
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,on my clothes and was ready in a few minutes to accompany my friend,52
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"down to the sitting-room. A lady dressed in black and heavily veiled,",53
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"who had been sitting in the window, rose as we entered.",54
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,55
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""Good-morning, madam,"" said Holmes cheerily. ""My name is Sherlock",56
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"Holmes. This is my intimate friend and associate, Dr. Watson, before",57
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,whom you can speak as freely as before myself. Ha! I am glad to see,58
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,that Mrs. Hudson has had the good sense to light the fire. Pray draw,59
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"up to it, and I shall order you a cup of hot coffee, for I observe",60
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"that you are shivering.""",61
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,62
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""It is not cold which makes me shiver,"" said the woman in a low",63
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"voice, changing her seat as requested.",64
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,65
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""What, then?""",66
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,67
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""It is fear, Mr. Holmes. It is terror."" She raised her veil as she",68
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"spoke, and we could see that she was indeed in a pitiable state of",69
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"agitation, her face all drawn and grey, with restless frightened",70
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"eyes, like those of some hunted animal. Her features and figure were",71
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"those of a woman of thirty, but her hair was shot with premature",72
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"grey, and her expression was weary and haggard. Sherlock Holmes ran",73
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"her over with one of his quick, all-comprehensive glances.",74
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,75
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""You must not fear,"" said he soothingly, bending forward and patting",76
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"her forearm. ""We shall soon set matters right, I have no doubt. You",77
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"have come in by train this morning, I see.""",78
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,79
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""You know me, then?""",80
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,81
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""No, but I observe the second half of a return ticket in the palm of",82
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"your left glove. You must have started early, and yet you had a good",83
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"drive in a dog-cart, along heavy roads, before you reached the",84
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"station.""",85
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,86
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,The lady gave a violent start and stared in bewilderment at my,87
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,companion.,88
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,89
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""There is no mystery, my dear madam,"" said he, smiling. ""The left arm",90
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,of your jacket is spattered with mud in no less than seven places.,91
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,The marks are perfectly fresh. There is no vehicle save a dog-cart,92
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"which throws up mud in that way, and then only when you sit on the",93
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"left-hand side of the driver.""",94
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,95
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""Whatever your reasons may be, you are perfectly correct,"" said she.",96
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""I started from home before six, reached Leatherhead at twenty past,",97
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"and came in by the first train to Waterloo. Sir, I can stand this",98
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,strain no longer; I shall go mad if it continues. I have no one to,99
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"turn to--none, save only one, who cares for me, and he, poor fellow,",100
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"can be of little aid. I have heard of you, Mr. Holmes; I have heard",101
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"of you from Mrs. Farintosh, whom you helped in the hour of her sore",102
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"need. It was from her that I had your address. Oh, sir, do you not",103
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"think that you could help me, too, and at least throw a little light",104
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,through the dense darkness which surrounds me? At present it is out,105
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"of my power to reward you for your services, but in a month or six",106
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"weeks I shall be married, with the control of my own income, and then",107
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"at least you shall not find me ungrateful.""",108
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,109
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"Holmes turned to his desk and, unlocking it, drew out a small",110
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"case-book, which he consulted.",111
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,112
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""Farintosh,"" said he. ""Ah yes, I recall the case; it was concerned",113
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"with an opal tiara. I think it was before your time, Watson. I can",114
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"only say, madam, that I shall be happy to devote the same care to",115
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"your case as I did to that of your friend. As to reward, my",116
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,profession is its own reward; but you are at liberty to defray,117
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"whatever expenses I may be put to, at the time which suits you best.",118
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,And now I beg that you will lay before us everything that may help us,119
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"in forming an opinion upon the matter.""",120
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,121
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""Alas!"" replied our visitor, ""the very horror of my situation lies in",122
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"the fact that my fears are so vague, and my suspicions depend so",123
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"entirely upon small points, which might seem trivial to another, that",124
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,even he to whom of all others I have a right to look for help and,125
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,advice looks upon all that I tell him about it as the fancies of a,126
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"nervous woman. He does not say so, but I can read it from his",127
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"soothing answers and averted eyes. But I have heard, Mr. Holmes, that",128
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,you can see deeply into the manifold wickedness of the human heart.,129
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"You may advise me how to walk amid the dangers which encompass me.""",130
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,131
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""I am all attention, madam.""",132
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,133
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""My name is Helen Stoner, and I am living with my stepfather, who is",134
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"the last survivor of one of the oldest Saxon families in England, the",135
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"Roylotts of Stoke Moran, on the western border of Surrey.""",136
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,137
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"Holmes nodded his head. ""The name is familiar to me,"" said he.",138
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,139
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""The family was at one time among the richest in England, and the",140
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"estates extended over the borders into Berkshire in the north, and",141
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"Hampshire in the west. In the last century, however, four successive",142
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"heirs were of a dissolute and wasteful disposition, and the family",143
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,ruin was eventually completed by a gambler in the days of the,144
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"Regency. Nothing was left save a few acres of ground, and the",145
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"two-hundred-year-old house, which is itself crushed under a heavy",146
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"mortgage. The last squire dragged out his existence there, living the",147
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"horrible life of an aristocratic pauper; but his only son, my",148
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"stepfather, seeing that he must adapt himself to the new conditions,",149
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"obtained an advance from a relative, which enabled him to take a",150
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"medical degree and went out to Calcutta, where, by his professional",151
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"skill and his force of character, he established a large practice. In",152
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"a fit of anger, however, caused by some robberies which had been",153
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"perpetrated in the house, he beat his native butler to death and",154
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"narrowly escaped a capital sentence. As it was, he suffered a long",155
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,term of imprisonment and afterwards returned to England a morose and,156
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,disappointed man.,157
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,158
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""When Dr. Roylott was in India he married my mother, Mrs. Stoner, the",159
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"young widow of Major-General Stoner, of the Bengal Artillery. My",160
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"sister Julia and I were twins, and we were only two years old at the",161
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,time of my mother's re-marriage. She had a considerable sum of,162
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,money--not less than £1000 a year--and this she bequeathed to Dr.,163
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"Roylott entirely while we resided with him, with a provision that a",164
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,certain annual sum should be allowed to each of us in the event of,165
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,our marriage. Shortly after our return to England my mother died--she,166
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,was killed eight years ago in a railway accident near Crewe. Dr.,167
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,Roylott then abandoned his attempts to establish himself in practice,168
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,in London and took us to live with him in the old ancestral house at,169
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,Stoke Moran. The money which my mother had left was enough for all,170
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"our wants, and there seemed to be no obstacle to our happiness.",171
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,172
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""But a terrible change came over our stepfather about this time.",173
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"Instead of making friends and exchanging visits with our neighbours,",174
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,who had at first been overjoyed to see a Roylott of Stoke Moran back,175
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"in the old family seat, he shut himself up in his house and seldom",176
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,came out save to indulge in ferocious quarrels with whoever might,177
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,cross his path. Violence of temper approaching to mania has been,178
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"hereditary in the men of the family, and in my stepfather's case it",179
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"had, I believe, been intensified by his long residence in the",180
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"tropics. A series of disgraceful brawls took place, two of which",181
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"ended in the police-court, until at last he became the terror of the",182
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"village, and the folks would fly at his approach, for he is a man of",183
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"immense strength, and absolutely uncontrollable in his anger.",184
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,185
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""Last week he hurled the local blacksmith over a parapet into a",186
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"stream, and it was only by paying over all the money which I could",187
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,gather together that I was able to avert another public exposure. He,188
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"had no friends at all save the wandering gypsies, and he would give",189
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,these vagabonds leave to encamp upon the few acres of bramble-covered,190
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"land which represent the family estate, and would accept in return",191
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"the hospitality of their tents, wandering away with them sometimes",192
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"for weeks on end. He has a passion also for Indian animals, which are",193
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"sent over to him by a correspondent, and he has at this moment a",194
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"cheetah and a baboon, which wander freely over his grounds and are",195
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,feared by the villagers almost as much as their master.,196
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,197
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""You can imagine from what I say that my poor sister Julia and I had",198
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"no great pleasure in our lives. No servant would stay with us, and",199
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,for a long time we did all the work of the house. She was but thirty,200
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"at the time of her death, and yet her hair had already begun to",201
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"whiten, even as mine has.""",202
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,203
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""Your sister is dead, then?""",204
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,205
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""She died just two years ago, and it is of her death that I wish to",206
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"speak to you. You can understand that, living the life which I have",207
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"described, we were little likely to see anyone of our own age and",208
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"position. We had, however, an aunt, my mother's maiden sister, Miss",209
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"Honoria Westphail, who lives near Harrow, and we were occasionally",210
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,allowed to pay short visits at this lady's house. Julia went there at,211
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"Christmas two years ago, and met there a half-pay major of marines,",212
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,to whom she became engaged. My stepfather learned of the engagement,213
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,when my sister returned and offered no objection to the marriage; but,214
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"within a fortnight of the day which had been fixed for the wedding,",215
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,the terrible event occurred which has deprived me of my only,216
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"companion.""",217
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,218
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,Sherlock Holmes had been leaning back in his chair with his eyes,219
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"closed and his head sunk in a cushion, but he half opened his lids",220
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,now and glanced across at his visitor.,221
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,222
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""Pray be precise as to details,"" said he.",223
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,224
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""It is easy for me to be so, for every event of that dreadful time is",225
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"seared into my memory. The manor-house is, as I have already said,",226
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"very old, and only one wing is now inhabited. The bedrooms in this",227
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"wing are on the ground floor, the sitting-rooms being in the central",228
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"block of the buildings. Of these bedrooms the first is Dr. Roylott's,",229
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"the second my sister's, and the third my own. There is no",230
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"communication between them, but they all open out into the same",231
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"corridor. Do I make myself plain?""",232
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,233
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""Perfectly so.""",234
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,235
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""The windows of the three rooms open out upon the lawn. That fatal",236
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"night Dr. Roylott had gone to his room early, though we knew that he",237
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"had not retired to rest, for my sister was troubled by the smell of",238
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,the strong Indian cigars which it was his custom to smoke. She left,239
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"her room, therefore, and came into mine, where she sat for some time,",240
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,chatting about her approaching wedding. At eleven o'clock she rose to,241
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"leave me, but she paused at the door and looked back.",242
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,243
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""'Tell me, Helen,' said she, 'have you ever heard anyone whistle in",244
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,the dead of the night?',245
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,246
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""'Never,' said I.",247
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,248
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""'I suppose that you could not possibly whistle, yourself, in your",249
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,sleep?',250
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,251
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""'Certainly not. But why?'",252
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,253
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""'Because during the last few nights I have always, about three in",254
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"the morning, heard a low, clear whistle. I am a light sleeper, and it",255
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,has awakened me. I cannot tell where it came from--perhaps from the,256
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"next room, perhaps from the lawn. I thought that I would just ask you",257
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,whether you had heard it.',258
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,259
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""'No, I have not. It must be those wretched gipsies in the",260
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,plantation.',261
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,262
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""'Very likely. And yet if it were on the lawn, I wonder that you did",263
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,not hear it also.',264
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,265
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""'Ah, but I sleep more heavily than you.'",266
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,267
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""'Well, it is of no great consequence, at any rate.' She smiled back",268
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"at me, closed my door, and a few moments later I heard her key turn",269
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"in the lock.""",270
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,271
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""Indeed,"" said Holmes. ""Was it your custom always to lock yourselves",272
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"in at night?""",273
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,274
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""Always.""",275
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,276
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""And why?""",277
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,278
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""I think that I mentioned to you that the doctor kept a cheetah and a",279
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"baboon. We had no feeling of security unless our doors were locked.""",280
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,281
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""Quite so. Pray proceed with your statement.""",282
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,283
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""I could not sleep that night. A vague feeling of impending",284
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"misfortune impressed me. My sister and I, you will recollect, were",285
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"twins, and you know how subtle are the links which bind two souls",286
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,which are so closely allied. It was a wild night. The wind was,287
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"howling outside, and the rain was beating and splashing against the",288
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"windows. Suddenly, amid all the hubbub of the gale, there burst forth",289
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,the wild scream of a terrified woman. I knew that it was my sister's,290
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"voice. I sprang from my bed, wrapped a shawl round me, and rushed",291
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,into the corridor. As I opened my door I seemed to hear a low,292
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"whistle, such as my sister described, and a few moments later a",293
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"clanging sound, as if a mass of metal had fallen. As I ran down the",294
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"passage, my sister's door was unlocked, and revolved slowly upon its",295
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"hinges. I stared at it horror-stricken, not knowing what was about to",296
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,issue from it. By the light of the corridor-lamp I saw my sister,297
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"appear at the opening, her face blanched with terror, her hands",298
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"groping for help, her whole figure swaying to and fro like that of a",299
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"drunkard. I ran to her and threw my arms round her, but at that",300
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,moment her knees seemed to give way and she fell to the ground.  She,301
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"writhed as one who is in terrible pain, and her limbs were dreadfully",302
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"convulsed. At first I thought that she had not recognised me, but as",303
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,I bent over her she suddenly shrieked out in a voice which I shall,304
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"never forget, 'Oh, my God! Helen! It was the band! The speckled",305
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"band!' There was something else which she would fain have said, and",306
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,she stabbed with her finger into the air in the direction of the,307
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"doctor's room, but a fresh convulsion seized her and choked her",308
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"words. I rushed out, calling loudly for my stepfather, and I met him",309
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,hastening from his room in his dressing-gown. When he reached my,310
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"sister's side she was unconscious, and though he poured brandy down",311
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"her throat and sent for medical aid from the village, all efforts",312
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"were in vain, for she slowly sank and died without having recovered",313
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"her consciousness. Such was the dreadful end of my beloved sister.""",314
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,315
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""One moment,"" said Holmes, ""are you sure about this whistle and",316
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"metallic sound? Could you swear to it?""",317
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,318
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""That was what the county coroner asked me at the inquiry. It is my",319
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"strong impression that I heard it, and yet, among the crash of the",320
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"gale and the creaking of an old house, I may possibly have been",321
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"deceived.""",322
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,323
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""Was your sister dressed?""",324
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,325
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""No, she was in her night-dress. In her right hand was found the",326
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"charred stump of a match, and in her left a match-box.""",327
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,328
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""Showing that she had struck a light and looked about her when the",329
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,alarm took place. That is important. And what conclusions did the,330
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"coroner come to?""",331
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,332
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""He investigated the case with great care, for Dr. Roylott's conduct",333
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"had long been notorious in the county, but he was unable to find any",334
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,satisfactory cause of death. My evidence showed that the door had,335
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"been fastened upon the inner side, and the windows were blocked by",336
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"old-fashioned shutters with broad iron bars, which were secured every",337
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"night. The walls were carefully sounded, and were shown to be quite",338
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"solid all round, and the flooring was also thoroughly examined, with",339
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"the same result. The chimney is wide, but is barred up by four large",340
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"staples. It is certain, therefore, that my sister was quite alone",341
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"when she met her end. Besides, there were no marks of any violence",342
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"upon her.""",343
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,344
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""How about poison?""",345
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,346
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""The doctors examined her for it, but without success.""",347
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,348
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""What do you think that this unfortunate lady died of, then?""",349
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,350
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""It is my belief that she died of pure fear and nervous shock, though",351
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"what it was that frightened her I cannot imagine.""",352
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,353
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""Were there gipsies in the plantation at the time?""",354
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,355
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""Yes, there are nearly always some there.""",356
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,357
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""Ah, and what did you gather from this allusion to a band--a speckled",358
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"band?""",359
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,360
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""Sometimes I have thought that it was merely the wild talk of",361
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"delirium, sometimes that it may have referred to some band of people,",362
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,perhaps to these very gipsies in the plantation. I do not know,363
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,whether the spotted handkerchiefs which so many of them wear over,364
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,their heads might have suggested the strange adjective which she,365
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"used.""",366
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,367
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,Holmes shook his head like a man who is far from being satisfied.,368
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,369
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""These are very deep waters,"" said he; ""pray go on with your",370
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"narrative.""",371
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,372
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""Two years have passed since then, and my life has been until lately",373
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"lonelier than ever. A month ago, however, a dear friend, whom I have",374
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"known for many years, has done me the honour to ask my hand in",375
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,marriage. His name is Armitage--Percy Armitage--the second son of Mr.,376
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"Armitage, of Crane Water, near Reading. My stepfather has offered no",377
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"opposition to the match, and we are to be married in the course of",378
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,the spring. Two days ago some repairs were started in the west wing,379
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"of the building, and my bedroom wall has been pierced, so that I have",380
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"had to move into the chamber in which my sister died, and to sleep in",381
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"the very bed in which she slept. Imagine, then, my thrill of terror",382
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"when last night, as I lay awake, thinking over her terrible fate, I",383
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,suddenly heard in the silence of the night the low whistle which had,384
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"been the herald of her own death. I sprang up and lit the lamp, but",385
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,nothing was to be seen in the room. I was too shaken to go to bed,386
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"again, however, so I dressed, and as soon as it was daylight I",387
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"slipped down, got a dog-cart at the Crown Inn, which is opposite, and",388
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"drove to Leatherhead, from whence I have come on this morning with",389
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"the one object of seeing you and asking your advice.""",390
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,391
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""You have done wisely,"" said my friend. ""But have you told me all?""",392
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,393
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""Yes, all.""",394
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,395
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""Miss Roylott, you have not. You are screening your stepfather.""",396
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,397
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""Why, what do you mean?""",398
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,399
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,For answer Holmes pushed back the frill of black lace which fringed,400
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"the hand that lay upon our visitor's knee. Five little livid spots,",401
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"the marks of four fingers and a thumb, were printed upon the white",402
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,wrist.,403
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,404
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""You have been cruelly used,"" said Holmes.",405
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,406
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"The lady coloured deeply and covered over her injured wrist. ""He is a",407
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"hard man,"" she said, ""and perhaps he hardly knows his own strength.""",408
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,409
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"There was a long silence, during which Holmes leaned his chin upon",410
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,his hands and stared into the crackling fire.,411
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,412
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""This is a very deep business,"" he said at last. ""There are a",413
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,thousand details which I should desire to know before I decide upon,414
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,our course of action. Yet we have not a moment to lose. If we were to,415
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"come to Stoke Moran to-day, would it be possible for us to see over",416
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"these rooms without the knowledge of your stepfather?""",417
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,418
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""As it happens, he spoke of coming into town to-day upon some most",419
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"important business. It is probable that he will be away all day, and",420
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,that there would be nothing to disturb you. We have a housekeeper,421
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"now, but she is old and foolish, and I could easily get her out of",422
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"the way.""",423
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,424
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""Excellent. You are not averse to this trip, Watson?""",425
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,426
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""By no means.""",427
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,428
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""Then we shall both come. What are you going to do yourself?""",429
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,430
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""I have one or two things which I would wish to do now that I am in",431
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"town. But I shall return by the twelve o'clock train, so as to be",432
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"there in time for your coming.""",433
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,434
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""And you may expect us early in the afternoon. I have myself some",435
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,small business matters to attend to. Will you not wait and,436
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"breakfast?""",437
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,438
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""No, I must go. My heart is lightened already since I have confided",439
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,my trouble to you. I shall look forward to seeing you again this,440
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"afternoon."" She dropped her thick black veil over her face and glided",441
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,from the room.,442
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,443
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""And what do you think of it all, Watson?"" asked Sherlock Holmes,",444
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,leaning back in his chair.,445
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,446
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""It seems to me to be a most dark and sinister business.""",447
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,448
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""Dark enough and sinister enough.""",449
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,450
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""Yet if the lady is correct in saying that the flooring and walls are",451
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"sound, and that the door, window, and chimney are impassable, then",452
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,her sister must have been undoubtedly alone when she met her,453
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"mysterious end.""",454
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,455
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""What becomes, then, of these nocturnal whistles, and what of the",456
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"very peculiar words of the dying woman?""",457
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,458
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""I cannot think.""",459
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,460
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""When you combine the ideas of whistles at night, the presence of a",461
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"band of gipsies who are on intimate terms with this old doctor, the",462
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,fact that we have every reason to believe that the doctor has an,463
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"interest in preventing his stepdaughter's marriage, the dying",464
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"allusion to a band, and, finally, the fact that Miss Helen Stoner",465
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"heard a metallic clang, which might have been caused by one of those",466
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"metal bars that secured the shutters falling back into its place, I",467
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,think that there is good ground to think that the mystery may be,468
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"cleared along those lines.""",469
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,470
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""But what, then, did the gipsies do?""",471
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,472
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""I cannot imagine.""",473
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,474
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""I see many objections to any such theory.""",475
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,476
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""And so do I. It is precisely for that reason that we are going to",477
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"Stoke Moran this day. I want to see whether the objections are fatal,",478
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"or if they may be explained away. But what in the name of the devil!""",479
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,480
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,The ejaculation had been drawn from my companion by the fact that our,481
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"door had been suddenly dashed open, and that a huge man had framed",482
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,himself in the aperture. His costume was a peculiar mixture of the,483
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"professional and of the agricultural, having a black top-hat, a long",484
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"frock-coat, and a pair of high gaiters, with a hunting-crop swinging",485
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,in his hand. So tall was he that his hat actually brushed the cross,486
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"bar of the doorway, and his breadth seemed to span it across from",487
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"side to side. A large face, seared with a thousand wrinkles, burned",488
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"yellow with the sun, and marked with every evil passion, was turned",489
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"from one to the other of us, while his deep-set, bile-shot eyes, and",490
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"his high, thin, fleshless nose, gave him somewhat the resemblance to",491
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,a fierce old bird of prey.,492
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,493
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""Which of you is Holmes?"" asked this apparition.",494
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,495
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""My name, sir; but you have the advantage of me,"" said my companion",496
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,quietly.,497
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,498
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""I am Dr. Grimesby Roylott, of Stoke Moran.""",499
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,500
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""Indeed, Doctor,"" said Holmes blandly. ""Pray take a seat.""",501
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,502
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""I will do nothing of the kind. My stepdaughter has been here. I have",503
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"traced her. What has she been saying to you?""",504
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,505
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""It is a little cold for the time of the year,"" said Holmes.",506
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,507
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""What has she been saying to you?"" screamed the old man furiously.",508
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,509
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""But I have heard that the crocuses promise well,"" continued my",510
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,companion imperturbably.,511
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,512
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""Ha! You put me off, do you?"" said our new visitor, taking a step",513
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"forward and shaking his hunting-crop. ""I know you, you scoundrel!  I",514
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"have heard of you before. You are Holmes, the meddler.""",515
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,516
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,My friend smiled.,517
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,518
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""Holmes, the busybody!""",519
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,520
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,His smile broadened.,521
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,522
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""Holmes, the Scotland Yard Jack-in-office!""",523
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,524
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"Holmes chuckled heartily. ""Your conversation is most entertaining,""",525
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"said he. ""When you go out close the door, for there is a decided",526
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"draught.""",527
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,528
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""I will go when I have said my say. Don't you dare to meddle with my",529
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,affairs. I know that Miss Stoner has been here. I traced her! I am a,530
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"dangerous man to fall foul of! See here."" He stepped swiftly forward,",531
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"seized the poker, and bent it into a curve with his huge brown hands.",532
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,533
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""See that you keep yourself out of my grip,"" he snarled, and hurling",534
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,the twisted poker into the fireplace he strode out of the room.,535
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,536
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""He seems a very amiable person,"" said Holmes, laughing. ""I am not",537
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"quite so bulky, but if he had remained I might have shown him that my",538
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"grip was not much more feeble than his own."" As he spoke he picked up",539
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"the steel poker and, with a sudden effort, straightened it out again.",540
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,541
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""Fancy his having the insolence to confound me with the official",542
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"detective force! This incident gives zest to our investigation,",543
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"however, and I only trust that our little friend will not suffer from",544
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"her imprudence in allowing this brute to trace her. And now, Watson,",545
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"we shall order breakfast, and afterwards I shall walk down to",546
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"Doctors' Commons, where I hope to get some data which may help us in",547
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"this matter.""",548
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,549
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,It was nearly one o'clock when Sherlock Holmes returned from his,550
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"excursion. He held in his hand a sheet of blue paper, scrawled over",551
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,with notes and figures.,552
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,553
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""I have seen the will of the deceased wife,"" said he. ""To determine",554
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,its exact meaning I have been obliged to work out the present prices,555
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"of the investments with which it is concerned. The total income,",556
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"which at the time of the wife's death was little short of £1100, is",557
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"now, through the fall in agricultural prices, not more than £750.",558
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"Each daughter can claim an income of £250, in case of marriage. It is",559
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"evident, therefore, that if both girls had married, this beauty would",560
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"have had a mere pittance, while even one of them would cripple him to",561
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"a very serious extent. My morning's work has not been wasted, since",562
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,it has proved that he has the very strongest motives for standing in,563
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"the way of anything of the sort. And now, Watson, this is too serious",564
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"for dawdling, especially as the old man is aware that we are",565
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"interesting ourselves in his affairs; so if you are ready, we shall",566
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,call a cab and drive to Waterloo. I should be very much obliged if,567
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,you would slip your revolver into your pocket. An Eley's No. 2 is an,568
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,excellent argument with gentlemen who can twist steel pokers into,569
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"knots. That and a tooth-brush are, I think, all that we need.""",570
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,571
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"At Waterloo we were fortunate in catching a train for Leatherhead,",572
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,where we hired a trap at the station inn and drove for four or five,573
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"miles through the lovely Surrey lanes. It was a perfect day, with a",574
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,bright sun and a few fleecy clouds in the heavens. The trees and,575
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"wayside hedges were just throwing out their first green shoots, and",576
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,the air was full of the pleasant smell of the moist earth. To me at,577
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,least there was a strange contrast between the sweet promise of the,578
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,spring and this sinister quest upon which we were engaged. My,579
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"companion sat in the front of the trap, his arms folded, his hat",580
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"pulled down over his eyes, and his chin sunk upon his breast, buried",581
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"in the deepest thought. Suddenly, however, he started, tapped me on",582
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"the shoulder, and pointed over the meadows.",583
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,584
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""Look there!"" said he.",585
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,586
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"A heavily timbered park stretched up in a gentle slope, thickening",587
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,into a grove at the highest point. From amid the branches there,588
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,jutted out the grey gables and high roof-tree of a very old mansion.,589
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,590
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""Stoke Moran?"" said he.",591
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,592
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""Yes, sir, that be the house of Dr. Grimesby Roylott,"" remarked the",593
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,driver.,594
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,595
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""There is some building going on there,"" said Holmes; ""that is where",596
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"we are going.""",597
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,598
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""There's the village,"" said the driver, pointing to a cluster of",599
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"roofs some distance to the left; ""but if you want to get to the",600
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"house, you'll find it shorter to get over this stile, and so by the",601
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"foot-path over the fields. There it is, where the lady is walking.""",602
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,603
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""And the lady, I fancy, is Miss Stoner,"" observed Holmes, shading his",604
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"eyes. ""Yes, I think we had better do as you suggest.""",605
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,606
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"We got off, paid our fare, and the trap rattled back on its way to",607
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,Leatherhead.,608
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,609
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""I thought it as well,"" said Holmes as we climbed the stile, ""that",610
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"this fellow should think we had come here as architects, or on some",611
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"definite business. It may stop his gossip. Good-afternoon, Miss",612
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"Stoner. You see that we have been as good as our word.""",613
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,614
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,Our client of the morning had hurried forward to meet us with a face,615
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"which spoke her joy. ""I have been waiting so eagerly for you,"" she",616
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"cried, shaking hands with us warmly. ""All has turned out splendidly.",617
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"Dr. Roylott has gone to town, and it is unlikely that he will be back",618
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"before evening.""",619
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,620
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""We have had the pleasure of making the doctor's acquaintance,"" said",621
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"Holmes, and in a few words he sketched out what had occurred. Miss",622
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,Stoner turned white to the lips as she listened.,623
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,624
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""Good heavens!"" she cried, ""he has followed me, then.""",625
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,626
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""So it appears.""",627
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,628
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""He is so cunning that I never know when I am safe from him. What",629
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"will he say when he returns?""",630
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,631
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""He must guard himself, for he may find that there is someone more",632
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,cunning than himself upon his track. You must lock yourself up from,633
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"him to-night. If he is violent, we shall take you away to your aunt's",634
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"at Harrow. Now, we must make the best use of our time, so kindly take",635
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"us at once to the rooms which we are to examine.""",636
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,637
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"The building was of grey, lichen-blotched stone, with a high central",638
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"portion and two curving wings, like the claws of a crab, thrown out",639
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,on each side. In one of these wings the windows were broken and,640
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"blocked with wooden boards, while the roof was partly caved in, a",641
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"picture of ruin. The central portion was in little better repair, but",642
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"the right-hand block was comparatively modern, and the blinds in the",643
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"windows, with the blue smoke curling up from the chimneys, showed",644
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,that this was where the family resided. Some scaffolding had been,645
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"erected against the end wall, and the stone-work had been broken",646
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"into, but there were no signs of any workmen at the moment of our",647
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,visit. Holmes walked slowly up and down the ill-trimmed lawn and,648
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,examined with deep attention the outsides of the windows.,649
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,650
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""This, I take it, belongs to the room in which you used to sleep, the",651
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"centre one to your sister's, and the one next to the main building to",652
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"Dr. Roylott's chamber?""",653
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,654
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""Exactly so. But I am now sleeping in the middle one.""",655
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,656
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""Pending the alterations, as I understand. By the way, there does not",657
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"seem to be any very pressing need for repairs at that end wall.""",658
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,659
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""There were none. I believe that it was an excuse to move me from my",660
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"room.""",661
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,662
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""Ah! that is suggestive. Now, on the other side of this narrow wing",663
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,runs the corridor from which these three rooms open. There are,664
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"windows in it, of course?""",665
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,666
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""Yes, but very small ones. Too narrow for anyone to pass through.""",667
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,668
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""As you both locked your doors at night, your rooms were",669
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"unapproachable from that side. Now, would you have the kindness to go",670
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"into your room and bar your shutters?""",671
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,672
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"Miss Stoner did so, and Holmes, after a careful examination through",673
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"the open window, endeavoured in every way to force the shutter open,",674
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,but without success. There was no slit through which a knife could be,675
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"passed to raise the bar. Then with his lens he tested the hinges, but",676
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"they were of solid iron, built firmly into the massive masonry.",677
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""Hum!"" said he, scratching his chin in some perplexity, ""my theory",678
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,certainly presents some difficulties. No one could pass these,679
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"shutters if they were bolted. Well, we shall see if the inside throws",680
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"any light upon the matter.""",681
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,682
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,A small side door led into the whitewashed corridor from which the,683
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"three bedrooms opened. Holmes refused to examine the third chamber,",684
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"so we passed at once to the second, that in which Miss Stoner was now",685
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"sleeping, and in which her sister had met with her fate. It was a",686
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"homely little room, with a low ceiling and a gaping fireplace, after",687
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,the fashion of old country-houses. A brown chest of drawers stood in,688
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"one corner, a narrow white-counterpaned bed in another, and a",689
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"dressing-table on the left-hand side of the window. These articles,",690
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"with two small wicker-work chairs, made up all the furniture in the",691
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,room save for a square of Wilton carpet in the centre. The boards,692
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"round and the panelling of the walls were of brown, worm-eaten oak,",693
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,so old and discoloured that it may have dated from the original,694
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,building of the house. Holmes drew one of the chairs into a corner,695
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"and sat silent, while his eyes travelled round and round and up and",696
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"down, taking in every detail of the apartment.",697
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,698
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""Where does that bell communicate with?"" he asked at last pointing to",699
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"a thick bell-rope which hung down beside the bed, the tassel actually",700
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,lying upon the pillow.,701
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,702
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""It goes to the housekeeper's room.""",703
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,704
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""It looks newer than the other things?""",705
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,706
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""Yes, it was only put there a couple of years ago.""",707
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,708
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""Your sister asked for it, I suppose?""",709
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,710
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""No, I never heard of her using it. We used always to get what we",711
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"wanted for ourselves.""",712
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,713
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""Indeed, it seemed unnecessary to put so nice a bell-pull there. You",714
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,will excuse me for a few minutes while I satisfy myself as to this,715
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"floor."" He threw himself down upon his face with his lens in his hand",716
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"and crawled swiftly backward and forward, examining minutely the",717
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,cracks between the boards. Then he did the same with the wood-work,718
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,with which the chamber was panelled. Finally he walked over to the,719
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,bed and spent some time in staring at it and in running his eye up,720
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,and down the wall. Finally he took the bell-rope in his hand and gave,721
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,it a brisk tug.,722
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,723
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""Why, it's a dummy,"" said he.",724
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,725
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""Won't it ring?""",726
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,727
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""No, it is not even attached to a wire. This is very interesting. You",728
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,can see now that it is fastened to a hook just above where the little,729
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"opening for the ventilator is.""",730
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,731
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""How very absurd! I never noticed that before.""",732
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,733
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""Very strange!"" muttered Holmes, pulling at the rope. ""There are one",734
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"or two very singular points about this room. For example, what a fool",735
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"a builder must be to open a ventilator into another room, when, with",736
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"the same trouble, he might have communicated with the outside air!""",737
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,738
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""That is also quite modern,"" said the lady.",739
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,740
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""Done about the same time as the bell-rope?"" remarked Holmes.",741
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,742
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""Yes, there were several little changes carried out about that time.""",743
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,744
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""They seem to have been of a most interesting character--dummy",745
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"bell-ropes, and ventilators which do not ventilate. With your",746
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"permission, Miss Stoner, we shall now carry our researches into the",747
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"inner apartment.""",748
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,749
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,Dr. Grimesby Roylott's chamber was larger than that of his,750
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"step-daughter, but was as plainly furnished. A camp-bed, a small",751
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"wooden shelf full of books, mostly of a technical character, an",752
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"armchair beside the bed, a plain wooden chair against the wall, a",753
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"round table, and a large iron safe were the principal things which",754
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,met the eye. Holmes walked slowly round and examined each and all of,755
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,them with the keenest interest.,756
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,757
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""What's in here?"" he asked, tapping the safe.",758
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,759
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""My stepfather's business papers.""",760
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,761
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""Oh! you have seen inside, then?""",762
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,763
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""Only once, some years ago. I remember that it was full of papers.""",764
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,765
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""There isn't a cat in it, for example?""",766
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,767
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""No. What a strange idea!""",768
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,769
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""Well, look at this!"" He took up a small saucer of milk which stood",770
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,on the top of it.,771
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,772
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""No; we don't keep a cat. But there is a cheetah and a baboon.""",773
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,774
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""Ah, yes, of course! Well, a cheetah is just a big cat, and yet a",775
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"saucer of milk does not go very far in satisfying its wants, I",776
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"daresay. There is one point which I should wish to determine."" He",777
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,squatted down in front of the wooden chair and examined the seat of,778
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,it with the greatest attention.,779
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,780
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""Thank you. That is quite settled,"" said he, rising and putting his",781
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"lens in his pocket. ""Hullo! Here is something interesting!""",782
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,783
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,The object which had caught his eye was a small dog lash hung on one,784
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"corner of the bed. The lash, however, was curled upon itself and tied",785
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,so as to make a loop of whipcord.,786
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,787
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""What do you make of that, Watson?""",788
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,789
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""It's a common enough lash. But I don't know why it should be tied.""",790
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,791
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""That is not quite so common, is it? Ah, me! it's a wicked world, and",792
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,when a clever man turns his brains to crime it is the worst of all. I,793
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"think that I have seen enough now, Miss Stoner, and with your",794
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"permission we shall walk out upon the lawn.""",795
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,796
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,I had never seen my friend's face so grim or his brow so dark as it,797
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,was when we turned from the scene of this investigation. We had,798
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"walked several times up and down the lawn, neither Miss Stoner nor",799
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,myself liking to break in upon his thoughts before he roused himself,800
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,from his reverie.,801
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,802
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""It is very essential, Miss Stoner,"" said he, ""that you should",803
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"absolutely follow my advice in every respect.""",804
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,805
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""I shall most certainly do so.""",806
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,807
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""The matter is too serious for any hesitation. Your life may depend",808
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"upon your compliance.""",809
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,810
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""I assure you that I am in your hands.""",811
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,812
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""In the first place, both my friend and I must spend the night in",813
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"your room.""",814
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,815
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,Both Miss Stoner and I gazed at him in astonishment.,816
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,817
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""Yes, it must be so. Let me explain. I believe that that is the",818
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"village inn over there?""",819
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,820
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""Yes, that is the Crown.""",821
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,822
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""Very good. Your windows would be visible from there?""",823
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,824
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""Certainly.""",825
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,826
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""You must confine yourself to your room, on pretence of a headache,",827
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,when your stepfather comes back. Then when you hear him retire for,828
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"the night, you must open the shutters of your window, undo the hasp,",829
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"put your lamp there as a signal to us, and then withdraw quietly with",830
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,everything which you are likely to want into the room which you used,831
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"to occupy. I have no doubt that, in spite of the repairs, you could",832
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"manage there for one night.""",833
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,834
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""Oh, yes, easily.""",835
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,836
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""The rest you will leave in our hands.""",837
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,838
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""But what will you do?""",839
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,840
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""We shall spend the night in your room, and we shall investigate the",841
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"cause of this noise which has disturbed you.""",842
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,843
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""I believe, Mr. Holmes, that you have already made up your mind,""",844
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"said Miss Stoner, laying her hand upon my companion's sleeve.",845
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,846
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""Perhaps I have.""",847
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,848
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""Then, for pity's sake, tell me what was the cause of my sister's",849
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"death.""",850
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,851
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""I should prefer to have clearer proofs before I speak.""",852
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,853
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""You can at least tell me whether my own thought is correct, and if",854
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"she died from some sudden fright.""",855
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,856
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""No, I do not think so. I think that there was probably some more",857
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"tangible cause. And now, Miss Stoner, we must leave you for if Dr.",858
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"Roylott returned and saw us our journey would be in vain.  Good-bye,",859
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"and be brave, for if you will do what I have told you, you may rest",860
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"assured that we shall soon drive away the dangers that threaten you.""",861
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,862
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,Sherlock Holmes and I had no difficulty in engaging a bedroom and,863
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"sitting-room at the Crown Inn. They were on the upper floor, and from",864
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"our window we could command a view of the avenue gate, and of the",865
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,inhabited wing of Stoke Moran Manor House. At dusk we saw Dr.,866
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"Grimesby Roylott drive past, his huge form looming up beside the",867
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,little figure of the lad who drove him. The boy had some slight,868
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"difficulty in undoing the heavy iron gates, and we heard the hoarse",869
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,roar of the doctor's voice and saw the fury with which he shook his,870
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"clinched fists at him. The trap drove on, and a few minutes later we",871
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,saw a sudden light spring up among the trees as the lamp was lit in,872
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,one of the sitting-rooms.,873
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,874
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""Do you know, Watson,"" said Holmes as we sat together in the",875
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"gathering darkness, ""I have really some scruples as to taking you",876
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"to-night. There is a distinct element of danger.""",877
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,878
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""Can I be of assistance?""",879
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,880
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""Your presence might be invaluable.""",881
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,882
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""Then I shall certainly come.""",883
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,884
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""It is very kind of you.""",885
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,886
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""You speak of danger. You have evidently seen more in these rooms",887
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"than was visible to me.""",888
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,889
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""No, but I fancy that I may have deduced a little more. I imagine",890
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"that you saw all that I did.""",891
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,892
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""I saw nothing remarkable save the bell-rope, and what purpose that",893
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"could answer I confess is more than I can imagine.""",894
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,895
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""You saw the ventilator, too?""",896
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,897
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""Yes, but I do not think that it is such a very unusual thing to have",898
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,a small opening between two rooms. It was so small that a rat could,899
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"hardly pass through.""",900
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,901
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""I knew that we should find a ventilator before ever we came to Stoke",902
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"Moran.""",903
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,904
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""My dear Holmes!""",905
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,906
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""Oh, yes, I did. You remember in her statement she said that her",907
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"sister could smell Dr. Roylott's cigar. Now, of course that suggested",908
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,at once that there must be a communication between the two rooms. It,909
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"could only be a small one, or it would have been remarked upon at the",910
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"coroner's inquiry. I deduced a ventilator.""",911
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,912
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""But what harm can there be in that?""",913
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,914
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""Well, there is at least a curious coincidence of dates. A ventilator",915
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"is made, a cord is hung, and a lady who sleeps in the bed dies. Does",916
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"not that strike you?""",917
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,918
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""I cannot as yet see any connection.""",919
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,920
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""Did you observe anything very peculiar about that bed?""",921
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,922
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""No.""",923
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,924
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""It was clamped to the floor. Did you ever see a bed fastened like",925
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"that before?""",926
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,927
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""I cannot say that I have.""",928
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,929
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""The lady could not move her bed. It must always be in the same",930
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,relative position to the ventilator and to the rope--or so we may,931
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"call it, since it was clearly never meant for a bell-pull.""",932
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,933
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""Holmes,"" I cried, ""I seem to see dimly what you are hinting at. We",934
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"are only just in time to prevent some subtle and horrible crime.""",935
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,936
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""Subtle enough and horrible enough. When a doctor does go wrong he is",937
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,the first of criminals. He has nerve and he has knowledge. Palmer and,938
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,Pritchard were among the heads of their profession. This man strikes,939
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"even deeper, but I think, Watson, that we shall be able to strike",940
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,deeper still. But we shall have horrors enough before the night is,941
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,over; for goodness' sake let us have a quiet pipe and turn our minds,942
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"for a few hours to something more cheerful.""",943
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,944
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"About nine o'clock the light among the trees was extinguished, and",945
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,all was dark in the direction of the Manor House. Two hours passed,946
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"slowly away, and then, suddenly, just at the stroke of eleven, a",947
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,single bright light shone out right in front of us.,948
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,949
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""That is our signal,"" said Holmes, springing to his feet; ""it comes",950
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"from the middle window.""",951
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,952
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"As we passed out he exchanged a few words with the landlord,",953
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"explaining that we were going on a late visit to an acquaintance, and",954
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,that it was possible that we might spend the night there. A moment,955
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"later we were out on the dark road, a chill wind blowing in our",956
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"faces, and one yellow light twinkling in front of us through the",957
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,gloom to guide us on our sombre errand.,958
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,959
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"There was little difficulty in entering the grounds, for unrepaired",960
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"breaches gaped in the old park wall. Making our way among the trees,",961
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"we reached the lawn, crossed it, and were about to enter through the",962
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,window when out from a clump of laurel bushes there darted what,963
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"seemed to be a hideous and distorted child, who threw itself upon the",964
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,grass with writhing limbs and then ran swiftly across the lawn into,965
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,the darkness.,966
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,967
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""My God!"" I whispered; ""did you see it?""",968
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,969
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,Holmes was for the moment as startled as I. His hand closed like a,970
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,vice upon my wrist in his agitation. Then he broke into a low laugh,971
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,and put his lips to my ear.,972
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,973
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""It is a nice household,"" he murmured. ""That is the baboon.""",974
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,975
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,I had forgotten the strange pets which the doctor affected. There was,976
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"a cheetah, too; perhaps we might find it upon our shoulders at any",977
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"moment. I confess that I felt easier in my mind when, after following",978
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"Holmes' example and slipping off my shoes, I found myself inside the",979
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"bedroom. My companion noiselessly closed the shutters, moved the lamp",980
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"onto the table, and cast his eyes round the room. All was as we had",981
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,seen it in the daytime. Then creeping up to me and making a trumpet,982
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"of his hand, he whispered into my ear again so gently that it was all",983
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,that I could do to distinguish the words:,984
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,985
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""The least sound would be fatal to our plans.""",986
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,987
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,I nodded to show that I had heard.,988
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,989
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""We must sit without light. He would see it through the ventilator.""",990
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,991
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,I nodded again.,992
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,993
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""Do not go asleep; your very life may depend upon it. Have your",994
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,pistol ready in case we should need it. I will sit on the side of the,995
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"bed, and you in that chair.""",996
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,997
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,I took out my revolver and laid it on the corner of the table.,998
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,999
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"Holmes had brought up a long thin cane, and this he placed upon the",1000
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,bed beside him. By it he laid the box of matches and the stump of a,1001
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"candle. Then he turned down the lamp, and we were left in darkness.",1002
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,1003
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,How shall I ever forget that dreadful vigil? I could not hear a,1004
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"sound, not even the drawing of a breath, and yet I knew that my",1005
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"companion sat open-eyed, within a few feet of me, in the same state",1006
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,of nervous tension in which I was myself. The shutters cut off the,1007
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"least ray of light, and we waited in absolute darkness.",1008
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,1009
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"From outside came the occasional cry of a night-bird, and once at our",1010
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"very window a long drawn catlike whine, which told us that the",1011
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,cheetah was indeed at liberty. Far away we could hear the deep tones,1012
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"of the parish clock, which boomed out every quarter of an hour. How",1013
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"long they seemed, those quarters! Twelve struck, and one and two and",1014
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"three, and still we sat waiting silently for whatever might befall.",1015
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,1016
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,Suddenly there was the momentary gleam of a light up in the direction,1017
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"of the ventilator, which vanished immediately, but was succeeded by a",1018
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,strong smell of burning oil and heated metal. Someone in the next,1019
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"room had lit a dark-lantern. I heard a gentle sound of movement, and",1020
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"then all was silent once more, though the smell grew stronger. For",1021
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,half an hour I sat with straining ears. Then suddenly another sound,1022
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"became audible--a very gentle, soothing sound, like that of a small",1023
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,jet of steam escaping continually from a kettle. The instant that we,1024
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"heard it, Holmes sprang from the bed, struck a match, and lashed",1025
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,furiously with his cane at the bell-pull.,1026
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,1027
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""You see it, Watson?"" he yelled. ""You see it?""",1028
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,1029
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,But I saw nothing. At the moment when Holmes struck the light I heard,1030
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"a low, clear whistle, but the sudden glare flashing into my weary",1031
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,eyes made it impossible for me to tell what it was at which my friend,1032
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"lashed so savagely. I could, however, see that his face was deadly",1033
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,pale and filled with horror and loathing. He had ceased to strike and,1034
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,was gazing up at the ventilator when suddenly there broke from the,1035
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,silence of the night the most horrible cry to which I have ever,1036
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"listened. It swelled up louder and louder, a hoarse yell of pain and",1037
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,fear and anger all mingled in the one dreadful shriek. They say that,1038
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"away down in the village, and even in the distant parsonage, that cry",1039
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"raised the sleepers from their beds. It struck cold to our hearts,",1040
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"and I stood gazing at Holmes, and he at me, until the last echoes of",1041
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,it had died away into the silence from which it rose.,1042
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,1043
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""What can it mean?"" I gasped.",1044
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,1045
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""It means that it is all over,"" Holmes answered. ""And perhaps, after",1046
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"all, it is for the best. Take your pistol, and we will enter Dr.",1047
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"Roylott's room.""",1048
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,1049
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,With a grave face he lit the lamp and led the way down the corridor.,1050
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,Twice he struck at the chamber door without any reply from within.,1051
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"Then he turned the handle and entered, I at his heels, with the",1052
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,cocked pistol in my hand.,1053
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,1054
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,It was a singular sight which met our eyes. On the table stood a,1055
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"dark-lantern with the shutter half open, throwing a brilliant beam of",1056
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"light upon the iron safe, the door of which was ajar. Beside this",1057
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"table, on the wooden chair, sat Dr. Grimesby Roylott clad in a long",1058
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"grey dressing-gown, his bare ankles protruding beneath, and his feet",1059
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,thrust into red heelless Turkish slippers. Across his lap lay the,1060
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,short stock with the long lash which we had noticed during the day.,1061
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"His chin was cocked upward and his eyes were fixed in a dreadful,",1062
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,rigid stare at the corner of the ceiling. Round his brow he had a,1063
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"peculiar yellow band, with brownish speckles, which seemed to be",1064
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,bound tightly round his head. As we entered he made neither sound nor,1065
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,motion.,1066
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,1067
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""The band! the speckled band!"" whispered Holmes.",1068
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,1069
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,I took a step forward. In an instant his strange headgear began to,1070
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"move, and there reared itself from among his hair the squat",1071
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,diamond-shaped head and puffed neck of a loathsome serpent.,1072
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,1073
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""It is a swamp adder!"" cried Holmes; ""the deadliest snake in India.",1074
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"He has died within ten seconds of being bitten. Violence does, in",1075
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"truth, recoil upon the violent, and the schemer falls into the pit",1076
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,which he digs for another. Let us thrust this creature back into its,1077
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"den, and we can then remove Miss Stoner to some place of shelter and",1078
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"let the county police know what has happened.""",1079
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,1080
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"As he spoke he drew the dog-whip swiftly from the dead man's lap, and",1081
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,throwing the noose round the reptile's neck he drew it from its,1082
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"horrid perch and, carrying it at arm's length, threw it into the iron",1083
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"safe, which he closed upon it.",1084
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,1085
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"Such are the true facts of the death of Dr. Grimesby Roylott, of",1086
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,Stoke Moran. It is not necessary that I should prolong a narrative,1087
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,which has already run to too great a length by telling how we broke,1088
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"the sad news to the terrified girl, how we conveyed her by the",1089
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"morning train to the care of her good aunt at Harrow, of how the slow",1090
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,process of official inquiry came to the conclusion that the doctor,1091
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,met his fate while indiscreetly playing with a dangerous pet. The,1092
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,little which I had yet to learn of the case was told me by Sherlock,1093
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,Holmes as we travelled back next day.,1094
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,1095
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""I had,"" said he, ""come to an entirely erroneous conclusion which",1096
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"shows, my dear Watson, how dangerous it always is to reason from",1097
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"insufficient data. The presence of the gipsies, and the use of the",1098
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"word 'band,' which was used by the poor girl, no doubt, to explain",1099
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,the appearance which she had caught a hurried glimpse of by the light,1100
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"of her match, were sufficient to put me upon an entirely wrong scent.",1101
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,I can only claim the merit that I instantly reconsidered my position,1102
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"when, however, it became clear to me that whatever danger threatened",1103
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,an occupant of the room could not come either from the window or the,1104
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"door. My attention was speedily drawn, as I have already remarked to",1105
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"you, to this ventilator, and to the bell-rope which hung down to the",1106
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"bed. The discovery that this was a dummy, and that the bed was",1107
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"clamped to the floor, instantly gave rise to the suspicion that the",1108
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,rope was there as a bridge for something passing through the hole and,1109
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"coming to the bed. The idea of a snake instantly occurred to me, and",1110
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,when I coupled it with my knowledge that the doctor was furnished,1111
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"with a supply of creatures from India, I felt that I was probably on",1112
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,the right track. The idea of using a form of poison which could not,1113
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,possibly be discovered by any chemical test was just such a one as,1114
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,would occur to a clever and ruthless man who had had an Eastern,1115
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,training. The rapidity with which such a poison would take effect,1116
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"would also, from his point of view, be an advantage. It would be a",1117
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"sharp-eyed coroner, indeed, who could distinguish the two little dark",1118
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,punctures which would show where the poison fangs had done their,1119
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,work. Then I thought of the whistle. Of course he must recall the,1120
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,snake before the morning light revealed it to the victim. He had,1121
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"trained it, probably by the use of the milk which we saw, to return",1122
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,to him when summoned. He would put it through this ventilator at the,1123
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"hour that he thought best, with the certainty that it would crawl",1124
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,down the rope and land on the bed. It might or might not bite the,1125
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"occupant, perhaps she might escape every night for a week, but sooner",1126
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,or later she must fall a victim.,1127
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,1128
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""I had come to these conclusions before ever I had entered his room.",1129
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,An inspection of his chair showed me that he had been in the habit of,1130
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"standing on it, which of course would be necessary in order that he",1131
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"should reach the ventilator. The sight of the safe, the saucer of",1132
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"milk, and the loop of whipcord were enough to finally dispel any",1133
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,doubts which may have remained. The metallic clang heard by Miss,1134
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,Stoner was obviously caused by her stepfather hastily closing the,1135
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,door of his safe upon its terrible occupant. Having once made up my,1136
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"mind, you know the steps which I took in order to put the matter to",1137
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,the proof. I heard the creature hiss as I have no doubt that you did,1138
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"also, and I instantly lit the light and attacked it.""",1139
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,1140
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""With the result of driving it through the ventilator.""",1141
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,1142
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"""And also with the result of causing it to turn upon its master at",1143
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,the other side. Some of the blows of my cane came home and roused its,1144
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"snakish temper, so that it flew upon the first person it saw. In this",1145
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,way I am no doubt indirectly responsible for Dr. Grimesby Roylott's,1146
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"death, and I cannot say that it is likely to weigh very heavily upon",1147
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,"my conscience.""",1148
The Adventure of the Speckled Band,,1149
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENGINEER'S THUMB,1
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,2
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"Of all the problems which have been submitted to my friend, Mr.",3
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"Sherlock Holmes, for solution during the years of our intimacy, there",4
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,were only two which I was the means of introducing to his,5
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"notice--that of Mr. Hatherley's thumb, and that of Colonel",6
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,Warburton's madness. Of these the latter may have afforded a finer,7
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"field for an acute and original observer, but the other was so",8
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,strange in its inception and so dramatic in its details that it may,9
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"be the more worthy of being placed upon record, even if it gave my",10
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,friend fewer openings for those deductive methods of reasoning by,11
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"which he achieved such remarkable results. The story has, I believe,",12
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"been told more than once in the newspapers, but, like all such",13
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"narratives, its effect is much less striking when set forth en bloc",14
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,in a single half-column of print than when the facts slowly evolve,15
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"before your own eyes, and the mystery clears gradually away as each",16
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,new discovery furnishes a step which leads on to the complete truth.,17
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"At the time the circumstances made a deep impression upon me, and the",18
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,lapse of two years has hardly served to weaken the effect.,19
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,20
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"It was in the summer of '89, not long after my marriage, that the",21
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,events occurred which I am now about to summarise. I had returned to,22
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,civil practice and had finally abandoned Holmes in his Baker Street,23
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"rooms, although I continually visited him and occasionally even",24
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,persuaded him to forgo his Bohemian habits so far as to come and,25
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"visit us. My practice had steadily increased, and as I happened to",26
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"live at no very great distance from Paddington Station, I got a few",27
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"patients from among the officials. One of these, whom I had cured of",28
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"a painful and lingering disease, was never weary of advertising my",29
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,virtues and of endeavouring to send me on every sufferer over whom he,30
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,might have any influence.,31
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,32
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"One morning, at a little before seven o'clock, I was awakened by the",33
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,maid tapping at the door to announce that two men had come from,34
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,Paddington and were waiting in the consulting-room. I dressed,35
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"hurriedly, for I knew by experience that railway cases were seldom",36
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"trivial, and hastened downstairs. As I descended, my old ally, the",37
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"guard, came out of the room and closed the door tightly behind him.",38
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,39
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""I've got him here,"" he whispered, jerking his thumb over his",40
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"shoulder; ""he's all right.""",41
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,42
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""What is it, then?"" I asked, for his manner suggested that it was",43
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,some strange creature which he had caged up in my room.,44
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,45
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""It's a new patient,"" he whispered. ""I thought I'd bring him round",46
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"myself; then he couldn't slip away. There he is, all safe and sound.",47
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"I must go now, Doctor; I have my dooties, just the same as you."" And",48
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"off he went, this trusty tout, without even giving me time to thank",49
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,him.,50
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,51
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,I entered my consulting-room and found a gentleman seated by the,52
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,table. He was quietly dressed in a suit of heather tweed with a soft,53
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,cloth cap which he had laid down upon my books. Round one of his,54
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"hands he had a handkerchief wrapped, which was mottled all over with",55
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"bloodstains. He was young, not more than five-and-twenty, I should",56
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"say, with a strong, masculine face; but he was exceedingly pale and",57
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,gave me the impression of a man who was suffering from some strong,58
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"agitation, which it took all his strength of mind to control.",59
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,60
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""I am sorry to knock you up so early, Doctor,"" said he, ""but I have",61
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,had a very serious accident during the night. I came in by train this,62
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"morning, and on inquiring at Paddington as to where I might find a",63
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"doctor, a worthy fellow very kindly escorted me here. I gave the maid",64
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"a card, but I see that she has left it upon the side-table.""",65
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,66
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"I took it up and glanced at it. ""Mr. Victor Hatherley, hydraulic",67
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"engineer, 16A, Victoria Street (3rd floor)."" That was the name,",68
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"style, and abode of my morning visitor. ""I regret that I have kept",69
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"you waiting,"" said I, sitting down in my library-chair. ""You are",70
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"fresh from a night journey, I understand, which is in itself a",71
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"monotonous occupation.""",72
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,73
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""Oh, my night could not be called monotonous,"" said he, and laughed.",74
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"He laughed very heartily, with a high, ringing note, leaning back in",75
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,his chair and shaking his sides. All my medical instincts rose up,76
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,against that laugh.,77
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,78
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""Stop it!"" I cried; ""pull yourself together!"" and I poured out some",79
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,water from a caraffe.,80
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,81
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"It was useless, however. He was off in one of those hysterical",82
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,outbursts which come upon a strong nature when some great crisis is,83
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"over and gone. Presently he came to himself once more, very weary and",84
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,pale-looking.,85
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,86
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""I have been making a fool of myself,"" he gasped.",87
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,88
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""Not at all. Drink this."" I dashed some brandy into the water, and",89
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,the colour began to come back to his bloodless cheeks.,90
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,91
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""That's better!"" said he. ""And now, Doctor, perhaps you would kindly",92
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"attend to my thumb, or rather to the place where my thumb used to",93
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"be.""",94
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,95
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,He unwound the handkerchief and held out his hand. It gave even my,96
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,hardened nerves a shudder to look at it. There were four protruding,97
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"fingers and a horrid red, spongy surface where the thumb should have",98
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,been. It had been hacked or torn right out from the roots.,99
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,100
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""Good heavens!"" I cried, ""this is a terrible injury. It must have",101
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"bled considerably.""",102
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,103
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""Yes, it did. I fainted when it was done, and I think that I must",104
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,have been senseless for a long time. When I came to I found that it,105
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"was still bleeding, so I tied one end of my handkerchief very tightly",106
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"round the wrist and braced it up with a twig.""",107
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,108
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""Excellent! You should have been a surgeon.""",109
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,110
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""It is a question of hydraulics, you see, and came within my own",111
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"province.""",112
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,113
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""This has been done,"" said I, examining the wound, ""by a very heavy",114
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"and sharp instrument.""",115
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,116
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""A thing like a cleaver,"" said he.",117
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,118
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""An accident, I presume?""",119
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,120
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""By no means.""",121
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,122
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""What! a murderous attack?""",123
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,124
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""Very murderous indeed.""",125
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,126
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""You horrify me.""",127
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,128
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"I sponged the wound, cleaned it, dressed it, and finally covered it",129
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,over with cotton wadding and carbolised bandages. He lay back without,130
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"wincing, though he bit his lip from time to time.",131
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,132
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""How is that?"" I asked when I had finished.",133
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,134
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""Capital! Between your brandy and your bandage, I feel a new man. I",135
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"was very weak, but I have had a good deal to go through.""",136
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,137
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""Perhaps you had better not speak of the matter. It is evidently",138
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"trying to your nerves.""",139
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,140
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""Oh, no, not now. I shall have to tell my tale to the police; but,",141
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"between ourselves, if it were not for the convincing evidence of this",142
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"wound of mine, I should be surprised if they believed my statement,",143
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"for it is a very extraordinary one, and I have not much in the way of",144
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"proof with which to back it up; and, even if they believe me, the",145
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,clues which I can give them are so vague that it is a question,146
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"whether justice will be done.""",147
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,148
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""Ha!"" cried I, ""if it is anything in the nature of a problem which",149
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"you desire to see solved, I should strongly recommend you to come to",150
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"my friend, Mr. Sherlock Holmes, before you go to the official",151
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"police.""",152
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,153
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""Oh, I have heard of that fellow,"" answered my visitor, ""and I should",154
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"be very glad if he would take the matter up, though of course I must",155
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,use the official police as well. Would you give me an introduction to,156
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"him?""",157
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,158
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""I'll do better. I'll take you round to him myself.""",159
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,160
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""I should be immensely obliged to you.""",161
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,162
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""We'll call a cab and go together. We shall just be in time to have a",163
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"little breakfast with him. Do you feel equal to it?""",164
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,165
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""Yes; I shall not feel easy until I have told my story.""",166
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,167
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""Then my servant will call a cab, and I shall be with you in an",168
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"instant."" I rushed upstairs, explained the matter shortly to my wife,",169
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"and in five minutes was inside a hansom, driving with my new",170
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,acquaintance to Baker Street.,171
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,172
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"Sherlock Holmes was, as I expected, lounging about his sitting-room",173
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"in his dressing-gown, reading the agony column of The Times and",174
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"smoking his before-breakfast pipe, which was composed of all the",175
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"plugs and dottles left from his smokes of the day before, all",176
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,carefully dried and collected on the corner of the mantelpiece. He,177
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"received us in his quietly genial fashion, ordered fresh rashers and",178
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"eggs, and joined us in a hearty meal. When it was concluded he",179
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"settled our new acquaintance upon the sofa, placed a pillow beneath",180
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"his head, and laid a glass of brandy and water within his reach.",181
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,182
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""It is easy to see that your experience has been no common one, Mr.",183
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"Hatherley,"" said he. ""Pray, lie down there and make yourself",184
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"absolutely at home. Tell us what you can, but stop when you are tired",185
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"and keep up your strength with a little stimulant.""",186
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,187
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""Thank you,"" said my patient. ""but I have felt another man since the",188
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"doctor bandaged me, and I think that your breakfast has completed the",189
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"cure. I shall take up as little of your valuable time as possible, so",190
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"I shall start at once upon my peculiar experiences.""",191
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,192
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"Holmes sat in his big armchair with the weary, heavy-lidded",193
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"expression which veiled his keen and eager nature, while I sat",194
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"opposite to him, and we listened in silence to the strange story",195
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,which our visitor detailed to us.,196
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,197
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""You must know,"" said he, ""that I am an orphan and a bachelor,",198
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,residing alone in lodgings in London. By profession I am a hydraulic,199
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"engineer, and I have had considerable experience of my work during",200
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"the seven years that I was apprenticed to Venner & Matheson, the",201
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"well-known firm, of Greenwich. Two years ago, having served my time,",202
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,and having also come into a fair sum of money through my poor,203
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"father's death, I determined to start in business for myself and took",204
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,professional chambers in Victoria Street.,205
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,206
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""I suppose that everyone finds his first independent start in",207
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,business a dreary experience. To me it has been exceptionally so.,208
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"During two years I have had three consultations and one small job,",209
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,and that is absolutely all that my profession has brought me. My,210
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"gross takings amount to £27 10s. Every day, from nine in the morning",211
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"until four in the afternoon, I waited in my little den, until at last",212
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"my heart began to sink, and I came to believe that I should never",213
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,have any practice at all.,214
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,215
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""Yesterday, however, just as I was thinking of leaving the office, my",216
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,clerk entered to say there was a gentleman waiting who wished to see,217
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"me upon business. He brought up a card, too, with the name of",218
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,'Colonel Lysander Stark' engraved upon it. Close at his heels came,219
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"the colonel himself, a man rather over the middle size, but of an",220
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,exceeding thinness. I do not think that I have ever seen so thin a,221
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"man. His whole face sharpened away into nose and chin, and the skin",222
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,of his cheeks was drawn quite tense over his outstanding bones. Yet,223
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"this emaciation seemed to be his natural habit, and due to no",224
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"disease, for his eye was bright, his step brisk, and his bearing",225
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"assured. He was plainly but neatly dressed, and his age, I should",226
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"judge, would be nearer forty than thirty.",227
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,228
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""'Mr. Hatherley?' said he, with something of a German accent. 'You",229
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"have been recommended to me, Mr. Hatherley, as being a man who is not",230
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,only proficient in his profession but is also discreet and capable of,231
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,preserving a secret.',232
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,233
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""I bowed, feeling as flattered as any young man would at such an",234
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,address. 'May I ask who it was who gave me so good a character?',235
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,236
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""'Well, perhaps it is better that I should not tell you that just at",237
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,this moment. I have it from the same source that you are both an,238
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,orphan and a bachelor and are residing alone in London.',239
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,240
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""'That is quite correct,' I answered; 'but you will excuse me if I",241
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,say that I cannot see how all this bears upon my professional,242
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,qualifications. I understand that it was on a professional matter,243
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,that you wished to speak to me?',244
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,245
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""'Undoubtedly so. But you will find that all I say is really to the",246
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"point. I have a professional commission for you, but absolute secrecy",247
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"is quite essential--absolute secrecy, you understand, and of course",248
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,we may expect that more from a man who is alone than from one who,249
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,lives in the bosom of his family.',250
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,251
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""'If I promise to keep a secret,' said I, 'you may absolutely depend",252
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,upon my doing so.',253
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,254
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""He looked very hard at me as I spoke, and it seemed to me that I had",255
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,never seen so suspicious and questioning an eye.,256
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,257
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""'Do you promise, then?' said he at last.",258
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,259
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""'Yes, I promise.'",260
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,261
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""'Absolute and complete silence before, during, and after? No",262
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"reference to the matter at all, either in word or writing?'",263
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,264
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""'I have already given you my word.'",265
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,266
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""'Very good.' He suddenly sprang up, and darting like lightning",267
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,across the room he flung open the door. The passage outside was,268
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,empty.,269
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,270
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""'That's all right,' said he, coming back. 'I know that clerks are",271
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,sometimes curious as to their master's affairs. Now we can talk in,272
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,safety.' He drew up his chair very close to mine and began to stare,273
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,at me again with the same questioning and thoughtful look.,274
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,275
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""A feeling of repulsion, and of something akin to fear had begun to",276
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,rise within me at the strange antics of this fleshless man. Even my,277
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,dread of losing a client could not restrain me from showing my,278
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,impatience.,279
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,280
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""'I beg that you will state your business, sir,' said I; 'my time is",281
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"of value.' Heaven forgive me for that last sentence, but the words",282
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,came to my lips.,283
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,284
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""'How would fifty guineas for a night's work suit you?' he asked.",285
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,286
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""'Most admirably.'",287
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,288
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""'I say a night's work, but an hour's would be nearer the mark. I",289
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,simply want your opinion about a hydraulic stamping machine which has,290
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,got out of gear. If you show us what is wrong we shall soon set it,291
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,right ourselves. What do you think of such a commission as that?',292
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,293
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""'The work appears to be light and the pay munificent.'",294
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,295
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""'Precisely so. We shall want you to come to-night by the last",296
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,train.',297
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,298
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""'Where to?'",299
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,300
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""'To Eyford, in Berkshire. It is a little place near the borders of",301
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"Oxfordshire, and within seven miles of Reading. There is a train from",302
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,Paddington which would bring you there at about 11.15.',303
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,304
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""'Very good.'",305
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,306
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""'I shall come down in a carriage to meet you.'",307
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,308
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""'There is a drive, then?'",309
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,310
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""'Yes, our little place is quite out in the country. It is a good",311
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,seven miles from Eyford Station.',312
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,313
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""'Then we can hardly get there before midnight. I suppose there would",314
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,be no chance of a train back. I should be compelled to stop the,315
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,night.',316
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,317
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""'Yes, we could easily give you a shake-down.'",318
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,319
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""'That is very awkward. Could I not come at some more convenient",320
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,hour?',321
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,322
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""'We have judged it best that you should come late. It is to",323
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"recompense you for any inconvenience that we are paying to you, a",324
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"young and unknown man, a fee which would buy an opinion from the very",325
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"heads of your profession. Still, of course, if you would like to draw",326
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"out of the business, there is plenty of time to do so.'",327
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,328
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""I thought of the fifty guineas, and of how very useful they would be",329
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"to me. 'Not at all,' said I, 'I shall be very happy to accommodate",330
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"myself to your wishes. I should like, however, to understand a little",331
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,more clearly what it is that you wish me to do.',332
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,333
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""'Quite so. It is very natural that the pledge of secrecy which we",334
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,have exacted from you should have aroused your curiosity. I have no,335
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,wish to commit you to anything without your having it all laid before,336
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,you. I suppose that we are absolutely safe from eavesdroppers?',337
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,338
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""'Entirely.'",339
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,340
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""'Then the matter stands thus. You are probably aware that",341
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"fuller's-earth is a valuable product, and that it is only found in",342
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,one or two places in England?',343
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,344
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""'I have heard so.'",345
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,346
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""'Some little time ago I bought a small place--a very small",347
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,place--within ten miles of Reading. I was fortunate enough to,348
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,discover that there was a deposit of fuller's-earth in one of my,349
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"fields. On examining it, however, I found that this deposit was a",350
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"comparatively small one, and that it formed a link between two very",351
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"much larger ones upon the right and left--both of them, however, in",352
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,the grounds of my neighbours. These good people were absolutely,353
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,ignorant that their land contained that which was quite as valuable,354
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"as a gold-mine. Naturally, it was to my interest to buy their land",355
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"before they discovered its true value, but unfortunately I had no",356
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,capital by which I could do this. I took a few of my friends into the,357
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"secret, however, and they suggested that we should quietly and",358
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,secretly work our own little deposit and that in this way we should,359
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,earn the money which would enable us to buy the neighbouring fields.,360
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"This we have now been doing for some time, and in order to help us in",361
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"our operations we erected a hydraulic press. This press, as I have",362
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"already explained, has got out of order, and we wish your advice upon",363
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"the subject. We guard our secret very jealously, however, and if it",364
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,once became known that we had hydraulic engineers coming to our,365
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"little house, it would soon rouse inquiry, and then, if the facts",366
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"came out, it would be good-bye to any chance of getting these fields",367
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,and carrying out our plans. That is why I have made you promise me,368
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,that you will not tell a human being that you are going to Eyford,369
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,to-night. I hope that I make it all plain?',370
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,371
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""'I quite follow you,' said I. 'The only point which I could not",372
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,quite understand was what use you could make of a hydraulic press in,373
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"excavating fuller's-earth, which, as I understand, is dug out like",374
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,gravel from a pit.',375
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,376
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""'Ah!' said he carelessly, 'we have our own process. We compress the",377
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"earth into bricks, so as to remove them without revealing what they",378
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,are. But that is a mere detail. I have taken you fully into my,379
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"confidence now, Mr. Hatherley, and I have shown you how I trust you.'",380
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"He rose as he spoke. 'I shall expect you, then, at Eyford at 11.15.'",381
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,382
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""'I shall certainly be there.'",383
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,384
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""'And not a word to a soul.' He looked at me with a last long,",385
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"questioning gaze, and then, pressing my hand in a cold, dank grasp,",386
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,he hurried from the room.,387
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,388
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""Well, when I came to think it all over in cool blood I was very much",389
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"astonished, as you may both think, at this sudden commission which",390
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"had been intrusted to me. On the one hand, of course, I was glad, for",391
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,the fee was at least tenfold what I should have asked had I set a,392
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"price upon my own services, and it was possible that this order might",393
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"lead to other ones. On the other hand, the face and manner of my",394
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"patron had made an unpleasant impression upon me, and I could not",395
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,think that his explanation of the fuller's-earth was sufficient to,396
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"explain the necessity for my coming at midnight, and his extreme",397
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"anxiety lest I should tell anyone of my errand. However, I threw all",398
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"fears to the winds, ate a hearty supper, drove to Paddington, and",399
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"started off, having obeyed to the letter the injunction as to holding",400
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,my tongue.,401
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,402
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""At Reading I had to change not only my carriage but my station.",403
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"However, I was in time for the last train to Eyford, and I reached",404
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,the little dim-lit station after eleven o'clock. I was the only,405
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"passenger who got out there, and there was no one upon the platform",406
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,save a single sleepy porter with a lantern. As I passed out through,407
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"the wicket gate, however, I found my acquaintance of the morning",408
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,waiting in the shadow upon the other side. Without a word he grasped,409
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"my arm and hurried me into a carriage, the door of which was standing",410
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"open. He drew up the windows on either side, tapped on the wood-work,",411
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"and away we went as fast as the horse could go.""",412
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,413
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""One horse?"" interjected Holmes.",414
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,415
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""Yes, only one.""",416
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,417
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""Did you observe the colour?""",418
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,419
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""Yes, I saw it by the side-lights when I was stepping into the",420
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"carriage. It was a chestnut.""",421
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,422
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""Tired-looking or fresh?""",423
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,424
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""Oh, fresh and glossy.""",425
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,426
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""Thank you. I am sorry to have interrupted you. Pray continue your",427
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"most interesting statement.""",428
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,429
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""Away we went then, and we drove for at least an hour. Colonel",430
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"Lysander Stark had said that it was only seven miles, but I should",431
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"think, from the rate that we seemed to go, and from the time that we",432
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"took, that it must have been nearer twelve. He sat at my side in",433
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"silence all the time, and I was aware, more than once when I glanced",434
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"in his direction, that he was looking at me with great intensity. The",435
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"country roads seem to be not very good in that part of the world, for",436
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,we lurched and jolted terribly. I tried to look out of the windows to,437
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"see something of where we were, but they were made of frosted glass,",438
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,and I could make out nothing save the occasional bright blur of a,439
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,passing light. Now and then I hazarded some remark to break the,440
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"monotony of the journey, but the colonel answered only in",441
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"monosyllables, and the conversation soon flagged. At last, however,",442
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,the bumping of the road was exchanged for the crisp smoothness of a,443
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"gravel-drive, and the carriage came to a stand. Colonel Lysander",444
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"Stark sprang out, and, as I followed after him, pulled me swiftly",445
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"into a porch which gaped in front of us. We stepped, as it were,",446
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"right out of the carriage and into the hall, so that I failed to",447
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,catch the most fleeting glance of the front of the house. The instant,448
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"that I had crossed the threshold the door slammed heavily behind us,",449
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,and I heard faintly the rattle of the wheels as the carriage drove,450
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,away.,451
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,452
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""It was pitch dark inside the house, and the colonel fumbled about",453
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,looking for matches and muttering under his breath. Suddenly a door,454
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"opened at the other end of the passage, and a long, golden bar of",455
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"light shot out in our direction. It grew broader, and a woman",456
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"appeared with a lamp in her hand, which she held above her head,",457
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,pushing her face forward and peering at us. I could see that she was,458
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"pretty, and from the gloss with which the light shone upon her dark",459
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,dress I knew that it was a rich material. She spoke a few words in a,460
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"foreign tongue in a tone as though asking a question, and when my",461
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,companion answered in a gruff monosyllable she gave such a start that,462
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"the lamp nearly fell from her hand. Colonel Stark went up to her,",463
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"whispered something in her ear, and then, pushing her back into the",464
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"room from whence she had come, he walked towards me again with the",465
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,lamp in his hand.,466
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,467
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""'Perhaps you will have the kindness to wait in this room for a few",468
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"minutes,' said he, throwing open another door. It was a quiet,",469
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"little, plainly furnished room, with a round table in the centre, on",470
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,which several German books were scattered. Colonel Stark laid down,471
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,the lamp on the top of a harmonium beside the door. 'I shall not keep,472
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"you waiting an instant,' said he, and vanished into the darkness.",473
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,474
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""I glanced at the books upon the table, and in spite of my ignorance",475
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"of German I could see that two of them were treatises on science, the",476
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"others being volumes of poetry. Then I walked across to the window,",477
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"hoping that I might catch some glimpse of the country-side, but an",478
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"oak shutter, heavily barred, was folded across it. It was a",479
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,wonderfully silent house. There was an old clock ticking loudly,480
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"somewhere in the passage, but otherwise everything was deadly still.",481
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,A vague feeling of uneasiness began to steal over me. Who were these,482
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"German people, and what were they doing living in this strange,",483
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,out-of-the-way place? And where was the place? I was ten miles or so,484
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"from Eyford, that was all I knew, but whether north, south, east, or",485
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"west I had no idea. For that matter, Reading, and possibly other",486
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"large towns, were within that radius, so the place might not be so",487
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"secluded, after all. Yet it was quite certain, from the absolute",488
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"stillness, that we were in the country. I paced up and down the room,",489
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,humming a tune under my breath to keep up my spirits and feeling that,490
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,I was thoroughly earning my fifty-guinea fee.,491
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,492
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""Suddenly, without any preliminary sound in the midst of the utter",493
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"stillness, the door of my room swung slowly open. The woman was",494
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"standing in the aperture, the darkness of the hall behind her, the",495
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,yellow light from my lamp beating upon her eager and beautiful face.,496
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"I could see at a glance that she was sick with fear, and the sight",497
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,sent a chill to my own heart. She held up one shaking finger to warn,498
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"me to be silent, and she shot a few whispered words of broken English",499
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"at me, her eyes glancing back, like those of a frightened horse, into",500
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,the gloom behind her.,501
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,502
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""'I would go,' said she, trying hard, as it seemed to me, to speak",503
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,calmly; 'I would go. I should not stay here. There is no good for you,504
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,to do.',505
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,506
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""'But, madam,' said I, 'I have not yet done what I came for. I cannot",507
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,possibly leave until I have seen the machine.',508
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,509
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""'It is not worth your while to wait,' she went on. 'You can pass",510
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"through the door; no one hinders.' And then, seeing that I smiled and",511
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"shook my head, she suddenly threw aside her constraint and made a",512
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"step forward, with her hands wrung together. 'For the love of",513
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"Heaven!' she whispered, 'get away from here before it is too late!'",514
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,515
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""But I am somewhat headstrong by nature, and the more ready to engage",516
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,in an affair when there is some obstacle in the way. I thought of my,517
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"fifty-guinea fee, of my wearisome journey, and of the unpleasant",518
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,night which seemed to be before me. Was it all to go for nothing? Why,519
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"should I slink away without having carried out my commission, and",520
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"without the payment which was my due? This woman might, for all I",521
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"knew, be a monomaniac. With a stout bearing, therefore, though her",522
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"manner had shaken me more than I cared to confess, I still shook my",523
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,head and declared my intention of remaining where I was. She was,524
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"about to renew her entreaties when a door slammed overhead, and the",525
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,sound of several footsteps was heard upon the stairs. She listened,526
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"for an instant, threw up her hands with a despairing gesture, and",527
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,vanished as suddenly and as noiselessly as she had come.,528
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,529
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""The newcomers were Colonel Lysander Stark and a short thick man with",530
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"a chinchilla beard growing out of the creases of his double chin, who",531
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,was introduced to me as Mr. Ferguson.,532
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,533
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""'This is my secretary and manager,' said the colonel. 'By the way, I",534
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,was under the impression that I left this door shut just now. I fear,535
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,that you have felt the draught.',536
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,537
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""'On the contrary,' said I, 'I opened the door myself because I felt",538
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,the room to be a little close.',539
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,540
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""He shot one of his suspicious looks at me. 'Perhaps we had better",541
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"proceed to business, then,' said he. 'Mr. Ferguson and I will take",542
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,you up to see the machine.',543
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,544
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""'I had better put my hat on, I suppose.'",545
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,546
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""'Oh, no, it is in the house.'",547
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,548
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""'What, you dig fuller's-earth in the house?'",549
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,550
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""'No, no. This is only where we compress it. But never mind that. All",551
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,we wish you to do is to examine the machine and to let us know what,552
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,is wrong with it.',553
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,554
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""We went upstairs together, the colonel first with the lamp, the fat",555
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"manager and I behind him. It was a labyrinth of an old house, with",556
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"corridors, passages, narrow winding staircases, and little low doors,",557
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,the thresholds of which were hollowed out by the generations who had,558
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,crossed them. There were no carpets and no signs of any furniture,559
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"above the ground floor, while the plaster was peeling off the walls,",560
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"and the damp was breaking through in green, unhealthy blotches. I",561
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"tried to put on as unconcerned an air as possible, but I had not",562
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"forgotten the warnings of the lady, even though I disregarded them,",563
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,and I kept a keen eye upon my two companions. Ferguson appeared to be,564
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"a morose and silent man, but I could see from the little that he said",565
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,that he was at least a fellow-countryman.,566
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,567
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""Colonel Lysander Stark stopped at last before a low door, which he",568
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"unlocked. Within was a small, square room, in which the three of us",569
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"could hardly get at one time. Ferguson remained outside, and the",570
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,colonel ushered me in.,571
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,572
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""'We are now,' said he, 'actually within the hydraulic press, and it",573
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,would be a particularly unpleasant thing for us if anyone were to,574
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,turn it on. The ceiling of this small chamber is really the end of,575
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"the descending piston, and it comes down with the force of many tons",576
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,upon this metal floor. There are small lateral columns of water,577
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"outside which receive the force, and which transmit and multiply it",578
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,in the manner which is familiar to you. The machine goes readily,579
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"enough, but there is some stiffness in the working of it, and it has",580
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,lost a little of its force. Perhaps you will have the goodness to,581
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,look it over and to show us how we can set it right.',582
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,583
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""I took the lamp from him, and I examined the machine very",584
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"thoroughly. It was indeed a gigantic one, and capable of exercising",585
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"enormous pressure. When I passed outside, however, and pressed down",586
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"the levers which controlled it, I knew at once by the whishing sound",587
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"that there was a slight leakage, which allowed a regurgitation of",588
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,water through one of the side cylinders. An examination showed that,589
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,one of the india-rubber bands which was round the head of a,590
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,driving-rod had shrunk so as not quite to fill the socket along which,591
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"it worked. This was clearly the cause of the loss of power, and I",592
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"pointed it out to my companions, who followed my remarks very",593
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,carefully and asked several practical questions as to how they should,594
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"proceed to set it right. When I had made it clear to them, I returned",595
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,to the main chamber of the machine and took a good look at it to,596
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,satisfy my own curiosity. It was obvious at a glance that the story,597
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"of the fuller's-earth was the merest fabrication, for it would be",598
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,absurd to suppose that so powerful an engine could be designed for so,599
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"inadequate a purpose. The walls were of wood, but the floor consisted",600
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"of a large iron trough, and when I came to examine it I could see a",601
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,crust of metallic deposit all over it. I had stooped and was scraping,602
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,at this to see exactly what it was when I heard a muttered,603
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,exclamation in German and saw the cadaverous face of the colonel,604
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,looking down at me.,605
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,606
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""'What are you doing there?' he asked.",607
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,608
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""I felt angry at having been tricked by so elaborate a story as that",609
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"which he had told me. 'I was admiring your fuller's-earth,' said I;",610
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,'I think that I should be better able to advise you as to your,611
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,machine if I knew what the exact purpose was for which it was used.',612
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,613
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""The instant that I uttered the words I regretted the rashness of my",614
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"speech. His face set hard, and a baleful light sprang up in his grey",615
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,eyes.,616
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,617
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""'Very well,' said he, 'you shall know all about the machine.' He",618
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"took a step backward, slammed the little door, and turned the key in",619
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"the lock. I rushed towards it and pulled at the handle, but it was",620
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"quite secure, and did not give in the least to my kicks and shoves.",621
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,'Hullo!' I yelled. 'Hullo! Colonel! Let me out!',622
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,623
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""And then suddenly in the silence I heard a sound which sent my heart",624
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,into my mouth. It was the clank of the levers and the swish of the,625
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,leaking cylinder. He had set the engine at work. The lamp still stood,626
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,upon the floor where I had placed it when examining the trough. By,627
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"its light I saw that the black ceiling was coming down upon me,",628
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"slowly, jerkily, but, as none knew better than myself, with a force",629
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,which must within a minute grind me to a shapeless pulp. I threw,630
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"myself, screaming, against the door, and dragged with my nails at the",631
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"lock. I implored the colonel to let me out, but the remorseless",632
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,clanking of the levers drowned my cries. The ceiling was only a foot,633
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"or two above my head, and with my hand upraised I could feel its",634
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"hard, rough surface. Then it flashed through my mind that the pain of",635
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,my death would depend very much upon the position in which I met it.,636
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"If I lay on my face the weight would come upon my spine, and I",637
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"shuddered to think of that dreadful snap. Easier the other way,",638
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"perhaps; and yet, had I the nerve to lie and look up at that deadly",639
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,black shadow wavering down upon me? Already I was unable to stand,640
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"erect, when my eye caught something which brought a gush of hope back",641
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,to my heart.,642
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,643
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""I have said that though the floor and ceiling were of iron, the",644
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"walls were of wood. As I gave a last hurried glance around, I saw a",645
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"thin line of yellow light between two of the boards, which broadened",646
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,and broadened as a small panel was pushed backward. For an instant I,647
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,could hardly believe that here was indeed a door which led away from,648
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"death. The next instant I threw myself through, and lay half-fainting",649
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"upon the other side. The panel had closed again behind me, but the",650
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"crash of the lamp, and a few moments afterwards the clang of the two",651
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"slabs of metal, told me how narrow had been my escape.",652
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,653
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""I was recalled to myself by a frantic plucking at my wrist, and I",654
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"found myself lying upon the stone floor of a narrow corridor, while a",655
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"woman bent over me and tugged at me with her left hand, while she",656
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,held a candle in her right. It was the same good friend whose warning,657
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,I had so foolishly rejected.,658
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,659
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""'Come! come!' she cried breathlessly. 'They will be here in a",660
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"moment. They will see that you are not there. Oh, do not waste the",661
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"so-precious time, but come!'",662
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,663
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""This time, at least, I did not scorn her advice. I staggered to my",664
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,feet and ran with her along the corridor and down a winding stair.,665
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"The latter led to another broad passage, and just as we reached it we",666
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"heard the sound of running feet and the shouting of two voices, one",667
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,answering the other from the floor on which  we were and from the one,668
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,beneath. My guide stopped and looked about her like one  who is at,669
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"her wit's end. Then she threw open a door which led into a bedroom,",670
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,through the window of which the moon was shining brightly.,671
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,672
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""'It is your only chance,' said she. 'It is high, but it may be that",673
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,you can jump it.',674
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,675
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""As she spoke a light sprang into view at the further end of the",676
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"passage, and I saw the lean figure of Colonel Lysander Stark rushing",677
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,forward with a lantern in one hand and a weapon like a butcher's,678
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"cleaver in the other. I rushed across the bedroom, flung open the",679
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"window, and looked out. How quiet and sweet and wholesome the garden",680
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"looked in the moonlight, and it could not be more than thirty feet",681
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"down. I clambered out upon the sill, but I hesitated to jump until I",682
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,should have heard what passed between my saviour and the ruffian who,683
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"pursued me. If she were ill-used, then at any risks I was determined",684
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,to go back to her assistance. The thought had hardly flashed through,685
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"my mind before he was at the door, pushing his way past her; but she",686
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,threw her arms round him and tried to hold him back.,687
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,688
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""'Fritz! Fritz!' she cried in English, 'remember your promise after",689
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,the last time. You said it should not be again. He will be silent!,690
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"Oh, he will be silent!'",691
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,692
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""'You are mad, Elise!' he shouted, struggling to break away from her.",693
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"'You will be the ruin of us. He has seen too much. Let me pass, I",694
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"say!' He dashed her to one side, and, rushing to the window, cut at",695
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"me with his heavy weapon. I had let myself go, and was hanging by the",696
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"hands to the sill, when his blow fell. I was conscious of a dull",697
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"pain, my grip loosened, and I fell into the garden below.",698
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,699
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""I was shaken but not hurt by the fall; so I picked myself up and",700
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"rushed off among the bushes as hard as I could run, for I understood",701
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"that I was far from being out of danger yet. Suddenly, however, as I",702
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"ran, a deadly dizziness and sickness came over me. I glanced down at",703
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"my hand, which was throbbing painfully, and then, for the first time,",704
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,saw that my thumb had been cut off and that the blood was pouring,705
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"from my wound. I endeavoured to tie my handkerchief round it, but",706
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"there came a sudden buzzing in my ears, and next moment I fell in a",707
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,dead faint among the rose-bushes.,708
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,709
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""How long I remained unconscious I cannot tell. It must have been a",710
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"very long time, for the moon had sunk, and a bright morning was",711
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"breaking when I came to myself. My clothes were all sodden with dew,",712
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,and my coat-sleeve was drenched with blood from my wounded thumb. The,713
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,smarting of it recalled in an instant all the particulars of my,714
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"night's adventure, and I sprang to my feet with the feeling that I",715
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"might hardly yet be safe from my pursuers. But to my astonishment,",716
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"when I came to look round me, neither house nor garden were to be",717
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,seen. I had been lying in an angle of the hedge close by the,718
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"highroad, and just a little lower down was a long building, which",719
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"proved, upon my approaching it, to be the very station at which I had",720
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,arrived upon the previous night. Were it not for the ugly wound upon,721
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"my hand, all that had passed during those dreadful hours might have",722
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,been an evil dream.,723
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,724
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""Half dazed, I went into the station and asked about the morning",725
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,train. There would be one to Reading in less than an hour. The same,726
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"porter was on duty, I found, as had been there when I arrived. I",727
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,inquired of him whether he had ever heard of Colonel Lysander Stark.,728
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,The name was strange to him. Had he observed a carriage the night,729
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"before waiting for me? No, he had not. Was there a police-station",730
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,anywhere near? There was one about three miles off.,731
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,732
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""It was too far for me to go, weak and ill as I was. I determined to",733
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,wait until I got back to town before telling my story to the police.,734
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"It was a little past six when I arrived, so I went first to have my",735
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"wound dressed, and then the doctor was kind enough to bring me along",736
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,here. I put the case into your hands and shall do exactly what you,737
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"advise.""",738
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,739
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,We both sat in silence for some little time after listening to this,740
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,extraordinary narrative. Then Sherlock Holmes pulled down from the,741
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,shelf one of the ponderous commonplace books in which he placed his,742
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,cuttings.,743
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,744
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""Here is an advertisement which will interest you,"" said he. ""It",745
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,appeared in all the papers about a year ago. Listen to this:,746
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,747
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""'Lost, on the 9th inst., Mr. Jeremiah Hayling, aged twenty-six, a",748
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"hydraulic engineer. Left his lodgings at ten o'clock at night, and",749
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,has not been heard of since. Was dressed in--',750
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,751
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"etc., etc. Ha! That represents the last time that the colonel needed",752
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"to have his machine overhauled, I fancy.""",753
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,754
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""Good heavens!"" cried my patient. ""Then that explains what the girl",755
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"said.""",756
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,757
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""Undoubtedly. It is quite clear that the colonel was a cool and",758
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"desperate man, who was absolutely determined that nothing should",759
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"stand in the way of his little game, like those out-and-out pirates",760
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"who will leave no survivor from a captured ship. Well, every moment",761
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"now is precious, so if you feel equal to it we shall go down to",762
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"Scotland Yard at once as a preliminary to starting for Eyford.""",763
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,764
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"Some three hours or so afterwards we were all in the train together,",765
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,bound from Reading to the little Berkshire village. There were,766
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"Sherlock Holmes, the hydraulic engineer, Inspector Bradstreet, of",767
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"Scotland Yard, a plain-clothes man, and myself. Bradstreet had spread",768
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,an ordnance map of the county out upon the seat and was busy with his,769
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,compasses drawing a circle with Eyford for its centre.,770
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,771
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""There you are,"" said he. ""That circle is drawn at a radius of ten",772
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,miles from the village. The place we want must be somewhere near that,773
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"line. You said ten miles, I think, sir.""",774
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,775
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""It was an hour's good drive.""",776
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,777
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""And you think that they brought you back all that way when you were",778
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"unconscious?""",779
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,780
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""They must have done so. I have a confused memory, too, of having",781
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"been lifted and conveyed somewhere.""",782
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,783
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""What I cannot understand,"" said I, ""is why they should have spared",784
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,you when they found you lying fainting in the garden. Perhaps the,785
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"villain was softened by the woman's entreaties.""",786
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,787
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""I hardly think that likely. I never saw a more inexorable face in my",788
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"life.""",789
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,790
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""Oh, we shall soon clear up all that,"" said Bradstreet. ""Well, I have",791
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"drawn my circle, and I only wish I knew at what point upon it the",792
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"folk that we are in search of are to be found.""",793
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,794
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""I think I could lay my finger on it,"" said Holmes quietly.",795
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,796
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""Really, now!"" cried the inspector, ""you have formed your opinion!",797
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"Come, now, we shall see who agrees with you. I say it is south, for",798
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"the country is more deserted there.""",799
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,800
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""And I say east,"" said my patient.",801
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,802
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""I am for west,"" remarked the plain-clothes man. ""There are several",803
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"quiet little villages up there.""",804
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,805
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""And I am for north,"" said I, ""because there are no hills there, and",806
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"our friend says that he did not notice the carriage go up any.""",807
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,808
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""Come,"" cried the inspector, laughing; ""it's a very pretty diversity",809
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,of opinion. We have boxed the compass among us. Who do you give your,810
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"casting vote to?""",811
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,812
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""You are all wrong.""",813
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,814
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""But we can't all be.""",815
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,816
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""Oh, yes, you can. This is my point."" He placed his finger in the",817
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"centre of the circle. ""This is where we shall find them.""",818
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,819
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""But the twelve-mile drive?"" gasped Hatherley.",820
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,821
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""Six out and six back. Nothing simpler. You say yourself that the",822
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,horse was fresh and glossy when you got in. How could it be that if,823
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"it had gone twelve miles over heavy roads?""",824
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,825
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""Indeed, it is a likely ruse enough,"" observed Bradstreet",826
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"thoughtfully. ""Of course there can be no doubt as to the nature of",827
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"this gang.""",828
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,829
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""None at all,"" said Holmes. ""They are coiners on a large scale, and",830
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,have used the machine to form the amalgam which has taken the place,831
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"of silver.""",832
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,833
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""We have known for some time that a clever gang was at work,"" said",834
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"the inspector. ""They have been turning out half-crowns by the",835
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"thousand. We even traced them as far as Reading, but could get no",836
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"farther, for they had covered their traces in a way that showed that",837
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"they were very old hands. But now, thanks to this lucky chance, I",838
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"think that we have got them right enough.""",839
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,840
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"But the inspector was mistaken, for those criminals were not destined",841
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,to fall into the hands of justice. As we rolled into Eyford Station,842
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,we saw a gigantic column of smoke which streamed up from behind a,843
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,small clump of trees in the neighbourhood and hung like an immense,844
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,ostrich feather over the landscape.,845
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,846
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""A house on fire?"" asked Bradstreet as the train steamed off again on",847
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,its way.,848
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,849
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""Yes, sir!"" said the station-master.",850
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,851
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""When did it break out?""",852
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,853
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""I hear that it was during the night, sir, but it has got worse, and",854
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"the whole place is in a blaze.""",855
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,856
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""Whose house is it?""",857
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,858
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""Dr. Becher's.""",859
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,860
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""Tell me,"" broke in the engineer, ""is Dr. Becher a German, very thin,",861
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"with a long, sharp nose?""",862
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,863
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"The station-master laughed heartily. ""No, sir, Dr. Becher is an",864
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"Englishman, and there isn't a man in the parish who has a",865
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"better-lined waistcoat. But he has a gentleman staying with him, a",866
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"patient, as I understand, who is a foreigner, and he looks as if a",867
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"little good Berkshire beef would do him no harm.""",868
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,869
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,The station-master had not finished his speech before we were all,870
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"hastening in the direction of the fire. The road topped a low hill,",871
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"and there was a great widespread whitewashed building in front of us,",872
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"spouting fire at every chink and window, while in the garden in front",873
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,three fire-engines were vainly striving to keep the flames under.,874
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,875
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""That's it!"" cried Hatherley, in intense excitement. ""There is the",876
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"gravel-drive, and there are the rose-bushes where I lay. That second",877
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"window is the one that I jumped from.""",878
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,879
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""Well, at least,"" said Holmes, ""you have had your revenge upon them.",880
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"There can be no question that it was your oil-lamp which, when it was",881
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"crushed in the press, set fire to the wooden walls, though no doubt",882
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,they were too excited in the chase after you to observe it at the,883
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,time. Now keep your eyes open in this crowd for your friends of last,884
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"night, though I very much fear that they are a good hundred miles off",885
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"by now.""",886
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,887
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"And Holmes' fears came to be realised, for from that day to this no",888
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"word has ever been heard either of the beautiful woman, the sinister",889
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"German, or the morose Englishman. Early that morning a peasant had",890
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,met a cart containing several people and some very bulky boxes,891
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"driving rapidly in the direction of Reading, but there all traces of",892
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"the fugitives disappeared, and even Holmes' ingenuity failed ever to",893
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,discover the least clue as to their whereabouts.,894
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,895
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,The firemen had been much perturbed at the strange arrangements which,896
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"they had found within, and still more so by discovering a newly",897
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,severed human thumb upon a window-sill of the second floor. About,898
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"sunset, however, their efforts were at last successful, and they",899
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"subdued the flames, but not before the roof had fallen in, and the",900
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"whole place been reduced to such absolute ruin that, save some",901
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"twisted cylinders and iron piping, not a trace remained of the",902
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,machinery which had cost our unfortunate acquaintance so dearly.,903
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,Large masses of nickel and of tin were discovered stored in an,904
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"out-house, but no coins were to be found, which may have explained",905
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,the presence of those bulky boxes which have been already referred,906
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,to.,907
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,908
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,How our hydraulic engineer had been conveyed from the garden to the,909
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,spot where he recovered his senses might have remained forever a,910
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"mystery were it not for the soft mould, which told us a very plain",911
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"tale. He had evidently been carried down by two persons, one of whom",912
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,had remarkably small feet and the other unusually large ones. On the,913
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"whole, it was most probable that the silent Englishman, being less",914
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"bold or less murderous than his companion, had assisted the woman to",915
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,bear the unconscious man out of the way of danger.,916
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,917
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""Well,"" said our engineer ruefully as we took our seats to return",918
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"once more to London, ""it has been a pretty business for me! I have",919
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"lost my thumb and I have lost a fifty-guinea fee, and what have I",920
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"gained?""",921
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,922
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"""Experience,"" said Holmes, laughing. ""Indirectly it may be of value,",923
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,you know; you have only to put it into words to gain the reputation,924
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,"of being excellent company for the remainder of your existence.""",925
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,,926
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,THE ADVENTURE OF THE NOBLE BACHELOR,1
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,2
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"The Lord St. Simon marriage, and its curious termination, have long",3
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,ceased to be a subject of interest in those exalted circles in which,4
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"the unfortunate bridegroom moves. Fresh scandals have eclipsed it,",5
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,and their more piquant details have drawn the gossips away from this,6
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"four-year-old drama. As I have reason to believe, however, that the",7
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"full facts have never been revealed to the general public, and as my",8
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,friend Sherlock Holmes had a considerable share in clearing the,9
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"matter up, I feel that no memoir of him would be complete without",10
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,some little sketch of this remarkable episode.,11
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,12
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"It was a few weeks before my own marriage, during the days when I was",13
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"still sharing rooms with Holmes in Baker Street, that he came home",14
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,from an afternoon stroll to find a letter on the table waiting for,15
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"him. I had remained indoors all day, for the weather had taken a",16
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"sudden turn to rain, with high autumnal winds, and the Jezail bullet",17
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,which I had brought back in one of my limbs as a relic of my Afghan,18
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,campaign throbbed with dull persistence. With my body in one,19
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"easy-chair and my legs upon another, I had surrounded myself with a",20
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"cloud of newspapers until at last, saturated with the news of the",21
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"day, I tossed them all aside and lay listless, watching the huge",22
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,crest and monogram upon the envelope upon the table and wondering,23
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,lazily who my friend's noble correspondent could be.,24
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,25
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Here is a very fashionable epistle,"" I remarked as he entered. ""Your",26
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"morning letters, if I remember right, were from a fish-monger and a",27
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"tide-waiter.""",28
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,29
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Yes, my correspondence has certainly the charm of variety,"" he",30
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"answered, smiling, ""and the humbler are usually the more interesting.",31
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,This looks like one of those unwelcome social summonses which call,32
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"upon a man either to be bored or to lie.""",33
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,34
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,He broke the seal and glanced over the contents.,35
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,36
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Oh, come, it may prove to be something of interest, after all.""",37
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,38
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Not social, then?""",39
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,40
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""No, distinctly professional.""",41
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,42
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""And from a noble client?""",43
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,44
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""One of the highest in England.""",45
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,46
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""My dear fellow, I congratulate you.""",47
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,48
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""I assure you, Watson, without affectation, that the status of my",49
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,client is a matter of less moment to me than the interest of his,50
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"case. It is just possible, however, that that also may not be wanting",51
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,in this new investigation. You have been reading the papers,52
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"diligently of late, have you not?""",53
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,54
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""It looks like it,"" said I ruefully, pointing to a huge bundle in the",55
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"corner. ""I have had nothing else to do.""",56
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,57
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""It is fortunate, for you will perhaps be able to post me up. I read",58
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,nothing except the criminal news and the agony column. The latter is,59
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,always instructive. But if you have followed recent events so closely,60
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"you must have read about Lord St. Simon and his wedding?""",61
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,62
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Oh, yes, with the deepest interest.""",63
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,64
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""That is well. The letter which I hold in my hand is from Lord St.",65
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"Simon. I will read it to you, and in return you must turn over these",66
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,papers and let me have whatever bears upon the matter. This is what,67
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,he says:,68
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,69
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""'My dear Mr. Sherlock Holmes:",70
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""'Lord Backwater tells me that I may place implicit reliance upon",71
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"your judgment and discretion. I have determined, therefore, to call",72
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,upon you and to consult you in reference to the very painful event,73
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"which has occurred in connection with my wedding. Mr. Lestrade, of",74
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"Scotland Yard, is acting already in the matter, but he assures me",75
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"that he sees no objection to your co-operation, and that he even",76
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,thinks that it might be of some assistance. I will call at four,77
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"o'clock in the afternoon, and, should you have any other engagement",78
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"at that time, I hope that you will postpone it, as this matter is of",79
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,paramount importance.,80
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""'Yours faithfully,",81
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""'St. Simon.'",82
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,83
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""It is dated from Grosvenor Mansions, written with a quill pen, and",84
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,the noble lord has had the misfortune to get a smear of ink upon the,85
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"outer side of his right little finger,"" remarked Holmes as he folded",86
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,up the epistle.,87
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,88
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""He says four o'clock. It is three now. He will be here in an hour.""",89
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,90
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Then I have just time, with your assistance, to get clear upon the",91
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,subject. Turn over those papers and arrange the extracts in their,92
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"order of time, while I take a glance as to who our client is."" He",93
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,picked a red-covered volume from a line of books of reference beside,94
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"the mantelpiece. ""Here he is,"" said he, sitting down and flattening",95
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"it out upon his knee. ""'Lord Robert Walsingham de Vere St. Simon,",96
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"second son of the Duke of Balmoral.' Hum! 'Arms: Azure, three",97
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,caltrops in chief over a fess sable. Born in 1846.' He's forty-one,98
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"years of age, which is mature for marriage. Was Under-Secretary for",99
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"the colonies in a late administration. The Duke, his father, was at",100
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,one time Secretary for Foreign Affairs. They inherit Plantagenet,101
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"blood by direct descent, and Tudor on the distaff side. Ha! Well,",102
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,there is nothing very instructive in all this. I think that I must,103
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"turn to you Watson, for something more solid.""",104
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,105
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""I have very little difficulty in finding what I want,"" said I, ""for",106
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"the facts are quite recent, and the matter struck me as remarkable. I",107
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"feared to refer them to you, however, as I knew that you had an",108
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,inquiry on hand and that you disliked the intrusion of other,109
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"matters.""",110
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,111
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Oh, you mean the little problem of the Grosvenor Square furniture",112
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"van. That is quite cleared up now--though, indeed, it was obvious",113
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,from the first. Pray give me the results of your newspaper,114
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"selections.""",115
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,116
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Here is the first notice which I can find. It is in the personal",117
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"column of the Morning Post, and dates, as you see, some weeks back:",118
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,119
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""'A marriage has been arranged [it says] and will, if rumour is",120
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"correct, very shortly take place, between Lord Robert St. Simon,",121
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"second son of the Duke of Balmoral, and Miss Hatty Doran, the only",122
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"daughter of Aloysius Doran. Esq., of San Francisco, Cal., U.S.A.'",123
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,124
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"That is all.""",125
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,126
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Terse and to the point,"" remarked Holmes, stretching his long, thin",127
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,legs towards the fire.,128
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,129
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""There was a paragraph amplifying this in one of the society papers",130
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"of the same week. Ah, here it is:",131
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,132
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""'There will soon be a call for protection in the marriage market,",133
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,for the present free-trade principle appears to tell heavily against,134
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,our home product. One by one the management of the noble houses of,135
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,Great Britain is passing into the hands of our fair cousins from,136
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,across the Atlantic. An important addition has been made during the,137
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,last week to the list of the prizes which have been borne away by,138
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"these charming invaders. Lord St. Simon, who has shown himself for",139
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"over twenty years proof against the little god's arrows, has now",140
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"definitely announced his approaching marriage with Miss Hatty Doran,",141
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"the fascinating daughter of a California millionaire. Miss Doran,",142
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,whose graceful figure and striking face attracted much attention at,143
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"the Westbury House festivities, is an only child, and it is currently",144
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,reported that her dowry will run to considerably over the six,145
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"figures, with expectancies for the future. As it is an open secret",146
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,that the Duke of Balmoral has been compelled to sell his pictures,147
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"within the last few years, and as Lord St. Simon has no property of",148
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"his own save the small estate of Birchmoor, it is obvious that the",149
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,Californian heiress is not the only gainer by an alliance which will,150
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,enable her to make the easy and common transition from a Republican,151
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"lady to a British peeress.'""",152
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,153
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Anything else?"" asked Holmes, yawning.",154
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,155
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Oh, yes; plenty. Then there is another note in the Morning Post to",156
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"say that the marriage would be an absolutely quiet one, that it would",157
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"be at St. George's, Hanover Square, that only half a dozen intimate",158
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"friends would be invited, and that the party would return to the",159
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,furnished house at Lancaster Gate which has been taken by Mr.,160
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"Aloysius Doran. Two days later--that is, on Wednesday last--there is",161
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"a curt announcement that the wedding had taken place, and that the",162
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"honeymoon would be passed at Lord Backwater's place, near",163
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,Petersfield. Those are all the notices which appeared before the,164
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"disappearance of the bride.""",165
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,166
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Before the what?"" asked Holmes with a start.",167
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,168
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""The vanishing of the lady.""",169
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,170
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""When did she vanish, then?""",171
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,172
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""At the wedding breakfast.""",173
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,174
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Indeed. This is more interesting than it promised to be; quite",175
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"dramatic, in fact.""",176
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,177
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Yes; it struck me as being a little out of the common.""",178
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,179
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""They often vanish before the ceremony, and occasionally during the",180
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,honeymoon; but I cannot call to mind anything quite so prompt as,181
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"this. Pray let me have the details.""",182
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,183
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""I warn you that they are very incomplete.""",184
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,185
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Perhaps we may make them less so.""",186
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,187
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Such as they are, they are set forth in a single article of a",188
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"morning paper of yesterday, which I will read to you. It is headed,",189
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,'Singular Occurrence at a Fashionable Wedding':,190
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,191
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""'The family of Lord Robert St. Simon has been thrown into the",192
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,greatest consternation by the strange and painful episodes which have,193
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"taken place in connection with his wedding. The ceremony, as shortly",194
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"announced in the papers of yesterday, occurred on the previous",195
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,morning; but it is only now that it has been possible to confirm the,196
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,strange rumours which have been so persistently floating about. In,197
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"spite of the attempts of the friends to hush the matter up, so much",198
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,public attention has now been drawn to it that no good purpose can be,199
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,served by affecting to disregard what is a common subject for,200
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,conversation.,201
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""'The ceremony, which was performed at St. George's, Hanover Square,",202
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"was a very quiet one, no one being present save the father of the",203
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"bride, Mr. Aloysius Doran, the Duchess of Balmoral, Lord Backwater,",204
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,Lord Eustace and Lady Clara St. Simon (the younger brother and sister,205
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"of the bridegroom), and Lady Alicia Whittington. The whole party",206
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"proceeded afterwards to the house of Mr. Aloysius Doran, at Lancaster",207
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"Gate, where breakfast had been prepared. It appears that some little",208
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"trouble was caused by a woman, whose name has not been ascertained,",209
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,who endeavoured to force her way into the house after the bridal,210
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"party, alleging that she had some claim upon Lord St. Simon. It was",211
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,only after a painful and prolonged scene that she was ejected by the,212
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"butler and the footman. The bride, who had fortunately entered the",213
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"house before this unpleasant interruption, had sat down to breakfast",214
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"with the rest, when she complained of a sudden indisposition and",215
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,retired to her room. Her prolonged absence having caused some,216
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"comment, her father followed her, but learned from her maid that she",217
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"had only come up to her chamber for an instant, caught up an ulster",218
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"and bonnet, and hurried down to the passage. One of the footmen",219
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"declared that he had seen a lady leave the house thus apparelled, but",220
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"had refused to credit that it was his mistress, believing her to be",221
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"with the company. On ascertaining that his daughter had disappeared,",222
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"Mr. Aloysius Doran, in conjunction with the bridegroom, instantly put",223
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"themselves in communication with the police, and very energetic",224
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"inquiries are being made, which will probably result in a speedy",225
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,clearing up of this very singular business. Up to a late hour last,226
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"night, however, nothing had transpired as to the whereabouts of the",227
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"missing lady. There are rumours of foul play in the matter, and it is",228
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,said that the police have caused the arrest of the woman who had,229
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"caused the original disturbance, in the belief that, from jealousy or",230
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"some other motive, she may have been concerned in the strange",231
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"disappearance of the bride.'""",232
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,233
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""And is that all?""",234
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,235
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Only one little item in another of the morning papers, but it is a",236
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"suggestive one.""",237
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,238
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""And it is--""",239
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,240
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""That Miss Flora Millar, the lady who had caused the disturbance, has",241
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,actually been arrested. It appears that she was formerly a danseuse,242
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"at the Allegro, and that she has known the bridegroom for some years.",243
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"There are no further particulars, and the whole case is in your hands",244
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"now--so far as it has been set forth in the public press.""",245
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,246
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""And an exceedingly interesting case it appears to be. I would not",247
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"have missed it for worlds. But there is a ring at the bell, Watson,",248
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"and as the clock makes it a few minutes after four, I have no doubt",249
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"that this will prove to be our noble client. Do not dream of going,",250
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"Watson, for I very much prefer having a witness, if only as a check",251
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"to my own memory.""",252
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,253
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Lord Robert St. Simon,"" announced our page-boy, throwing open the",254
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"door. A gentleman entered, with a pleasant, cultured face, high-nosed",255
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"and pale, with something perhaps of petulance about the mouth, and",256
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"with the steady, well-opened eye of a man whose pleasant lot it had",257
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"ever been to command and to be obeyed. His manner was brisk, and yet",258
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"his general appearance gave an undue impression of age, for he had a",259
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,slight forward stoop and a little bend of the knees as he walked. His,260
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"hair, too, as he swept off his very curly-brimmed hat, was grizzled",261
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"round the edges and thin upon the top. As to his dress, it was",262
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"careful to the verge of foppishness, with high collar, black",263
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"frock-coat, white waistcoat, yellow gloves, patent-leather shoes, and",264
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"light-coloured gaiters. He advanced slowly into the room, turning his",265
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"head from left to right, and swinging in his right hand the cord",266
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,which held his golden eyeglasses.,267
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,268
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Good-day, Lord St. Simon,"" said Holmes, rising and bowing. ""Pray",269
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"take the basket-chair. This is my friend and colleague, Dr. Watson.",270
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"Draw up a little to the fire, and we will talk this matter over.""",271
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,272
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""A most painful matter to me, as you can most readily imagine, Mr.",273
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,Holmes. I have been cut to the quick. I understand that you have,274
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"already managed several delicate cases of this sort, sir, though I",275
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"presume that they were hardly from the same class of society.""",276
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,277
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""No, I am descending.""",278
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,279
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""I beg pardon.""",280
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,281
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""My last client of the sort was a king.""",282
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,283
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Oh, really! I had no idea. And which king?""",284
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,285
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""The King of Scandinavia.""",286
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,287
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""What! Had he lost his wife?""",288
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,289
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""You can understand,"" said Holmes suavely, ""that I extend to the",290
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,affairs of my other clients the same secrecy which I promise to you,291
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"in yours.""",292
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,293
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Of course! Very right! very right! I'm sure I beg pardon. As to my",294
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"own case, I am ready to give you any information which may assist you",295
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"in forming an opinion.""",296
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,297
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Thank you. I have already learned all that is in the public prints,",298
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"nothing more. I presume that I may take it as correct--this article,",299
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"for example, as to the disappearance of the bride.""",300
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,301
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"Lord St. Simon glanced over it. ""Yes, it is correct, as far as it",302
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"goes.""",303
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,304
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""But it needs a great deal of supplementing before anyone could offer",305
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,an opinion. I think that I may arrive at my facts most directly by,306
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"questioning you.""",307
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,308
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Pray do so.""",309
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,310
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""When did you first meet Miss Hatty Doran?""",311
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,312
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""In San Francisco, a year ago.""",313
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,314
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""You were travelling in the States?""",315
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,316
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Yes.""",317
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,318
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Did you become engaged then?""",319
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,320
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""No.""",321
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,322
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""But you were on a friendly footing?""",323
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,324
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""I was amused by her society, and she could see that I was amused.""",325
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,326
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Her father is very rich?""",327
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,328
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""He is said to be the richest man on the Pacific slope.""",329
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,330
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""And how did he make his money?""",331
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,332
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""In mining. He had nothing a few years ago. Then he struck gold,",333
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"invested it, and came up by leaps and bounds.""",334
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,335
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Now, what is your own impression as to the young lady's--your wife's",336
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"character?""",337
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,338
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,The nobleman swung his glasses a little faster and stared down into,339
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"the fire. ""You see, Mr. Holmes,"" said he, ""my wife was twenty before",340
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,her father became a rich man. During that time she ran free in a,341
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"mining camp and wandered through woods or mountains, so that her",342
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,education has come from Nature rather than from the schoolmaster. She,343
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"is what we call in England a tomboy, with a strong nature, wild and",344
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"free, unfettered by any sort of traditions. She is",345
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"impetuous--volcanic, I was about to say. She is swift in making up",346
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,her mind and fearless in carrying out her resolutions. On the other,347
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"hand, I would not have given her the name which I have the honour to",348
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"bear""--he gave a little stately cough--""had not I thought her to be",349
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,at bottom a noble woman. I believe that she is capable of heroic,350
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,self-sacrifice and that anything dishonourable would be repugnant to,351
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"her.""",352
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,353
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Have you her photograph?""",354
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,355
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""I brought this with me."" He opened a locket and showed us the full",356
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,face of a very lovely woman. It was not a photograph but an ivory,357
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"miniature, and the artist had brought out the full effect of the",358
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"lustrous black hair, the large dark eyes, and the exquisite mouth.",359
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,Holmes gazed long and earnestly at it. Then he closed the locket and,360
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,handed it back to Lord St. Simon.,361
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,362
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""The young lady came to London, then, and you renewed your",363
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"acquaintance?""",364
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,365
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Yes, her father brought her over for this last London season. I met",366
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"her several times, became engaged to her, and have now married her.""",367
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,368
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""She brought, I understand, a considerable dowry?""",369
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,370
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""A fair dowry. Not more than is usual in my family.""",371
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,372
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""And this, of course, remains to you, since the marriage is a fait",373
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"accompli?""",374
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,375
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""I really have made no inquiries on the subject.""",376
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,377
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Very naturally not. Did you see Miss Doran on the day before the",378
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"wedding?""",379
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,380
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Yes.""",381
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,382
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Was she in good spirits?""",383
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,384
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Never better. She kept talking of what we should do in our future",385
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"lives.""",386
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,387
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Indeed! That is very interesting. And on the morning of the",388
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"wedding?""",389
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,390
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""She was as bright as possible--at least until after the ceremony.""",391
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,392
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""And did you observe any change in her then?""",393
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,394
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Well, to tell the truth, I saw then the first signs that I had ever",395
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"seen that her temper was just a little sharp. The incident however,",396
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,was too trivial to relate and can have no possible bearing upon the,397
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"case.""",398
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,399
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Pray let us have it, for all that.""",400
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,401
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Oh, it is childish. She dropped her bouquet as we went towards the",402
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"vestry. She was passing the front pew at the time, and it fell over",403
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"into the pew. There was a moment's delay, but the gentleman in the",404
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"pew handed it up to her again, and it did not appear to be the worse",405
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"for the fall. Yet when I spoke to her of the matter, she answered me",406
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"abruptly; and in the carriage, on our way home, she seemed absurdly",407
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"agitated over this trifling cause.""",408
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,409
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Indeed! You say that there was a gentleman in the pew. Some of the",410
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"general public were present, then?""",411
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,412
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Oh, yes. It is impossible to exclude them when the church is open.""",413
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,414
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""This gentleman was not one of your wife's friends?""",415
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,416
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""No, no; I call him a gentleman by courtesy, but he was quite a",417
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,common-looking person. I hardly noticed his appearance. But really I,418
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"think that we are wandering rather far from the point.""",419
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,420
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Lady St. Simon, then, returned from the wedding in a less cheerful",421
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,frame of mind than she had gone to it. What did she do on re-entering,422
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"her father's house?""",423
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,424
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""I saw her in conversation with her maid.""",425
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,426
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""And who is her maid?""",427
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,428
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Alice is her name. She is an American and came from California with",429
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"her.""",430
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,431
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""A confidential servant?""",432
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,433
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""A little too much so. It seemed to me that her mistress allowed her",434
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"to take great liberties. Still, of course, in America they look upon",435
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"these things in a different way.""",436
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,437
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""How long did she speak to this Alice?""",438
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,439
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Oh, a few minutes. I had something else to think of.""",440
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,441
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""You did not overhear what they said?""",442
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,443
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Lady St. Simon said something about 'jumping a claim.' She was",444
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"accustomed to use slang of the kind. I have no idea what she meant.""",445
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,446
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""American slang is very expressive sometimes. And what did your wife",447
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"do when she finished speaking to her maid?""",448
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,449
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""She walked into the breakfast-room.""",450
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,451
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""On your arm?""",452
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,453
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""No, alone. She was very independent in little matters like that.",454
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"Then, after we had sat down for ten minutes or so, she rose",455
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"hurriedly, muttered some words of apology, and left the room. She",456
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"never came back.""",457
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,458
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""But this maid, Alice, as I understand, deposes that she went to her",459
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"room, covered her bride's dress with a long ulster, put on a bonnet,",460
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"and went out.""",461
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,462
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Quite so. And she was afterwards seen walking into Hyde Park in",463
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"company with Flora Millar, a woman who is now in custody, and who had",464
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"already made a disturbance at Mr. Doran's house that morning.""",465
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,466
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Ah, yes. I should like a few particulars as to this young lady, and",467
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"your relations to her.""",468
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,469
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"Lord St. Simon shrugged his shoulders and raised his eyebrows. ""We",470
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,have been on a friendly footing for some years--I may say on a very,471
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,friendly footing. She used to be at the Allegro. I have not treated,472
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"her ungenerously, and she had no just cause of complaint against me,",473
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"but you know what women are, Mr. Holmes. Flora was a dear little",474
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"thing, but exceedingly hot-headed and devotedly attached to me. She",475
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,wrote me dreadful letters when she heard that I was about to be,476
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"married, and, to tell the truth, the reason why I had the marriage",477
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,celebrated so quietly was that I feared lest there might be a scandal,478
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"in the church. She came to Mr. Doran's door just after we returned,",479
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"and she endeavoured to push her way in, uttering very abusive",480
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"expressions towards my wife, and even threatening her, but I had",481
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"foreseen the possibility of something of the sort, and I had two",482
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"police fellows there in private clothes, who soon pushed her out",483
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,again. She was quiet when she saw that there was no good in making a,484
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"row.""",485
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,486
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Did your wife hear all this?""",487
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,488
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""No, thank goodness, she did not.""",489
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,490
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""And she was seen walking with this very woman afterwards?""",491
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,492
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Yes. That is what Mr. Lestrade, of Scotland Yard, looks upon as so",493
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,serious. It is thought that Flora decoyed my wife out and laid some,494
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"terrible trap for her.""",495
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,496
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Well, it is a possible supposition.""",497
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,498
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""You think so, too?""",499
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,500
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""I did not say a probable one. But you do not yourself look upon this",501
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"as likely?""",502
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,503
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""I do not think Flora would hurt a fly.""",504
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,505
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Still, jealousy is a strange transformer of characters. Pray what is",506
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"your own theory as to what took place?""",507
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,508
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Well, really, I came to seek a theory, not to propound one. I have",509
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"given you all the facts. Since you ask me, however, I may say that it",510
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"has occurred to me as possible that the excitement of this affair,",511
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"the consciousness that she had made so immense a social stride, had",512
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"the effect of causing some little nervous disturbance in my wife.""",513
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,514
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""In short, that she had become suddenly deranged?""",515
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,516
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Well, really, when I consider that she has turned her back--I will",517
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"not say upon me, but upon so much that many have aspired to without",518
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"success--I can hardly explain it in any other fashion.""",519
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,520
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Well, certainly that is also a conceivable hypothesis,"" said Holmes,",521
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"smiling. ""And now, Lord St. Simon, I think that I have nearly all my",522
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,data. May I ask whether you were seated at the breakfast-table so,523
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"that you could see out of the window?""",524
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,525
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""We could see the other side of the road and the Park.""",526
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,527
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Quite so. Then I do not think that I need to detain you longer. I",528
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"shall communicate with you.""",529
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,530
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Should you be fortunate enough to solve this problem,"" said our",531
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"client, rising.",532
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,533
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""I have solved it.""",534
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,535
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Eh? What was that?""",536
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,537
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""I say that I have solved it.""",538
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,539
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Where, then, is my wife?""",540
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,541
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""That is a detail which I shall speedily supply.""",542
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,543
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"Lord St. Simon shook his head. ""I am afraid that it will take wiser",544
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"heads than yours or mine,"" he remarked, and bowing in a stately,",545
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,old-fashioned manner he departed.,546
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,547
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""It is very good of Lord St. Simon to honour my head by putting it on",548
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"a level with his own,"" said Sherlock Holmes, laughing. ""I think that",549
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,I shall have a whisky and soda and a cigar after all this,550
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,cross-questioning. I had formed my conclusions as to the case before,551
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"our client came into the room.""",552
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,553
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""My dear Holmes!""",554
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,555
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""I have notes of several similar cases, though none, as I remarked",556
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"before, which were quite as prompt. My whole examination served to",557
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,turn my conjecture into a certainty. Circumstantial evidence is,558
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"occasionally very convincing, as when you find a trout in the milk,",559
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"to quote Thoreau's example.""",560
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,561
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""But I have heard all that you have heard.""",562
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,563
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Without, however, the knowledge of pre-existing cases which serves",564
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,me so well. There was a parallel instance in Aberdeen some years,565
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"back, and something on very much the same lines at Munich the year",566
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"after the Franco-Prussian War. It is one of these cases--but, hullo,",567
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"here is Lestrade! Good-afternoon, Lestrade! You will find an extra",568
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"tumbler upon the sideboard, and there are cigars in the box.""",569
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,570
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"The official detective was attired in a pea-jacket and cravat, which",571
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"gave him a decidedly nautical appearance, and he carried a black",572
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,canvas bag in his hand. With a short greeting he seated himself and,573
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,lit the cigar which had been offered to him.,574
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,575
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""What's up, then?"" asked Holmes with a twinkle in his eye. ""You look",576
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"dissatisfied.""",577
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,578
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""And I feel dissatisfied. It is this infernal St. Simon marriage",579
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"case. I can make neither head nor tail of the business.""",580
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,581
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Really! You surprise me.""",582
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,583
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Who ever heard of such a mixed affair? Every clue seems to slip",584
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"through my fingers. I have been at work upon it all day.""",585
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,586
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""And very wet it seems to have made you,"" said Holmes laying his hand",587
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,upon the arm of the pea-jacket.,588
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,589
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Yes, I have been dragging the Serpentine.""",590
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,591
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""In heaven's name, what for?""",592
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,593
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""In search of the body of Lady St. Simon.""",594
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,595
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,Sherlock Holmes leaned back in his chair and laughed heartily.,596
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,597
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Have you dragged the basin of Trafalgar Square fountain?"" he asked.",598
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,599
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Why? What do you mean?""",600
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,601
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Because you have just as good a chance of finding this lady in the",602
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"one as in the other.""",603
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,604
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"Lestrade shot an angry glance at my companion. ""I suppose you know",605
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"all about it,"" he snarled.",606
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,607
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Well, I have only just heard the facts, but my mind is made up.""",608
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,609
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Oh, indeed! Then you think that the Serpentine plays no part in the",610
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"matter?""",611
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,612
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""I think it very unlikely.""",613
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,614
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Then perhaps you will kindly explain how it is that we found this in",615
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"it?"" He opened his bag as he spoke, and tumbled onto the floor a",616
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"wedding-dress of watered silk, a pair of white satin shoes and a",617
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"bride's wreath and veil, all discoloured and soaked in water.",618
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""There,"" said he, putting a new wedding-ring upon the top of the",619
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"pile. ""There is a little nut for you to crack, Master Holmes.""",620
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,621
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Oh, indeed!"" said my friend, blowing blue rings into the air.  ""You",622
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"dragged them from the Serpentine?""",623
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,624
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""No. They were found floating near the margin by a park-keeper. They",625
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"have been identified as her clothes, and it seemed to me that if the",626
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"clothes were there the body would not be far off.""",627
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,628
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""By the same brilliant reasoning, every man's body is to be found in",629
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,the neighbourhood of his wardrobe. And pray what did you hope to,630
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"arrive at through this?""",631
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,632
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""At some evidence implicating Flora Millar in the disappearance.""",633
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,634
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""I am afraid that you will find it difficult.""",635
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,636
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Are you, indeed, now?"" cried Lestrade with some bitterness. ""I am",637
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"afraid, Holmes, that you are not very practical with your deductions",638
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,and your inferences. You have made two blunders in as many minutes.,639
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"This dress does implicate Miss Flora Millar.""",640
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,641
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""And how?""",642
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,643
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""In the dress is a pocket. In the pocket is a card-case. In the",644
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"card-case is a note. And here is the very note."" He slapped it down",645
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"upon the table in front of him. ""Listen to this:",646
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,647
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""'You will see me when all is ready. Come at once.",648
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""'F.H.M.'",649
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,650
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,Now my theory all along has been that Lady St. Simon was decoyed away,651
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"by Flora Millar, and that she, with confederates, no doubt, was",652
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"responsible for her disappearance. Here, signed with her initials, is",653
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,the very note which was no doubt quietly slipped into her hand at the,654
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"door and which lured her within their reach.""",655
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,656
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Very good, Lestrade,"" said Holmes, laughing. ""You really are very",657
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"fine indeed. Let me see it."" He took up the paper in a listless way,",658
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"but his attention instantly became riveted, and he gave a little cry",659
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"of satisfaction. ""This is indeed important,"" said he.",660
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,661
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Ha! you find it so?""",662
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,663
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Extremely so. I congratulate you warmly.""",664
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,665
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"Lestrade rose in his triumph and bent his head to look. ""Why,"" he",666
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"shrieked, ""you're looking at the wrong side!""",667
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,668
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""On the contrary, this is the right side.""",669
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,670
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""The right side? You're mad! Here is the note written in pencil over",671
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"here.""",672
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,673
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""And over here is what appears to be the fragment of a hotel bill,",674
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"which interests me deeply.""",675
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,676
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""There's nothing in it. I looked at it before,"" said Lestrade.",677
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,678
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""'Oct. 4th, rooms 8s., breakfast 2s. 6d., cocktail 1s., lunch 2s.",679
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"6d., glass sherry, 8d.' I see nothing in that.""",680
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,681
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Very likely not. It is most important, all the same. As to the note,",682
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"it is important also, or at least the initials are, so I congratulate",683
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"you again.""",684
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,685
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""I've wasted time enough,"" said Lestrade, rising. ""I believe in hard",686
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"work and not in sitting by the fire spinning fine theories. Good-day,",687
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"Mr. Holmes, and we shall see which gets to the bottom of the matter",688
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"first."" He gathered up the garments, thrust them into the bag, and",689
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,made for the door.,690
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,691
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Just one hint to you, Lestrade,"" drawled Holmes before his rival",692
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"vanished; ""I will tell you the true solution of the matter. Lady St.",693
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"Simon is a myth. There is not, and there never has been, any such",694
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"person.""",695
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,696
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"Lestrade looked sadly at my companion. Then he turned to me, tapped",697
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"his forehead three times, shook his head solemnly, and hurried away.",698
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,699
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,He had hardly shut the door behind him when Holmes rose to put on his,700
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"overcoat. ""There is something in what the fellow says about outdoor",701
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"work,"" he remarked, ""so I think, Watson, that I must leave you to",702
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"your papers for a little.""",703
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,704
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"It was after five o'clock when Sherlock Holmes left me, but I had no",705
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"time to be lonely, for within an hour there arrived a confectioner's",706
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,man with a very large flat box. This he unpacked with the help of a,707
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"youth whom he had brought with him, and presently, to my very great",708
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"astonishment, a quite epicurean little cold supper began to be laid",709
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,out upon our humble lodging-house mahogany. There were a couple of,710
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"brace of cold woodcock, a pheasant, a pâté de foie gras pie with a",711
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,group of ancient and cobwebby bottles. Having laid out all these,712
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"luxuries, my two visitors vanished away, like the genii of the",713
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"Arabian Nights, with no explanation save that the things had been",714
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,paid for and were ordered to this address.,715
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,716
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,Just before nine o'clock Sherlock Holmes stepped briskly into the,717
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"room. His features were gravely set, but there was a light in his eye",718
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,which made me think that he had not been disappointed in his,719
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,conclusions.,720
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,721
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""They have laid the supper, then,"" he said, rubbing his hands.",722
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,723
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""You seem to expect company. They have laid for five.""",724
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,725
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Yes, I fancy we may have some company dropping in,"" said he. ""I am",726
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,surprised that Lord St. Simon has not already arrived. Ha! I fancy,727
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"that I hear his step now upon the stairs.""",728
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,729
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"It was indeed our visitor of the afternoon who came bustling in,",730
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"dangling his glasses more vigorously than ever, and with a very",731
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,perturbed expression upon his aristocratic features.,732
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,733
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""My messenger reached you, then?"" asked Holmes.",734
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,735
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Yes, and I confess that the contents startled me beyond measure.",736
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"Have you good authority for what you say?""",737
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,738
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""The best possible.""",739
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,740
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,Lord St. Simon sank into a chair and passed his hand over his,741
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,forehead.,742
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,743
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""What will the Duke say,"" he murmured, ""when he hears that one of the",744
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"family has been subjected to such humiliation?""",745
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,746
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""It is the purest accident. I cannot allow that there is any",747
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"humiliation.""",748
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,749
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Ah, you look on these things from another standpoint.""",750
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,751
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""I fail to see that anyone is to blame. I can hardly see how the lady",752
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"could have acted otherwise, though her abrupt method of doing it was",753
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"undoubtedly to be regretted. Having no mother, she had no one to",754
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"advise her at such a crisis.""",755
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,756
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""It was a slight, sir, a public slight,"" said Lord St. Simon, tapping",757
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,his fingers upon the table.,758
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,759
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""You must make allowance for this poor girl, placed in so",760
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"unprecedented a position.""",761
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,762
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""I will make no allowance. I am very angry indeed, and I have been",763
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"shamefully used.""",764
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,765
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""I think that I heard a ring,"" said Holmes. ""Yes, there are steps on",766
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,the landing. If I cannot persuade you to take a lenient view of the,767
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"matter, Lord St. Simon, I have brought an advocate here who may be",768
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"more successful."" He opened the door and ushered in a lady and",769
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"gentleman. ""Lord St. Simon,"" said he ""allow me to introduce you to",770
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"Mr. and Mrs. Francis Hay Moulton. The lady, I think, you have already",771
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"met.""",772
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,773
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,At the sight of these newcomers our client had sprung from his seat,774
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"and stood very erect, with his eyes cast down and his hand thrust",775
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"into the breast of his frock-coat, a picture of offended dignity. The",776
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"lady had taken a quick step forward and had held out her hand to him,",777
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,but he still refused to raise his eyes. It was as well for his,778
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"resolution, perhaps, for her pleading face was one which it was hard",779
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,to resist.,780
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,781
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""You're angry, Robert,"" said she. ""Well, I guess you have every cause",782
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"to be.""",783
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,784
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Pray make no apology to me,"" said Lord St. Simon bitterly.",785
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,786
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Oh, yes, I know that I have treated you real bad and that I should",787
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"have spoken to you before I went; but I was kind of rattled, and from",788
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,the time when I saw Frank here again I just didn't know what I was,789
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,doing or saying. I only wonder I didn't fall down and do a faint,790
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"right there before the altar.""",791
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,792
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Perhaps, Mrs. Moulton, you would like my friend and me to leave the",793
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"room while you explain this matter?""",794
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,795
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""If I may give an opinion,"" remarked the strange gentleman, ""we've",796
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,had just a little too much secrecy over this business already. For my,797
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"part, I should like all Europe and America to hear the rights of it.""",798
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"He was a small, wiry, sunburnt man, clean-shaven, with a sharp face",799
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,and alert manner.,800
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,801
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Then I'll tell our story right away,"" said the lady. ""Frank here and",802
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"I met in '84, in McQuire's camp, near the Rockies, where pa was",803
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"working a claim. We were engaged to each other, Frank and I; but then",804
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"one day father struck a rich pocket and made a pile, while poor Frank",805
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,here had a claim that petered out and came to nothing. The richer pa,806
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,grew the poorer was Frank; so at last pa wouldn't hear of our,807
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"engagement lasting any longer, and he took me away to 'Frisco. Frank",808
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"wouldn't throw up his hand, though; so he followed me there, and he",809
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,saw me without pa knowing anything about it. It would only have made,810
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"him mad to know, so we just fixed it all up for ourselves. Frank said",811
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"that he would go and make his pile, too, and never come back to claim",812
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,me until he had as much as pa. So then I promised to wait for him to,813
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,the end of time and pledged myself not to marry anyone else while he,814
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"lived. 'Why shouldn't we be married right away, then,' said he, 'and",815
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,then I will feel sure of you; and I won't claim to be your husband,816
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"until I come back?' Well, we talked it over, and he had fixed it all",817
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"up so nicely, with a clergyman all ready in waiting, that we just did",818
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"it right there; and then Frank went off to seek his fortune, and I",819
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,went back to pa.,820
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,821
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""The next I heard of Frank was that he was in Montana, and then he",822
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"went prospecting in Arizona, and then I heard of him from New Mexico.",823
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,After that came a long newspaper story about how a miners' camp had,824
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"been attacked by Apache Indians, and there was my Frank's name among",825
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"the killed. I fainted dead away, and I was very sick for months",826
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,after. Pa thought I had a decline and took me to half the doctors in,827
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"'Frisco. Not a word of news came for a year and more, so that I never",828
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,doubted that Frank was really dead. Then Lord St. Simon came to,829
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"'Frisco, and we came to London, and a marriage was arranged, and pa",830
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"was very pleased, but I felt all the time that no man on this earth",831
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,would ever take the place in my heart that had been given to my poor,832
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,Frank.,833
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,834
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Still, if I had married Lord St. Simon, of course I'd have done my",835
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"duty by him. We can't command our love, but we can our actions. I",836
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,went to the altar with him with the intention to make him just as,837
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,good a wife as it was in me to be. But you may imagine what I felt,838
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"when, just as I came to the altar rails, I glanced back and saw Frank",839
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,standing and looking at me out of the first pew. I thought it was his,840
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"ghost at first; but when I looked again there he was still, with a",841
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"kind of question in his eyes, as if to ask me whether I were glad or",842
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,sorry to see him. I wonder I didn't drop. I know that everything was,843
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"turning round, and the words of the clergyman were just like the buzz",844
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,of a bee in my ear. I didn't know what to do. Should I stop the,845
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"service and make a scene in the church? I glanced at him again, and",846
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"he seemed to know what I was thinking, for he raised his finger to",847
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,his lips to tell me to be still. Then I saw him scribble on a piece,848
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"of paper, and I knew that he was writing me a note. As I passed his",849
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"pew on the way out I dropped my bouquet over to him, and he slipped",850
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,the note into my hand when he returned me the flowers. It was only a,851
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,line asking me to join him when he made the sign to me to do so. Of,852
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,course I never doubted for a moment that my first duty was now to,853
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"him, and I determined to do just whatever he might direct.",854
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,855
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""When I got back I told my maid, who had known him in California, and",856
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"had always been his friend. I ordered her to say nothing, but to get",857
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,a few things packed and my ulster ready. I know I ought to have,858
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"spoken to Lord St. Simon, but it was dreadful hard before his mother",859
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,and all those great people. I just made up my mind to run away and,860
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,explain afterwards. I hadn't been at the table ten minutes before I,861
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,saw Frank out of the window at the other side of the road. He,862
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"beckoned to me and then began walking into the Park. I slipped out,",863
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"put on my things, and followed him. Some woman came talking something",864
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,or other about Lord St. Simon to me--seemed to me from the little I,865
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,heard as if he had a little secret of his own before marriage,866
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,also--but I managed to get away from her and soon overtook Frank. We,867
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"got into a cab together, and away we drove to some lodgings he had",868
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"taken in Gordon Square, and that was my true wedding after all those",869
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"years of waiting. Frank had been a prisoner among the Apaches, had",870
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"escaped, came on to 'Frisco, found that I had given him up for dead",871
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"and had gone to England, followed me there, and had come upon me at",872
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"last on the very morning of my second wedding.""",873
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,874
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""I saw it in a paper,"" explained the American. ""It gave the name and",875
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"the church but not where the lady lived.""",876
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,877
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Then we had a talk as to what we should do, and Frank was all for",878
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"openness, but I was so ashamed of it all that I felt as if I should",879
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,like to vanish away and never see any of them again--just sending a,880
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"line to pa, perhaps, to show him that I was alive. It was awful to me",881
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,to think of all those lords and ladies sitting round that,882
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,breakfast-table and waiting for me to come back. So Frank took my,883
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"wedding-clothes and things and made a bundle of them, so that I",884
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"should not be traced, and dropped them away somewhere where no one",885
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,could find them. It is likely that we should have gone on to Paris,886
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"to-morrow, only that this good gentleman, Mr. Holmes, came round to",887
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"us this evening, though how he found us is more than I can think, and",888
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,he showed us very clearly and kindly that I was wrong and that Frank,889
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"was right, and that we should be putting ourselves in the wrong if we",890
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,were so secret. Then he offered to give us a chance of talking to,891
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"Lord St. Simon alone, and so we came right away round to his rooms at",892
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"once. Now, Robert, you have heard it all, and I am very sorry if I",893
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"have given you pain, and I hope that you do not think very meanly of",894
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"me.""",895
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,896
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"Lord St. Simon had by no means relaxed his rigid attitude, but had",897
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,listened with a frowning brow and a compressed lip to this long,898
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,narrative.,899
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,900
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Excuse me,"" he said, ""but it is not my custom to discuss my most",901
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"intimate personal affairs in this public manner.""",902
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,903
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Then you won't forgive me? You won't shake hands before I go?""",904
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,905
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Oh, certainly, if it would give you any pleasure."" He put out his",906
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,hand and coldly grasped that which she extended to him.,907
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,908
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""I had hoped,"" suggested Holmes, ""that you would have joined us in a",909
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"friendly supper.""",910
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,911
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""I think that there you ask a little too much,"" responded his",912
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"Lordship. ""I may be forced to acquiesce in these recent developments,",913
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,but I can hardly be expected to make merry over them. I think that,914
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"with your permission I will now wish you all a very good-night."" He",915
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,included us all in a sweeping bow and stalked out of the room.,916
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,917
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Then I trust that you at least will honour me with your company,""",918
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"said Sherlock Holmes. ""It is always a joy to meet an American, Mr.",919
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"Moulton, for I am one of those who believe that the folly of a",920
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,monarch and the blundering of a minister in far-gone years will not,921
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,prevent our children from being some day citizens of the same,922
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,world-wide country under a flag which shall be a quartering of the,923
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"Union Jack with the Stars and Stripes.""",924
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,925
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""The case has been an interesting one,"" remarked Holmes when our",926
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"visitors had left us, ""because it serves to show very clearly how",927
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,simple the explanation may be of an affair which at first sight seems,928
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,to be almost inexplicable. Nothing could be more natural than the,929
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"sequence of events as narrated by this lady, and nothing stranger",930
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"than the result when viewed, for instance, by Mr. Lestrade of",931
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"Scotland Yard.""",932
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,933
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""You were not yourself at fault at all, then?""",934
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,935
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""From the first, two facts were very obvious to me, the one that the",936
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"lady had been quite willing to undergo the wedding ceremony, the",937
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,other that she had repented of it within a few minutes of returning,938
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"home. Obviously something had occurred during the morning, then, to",939
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,cause her to change her mind. What could that something be? She could,940
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"not have spoken to anyone when she was out, for she had been in the",941
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"company of the bridegroom. Had she seen someone, then? If she had, it",942
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,must be someone from America because she had spent so short a time in,943
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,this country that she could hardly have allowed anyone to acquire so,944
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,deep an influence over her that the mere sight of him would induce,945
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,her to change her plans so completely. You see we have already,946
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"arrived, by a process of exclusion, at the idea that she might have",947
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"seen an American. Then who could this American be, and why should he",948
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,possess so much influence over her? It might be a lover; it might be,949
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"a husband. Her young womanhood had, I knew, been spent in rough",950
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,scenes and under strange conditions. So far I had got before I ever,951
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"heard Lord St. Simon's narrative. When he told us of a man in a pew,",952
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"of the change in the bride's manner, of so transparent a device for",953
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"obtaining a note as the dropping of a bouquet, of her resort to her",954
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"confidential maid, and of her very significant allusion to",955
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,claim-jumping--which in miners' parlance means taking possession of,956
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,that which another person has a prior claim to--the whole situation,957
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"became absolutely clear. She had gone off with a man, and the man was",958
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,either a lover or was a previous husband--the chances being in favour,959
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"of the latter.""",960
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,961
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""And how in the world did you find them?""",962
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,963
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""It might have been difficult, but friend Lestrade held information",964
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,in his hands the value of which he did not himself know. The initials,965
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"were, of course, of the highest importance, but more valuable still",966
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,was it to know that within a week he had settled his bill at one of,967
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"the most select London hotels.""",968
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,969
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""How did you deduce the select?""",970
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,971
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""By the select prices. Eight shillings for a bed and eightpence for a",972
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,glass of sherry pointed to one of the most expensive hotels. There,973
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,are not many in London which charge at that rate. In the second one,974
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"which I visited in Northumberland Avenue, I learned by an inspection",975
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"of the book that Francis H. Moulton, an American gentleman, had left",976
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"only the day before, and on looking over the entries against him, I",977
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,came upon the very items which I had seen in the duplicate bill. His,978
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,letters were to be forwarded to 226 Gordon Square; so thither I,979
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"travelled, and being fortunate enough to find the loving couple at",980
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"home, I ventured to give them some paternal advice and to point out",981
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,to them that it would be better in every way that they should make,982
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,their position a little clearer both to the general public and to,983
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"Lord St. Simon in particular. I invited them to meet him here, and,",984
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"as you see, I made him keep the appointment.""",985
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,986
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""But with no very good result,"" I remarked. ""His conduct was",987
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"certainly not very gracious.""",988
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,989
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"""Ah, Watson,"" said Holmes, smiling, ""perhaps you would not be very",990
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"gracious either, if, after all the trouble of wooing and wedding, you",991
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,found yourself deprived in an instant of wife and of fortune. I think,992
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,that we may judge Lord St. Simon very mercifully and thank our stars,993
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,that we are never likely to find ourselves in the same position. Draw,994
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"your chair up and hand me my violin, for the only problem we have",995
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,"still to solve is how to while away these bleak autumnal evenings.""",996
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,,997
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET,1
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,2
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""Holmes,"" said I as I stood one morning in our bow-window looking",3
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"down the street, ""here is a madman coming along. It seems rather sad",4
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"that his relatives should allow him to come out alone.""",5
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,6
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,My friend rose lazily from his armchair and stood with his hands in,7
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"the pockets of his dressing-gown, looking over my shoulder. It was a",8
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"bright, crisp February morning, and the snow of the day before still",9
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"lay deep upon the ground, shimmering brightly in the wintry sun. Down",10
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,the centre of Baker Street it had been ploughed into a brown crumbly,11
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"band by the traffic, but at either side and on the heaped-up edges of",12
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,the foot-paths it still lay as white as when it fell. The grey,13
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"pavement had been cleaned and scraped, but was still dangerously",14
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"slippery, so that there were fewer passengers than usual. Indeed,",15
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,from the direction of the Metropolitan Station no one was coming save,16
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,the single gentleman whose eccentric conduct had drawn my attention.,17
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,18
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"He was a man of about fifty, tall, portly, and imposing, with a",19
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"massive, strongly marked face and a commanding figure. He was dressed",20
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"in a sombre yet rich style, in black frock-coat, shining hat, neat",21
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"brown gaiters, and well-cut pearl-grey trousers. Yet his actions were",22
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"in absurd contrast to the dignity of his dress and features, for he",23
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"was running hard, with occasional little springs, such as a weary man",24
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,gives who is little accustomed to set any tax upon his legs. As he,25
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"ran he jerked his hands up and down, waggled his head, and writhed",26
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,his face into the most extraordinary contortions.,27
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,28
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""What on earth can be the matter with him?"" I asked. ""He is looking",29
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"up at the numbers of the houses.""",30
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,31
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""I believe that he is coming here,"" said Holmes, rubbing his hands.",32
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,33
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""Here?""",34
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,35
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""Yes; I rather think he is coming to consult me professionally. I",36
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"think that I recognise the symptoms. Ha! did I not tell you?"" As he",37
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"spoke, the man, puffing and blowing, rushed at our door and pulled at",38
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,our bell until the whole house resounded with the clanging.,39
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,40
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"A few moments later he was in our room, still puffing, still",41
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"gesticulating, but with so fixed a look of grief and despair in his",42
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,eyes that our smiles were turned in an instant to horror and pity.,43
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"For a while he could not get his words out, but swayed his body and",44
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,plucked at his hair like one who has been driven to the extreme,45
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"limits of his reason. Then, suddenly springing to his feet, he beat",46
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,his head against the wall with such force that we both rushed upon,47
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,him and tore him away to the centre of the room. Sherlock Holmes,48
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"pushed him down into the easy-chair and, sitting beside him, patted",49
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"his hand and chatted with him in the easy, soothing tones which he",50
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,knew so well how to employ.,51
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,52
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""You have come to me to tell your story, have you not?"" said he. ""You",53
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,are fatigued with your haste. Pray wait until you have recovered,54
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"yourself, and then I shall be most happy to look into any little",55
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"problem which you may submit to me.""",56
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,57
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"The man sat for a minute or more with a heaving chest, fighting",58
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"against his emotion. Then he passed his handkerchief over his brow,",59
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"set his lips tight, and turned his face towards us.",60
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,61
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""No doubt you think me mad?"" said he.",62
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,63
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""I see that you have had some great trouble,"" responded Holmes.",64
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,65
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""God knows I have!--a trouble which is enough to unseat my reason, so",66
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"sudden and so terrible is it. Public disgrace I might have faced,",67
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,although I am a man whose character has never yet borne a stain.,68
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,Private affliction also is the lot of every man; but the two coming,69
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"together, and in so frightful a form, have been enough to shake my",70
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"very soul. Besides, it is not I alone. The very noblest in the land",71
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"may suffer unless some way be found out of this horrible affair.""",72
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,73
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""Pray compose yourself, sir,"" said Holmes, ""and let me have a clear",74
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"account of who you are and what it is that has befallen you.""",75
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,76
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""My name,"" answered our visitor, ""is probably familiar to your ears.",77
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"I am Alexander Holder, of the banking firm of Holder & Stevenson, of",78
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"Threadneedle Street.""",79
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,80
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,The name was indeed well known to us as belonging to the senior,81
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,partner in the second largest private banking concern in the City of,82
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"London. What could have happened, then, to bring one of the foremost",83
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"citizens of London to this most pitiable pass? We waited, all",84
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"curiosity, until with another effort he braced himself to tell his",85
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,story.,86
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,87
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""I feel that time is of value,"" said he; ""that is why I hastened here",88
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,when the police inspector suggested that I should secure your,89
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,co-operation. I came to Baker Street by the Underground and hurried,90
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"from there on foot, for the cabs go slowly through this snow. That is",91
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"why I was so out of breath, for I am a man who takes very little",92
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"exercise. I feel better now, and I will put the facts before you as",93
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,shortly and yet as clearly as I can.,94
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,95
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""It is, of course, well known to you that in a successful banking",96
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,business as much depends upon our being able to find remunerative,97
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,investments for our funds as upon our increasing our connection and,98
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,the number of our depositors. One of our most lucrative means of,99
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"laying out money is in the shape of loans, where the security is",100
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,unimpeachable. We have done a good deal in this direction during the,101
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"last few years, and there are many noble families to whom we have",102
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"advanced large sums upon the security of their pictures, libraries,",103
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,or plate.,104
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,105
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""Yesterday morning I was seated in my office at the bank when a card",106
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,was brought in to me by one of the clerks. I started when I saw the,107
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"name, for it was that of none other than--well, perhaps even to you I",108
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,had better say no more than that it was a name which is a household,109
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"word all over the earth--one of the highest, noblest, most exalted",110
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"names in England. I was overwhelmed by the honour and attempted, when",111
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"he entered, to say so, but he plunged at once into business with the",112
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,air of a man who wishes to hurry quickly through a disagreeable task.,113
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,114
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""'Mr. Holder,' said he, 'I have been informed that you are in the",115
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,habit of advancing money.',116
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,117
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""'The firm does so when the security is good.' I answered.",118
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,119
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""'It is absolutely essential to me,' said he, 'that I should have",120
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"£50,000 at once. I could, of course, borrow so trifling a sum ten",121
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"times over from my friends, but I much prefer to make it a matter of",122
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,business and to carry out that business myself. In my position you,123
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,can readily understand that it is unwise to place one's self under,124
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,obligations.',125
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,126
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""'For how long, may I ask, do you want this sum?' I asked.",127
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,128
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""'Next Monday I have a large sum due to me, and I shall then most",129
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"certainly repay what you advance, with whatever interest you think it",130
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,right to charge. But it is very essential to me that the money should,131
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,be paid at once.',132
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,133
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""'I should be happy to advance it without further parley from my own",134
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"private purse,' said I, 'were it not that the strain would be rather",135
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"more than it could bear. If, on the other hand, I am to do it in the",136
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"name of the firm, then in justice to my partner I must insist that,",137
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"even in your case, every businesslike precaution should be taken.'",138
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,139
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""'I should much prefer to have it so,' said he, raising up a square,",140
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,black morocco case which he had laid beside his chair.  'You have,141
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,doubtless heard of the Beryl Coronet?',142
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,143
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""'One of the most precious public possessions of the empire,' said I.",144
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,145
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""'Precisely.' He opened the case, and there, imbedded in soft,",146
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"flesh-coloured velvet, lay the magnificent piece of jewellery which",147
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"he had named. 'There are thirty-nine enormous beryls,' said he, 'and",148
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,the price of the gold chasing is incalculable. The lowest estimate,149
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,would put the worth of the coronet at double the sum which I have,150
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,asked. I am prepared to leave it with you as my security.',151
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,152
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""I took the precious case into my hands and looked in some perplexity",153
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,from it to my illustrious client.,154
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,155
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""'You doubt its value?' he asked.",156
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,157
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""'Not at all. I only doubt--'",158
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,159
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""'The propriety of my leaving it. You may set your mind at rest about",160
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,that. I should not dream of doing so were it not absolutely certain,161
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,that I should be able in four days to reclaim it. It is a pure matter,162
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,of form. Is the security sufficient?',163
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,164
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""'Ample.'",165
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,166
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""'You understand, Mr. Holder, that I am giving you a strong proof of",167
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"the confidence which I have in you, founded upon all that I have",168
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,heard of you. I rely upon you not only to be discreet and to refrain,169
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"from all gossip upon the matter but, above all, to preserve this",170
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,coronet with every possible precaution because I need not say that a,171
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,great public scandal would be caused if any harm were to befall it.,172
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"Any injury to it would be almost as serious as its complete loss, for",173
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"there are no beryls in the world to match these, and it would be",174
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"impossible to replace them. I leave it with you, however, with every",175
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"confidence, and I shall call for it in person on Monday morning.'",176
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,177
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""Seeing that my client was anxious to leave, I said no more but,",178
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"calling for my cashier, I ordered him to pay over fifty £1000 notes.",179
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"When I was alone once more, however, with the precious case lying",180
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"upon the table in front of me, I could not but think with some",181
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,misgivings of the immense responsibility which it entailed upon me.,182
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"There could be no doubt that, as it was a national possession, a",183
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,horrible scandal would ensue if any misfortune should occur to it. I,184
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,already regretted having ever consented to take charge of it.,185
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"However, it was too late to alter the matter now, so I locked it up",186
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,in my private safe and turned once more to my work.,187
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,188
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""When evening came I felt that it would be an imprudence to leave so",189
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,precious a thing in the office behind me. Bankers' safes had been,190
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"forced before now, and why should not mine be? If so, how terrible",191
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"would be the position in which I should find myself! I determined,",192
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"therefore, that for the next few days I would always carry the case",193
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"backward and forward with me, so that it might never be really out of",194
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"my reach. With this intention, I called a cab and drove out to my",195
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"house at Streatham, carrying the jewel with me. I did not breathe",196
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,freely until I had taken it upstairs and locked it in the bureau of,197
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,my dressing-room.,198
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,199
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""And now a word as to my household, Mr. Holmes, for I wish you to",200
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,thoroughly understand the situation. My groom and my page sleep out,201
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"of the house, and may be set aside altogether. I have three",202
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,maid-servants who have been with me a number of years and whose,203
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"absolute reliability is quite above suspicion. Another, Lucy Parr,",204
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"the second waiting-maid, has only been in my service a few months.",205
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"She came with an excellent character, however, and has always given",206
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,me satisfaction. She is a very pretty girl and has attracted admirers,207
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,who have occasionally hung about the place. That is the only drawback,208
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"which we have found to her, but we believe her to be a thoroughly",209
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,good girl in every way.,210
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,211
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""So much for the servants. My family itself is so small that it will",212
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"not take me long to describe it. I am a widower and have an only son,",213
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"Arthur. He has been a disappointment to me, Mr. Holmes--a grievous",214
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,disappointment. I have no doubt that I am myself to blame. People,215
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,tell me that I have spoiled him. Very likely I have. When my dear,216
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,wife died I felt that he was all I had to love. I could not bear to,217
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,see the smile fade even for a moment from his face. I have never,218
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,denied him a wish. Perhaps it would have been better for both of us,219
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"had I been sterner, but I meant it for the best.",220
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,221
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""It was naturally my intention that he should succeed me in my",222
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"business, but he was not of a business turn. He was wild, wayward,",223
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"and, to speak the truth, I could not trust him in the handling of",224
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,large sums of money. When he was young he became a member of an,225
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"aristocratic club, and there, having charming manners, he was soon",226
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,the intimate of a number of men with long purses and expensive,227
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,habits. He learned to play heavily at cards and to squander money on,228
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"the turf, until he had again and again to come to me and implore me",229
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"to give him an advance upon his allowance, that he might settle his",230
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,debts of honour. He tried more than once to break away from the,231
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"dangerous company which he was keeping, but each time the influence",232
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"of his friend, Sir George Burnwell, was enough to draw him back",233
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,again.,234
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,235
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""And, indeed, I could not wonder that such a man as Sir George",236
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"Burnwell should gain an influence over him, for he has frequently",237
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"brought him to my house, and I have found myself that I could hardly",238
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"resist the fascination of his manner. He is older than Arthur, a man",239
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"of the world to his finger-tips, one who had been everywhere, seen",240
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"everything, a brilliant talker, and a man of great personal beauty.",241
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"Yet when I think of him in cold blood, far away from the glamour of",242
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"his presence, I am convinced from his cynical speech and the look",243
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,which I have caught in his eyes that he is one who should be deeply,244
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"distrusted. So I think, and so, too, thinks my little Mary, who has a",245
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,woman's quick insight into character.,246
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,247
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""And now there is only she to be described. She is my niece; but when",248
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,my brother died five years ago and left her alone in the world I,249
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"adopted her, and have looked upon her ever since as my daughter. She",250
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"is a sunbeam in my house--sweet, loving, beautiful, a wonderful",251
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"manager and housekeeper, yet as tender and quiet and gentle as a",252
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,woman could be. She is my right hand. I do not know what I could do,253
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,without her. In only one matter has she ever gone against my wishes.,254
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"Twice my boy has asked her to marry him, for he loves her devotedly,",255
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,but each time she has refused him. I think that if anyone could have,256
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"drawn him into the right path it would have been she, and that his",257
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"marriage might have changed his whole life; but now, alas! it is too",258
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,late--forever too late!,259
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,260
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""Now, Mr. Holmes, you know the people who live under my roof, and I",261
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,shall continue with my miserable story.,262
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,263
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""When we were taking coffee in the drawing-room that night after",264
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"dinner, I told Arthur and Mary my experience, and of the precious",265
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"treasure which we had under our roof, suppressing only the name of my",266
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"client. Lucy Parr, who had brought in the coffee, had, I am sure,",267
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,left the room; but I cannot swear that the door was closed. Mary and,268
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"Arthur were much interested and wished to see the famous coronet, but",269
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,I thought it better not to disturb it.,270
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,271
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""'Where have you put it?' asked Arthur.",272
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,273
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""'In my own bureau.'",274
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,275
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""'Well, I hope to goodness the house won't be burgled during the",276
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,night.' said he.,277
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,278
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""'It is locked up,' I answered.",279
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,280
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""'Oh, any old key will fit that bureau. When I was a youngster I have",281
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,opened it myself with the key of the box-room cupboard.',282
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,283
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""He often had a wild way of talking, so that I thought little of what",284
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"he said. He followed me to my room, however, that night with a very",285
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,grave face.,286
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,287
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""'Look here, dad,' said he with his eyes cast down, 'can you let me",288
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,have £200?',289
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,290
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""'No, I cannot!' I answered sharply. 'I have been far too generous",291
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,with you in money matters.',292
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,293
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""'You have been very kind,' said he, 'but I must have this money, or",294
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,else I can never show my face inside the club again.',295
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,296
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""'And a very good thing, too!' I cried.",297
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,298
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""'Yes, but you would not have me leave it a dishonoured man,' said",299
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,he. 'I could not bear the disgrace. I must raise the money in some,300
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"way, and if you will not let me have it, then I must try other",301
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,means.',302
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,303
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""I was very angry, for this was the third demand during the month.",304
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"'You shall not have a farthing from me,' I cried, on which he bowed",305
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,and left the room without another word.,306
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,307
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""When he was gone I unlocked my bureau, made sure that my treasure",308
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"was safe, and locked it again. Then I started to go round the house",309
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,to see that all was secure--a duty which I usually leave to Mary but,310
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,which I thought it well to perform myself that night. As I came down,311
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"the stairs I saw Mary herself at the side window of the hall, which",312
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,she closed and fastened as I approached.,313
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,314
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""'Tell me, dad,' said she, looking, I thought, a little disturbed,",315
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"'did you give Lucy, the maid, leave to go out to-night?'",316
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,317
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""'Certainly not.'",318
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,319
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""'She came in just now by the back door. I have no doubt that she has",320
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"only been to the side gate to see someone, but I think that it is",321
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,hardly safe and should be stopped.',322
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,323
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""'You must speak to her in the morning, or I will if you prefer it.",324
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,Are you sure that everything is fastened?',325
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,326
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""'Quite sure, dad.'",327
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,328
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""'Then, good-night.' I kissed her and went up to my bedroom again,",329
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,where I was soon asleep.,330
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,331
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""I am endeavouring to tell you everything, Mr. Holmes, which may have",332
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"any bearing upon the case, but I beg that you will question me upon",333
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"any point which I do not make clear.""",334
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,335
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""On the contrary, your statement is singularly lucid.""",336
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,337
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""I come to a part of my story now in which I should wish to be",338
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"particularly so. I am not a very heavy sleeper, and the anxiety in my",339
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"mind tended, no doubt, to make me even less so than usual. About two",340
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"in the morning, then, I was awakened by some sound in the house. It",341
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"had ceased ere I was wide awake, but it had left an impression behind",342
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,it as though a window had gently closed somewhere. I lay listening,343
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"with all my ears. Suddenly, to my horror, there was a distinct sound",344
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"of footsteps moving softly in the next room. I slipped out of bed,",345
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"all palpitating with fear, and peeped round the corner of my",346
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,dressing-room door.,347
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,348
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""'Arthur!' I screamed, 'you villain! you thief! How dare you touch",349
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,that coronet?',350
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,351
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""The gas was half up, as I had left it, and my unhappy boy, dressed",352
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"only in his shirt and trousers, was standing beside the light,",353
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"holding the coronet in his hands. He appeared to be wrenching at it,",354
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,or bending it with all his strength. At my cry he dropped it from his,355
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,grasp and turned as pale as death. I snatched it up and examined it.,356
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"One of the gold corners, with three of the beryls in it, was missing.",357
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,358
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""'You blackguard!' I shouted, beside myself with rage. 'You have",359
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,destroyed it! You have dishonoured me forever! Where are the jewels,360
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,which you have stolen?',361
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,362
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""'Stolen!' he cried.",363
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,364
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""'Yes, thief!' I roared, shaking him by the shoulder.",365
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,366
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""'There are none missing. There cannot be any missing,' said he.",367
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,368
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""'There are three missing. And you know where they are. Must I call",369
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,you a liar as well as a thief? Did I not see you trying to tear off,370
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,another piece?',371
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,372
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""'You have called me names enough,' said he, 'I will not stand it any",373
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"longer. I shall not say another word about this business, since you",374
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,have chosen to insult me. I will leave your house in the morning and,375
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,make my own way in the world.',376
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,377
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""'You shall leave it in the hands of the police!' I cried half-mad",378
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,with grief and rage. 'I shall have this matter probed to the bottom.',379
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,380
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""'You shall learn nothing from me,' said he with a passion such as I",381
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,should not have thought was in his nature. 'If you choose to call the,382
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"police, let the police find what they can.'",383
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,384
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""By this time the whole house was astir, for I had raised my voice in",385
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"my anger. Mary was the first to rush into my room, and, at the sight",386
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"of the coronet and of Arthur's face, she read the whole story and,",387
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"with a scream, fell down senseless on the ground. I sent the",388
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,house-maid for the police and put the investigation into their hands,389
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"at once. When the inspector and a constable entered the house,",390
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"Arthur, who had stood sullenly with his arms folded, asked me whether",391
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,it was my intention to charge him with theft. I answered that it had,392
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"ceased to be a private matter, but had become a public one, since the",393
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,ruined coronet was national property. I was determined that the law,394
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,should have its way in everything.,395
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,396
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""'At least,' said he, 'you will not have me arrested at once. It",397
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,would be to your advantage as well as mine if I might leave the house,398
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,for five minutes.',399
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,400
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""'That you may get away, or perhaps that you may conceal what you",401
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"have stolen,' said I. And then, realising the dreadful position in",402
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"which I was placed, I implored him to remember that not only my",403
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,honour but that of one who was far greater than I was at stake; and,404
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,that he threatened to raise a scandal which would convulse the,405
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,nation. He might avert it all if he would but tell me what he had,406
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,done with the three missing stones.,407
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,408
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""'You may as well face the matter,' said I; 'you have been caught in",409
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"the act, and no confession could make your guilt more heinous. If you",410
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"but make such reparation as is in your power, by telling us where the",411
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"beryls are, all shall be forgiven and forgotten.'",412
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,413
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""'Keep your forgiveness for those who ask for it,' he answered,",414
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,turning away from me with a sneer. I saw that he was too hardened for,415
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,any words of mine to influence him. There was but one way for it. I,416
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,called in the inspector and gave him into custody. A search was made,417
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,at once not only of his person but of his room and of every portion,418
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,of the house where he could possibly have concealed the gems; but no,419
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"trace of them could be found, nor would the wretched boy open his",420
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,mouth for all our persuasions and our threats. This morning he was,421
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"removed to a cell, and I, after going through all the police",422
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"formalities, have hurried round to you to implore you to use your",423
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,skill in unravelling the matter. The police have openly confessed,424
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,that they can at present make nothing of it. You may go to any,425
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,expense which you think necessary. I have already offered a reward of,426
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"£1000. My God, what shall I do! I have lost my honour, my gems, and",427
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"my son in one night. Oh, what shall I do!""",428
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,429
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,He put a hand on either side of his head and rocked himself to and,430
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"fro, droning to himself like a child whose grief has got beyond",431
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,words.,432
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,433
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"Sherlock Holmes sat silent for some few minutes, with his brows",434
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,knitted and his eyes fixed upon the fire.,435
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,436
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""Do you receive much company?"" he asked.",437
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,438
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""None save my partner with his family and an occasional friend of",439
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,Arthur's. Sir George Burnwell has been several times lately. No one,440
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"else, I think.""",441
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,442
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""Do you go out much in society?""",443
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,444
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""Arthur does. Mary and I stay at home. We neither of us care for it.""",445
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,446
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""That is unusual in a young girl.""",447
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,448
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""She is of a quiet nature. Besides, she is not so very young. She is",449
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"four-and-twenty.""",450
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,451
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""This matter, from what you say, seems to have been a shock to her",452
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"also.""",453
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,454
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""Terrible! She is even more affected than I.""",455
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,456
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""You have neither of you any doubt as to your son's guilt?""",457
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,458
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""How can we have when I saw him with my own eyes with the coronet in",459
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"his hands.""",460
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,461
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""I hardly consider that a conclusive proof. Was the remainder of the",462
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"coronet at all injured?""",463
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,464
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""Yes, it was twisted.""",465
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,466
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""Do you not think, then, that he might have been trying to straighten",467
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"it?""",468
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,469
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""God bless you! You are doing what you can for him and for me. But it",470
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,is too heavy a task. What was he doing there at all? If his purpose,471
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"were innocent, why did he not say so?""",472
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,473
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""Precisely. And if it were guilty, why did he not invent a lie? His",474
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,silence appears to me to cut both ways. There are several singular,475
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,points about the case. What did the police think of the noise which,476
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"awoke you from your sleep?""",477
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,478
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""They considered that it might be caused by Arthur's closing his",479
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"bedroom door.""",480
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,481
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""A likely story! As if a man bent on felony would slam his door so as",482
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"to wake a household. What did they say, then, of the disappearance of",483
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"these gems?""",484
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,485
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""They are still sounding the planking and probing the furniture in",486
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"the hope of finding them.""",487
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,488
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""Have they thought of looking outside the house?""",489
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,490
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""Yes, they have shown extraordinary energy. The whole garden has",491
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"already been minutely examined.""",492
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,493
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""Now, my dear sir,"" said Holmes. ""is it not obvious to you now that",494
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,this matter really strikes very much deeper than either you or the,495
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,police were at first inclined to think? It appeared to you to be a,496
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,simple case; to me it seems exceedingly complex. Consider what is,497
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,involved by your theory. You suppose that your son came down from his,498
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"bed, went, at great risk, to your dressing-room, opened your bureau,",499
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"took out your coronet, broke off by main force a small portion of it,",500
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"went off to some other place, concealed three gems out of the",501
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"thirty-nine, with such skill that nobody can find them, and then",502
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,returned with the other thirty-six into the room in which he exposed,503
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"himself to the greatest danger of being discovered. I ask you now, is",504
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"such a theory tenable?""",505
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,506
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""But what other is there?"" cried the banker with a gesture of",507
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"despair. ""If his motives were innocent, why does he not explain",508
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"them?""",509
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,510
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""It is our task to find that out,"" replied Holmes; ""so now, if you",511
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"please, Mr. Holder, we will set off for Streatham together, and",512
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"devote an hour to glancing a little more closely into details.""",513
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,514
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"My friend insisted upon my accompanying them in their expedition,",515
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"which I was eager enough to do, for my curiosity and sympathy were",516
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,deeply stirred by the story to which we had listened. I confess that,517
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,the guilt of the banker's son appeared to me to be as obvious as it,518
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"did to his unhappy father, but still I had such faith in Holmes'",519
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,judgment that I felt that there must be some grounds for hope as long,520
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,as he was dissatisfied with the accepted explanation. He hardly spoke,521
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"a word the whole way out to the southern suburb, but sat with his",522
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"chin upon his breast and his hat drawn over his eyes, sunk in the",523
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,deepest thought. Our client appeared to have taken fresh heart at the,524
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"little glimpse of hope which had been presented to him, and he even",525
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,broke into a desultory chat with me over his business affairs. A,526
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"short railway journey and a shorter walk brought us to Fairbank, the",527
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,modest residence of the great financier.,528
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,529
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"Fairbank was a good-sized square house of white stone, standing back",530
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"a little from the road. A double carriage-sweep, with a snow-clad",531
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"lawn, stretched down in front to two large iron gates which closed",532
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"the entrance. On the right side was a small wooden thicket, which led",533
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,into a narrow path between two neat hedges stretching from the road,534
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"to the kitchen door, and forming the tradesmen's entrance. On the",535
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"left ran a lane which led to the stables, and was not itself within",536
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"the grounds at all, being a public, though little used, thoroughfare.",537
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,Holmes left us standing at the door and walked slowly all round the,538
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"house, across the front, down the tradesmen's path, and so round by",539
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,the garden behind into the stable lane. So long was he that Mr.,540
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,Holder and I went into the dining-room and waited by the fire until,541
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,he should return. We were sitting there in silence when the door,542
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,opened and a young lady came in. She was rather above the middle,543
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"height, slim, with dark hair and eyes, which seemed the darker",544
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,against the absolute pallor of her skin. I do not think that I have,545
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"ever seen such deadly paleness in a woman's face. Her lips, too, were",546
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"bloodless, but her eyes were flushed with crying. As she swept",547
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,silently into the room she impressed me with a greater sense of grief,548
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"than the banker had done in the morning, and it was the more striking",549
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"in her as she was evidently a woman of strong character, with immense",550
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"capacity for self-restraint. Disregarding my presence, she went",551
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,straight to her uncle and passed her hand over his head with a sweet,552
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,womanly caress.,553
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,554
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""You have given orders that Arthur should be liberated, have you not,",555
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"dad?"" she asked.",556
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,557
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""No, no, my girl, the matter must be probed to the bottom.""",558
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,559
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""But I am so sure that he is innocent. You know what woman's",560
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,instincts are. I know that he has done no harm and that you will be,561
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"sorry for having acted so harshly.""",562
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,563
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""Why is he silent, then, if he is innocent?""",564
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,565
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""Who knows? Perhaps because he was so angry that you should suspect",566
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"him.""",567
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,568
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""How could I help suspecting him, when I actually saw him with the",569
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"coronet in his hand?""",570
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,571
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""Oh, but he had only picked it up to look at it. Oh, do, do take my",572
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,word for it that he is innocent. Let the matter drop and say no more.,573
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"It is so dreadful to think of our dear Arthur in a prison!""",574
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,575
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""I shall never let it drop until the gems are found--never, Mary!",576
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,Your affection for Arthur blinds you as to the awful consequences to,577
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"me. Far from hushing the thing up, I have brought a gentleman down",578
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"from London to inquire more deeply into it.""",579
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,580
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""This gentleman?"" she asked, facing round to me.",581
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,582
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""No, his friend. He wished us to leave him alone. He is round in the",583
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"stable lane now.""",584
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,585
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""The stable lane?"" She raised her dark eyebrows. ""What can he hope to",586
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"find there? Ah! this, I suppose, is he. I trust, sir, that you will",587
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"succeed in proving, what I feel sure is the truth, that my cousin",588
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"Arthur is innocent of this crime.""",589
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,590
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""I fully share your opinion, and I trust, with you, that we may prove",591
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"it,"" returned Holmes, going back to the mat to knock the snow from",592
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"his shoes. ""I believe I have the honour of addressing Miss Mary",593
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"Holder. Might I ask you a question or two?""",594
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,595
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""Pray do, sir, if it may help to clear this horrible affair up.""",596
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,597
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""You heard nothing yourself last night?""",598
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,599
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""Nothing, until my uncle here began to speak loudly. I heard that,",600
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"and I came down.""",601
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,602
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""You shut up the windows and doors the night before. Did you fasten",603
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"all the windows?""",604
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,605
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""Yes.""",606
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,607
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""Were they all fastened this morning?""",608
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,609
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""Yes.""",610
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,611
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""You have a maid who has a sweetheart? I think that you remarked to",612
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"your uncle last night that she had been out to see him?""",613
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,614
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""Yes, and she was the girl who waited in the drawing-room, and who",615
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"may have heard uncle's remarks about the coronet.""",616
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,617
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""I see. You infer that she may have gone out to tell her sweetheart,",618
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"and that the two may have planned the robbery.""",619
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,620
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""But what is the good of all these vague theories,"" cried the banker",621
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"impatiently, ""when I have told you that I saw Arthur with the coronet",622
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"in his hands?""",623
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,624
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""Wait a little, Mr. Holder. We must come back to that. About this",625
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"girl, Miss Holder. You saw her return by the kitchen door, I",626
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"presume?""",627
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,628
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""Yes; when I went to see if the door was fastened for the night I met",629
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"her slipping in. I saw the man, too, in the gloom.""",630
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,631
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""Do you know him?""",632
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,633
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""Oh, yes! he is the green-grocer who brings our vegetables round.",634
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"His name is Francis Prosper.""",635
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,636
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""He stood,"" said Holmes, ""to the left of the door--that is to say,",637
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"farther up the path than is necessary to reach the door?""",638
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,639
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""Yes, he did.""",640
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,641
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""And he is a man with a wooden leg?""",642
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,643
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,Something like fear sprang up in the young lady's expressive black,644
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"eyes. ""Why, you are like a magician,"" said she. ""How do you know",645
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"that?"" She smiled, but there was no answering smile in Holmes' thin,",646
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,eager face.,647
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,648
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""I should be very glad now to go upstairs,"" said he. ""I shall",649
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,probably wish to go over the outside of the house again. Perhaps I,650
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"had better take a look at the lower windows before I go up.""",651
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,652
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"He walked swiftly round from one to the other, pausing only at the",653
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,large one which looked from the hall onto the stable lane. This he,654
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,opened and made a very careful examination of the sill with his,655
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"powerful magnifying lens. ""Now we shall go upstairs,"" said he at",656
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,last.,657
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,658
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"The banker's dressing-room was a plainly furnished little chamber,",659
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"with a grey carpet, a large bureau, and a long mirror. Holmes went to",660
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,the bureau first and looked hard at the lock.,661
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,662
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""Which key was used to open it?"" he asked.",663
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,664
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""That which my son himself indicated--that of the cupboard of the",665
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"lumber-room.""",666
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,667
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""Have you it here?""",668
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,669
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""That is it on the dressing-table.""",670
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,671
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,Sherlock Holmes took it up and opened the bureau.,672
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,673
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""It is a noiseless lock,"" said he. ""It is no wonder that it did not",674
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"wake you. This case, I presume, contains the coronet. We must have a",675
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"look at it."" He opened the case, and taking out the diadem he laid it",676
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"upon the table. It was a magnificent specimen of the jeweller's art,",677
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,and the thirty-six stones were the finest that I have ever seen. At,678
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"one side of the coronet was a cracked edge, where a corner holding",679
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,three gems had been torn away.,680
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,681
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""Now, Mr. Holder,"" said Holmes, ""here is the corner which corresponds",682
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,to that which has been so unfortunately lost. Might I beg that you,683
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"will break it off.""",684
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,685
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"The banker recoiled in horror. ""I should not dream of trying,"" said",686
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,he.,687
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,688
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""Then I will."" Holmes suddenly bent his strength upon it, but without",689
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"result. ""I feel it give a little,"" said he; ""but, though I am",690
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"exceptionally strong in the fingers, it would take me all my time to",691
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"break it. An ordinary man could not do it. Now, what do you think",692
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"would happen if I did break it, Mr. Holder? There would be a noise",693
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,like a pistol shot. Do you tell me that all this happened within a,694
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"few yards of your bed and that you heard nothing of it?""",695
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,696
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""I do not know what to think. It is all dark to me.""",697
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,698
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""But perhaps it may grow lighter as we go. What do you think, Miss",699
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"Holder?""",700
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,701
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""I confess that I still share my uncle's perplexity.""",702
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,703
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""Your son had no shoes or slippers on when you saw him?""",704
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,705
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""He had nothing on save only his trousers and shirt.""",706
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,707
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""Thank you. We have certainly been favoured with extraordinary luck",708
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"during this inquiry, and it will be entirely our own fault if we do",709
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"not succeed in clearing the matter up. With your permission, Mr.",710
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"Holder, I shall now continue my investigations outside.""",711
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,712
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"He went alone, at his own request, for he explained that any",713
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,unnecessary footmarks might make his task more difficult. For an hour,714
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"or more he was at work, returning at last with his feet heavy with",715
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,snow and his features as inscrutable as ever.,716
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,717
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""I think that I have seen now all that there is to see, Mr. Holder,""",718
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"said he; ""I can serve you best by returning to my rooms.""",719
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,720
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""But the gems, Mr. Holmes. Where are they?""",721
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,722
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""I cannot tell.""",723
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,724
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"The banker wrung his hands. ""I shall never see them again!"" he cried.",725
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""And my son? You give me hopes?""",726
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,727
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""My opinion is in no way altered.""",728
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,729
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""Then, for God's sake, what was this dark business which was acted in",730
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"my house last night?""",731
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,732
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""If you can call upon me at my Baker Street rooms to-morrow morning",733
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,between nine and ten I shall be happy to do what I can to make it,734
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"clearer. I understand that you give me carte blanche to act for you,",735
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"provided only that I get back the gems, and that you place no limit",736
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"on the sum I may draw.""",737
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,738
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""I would give my fortune to have them back.""",739
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,740
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""Very good. I shall look into the matter between this and then.",741
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,Good-bye; it is just possible that I may have to come over here again,742
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"before evening.""",743
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,744
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,It was obvious to me that my companion's mind was now made up about,745
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"the case, although what his conclusions were was more than I could",746
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,even dimly imagine. Several times during our homeward journey I,747
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"endeavoured to sound him upon the point, but he always glided away to",748
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"some other topic, until at last I gave it over in despair. It was not",749
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,yet three when we found ourselves in our rooms once more. He hurried,750
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,to his chamber and was down again in a few minutes dressed as a,751
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"common loafer. With his collar turned up, his shiny, seedy coat, his",752
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"red cravat, and his worn boots, he was a perfect sample of the class.",753
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,754
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""I think that this should do,"" said he, glancing into the glass above",755
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"the fireplace. ""I only wish that you could come with me, Watson, but",756
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"I fear that it won't do. I may be on the trail in this matter, or I",757
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"may be following a will-o'-the-wisp, but I shall soon know which it",758
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"is. I hope that I may be back in a few hours."" He cut a slice of beef",759
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"from the joint upon the sideboard, sandwiched it between two rounds",760
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"of bread, and thrusting this rude meal into his pocket he started off",761
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,upon his expedition.,762
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,763
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"I had just finished my tea when he returned, evidently in excellent",764
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"spirits, swinging an old elastic-sided boot in his hand. He chucked",765
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,it down into a corner and helped himself to a cup of tea.,766
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,767
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""I only looked in as I passed,"" said he. ""I am going right on.""",768
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,769
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""Where to?""",770
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,771
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""Oh, to the other side of the West End. It may be some time before I",772
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"get back. Don't wait up for me in case I should be late.""",773
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,774
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""How are you getting on?""",775
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,776
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""Oh, so so. Nothing to complain of. I have been out to Streatham",777
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"since I saw you last, but I did not call at the house. It is a very",778
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"sweet little problem, and I would not have missed it for a good deal.",779
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"However, I must not sit gossiping here, but must get these",780
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"disreputable clothes off and return to my highly respectable self.""",781
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,782
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,I could see by his manner that he had stronger reasons for,783
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"satisfaction than his words alone would imply. His eyes twinkled, and",784
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,there was even a touch of colour upon his sallow cheeks. He hastened,785
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"upstairs, and a few minutes later I heard the slam of the hall door,",786
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,which told me that he was off once more upon his congenial hunt.,787
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,788
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"I waited until midnight, but there was no sign of his return, so I",789
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,retired to my room. It was no uncommon thing for him to be away for,790
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"days and nights on end when he was hot upon a scent, so that his",791
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,lateness caused me no surprise. I do not know at what hour he came,792
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"in, but when I came down to breakfast in the morning there he was",793
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"with a cup of coffee in one hand and the paper in the other, as fresh",794
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,and trim as possible.,795
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,796
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""You will excuse my beginning without you, Watson,"" said he, ""but you",797
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,remember that our client has rather an early appointment this,798
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"morning.""",799
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,800
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""Why, it is after nine now,"" I answered. ""I should not be surprised",801
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"if that were he. I thought I heard a ring.""",802
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,803
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"It was, indeed, our friend the financier. I was shocked by the change",804
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"which had come over him, for his face which was naturally of a broad",805
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"and massive mould, was now pinched and fallen in, while his hair",806
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,seemed to me at least a shade whiter. He entered with a weariness and,807
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,lethargy which was even more painful than his violence of the morning,808
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"before, and he dropped heavily into the armchair which I pushed",809
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,forward for him.,810
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,811
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""I do not know what I have done to be so severely tried,"" said he.",812
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""Only two days ago I was a happy and prosperous man, without a care",813
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,in the world. Now I am left to a lonely and dishonoured age. One,814
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"sorrow comes close upon the heels of another. My niece, Mary, has",815
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"deserted me.""",816
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,817
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""Deserted you?""",818
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,819
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""Yes. Her bed this morning had not been slept in, her room was empty,",820
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,and a note for me lay upon the hall table. I had said to her last,821
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"night, in sorrow and not in anger, that if she had married my boy all",822
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,might have been well with him. Perhaps it was thoughtless of me to,823
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,say so. It is to that remark that she refers in this note:,824
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,825
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""'My dearest Uncle:",826
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""'I feel that I have brought trouble upon you, and that if I had",827
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,acted differently this terrible misfortune might never have occurred.,828
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"I cannot, with this thought in my mind, ever again be happy under",829
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"your roof, and I feel that I must leave you forever. Do not worry",830
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"about my future, for that is provided for; and, above all, do not",831
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"search for me, for it will be fruitless labour and an ill-service to",832
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"me. In life or in death, I am ever",833
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""'Your loving",834
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""'Mary.'",835
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,836
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""What could she mean by that note, Mr. Holmes? Do you think it points",837
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"to suicide?""",838
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,839
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""No, no, nothing of the kind. It is perhaps the best possible",840
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"solution. I trust, Mr. Holder, that you are nearing the end of your",841
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"troubles.""",842
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,843
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""Ha! You say so! You have heard something, Mr. Holmes; you have",844
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"learned something! Where are the gems?""",845
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,846
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""You would not think £1000 pounds apiece an excessive sum for them?""",847
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,848
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""I would pay ten.""",849
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,850
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""That would be unnecessary. Three thousand will cover the matter. And",851
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"there is a little reward, I fancy. Have you your check-book?  Here is",852
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"a pen. Better make it out for £4000.""",853
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,854
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,With a dazed face the banker made out the required check. Holmes,855
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"walked over to his desk, took out a little triangular piece of gold",856
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"with three gems in it, and threw it down upon the table.",857
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,858
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,With a shriek of joy our client clutched it up.,859
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,860
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""You have it!"" he gasped. ""I am saved! I am saved!""",861
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,862
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"The reaction of joy was as passionate as his grief had been, and he",863
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,hugged his recovered gems to his bosom.,864
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,865
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""There is one other thing you owe, Mr. Holder,"" said Sherlock Holmes",866
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,rather sternly.,867
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,868
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""Owe!"" He caught up a pen. ""Name the sum, and I will pay it.""",869
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,870
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""No, the debt is not to me. You owe a very humble apology to that",871
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"noble lad, your son, who has carried himself in this matter as I",872
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"should be proud to see my own son do, should I ever chance to have",873
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"one.""",874
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,875
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""Then it was not Arthur who took them?""",876
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,877
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""I told you yesterday, and I repeat to-day, that it was not.""",878
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,879
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""You are sure of it! Then let us hurry to him at once to let him know",880
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"that the truth is known.""",881
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,882
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""He knows it already. When I had cleared it all up I had an interview",883
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"with him, and finding that he would not tell me the story, I told it",884
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"to him, on which he had to confess that I was right and to add the",885
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,very few details which were not yet quite clear to me. Your news of,886
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"this morning, however, may open his lips.""",887
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,888
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""For heaven's sake, tell me, then, what is this extraordinary",889
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"mystery!""",890
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,891
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""I will do so, and I will show you the steps by which I reached it.",892
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"And let me say to you, first, that which it is hardest for me to say",893
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,and for you to hear: there has been an understanding between Sir,894
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"George Burnwell and your niece Mary. They have now fled together.""",895
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,896
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""My Mary? Impossible!""",897
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,898
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""It is unfortunately more than possible; it is certain. Neither you",899
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,nor your son knew the true character of this man when you admitted,900
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,him into your family circle. He is one of the most dangerous men in,901
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"England--a ruined gambler, an absolutely desperate villain, a man",902
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,without heart or conscience. Your niece knew nothing of such men.,903
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"When he breathed his vows to her, as he had done to a hundred before",904
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"her, she flattered herself that she alone had touched his heart. The",905
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"devil knows best what he said, but at least she became his tool and",906
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"was in the habit of seeing him nearly every evening.""",907
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,908
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""I cannot, and I will not, believe it!"" cried the banker with an",909
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,ashen face.,910
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,911
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""I will tell you, then, what occurred in your house last night. Your",912
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"niece, when you had, as she thought, gone to your room, slipped down",913
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,and talked to her lover through the window which leads into the,914
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"stable lane. His footmarks had pressed right through the snow, so",915
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,long had he stood there. She told him of the coronet. His wicked lust,916
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"for gold kindled at the news, and he bent her to his will. I have no",917
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"doubt that she loved you, but there are women in whom the love of a",918
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"lover extinguishes all other loves, and I think that she must have",919
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,been one. She had hardly listened to his instructions when she saw,920
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"you coming downstairs, on which she closed the window rapidly and",921
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,told you about one of the servants' escapade with her wooden-legged,922
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"lover, which was all perfectly true.",923
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,924
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""Your boy, Arthur, went to bed after his interview with you but he",925
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,slept badly on account of his uneasiness about his club debts. In the,926
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"middle of the night he heard a soft tread pass his door, so he rose",927
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"and, looking out, was surprised to see his cousin walking very",928
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,stealthily along the passage until she disappeared into your,929
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"dressing-room. Petrified with astonishment, the lad slipped on some",930
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,clothes and waited there in the dark to see what would come of this,931
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"strange affair. Presently she emerged from the room again, and in the",932
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,light of the passage-lamp your son saw that she carried the precious,933
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"coronet in her hands. She passed down the stairs, and he, thrilling",934
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"with horror, ran along and slipped behind the curtain near your door,",935
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,whence he could see what passed in the hall beneath. He saw her,936
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"stealthily open the window, hand out the coronet to someone in the",937
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"gloom, and then closing it once more hurry back to her room, passing",938
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,quite close to where he stood hid behind the curtain.,939
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,940
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""As long as she was on the scene he could not take any action without",941
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,a horrible exposure of the woman whom he loved. But the instant that,942
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,she was gone he realised how crushing a misfortune this would be for,943
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"you, and how all-important it was to set it right. He rushed down,",944
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"just as he was, in his bare feet, opened the window, sprang out into",945
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"the snow, and ran down the lane, where he could see a dark figure in",946
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"the moonlight. Sir George Burnwell tried to get away, but Arthur",947
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"caught him, and there was a struggle between them, your lad tugging",948
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"at one side of the coronet, and his opponent at the other. In the",949
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"scuffle, your son struck Sir George and cut him over the eye. Then",950
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"something suddenly snapped, and your son, finding that he had the",951
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"coronet in his hands, rushed back, closed the window, ascended to",952
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"your room, and had just observed that the coronet had been twisted in",953
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,the struggle and was endeavouring to straighten it when you appeared,954
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"upon the scene.""",955
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,956
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""Is it possible?"" gasped the banker.",957
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,958
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""You then roused his anger by calling him names at a moment when he",959
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,felt that he had deserved your warmest thanks. He could not explain,960
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,the true state of affairs without betraying one who certainly,961
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,deserved little enough consideration at his hands. He took the more,962
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"chivalrous view, however, and preserved her secret.""",963
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,964
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""And that was why she shrieked and fainted when she saw the coronet,""",965
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"cried Mr. Holder. ""Oh, my God! what a blind fool I have been! And his",966
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,asking to be allowed to go out for five minutes! The dear fellow,967
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,wanted to see if the missing piece were at the scene of the struggle.,968
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"How cruelly I have misjudged him!""",969
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,970
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""When I arrived at the house,"" continued Holmes, ""I at once went very",971
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,carefully round it to observe if there were any traces in the snow,972
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,which might help me. I knew that none had fallen since the evening,973
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"before, and also that there had been a strong frost to preserve",974
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"impressions. I passed along the tradesmen's path, but found it all",975
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"trampled down and indistinguishable. Just beyond it, however, at the",976
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"far side of the kitchen door, a woman had stood and talked with a",977
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"man, whose round impressions on one side showed that he had a wooden",978
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"leg. I could even tell that they had been disturbed, for the woman",979
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"had run back swiftly to the door, as was shown by the deep toe and",980
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"light heel marks, while Wooden-leg had waited a little, and then had",981
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,gone away. I thought at the time that this might be the maid and her,982
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"sweetheart, of whom you had already spoken to me, and inquiry showed",983
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,it was so. I passed round the garden without seeing anything more,984
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"than random tracks, which I took to be the police; but when I got",985
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,into the stable lane a very long and complex story was written in the,986
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,snow in front of me.,987
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,988
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""There was a double line of tracks of a booted man, and a second",989
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,double line which I saw with delight belonged to a man with naked,990
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,feet. I was at once convinced from what you had told me that the,991
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"latter was your son. The first had walked both ways, but the other",992
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"had run swiftly, and as his tread was marked in places over the",993
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"depression of the boot, it was obvious that he had passed after the",994
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"other. I followed them up and found they led to the hall window,",995
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,where Boots had worn all the snow away while waiting. Then I walked,996
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"to the other end, which was a hundred yards or more down the lane. I",997
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"saw where Boots had faced round, where the snow was cut up as though",998
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"there had been a struggle, and, finally, where a few drops of blood",999
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"had fallen, to show me that I was not mistaken. Boots had then run",1000
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"down the lane, and another little smudge of blood showed that it was",1001
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"he who had been hurt. When he came to the highroad at the other end,",1002
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"I found that the pavement had been cleared, so there was an end to",1003
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,that clue.,1004
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,1005
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""On entering the house, however, I examined, as you remember, the",1006
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"sill and framework of the hall window with my lens, and I could at",1007
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,once see that someone had passed out. I could distinguish the outline,1008
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,of an instep where the wet foot had been placed in coming in. I was,1009
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,then beginning to be able to form an opinion as to what had occurred.,1010
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,A man had waited outside the window; someone had brought the gems;,1011
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,the deed had been overseen by your son; he had pursued the thief; had,1012
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"struggled with him; they had each tugged at the coronet, their united",1013
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,strength causing injuries which neither alone could have effected. He,1014
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"had returned with the prize, but had left a fragment in the grasp of",1015
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"his opponent. So far I was clear. The question now was, who was the",1016
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,man and who was it brought him the coronet?,1017
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,1018
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the",1019
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.",1020
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"Now, I knew that it was not you who had brought it down, so there",1021
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"only remained your niece and the maids. But if it were the maids, why",1022
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,should your son allow himself to be accused in their place? There,1023
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"could be no possible reason. As he loved his cousin, however, there",1024
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,was an excellent explanation why he should retain her secret--the,1025
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,more so as the secret was a disgraceful one. When I remembered that,1026
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"you had seen her at that window, and how she had fainted on seeing",1027
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"the coronet again, my conjecture became a certainty.",1028
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,1029
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""And who could it be who was her confederate? A lover evidently, for",1030
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,who else could outweigh the love and gratitude which she must feel to,1031
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"you? I knew that you went out little, and that your circle of friends",1032
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,was a very limited one. But among them was Sir George Burnwell. I had,1033
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,heard of him before as being a man of evil reputation among women. It,1034
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,must have been he who wore those boots and retained the missing gems.,1035
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"Even though he knew that Arthur had discovered him, he might still",1036
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"flatter himself that he was safe, for the lad could not say a word",1037
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,without compromising his own family.,1038
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,1039
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""Well, your own good sense will suggest what measures I took next. I",1040
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"went in the shape of a loafer to Sir George's house, managed to pick",1041
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"up an acquaintance with his valet, learned that his master had cut",1042
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"his head the night before, and, finally, at the expense of six",1043
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"shillings, made all sure by buying a pair of his cast-off shoes. With",1044
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,these I journeyed down to Streatham and saw that they exactly fitted,1045
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"the tracks.""",1046
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,1047
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""I saw an ill-dressed vagabond in the lane yesterday evening,"" said",1048
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,Mr. Holder.,1049
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,1050
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""Precisely. It was I. I found that I had my man, so I came home and",1051
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"changed my clothes. It was a delicate part which I had to play then,",1052
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"for I saw that a prosecution must be avoided to avert scandal, and I",1053
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,knew that so astute a villain would see that our hands were tied in,1054
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"the matter. I went and saw him. At first, of course, he denied",1055
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"everything. But when I gave him every particular that had occurred,",1056
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,he tried to bluster and took down a life-preserver from the wall. I,1057
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"knew my man, however, and I clapped a pistol to his head before he",1058
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,could strike. Then he became a little more reasonable. I told him,1059
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,that we would give him a price for the stones he held--£1000 apiece.,1060
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"That brought out the first signs of grief that he had shown. 'Why,",1061
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"dash it all!' said he, 'I've let them go at six hundred for the",1062
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,three!' I soon managed to get the address of the receiver who had,1063
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"them, on promising him that there would be no prosecution. Off I set",1064
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"to him, and after much chaffering I got our stones at 1000 pounds",1065
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"apiece. Then I looked in upon your son, told him that all was right,",1066
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"and eventually got to my bed about two o'clock, after what I may call",1067
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"a really hard day's work.""",1068
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,1069
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""A day which has saved England from a great public scandal,"" said the",1070
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"banker, rising. ""Sir, I cannot find words to thank you, but you shall",1071
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,not find me ungrateful for what you have done. Your skill has indeed,1072
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,exceeded all that I have heard of it. And now I must fly to my dear,1073
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,boy to apologise to him for the wrong which I have done him. As to,1074
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"what you tell me of poor Mary, it goes to my very heart. Not even",1075
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"your skill can inform me where she is now.""",1076
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,1077
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"""I think that we may safely say,"" returned Holmes, ""that she is",1078
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"wherever Sir George Burnwell is. It is equally certain, too, that",1079
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"whatever her sins are, they will soon receive a more than sufficient",1080
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,"punishment.""",1081
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,,1082
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,THE ADVENTURE OF THE COPPER BEECHES,1
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,2
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""To the man who loves art for its own sake,"" remarked Sherlock",3
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"Holmes, tossing aside the advertisement sheet of the Daily Telegraph,",4
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""it is frequently in its least important and lowliest manifestations",5
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,that the keenest pleasure is to be derived. It is pleasant to me to,6
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"observe, Watson, that you have so far grasped this truth that in",7
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,these little records of our cases which you have been good enough to,8
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"draw up, and, I am bound to say, occasionally to embellish, you have",9
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,given prominence not so much to the many causes célèbres and,10
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,sensational trials in which I have figured but rather to those,11
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"incidents which may have been trivial in themselves, but which have",12
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,given room for those faculties of deduction and of logical synthesis,13
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"which I have made my special province.""",14
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,15
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""And yet,"" said I, smiling, ""I cannot quite hold myself absolved from",16
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,the charge of sensationalism which has been urged against my,17
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"records.""",18
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,19
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""You have erred, perhaps,"" he observed, taking up a glowing cinder",20
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,with the tongs and lighting with it the long cherry-wood pipe which,21
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,was wont to replace his clay when he was in a disputatious rather,22
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"than a meditative mood--""you have erred perhaps in attempting to put",23
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,colour and life into each of your statements instead of confining,24
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,yourself to the task of placing upon record that severe reasoning,25
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,from cause to effect which is really the only notable feature about,26
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"the thing.""",27
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,28
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""It seems to me that I have done you full justice in the matter,"" I",29
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"remarked with some coldness, for I was repelled by the egotism which",30
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,I had more than once observed to be a strong factor in my friend's,31
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,singular character.,32
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,33
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""No, it is not selfishness or conceit,"" said he, answering, as was",34
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"his wont, my thoughts rather than my words. ""If I claim full justice",35
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"for my art, it is because it is an impersonal thing--a thing beyond",36
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,myself. Crime is common. Logic is rare. Therefore it is upon the,37
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,logic rather than upon the crime that you should dwell. You have,38
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,degraded what should have been a course of lectures into a series of,39
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"tales.""",40
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,41
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"It was a cold morning of the early spring, and we sat after breakfast",42
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,on either side of a cheery fire in the old room at Baker Street. A,43
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"thick fog rolled down between the lines of dun-coloured houses, and",44
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"the opposing windows loomed like dark, shapeless blurs through the",45
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,heavy yellow wreaths. Our gas was lit and shone on the white cloth,46
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"and glimmer of china and metal, for the table had not been cleared",47
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"yet. Sherlock Holmes had been silent all the morning, dipping",48
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,continuously into the advertisement columns of a succession of papers,49
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"until at last, having apparently given up his search, he had emerged",50
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,in no very sweet temper to lecture me upon my literary shortcomings.,51
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,52
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""At the same time,"" he remarked after a pause, during which he had",53
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"sat puffing at his long pipe and gazing down into the fire, ""you can",54
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"hardly be open to a charge of sensationalism, for out of these cases",55
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"which you have been so kind as to interest yourself in, a fair",56
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"proportion do not treat of crime, in its legal sense, at all. The",57
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"small matter in which I endeavoured to help the King of Bohemia, the",58
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"singular experience of Miss Mary Sutherland, the problem connected",59
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"with the man with the twisted lip, and the incident of the noble",60
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"bachelor, were all matters which are outside the pale of the law. But",61
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"in avoiding the sensational, I fear that you may have bordered on the",62
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"trivial.""",63
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,64
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""The end may have been so,"" I answered, ""but the methods I hold to",65
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"have been novel and of interest.""",66
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,67
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""Pshaw, my dear fellow, what do the public, the great unobservant",68
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"public, who could hardly tell a weaver by his tooth or a compositor",69
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"by his left thumb, care about the finer shades of analysis and",70
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"deduction! But, indeed, if you are trivial, I cannot blame you, for",71
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"the days of the great cases are past. Man, or at least criminal man,",72
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,has lost all enterprise and originality. As to my own little,73
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"practice, it seems to be degenerating into an agency for recovering",74
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,lost lead pencils and giving advice to young ladies from,75
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"boarding-schools. I think that I have touched bottom at last,",76
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"however. This note I had this morning marks my zero-point, I fancy.",77
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"Read it!"" He tossed a crumpled letter across to me.",78
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,79
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"It was dated from Montague Place upon the preceding evening, and ran",80
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,thus:,81
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,82
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,Dear Mr. Holmes:,83
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,I am very anxious to consult you as to whether I should or should not,84
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,accept a situation which has been offered to me as governess. I shall,85
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,call at half-past ten to-morrow if I do not inconvenience you.,86
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"Yours faithfully,",87
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,Violet Hunter.,88
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,89
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""Do you know the young lady?"" I asked.",90
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,91
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""Not I.""",92
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,93
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""It is half-past ten now.""",94
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,95
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""Yes, and I have no doubt that is her ring.""",96
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,97
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""It may turn out to be of more interest than you think. You remember",98
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"that the affair of the blue carbuncle, which appeared to be a mere",99
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"whim at first, developed into a serious investigation. It may be so",100
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"in this case, also.""",101
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,102
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""Well, let us hope so. But our doubts will very soon be solved, for",103
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"here, unless I am much mistaken, is the person in question.""",104
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,105
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,As he spoke the door opened and a young lady entered the room. She,106
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"was plainly but neatly dressed, with a bright, quick face, freckled",107
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"like a plover's egg, and with the brisk manner of a woman who has had",108
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,her own way to make in the world.,109
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,110
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""You will excuse my troubling you, I am sure,"" said she, as my",111
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"companion rose to greet her, ""but I have had a very strange",112
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"experience, and as I have no parents or relations of any sort from",113
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"whom I could ask advice, I thought that perhaps you would be kind",114
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"enough to tell me what I should do.""",115
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,116
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""Pray take a seat, Miss Hunter. I shall be happy to do anything that",117
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"I can to serve you.""",118
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,119
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,I could see that Holmes was favourably impressed by the manner and,120
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,speech of his new client. He looked her over in his searching,121
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"fashion, and then composed himself, with his lids drooping and his",122
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"finger-tips together, to listen to her story.",123
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,124
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""I have been a governess for five years,"" said she, ""in the family of",125
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"Colonel Spence Munro, but two months ago the colonel received an",126
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"appointment at Halifax, in Nova Scotia, and took his children over to",127
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"America with him, so that I found myself without a situation. I",128
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"advertised, and I answered advertisements, but without success. At",129
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"last the little money which I had saved began to run short, and I was",130
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,at my wit's end as to what I should do.,131
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,132
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""There is a well-known agency for governesses in the West End called",133
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"Westaway's, and there I used to call about once a week in order to",134
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,see whether anything had turned up which might suit me. Westaway was,135
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"the name of the founder of the business, but it is really managed by",136
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"Miss Stoper. She sits in her own little office, and the ladies who",137
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"are seeking employment wait in an anteroom, and are then shown in one",138
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"by one, when she consults her ledgers and sees whether she has",139
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,anything which would suit them.,140
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,141
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""Well, when I called last week I was shown into the little office as",142
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"usual, but I found that Miss Stoper was not alone. A prodigiously",143
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,stout man with a very smiling face and a great heavy chin which,144
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,rolled down in fold upon fold over his throat sat at her elbow with a,145
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"pair of glasses on his nose, looking very earnestly at the ladies who",146
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,entered. As I came in he gave quite a jump in his chair and turned,147
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,quickly to Miss Stoper.,148
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,149
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""'That will do,' said he; 'I could not ask for anything better.",150
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,Capital! capital!' He seemed quite enthusiastic and rubbed his hands,151
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,together in the most genial fashion. He was such a,152
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,comfortable-looking man that it was quite a pleasure to look at him.,153
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,154
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""'You are looking for a situation, miss?' he asked.",155
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,156
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""'Yes, sir.'",157
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,158
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""'As governess?'",159
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,160
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""'Yes, sir.'",161
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,162
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""'And what salary do you ask?'",163
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,164
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""'I had £4 a month in my last place with Colonel Spence Munro.'",165
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,166
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""'Oh, tut, tut! sweating--rank sweating!' he cried, throwing his fat",167
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,hands out into the air like a man who is in a boiling passion. 'How,168
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,could anyone offer so pitiful a sum to a lady with such attractions,169
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,and accomplishments?',170
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,171
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""'My accomplishments, sir, may be less than you imagine,' said I. 'A",172
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"little French, a little German, music, and drawing--'",173
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,174
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""'Tut, tut!' he cried. 'This is all quite beside the question. The",175
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"point is, have you or have you not the bearing and deportment of a",176
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"lady? There it is in a nutshell. If you have not, you are not fitted",177
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,for the rearing of a child who may some day play a considerable part,178
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"in the history of the country. But if you have why, then, how could",179
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,any gentleman ask you to condescend to accept anything under the,180
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"three figures? Your salary with me, madam, would commence at £100 a",181
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,year.',182
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,183
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""You may imagine, Mr. Holmes, that to me, destitute as I was, such an",184
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"offer seemed almost too good to be true. The gentleman, however,",185
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"seeing perhaps the look of incredulity upon my face, opened a",186
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,pocket-book and took out a note.,187
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,188
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""'It is also my custom,' said he, smiling in the most pleasant",189
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,fashion until his eyes were just two little shining slits amid the,190
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"white creases of his face, 'to advance to my young ladies half their",191
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"salary beforehand, so that they may meet any little expenses of their",192
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,journey and their wardrobe.',193
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,194
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""It seemed to me that I had never met so fascinating and so",195
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"thoughtful a man. As I was already in debt to my tradesmen, the",196
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"advance was a great convenience, and yet there was something",197
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,unnatural about the whole transaction which made me wish to know a,198
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,little more before I quite committed myself.,199
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,200
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""'May I ask where you live, sir?' said I.",201
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,202
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""'Hampshire. Charming rural place. The Copper Beeches, five miles on",203
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"the far side of Winchester. It is the most lovely country, my dear",204
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"young lady, and the dearest old country-house.'",205
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,206
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""'And my duties, sir? I should be glad to know what they would be.'",207
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,208
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""'One child--one dear little romper just six years old. Oh, if you",209
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,could see him killing cockroaches with a slipper! Smack! smack!,210
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,smack! Three gone before you could wink!' He leaned back in his chair,211
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,and laughed his eyes into his head again.,212
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,213
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""I was a little startled at the nature of the child's amusement, but",214
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,the father's laughter made me think that perhaps he was joking.,215
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,216
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""'My sole duties, then,' I asked, 'are to take charge of a single",217
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,child?',218
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,219
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""'No, no, not the sole, not the sole, my dear young lady,' he cried.",220
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"'Your duty would be, as I am sure your good sense would suggest, to",221
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"obey any little commands my wife might give, provided always that",222
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,they were such commands as a lady might with propriety obey. You see,223
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"no difficulty, heh?'",224
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,225
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""'I should be happy to make myself useful.'",226
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,227
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""'Quite so. In dress now, for example. We are faddy people, you",228
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,know--faddy but kind-hearted. If you were asked to wear any dress,229
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"which we might give you, you would not object to our little whim.",230
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,Heh?',231
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,232
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""'No,' said I, considerably astonished at his words.",233
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,234
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""'Or to sit here, or sit there, that would not be offensive to you?'",235
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,236
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""'Oh, no.'",237
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,238
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""'Or to cut your hair quite short before you come to us?'",239
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,240
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""I could hardly believe my ears. As you may observe, Mr. Holmes, my",241
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"hair is somewhat luxuriant, and of a rather peculiar tint of",242
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,chestnut. It has been considered artistic. I could not dream of,243
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,sacrificing it in this offhand fashion.,244
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,245
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""'I am afraid that that is quite impossible,' said I. He had been",246
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"watching me eagerly out of his small eyes, and I could see a shadow",247
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,pass over his face as I spoke.,248
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,249
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""'I am afraid that it is quite essential,' said he. 'It is a little",250
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"fancy of my wife's, and ladies' fancies, you know, madam, ladies'",251
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,fancies must be consulted. And so you won't cut your hair?',252
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,253
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""'No, sir, I really could not,' I answered firmly.",254
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,255
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""'Ah, very well; then that quite settles the matter. It is a pity,",256
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,because in other respects you would really have done very nicely. In,257
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"that case, Miss Stoper, I had best inspect a few more of your young",258
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,ladies.',259
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,260
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""The manageress had sat all this while busy with her papers without a",261
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"word to either of us, but she glanced at me now with so much",262
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,annoyance upon her face that I could not help suspecting that she had,263
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,lost a handsome commission through my refusal.,264
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,265
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""'Do you desire your name to be kept upon the books?' she asked.",266
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,267
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""'If you please, Miss Stoper.'",268
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,269
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""'Well, really, it seems rather useless, since you refuse the most",270
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"excellent offers in this fashion,' said she sharply. 'You can hardly",271
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,expect us to exert ourselves to find another such opening for you.,272
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"Good-day to you, Miss Hunter.' She struck a gong upon the table, and",273
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,I was shown out by the page.,274
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,275
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""Well, Mr. Holmes, when I got back to my lodgings and found little",276
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"enough in the cupboard, and two or three bills upon the table. I",277
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,began to ask myself whether I had not done a very foolish thing.,278
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"After all, if these people had strange fads and expected obedience on",279
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"the most extraordinary matters, they were at least ready to pay for",280
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,their eccentricity. Very few governesses in England are getting £100,281
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"a year. Besides, what use was my hair to me? Many people are improved",282
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,by wearing it short and perhaps I should be among the number. Next,283
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"day I was inclined to think that I had made a mistake, and by the day",284
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,after I was sure of it. I had almost overcome my pride so far as to,285
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,go back to the agency and inquire whether the place was still open,286
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,when I received this letter from the gentleman himself. I have it,287
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,here and I will read it to you:,288
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,289
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""'The Copper Beeches, near Winchester.",290
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""'Dear Miss Hunter:",291
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""'Miss Stoper has very kindly given me your address, and I write from",292
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,here to ask you whether you have reconsidered your decision. My wife,293
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"is very anxious that you should come, for she has been much attracted",294
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"by my description of you. We are willing to give £30 a quarter, or",295
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"£120 a year, so as to recompense you for any little inconvenience",296
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"which our fads may cause you. They are not very exacting, after all.",297
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,My wife is fond of a particular shade of electric blue and would like,298
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"you to wear such a dress indoors in the morning. You need not,",299
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"however, go to the expense of purchasing one, as we have one",300
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"belonging to my dear daughter Alice (now in Philadelphia), which",301
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"would, I should think, fit you very well. Then, as to sitting here or",302
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"there, or amusing yourself in any manner indicated, that need cause",303
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"you no inconvenience. As regards your hair, it is no doubt a pity,",304
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,especially as I could not help remarking its beauty during our short,305
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"interview, but I am afraid that I must remain firm upon this point,",306
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,and I only hope that the increased salary may recompense you for the,307
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"loss. Your duties, as far as the child is concerned, are very light.",308
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"Now do try to come, and I shall meet you with the dog-cart at",309
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,Winchester. Let me know your train.,310
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""'Yours faithfully,",311
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""'Jephro Rucastle.'",312
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,313
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""That is the letter which I have just received, Mr. Holmes, and my",314
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"mind is made up that I will accept it. I thought, however, that",315
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,before taking the final step I should like to submit the whole matter,316
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"to your consideration.""",317
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,318
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""Well, Miss Hunter, if your mind is made up, that settles the",319
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"question,"" said Holmes, smiling.",320
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,321
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""But you would not advise me to refuse?""",322
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,323
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""I confess that it is not the situation which I should like to see a",324
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"sister of mine apply for.""",325
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,326
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""What is the meaning of it all, Mr. Holmes?""",327
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,328
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""Ah, I have no data. I cannot tell. Perhaps you have yourself formed",329
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"some opinion?""",330
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,331
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""Well, there seems to me to be only one possible solution. Mr.",332
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"Rucastle seemed to be a very kind, good-natured man. Is it not",333
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"possible that his wife is a lunatic, that he desires to keep the",334
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"matter quiet for fear she should be taken to an asylum, and that he",335
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"humours her fancies in every way in order to prevent an outbreak?""",336
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,337
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""That is a possible solution--in fact, as matters stand, it is the",338
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,most probable one. But in any case it does not seem to be a nice,339
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"household for a young lady.""",340
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,341
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""But the money, Mr. Holmes, the money!""",342
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,343
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""Well, yes, of course the pay is good--too good. That is what makes",344
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"me uneasy. Why should they give you £120 a year, when they could have",345
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"their pick for £40? There must be some strong reason behind.""",346
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,347
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""I thought that if I told you the circumstances you would understand",348
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,afterwards if I wanted your help. I should feel so much stronger if I,349
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"felt that you were at the back of me.""",350
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,351
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""Oh, you may carry that feeling away with you. I assure you that your",352
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,little problem promises to be the most interesting which has come my,353
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,way for some months. There is something distinctly novel about some,354
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"of the features. If you should find yourself in doubt or in danger--""",355
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,356
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""Danger! What danger do you foresee?""",357
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,358
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"Holmes shook his head gravely. ""It would cease to be a danger if we",359
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"could define it,"" said he. ""But at any time, day or night, a telegram",360
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"would bring me down to your help.""",361
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,362
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""That is enough."" She rose briskly from her chair with the anxiety",363
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"all swept from her face. ""I shall go down to Hampshire quite easy in",364
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"my mind now. I shall write to Mr. Rucastle at once, sacrifice my poor",365
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"hair to-night, and start for Winchester to-morrow."" With a few",366
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,grateful words to Holmes she bade us both good-night and bustled off,367
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,upon her way.,368
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,369
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""At least,"" said I as we heard her quick, firm steps descending the",370
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"stairs, ""she seems to be a young lady who is very well able to take",371
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"care of herself.""",372
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,373
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""And she would need to be,"" said Holmes gravely. ""I am much mistaken",374
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"if we do not hear from her before many days are past.""",375
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,376
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,It was not very long before my friend's prediction was fulfilled. A,377
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"fortnight went by, during which I frequently found my thoughts",378
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,turning in her direction and wondering what strange side-alley of,379
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,human experience this lonely woman had strayed into. The unusual,380
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"salary, the curious conditions, the light duties, all pointed to",381
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"something abnormal, though whether a fad or a plot, or whether the",382
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"man were a philanthropist or a villain, it was quite beyond my powers",383
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"to determine. As to Holmes, I observed that he sat frequently for",384
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"half an hour on end, with knitted brows and an abstracted air, but he",385
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,swept the matter away with a wave of his hand when I mentioned it.,386
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""Data! data! data!"" he cried impatiently. ""I can't make bricks",387
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"without clay."" And yet he would always wind up by muttering that no",388
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,sister of his should ever have accepted such a situation.,389
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,390
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,The telegram which we eventually received came late one night just as,391
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,I was thinking of turning in and Holmes was settling down to one of,392
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"those all-night chemical researches which he frequently indulged in,",393
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,when I would leave him stooping over a retort and a test-tube at,394
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,night and find him in the same position when I came down to breakfast,395
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"in the morning. He opened the yellow envelope, and then, glancing at",396
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"the message, threw it across to me.",397
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,398
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""Just look up the trains in Bradshaw,"" said he, and turned back to",399
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,his chemical studies.,400
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,401
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,The summons was a brief and urgent one.,402
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,403
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,Please be at the Black Swan Hotel at Winchester at midday to-morrow,404
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,[it said]. Do come! I am at my wit's end.,405
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,Hunter.,406
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,407
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""Will you come with me?"" asked Holmes, glancing up.",408
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,409
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""I should wish to.""",410
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,411
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""Just look it up, then.""",412
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,413
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""There is a train at half-past nine,"" said I, glancing over my",414
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"Bradshaw. ""It is due at Winchester at 11.30.""",415
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,416
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""That will do very nicely. Then perhaps I had better postpone my",417
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"analysis of the acetones, as we may need to be at our best in the",418
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"morning.""",419
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,420
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,By eleven o'clock the next day we were well upon our way to the old,421
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,English capital. Holmes had been buried in the morning papers all the,422
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"way down, but after we had passed the Hampshire border he threw them",423
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"down and began to admire the scenery. It was an ideal spring day, a",424
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"light blue sky, flecked with little fleecy white clouds drifting",425
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"across from west to east. The sun was shining very brightly, and yet",426
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"there was an exhilarating nip in the air, which set an edge to a",427
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"man's energy. All over the countryside, away to the rolling hills",428
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"around Aldershot, the little red and grey roofs of the farm-steadings",429
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,peeped out from amid the light green of the new foliage.,430
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,431
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""Are they not fresh and beautiful?"" I cried with all the enthusiasm",432
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,of a man fresh from the fogs of Baker Street.,433
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,434
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,But Holmes shook his head gravely.,435
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,436
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""Do you know, Watson,"" said he, ""that it is one of the curses of a",437
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,mind with a turn like mine that I must look at everything with,438
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,reference to my own special subject. You look at these scattered,439
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"houses, and you are impressed by their beauty. I look at them, and",440
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,the only thought which comes to me is a feeling of their isolation,441
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"and of the impunity with which crime may be committed there.""",442
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,443
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""Good heavens!"" I cried. ""Who would associate crime with these dear",444
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"old homesteads?""",445
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,446
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""They always fill me with a certain horror. It is my belief, Watson,",447
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"founded upon my experience, that the lowest and vilest alleys in",448
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the,449
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"smiling and beautiful countryside.""",450
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,451
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""You horrify me!""",452
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,453
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""But the reason is very obvious. The pressure of public opinion can",454
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,do in the town what the law cannot accomplish. There is no lane so,455
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"vile that the scream of a tortured child, or the thud of a drunkard's",456
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"blow, does not beget sympathy and indignation among the neighbours,",457
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,and then the whole machinery of justice is ever so close that a word,458
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"of complaint can set it going, and there is but a step between the",459
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"crime and the dock. But look at these lonely houses, each in its own",460
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"fields, filled for the most part with poor ignorant folk who know",461
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"little of the law. Think of the deeds of hellish cruelty, the hidden",462
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"wickedness which may go on, year in, year out, in such places, and",463
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,none the wiser. Had this lady who appeals to us for help gone to live,464
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"in Winchester, I should never have had a fear for her. It is the five",465
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"miles of country which makes the danger. Still, it is clear that she",466
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"is not personally threatened.""",467
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,468
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""No. If she can come to Winchester to meet us she can get away.""",469
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,470
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""Quite so. She has her freedom.""",471
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,472
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""What can be the matter, then? Can you suggest no explanation?""",473
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,474
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""I have devised seven separate explanations, each of which would",475
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,cover the facts as far as we know them. But which of these is correct,476
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,can only be determined by the fresh information which we shall no,477
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"doubt find waiting for us. Well, there is the tower of the cathedral,",478
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"and we shall soon learn all that Miss Hunter has to tell.""",479
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,480
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"The Black Swan is an inn of repute in the High Street, at no distance",481
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"from the station, and there we found the young lady waiting for us.",482
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"She had engaged a sitting-room, and our lunch awaited us upon the",483
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,table.,484
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,485
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""I am so delighted that you have come,"" she said earnestly. ""It is so",486
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,very kind of you both; but indeed I do not know what I should do.,487
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"Your advice will be altogether invaluable to me.""",488
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,489
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""Pray tell us what has happened to you.""",490
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,491
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""I will do so, and I must be quick, for I have promised Mr. Rucastle",492
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,to be back before three. I got his leave to come into town this,493
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"morning, though he little knew for what purpose.""",494
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,495
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""Let us have everything in its due order."" Holmes thrust his long",496
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,thin legs out towards the fire and composed himself to listen.,497
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,498
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""In the first place, I may say that I have met, on the whole, with no",499
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,actual ill-treatment from Mr. and Mrs. Rucastle. It is only fair to,500
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"them to say that. But I cannot understand them, and I am not easy in",501
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"my mind about them.""",502
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,503
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""What can you not understand?""",504
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,505
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""Their reasons for their conduct. But you shall have it all just as",506
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"it occurred. When I came down, Mr. Rucastle met me here and drove me",507
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"in his dog-cart to the Copper Beeches. It is, as he said, beautifully",508
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"situated, but it is not beautiful in itself, for it is a large square",509
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"block of a house, whitewashed, but all stained and streaked with damp",510
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"and bad weather. There are grounds round it, woods on three sides,",511
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,and on the fourth a field which slopes down to the Southampton,512
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"highroad, which curves past about a hundred yards from the front",513
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"door. This ground in front belongs to the house, but the woods all",514
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,round are part of Lord Southerton's preserves. A clump of copper,515
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,beeches immediately in front of the hall door has given its name to,516
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,the place.,517
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,518
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""I was driven over by my employer, who was as amiable as ever, and",519
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,was introduced by him that evening to his wife and the child. There,520
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"was no truth, Mr. Holmes, in the conjecture which seemed to us to be",521
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,probable in your rooms at Baker Street. Mrs. Rucastle is not mad. I,522
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"found her to be a silent, pale-faced woman, much younger than her",523
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"husband, not more than thirty, I should think, while he can hardly be",524
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,less than forty-five. From their conversation I have gathered that,525
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"they have been married about seven years, that he was a widower, and",526
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,that his only child by the first wife was the daughter who has gone,527
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,to Philadelphia. Mr. Rucastle told me in private that the reason why,528
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,she had left them was that she had an unreasoning aversion to her,529
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"stepmother. As the daughter could not have been less than twenty, I",530
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,can quite imagine that her position must have been uncomfortable with,531
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,her father's young wife.,532
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,533
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""Mrs. Rucastle seemed to me to be colourless in mind as well as in",534
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,feature. She impressed me neither favourably nor the reverse. She was,535
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,a nonentity. It was easy to see that she was passionately devoted,536
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,both to her husband and to her little son. Her light grey eyes,537
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"wandered continually from one to the other, noting every little want",538
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,and forestalling it if possible. He was kind to her also in his,539
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"bluff, boisterous fashion, and on the whole they seemed to be a happy",540
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"couple. And yet she had some secret sorrow, this woman. She would",541
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"often be lost in deep thought, with the saddest look upon her face.",542
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,More than once I have surprised her in tears. I have thought,543
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,sometimes that it was the disposition of her child which weighed upon,544
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"her mind, for I have never met so utterly spoiled and so ill-natured",545
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"a little creature. He is small for his age, with a head which is",546
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,quite disproportionately large. His whole life appears to be spent in,547
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,an alternation between savage fits of passion and gloomy intervals of,548
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,sulking. Giving pain to any creature weaker than himself seems to be,549
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"his one idea of amusement, and he shows quite remarkable talent in",550
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"planning the capture of mice, little birds, and insects. But I would",551
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"rather not talk about the creature, Mr. Holmes, and, indeed, he has",552
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"little to do with my story.""",553
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,554
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""I am glad of all details,"" remarked my friend, ""whether they seem to",555
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"you to be relevant or not.""",556
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,557
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""I shall try not to miss anything of importance. The one unpleasant",558
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"thing about the house, which struck me at once, was the appearance",559
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"and conduct of the servants. There are only two, a man and his wife.",560
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"Toller, for that is his name, is a rough, uncouth man, with grizzled",561
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"hair and whiskers, and a perpetual smell of drink. Twice since I have",562
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"been with them he has been quite drunk, and yet Mr. Rucastle seemed",563
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,to take no notice of it. His wife is a very tall and strong woman,564
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"with a sour face, as silent as Mrs. Rucastle and much less amiable.",565
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"They are a most unpleasant couple, but fortunately I spend most of my",566
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"time in the nursery and my own room, which are next to each other in",567
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,one corner of the building.,568
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,569
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""For two days after my arrival at the Copper Beeches my life was very",570
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"quiet; on the third, Mrs. Rucastle came down just after breakfast and",571
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,whispered something to her husband.,572
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,573
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""'Oh, yes,' said he, turning to me, 'we are very much obliged to you,",574
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"Miss Hunter, for falling in with our whims so far as to cut your",575
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,hair. I assure you that it has not detracted in the tiniest iota from,576
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,your appearance. We shall now see how the electric-blue dress will,577
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"become you. You will find it laid out upon the bed in your room, and",578
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,if you would be so good as to put it on we should both be extremely,579
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,obliged.',580
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,581
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""The dress which I found waiting for me was of a peculiar shade of",582
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"blue. It was of excellent material, a sort of beige, but it bore",583
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,unmistakable signs of having been worn before. It could not have been,584
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,a better fit if I had been measured for it. Both Mr. and Mrs.,585
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"Rucastle expressed a delight at the look of it, which seemed quite",586
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,exaggerated in its vehemence. They were waiting for me in the,587
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"drawing-room, which is a very large room, stretching along the entire",588
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"front of the house, with three long windows reaching down to the",589
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"floor. A chair had been placed close to the central window, with its",590
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"back turned towards it. In this I was asked to sit, and then Mr.",591
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"Rucastle, walking up and down on the other side of the room, began to",592
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,tell me a series of the funniest stories that I have ever listened,593
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"to. You cannot imagine how comical he was, and I laughed until I was",594
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"quite weary. Mrs. Rucastle, however, who has evidently no sense of",595
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"humour, never so much as smiled, but sat with her hands in her lap,",596
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"and a sad, anxious look upon her face. After an hour or so, Mr.",597
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,Rucastle suddenly remarked that it was time to commence the duties of,598
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"the day, and that I might change my dress and go to little Edward in",599
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,the nursery.,600
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,601
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""Two days later this same performance was gone through under exactly",602
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"similar circumstances. Again I changed my dress, again I sat in the",603
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"window, and again I laughed very heartily at the funny stories of",604
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"which my employer had an immense répertoire, and which he told",605
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"inimitably. Then he handed me a yellow-backed novel, and moving my",606
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"chair a little sideways, that my own shadow might not fall upon the",607
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"page, he begged me to read aloud to him. I read for about ten",608
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"minutes, beginning in the heart of a chapter, and then suddenly, in",609
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"the middle of a sentence, he ordered me to cease and to change my",610
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,dress.,611
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,612
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""You can easily imagine, Mr. Holmes, how curious I became as to what",613
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,the meaning of this extraordinary performance could possibly be. They,614
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"were always very careful, I observed, to turn my face away from the",615
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"window, so that I became consumed with the desire to see what was",616
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"going on behind my back. At first it seemed to be impossible, but I",617
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"soon devised a means. My hand-mirror had been broken, so a happy",618
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"thought seized me, and I concealed a piece of the glass in my",619
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"handkerchief. On the next occasion, in the midst of my laughter, I",620
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"put my handkerchief up to my eyes, and was able with a little",621
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,management to see all that there was behind me. I confess that I was,622
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,disappointed. There was nothing. At least that was my first,623
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"impression. At the second glance, however, I perceived that there was",624
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"a man standing in the Southampton Road, a small bearded man in a grey",625
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"suit, who seemed to be looking in my direction. The road is an",626
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"important highway, and there are usually people there. This man,",627
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"however, was leaning against the railings which bordered our field",628
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,and was looking earnestly up. I lowered my handkerchief and glanced,629
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,at Mrs. Rucastle to find her eyes fixed upon me with a most searching,630
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"gaze. She said nothing, but I am convinced that she had divined that",631
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,I had a mirror in my hand and had seen what was behind me. She rose,632
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,at once.,633
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,634
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""'Jephro,' said she, 'there is an impertinent fellow upon the road",635
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,there who stares up at Miss Hunter.',636
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,637
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""'No friend of yours, Miss Hunter?' he asked.",638
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,639
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""'No, I know no one in these parts.'",640
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,641
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""'Dear me! How very impertinent! Kindly turn round and motion to him",642
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,to go away.',643
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,644
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""'Surely it would be better to take no notice.'",645
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,646
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""'No, no, we should have him loitering here always. Kindly turn round",647
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,and wave him away like that.',648
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,649
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""I did as I was told, and at the same instant Mrs. Rucastle drew down",650
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"the blind. That was a week ago, and from that time I have not sat",651
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"again in the window, nor have I worn the blue dress, nor seen the man",652
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"in the road.""",653
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,654
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""Pray continue,"" said Holmes. ""Your narrative promises to be a most",655
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"interesting one.""",656
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,657
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""You will find it rather disconnected, I fear, and there may prove to",658
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,be little relation between the different incidents of which I speak.,659
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"On the very first day that I was at the Copper Beeches, Mr. Rucastle",660
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,took me to a small outhouse which stands near the kitchen door. As we,661
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"approached it I heard the sharp rattling of a chain, and the sound as",662
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,of a large animal moving about.,663
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,664
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""'Look in here!' said Mr. Rucastle, showing me a slit between two",665
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,planks. 'Is he not a beauty?',666
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,667
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""I looked through and was conscious of two glowing eyes, and of a",668
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,vague figure huddled up in the darkness.,669
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,670
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""'Don't be frightened,' said my employer, laughing at the start which",671
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"I had given. 'It's only Carlo, my mastiff. I call him mine, but",672
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"really old Toller, my groom, is the only man who can do anything with",673
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"him. We feed him once a day, and not too much then, so that he is",674
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"always as keen as mustard. Toller lets him loose every night, and God",675
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,help the trespasser whom he lays his fangs upon. For goodness' sake,676
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,don't you ever on any pretext set your foot over the threshold at,677
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"night, for it's as much as your life is worth.'",678
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,679
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""The warning was no idle one, for two nights later I happened to look",680
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,out of my bedroom window about two o'clock in the morning. It was a,681
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"beautiful moonlight night, and the lawn in front of the house was",682
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"silvered over and almost as bright as day. I was standing, rapt in",683
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"the peaceful beauty of the scene, when I was aware that something was",684
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,moving under the shadow of the copper beeches. As it emerged into the,685
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"moonshine I saw what it was. It was a giant dog, as large as a calf,",686
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"tawny tinted, with hanging jowl, black muzzle, and huge projecting",687
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,bones. It walked slowly across the lawn and vanished into the shadow,688
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,upon the other side. That dreadful sentinel sent a chill to my heart,689
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,which I do not think that any burglar could have done.,690
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,691
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""And now I have a very strange experience to tell you. I had, as you",692
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"know, cut off my hair in London, and I had placed it in a great coil",693
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"at the bottom of my trunk. One evening, after the child was in bed, I",694
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,began to amuse myself by examining the furniture of my room and by,695
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,rearranging my own little things. There was an old chest of drawers,696
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"in the room, the two upper ones empty and open, the lower one locked.",697
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"I had filled the first two with my linen, and as I had still much to",698
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,pack away I was naturally annoyed at not having the use of the third,699
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,drawer. It struck me that it might have been fastened by a mere,700
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"oversight, so I took out my bunch of keys and tried to open it. The",701
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"very first key fitted to perfection, and I drew the drawer open.",702
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"There was only one thing in it, but I am sure that you would never",703
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,guess what it was. It was my coil of hair.,704
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,705
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""I took it up and examined it. It was of the same peculiar tint, and",706
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,the same thickness. But then the impossibility of the thing obtruded,707
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,itself upon me. How could my hair have been locked in the drawer?,708
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"With trembling hands I undid my trunk, turned out the contents, and",709
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"drew from the bottom my own hair. I laid the two tresses together,",710
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,and I assure you that they were identical. Was it not extraordinary?,711
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"Puzzle as I would, I could make nothing at all of what it meant. I",712
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"returned the strange hair to the drawer, and I said nothing of the",713
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,matter to the Rucastles as I felt that I had put myself in the wrong,714
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,by opening a drawer which they had locked.,715
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,716
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""I am naturally observant, as you may have remarked, Mr. Holmes, and",717
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,I soon had a pretty good plan of the whole house in my head. There,718
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"was one wing, however, which appeared not to be inhabited at all. A",719
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,door which faced that which led into the quarters of the Tollers,720
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"opened into this suite, but it was invariably locked. One day,",721
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"however, as I ascended the stair, I met Mr. Rucastle coming out",722
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"through this door, his keys in his hand, and a look on his face which",723
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"made him a very different person to the round, jovial man to whom I",724
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"was accustomed. His cheeks were red, his brow was all crinkled with",725
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"anger, and the veins stood out at his temples with passion. He locked",726
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,the door and hurried past me without a word or a look.,727
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,728
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""This aroused my curiosity, so when I went out for a walk in the",729
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"grounds with my charge, I strolled round to the side from which I",730
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,could see the windows of this part of the house. There were four of,731
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"them in a row, three of which were simply dirty, while the fourth was",732
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,shuttered up. They were evidently all deserted. As I strolled up and,733
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"down, glancing at them occasionally, Mr. Rucastle came out to me,",734
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,looking as merry and jovial as ever.,735
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,736
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""'Ah!' said he, 'you must not think me rude if I passed you without a",737
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"word, my dear young lady. I was preoccupied with business matters.'",738
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,739
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""I assured him that I was not offended. 'By the way,' said I, 'you",740
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"seem to have quite a suite of spare rooms up there, and one of them",741
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,has the shutters up.',742
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,743
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""He looked surprised and, as it seemed to me, a little startled at my",744
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,remark.,745
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,746
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""'Photography is one of my hobbies,' said he. 'I have made my dark",747
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"room up there. But, dear me! what an observant young lady we have",748
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,come upon. Who would have believed it? Who would have ever believed,749
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"it?' He spoke in a jesting tone, but there was no jest in his eyes as",750
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"he looked at me. I read suspicion there and annoyance, but no jest.",751
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,752
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""Well, Mr. Holmes, from the moment that I understood that there was",753
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"something about that suite of rooms which I was not to know, I was",754
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"all on fire to go over them. It was not mere curiosity, though I have",755
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,my share of that. It was more a feeling of duty--a feeling that some,756
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,good might come from my penetrating to this place. They talk of,757
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,woman's instinct; perhaps it was woman's instinct which gave me that,758
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"feeling. At any rate, it was there, and I was keenly on the lookout",759
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,for any chance to pass the forbidden door.,760
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,761
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""It was only yesterday that the chance came. I may tell you that,",762
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"besides Mr. Rucastle, both Toller and his wife find something to do",763
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"in these deserted rooms, and I once saw him carrying a large black",764
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,linen bag with him through the door. Recently he has been drinking,765
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"hard, and yesterday evening he was very drunk; and when I came",766
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,upstairs there was the key in the door. I have no doubt at all that,767
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"he had left it there. Mr. and Mrs. Rucastle were both downstairs, and",768
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"the child was with them, so that I had an admirable opportunity. I",769
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"turned the key gently in the lock, opened the door, and slipped",770
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,through.,771
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,772
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""There was a little passage in front of me, unpapered and uncarpeted,",773
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,which turned at a right angle at the farther end. Round this corner,774
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"were three doors in a line, the first and third of which were open.",775
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"They each led into an empty room, dusty and cheerless, with two",776
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"windows in the one and one in the other, so thick with dirt that the",777
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,evening light glimmered dimly through them. The centre door was,778
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"closed, and across the outside of it had been fastened one of the",779
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"broad bars of an iron bed, padlocked at one end to a ring in the",780
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"wall, and fastened at the other with stout cord. The door itself was",781
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"locked as well, and the key was not there. This barricaded door",782
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"corresponded clearly with the shuttered window outside, and yet I",783
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,could see by the glimmer from beneath it that the room was not in,784
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,darkness. Evidently there was a skylight which let in light from,785
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,above. As I stood in the passage gazing at the sinister door and,786
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"wondering what secret it might veil, I suddenly heard the sound of",787
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,steps within the room and saw a shadow pass backward and forward,788
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,against the little slit of dim light which shone out from under the,789
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"door. A mad, unreasoning terror rose up in me at the sight, Mr.",790
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"Holmes. My overstrung nerves failed me suddenly, and I turned and",791
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,ran--ran as though some dreadful hand were behind me clutching at the,792
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"skirt of my dress. I rushed down the passage, through the door, and",793
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"straight into the arms of Mr. Rucastle, who was waiting outside.",794
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,795
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""'So,' said he, smiling, 'it was you, then. I thought that it must be",796
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,when I saw the door open.',797
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,798
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""'Oh, I am so frightened!' I panted.",799
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,800
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""'My dear young lady! my dear young lady!'--you cannot think how",801
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"caressing and soothing his manner was--'and what has frightened you,",802
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,my dear young lady?',803
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,804
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""But his voice was just a little too coaxing. He overdid it. I was",805
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,keenly on my guard against him.,806
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,807
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""'I was foolish enough to go into the empty wing,' I answered. 'But",808
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,it is so lonely and eerie in this dim light that I was frightened and,809
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"ran out again. Oh, it is so dreadfully still in there!'",810
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,811
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""'Only that?' said he, looking at me keenly.",812
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,813
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""'Why, what did you think?' I asked.",814
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,815
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""'Why do you think that I lock this door?'",816
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,817
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""'I am sure that I do not know.'",818
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,819
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""'It is to keep people out who have no business there. Do you see?'",820
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,He was still smiling in the most amiable manner.,821
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,822
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""'I am sure if I had known--'",823
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,824
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""'Well, then, you know now. And if you ever put your foot over that",825
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,threshold again'--here in an instant the smile hardened into a grin,826
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"of rage, and he glared down at me with the face of a demon--'I'll",827
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,throw you to the mastiff.',828
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,829
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""I was so terrified that I do not know what I did. I suppose that I",830
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,must have rushed past him into my room. I remember nothing until I,831
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,found myself lying on my bed trembling all over. Then I thought of,832
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"you, Mr. Holmes. I could not live there longer without some advice. I",833
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"was frightened of the house, of the man, of the woman, of the",834
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"servants, even of the child. They were all horrible to me. If I could",835
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,only bring you down all would be well. Of course I might have fled,836
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"from the house, but my curiosity was almost as strong as my fears. My",837
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,mind was soon made up. I would send you a wire. I put on my hat and,838
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"cloak, went down to the office, which is about half a mile from the",839
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"house, and then returned, feeling very much easier. A horrible doubt",840
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,came into my mind as I approached the door lest the dog might be,841
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"loose, but I remembered that Toller had drunk himself into a state of",842
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"insensibility that evening, and I knew that he was the only one in",843
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"the household who had any influence with the savage creature, or who",844
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,would venture to set him free. I slipped in in safety and lay awake,845
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,half the night in my joy at the thought of seeing you. I had no,846
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"difficulty in getting leave to come into Winchester this morning, but",847
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"I must be back before three o'clock, for Mr. and Mrs. Rucastle are",848
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"going on a visit, and will be away all the evening, so that I must",849
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"look after the child. Now I have told you all my adventures, Mr.",850
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"Holmes, and I should be very glad if you could tell me what it all",851
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"means, and, above all, what I should do.""",852
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,853
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,Holmes and I had listened spellbound to this extraordinary story. My,854
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"friend rose now and paced up and down the room, his hands in his",855
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"pockets, and an expression of the most profound gravity upon his",856
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,face.,857
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,858
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""Is Toller still drunk?"" he asked.",859
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,860
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""Yes. I heard his wife tell Mrs. Rucastle that she could do nothing",861
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"with him.""",862
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,863
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""That is well. And the Rucastles go out to-night?""",864
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,865
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""Yes.""",866
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,867
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""Is there a cellar with a good strong lock?""",868
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,869
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""Yes, the wine-cellar.""",870
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,871
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""You seem to me to have acted all through this matter like a very",872
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"brave and sensible girl, Miss Hunter. Do you think that you could",873
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,perform one more feat? I should not ask it of you if I did not think,874
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"you a quite exceptional woman.""",875
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,876
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""I will try. What is it?""",877
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,878
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""We shall be at the Copper Beeches by seven o'clock, my friend and I.",879
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"The Rucastles will be gone by that time, and Toller will, we hope, be",880
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"incapable. There only remains Mrs. Toller, who might give the alarm.",881
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"If you could send her into the cellar on some errand, and then turn",882
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"the key upon her, you would facilitate matters immensely.""",883
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,884
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""I will do it.""",885
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,886
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""Excellent! We shall then look thoroughly into the affair. Of course",887
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,there is only one feasible explanation. You have been brought there,888
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"to personate someone, and the real person is imprisoned in this",889
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"chamber. That is obvious. As to who this prisoner is, I have no doubt",890
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"that it is the daughter, Miss Alice Rucastle, if I remember right,",891
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"who was said to have gone to America. You were chosen, doubtless, as",892
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"resembling her in height, figure, and the colour of your hair. Hers",893
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"had been cut off, very possibly in some illness through which she has",894
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"passed, and so, of course, yours had to be sacrificed also. By a",895
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,curious chance you came upon her tresses. The man in the road was,896
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"undoubtedly some friend of hers--possibly her fiancé--and no doubt,",897
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"as you wore the girl's dress and were so like her, he was convinced",898
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"from your laughter, whenever he saw you, and afterwards from your",899
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"gesture, that Miss Rucastle was perfectly happy, and that she no",900
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,longer desired his attentions. The dog is let loose at night to,901
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,prevent him from endeavouring to communicate with her. So much is,902
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,fairly clear. The most serious point in the case is the disposition,903
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"of the child.""",904
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,905
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""What on earth has that to do with it?"" I ejaculated.",906
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,907
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""My dear Watson, you as a medical man are continually gaining light",908
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,as to the tendencies of a child by the study of the parents. Don't,909
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,you see that the converse is equally valid. I have frequently gained,910
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,my first real insight into the character of parents by studying their,911
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"children. This child's disposition is abnormally cruel, merely for",912
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"cruelty's sake, and whether he derives this from his smiling father,",913
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"as I should suspect, or from his mother, it bodes evil for the poor",914
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"girl who is in their power.""",915
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,916
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""I am sure that you are right, Mr. Holmes,"" cried our client. ""A",917
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,thousand things come back to me which make me certain that you have,918
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"hit it. Oh, let us lose not an instant in bringing help to this poor",919
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"creature.""",920
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,921
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""We must be circumspect, for we are dealing with a very cunning man.",922
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,We can do nothing until seven o'clock. At that hour we shall be with,923
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"you, and it will not be long before we solve the mystery.""",924
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,925
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"We were as good as our word, for it was just seven when we reached",926
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"the Copper Beeches, having put up our trap at a wayside public-house.",927
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"The group of trees, with their dark leaves shining like burnished",928
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"metal in the light of the setting sun, were sufficient to mark the",929
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,house even had Miss Hunter not been standing smiling on the,930
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,door-step.,931
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,932
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""Have you managed it?"" asked Holmes.",933
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,934
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"A loud thudding noise came from somewhere downstairs. ""That is Mrs.",935
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"Toller in the cellar,"" said she. ""Her husband lies snoring on the",936
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"kitchen rug. Here are his keys, which are the duplicates of Mr.",937
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"Rucastle's.""",938
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,939
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""You have done well indeed!"" cried Holmes with enthusiasm. ""Now lead",940
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"the way, and we shall soon see the end of this black business.""",941
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,942
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"We passed up the stair, unlocked the door, followed on down a",943
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"passage, and found ourselves in front of the barricade which Miss",944
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,Hunter had described. Holmes cut the cord and removed the transverse,945
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"bar. Then he tried the various keys in the lock, but without success.",946
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"No sound came from within, and at the silence Holmes' face clouded",947
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,over.,948
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,949
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""I trust that we are not too late,"" said he. ""I think, Miss Hunter,",950
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"that we had better go in without you. Now, Watson, put your shoulder",951
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"to it, and we shall see whether we cannot make our way in.""",952
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,953
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,It was an old rickety door and gave at once before our united,954
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,strength. Together we rushed into the room. It was empty. There was,955
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"no furniture save a little pallet bed, a small table, and a basketful",956
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"of linen. The skylight above was open, and the prisoner gone.",957
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,958
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""There has been some villainy here,"" said Holmes; ""this beauty has",959
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"guessed Miss Hunter's intentions and has carried his victim off.""",960
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,961
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""But how?""",962
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,963
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""Through the skylight. We shall soon see how he managed it."" He swung",964
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"himself up onto the roof. ""Ah, yes,"" he cried, ""here's the end of a",965
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"long light ladder against the eaves. That is how he did it.""",966
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,967
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""But it is impossible,"" said Miss Hunter; ""the ladder was not there",968
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"when the Rucastles went away.""",969
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,970
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""He has come back and done it. I tell you that he is a clever and",971
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,dangerous man. I should not be very much surprised if this were he,972
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"whose step I hear now upon the stair. I think, Watson, that it would",973
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"be as well for you to have your pistol ready.""",974
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,975
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,The words were hardly out of his mouth before a man appeared at the,976
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"door of the room, a very fat and burly man, with a heavy stick in his",977
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,hand. Miss Hunter screamed and shrunk against the wall at the sight,978
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"of him, but Sherlock Holmes sprang forward and confronted him.",979
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,980
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""You villain!"" said he, ""where's your daughter?""",981
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,982
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"The fat man cast his eyes round, and then up at the open skylight.",983
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,984
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""It is for me to ask you that,"" he shrieked, ""you thieves! Spies and",985
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"thieves! I have caught you, have I? You are in my power. I'll serve",986
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"you!"" He turned and clattered down the stairs as hard as he could go.",987
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,988
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""He's gone for the dog!"" cried Miss Hunter.",989
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,990
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""I have my revolver,"" said I.",991
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,992
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""Better close the front door,"" cried Holmes, and we all rushed down",993
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,the stairs together. We had hardly reached the hall when we heard the,994
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"baying of a hound, and then a scream of agony, with a horrible",995
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,worrying sound which it was dreadful to listen to. An elderly man,996
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,with a red face and shaking limbs came staggering out at a side door.,997
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,998
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""My God!"" he cried. ""Someone has loosed the dog. It's not been fed",999
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"for two days. Quick, quick, or it'll be too late!""",1000
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,1001
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"Holmes and I rushed out and round the angle of the house, with Toller",1002
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"hurrying behind us. There was the huge famished brute, its black",1003
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"muzzle buried in Rucastle's throat, while he writhed and screamed",1004
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"upon the ground. Running up, I blew its brains out, and it fell over",1005
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,with its keen white teeth still meeting in the great creases of his,1006
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"neck. With much labour we separated them and carried him, living but",1007
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"horribly mangled, into the house. We laid him upon the drawing-room",1008
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"sofa, and having dispatched the sobered Toller to bear the news to",1009
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"his wife, I did what I could to relieve his pain. We were all",1010
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"assembled round him when the door opened, and a tall, gaunt woman",1011
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,entered the room.,1012
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,1013
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""Mrs. Toller!"" cried Miss Hunter.",1014
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,1015
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""Yes, miss. Mr. Rucastle let me out when he came back before he went",1016
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"up to you. Ah, miss, it is a pity you didn't let me know what you",1017
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"were planning, for I would have told you that your pains were",1018
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"wasted.""",1019
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,1020
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""Ha!"" said Holmes, looking keenly at her. ""It is clear that Mrs.",1021
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"Toller knows more about this matter than anyone else.""",1022
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,1023
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""Yes, sir, I do, and I am ready enough to tell what I know.""",1024
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,1025
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""Then, pray, sit down, and let us hear it for there are several",1026
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"points on which I must confess that I am still in the dark.""",1027
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,1028
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""I will soon make it clear to you,"" said she; ""and I'd have done so",1029
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,before now if I could ha' got out from the cellar. If there's,1030
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"police-court business over this, you'll remember that I was the one",1031
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"that stood your friend, and that I was Miss Alice's friend too.",1032
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,1033
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""She was never happy at home, Miss Alice wasn't, from the time that",1034
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,her father married again. She was slighted like and had no say in,1035
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"anything, but it never really became bad for her until after she met",1036
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"Mr. Fowler at a friend's house. As well as I could learn, Miss Alice",1037
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"had rights of her own by will, but she was so quiet and patient, she",1038
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"was, that she never said a word about them but just left everything",1039
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,in Mr. Rucastle's hands. He knew he was safe with her; but when there,1040
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"was a chance of a husband coming forward, who would ask for all that",1041
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"the law would give him, then her father thought it time to put a stop",1042
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"on it. He wanted her to sign a paper, so that whether she married or",1043
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"not, he could use her money. When she wouldn't do it, he kept on",1044
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"worrying her until she got brain-fever, and for six weeks was at",1045
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"death's door. Then she got better at last, all worn to a shadow, and",1046
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,with her beautiful hair cut off; but that didn't make no change in,1047
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"her young man, and he stuck to her as true as man could be.""",1048
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,1049
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""Ah,"" said Holmes, ""I think that what you have been good enough to",1050
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"tell us makes the matter fairly clear, and that I can deduce all that",1051
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"remains. Mr. Rucastle then, I presume, took to this system of",1052
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"imprisonment?""",1053
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,1054
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""Yes, sir.""",1055
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,1056
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""And brought Miss Hunter down from London in order to get rid of the",1057
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"disagreeable persistence of Mr. Fowler.""",1058
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,1059
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""That was it, sir.""",1060
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,1061
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""But Mr. Fowler being a persevering man, as a good seaman should be,",1062
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"blockaded the house, and having met you succeeded by certain",1063
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"arguments, metallic or otherwise, in convincing you that your",1064
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"interests were the same as his.""",1065
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,1066
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""Mr. Fowler was a very kind-spoken, free-handed gentleman,"" said Mrs.",1067
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,Toller serenely.,1068
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,1069
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""And in this way he managed that your good man should have no want of",1070
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"drink, and that a ladder should be ready at the moment when your",1071
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"master had gone out.""",1072
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,1073
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""You have it, sir, just as it happened.""",1074
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,1075
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"""I am sure we owe you an apology, Mrs. Toller,"" said Holmes, ""for you",1076
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,have certainly cleared up everything which puzzled us. And here comes,1077
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"the country surgeon and Mrs. Rucastle, so I think, Watson, that we",1078
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"had best escort Miss Hunter back to Winchester, as it seems to me",1079
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"that our locus standi now is rather a questionable one.""",1080
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,1081
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,And thus was solved the mystery of the sinister house with the copper,1082
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"beeches in front of the door. Mr. Rucastle survived, but was always a",1083
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"broken man, kept alive solely through the care of his devoted wife.",1084
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"They still live with their old servants, who probably know so much of",1085
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,Rucastle's past life that he finds it difficult to part from them.,1086
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"Mr. Fowler and Miss Rucastle were married, by special license, in",1087
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"Southampton the day after their flight, and he is now the holder of a",1088
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,government appointment in the island of Mauritius. As to Miss Violet,1089
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"Hunter, my friend Holmes, rather to my disappointment, manifested no",1090
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,further interest in her when once she had ceased to be the centre of,1091
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"one of his problems, and she is now the head of a private school at",1092
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"Walsall, where I believe that she has met with considerable success.",1093
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,1094
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,THE MEMOIRS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES,1095
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,,1096
Silver Blaze,SILVER BLAZE,1
Silver Blaze,,2
Silver Blaze,"""I am afraid, Watson, that I shall have to go,"" said Holmes, as we",3
Silver Blaze,sat down together to our breakfast one morning.,4
Silver Blaze,,5
Silver Blaze,"""Go! Where to?""",6
Silver Blaze,,7
Silver Blaze,"""To Dartmoor; to King's Pyland.""",8
Silver Blaze,,9
Silver Blaze,"I was not surprised. Indeed, my only wonder was that he had not",10
Silver Blaze,"already been mixed up in this extraordinary case, which was the one",11
Silver Blaze,topic of conversation through the length and breadth of England. For,12
Silver Blaze,a whole day my companion had rambled about the room with his chin,13
Silver Blaze,"upon his chest and his brows knitted, charging and recharging his",14
Silver Blaze,"pipe with the strongest black tobacco, and absolutely deaf to any of",15
Silver Blaze,my questions or remarks. Fresh editions of every paper had been sent,16
Silver Blaze,"up by our news agent, only to be glanced over and tossed down into a",17
Silver Blaze,"corner. Yet, silent as he was, I knew perfectly well what it was over",18
Silver Blaze,which he was brooding.  There was but one problem before the public,19
Silver Blaze,"which could challenge his powers of analysis, and that was the",20
Silver Blaze,"singular disappearance of the favorite for the Wessex Cup, and the",21
Silver Blaze,"tragic murder of its trainer. When, therefore, he suddenly announced",22
Silver Blaze,his intention of setting out for the scene of the drama it was only,23
Silver Blaze,what I had both expected and hoped for.,24
Silver Blaze,,25
Silver Blaze,"""I should be most happy to go down with you if I should not be in the",26
Silver Blaze,"way,"" said I.",27
Silver Blaze,,28
Silver Blaze,"""My dear Watson, you would confer a great favour upon me by coming.",29
Silver Blaze,"And I think that your time will not be misspent, for there are points",30
Silver Blaze,about the case which promise to make it an absolutely unique one. We,31
Silver Blaze,"have, I think, just time to catch our train at Paddington, and I will",32
Silver Blaze,go further into the matter upon our journey. You would oblige me by,33
Silver Blaze,"bringing with you your very excellent field-glass.""",34
Silver Blaze,,35
Silver Blaze,And so it happened that an hour or so later I found myself in the,36
Silver Blaze,"corner of a first-class carriage flying along en route for Exeter,",37
Silver Blaze,"while Sherlock Holmes, with his sharp, eager face framed in his",38
Silver Blaze,"ear-flapped travelling-cap, dipped rapidly into the bundle of fresh",39
Silver Blaze,papers which he had procured at Paddington. We had left Reading far,40
Silver Blaze,"behind us before he thrust the last one of them under the seat, and",41
Silver Blaze,offered me his cigar-case.,42
Silver Blaze,,43
Silver Blaze,"""We are going well,"" said he, looking out the window and glancing at",44
Silver Blaze,"his watch. ""Our rate at present is fifty-three and a half miles an",45
Silver Blaze,"hour.""",46
Silver Blaze,,47
Silver Blaze,"""I have not observed the quarter-mile posts,"" said I.",48
Silver Blaze,,49
Silver Blaze,"""Nor have I. But the telegraph posts upon this line are sixty yards",50
Silver Blaze,"apart, and the calculation is a simple one. I presume that you have",51
Silver Blaze,looked into this matter of the murder of John Straker and the,52
Silver Blaze,"disappearance of Silver Blaze?""",53
Silver Blaze,,54
Silver Blaze,"""I have seen what the Telegraph and the Chronicle have to say.""",55
Silver Blaze,,56
Silver Blaze,"""It is one of those cases where the art of the reasoner should be",57
Silver Blaze,used rather for the sifting of details than for the acquiring of,58
Silver Blaze,"fresh evidence. The tragedy has been so uncommon, so complete and of",59
Silver Blaze,"such personal importance to so many people, that we are suffering",60
Silver Blaze,"from a plethora of surmise, conjecture, and hypothesis. The",61
Silver Blaze,difficulty is to detach the framework of fact--of absolute undeniable,62
Silver Blaze,"fact--from the embellishments of theorists and reporters. Then,",63
Silver Blaze,"having established ourselves upon this sound basis, it is our duty to",64
Silver Blaze,see what inferences may be drawn and what are the special points upon,65
Silver Blaze,which the whole mystery turns. On Tuesday evening I received,66
Silver Blaze,"telegrams from both Colonel Ross, the owner of the horse, and from",67
Silver Blaze,"Inspector Gregory, who is looking after the case, inviting my",68
Silver Blaze,cooperation.,69
Silver Blaze,,70
Silver Blaze,"""Tuesday evening!"" I exclaimed. ""And this is Thursday morning. Why",71
Silver Blaze,"didn't you go down yesterday?""",72
Silver Blaze,,73
Silver Blaze,"""Because I made a blunder, my dear Watson--which is, I am afraid, a",74
Silver Blaze,more common occurrence than any one would think who only knew me,75
Silver Blaze,through your memoirs. The fact is that I could not believe it,76
Silver Blaze,possible that the most remarkable horse in England could long remain,77
Silver Blaze,"concealed, especially in so sparsely inhabited a place as the north",78
Silver Blaze,of Dartmoor. From hour to hour yesterday I expected to hear that he,79
Silver Blaze,"had been found, and that his abductor was the murderer of John",80
Silver Blaze,"Straker. When, however, another morning had come, and I found that",81
Silver Blaze,"beyond the arrest of young Fitzroy Simpson nothing had been done, I",82
Silver Blaze,felt that it was time for me to take action. Yet in some ways I feel,83
Silver Blaze,"that yesterday has not been wasted.""",84
Silver Blaze,,85
Silver Blaze,"""You have formed a theory, then?""",86
Silver Blaze,,87
Silver Blaze,"""At least I have got a grip of the essential facts of the case. I",88
Silver Blaze,"shall enumerate them to you, for nothing clears up a case so much as",89
Silver Blaze,"stating it to another person, and I can hardly expect your",90
Silver Blaze,"co-operation if I do not show you the position from which we start.""",91
Silver Blaze,,92
Silver Blaze,"I lay back against the cushions, puffing at my cigar, while Holmes,",93
Silver Blaze,"leaning forward, with his long, thin forefinger checking off the",94
Silver Blaze,"points upon the palm of his left hand, gave me a sketch of the events",95
Silver Blaze,which had led to our journey.,96
Silver Blaze,,97
Silver Blaze,"""Silver Blaze,"" said he, ""is from the Somomy stock, and holds as",98
Silver Blaze,brilliant a record as his famous ancestor. He is now in his fifth,99
Silver Blaze,"year, and has brought in turn each of the prizes of the turf to",100
Silver Blaze,"Colonel Ross, his fortunate owner. Up to the time of the catastrophe",101
Silver Blaze,"he was the first favorite for the Wessex Cup, the betting being three",102
Silver Blaze,"to one on him. He has always, however, been a prime favorite with the",103
Silver Blaze,"racing public, and has never yet disappointed them, so that even at",104
Silver Blaze,those odds enormous sums of money have been laid upon him. It is,105
Silver Blaze,"obvious, therefore, that there were many people who had the strongest",106
Silver Blaze,interest in preventing Silver Blaze from being there at the fall of,107
Silver Blaze,the flag next Tuesday.,108
Silver Blaze,,109
Silver Blaze,"""The fact was, of course, appreciated at King's Pyland, where the",110
Silver Blaze,Colonel's training-stable is situated. Every precaution was taken to,111
Silver Blaze,"guard the favorite. The trainer, John Straker, is a retired jockey",112
Silver Blaze,who rode in Colonel Ross's colors before he became too heavy for the,113
Silver Blaze,weighing-chair. He has served the Colonel for five years as jockey,114
Silver Blaze,"and for seven as trainer, and has always shown himself to be a",115
Silver Blaze,zealous and honest servant. Under him were three lads; for the,116
Silver Blaze,"establishment was a small one, containing only four horses in all.",117
Silver Blaze,"One of these lads sat up each night in the stable, while the others",118
Silver Blaze,"slept in the loft. All three bore excellent characters. John Straker,",119
Silver Blaze,"who is a married man, lived in a small villa about two hundred yards",120
Silver Blaze,"from the stables. He has no children, keeps one maid-servant, and is",121
Silver Blaze,"comfortably off. The country round is very lonely, but about half a",122
Silver Blaze,mile to the north there is a small cluster of villas which have been,123
Silver Blaze,built by a Tavistock contractor for the use of invalids and others,124
Silver Blaze,who may wish to enjoy the pure Dartmoor air. Tavistock itself lies,125
Silver Blaze,"two miles to the west, while across the moor, also about two miles",126
Silver Blaze,"distant, is the larger training establishment of Mapleton, which",127
Silver Blaze,"belongs to Lord Backwater, and is managed by Silas Brown. In every",128
Silver Blaze,"other direction the moor is a complete wilderness, inhabited only by",129
Silver Blaze,a few roaming gypsies. Such was the general situation last Monday,130
Silver Blaze,night when the catastrophe occurred.,131
Silver Blaze,,132
Silver Blaze,"""On that evening the horses had been exercised and watered as usual,",133
Silver Blaze,and the stables were locked up at nine o'clock. Two of the lads,134
Silver Blaze,"walked up to the trainer's house, where they had supper in the",135
Silver Blaze,"kitchen, while the third, Ned Hunter, remained on guard. At a few",136
Silver Blaze,"minutes after nine the maid, Edith Baxter, carried down to the",137
Silver Blaze,"stables his supper, which consisted of a dish of curried mutton. She",138
Silver Blaze,"took no liquid, as there was a water-tap in the stables, and it was",139
Silver Blaze,the rule that the lad on duty should drink nothing else. The maid,140
Silver Blaze,"carried a lantern with her, as it was very dark and the path ran",141
Silver Blaze,across the open moor.,142
Silver Blaze,,143
Silver Blaze,"""Edith Baxter was within thirty yards of the stables, when a man",144
Silver Blaze,appeared out of the darkness and called to her to stop. As he stepped,145
Silver Blaze,into the circle of yellow light thrown by the lantern she saw that he,146
Silver Blaze,"was a person of gentlemanly bearing, dressed in a gray suit of",147
Silver Blaze,"tweeds, with a cloth cap. He wore gaiters, and carried a heavy stick",148
Silver Blaze,"with a knob to it. She was most impressed, however, by the extreme",149
Silver Blaze,"pallor of his face and by the nervousness of his manner. His age, she",150
Silver Blaze,"thought, would be rather over thirty than under it.",151
Silver Blaze,,152
Silver Blaze,"""'Can you tell me where I am?' he asked. 'I had almost made up my",153
Silver Blaze,"mind to sleep on the moor, when I saw the light of your lantern.'",154
Silver Blaze,,155
Silver Blaze,"""'You are close to the King's Pyland training-stables,' said she.",156
Silver Blaze,,157
Silver Blaze,"""'Oh, indeed! What a stroke of luck!' he cried. 'I understand that a",158
Silver Blaze,stable-boy sleeps there alone every night. Perhaps that is his supper,159
Silver Blaze,which you are carrying to him. Now I am sure that you would not be,160
Silver Blaze,"too proud to earn the price of a new dress, would you?' He took a",161
Silver Blaze,piece of white paper folded up out of his waistcoat pocket. 'See that,162
Silver Blaze,"the boy has this to-night, and you shall have the prettiest frock",163
Silver Blaze,that money can buy.',164
Silver Blaze,,165
Silver Blaze,"""She was frightened by the earnestness of his manner, and ran past",166
Silver Blaze,him to the window through which she was accustomed to hand the meals.,167
Silver Blaze,"It was already opened, and Hunter was seated at the small table",168
Silver Blaze,"inside. She had begun to tell him of what had happened, when the",169
Silver Blaze,stranger came up again.,170
Silver Blaze,,171
Silver Blaze,"""'Good-evening,' said he, looking through the window. 'I wanted to",172
Silver Blaze,have a word with you.' The girl has sworn that as he spoke she,173
Silver Blaze,noticed the corner of the little paper packet protruding from his,174
Silver Blaze,closed hand.,175
Silver Blaze,,176
Silver Blaze,"""'What business have you here?' asked the lad.",177
Silver Blaze,,178
Silver Blaze,"""'It's business that may put something into your pocket,' said the",179
Silver Blaze,other. 'You've two horses in for the Wessex Cup--Silver Blaze and,180
Silver Blaze,Bayard. Let me have the straight tip and you won't be a loser. Is it,181
Silver Blaze,a fact that at the weights Bayard could give the other a hundred,182
Silver Blaze,"yards in five furlongs, and that the stable have put their money on",183
Silver Blaze,him?',184
Silver Blaze,,185
Silver Blaze,"""'So, you're one of those damned touts!' cried the lad. 'I'll show",186
Silver Blaze,you how we serve them in King's Pyland.' He sprang up and rushed,187
Silver Blaze,across the stable to unloose the dog. The girl fled away to the,188
Silver Blaze,"house, but as she ran she looked back and saw that the stranger was",189
Silver Blaze,"leaning through the window. A minute later, however, when Hunter",190
Silver Blaze,"rushed out with the hound he was gone, and though he ran all round",191
Silver Blaze,"the buildings he failed to find any trace of him.""",192
Silver Blaze,,193
Silver Blaze,"""One moment,"" I asked. ""Did the stable-boy, when he ran out with the",194
Silver Blaze,"dog, leave the door unlocked behind him?""",195
Silver Blaze,,196
Silver Blaze,"""Excellent, Watson, excellent!"" murmured my companion. ""The",197
Silver Blaze,importance of the point struck me so forcibly that I sent a special,198
Silver Blaze,wire to Dartmoor yesterday to clear the matter up. The boy locked the,199
Silver Blaze,"door before he left it. The window, I may add, was not large enough",200
Silver Blaze,for a man to get through.,201
Silver Blaze,,202
Silver Blaze,"""Hunter waited until his fellow-grooms had returned, when he sent a",203
Silver Blaze,message to the trainer and told him what had occurred. Straker was,204
Silver Blaze,"excited at hearing the account, although he does not seem to have",205
Silver Blaze,"quite realized its true significance. It left him, however, vaguely",206
Silver Blaze,"uneasy, and Mrs. Straker, waking at one in the morning, found that he",207
Silver Blaze,"was dressing. In reply to her inquiries, he said that he could not",208
Silver Blaze,"sleep on account of his anxiety about the horses, and that he",209
Silver Blaze,intended to walk down to the stables to see that all was well. She,210
Silver Blaze,"begged him to remain at home, as she could hear the rain pattering",211
Silver Blaze,"against the window, but in spite of her entreaties he pulled on his",212
Silver Blaze,large mackintosh and left the house.,213
Silver Blaze,,214
Silver Blaze,"""Mrs. Straker awoke at seven in the morning, to find that her husband",215
Silver Blaze,"had not yet returned. She dressed herself hastily, called the maid,",216
Silver Blaze,"and set off for the stables. The door was open; inside, huddled",217
Silver Blaze,"together upon a chair, Hunter was sunk in a state of absolute stupor,",218
Silver Blaze,"the favorite's stall was empty, and there were no signs of his",219
Silver Blaze,trainer.,220
Silver Blaze,,221
Silver Blaze,"""The two lads who slept in the chaff-cutting loft above the",222
Silver Blaze,harness-room were quickly aroused. They had heard nothing during the,223
Silver Blaze,"night, for they are both sound sleepers. Hunter was obviously under",224
Silver Blaze,"the influence of some powerful drug, and as no sense could be got out",225
Silver Blaze,"of him, he was left to sleep it off while the two lads and the two",226
Silver Blaze,women ran out in search of the absentees. They still had hopes that,227
Silver Blaze,the trainer had for some reason taken out the horse for early,228
Silver Blaze,"exercise, but on ascending the knoll near the house, from which all",229
Silver Blaze,"the neighboring moors were visible, they not only could see no signs",230
Silver Blaze,"of the missing favorite, but they perceived something which warned",231
Silver Blaze,them that they were in the presence of a tragedy.,232
Silver Blaze,,233
Silver Blaze,"""About a quarter of a mile from the stables John Straker's overcoat",234
Silver Blaze,was flapping from a furze-bush. Immediately beyond there was a,235
Silver Blaze,"bowl-shaped depression in the moor, and at the bottom of this was",236
Silver Blaze,found the dead body of the unfortunate trainer. His head had been,237
Silver Blaze,"shattered by a savage blow from some heavy weapon, and he was wounded",238
Silver Blaze,"on the thigh, where there was a long, clean cut, inflicted evidently",239
Silver Blaze,"by some very sharp instrument. It was clear, however, that Straker",240
Silver Blaze,"had defended himself vigorously against his assailants, for in his",241
Silver Blaze,"right hand he held a small knife, which was clotted with blood up to",242
Silver Blaze,"the handle, while in his left he clasped a red and black silk cravat,",243
Silver Blaze,which was recognized by the maid as having been worn on the preceding,244
Silver Blaze,"evening by the stranger who had visited the stables. Hunter, on",245
Silver Blaze,"recovering from his stupor, was also quite positive as to the",246
Silver Blaze,ownership of the cravat. He was equally certain that the same,247
Silver Blaze,"stranger had, while standing at the window, drugged his curried",248
Silver Blaze,"mutton, and so deprived the stables of their watchman. As to the",249
Silver Blaze,"missing horse, there were abundant proofs in the mud which lay at the",250
Silver Blaze,bottom of the fatal hollow that he had been there at the time of the,251
Silver Blaze,"struggle. But from that morning he has disappeared, and although a",252
Silver Blaze,"large reward has been offered, and all the gypsies of Dartmoor are on",253
Silver Blaze,"the alert, no news has come of him. Finally, an analysis has shown",254
Silver Blaze,that the remains of his supper left by the stable-lad contain an,255
Silver Blaze,"appreciable quantity of powdered opium, while the people at the house",256
Silver Blaze,partook of the same dish on the same night without any ill effect.,257
Silver Blaze,,258
Silver Blaze,"""Those are the main facts of the case, stripped of all surmise, and",259
Silver Blaze,stated as baldly as possible. I shall now recapitulate what the,260
Silver Blaze,police have done in the matter.,261
Silver Blaze,,262
Silver Blaze,"""Inspector Gregory, to whom the case has been committed, is an",263
Silver Blaze,extremely competent officer. Were he but gifted with imagination he,264
Silver Blaze,might rise to great heights in his profession. On his arrival he,265
Silver Blaze,promptly found and arrested the man upon whom suspicion naturally,266
Silver Blaze,"rested. There was little difficulty in finding him, for he inhabited",267
Silver Blaze,"one of those villas which I have mentioned. His name, it appears, was",268
Silver Blaze,"Fitzroy Simpson. He was a man of excellent birth and education, who",269
Silver Blaze,"had squandered a fortune upon the turf, and who lived now by doing a",270
Silver Blaze,little quiet and genteel book-making in the sporting clubs of London.,271
Silver Blaze,An examination of his betting-book shows that bets to the amount of,272
Silver Blaze,five thousand pounds had been registered by him against the favorite.,273
Silver Blaze,On being arrested he volunteered the statement that he had come down,274
Silver Blaze,to Dartmoor in the hope of getting some information about the King's,275
Silver Blaze,"Pyland horses, and also about Desborough, the second favorite, which",276
Silver Blaze,was in charge of Silas Brown at the Mapleton stables. He did not,277
Silver Blaze,attempt to deny that he had acted as described upon the evening,278
Silver Blaze,"before, but declared that he had no sinister designs, and had simply",279
Silver Blaze,wished to obtain first-hand information. When confronted with his,280
Silver Blaze,"cravat, he turned very pale, and was utterly unable to account for",281
Silver Blaze,its presence in the hand of the murdered man. His wet clothing showed,282
Silver Blaze,"that he had been out in the storm of the night before, and his stick,",283
Silver Blaze,"which was a Penang-lawyer weighted with lead, was just such a weapon",284
Silver Blaze,"as might, by repeated blows, have inflicted the terrible injuries to",285
Silver Blaze,"which the trainer had succumbed. On the other hand, there was no",286
Silver Blaze,"wound upon his person, while the state of Straker's knife would show",287
Silver Blaze,that one at least of his assailants must bear his mark upon him.,288
Silver Blaze,"There you have it all in a nutshell, Watson, and if you can give me",289
Silver Blaze,"any light I shall be infinitely obliged to you.""",290
Silver Blaze,,291
Silver Blaze,I had listened with the greatest interest to the statement which,292
Silver Blaze,"Holmes, with characteristic clearness, had laid before me. Though",293
Silver Blaze,"most of the facts were familiar to me, I had not sufficiently",294
Silver Blaze,"appreciated their relative importance, nor their connection to each",295
Silver Blaze,other.,296
Silver Blaze,,297
Silver Blaze,"""Is in not possible,"" I suggested, ""that the incised wound upon",298
Silver Blaze,Straker may have been caused by his own knife in the convulsive,299
Silver Blaze,"struggles which follow any brain injury?""",300
Silver Blaze,,301
Silver Blaze,"""It is more than possible; it is probable,"" said Holmes. ""In that",302
Silver Blaze,"case one of the main points in favor of the accused disappears.""",303
Silver Blaze,,304
Silver Blaze,"""And yet,"" said I, ""even now I fail to understand what the theory of",305
Silver Blaze,"the police can be.""",306
Silver Blaze,,307
Silver Blaze,"""I am afraid that whatever theory we state has very grave objections",308
Silver Blaze,"to it,"" returned my companion. ""The police imagine, I take it, that",309
Silver Blaze,"this Fitzroy Simpson, having drugged the lad, and having in some way",310
Silver Blaze,"obtained a duplicate key, opened the stable door and took out the",311
Silver Blaze,"horse, with the intention, apparently, of kidnapping him altogether.",312
Silver Blaze,"His bridle is missing, so that Simpson must have put this on. Then,",313
Silver Blaze,"having left the door open behind him, he was leading the horse away",314
Silver Blaze,"over the moor, when he was either met or overtaken by the trainer. A",315
Silver Blaze,row naturally ensued. Simpson beat out the trainer's brains with his,316
Silver Blaze,heavy stick without receiving any injury from the small knife which,317
Silver Blaze,"Straker used in self-defence, and then the thief either led the horse",318
Silver Blaze,"on to some secret hiding-place, or else it may have bolted during the",319
Silver Blaze,"struggle, and be now wandering out on the moors. That is the case as",320
Silver Blaze,"it appears to the police, and improbable as it is, all other",321
Silver Blaze,"explanations are more improbable still. However, I shall very quickly",322
Silver Blaze,"test the matter when I am once upon the spot, and until then I cannot",323
Silver Blaze,"really see how we can get much further than our present position.""",324
Silver Blaze,,325
Silver Blaze,"It was evening before we reached the little town of Tavistock, which",326
Silver Blaze,"lies, like the boss of a shield, in the middle of the huge circle of",327
Silver Blaze,Dartmoor. Two gentlemen were awaiting us in the station--the one a,328
Silver Blaze,"tall, fair man with lion-like hair and beard and curiously",329
Silver Blaze,"penetrating light blue eyes; the other a small, alert person, very",330
Silver Blaze,"neat and dapper, in a frock-coat and gaiters, with trim little",331
Silver Blaze,"side-whiskers and an eye-glass. The latter was Colonel Ross, the",332
Silver Blaze,"well-known sportsman; the other, Inspector Gregory, a man who was",333
Silver Blaze,rapidly making his name in the English detective service.,334
Silver Blaze,,335
Silver Blaze,"""I am delighted that you have come down, Mr. Holmes,"" said the",336
Silver Blaze,"Colonel. ""The Inspector here has done all that could possibly be",337
Silver Blaze,"suggested, but I wish to leave no stone unturned in trying to avenge",338
Silver Blaze,"poor Straker and in recovering my horse.""",339
Silver Blaze,,340
Silver Blaze,"""Have there been any fresh developments?"" asked Holmes.",341
Silver Blaze,,342
Silver Blaze,"""I am sorry to say that we have made very little progress,"" said the",343
Silver Blaze,"Inspector. ""We have an open carriage outside, and as you would no",344
Silver Blaze,"doubt like to see the place before the light fails, we might talk it",345
Silver Blaze,"over as we drive.""",346
Silver Blaze,,347
Silver Blaze,"A minute later we were all seated in a comfortable landau, and were",348
Silver Blaze,rattling through the quaint old Devonshire city. Inspector Gregory,349
Silver Blaze,"was full of his case, and poured out a stream of remarks, while",350
Silver Blaze,Holmes threw in an occasional question or interjection. Colonel Ross,351
Silver Blaze,"leaned back with his arms folded and his hat tilted over his eyes,",352
Silver Blaze,while I listened with interest to the dialogue of the two detectives.,353
Silver Blaze,"Gregory was formulating his theory, which was almost exactly what",354
Silver Blaze,Holmes had foretold in the train.,355
Silver Blaze,,356
Silver Blaze,"""The net is drawn pretty close round Fitzroy Simpson,"" he remarked,",357
Silver Blaze,"""and I believe myself that he is our man. At the same time I",358
Silver Blaze,"recognize that the evidence is purely circumstantial, and that some",359
Silver Blaze,"new development may upset it.""",360
Silver Blaze,,361
Silver Blaze,"""How about Straker's knife?""",362
Silver Blaze,,363
Silver Blaze,"""We have quite come to the conclusion that he wounded himself in his",364
Silver Blaze,"fall.""",365
Silver Blaze,,366
Silver Blaze,"""My friend Dr. Watson made that suggestion to me as we came down. If",367
Silver Blaze,"so, it would tell against this man Simpson.""",368
Silver Blaze,,369
Silver Blaze,"""Undoubtedly. He has neither a knife nor any sign of a wound. The",370
Silver Blaze,evidence against him is certainly very strong. He had a great,371
Silver Blaze,interest in the disappearance of the favorite. He lies under,372
Silver Blaze,"suspicion of having poisoned the stable-boy, he was undoubtedly out",373
Silver Blaze,"in the storm, he was armed with a heavy stick, and his cravat was",374
Silver Blaze,found in the dead man's hand. I really think we have enough to go,375
Silver Blaze,"before a jury.""",376
Silver Blaze,,377
Silver Blaze,"Holmes shook his head. ""A clever counsel would tear it all to rags,""",378
Silver Blaze,"said he. ""Why should he take the horse out of the stable? If he",379
Silver Blaze,wished to injure it why could he not do it there? Has a duplicate key,380
Silver Blaze,been found in his possession? What chemist sold him the powdered,381
Silver Blaze,"opium? Above all, where could he, a stranger to the district, hide a",382
Silver Blaze,"horse, and such a horse as this? What is his own explanation as to",383
Silver Blaze,"the paper which he wished the maid to give to the stable-boy?""",384
Silver Blaze,,385
Silver Blaze,"""He says that it was a ten-pound note. One was found in his purse.",386
Silver Blaze,But your other difficulties are not so formidable as they seem. He is,387
Silver Blaze,not a stranger to the district. He has twice lodged at Tavistock in,388
Silver Blaze,"the summer. The opium was probably brought from London. The key,",389
Silver Blaze,"having served its purpose, would be hurled away. The horse may be at",390
Silver Blaze,"the bottom of one of the pits or old mines upon the moor.""",391
Silver Blaze,,392
Silver Blaze,"""What does he say about the cravat?""",393
Silver Blaze,,394
Silver Blaze,"""He acknowledges that it is his, and declares that he had lost it.",395
Silver Blaze,But a new element has been introduced into the case which may account,396
Silver Blaze,"for his leading the horse from the stable.""",397
Silver Blaze,,398
Silver Blaze,Holmes pricked up his ears.,399
Silver Blaze,,400
Silver Blaze,"""We have found traces which show that a party of gypsies encamped on",401
Silver Blaze,Monday night within a mile of the spot where the murder took place.,402
Silver Blaze,"On Tuesday they were gone. Now, presuming that there was some",403
Silver Blaze,"understanding between Simpson and these gypsies, might he not have",404
Silver Blaze,"been leading the horse to them when he was overtaken, and may they",405
Silver Blaze,"not have him now?""",406
Silver Blaze,,407
Silver Blaze,"""It is certainly possible.""",408
Silver Blaze,,409
Silver Blaze,"""The moor is being scoured for these gypsies. I have also examined",410
Silver Blaze,"every stable and out-house in Tavistock, and for a radius of ten",411
Silver Blaze,"miles.""",412
Silver Blaze,,413
Silver Blaze,"""There is another training-stable quite close, I understand?""",414
Silver Blaze,,415
Silver Blaze,"""Yes, and that is a factor which we must certainly not neglect. As",416
Silver Blaze,"Desborough, their horse, was second in the betting, they had an",417
Silver Blaze,"interest in the disappearance of the favorite. Silas Brown, the",418
Silver Blaze,"trainer, is known to have had large bets upon the event, and he was",419
Silver Blaze,"no friend to poor Straker. We have, however, examined the stables,",420
Silver Blaze,"and there is nothing to connect him with the affair.""",421
Silver Blaze,,422
Silver Blaze,"""And nothing to connect this man Simpson with the interests of the",423
Silver Blaze,"Mapleton stables?""",424
Silver Blaze,,425
Silver Blaze,"""Nothing at all.""",426
Silver Blaze,,427
Silver Blaze,"Holmes leaned back in the carriage, and the conversation ceased. A",428
Silver Blaze,few minutes later our driver pulled up at a neat little red-brick,429
Silver Blaze,villa with overhanging eaves which stood by the road. Some distance,430
Silver Blaze,"off, across a paddock, lay a long gray-tiled out-building. In every",431
Silver Blaze,"other direction the low curves of the moor, bronze-colored from the",432
Silver Blaze,"fading ferns, stretched away to the sky-line, broken only by the",433
Silver Blaze,"steeples of Tavistock, and by a cluster of houses away to the",434
Silver Blaze,westward which marked the Mapleton stables. We all sprang out with,435
Silver Blaze,"the exception of Holmes, who continued to lean back with his eyes",436
Silver Blaze,"fixed upon the sky in front of him, entirely absorbed in his own",437
Silver Blaze,thoughts. It was only when I touched his arm that he roused himself,438
Silver Blaze,with a violent start and stepped out of the carriage.,439
Silver Blaze,,440
Silver Blaze,"""Excuse me,"" said he, turning to Colonel Ross, who had looked at him",441
Silver Blaze,"in some surprise. ""I was day-dreaming."" There was a gleam in his eyes",442
Silver Blaze,"and a suppressed excitement in his manner which convinced me, used as",443
Silver Blaze,"I was to his ways, that his hand was upon a clue, though I could not",444
Silver Blaze,imagine where he had found it.,445
Silver Blaze,,446
Silver Blaze,"""Perhaps you would prefer at once to go on to the scene of the crime,",447
Silver Blaze,"Mr. Holmes?"" said Gregory.",448
Silver Blaze,,449
Silver Blaze,"""I think that I should prefer to stay here a little and go into one",450
Silver Blaze,"or two questions of detail. Straker was brought back here, I",451
Silver Blaze,"presume?""",452
Silver Blaze,,453
Silver Blaze,"""Yes; he lies upstairs. The inquest is to-morrow.""",454
Silver Blaze,,455
Silver Blaze,"""He has been in your service some years, Colonel Ross?""",456
Silver Blaze,,457
Silver Blaze,"""I have always found him an excellent servant.""",458
Silver Blaze,,459
Silver Blaze,"""I presume that you made an inventory of what he had in this pockets",460
Silver Blaze,"at the time of his death, Inspector?""",461
Silver Blaze,,462
Silver Blaze,"""I have the things themselves in the sitting-room, if you would care",463
Silver Blaze,"to see them.""",464
Silver Blaze,,465
Silver Blaze,"""I should be very glad."" We all filed into the front room and sat",466
Silver Blaze,round the central table while the Inspector unlocked a square tin box,467
Silver Blaze,"and laid a small heap of things before us. There was a box of vestas,",468
Silver Blaze,"two inches of tallow candle, an A D P brier-root pipe, a pouch of",469
Silver Blaze,"seal-skin with half an ounce of long-cut Cavendish, a silver watch",470
Silver Blaze,"with a gold chain, five sovereigns in gold, an aluminum pencil-case,",471
Silver Blaze,"a few papers, and an ivory-handled knife with a very delicate,",472
Silver Blaze,"inflexible blade marked Weiss & Co., London.",473
Silver Blaze,,474
Silver Blaze,"""This is a very singular knife,"" said Holmes, lifting it up and",475
Silver Blaze,"examining it minutely. ""I presume, as I see blood-stains upon it,",476
Silver Blaze,"that it is the one which was found in the dead man's grasp. Watson,",477
Silver Blaze,"this knife is surely in your line?""",478
Silver Blaze,,479
Silver Blaze,"""It is what we call a cataract knife,"" said I.",480
Silver Blaze,,481
Silver Blaze,"""I thought so. A very delicate blade devised for very delicate work.",482
Silver Blaze,"A strange thing for a man to carry with him upon a rough expedition,",483
Silver Blaze,"especially as it would not shut in his pocket.""",484
Silver Blaze,,485
Silver Blaze,"""The tip was guarded by a disk of cork which we found beside his",486
Silver Blaze,"body,"" said the Inspector. ""His wife tells us that the knife had lain",487
Silver Blaze,"upon the dressing-table, and that he had picked it up as he left the",488
Silver Blaze,"room. It was a poor weapon, but perhaps the best that he could lay",489
Silver Blaze,"his hands on at the moment.""",490
Silver Blaze,,491
Silver Blaze,"""Very possible. How about these papers?""",492
Silver Blaze,,493
Silver Blaze,"""Three of them are receipted hay-dealers' accounts. One of them is a",494
Silver Blaze,letter of instructions from Colonel Ross. This other is a milliner's,495
Silver Blaze,"account for thirty-seven pounds fifteen made out by Madame Lesurier,",496
Silver Blaze,"of Bond Street, to William Derbyshire. Mrs. Straker tells us that",497
Silver Blaze,Derbyshire was a friend of her husband's and that occasionally his,498
Silver Blaze,"letters were addressed here.""",499
Silver Blaze,,500
Silver Blaze,"""Madam Derbyshire had somewhat expensive tastes,"" remarked Holmes,",501
Silver Blaze,"glancing down the account. ""Twenty-two guineas is rather heavy for a",502
Silver Blaze,"single costume. However there appears to be nothing more to learn,",503
Silver Blaze,"and we may now go down to the scene of the crime.""",504
Silver Blaze,,505
Silver Blaze,"As we emerged from the sitting-room a woman, who had been waiting in",506
Silver Blaze,"the passage, took a step forward and laid her hand upon the",507
Silver Blaze,"Inspector's sleeve. Her face was haggard and thin and eager, stamped",508
Silver Blaze,with the print of a recent horror.,509
Silver Blaze,,510
Silver Blaze,"""Have you got them? Have you found them?"" she panted.",511
Silver Blaze,,512
Silver Blaze,"""No, Mrs. Straker. But Mr. Holmes here has come from London to help",513
Silver Blaze,"us, and we shall do all that is possible.""",514
Silver Blaze,,515
Silver Blaze,"""Surely I met you in Plymouth at a garden-party some little time ago,",516
Silver Blaze,"Mrs. Straker?"" said Holmes.",517
Silver Blaze,,518
Silver Blaze,"""No, sir; you are mistaken.""",519
Silver Blaze,,520
Silver Blaze,"""Dear me! Why, I could have sworn to it. You wore a costume of",521
Silver Blaze,"dove-colored silk with ostrich-feather trimming.""",522
Silver Blaze,,523
Silver Blaze,"""I never had such a dress, sir,"" answered the lady.",524
Silver Blaze,,525
Silver Blaze,"""Ah, that quite settles it,"" said Holmes. And with an apology he",526
Silver Blaze,followed the Inspector outside. A short walk across the moor took us,527
Silver Blaze,to the hollow in which the body had been found. At the brink of it,528
Silver Blaze,was the furze-bush upon which the coat had been hung.,529
Silver Blaze,,530
Silver Blaze,"""There was no wind that night, I understand,"" said Holmes.",531
Silver Blaze,,532
Silver Blaze,"""None; but very heavy rain.""",533
Silver Blaze,,534
Silver Blaze,"""In that case the overcoat was not blown against the furze-bush, but",535
Silver Blaze,"placed there.""",536
Silver Blaze,,537
Silver Blaze,"""Yes, it was laid across the bush.""",538
Silver Blaze,,539
Silver Blaze,"""You fill me with interest, I perceive that the ground has been",540
Silver Blaze,trampled up a good deal. No doubt many feet have been here since,541
Silver Blaze,"Monday night.""",542
Silver Blaze,,543
Silver Blaze,"""A piece of matting has been laid here at the side, and we have all",544
Silver Blaze,"stood upon that.""",545
Silver Blaze,,546
Silver Blaze,"""Excellent.""",547
Silver Blaze,,548
Silver Blaze,"""In this bag I have one of the boots which Straker wore, one of",549
Silver Blaze,"Fitzroy Simpson's shoes, and a cast horseshoe of Silver Blaze.""",550
Silver Blaze,,551
Silver Blaze,"""My dear Inspector, you surpass yourself!"" Holmes took the bag, and,",552
Silver Blaze,"descending into the hollow, he pushed the matting into a more central",553
Silver Blaze,position. Then stretching himself upon his face and leaning his chin,554
Silver Blaze,"upon his hands, he made a careful study of the trampled mud in front",555
Silver Blaze,"of him. ""Hullo!"" said he, suddenly. ""What's this?"" It was a wax vesta",556
Silver Blaze,"half burned, which was so coated with mud that it looked at first",557
Silver Blaze,like a little chip of wood.,558
Silver Blaze,,559
Silver Blaze,"""I cannot think how I came to overlook it,"" said the Inspector, with",560
Silver Blaze,an expression of annoyance.,561
Silver Blaze,,562
Silver Blaze,"""It was invisible, buried in the mud. I only saw it because I was",563
Silver Blaze,"looking for it.""",564
Silver Blaze,,565
Silver Blaze,"""What! You expected to find it?""",566
Silver Blaze,,567
Silver Blaze,"""I thought it not unlikely.""",568
Silver Blaze,,569
Silver Blaze,"He took the boots from the bag, and compared the impressions of each",570
Silver Blaze,of them with marks upon the ground. Then he clambered up to the rim,571
Silver Blaze,"of the hollow, and crawled about among the ferns and bushes.",572
Silver Blaze,,573
Silver Blaze,"""I am afraid that there are no more tracks,"" said the Inspector. ""I",574
Silver Blaze,have examined the ground very carefully for a hundred yards in each,575
Silver Blaze,"direction.""",576
Silver Blaze,,577
Silver Blaze,"""Indeed!"" said Holmes, rising. ""I should not have the impertinence to",578
Silver Blaze,do it again after what you say. But I should like to take a little,579
Silver Blaze,"walk over the moor before it grows dark, that I may know my ground",580
Silver Blaze,"to-morrow, and I think that I shall put this horseshoe into my pocket",581
Silver Blaze,"for luck.""",582
Silver Blaze,,583
Silver Blaze,"Colonel Ross, who had shown some signs of impatience at my",584
Silver Blaze,"companion's quiet and systematic method of work, glanced at his",585
Silver Blaze,"watch. ""I wish you would come back with me, Inspector,"" said he.",586
Silver Blaze,"""There are several points on which I should like your advice, and",587
Silver Blaze,especially as to whether we do not owe it to the public to remove our,588
Silver Blaze,"horse's name from the entries for the Cup.""",589
Silver Blaze,,590
Silver Blaze,"""Certainly not,"" cried Holmes, with decision. ""I should let the name",591
Silver Blaze,"stand.""",592
Silver Blaze,,593
Silver Blaze,"The Colonel bowed. ""I am very glad to have had your opinion, sir,""",594
Silver Blaze,"said he. ""You will find us at poor Straker's house when you have",595
Silver Blaze,"finished your walk, and we can drive together into Tavistock.""",596
Silver Blaze,,597
Silver Blaze,"He turned back with the Inspector, while Holmes and I walked slowly",598
Silver Blaze,across the moor. The sun was beginning to sink behind the stables of,599
Silver Blaze,"Mapleton, and the long, sloping plain in front of us was tinged with",600
Silver Blaze,"gold, deepening into rich, ruddy browns where the faded ferns and",601
Silver Blaze,brambles caught the evening light. But the glories of the landscape,602
Silver Blaze,"were all wasted upon my companion, who was sunk in the deepest",603
Silver Blaze,thought.,604
Silver Blaze,,605
Silver Blaze,"""It's this way, Watson,"" said he at last. ""We may leave the question",606
Silver Blaze,"of who killed John Straker for the instant, and confine ourselves to",607
Silver Blaze,"finding out what has become of the horse. Now, supposing that he",608
Silver Blaze,"broke away during or after the tragedy, where could he have gone to?",609
Silver Blaze,The horse is a very gregarious creature. If left to himself his,610
Silver Blaze,instincts would have been either to return to King's Pyland or go,611
Silver Blaze,over to Mapleton. Why should he run wild upon the moor? He would,612
Silver Blaze,surely have been seen by now. And why should gypsies kidnap him?,613
Silver Blaze,"These people always clear out when they hear of trouble, for they do",614
Silver Blaze,not wish to be pestered by the police. They could not hope to sell,615
Silver Blaze,such a horse. They would run a great risk and gain nothing by taking,616
Silver Blaze,"him. Surely that is clear.""",617
Silver Blaze,,618
Silver Blaze,"""Where is he, then?""",619
Silver Blaze,,620
Silver Blaze,"""I have already said that he must have gone to King's Pyland or to",621
Silver Blaze,Mapleton. He is not at King's Pyland. Therefore he is at Mapleton.,622
Silver Blaze,Let us take that as a working hypothesis and see what it leads us to.,623
Silver Blaze,"This part of the moor, as the Inspector remarked, is very hard and",624
Silver Blaze,"dry. But it falls away towards Mapleton, and you can see from here",625
Silver Blaze,"that there is a long hollow over yonder, which must have been very",626
Silver Blaze,"wet on Monday night. If our supposition is correct, then the horse",627
Silver Blaze,"must have crossed that, and there is the point where we should look",628
Silver Blaze,"for his tracks.""",629
Silver Blaze,,630
Silver Blaze,"We had been walking briskly during this conversation, and a few more",631
Silver Blaze,minutes brought us to the hollow in question. At Holmes' request I,632
Silver Blaze,"walked down the bank to the right, and he to the left, but I had not",633
Silver Blaze,"taken fifty paces before I heard him give a shout, and saw him waving",634
Silver Blaze,his hand to me. The track of a horse was plainly outlined in the soft,635
Silver Blaze,"earth in front of him, and the shoe which he took from his pocket",636
Silver Blaze,exactly fitted the impression.,637
Silver Blaze,,638
Silver Blaze,"""See the value of imagination,"" said Holmes. ""It is the one quality",639
Silver Blaze,"which Gregory lacks. We imagined what might have happened, acted upon",640
Silver Blaze,"the supposition, and find ourselves justified. Let us proceed.""",641
Silver Blaze,,642
Silver Blaze,We crossed the marshy bottom and passed over a quarter of a mile of,643
Silver Blaze,"dry, hard turf. Again the ground sloped, and again we came on the",644
Silver Blaze,"tracks. Then we lost them for half a mile, but only to pick them up",645
Silver Blaze,"once more quite close to Mapleton. It was Holmes who saw them first,",646
Silver Blaze,and he stood pointing with a look of triumph upon his face. A man's,647
Silver Blaze,track was visible beside the horse's.,648
Silver Blaze,,649
Silver Blaze,"""The horse was alone before,"" I cried.",650
Silver Blaze,,651
Silver Blaze,"""Quite so. It was alone before. Hullo, what is this?""",652
Silver Blaze,,653
Silver Blaze,The double track turned sharp off and took the direction of King's,654
Silver Blaze,"Pyland. Holmes whistled, and we both followed along after it. His",655
Silver Blaze,"eyes were on the trail, but I happened to look a little to one side,",656
Silver Blaze,and saw to my surprise the same tracks coming back again in the,657
Silver Blaze,opposite direction.,658
Silver Blaze,,659
Silver Blaze,"""One for you, Watson,"" said Holmes, when I pointed it out. ""You have",660
Silver Blaze,"saved us a long walk, which would have brought us back on our own",661
Silver Blaze,"traces. Let us follow the return track.""",662
Silver Blaze,,663
Silver Blaze,We had not to go far. It ended at the paving of asphalt which led up,664
Silver Blaze,"to the gates of the Mapleton stables. As we approached, a groom ran",665
Silver Blaze,out from them.,666
Silver Blaze,,667
Silver Blaze,"""We don't want any loiterers about here,"" said he.",668
Silver Blaze,,669
Silver Blaze,"""I only wished to ask a question,"" said Holmes, with his finger and",670
Silver Blaze,"thumb in his waistcoat pocket. ""Should I be too early to see your",671
Silver Blaze,"master, Mr. Silas Brown, if I were to call at five o'clock to-morrow",672
Silver Blaze,"morning?""",673
Silver Blaze,,674
Silver Blaze,"""Bless you, sir, if any one is about he will be, for he is always the",675
Silver Blaze,"first stirring. But here he is, sir, to answer your questions for",676
Silver Blaze,"himself. No, sir, no; it is as much as my place is worth to let him",677
Silver Blaze,"see me touch your money. Afterwards, if you like.""",678
Silver Blaze,,679
Silver Blaze,As Sherlock Holmes replaced the half-crown which he had drawn from,680
Silver Blaze,"his pocket, a fierce-looking elderly man strode out from the gate",681
Silver Blaze,with a hunting-crop swinging in his hand.,682
Silver Blaze,,683
Silver Blaze,"""What's this, Dawson!"" he cried. ""No gossiping! Go about your",684
Silver Blaze,"business! And you, what the devil do you want here?""",685
Silver Blaze,,686
Silver Blaze,"""Ten minutes' talk with you, my good sir,"" said Holmes in the",687
Silver Blaze,sweetest of voices.,688
Silver Blaze,,689
Silver Blaze,"""I've no time to talk to every gadabout. We want no stranger here. Be",690
Silver Blaze,"off, or you may find a dog at your heels.""",691
Silver Blaze,,692
Silver Blaze,Holmes leaned forward and whispered something in the trainer's ear.,693
Silver Blaze,He started violently and flushed to the temples.,694
Silver Blaze,,695
Silver Blaze,"""It's a lie!"" he shouted, ""an infernal lie!""",696
Silver Blaze,,697
Silver Blaze,"""Very good. Shall we argue about it here in public or talk it over in",698
Silver Blaze,"your parlor?""",699
Silver Blaze,,700
Silver Blaze,"""Oh, come in if you wish to.""",701
Silver Blaze,,702
Silver Blaze,"Holmes smiled. ""I shall not keep you more than a few minutes,",703
Silver Blaze,"Watson,"" said he. ""Now, Mr. Brown, I am quite at your disposal.""",704
Silver Blaze,,705
Silver Blaze,"It was twenty minutes, and the reds had all faded into grays before",706
Silver Blaze,Holmes and the trainer reappeared. Never have I seen such a change as,707
Silver Blaze,had been brought about in Silas Brown in that short time. His face,708
Silver Blaze,"was ashy pale, beads of perspiration shone upon his brow, and his",709
Silver Blaze,hands shook until the hunting-crop wagged like a branch in the wind.,710
Silver Blaze,"His bullying, overbearing manner was all gone too, and he cringed",711
Silver Blaze,along at my companion's side like a dog with its master.,712
Silver Blaze,,713
Silver Blaze,"""Your instructions will be done. It shall all be done,"" said he.",714
Silver Blaze,,715
Silver Blaze,"""There must be no mistake,"" said Holmes, looking round at him. The",716
Silver Blaze,other winced as he read the menace in his eyes.,717
Silver Blaze,,718
Silver Blaze,"""Oh no, there shall be no mistake. It shall be there. Should I change",719
Silver Blaze,"it first or not?""",720
Silver Blaze,,721
Silver Blaze,"Holmes thought a little and then burst out laughing. ""No, don't,""",722
Silver Blaze,"said he; ""I shall write to you about it. No tricks, now, or--""",723
Silver Blaze,,724
Silver Blaze,"""Oh, you can trust me, you can trust me!""",725
Silver Blaze,,726
Silver Blaze,"""Yes, I think I can. Well, you shall hear from me to-morrow."" He",727
Silver Blaze,"turned upon his heel, disregarding the trembling hand which the other",728
Silver Blaze,"held out to him, and we set off for King's Pyland.",729
Silver Blaze,,730
Silver Blaze,"""A more perfect compound of the bully, coward, and sneak than Master",731
Silver Blaze,"Silas Brown I have seldom met with,"" remarked Holmes as we trudged",732
Silver Blaze,along together.,733
Silver Blaze,,734
Silver Blaze,"""He has the horse, then?""",735
Silver Blaze,,736
Silver Blaze,"""He tried to bluster out of it, but I described to him so exactly",737
Silver Blaze,what his actions had been upon that morning that he is convinced that,738
Silver Blaze,I was watching him. Of course you observed the peculiarly square toes,739
Silver Blaze,"in the impressions, and that his own boots exactly corresponded to",740
Silver Blaze,"them. Again, of course no subordinate would have dared to do such a",741
Silver Blaze,"thing. I described to him how, when according to his custom he was",742
Silver Blaze,"the first down, he perceived a strange horse wandering over the moor.",743
Silver Blaze,"How he went out to it, and his astonishment at recognizing, from the",744
Silver Blaze,"white forehead which has given the favorite its name, that chance had",745
Silver Blaze,put in his power the only horse which could beat the one upon which,746
Silver Blaze,he had put his money. Then I described how his first impulse had been,747
Silver Blaze,"to lead him back to King's Pyland, and how the devil had shown him",748
Silver Blaze,"how he could hide the horse until the race was over, and how he had",749
Silver Blaze,led it back and concealed it at Mapleton. When I told him every,750
Silver Blaze,"detail he gave it up and thought only of saving his own skin.""",751
Silver Blaze,,752
Silver Blaze,"""But his stables had been searched?""",753
Silver Blaze,,754
Silver Blaze,"""Oh, and old horse-faker like him has many a dodge.""",755
Silver Blaze,,756
Silver Blaze,"""But are you not afraid to leave the horse in his power now, since he",757
Silver Blaze,"has every interest in injuring it?""",758
Silver Blaze,,759
Silver Blaze,"""My dear fellow, he will guard it as the apple of his eye. He knows",760
Silver Blaze,"that his only hope of mercy is to produce it safe.""",761
Silver Blaze,,762
Silver Blaze,"""Colonel Ross did not impress me as a man who would be likely to show",763
Silver Blaze,"much mercy in any case.""",764
Silver Blaze,,765
Silver Blaze,"""The matter does not rest with Colonel Ross. I follow my own methods,",766
Silver Blaze,and tell as much or as little as I choose. That is the advantage of,767
Silver Blaze,"being unofficial. I don't know whether you observed it, Watson, but",768
Silver Blaze,the Colonel's manner has been just a trifle cavalier to me. I am,769
Silver Blaze,inclined now to have a little amusement at his expense. Say nothing,770
Silver Blaze,"to him about the horse.""",771
Silver Blaze,,772
Silver Blaze,"""Certainly not without your permission.""",773
Silver Blaze,,774
Silver Blaze,"""And of course this is all quite a minor point compared to the",775
Silver Blaze,"question of who killed John Straker.""",776
Silver Blaze,,777
Silver Blaze,"""And you will devote yourself to that?""",778
Silver Blaze,,779
Silver Blaze,"""On the contrary, we both go back to London by the night train.""",780
Silver Blaze,,781
Silver Blaze,I was thunderstruck by my friend's words. We had only been a few,782
Silver Blaze,"hours in Devonshire, and that he should give up an investigation",783
Silver Blaze,which he had begun so brilliantly was quite incomprehensible to me.,784
Silver Blaze,Not a word more could I draw from him until we were back at the,785
Silver Blaze,trainer's house. The Colonel and the Inspector were awaiting us in,786
Silver Blaze,the parlor.,787
Silver Blaze,,788
Silver Blaze,"""My friend and I return to town by the night-express,"" said Holmes.",789
Silver Blaze,"""We have had a charming little breath of your beautiful Dartmoor",790
Silver Blaze,"air.""",791
Silver Blaze,,792
Silver Blaze,"The Inspector opened his eyes, and the Colonel's lip curled in a",793
Silver Blaze,sneer.,794
Silver Blaze,,795
Silver Blaze,"""So you despair of arresting the murderer of poor Straker,"" said he.",796
Silver Blaze,,797
Silver Blaze,"Holmes shrugged his shoulders. ""There are certainly grave",798
Silver Blaze,"difficulties in the way,"" said he. ""I have every hope, however, that",799
Silver Blaze,"your horse will start upon Tuesday, and I beg that you will have your",800
Silver Blaze,jockey in readiness. Might I ask for a photograph of Mr. John,801
Silver Blaze,"Straker?""",802
Silver Blaze,,803
Silver Blaze,The Inspector took one from an envelope and handed it to him.,804
Silver Blaze,,805
Silver Blaze,"""My dear Gregory, you anticipate all my wants. If I might ask you to",806
Silver Blaze,"wait here for an instant, I have a question which I should like to",807
Silver Blaze,"put to the maid.""",808
Silver Blaze,,809
Silver Blaze,"""I must say that I am rather disappointed in our London consultant,""",810
Silver Blaze,"said Colonel Ross, bluntly, as my friend left the room. ""I do not see",811
Silver Blaze,"that we are any further than when he came.""",812
Silver Blaze,,813
Silver Blaze,"""At least you have his assurance that your horse will run,"" said I.",814
Silver Blaze,,815
Silver Blaze,"""Yes, I have his assurance,"" said the Colonel, with a shrug of his",816
Silver Blaze,"shoulders. ""I should prefer to have the horse.""",817
Silver Blaze,,818
Silver Blaze,I was about to make some reply in defence of my friend when he,819
Silver Blaze,entered the room again.,820
Silver Blaze,,821
Silver Blaze,"""Now, gentlemen,"" said he, ""I am quite ready for Tavistock.""",822
Silver Blaze,,823
Silver Blaze,As we stepped into the carriage one of the stable-lads held the door,824
Silver Blaze,"open for us. A sudden idea seemed to occur to Holmes, for he leaned",825
Silver Blaze,forward and touched the lad upon the sleeve.,826
Silver Blaze,,827
Silver Blaze,"""You have a few sheep in the paddock,"" he said. ""Who attends to",828
Silver Blaze,"them?""",829
Silver Blaze,,830
Silver Blaze,"""I do, sir.""",831
Silver Blaze,,832
Silver Blaze,"""Have you noticed anything amiss with them of late?""",833
Silver Blaze,,834
Silver Blaze,"""Well, sir, not of much account; but three of them have gone lame,",835
Silver Blaze,"sir.""",836
Silver Blaze,,837
Silver Blaze,"I could see that Holmes was extremely pleased, for he chuckled and",838
Silver Blaze,rubbed his hands together.,839
Silver Blaze,,840
Silver Blaze,"""A long shot, Watson; a very long shot,"" said he, pinching my arm.",841
Silver Blaze,"""Gregory, let me recommend to your attention this singular epidemic",842
Silver Blaze,"among the sheep. Drive on, coachman!""",843
Silver Blaze,,844
Silver Blaze,Colonel Ross still wore an expression which showed the poor opinion,845
Silver Blaze,"which he had formed of my companion's ability, but I saw by the",846
Silver Blaze,Inspector's face that his attention had been keenly aroused.,847
Silver Blaze,,848
Silver Blaze,"""You consider that to be important?"" he asked.",849
Silver Blaze,,850
Silver Blaze,"""Exceedingly so.""",851
Silver Blaze,,852
Silver Blaze,"""Is there any point to which you would wish to draw my attention?""",853
Silver Blaze,,854
Silver Blaze,"""To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time.""",855
Silver Blaze,,856
Silver Blaze,"""The dog did nothing in the night-time.""",857
Silver Blaze,,858
Silver Blaze,"""That was the curious incident,"" remarked Sherlock Holmes.",859
Silver Blaze,,860
Silver Blaze,"Four days later Holmes and I were again in the train, bound for",861
Silver Blaze,Winchester to see the race for the Wessex Cup. Colonel Ross met us by,862
Silver Blaze,"appointment outside the station, and we drove in his drag to the",863
Silver Blaze,"course beyond the town. His face was grave, and his manner was cold",864
Silver Blaze,in the extreme.,865
Silver Blaze,,866
Silver Blaze,"""I have seen nothing of my horse,"" said he.",867
Silver Blaze,,868
Silver Blaze,"""I suppose that you would know him when you saw him?"" asked Holmes.",869
Silver Blaze,,870
Silver Blaze,"The Colonel was very angry. ""I have been on the turf for twenty",871
Silver Blaze,"years, and never was asked such a question as that before,"" said he.",872
Silver Blaze,"""A child would know Silver Blaze, with his white forehead and his",873
Silver Blaze,"mottled off-foreleg.""",874
Silver Blaze,,875
Silver Blaze,"""How is the betting?""",876
Silver Blaze,,877
Silver Blaze,"""Well, that is the curious part of it. You could have got fifteen to",878
Silver Blaze,"one yesterday, but the price has become shorter and shorter, until",879
Silver Blaze,"you can hardly get three to one now.""",880
Silver Blaze,,881
Silver Blaze,"""Hum!"" said Holmes. ""Somebody knows something, that is clear.""",882
Silver Blaze,,883
Silver Blaze,As the drag drew up in the enclosure near the grand stand I glanced,884
Silver Blaze,at the card to see the entries.,885
Silver Blaze,,886
Silver Blaze,"Wessex Plate [it ran] 50 sovs. each h ft with 1000 sovs. added, for",887
Silver Blaze,"four and five year olds. Second, £300. Third, £200. New course (one",888
Silver Blaze,mile and five furlongs).,889
Silver Blaze,,890
Silver Blaze,1. Mr. Heath Newton's The Negro. Red cap. Cinnamon jacket.,891
Silver Blaze,2. Colonel Wardlaw's Pugilist. Pink cap. Blue and black jacket.,892
Silver Blaze,3. Lord Backwater's Desborough. Yellow cap and sleeves.,893
Silver Blaze,4. Colonel Ross's Silver Blaze. Black cap. Red jacket.,894
Silver Blaze,5. Duke of Balmoral's Iris. Yellow and black stripes.,895
Silver Blaze,6. Lord Singleford's Rasper. Purple cap. Black sleeves.,896
Silver Blaze,,897
Silver Blaze,"""We scratched our other one, and put all hopes on your word,"" said",898
Silver Blaze,"the Colonel. ""Why, what is that? Silver Blaze favorite?""",899
Silver Blaze,,900
Silver Blaze,"""Five to four against Silver Blaze!"" roared the ring. ""Five to four",901
Silver Blaze,against Silver Blaze! Five to fifteen against Desborough! Five to,902
Silver Blaze,"four on the field!""",903
Silver Blaze,,904
Silver Blaze,"""There are the numbers up,"" I cried. ""They are all six there.""",905
Silver Blaze,,906
Silver Blaze,"""All six there? Then my horse is running,"" cried the Colonel in great",907
Silver Blaze,"agitation. ""But I don't see him. My colors have not passed.""",908
Silver Blaze,,909
Silver Blaze,"""Only five have passed. This must be he.""",910
Silver Blaze,,911
Silver Blaze,As I spoke a powerful bay horse swept out from the weighting,912
Silver Blaze,"enclosure and cantered past us, bearing on its back the well-known",913
Silver Blaze,black and red of the Colonel.,914
Silver Blaze,,915
Silver Blaze,"""That's not my horse,"" cried the owner. ""That beast has not a white",916
Silver Blaze,"hair upon its body. What is this that you have done, Mr. Holmes?""",917
Silver Blaze,,918
Silver Blaze,"""Well, well, let us see how he gets on,"" said my friend,",919
Silver Blaze,imperturbably. For a few minutes he gazed through my field-glass.,920
Silver Blaze,"""Capital! An excellent start!"" he cried suddenly. ""There they are,",921
Silver Blaze,"coming round the curve!""",922
Silver Blaze,,923
Silver Blaze,From our drag we had a superb view as they came up the straight. The,924
Silver Blaze,six horses were so close together that a carpet could have covered,925
Silver Blaze,"them, but half way up the yellow of the Mapleton stable showed to the",926
Silver Blaze,"front. Before they reached us, however, Desborough's bolt was shot,",927
Silver Blaze,"and the Colonel's horse, coming away with a rush, passed the post a",928
Silver Blaze,"good six lengths before its rival, the Duke of Balmoral's Iris making",929
Silver Blaze,a bad third.,930
Silver Blaze,,931
Silver Blaze,"""It's my race, anyhow,"" gasped the Colonel, passing his hand over his",932
Silver Blaze,"eyes. ""I confess that I can make neither head nor tail of it. Don't",933
Silver Blaze,"you think that you have kept up your mystery long enough, Mr.",934
Silver Blaze,"Holmes?""",935
Silver Blaze,,936
Silver Blaze,"""Certainly, Colonel, you shall know everything. Let us all go round",937
Silver Blaze,"and have a look at the horse together. Here he is,"" he continued, as",938
Silver Blaze,"we made our way into the weighing enclosure, where only owners and",939
Silver Blaze,"their friends find admittance. ""You have only to wash his face and",940
Silver Blaze,"his leg in spirits of wine, and you will find that he is the same old",941
Silver Blaze,"Silver Blaze as ever.""",942
Silver Blaze,,943
Silver Blaze,"""You take my breath away!""",944
Silver Blaze,,945
Silver Blaze,"""I found him in the hands of a faker, and took the liberty of running",946
Silver Blaze,"him just as he was sent over.""",947
Silver Blaze,,948
Silver Blaze,"""My dear sir, you have done wonders. The horse looks very fit and",949
Silver Blaze,well. It never went better in its life. I owe you a thousand,950
Silver Blaze,apologies for having doubted your ability. You have done me a great,951
Silver Blaze,service by recovering my horse. You would do me a greater still if,952
Silver Blaze,"you could lay your hands on the murderer of John Straker.""",953
Silver Blaze,,954
Silver Blaze,"""I have done so,"" said Holmes quietly.",955
Silver Blaze,,956
Silver Blaze,"The Colonel and I stared at him in amazement. ""You have got him!",957
Silver Blaze,"Where is he, then?""",958
Silver Blaze,,959
Silver Blaze,"""He is here.""",960
Silver Blaze,,961
Silver Blaze,"""Here! Where?""",962
Silver Blaze,,963
Silver Blaze,"""In my company at the present moment.""",964
Silver Blaze,,965
Silver Blaze,"The Colonel flushed angrily. ""I quite recognize that I am under",966
Silver Blaze,"obligations to you, Mr. Holmes,"" said he, ""but I must regard what you",967
Silver Blaze,"have just said as either a very bad joke or an insult.""",968
Silver Blaze,,969
Silver Blaze,"Sherlock Holmes laughed. ""I assure you that I have not associated you",970
Silver Blaze,"with the crime, Colonel,"" said he. ""The real murderer is standing",971
Silver Blaze,"immediately behind you."" He stepped past and laid his hand upon the",972
Silver Blaze,glossy neck of the thoroughbred.,973
Silver Blaze,,974
Silver Blaze,"""The horse!"" cried both the Colonel and myself.",975
Silver Blaze,,976
Silver Blaze,"""Yes, the horse. And it may lessen his guilt if I say that it was",977
Silver Blaze,"done in self-defence, and that John Straker was a man who was",978
Silver Blaze,"entirely unworthy of your confidence. But there goes the bell, and as",979
Silver Blaze,"I stand to win a little on this next race, I shall defer a lengthy",980
Silver Blaze,"explanation until a more fitting time.""",981
Silver Blaze,,982
Silver Blaze,We had the corner of a Pullman car to ourselves that evening as we,983
Silver Blaze,"whirled back to London, and I fancy that the journey was a short one",984
Silver Blaze,"to Colonel Ross as well as to myself, as we listened to our",985
Silver Blaze,companion's narrative of the events which had occurred at the,986
Silver Blaze,"Dartmoor training-stables upon the Monday night, and the means by",987
Silver Blaze,which he had unravelled them.,988
Silver Blaze,,989
Silver Blaze,"""I confess,"" said he, ""that any theories which I had formed from the",990
Silver Blaze,newspaper reports were entirely erroneous. And yet there were,991
Silver Blaze,"indications there, had they not been overlaid by other details which",992
Silver Blaze,concealed their true import. I went to Devonshire with the conviction,993
Silver Blaze,"that Fitzroy Simpson was the true culprit, although, of course, I saw",994
Silver Blaze,that the evidence against him was by no means complete. It was while,995
Silver Blaze,"I was in the carriage, just as we reached the trainer's house, that",996
Silver Blaze,the immense significance of the curried mutton occurred to me. You,997
Silver Blaze,"may remember that I was distrait, and remained sitting after you had",998
Silver Blaze,all alighted. I was marvelling in my own mind how I could possibly,999
Silver Blaze,"have overlooked so obvious a clue.""",1000
Silver Blaze,,1001
Silver Blaze,"""I confess,"" said the Colonel, ""that even now I cannot see how it",1002
Silver Blaze,"helps us.""",1003
Silver Blaze,,1004
Silver Blaze,"""It was the first link in my chain of reasoning. Powdered opium is by",1005
Silver Blaze,"no means tasteless. The flavor is not disagreeable, but it is",1006
Silver Blaze,perceptible. Were it mixed with any ordinary dish the eater would,1007
Silver Blaze,"undoubtedly detect it, and would probably eat no more. A curry was",1008
Silver Blaze,exactly the medium which would disguise this taste. By no possible,1009
Silver Blaze,"supposition could this stranger, Fitzroy Simpson, have caused curry",1010
Silver Blaze,"to be served in the trainer's family that night, and it is surely too",1011
Silver Blaze,monstrous a coincidence to suppose that he happened to come along,1012
Silver Blaze,with powdered opium upon the very night when a dish happened to be,1013
Silver Blaze,served which would disguise the flavor. That is unthinkable.,1014
Silver Blaze,"Therefore Simpson becomes eliminated from the case, and our attention",1015
Silver Blaze,"centers upon Straker and his wife, the only two people who could have",1016
Silver Blaze,chosen curried mutton for supper that night. The opium was added,1017
Silver Blaze,"after the dish was set aside for the stable-boy, for the others had",1018
Silver Blaze,"the same for supper with no ill effects. Which of them, then, had",1019
Silver Blaze,access to that dish without the maid seeing them?,1020
Silver Blaze,,1021
Silver Blaze,"""Before deciding that question I had grasped the significance of the",1022
Silver Blaze,"silence of the dog, for one true inference invariably suggests",1023
Silver Blaze,others. The Simpson incident had shown me that a dog was kept in the,1024
Silver Blaze,"stables, and yet, though some one had been in and had fetched out a",1025
Silver Blaze,"horse, he had not barked enough to arouse the two lads in the loft.",1026
Silver Blaze,Obviously the midnight visitor was some one whom the dog knew well.,1027
Silver Blaze,,1028
Silver Blaze,"""I was already convinced, or almost convinced, that John Straker went",1029
Silver Blaze,down to the stables in the dead of the night and took out Silver,1030
Silver Blaze,"Blaze. For what purpose? For a dishonest one, obviously, or why",1031
Silver Blaze,should he drug his own stable-boy? And yet I was at a loss to know,1032
Silver Blaze,why. There have been cases before now where trainers have made sure,1033
Silver Blaze,"of great sums of money by laying against their own horses, through",1034
Silver Blaze,"agents, and then preventing them from winning by fraud. Sometimes it",1035
Silver Blaze,is a pulling jockey. Sometimes it is some surer and subtler means.,1036
Silver Blaze,What was it here? I hoped that the contents of his pockets might help,1037
Silver Blaze,me to form a conclusion.,1038
Silver Blaze,,1039
Silver Blaze,"""And they did so. You cannot have forgotten the singular knife which",1040
Silver Blaze,"was found in the dead man's hand, a knife which certainly no sane man",1041
Silver Blaze,"would choose for a weapon. It was, as Dr. Watson told us, a form of",1042
Silver Blaze,knife which is used for the most delicate operations known in,1043
Silver Blaze,surgery. And it was to be used for a delicate operation that night.,1044
Silver Blaze,"You must know, with your wide experience of turf matters, Colonel",1045
Silver Blaze,"Ross, that it is possible to make a slight nick upon the tendons of a",1046
Silver Blaze,"horse's ham, and to do it subcutaneously, so as to leave absolutely",1047
Silver Blaze,"no trace. A horse so treated would develop a slight lameness, which",1048
Silver Blaze,"would be put down to a strain in exercise or a touch of rheumatism,",1049
Silver Blaze,"but never to foul play.""",1050
Silver Blaze,,1051
Silver Blaze,"""Villain! Scoundrel!"" cried the Colonel.",1052
Silver Blaze,,1053
Silver Blaze,"""We have here the explanation of why John Straker wished to take the",1054
Silver Blaze,horse out on to the moor. So spirited a creature would have certainly,1055
Silver Blaze,roused the soundest of sleepers when it felt the prick of the knife.,1056
Silver Blaze,"It was absolutely necessary to do it in the open air.""",1057
Silver Blaze,,1058
Silver Blaze,"""I have been blind!"" cried the Colonel. ""Of course that was why he",1059
Silver Blaze,"needed the candle, and struck the match.""",1060
Silver Blaze,,1061
Silver Blaze,"""Undoubtedly. But in examining his belongings I was fortunate enough",1062
Silver Blaze,"to discover not only the method of the crime, but even its motives.",1063
Silver Blaze,"As a man of the world, Colonel, you know that men do not carry other",1064
Silver Blaze,people's bills about in their pockets. We have most of us quite,1065
Silver Blaze,enough to do to settle our own. I at once concluded that Straker was,1066
Silver Blaze,"leading a double life, and keeping a second establishment. The nature",1067
Silver Blaze,"of the bill showed that there was a lady in the case, and one who had",1068
Silver Blaze,"expensive tastes. Liberal as you are with your servants, one can",1069
Silver Blaze,hardly expect that they can buy twenty-guinea walking dresses for,1070
Silver Blaze,their ladies. I questioned Mrs. Straker as to the dress without her,1071
Silver Blaze,"knowing it, and having satisfied myself that it had never reached",1072
Silver Blaze,"her, I made a note of the milliner's address, and felt that by",1073
Silver Blaze,calling there with Straker's photograph I could easily dispose of the,1074
Silver Blaze,mythical Derbyshire.,1075
Silver Blaze,,1076
Silver Blaze,"""From that time on all was plain. Straker had led out the horse to a",1077
Silver Blaze,hollow where his light would be invisible. Simpson in his flight had,1078
Silver Blaze,"dropped his cravat, and Straker had picked it up--with some idea,",1079
Silver Blaze,"perhaps, that he might use it in securing the horse's leg. Once in",1080
Silver Blaze,"the hollow, he had got behind the horse and had struck a light; but",1081
Silver Blaze,"the creature frightened at the sudden glare, and with the strange",1082
Silver Blaze,"instinct of animals feeling that some mischief was intended, had",1083
Silver Blaze,"lashed out, and the steel shoe had struck Straker full on the",1084
Silver Blaze,"forehead. He had already, in spite of the rain, taken off his",1085
Silver Blaze,"overcoat in order to do his delicate task, and so, as he fell, his",1086
Silver Blaze,"knife gashed his thigh. Do I make it clear?""",1087
Silver Blaze,,1088
Silver Blaze,"""Wonderful!"" cried the Colonel. ""Wonderful! You might have been",1089
Silver Blaze,"there!""",1090
Silver Blaze,,1091
Silver Blaze,"""My final shot was, I confess a very long one. It struck me that so",1092
Silver Blaze,astute a man as Straker would not undertake this delicate,1093
Silver Blaze,tendon-nicking without a little practice. What could he practice on?,1094
Silver Blaze,"My eyes fell upon the sheep, and I asked a question which, rather to",1095
Silver Blaze,"my surprise, showed that my surmise was correct.",1096
Silver Blaze,,1097
Silver Blaze,"""When I returned to London I called upon the milliner, who had",1098
Silver Blaze,recognized Straker as an excellent customer of the name of,1099
Silver Blaze,"Derbyshire, who had a very dashing wife, with a strong partiality for",1100
Silver Blaze,expensive dresses. I have no doubt that this woman had plunged him,1101
Silver Blaze,"over head and ears in debt, and so led him into this miserable plot.""",1102
Silver Blaze,,1103
Silver Blaze,"""You have explained all but one thing,"" cried the Colonel. ""Where was",1104
Silver Blaze,"the horse?""",1105
Silver Blaze,,1106
Silver Blaze,"""Ah, it bolted, and was cared for by one of your neighbors. We must",1107
Silver Blaze,"have an amnesty in that direction, I think. This is Clapham Junction,",1108
Silver Blaze,"if I am not mistaken, and we shall be in Victoria in less than ten",1109
Silver Blaze,"minutes. If you care to smoke a cigar in our rooms, Colonel, I shall",1110
Silver Blaze,"be happy to give you any other details which might interest you.""",1111
Silver Blaze,,1112
The Yellow Face,THE YELLOW FACE,1
The Yellow Face,,2
The Yellow Face,[In publishing these short sketches based upon the numerous cases in,3
The Yellow Face,"which my companion's singular gifts have made us the listeners to,",4
The Yellow Face,"and eventually the actors in, some strange drama, it is only natural",5
The Yellow Face,that I should dwell rather upon his successes than upon his failures.,6
The Yellow Face,"And this not so much for the sake of his reputations--for, indeed, it",7
The Yellow Face,was when he was at his wits' end that his energy and his versatility,8
The Yellow Face,were most admirable--but because where he failed it happened too,9
The Yellow Face,"often that no one else succeeded, and that the tale was left forever",10
The Yellow Face,"without a conclusion. Now and again, however, it chanced that even",11
The Yellow Face,"when he erred, the truth was still discovered. I have noted of some",12
The Yellow Face,"half-dozen cases of the kind of which ""The Adventure of the Musgrave",13
The Yellow Face,"Ritual"" and that which I am about to recount are the two which",14
The Yellow Face,present the strongest features of interest.],15
The Yellow Face,,16
The Yellow Face,Sherlock Holmes was a man who seldom took exercise for exercise's,17
The Yellow Face,"sake. Few men were capable of greater muscular effort, and he was",18
The Yellow Face,undoubtedly one of the finest boxers of his weight that I have ever,19
The Yellow Face,seen; but he looked upon aimless bodily exertion as a waste of,20
The Yellow Face,"energy, and he seldom bestirred himself save when there was some",21
The Yellow Face,professional object to be served. Then he was absolutely untiring and,22
The Yellow Face,indefatigable. That he should have kept himself in training under,23
The Yellow Face,"such circumstances is remarkable, but his diet was usually of the",24
The Yellow Face,"sparest, and his habits were simple to the verge of austerity. Save",25
The Yellow Face,"for the occasional use of cocaine, he had no vices, and he only",26
The Yellow Face,turned to the drug as a protest against the monotony of existence,27
The Yellow Face,when cases were scanty and the papers uninteresting.,28
The Yellow Face,,29
The Yellow Face,One day in early spring he had so far relaxed as to go for a walk,30
The Yellow Face,"with me in the Park, where the first faint shoots of green were",31
The Yellow Face,"breaking out upon the elms, and the sticky spear-heads of the",32
The Yellow Face,chestnuts were just beginning to burst into their five-fold leaves.,33
The Yellow Face,"For two hours we rambled about together, in silence for the most",34
The Yellow Face,"part, as befits two men who know each other intimately. It was nearly",35
The Yellow Face,five before we were back in Baker Street once more.,36
The Yellow Face,,37
The Yellow Face,"""Beg pardon, sir,"" said our page-boy, as he opened the door. ""There's",38
The Yellow Face,"been a gentleman here asking for you, sir.""",39
The Yellow Face,,40
The Yellow Face,"Holmes glanced reproachfully at me. ""So much for afternoon walks!""",41
The Yellow Face,"said he. ""Has this gentleman gone, then?""",42
The Yellow Face,,43
The Yellow Face,"""Yes, sir.""",44
The Yellow Face,,45
The Yellow Face,"""Didn't you ask him in?""",46
The Yellow Face,,47
The Yellow Face,"""Yes, sir; he came in.""",48
The Yellow Face,,49
The Yellow Face,"""How long did he wait?""",50
The Yellow Face,,51
The Yellow Face,"""Half an hour, sir. He was a very restless gentleman, sir, a-walkin'",52
The Yellow Face,and a-stampin' all the time he was here. I was waitin' outside the,53
The Yellow Face,"door, sir, and I could hear him. At last he outs into the passage,",54
The Yellow Face,"and he cries, 'Is that man never goin' to come?' Those were his very",55
The Yellow Face,"words, sir. 'You'll only need to wait a little longer,' says I. 'Then",56
The Yellow Face,"I'll wait in the open air, for I feel half choked,' says he. 'I'll be",57
The Yellow Face,"back before long.' And with that he ups and he outs, and all I could",58
The Yellow Face,"say wouldn't hold him back.""",59
The Yellow Face,,60
The Yellow Face,"""Well, well, you did your best,"" said Holmes, as we walked into our",61
The Yellow Face,"room. ""It's very annoying, though, Watson. I was badly in need of a",62
The Yellow Face,"case, and this looks, from the man's impatience, as if it were of",63
The Yellow Face,importance. Hullo! That's not your pipe on the table. He must have,64
The Yellow Face,left his behind him. A nice old brier with a good long stem of what,65
The Yellow Face,the tobacconists call amber. I wonder how many real amber mouthpieces,66
The Yellow Face,there are in London? Some people think that a fly in it is a sign.,67
The Yellow Face,"Well, he must have been disturbed in his mind to leave a pipe behind",68
The Yellow Face,"him which he evidently values highly.""",69
The Yellow Face,,70
The Yellow Face,"""How do you know that he values it highly?"" I asked.",71
The Yellow Face,,72
The Yellow Face,"""Well, I should put the original cost of the pipe at seven and",73
The Yellow Face,"sixpence. Now it has, you see, been twice mended, once in the wooden",74
The Yellow Face,"stem and once in the amber. Each of these mends, done, as you",75
The Yellow Face,"observe, with silver bands, must have cost more than the pipe did",76
The Yellow Face,originally. The man must value the pipe highly when he prefers to,77
The Yellow Face,"patch it up rather than buy a new one with the same money.""",78
The Yellow Face,,79
The Yellow Face,"""Anything else?"" I asked, for Holmes was turning the pipe about in",80
The Yellow Face,"his hand, and staring at it in his peculiar pensive way.",81
The Yellow Face,,82
The Yellow Face,"He held it up and tapped on it with his long, thin fore-finger, as a",83
The Yellow Face,professor might who was lecturing on a bone.,84
The Yellow Face,,85
The Yellow Face,"""Pipes are occasionally of extraordinary interest,"" said he. ""Nothing",86
The Yellow Face,"has more individuality, save perhaps watches and bootlaces. The",87
The Yellow Face,"indications here, however, are neither very marked nor very",88
The Yellow Face,"important. The owner is obviously a muscular man, left-handed, with",89
The Yellow Face,"an excellent set of teeth, careless in his habits, and with no need",90
The Yellow Face,"to practise economy.""",91
The Yellow Face,,92
The Yellow Face,"My friend threw out the information in a very offhand way, but I saw",93
The Yellow Face,that he cocked his eye at me to see if I had followed his reasoning.,94
The Yellow Face,,95
The Yellow Face,"""You think a man must be well-to-do if he smokes a seven-shilling",96
The Yellow Face,"pipe,"" said I.",97
The Yellow Face,,98
The Yellow Face,"""This is Grosvenor mixture at eightpence an ounce,"" Holmes answered,",99
The Yellow Face,"knocking a little out on his palm. ""As he might get an excellent",100
The Yellow Face,"smoke for half the price, he has no need to practise economy.""",101
The Yellow Face,,102
The Yellow Face,"""And the other points?""",103
The Yellow Face,,104
The Yellow Face,"""He has been in the habit of lighting his pipe at lamps and gas-jets.",105
The Yellow Face,You can see that it is quite charred all down one side. Of course a,106
The Yellow Face,match could not have done that. Why should a man hold a match to the,107
The Yellow Face,side of his pipe? But you cannot light it at a lamp without getting,108
The Yellow Face,the bowl charred. And it is all on the right side of the pipe. From,109
The Yellow Face,that I gather that he is a left-handed man. You hold your own pipe to,110
The Yellow Face,"the lamp, and see how naturally you, being right-handed, hold the",111
The Yellow Face,"left side to the flame. You might do it once the other way, but not",112
The Yellow Face,as a constancy. This has always been held so. Then he has bitten,113
The Yellow Face,"through his amber. It takes a muscular, energetic fellow, and one",114
The Yellow Face,"with a good set of teeth, to do that. But if I am not mistaken I hear",115
The Yellow Face,"him upon the stair, so we shall have something more interesting than",116
The Yellow Face,"his pipe to study.""",117
The Yellow Face,,118
The Yellow Face,"An instant later our door opened, and a tall young man entered the",119
The Yellow Face,"room. He was well but quietly dressed in a dark-gray suit, and",120
The Yellow Face,carried a brown wide-awake in his hand. I should have put him at,121
The Yellow Face,"about thirty, though he was really some years older.",122
The Yellow Face,,123
The Yellow Face,"""I beg your pardon,"" said he, with some embarrassment; ""I suppose I",124
The Yellow Face,"should have knocked. Yes, of course I should have knocked. The fact",125
The Yellow Face,"is that I am a little upset, and you must put it all down to that.""",126
The Yellow Face,"He passed his hand over his forehead like a man who is half dazed,",127
The Yellow Face,and then fell rather than sat down upon a chair.,128
The Yellow Face,,129
The Yellow Face,"""I can see that you have not slept for a night or two,"" said Holmes,",130
The Yellow Face,"in his easy, genial way. ""That tries a man's nerves more than work,",131
The Yellow Face,"and more even than pleasure. May I ask how I can help you?""",132
The Yellow Face,,133
The Yellow Face,"""I wanted your advice, sir. I don't know what to do and my whole life",134
The Yellow Face,"seems to have gone to pieces.""",135
The Yellow Face,,136
The Yellow Face,"""You wish to employ me as a consulting detective?""",137
The Yellow Face,,138
The Yellow Face,"""Not that only. I want your opinion as a judicious man--as a man of",139
The Yellow Face,the world. I want to know what I ought to do next. I hope to God,140
The Yellow Face,"you'll be able to tell me.""",141
The Yellow Face,,142
The Yellow Face,"He spoke in little, sharp, jerky outbursts, and it seemed to me that",143
The Yellow Face,"to speak at all was very painful to him, and that his will all",144
The Yellow Face,through was overriding his inclinations.,145
The Yellow Face,,146
The Yellow Face,"""It's a very delicate thing,"" said he. ""One does not like to speak of",147
The Yellow Face,one's domestic affairs to strangers. It seems dreadful to discuss the,148
The Yellow Face,conduct of one's wife with two men whom I have never seen before.,149
The Yellow Face,"It's horrible to have to do it. But I've got to the end of my tether,",150
The Yellow Face,"and I must have advice.""",151
The Yellow Face,,152
The Yellow Face,"""My dear Mr. Grant Munro--"" began Holmes.",153
The Yellow Face,,154
The Yellow Face,"Our visitor sprang from his chair. ""What!"" he cried, ""you know my",155
The Yellow Face,"name?""",156
The Yellow Face,,157
The Yellow Face,"""If you wish to preserve your incognito,"" said Holmes, smiling, ""I",158
The Yellow Face,would suggest that you cease to write your name upon the lining of,159
The Yellow Face,"your hat, or else that you turn the crown towards the person whom you",160
The Yellow Face,are addressing. I was about to say that my friend and I have listened,161
The Yellow Face,"to a good many strange secrets in this room, and that we have had the",162
The Yellow Face,good fortune to bring peace to many troubled souls. I trust that we,163
The Yellow Face,"may do as much for you. Might I beg you, as time may prove to be of",164
The Yellow Face,"importance, to furnish me with the facts of your case without further",165
The Yellow Face,"delay?""",166
The Yellow Face,,167
The Yellow Face,"Our visitor again passed his hand over his forehead, as if he found",168
The Yellow Face,it bitterly hard. From every gesture and expression I could see that,169
The Yellow Face,"he was a reserved, self-contained man, with a dash of pride in his",170
The Yellow Face,"nature, more likely to hide his wounds than to expose them. Then",171
The Yellow Face,"suddenly, with a fierce gesture of his closed hand, like one who",172
The Yellow Face,"throws reserve to the winds, he began.",173
The Yellow Face,,174
The Yellow Face,"""The facts are these, Mr. Holmes,"" said he. ""I am a married man, and",175
The Yellow Face,have been so for three years. During that time my wife and I have,176
The Yellow Face,loved each other as fondly and lived as happily as any two that ever,177
The Yellow Face,"were joined. We have not had a difference, not one, in thought or",178
The Yellow Face,"word or deed. And now, since last Monday, there has suddenly sprung",179
The Yellow Face,"up a barrier between us, and I find that there is something in her",180
The Yellow Face,life and in her thought of which I know as little as if she were the,181
The Yellow Face,"woman who brushes by me in the street. We are estranged, and I want",182
The Yellow Face,to know why.,183
The Yellow Face,,184
The Yellow Face,"""Now there is one thing that I want to impress upon you before I go",185
The Yellow Face,"any further, Mr. Holmes. Effie loves me. Don't let there be any",186
The Yellow Face,"mistake about that. She loves me with her whole heart and soul, and",187
The Yellow Face,never more than now. I know it. I feel it. I don't want to argue,188
The Yellow Face,about that. A man can tell easily enough when a woman loves him. But,189
The Yellow Face,"there's this secret between us, and we can never be the same until it",190
The Yellow Face,"is cleared.""",191
The Yellow Face,,192
The Yellow Face,"""Kindly let me have the facts, Mr. Munro,"" said Holmes, with some",193
The Yellow Face,impatience.,194
The Yellow Face,,195
The Yellow Face,"""I'll tell you what I know about Effie's history. She was a widow",196
The Yellow Face,"when I met her first, though quite young--only twenty-five. Her name",197
The Yellow Face,"then was Mrs. Hebron. She went out to America when she was young, and",198
The Yellow Face,"lived in the town of Atlanta, where she married this Hebron, who was",199
The Yellow Face,"a lawyer with a good practice. They had one child, but the yellow",200
The Yellow Face,"fever broke out badly in the place, and both husband and child died",201
The Yellow Face,of it. I have seen his death certificate. This sickened her of,202
The Yellow Face,"America, and she came back to live with a maiden aunt at Pinner, in",203
The Yellow Face,Middlesex. I may mention that her husband had left her comfortably,204
The Yellow Face,"off, and that she had a capital of about four thousand five hundred",205
The Yellow Face,"pounds, which had been so well invested by him that it returned an",206
The Yellow Face,average of seven per cent. She had only been six months at Pinner,207
The Yellow Face,"when I met her; we fell in love with each other, and we married a few",208
The Yellow Face,weeks afterwards.,209
The Yellow Face,,210
The Yellow Face,"""I am a hop merchant myself, and as I have an income of seven or",211
The Yellow Face,"eight hundred, we found ourselves comfortably off, and took a nice",212
The Yellow Face,eighty-pound-a-year villa at Norbury. Our little place was very,213
The Yellow Face,"countrified, considering that it is so close to town. We had an inn",214
The Yellow Face,"and two houses a little above us, and a single cottage at the other",215
The Yellow Face,"side of the field which faces us, and except those there were no",216
The Yellow Face,houses until you got half way to the station. My business took me,217
The Yellow Face,"into town at certain seasons, but in summer I had less to do, and",218
The Yellow Face,then in our country home my wife and I were just as happy as could be,219
The Yellow Face,wished. I tell you that there never was a shadow between us until,220
The Yellow Face,this accursed affair began.,221
The Yellow Face,,222
The Yellow Face,"""There's one thing I ought to tell you before I go further. When we",223
The Yellow Face,"married, my wife made over all her property to me--rather against my",224
The Yellow Face,"will, for I saw how awkward it would be if my business affairs went",225
The Yellow Face,"wrong. However, she would have it so, and it was done. Well, about",226
The Yellow Face,six weeks ago she came to me.,227
The Yellow Face,,228
The Yellow Face,"""'Jack,' said she, 'when you took my money you said that if ever I",229
The Yellow Face,wanted any I was to ask you for it.',230
The Yellow Face,,231
The Yellow Face,"""'Certainly,' said I. 'It's all your own.'",232
The Yellow Face,,233
The Yellow Face,"""'Well,' said she, 'I want a hundred pounds.'",234
The Yellow Face,,235
The Yellow Face,"""I was a bit staggered at this, for I had imagined it was simply a",236
The Yellow Face,new dress or something of the kind that she was after.,237
The Yellow Face,,238
The Yellow Face,"""'What on earth for?' I asked.",239
The Yellow Face,,240
The Yellow Face,"""'Oh,' said she, in her playful way, 'you said that you were only my",241
The Yellow Face,"banker, and bankers never ask questions, you know.'",242
The Yellow Face,,243
The Yellow Face,"""'If you really mean it, of course you shall have the money,' said I.",244
The Yellow Face,,245
The Yellow Face,"""'Oh, yes, I really mean it.'",246
The Yellow Face,,247
The Yellow Face,"""'And you won't tell me what you want it for?'",248
The Yellow Face,,249
The Yellow Face,"""'Some day, perhaps, but not just at present, Jack.'",250
The Yellow Face,,251
The Yellow Face,"""So I had to be content with that, though it was the first time that",252
The Yellow Face,"there had ever been any secret between us. I gave her a check, and I",253
The Yellow Face,never thought any more of the matter. It may have nothing to do with,254
The Yellow Face,"what came afterwards, but I thought it only right to mention it.",255
The Yellow Face,,256
The Yellow Face,"""Well, I told you just now that there is a cottage not far from our",257
The Yellow Face,"house. There is just a field between us, but to reach it you have to",258
The Yellow Face,go along the road and then turn down a lane. Just beyond it is a nice,259
The Yellow Face,"little grove of Scotch firs, and I used to be very fond of strolling",260
The Yellow Face,"down there, for trees are always a neighborly kind of things. The",261
The Yellow Face,"cottage had been standing empty this eight months, and it was a pity,",262
The Yellow Face,"for it was a pretty two storied place, with an old-fashioned porch",263
The Yellow Face,and honeysuckle about it. I have stood many a time and thought what a,264
The Yellow Face,neat little homestead it would make.,265
The Yellow Face,,266
The Yellow Face,"""Well, last Monday evening I was taking a stroll down that way, when",267
The Yellow Face,"I met an empty van coming up the lane, and saw a pile of carpets and",268
The Yellow Face,things lying about on the grass-plot beside the porch. It was clear,269
The Yellow Face,"that the cottage had at last been let. I walked past it, and wondered",270
The Yellow Face,what sort of folk they were who had come to live so near us. And as I,271
The Yellow Face,looked I suddenly became aware that a face was watching me out of one,272
The Yellow Face,of the upper windows.,273
The Yellow Face,,274
The Yellow Face,"""I don't know what there was about that face, Mr. Holmes, but it",275
The Yellow Face,"seemed to send a chill right down my back. I was some little way off,",276
The Yellow Face,"so that I could not make out the features, but there was something",277
The Yellow Face,unnatural and inhuman about the face. That was the impression that I,278
The Yellow Face,"had, and I moved quickly forwards to get a nearer view of the person",279
The Yellow Face,"who was watching me. But as I did so the face suddenly disappeared,",280
The Yellow Face,so suddenly that it seemed to have been plucked away into the,281
The Yellow Face,darkness of the room. I stood for five minutes thinking the business,282
The Yellow Face,"over, and trying to analyze my impressions. I could not tell if the",283
The Yellow Face,face were that of a man or a woman. It had been too far from me for,284
The Yellow Face,that. But its color was what had impressed me most. It was of a livid,285
The Yellow Face,"chalky white, and with something set and rigid about it which was",286
The Yellow Face,shockingly unnatural. So disturbed was I that I determined to see a,287
The Yellow Face,little more of the new inmates of the cottage. I approached and,288
The Yellow Face,"knocked at the door, which was instantly opened by a tall, gaunt",289
The Yellow Face,"woman with a harsh, forbidding face.",290
The Yellow Face,,291
The Yellow Face,"""'What may you be wantin'?' she asked, in a Northern accent.",292
The Yellow Face,,293
The Yellow Face,"""'I am your neighbor over yonder,' said I, nodding towards my house.",294
The Yellow Face,"'I see that you have only just moved in, so I thought that if I could",295
The Yellow Face,be of any help to you in any--',296
The Yellow Face,,297
The Yellow Face,"""'Ay, we'll just ask ye when we want ye,' said she, and shut the door",298
The Yellow Face,"in my face. Annoyed at the churlish rebuff, I turned my back and",299
The Yellow Face,"walked home. All evening, though I tried to think of other things, my",300
The Yellow Face,mind would still turn to the apparition at the window and the,301
The Yellow Face,rudeness of the woman. I determined to say nothing about the former,302
The Yellow Face,"to my wife, for she is a nervous, highly strung woman, and I had no",303
The Yellow Face,wish that she would share the unpleasant impression which had been,304
The Yellow Face,"produced upon myself. I remarked to her, however, before I fell",305
The Yellow Face,"asleep, that the cottage was now occupied, to which she returned no",306
The Yellow Face,reply.,307
The Yellow Face,,308
The Yellow Face,"""I am usually an extremely sound sleeper. It has been a standing jest",309
The Yellow Face,in the family that nothing could ever wake me during the night. And,310
The Yellow Face,"yet somehow on that particular night, whether it may have been the",311
The Yellow Face,"slight excitement produced by my little adventure or not I know not,",312
The Yellow Face,but I slept much more lightly than usual. Half in my dreams I was,313
The Yellow Face,"dimly conscious that something was going on in the room, and",314
The Yellow Face,gradually became aware that my wife had dressed herself and was,315
The Yellow Face,slipping on her mantle and her bonnet. My lips were parted to murmur,316
The Yellow Face,out some sleepy words of surprise or remonstrance at this untimely,317
The Yellow Face,"preparation, when suddenly my half-opened eyes fell upon her face,",318
The Yellow Face,"illuminated by the candle-light, and astonishment held me dumb. She",319
The Yellow Face,wore an expression such as I had never seen before--such as I should,320
The Yellow Face,have thought her incapable of assuming. She was deadly pale and,321
The Yellow Face,"breathing fast, glancing furtively towards the bed as she fastened",322
The Yellow Face,"her mantle, to see if she had disturbed me. Then, thinking that I was",323
The Yellow Face,"still asleep, she slipped noiselessly from the room, and an instant",324
The Yellow Face,later I heard a sharp creaking which could only come from the hinges,325
The Yellow Face,of the front door. I sat up in bed and rapped my knuckles against the,326
The Yellow Face,rail to make certain that I was truly awake. Then I took my watch,327
The Yellow Face,from under the pillow. It was three in the morning. What on this,328
The Yellow Face,earth could my wife be doing out on the country road at three in the,329
The Yellow Face,morning?,330
The Yellow Face,,331
The Yellow Face,"""I had sat for about twenty minutes turning the thing over in my mind",332
The Yellow Face,"and trying to find some possible explanation. The more I thought, the",333
The Yellow Face,more extraordinary and inexplicable did it appear. I was still,334
The Yellow Face,"puzzling over it when I heard the door gently close again, and her",335
The Yellow Face,footsteps coming up the stairs.,336
The Yellow Face,,337
The Yellow Face,"""'Where in the world have you been, Effie?' I asked as she entered.",338
The Yellow Face,,339
The Yellow Face,"""She gave a violent start and a kind of gasping cry when I spoke, and",340
The Yellow Face,"that cry and start troubled me more than all the rest, for there was",341
The Yellow Face,something indescribably guilty about them. My wife had always been a,342
The Yellow Face,"woman of a frank, open nature, and it gave me a chill to see her",343
The Yellow Face,"slinking into her own room, and crying out and wincing when her own",344
The Yellow Face,husband spoke to her.,345
The Yellow Face,,346
The Yellow Face,"""'You awake, Jack!' she cried, with a nervous laugh. 'Why, I thought",347
The Yellow Face,that nothing could awake you.',348
The Yellow Face,,349
The Yellow Face,"""'Where have you been?' I asked, more sternly.",350
The Yellow Face,,351
The Yellow Face,"""'I don't wonder that you are surprised,' said she, and I could see",352
The Yellow Face,that her fingers were trembling as she undid the fastenings of her,353
The Yellow Face,"mantle. 'Why, I never remember having done such a thing in my life",354
The Yellow Face,"before. The fact is that I felt as though I were choking, and had a",355
The Yellow Face,perfect longing for a breath of fresh air. I really think that I,356
The Yellow Face,should have fainted if I had not gone out. I stood at the door for a,357
The Yellow Face,"few minutes, and now I am quite myself again.'",358
The Yellow Face,,359
The Yellow Face,"""All the time that she was telling me this story she never once",360
The Yellow Face,"looked in my direction, and her voice was quite unlike her usual",361
The Yellow Face,tones. It was evident to me that she was saying what was false. I,362
The Yellow Face,"said nothing in reply, but turned my face to the wall, sick at heart,",363
The Yellow Face,with my mind filled with a thousand venomous doubts and suspicions.,364
The Yellow Face,What was it that my wife was concealing from me? Where had she been,365
The Yellow Face,during that strange expedition? I felt that I should have no peace,366
The Yellow Face,"until I knew, and yet I shrank from asking her again after once she",367
The Yellow Face,had told me what was false. All the rest of the night I tossed and,368
The Yellow Face,"tumbled, framing theory after theory, each more unlikely than the",369
The Yellow Face,last.,370
The Yellow Face,,371
The Yellow Face,"""I should have gone to the City that day, but I was too disturbed in",372
The Yellow Face,my mind to be able to pay attention to business matters. My wife,373
The Yellow Face,"seemed to be as upset as myself, and I could see from the little",374
The Yellow Face,questioning glances which she kept shooting at me that she understood,375
The Yellow Face,"that I disbelieved her statement, and that she was at her wits' end",376
The Yellow Face,"what to do. We hardly exchanged a word during breakfast, and",377
The Yellow Face,"immediately afterwards I went out for a walk, that I might think the",378
The Yellow Face,matter out in the fresh morning air.,379
The Yellow Face,,380
The Yellow Face,"""I went as far as the Crystal Palace, spent an hour in the grounds,",381
The Yellow Face,and was back in Norbury by one o'clock. It happened that my way took,382
The Yellow Face,"me past the cottage, and I stopped for an instant to look at the",383
The Yellow Face,"windows, and to see if I could catch a glimpse of the strange face",384
The Yellow Face,"which had looked out at me on the day before. As I stood there,",385
The Yellow Face,"imagine my surprise, Mr. Holmes, when the door suddenly opened and my",386
The Yellow Face,wife walked out.,387
The Yellow Face,,388
The Yellow Face,"""I was struck dumb with astonishment at the sight of her; but my",389
The Yellow Face,emotions were nothing to those which showed themselves upon her face,390
The Yellow Face,when our eyes met. She seemed for an instant to wish to shrink back,391
The Yellow Face,"inside the house again; and then, seeing how useless all concealment",392
The Yellow Face,"must be, she came forward, with a very white face and frightened eyes",393
The Yellow Face,which belied the smile upon her lips.,394
The Yellow Face,,395
The Yellow Face,"""'Ah, Jack,' she said, 'I have just been in to see if I can be of any",396
The Yellow Face,"assistance to our new neighbors. Why do you look at me like that,",397
The Yellow Face,Jack? You are not angry with me?',398
The Yellow Face,,399
The Yellow Face,"""'So,' said I, 'this is where you went during the night.'",400
The Yellow Face,,401
The Yellow Face,"""'What do you mean?' she cried.",402
The Yellow Face,,403
The Yellow Face,"""'You came here. I am sure of it. Who are these people, that you",404
The Yellow Face,should visit them at such an hour?',405
The Yellow Face,,406
The Yellow Face,"""'I have not been here before.'",407
The Yellow Face,,408
The Yellow Face,"""'How can you tell me what you know is false?' I cried. 'Your very",409
The Yellow Face,voice changes as you speak. When have I ever had a secret from you? I,410
The Yellow Face,"shall enter that cottage, and I shall probe the matter to the",411
The Yellow Face,bottom.',412
The Yellow Face,,413
The Yellow Face,"""'No, no, Jack, for God's sake!' she gasped, in uncontrollable",414
The Yellow Face,"emotion. Then, as I approached the door, she seized my sleeve and",415
The Yellow Face,pulled me back with convulsive strength.,416
The Yellow Face,,417
The Yellow Face,"""'I implore you not to do this, Jack,' she cried. 'I swear that I",418
The Yellow Face,"will tell you everything some day, but nothing but misery can come of",419
The Yellow Face,"it if you enter that cottage.' Then, as I tried to shake her off, she",420
The Yellow Face,clung to me in a frenzy of entreaty.,421
The Yellow Face,,422
The Yellow Face,"""'Trust me, Jack!' she cried. 'Trust me only this once. You will",423
The Yellow Face,never have cause to regret it. You know that I would not have a,424
The Yellow Face,secret from you if it were not for your own sake. Our whole lives are,425
The Yellow Face,"at stake in this. If you come home with me, all will be well. If you",426
The Yellow Face,"force your way into that cottage, all is over between us.'",427
The Yellow Face,,428
The Yellow Face,"""There was such earnestness, such despair, in her manner that her",429
The Yellow Face,"words arrested me, and I stood irresolute before the door.",430
The Yellow Face,,431
The Yellow Face,"""'I will trust you on one condition, and on one condition only,' said",432
The Yellow Face,I at last. 'It is that this mystery comes to an end from now. You are,433
The Yellow Face,"at liberty to preserve your secret, but you must promise me that",434
The Yellow Face,"there shall be no more nightly visits, no more doings which are kept",435
The Yellow Face,from my knowledge. I am willing to forget those which are passed if,436
The Yellow Face,you will promise that there shall be no more in the future.',437
The Yellow Face,,438
The Yellow Face,"""'I was sure that you would trust me,' she cried, with a great sigh",439
The Yellow Face,"of relief. 'It shall be just as you wish. Come away--oh, come away up",440
The Yellow Face,to the house.',441
The Yellow Face,,442
The Yellow Face,"""Still pulling at my sleeve, she led me away from the cottage. As we",443
The Yellow Face,"went I glanced back, and there was that yellow livid face watching us",444
The Yellow Face,out of the upper window. What link could there be between that,445
The Yellow Face,"creature and my wife? Or how could the coarse, rough woman whom I had",446
The Yellow Face,"seen the day before be connected with her? It was a strange puzzle,",447
The Yellow Face,and yet I knew that my mind could never know ease again until I had,448
The Yellow Face,solved it.,449
The Yellow Face,,450
The Yellow Face,"""For two days after this I stayed at home, and my wife appeared to",451
The Yellow Face,"abide loyally by our engagement, for, as far as I know, she never",452
The Yellow Face,"stirred out of the house. On the third day, however, I had ample",453
The Yellow Face,evidence that her solemn promise was not enough to hold her back from,454
The Yellow Face,this secret influence which drew her away from her husband and her,455
The Yellow Face,duty.,456
The Yellow Face,,457
The Yellow Face,"""I had gone into town on that day, but I returned by the 2.40 instead",458
The Yellow Face,"of the 3.36, which is my usual train. As I entered the house the maid",459
The Yellow Face,ran into the hall with a startled face.,460
The Yellow Face,,461
The Yellow Face,"""'Where is your mistress?' I asked.",462
The Yellow Face,,463
The Yellow Face,"""'I think that she has gone out for a walk,' she answered.",464
The Yellow Face,,465
The Yellow Face,"""My mind was instantly filled with suspicion. I rushed upstairs to",466
The Yellow Face,make sure that she was not in the house. As I did so I happened to,467
The Yellow Face,"glance out of one of the upper windows, and saw the maid with whom I",468
The Yellow Face,had just been speaking running across the field in the direction of,469
The Yellow Face,the cottage. Then of course I saw exactly what it all meant. My wife,470
The Yellow Face,"had gone over there, and had asked the servant to call her if I",471
The Yellow Face,"should return. Tingling with anger, I rushed down and hurried across,",472
The Yellow Face,determined to end the matter once and forever. I saw my wife and the,473
The Yellow Face,"maid hurrying back along the lane, but I did not stop to speak with",474
The Yellow Face,them. In the cottage lay the secret which was casting a shadow over,475
The Yellow Face,"my life. I vowed that, come what might, it should be a secret no",476
The Yellow Face,"longer. I did not even knock when I reached it, but turned the handle",477
The Yellow Face,and rushed into the passage.,478
The Yellow Face,,479
The Yellow Face,"""It was all still and quiet upon the ground floor. In the kitchen a",480
The Yellow Face,"kettle was singing on the fire, and a large black cat lay coiled up",481
The Yellow Face,in the basket; but there was no sign of the woman whom I had seen,482
The Yellow Face,"before. I ran into the other room, but it was equally deserted. Then",483
The Yellow Face,"I rushed up the stairs, only to find two other rooms empty and",484
The Yellow Face,deserted at the top. There was no one at all in the whole house. The,485
The Yellow Face,furniture and pictures were of the most common and vulgar,486
The Yellow Face,"description, save in the one chamber at the window of which I had",487
The Yellow Face,"seen the strange face. That was comfortable and elegant, and all my",488
The Yellow Face,suspicions rose into a fierce bitter flame when I saw that on the,489
The Yellow Face,"mantelpiece stood a copy of a full-length photograph of my wife,",490
The Yellow Face,which had been taken at my request only three months ago.,491
The Yellow Face,,492
The Yellow Face,"""I stayed long enough to make certain that the house was absolutely",493
The Yellow Face,"empty. Then I left it, feeling a weight at my heart such as I had",494
The Yellow Face,never had before. My wife came out into the hall as I entered my,495
The Yellow Face,"house; but I was too hurt and angry to speak with her, and pushing",496
The Yellow Face,"past her, I made my way into my study. She followed me, however,",497
The Yellow Face,before I could close the door.,498
The Yellow Face,,499
The Yellow Face,"""'I am sorry that I broke my promise, Jack,' said she; 'but if you",500
The Yellow Face,knew all the circumstances I am sure that you would forgive me.',501
The Yellow Face,,502
The Yellow Face,"""'Tell me everything, then,' said I.",503
The Yellow Face,,504
The Yellow Face,"""'I cannot, Jack, I cannot,' she cried.",505
The Yellow Face,,506
The Yellow Face,"""'Until you tell me who it is that has been living in that cottage,",507
The Yellow Face,"and who it is to whom you have given that photograph, there can never",508
The Yellow Face,"be any confidence between us,' said I, and breaking away from her, I",509
The Yellow Face,"left the house. That was yesterday, Mr. Holmes, and I have not seen",510
The Yellow Face,"her since, nor do I know anything more about this strange business.",511
The Yellow Face,"It is the first shadow that has come between us, and it has so shaken",512
The Yellow Face,me that I do not know what I should do for the best. Suddenly this,513
The Yellow Face,"morning it occurred to me that you were the man to advise me, so I",514
The Yellow Face,"have hurried to you now, and I place myself unreservedly in your",515
The Yellow Face,"hands. If there is any point which I have not made clear, pray",516
The Yellow Face,"question me about it. But, above all, tell me quickly what I am to",517
The Yellow Face,"do, for this misery is more than I can bear.""",518
The Yellow Face,,519
The Yellow Face,Holmes and I had listened with the utmost interest to this,520
The Yellow Face,"extraordinary statement, which had been delivered in the jerky,",521
The Yellow Face,broken fashion of a man who is under the influence of extreme,522
The Yellow Face,"emotions. My companion sat silent for some time, with his chin upon",523
The Yellow Face,"his hand, lost in thought.",524
The Yellow Face,,525
The Yellow Face,"""Tell me,"" said he at last, ""could you swear that this was a man's",526
The Yellow Face,"face which you saw at the window?""",527
The Yellow Face,,528
The Yellow Face,"""Each time that I saw it I was some distance away from it, so that it",529
The Yellow Face,"is impossible for me to say.""",530
The Yellow Face,,531
The Yellow Face,"""You appear, however, to have been disagreeably impressed by it.""",532
The Yellow Face,,533
The Yellow Face,"""It seemed to be of an unnatural color, and to have a strange",534
The Yellow Face,"rigidity about the features. When I approached, it vanished with a",535
The Yellow Face,"jerk.""",536
The Yellow Face,,537
The Yellow Face,"""How long is it since your wife asked you for a hundred pounds?""",538
The Yellow Face,,539
The Yellow Face,"""Nearly two months.""",540
The Yellow Face,,541
The Yellow Face,"""Have you ever seen a photograph of her first husband?""",542
The Yellow Face,,543
The Yellow Face,"""No; there was a great fire at Atlanta very shortly after his death,",544
The Yellow Face,"and all her papers were destroyed.""",545
The Yellow Face,,546
The Yellow Face,"""And yet she had a certificate of death. You say that you saw it.""",547
The Yellow Face,,548
The Yellow Face,"""Yes; she got a duplicate after the fire.""",549
The Yellow Face,,550
The Yellow Face,"""Did you ever meet any one who knew her in America?""",551
The Yellow Face,,552
The Yellow Face,"""No.""",553
The Yellow Face,,554
The Yellow Face,"""Did she ever talk of revisiting the place?""",555
The Yellow Face,,556
The Yellow Face,"""No.""",557
The Yellow Face,,558
The Yellow Face,"""Or get letters from it?""",559
The Yellow Face,,560
The Yellow Face,"""No.""",561
The Yellow Face,,562
The Yellow Face,"""Thank you. I should like to think over the matter a little now. If",563
The Yellow Face,the cottage is now permanently deserted we may have some difficulty.,564
The Yellow Face,"If, on the other hand, as I fancy is more likely, the inmates were",565
The Yellow Face,"warned of your coming, and left before you entered yesterday, then",566
The Yellow Face,"they may be back now, and we should clear it all up easily. Let me",567
The Yellow Face,"advise you, then, to return to Norbury, and to examine the windows of",568
The Yellow Face,"the cottage again. If you have reason to believe that is inhabited,",569
The Yellow Face,"do not force your way in, but send a wire to my friend and me. We",570
The Yellow Face,"shall be with you within an hour of receiving it, and we shall then",571
The Yellow Face,"very soon get to the bottom of the business.""",572
The Yellow Face,,573
The Yellow Face,"""And if it is still empty?""",574
The Yellow Face,,575
The Yellow Face,"""In that case I shall come out to-morrow and talk it over with you.",576
The Yellow Face,"Good-bye, and, above all, do not fret until you know that you really",577
The Yellow Face,"have a cause for it.""",578
The Yellow Face,,579
The Yellow Face,"""I am afraid that this is a bad business, Watson,"" said my companion,",580
The Yellow Face,"as he returned after accompanying Mr. Grant Munro to the door. ""What",581
The Yellow Face,"do you make of it?""",582
The Yellow Face,,583
The Yellow Face,"""It had an ugly sound,"" I answered.",584
The Yellow Face,,585
The Yellow Face,"""Yes. There's blackmail in it, or I am much mistaken.""",586
The Yellow Face,,587
The Yellow Face,"""And who is the blackmailer?""",588
The Yellow Face,,589
The Yellow Face,"""Well, it must be the creature who lives in the only comfortable room",590
The Yellow Face,"in the place, and has her photograph above his fireplace. Upon my",591
The Yellow Face,"word, Watson, there is something very attractive about that livid",592
The Yellow Face,"face at the window, and I would not have missed the case for worlds.""",593
The Yellow Face,,594
The Yellow Face,"""You have a theory?""",595
The Yellow Face,,596
The Yellow Face,"""Yes, a provisional one. But I shall be surprised if it does not turn",597
The Yellow Face,"out to be correct. This woman's first husband is in that cottage.""",598
The Yellow Face,,599
The Yellow Face,"""Why do you think so?""",600
The Yellow Face,,601
The Yellow Face,"""How else can we explain her frenzied anxiety that her second one",602
The Yellow Face,"should not enter it? The facts, as I read them, are something like",603
The Yellow Face,this: This woman was married in America. Her husband developed some,604
The Yellow Face,hateful qualities; or shall we say that he contracted some loathsome,605
The Yellow Face,"disease, and became a leper or an imbecile? She flies from him at",606
The Yellow Face,"last, returns to England, changes her name, and starts her life, as",607
The Yellow Face,"she thinks, afresh. She has been married three years, and believes",608
The Yellow Face,"that her position is quite secure, having shown her husband the death",609
The Yellow Face,"certificate of some man whose name she has assumed, when suddenly her",610
The Yellow Face,"whereabouts is discovered by her first husband; or, we may suppose,",611
The Yellow Face,by some unscrupulous woman who has attached herself to the invalid.,612
The Yellow Face,"They write to the wife, and threaten to come and expose her. She asks",613
The Yellow Face,"for a hundred pounds, and endeavors to buy them off. They come in",614
The Yellow Face,"spite of it, and when the husband mentions casually to the wife that",615
The Yellow Face,"there are new-comers in the cottage, she knows in some way that they",616
The Yellow Face,"are her pursuers. She waits until her husband is asleep, and then she",617
The Yellow Face,rushes down to endeavor to persuade them to leave her in peace.,618
The Yellow Face,"Having no success, she goes again next morning, and her husband meets",619
The Yellow Face,"her, as he has told us, as she comes out. She promises him then not",620
The Yellow Face,"to go there again, but two days afterwards the hope of getting rid of",621
The Yellow Face,"those dreadful neighbors was too strong for her, and she made another",622
The Yellow Face,"attempt, taking down with her the photograph which had probably been",623
The Yellow Face,demanded from her. In the midst of this interview the maid rushed in,624
The Yellow Face,"to say that the master had come home, on which the wife, knowing that",625
The Yellow Face,"he would come straight down to the cottage, hurried the inmates out",626
The Yellow Face,"at the back door, into the grove of fir-trees, probably, which was",627
The Yellow Face,mentioned as standing near. In this way he found the place deserted.,628
The Yellow Face,"I shall be very much surprised, however, if it still so when he",629
The Yellow Face,"reconnoitres it this evening. What do you think of my theory?""",630
The Yellow Face,,631
The Yellow Face,"""It is all surmise.""",632
The Yellow Face,,633
The Yellow Face,"""But at least it covers all the facts. When new facts come to our",634
The Yellow Face,"knowledge which cannot be covered by it, it will be time enough to",635
The Yellow Face,reconsider it. We can do nothing more until we have a message from,636
The Yellow Face,"our friend at Norbury.""",637
The Yellow Face,,638
The Yellow Face,But we had not a very long time to wait for that. It came just as we,639
The Yellow Face,had finished our tea.,640
The Yellow Face,,641
The Yellow Face,"""The cottage is still tenanted,"" it said. ""Have seen the face again",642
The Yellow Face,"at the window. Will meet the seven o'clock train, and will take no",643
The Yellow Face,"steps until you arrive.""",644
The Yellow Face,,645
The Yellow Face,"He was waiting on the platform when we stepped out, and we could see",646
The Yellow Face,"in the light of the station lamps that he was very pale, and",647
The Yellow Face,quivering with agitation.,648
The Yellow Face,,649
The Yellow Face,"""They are still there, Mr. Holmes,"" said he, laying his hand hard",650
The Yellow Face,"upon my friend's sleeve. ""I saw lights in the cottage as I came down.",651
The Yellow Face,"We shall settle it now once and for all.""",652
The Yellow Face,,653
The Yellow Face,"""What is your plan, then?"" asked Holmes, as he walked down the dark",654
The Yellow Face,tree-lined road.,655
The Yellow Face,,656
The Yellow Face,"""I am going to force my way in and see for myself who is in the",657
The Yellow Face,"house. I wish you both to be there as witnesses.""",658
The Yellow Face,,659
The Yellow Face,"""You are quite determined to do this, in spite of your wife's warning",660
The Yellow Face,"that it is better that you should not solve the mystery?""",661
The Yellow Face,,662
The Yellow Face,"""Yes, I am determined.""",663
The Yellow Face,,664
The Yellow Face,"""Well, I think that you are in the right. Any truth is better than",665
The Yellow Face,"indefinite doubt. We had better go up at once. Of course, legally, we",666
The Yellow Face,are putting ourselves hopelessly in the wrong; but I think that it is,667
The Yellow Face,"worth it.""",668
The Yellow Face,,669
The Yellow Face,"It was a very dark night, and a thin rain began to fall as we turned",670
The Yellow Face,"from the high road into a narrow lane, deeply rutted, with hedges on",671
The Yellow Face,"either side. Mr. Grant Munro pushed impatiently forward, however, and",672
The Yellow Face,we stumbled after him as best we could.,673
The Yellow Face,,674
The Yellow Face,"""There are the lights of my house,"" he murmured, pointing to a",675
The Yellow Face,"glimmer among the trees. ""And here is the cottage which I am going to",676
The Yellow Face,"enter.""",677
The Yellow Face,,678
The Yellow Face,"We turned a corner in the lane as he spoke, and there was the",679
The Yellow Face,building close beside us. A yellow bar falling across the black,680
The Yellow Face,"foreground showed that the door was not quite closed, and one window",681
The Yellow Face,"in the upper story was brightly illuminated. As we looked, we saw a",682
The Yellow Face,dark blur moving across the blind.,683
The Yellow Face,,684
The Yellow Face,"""There is that creature!"" cried Grant Munro. ""You can see for",685
The Yellow Face,"yourselves that some one is there. Now follow me, and we shall soon",686
The Yellow Face,"know all.""",687
The Yellow Face,,688
The Yellow Face,We approached the door; but suddenly a woman appeared out of the,689
The Yellow Face,shadow and stood in the golden track of the lamp-light. I could not,690
The Yellow Face,"see her face in the darkness, but her arms were thrown out in an",691
The Yellow Face,attitude of entreaty.,692
The Yellow Face,,693
The Yellow Face,"""For God's sake, don't Jack!"" she cried. ""I had a presentiment that",694
The Yellow Face,"you would come this evening. Think better of it, dear! Trust me",695
The Yellow Face,"again, and you will never have cause to regret it.""",696
The Yellow Face,,697
The Yellow Face,"""I have trusted you too long, Effie,"" he cried, sternly. ""Leave go of",698
The Yellow Face,me! I must pass you. My friends and I are going to settle this matter,699
The Yellow Face,"once and forever!"" He pushed her to one side, and we followed closely",700
The Yellow Face,after him. As he threw the door open an old woman ran out in front of,701
The Yellow Face,"him and tried to bar his passage, but he thrust her back, and an",702
The Yellow Face,instant afterwards we were all upon the stairs. Grant Munro rushed,703
The Yellow Face,"into the lighted room at the top, and we entered at his heels.",704
The Yellow Face,,705
The Yellow Face,"It was a cosy, well-furnished apartment, with two candles burning",706
The Yellow Face,"upon the table and two upon the mantelpiece. In the corner, stooping",707
The Yellow Face,"over a desk, there sat what appeared to be a little girl. Her face",708
The Yellow Face,"was turned away as we entered, but we could see that she was dressed",709
The Yellow Face,"in a red frock, and that she had long white gloves on. As she whisked",710
The Yellow Face,"round to us, I gave a cry of surprise and horror. The face which she",711
The Yellow Face,"turned towards us was of the strangest livid tint, and the features",712
The Yellow Face,were absolutely devoid of any expression. An instant later the,713
The Yellow Face,"mystery was explained. Holmes, with a laugh, passed his hand behind",714
The Yellow Face,"the child's ear, a mask peeled off from her countenance, an there was",715
The Yellow Face,"a little coal black negress, with all her white teeth flashing in",716
The Yellow Face,"amusement at our amazed faces. I burst out laughing, out of sympathy",717
The Yellow Face,"with her merriment; but Grant Munro stood staring, with his hand",718
The Yellow Face,clutching his throat.,719
The Yellow Face,,720
The Yellow Face,"""My God!"" he cried. ""What can be the meaning of this?""",721
The Yellow Face,,722
The Yellow Face,"""I will tell you the meaning of it,"" cried the lady, sweeping into",723
The Yellow Face,"the room with a proud, set face. ""You have forced me, against my own",724
The Yellow Face,"judgment, to tell you, and now we must both make the best of it. My",725
The Yellow Face,"husband died at Atlanta. My child survived.""",726
The Yellow Face,,727
The Yellow Face,"""Your child?""",728
The Yellow Face,,729
The Yellow Face,"She drew a large silver locket from her bosom. ""You have never seen",730
The Yellow Face,"this open.""",731
The Yellow Face,,732
The Yellow Face,"""I understood that it did not open.""",733
The Yellow Face,,734
The Yellow Face,"She touched a spring, and the front hinged back. There was a portrait",735
The Yellow Face,"within of a man strikingly handsome and intelligent-looking, but",736
The Yellow Face,bearing unmistakable signs upon his features of his African descent.,737
The Yellow Face,,738
The Yellow Face,"""That is John Hebron, of Atlanta,"" said the lady, ""and a nobler man",739
The Yellow Face,never walked the earth. I cut myself off from my race in order to wed,740
The Yellow Face,"him, but never once while he lived did I for an instant regret it. It",741
The Yellow Face,was our misfortune that our only child took after his people rather,742
The Yellow Face,"than mine. It is often so in such matches, and little Lucy is darker",743
The Yellow Face,"far than ever her father was. But dark or fair, she is my own dear",744
The Yellow Face,"little girlie, and her mother's pet."" The little creature ran across",745
The Yellow Face,"at the words and nestled up against the lady's dress. ""When I left",746
The Yellow Face,"her in America,"" she continued, ""it was only because her health was",747
The Yellow Face,"weak, and the change might have done her harm. She was given to the",748
The Yellow Face,care of a faithful Scotch woman who had once been our servant. Never,749
The Yellow Face,for an instant did I dream of disowning her as my child. But when,750
The Yellow Face,"chance threw you in my way, Jack, and I learned to love you, I feared",751
The Yellow Face,"to tell you about my child. God forgive me, I feared that I should",752
The Yellow Face,"lose you, and I had not the courage to tell you. I had to choose",753
The Yellow Face,"between you, and in my weakness I turned away from my own little",754
The Yellow Face,"girl. For three years I have kept her existence a secret from you,",755
The Yellow Face,"but I heard from the nurse, and I knew that all was well with her. At",756
The Yellow Face,"last, however, there came an overwhelming desire to see the child",757
The Yellow Face,"once more. I struggled against it, but in vain. Though I knew the",758
The Yellow Face,"danger, I determined to have the child over, if it were but for a few",759
The Yellow Face,"weeks. I sent a hundred pounds to the nurse, and I gave her",760
The Yellow Face,"instructions about this cottage, so that she might come as a",761
The Yellow Face,"neighbor, without my appearing to be in any way connected with her. I",762
The Yellow Face,pushed my precautions so far as to order her to keep the child in the,763
The Yellow Face,"house during the daytime, and to cover up her little face and hands",764
The Yellow Face,so that even those who might see her at the window should not gossip,765
The Yellow Face,about there being a black child in the neighborhood. If I had been,766
The Yellow Face,"less cautious I might have been more wise, but I was half crazy with",767
The Yellow Face,fear that you should learn the truth.,768
The Yellow Face,,769
The Yellow Face,"""It was you who told me first that the cottage was occupied. I should",770
The Yellow Face,"have waited for the morning, but I could not sleep for excitement,",771
The Yellow Face,"and so at last I slipped out, knowing how difficult it is to awake",772
The Yellow Face,"you. But you saw me go, and that was the beginning of my troubles.",773
The Yellow Face,"Next day you had my secret at your mercy, but you nobly refrained",774
The Yellow Face,"from pursuing your advantage. Three days later, however, the nurse",775
The Yellow Face,and child only just escaped from the back door as you rushed in at,776
The Yellow Face,"the front one. And now to-night you at last know all, and I ask you",777
The Yellow Face,"what is to become of us, my child and me?"" She clasped her hands and",778
The Yellow Face,waited for an answer.,779
The Yellow Face,,780
The Yellow Face,"It was a long ten minutes before Grant Munro broke the silence, and",781
The Yellow Face,when his answer came it was one of which I love to think. He lifted,782
The Yellow Face,"the little child, kissed her, and then, still carrying her, he held",783
The Yellow Face,his other hand out to his wife and turned towards the door.,784
The Yellow Face,,785
The Yellow Face,"""We can talk it over more comfortably at home,"" said he. ""I am not a",786
The Yellow Face,"very good man, Effie, but I think that I am a better one than you",787
The Yellow Face,"have given me credit for being.""",788
The Yellow Face,,789
The Yellow Face,"Holmes and I followed them down the lane, and my friend plucked at my",790
The Yellow Face,sleeve as we came out.,791
The Yellow Face,,792
The Yellow Face,"""I think,"" said he, ""that we shall be of more use in London than in",793
The Yellow Face,"Norbury.""",794
The Yellow Face,,795
The Yellow Face,"Not another word did he say of the case until late that night, when",796
The Yellow Face,"he was turning away, with his lighted candle, for his bedroom.",797
The Yellow Face,,798
The Yellow Face,"""Watson,"" said he, ""if it should ever strike you that I am getting a",799
The Yellow Face,"little over-confident in my powers, or giving less pains to a case",800
The Yellow Face,"than it deserves, kindly whisper 'Norbury' in my ear, and I shall be",801
The Yellow Face,"infinitely obliged to you.""",802
The Yellow Face,,803
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,THE STOCK-BROKER'S CLERK,1
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,2
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,Shortly after my marriage I had bought a connection in the Paddington,3
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"district. Old Mr. Farquhar, from whom I purchased it, had at one time",4
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"an excellent general practice; but his age, and an affliction of the",5
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"nature of St. Vitus's dance from which he suffered, had very much",6
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,thinned it. The public not unnaturally goes on the principle that he,7
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"who would heal others must himself be whole, and looks askance at the",8
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,curative powers of the man whose own case is beyond the reach of his,9
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"drugs. Thus as my predecessor weakened his practice declined, until",10
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,when I purchased it from him it had sunk from twelve hundred to,11
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"little more than three hundred a year. I had confidence, however, in",12
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"my own youth and energy, and was convinced that in a very few years",13
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,the concern would be as flourishing as ever.,14
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,15
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,For three months after taking over the practice I was kept very,16
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"closely at work, and saw little of my friend Sherlock Holmes, for I",17
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"was too busy to visit Baker Street, and he seldom went anywhere",18
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"himself save upon professional business. I was surprised, therefore,",19
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"when, one morning in June, as I sat reading the British Medical",20
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"Journal after breakfast, I heard a ring at the bell, followed by the",21
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"high, somewhat strident tones of my old companion's voice.",22
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,23
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""Ah, my dear Watson,"" said he, striding into the room, ""I am very",24
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,delighted to see you! I trust that Mrs. Watson has entirely recovered,25
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,from all the little excitements connected with our adventure of the,26
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"Sign of Four.""",27
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,28
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""Thank you, we are both very well,"" said I, shaking him warmly by the",29
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,hand.,30
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,31
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""And I hope, also,"" he continued, sitting down in the rocking-chair,",32
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""that the cares of medical practice have not entirely obliterated the",33
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"interest which you used to take in our little deductive problems.""",34
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,35
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""On the contrary,"" I answered, ""it was only last night that I was",36
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"looking over my old notes, and classifying some of our past results.""",37
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,38
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""I trust that you don't consider your collection closed.""",39
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,40
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""Not at all. I should wish nothing better than to have some more of",41
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"such experiences.""",42
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,43
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""To-day, for example?""",44
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,45
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""Yes, to-day, if you like.""",46
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,47
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""And as far off as Birmingham?""",48
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,49
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""Certainly, if you wish it.""",50
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,51
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""And the practice?""",52
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,53
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""I do my neighbor's when he goes. He is always ready to work off the",54
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"debt.""",55
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,56
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""Ha! Nothing could be better,"" said Holmes, leaning back in his chair",57
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"and looking keenly at me from under his half closed lids. ""I perceive",58
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,that you have been unwell lately. Summer colds are always a little,59
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"trying.""",60
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,61
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""I was confined to the house by a severe chill for three days last",62
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"week. I thought, however, that I had cast off every trace of it.""",63
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,64
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""So you have. You look remarkably robust.""",65
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,66
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""How, then, did you know of it?""",67
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,68
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""My dear fellow, you know my methods.""",69
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,70
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""You deduced it, then?""",71
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,72
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""Certainly.""",73
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,74
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""And from what?""",75
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,76
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""From your slippers.""",77
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,78
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"I glanced down at the new patent leathers which I was wearing. ""How",79
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"on earth--"" I began, but Holmes answered my question before it was",80
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,asked.,81
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,82
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""Your slippers are new,"" he said. ""You could not have had them more",83
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,than a few weeks. The soles which you are at this moment presenting,84
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,to me are slightly scorched. For a moment I thought they might have,85
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,got wet and been burned in the drying. But near the instep there is a,86
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,small circular wafer of paper with the shopman's hieroglyphics upon,87
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"it. Damp would of course have removed this. You had, then, been",88
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"sitting with our feet outstretched to the fire, which a man would",89
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,hardly do even in so wet a June as this if he were in his full,90
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"health.""",91
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,92
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,Like all Holmes's reasoning the thing seemed simplicity itself when,93
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"it was once explained. He read the thought upon my features, and his",94
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,smile had a tinge of bitterness.,95
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,96
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""I am afraid that I rather give myself away when I explain,"" said he.",97
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""Results without causes are much more impressive. You are ready to",98
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"come to Birmingham, then?""",99
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,100
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""Certainly. What is the case?""",101
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,102
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""You shall hear it all in the train. My client is outside in a",103
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"four-wheeler. Can you come at once?""",104
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,105
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""In an instant."" I scribbled a note to my neighbor, rushed upstairs",106
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"to explain the matter to my wife, and joined Holmes upon the",107
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,door-step.,108
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,109
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""Your neighbor is a doctor,"" said he, nodding at the brass plate.",110
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,111
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""Yes; he bought a practice as I did.""",112
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,113
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""An old-established one?""",114
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,115
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""Just the same as mine. Both have been ever since the houses were",116
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"built.""",117
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,118
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""Ah! Then you got hold of the best of the two.""",119
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,120
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""I think I did. But how do you know?""",121
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,122
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""By the steps, my boy. Yours are worn three inches deeper than his.",123
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"But this gentleman in the cab is my client, Mr. Hall Pycroft. Allow",124
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"me to introduce you to him. Whip your horse up, cabby, for we have",125
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"only just time to catch our train.""",126
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,127
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"The man whom I found myself facing was a well built,",128
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"fresh-complexioned young fellow, with a frank, honest face and a",129
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"slight, crisp, yellow mustache. He wore a very shiny top hat and a",130
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"neat suit of sober black, which made him look what he was--a smart",131
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"young City man, of the class who have been labeled cockneys, but who",132
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"give us our crack volunteer regiments, and who turn out more fine",133
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,athletes and sportsmen than any body of men in these islands. His,134
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"round, ruddy face was naturally full of cheeriness, but the corners",135
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,of his mouth seemed to me to be pulled down in a half-comical,136
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"distress. It was not, however, until we were all in a first-class",137
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,carriage and well started upon our journey to Birmingham that I was,138
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,able to learn what the trouble was which had driven him to Sherlock,139
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,Holmes.,140
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,141
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""We have a clear run here of seventy minutes,"" Holmes remarked. ""I",142
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"want you, Mr. Hall Pycroft, to tell my friend your very interesting",143
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"experience exactly as you have told it to me, or with more detail if",144
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,possible. It will be of use to me to hear the succession of events,145
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"again. It is a case, Watson, which may prove to have something in it,",146
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"or may prove to have nothing, but which, at least, presents those",147
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,unusual and outré features which are as dear to you as they are to,148
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"me. Now, Mr. Pycroft, I shall not interrupt you again.""",149
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,150
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,Our young companion looked at me with a twinkle in his eye.,151
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,152
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""The worst of the story is,"" said he, ""that I show myself up as such",153
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"a confounded fool. Of course it may work out all right, and I don't",154
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,see that I could have done otherwise; but if I have lost my crib and,155
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,get nothing in exchange I shall feel what a soft Johnnie I have been.,156
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"I'm not very good at telling a story, Dr. Watson, but it is like this",157
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,with me:,158
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,159
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""I used to have a billet at Coxon & Woodhouse's, of Draper's Gardens,",160
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"but they were let in early in the spring through the Venezuelan loan,",161
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"as no doubt you remember, and came a nasty cropper. I had been with",162
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"them five years, and old Coxon gave me a ripping good testimonial",163
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"when the smash came, but of course we clerks were all turned adrift,",164
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"the twenty-seven of us. I tried here and tried there, but there were",165
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"lots of other chaps on the same lay as myself, and it was a perfect",166
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,frost for a long time. I had been taking three pounds a week at,167
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"Coxon's, and I had saved about seventy of them, but I soon worked my",168
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,way through that and out at the other end. I was fairly at the end of,169
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"my tether at last, and could hardly find the stamps to answer the",170
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,advertisements or the envelopes to stick them to. I had worn out my,171
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"boots paddling up office stairs, and I seemed just as far from",172
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,getting a billet as ever.,173
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,174
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""At last I saw a vacancy at Mawson & Williams's, the great",175
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,stock-broking firm in Lombard Street. I dare say E. C. is not much in,176
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"your line, but I can tell you that this is about the richest house in",177
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,London. The advertisement was to be answered by letter only. I sent,178
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"in my testimonial and application, but without the least hope of",179
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"getting it. Back came an answer by return, saying that if I would",180
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"appear next Monday I might take over my new duties at once, provided",181
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,that my appearance was satisfactory. No one knows how these things,182
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,are worked. Some people say that the manager just plunges his hand,183
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,into the heap and takes the first that comes. Anyhow it was my,184
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"innings that time, and I don't ever wish to feel better pleased. The",185
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"screw was a pound a week rise, and the duties just about the same as",186
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,at Coxon's.,187
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,188
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""And now I come to the queer part of the business. I was in diggings",189
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"out Hampstead way, 17 Potter's Terrace. Well, I was sitting doing a",190
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"smoke that very evening after I had been promised the appointment,",191
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"when up came my landlady with a card which had ""Arthur Pinner,",192
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"Financial Agent,"" printed upon it. I had never heard the name before",193
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"and could not imagine what he wanted with me; but, of course, I asked",194
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"her to show him up. In he walked, a middle-sized, dark-haired,",195
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"dark-eyed, black-bearded man, with a touch of the sheeny about his",196
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"nose. He had a brisk kind of way with him and spoke sharply, like a",197
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,man who knew the value of time.,198
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,199
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""'Mr. Hall Pycroft, I believe?' said he.",200
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,201
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""'Yes, sir,' I answered, pushing a chair towards him.",202
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,203
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""'Lately engaged at Coxon & Woodhouse's?'",204
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,205
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""'Yes, sir.'",206
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,207
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""'And now on the staff of Mawson's.'",208
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,209
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""'Quite so.'",210
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,211
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""'Well,' said he, 'the fact is that I have heard some really",212
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,extraordinary stories about your financial ability. You remember,213
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"Parker, who used to be Coxon's manager? He can never say enough about",214
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,it.',215
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,216
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""Of course I was pleased to hear this. I had always been pretty sharp",217
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"in the office, but I had never dreamed that I was talked about in the",218
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,City in this fashion.,219
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,220
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""'You have a good memory?' said he.",221
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,222
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""'Pretty fair,' I answered, modestly.",223
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,224
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""'Have you kept in touch with the market while you have been out of",225
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,work?' he asked.,226
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,227
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""'Yes. I read the stock exchange list every morning.'",228
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,229
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""'Now that shows real application!' he cried. 'That is the way to",230
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"prosper! You won't mind my testing you, will you? Let me see. How are",231
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,Ayrshires?',232
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,233
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""'A hundred and six and a quarter to a hundred and five and",234
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,seven-eighths.',235
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,236
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""'And New Zealand consolidated?'",237
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,238
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""'A hundred and four.'",239
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,240
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""'And British Broken Hills?'",241
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,242
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""'Seven to seven-and-six.'",243
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,244
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""'Wonderful!' he cried, with his hands up. 'This quite fits in with",245
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"all that I had heard. My boy, my boy, you are very much too good to",246
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,be a clerk at Mawson's!',247
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,248
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""This outburst rather astonished me, as you can think. 'Well,' said",249
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"I, 'other people don't think quite so much of me as you seem to do,",250
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"Mr. Pinner. I had a hard enough fight to get this berth, and I am",251
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,very glad to have it.',252
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,253
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""'Pooh, man; you should soar above it. You are not in your true",254
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"sphere. Now, I'll tell you how it stands with me. What I have to",255
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"offer is little enough when measured by your ability, but when",256
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"compared with Mawson's, it's light to dark. Let me see. When do you",257
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,go to Mawson's?',258
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,259
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""'On Monday.'",260
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,261
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""'Ha, ha! I think I would risk a little sporting flutter that you",262
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,don't go there at all.',263
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,264
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""'Not go to Mawson's?'",265
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,266
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""'No, sir. By that day you will be the business manager of the",267
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"Franco-Midland Hardware Company, Limited, with a hundred and",268
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"thirty-four branches in the towns and villages of France, not",269
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,counting one in Brussels and one in San Remo.',270
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,271
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""This took my breath away. 'I never heard of it,' said I.",272
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,273
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""'Very likely not. It has been kept very quiet, for the capital was",274
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"all privately subscribed, and it's too good a thing to let the public",275
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"into. My brother, Harry Pinner, is promoter, and joins the board",276
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,after allotment as managing director. He knew I was in the swim down,277
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"here, and asked me to pick up a good man cheap. A young, pushing man",278
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"with plenty of snap about him. Parker spoke of you, and that brought",279
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,me here tonight. We can only offer you a beggarly five hundred to,280
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,start with.',281
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,282
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""'Five hundred a year!' I shouted.",283
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,284
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""'Only that at the beginning; but you are to have an overriding",285
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"commission of one per cent on all business done by your agents, and",286
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,you may take my word for it that this will come to more than your,287
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,salary.',288
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,289
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""'But I know nothing about hardware.'",290
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,291
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""'Tut, my boy; you know about figures.'",292
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,293
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""My head buzzed, and I could hardly sit still in my chair. But",294
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,suddenly a little chill of doubt came upon me.,295
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,296
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""'I must be frank with you,' said I. 'Mawson only gives me two",297
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"hundred, but Mawson is safe. Now, really, I know so little about your",298
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,company that--',299
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,300
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""'Ah, smart, smart!' he cried, in a kind of ecstasy of delight. 'You",301
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"are the very man for us. You are not to be talked over, and quite",302
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"right, too. Now, here's a note for a hundred pounds, and if you think",303
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,that we can do business you may just slip it into your pocket as an,304
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,advance upon your salary.',305
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,306
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""'That is very handsome,' said I. 'When should I take over my new",307
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,duties?',308
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,309
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""'Be in Birmingham to-morrow at one,' said he. 'I have a note in my",310
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,pocket here which you will take to my brother. You will find him at,311
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"126b Corporation Street, where the temporary offices of the company",312
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"are situated. Of course he must confirm your engagement, but between",313
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,ourselves it will be all right.',314
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,315
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""'Really, I hardly know how to express my gratitude, Mr. Pinner,'",316
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,said I.,317
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,318
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""'Not at all, my boy. You have only got your desserts. There are one",319
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,or two small things--mere formalities--which I must arrange with you.,320
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"You have a bit of paper beside you there. Kindly write upon it ""I am",321
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,perfectly willing to act as business manager to the Franco-Midland,322
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"Hardware Company, Limited, at a minimum salary of £500.""'",323
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,324
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""I did as he asked, and he put the paper in his pocket.",325
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,326
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""'There is one other detail,' said he. 'What do you intend to do",327
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,about Mawson's?',328
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,329
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""I had forgotten all about Mawson's in my joy. 'I'll write and",330
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"resign,' said I.",331
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,332
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""'Precisely what I don't want you to do. I had a row over you with",333
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"Mawson's manager. I had gone up to ask him about you, and he was very",334
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,offensive; accused me of coaxing you away from the service of the,335
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"firm, and that sort of thing. At last I fairly lost my temper. ""If",336
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"you want good men you should pay them a good price,"" said I.",337
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,338
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""'""He would rather have our small price than your big one,"" said he.",339
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,340
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""'""I'll lay you a fiver,"" said I, ""that when he has my offer you'll",341
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"never so much as hear from him again.""",342
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,343
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""'""Done!"" said he. ""We picked him out of the gutter, and he won't",344
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"leave us so easily."" Those were his very words.'",345
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,346
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""'The impudent scoundrel!' I cried. 'I've never so much as seen him",347
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,in my life. Why should I consider him in any way? I shall certainly,348
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,not write if you would rather I didn't.',349
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,350
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""'Good! That's a promise,' said he, rising from his chair. 'Well, I'm",351
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,delighted to have got so good a man for my brother. Here's your,352
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"advance of a hundred pounds, and here is the letter. Make a note of",353
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"the address, 126b Corporation Street, and remember that one o'clock",354
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,to-morrow is your appointment. Good-night; and may you have all the,355
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,fortune that you deserve!',356
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,357
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""That's just about all that passed between us, as near as I can",358
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"remember. You can imagine, Dr. Watson, how pleased I was at such an",359
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,extraordinary bit of good fortune. I sat up half the night hugging,360
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"myself over it, and next day I was off to Birmingham in a train that",361
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,would take me in plenty time for my appointment. I took my things to,362
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"a hotel in New Street, and then I made my way to the address which",363
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,had been given me.,364
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,365
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""It was a quarter of an hour before my time, but I thought that would",366
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"make no difference. 126b was a passage between two large shops, which",367
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"led to a winding stone stair, from which there were many flats, let",368
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,as offices to companies or professional men. The names of the,369
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"occupants were painted at the bottom on the wall, but there was no",370
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"such name as the Franco-Midland Hardware Company, Limited. I stood",371
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"for a few minutes with my heart in my boots, wondering whether the",372
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"whole thing was an elaborate hoax or not, when up came a man and",373
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"addressed me. He was very like the chap I had seen the night before,",374
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"the same figure and voice, but he was clean shaven and his hair was",375
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,lighter.,376
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,377
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""'Are you Mr. Hall Pycroft?' he asked.",378
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,379
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""'Yes,' said I.",380
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,381
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""'Oh! I was expecting you, but you are a trifle before your time. I",382
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,had a note from my brother this morning in which he sang your praises,383
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,very loudly.',384
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,385
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""'I was just looking for the offices when you came.'",386
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,387
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""'We have not got our name up yet, for we only secured these",388
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"temporary premises last week. Come up with me, and we will talk the",389
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,matter over.',390
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,391
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""I followed him to the top of a very lofty stair, and there, right",392
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"under the slates, were a couple of empty, dusty little rooms,",393
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"uncarpeted and uncurtained, into which he led me. I had thought of a",394
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"great office with shining tables and rows of clerks, such as I was",395
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"used to, and I dare say I stared rather straight at the two deal",396
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"chairs and one little table, which, with a ledger and a waste paper",397
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"basket, made up the whole furniture.",398
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,399
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""'Don't be disheartened, Mr. Pycroft,' said my new acquaintance,",400
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"seeing the length of my face. 'Rome was not built in a day, and we",401
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"have lots of money at our backs, though we don't cut much dash yet in",402
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"offices. Pray sit down, and let me have your letter.'",403
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,404
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""I gave it to him, and her read it over very carefully.",405
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,406
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""'You seem to have made a vast impression upon my brother Arthur,'",407
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,said he; 'and I know that he is a pretty shrewd judge. He swears by,408
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"London, you know; and I by Birmingham; but this time I shall follow",409
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,his advice. Pray consider yourself definitely engaged.',410
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,411
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""'What are my duties?' I asked.",412
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,413
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""'You will eventually manage the great depot in Paris, which will",414
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,pour a flood of English crockery into the shops of a hundred and,415
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,thirty-four agents in France. The purchase will be completed in a,416
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"week, and meanwhile you will remain in Birmingham and make yourself",417
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,useful.',418
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,419
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""'How?'",420
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,421
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""For answer, he took a big red book out of a drawer.",422
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,423
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""'This is a directory of Paris,' said he, 'with the trades after the",424
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"names of the people. I want you to take it home with you, and to mark",425
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"off all the hardware sellers, with their addresses. It would be of",426
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,the greatest use to me to have them.',427
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,428
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""'Surely there are classified lists?' I suggested.",429
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,430
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""'Not reliable ones. Their system is different from ours. Stick at",431
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"it, and let me have the lists by Monday, at twelve. Good-day, Mr.",432
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,Pycroft. If you continue to show zeal and intelligence you will find,433
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,the company a good master.',434
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,435
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""I went back to the hotel with the big book under my arm, and with",436
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"very conflicting feelings in my breast. On the one hand, I was",437
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,definitely engaged and had a hundred pounds in my pocket; on the,438
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"other, the look of the offices, the absence of name on the wall, and",439
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,other of the points which would strike a business man had left a bad,440
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"impression as to the position of my employers. However, come what",441
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"might, I had my money, so I settled down to my task. All Sunday I was",442
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"kept hard at work, and yet by Monday I had only got as far as H. I",443
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"went round to my employer, found him in the same dismantled kind of",444
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"room, and was told to keep at it until Wednesday, and then come",445
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"again. On Wednesday it was still unfinished, so I hammered away until",446
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"Friday--that is, yesterday. Then I brought it round to Mr. Harry",447
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,Pinner.,448
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,449
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""'Thank you very much,' said he; 'I fear that I underrated the",450
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,difficulty of the task. This list will be of very material assistance,451
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,to me.',452
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,453
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""'It took some time,' said I.",454
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,455
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""'And now,' said he, 'I want you to make a list of the furniture",456
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"shops, for they all sell crockery.'",457
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,458
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""'Very good.'",459
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,460
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""'And you can come up to-morrow evening, at seven, and let me know",461
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,how you are getting on. Don't overwork yourself. A couple of hours at,462
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,Day's Music Hall in the evening would do you no harm after your,463
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"labors.' He laughed as he spoke, and I saw with a thrill that his",464
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,second tooth upon the left-hand side had been very badly stuffed with,465
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"gold.""",466
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,467
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"Sherlock Holmes rubbed his hands with delight, and I stared with",468
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,astonishment at our client.,469
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,470
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""You may well look surprised, Dr. Watson; but it is this way,"" said",471
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"he: ""When I was speaking to the other chap in London, at the time",472
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"that he laughed at my not going to Mawson's, I happened to notice",473
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,that his tooth was stuffed in this very identical fashion. The glint,474
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"of the gold in each case caught my eye, you see. When I put that with",475
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"the voice and figure being the same, and only those things altered",476
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"which might be changed by a razor or a wig, I could not doubt that it",477
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"was the same man. Of course you expect two brothers to be alike, but",478
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,not that they should have the same tooth stuffed in the same way. He,479
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"bowed me out, and I found myself in the street, hardly knowing",480
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"whether I was on my head or my heels. Back I went to my hotel, put my",481
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"head in a basin of cold water, and tried to think it out. Why had he",482
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,sent me from London to Birmingham? Why had he got there before me?,483
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,And why had he written a letter from himself to himself? It was,484
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"altogether too much for me, and I could make no sense of it. And then",485
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,suddenly it struck me that what was dark to me might be very light to,486
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,Mr. Sherlock Holmes. I had just time to get up to town by the night,487
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"train to see him this morning, and to bring you both back with me to",488
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"Birmingham.""",489
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,490
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,There was a pause after the stock-broker's clerk had concluded his,491
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"surprising experience. Then Sherlock Holmes cocked his eye at me,",492
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"leaning back on the cushions with a pleased and yet critical face,",493
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,like a connoisseur who has just taken his first sip of a comet,494
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,vintage.,495
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,496
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""Rather fine, Watson, is it not?"" said he. ""There are points in it",497
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,which please me. I think that you will agree with me that an,498
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,interview with Mr. Arthur Harry Pinner in the temporary offices of,499
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"the Franco-Midland Hardware Company, Limited, would be a rather",500
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"interesting experience for both of us.""",501
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,502
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""But how can we do it?"" I asked.",503
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,504
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""Oh, easily enough,"" said Hall Pycroft, cheerily. ""You are two",505
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"friends of mine who are in want of a billet, and what could be more",506
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,natural than that I should bring you both round to the managing,507
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"director?""",508
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,509
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""Quite so, of course,"" said Holmes. ""I should like to have a look at",510
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"the gentleman, and see if I can make anything of his little game.",511
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"What qualities have you, my friend, which would make your services so",512
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"valuable? Or is it possible that--"" He began biting his nails and",513
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"staring blankly out of the window, and we hardly drew another word",514
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,from him until we were in New Street.,515
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,516
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"At seven o'clock that evening we were walking, the three of us, down",517
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,Corporation Street to the company's offices.,518
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,519
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""It is no use our being at all before our time,"" said our client. ""He",520
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"only comes there to see me, apparently, for the place is deserted up",521
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"to the very hour he names.""",522
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,523
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""That is suggestive,"" remarked Holmes.",524
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,525
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""By Jove, I told you so!"" cried the clerk. ""That's he walking ahead",526
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"of us there.""",527
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,528
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"He pointed to a smallish, dark, well-dressed man who was bustling",529
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,along the other side of the road. As we watched him he looked across,530
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"at a boy who was bawling out the latest edition of the evening paper,",531
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"and running over among the cabs and busses, he bought one from him.",532
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"Then, clutching it in his hand, he vanished through a door-way.",533
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,534
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""There he goes!"" cried Hall Pycroft. ""These are the company's offices",535
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"into which he has gone. Come with me, and I'll fix it up as easily as",536
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"possible.""",537
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,538
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"Following his lead, we ascended five stories, until we found",539
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"ourselves outside a half-opened door, at which our client tapped. A",540
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"voice within bade us enter, and we entered a bare, unfurnished room",541
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,such as Hall Pycroft had described. At the single table sat the man,542
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"whom we had seen in the street, with his evening paper spread out in",543
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"front of him, and as he looked up at us it seemed to me that I had",544
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"never looked upon a face which bore such marks of grief, and of",545
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,something beyond grief--of a horror such as comes to few men in a,546
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"lifetime. His brow glistened with perspiration, his cheeks were of",547
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"the dull, dead white of a fish's belly, and his eyes were wild and",548
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"staring. He looked at his clerk as though he failed to recognize him,",549
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,and I could see by the astonishment depicted upon our conductor's,550
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,face that this was by no means the usual appearance of his employer.,551
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,552
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""You look ill, Mr. Pinner!"" he exclaimed.",553
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,554
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""Yes, I am not very well,"" answered the other, making obvious efforts",555
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"to pull himself together, and licking his dry lips before he spoke.",556
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""Who are these gentlemen whom you have brought with you?""",557
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,558
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""One is Mr. Harris, of Bermondsey, and the other is Mr. Price, of",559
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"this town,"" said our clerk, glibly. ""They are friends of mine and",560
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"gentlemen of experience, but they have been out of a place for some",561
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"little time, and they hoped that perhaps you might find an opening",562
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"for them in the company's employment.""",563
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,564
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""Very possibly! Very possibly!"" cried Mr. Pinner with a ghastly",565
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"smile. ""Yes, I have no doubt that we shall be able to do something",566
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"for you. What is your particular line, Mr. Harris?""",567
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,568
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""I am an accountant,"" said Holmes.",569
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,570
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""Ah yes, we shall want something of the sort. And you, Mr. Price?""",571
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,572
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""A clerk,"" said I.",573
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,574
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""I have every hope that the company may accommodate you. I will let",575
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,you know about it as soon as we come to any conclusion. And now I beg,576
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"that you will go. For God's sake leave me to myself!""",577
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,578
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"These last words were shot out of him, as though the constraint which",579
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,he was evidently setting upon himself had suddenly and utterly burst,580
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"asunder. Holmes and I glanced at each other, and Hall Pycroft took a",581
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,step towards the table.,582
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,583
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""You forget, Mr. Pinner, that I am here by appointment to receive",584
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"some directions from you,"" said he.",585
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,586
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""Certainly, Mr. Pycroft, certainly,"" the other resumed in a calmer",587
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"tone. ""You may wait here a moment; and there is no reason why your",588
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,friends should not wait with you. I will be entirely at your service,589
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"in three minutes, if I might trespass upon your patience so far."" He",590
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"rose with a very courteous air, and, bowing to us, he passed out",591
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"through a door at the farther end of the room, which he closed behind",592
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,him.,593
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,594
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""What now?"" whispered Holmes. ""Is he giving us the slip?""",595
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,596
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""Impossible,"" answered Pycroft.",597
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,598
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""Why so?""",599
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,600
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""That door leads into an inner room.""",601
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,602
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""There is no exit?""",603
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,604
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""None.""",605
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,606
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""Is it furnished?""",607
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,608
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""It was empty yesterday.""",609
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,610
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""Then what on earth can he be doing? There is something which I don't",611
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,understand in his manner. If ever a man was three parts mad with,612
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"terror, that man's name is Pinner. What can have put the shivers on",613
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"him?""",614
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,615
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""He suspects that we are detectives,"" I suggested.",616
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,617
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""That's it,"" cried Pycroft.",618
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,619
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"Holmes shook his head. ""He did not turn pale. He was pale when we",620
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"entered the room,"" said he. ""It is just possible that--""",621
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,622
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,His words were interrupted by a sharp rat-tat from the direction of,623
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,the inner door.,624
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,625
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""What the deuce is he knocking at his own door for?"" cried the clerk.",626
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,627
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,Again and much louder cam the rat-tat-tat. We all gazed expectantly,628
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"at the closed door. Glancing at Holmes, I saw his face turn rigid,",629
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,and he leaned forward in intense excitement. Then suddenly came a low,630
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"guggling, gargling sound, and a brisk drumming upon woodwork. Holmes",631
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,sprang frantically across the room and pushed at the door. It was,632
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"fastened on the inner side. Following his example, we threw ourselves",633
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"upon it with all our weight. One hinge snapped, then the other, and",634
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"down came the door with a crash. Rushing over it, we found ourselves",635
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,in the inner room. It was empty.,636
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,637
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"But it was only for a moment that we were at fault. At one corner,",638
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"the corner nearest the room which we had left, there was a second",639
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,door. Holmes sprang to it and pulled it open. A coat and waistcoat,640
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"were lying on the floor, and from a hook behind the door, with his",641
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"own braces round his neck, was hanging the managing director of the",642
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"Franco-Midland Hardware Company. His knees were drawn up, his head",643
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"hung at a dreadful angle to his body, and the clatter of his heels",644
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,against the door made the noise which had broken in upon our,645
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"conversation. In an instant I had caught him round the waist, and",646
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,held him up while Holmes and Pycroft untied the elastic bands which,647
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,had disappeared between the livid creases of skin. Then we carried,648
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"him into the other room, where he lay with a clay-colored face,",649
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,puffing his purple lips in and out with every breath--a dreadful,650
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,wreck of all that he had been but five minutes before.,651
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,652
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""What do you think of him, Watson?"" asked Holmes.",653
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,654
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,I stooped over him and examined him. His pulse was feeble and,655
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"intermittent, but his breathing grew longer, and there was a little",656
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"shivering of his eyelids, which showed a thin white slit of ball",657
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,beneath.,658
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,659
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""It has been touch and go with him,"" said I, ""but he'll live now.",660
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"Just open that window, and hand me the water carafe."" I undid his",661
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"collar, poured the cold water over his face, and raised and sank his",662
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"arms until he drew a long, natural breath. ""It's only a question of",663
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"time now,"" said I, as I turned away from him.",664
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,665
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"Holmes stood by the table, with his hands deep in his trouser's",666
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,pockets and his chin upon his breast.,667
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,668
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""I suppose we ought to call the police in now,"" said he. ""And yet I",669
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"confess that I'd like to give them a complete case when they come.""",670
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,671
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""It's a blessed mystery to me,"" cried Pycroft, scratching his head.",672
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""Whatever they wanted to bring me all the way up here for, and",673
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"then--""",674
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,675
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""Pooh! All that is clear enough,"" said Holmes impatiently. ""It is",676
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"this last sudden move.""",677
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,678
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""You understand the rest, then?""",679
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,680
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""I think that it is fairly obvious. What do you say, Watson?""",681
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,682
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"I shrugged my shoulders. ""I must confess that I am out of my depths,""",683
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,said I.,684
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,685
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""Oh surely if you consider the events at first they can only point to",686
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"one conclusion.""",687
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,688
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""What do you make of them?""",689
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,690
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""Well, the whole thing hinges upon two points. The first is the",691
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,making of Pycroft write a declaration by which he entered the service,692
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,of this preposterous company. Do you not see how very suggestive that,693
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"is?""",694
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,695
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""I am afraid I miss the point.""",696
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,697
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""Well, why did they want him to do it? Not as a business matter, for",698
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"these arrangements are usually verbal, and there was no earthly",699
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"business reason why this should be an exception. Don't you see, my",700
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"young friend, that they were very anxious to obtain a specimen of",701
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"your handwriting, and had no other way of doing it?""",702
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,703
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""And why?""",704
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,705
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""Quite so. Why? When we answer that we have made some progress with",706
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,our little problem. Why? There can be only one adequate reason.,707
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"Someone wanted to learn to imitate your writing, and had to procure a",708
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,specimen of it first. And now if we pass on to the second point we,709
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,find that each throws light upon the other. That point is the request,710
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"made by Pinner that you should not resign your place, but should",711
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,leave the manager of this important business in the full expectation,712
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"that a Mr. Hall Pycroft, whom he had never seen, was about to enter",713
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"the office upon the Monday morning.""",714
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,715
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""My God!"" cried our client, ""what a blind beetle I have been!""",716
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,717
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""Now you see the point about the handwriting. Suppose that some one",718
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,turned up in your place who wrote a completely different hand from,719
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"that in which you had applied for the vacancy, of course the game",720
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,would have been up. But in the interval the rogue had learned to,721
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"imitate you, and his position was therefore secure, as I presume that",722
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"nobody in the office had ever set eyes upon you.""",723
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,724
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""Not a soul,"" groaned Hall Pycroft.",725
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,726
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""Very good. Of course it was of the utmost importance to prevent you",727
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"from thinking better of it, and also to keep you from coming into",728
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,contact with any one who might tell you that your double was at work,729
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,in Mawson's office. Therefore they gave you a handsome advance on,730
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"your salary, and ran you off to the Midlands, where they gave you",731
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"enough work to do to prevent your going to London, where you might",732
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"have burst their little game up. That is all plain enough.""",733
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,734
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""But why should this man pretend to be his own brother?""",735
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,736
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""Well, that is pretty clear also. There are evidently only two of",737
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,them in it. The other is impersonating you at the office. This one,738
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"acted as your engager, and then found that he could not find you an",739
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,employer without admitting a third person into his plot. That he was,740
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"most unwilling to do. He changed his appearance as far as he could,",741
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"and trusted that the likeness, which you could not fail to observe,",742
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,would be put down to a family resemblance. But for the happy chance,743
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"of the gold stuffing, your suspicions would probably never have been",744
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"aroused.""",745
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,746
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"Hall Pycroft shook his clinched hands in the air. ""Good Lord!"" he",747
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"cried, ""while I have been fooled in this way, what has this other",748
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"Hall Pycroft been doing at Mawson's? What should we do, Mr. Holmes?",749
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"Tell me what to do.""",750
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,751
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""We must wire to Mawson's.""",752
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,753
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""They shut at twelve on Saturdays.""",754
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,755
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""Never mind. There may be some door-keeper or attendant--""",756
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,757
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""Ah yes, they keep a permanent guard there on account of the value of",758
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,the securities that they hold. I remember hearing it talked of in the,759
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"City.""",760
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,761
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""Very good; we shall wire to him, and see if all is well, and if a",762
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,clerk of your name is working there. That is clear enough; but what,763
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,is not so clear is why at sight of us one of the rogues should,764
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"instantly walk out of the room and hang himself.""",765
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,766
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""The paper!"" croaked a voice behind us. The man was sitting up,",767
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"blanched and ghastly, with returning reason in his eyes, and hands",768
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,which rubbed nervously at the broad red band which still encircled,769
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,his throat.,770
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,771
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""The paper! Of course!"" yelled Holmes, in a paroxysm of excitement.",772
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""Idiot that I was! I thought so must of our visit that the paper",773
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"never entered my head for an instant. To be sure, the secret must be",774
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"there."" He flattened it out upon the table, and a cry of triumph",775
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"burst from his lips. ""Look at this, Watson,"" he cried. ""It is a",776
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"London paper, an early edition of the Evening Standard. Here is what",777
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,we want. Look at the headlines: 'Crime in the City. Murder at Mawson,778
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,& Williams's. Gigantic attempted Robbery. Capture of the Criminal.',779
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"Here, Watson, we are all equally anxious to hear it, so kindly read",780
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"it aloud to us.""",781
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,782
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,It appeared from its position in the paper to have been the one event,783
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"of importance in town, and the account of it ran in this way:",784
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,785
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""A desperate attempt at robbery, culminating in the death of one man",786
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"and the capture of the criminal, occurred this afternoon in the City.",787
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"For some time back Mawson & Williams, the famous financial house,",788
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,have been the guardians of securities which amount in the aggregate,789
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,to a sum of considerably over a million sterling. So conscious was,790
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,the manager of the responsibility which devolved upon him in,791
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,consequence of the great interests at stake that safes of the very,792
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"latest construction have been employed, and an armed watchman has",793
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,been left day and night in the building. It appears that last week a,794
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,new clerk named Hall Pycroft was engaged by the firm. This person,795
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"appears to have been none other that Beddington, the famous forger",796
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"and cracksman, who, with his brother, had only recently emerged from",797
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"a five years' spell of penal servitude. By some means, which are not",798
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"yet clear, he succeeded in winning, under a false name, this official",799
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"position in the office, which he utilized in order to obtain moulding",800
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"of various locks, and a thorough knowledge of the position of the",801
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,strong room and the safes.,802
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""It is customary at Mawson's for the clerks to leave at midday on",803
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"Saturday. Sergeant Tuson, of the City Police, was somewhat surprised,",804
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,therefore to see a gentleman with a carpet bag come down the steps at,805
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"twenty minutes past one. His suspicions being aroused, the sergeant",806
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"followed the man, and with the aid of Constable Pollack succeeded,",807
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"after a most desperate resistance, in arresting him. It was at once",808
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,clear that a daring and gigantic robbery had been committed. Nearly a,809
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"hundred thousand pounds' worth of American railway bonds, with a",810
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"large amount of scrip in mines and other companies, was discovered in",811
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,the bag. On examining the premises the body of the unfortunate,812
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,watchman was found doubled up and thrust into the largest of the,813
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"safes, where it would not have been discovered until Monday morning",814
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,had it not been for the prompt action of Sergeant Tuson. The man's,815
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,skull had been shattered by a blow from a poker delivered from,816
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,behind. There could be no doubt that Beddington had obtained entrance,817
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"by pretending that he had left something behind him, and having",818
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"murdered the watchman, rapidly rifled the large safe, and then made",819
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"off with his booty. His brother, who usually works with him, has not",820
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"appeared in this job as far as can at present be ascertained,",821
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,although the police are making energetic inquiries as to his,822
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"whereabouts.""",823
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,824
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""Well, we may save the police some little trouble in that direction,""",825
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"said Holmes, glancing at the haggard figure huddled up by the window.",826
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"""Human nature is a strange mixture, Watson. You see that even a",827
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,villain and murderer can inspire such affection that his brother,828
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"turns to suicide when he learns that his neck is forfeited. However,",829
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,we have no choice as to our action. The doctor and I will remain on,830
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"guard, Mr. Pycroft, if you will have the kindness to step out for the",831
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,"police.""",832
The Stock-Broker's Clerk,,833
"The ""Gloria Scott""","THE ""GLORIA SCOTT""",1
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,2
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""I have some papers here,"" said my friend Sherlock Holmes, as we sat",3
"The ""Gloria Scott""","one winter's night on either side of the fire, ""which I really think,",4
"The ""Gloria Scott""","Watson, that it would be worth your while to glance over. These are",5
"The ""Gloria Scott""","the documents in the extraordinary case of the Gloria Scott, and this",6
"The ""Gloria Scott""",is the message which struck Justice of the Peace Trevor dead with,7
"The ""Gloria Scott""","horror when he read it.""",8
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,9
"The ""Gloria Scott""","He had picked from a drawer a little tarnished cylinder, and, undoing",10
"The ""Gloria Scott""","the tape, he handed me a short note scrawled upon a half-sheet of",11
"The ""Gloria Scott""",slate gray-paper.,12
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,13
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""The supply of game for London is going steadily up,"" it ran.",14
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""Head-keeper Hudson, we believe, has been now told to receive all",15
"The ""Gloria Scott""",orders for fly-paper and for preservation of your hen-pheasant's,16
"The ""Gloria Scott""","life.""",17
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,18
"The ""Gloria Scott""","As I glanced up from reading this enigmatical message, I saw Holmes",19
"The ""Gloria Scott""",chuckling at the expression upon my face.,20
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,21
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""You look a little bewildered,"" said he.",22
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,23
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""I cannot see how such a message as this could inspire horror. It",24
"The ""Gloria Scott""","seems to me to be rather grotesque than otherwise.""",25
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,26
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""Very likely. Yet the fact remains that the reader, who was a fine,",27
"The ""Gloria Scott""","robust old man, was knocked clean down by it as if it had been the",28
"The ""Gloria Scott""","butt end of a pistol.""",29
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,30
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""You arouse my curiosity,"" said I. ""But why did you say just now that",31
"The ""Gloria Scott""","there were very particular reasons why I should study this case?""",32
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,33
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""Because it was the first in which I was ever engaged.""",34
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,35
"The ""Gloria Scott""",I had often endeavored to elicit from my companion what had first,36
"The ""Gloria Scott""","turned his mind in the direction of criminal research, but had never",37
"The ""Gloria Scott""",caught him before in a communicative humor. Now he sat forward in his,38
"The ""Gloria Scott""",arm-chair and spread out the documents upon his knees. Then he lit,39
"The ""Gloria Scott""",his pipe and sat for some time smoking and turning them over.,40
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,41
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""You never heard me talk of Victor Trevor?"" he asked. ""He was the",42
"The ""Gloria Scott""",only friend I made during the two years I was at college. I was never,43
"The ""Gloria Scott""","a very sociable fellow, Watson, always rather fond of moping in my",44
"The ""Gloria Scott""","rooms and working out my own little methods of thought, so that I",45
"The ""Gloria Scott""",never mixed much with the men of my year. Bar fencing and boxing I,46
"The ""Gloria Scott""","had few athletic tastes, and then my line of study was quite distinct",47
"The ""Gloria Scott""","from that of the other fellows, so that we had no points of contact",48
"The ""Gloria Scott""","at all. Trevor was the only man I knew, and that only through the",49
"The ""Gloria Scott""",accident of his bull terrier freezing on to my ankle one morning as I,50
"The ""Gloria Scott""",went down to chapel.,51
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,52
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""It was a prosaic way of forming a friendship, but it was effective.",53
"The ""Gloria Scott""","I was laid by the heels for ten days, but Trevor used to come in to",54
"The ""Gloria Scott""","inquire after me. At first it was only a minute's chat, but soon his",55
"The ""Gloria Scott""","visits lengthened, and before the end of the term we were close",56
"The ""Gloria Scott""","friends. He was a hearty, full-blooded fellow, full of spirits and",57
"The ""Gloria Scott""","energy, the very opposite to me in most respects, but we had some",58
"The ""Gloria Scott""","subjects in common, and it was a bond of union when I found that he",59
"The ""Gloria Scott""","was as friendless as I. Finally, he invited me down to his father's",60
"The ""Gloria Scott""","place at Donnithorpe, in Norfolk, and I accepted his hospitality for",61
"The ""Gloria Scott""",a month of the long vacation.,62
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,63
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""Old Trevor was evidently a man of some wealth and consideration, a",64
"The ""Gloria Scott""","J.P., and a landed proprietor. Donnithorpe is a little hamlet just to",65
"The ""Gloria Scott""","the north of Langmere, in the country of the Broads. The house was an",66
"The ""Gloria Scott""","old-fashioned, wide-spread, oak-beamed brick building, with a fine",67
"The ""Gloria Scott""",lime-lined avenue leading up to it. There was excellent wild-duck,68
"The ""Gloria Scott""","shooting in the fens, remarkably good fishing, a small but select",69
"The ""Gloria Scott""","library, taken over, as I understood, from a former occupant, and a",70
"The ""Gloria Scott""","tolerable cook, so that he would be a fastidious man who could not",71
"The ""Gloria Scott""",put in a pleasant month there.,72
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,73
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""Trevor senior was a widower, and my friend his only son.",74
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,75
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""There had been a daughter, I heard, but she had died of diphtheria",76
"The ""Gloria Scott""",while on a visit to Birmingham. The father interested me extremely.,77
"The ""Gloria Scott""","He was a man of little culture, but with a considerable amount of",78
"The ""Gloria Scott""","rude strength, both physically and mentally. He knew hardly any",79
"The ""Gloria Scott""","books, but he had traveled far, had seen much of the world. And had",80
"The ""Gloria Scott""","remembered all that he had learned. In person he was a thick-set,",81
"The ""Gloria Scott""","burly man with a shock of grizzled hair, a brown, weather-beaten",82
"The ""Gloria Scott""","face, and blue eyes which were keen to the verge of fierceness. Yet",83
"The ""Gloria Scott""","he had a reputation for kindness and charity on the country-side, and",84
"The ""Gloria Scott""",was noted for the leniency of his sentences from the bench.,85
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,86
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""One evening, shortly after my arrival, we were sitting over a glass",87
"The ""Gloria Scott""","of port after dinner, when young Trevor began to talk about those",88
"The ""Gloria Scott""",habits of observation and inference which I had already formed into a,89
"The ""Gloria Scott""","system, although I had not yet appreciated the part which they were",90
"The ""Gloria Scott""",to play in my life. The old man evidently thought that his son was,91
"The ""Gloria Scott""",exaggerating in his description of one or two trivial feats which I,92
"The ""Gloria Scott""",had performed.,93
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,94
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'Come, now, Mr. Holmes,' said he, laughing good-humoredly. 'I'm an",95
"The ""Gloria Scott""","excellent subject, if you can deduce anything from me.'",96
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,97
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'I fear there is not very much,' I answered; 'I might suggest that",98
"The ""Gloria Scott""",you have gone about in fear of some personal attack within the last,99
"The ""Gloria Scott""",twelve months.',100
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,101
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""The laugh faded from his lips, and he stared at me in great",102
"The ""Gloria Scott""",surprise.,103
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,104
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'Well, that's true enough,' said he. 'You know, Victor,' turning to",105
"The ""Gloria Scott""","his son, 'when we broke up that poaching gang they swore to knife us,",106
"The ""Gloria Scott""",and Sir Edward Holly has actually been attacked. I've always been on,107
"The ""Gloria Scott""","my guard since then, though I have no idea how you know it.'",108
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,109
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'You have a very handsome stick,' I answered. 'By the inscription I",110
"The ""Gloria Scott""",observed that you had not had it more than a year. But you have taken,111
"The ""Gloria Scott""",some pains to bore the head of it and pour melted lead into the hole,112
"The ""Gloria Scott""",so as to make it a formidable weapon. I argued that you would not,113
"The ""Gloria Scott""",take such precautions unless you had some danger to fear.',114
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,115
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'Anything else?' he asked, smiling.",116
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,117
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'You have boxed a good deal in your youth.'",118
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,119
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'Right again. How did you know it?  Is my nose knocked a little out",120
"The ""Gloria Scott""",of the straight?',121
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,122
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'No,' said I. 'It is your ears. They have the peculiar flattening",123
"The ""Gloria Scott""",and thickening which marks the boxing man.',124
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,125
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'Anything else?'",126
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,127
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'You have done a good deal of digging by your callosities.'",128
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,129
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'Made all my money at the gold fields.'",130
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,131
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'You have been in New Zealand.'",132
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,133
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'Right again.'",134
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,135
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'You have visited Japan.'",136
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,137
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'Quite true.'",138
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,139
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'And you have been most intimately associated with some one whose",140
"The ""Gloria Scott""","initials were J. A., and whom you afterwards were eager to entirely",141
"The ""Gloria Scott""",forget.',142
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,143
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""Mr. Trevor stood slowly up, fixed his large blue eyes upon me with a",144
"The ""Gloria Scott""","strange wild stare, and then pitched forward, with his face among the",145
"The ""Gloria Scott""","nutshells which strewed the cloth, in a dead faint.",146
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,147
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""You can imagine, Watson, how shocked both his son and I were. His",148
"The ""Gloria Scott""","attack did not last long, however, for when we undid his collar, and",149
"The ""Gloria Scott""","sprinkled the water from one of the finger-glasses over his face, he",150
"The ""Gloria Scott""",gave a gasp or two and sat up.,151
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,152
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'Ah, boys,' said he, forcing a smile, 'I hope I haven't frightened",153
"The ""Gloria Scott""","you. Strong as I look, there is a weak place in my heart, and it does",154
"The ""Gloria Scott""","not take much to knock me over. I don't know how you manage this, Mr.",155
"The ""Gloria Scott""","Holmes, but it seems to me that all the detectives of fact and of",156
"The ""Gloria Scott""","fancy would be children in your hands. That's your line of life, sir,",157
"The ""Gloria Scott""",and you may take the word of a man who has seen something of the,158
"The ""Gloria Scott""",world.',159
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,160
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""And that recommendation, with the exaggerated estimate of my ability",161
"The ""Gloria Scott""","with which he prefaced it, was, if you will believe me, Watson, the",162
"The ""Gloria Scott""",very first thing which ever made me feel that a profession might be,163
"The ""Gloria Scott""",made out of what had up to that time been the merest hobby. At the,164
"The ""Gloria Scott""","moment, however, I was too much concerned at the sudden illness of my",165
"The ""Gloria Scott""",host to think of anything else.,166
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,167
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'I hope that I have said nothing to pain you?' said I.",168
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,169
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'Well, you certainly touched upon rather a tender point. Might I ask",170
"The ""Gloria Scott""","how you know, and how much you know?' He spoke now in a half-jesting",171
"The ""Gloria Scott""","fashion, but a look of terror still lurked at the back of his eyes.",172
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,173
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'It is simplicity itself,' said I. 'When you bared your arm to draw",174
"The ""Gloria Scott""",that fish into the boat I saw that J. A. had been tattooed in the,175
"The ""Gloria Scott""","bend of the elbow. The letters were still legible, but it was",176
"The ""Gloria Scott""","perfectly clear from their blurred appearance, and from the staining",177
"The ""Gloria Scott""","of the skin round them, that efforts had been made to obliterate",178
"The ""Gloria Scott""","them. It was obvious, then, that those initials had once been very",179
"The ""Gloria Scott""","familiar to you, and that you had afterwards wished to forget them.'",180
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,181
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'What an eye you have!' he cried, with a sigh of relief. 'It is just",182
"The ""Gloria Scott""",as you say. But we won't talk of it. Of all ghosts the ghosts of our,183
"The ""Gloria Scott""",old lovers are the worst. Come into the billiard-room and have a,184
"The ""Gloria Scott""",quiet cigar.',185
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,186
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""From that day, amid all his cordiality, there was always a touch of",187
"The ""Gloria Scott""",suspicion in Mr. Trevor's manner towards me. Even his son remarked,188
"The ""Gloria Scott""","it. 'You've given the governor such a turn,' said he, 'that he'll",189
"The ""Gloria Scott""",never be sure again of what you know and what you don't know.' He did,190
"The ""Gloria Scott""","not mean to show it, I am sure, but it was so strongly in his mind",191
"The ""Gloria Scott""",that it peeped out at every action. At last I became so convinced,192
"The ""Gloria Scott""",that I was causing him uneasiness that I drew my visit to a close. On,193
"The ""Gloria Scott""","the very day, however, before I left, an incident occurred which",194
"The ""Gloria Scott""",proved in the sequel to be of importance.,195
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,196
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""We were sitting out upon the lawn on garden chairs, the three of us,",197
"The ""Gloria Scott""","basking in the sun and admiring the view across the Broads, when a",198
"The ""Gloria Scott""",maid came out to say that there was a man at the door who wanted to,199
"The ""Gloria Scott""",see Mr. Trevor.,200
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,201
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'What is his name?' asked my host.",202
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,203
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'He would not give any.'",204
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,205
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'What does he want, then?'",206
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,207
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'He says that you know him, and that he only wants a moment's",208
"The ""Gloria Scott""",conversation.',209
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,210
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'Show him round here.' An instant afterwards there appeared a little",211
"The ""Gloria Scott""",wizened fellow with a cringing manner and a shambling style of,212
"The ""Gloria Scott""","walking. He wore an open jacket, with a splotch of tar on the sleeve,",213
"The ""Gloria Scott""","a red-and-black check shirt, dungaree trousers, and heavy boots badly",214
"The ""Gloria Scott""","worn. His face was thin and brown and crafty, with a perpetual smile",215
"The ""Gloria Scott""","upon it, which showed an irregular line of yellow teeth, and his",216
"The ""Gloria Scott""",crinkled hands were half closed in a way that is distinctive of,217
"The ""Gloria Scott""",sailors. As he came slouching across the lawn I heard Mr. Trevor make,218
"The ""Gloria Scott""","a sort of hiccoughing noise in his throat, and jumping out of his",219
"The ""Gloria Scott""","chair, he ran into the house. He was back in a moment, and I smelt a",220
"The ""Gloria Scott""",strong reek of brandy as he passed me.,221
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,222
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'Well, my man,' said he. 'What can I do for you?'",223
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,224
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""The sailor stood looking at him with puckered eyes, and with the",225
"The ""Gloria Scott""",same loose-lipped smile upon his face.,226
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,227
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'You don't know me?' he asked.",228
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,229
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'Why, dear me, it is surely Hudson,' said Mr. Trevor in a tone of",230
"The ""Gloria Scott""",surprise.,231
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,232
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'Hudson it is, sir,' said the seaman. 'Why, it's thirty year and",233
"The ""Gloria Scott""","more since I saw you last. Here you are in your house, and me still",234
"The ""Gloria Scott""",picking my salt meat out of the harness cask.',235
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,236
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'Tut, you will find that I have not forgotten old times,' cried Mr.",237
"The ""Gloria Scott""","Trevor, and, walking towards the sailor, he said something in a low",238
"The ""Gloria Scott""","voice. 'Go into the kitchen,' he continued out loud, 'and you will",239
"The ""Gloria Scott""",get food and drink. I have no doubt that I shall find you a,240
"The ""Gloria Scott""",situation.',241
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,242
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'Thank you, sir,' said the seaman, touching his fore-lock. 'I'm just",243
"The ""Gloria Scott""","off a two-yearer in an eight-knot tramp, short-handed at that, and I",244
"The ""Gloria Scott""",wants a rest. I thought I'd get it either with Mr. Beddoes or with,245
"The ""Gloria Scott""",you.',246
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,247
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'Ah!' cried Trevor. 'You know where Mr. Beddoes is?'",248
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,249
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'Bless you, sir, I know where all my old friends are,' said the",250
"The ""Gloria Scott""","fellow with a sinister smile, and he slouched off after the maid to",251
"The ""Gloria Scott""",the kitchen. Mr. Trevor mumbled something to us about having been,252
"The ""Gloria Scott""","shipmate with the man when he was going back to the diggings, and",253
"The ""Gloria Scott""","then, leaving us on the lawn, he went indoors. An hour later, when we",254
"The ""Gloria Scott""","entered the house, we found him stretched dead drunk upon the",255
"The ""Gloria Scott""",dining-room sofa. The whole incident left a most ugly impression upon,256
"The ""Gloria Scott""","my mind, and I was not sorry next day to leave Donnithorpe behind me,",257
"The ""Gloria Scott""",for I felt that my presence must be a source of embarrassment to my,258
"The ""Gloria Scott""",friend.,259
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,260
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""All this occurred during the first month of the long vacation. I",261
"The ""Gloria Scott""","went up to my London rooms, where I spent seven weeks working out a",262
"The ""Gloria Scott""","few experiments in organic chemistry. One day, however, when the",263
"The ""Gloria Scott""","autumn was far advanced and the vacation drawing to a close, I",264
"The ""Gloria Scott""",received a telegram from my friend imploring me to return to,265
"The ""Gloria Scott""","Donnithorpe, and saying that he was in great need of my advice and",266
"The ""Gloria Scott""",assistance. Of course I dropped everything and set out for the North,267
"The ""Gloria Scott""",once more.,268
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,269
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""He met me with the dog-cart at the station, and I saw at a glance",270
"The ""Gloria Scott""",that the last two months had been very trying ones for him. He had,271
"The ""Gloria Scott""","grown thin and careworn, and had lost the loud, cheery manner for",272
"The ""Gloria Scott""",which he had been remarkable.,273
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,274
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'The governor is dying,' were the first words he said.",275
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,276
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'Impossible!' I cried. 'What is the matter?'",277
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,278
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'Apoplexy. Nervous shock, He's been on the verge all day. I doubt if",279
"The ""Gloria Scott""",we shall find him alive.',280
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,281
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""I was, as you may think, Watson, horrified at this unexpected news.",282
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,283
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'What has caused it?' I asked.",284
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,285
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'Ah, that is the point. Jump in and we can talk it over while we",286
"The ""Gloria Scott""",drive. You remember that fellow who came upon the evening before you,287
"The ""Gloria Scott""",left us?',288
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,289
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'Perfectly.'",290
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,291
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'Do you know who it was that we let into the house that day?'",292
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,293
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'I have no idea.'",294
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,295
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'It was the devil, Holmes,' he cried.",296
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,297
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""I stared at him in astonishment.",298
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,299
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'Yes, it was the devil himself. We have not had a peaceful hour",300
"The ""Gloria Scott""",since--not one. The governor has never held up his head from that,301
"The ""Gloria Scott""","evening, and now the life has been crushed out of him and his heart",302
"The ""Gloria Scott""","broken, all through this accursed Hudson.'",303
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,304
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'What power had he, then?'",305
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,306
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'Ah, that is what I would give so much to know. The kindly,",307
"The ""Gloria Scott""","charitable, good old governor--how could he have fallen into the",308
"The ""Gloria Scott""","clutches of such a ruffian! But I am so glad that you have come,",309
"The ""Gloria Scott""","Holmes. I trust very much to your judgment and discretion, and I know",310
"The ""Gloria Scott""",that you will advise me for the best.',311
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,312
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""We were dashing along the smooth white country road, with the long",313
"The ""Gloria Scott""",stretch of the Broads in front of us glimmering in the red light of,314
"The ""Gloria Scott""",the setting sun. From a grove upon our left I could already see the,315
"The ""Gloria Scott""",high chimneys and the flag-staff which marked the squire's dwelling.,316
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,317
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'My father made the fellow gardener,' said my companion, 'and then,",318
"The ""Gloria Scott""","as that did not satisfy him, he was promoted to be butler. The house",319
"The ""Gloria Scott""","seemed to be at his mercy, and he wandered about and did what he",320
"The ""Gloria Scott""",chose in it. The maids complained of his drunken habits and his vile,321
"The ""Gloria Scott""",language. The dad raised their wages all round to recompense them for,322
"The ""Gloria Scott""",the annoyance. The fellow would take the boat and my father's best,323
"The ""Gloria Scott""",gun and treat himself to little shooting trips. And all this with,324
"The ""Gloria Scott""","such a sneering, leering, insolent face that I would have knocked him",325
"The ""Gloria Scott""",down twenty times over if he had been a man of my own age. I tell,326
"The ""Gloria Scott""","you, Holmes, I have had to keep a tight hold upon myself all this",327
"The ""Gloria Scott""","time; and now I am asking myself whether, if I had let myself go a",328
"The ""Gloria Scott""","little more, I might not have been a wiser man.",329
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,330
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'Well, matters went from bad to worse with us, and this animal",331
"The ""Gloria Scott""","Hudson became more and more intrusive, until at last, on making some",332
"The ""Gloria Scott""","insolent reply to my father in my presence one day, I took him by the",333
"The ""Gloria Scott""",shoulders and turned him out of the room. He slunk away with a livid,334
"The ""Gloria Scott""",face and two venomous eyes which uttered more threats than his tongue,335
"The ""Gloria Scott""",could do. I don't know what passed between the poor dad and him after,336
"The ""Gloria Scott""","that, but the dad came to me next day and asked me whether I would",337
"The ""Gloria Scott""","mind apologizing to Hudson. I refused, as you can imagine, and asked",338
"The ""Gloria Scott""",my father how he could allow such a wretch to take such liberties,339
"The ""Gloria Scott""",with himself and his household.,340
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,341
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'""Ah, my boy,"" said he, ""it is all very well to talk, but you don't",342
"The ""Gloria Scott""","know how I am placed. But you shall know, Victor. I'll see that you",343
"The ""Gloria Scott""","shall know, come what may. You wouldn't believe harm of your poor old",344
"The ""Gloria Scott""","father, would you, lad?"" He was very much moved, and shut himself up",345
"The ""Gloria Scott""","in the study all day, where I could see through the window that he",346
"The ""Gloria Scott""",was writing busily.,347
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,348
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'That evening there came what seemed to me to be a grand release,",349
"The ""Gloria Scott""",for Hudson told us that he was going to leave us. He walked into the,350
"The ""Gloria Scott""","dining-room as we sat after dinner, and announced his intention in",351
"The ""Gloria Scott""",the thick voice of a half-drunken man.,352
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,353
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'""I've had enough of Norfolk,"" said he. ""I'll run down to Mr.",354
"The ""Gloria Scott""","Beddoes in Hampshire. He'll be as glad to see me as you were, I dare",355
"The ""Gloria Scott""","say.""",356
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,357
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'""You're not going away in any kind of spirit, Hudson, I hope,"" said",358
"The ""Gloria Scott""","my father, with a tameness which mad my blood boil.",359
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,360
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'""I've not had my 'pology,"" said he sulkily, glancing in my",361
"The ""Gloria Scott""",direction.,362
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,363
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'""Victor, you will acknowledge that you have used this worthy fellow",364
"The ""Gloria Scott""","rather roughly,"" said the dad, turning to me.",365
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,366
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'""On the contrary, I think that we have both shown extraordinary",367
"The ""Gloria Scott""","patience towards him,"" I answered.",368
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,369
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'""Oh, you do, do you?"" he snarls. ""Very good, mate. We'll see about",370
"The ""Gloria Scott""","that!""",371
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,372
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'He slouched out of the room, and half an hour afterwards left the",373
"The ""Gloria Scott""","house, leaving my father in a state of pitiable nervousness. Night",374
"The ""Gloria Scott""","after night I heard him pacing his room, and it was just as he was",375
"The ""Gloria Scott""",recovering his confidence that the blow did at last fall.',376
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,377
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'And how?' I asked eagerly.",378
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,379
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'In a most extraordinary fashion. A letter arrived for my father",380
"The ""Gloria Scott""","yesterday evening, bearing the Fordingbridge post-mark. My father",381
"The ""Gloria Scott""","read it, clapped both his hands to his head, and began running round",382
"The ""Gloria Scott""",the room in little circles like a man who has been driven out of his,383
"The ""Gloria Scott""","senses. When I at last drew him down on to the sofa, his mouth and",384
"The ""Gloria Scott""","eyelids were all puckered on one side, and I saw that he had a",385
"The ""Gloria Scott""",stroke. Dr. Fordham came over at once. We put him to bed; but the,386
"The ""Gloria Scott""","paralysis has spread, he has shown no sign of returning",387
"The ""Gloria Scott""","consciousness, and I think that we shall hardly find him alive.'",388
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,389
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'You horrify me, Trevor!' I cried. 'What then could have been in",390
"The ""Gloria Scott""",this letter to cause so dreadful a result?',391
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,392
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'Nothing. There lies the inexplicable part of it. The message was",393
"The ""Gloria Scott""","absurd and trivial. Ah, my God, it is as I feared!'",394
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,395
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""As he spoke we came round the curve of the avenue, and saw in the",396
"The ""Gloria Scott""",fading light that every blind in the house had been drawn down. As we,397
"The ""Gloria Scott""","dashed up to the door, my friend's face convulsed with grief, a",398
"The ""Gloria Scott""",gentleman in black emerged from it.,399
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,400
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'When did it happen, doctor?' asked Trevor.",401
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,402
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'Almost immediately after you left.'",403
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,404
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'Did he recover consciousness?'",405
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,406
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'For an instant before the end.'",407
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,408
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'Any message for me?'",409
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,410
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'Only that the papers were in the back drawer of the Japanese",411
"The ""Gloria Scott""",cabinet.',412
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,413
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""My friend ascended with the doctor to the chamber of death, while I",414
"The ""Gloria Scott""","remained in the study, turning the whole matter over and over in my",415
"The ""Gloria Scott""","head, and feeling as sombre as ever I had done in my life. What was",416
"The ""Gloria Scott""","the past of this Trevor, pugilist, traveler, and gold-digger, and how",417
"The ""Gloria Scott""","had he placed himself in the power of this acid-faced seaman?  Why,",418
"The ""Gloria Scott""","too, should he faint at an allusion to the half-effaced initials upon",419
"The ""Gloria Scott""","his arm, and die of fright when he had a letter from Fordingham?",420
"The ""Gloria Scott""","Then I remembered that Fordingham was in Hampshire, and that this Mr.",421
"The ""Gloria Scott""","Beddoes, whom the seaman had gone to visit and presumably to",422
"The ""Gloria Scott""","blackmail, had also been mentioned as living in Hampshire. The",423
"The ""Gloria Scott""","letter, then, might either come from Hudson, the seaman, saying that",424
"The ""Gloria Scott""","he had betrayed the guilty secret which appeared to exist, or it",425
"The ""Gloria Scott""","might come from Beddoes, warning an old confederate that such a",426
"The ""Gloria Scott""",betrayal was imminent. So far it seemed clear enough. But then how,427
"The ""Gloria Scott""","could this letter be trivial and grotesque, as described by the son?",428
"The ""Gloria Scott""","He must have misread it. If so, it must have been one of those",429
"The ""Gloria Scott""",ingenious secret codes which mean one thing while they seem to mean,430
"The ""Gloria Scott""",another. I must see this letter. If there were a hidden meaning in,431
"The ""Gloria Scott""","it, I was confident that I could pluck it forth. For an hour I sat",432
"The ""Gloria Scott""","pondering over it in the gloom, until at last a weeping maid brought",433
"The ""Gloria Scott""","in a lamp, and close at her heels came my friend Trevor, pale but",434
"The ""Gloria Scott""","composed, with these very papers which lie upon my knee held in his",435
"The ""Gloria Scott""","grasp. He sat down opposite to me, drew the lamp to the edge of the",436
"The ""Gloria Scott""","table, and handed me a short note scribbled, as you see, upon a",437
"The ""Gloria Scott""",single sheet of gray paper. 'The supply of game for London is going,438
"The ""Gloria Scott""","steadily up,' it ran. 'Head-keeper Hudson, we believe, has been now",439
"The ""Gloria Scott""",told to receive all orders for fly-paper and for preservation of your,440
"The ""Gloria Scott""",hen-pheasant's life.',441
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,442
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""I dare say my face looked as bewildered as yours did just now when",443
"The ""Gloria Scott""",first I read this message. Then I reread it very carefully. It was,444
"The ""Gloria Scott""","evidently as I had thought, and some secret meaning must lie buried",445
"The ""Gloria Scott""",in this strange combination of words. Or could it be that there was a,446
"The ""Gloria Scott""",prearranged significance to such phrases as 'fly-paper' and,447
"The ""Gloria Scott""",'hen-pheasant'?  Such a meaning would be arbitrary and could not be,448
"The ""Gloria Scott""",deduced in any way. And yet I was loath to believe that this was the,449
"The ""Gloria Scott""","case, and the presence of the word Hudson seemed to show that the",450
"The ""Gloria Scott""","subject of the message was as I had guessed, and that it was from",451
"The ""Gloria Scott""","Beddoes rather than the sailor. I tried it backwards, but the",452
"The ""Gloria Scott""",combination 'life pheasant's hen' was not encouraging. Then I tried,453
"The ""Gloria Scott""","alternate words, but neither 'the of for' nor 'supply game London'",454
"The ""Gloria Scott""",promised to throw any light upon it.,455
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,456
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""And then in an instant the key of the riddle was in my hands, and I",457
"The ""Gloria Scott""","saw that every third word, beginning with the first, would give a",458
"The ""Gloria Scott""",message which might well drive old Trevor to despair.,459
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,460
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""It was short and terse, the warning, as I now read it to my",461
"The ""Gloria Scott""",companion:,462
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,463
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'The game is up. Hudson has told all. Fly for your life.'",464
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,465
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""Victor Trevor sank his face into his shaking hands, 'It must be",466
"The ""Gloria Scott""","that, I suppose,' said he. ""This is worse than death, for it means",467
"The ""Gloria Scott""","disgrace as well. But what is the meaning of these ""head-keepers"" and",468
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""hen-pheasants""?",469
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,470
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'It means nothing to the message, but it might mean a good deal to",471
"The ""Gloria Scott""",us if we had no other means of discovering the sender. You see that,472
"The ""Gloria Scott""","he has begun by writing ""The ... game ... is,"" and so on. Afterwards",473
"The ""Gloria Scott""","he had, to fulfill the prearranged cipher, to fill in any two words",474
"The ""Gloria Scott""",in each space. He would naturally use the first words which came to,475
"The ""Gloria Scott""","his mind, and if there were so many which referred to sport among",476
"The ""Gloria Scott""","them, you may be tolerably sure that he is either an ardent shot or",477
"The ""Gloria Scott""",interested in breeding. Do you know anything of this Beddoes?',478
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,479
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'Why, now that you mention it,' said he, 'I remember that my poor",480
"The ""Gloria Scott""",father used to have an invitation from him to shoot over his,481
"The ""Gloria Scott""",preserves every autumn.',482
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,483
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'Then it is undoubtedly from him that the note comes,' said I. 'It",484
"The ""Gloria Scott""",only remains for us to find out what this secret was which the sailor,485
"The ""Gloria Scott""",Hudson seems to have held over the heads of these two wealthy and,486
"The ""Gloria Scott""",respected men.',487
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,488
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'Alas, Holmes, I fear that it is one of sin and shame!' cried my",489
"The ""Gloria Scott""",friend. 'But from you I shall have no secrets. Here is the statement,490
"The ""Gloria Scott""",which was drawn up by my father when he knew that the danger from,491
"The ""Gloria Scott""","Hudson had become imminent. I found it in the Japanese cabinet, as he",492
"The ""Gloria Scott""","told the doctor. Take it and read it to me, for I have neither the",493
"The ""Gloria Scott""",strength nor the courage to do it myself.',494
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,495
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""These are the very papers, Watson, which he handed to me, and I will",496
"The ""Gloria Scott""","read them to you, as I read them in the old study that night to him.",497
"The ""Gloria Scott""","They are endorsed outside, as you see, 'Some particulars of the",498
"The ""Gloria Scott""","voyage of the bark Gloria Scott, from her leaving Falmouth on the 8th",499
"The ""Gloria Scott""","October, 1855, to her destruction in N. Lat. 15° 20', W. Long. 25°",500
"The ""Gloria Scott""","14' on Nov. 6th.' It is in the form of a letter, and runs in this",501
"The ""Gloria Scott""",way:,502
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,503
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'My dear, dear son, now that approaching disgrace begins to darken",504
"The ""Gloria Scott""","the closing years of my life, I can write with all truth and honesty",505
"The ""Gloria Scott""","that it is not the terror of the law, it is not the loss of my",506
"The ""Gloria Scott""","position in the county, nor is it my fall in the eyes of all who have",507
"The ""Gloria Scott""","known me, which cuts me to the heart; but it is the thought that you",508
"The ""Gloria Scott""","should come to blush for me--you who love me and who have seldom, I",509
"The ""Gloria Scott""","hope, had reason to do other than respect me. But if the blow falls",510
"The ""Gloria Scott""","which is forever hanging over me, then I should wish you to read",511
"The ""Gloria Scott""","this, that you may know straight from me how far I have been to",512
"The ""Gloria Scott""","blame. On the other hand, if all should go well (which may kind God",513
"The ""Gloria Scott""","Almighty grant!), then if by any chance this paper should be still",514
"The ""Gloria Scott""","undestroyed and should fall into your hands, I conjure you, by all",515
"The ""Gloria Scott""","you hold sacred, by the memory of your dear mother, and by the love",516
"The ""Gloria Scott""","which had been between us, to hurl it into the fire and to never give",517
"The ""Gloria Scott""",one thought to it again.,518
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,519
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'If then your eye goes onto read this line, I know that I shall",520
"The ""Gloria Scott""","already have been exposed and dragged from my home, or as is more",521
"The ""Gloria Scott""","likely, for you know that my heart is weak, by lying with my tongue",522
"The ""Gloria Scott""",sealed forever in death. In either case the time for suppression is,523
"The ""Gloria Scott""","past, and every word which I tell you is the naked truth, and this I",524
"The ""Gloria Scott""",swear as I hope for mercy.,525
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,526
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'My name, dear lad, is not Trevor. I was James Armitage in my",527
"The ""Gloria Scott""","younger days, and you can understand now the shock that it was to me",528
"The ""Gloria Scott""",a few weeks ago when your college friend addressed me in words which,529
"The ""Gloria Scott""",seemed to imply that he had surprised my secret. As Armitage it was,530
"The ""Gloria Scott""","that I entered a London banking-house, and as Armitage I was",531
"The ""Gloria Scott""","convicted of breaking my country's laws, and was sentenced to",532
"The ""Gloria Scott""","transportation. Do not think very harshly of me, laddie. It was a",533
"The ""Gloria Scott""","debt of honor, so called, which I had to pay, and I used money which",534
"The ""Gloria Scott""","was not my own to do it, in the certainty that I could replace it",535
"The ""Gloria Scott""",before there could be any possibility of its being missed. But the,536
"The ""Gloria Scott""",most dreadful ill-luck pursued me. The money which I had reckoned,537
"The ""Gloria Scott""","upon never came to hand, and a premature examination of accounts",538
"The ""Gloria Scott""","exposed my deficit. The case might have been dealt leniently with,",539
"The ""Gloria Scott""",but the laws were more harshly administered thirty years ago than,540
"The ""Gloria Scott""","now, and on my twenty-third birthday I found myself chained as a",541
"The ""Gloria Scott""",felon with thirty-seven other convicts in 'tween-decks of the bark,542
"The ""Gloria Scott""","Gloria Scott, bound for Australia.",543
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,544
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'It was the year '55 when the Crimean war was at its height, and the",545
"The ""Gloria Scott""",old convict ships had been largely used as transports in the Black,546
"The ""Gloria Scott""","Sea. The government was compelled, therefore, to use smaller and less",547
"The ""Gloria Scott""",suitable vessels for sending out their prisoners. The Gloria Scott,548
"The ""Gloria Scott""","had been in the Chinese tea-trade, but she was an old-fashioned,",549
"The ""Gloria Scott""","heavy-bowed, broad-beamed craft, and the new clippers had cut her",550
"The ""Gloria Scott""",out. She was a five-hundred-ton boat; and besides her thirty-eight,551
"The ""Gloria Scott""","jail-birds, she carried twenty-six of a crew, eighteen soldiers, a",552
"The ""Gloria Scott""","captain, three mates, a doctor, a chaplain, and four warders. Nearly",553
"The ""Gloria Scott""","a hundred souls were in her, all told, when we set sail from",554
"The ""Gloria Scott""",Falmouth.,555
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,556
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'The partitions between the cells of the convicts, instead of being",557
"The ""Gloria Scott""","of thick oak, as is usual in convict-ships, were quite thin and",558
"The ""Gloria Scott""","frail. The man next to me, upon the aft side, was one whom I had",559
"The ""Gloria Scott""",particularly noticed when we were led down the quay. He was a young,560
"The ""Gloria Scott""","man with a clear, hairless face, a long, thin nose, and rather",561
"The ""Gloria Scott""","nut-cracker jaws. He carried his head very jauntily in the air, had a",562
"The ""Gloria Scott""","swaggering style of walking, and was, above all else, remarkable for",563
"The ""Gloria Scott""",his extraordinary height. I don't think any of our heads would have,564
"The ""Gloria Scott""","come up to his shoulder, and I am sure that he could not have",565
"The ""Gloria Scott""",measured less than six and a half feet. It was strange among so many,566
"The ""Gloria Scott""",sad and weary faces to see one which was full of energy and,567
"The ""Gloria Scott""",resolution. The sight of it was to me like a fire in a snow-storm. I,568
"The ""Gloria Scott""","was glad, then, to find that he was my neighbor, and gladder still",569
"The ""Gloria Scott""","when, in the dead of the night, I heard a whisper close to my ear,",570
"The ""Gloria Scott""",and found that he had managed to cut an opening in the board which,571
"The ""Gloria Scott""",separated us.,572
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,573
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'""Hullo, chummy!"" said he, ""what's your name, and what are you here",574
"The ""Gloria Scott""","for?""",575
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,576
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'I answered him, and asked in turn who I was talking with.",577
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,578
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'""I'm Jack Prendergast,"" said he, ""and by God! You'll learn to bless",579
"The ""Gloria Scott""","my name before you've done with me.""",580
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,581
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'I remembered hearing of his case, for it was one which had made an",582
"The ""Gloria Scott""",immense sensation throughout the country some time before my own,583
"The ""Gloria Scott""","arrest. He was a man of good family and of great ability, but of",584
"The ""Gloria Scott""","incurably vicious habits, who had, by an ingenious system of fraud,",585
"The ""Gloria Scott""",obtained huge sums of money from the leading London merchants.,586
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,587
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'""Ha, ha! You remember my case!"" said he proudly.",588
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,589
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'""Very well, indeed.""",590
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,591
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'""Then maybe you remember something queer about it?""",592
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,593
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'""What was that, then?""",594
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,595
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'""I'd had nearly a quarter of a million, hadn't I?""",596
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,597
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'""So it was said.""",598
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,599
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'""But none was recovered, eh?""",600
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,601
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'""No.""",602
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,603
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'""Well, where d'ye suppose the balance is?"" he asked.",604
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,605
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'""I have no idea,"" said I.",606
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,607
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'""Right between my finger and thumb,"" he cried. ""By God! I've got",608
"The ""Gloria Scott""",more pounds to my name than you've hairs on your head. And if you've,609
"The ""Gloria Scott""","money, my son, and know how to handle it and spread it, you can do",610
"The ""Gloria Scott""","anything. Now, you don't think it likely that a man who could do",611
"The ""Gloria Scott""",anything is going to wear his breeches out sitting in the stinking,612
"The ""Gloria Scott""","hold of a rat-gutted, beetle-ridden, mouldy old coffin of a Chin",613
"The ""Gloria Scott""","China coaster. No, sir, such a man will look after himself and will",614
"The ""Gloria Scott""","look after his chums. You may lay to that! You hold on to him, and",615
"The ""Gloria Scott""","you may kiss the book that he'll haul you through.""",616
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,617
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'That was his style of talk, and at first I thought it meant",618
"The ""Gloria Scott""","nothing; but after a while, when he had tested me and sworn me in",619
"The ""Gloria Scott""","with all possible solemnity, he let me understand that there really",620
"The ""Gloria Scott""",was a plot to gain command of the vessel. A dozen of the prisoners,621
"The ""Gloria Scott""","had hatched it before they came aboard, Prendergast was the leader,",622
"The ""Gloria Scott""",and his money was the motive power.,623
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,624
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'""I'd a partner,"" said he, ""a rare good man, as true as a stock to a",625
"The ""Gloria Scott""","barrel. He's got the dibbs, he has, and where do you think he is at",626
"The ""Gloria Scott""","this moment?  Why, he's the chaplain of this ship--the chaplain, no",627
"The ""Gloria Scott""","less! He came aboard with a black coat, and his papers right, and",628
"The ""Gloria Scott""",money enough in his box to buy the thing right up from keel to,629
"The ""Gloria Scott""","main-truck. The crew are his, body and soul. He could buy 'em at so",630
"The ""Gloria Scott""","much a gross with a cash discount, and he did it before ever they",631
"The ""Gloria Scott""","signed on. He's got two of the warders and Mercer, the second mate,",632
"The ""Gloria Scott""","and he'd get the captain himself, if he thought him worth it.""",633
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,634
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'""What are we to do, then?"" I asked.",635
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,636
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'""What do you think?"" said he. ""We'll make the coats of some of",637
"The ""Gloria Scott""","these soldiers redder than ever the tailor did.""",638
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,639
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'""But they are armed,"" said I.",640
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,641
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'""And so shall we be, my boy. There's a brace of pistols for every",642
"The ""Gloria Scott""","mother's son of us, and if we can't carry this ship, with the crew at",643
"The ""Gloria Scott""","our back, it's time we were all sent to a young misses'",644
"The ""Gloria Scott""","boarding-school. You speak to your mate upon the left to-night, and",645
"The ""Gloria Scott""","see if he is to be trusted.""",646
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,647
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'I did so, and found my other neighbor to be a young fellow in much",648
"The ""Gloria Scott""","the same position as myself, whose crime had been forgery. His name",649
"The ""Gloria Scott""","was Evans, but he afterwards changed it, like myself, and he is now a",650
"The ""Gloria Scott""",rich and prosperous man in the south of England. He was ready enough,651
"The ""Gloria Scott""","to join the conspiracy, as the only means of saving ourselves, and",652
"The ""Gloria Scott""",before we had crossed the Bay there were only two of the prisoners,653
"The ""Gloria Scott""","who were not in the secret. One of these was of weak mind, and we did",654
"The ""Gloria Scott""","not dare to trust him, and the other was suffering from jaundice, and",655
"The ""Gloria Scott""",could not be of any use to us.,656
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,657
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'From the beginning there was really nothing to prevent us from",658
"The ""Gloria Scott""","taking possession of the ship. The crew were a set of ruffians,",659
"The ""Gloria Scott""",specially picked for the job. The sham chaplain came into our cells,660
"The ""Gloria Scott""","to exhort us, carrying a black bag, supposed to be full of tracts,",661
"The ""Gloria Scott""",and so often did he come that by the third day we had each stowed,662
"The ""Gloria Scott""","away at the foot of our beds a file, a brace of pistols, a pound of",663
"The ""Gloria Scott""","powder, and twenty slugs. Two of the warders were agents of",664
"The ""Gloria Scott""","Prendergast, and the second mate was his right-hand man. The captain,",665
"The ""Gloria Scott""","the two mates, two warders Lieutenant Martin, his eighteen soldiers,",666
"The ""Gloria Scott""","and the doctor were all that we had against us. Yet, safe as it was,",667
"The ""Gloria Scott""","we determined to neglect no precaution, and to make our attack",668
"The ""Gloria Scott""","suddenly by night. It came, however, more quickly than we expected,",669
"The ""Gloria Scott""",and in this way.,670
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,671
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'One evening, about the third week after our start, the doctor had",672
"The ""Gloria Scott""","come down to see one of the prisoners who was ill, and putting his",673
"The ""Gloria Scott""",hand down on the bottom of his bunk he felt the outline of the,674
"The ""Gloria Scott""","pistols. If he had been silent he might have blown the whole thing,",675
"The ""Gloria Scott""","but he was a nervous little chap, so he gave a cry of surprise and",676
"The ""Gloria Scott""",turned so pale that the man knew what was up in an instant and seized,677
"The ""Gloria Scott""","him. He was gagged before he could give the alarm, and tied down upon",678
"The ""Gloria Scott""","the bed. He had unlocked the door that led to the deck, and we were",679
"The ""Gloria Scott""","through it in a rush. The two sentries were shot down, and so was a",680
"The ""Gloria Scott""",corporal who came running to see what was the matter. There were two,681
"The ""Gloria Scott""","more soldiers at the door of the state-room, and their muskets seemed",682
"The ""Gloria Scott""","not to be loaded, for they never fired upon us, and they were shot",683
"The ""Gloria Scott""",while trying to fix their bayonets. Then we rushed on into the,684
"The ""Gloria Scott""","captain's cabin, but as we pushed open the door there was an",685
"The ""Gloria Scott""","explosion from within, and there he lay with his brains smeared over",686
"The ""Gloria Scott""","the chart of the Atlantic which was pinned upon the table, while the",687
"The ""Gloria Scott""",chaplain stood with a smoking pistol in his hand at his elbow. The,688
"The ""Gloria Scott""","two mates had both been seized by the crew, and the whole business",689
"The ""Gloria Scott""",seemed to be settled.,690
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,691
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'The state-room was next the cabin, and we flocked in there and",692
"The ""Gloria Scott""","flopped down on the settees, all speaking together, for we were just",693
"The ""Gloria Scott""",mad with the feeling that we were free once more. There were lockers,694
"The ""Gloria Scott""","all round, and Wilson, the sham chaplain, knocked one of them in, and",695
"The ""Gloria Scott""",pulled out a dozen of brown sherry. We cracked off the necks of the,696
"The ""Gloria Scott""","bottles, poured the stuff out into tumblers, and were just tossing",697
"The ""Gloria Scott""","them off, when in an instant without warning there came the roar of",698
"The ""Gloria Scott""","muskets in our ears, and the saloon was so full of smoke that we",699
"The ""Gloria Scott""",could not see across the table. When it cleared again the place was a,700
"The ""Gloria Scott""",shambles. Wilson and eight others were wriggling on the top of each,701
"The ""Gloria Scott""","other on the floor, and the blood and the brown sherry on that table",702
"The ""Gloria Scott""",turn me sick now when I think of it. We were so cowed by the sight,703
"The ""Gloria Scott""",that I think we should have given the job up if had not been for,704
"The ""Gloria Scott""",Prendergast. He bellowed like a bull and rushed for the door with all,705
"The ""Gloria Scott""","that were left alive at his heels. Out we ran, and there on the poop",706
"The ""Gloria Scott""",were the lieutenent and ten of his men. The swing skylights above the,707
"The ""Gloria Scott""","saloon table had been a bit open, and they had fired on us through",708
"The ""Gloria Scott""","the slit.  We got on them before they could load, and they stood to",709
"The ""Gloria Scott""","it like men; but we had the upper hand of them, and in five minutes",710
"The ""Gloria Scott""",it was all over. My God! Was there ever a slaughter-house like that,711
"The ""Gloria Scott""","ship! Predergast was like a raging devil, and he picked the soldiers",712
"The ""Gloria Scott""",up as if they had been children and threw them overboard alive or,713
"The ""Gloria Scott""",dead. There was one sergeant that was horribly wounded and yet kept,714
"The ""Gloria Scott""","on swimming for a surprising time, until some one in mercy blew out",715
"The ""Gloria Scott""",his brains. When the fighting was over there was no one left of our,716
"The ""Gloria Scott""","enemies except just the warders, the mates, and the doctor.",717
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,718
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'It was over them that the great quarrel arose. There were many of",719
"The ""Gloria Scott""","us who were glad enough to win back our freedom, and yet who had no",720
"The ""Gloria Scott""",wish to have murder on our souls. It was one thing to knock the,721
"The ""Gloria Scott""","soldiers over with their muskets in their hands, and it was another",722
"The ""Gloria Scott""","to stand by while men were being killed in cold blood. Eight of us,",723
"The ""Gloria Scott""","five convicts and three sailors, said that we would not see it done.",724
"The ""Gloria Scott""",But there was no moving Predergast and those who were with him. Our,725
"The ""Gloria Scott""","only chance of safety lay in making a clean job of it, said he, and",726
"The ""Gloria Scott""",he would not leave a tongue with power to wag in a witness-box. It,727
"The ""Gloria Scott""","nearly came to our sharing the fate of the prisoners, but at last he",728
"The ""Gloria Scott""",said that if we wished we might take a boat and go. We jumped at the,729
"The ""Gloria Scott""","offer, for we were already sick of these blookthirsty doings, and we",730
"The ""Gloria Scott""",saw that there would be worse before it was done. We were given a,731
"The ""Gloria Scott""","suit of sailor togs each, a barrel of water, two casks, one of junk",732
"The ""Gloria Scott""","and one of biscuits, and a compass. Prendergast threw us over a",733
"The ""Gloria Scott""","chart, told us that we were shipwrecked mariners whose ship had",734
"The ""Gloria Scott""","foundered in Lat. 15° and Long. 25° west, and then cut the painter",735
"The ""Gloria Scott""",and let us go.,736
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,737
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'And now I come to the most surprising part of my story, my dear",738
"The ""Gloria Scott""","son. The seamen had hauled the fore-yard aback during the rising, but",739
"The ""Gloria Scott""","now as we left them they brought it square again, and as there was a",740
"The ""Gloria Scott""",light wind from the north and east the bark began to draw slowly away,741
"The ""Gloria Scott""","from us. Our boat lay, rising and falling, upon the long, smooth",742
"The ""Gloria Scott""","rollers, and Evans and I, who were the most educated of the party,",743
"The ""Gloria Scott""",were sitting in the sheets working out our position and planning what,744
"The ""Gloria Scott""","coast we should make for. It was a nice question, for the Cape de",745
"The ""Gloria Scott""","Verds were about five hundred miles to the north of us, and the",746
"The ""Gloria Scott""","African coast about seven hundred to the east. On the whole, as the",747
"The ""Gloria Scott""","wind was coming round to the north, we thought that Sierra Leone",748
"The ""Gloria Scott""","might be best, and turned our head in that direction, the bark being",749
"The ""Gloria Scott""",at that time nearly hull down on our starboard quarter. Suddenly as,750
"The ""Gloria Scott""",we looked at her we saw a dense black cloud of smoke shoot up from,751
"The ""Gloria Scott""","her, which hung like a monstrous tree upon the sky line. A few",752
"The ""Gloria Scott""","seconds later a roar like thunder burst upon our ears, and as the",753
"The ""Gloria Scott""",smoke thinned away there was no sign left of the Gloria Scott. In an,754
"The ""Gloria Scott""",instant we swept the boat's head round again and pulled with all our,755
"The ""Gloria Scott""",strength for the place where the haze still trailing over the water,756
"The ""Gloria Scott""",marked the scene of this catastrophe.,757
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,758
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'It was a long hour before we reached it, and at first we feared",759
"The ""Gloria Scott""",that we had come too late to save any one. A splintered boat and a,760
"The ""Gloria Scott""",number of crates and fragments of spars rising and falling on the,761
"The ""Gloria Scott""",waves showed us where the vessel had foundered; but there was no sign,762
"The ""Gloria Scott""","of life, and we had turned away in despair when we heard a cry for",763
"The ""Gloria Scott""","help, and saw at some distance a piece of wreckage with a man lying",764
"The ""Gloria Scott""",stretched across it. When we pulled him aboard the boat he proved to,765
"The ""Gloria Scott""","be a young seaman of the name of Hudson, who was so burned and",766
"The ""Gloria Scott""",exhausted that he could give us no account of what had happened until,767
"The ""Gloria Scott""",the following morning.,768
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,769
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'It seemed that after we had left, Prendergast and his gang had",770
"The ""Gloria Scott""",proceeded to put to death the five remaining prisoners. The two,771
"The ""Gloria Scott""","warders had been shot and thrown overboard, and so also had the third",772
"The ""Gloria Scott""",mate. Prendergast then descended into the 'tween-decks and with his,773
"The ""Gloria Scott""",own hands cut the throat of the unfortunate surgeon. There only,774
"The ""Gloria Scott""","remained the first mate, who was a bold and active man. When he saw",775
"The ""Gloria Scott""",the convict approaching him with the bloody knife in his hand he,776
"The ""Gloria Scott""","kicked off his bonds, which he had somehow contrived to loosen, and",777
"The ""Gloria Scott""",rushing down the deck he plunged into the after-hold. A dozen,778
"The ""Gloria Scott""","convicts, who descended with their pistols in search of him, found",779
"The ""Gloria Scott""","him with a match-box in his hand seated beside an open powder-barrel,",780
"The ""Gloria Scott""","which was one of a hundred carried on board, and swearing that he",781
"The ""Gloria Scott""",would blow all hands up if he were in any way molested. An instant,782
"The ""Gloria Scott""","later the explosion occurred, though Hudson thought it was caused by",783
"The ""Gloria Scott""",the misdirected bullet of one of the convicts rather than the mate's,784
"The ""Gloria Scott""","match. Be the cause what I may, it was the end of the Gloria Scott",785
"The ""Gloria Scott""",and of the rabble who held command of her.,786
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,787
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""'Such, in a few words, my dear boy, is the history of this terrible",788
"The ""Gloria Scott""",business in which I was involved. Next day we were picked up by the,789
"The ""Gloria Scott""","brig Hotspur, bound for Australia, whose captain found no difficulty",790
"The ""Gloria Scott""",in believing that we were the survivors of a passenger ship which had,791
"The ""Gloria Scott""",foundered. The transport ship Gloria Scott was set down by the,792
"The ""Gloria Scott""","Admiralty as being lost at sea, and no word has ever leaked out as to",793
"The ""Gloria Scott""",her true fate. After an excellent voyage the Hotspur landed us at,794
"The ""Gloria Scott""","Sydney, where Evans and I changed our names and made our way to the",795
"The ""Gloria Scott""","diggings, where, among the crowds who were gathered from all nations,",796
"The ""Gloria Scott""",we had no difficulty in losing our former identities. The rest I need,797
"The ""Gloria Scott""","not relate. We prospered, we traveled, we came back as rich colonials",798
"The ""Gloria Scott""","to England, and we bought country estates. For more than twenty years",799
"The ""Gloria Scott""","we have led peaceful and useful lives, and we hoped that our past was",800
"The ""Gloria Scott""","forever buried. Imagine, then, my feelings when in the seaman who",801
"The ""Gloria Scott""",came to us I recognized instantly the man who had been picked off the,802
"The ""Gloria Scott""","wreck. He had tracked us down somehow, and had set himself to live",803
"The ""Gloria Scott""",upon our fears. You will understand now how it was that I strove to,804
"The ""Gloria Scott""","keep the peace with him, and you will in some measure sympathize with",805
"The ""Gloria Scott""","me in the fears which fill me, now that he has gone from me to his",806
"The ""Gloria Scott""",other victim with threats upon his tongue.',807
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,808
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""Underneath is written in a hand so shaky as to be hardly legible,",809
"The ""Gloria Scott""","'Beddoes writes in cipher to say H. has told all. Sweet Lord, have",810
"The ""Gloria Scott""",mercy on our souls!',811
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,812
"The ""Gloria Scott""","""That was the narrative which I read that night to young Trevor, and",813
"The ""Gloria Scott""","I think, Watson, that under the circumstances it was a dramatic one.",814
"The ""Gloria Scott""","The good fellow was heart-broken at it, and went out to the Terai tea",815
"The ""Gloria Scott""","planting, where I hear that he is doing well. As to the sailor and",816
"The ""Gloria Scott""","Beddoes, neither of them was ever heard of again after that day on",817
"The ""Gloria Scott""",which the letter of warning was written. They both disappeared,818
"The ""Gloria Scott""","utterly and completely. No complaint had been lodged with the police,",819
"The ""Gloria Scott""",so that Beddoes had mistaken a threat for a deed. Hudson had been,820
"The ""Gloria Scott""","seen lurking about, and it was believed by the police that he had",821
"The ""Gloria Scott""",done away with Beddoes and had fled. For myself I believe that the,822
"The ""Gloria Scott""",truth was exactly the opposite. I think that it is most probable that,823
"The ""Gloria Scott""","Beddoes, pushed to desperation and believing himself to have been",824
"The ""Gloria Scott""","already betrayed, had revenged himself upon Hudson, and had fled from",825
"The ""Gloria Scott""",the country with as much money as he could lay his hands on. Those,826
"The ""Gloria Scott""","are the facts of the case, Doctor, and if they are of any use to your",827
"The ""Gloria Scott""","collection, I am sure that they are very heartily at your service.""",828
"The ""Gloria Scott""",,829
The Musgrave Ritual,THE MUSGRAVE RITUAL,1
The Musgrave Ritual,,2
The Musgrave Ritual,An anomaly which often struck me in the character of my friend,3
The Musgrave Ritual,"Sherlock Holmes was that, although in his methods of thought he was",4
The Musgrave Ritual,"the neatest and most methodical of mankind, and although also he",5
The Musgrave Ritual,"affected a certain quiet primness of dress, he was none the less in",6
The Musgrave Ritual,his personal habits one of the most untidy men that ever drove a,7
The Musgrave Ritual,fellow-lodger to distraction. Not that I am in the least conventional,8
The Musgrave Ritual,"in that respect myself. The rough-and-tumble work in Afghanistan,",9
The Musgrave Ritual,"coming on the top of a natural Bohemianism of disposition, has made",10
The Musgrave Ritual,me rather more lax than befits a medical man. But with me there is a,11
The Musgrave Ritual,"limit, and when I find a man who keeps his cigars in the",12
The Musgrave Ritual,"coal-scuttle, his tobacco in the toe end of a Persian slipper, and",13
The Musgrave Ritual,his unanswered correspondence transfixed by a jack-knife into the,14
The Musgrave Ritual,"very centre of his wooden mantelpiece, then I begin to give myself",15
The Musgrave Ritual,"virtuous airs. I have always held, too, that pistol practice should",16
The Musgrave Ritual,"be distinctly an open-air pastime; and when Holmes, in one of his",17
The Musgrave Ritual,"queer humors, would sit in an arm-chair with his hair-trigger and a",18
The Musgrave Ritual,"hundred Boxer cartridges, and proceed to adorn the opposite wall with",19
The Musgrave Ritual,"a patriotic V. R. done in bullet-pocks, I felt strongly that neither",20
The Musgrave Ritual,the atmosphere nor the appearance of our room was improved by it.,21
The Musgrave Ritual,,22
The Musgrave Ritual,Our chambers were always full of chemicals and of criminal relics,23
The Musgrave Ritual,"which had a way of wandering into unlikely positions, and of turning",24
The Musgrave Ritual,up in the butter-dish or in even less desirable places. But his,25
The Musgrave Ritual,"papers were my great crux. He had a horror of destroying documents,",26
The Musgrave Ritual,"especially those which were connected with his past cases, and yet it",27
The Musgrave Ritual,was only once in every year or two that he would muster energy to,28
The Musgrave Ritual,"docket and arrange them; for, as I have mentioned somewhere in these",29
The Musgrave Ritual,"incoherent memoirs, the outbursts of passionate energy when he",30
The Musgrave Ritual,performed the remarkable feats with which his name is associated were,31
The Musgrave Ritual,followed by reactions of lethargy during which he would lie about,32
The Musgrave Ritual,"with his violin and his books, hardly moving save from the sofa to",33
The Musgrave Ritual,"the table. Thus month after month his papers accumulated, until every",34
The Musgrave Ritual,corner of the room was stacked with bundles of manuscript which were,35
The Musgrave Ritual,"on no account to be burned, and which could not be put away save by",36
The Musgrave Ritual,"their owner. One winter's night, as we sat together by the fire, I",37
The Musgrave Ritual,"ventured to suggest to him that, as he had finished pasting extracts",38
The Musgrave Ritual,"into his common-place book, he might employ the next two hours in",39
The Musgrave Ritual,making our room a little more habitable. He could not deny the,40
The Musgrave Ritual,"justice of my request, so with a rather rueful face he went off to",41
The Musgrave Ritual,"his bedroom, from which he returned presently pulling a large tin box",42
The Musgrave Ritual,"behind him. This he placed in the middle of the floor and, squatting",43
The Musgrave Ritual,"down upon a stool in front of it, he threw back the lid. I could see",44
The Musgrave Ritual,that it was already a third full of bundles of paper tied up with red,45
The Musgrave Ritual,tape into separate packages.,46
The Musgrave Ritual,,47
The Musgrave Ritual,"""There are cases enough here, Watson,"" said he, looking at me with",48
The Musgrave Ritual,"mischievous eyes. ""I think that if you knew all that I had in this",49
The Musgrave Ritual,"box you would ask me to pull some out instead of putting others in.""",50
The Musgrave Ritual,,51
The Musgrave Ritual,"""These are the records of your early work, then?"" I asked. ""I have",52
The Musgrave Ritual,"often wished that I had notes of those cases.""",53
The Musgrave Ritual,,54
The Musgrave Ritual,"""Yes, my boy, these were all done prematurely before my biographer",55
The Musgrave Ritual,"had come to glorify me."" He lifted bundle after bundle in a tender,",56
The Musgrave Ritual,"caressing sort of way. ""They are not all successes, Watson,"" said he.",57
The Musgrave Ritual,"""But there are some pretty little problems among them. Here's the",58
The Musgrave Ritual,"record of the Tarleton murders, and the case of Vamberry, the wine",59
The Musgrave Ritual,"merchant, and the adventure of the old Russian woman, and the",60
The Musgrave Ritual,"singular affair of the aluminium crutch, as well as a full account of",61
The Musgrave Ritual,"Ricoletti of the club-foot, and his abominable wife. And here--ah,",62
The Musgrave Ritual,"now, this really is something a little recherché.""",63
The Musgrave Ritual,,64
The Musgrave Ritual,"He dived his arm down to the bottom of the chest, and brought up a",65
The Musgrave Ritual,"small wooden box with a sliding lid, such as children's toys are kept",66
The Musgrave Ritual,"in. From within he produced a crumpled piece of paper, an",67
The Musgrave Ritual,"old-fashioned brass key, a peg of wood with a ball of string attached",68
The Musgrave Ritual,"to it, and three rusty old disks of metal.",69
The Musgrave Ritual,,70
The Musgrave Ritual,"""Well, my boy, what do you make of this lot?"" he asked, smiling at my",71
The Musgrave Ritual,expression.,72
The Musgrave Ritual,,73
The Musgrave Ritual,"""It is a curious collection.""",74
The Musgrave Ritual,,75
The Musgrave Ritual,"""Very curious, and the story that hangs round it will strike you as",76
The Musgrave Ritual,"being more curious still.""",77
The Musgrave Ritual,,78
The Musgrave Ritual,"""These relics have a history then?""",79
The Musgrave Ritual,,80
The Musgrave Ritual,"""So much so that they are history.""",81
The Musgrave Ritual,,82
The Musgrave Ritual,"""What do you mean by that?""",83
The Musgrave Ritual,,84
The Musgrave Ritual,"Sherlock Holmes picked them up one by one, and laid them along the",85
The Musgrave Ritual,edge of the table. Then he reseated himself in his chair and looked,86
The Musgrave Ritual,them over with a gleam of satisfaction in his eyes.,87
The Musgrave Ritual,,88
The Musgrave Ritual,"""These,"" said he, ""are all that I have left to remind me of the",89
The Musgrave Ritual,"adventure of the Musgrave Ritual.""",90
The Musgrave Ritual,,91
The Musgrave Ritual,"I had heard him mention the case more than once, though I had never",92
The Musgrave Ritual,"been able to gather the details. ""I should be so glad,"" said I, ""if",93
The Musgrave Ritual,"you would give me an account of it.""",94
The Musgrave Ritual,,95
The Musgrave Ritual,"""And leave the litter as it is?"" he cried, mischievously. ""Your",96
The Musgrave Ritual,"tidiness won't bear much strain after all, Watson. But I should be",97
The Musgrave Ritual,"glad that you should add this case to your annals, for there are",98
The Musgrave Ritual,points in it which make it quite unique in the criminal records of,99
The Musgrave Ritual,"this or, I believe, of any other country. A collection of my trifling",100
The Musgrave Ritual,achievements would certainly be incomplete which contained no account,101
The Musgrave Ritual,of this very singular business.,102
The Musgrave Ritual,,103
The Musgrave Ritual,"""You may remember how the affair of the Gloria Scott, and my",104
The Musgrave Ritual,"conversation with the unhappy man whose fate I told you of, first",105
The Musgrave Ritual,turned my attention in the direction of the profession which has,106
The Musgrave Ritual,become my life's work. You see me now when my name has become known,107
The Musgrave Ritual,"far and wide, and when I am generally recognized both by the public",108
The Musgrave Ritual,and by the official force as being a final court of appeal in,109
The Musgrave Ritual,"doubtful cases. Even when you knew me first, at the time of the",110
The Musgrave Ritual,"affair which you have commemorated in 'A Study in Scarlet,' I had",111
The Musgrave Ritual,"already established a considerable, though not a very lucrative,",112
The Musgrave Ritual,"connection. You can hardly realize, then, how difficult I found it at",113
The Musgrave Ritual,"first, and how long I had to wait before I succeeded in making any",114
The Musgrave Ritual,headway.,115
The Musgrave Ritual,,116
The Musgrave Ritual,"""When I first came up to London I had rooms in Montague Street, just",117
The Musgrave Ritual,"round the corner from the British Museum, and there I waited, filling",118
The Musgrave Ritual,in my too abundant leisure time by studying all those branches of,119
The Musgrave Ritual,science which might make me more efficient. Now and again cases came,120
The Musgrave Ritual,"in my way, principally through the introduction of old",121
The Musgrave Ritual,"fellow-students, for during my last years at the University there was",122
The Musgrave Ritual,a good deal of talk there about myself and my methods. The third of,123
The Musgrave Ritual,"these cases was that of the Musgrave Ritual, and it is to the",124
The Musgrave Ritual,"interest which was aroused by that singular chain of events, and the",125
The Musgrave Ritual,"large issues which proved to be at stake, that I trace my first",126
The Musgrave Ritual,stride towards the position which I now hold.,127
The Musgrave Ritual,,128
The Musgrave Ritual,"""Reginald Musgrave had been in the same college as myself, and I had",129
The Musgrave Ritual,some slight acquaintance with him. He was not generally popular among,130
The Musgrave Ritual,"the undergraduates, though it always seemed to me that what was set",131
The Musgrave Ritual,down as pride was really an attempt to cover extreme natural,132
The Musgrave Ritual,diffidence. In appearance he was a man of exceedingly aristocratic,133
The Musgrave Ritual,"type, thin, high-nosed, and large-eyed, with languid and yet courtly",134
The Musgrave Ritual,manners. He was indeed a scion of one of the very oldest families in,135
The Musgrave Ritual,"the kingdom, though his branch was a cadet one which had separated",136
The Musgrave Ritual,"from the northern Musgraves some time in the sixteenth century, and",137
The Musgrave Ritual,"had established itself in western Sussex, where the Manor House of",138
The Musgrave Ritual,Hurlstone is perhaps the oldest inhabited building in the county.,139
The Musgrave Ritual,"Something of his birth place seemed to cling to the man, and I never",140
The Musgrave Ritual,"looked at his pale, keen face or the poise of his head without",141
The Musgrave Ritual,associating him with gray archways and mullioned windows and all the,142
The Musgrave Ritual,venerable wreckage of a feudal keep. Once or twice we drifted into,143
The Musgrave Ritual,"talk, and I can remember that more than once he expressed a keen",144
The Musgrave Ritual,interest in my methods of observation and inference.,145
The Musgrave Ritual,,146
The Musgrave Ritual,"""For four years I had seen nothing of him until one morning he walked",147
The Musgrave Ritual,"into my room in Montague Street. He had changed little, was dressed",148
The Musgrave Ritual,like a young man of fashion--he was always a bit of a dandy--and,149
The Musgrave Ritual,"preserved the same quiet, suave manner which had formerly",150
The Musgrave Ritual,distinguished him.,151
The Musgrave Ritual,,152
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'How has all gone with you Musgrave?' I asked, after we had",153
The Musgrave Ritual,cordially shaken hands.,154
The Musgrave Ritual,,155
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'You probably heard of my poor father's death,' said he; 'he was",156
The Musgrave Ritual,carried off about two years ago. Since then I have of course had the,157
The Musgrave Ritual,"Hurlstone estates to manage, and as I am member for my district as",158
The Musgrave Ritual,"well, my life has been a busy one. But I understand, Holmes, that you",159
The Musgrave Ritual,are turning to practical ends those powers with which you used to,160
The Musgrave Ritual,amaze us?',161
The Musgrave Ritual,,162
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'Yes,' said I, 'I have taken to living by my wits.'",163
The Musgrave Ritual,,164
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'I am delighted to hear it, for your advice at present would be",165
The Musgrave Ritual,exceedingly valuable to me. We have had some very strange doings at,166
The Musgrave Ritual,"Hurlstone, and the police have been able to throw no light upon the",167
The Musgrave Ritual,matter. It is really the most extraordinary and inexplicable,168
The Musgrave Ritual,business.',169
The Musgrave Ritual,,170
The Musgrave Ritual,"""You can imagine with what eagerness I listened to him, Watson, for",171
The Musgrave Ritual,the very chance for which I had been panting during all those months,172
The Musgrave Ritual,of inaction seemed to have come within my reach. In my inmost heart I,173
The Musgrave Ritual,"believed that I could succeed where others failed, and now I had the",174
The Musgrave Ritual,opportunity to test myself.,175
The Musgrave Ritual,,176
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'Pray, let me have the details,' I cried.",177
The Musgrave Ritual,,178
The Musgrave Ritual,"""Reginald Musgrave sat down opposite to me, and lit the cigarette",179
The Musgrave Ritual,which I had pushed towards him.,180
The Musgrave Ritual,,181
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'You must know,' said he, 'that though I am a bachelor, I have to",182
The Musgrave Ritual,"keep up a considerable staff of servants at Hurlstone, for it is a",183
The Musgrave Ritual,"rambling old place, and takes a good deal of looking after. I",184
The Musgrave Ritual,"preserve, too, and in the pheasant months I usually have a",185
The Musgrave Ritual,"house-party, so that it would not do to be short-handed. Altogether",186
The Musgrave Ritual,"there are eight maids, the cook, the butler, two footmen, and a boy.",187
The Musgrave Ritual,The garden and the stables of course have a separate staff.,188
The Musgrave Ritual,,189
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'Of these servants the one who had been longest in our service was",190
The Musgrave Ritual,Brunton the butler. He was a young school-master out of place when he,191
The Musgrave Ritual,"was first taken up by my father, but he was a man of great energy and",192
The Musgrave Ritual,"character, and he soon became quite invaluable in the household. He",193
The Musgrave Ritual,"was a well-grown, handsome man, with a splendid forehead, and though",194
The Musgrave Ritual,he has been with us for twenty years he cannot be more than forty,195
The Musgrave Ritual,now. With his personal advantages and his extraordinary gifts--for he,196
The Musgrave Ritual,can speak several languages and play nearly every musical,197
The Musgrave Ritual,instrument--it is wonderful that he should have been satisfied so,198
The Musgrave Ritual,"long in such a position, but I suppose that he was comfortable, and",199
The Musgrave Ritual,lacked energy to make any change. The butler of Hurlstone is always a,200
The Musgrave Ritual,thing that is remembered by all who visit us.,201
The Musgrave Ritual,,202
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'But this paragon has one fault. He is a bit of a Don Juan, and you",203
The Musgrave Ritual,can imagine that for a man like him it is not a very difficult part,204
The Musgrave Ritual,to play in a quiet country district. When he was married it was all,205
The Musgrave Ritual,"right, but since he has been a widower we have had no end of trouble",206
The Musgrave Ritual,with him. A few months ago we were in hopes that he was about to,207
The Musgrave Ritual,"settle down again for he became engaged to Rachel Howells, our second",208
The Musgrave Ritual,house-maid; but he has thrown her over since then and taken up with,209
The Musgrave Ritual,"Janet Tregellis, the daughter of the head game-keeper. Rachel--who is",210
The Musgrave Ritual,"a very good girl, but of an excitable Welsh temperament--had a sharp",211
The Musgrave Ritual,"touch of brain-fever, and goes about the house now--or did until",212
The Musgrave Ritual,yesterday--like a black-eyed shadow of her former self. That was our,213
The Musgrave Ritual,first drama at Hurlstone; but a second one came to drive it from our,214
The Musgrave Ritual,"minds, and it was prefaced by the disgrace and dismissal of butler",215
The Musgrave Ritual,Brunton.,216
The Musgrave Ritual,,217
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'This was how it came about. I have said that the man was",218
The Musgrave Ritual,"intelligent, and this very intelligence has caused his ruin, for it",219
The Musgrave Ritual,seems to have led to an insatiable curiosity about things which did,220
The Musgrave Ritual,not in the least concern him. I had no idea of the lengths to which,221
The Musgrave Ritual,"this would carry him, until the merest accident opened my eyes to it.",222
The Musgrave Ritual,,223
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'I have said that the house is a rambling one. One day last week--on",224
The Musgrave Ritual,"Thursday night, to be more exact--I found that I could not sleep,",225
The Musgrave Ritual,having foolishly taken a cup of strong café noir after my dinner.,226
The Musgrave Ritual,"After struggling against it until two in the morning, I felt that it",227
The Musgrave Ritual,"was quite hopeless, so I rose and lit the candle with the intention",228
The Musgrave Ritual,"of continuing a novel which I was reading. The book, however, had",229
The Musgrave Ritual,"been left in the billiard-room, so I pulled on my dressing-gown and",230
The Musgrave Ritual,started off to get it.,231
The Musgrave Ritual,,232
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'In order to reach the billiard-room I had to descend a flight of",233
The Musgrave Ritual,stairs and then to cross the head of a passage which led to the,234
The Musgrave Ritual,"library and the gun-room. You can imagine my surprise when, as I",235
The Musgrave Ritual,"looked down this corridor, I saw a glimmer of light coming from the",236
The Musgrave Ritual,open door of the library. I had myself extinguished the lamp and,237
The Musgrave Ritual,closed the door before coming to bed. Naturally my first thought was,238
The Musgrave Ritual,of burglars. The corridors at Hurlstone have their walls largely,239
The Musgrave Ritual,decorated with trophies of old weapons. From one of these I picked a,240
The Musgrave Ritual,"battle-axe, and then, leaving my candle behind me, I crept on tiptoe",241
The Musgrave Ritual,down the passage and peeped in at the open door.,242
The Musgrave Ritual,,243
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'Brunton, the butler, was in the library. He was sitting, fully",244
The Musgrave Ritual,"dressed, in an easy-chair, with a slip of paper which looked like a",245
The Musgrave Ritual,"map upon his knee, and his forehead sunk forward upon his hand in",246
The Musgrave Ritual,"deep thought. I stood dumb with astonishment, watching him from the",247
The Musgrave Ritual,darkness. A small taper on the edge of the table shed a feeble light,248
The Musgrave Ritual,"which sufficed to show me that he was fully dressed. Suddenly, as I",249
The Musgrave Ritual,"looked, he rose from his chair, and walking over to a bureau at the",250
The Musgrave Ritual,"side, he unlocked it and drew out one of the drawers. From this he",251
The Musgrave Ritual,"took a paper, and returning to his seat he flattened it out beside",252
The Musgrave Ritual,"the taper on the edge of the table, and began to study it with minute",253
The Musgrave Ritual,attention. My indignation at this calm examination of our family,254
The Musgrave Ritual,"documents overcame me so far that I took a step forward, and Brunton,",255
The Musgrave Ritual,"looking up, saw me standing in the doorway. He sprang to his feet,",256
The Musgrave Ritual,"his face turned livid with fear, and he thrust into his breast the",257
The Musgrave Ritual,chart-like paper which he had been originally studying.,258
The Musgrave Ritual,,259
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'""So!"" said I. ""This is how you repay the trust which we have",260
The Musgrave Ritual,"reposed in you. You will leave my service to-morrow.""",261
The Musgrave Ritual,,262
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'He bowed with the look of a man who is utterly crushed, and slunk",263
The Musgrave Ritual,"past me without a word. The taper was still on the table, and by its",264
The Musgrave Ritual,light I glanced to see what the paper was which Brunton had taken,265
The Musgrave Ritual,from the bureau. To my surprise it was nothing of any importance at,266
The Musgrave Ritual,"all, but simply a copy of the questions and answers in the singular",267
The Musgrave Ritual,old observance called the Musgrave Ritual. It is a sort of ceremony,268
The Musgrave Ritual,"peculiar to our family, which each Musgrave for centuries past has",269
The Musgrave Ritual,"gone through on his coming of age--a thing of private interest, and",270
The Musgrave Ritual,"perhaps of some little importance to the archaeologist, like our own",271
The Musgrave Ritual,"blazonings and charges, but of no practical use whatever.'",272
The Musgrave Ritual,,273
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'We had better come back to the paper afterwards,' said I.",274
The Musgrave Ritual,,275
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'If you think it really necessary,' he answered, with some",276
The Musgrave Ritual,"hesitation. 'To continue my statement, however: I relocked the",277
The Musgrave Ritual,"bureau, using the key which Brunton had left, and I had turned to go",278
The Musgrave Ritual,"when I was surprised to find that the butler had returned, and was",279
The Musgrave Ritual,standing before me.,280
The Musgrave Ritual,,281
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'""Mr. Musgrave, sir,"" he cried, in a voice which was hoarse with",282
The Musgrave Ritual,"emotion, ""I can't bear disgrace, sir. I've always been proud above my",283
The Musgrave Ritual,"station in life, and disgrace would kill me. My blood will be on your",284
The Musgrave Ritual,"head, sir--it will, indeed--if you drive me to despair. If you cannot",285
The Musgrave Ritual,"keep me after what has passed, then for God's sake let me give you",286
The Musgrave Ritual,"notice and leave in a month, as if of my own free will. I could stand",287
The Musgrave Ritual,"that, Mr. Musgrave, but not to be cast out before all the folk that I",288
The Musgrave Ritual,"know so well.""",289
The Musgrave Ritual,,290
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'""You don't deserve much consideration, Brunton,"" I answered. ""Your",291
The Musgrave Ritual,"conduct has been most infamous. However, as you have been a long time",292
The Musgrave Ritual,"in the family, I have no wish to bring public disgrace upon you. A",293
The Musgrave Ritual,"month, however is too long. Take yourself away in a week, and give",294
The Musgrave Ritual,"what reason you like for going.""",295
The Musgrave Ritual,,296
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'""Only a week, sir?"" he cried, in a despairing voice. ""A",297
The Musgrave Ritual,"fortnight--say at least a fortnight!""",298
The Musgrave Ritual,,299
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'""A week,"" I repeated, ""and you may consider yourself to have been",300
The Musgrave Ritual,"very leniently dealt with.""",301
The Musgrave Ritual,,302
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'He crept away, his face sunk upon his breast, like a broken man,",303
The Musgrave Ritual,while I put out the light and returned to my room.,304
The Musgrave Ritual,,305
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'For two days after this Brunton was most assiduous in his attention",306
The Musgrave Ritual,"to his duties. I made no allusion to what had passed, and waited with",307
The Musgrave Ritual,some curiosity to see how he would cover his disgrace. On the third,308
The Musgrave Ritual,"morning, however he did not appear, as was his custom, after",309
The Musgrave Ritual,breakfast to receive my instructions for the day. As I left the,310
The Musgrave Ritual,"dining-room I happened to meet Rachel Howells, the maid. I have told",311
The Musgrave Ritual,"you that she had only recently recovered from an illness, and was",312
The Musgrave Ritual,looking so wretchedly pale and wan that I remonstrated with her for,313
The Musgrave Ritual,being at work.,314
The Musgrave Ritual,,315
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'""You should be in bed,"" I said. ""Come back to your duties when you",316
The Musgrave Ritual,"are stronger.""",317
The Musgrave Ritual,,318
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'She looked at me with so strange an expression that I began to",319
The Musgrave Ritual,suspect that her brain was affected.,320
The Musgrave Ritual,,321
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'""I am strong enough, Mr. Musgrave,"" said she.",322
The Musgrave Ritual,,323
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'""We will see what the doctor says,"" I answered. ""You must stop work",324
The Musgrave Ritual,"now, and when you go downstairs just say that I wish to see Brunton.""",325
The Musgrave Ritual,,326
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'""The butler is gone,"" said she.",327
The Musgrave Ritual,,328
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'""Gone! Gone where?""",329
The Musgrave Ritual,,330
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'""He is gone. No one has seen him. He is not in his room. Oh, yes,",331
The Musgrave Ritual,"he is gone, he is gone!"" She fell back against the wall with shriek",332
The Musgrave Ritual,"after shriek of laughter, while I, horrified at this sudden",333
The Musgrave Ritual,"hysterical attack, rushed to the bell to summon help. The girl was",334
The Musgrave Ritual,"taken to her room, still screaming and sobbing, while I made",335
The Musgrave Ritual,inquiries about Brunton. There was no doubt about it that he had,336
The Musgrave Ritual,"disappeared. His bed had not been slept in, he had been seen by no",337
The Musgrave Ritual,"one since he had retired to his room the night before, and yet it was",338
The Musgrave Ritual,"difficult to see how he could have left the house, as both windows",339
The Musgrave Ritual,"and doors were found to be fastened in the morning. His clothes, his",340
The Musgrave Ritual,"watch, and even his money were in his room, but the black suit which",341
The Musgrave Ritual,"he usually wore was missing. His slippers, too, were gone, but his",342
The Musgrave Ritual,boots were left behind. Where then could butler Brunton have gone in,343
The Musgrave Ritual,"the night, and what could have become of him now?",344
The Musgrave Ritual,,345
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'Of course we searched the house from cellar to garret, but there",346
The Musgrave Ritual,"was no trace of him. It is, as I have said, a labyrinth of an old",347
The Musgrave Ritual,"house, especially the original wing, which is now practically",348
The Musgrave Ritual,uninhabited; but we ransacked every room and cellar without,349
The Musgrave Ritual,discovering the least sign of the missing man. It was incredible to,350
The Musgrave Ritual,"me that he could have gone away leaving all his property behind him,",351
The Musgrave Ritual,"and yet where could he be? I called in the local police, but without",352
The Musgrave Ritual,success. Rain had fallen on the night before and we examined the lawn,353
The Musgrave Ritual,"and the paths all round the house, but in vain. Matters were in this",354
The Musgrave Ritual,"state, when a new development quite drew our attention away from the",355
The Musgrave Ritual,original mystery.,356
The Musgrave Ritual,,357
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'For two days Rachel Howells had been so ill, sometimes delirious,",358
The Musgrave Ritual,"sometimes hysterical, that a nurse had been employed to sit up with",359
The Musgrave Ritual,"her at night. On the third night after Brunton's disappearance, the",360
The Musgrave Ritual,"nurse, finding her patient sleeping nicely, had dropped into a nap in",361
The Musgrave Ritual,"the arm-chair, when she woke in the early morning to find the bed",362
The Musgrave Ritual,"empty, the window open, and no signs of the invalid. I was instantly",363
The Musgrave Ritual,"aroused, and, with the two footmen, started off at once in search of",364
The Musgrave Ritual,the missing girl. It was not difficult to tell the direction which,365
The Musgrave Ritual,"she had taken, for, starting from under her window, we could follow",366
The Musgrave Ritual,"her footmarks easily across the lawn to the edge of the mere, where",367
The Musgrave Ritual,they vanished close to the gravel path which leads out of the,368
The Musgrave Ritual,"grounds. The lake there is eight feet deep, and you can imagine our",369
The Musgrave Ritual,feelings when we saw that the trail of the poor demented girl came to,370
The Musgrave Ritual,an end at the edge of it.,371
The Musgrave Ritual,,372
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'Of course, we had the drags at once, and set to work to recover the",373
The Musgrave Ritual,"remains, but no trace of the body could we find. On the other hand,",374
The Musgrave Ritual,we brought to the surface an object of a most unexpected kind. It was,375
The Musgrave Ritual,a linen bag which contained within it a mass of old rusted and,376
The Musgrave Ritual,discolored metal and several dull-colored pieces of pebble or glass.,377
The Musgrave Ritual,"This strange find was all that we could get from the mere, and,",378
The Musgrave Ritual,"although we made every possible search and inquiry yesterday, we know",379
The Musgrave Ritual,nothing of the fate either of Rachel Howells or of Richard Brunton.,380
The Musgrave Ritual,"The county police are at their wits' end, and I have come up to you",381
The Musgrave Ritual,as a last resource.',382
The Musgrave Ritual,,383
The Musgrave Ritual,"""You can imagine, Watson, with what eagerness I listened to this",384
The Musgrave Ritual,"extraordinary sequence of events, and endeavored to piece them",385
The Musgrave Ritual,"together, and to devise some common thread upon which they might all",386
The Musgrave Ritual,hang. The butler was gone. The maid was gone. The maid had loved the,387
The Musgrave Ritual,"butler, but had afterwards had cause to hate him. She was of Welsh",388
The Musgrave Ritual,"blood, fiery and passionate. She had been terribly excited",389
The Musgrave Ritual,immediately after his disappearance. She had flung into the lake a,390
The Musgrave Ritual,bag containing some curious contents. These were all factors which,391
The Musgrave Ritual,"had to be taken into consideration, and yet none of them got quite to",392
The Musgrave Ritual,the heart of the matter. What was the starting-point of this chain of,393
The Musgrave Ritual,events? There lay the end of this tangled line.,394
The Musgrave Ritual,,395
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'I must see that paper, Musgrave,' said I, 'which this butler of",396
The Musgrave Ritual,"your thought it worth his while to consult, even at the risk of the",397
The Musgrave Ritual,loss of his place.',398
The Musgrave Ritual,,399
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'It is rather an absurd business, this ritual of ours,' he answered.",400
The Musgrave Ritual,'But it has at least the saving grace of antiquity to excuse it. I,401
The Musgrave Ritual,have a copy of the questions and answers here if you care to run your,402
The Musgrave Ritual,eye over them.',403
The Musgrave Ritual,,404
The Musgrave Ritual,"""He handed me the very paper which I have here, Watson, and this is",405
The Musgrave Ritual,the strange catechism to which each Musgrave had to submit when he,406
The Musgrave Ritual,came to man's estate. I will read you the questions and answers as,407
The Musgrave Ritual,they stand.,408
The Musgrave Ritual,,409
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'Whose was it?'",410
The Musgrave Ritual,,411
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'His who is gone.'",412
The Musgrave Ritual,,413
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'Who shall have it?'",414
The Musgrave Ritual,,415
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'He who will come.'",416
The Musgrave Ritual,,417
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'What was the month?'",418
The Musgrave Ritual,,419
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'The sixth from the first.'",420
The Musgrave Ritual,,421
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'Where was the sun?'",422
The Musgrave Ritual,,423
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'Over the oak.'",424
The Musgrave Ritual,,425
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'Where was the shadow?'",426
The Musgrave Ritual,,427
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'Under the elm.'",428
The Musgrave Ritual,,429
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'How was it stepped?'",430
The Musgrave Ritual,,431
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'North by ten and by ten, east by five and by five, south by two and",432
The Musgrave Ritual,"by two, west by one and by one, and so under.'",433
The Musgrave Ritual,,434
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'What shall we give for it?'",435
The Musgrave Ritual,,436
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'All that is ours.'",437
The Musgrave Ritual,,438
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'Why should we give it?'",439
The Musgrave Ritual,,440
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'For the sake of the trust.'",441
The Musgrave Ritual,,442
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'The original has no date, but is in the spelling of the middle of",443
The Musgrave Ritual,"the seventeenth century,' remarked Musgrave. 'I am afraid, however,",444
The Musgrave Ritual,that it can be of little help to you in solving this mystery.',445
The Musgrave Ritual,,446
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'At least,' said I, 'it gives us another mystery, and one which is",447
The Musgrave Ritual,even more interesting than the first. It may be that the solution of,448
The Musgrave Ritual,the one may prove to be the solution of the other. You will excuse,449
The Musgrave Ritual,"me, Musgrave, if I say that your butler appears to me to have been a",450
The Musgrave Ritual,"very clever man, and to have had a clearer insight that ten",451
The Musgrave Ritual,generations of his masters.',452
The Musgrave Ritual,,453
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'I hardly follow you,' said Musgrave. 'The paper seems to me to be",454
The Musgrave Ritual,of no practical importance.',455
The Musgrave Ritual,,456
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'But to me it seems immensely practical, and I fancy that Brunton",457
The Musgrave Ritual,took the same view. He had probably seen it before that night on,458
The Musgrave Ritual,which you caught him.',459
The Musgrave Ritual,,460
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'It is very possible. We took no pains to hide it.'",461
The Musgrave Ritual,,462
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'He simply wished, I should imagine, to refresh his memory upon that",463
The Musgrave Ritual,"last occasion. He had, as I understand, some sort of map or chart",464
The Musgrave Ritual,"which he was comparing with the manuscript, and which he thrust into",465
The Musgrave Ritual,his pocket when you appeared.',466
The Musgrave Ritual,,467
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'That is true. But what could he have to do with this old family",468
The Musgrave Ritual,"custom of ours, and what does this rigmarole mean?'",469
The Musgrave Ritual,,470
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'I don't think that we should have much difficulty in determining",471
The Musgrave Ritual,"that,' said I; 'with your permission we will take the first train",472
The Musgrave Ritual,"down to Sussex, and go a little more deeply into the matter upon the",473
The Musgrave Ritual,spot.',474
The Musgrave Ritual,,475
The Musgrave Ritual,"""The same afternoon saw us both at Hurlstone. Possibly you have seen",476
The Musgrave Ritual,"pictures and read descriptions of the famous old building, so I will",477
The Musgrave Ritual,confine my account of it to saying that it is built in the shape of,478
The Musgrave Ritual,"an L, the long arm being the more modern portion, and the shorter the",479
The Musgrave Ritual,"ancient nucleus, from which the other had developed. Over the low,",480
The Musgrave Ritual,"heavily-lintelled door, in the centre of this old part, is chiseled",481
The Musgrave Ritual,"the date, 1607, but experts are agreed that the beams and stone-work",482
The Musgrave Ritual,are really much older than this. The enormously thick walls and tiny,483
The Musgrave Ritual,windows of this part had in the last century driven the family into,484
The Musgrave Ritual,"building the new wing, and the old one was used now as a store-house",485
The Musgrave Ritual,"and a cellar, when it was used at all. A splendid park with fine old",486
The Musgrave Ritual,"timber surrounds the house, and the lake, to which my client had",487
The Musgrave Ritual,"referred, lay close to the avenue, about two hundred yards from the",488
The Musgrave Ritual,building.,489
The Musgrave Ritual,,490
The Musgrave Ritual,"""I was already firmly convinced, Watson, that there were not three",491
The Musgrave Ritual,"separate mysteries here, but one only, and that if I could read the",492
The Musgrave Ritual,Musgrave Ritual aright I should hold in my hand the clue which would,493
The Musgrave Ritual,lead me to the truth concerning both the butler Brunton and the maid,494
The Musgrave Ritual,Howells. To that then I turned all my energies. Why should this,495
The Musgrave Ritual,servant be so anxious to master this old formula? Evidently because,496
The Musgrave Ritual,he saw something in it which had escaped all those generations of,497
The Musgrave Ritual,"country squires, and from which he expected some personal advantage.",498
The Musgrave Ritual,"What was it then, and how had it affected his fate?",499
The Musgrave Ritual,,500
The Musgrave Ritual,"""It was perfectly obvious to me, on reading the ritual, that the",501
The Musgrave Ritual,measurements must refer to some spot to which the rest of the,502
The Musgrave Ritual,"document alluded, and that if we could find that spot, we should be",503
The Musgrave Ritual,in a fair way towards finding what the secret was which the old,504
The Musgrave Ritual,Musgraves had thought it necessary to embalm in so curious a fashion.,505
The Musgrave Ritual,"There were two guides given us to start with, an oak and an elm. As",506
The Musgrave Ritual,to the oak there could be no question at all. Right in front of the,507
The Musgrave Ritual,"house, upon the left-hand side of the drive, there stood a patriarch",508
The Musgrave Ritual,"among oaks, one of the most magnificent trees that I have ever seen.",509
The Musgrave Ritual,,510
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'That was there when your ritual was drawn up,' said I, as we drove",511
The Musgrave Ritual,past it.,512
The Musgrave Ritual,,513
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'It was there at the Norman Conquest in all probability,' he",514
The Musgrave Ritual,answered. 'It has a girth of twenty-three feet.',515
The Musgrave Ritual,,516
The Musgrave Ritual,"""Here was one of my fixed points secured.",517
The Musgrave Ritual,,518
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'Have you any old elms?' I asked.",519
The Musgrave Ritual,,520
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'There used to be a very old one over yonder but it was struck by",521
The Musgrave Ritual,"lightning ten years ago, and we cut down the stump,'",522
The Musgrave Ritual,,523
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'You can see where it used to be?'",524
The Musgrave Ritual,,525
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'Oh, yes.'",526
The Musgrave Ritual,,527
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'There are no other elms?'",528
The Musgrave Ritual,,529
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'No old ones, but plenty of beeches.'",530
The Musgrave Ritual,,531
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'I should like to see where it grew.'",532
The Musgrave Ritual,,533
The Musgrave Ritual,"""We had driven up in a dogcart, and my client led me away at once,",534
The Musgrave Ritual,"without our entering the house, to the scar on the lawn where the elm",535
The Musgrave Ritual,had stood. It was nearly midway between the oak and the house. My,536
The Musgrave Ritual,investigation seemed to be progressing.,537
The Musgrave Ritual,,538
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'I suppose it is impossible to find out how high the elm was?' I",539
The Musgrave Ritual,asked.,540
The Musgrave Ritual,,541
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'I can give you it at once. It was sixty-four feet.'",542
The Musgrave Ritual,,543
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'How do you come to know it?' I asked, in surprise.",544
The Musgrave Ritual,,545
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'When my old tutor used to give me an exercise in trigonometry, it",546
The Musgrave Ritual,always took the shape of measuring heights. When I was a lad I worked,547
The Musgrave Ritual,out every tree and building in the estate.',548
The Musgrave Ritual,,549
The Musgrave Ritual,"""This was an unexpected piece of luck. My data were coming more",550
The Musgrave Ritual,quickly than I could have reasonably hoped.,551
The Musgrave Ritual,,552
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'Tell me,' I asked, 'did your butler ever ask you such a question?'",553
The Musgrave Ritual,,554
The Musgrave Ritual,"""Reginald Musgrave looked at me in astonishment. 'Now that you call",555
The Musgrave Ritual,"it to my mind,' he answered, 'Brunton did ask me about the height of",556
The Musgrave Ritual,"the tree some months ago, in connection with some little argument",557
The Musgrave Ritual,with the groom.',558
The Musgrave Ritual,,559
The Musgrave Ritual,"""This was excellent news, Watson, for it showed me that I was on the",560
The Musgrave Ritual,"right road. I looked up at the sun. It was low in the heavens, and I",561
The Musgrave Ritual,calculated that in less than an hour it would lie just above the,562
The Musgrave Ritual,topmost branches of the old oak. One condition mentioned in the,563
The Musgrave Ritual,Ritual would then be fulfilled. And the shadow of the elm must mean,564
The Musgrave Ritual,"the farther end of the shadow, otherwise the trunk would have been",565
The Musgrave Ritual,"chosen as the guide. I had, then, to find where the far end of the",566
The Musgrave Ritual,"shadow would fall when the sun was just clear of the oak.""",567
The Musgrave Ritual,,568
The Musgrave Ritual,"""That must have been difficult, Holmes, when the elm was no longer",569
The Musgrave Ritual,"there.""",570
The Musgrave Ritual,,571
The Musgrave Ritual,"""Well, at least I knew that if Brunton could do it, I could also.",572
The Musgrave Ritual,"Besides, there was no real difficulty. I went with Musgrave to his",573
The Musgrave Ritual,"study and whittled myself this peg, to which I tied this long string",574
The Musgrave Ritual,"with a knot at each yard. Then I took two lengths of a fishing-rod,",575
The Musgrave Ritual,"which came to just six feet, and I went back with my client to where",576
The Musgrave Ritual,the elm had been. The sun was just grazing the top of the oak. I,577
The Musgrave Ritual,"fastened the rod on end, marked out the direction of the shadow, and",578
The Musgrave Ritual,measured it. It was nine feet in length.,579
The Musgrave Ritual,,580
The Musgrave Ritual,"""Of course the calculation now was a simple one. If a rod of six feet",581
The Musgrave Ritual,"threw a shadow of nine, a tree of sixty-four feet would throw one of",582
The Musgrave Ritual,"ninety-six, and the line of the one would of course be the line of",583
The Musgrave Ritual,"the other. I measured out the distance, which brought me almost to",584
The Musgrave Ritual,"the wall of the house, and I thrust a peg into the spot. You can",585
The Musgrave Ritual,"imagine my exultation, Watson, when within two inches of my peg I saw",586
The Musgrave Ritual,a conical depression in the ground. I knew that it was the mark made,587
The Musgrave Ritual,"by Brunton in his measurements, and that I was still upon his trail.",588
The Musgrave Ritual,,589
The Musgrave Ritual,"""From this starting-point I proceeded to step, having first taken the",590
The Musgrave Ritual,cardinal points by my pocket-compass. Ten steps with each foot took,591
The Musgrave Ritual,"me along parallel with the wall of the house, and again I marked my",592
The Musgrave Ritual,spot with a peg. Then I carefully paced off five to the east and two,593
The Musgrave Ritual,to the south. It brought me to the very threshold of the old door.,594
The Musgrave Ritual,Two steps to the west meant now that I was to go two paces down the,595
The Musgrave Ritual,"stone-flagged passage, and this was the place indicated by the",596
The Musgrave Ritual,Ritual.,597
The Musgrave Ritual,,598
The Musgrave Ritual,"""Never have I felt such a cold chill of disappointment, Watson. For a",599
The Musgrave Ritual,moment it seemed to me that there must be some radical mistake in my,600
The Musgrave Ritual,"calculations. The setting sun shone full upon the passage floor, and",601
The Musgrave Ritual,"I could see that the old, foot-worn gray stones with which it was",602
The Musgrave Ritual,"paved were firmly cemented together, and had certainly not been moved",603
The Musgrave Ritual,for many a long year. Brunton had not been at work here. I tapped,604
The Musgrave Ritual,"upon the floor, but it sounded the same all over, and there was no",605
The Musgrave Ritual,"sign of any crack or crevice. But fortunately, Musgrave, who had",606
The Musgrave Ritual,"begun to appreciate the meaning of my proceedings, and who was now as",607
The Musgrave Ritual,"excited as myself, took out his manuscript to check my calculation.",608
The Musgrave Ritual,,609
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'And under,' he cried. 'You have omitted the ""and under.""'",610
The Musgrave Ritual,,611
The Musgrave Ritual,"""I had thought that it meant that we were to dig, but now, of course,",612
The Musgrave Ritual,I saw at once that I was wrong. 'There is a cellar under this then?',613
The Musgrave Ritual,I cried.,614
The Musgrave Ritual,,615
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'Yes, and as old as the house. Down here, through this door.'",616
The Musgrave Ritual,,617
The Musgrave Ritual,"""We went down a winding stone stair, and my companion, striking a",618
The Musgrave Ritual,"match, lit a large lantern which stood on a barrel in the corner. In",619
The Musgrave Ritual,an instant it was obvious that we had at last come upon the true,620
The Musgrave Ritual,"place, and that we had not been the only people to visit the spot",621
The Musgrave Ritual,recently.,622
The Musgrave Ritual,,623
The Musgrave Ritual,"""It had been used for the storage of wood, but the billets, which had",624
The Musgrave Ritual,"evidently been littered over the floor, were now piled at the sides,",625
The Musgrave Ritual,so as to leave a clear space in the middle. In this space lay a large,626
The Musgrave Ritual,and heavy flagstone with a rusted iron ring in the centre to which a,627
The Musgrave Ritual,thick shepherd's-check muffler was attached.,628
The Musgrave Ritual,,629
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'By Jove!' cried my client. 'That's Brunton's muffler. I have seen",630
The Musgrave Ritual,"it on him, and could swear to it. What has the villain been doing",631
The Musgrave Ritual,here?',632
The Musgrave Ritual,,633
The Musgrave Ritual,"""At my suggestion a couple of the county police were summoned to be",634
The Musgrave Ritual,"present, and I then endeavored to raise the stone by pulling on the",635
The Musgrave Ritual,"cravat. I could only move it slightly, and it was with the aid of one",636
The Musgrave Ritual,of the constables that I succeeded at last in carrying it to one,637
The Musgrave Ritual,"side. A black hole yawned beneath into which we all peered, while",638
The Musgrave Ritual,"Musgrave, kneeling at the side, pushed down the lantern.",639
The Musgrave Ritual,,640
The Musgrave Ritual,"""A small chamber about seven feet deep and four feet square lay open",641
The Musgrave Ritual,"to us. At one side of this was a squat, brass-bound wooden box, the",642
The Musgrave Ritual,"lid of which was hinged upwards, with this curious old-fashioned key",643
The Musgrave Ritual,projecting from the lock. It was furred outside by a thick layer of,644
The Musgrave Ritual,"dust, and damp and worms had eaten through the wood, so that a crop",645
The Musgrave Ritual,of livid fungi was growing on the inside of it. Several discs of,646
The Musgrave Ritual,"metal, old coins apparently, such as I hold here, were scattered over",647
The Musgrave Ritual,"the bottom of the box, but it contained nothing else.",648
The Musgrave Ritual,,649
The Musgrave Ritual,"""At the moment, however, we had no thought for the old chest, for our",650
The Musgrave Ritual,eyes were riveted upon that which crouched beside it. It was the,651
The Musgrave Ritual,"figure of a man, clad in a suit of black, who squatted down upon his",652
The Musgrave Ritual,hams with his forehead sunk upon the edge of the box and his two arms,653
The Musgrave Ritual,thrown out on each side of it. The attitude had drawn all the,654
The Musgrave Ritual,"stagnant blood to the face, and no man could have recognized that",655
The Musgrave Ritual,"distorted liver-colored countenance; but his height, his dress, and",656
The Musgrave Ritual,"his hair were all sufficient to show my client, when we had drawn the",657
The Musgrave Ritual,"body up, that it was indeed his missing butler. He had been dead some",658
The Musgrave Ritual,"days, but there was no wound or bruise upon his person to show how he",659
The Musgrave Ritual,had met his dreadful end. When his body had been carried from the,660
The Musgrave Ritual,cellar we found ourselves still confronted with a problem which was,661
The Musgrave Ritual,almost as formidable as that with which we had started.,662
The Musgrave Ritual,,663
The Musgrave Ritual,"""I confess that so far, Watson, I had been disappointed in my",664
The Musgrave Ritual,investigation. I had reckoned upon solving the matter when once I had,665
The Musgrave Ritual,"found the place referred to in the Ritual; but now I was there, and",666
The Musgrave Ritual,was apparently as far as ever from knowing what it was which the,667
The Musgrave Ritual,family had concealed with such elaborate precautions. It is true that,668
The Musgrave Ritual,"I had thrown a light upon the fate of Brunton, but now I had to",669
The Musgrave Ritual,"ascertain how that fate had come upon him, and what part had been",670
The Musgrave Ritual,played in the matter by the woman who had disappeared. I sat down,671
The Musgrave Ritual,upon a keg in the corner and thought the whole matter carefully over.,672
The Musgrave Ritual,,673
The Musgrave Ritual,"""You know my methods in such cases, Watson. I put myself in the man's",674
The Musgrave Ritual,"place and, having first gauged his intelligence, I try to imagine how",675
The Musgrave Ritual,I should myself have proceeded under the same circumstances. In this,676
The Musgrave Ritual,case the matter was simplified by Brunton's intelligence being quite,677
The Musgrave Ritual,"first-rate, so that it was unnecessary to make any allowance for the",678
The Musgrave Ritual,"personal equation, as the astronomers have dubbed it. He knew that",679
The Musgrave Ritual,something valuable was concealed. He had spotted the place. He found,680
The Musgrave Ritual,that the stone which covered it was just too heavy for a man to move,681
The Musgrave Ritual,"unaided. What would he do next? He could not get help from outside,",682
The Musgrave Ritual,"even if he had some one whom he could trust, without the unbarring of",683
The Musgrave Ritual,"doors and considerable risk of detection. It was better, if he could,",684
The Musgrave Ritual,to have his helpmate inside the house. But whom could he ask? This,685
The Musgrave Ritual,girl had been devoted to him. A man always finds it hard to realize,686
The Musgrave Ritual,"that he may have finally lost a woman's love, however badly he may",687
The Musgrave Ritual,have treated her. He would try by a few attentions to make his peace,688
The Musgrave Ritual,"with the girl Howells, and then would engage her as his accomplice.",689
The Musgrave Ritual,"Together they would come at night to the cellar, and their united",690
The Musgrave Ritual,force would suffice to raise the stone. So far I could follow their,691
The Musgrave Ritual,actions as if I had actually seen them.,692
The Musgrave Ritual,,693
The Musgrave Ritual,"""But for two of them, and one a woman, it must have been heavy work",694
The Musgrave Ritual,the raising of that stone. A burly Sussex policeman and I had found,695
The Musgrave Ritual,it no light job. What would they do to assist them? Probably what I,696
The Musgrave Ritual,should have done myself. I rose and examined carefully the different,697
The Musgrave Ritual,billets of wood which were scattered round the floor. Almost at once,698
The Musgrave Ritual,"I came upon what I expected. One piece, about three feet in length,",699
The Musgrave Ritual,"had a very marked indentation at one end, while several were",700
The Musgrave Ritual,flattened at the sides as if they had been compressed by some,701
The Musgrave Ritual,"considerable weight. Evidently, as they had dragged the stone up they",702
The Musgrave Ritual,"had thrust the chunks of wood into the chink, until at last, when the",703
The Musgrave Ritual,"opening was large enough to crawl through, they would hold it open by",704
The Musgrave Ritual,"a billet placed lengthwise, which might very well become indented at",705
The Musgrave Ritual,"the lower end, since the whole weight of the stone would press it",706
The Musgrave Ritual,down on to the edge of this other slab. So far I was still on safe,707
The Musgrave Ritual,ground.,708
The Musgrave Ritual,,709
The Musgrave Ritual,"""And now how was I to proceed to reconstruct this midnight drama?",710
The Musgrave Ritual,"Clearly, only one could fit into the hole, and that one was Brunton.",711
The Musgrave Ritual,"The girl must have waited above. Brunton then unlocked the box,",712
The Musgrave Ritual,handed up the contents presumably--since they were not to be,713
The Musgrave Ritual,found--and then--and then what happened?,714
The Musgrave Ritual,,715
The Musgrave Ritual,"""What smouldering fire of vengeance had suddenly sprung into flame in",716
The Musgrave Ritual,this passionate Celtic woman's soul when she saw the man who had,717
The Musgrave Ritual,"wronged her--wronged her, perhaps, far more than we suspected--in her",718
The Musgrave Ritual,"power? Was it a chance that the wood had slipped, and that the stone",719
The Musgrave Ritual,had shut Brunton into what had become his sepulchre? Had she only,720
The Musgrave Ritual,been guilty of silence as to his fate? Or had some sudden blow from,721
The Musgrave Ritual,her hand dashed the support away and sent the slab crashing down into,722
The Musgrave Ritual,"its place? Be that as it might, I seemed to see that woman's figure",723
The Musgrave Ritual,still clutching at her treasure trove and flying wildly up the,724
The Musgrave Ritual,"winding stair, with her ears ringing perhaps with the muffled screams",725
The Musgrave Ritual,from behind her and with the drumming of frenzied hands against the,726
The Musgrave Ritual,slab of stone which was choking her faithless lover's life out.,727
The Musgrave Ritual,,728
The Musgrave Ritual,"""Here was the secret of her blanched face, her shaken nerves, her",729
The Musgrave Ritual,peals of hysterical laughter on the next morning. But what had been,730
The Musgrave Ritual,"in the box? What had she done with that? Of course, it must have been",731
The Musgrave Ritual,the old metal and pebbles which my client had dragged from the mere.,732
The Musgrave Ritual,She had thrown them in there at the first opportunity to remove the,733
The Musgrave Ritual,last trace of her crime.,734
The Musgrave Ritual,,735
The Musgrave Ritual,"""For twenty minutes I had sat motionless, thinking the matter out.",736
The Musgrave Ritual,"Musgrave still stood with a very pale face, swinging his lantern and",737
The Musgrave Ritual,peering down into the hole.,738
The Musgrave Ritual,,739
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'These are coins of Charles the First,' said he, holding out the few",740
The Musgrave Ritual,which had been in the box; 'you see we were right in fixing our date,741
The Musgrave Ritual,for the Ritual.',742
The Musgrave Ritual,,743
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'We may find something else of Charles the First,' I cried, as the",744
The Musgrave Ritual,probable meaning of the first two question of the Ritual broke,745
The Musgrave Ritual,suddenly upon me. 'Let me see the contents of the bag which you,746
The Musgrave Ritual,fished from the mere.',747
The Musgrave Ritual,,748
The Musgrave Ritual,"""We ascended to his study, and he laid the debris before me. I could",749
The Musgrave Ritual,understand his regarding it as of small importance when I looked at,750
The Musgrave Ritual,"it, for the metal was almost black and the stones lustreless and",751
The Musgrave Ritual,"dull. I rubbed one of them on my sleeve, however, and it glowed",752
The Musgrave Ritual,afterwards like a spark in the dark hollow of my hand. The metal work,753
The Musgrave Ritual,"was in the form of a double ring, but it had been bent and twisted",754
The Musgrave Ritual,out of its original shape.,755
The Musgrave Ritual,,756
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'You must bear in mind,' said I, 'that the royal party made head in",757
The Musgrave Ritual,"England even after the death of the King, and that when they at last",758
The Musgrave Ritual,fled they probably left many of their most precious possessions,759
The Musgrave Ritual,"buried behind them, with the intention of returning for them in more",760
The Musgrave Ritual,peaceful times.',761
The Musgrave Ritual,,762
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'My ancestor, Sir Ralph Musgrave, was a prominent Cavalier and the",763
The Musgrave Ritual,"right-hand man of Charles the Second in his wanderings,' said my",764
The Musgrave Ritual,friend.,765
The Musgrave Ritual,,766
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'Ah, indeed!' I answered. 'Well now, I think that really should give",767
The Musgrave Ritual,us the last link that we wanted. I must congratulate you on coming,768
The Musgrave Ritual,"into the possession, though in rather a tragic manner, of a relic",769
The Musgrave Ritual,"which is of great intrinsic value, but of even greater importance as",770
The Musgrave Ritual,an historical curiosity.',771
The Musgrave Ritual,,772
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'What is it, then?' he gasped in astonishment.",773
The Musgrave Ritual,,774
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'It is nothing less than the ancient crown of the kings of England.'",775
The Musgrave Ritual,,776
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'The crown!'",777
The Musgrave Ritual,,778
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'Precisely. Consider what the Ritual says: How does it run? ""Whose",779
The Musgrave Ritual,"was it?"" ""His who is gone."" That was after the execution of Charles.",780
The Musgrave Ritual,"Then, ""Who shall have it?"" ""He who will come."" That was Charles the",781
The Musgrave Ritual,"Second, whose advent was already foreseen. There can, I think, be no",782
The Musgrave Ritual,doubt that this battered and shapeless diadem once encircled the,783
The Musgrave Ritual,brows of the royal Stuarts.',784
The Musgrave Ritual,,785
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'And how came it in the pond?'",786
The Musgrave Ritual,,787
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'Ah, that is a question that will take some time to answer.' And",788
The Musgrave Ritual,with that I sketched out to him the whole long chain of surmise and,789
The Musgrave Ritual,of proof which I had constructed. The twilight had closed in and the,790
The Musgrave Ritual,moon was shining brightly in the sky before my narrative was,791
The Musgrave Ritual,finished.,792
The Musgrave Ritual,,793
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'And how was it then that Charles did not get his crown when he",794
The Musgrave Ritual,"returned?' asked Musgrave, pushing back the relic into its linen bag.",795
The Musgrave Ritual,,796
The Musgrave Ritual,"""'Ah, there you lay your finger upon the one point which we shall",797
The Musgrave Ritual,probably never be able to clear up. It is likely that the Musgrave,798
The Musgrave Ritual,"who held the secret died in the interval, and by some oversight left",799
The Musgrave Ritual,this guide to his descendant without explaining the meaning of it.,800
The Musgrave Ritual,"From that day to this it has been handed down from father to son,",801
The Musgrave Ritual,until at last it came within reach of a man who tore its secret out,802
The Musgrave Ritual,of it and lost his life in the venture.',803
The Musgrave Ritual,,804
The Musgrave Ritual,"""And that's the story of the Musgrave Ritual, Watson. They have the",805
The Musgrave Ritual,crown down at Hurlstone--though they had some legal bother and a,806
The Musgrave Ritual,considerable sum to pay before they were allowed to retain it. I am,807
The Musgrave Ritual,sure that if you mentioned my name they would be happy to show it to,808
The Musgrave Ritual,"you. Of the woman nothing was ever heard, and the probability is that",809
The Musgrave Ritual,she got away out of England and carried herself and the memory of her,810
The Musgrave Ritual,"crime to some land beyond the seas.""",811
The Musgrave Ritual,,812
The Reigate Squires,THE REIGATE SQUIRES,1
The Reigate Squires,,2
The Reigate Squires,It was some time before the health of my friend Mr. Sherlock Holmes,3
The Reigate Squires,recovered from the strain caused by his immense exertions in the,4
The Reigate Squires,spring of '87. The whole question of the Netherland-Sumatra Company,5
The Reigate Squires,and of the colossal schemes of Baron Maupertuis are too recent in the,6
The Reigate Squires,"minds of the public, and are too intimately concerned with politics",7
The Reigate Squires,and finance to be fitting subjects for this series of sketches. They,8
The Reigate Squires,"led, however, in an indirect fashion to a singular and complex",9
The Reigate Squires,problem which gave my friend an opportunity of demonstrating the,10
The Reigate Squires,value of a fresh weapon among the many with which he waged his,11
The Reigate Squires,life-long battle against crime.,12
The Reigate Squires,,13
The Reigate Squires,On referring to my notes I see that it was upon the 14th of April,14
The Reigate Squires,that I received a telegram from Lyons which informed me that Holmes,15
The Reigate Squires,was lying ill in the Hotel Dulong. Within twenty-four hours I was in,16
The Reigate Squires,"his sick-room, and was relieved to find that there was nothing",17
The Reigate Squires,"formidable in his symptoms. Even his iron constitution, however, had",18
The Reigate Squires,broken down under the strain of an investigation which had extended,19
The Reigate Squires,"over two months, during which period he had never worked less than",20
The Reigate Squires,"fifteen hours a day, and had more than once, as he assured me, kept",21
The Reigate Squires,to his task for five days at a stretch. Even the triumphant issue of,22
The Reigate Squires,his labors could not save him from reaction after so terrible an,23
The Reigate Squires,"exertion, and at a time when Europe was ringing with his name and",24
The Reigate Squires,when his room was literally ankle-deep with congratulatory telegrams,25
The Reigate Squires,I found him a prey to the blackest depression. Even the knowledge,26
The Reigate Squires,"that he had succeeded where the police of three countries had failed,",27
The Reigate Squires,and that he had outmanoeuvred at every point the most accomplished,28
The Reigate Squires,"swindler in Europe, was insufficient to rouse him from his nervous",29
The Reigate Squires,prostration.,30
The Reigate Squires,,31
The Reigate Squires,Three days later we were back in Baker Street together; but it was,32
The Reigate Squires,"evident that my friend would be much the better for a change, and the",33
The Reigate Squires,thought of a week of spring time in the country was full of,34
The Reigate Squires,"attractions to me also. My old friend, Colonel Hayter, who had come",35
The Reigate Squires,"under my professional care in Afghanistan, had now taken a house near",36
The Reigate Squires,"Reigate in Surrey, and had frequently asked me to come down to him",37
The Reigate Squires,upon a visit. On the last occasion he had remarked that if my friend,38
The Reigate Squires,would only come with me he would be glad to extend his hospitality to,39
The Reigate Squires,"him also. A little diplomacy was needed, but when Holmes understood",40
The Reigate Squires,"that the establishment was a bachelor one, and that he would be",41
The Reigate Squires,"allowed the fullest freedom, he fell in with my plans and a week",42
The Reigate Squires,after our return from Lyons we were under the Colonel's roof. Hayter,43
The Reigate Squires,"was a fine old soldier who had seen much of the world, and he soon",44
The Reigate Squires,"found, as I had expected, that Holmes and he had much in common.",45
The Reigate Squires,,46
The Reigate Squires,On the evening of our arrival we were sitting in the Colonel's,47
The Reigate Squires,"gun-room after dinner, Holmes stretched upon the sofa, while Hayter",48
The Reigate Squires,and I looked over his little armory of Eastern weapons.,49
The Reigate Squires,,50
The Reigate Squires,"""By the way,"" said he suddenly, ""I think I'll take one of these",51
The Reigate Squires,"pistols upstairs with me in case we have an alarm.""",52
The Reigate Squires,,53
The Reigate Squires,"""An alarm!"" said I.",54
The Reigate Squires,,55
The Reigate Squires,"""Yes, we've had a scare in this part lately. Old Acton, who is one of",56
The Reigate Squires,"our county magnates, had his house broken into last Monday. No great",57
The Reigate Squires,"damage done, but the fellows are still at large.""",58
The Reigate Squires,,59
The Reigate Squires,"""No clue?"" asked Holmes, cocking his eye at the Colonel.",60
The Reigate Squires,,61
The Reigate Squires,"""None as yet. But the affair is a pretty one, one of our little",62
The Reigate Squires,"country crimes, which must seem too small for your attention, Mr.",63
The Reigate Squires,"Holmes, after this great international affair.""",64
The Reigate Squires,,65
The Reigate Squires,"Holmes waved away the compliment, though his smile showed that it had",66
The Reigate Squires,pleased him.,67
The Reigate Squires,,68
The Reigate Squires,"""Was there any feature of interest?""",69
The Reigate Squires,,70
The Reigate Squires,"""I fancy not. The thieves ransacked the library and got very little",71
The Reigate Squires,"for their pains. The whole place was turned upside down, drawers",72
The Reigate Squires,"burst open, and presses ransacked, with the result that an odd volume",73
The Reigate Squires,"of Pope's Homer, two plated candlesticks, an ivory letter-weight, a",74
The Reigate Squires,"small oak barometer, and a ball of twine are all that have vanished.""",75
The Reigate Squires,,76
The Reigate Squires,"""What an extraordinary assortment!"" I exclaimed.",77
The Reigate Squires,,78
The Reigate Squires,"""Oh, the fellows evidently grabbed hold of everything they could",79
The Reigate Squires,"get.""",80
The Reigate Squires,,81
The Reigate Squires,Holmes grunted from the sofa.,82
The Reigate Squires,,83
The Reigate Squires,"""The county police ought to make something of that,"" said he; ""why,",84
The Reigate Squires,"it is surely obvious that--""",85
The Reigate Squires,,86
The Reigate Squires,But I held up a warning finger.,87
The Reigate Squires,,88
The Reigate Squires,"""You are here for a rest, my dear fellow. For Heaven's sake don't get",89
The Reigate Squires,"started on a new problem when your nerves are all in shreds.""",90
The Reigate Squires,,91
The Reigate Squires,Holmes shrugged his shoulders with a glance of comic resignation,92
The Reigate Squires,"towards the Colonel, and the talk drifted away into less dangerous",93
The Reigate Squires,channels.,94
The Reigate Squires,,95
The Reigate Squires,"It was destined, however, that all my professional caution should be",96
The Reigate Squires,"wasted, for next morning the problem obtruded itself upon us in such",97
The Reigate Squires,"a way that it was impossible to ignore it, and our country visit took",98
The Reigate Squires,a turn which neither of us could have anticipated. We were at,99
The Reigate Squires,breakfast when the Colonel's butler rushed in with all his propriety,100
The Reigate Squires,shaken out of him.,101
The Reigate Squires,,102
The Reigate Squires,"""Have you heard the news, sir?"" he gasped. ""At the Cunningham's sir!""",103
The Reigate Squires,,104
The Reigate Squires,"""Burglary!"" cried the Colonel, with his coffee-cup in mid-air.",105
The Reigate Squires,,106
The Reigate Squires,"""Murder!""",107
The Reigate Squires,,108
The Reigate Squires,"The Colonel whistled. ""By Jove!"" said he. ""Who's killed, then? The",109
The Reigate Squires,"J.P. or his son?""",110
The Reigate Squires,,111
The Reigate Squires,"""Neither, sir. It was William the coachman. Shot through the heart,",112
The Reigate Squires,"sir, and never spoke again.""",113
The Reigate Squires,,114
The Reigate Squires,"""Who shot him, then?""",115
The Reigate Squires,,116
The Reigate Squires,"""The burglar, sir. He was off like a shot and got clean away. He'd",117
The Reigate Squires,just broke in at the pantry window when William came on him and met,118
The Reigate Squires,"his end in saving his master's property.""",119
The Reigate Squires,,120
The Reigate Squires,"""What time?""",121
The Reigate Squires,,122
The Reigate Squires,"""It was last night, sir, somewhere about twelve.""",123
The Reigate Squires,,124
The Reigate Squires,"""Ah, then, we'll step over afterwards,"" said the Colonel, coolly",125
The Reigate Squires,"settling down to his breakfast again. ""It's a baddish business,"" he",126
The Reigate Squires,"added when the butler had gone; ""he's our leading man about here, is",127
The Reigate Squires,"old Cunningham, and a very decent fellow too. He'll be cut up over",128
The Reigate Squires,"this, for the man has been in his service for years and was a good",129
The Reigate Squires,"servant. It's evidently the same villains who broke into Acton's.""",130
The Reigate Squires,,131
The Reigate Squires,"""And stole that very singular collection,"" said Holmes, thoughtfully.",132
The Reigate Squires,,133
The Reigate Squires,"""Precisely.""",134
The Reigate Squires,,135
The Reigate Squires,"""Hum! It may prove the simplest matter in the world, but all the same",136
The Reigate Squires,"at first glance this is just a little curious, is it not? A gang of",137
The Reigate Squires,burglars acting in the country might be expected to vary the scene of,138
The Reigate Squires,"their operations, and not to crack two cribs in the same district",139
The Reigate Squires,within a few days. When you spoke last night of taking precautions I,140
The Reigate Squires,remember that it passed through my mind that this was probably the,141
The Reigate Squires,last parish in England to which the thief or thieves would be likely,142
The Reigate Squires,to turn their attention--which shows that I have still much to,143
The Reigate Squires,"learn.""",144
The Reigate Squires,,145
The Reigate Squires,"""I fancy it's some local practitioner,"" said the Colonel. ""In that",146
The Reigate Squires,"case, of course, Acton's and Cunningham's are just the places he",147
The Reigate Squires,"would go for, since they are far the largest about here.""",148
The Reigate Squires,,149
The Reigate Squires,"""And richest?""",150
The Reigate Squires,,151
The Reigate Squires,"""Well, they ought to be, but they've had a lawsuit for some years",152
The Reigate Squires,"which has sucked the blood out of both of them, I fancy. Old Acton",153
The Reigate Squires,"has some claim on half Cunningham's estate, and the lawyers have been",154
The Reigate Squires,"at it with both hands.""",155
The Reigate Squires,,156
The Reigate Squires,"""If it's a local villain there should not be much difficulty in",157
The Reigate Squires,"running him down,"" said Holmes with a yawn. ""All right, Watson, I",158
The Reigate Squires,"don't intend to meddle.""",159
The Reigate Squires,,160
The Reigate Squires,"""Inspector Forrester, sir,"" said the butler, throwing open the door.",161
The Reigate Squires,,162
The Reigate Squires,"The official, a smart, keen-faced young fellow, stepped into the",163
The Reigate Squires,"room. ""Good-morning, Colonel,"" said he; ""I hope I don't intrude, but",164
The Reigate Squires,"we hear that Mr. Holmes of Baker Street is here.""",165
The Reigate Squires,,166
The Reigate Squires,"The Colonel waved his hand towards my friend, and the Inspector",167
The Reigate Squires,bowed.,168
The Reigate Squires,,169
The Reigate Squires,"""We thought that perhaps you would care to step across, Mr. Holmes.""",170
The Reigate Squires,,171
The Reigate Squires,"""The fates are against you, Watson,"" said he, laughing. ""We were",172
The Reigate Squires,"chatting about the matter when you came in, Inspector. Perhaps you",173
The Reigate Squires,"can let us have a few details."" As he leaned back in his chair in the",174
The Reigate Squires,familiar attitude I knew that the case was hopeless.,175
The Reigate Squires,,176
The Reigate Squires,"""We had no clue in the Acton affair. But here we have plenty to go",177
The Reigate Squires,"on, and there's no doubt it is the same party in each case. The man",178
The Reigate Squires,"was seen.""",179
The Reigate Squires,,180
The Reigate Squires,"""Ah!""",181
The Reigate Squires,,182
The Reigate Squires,"""Yes, sir. But he was off like a deer after the shot that killed poor",183
The Reigate Squires,William Kirwan was fired. Mr. Cunningham saw him from the bedroom,184
The Reigate Squires,"window, and Mr. Alec Cunningham saw him from the back passage. It was",185
The Reigate Squires,quarter to twelve when the alarm broke out. Mr. Cunningham had just,186
The Reigate Squires,"got into bed, and Mr. Alec was smoking a pipe in his dressing-gown.",187
The Reigate Squires,"They both heard William the coachman calling for help, and Mr. Alec",188
The Reigate Squires,"ran down to see what was the matter. The back door was open, and as",189
The Reigate Squires,he came to the foot of the stairs he saw two men wrestling together,190
The Reigate Squires,"outside. One of them fired a shot, the other dropped, and the",191
The Reigate Squires,"murderer rushed across the garden and over the hedge. Mr. Cunningham,",192
The Reigate Squires,"looking out of his bedroom, saw the fellow as he gained the road, but",193
The Reigate Squires,lost sight of him at once. Mr. Alec stopped to see if he could help,194
The Reigate Squires,"the dying man, and so the villain got clean away. Beyond the fact",195
The Reigate Squires,"that he was a middle-sized man and dressed in some dark stuff, we",196
The Reigate Squires,"have no personal clue; but we are making energetic inquiries, and if",197
The Reigate Squires,"he is a stranger we shall soon find him out.""",198
The Reigate Squires,,199
The Reigate Squires,"""What was this William doing there? Did he say anything before he",200
The Reigate Squires,"died?""",201
The Reigate Squires,,202
The Reigate Squires,"""Not a word. He lives at the lodge with his mother, and as he was a",203
The Reigate Squires,very faithful fellow we imagine that he walked up to the house with,204
The Reigate Squires,the intention of seeing that all was right there. Of course this,205
The Reigate Squires,Acton business has put every one on their guard. The robber must have,206
The Reigate Squires,just burst open the door--the lock has been forced--when William came,207
The Reigate Squires,"upon him.""",208
The Reigate Squires,,209
The Reigate Squires,"""Did William say anything to his mother before going out?""",210
The Reigate Squires,,211
The Reigate Squires,"""She is very old and deaf, and we can get no information from her.",212
The Reigate Squires,"The shock has made her half-witted, but I understand that she was",213
The Reigate Squires,"never very bright. There is one very important circumstance, however.",214
The Reigate Squires,"Look at this!""",215
The Reigate Squires,,216
The Reigate Squires,He took a small piece of torn paper from a note-book and spread it,217
The Reigate Squires,out upon his knee.,218
The Reigate Squires,,219
The Reigate Squires,"""This was found between the finger and thumb of the dead man. It",220
The Reigate Squires,appears to be a fragment torn from a larger sheet. You will observe,221
The Reigate Squires,that the hour mentioned upon it is the very time at which the poor,222
The Reigate Squires,fellow met his fate. You see that his murderer might have torn the,223
The Reigate Squires,rest of the sheet from him or he might have taken this fragment from,224
The Reigate Squires,"the murderer. It reads almost as though it were an appointment.""",225
The Reigate Squires,,226
The Reigate Squires,"Holmes took up the scrap of paper, a facsimile of which is here",227
The Reigate Squires,reproduced.,228
The Reigate Squires,,229
The Reigate Squires,"[ Picture: Scrap showing the words: At quarter to twelve, learn what,",230
The Reigate Squires,may be ],231
The Reigate Squires,,232
The Reigate Squires,"""Presuming that it is an appointment,"" continued the Inspector, ""it",233
The Reigate Squires,is of course a conceivable theory that this William Kirwan--though he,234
The Reigate Squires,"had the reputation of being an honest man, may have been in league",235
The Reigate Squires,"with the thief. He may have met him there, may even have helped him",236
The Reigate Squires,"to break in the door, and then they may have fallen out between",237
The Reigate Squires,"themselves.""",238
The Reigate Squires,,239
The Reigate Squires,"""This writing is of extraordinary interest,"" said Holmes, who had",240
The Reigate Squires,"been examining it with intense concentration. ""These are much deeper",241
The Reigate Squires,"waters than I had thought."" He sank his head upon his hands, while",242
The Reigate Squires,the Inspector smiled at the effect which his case had had upon the,243
The Reigate Squires,famous London specialist.,244
The Reigate Squires,,245
The Reigate Squires,"""Your last remark,"" said Holmes, presently, ""as to the possibility of",246
The Reigate Squires,"there being an understanding between the burglar and the servant, and",247
The Reigate Squires,"this being a note of appointment from one to the other, is an",248
The Reigate Squires,ingenious and not entirely impossible supposition. But this writing,249
The Reigate Squires,"opens up--"" He sank his head into his hands again and remained for",250
The Reigate Squires,"some minutes in the deepest thought. When he raised his face again, I",251
The Reigate Squires,"was surprised to see that his cheek was tinged with color, and his",252
The Reigate Squires,eyes as bright as before his illness. He sprang to his feet with all,253
The Reigate Squires,his old energy.,254
The Reigate Squires,,255
The Reigate Squires,"""I'll tell you what,"" said he, ""I should like to have a quiet little",256
The Reigate Squires,glance into the details of this case. There is something in it which,257
The Reigate Squires,"fascinates me extremely. If you will permit me, Colonel, I will leave",258
The Reigate Squires,"my friend Watson and you, and I will step round with the Inspector to",259
The Reigate Squires,test the truth of one or two little fancies of mine. I will be with,260
The Reigate Squires,"you again in half an hour.""",261
The Reigate Squires,,262
The Reigate Squires,An hour and half had elapsed before the Inspector returned alone.,263
The Reigate Squires,,264
The Reigate Squires,"""Mr. Holmes is walking up and down in the field outside,"" said he.",265
The Reigate Squires,"""He wants us all four to go up to the house together.""",266
The Reigate Squires,,267
The Reigate Squires,"""To Mr. Cunningham's?""",268
The Reigate Squires,,269
The Reigate Squires,"""Yes, sir.""",270
The Reigate Squires,,271
The Reigate Squires,"""What for?""",272
The Reigate Squires,,273
The Reigate Squires,"The Inspector shrugged his shoulders. ""I don't quite know, sir.",274
The Reigate Squires,"Between ourselves, I think Mr. Holmes had not quite got over his",275
The Reigate Squires,"illness yet. He's been behaving very queerly, and he is very much",276
The Reigate Squires,"excited.""",277
The Reigate Squires,,278
The Reigate Squires,"""I don't think you need alarm yourself,"" said I. ""I have usually",279
The Reigate Squires,"found that there was method in his madness.""",280
The Reigate Squires,,281
The Reigate Squires,"""Some folks might say there was madness in his method,"" muttered the",282
The Reigate Squires,"Inspector. ""But he's all on fire to start, Colonel, so we had best go",283
The Reigate Squires,"out if you are ready.""",284
The Reigate Squires,,285
The Reigate Squires,"We found Holmes pacing up and down in the field, his chin sunk upon",286
The Reigate Squires,"his breast, and his hands thrust into his trousers pockets.",287
The Reigate Squires,,288
The Reigate Squires,"""The matter grows in interest,"" said he. ""Watson, your country-trip",289
The Reigate Squires,"has been a distinct success. I have had a charming morning.""",290
The Reigate Squires,,291
The Reigate Squires,"""You have been up to the scene of the crime, I understand,"" said the",292
The Reigate Squires,Colonel.,293
The Reigate Squires,,294
The Reigate Squires,"""Yes; the Inspector and I have made quite a little reconnaissance",295
The Reigate Squires,"together.""",296
The Reigate Squires,,297
The Reigate Squires,"""Any success?""",298
The Reigate Squires,,299
The Reigate Squires,"""Well, we have seen some very interesting things. I'll tell you what",300
The Reigate Squires,"we did as we walk. First of all, we saw the body of this unfortunate",301
The Reigate Squires,"man. He certainly died from a revolver wound as reported.""",302
The Reigate Squires,,303
The Reigate Squires,"""Had you doubted it, then?""",304
The Reigate Squires,,305
The Reigate Squires,"""Oh, it is as well to test everything. Our inspection was not wasted.",306
The Reigate Squires,"We then had an interview with Mr. Cunningham and his son, who were",307
The Reigate Squires,able to point out the exact spot where the murderer had broken,308
The Reigate Squires,"through the garden-hedge in his flight. That was of great interest.""",309
The Reigate Squires,,310
The Reigate Squires,"""Naturally.""",311
The Reigate Squires,,312
The Reigate Squires,"""Then we had a look at this poor fellow's mother. We could get no",313
The Reigate Squires,"information from her, however, as she is very old and feeble.""",314
The Reigate Squires,,315
The Reigate Squires,"""And what is the result of your investigations?""",316
The Reigate Squires,,317
The Reigate Squires,"""The conviction that the crime is a very peculiar one. Perhaps our",318
The Reigate Squires,visit now may do something to make it less obscure. I think that we,319
The Reigate Squires,"are both agreed, Inspector, that the fragment of paper in the dead",320
The Reigate Squires,"man's hand, bearing, as it does, the very hour of his death written",321
The Reigate Squires,"upon it, is of extreme importance.""",322
The Reigate Squires,,323
The Reigate Squires,"""It should give a clue, Mr. Holmes.""",324
The Reigate Squires,,325
The Reigate Squires,"""It does give a clue. Whoever wrote that note was the man who brought",326
The Reigate Squires,William Kirwan out of his bed at that hour. But where is the rest of,327
The Reigate Squires,"that sheet of paper?""",328
The Reigate Squires,,329
The Reigate Squires,"""I examined the ground carefully in the hope of finding it,"" said the",330
The Reigate Squires,Inspector.,331
The Reigate Squires,,332
The Reigate Squires,"""It was torn out of the dead man's hand. Why was some one so anxious",333
The Reigate Squires,to get possession of it? Because it incriminated him. And what would,334
The Reigate Squires,"he do with it? Thrust it into his pocket, most likely, never noticing",335
The Reigate Squires,that a corner of it had been left in the grip of the corpse. If we,336
The Reigate Squires,could get the rest of that sheet it is obvious that we should have,337
The Reigate Squires,"gone a long way towards solving the mystery.""",338
The Reigate Squires,,339
The Reigate Squires,"""Yes, but how can we get at the criminal's pocket before we catch the",340
The Reigate Squires,"criminal?""",341
The Reigate Squires,,342
The Reigate Squires,"""Well, well, it was worth thinking over. Then there is another",343
The Reigate Squires,obvious point. The note was sent to William. The man who wrote it,344
The Reigate Squires,"could not have taken it; otherwise, of course, he might have",345
The Reigate Squires,"delivered his own message by word of mouth. Who brought the note,",346
The Reigate Squires,"then? Or did it come through the post?""",347
The Reigate Squires,,348
The Reigate Squires,"""I have made inquiries,"" said the Inspector. ""William received a",349
The Reigate Squires,letter by the afternoon post yesterday. The envelope was destroyed by,350
The Reigate Squires,"him.""",351
The Reigate Squires,,352
The Reigate Squires,"""Excellent!"" cried Holmes, clapping the Inspector on the back.",353
The Reigate Squires,"""You've seen the postman. It is a pleasure to work with you. Well,",354
The Reigate Squires,"here is the lodge, and if you will come up, Colonel, I will show you",355
The Reigate Squires,"the scene of the crime.""",356
The Reigate Squires,,357
The Reigate Squires,"We passed the pretty cottage where the murdered man had lived, and",358
The Reigate Squires,"walked up an oak-lined avenue to the fine old Queen Anne house, which",359
The Reigate Squires,bears the date of Malplaquet upon the lintel of the door. Holmes and,360
The Reigate Squires,"the Inspector led us round it until we came to the side gate, which",361
The Reigate Squires,is separated by a stretch of garden from the hedge which lines the,362
The Reigate Squires,road. A constable was standing at the kitchen door.,363
The Reigate Squires,,364
The Reigate Squires,"""Throw the door open, officer,"" said Holmes. ""Now, it was on those",365
The Reigate Squires,stairs that young Mr. Cunningham stood and saw the two men struggling,366
The Reigate Squires,just where we are. Old Mr. Cunningham was at that window--the second,367
The Reigate Squires,on the left--and he saw the fellow get away just to the left of that,368
The Reigate Squires,bush. So did the son. They are both sure of it on account of the,369
The Reigate Squires,bush. Then Mr. Alec ran out and knelt beside the wounded man. The,370
The Reigate Squires,"ground is very hard, you see, and there are no marks to guide us."" As",371
The Reigate Squires,"he spoke two men came down the garden path, from round the angle of",372
The Reigate Squires,"the house. The one was an elderly man, with a strong, deep-lined,",373
The Reigate Squires,"heavy-eyed face; the other a dashing young fellow, whose bright,",374
The Reigate Squires,smiling expression and showy dress were in strange contrast with the,375
The Reigate Squires,business which had brought us there.,376
The Reigate Squires,,377
The Reigate Squires,"""Still at it, then?"" said he to Holmes. ""I thought you Londoners were",378
The Reigate Squires,"never at fault. You don't seem to be so very quick, after all.""",379
The Reigate Squires,,380
The Reigate Squires,"""Ah, you must give us a little time,"" said Holmes good-humoredly.",381
The Reigate Squires,,382
The Reigate Squires,"""You'll want it,"" said young Alec Cunningham. ""Why, I don't see that",383
The Reigate Squires,"we have any clue at all.""",384
The Reigate Squires,,385
The Reigate Squires,"""There's only one,"" answered the Inspector. ""We thought that if we",386
The Reigate Squires,"could only find--Good heavens, Mr. Holmes! What is the matter?""",387
The Reigate Squires,,388
The Reigate Squires,My poor friend's face had suddenly assumed the most dreadful,389
The Reigate Squires,"expression. His eyes rolled upwards, his features writhed in agony,",390
The Reigate Squires,and with a suppressed groan he dropped on his face upon the ground.,391
The Reigate Squires,"Horrified at the suddenness and severity of the attack, we carried",392
The Reigate Squires,"him into the kitchen, where he lay back in a large chair, and",393
The Reigate Squires,"breathed heavily for some minutes. Finally, with a shamefaced apology",394
The Reigate Squires,"for his weakness, he rose once more.",395
The Reigate Squires,,396
The Reigate Squires,"""Watson would tell you that I have only just recovered from a severe",397
The Reigate Squires,"illness,"" he explained. ""I am liable to these sudden nervous",398
The Reigate Squires,"attacks.""",399
The Reigate Squires,,400
The Reigate Squires,"""Shall I send you home in my trap?"" asked old Cunningham.",401
The Reigate Squires,,402
The Reigate Squires,"""Well, since I am here, there is one point on which I should like to",403
The Reigate Squires,"feel sure. We can very easily verify it.""",404
The Reigate Squires,,405
The Reigate Squires,"""What was it?""",406
The Reigate Squires,,407
The Reigate Squires,"""Well, it seems to me that it is just possible that the arrival of",408
The Reigate Squires,"this poor fellow William was not before, but after, the entrance of",409
The Reigate Squires,"the burglary into the house. You appear to take it for granted that,",410
The Reigate Squires,"although the door was forced, the robber never got in.""",411
The Reigate Squires,,412
The Reigate Squires,"""I fancy that is quite obvious,"" said Mr. Cunningham, gravely. ""Why,",413
The Reigate Squires,"my son Alec had not yet gone to bed, and he would certainly have",414
The Reigate Squires,"heard any one moving about.""",415
The Reigate Squires,,416
The Reigate Squires,"""Where was he sitting?""",417
The Reigate Squires,,418
The Reigate Squires,"""I was smoking in my dressing-room.""",419
The Reigate Squires,,420
The Reigate Squires,"""Which window is that?""",421
The Reigate Squires,,422
The Reigate Squires,"""The last on the left next my father's.""",423
The Reigate Squires,,424
The Reigate Squires,"""Both of your lamps were lit, of course?""",425
The Reigate Squires,,426
The Reigate Squires,"""Undoubtedly.""",427
The Reigate Squires,,428
The Reigate Squires,"""There are some very singular points here,"" said Holmes, smiling. ""Is",429
The Reigate Squires,it not extraordinary that a burglary--and a burglar who had had some,430
The Reigate Squires,previous experience--should deliberately break into a house at a time,431
The Reigate Squires,when he could see from the lights that two of the family were still,432
The Reigate Squires,"afoot?""",433
The Reigate Squires,,434
The Reigate Squires,"""He must have been a cool hand.""",435
The Reigate Squires,,436
The Reigate Squires,"""Well, of course, if the case were not an odd one we should not have",437
The Reigate Squires,"been driven to ask you for an explanation,"" said young Mr. Alec. ""But",438
The Reigate Squires,as to your ideas that the man had robbed the house before William,439
The Reigate Squires,"tackled him, I think it a most absurd notion. Wouldn't we have found",440
The Reigate Squires,"the place disarranged, and missed the things which he had taken?""",441
The Reigate Squires,,442
The Reigate Squires,"""It depends on what the things were,"" said Holmes. ""You must remember",443
The Reigate Squires,"that we are dealing with a burglar who is a very peculiar fellow, and",444
The Reigate Squires,"who appears to work on lines of his own. Look, for example, at the",445
The Reigate Squires,queer lot of things which he took from Acton's--what was it?--a ball,446
The Reigate Squires,"of string, a letter-weight, and I don't know what other odds and",447
The Reigate Squires,"ends.""",448
The Reigate Squires,,449
The Reigate Squires,"""Well, we are quite in your hands, Mr. Holmes,"" said old Cunningham.",450
The Reigate Squires,"""Anything which you or the Inspector may suggest will most certainly",451
The Reigate Squires,"be done.""",452
The Reigate Squires,,453
The Reigate Squires,"""In the first place,"" said Holmes, ""I should like you to offer a",454
The Reigate Squires,"reward--coming from yourself, for the officials may take a little",455
The Reigate Squires,"time before they would agree upon the sum, and these things cannot be",456
The Reigate Squires,"done too promptly. I have jotted down the form here, if you would not",457
The Reigate Squires,"mind signing it. Fifty pound was quite enough, I thought.""",458
The Reigate Squires,,459
The Reigate Squires,"""I would willingly give five hundred,"" said the J.P., taking the slip",460
The Reigate Squires,"of paper and the pencil which Holmes handed to him. ""This is not",461
The Reigate Squires,"quite correct, however,"" he added, glancing over the document.",462
The Reigate Squires,,463
The Reigate Squires,"""I wrote it rather hurriedly.""",464
The Reigate Squires,,465
The Reigate Squires,"""You see you begin, 'Whereas, at about a quarter to one on Tuesday",466
The Reigate Squires,"morning an attempt was made,' and so on. It was at a quarter to",467
The Reigate Squires,"twelve, as a matter of fact.""",468
The Reigate Squires,,469
The Reigate Squires,"I was pained at the mistake, for I knew how keenly Holmes would feel",470
The Reigate Squires,"any slip of the kind. It was his specialty to be accurate as to fact,",471
The Reigate Squires,"but his recent illness had shaken him, and this one little incident",472
The Reigate Squires,was enough to show me that he was still far from being himself. He,473
The Reigate Squires,"was obviously embarrassed for an instant, while the Inspector raised",474
The Reigate Squires,"his eyebrows, and Alec Cunningham burst into a laugh. The old",475
The Reigate Squires,"gentleman corrected the mistake, however, and handed the paper back",476
The Reigate Squires,to Holmes.,477
The Reigate Squires,,478
The Reigate Squires,"""Get it printed as soon as possible,"" he said; ""I think your idea is",479
The Reigate Squires,"an excellent one.""",480
The Reigate Squires,,481
The Reigate Squires,Holmes put the slip of paper carefully away into his pocket-book.,482
The Reigate Squires,,483
The Reigate Squires,"""And now,"" said he, ""it really would be a good thing that we should",484
The Reigate Squires,all go over the house together and make certain that this rather,485
The Reigate Squires,"erratic burglar did not, after all, carry anything away with him.""",486
The Reigate Squires,,487
The Reigate Squires,"Before entering, Holmes made an examination of the door which had",488
The Reigate Squires,been forced. It was evident that a chisel or strong knife had been,489
The Reigate Squires,"thrust in, and the lock forced back with it. We could see the marks",490
The Reigate Squires,in the wood where it had been pushed in.,491
The Reigate Squires,,492
The Reigate Squires,"""You don't use bars, then?"" he asked.",493
The Reigate Squires,,494
The Reigate Squires,"""We have never found it necessary.""",495
The Reigate Squires,,496
The Reigate Squires,"""You don't keep a dog?""",497
The Reigate Squires,,498
The Reigate Squires,"""Yes, but he is chained on the other side of the house.""",499
The Reigate Squires,,500
The Reigate Squires,"""When do the servants go to bed?""",501
The Reigate Squires,,502
The Reigate Squires,"""About ten.""",503
The Reigate Squires,,504
The Reigate Squires,"""I understand that William was usually in bed also at that hour.""",505
The Reigate Squires,,506
The Reigate Squires,"""Yes.""",507
The Reigate Squires,,508
The Reigate Squires,"""It is singular that on this particular night he should have been up.",509
The Reigate Squires,"Now, I should be very glad if you would have the kindness to show us",510
The Reigate Squires,"over the house, Mr. Cunningham.""",511
The Reigate Squires,,512
The Reigate Squires,"A stone-flagged passage, with the kitchens branching away from it,",513
The Reigate Squires,led by a wooden staircase directly to the first floor of the house.,514
The Reigate Squires,It came out upon the landing opposite to a second more ornamental,515
The Reigate Squires,stair which came up from the front hall. Out of this landing opened,516
The Reigate Squires,"the drawing-room and several bedrooms, including those of Mr.",517
The Reigate Squires,"Cunningham and his son. Holmes walked slowly, taking keen note of the",518
The Reigate Squires,architecture of the house. I could tell from his expression that he,519
The Reigate Squires,"was on a hot scent, and yet I could not in the least imagine in what",520
The Reigate Squires,direction his inferences were leading him.,521
The Reigate Squires,,522
The Reigate Squires,"""My good sir,"" said Mr. Cunningham with some impatience, ""this is",523
The Reigate Squires,"surely very unnecessary. That is my room at the end of the stairs,",524
The Reigate Squires,and my son's is the one beyond it. I leave it to your judgment,525
The Reigate Squires,whether it was possible for the thief to have come up here without,526
The Reigate Squires,"disturbing us.""",527
The Reigate Squires,,528
The Reigate Squires,"""You must try round and get on a fresh scent, I fancy,"" said the son",529
The Reigate Squires,with a rather malicious smile.,530
The Reigate Squires,,531
The Reigate Squires,"""Still, I must ask you to humor me a little further. I should like,",532
The Reigate Squires,"for example, to see how far the windows of the bedrooms command the",533
The Reigate Squires,"front. This, I understand is your son's room""--he pushed open the",534
The Reigate Squires,"door--""and that, I presume, is the dressing-room in which he sat",535
The Reigate Squires,smoking when the alarm was given. Where does the window of that look,536
The Reigate Squires,"out to?"" He stepped across the bedroom, pushed open the door, and",537
The Reigate Squires,glanced round the other chamber.,538
The Reigate Squires,,539
The Reigate Squires,"""I hope that you are satisfied now?"" said Mr. Cunningham, tartly.",540
The Reigate Squires,,541
The Reigate Squires,"""Thank you, I think I have seen all that I wished.""",542
The Reigate Squires,,543
The Reigate Squires,"""Then if it is really necessary we can go into my room.""",544
The Reigate Squires,,545
The Reigate Squires,"""If it is not too much trouble.""",546
The Reigate Squires,,547
The Reigate Squires,"The J.P. shrugged his shoulders, and led the way into his own",548
The Reigate Squires,"chamber, which was a plainly furnished and commonplace room. As we",549
The Reigate Squires,"moved across it in the direction of the window, Holmes fell back",550
The Reigate Squires,until he and I were the last of the group. Near the foot of the bed,551
The Reigate Squires,stood a dish of oranges and a carafe of water. As we passed it,552
The Reigate Squires,"Holmes, to my unutterable astonishment, leaned over in front of me",553
The Reigate Squires,and deliberately knocked the whole thing over. The glass smashed into,554
The Reigate Squires,a thousand pieces and the fruit rolled about into every corner of the,555
The Reigate Squires,room.,556
The Reigate Squires,,557
The Reigate Squires,"""You've done it now, Watson,"" said he, coolly. ""A pretty mess you've",558
The Reigate Squires,"made of the carpet.""",559
The Reigate Squires,,560
The Reigate Squires,"I stooped in some confusion and began to pick up the fruit,",561
The Reigate Squires,understanding for some reason my companion desired me to take the,562
The Reigate Squires,"blame upon myself. The others did the same, and set the table on its",563
The Reigate Squires,legs again.,564
The Reigate Squires,,565
The Reigate Squires,"""Hullo!"" cried the Inspector, ""where's he got to?""",566
The Reigate Squires,,567
The Reigate Squires,Holmes had disappeared.,568
The Reigate Squires,,569
The Reigate Squires,"""Wait here an instant,"" said young Alec Cunningham. ""The fellow is",570
The Reigate Squires,"off his head, in my opinion. Come with me, father, and see where he",571
The Reigate Squires,"has got to!""",572
The Reigate Squires,,573
The Reigate Squires,"They rushed out of the room, leaving the Inspector, the Colonel, and",574
The Reigate Squires,me staring at each other.,575
The Reigate Squires,,576
The Reigate Squires,"""'Pon my word, I am inclined to agree with Master Alec,"" said the",577
The Reigate Squires,"official. ""It may be the effect of this illness, but it seems to me",578
The Reigate Squires,"that--""",579
The Reigate Squires,,580
The Reigate Squires,"His words were cut short by a sudden scream of ""Help! Help! Murder!""",581
The Reigate Squires,With a thrill I recognised the voice as that of my friend. I rushed,582
The Reigate Squires,"madly from the room on to the landing. The cries, which had sunk down",583
The Reigate Squires,"into a hoarse, inarticulate shouting, came from the room which we had",584
The Reigate Squires,"first visited. I dashed in, and on into the dressing-room beyond. The",585
The Reigate Squires,two Cunninghams were bending over the prostrate figure of Sherlock,586
The Reigate Squires,"Holmes, the younger clutching his throat with both hands, while the",587
The Reigate Squires,elder seemed to be twisting one of his wrists. In an instant the,588
The Reigate Squires,"three of us had torn them away from him, and Holmes staggered to his",589
The Reigate Squires,"feet, very pale and evidently greatly exhausted.",590
The Reigate Squires,,591
The Reigate Squires,"""Arrest these men, Inspector,"" he gasped.",592
The Reigate Squires,,593
The Reigate Squires,"""On what charge?""",594
The Reigate Squires,,595
The Reigate Squires,"""That of murdering their coachman, William Kirwan.""",596
The Reigate Squires,,597
The Reigate Squires,"The Inspector stared about him in bewilderment. ""Oh, come now, Mr.",598
The Reigate Squires,"Holmes,"" said he at last, ""I'm sure you don't really mean to--""",599
The Reigate Squires,,600
The Reigate Squires,"""Tut, man, look at their faces!"" cried Holmes, curtly.",601
The Reigate Squires,,602
The Reigate Squires,"Never, certainly, have I seen a plainer confession of guilt upon",603
The Reigate Squires,human countenances. The older man seemed numbed and dazed with a,604
The Reigate Squires,"heavy, sullen expression upon his strongly-marked face. The son, on",605
The Reigate Squires,"the other hand, had dropped all that jaunty, dashing style which had",606
The Reigate Squires,"characterized him, and the ferocity of a dangerous wild beast gleamed",607
The Reigate Squires,in his dark eyes and distorted his handsome features. The Inspector,608
The Reigate Squires,"said nothing, but, stepping to the door, he blew his whistle. Two of",609
The Reigate Squires,his constables came at the call.,610
The Reigate Squires,,611
The Reigate Squires,"""I have no alternative, Mr. Cunningham,"" said he. ""I trust that this",612
The Reigate Squires,"may all prove to be an absurd mistake, but you can see that--Ah,",613
The Reigate Squires,"would you? Drop it!"" He struck out with his hand, and a revolver",614
The Reigate Squires,which the younger man was in the act of cocking clattered down upon,615
The Reigate Squires,the floor.,616
The Reigate Squires,,617
The Reigate Squires,"""Keep that,"" said Holmes, quietly putting his foot upon it; ""you will",618
The Reigate Squires,"find it useful at the trial. But this is what we really wanted."" He",619
The Reigate Squires,held up a little crumpled piece of paper.,620
The Reigate Squires,,621
The Reigate Squires,"""The remainder of the sheet!"" cried the Inspector.",622
The Reigate Squires,,623
The Reigate Squires,"""Precisely.""",624
The Reigate Squires,,625
The Reigate Squires,"""And where was it?""",626
The Reigate Squires,,627
The Reigate Squires,"""Where I was sure it must be. I'll make the whole matter clear to you",628
The Reigate Squires,"presently. I think, Colonel, that you and Watson might return now,",629
The Reigate Squires,and I will be with you again in an hour at the furthest. The,630
The Reigate Squires,"Inspector and I must have a word with the prisoners, but you will",631
The Reigate Squires,"certainly see me back at luncheon time.""",632
The Reigate Squires,,633
The Reigate Squires,"Sherlock Holmes was as good as his word, for about one o'clock he",634
The Reigate Squires,rejoined us in the Colonel's smoking-room. He was accompanied by a,635
The Reigate Squires,"little elderly gentleman, who was introduced to me as the Mr. Acton",636
The Reigate Squires,whose house had been the scene of the original burglary.,637
The Reigate Squires,,638
The Reigate Squires,"""I wished Mr. Acton to be present while I demonstrated this small",639
The Reigate Squires,"matter to you,"" said Holmes, ""for it is natural that he should take a",640
The Reigate Squires,"keen interest in the details. I am afraid, my dear Colonel, that you",641
The Reigate Squires,"must regret the hour that you took in such a stormy petrel as I am.""",642
The Reigate Squires,,643
The Reigate Squires,"""On the contrary,"" answered the Colonel, warmly, ""I consider it the",644
The Reigate Squires,greatest privilege to have been permitted to study your methods of,645
The Reigate Squires,"working. I confess that they quite surpass my expectations, and that",646
The Reigate Squires,I am utterly unable to account for your result. I have not yet seen,647
The Reigate Squires,"the vestige of a clue.""",648
The Reigate Squires,,649
The Reigate Squires,"""I am afraid that my explanation may disillusion you but it has",650
The Reigate Squires,"always been my habit to hide none of my methods, either from my",651
The Reigate Squires,friend Watson or from any one who might take an intelligent interest,652
The Reigate Squires,"in them. But, first, as I am rather shaken by the knocking about",653
The Reigate Squires,"which I had in the dressing-room, I think that I shall help myself to",654
The Reigate Squires,"a dash of your brandy, Colonel. My strength had been rather tried of",655
The Reigate Squires,"late.""",656
The Reigate Squires,,657
The Reigate Squires,"""I trust that you had no more of those nervous attacks.""",658
The Reigate Squires,,659
The Reigate Squires,"Sherlock Holmes laughed heartily. ""We will come to that in its turn,""",660
The Reigate Squires,"said he. ""I will lay an account of the case before you in its due",661
The Reigate Squires,"order, showing you the various points which guided me in my decision.",662
The Reigate Squires,Pray interrupt me if there is any inference which is not perfectly,663
The Reigate Squires,clear to you.,664
The Reigate Squires,,665
The Reigate Squires,"""It is of the highest importance in the art of detection to be able",666
The Reigate Squires,"to recognize, out of a number of facts, which are incidental and",667
The Reigate Squires,which vital. Otherwise your energy and attention must be dissipated,668
The Reigate Squires,"instead of being concentrated. Now, in this case there was not the",669
The Reigate Squires,slightest doubt in my mind from the first that the key of the whole,670
The Reigate Squires,matter must be looked for in the scrap of paper in the dead man's,671
The Reigate Squires,hand.,672
The Reigate Squires,,673
The Reigate Squires,"""Before going into this, I would draw your attention to the fact",674
The Reigate Squires,"that, if Alec Cunningham's narrative was correct, and if the",675
The Reigate Squires,"assailant, after shooting William Kirwan, had instantly fled, then it",676
The Reigate Squires,obviously could not be he who tore the paper from the dead man's,677
The Reigate Squires,"hand. But if it was not he, it must have been Alec Cunningham",678
The Reigate Squires,"himself, for by the time that the old man had descended several",679
The Reigate Squires,"servants were upon the scene. The point is a simple one, but the",680
The Reigate Squires,Inspector had overlooked it because he had started with the,681
The Reigate Squires,supposition that these county magnates had had nothing to do with the,682
The Reigate Squires,"matter. Now, I make a point of never having any prejudices, and of",683
The Reigate Squires,"following docilely wherever fact may lead me, and so, in the very",684
The Reigate Squires,"first stage of the investigation, I found myself looking a little",685
The Reigate Squires,askance at the part which had been played by Mr. Alec Cunningham.,686
The Reigate Squires,,687
The Reigate Squires,"""And now I made a very careful examination of the corner of paper",688
The Reigate Squires,which the Inspector had submitted to us. It was at once clear to me,689
The Reigate Squires,that it formed part of a very remarkable document. Here it is. Do you,690
The Reigate Squires,"not now observed something very suggestive about it?""",691
The Reigate Squires,,692
The Reigate Squires,"""It has a very irregular look,"" said the Colonel.",693
The Reigate Squires,,694
The Reigate Squires,"""My dear sir,"" cried Holmes, ""there cannot be the least doubt in the",695
The Reigate Squires,world that it has been written by two persons doing alternate words.,696
The Reigate Squires,"When I draw your attention to the strong t's of 'at' and 'to', and",697
The Reigate Squires,"ask you to compare them with the weak ones of 'quarter' and 'twelve,'",698
The Reigate Squires,you will instantly recognize the fact. A very brief analysis of these,699
The Reigate Squires,four words would enable you to say with the utmost confidence that,700
The Reigate Squires,"the 'learn' and the 'maybe' are written in the stronger hand, and the",701
The Reigate Squires,"'what' in the weaker.""",702
The Reigate Squires,,703
The Reigate Squires,"""By Jove, it's as clear as day!"" cried the Colonel. ""Why on earth",704
The Reigate Squires,"should two men write a letter in such a fashion?""",705
The Reigate Squires,,706
The Reigate Squires,"""Obviously the business was a bad one, and one of the men who",707
The Reigate Squires,"distrusted the other was determined that, whatever was done, each",708
The Reigate Squires,"should have an equal hand in it. Now, of the two men, it is clear",709
The Reigate Squires,"that the one who wrote the 'at' and 'to' was the ringleader.""",710
The Reigate Squires,,711
The Reigate Squires,"""How do you get at that?""",712
The Reigate Squires,,713
The Reigate Squires,"""We might deduce it from the mere character of the one hand as",714
The Reigate Squires,compared with the other. But we have more assured reasons than that,715
The Reigate Squires,for supposing it. If you examine this scrap with attention you will,716
The Reigate Squires,come to the conclusion that the man with the stronger hand wrote all,717
The Reigate Squires,"his words first, leaving blanks for the other to fill up. These",718
The Reigate Squires,"blanks were not always sufficient, and you can see that the second",719
The Reigate Squires,man had a squeeze to fit his 'quarter' in between the 'at' and the,720
The Reigate Squires,"'to,' showing that the latter were already written. The man who wrote",721
The Reigate Squires,"all his words first is undoubtedly the man who planned the affair.""",722
The Reigate Squires,,723
The Reigate Squires,"""Excellent!"" cried Mr. Acton.",724
The Reigate Squires,,725
The Reigate Squires,"""But very superficial,"" said Holmes. ""We come now, however, to a",726
The Reigate Squires,point which is of importance. You may not be aware that the deduction,727
The Reigate Squires,of a man's age from his writing is one which has been brought to,728
The Reigate Squires,considerable accuracy by experts. In normal cases one can place a man,729
The Reigate Squires,"in his true decade with tolerable confidence. I say normal cases,",730
The Reigate Squires,because ill-health and physical weakness reproduce the signs of old,731
The Reigate Squires,"age, even when the invalid is a youth. In this case, looking at the",732
The Reigate Squires,"bold, strong hand of the one, and the rather broken-backed appearance",733
The Reigate Squires,"of the other, which still retains its legibility although the t's",734
The Reigate Squires,"have begun to lose their crossing, we can say that the one was a",735
The Reigate Squires,young man and the other was advanced in years without being,736
The Reigate Squires,"positively decrepit.""",737
The Reigate Squires,,738
The Reigate Squires,"""Excellent!"" cried Mr. Acton again.",739
The Reigate Squires,,740
The Reigate Squires,"""There is a further point, however, which is subtler and of greater",741
The Reigate Squires,interest. There is something in common between these hands. They,742
The Reigate Squires,belong to men who are blood-relatives. It may be most obvious to you,743
The Reigate Squires,"in the Greek e's, but to me there are many small points which",744
The Reigate Squires,indicate the same thing. I have no doubt at all that a family,745
The Reigate Squires,"mannerism can be traced in these two specimens of writing. I am only,",746
The Reigate Squires,"of course, giving you the leading results now of my examination of",747
The Reigate Squires,the paper. There were twenty-three other deductions which would be of,748
The Reigate Squires,more interest to experts than to you. They all tended to deepen the,749
The Reigate Squires,"impression upon my mind that the Cunninghams, father and son, had",750
The Reigate Squires,written this letter.,751
The Reigate Squires,,752
The Reigate Squires,"""Having got so far, my next step was, of course, to examine into the",753
The Reigate Squires,"details of the crime, and to see how far they would help us. I went",754
The Reigate Squires,"up to the house with the Inspector, and saw all that was to be seen.",755
The Reigate Squires,"The wound upon the dead man was, as I was able to determine with",756
The Reigate Squires,"absolute confidence, fired from a revolver at the distance of",757
The Reigate Squires,something over four yards. There was no powder-blackening on the,758
The Reigate Squires,"clothes. Evidently, therefore, Alec Cunningham had lied when he said",759
The Reigate Squires,"that the two men were struggling when the shot was fired. Again, both",760
The Reigate Squires,father and son agreed as to the place where the man escaped into the,761
The Reigate Squires,"road. At that point, however, as it happens, there is a broadish",762
The Reigate Squires,"ditch, moist at the bottom. As there were no indications of bootmarks",763
The Reigate Squires,"about this ditch, I was absolutely sure not only that the Cunninghams",764
The Reigate Squires,"had again lied, but that there had never been any unknown man upon",765
The Reigate Squires,the scene at all.,766
The Reigate Squires,,767
The Reigate Squires,"""And now I have to consider the motive of this singular crime. To get",768
The Reigate Squires,"at this, I endeavored first of all to solve the reason of the",769
The Reigate Squires,"original burglary at Mr. Acton's. I understood, from something which",770
The Reigate Squires,"the Colonel told us, that a lawsuit had been going on between you,",771
The Reigate Squires,"Mr. Acton, and the Cunninghams. Of course, it instantly occurred to",772
The Reigate Squires,me that they had broken into your library with the intention of,773
The Reigate Squires,"getting at some document which might be of importance in the case.""",774
The Reigate Squires,,775
The Reigate Squires,"""Precisely so,"" said Mr. Acton. ""There can be no possible doubt as to",776
The Reigate Squires,their intentions. I have the clearest claim upon half of their,777
The Reigate Squires,"present estate, and if they could have found a single paper--which,",778
The Reigate Squires,"fortunately, was in the strong-box of my solicitors--they would",779
The Reigate Squires,"undoubtedly have crippled our case.""",780
The Reigate Squires,,781
The Reigate Squires,"""There you are,"" said Holmes, smiling. ""It was a dangerous, reckless",782
The Reigate Squires,"attempt, in which I seem to trace the influence of young Alec. Having",783
The Reigate Squires,found nothing they tried to divert suspicion by making it appear to,784
The Reigate Squires,"be an ordinary burglary, to which end they carried off whatever they",785
The Reigate Squires,"could lay their hands upon. That is all clear enough, but there was",786
The Reigate Squires,much that was still obscure. What I wanted above all was to get the,787
The Reigate Squires,missing part of that note. I was certain that Alec had torn it out of,788
The Reigate Squires,"the dead man's hand, and almost certain that he must have thrust it",789
The Reigate Squires,into the pocket of his dressing-gown. Where else could he have put,790
The Reigate Squires,it? The only question was whether it was still there. It was worth an,791
The Reigate Squires,"effort to find out, and for that object we all went up to the house.",792
The Reigate Squires,,793
The Reigate Squires,"""The Cunninghams joined us, as you doubtless remember, outside the",794
The Reigate Squires,"kitchen door. It was, of course, of the very first importance that",795
The Reigate Squires,"they should not be reminded of the existence of this paper, otherwise",796
The Reigate Squires,they would naturally destroy it without delay. The Inspector was,797
The Reigate Squires,"about to tell them the importance which we attached to it when, by",798
The Reigate Squires,"the luckiest chance in the world, I tumbled down in a sort of fit and",799
The Reigate Squires,"so changed the conversation.""",800
The Reigate Squires,,801
The Reigate Squires,"""Good heavens!"" cried the Colonel, laughing, ""do you mean to say all",802
The Reigate Squires,"our sympathy was wasted and your fit an imposture?""",803
The Reigate Squires,,804
The Reigate Squires,"""Speaking professionally, it was admirably done,"" cried I, looking in",805
The Reigate Squires,amazement at this man who was forever confounding me with some new,806
The Reigate Squires,phase of his astuteness.,807
The Reigate Squires,,808
The Reigate Squires,"""It is an art which is often useful,"" said he. ""When I recovered I",809
The Reigate Squires,"managed, by a device which had perhaps some little merit of",810
The Reigate Squires,"ingenuity, to get old Cunningham to write the word 'twelve,' so that",811
The Reigate Squires,"I might compare it with the 'twelve' upon the paper.""",812
The Reigate Squires,,813
The Reigate Squires,"""Oh, what an ass I have been!"" I exclaimed.",814
The Reigate Squires,,815
The Reigate Squires,"""I could see that you were commiserating with me over my weakness,""",816
The Reigate Squires,"said Holmes, laughing. ""I was sorry to cause you the sympathetic pain",817
The Reigate Squires,"which I know that you felt. We then went upstairs together, and",818
The Reigate Squires,having entered the room and seen the dressing-gown hanging up behind,819
The Reigate Squires,"the door, I contrived, by upsetting a table, to engage their",820
The Reigate Squires,"attention for the moment, and slipped back to examine the pockets. I",821
The Reigate Squires,"had hardly got the paper, however--which was, as I had expected, in",822
The Reigate Squires,"one of them--when the two Cunninghams were on me, and would, I verily",823
The Reigate Squires,"believe, have murdered me then and there but for your prompt and",824
The Reigate Squires,"friendly aid. As it is, I feel that young man's grip on my throat",825
The Reigate Squires,"now, and the father has twisted my wrist round in the effort to get",826
The Reigate Squires,"the paper out of my hand. They saw that I must know all about it, you",827
The Reigate Squires,"see, and the sudden change from absolute security to complete despair",828
The Reigate Squires,made them perfectly desperate.,829
The Reigate Squires,,830
The Reigate Squires,"""I had a little talk with old Cunningham afterwards as to the motive",831
The Reigate Squires,"of the crime. He was tractable enough, though his son was a perfect",832
The Reigate Squires,"demon, ready to blow out his own or anybody else's brains if he could",833
The Reigate Squires,have got to his revolver. When Cunningham saw that the case against,834
The Reigate Squires,him was so strong he lost all heart and made a clean breast of,835
The Reigate Squires,everything. It seems that William had secretly followed his two,836
The Reigate Squires,"masters on the night when they made their raid upon Mr. Acton's, and",837
The Reigate Squires,"having thus got them into his power, proceeded, under threats of",838
The Reigate Squires,"exposure, to levy black-mail upon them. Mr. Alec, however, was a",839
The Reigate Squires,dangerous man to play games of that sort with. It was a stroke of,840
The Reigate Squires,positive genius on his part to see in the burglary scare which was,841
The Reigate Squires,convulsing the country side an opportunity of plausibly getting rid,842
The Reigate Squires,"of the man whom he feared. William was decoyed up and shot, and had",843
The Reigate Squires,they only got the whole of the note and paid a little more attention,844
The Reigate Squires,"to detail in the accessories, it is very possible that suspicion",845
The Reigate Squires,"might never have been aroused.""",846
The Reigate Squires,,847
The Reigate Squires,"""And the note?"" I asked.",848
The Reigate Squires,,849
The Reigate Squires,Sherlock Holmes placed the subjoined paper before us.,850
The Reigate Squires,,851
The Reigate Squires,[ Picture: Paper which reads: If you will only come around at quarter,852
The Reigate Squires,to twelve to the east gate you will learn what will very much,853
The Reigate Squires,surprise you and may be of the greatest service to you and also to,854
The Reigate Squires,Annie Morrison. But say nothing to anyone upon the matter ],855
The Reigate Squires,,856
The Reigate Squires,"""It is very much the sort of thing that I expected,"" said he. ""Of",857
The Reigate Squires,"course, we do not yet know what the relations may have been between",858
The Reigate Squires,"Alec Cunningham, William Kirwan, and Annie Morrison. The results",859
The Reigate Squires,shows that the trap was skillfully baited. I am sure that you cannot,860
The Reigate Squires,fail to be delighted with the traces of heredity shown in the p's and,861
The Reigate Squires,in the tails of the g's. The absence of the i-dots in the old man's,862
The Reigate Squires,"writing is also most characteristic. Watson, I think our quiet rest",863
The Reigate Squires,"in the country has been a distinct success, and I shall certainly",864
The Reigate Squires,"return much invigorated to Baker Street to-morrow.""",865
The Reigate Squires,,866
The Crooked Man,THE CROOKED MAN,1
The Crooked Man,,2
The Crooked Man,"One summer night, a few months after my marriage, I was seated by my",3
The Crooked Man,"own hearth smoking a last pipe and nodding over a novel, for my day's",4
The Crooked Man,"work had been an exhausting one.  My wife had already gone upstairs,",5
The Crooked Man,and the sound of the locking of the hall door some time before told,6
The Crooked Man,me that the servants had also retired.  I had risen from my seat and,7
The Crooked Man,was knocking out the ashes of my pipe when I suddenly heard the clang,8
The Crooked Man,of the bell.,9
The Crooked Man,,10
The Crooked Man,I looked at the clock.  It was a quarter to twelve.  This could not,11
The Crooked Man,"be a visitor at so late an hour.  A patient, evidently, and possibly",12
The Crooked Man,an all-night sitting.  With a wry face I went out into the hall and,13
The Crooked Man,opened the door.  To my astonishment it was Sherlock Holmes who stood,14
The Crooked Man,upon my step.,15
The Crooked Man,,16
The Crooked Man,"""Ah, Watson,"" said he, ""I hoped that I might not be too late to catch",17
The Crooked Man,"you.""",18
The Crooked Man,,19
The Crooked Man,"""My dear fellow, pray come in.""",20
The Crooked Man,,21
The Crooked Man,"""You look surprised, and no wonder!  Relieved, too, I fancy!  Hum!",22
The Crooked Man,You still smoke the Arcadia mixture of your bachelor days then!,23
The Crooked Man,There's no mistaking that fluffy ash upon your coat.  It's easy to,24
The Crooked Man,"tell that you have been accustomed to wear a uniform, Watson.  You'll",25
The Crooked Man,never pass as a pure-bred civilian as long as you keep that habit of,26
The Crooked Man,carrying your handkerchief in your sleeve.  Could you put me up,27
The Crooked Man,"tonight?""",28
The Crooked Man,,29
The Crooked Man,"""With pleasure.""",30
The Crooked Man,,31
The Crooked Man,"""You told me that you had bachelor quarters for one, and I see that",32
The Crooked Man,you have no gentleman visitor at present.  Your hat-stand proclaims,33
The Crooked Man,"as much.""",34
The Crooked Man,,35
The Crooked Man,"""I shall be delighted if you will stay.""",36
The Crooked Man,,37
The Crooked Man,"""Thank you.  I'll fill the vacant peg then.  Sorry to see that you've",38
The Crooked Man,had the British workman in the house.  He's a token of evil.  Not the,39
The Crooked Man,"drains, I hope?""",40
The Crooked Man,,41
The Crooked Man,"""No, the gas.""",42
The Crooked Man,,43
The Crooked Man,"""Ah!  He has left two nail-marks from his boot upon your linoleum",44
The Crooked Man,"just where the light strikes it.  No, thank you, I had some supper at",45
The Crooked Man,"Waterloo, but I'll smoke a pipe with you with pleasure.""",46
The Crooked Man,,47
The Crooked Man,"I handed him my pouch, and he seated himself opposite to me and",48
The Crooked Man,smoked for some time in silence.  I was well aware that nothing but,49
The Crooked Man,"business of importance would have brought him to me at such an hour,",50
The Crooked Man,so I waited patiently until he should come round to it.,51
The Crooked Man,,52
The Crooked Man,"""I see that you are professionally rather busy just now,"" said he,",53
The Crooked Man,glancing very keenly across at me.,54
The Crooked Man,,55
The Crooked Man,"""Yes, I've had a busy day,"" I answered.  ""It may seem very foolish in",56
The Crooked Man,"your eyes,"" I added, ""but really I don't know how you deduced it.""",57
The Crooked Man,,58
The Crooked Man,Holmes chuckled to himself.,59
The Crooked Man,,60
The Crooked Man,"""I have the advantage of knowing your habits, my dear Watson,"" said",61
The Crooked Man,"he.  ""When your round is a short one you walk, and when it is a long",62
The Crooked Man,"one you use a hansom.  As I perceive that your boots, although used,",63
The Crooked Man,"are by no means dirty, I cannot doubt that you are at present busy",64
The Crooked Man,"enough to justify the hansom.""",65
The Crooked Man,,66
The Crooked Man,"""Excellent!"" I cried.",67
The Crooked Man,,68
The Crooked Man,"""Elementary,"" said he.  ""It is one of those instances where the",69
The Crooked Man,reasoner can produce an effect which seems remarkable to his,70
The Crooked Man,"neighbor, because the latter has missed the one little point which is",71
The Crooked Man,"the basis of the deduction.  The same may be said, my dear fellow,",72
The Crooked Man,"for the effect of some of these little sketches of yours, which is",73
The Crooked Man,"entirely meretricious, depending as it does upon your retaining in",74
The Crooked Man,your own hands some factors in the problem which are never imparted,75
The Crooked Man,"to the reader.  Now, at present I am in the position of these same",76
The Crooked Man,"readers, for I hold in this hand several threads of one of the",77
The Crooked Man,"strangest cases which ever perplexed a man's brain, and yet I lack",78
The Crooked Man,the one or two which are needful to complete my theory.  But I'll,79
The Crooked Man,"have them, Watson, I'll have them!""  His eyes kindled and a slight",80
The Crooked Man,flush sprang into his thin cheeks. For an instant the veil had lifted,81
The Crooked Man,"upon his keen, intense nature, but for an instant only. When I",82
The Crooked Man,glanced again his face had resumed that red-Indian composure which,83
The Crooked Man,had made so many regard him as a machine rather than a man.,84
The Crooked Man,,85
The Crooked Man,"""The problem presents features of interest,"" said he.  ""I may even",86
The Crooked Man,say exceptional features of interest.  I have already looked into the,87
The Crooked Man,"matter, and have come, as I think, within sight of my solution.  If",88
The Crooked Man,you could accompany me in that last step you might be of considerable,89
The Crooked Man,"service to me.""",90
The Crooked Man,,91
The Crooked Man,"""I should be delighted.""",92
The Crooked Man,,93
The Crooked Man,"""Could you go as far as Aldershot to-morrow?""",94
The Crooked Man,,95
The Crooked Man,"""I have no doubt Jackson would take my practice.""",96
The Crooked Man,,97
The Crooked Man,"""Very good.  I want to start by the 11.10 from Waterloo.""",98
The Crooked Man,,99
The Crooked Man,"""That would give me time.""",100
The Crooked Man,,101
The Crooked Man,"""Then, if you are not too sleepy, I will give you a sketch of what",102
The Crooked Man,"has happened, and of what remains to be done.""",103
The Crooked Man,,104
The Crooked Man,"""I was sleepy before you came.  I am quite wakeful now.""",105
The Crooked Man,,106
The Crooked Man,"""I will compress the story as far as may be done without omitting",107
The Crooked Man,anything vital to the case.  It is conceivable that you may even have,108
The Crooked Man,read some account of the matter.  It is the supposed murder of,109
The Crooked Man,"Colonel Barclay, of the Royal Munsters, at Aldershot, which I am",110
The Crooked Man,"investigating.""",111
The Crooked Man,,112
The Crooked Man,"""I have heard nothing of it.""",113
The Crooked Man,,114
The Crooked Man,"""It has not excited much attention yet, except locally.  The facts",115
The Crooked Man,are only two days old.  Briefly they are these:,116
The Crooked Man,,117
The Crooked Man,"""The Royal Munsters is, as you know, one of the most famous Irish",118
The Crooked Man,regiments in the British army.  It did wonders both in the Crimea and,119
The Crooked Man,"the Mutiny, and has since that time distinguished itself upon every",120
The Crooked Man,possible occasion.  It was commanded up to Monday night by James,121
The Crooked Man,"Barclay, a gallant veteran, who started as a full private, was raised",122
The Crooked Man,"to commissioned rank for his bravery at the time of the Mutiny, and",123
The Crooked Man,so lived to command the regiment in which he had once carried a,124
The Crooked Man,musket.,125
The Crooked Man,,126
The Crooked Man,"""Colonel Barclay had married at the time when he was a sergeant, and",127
The Crooked Man,"his wife, whose maiden name was Miss Nancy Devoy, was the daughter of",128
The Crooked Man,"a former color-sergeant in the same corps.  There was, therefore, as",129
The Crooked Man,"can be imagined, some little social friction when the young couple",130
The Crooked Man,(for they were still young) found themselves in their new,131
The Crooked Man,"surroundings.  They appear, however, to have quickly adapted",132
The Crooked Man,"themselves, and Mrs. Barclay has always, I understand, been as",133
The Crooked Man,popular with the ladies of the regiment as her husband was with his,134
The Crooked Man,"brother officers.  I may add that she was a woman of great beauty,",135
The Crooked Man,"and that even now, when she has been married for upwards of thirty",136
The Crooked Man,"years, she is still of a striking and queenly appearance.",137
The Crooked Man,,138
The Crooked Man,"""Colonel Barclay's family life appears to have been a uniformly happy",139
The Crooked Man,"one.  Major Murphy, to whom I owe most of my facts, assures me that",140
The Crooked Man,he has never heard of any misunderstanding between the pair.  On the,141
The Crooked Man,"whole, he thinks that Barclay's devotion to his wife was greater than",142
The Crooked Man,his wife's to Barclay.  He was acutely uneasy if he were absent from,143
The Crooked Man,"her for a day.  She, on the other hand, though devoted and faithful,",144
The Crooked Man,was less obtrusively affectionate.  But they were regarded in the,145
The Crooked Man,regiment as the very model of a middle-aged couple.  There was,146
The Crooked Man,absolutely nothing in their mutual relations to prepare people for,147
The Crooked Man,the tragedy which was to follow.,148
The Crooked Man,,149
The Crooked Man,"""Colonel Barclay himself seems to have had some singular traits in",150
The Crooked Man,"his character.  He was a dashing, jovial old solder in his usual",151
The Crooked Man,"mood, but there were occasions on which he seemed to show himself",152
The Crooked Man,capable of considerable violence and vindictiveness.  This side of,153
The Crooked Man,"his nature, however, appears never to have been turned towards his",154
The Crooked Man,"wife.  Another fact, which had struck Major Murphy and three out of",155
The Crooked Man,"five of the other officers with whom I conversed, was the singular",156
The Crooked Man,sort of depression which came upon him at times.  As the major,157
The Crooked Man,"expressed it, the smile had often been struck from his mouth, as if",158
The Crooked Man,"by some invisible hand, when he has been joining the gaieties and",159
The Crooked Man,"chaff of the mess-table.  For days on end, when the mood was on him,",160
The Crooked Man,he has been sunk in the deepest gloom.  This and a certain tinge of,161
The Crooked Man,superstition were the only unusual traits in his character which his,162
The Crooked Man,brother officers had observed.  The latter peculiarity took the form,163
The Crooked Man,"of a dislike to being left alone, especially after dark.  This",164
The Crooked Man,puerile feature in a nature which was conspicuously manly had often,165
The Crooked Man,given rise to comment and conjecture.,166
The Crooked Man,,167
The Crooked Man,"""The first battalion of the Royal Munsters (which is the old 117th)",168
The Crooked Man,has been stationed at Aldershot for some years.  The married officers,169
The Crooked Man,"live out of barracks, and the Colonel has during all this time",170
The Crooked Man,"occupied a villa called Lachine, about half a mile from the north",171
The Crooked Man,"camp.  The house stands in its own grounds, but the west side of it",172
The Crooked Man,is not more than thirty yards from the high-road.  A coachman and two,173
The Crooked Man,maids form the staff of servants.  These with their master and,174
The Crooked Man,"mistress were the sole occupants of Lachine, for the Barclays had no",175
The Crooked Man,"children, nor was it usual for them to have resident visitors.",176
The Crooked Man,,177
The Crooked Man,"""Now for the events at Lachine between nine and ten on the evening of",178
The Crooked Man,last Monday.,179
The Crooked Man,,180
The Crooked Man,"""Mrs. Barclay was, it appears, a member of the Roman Catholic Church,",181
The Crooked Man,and had interested herself very much in the establishment of the,182
The Crooked Man,"Guild of St. George, which was formed in connection with the Watt",183
The Crooked Man,Street Chapel for the purpose of supplying the poor with cast-off,184
The Crooked Man,clothing.  A meeting of the Guild had been held that evening at,185
The Crooked Man,"eight, and Mrs. Barclay had hurried over her dinner in order to be",186
The Crooked Man,present at it.  When leaving the house she was heard by the coachman,187
The Crooked Man,"to make some commonplace remark to her husband, and to assure him",188
The Crooked Man,that she would be back before very long. She then called for Miss,189
The Crooked Man,"Morrison, a young lady who lives in the next villa, and the two went",190
The Crooked Man,"off together to their meeting.  It lasted forty minutes, and at a",191
The Crooked Man,"quarter-past nine Mrs. Barclay returned home, having left Miss",192
The Crooked Man,Morrison at her door as she passed.,193
The Crooked Man,,194
The Crooked Man,"""There is a room which is used as a morning-room at Lachine.  This",195
The Crooked Man,faces the road and opens by a large glass folding-door on to the,196
The Crooked Man,"lawn.  The lawn is thirty yards across, and is only divided from the",197
The Crooked Man,highway by a low wall with an iron rail above it.  It was into this,198
The Crooked Man,room that Mrs. Barclay went upon her return.  The blinds were not,199
The Crooked Man,"down, for the room was seldom used in the evening, but Mrs. Barclay",200
The Crooked Man,"herself lit the lamp and then rang the bell, asking Jane Stewart, the",201
The Crooked Man,"house-maid, to bring her a cup of tea, which was quite contrary to",202
The Crooked Man,"her usual habits.  The Colonel had been sitting in the dining-room,",203
The Crooked Man,but hearing that his wife had returned he joined her in the,204
The Crooked Man,morning-room.  The coachman saw him cross the hall and enter it.  He,205
The Crooked Man,was never seen again alive.,206
The Crooked Man,,207
The Crooked Man,"""The tea which had been ordered was brought up at the end of ten",208
The Crooked Man,"minutes; but the maid, as she approached the door, was surprised to",209
The Crooked Man,hear the voices of her master and mistress in furious altercation.,210
The Crooked Man,"She knocked without receiving any answer, and even turned the handle,",211
The Crooked Man,but only to find that the door was locked upon the inside.  Naturally,212
The Crooked Man,"enough she ran down to tell the cook, and the two women with the",213
The Crooked Man,coachman came up into the hall and listened to the dispute which was,214
The Crooked Man,"still raging.  They all agreed that only two voices were to be heard,",215
The Crooked Man,those of Barclay and of his wife.  Barclay's remarks were subdued and,216
The Crooked Man,"abrupt, so that none of them were audible to the listeners.  The",217
The Crooked Man,"lady's, on the other hand, were most bitter, and when she raised her",218
The Crooked Man,voice could be plainly heard.  'You coward!' she repeated over and,219
The Crooked Man,over again.  'What can be done now?  What can be done now?  Give me,220
The Crooked Man,back my life.  I will never so much as breathe the same air with you,221
The Crooked Man,again!  You coward!  You Coward!'  Those were scraps of her,222
The Crooked Man,"conversation, ending in a sudden dreadful cry in the man's voice,",223
The Crooked Man,"with a crash, and a piercing scream from the woman.  Convinced that",224
The Crooked Man,"some tragedy had occurred, the coachman rushed to the door and strove",225
The Crooked Man,"to force it, while scream after scream issued from within.  He was",226
The Crooked Man,"unable, however, to make his way in, and the maids were too",227
The Crooked Man,distracted with fear to be of any assistance to him.  A sudden,228
The Crooked Man,"thought struck him, however, and he ran through the hall door and",229
The Crooked Man,round to the lawn upon which the long French windows open.  One side,230
The Crooked Man,"of the window was open, which I understand was quite usual in the",231
The Crooked Man,"summer-time, and he passed without difficulty into the room.  His",232
The Crooked Man,mistress had ceased to scream and was stretched insensible upon a,233
The Crooked Man,"couch, while with his feet tilted over the side of an arm-chair, and",234
The Crooked Man,"his head upon the ground near the corner of the fender, was lying the",235
The Crooked Man,unfortunate soldier stone dead in a pool of his own blood.,236
The Crooked Man,,237
The Crooked Man,"""Naturally, the coachman's first thought, on finding that he could do",238
The Crooked Man,"nothing for his master, was to open the door.  But here an unexpected",239
The Crooked Man,and singular difficulty presented itself.  The key was not in the,240
The Crooked Man,"inner side of the door, nor could he find it anywhere in the room.",241
The Crooked Man,"He went out again, therefore, through the window, and having obtained",242
The Crooked Man,"the help of a policeman and of a medical man, he returned.  The lady,",243
The Crooked Man,"against whom naturally the strongest suspicion rested, was removed to",244
The Crooked Man,"her room, still in a state of insensibility.  The Colonel's body was",245
The Crooked Man,"then placed upon the sofa, and a careful examination made of the",246
The Crooked Man,scene of the tragedy.,247
The Crooked Man,,248
The Crooked Man,"""The injury from which the unfortunate veteran was suffering was",249
The Crooked Man,found to be a jagged cut some two inches long at the back part of his,250
The Crooked Man,"head, which had evidently been caused by a violent blow from a blunt",251
The Crooked Man,weapon.  Nor was it difficult to guess what that weapon may have,252
The Crooked Man,"been.  Upon the floor, close to the body, was lying a singular club",253
The Crooked Man,of hard carved wood with a bone handle.  The Colonel possessed a,254
The Crooked Man,varied collection of weapons brought from the different countries in,255
The Crooked Man,"which he had fought, and it is conjectured by the police that his",256
The Crooked Man,club was among his trophies.  The servants deny having seen it,257
The Crooked Man,"before, but among the numerous curiosities in the house it is",258
The Crooked Man,possible that it may have been overlooked.  Nothing else of,259
The Crooked Man,"importance was discovered in the room by the police, save the",260
The Crooked Man,inexplicable fact that neither upon Mrs. Barclay's person nor upon,261
The Crooked Man,that of the victim nor in any part of the room was the missing key to,262
The Crooked Man,be found.  The door had eventually to be opened by a locksmith from,263
The Crooked Man,Aldershot.,264
The Crooked Man,,265
The Crooked Man,"""That was the state of things, Watson, when upon the Tuesday morning",266
The Crooked Man,"I, at the request of Major Murphy, went down to Aldershot to",267
The Crooked Man,supplement the efforts of the police.  I think that you will,268
The Crooked Man,"acknowledge that the problem was already one of interest, but my",269
The Crooked Man,observations soon made me realize that it was in truth much more,270
The Crooked Man,extraordinary than would at first sight appear.,271
The Crooked Man,,272
The Crooked Man,"""Before examining the room I cross-questioned the servants, but only",273
The Crooked Man,succeeded in eliciting the facts which I have already stated.  One,274
The Crooked Man,"other detail of interest was remembered by Jane Stewart, the",275
The Crooked Man,housemaid.  You will remember that on hearing the sound of the,276
The Crooked Man,quarrel she descended and returned with the other servants.  On that,277
The Crooked Man,"first occasion, when she was alone, she says that the voices of her",278
The Crooked Man,master and mistress were sunk so low that she could hear hardly,279
The Crooked Man,"anything, and judged by their tones rather than their words that they",280
The Crooked Man,"had fallen out.  On my pressing her, however, she remembered that she",281
The Crooked Man,heard the word David uttered twice by the lady.  The point is of the,282
The Crooked Man,utmost importance as guiding us towards the reason of the sudden,283
The Crooked Man,"quarrel.  The Colonel's name, you remember, was James.",284
The Crooked Man,,285
The Crooked Man,"""There was one thing in the case which had made the deepest",286
The Crooked Man,impression both upon the servants and the police.  This was the,287
The Crooked Man,"contortion of the Colonel's face.  It had set, according to their",288
The Crooked Man,"account, into the most dreadful expression of fear and horror which a",289
The Crooked Man,human countenance is capable of assuming.  More than one person,290
The Crooked Man,"fainted at the mere sight of him, so terrible was the effect.  It was",291
The Crooked Man,"quite certain that he had foreseen his fate, and that it had caused",292
The Crooked Man,"him the utmost horror.  This, of course, fitted in well enough with",293
The Crooked Man,"the police theory, if the Colonel could have seen his wife making a",294
The Crooked Man,murderous attack upon him.  Nor was the fact of the wound being on,295
The Crooked Man,"the back of his head a fatal objection to this, as he might have",296
The Crooked Man,turned to avoid the blow.  No information could be got from the lady,297
The Crooked Man,"herself, who was temporarily insane from an acute attack of",298
The Crooked Man,brain-fever.,299
The Crooked Man,,300
The Crooked Man,"""From the police I learned that Miss Morrison, who you remember went",301
The Crooked Man,"out that evening with Mrs. Barclay, denied having any knowledge of",302
The Crooked Man,what it was which had caused the ill-humor in which her companion had,303
The Crooked Man,returned.,304
The Crooked Man,,305
The Crooked Man,"""Having gathered these facts, Watson, I smoked several pipes over",306
The Crooked Man,"them, trying to separate those which were crucial from others which",307
The Crooked Man,were merely incidental.  There could be no question that the most,308
The Crooked Man,distinctive and suggestive point in the case was the singular,309
The Crooked Man,disappearance of the door-key.  A most careful search had failed to,310
The Crooked Man,discover it in the room.  Therefore it must have been taken from it.,311
The Crooked Man,But neither the Colonel nor the Colonel's wife could have taken it.,312
The Crooked Man,That was perfectly clear.  Therefore a third person must have entered,313
The Crooked Man,the room.  And that third person could only have come in through the,314
The Crooked Man,window.  It seemed to me that a careful examination of the room and,315
The Crooked Man,the lawn might possibly reveal some traces of this mysterious,316
The Crooked Man,"individual.  You know my methods, Watson.  There was not one of them",317
The Crooked Man,which I did not apply to the inquiry.  And it ended by my discovering,318
The Crooked Man,"traces, but very different ones from those which I had expected.",319
The Crooked Man,"There had been a man in the room, and he had crossed the lawn coming",320
The Crooked Man,from the road.  I was able to obtain five very clear impressions of,321
The Crooked Man,"his foot-marks:  one in the roadway itself, at the point where he had",322
The Crooked Man,"climbed the low wall, two on the lawn, and two very faint ones upon",323
The Crooked Man,the stained boards near the window where he had entered.  He had,324
The Crooked Man,"apparently rushed across the lawn, for his toe-marks were much deeper",325
The Crooked Man,than his heels.  But it was not the man who surprised me.  It was his,326
The Crooked Man,"companion.""",327
The Crooked Man,,328
The Crooked Man,"""His companion!""",329
The Crooked Man,,330
The Crooked Man,Holmes pulled a large sheet of tissue-paper out of his pocket and,331
The Crooked Man,carefully unfolded it upon his knee.,332
The Crooked Man,,333
The Crooked Man,"""What do you make of that?"" he asked.",334
The Crooked Man,,335
The Crooked Man,The paper was covered with the tracings of the foot-marks of some,336
The Crooked Man,"small animal.  It had five well-marked foot-pads, an indication of",337
The Crooked Man,"long nails, and the whole print might be nearly as large as  a",338
The Crooked Man,dessert-spoon.,339
The Crooked Man,,340
The Crooked Man,"""It's a dog,"" said I.",341
The Crooked Man,,342
The Crooked Man,"""Did you ever hear of a dog running up a curtain?  I found distinct",343
The Crooked Man,"traces that this creature had done so.""",344
The Crooked Man,,345
The Crooked Man,"""A monkey, then?""",346
The Crooked Man,,347
The Crooked Man,"""But it is not the print of a monkey.""",348
The Crooked Man,,349
The Crooked Man,"""What can it be, then?""",350
The Crooked Man,,351
The Crooked Man,"""Neither dog nor cat nor monkey nor any creature that we are familiar",352
The Crooked Man,with.  I have tried to reconstruct it from the measurements.  Here,353
The Crooked Man,are four prints where the beast has been standing motionless.  You,354
The Crooked Man,see that it is no less than fifteen inches from fore-foot to hind.,355
The Crooked Man,"Add to that the length of neck and head, and you get a creature not",356
The Crooked Man,much less than two feet long--probably more if there is any tail.,357
The Crooked Man,"But now observe this other measurement.  The animal has been moving,",358
The Crooked Man,and we have the length of its stride.  In each case it is only about,359
The Crooked Man,"three inches.  You have an indication, you see, of a long body with",360
The Crooked Man,very short legs attached to it.  It has not been considerate enough,361
The Crooked Man,to leave any of its hair behind it.  But its general shape must be,362
The Crooked Man,"what I have indicated, and it can run up a curtain, and it is",363
The Crooked Man,"carnivorous.""",364
The Crooked Man,,365
The Crooked Man,"""How do you deduce that?""",366
The Crooked Man,,367
The Crooked Man,"""Because it ran up the curtain.  A canary's cage was hanging in the",368
The Crooked Man,"window, and its aim seems to have been to get at the bird.""",369
The Crooked Man,,370
The Crooked Man,"""Then what was the beast?""",371
The Crooked Man,,372
The Crooked Man,"""Ah, if I could give it a name it might go a long way towards solving",373
The Crooked Man,"the case.  On the whole, it was probably some creature of the weasel",374
The Crooked Man,and stoat tribe--and yet it is larger than any of these that I have,375
The Crooked Man,"seen.""",376
The Crooked Man,,377
The Crooked Man,"""But what had it to do with the crime?""",378
The Crooked Man,,379
The Crooked Man,"""That, also, is still obscure.  But we have learned a good deal, you",380
The Crooked Man,perceive.  We know that a man stood in the road looking at the,381
The Crooked Man,quarrel between the Barclays--the blinds were up and the room,382
The Crooked Man,"lighted.  We know, also, that he ran across the lawn, entered the",383
The Crooked Man,"room, accompanied by a strange animal, and that he either struck the",384
The Crooked Man,"Colonel or, as is equally possible, that the Colonel fell down from",385
The Crooked Man,"sheer fright at the sight of him, and cut his head on the corner of",386
The Crooked Man,"the fender.  Finally, we have the curious fact that the intruder",387
The Crooked Man,"carried away the key with him when he left.""",388
The Crooked Man,,389
The Crooked Man,"""Your discoveries seem to have left the business more obscure that it",390
The Crooked Man,"was before,"" said I.",391
The Crooked Man,,392
The Crooked Man,"""Quite so.  They undoubtedly showed that the affair was much deeper",393
The Crooked Man,"than was at first conjectured.  I thought the matter over, and I came",394
The Crooked Man,to the conclusion that I must approach the case from another aspect.,395
The Crooked Man,"But really, Watson, I am keeping you up, and I might just as well",396
The Crooked Man,"tell you all this on our way to Aldershot to-morrow.""",397
The Crooked Man,,398
The Crooked Man,"""Thank you, you have gone rather too far to stop.""",399
The Crooked Man,,400
The Crooked Man,"""It is quite certain that when Mrs. Barclay left the house at",401
The Crooked Man,half-past seven she was on good terms with her husband.  She was,402
The Crooked Man,"never, as I think I have said, ostentatiously affectionate, but she",403
The Crooked Man,was heard by the coachman chatting with the Colonel in a friendly,404
The Crooked Man,"fashion.  Now, it was equally certain that, immediately on her",405
The Crooked Man,"return, she had gone to the room in which she was least likely to see",406
The Crooked Man,"her husband, had flown to tea as an agitated woman will, and finally,",407
The Crooked Man,"on his coming in to her, had broken into violent recriminations.",408
The Crooked Man,Therefore something had occurred between seven-thirty and nine,409
The Crooked Man,o'clock which had completely altered her feelings towards him.  But,410
The Crooked Man,Miss Morrison had been with her during the whole of that hour and a,411
The Crooked Man,"half.  It was absolutely certain, therefore, in spite of her denial,",412
The Crooked Man,that she must know something of the matter.,413
The Crooked Man,,414
The Crooked Man,"""My first conjecture was, that possibly there had been some passages",415
The Crooked Man,"between this young lady and the old soldier, which the former had now",416
The Crooked Man,"confessed to the wife.  That would account for the angry return, and",417
The Crooked Man,also for the girl's denial that anything had occurred.  Nor would it,418
The Crooked Man,be entirely incompatible with most of the words overhead.  But there,419
The Crooked Man,"was the reference to David, and there was the known affection of the",420
The Crooked Man,"Colonel for his wife, to weigh against it, to say nothing of the",421
The Crooked Man,"tragic intrusion of this other man, which might, of course, be",422
The Crooked Man,entirely disconnected with what had gone before.  It was not easy to,423
The Crooked Man,"pick one's steps, but, on the whole, I was inclined to dismiss the",424
The Crooked Man,idea that there had been anything between the Colonel and Miss,425
The Crooked Man,"Morrison, but more than ever convinced that the young lady held the",426
The Crooked Man,clue as to what it was which had turned Mrs. Barclay to hatred of her,427
The Crooked Man,"husband.  I took the obvious course, therefore, of calling upon Miss",428
The Crooked Man,"M., of explaining to her that I was perfectly certain that she held",429
The Crooked Man,"the facts in her possession, and of assuring her that her friend,",430
The Crooked Man,"Mrs. Barclay, might find herself in the dock upon a capital charge",431
The Crooked Man,unless the matter were cleared up.,432
The Crooked Man,,433
The Crooked Man,"""Miss Morrison is a little ethereal slip of a girl, with timid eyes",434
The Crooked Man,"and blond hair, but I found her by no means wanting in shrewdness and",435
The Crooked Man,"common-sense.  She sat thinking for some time after I had spoken, and",436
The Crooked Man,"then, turning to me with a brisk air of resolution, she broke into a",437
The Crooked Man,remarkable statement which I will condense for your benefit.,438
The Crooked Man,,439
The Crooked Man,"""'I promised my friend that I would say nothing of the matter, and a",440
The Crooked Man,"promise is a promise,' said she; 'but if I can really help her when",441
The Crooked Man,"so serious a charge is laid against her, and when her own mouth, poor",442
The Crooked Man,"darling, is closed by illness, then I think I am absolved from my",443
The Crooked Man,promise.  I will tell you exactly what happened upon Monday evening.,444
The Crooked Man,,445
The Crooked Man,"""'We were returning from the Watt Street Mission about a quarter to",446
The Crooked Man,"nine o'clock.  On our way we had to pass through Hudson Street, which",447
The Crooked Man,"is a very quiet thoroughfare.  There is only one lamp in it, upon the",448
The Crooked Man,"left-hand side, and as we approached this lamp I saw a man coming",449
The Crooked Man,"towards us with is back very bent, and something like a box slung",450
The Crooked Man,"over one of his shoulders.  He appeared to be deformed, for he",451
The Crooked Man,carried his head low and walked with his knees bent.  We were passing,452
The Crooked Man,him when he raised his face to look at us in the circle of light,453
The Crooked Man,"thrown by the lamp, and as he did so he stopped and screamed out in a",454
The Crooked Man,"dreadful voice, ""My God, it's Nancy!""  Mrs. Barclay turned as white",455
The Crooked Man,"as death, and would have fallen down had the dreadful-looking",456
The Crooked Man,"creature not caught hold of her.  I was going to call for the police,",457
The Crooked Man,"but she, to my surprise, spoke quite civilly to the fellow.",458
The Crooked Man,,459
The Crooked Man,"""'""I thought you had been dead this thirty years, Henry,"" said she,",460
The Crooked Man,in a shaking voice.,461
The Crooked Man,,462
The Crooked Man,"""'""So I have,"" said he, and it was awful to hear the tones that he",463
The Crooked Man,"said it in.  He had a very dark, fearsome face, and a gleam in his",464
The Crooked Man,eyes that comes back to me in my dreams.  His hair and whiskers were,465
The Crooked Man,"shot with gray, and his face was all crinkled and puckered like a",466
The Crooked Man,withered apple.,467
The Crooked Man,,468
The Crooked Man,"""'""Just walk on a little way, dear,"" said Mrs. Barclay; ""I want to",469
The Crooked Man,"have a word with this man.  There is nothing to be afraid of.""  She",470
The Crooked Man,"tried to speak boldly, but she was still deadly pale and could hardly",471
The Crooked Man,get her words out for the trembling of her lips.,472
The Crooked Man,,473
The Crooked Man,"""'I did as she asked me, and they talked together for a few minutes.",474
The Crooked Man,"Then she came down the street with her eyes blazing, and I saw the",475
The Crooked Man,crippled wretch standing by the lamp-post and shaking his clenched,476
The Crooked Man,fists in the air as if he were mad with rage.  She never said a word,477
The Crooked Man,"until we were at the door here, when she took me by the hand and",478
The Crooked Man,begged me to tell no one what had happened.,479
The Crooked Man,,480
The Crooked Man,"""'""It's an old acquaintance of mine who has come down in the world,""",481
The Crooked Man,"said she.  When I promised her I would say nothing she kissed me, and",482
The Crooked Man,"I have never seen her since.  I have told you now the whole truth,",483
The Crooked Man,and if I withheld it from the police it is because I did not realize,484
The Crooked Man,then the danger in which my dear friend stood.  I know that it can,485
The Crooked Man,only be to her advantage that everything should be known.',486
The Crooked Man,,487
The Crooked Man,"""There was her statement, Watson, and to me, as you can imagine, it",488
The Crooked Man,was like a light on a dark night.  Everything which had been,489
The Crooked Man,"disconnected before began at once to assume its true place, and I had",490
The Crooked Man,a shadowy presentiment of the whole sequence of events.  My next step,491
The Crooked Man,obviously was to find the man who had produced such a remarkable,492
The Crooked Man,impression upon Mrs. Barclay.  If he were still in Aldershot it,493
The Crooked Man,should not be a very difficult matter.  There are not such a very,494
The Crooked Man,"great number of civilians, and a deformed man was sure to have",495
The Crooked Man,"attracted attention.  I spent a day in the search, and by",496
The Crooked Man,"evening--this very evening, Watson--I had run him down.  The man's",497
The Crooked Man,"name is Henry Wood, and he lives in lodgings in this same street in",498
The Crooked Man,which the ladies met him.  He has only been five days in the place.,499
The Crooked Man,In the character of a registration-agent I had a most interesting,500
The Crooked Man,gossip with his landlady.  The man is by trade a conjurer and,501
The Crooked Man,"performer, going round the canteens after nightfall, and giving a",502
The Crooked Man,little entertainment at each.  He carries some creature about with,503
The Crooked Man,him in that box; about which the landlady seemed to be in,504
The Crooked Man,"considerable trepidation, for she had never seen an animal like it.",505
The Crooked Man,He uses it in some of his tricks according to her account.  So much,506
The Crooked Man,"the woman was able to tell me, and also that it was a wonder the man",507
The Crooked Man,"lived, seeing how twisted he was, and that he spoke in a strange",508
The Crooked Man,"tongue sometimes, and that for the last two nights she had heard him",509
The Crooked Man,"groaning and weeping in his bedroom.  He was all right, as far as",510
The Crooked Man,"money went, but in his deposit he had given her what looked like a",511
The Crooked Man,"bad florin.  She showed it to me, Watson, and it was an Indian rupee.",512
The Crooked Man,,513
The Crooked Man,"""So now, my dear fellow, you see exactly how we stand and why it is I",514
The Crooked Man,want you.  It is perfectly plain that after the ladies parted from,515
The Crooked Man,"this man he followed them at a distance, that he saw the quarrel",516
The Crooked Man,"between husband and wife through the window, that he rushed in, and",517
The Crooked Man,that the creature which he carried in his box got loose.  That is all,518
The Crooked Man,very certain.  But he is the only person in this world who can tell,519
The Crooked Man,"us exactly what happened in that room.""",520
The Crooked Man,,521
The Crooked Man,"""And you intend to ask him?""",522
The Crooked Man,,523
The Crooked Man,"""Most certainly--but in the presence of a witness.""",524
The Crooked Man,,525
The Crooked Man,"""And I am the witness?""",526
The Crooked Man,,527
The Crooked Man,"""If you will be so good.  If he can clear the matter up, well and",528
The Crooked Man,"good.  If he refuses, we have no alternative but to apply for a",529
The Crooked Man,"warrant.""",530
The Crooked Man,,531
The Crooked Man,"""But how do you know he'll be there when we return?""",532
The Crooked Man,,533
The Crooked Man,"""You may be sure that I took some precautions.  I have one of my",534
The Crooked Man,Baker Street boys mounting guard over him who would stick to him like,535
The Crooked Man,"a burr, go where he might.  We shall find him in Hudson Street",536
The Crooked Man,"to-morrow, Watson, and meanwhile I should be the criminal myself if I",537
The Crooked Man,"kept you out of bed any longer.""",538
The Crooked Man,,539
The Crooked Man,"It was midday when we found ourselves at the scene of the tragedy,",540
The Crooked Man,"and, under my companion's guidance, we made our way at once to Hudson",541
The Crooked Man,"Street.  In spite of his capacity for concealing his emotions, I",542
The Crooked Man,"could easily see that Holmes was in a state of suppressed excitement,",543
The Crooked Man,"while I was myself tingling with that half-sporting,",544
The Crooked Man,half-intellectual pleasure which I invariably experienced when I,545
The Crooked Man,associated myself with him in his investigations.,546
The Crooked Man,,547
The Crooked Man,"""This is the street,"" said he, as we turned into a short thoroughfare",548
The Crooked Man,"lined with plain two-storied brick houses.  ""Ah, here is Simpson to",549
The Crooked Man,"report.""",550
The Crooked Man,,551
The Crooked Man,"""He's in all right, Mr. Holmes,"" cried a small street Arab, running",552
The Crooked Man,up to us.,553
The Crooked Man,,554
The Crooked Man,"""Good, Simpson!"" said Holmes, patting him on the head.  ""Come along,",555
The Crooked Man,"Watson.  This is the house.""  He sent in his card with a message that",556
The Crooked Man,"he had come on important business, and a moment later we were face to",557
The Crooked Man,face with the man whom we had come to see.  In spite of the warm,558
The Crooked Man,"weather he was crouching over a fire, and the little room was like an",559
The Crooked Man,oven.  The man sat all twisted and huddled in his chair in a way,560
The Crooked Man,which gave an indescribably impression of deformity; but the face,561
The Crooked Man,"which he turned towards us, though worn and swarthy, must at some",562
The Crooked Man,time have been remarkable for its beauty.  He looked suspiciously at,563
The Crooked Man,"us now out of yellow-shot, bilious eyes, and, without speaking or",564
The Crooked Man,"rising, he waved towards two chairs.",565
The Crooked Man,,566
The Crooked Man,"""Mr. Henry Wood, late of India, I believe,"" said Holmes, affably.",567
The Crooked Man,"""I've come over this little matter of Colonel Barclay's death.""",568
The Crooked Man,,569
The Crooked Man,"""What should I know about that?""",570
The Crooked Man,,571
The Crooked Man,"""That's what I want to ascertain.  You know, I suppose, that unless",572
The Crooked Man,"the matter is cleared up, Mrs. Barclay, who is an old friend of",573
The Crooked Man,"yours, will in all probability be tried for murder.""",574
The Crooked Man,,575
The Crooked Man,The man gave a violent start.,576
The Crooked Man,,577
The Crooked Man,"""I don't know who you are,"" he cried, ""nor how you come to know what",578
The Crooked Man,"you do know, but will you swear that this is true that you tell me?""",579
The Crooked Man,,580
The Crooked Man,"""Why, they are only waiting for her to come to her senses to arrest",581
The Crooked Man,"her.""",582
The Crooked Man,,583
The Crooked Man,"""My God!  Are you in the police yourself?""",584
The Crooked Man,,585
The Crooked Man,"""No.""",586
The Crooked Man,,587
The Crooked Man,"""What business is it of yours, then?""",588
The Crooked Man,,589
The Crooked Man,"""It's every man's business to see justice done.""",590
The Crooked Man,,591
The Crooked Man,"""You can take my word that she is innocent.""",592
The Crooked Man,,593
The Crooked Man,"""Then you are guilty.""",594
The Crooked Man,,595
The Crooked Man,"""No, I am not.""",596
The Crooked Man,,597
The Crooked Man,"""Who killed Colonel James Barclay, then?""",598
The Crooked Man,,599
The Crooked Man,"""It was a just providence that killed him.  But, mind you this, that",600
The Crooked Man,"if I had knocked his brains out, as it was in my heart to do, he",601
The Crooked Man,would have had no more than his due from my hands.  If his own guilty,602
The Crooked Man,conscience had not struck him down it is likely enough that I might,603
The Crooked Man,have had his blood upon my soul.  You want me to tell the story.,604
The Crooked Man,"Well, I don't know why I shouldn't, for there's no cause for me to be",605
The Crooked Man,ashamed of it.,606
The Crooked Man,,607
The Crooked Man,"""It was in this way, sir.  You see me now with my back like a camel",608
The Crooked Man,"and by ribs all awry, but there was a time when Corporal Henry Wood",609
The Crooked Man,"was the smartest man in the 117th foot.  We were in India then, in",610
The Crooked Man,"cantonments, at a place we'll call Bhurtee.  Barclay, who died the",611
The Crooked Man,"other day, was sergeant in the same company as myself, and the belle",612
The Crooked Man,"of the regiment, ay, and the finest girl that ever had the breath of",613
The Crooked Man,"life between her lips, was Nancy Devoy, the daughter of the",614
The Crooked Man,"color-sergeant.  There were two men that loved her, and one that she",615
The Crooked Man,"loved, and you'll smile when you look at this poor thing huddled",616
The Crooked Man,"before the fire, and hear me say that it was for my good looks that",617
The Crooked Man,she loved me.,618
The Crooked Man,,619
The Crooked Man,"""Well, though I had her heart, her father was set upon her marrying",620
The Crooked Man,"Barclay.  I was a harum-scarum, reckless lad, and he had had an",621
The Crooked Man,"education, and was already marked for the sword-belt.  But the girl",622
The Crooked Man,"held true to me, and it seemed that I would have had her when the",623
The Crooked Man,"Mutiny broke out, and all hell was loose in the country.",624
The Crooked Man,,625
The Crooked Man,"""We were shut up in Bhurtee, the regiment of us with half a battery",626
The Crooked Man,"of artillery, a company of Sikhs, and a lot of civilians and",627
The Crooked Man,"women-folk.  There were ten thousand rebels round us, and they were",628
The Crooked Man,as keen as a set of terriers round a rat-cage.  About the second week,629
The Crooked Man,"of it our water gave out, and it was a question whether we could",630
The Crooked Man,"communicate with General Neill's column, which was moving up country.",631
The Crooked Man,"It was our only chance, for we could not hope to fight our way out",632
The Crooked Man,"with all the women and children, so I volunteered to go out and to",633
The Crooked Man,"warn General Neill of our danger.  My offer was accepted, and I",634
The Crooked Man,"talked it over with Sergeant Barclay, who was supposed to know the",635
The Crooked Man,"ground better than any other man, and who drew up a route by which I",636
The Crooked Man,might get through the rebel lines.  At ten o'clock the same night I,637
The Crooked Man,"started off upon my journey.  There were a thousand lives to save,",638
The Crooked Man,but it was of only one that I was thinking when I dropped over the,639
The Crooked Man,wall that night.,640
The Crooked Man,,641
The Crooked Man,"""My way ran down a dried-up watercourse, which we hoped would screen",642
The Crooked Man,me from the enemy's sentries; but as I crept round the corner of it I,643
The Crooked Man,"walked right into six of them, who were crouching down in the dark",644
The Crooked Man,waiting for me.  In an instant I was stunned with a blow and bound,645
The Crooked Man,"hand and foot.  But the real blow was to my heart and not to my head,",646
The Crooked Man,for as I came to and listened to as much as I could understand of,647
The Crooked Man,"their talk, I heard enough to tell me that my comrade, the very man",648
The Crooked Man,"who had arranged the way that I was to take, had betrayed me by means",649
The Crooked Man,of a native servant into the hands of the enemy.,650
The Crooked Man,,651
The Crooked Man,"""Well, there's no need for me to dwell on that part of it.  You know",652
The Crooked Man,now what James Barclay was capable of.  Bhurtee was relieved by Neill,653
The Crooked Man,"next day, but the rebels took me away with them in their retreat, and",654
The Crooked Man,it was many a long year before ever I saw a white face again.  I was,655
The Crooked Man,"tortured and tried to get away, and was captured and tortured again.",656
The Crooked Man,You can see for yourselves the state in which I was left.  Some of,657
The Crooked Man,"them that fled into Nepal took me with them, and then afterwards I",658
The Crooked Man,was up past Darjeeling.  The hill-folk up there murdered the rebels,659
The Crooked Man,"who had me, and I became their slave for a time until I escaped; but",660
The Crooked Man,"instead of going south I had to go north, until I found myself among",661
The Crooked Man,"the Afghans.  There I wandered about for many a year, and at last",662
The Crooked Man,"came back to the Punjaub, where I lived mostly among the natives and",663
The Crooked Man,picked up a living by the conjuring tricks that I had learned.  What,664
The Crooked Man,"use was it for me, a wretched cripple, to go back to England or to",665
The Crooked Man,make myself known to my old comrades?  Even my wish for revenge would,666
The Crooked Man,not make me do that.  I had rather that Nancy and my old pals should,667
The Crooked Man,"think of Harry Wood as having died with a straight back, than see him",668
The Crooked Man,living and crawling with a stick like a chimpanzee.  They never,669
The Crooked Man,"doubted that I was dead, and I meant that they never should.  I heard",670
The Crooked Man,"that Barclay had married Nancy, and that he was rising rapidly in the",671
The Crooked Man,"regiment, but even that did not make me speak.",672
The Crooked Man,,673
The Crooked Man,"""But when one gets old one has a longing for home.  For years I've",674
The Crooked Man,been dreaming of the bright green fields and the hedges of England.,675
The Crooked Man,At last I determined to see them before I died.  I saved enough to,676
The Crooked Man,"bring me across, and then I came here where the soldiers are, for I",677
The Crooked Man,"know their ways and how to amuse them and so earn enough to keep me.""",678
The Crooked Man,,679
The Crooked Man,"""Your narrative is most interesting,"" said Sherlock Holmes.  ""I have",680
The Crooked Man,"already heard of your meeting with Mrs. Barclay, and your mutual",681
The Crooked Man,"recognition.  You then, as I understand, followed her home and saw",682
The Crooked Man,"through the window an altercation between her husband and her, in",683
The Crooked Man,which she doubtless cast his conduct to you in his teeth.  Your own,684
The Crooked Man,"feelings overcame you, and you ran across the lawn and broke in upon",685
The Crooked Man,"them.""",686
The Crooked Man,,687
The Crooked Man,"""I did, sir, and at the sight of me he looked as I have never seen a",688
The Crooked Man,"man look before, and over he went with his head on the fender.  But",689
The Crooked Man,he was dead before he fell.  I read death on his face as plain as I,690
The Crooked Man,can read that text over the fire.  The bare sight of me was like a,691
The Crooked Man,"bullet through his guilty heart.""",692
The Crooked Man,,693
The Crooked Man,"""And then?""",694
The Crooked Man,,695
The Crooked Man,"""Then Nancy fainted, and I caught up the key of the door from her",696
The Crooked Man,"hand, intending to unlock it and get help.  But as I was doing it it",697
The Crooked Man,"seemed to me better to leave it alone and get away, for the thing",698
The Crooked Man,"might look black against me, and any way my secret would be out if I",699
The Crooked Man,"were taken.  In my haste I thrust the key into my pocket, and dropped",700
The Crooked Man,"my stick while I was chasing Teddy, who had run up the curtain.  When",701
The Crooked Man,"I got him into his box, from which he had slipped, I was off as fast",702
The Crooked Man,"as I could run.""",703
The Crooked Man,,704
The Crooked Man,"""Who's Teddy?"" asked Holmes.",705
The Crooked Man,,706
The Crooked Man,The man leaned over and pulled up the front of a kind of hutch in the,707
The Crooked Man,corner.  In an instant out there slipped a beautiful reddish-brown,708
The Crooked Man,"creature, thin and lithe, with the legs of a stoat, a long, thin",709
The Crooked Man,"nose, and a pair of the finest red eyes that ever I saw in an",710
The Crooked Man,animal's head.,711
The Crooked Man,,712
The Crooked Man,"""It's a mongoose,"" I cried.",713
The Crooked Man,,714
The Crooked Man,"""Well, some call them that, and some call them ichneumon,"" said the",715
The Crooked Man,"man.  ""Snake-catcher is what I call them, and Teddy is amazing quick",716
The Crooked Man,"on cobras.  I have one here without the fangs, and Teddy catches it",717
The Crooked Man,every night to please the folk in the canteen.,718
The Crooked Man,,719
The Crooked Man,"""Any other point, sir?""",720
The Crooked Man,,721
The Crooked Man,"""Well, we may have to apply to you again if Mrs. Barclay should prove",722
The Crooked Man,"to be in serious trouble.""",723
The Crooked Man,,724
The Crooked Man,"""In that case, of course, I'd come forward.""",725
The Crooked Man,,726
The Crooked Man,"""But if not, there is no object in raking up this scandal against a",727
The Crooked Man,"dead man, foully as he has acted.  You have at least the satisfaction",728
The Crooked Man,of knowing that for thirty years of his life his conscience bitterly,729
The Crooked Man,"reproached him for this wicked deed.  Ah, there goes Major Murphy on",730
The Crooked Man,"the other side of the street.  Good-bye, Wood.  I want to learn if",731
The Crooked Man,"anything has happened since yesterday.""",732
The Crooked Man,,733
The Crooked Man,We were in time to overtake the major before he reached the corner.,734
The Crooked Man,,735
The Crooked Man,"""Ah, Holmes,"" he said:  ""I suppose you have heard that all this fuss",736
The Crooked Man,"has come to nothing?""",737
The Crooked Man,,738
The Crooked Man,"""What then?""",739
The Crooked Man,,740
The Crooked Man,"""The inquest is just over.  The medical evidence showed conclusively",741
The Crooked Man,that death was due to apoplexy.  You see it was quite a simple case,742
The Crooked Man,"after all.""",743
The Crooked Man,,744
The Crooked Man,"""Oh, remarkably superficial,"" said Holmes, smiling.  ""Come, Watson, I",745
The Crooked Man,"don't think we shall be wanted in Aldershot any more.""",746
The Crooked Man,,747
The Crooked Man,"""There's one thing,"" said I, as we walked down to the station.  ""If",748
The Crooked Man,"the husband's name was James, and the other was Henry, what was this",749
The Crooked Man,"talk about David?""",750
The Crooked Man,,751
The Crooked Man,"""That one word, my dear Watson, should have told me the whole story",752
The Crooked Man,had I been the ideal reasoner which you are so fond of depicting.  It,753
The Crooked Man,"was evidently a term of reproach.""",754
The Crooked Man,,755
The Crooked Man,"""Of reproach?""",756
The Crooked Man,,757
The Crooked Man,"""Yes; David strayed a little occasionally, you know, and on one",758
The Crooked Man,occasion in the same direction as Sergeant James Barclay.  You,759
The Crooked Man,remember the small affair of Uriah and Bathsheba?  My biblical,760
The Crooked Man,"knowledge is a trifle rusty, I fear, but you will find the story in",761
The Crooked Man,"the first or second of Samuel.""",762
The Crooked Man,,763
The Resident Patient,THE RESIDENT PATIENT,1
The Resident Patient,,2
The Resident Patient,Glancing over the somewhat incoherent series of Memoirs with which I,3
The Resident Patient,have endeavored to illustrate a few of the mental peculiarities of my,4
The Resident Patient,"friend Mr. Sherlock Holmes, I have been struck by the difficulty",5
The Resident Patient,which I have experienced in picking out examples which shall in every,6
The Resident Patient,way answer my purpose. For in those cases in which Holmes has,7
The Resident Patient,"performed some tour de force of analytical reasoning, and has",8
The Resident Patient,"demonstrated the value of his peculiar methods of investigation, the",9
The Resident Patient,facts themselves have often been so slight or so commonplace that I,10
The Resident Patient,could not feel justified in laying them before the public. On the,11
The Resident Patient,"other hand, it has frequently happened that he has been concerned in",12
The Resident Patient,some research where the facts have been of the most remarkable and,13
The Resident Patient,"dramatic character, but where the share which he has himself taken in",14
The Resident Patient,"determining their causes has been less pronounced than I, as his",15
The Resident Patient,"biographer, could wish. The small matter which I have chronicled",16
The Resident Patient,"under the heading of ""A Study in Scarlet,"" and that other later one",17
The Resident Patient,"connected with the loss of the Gloria Scott, may serve as examples of",18
The Resident Patient,this Scylla and Charybdis which are forever threatening the,19
The Resident Patient,historian. It may be that in the business of which I am now about to,20
The Resident Patient,write the part which my friend played is not sufficiently,21
The Resident Patient,accentuated; and yet the whole train of circumstances is so,22
The Resident Patient,remarkable that I cannot bring myself to omit it entirely from this,23
The Resident Patient,series.,24
The Resident Patient,,25
The Resident Patient,"It had been a close, rainy day in October. Our blinds were",26
The Resident Patient,"half-drawn, and Holmes lay curled upon the sofa, reading and",27
The Resident Patient,re-reading a letter which he had received by the morning post. For,28
The Resident Patient,"myself, my term of service in India had trained me to stand heat",29
The Resident Patient,"better than cold, and a thermometer of 90 was no hardship. But the",30
The Resident Patient,paper was uninteresting. Parliament had risen. Everybody was out of,31
The Resident Patient,"town, and I yearned for the glades of the New Forest or the shingle",32
The Resident Patient,of Southsea. A depleted bank account had caused me to postpone my,33
The Resident Patient,"holiday, and as to my companion, neither the country nor the sea",34
The Resident Patient,presented the slightest attraction to him. He loved to lie in the,35
The Resident Patient,"very centre of five millions of people, with his filaments stretching",36
The Resident Patient,"out and running through them, responsive to every little rumor or",37
The Resident Patient,suspicion of unsolved crime. Appreciation of Nature found no place,38
The Resident Patient,"among his many gifts, and his only change was when he turned his mind",39
The Resident Patient,from the evil-doer of the town to track down his brother of the,40
The Resident Patient,country.,41
The Resident Patient,,42
The Resident Patient,"I cannot be sure of the exact date, for some of my memoranda upon the",43
The Resident Patient,"matter have been mislaid, but it must have been towards the end of",44
The Resident Patient,the first year during which Holmes and I shared chambers in Baker,45
The Resident Patient,"Street. It was boisterous October weather, and we had both remained",46
The Resident Patient,"indoors all day, I because I feared with my shaken health to face the",47
The Resident Patient,"keen autumn wind, while he was deep in some of those abstruse",48
The Resident Patient,chemical investigations which absorbed him utterly as long as he was,49
The Resident Patient,"engaged upon them. Towards evening, however, the breaking of a",50
The Resident Patient,"test-tube brought his research to a premature ending, and he sprang",51
The Resident Patient,up from his chair with an exclamation of impatience and a clouded,52
The Resident Patient,brow.,53
The Resident Patient,,54
The Resident Patient,"""A day's work ruined, Watson,"" said he, striding across to the",55
The Resident Patient,"window. ""Ha! The stars are out and he wind has fallen. What do you",56
The Resident Patient,"say to a ramble through London?""",57
The Resident Patient,,58
The Resident Patient,I was weary of our little sitting-room and gladly acquiesced. For,59
The Resident Patient,"three hours we strolled about together, watching the ever-changing",60
The Resident Patient,kaleidoscope of life as it ebbs and flows through Fleet Street and,61
The Resident Patient,"the Strand. His characteristic talk, with its keen observance of",62
The Resident Patient,detail and subtle power of inference held me amused and enthralled.,63
The Resident Patient,It was ten o'clock before we reached Baker Street again. A brougham,64
The Resident Patient,was waiting at our door.,65
The Resident Patient,,66
The Resident Patient,"""Hum! A doctor's--general practitioner, I perceive,"" said Holmes.",67
The Resident Patient,"""Not been long in practice, but has had a good deal to do. Come to",68
The Resident Patient,"consult us, I fancy! Lucky we came back!""",69
The Resident Patient,,70
The Resident Patient,I was sufficiently conversant with Holmes's methods to be able to,71
The Resident Patient,"follow his reasoning, and to see that the nature and state of the",72
The Resident Patient,various medical instruments in the wicker basket which hung in the,73
The Resident Patient,lamplight inside the brougham had given him the data for his swift,74
The Resident Patient,deduction. The light in our window above showed that this late visit,75
The Resident Patient,was indeed intended for us. With some curiosity as to what could have,76
The Resident Patient,"sent a brother medico to us at such an hour, I followed Holmes into",77
The Resident Patient,our sanctum.,78
The Resident Patient,,79
The Resident Patient,"A pale, taper-faced man with sandy whiskers rose up from a chair by",80
The Resident Patient,the fire as we entered. His age may not have been more than three or,81
The Resident Patient,"four and thirty, but his haggard expression and unhealthy hue told of",82
The Resident Patient,a life which has sapped his strength and robbed him of his youth. His,83
The Resident Patient,"manner was nervous and shy, like that of a sensitive gentleman, and",84
The Resident Patient,the thin white hand which he laid on the mantelpiece as he rose was,85
The Resident Patient,that of an artist rather than of a surgeon. His dress was quiet and,86
The Resident Patient,"sombre--a black frock-coat, dark trousers, and a touch of color about",87
The Resident Patient,his necktie.,88
The Resident Patient,,89
The Resident Patient,"""Good-evening, doctor,"" said Holmes, cheerily. ""I am glad to see that",90
The Resident Patient,"you have only been waiting a very few minutes.""",91
The Resident Patient,,92
The Resident Patient,"""You spoke to my coachman, then?""",93
The Resident Patient,,94
The Resident Patient,"""No, it was the candle on the side-table that told me. Pray resume",95
The Resident Patient,"your seat and let me know how I can serve you.""",96
The Resident Patient,,97
The Resident Patient,"""My name is Doctor Percy Trevelyan,"" said our visitor, ""and I live at",98
The Resident Patient,"403 Brook Street.""",99
The Resident Patient,,100
The Resident Patient,"""Are you not the author of a monograph upon obscure nervous lesions?""",101
The Resident Patient,I asked.,102
The Resident Patient,,103
The Resident Patient,His pale cheeks flushed with pleasure at hearing that his work was,104
The Resident Patient,known to me.,105
The Resident Patient,,106
The Resident Patient,"""I so seldom hear of the work that I thought it was quite dead,"" said",107
The Resident Patient,"he. ""My publishers gave me a most discouraging account of its sale.",108
The Resident Patient,"You are yourself, I presume, a medical man?""",109
The Resident Patient,,110
The Resident Patient,"""A retired army surgeon.""",111
The Resident Patient,,112
The Resident Patient,"""My own hobby has always been nervous disease. I should wish to make",113
The Resident Patient,"it an absolute specialty, but, of course, a man must take what he can",114
The Resident Patient,"get at first. This, however, is beside the question, Mr. Sherlock",115
The Resident Patient,"Holmes, and I quite appreciate how valuable your time is. The fact is",116
The Resident Patient,that a very singular train of events has occurred recently at my,117
The Resident Patient,"house in Brook Street, and to-night they came to such a head that I",118
The Resident Patient,felt it was quite impossible for me to wait another hour before,119
The Resident Patient,"asking for your advice and assistance.""",120
The Resident Patient,,121
The Resident Patient,"Sherlock Holmes sat down and lit his pipe. ""You are very welcome to",122
The Resident Patient,"both,"" said he. ""Pray let me have a detailed account of what the",123
The Resident Patient,"circumstances are which have disturbed you.""",124
The Resident Patient,,125
The Resident Patient,"""One or two of them are so trivial,"" said Dr. Trevelyan, ""that really",126
The Resident Patient,I am almost ashamed to mention them. But the matter is so,127
The Resident Patient,"inexplicable, and the recent turn which it has taken is so elaborate,",128
The Resident Patient,"that I shall lay it all before you, and you shall judge what is",129
The Resident Patient,essential and what is not.,130
The Resident Patient,,131
The Resident Patient,"""I am compelled, to begin with, to say something of my own college",132
The Resident Patient,"career. I am a London University man, you know, and I am sure that",133
The Resident Patient,you will not think that I am unduly singing my own praises if I say,134
The Resident Patient,that my student career was considered by my professors to be a very,135
The Resident Patient,promising one. After I had graduated I continued to devote myself to,136
The Resident Patient,"research, occupying a minor position in King's College Hospital, and",137
The Resident Patient,I was fortunate enough to excite considerable interest by my research,138
The Resident Patient,"into the pathology of catalepsy, and finally to win the Bruce",139
The Resident Patient,Pinkerton prize and medal by the monograph on nervous lesions to,140
The Resident Patient,which your friend has just alluded. I should not go too far if I were,141
The Resident Patient,to say that there was a general impression at that time that a,142
The Resident Patient,distinguished career lay before me.,143
The Resident Patient,,144
The Resident Patient,"""But the one great stumbling-block lay in my want of capital. As you",145
The Resident Patient,"will readily understand, a specialist who aims high is compelled to",146
The Resident Patient,"start in one of a dozen streets in the Cavendish Square quarter, all",147
The Resident Patient,of which entail enormous rents and furnishing expenses. Besides this,148
The Resident Patient,"preliminary outlay, he must be prepared to keep himself for some",149
The Resident Patient,"years, and to hire a presentable carriage and horse. To do this was",150
The Resident Patient,"quite beyond my power, and I could only hope that by economy I might",151
The Resident Patient,in ten years' time save enough to enable me to put up my plate.,152
The Resident Patient,"Suddenly, however, an unexpected incident opened up quite a new",153
The Resident Patient,prospect to me.,154
The Resident Patient,,155
The Resident Patient,"""This was a visit from a gentleman of the name of Blessington, who",156
The Resident Patient,"was a complete stranger to me. He came up to my room one morning, and",157
The Resident Patient,plunged into business in an instant.,158
The Resident Patient,,159
The Resident Patient,"""'You are the same Percy Trevelyan who has had so distinguished a",160
The Resident Patient,career and won a great prize lately?' said he.,161
The Resident Patient,,162
The Resident Patient,"""I bowed.",163
The Resident Patient,,164
The Resident Patient,"""'Answer me frankly,' he continued, 'for you will find it to your",165
The Resident Patient,interest to do so. You have all the cleverness which makes a,166
The Resident Patient,successful man. Have you the tact?',167
The Resident Patient,,168
The Resident Patient,"""I could not help smiling at the abruptness of the question.",169
The Resident Patient,,170
The Resident Patient,"""'I trust that I have my share,' I said.",171
The Resident Patient,,172
The Resident Patient,"""'Any bad habits? Not drawn towards drink, eh?'",173
The Resident Patient,,174
The Resident Patient,"""'Really, sir!' I cried.",175
The Resident Patient,,176
The Resident Patient,"""'Quite right! That's all right! But I was bound to ask. With all",177
The Resident Patient,"these qualities, why are you not in practice?'",178
The Resident Patient,,179
The Resident Patient,"""I shrugged my shoulders.",180
The Resident Patient,,181
The Resident Patient,"""'Come, come!' said he, in his bustling way. 'It's the old story.",182
The Resident Patient,"More in your brains than in your pocket, eh? What would you say if I",183
The Resident Patient,were to start you in Brook Street?',184
The Resident Patient,,185
The Resident Patient,"""I stared at him in astonishment.",186
The Resident Patient,,187
The Resident Patient,"""'Oh, it's for my sake, not for yours,' he cried.  'I'll be perfectly",188
The Resident Patient,"frank with you, and if it suits you it will suit me very well. I have",189
The Resident Patient,"a few thousands to invest, d'ye see, and I think I'll sink them in",190
The Resident Patient,you.',191
The Resident Patient,,192
The Resident Patient,"""'But why?' I gasped.",193
The Resident Patient,,194
The Resident Patient,"""'Well, it's just like any other speculation, and safer than most.'",195
The Resident Patient,,196
The Resident Patient,"""'What am I to do, then?'",197
The Resident Patient,,198
The Resident Patient,"""'I'll tell you. I'll take the house, furnish it, pay the maids, and",199
The Resident Patient,run the whole place. All you have to do is just to wear out your,200
The Resident Patient,chair in the consulting-room. I'll let you have pocket-money and,201
The Resident Patient,"everything. Then you hand over to me three quarters of what you earn,",202
The Resident Patient,and you keep the other quarter for yourself.',203
The Resident Patient,,204
The Resident Patient,"""This was the strange proposal, Mr. Holmes, with which the man",205
The Resident Patient,Blessington approached me. I won't weary you with the account of how,206
The Resident Patient,we bargained and negotiated. It ended in my moving into the house,207
The Resident Patient,"next Lady Day, and starting in practice on very much the same",208
The Resident Patient,conditions as he had suggested. He came himself to live with me in,209
The Resident Patient,"the character of a resident patient. His heart was weak, it appears,",210
The Resident Patient,and he needed constant medical supervision. He turned the two best,211
The Resident Patient,rooms of the first floor into a sitting-room and bedroom for himself.,212
The Resident Patient,"He was a man of singular habits, shunning company and very seldom",213
The Resident Patient,"going out. His life was irregular, but in one respect he was",214
The Resident Patient,"regularity itself. Every evening, at the same hour, he walked into",215
The Resident Patient,"the consulting-room, examined the books, put down five and",216
The Resident Patient,"three-pence for every guinea that I had earned, and carried the rest",217
The Resident Patient,off to the strong-box in his own room.,218
The Resident Patient,,219
The Resident Patient,"""I may say with confidence that he never had occasion to regret his",220
The Resident Patient,speculation. From the first it was a success. A few good cases and,221
The Resident Patient,the reputation which I had won in the hospital brought me rapidly to,222
The Resident Patient,"the front, and during the last few years I have made him a rich man.",223
The Resident Patient,,224
The Resident Patient,"""So much, Mr. Holmes, for my past history and my relations with Mr.",225
The Resident Patient,Blessington. It only remains for me now to tell you what has occurred,226
The Resident Patient,to bring me here to-night.,227
The Resident Patient,,228
The Resident Patient,"""Some weeks ago Mr. Blessington came down to me in, as it seemed to",229
The Resident Patient,"me, a state of considerable agitation. He spoke of some burglary",230
The Resident Patient,"which, he said, had been committed in the West End, and he appeared,",231
The Resident Patient,"I remember, to be quite unnecessarily excited about it, declaring",232
The Resident Patient,that a day should not pass before we should add stronger bolts to our,233
The Resident Patient,windows and doors. For a week he continued to be in a peculiar state,234
The Resident Patient,"of restlessness, peering continually out of the windows, and ceasing",235
The Resident Patient,to take the short walk which had usually been the prelude to his,236
The Resident Patient,dinner. From his manner it struck me that he was in mortal dread of,237
The Resident Patient,"something or somebody, but when I questioned him upon the point he",238
The Resident Patient,became so offensive that I was compelled to drop the subject.,239
The Resident Patient,"Gradually, as time passed, his fears appeared to die away, and he had",240
The Resident Patient,"renewed his former habits, when a fresh event reduced him to the",241
The Resident Patient,pitiable state of prostration in which he now lies.,242
The Resident Patient,,243
The Resident Patient,"""What happened was this. Two days ago I received the letter which I",244
The Resident Patient,now read to you. Neither address nor date is attached to it.,245
The Resident Patient,,246
The Resident Patient,"""'A Russian nobleman who is now resident in England,' it runs, 'would",247
The Resident Patient,be glad to avail himself of the professional assistance of Dr. Percy,248
The Resident Patient,"Trevelyan. He has been for some years a victim to cataleptic attacks,",249
The Resident Patient,"on which, as is well known, Dr. Trevelyan is an authority. He",250
The Resident Patient,"proposes to call at about quarter past six to-morrow evening, if Dr.",251
The Resident Patient,Trevelyan will make it convenient to be at home.',252
The Resident Patient,,253
The Resident Patient,"""This letter interested me deeply, because the chief difficulty in",254
The Resident Patient,the study of catalepsy is the rareness of the disease. You may,255
The Resident Patient,"believe, than, that I was in my consulting-room when, at the",256
The Resident Patient,"appointed hour, the page showed in the patient.",257
The Resident Patient,,258
The Resident Patient,"He was an elderly man, thin, demure, and common-place--by no means",259
The Resident Patient,the conception one forms of a Russian nobleman. I was much more,260
The Resident Patient,"struck by the appearance of his companion. This was a tall young man,",261
The Resident Patient,"surprisingly handsome, with a dark, fierce face, and the limbs and",262
The Resident Patient,chest of a Hercules. He had his hand under the other's arm as they,263
The Resident Patient,"entered, and helped him to a chair with a tenderness which one would",264
The Resident Patient,hardly have expected from his appearance.,265
The Resident Patient,,266
The Resident Patient,"""'You will excuse my coming in, doctor,' said he to me, speaking",267
The Resident Patient,"English with a slight lisp. 'This is my father, and his health is a",268
The Resident Patient,matter of the most overwhelming importance to me.',269
The Resident Patient,,270
The Resident Patient,"""I was touched by this filial anxiety. 'You would, perhaps, care to",271
The Resident Patient,remain during the consultation?' said I.,272
The Resident Patient,,273
The Resident Patient,"""'Not for the world,' he cried with a gesture of horror. 'It is more",274
The Resident Patient,painful to me than I can express. If I were to see my father in one,275
The Resident Patient,of these dreadful seizures I am convinced that I should never survive,276
The Resident Patient,it. My own nervous system is an exceptionally sensitive one. With,277
The Resident Patient,"your permission, I will remain in the waiting-room while you go into",278
The Resident Patient,my father's case.',279
The Resident Patient,,280
The Resident Patient,"""To this, of course, I assented, and the young man withdrew. The",281
The Resident Patient,"patient and I then plunged into a discussion of his case, of which I",282
The Resident Patient,"took exhaustive notes. He was not remarkable for intelligence, and",283
The Resident Patient,"his answers were frequently obscure, which I attributed to his",284
The Resident Patient,"limited acquaintance with our language. Suddenly, however, as I sat",285
The Resident Patient,"writing, he ceased to give any answer at all to my inquiries, and on",286
The Resident Patient,my turning towards him I was shocked to see that he was sitting bolt,287
The Resident Patient,"upright in his chair, staring at me with a perfectly blank and rigid",288
The Resident Patient,face. He was again in the grip of his mysterious malady.,289
The Resident Patient,,290
The Resident Patient,"""My first feeling, as I have just said, was one of pity and horror.",291
The Resident Patient,"My second, I fear, was rather one of professional satisfaction. I",292
The Resident Patient,"made notes of my patient's pulse and temperature, tested the rigidity",293
The Resident Patient,"of his muscles, and examined his reflexes. There was nothing markedly",294
The Resident Patient,"abnormal in any of these conditions, which harmonized with my former",295
The Resident Patient,experiences. I had obtained good results in such cases by the,296
The Resident Patient,"inhalation of nitrite of amyl, and the present seemed an admirable",297
The Resident Patient,opportunity of testing its virtues. The bottle was downstairs in my,298
The Resident Patient,"laboratory, so leaving my patient seated in his chair, I ran down to",299
The Resident Patient,"get it. There was some little delay in finding it--five minutes, let",300
The Resident Patient,us say--and then I returned. Imagine my amazement to find the room,301
The Resident Patient,empty and the patient gone.,302
The Resident Patient,,303
The Resident Patient,"""Of course, my first act was to run into the waiting-room. The son",304
The Resident Patient,"had gone also. The hall door had been closed, but not shut. My page",305
The Resident Patient,who admits patients is a new boy and by no means quick. He waits,306
The Resident Patient,"downstairs, and runs up to show patients out when I ring the",307
The Resident Patient,"consulting-room bell. He had heard nothing, and the affair remained a",308
The Resident Patient,complete mystery. Mr. Blessington came in from his walk shortly,309
The Resident Patient,"afterwards, but I did not say anything to him upon the subject, for,",310
The Resident Patient,"to tell the truth, I have got in the way of late of holding as little",311
The Resident Patient,communication with him as possible.,312
The Resident Patient,,313
The Resident Patient,"""Well, I never thought that I should see anything more of the Russian",314
The Resident Patient,"and his son, so you can imagine my amazement when, at the very same",315
The Resident Patient,"hour this evening, they both came marching into my consulting-room,",316
The Resident Patient,just as they had done before.,317
The Resident Patient,,318
The Resident Patient,"""'I feel that I owe you a great many apologies for my abrupt",319
The Resident Patient,"departure yesterday, doctor,' said my patient.",320
The Resident Patient,,321
The Resident Patient,"""'I confess that I was very much surprised at it,' said I.",322
The Resident Patient,,323
The Resident Patient,"""'Well, the fact is,' he remarked, 'that when I recover from these",324
The Resident Patient,attacks my mind is always very clouded as to all that has gone,325
The Resident Patient,"before. I woke up in a strange room, as it seemed to me, and made my",326
The Resident Patient,way out into the street in a sort of dazed way when you were absent.',327
The Resident Patient,,328
The Resident Patient,"""'And I,' said the son, 'seeing my father pass the door of the",329
The Resident Patient,"waiting-room, naturally thought that the consultation had come to an",330
The Resident Patient,end. It was not until we had reached home that I began to realize the,331
The Resident Patient,true state of affairs.',332
The Resident Patient,,333
The Resident Patient,"""'Well,' said I, laughing, 'there is no harm done except that you",334
The Resident Patient,"puzzled me terribly; so if you, sir, would kindly step into the",335
The Resident Patient,waiting-room I shall be happy to continue our consultation which was,336
The Resident Patient,brought to so abrupt an ending.',337
The Resident Patient,,338
The Resident Patient,"""For half an hour or so I discussed that old gentleman's symptoms",339
The Resident Patient,"with him, and then, having prescribed for him, I saw him go off upon",340
The Resident Patient,the arm of his son.,341
The Resident Patient,,342
The Resident Patient,"""I have told you that Mr. Blessington generally chose this hour of",343
The Resident Patient,the day for his exercise. He came in shortly afterwards and passed,344
The Resident Patient,"upstairs. An instant later I heard him running down, and he burst",345
The Resident Patient,into my consulting-room like a man who is mad with panic.,346
The Resident Patient,,347
The Resident Patient,"""'Who has been in my room?' he cried.",348
The Resident Patient,,349
The Resident Patient,"""'No one,' said I.",350
The Resident Patient,,351
The Resident Patient,"""'It's a lie!' He yelled. 'Come up and look!'",352
The Resident Patient,,353
The Resident Patient,"""I passed over the grossness of his language, as he seemed half out",354
The Resident Patient,of his mind with fear. When I went upstairs with him he pointed to,355
The Resident Patient,several footprints upon the light carpet.,356
The Resident Patient,,357
The Resident Patient,"""'D'you mean to say those are mine?' he cried.",358
The Resident Patient,,359
The Resident Patient,"""They were certainly very much larger than any which he could have",360
The Resident Patient,"made, and were evidently quite fresh. It rained hard this afternoon,",361
The Resident Patient,"as you know, and my patients were the only people who called. It must",362
The Resident Patient,"have been the case, then, that the man in the waiting-room had, for",363
The Resident Patient,"some unknown reason, while I was busy with the other, ascended to the",364
The Resident Patient,"room of my resident patient. Nothing has been touched or taken, but",365
The Resident Patient,there were the footprints to prove that the intrusion was an,366
The Resident Patient,undoubted fact.,367
The Resident Patient,,368
The Resident Patient,"""Mr. Blessington seemed more excited over the matter than I should",369
The Resident Patient,"have thought possible, though of course it was enough to disturb",370
The Resident Patient,"anybody's peace of mind. He actually sat crying in an arm-chair, and",371
The Resident Patient,I could hardly get him to speak coherently. It was his suggestion,372
The Resident Patient,"that I should come round to you, and of course I at once saw the",373
The Resident Patient,"propriety of it, for certainly the incident is a very singular one,",374
The Resident Patient,though he appears to completely overrate its importance. If you would,375
The Resident Patient,"only come back with me in my brougham, you would at least be able to",376
The Resident Patient,"soothe him, though I can hardly hope that you will be able to explain",377
The Resident Patient,"this remarkable occurrence.""",378
The Resident Patient,,379
The Resident Patient,Sherlock Holmes had listened to this long narrative with an,380
The Resident Patient,intentness which showed me that his interest was keenly aroused. His,381
The Resident Patient,"face was as impassive as ever, but his lids had drooped more heavily",382
The Resident Patient,"over his eyes, and his smoke had curled up more thickly from his pipe",383
The Resident Patient,to emphasize each curious episode in the doctor's tale. As our,384
The Resident Patient,"visitor concluded, Holmes sprang up without a word, handed me my hat,",385
The Resident Patient,"picked his own from the table, and followed Dr. Trevelyan to the",386
The Resident Patient,door. Within a quarter of an hour we had been dropped at the door of,387
The Resident Patient,"the physician's residence in Brook Street, one of those sombre,",388
The Resident Patient,flat-faced houses which one associates with a West-End practice. A,389
The Resident Patient,"small page admitted us, and we began at once to ascend the broad,",390
The Resident Patient,well-carpeted stair.,391
The Resident Patient,,392
The Resident Patient,But a singular interruption brought us to a standstill. The light at,393
The Resident Patient,"the top was suddenly whisked out, and from the darkness came a reedy,",394
The Resident Patient,quivering voice.,395
The Resident Patient,,396
The Resident Patient,"""I have a pistol,"" it cried. ""I give you my word that I'll fire if",397
The Resident Patient,"you come any nearer.""",398
The Resident Patient,,399
The Resident Patient,"""This really grows outrageous, Mr. Blessington,"" cried Dr. Trevelyan.",400
The Resident Patient,,401
The Resident Patient,"""Oh, then it is you, doctor,"" said the voice, with a great heave of",402
The Resident Patient,"relief. ""But those other gentlemen, are they what they pretend to",403
The Resident Patient,"be?""",404
The Resident Patient,,405
The Resident Patient,We were conscious of a long scrutiny out of the darkness.,406
The Resident Patient,,407
The Resident Patient,"""Yes, yes, it's all right,"" said the voice at last. ""You can come up,",408
The Resident Patient,"and I am sorry if my precautions have annoyed you.""",409
The Resident Patient,,410
The Resident Patient,"He relit the stair gas as he spoke, and we saw before us a",411
The Resident Patient,"singular-looking man, whose appearance, as well as his voice,",412
The Resident Patient,"testified to his jangled nerves. He was very fat, but had apparently",413
The Resident Patient,"at some time been much fatter, so that the skin hung about his face",414
The Resident Patient,"in loose pouches, like the cheeks of a blood-hound. He was of a",415
The Resident Patient,"sickly color, and his thin, sandy hair seemed to bristle up with the",416
The Resident Patient,"intensity of his emotion. In his hand he held a pistol, but he thrust",417
The Resident Patient,it into his pocket as we advanced.,418
The Resident Patient,,419
The Resident Patient,"""Good-evening, Mr. Holmes,"" said he. ""I am sure I am very much",420
The Resident Patient,obliged to you for coming round. No one ever needed your advice more,421
The Resident Patient,than I do. I suppose that Dr. Trevelyan has told you of this most,422
The Resident Patient,"unwarrantable intrusion into my rooms.""",423
The Resident Patient,,424
The Resident Patient,"""Quite so,"" said Holmes. ""Who are these two men Mr. Blessington, and",425
The Resident Patient,"why do they wish to molest you?""",426
The Resident Patient,,427
The Resident Patient,"""Well, well,"" said the resident patient, in a nervous fashion, ""of",428
The Resident Patient,course it is hard to say that. You can hardly expect me to answer,429
The Resident Patient,"that, Mr. Holmes.""",430
The Resident Patient,,431
The Resident Patient,"""Do you mean that you don't know?""",432
The Resident Patient,,433
The Resident Patient,"""Come in here, if you please. Just have the kindness to step in",434
The Resident Patient,"here.""",435
The Resident Patient,,436
The Resident Patient,"He led the way into his bedroom, which was large and comfortably",437
The Resident Patient,furnished.,438
The Resident Patient,,439
The Resident Patient,"""You see that,"" said he, pointing to a big black box at the end of",440
The Resident Patient,"his bed. ""I have never been a very rich man, Mr. Holmes--never made",441
The Resident Patient,"but one investment in my life, as Dr. Trevelyan would tell you. But I",442
The Resident Patient,"don't believe in bankers. I would never trust a banker, Mr. Holmes.",443
The Resident Patient,"Between ourselves, what little I have is in that box, so you can",444
The Resident Patient,understand what it means to me when unknown people force themselves,445
The Resident Patient,"into my rooms.""",446
The Resident Patient,,447
The Resident Patient,Holmes looked at Blessington in his questioning way and shook his,448
The Resident Patient,head.,449
The Resident Patient,,450
The Resident Patient,"""I cannot possibly advise you if you try to deceive me,"" said he.",451
The Resident Patient,,452
The Resident Patient,"""But I have told you everything.""",453
The Resident Patient,,454
The Resident Patient,"Holmes turned on his heel with a gesture of disgust. ""Good-night, Dr.",455
The Resident Patient,"Trevelyan,"" said he.",456
The Resident Patient,,457
The Resident Patient,"""And no advice for me?"" cried Blessington, in a breaking voice.",458
The Resident Patient,,459
The Resident Patient,"""My advice to your, sir, is to speak the truth.""",460
The Resident Patient,,461
The Resident Patient,A minute later we were in the street and walking for home. We had,462
The Resident Patient,crossed Oxford Street and were half way down Harley Street before I,463
The Resident Patient,could get a word from my companion.,464
The Resident Patient,,465
The Resident Patient,"""Sorry to bring you out on such a fool's errand, Watson,"" he said at",466
The Resident Patient,"last. ""It is an interesting case, too, at the bottom of it.""",467
The Resident Patient,,468
The Resident Patient,"""I can make little of it,"" I confessed.",469
The Resident Patient,,470
The Resident Patient,"""Well, it is quite evident that there are two men--more, perhaps, but",471
The Resident Patient,at least two--who are determined for some reason to get at this,472
The Resident Patient,fellow Blessington. I have no doubt in my mind that both on the first,473
The Resident Patient,and on the second occasion that young man penetrated to Blessington's,474
The Resident Patient,"room, while his confederate, by an ingenious device, kept the doctor",475
The Resident Patient,"from interfering.""",476
The Resident Patient,,477
The Resident Patient,"""And the catalepsy?""",478
The Resident Patient,,479
The Resident Patient,"""A fraudulent imitation, Watson, though I should hardly dare to hint",480
The Resident Patient,as much to our specialist. It is a very easy complaint to imitate. I,481
The Resident Patient,"have done it myself.""",482
The Resident Patient,,483
The Resident Patient,"""And then?""",484
The Resident Patient,,485
The Resident Patient,"""By the purest chance Blessington was out on each occasion. Their",486
The Resident Patient,reason for choosing so unusual an hour for a consultation was,487
The Resident Patient,obviously to insure that there should be no other patient in the,488
The Resident Patient,"waiting-room. It just happened, however, that this hour coincided",489
The Resident Patient,"with Blessington's constitutional, which seems to show that they were",490
The Resident Patient,"not very well acquainted with his daily routine. Of course, if they",491
The Resident Patient,had been merely after plunder they would at least have made some,492
The Resident Patient,"attempt to search for it. Besides, I can read in a man's eye when it",493
The Resident Patient,is his own skin that he is frightened for. It is inconceivable that,494
The Resident Patient,this fellow could have made two such vindictive enemies as these,495
The Resident Patient,"appear to be without knowing of it. I hold it, therefore, to be",496
The Resident Patient,"certain that he does know who these men are, and that for reasons of",497
The Resident Patient,his own he suppresses it. It is just possible that to-morrow may find,498
The Resident Patient,"him in a more communicative mood.""",499
The Resident Patient,,500
The Resident Patient,"""Is there not one alternative,"" I suggested, ""grotesquely improbably,",501
The Resident Patient,"no doubt, but still just conceivable? Might the whole story of the",502
The Resident Patient,"cataleptic Russian and his son be a concoction of Dr. Trevelyan's,",503
The Resident Patient,"who has, for his own purposes, been in Blessington's rooms?""",504
The Resident Patient,,505
The Resident Patient,I saw in the gaslight that Holmes wore an amused smile at this,506
The Resident Patient,brilliant departure of mine.,507
The Resident Patient,,508
The Resident Patient,"""My dear fellow,"" said he, ""it was one of the first solutions which",509
The Resident Patient,"occurred to me, but I was soon able to corroborate the doctor's tale.",510
The Resident Patient,This young man has left prints upon the stair-carpet which made it,511
The Resident Patient,quite superfluous for me to ask to see those which he had made in the,512
The Resident Patient,room. When I tell you that his shoes were square-toed instead of,513
The Resident Patient,"being pointed like Blessington's, and were quite an inch and a third",514
The Resident Patient,"longer than the doctor's, you will acknowledge that there can be no",515
The Resident Patient,"doubt as to his individuality. But we may sleep on it now, for I",516
The Resident Patient,shall be surprised if we do not hear something further from Brook,517
The Resident Patient,"Street in the morning.""",518
The Resident Patient,,519
The Resident Patient,"Sherlock Holmes's prophecy was soon fulfilled, and in a dramatic",520
The Resident Patient,"fashion. At half-past seven next morning, in the first glimmer of",521
The Resident Patient,"daylight, I found him standing by my bedside in his dressing-gown.",522
The Resident Patient,,523
The Resident Patient,"""There's a brougham waiting for us, Watson,"" said he.",524
The Resident Patient,,525
The Resident Patient,"""What's the matter, then?""",526
The Resident Patient,,527
The Resident Patient,"""The Brook Street business.""",528
The Resident Patient,,529
The Resident Patient,"""Any fresh news?""",530
The Resident Patient,,531
The Resident Patient,"""Tragic, but ambiguous,"" said he, pulling up the blind.  ""Look at",532
The Resident Patient,"this--a sheet from a note-book, with 'For God's sake come at once--P.",533
The Resident Patient,"T.,' scrawled upon it in pencil. Our friend, the doctor, was hard put",534
The Resident Patient,"to it when he wrote this. Come along, my dear fellow, for it's an",535
The Resident Patient,"urgent call.""",536
The Resident Patient,,537
The Resident Patient,In a quarter of an hour or so we were back at the physician's house.,538
The Resident Patient,He came running out to meet us with a face of horror.,539
The Resident Patient,,540
The Resident Patient,"""Oh, such a business!"" he cried, with his hands to his temples.",541
The Resident Patient,,542
The Resident Patient,"""What then?""",543
The Resident Patient,,544
The Resident Patient,"""Blessington has committed suicide!""",545
The Resident Patient,,546
The Resident Patient,Holmes whistled.,547
The Resident Patient,,548
The Resident Patient,"""Yes, he hanged himself during the night.""",549
The Resident Patient,,550
The Resident Patient,"We had entered, and the doctor had preceded us into what was",551
The Resident Patient,evidently his waiting-room.,552
The Resident Patient,,553
The Resident Patient,"""I really hardly know what I am doing,"" he cried. ""The police are",554
The Resident Patient,"already upstairs. It has shaken me most dreadfully.""",555
The Resident Patient,,556
The Resident Patient,"""When did you find it out?""",557
The Resident Patient,,558
The Resident Patient,"""He has a cup of tea taken in to him early every morning. When the",559
The Resident Patient,"maid entered, about seven, there the unfortunate fellow was hanging",560
The Resident Patient,in the middle of the room. He had tied his cord to the hook on which,561
The Resident Patient,"the heavy lamp used to hang, and he had jumped off from the top of",562
The Resident Patient,"the very box that he showed us yesterday.""",563
The Resident Patient,,564
The Resident Patient,Holmes stood for a moment in deep thought.,565
The Resident Patient,,566
The Resident Patient,"""With your permission,"" said he at last, ""I should like to go",567
The Resident Patient,"upstairs and look into the matter.""",568
The Resident Patient,,569
The Resident Patient,"We both ascended, followed by the doctor.",570
The Resident Patient,,571
The Resident Patient,It was a dreadful sight which met us as we entered the bedroom door.,572
The Resident Patient,I have spoken of the impression of flabbiness which this man,573
The Resident Patient,Blessington conveyed. As he dangled from the hook it was exaggerated,574
The Resident Patient,and intensified until he was scarce human in his appearance. The neck,575
The Resident Patient,"was drawn out like a plucked chicken's, making the rest of him seem",576
The Resident Patient,the more obese and unnatural by the contrast. He was clad only in his,577
The Resident Patient,"long night-dress, and his swollen ankles and ungainly feet protruded",578
The Resident Patient,starkly from beneath it. Beside him stood a smart-looking,579
The Resident Patient,"police-inspector, who was taking notes in a pocket-book.",580
The Resident Patient,,581
The Resident Patient,"""Ah, Mr. Holmes,"" said he, heartily, as my friend entered, ""I am",582
The Resident Patient,"delighted to see you.""",583
The Resident Patient,,584
The Resident Patient,"""Good-morning, Lanner,"" answered Holmes; ""you won't think me an",585
The Resident Patient,"intruder, I am sure. Have you heard of the events which led up to",586
The Resident Patient,"this affair?""",587
The Resident Patient,,588
The Resident Patient,"""Yes, I heard something of them.""",589
The Resident Patient,,590
The Resident Patient,"""Have you formed any opinion?""",591
The Resident Patient,,592
The Resident Patient,"""As far as I can see, the man has been driven out of his senses by",593
The Resident Patient,"fright. The bed has been well slept in, you see. There's his",594
The Resident Patient,"impression deep enough. It's about five in the morning, you know,",595
The Resident Patient,that suicides are most common. That would be about his time for,596
The Resident Patient,"hanging himself. It seems to have been a very deliberate affair.""",597
The Resident Patient,,598
The Resident Patient,"""I should say that he has been dead about three hours, judging by the",599
The Resident Patient,"rigidity of the muscles,"" said I.",600
The Resident Patient,,601
The Resident Patient,"""Noticed anything peculiar about the room?"" asked Holmes.",602
The Resident Patient,,603
The Resident Patient,"""Found a screw-driver and some screws on the wash-hand stand. Seems",604
The Resident Patient,"to have smoked heavily during the night, too. Here are four",605
The Resident Patient,"cigar-ends that I picked out of the fireplace.""",606
The Resident Patient,,607
The Resident Patient,"""Hum!"" said Holmes, ""have you got his cigar-holder?""",608
The Resident Patient,,609
The Resident Patient,"""No, I have seen none.""",610
The Resident Patient,,611
The Resident Patient,"""His cigar-case, then?""",612
The Resident Patient,,613
The Resident Patient,"""Yes, it was in his coat-pocket.""",614
The Resident Patient,,615
The Resident Patient,Holmes opened it and smelled the single cigar which it contained.,616
The Resident Patient,,617
The Resident Patient,"""Oh, this is an Havana, and these others are cigars of the peculiar",618
The Resident Patient,sort which are imported by the Dutch from their East Indian colonies.,619
The Resident Patient,"They are usually wrapped in straw, you know, and are thinner for",620
The Resident Patient,"their length than any other brand."" He picked up the four ends and",621
The Resident Patient,examined them with his pocket-lens.,622
The Resident Patient,,623
The Resident Patient,"""Two of these have been smoked from a holder and two without,"" said",624
The Resident Patient,"he. ""Two have been cut by a not very sharp knife, and two have had",625
The Resident Patient,"the ends bitten off by a set of excellent teeth. This is no suicide,",626
The Resident Patient,"Mr. Lanner. It is a very deeply planned and cold-blooded murder.""",627
The Resident Patient,,628
The Resident Patient,"""Impossible!"" cried the inspector.",629
The Resident Patient,,630
The Resident Patient,"""And why?""",631
The Resident Patient,,632
The Resident Patient,"""Why should any one murder a man in so clumsy a fashion as by hanging",633
The Resident Patient,"him?""",634
The Resident Patient,,635
The Resident Patient,"""That is what we have to find out.""",636
The Resident Patient,,637
The Resident Patient,"""How could they get in?""",638
The Resident Patient,,639
The Resident Patient,"""Through the front door.""",640
The Resident Patient,,641
The Resident Patient,"""It was barred in the morning.""",642
The Resident Patient,,643
The Resident Patient,"""Then it was barred after them.""",644
The Resident Patient,,645
The Resident Patient,"""How do you know?""",646
The Resident Patient,,647
The Resident Patient,"""I saw their traces. Excuse me a moment, and I may be able to give",648
The Resident Patient,"you some further information about it.""",649
The Resident Patient,,650
The Resident Patient,"He went over to the door, and turning the lock he examined it in his",651
The Resident Patient,"methodical way. Then he took out the key, which was on the inside,",652
The Resident Patient,"and inspected that also. The bed, the carpet, the chairs the",653
The Resident Patient,"mantelpiece, the dead body, and the rope were each in turn examined,",654
The Resident Patient,"until at last he professed himself satisfied, and with my aid and",655
The Resident Patient,that of the inspector cut down the wretched object and laid it,656
The Resident Patient,reverently under a sheet.,657
The Resident Patient,,658
The Resident Patient,"""How about this rope?"" he asked.",659
The Resident Patient,,660
The Resident Patient,"""It is cut off this,"" said Dr. Trevelyan, drawing a large coil from",661
The Resident Patient,"under the bed. ""He was morbidly nervous of fire, and always kept this",662
The Resident Patient,"beside him, so that he might escape by the window in case the stairs",663
The Resident Patient,"were burning.""",664
The Resident Patient,,665
The Resident Patient,"""That must have saved them trouble,"" said Holmes, thoughtfully. ""Yes,",666
The Resident Patient,"the actual facts are very plain, and I shall be surprised if by the",667
The Resident Patient,afternoon I cannot give you the reasons for them as well. I will take,668
The Resident Patient,"this photograph of Blessington, which I see upon the mantelpiece, as",669
The Resident Patient,"it may help me in my inquiries.""",670
The Resident Patient,,671
The Resident Patient,"""But you have told us nothing!"" cried the doctor.",672
The Resident Patient,,673
The Resident Patient,"""Oh, there can be no doubt as to the sequence of events,"" said",674
The Resident Patient,"Holmes. ""There were three of them in it: the young man, the old man,",675
The Resident Patient,"and a third, to whose identity I have no clue. The first two, I need",676
The Resident Patient,"hardly remark, are the same who masqueraded as the Russian count and",677
The Resident Patient,"his son, so we can give a very full description of them. They were",678
The Resident Patient,admitted by a confederate inside the house. If I might offer you a,679
The Resident Patient,"word of advice, Inspector, it would be to arrest the page, who, as I",680
The Resident Patient,"understand, has only recently come into your service, Doctor.""",681
The Resident Patient,,682
The Resident Patient,"""The young imp cannot be found,"" said Dr. Trevelyan; ""the maid and",683
The Resident Patient,"the cook have just been searching for him.""",684
The Resident Patient,,685
The Resident Patient,Holmes shrugged his shoulders.,686
The Resident Patient,,687
The Resident Patient,"""He has played a not unimportant part in this drama,"" said he. ""The",688
The Resident Patient,"three men having ascended the stairs, which they did on tiptoe, the",689
The Resident Patient,"elder man first, the younger man second, and the unknown man in the",690
The Resident Patient,"rear--""",691
The Resident Patient,,692
The Resident Patient,"""My dear Holmes!"" I ejaculated.",693
The Resident Patient,,694
The Resident Patient,"""Oh, there could be no question as to the superimposing of the",695
The Resident Patient,footmarks. I had the advantage of learning which was which last,696
The Resident Patient,"night. They ascended, then, to Mr. Blessington's room, the door of",697
The Resident Patient,"which they found to be locked. With the help of a wire, however, they",698
The Resident Patient,"forced round the key. Even without the lens you will perceive, by the",699
The Resident Patient,"scratches on this ward, where the pressure was applied.",700
The Resident Patient,,701
The Resident Patient,"""On entering the room their first proceeding must have been to gag",702
The Resident Patient,"Mr. Blessington. He may have been asleep, or he may have been so",703
The Resident Patient,paralyzed with terror as to have been unable to cry out. These walls,704
The Resident Patient,"are thick, and it is conceivable that his shriek, if he had time to",705
The Resident Patient,"utter one, was unheard.",706
The Resident Patient,,707
The Resident Patient,"""Having secured him, it is evident to me that a consultation of some",708
The Resident Patient,sort was held. Probably it was something in the nature of a judicial,709
The Resident Patient,"proceeding. It must have lasted for some time, for it was then that",710
The Resident Patient,these cigars were smoked. The older man sat in that wicker chair; it,711
The Resident Patient,was he who used the cigar-holder. The younger man sat over yonder; he,712
The Resident Patient,knocked his ash off against the chest of drawers. The third fellow,713
The Resident Patient,"paced up and down. Blessington, I think, sat upright in the bed, but",714
The Resident Patient,of that I cannot be absolutely certain.,715
The Resident Patient,,716
The Resident Patient,"""Well, it ended by their taking Blessington and hanging him. The",717
The Resident Patient,matter was so prearranged that it is my belief that they brought with,718
The Resident Patient,them some sort of block or pulley which might serve as a gallows.,719
The Resident Patient,"That screw-driver and those screws were, as I conceive, for fixing it",720
The Resident Patient,"up. Seeing the hook, however they naturally saved themselves the",721
The Resident Patient,"trouble. Having finished their work they made off, and the door was",722
The Resident Patient,"barred behind them by their confederate.""",723
The Resident Patient,,724
The Resident Patient,We had all listened with the deepest interest to this sketch of the,725
The Resident Patient,"night's doings, which Holmes had deduced from signs so subtle and",726
The Resident Patient,"minute that, even when he had pointed them out to us, we could",727
The Resident Patient,scarcely follow him in his reasoning. The inspector hurried away on,728
The Resident Patient,"the instant to make inquiries about the page, while Holmes and I",729
The Resident Patient,returned to Baker Street for breakfast.,730
The Resident Patient,,731
The Resident Patient,"""I'll be back by three,"" said he, when we had finished our meal.",732
The Resident Patient,"""Both the inspector and the doctor will meet me here at that hour,",733
The Resident Patient,and I hope by that time to have cleared up any little obscurity which,734
The Resident Patient,"the case may still present.""",735
The Resident Patient,,736
The Resident Patient,"Our visitors arrived at the appointed time, but it was a quarter to",737
The Resident Patient,four before my friend put in an appearance. From his expression as he,738
The Resident Patient,"entered, however, I could see that all had gone well with him.",739
The Resident Patient,,740
The Resident Patient,"""Any news, Inspector?""",741
The Resident Patient,,742
The Resident Patient,"""We have got the boy, sir.""",743
The Resident Patient,,744
The Resident Patient,"""Excellent, and I have got the men.""",745
The Resident Patient,,746
The Resident Patient,"""You have got them!"" we cried, all three.",747
The Resident Patient,,748
The Resident Patient,"""Well, at least I have got their identity. This so-called Blessington",749
The Resident Patient,"is, as I expected, well known at headquarters, and so are his",750
The Resident Patient,"assailants. Their names are Biddle, Hayward, and Moffat.""",751
The Resident Patient,,752
The Resident Patient,"""The Worthingdon bank gang,"" cried the inspector.",753
The Resident Patient,,754
The Resident Patient,"""Precisely,"" said Holmes.",755
The Resident Patient,,756
The Resident Patient,"""Then Blessington must have been Sutton.""",757
The Resident Patient,,758
The Resident Patient,"""Exactly,"" said Holmes.",759
The Resident Patient,,760
The Resident Patient,"""Why, that makes it as clear as crystal,"" said the inspector.",761
The Resident Patient,,762
The Resident Patient,But Trevelyan and I looked at each other in bewilderment.,763
The Resident Patient,,764
The Resident Patient,"""You must surely remember the great Worthingdon bank business,"" said",765
The Resident Patient,"Holmes. ""Five men were in it--these four and a fifth called",766
The Resident Patient,"Cartwright. Tobin, the care-taker, was murdered, and the thieves got",767
The Resident Patient,away with seven thousand pounds. This was in 1875. They were all five,768
The Resident Patient,"arrested, but the evidence against them was by no means conclusive.",769
The Resident Patient,"This Blessington or Sutton, who was the worst of the gang, turned",770
The Resident Patient,informer. On his evidence Cartwright was hanged and the other three,771
The Resident Patient,"got fifteen years apiece. When they got out the other day, which was",772
The Resident Patient,"some years before their full term, they set themselves, as you",773
The Resident Patient,"perceive, to hunt down the traitor and to avenge the death of their",774
The Resident Patient,comrade upon him. Twice they tried to get at him and failed; a third,775
The Resident Patient,"time, you see, it came off. Is there anything further which I can",776
The Resident Patient,"explain, Dr. Trevelyan?""",777
The Resident Patient,,778
The Resident Patient,"""I think you have made it all remarkable clear,"" said the doctor. ""No",779
The Resident Patient,doubt the day on which he was perturbed was the day when he had seen,780
The Resident Patient,"of their release in the newspapers.""",781
The Resident Patient,,782
The Resident Patient,"""Quite so. His talk about a burglary was the merest blind.""",783
The Resident Patient,,784
The Resident Patient,"""But why could he not tell you this?""",785
The Resident Patient,,786
The Resident Patient,"""Well, my dear sir, knowing the vindictive character of his old",787
The Resident Patient,"associates, he was trying to hide his own identity from everybody as",788
The Resident Patient,"long as he could. His secret was a shameful one, and he could not",789
The Resident Patient,"bring himself to divulge it. However, wretch as he was, he was still",790
The Resident Patient,"living under the shield of British law, and I have no doubt,",791
The Resident Patient,"Inspector, that you will see that, though that shield may fail to",792
The Resident Patient,"guard, the sword of justice is still there to avenge.""",793
The Resident Patient,,794
The Resident Patient,Such were the singular circumstances in connection with the Resident,795
The Resident Patient,Patient and the Brook Street Doctor. From that night nothing has been,796
The Resident Patient,"seen of the three murderers by the police, and it is surmised at",797
The Resident Patient,Scotland Yard that they were among the passengers of the ill-fated,798
The Resident Patient,"steamer Norah Creina, which was lost some years ago with all hands",799
The Resident Patient,"upon the Portuguese coast, some leagues to the north of Oporto. The",800
The Resident Patient,"proceedings against the page broke down for want of evidence, and the",801
The Resident Patient,"Brook Street Mystery, as it was called, has never until now been",802
The Resident Patient,fully dealt with in any public print.,803
The Resident Patient,,804
The Greek Interpreter,THE GREEK INTERPRETER,1
The Greek Interpreter,,2
The Greek Interpreter,During my long and intimate acquaintance with Mr. Sherlock Holmes I,3
The Greek Interpreter,"had never heard him refer to his relations, and hardly ever to his",4
The Greek Interpreter,own early life.  This reticence upon his part had increased the,5
The Greek Interpreter,"somewhat inhuman effect which he produced upon me, until sometimes I",6
The Greek Interpreter,"found myself regarding him as an isolated phenomenon, a brain without",7
The Greek Interpreter,"a heart, as deficient in human sympathy as he was pre-eminent in",8
The Greek Interpreter,intelligence.  His aversion to women and his disinclination to form,9
The Greek Interpreter,"new friendships were both typical of his unemotional character, but",10
The Greek Interpreter,not more so than his complete suppression of every reference to his,11
The Greek Interpreter,own people.  I had come to believe that he was an orphan with no,12
The Greek Interpreter,"relatives living, but one day, to my very great surprise, he began to",13
The Greek Interpreter,talk to me about his brother.,14
The Greek Interpreter,,15
The Greek Interpreter,"It was after tea on a summer evening, and the conversation, which had",16
The Greek Interpreter,"roamed in a desultory, spasmodic fashion from golf clubs to the",17
The Greek Interpreter,"causes of the change in the obliquity of the ecliptic, came round at",18
The Greek Interpreter,last to the question of atavism and hereditary aptitudes.  The point,19
The Greek Interpreter,"under discussion was, how far any singular gift in an individual was",20
The Greek Interpreter,due to his ancestry and how far to his own early training.,21
The Greek Interpreter,,22
The Greek Interpreter,"""In your own case,"" said I, ""from all that you have told me, it seems",23
The Greek Interpreter,obvious that your faculty of observation and your peculiar facility,24
The Greek Interpreter,"for deduction are due to your own systematic training.""",25
The Greek Interpreter,,26
The Greek Interpreter,"""To some extent,"" he answered, thoughtfully.  ""My ancestors were",27
The Greek Interpreter,"country squires, who appear to have led much the same life as is",28
The Greek Interpreter,"natural to their class.  But, none the less, my turn that way is in",29
The Greek Interpreter,"my veins, and may have come with my grandmother, who was the sister",30
The Greek Interpreter,"of Vernet, the French artist.  Art in the blood is liable to take the",31
The Greek Interpreter,"strangest forms.""",32
The Greek Interpreter,,33
The Greek Interpreter,"""But how do you know that it is hereditary?""",34
The Greek Interpreter,,35
The Greek Interpreter,"""Because my brother Mycroft possesses it in a larger degree than I",36
The Greek Interpreter,"do.""",37
The Greek Interpreter,,38
The Greek Interpreter,This was news to me indeed.  If there were another man with such,39
The Greek Interpreter,"singular powers in England, how was it that neither police nor public",40
The Greek Interpreter,"had heard of him?  I put the question, with a hint that it was my",41
The Greek Interpreter,companion's modesty which made him acknowledge his brother as his,42
The Greek Interpreter,superior.  Holmes laughed at my suggestion.,43
The Greek Interpreter,,44
The Greek Interpreter,"""My dear Watson,"" said he, ""I cannot agree with those who rank",45
The Greek Interpreter,modesty among the virtues.  To the logician all things should be seen,46
The Greek Interpreter,"exactly as they are, and to underestimate one's self is as much a",47
The Greek Interpreter,"departure from truth as to exaggerate one's own powers.  When I say,",48
The Greek Interpreter,"therefore, that Mycroft has better powers of observation than I, you",49
The Greek Interpreter,"may take it that I am speaking the exact and literal truth.""",50
The Greek Interpreter,,51
The Greek Interpreter,"""Is he your junior?""",52
The Greek Interpreter,,53
The Greek Interpreter,"""Seven years my senior.""",54
The Greek Interpreter,,55
The Greek Interpreter,"""How comes it that he is unknown?""",56
The Greek Interpreter,,57
The Greek Interpreter,"""Oh, he is very well known in his own circle.""",58
The Greek Interpreter,,59
The Greek Interpreter,"""Where, then?""",60
The Greek Interpreter,,61
The Greek Interpreter,"""Well, in the Diogenes Club, for example.""",62
The Greek Interpreter,,63
The Greek Interpreter,"I had never heard of the institution, and my face must have",64
The Greek Interpreter,"proclaimed as much, for Sherlock Holmes pulled out his watch.",65
The Greek Interpreter,,66
The Greek Interpreter,"""The Diogenes Club is the queerest club in London, and Mycroft one of",67
The Greek Interpreter,the queerest men.  He's always there from quarter to five to twenty,68
The Greek Interpreter,"to eight.  It's six now, so if you care for a stroll this beautiful",69
The Greek Interpreter,"evening I shall be very happy to introduce you to two curiosities.""",70
The Greek Interpreter,,71
The Greek Interpreter,"Five minutes later we were in the street, walking towards Regent's",72
The Greek Interpreter,Circus.,73
The Greek Interpreter,,74
The Greek Interpreter,"""You wonder,"" said my companion, ""why it is that Mycroft does not use",75
The Greek Interpreter,"his powers for detective work.  He is incapable of it.""",76
The Greek Interpreter,,77
The Greek Interpreter,"""But I thought you said--""",78
The Greek Interpreter,,79
The Greek Interpreter,"""I said that he was my superior in observation and deduction.  If the",80
The Greek Interpreter,"art of the detective began and ended in reasoning from an arm-chair,",81
The Greek Interpreter,my brother would be the greatest criminal agent that ever lived.  But,82
The Greek Interpreter,he has no ambition and no energy.  He will not even go out of his way,83
The Greek Interpreter,"to verify his own solution, and would rather be considered wrong than",84
The Greek Interpreter,take the trouble to prove himself right.  Again and again I have,85
The Greek Interpreter,"taken a problem to him, and have received an explanation which has",86
The Greek Interpreter,afterwards proved to be the correct one.  And yet he was absolutely,87
The Greek Interpreter,incapable of working out the practical points which must be gone into,88
The Greek Interpreter,"before a case could be laid before a judge or jury.""",89
The Greek Interpreter,,90
The Greek Interpreter,"""It is not his profession, then?""",91
The Greek Interpreter,,92
The Greek Interpreter,"""By no means.  What is to me a means of livelihood is to him the",93
The Greek Interpreter,merest hobby of a dilettante.  He has an extraordinary faculty for,94
The Greek Interpreter,"figures, and audits the books in some of the government departments.",95
The Greek Interpreter,"Mycroft lodges in Pall Mall, and he walks round the corner into",96
The Greek Interpreter,Whitehall every morning and back every evening.  From year's end to,97
The Greek Interpreter,"year's end he takes no other exercise, and is seen nowhere else,",98
The Greek Interpreter,"except only in the Diogenes Club, which is just opposite his rooms.""",99
The Greek Interpreter,,100
The Greek Interpreter,"""I cannot recall the name.""",101
The Greek Interpreter,,102
The Greek Interpreter,"""Very likely not.  There are many men in London, you know, who, some",103
The Greek Interpreter,"from shyness, some from misanthropy, have no wish for the company of",104
The Greek Interpreter,their fellows.  Yet they are not averse to comfortable chairs and the,105
The Greek Interpreter,latest periodicals.  It is for the convenience of these that the,106
The Greek Interpreter,"Diogenes Club was started, and it now contains the most unsociable",107
The Greek Interpreter,and unclubable men in town.  No member is permitted to take the least,108
The Greek Interpreter,"notice of any other one.  Save in the Stranger's Room, no talking is,",109
The Greek Interpreter,"under any circumstances, allowed, and three offences, if brought to",110
The Greek Interpreter,"the notice of the committee, render the talker liable to expulsion.",111
The Greek Interpreter,"My brother was one of the founders, and I have myself found it a very",112
The Greek Interpreter,"soothing atmosphere.""",113
The Greek Interpreter,,114
The Greek Interpreter,"We had reached Pall Mall as we talked, and were walking down it from",115
The Greek Interpreter,the St. James's end.  Sherlock Holmes stopped at a door some little,116
The Greek Interpreter,"distance from the Carlton, and, cautioning me not to speak, he led",117
The Greek Interpreter,the way into the hall.  Through the glass paneling I caught a glimpse,118
The Greek Interpreter,"of a large and luxurious room, in which a considerable number of men",119
The Greek Interpreter,"were sitting about and reading papers, each in his own little nook.",120
The Greek Interpreter,Holmes showed me into a small chamber which looked out into Pall,121
The Greek Interpreter,"Mall, and then, leaving me for a minute, he came back with a",122
The Greek Interpreter,companion whom I knew could only be his brother.,123
The Greek Interpreter,,124
The Greek Interpreter,Mycroft Holmes was a much larger and stouter man than Sherlock.  His,125
The Greek Interpreter,"body was absolutely corpulent, but his face, though massive, had",126
The Greek Interpreter,preserved something of the sharpness of expression which was so,127
The Greek Interpreter,"remarkable in that of his brother.  His eyes, which were of a",128
The Greek Interpreter,"peculiarly light, watery gray, seemed to always retain that far-away,",129
The Greek Interpreter,introspective look which I had only observed in Sherlock's when he,130
The Greek Interpreter,was exerting his full powers.,131
The Greek Interpreter,,132
The Greek Interpreter,"""I am glad to meet you, sir,"" said he, putting out a broad, fat hand",133
The Greek Interpreter,"like the flipper of a seal.  ""I hear of Sherlock everywhere since you",134
The Greek Interpreter,"became his chronicler.  By the way, Sherlock, I expected to see you",135
The Greek Interpreter,"round last week, to consult me over that Manor House case.  I thought",136
The Greek Interpreter,"you might be a little out of your depth.""",137
The Greek Interpreter,,138
The Greek Interpreter,"""No, I solved it,"" said my friend, smiling.",139
The Greek Interpreter,,140
The Greek Interpreter,"""It was Adams, of course.""",141
The Greek Interpreter,,142
The Greek Interpreter,"""Yes, it was Adams.""",143
The Greek Interpreter,,144
The Greek Interpreter,"""I was sure of it from the first.""  The two sat down together in the",145
The Greek Interpreter,"bow-window of the club.  ""To any one who wishes to study mankind this",146
The Greek Interpreter,"is the spot,"" said Mycroft.  ""Look at the magnificent types!  Look at",147
The Greek Interpreter,"these two men who are coming towards us, for example.""",148
The Greek Interpreter,,149
The Greek Interpreter,"""The billiard-marker and the other?""",150
The Greek Interpreter,,151
The Greek Interpreter,"""Precisely.  What do you make of the other?""",152
The Greek Interpreter,,153
The Greek Interpreter,The two men had stopped opposite the window.  Some chalk marks over,154
The Greek Interpreter,the waistcoat pocket were the only signs of billiards which I could,155
The Greek Interpreter,"see in one of them.  The other was a very small, dark fellow, with",156
The Greek Interpreter,his hat pushed back and several packages under his arm.,157
The Greek Interpreter,,158
The Greek Interpreter,"""An old soldier, I perceive,"" said Sherlock.",159
The Greek Interpreter,,160
The Greek Interpreter,"""And very recently discharged,"" remarked the brother.",161
The Greek Interpreter,,162
The Greek Interpreter,"""Served in India, I see.""",163
The Greek Interpreter,,164
The Greek Interpreter,"""And a non-commissioned officer.""",165
The Greek Interpreter,,166
The Greek Interpreter,"""Royal Artillery, I fancy,"" said Sherlock.",167
The Greek Interpreter,,168
The Greek Interpreter,"""And a widower.""",169
The Greek Interpreter,,170
The Greek Interpreter,"""But with a child.""",171
The Greek Interpreter,,172
The Greek Interpreter,"""Children, my dear boy, children.""",173
The Greek Interpreter,,174
The Greek Interpreter,"""Come,"" said I, laughing, ""this is a little too much.""",175
The Greek Interpreter,,176
The Greek Interpreter,"""Surely,"" answered Holmes, ""it is not hard to say that a man with",177
The Greek Interpreter,"that bearing, expression of authority, and sunbaked skin, is a",178
The Greek Interpreter,"soldier, is more than a private, and is not long from India.""",179
The Greek Interpreter,,180
The Greek Interpreter,"""That he has not left the service long is shown by his still wearing",181
The Greek Interpreter,"his 'ammunition boots', as they are called,"" observed Mycroft.",182
The Greek Interpreter,,183
The Greek Interpreter,"""He had not the cavalry stride, yet he wore his hat on one side, as",184
The Greek Interpreter,is shown by the lighter skin of that side of his brow.  His weight is,185
The Greek Interpreter,"against his being a sapper.  He is in the artillery.""",186
The Greek Interpreter,,187
The Greek Interpreter,"""Then, of course, his complete mourning shows that he has lost some",188
The Greek Interpreter,one very dear.  The fact that he is doing his own shopping looks as,189
The Greek Interpreter,"though it were his wife.  He has been buying things for children, you",190
The Greek Interpreter,"perceive.  There is a rattle, which shows that one of them is very",191
The Greek Interpreter,young.  The wife probably died in childbed.  The fact that he has a,192
The Greek Interpreter,picture-book under his arm shows that there is another child to be,193
The Greek Interpreter,"thought of.""",194
The Greek Interpreter,,195
The Greek Interpreter,I began to understand what my friend meant when he said that his,196
The Greek Interpreter,brother possessed even keener faculties that he did himself.  He,197
The Greek Interpreter,glanced across at me and smiled.  Mycroft took snuff from a,198
The Greek Interpreter,"tortoise-shell box, and brushed away the wandering grains from his",199
The Greek Interpreter,"coat front with a large, red silk handkerchief.",200
The Greek Interpreter,,201
The Greek Interpreter,"""By the way, Sherlock,"" said he, ""I have had something quite after",202
The Greek Interpreter,your own heart--a most singular problem--submitted to my judgment.  I,203
The Greek Interpreter,really had not the energy to follow it up save in a very incomplete,204
The Greek Interpreter,"fashion, but it gave me a basis for some pleasing speculation.  If",205
The Greek Interpreter,"you would care to hear the facts--""",206
The Greek Interpreter,,207
The Greek Interpreter,"""My dear Mycroft, I should be delighted.""",208
The Greek Interpreter,,209
The Greek Interpreter,"The brother scribbled a note upon a leaf of his pocket-book, and,",210
The Greek Interpreter,"ringing the bell, he handed it to the waiter.",211
The Greek Interpreter,,212
The Greek Interpreter,"""I have asked Mr. Melas to step across,"" said he.  ""He lodges on the",213
The Greek Interpreter,"floor above me, and I have some slight acquaintance with him, which",214
The Greek Interpreter,led him to come to me in his perplexity.  Mr. Melas is a Greek by,215
The Greek Interpreter,"extraction, as I understand, and he is a remarkable linguist.  He",216
The Greek Interpreter,earns his living partly as interpreter in the law courts and partly,217
The Greek Interpreter,by acting as guide to any wealthy Orientals who may visit the,218
The Greek Interpreter,Northumberland Avenue hotels.  I think I will leave him to tell his,219
The Greek Interpreter,"very remarkable experience in his own fashion.""",220
The Greek Interpreter,,221
The Greek Interpreter,"A few minutes later we were joined by a short, stout man whose olive",222
The Greek Interpreter,"face and coal-black hair proclaimed his Southern origin, though his",223
The Greek Interpreter,speech was that of an educated Englishman.  He shook hands eagerly,224
The Greek Interpreter,"with Sherlock Holmes, and his dark eyes sparkled with pleasure when",225
The Greek Interpreter,he understood that the specialist was anxious to hear his story.,226
The Greek Interpreter,,227
The Greek Interpreter,"""I do not believe that the police credit me--on my word, I do not,""",228
The Greek Interpreter,"said he in a wailing voice.  ""Just because they have never heard of",229
The Greek Interpreter,"it before, they think that such a thing cannot be.  But I know that I",230
The Greek Interpreter,shall never be easy in my mind until I know what has become of my,231
The Greek Interpreter,"poor man with the sticking-plaster upon his face.""",232
The Greek Interpreter,,233
The Greek Interpreter,"""I am all attention,"" said Sherlock Holmes.",234
The Greek Interpreter,,235
The Greek Interpreter,"""This is Wednesday evening,"" said Mr. Melas.  ""Well then, it was",236
The Greek Interpreter,"Monday night--only two days ago, you understand--that all this",237
The Greek Interpreter,"happened.  I am an interpreter, as perhaps my neighbor there has told",238
The Greek Interpreter,you.  I interpret all languages--or nearly all--but as I am a Greek,239
The Greek Interpreter,"by birth and with a Grecian name, it is with that particular tongue",240
The Greek Interpreter,that I am principally associated.  For many years I have been the,241
The Greek Interpreter,"chief Greek interpreter in London, and my name is very well known in",242
The Greek Interpreter,the hotels.,243
The Greek Interpreter,,244
The Greek Interpreter,It happens not unfrequently that I am sent for at strange hours by,245
The Greek Interpreter,"foreigners who get into difficulties, or by travelers who arrive late",246
The Greek Interpreter,"and wish my services.  I was not surprised, therefore, on Monday",247
The Greek Interpreter,"night when a Mr. Latimer, a very fashionably dressed young man, came",248
The Greek Interpreter,up to my rooms and asked me to accompany him in a cab which was,249
The Greek Interpreter,waiting at the door.  A Greek friend had come to see him upon,250
The Greek Interpreter,"business, he said, and as he could speak nothing but his own tongue,",251
The Greek Interpreter,the services of an interpreter were indispensable.  He gave me to,252
The Greek Interpreter,"understand that his house was some little distance off, in",253
The Greek Interpreter,"Kensington, and he seemed to be in a great hurry, bustling me rapidly",254
The Greek Interpreter,into the cab when we had descended to the street.,255
The Greek Interpreter,,256
The Greek Interpreter,"""I say into the cab, but I soon became doubtful as to whether it was",257
The Greek Interpreter,not a carriage in which I found myself.  It was certainly more roomy,258
The Greek Interpreter,"than the ordinary four-wheeled disgrace to London, and the fittings,",259
The Greek Interpreter,"though frayed, were of rich quality.  Mr. Latimer seated himself",260
The Greek Interpreter,opposite to me and we started off through Charing Cross and up the,261
The Greek Interpreter,Shaftesbury Avenue.  We had come out upon Oxford Street and I had,262
The Greek Interpreter,"ventured some remark as to this being a roundabout way to Kensington,",263
The Greek Interpreter,when my words were arrested by the extraordinary conduct of my,264
The Greek Interpreter,companion.,265
The Greek Interpreter,,266
The Greek Interpreter,"""He began by drawing a most formidable-looking bludgeon loaded with",267
The Greek Interpreter,"lead from his pocket, and switching it backward and forward several",268
The Greek Interpreter,"times, as if to test its weight and strength.  Then he placed it",269
The Greek Interpreter,"without a word upon the seat beside him.  Having done this, he drew",270
The Greek Interpreter,"up the windows on each side, and I found to my astonishment that they",271
The Greek Interpreter,were covered with paper so as to prevent my seeing through them.,272
The Greek Interpreter,,273
The Greek Interpreter,"""'I am sorry to cut off your view, Mr. Melas,' said he.  'The fact is",274
The Greek Interpreter,that I have no intention that you should see what the place is to,275
The Greek Interpreter,which we are driving.  It might possibly be inconvenient to me if you,276
The Greek Interpreter,could find your way there again.',277
The Greek Interpreter,,278
The Greek Interpreter,"""As you can imagine, I was utterly taken aback by such an address.",279
The Greek Interpreter,"My companion was a powerful, broad-shouldered young fellow, and,",280
The Greek Interpreter,"apart from the weapon, I should not have had the slightest chance in",281
The Greek Interpreter,a struggle with him.,282
The Greek Interpreter,,283
The Greek Interpreter,"""'This is very extraordinary conduct, Mr. Latimer,' I stammered.",284
The Greek Interpreter,'You must be aware that what you are doing is quite illegal.',285
The Greek Interpreter,,286
The Greek Interpreter,"""'It is somewhat of a liberty, no doubt,' said he, 'but we'll make it",287
The Greek Interpreter,"up to you.  I must warn you, however, Mr. Melas, that if at any time",288
The Greek Interpreter,to-night you attempt to raise an alarm or do anything which is,289
The Greek Interpreter,"against my interests, you will find it a very serious thing.  I beg",290
The Greek Interpreter,"you to remember that no one knows where you are, and that, whether",291
The Greek Interpreter,"you are in this carriage or in my house, you are equally in my",292
The Greek Interpreter,power.',293
The Greek Interpreter,,294
The Greek Interpreter,"""His words were quiet, but he had a rasping way of saying them which",295
The Greek Interpreter,was very menacing.  I sat in silence wondering what on earth could be,296
The Greek Interpreter,his reason for kidnapping me in this extraordinary fashion.  Whatever,297
The Greek Interpreter,"it might be, it was perfectly clear that there was no possible use in",298
The Greek Interpreter,"my resisting, and that I could only wait to see what might befall.",299
The Greek Interpreter,,300
The Greek Interpreter,"""For nearly two hours we drove without my having the least clue as to",301
The Greek Interpreter,where we were going.  Sometimes the rattle of the stones told of a,302
The Greek Interpreter,"paved causeway, and at others our smooth, silent course suggested",303
The Greek Interpreter,"asphalt; but, save by this variation in sound, there was nothing at",304
The Greek Interpreter,all which could in the remotest way help me to form a guess as to,305
The Greek Interpreter,"where we were.  The paper over each window was impenetrable to light,",306
The Greek Interpreter,and a blue curtain was drawn across the glass work in front.  It was,307
The Greek Interpreter,"a quarter-past seven when we left Pall Mall, and my watch showed me",308
The Greek Interpreter,that it was ten minutes to nine when we at last came to a standstill.,309
The Greek Interpreter,"My companion let down the window, and I caught a glimpse of a low,",310
The Greek Interpreter,arched doorway with a lamp burning above it.  As I was hurried from,311
The Greek Interpreter,"the carriage it swung open, and I found myself inside the house, with",312
The Greek Interpreter,a vague impression of a lawn and trees on each side of me as I,313
The Greek Interpreter,"entered.  Whether these were private grounds, however, or bona-fide",314
The Greek Interpreter,country was more than I could possibly venture to say.,315
The Greek Interpreter,,316
The Greek Interpreter,"""There was a colored gas-lamp inside which was turned so low that I",317
The Greek Interpreter,could see little save that the hall was of some size and hung with,318
The Greek Interpreter,pictures.  In the dim light I could make out that the person who had,319
The Greek Interpreter,"opened the door was a small, mean-looking, middle-aged man with",320
The Greek Interpreter,rounded shoulders.  As he turned towards us the glint of the light,321
The Greek Interpreter,showed me that he was wearing glasses.,322
The Greek Interpreter,,323
The Greek Interpreter,"""'Is this Mr. Melas, Harold?' said he.",324
The Greek Interpreter,,325
The Greek Interpreter,"""'Yes.'",326
The Greek Interpreter,,327
The Greek Interpreter,"""'Well done, well done!  No ill-will, Mr. Melas, I hope, but we could",328
The Greek Interpreter,not get on without you.  If you deal fair with us you'll not regret,329
The Greek Interpreter,"it, but if you try any tricks, God help you!'  He spoke in a nervous,",330
The Greek Interpreter,"jerky fashion, and with little giggling laughs in between, but",331
The Greek Interpreter,somehow he impressed me with fear more than the other.,332
The Greek Interpreter,,333
The Greek Interpreter,"""'What do you want with me?' I asked.",334
The Greek Interpreter,,335
The Greek Interpreter,"""'Only to ask a few questions of a Greek gentleman who is visiting",336
The Greek Interpreter,"us, and to let us have the answers.  But say no more than you are",337
The Greek Interpreter,"told to say, or--' here came the nervous giggle again--'you had",338
The Greek Interpreter,better never have been born.',339
The Greek Interpreter,,340
The Greek Interpreter,"""As he spoke he opened a door and showed the way into a room which",341
The Greek Interpreter,"appeared to be very richly furnished, but again the only light was",342
The Greek Interpreter,afforded by a single lamp half-turned down.  The chamber was,343
The Greek Interpreter,"certainly large, and the way in which my feet sank into the carpet as",344
The Greek Interpreter,I stepped across it told me of its richness.  I caught glimpses of,345
The Greek Interpreter,"velvet chairs, a high white marble mantel-piece, and what seemed to",346
The Greek Interpreter,be a suit of Japanese armor at one side of it.  There was a chair,347
The Greek Interpreter,"just under the lamp, and the elderly man motioned that I should sit",348
The Greek Interpreter,"in it.  The younger had left us, but he suddenly returned through",349
The Greek Interpreter,"another door, leading with him a gentleman clad in some sort of loose",350
The Greek Interpreter,dressing-gown who moved slowly towards us.  As he came into the,351
The Greek Interpreter,circle of dim light which enabled me to see him more clearly I was,352
The Greek Interpreter,thrilled with horror at his appearance.  He was deadly pale and,353
The Greek Interpreter,"terribly emaciated, with the protruding, brilliant eyes of a man",354
The Greek Interpreter,whose spirit was greater than his strength.  But what shocked me more,355
The Greek Interpreter,than any signs of physical weakness was that his face was grotesquely,356
The Greek Interpreter,"criss-crossed with sticking-plaster, and that one large pad of it was",357
The Greek Interpreter,fastened over his mouth.,358
The Greek Interpreter,,359
The Greek Interpreter,"""'Have you the slate, Harold?' cried the older man, as this strange",360
The Greek Interpreter,being fell rather than sat down into a chair.  'Are his hands loose?,361
The Greek Interpreter,"Now, then, give him the pencil.  You are to ask the questions, Mr.",362
The Greek Interpreter,"Melas, and he will write the answers.  Ask him first of all whether",363
The Greek Interpreter,he is prepared to sign the papers?',364
The Greek Interpreter,,365
The Greek Interpreter,"""The man's eyes flashed fire.",366
The Greek Interpreter,,367
The Greek Interpreter,"""'Never!' he wrote in Greek upon the slate.",368
The Greek Interpreter,,369
The Greek Interpreter,"""'On no condition?' I asked, at the bidding of our tyrant.",370
The Greek Interpreter,,371
The Greek Interpreter,"""'Only if I see her married in my presence by a Greek priest whom I",372
The Greek Interpreter,know.',373
The Greek Interpreter,,374
The Greek Interpreter,"""The man giggled in his venomous way.",375
The Greek Interpreter,,376
The Greek Interpreter,"""'You know what awaits you, then?'",377
The Greek Interpreter,,378
The Greek Interpreter,"""'I care nothing for myself.'",379
The Greek Interpreter,,380
The Greek Interpreter,"""These are samples of the questions and answers which made up our",381
The Greek Interpreter,"strange half-spoken, half-written conversation.  Again and again I",382
The Greek Interpreter,had to ask him whether he would give in and sign the documents.,383
The Greek Interpreter,Again and again I had the same indignant reply.  But soon a happy,384
The Greek Interpreter,thought came to me.  I took to adding on little sentences of my own,385
The Greek Interpreter,"to each question, innocent ones at first, to test whether either of",386
The Greek Interpreter,"our companions knew anything of the matter, and then, as I found that",387
The Greek Interpreter,they showed no signs I played a more dangerous game.  Our,388
The Greek Interpreter,conversation ran something like this:,389
The Greek Interpreter,,390
The Greek Interpreter,"""'You can do no good by this obstinacy. Who are you?'",391
The Greek Interpreter,,392
The Greek Interpreter,"""'I care not. I am a stranger in London.'",393
The Greek Interpreter,,394
The Greek Interpreter,"""'Your fate will be upon your own head. How long have you been here?'",395
The Greek Interpreter,,396
The Greek Interpreter,"""'Let it be so. Three weeks.'",397
The Greek Interpreter,,398
The Greek Interpreter,"""'The property can never be yours. What ails you?'",399
The Greek Interpreter,,400
The Greek Interpreter,"""'It shall not go to villains. They are starving me.'",401
The Greek Interpreter,,402
The Greek Interpreter,"""'You shall go free if you sign. What house is this?'",403
The Greek Interpreter,,404
The Greek Interpreter,"""'I will never sign. I do not know.'",405
The Greek Interpreter,,406
The Greek Interpreter,"""'You are not doing her any service. What is your name?'",407
The Greek Interpreter,,408
The Greek Interpreter,"""'Let me hear her say so. Kratides.'",409
The Greek Interpreter,,410
The Greek Interpreter,"""'You shall see her if you sign. Where are you from?'",411
The Greek Interpreter,,412
The Greek Interpreter,"""'Then I shall never see her. Athens.'",413
The Greek Interpreter,,414
The Greek Interpreter,"""Another five minutes, Mr. Holmes, and I should have wormed out the",415
The Greek Interpreter,whole story under their very noses.  My very next question might have,416
The Greek Interpreter,"cleared the matter up, but at that instant the door opened and a",417
The Greek Interpreter,woman stepped into the room.  I could not see her clearly enough to,418
The Greek Interpreter,"know more than that she was tall and graceful, with black hair, and",419
The Greek Interpreter,clad in some sort of loose white gown.,420
The Greek Interpreter,,421
The Greek Interpreter,"""'Harold,' said she, speaking English with a broken accent.  'I could",422
The Greek Interpreter,"not stay away longer.  It is so lonely up there with only--Oh, my",423
The Greek Interpreter,"God, it is Paul!'",424
The Greek Interpreter,,425
The Greek Interpreter,"""These last words were in Greek, and at the same instant the man with",426
The Greek Interpreter,"a convulsive effort tore the plaster from his lips, and screaming out",427
The Greek Interpreter,'Sophy!  Sophy!' rushed into the woman's arms.  Their embrace was but,428
The Greek Interpreter,"for an instant, however, for the younger man seized the woman and",429
The Greek Interpreter,"pushed her out of the room, while the elder easily overpowered his",430
The Greek Interpreter,"emaciated victim, and dragged him away through the other door.  For a",431
The Greek Interpreter,"moment I was left alone in the room, and I sprang to my feet with",432
The Greek Interpreter,some vague idea that I might in some way get a clue to what this,433
The Greek Interpreter,"house was in which I found myself.  Fortunately, however, I took no",434
The Greek Interpreter,"steps, for looking up I saw that the older man was standing in the",435
The Greek Interpreter,door-way with his eyes fixed upon me.,436
The Greek Interpreter,,437
The Greek Interpreter,"""'That will do, Mr. Melas,' said he.  'You perceive that we have",438
The Greek Interpreter,taken you into our confidence over some very private business.  We,439
The Greek Interpreter,"should not have troubled you, only that our friend who speaks Greek",440
The Greek Interpreter,and who began these negotiations has been forced to return to the,441
The Greek Interpreter,East.  It was quite necessary for us to find some one to take his,442
The Greek Interpreter,"place, and we were fortunate in hearing of your powers.'",443
The Greek Interpreter,,444
The Greek Interpreter,"""I bowed.",445
The Greek Interpreter,,446
The Greek Interpreter,"""'There are five sovereigns here,' said he, walking up to me, 'which",447
The Greek Interpreter,"will, I hope, be a sufficient fee.  But remember,' he added, tapping",448
The Greek Interpreter,"me lightly on the chest and giggling, 'if you speak to a human soul",449
The Greek Interpreter,"about this--one human soul, mind--well, may God have mercy upon your",450
The Greek Interpreter,soul!',451
The Greek Interpreter,,452
The Greek Interpreter,"""I cannot tell you the loathing and horror with which this",453
The Greek Interpreter,insignificant-looking man inspired me.  I could see him better now as,454
The Greek Interpreter,"the lamp-light shone upon him.  His features were peaky and sallow,",455
The Greek Interpreter,and his little pointed beard was thready and ill-nourished.  He,456
The Greek Interpreter,pushed his face forward as he spoke and his lips and eyelids were,457
The Greek Interpreter,continually twitching like a man with St. Vitus's dance.  I could not,458
The Greek Interpreter,"help thinking that his strange, catchy little laugh was also a",459
The Greek Interpreter,symptom of some nervous malady.  The terror of his face lay in his,460
The Greek Interpreter,"eyes, however, steel gray, and glistening coldly with a malignant,",461
The Greek Interpreter,inexorable cruelty in their depths.,462
The Greek Interpreter,,463
The Greek Interpreter,"""'We shall know if you speak of this,' said he.  'We have our own",464
The Greek Interpreter,"means of information.  Now you will find the carriage waiting, and my",465
The Greek Interpreter,friend will see you on your way.',466
The Greek Interpreter,,467
The Greek Interpreter,"""I was hurried through the hall and into the vehicle, again obtaining",468
The Greek Interpreter,that momentary glimpse of trees and a garden.  Mr. Latimer followed,469
The Greek Interpreter,"closely at my heels, and took his place opposite to me without a",470
The Greek Interpreter,word.  In silence we again drove for an interminable distance with,471
The Greek Interpreter,"the windows raised, until at last, just after midnight, the carriage",472
The Greek Interpreter,pulled up.,473
The Greek Interpreter,,474
The Greek Interpreter,"""'You will get down here, Mr. Melas,' said my companion.  'I am sorry",475
The Greek Interpreter,"to leave you so far from your house, but there is no alternative.",476
The Greek Interpreter,Any attempt upon your part to follow the carriage can only end in,477
The Greek Interpreter,injury to yourself.',478
The Greek Interpreter,,479
The Greek Interpreter,"""He opened the door as he spoke, and I had hardly time to spring out",480
The Greek Interpreter,when the coachman lashed the horse and the carriage rattled away.  I,481
The Greek Interpreter,looked around me in astonishment.  I was on some sort of a heathy,482
The Greek Interpreter,common mottled over with dark clumps of furze-bushes.  Far away,483
The Greek Interpreter,"stretched a line of houses, with a light here and there in the upper",484
The Greek Interpreter,windows.  On the other side I saw the red signal-lamps of a railway.,485
The Greek Interpreter,,486
The Greek Interpreter,"""The carriage which had brought me was already out of sight.  I stood",487
The Greek Interpreter,"gazing round and wondering where on earth I might be, when I saw some",488
The Greek Interpreter,one coming towards me in the darkness.  As he came up to me I made,489
The Greek Interpreter,out that he was a railway porter.,490
The Greek Interpreter,,491
The Greek Interpreter,"""'Can you tell me what place this is?' I asked.",492
The Greek Interpreter,,493
The Greek Interpreter,"""'Wandsworth Common,' said he.",494
The Greek Interpreter,,495
The Greek Interpreter,"""'Can I get a train into town?'",496
The Greek Interpreter,,497
The Greek Interpreter,"""'If you walk on a mile or so to Clapham Junction,' said he, 'you'll",498
The Greek Interpreter,just be in time for the last to Victoria.',499
The Greek Interpreter,,500
The Greek Interpreter,"""So that was the end of my adventure, Mr. Holmes.  I do not know",501
The Greek Interpreter,"where I was, nor whom I spoke with, nor anything save what I have",502
The Greek Interpreter,"told you.  But I know that there is foul play going on, and I want to",503
The Greek Interpreter,help that unhappy man if I can.  I told the whole story to Mr.,504
The Greek Interpreter,"Mycroft Holmes next morning, and subsequently to the police.""",505
The Greek Interpreter,,506
The Greek Interpreter,We all sat in silence for some little time after listening to this,507
The Greek Interpreter,extraordinary narrative.  Then Sherlock looked across at his brother.,508
The Greek Interpreter,,509
The Greek Interpreter,"""Any steps?"" he asked.",510
The Greek Interpreter,,511
The Greek Interpreter,"Mycroft picked up the Daily News, which was lying on the side-table.",512
The Greek Interpreter,,513
The Greek Interpreter,"""Anybody supplying any information as to the whereabouts of a Greek",514
The Greek Interpreter,"gentleman named Paul Kratides, from Athens, who is unable to speak",515
The Greek Interpreter,"English, will be rewarded.  A similar reward paid to any one giving",516
The Greek Interpreter,information about a Greek lady whose first name is Sophy. X 2473.,517
The Greek Interpreter,,518
The Greek Interpreter,"""That was in all the dailies.  No answer.""",519
The Greek Interpreter,,520
The Greek Interpreter,"""How about the Greek Legation?""",521
The Greek Interpreter,,522
The Greek Interpreter,"""I have inquired.  They know nothing.""",523
The Greek Interpreter,,524
The Greek Interpreter,"""A wire to the head of the Athens police, then?""",525
The Greek Interpreter,,526
The Greek Interpreter,"""Sherlock has all the energy of the family,"" said Mycroft, turning to",527
The Greek Interpreter,"me.  ""Well, you take the case up by all means, and let me know if you",528
The Greek Interpreter,"do any good.""",529
The Greek Interpreter,,530
The Greek Interpreter,"""Certainly,"" answered my friend, rising from his chair.  ""I'll let",531
The Greek Interpreter,"you know, and Mr. Melas also.  In the meantime, Mr. Melas, I should",532
The Greek Interpreter,"certainly be on my guard, if I were you, for of course they must know",533
The Greek Interpreter,"through these advertisements that you have betrayed them.""",534
The Greek Interpreter,,535
The Greek Interpreter,"As we walked home together, Holmes stopped at a telegraph office and",536
The Greek Interpreter,sent off several wires.,537
The Greek Interpreter,,538
The Greek Interpreter,"""You see, Watson,"" he remarked, ""our evening has been by no means",539
The Greek Interpreter,wasted.  Some of my most interesting cases have come to me in this,540
The Greek Interpreter,"way through Mycroft.  The problem which we have just listened to,",541
The Greek Interpreter,"although it can admit of but one explanation, has still some",542
The Greek Interpreter,"distinguishing features.""",543
The Greek Interpreter,,544
The Greek Interpreter,"""You have hopes of solving it?""",545
The Greek Interpreter,,546
The Greek Interpreter,"""Well, knowing as much as we do, it will be singular indeed if we",547
The Greek Interpreter,fail to discover the rest.  You must yourself have formed some theory,548
The Greek Interpreter,"which will explain the facts to which we have listened.""",549
The Greek Interpreter,,550
The Greek Interpreter,"""In a vague way, yes.""",551
The Greek Interpreter,,552
The Greek Interpreter,"""What was your idea, then?""",553
The Greek Interpreter,,554
The Greek Interpreter,"""It seemed to me to be obvious that this Greek girl had been carried",555
The Greek Interpreter,"off by the young Englishman named Harold Latimer.""",556
The Greek Interpreter,,557
The Greek Interpreter,"""Carried off from where?""",558
The Greek Interpreter,,559
The Greek Interpreter,"""Athens, perhaps.""",560
The Greek Interpreter,,561
The Greek Interpreter,"Sherlock Holmes shook his head.  ""This young man could not talk a",562
The Greek Interpreter,word of Greek.  The lady could talk English fairly well.,563
The Greek Interpreter,"Inference--that she had been in England some little time, but he had",564
The Greek Interpreter,"not been in Greece.""",565
The Greek Interpreter,,566
The Greek Interpreter,"""Well, then, we will presume that she had come on a visit to England,",567
The Greek Interpreter,"and that this Harold had persuaded her to fly with him.""",568
The Greek Interpreter,,569
The Greek Interpreter,"""That is more probable.""",570
The Greek Interpreter,,571
The Greek Interpreter,"""Then the brother--for that, I fancy, must be the relationship--comes",572
The Greek Interpreter,over from Greece to interfere.  He imprudently puts himself into the,573
The Greek Interpreter,power of the young man and his older associate.  They seize him and,574
The Greek Interpreter,use violence towards him in order to make him sign some papers to,575
The Greek Interpreter,make over the girl's fortune--of which he may be trustee--to them.,576
The Greek Interpreter,This he refuses to do.  In order to negotiate with him they have to,577
The Greek Interpreter,"get an interpreter, and they pitch upon this Mr. Melas, having used",578
The Greek Interpreter,some other one before.  The girl is not told of the arrival of her,579
The Greek Interpreter,"brother, and finds it out by the merest accident.""",580
The Greek Interpreter,,581
The Greek Interpreter,"""Excellent, Watson!"" cried Holmes.  ""I really fancy that you are not",582
The Greek Interpreter,"far from the truth.  You see that we hold all the cards, and we have",583
The Greek Interpreter,only to fear some sudden act of violence on their part.  If they give,584
The Greek Interpreter,"us time we must have them.""",585
The Greek Interpreter,,586
The Greek Interpreter,"""But how can we find where this house lies?""",587
The Greek Interpreter,,588
The Greek Interpreter,"""Well, if our conjecture is correct and the girl's name is or was",589
The Greek Interpreter,"Sophy Kratides, we should have no difficulty in tracing her.  That",590
The Greek Interpreter,"must be our main hope, for the brother is, of course, a complete",591
The Greek Interpreter,stranger.  It is clear that some time has elapsed since this Harold,592
The Greek Interpreter,"established these relations with the girl--some weeks, at any",593
The Greek Interpreter,rate--since the brother in Greece has had time to hear of it and come,594
The Greek Interpreter,"across.  If they have been living in the same place during this time,",595
The Greek Interpreter,it is probable that we shall have some answer to Mycroft's,596
The Greek Interpreter,"advertisement.""",597
The Greek Interpreter,,598
The Greek Interpreter,We had reached our house in Baker Street while we had been talking.,599
The Greek Interpreter,"Holmes ascended the stair first, and as he opened the door of our",600
The Greek Interpreter,"room he gave a start of surprise.  Looking over his shoulder, I was",601
The Greek Interpreter,equally astonished.  His brother Mycroft was sitting smoking in the,602
The Greek Interpreter,arm-chair.,603
The Greek Interpreter,,604
The Greek Interpreter,"""Come in, Sherlock!  Come in, sir,"" said he blandly, smiling at our",605
The Greek Interpreter,"surprised faces.  ""You don't expect such energy from me, do you,",606
The Greek Interpreter,"Sherlock?  But somehow this case attracts me.""",607
The Greek Interpreter,,608
The Greek Interpreter,"""How did you get here?""",609
The Greek Interpreter,,610
The Greek Interpreter,"""I passed you in a hansom.""",611
The Greek Interpreter,,612
The Greek Interpreter,"""There has been some new development?""",613
The Greek Interpreter,,614
The Greek Interpreter,"""I had an answer to my advertisement.""",615
The Greek Interpreter,,616
The Greek Interpreter,"""Ah!""",617
The Greek Interpreter,,618
The Greek Interpreter,"""Yes, it came within a few minutes of your leaving.""",619
The Greek Interpreter,,620
The Greek Interpreter,"""And to what effect?""",621
The Greek Interpreter,,622
The Greek Interpreter,Mycroft Holmes took out a sheet of paper.,623
The Greek Interpreter,,624
The Greek Interpreter,"""Here it is,"" said he, ""written with a J pen on royal cream paper by",625
The Greek Interpreter,a middle-aged man with a weak constitution.,626
The Greek Interpreter,,627
The Greek Interpreter,"""Sir [he says]:",628
The Greek Interpreter,"""In answer to your advertisement of to-day's date, I beg to inform",629
The Greek Interpreter,you that I know the young lady in question very well.  If you should,630
The Greek Interpreter,care to call upon me I could give you some particulars as to her,631
The Greek Interpreter,"painful history.  She is living at present at The Myrtles, Beckenham.",632
The Greek Interpreter,"""Yours faithfully,",633
The Greek Interpreter,"""J. Davenport.",634
The Greek Interpreter,,635
The Greek Interpreter,"""He writes from Lower Brixton,"" said Mycroft Holmes.  ""Do you not",636
The Greek Interpreter,"think that we might drive to him now, Sherlock, and learn these",637
The Greek Interpreter,"particulars?""",638
The Greek Interpreter,,639
The Greek Interpreter,"""My dear Mycroft, the brother's life is more valuable than the",640
The Greek Interpreter,sister's story.  I think we should call at Scotland Yard for,641
The Greek Interpreter,"Inspector Gregson, and go straight out to Beckenham.  We know that a",642
The Greek Interpreter,"man is being done to death, and every hour may be vital.""",643
The Greek Interpreter,,644
The Greek Interpreter,"""Better pick up Mr. Melas on our way,"" I suggested.  ""We may need an",645
The Greek Interpreter,"interpreter.""",646
The Greek Interpreter,,647
The Greek Interpreter,"""Excellent,"" said Sherlock Holmes.  ""Send the boy for a four-wheeler,",648
The Greek Interpreter,"and we shall be off at once.""  He opened the table-drawer as he",649
The Greek Interpreter,"spoke, and I noticed that he slipped his revolver into his pocket.",650
The Greek Interpreter,"""Yes,"" said he, in answer to my glance; ""I should say from what we",651
The Greek Interpreter,"have heard, that we are dealing with a particularly dangerous gang.""",652
The Greek Interpreter,,653
The Greek Interpreter,"It was almost dark before we found ourselves in Pall Mall, at the",654
The Greek Interpreter,"rooms of Mr. Melas.  A gentleman had just called for him, and he was",655
The Greek Interpreter,gone.,656
The Greek Interpreter,,657
The Greek Interpreter,"""Can you tell me where?"" asked Mycroft Holmes.",658
The Greek Interpreter,,659
The Greek Interpreter,"""I don't know, sir,"" answered the woman who had opened the door; ""I",660
The Greek Interpreter,"only know that he drove away with the gentleman in a carriage.""",661
The Greek Interpreter,,662
The Greek Interpreter,"""Did the gentleman give a name?""",663
The Greek Interpreter,,664
The Greek Interpreter,"""No, sir.""",665
The Greek Interpreter,,666
The Greek Interpreter,"""He wasn't a tall, handsome, dark young man?""",667
The Greek Interpreter,,668
The Greek Interpreter,"""Oh, no, sir.  He was a little gentleman, with glasses, thin in the",669
The Greek Interpreter,"face, but very pleasant in his ways, for he was laughing all the time",670
The Greek Interpreter,"that he was talking.""",671
The Greek Interpreter,,672
The Greek Interpreter,"""Come along!"" cried Sherlock Holmes, abruptly.  ""This grows serious,""",673
The Greek Interpreter,"he observed, as we drove to Scotland Yard.  ""These men have got hold",674
The Greek Interpreter,"of Melas again.  He is a man of no physical courage, as they are well",675
The Greek Interpreter,aware from their experience the other night.  This villain was able,676
The Greek Interpreter,to terrorize him the instant that he got into his presence.  No doubt,677
The Greek Interpreter,"they want his professional services, but, having used him, they may",678
The Greek Interpreter,be inclined to punish him for what they will regard as his,679
The Greek Interpreter,"treachery.""",680
The Greek Interpreter,,681
The Greek Interpreter,"Our hope was that, by taking train, we might get to Beckenham as soon",682
The Greek Interpreter,"or sooner than the carriage.  On reaching Scotland Yard, however, it",683
The Greek Interpreter,was more than an hour before we could get Inspector Gregson and,684
The Greek Interpreter,comply with the legal formalities which would enable us to enter the,685
The Greek Interpreter,"house.  It was a quarter to ten before we reached London Bridge, and",686
The Greek Interpreter,half past before the four of us alighted on the Beckenham platform.,687
The Greek Interpreter,"A drive of half a mile brought us to The Myrtles--a large, dark house",688
The Greek Interpreter,standing back from the road in its own grounds.  Here we dismissed,689
The Greek Interpreter,"our cab, and made our way up the drive together.",690
The Greek Interpreter,,691
The Greek Interpreter,"""The windows are all dark,"" remarked the inspector.  ""The house seems",692
The Greek Interpreter,"deserted.""",693
The Greek Interpreter,,694
The Greek Interpreter,"""Our birds are flown and the nest empty,"" said Holmes.",695
The Greek Interpreter,,696
The Greek Interpreter,"""Why do you say so?""",697
The Greek Interpreter,,698
The Greek Interpreter,"""A carriage heavily loaded with luggage has passed out during the",699
The Greek Interpreter,"last hour.""",700
The Greek Interpreter,,701
The Greek Interpreter,"The inspector laughed.  ""I saw the wheel-tracks in the light of the",702
The Greek Interpreter,"gate-lamp, but where does the luggage come in?""",703
The Greek Interpreter,,704
The Greek Interpreter,"""You may have observed the same wheel-tracks going the other way.",705
The Greek Interpreter,But the outward-bound ones were very much deeper--so much so that we,706
The Greek Interpreter,can say for a certainty that there was a very considerable weight on,707
The Greek Interpreter,"the carriage.""",708
The Greek Interpreter,,709
The Greek Interpreter,"""You get a trifle beyond me there,"" said the inspector, shrugging his",710
The Greek Interpreter,"shoulder.  ""It will not be an easy door to force, but we will try if",711
The Greek Interpreter,"we cannot make some one hear us.""",712
The Greek Interpreter,,713
The Greek Interpreter,"He hammered loudly at the knocker and pulled at the bell, but without",714
The Greek Interpreter,"any success.  Holmes had slipped away, but he came back in a few",715
The Greek Interpreter,minutes.,716
The Greek Interpreter,,717
The Greek Interpreter,"""I have a window open,"" said he.",718
The Greek Interpreter,,719
The Greek Interpreter,"""It is a mercy that you are on the side of the force, and not against",720
The Greek Interpreter,"it, Mr. Holmes,"" remarked the inspector, as he noted the clever way",721
The Greek Interpreter,"in which my friend had forced back the catch.  ""Well, I think that",722
The Greek Interpreter,"under the circumstances we may enter without an invitation.""",723
The Greek Interpreter,,724
The Greek Interpreter,"One after the other we made our way into a large apartment, which was",725
The Greek Interpreter,evidently that in which Mr. Melas had found himself.  The inspector,726
The Greek Interpreter,"had lit his lantern, and by its light we could see the two doors, the",727
The Greek Interpreter,"curtain, the lamp, and the suit of Japanese mail as he had described",728
The Greek Interpreter,"them.  On the table lay two glasses, and empty brandy-bottle, and the",729
The Greek Interpreter,remains of a meal.,730
The Greek Interpreter,,731
The Greek Interpreter,"""What is that?"" asked Holmes, suddenly.",732
The Greek Interpreter,,733
The Greek Interpreter,We all stood still and listened.  A low moaning sound was coming from,734
The Greek Interpreter,somewhere over our heads.  Holmes rushed to the door and out into the,735
The Greek Interpreter,"hall.  The dismal noise came from upstairs.  He dashed up, the",736
The Greek Interpreter,"inspector and I at his heels, while his brother Mycroft followed as",737
The Greek Interpreter,quickly as his great bulk would permit.,738
The Greek Interpreter,,739
The Greek Interpreter,"Three doors faced up upon the second floor, and it was from the",740
The Greek Interpreter,"central of these that the sinister sounds were issuing, sinking",741
The Greek Interpreter,sometimes into a dull mumble and rising again into a shrill whine.,742
The Greek Interpreter,"It was locked, but the key had been left on the outside.  Holmes",743
The Greek Interpreter,"flung open the door and rushed in, but he was out again in an",744
The Greek Interpreter,"instant, with his hand to his throat.",745
The Greek Interpreter,,746
The Greek Interpreter,"""It's charcoal,"" he cried.  ""Give it time.  It will clear.""",747
The Greek Interpreter,,748
The Greek Interpreter,"Peering in, we could see that the only light in the room came from a",749
The Greek Interpreter,dull blue flame which flickered from a small brass tripod in the,750
The Greek Interpreter,"centre.  It threw a livid, unnatural circle upon the floor, while in",751
The Greek Interpreter,the shadows beyond we saw the vague loom of two figures which,752
The Greek Interpreter,crouched against the wall.  From the open door there reeked a,753
The Greek Interpreter,horrible poisonous exhalation which set us gasping and coughing.,754
The Greek Interpreter,"Holmes rushed to the top of the stairs to draw in the fresh air, and",755
The Greek Interpreter,"then, dashing into the room, he threw up the window and hurled the",756
The Greek Interpreter,brazen tripod out into the garden.,757
The Greek Interpreter,,758
The Greek Interpreter,"""We can enter in a minute,"" he gasped, darting out again.  ""Where is",759
The Greek Interpreter,a candle?  I doubt if we could strike a match in that atmosphere.,760
The Greek Interpreter,"Hold the light at the door and we shall get them out, Mycroft. Now!""",761
The Greek Interpreter,,762
The Greek Interpreter,With a rush we got to the poisoned men and dragged them out into the,763
The Greek Interpreter,"well-lit hall.  Both of them were blue-lipped and insensible, with",764
The Greek Interpreter,"swollen, congested faces and protruding eyes.  Indeed, so distorted",765
The Greek Interpreter,"were their features that, save for his black beard and stout figure,",766
The Greek Interpreter,we might have failed to recognize in one of them the Greek,767
The Greek Interpreter,interpreter who had parted from us only a few hours before at the,768
The Greek Interpreter,"Diogenes Club.  His hands and feet were securely strapped together,",769
The Greek Interpreter,"and he bore over one eye the marks of a violent blow.  The other, who",770
The Greek Interpreter,"was secured in a similar fashion, was a tall man in the last stage of",771
The Greek Interpreter,"emaciation, with several strips of sticking-plaster arranged in a",772
The Greek Interpreter,grotesque pattern over his face.  He had ceased to moan as we laid,773
The Greek Interpreter,"him down, and a glance showed me that for him at least our aid had",774
The Greek Interpreter,"come too late.  Mr. Melas, however, still lived, and in less than an",775
The Greek Interpreter,"hour, with the aid of ammonia and brandy I had the satisfaction of",776
The Greek Interpreter,"seeing him open his eyes, and of knowing that my hand had drawn him",777
The Greek Interpreter,back from that dark valley in which all paths meet.,778
The Greek Interpreter,,779
The Greek Interpreter,"It was a simple story which he had to tell, and one which did but",780
The Greek Interpreter,"confirm our own deductions.  His visitor, on entering his rooms, had",781
The Greek Interpreter,"drawn a life-preserver from his sleeve, and had so impressed him with",782
The Greek Interpreter,the fear of instant and inevitable death that he had kidnapped him,783
The Greek Interpreter,"for the second time.  Indeed, it was almost mesmeric, the effect",784
The Greek Interpreter,which this giggling ruffian had produced upon the unfortunate,785
The Greek Interpreter,"linguist, for he could not speak of him save with trembling hands and",786
The Greek Interpreter,"a blanched cheek.  He had been taken swiftly to Beckenham, and had",787
The Greek Interpreter,"acted as interpreter in a second interview, even more dramatic than",788
The Greek Interpreter,"the first, in which the two Englishmen had menaced their prisoner",789
The Greek Interpreter,"with instant death if he did not comply with their demands.  Finally,",790
The Greek Interpreter,"finding him proof against every threat, they had hurled him back into",791
The Greek Interpreter,"his prison, and after reproaching Melas with his treachery, which",792
The Greek Interpreter,"appeared from the newspaper advertisement, they had stunned him with",793
The Greek Interpreter,"a blow from a stick, and he remembered nothing more until he found us",794
The Greek Interpreter,bending over him.,795
The Greek Interpreter,,796
The Greek Interpreter,"And this was the singular case of the Grecian Interpreter, the",797
The Greek Interpreter,explanation of which is still involved in some mystery.  We were able,798
The Greek Interpreter,"to find out, by communicating with the gentleman who had answered the",799
The Greek Interpreter,"advertisement, that the unfortunate young lady came of a wealthy",800
The Greek Interpreter,"Grecian family, and that she had been on a visit to some friends in",801
The Greek Interpreter,"England.  While there she had met a young man named Harold Latimer,",802
The Greek Interpreter,who had acquired an ascendancy over her and had eventually persuaded,803
The Greek Interpreter,"her to fly with him.  Her friends, shocked at the event, had",804
The Greek Interpreter,"contented themselves with informing her brother at Athens, and had",805
The Greek Interpreter,"then washed their hands of the matter.  The brother, on his arrival",806
The Greek Interpreter,"in England, had imprudently placed himself in the power of Latimer",807
The Greek Interpreter,"and of his associate, whose name was Wilson Kemp--a man of the",808
The Greek Interpreter,"foulest antecedents. These two, finding that  through his ignorance",809
The Greek Interpreter,"of the language he was helpless in their hands, had kept him a",810
The Greek Interpreter,"prisoner, and had endeavored by cruelty and starvation to make him",811
The Greek Interpreter,sign away his own and his sister's property.  They had kept him in,812
The Greek Interpreter,"the house without the girl's knowledge, and the plaster over the face",813
The Greek Interpreter,had been for the purpose of making recognition difficult in case she,814
The Greek Interpreter,"should ever catch a glimpse of him.  Her feminine perception,",815
The Greek Interpreter,"however, had instantly seen through the disguise when, on the",816
The Greek Interpreter,"occasion of the interpreter's visit, she had seen him for the first",817
The Greek Interpreter,"time.  The poor girl, however, was herself a prisoner, for there was",818
The Greek Interpreter,"no one about the house except the man who acted as coachman, and his",819
The Greek Interpreter,"wife, both of whom were tools of the conspirators.  Finding that",820
The Greek Interpreter,"their secret was out, and that their prisoner was not to be coerced,",821
The Greek Interpreter,the two villains with the girl had fled away at a few hours' notice,822
The Greek Interpreter,"from the furnished house which they had hired, having first, as they",823
The Greek Interpreter,"thought, taken vengeance both upon the man who had defied and the one",824
The Greek Interpreter,who had betrayed them.,825
The Greek Interpreter,,826
The Greek Interpreter,Months afterwards a curious newspaper cutting reached us from,827
The Greek Interpreter,Buda-Pesth.  It told how two Englishmen who had been traveling with a,828
The Greek Interpreter,"woman had met with a tragic end.  They had each been stabbed, it",829
The Greek Interpreter,"seems, and the Hungarian police were of opinion that they had",830
The Greek Interpreter,"quarreled and had inflicted mortal injuries upon each other.  Holmes,",831
The Greek Interpreter,"however, is, I fancy, of a different way of thinking, and holds to",832
The Greek Interpreter,"this day that, if one could find the Grecian girl, one might learn",833
The Greek Interpreter,how the wrongs of herself and her brother came to be avenged.,834
The Greek Interpreter,,835
The Naval Treaty,THE NAVAL TREATY,1
The Naval Treaty,,2
The Naval Treaty,The July which immediately succeeded my marriage was made memorable,3
The Naval Treaty,"by three cases of interest, in which I had the privilege of being",4
The Naval Treaty,associated with Sherlock Holmes and of studying his methods. I find,5
The Naval Treaty,"them recorded in my notes under the headings of ""The Adventure of the",6
The Naval Treaty,"Second Stain,"" ""The Adventure of the Naval Treaty,"" and ""The",7
The Naval Treaty,"Adventure of the Tired Captain."" The first of these, however, deals",8
The Naval Treaty,with interest of such importance and implicates so many of the first,9
The Naval Treaty,families in the kingdom that for many years it will be impossible to,10
The Naval Treaty,"make it public. No case, however, in which Holmes was engaged has",11
The Naval Treaty,ever illustrated the value of his analytical methods so clearly or,12
The Naval Treaty,has impressed those who were associated with him so deeply. I still,13
The Naval Treaty,retain an almost verbatim report of the interview in which he,14
The Naval Treaty,demonstrated the true facts of the case to Monsieur Dubugue of the,15
The Naval Treaty,"Paris police, and Fritz von Waldbaum, the well-known specialist of",16
The Naval Treaty,"Dantzig, both of whom had wasted their energies upon what proved to",17
The Naval Treaty,"be side-issues. The new century will have come, however, before the",18
The Naval Treaty,story can be safely told. Meanwhile I pass on to the second on my,19
The Naval Treaty,"list, which promised also at one time to be of national importance,",20
The Naval Treaty,and was marked by several incidents which give it a quite unique,21
The Naval Treaty,character.,22
The Naval Treaty,,23
The Naval Treaty,During my school-days I had been intimately associated with a lad,24
The Naval Treaty,"named Percy Phelps, who was of much the same age as myself, though he",25
The Naval Treaty,"was two classes ahead of me. He was a very brilliant boy, and carried",26
The Naval Treaty,"away every prize which the school had to offer, finishing his",27
The Naval Treaty,exploits by winning a scholarship which sent him on to continue his,28
The Naval Treaty,"triumphant career at Cambridge. He was, I remember, extremely well",29
The Naval Treaty,"connected, and even when we were all little boys together we knew",30
The Naval Treaty,"that his mother's brother was Lord Holdhurst, the great conservative",31
The Naval Treaty,politician. This gaudy relationship did him little good at school. On,32
The Naval Treaty,"the contrary, it seemed rather a piquant thing to us to chevy him",33
The Naval Treaty,about the playground and hit him over the shins with a wicket. But it,34
The Naval Treaty,was another thing when he came out into the world. I heard vaguely,35
The Naval Treaty,that his abilities and the influences which he commanded had won him,36
The Naval Treaty,"a good position at the Foreign Office, and then he passed completely",37
The Naval Treaty,out of my mind until the following letter recalled his existence:,38
The Naval Treaty,,39
The Naval Treaty,"Briarbrae, Woking.",40
The Naval Treaty,My dear Watson:,41
The Naval Treaty,"I have no doubt that you can remember ""Tadpole"" Phelps, who was in",42
The Naval Treaty,the fifth form when you were in the third. It is possible even that,43
The Naval Treaty,you may have heard that through my uncle's influence I obtained a,44
The Naval Treaty,"good appointment at the Foreign Office, and that I was in a situation",45
The Naval Treaty,of trust and honor until a horrible misfortune came suddenly to blast,46
The Naval Treaty,my career.,47
The Naval Treaty,There is no use writing of the details of that dreadful event. In the,48
The Naval Treaty,event of your acceding to my request it is probable that I shall have,49
The Naval Treaty,to narrate them to you. I have only just recovered from nine weeks of,50
The Naval Treaty,"brain-fever, and am still exceedingly weak. Do you think that you",51
The Naval Treaty,could bring your friend Mr. Holmes down to see me? I should like to,52
The Naval Treaty,"have his opinion of the case, though the authorities assure me that",53
The Naval Treaty,"nothing more can be done. Do try to bring him down, and as soon as",54
The Naval Treaty,possible. Every minute seems an hour while I live in this state of,55
The Naval Treaty,horrible suspense. Assure him that if I have not asked his advice,56
The Naval Treaty,"sooner it was not because I did not appreciate his talents, but",57
The Naval Treaty,because I have been off my head ever since the blow fell. Now I am,58
The Naval Treaty,"clear again, though I dare not think of it too much for fear of a",59
The Naval Treaty,"relapse. I am still so weak that I have to write, as you see, by",60
The Naval Treaty,dictating. Do try to bring him.,61
The Naval Treaty,"Your old school-fellow,",62
The Naval Treaty,Percy Phelps.,63
The Naval Treaty,,64
The Naval Treaty,"There was something that touched me as I read this letter, something",65
The Naval Treaty,pitiable in the reiterated appeals to bring Holmes. So moved was I,66
The Naval Treaty,"that even had it been a difficult matter I should have tried it, but",67
The Naval Treaty,"of course I knew well that Holmes loved his art, so that he was ever",68
The Naval Treaty,as ready to bring his aid as his client could be to receive it. My,69
The Naval Treaty,wife agreed with me that not a moment should be lost in laying the,70
The Naval Treaty,"matter before him, and so within an hour of breakfast-time I found",71
The Naval Treaty,myself back once more in the old rooms in Baker Street.,72
The Naval Treaty,,73
The Naval Treaty,"Holmes was seated at his side-table clad in his dressing-gown, and",74
The Naval Treaty,working hard over a chemical investigation. A large curved retort was,75
The Naval Treaty,"boiling furiously in the bluish flame of a Bunsen burner, and the",76
The Naval Treaty,distilled drops were condensing into a two-litre measure. My friend,77
The Naval Treaty,"hardly glanced up as I entered, and I, seeing that his investigation",78
The Naval Treaty,"must be of importance, seated myself in an arm-chair and waited. He",79
The Naval Treaty,"dipped into this bottle or that, drawing out a few drops of each with",80
The Naval Treaty,"his glass pipette, and finally brought a test-tube containing a",81
The Naval Treaty,solution over to the table. In his right hand he held a slip of,82
The Naval Treaty,litmus-paper.,83
The Naval Treaty,,84
The Naval Treaty,"""You come at a crisis, Watson,"" said he. ""If this paper remains blue,",85
The Naval Treaty,"all is well. If it turns red, it means a man's life."" He dipped it",86
The Naval Treaty,"into the test-tube and it flushed at once into a dull, dirty crimson.",87
The Naval Treaty,"""Hum! I thought as much!"" he cried. ""I will be at your service in an",88
The Naval Treaty,"instant, Watson. You will find tobacco in the Persian slipper."" He",89
The Naval Treaty,"turned to his desk and scribbled off several telegrams, which were",90
The Naval Treaty,handed over to the page-boy. Then he threw himself down into the,91
The Naval Treaty,"chair opposite, and drew up his knees until his fingers clasped round",92
The Naval Treaty,"his long, thin shins.",93
The Naval Treaty,,94
The Naval Treaty,"""A very commonplace little murder,"" said he. ""You've got something",95
The Naval Treaty,"better, I fancy. You are the stormy petrel of crime, Watson. What is",96
The Naval Treaty,"it?""",97
The Naval Treaty,,98
The Naval Treaty,"I handed him the letter, which he read with the most concentrated",99
The Naval Treaty,attention.,100
The Naval Treaty,,101
The Naval Treaty,"""It does not tell us very much, does it?"" he remarked, as he handed",102
The Naval Treaty,it back to me.,103
The Naval Treaty,,104
The Naval Treaty,"""Hardly anything.""",105
The Naval Treaty,,106
The Naval Treaty,"""And yet the writing is of interest.""",107
The Naval Treaty,,108
The Naval Treaty,"""But the writing is not his own.""",109
The Naval Treaty,,110
The Naval Treaty,"""Precisely. It is a woman's.""",111
The Naval Treaty,,112
The Naval Treaty,"""A man's surely,"" I cried.",113
The Naval Treaty,,114
The Naval Treaty,"""No, a woman's, and a woman of rare character. You see, at the",115
The Naval Treaty,commencement of an investigation it is something to know that your,116
The Naval Treaty,"client is in close contact with some one who, for good or evil, has",117
The Naval Treaty,an exceptional nature. My interest is already awakened in the case.,118
The Naval Treaty,"If you are ready we will start at once for Woking, and see this",119
The Naval Treaty,"diplomatist who is in such evil case, and the lady to whom he",120
The Naval Treaty,"dictates his letters.""",121
The Naval Treaty,,122
The Naval Treaty,"We were fortunate enough to catch an early train at Waterloo, and in",123
The Naval Treaty,a little under an hour we found ourselves among the fir-woods and the,124
The Naval Treaty,heather of Woking. Briarbrae proved to be a large detached house,125
The Naval Treaty,standing in extensive grounds within a few minutes' walk of the,126
The Naval Treaty,station. On sending in our cards we were shown into an elegantly,127
The Naval Treaty,"appointed drawing-room, where we were joined in a few minutes by a",128
The Naval Treaty,rather stout man who received us with much hospitality. His age may,129
The Naval Treaty,"have been nearer forty than thirty, but his cheeks were so ruddy and",130
The Naval Treaty,his eyes so merry that he still conveyed the impression of a plump,131
The Naval Treaty,and mischievous boy.,132
The Naval Treaty,,133
The Naval Treaty,"""I am so glad that you have come,"" said he, shaking our hands with",134
The Naval Treaty,"effusion. ""Percy has been inquiring for you all morning. Ah, poor old",135
The Naval Treaty,"chap, he clings to any straw! His father and his mother asked me to",136
The Naval Treaty,"see you, for the mere mention of the subject is very painful to",137
The Naval Treaty,"them.""",138
The Naval Treaty,,139
The Naval Treaty,"""We have had no details yet,"" observed Holmes. ""I perceive that you",140
The Naval Treaty,"are not yourself a member of the family.""",141
The Naval Treaty,,142
The Naval Treaty,"Our acquaintance looked surprised, and then, glancing down, he began",143
The Naval Treaty,to laugh.,144
The Naval Treaty,,145
The Naval Treaty,"""Of course you saw the J H monogram on my locket,"" said he. ""For a",146
The Naval Treaty,moment I thought you had done something clever. Joseph Harrison is my,147
The Naval Treaty,"name, and as Percy is to marry my sister Annie I shall at least be a",148
The Naval Treaty,"relation by marriage. You will find my sister in his room, for she",149
The Naval Treaty,has nursed him hand-and-foot this two months back. Perhaps we'd,150
The Naval Treaty,"better go in at once, for I know how impatient he is.""",151
The Naval Treaty,,152
The Naval Treaty,The chamber in which we were shown was on the same floor as the,153
The Naval Treaty,drawing-room. It was furnished partly as a sitting and partly as a,154
The Naval Treaty,"bedroom, with flowers arranged daintily in every nook and corner. A",155
The Naval Treaty,"young man, very pale and worn, was lying upon a sofa near the open",156
The Naval Treaty,"window, through which came the rich scent of the garden and the balmy",157
The Naval Treaty,"summer air. A woman was sitting beside him, who rose as we entered.",158
The Naval Treaty,,159
The Naval Treaty,"""Shall I leave, Percy?"" she asked.",160
The Naval Treaty,,161
The Naval Treaty,"He clutched her hand to detain her. ""How are you, Watson?"" said he,",162
The Naval Treaty,"cordially. ""I should never have known you under that moustache, and I",163
The Naval Treaty,dare say you would not be prepared to swear to me. This I presume is,164
The Naval Treaty,"your celebrated friend, Mr. Sherlock Holmes?""",165
The Naval Treaty,,166
The Naval Treaty,"I introduced him in a few words, and we both sat down. The stout",167
The Naval Treaty,"young man had left us, but his sister still remained with her hand in",168
The Naval Treaty,"that of the invalid. She was a striking-looking woman, a little short",169
The Naval Treaty,"and thick for symmetry, but with a beautiful olive complexion, large,",170
The Naval Treaty,"dark, Italian eyes, and a wealth of deep black hair. Her rich tints",171
The Naval Treaty,made the white face of her companion the more worn and haggard by the,172
The Naval Treaty,contrast.,173
The Naval Treaty,,174
The Naval Treaty,"""I won't waste your time,"" said he, raising himself upon the sofa.",175
The Naval Treaty,"""I'll plunge into the matter without further preamble. I was a happy",176
The Naval Treaty,"and successful man, Mr. Holmes, and on the eve of being married, when",177
The Naval Treaty,a sudden and dreadful misfortune wrecked all my prospects in life.,178
The Naval Treaty,,179
The Naval Treaty,"""I was, as Watson may have told you, in the Foreign Office, and",180
The Naval Treaty,"through the influences of my uncle, Lord Holdhurst, I rose rapidly to",181
The Naval Treaty,a responsible position. When my uncle became foreign minister in this,182
The Naval Treaty,"administration he gave me several missions of trust, and as I always",183
The Naval Treaty,"brought them to a successful conclusion, he came at last to have the",184
The Naval Treaty,utmost confidence in my ability and tact.,185
The Naval Treaty,,186
The Naval Treaty,"""Nearly ten weeks ago--to be more accurate, on the twenty-third of",187
The Naval Treaty,"May--he called me into his private room, and, after complimenting me",188
The Naval Treaty,"on the good work which I had done, he informed me that he had a new",189
The Naval Treaty,commission of trust for me to execute.,190
The Naval Treaty,,191
The Naval Treaty,"""'This,' said he, taking a gray roll of paper from his bureau, 'is",192
The Naval Treaty,the original of that secret treaty between England and Italy of,193
The Naval Treaty,"which, I regret to say, some rumors have already got into the public",194
The Naval Treaty,press. It is of enormous importance that nothing further should leak,195
The Naval Treaty,out. The French or the Russian embassy would pay an immense sum to,196
The Naval Treaty,learn the contents of these papers. They should not leave my bureau,197
The Naval Treaty,were it not that it is absolutely necessary to have them copied. You,198
The Naval Treaty,have a desk in your office?',199
The Naval Treaty,,200
The Naval Treaty,"""'Yes, sir.'",201
The Naval Treaty,,202
The Naval Treaty,"""'Then take the treaty and lock it up there. I shall give directions",203
The Naval Treaty,"that you may remain behind when the others go, so that you may copy",204
The Naval Treaty,it at your leisure without fear of being overlooked. When you have,205
The Naval Treaty,"finished, relock both the original and the draft in the desk, and",206
The Naval Treaty,hand them over to me personally to-morrow morning.',207
The Naval Treaty,,208
The Naval Treaty,"""I took the papers and--""",209
The Naval Treaty,,210
The Naval Treaty,"""Excuse me an instant,"" said Holmes. ""Were you alone during this",211
The Naval Treaty,"conversation?""",212
The Naval Treaty,,213
The Naval Treaty,"""Absolutely.""",214
The Naval Treaty,,215
The Naval Treaty,"""In a large room?""",216
The Naval Treaty,,217
The Naval Treaty,"""Thirty feet each way.""",218
The Naval Treaty,,219
The Naval Treaty,"""In the centre?""",220
The Naval Treaty,,221
The Naval Treaty,"""Yes, about it.""",222
The Naval Treaty,,223
The Naval Treaty,"""And speaking low?""",224
The Naval Treaty,,225
The Naval Treaty,"""My uncle's voice is always remarkably low. I hardly spoke at all.""",226
The Naval Treaty,,227
The Naval Treaty,"""Thank you,"" said Holmes, shutting his eyes; ""pray go on.""",228
The Naval Treaty,,229
The Naval Treaty,"""I did exactly what he indicated, and waited until the other clerks",230
The Naval Treaty,"had departed. One of them in my room, Charles Gorot, had some arrears",231
The Naval Treaty,"of work to make up, so I left him there and went out to dine. When I",232
The Naval Treaty,"returned he was gone. I was anxious to hurry my work, for I knew that",233
The Naval Treaty,"Joseph--the Mr. Harrison whom you saw just now--was in town, and that",234
The Naval Treaty,"he would travel down to Woking by the eleven-o'clock train, and I",235
The Naval Treaty,wanted if possible to catch it.,236
The Naval Treaty,,237
The Naval Treaty,"""When I came to examine the treaty I saw at once that it was of such",238
The Naval Treaty,importance that my uncle had been guilty of no exaggeration in what,239
The Naval Treaty,"he had said. Without going into details, I may say that it defined",240
The Naval Treaty,"the position of Great Britain towards the Triple Alliance, and",241
The Naval Treaty,fore-shadowed the policy which this country would pursue in the event,242
The Naval Treaty,of the French fleet gaining a complete ascendancy over that of Italy,243
The Naval Treaty,in the Mediterranean. The questions treated in it were purely naval.,244
The Naval Treaty,At the end were the signatures of the high dignitaries who had signed,245
The Naval Treaty,"it. I glanced my eyes over it, and then settled down to my task of",246
The Naval Treaty,copying.,247
The Naval Treaty,,248
The Naval Treaty,"""It was a long document, written in the French language, and",249
The Naval Treaty,containing twenty-six separate articles. I copied as quickly as I,250
The Naval Treaty,"could, but at nine o'clock I had only done nine articles, and it",251
The Naval Treaty,seemed hopeless for me to attempt to catch my train. I was feeling,252
The Naval Treaty,"drowsy and stupid, partly from my dinner and also from the effects of",253
The Naval Treaty,a long day's work. A cup of coffee would clear my brain. A,254
The Naval Treaty,commissionaire remains all night in a little lodge at the foot of the,255
The Naval Treaty,"stairs, and is in the habit of making coffee at his spirit-lamp for",256
The Naval Treaty,"any of the officials who may be working over time. I rang the bell,",257
The Naval Treaty,"therefore, to summon him.",258
The Naval Treaty,,259
The Naval Treaty,"""To my surprise, it was a woman who answered the summons, a large,",260
The Naval Treaty,"coarse-faced, elderly woman, in an apron. She explained that she was",261
The Naval Treaty,"the commissionaire's wife, who did the charing, and I gave her the",262
The Naval Treaty,order for the coffee.,263
The Naval Treaty,,264
The Naval Treaty,"""I wrote two more articles and then, feeling more drowsy than ever, I",265
The Naval Treaty,rose and walked up and down the room to stretch my legs. My coffee,266
The Naval Treaty,"had not yet come, and I wondered what was the cause of the delay",267
The Naval Treaty,"could be. Opening the door, I started down the corridor to find out.",268
The Naval Treaty,"There was a straight passage, dimly lighted, which led from the room",269
The Naval Treaty,"in which I had been working, and was the only exit from it. It ended",270
The Naval Treaty,"in a curving staircase, with the commissionaire's lodge in the",271
The Naval Treaty,passage at the bottom. Half way down this staircase is a small,272
The Naval Treaty,"landing, with another passage running into it at right angles. This",273
The Naval Treaty,"second one leads by means of a second small stair to a side door,",274
The Naval Treaty,"used by servants, and also as a short cut by clerks when coming from",275
The Naval Treaty,"Charles Street. Here is a rough chart of the place.""",276
The Naval Treaty,,277
The Naval Treaty,"""Thank you. I think that I quite follow you,"" said Sherlock Holmes.",278
The Naval Treaty,,279
The Naval Treaty,"""It is of the utmost importance that you should notice this point. I",280
The Naval Treaty,"went down the stairs and into the hall, where I found the",281
The Naval Treaty,"commissionaire fast asleep in his box, with the kettle boiling",282
The Naval Treaty,furiously upon the spirit-lamp. I took off the kettle and blew out,283
The Naval Treaty,"the lamp, for the water was spurting over the floor. Then I put out",284
The Naval Treaty,"my hand and was about to shake the man, who was still sleeping",285
The Naval Treaty,"soundly, when a bell over his head rang loudly, and he woke with a",286
The Naval Treaty,start.,287
The Naval Treaty,,288
The Naval Treaty,"""'Mr. Phelps, sir!' said he, looking at me in bewilderment.",289
The Naval Treaty,,290
The Naval Treaty,"""'I came down to see if my coffee was ready.'",291
The Naval Treaty,,292
The Naval Treaty,"""'I was boiling the kettle when I fell asleep, sir.' He looked at me",293
The Naval Treaty,and then up at the still quivering bell with an ever-growing,294
The Naval Treaty,astonishment upon his face.,295
The Naval Treaty,,296
The Naval Treaty,"""'If you was here, sir, then who rang the bell?' he asked.",297
The Naval Treaty,,298
The Naval Treaty,"""'The bell!' I cried. 'What bell is it?'",299
The Naval Treaty,,300
The Naval Treaty,"""'It's the bell of the room you were working in.'",301
The Naval Treaty,,302
The Naval Treaty,"""A cold hand seemed to close round my heart. Some one, then, was in",303
The Naval Treaty,that room where my precious treaty lay upon the table. I ran,304
The Naval Treaty,frantically up the stair and along the passage. There was no one in,305
The Naval Treaty,"the corridors, Mr. Holmes. There was no one in the room. All was",306
The Naval Treaty,"exactly as I left it, save only that the papers which had been",307
The Naval Treaty,committed to my care had been taken from the desk on which they lay.,308
The Naval Treaty,"The copy was there, and the original was gone.""",309
The Naval Treaty,,310
The Naval Treaty,Holmes sat up in his chair and rubbed his hands. I could see that the,311
The Naval Treaty,"problem was entirely to his heart. ""Pray, what did you do then?"" he",312
The Naval Treaty,murmured.,313
The Naval Treaty,,314
The Naval Treaty,"""I recognized in an instant that the thief must have come up the",315
The Naval Treaty,stairs from the side door. Of course I must have met him if he had,316
The Naval Treaty,"come the other way.""",317
The Naval Treaty,,318
The Naval Treaty,"""You were satisfied that he could not have been concealed in the room",319
The Naval Treaty,"all the time, or in the corridor which you have just described as",320
The Naval Treaty,"dimly lighted?""",321
The Naval Treaty,,322
The Naval Treaty,"""It is absolutely impossible. A rat could not conceal himself either",323
The Naval Treaty,"in the room or the corridor. There is no cover at all.""",324
The Naval Treaty,,325
The Naval Treaty,"""Thank you. Pray proceed.""",326
The Naval Treaty,,327
The Naval Treaty,"""The commissionaire, seeing by my pale face that something was to be",328
The Naval Treaty,"feared, had followed me upstairs. Now we both rushed along the",329
The Naval Treaty,corridor and down the steep steps which led to Charles Street. The,330
The Naval Treaty,"door at the bottom was closed, but unlocked. We flung it open and",331
The Naval Treaty,rushed out. I can distinctly remember that as we did so there came,332
The Naval Treaty,"three chimes from a neighboring clock. It was quarter to ten.""",333
The Naval Treaty,,334
The Naval Treaty,"""That is of enormous importance,"" said Holmes, making a note upon his",335
The Naval Treaty,shirt-cuff.,336
The Naval Treaty,,337
The Naval Treaty,"""The night was very dark, and a thin, warm rain was falling. There",338
The Naval Treaty,"was no one in Charles Street, but a great traffic was going on, as",339
The Naval Treaty,"usual, in Whitehall, at the extremity. We rushed along the pavement,",340
The Naval Treaty,"bare-headed as we were, and at the far corner we found a policeman",341
The Naval Treaty,standing.,342
The Naval Treaty,,343
The Naval Treaty,"""'A robbery has been committed,' I gasped. 'A document of immense",344
The Naval Treaty,value has been stolen from the Foreign Office. Has any one passed,345
The Naval Treaty,this way?',346
The Naval Treaty,,347
The Naval Treaty,"""'I have been standing here for a quarter of an hour, sir,' said he;",348
The Naval Treaty,"'only one person has passed during that time--a woman, tall and",349
The Naval Treaty,"elderly, with a Paisley shawl.'",350
The Naval Treaty,,351
The Naval Treaty,"""'Ah, that is only my wife,' cried the commissionaire; 'has no one",352
The Naval Treaty,else passed?',353
The Naval Treaty,,354
The Naval Treaty,"""'No one.'",355
The Naval Treaty,,356
The Naval Treaty,"""'Then it must be the other way that the thief took,' cried the",357
The Naval Treaty,"fellow, tugging at my sleeve.",358
The Naval Treaty,,359
The Naval Treaty,"""But I was not satisfied, and the attempts which he made to draw me",360
The Naval Treaty,away increased my suspicions.,361
The Naval Treaty,,362
The Naval Treaty,"""'Which way did the woman go?' I cried.",363
The Naval Treaty,,364
The Naval Treaty,"""'I don't know, sir. I noticed her pass, but I had no special reason",365
The Naval Treaty,for watching her. She seemed to be in a hurry.',366
The Naval Treaty,,367
The Naval Treaty,"""'How long ago was it?'",368
The Naval Treaty,,369
The Naval Treaty,"""'Oh, not very many minutes.'",370
The Naval Treaty,,371
The Naval Treaty,"""'Within the last five?'",372
The Naval Treaty,,373
The Naval Treaty,"""'Well, it could not be more than five.'",374
The Naval Treaty,,375
The Naval Treaty,"""'You're only wasting your time, sir, and every minute now is of",376
The Naval Treaty,"importance,' cried the commissionaire; 'take my word for it that my",377
The Naval Treaty,"old woman has nothing to do with it, and come down to the other end",378
The Naval Treaty,"of the street. Well, if you won't, I will.' And with that he rushed",379
The Naval Treaty,off in the other direction.,380
The Naval Treaty,,381
The Naval Treaty,"""But I was after him in an instant and caught him by the sleeve.",382
The Naval Treaty,,383
The Naval Treaty,"""'Where do you live?' said I.",384
The Naval Treaty,,385
The Naval Treaty,"""'16 Ivy Lane, Brixton,' he answered. 'But don't let yourself be",386
The Naval Treaty,"drawn away upon a false scent, Mr. Phelps. Come to the other end of",387
The Naval Treaty,the street and let us see if we can hear of anything.',388
The Naval Treaty,,389
The Naval Treaty,"""Nothing was to be lost by following his advice. With the policeman",390
The Naval Treaty,"we both hurried down, but only to find the street full of traffic,",391
The Naval Treaty,"many people coming and going, but all only too eager to get to a",392
The Naval Treaty,place of safety upon so wet a night. There was no lounger who could,393
The Naval Treaty,tell us who had passed.,394
The Naval Treaty,,395
The Naval Treaty,"""Then we returned to the office, and searched the stairs and the",396
The Naval Treaty,passage without result. The corridor which led to the room was laid,397
The Naval Treaty,down with a kind of creamy linoleum which shows an impression very,398
The Naval Treaty,"easily. We examined it very carefully, but found no outline of any",399
The Naval Treaty,"footmark.""",400
The Naval Treaty,,401
The Naval Treaty,"""Had it been raining all evening?""",402
The Naval Treaty,,403
The Naval Treaty,"""Since about seven.""",404
The Naval Treaty,,405
The Naval Treaty,"""How is it, then, that the woman who came into the room about nine",406
The Naval Treaty,"left no traces with her muddy boots?""",407
The Naval Treaty,,408
The Naval Treaty,"""I am glad you raised the point. It occurred to me at the time. The",409
The Naval Treaty,charwomen are in the habit of taking off their boots at the,410
The Naval Treaty,"commissionaire's office, and putting on list slippers.""",411
The Naval Treaty,,412
The Naval Treaty,"""That is very clear. There were no marks, then, though the night was",413
The Naval Treaty,a wet one? The chain of events is certainly one of extraordinary,414
The Naval Treaty,"interest. What did you do next?""",415
The Naval Treaty,,416
The Naval Treaty,"""We examined the room also. There is no possibility of a secret door,",417
The Naval Treaty,and the windows are quite thirty feet from the ground. Both of them,418
The Naval Treaty,were fastened on the inside. The carpet prevents any possibility of a,419
The Naval Treaty,"trap-door, and the ceiling is of the ordinary whitewashed kind. I",420
The Naval Treaty,will pledge my life that whoever stole my papers could only have come,421
The Naval Treaty,"through the door.""",422
The Naval Treaty,,423
The Naval Treaty,"""How about the fireplace?""",424
The Naval Treaty,,425
The Naval Treaty,"""They use none. There is a stove. The bell-rope hangs from the wire",426
The Naval Treaty,just to the right of my desk. Whoever rang it must have come right up,427
The Naval Treaty,to the desk to do it. But why should any criminal wish to ring the,428
The Naval Treaty,"bell? It is a most insoluble mystery.""",429
The Naval Treaty,,430
The Naval Treaty,"""Certainly the incident was unusual. What were your next steps? You",431
The Naval Treaty,"examined the room, I presume, to see if the intruder had left any",432
The Naval Treaty,"traces--any cigar-end or dropped glove or hairpin or other trifle?""",433
The Naval Treaty,,434
The Naval Treaty,"""There was nothing of the sort.""",435
The Naval Treaty,,436
The Naval Treaty,"""No smell?""",437
The Naval Treaty,,438
The Naval Treaty,"""Well, we never thought of that.""",439
The Naval Treaty,,440
The Naval Treaty,"""Ah, a scent of tobacco would have been worth a great deal to us in",441
The Naval Treaty,"such an investigation.""",442
The Naval Treaty,,443
The Naval Treaty,"""I never smoke myself, so I think I should have observed it if there",444
The Naval Treaty,had been any smell of tobacco. There was absolutely no clue of any,445
The Naval Treaty,kind. The only tangible fact was that the commissionaire's wife--Mrs.,446
The Naval Treaty,Tangey was the name--had hurried out of the place. He could give no,447
The Naval Treaty,explanation save that it was about the time when the woman always,448
The Naval Treaty,went home. The policeman and I agreed that our best plan would be to,449
The Naval Treaty,"seize the woman before she could get rid of the papers, presuming",450
The Naval Treaty,that she had them.,451
The Naval Treaty,,452
The Naval Treaty,"""The alarm had reached Scotland Yard by this time, and Mr. Forbes,",453
The Naval Treaty,"the detective, came round at once and took up the case with a great",454
The Naval Treaty,"deal of energy. We hired a hansom, and in half an hour we were at the",455
The Naval Treaty,"address which had been given to us. A young woman opened the door,",456
The Naval Treaty,who proved to be Mrs. Tangey's eldest daughter. Her mother had not,457
The Naval Treaty,"come back yet, and we were shown into the front room to wait.",458
The Naval Treaty,,459
The Naval Treaty,"""About ten minutes later a knock came at the door, and here we made",460
The Naval Treaty,the one serious mistake for which I blame myself. Instead of opening,461
The Naval Treaty,"the door ourselves, we allowed the girl to do so. We heard her say,",462
The Naval Treaty,"'Mother, there are two men in the house waiting to see you,' and an",463
The Naval Treaty,instant afterwards we heard the patter of feet rushing down the,464
The Naval Treaty,"passage. Forbes flung open the door, and we both ran into the back",465
The Naval Treaty,"room or kitchen, but the woman had got there before us. She stared at",466
The Naval Treaty,"us with defiant eyes, and then, suddenly recognizing me, an",467
The Naval Treaty,expression of absolute astonishment came over her face.,468
The Naval Treaty,,469
The Naval Treaty,"""'Why, if it isn't Mr. Phelps, of the office!' she cried.",470
The Naval Treaty,,471
The Naval Treaty,"""'Come, come, who did you think we were when you ran away from us?'",472
The Naval Treaty,asked my companion.,473
The Naval Treaty,,474
The Naval Treaty,"""'I thought you were the brokers,' said she, 'we have had some",475
The Naval Treaty,trouble with a tradesman.',476
The Naval Treaty,,477
The Naval Treaty,"""'That's not quite good enough,' answered Forbes. 'We have reason to",478
The Naval Treaty,believe that you have taken a paper of importance from the Foreign,479
The Naval Treaty,"Office, and that you ran in here to dispose of it. You must come back",480
The Naval Treaty,with us to Scotland Yard to be searched.',481
The Naval Treaty,,482
The Naval Treaty,"""It was in vain that she protested and resisted. A four-wheeler was",483
The Naval Treaty,"brought, and we all three drove back in it. We had first made an",484
The Naval Treaty,"examination of the kitchen, and especially of the kitchen fire, to",485
The Naval Treaty,see whether she might have made away with the papers during the,486
The Naval Treaty,"instant that she was alone. There were no signs, however, of any",487
The Naval Treaty,ashes or scraps. When we reached Scotland Yard she was handed over at,488
The Naval Treaty,once to the female searcher. I waited in an agony of suspense until,489
The Naval Treaty,she came back with her report. There were no signs of the papers.,490
The Naval Treaty,,491
The Naval Treaty,"""Then for the first time the horror of my situation came in its full",492
The Naval Treaty,"force. Hitherto I had been acting, and action had numbed thought. I",493
The Naval Treaty,had been so confident of regaining the treaty at once that I had not,494
The Naval Treaty,dared to think of what would be the consequence if I failed to do so.,495
The Naval Treaty,"But now there was nothing more to be done, and I had leisure to",496
The Naval Treaty,realize my position. It was horrible. Watson there would tell you,497
The Naval Treaty,"that I was a nervous, sensitive boy at school. It is my nature. I",498
The Naval Treaty,"thought of my uncle and of his colleagues in the Cabinet, of the",499
The Naval Treaty,"shame which I had brought upon him, upon myself, upon every one",500
The Naval Treaty,connected with me. What though I was the victim of an extraordinary,501
The Naval Treaty,accident? No allowance is made for accidents where diplomatic,502
The Naval Treaty,"interests are at stake. I was ruined, shamefully, hopelessly ruined.",503
The Naval Treaty,I don't know what I did. I fancy I must have made a scene. I have a,504
The Naval Treaty,"dim recollection of a group of officials who crowded round me,",505
The Naval Treaty,"endeavoring to soothe me. One of them drove down with me to Waterloo,",506
The Naval Treaty,and saw me into the Woking train. I believe that he would have come,507
The Naval Treaty,"all the way had it not been that Dr. Ferrier, who lives near me, was",508
The Naval Treaty,going down by that very train. The doctor most kindly took charge of,509
The Naval Treaty,"me, and it was well he did so, for I had a fit in the station, and",510
The Naval Treaty,before we reached home I was practically a raving maniac.,511
The Naval Treaty,,512
The Naval Treaty,"""You can imagine the state of things here when they were roused from",513
The Naval Treaty,their beds by the doctor's ringing and found me in this condition.,514
The Naval Treaty,Poor Annie here and my mother were broken-hearted. Dr. Ferrier had,515
The Naval Treaty,just heard enough from the detective at the station to be able to,516
The Naval Treaty,"give an idea of what had happened, and his story did not mend",517
The Naval Treaty,"matters. It was evident to all that I was in for a long illness, so",518
The Naval Treaty,"Joseph was bundled out of this cheery bedroom, and it was turned into",519
The Naval Treaty,"a sick-room for me. Here I have lain, Mr. Holmes, for over nine",520
The Naval Treaty,"weeks, unconscious, and raving with brain-fever. If it had not been",521
The Naval Treaty,for Miss Harrison here and for the doctor's care I should not be,522
The Naval Treaty,speaking to you now. She has nursed me by day and a hired nurse has,523
The Naval Treaty,"looked after me by night, for in my mad fits I was capable of",524
The Naval Treaty,"anything. Slowly my reason has cleared, but it is only during the",525
The Naval Treaty,last three days that my memory has quite returned. Sometimes I wish,526
The Naval Treaty,that it never had. The first thing that I did was to wire to Mr.,527
The Naval Treaty,"Forbes, who had the case in hand. He came out, and assures me that,",528
The Naval Treaty,"though everything has been done, no trace of a clue has been",529
The Naval Treaty,discovered. The commissionaire and his wife have been examined in,530
The Naval Treaty,every way without any light being thrown upon the matter. The,531
The Naval Treaty,"suspicions of the police then rested upon young Gorot, who, as you",532
The Naval Treaty,"may remember, stayed over time in the office that night. His",533
The Naval Treaty,remaining behind and his French name were really the only two points,534
The Naval Treaty,"which could suggest suspicion; but, as a matter of fact, I did not",535
The Naval Treaty,"begin work until he had gone, and his people are of Huguenot",536
The Naval Treaty,"extraction, but as English in sympathy and tradition as you and I",537
The Naval Treaty,"are. Nothing was found to implicate him in any way, and there the",538
The Naval Treaty,"matter dropped. I turn to you, Mr. Holmes, as absolutely my last",539
The Naval Treaty,"hope. If you fail me, then my honor as well as my position are",540
The Naval Treaty,"forever forfeited.""",541
The Naval Treaty,,542
The Naval Treaty,"The invalid sank back upon his cushions, tired out by this long",543
The Naval Treaty,"recital, while his nurse poured him out a glass of some stimulating",544
The Naval Treaty,"medicine. Holmes sat silently, with his head thrown back and his eyes",545
The Naval Treaty,"closed, in an attitude which might seem listless to a stranger, but",546
The Naval Treaty,which I knew betokened the most intense self-absorption.,547
The Naval Treaty,,548
The Naval Treaty,"""You statement has been so explicit,"" said he at last, ""that you have",549
The Naval Treaty,really left me very few questions to ask. There is one of the very,550
The Naval Treaty,"utmost importance, however. Did you tell any one that you had this",551
The Naval Treaty,"special task to perform?""",552
The Naval Treaty,,553
The Naval Treaty,"""No one.""",554
The Naval Treaty,,555
The Naval Treaty,"""Not Miss Harrison here, for example?""",556
The Naval Treaty,,557
The Naval Treaty,"""No. I had not been back to Woking between getting the order and",558
The Naval Treaty,"executing the commission.""",559
The Naval Treaty,,560
The Naval Treaty,"""And none of your people had by chance been to see you?""",561
The Naval Treaty,,562
The Naval Treaty,"""None.""",563
The Naval Treaty,,564
The Naval Treaty,"""Did any of them know their way about in the office?""",565
The Naval Treaty,,566
The Naval Treaty,"""Oh, yes, all of them had been shown over it.""",567
The Naval Treaty,,568
The Naval Treaty,"""Still, of course, if you said nothing to any one about the treaty",569
The Naval Treaty,"these inquiries are irrelevant.""",570
The Naval Treaty,,571
The Naval Treaty,"""I said nothing.""",572
The Naval Treaty,,573
The Naval Treaty,"""Do you know anything of the commissionaire?""",574
The Naval Treaty,,575
The Naval Treaty,"""Nothing except that he is an old soldier.""",576
The Naval Treaty,,577
The Naval Treaty,"""What regiment?""",578
The Naval Treaty,,579
The Naval Treaty,"""Oh, I have heard--Coldstream Guards.""",580
The Naval Treaty,,581
The Naval Treaty,"""Thank you. I have no doubt I can get details from Forbes. The",582
The Naval Treaty,"authorities are excellent at amassing facts, though they do not",583
The Naval Treaty,"always use them to advantage. What a lovely thing a rose is!""",584
The Naval Treaty,,585
The Naval Treaty,"He walked past the couch to the open window, and held up the drooping",586
The Naval Treaty,"stalk of a moss-rose, looking down at the dainty blend of crimson and",587
The Naval Treaty,"green. It was a new phase of his character to me, for I had never",588
The Naval Treaty,before seen him show any keen interest in natural objects.,589
The Naval Treaty,,590
The Naval Treaty,"""There is nothing in which deduction is so necessary as in religion,""",591
The Naval Treaty,"said he, leaning with his back against the shutters. ""It can be built",592
The Naval Treaty,up as an exact science by the reasoner. Our highest assurance of the,593
The Naval Treaty,goodness of Providence seems to me to rest in the flowers. All other,594
The Naval Treaty,"things, our powers our desires, our food, are all really necessary",595
The Naval Treaty,for our existence in the first instance. But this rose is an extra.,596
The Naval Treaty,"Its smell and its color are an embellishment of life, not a condition",597
The Naval Treaty,"of it. It is only goodness which gives extras, and so I say again",598
The Naval Treaty,"that we have much to hope from the flowers.""",599
The Naval Treaty,,600
The Naval Treaty,Percy Phelps and his nurse looked at Holmes during this demonstration,601
The Naval Treaty,with surprise and a good deal of disappointment written upon their,602
The Naval Treaty,"faces. He had fallen into a reverie, with the moss-rose between his",603
The Naval Treaty,fingers. It had lasted some minutes before the young lady broke in,604
The Naval Treaty,upon it.,605
The Naval Treaty,,606
The Naval Treaty,"""Do you see any prospect of solving this mystery, Mr. Holmes?"" she",607
The Naval Treaty,"asked, with a touch of asperity in her voice.",608
The Naval Treaty,,609
The Naval Treaty,"""Oh, the mystery!"" he answered, coming back with a start to the",610
The Naval Treaty,"realities of life. ""Well, it would be absurd to deny that the case is",611
The Naval Treaty,"a very abstruse and complicated one, but I can promise you that I",612
The Naval Treaty,will look into the matter and let you know any points which may,613
The Naval Treaty,"strike me.""",614
The Naval Treaty,,615
The Naval Treaty,"""Do you see any clue?""",616
The Naval Treaty,,617
The Naval Treaty,"""You have furnished me with seven, but, of course, I must test them",618
The Naval Treaty,"before I can pronounce upon their value.""",619
The Naval Treaty,,620
The Naval Treaty,"""You suspect some one?""",621
The Naval Treaty,,622
The Naval Treaty,"""I suspect myself.""",623
The Naval Treaty,,624
The Naval Treaty,"""What!""",625
The Naval Treaty,,626
The Naval Treaty,"""Of coming to conclusions too rapidly.""",627
The Naval Treaty,,628
The Naval Treaty,"""Then go to London and test your conclusions.""",629
The Naval Treaty,,630
The Naval Treaty,"""Your advice is very excellent, Miss Harrison,"" said Holmes, rising.",631
The Naval Treaty,"""I think, Watson, we cannot do better. Do not allow yourself to",632
The Naval Treaty,"indulge in false hopes, Mr. Phelps. The affair is a very tangled",633
The Naval Treaty,"one.""",634
The Naval Treaty,,635
The Naval Treaty,"""I shall be in a fever until I see you again,"" cried the diplomatist.",636
The Naval Treaty,,637
The Naval Treaty,"""Well, I'll come out by the same train to-morrow, though it's more",638
The Naval Treaty,"than likely that my report will be a negative one.""",639
The Naval Treaty,,640
The Naval Treaty,"""God bless you for promising to come,"" cried our client. ""It gives me",641
The Naval Treaty,"fresh life to know that something is being done. By the way, I have",642
The Naval Treaty,"had a letter from Lord Holdhurst.""",643
The Naval Treaty,,644
The Naval Treaty,"""Ha! What did he say?""",645
The Naval Treaty,,646
The Naval Treaty,"""He was cold, but not harsh. I dare say my severe illness prevented",647
The Naval Treaty,him from being that. He repeated that the matter was of the utmost,648
The Naval Treaty,"importance, and added that no steps would be taken about my",649
The Naval Treaty,"future--by which he means, of course, my dismissal--until my health",650
The Naval Treaty,"was restored and I had an opportunity of repairing my misfortune.""",651
The Naval Treaty,,652
The Naval Treaty,"""Well, that was reasonable and considerate,"" said Holmes. ""Come,",653
The Naval Treaty,"Watson, for we have a good day's work before us in town.""",654
The Naval Treaty,,655
The Naval Treaty,"Mr. Joseph Harrison drove us down to the station, and we were soon",656
The Naval Treaty,whirling up in a Portsmouth train. Holmes was sunk in profound,657
The Naval Treaty,"thought, and hardly opened his mouth until we had passed Clapham",658
The Naval Treaty,Junction.,659
The Naval Treaty,,660
The Naval Treaty,"""It's a very cheery thing to come into London by any of these lines",661
The Naval Treaty,"which run high, and allow you to look down upon the houses like",662
The Naval Treaty,"this.""",663
The Naval Treaty,,664
The Naval Treaty,"I thought he was joking, for the view was sordid enough, but he soon",665
The Naval Treaty,explained himself.,666
The Naval Treaty,,667
The Naval Treaty,"""Look at those big, isolated clumps of building rising up above the",668
The Naval Treaty,"slates, like brick islands in a lead-colored sea.""",669
The Naval Treaty,,670
The Naval Treaty,"""The board-schools.""",671
The Naval Treaty,,672
The Naval Treaty,"""Light-houses, my boy! Beacons of the future! Capsules with hundreds",673
The Naval Treaty,"of bright little seeds in each, out of which will spring the wise,",674
The Naval Treaty,better England of the future. I suppose that man Phelps does not,675
The Naval Treaty,"drink?""",676
The Naval Treaty,,677
The Naval Treaty,"""I should not think so.""",678
The Naval Treaty,,679
The Naval Treaty,"""Nor should I, but we are bound to take every possibility into",680
The Naval Treaty,account. The poor devil has certainly got himself into very deep,681
The Naval Treaty,"water, and it's a question whether we shall ever be able to get him",682
The Naval Treaty,"ashore. What did you think of Miss Harrison?""",683
The Naval Treaty,,684
The Naval Treaty,"""A girl of strong character.""",685
The Naval Treaty,,686
The Naval Treaty,"""Yes, but she is a good sort, or I am mistaken. She and her brother",687
The Naval Treaty,are the only children of an iron-master somewhere up Northumberland,688
The Naval Treaty,"way. He got engaged to her when traveling last winter, and she came",689
The Naval Treaty,"down to be introduced to his people, with her brother as escort. Then",690
The Naval Treaty,"came the smash, and she stayed on to nurse her lover, while brother",691
The Naval Treaty,"Joseph, finding himself pretty snug, stayed on too. I've been making",692
The Naval Treaty,"a few independent inquiries, you see. But to-day must be a day of",693
The Naval Treaty,"inquiries.""",694
The Naval Treaty,,695
The Naval Treaty,"""My practice--"" I began.",696
The Naval Treaty,,697
The Naval Treaty,"""Oh, if you find your own cases more interesting than mine--"" said",698
The Naval Treaty,"Holmes, with some asperity.",699
The Naval Treaty,,700
The Naval Treaty,"""I was going to say that my practice could get along very well for a",701
The Naval Treaty,"day or two, since it is the slackest time in the year.""",702
The Naval Treaty,,703
The Naval Treaty,"""Excellent,"" said he, recovering his good-humor. ""Then we'll look",704
The Naval Treaty,into this matter together. I think that we should begin by seeing,705
The Naval Treaty,Forbes. He can probably tell us all the details we want until we know,706
The Naval Treaty,"from what side the case is to be approached.""",707
The Naval Treaty,,708
The Naval Treaty,"""You said you had a clue?""",709
The Naval Treaty,,710
The Naval Treaty,"""Well, we have several, but we can only test their value by further",711
The Naval Treaty,inquiry. The most difficult crime to track is the one which is,712
The Naval Treaty,purposeless. Now this is not purposeless. Who is it who profits by,713
The Naval Treaty,"it? There is the French ambassador, there is the Russian, there is",714
The Naval Treaty,"who-ever might sell it to either of these, and there is Lord",715
The Naval Treaty,"Holdhurst.""",716
The Naval Treaty,,717
The Naval Treaty,"""Lord Holdhurst!""",718
The Naval Treaty,,719
The Naval Treaty,"""Well, it is just conceivable that a statesman might find himself in",720
The Naval Treaty,a position where he was not sorry to have such a document,721
The Naval Treaty,"accidentally destroyed.""",722
The Naval Treaty,,723
The Naval Treaty,"""Not a statesman with the honorable record of Lord Holdhurst?""",724
The Naval Treaty,,725
The Naval Treaty,"""It is a possibility and we cannot afford to disregard it. We shall",726
The Naval Treaty,see the noble lord to-day and find out if he can tell us anything.,727
The Naval Treaty,"Meanwhile I have already set inquiries on foot.""",728
The Naval Treaty,,729
The Naval Treaty,"""Already?""",730
The Naval Treaty,,731
The Naval Treaty,"""Yes, I sent wires from Woking station to every evening paper in",732
The Naval Treaty,"London. This advertisement will appear in each of them.""",733
The Naval Treaty,,734
The Naval Treaty,He handed over a sheet torn from a note-book. On it was scribbled in,735
The Naval Treaty,pencil:,736
The Naval Treaty,,737
The Naval Treaty,"""£10 reward. The number of the cab which dropped a fare at or about",738
The Naval Treaty,the door of the Foreign Office in Charles Street at quarter to ten in,739
The Naval Treaty,"the evening of May 23d. Apply 221b, Baker Street.""",740
The Naval Treaty,,741
The Naval Treaty,"""You are confident that the thief came in a cab?""",742
The Naval Treaty,,743
The Naval Treaty,"""If not, there is no harm done. But if Mr. Phelps is correct in",744
The Naval Treaty,stating that there is no hiding-place either in the room or the,745
The Naval Treaty,"corridors, then the person must have come from outside. If he came",746
The Naval Treaty,"from outside on so wet a night, and yet left no trace of damp upon",747
The Naval Treaty,"the linoleum, which was examined within a few minutes of his passing,",748
The Naval Treaty,"then it is exceeding probably that he came in a cab. Yes, I think",749
The Naval Treaty,"that we may safely deduce a cab.""",750
The Naval Treaty,,751
The Naval Treaty,"""It sounds plausible.""",752
The Naval Treaty,,753
The Naval Treaty,"""That is one of the clues of which I spoke. It may lead us to",754
The Naval Treaty,"something. And then, of course, there is the bell--which is the most",755
The Naval Treaty,distinctive feature of the case. Why should the bell ring? Was it the,756
The Naval Treaty,thief who did it out of bravado? Or was it some one who was with the,757
The Naval Treaty,thief who did it in order to prevent the crime? Or was it an,758
The Naval Treaty,"accident? Or was it--?"" He sank back into the state of intense and",759
The Naval Treaty,"silent thought from which he had emerged; but it seemed to me,",760
The Naval Treaty,"accustomed as I was to his every mood, that some new possibility had",761
The Naval Treaty,dawned suddenly upon him.,762
The Naval Treaty,,763
The Naval Treaty,"It was twenty past three when we reached our terminus, and after a",764
The Naval Treaty,hasty luncheon at the buffet we pushed on at once to Scotland Yard.,765
The Naval Treaty,"Holmes had already wired to Forbes, and we found him waiting to",766
The Naval Treaty,"receive us--a small, foxy man with a sharp but by no means amiable",767
The Naval Treaty,"expression. He was decidedly frigid in his manner to us, especially",768
The Naval Treaty,when he heard the errand upon which we had come.,769
The Naval Treaty,,770
The Naval Treaty,"""I've heard of your methods before now, Mr. Holmes,"" said he, tartly.",771
The Naval Treaty,"""You are ready enough to use all the information that the police can",772
The Naval Treaty,"lay at your disposal, and then you try to finish the case yourself",773
The Naval Treaty,"and bring discredit on them.""",774
The Naval Treaty,,775
The Naval Treaty,"""On the contrary,"" said Holmes, ""out of my last fifty-three cases my",776
The Naval Treaty,"name has only appeared in four, and the police have had all the",777
The Naval Treaty,"credit in forty-nine. I don't blame you for not knowing this, for you",778
The Naval Treaty,"are young and inexperienced, but if you wish to get on in your new",779
The Naval Treaty,"duties you will work with me and not against me.""",780
The Naval Treaty,,781
The Naval Treaty,"""I'd be very glad of a hint or two,"" said the detective, changing his",782
The Naval Treaty,"manner. ""I've certainly had no credit from the case so far.""",783
The Naval Treaty,,784
The Naval Treaty,"""What steps have you taken?""",785
The Naval Treaty,,786
The Naval Treaty,"""Tangey, the commissionaire, has been shadowed. He left the Guards",787
The Naval Treaty,with a good character and we can find nothing against him. His wife,788
The Naval Treaty,"is a bad lot, though. I fancy she knows more about this than",789
The Naval Treaty,"appears.""",790
The Naval Treaty,,791
The Naval Treaty,"""Have you shadowed her?""",792
The Naval Treaty,,793
The Naval Treaty,"""We have set one of our women on to her. Mrs. Tangey drinks, and our",794
The Naval Treaty,"woman has been with her twice when she was well on, but she could get",795
The Naval Treaty,"nothing out of her.""",796
The Naval Treaty,,797
The Naval Treaty,"""I understand that they have had brokers in the house?""",798
The Naval Treaty,,799
The Naval Treaty,"""Yes, but they were paid off.""",800
The Naval Treaty,,801
The Naval Treaty,"""Where did the money come from?""",802
The Naval Treaty,,803
The Naval Treaty,"""That was all right. His pension was due. They have not shown any",804
The Naval Treaty,"sign of being in funds.""",805
The Naval Treaty,,806
The Naval Treaty,"""What explanation did she give of having answered the bell when Mr.",807
The Naval Treaty,"Phelps rang for the coffee?""",808
The Naval Treaty,,809
The Naval Treaty,"""She said that he husband was very tired and she wished to relieve",810
The Naval Treaty,"him.""",811
The Naval Treaty,,812
The Naval Treaty,"""Well, certainly that would agree with his being found a little later",813
The Naval Treaty,asleep in his chair. There is nothing against them then but the,814
The Naval Treaty,woman's character. Did you ask her why she hurried away that night?,815
The Naval Treaty,"Her haste attracted the attention of the police constable.""",816
The Naval Treaty,,817
The Naval Treaty,"""She was later than usual and wanted to get home.""",818
The Naval Treaty,,819
The Naval Treaty,"""Did you point out to her that you and Mr. Phelps, who started at",820
The Naval Treaty,"least twenty minutes after he, got home before her?""",821
The Naval Treaty,,822
The Naval Treaty,"""She explains that by the difference between a 'bus and a hansom.""",823
The Naval Treaty,,824
The Naval Treaty,"""Did she make it clear why, on reaching her house, she ran into the",825
The Naval Treaty,"back kitchen?""",826
The Naval Treaty,,827
The Naval Treaty,"""Because she had the money there with which to pay off the brokers.""",828
The Naval Treaty,,829
The Naval Treaty,"""She has at least an answer for everything. Did you ask her whether",830
The Naval Treaty,in leaving she met any one or saw any one loitering about Charles,831
The Naval Treaty,"Street?""",832
The Naval Treaty,,833
The Naval Treaty,"""She saw no one but the constable.""",834
The Naval Treaty,,835
The Naval Treaty,"""Well, you seem to have cross-examined her pretty thoroughly. What",836
The Naval Treaty,"else have you done?""",837
The Naval Treaty,,838
The Naval Treaty,"""The clerk Gorot has been shadowed all these nine weeks, but without",839
The Naval Treaty,"result. We can show nothing against him.""",840
The Naval Treaty,,841
The Naval Treaty,"""Anything else?""",842
The Naval Treaty,,843
The Naval Treaty,"""Well, we have nothing else to go upon--no evidence of any kind.""",844
The Naval Treaty,,845
The Naval Treaty,"""Have you formed a theory about how that bell rang?""",846
The Naval Treaty,,847
The Naval Treaty,"""Well, I must confess that it beats me. It was a cool hand, whoever",848
The Naval Treaty,"it was, to go and give the alarm like that.""",849
The Naval Treaty,,850
The Naval Treaty,"""Yes, it was a queer thing to do. Many thanks to you for what you",851
The Naval Treaty,have told me. If I can put the man into your hands you shall hear,852
The Naval Treaty,"from me. Come along, Watson.""",853
The Naval Treaty,,854
The Naval Treaty,"""Where are we going to now?"" I asked, as we left the office.",855
The Naval Treaty,,856
The Naval Treaty,"""We are now going to interview Lord Holdhurst, the cabinet minister",857
The Naval Treaty,"and future premier of England.""",858
The Naval Treaty,,859
The Naval Treaty,We were fortunate in finding that Lord Holdhurst was still in his,860
The Naval Treaty,"chambers in Downing Street, and on Holmes sending in his card we were",861
The Naval Treaty,instantly shown up. The statesman received us with that old-fashioned,862
The Naval Treaty,"courtesy for which he is remarkable, and seated us on the two",863
The Naval Treaty,luxuriant lounges on either side of the fireplace. Standing on the,864
The Naval Treaty,"rug between us, with his slight, tall figure, his sharp features,",865
The Naval Treaty,"thoughtful face, and curling hair prematurely tinged with gray, he",866
The Naval Treaty,"seemed to represent that not too common type, a nobleman who is in",867
The Naval Treaty,truth noble.,868
The Naval Treaty,,869
The Naval Treaty,"""Your name is very familiar to me, Mr. Holmes,"" said he, smiling.",870
The Naval Treaty,"""And, of course, I cannot pretend to be ignorant of the object of",871
The Naval Treaty,your visit. There has only been one occurrence in these offices which,872
The Naval Treaty,"could call for your attention. In whose interest are you acting, may",873
The Naval Treaty,"I ask?""",874
The Naval Treaty,,875
The Naval Treaty,"""In that of Mr. Percy Phelps,"" answered Holmes.",876
The Naval Treaty,,877
The Naval Treaty,"""Ah, my unfortunate nephew! You can understand that our kinship makes",878
The Naval Treaty,it the more impossible for me to screen him in any way. I fear that,879
The Naval Treaty,"the incident must have a very prejudicial effect upon his career.""",880
The Naval Treaty,,881
The Naval Treaty,"""But if the document is found?""",882
The Naval Treaty,,883
The Naval Treaty,"""Ah, that, of course, would be different.""",884
The Naval Treaty,,885
The Naval Treaty,"""I had one or two questions which I wished to ask you, Lord",886
The Naval Treaty,"Holdhurst.""",887
The Naval Treaty,,888
The Naval Treaty,"""I shall be happy to give you any information in my power.""",889
The Naval Treaty,,890
The Naval Treaty,"""Was it in this room that you gave your instructions as to the",891
The Naval Treaty,"copying of the document?""",892
The Naval Treaty,,893
The Naval Treaty,"""It was.""",894
The Naval Treaty,,895
The Naval Treaty,"""Then you could hardly have been overheard?""",896
The Naval Treaty,,897
The Naval Treaty,"""It is out of the question.""",898
The Naval Treaty,,899
The Naval Treaty,"""Did you ever mention to any one that it was your intention to give",900
The Naval Treaty,"any one the treaty to be copied?""",901
The Naval Treaty,,902
The Naval Treaty,"""Never.""",903
The Naval Treaty,,904
The Naval Treaty,"""You are certain of that?""",905
The Naval Treaty,,906
The Naval Treaty,"""Absolutely.""",907
The Naval Treaty,,908
The Naval Treaty,"""Well, since you never said so, and Mr. Phelps never said so, and",909
The Naval Treaty,"nobody else knew anything of the matter, then the thief's presence in",910
The Naval Treaty,"the room was purely accidental. He saw his chance and he took it.""",911
The Naval Treaty,,912
The Naval Treaty,"The statesman smiled. ""You take me out of my province there,"" said",913
The Naval Treaty,he.,914
The Naval Treaty,,915
The Naval Treaty,"Holmes considered for a moment. ""There is another very important",916
The Naval Treaty,"point which I wish to discuss with you,"" said he. ""You feared, as I",917
The Naval Treaty,"understand, that very grave results might follow from the details of",918
The Naval Treaty,"this treaty becoming known.""",919
The Naval Treaty,,920
The Naval Treaty,"A shadow passed over the expressive face of the statesman. ""Very",921
The Naval Treaty,"grave results indeed.""",922
The Naval Treaty,,923
The Naval Treaty,"""And have they occurred?""",924
The Naval Treaty,,925
The Naval Treaty,"""Not yet.""",926
The Naval Treaty,,927
The Naval Treaty,"""If the treaty had reached, let us say, the French or Russian Foreign",928
The Naval Treaty,"Office, you would expect to hear of it?""",929
The Naval Treaty,,930
The Naval Treaty,"""I should,"" said Lord Holdhurst, with a wry face.",931
The Naval Treaty,,932
The Naval Treaty,"""Since nearly ten weeks have elapsed, then, and nothing has been",933
The Naval Treaty,"heard, it is not unfair to suppose that for some reason the treaty",934
The Naval Treaty,"has not reached them.""",935
The Naval Treaty,,936
The Naval Treaty,Lord Holdhurst shrugged his shoulders.,937
The Naval Treaty,,938
The Naval Treaty,"""We can hardly suppose, Mr. Holmes, that the thief took the treaty in",939
The Naval Treaty,"order to frame it and hang it up.""",940
The Naval Treaty,,941
The Naval Treaty,"""Perhaps he is waiting for a better price.""",942
The Naval Treaty,,943
The Naval Treaty,"""If he waits a little longer he will get no price at all. The treaty",944
The Naval Treaty,"will cease to be secret in a few months.""",945
The Naval Treaty,,946
The Naval Treaty,"""That is most important,"" said Holmes. ""Of course, it is a possible",947
The Naval Treaty,"supposition that the thief has had a sudden illness--""",948
The Naval Treaty,,949
The Naval Treaty,"""An attack of brain-fever, for example?"" asked the statesman,",950
The Naval Treaty,flashing a swift glance at him.,951
The Naval Treaty,,952
The Naval Treaty,"""I did not say so,"" said Holmes, imperturbably. ""And now, Lord",953
The Naval Treaty,"Holdhurst, we have already taken up too much of your valuable time,",954
The Naval Treaty,"and we shall wish you good-day.""",955
The Naval Treaty,,956
The Naval Treaty,"""Every success to your investigation, be the criminal who it may,""",957
The Naval Treaty,"answered the nobleman, as he bowed us out the door.",958
The Naval Treaty,,959
The Naval Treaty,"""He's a fine fellow,"" said Holmes, as we came out into Whitehall.",960
The Naval Treaty,"""But he has a struggle to keep up his position. He is far from rich",961
The Naval Treaty,"and has many calls. You noticed, of course, that his boots had been",962
The Naval Treaty,"re-soled? Now, Watson, I won't detain you from your legitimate work",963
The Naval Treaty,"any longer. I shall do nothing more to-day, unless I have an answer",964
The Naval Treaty,to my cab advertisement. But I should be extremely obliged to you if,965
The Naval Treaty,"you would come down with me to Woking to-morrow, by the same train",966
The Naval Treaty,"which we took yesterday.""",967
The Naval Treaty,,968
The Naval Treaty,I met him accordingly next morning and we traveled down to Woking,969
The Naval Treaty,"together. He had had no answer to his advertisement, he said, and no",970
The Naval Treaty,"fresh light had been thrown upon the case. He had, when he so willed",971
The Naval Treaty,"it, the utter immobility of countenance of a red Indian, and I could",972
The Naval Treaty,not gather from his appearance whether he was satisfied or not with,973
The Naval Treaty,"the position of the case. His conversation, I remember, was about the",974
The Naval Treaty,"Bertillon system of measurements, and he expressed his enthusiastic",975
The Naval Treaty,admiration of the French savant.,976
The Naval Treaty,,977
The Naval Treaty,"We found our client still under the charge of his devoted nurse, but",978
The Naval Treaty,looking considerably better than before. He rose from the sofa and,979
The Naval Treaty,greeted us without difficulty when we entered.,980
The Naval Treaty,,981
The Naval Treaty,"""Any news?"" he asked, eagerly.",982
The Naval Treaty,,983
The Naval Treaty,"""My report, as I expected, is a negative one,"" said Holmes. ""I have",984
The Naval Treaty,"seen Forbes, and I have seen your uncle, and I have set one or two",985
The Naval Treaty,"trains of inquiry upon foot which may lead to something.""",986
The Naval Treaty,,987
The Naval Treaty,"""You have not lost heart, then?""",988
The Naval Treaty,,989
The Naval Treaty,"""By no means.""",990
The Naval Treaty,,991
The Naval Treaty,"""God bless you for saying that!"" cried Miss Harrison. ""If we keep our",992
The Naval Treaty,"courage and our patience the truth must come out.""",993
The Naval Treaty,,994
The Naval Treaty,"""We have more to tell you than you have for us,"" said Phelps,",995
The Naval Treaty,reseating himself upon the couch.,996
The Naval Treaty,,997
The Naval Treaty,"""I hoped you might have something.""",998
The Naval Treaty,,999
The Naval Treaty,"""Yes, we have had an adventure during the night, and one which might",1000
The Naval Treaty,"have proved to be a serious one."" His expression grew very grave as",1001
The Naval Treaty,"he spoke, and a look of something akin to fear sprang up in his eyes.",1002
The Naval Treaty,"""Do you know,"" said he, ""that I begin to believe that I am the",1003
The Naval Treaty,"unconscious centre of some monstrous conspiracy, and that my life is",1004
The Naval Treaty,"aimed at as well as my honor?""",1005
The Naval Treaty,,1006
The Naval Treaty,"""Ah!"" cried Holmes.",1007
The Naval Treaty,,1008
The Naval Treaty,"""It sounds incredible, for I have not, as far as I know, an enemy in",1009
The Naval Treaty,the world. Yet from last night's experience I can come to no other,1010
The Naval Treaty,"conclusion.""",1011
The Naval Treaty,,1012
The Naval Treaty,"""Pray let me hear it.""",1013
The Naval Treaty,,1014
The Naval Treaty,"""You must know that last night was the very first night that I have",1015
The Naval Treaty,ever slept without a nurse in the room. I was so much better that I,1016
The Naval Treaty,"thought I could dispense with one. I had a night-light burning,",1017
The Naval Treaty,"however. Well, about two in the morning I had sunk into a light sleep",1018
The Naval Treaty,when I was suddenly aroused by a slight noise. It was like the sound,1019
The Naval Treaty,"which a mouse makes when it is gnawing a plank, and I lay listening",1020
The Naval Treaty,to it for some time under the impression that it must come from that,1021
The Naval Treaty,"cause. Then it grew louder, and suddenly there came from the window a",1022
The Naval Treaty,sharp metallic snick. I sat up in amazement. There could be no doubt,1023
The Naval Treaty,what the sounds were now. The first ones had been caused by some one,1024
The Naval Treaty,"forcing an instrument through the slit between the sashes, and the",1025
The Naval Treaty,second by the catch being pressed back.,1026
The Naval Treaty,,1027
The Naval Treaty,"""There was a pause then for about ten minutes, as if the person were",1028
The Naval Treaty,waiting to see whether the noise had awakened me. Then I heard a,1029
The Naval Treaty,gentle creaking as the window was very slowly opened. I could stand,1030
The Naval Treaty,"it no longer, for my nerves are not what they used to be. I sprang",1031
The Naval Treaty,out of bed and flung open the shutters. A man was crouching at the,1032
The Naval Treaty,"window. I could see little of him, for he was gone like a flash. He",1033
The Naval Treaty,was wrapped in some sort of cloak which came across the lower part of,1034
The Naval Treaty,"his face. One thing only I am sure of, and that is that he had some",1035
The Naval Treaty,weapon in his hand. It looked to me like a long knife. I distinctly,1036
The Naval Treaty,"saw the gleam of it as he turned to run.""",1037
The Naval Treaty,,1038
The Naval Treaty,"""This is most interesting,"" said Holmes. ""Pray what did you do then?""",1039
The Naval Treaty,,1040
The Naval Treaty,"""I should have followed him through the open window if I had been",1041
The Naval Treaty,"stronger. As it was, I rang the bell and roused the house. It took me",1042
The Naval Treaty,"some little time, for the bell rings in the kitchen and the servants",1043
The Naval Treaty,"all sleep upstairs. I shouted, however, and that brought Joseph down,",1044
The Naval Treaty,and he roused the others. Joseph and the groom found marks on the bed,1045
The Naval Treaty,"outside the window, but the weather has been so dry lately that they",1046
The Naval Treaty,found it hopeless to follow the trail across the grass. There's a,1047
The Naval Treaty,"place, however, on the wooden fence which skirts the road which shows",1048
The Naval Treaty,"signs, they tell me, as if some one had got over, and had snapped the",1049
The Naval Treaty,top of the rail in doing so. I have said nothing to the local police,1050
The Naval Treaty,"yet, for I thought I had best have your opinion first.""",1051
The Naval Treaty,,1052
The Naval Treaty,This tale of our client's appeared to have an extraordinary effect,1053
The Naval Treaty,upon Sherlock Holmes. He rose from his chair and paced about the room,1054
The Naval Treaty,in uncontrollable excitement.,1055
The Naval Treaty,,1056
The Naval Treaty,"""Misfortunes never come single,"" said Phelps, smiling, though it was",1057
The Naval Treaty,evident that his adventure had somewhat shaken him.,1058
The Naval Treaty,,1059
The Naval Treaty,"""You have certainly had your share,"" said Holmes. ""Do you think you",1060
The Naval Treaty,"could walk round the house with me?""",1061
The Naval Treaty,,1062
The Naval Treaty,"""Oh, yes, I should like a little sunshine. Joseph will come, too.""",1063
The Naval Treaty,,1064
The Naval Treaty,"""And I also,"" said Miss Harrison.",1065
The Naval Treaty,,1066
The Naval Treaty,"""I am afraid not,"" said Holmes, shaking his head. ""I think I must ask",1067
The Naval Treaty,"you to remain sitting exactly where you are.""",1068
The Naval Treaty,,1069
The Naval Treaty,The young lady resumed her seat with an air of displeasure. Her,1070
The Naval Treaty,"brother, however, had joined us and we set off all four together. We",1071
The Naval Treaty,passed round the lawn to the outside of the young diplomatist's,1072
The Naval Treaty,"window. There were, as he had said, marks upon the bed, but they were",1073
The Naval Treaty,hopelessly blurred and vague. Holmes stopped over them for an,1074
The Naval Treaty,"instant, and then rose shrugging his shoulders.",1075
The Naval Treaty,,1076
The Naval Treaty,"""I don't think any one could make much of this,"" said he. ""Let us go",1077
The Naval Treaty,round the house and see why this particular room was chose by the,1078
The Naval Treaty,burglar. I should have thought those larger windows of the,1079
The Naval Treaty,drawing-room and dining-room would have had more attractions for,1080
The Naval Treaty,"him.""",1081
The Naval Treaty,,1082
The Naval Treaty,"""They are more visible from the road,"" suggested Mr. Joseph Harrison.",1083
The Naval Treaty,,1084
The Naval Treaty,"""Ah, yes, of course. There is a door here which he might have",1085
The Naval Treaty,"attempted. What is it for?""",1086
The Naval Treaty,,1087
The Naval Treaty,"""It is the side entrance for trades-people. Of course it is locked at",1088
The Naval Treaty,"night.""",1089
The Naval Treaty,,1090
The Naval Treaty,"""Have you ever had an alarm like this before?""",1091
The Naval Treaty,,1092
The Naval Treaty,"""Never,"" said our client.",1093
The Naval Treaty,,1094
The Naval Treaty,"""Do you keep plate in the house, or anything to attract burglars?""",1095
The Naval Treaty,,1096
The Naval Treaty,"""Nothing of value.""",1097
The Naval Treaty,,1098
The Naval Treaty,Holmes strolled round the house with his hands in his pockets and a,1099
The Naval Treaty,negligent air which was unusual with him.,1100
The Naval Treaty,,1101
The Naval Treaty,"""By the way,"" said he to Joseph Harrison, ""you found some place, I",1102
The Naval Treaty,"understand, where the fellow scaled the fence. Let us have a look at",1103
The Naval Treaty,"that!""",1104
The Naval Treaty,,1105
The Naval Treaty,The plump young man led us to a spot where the top of one of the,1106
The Naval Treaty,wooden rails had been cracked. A small fragment of the wood was,1107
The Naval Treaty,hanging down. Holmes pulled it off and examined it critically.,1108
The Naval Treaty,,1109
The Naval Treaty,"""Do you think that was done last night? It looks rather old, does it",1110
The Naval Treaty,"not?""",1111
The Naval Treaty,,1112
The Naval Treaty,"""Well, possibly so.""",1113
The Naval Treaty,,1114
The Naval Treaty,"""There are no marks of any one jumping down upon the other side. No,",1115
The Naval Treaty,I fancy we shall get no help here. Let us go back to the bedroom and,1116
The Naval Treaty,"talk the matter over.""",1117
The Naval Treaty,,1118
The Naval Treaty,"Percy Phelps was walking very slowly, leaning upon the arm of his",1119
The Naval Treaty,"future brother-in-law. Holmes walked swiftly across the lawn, and we",1120
The Naval Treaty,were at the open window of the bedroom long before the others came,1121
The Naval Treaty,up.,1122
The Naval Treaty,,1123
The Naval Treaty,"""Miss Harrison,"" said Holmes, speaking with the utmost intensity of",1124
The Naval Treaty,"manner, ""you must stay where you are all day. Let nothing prevent you",1125
The Naval Treaty,"from staying where you are all day. It is of the utmost importance.""",1126
The Naval Treaty,,1127
The Naval Treaty,"""Certainly, if you wish it, Mr. Holmes,"" said the girl in",1128
The Naval Treaty,astonishment.,1129
The Naval Treaty,,1130
The Naval Treaty,"""When you go to bed lock the door of this room on the outside and",1131
The Naval Treaty,"keep the key. Promise to do this.""",1132
The Naval Treaty,,1133
The Naval Treaty,"""But Percy?""",1134
The Naval Treaty,,1135
The Naval Treaty,"""He will come to London with us.""",1136
The Naval Treaty,,1137
The Naval Treaty,"""And am I to remain here?""",1138
The Naval Treaty,,1139
The Naval Treaty,"""It is for his sake. You can serve him. Quick! Promise!""",1140
The Naval Treaty,,1141
The Naval Treaty,She gave a quick nod of assent just as the other two came up.,1142
The Naval Treaty,,1143
The Naval Treaty,"""Why do you sit moping there, Annie?"" cried her brother. ""Come out",1144
The Naval Treaty,"into the sunshine!""",1145
The Naval Treaty,,1146
The Naval Treaty,"""No, thank you, Joseph. I have a slight headache and this room is",1147
The Naval Treaty,"deliciously cool and soothing.""",1148
The Naval Treaty,,1149
The Naval Treaty,"""What do you propose now, Mr. Holmes?"" asked our client.",1150
The Naval Treaty,,1151
The Naval Treaty,"""Well, in investigating this minor affair we must not lose sight of",1152
The Naval Treaty,our main inquiry. It would be a very great help to me if you would,1153
The Naval Treaty,"come up to London with us.""",1154
The Naval Treaty,,1155
The Naval Treaty,"""At once?""",1156
The Naval Treaty,,1157
The Naval Treaty,"""Well, as soon as you conveniently can. Say in an hour.""",1158
The Naval Treaty,,1159
The Naval Treaty,"""I feel quite strong enough, if I can really be of any help.""",1160
The Naval Treaty,,1161
The Naval Treaty,"""The greatest possible.""",1162
The Naval Treaty,,1163
The Naval Treaty,"""Perhaps you would like me to stay there to-night?""",1164
The Naval Treaty,,1165
The Naval Treaty,"""I was just going to propose it.""",1166
The Naval Treaty,,1167
The Naval Treaty,"""Then, if my friend of the night comes to revisit me, he will find",1168
The Naval Treaty,"the bird flown. We are all in your hands, Mr. Holmes, and you must",1169
The Naval Treaty,tell us exactly what you would like done. Perhaps you would prefer,1170
The Naval Treaty,"that Joseph came with us so as to look after me?""",1171
The Naval Treaty,,1172
The Naval Treaty,"""Oh, no; my friend Watson is a medical man, you know, and he'll look",1173
The Naval Treaty,"after you. We'll have our lunch here, if you will permit us, and then",1174
The Naval Treaty,"we shall all three set off for town together.""",1175
The Naval Treaty,,1176
The Naval Treaty,"It was arranged as he suggested, though Miss Harrison excused herself",1177
The Naval Treaty,"from leaving the bedroom, in accordance with Holmes's suggestion.",1178
The Naval Treaty,"What the object of my friend's manoeuvres was I could not conceive,",1179
The Naval Treaty,"unless it were to keep the lady away from Phelps, who, rejoiced by",1180
The Naval Treaty,"his returning health and by the prospect of action, lunched with us",1181
The Naval Treaty,"in the dining-room. Holmes had still more startling surprise for us,",1182
The Naval Treaty,"however, for, after accompanying us down to the station and seeing us",1183
The Naval Treaty,"into our carriage, he calmly announced that he had no intention of",1184
The Naval Treaty,leaving Woking.,1185
The Naval Treaty,,1186
The Naval Treaty,"""There are one or two small points which I should desire to clear up",1187
The Naval Treaty,"before I go,"" said he. ""Your absence, Mr. Phelps, will in some ways",1188
The Naval Treaty,"rather assist me. Watson, when you reach London you would oblige me",1189
The Naval Treaty,"by driving at once to Baker Street with our friend here, and",1190
The Naval Treaty,remaining with him until I see you again. It is fortunate that you,1191
The Naval Treaty,"are old school-fellows, as you must have much to talk over. Mr.",1192
The Naval Treaty,"Phelps can have the spare bedroom to-night, and I will be with you in",1193
The Naval Treaty,"time for breakfast, for there is a train which will take me into",1194
The Naval Treaty,"Waterloo at eight.""",1195
The Naval Treaty,,1196
The Naval Treaty,"""But how about our investigation in London?"" asked Phelps, ruefully.",1197
The Naval Treaty,,1198
The Naval Treaty,"""We can do that to-morrow. I think that just at present I can be of",1199
The Naval Treaty,"more immediate use here.""",1200
The Naval Treaty,,1201
The Naval Treaty,"""You might tell them at Briarbrae that I hope to be back to-morrow",1202
The Naval Treaty,"night,"" cried Phelps, as we began to move from the platform.",1203
The Naval Treaty,,1204
The Naval Treaty,"""I hardly expect to go back to Briarbrae,"" answered Holmes, and waved",1205
The Naval Treaty,his hand to us cheerily as we shot out from the station.,1206
The Naval Treaty,,1207
The Naval Treaty,"Phelps and I talked it over on our journey, but neither of us could",1208
The Naval Treaty,devise a satisfactory reason for this new development.,1209
The Naval Treaty,,1210
The Naval Treaty,"""I suppose he wants to find out some clue as to the burglary last",1211
The Naval Treaty,"night, if a burglar it was. For myself, I don't believe it was an",1212
The Naval Treaty,"ordinary thief.""",1213
The Naval Treaty,,1214
The Naval Treaty,"""What is your own idea, then?""",1215
The Naval Treaty,,1216
The Naval Treaty,"""Upon my word, you may put it down to my weak nerves or not, but I",1217
The Naval Treaty,"believe there is some deep political intrigue going on around me, and",1218
The Naval Treaty,that for some reason that passes my understanding my life is aimed at,1219
The Naval Treaty,"by the conspirators. It sounds high-flown and absurd, but consider",1220
The Naval Treaty,"the facts! Why should a thief try to break in at a bedroom window,",1221
The Naval Treaty,"where there could be no hope of any plunder, and why should he come",1222
The Naval Treaty,"with a long knife in his hand?""",1223
The Naval Treaty,,1224
The Naval Treaty,"""You are sure it was not a house-breaker's jimmy?""",1225
The Naval Treaty,,1226
The Naval Treaty,"""Oh, no, it was a knife. I saw the flash of the blade quite",1227
The Naval Treaty,"distinctly.""",1228
The Naval Treaty,,1229
The Naval Treaty,"""But why on earth should you be pursued with such animosity?""",1230
The Naval Treaty,,1231
The Naval Treaty,"""Ah, that is the question.""",1232
The Naval Treaty,,1233
The Naval Treaty,"""Well, if Holmes takes the same view, that would account for his",1234
The Naval Treaty,"action, would it not? Presuming that your theory is correct, if he",1235
The Naval Treaty,can lay his hands upon the man who threatened you last night he will,1236
The Naval Treaty,have gone a long way towards finding who took the naval treaty. It is,1237
The Naval Treaty,"absurd to suppose that you have two enemies, one of whom robs you,",1238
The Naval Treaty,"while the other threatens your life.""",1239
The Naval Treaty,,1240
The Naval Treaty,"""But Holmes said that he was not going to Briarbrae.""",1241
The Naval Treaty,,1242
The Naval Treaty,"""I have known him for some time,"" said I, ""but I never knew him do",1243
The Naval Treaty,"anything yet without a very good reason,"" and with that our",1244
The Naval Treaty,conversation drifted off on to other topics.,1245
The Naval Treaty,,1246
The Naval Treaty,But it was a weary day for me. Phelps was still weak after his long,1247
The Naval Treaty,"illness, and his misfortune made him querulous and nervous. In vain I",1248
The Naval Treaty,"endeavored to interest him in Afghanistan, in India, in social",1249
The Naval Treaty,"questions, in anything which might take his mind out of the groove.",1250
The Naval Treaty,"He would always come back to his lost treaty, wondering, guessing,",1251
The Naval Treaty,"speculating, as to what Holmes was doing, what steps Lord Holdhurst",1252
The Naval Treaty,"was taking, what news we should have in the morning. As the evening",1253
The Naval Treaty,wore on his excitement became quite painful.,1254
The Naval Treaty,,1255
The Naval Treaty,"""You have implicit faith in Holmes?"" he asked.",1256
The Naval Treaty,,1257
The Naval Treaty,"""I have seen him do some remarkable things.""",1258
The Naval Treaty,,1259
The Naval Treaty,"""But he never brought light into anything quite so dark as this?""",1260
The Naval Treaty,,1261
The Naval Treaty,"""Oh, yes, I have known him solve questions which presented fewer",1262
The Naval Treaty,"clues than yours.""",1263
The Naval Treaty,,1264
The Naval Treaty,"""But not where such large interests are at stake?""",1265
The Naval Treaty,,1266
The Naval Treaty,"""I don't know that. To my certain knowledge he has acted on behalf of",1267
The Naval Treaty,"three of the reigning houses of Europe in very vital matters.""",1268
The Naval Treaty,,1269
The Naval Treaty,"""But you know him well, Watson. He is such an inscrutable fellow that",1270
The Naval Treaty,I never quite know what to make of him. Do you think he is hopeful?,1271
The Naval Treaty,"Do you think he expects to make a success of it?""",1272
The Naval Treaty,,1273
The Naval Treaty,"""He has said nothing.""",1274
The Naval Treaty,,1275
The Naval Treaty,"""That is a bad sign.""",1276
The Naval Treaty,,1277
The Naval Treaty,"""On the contrary, I have noticed that when he is off the trail he",1278
The Naval Treaty,generally says so. It is when he is on a scent and is not quite,1279
The Naval Treaty,absolutely sure yet that it is the right one that he is most,1280
The Naval Treaty,"taciturn. Now, my dear fellow, we can't help matters by making",1281
The Naval Treaty,"ourselves nervous about them, so let me implore you to go to bed and",1282
The Naval Treaty,"so be fresh for whatever may await us to-morrow.""",1283
The Naval Treaty,,1284
The Naval Treaty,"I was able at last to persuade my companion to take my advice, though",1285
The Naval Treaty,I knew from his excited manner that there was not much hope of sleep,1286
The Naval Treaty,"for him. Indeed, his mood was infectious, for I lay tossing half the",1287
The Naval Treaty,"night myself, brooding over this strange problem, and inventing a",1288
The Naval Treaty,"hundred theories, each of which was more impossible than the last.",1289
The Naval Treaty,Why had Holmes remained at Woking? Why had he asked Miss Harrison to,1290
The Naval Treaty,remain in the sick-room all day? Why had he been so careful not to,1291
The Naval Treaty,inform the people at Briarbrae that he intended to remain near them?,1292
The Naval Treaty,I cudgelled my brains until I fell asleep in the endeavor to find,1293
The Naval Treaty,some explanation which would cover all these facts.,1294
The Naval Treaty,,1295
The Naval Treaty,"It was seven o'clock when I awoke, and I set off at once for Phelps's",1296
The Naval Treaty,"room, to find him haggard and spent after a sleepless night. His",1297
The Naval Treaty,first question was whether Holmes had arrived yet.,1298
The Naval Treaty,,1299
The Naval Treaty,"""He'll be here when he promised,"" said I, ""and not an instant sooner",1300
The Naval Treaty,"or later.""",1301
The Naval Treaty,,1302
The Naval Treaty,"And my words were true, for shortly after eight a hansom dashed up to",1303
The Naval Treaty,the door and our friend got out of it. Standing in the window we saw,1304
The Naval Treaty,that his left hand was swathed in a bandage and that his face was,1305
The Naval Treaty,"very grim and pale. He entered the house, but it was some little time",1306
The Naval Treaty,before he came upstairs.,1307
The Naval Treaty,,1308
The Naval Treaty,"""He looks like a beaten man,"" cried Phelps.",1309
The Naval Treaty,,1310
The Naval Treaty,"I was forced to confess that he was right. ""After all,"" said I, ""the",1311
The Naval Treaty,"clue of the matter lies probably here in town.""",1312
The Naval Treaty,,1313
The Naval Treaty,Phelps gave a groan.,1314
The Naval Treaty,,1315
The Naval Treaty,"""I don't know how it is,"" said he, ""but I had hoped for so much from",1316
The Naval Treaty,his return. But surely his hand was not tied up like that yesterday.,1317
The Naval Treaty,"What can be the matter?""",1318
The Naval Treaty,,1319
The Naval Treaty,"""You are not wounded, Holmes?"" I asked, as my friend entered the",1320
The Naval Treaty,room.,1321
The Naval Treaty,,1322
The Naval Treaty,"""Tut, it is only a scratch through my own clumsiness,"" he answered,",1323
The Naval Treaty,"nodding his good-mornings to us. ""This case of yours, Mr. Phelps, is",1324
The Naval Treaty,"certainly one of the darkest which I have ever investigated.""",1325
The Naval Treaty,,1326
The Naval Treaty,"""I feared that you would find it beyond you.""",1327
The Naval Treaty,,1328
The Naval Treaty,"""It has been a most remarkable experience.""",1329
The Naval Treaty,,1330
The Naval Treaty,"""That bandage tells of adventures,"" said I. ""Won't you tell us what",1331
The Naval Treaty,"has happened?""",1332
The Naval Treaty,,1333
The Naval Treaty,"""After breakfast, my dear Watson. Remember that I have breathed",1334
The Naval Treaty,thirty miles of Surrey air this morning. I suppose that there has,1335
The Naval Treaty,"been no answer from my cabman advertisement? Well, well, we cannot",1336
The Naval Treaty,"expect to score every time.""",1337
The Naval Treaty,,1338
The Naval Treaty,"The table was all laid, and just as I was about to ring Mrs. Hudson",1339
The Naval Treaty,entered with the tea and coffee. A few minutes later she brought in,1340
The Naval Treaty,"three covers, and we all drew up to the table, Holmes ravenous, I",1341
The Naval Treaty,"curious, and Phelps in the gloomiest state of depression.",1342
The Naval Treaty,,1343
The Naval Treaty,"""Mrs. Hudson has risen to the occasion,"" said Holmes, uncovering a",1344
The Naval Treaty,"dish of curried chicken. ""Her cuisine is a little limited, but she",1345
The Naval Treaty,has as good an idea of breakfast as a Scotch-woman. What have you,1346
The Naval Treaty,"here, Watson?""",1347
The Naval Treaty,,1348
The Naval Treaty,"""Ham and eggs,"" I answered.",1349
The Naval Treaty,,1350
The Naval Treaty,"""Good! What are you going to take, Mr. Phelps--curried fowl or eggs,",1351
The Naval Treaty,"or will you help yourself?""",1352
The Naval Treaty,,1353
The Naval Treaty,"""Thank you. I can eat nothing,"" said Phelps.",1354
The Naval Treaty,,1355
The Naval Treaty,"""Oh, come! Try the dish before you.""",1356
The Naval Treaty,,1357
The Naval Treaty,"""Thank you, I would really rather not.""",1358
The Naval Treaty,,1359
The Naval Treaty,"""Well, then,"" said Holmes, with a mischievous twinkle, ""I suppose",1360
The Naval Treaty,"that you have no objection to helping me?""",1361
The Naval Treaty,,1362
The Naval Treaty,"Phelps raised the cover, and as he did so he uttered a scream, and",1363
The Naval Treaty,sat there staring with a face as white as the plate upon which he,1364
The Naval Treaty,looked. Across the centre of it was lying a little cylinder of,1365
The Naval Treaty,"blue-gray paper. He caught it up, devoured it with his eyes, and then",1366
The Naval Treaty,"danced madly about the room, passing it to his bosom and shrieking",1367
The Naval Treaty,out in his delight. Then he fell back into an arm-chair so limp and,1368
The Naval Treaty,exhausted with his own emotions that we had to pour brandy down his,1369
The Naval Treaty,throat to keep him from fainting.,1370
The Naval Treaty,,1371
The Naval Treaty,"""There! there!"" said Holmes, soothing, patting him upon the shoulder.",1372
The Naval Treaty,"""It was too bad to spring it on you like this, but Watson here will",1373
The Naval Treaty,"tell you that I never can resist a touch of the dramatic.""",1374
The Naval Treaty,,1375
The Naval Treaty,"Phelps seized his hand and kissed it. ""God bless you!"" he cried. ""You",1376
The Naval Treaty,"have saved my honor.""",1377
The Naval Treaty,,1378
The Naval Treaty,"""Well, my own was at stake, you know,"" said Holmes. ""I assure you it",1379
The Naval Treaty,is just as hateful to me to fail in a case as it can be to you to,1380
The Naval Treaty,"blunder over a commission.""",1381
The Naval Treaty,,1382
The Naval Treaty,Phelps thrust away the precious document into the innermost pocket of,1383
The Naval Treaty,his coat.,1384
The Naval Treaty,,1385
The Naval Treaty,"""I have not the heart to interrupt your breakfast any further, and",1386
The Naval Treaty,"yet I am dying to know how you got it and where it was.""",1387
The Naval Treaty,,1388
The Naval Treaty,"Sherlock Holmes swallowed a cup of coffee, and turned his attention",1389
The Naval Treaty,"to the ham and eggs. Then he rose, lit his pipe, and settled himself",1390
The Naval Treaty,down into his chair.,1391
The Naval Treaty,,1392
The Naval Treaty,"""I'll tell you what I did first, and how I came to do it afterwards,""",1393
The Naval Treaty,"said he. ""After leaving you at the station I went for a charming walk",1394
The Naval Treaty,through some admirable Surrey scenery to a pretty little village,1395
The Naval Treaty,"called Ripley, where I had my tea at an inn, and took the precaution",1396
The Naval Treaty,of filling my flask and of putting a paper of sandwiches in my,1397
The Naval Treaty,"pocket. There I remained until evening, when I set off for Woking",1398
The Naval Treaty,"again, and found myself in the high-road outside Briarbrae just after",1399
The Naval Treaty,sunset.,1400
The Naval Treaty,,1401
The Naval Treaty,"""Well, I waited until the road was clear--it is never a very",1402
The Naval Treaty,"frequented one at any time, I fancy--and then I clambered over the",1403
The Naval Treaty,"fence into the grounds.""",1404
The Naval Treaty,,1405
The Naval Treaty,"""Surely the gate was open!"" ejaculated Phelps.",1406
The Naval Treaty,,1407
The Naval Treaty,"""Yes, but I have a peculiar taste in these matters. I chose the place",1408
The Naval Treaty,"where the three fir-trees stand, and behind their screen I got over",1409
The Naval Treaty,without the least chance of any one in the house being able to see,1410
The Naval Treaty,"me. I crouched down among the bushes on the other side, and crawled",1411
The Naval Treaty,from one to the other--witness the disreputable state of my trouser,1412
The Naval Treaty,knees--until I had reached the clump of rhododendrons just opposite,1413
The Naval Treaty,to your bedroom window. There I squatted down and awaited,1414
The Naval Treaty,developments.,1415
The Naval Treaty,,1416
The Naval Treaty,"""The blind was not down in your room, and I could see Miss Harrison",1417
The Naval Treaty,sitting there reading by the table. It was quarter-past ten when she,1418
The Naval Treaty,"closed her book, fastened the shutters, and retired.",1419
The Naval Treaty,,1420
The Naval Treaty,"""I heard her shut the door, and felt quite sure that she had turned",1421
The Naval Treaty,"the key in the lock.""",1422
The Naval Treaty,,1423
The Naval Treaty,"""The key!"" ejaculated Phelps.",1424
The Naval Treaty,,1425
The Naval Treaty,"""Yes, I had given Miss Harrison instructions to lock the door on the",1426
The Naval Treaty,outside and take the key with her when she went to bed. She carried,1427
The Naval Treaty,"out every one of my injunctions to the letter, and certainly without",1428
The Naval Treaty,her cooperation you would not have that paper in you coat-pocket. She,1429
The Naval Treaty,"departed then and the lights went out, and I was left squatting in",1430
The Naval Treaty,the rhododendron-bush.,1431
The Naval Treaty,,1432
The Naval Treaty,"""The night was fine, but still it was a very weary vigil. Of course",1433
The Naval Treaty,it has the sort of excitement about it that the sportsman feels when,1434
The Naval Treaty,he lies beside the water-course and waits for the big game. It was,1435
The Naval Treaty,"very long, though--almost as long, Watson, as when you and I waited",1436
The Naval Treaty,in that deadly room when we looked into the little problem of the,1437
The Naval Treaty,Speckled Band. There was a church-clock down at Woking which struck,1438
The Naval Treaty,"the quarters, and I thought more than once that it had stopped. At",1439
The Naval Treaty,"last however about two in the morning, I suddenly heard the gentle",1440
The Naval Treaty,sound of a bolt being pushed back and the creaking of a key. A moment,1441
The Naval Treaty,"later the servant's door was opened, and Mr. Joseph Harrison stepped",1442
The Naval Treaty,"out into the moonlight.""",1443
The Naval Treaty,,1444
The Naval Treaty,"""Joseph!"" ejaculated Phelps.",1445
The Naval Treaty,,1446
The Naval Treaty,"""He was bare-headed, but he had a black coat thrown over his shoulder",1447
The Naval Treaty,so that he could conceal his face in an instant if there were any,1448
The Naval Treaty,"alarm. He walked on tiptoe under the shadow of the wall, and when he",1449
The Naval Treaty,reached the window he worked a long-bladed knife through the sash and,1450
The Naval Treaty,"pushed back the catch. Then he flung open the window, and putting his",1451
The Naval Treaty,"knife through the crack in the shutters, he thrust the bar up and",1452
The Naval Treaty,swung them open.,1453
The Naval Treaty,,1454
The Naval Treaty,"""From where I lay I had a perfect view of the inside of the room and",1455
The Naval Treaty,of every one of his movements. He lit the two candles which stood,1456
The Naval Treaty,"upon the mantelpiece, and then he proceeded to turn back the corner",1457
The Naval Treaty,of the carpet in the neighborhood of the door. Presently he stopped,1458
The Naval Treaty,"and picked out a square piece of board, such as is usually left to",1459
The Naval Treaty,enable plumbers to get at the joints of the gas-pipes. This one,1460
The Naval Treaty,"covered, as a matter of fact, the T joint which gives off the pipe",1461
The Naval Treaty,which supplies the kitchen underneath. Out of this hiding-place he,1462
The Naval Treaty,"drew that little cylinder of paper, pushed down the board, rearranged",1463
The Naval Treaty,"the carpet, blew out the candles, and walked straight into my arms as",1464
The Naval Treaty,I stood waiting for him outside the window.,1465
The Naval Treaty,,1466
The Naval Treaty,"""Well, he has rather more viciousness than I gave him credit for, has",1467
The Naval Treaty,"Master Joseph. He flew at me with his knife, and I had to grasp him",1468
The Naval Treaty,"twice, and got a cut over the knuckles, before I had the upper hand",1469
The Naval Treaty,of him. He looked murder out of the only eye he could see with when,1470
The Naval Treaty,"we had finished, but he listened to reason and gave up the papers.",1471
The Naval Treaty,"Having got them I let my man go, but I wired full particulars to",1472
The Naval Treaty,"Forbes this morning. If he is quick enough to catch his bird, well",1473
The Naval Treaty,"and good. But if, as I shrewdly suspect, he finds the nest empty",1474
The Naval Treaty,"before he gets there, why, all the better for the government. I fancy",1475
The Naval Treaty,"that Lord Holdhurst for one, and Mr. Percy Phelps for another, would",1476
The Naval Treaty,very much rather that the affair never got as far as a police-court.,1477
The Naval Treaty,,1478
The Naval Treaty,"""My God!"" gasped our client. ""Do you tell me that during these long",1479
The Naval Treaty,ten weeks of agony the stolen papers were within the very room with,1480
The Naval Treaty,"me all the time?""",1481
The Naval Treaty,,1482
The Naval Treaty,"""So it was.""",1483
The Naval Treaty,,1484
The Naval Treaty,"""And Joseph! Joseph a villain and a thief!""",1485
The Naval Treaty,,1486
The Naval Treaty,"""Hum! I am afraid Joseph's character is a rather deeper and more",1487
The Naval Treaty,dangerous one than one might judge from his appearance. From what I,1488
The Naval Treaty,"have heard from him this morning, I gather that he has lost heavily",1489
The Naval Treaty,"in dabbling with stocks, and that he is ready to do anything on earth",1490
The Naval Treaty,"to better his fortunes. Being an absolutely selfish man, when a",1491
The Naval Treaty,chance presented itself he did not allow either his sister's,1492
The Naval Treaty,"happiness or your reputation to hold his hand.""",1493
The Naval Treaty,,1494
The Naval Treaty,"Percy Phelps sank back in his chair. ""My head whirls,"" said he. ""Your",1495
The Naval Treaty,"words have dazed me.""",1496
The Naval Treaty,,1497
The Naval Treaty,"""The principal difficulty in your case,"" remarked Holmes, in his",1498
The Naval Treaty,"didactic fashion, ""lay in the fact of there being too much evidence.",1499
The Naval Treaty,What was vital was overlaid and hidden by what was irrelevant. Of all,1500
The Naval Treaty,the facts which were presented to us we had to pick just those which,1501
The Naval Treaty,"we deemed to be essential, and then piece them together in their",1502
The Naval Treaty,"order, so as to reconstruct this very remarkable chain of events. I",1503
The Naval Treaty,"had already begun to suspect Joseph, from the fact that you had",1504
The Naval Treaty,"intended to travel home with him that night, and that therefore it",1505
The Naval Treaty,"was a likely enough thing that he should call for you, knowing the",1506
The Naval Treaty,"Foreign Office well, upon his way. When I heard that some one had",1507
The Naval Treaty,"been so anxious to get into the bedroom, in which no one but Joseph",1508
The Naval Treaty,could have concealed anything--you told us in your narrative how you,1509
The Naval Treaty,had turned Joseph out when you arrived with the doctor--my suspicions,1510
The Naval Treaty,"all changed to certainties, especially as the attempt was made on the",1511
The Naval Treaty,"first night upon which the nurse was absent, showing that the",1512
The Naval Treaty,"intruder was well acquainted with the ways of the house.""",1513
The Naval Treaty,,1514
The Naval Treaty,"""How blind I have been!""",1515
The Naval Treaty,,1516
The Naval Treaty,"""The facts of the case, as far as I have worked them out, are these:",1517
The Naval Treaty,this Joseph Harrison entered the office through the Charles Street,1518
The Naval Treaty,"door, and knowing his way he walked straight into your room the",1519
The Naval Treaty,instant after you left it. Finding no one there he promptly rang the,1520
The Naval Treaty,"bell, and at the instant that he did so his eyes caught the paper",1521
The Naval Treaty,upon the table. A glance showed him that chance had put in his way a,1522
The Naval Treaty,"State document of immense value, and in an instant he had thrust it",1523
The Naval Treaty,"into his pocket and was gone. A few minutes elapsed, as you remember,",1524
The Naval Treaty,"before the sleepy commissionaire drew your attention to the bell, and",1525
The Naval Treaty,those were just enough to give the thief time to make his escape.,1526
The Naval Treaty,,1527
The Naval Treaty,"""He made his way to Woking by the first train, and having examined",1528
The Naval Treaty,"his booty and assured himself that it really was of immense value, he",1529
The Naval Treaty,"had concealed it in what he thought was a very safe place, with the",1530
The Naval Treaty,"intention of taking it out again in a day or two, and carrying it to",1531
The Naval Treaty,"the French embassy, or wherever he thought that a long price was to",1532
The Naval Treaty,"be had. Then came your sudden return. He, without a moment's warning,",1533
The Naval Treaty,"was bundled out of his room, and from that time onward there were",1534
The Naval Treaty,always at least two of you there to prevent him from regaining his,1535
The Naval Treaty,treasure. The situation to him must have been a maddening one. But at,1536
The Naval Treaty,"last he thought he saw his chance. He tried to steal in, but was",1537
The Naval Treaty,baffled by your wakefulness. You remember that you did not take your,1538
The Naval Treaty,"usual draught that night.""",1539
The Naval Treaty,,1540
The Naval Treaty,"""I remember.""",1541
The Naval Treaty,,1542
The Naval Treaty,"""I fancy that he had taken steps to make that draught efficacious,",1543
The Naval Treaty,"and that he quite relied upon your being unconscious. Of course, I",1544
The Naval Treaty,understood that he would repeat the attempt whenever it could be done,1545
The Naval Treaty,with safety. Your leaving the room gave him the chance he wanted. I,1546
The Naval Treaty,kept Miss Harrison in it all day so that he might not anticipate us.,1547
The Naval Treaty,"Then, having given him the idea that the coast was clear, I kept",1548
The Naval Treaty,guard as I have described. I already knew that the papers were,1549
The Naval Treaty,"probably in the room, but I had no desire to rip up all the planking",1550
The Naval Treaty,"and skirting in search of them. I let him take them, therefore, from",1551
The Naval Treaty,"the hiding-place, and so saved myself an infinity of trouble. Is",1552
The Naval Treaty,"there any other point which I can make clear?""",1553
The Naval Treaty,,1554
The Naval Treaty,"""Why did he try the window on the first occasion,"" I asked, ""when he",1555
The Naval Treaty,"might have entered by the door?""",1556
The Naval Treaty,,1557
The Naval Treaty,"""In reaching the door he would have to pass seven bedrooms. On the",1558
The Naval Treaty,"other hand, he could get out on to the lawn with ease. Anything",1559
The Naval Treaty,"else?""",1560
The Naval Treaty,,1561
The Naval Treaty,"""You do not think,"" asked Phelps, ""that he had any murderous",1562
The Naval Treaty,"intention? The knife was only meant as a tool.""",1563
The Naval Treaty,,1564
The Naval Treaty,"""It may be so,"" answered Holmes, shrugging his shoulders. ""I can only",1565
The Naval Treaty,say for certain that Mr. Joseph Harrison is a gentleman to whose,1566
The Naval Treaty,"mercy I should be extremely unwilling to trust.""",1567
The Naval Treaty,,1568
The Final Problem,THE FINAL PROBLEM,1
The Final Problem,,2
The Final Problem,It is with a heavy heart that I take up my pen to write these the,3
The Final Problem,last words in which I shall ever record the singular gifts by which,4
The Final Problem,my friend Mr. Sherlock Holmes was distinguished.  In an incoherent,5
The Final Problem,"and, as I deeply feel, an entirely inadequate fashion, I have",6
The Final Problem,endeavored to give some account of my strange experiences in his,7
The Final Problem,company from the chance which first brought us together at the period,8
The Final Problem,"of the ""Study in Scarlet,"" up to the time of his interference in the",9
The Final Problem,"matter of the ""Naval Treaty""--an interference which had the",10
The Final Problem,unquestionable effect of preventing a serious international,11
The Final Problem,"complication.  It was my intention to have stopped there, and to have",12
The Final Problem,said nothing of that event which has created a void in my life which,13
The Final Problem,the lapse of two years has done little to fill.  My hand has been,14
The Final Problem,"forced, however, by the recent letters in which Colonel James",15
The Final Problem,"Moriarty defends the memory of his brother, and I have no choice but",16
The Final Problem,to lay the facts before the public exactly as they occurred.  I alone,17
The Final Problem,"know the absolute truth of the matter, and I am satisfied that the",18
The Final Problem,time has come when no good purpose is to be served by its,19
The Final Problem,"suppression.  As far as I know, there have been only three accounts",20
The Final Problem,"in the public press:  that in the Journal de Genève on May 6th, 1891,",21
The Final Problem,"the Reuter's despatch in the English papers on May 7th, and finally",22
The Final Problem,the recent letters to which I have alluded.  Of these the first and,23
The Final Problem,"second were extremely condensed, while the last is, as I shall now",24
The Final Problem,"show, an absolute perversion of the facts.  It lies with me to tell",25
The Final Problem,for the first time what really took place between Professor Moriarty,26
The Final Problem,and Mr. Sherlock Holmes.,27
The Final Problem,,28
The Final Problem,"It may be remembered that after my marriage, and my subsequent start",29
The Final Problem,"in private practice, the very intimate relations which had existed",30
The Final Problem,between Holmes and myself became to some extent modified.  He still,31
The Final Problem,came to me from time to time when he desired a companion in his,32
The Final Problem,"investigation, but these occasions grew more and more seldom, until I",33
The Final Problem,find that in the year 1890 there were only three cases of which I,34
The Final Problem,retain any record.  During the winter of that year and the early,35
The Final Problem,"spring of 1891, I saw in the papers that he had been engaged by the",36
The Final Problem,"French government upon a matter of supreme importance, and I received",37
The Final Problem,"two notes from Holmes, dated from Narbonne and from Nimes, from which",38
The Final Problem,I gathered that his stay in France was likely to be a long one.  It,39
The Final Problem,"was with some surprise, therefore, that I saw him walk into my",40
The Final Problem,consulting-room upon the evening of April 24th.  It struck me that he,41
The Final Problem,was looking even paler and thinner than usual.,42
The Final Problem,,43
The Final Problem,"""Yes, I have been using myself up rather too freely,"" he remarked, in",44
The Final Problem,"answer to my look rather than to my words; ""I have been a little",45
The Final Problem,pressed of late.  Have you any objection to my closing your,46
The Final Problem,"shutters?""",47
The Final Problem,,48
The Final Problem,The only light in the room came from the lamp upon the table at which,49
The Final Problem,I had been reading.  Holmes edged his way round the wall and flinging,50
The Final Problem,"the shutters together, he bolted them securely.",51
The Final Problem,,52
The Final Problem,"""You are afraid of something?"" I asked.",53
The Final Problem,,54
The Final Problem,"""Well, I am.""",55
The Final Problem,,56
The Final Problem,"""Of what?""",57
The Final Problem,,58
The Final Problem,"""Of air-guns.""",59
The Final Problem,,60
The Final Problem,"""My dear Holmes, what do you mean?""",61
The Final Problem,,62
The Final Problem,"""I think that you know me well enough, Watson, to understand that I",63
The Final Problem,"am by no means a nervous man.  At the same time, it is stupidity",64
The Final Problem,rather than courage to refuse to recognize danger when it is close,65
The Final Problem,"upon you.  Might I trouble you for a match?""  He drew in the smoke of",66
The Final Problem,his cigarette as if the soothing influence was grateful to him.,67
The Final Problem,,68
The Final Problem,"""I must apologize for calling so late,"" said he, ""and I must further",69
The Final Problem,beg you to be so unconventional as to allow me to leave your house,70
The Final Problem,"presently by scrambling over your back garden wall.""",71
The Final Problem,,72
The Final Problem,"""But what does it all mean?"" I asked.",73
The Final Problem,,74
The Final Problem,"He held out his hand, and I saw in the light of the lamp that two of",75
The Final Problem,his knuckles were burst and bleeding.,76
The Final Problem,,77
The Final Problem,"""It is not an airy nothing, you see,"" said he, smiling.  ""On the",78
The Final Problem,"contrary, it is solid enough for a man to break his hand over.  Is",79
The Final Problem,"Mrs. Watson in?""",80
The Final Problem,,81
The Final Problem,"""She is away upon a visit.""",82
The Final Problem,,83
The Final Problem,"""Indeed!  You are alone?""",84
The Final Problem,,85
The Final Problem,"""Quite.""",86
The Final Problem,,87
The Final Problem,"""Then it makes it the easier for me to propose that you should come",88
The Final Problem,"away with me for a week to the Continent.""",89
The Final Problem,,90
The Final Problem,"""Where?""",91
The Final Problem,,92
The Final Problem,"""Oh, anywhere.  It's all the same to me.""",93
The Final Problem,,94
The Final Problem,There was something very strange in all this.  It was not Holmes's,95
The Final Problem,"nature to take an aimless holiday, and something about his pale, worn",96
The Final Problem,face told me that his nerves were at their highest tension.  He saw,97
The Final Problem,"the question in my eyes, and, putting his finger-tips together and",98
The Final Problem,"his elbows upon his knees, he explained the situation.",99
The Final Problem,,100
The Final Problem,"""You have probably never heard of Professor Moriarty?"" said he.",101
The Final Problem,,102
The Final Problem,"""Never.""",103
The Final Problem,,104
The Final Problem,"""Aye, there's the genius and the wonder of the thing!"" he cried.",105
The Final Problem,"""The man pervades London, and no one has heard of him.  That's what",106
The Final Problem,"puts him on a pinnacle in the records of crime.  I tell you, Watson,",107
The Final Problem,"in all seriousness, that if I could beat that man, if I could free",108
The Final Problem,"society of him, I should feel that my own career had reached its",109
The Final Problem,"summit, and I should be prepared to turn to some more placid line in",110
The Final Problem,"life.  Between ourselves, the recent cases in which I have been of",111
The Final Problem,"assistance to the royal family of Scandinavia, and to the French",112
The Final Problem,"republic, have left me in such a position that I could continue to",113
The Final Problem,"live in the quiet fashion which is most congenial to me, and to",114
The Final Problem,concentrate my attention upon my chemical researches.  But I could,115
The Final Problem,"not rest, Watson, I could not sit quiet in my chair, if I thought",116
The Final Problem,that such a man as Professor Moriarty were walking the streets of,117
The Final Problem,"London unchallenged.""",118
The Final Problem,,119
The Final Problem,"""What has he done, then?""",120
The Final Problem,,121
The Final Problem,"""His career has been an extraordinary one.  He is a man of good birth",122
The Final Problem,"and excellent education, endowed by nature with a phenomenal",123
The Final Problem,mathematical faculty.  At the age of twenty-one he wrote a treatise,124
The Final Problem,"upon the Binomial Theorem, which has had a European vogue.  On the",125
The Final Problem,strength of it he won the Mathematical Chair at one of our smaller,126
The Final Problem,"universities, and had, to all appearance, a most brilliant career",127
The Final Problem,before him.  But the man had hereditary tendencies of the most,128
The Final Problem,"diabolical kind.  A criminal strain ran in his blood, which, instead",129
The Final Problem,"of being modified, was increased and rendered infinitely more",130
The Final Problem,dangerous by his extraordinary mental powers.  Dark rumors gathered,131
The Final Problem,"round him in the university town, and eventually he was compelled to",132
The Final Problem,"resign his chair and to come down to London, where he set up as an",133
The Final Problem,"army coach.  So much is known to the world, but what I am telling you",134
The Final Problem,now is what I have myself discovered.,135
The Final Problem,,136
The Final Problem,"""As you are aware, Watson, there is no one who knows the higher",137
The Final Problem,criminal world of London so well as I do.  For years past I have,138
The Final Problem,"continually been conscious of some power behind the malefactor, some",139
The Final Problem,"deep organizing power which forever stands in the way of the law, and",140
The Final Problem,throws its shield over the wrong-doer.  Again and again in cases of,141
The Final Problem,"the most varying sorts--forgery cases, robberies, murders--I have",142
The Final Problem,"felt the presence of this force, and I have deduced its action in",143
The Final Problem,many of those undiscovered crimes in which I have not been personally,144
The Final Problem,consulted.  For years I have endeavored to break through the veil,145
The Final Problem,"which shrouded it, and at last the time came when I seized my thread",146
The Final Problem,"and followed it, until it led me, after a thousand cunning windings,",147
The Final Problem,to ex-Professor Moriarty of mathematical celebrity.,148
The Final Problem,,149
The Final Problem,"""He is the Napoleon of crime, Watson.  He is the organizer of half",150
The Final Problem,that is evil and of nearly all that is undetected in this great city.,151
The Final Problem,"He is a genius, a philosopher, an abstract thinker.  He has a brain",152
The Final Problem,"of the first order.  He sits motionless, like a spider in the center",153
The Final Problem,"of its web, but that web has a thousand radiations, and he knows well",154
The Final Problem,every quiver of each of them.  He does little himself.  He only,155
The Final Problem,plans.  But his agents are numerous and splendidly organized.  Is,156
The Final Problem,"there a crime to be done, a paper to be abstracted, we will say, a",157
The Final Problem,"house to be rifled, a man to be removed--the word is passed to the",158
The Final Problem,"Professor, the matter is organized and carried out.  The agent may be",159
The Final Problem,caught.  In that case money is found for his bail or his defence.,160
The Final Problem,But the central power which uses the agent is never caught--never so,161
The Final Problem,"much as suspected.  This was the organization which I deduced,",162
The Final Problem,"Watson, and which I devoted my whole energy to exposing and breaking",163
The Final Problem,up.,164
The Final Problem,,165
The Final Problem,"""But the Professor was fenced round with safeguards so cunningly",166
The Final Problem,"devised that, do what I would, it seemed impossible to get evidence",167
The Final Problem,"which would convict in a court of law.  You know my powers, my dear",168
The Final Problem,"Watson, and yet at the end of three months I was forced to confess",169
The Final Problem,that I had at last met an antagonist who was my intellectual equal.,170
The Final Problem,My horror at his crimes was lost in my admiration at his skill.  But,171
The Final Problem,"at last he made a trip--only a little, little trip--but it was more",172
The Final Problem,"than he could afford when I was so close upon him.  I had my chance,",173
The Final Problem,"and, starting from that point, I have woven my net round him until",174
The Final Problem,"now it is all ready to close.  In three days--that is to say, on",175
The Final Problem,"Monday next--matters will be ripe, and the Professor, with all the",176
The Final Problem,"principal members of his gang, will be in the hands of the police.",177
The Final Problem,"Then will come the greatest criminal trial of the century, the",178
The Final Problem,"clearing up of over forty mysteries, and the rope for all of them;",179
The Final Problem,"but if we move at all prematurely, you understand, they may slip out",180
The Final Problem,of our hands even at the last moment.,181
The Final Problem,,182
The Final Problem,"""Now, if I could have done this without the knowledge of Professor",183
The Final Problem,"Moriarty, all would have been well.  But he was too wily for that.",184
The Final Problem,He saw every step which I took to draw my toils round him.  Again and,185
The Final Problem,"again he strove to break away, but I as often headed him off.  I tell",186
The Final Problem,"you, my friend, that if a detailed account of that silent contest",187
The Final Problem,"could be written, it would take its place as the most brilliant bit",188
The Final Problem,of thrust-and-parry work in the history of detection.  Never have I,189
The Final Problem,"risen to such a height, and never have I been so hard pressed by an",190
The Final Problem,"opponent.  He cut deep, and yet I just undercut him.  This morning",191
The Final Problem,"the last steps were taken, and three days only were wanted to",192
The Final Problem,complete the business.  I was sitting in my room thinking the matter,193
The Final Problem,"over, when the door opened and Professor Moriarty stood before me.",194
The Final Problem,,195
The Final Problem,"""My nerves are fairly proof, Watson, but I must confess to a start",196
The Final Problem,when I saw the very man who had been so much in my thoughts standing,197
The Final Problem,there on my threshold.  His appearance was quite familiar to me.  He,198
The Final Problem,"is extremely tall and thin, his forehead domes out in a white curve,",199
The Final Problem,"and his two eyes are deeply sunken in his head.  He is clean-shaven,",200
The Final Problem,"pale, and ascetic-looking, retaining something of the professor in",201
The Final Problem,"his features.  His shoulders are rounded from much study, and his",202
The Final Problem,"face protrudes forward, and is forever slowly oscillating from side",203
The Final Problem,to side in a curiously reptilian fashion.  He peered at me with great,204
The Final Problem,curiosity in his puckered eyes.,205
The Final Problem,,206
The Final Problem,"""'You have less frontal development that I should have expected,'",207
The Final Problem,"said he, at last.  'It is a dangerous habit to finger loaded firearms",208
The Final Problem,in the pocket of one's dressing-gown.',209
The Final Problem,,210
The Final Problem,"""The fact is that upon his entrance I had instantly recognized the",211
The Final Problem,extreme personal danger in which I lay.  The only conceivable escape,212
The Final Problem,for him lay in silencing my tongue.  In an instant I had slipped the,213
The Final Problem,"revolver from the drawer into my pocket, and was covering him through",214
The Final Problem,the cloth.  At his remark I drew the weapon out and laid it cocked,215
The Final Problem,"upon the table.  He still smiled and blinked, but there was something",216
The Final Problem,about his eyes which made me feel very glad that I had it there.,217
The Final Problem,,218
The Final Problem,"""'You evidently don't know me,' said he.",219
The Final Problem,,220
The Final Problem,"""'On the contrary,' I answered, 'I think it is fairly evident that I",221
The Final Problem,do.  Pray take a chair.  I can spare you five minutes if you have,222
The Final Problem,anything to say.',223
The Final Problem,,224
The Final Problem,"""'All that I have to say has already crossed your mind,' said he.",225
The Final Problem,,226
The Final Problem,"""'Then possibly my answer has crossed yours,' I replied.",227
The Final Problem,,228
The Final Problem,"""'You stand fast?'",229
The Final Problem,,230
The Final Problem,"""'Absolutely.'",231
The Final Problem,,232
The Final Problem,"""He clapped his hand into his pocket, and I raised the pistol from",233
The Final Problem,the table.  But he merely drew out a memorandum-book in which he had,234
The Final Problem,scribbled some dates.,235
The Final Problem,,236
The Final Problem,"""'You crossed my path on the 4th of January,' said he.  'On the 23d",237
The Final Problem,you incommoded me; by the middle of February I was seriously,238
The Final Problem,inconvenienced by you; at the end of March I was absolutely hampered,239
The Final Problem,"in my plans; and now, at the close of April, I find myself placed in",240
The Final Problem,such a position through your continual persecution that I am in,241
The Final Problem,positive danger of losing my liberty.  The situation is becoming an,242
The Final Problem,impossible one.',243
The Final Problem,,244
The Final Problem,"""'Have you any suggestion to make?' I asked.",245
The Final Problem,,246
The Final Problem,"""'You must drop it, Mr. Holmes,' said he, swaying his face about.",247
The Final Problem,"'You really must, you know.'",248
The Final Problem,,249
The Final Problem,"""'After Monday,' said I.",250
The Final Problem,,251
The Final Problem,"""'Tut, tut,' said he.  'I am quite sure that a man of your",252
The Final Problem,intelligence will see that there can be but one outcome to this,253
The Final Problem,affair.  It is necessary that you should withdraw.  You have worked,254
The Final Problem,things in such a fashion that we have only one resource left.  It has,255
The Final Problem,been an intellectual treat to me to see the way in which you have,256
The Final Problem,"grappled with this affair, and I say, unaffectedly, that it would be",257
The Final Problem,"a grief to me to be forced to take any extreme measure.  You smile,",258
The Final Problem,"sir, but I assure you that it really would.'",259
The Final Problem,,260
The Final Problem,"""'Danger is part of my trade,' I remarked.",261
The Final Problem,,262
The Final Problem,"""'That is not danger,' said he.  'It is inevitable destruction.  You",263
The Final Problem,"stand in the way not merely of an individual, but of a mighty",264
The Final Problem,"organization, the full extent of which you, with all your cleverness,",265
The Final Problem,"have been unable to realize.  You must stand clear, Mr. Holmes, or be",266
The Final Problem,trodden under foot.',267
The Final Problem,,268
The Final Problem,"""'I am afraid,' said I, rising, 'that in the pleasure of this",269
The Final Problem,conversation I am neglecting business of importance which awaits me,270
The Final Problem,elsewhere.',271
The Final Problem,,272
The Final Problem,"""He rose also and looked at me in silence, shaking his head sadly.",273
The Final Problem,,274
The Final Problem,"""'Well, well,' said he, at last.  'It seems a pity, but I have done",275
The Final Problem,what I could.  I know every move of your game.  You can do nothing,276
The Final Problem,"before Monday.  It has been a duel between you and me, Mr. Holmes.",277
The Final Problem,You hope to place me in the dock.  I tell you that I will never stand,278
The Final Problem,in the dock.  You hope to beat me.  I tell you that you will never,279
The Final Problem,"beat me.  If you are clever enough to bring destruction upon me, rest",280
The Final Problem,assured that I shall do as much to you.',281
The Final Problem,,282
The Final Problem,"""'You have paid me several compliments, Mr. Moriarty,' said I.  'Let",283
The Final Problem,me pay you one in return when I say that if I were assured of the,284
The Final Problem,"former eventuality I would, in the interests of the public,",285
The Final Problem,cheerfully accept the latter.',286
The Final Problem,,287
The Final Problem,"""'I can promise you the one, but not the other,' he snarled, and so",288
The Final Problem,"turned his rounded back upon me, and went peering and blinking out of",289
The Final Problem,the room.,290
The Final Problem,,291
The Final Problem,"""That was my singular interview with Professor Moriarty.  I confess",292
The Final Problem,"that it left an unpleasant effect upon my mind.  His soft, precise",293
The Final Problem,fashion of speech leaves a conviction of sincerity which a mere bully,294
The Final Problem,"could not produce.  Of course, you will say:  'Why not take police",295
The Final Problem,precautions against him?'  the reason is that I am well convinced,296
The Final Problem,that it is from his agents the blow would fall.  I have the best,297
The Final Problem,"proofs that it would be so.""",298
The Final Problem,,299
The Final Problem,"""You have already been assaulted?""",300
The Final Problem,,301
The Final Problem,"""My dear Watson, Professor Moriarty is not a man who lets the grass",302
The Final Problem,grow under his feet.  I went out about mid-day to transact some,303
The Final Problem,business in Oxford Street.  As I passed the corner which leads from,304
The Final Problem,Bentinck Street on to the Welbeck Street crossing a two-horse van,305
The Final Problem,furiously driven whizzed round and was on me like a flash.  I sprang,306
The Final Problem,for the foot-path and saved myself by the fraction of a second.  The,307
The Final Problem,van dashed round by Marylebone Lane and was gone in an instant.  I,308
The Final Problem,"kept to the pavement after that, Watson, but as I walked down Vere",309
The Final Problem,"Street a brick came down from the roof of one of the houses, and was",310
The Final Problem,shattered to fragments at my feet.  I called the police and had the,311
The Final Problem,place examined.  There were slates and bricks piled up on the roof,312
The Final Problem,"preparatory to some repairs, and they would have me believe that the",313
The Final Problem,"wind had toppled over one of these.  Of course I knew better, but I",314
The Final Problem,could prove nothing.  I took a cab after that and reached my,315
The Final Problem,"brother's rooms in Pall Mall, where I spent the day.  Now I have come",316
The Final Problem,"round to you, and on my way I was attacked by a rough with a",317
The Final Problem,"bludgeon.  I knocked him down, and the police have him in custody;",318
The Final Problem,but I can tell you with the most absolute confidence that no possible,319
The Final Problem,connection will ever be traced between the gentleman upon whose front,320
The Final Problem,"teeth I have barked my knuckles and the retiring mathematical coach,",321
The Final Problem,"who is, I dare say, working out problems upon a black-board ten miles",322
The Final Problem,"away.  You will not wonder, Watson, that my first act on entering",323
The Final Problem,"your rooms was to close your shutters, and that I have been compelled",324
The Final Problem,to ask your permission to leave the house by some less conspicuous,325
The Final Problem,"exit than the front door.""",326
The Final Problem,,327
The Final Problem,"I had often admired my friend's courage, but never more than now, as",328
The Final Problem,he sat quietly checking off a series of incidents which must have,329
The Final Problem,combined to make up a day of horror.,330
The Final Problem,,331
The Final Problem,"""You will spend the night here?"" I said.",332
The Final Problem,,333
The Final Problem,"""No, my friend, you might find me a dangerous guest.  I have my plans",334
The Final Problem,"laid, and all will be well.  Matters have gone so far now that they",335
The Final Problem,"can move without my help as far as the arrest goes, though my",336
The Final Problem,"presence is necessary for a conviction.  It is obvious, therefore,",337
The Final Problem,that I cannot do better than get away for the few days which remain,338
The Final Problem,before the police are at liberty to act.  It would be a great,339
The Final Problem,"pleasure to me, therefore, if you could come on to the Continent with",340
The Final Problem,"me.""",341
The Final Problem,,342
The Final Problem,"""The practice is quiet,"" said I, ""and I have an accommodating",343
The Final Problem,"neighbor.  I should be glad to come.""",344
The Final Problem,,345
The Final Problem,"""And to start to-morrow morning?""",346
The Final Problem,,347
The Final Problem,"""If necessary.""",348
The Final Problem,,349
The Final Problem,"""Oh yes, it is most necessary.  Then these are your instructions, and",350
The Final Problem,"I beg, my dear Watson, that you will obey them to the letter, for you",351
The Final Problem,are now playing a double-handed game with me against the cleverest,352
The Final Problem,rogue and the most powerful syndicate of criminals in Europe.  Now,353
The Final Problem,listen!  You will dispatch whatever luggage you intend to take by a,354
The Final Problem,trusty messenger unaddressed to Victoria to-night.  In the morning,355
The Final Problem,"you will send for a hansom, desiring your man to take neither the",356
The Final Problem,first nor the second which may present itself.  Into this hansom you,357
The Final Problem,"will jump, and you will drive to the Strand end of the Lowther",358
The Final Problem,"Arcade, handing the address to the cabman upon a slip of paper, with",359
The Final Problem,"a request that he will not throw it away.  Have your fare ready, and",360
The Final Problem,"the instant that your cab stops, dash through the Arcade, timing",361
The Final Problem,yourself to reach the other side at a quarter-past nine.  You will,362
The Final Problem,"find a small brougham waiting close to the curb, driven by a fellow",363
The Final Problem,with a heavy black cloak tipped at the collar with red.  Into this,364
The Final Problem,"you will step, and you will reach Victoria in time for the",365
The Final Problem,"Continental express.""",366
The Final Problem,,367
The Final Problem,"""Where shall I meet you?""",368
The Final Problem,,369
The Final Problem,"""At the station.  The second first-class carriage from the front will",370
The Final Problem,"be reserved for us.""",371
The Final Problem,,372
The Final Problem,"""The carriage is our rendezvous, then?""",373
The Final Problem,,374
The Final Problem,"""Yes.""",375
The Final Problem,,376
The Final Problem,It was in vain that I asked Holmes to remain for the evening.  It was,377
The Final Problem,evident to me that he thought he might bring trouble to the roof he,378
The Final Problem,"was under, and that that was the motive which impelled him to go.",379
The Final Problem,With a few hurried words as to our plans for the morrow he rose and,380
The Final Problem,"came out with me into the garden, clambering over the wall which",381
The Final Problem,"leads into Mortimer Street, and immediately whistling for a hansom,",382
The Final Problem,in which I heard him drive away.,383
The Final Problem,,384
The Final Problem,In the morning I obeyed Holmes's injunctions to the letter.  A hansom,385
The Final Problem,was procured with such precaution as would prevent its being one,386
The Final Problem,"which was placed ready for us, and I drove immediately after",387
The Final Problem,"breakfast to the Lowther Arcade, through which I hurried at the top",388
The Final Problem,of my speed.  A brougham was waiting with a very massive driver,389
The Final Problem,"wrapped in a dark cloak, who, the instant that I had stepped in,",390
The Final Problem,whipped up the horse and rattled off to Victoria Station.  On my,391
The Final Problem,"alighting there he turned the carriage, and dashed away again without",392
The Final Problem,so much as a look in my direction.,393
The Final Problem,,394
The Final Problem,"So far all had gone admirably.  My luggage was waiting for me, and I",395
The Final Problem,"had no difficulty in finding the carriage which Holmes had indicated,",396
The Final Problem,the less so as it was the only one in the train which was marked,397
The Final Problem,"""Engaged.""  My only source of anxiety now was the non-appearance of",398
The Final Problem,Holmes.  The station clock marked only seven minutes from the time,399
The Final Problem,when we were due to start.  In vain I searched among the groups of,400
The Final Problem,travellers and leave-takers for the lithe figure of my friend.  There,401
The Final Problem,was no sign of him.  I spent a few minutes in assisting a venerable,402
The Final Problem,"Italian priest, who was endeavoring to make a porter understand, in",403
The Final Problem,"his broken English, that his luggage was to be booked through to",404
The Final Problem,"Paris.  Then, having taken another look round, I returned to my",405
The Final Problem,"carriage, where I found that the porter, in spite of the ticket, had",406
The Final Problem,given me my decrepit Italian friend as a traveling companion.  It was,407
The Final Problem,"useless for me to explain to him that his presence was an intrusion,",408
The Final Problem,"for my Italian was even more limited than his English, so I shrugged",409
The Final Problem,"my shoulders resignedly, and continued to look out anxiously for my",410
The Final Problem,"friend.  A chill of fear had come over me, as I thought that his",411
The Final Problem,absence might mean that some blow had fallen during the night.,412
The Final Problem,"Already the doors had all been shut and the whistle blown, when--",413
The Final Problem,,414
The Final Problem,"""My dear Watson,"" said a voice, ""you have not even condescended to",415
The Final Problem,"say good-morning.""",416
The Final Problem,,417
The Final Problem,I turned in uncontrollable astonishment.  The aged ecclesiastic had,418
The Final Problem,turned his face towards me.  For an instant the wrinkles were,419
The Final Problem,"smoothed away, the nose drew away from the chin, the lower lip ceased",420
The Final Problem,"to protrude and the mouth to mumble, the dull eyes regained their",421
The Final Problem,"fire, the drooping figure expanded.  The next the whole frame",422
The Final Problem,"collapsed again, and Holmes had gone as quickly as he had come.",423
The Final Problem,,424
The Final Problem,"""Good heavens!"" I cried; ""how you startled me!""",425
The Final Problem,,426
The Final Problem,"""Every precaution is still necessary,"" he whispered.  ""I have reason",427
The Final Problem,"to think that they are hot upon our trail.  Ah, there is Moriarty",428
The Final Problem,"himself.""",429
The Final Problem,,430
The Final Problem,"The train had already begun to move as Holmes spoke.  Glancing back,",431
The Final Problem,"I saw a tall man pushing his way furiously through the crowd, and",432
The Final Problem,waving his hand as if he desired to have the train stopped.  It was,433
The Final Problem,"too late, however, for we were rapidly gathering momentum, and an",434
The Final Problem,instant later had shot clear of the station.,435
The Final Problem,,436
The Final Problem,"""With all our precautions, you see that we have cut it rather fine,""",437
The Final Problem,"said Holmes, laughing.  He rose, and throwing off the black cassock",438
The Final Problem,"and hat which had formed his disguise, he packed them away in a",439
The Final Problem,hand-bag.,440
The Final Problem,,441
The Final Problem,"""Have you seen the morning paper, Watson?""",442
The Final Problem,,443
The Final Problem,"""No.""",444
The Final Problem,,445
The Final Problem,"""You haven't seen about Baker Street, then?""",446
The Final Problem,,447
The Final Problem,"""Baker Street?""",448
The Final Problem,,449
The Final Problem,"""They set fire to our rooms last night.  No great harm was done.""",450
The Final Problem,,451
The Final Problem,"""Good heavens, Holmes, this is intolerable!""",452
The Final Problem,,453
The Final Problem,"""They must have lost my track completely after their bludgeon-man was",454
The Final Problem,arrested.  Otherwise they could not have imagined that I had returned,455
The Final Problem,to my rooms.  They have evidently taken the precaution of watching,456
The Final Problem,"you, however, and that is what has brought Moriarty to Victoria.  You",457
The Final Problem,"could not have made any slip in coming?""",458
The Final Problem,,459
The Final Problem,"""I did exactly what you advised.""",460
The Final Problem,,461
The Final Problem,"""Did you find your brougham?""",462
The Final Problem,,463
The Final Problem,"""Yes, it was waiting.""",464
The Final Problem,,465
The Final Problem,"""Did you recognize your coachman?""",466
The Final Problem,,467
The Final Problem,"""No.""",468
The Final Problem,,469
The Final Problem,"""It was my brother Mycroft.  It is an advantage to get about in such",470
The Final Problem,a case without taking a mercenary into your confidence.  But we must,471
The Final Problem,"plan what we are to do about Moriarty now.""",472
The Final Problem,,473
The Final Problem,"""As this is an express, and as the boat runs in connection with it, I",474
The Final Problem,"should think we have shaken him off very effectively.""",475
The Final Problem,,476
The Final Problem,"""My dear Watson, you evidently did not realize my meaning when I said",477
The Final Problem,that this man may be taken as being quite on the same intellectual,478
The Final Problem,plane as myself.  You do not imagine that if I were the pursuer I,479
The Final Problem,"should allow myself to be baffled by so slight an obstacle.  Why,",480
The Final Problem,"then, should you think so meanly of him?""",481
The Final Problem,,482
The Final Problem,"""What will he do?""",483
The Final Problem,,484
The Final Problem,"""What I should do.""",485
The Final Problem,,486
The Final Problem,"""What would you do, then?""",487
The Final Problem,,488
The Final Problem,"""Engage a special.""",489
The Final Problem,,490
The Final Problem,"""But it must be late.""",491
The Final Problem,,492
The Final Problem,"""By no means.  This train stops at Canterbury; and there is always at",493
The Final Problem,least a quarter of an hour's delay at the boat.  He will catch us,494
The Final Problem,"there.""",495
The Final Problem,,496
The Final Problem,"""One would think that we were the criminals.  Let us have him",497
The Final Problem,"arrested on his arrival.""",498
The Final Problem,,499
The Final Problem,"""It would be to ruin the work of three months.  We should get the big",500
The Final Problem,"fish, but the smaller would dart right and left out of the net.  On",501
The Final Problem,"Monday we should have them all.  No, an arrest is inadmissible.""",502
The Final Problem,,503
The Final Problem,"""What then?""",504
The Final Problem,,505
The Final Problem,"""We shall get out at Canterbury.""",506
The Final Problem,,507
The Final Problem,"""And then?""",508
The Final Problem,,509
The Final Problem,"""Well, then we must make a cross-country journey to Newhaven, and so",510
The Final Problem,over to Dieppe.  Moriarty will again do what I should do.  He will,511
The Final Problem,"get on to Paris, mark down our luggage, and wait for two days at the",512
The Final Problem,depot.  In the meantime we shall treat ourselves to a couple of,513
The Final Problem,"carpet-bags, encourage the manufactures of the countries through",514
The Final Problem,"which we travel, and make our way at our leisure into Switzerland,",515
The Final Problem,"via Luxembourg and Basle.""",516
The Final Problem,,517
The Final Problem,"At Canterbury, therefore, we alighted, only to find that we should",518
The Final Problem,have to wait an hour before we could get a train to Newhaven.,519
The Final Problem,,520
The Final Problem,I was still looking rather ruefully after the rapidly disappearing,521
The Final Problem,"luggage-van which contained my wardrobe, when Holmes pulled my sleeve",522
The Final Problem,and pointed up the line.,523
The Final Problem,,524
The Final Problem,"""Already, you see,"" said he.",525
The Final Problem,,526
The Final Problem,"Far away, from among the Kentish woods there rose a thin spray of",527
The Final Problem,smoke.  A minute later a carriage and engine could be seen flying,528
The Final Problem,along the open curve which leads to the station.  We had hardly time,529
The Final Problem,to take our place behind a pile of luggage when it passed with a,530
The Final Problem,"rattle and a roar, beating a blast of hot air into our faces.",531
The Final Problem,,532
The Final Problem,"""There he goes,"" said Holmes, as we watched the carriage swing and",533
The Final Problem,"rock over the point. ""There are limits, you see, to our friend's",534
The Final Problem,intelligence.  It would have been a coup-de-maître had he deduced,535
The Final Problem,"what I would deduce and acted accordingly.""",536
The Final Problem,,537
The Final Problem,"""And what would he have done had he overtaken us?""",538
The Final Problem,,539
The Final Problem,"""There cannot be the least doubt that he would have made a murderous",540
The Final Problem,"attack upon me.  It is, however, a game at which two may play.  The",541
The Final Problem,"question now is whether we should take a premature lunch here, or run",542
The Final Problem,"our chance of starving before we reach the buffet at Newhaven.""",543
The Final Problem,,544
The Final Problem,"We made our way to Brussels that night and spent two days there,",545
The Final Problem,moving on upon the third day as far as Strasburg.  On the Monday,546
The Final Problem,"morning Holmes had telegraphed to the London police, and in the",547
The Final Problem,evening we found a reply waiting for us at our hotel.  Holmes tore it,548
The Final Problem,"open, and then with a bitter curse hurled it into the grate.",549
The Final Problem,,550
The Final Problem,"""I might have known it!"" he groaned.  ""He has escaped!""",551
The Final Problem,,552
The Final Problem,"""Moriarty?""",553
The Final Problem,,554
The Final Problem,"""They have secured the whole gang with the exception of him.  He has",555
The Final Problem,"given them the slip.  Of course, when I had left the country there",556
The Final Problem,was no one to cope with him.  But I did think that I had put the game,557
The Final Problem,"in their hands.  I think that you had better return to England,",558
The Final Problem,"Watson.""",559
The Final Problem,,560
The Final Problem,"""Why?""",561
The Final Problem,,562
The Final Problem,"""Because you will find me a dangerous companion now.  This man's",563
The Final Problem,occupation is gone.  He is lost if he returns to London.  If I read,564
The Final Problem,his character right he will devote his whole energies to revenging,565
The Final Problem,"himself upon me.  He said as much in our short interview, and I fancy",566
The Final Problem,that he meant it.  I should certainly recommend you to return to your,567
The Final Problem,"practice.""",568
The Final Problem,,569
The Final Problem,It was hardly an appeal to be successful with one who was an old,570
The Final Problem,campaigner as well as an old friend.  We sat in the Strasbourg,571
The Final Problem,"salle-à-manger arguing the question for half an hour, but the same",572
The Final Problem,night we had resumed our journey and were well on our way to Geneva.,573
The Final Problem,,574
The Final Problem,"For a charming week we wandered up the Valley of the Rhone, and then,",575
The Final Problem,"branching off at Leuk, we made our way over the Gemmi Pass, still",576
The Final Problem,"deep in snow, and so, by way of Interlaken, to Meiringen.  It was a",577
The Final Problem,"lovely trip, the dainty green of the spring below, the virgin white",578
The Final Problem,of the winter above; but it was clear to me that never for one,579
The Final Problem,instant did Holmes forget the shadow which lay across him.  In the,580
The Final Problem,"homely Alpine villages or in the lonely mountain passes, I could tell",581
The Final Problem,by his quick glancing eyes and his sharp scrutiny of every face that,582
The Final Problem,"passed us, that he was well convinced that, walk where we would, we",583
The Final Problem,could not walk ourselves clear of the danger which was dogging our,584
The Final Problem,footsteps.,585
The Final Problem,,586
The Final Problem,"Once, I remember, as we passed over the Gemmi, and walked along the",587
The Final Problem,"border of the melancholy Daubensee, a large rock which had been",588
The Final Problem,dislodged from the ridge upon our right clattered down and roared,589
The Final Problem,into the lake behind us.  In an instant Holmes had raced up on to the,590
The Final Problem,"ridge, and, standing upon a lofty pinnacle, craned his neck in every",591
The Final Problem,direction.  It was in vain that our guide assured him that a fall of,592
The Final Problem,stones was a common chance in the spring-time at that spot.  He said,593
The Final Problem,"nothing, but he smiled at me with the air of a man who sees the",594
The Final Problem,fulfillment of that which he had expected.,595
The Final Problem,,596
The Final Problem,And yet for all his watchfulness he was never depressed.  On the,597
The Final Problem,"contrary, I can never recollect having seen him in such exuberant",598
The Final Problem,spirits.  Again and again he recurred to the fact that if he could be,599
The Final Problem,assured that society was freed from Professor Moriarty he would,600
The Final Problem,cheerfully bring his own career to a conclusion.,601
The Final Problem,,602
The Final Problem,"""I think that I may go so far as to say, Watson, that I have not",603
The Final Problem,"lived wholly in vain,"" he remarked.  ""If my record were closed",604
The Final Problem,to-night I could still survey it with equanimity.  The air of London,605
The Final Problem,is the sweeter for my presence.  In over a thousand cases I am not,606
The Final Problem,aware that I have ever used my powers upon the wrong side.  Of late I,607
The Final Problem,have been tempted to look into the problems furnished by nature,608
The Final Problem,rather than those more superficial ones for which our artificial,609
The Final Problem,"state of society is responsible.  Your memoirs will draw to an end,",610
The Final Problem,"Watson, upon the day that I crown my career by the capture or",611
The Final Problem,"extinction of the most dangerous and capable criminal in Europe.""",612
The Final Problem,,613
The Final Problem,"I shall be brief, and yet exact, in the little which remains for me",614
The Final Problem,"to tell.  It is not a subject on which I would willingly dwell, and",615
The Final Problem,yet I am conscious that a duty devolves upon me to omit no detail.,616
The Final Problem,,617
The Final Problem,It was on the third of May that we reached the little village of,618
The Final Problem,"Meiringen, where we put up at the Englischer Hof, then kept by Peter",619
The Final Problem,"Steiler the elder.  Our landlord was an intelligent  man, and spoke",620
The Final Problem,"excellent English, having served for three years as waiter at the",621
The Final Problem,"Grosvenor Hotel in London.  At his advice, on the afternoon of the",622
The Final Problem,"fourth we set off together, with the intention of crossing the hills",623
The Final Problem,and spending the night at the hamlet of Rosenlaui.  We had strict,624
The Final Problem,"injunctions, however, on no account to pass the falls of Reichenbach,",625
The Final Problem,"which are about half-way up the hill, without making a small detour",626
The Final Problem,to see them.,627
The Final Problem,,628
The Final Problem,"It is, indeed, a fearful place.  The torrent, swollen by the melting",629
The Final Problem,"snow, plunges into a tremendous abyss, from which the spray rolls up",630
The Final Problem,like the smoke from a burning house.  The shaft into which the river,631
The Final Problem,"hurls itself is an immense chasm, lined by glistening coal-black",632
The Final Problem,"rock, and narrowing into a creaming, boiling pit of incalculable",633
The Final Problem,"depth, which brims over and shoots the stream onward over its jagged",634
The Final Problem,"lip.  The long sweep of green water roaring forever down, and the",635
The Final Problem,"thick flickering curtain of spray hissing forever upward, turn a man",636
The Final Problem,giddy with their constant whirl and clamor.  We stood near the edge,637
The Final Problem,peering down at the gleam of the breaking water far below us against,638
The Final Problem,"the black rocks, and listening to the half-human shout which came",639
The Final Problem,booming up with the spray out of the abyss.,640
The Final Problem,,641
The Final Problem,The path has been cut half-way round the fall to afford a complete,642
The Final Problem,"view, but it ends abruptly, and the traveler has to return as he",643
The Final Problem,"came.  We had turned to do so, when we saw a Swiss lad come running",644
The Final Problem,along it with a letter in his hand.  It bore the mark of the hotel,645
The Final Problem,"which we had just left, and was addressed to me by the landlord.  It",646
The Final Problem,"appeared that within a very few minutes of our leaving, an English",647
The Final Problem,lady had arrived who was in the last stage of consumption.  She had,648
The Final Problem,"wintered at Davos Platz, and was journeying now to join her friends",649
The Final Problem,"at Lucerne, when a sudden hemorrhage had overtaken her.  It was",650
The Final Problem,"thought that she could hardly live a few hours, but it would be a",651
The Final Problem,"great consolation to her to see an English doctor, and, if I would",652
The Final Problem,"only return, etc.  The good Steiler assured me in a postscript that",653
The Final Problem,"he would himself look upon my compliance as a very great favor, since",654
The Final Problem,"the lady absolutely refused to see a Swiss physician, and he could",655
The Final Problem,not but feel that he was incurring a great responsibility.,656
The Final Problem,,657
The Final Problem,The appeal was one which could not be ignored.  It was impossible to,658
The Final Problem,refuse the request of a fellow-countrywoman dying in a strange land.,659
The Final Problem,"Yet I had my scruples about leaving Holmes.  It was finally agreed,",660
The Final Problem,"however, that he should retain the young Swiss messenger with him as",661
The Final Problem,guide and companion while I returned to Meiringen.  My friend would,662
The Final Problem,"stay some little time at the fall, he said, and would then walk",663
The Final Problem,"slowly over the hill to Rosenlaui, where I was to rejoin him in the",664
The Final Problem,"evening.  As I turned away I saw Holmes, with his back against a rock",665
The Final Problem,"and his arms folded, gazing down at the rush of the waters.  It was",666
The Final Problem,the last that I was ever destined to see of him in this world.,667
The Final Problem,,668
The Final Problem,When I was near the bottom of the descent I looked back.  It was,669
The Final Problem,"impossible, from that position, to see the fall, but I could see the",670
The Final Problem,curving path which winds over the shoulder of the hill and leads to,671
The Final Problem,"it.  Along this a man was, I remember, walking very rapidly.",672
The Final Problem,,673
The Final Problem,I could see his black figure clearly outlined against the green,674
The Final Problem,"behind him.  I noted him, and the energy with which he walked but he",675
The Final Problem,passed from my mind again as I hurried on upon my errand.,676
The Final Problem,,677
The Final Problem,It may have been a little over an hour before I reached Meiringen.,678
The Final Problem,Old Steiler was standing at the porch of his hotel.,679
The Final Problem,,680
The Final Problem,"""Well,"" said I, as I came hurrying up, ""I trust that she is no",681
The Final Problem,"worse?""",682
The Final Problem,,683
The Final Problem,"A look of surprise passed over his face, and at the first quiver of",684
The Final Problem,his eyebrows my heart turned to lead in my breast.,685
The Final Problem,,686
The Final Problem,"""You did not write this?"" I said, pulling the letter from my pocket.",687
The Final Problem,"""There is no sick Englishwoman in the hotel?""",688
The Final Problem,,689
The Final Problem,"""Certainly not!"" he cried.  ""But it has the hotel mark upon it!  Ha,",690
The Final Problem,it must have been written by that tall Englishman who came in after,691
The Final Problem,"you had gone.  He said--""",692
The Final Problem,,693
The Final Problem,But I waited for none of the landlord's explanations.  In a tingle of,694
The Final Problem,"fear I was already running down the village street, and making for",695
The Final Problem,the path which I had so lately descended.  It had taken me an hour to,696
The Final Problem,come down.  For all my efforts two more had passed before I found,697
The Final Problem,myself at the fall of Reichenbach once more.  There was Holmes's,698
The Final Problem,Alpine-stock still leaning against the rock by which I had left him.,699
The Final Problem,"But there was no sign of him, and it was in vain that I shouted.  My",700
The Final Problem,only answer was my own voice reverberating in a rolling echo from the,701
The Final Problem,cliffs around me.,702
The Final Problem,,703
The Final Problem,It was the sight of that Alpine-stock which turned me cold and sick.,704
The Final Problem,"He had not gone to Rosenlaui, then.  He had remained on that",705
The Final Problem,"three-foot path, with sheer wall on one side and sheer drop on the",706
The Final Problem,"other, until his enemy had overtaken him.  The young Swiss had gone",707
The Final Problem,"too.  He had probably been in the pay of Moriarty, and had left the",708
The Final Problem,two men together.  And then what had happened?  Who was to tell us,709
The Final Problem,what had happened then?,710
The Final Problem,,711
The Final Problem,"I stood for a minute or two to collect myself, for I was dazed with",712
The Final Problem,the horror of the thing.  Then I began to think of Holmes's own,713
The Final Problem,"methods and to try to practise them in reading this tragedy.  It was,",714
The Final Problem,"alas, only too easy to do.  During our conversation we had not gone",715
The Final Problem,"to the end of the path, and the Alpine-stock marked the place where",716
The Final Problem,we had stood.  The blackish soil is kept forever soft by the,717
The Final Problem,"incessant drift of spray, and a bird would leave its tread upon it.",718
The Final Problem,Two lines of footmarks were clearly marked along the farther end of,719
The Final Problem,"the path, both leading away from me.  There were none returning.  A",720
The Final Problem,few yards from the end the soil was all ploughed up into a patch of,721
The Final Problem,"mud, and the branches and ferns which fringed the chasm were torn and",722
The Final Problem,bedraggled.  I lay upon my face and peered over with the spray,723
The Final Problem,"spouting up all around me.  It had darkened since I left, and now I",724
The Final Problem,could only see here and there the glistening of moisture upon the,725
The Final Problem,"black walls, and far away down at the end of the shaft the gleam of",726
The Final Problem,the broken water.  I shouted; but only the same half-human cry of the,727
The Final Problem,fall was borne back to my ears.,728
The Final Problem,,729
The Final Problem,But it was destined that I should after all have a last word of,730
The Final Problem,greeting from my friend and comrade.  I have said that his,731
The Final Problem,Alpine-stock had been left leaning against a rock which jutted on to,732
The Final Problem,the path.  From the top of this boulder the gleam of something bright,733
The Final Problem,"caught my eye, and, raising my hand, I found that it came from the",734
The Final Problem,silver cigarette-case which he used to carry.  As I took it up a,735
The Final Problem,small square of paper upon which it had lain fluttered down on to the,736
The Final Problem,"ground.  Unfolding it, I found that it consisted of three pages torn",737
The Final Problem,from his note-book and addressed to me.  It was characteristic of the,738
The Final Problem,"man that the direction was as precise, and the writing as firm and",739
The Final Problem,"clear, as though it had been written in his study.",740
The Final Problem,,741
The Final Problem,My dear Watson [it said]:,742
The Final Problem,"I write these few lines through the courtesy of Mr. Moriarty, who",743
The Final Problem,awaits my convenience for the final discussion of those questions,744
The Final Problem,which lie between us.  He has been giving me a sketch of the methods,745
The Final Problem,by which he avoided the English police and kept himself informed of,746
The Final Problem,our movements.  They certainly confirm the very high opinion which I,747
The Final Problem,had formed of his abilities.  I am pleased to think that I shall be,748
The Final Problem,"able to free society from any further effects of his presence, though",749
The Final Problem,"I fear that it is at a cost which will give pain to my friends, and",750
The Final Problem,"especially, my dear Watson, to you.  I have already explained to you,",751
The Final Problem,"however, that my career had in any case reached its crisis, and that",752
The Final Problem,no possible conclusion to it could be more congenial to me than this.,753
The Final Problem,"Indeed, if I may make a full confession to you, I was quite",754
The Final Problem,"convinced that the letter from Meiringen was a hoax, and I allowed",755
The Final Problem,you to depart on that errand under the persuasion that some,756
The Final Problem,development of this sort would follow.  Tell Inspector Patterson that,757
The Final Problem,"the papers which he needs to convict the gang are in pigeonhole M.,",758
The Final Problem,"done up in a blue envelope and inscribed ""Moriarty.""  I made every",759
The Final Problem,"disposition of my property before leaving England, and handed it to",760
The Final Problem,"my brother Mycroft.  Pray give my greetings to Mrs. Watson, and",761
The Final Problem,"believe me to be, my dear fellow,",762
The Final Problem,"Very sincerely yours,",763
The Final Problem,Sherlock Holmes,764
The Final Problem,,765
The Final Problem,A few words may suffice to tell the little that remains.  An,766
The Final Problem,examination by experts leaves little doubt that a personal contest,767
The Final Problem,"between the two men ended, as it could hardly fail to end in such a",768
The Final Problem,"situation, in their reeling over, locked in each other's arms.  Any",769
The Final Problem,"attempt at recovering the bodies was absolutely hopeless, and there,",770
The Final Problem,deep down in that dreadful cauldron of swirling water and seething,771
The Final Problem,"foam, will lie for all time the most dangerous criminal and the",772
The Final Problem,foremost champion of the law of their generation.  The Swiss youth,773
The Final Problem,"was never found again, and there can be no doubt that he was one of",774
The Final Problem,the numerous agents whom Moriarty kept in his employ.  As to the,775
The Final Problem,"gang, it will be within the memory of the public how completely the",776
The Final Problem,"evidence which Holmes had accumulated exposed their organization, and",777
The Final Problem,how heavily the hand of the dead man weighed upon them.  Of their,778
The Final Problem,"terrible chief few details came out during the proceedings, and if I",779
The Final Problem,have now been compelled to make a clear statement of his career it is,780
The Final Problem,due to those injudicious champions who have endeavored to clear his,781
The Final Problem,memory by attacks upon him whom I shall ever regard as the best and,782
The Final Problem,the wisest man whom I have ever known.,783
The Final Problem,,784
The Final Problem,THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES,785
The Final Problem,,786
The Adventure of the Empty House,THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE,1
The Adventure of the Empty House,,2
The Adventure of the Empty House,"It was in the spring of the year 1894 that all London was interested,",3
The Adventure of the Empty House,"and the fashionable world dismayed, by the murder of the Honourable",4
The Adventure of the Empty House,Ronald Adair under most unusual and inexplicable circumstances. The,5
The Adventure of the Empty House,public has already learned those particulars of the crime which came,6
The Adventure of the Empty House,out in the police investigation; but a good deal was suppressed upon,7
The Adventure of the Empty House,"that occasion, since the case for the prosecution was so",8
The Adventure of the Empty House,overwhelmingly strong that it was not necessary to bring forward all,9
The Adventure of the Empty House,"the facts. Only now, at the end of nearly ten years, am I allowed to",10
The Adventure of the Empty House,supply those missing links which make up the whole of that remarkable,11
The Adventure of the Empty House,"chain. The crime was of interest in itself, but that interest was as",12
The Adventure of the Empty House,"nothing to me compared to the inconceivable sequel, which afforded me",13
The Adventure of the Empty House,the greatest shock and surprise of any event in my adventurous life.,14
The Adventure of the Empty House,"Even now, after this long interval, I find myself thrilling as I",15
The Adventure of the Empty House,"think of it, and feeling once more that sudden flood of joy,",16
The Adventure of the Empty House,"amazement, and incredulity which utterly submerged my mind. Let me",17
The Adventure of the Empty House,say to that public which has shown some interest in those glimpses,18
The Adventure of the Empty House,which I have occasionally given them of the thoughts and actions of a,19
The Adventure of the Empty House,very remarkable man that they are not to blame me if I have not,20
The Adventure of the Empty House,"shared my knowledge with them, for I should have considered it my",21
The Adventure of the Empty House,first duty to have done so had I not been barred by a positive,22
The Adventure of the Empty House,"prohibition from his own lips, which was only withdrawn upon the",23
The Adventure of the Empty House,third of last month.,24
The Adventure of the Empty House,,25
The Adventure of the Empty House,It can be imagined that my close intimacy with Sherlock Holmes had,26
The Adventure of the Empty House,"interested me deeply in crime, and that after his disappearance I",27
The Adventure of the Empty House,never failed to read with care the various problems which came before,28
The Adventure of the Empty House,"the public, and I even attempted more than once for my own private",29
The Adventure of the Empty House,"satisfaction to employ his methods in their solution, though with",30
The Adventure of the Empty House,"indifferent success. There was none, however, which appealed to me",31
The Adventure of the Empty House,like this tragedy of Ronald Adair. As I read the evidence at the,32
The Adventure of the Empty House,"inquest, which led up to a verdict of wilful murder against some",33
The Adventure of the Empty House,"person or persons unknown, I realized more clearly than I had ever",34
The Adventure of the Empty House,done the loss which the community had sustained by the death of,35
The Adventure of the Empty House,Sherlock Holmes. There were points about this strange business which,36
The Adventure of the Empty House,"would, I was sure, have specially appealed to him, and the efforts of",37
The Adventure of the Empty House,"the police would have been supplemented, or more probably",38
The Adventure of the Empty House,"anticipated, by the trained observation and the alert mind of the",39
The Adventure of the Empty House,first criminal agent in Europe. All day as I drove upon my round I,40
The Adventure of the Empty House,"turned over the case in my mind, and found no explanation which",41
The Adventure of the Empty House,appeared to me to be adequate. At the risk of telling a twice-told,42
The Adventure of the Empty House,tale I will recapitulate the facts as they were known to the public,43
The Adventure of the Empty House,at the conclusion of the inquest.,44
The Adventure of the Empty House,,45
The Adventure of the Empty House,The Honourable Ronald Adair was the second son of the Earl of,46
The Adventure of the Empty House,"Maynooth, at that time Governor of one of the Australian Colonies.",47
The Adventure of the Empty House,Adair's mother had returned from Australia to undergo the operation,48
The Adventure of the Empty House,"for cataract, and she, her son Ronald, and her daughter Hilda were",49
The Adventure of the Empty House,"living together at 427, Park Lane. The youth moved in the best",50
The Adventure of the Empty House,"society, had, so far as was known, no enemies, and no particular",51
The Adventure of the Empty House,"vices. He had been engaged to Miss Edith Woodley, of Carstairs, but",52
The Adventure of the Empty House,the engagement had been broken off by mutual consent some months,53
The Adventure of the Empty House,"before, and there was no sign that it had left any very profound",54
The Adventure of the Empty House,feeling behind it. For the rest the man's life moved in a narrow and,55
The Adventure of the Empty House,"conventional circle, for his habits were quiet and his nature",56
The Adventure of the Empty House,unemotional. Yet it was upon this easy-going young aristocrat that,57
The Adventure of the Empty House,death came in most strange and unexpected form between the hours of,58
The Adventure of the Empty House,"ten and eleven-twenty on the night of March 30, 1894.",59
The Adventure of the Empty House,,60
The Adventure of the Empty House,"Ronald Adair was fond of cards, playing continually, but never for",61
The Adventure of the Empty House,"such stakes as would hurt him. He was a member of the Baldwin, the",62
The Adventure of the Empty House,"Cavendish, and the Bagatelle card clubs. It was shown that after",63
The Adventure of the Empty House,dinner on the day of his death he had played a rubber of whist at the,64
The Adventure of the Empty House,latter club. He had also played there in the afternoon. The evidence,65
The Adventure of the Empty House,"of those who had played with him--Mr. Murray, Sir John Hardy, and",66
The Adventure of the Empty House,"Colonel Moran--showed that the game was whist, and that there was a",67
The Adventure of the Empty House,"fairly equal fall of the cards. Adair might have lost five pounds,",68
The Adventure of the Empty House,"but not more. His fortune was a considerable one, and such a loss",69
The Adventure of the Empty House,could not in any way affect him. He had played nearly every day at,70
The Adventure of the Empty House,"one club or other, but he was a cautious player, and usually rose a",71
The Adventure of the Empty House,winner. It came out in evidence that in partnership with Colonel,72
The Adventure of the Empty House,Moran he had actually won as much as four hundred and twenty pounds,73
The Adventure of the Empty House,in a sitting some weeks before from Godfrey Milner and Lord Balmoral.,74
The Adventure of the Empty House,"So much for his recent history, as it came out at the inquest.",75
The Adventure of the Empty House,,76
The Adventure of the Empty House,On the evening of the crime he returned from the club exactly at ten.,77
The Adventure of the Empty House,His mother and sister were out spending the evening with a relation.,78
The Adventure of the Empty House,The servant deposed that she heard him enter the front room on the,79
The Adventure of the Empty House,"second floor, generally used as his sitting-room. She had lit a fire",80
The Adventure of the Empty House,"there, and as it smoked she had opened the window. No sound was heard",81
The Adventure of the Empty House,"from the room until eleven-twenty, the hour of the return of Lady",82
The Adventure of the Empty House,"Maynooth and her daughter. Desiring to say good-night, she had",83
The Adventure of the Empty House,"attempted to enter her son's room. The door was locked on the inside,",84
The Adventure of the Empty House,and no answer could be got to their cries and knocking. Help was,85
The Adventure of the Empty House,obtained and the door forced. The unfortunate young man was found,86
The Adventure of the Empty House,lying near the table. His head had been horribly mutilated by an,87
The Adventure of the Empty House,"expanding revolver bullet, but no weapon of any sort was to be found",88
The Adventure of the Empty House,in the room. On the table lay two bank-notes for ten pounds each and,89
The Adventure of the Empty House,"seventeen pounds ten in silver and gold, the money arranged in little",90
The Adventure of the Empty House,piles of varying amount. There were some figures also upon a sheet of,91
The Adventure of the Empty House,"paper with the names of some club friends opposite to them, from",92
The Adventure of the Empty House,which it was conjectured that before his death he was endeavouring to,93
The Adventure of the Empty House,make out his losses or winnings at cards.,94
The Adventure of the Empty House,,95
The Adventure of the Empty House,A minute examination of the circumstances served only to make the,96
The Adventure of the Empty House,"case more complex. In the first place, no reason could be given why",97
The Adventure of the Empty House,the young man should have fastened the door upon the inside. There,98
The Adventure of the Empty House,was the possibility that the murderer had done this and had,99
The Adventure of the Empty House,"afterwards escaped by the window. The drop was at least twenty feet,",100
The Adventure of the Empty House,"however, and a bed of crocuses in full bloom lay beneath. Neither the",101
The Adventure of the Empty House,"flowers nor the earth showed any sign of having been disturbed, nor",102
The Adventure of the Empty House,were there any marks upon the narrow strip of grass which separated,103
The Adventure of the Empty House,"the house from the road. Apparently, therefore, it was the young man",104
The Adventure of the Empty House,himself who had fastened the door. But how did he come by his death?,105
The Adventure of the Empty House,No one could have climbed up to the window without leaving traces.,106
The Adventure of the Empty House,"Suppose a man had fired through the window, it would indeed be a",107
The Adventure of the Empty House,remarkable shot who could with a revolver inflict so deadly a wound.,108
The Adventure of the Empty House,"Again, Park Lane is a frequented thoroughfare, and there is a",109
The Adventure of the Empty House,cab-stand within a hundred yards of the house. No one had heard a,110
The Adventure of the Empty House,"shot. And yet there was the dead man, and there the revolver bullet,",111
The Adventure of the Empty House,"which had mushroomed out, as soft-nosed bullets will, and so",112
The Adventure of the Empty House,inflicted a wound which must have caused instantaneous death. Such,113
The Adventure of the Empty House,"were the circumstances of the Park Lane Mystery, which were further",114
The Adventure of the Empty House,"complicated by entire absence of motive, since, as I have said, young",115
The Adventure of the Empty House,"Adair was not known to have any enemy, and no attempt had been made",116
The Adventure of the Empty House,to remove the money or valuables in the room.,117
The Adventure of the Empty House,,118
The Adventure of the Empty House,"All day I turned these facts over in my mind, endeavouring to hit",119
The Adventure of the Empty House,"upon some theory which could reconcile them all, and to find that",120
The Adventure of the Empty House,line of least resistance which my poor friend had declared to be the,121
The Adventure of the Empty House,starting-point of every investigation. I confess that I made little,122
The Adventure of the Empty House,"progress. In the evening I strolled across the Park, and found myself",123
The Adventure of the Empty House,about six o'clock at the Oxford Street end of Park Lane. A group of,124
The Adventure of the Empty House,"loafers upon the pavements, all staring up at a particular window,",125
The Adventure of the Empty House,"directed me to the house which I had come to see. A tall, thin man",126
The Adventure of the Empty House,"with coloured glasses, whom I strongly suspected of being a",127
The Adventure of the Empty House,"plain-clothes detective, was pointing out some theory of his own,",128
The Adventure of the Empty House,while the others crowded round to listen to what he said. I got as,129
The Adventure of the Empty House,"near him as I could, but his observations seemed to me to be absurd,",130
The Adventure of the Empty House,so I withdrew again in some disgust. As I did so I struck against an,131
The Adventure of the Empty House,"elderly deformed man, who had been behind me, and I knocked down",132
The Adventure of the Empty House,several books which he was carrying. I remember that as I picked them,133
The Adventure of the Empty House,"up I observed the title of one of them, The Origin of Tree Worship,",134
The Adventure of the Empty House,"and it struck me that the fellow must be some poor bibliophile who,",135
The Adventure of the Empty House,"either as a trade or as a hobby, was a collector of obscure volumes.",136
The Adventure of the Empty House,"I endeavoured to apologize for the accident, but it was evident that",137
The Adventure of the Empty House,these books which I had so unfortunately maltreated were very,138
The Adventure of the Empty House,precious objects in the eyes of their owner. With a snarl of contempt,139
The Adventure of the Empty House,"he turned upon his heel, and I saw his curved back and white",140
The Adventure of the Empty House,side-whiskers disappear among the throng.,141
The Adventure of the Empty House,,142
The Adventure of the Empty House,"My observations of No. 427, Park Lane did little to clear up the",143
The Adventure of the Empty House,problem in which I was interested. The house was separated from the,144
The Adventure of the Empty House,"street by a low wall and railing, the whole not more than five feet",145
The Adventure of the Empty House,"high. It was perfectly easy, therefore, for anyone to get into the",146
The Adventure of the Empty House,"garden, but the window was entirely inaccessible, since there was no",147
The Adventure of the Empty House,water-pipe or anything which could help the most active man to climb,148
The Adventure of the Empty House,it. More puzzled than ever I retraced my steps to Kensington. I had,149
The Adventure of the Empty House,not been in my study five minutes when the maid entered to say that a,150
The Adventure of the Empty House,person desired to see me. To my astonishment it was none other than,151
The Adventure of the Empty House,"my strange old book-collector, his sharp, wizened face peering out",152
The Adventure of the Empty House,"from a frame of white hair, and his precious volumes, a dozen of them",153
The Adventure of the Empty House,"at least, wedged under his right arm.",154
The Adventure of the Empty House,,155
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""You're surprised to see me, sir,"" said he, in a strange, croaking",156
The Adventure of the Empty House,voice.,157
The Adventure of the Empty House,,158
The Adventure of the Empty House,I acknowledged that I was.,159
The Adventure of the Empty House,,160
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""Well, I've a conscience, sir, and when I chanced to see you go into",161
The Adventure of the Empty House,"this house, as I came hobbling after you, I thought to myself, I'll",162
The Adventure of the Empty House,"just step in and see that kind gentleman, and tell him that if I was",163
The Adventure of the Empty House,"a bit gruff in my manner there was not any harm meant, and that I am",164
The Adventure of the Empty House,"much obliged to him for picking up my books.""",165
The Adventure of the Empty House,,166
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""You make too much of a trifle,"" said I. ""May I ask how you knew who",167
The Adventure of the Empty House,"I was?""",168
The Adventure of the Empty House,,169
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""Well, sir, if it isn't too great a liberty, I am a neighbour of",170
The Adventure of the Empty House,"yours, for you'll find my little bookshop at the corner of Church",171
The Adventure of the Empty House,"Street, and very happy to see you, I am sure. Maybe you collect",172
The Adventure of the Empty House,"yourself, sir; here's British Birds, and Catullus, and The Holy",173
The Adventure of the Empty House,War--a bargain every one of them. With five volumes you could just,174
The Adventure of the Empty House,"fill that gap on that second shelf. It looks untidy, does it not,",175
The Adventure of the Empty House,"sir?""",176
The Adventure of the Empty House,,177
The Adventure of the Empty House,I moved my head to look at the cabinet behind me. When I turned again,178
The Adventure of the Empty House,Sherlock Holmes was standing smiling at me across my study table. I,179
The Adventure of the Empty House,"rose to my feet, stared at him for some seconds in utter amazement,",180
The Adventure of the Empty House,and then it appears that I must have fainted for the first and the,181
The Adventure of the Empty House,"last time in my life. Certainly a grey mist swirled before my eyes,",182
The Adventure of the Empty House,and when it cleared I found my collar-ends undone and the tingling,183
The Adventure of the Empty House,"after-taste of brandy upon my lips. Holmes was bending over my chair,",184
The Adventure of the Empty House,his flask in his hand.,185
The Adventure of the Empty House,,186
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""My dear Watson,"" said the well-remembered voice, ""I owe you a",187
The Adventure of the Empty House,"thousand apologies. I had no idea that you would be so affected.""",188
The Adventure of the Empty House,,189
The Adventure of the Empty House,I gripped him by the arm.,190
The Adventure of the Empty House,,191
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""Holmes!"" I cried. ""Is it really you? Can it indeed be that you are",192
The Adventure of the Empty House,alive? Is it possible that you succeeded in climbing out of that,193
The Adventure of the Empty House,"awful abyss?""",194
The Adventure of the Empty House,,195
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""Wait a moment,"" said he. ""Are you sure that you are really fit to",196
The Adventure of the Empty House,discuss things? I have given you a serious shock by my unnecessarily,197
The Adventure of the Empty House,"dramatic reappearance.""",198
The Adventure of the Empty House,,199
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""I am all right, but indeed, Holmes, I can hardly believe my eyes.",200
The Adventure of the Empty House,"Good heavens, to think that you--you of all men--should be standing",201
The Adventure of the Empty House,"in my study!"" Again I gripped him by the sleeve and felt the thin,",202
The Adventure of the Empty House,"sinewy arm beneath it. ""Well, you're not a spirit, anyhow,"" said I.",203
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""My dear chap, I am overjoyed to see you. Sit down and tell me how",204
The Adventure of the Empty House,"you came alive out of that dreadful chasm.""",205
The Adventure of the Empty House,,206
The Adventure of the Empty House,He sat opposite to me and lit a cigarette in his old nonchalant,207
The Adventure of the Empty House,"manner. He was dressed in the seedy frock-coat of the book merchant,",208
The Adventure of the Empty House,but the rest of that individual lay in a pile of white hair and old,209
The Adventure of the Empty House,books upon the table. Holmes looked even thinner and keener than of,210
The Adventure of the Empty House,"old, but there was a dead-white tinge in his aquiline face which told",211
The Adventure of the Empty House,me that his life recently had not been a healthy one.,212
The Adventure of the Empty House,,213
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""I am glad to stretch myself, Watson,"" said he. ""It is no joke when a",214
The Adventure of the Empty House,tall man has to take a foot off his stature for several hours on end.,215
The Adventure of the Empty House,"Now, my dear fellow, in the matter of these explanations we have, if",216
The Adventure of the Empty House,"I may ask for your co-operation, a hard and dangerous night's work in",217
The Adventure of the Empty House,front of us. Perhaps it would be better if I gave you an account of,218
The Adventure of the Empty House,"the whole situation when that work is finished.""",219
The Adventure of the Empty House,,220
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""I am full of curiosity. I should much prefer to hear now.""",221
The Adventure of the Empty House,,222
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""You'll come with me to-night?""",223
The Adventure of the Empty House,,224
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""When you like and where you like.""",225
The Adventure of the Empty House,,226
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""This is indeed like the old days. We shall have time for a mouthful",227
The Adventure of the Empty House,"of dinner before we need go. Well, then, about that chasm. I had no",228
The Adventure of the Empty House,"serious difficulty in getting out of it, for the very simple reason",229
The Adventure of the Empty House,"that I never was in it.""",230
The Adventure of the Empty House,,231
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""You never were in it?""",232
The Adventure of the Empty House,,233
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""No, Watson, I never was in it. My note to you was absolutely",234
The Adventure of the Empty House,genuine. I had little doubt that I had come to the end of my career,235
The Adventure of the Empty House,when I perceived the somewhat sinister figure of the late Professor,236
The Adventure of the Empty House,Moriarty standing upon the narrow pathway which led to safety. I read,237
The Adventure of the Empty House,an inexorable purpose in his grey eyes. I exchanged some remarks with,238
The Adventure of the Empty House,"him, therefore, and obtained his courteous permission to write the",239
The Adventure of the Empty House,short note which you afterwards received. I left it with my,240
The Adventure of the Empty House,"cigarette-box and my stick and I walked along the pathway, Moriarty",241
The Adventure of the Empty House,still at my heels. When I reached the end I stood at bay. He drew no,242
The Adventure of the Empty House,"weapon, but he rushed at me and threw his long arms around me. He",243
The Adventure of the Empty House,"knew that his own game was up, and was only anxious to revenge",244
The Adventure of the Empty House,himself upon me. We tottered together upon the brink of the fall. I,245
The Adventure of the Empty House,"have some knowledge, however, of baritsu, or the Japanese system of",246
The Adventure of the Empty House,"wrestling, which has more than once been very useful to me. I slipped",247
The Adventure of the Empty House,"through his grip, and he with a horrible scream kicked madly for a",248
The Adventure of the Empty House,few seconds and clawed the air with both his hands. But for all his,249
The Adventure of the Empty House,"efforts he could not get his balance, and over he went. With my face",250
The Adventure of the Empty House,"over the brink I saw him fall for a long way. Then he struck a rock,",251
The Adventure of the Empty House,"bounded off, and splashed into the water.""",252
The Adventure of the Empty House,,253
The Adventure of the Empty House,"I listened with amazement to this explanation, which Holmes delivered",254
The Adventure of the Empty House,between the puffs of his cigarette.,255
The Adventure of the Empty House,,256
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""But the tracks!"" I cried. ""I saw with my own eyes that two went down",257
The Adventure of the Empty House,"the path and none returned.""",258
The Adventure of the Empty House,,259
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""It came about in this way. The instant that the Professor had",260
The Adventure of the Empty House,disappeared it struck me what a really extraordinarily lucky chance,261
The Adventure of the Empty House,Fate had placed in my way. I knew that Moriarty was not the only man,262
The Adventure of the Empty House,who had sworn my death. There were at least three others whose desire,263
The Adventure of the Empty House,for vengeance upon me would only be increased by the death of their,264
The Adventure of the Empty House,leader. They were all most dangerous men. One or other would,265
The Adventure of the Empty House,"certainly get me. On the other hand, if all the world was convinced",266
The Adventure of the Empty House,"that I was dead they would take liberties, these men, they would lay",267
The Adventure of the Empty House,"themselves open, and sooner or later I could destroy them. Then it",268
The Adventure of the Empty House,would be time for me to announce that I was still in the land of the,269
The Adventure of the Empty House,living. So rapidly does the brain act that I believe I had thought,270
The Adventure of the Empty House,this all out before Professor Moriarty had reached the bottom of the,271
The Adventure of the Empty House,Reichenbach Fall.,272
The Adventure of the Empty House,,273
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""I stood up and examined the rocky wall behind me. In your",274
The Adventure of the Empty House,"picturesque account of the matter, which I read with great interest",275
The Adventure of the Empty House,"some months later, you assert that the wall was sheer. This was not",276
The Adventure of the Empty House,"literally true. A few small footholds presented themselves, and there",277
The Adventure of the Empty House,was some indication of a ledge. The cliff is so high that to climb it,278
The Adventure of the Empty House,"all was an obvious impossibility, and it was equally impossible to",279
The Adventure of the Empty House,"make my way along the wet path without leaving some tracks. I might,",280
The Adventure of the Empty House,"it is true, have reversed my boots, as I have done on similar",281
The Adventure of the Empty House,"occasions, but the sight of three sets of tracks in one direction",282
The Adventure of the Empty House,"would certainly have suggested a deception. On the whole, then, it",283
The Adventure of the Empty House,was best that I should risk the climb. It was not a pleasant,284
The Adventure of the Empty House,"business, Watson. The fall roared beneath me. I am not a fanciful",285
The Adventure of the Empty House,"person, but I give you my word that I seemed to hear Moriarty's voice",286
The Adventure of the Empty House,screaming at me out of the abyss. A mistake would have been fatal.,287
The Adventure of the Empty House,"More than once, as tufts of grass came out in my hand or my foot",288
The Adventure of the Empty House,"slipped in the wet notches of the rock, I thought that I was gone.",289
The Adventure of the Empty House,"But I struggled upwards, and at last I reached a ledge several feet",290
The Adventure of the Empty House,"deep and covered with soft green moss, where I could lie unseen in",291
The Adventure of the Empty House,"the most perfect comfort. There I was stretched when you, my dear",292
The Adventure of the Empty House,"Watson, and all your following were investigating in the most",293
The Adventure of the Empty House,sympathetic and inefficient manner the circumstances of my death.,294
The Adventure of the Empty House,,295
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""At last, when you had all formed your inevitable and totally",296
The Adventure of the Empty House,"erroneous conclusions, you departed for the hotel and I was left",297
The Adventure of the Empty House,"alone. I had imagined that I had reached the end of my adventures,",298
The Adventure of the Empty House,but a very unexpected occurrence showed me that there were surprises,299
The Adventure of the Empty House,"still in store for me. A huge rock, falling from above, boomed past",300
The Adventure of the Empty House,"me, struck the path, and bounded over into the chasm. For an instant",301
The Adventure of the Empty House,"I thought that it was an accident; but a moment later, looking up, I",302
The Adventure of the Empty House,"saw a man's head against the darkening sky, and another stone struck",303
The Adventure of the Empty House,"the very ledge upon which I was stretched, within a foot of my head.",304
The Adventure of the Empty House,"Of course, the meaning of this was obvious. Moriarty had not been",305
The Adventure of the Empty House,alone. A confederate--and even that one glance had told me how,306
The Adventure of the Empty House,dangerous a man that confederate was--had kept guard while the,307
The Adventure of the Empty House,"Professor had attacked me. From a distance, unseen by me, he had been",308
The Adventure of the Empty House,"a witness of his friend's death and of my escape. He had waited, and",309
The Adventure of the Empty House,"then, making his way round to the top of the cliff, he had",310
The Adventure of the Empty House,endeavoured to succeed where his comrade had failed.,311
The Adventure of the Empty House,,312
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""I did not take long to think about it, Watson. Again I saw that grim",313
The Adventure of the Empty House,"face look over the cliff, and I knew that it was the precursor of",314
The Adventure of the Empty House,another stone. I scrambled down on to the path. I don't think I could,315
The Adventure of the Empty House,have done it in cold blood. It was a hundred times more difficult,316
The Adventure of the Empty House,"than getting up. But I had no time to think of the danger, for",317
The Adventure of the Empty House,another stone sang past me as I hung by my hands from the edge of the,318
The Adventure of the Empty House,"ledge. Halfway down I slipped, but by the blessing of God I landed,",319
The Adventure of the Empty House,"torn and bleeding, upon the path. I took to my heels, did ten miles",320
The Adventure of the Empty House,"over the mountains in the darkness, and a week later I found myself",321
The Adventure of the Empty House,in Florence with the certainty that no one in the world knew what had,322
The Adventure of the Empty House,become of me.,323
The Adventure of the Empty House,,324
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""I had only one confidant--my brother Mycroft. I owe you many",325
The Adventure of the Empty House,"apologies, my dear Watson, but it was all-important that it should be",326
The Adventure of the Empty House,"thought I was dead, and it is quite certain that you would not have",327
The Adventure of the Empty House,written so convincing an account of my unhappy end had you not,328
The Adventure of the Empty House,yourself thought that it was true. Several times during the last,329
The Adventure of the Empty House,"three years I have taken up my pen to write to you, but always I",330
The Adventure of the Empty House,feared lest your affectionate regard for me should tempt you to some,331
The Adventure of the Empty House,indiscretion which would betray my secret. For that reason I turned,332
The Adventure of the Empty House,"away from you this evening when you upset my books, for I was in",333
The Adventure of the Empty House,"danger at the time, and any show of surprise and emotion upon your",334
The Adventure of the Empty House,part might have drawn attention to my identity and led to the most,335
The Adventure of the Empty House,"deplorable and irreparable results. As to Mycroft, I had to confide",336
The Adventure of the Empty House,in him in order to obtain the money which I needed. The course of,337
The Adventure of the Empty House,"events in London did not run so well as I had hoped, for the trial of",338
The Adventure of the Empty House,"the Moriarty gang left two of its most dangerous members, my own most",339
The Adventure of the Empty House,"vindictive enemies, at liberty. I travelled for two years in Tibet,",340
The Adventure of the Empty House,"therefore, and amused myself by visiting Lhassa and spending some",341
The Adventure of the Empty House,days with the head Llama. You may have read of the remarkable,342
The Adventure of the Empty House,"explorations of a Norwegian named Sigerson, but I am sure that it",343
The Adventure of the Empty House,never occurred to you that you were receiving news of your friend. I,344
The Adventure of the Empty House,"then passed through Persia, looked in at Mecca, and paid a short but",345
The Adventure of the Empty House,"interesting visit to the Khalifa at Khartoum, the results of which I",346
The Adventure of the Empty House,have communicated to the Foreign Office. Returning to France I spent,347
The Adventure of the Empty House,"some months in a research into the coal-tar derivatives, which I",348
The Adventure of the Empty House,"conducted in a laboratory at Montpelier, in the South of France.",349
The Adventure of the Empty House,"Having concluded this to my satisfaction, and learning that only one",350
The Adventure of the Empty House,"of my enemies was now left in London, I was about to return when my",351
The Adventure of the Empty House,movements were hastened by the news of this very remarkable Park Lane,352
The Adventure of the Empty House,"Mystery, which not only appealed to me by its own merits, but which",353
The Adventure of the Empty House,seemed to offer some most peculiar personal opportunities. I came,354
The Adventure of the Empty House,"over at once to London, called in my own person at Baker Street,",355
The Adventure of the Empty House,"threw Mrs. Hudson into violent hysterics, and found that Mycroft had",356
The Adventure of the Empty House,preserved my rooms and my papers exactly as they had always been. So,357
The Adventure of the Empty House,"it was, my dear Watson, that at two o'clock to-day I found myself in",358
The Adventure of the Empty House,"my old arm-chair in my own old room, and only wishing that I could",359
The Adventure of the Empty House,have seen my old friend Watson in the other chair which he has so,360
The Adventure of the Empty House,"often adorned.""",361
The Adventure of the Empty House,,362
The Adventure of the Empty House,Such was the remarkable narrative to which I listened on that April,363
The Adventure of the Empty House,evening--a narrative which would have been utterly incredible to me,364
The Adventure of the Empty House,"had it not been confirmed by the actual sight of the tall, spare",365
The Adventure of the Empty House,"figure and the keen, eager face, which I had never thought to see",366
The Adventure of the Empty House,"again. In some manner he had learned of my own sad bereavement, and",367
The Adventure of the Empty House,"his sympathy was shown in his manner rather than in his words. ""Work",368
The Adventure of the Empty House,"is the best antidote to sorrow, my dear Watson,"" said he, ""and I have",369
The Adventure of the Empty House,"a piece of work for us both to-night which, if we can bring it to a",370
The Adventure of the Empty House,"successful conclusion, will in itself justify a man's life on this",371
The Adventure of the Empty House,"planet."" In vain I begged him to tell me more. ""You will hear and see",372
The Adventure of the Empty House,"enough before morning,"" he answered. ""We have three years of the past",373
The Adventure of the Empty House,"to discuss. Let that suffice until half-past nine, when we start upon",374
The Adventure of the Empty House,"the notable adventure of the empty house.""",375
The Adventure of the Empty House,,376
The Adventure of the Empty House,"It was indeed like old times when, at that hour, I found myself",377
The Adventure of the Empty House,"seated beside him in a hansom, my revolver in my pocket and the",378
The Adventure of the Empty House,thrill of adventure in my heart. Holmes was cold and stern and,379
The Adventure of the Empty House,silent. As the gleam of the street-lamps flashed upon his austere,380
The Adventure of the Empty House,features I saw that his brows were drawn down in thought and his thin,381
The Adventure of the Empty House,lips compressed. I knew not what wild beast we were about to hunt,382
The Adventure of the Empty House,"down in the dark jungle of criminal London, but I was well assured",383
The Adventure of the Empty House,from the bearing of this master huntsman that the adventure was a,384
The Adventure of the Empty House,"most grave one, while the sardonic smile which occasionally broke",385
The Adventure of the Empty House,through his ascetic gloom boded little good for the object of our,386
The Adventure of the Empty House,quest.,387
The Adventure of the Empty House,,388
The Adventure of the Empty House,"I had imagined that we were bound for Baker Street, but Holmes",389
The Adventure of the Empty House,stopped the cab at the corner of Cavendish Square. I observed that as,390
The Adventure of the Empty House,"he stepped out he gave a most searching glance to right and left, and",391
The Adventure of the Empty House,at every subsequent street corner he took the utmost pains to assure,392
The Adventure of the Empty House,that he was not followed. Our route was certainly a singular one.,393
The Adventure of the Empty House,"Holmes's knowledge of the byways of London was extraordinary, and on",394
The Adventure of the Empty House,"this occasion he passed rapidly, and with an assured step, through a",395
The Adventure of the Empty House,network of mews and stables the very existence of which I had never,396
The Adventure of the Empty House,"known. We emerged at last into a small road, lined with old, gloomy",397
The Adventure of the Empty House,"houses, which led us into Manchester Street, and so to Blandford",398
The Adventure of the Empty House,"Street. Here he turned swiftly down a narrow passage, passed through",399
The Adventure of the Empty House,"a wooden gate into a deserted yard, and then opened with a key the",400
The Adventure of the Empty House,back door of a house. We entered together and he closed it behind us.,401
The Adventure of the Empty House,,402
The Adventure of the Empty House,"The place was pitch-dark, but it was evident to me that it was an",403
The Adventure of the Empty House,"empty house. Our feet creaked and crackled over the bare planking,",404
The Adventure of the Empty House,and my outstretched hand touched a wall from which the paper was,405
The Adventure of the Empty House,"hanging in ribbons. Holmes's cold, thin fingers closed round my wrist",406
The Adventure of the Empty House,"and led me forwards down a long hall, until I dimly saw the murky",407
The Adventure of the Empty House,"fanlight over the door. Here Holmes turned suddenly to the right, and",408
The Adventure of the Empty House,"we found ourselves in a large, square, empty room, heavily shadowed",409
The Adventure of the Empty House,"in the corners, but faintly lit in the centre from the lights of the",410
The Adventure of the Empty House,street beyond. There was no lamp near and the window was thick with,411
The Adventure of the Empty House,"dust, so that we could only just discern each other's figures within.",412
The Adventure of the Empty House,My companion put his hand upon my shoulder and his lips close to my,413
The Adventure of the Empty House,ear.,414
The Adventure of the Empty House,,415
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""Do you know where we are?"" he whispered.",416
The Adventure of the Empty House,,417
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""Surely that is Baker Street,"" I answered, staring through the dim",418
The Adventure of the Empty House,window.,419
The Adventure of the Empty House,,420
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""Exactly. We are in Camden House, which stands opposite to our own",421
The Adventure of the Empty House,"old quarters.""",422
The Adventure of the Empty House,,423
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""But why are we here?""",424
The Adventure of the Empty House,,425
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""Because it commands so excellent a view of that picturesque pile.",426
The Adventure of the Empty House,"Might I trouble you, my dear Watson, to draw a little nearer to the",427
The Adventure of the Empty House,"window, taking every precaution not to show yourself, and then to",428
The Adventure of the Empty House,look up at our old rooms--the starting-point of so many of our little,429
The Adventure of the Empty House,adventures? We will see if my three years of absence have entirely,430
The Adventure of the Empty House,"taken away my power to surprise you.""",431
The Adventure of the Empty House,,432
The Adventure of the Empty House,I crept forward and looked across at the familiar window. As my eyes,433
The Adventure of the Empty House,fell upon it I gave a gasp and a cry of amazement. The blind was down,434
The Adventure of the Empty House,and a strong light was burning in the room. The shadow of a man who,435
The Adventure of the Empty House,"was seated in a chair within was thrown in hard, black outline upon",436
The Adventure of the Empty House,the luminous screen of the window. There was no mistaking the poise,437
The Adventure of the Empty House,"of the head, the squareness of the shoulders, the sharpness of the",438
The Adventure of the Empty House,"features. The face was turned half-round, and the effect was that of",439
The Adventure of the Empty House,one of those black silhouettes which our grandparents loved to frame.,440
The Adventure of the Empty House,It was a perfect reproduction of Holmes. So amazed was I that I threw,441
The Adventure of the Empty House,out my hand to make sure that the man himself was standing beside me.,442
The Adventure of the Empty House,He was quivering with silent laughter.,443
The Adventure of the Empty House,,444
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""Well?"" said he.",445
The Adventure of the Empty House,,446
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""Good heavens!"" I cried. ""It is marvellous.""",447
The Adventure of the Empty House,,448
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""I trust that age doth not wither nor custom stale my infinite",449
The Adventure of the Empty House,"variety,'"" said he, and I recognised in his voice the joy and pride",450
The Adventure of the Empty House,"which the artist takes in his own creation. ""It really is rather like",451
The Adventure of the Empty House,"me, is it not?""",452
The Adventure of the Empty House,,453
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""I should be prepared to swear that it was you.""",454
The Adventure of the Empty House,,455
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""The credit of the execution is due to Monsieur Oscar Meunier, of",456
The Adventure of the Empty House,"Grenoble, who spent some days in doing the moulding. It is a bust in",457
The Adventure of the Empty House,wax. The rest I arranged myself during my visit to Baker Street this,458
The Adventure of the Empty House,"afternoon.""",459
The Adventure of the Empty House,,460
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""But why?""",461
The Adventure of the Empty House,,462
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""Because, my dear Watson, I had the strongest possible reason for",463
The Adventure of the Empty House,wishing certain people to think that I was there when I was really,464
The Adventure of the Empty House,"elsewhere.""",465
The Adventure of the Empty House,,466
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""And you thought the rooms were watched?""",467
The Adventure of the Empty House,,468
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""I knew that they were watched.""",469
The Adventure of the Empty House,,470
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""By whom?""",471
The Adventure of the Empty House,,472
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""By my old enemies, Watson. By the charming society whose leader lies",473
The Adventure of the Empty House,"in the Reichenbach Fall. You must remember that they knew, and only",474
The Adventure of the Empty House,"they knew, that I was still alive. Sooner or later they believed that",475
The Adventure of the Empty House,"I should come back to my rooms. They watched them continuously, and",476
The Adventure of the Empty House,"this morning they saw me arrive.""",477
The Adventure of the Empty House,,478
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""How do you know?""",479
The Adventure of the Empty House,,480
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""Because I recognised their sentinel when I glanced out of my window.",481
The Adventure of the Empty House,"He is a harmless enough fellow, Parker by name, a garroter by trade,",482
The Adventure of the Empty House,and a remarkable performer upon the Jew's harp. I cared nothing for,483
The Adventure of the Empty House,him. But I cared a great deal for the much more formidable person who,484
The Adventure of the Empty House,"was behind him, the bosom friend of Moriarty, the man who dropped the",485
The Adventure of the Empty House,"rocks over the cliff, the most cunning and dangerous criminal in",486
The Adventure of the Empty House,"London. That is the man who is after me to-night, Watson, and that is",487
The Adventure of the Empty House,"the man who is quite unaware that we are after him.""",488
The Adventure of the Empty House,,489
The Adventure of the Empty House,My friend's plans were gradually revealing themselves. From this,490
The Adventure of the Empty House,convenient retreat the watchers were being watched and the trackers,491
The Adventure of the Empty House,tracked. That angular shadow up yonder was the bait and we were the,492
The Adventure of the Empty House,hunters. In silence we stood together in the darkness and watched the,493
The Adventure of the Empty House,hurrying figures who passed and repassed in front of us. Holmes was,494
The Adventure of the Empty House,"silent and motionless; but I could tell that he was keenly alert, and",495
The Adventure of the Empty House,that his eyes were fixed intently upon the stream of passers-by. It,496
The Adventure of the Empty House,"was a bleak and boisterous night, and the wind whistled shrilly down",497
The Adventure of the Empty House,"the long street. Many people were moving to and fro, most of them",498
The Adventure of the Empty House,muffled in their coats and cravats. Once or twice it seemed to me,499
The Adventure of the Empty House,"that I had seen the same figure before, and I especially noticed two",500
The Adventure of the Empty House,men who appeared to be sheltering themselves from the wind in the,501
The Adventure of the Empty House,doorway of a house some distance up the street. I tried to draw my,502
The Adventure of the Empty House,"companion's attention to them, but he gave a little ejaculation of",503
The Adventure of the Empty House,impatience and continued to stare into the street. More than once he,504
The Adventure of the Empty House,fidgeted with his feet and tapped rapidly with his fingers upon the,505
The Adventure of the Empty House,wall. It was evident to me that he was becoming uneasy and that his,506
The Adventure of the Empty House,"plans were not working out altogether as he had hoped. At last, as",507
The Adventure of the Empty House,"midnight approached and the street gradually cleared, he paced up and",508
The Adventure of the Empty House,down the room in uncontrollable agitation. I was about to make some,509
The Adventure of the Empty House,remark to him when I raised my eyes to the lighted window and again,510
The Adventure of the Empty House,experienced almost as great a surprise as before. I clutched Holmes's,511
The Adventure of the Empty House,arm and pointed upwards.,512
The Adventure of the Empty House,,513
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""The shadow has moved!"" I cried.",514
The Adventure of the Empty House,,515
The Adventure of the Empty House,"It was, indeed, no longer the profile, but the back, which was turned",516
The Adventure of the Empty House,towards us.,517
The Adventure of the Empty House,,518
The Adventure of the Empty House,Three years had certainly not smoothed the asperities of his temper,519
The Adventure of the Empty House,or his impatience with a less active intelligence than his own.,520
The Adventure of the Empty House,,521
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""Of course it has moved,"" said he. ""Am I such a farcical bungler,",522
The Adventure of the Empty House,"Watson, that I should erect an obvious dummy and expect that some of",523
The Adventure of the Empty House,the sharpest men in Europe would be deceived by it? We have been in,524
The Adventure of the Empty House,"this room two hours, and Mrs. Hudson has made some change in that",525
The Adventure of the Empty House,"figure eight times, or once in every quarter of an hour. She works it",526
The Adventure of the Empty House,"from the front so that her shadow may never be seen. Ah!"" He drew in",527
The Adventure of the Empty House,"his breath with a shrill, excited intake. In the dim light I saw his",528
The Adventure of the Empty House,"head thrown forward, his whole attitude rigid with attention.",529
The Adventure of the Empty House,"Outside, the street was absolutely deserted. Those two men might",530
The Adventure of the Empty House,"still be crouching in the doorway, but I could no longer see them.",531
The Adventure of the Empty House,"All was still and dark, save only that brilliant yellow screen in",532
The Adventure of the Empty House,front of us with the black figure outlined upon its centre. Again in,533
The Adventure of the Empty House,"the utter silence I heard that thin, sibilant note which spoke of",534
The Adventure of the Empty House,intense suppressed excitement. An instant later he pulled me back,535
The Adventure of the Empty House,"into the blackest corner of the room, and I felt his warning hand",536
The Adventure of the Empty House,upon my lips. The fingers which clutched me were quivering. Never had,537
The Adventure of the Empty House,"I known my friend more moved, and yet the dark street still stretched",538
The Adventure of the Empty House,lonely and motionless before us.,539
The Adventure of the Empty House,,540
The Adventure of the Empty House,But suddenly I was aware of that which his keener senses had already,541
The Adventure of the Empty House,"distinguished. A low, stealthy sound came to my ears, not from the",542
The Adventure of the Empty House,"direction of Baker Street, but from the back of the very house in",543
The Adventure of the Empty House,which we lay concealed. A door opened and shut. An instant later,544
The Adventure of the Empty House,"steps crept down the passage--steps which were meant to be silent,",545
The Adventure of the Empty House,but which reverberated harshly through the empty house. Holmes,546
The Adventure of the Empty House,"crouched back against the wall and I did the same, my hand closing",547
The Adventure of the Empty House,"upon the handle of my revolver. Peering through the gloom, I saw the",548
The Adventure of the Empty House,"vague outline of a man, a shade blacker than the blackness of the",549
The Adventure of the Empty House,"open door. He stood for an instant, and then he crept forward,",550
The Adventure of the Empty House,"crouching, menacing, into the room. He was within three yards of us,",551
The Adventure of the Empty House,"this sinister figure, and I had braced myself to meet his spring,",552
The Adventure of the Empty House,before I realized that he had no idea of our presence. He passed,553
The Adventure of the Empty House,"close beside us, stole over to the window, and very softly and",554
The Adventure of the Empty House,noiselessly raised it for half a foot. As he sank to the level of,555
The Adventure of the Empty House,"this opening the light of the street, no longer dimmed by the dusty",556
The Adventure of the Empty House,"glass, fell full upon his face. The man seemed to be beside himself",557
The Adventure of the Empty House,with excitement. His two eyes shone like stars and his features were,558
The Adventure of the Empty House,"working convulsively. He was an elderly man, with a thin, projecting",559
The Adventure of the Empty House,"nose, a high, bald forehead, and a huge grizzled moustache. An",560
The Adventure of the Empty House,"opera-hat was pushed to the back of his head, and an evening dress",561
The Adventure of the Empty House,shirt-front gleamed out through his open overcoat. His face was gaunt,562
The Adventure of the Empty House,"and swarthy, scored with deep, savage lines. In his hand he carried",563
The Adventure of the Empty House,"what appeared to be a stick, but as he laid it down upon the floor it",564
The Adventure of the Empty House,gave a metallic clang. Then from the pocket of his overcoat he drew a,565
The Adventure of the Empty House,"bulky object, and he busied himself in some task which ended with a",566
The Adventure of the Empty House,"loud, sharp click, as if a spring or bolt had fallen into its place.",567
The Adventure of the Empty House,Still kneeling upon the floor he bent forward and threw all his,568
The Adventure of the Empty House,"weight and strength upon some lever, with the result that there came",569
The Adventure of the Empty House,"a long, whirling, grinding noise, ending once more in a powerful",570
The Adventure of the Empty House,"click. He straightened himself then, and I saw that what he held in",571
The Adventure of the Empty House,"his hand was a sort of gun, with a curiously misshapen butt. He",572
The Adventure of the Empty House,"opened it at the breech, put something in, and snapped the",573
The Adventure of the Empty House,"breech-block. Then, crouching down, he rested the end of the barrel",574
The Adventure of the Empty House,"upon the ledge of the open window, and I saw his long moustache droop",575
The Adventure of the Empty House,over the stock and his eye gleam as it peered along the sights. I,576
The Adventure of the Empty House,heard a little sigh of satisfaction as he cuddled the butt into his,577
The Adventure of the Empty House,"shoulder, and saw that amazing target, the black man on the yellow",578
The Adventure of the Empty House,"ground, standing clear at the end of his fore sight. For an instant",579
The Adventure of the Empty House,he was rigid and motionless. Then his finger tightened on the,580
The Adventure of the Empty House,"trigger. There was a strange, loud whiz and a long, silvery tinkle of",581
The Adventure of the Empty House,broken glass. At that instant Holmes sprang like a tiger on to the,582
The Adventure of the Empty House,marksman's back and hurled him flat upon his face. He was up again in,583
The Adventure of the Empty House,"a moment, and with convulsive strength he seized Holmes by the",584
The Adventure of the Empty House,throat; but I struck him on the head with the butt of my revolver and,585
The Adventure of the Empty House,"he dropped again upon the floor. I fell upon him, and as I held him",586
The Adventure of the Empty House,my comrade blew a shrill call upon a whistle. There was the clatter,587
The Adventure of the Empty House,"of running feet upon the pavement, and two policemen in uniform, with",588
The Adventure of the Empty House,"one plain-clothes detective, rushed through the front entrance and",589
The Adventure of the Empty House,into the room.,590
The Adventure of the Empty House,,591
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""That you, Lestrade?"" said Holmes.",592
The Adventure of the Empty House,,593
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""Yes, Mr. Holmes. I took the job myself. It's good to see you back in",594
The Adventure of the Empty House,"London, sir.""",595
The Adventure of the Empty House,,596
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""I think you want a little unofficial help. Three undetected murders",597
The Adventure of the Empty House,"in one year won't do, Lestrade. But you handled the Molesey Mystery",598
The Adventure of the Empty House,"with less than your usual--that's to say, you handled it fairly",599
The Adventure of the Empty House,"well.""",600
The Adventure of the Empty House,,601
The Adventure of the Empty House,"We had all risen to our feet, our prisoner breathing hard, with a",602
The Adventure of the Empty House,stalwart constable on each side of him. Already a few loiterers had,603
The Adventure of the Empty House,"begun to collect in the street. Holmes stepped up to the window,",604
The Adventure of the Empty House,"closed it, and dropped the blinds. Lestrade had produced two candles",605
The Adventure of the Empty House,and the policemen had uncovered their lanterns. I was able at last to,606
The Adventure of the Empty House,have a good look at our prisoner.,607
The Adventure of the Empty House,,608
The Adventure of the Empty House,It was a tremendously virile and yet sinister face which was turned,609
The Adventure of the Empty House,towards us. With the brow of a philosopher above and the jaw of a,610
The Adventure of the Empty House,"sensualist below, the man must have started with great capacities for",611
The Adventure of the Empty House,"good or for evil. But one could not look upon his cruel blue eyes,",612
The Adventure of the Empty House,"with their drooping, cynical lids, or upon the fierce, aggressive",613
The Adventure of the Empty House,"nose and the threatening, deep-lined brow, without reading Nature's",614
The Adventure of the Empty House,"plainest danger-signals. He took no heed of any of us, but his eyes",615
The Adventure of the Empty House,were fixed upon Holmes's face with an expression in which hatred and,616
The Adventure of the Empty House,"amazement were equally blended. ""You fiend!"" he kept on muttering.",617
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""You clever, clever fiend!""",618
The Adventure of the Empty House,,619
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""Ah, Colonel!"" said Holmes, arranging his rumpled collar; ""'journeys",620
The Adventure of the Empty House,"end in lovers' meetings,' as the old play says. I don't think I have",621
The Adventure of the Empty House,had the pleasure of seeing you since you favoured me with those,622
The Adventure of the Empty House,"attentions as I lay on the ledge above the Reichenbach Fall.""",623
The Adventure of the Empty House,,624
The Adventure of the Empty House,"The Colonel still stared at my friend like a man in a trance. ""You",625
The Adventure of the Empty House,"cunning, cunning fiend!"" was all that he could say.",626
The Adventure of the Empty House,,627
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""I have not introduced you yet,"" said Holmes. ""This, gentlemen, is",628
The Adventure of the Empty House,"Colonel Sebastian Moran, once of Her Majesty's Indian Army, and the",629
The Adventure of the Empty House,best heavy game shot that our Eastern Empire has ever produced. I,630
The Adventure of the Empty House,"believe I am correct, Colonel, in saying that your bag of tigers",631
The Adventure of the Empty House,"still remains unrivalled?""",632
The Adventure of the Empty House,,633
The Adventure of the Empty House,"The fierce old man said nothing, but still glared at my companion;",634
The Adventure of the Empty House,with his savage eyes and bristling moustache he was wonderfully like,635
The Adventure of the Empty House,a tiger himself.,636
The Adventure of the Empty House,,637
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""I wonder that my very simple stratagem could deceive so old a",638
The Adventure of the Empty House,"shikari,"" said Holmes. ""It must be very familiar to you. Have you not",639
The Adventure of the Empty House,"tethered a young kid under a tree, lain above it with your rifle, and",640
The Adventure of the Empty House,waited for the bait to bring up your tiger? This empty house is my,641
The Adventure of the Empty House,tree and you are my tiger. You have possibly had other guns in,642
The Adventure of the Empty House,"reserve in case there should be several tigers, or in the unlikely",643
The Adventure of the Empty House,"supposition of your own aim failing you. These,"" he pointed around,",644
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""are my other guns. The parallel is exact.""",645
The Adventure of the Empty House,,646
The Adventure of the Empty House,"Colonel Moran sprang forward, with a snarl of rage, but the",647
The Adventure of the Empty House,constables dragged him back. The fury upon his face was terrible to,648
The Adventure of the Empty House,look at.,649
The Adventure of the Empty House,,650
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""I confess that you had one small surprise for me,"" said Holmes. ""I",651
The Adventure of the Empty House,did not anticipate that you would yourself make use of this empty,652
The Adventure of the Empty House,house and this convenient front window. I had imagined you as,653
The Adventure of the Empty House,"operating from the street, where my friend Lestrade and his merry men",654
The Adventure of the Empty House,"were awaiting you. With that exception all has gone as I expected.""",655
The Adventure of the Empty House,,656
The Adventure of the Empty House,Colonel Moran turned to the official detective.,657
The Adventure of the Empty House,,658
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""You may or may not have just cause for arresting me,"" said he, ""but",659
The Adventure of the Empty House,at least there can be no reason why I should submit to the gibes of,660
The Adventure of the Empty House,this person. If I am in the hands of the law let things be done in a,661
The Adventure of the Empty House,"legal way.""",662
The Adventure of the Empty House,,663
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""Well, that's reasonable enough,"" said Lestrade. ""Nothing further you",664
The Adventure of the Empty House,"have to say, Mr. Holmes, before we go?""",665
The Adventure of the Empty House,,666
The Adventure of the Empty House,Holmes had picked up the powerful air-gun from the floor and was,667
The Adventure of the Empty House,examining its mechanism.,668
The Adventure of the Empty House,,669
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""An admirable and unique weapon,"" said he, ""noiseless and of",670
The Adventure of the Empty House,"tremendous power. I knew Von Herder, the blind German mechanic, who",671
The Adventure of the Empty House,constructed it to the order of the late Professor Moriarty. For years,672
The Adventure of the Empty House,"I have been aware of its existence, though I have never before had",673
The Adventure of the Empty House,the opportunity of handling it. I commend it very specially to your,674
The Adventure of the Empty House,"attention, Lestrade, and also the bullets which fit it.""",675
The Adventure of the Empty House,,676
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""You can trust us to look after that, Mr. Holmes,"" said Lestrade, as",677
The Adventure of the Empty House,"the whole party moved towards the door. ""Anything further to say?""",678
The Adventure of the Empty House,,679
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""Only to ask what charge you intend to prefer?""",680
The Adventure of the Empty House,,681
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""What charge, sir? Why, of course, the attempted murder of Mr.",682
The Adventure of the Empty House,"Sherlock Holmes.""",683
The Adventure of the Empty House,,684
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""Not so, Lestrade. I do not propose to appear in the matter at all.",685
The Adventure of the Empty House,"To you, and to you only, belongs the credit of the remarkable arrest",686
The Adventure of the Empty House,"which you have effected. Yes, Lestrade, I congratulate you! With your",687
The Adventure of the Empty House,"usual happy mixture of cunning and audacity you have got him.""",688
The Adventure of the Empty House,,689
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""Got him! Got whom, Mr. Holmes?""",690
The Adventure of the Empty House,,691
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""The man that the whole force has been seeking in vain--Colonel",692
The Adventure of the Empty House,"Sebastian Moran, who shot the Honourable Ronald Adair with an",693
The Adventure of the Empty House,expanding bullet from an air-gun through the open window of the,694
The Adventure of the Empty House,"second-floor front of No. 427, Park Lane, upon the 30th of last",695
The Adventure of the Empty House,"month. That's the charge, Lestrade. And now, Watson, if you can",696
The Adventure of the Empty House,"endure the draught from a broken window, I think that half an hour in",697
The Adventure of the Empty House,"my study over a cigar may afford you some profitable amusement.""",698
The Adventure of the Empty House,,699
The Adventure of the Empty House,Our old chambers had been left unchanged through the supervision of,700
The Adventure of the Empty House,Mycroft Holmes and the immediate care of Mrs. Hudson. As I entered I,701
The Adventure of the Empty House,"saw, it is true, an unwonted tidiness, but the old landmarks were all",702
The Adventure of the Empty House,"in their place. There were the chemical corner and the acid-stained,",703
The Adventure of the Empty House,deal-topped table. There upon a shelf was the row of formidable,704
The Adventure of the Empty House,scrap-books and books of reference which many of our fellow-citizens,705
The Adventure of the Empty House,"would have been so glad to burn. The diagrams, the violin-case, and",706
The Adventure of the Empty House,the pipe-rack--even the Persian slipper which contained the,707
The Adventure of the Empty House,tobacco--all met my eyes as I glanced round me. There were two,708
The Adventure of the Empty House,"occupants of the room--one Mrs. Hudson, who beamed upon us both as we",709
The Adventure of the Empty House,entered; the other the strange dummy which had played so important a,710
The Adventure of the Empty House,part in the evening's adventures. It was a wax-coloured model of my,711
The Adventure of the Empty House,"friend, so admirably done that it was a perfect facsimile. It stood",712
The Adventure of the Empty House,on a small pedestal table with an old dressing-gown of Holmes's so,713
The Adventure of the Empty House,draped round it that the illusion from the street was absolutely,714
The Adventure of the Empty House,perfect.,715
The Adventure of the Empty House,,716
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""I hope you preserved all precautions, Mrs. Hudson?"" said Holmes.",717
The Adventure of the Empty House,,718
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""I went to it on my knees, sir, just as you told me.""",719
The Adventure of the Empty House,,720
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""Excellent. You carried the thing out very well. Did you observe",721
The Adventure of the Empty House,"where the bullet went?""",722
The Adventure of the Empty House,,723
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""Yes, sir. I'm afraid it has spoilt your beautiful bust, for it",724
The Adventure of the Empty House,passed right through the head and flattened itself on the wall. I,725
The Adventure of the Empty House,"picked it up from the carpet. Here it is!""",726
The Adventure of the Empty House,,727
The Adventure of the Empty House,"Holmes held it out to me. ""A soft revolver bullet, as you perceive,",728
The Adventure of the Empty House,"Watson. There's genius in that, for who would expect to find such a",729
The Adventure of the Empty House,"thing fired from an air-gun. All right, Mrs. Hudson, I am much",730
The Adventure of the Empty House,"obliged for your assistance. And now, Watson, let me see you in your",731
The Adventure of the Empty House,"old seat once more, for there are several points which I should like",732
The Adventure of the Empty House,"to discuss with you.""",733
The Adventure of the Empty House,,734
The Adventure of the Empty House,"He had thrown off the seedy frock-coat, and now he was the Holmes of",735
The Adventure of the Empty House,old in the mouse-coloured dressing-gown which he took from his,736
The Adventure of the Empty House,effigy.,737
The Adventure of the Empty House,,738
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""The old shikari's nerves have not lost their steadiness nor his eyes",739
The Adventure of the Empty House,"their keenness,"" said he, with a laugh, as he inspected the shattered",740
The Adventure of the Empty House,forehead of his bust.,741
The Adventure of the Empty House,,742
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""Plumb in the middle of the back of the head and smack through the",743
The Adventure of the Empty House,"brain. He was the best shot in India, and I expect that there are few",744
The Adventure of the Empty House,"better in London. Have you heard the name?""",745
The Adventure of the Empty House,,746
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""No, I have not.""",747
The Adventure of the Empty House,,748
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""Well, well, such is fame! But, then, if I remember aright, you had",749
The Adventure of the Empty House,"not heard the name of Professor James Moriarty, who had one of the",750
The Adventure of the Empty House,great brains of the century. Just give me down my index of,751
The Adventure of the Empty House,"biographies from the shelf.""",752
The Adventure of the Empty House,,753
The Adventure of the Empty House,"He turned over the pages lazily, leaning back in his chair and",754
The Adventure of the Empty House,blowing great clouds from his cigar.,755
The Adventure of the Empty House,,756
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""My collection of M's is a fine one,"" said he. ""Moriarty himself is",757
The Adventure of the Empty House,"enough to make any letter illustrious, and here is Morgan the",758
The Adventure of the Empty House,"poisoner, and Merridew of abominable memory, and Mathews, who knocked",759
The Adventure of the Empty House,"out my left canine in the waiting-room at Charing Cross, and,",760
The Adventure of the Empty House,"finally, here is our friend of to-night.""",761
The Adventure of the Empty House,,762
The Adventure of the Empty House,"He handed over the book, and I read:",763
The Adventure of the Empty House,,764
The Adventure of the Empty House,"Moran, Sebastian, Colonel. Unemployed. Formerly 1st Bengalore",765
The Adventure of the Empty House,"Pioneers. Born London, 1840. Son of Sir Augustus Moran, C.B., once",766
The Adventure of the Empty House,British Minister to Persia. Educated Eton and Oxford. Served in,767
The Adventure of the Empty House,"Jowaki Campaign, Afghan Campaign, Charasiab (despatches), Sherpur,",768
The Adventure of the Empty House,"and Cabul. Author of Heavy Game of the Western Himalayas, 1881; Three",769
The Adventure of the Empty House,"Months in the Jungle, 1884. Address: Conduit Street. Clubs: The",770
The Adventure of the Empty House,"Anglo-Indian, the Tankerville, the Bagatelle Card Club.",771
The Adventure of the Empty House,,772
The Adventure of the Empty House,"On the margin was written, in Holmes's precise hand:",773
The Adventure of the Empty House,,774
The Adventure of the Empty House,The second most dangerous man in London.,775
The Adventure of the Empty House,,776
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""This is astonishing,"" said I, as I handed back the volume. ""The",777
The Adventure of the Empty House,"man's career is that of an honourable soldier.""",778
The Adventure of the Empty House,,779
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""It is true,"" Holmes answered. ""Up to a certain point he did well. He",780
The Adventure of the Empty House,"was always a man of iron nerve, and the story is still told in India",781
The Adventure of the Empty House,how he crawled down a drain after a wounded man-eating tiger. There,782
The Adventure of the Empty House,"are some trees, Watson, which grow to a certain height and then",783
The Adventure of the Empty House,suddenly develop some unsightly eccentricity. You will see it often,784
The Adventure of the Empty House,in humans. I have a theory that the individual represents in his,785
The Adventure of the Empty House,"development the whole procession of his ancestors, and that such a",786
The Adventure of the Empty House,sudden turn to good or evil stands for some strong influence which,787
The Adventure of the Empty House,"came into the line of his pedigree. The person becomes, as it were,",788
The Adventure of the Empty House,"the epitome of the history of his own family.""",789
The Adventure of the Empty House,,790
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""It is surely rather fanciful.""",791
The Adventure of the Empty House,,792
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""Well, I don't insist upon it. Whatever the cause, Colonel Moran",793
The Adventure of the Empty House,began to go wrong. Without any open scandal he still made India too,794
The Adventure of the Empty House,"hot to hold him. He retired, came to London, and again acquired an",795
The Adventure of the Empty House,evil name. It was at this time that he was sought out by Professor,796
The Adventure of the Empty House,"Moriarty, to whom for a time he was chief of the staff. Moriarty",797
The Adventure of the Empty House,supplied him liberally with money and used him only in one or two,798
The Adventure of the Empty House,very high-class jobs which no ordinary criminal could have,799
The Adventure of the Empty House,undertaken. You may have some recollection of the death of Mrs.,800
The Adventure of the Empty House,"Stewart, of Lauder, in 1887. Not? Well, I am sure Moran was at the",801
The Adventure of the Empty House,bottom of it; but nothing could be proved. So cleverly was the,802
The Adventure of the Empty House,Colonel concealed that even when the Moriarty gang was broken up we,803
The Adventure of the Empty House,"could not incriminate him. You remember at that date, when I called",804
The Adventure of the Empty House,"upon you in your rooms, how I put up the shutters for fear of",805
The Adventure of the Empty House,air-guns? No doubt you thought me fanciful. I knew exactly what I was,806
The Adventure of the Empty House,"doing, for I knew of the existence of this remarkable gun, and I knew",807
The Adventure of the Empty House,also that one of the best shots in the world would be behind it. When,808
The Adventure of the Empty House,"we were in Switzerland he followed us with Moriarty, and it was",809
The Adventure of the Empty House,undoubtedly he who gave me that evil five minutes on the Reichenbach,810
The Adventure of the Empty House,ledge.,811
The Adventure of the Empty House,,812
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""You may think that I read the papers with some attention during my",813
The Adventure of the Empty House,"sojourn in France, on the look-out for any chance of laying him by",814
The Adventure of the Empty House,the heels. So long as he was free in London my life would really not,815
The Adventure of the Empty House,have been worth living. Night and day the shadow would have been over,816
The Adventure of the Empty House,"me, and sooner or later his chance must have come. What could I do? I",817
The Adventure of the Empty House,"could not shoot him at sight, or I should myself be in the dock.",818
The Adventure of the Empty House,There was no use appealing to a magistrate. They cannot interfere on,819
The Adventure of the Empty House,the strength of what would appear to them to be a wild suspicion. So,820
The Adventure of the Empty House,"I could do nothing. But I watched the criminal news, knowing that",821
The Adventure of the Empty House,sooner or later I should get him. Then came the death of this Ronald,822
The Adventure of the Empty House,"Adair. My chance had come at last! Knowing what I did, was it not",823
The Adventure of the Empty House,certain that Colonel Moran had done it? He had played cards with the,824
The Adventure of the Empty House,lad; he had followed him home from the club; he had shot him through,825
The Adventure of the Empty House,the open window. There was not a doubt of it. The bullets alone are,826
The Adventure of the Empty House,enough to put his head in a noose. I came over at once. I was seen by,827
The Adventure of the Empty House,"the sentinel, who would, I knew, direct the Colonel's attention to my",828
The Adventure of the Empty House,presence. He could not fail to connect my sudden return with his,829
The Adventure of the Empty House,crime and to be terribly alarmed. I was sure that he would make an,830
The Adventure of the Empty House,"attempt to get me out of the way at once, and would bring round his",831
The Adventure of the Empty House,murderous weapon for that purpose. I left him an excellent mark in,832
The Adventure of the Empty House,"the window, and, having warned the police that they might be",833
The Adventure of the Empty House,"needed--by the way, Watson, you spotted their presence in that",834
The Adventure of the Empty House,doorway with unerring accuracy--I took up what seemed to me to be a,835
The Adventure of the Empty House,"judicious post for observation, never dreaming that he would choose",836
The Adventure of the Empty House,"the same spot for his attack. Now, my dear Watson, does anything",837
The Adventure of the Empty House,"remain for me to explain?""",838
The Adventure of the Empty House,,839
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""Yes,"" said I. ""You have not made it clear what was Colonel Moran's",840
The Adventure of the Empty House,"motive in murdering the Honourable Ronald Adair.""",841
The Adventure of the Empty House,,842
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""Ah! my dear Watson, there we come into those realms of conjecture",843
The Adventure of the Empty House,where the most logical mind may be at fault. Each may form his own,844
The Adventure of the Empty House,"hypothesis upon the present evidence, and yours is as likely to be",845
The Adventure of the Empty House,"correct as mine.""",846
The Adventure of the Empty House,,847
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""You have formed one, then?""",848
The Adventure of the Empty House,,849
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""I think that it is not difficult to explain the facts. It came out",850
The Adventure of the Empty House,in evidence that Colonel Moran and young Adair had between them won a,851
The Adventure of the Empty House,"considerable amount of money. Now, Moran undoubtedly played foul--of",852
The Adventure of the Empty House,that I have long been aware. I believe that on the day of the murder,853
The Adventure of the Empty House,Adair had discovered that Moran was cheating. Very likely he had,854
The Adventure of the Empty House,"spoken to him privately, and had threatened to expose him unless he",855
The Adventure of the Empty House,voluntarily resigned his membership of the club and promised not to,856
The Adventure of the Empty House,play cards again. It is unlikely that a youngster like Adair would at,857
The Adventure of the Empty House,once make a hideous scandal by exposing a well-known man so much,858
The Adventure of the Empty House,older than himself. Probably he acted as I suggest. The exclusion,859
The Adventure of the Empty House,"from his clubs would mean ruin to Moran, who lived by his ill-gotten",860
The Adventure of the Empty House,"card gains. He therefore murdered Adair, who at the time was",861
The Adventure of the Empty House,"endeavouring to work out how much money he should himself return,",862
The Adventure of the Empty House,since he could not profit by his partner's foul play. He locked the,863
The Adventure of the Empty House,door lest the ladies should surprise him and insist upon knowing what,864
The Adventure of the Empty House,"he was doing with these names and coins. Will it pass?""",865
The Adventure of the Empty House,,866
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""I have no doubt that you have hit upon the truth.""",867
The Adventure of the Empty House,,868
The Adventure of the Empty House,"""It will be verified or disproved at the trial. Meanwhile, come what",869
The Adventure of the Empty House,"may, Colonel Moran will trouble us no more, the famous air-gun of Von",870
The Adventure of the Empty House,"Herder will embellish the Scotland Yard Museum, and once again Mr.",871
The Adventure of the Empty House,Sherlock Holmes is free to devote his life to examining those,872
The Adventure of the Empty House,interesting little problems which the complex life of London so,873
The Adventure of the Empty House,"plentifully presents.""",874
The Adventure of the Empty House,,875
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,THE ADVENTURE OF THE NORWOOD BUILDER,1
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,2
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""From the point of view of the criminal expert,"" said Mr. Sherlock",3
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"Holmes, ""London has become a singularly uninteresting city since the",4
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"death of the late lamented Professor Moriarty.""",5
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,6
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""I can hardly think that you would find many decent citizens to agree",7
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"with you,"" I answered.",8
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,9
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""Well, well, I must not be selfish,"" said he, with a smile, as he",10
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"pushed back his chair from the breakfast-table. ""The community is",11
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"certainly the gainer, and no one the loser, save the poor out-of-work",12
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"specialist, whose occupation has gone. With that man in the field",13
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,one's morning paper presented infinite possibilities. Often it was,14
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"only the smallest trace, Watson, the faintest indication, and yet it",15
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"was enough to tell me that the great malignant brain was there, as",16
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,the gentlest tremors of the edges of the web remind one of the foul,17
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"spider which lurks in the centre. Petty thefts, wanton assaults,",18
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,purposeless outrage--to the man who held the clue all could be worked,19
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,into one connected whole. To the scientific student of the higher,20
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,criminal world no capital in Europe offered the advantages which,21
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"London then possessed. But now--"" He shrugged his shoulders in",22
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,humorous deprecation of the state of things which he had himself done,23
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,so much to produce.,24
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,25
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"At the time of which I speak Holmes had been back for some months,",26
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"and I, at his request, had sold my practice and returned to share the",27
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"old quarters in Baker Street. A young doctor, named Verner, had",28
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"purchased my small Kensington practice, and given with astonishingly",29
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,little demur the highest price that I ventured to ask--an incident,30
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,which only explained itself some years later when I found that Verner,31
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"was a distant relation of Holmes's, and that it was my friend who had",32
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,really found the money.,33
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,34
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,Our months of partnership had not been so uneventful as he had,35
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"stated, for I find, on looking over my notes, that this period",36
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"includes the case of the papers of Ex-President Murillo, and also the",37
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"shocking affair of the Dutch steamship Friesland, which so nearly",38
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"cost us both our lives. His cold and proud nature was always averse,",39
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"however, to anything in the shape of public applause, and he bound me",40
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"in the most stringent terms to say no further word of himself, his",41
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"methods, or his successes--a prohibition which, as I have explained,",42
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,has only now been removed.,43
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,44
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,Mr. Sherlock Holmes was leaning back in his chair after his whimsical,45
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"protest, and was unfolding his morning paper in a leisurely fashion,",46
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"when our attention was arrested by a tremendous ring at the bell,",47
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"followed immediately by a hollow drumming sound, as if someone were",48
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,beating on the outer door with his fist. As it opened there came a,49
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"tumultuous rush into the hall, rapid feet clattered up the stair, and",50
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"an instant later a wild-eyed and frantic young man, pale,",51
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"dishevelled, and palpitating, burst into the room. He looked from one",52
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"to the other of us, and under our gaze of inquiry he became conscious",53
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,that some apology was needed for this unceremonious entry.,54
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,55
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""I'm sorry, Mr. Holmes,"" he cried. ""You mustn't blame me. I am nearly",56
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"mad. Mr. Holmes, I am the unhappy John Hector McFarlane.""",57
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,58
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,He made the announcement as if the name alone would explain both his,59
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,visit and its manner; but I could see by my companion's unresponsive,60
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,face that it meant no more to him than to me.,61
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,62
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""Have a cigarette, Mr. McFarlane,"" said he, pushing his case across.",63
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""I am sure that with your symptoms my friend Dr. Watson here would",64
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,prescribe a sedative. The weather has been so very warm these last,65
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"few days. Now, if you feel a little more composed, I should be glad",66
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,if you would sit down in that chair and tell us very slowly and,67
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,quietly who you are and what it is that you want. You mentioned your,68
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"name as if I should recognise it, but I assure you that, beyond the",69
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"obvious facts that you are a bachelor, a solicitor, a Freemason, and",70
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"an asthmatic, I know nothing whatever about you.""",71
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,72
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"Familiar as I was with my friend's methods, it was not difficult for",73
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"me to follow his deductions, and to observe the untidiness of attire,",74
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"the sheaf of legal papers, the watch-charm, and the breathing which",75
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"had prompted them. Our client, however, stared in amazement.",76
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,77
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""Yes, I am all that, Mr. Holmes, and in addition I am the most",78
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,unfortunate man at this moment in London. For Heaven's sake don't,79
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"abandon me, Mr. Holmes! If they come to arrest me before I have",80
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"finished my story, make them give me time so that I may tell you the",81
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,whole truth. I could go to jail happy if I knew that you were working,82
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"for me outside.""",83
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,84
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""Arrest you!"" said Holmes. ""This is really most grati--most",85
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"interesting. On what charge do you expect to be arrested?""",86
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,87
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""Upon the charge of murdering Mr. Jonas Oldacre, of Lower Norwood.""",88
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,89
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"My companion's expressive face showed a sympathy which was not, I am",90
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"afraid, entirely unmixed with satisfaction.",91
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,92
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""Dear me,"" said he; ""it was only this moment at breakfast that I was",93
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"saying to my friend, Dr. Watson, that sensational cases had",94
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"disappeared out of our papers.""",95
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,96
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,Our visitor stretched forward a quivering hand and picked up the,97
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"Daily Telegraph, which still lay upon Holmes's knee.",98
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,99
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""If you had looked at it, sir, you would have seen at a glance what",100
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,the errand is on which I have come to you this morning. I feel as if,101
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"my name and my misfortune must be in every man's mouth."" He turned it",102
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"over to expose the central page. ""Here it is, and with your",103
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"permission I will read it to you. Listen to this, Mr. Holmes. The",104
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,head-lines are: 'Mysterious Affair at Lower Norwood. Disappearance of,105
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,a Well-known Builder. Suspicion of Murder and Arson. A Clue to the,106
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"Criminal.' That is the clue which they are already following, Mr.",107
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"Holmes, and I know that it leads infallibly to me. I have been",108
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"followed from London Bridge Station, and I am sure that they are only",109
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,waiting for the warrant to arrest me. It will break my mother's,110
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"heart--it will break her heart!"" He wrung his hands in an agony of",111
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"apprehension, and swayed backwards and forwards in his chair.",112
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,113
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"I looked with interest upon this man, who was accused of being the",114
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,perpetrator of a crime of violence. He was flaxen-haired and handsome,115
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"in a washed-out negative fashion, with frightened blue eyes and a",116
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"clean-shaven face, with a weak, sensitive mouth. His age may have",117
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,been about twenty-seven; his dress and bearing that of a gentleman.,118
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,From the pocket of his light summer overcoat protruded the bundle of,119
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,endorsed papers which proclaimed his profession.,120
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,121
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""We must use what time we have,"" said Holmes. ""Watson, would you have",122
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,the kindness to take the paper and to read me the paragraph in,123
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"question?""",124
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,125
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,Underneath the vigorous head-lines which our client had quoted I read,126
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,the following suggestive narrative:--,127
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,128
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""Late last night, or early this morning, an incident occurred at",129
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"Lower Norwood which points, it is feared, to a serious crime. Mr.",130
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"Jonas Oldacre is a well-known resident of that suburb, where he has",131
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,carried on his business as a builder for many years. Mr. Oldacre is a,132
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"bachelor, fifty-two years of age, and lives in Deep Dene House, at",133
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,the Sydenham end of the road of that name. He has had the reputation,134
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"of being a man of eccentric habits, secretive and retiring. For some",135
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"years he has practically withdrawn from the business, in which he is",136
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,said to have amassed considerable wealth. A small timber-yard still,137
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"exists, however, at the back of the house, and last night, about",138
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"twelve o'clock, an alarm was given that one of the stacks was on",139
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"fire. The engines were soon upon the spot, but the dry wood burned",140
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"with great fury, and it was impossible to arrest the conflagration",141
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,until the stack had been entirely consumed. Up to this point the,142
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"incident bore the appearance of an ordinary accident, but fresh",143
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,indications seem to point to serious crime. Surprise was expressed at,144
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,the absence of the master of the establishment from the scene of the,145
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"fire, and an inquiry followed, which showed that he had disappeared",146
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,from the house. An examination of his room revealed that the bed had,147
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"not been slept in, that a safe which stood in it was open, that a",148
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"number of important papers were scattered about the room, and,",149
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"finally, that there were signs of a murderous struggle, slight traces",150
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"of blood being found within the room, and an oaken walking-stick,",151
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,which also showed stains of blood upon the handle. It is known that,152
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,Mr. Jonas Oldacre had received a late visitor in his bedroom upon,153
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"that night, and the stick found has been identified as the property",154
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"of this person, who is a young London solicitor named John Hector",155
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"McFarlane, junior partner of Graham and McFarlane, of 426, Gresham",156
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"Buildings, E.C. The police believe that they have evidence in their",157
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"possession which supplies a very convincing motive for the crime, and",158
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,altogether it cannot be doubted that sensational developments will,159
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,follow.,160
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""Later.--It is rumoured as we go to press that Mr. John Hector",161
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,McFarlane has actually been arrested on the charge of the murder of,162
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,Mr. Jonas Oldacre. It is at least certain that a warrant has been,163
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,issued. There have been further and sinister developments in the,164
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,investigation at Norwood. Besides the signs of a struggle in the room,165
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,of the unfortunate builder it is now known that the French windows of,166
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"his bedroom (which is on the ground floor) were found to be open,",167
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,that there were marks as if some bulky object had been dragged across,168
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"to the wood-pile, and, finally, it is asserted that charred remains",169
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,have been found among the charcoal ashes of the fire. The police,170
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"theory is that a most sensational crime has been committed, that the",171
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"victim was clubbed to death in his own bedroom, his papers rifled,",172
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"and his dead body dragged across to the wood-stack, which was then",173
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,ignited so as to hide all traces of the crime. The conduct of the,174
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,criminal investigation has been left in the experienced hands of,175
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"Inspector Lestrade, of Scotland Yard, who is following up the clues",176
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"with his accustomed energy and sagacity.""",177
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,178
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,Sherlock Holmes listened with closed eyes and finger-tips together to,179
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,this remarkable account.,180
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,181
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""The case has certainly some points of interest,"" said he, in his",182
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"languid fashion. ""May I ask, in the first place, Mr. McFarlane, how",183
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"it is that you are still at liberty, since there appears to be enough",184
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"evidence to justify your arrest?""",185
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,186
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""I live at Torrington Lodge, Blackheath, with my parents, Mr. Holmes;",187
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"but last night, having to do business very late with Mr. Jonas",188
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"Oldacre, I stayed at an hotel in Norwood, and came to my business",189
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"from there. I knew nothing of this affair until I was in the train,",190
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,when I read what you have just heard. I at once saw the horrible,191
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"danger of my position, and I hurried to put the case into your hands.",192
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,I have no doubt that I should have been arrested either at my City,193
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"office or at my home. A man followed me from London Bridge Station,",194
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"and I have no doubt--Great Heaven, what is that?""",195
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,196
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"It was a clang of the bell, followed instantly by heavy steps upon",197
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,the stair. A moment later our old friend Lestrade appeared in the,198
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,doorway. Over his shoulder I caught a glimpse of one or two uniformed,199
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,policemen outside.,200
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,201
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""Mr. John Hector McFarlane?"" said Lestrade.",202
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,203
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,Our unfortunate client rose with a ghastly face.,204
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,205
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""I arrest you for the wilful murder of Mr. Jonas Oldacre, of Lower",206
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"Norwood.""",207
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,208
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"McFarlane turned to us with a gesture of despair, and sank into his",209
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,chair once more like one who is crushed.,210
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,211
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""One moment, Lestrade,"" said Holmes. ""Half an hour more or less can",212
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"make no difference to you, and the gentleman was about to give us an",213
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"account of this very interesting affair, which might aid us in",214
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"clearing it up.""",215
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,216
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""I think there will be no difficulty in clearing it up,"" said",217
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"Lestrade, grimly.",218
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,219
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""None the less, with your permission, I should be much interested to",220
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"hear his account.""",221
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,222
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""Well, Mr. Holmes, it is difficult for me to refuse you anything, for",223
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"you have been of use to the force once or twice in the past, and we",224
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"owe you a good turn at Scotland Yard,"" said Lestrade. ""At the same",225
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"time I must remain with my prisoner, and I am bound to warn him that",226
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"anything he may say will appear in evidence against him.""",227
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,228
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""I wish nothing better,"" said our client. ""All I ask is that you",229
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"should hear and recognise the absolute truth.""",230
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,231
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"Lestrade looked at his watch. ""I'll give you half an hour,"" said he.",232
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,233
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""I must explain first,"" said McFarlane, ""that I knew nothing of Mr.",234
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"Jonas Oldacre. His name was familiar to me, for many years ago my",235
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"parents were acquainted with him, but they drifted apart. I was very",236
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"much surprised, therefore, when yesterday, about three o'clock in the",237
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"afternoon, he walked into my office in the City. But I was still more",238
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,astonished when he told me the object of his visit. He had in his,239
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"hand several sheets of a note-book, covered with scribbled",240
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,writing--here they are--and he laid them on my table.,241
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,242
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""'Here is my will,' said he. 'I want you, Mr. McFarlane, to cast it",243
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,into proper legal shape. I will sit here while you do so.',244
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,245
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""I set myself to copy it, and you can imagine my astonishment when I",246
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"found that, with some reservations, he had left all his property to",247
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"me. He was a strange little, ferret-like man, with white eyelashes,",248
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,and when I looked up at him I found his keen grey eyes fixed upon me,249
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,with an amused expression. I could hardly believe my own senses as I,250
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,read the terms of the will; but he explained that he was a bachelor,251
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"with hardly any living relation, that he had known my parents in his",252
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"youth, and that he had always heard of me as a very deserving young",253
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"man, and was assured that his money would be in worthy hands. Of",254
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"course, I could only stammer out my thanks. The will was duly",255
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"finished, signed, and witnessed by my clerk. This is it on the blue",256
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"paper, and these slips, as I have explained, are the rough draft. Mr.",257
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,Jonas Oldacre then informed me that there were a number of,258
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"documents--building leases, title-deeds, mortgages, scrip, and so",259
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,forth--which it was necessary that I should see and understand. He,260
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,said that his mind would not be easy until the whole thing was,261
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"settled, and he begged me to come out to his house at Norwood that",262
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"night, bringing the will with me, and to arrange matters. 'Remember,",263
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"my boy, not one word to your parents about the affair until",264
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,everything is settled. We will keep it as a little surprise for,265
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"them.' He was very insistent upon this point, and made me promise it",266
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,faithfully.,267
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,268
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""You can imagine, Mr. Holmes, that I was not in a humour to refuse",269
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"him anything that he might ask. He was my benefactor, and all my",270
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,desire was to carry out his wishes in every particular. I sent a,271
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"telegram home, therefore, to say that I had important business on",272
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"hand, and that it was impossible for me to say how late I might be.",273
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,Mr. Oldacre had told me that he would like me to have supper with him,274
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"at nine, as he might not be home before that hour. I had some",275
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"difficulty in finding his house, however, and it was nearly half-past",276
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"before I reached it. I found him--""",277
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,278
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""One moment!"" said Holmes. ""Who opened the door?""",279
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,280
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""A middle-aged woman, who was, I suppose, his housekeeper.""",281
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,282
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""And it was she, I presume, who mentioned your name?""",283
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,284
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""Exactly,"" said McFarlane.",285
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,286
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""Pray proceed.""",287
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,288
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,McFarlane wiped his damp brow and then continued his narrative:--,289
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,290
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""I was shown by this woman into a sitting-room, where a frugal supper",291
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"was laid out. Afterwards Mr. Jonas Oldacre led me into his bedroom,",292
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,in which there stood a heavy safe. This he opened and took out a mass,293
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"of documents, which we went over together. It was between eleven and",294
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,twelve when we finished. He remarked that we must not disturb the,295
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"housekeeper. He showed me out through his own French window, which",296
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"had been open all this time.""",297
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,298
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""Was the blind down?"" asked Holmes.",299
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,300
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""I will not be sure, but I believe that it was only half down. Yes, I",301
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,remember how he pulled it up in order to swing open the window. I,302
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"could not find my stick, and he said, 'Never mind, my boy; I shall",303
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"see a good deal of you now, I hope, and I will keep your stick until",304
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"you come back to claim it.' I left him there, the safe open, and the",305
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,papers made up in packets upon the table. It was so late that I could,306
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"not get back to Blackheath, so I spent the night at the Anerley Arms,",307
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,and I knew nothing more until I read of this horrible affair in the,308
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"morning.""",309
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,310
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""Anything more that you would like to ask, Mr. Holmes?"" said",311
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"Lestrade, whose eyebrows had gone up once or twice during this",312
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,remarkable explanation.,313
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,314
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""Not until I have been to Blackheath.""",315
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,316
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""You mean to Norwood,"" said Lestrade.",317
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,318
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""Oh, yes; no doubt that is what I must have meant,"" said Holmes, with",319
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,his enigmatical smile. Lestrade had learned by more experiences than,320
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,he would care to acknowledge that that razor-like brain could cut,321
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,through that which was impenetrable to him. I saw him look curiously,322
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,at my companion.,323
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,324
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""I think I should like to have a word with you presently, Mr.",325
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"Sherlock Holmes,"" said he. ""Now, Mr. McFarlane, two of my constables",326
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"are at the door and there is a four-wheeler waiting."" The wretched",327
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"young man arose, and with a last beseeching glance at us walked from",328
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"the room. The officers conducted him to the cab, but Lestrade",329
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,remained.,330
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,331
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,Holmes had picked up the pages which formed the rough draft of the,332
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"will, and was looking at them with the keenest interest upon his",333
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,face.,334
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,335
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""There are some points about that document, Lestrade, are there not?""",336
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"said he, pushing them over.",337
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,338
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,The official looked at them with a puzzled expression.,339
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,340
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""I can read the first few lines, and these in the middle of the",341
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"second page, and one or two at the end. Those are as clear as print,""",342
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"said he; ""but the writing in between is very bad, and there are three",343
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"places where I cannot read it at all.""",344
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,345
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""What do you make of that?"" said Holmes.",346
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,347
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""Well, what do you make of it?""",348
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,349
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""That it was written in a train; the good writing represents",350
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"stations, the bad writing movement, and the very bad writing passing",351
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,over points. A scientific expert would pronounce at once that this,352
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"was drawn up on a suburban line, since nowhere save in the immediate",353
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,vicinity of a great city could there be so quick a succession of,354
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,points. Granting that his whole journey was occupied in drawing up,355
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"the will, then the train was an express, only stopping once between",356
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"Norwood and London Bridge.""",357
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,358
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,Lestrade began to laugh.,359
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,360
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""You are too many for me when you begin to get on your theories, Mr.",361
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"Holmes,"" said he. ""How does this bear on the case?""",362
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,363
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""Well, it corroborates the young man's story to the extent that the",364
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,will was drawn up by Jonas Oldacre in his journey yesterday. It is,365
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,curious--is it not?--that a man should draw up so important a,366
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,document in so haphazard a fashion. It suggests that he did not think,367
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,it was going to be of much practical importance. If a man drew up a,368
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"will which he did not intend ever to be effective he might do it so.""",369
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,370
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""Well, he drew up his own death-warrant at the same time,"" said",371
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,Lestrade.,372
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,373
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""Oh, you think so?""",374
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,375
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""Don't you?""",376
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,377
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""Well, it is quite possible; but the case is not clear to me yet.""",378
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,379
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""Not clear? Well, if that isn't clear, what could be clear? Here is a",380
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,young man who learns suddenly that if a certain older man dies he,381
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,will succeed to a fortune. What does he do? He says nothing to,382
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"anyone, but he arranges that he shall go out on some pretext to see",383
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,his client that night; he waits until the only other person in the,384
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"house is in bed, and then in the solitude of a man's room he murders",385
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"him, burns his body in the wood-pile, and departs to a neighbouring",386
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,hotel. The blood-stains in the room and also on the stick are very,387
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,slight. It is probable that he imagined his crime to be a bloodless,388
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"one, and hoped that if the body were consumed it would hide all",389
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,traces of the method of his death--traces which for some reason must,390
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"have pointed to him. Is all this not obvious?""",391
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,392
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""It strikes me, my good Lestrade, as being just a trifle too",393
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"obvious,"" said Holmes. ""You do not add imagination to your other",394
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,great qualities; but if you could for one moment put yourself in the,395
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"place of this young man, would you choose the very night after the",396
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,will had been made to commit your crime? Would it not seem dangerous,397
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,to you to make so very close a relation between the two incidents?,398
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"Again, would you choose an occasion when you are known to be in the",399
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"house, when a servant has let you in? And, finally, would you take",400
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,the great pains to conceal the body and yet leave your own stick as a,401
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"sign that you were the criminal? Confess, Lestrade, that all this is",402
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"very unlikely.""",403
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,404
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""As to the stick, Mr. Holmes, you know as well as I do that a",405
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,criminal is often flurried and does things which a cool man would,406
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,avoid. He was very likely afraid to go back to the room. Give me,407
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"another theory that would fit the facts.""",408
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,409
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""I could very easily give you half-a-dozen,"" said Holmes. ""Here, for",410
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"example, is a very possible and even probable one. I make you a free",411
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,present of it. The older man is showing documents which are of,412
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"evident value. A passing tramp sees them through the window, the",413
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,blind of which is only half down. Exit the solicitor. Enter the,414
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"tramp! He seizes a stick, which he observes there, kills Oldacre, and",415
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"departs after burning the body.""",416
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,417
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""Why should the tramp burn the body?""",418
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,419
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""For the matter of that why should McFarlane?""",420
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,421
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""To hide some evidence.""",422
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,423
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""Possibly the tramp wanted to hide that any murder at all had been",424
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"committed.""",425
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,426
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""And why did the tramp take nothing?""",427
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,428
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""Because they were papers that he could not negotiate.""",429
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,430
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"Lestrade shook his head, though it seemed to me that his manner was",431
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,less absolutely assured than before.,432
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,433
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""Well, Mr. Sherlock Holmes, you may look for your tramp, and while",434
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,you are finding him we will hold on to our man. The future will show,435
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"which is right. Just notice this point, Mr. Holmes: that so far as we",436
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"know none of the papers were removed, and that the prisoner is the",437
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"one man in the world who had no reason for removing them, since he",438
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"was heir-at-law and would come into them in any case.""",439
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,440
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,My friend seemed struck by this remark.,441
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,442
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""I don't mean to deny that the evidence is in some ways very strongly",443
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"in favour of your theory,"" said he. ""I only wish to point out that",444
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"there are other theories possible. As you say, the future will",445
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,decide. Good morning! I dare say that in the course of the day I,446
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"shall drop in at Norwood and see how you are getting on.""",447
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,448
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,When the detective departed my friend rose and made his preparations,449
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,for the day's work with the alert air of a man who has a congenial,450
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,task before him.,451
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,452
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""My first movement, Watson,"" said he, as he bustled into his",453
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"frock-coat, ""must, as I said, be in the direction of Blackheath.""",454
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,455
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""And why not Norwood?""",456
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,457
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""Because we have in this case one singular incident coming close to",458
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,the heels of another singular incident. The police are making the,459
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"mistake of concentrating their attention upon the second, because it",460
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,happens to be the one which is actually criminal. But it is evident,461
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,to me that the logical way to approach the case is to begin by trying,462
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"to throw some light upon the first incident--the curious will, so",463
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"suddenly made, and to so unexpected an heir. It may do something to",464
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"simplify what followed. No, my dear fellow, I don't think you can",465
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"help me. There is no prospect of danger, or I should not dream of",466
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,stirring out without you. I trust that when I see you in the evening,467
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,I will be able to report that I have been able to do something for,468
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,this unfortunate youngster who has thrown himself upon my,469
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"protection.""",470
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,471
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"It was late when my friend returned, and I could see by a glance at",472
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,his haggard and anxious face that the high hopes with which he had,473
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,started had not been fulfilled. For an hour he droned away upon his,474
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"violin, endeavouring to soothe his own ruffled spirits. At last he",475
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,flung down the instrument and plunged into a detailed account of his,476
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,misadventures.,477
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,478
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""It's all going wrong, Watson--all as wrong as it can go. I kept a",479
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"bold face before Lestrade, but, upon my soul, I believe that for once",480
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,the fellow is on the right track and we are on the wrong. All my,481
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"instincts are one way and all the facts are the other, and I much",482
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,fear that British juries have not yet attained that pitch of,483
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,intelligence when they will give the preference to my theories over,484
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"Lestrade's facts.""",485
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,486
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""Did you go to Blackheath?""",487
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,488
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""Yes, Watson, I went there, and I found very quickly that the late",489
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,lamented Oldacre was a pretty considerable black-guard. The father,490
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"was away in search of his son. The mother was at home--a little,",491
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"fluffy, blue-eyed person, in a tremor of fear and indignation. Of",492
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"course, she would not admit even the possibility of his guilt. But",493
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,she would not express either surprise or regret over the fate of,494
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"Oldacre. On the contrary, she spoke of him with such bitterness that",495
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,she was unconsciously considerably strengthening the case of the,496
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"police, for, of course, if her son had heard her speak of the man in",497
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,this fashion it would predispose him towards hatred and violence. 'He,498
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"was more like a malignant and cunning ape than a human being,' said",499
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"she, 'and he always was, ever since he was a young man.'",500
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,501
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""'You knew him at that time?' said I.",502
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,503
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""'Yes, I knew him well; in fact, he was an old suitor of mine. Thank",504
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,Heaven that I had the sense to turn away from him and to marry a,505
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"better, if a poorer, man. I was engaged to him, Mr. Holmes, when I",506
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"heard a shocking story of how he had turned a cat loose in an aviary,",507
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,and I was so horrified at his brutal cruelty that I would have,508
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"nothing more to do with him.' She rummaged in a bureau, and presently",509
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"she produced a photograph of a woman, shamefully defaced and",510
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"mutilated with a knife. 'That is my own photograph,' she said. 'He",511
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"sent it to me in that state, with his curse, upon my wedding",512
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,morning.',513
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,514
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""'Well,' said I, 'at least he has forgiven you now, since he has left",515
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,all his property to your son.',516
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,517
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""'Neither my son nor I want anything from Jonas Oldacre, dead or",518
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"alive,' she cried, with a proper spirit. 'There is a God in Heaven,",519
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"Mr. Holmes, and that same God who has punished that wicked man will",520
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,show in His own good time that my son's hands are guiltless of his,521
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,blood.',522
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,523
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""Well, I tried one or two leads, but could get at nothing which would",524
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"help our hypothesis, and several points which would make against it.",525
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,I gave it up at last and off I went to Norwood.,526
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,527
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""This place, Deep Dene House, is a big modern villa of staring brick,",528
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"standing back in its own grounds, with a laurel-clumped lawn in front",529
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,of it. To the right and some distance back from the road was the,530
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,timber-yard which had been the scene of the fire. Here's a rough plan,531
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,on a leaf of my note-book. This window on the left is the one which,532
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"opens into Oldacre's room. You can look into it from the road, you",533
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,see. That is about the only bit of consolation I have had to-day.,534
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"Lestrade was not there, but his head constable did the honours. They",535
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,had just made a great treasure-trove. They had spent the morning,536
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"raking among the ashes of the burned wood-pile, and besides the",537
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,charred organic remains they had secured several discoloured metal,538
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"discs. I examined them with care, and there was no doubt that they",539
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,were trouser buttons. I even distinguished that one of them was,540
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"marked with the name of 'Hyams,' who was Oldacre's tailor. I then",541
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"worked the lawn very carefully for signs and traces, but this drought",542
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,has made everything as hard as iron. Nothing was to be seen save that,543
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,some body or bundle had been dragged through a low privet hedge which,544
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"is in a line with the wood-pile. All that, of course, fits in with",545
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,the official theory. I crawled about the lawn with an August sun on,546
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"my back, but I got up at the end of an hour no wiser than before.",547
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,548
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""Well, after this fiasco I went into the bedroom and examined that",549
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"also. The blood-stains were very slight, mere smears and",550
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"discolorations, but undoubtedly fresh. The stick had been removed,",551
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,but there also the marks were slight. There is no doubt about the,552
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,stick belonging to our client. He admits it. Footmarks of both men,553
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"could be made out on the carpet, but none of any third person, which",554
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,again is a trick for the other side. They were piling up their score,555
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,all the time and we were at a standstill.,556
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,557
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""Only one little gleam of hope did I get--and yet it amounted to",558
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"nothing. I examined the contents of the safe, most of which had been",559
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,taken out and left on the table. The papers had been made up into,560
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"sealed envelopes, one or two of which had been opened by the police.",561
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"They were not, so far as I could judge, of any great value, nor did",562
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,the bank-book show that Mr. Oldacre was in such very affluent,563
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,circumstances. But it seemed to me that all the papers were not,564
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,there. There were allusions to some deeds--possibly the more,565
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"valuable--which I could not find. This, of course, if we could",566
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"definitely prove it, would turn Lestrade's argument against himself,",567
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,for who would steal a thing if he knew that he would shortly inherit,568
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,it?,569
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,570
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""Finally, having drawn every other cover and picked up no scent, I",571
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"tried my luck with the housekeeper. Mrs. Lexington is her name, a",572
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"little, dark, silent person, with suspicious and sidelong eyes. She",573
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,could tell us something if she would--I am convinced of it. But she,574
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"was as close as wax. Yes, she had let Mr. McFarlane in at half-past",575
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,nine. She wished her hand had withered before she had done so. She,576
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,had gone to bed at half-past ten. Her room was at the other end of,577
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"the house, and she could hear nothing of what passed. Mr. McFarlane",578
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"had left his hat, and to the best of her belief his stick, in the",579
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"hall. She had been awakened by the alarm of fire. Her poor, dear",580
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"master had certainly been murdered. Had he any enemies? Well, every",581
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"man had enemies, but Mr. Oldacre kept himself very much to himself,",582
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"and only met people in the way of business. She had seen the buttons,",583
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,and was sure that they belonged to the clothes which he had worn last,584
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"night. The wood-pile was very dry, for it had not rained for a month.",585
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"It burned like tinder, and by the time she reached the spot nothing",586
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,could be seen but flames. She and all the firemen smelled the burned,587
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"flesh from inside it. She knew nothing of the papers, nor of Mr.",588
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,Oldacre's private affairs.,589
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,590
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""So, my dear Watson, there's my report of a failure. And yet--and",591
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"yet--""--he clenched his thin hands in a paroxysm of conviction--""I",592
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,know it's all wrong. I feel it in my bones. There is something that,593
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"has not come out, and that housekeeper knows it. There was a sort of",594
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"sulky defiance in her eyes, which only goes with guilty knowledge.",595
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"However, there's no good talking any more about it, Watson; but",596
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,unless some lucky chance comes our way I fear that the Norwood,597
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,Disappearance Case will not figure in that chronicle of our successes,598
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,which I foresee that a patient public will sooner or later have to,599
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"endure.""",600
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,601
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""Surely,"" said I, ""the man's appearance would go far with any jury?""",602
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,603
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""That is a dangerous argument, my dear Watson. You remember that",604
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"terrible murderer, Bert Stevens, who wanted us to get him off in '87?",605
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"Was there ever a more mild-mannered, Sunday-school young man?""",606
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,607
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""It is true.""",608
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,609
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""Unless we succeed in establishing an alternative theory this man is",610
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,lost. You can hardly find a flaw in the case which can now be,611
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"presented against him, and all further investigation has served to",612
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"strengthen it. By the way, there is one curious little point about",613
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,those papers which may serve us as the starting-point for an inquiry.,614
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,On looking over the bank-book I found that the low state of the,615
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,balance was principally due to large cheques which have been made out,616
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,during the last year to Mr. Cornelius. I confess that I should be,617
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,interested to know who this Mr. Cornelius may be with whom a retired,618
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,builder has such very large transactions. Is it possible that he has,619
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"had a hand in the affair? Cornelius might be a broker, but we have",620
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,found no scrip to correspond with these large payments. Failing any,621
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,other indication my researches must now take the direction of an,622
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,inquiry at the bank for the gentleman who has cashed these cheques.,623
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"But I fear, my dear fellow, that our case will end ingloriously by",624
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"Lestrade hanging our client, which will certainly be a triumph for",625
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"Scotland Yard.""",626
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,627
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"I do not know how far Sherlock Holmes took any sleep that night, but",628
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"when I came down to breakfast I found him pale and harassed, his",629
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,bright eyes the brighter for the dark shadows round them. The carpet,630
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,round his chair was littered with cigarette-ends and with the early,631
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,editions of the morning papers. An open telegram lay upon the table.,632
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,633
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""What do you think of this, Watson?"" he asked, tossing it across.",634
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,635
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"It was from Norwood, and ran as follows:",636
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,637
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""Important fresh evidence to hand. McFarlane's guilt definitely",638
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,established. Advise you to abandon case.,639
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,Lestrade.,640
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,641
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""This sounds serious,"" said I.",642
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,643
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""It is Lestrade's little cock-a-doodle of victory,"" Holmes answered,",644
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"with a bitter smile. ""And yet it may be premature to abandon the",645
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"case. After all, important fresh evidence is a two-edged thing, and",646
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,may possibly cut in a very different direction to that which Lestrade,647
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"imagines. Take your breakfast, Watson, and we will go out together",648
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,and see what we can do. I feel as if I shall need your company and,649
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"your moral support to-day.""",650
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,651
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"My friend had no breakfast himself, for it was one of his",652
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,peculiarities that in his more intense moments he would permit,653
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"himself no food, and I have known him presume upon his iron strength",654
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"until he has fainted from pure inanition. ""At present I cannot spare",655
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"energy and nerve force for digestion,"" he would say in answer to my",656
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"medical remonstrances. I was not surprised, therefore, when this",657
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,morning he left his untouched meal behind him and started with me for,658
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,Norwood. A crowd of morbid sightseers were still gathered round Deep,659
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"Dene House, which was just such a suburban villa as I had pictured.",660
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"Within the gates Lestrade met us, his face flushed with victory, his",661
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,manner grossly triumphant.,662
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,663
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""Well, Mr. Holmes, have you proved us to be wrong yet? Have you found",664
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"your tramp?"" he cried.",665
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,666
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""I have formed no conclusion whatever,"" my companion answered.",667
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,668
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""But we formed ours yesterday, and now it proves to be correct; so",669
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,you must acknowledge that we have been a little in front of you this,670
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"time, Mr. Holmes.""",671
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,672
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""You certainly have the air of something unusual having occurred,""",673
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,said Holmes.,674
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,675
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,Lestrade laughed loudly.,676
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,677
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""You don't like being beaten any more than the rest of us do,"" said",678
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"he. ""A man can't expect always to have it his own way, can he, Dr.",679
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"Watson? Step this way, if you please, gentlemen, and I think I can",680
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,convince you once for all that it was John McFarlane who did this,681
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"crime.""",682
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,683
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,He led us through the passage and out into a dark hall beyond.,684
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,685
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""This is where young McFarlane must have come out to get his hat",686
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"after the crime was done,"" said he. ""Now, look at this."" With",687
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,dramatic suddenness he struck a match and by its light exposed a,688
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,stain of blood upon the whitewashed wall. As he held the match nearer,689
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,I saw that it was more than a stain. It was the well-marked print of,690
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,a thumb.,691
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,692
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""Look at that with your magnifying glass, Mr. Holmes.""",693
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,694
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""Yes, I am doing so.""",695
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,696
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""You are aware that no two thumb marks are alike?""",697
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,698
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""I have heard something of the kind.""",699
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,700
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""Well, then, will you please compare that print with this wax",701
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"impression of young McFarlane's right thumb, taken by my orders this",702
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"morning?""",703
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,704
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,As he held the waxen print close to the blood-stain it did not take a,705
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,magnifying glass to see that the two were undoubtedly from the same,706
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,thumb. It was evident to me that our unfortunate client was lost.,707
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,708
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""That is final,"" said Lestrade.",709
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,710
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""Yes, that is final,"" I involuntarily echoed.",711
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,712
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""It is final,"" said Holmes.",713
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,714
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"Something in his tone caught my ear, and I turned to look at him. An",715
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,extraordinary change had come over his face. It was writhing with,716
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,inward merriment. His two eyes were shining like stars. It seemed to,717
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,me that he was making desperate efforts to restrain a convulsive,718
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,attack of laughter.,719
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,720
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""Dear me! Dear me!"" he said at last. ""Well, now, who would have",721
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"thought it? And how deceptive appearances may be, to be sure! Such a",722
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,nice young man to look at! It is a lesson to us not to trust our own,723
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"judgment, is it not, Lestrade?""",724
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,725
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""Yes, some of us are a little too much inclined to be cocksure, Mr.",726
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"Holmes,"" said Lestrade. The man's insolence was maddening, but we",727
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,could not resent it.,728
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,729
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""What a providential thing that this young man should press his right",730
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,thumb against the wall in taking his hat from the peg! Such a very,731
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"natural action, too, if you come to think of it."" Holmes was",732
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"outwardly calm, but his whole body gave a wriggle of suppressed",733
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"excitement as he spoke. ""By the way, Lestrade, who made this",734
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"remarkable discovery?""",735
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,736
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""It was the housekeeper, Mrs. Lexington, who drew the night",737
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"constable's attention to it.""",738
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,739
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""Where was the night constable?""",740
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,741
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""He remained on guard in the bedroom where the crime was committed,",742
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"so as to see that nothing was touched.""",743
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,744
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""But why didn't the police see this mark yesterday?""",745
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,746
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""Well, we had no particular reason to make a careful examination of",747
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"the hall. Besides, it's not in a very prominent place, as you see.""",748
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,749
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""No, no, of course not. I suppose there is no doubt that the mark was",750
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"there yesterday?""",751
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,752
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,Lestrade looked at Holmes as if he thought he was going out of his,753
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,mind. I confess that I was myself surprised both at his hilarious,754
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,manner and at his rather wild observation.,755
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,756
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""I don't know whether you think that McFarlane came out of jail in",757
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,the dead of the night in order to strengthen the evidence against,758
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"himself,"" said Lestrade. ""I leave it to any expert in the world",759
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"whether that is not the mark of his thumb.""",760
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,761
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""It is unquestionably the mark of his thumb.""",762
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,763
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""There, that's enough,"" said Lestrade. ""I am a practical man, Mr.",764
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"Holmes, and when I have got my evidence I come to my conclusions. If",765
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,you have anything to say you will find me writing my report in the,766
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"sitting-room.""",767
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,768
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"Holmes had recovered his equanimity, though I still seemed to detect",769
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,gleams of amusement in his expression.,770
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,771
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""Dear me, this is a very sad development, Watson, is it not?"" said",772
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"he. ""And yet there are singular points about it which hold out some",773
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"hopes for our client.""",774
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,775
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""I am delighted to hear it,"" said I, heartily. ""I was afraid it was",776
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"all up with him.""",777
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,778
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""I would hardly go so far as to say that, my dear Watson. The fact is",779
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,that there is one really serious flaw in this evidence to which our,780
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"friend attaches so much importance.""",781
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,782
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""Indeed, Holmes! What is it?""",783
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,784
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""Only this: that I know that that mark was not there when I examined",785
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"the hall yesterday. And now, Watson, let us have a little stroll",786
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"round in the sunshine.""",787
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,788
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"With a confused brain, but with a heart into which some warmth of",789
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"hope was returning, I accompanied my friend in a walk round the",790
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,garden. Holmes took each face of the house in turn and examined it,791
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,with great interest. He then led the way inside and went over the,792
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,whole building from basement to attics. Most of the rooms were,793
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"unfurnished, but none the less Holmes inspected them all minutely.",794
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"Finally, on the top corridor, which ran outside three untenanted",795
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"bedrooms, he again was seized with a spasm of merriment.",796
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,797
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""There are really some very unique features about this case, Watson,""",798
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"said he. ""I think it is time now that we took our friend Lestrade",799
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"into our confidence. He has had his little smile at our expense, and",800
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,perhaps we may do as much by him if my reading of this problem proves,801
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"to be correct. Yes, yes; I think I see how we should approach it.""",802
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,803
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,The Scotland Yard inspector was still writing in the parlour when,804
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,Holmes interrupted him.,805
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,806
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""I understood that you were writing a report of this case,"" said he.",807
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,808
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""So I am.""",809
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,810
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""Don't you think it may be a little premature? I can't help thinking",811
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"that your evidence is not complete.""",812
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,813
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,Lestrade knew my friend too well to disregard his words. He laid down,814
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,his pen and looked curiously at him.,815
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,816
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""What do you mean, Mr. Holmes?""",817
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,818
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""Only that there is an important witness whom you have not seen.""",819
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,820
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""Can you produce him?""",821
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,822
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""I think I can.""",823
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,824
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""Then do so.""",825
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,826
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""I will do my best. How many constables have you?""",827
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,828
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""There are three within call.""",829
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,830
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""Excellent!"" said Holmes. ""May I ask if they are all large,",831
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"able-bodied men with powerful voices?""",832
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,833
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""I have no doubt they are, though I fail to see what their voices",834
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"have to do with it.""",835
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,836
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""Perhaps I can help you to see that and one or two other things as",837
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"well,"" said Holmes. ""Kindly summon your men, and I will try.""",838
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,839
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,Five minutes later three policemen had assembled in the hall.,840
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,841
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""In the outhouse you will find a considerable quantity of straw,""",842
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"said Holmes. ""I will ask you to carry in two bundles of it. I think",843
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,it will be of the greatest assistance in producing the witness whom I,844
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,require. Thank you very much. I believe you have some matches in your,845
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"pocket, Watson. Now, Mr. Lestrade, I will ask you all to accompany me",846
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"to the top landing.""",847
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,848
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"As I have said, there was a broad corridor there, which ran outside",849
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,three empty bedrooms. At one end of the corridor we were all,850
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"marshalled by Sherlock Holmes, the constables grinning and Lestrade",851
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"staring at my friend with amazement, expectation, and derision",852
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,chasing each other across his features. Holmes stood before us with,853
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,the air of a conjurer who is performing a trick.,854
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,855
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""Would you kindly send one of your constables for two buckets of",856
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"water? Put the straw on the floor here, free from the wall on either",857
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"side. Now I think that we are all ready.""",858
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,859
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,Lestrade's face had begun to grow red and angry.,860
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,861
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""I don't know whether you are playing a game with us, Mr. Sherlock",862
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"Holmes,"" said he. ""If you know anything, you can surely say it",863
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"without all this tomfoolery.""",864
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,865
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""I assure you, my good Lestrade, that I have an excellent reason for",866
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,everything that I do. You may possibly remember that you chaffed me a,867
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"little some hours ago, when the sun seemed on your side of the hedge,",868
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,so you must not grudge me a little pomp and ceremony now. Might I ask,869
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"you, Watson, to open that window, and then to put a match to the edge",870
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"of the straw?""",871
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,872
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"I did so, and, driven by the draught, a coil of grey smoke swirled",873
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"down the corridor, while the dry straw crackled and flamed.",874
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,875
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""Now we must see if we can find this witness for you, Lestrade. Might",876
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"I ask you all to join in the cry of 'Fire!'? Now, then; one, two,",877
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"three--""",878
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,879
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""Fire!"" we all yelled.",880
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,881
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""Thank you. I will trouble you once again.""",882
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,883
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""Fire!""",884
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,885
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""Just once more, gentlemen, and all together.""",886
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,887
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""Fire!"" The shout must have rung over Norwood.",888
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,889
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,It had hardly died away when an amazing thing happened. A door,890
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,suddenly flew open out of what appeared to be solid wall at the end,891
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"of the corridor, and a little, wizened man darted out of it, like a",892
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,rabbit out of its burrow.,893
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,894
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""Capital!"" said Holmes, calmly. ""Watson, a bucket of water over the",895
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"straw. That will do! Lestrade, allow me to present you with your",896
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"principal missing witness, Mr. Jonas Oldacre.""",897
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,898
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,The detective stared at the new-comer with blank amazement. The,899
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"latter was blinking in the bright light of the corridor, and peering",900
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"at us and at the smouldering fire. It was an odious face--crafty,",901
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"vicious, malignant, with shifty, light-grey eyes and white eyelashes.",902
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,903
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""What's this, then?"" said Lestrade at last. ""What have you been doing",904
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"all this time, eh?""",905
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,906
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"Oldacre gave an uneasy laugh, shrinking back from the furious red",907
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,face of the angry detective.,908
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,909
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""I have done no harm.""",910
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,911
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""No harm? You have done your best to get an innocent man hanged. If",912
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"it wasn't for this gentleman here, I am not sure that you would not",913
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"have succeeded.""",914
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,915
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,The wretched creature began to whimper.,916
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,917
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""I am sure, sir, it was only my practical joke.""",918
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,919
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""Oh! a joke, was it? You won't find the laugh on your side, I promise",920
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,you. Take him down and keep him in the sitting-room until I come. Mr.,921
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"Holmes,"" he continued, when they had gone, ""I could not speak before",922
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"the constables, but I don't mind saying, in the presence of Dr.",923
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"Watson, that this is the brightest thing that you have done yet,",924
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,though it is a mystery to me how you did it. You have saved an,925
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"innocent man's life, and you have prevented a very grave scandal,",926
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"which would have ruined my reputation in the Force.""",927
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,928
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,Holmes smiled and clapped Lestrade upon the shoulder.,929
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,930
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""Instead of being ruined, my good sir, you will find that your",931
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,reputation has been enormously enhanced. Just make a few alterations,932
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"in that report which you were writing, and they will understand how",933
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"hard it is to throw dust in the eyes of Inspector Lestrade.""",934
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,935
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""And you don't want your name to appear?""",936
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,937
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""Not at all. The work is its own reward. Perhaps I shall get the",938
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,credit also at some distant day when I permit my zealous historian to,939
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"lay out his foolscap once more--eh, Watson? Well, now, let us see",940
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"where this rat has been lurking.""",941
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,942
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,A lath-and-plaster partition had been run across the passage six feet,943
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"from the end, with a door cunningly concealed in it. It was lit",944
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,within by slits under the eaves. A few articles of furniture and a,945
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"supply of food and water were within, together with a number of books",946
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,and papers.,947
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,948
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""There's the advantage of being a builder,"" said Holmes, as we came",949
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"out. ""He was able to fix up his own little hiding-place without any",950
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"confederate--save, of course, that precious housekeeper of his, whom",951
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"I should lose no time in adding to your bag, Lestrade.""",952
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,953
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""I'll take your advice. But how did you know of this place, Mr.",954
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"Holmes?""",955
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,956
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""I made up my mind that the fellow was in hiding in the house. When I",957
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,paced one corridor and found it six feet shorter than the,958
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"corresponding one below, it was pretty clear where he was. I thought",959
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"he had not the nerve to lie quiet before an alarm of fire. We could,",960
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"of course, have gone in and taken him, but it amused me to make him",961
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"reveal himself; besides, I owed you a little mystification, Lestrade,",962
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"for your chaff in the morning.""",963
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,964
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""Well, sir, you certainly got equal with me on that. But how in the",965
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"world did you know that he was in the house at all?""",966
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,967
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""The thumb-mark, Lestrade. You said it was final; and so it was, in a",968
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,very different sense. I knew it had not been there the day before. I,969
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"pay a good deal of attention to matters of detail, as you may have",970
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"observed, and I had examined the hall and was sure that the wall was",971
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"clear. Therefore, it had been put on during the night.""",972
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,973
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""But how?""",974
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,975
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""Very simply. When those packets were sealed up, Jonas Oldacre got",976
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,McFarlane to secure one of the seals by putting his thumb upon the,977
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,soft wax. It would be done so quickly and so naturally that I dare,978
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,say the young man himself has no recollection of it. Very likely it,979
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"just so happened, and Oldacre had himself no notion of the use he",980
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"would put it to. Brooding over the case in that den of his, it",981
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,suddenly struck him what absolutely damning evidence he could make,982
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,against McFarlane by using that thumb-mark. It was the simplest thing,983
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"in the world for him to take a wax impression from the seal, to",984
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"moisten it in as much blood as he could get from a pin-prick, and to",985
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"put the mark upon the wall during the night, either with his own hand",986
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,or with that of his housekeeper. If you examine among those documents,987
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,which he took with him into his retreat I will lay you a wager that,988
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"you find the seal with the thumb-mark upon it.""",989
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,990
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""Wonderful!"" said Lestrade. ""Wonderful! It's all as clear as crystal,",991
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"as you put it. But what is the object of this deep deception, Mr.",992
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"Holmes?""",993
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,994
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,It was amusing to me to see how the detective's overbearing manner,995
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,had changed suddenly to that of a child asking questions of its,996
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,teacher.,997
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,998
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""Well, I don't think that is very hard to explain. A very deep,",999
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"malicious, vindictive person is the gentleman who is now awaiting us",1000
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,downstairs. You know that he was once refused by McFarlane's mother?,1001
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,You don't! I told you that you should go to Blackheath first and,1002
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"Norwood afterwards. Well, this injury, as he would consider it, has",1003
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"rankled in his wicked, scheming brain, and all his life he has longed",1004
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"for vengeance, but never seen his chance. During the last year or two",1005
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"things have gone against him--secret speculation, I think--and he",1006
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"finds himself in a bad way. He determines to swindle his creditors,",1007
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,and for this purpose he pays large cheques to a certain Mr.,1008
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"Cornelius, who is, I imagine, himself under another name. I have not",1009
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"traced these cheques yet, but I have no doubt that they were banked",1010
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,under that name at some provincial town where Oldacre from time to,1011
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,time led a double existence. He intended to change his name,1012
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"altogether, draw this money, and vanish, starting life again",1013
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"elsewhere.""",1014
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,1015
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""Well, that's likely enough.""",1016
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,1017
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""It would strike him that in disappearing he might throw all pursuit",1018
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"off his track, and at the same time have an ample and crushing",1019
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"revenge upon his old sweetheart, if he could give the impression that",1020
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,he had been murdered by her only child. It was a masterpiece of,1021
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"villainy, and he carried it out like a master. The idea of the will,",1022
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"which would give an obvious motive for the crime, the secret visit",1023
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"unknown to his own parents, the retention of the stick, the blood,",1024
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"and the animal remains and buttons in the wood-pile, all were",1025
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,admirable. It was a net from which it seemed to me a few hours ago,1026
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,that there was no possible escape. But he had not that supreme gift,1027
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"of the artist, the knowledge of when to stop. He wished to improve",1028
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,that which was already perfect--to draw the rope tighter yet round,1029
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,the neck of his unfortunate victim--and so he ruined all. Let us,1030
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"descend, Lestrade. There are just one or two questions that I would",1031
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"ask him.""",1032
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,1033
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,The malignant creature was seated in his own parlour with a policeman,1034
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,upon each side of him.,1035
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,1036
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""It was a joke, my good sir, a practical joke, nothing more,"" he",1037
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"whined incessantly. ""I assure you, sir, that I simply concealed",1038
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"myself in order to see the effect of my disappearance, and I am sure",1039
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,that you would not be so unjust as to imagine that I would have,1040
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"allowed any harm to befall poor young Mr. McFarlane.""",1041
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,1042
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""That's for a jury to decide,"" said Lestrade. ""Anyhow, we shall have",1043
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"you on a charge of conspiracy, if not for attempted murder.""",1044
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,1045
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""And you'll probably find that your creditors will impound the",1046
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"banking account of Mr. Cornelius,"" said Holmes.",1047
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,1048
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,The little man started and turned his malignant eyes upon my friend.,1049
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,1050
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""I have to thank you for a good deal,"" said he. ""Perhaps I'll pay my",1051
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"debt some day.""",1052
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,1053
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,Holmes smiled indulgently.,1054
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,1055
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"""I fancy that for some few years you will find your time very fully",1056
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"occupied,"" said he. ""By the way, what was it you put into the",1057
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"wood-pile besides your old trousers? A dead dog, or rabbits, or what?",1058
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"You won't tell? Dear me, how very unkind of you! Well, well, I dare",1059
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,say that a couple of rabbits would account both for the blood and for,1060
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"the charred ashes. If ever you write an account, Watson, you can make",1061
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,"rabbits serve your turn.""",1062
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder,,1063
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,THE ADVENTURE OF THE DANCING MEN,1
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,2
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"Holmes had been seated for some hours in silence with his long, thin",3
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,back curved over a chemical vessel in which he was brewing a,4
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"particularly malodorous product. His head was sunk upon his breast,",5
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"and he looked from my point of view like a strange, lank bird, with",6
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,dull grey plumage and a black top-knot.,7
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,8
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""So, Watson,"" said he, suddenly, ""you do not propose to invest in",9
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"South African securities?""",10
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,11
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,I gave a start of astonishment. Accustomed as I was to Holmes's,12
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"curious faculties, this sudden intrusion into my most intimate",13
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,thoughts was utterly inexplicable.,14
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,15
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""How on earth do you know that?"" I asked.",16
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,17
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"He wheeled round upon his stool, with a steaming test-tube in his",18
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,hand and a gleam of amusement in his deep-set eyes.,19
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,20
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""Now, Watson, confess yourself utterly taken aback,"" said he.",21
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,22
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""I am.""",23
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,24
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""I ought to make you sign a paper to that effect.""",25
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,26
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""Why?""",27
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,28
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""Because in five minutes you will say that it is all so absurdly",29
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"simple.""",30
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,31
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""I am sure that I shall say nothing of the kind.""",32
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,33
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""You see, my dear Watson""--he propped his test-tube in the rack and",34
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,began to lecture with the air of a professor addressing his,35
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"class--""it is not really difficult to construct a series of",36
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"inferences, each dependent upon its predecessor and each simple in",37
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"itself. If, after doing so, one simply knocks out all the central",38
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,inferences and presents one's audience with the starting-point and,39
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"the conclusion, one may produce a startling, though possibly a",40
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"meretricious, effect. Now, it was not really difficult, by an",41
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"inspection of the groove between your left forefinger and thumb, to",42
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,feel sure that you did not propose to invest your small capital in,43
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"the goldfields.""",44
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,45
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""I see no connection.""",46
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,47
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""Very likely not; but I can quickly show you a close connection. Here",48
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,are the missing links of the very simple chain: 1. You had chalk,49
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,between your left finger and thumb when you returned from the club,50
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,last night. 2. You put chalk there when you play billiards to steady,51
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,the cue. 3. You never play billiards except with Thurston. 4. You,52
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,told me four weeks ago that Thurston had an option on some South,53
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"African property which would expire in a month, and which he desired",54
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"you to share with him. 5. Your cheque-book is locked in my drawer,",55
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,and you have not asked for the key. 6. You do not propose to invest,56
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"your money in this manner.""",57
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,58
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""How absurdly simple!"" I cried.",59
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,60
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""Quite so!"" said he, a little nettled. ""Every problem becomes very",61
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,childish when once it is explained to you. Here is an unexplained,62
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"one. See what you can make of that, friend Watson."" He tossed a sheet",63
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,of paper upon the table and turned once more to his chemical,64
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,analysis.,65
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,66
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,I looked with amazement at the absurd hieroglyphics upon the paper.,67
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,68
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""Why, Holmes, it is a child's drawing,"" I cried.",69
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,70
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""Oh, that's your idea!""",71
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,72
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""What else should it be?""",73
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,74
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""That is what Mr. Hilton Cubitt, of Ridling Thorpe Manor, Norfolk, is",75
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"very anxious to know. This little conundrum came by the first post,",76
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"and he was to follow by the next train. There's a ring at the bell,",77
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"Watson. I should not be very much surprised if this were he.""",78
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,79
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"A heavy step was heard upon the stairs, and an instant later there",80
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"entered a tall, ruddy, clean-shaven gentleman, whose clear eyes and",81
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,florid cheeks told of a life led far from the fogs of Baker Street.,82
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"He seemed to bring a whiff of his strong, fresh, bracing, east-coast",83
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"air with him as he entered. Having shaken hands with each of us, he",84
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,was about to sit down when his eye rested upon the paper with the,85
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"curious markings, which I had just examined and left upon the table.",86
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,87
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""Well, Mr. Holmes, what do you make of these?"" he cried. ""They told",88
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"me that you were fond of queer mysteries, and I don't think you can",89
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,find a queerer one than that. I sent the paper on ahead so that you,90
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"might have time to study it before I came.""",91
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,92
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""It is certainly rather a curious production,"" said Holmes. ""At first",93
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,sight it would appear to be some childish prank. It consists of a,94
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,number of absurd little figures dancing across the paper upon which,95
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,they are drawn. Why should you attribute any importance to so,96
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"grotesque an object?""",97
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,98
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""I never should, Mr. Holmes. But my wife does. It is frightening her",99
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"to death. She says nothing, but I can see terror in her eyes. That's",100
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"why I want to sift the matter to the bottom.""",101
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,102
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,Holmes held up the paper so that the sunlight shone full upon it. It,103
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"was a page torn from a note-book. The markings were done in pencil,",104
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,and ran in this way:--,105
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,106
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"[ Picture: Picture of several figures of dancing men, some holding",107
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,flags ],108
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,109
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"Holmes examined it for some time, and then, folding it carefully up,",110
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,he placed it in his pocket-book.,111
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,112
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""This promises to be a most interesting and unusual case,"" said he.",113
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""You gave me a few particulars in your letter, Mr. Hilton Cubitt, but",114
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,I should be very much obliged if you would kindly go over it all,115
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"again for the benefit of my friend, Dr. Watson.""",116
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,117
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""I'm not much of a story-teller,"" said our visitor, nervously",118
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"clasping and unclasping his great, strong hands. ""You'll just ask me",119
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,anything that I don't make clear. I'll begin at the time of my,120
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"marriage last year; but I want to say first of all that, though I'm",121
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"not a rich man, my people have been at Ridling Thorpe for a matter of",122
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"five centuries, and there is no better known family in the County of",123
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"Norfolk. Last year I came up to London for the Jubilee, and I stopped",124
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"at a boarding-house in Russell Square, because Parker, the vicar of",125
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"our parish, was staying in it. There was an American young lady",126
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,there--Patrick was the name--Elsie Patrick. In some way we became,127
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"friends, until before my month was up I was as much in love as a man",128
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"could be. We were quietly married at a registry office, and we",129
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"returned to Norfolk a wedded couple. You'll think it very mad, Mr.",130
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"Holmes, that a man of a good old family should marry a wife in this",131
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"fashion, knowing nothing of her past or of her people; but if you saw",132
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,her and knew her it would help you to understand.,133
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,134
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""She was very straight about it, was Elsie. I can't say that she did",135
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,not give me every chance of getting out of it if I wished to do so.,136
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"'I have had some very disagreeable associations in my life,' said",137
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,she; 'I wish to forget all about them. I would rather never allude to,138
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"the past, for it is very painful to me. If you take me, Hilton, you",139
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,will take a woman who has nothing that she need be personally ashamed,140
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"of; but you will have to be content with my word for it, and to allow",141
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,me to be silent as to all that passed up to the time when I became,142
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"yours. If these conditions are too hard, then go back to Norfolk and",143
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,leave me to the lonely life in which you found me.' It was only the,144
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,day before our wedding that she said those very words to me. I told,145
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"her that I was content to take her on her own terms, and I have been",146
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,as good as my word.,147
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,148
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""Well, we have been married now for a year, and very happy we have",149
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"been. But about a month ago, at the end of June, I saw for the first",150
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,time signs of trouble. One day my wife received a letter from,151
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"America. I saw the American stamp. She turned deadly white, read the",152
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"letter, and threw it into the fire. She made no allusion to it",153
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"afterwards, and I made none, for a promise is a promise; but she has",154
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,never known an easy hour from that moment. There is always a look of,155
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,fear upon her face--a look as if she were waiting and expecting. She,156
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,would do better to trust me. She would find that I was her best,157
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"friend. But until she speaks I can say nothing. Mind you, she is a",158
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"truthful woman, Mr. Holmes, and whatever trouble there may have been",159
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,in her past life it has been no fault of hers. I am only a simple,160
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"Norfolk squire, but there is not a man in England who ranks his",161
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"family honour more highly than I do. She knows it well, and she knew",162
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,it well before she married me. She would never bring any stain upon,163
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,it--of that I am sure.,164
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,165
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""Well, now I come to the queer part of my story. About a week ago--it",166
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,was the Tuesday of last week--I found on one of the window-sills a,167
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"number of absurd little dancing figures, like these upon the paper.",168
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,They were scrawled with chalk. I thought that it was the stable-boy,169
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"who had drawn them, but the lad swore he knew nothing about it.",170
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"Anyhow, they had come there during the night. I had them washed out,",171
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,and I only mentioned the matter to my wife afterwards. To my surprise,172
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"she took it very seriously, and begged me if any more came to let her",173
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"see them. None did come for a week, and then yesterday morning I",174
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,found this paper lying on the sun-dial in the garden. I showed it to,175
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"Elsie, and down she dropped in a dead faint. Since then she has",176
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"looked like a woman in a dream, half dazed, and with terror always",177
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,lurking in her eyes. It was then that I wrote and sent the paper to,178
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"you, Mr. Holmes. It was not a thing that I could take to the police,",179
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"for they would have laughed at me, but you will tell me what to do. I",180
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,am not a rich man; but if there is any danger threatening my little,181
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"woman I would spend my last copper to shield her.""",182
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,183
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"He was a fine creature, this man of the old English soil, simple,",184
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"straight, and gentle, with his great, earnest blue eyes and broad,",185
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,comely face. His love for his wife and his trust in her shone in his,186
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"features. Holmes had listened to his story with the utmost attention,",187
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,and now he sat for some time in silent thought.,188
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,189
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""Don't you think, Mr. Cubitt,"" said he, at last, ""that your best plan",190
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"would be to make a direct appeal to your wife, and to ask her to",191
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"share her secret with you?""",192
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,193
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,Hilton Cubitt shook his massive head.,194
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,195
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""A promise is a promise, Mr. Holmes. If Elsie wished to tell me she",196
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"would. If not, it is not for me to force her confidence. But I am",197
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"justified in taking my own line--and I will.""",198
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,199
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""Then I will help you with all my heart. In the first place, have you",200
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"heard of any strangers being seen in your neighbourhood?""",201
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,202
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""No.""",203
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,204
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""I presume that it is a very quiet place. Any fresh face would cause",205
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"comment?""",206
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,207
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""In the immediate neighbourhood, yes. But we have several small",208
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"watering-places not very far away. And the farmers take in lodgers.""",209
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,210
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""These hieroglyphics have evidently a meaning. If it is a purely",211
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"arbitrary one it may be impossible for us to solve it. If, on the",212
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"other hand, it is systematic, I have no doubt that we shall get to",213
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,the bottom of it. But this particular sample is so short that I can,214
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"do nothing, and the facts which you have brought me are so indefinite",215
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,that we have no basis for an investigation. I would suggest that you,216
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"return to Norfolk, that you keep a keen look-out, and that you take",217
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,an exact copy of any fresh dancing men which may appear. It is a,218
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,thousand pities that we have not a reproduction of those which were,219
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,done in chalk upon the window-sill. Make a discreet inquiry also as,220
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,to any strangers in the neighbourhood. When you have collected some,221
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,fresh evidence come to me again. That is the best advice which I can,222
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"give you, Mr. Hilton Cubitt. If there are any pressing fresh",223
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,developments I shall be always ready to run down and see you in your,224
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"Norfolk home.""",225
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,226
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"The interview left Sherlock Holmes very thoughtful, and several times",227
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,in the next few days I saw him take his slip of paper from his,228
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,note-book and look long and earnestly at the curious figures,229
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"inscribed upon it. He made no allusion to the affair, however, until",230
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,one afternoon a fortnight or so later. I was going out when he called,231
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,me back.,232
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,233
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""You had better stay here, Watson.""",234
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,235
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""Why?""",236
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,237
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""Because I had a wire from Hilton Cubitt this morning--you remember",238
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"Hilton Cubitt, of the dancing men? He was to reach Liverpool Street",239
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,at one-twenty. He may be here at any moment. I gather from his wire,240
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"that there have been some new incidents of importance.""",241
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,242
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"We had not long to wait, for our Norfolk squire came straight from",243
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,the station as fast as a hansom could bring him. He was looking,244
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"worried and depressed, with tired eyes and a lined forehead.",245
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,246
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""It's getting on my nerves, this business, Mr. Holmes,"" said he, as",247
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"he sank, like a wearied man, into an arm-chair. ""It's bad enough to",248
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"feel that you are surrounded by unseen, unknown folk, who have some",249
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"kind of design upon you; but when, in addition to that, you know that",250
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"it is just killing your wife by inches, then it becomes as much as",251
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,flesh and blood can endure. She's wearing away under it--just wearing,252
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"away before my eyes.""",253
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,254
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""Has she said anything yet?""",255
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,256
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""No, Mr. Holmes, she has not. And yet there have been times when the",257
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"poor girl has wanted to speak, and yet could not quite bring herself",258
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,to take the plunge. I have tried to help her; but I dare say I did it,259
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"clumsily, and scared her off from it. She has spoken about my old",260
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"family, and our reputation in the county, and our pride in our",261
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"unsullied honour, and I always felt it was leading to the point; but",262
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"somehow it turned off before we got there.""",263
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,264
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""But you have found out something for yourself?""",265
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,266
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""A good deal, Mr. Holmes. I have several fresh dancing men pictures",267
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"for you to examine, and, what is more important, I have seen the",268
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"fellow.""",269
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,270
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""What, the man who draws them?""",271
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,272
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""Yes, I saw him at his work. But I will tell you everything in order.",273
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"When I got back after my visit to you, the very first thing I saw",274
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,next morning was a fresh crop of dancing men. They had been drawn in,275
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"chalk upon the black wooden door of the tool-house, which stands",276
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,beside the lawn in full view of the front windows. I took an exact,277
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"copy, and here it is."" He unfolded a paper and laid it upon the",278
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,table. Here is a copy of the hieroglyphics:--,279
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,280
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,[ Picture: Picture of a few dancing men ],281
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,282
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""Excellent!"" said Holmes. ""Excellent! Pray continue.""",283
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,284
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""When I had taken the copy I rubbed out the marks; but two mornings",285
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"later a fresh inscription had appeared. I have a copy of it here"":--",286
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,287
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,[ Picture: Picture of some more dancing man figures ],288
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,289
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,Holmes rubbed his hands and chuckled with delight.,290
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,291
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""Our material is rapidly accumulating,"" said he.",292
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,293
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""Three days later a message was left scrawled upon paper, and placed",294
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"under a pebble upon the sun-dial. Here it is. The characters are, as",295
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"you see, exactly the same as the last one. After that I determined to",296
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"lie in wait; so I got out my revolver and I sat up in my study, which",297
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,overlooks the lawn and garden. About two in the morning I was seated,298
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"by the window, all being dark save for the moonlight outside, when I",299
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"heard steps behind me, and there was my wife in her dressing-gown.",300
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,She implored me to come to bed. I told her frankly that I wished to,301
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,see who it was who played such absurd tricks upon us. She answered,302
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"that it was some senseless practical joke, and that I should not take",303
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,any notice of it.,304
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,305
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""'If it really annoys you, Hilton, we might go and travel, you and I,",306
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,and so avoid this nuisance.',307
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,308
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""'What, be driven out of our own house by a practical joker?' said I.",309
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"'Why, we should have the whole county laughing at us.'",310
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,311
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""'Well, come to bed,' said she, 'and we can discuss it in the",312
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,morning.',313
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,314
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""Suddenly, as she spoke, I saw her white face grow whiter yet in the",315
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"moonlight, and her hand tightened upon my shoulder. Something was",316
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"moving in the shadow of the tool-house. I saw a dark, creeping figure",317
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,which crawled round the corner and squatted in front of the door.,318
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"Seizing my pistol I was rushing out, when my wife threw her arms",319
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,round me and held me with convulsive strength. I tried to throw her,320
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"off, but she clung to me most desperately. At last I got clear, but",321
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,by the time I had opened the door and reached the house the creature,322
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"was gone. He had left a trace of his presence, however, for there on",323
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,the door was the very same arrangement of dancing men which had,324
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"already twice appeared, and which I have copied on that paper. There",325
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"was no other sign of the fellow anywhere, though I ran all over the",326
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,grounds. And yet the amazing thing is that he must have been there,327
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"all the time, for when I examined the door again in the morning he",328
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,had scrawled some more of his pictures under the line which I had,329
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"already seen.""",330
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,331
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""Have you that fresh drawing?""",332
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,333
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""Yes; it is very short, but I made a copy of it, and here it is.""",334
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,335
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,Again he produced a paper. The new dance was in this form:--,336
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,337
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,[ Picture: Picture of five dancing men figures ],338
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,339
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""Tell me,"" said Holmes--and I could see by his eyes that he was much",340
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"excited--""was this a mere addition to the first, or did it appear to",341
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"be entirely separate?""",342
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,343
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""It was on a different panel of the door.""",344
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,345
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""Excellent! This is far the most important of all for our purpose. It",346
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"fills me with hopes. Now, Mr. Hilton Cubitt, please continue your",347
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"most interesting statement.""",348
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,349
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""I have nothing more to say, Mr. Holmes, except that I was angry with",350
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,my wife that night for having held me back when I might have caught,351
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,the skulking rascal. She said that she feared that I might come to,352
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,harm. For an instant it had crossed my mind that perhaps what she,353
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"really feared was that he might come to harm, for I could not doubt",354
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,that she knew who this man was and what he meant by these strange,355
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"signals. But there is a tone in my wife's voice, Mr. Holmes, and a",356
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"look in her eyes which forbid doubt, and I am sure that it was indeed",357
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"my own safety that was in her mind. There's the whole case, and now I",358
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,want your advice as to what I ought to do. My own inclination is to,359
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"put half-a-dozen of my farm lads in the shrubbery, and when this",360
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,fellow comes again to give him such a hiding that he will leave us in,361
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"peace for the future.""",362
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,363
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""I fear it is too deep a case for such simple remedies,"" said Holmes.",364
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""How long can you stay in London?""",365
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,366
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""I must go back to-day. I would not leave my wife alone all night for",367
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"anything. She is very nervous and begged me to come back.""",368
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,369
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""I dare say you are right. But if you could have stopped I might",370
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,possibly have been able to return with you in a day or two. Meanwhile,371
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"you will leave me these papers, and I think that it is very likely",372
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,that I shall be able to pay you a visit shortly and to throw some,373
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"light upon your case.""",374
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,375
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,Sherlock Holmes preserved his calm professional manner until our,376
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"visitor had left us, although it was easy for me, who knew him so",377
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"well, to see that he was profoundly excited. The moment that Hilton",378
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,Cubitt's broad back had disappeared through the door my comrade,379
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"rushed to the table, laid out all the slips of paper containing",380
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"dancing men in front of him, and threw himself into an intricate and",381
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,elaborate calculation. For two hours I watched him as he covered,382
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"sheet after sheet of paper with figures and letters, so completely",383
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,absorbed in his task that he had evidently forgotten my presence.,384
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,Sometimes he was making progress and whistled and sang at his work;,385
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"sometimes he was puzzled, and would sit for long spells with a",386
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,furrowed brow and a vacant eye. Finally he sprang from his chair with,387
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"a cry of satisfaction, and walked up and down the room rubbing his",388
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"hands together. Then he wrote a long telegram upon a cable form. ""If",389
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"my answer to this is as I hope, you will have a very pretty case to",390
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"add to your collection, Watson,"" said he. ""I expect that we shall be",391
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"able to go down to Norfolk to-morrow, and to take our friend some",392
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"very definite news as to the secret of his annoyance.""",393
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,394
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"I confess that I was filled with curiosity, but I was aware that",395
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,Holmes liked to make his disclosures at his own time and in his own,396
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,way; so I waited until it should suit him to take me into his,397
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,confidence.,398
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,399
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"But there was a delay in that answering telegram, and two days of",400
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"impatience followed, during which Holmes pricked up his ears at every",401
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,ring of the bell. On the evening of the second there came a letter,402
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"from Hilton Cubitt. All was quiet with him, save that a long",403
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,inscription had appeared that morning upon the pedestal of the,404
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"sun-dial. He inclosed a copy of it, which is here reproduced:--",405
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,406
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,[ Picture: Picture of many dancing men figures ],407
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,408
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"Holmes bent over this grotesque frieze for some minutes, and then",409
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,suddenly sprang to his feet with an exclamation of surprise and,410
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,dismay. His face was haggard with anxiety.,411
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,412
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""We have let this affair go far enough,"" said he. ""Is there a train",413
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"to North Walsham to-night?""",414
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,415
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,I turned up the time-table. The last had just gone.,416
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,417
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""Then we shall breakfast early and take the very first in the",418
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"morning,"" said Holmes. ""Our presence is most urgently needed. Ah!",419
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"here is our expected cablegram. One moment, Mrs. Hudson; there may be",420
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"an answer. No, that is quite as I expected. This message makes it",421
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,even more essential that we should not lose an hour in letting Hilton,422
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"Cubitt know how matters stand, for it is a singular and a dangerous",423
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"web in which our simple Norfolk squire is entangled.""",424
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,425
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"So, indeed, it proved, and as I come to the dark conclusion of a",426
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,story which had seemed to me to be only childish and bizarre I,427
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,experience once again the dismay and horror with which I was filled.,428
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"Would that I had some brighter ending to communicate to my readers,",429
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"but these are the chronicles of fact, and I must follow to their dark",430
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,crisis the strange chain of events which for some days made Ridling,431
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,Thorpe Manor a household word through the length and breadth of,432
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,England.,433
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,434
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"We had hardly alighted at North Walsham, and mentioned the name of",435
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"our destination, when the station-master hurried towards us. ""I",436
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"suppose that you are the detectives from London?"" said he.",437
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,438
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,A look of annoyance passed over Holmes's face.,439
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,440
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""What makes you think such a thing?""",441
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,442
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""Because Inspector Martin from Norwich has just passed through. But",443
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,maybe you are the surgeons. She's not dead--or wasn't by last,444
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,accounts. You may be in time to save her yet--though it be for the,445
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"gallows.""",446
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,447
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,Holmes's brow was dark with anxiety.,448
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,449
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""We are going to Ridling Thorpe Manor,"" said he, ""but we have heard",450
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"nothing of what has passed there.""",451
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,452
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""It's a terrible business,"" said the station-master. ""They are shot,",453
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,both Mr. Hilton Cubitt and his wife. She shot him and then,454
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,herself--so the servants say. He's dead and her life is despaired of.,455
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"Dear, dear, one of the oldest families in the County of Norfolk, and",456
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"one of the most honoured.""",457
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,458
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"Without a word Holmes hurried to a carriage, and during the long",459
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,seven miles' drive he never opened his mouth. Seldom have I seen him,460
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,so utterly despondent. He had been uneasy during all our journey from,461
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"town, and I had observed that he had turned over the morning papers",462
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,with anxious attention; but now this sudden realization of his worst,463
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"fears left him in a blank melancholy. He leaned back in his seat,",464
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"lost in gloomy speculation. Yet there was much around to interest us,",465
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,for we were passing through as singular a country-side as any in,466
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"England, where a few scattered cottages represented the population of",467
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"to-day, while on every hand enormous square-towered churches bristled",468
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"up from the flat, green landscape and told of the glory and",469
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,prosperity of old East Anglia. At last the violet rim of the German,470
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"Ocean appeared over the green edge of the Norfolk coast, and the",471
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,driver pointed with his whip to two old brick and timber gables which,472
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"projected from a grove of trees. ""That's Ridling Thorpe Manor,"" said",473
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,he.,474
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,475
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"As we drove up to the porticoed front door I observed in front of it,",476
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"beside the tennis lawn, the black tool-house and the pedestalled",477
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,sun-dial with which we had such strange associations. A dapper little,478
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"man, with a quick, alert manner and a waxed moustache, had just",479
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,descended from a high dog-cart. He introduced himself as Inspector,480
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"Martin, of the Norfolk Constabulary, and he was considerably",481
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,astonished when he heard the name of my companion.,482
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,483
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""Why, Mr. Holmes, the crime was only committed at three this morning.",484
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"How could you hear of it in London and get to the spot as soon as I?""",485
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,486
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""I anticipated it. I came in the hope of preventing it.""",487
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,488
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""Then you must have important evidence of which we are ignorant, for",489
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"they were said to be a most united couple.""",490
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,491
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""I have only the evidence of the dancing men,"" said Holmes. ""I will",492
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"explain the matter to you later. Meanwhile, since it is too late to",493
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"prevent this tragedy, I am very anxious that I should use the",494
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,knowledge which I possess in order to ensure that justice be done.,495
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"Will you associate me in your investigation, or will you prefer that",496
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"I should act independently?""",497
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,498
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""I should be proud to feel that we were acting together, Mr. Holmes,""",499
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"said the inspector, earnestly.",500
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,501
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""In that case I should be glad to hear the evidence and to examine",502
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"the premises without an instant of unnecessary delay.""",503
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,504
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,Inspector Martin had the good sense to allow my friend to do things,505
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"in his own fashion, and contented himself with carefully noting the",506
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"results. The local surgeon, an old, white-haired man, had just come",507
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"down from Mrs. Hilton Cubitt's room, and he reported that her",508
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"injuries were serious, but not necessarily fatal. The bullet had",509
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"passed through the front of her brain, and it would probably be some",510
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,time before she could regain consciousness. On the question of,511
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,whether she had been shot or had shot herself he would not venture to,512
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,express any decided opinion. Certainly the bullet had been discharged,513
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,at very close quarters. There was only the one pistol found in the,514
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"room, two barrels of which had been emptied. Mr. Hilton Cubitt had",515
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,been shot through the heart. It was equally conceivable that he had,516
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"shot her and then himself, or that she had been the criminal, for the",517
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,revolver lay upon the floor midway between them.,518
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,519
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""Has he been moved?"" asked Holmes.",520
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,521
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""We have moved nothing except the lady. We could not leave her lying",522
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"wounded upon the floor.""",523
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,524
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""How long have you been here, doctor?""",525
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,526
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""Since four o'clock.""",527
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,528
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""Anyone else?""",529
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,530
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""Yes, the constable here.""",531
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,532
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""And you have touched nothing?""",533
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,534
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""Nothing.""",535
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,536
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""You have acted with great discretion. Who sent for you?""",537
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,538
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""The housemaid, Saunders.""",539
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,540
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""Was it she who gave the alarm?""",541
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,542
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""She and Mrs. King, the cook.""",543
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,544
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""Where are they now?""",545
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,546
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""In the kitchen, I believe.""",547
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,548
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""Then I think we had better hear their story at once.""",549
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,550
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"The old hall, oak-panelled and high-windowed, had been turned into a",551
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"court of investigation. Holmes sat in a great, old-fashioned chair,",552
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,his inexorable eyes gleaming out of his haggard face. I could read in,553
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,them a set purpose to devote his life to this quest until the client,554
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,whom he had failed to save should at last be avenged. The trim,555
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"Inspector Martin, the old, grey-headed country doctor, myself, and a",556
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,stolid village policeman made up the rest of that strange company.,557
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,558
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,The two women told their story clearly enough. They had been aroused,559
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"from their sleep by the sound of an explosion, which had been",560
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,followed a minute later by a second one. They slept in adjoining,561
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"rooms, and Mrs. King had rushed in to Saunders. Together they had",562
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,descended the stairs. The door of the study was open and a candle was,563
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,burning upon the table. Their master lay upon his face in the centre,564
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,of the room. He was quite dead. Near the window his wife was,565
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"crouching, her head leaning against the wall. She was horribly",566
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"wounded, and the side of her face was red with blood. She breathed",567
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"heavily, but was incapable of saying anything. The passage, as well",568
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"as the room, was full of smoke and the smell of powder. The window",569
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,was certainly shut and fastened upon the inside. Both women were,570
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,positive upon the point. They had at once sent for the doctor and for,571
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"the constable. Then, with the aid of the groom and the stable-boy,",572
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,they had conveyed their injured mistress to her room. Both she and,573
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,her husband had occupied the bed. She was clad in her dress--he in,574
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"his dressing-gown, over his night clothes. Nothing had been moved in",575
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,the study. So far as they knew there had never been any quarrel,576
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,between husband and wife. They had always looked upon them as a very,577
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,united couple.,578
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,579
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,These were the main points of the servants' evidence. In answer to,580
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,Inspector Martin they were clear that every door was fastened upon,581
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"the inside, and that no one could have escaped from the house. In",582
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,answer to Holmes they both remembered that they were conscious of the,583
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,smell of powder from the moment that they ran out of their rooms upon,584
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"the top floor. ""I commend that fact very carefully to your",585
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"attention,"" said Holmes to his professional colleague. ""And now I",586
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,think that we are in a position to undertake a thorough examination,587
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"of the room.""",588
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,589
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"The study proved to be a small chamber, lined on three sides with",590
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"books, and with a writing-table facing an ordinary window, which",591
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,looked out upon the garden. Our first attention was given to the body,592
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"of the unfortunate squire, whose huge frame lay stretched across the",593
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,room. His disordered dress showed that he had been hastily aroused,594
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"from sleep. The bullet had been fired at him from the front, and had",595
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,remained in his body after penetrating the heart. His death had,596
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,certainly been instantaneous and painless. There was no,597
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,powder-marking either upon his dressing-gown or on his hands.,598
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"According to the country surgeon the lady had stains upon her face,",599
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,but none upon her hand.,600
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,601
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""The absence of the latter means nothing, though its presence may",602
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"mean everything,"" said Holmes. ""Unless the powder from a",603
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"badly-fitting cartridge happens to spurt backwards, one may fire many",604
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,shots without leaving a sign. I would suggest that Mr. Cubitt's body,605
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"may now be removed. I suppose, doctor, you have not recovered the",606
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"bullet which wounded the lady?""",607
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,608
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""A serious operation will be necessary before that can be done. But",609
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,there are still four cartridges in the revolver. Two have been fired,610
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"and two wounds inflicted, so that each bullet can be accounted for.""",611
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,612
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""So it would seem,"" said Holmes. ""Perhaps you can account also for",613
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"the bullet which has so obviously struck the edge of the window?""",614
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,615
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"He had turned suddenly, and his long, thin finger was pointing to a",616
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,hole which had been drilled right through the lower window-sash about,617
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,an inch above the bottom.,618
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,619
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""By George!"" cried the inspector. ""How ever did you see that?""",620
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,621
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""Because I looked for it.""",622
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,623
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""Wonderful!"" said the country doctor. ""You are certainly right, sir.",624
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"Then a third shot has been fired, and therefore a third person must",625
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,have been present. But who could that have been and how could he have,626
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"got away?""",627
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,628
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""That is the problem which we are now about to solve,"" said Sherlock",629
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"Holmes. ""You remember, Inspector Martin, when the servants said that",630
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,on leaving their room they were at once conscious of a smell of,631
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"powder I remarked that the point was an extremely important one?""",632
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,633
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""Yes, sir; but I confess I did not quite follow you.""",634
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,635
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""It suggested that at the time of the firing the window as well as",636
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,the door of the room had been open. Otherwise the fumes of powder,637
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,could not have been blown so rapidly through the house. A draught in,638
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,the room was necessary for that. Both door and window were only open,639
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"for a very short time, however.""",640
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,641
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""How do you prove that?""",642
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,643
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""Because the candle has not guttered.""",644
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,645
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""Capital!"" cried the inspector. ""Capital!""",646
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,647
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""Feeling sure that the window had been open at the time of the",648
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,tragedy I conceived that there might have been a third person in the,649
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"affair, who stood outside this opening and fired through it. Any shot",650
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"directed at this person might hit the sash. I looked, and there, sure",651
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"enough, was the bullet mark!""",652
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,653
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""But how came the window to be shut and fastened?""",654
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,655
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""The woman's first instinct would be to shut and fasten the window.",656
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"But, halloa! what is this?""",657
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,658
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,It was a lady's hand-bag which stood upon the study table--a trim,659
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,little hand-bag of crocodile-skin and silver. Holmes opened it and,660
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,turned the contents out. There were twenty fifty-pound notes of the,661
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"Bank of England, held together by an india-rubber band--nothing else.",662
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,663
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""This must be preserved, for it will figure in the trial,"" said",664
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"Holmes, as he handed the bag with its contents to the inspector. ""It",665
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,is now necessary that we should try to throw some light upon this,666
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"third bullet, which has clearly, from the splintering of the wood,",667
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"been fired from inside the room. I should like to see Mrs. King, the",668
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"cook, again. You said, Mrs. King, that you were awakened by a loud",669
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"explosion. When you said that, did you mean that it seemed to you to",670
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"be louder than the second one?""",671
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,672
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""Well, sir, it wakened me from my sleep, and so it is hard to judge.",673
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"But it did seem very loud.""",674
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,675
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""You don't think that it might have been two shots fired almost at",676
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"the same instant?""",677
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,678
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""I am sure I couldn't say, sir.""",679
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,680
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""I believe that it was undoubtedly so. I rather think, Inspector",681
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"Martin, that we have now exhausted all that this room can teach us.",682
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"If you will kindly step round with me, we shall see what fresh",683
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"evidence the garden has to offer.""",684
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,685
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"A flower-bed extended up to the study window, and we all broke into",686
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"an exclamation as we approached it. The flowers were trampled down,",687
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"and the soft soil was imprinted all over with footmarks. Large,",688
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"masculine feet they were, with peculiarly long, sharp toes. Holmes",689
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,hunted about among the grass and leaves like a retriever after a,690
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"wounded bird. Then, with a cry of satisfaction, he bent forward and",691
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,picked up a little brazen cylinder.,692
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,693
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""I thought so,"" said he; ""the revolver had an ejector, and here is",694
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"the third cartridge. I really think, Inspector Martin, that our case",695
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"is almost complete.""",696
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,697
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,The country inspector's face had shown his intense amazement at the,698
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,rapid and masterful progress of Holmes's investigation. At first he,699
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,had shown some disposition to assert his own position; but now he was,700
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,overcome with admiration and ready to follow without question,701
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,wherever Holmes led.,702
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,703
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""Whom do you suspect?"" he asked.",704
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,705
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""I'll go into that later. There are several points in this problem",706
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,which I have not been able to explain to you yet. Now that I have got,707
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"so far I had best proceed on my own lines, and then clear the whole",708
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"matter up once and for all.""",709
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,710
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""Just as you wish, Mr. Holmes, so long as we get our man.""",711
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,712
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""I have no desire to make mysteries, but it is impossible at the",713
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,moment of action to enter into long and complex explanations. I have,714
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,the threads of this affair all in my hand. Even if this lady should,715
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,never recover consciousness we can still reconstruct the events of,716
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,last night and ensure that justice be done. First of all I wish to,717
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,know whether there is any inn in this neighbourhood known as,718
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"'Elrige's'?""",719
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,720
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"The servants were cross-questioned, but none of them had heard of",721
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,such a place. The stable-boy threw a light upon the matter by,722
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,remembering that a farmer of that name lived some miles off in the,723
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,direction of East Ruston.,724
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,725
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""Is it a lonely farm?""",726
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,727
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""Very lonely, sir.""",728
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,729
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""Perhaps they have not heard yet of all that happened here during the",730
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"night?""",731
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,732
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""Maybe not, sir.""",733
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,734
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,Holmes thought for a little and then a curious smile played over his,735
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,face.,736
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,737
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""Saddle a horse, my lad,"" said he. ""I shall wish you to take a note",738
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"to Elrige's Farm.""",739
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,740
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,He took from his pocket the various slips of the dancing men. With,741
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,these in front of him he worked for some time at the study-table.,742
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"Finally he handed a note to the boy, with directions to put it into",743
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"the hands of the person to whom it was addressed, and especially to",744
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,answer no questions of any sort which might be put to him. I saw the,745
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"outside of the note, addressed in straggling, irregular characters,",746
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,very unlike Holmes's usual precise hand. It was consigned to Mr. Abe,747
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"Slaney, Elrige's Farm, East Ruston, Norfolk.",748
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,749
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""I think, inspector,"" Holmes remarked, ""that you would do well to",750
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"telegraph for an escort, as, if my calculations prove to be correct,",751
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,you may have a particularly dangerous prisoner to convey to the,752
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,county jail. The boy who takes this note could no doubt forward your,753
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"telegram. If there is an afternoon train to town, Watson, I think we",754
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"should do well to take it, as I have a chemical analysis of some",755
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"interest to finish, and this investigation draws rapidly to a close.""",756
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,757
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"When the youth had been dispatched with the note, Sherlock Holmes",758
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,gave his instructions to the servants. If any visitor were to call,759
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,asking for Mrs. Hilton Cubitt no information should be given as to,760
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"her condition, but he was to be shown at once into the drawing-room.",761
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,He impressed these points upon them with the utmost earnestness.,762
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,Finally he led the way into the drawing-room with the remark that the,763
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"business was now out of our hands, and that we must while away the",764
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,time as best we might until we could see what was in store for us.,765
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"The doctor had departed to his patients, and only the inspector and",766
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,myself remained.,767
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,768
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""I think that I can help you to pass an hour in an interesting and",769
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"profitable manner,"" said Holmes, drawing his chair up to the table",770
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,and spreading out in front of him the various papers upon which were,771
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"recorded the antics of the dancing men. ""As to you, friend Watson, I",772
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,owe you every atonement for having allowed your natural curiosity to,773
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"remain so long unsatisfied. To you, inspector, the whole incident may",774
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,appeal as a remarkable professional study. I must tell you first of,775
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,all the interesting circumstances connected with the previous,776
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,consultations which Mr. Hilton Cubitt has had with me in Baker,777
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"Street."" He then shortly recapitulated the facts which have already",778
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"been recorded. ""I have here in front of me these singular",779
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"productions, at which one might smile had they not proved themselves",780
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,to be the fore-runners of so terrible a tragedy. I am fairly familiar,781
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"with all forms of secret writings, and am myself the author of a",782
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"trifling monograph upon the subject, in which I analyze one hundred",783
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,and sixty separate ciphers; but I confess that this is entirely new,784
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,to me. The object of those who invented the system has apparently,785
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"been to conceal that these characters convey a message, and to give",786
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,the idea that they are the mere random sketches of children.,787
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,788
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""Having once recognised, however, that the symbols stood for letters,",789
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,and having applied the rules which guide us in all forms of secret,790
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"writings, the solution was easy enough. The first message submitted",791
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,to me was so short that it was impossible for me to do more than to,792
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,say with some confidence that the symbol,793
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,794
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,[ Picture: Picture of a single dancing man ],795
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,796
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"stood for E. As you are aware, E is the most common letter in the",797
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"English alphabet, and it predominates to so marked an extent that",798
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,even in a short sentence one would expect to find it most often. Out,799
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"of fifteen symbols in the first message four were the same, so it was",800
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,reasonable to set this down as E. It is true that in some cases the,801
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"figure was bearing a flag and in some cases not, but it was probable",802
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,from the way in which the flags were distributed that they were used,803
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"to break the sentence up into words. I accepted this as a hypothesis,",804
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,and noted that E was represented by,805
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,806
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,[ Picture: Picture of a single dancing man ],807
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,808
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""But now came the real difficulty of the inquiry. The order of the",809
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"English letters after E is by no means well marked, and any",810
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,preponderance which may be shown in an average of a printed sheet may,811
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"be reversed in a single short sentence. Speaking roughly, T, A, O, I,",812
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"N, S, H, R, D, and L are the numerical order in which letters occur;",813
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"but T, A, O, and I are very nearly abreast of each other, and it",814
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,would be an endless task to try each combination until a meaning was,815
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"arrived at. I, therefore, waited for fresh material. In my second",816
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,interview with Mr. Hilton Cubitt he was able to give me two other,817
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"short sentences and one message, which appeared--since there was no",818
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"flag--to be a single word. Here are the symbols. Now, in the single",819
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,word I have already got the two E's coming second and fourth in a,820
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"word of five letters. It might be 'sever,' or 'lever,' or 'never.'",821
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,There can be no question that the latter as a reply to an appeal is,822
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"far the most probable, and the circumstances pointed to its being a",823
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"reply written by the lady. Accepting it as correct, we are now able",824
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,to say that the symbols,825
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,826
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,[ Picture: Picture of three dancing men ],827
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,828
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"stand respectively for N, V, and R.",829
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,830
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""Even now I was in considerable difficulty, but a happy thought put",831
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,me in possession of several other letters. It occurred to me that if,832
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"these appeals came, as I expected, from someone who had been intimate",833
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"with the lady in her early life, a combination which contained two",834
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,E's with three letters between might very well stand for the name,835
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,'ELSIE.' On examination I found that such a combination formed the,836
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,termination of the message which was three times repeated. It was,837
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"certainly some appeal to 'Elsie.' In this way I had got my L, S, and",838
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,I. But what appeal could it be? There were only four letters in the,839
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"word which preceded 'Elsie,' and it ended in E. Surely the word must",840
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"be 'COME.' I tried all other four letters ending in E, but could find",841
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"none to fit the case. So now I was in possession of C, O, and M, and",842
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"I was in a position to attack the first message once more, dividing",843
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,it into words and putting dots for each symbol which was still,844
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,unknown. So treated it worked out in this fashion:,845
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,846
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,.M  .ERE  ..E  SL.NE.,847
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,848
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""Now the first letter can only be A, which is a most useful",849
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"discovery, since it occurs no fewer than three times in this short",850
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"sentence, and the H is also apparent in the second word. Now it",851
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,becomes:--,852
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,853
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,AM  HERE  A.E  SLANE.,854
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,855
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"Or, filling in the obvious vacancies in the name:--",856
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,857
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,AM  HERE  ABE  SLANEY.,858
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,859
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,I had so many letters now that I could proceed with considerable,860
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"confidence to the second message, which worked out in this fashion:--",861
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,862
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,A. ELRI.ES.,863
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,864
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,Here I could only make sense by putting T and G for the missing,865
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"letters, and supposing that the name was that of some house or inn at",866
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"which the writer was staying.""",867
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,868
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,Inspector Martin and I had listened with the utmost interest to the,869
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,full and clear account of how my friend had produced results which,870
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,had led to so complete a command over our difficulties.,871
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,872
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""What did you do then, sir?"" asked the inspector.",873
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,874
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""I had every reason to suppose that this Abe Slaney was an American,",875
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"since Abe is an American contraction, and since a letter from America",876
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,had been the starting-point of all the trouble. I had also every,877
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,cause to think that there was some criminal secret in the matter. The,878
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,lady's allusions to her past and her refusal to take her husband into,879
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,her confidence both pointed in that direction. I therefore cabled to,880
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"my friend, Wilson Hargreave, of the New York Police Bureau, who has",881
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,more than once made use of my knowledge of London crime. I asked him,882
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,whether the name of Abe Slaney was known to him. Here is his reply:,883
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,'The most dangerous crook in Chicago.' On the very evening upon which,884
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,I had his answer Hilton Cubitt sent me the last message from Slaney.,885
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,Working with known letters it took this form:--,886
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,887
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,ELSIE  .RE.ARE  TO  MEET  THY  GO.,888
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,889
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,The addition of a P and a D completed a message which showed me that,890
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"the rascal was proceeding from persuasion to threats, and my",891
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,knowledge of the crooks of Chicago prepared me to find that he might,892
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,very rapidly put his words into action. I at once came to Norfolk,893
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"with my friend and colleague, Dr. Watson, but, unhappily, only in",894
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"time to find that the worst had already occurred.""",895
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,896
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""It is a privilege to be associated with you in the handling of a",897
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"case,"" said the inspector, warmly. ""You will excuse me, however, if I",898
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"speak frankly to you. You are only answerable to yourself, but I have",899
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"to answer to my superiors. If this Abe Slaney, living at Elrige's, is",900
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"indeed the murderer, and if he has made his escape while I am seated",901
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"here, I should certainly get into serious trouble.""",902
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,903
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""You need not be uneasy. He will not try to escape.""",904
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,905
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""How do you know?""",906
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,907
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""To fly would be a confession of guilt.""",908
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,909
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""Then let us go to arrest him.""",910
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,911
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""I expect him here every instant.""",912
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,913
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""But why should he come?""",914
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,915
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""Because I have written and asked him.""",916
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,917
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""But this is incredible, Mr. Holmes! Why should he come because you",918
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,have asked him? Would not such a request rather rouse his suspicions,919
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"and cause him to fly?""",920
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,921
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""I think I have known how to frame the letter,"" said Sherlock Holmes.",922
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""In fact, if I am not very much mistaken, here is the gentleman",923
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"himself coming up the drive.""",924
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,925
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"A man was striding up the path which led to the door. He was a tall,",926
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"handsome, swarthy fellow, clad in a suit of grey flannel, with a",927
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"Panama hat, a bristling black beard, and a great, aggressive hooked",928
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"nose, and flourishing a cane as he walked. He swaggered up the path",929
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"as if the place belonged to him, and we heard his loud, confident",930
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,peal at the bell.,931
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,932
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""I think, gentlemen,"" said Holmes, quietly, ""that we had best take up",933
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,our position behind the door. Every precaution is necessary when,934
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"dealing with such a fellow. You will need your handcuffs, inspector.",935
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"You can leave the talking to me.""",936
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,937
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,We waited in silence for a minute--one of those minutes which one can,938
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,never forget. Then the door opened and the man stepped in. In an,939
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,instant Holmes clapped a pistol to his head and Martin slipped the,940
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,handcuffs over his wrists. It was all done so swiftly and deftly that,941
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,the fellow was helpless before he knew that he was attacked. He,942
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,glared from one to the other of us with a pair of blazing black eyes.,943
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,Then he burst into a bitter laugh.,944
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,945
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""Well, gentlemen, you have the drop on me this time. I seem to have",946
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,knocked up against something hard. But I came here in answer to a,947
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,letter from Mrs. Hilton Cubitt. Don't tell me that she is in this?,948
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"Don't tell me that she helped to set a trap for me?""",949
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,950
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""Mrs. Hilton Cubitt was seriously injured and is at death's door.""",951
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,952
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,The man gave a hoarse cry of grief which rang through the house.,953
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,954
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""You're crazy!"" he cried, fiercely. ""It was he that was hurt, not",955
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"she. Who would have hurt little Elsie? I may have threatened her, God",956
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"forgive me, but I would not have touched a hair of her pretty head.",957
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"Take it back--you! Say that she is not hurt!""",958
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,959
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""She was found badly wounded by the side of her dead husband.""",960
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,961
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,He sank with a deep groan on to the settee and buried his face in his,962
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,manacled hands. For five minutes he was silent. Then he raised his,963
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"face once more, and spoke with the cold composure of despair.",964
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,965
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""I have nothing to hide from you, gentlemen,"" said he. ""If I shot the",966
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"man he had his shot at me, and there's no murder in that. But if you",967
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"think I could have hurt that woman, then you don't know either me or",968
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,her. I tell you there was never a man in this world loved a woman,969
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,more than I loved her. I had a right to her. She was pledged to me,970
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,years ago. Who was this Englishman that he should come between us? I,971
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"tell you that I had the first right to her, and that I was only",972
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"claiming my own.""",973
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,974
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""She broke away from your influence when she found the man that you",975
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"are,"" said Holmes, sternly. ""She fled from America to avoid you, and",976
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,she married an honourable gentleman in England. You dogged her and,977
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,followed her and made her life a misery to her in order to induce her,978
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,to abandon the husband whom she loved and respected in order to fly,979
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"with you, whom she feared and hated. You have ended by bringing about",980
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,the death of a noble man and driving his wife to suicide. That is,981
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"your record in this business, Mr. Abe Slaney, and you will answer for",982
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"it to the law.""",983
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,984
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""If Elsie dies I care nothing what becomes of me,"" said the American.",985
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,He opened one of his hands and looked at a note crumpled up in his,986
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"palm. ""See here, mister,"" he cried, with a gleam of suspicion in his",987
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"eyes, ""you're not trying to scare me over this, are you? If the lady",988
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"is hurt as bad as you say, who was it that wrote this note?"" He",989
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,tossed it forwards on to the table.,990
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,991
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""I wrote it to bring you here.""",992
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,993
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""You wrote it? There was no one on earth outside the Joint who knew",994
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"the secret of the dancing men. How came you to write it?""",995
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,996
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""What one man can invent another can discover,"" said Holmes. ""There",997
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"is a cab coming to convey you to Norwich, Mr. Slaney. But, meanwhile,",998
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,you have time to make some small reparation for the injury you have,999
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,wrought. Are you aware that Mrs. Hilton Cubitt has herself lain under,1000
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"grave suspicion of the murder of her husband, and that it was only my",1001
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,presence here and the knowledge which I happened to possess which has,1002
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,saved her from the accusation? The least that you owe her is to make,1003
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"it clear to the whole world that she was in no way, directly or",1004
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"indirectly, responsible for his tragic end.""",1005
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,1006
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""I ask nothing better,"" said the American. ""I guess the very best",1007
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"case I can make for myself is the absolute naked truth.""",1008
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,1009
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""It is my duty to warn you that it will be used against you,"" cried",1010
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"the inspector, with the magnificent fair-play of the British criminal",1011
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,law.,1012
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,1013
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,Slaney shrugged his shoulders.,1014
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,1015
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""I'll chance that,"" said he. ""First of all, I want you gentlemen to",1016
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,understand that I have known this lady since she was a child. There,1017
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"were seven of us in a gang in Chicago, and Elsie's father was the",1018
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"boss of the Joint. He was a clever man, was old Patrick. It was he",1019
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"who invented that writing, which would pass as a child's scrawl",1020
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"unless you just happened to have the key to it. Well, Elsie learned",1021
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"some of our ways; but she couldn't stand the business, and she had a",1022
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"bit of honest money of her own, so she gave us all the slip and got",1023
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"away to London. She had been engaged to me, and she would have",1024
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"married me, I believe, if I had taken over another profession; but",1025
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,she would have nothing to do with anything on the cross. It was only,1026
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,after her marriage to this Englishman that I was able to find out,1027
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"where she was. I wrote to her, but got no answer. After that I came",1028
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"over, and, as letters were no use, I put my messages where she could",1029
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,read them.,1030
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,1031
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""Well, I have been here a month now. I lived in that farm, where I",1032
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"had a room down below, and could get in and out every night, and no",1033
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,one the wiser. I tried all I could to coax Elsie away. I knew that,1034
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"she read the messages, for once she wrote an answer under one of",1035
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"them. Then my temper got the better of me, and I began to threaten",1036
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"her. She sent me a letter then, imploring me to go away and saying",1037
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,that it would break her heart if any scandal should come upon her,1038
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,husband. She said that she would come down when her husband was,1039
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"asleep at three in the morning, and speak with me through the end",1040
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"window, if I would go away afterwards and leave her in peace. She",1041
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"came down and brought money with her, trying to bribe me to go. This",1042
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"made me mad, and I caught her arm and tried to pull her through the",1043
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,window. At that moment in rushed the husband with his revolver in his,1044
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"hand. Elsie had sunk down upon the floor, and we were face to face. I",1045
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"was heeled also, and I held up my gun to scare him off and let me get",1046
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,away. He fired and missed me. I pulled off almost at the same,1047
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"instant, and down he dropped. I made away across the garden, and as I",1048
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"went I heard the window shut behind me. That's God's truth,",1049
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"gentlemen, every word of it, and I heard no more about it until that",1050
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"lad came riding up with a note which made me walk in here, like a",1051
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"jay, and give myself into your hands.""",1052
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,1053
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,A cab had driven up whilst the American had been talking. Two,1054
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,uniformed policemen sat inside. Inspector Martin rose and touched his,1055
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,prisoner on the shoulder.,1056
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,1057
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""It is time for us to go.""",1058
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,1059
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""Can I see her first?""",1060
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,1061
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""No, she is not conscious. Mr. Sherlock Holmes, I only hope that if",1062
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,ever again I have an important case I shall have the good fortune to,1063
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"have you by my side.""",1064
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,1065
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,We stood at the window and watched the cab drive away. As I turned,1066
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,back my eye caught the pellet of paper which the prisoner had tossed,1067
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,upon the table. It was the note with which Holmes had decoyed him.,1068
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,1069
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""See if you can read it, Watson,"" said he, with a smile.",1070
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,1071
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"It contained no word, but this little line of dancing men:--",1072
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,1073
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,[ Picture: Picture of various dancing men ],1074
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,1075
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"""If you use the code which I have explained,"" said Holmes, ""you will",1076
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,find that it simply means 'Come here at once.' I was convinced that,1077
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"it was an invitation which he would not refuse, since he could never",1078
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"imagine that it could come from anyone but the lady. And so, my dear",1079
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"Watson, we have ended by turning the dancing men to good when they",1080
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"have so often been the agents of evil, and I think that I have",1081
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,fulfilled my promise of giving you something unusual for your,1082
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"note-book. Three-forty is our train, and I fancy we should be back in",1083
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"Baker Street for dinner.""",1084
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,1085
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"Only one word of epilogue. The American, Abe Slaney, was condemned to",1086
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,death at the winter assizes at Norwich; but his penalty was changed,1087
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"to penal servitude in consideration of mitigating circumstances, and",1088
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,the certainty that Hilton Cubitt had fired the first shot. Of Mrs.,1089
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"Hilton Cubitt I only know that I have heard she recovered entirely,",1090
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,"and that she still remains a widow, devoting her whole life to the",1091
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,care of the poor and to the administration of her husband's estate.,1092
The Adventure of the Dancing Men,,1093
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,THE ADVENTURE OF THE SOLITARY CYCLIST,1
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,2
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,From the years 1894 to 1901 inclusive Mr. Sherlock Holmes was a very,3
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,busy man. It is safe to say that there was no public case of any,4
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"difficulty in which he was not consulted during those eight years,",5
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"and there were hundreds of private cases, some of them of the most",6
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"intricate and extraordinary character, in which he played a prominent",7
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,part. Many startling successes and a few unavoidable failures were,8
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,the outcome of this long period of continuous work. As I have,9
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"preserved very full notes of all these cases, and was myself",10
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"personally engaged in many of them, it may be imagined that it is no",11
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,easy task to know which I should select to lay before the public. I,12
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"shall, however, preserve my former rule, and give the preference to",13
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,those cases which derive their interest not so much from the,14
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,brutality of the crime as from the ingenuity and dramatic quality of,15
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,the solution. For this reason I will now lay before the reader the,16
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"facts connected with Miss Violet Smith, the solitary cyclist of",17
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"Charlington, and the curious sequel of our investigation, which",18
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,culminated in unexpected tragedy. It is true that the circumstances,19
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,did not admit of any striking illustration of those powers for which,20
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"my friend was famous, but there were some points about the case which",21
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,made it stand out in those long records of crime from which I gather,22
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,the material for these little narratives.,23
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,24
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,On referring to my note-book for the year 1895 I find that it was,25
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"upon Saturday, the 23rd of April, that we first heard of Miss Violet",26
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"Smith. Her visit was, I remember, extremely unwelcome to Holmes, for",27
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,he was immersed at the moment in a very abstruse and complicated,28
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,problem concerning the peculiar persecution to which John Vincent,29
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"Harden, the well-known tobacco millionaire, had been subjected. My",30
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"friend, who loved above all things precision and concentration of",31
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"thought, resented anything which distracted his attention from the",32
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,matter in hand. And yet without a harshness which was foreign to his,33
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,nature it was impossible to refuse to listen to the story of the,34
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"young and beautiful woman, tall, graceful, and queenly, who presented",35
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,herself at Baker Street late in the evening and implored his,36
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,assistance and advice. It was vain to urge that his time was already,37
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"fully occupied, for the young lady had come with the determination to",38
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"tell her story, and it was evident that nothing short of force could",39
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,get her out of the room until she had done so. With a resigned air,40
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"and a somewhat weary smile, Holmes begged the beautiful intruder to",41
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,take a seat and to inform us what it was that was troubling her.,42
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,43
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""At least it cannot be your health,"" said he, as his keen eyes darted",44
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"over her; ""so ardent a bicyclist must be full of energy.""",45
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,46
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"She glanced down in surprise at her own feet, and I observed the",47
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,slight roughening of the side of the sole caused by the friction of,48
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,the edge of the pedal.,49
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,50
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""Yes, I bicycle a good deal, Mr. Holmes, and that has something to do",51
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"with my visit to you to-day.""",52
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,53
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,My friend took the lady's ungloved hand and examined it with as close,54
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,an attention and as little sentiment as a scientist would show to a,55
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,specimen.,56
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,57
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""You will excuse me, I am sure. It is my business,"" said he, as he",58
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"dropped it. ""I nearly fell into the error of supposing that you were",59
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"typewriting. Of course, it is obvious that it is music. You observe",60
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"the spatulate finger-end, Watson, which is common to both",61
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"professions? There is a spirituality about the face, however""--he",62
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"gently turned it towards the light--""which the typewriter does not",63
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"generate. This lady is a musician.""",64
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,65
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""Yes, Mr. Holmes, I teach music.""",66
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,67
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""In the country, I presume, from your complexion.""",68
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,69
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""Yes, sir; near Farnham, on the borders of Surrey.""",70
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,71
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""A beautiful neighbourhood and full of the most interesting",72
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"associations. You remember, Watson, that it was near there that we",73
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"took Archie Stamford, the forger. Now, Miss Violet, what has happened",74
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"to you near Farnham, on the borders of Surrey?""",75
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,76
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"The young lady, with great clearness and composure, made the",77
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,following curious statement:--,78
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,79
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""My father is dead, Mr. Holmes. He was James Smith, who conducted the",80
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,orchestra at the old Imperial Theatre. My mother and I were left,81
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"without a relation in the world except one uncle, Ralph Smith, who",82
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"went to Africa twenty-five years ago, and we have never had a word",83
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"from him since. When father died we were left very poor, but one day",84
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,we were told that there was an advertisement in the Times inquiring,85
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"for our whereabouts. You can imagine how excited we were, for we",86
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,thought that someone had left us a fortune. We went at once to the,87
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"lawyer whose name was given in the paper. There we met two gentlemen,",88
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"Mr. Carruthers and Mr. Woodley, who were home on a visit from South",89
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"Africa. They said that my uncle was a friend of theirs, that he died",90
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"some months before in great poverty in Johannesburg, and that he had",91
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,asked them with his last breath to hunt up his relations and see that,92
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"they were in no want. It seemed strange to us that Uncle Ralph, who",93
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"took no notice of us when he was alive, should be so careful to look",94
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,after us when he was dead; but Mr. Carruthers explained that the,95
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"reason was that my uncle had just heard of the death of his brother,",96
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"and so felt responsible for our fate.""",97
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,98
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""Excuse me,"" said Holmes; ""when was this interview?""",99
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,100
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""Last December--four months ago.""",101
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,102
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""Pray proceed.""",103
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,104
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""Mr. Woodley seemed to me to be a most odious person. He was for ever",105
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"making eyes at me--a coarse, puffy-faced, red-moustached young man,",106
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,with his hair plastered down on each side of his forehead. I thought,107
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,that he was perfectly hateful--and I was sure that Cyril would not,108
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"wish me to know such a person.""",109
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,110
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""Oh, Cyril is his name!"" said Holmes, smiling.",111
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,112
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,The young lady blushed and laughed.,113
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,114
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""Yes, Mr. Holmes; Cyril Morton, an electrical engineer, and we hope",115
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"to be married at the end of the summer. Dear me, how did I get",116
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,talking about him? What I wished to say was that Mr. Woodley was,117
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"perfectly odious, but that Mr. Carruthers, who was a much older man,",118
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"was more agreeable. He was a dark, sallow, clean-shaven, silent",119
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,person; but he had polite manners and a pleasant smile. He inquired,120
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"how we were left, and on finding that we were very poor he suggested",121
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"that I should come and teach music to his only daughter, aged ten. I",122
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"said that I did not like to leave my mother, on which he suggested",123
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"that I should go home to her every week-end, and he offered me a",124
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"hundred a year, which was certainly splendid pay. So it ended by my",125
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"accepting, and I went down to Chiltern Grange, about six miles from",126
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"Farnham. Mr. Carruthers was a widower, but he had engaged a",127
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"lady-housekeeper, a very respectable, elderly person, called Mrs.",128
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"Dixon, to look after his establishment. The child was a dear, and",129
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,everything promised well. Mr. Carruthers was very kind and very,130
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"musical, and we had most pleasant evenings together. Every week-end I",131
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,went home to my mother in town.,132
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,133
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""The first flaw in my happiness was the arrival of the red-moustached",134
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"Mr. Woodley. He came for a visit of a week, and oh, it seemed three",135
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"months to me! He was a dreadful person, a bully to everyone else, but",136
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"to me something infinitely worse. He made odious love to me, boasted",137
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"of his wealth, said that if I married him I would have the finest",138
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"diamonds in London, and finally, when I would have nothing to do with",139
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"him, he seized me in his arms one day after dinner--he was hideously",140
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,strong--and he swore that he would not let me go until I had kissed,141
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"him. Mr. Carruthers came in and tore him off from me, on which he",142
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"turned upon his own host, knocking him down and cutting his face",143
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"open. That was the end of his visit, as you can imagine. Mr.",144
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"Carruthers apologized to me next day, and assured me that I should",145
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,never be exposed to such an insult again. I have not seen Mr. Woodley,146
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,since.,147
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,148
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""And now, Mr. Holmes, I come at last to the special thing which has",149
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,caused me to ask your advice to-day. You must know that every,150
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,Saturday forenoon I ride on my bicycle to Farnham Station in order to,151
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"get the 12.22 to town. The road from Chiltern Grange is a lonely one,",152
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"and at one spot it is particularly so, for it lies for over a mile",153
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,between Charlington Heath upon one side and the woods which lie round,154
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,Charlington Hall upon the other. You could not find a more lonely,155
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"tract of road anywhere, and it is quite rare to meet so much as a",156
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"cart, or a peasant, until you reach the high road near Crooksbury",157
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,Hill. Two weeks ago I was passing this place when I chanced to look,158
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"back over my shoulder, and about two hundred yards behind me I saw a",159
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"man, also on a bicycle. He seemed to be a middle-aged man, with a",160
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"short, dark beard. I looked back before I reached Farnham, but the",161
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"man was gone, so I thought no more about it. But you can imagine how",162
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"surprised I was, Mr. Holmes, when on my return on the Monday I saw",163
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,the same man on the same stretch of road. My astonishment was,164
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"increased when the incident occurred again, exactly as before, on the",165
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,following Saturday and Monday. He always kept his distance and did,166
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"not molest me in any way, but still it certainly was very odd. I",167
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"mentioned it to Mr. Carruthers, who seemed interested in what I said,",168
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"and told me that he had ordered a horse and trap, so that in future I",169
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,should not pass over these lonely roads without some companion.,170
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,171
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""The horse and trap were to have come this week, but for some reason",172
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"they were not delivered, and again I had to cycle to the station.",173
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,That was this morning. You can think that I looked out when I came to,174
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"Charlington Heath, and there, sure enough, was the man, exactly as he",175
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,had been the two weeks before. He always kept so far from me that I,176
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"could not clearly see his face, but it was certainly someone whom I",177
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,did not know. He was dressed in a dark suit with a cloth cap. The,178
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,only thing about his face that I could clearly see was his dark,179
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"beard. To-day I was not alarmed, but I was filled with curiosity, and",180
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,I determined to find out who he was and what he wanted. I slowed down,181
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"my machine, but he slowed down his. Then I stopped altogether, but he",182
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,stopped also. Then I laid a trap for him. There is a sharp turning of,183
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"the road, and I pedalled very quickly round this, and then I stopped",184
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,and waited. I expected him to shoot round and pass me before he could,185
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,stop. But he never appeared. Then I went back and looked round the,186
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"corner. I could see a mile of road, but he was not on it. To make it",187
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"the more extraordinary, there was no side road at this point down",188
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"which he could have gone.""",189
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,190
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"Holmes chuckled and rubbed his hands. ""This case certainly presents",191
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"some features of its own,"" said he. ""How much time elapsed between",192
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"your turning the corner and your discovery that the road was clear?""",193
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,194
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""Two or three minutes.""",195
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,196
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""Then he could not have retreated down the road, and you say that",197
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"there are no side roads?""",198
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,199
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""None.""",200
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,201
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""Then he certainly took a footpath on one side or the other.""",202
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,203
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""It could not have been on the side of the heath or I should have",204
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"seen him.""",205
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,206
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""So by the process of exclusion we arrive at the fact that he made",207
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"his way towards Charlington Hall, which, as I understand, is situated",208
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"in its own grounds on one side of the road. Anything else?""",209
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,210
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""Nothing, Mr. Holmes, save that I was so perplexed that I felt I",211
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"should not be happy until I had seen you and had your advice.""",212
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,213
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,Holmes sat in silence for some little time.,214
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,215
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""Where is the gentleman to whom you are engaged?"" he asked, at last.",216
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,217
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""He is in the Midland Electrical Company, at Coventry.""",218
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,219
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""He would not pay you a surprise visit?""",220
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,221
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""Oh, Mr. Holmes! As if I should not know him!""",222
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,223
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""Have you had any other admirers?""",224
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,225
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""Several before I knew Cyril.""",226
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,227
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""And since?""",228
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,229
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""There was this dreadful man, Woodley, if you can call him an",230
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"admirer.""",231
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,232
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""No one else?""",233
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,234
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,Our fair client seemed a little confused.,235
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,236
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""Who was he?"" asked Holmes.",237
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,238
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""Oh, it may be a mere fancy of mine; but it has seemed to me",239
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"sometimes that my employer, Mr. Carruthers, takes a great deal of",240
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,interest in me. We are thrown rather together. I play his,241
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,accompaniments in the evening. He has never said anything. He is a,242
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"perfect gentleman. But a girl always knows.""",243
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,244
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""Ha!"" Holmes looked grave. ""What does he do for a living?""",245
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,246
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""He is a rich man.""",247
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,248
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""No carriages or horses?""",249
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,250
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""Well, at least he is fairly well-to-do. But he goes into the City",251
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,two or three times a week. He is deeply interested in South African,252
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"gold shares.""",253
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,254
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""You will let me know any fresh development, Miss Smith. I am very",255
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"busy just now, but I will find time to make some inquiries into your",256
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"case. In the meantime take no step without letting me know. Good-bye,",257
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"and I trust that we shall have nothing but good news from you.""",258
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,259
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""It is part of the settled order of Nature that such a girl should",260
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"have followers,"" said Holmes, as he pulled at his meditative pipe,",261
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""but for choice not on bicycles in lonely country roads. Some",262
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"secretive lover, beyond all doubt. But there are curious and",263
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"suggestive details about the case, Watson.""",264
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,265
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""That he should appear only at that point?""",266
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,267
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""Exactly. Our first effort must be to find who are the tenants of",268
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"Charlington Hall. Then, again, how about the connection between",269
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"Carruthers and Woodley, since they appear to be men of such a",270
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,different type? How came they both to be so keen upon looking up,271
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,Ralph Smith's relations? One more point. What sort of a menage is it,272
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"which pays double the market price for a governess, but does not keep",273
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"a horse although six miles from the station? Odd, Watson--very odd!""",274
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,275
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""You will go down?""",276
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,277
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""No, my dear fellow, you will go down. This may be some trifling",278
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"intrigue, and I cannot break my other important research for the sake",279
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,of it. On Monday you will arrive early at Farnham; you will conceal,280
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,yourself near Charlington Heath; you will observe these facts for,281
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"yourself, and act as your own judgment advises. Then, having inquired",282
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"as to the occupants of the Hall, you will come back to me and report.",283
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"And now, Watson, not another word of the matter until we have a few",284
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,solid stepping-stones on which we may hope to get across to our,285
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"solution.""",286
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,287
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,We had ascertained from the lady that she went down upon the Monday,288
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"by the train which leaves Waterloo at 9.50, so I started early and",289
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,caught the 9.13. At Farnham Station I had no difficulty in being,290
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,directed to Charlington Heath. It was impossible to mistake the scene,291
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"of the young lady's adventure, for the road runs between the open",292
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"heath on one side and an old yew hedge upon the other, surrounding a",293
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,park which is studded with magnificent trees. There was a main,294
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"gateway of lichen-studded stone, each side pillar surmounted by",295
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,mouldering heraldic emblems; but besides this central carriage drive,296
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,I observed several points where there were gaps in the hedge and,297
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"paths leading through them. The house was invisible from the road,",298
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,but the surroundings all spoke of gloom and decay.,299
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,300
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"The heath was covered with golden patches of flowering gorse,",301
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,gleaming magnificently in the light of the bright spring sunshine.,302
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"Behind one of these clumps I took up my position, so as to command",303
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,both the gateway of the Hall and a long stretch of the road upon,304
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"either side. It had been deserted when I left it, but now I saw a",305
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,cyclist riding down it from the opposite direction to that in which I,306
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"had come. He was clad in a dark suit, and I saw that he had a black",307
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,beard. On reaching the end of the Charlington grounds he sprang from,308
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"his machine and led it through a gap in the hedge, disappearing from",309
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,my view.,310
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,311
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,A quarter of an hour passed and then a second cyclist appeared. This,312
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,time it was the young lady coming from the station. I saw her look,313
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,about her as she came to the Charlington hedge. An instant later the,314
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"man emerged from his hiding-place, sprang upon his cycle, and",315
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,followed her. In all the broad landscape those were the only moving,316
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"figures, the graceful girl sitting very straight upon her machine,",317
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"and the man behind her bending low over his handle-bar, with a",318
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,curiously furtive suggestion in every movement. She looked back at,319
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,him and slowed her pace. He slowed also. She stopped. He at once,320
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"stopped too, keeping two hundred yards behind her. Her next movement",321
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,was as unexpected as it was spirited. She suddenly whisked her wheels,322
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"round and dashed straight at him! He was as quick as she, however,",323
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,and darted off in desperate flight. Presently she came back up the,324
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"road again, her head haughtily in the air, not deigning to take any",325
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"further notice of her silent attendant. He had turned also, and still",326
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,kept his distance until the curve of the road hid them from my sight.,327
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,328
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"I remained in my hiding-place, and it was well that I did so, for",329
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,presently the man reappeared cycling slowly back. He turned in at the,330
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,Hall gates and dismounted from his machine. For some few minutes I,331
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,could see him standing among the trees. His hands were raised and he,332
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,seemed to be settling his necktie. Then he mounted his cycle and rode,333
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,away from me down the drive towards the Hall. I ran across the heath,334
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,and peered through the trees. Far away I could catch glimpses of the,335
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"old grey building with its bristling Tudor chimneys, but the drive",336
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"ran through a dense shrubbery, and I saw no more of my man.",337
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,338
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"However, it seemed to me that I had done a fairly good morning's",339
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"work, and I walked back in high spirits to Farnham. The local",340
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"house-agent could tell me nothing about Charlington Hall, and",341
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,referred me to a well-known firm in Pall Mall. There I halted on my,342
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"way home, and met with courtesy from the representative. No, I could",343
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,not have Charlington Hall for the summer. I was just too late. It had,344
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,been let about a month ago. Mr. Williamson was the name of the,345
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,tenant. He was a respectable elderly gentleman. The polite agent was,346
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"afraid he could say no more, as the affairs of his clients were not",347
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,matters which he could discuss.,348
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,349
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,Mr. Sherlock Holmes listened with attention to the long report which,350
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"I was able to present to him that evening, but it did not elicit that",351
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,word of curt praise which I had hoped for and should have valued. On,352
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"the contrary, his austere face was even more severe than usual as he",353
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,commented upon the things that I had done and the things that I had,354
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,not.,355
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,356
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""Your hiding-place, my dear Watson, was very faulty. You should have",357
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,been behind the hedge; then you would have had a close view of this,358
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"interesting person. As it is you were some hundreds of yards away,",359
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,and can tell me even less than Miss Smith. She thinks she does not,360
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"know the man; I am convinced she does. Why, otherwise, should he be",361
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,so desperately anxious that she should not get so near him as to see,362
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,his features? You describe him as bending over the handle-bar.,363
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"Concealment again, you see. You really have done remarkably badly. He",364
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,returns to the house and you want to find out who he is. You come to,365
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"a London house-agent!""",366
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,367
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""What should I have done?"" I cried, with some heat.",368
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,369
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""Gone to the nearest public-house. That is the centre of country",370
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"gossip. They would have told you every name, from the master to the",371
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,scullery-maid. Williamson! It conveys nothing to my mind. If he is an,372
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,elderly man he is not this active cyclist who sprints away from that,373
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,athletic young lady's pursuit. What have we gained by your,374
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,expedition? The knowledge that the girl's story is true. I never,375
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,doubted it. That there is a connection between the cyclist and the,376
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,Hall. I never doubted that either. That the Hall is tenanted by,377
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"Williamson. Who's the better for that? Well, well, my dear sir, don't",378
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"look so depressed. We can do little more until next Saturday, and in",379
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"the meantime I may make one or two inquiries myself.""",380
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,381
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"Next morning we had a note from Miss Smith, recounting shortly and",382
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"accurately the very incidents which I had seen, but the pith of the",383
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,letter lay in the postscript:,384
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,385
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""I am sure that you will respect my confidence, Mr. Holmes, when I",386
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,tell you that my place here has become difficult owing to the fact,387
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,that my employer has proposed marriage to me. I am convinced that his,388
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,feelings are most deep and most honourable. At the same time my,389
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"promise is, of course, given. He took my refusal very seriously, but",390
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"also very gently. You can understand, however, that the situation is",391
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"a little strained.""",392
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,393
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""Our young friend seems to be getting into deep waters,"" said Holmes,",394
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"thoughtfully, as he finished the letter. ""The case certainly presents",395
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,more features of interest and more possibility of development than I,396
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"had originally thought. I should be none the worse for a quiet,",397
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"peaceful day in the country, and I am inclined to run down this",398
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"afternoon and test one or two theories which I have formed.""",399
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,400
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"Holmes's quiet day in the country had a singular termination, for he",401
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,arrived at Baker Street late in the evening with a cut lip and a,402
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"discoloured lump upon his forehead, besides a general air of",403
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,dissipation which would have made his own person the fitting object,404
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,of a Scotland Yard investigation. He was immensely tickled by his own,405
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"adventures, and laughed heartily as he recounted them.",406
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,407
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""I get so little active exercise that it is always a treat,"" said he.",408
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""You are aware that I have some proficiency in the good old British",409
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"sport of boxing. Occasionally it is of service. To-day, for example,",410
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"I should have come to very ignominious grief without it.""",411
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,412
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,I begged him to tell me what had occurred.,413
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,414
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""I found that country pub which I had already recommended to your",415
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"notice, and there I made my discreet inquiries. I was in the bar, and",416
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,a garrulous landlord was giving me all that I wanted. Williamson is a,417
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"white-bearded man, and he lives alone with a small staff of servants",418
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,at the Hall. There is some rumour that he is or has been a clergyman;,419
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,but one or two incidents of his short residence at the Hall struck me,420
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,as peculiarly unecclesiastical. I have already made some inquiries at,421
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"a clerical agency, and they tell me that there was a man of that name",422
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,in orders whose career has been a singularly dark one. The landlord,423
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,further informed me that there are usually week-end visitors--'a warm,424
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"lot, sir'--at the Hall, and especially one gentleman with a red",425
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"moustache, Mr. Woodley by name, who was always there. We had got as",426
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"far as this when who should walk in but the gentleman himself, who",427
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,had been drinking his beer in the tap-room and had heard the whole,428
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,conversation. Who was I? What did I want? What did I mean by asking,429
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"questions? He had a fine flow of language, and his adjectives were",430
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,very vigorous. He ended a string of abuse by a vicious back-hander,431
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,which I failed to entirely avoid. The next few minutes were,432
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,delicious. It was a straight left against a slogging ruffian. I,433
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,emerged as you see me. Mr. Woodley went home in a cart. So ended my,434
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"country trip, and it must be confessed that, however enjoyable, my",435
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,day on the Surrey border has not been much more profitable than your,436
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"own.""",437
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,438
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,The Thursday brought us another letter from our client.,439
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,440
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"You will not be surprised, Mr. Holmes [said she] to hear that I am",441
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,leaving Mr. Carruthers's employment. Even the high pay cannot,442
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,reconcile me to the discomforts of my situation. On Saturday I come,443
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,up to town and I do not intend to return. Mr. Carruthers has got a,444
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"trap, and so the dangers of the lonely road, if there ever were any",445
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"dangers, are now over.",446
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"As to the special cause of my leaving, it is not merely the strained",447
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"situation with Mr. Carruthers, but it is the reappearance of that",448
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"odious man, Mr. Woodley. He was always hideous, but he looks more",449
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"awful than ever now, for he appears to have had an accident and he is",450
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"much disfigured. I saw him out of the window, but I am glad to say I",451
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"did not meet him. He had a long talk with Mr. Carruthers, who seemed",452
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,much excited afterwards. Woodley must be staying in the,453
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"neighbourhood, for he did not sleep here, and yet I caught a glimpse",454
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,of him again this morning slinking about in the shrubbery. I would,455
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,sooner have a savage wild animal loose about the place. I loathe and,456
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,fear him more than I can say. How can Mr. Carruthers endure such a,457
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"creature for a moment? However, all my troubles will be over on",458
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,Saturday.,459
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,460
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""So I trust, Watson; so I trust,"" said Holmes, gravely. ""There is",461
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"some deep intrigue going on round that little woman, and it is our",462
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"duty to see that no one molests her upon that last journey. I think,",463
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"Watson, that we must spare time to run down together on Saturday",464
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"morning, and make sure that this curious and inconclusive",465
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"investigation has no untoward ending.""",466
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,467
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,I confess that I had not up to now taken a very serious view of the,468
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"case, which had seemed to me rather grotesque and bizarre than",469
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,dangerous. That a man should lie in wait for and follow a very,470
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"handsome woman is no unheard-of thing, and if he had so little",471
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"audacity that he not only dared not address her, but even fled from",472
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"her approach, he was not a very formidable assailant. The ruffian",473
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"Woodley was a very different person, but, except on one occasion, he",474
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"had not molested our client, and now he visited the house of",475
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,Carruthers without intruding upon her presence. The man on the,476
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,bicycle was doubtless a member of those week-end parties at the Hall,477
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,of which the publican had spoken; but who he was or what he wanted,478
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,was as obscure as ever. It was the severity of Holmes's manner and,479
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,the fact that he slipped a revolver into his pocket before leaving,480
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,our rooms which impressed me with the feeling that tragedy might,481
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,prove to lurk behind this curious train of events.,482
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,483
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"A rainy night had been followed by a glorious morning, and the",484
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,heath-covered country-side with the glowing clumps of flowering gorse,485
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,seemed all the more beautiful to eyes which were weary of the duns,486
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,and drabs and slate-greys of London. Holmes and I walked along the,487
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"broad, sandy road inhaling the fresh morning air, and rejoicing in",488
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,the music of the birds and the fresh breath of the spring. From a,489
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,rise of the road on the shoulder of Crooksbury Hill we could see the,490
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"grim Hall bristling out from amidst the ancient oaks, which, old as",491
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"they were, were still younger than the building which they",492
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"surrounded. Holmes pointed down the long tract of road which wound, a",493
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"reddish yellow band, between the brown of the heath and the budding",494
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"green of the woods. Far away, a black dot, we could see a vehicle",495
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,moving in our direction. Holmes gave an exclamation of impatience.,496
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,497
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""I had given a margin of half an hour,"" said he. ""If that is her trap",498
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"she must be making for the earlier train. I fear, Watson, that she",499
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"will be past Charlington before we can possibly meet her.""",500
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,501
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,From the instant that we passed the rise we could no longer see the,502
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"vehicle, but we hastened onwards at such a pace that my sedentary",503
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"life began to tell upon me, and I was compelled to fall behind.",504
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"Holmes, however, was always in training, for he had inexhaustible",505
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,stores of nervous energy upon which to draw. His springy step never,506
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"slowed until suddenly, when he was a hundred yards in front of me, he",507
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"halted, and I saw him throw up his hand with a gesture of grief and",508
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"despair. At the same instant an empty dog-cart, the horse cantering,",509
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"the reins trailing, appeared round the curve of the road and rattled",510
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,swiftly towards us.,511
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,512
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""Too late, Watson; too late!"" cried Holmes, as I ran panting to his",513
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"side. ""Fool that I was not to allow for that earlier train! It's",514
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"abduction, Watson--abduction! Murder! Heaven knows what! Block the",515
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"road! Stop the horse! That's right. Now, jump in, and let us see if I",516
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"can repair the consequences of my own blunder.""",517
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,518
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"We had sprung into the dog-cart, and Holmes, after turning the horse,",519
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"gave it a sharp cut with the whip, and we flew back along the road.",520
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,As we turned the curve the whole stretch of road between the Hall and,521
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,the heath was opened up. I grasped Holmes's arm.,522
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,523
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""That's the man!"" I gasped.",524
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,525
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,A solitary cyclist was coming towards us. His head was down and his,526
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,shoulders rounded as he put every ounce of energy that he possessed,527
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,on to the pedals. He was flying like a racer. Suddenly he raised his,528
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"bearded face, saw us close to him, and pulled up, springing from his",529
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,machine. That coal-black beard was in singular contrast to the pallor,530
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"of his face, and his eyes were as bright as if he had a fever. He",531
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,stared at us and at the dog-cart. Then a look of amazement came over,532
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,his face.,533
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,534
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""Halloa! Stop there!"" he shouted, holding his bicycle to block our",535
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"road. ""Where did you get that dog-cart? Pull up, man!"" he yelled,",536
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"drawing a pistol from his side pocket. ""Pull up, I say, or, by",537
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"George, I'll put a bullet into your horse.""",538
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,539
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,Holmes threw the reins into my lap and sprang down from the cart.,540
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,541
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""You're the man we want to see. Where is Miss Violet Smith?"" he said,",542
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"in his quick, clear way.",543
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,544
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""That's what I am asking you. You're in her dog-cart. You ought to",545
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"know where she is.""",546
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,547
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""We met the dog-cart on the road. There was no one in it. We drove",548
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"back to help the young lady.""",549
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,550
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""Good Lord! Good Lord! what shall I do?"" cried the stranger, in an",551
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"ecstasy of despair. ""They've got her, that hellhound Woodley and the",552
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"blackguard parson. Come, man, come, if you really are her friend.",553
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"Stand by me and we'll save her, if I have to leave my carcass in",554
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"Charlington Wood.""",555
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,556
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"He ran distractedly, his pistol in his hand, towards a gap in the",557
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"hedge. Holmes followed him, and I, leaving the horse grazing beside",558
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"the road, followed Holmes.",559
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,560
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""This is where they came through,"" said he, pointing to the marks of",561
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"several feet upon the muddy path. ""Halloa! Stop a minute! Who's this",562
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"in the bush?""",563
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,564
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"It was a young fellow about seventeen, dressed like an ostler, with",565
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"leather cords and gaiters. He lay upon his back, his knees drawn up,",566
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"a terrible cut upon his head. He was insensible, but alive. A glance",567
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,at his wound told me that it had not penetrated the bone.,568
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,569
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""That's Peter, the groom,"" cried the stranger. ""He drove her. The",570
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,beasts have pulled him off and clubbed him. Let him lie; we can't do,571
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"him any good, but we may save her from the worst fate that can befall",572
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"a woman.""",573
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,574
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"We ran frantically down the path, which wound among the trees. We had",575
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,reached the shrubbery which surrounded the house when Holmes pulled,576
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,up.,577
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,578
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""They didn't go to the house. Here are their marks on the left--here,",579
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"beside the laurel bushes! Ah, I said so!""",580
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,581
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,As he spoke a woman's shrill scream--a scream which vibrated with a,582
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,frenzy of horror--burst from the thick green clump of bushes in front,583
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,of us. It ended suddenly on its highest note with a choke and a,584
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,gurgle.,585
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,586
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""This way! This way! They are in the bowling alley,"" cried the",587
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"stranger, darting through the bushes. ""Ah, the cowardly dogs! Follow",588
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"me, gentlemen! Too late! too late! by the living Jingo!""",589
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,590
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,We had broken suddenly into a lovely glade of greensward surrounded,591
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"by ancient trees. On the farther side of it, under the shadow of a",592
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"mighty oak, there stood a singular group of three people. One was a",593
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"woman, our client, drooping and faint, a handkerchief round her",594
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"mouth. Opposite her stood a brutal, heavy-faced, red-moustached young",595
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"man, his gaitered legs parted wide, one arm akimbo, the other waving",596
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"a riding-crop, his whole attitude suggestive of triumphant bravado.",597
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"Between them an elderly, grey-bearded man, wearing a short surplice",598
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"over a light tweed suit, had evidently just completed the wedding",599
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"service, for he pocketed his prayer-book as we appeared and slapped",600
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,the sinister bridegroom upon the back in jovial congratulation.,601
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,602
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""They're married!"" I gasped.",603
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,604
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""Come on!"" cried our guide; ""come on!"" He rushed across the glade,",605
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"Holmes and I at his heels. As we approached, the lady staggered",606
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"against the trunk of the tree for support. Williamson, the",607
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"ex-clergyman, bowed to us with mock politeness, and the bully Woodley",608
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,advanced with a shout of brutal and exultant laughter.,609
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,610
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""You can take your beard off, Bob,"" said he. ""I know you right",611
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"enough. Well, you and your pals have just come in time for me to be",612
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"able to introduce you to Mrs. Woodley.""",613
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,614
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,Our guide's answer was a singular one. He snatched off the dark beard,615
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"which had disguised him and threw it on the ground, disclosing a",616
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"long, sallow, clean-shaven face below it. Then he raised his revolver",617
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"and covered the young ruffian, who was advancing upon him with his",618
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,dangerous riding-crop swinging in his hand.,619
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,620
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""Yes,"" said our ally, ""I am Bob Carruthers, and I'll see this woman",621
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,righted if I have to swing for it. I told you what I'd do if you,622
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"molested her, and, by the Lord, I'll be as good as my word!""",623
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,624
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""You're too late. She's my wife!""",625
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,626
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""No, she's your widow.""",627
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,628
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"His revolver cracked, and I saw the blood spurt from the front of",629
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,Woodley's waistcoat. He spun round with a scream and fell upon his,630
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"back, his hideous red face turning suddenly to a dreadful mottled",631
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"pallor. The old man, still clad in his surplice, burst into such a",632
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"string of foul oaths as I have never heard, and pulled out a revolver",633
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"of his own, but before he could raise it he was looking down the",634
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,barrel of Holmes's weapon.,635
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,636
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""Enough of this,"" said my friend, coldly. ""Drop that pistol! Watson,",637
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"pick it up! Hold it to his head! Thank you. You, Carruthers, give me",638
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"that revolver. We'll have no more violence. Come, hand it over!""",639
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,640
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""Who are you, then?""",641
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,642
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""My name is Sherlock Holmes.""",643
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,644
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""Good Lord!""",645
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,646
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""You have heard of me, I see. I will represent the official police",647
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"until their arrival. Here, you!"" he shouted to a frightened groom who",648
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"had appeared at the edge of the glade. ""Come here. Take this note as",649
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"hard as you can ride to Farnham."" He scribbled a few words upon a",650
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"leaf from his note-book. ""Give it to the superintendent at the",651
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,police-station. Until he comes I must detain you all under my,652
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"personal custody.""",653
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,654
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"The strong, masterful personality of Holmes dominated the tragic",655
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"scene, and all were equally puppets in his hands. Williamson and",656
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,Carruthers found themselves carrying the wounded Woodley into the,657
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"house, and I gave my arm to the frightened girl. The injured man was",658
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"laid on his bed, and at Holmes's request I examined him. I carried my",659
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,report to where he sat in the old tapestry-hung dining-room with his,660
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,two prisoners before him.,661
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,662
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""He will live,"" said I.",663
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,664
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""What!"" cried Carruthers, springing out of his chair. ""I'll go",665
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"upstairs and finish him first. Do you tell me that that girl, that",666
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"angel, is to be tied to Roaring Jack Woodley for life?""",667
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,668
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""You need not concern yourself about that,"" said Holmes. ""There are",669
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,two very good reasons why she should under no circumstances be his,670
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"wife. In the first place, we are very safe in questioning Mr.",671
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"Williamson's right to solemnize a marriage.""",672
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,673
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""I have been ordained,"" cried the old rascal.",674
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,675
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""And also unfrocked.""",676
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,677
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""Once a clergyman, always a clergyman.""",678
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,679
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""I think not. How about the license?""",680
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,681
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""We had a license for the marriage. I have it here in my pocket.""",682
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,683
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""Then you got it by a trick. But in any case a forced marriage is no",684
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"marriage, but it is a very serious felony, as you will discover",685
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,before you have finished. You'll have time to think the point out,686
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"during the next ten years or so, unless I am mistaken. As to you,",687
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"Carruthers, you would have done better to keep your pistol in your",688
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"pocket.""",689
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,690
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""I begin to think so, Mr. Holmes; but when I thought of all the",691
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"precaution I had taken to shield this girl--for I loved her, Mr.",692
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"Holmes, and it is the only time that ever I knew what love was--it",693
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,fairly drove me mad to think that she was in the power of the,694
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"greatest brute and bully in South Africa, a man whose name is a holy",695
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"terror from Kimberley to Johannesburg. Why, Mr. Holmes, you'll hardly",696
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"believe it, but ever since that girl has been in my employment I",697
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"never once let her go past this house, where I knew these rascals",698
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"were lurking, without following her on my bicycle just to see that",699
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"she came to no harm. I kept my distance from her, and I wore a beard",700
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"so that she should not recognise me, for she is a good and",701
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"high-spirited girl, and she wouldn't have stayed in my employment",702
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,long if she had thought that I was following her about the country,703
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"roads.""",704
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,705
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""Why didn't you tell her of her danger?""",706
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,707
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""Because then, again, she would have left me, and I couldn't bear to",708
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,face that. Even if she couldn't love me it was a great deal to me,709
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"just to see her dainty form about the house, and to hear the sound of",710
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"her voice.""",711
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,712
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""Well,"" said I, ""you call that love, Mr. Carruthers, but I should",713
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"call it selfishness.""",714
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,715
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""Maybe the two things go together. Anyhow, I couldn't let her go.",716
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"Besides, with this crowd about, it was well that she should have",717
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,someone near to look after her. Then when the cable came I knew they,718
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"were bound to make a move.""",719
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,720
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""What cable?""",721
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,722
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,Carruthers took a telegram from his pocket.,723
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,724
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""That's it,"" said he.",725
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,726
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,It was short and concise:,727
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,728
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,The old man is dead.,729
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""Hum!"" said Holmes. ""I think I see how things worked, and I can",730
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"understand how this message would, as you say, bring them to a head.",731
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"But while we wait you might tell me what you can.""",732
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,733
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,The old reprobate with the surplice burst into a volley of bad,734
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,language.,735
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,736
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""By Heaven,"" said he, ""if you squeal on us, Bob Carruthers, I'll",737
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,serve you as you served Jack Woodley. You can bleat about the girl to,738
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"your heart's content, for that's your own affair, but if you round on",739
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,your pals to this plain-clothes copper it will be the worst day's,740
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"work that ever you did.""",741
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,742
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""Your reverence need not be excited,"" said Holmes, lighting a",743
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"cigarette. ""The case is clear enough against you, and all I ask is a",744
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"few details for my private curiosity. However, if there's any",745
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"difficulty in your telling me I'll do the talking, and then you will",746
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,see how far you have a chance of holding back your secrets. In the,747
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"first place, three of you came from South Africa on this game--you",748
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"Williamson, you Carruthers, and Woodley.""",749
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,750
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""Lie number one,"" said the old man; ""I never saw either of them until",751
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"two months ago, and I have never been in Africa in my life, so you",752
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"can put that in your pipe and smoke it, Mr. Busybody Holmes!""",753
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,754
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""What he says is true,"" said Carruthers.",755
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,756
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""Well, well, two of you came over. His reverence is our own home-made",757
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,article. You had known Ralph Smith in South Africa. You had reason to,758
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,believe he would not live long. You found out that his niece would,759
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"inherit his fortune. How's that--eh?""",760
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,761
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,Carruthers nodded and Williamson swore.,762
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,763
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""She was next-of-kin, no doubt, and you were aware that the old",764
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"fellow would make no will.""",765
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,766
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""Couldn't read or write,"" said Carruthers.",767
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,768
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""So you came over, the two of you, and hunted up the girl. The idea",769
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,was that one of you was to marry her and the other have a share of,770
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,the plunder. For some reason Woodley was chosen as the husband. Why,771
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"was that?""",772
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,773
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""We played cards for her on the voyage. He won.""",774
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,775
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""I see. You got the young lady into your service, and there Woodley",776
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"was to do the courting. She recognised the drunken brute that he was,",777
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"and would have nothing to do with him. Meanwhile, your arrangement",778
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,was rather upset by the fact that you had yourself fallen in love,779
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,with the lady. You could no longer bear the idea of this ruffian,780
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"owning her.""",781
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,782
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""No, by George, I couldn't!""",783
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,784
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""There was a quarrel between you. He left you in a rage, and began to",785
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"make his own plans independently of you.""",786
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,787
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"""It strikes me, Williamson, there isn't very much that we can tell",788
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"this gentleman,"" cried Carruthers, with a bitter laugh. ""Yes, we",789
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"quarreled, and he knocked me down. I am level with him on that,",790
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,anyhow. Then I lost sight of him. That was when he picked up with,791
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,this cast padre here. I found that they had set up house-keeping,792
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,together at this place on the line that she had to pass for the,793
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"station. I kept my eye on her after that, for I knew there was some",794
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"devilry in the wind. I saw them from time to time, for I was anxious",795
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,to know what they were after. Two days ago Woodley came up to my,796
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"house with this cable, which showed that Ralph Smith was dead. He",797
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,asked me if I would stand by the bargain. I said I would not. He,798
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,asked me if I would marry the girl myself and give him a share. I,799
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"said I would willingly do so, but that she would not have me. He",800
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"said, 'Let us get her married first, and after a week or two she may",801
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,see things a bit different.' I said I would have nothing to do with,802
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"violence. So he went off cursing, like the foul-mouthed blackguard",803
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"that he was, and swearing that he would have her yet. She was leaving",804
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"me this week-end, and I had got a trap to take her to the station,",805
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,but I was so uneasy in my mind that I followed her on my bicycle. She,806
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"had got a start, however, and before I could catch her the mischief",807
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,was done. The first thing I knew about it was when I saw you two,808
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"gentlemen driving back in her dog-cart.""",809
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,810
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"Holmes rose and tossed the end of his cigarette into the grate. ""I",811
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"have been very obtuse, Watson,"" said he. ""When in your report you",812
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,said that you had seen the cyclist as you thought arrange his necktie,813
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"in the shrubbery, that alone should have told me all. However, we may",814
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,congratulate ourselves upon a curious and in some respects a unique,815
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"case. I perceive three of the county constabulary in the drive, and I",816
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,am glad to see that the little ostler is able to keep pace with them;,817
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,so it is likely that neither he nor the interesting bridegroom will,818
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"be permanently damaged by their morning's adventures. I think,",819
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"Watson, that in your medical capacity you might wait upon Miss Smith",820
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,and tell her that if she is sufficiently recovered we shall be happy,821
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,to escort her to her mother's home. If she is not quite convalescent,822
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,you will find that a hint that we were about to telegraph to a young,823
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,electrician in the Midlands would probably complete the cure. As to,824
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"you, Mr. Carruthers, I think that you have done what you could to",825
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"make amends for your share in an evil plot. There is my card, sir,",826
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,and if my evidence can be of help to you in your trial it shall be at,827
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"your disposal.""",828
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,829
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,In the whirl of our incessant activity it has often been difficult,830
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"for me, as the reader has probably observed, to round off my",831
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"narratives, and to give those final details which the curious might",832
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"expect. Each case has been the prelude to another, and the crisis",833
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,once over the actors have passed for ever out of our busy lives. I,834
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"find, however, a short note at the end of my manuscripts dealing with",835
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"this case, in which I have put it upon record that Miss Violet Smith",836
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"did indeed inherit a large fortune, and that she is now the wife of",837
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"Cyril Morton, the senior partner of Morton & Kennedy, the famous",838
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,Westminster electricians. Williamson and Woodley were both tried for,839
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"abduction and assault, the former getting seven years and the latter",840
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"ten. Of the fate of Carruthers I have no record, but I am sure that",841
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"his assault was not viewed very gravely by the Court, since Woodley",842
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,"had the reputation of being a most dangerous ruffian, and I think",843
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,that a few months were sufficient to satisfy the demands of justice.,844
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,,845
The Adventure of the Priory School,THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL,1
The Adventure of the Priory School,,2
The Adventure of the Priory School,We have had some dramatic entrances and exits upon our small stage at,3
The Adventure of the Priory School,"Baker Street, but I cannot recollect anything more sudden and",4
The Adventure of the Priory School,"startling than the first appearance of Thorneycroft Huxtable, M.A.,",5
The Adventure of the Priory School,"Ph.D., etc. His card, which seemed too small to carry the weight of",6
The Adventure of the Priory School,"his academic distinctions, preceded him by a few seconds, and then he",7
The Adventure of the Priory School,"entered himself--so large, so pompous, and so dignified that he was",8
The Adventure of the Priory School,the very embodiment of self-possession and solidity. And yet his,9
The Adventure of the Priory School,first action when the door had closed behind him was to stagger,10
The Adventure of the Priory School,"against the table, whence he slipped down upon the floor, and there",11
The Adventure of the Priory School,was that majestic figure prostrate and insensible upon our bearskin,12
The Adventure of the Priory School,hearthrug.,13
The Adventure of the Priory School,,14
The Adventure of the Priory School,"We had sprung to our feet, and for a few moments we stared in silent",15
The Adventure of the Priory School,"amazement at this ponderous piece of wreckage, which told of some",16
The Adventure of the Priory School,sudden and fatal storm far out on the ocean of life. Then Holmes,17
The Adventure of the Priory School,hurried with a cushion for his head and I with brandy for his lips.,18
The Adventure of the Priory School,"The heavy white face was seamed with lines of trouble, the hanging",19
The Adventure of the Priory School,"pouches under the closed eyes were leaden in colour, the loose mouth",20
The Adventure of the Priory School,"drooped dolorously at the corners, the rolling chins were unshaven.",21
The Adventure of the Priory School,"Collar and shirt bore the grime of a long journey, and the hair",22
The Adventure of the Priory School,bristled unkempt from the well-shaped head. It was a sorely-stricken,23
The Adventure of the Priory School,man who lay before us.,24
The Adventure of the Priory School,,25
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""What is it, Watson?"" asked Holmes.",26
The Adventure of the Priory School,,27
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Absolute exhaustion--possibly mere hunger and fatigue,"" said I, with",28
The Adventure of the Priory School,"my finger on the thready pulse, where the stream of life trickled",29
The Adventure of the Priory School,thin and small.,30
The Adventure of the Priory School,,31
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Return ticket from Mackleton, in the North of England,"" said Holmes,",32
The Adventure of the Priory School,"drawing it from the watch-pocket. ""It is not twelve o'clock yet. He",33
The Adventure of the Priory School,"has certainly been an early starter.""",34
The Adventure of the Priory School,,35
The Adventure of the Priory School,"The puckered eyelids had begun to quiver, and now a pair of vacant,",36
The Adventure of the Priory School,grey eyes looked up at us. An instant later the man had scrambled on,37
The Adventure of the Priory School,"to his feet, his face crimson with shame.",38
The Adventure of the Priory School,,39
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Forgive this weakness, Mr. Holmes; I have been a little overwrought.",40
The Adventure of the Priory School,"Thank you, if I might have a glass of milk and a biscuit I have no",41
The Adventure of the Priory School,"doubt that I should be better. I came personally, Mr. Holmes, in",42
The Adventure of the Priory School,order to ensure that you would return with me. I feared that no,43
The Adventure of the Priory School,"telegram would convince you of the absolute urgency of the case.""",44
The Adventure of the Priory School,,45
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""When you are quite restored--",46
The Adventure of the Priory School,,47
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""I am quite well again. I cannot imagine how I came to be so weak. I",48
The Adventure of the Priory School,"wish you, Mr. Holmes, to come to Mackleton with me by the next",49
The Adventure of the Priory School,"train.""",50
The Adventure of the Priory School,,51
The Adventure of the Priory School,My friend shook his head.,52
The Adventure of the Priory School,,53
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""My colleague, Dr. Watson, could tell you that we are very busy at",54
The Adventure of the Priory School,"present. I am retained in this case of the Ferrers Documents, and the",55
The Adventure of the Priory School,Abergavenny murder is coming up for trial. Only a very important,56
The Adventure of the Priory School,"issue could call me from London at present.""",57
The Adventure of the Priory School,,58
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Important!"" Our visitor threw up his hands. ""Have you heard nothing",59
The Adventure of the Priory School,"of the abduction of the only son of the Duke of Holdernesse?""",60
The Adventure of the Priory School,,61
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""What! the late Cabinet Minister?""",62
The Adventure of the Priory School,,63
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Exactly. We had tried to keep it out of the papers, but there was",64
The Adventure of the Priory School,some rumour in the Globe last night. I thought it might have reached,65
The Adventure of the Priory School,"your ears.""",66
The Adventure of the Priory School,,67
The Adventure of the Priory School,"Holmes shot out his long, thin arm and picked out Volume ""H"" in his",68
The Adventure of the Priory School,encyclopaedia of reference.,69
The Adventure of the Priory School,,70
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""'Holdernesse, 6th Duke, K.G., P.C.'--half the alphabet! 'Baron",71
The Adventure of the Priory School,"Beverley, Earl of Carston'--dear me, what a list! 'Lord Lieutenant of",72
The Adventure of the Priory School,"Hallamshire since 1900. Married Edith, daughter of Sir Charles",73
The Adventure of the Priory School,"Appledore, 1888. Heir and only child, Lord Saltire. Owns about two",74
The Adventure of the Priory School,hundred and fifty thousand acres. Minerals in Lancashire and Wales.,75
The Adventure of the Priory School,"Address: Carlton House Terrace; Holdernesse Hall, Hallamshire;",76
The Adventure of the Priory School,"Carston Castle, Bangor, Wales. Lord of the Admiralty, 1872; Chief",77
The Adventure of the Priory School,"Secretary of State for--' Well, well, this man is certainly one of",78
The Adventure of the Priory School,"the greatest subjects of the Crown!""",79
The Adventure of the Priory School,,80
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""The greatest and perhaps the wealthiest. I am aware, Mr. Holmes,",81
The Adventure of the Priory School,"that you take a very high line in professional matters, and that you",82
The Adventure of the Priory School,"are prepared to work for the work's sake. I may tell you, however,",83
The Adventure of the Priory School,that his Grace has already intimated that a cheque for five thousand,84
The Adventure of the Priory School,pounds will be handed over to the person who can tell him where his,85
The Adventure of the Priory School,"son is, and another thousand to him who can name the man, or men, who",86
The Adventure of the Priory School,"have taken him.""",87
The Adventure of the Priory School,,88
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""It is a princely offer,"" said Holmes. ""Watson, I think that we shall",89
The Adventure of the Priory School,"accompany Dr. Huxtable back to the North of England. And now, Dr.",90
The Adventure of the Priory School,"Huxtable, when you have consumed that milk you will kindly tell me",91
The Adventure of the Priory School,"what has happened, when it happened, how it happened, and, finally,",92
The Adventure of the Priory School,"what Dr. Thorneycroft Huxtable, of the Priory School, near Mackleton,",93
The Adventure of the Priory School,"has to do with the matter, and why he comes three days after an",94
The Adventure of the Priory School,event--the state of your chin gives the date--to ask for my humble,95
The Adventure of the Priory School,"services.""",96
The Adventure of the Priory School,,97
The Adventure of the Priory School,Our visitor had consumed his milk and biscuits. The light had come,98
The Adventure of the Priory School,back to his eyes and the colour to his cheeks as he set himself with,99
The Adventure of the Priory School,great vigour and lucidity to explain the situation.,100
The Adventure of the Priory School,,101
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""I must inform you, gentlemen, that the Priory is a preparatory",102
The Adventure of the Priory School,"school, of which I am the founder and principal. 'Huxtable's",103
The Adventure of the Priory School,Sidelights on Horace' may possibly recall my name to your memories.,104
The Adventure of the Priory School,"The Priory is, without exception, the best and most select",105
The Adventure of the Priory School,"preparatory school in England. Lord Leverstoke, the Earl of",106
The Adventure of the Priory School,"Blackwater, Sir Cathcart Soames--they all have entrusted their sons",107
The Adventure of the Priory School,"to me. But I felt that my school had reached its zenith when, three",108
The Adventure of the Priory School,"weeks ago, the Duke of Holdernesse sent Mr. James Wilder, his",109
The Adventure of the Priory School,"secretary, with the intimation that young Lord Saltire, ten years",110
The Adventure of the Priory School,"old, his only son and heir, was about to be committed to my charge.",111
The Adventure of the Priory School,Little did I think that this would be the prelude to the most,112
The Adventure of the Priory School,crushing misfortune of my life.,113
The Adventure of the Priory School,,114
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""On May 1st the boy arrived, that being the beginning of the summer",115
The Adventure of the Priory School,"term. He was a charming youth, and he soon fell into our ways. I may",116
The Adventure of the Priory School,"tell you--I trust that I am not indiscreet, but half-confidences are",117
The Adventure of the Priory School,absurd in such a case--that he was not entirely happy at home. It is,118
The Adventure of the Priory School,an open secret that the Duke's married life had not been a peaceful,119
The Adventure of the Priory School,"one, and the matter had ended in a separation by mutual consent, the",120
The Adventure of the Priory School,Duchess taking up her residence in the South of France. This had,121
The Adventure of the Priory School,"occurred very shortly before, and the boy's sympathies are known to",122
The Adventure of the Priory School,have been strongly with his mother. He moped after her departure from,123
The Adventure of the Priory School,"Holdernesse Hall, and it was for this reason that the Duke desired to",124
The Adventure of the Priory School,send him to my establishment. In a fortnight the boy was quite at,125
The Adventure of the Priory School,"home with us, and was apparently absolutely happy.",126
The Adventure of the Priory School,,127
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""He was last seen on the night of May 13th--that is, the night of",128
The Adventure of the Priory School,"last Monday. His room was on the second floor, and was approached",129
The Adventure of the Priory School,through another larger room in which two boys were sleeping. These,130
The Adventure of the Priory School,"boys saw and heard nothing, so that it is certain that young Saltire",131
The Adventure of the Priory School,"did not pass out that way. His window was open, and there is a stout",132
The Adventure of the Priory School,"ivy plant leading to the ground. We could trace no footmarks below,",133
The Adventure of the Priory School,but it is sure that this is the only possible exit.,134
The Adventure of the Priory School,,135
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""His absence was discovered at seven o'clock on Tuesday morning. His",136
The Adventure of the Priory School,bed had been slept in. He had dressed himself fully before going off,137
The Adventure of the Priory School,in his usual school suit of black Eton jacket and dark grey trousers.,138
The Adventure of the Priory School,"There were no signs that anyone had entered the room, and it is quite",139
The Adventure of the Priory School,"certain that anything in the nature of cries, or a struggle, would",140
The Adventure of the Priory School,"have been heard, since Caunter, the elder boy in the inner room, is a",141
The Adventure of the Priory School,very light sleeper.,142
The Adventure of the Priory School,,143
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""When Lord Saltire's disappearance was discovered I at once called a",144
The Adventure of the Priory School,"roll of the whole establishment, boys, masters, and servants. It was",145
The Adventure of the Priory School,then that we ascertained that Lord Saltire had not been alone in his,146
The Adventure of the Priory School,"flight. Heidegger, the German master, was missing. His room was on",147
The Adventure of the Priory School,"the second floor, at the farther end of the building, facing the same",148
The Adventure of the Priory School,way as Lord Saltire's. His bed had also been slept in; but he had,149
The Adventure of the Priory School,"apparently gone away partly dressed, since his shirt and socks were",150
The Adventure of the Priory School,"lying on the floor. He had undoubtedly let himself down by the ivy,",151
The Adventure of the Priory School,for we could see the marks of his feet where he had landed on the,152
The Adventure of the Priory School,"lawn. His bicycle was kept in a small shed beside this lawn, and it",153
The Adventure of the Priory School,also was gone.,154
The Adventure of the Priory School,,155
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""He had been with me for two years, and came with the best",156
The Adventure of the Priory School,"references; but he was a silent, morose man, not very popular either",157
The Adventure of the Priory School,"with masters or boys. No trace could be found of the fugitives, and",158
The Adventure of the Priory School,now on Thursday morning we are as ignorant as we were on Tuesday.,159
The Adventure of the Priory School,"Inquiry was, of course, made at once at Holdernesse Hall. It is only",160
The Adventure of the Priory School,"a few miles away, and we imagined that in some sudden attack of",161
The Adventure of the Priory School,home-sickness he had gone back to his father; but nothing had been,162
The Adventure of the Priory School,"heard of him. The Duke is greatly agitated--and as to me, you have",163
The Adventure of the Priory School,seen yourselves the state of nervous prostration to which the,164
The Adventure of the Priory School,"suspense and the responsibility have reduced me. Mr. Holmes, if ever",165
The Adventure of the Priory School,"you put forward your full powers, I implore you to do so now, for",166
The Adventure of the Priory School,never in your life could you have a case which is more worthy of,167
The Adventure of the Priory School,"them.""",168
The Adventure of the Priory School,,169
The Adventure of the Priory School,Sherlock Holmes had listened with the utmost intentness to the,170
The Adventure of the Priory School,statement of the unhappy schoolmaster. His drawn brows and the deep,171
The Adventure of the Priory School,furrow between them showed that he needed no exhortation to,172
The Adventure of the Priory School,"concentrate all his attention upon a problem which, apart from the",173
The Adventure of the Priory School,"tremendous interests involved, must appeal so directly to his love of",174
The Adventure of the Priory School,the complex and the unusual. He now drew out his note-book and jotted,175
The Adventure of the Priory School,down one or two memoranda.,176
The Adventure of the Priory School,,177
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""You have been very remiss in not coming to me sooner,"" said he,",178
The Adventure of the Priory School,"severely. ""You start me on my investigation with a very serious",179
The Adventure of the Priory School,"handicap. It is inconceivable, for example, that this ivy and this",180
The Adventure of the Priory School,"lawn would have yielded nothing to an expert observer.""",181
The Adventure of the Priory School,,182
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""I am not to blame, Mr. Holmes. His Grace was extremely desirous to",183
The Adventure of the Priory School,avoid all public scandal. He was afraid of his family unhappiness,184
The Adventure of the Priory School,being dragged before the world. He has a deep horror of anything of,185
The Adventure of the Priory School,"the kind.""",186
The Adventure of the Priory School,,187
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""But there has been some official investigation?""",188
The Adventure of the Priory School,,189
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Yes, sir, and it has proved most disappointing. An apparent clue was",190
The Adventure of the Priory School,"at once obtained, since a boy and a young man were reported to have",191
The Adventure of the Priory School,been seen leaving a neighbouring station by an early train. Only last,192
The Adventure of the Priory School,"night we had news that the couple had been hunted down in Liverpool,",193
The Adventure of the Priory School,and they prove to have no connection whatever with the matter in,194
The Adventure of the Priory School,"hand. Then it was that in my despair and disappointment, after a",195
The Adventure of the Priory School,"sleepless night, I came straight to you by the early train.""",196
The Adventure of the Priory School,,197
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""I suppose the local investigation was relaxed while this false clue",198
The Adventure of the Priory School,"was being followed up?""",199
The Adventure of the Priory School,,200
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""It was entirely dropped.""",201
The Adventure of the Priory School,,202
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""So that three days have been wasted. The affair has been most",203
The Adventure of the Priory School,"deplorably handled.""",204
The Adventure of the Priory School,,205
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""I feel it, and admit it.""",206
The Adventure of the Priory School,,207
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""And yet the problem should be capable of ultimate solution. I shall",208
The Adventure of the Priory School,be very happy to look into it. Have you been able to trace any,209
The Adventure of the Priory School,"connection between the missing boy and this German master?""",210
The Adventure of the Priory School,,211
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""None at all.""",212
The Adventure of the Priory School,,213
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Was he in the master's class?""",214
The Adventure of the Priory School,,215
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""No; he never exchanged a word with him so far as I know.""",216
The Adventure of the Priory School,,217
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""That is certainly very singular. Had the boy a bicycle?""",218
The Adventure of the Priory School,,219
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""No.""",220
The Adventure of the Priory School,,221
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Was any other bicycle missing?""",222
The Adventure of the Priory School,,223
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""No.""",224
The Adventure of the Priory School,,225
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Is that certain?""",226
The Adventure of the Priory School,,227
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Quite.""",228
The Adventure of the Priory School,,229
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Well, now, you do not mean to seriously suggest that this German",230
The Adventure of the Priory School,rode off upon a bicycle in the dead of the night bearing the boy in,231
The Adventure of the Priory School,"his arms?""",232
The Adventure of the Priory School,,233
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Certainly not.""",234
The Adventure of the Priory School,,235
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Then what is the theory in your mind?""",236
The Adventure of the Priory School,,237
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""The bicycle may have been a blind. It may have been hidden somewhere",238
The Adventure of the Priory School,"and the pair gone off on foot.""",239
The Adventure of the Priory School,,240
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Quite so; but it seems rather an absurd blind, does it not? Were",241
The Adventure of the Priory School,"there other bicycles in this shed?""",242
The Adventure of the Priory School,,243
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Several.""",244
The Adventure of the Priory School,,245
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Would he not have hidden a couple he desired to give the idea that",246
The Adventure of the Priory School,"they had gone off upon them?""",247
The Adventure of the Priory School,,248
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""I suppose he would.""",249
The Adventure of the Priory School,,250
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Of course he would. The blind theory won't do. But the incident is",251
The Adventure of the Priory School,"an admirable starting-point for an investigation. After all, a",252
The Adventure of the Priory School,bicycle is not an easy thing to conceal or to destroy. One other,253
The Adventure of the Priory School,question. Did anyone call to see the boy on the day before he,254
The Adventure of the Priory School,"disappeared?""",255
The Adventure of the Priory School,,256
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""No.""",257
The Adventure of the Priory School,,258
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Did he get any letters?""",259
The Adventure of the Priory School,,260
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Yes; one letter.""",261
The Adventure of the Priory School,,262
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""From whom?""",263
The Adventure of the Priory School,,264
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""From his father.""",265
The Adventure of the Priory School,,266
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Do you open the boys' letters?""",267
The Adventure of the Priory School,,268
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""No.""",269
The Adventure of the Priory School,,270
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""How do you know it was from the father?""",271
The Adventure of the Priory School,,272
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""The coat of arms was on the envelope, and it was addressed in the",273
The Adventure of the Priory School,"Duke's peculiar stiff hand. Besides, the Duke remembers having",274
The Adventure of the Priory School,"written.""",275
The Adventure of the Priory School,,276
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""When had he a letter before that?""",277
The Adventure of the Priory School,,278
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Not for several days.""",279
The Adventure of the Priory School,,280
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Had he ever one from France?""",281
The Adventure of the Priory School,,282
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""No; never.""",283
The Adventure of the Priory School,,284
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""You see the point of my questions, of course. Either the boy was",285
The Adventure of the Priory School,carried off by force or he went of his own free will. In the latter,286
The Adventure of the Priory School,case you would expect that some prompting from outside would be,287
The Adventure of the Priory School,needed to make so young a lad do such a thing. If he has had no,288
The Adventure of the Priory School,"visitors, that prompting must have come in letters. Hence I try to",289
The Adventure of the Priory School,"find out who were his correspondents.""",290
The Adventure of the Priory School,,291
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""I fear I cannot help you much. His only correspondent, so far as I",292
The Adventure of the Priory School,"know, was his own father.""",293
The Adventure of the Priory School,,294
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Who wrote to him on the very day of his disappearance. Were the",295
The Adventure of the Priory School,"relations between father and son very friendly?""",296
The Adventure of the Priory School,,297
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""His Grace is never very friendly with anyone. He is completely",298
The Adventure of the Priory School,"immersed in large public questions, and is rather inaccessible to all",299
The Adventure of the Priory School,"ordinary emotions. But he was always kind to the boy in his own way.""",300
The Adventure of the Priory School,,301
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""But the sympathies of the latter were with the mother?""",302
The Adventure of the Priory School,,303
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Yes.""",304
The Adventure of the Priory School,,305
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Did he say so?""",306
The Adventure of the Priory School,,307
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""No.""",308
The Adventure of the Priory School,,309
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""The Duke, then?""",310
The Adventure of the Priory School,,311
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Good heavens, no!""",312
The Adventure of the Priory School,,313
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Then how could you know?""",314
The Adventure of the Priory School,,315
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""I have had some confidential talks with Mr. James Wilder, his",316
The Adventure of the Priory School,Grace's secretary. It was he who gave me the information about Lord,317
The Adventure of the Priory School,"Saltire's feelings.""",318
The Adventure of the Priory School,,319
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""I see. By the way, that last letter of the Duke's--was it found in",320
The Adventure of the Priory School,"the boy's room after he was gone?""",321
The Adventure of the Priory School,,322
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""No; he had taken it with him. I think, Mr. Holmes, it is time that",323
The Adventure of the Priory School,"we were leaving for Euston.""",324
The Adventure of the Priory School,,325
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""I will order a four-wheeler. In a quarter of an hour we shall be at",326
The Adventure of the Priory School,"your service. If you are telegraphing home, Mr. Huxtable, it would be",327
The Adventure of the Priory School,well to allow the people in your neighbourhood to imagine that the,328
The Adventure of the Priory School,"inquiry is still going on in Liverpool, or wherever else that red",329
The Adventure of the Priory School,herring led your pack. In the meantime I will do a little quiet work,330
The Adventure of the Priory School,"at your own doors, and perhaps the scent is not so cold but that two",331
The Adventure of the Priory School,"old hounds like Watson and myself may get a sniff of it.""",332
The Adventure of the Priory School,,333
The Adventure of the Priory School,"That evening found us in the cold, bracing atmosphere of the Peak",334
The Adventure of the Priory School,"country, in which Dr. Huxtable's famous school is situated. It was",335
The Adventure of the Priory School,"already dark when we reached it. A card was lying on the hall table,",336
The Adventure of the Priory School,"and the butler whispered something to his master, who turned to us",337
The Adventure of the Priory School,with agitation in every heavy feature.,338
The Adventure of the Priory School,,339
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""The Duke is here,"" said he. ""The Duke and Mr. Wilder are in the",340
The Adventure of the Priory School,"study. Come, gentlemen, and I will introduce you.""",341
The Adventure of the Priory School,,342
The Adventure of the Priory School,"I was, of course, familiar with the pictures of the famous statesman,",343
The Adventure of the Priory School,but the man himself was very different from his representation. He,344
The Adventure of the Priory School,"was a tall and stately person, scrupulously dressed, with a drawn,",345
The Adventure of the Priory School,"thin face, and a nose which was grotesquely curved and long. His",346
The Adventure of the Priory School,"complexion was of a dead pallor, which was more startling by contrast",347
The Adventure of the Priory School,"with a long, dwindling beard of vivid red, which flowed down over his",348
The Adventure of the Priory School,"white waistcoat, with his watch-chain gleaming through its fringe.",349
The Adventure of the Priory School,Such was the stately presence who looked stonily at us from the,350
The Adventure of the Priory School,centre of Dr. Huxtable's hearthrug. Beside him stood a very young,351
The Adventure of the Priory School,"man, whom I understood to be Wilder, the private secretary. He was",352
The Adventure of the Priory School,"small, nervous, alert, with intelligent, light-blue eyes and mobile",353
The Adventure of the Priory School,"features. It was he who at once, in an incisive and positive tone,",354
The Adventure of the Priory School,opened the conversation.,355
The Adventure of the Priory School,,356
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""I called this morning, Dr. Huxtable, too late to prevent you from",357
The Adventure of the Priory School,starting for London. I learned that your object was to invite Mr.,358
The Adventure of the Priory School,Sherlock Holmes to undertake the conduct of this case. His Grace is,359
The Adventure of the Priory School,"surprised, Dr. Huxtable, that you should have taken such a step",360
The Adventure of the Priory School,"without consulting him.""",361
The Adventure of the Priory School,,362
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""When I learned that the police had failed--""",363
The Adventure of the Priory School,,364
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""His Grace is by no means convinced that the police have failed.""",365
The Adventure of the Priory School,,366
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""But surely, Mr. Wilder--""",367
The Adventure of the Priory School,,368
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""You are well aware, Dr. Huxtable, that his Grace is particularly",369
The Adventure of the Priory School,anxious to avoid all public scandal. He prefers to take as few people,370
The Adventure of the Priory School,"as possible into his confidence.""",371
The Adventure of the Priory School,,372
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""The matter can be easily remedied,"" said the brow-beaten doctor;",373
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Mr. Sherlock Holmes can return to London by the morning train.""",374
The Adventure of the Priory School,,375
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Hardly that, Doctor, hardly that,"" said Holmes, in his blandest",376
The Adventure of the Priory School,"voice. ""This northern air is invigorating and pleasant, so I propose",377
The Adventure of the Priory School,"to spend a few days upon your moors, and to occupy my mind as best I",378
The Adventure of the Priory School,may. Whether I have the shelter of your roof or of the village inn,379
The Adventure of the Priory School,"is, of course, for you to decide.""",380
The Adventure of the Priory School,,381
The Adventure of the Priory School,I could see that the unfortunate doctor was in the last stage of,382
The Adventure of the Priory School,"indecision, from which he was rescued by the deep, sonorous voice of",383
The Adventure of the Priory School,"the red-bearded Duke, which boomed out like a dinner-gong.",384
The Adventure of the Priory School,,385
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""I agree with Mr. Wilder, Dr. Huxtable, that you would have done",386
The Adventure of the Priory School,wisely to consult me. But since Mr. Holmes has already been taken,387
The Adventure of the Priory School,"into your confidence, it would indeed be absurd that we should not",388
The Adventure of the Priory School,"avail ourselves of his services. Far from going to the inn, Mr.",389
The Adventure of the Priory School,"Holmes, I should be pleased if you would come and stay with me at",390
The Adventure of the Priory School,"Holdernesse Hall.""",391
The Adventure of the Priory School,,392
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""I thank your Grace. For the purposes of my investigation I think",393
The Adventure of the Priory School,"that it would be wiser for me to remain at the scene of the mystery.""",394
The Adventure of the Priory School,,395
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Just as you like, Mr. Holmes. Any information which Mr. Wilder or I",396
The Adventure of the Priory School,"can give you is, of course, at your disposal.""",397
The Adventure of the Priory School,,398
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""It will probably be necessary for me to see you at the Hall,"" said",399
The Adventure of the Priory School,"Holmes. ""I would only ask you now, sir, whether you have formed any",400
The Adventure of the Priory School,explanation in your own mind as to the mysterious disappearance of,401
The Adventure of the Priory School,"your son?""",402
The Adventure of the Priory School,,403
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""No, sir, I have not.""",404
The Adventure of the Priory School,,405
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Excuse me if I allude to that which is painful to you, but I have no",406
The Adventure of the Priory School,alternative. Do you think that the Duchess had anything to do with,407
The Adventure of the Priory School,"the matter?""",408
The Adventure of the Priory School,,409
The Adventure of the Priory School,The great Minister showed perceptible hesitation.,410
The Adventure of the Priory School,,411
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""I do not think so,"" he said, at last.",412
The Adventure of the Priory School,,413
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""The other most obvious explanation is that the child has been",414
The Adventure of the Priory School,kidnapped for the purpose of levying ransom. You have not had any,415
The Adventure of the Priory School,"demand of the sort?""",416
The Adventure of the Priory School,,417
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""No, sir.""",418
The Adventure of the Priory School,,419
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""One more question, your Grace. I understand that you wrote to your",420
The Adventure of the Priory School,"son upon the day when this incident occurred.""",421
The Adventure of the Priory School,,422
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""No; I wrote upon the day before.""",423
The Adventure of the Priory School,,424
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Exactly. But he received it on that day?""",425
The Adventure of the Priory School,,426
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Yes.""",427
The Adventure of the Priory School,,428
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Was there anything in your letter which might have unbalanced him or",429
The Adventure of the Priory School,"induced him to take such a step?""",430
The Adventure of the Priory School,,431
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""No, sir, certainly not.""",432
The Adventure of the Priory School,,433
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Did you post that letter yourself?""",434
The Adventure of the Priory School,,435
The Adventure of the Priory School,"The nobleman's reply was interrupted by his secretary, who broke in",436
The Adventure of the Priory School,with some heat.,437
The Adventure of the Priory School,,438
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""His Grace is not in the habit of posting letters himself,"" said he.",439
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""This letter was laid with others upon the study table, and I myself",440
The Adventure of the Priory School,"put them in the post-bag.""",441
The Adventure of the Priory School,,442
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""You are sure this one was among them?""",443
The Adventure of the Priory School,,444
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Yes; I observed it.""",445
The Adventure of the Priory School,,446
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""How many letters did your Grace write that day?""",447
The Adventure of the Priory School,,448
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Twenty or thirty. I have a large correspondence. But surely this is",449
The Adventure of the Priory School,"somewhat irrelevant?""",450
The Adventure of the Priory School,,451
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Not entirely,"" said Holmes.",452
The Adventure of the Priory School,,453
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""For my own part,"" the Duke continued, ""I have advised the police to",454
The Adventure of the Priory School,turn their attention to the South of France. I have already said that,455
The Adventure of the Priory School,I do not believe that the Duchess would encourage so monstrous an,456
The Adventure of the Priory School,"action, but the lad had the most wrong-headed opinions, and it is",457
The Adventure of the Priory School,"possible that he may have fled to her, aided and abetted by this",458
The Adventure of the Priory School,"German. I think, Dr. Huxtable, that we will now return to the Hall.""",459
The Adventure of the Priory School,,460
The Adventure of the Priory School,I could see that there were other questions which Holmes would have,461
The Adventure of the Priory School,wished to put; but the nobleman's abrupt manner showed that the,462
The Adventure of the Priory School,interview was at an end. It was evident that to his intensely,463
The Adventure of the Priory School,aristocratic nature this discussion of his intimate family affairs,464
The Adventure of the Priory School,"with a stranger was most abhorrent, and that he feared lest every",465
The Adventure of the Priory School,fresh question would throw a fiercer light into the discreetly,466
The Adventure of the Priory School,shadowed corners of his ducal history.,467
The Adventure of the Priory School,,468
The Adventure of the Priory School,"When the nobleman and his secretary had left, my friend flung himself",469
The Adventure of the Priory School,at once with characteristic eagerness into the investigation.,470
The Adventure of the Priory School,,471
The Adventure of the Priory School,"The boy's chamber was carefully examined, and yielded nothing save",472
The Adventure of the Priory School,the absolute conviction that it was only through the window that he,473
The Adventure of the Priory School,could have escaped. The German master's room and effects gave no,474
The Adventure of the Priory School,further clue. In his case a trailer of ivy had given way under his,475
The Adventure of the Priory School,"weight, and we saw by the light of a lantern the mark on the lawn",476
The Adventure of the Priory School,where his heels had come down. That one dint in the short green grass,477
The Adventure of the Priory School,was the only material witness left of this inexplicable nocturnal,478
The Adventure of the Priory School,flight.,479
The Adventure of the Priory School,,480
The Adventure of the Priory School,"Sherlock Holmes left the house alone, and only returned after eleven.",481
The Adventure of the Priory School,"He had obtained a large ordnance map of the neighbourhood, and this",482
The Adventure of the Priory School,"he brought into my room, where he laid it out on the bed, and, having",483
The Adventure of the Priory School,"balanced the lamp in the middle of it, he began to smoke over it, and",484
The Adventure of the Priory School,occasionally to point out objects of interest with the reeking amber,485
The Adventure of the Priory School,of his pipe.,486
The Adventure of the Priory School,,487
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""This case grows upon me, Watson,"" said he. ""There are decidedly some",488
The Adventure of the Priory School,points of interest in connection with it. In this early stage I want,489
The Adventure of the Priory School,you to realize those geographical features which may have a good deal,490
The Adventure of the Priory School,to do with our investigation.,491
The Adventure of the Priory School,,492
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Look at this map. This dark square is the Priory School. I'll put a",493
The Adventure of the Priory School,"pin in it. Now, this line is the main road. You see that it runs east",494
The Adventure of the Priory School,"and west past the school, and you see also that there is no side road",495
The Adventure of the Priory School,for a mile either way. If these two folk passed away by road it was,496
The Adventure of the Priory School,"this road.""",497
The Adventure of the Priory School,,498
The Adventure of the Priory School,[ Picture: Chart of the surrounding area ],499
The Adventure of the Priory School,,500
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Exactly.""",501
The Adventure of the Priory School,,502
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""By a singular and happy chance we are able to some extent to check",503
The Adventure of the Priory School,what passed along this road during the night in question. At this,504
The Adventure of the Priory School,"point, where my pipe is now resting, a country constable was on duty",505
The Adventure of the Priory School,"from twelve to six. It is, as you perceive, the first cross road on",506
The Adventure of the Priory School,the east side. This man declares that he was not absent from his post,507
The Adventure of the Priory School,"for an instant, and he is positive that neither boy nor man could",508
The Adventure of the Priory School,have gone that way unseen. I have spoken with this policeman,509
The Adventure of the Priory School,"to-night, and he appears to me to be a perfectly reliable person.",510
The Adventure of the Priory School,That blocks this end. We have now to deal with the other. There is an,511
The Adventure of the Priory School,"inn here, the Red Bull, the landlady of which was ill. She had sent",512
The Adventure of the Priory School,"to Mackleton for a doctor, but he did not arrive until morning, being",513
The Adventure of the Priory School,"absent at another case. The people at the inn were alert all night,",514
The Adventure of the Priory School,"awaiting his coming, and one or other of them seems to have",515
The Adventure of the Priory School,continually had an eye upon the road. They declare that no one,516
The Adventure of the Priory School,"passed. If their evidence is good, then we are fortunate enough to be",517
The Adventure of the Priory School,"able to block the west, and also to be able to say that the fugitives",518
The Adventure of the Priory School,"did not use the road at all.""",519
The Adventure of the Priory School,,520
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""But the bicycle?"" I objected.",521
The Adventure of the Priory School,,522
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Quite so. We will come to the bicycle presently. To continue our",523
The Adventure of the Priory School,"reasoning: if these people did not go by the road, they must have",524
The Adventure of the Priory School,traversed the country to the north of the house or to the south of,525
The Adventure of the Priory School,the house. That is certain. Let us weigh the one against the other.,526
The Adventure of the Priory School,"On the south of the house is, as you perceive, a large district of",527
The Adventure of the Priory School,"arable land, cut up into small fields, with stone walls between them.",528
The Adventure of the Priory School,"There, I admit that a bicycle is impossible. We can dismiss the idea.",529
The Adventure of the Priory School,We turn to the country on the north. Here there lies a grove of,530
The Adventure of the Priory School,"trees, marked as the 'Ragged Shaw,' and on the farther side stretches",531
The Adventure of the Priory School,"a great rolling moor, Lower Gill Moor, extending for ten miles and",532
The Adventure of the Priory School,"sloping gradually upwards. Here, at one side of this wilderness, is",533
The Adventure of the Priory School,"Holdernesse Hall, ten miles by road, but only six across the moor. It",534
The Adventure of the Priory School,is a peculiarly desolate plain. A few moor farmers have small,535
The Adventure of the Priory School,"holdings, where they rear sheep and cattle. Except these, the plover",536
The Adventure of the Priory School,and the curlew are the only inhabitants until you come to the,537
The Adventure of the Priory School,"Chesterfield high road. There is a church there, you see, a few",538
The Adventure of the Priory School,"cottages, and an inn. Beyond that the hills become precipitous.",539
The Adventure of the Priory School,"Surely it is here to the north that our quest must lie.""",540
The Adventure of the Priory School,,541
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""But the bicycle?"" I persisted.",542
The Adventure of the Priory School,,543
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Well, well!"" said Holmes, impatiently. ""A good cyclist does not need",544
The Adventure of the Priory School,a high road. The moor is intersected with paths and the moon was at,545
The Adventure of the Priory School,"the full. Halloa! what is this?""",546
The Adventure of the Priory School,,547
The Adventure of the Priory School,"There was an agitated knock at the door, and an instant afterwards",548
The Adventure of the Priory School,"Dr. Huxtable was in the room. In his hand he held a blue cricket-cap,",549
The Adventure of the Priory School,with a white chevron on the peak.,550
The Adventure of the Priory School,,551
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""At last we have a clue!"" he cried. ""Thank Heaven! at last we are on",552
The Adventure of the Priory School,"the dear boy's track! It is his cap.""",553
The Adventure of the Priory School,,554
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Where was it found?""",555
The Adventure of the Priory School,,556
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""In the van of the gipsies who camped on the moor. They left on",557
The Adventure of the Priory School,Tuesday. To-day the police traced them down and examined their,558
The Adventure of the Priory School,"caravan. This was found.""",559
The Adventure of the Priory School,,560
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""How do they account for it?""",561
The Adventure of the Priory School,,562
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""They shuffled and lied--said that they found it on the moor on",563
The Adventure of the Priory School,"Tuesday morning. They know where he is, the rascals! Thank goodness,",564
The Adventure of the Priory School,they are all safe under lock and key. Either the fear of the law or,565
The Adventure of the Priory School,"the Duke's purse will certainly get out of them all that they know.""",566
The Adventure of the Priory School,,567
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""So far, so good,"" said Holmes, when the doctor had at last left the",568
The Adventure of the Priory School,"room. ""It at least bears out the theory that it is on the side of the",569
The Adventure of the Priory School,Lower Gill Moor that we must hope for results. The police have really,570
The Adventure of the Priory School,"done nothing locally, save the arrest of these gipsies. Look here,",571
The Adventure of the Priory School,Watson! There is a watercourse across the moor. You see it marked,572
The Adventure of the Priory School,here in the map. In some parts it widens into a morass. This is,573
The Adventure of the Priory School,particularly so in the region between Holdernesse Hall and the,574
The Adventure of the Priory School,school. It is vain to look elsewhere for tracks in this dry weather;,575
The Adventure of the Priory School,but at that point there is certainly a chance of some record being,576
The Adventure of the Priory School,"left. I will call you early to-morrow morning, and you and I will try",577
The Adventure of the Priory School,"if we can throw some little light upon the mystery.""",578
The Adventure of the Priory School,,579
The Adventure of the Priory School,"The day was just breaking when I woke to find the long, thin form of",580
The Adventure of the Priory School,"Holmes by my bedside. He was fully dressed, and had apparently",581
The Adventure of the Priory School,already been out.,582
The Adventure of the Priory School,,583
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""I have done the lawn and the bicycle shed,"" said he. ""I have also",584
The Adventure of the Priory School,"had a ramble through the Ragged Shaw. Now, Watson, there is cocoa",585
The Adventure of the Priory School,"ready in the next room. I must beg you to hurry, for we have a great",586
The Adventure of the Priory School,"day before us.""",587
The Adventure of the Priory School,,588
The Adventure of the Priory School,"His eyes shone, and his cheek was flushed with the exhilaration of",589
The Adventure of the Priory School,the master workman who sees his work lie ready before him. A very,590
The Adventure of the Priory School,"different Holmes, this active, alert man, from the introspective and",591
The Adventure of the Priory School,"pallid dreamer of Baker Street. I felt, as I looked upon that supple",592
The Adventure of the Priory School,"figure, alive with nervous energy, that it was indeed a strenuous day",593
The Adventure of the Priory School,that awaited us.,594
The Adventure of the Priory School,,595
The Adventure of the Priory School,And yet it opened in the blackest disappointment. With high hopes we,596
The Adventure of the Priory School,"struck across the peaty, russet moor, intersected with a thousand",597
The Adventure of the Priory School,"sheep paths, until we came to the broad, light-green belt which",598
The Adventure of the Priory School,"marked the morass between us and Holdernesse. Certainly, if the lad",599
The Adventure of the Priory School,"had gone homewards, he must have passed this, and he could not pass",600
The Adventure of the Priory School,it without leaving his traces. But no sign of him or the German could,601
The Adventure of the Priory School,"be seen. With a darkening face my friend strode along the margin,",602
The Adventure of the Priory School,eagerly observant of every muddy stain upon the mossy surface.,603
The Adventure of the Priory School,"Sheep-marks there were in profusion, and at one place, some miles",604
The Adventure of the Priory School,"down, cows had left their tracks. Nothing more.",605
The Adventure of the Priory School,,606
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Check number one,"" said Holmes, looking gloomily over the rolling",607
The Adventure of the Priory School,"expanse of the moor. ""There is another morass down yonder and a",608
The Adventure of the Priory School,"narrow neck between. Halloa! halloa! halloa! what have we here?""",609
The Adventure of the Priory School,,610
The Adventure of the Priory School,"We had come on a small black ribbon of pathway. In the middle of it,",611
The Adventure of the Priory School,"clearly marked on the sodden soil, was the track of a bicycle.",612
The Adventure of the Priory School,,613
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Hurrah!"" I cried. ""We have it.""",614
The Adventure of the Priory School,,615
The Adventure of the Priory School,"But Holmes was shaking his head, and his face was puzzled and",616
The Adventure of the Priory School,expectant rather than joyous.,617
The Adventure of the Priory School,,618
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""A bicycle, certainly, but not the bicycle,"" said he. ""I am familiar",619
The Adventure of the Priory School,"with forty-two different impressions left by tyres. This, as you",620
The Adventure of the Priory School,"perceive, is a Dunlop, with a patch upon the outer cover. Heidegger's",621
The Adventure of the Priory School,"tyres were Palmer's, leaving longitudinal stripes. Aveling, the",622
The Adventure of the Priory School,"mathematical master, was sure upon the point. Therefore, it is not",623
The Adventure of the Priory School,"Heidegger's track.""",624
The Adventure of the Priory School,,625
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""The boy's, then?""",626
The Adventure of the Priory School,,627
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Possibly, if we could prove a bicycle to have been in his",628
The Adventure of the Priory School,"possession. But this we have utterly failed to do. This track, as you",629
The Adventure of the Priory School,"perceive, was made by a rider who was going from the direction of the",630
The Adventure of the Priory School,"school.""",631
The Adventure of the Priory School,,632
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Or towards it?""",633
The Adventure of the Priory School,,634
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""No, no, my dear Watson. The more deeply sunk impression is, of",635
The Adventure of the Priory School,"course, the hind wheel, upon which the weight rests. You perceive",636
The Adventure of the Priory School,several places where it has passed across and obliterated the more,637
The Adventure of the Priory School,shallow mark of the front one. It was undoubtedly heading away from,638
The Adventure of the Priory School,"the school. It may or may not be connected with our inquiry, but we",639
The Adventure of the Priory School,"will follow it backwards before we go any farther.""",640
The Adventure of the Priory School,,641
The Adventure of the Priory School,"We did so, and at the end of a few hundred yards lost the tracks as",642
The Adventure of the Priory School,we emerged from the boggy portion of the moor. Following the path,643
The Adventure of the Priory School,"backwards, we picked out another spot, where a spring trickled across",644
The Adventure of the Priory School,"it. Here, once again, was the mark of the bicycle, though nearly",645
The Adventure of the Priory School,"obliterated by the hoofs of cows. After that there was no sign, but",646
The Adventure of the Priory School,"the path ran right on into Ragged Shaw, the wood which backed on to",647
The Adventure of the Priory School,the school. From this wood the cycle must have emerged. Holmes sat,648
The Adventure of the Priory School,down on a boulder and rested his chin in his hands. I had smoked two,649
The Adventure of the Priory School,cigarettes before he moved.,650
The Adventure of the Priory School,,651
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Well, well,"" said he, at last. ""It is, of course, possible that a",652
The Adventure of the Priory School,cunning man might change the tyre of his bicycle in order to leave,653
The Adventure of the Priory School,unfamiliar tracks. A criminal who was capable of such a thought is a,654
The Adventure of the Priory School,man whom I should be proud to do business with. We will leave this,655
The Adventure of the Priory School,"question undecided and hark back to our morass again, for we have",656
The Adventure of the Priory School,"left a good deal unexplored.""",657
The Adventure of the Priory School,,658
The Adventure of the Priory School,We continued our systematic survey of the edge of the sodden portion,659
The Adventure of the Priory School,"of the moor, and soon our perseverance was gloriously rewarded. Right",660
The Adventure of the Priory School,across the lower part of the bog lay a miry path. Holmes gave a cry,661
The Adventure of the Priory School,of delight as he approached it. An impression like a fine bundle of,662
The Adventure of the Priory School,telegraph wires ran down the centre of it. It was the Palmer tyre.,663
The Adventure of the Priory School,,664
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Here is Herr Heidegger, sure enough!"" cried Holmes, exultantly. ""My",665
The Adventure of the Priory School,"reasoning seems to have been pretty sound, Watson.""",666
The Adventure of the Priory School,,667
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""I congratulate you.""",668
The Adventure of the Priory School,,669
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""But we have a long way still to go. Kindly walk clear of the path.",670
The Adventure of the Priory School,"Now let us follow the trail. I fear that it will not lead very far.""",671
The Adventure of the Priory School,,672
The Adventure of the Priory School,"We found, however, as we advanced that this portion of the moor is",673
The Adventure of the Priory School,"intersected with soft patches, and, though we frequently lost sight",674
The Adventure of the Priory School,"of the track, we always succeeded in picking it up once more.",675
The Adventure of the Priory School,,676
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Do you observe,"" said Holmes, ""that the rider is now undoubtedly",677
The Adventure of the Priory School,forcing the pace? There can be no doubt of it. Look at this,678
The Adventure of the Priory School,"impression, where you get both tyres clear. The one is as deep as the",679
The Adventure of the Priory School,other. That can only mean that the rider is throwing his weight on to,680
The Adventure of the Priory School,"the handle-bar, as a man does when he is sprinting. By Jove! he has",681
The Adventure of the Priory School,"had a fall.""",682
The Adventure of the Priory School,,683
The Adventure of the Priory School,"There was a broad, irregular smudge covering some yards of the track.",684
The Adventure of the Priory School,"Then there were a few footmarks, and the tyre reappeared once more.",685
The Adventure of the Priory School,,686
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""A side-slip,"" I suggested.",687
The Adventure of the Priory School,,688
The Adventure of the Priory School,Holmes held up a crumpled branch of flowering gorse. To my horror I,689
The Adventure of the Priory School,perceived that the yellow blossoms were all dabbled with crimson. On,690
The Adventure of the Priory School,"the path, too, and among the heather were dark stains of clotted",691
The Adventure of the Priory School,blood.,692
The Adventure of the Priory School,,693
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Bad!"" said Holmes. ""Bad! Stand clear, Watson! Not an unnecessary",694
The Adventure of the Priory School,"footstep! What do I read here? He fell wounded, he stood up, he",695
The Adventure of the Priory School,"remounted, he proceeded. But there is no other track. Cattle on this",696
The Adventure of the Priory School,side path. He was surely not gored by a bull? Impossible! But I see,697
The Adventure of the Priory School,"no traces of anyone else. We must push on, Watson. Surely with stains",698
The Adventure of the Priory School,"as well as the track to guide us he cannot escape us now.""",699
The Adventure of the Priory School,,700
The Adventure of the Priory School,Our search was not a very long one. The tracks of the tyre began to,701
The Adventure of the Priory School,"curve fantastically upon the wet and shining path. Suddenly, as I",702
The Adventure of the Priory School,"looked ahead, the gleam of metal caught my eye from amid the thick",703
The Adventure of the Priory School,"gorse bushes. Out of them we dragged a bicycle, Palmer-tyred, one",704
The Adventure of the Priory School,"pedal bent, and the whole front of it horribly smeared and slobbered",705
The Adventure of the Priory School,with blood. On the other side of the bushes a shoe was projecting. We,706
The Adventure of the Priory School,"ran round, and there lay the unfortunate rider. He was a tall man,",707
The Adventure of the Priory School,"full bearded, with spectacles, one glass of which had been knocked",708
The Adventure of the Priory School,"out. The cause of his death was a frightful blow upon the head, which",709
The Adventure of the Priory School,had crushed in part of his skull. That he could have gone on after,710
The Adventure of the Priory School,receiving such an injury said much for the vitality and courage of,711
The Adventure of the Priory School,"the man. He wore shoes, but no socks, and his open coat disclosed a",712
The Adventure of the Priory School,night-shirt beneath it. It was undoubtedly the German master.,713
The Adventure of the Priory School,,714
The Adventure of the Priory School,"Holmes turned the body over reverently, and examined it with great",715
The Adventure of the Priory School,"attention. He then sat in deep thought for a time, and I could see by",716
The Adventure of the Priory School,"his ruffled brow that this grim discovery had not, in his opinion,",717
The Adventure of the Priory School,advanced us much in our inquiry.,718
The Adventure of the Priory School,,719
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""It is a little difficult to know what to do, Watson,"" said he, at",720
The Adventure of the Priory School,"last. ""My own inclinations are to push this inquiry on, for we have",721
The Adventure of the Priory School,already lost so much time that we cannot afford to waste another,722
The Adventure of the Priory School,"hour. On the other hand, we are bound to inform the police of the",723
The Adventure of the Priory School,"discovery, and to see that this poor fellow's body is looked after.""",724
The Adventure of the Priory School,,725
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""I could take a note back.""",726
The Adventure of the Priory School,,727
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""But I need your company and assistance. Wait a bit! There is a",728
The Adventure of the Priory School,"fellow cutting peat up yonder. Bring him over here, and he will guide",729
The Adventure of the Priory School,"the police.""",730
The Adventure of the Priory School,,731
The Adventure of the Priory School,"I brought the peasant across, and Holmes dispatched the frightened",732
The Adventure of the Priory School,man with a note to Dr. Huxtable.,733
The Adventure of the Priory School,,734
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Now, Watson,"" said he, ""we have picked up two clues this morning.",735
The Adventure of the Priory School,"One is the bicycle with the Palmer tyre, and we see what that has led",736
The Adventure of the Priory School,to. The other is the bicycle with the patched Dunlop. Before we start,737
The Adventure of the Priory School,"to investigate that, let us try to realize what we do know so as to",738
The Adventure of the Priory School,"make the most of it, and to separate the essential from the",739
The Adventure of the Priory School,"accidental.""",740
The Adventure of the Priory School,,741
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""First of all I wish to impress upon you that the boy certainly left",742
The Adventure of the Priory School,"of his own free will. He got down from his window and he went off,",743
The Adventure of the Priory School,"either alone or with someone. That is sure.""",744
The Adventure of the Priory School,,745
The Adventure of the Priory School,I assented.,746
The Adventure of the Priory School,,747
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Well, now, let us turn to this unfortunate German master. The boy",748
The Adventure of the Priory School,"was fully dressed when he fled. Therefore, he foresaw what he would",749
The Adventure of the Priory School,do. But the German went without his socks. He certainly acted on very,750
The Adventure of the Priory School,"short notice.""",751
The Adventure of the Priory School,,752
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Undoubtedly.""",753
The Adventure of the Priory School,,754
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Why did he go? Because, from his bedroom window, he saw the flight",755
The Adventure of the Priory School,of the boy. Because he wished to overtake him and bring him back. He,756
The Adventure of the Priory School,"seized his bicycle, pursued the lad, and in pursuing him met his",757
The Adventure of the Priory School,"death.""",758
The Adventure of the Priory School,,759
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""So it would seem.""",760
The Adventure of the Priory School,,761
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Now I come to the critical part of my argument. The natural action",762
The Adventure of the Priory School,of a man in pursuing a little boy would be to run after him. He would,763
The Adventure of the Priory School,know that he could overtake him. But the German does not do so. He,764
The Adventure of the Priory School,turns to his bicycle. I am told that he was an excellent cyclist. He,765
The Adventure of the Priory School,would not do this if he did not see that the boy had some swift means,766
The Adventure of the Priory School,"of escape.""",767
The Adventure of the Priory School,,768
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""The other bicycle.""",769
The Adventure of the Priory School,,770
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Let us continue our reconstruction. He meets his death five miles",771
The Adventure of the Priory School,"from the school--not by a bullet, mark you, which even a lad might",772
The Adventure of the Priory School,"conceivably discharge, but by a savage blow dealt by a vigorous arm.",773
The Adventure of the Priory School,"The lad, then, had a companion in his flight. And the flight was a",774
The Adventure of the Priory School,"swift one, since it took five miles before an expert cyclist could",775
The Adventure of the Priory School,overtake them. Yet we survey the ground round the scene of the,776
The Adventure of the Priory School,"tragedy. What do we find? A few cattle tracks, nothing more. I took a",777
The Adventure of the Priory School,"wide sweep round, and there is no path within fifty yards. Another",778
The Adventure of the Priory School,cyclist could have had nothing to do with the actual murder. Nor were,779
The Adventure of the Priory School,"there any human footmarks.""",780
The Adventure of the Priory School,,781
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Holmes,"" I cried, ""this is impossible.""",782
The Adventure of the Priory School,,783
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Admirable!"" he said. ""A most illuminating remark. It is impossible",784
The Adventure of the Priory School,"as I state it, and therefore I must in some respect have stated it",785
The Adventure of the Priory School,"wrong. Yet you saw for yourself. Can you suggest any fallacy?""",786
The Adventure of the Priory School,,787
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""He could not have fractured his skull in a fall?""",788
The Adventure of the Priory School,,789
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""In a morass, Watson?""",790
The Adventure of the Priory School,,791
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""I am at my wit's end.""",792
The Adventure of the Priory School,,793
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Tut, tut; we have solved some worse problems. At least we have",794
The Adventure of the Priory School,"plenty of material, if we can only use it. Come, then, and, having",795
The Adventure of the Priory School,"exhausted the Palmer, let us see what the Dunlop with the patched",796
The Adventure of the Priory School,"cover has to offer us.""",797
The Adventure of the Priory School,,798
The Adventure of the Priory School,We picked up the track and followed it onwards for some distance; but,799
The Adventure of the Priory School,"soon the moor rose into a long, heather-tufted curve, and we left the",800
The Adventure of the Priory School,watercourse behind us. No further help from tracks could be hoped,801
The Adventure of the Priory School,for. At the spot where we saw the last of the Dunlop tyre it might,802
The Adventure of the Priory School,"equally have led to Holdernesse Hall, the stately towers of which",803
The Adventure of the Priory School,"rose some miles to our left, or to a low, grey village which lay in",804
The Adventure of the Priory School,"front of us, and marked the position of the Chesterfield high road.",805
The Adventure of the Priory School,,806
The Adventure of the Priory School,"As we approached the forbidding and squalid inn, with the sign of a",807
The Adventure of the Priory School,"game-cock above the door, Holmes gave a sudden groan and clutched me",808
The Adventure of the Priory School,by the shoulder to save himself from falling. He had had one of those,809
The Adventure of the Priory School,violent strains of the ankle which leave a man helpless. With,810
The Adventure of the Priory School,"difficulty he limped up to the door, where a squat, dark, elderly man",811
The Adventure of the Priory School,was smoking a black clay pipe.,812
The Adventure of the Priory School,,813
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""How are you, Mr. Reuben Hayes?"" said Holmes.",814
The Adventure of the Priory School,,815
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Who are you, and how do you get my name so pat?"" the countryman",816
The Adventure of the Priory School,"answered, with a suspicious flash of a pair of cunning eyes.",817
The Adventure of the Priory School,,818
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Well, it's printed on the board above your head. It's easy to see a",819
The Adventure of the Priory School,man who is master of his own house. I suppose you haven't such a,820
The Adventure of the Priory School,"thing as a carriage in your stables?""",821
The Adventure of the Priory School,,822
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""No; I have not.""",823
The Adventure of the Priory School,,824
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""I can hardly put my foot to the ground.""",825
The Adventure of the Priory School,,826
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Don't put it to the ground.""",827
The Adventure of the Priory School,,828
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""But I can't walk.""",829
The Adventure of the Priory School,,830
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Well, then, hop.""",831
The Adventure of the Priory School,,832
The Adventure of the Priory School,"Mr. Reuben Hayes's manner was far from gracious, but Holmes took it",833
The Adventure of the Priory School,with admirable good-humour.,834
The Adventure of the Priory School,,835
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Look here, my man,"" said he. ""This is really rather an awkward fix",836
The Adventure of the Priory School,"for me. I don't mind how I get on.""",837
The Adventure of the Priory School,,838
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Neither do I,"" said the morose landlord.",839
The Adventure of the Priory School,,840
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""The matter is very important. I would offer you a sovereign for the",841
The Adventure of the Priory School,"use of a bicycle.""",842
The Adventure of the Priory School,,843
The Adventure of the Priory School,The landlord pricked up his ears.,844
The Adventure of the Priory School,,845
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Where do you want to go?""",846
The Adventure of the Priory School,,847
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""To Holdernesse Hall.""",848
The Adventure of the Priory School,,849
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Pals of the Dook, I suppose?"" said the landlord, surveying our",850
The Adventure of the Priory School,mud-stained garments with ironical eyes.,851
The Adventure of the Priory School,,852
The Adventure of the Priory School,Holmes laughed good-naturedly.,853
The Adventure of the Priory School,,854
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""He'll be glad to see us, anyhow.""",855
The Adventure of the Priory School,,856
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Why?""",857
The Adventure of the Priory School,,858
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Because we bring him news of his lost son.""",859
The Adventure of the Priory School,,860
The Adventure of the Priory School,The landlord gave a very visible start.,861
The Adventure of the Priory School,,862
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""What, you're on his track?""",863
The Adventure of the Priory School,,864
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""He has been heard of in Liverpool. They expect to get him every",865
The Adventure of the Priory School,"hour.""",866
The Adventure of the Priory School,,867
The Adventure of the Priory School,"Again a swift change passed over the heavy, unshaven face. His manner",868
The Adventure of the Priory School,was suddenly genial.,869
The Adventure of the Priory School,,870
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""I've less reason to wish the Dook well than most men,"" said he, ""for",871
The Adventure of the Priory School,"I was his head coachman once, and cruel bad he treated me. It was him",872
The Adventure of the Priory School,that sacked me without a character on the word of a lying,873
The Adventure of the Priory School,corn-chandler. But I'm glad to hear that the young lord was heard of,874
The Adventure of the Priory School,"in Liverpool, and I'll help you to take the news to the Hall.""",875
The Adventure of the Priory School,,876
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Thank you,"" said Holmes. ""We'll have some food first. Then you can",877
The Adventure of the Priory School,"bring round the bicycle.""",878
The Adventure of the Priory School,,879
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""I haven't got a bicycle.""",880
The Adventure of the Priory School,,881
The Adventure of the Priory School,Holmes held up a sovereign.,882
The Adventure of the Priory School,,883
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""I tell you, man, that I haven't got one. I'll let you have two",884
The Adventure of the Priory School,"horses as far as the Hall.""",885
The Adventure of the Priory School,,886
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Well, well,"" said Holmes, ""we'll talk about it when we've had",887
The Adventure of the Priory School,"something to eat.""",888
The Adventure of the Priory School,,889
The Adventure of the Priory School,When we were left alone in the stone-flagged kitchen it was,890
The Adventure of the Priory School,astonishing how rapidly that sprained ankle recovered. It was nearly,891
The Adventure of the Priory School,"nightfall, and we had eaten nothing since early morning, so that we",892
The Adventure of the Priory School,"spent some time over our meal. Holmes was lost in thought, and once",893
The Adventure of the Priory School,or twice he walked over to the window and stared earnestly out. It,894
The Adventure of the Priory School,"opened on to a squalid courtyard. In the far corner was a smithy,",895
The Adventure of the Priory School,where a grimy lad was at work. On the other side were the stables.,896
The Adventure of the Priory School,"Holmes had sat down again after one of these excursions, when he",897
The Adventure of the Priory School,suddenly sprang out of his chair with a loud exclamation.,898
The Adventure of the Priory School,,899
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""By Heaven, Watson, I believe that I've got it!"" he cried. ""Yes, yes,",900
The Adventure of the Priory School,"it must be so. Watson, do you remember seeing any cow-tracks to-day?""",901
The Adventure of the Priory School,,902
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Yes, several.""",903
The Adventure of the Priory School,,904
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Where?""",905
The Adventure of the Priory School,,906
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Well, everywhere. They were at the morass, and again on the path,",907
The Adventure of the Priory School,"and again near where poor Heidegger met his death.""",908
The Adventure of the Priory School,,909
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Exactly. Well, now, Watson, how many cows did you see on the moor?""",910
The Adventure of the Priory School,,911
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""I don't remember seeing any.""",912
The Adventure of the Priory School,,913
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Strange, Watson, that we should see tracks all along our line, but",914
The Adventure of the Priory School,"never a cow on the whole moor; very strange, Watson, eh?""",915
The Adventure of the Priory School,,916
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Yes, it is strange.""",917
The Adventure of the Priory School,,918
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Now, Watson, make an effort; throw your mind back! Can you see those",919
The Adventure of the Priory School,"tracks upon the path?""",920
The Adventure of the Priory School,,921
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Yes, I can.""",922
The Adventure of the Priory School,,923
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Can you recall that the tracks were sometimes like that, Watson""--he",924
The Adventure of the Priory School,"arranged a number of bread-crumbs in this fashion--: : : : :--""and",925
The Adventure of the Priory School,"sometimes like this""--: ` : ` : ` : `--""and occasionally like",926
The Adventure of the Priory School,"this""--. ` . ` . ` . ""Can you remember that?""",927
The Adventure of the Priory School,,928
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""No, I cannot.""",929
The Adventure of the Priory School,,930
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""But I can. I could swear to it. However, we will go back at our",931
The Adventure of the Priory School,leisure and verify it. What a blind beetle I have been not to draw my,932
The Adventure of the Priory School,"conclusion!""",933
The Adventure of the Priory School,,934
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""And what is your conclusion?""",935
The Adventure of the Priory School,,936
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Only that it is a remarkable cow which walks, canters, and gallops.",937
The Adventure of the Priory School,"By George, Watson, it was no brain of a country publican that thought",938
The Adventure of the Priory School,"out such a blind as that! The coast seems to be clear, save for that",939
The Adventure of the Priory School,"lad in the smithy. Let us slip out and see what we can see.""",940
The Adventure of the Priory School,,941
The Adventure of the Priory School,"There were two rough-haired, unkempt horses in the tumble-down",942
The Adventure of the Priory School,stable. Holmes raised the hind leg of one of them and laughed aloud.,943
The Adventure of the Priory School,,944
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Old shoes, but newly shod--old shoes, but new nails. This case",945
The Adventure of the Priory School,"deserves to be a classic. Let us go across to the smithy.""",946
The Adventure of the Priory School,,947
The Adventure of the Priory School,The lad continued his work without regarding us. I saw Holmes's eye,948
The Adventure of the Priory School,darting to right and left among the litter of iron and wood which was,949
The Adventure of the Priory School,"scattered about the floor. Suddenly, however, we heard a step behind",950
The Adventure of the Priory School,"us, and there was the landlord, his heavy eyebrows drawn over his",951
The Adventure of the Priory School,"savage eyes, his swarthy features convulsed with passion. He held a",952
The Adventure of the Priory School,"short, metal-headed stick in his hand, and he advanced in so menacing",953
The Adventure of the Priory School,a fashion that I was right glad to feel the revolver in my pocket.,954
The Adventure of the Priory School,,955
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""You infernal spies!"" the man cried. ""What are you doing there?""",956
The Adventure of the Priory School,,957
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Why, Mr. Reuben Hayes,"" said Holmes, coolly, ""one might think that",958
The Adventure of the Priory School,"you were afraid of our finding something out.""",959
The Adventure of the Priory School,,960
The Adventure of the Priory School,"The man mastered himself with a violent effort, and his grim mouth",961
The Adventure of the Priory School,"loosened into a false laugh, which was more menacing than his frown.",962
The Adventure of the Priory School,,963
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""You're welcome to all you can find out in my smithy,"" said he. ""But",964
The Adventure of the Priory School,"look here, mister, I don't care for folk poking about my place",965
The Adventure of the Priory School,"without my leave, so the sooner you pay your score and get out of",966
The Adventure of the Priory School,"this the better I shall be pleased.""",967
The Adventure of the Priory School,,968
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""All right, Mr. Hayes--no harm meant,"" said Holmes. ""We have been",969
The Adventure of the Priory School,"having a look at your horses, but I think I'll walk after all. It's",970
The Adventure of the Priory School,"not far, I believe.""",971
The Adventure of the Priory School,,972
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Not more than two miles to the Hall gates. That's the road to the",973
The Adventure of the Priory School,"left."" He watched us with sullen eyes until we had left his premises.",974
The Adventure of the Priory School,,975
The Adventure of the Priory School,"We did not go very far along the road, for Holmes stopped the instant",976
The Adventure of the Priory School,that the curve hid us from the landlord's view.,977
The Adventure of the Priory School,,978
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""We were warm, as the children say, at that inn,"" said he. ""I seem to",979
The Adventure of the Priory School,"grow colder every step that I take away from it. No, no; I can't",980
The Adventure of the Priory School,"possibly leave it.""",981
The Adventure of the Priory School,,982
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""I am convinced,"" said I, ""that this Reuben Hayes knows all about it.",983
The Adventure of the Priory School,"A more self-evident villain I never saw.""",984
The Adventure of the Priory School,,985
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Oh! he impressed you in that way, did he? There are the horses,",986
The Adventure of the Priory School,"there is the smithy. Yes, it is an interesting place, this Fighting",987
The Adventure of the Priory School,Cock. I think we shall have another look at it in an unobtrusive,988
The Adventure of the Priory School,"way.""",989
The Adventure of the Priory School,,990
The Adventure of the Priory School,"A long, sloping hillside, dotted with grey limestone boulders,",991
The Adventure of the Priory School,"stretched behind us. We had turned off the road, and were making our",992
The Adventure of the Priory School,"way up the hill, when, looking in the direction of Holdernesse Hall,",993
The Adventure of the Priory School,I saw a cyclist coming swiftly along.,994
The Adventure of the Priory School,,995
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Get down, Watson!"" cried Holmes, with a heavy hand upon my shoulder.",996
The Adventure of the Priory School,We had hardly sunk from view when the man flew past us on the road.,997
The Adventure of the Priory School,"Amid a rolling cloud of dust I caught a glimpse of a pale, agitated",998
The Adventure of the Priory School,"face--a face with horror in every lineament, the mouth open, the eyes",999
The Adventure of the Priory School,staring wildly in front. It was like some strange caricature of the,1000
The Adventure of the Priory School,dapper James Wilder whom we had seen the night before.,1001
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1002
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""The Duke's secretary!"" cried Holmes. ""Come, Watson, let us see what",1003
The Adventure of the Priory School,"he does.""",1004
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1005
The Adventure of the Priory School,We scrambled from rock to rock until in a few moments we had made our,1006
The Adventure of the Priory School,way to a point from which we could see the front door of the inn.,1007
The Adventure of the Priory School,Wilder's bicycle was leaning against the wall beside it. No one was,1008
The Adventure of the Priory School,"moving about the house, nor could we catch a glimpse of any faces at",1009
The Adventure of the Priory School,the windows. Slowly the twilight crept down as the sun sank behind,1010
The Adventure of the Priory School,the high towers of Holdernesse Hall. Then in the gloom we saw the two,1011
The Adventure of the Priory School,"side-lamps of a trap light up in the stable yard of the inn, and",1012
The Adventure of the Priory School,"shortly afterwards heard the rattle of hoofs, as it wheeled out into",1013
The Adventure of the Priory School,the road and tore off at a furious pace in the direction of,1014
The Adventure of the Priory School,Chesterfield.,1015
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1016
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""What do you make of that, Watson?"" Holmes whispered.",1017
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1018
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""It looks like a flight.""",1019
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1020
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""A single man in a dog-cart, so far as I could see. Well, it",1021
The Adventure of the Priory School,"certainly was not Mr. James Wilder, for there he is at the door.""",1022
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1023
The Adventure of the Priory School,A red square of light had sprung out of the darkness. In the middle,1024
The Adventure of the Priory School,"of it was the black figure of the secretary, his head advanced,",1025
The Adventure of the Priory School,peering out into the night. It was evident that he was expecting,1026
The Adventure of the Priory School,"someone. Then at last there were steps in the road, a second figure",1027
The Adventure of the Priory School,"was visible for an instant against the light, the door shut, and all",1028
The Adventure of the Priory School,was black once more. Five minutes later a lamp was lit in a room upon,1029
The Adventure of the Priory School,the first floor.,1030
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1031
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""It seems to be a curious class of custom that is done by the",1032
The Adventure of the Priory School,"Fighting Cock,"" said Holmes.",1033
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1034
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""The bar is on the other side.""",1035
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1036
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Quite so. These are what one may call the private guests. Now, what",1037
The Adventure of the Priory School,in the world is Mr. James Wilder doing in that den at this hour of,1038
The Adventure of the Priory School,"night, and who is the companion who comes to meet him there? Come,",1039
The Adventure of the Priory School,"Watson, we must really take a risk and try to investigate this a",1040
The Adventure of the Priory School,"little more closely.""",1041
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1042
The Adventure of the Priory School,Together we stole down to the road and crept across to the door of,1043
The Adventure of the Priory School,the inn. The bicycle still leaned against the wall. Holmes struck a,1044
The Adventure of the Priory School,"match and held it to the back wheel, and I heard him chuckle as the",1045
The Adventure of the Priory School,light fell upon a patched Dunlop tyre. Up above us was the lighted,1046
The Adventure of the Priory School,window.,1047
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1048
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""I must have a peep through that, Watson. If you bend your back and",1049
The Adventure of the Priory School,"support yourself upon the wall, I think that I can manage.""",1050
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1051
The Adventure of the Priory School,An instant later his feet were on my shoulders. But he was hardly up,1052
The Adventure of the Priory School,before he was down again.,1053
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1054
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Come, my friend,"" said he, ""our day's work has been quite long",1055
The Adventure of the Priory School,enough. I think that we have gathered all that we can. It's a long,1056
The Adventure of the Priory School,"walk to the school, and the sooner we get started the better.""",1057
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1058
The Adventure of the Priory School,"He hardly opened his lips during that weary trudge across the moor,",1059
The Adventure of the Priory School,"nor would he enter the school when he reached it, but went on to",1060
The Adventure of the Priory School,"Mackleton Station, whence he could send some telegrams. Late at night",1061
The Adventure of the Priory School,"I heard him consoling Dr. Huxtable, prostrated by the tragedy of his",1062
The Adventure of the Priory School,"master's death, and later still he entered my room as alert and",1063
The Adventure of the Priory School,"vigorous as he had been when he started in the morning. ""All goes",1064
The Adventure of the Priory School,"well, my friend,"" said he. ""I promise that before to-morrow evening",1065
The Adventure of the Priory School,"we shall have reached the solution of the mystery.""",1066
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1067
The Adventure of the Priory School,At eleven o'clock next morning my friend and I were walking up the,1068
The Adventure of the Priory School,famous yew avenue of Holdernesse Hall. We were ushered through the,1069
The Adventure of the Priory School,magnificent Elizabethan doorway and into his Grace's study. There we,1070
The Adventure of the Priory School,"found Mr. James Wilder, demure and courtly, but with some trace of",1071
The Adventure of the Priory School,that wild terror of the night before still lurking in his furtive,1072
The Adventure of the Priory School,eyes and in his twitching features.,1073
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1074
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""You have come to see his Grace? I am sorry; but the fact is that the",1075
The Adventure of the Priory School,Duke is far from well. He has been very much upset by the tragic,1076
The Adventure of the Priory School,"news. We received a telegram from Dr. Huxtable yesterday afternoon,",1077
The Adventure of the Priory School,"which told us of your discovery.""",1078
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1079
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""I must see the Duke, Mr. Wilder.""",1080
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1081
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""But he is in his room.""",1082
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1083
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Then I must go to his room.""",1084
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1085
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""I believe he is in his bed.""",1086
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1087
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""I will see him there.""",1088
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1089
The Adventure of the Priory School,Holmes's cold and inexorable manner showed the secretary that it was,1090
The Adventure of the Priory School,useless to argue with him.,1091
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1092
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Very good, Mr. Holmes; I will tell him that you are here.""",1093
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1094
The Adventure of the Priory School,After half an hour's delay the great nobleman appeared. His face was,1095
The Adventure of the Priory School,"more cadaverous than ever, his shoulders had rounded, and he seemed",1096
The Adventure of the Priory School,to me to be an altogether older man than he had been the morning,1097
The Adventure of the Priory School,before. He greeted us with a stately courtesy and seated himself at,1098
The Adventure of the Priory School,"his desk, his red beard streaming down on to the table.",1099
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1100
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Well, Mr. Holmes?"" said he.",1101
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1102
The Adventure of the Priory School,"But my friend's eyes were fixed upon the secretary, who stood by his",1103
The Adventure of the Priory School,master's chair.,1104
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1105
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""I think, your Grace, that I could speak more freely in Mr. Wilder's",1106
The Adventure of the Priory School,"absence.""",1107
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1108
The Adventure of the Priory School,The man turned a shade paler and cast a malignant glance at Holmes.,1109
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1110
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""If your Grace wishes--""",1111
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1112
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Yes, yes; you had better go. Now, Mr. Holmes, what have you to say?""",1113
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1114
The Adventure of the Priory School,My friend waited until the door had closed behind the retreating,1115
The Adventure of the Priory School,secretary.,1116
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1117
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""The fact is, your Grace,"" said he, ""that my colleague, Dr. Watson,",1118
The Adventure of the Priory School,and myself had an assurance from Dr. Huxtable that a reward had been,1119
The Adventure of the Priory School,offered in this case. I should like to have this confirmed from your,1120
The Adventure of the Priory School,"own lips.""",1121
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1122
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Certainly, Mr. Holmes.""",1123
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1124
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""It amounted, if I am correctly informed, to five thousand pounds to",1125
The Adventure of the Priory School,"anyone who will tell you where your son is?""",1126
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1127
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Exactly.""",1128
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1129
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""And another thousand to the man who will name the person or persons",1130
The Adventure of the Priory School,"who keep him in custody?""",1131
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1132
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Exactly.""",1133
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1134
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Under the latter heading is included, no doubt, not only those who",1135
The Adventure of the Priory School,"may have taken him away, but also those who conspire to keep him in",1136
The Adventure of the Priory School,"his present position?""",1137
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1138
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Yes, yes,"" cried the Duke, impatiently. ""If you do your work well,",1139
The Adventure of the Priory School,"Mr. Sherlock Holmes, you will have no reason to complain of niggardly",1140
The Adventure of the Priory School,"treatment.""",1141
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1142
The Adventure of the Priory School,My friend rubbed his thin hands together with an appearance of,1143
The Adventure of the Priory School,"avidity which was a surprise to me, who knew his frugal tastes.",1144
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1145
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""I fancy that I see your Grace's cheque-book upon the table,"" said",1146
The Adventure of the Priory School,"he. ""I should be glad if you would make me out a cheque for six",1147
The Adventure of the Priory School,"thousand pounds. It would be as well, perhaps, for you to cross it.",1148
The Adventure of the Priory School,"The Capital and Counties Bank, Oxford Street branch, are my agents.""",1149
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1150
The Adventure of the Priory School,"His Grace sat very stern and upright in his chair, and looked stonily",1151
The Adventure of the Priory School,at my friend.,1152
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1153
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Is this a joke, Mr. Holmes? It is hardly a subject for pleasantry.""",1154
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1155
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Not at all, your Grace. I was never more earnest in my life.""",1156
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1157
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""What do you mean, then?""",1158
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1159
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""I mean that I have earned the reward. I know where your son is, and",1160
The Adventure of the Priory School,"I know some, at least, of those who are holding him.""",1161
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1162
The Adventure of the Priory School,The Duke's beard had turned more aggressively red than ever against,1163
The Adventure of the Priory School,his ghastly white face.,1164
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1165
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Where is he?"" he gasped.",1166
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1167
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""He is, or was last night, at the Fighting Cock Inn, about two miles",1168
The Adventure of the Priory School,"from your park gate.""",1169
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1170
The Adventure of the Priory School,The Duke fell back in his chair.,1171
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1172
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""And whom do you accuse?""",1173
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1174
The Adventure of the Priory School,Sherlock Holmes's answer was an astounding one. He stepped swiftly,1175
The Adventure of the Priory School,forward and touched the Duke upon the shoulder.,1176
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1177
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""I accuse you,"" said he. ""And now, your Grace, I'll trouble you for",1178
The Adventure of the Priory School,"that cheque.""",1179
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1180
The Adventure of the Priory School,Never shall I forget the Duke's appearance as he sprang up and clawed,1181
The Adventure of the Priory School,"with his hands like one who is sinking into an abyss. Then, with an",1182
The Adventure of the Priory School,"extraordinary effort of aristocratic self-command, he sat down and",1183
The Adventure of the Priory School,sank his face in his hands. It was some minutes before he spoke.,1184
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1185
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""How much do you know?"" he asked at last, without raising his head.",1186
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1187
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""I saw you together last night.""",1188
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1189
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Does anyone else besides your friend know?""",1190
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1191
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""I have spoken to no one.""",1192
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1193
The Adventure of the Priory School,The Duke took a pen in his quivering fingers and opened his,1194
The Adventure of the Priory School,cheque-book.,1195
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1196
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""I shall be as good as my word, Mr. Holmes. I am about to write your",1197
The Adventure of the Priory School,"cheque, however unwelcome the information which you have gained may",1198
The Adventure of the Priory School,be to me. When the offer was first made I little thought the turn,1199
The Adventure of the Priory School,which events might take. But you and your friend are men of,1200
The Adventure of the Priory School,"discretion, Mr. Holmes?""",1201
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1202
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""I hardly understand your Grace.""",1203
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1204
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""I must put it plainly, Mr. Holmes. If only you two know of this",1205
The Adventure of the Priory School,"incident, there is no reason why it should go any farther. I think",1206
The Adventure of the Priory School,"twelve thousand pounds is the sum that I owe you, is it not?""",1207
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1208
The Adventure of the Priory School,But Holmes smiled and shook his head.,1209
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1210
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""I fear, your Grace, that matters can hardly be arranged so easily.",1211
The Adventure of the Priory School,"There is the death of this schoolmaster to be accounted for.""",1212
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1213
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""But James knew nothing of that. You cannot hold him responsible for",1214
The Adventure of the Priory School,that. It was the work of this brutal ruffian whom he had the,1215
The Adventure of the Priory School,"misfortune to employ.""",1216
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1217
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""I must take the view, your Grace, that when a man embarks upon a",1218
The Adventure of the Priory School,crime he is morally guilty of any other crime which may spring from,1219
The Adventure of the Priory School,"it.""",1220
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1221
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Morally, Mr. Holmes. No doubt you are right. But surely not in the",1222
The Adventure of the Priory School,eyes of the law. A man cannot be condemned for a murder at which he,1223
The Adventure of the Priory School,"was not present, and which he loathes and abhors as much as you do.",1224
The Adventure of the Priory School,"The instant that he heard of it he made a complete confession to me,",1225
The Adventure of the Priory School,so filled was he with horror and remorse. He lost not an hour in,1226
The Adventure of the Priory School,"breaking entirely with the murderer. Oh, Mr. Holmes, you must save",1227
The Adventure of the Priory School,"him--you must save him! I tell you that you must save him!"" The Duke",1228
The Adventure of the Priory School,"had dropped the last attempt at self-command, and was pacing the room",1229
The Adventure of the Priory School,with a convulsed face and with his clenched hands raving in the air.,1230
The Adventure of the Priory School,"At last he mastered himself and sat down once more at his desk. ""I",1231
The Adventure of the Priory School,appreciate your conduct in coming here before you spoke to anyone,1232
The Adventure of the Priory School,"else,"" said he. ""At least, we may take counsel how far we can",1233
The Adventure of the Priory School,"minimize this hideous scandal.""",1234
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1235
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Exactly,"" said Holmes. ""I think, your Grace, that this can only be",1236
The Adventure of the Priory School,done by absolute and complete frankness between us. I am disposed to,1237
The Adventure of the Priory School,help your Grace to the best of my ability; but in order to do so I,1238
The Adventure of the Priory School,must understand to the last detail how the matter stands. I realize,1239
The Adventure of the Priory School,"that your words applied to Mr. James Wilder, and that he is not the",1240
The Adventure of the Priory School,"murderer.""",1241
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1242
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""No; the murderer has escaped.""",1243
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1244
The Adventure of the Priory School,Sherlock Holmes smiled demurely.,1245
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1246
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Your Grace can hardly have heard of any small reputation which I",1247
The Adventure of the Priory School,"possess, or you would not imagine that it is so easy to escape me.",1248
The Adventure of the Priory School,Mr. Reuben Hayes was arrested at Chesterfield on my information at,1249
The Adventure of the Priory School,eleven o'clock last night. I had a telegram from the head of the,1250
The Adventure of the Priory School,"local police before I left the school this morning.""",1251
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1252
The Adventure of the Priory School,The Duke leaned back in his chair and stared with amazement at my,1253
The Adventure of the Priory School,friend.,1254
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1255
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""You seem to have powers that are hardly human,"" said he. ""So Reuben",1256
The Adventure of the Priory School,"Hayes is taken? I am right glad to hear it, if it will not react upon",1257
The Adventure of the Priory School,"the fate of James.""",1258
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1259
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Your secretary?""",1260
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1261
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""No, sir; my son.""",1262
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1263
The Adventure of the Priory School,It was Holmes's turn to look astonished.,1264
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1265
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""I confess that this is entirely new to me, your Grace. I must beg",1266
The Adventure of the Priory School,"you to be more explicit.""",1267
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1268
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""I will conceal nothing from you. I agree with you that complete",1269
The Adventure of the Priory School,"frankness, however painful it may be to me, is the best policy in",1270
The Adventure of the Priory School,this desperate situation to which James's folly and jealousy have,1271
The Adventure of the Priory School,"reduced us. When I was a very young man, Mr. Holmes, I loved with",1272
The Adventure of the Priory School,such a love as comes only once in a lifetime. I offered the lady,1273
The Adventure of the Priory School,"marriage, but she refused it on the grounds that such a match might",1274
The Adventure of the Priory School,mar my career. Had she lived I would certainly never have married,1275
The Adventure of the Priory School,"anyone else. She died, and left this one child, whom for her sake I",1276
The Adventure of the Priory School,have cherished and cared for. I could not acknowledge the paternity,1277
The Adventure of the Priory School,"to the world; but I gave him the best of educations, and since he",1278
The Adventure of the Priory School,came to manhood I have kept him near my person. He surprised my,1279
The Adventure of the Priory School,"secret, and has presumed ever since upon the claim which he has upon",1280
The Adventure of the Priory School,"me and upon his power of provoking a scandal, which would be",1281
The Adventure of the Priory School,abhorrent to me. His presence had something to do with the unhappy,1282
The Adventure of the Priory School,"issue of my marriage. Above all, he hated my young legitimate heir",1283
The Adventure of the Priory School,"from the first with a persistent hatred. You may well ask me why,",1284
The Adventure of the Priory School,"under these circumstances, I still kept James under my roof. I answer",1285
The Adventure of the Priory School,"that it was because I could see his mother's face in his, and that",1286
The Adventure of the Priory School,for her dear sake there was no end to my long-suffering. All her,1287
The Adventure of the Priory School,"pretty ways, too--there was not one of them which he could not",1288
The Adventure of the Priory School,suggest and bring back to my memory. I could not send him away. But I,1289
The Adventure of the Priory School,"feared so much lest he should do Arthur--that is, Lord Saltire--a",1290
The Adventure of the Priory School,mischief that I dispatched him for safety to Dr. Huxtable's school.,1291
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1292
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""James came into contact with this fellow Hayes because the man was a",1293
The Adventure of the Priory School,"tenant of mine, and James acted as agent. The fellow was a rascal",1294
The Adventure of the Priory School,from the beginning; but in some extraordinary way James became,1295
The Adventure of the Priory School,intimate with him. He had always a taste for low company. When James,1296
The Adventure of the Priory School,determined to kidnap Lord Saltire it was of this man's service that,1297
The Adventure of the Priory School,he availed himself. You remember that I wrote to Arthur upon that,1298
The Adventure of the Priory School,"last day. Well, James opened the letter and inserted a note asking",1299
The Adventure of the Priory School,"Arthur to meet him in a little wood called the Ragged Shaw, which is",1300
The Adventure of the Priory School,"near to the school. He used the Duchess's name, and in that way got",1301
The Adventure of the Priory School,the boy to come. That evening James bicycled over--I am telling you,1302
The Adventure of the Priory School,"what he has himself confessed to me--and he told Arthur, whom he met",1303
The Adventure of the Priory School,"in the wood, that his mother longed to see him, that she was awaiting",1304
The Adventure of the Priory School,"him on the moor, and that if he would come back into the wood at",1305
The Adventure of the Priory School,"midnight he would find a man with a horse, who would take him to her.",1306
The Adventure of the Priory School,Poor Arthur fell into the trap. He came to the appointment and found,1307
The Adventure of the Priory School,"this fellow Hayes with a led pony. Arthur mounted, and they set off",1308
The Adventure of the Priory School,together. It appears--though this James only heard yesterday--that,1309
The Adventure of the Priory School,"they were pursued, that Hayes struck the pursuer with his stick, and",1310
The Adventure of the Priory School,that the man died of his injuries. Hayes brought Arthur to his,1311
The Adventure of the Priory School,"public-house, the Fighting Cock, where he was confined in an upper",1312
The Adventure of the Priory School,"room, under the care of Mrs. Hayes, who is a kindly woman, but",1313
The Adventure of the Priory School,entirely under the control of her brutal husband.,1314
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1315
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Well, Mr. Holmes, that was the state of affairs when I first saw you",1316
The Adventure of the Priory School,two days ago. I had no more idea of the truth than you. You will ask,1317
The Adventure of the Priory School,me what was James's motive in doing such a deed. I answer that there,1318
The Adventure of the Priory School,was a great deal which was unreasoning and fanatical in the hatred,1319
The Adventure of the Priory School,which he bore my heir. In his view he should himself have been heir,1320
The Adventure of the Priory School,"of all my estates, and he deeply resented those social laws which",1321
The Adventure of the Priory School,made it impossible. At the same time he had a definite motive also.,1322
The Adventure of the Priory School,"He was eager that I should break the entail, and he was of opinion",1323
The Adventure of the Priory School,that it lay in my power to do so. He intended to make a bargain with,1324
The Adventure of the Priory School,"me--to restore Arthur if I would break the entail, and so make it",1325
The Adventure of the Priory School,possible for the estate to be left to him by will. He knew well that,1326
The Adventure of the Priory School,I should never willingly invoke the aid of the police against him. I,1327
The Adventure of the Priory School,"say that he would have proposed such a bargain to me, but he did not",1328
The Adventure of the Priory School,"actually do so, for events moved too quickly for him, and he had not",1329
The Adventure of the Priory School,time to put his plans into practice.,1330
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1331
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""What brought all his wicked scheme to wreck was your discovery of",1332
The Adventure of the Priory School,this man Heidegger's dead body. James was seized with horror at the,1333
The Adventure of the Priory School,news. It came to us yesterday as we sat together in this study. Dr.,1334
The Adventure of the Priory School,Huxtable had sent a telegram. James was so overwhelmed with grief and,1335
The Adventure of the Priory School,"agitation that my suspicions, which had never been entirely absent,",1336
The Adventure of the Priory School,"rose instantly to a certainty, and I taxed him with the deed. He made",1337
The Adventure of the Priory School,a complete voluntary confession. Then he implored me to keep his,1338
The Adventure of the Priory School,"secret for three days longer, so as to give his wretched accomplice a",1339
The Adventure of the Priory School,chance of saving his guilty life. I yielded--as I have always,1340
The Adventure of the Priory School,"yielded--to his prayers, and instantly James hurried off to the",1341
The Adventure of the Priory School,Fighting Cock to warn Hayes and give him the means of flight. I could,1342
The Adventure of the Priory School,"not go there by daylight without provoking comment, but as soon as",1343
The Adventure of the Priory School,night fell I hurried off to see my dear Arthur. I found him safe and,1344
The Adventure of the Priory School,"well, but horrified beyond expression by the dreadful deed he had",1345
The Adventure of the Priory School,"witnessed. In deference to my promise, and much against my will, I",1346
The Adventure of the Priory School,consented to leave him there for three days under the charge of Mrs.,1347
The Adventure of the Priory School,"Hayes, since it was evident that it was impossible to inform the",1348
The Adventure of the Priory School,"police where he was without telling them also who was the murderer,",1349
The Adventure of the Priory School,and I could not see how that murderer could be punished without ruin,1350
The Adventure of the Priory School,"to my unfortunate James. You asked for frankness, Mr. Holmes, and I",1351
The Adventure of the Priory School,"have taken you at your word, for I have now told you everything",1352
The Adventure of the Priory School,without an attempt at circumlocution or concealment. Do you in turn,1353
The Adventure of the Priory School,"be as frank with me.""",1354
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1355
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""I will,"" said Holmes. ""In the first place, your Grace, I am bound to",1356
The Adventure of the Priory School,tell you that you have placed yourself in a most serious position in,1357
The Adventure of the Priory School,the eyes of the law. You have condoned a felony and you have aided,1358
The Adventure of the Priory School,the escape of a murderer; for I cannot doubt that any money which was,1359
The Adventure of the Priory School,taken by James Wilder to aid his accomplice in his flight came from,1360
The Adventure of the Priory School,"your Grace's purse.""",1361
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1362
The Adventure of the Priory School,The Duke bowed his assent.,1363
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1364
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""This is indeed a most serious matter. Even more culpable in my",1365
The Adventure of the Priory School,"opinion, your Grace, is your attitude towards your younger son. You",1366
The Adventure of the Priory School,"leave him in this den for three days.""",1367
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1368
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Under solemn promises--""",1369
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1370
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""What are promises to such people as these? You have no guarantee",1371
The Adventure of the Priory School,that he will not be spirited away again. To humour your guilty elder,1372
The Adventure of the Priory School,son you have exposed your innocent younger son to imminent and,1373
The Adventure of the Priory School,"unnecessary danger. It was a most unjustifiable action.""",1374
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1375
The Adventure of the Priory School,The proud lord of Holdernesse was not accustomed to be so rated in,1376
The Adventure of the Priory School,"his own ducal hall. The blood flushed into his high forehead, but his",1377
The Adventure of the Priory School,conscience held him dumb.,1378
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1379
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""I will help you, but on one condition only. It is that you ring for",1380
The Adventure of the Priory School,"the footman and let me give such orders as I like.""",1381
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1382
The Adventure of the Priory School,Without a word the Duke pressed the electric bell. A servant entered.,1383
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1384
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""You will be glad to hear,"" said Holmes, ""that your young master is",1385
The Adventure of the Priory School,found. It is the Duke's desire that the carriage shall go at once to,1386
The Adventure of the Priory School,the Fighting Cock Inn to bring Lord Saltire home.,1387
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1388
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Now,"" said Holmes, when the rejoicing lackey had disappeared,",1389
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""having secured the future, we can afford to be more lenient with the",1390
The Adventure of the Priory School,"past. I am not in an official position, and there is no reason, so",1391
The Adventure of the Priory School,"long as the ends of justice are served, why I should disclose all",1392
The Adventure of the Priory School,"that I know. As to Hayes I say nothing. The gallows awaits him, and I",1393
The Adventure of the Priory School,would do nothing to save him from it. What he will divulge I cannot,1394
The Adventure of the Priory School,"tell, but I have no doubt that your Grace could make him understand",1395
The Adventure of the Priory School,that it is to his interest to be silent. From the police point of,1396
The Adventure of the Priory School,view he will have kidnapped the boy for the purpose of ransom. If,1397
The Adventure of the Priory School,they do not themselves find it out I see no reason why I should,1398
The Adventure of the Priory School,"prompt them to take a broader point of view. I would warn your Grace,",1399
The Adventure of the Priory School,"however, that the continued presence of Mr. James Wilder in your",1400
The Adventure of the Priory School,"household can only lead to misfortune.""",1401
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1402
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""I understand that, Mr. Holmes, and it is already settled that he",1403
The Adventure of the Priory School,"shall leave me for ever and go to seek his fortune in Australia.""",1404
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1405
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""In that case, your Grace, since you have yourself stated that any",1406
The Adventure of the Priory School,"unhappiness in your married life was caused by his presence, I would",1407
The Adventure of the Priory School,"suggest that you make such amends as you can to the Duchess, and that",1408
The Adventure of the Priory School,you try to resume those relations which have been so unhappily,1409
The Adventure of the Priory School,"interrupted.""",1410
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1411
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""That also I have arranged, Mr. Holmes. I wrote to the Duchess this",1412
The Adventure of the Priory School,"morning.""",1413
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1414
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""In that case,"" said Holmes, rising, ""I think that my friend and I",1415
The Adventure of the Priory School,can congratulate ourselves upon several most happy results from our,1416
The Adventure of the Priory School,little visit to the North. There is one other small point upon which,1417
The Adventure of the Priory School,I desire some light. This fellow Hayes had shod his horses with shoes,1418
The Adventure of the Priory School,which counterfeited the tracks of cows. Was it from Mr. Wilder that,1419
The Adventure of the Priory School,"he learned so extraordinary a device?""",1420
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1421
The Adventure of the Priory School,"The Duke stood in thought for a moment, with a look of intense",1422
The Adventure of the Priory School,surprise on his face. Then he opened a door and showed us into a,1423
The Adventure of the Priory School,large room furnished as a museum. He led the way to a glass case in a,1424
The Adventure of the Priory School,"corner, and pointed to the inscription.",1425
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1426
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""These shoes,"" it ran, ""were dug up in the moat of Holdernesse Hall.",1427
The Adventure of the Priory School,They are for the use of horses; but they are shaped below with a,1428
The Adventure of the Priory School,"cloven foot of iron, so as to throw pursuers off the track. They are",1429
The Adventure of the Priory School,supposed to have belonged to some of the marauding Barons of,1430
The Adventure of the Priory School,"Holdernesse in the Middle Ages.""",1431
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1432
The Adventure of the Priory School,"Holmes opened the case, and moistening his finger he passed it along",1433
The Adventure of the Priory School,the shoe. A thin film of recent mud was left upon his skin.,1434
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1435
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""Thank you,"" said he, as he replaced the glass. ""It is the second",1436
The Adventure of the Priory School,"most interesting object that I have seen in the North.""",1437
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1438
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""And the first?""",1439
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1440
The Adventure of the Priory School,Holmes folded up his cheque and placed it carefully in his note-book.,1441
The Adventure of the Priory School,"""I am a poor man,"" said he, as he patted it affectionately and thrust",1442
The Adventure of the Priory School,it into the depths of his inner pocket.,1443
The Adventure of the Priory School,,1444
The Adventure of Black Peter,THE ADVENTURE OF BLACK PETER,1
The Adventure of Black Peter,,2
The Adventure of Black Peter,"I have never known my friend to be in better form, both mental and",3
The Adventure of Black Peter,"physical, than in the year '95. His increasing fame had brought with",4
The Adventure of Black Peter,"it an immense practice, and I should be guilty of an indiscretion if",5
The Adventure of Black Peter,I were even to hint at the identity of some of the illustrious,6
The Adventure of Black Peter,"clients who crossed our humble threshold in Baker Street. Holmes,",7
The Adventure of Black Peter,"however, like all great artists, lived for his art's sake, and, save",8
The Adventure of Black Peter,"in the case of the Duke of Holdernesse, I have seldom known him claim",9
The Adventure of Black Peter,any large reward for his inestimable services. So unworldly was,10
The Adventure of Black Peter,he--or so capricious--that he frequently refused his help to the,11
The Adventure of Black Peter,powerful and wealthy where the problem made no appeal to his,12
The Adventure of Black Peter,"sympathies, while he would devote weeks of most intense application",13
The Adventure of Black Peter,to the affairs of some humble client whose case presented those,14
The Adventure of Black Peter,strange and dramatic qualities which appealed to his imagination and,15
The Adventure of Black Peter,challenged his ingenuity.,16
The Adventure of Black Peter,,17
The Adventure of Black Peter,In this memorable year '95 a curious and incongruous succession of,18
The Adventure of Black Peter,"cases had engaged his attention, ranging from his famous",19
The Adventure of Black Peter,investigation of the sudden death of Cardinal Tosca--an inquiry which,20
The Adventure of Black Peter,was carried out by him at the express desire of His Holiness the,21
The Adventure of Black Peter,"Pope--down to his arrest of Wilson, the notorious canary-trainer,",22
The Adventure of Black Peter,which removed a plague-spot from the East-End of London. Close on the,23
The Adventure of Black Peter,"heels of these two famous cases came the tragedy of Woodman's Lee,",24
The Adventure of Black Peter,and the very obscure circumstances which surrounded the death of,25
The Adventure of Black Peter,Captain Peter Carey. No record of the doings of Mr. Sherlock Holmes,26
The Adventure of Black Peter,would be complete which did not include some account of this very,27
The Adventure of Black Peter,unusual affair.,28
The Adventure of Black Peter,,29
The Adventure of Black Peter,During the first week of July my friend had been absent so often and,30
The Adventure of Black Peter,so long from our lodgings that I knew he had something on hand. The,31
The Adventure of Black Peter,fact that several rough-looking men called during that time and,32
The Adventure of Black Peter,inquired for Captain Basil made me understand that Holmes was working,33
The Adventure of Black Peter,somewhere under one of the numerous disguises and names with which he,34
The Adventure of Black Peter,concealed his own formidable identity. He had at least five small,35
The Adventure of Black Peter,refuges in different parts of London in which he was able to change,36
The Adventure of Black Peter,"his personality. He said nothing of his business to me, and it was",37
The Adventure of Black Peter,not my habit to force a confidence. The first positive sign which he,38
The Adventure of Black Peter,gave me of the direction which his investigation was taking was an,39
The Adventure of Black Peter,"extraordinary one. He had gone out before breakfast, and I had sat",40
The Adventure of Black Peter,"down to mine, when he strode into the room, his hat upon his head and",41
The Adventure of Black Peter,a huge barbed-headed spear tucked like an umbrella under his arm.,42
The Adventure of Black Peter,,43
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""Good gracious, Holmes!"" I cried. ""You don't mean to say that you",44
The Adventure of Black Peter,"have been walking about London with that thing?""",45
The Adventure of Black Peter,,46
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""I drove to the butcher's and back.""",47
The Adventure of Black Peter,,48
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""The butcher's?""",49
The Adventure of Black Peter,,50
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""And I return with an excellent appetite. There can be no question,",51
The Adventure of Black Peter,"my dear Watson, of the value of exercise before breakfast. But I am",52
The Adventure of Black Peter,prepared to bet that you will not guess the form that my exercise has,53
The Adventure of Black Peter,"taken.""",54
The Adventure of Black Peter,,55
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""I will not attempt it.""",56
The Adventure of Black Peter,,57
The Adventure of Black Peter,He chuckled as he poured out the coffee.,58
The Adventure of Black Peter,,59
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""If you could have looked into Allardyce's back shop you would have",60
The Adventure of Black Peter,"seen a dead pig swung from a hook in the ceiling, and a gentleman in",61
The Adventure of Black Peter,his shirt-sleeves furiously stabbing at it with this weapon. I was,62
The Adventure of Black Peter,"that energetic person, and I have satisfied myself that by no",63
The Adventure of Black Peter,exertion of my strength can I transfix the pig with a single blow.,64
The Adventure of Black Peter,"Perhaps you would care to try?""",65
The Adventure of Black Peter,,66
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""Not for worlds. But why were you doing this?""",67
The Adventure of Black Peter,,68
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""Because it seemed to me to have an indirect bearing upon the mystery",69
The Adventure of Black Peter,"of Woodman's Lee. Ah, Hopkins, I got your wire last night, and I have",70
The Adventure of Black Peter,"been expecting you. Come and join us.""",71
The Adventure of Black Peter,,72
The Adventure of Black Peter,"Our visitor was an exceedingly alert man, thirty years of age,",73
The Adventure of Black Peter,"dressed in a quiet tweed suit, but retaining the erect bearing of one",74
The Adventure of Black Peter,who was accustomed to official uniform. I recognised him at once as,75
The Adventure of Black Peter,"Stanley Hopkins, a young police inspector for whose future Holmes had",76
The Adventure of Black Peter,"high hopes, while he in turn professed the admiration and respect of",77
The Adventure of Black Peter,a pupil for the scientific methods of the famous amateur. Hopkins's,78
The Adventure of Black Peter,"brow was clouded, and he sat down with an air of deep dejection.",79
The Adventure of Black Peter,,80
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""No, thank you, sir. I breakfasted before I came round. I spent the",81
The Adventure of Black Peter,"night in town, for I came up yesterday to report.""",82
The Adventure of Black Peter,,83
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""And what had you to report?""",84
The Adventure of Black Peter,,85
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""Failure, sir; absolute failure.""",86
The Adventure of Black Peter,,87
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""You have made no progress?""",88
The Adventure of Black Peter,,89
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""None.""",90
The Adventure of Black Peter,,91
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""Dear me! I must have a look at the matter.""",92
The Adventure of Black Peter,,93
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""I wish to heavens that you would, Mr. Holmes. It's my first big",94
The Adventure of Black Peter,"chance, and I am at my wit's end. For goodness' sake come down and",95
The Adventure of Black Peter,"lend me a hand.""",96
The Adventure of Black Peter,,97
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""Well, well, it just happens that I have already read all the",98
The Adventure of Black Peter,"available evidence, including the report of the inquest, with some",99
The Adventure of Black Peter,"care. By the way, what do you make of that tobacco-pouch found on the",100
The Adventure of Black Peter,"scene of the crime? Is there no clue there?""",101
The Adventure of Black Peter,,102
The Adventure of Black Peter,Hopkins looked surprised.,103
The Adventure of Black Peter,,104
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""It was the man's own pouch, sir. His initials were inside it. And it",105
The Adventure of Black Peter,"was of seal-skin--and he an old sealer.""",106
The Adventure of Black Peter,,107
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""But he had no pipe.""",108
The Adventure of Black Peter,,109
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""No, sir, we could find no pipe; indeed, he smoked very little. And",110
The Adventure of Black Peter,"yet he might have kept some tobacco for his friends.""",111
The Adventure of Black Peter,,112
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""No doubt. I only mention it because if I had been handling the case",113
The Adventure of Black Peter,I should have been inclined to make that the starting-point of my,114
The Adventure of Black Peter,"investigation. However, my friend Dr. Watson knows nothing of this",115
The Adventure of Black Peter,"matter, and I should be none the worse for hearing the sequence of",116
The Adventure of Black Peter,"events once more. Just give us some short sketch of the essentials.""",117
The Adventure of Black Peter,,118
The Adventure of Black Peter,Stanley Hopkins drew a slip of paper from his pocket.,119
The Adventure of Black Peter,,120
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""I have a few dates here which will give you the career of the dead",121
The Adventure of Black Peter,"man, Captain Peter Carey. He was born in '45--fifty years of age. He",122
The Adventure of Black Peter,was a most daring and successful seal and whale fisher. In 1883 he,123
The Adventure of Black Peter,"commanded the steam sealer Sea Unicorn, of Dundee. He had then had",124
The Adventure of Black Peter,"several successful voyages in succession, and in the following year,",125
The Adventure of Black Peter,"1884, he retired. After that he travelled for some years, and finally",126
The Adventure of Black Peter,"he bought a small place called Woodman's Lee, near Forest Row, in",127
The Adventure of Black Peter,"Sussex. There he has lived for six years, and there he died just a",128
The Adventure of Black Peter,week ago to-day.,129
The Adventure of Black Peter,,130
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""There were some most singular points about the man. In ordinary life",131
The Adventure of Black Peter,"he was a strict Puritan--a silent, gloomy fellow. His household",132
The Adventure of Black Peter,"consisted of his wife, his daughter, aged twenty, and two female",133
The Adventure of Black Peter,"servants. These last were continually changing, for it was never a",134
The Adventure of Black Peter,"very cheery situation, and sometimes it became past all bearing. The",135
The Adventure of Black Peter,"man was an intermittent drunkard, and when he had the fit on him he",136
The Adventure of Black Peter,was a perfect fiend. He has been known to drive his wife and his,137
The Adventure of Black Peter,"daughter out of doors in the middle of the night, and flog them",138
The Adventure of Black Peter,through the park until the whole village outside the gates was,139
The Adventure of Black Peter,aroused by their screams.,140
The Adventure of Black Peter,,141
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""He was summoned once for a savage assault upon the old vicar, who",142
The Adventure of Black Peter,had called upon him to remonstrate with him upon his conduct. In,143
The Adventure of Black Peter,"short, Mr. Holmes, you would go far before you found a more dangerous",144
The Adventure of Black Peter,"man than Peter Carey, and I have heard that he bore the same",145
The Adventure of Black Peter,character when he commanded his ship. He was known in the trade as,146
The Adventure of Black Peter,"Black Peter, and the name was given him, not only on account of his",147
The Adventure of Black Peter,"swarthy features and the colour of his huge beard, but for the",148
The Adventure of Black Peter,humours which were the terror of all around him. I need not say that,149
The Adventure of Black Peter,"he was loathed and avoided by every one of his neighbours, and that I",150
The Adventure of Black Peter,have not heard one single word of sorrow about his terrible end.,151
The Adventure of Black Peter,,152
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""You must have read in the account of the inquest about the man's",153
The Adventure of Black Peter,"cabin, Mr. Holmes; but perhaps your friend here has not heard of it.",154
The Adventure of Black Peter,He had built himself a wooden outhouse--he always called it 'the,155
The Adventure of Black Peter,"cabin'--a few hundred yards from his house, and it was here that he",156
The Adventure of Black Peter,"slept every night. It was a little, single-roomed hut, sixteen feet",157
The Adventure of Black Peter,"by ten. He kept the key in his pocket, made his own bed, cleaned it",158
The Adventure of Black Peter,"himself, and allowed no other foot to cross the threshold. There are",159
The Adventure of Black Peter,"small windows on each side, which were covered by curtains and never",160
The Adventure of Black Peter,"opened. One of these windows was turned towards the high road, and",161
The Adventure of Black Peter,when the light burned in it at night the folk used to point it out to,162
The Adventure of Black Peter,each other and wonder what Black Peter was doing in there. That's the,163
The Adventure of Black Peter,"window, Mr. Holmes, which gave us one of the few bits of positive",164
The Adventure of Black Peter,evidence that came out at the inquest.,165
The Adventure of Black Peter,,166
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""You remember that a stonemason, named Slater, walking from Forest",167
The Adventure of Black Peter,Row about one o'clock in the morning--two days before the,168
The Adventure of Black Peter,murder--stopped as he passed the grounds and looked at the square of,169
The Adventure of Black Peter,light still shining among the trees. He swears that the shadow of a,170
The Adventure of Black Peter,"man's head turned sideways was clearly visible on the blind, and that",171
The Adventure of Black Peter,"this shadow was certainly not that of Peter Carey, whom he knew well.",172
The Adventure of Black Peter,"It was that of a bearded man, but the beard was short and bristled",173
The Adventure of Black Peter,forwards in a way very different from that of the captain. So he,174
The Adventure of Black Peter,"says, but he had been two hours in the public-house, and it is some",175
The Adventure of Black Peter,"distance from the road to the window. Besides, this refers to the",176
The Adventure of Black Peter,"Monday, and the crime was done upon the Wednesday.",177
The Adventure of Black Peter,,178
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""On the Tuesday Peter Carey was in one of his blackest moods, flushed",179
The Adventure of Black Peter,with drink and as savage as a dangerous wild beast. He roamed about,180
The Adventure of Black Peter,"the house, and the women ran for it when they heard him coming. Late",181
The Adventure of Black Peter,in the evening he went down to his own hut. About two o'clock the,182
The Adventure of Black Peter,"following morning his daughter, who slept with her window open, heard",183
The Adventure of Black Peter,"a most fearful yell from that direction, but it was no unusual thing",184
The Adventure of Black Peter,"for him to bawl and shout when he was in drink, so no notice was",185
The Adventure of Black Peter,taken. On rising at seven one of the maids noticed that the door of,186
The Adventure of Black Peter,"the hut was open, but so great was the terror which the man caused",187
The Adventure of Black Peter,that it was midday before anyone would venture down to see what had,188
The Adventure of Black Peter,become of him. Peeping into the open door they saw a sight which sent,189
The Adventure of Black Peter,them flying with white faces into the village. Within an hour I was,190
The Adventure of Black Peter,on the spot and had taken over the case.,191
The Adventure of Black Peter,,192
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""Well, I have fairly steady nerves, as you know, Mr. Holmes, but I",193
The Adventure of Black Peter,give you my word that I got a shake when I put my head into that,194
The Adventure of Black Peter,little house. It was droning like a harmonium with the flies and,195
The Adventure of Black Peter,"bluebottles, and the floor and walls were like a slaughter-house. He",196
The Adventure of Black Peter,"had called it a cabin, and a cabin it was sure enough, for you would",197
The Adventure of Black Peter,"have thought that you were in a ship. There was a bunk at one end, a",198
The Adventure of Black Peter,"sea-chest, maps and charts, a picture of the Sea Unicorn, a line of",199
The Adventure of Black Peter,"log-books on a shelf, all exactly as one would expect to find it in a",200
The Adventure of Black Peter,"captain's room. And there in the middle of it was the man himself,",201
The Adventure of Black Peter,"his face twisted like a lost soul in torment, and his great brindled",202
The Adventure of Black Peter,beard stuck upwards in his agony. Right through his broad breast a,203
The Adventure of Black Peter,"steel harpoon had been driven, and it had sunk deep into the wood of",204
The Adventure of Black Peter,the wall behind him. He was pinned like a beetle on a card. Of,205
The Adventure of Black Peter,"course, he was quite dead, and had been so from the instant that he",206
The Adventure of Black Peter,had uttered that last yell of agony.,207
The Adventure of Black Peter,,208
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""I know your methods, sir, and I applied them. Before I permitted",209
The Adventure of Black Peter,"anything to be moved I examined most carefully the ground outside,",210
The Adventure of Black Peter,"and also the floor of the room. There were no footmarks.""",211
The Adventure of Black Peter,,212
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""Meaning that you saw none?""",213
The Adventure of Black Peter,,214
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""I assure you, sir, that there were none.""",215
The Adventure of Black Peter,,216
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""My good Hopkins, I have investigated many crimes, but I have never",217
The Adventure of Black Peter,yet seen one which was committed by a flying creature. As long as the,218
The Adventure of Black Peter,criminal remains upon two legs so long must there be some,219
The Adventure of Black Peter,"indentation, some abrasion, some trifling displacement which can be",220
The Adventure of Black Peter,detected by the scientific searcher. It is incredible that this,221
The Adventure of Black Peter,blood-bespattered room contained no trace which could have aided us.,222
The Adventure of Black Peter,"I understand, however, from the inquest that there were some objects",223
The Adventure of Black Peter,"which you failed to overlook?""",224
The Adventure of Black Peter,,225
The Adventure of Black Peter,The young inspector winced at my companion's ironical comments.,226
The Adventure of Black Peter,,227
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""I was a fool not to call you in at the time, Mr. Holmes. However,",228
The Adventure of Black Peter,"that's past praying for now. Yes, there were several objects in the",229
The Adventure of Black Peter,room which called for special attention. One was the harpoon with,230
The Adventure of Black Peter,which the deed was committed. It had been snatched down from a rack,231
The Adventure of Black Peter,"on the wall. Two others remained there, and there was a vacant place",232
The Adventure of Black Peter,"for the third. On the stock was engraved 'S.S.. Sea Unicorn, Dundee.'",233
The Adventure of Black Peter,This seemed to establish that the crime had been done in a moment of,234
The Adventure of Black Peter,"fury, and that the murderer had seized the first weapon which came in",235
The Adventure of Black Peter,"his way. The fact that the crime was committed at two in the morning,",236
The Adventure of Black Peter,"and yet Peter Carey was fully dressed, suggested that he had an",237
The Adventure of Black Peter,"appointment with the murderer, which is borne out by the fact that a",238
The Adventure of Black Peter,"bottle of rum and two dirty glasses stood upon the table.""",239
The Adventure of Black Peter,,240
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""Yes,"" said Holmes; ""I think that both inferences are permissible.",241
The Adventure of Black Peter,"Was there any other spirit but rum in the room?""",242
The Adventure of Black Peter,,243
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""Yes; there was a tantalus containing brandy and whisky on the",244
The Adventure of Black Peter,"sea-chest. It is of no importance to us, however, since the decanters",245
The Adventure of Black Peter,"were full, and it had therefore not been used.""",246
The Adventure of Black Peter,,247
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""For all that its presence has some significance,"" said Holmes.",248
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""However, let us hear some more about the objects which do seem to",249
The Adventure of Black Peter,"you to bear upon the case.""",250
The Adventure of Black Peter,,251
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""There was this tobacco-pouch upon the table.""",252
The Adventure of Black Peter,,253
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""What part of the table?""",254
The Adventure of Black Peter,,255
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""It lay in the middle. It was of coarse seal-skin--the",256
The Adventure of Black Peter,"straight-haired skin, with a leather thong to bind it. Inside was",257
The Adventure of Black Peter,'P.C.' on the flap. There was half an ounce of strong ship's tobacco,258
The Adventure of Black Peter,"in it.""",259
The Adventure of Black Peter,,260
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""Excellent! What more?""",261
The Adventure of Black Peter,,262
The Adventure of Black Peter,Stanley Hopkins drew from his pocket a drab-covered note-book. The,263
The Adventure of Black Peter,"outside was rough and worn, the leaves discoloured. On the first page",264
The Adventure of Black Peter,"were written the initials ""J.H.N."" and the date ""1883."" Holmes laid",265
The Adventure of Black Peter,"it on the table and examined it in his minute way, while Hopkins and",266
The Adventure of Black Peter,I gazed over each shoulder. On the second page were the printed,267
The Adventure of Black Peter,"letters ""C.P.R.,"" and then came several sheets of numbers. Another",268
The Adventure of Black Peter,"heading was Argentine, another Costa Rica, and another San Paulo,",269
The Adventure of Black Peter,each with pages of signs and figures after it.,270
The Adventure of Black Peter,,271
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""What do you make of these?"" asked Holmes.",272
The Adventure of Black Peter,,273
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""They appear to be lists of Stock Exchange securities. I thought that",274
The Adventure of Black Peter,"'J.H.N.' were the initials of a broker, and that 'C.P.R.' may have",275
The Adventure of Black Peter,"been his client.""",276
The Adventure of Black Peter,,277
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""Try Canadian Pacific Railway,"" said Holmes.",278
The Adventure of Black Peter,,279
The Adventure of Black Peter,Stanley Hopkins swore between his teeth and struck his thigh with his,280
The Adventure of Black Peter,clenched hand.,281
The Adventure of Black Peter,,282
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""What a fool I have been!"" he cried. ""Of course, it is as you say.",283
The Adventure of Black Peter,Then 'J.H.N.' are the only initials we have to solve. I have already,284
The Adventure of Black Peter,"examined the old Stock Exchange lists, and I can find no one in 1883",285
The Adventure of Black Peter,either in the House or among the outside brokers whose initials,286
The Adventure of Black Peter,correspond with these. Yet I feel that the clue is the most important,287
The Adventure of Black Peter,"one that I hold. You will admit, Mr. Holmes, that there is a",288
The Adventure of Black Peter,possibility that these initials are those of the second person who,289
The Adventure of Black Peter,"was present--in other words, of the murderer. I would also urge that",290
The Adventure of Black Peter,the introduction into the case of a document relating to large masses,291
The Adventure of Black Peter,of valuable securities gives us for the first time some indication of,292
The Adventure of Black Peter,"a motive for the crime.""",293
The Adventure of Black Peter,,294
The Adventure of Black Peter,Sherlock Holmes's face showed that he was thoroughly taken aback by,295
The Adventure of Black Peter,this new development.,296
The Adventure of Black Peter,,297
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""I must admit both your points,"" said he. ""I confess that this",298
The Adventure of Black Peter,"note-book, which did not appear at the inquest, modifies any views",299
The Adventure of Black Peter,which I may have formed. I had come to a theory of the crime in which,300
The Adventure of Black Peter,I can find no place for this. Have you endeavoured to trace any of,301
The Adventure of Black Peter,"the securities here mentioned?""",302
The Adventure of Black Peter,,303
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""Inquiries are now being made at the offices, but I fear that the",304
The Adventure of Black Peter,complete register of the stockholders of these South American,305
The Adventure of Black Peter,"concerns is in South America, and that some weeks must elapse before",306
The Adventure of Black Peter,"we can trace the shares.""",307
The Adventure of Black Peter,,308
The Adventure of Black Peter,Holmes had been examining the cover of the note-book with his,309
The Adventure of Black Peter,magnifying lens.,310
The Adventure of Black Peter,,311
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""Surely there is some discolouration here,"" said he.",312
The Adventure of Black Peter,,313
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""Yes, sir, it is a blood-stain. I told you that I picked the book off",314
The Adventure of Black Peter,"the floor.""",315
The Adventure of Black Peter,,316
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""Was the blood-stain above or below?""",317
The Adventure of Black Peter,,318
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""On the side next the boards.""",319
The Adventure of Black Peter,,320
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""Which proves, of course, that the book was dropped after the crime",321
The Adventure of Black Peter,"was committed.""",322
The Adventure of Black Peter,,323
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""Exactly, Mr. Holmes. I appreciated that point, and I conjectured",324
The Adventure of Black Peter,that it was dropped by the murderer in his hurried flight. It lay,325
The Adventure of Black Peter,"near the door.""",326
The Adventure of Black Peter,,327
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""I suppose that none of these securities have been found among the",328
The Adventure of Black Peter,"property of the dead man?""",329
The Adventure of Black Peter,,330
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""No, sir.""",331
The Adventure of Black Peter,,332
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""Have you any reason to suspect robbery?""",333
The Adventure of Black Peter,,334
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""No, sir. Nothing seemed to have been touched.""",335
The Adventure of Black Peter,,336
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""Dear me, it is certainly a very interesting case. Then there was a",337
The Adventure of Black Peter,"knife, was there not?""",338
The Adventure of Black Peter,,339
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""A sheath-knife, still in its sheath. It lay at the feet of the dead",340
The Adventure of Black Peter,"man. Mrs. Carey has identified it as being her husband's property.""",341
The Adventure of Black Peter,,342
The Adventure of Black Peter,Holmes was lost in thought for some time.,343
The Adventure of Black Peter,,344
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""Well,"" said he, at last, ""I suppose I shall have to come out and",345
The Adventure of Black Peter,"have a look at it.""",346
The Adventure of Black Peter,,347
The Adventure of Black Peter,Stanley Hopkins gave a cry of joy.,348
The Adventure of Black Peter,,349
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""Thank you, sir. That will indeed be a weight off my mind.""",350
The Adventure of Black Peter,,351
The Adventure of Black Peter,Holmes shook his finger at the inspector.,352
The Adventure of Black Peter,,353
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""It would have been an easier task a week ago,"" said he. ""But even",354
The Adventure of Black Peter,"now my visit may not be entirely fruitless. Watson, if you can spare",355
The Adventure of Black Peter,the time I should be very glad of your company. If you will call a,356
The Adventure of Black Peter,"four-wheeler, Hopkins, we shall be ready to start for Forest Row in a",357
The Adventure of Black Peter,"quarter of an hour.""",358
The Adventure of Black Peter,,359
The Adventure of Black Peter,"Alighting at the small wayside station, we drove for some miles",360
The Adventure of Black Peter,"through the remains of widespread woods, which were once part of that",361
The Adventure of Black Peter,great forest which for so long held the Saxon invaders at bay--the,362
The Adventure of Black Peter,"impenetrable ""weald,"" for sixty years the bulwark of Britain. Vast",363
The Adventure of Black Peter,"sections of it have been cleared, for this is the seat of the first",364
The Adventure of Black Peter,"iron-works of the country, and the trees have been felled to smelt",365
The Adventure of Black Peter,"the ore. Now the richer fields of the North have absorbed the trade,",366
The Adventure of Black Peter,and nothing save these ravaged groves and great scars in the earth,367
The Adventure of Black Peter,show the work of the past. Here in a clearing upon the green slope of,368
The Adventure of Black Peter,"a hill stood a long, low stone house, approached by a curving drive",369
The Adventure of Black Peter,"running through the fields. Nearer the road, and surrounded on three",370
The Adventure of Black Peter,"sides by bushes, was a small outhouse, one window and the door facing",371
The Adventure of Black Peter,in our direction. It was the scene of the murder.,372
The Adventure of Black Peter,,373
The Adventure of Black Peter,"Stanley Hopkins led us first to the house, where he introduced us to",374
The Adventure of Black Peter,"a haggard, grey-haired woman, the widow of the murdered man, whose",375
The Adventure of Black Peter,"gaunt and deep-lined face, with the furtive look of terror in the",376
The Adventure of Black Peter,"depths of her red-rimmed eyes, told of the years of hardship and",377
The Adventure of Black Peter,"ill-usage which she had endured. With her was her daughter, a pale,",378
The Adventure of Black Peter,"fair-haired girl, whose eyes blazed defiantly at us as she told us",379
The Adventure of Black Peter,"that she was glad that her father was dead, and that she blessed the",380
The Adventure of Black Peter,hand which had struck him down. It was a terrible household that,381
The Adventure of Black Peter,"Black Peter Carey had made for himself, and it was with a sense of",382
The Adventure of Black Peter,relief that we found ourselves in the sunlight again and making our,383
The Adventure of Black Peter,way along a path which had been worn across the fields by the feet of,384
The Adventure of Black Peter,the dead man.,385
The Adventure of Black Peter,,386
The Adventure of Black Peter,"The outhouse was the simplest of dwellings, wooden-walled,",387
The Adventure of Black Peter,"shingle-roofed, one window beside the door and one on the farther",388
The Adventure of Black Peter,"side. Stanley Hopkins drew the key from his pocket, and had stooped",389
The Adventure of Black Peter,"to the lock, when he paused with a look of attention and surprise",390
The Adventure of Black Peter,upon his face.,391
The Adventure of Black Peter,,392
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""Someone has been tampering with it,"" he said.",393
The Adventure of Black Peter,,394
The Adventure of Black Peter,There could be no doubt of the fact. The woodwork was cut and the,395
The Adventure of Black Peter,"scratches showed white through the paint, as if they had been that",396
The Adventure of Black Peter,instant done. Holmes had been examining the window.,397
The Adventure of Black Peter,,398
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""Someone has tried to force this also. Whoever it was has failed to",399
The Adventure of Black Peter,"make his way in. He must have been a very poor burglar.""",400
The Adventure of Black Peter,,401
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""This is a most extraordinary thing,"" said the inspector; ""I could",402
The Adventure of Black Peter,"swear that these marks were not here yesterday evening.""",403
The Adventure of Black Peter,,404
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""Some curious person from the village, perhaps,"" I suggested.",405
The Adventure of Black Peter,,406
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""Very unlikely. Few of them would dare to set foot in the grounds,",407
The Adventure of Black Peter,far less try to force their way into the cabin. What do you think of,408
The Adventure of Black Peter,"it, Mr. Holmes?""",409
The Adventure of Black Peter,,410
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""I think that fortune is very kind to us.""",411
The Adventure of Black Peter,,412
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""You mean that the person will come again?""",413
The Adventure of Black Peter,,414
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""It is very probable. He came expecting to find the door open. He",415
The Adventure of Black Peter,tried to get in with the blade of a very small penknife. He could not,416
The Adventure of Black Peter,"manage it. What would he do?""",417
The Adventure of Black Peter,,418
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""Come again next night with a more useful tool.""",419
The Adventure of Black Peter,,420
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""So I should say. It will be our fault if we are not there to receive",421
The Adventure of Black Peter,"him. Meanwhile, let me see the inside of the cabin.""",422
The Adventure of Black Peter,,423
The Adventure of Black Peter,"The traces of the tragedy had been removed, but the furniture within",424
The Adventure of Black Peter,the little room still stood as it had been on the night of the crime.,425
The Adventure of Black Peter,"For two hours, with most intense concentration, Holmes examined every",426
The Adventure of Black Peter,"object in turn, but his face showed that his quest was not a",427
The Adventure of Black Peter,successful one. Once only he paused in his patient investigation.,428
The Adventure of Black Peter,,429
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""Have you taken anything off this shelf, Hopkins?""",430
The Adventure of Black Peter,,431
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""No; I have moved nothing.""",432
The Adventure of Black Peter,,433
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""Something has been taken. There is less dust in this corner of the",434
The Adventure of Black Peter,shelf than elsewhere. It may have been a book lying on its side. It,435
The Adventure of Black Peter,"may have been a box. Well, well, I can do nothing more. Let us walk",436
The Adventure of Black Peter,"in these beautiful woods, Watson, and give a few hours to the birds",437
The Adventure of Black Peter,"and the flowers. We shall meet you here later, Hopkins, and see if we",438
The Adventure of Black Peter,can come to closer quarters with the gentleman who has paid this,439
The Adventure of Black Peter,"visit in the night.""",440
The Adventure of Black Peter,,441
The Adventure of Black Peter,It was past eleven o'clock when we formed our little ambuscade.,442
The Adventure of Black Peter,"Hopkins was for leaving the door of the hut open, but Holmes was of",443
The Adventure of Black Peter,the opinion that this would rouse the suspicions of the stranger. The,444
The Adventure of Black Peter,"lock was a perfectly simple one, and only a strong blade was needed",445
The Adventure of Black Peter,"to push it back. Holmes also suggested that we should wait, not",446
The Adventure of Black Peter,"inside the hut, but outside it among the bushes which grew round the",447
The Adventure of Black Peter,farther window. In this way we should be able to watch our man if he,448
The Adventure of Black Peter,"struck a light, and see what his object was in this stealthy",449
The Adventure of Black Peter,nocturnal visit.,450
The Adventure of Black Peter,,451
The Adventure of Black Peter,"It was a long and melancholy vigil, and yet brought with it something",452
The Adventure of Black Peter,of the thrill which the hunter feels when he lies beside the water,453
The Adventure of Black Peter,pool and waits for the coming of the thirsty beast of prey. What,454
The Adventure of Black Peter,savage creature was it which might steal upon us out of the darkness?,455
The Adventure of Black Peter,"Was it a fierce tiger of crime, which could only be taken fighting",456
The Adventure of Black Peter,"hard with flashing fang and claw, or would it prove to be some",457
The Adventure of Black Peter,"skulking jackal, dangerous only to the weak and unguarded?",458
The Adventure of Black Peter,,459
The Adventure of Black Peter,"In absolute silence we crouched amongst the bushes, waiting for",460
The Adventure of Black Peter,"whatever might come. At first the steps of a few belated villagers,",461
The Adventure of Black Peter,"or the sound of voices from the village, lightened our vigil; but one",462
The Adventure of Black Peter,by one these interruptions died away and an absolute stillness fell,463
The Adventure of Black Peter,"upon us, save for the chimes of the distant church, which told us of",464
The Adventure of Black Peter,"the progress of the night, and for the rustle and whisper of a fine",465
The Adventure of Black Peter,rain falling amid the foliage which roofed us in.,466
The Adventure of Black Peter,,467
The Adventure of Black Peter,"Half-past two had chimed, and it was the darkest hour which precedes",468
The Adventure of Black Peter,"the dawn, when we all started as a low but sharp click came from the",469
The Adventure of Black Peter,direction of the gate. Someone had entered the drive. Again there was,470
The Adventure of Black Peter,"a long silence, and I had begun to fear that it was a false alarm,",471
The Adventure of Black Peter,"when a stealthy step was heard upon the other side of the hut, and a",472
The Adventure of Black Peter,moment later a metallic scraping and clinking. The man was trying to,473
The Adventure of Black Peter,force the lock! This time his skill was greater or his tool was,474
The Adventure of Black Peter,"better, for there was a sudden snap and the creak of the hinges. Then",475
The Adventure of Black Peter,"a match was struck, and next instant the steady light from a candle",476
The Adventure of Black Peter,filled the interior of the hut. Through the gauze curtain our eyes,477
The Adventure of Black Peter,were all riveted upon the scene within.,478
The Adventure of Black Peter,,479
The Adventure of Black Peter,"The nocturnal visitor was a young man, frail and thin, with a black",480
The Adventure of Black Peter,moustache which intensified the deadly pallor of his face. He could,481
The Adventure of Black Peter,not have been much above twenty years of age. I have never seen any,482
The Adventure of Black Peter,"human being who appeared to be in such a pitiable fright, for his",483
The Adventure of Black Peter,teeth were visibly chattering and he was shaking in every limb. He,484
The Adventure of Black Peter,"was dressed like a gentleman, in Norfolk jacket and knickerbockers,",485
The Adventure of Black Peter,with a cloth cap upon his head. We watched him staring round with,486
The Adventure of Black Peter,frightened eyes. Then he laid the candle-end upon the table and,487
The Adventure of Black Peter,disappeared from our view into one of the corners. He returned with a,488
The Adventure of Black Peter,"large book, one of the log-books which formed a line upon the",489
The Adventure of Black Peter,shelves. Leaning on the table he rapidly turned over the leaves of,490
The Adventure of Black Peter,"this volume until he came to the entry which he sought. Then, with an",491
The Adventure of Black Peter,"angry gesture of his clenched hand, he closed the book, replaced it",492
The Adventure of Black Peter,"in the corner, and put out the light. He had hardly turned to leave",493
The Adventure of Black Peter,"the hut when Hopkins's hand was on the fellow's collar, and I heard",494
The Adventure of Black Peter,his loud gasp of terror as he understood that he was taken. The,495
The Adventure of Black Peter,"candle was re-lit, and there was our wretched captive shivering and",496
The Adventure of Black Peter,cowering in the grasp of the detective. He sank down upon the,497
The Adventure of Black Peter,"sea-chest, and looked helplessly from one of us to the other.",498
The Adventure of Black Peter,,499
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""Now, my fine fellow,"" said Stanley Hopkins, ""who are you, and what",500
The Adventure of Black Peter,"do you want here?""",501
The Adventure of Black Peter,,502
The Adventure of Black Peter,The man pulled himself together and faced us with an effort at,503
The Adventure of Black Peter,self-composure.,504
The Adventure of Black Peter,,505
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""You are detectives, I suppose?"" said he. ""You imagine I am connected",506
The Adventure of Black Peter,with the death of Captain Peter Carey. I assure you that I am,507
The Adventure of Black Peter,"innocent.""",508
The Adventure of Black Peter,,509
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""We'll see about that,"" said Hopkins. ""First of all, what is your",510
The Adventure of Black Peter,"name?""",511
The Adventure of Black Peter,,512
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""It is John Hopley Neligan.""",513
The Adventure of Black Peter,,514
The Adventure of Black Peter,I saw Holmes and Hopkins exchange a quick glance.,515
The Adventure of Black Peter,,516
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""What are you doing here?""",517
The Adventure of Black Peter,,518
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""Can I speak confidentially?""",519
The Adventure of Black Peter,,520
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""No, certainly not.""",521
The Adventure of Black Peter,,522
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""Why should I tell you?""",523
The Adventure of Black Peter,,524
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""If you have no answer it may go badly with you at the trial.""",525
The Adventure of Black Peter,,526
The Adventure of Black Peter,The young man winced.,527
The Adventure of Black Peter,,528
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""Well, I will tell you,"" he said. ""Why should I not? And yet I hate",529
The Adventure of Black Peter,to think of this old scandal gaining a new lease of life. Did you,530
The Adventure of Black Peter,"ever hear of Dawson and Neligan?""",531
The Adventure of Black Peter,,532
The Adventure of Black Peter,I could see from Hopkins's face that he never had; but Holmes was,533
The Adventure of Black Peter,keenly interested.,534
The Adventure of Black Peter,,535
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""You mean the West-country bankers,"" said he. ""They failed for a",536
The Adventure of Black Peter,"million, ruined half the county families of Cornwall, and Neligan",537
The Adventure of Black Peter,"disappeared.""",538
The Adventure of Black Peter,,539
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""Exactly. Neligan was my father.""",540
The Adventure of Black Peter,,541
The Adventure of Black Peter,"At last we were getting something positive, and yet it seemed a long",542
The Adventure of Black Peter,gap between an absconding banker and Captain Peter Carey pinned,543
The Adventure of Black Peter,against the wall with one of his own harpoons. We all listened,544
The Adventure of Black Peter,intently to the young man's words.,545
The Adventure of Black Peter,,546
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""It was my father who was really concerned. Dawson had retired. I was",547
The Adventure of Black Peter,"only ten years of age at the time, but I was old enough to feel the",548
The Adventure of Black Peter,shame and horror of it all. It has always been said that my father,549
The Adventure of Black Peter,stole all the securities and fled. It is not true. It was his belief,550
The Adventure of Black Peter,that if he were given time in which to realize them all would be well,551
The Adventure of Black Peter,and every creditor paid in full. He started in his little yacht for,552
The Adventure of Black Peter,Norway just before the warrant was issued for his arrest. I can,553
The Adventure of Black Peter,remember that last night when he bade farewell to my mother. He left,554
The Adventure of Black Peter,"us a list of the securities he was taking, and he swore that he would",555
The Adventure of Black Peter,"come back with his honour cleared, and that none who had trusted him",556
The Adventure of Black Peter,"would suffer. Well, no word was ever heard from him again. Both the",557
The Adventure of Black Peter,"yacht and he vanished utterly. We believed, my mother and I, that he",558
The Adventure of Black Peter,"and it, with the securities that he had taken with him, were at the",559
The Adventure of Black Peter,"bottom of the sea. We had a faithful friend, however, who is a",560
The Adventure of Black Peter,"business man, and it was he who discovered some time ago that some of",561
The Adventure of Black Peter,the securities which my father had with him have reappeared on the,562
The Adventure of Black Peter,London market. You can imagine our amazement. I spent months in,563
The Adventure of Black Peter,"trying to trace them, and at last, after many doublings and",564
The Adventure of Black Peter,"difficulties, I discovered that the original seller had been Captain",565
The Adventure of Black Peter,"Peter Carey, the owner of this hut.",566
The Adventure of Black Peter,,567
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""Naturally, I made some inquiries about the man. I found that he had",568
The Adventure of Black Peter,been in command of a whaler which was due to return from the Arctic,569
The Adventure of Black Peter,seas at the very time when my father was crossing to Norway. The,570
The Adventure of Black Peter,"autumn of that year was a stormy one, and there was a long succession",571
The Adventure of Black Peter,of southerly gales. My father's yacht may well have been blown to the,572
The Adventure of Black Peter,"north, and there met by Captain Peter Carey's ship. If that were so,",573
The Adventure of Black Peter,"what had become of my father? In any case, if I could prove from",574
The Adventure of Black Peter,Peter Carey's evidence how these securities came on the market it,575
The Adventure of Black Peter,"would be a proof that my father had not sold them, and that he had no",576
The Adventure of Black Peter,view to personal profit when he took them.,577
The Adventure of Black Peter,,578
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""I came down to Sussex with the intention of seeing the captain, but",579
The Adventure of Black Peter,it was at this moment that his terrible death occurred. I read at the,580
The Adventure of Black Peter,"inquest a description of his cabin, in which it stated that the old",581
The Adventure of Black Peter,log-books of his vessel were preserved in it. It struck me that if I,582
The Adventure of Black Peter,"could see what occurred in the month of August, 1883, on board the",583
The Adventure of Black Peter,"Sea Unicorn, I might settle the mystery of my father's fate. I tried",584
The Adventure of Black Peter,"last night to get at these log-books, but was unable to open the",585
The Adventure of Black Peter,"door. To-night I tried again, and succeeded; but I find that the",586
The Adventure of Black Peter,pages which deal with that month have been torn from the book. It was,587
The Adventure of Black Peter,"at that moment I found myself a prisoner in your hands.""",588
The Adventure of Black Peter,,589
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""Is that all?"" asked Hopkins.",590
The Adventure of Black Peter,,591
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""Yes, that is all."" His eyes shifted as he said it.",592
The Adventure of Black Peter,,593
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""You have nothing else to tell us?""",594
The Adventure of Black Peter,,595
The Adventure of Black Peter,He hesitated.,596
The Adventure of Black Peter,,597
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""No; there is nothing.""",598
The Adventure of Black Peter,,599
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""You have not been here before last night?""",600
The Adventure of Black Peter,,601
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""No.""",602
The Adventure of Black Peter,,603
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""Then how do you account for that?"" cried Hopkins, as he held up the",604
The Adventure of Black Peter,"damning note-book, with the initials of our prisoner on the first",605
The Adventure of Black Peter,leaf and the blood-stain on the cover.,606
The Adventure of Black Peter,,607
The Adventure of Black Peter,The wretched man collapsed. He sank his face in his hands and,608
The Adventure of Black Peter,trembled all over.,609
The Adventure of Black Peter,,610
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""Where did you get it?"" he groaned. ""I did not know. I thought I had",611
The Adventure of Black Peter,"lost it at the hotel.""",612
The Adventure of Black Peter,,613
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""That is enough,"" said Hopkins, sternly. ""Whatever else you have to",614
The Adventure of Black Peter,say you must say in court. You will walk down with me now to the,615
The Adventure of Black Peter,"police-station. Well, Mr. Holmes, I am very much obliged to you and",616
The Adventure of Black Peter,to your friend for coming down to help me. As it turns out your,617
The Adventure of Black Peter,"presence was unnecessary, and I would have brought the case to this",618
The Adventure of Black Peter,successful issue without you; but none the less I am very grateful.,619
The Adventure of Black Peter,"Rooms have been reserved for you at the Brambletye Hotel, so we can",620
The Adventure of Black Peter,"all walk down to the village together.""",621
The Adventure of Black Peter,,622
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""Well, Watson, what do you think of it?"" asked Holmes, as we",623
The Adventure of Black Peter,travelled back next morning.,624
The Adventure of Black Peter,,625
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""I can see that you are not satisfied.""",626
The Adventure of Black Peter,,627
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""Oh, yes, my dear Watson, I am perfectly satisfied. At the same time",628
The Adventure of Black Peter,Stanley Hopkins's methods do not commend themselves to me. I am,629
The Adventure of Black Peter,disappointed in Stanley Hopkins. I had hoped for better things from,630
The Adventure of Black Peter,him. One should always look for a possible alternative and provide,631
The Adventure of Black Peter,"against it. It is the first rule of criminal investigation.""",632
The Adventure of Black Peter,,633
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""What, then, is the alternative?""",634
The Adventure of Black Peter,,635
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""The line of investigation which I have myself been pursuing. It may",636
The Adventure of Black Peter,give us nothing. I cannot tell. But at least I shall follow it to the,637
The Adventure of Black Peter,"end.""",638
The Adventure of Black Peter,,639
The Adventure of Black Peter,Several letters were waiting for Holmes at Baker Street. He snatched,640
The Adventure of Black Peter,"one of them up, opened it, and burst out into a triumphant chuckle of",641
The Adventure of Black Peter,laughter.,642
The Adventure of Black Peter,,643
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""Excellent, Watson. The alternative develops. Have you telegraph",644
The Adventure of Black Peter,"forms? Just write a couple of messages for me: 'Sumner, Shipping",645
The Adventure of Black Peter,"Agent, Ratcliff Highway. Send three men on, to arrive ten to-morrow",646
The Adventure of Black Peter,morning.--Basil.' That's my name in those parts. The other is:,647
The Adventure of Black Peter,"'Inspector Stanley Hopkins, 46, Lord Street, Brixton. Come breakfast",648
The Adventure of Black Peter,to-morrow at nine-thirty. Important. Wire if unable to,649
The Adventure of Black Peter,"come.--Sherlock Holmes.' There, Watson, this infernal case has",650
The Adventure of Black Peter,haunted me for ten days. I hereby banish it completely from my,651
The Adventure of Black Peter,presence. To-morrow I trust that we shall hear the last of it for,652
The Adventure of Black Peter,"ever.""",653
The Adventure of Black Peter,,654
The Adventure of Black Peter,"Sharp at the hour named Inspector Stanley Hopkins appeared, and we",655
The Adventure of Black Peter,sat down together to the excellent breakfast which Mrs. Hudson had,656
The Adventure of Black Peter,prepared. The young detective was in high spirits at his success.,657
The Adventure of Black Peter,,658
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""You really think that your solution must be correct?"" asked Holmes.",659
The Adventure of Black Peter,,660
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""I could not imagine a more complete case.""",661
The Adventure of Black Peter,,662
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""It did not seem to me conclusive.""",663
The Adventure of Black Peter,,664
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""You astonish me, Mr. Holmes. What more could one ask for?""",665
The Adventure of Black Peter,,666
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""Does your explanation cover every point?""",667
The Adventure of Black Peter,,668
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""Undoubtedly. I find that young Neligan arrived at the Brambletye",669
The Adventure of Black Peter,Hotel on the very day of the crime. He came on the pretence of,670
The Adventure of Black Peter,"playing golf. His room was on the ground-floor, and he could get out",671
The Adventure of Black Peter,"when he liked. That very night he went down to Woodman's Lee, saw",672
The Adventure of Black Peter,"Peter Carey at the hut, quarrelled with him, and killed him with the",673
The Adventure of Black Peter,"harpoon. Then, horrified by what he had done, he fled out of the hut,",674
The Adventure of Black Peter,dropping the note-book which he had brought with him in order to,675
The Adventure of Black Peter,question Peter Carey about these different securities. You may have,676
The Adventure of Black Peter,"observed that some of them were marked with ticks, and the",677
The Adventure of Black Peter,others--the great majority--were not. Those which are ticked have,678
The Adventure of Black Peter,been traced on the London market; but the others presumably were,679
The Adventure of Black Peter,"still in the possession of Carey, and young Neligan, according to his",680
The Adventure of Black Peter,"own account, was anxious to recover them in order to do the right",681
The Adventure of Black Peter,thing by his father's creditors. After his flight he did not dare to,682
The Adventure of Black Peter,approach the hut again for some time; but at last he forced himself,683
The Adventure of Black Peter,to do so in order to obtain the information which he needed. Surely,684
The Adventure of Black Peter,"that is all simple and obvious?""",685
The Adventure of Black Peter,,686
The Adventure of Black Peter,Holmes smiled and shook his head.,687
The Adventure of Black Peter,,688
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""It seems to me to have only one drawback, Hopkins, and that is that",689
The Adventure of Black Peter,it is intrinsically impossible. Have you tried to drive a harpoon,690
The Adventure of Black Peter,"through a body? No? Tut, tut, my dear sir, you must really pay",691
The Adventure of Black Peter,attention to these details. My friend Watson could tell you that I,692
The Adventure of Black Peter,"spent a whole morning in that exercise. It is no easy matter, and",693
The Adventure of Black Peter,requires a strong and practised arm. But this blow was delivered with,694
The Adventure of Black Peter,such violence that the head of the weapon sank deep into the wall. Do,695
The Adventure of Black Peter,you imagine that this anaemic youth was capable of so frightful an,696
The Adventure of Black Peter,assault? Is he the man who hobnobbed in rum and water with Black,697
The Adventure of Black Peter,Peter in the dead of the night? Was it his profile that was seen on,698
The Adventure of Black Peter,"the blind two nights before? No, no, Hopkins; it is another and a",699
The Adventure of Black Peter,"more formidable person for whom we must seek.""",700
The Adventure of Black Peter,,701
The Adventure of Black Peter,The detective's face had grown longer and longer during Holmes's,702
The Adventure of Black Peter,speech. His hopes and his ambitions were all crumbling about him. But,703
The Adventure of Black Peter,he would not abandon his position without a struggle.,704
The Adventure of Black Peter,,705
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""You can't deny that Neligan was present that night, Mr. Holmes. The",706
The Adventure of Black Peter,book will prove that. I fancy that I have evidence enough to satisfy,707
The Adventure of Black Peter,"a jury, even if you are able to pick a hole in it. Besides, Mr.",708
The Adventure of Black Peter,"Holmes, I have laid my hand upon my man. As to this terrible person",709
The Adventure of Black Peter,"of yours, where is he?""",710
The Adventure of Black Peter,,711
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""I rather fancy that he is on the stair,"" said Holmes, serenely. ""I",712
The Adventure of Black Peter,"think, Watson, that you would do well to put that revolver where you",713
The Adventure of Black Peter,"can reach it."" He rose, and laid a written paper upon a side-table.",714
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""Now we are ready,"" said he.",715
The Adventure of Black Peter,,716
The Adventure of Black Peter,"There had been some talking in gruff voices outside, and now Mrs.",717
The Adventure of Black Peter,Hudson opened the door to say that there were three men inquiring for,718
The Adventure of Black Peter,Captain Basil.,719
The Adventure of Black Peter,,720
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""Show them in one by one,"" said Holmes.",721
The Adventure of Black Peter,,722
The Adventure of Black Peter,"The first who entered was a little ribston-pippin of a man, with",723
The Adventure of Black Peter,ruddy cheeks and fluffy white side-whiskers. Holmes had drawn a,724
The Adventure of Black Peter,letter from his pocket.,725
The Adventure of Black Peter,,726
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""What name?"" he asked.",727
The Adventure of Black Peter,,728
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""James Lancaster.""",729
The Adventure of Black Peter,,730
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""I am sorry, Lancaster, but the berth is full. Here is half a",731
The Adventure of Black Peter,sovereign for your trouble. Just step into this room and wait there,732
The Adventure of Black Peter,"for a few minutes.""",733
The Adventure of Black Peter,,734
The Adventure of Black Peter,"The second man was a long, dried-up creature, with lank hair and",735
The Adventure of Black Peter,sallow cheeks. His name was Hugh Pattins. He also received his,736
The Adventure of Black Peter,"dismissal, his half-sovereign, and the order to wait.",737
The Adventure of Black Peter,,738
The Adventure of Black Peter,The third applicant was a man of remarkable appearance. A fierce,739
The Adventure of Black Peter,"bull-dog face was framed in a tangle of hair and beard, and two bold",740
The Adventure of Black Peter,"dark eyes gleamed behind the cover of thick, tufted, overhung",741
The Adventure of Black Peter,"eyebrows. He saluted and stood sailor-fashion, turning his cap round",742
The Adventure of Black Peter,in his hands.,743
The Adventure of Black Peter,,744
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""Your name?"" asked Holmes.",745
The Adventure of Black Peter,,746
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""Patrick Cairns.""",747
The Adventure of Black Peter,,748
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""Harpooner?""",749
The Adventure of Black Peter,,750
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""Yes, sir. Twenty-six voyages.""",751
The Adventure of Black Peter,,752
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""Dundee, I suppose?""",753
The Adventure of Black Peter,,754
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""Yes, sir.""",755
The Adventure of Black Peter,,756
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""And ready to start with an exploring ship?""",757
The Adventure of Black Peter,,758
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""Yes, sir.""",759
The Adventure of Black Peter,,760
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""What wages?""",761
The Adventure of Black Peter,,762
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""Eight pounds a month.""",763
The Adventure of Black Peter,,764
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""Could you start at once?""",765
The Adventure of Black Peter,,766
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""As soon as I get my kit.""",767
The Adventure of Black Peter,,768
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""Have you your papers?""",769
The Adventure of Black Peter,,770
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""Yes, sir."" He took a sheaf of worn and greasy forms from his pocket.",771
The Adventure of Black Peter,Holmes glanced over them and returned them.,772
The Adventure of Black Peter,,773
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""You are just the man I want,"" said he. ""Here's the agreement on the",774
The Adventure of Black Peter,"side-table. If you sign it the whole matter will be settled.""",775
The Adventure of Black Peter,,776
The Adventure of Black Peter,The seaman lurched across the room and took up the pen.,777
The Adventure of Black Peter,,778
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""Shall I sign here?"" he asked, stooping over the table.",779
The Adventure of Black Peter,,780
The Adventure of Black Peter,Holmes leaned over his shoulder and passed both hands over his neck.,781
The Adventure of Black Peter,,782
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""This will do,"" said he.",783
The Adventure of Black Peter,,784
The Adventure of Black Peter,I heard a click of steel and a bellow like an enraged bull. The next,785
The Adventure of Black Peter,instant Holmes and the seaman were rolling on the ground together. He,786
The Adventure of Black Peter,"was a man of such gigantic strength that, even with the handcuffs",787
The Adventure of Black Peter,"which Holmes had so deftly fastened upon his wrists, he would have",788
The Adventure of Black Peter,very quickly overpowered my friend had Hopkins and I not rushed to,789
The Adventure of Black Peter,his rescue. Only when I pressed the cold muzzle of the revolver to,790
The Adventure of Black Peter,his temple did he at last understand that resistance was vain. We,791
The Adventure of Black Peter,lashed his ankles with cord and rose breathless from the struggle.,792
The Adventure of Black Peter,,793
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""I must really apologize, Hopkins,"" said Sherlock Holmes; ""I fear",794
The Adventure of Black Peter,"that the scrambled eggs are cold. However, you will enjoy the rest of",795
The Adventure of Black Peter,"your breakfast all the better, will you not, for the thought that you",796
The Adventure of Black Peter,"have brought your case to a triumphant conclusion.""",797
The Adventure of Black Peter,,798
The Adventure of Black Peter,Stanley Hopkins was speechless with amazement.,799
The Adventure of Black Peter,,800
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""I don't know what to say, Mr. Holmes,"" he blurted out at last, with",801
The Adventure of Black Peter,"a very red face. ""It seems to me that I have been making a fool of",802
The Adventure of Black Peter,"myself from the beginning. I understand now, what I should never have",803
The Adventure of Black Peter,"forgotten, that I am the pupil and you are the master. Even now I see",804
The Adventure of Black Peter,"what you have done, but I don't know how you did it, or what it",805
The Adventure of Black Peter,"signifies.""",806
The Adventure of Black Peter,,807
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""Well, well,"" said Holmes, good-humouredly. ""We all learn by",808
The Adventure of Black Peter,"experience, and your lesson this time is that you should never lose",809
The Adventure of Black Peter,sight of the alternative. You were so absorbed in young Neligan that,810
The Adventure of Black Peter,"you could not spare a thought to Patrick Cairns, the true murderer of",811
The Adventure of Black Peter,"Peter Carey.""",812
The Adventure of Black Peter,,813
The Adventure of Black Peter,The hoarse voice of the seaman broke in on our conversation.,814
The Adventure of Black Peter,,815
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""See here, mister,"" said he, ""I make no complaint of being",816
The Adventure of Black Peter,"man-handled in this fashion, but I would have you call things by",817
The Adventure of Black Peter,their right names. You say I murdered Peter Carey; I say I killed,818
The Adventure of Black Peter,"Peter Carey, and there's all the difference. Maybe you don't believe",819
The Adventure of Black Peter,"what I say. Maybe you think I am just slinging you a yarn.""",820
The Adventure of Black Peter,,821
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""Not at all,"" said Holmes. ""Let us hear what you have to say.""",822
The Adventure of Black Peter,,823
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""It's soon told, and, by the Lord, every word of it is truth. I knew",824
The Adventure of Black Peter,"Black Peter, and when he pulled out his knife I whipped a harpoon",825
The Adventure of Black Peter,"through him sharp, for I knew that it was him or me. That's how he",826
The Adventure of Black Peter,"died. You can call it murder. Anyhow, I'd as soon die with a rope",827
The Adventure of Black Peter,"round my neck as with Black Peter's knife in my heart.""",828
The Adventure of Black Peter,,829
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""How came you there?"" asked Holmes.",830
The Adventure of Black Peter,,831
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""I'll tell it you from the beginning. Just sit me up a little so as I",832
The Adventure of Black Peter,can speak easy. It was in '83 that it happened--August of that year.,833
The Adventure of Black Peter,"Peter Carey was master of the Sea Unicorn, and I was spare harpooner.",834
The Adventure of Black Peter,"We were coming out of the ice-pack on our way home, with head winds",835
The Adventure of Black Peter,"and a week's southerly gale, when we picked up a little craft that",836
The Adventure of Black Peter,had been blown north. There was one man on her--a landsman. The crew,837
The Adventure of Black Peter,"had thought she would founder, and had made for the Norwegian coast",838
The Adventure of Black Peter,"in the dinghy. I guess they were all drowned. Well, we took him on",839
The Adventure of Black Peter,"board, this man, and he and the skipper had some long talks in the",840
The Adventure of Black Peter,cabin. All the baggage we took off with him was one tin box. So far,841
The Adventure of Black Peter,"as I know, the man's name was never mentioned, and on the second",842
The Adventure of Black Peter,night he disappeared as if he had never been. It was given out that,843
The Adventure of Black Peter,he had either thrown himself overboard or fallen overboard in the,844
The Adventure of Black Peter,heavy weather that we were having. Only one man knew what had,845
The Adventure of Black Peter,"happened to him, and that was me, for with my own eyes I saw the",846
The Adventure of Black Peter,skipper tip up his heels and put him over the rail in the middle,847
The Adventure of Black Peter,"watch of a dark night, two days before we sighted the Shetland",848
The Adventure of Black Peter,lights.,849
The Adventure of Black Peter,,850
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""Well, I kept my knowledge to myself and waited to see what would",851
The Adventure of Black Peter,"come of it. When we got back to Scotland it was easily hushed up, and",852
The Adventure of Black Peter,"nobody asked any questions. A stranger died by an accident, and it",853
The Adventure of Black Peter,was nobody's business to inquire. Shortly after Peter Carey gave up,854
The Adventure of Black Peter,"the sea, and it was long years before I could find where he was. I",855
The Adventure of Black Peter,guessed that he had done the deed for the sake of what was in that,856
The Adventure of Black Peter,"tin box, and that he could afford now to pay me well for keeping my",857
The Adventure of Black Peter,mouth shut.,858
The Adventure of Black Peter,,859
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""I found out where he was through a sailor man that had met him in",860
The Adventure of Black Peter,"London, and down I went to squeeze him. The first night he was",861
The Adventure of Black Peter,"reasonable enough, and was ready to give me what would make me free",862
The Adventure of Black Peter,of the sea for life. We were to fix it all two nights later. When I,863
The Adventure of Black Peter,came I found him three parts drunk and in a vile temper. We sat down,864
The Adventure of Black Peter,"and we drank and we yarned about old times, but the more he drank the",865
The Adventure of Black Peter,less I liked the look on his face. I spotted that harpoon upon the,866
The Adventure of Black Peter,"wall, and I thought I might need it before I was through. Then at",867
The Adventure of Black Peter,"last he broke out at me, spitting and cursing, with murder in his",868
The Adventure of Black Peter,eyes and a great clasp-knife in his hand. He had not time to get it,869
The Adventure of Black Peter,from the sheath before I had the harpoon through him. Heavens! what a,870
The Adventure of Black Peter,yell he gave; and his face gets between me and my sleep! I stood,871
The Adventure of Black Peter,"there, with his blood splashing round me, and I waited for a bit; but",872
The Adventure of Black Peter,"all was quiet, so I took heart once more. I looked round, and there",873
The Adventure of Black Peter,"was the tin box on a shelf. I had as much right to it as Peter Carey,",874
The Adventure of Black Peter,"anyhow, so I took it with me and left the hut. Like a fool I left my",875
The Adventure of Black Peter,baccy-pouch upon the table.,876
The Adventure of Black Peter,,877
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""Now I'll tell you the queerest part of the whole story. I had hardly",878
The Adventure of Black Peter,"got outside the hut when I heard someone coming, and I hid among the",879
The Adventure of Black Peter,"bushes. A man came slinking along, went into the hut, gave a cry as",880
The Adventure of Black Peter,"if he had seen a ghost, and legged it as hard as he could run until",881
The Adventure of Black Peter,he was out of sight. Who he was or what he wanted is more than I can,882
The Adventure of Black Peter,"tell. For my part I walked ten miles, got a train at Tunbridge Wells,",883
The Adventure of Black Peter,"and so reached London, and no one the wiser.",884
The Adventure of Black Peter,,885
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""Well, when I came to examine the box I found there was no money in",886
The Adventure of Black Peter,"it, and nothing but papers that I would not dare to sell. I had lost",887
The Adventure of Black Peter,"my hold on Black Peter, and was stranded in London without a",888
The Adventure of Black Peter,shilling. There was only my trade left. I saw these advertisements,889
The Adventure of Black Peter,"about harpooners and high wages, so I went to the shipping agents,",890
The Adventure of Black Peter,"and they sent me here. That's all I know, and I say again that if I",891
The Adventure of Black Peter,"killed Black Peter the law should give me thanks, for I saved them",892
The Adventure of Black Peter,"the price of a hempen rope.""",893
The Adventure of Black Peter,,894
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""A very clear statement,"" said Holmes, rising and lighting his pipe.",895
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""I think, Hopkins, that you should lose no time in conveying your",896
The Adventure of Black Peter,prisoner to a place of safety. This room is not well adapted for a,897
The Adventure of Black Peter,"cell, and Mr. Patrick Cairns occupies too large a proportion of our",898
The Adventure of Black Peter,"carpet.""",899
The Adventure of Black Peter,,900
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""Mr. Holmes,"" said Hopkins, ""I do not know how to express my",901
The Adventure of Black Peter,gratitude. Even now I do not understand how you attained this,902
The Adventure of Black Peter,"result.""",903
The Adventure of Black Peter,,904
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""Simply by having the good fortune to get the right clue from the",905
The Adventure of Black Peter,beginning. It is very possible if I had known about this note-book it,906
The Adventure of Black Peter,"might have led away my thoughts, as it did yours. But all I heard",907
The Adventure of Black Peter,"pointed in the one direction. The amazing strength, the skill in the",908
The Adventure of Black Peter,"use of the harpoon, the rum and water, the seal-skin tobacco-pouch,",909
The Adventure of Black Peter,"with the coarse tobacco--all these pointed to a seaman, and one who",910
The Adventure of Black Peter,had been a whaler. I was convinced that the initials 'P.C.' upon the,911
The Adventure of Black Peter,"pouch were a coincidence, and not those of Peter Carey, since he",912
The Adventure of Black Peter,"seldom smoked, and no pipe was found in his cabin. You remember that",913
The Adventure of Black Peter,I asked whether whisky and brandy were in the cabin. You said they,914
The Adventure of Black Peter,were. How many landsmen are there who would drink rum when they could,915
The Adventure of Black Peter,"get these other spirits? Yes, I was certain it was a seaman.""",916
The Adventure of Black Peter,,917
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""And how did you find him?""",918
The Adventure of Black Peter,,919
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""My dear sir, the problem had become a very simple one. If it were a",920
The Adventure of Black Peter,"seaman, it could only be a seaman who had been with him on the Sea",921
The Adventure of Black Peter,Unicorn. So far as I could learn he had sailed in no other ship. I,922
The Adventure of Black Peter,"spent three days in wiring to Dundee, and at the end of that time I",923
The Adventure of Black Peter,had ascertained the names of the crew of the Sea Unicorn in 1883.,924
The Adventure of Black Peter,When I found Patrick Cairns among the harpooners my research was,925
The Adventure of Black Peter,"nearing its end. I argued that the man was probably in London, and",926
The Adventure of Black Peter,that he would desire to leave the country for a time. I therefore,927
The Adventure of Black Peter,"spent some days in the East-end, devised an Arctic expedition, put",928
The Adventure of Black Peter,forth tempting terms for harpooners who would serve under Captain,929
The Adventure of Black Peter,"Basil--and behold the result!""",930
The Adventure of Black Peter,,931
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""Wonderful!"" cried Hopkins. ""Wonderful!""",932
The Adventure of Black Peter,,933
The Adventure of Black Peter,"""You must obtain the release of young Neligan as soon as possible,""",934
The Adventure of Black Peter,"said Holmes. ""I confess that I think you owe him some apology. The",935
The Adventure of Black Peter,"tin box must be returned to him, but, of course, the securities which",936
The Adventure of Black Peter,"Peter Carey has sold are lost for ever. There's the cab, Hopkins, and",937
The Adventure of Black Peter,"you can remove your man. If you want me for the trial, my address and",938
The Adventure of Black Peter,that of Watson will be somewhere in Norway--I'll send particulars,939
The Adventure of Black Peter,"later.""",940
The Adventure of Black Peter,,941
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,THE ADVENTURE OF CHARLES AUGUSTUS MILVERTON,1
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,2
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"It is years since the incidents of which I speak took place, and yet",3
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"it is with diffidence that I allude to them. For a long time, even",4
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"with the utmost discretion and reticence, it would have been",5
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,impossible to make the facts public; but now the principal person,6
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"concerned is beyond the reach of human law, and with due suppression",7
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,the story may be told in such fashion as to injure no one. It records,8
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,an absolutely unique experience in the career both of Mr. Sherlock,9
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,Holmes and of myself. The reader will excuse me if I conceal the date,10
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,or any other fact by which he might trace the actual occurrence.,11
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,12
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"We had been out for one of our evening rambles, Holmes and I, and had",13
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"returned about six o'clock on a cold, frosty winter's evening. As",14
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,Holmes turned up the lamp the light fell upon a card on the table. He,15
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"glanced at it, and then, with an ejaculation of disgust, threw it on",16
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,the floor. I picked it up and read:--,17
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,18
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"Charles Augustus Milverton,",19
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,20
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"Appledore Towers,",21
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,22
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,Hampstead.,23
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,24
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,Agent.,25
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,26
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""Who is he?"" I asked.",27
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,28
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""The worst man in London,"" Holmes answered, as he sat down and",29
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"stretched his legs before the fire. ""Is anything on the back of the",30
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"card?""",31
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,32
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,I turned it over.,33
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,34
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""Will call at 6.30--C.A.M.,"" I read.",35
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,36
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""Hum! He's about due. Do you feel a creeping, shrinking sensation,",37
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"Watson, when you stand before the serpents in the Zoo and see the",38
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"slithery, gliding, venomous creatures, with their deadly eyes and",39
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"wicked, flattened faces? Well, that's how Milverton impresses me.",40
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"I've had to do with fifty murderers in my career, but the worst of",41
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,them never gave me the repulsion which I have for this fellow. And,42
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"yet I can't get out of doing business with him--indeed, he is here at",43
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"my invitation.""",44
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,45
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""But who is he?""",46
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,47
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""I'll tell you, Watson. He is the king of all the blackmailers.",48
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"Heaven help the man, and still more the woman, whose secret and",49
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,reputation come into the power of Milverton. With a smiling face and,50
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,a heart of marble he will squeeze and squeeze until he has drained,51
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"them dry. The fellow is a genius in his way, and would have made his",52
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,mark in some more savoury trade. His method is as follows: He allows,53
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,it to be known that he is prepared to pay very high sums for letters,54
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,which compromise people of wealth or position. He receives these,55
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"wares not only from treacherous valets or maids, but frequently from",56
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,genteel ruffians who have gained the confidence and affection of,57
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,trusting women. He deals with no niggard hand. I happen to know that,58
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,he paid seven hundred pounds to a footman for a note two lines in,59
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"length, and that the ruin of a noble family was the result.",60
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"Everything which is in the market goes to Milverton, and there are",61
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,hundreds in this great city who turn white at his name. No one knows,62
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"where his grip may fall, for he is far too rich and far too cunning",63
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,to work from hand to mouth. He will hold a card back for years in,64
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,order to play it at the moment when the stake is best worth winning.,65
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"I have said that he is the worst man in London, and I would ask you",66
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,how could one compare the ruffian who in hot blood bludgeons his mate,67
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"with this man, who methodically and at his leisure tortures the soul",68
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,and wrings the nerves in order to add to his already swollen,69
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"money-bags?""",70
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,71
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,I had seldom heard my friend speak with such intensity of feeling.,72
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,73
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""But surely,"" said I, ""the fellow must be within the grasp of the",74
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"law?""",75
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,76
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""Technically, no doubt, but practically not. What would it profit a",77
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"woman, for example, to get him a few months' imprisonment if her own",78
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,ruin must immediately follow? His victims dare not hit back. If ever,79
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"he blackmailed an innocent person, then, indeed, we should have him;",80
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"but he is as cunning as the Evil One. No, no; we must find other ways",81
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"to fight him.""",82
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,83
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""And why is he here?""",84
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,85
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""Because an illustrious client has placed her piteous case in my",86
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"hands. It is the Lady Eva Brackwell, the most beautiful debutante of",87
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,last season. She is to be married in a fortnight to the Earl of,88
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"Dovercourt. This fiend has several imprudent letters--imprudent,",89
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"Watson, nothing worse--which were written to an impecunious young",90
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,squire in the country. They would suffice to break off the match.,91
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,Milverton will send the letters to the Earl unless a large sum of,92
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"money is paid him. I have been commissioned to meet him, and--to make",93
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"the best terms I can.""",94
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,95
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,At that instant there was a clatter and a rattle in the street below.,96
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"Looking down I saw a stately carriage and pair, the brilliant lamps",97
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,gleaming on the glossy haunches of the noble chestnuts. A footman,98
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"opened the door, and a small, stout man in a shaggy astrachan",99
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,overcoat descended. A minute later he was in the room.,100
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,101
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"Charles Augustus Milverton was a man of fifty, with a large,",102
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"intellectual head, a round, plump, hairless face, a perpetual frozen",103
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"smile, and two keen grey eyes, which gleamed brightly from behind",104
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"broad, golden-rimmed glasses. There was something of Mr. Pickwick's",105
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"benevolence in his appearance, marred only by the insincerity of the",106
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,fixed smile and by the hard glitter of those restless and penetrating,107
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"eyes. His voice was as smooth and suave as his countenance, as he",108
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"advanced with a plump little hand extended, murmuring his regret for",109
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,having missed us at his first visit. Holmes disregarded the,110
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,outstretched hand and looked at him with a face of granite.,111
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"Milverton's smile broadened; he shrugged his shoulders, removed his",112
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"overcoat, folded it with great deliberation over the back of a chair,",113
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,and then took a seat.,114
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,115
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""This gentleman?"" said he, with a wave in my direction. ""Is it",116
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"discreet? Is it right?""",117
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,118
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""Dr. Watson is my friend and partner.""",119
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,120
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""Very good, Mr. Holmes. It is only in your client's interests that I",121
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"protested. The matter is so very delicate--""",122
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,123
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""Dr. Watson has already heard of it.""",124
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,125
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""Then we can proceed to business. You say that you are acting for",126
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"Lady Eva. Has she empowered you to accept my terms?""",127
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,128
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""What are your terms?""",129
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,130
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""Seven thousand pounds.""",131
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,132
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""And the alternative?""",133
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,134
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""My dear sir, it is painful for me to discuss it; but if the money is",135
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,not paid on the 14th there certainly will be no marriage on the,136
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"18th."" His insufferable smile was more complacent than ever.",137
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,138
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,Holmes thought for a little.,139
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,140
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""You appear to me,"" he said, at last, ""to be taking matters too much",141
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"for granted. I am, of course, familiar with the contents of these",142
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,letters. My client will certainly do what I may advise. I shall,143
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,counsel her to tell her future husband the whole story and to trust,144
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"to his generosity.""",145
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,146
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,Milverton chuckled.,147
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,148
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""You evidently do not know the Earl,"" said he.",149
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,150
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,From the baffled look upon Holmes's face I could see clearly that he,151
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,did.,152
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,153
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""What harm is there in the letters?"" he asked.",154
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,155
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""They are sprightly--very sprightly,"" Milverton answered. ""The lady",156
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,was a charming correspondent. But I can assure you that the Earl of,157
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"Dovercourt would fail to appreciate them. However, since you think",158
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"otherwise, we will let it rest at that. It is purely a matter of",159
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,business. If you think that it is in the best interests of your,160
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"client that these letters should be placed in the hands of the Earl,",161
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,then you would indeed be foolish to pay so large a sum of money to,162
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"regain them."" He rose and seized his astrachan coat.",163
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,164
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,Holmes was grey with anger and mortification.,165
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,166
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""Wait a little,"" he said. ""You go too fast. We would certainly make",167
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"every effort to avoid scandal in so delicate a matter.""",168
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,169
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,Milverton relapsed into his chair.,170
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,171
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""I was sure that you would see it in that light,"" he purred.",172
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,173
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""At the same time,"" Holmes continued, ""Lady Eva is not a wealthy",174
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,woman. I assure you that two thousand pounds would be a drain upon,175
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"her resources, and that the sum you name is utterly beyond her power.",176
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"I beg, therefore, that you will moderate your demands, and that you",177
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"will return the letters at the price I indicate, which is, I assure",178
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"you, the highest that you can get.""",179
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,180
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,Milverton's smile broadened and his eyes twinkled humorously.,181
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,182
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""I am aware that what you say is true about the lady's resources,""",183
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"said he. ""At the same time, you must admit that the occasion of a",184
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,lady's marriage is a very suitable time for her friends and relatives,185
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,to make some little effort upon her behalf. They may hesitate as to,186
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,an acceptable wedding present. Let me assure them that this little,187
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,bundle of letters would give more joy than all the candelabra and,188
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"butter-dishes in London.""",189
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,190
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""It is impossible,"" said Holmes.",191
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,192
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""Dear me, dear me, how unfortunate!"" cried Milverton, taking out a",193
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"bulky pocket-book. ""I cannot help thinking that ladies are",194
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"ill-advised in not making an effort. Look at this!"" He held up a",195
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"little note with a coat-of-arms upon the envelope. ""That belongs",196
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"to--well, perhaps it is hardly fair to tell the name until to-morrow",197
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,morning. But at that time it will be in the hands of the lady's,198
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,husband. And all because she will not find a beggarly sum which she,199
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"could get by turning her diamonds into paste. It is such a pity. Now,",200
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,you remember the sudden end of the engagement between the Honourable,201
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,Miss Miles and Colonel Dorking? Only two days before the wedding,202
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,there was a paragraph in the Morning Post to say that it was all off.,203
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"And why? It is almost incredible, but the absurd sum of twelve",204
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,hundred pounds would have settled the whole question. Is it not,205
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"pitiful? And here I find you, a man of sense, boggling about terms",206
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"when your client's future and honour are at stake. You surprise me,",207
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"Mr. Holmes.""",208
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,209
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""What I say is true,"" Holmes answered. ""The money cannot be found.",210
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,Surely it is better for you to take the substantial sum which I offer,211
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"than to ruin this woman's career, which can profit you in no way?""",212
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,213
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""There you make a mistake, Mr. Holmes. An exposure would profit me",214
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,indirectly to a considerable extent. I have eight or ten similar,215
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,cases maturing. If it was circulated among them that I had made a,216
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,severe example of the Lady Eva I should find all of them much more,217
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"open to reason. You see my point?""",218
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,219
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,Holmes sprang from his chair.,220
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,221
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""Get behind him, Watson! Don't let him out! Now, sir, let us see the",222
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"contents of that note-book.""",223
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,224
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"Milverton had glided as quick as a rat to the side of the room, and",225
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,stood with his back against the wall.,226
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,227
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""Mr. Holmes, Mr. Holmes,"" he said, turning the front of his coat and",228
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"exhibiting the butt of a large revolver, which projected from the",229
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"inside pocket. ""I have been expecting you to do something original.",230
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"This has been done so often, and what good has ever come from it? I",231
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"assure you that I am armed to the teeth, and I am perfectly prepared",232
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"to use my weapons, knowing that the law will support me. Besides,",233
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,your supposition that I would bring the letters here in a note-book,234
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"is entirely mistaken. I would do nothing so foolish. And now,",235
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"gentlemen, I have one or two little interviews this evening, and it",236
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"is a long drive to Hampstead."" He stepped forward, took up his coat,",237
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"laid his hand on his revolver, and turned to the door. I picked up a",238
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"chair, but Holmes shook his head and I laid it down again. With bow,",239
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"a smile, and a twinkle Milverton was out of the room, and a few",240
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,moments after we heard the slam of the carriage door and the rattle,241
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,of the wheels as he drove away.,242
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,243
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"Holmes sat motionless by the fire, his hands buried deep in his",244
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"trouser pockets, his chin sunk upon his breast, his eyes fixed upon",245
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"the glowing embers. For half an hour he was silent and still. Then,",246
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"with the gesture of a man who has taken his decision, he sprang to",247
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,his feet and passed into his bedroom. A little later a rakish young,248
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,workman with a goatee beard and a swagger lit his clay pipe at the,249
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"lamp before descending into the street. ""I'll be back some time,",250
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"Watson,"" said he, and vanished into the night. I understood that he",251
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,had opened his campaign against Charles Augustus Milverton; but I,252
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,little dreamed the strange shape which that campaign was destined to,253
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,take.,254
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,255
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"For some days Holmes came and went at all hours in this attire, but",256
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"beyond a remark that his time was spent at Hampstead, and that it was",257
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"not wasted, I knew nothing of what he was doing. At last, however, on",258
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"a wild, tempestuous evening, when the wind screamed and rattled",259
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"against the windows, he returned from his last expedition, and having",260
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,removed his disguise he sat before the fire and laughed heartily in,261
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,his silent inward fashion.,262
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,263
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""You would not call me a marrying man, Watson?""",264
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,265
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""No, indeed!""",266
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,267
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""You'll be interested to hear that I am engaged.""",268
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,269
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""My dear fellow! I congrat--""",270
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,271
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""To Milverton's housemaid.""",272
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,273
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""Good heavens, Holmes!""",274
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,275
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""I wanted information, Watson.""",276
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,277
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""Surely you have gone too far?""",278
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,279
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""It was a most necessary step. I am a plumber with a rising business,",280
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"Escott by name. I have walked out with her each evening, and I have",281
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"talked with her. Good heavens, those talks! However, I have got all I",282
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"wanted. I know Milverton's house as I know the palm of my hand.""",283
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,284
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""But the girl, Holmes?""",285
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,286
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,He shrugged his shoulders.,287
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,288
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""You can't help it, my dear Watson. You must play your cards as best",289
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"you can when such a stake is on the table. However, I rejoice to say",290
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,that I have a hated rival who will certainly cut me out the instant,291
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"that my back is turned. What a splendid night it is!""",292
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,293
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""You like this weather?""",294
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,295
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""It suits my purpose. Watson, I mean to burgle Milverton's house",296
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"to-night.""",297
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,298
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"I had a catching of the breath, and my skin went cold at the words,",299
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,which were slowly uttered in a tone of concentrated resolution. As a,300
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,flash of lightning in the night shows up in an instant every detail,301
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"of a wide landscape, so at one glance I seemed to see every possible",302
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"result of such an action--the detection, the capture, the honoured",303
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"career ending in irreparable failure and disgrace, my friend himself",304
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,lying at the mercy of the odious Milverton.,305
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,306
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""For Heaven's sake, Holmes, think what you are doing,"" I cried.",307
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,308
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""My dear fellow, I have given it every consideration. I am never",309
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"precipitate in my actions, nor would I adopt so energetic and indeed",310
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,so dangerous a course if any other were possible. Let us look at the,311
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,matter clearly and fairly. I suppose that you will admit that the,312
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"action is morally justifiable, though technically criminal. To burgle",313
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,his house is no more than to forcibly take his pocket-book--an action,314
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"in which you were prepared to aid me.""",315
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,316
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,I turned it over in my mind.,317
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,318
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""Yes,"" I said; ""it is morally justifiable so long as our object is to",319
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"take no articles save those which are used for an illegal purpose.""",320
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,321
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""Exactly. Since it is morally justifiable I have only to consider the",322
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,question of personal risk. Surely a gentleman should not lay much,323
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"stress upon this when a lady is in most desperate need of his help?""",324
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,325
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""You will be in such a false position.""",326
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,327
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""Well, that is part of the risk. There is no other possible way of",328
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"regaining these letters. The unfortunate lady has not the money, and",329
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,there are none of her people in whom she could confide. To-morrow is,330
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"the last day of grace, and unless we can get the letters to-night",331
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,this villain will be as good as his word and will bring about her,332
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"ruin. I must, therefore, abandon my client to her fate or I must play",333
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"this last card. Between ourselves, Watson, it's a sporting duel",334
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"between this fellow Milverton and me. He had, as you saw, the best of",335
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,the first exchanges; but my self-respect and my reputation are,336
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"concerned to fight it to a finish.""",337
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,338
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""Well, I don't like it; but I suppose it must be,"" said I. ""When do",339
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"we start?""",340
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,341
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""You are not coming.""",342
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,343
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""Then you are not going,"" said I. ""I give you my word of honour--and",344
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,I never broke it in my life--that I will take a cab straight to the,345
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,police-station and give you away unless you let me share this,346
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"adventure with you.""",347
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,348
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""You can't help me.""",349
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,350
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""How do you know that? You can't tell what may happen. Anyway, my",351
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,resolution is taken. Other people beside you have self-respect and,352
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"even reputations.""",353
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,354
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"Holmes had looked annoyed, but his brow cleared, and he clapped me on",355
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,the shoulder.,356
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,357
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""Well, well, my dear fellow, be it so. We have shared the same room",358
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"for some years, and it would be amusing if we ended by sharing the",359
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"same cell. You know, Watson, I don't mind confessing to you that I",360
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,have always had an idea that I would have made a highly efficient,361
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,criminal. This is the chance of my lifetime in that direction. See,362
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"here!"" He took a neat little leather case out of a drawer, and",363
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"opening it he exhibited a number of shining instruments. ""This is a",364
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"first-class, up-to-date burgling kit, with nickel-plated jemmy,",365
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"diamond-tipped glass-cutter, adaptable keys, and every modern",366
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"improvement which the march of civilization demands. Here, too, is my",367
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,dark lantern. Everything is in order. Have you a pair of silent,368
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"shoes?""",369
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,370
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""I have rubber-soled tennis shoes.""",371
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,372
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""Excellent. And a mask?""",373
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,374
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""I can make a couple out of black silk.""",375
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,376
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""I can see that you have a strong natural turn for this sort of",377
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,thing. Very good; do you make the masks. We shall have some cold,378
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,supper before we start. It is now nine-thirty. At eleven we shall,379
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,drive as far as Church Row. It is a quarter of an hour's walk from,380
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,there to Appledore Towers. We shall be at work before midnight.,381
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,Milverton is a heavy sleeper and retires punctually at ten-thirty.,382
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"With any luck we should be back here by two, with the Lady Eva's",383
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"letters in my pocket.""",384
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,385
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"Holmes and I put on our dress-clothes, so that we might appear to be",386
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,two theatre-goers homeward bound. In Oxford Street we picked up a,387
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,hansom and drove to an address in Hampstead. Here we paid off our,388
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"cab, and with our great-coats buttoned up, for it was bitterly cold",389
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"and the wind seemed to blow through us, we walked along the edge of",390
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,the Heath.,391
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,392
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""It's a business that needs delicate treatment,"" said Holmes. ""These",393
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"documents are contained in a safe in the fellow's study, and the",394
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"study is the ante-room of his bed-chamber. On the other hand, like",395
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"all these stout, little men who do themselves well, he is a plethoric",396
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,sleeper. Agatha--that's my fiancee--says it is a joke in the,397
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,servants' hall that it's impossible to wake the master. He has a,398
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,secretary who is devoted to his interests and never budges from the,399
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,study all day. That's why we are going at night. Then he has a beast,400
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,of a dog which roams the garden. I met Agatha late the last two,401
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"evenings, and she locks the brute up so as to give me a clear run.",402
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"This is the house, this big one in its own grounds. Through the",403
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,gate--now to the right among the laurels. We might put on our masks,404
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"here, I think. You see, there is not a glimmer of light in any of the",405
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"windows, and everything is working splendidly.""",406
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,407
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"With our black silk face-coverings, which turned us into two of the",408
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"most truculent figures in London, we stole up to the silent, gloomy",409
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"house. A sort of tiled veranda extended along one side of it, lined",410
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,by several windows and two doors.,411
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,412
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""That's his bedroom,"" Holmes whispered. ""This door opens straight",413
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"into the study. It would suit us best, but it is bolted as well as",414
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"locked, and we should make too much noise getting in. Come round",415
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"here. There's a greenhouse which opens into the drawing-room.""",416
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,417
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"The place was locked, but Holmes removed a circle of glass and turned",418
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,the key from the inside. An instant afterwards he had closed the door,419
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"behind us, and we had become felons in the eyes of the law. The",420
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"thick, warm air of the conservatory and the rich, choking fragrance",421
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,of exotic plants took us by the throat. He seized my hand in the,422
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,darkness and led me swiftly past banks of shrubs which brushed,423
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"against our faces. Holmes had remarkable powers, carefully",424
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"cultivated, of seeing in the dark. Still holding my hand in one of",425
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"his he opened a door, and I was vaguely conscious that we had entered",426
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,a large room in which a cigar had been smoked not long before. He,427
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"felt his way among the furniture, opened another door, and closed it",428
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,behind us. Putting out my hand I felt several coats hanging from the,429
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"wall, and I understood that I was in a passage. We passed along it,",430
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,and Holmes very gently opened a door upon the right-hand side.,431
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"Something rushed out at us and my heart sprang into my mouth, but I",432
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,could have laughed when I realized that it was the cat. A fire was,433
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"burning in this new room, and again the air was heavy with tobacco",434
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"smoke. Holmes entered on tiptoe, waited for me to follow, and then",435
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"very gently closed the door. We were in Milverton's study, and a",436
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,portiere at the farther side showed the entrance to his bedroom.,437
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,438
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"It was a good fire, and the room was illuminated by it. Near the door",439
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"I saw the gleam of an electric switch, but it was unnecessary, even",440
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"if it had been safe, to turn it on. At one side of the fireplace was",441
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"a heavy curtain, which covered the bay window we had seen from",442
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,outside. On the other side was the door which communicated with the,443
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"veranda. A desk stood in the centre, with a turning chair of shining",444
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"red leather. Opposite was a large bookcase, with a marble bust of",445
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,Athene on the top. In the corner between the bookcase and the wall,446
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"there stood a tall green safe, the firelight flashing back from the",447
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,polished brass knobs upon its face. Holmes stole across and looked at,448
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"it. Then he crept to the door of the bedroom, and stood with slanting",449
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,head listening intently. No sound came from within. Meanwhile it had,450
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,struck me that it would be wise to secure our retreat through the,451
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"outer door, so I examined it. To my amazement it was neither locked",452
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"nor bolted! I touched Holmes on the arm, and he turned his masked",453
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"face in that direction. I saw him start, and he was evidently as",454
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,surprised as I.,455
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,456
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""I don't like it,"" he whispered, putting his lips to my very ear. ""I",457
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"can't quite make it out. Anyhow, we have no time to lose.""",458
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,459
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""Can I do anything?""",460
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,461
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""Yes; stand by the door. If you hear anyone come, bolt it on the",462
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"inside, and we can get away as we came. If they come the other way,",463
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"we can get through the door if our job is done, or hide behind these",464
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"window curtains if it is not. Do you understand?""",465
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,466
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,I nodded and stood by the door. My first feeling of fear had passed,467
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"away, and I thrilled now with a keener zest than I had ever enjoyed",468
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,when we were the defenders of the law instead of its defiers. The,469
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"high object of our mission, the consciousness that it was unselfish",470
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"and chivalrous, the villainous character of our opponent, all added",471
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"to the sporting interest of the adventure. Far from feeling guilty, I",472
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,rejoiced and exulted in our dangers. With a glow of admiration I,473
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,watched Holmes unrolling his case of instruments and choosing his,474
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"tool with the calm, scientific accuracy of a surgeon who performs a",475
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,delicate operation. I knew that the opening of safes was a particular,476
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"hobby with him, and I understood the joy which it gave him to be",477
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"confronted with this green and gold monster, the dragon which held in",478
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,its maw the reputations of many fair ladies. Turning up the cuffs of,479
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,his dress-coat--he had placed his overcoat on a chair--Holmes laid,480
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"out two drills, a jemmy, and several skeleton keys. I stood at the",481
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"centre door with my eyes glancing at each of the others, ready for",482
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"any emergency; though, indeed, my plans were somewhat vague as to",483
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,what I should do if we were interrupted. For half an hour Holmes,484
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"worked with concentrated energy, laying down one tool, picking up",485
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"another, handling each with the strength and delicacy of the trained",486
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"mechanic. Finally I heard a click, the broad green door swung open,",487
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"and inside I had a glimpse of a number of paper packets, each tied,",488
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"sealed, and inscribed. Holmes picked one out, but it was hard to read",489
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"by the flickering fire, and he drew out his little dark lantern, for",490
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"it was too dangerous, with Milverton in the next room, to switch on",491
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"the electric light. Suddenly I saw him halt, listen intently, and",492
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"then in an instant he had swung the door of the safe to, picked up",493
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"his coat, stuffed his tools into the pockets, and darted behind the",494
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"window curtain, motioning me to do the same.",495
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,496
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,It was only when I had joined him there that I heard what had alarmed,497
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,his quicker senses. There was a noise somewhere within the house. A,498
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"door slammed in the distance. Then a confused, dull murmur broke",499
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,itself into the measured thud of heavy footsteps rapidly approaching.,500
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,They were in the passage outside the room. They paused at the door.,501
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,The door opened. There was a sharp snick as the electric light was,502
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"turned on. The door closed once more, and the pungent reek of a",503
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,strong cigar was borne to our nostrils. Then the footsteps continued,504
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"backwards and forwards, backwards and forwards, within a few yards of",505
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"us. Finally, there was a creak from a chair, and the footsteps",506
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,ceased. Then a key clicked in a lock and I heard the rustle of,507
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,papers.,508
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,509
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"So far I had not dared to look out, but now I gently parted the",510
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,division of the curtains in front of me and peeped through. From the,511
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,pressure of Holmes's shoulder against mine I knew that he was sharing,512
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"my observations. Right in front of us, and almost within our reach,",513
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"was the broad, rounded back of Milverton. It was evident that we had",514
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"entirely miscalculated his movements, that he had never been to his",515
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"bedroom, but that he had been sitting up in some smoking or billiard",516
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"room in the farther wing of the house, the windows of which we had",517
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"not seen. His broad, grizzled head, with its shining patch of",518
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"baldness, was in the immediate foreground of our vision. He was",519
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"leaning far back in the red leather chair, his legs outstretched, a",520
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,long black cigar projecting at an angle from his mouth. He wore a,521
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"semi-military smoking jacket, claret-coloured, with a black velvet",522
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"collar. In his hand he held a long legal document, which he was",523
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"reading in an indolent fashion, blowing rings of tobacco smoke from",524
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,his lips as he did so. There was no promise of a speedy departure in,525
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,his composed bearing and his comfortable attitude.,526
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,527
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"I felt Holmes's hand steal into mine and give me a reassuring shake,",528
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,as if to say that the situation was within his powers and that he was,529
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,easy in his mind. I was not sure whether he had seen what was only,530
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"too obvious from my position, that the door of the safe was",531
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"imperfectly closed, and that Milverton might at any moment observe",532
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"it. In my own mind I had determined that if I were sure, from the",533
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"rigidity of his gaze, that it had caught his eye, I would at once",534
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"spring out, throw my great-coat over his head, pinion him, and leave",535
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,the rest to Holmes. But Milverton never looked up. He was languidly,536
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"interested by the papers in his hand, and page after page was turned",537
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"as he followed the argument of the lawyer. At least, I thought, when",538
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,he has finished the document and the cigar he will go to his room;,539
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,but before he had reached the end of either there came a remarkable,540
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,development which turned our thoughts into quite another channel.,541
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,542
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"Several times I had observed that Milverton looked at his watch, and",543
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"once he had risen and sat down again, with a gesture of impatience.",544
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"The idea, however, that he might have an appointment at so strange an",545
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,hour never occurred to me until a faint sound reached my ears from,546
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,the veranda outside. Milverton dropped his papers and sat rigid in,547
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"his chair. The sound was repeated, and then there came a gentle tap",548
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,at the door. Milverton rose and opened it.,549
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,550
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""Well,"" said he, curtly, ""you are nearly half an hour late.""",551
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,552
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,So this was the explanation of the unlocked door and of the nocturnal,553
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,vigil of Milverton. There was the gentle rustle of a woman's dress. I,554
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,had closed the slit between the curtains as Milverton's face had,555
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"turned in our direction, but now I ventured very carefully to open it",556
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"once more. He had resumed his seat, the cigar still projecting at an",557
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"insolent angle from the corner of his mouth. In front of him, in the",558
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"full glare of the electric light, there stood a tall, slim, dark",559
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"woman, a veil over her face, a mantle drawn round her chin. Her",560
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"breath came quick and fast, and every inch of the lithe figure was",561
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,quivering with strong emotion.,562
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,563
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""Well,"" said Milverton, ""you've made me lose a good night's rest, my",564
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,dear. I hope you'll prove worth it. You couldn't come any other,565
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"time--eh?""",566
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,567
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,The woman shook her head.,568
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,569
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""Well, if you couldn't you couldn't. If the Countess is a hard",570
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,mistress you have your chance to get level with her now. Bless the,571
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"girl, what are you shivering about? That's right! Pull yourself",572
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"together! Now, let us get down to business."" He took a note from the",573
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"drawer of his desk. ""You say that you have five letters which",574
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,compromise the Countess d'Albert. You want to sell them. I want to,575
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,buy them. So far so good. It only remains to fix a price. I should,576
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"want to inspect the letters, of course. If they are really good",577
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"specimens--Great heavens, is it you?""",578
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,579
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,The woman without a word had raised her veil and dropped the mantle,580
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"from her chin. It was a dark, handsome, clear-cut face which",581
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"confronted Milverton, a face with a curved nose, strong, dark",582
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"eyebrows shading hard, glittering eyes, and a straight, thin-lipped",583
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,mouth set in a dangerous smile.,584
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,585
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""It is I,"" she said; ""the woman whose life you have ruined.""",586
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,587
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"Milverton laughed, but fear vibrated in his voice. ""You were so very",588
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"obstinate,"" said he. ""Why did you drive me to such extremities? I",589
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"assure you I wouldn't hurt a fly of my own accord, but every man has",590
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"his business, and what was I to do? I put the price well within your",591
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"means. You would not pay.""",592
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,593
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""So you sent the letters to my husband, and he--the noblest gentleman",594
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"that ever lived, a man whose boots I was never worthy to lace--he",595
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,broke his gallant heart and died. You remember that last night when I,596
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"came through that door I begged and prayed you for mercy, and you",597
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"laughed in my face as you are trying to laugh now, only your coward",598
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"heart cannot keep your lips from twitching? Yes, you never thought to",599
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"see me here again, but it was that night which taught me how I could",600
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"meet you face to face, and alone. Well, Charles Milverton, what have",601
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"you to say?""",602
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,603
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""Don't imagine that you can bully me,"" said he, rising to his feet.",604
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""I have only to raise my voice, and I could call my servants and have",605
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,you arrested. But I will make allowance for your natural anger. Leave,606
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"the room at once as you came, and I will say no more.""",607
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,608
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"The woman stood with her hand buried in her bosom, and the same",609
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,deadly smile on her thin lips.,610
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,611
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""You will ruin no more lives as you ruined mine. You will wring no",612
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,more hearts as you wrung mine. I will free the world of a poisonous,613
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"thing. Take that, you hound, and that!--and that!--and that!""",614
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,615
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"She had drawn a little, gleaming revolver, and emptied barrel after",616
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"barrel into Milverton's body, the muzzle within two feet of his shirt",617
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"front. He shrank away and then fell forward upon the table, coughing",618
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,furiously and clawing among the papers. Then he staggered to his,619
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"feet, received another shot, and rolled upon the floor. ""You've done",620
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"me,"" he cried, and lay still. The woman looked at him intently and",621
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"ground her heel into his upturned face. She looked again, but there",622
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"was no sound or movement. I heard a sharp rustle, the night air blew",623
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"into the heated room, and the avenger was gone.",624
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,625
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,No interference upon our part could have saved the man from his fate;,626
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,but as the woman poured bullet after bullet into Milverton's,627
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"shrinking body I was about to spring out, when I felt Holmes's cold,",628
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,strong grasp upon my wrist. I understood the whole argument of that,629
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"firm, restraining grip--that it was no affair of ours; that justice",630
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,had overtaken a villain; that we had our own duties and our own,631
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,objects which were not to be lost sight of. But hardly had the woman,632
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"rushed from the room when Holmes, with swift, silent steps, was over",633
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,at the other door. He turned the key in the lock. At the same instant,634
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,we heard voices in the house and the sound of hurrying feet. The,635
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,revolver shots had roused the household. With perfect coolness Holmes,636
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"slipped across to the safe, filled his two arms with bundles of",637
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"letters, and poured them all into the fire. Again and again he did",638
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"it, until the safe was empty. Someone turned the handle and beat upon",639
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,the outside of the door. Holmes looked swiftly round. The letter,640
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"which had been the messenger of death for Milverton lay, all mottled",641
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"with his blood, upon the table. Holmes tossed it in among the blazing",642
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"papers. Then he drew the key from the outer door, passed through",643
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"after me, and locked it on the outside. ""This way, Watson,"" said he;",644
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""we can scale the garden wall in this direction.""",645
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,646
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,I could not have believed that an alarm could have spread so swiftly.,647
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"Looking back, the huge house was one blaze of light. The front door",648
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"was open, and figures were rushing down the drive. The whole garden",649
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"was alive with people, and one fellow raised a view-halloa as we",650
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,emerged from the veranda and followed hard at our heels. Holmes,651
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"seemed to know the ground perfectly, and he threaded his way swiftly",652
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"among a plantation of small trees, I close at his heels, and our",653
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,foremost pursuer panting behind us. It was a six-foot wall which,654
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"barred our path, but he sprang to the top and over. As I did the same",655
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,I felt the hand of the man behind me grab at my ankle; but I kicked,656
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,myself free and scrambled over a glass-strewn coping. I fell upon my,657
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"face among some bushes; but Holmes had me on my feet in an instant,",658
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,and together we dashed away across the huge expanse of Hampstead,659
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"Heath. We had run two miles, I suppose, before Holmes at last halted",660
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,and listened intently. All was absolute silence behind us. We had,661
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,shaken off our pursuers and were safe.,662
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,663
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,We had breakfasted and were smoking our morning pipe on the day after,664
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"the remarkable experience which I have recorded when Mr. Lestrade, of",665
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"Scotland Yard, very solemn and impressive, was ushered into our",666
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,modest sitting-room.,667
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,668
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""Good morning, Mr. Holmes,"" said he; ""good morning. May I ask if you",669
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"are very busy just now?""",670
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,671
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""Not too busy to listen to you.""",672
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,673
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""I thought that, perhaps, if you had nothing particular on hand, you",674
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,might care to assist us in a most remarkable case which occurred only,675
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"last night at Hampstead.""",676
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,677
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""Dear me!"" said Holmes. ""What was that?""",678
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,679
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""A murder--a most dramatic and remarkable murder. I know how keen you",680
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"are upon these things, and I would take it as a great favour if you",681
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,would step down to Appledore Towers and give us the benefit of your,682
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,advice. It is no ordinary crime. We have had our eyes upon this Mr.,683
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"Milverton for some time, and, between ourselves, he was a bit of a",684
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,villain. He is known to have held papers which he used for,685
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,blackmailing purposes. These papers have all been burned by the,686
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"murderers. No article of value was taken, as it is probable that the",687
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"criminals were men of good position, whose sole object was to prevent",688
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"social exposure.""",689
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,690
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""Criminals!"" said Holmes. ""Plural!""",691
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,692
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""Yes, there were two of them. They were, as nearly as possible,",693
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"captured red-handed. We have their foot-marks, we have their",694
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,description; it's ten to one that we trace them. The first fellow was,695
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"a bit too active, but the second was caught by the under-gardener and",696
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"only got away after a struggle. He was a middle-sized, strongly-built",697
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"man--square jaw, thick neck, moustache, a mask over his eyes.""",698
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,699
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""That's rather vague,"" said Sherlock Holmes. ""Why, it might be a",700
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"description of Watson!""",701
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,702
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""It's true,"" said the inspector, with much amusement. ""It might be a",703
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"description of Watson.""",704
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,705
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"""Well, I am afraid I can't help you, Lestrade,"" said Holmes. ""The",706
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"fact is that I knew this fellow Milverton, that I considered him one",707
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"of the most dangerous men in London, and that I think there are",708
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"certain crimes which the law cannot touch, and which therefore, to",709
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"some extent, justify private revenge. No, it's no use arguing. I have",710
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,made up my mind. My sympathies are with the criminals rather than,711
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"with the victim, and I will not handle this case.""",712
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,713
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,Holmes had not said one word to me about the tragedy which we had,714
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"witnessed, but I observed all the morning that he was in his most",715
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"thoughtful mood, and he gave me the impression, from his vacant eyes",716
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"and his abstracted manner, of a man who is striving to recall",717
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,something to his memory. We were in the middle of our lunch when he,718
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"suddenly sprang to his feet. ""By Jove, Watson; I've got it!"" he",719
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"cried. ""Take your hat! Come with me!"" He hurried at his top speed",720
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"down Baker Street and along Oxford Street, until we had almost",721
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,reached Regent Circus. Here on the left hand there stands a shop,722
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,window filled with photographs of the celebrities and beauties of the,723
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"day. Holmes's eyes fixed themselves upon one of them, and following",724
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,his gaze I saw the picture of a regal and stately lady in Court,725
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"dress, with a high diamond tiara upon her noble head. I looked at",726
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"that delicately-curved nose, at the marked eyebrows, at the straight",727
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"mouth, and the strong little chin beneath it. Then I caught my breath",728
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,as I read the time-honoured title of the great nobleman and statesman,729
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,"whose wife she had been. My eyes met those of Holmes, and he put his",730
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,finger to his lips as we turned away from the window.,731
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,,732
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,THE ADVENTURE OF THE SIX NAPOLEONS,1
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,2
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"It was no very unusual thing for Mr. Lestrade, of Scotland Yard, to",3
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"look in upon us of an evening, and his visits were welcome to",4
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"Sherlock Holmes, for they enabled him to keep in touch with all that",5
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,was going on at the police head-quarters. In return for the news,6
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"which Lestrade would bring, Holmes was always ready to listen with",7
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,attention to the details of any case upon which the detective was,8
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"engaged, and was able occasionally, without any active interference,",9
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,to give some hint or suggestion drawn from his own vast knowledge and,10
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,experience.,11
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,12
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,On this particular evening Lestrade had spoken of the weather and the,13
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"newspapers. Then he had fallen silent, puffing thoughtfully at his",14
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,cigar. Holmes looked keenly at him.,15
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,16
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""Anything remarkable on hand?"" he asked.",17
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,18
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""Oh, no, Mr. Holmes, nothing very particular.""",19
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,20
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""Then tell me about it.""",21
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,22
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,Lestrade laughed.,23
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,24
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""Well, Mr. Holmes, there is no use denying that there is something on",25
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,my mind. And yet it is such an absurd business that I hesitated to,26
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"bother you about it. On the other hand, although it is trivial, it is",27
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"undoubtedly queer, and I know that you have a taste for all that is",28
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,out of the common. But in my opinion it comes more in Dr. Watson's,29
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"line than ours.""",30
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,31
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""Disease?"" said I.",32
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,33
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""Madness, anyhow. And a queer madness too! You wouldn't think there",34
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,was anyone living at this time of day who had such a hatred of,35
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,Napoleon the First that he would break any image of him that he could,36
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"see.""",37
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,38
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,Holmes sank back in his chair.,39
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,40
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""That's no business of mine,"" said he.",41
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,42
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""Exactly. That's what I said. But then, when the man commits burglary",43
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"in order to break images which are not his own, that brings it away",44
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"from the doctor and on to the policeman.""",45
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,46
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,Holmes sat up again.,47
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,48
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""Burglary! This is more interesting. Let me hear the details.""",49
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,50
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,Lestrade took out his official note-book and refreshed his memory,51
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,from its pages.,52
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,53
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""The first case reported was four days ago,"" said he. ""It was at the",54
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"shop of Morse Hudson, who has a place for the sale of pictures and",55
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,statues in the Kennington Road. The assistant had left the front shop,56
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"for an instant when he heard a crash, and hurrying in he found a",57
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"plaster bust of Napoleon, which stood with several other works of art",58
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"upon the counter, lying shivered into fragments. He rushed out into",59
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"the road, but, although several passers-by declared that they had",60
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"noticed a man run out of the shop, he could neither see anyone nor",61
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,could he find any means of identifying the rascal. It seemed to be,62
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,one of those senseless acts of Hooliganism which occur from time to,63
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"time, and it was reported to the constable on the beat as such. The",64
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"plaster cast was not worth more than a few shillings, and the whole",65
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,affair appeared to be too childish for any particular investigation.,66
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,67
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""The second case, however, was more serious and also more singular.",68
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,It occurred only last night.,69
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,70
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""In Kennington Road, and within a few hundred yards of Morse Hudson's",71
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"shop, there lives a well-known medical practitioner, named Dr.",72
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"Barnicot, who has one of the largest practices upon the south side of",73
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,the Thames. His residence and principal consulting-room is at,74
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"Kennington Road, but he has a branch surgery and dispensary at Lower",75
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"Brixton Road, two miles away. This Dr. Barnicot is an enthusiastic",76
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"admirer of Napoleon, and his house is full of books, pictures, and",77
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,relics of the French Emperor. Some little time ago he purchased from,78
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,Morse Hudson two duplicate plaster casts of the famous head of,79
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"Napoleon by the French sculptor, Devine. One of these he placed in",80
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"his hall in the house at Kennington Road, and the other on the",81
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"mantelpiece of the surgery at Lower Brixton. Well, when Dr. Barnicot",82
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,came down this morning he was astonished to find that his house had,83
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"been burgled during the night, but that nothing had been taken save",84
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,the plaster head from the hall. It had been carried out and had been,85
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"dashed savagely against the garden wall, under which its splintered",86
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"fragments were discovered.""",87
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,88
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,Holmes rubbed his hands.,89
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,90
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""This is certainly very novel,"" said he.",91
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,92
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""I thought it would please you. But I have not got to the end yet.",93
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"Dr. Barnicot was due at his surgery at twelve o'clock, and you can",94
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"imagine his amazement when, on arriving there, he found that the",95
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"window had been opened in the night, and that the broken pieces of",96
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,his second bust were strewn all over the room. It had been smashed to,97
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,atoms where it stood. In neither case were there any signs which,98
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,could give us a clue as to the criminal or lunatic who had done the,99
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"mischief. Now, Mr. Holmes, you have got the facts.""",100
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,101
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""They are singular, not to say grotesque,"" said Holmes. ""May I ask",102
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,whether the two busts smashed in Dr. Barnicot's rooms were the exact,103
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"duplicates of the one which was destroyed in Morse Hudson's shop?""",104
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,105
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""They were taken from the same mould.""",106
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,107
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""Such a fact must tell against the theory that the man who breaks",108
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,them is influenced by any general hatred of Napoleon. Considering how,109
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"many hundreds of statues of the great Emperor must exist in London,",110
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,it is too much to suppose such a coincidence as that a promiscuous,111
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,iconoclast should chance to begin upon three specimens of the same,112
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"bust.""",113
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,114
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""Well, I thought as you do,"" said Lestrade. ""On the other hand, this",115
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"Morse Hudson is the purveyor of busts in that part of London, and",116
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,these three were the only ones which had been in his shop for years.,117
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"So, although, as you say, there are many hundreds of statues in",118
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"London, it is very probable that these three were the only ones in",119
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"that district. Therefore, a local fanatic would begin with them. What",120
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"do you think, Dr. Watson?""",121
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,122
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""There are no limits to the possibilities of monomania,"" I answered.",123
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""There is the condition which the modern French psychologists have",124
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"called the 'idée fixe,' which may be trifling in character, and",125
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,accompanied by complete sanity in every other way. A man who had read,126
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"deeply about Napoleon, or who had possibly received some hereditary",127
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"family injury through the great war, might conceivably form such an",128
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,idée fixe and under its influence be capable of any fantastic,129
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"outrage.""",130
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,131
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""That won't do, my dear Watson,"" said Holmes, shaking his head; ""for",132
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,no amount of idée fixe would enable your interesting monomaniac to,133
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"find out where these busts were situated.""",134
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,135
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""Well, how do you explain it?""",136
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,137
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""I don't attempt to do so. I would only observe that there is a",138
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"certain method in the gentleman's eccentric proceedings. For example,",139
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"in Dr. Barnicot's hall, where a sound might arouse the family, the",140
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"bust was taken outside before being broken, whereas in the surgery,",141
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"where there was less danger of an alarm, it was smashed where it",142
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"stood. The affair seems absurdly trifling, and yet I dare call",143
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,nothing trivial when I reflect that some of my most classic cases,144
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"have had the least promising commencement. You will remember, Watson,",145
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,how the dreadful business of the Abernetty family was first brought,146
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,to my notice by the depth which the parsley had sunk into the butter,147
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"upon a hot day. I can't afford, therefore, to smile at your three",148
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"broken busts, Lestrade, and I shall be very much obliged to you if",149
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,you will let me hear of any fresh developments of so singular a chain,150
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"of events.""",151
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,152
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,The development for which my friend had asked came in a quicker and,153
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,an infinitely more tragic form than he could have imagined. I was,154
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,still dressing in my bedroom next morning when there was a tap at the,155
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"door and Holmes entered, a telegram in his hand. He read it aloud:",156
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,157
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""Come instantly, 131, Pitt Street, Kensington.",158
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""Lestrade.""",159
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,160
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""What is it, then?"" I asked.",161
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,162
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""Don't know--may be anything. But I suspect it is the sequel of the",163
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"story of the statues. In that case our friend, the image-breaker, has",164
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,begun operations in another quarter of London. There's coffee on the,165
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"table, Watson, and I have a cab at the door.""",166
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,167
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"In half an hour we had reached Pitt Street, a quiet little backwater",168
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,just beside one of the briskest currents of London life. No. 131 was,169
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"one of a row, all flat-chested, respectable, and most unromantic",170
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,dwellings. As we drove up we found the railings in front of the house,171
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,lined by a curious crowd. Holmes whistled.,172
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,173
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""By George! it's attempted murder at the least. Nothing less will",174
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,hold the London message-boy. There's a deed of violence indicated in,175
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"that fellow's round shoulders and outstretched neck. What's this,",176
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,Watson? The top steps swilled down and the other ones dry. Footsteps,177
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"enough, anyhow! Well, well, there's Lestrade at the front window, and",178
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"we shall soon know all about it.""",179
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,180
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,The official received us with a very grave face and showed us into a,181
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"sitting-room, where an exceedingly unkempt and agitated elderly man,",182
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"clad in a flannel dressing-gown, was pacing up and down. He was",183
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"introduced to us as the owner of the house--Mr. Horace Harker, of the",184
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,Central Press Syndicate.,185
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,186
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""It's the Napoleon bust business again,"" said Lestrade. ""You seemed",187
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"interested last night, Mr. Holmes, so I thought perhaps you would be",188
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,glad to be present now that the affair has taken a very much graver,189
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"turn.""",190
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,191
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""What has it turned to, then?""",192
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,193
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""To murder. Mr. Harker, will you tell these gentlemen exactly what",194
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"has occurred?""",195
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,196
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,The man in the dressing-gown turned upon us with a most melancholy,197
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,face.,198
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,199
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""It's an extraordinary thing,"" said he, ""that all my life I have been",200
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"collecting other people's news, and now that a real piece of news has",201
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,come my own way I am so confused and bothered that I can't put two,202
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,words together. If I had come in here as a journalist I should have,203
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,interviewed myself and had two columns in every evening paper. As it,204
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,is I am giving away valuable copy by telling my story over and over,205
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"to a string of different people, and I can make no use of it myself.",206
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"However, I've heard your name, Mr. Sherlock Holmes, and if you'll",207
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,only explain this queer business I shall be paid for my trouble in,208
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"telling you the story.""",209
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,210
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,Holmes sat down and listened.,211
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,212
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""It all seems to centre round that bust of Napoleon which I bought",213
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,for this very room about four months ago. I picked it up cheap from,214
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"Harding Brothers, two doors from the High Street Station. A great",215
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"deal of my journalistic work is done at night, and I often write",216
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"until the early morning. So it was to-day. I was sitting in my den,",217
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"which is at the back of the top of the house, about three o'clock,",218
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"when I was convinced that I heard some sounds downstairs. I listened,",219
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"but they were not repeated, and I concluded that they came from",220
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"outside. Then suddenly, about five minutes later, there came a most",221
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"horrible yell--the most dreadful sound, Mr. Holmes, that ever I",222
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,heard. It will ring in my ears as long as I live. I sat frozen with,223
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,horror for a minute or two. Then I seized the poker and went,224
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"downstairs. When I entered this room I found the window wide open,",225
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,and I at once observed that the bust was gone from the mantelpiece.,226
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"Why any burglar should take such a thing passes my understanding, for",227
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,it was only a plaster cast and of no real value whatever.,228
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,229
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""You can see for yourself that anyone going out through that open",230
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,window could reach the front doorstep by taking a long stride. This,231
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"was clearly what the burglar had done, so I went round and opened the",232
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,door. Stepping out into the dark I nearly fell over a dead man who,233
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"was lying there. I ran back for a light, and there was the poor",234
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"fellow, a great gash in his throat and the whole place swimming in",235
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"blood. He lay on his back, his knees drawn up, and his mouth horribly",236
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,open. I shall see him in my dreams. I had just time to blow on my,237
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"police-whistle, and then I must have fainted, for I knew nothing more",238
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"until I found the policeman standing over me in the hall.""",239
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,240
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""Well, who was the murdered man?"" asked Holmes.",241
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,242
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""There's nothing to show who he was,"" said Lestrade. ""You shall see",243
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"the body at the mortuary, but we have made nothing of it up to now.",244
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"He is a tall man, sunburned, very powerful, not more than thirty. He",245
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"is poorly dressed, and yet does not appear to be a labourer. A",246
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,horn-handled clasp knife was lying in a pool of blood beside him.,247
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"Whether it was the weapon which did the deed, or whether it belonged",248
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"to the dead man, I do not know. There was no name on his clothing,",249
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"and nothing in his pockets save an apple, some string, a shilling map",250
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"of London, and a photograph. Here it is.""",251
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,252
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,It was evidently taken by a snap-shot from a small camera. It,253
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"represented an alert, sharp-featured simian man with thick eyebrows,",254
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,and a very peculiar projection of the lower part of the face like the,255
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,muzzle of a baboon.,256
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,257
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""And what became of the bust?"" asked Holmes, after a careful study of",258
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,this picture.,259
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,260
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""We had news of it just before you came. It has been found in the",261
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,front garden of an empty house in Campden House Road. It was broken,262
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"into fragments. I am going round now to see it. Will you come?""",263
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,264
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""Certainly. I must just take one look round."" He examined the carpet",265
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"and the window. ""The fellow had either very long legs or was a most",266
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"active man,"" said he. ""With an area beneath, it was no mean feat to",267
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,reach that window-ledge and open that window. Getting back was,268
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,comparatively simple. Are you coming with us to see the remains of,269
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"your bust, Mr. Harker?""",270
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,271
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,The disconsolate journalist had seated himself at a writing-table.,272
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,273
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""I must try and make something of it,"" said he, ""though I have no",274
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,doubt that the first editions of the evening papers are out already,275
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,with full details. It's like my luck! You remember when the stand,276
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"fell at Doncaster? Well, I was the only journalist in the stand, and",277
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"my journal the only one that had no account of it, for I was too",278
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,shaken to write it. And now I'll be too late with a murder done on my,279
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"own doorstep.""",280
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,281
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,As we left the room we heard his pen travelling shrilly over the,282
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,foolscap.,283
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,284
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,The spot where the fragments of the bust had been found was only a,285
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,few hundred yards away. For the first time our eyes rested upon this,286
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"presentment of the great Emperor, which seemed to raise such frantic",287
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,and destructive hatred in the mind of the unknown. It lay scattered,288
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,in splintered shards upon the grass. Holmes picked up several of them,289
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,and examined them carefully. I was convinced from his intent face and,290
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,his purposeful manner that at last he was upon a clue.,291
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,292
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""Well?"" asked Lestrade.",293
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,294
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,Holmes shrugged his shoulders.,295
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,296
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""We have a long way to go yet,"" said he. ""And yet--and yet--well, we",297
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,have some suggestive facts to act upon. The possession of this,298
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,trifling bust was worth more in the eyes of this strange criminal,299
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,than a human life. That is one point. Then there is the singular fact,300
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"that he did not break it in the house, or immediately outside the",301
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"house, if to break it was his sole object.""",302
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,303
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""He was rattled and bustled by meeting this other fellow. He hardly",304
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"knew what he was doing.""",305
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,306
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""Well, that's likely enough. But I wish to call your attention very",307
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,particularly to the position of this house in the garden of which the,308
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"bust was destroyed.""",309
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,310
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,Lestrade looked about him.,311
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,312
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""It was an empty house, and so he knew that he would not be disturbed",313
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"in the garden.""",314
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,315
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""Yes, but there is another empty house farther up the street which he",316
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,must have passed before he came to this one. Why did he not break it,317
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"there, since it is evident that every yard that he carried it",318
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"increased the risk of someone meeting him?""",319
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,320
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""I give it up,"" said Lestrade.",321
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,322
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,Holmes pointed to the street lamp above our heads.,323
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,324
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""He could see what he was doing here and he could not there. That was",325
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"his reason.""",326
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,327
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""By Jove! that's true,"" said the detective. ""Now that I come to think",328
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"of it, Dr. Barnicot's bust was broken not far from his red lamp.",329
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"Well, Mr. Holmes, what are we to do with that fact?""",330
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,331
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""To remember it--to docket it. We may come on something later which",332
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"will bear upon it. What steps do you propose to take now, Lestrade?""",333
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,334
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""The most practical way of getting at it, in my opinion, is to",335
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,identify the dead man. There should be no difficulty about that. When,336
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"we have found who he is and who his associates are, we should have a",337
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"good start in learning what he was doing in Pitt Street last night,",338
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,and who it was who met him and killed him on the doorstep of Mr.,339
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"Horace Harker. Don't you think so?""",340
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,341
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""No doubt; and yet it is not quite the way in which I should approach",342
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"the case.""",343
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,344
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""What would you do, then?""",345
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,346
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""Oh, you must not let me influence you in any way! I suggest that you",347
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"go on your line and I on mine. We can compare notes afterwards, and",348
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"each will supplement the other.""",349
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,350
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""Very good,"" said Lestrade.",351
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,352
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""If you are going back to Pitt Street you might see Mr. Horace",353
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"Harker. Tell him from me that I have quite made up my mind, and that",354
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,it is certain that a dangerous homicidal lunatic with Napoleonic,355
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,delusions was in his house last night. It will be useful for his,356
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"article.""",357
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,358
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,Lestrade stared.,359
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,360
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""You don't seriously believe that?""",361
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,362
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,Holmes smiled.,363
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,364
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""Don't I? Well, perhaps I don't. But I am sure that it will interest",365
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,Mr. Horace Harker and the subscribers of the Central Press Syndicate.,366
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"Now, Watson, I think that we shall find that we have a long and",367
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"rather complex day's work before us. I should be glad, Lestrade, if",368
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,you could make it convenient to meet us at Baker Street at six,369
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,o'clock this evening. Until then I should like to keep this,370
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,photograph found in the dead man's pocket. It is possible that I may,371
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,have to ask your company and assistance upon a small expedition which,372
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"will have be undertaken to-night, if my chain of reasoning should",373
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"prove to be correct. Until then, good-bye and good luck!""",374
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,375
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"Sherlock Holmes and I walked together to the High Street, where he",376
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"stopped at the shop of Harding Brothers, whence the bust had been",377
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,purchased. A young assistant informed us that Mr. Harding would be,378
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"absent until after noon, and that he was himself a newcomer who could",379
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,give us no information. Holmes's face showed his disappointment and,380
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,annoyance.,381
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,382
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""Well, well, we can't expect to have it all our own way, Watson,"" he",383
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"said, at last. ""We must come back in the afternoon if Mr. Harding",384
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"will not be here until then. I am, as you have no doubt surmised,",385
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"endeavouring to trace these busts to their source, in order to find",386
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,if there is not something peculiar which may account for their,387
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"remarkable fate. Let us make for Mr. Morse Hudson, of the Kennington",388
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"Road, and see if he can throw any light upon the problem.""",389
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,390
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,A drive of an hour brought us to the picture-dealer's establishment.,391
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"He was a small, stout man with a red face and a peppery manner.",392
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,393
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""Yes, sir. On my very counter, sir,"" said he. ""What we pay rates and",394
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"taxes for I don't know, when any ruffian can come in and break one's",395
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"goods. Yes, sir, it was I who sold Dr. Barnicot his two statues.",396
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"Disgraceful, sir! A Nihilist plot, that's what I make it. No one but",397
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"an Anarchist would go about breaking statues. Red republicans, that's",398
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,what I call 'em. Who did I get the statues from? I don't see what,399
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"that has to do with it. Well, if you really want to know, I got them",400
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"from Gelder & Co., in Church Street, Stepney. They are a well-known",401
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"house in the trade, and have been this twenty years. How many had I?",402
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,Three--two and one are three--two of Dr. Barnicot's and one smashed,403
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"in broad daylight on my own counter. Do I know that photograph? No, I",404
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"don't. Yes, I do, though. Why, it's Beppo. He was a kind of Italian",405
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"piece-work man, who made himself useful in the shop. He could carve a",406
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"bit and gild and frame, and do odd jobs. The fellow left me last",407
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"week, and I've heard nothing of him since. No, I don't know where he",408
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,came from nor where he went to. I have nothing against him while he,409
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"was here. He was gone two days before the bust was smashed.""",410
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,411
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""Well, that's all we could reasonably expect to get from Morse",412
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"Hudson,"" said Holmes, as we emerged from the shop. ""We have this",413
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"Beppo as a common factor, both in Kennington and in Kensington, so",414
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"that is worth a ten-mile drive. Now, Watson, let us make for Gelder &",415
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"Co., of Stepney, the source and origin of busts. I shall be surprised",416
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"if we don't get some help down there.""",417
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,418
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,In rapid succession we passed through the fringe of fashionable,419
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"London, hotel London, theatrical London, literary London, commercial",420
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"London, and, finally, maritime London, till we came to a riverside",421
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"city of a hundred thousand souls, where the tenement houses swelter",422
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"and reek with the outcasts of Europe. Here, in a broad thoroughfare,",423
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"once the abode of wealthy City merchants, we found the sculpture",424
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,works for which we searched. Outside was a considerable yard full of,425
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,monumental masonry. Inside was a large room in which fifty workers,426
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"were carving or moulding. The manager, a big blond German, received",427
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"us civilly, and gave a clear answer to all Holmes's questions. A",428
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,reference to his books showed that hundreds of casts had been taken,429
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"from a marble copy of Devine's head of Napoleon, but that the three",430
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,which had been sent to Morse Hudson a year or so before had been half,431
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"of a batch of six, the other three being sent to Harding Brothers, of",432
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,Kensington. There was no reason why those six should be different to,433
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,any of the other casts. He could suggest no possible cause why anyone,434
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"should wish to destroy them--in fact, he laughed at the idea. Their",435
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"wholesale price was six shillings, but the retailer would get twelve",436
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"or more. The cast was taken in two moulds from each side of the face,",437
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,and then these two profiles of plaster of Paris were joined together,438
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,to make the complete bust. The work was usually done by Italians in,439
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,the room we were in. When finished the busts were put on a table in,440
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"the passage to dry, and afterwards stored. That was all he could tell",441
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,us.,442
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,443
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,But the production of the photograph had a remarkable effect upon the,444
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"manager. His face flushed with anger, and his brows knotted over his",445
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,blue Teutonic eyes.,446
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,447
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""Ah, the rascal!"" he cried. ""Yes, indeed, I know him very well. This",448
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"has always been a respectable establishment, and the only time that",449
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,we have ever had the police in it was over this very fellow. It was,450
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"more than a year ago now. He knifed another Italian in the street,",451
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"and then he came to the works with the police on his heels, and he",452
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,was taken here. Beppo was his name--his second name I never knew.,453
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,Serve me right for engaging a man with such a face. But he was a good,454
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"workman, one of the best.""",455
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,456
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""What did he get?""",457
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,458
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""The man lived and he got off with a year. I have no doubt he is out",459
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,now; but he has not dared to show his nose here. We have a cousin of,460
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"his here, and I dare say he could tell you where he is.""",461
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,462
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""No, no,"" cried Holmes, ""not a word to the cousin--not a word, I beg",463
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"you. The matter is very important, and the farther I go with it the",464
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,more important it seems to grow. When you referred in your ledger to,465
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,the sale of those casts I observed that the date was June 3rd of last,466
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"year. Could you give me the date when Beppo was arrested?""",467
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,468
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""I could tell you roughly by the pay-list,"" the manager answered.",469
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""Yes,"" he continued, after some turning over of pages, ""he was paid",470
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"last on May 20th.""",471
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,472
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""Thank you,"" said Holmes. ""I don't think that I need intrude upon",473
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"your time and patience any more."" With a last word of caution that he",474
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,should say nothing as to our researches we turned our faces westward,475
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,once more.,476
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,477
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,The afternoon was far advanced before we were able to snatch a hasty,478
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,luncheon at a restaurant. A news-bill at the entrance announced,479
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""Kensington Outrage. Murder by a Madman,"" and the contents of the",480
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,paper showed that Mr. Horace Harker had got his account into print,481
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,after all. Two columns were occupied with a highly sensational and,482
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,flowery rendering of the whole incident. Holmes propped it against,483
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,the cruet-stand and read it while he ate. Once or twice he chuckled.,484
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,485
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""This is all right, Watson,"" said he. ""Listen to this:",486
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,487
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""It is satisfactory to know that there can be no difference of",488
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"opinion upon this case, since Mr. Lestrade, one of the most",489
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"experienced members of the official force, and Mr. Sherlock Holmes,",490
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"the well-known consulting expert, have each come to the conclusion",491
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"that the grotesque series of incidents, which have ended in so tragic",492
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"a fashion, arise from lunacy rather than from deliberate crime. No",493
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,explanation save mental aberration can cover the facts.,494
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,495
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""The Press, Watson, is a most valuable institution if you only know",496
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"how to use it. And now, if you have quite finished, we will hark back",497
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,to Kensington and see what the manager of Harding Brothers has to say,498
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"to the matter.""",499
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,500
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"The founder of that great emporium proved to be a brisk, crisp little",501
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"person, very dapper and quick, with a clear head and a ready tongue.",502
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,503
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""Yes, sir, I have already read the account in the evening papers. Mr.",504
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,Horace Harker is a customer of ours. We supplied him with the bust,505
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,some months ago. We ordered three busts of that sort from Gelder &,506
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"Co., of Stepney. They are all sold now. To whom? Oh, I dare say by",507
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"consulting our sales book we could very easily tell you. Yes, we have",508
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"the entries here. One to Mr. Harker, you see, and one to Mr. Josiah",509
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"Brown, of Laburnum Lodge, Laburnum Vale, Chiswick, and one to Mr.",510
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"Sandeford, of Lower Grove Road, Reading. No, I have never seen this",511
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"face which you show me in the photograph. You would hardly forget it,",512
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"would you, sir, for I've seldom seen an uglier. Have we any Italians",513
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"on the staff? Yes, sir, we have several among our workpeople and",514
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,cleaners. I dare say they might get a peep at that sales book if they,515
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,wanted to. There is no particular reason for keeping a watch upon,516
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"that book. Well, well, it's a very strange business, and I hope that",517
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"you'll let me know if anything comes of your inquiries.""",518
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,519
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"Holmes had taken several notes during Mr. Harding's evidence, and I",520
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,could see that he was thoroughly satisfied by the turn which affairs,521
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"were taking. He made no remark, however, save that, unless we",522
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"hurried, we should be late for our appointment with Lestrade. Sure",523
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"enough, when we reached Baker Street the detective was already there,",524
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,and we found him pacing up and down in a fever of impatience. His,525
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,look of importance showed that his day's work had not been in vain.,526
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,527
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""Well?"" he asked. ""What luck, Mr. Holmes?""",528
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,529
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""We have had a very busy day, and not entirely a wasted one,"" my",530
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"friend explained. ""We have seen both the retailers and also the",531
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,wholesale manufacturers. I can trace each of the busts now from the,532
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"beginning.""",533
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,534
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""The busts!"" cried Lestrade. ""Well, well, you have your own methods,",535
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"Mr. Sherlock Holmes, and it is not for me to say a word against them,",536
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,but I think I have done a better day's work than you. I have,537
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"identified the dead man.""",538
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,539
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""You don't say so?""",540
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,541
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""And found a cause for the crime.""",542
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,543
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""Splendid!""",544
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,545
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""We have an inspector who makes a specialty of Saffron Hill and the",546
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"Italian quarter. Well, this dead man had some Catholic emblem round",547
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"his neck, and that, along with his colour, made me think he was from",548
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,the South. Inspector Hill knew him the moment he caught sight of him.,549
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"His name is Pietro Venucci, from Naples, and he is one of the",550
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"greatest cut-throats in London. He is connected with the Mafia,",551
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"which, as you know, is a secret political society, enforcing its",552
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,decrees by murder. Now you see how the affair begins to clear up. The,553
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"other fellow is probably an Italian also, and a member of the Mafia.",554
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,He has broken the rules in some fashion. Pietro is set upon his,555
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,track. Probably the photograph we found in his pocket is the man,556
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"himself, so that he may not knife the wrong person. He dogs the",557
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"fellow, he sees him enter a house, he waits outside for him, and in",558
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"the scuffle he receives his own death-wound. How is that, Mr.",559
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"Sherlock Holmes?""",560
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,561
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,Holmes clapped his hands approvingly.,562
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,563
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""Excellent, Lestrade, excellent!"" he cried. ""But I didn't quite",564
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"follow your explanation of the destruction of the busts.""",565
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,566
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""The busts! You never can get those busts out of your head. After",567
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"all, that is nothing; petty larceny, six months at the most. It is",568
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"the murder that we are really investigating, and I tell you that I am",569
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"gathering all the threads into my hands.""",570
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,571
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""And the next stage?""",572
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,573
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""Is a very simple one. I shall go down with Hill to the Italian",574
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"quarter, find the man whose photograph we have got, and arrest him on",575
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"the charge of murder. Will you come with us?""",576
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,577
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""I think not. I fancy we can attain our end in a simpler way. I can't",578
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"say for certain, because it all depends--well, it all depends upon a",579
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,factor which is completely outside our control. But I have great,580
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"hopes--in fact, the betting is exactly two to one--that if you will",581
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,come with us to-night I shall be able to help you to lay him by the,582
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"heels.""",583
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,584
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""In the Italian quarter?""",585
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,586
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""No; I fancy Chiswick is an address which is more likely to find him.",587
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"If you will come with me to Chiswick to-night, Lestrade, I'll promise",588
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"to go to the Italian quarter with you to-morrow, and no harm will be",589
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,done by the delay. And now I think that a few hours' sleep would do,590
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"us all good, for I do not propose to leave before eleven o'clock, and",591
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,it is unlikely that we shall be back before morning. You'll dine with,592
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"us, Lestrade, and then you are welcome to the sofa until it is time",593
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"for us to start. In the meantime, Watson, I should be glad if you",594
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"would ring for an express messenger, for I have a letter to send, and",595
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"it is important that it should go at once.""",596
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,597
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,Holmes spent the evening in rummaging among the files of the old,598
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,daily papers with which one of our lumber-rooms was packed. When at,599
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"last he descended it was with triumph in his eyes, but he said",600
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,nothing to either of us as to the result of his researches. For my,601
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"own part, I had followed step by step the methods by which he had",602
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"traced the various windings of this complex case, and, though I could",603
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"not yet perceive the goal which we would reach, I understood clearly",604
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,that Holmes expected this grotesque criminal to make an attempt upon,605
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"the two remaining busts, one of which, I remembered, was at Chiswick.",606
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"No doubt the object of our journey was to catch him in the very act,",607
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,and I could not but admire the cunning with which my friend had,608
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"inserted a wrong clue in the evening paper, so as to give the fellow",609
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,the idea that he could continue his scheme with impunity. I was not,610
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,surprised when Holmes suggested that I should take my revolver with,611
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,me. He had himself picked up the loaded hunting-crop which was his,612
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,favourite weapon.,613
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,614
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"A four-wheeler was at the door at eleven, and in it we drove to a",615
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,spot at the other side of Hammersmith Bridge. Here the cabman was,616
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,directed to wait. A short walk brought us to a secluded road fringed,617
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"with pleasant houses, each standing in its own grounds. In the light",618
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"of a street lamp we read ""Laburnum Villa"" upon the gate-post of one",619
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"of them. The occupants had evidently retired to rest, for all was",620
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"dark save for a fanlight over the hall door, which shed a single",621
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,blurred circle on to the garden path. The wooden fence which,622
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,separated the grounds from the road threw a dense black shadow upon,623
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"the inner side, and here it was that we crouched.",624
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,625
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""I fear that you'll have a long wait,"" Holmes whispered. ""We may",626
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,thank our stars that it is not raining. I don't think we can even,627
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"venture to smoke to pass the time. However, it's a two to one chance",628
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"that we get something to pay us for our trouble.""",629
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,630
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"It proved, however, that our vigil was not to be so long as Holmes",631
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"had led us to fear, and it ended in a very sudden and singular",632
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"fashion. In an instant, without the least sound to warn us of his",633
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"coming, the garden gate swung open, and a lithe, dark figure, as",634
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"swift and active as an ape, rushed up the garden path. We saw it",635
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,whisk past the light thrown from over the door and disappear against,636
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"the black shadow of the house. There was a long pause, during which",637
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"we held our breath, and then a very gentle creaking sound came to our",638
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"ears. The window was being opened. The noise ceased, and again there",639
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,was a long silence. The fellow was making his way into the house. We,640
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,saw the sudden flash of a dark lantern inside the room. What he,641
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"sought was evidently not there, for again we saw the flash through",642
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"another blind, and then through another.",643
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,644
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""Let us get to the open window. We will nab him as he climbs out,""",645
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,Lestrade whispered.,646
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,647
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,But before we could move the man had emerged again. As he came out,648
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,into the glimmering patch of light we saw that he carried something,649
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,white under his arm. He looked stealthily all round him. The silence,650
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,of the deserted street reassured him. Turning his back upon us he,651
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"laid down his burden, and the next instant there was the sound of a",652
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"sharp tap, followed by a clatter and rattle. The man was so intent",653
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,upon what he was doing that he never heard our steps as we stole,654
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,across the grass plot. With the bound of a tiger Holmes was on his,655
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"back, and an instant later Lestrade and I had him by either wrist and",656
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,the handcuffs had been fastened. As we turned him over I saw a,657
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"hideous, sallow face, with writhing, furious features, glaring up at",658
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"us, and I knew that it was indeed the man of the photograph whom we",659
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,had secured.,660
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,661
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,But it was not our prisoner to whom Holmes was giving his attention.,662
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"Squatted on the doorstep, he was engaged in most carefully examining",663
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,that which the man had brought from the house. It was a bust of,664
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"Napoleon like the one which we had seen that morning, and it had been",665
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,broken into similar fragments. Carefully Holmes held each separate,666
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"shard to the light, but in no way did it differ from any other",667
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,shattered piece of plaster. He had just completed his examination,668
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"when the hall lights flew up, the door opened, and the owner of the",669
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"house, a jovial, rotund figure in shirt and trousers, presented",670
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,himself.,671
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,672
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""Mr. Josiah Brown, I suppose?"" said Holmes.",673
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,674
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""Yes, sir; and you, no doubt, are Mr. Sherlock Holmes? I had the note",675
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"which you sent by the express messenger, and I did exactly what you",676
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,told me. We locked every door on the inside and awaited developments.,677
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"Well, I'm very glad to see that you have got the rascal. I hope,",678
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"gentlemen, that you will come in and have some refreshment.""",679
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,680
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"However, Lestrade was anxious to get his man into safe quarters, so",681
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,within a few minutes our cab had been summoned and we were all four,682
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,upon our way to London. Not a word would our captive say; but he,683
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"glared at us from the shadow of his matted hair, and once, when my",684
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"hand seemed within his reach, he snapped at it like a hungry wolf. We",685
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,stayed long enough at the police-station to learn that a search of,686
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,his clothing revealed nothing save a few shillings and a long sheath,687
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"knife, the handle of which bore copious traces of recent blood.",688
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,689
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""That's all right,"" said Lestrade, as we parted. ""Hill knows all",690
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"these gentry, and he will give a name to him. You'll find that my",691
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,theory of the Mafia will work out all right. But I'm sure I am,692
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"exceedingly obliged to you, Mr. Holmes, for the workmanlike way in",693
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"which you laid hands upon him. I don't quite understand it all yet.""",694
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,695
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""I fear it is rather too late an hour for explanations,"" said Holmes.",696
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""Besides, there are one or two details which are not finished off,",697
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,and it is one of those cases which are worth working out to the very,698
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,end. If you will come round once more to my rooms at six o'clock,699
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,to-morrow I think I shall be able to show you that even now you have,700
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"not grasped the entire meaning of this business, which presents some",701
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,features which make it absolutely original in the history of crime.,702
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"If ever I permit you to chronicle any more of my little problems,",703
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"Watson, I foresee that you will enliven your pages by an account of",704
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"the singular adventure of the Napoleonic busts.""",705
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,706
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,When we met again next evening Lestrade was furnished with much,707
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"information concerning our prisoner. His name, it appeared, was",708
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"Beppo, second name unknown. He was a well-known ne'er-do-well among",709
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,the Italian colony. He had once been a skilful sculptor and had,710
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"earned an honest living, but he had taken to evil courses and had",711
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"twice already been in jail--once for a petty theft and once, as we",712
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"had already heard, for stabbing a fellow-countryman. He could talk",713
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,English perfectly well. His reasons for destroying the busts were,714
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"still unknown, and he refused to answer any questions upon the",715
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,subject; but the police had discovered that these same busts might,716
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"very well have been made by his own hands, since he was engaged in",717
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,this class of work at the establishment of Gelder & Co. To all this,718
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"information, much of which we already knew, Holmes listened with",719
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"polite attention; but I, who knew him so well, could clearly see that",720
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"his thoughts were elsewhere, and I detected a mixture of mingled",721
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,uneasiness and expectation beneath that mask which he was wont to,722
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,assume. At last he started in his chair and his eyes brightened.,723
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,There had been a ring at the bell. A minute later we heard steps upon,724
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"the stairs, and an elderly, red-faced man with grizzled side-whiskers",725
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,was ushered in. In his right hand he carried an old-fashioned,726
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"carpet-bag, which he placed upon the table.",727
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,728
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""Is Mr. Sherlock Holmes here?""",729
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,730
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"My friend bowed and smiled. ""Mr. Sandeford, of Reading, I suppose?""",731
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,said he.,732
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,733
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""Yes, sir, I fear that I am a little late; but the trains were",734
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"awkward. You wrote to me about a bust that is in my possession.""",735
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,736
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""Exactly.""",737
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,738
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""I have your letter here. You said, 'I desire to possess a copy of",739
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"Devine's Napoleon, and am prepared to pay you ten pounds for the one",740
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"which is in your possession.' Is that right?""",741
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,742
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""Certainly.""",743
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,744
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""I was very much surprised at your letter, for I could not imagine",745
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"how you knew that I owned such a thing.""",746
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,747
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""Of course you must have been surprised, but the explanation is very",748
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"simple. Mr. Harding, of Harding Brothers, said that they had sold you",749
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"their last copy, and he gave me your address.""",750
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,751
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""Oh, that was it, was it? Did he tell you what I paid for it?""",752
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,753
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""No, he did not.""",754
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,755
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""Well, I am an honest man, though not a very rich one. I only gave",756
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"fifteen shillings for the bust, and I think you ought to know that",757
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"before I take ten pounds from you.""",758
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,759
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""I am sure the scruple does you honour, Mr. Sandeford. But I have",760
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"named that price, so I intend to stick to it.""",761
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,762
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""Well, it is very handsome of you, Mr. Holmes. I brought the bust up",763
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"with me, as you asked me to do. Here it is!"" He opened his bag, and",764
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,at last we saw placed upon our table a complete specimen of that bust,765
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,which we had already seen more than once in fragments.,766
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,767
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,Holmes took a paper from his pocket and laid a ten-pound note upon,768
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,the table.,769
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,770
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""You will kindly sign that paper, Mr. Sandeford, in the presence of",771
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,these witnesses. It is simply to say that you transfer every possible,772
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"right that you ever had in the bust to me. I am a methodical man, you",773
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"see, and you never know what turn events might take afterwards. Thank",774
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"you, Mr. Sandeford; here is your money, and I wish you a very good",775
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"evening.""",776
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,777
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,When our visitor had disappeared Sherlock Holmes's movements were,778
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,such as to rivet our attention. He began by taking a clean white,779
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,cloth from a drawer and laying it over the table. Then he placed his,780
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"newly-acquired bust in the centre of the cloth. Finally, he picked up",781
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,his hunting-crop and struck Napoleon a sharp blow on the top of the,782
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"head. The figure broke into fragments, and Holmes bent eagerly over",783
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"the shattered remains. Next instant, with a loud shout of triumph, he",784
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"held up one splinter, in which a round, dark object was fixed like a",785
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,plum in a pudding.,786
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,787
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""Gentlemen,"" he cried, ""let me introduce you to the famous black",788
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"pearl of the Borgias.""",789
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,790
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"Lestrade and I sat silent for a moment, and then, with a spontaneous",791
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"impulse, we both broke out clapping as at the well-wrought crisis of",792
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"a play. A flush of colour sprang to Holmes's pale cheeks, and he",793
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,bowed to us like the master dramatist who receives the homage of his,794
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,audience. It was at such moments that for an instant he ceased to be,795
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"a reasoning machine, and betrayed his human love for admiration and",796
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,applause. The same singularly proud and reserved nature which turned,797
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,away with disdain from popular notoriety was capable of being moved,798
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,to its depths by spontaneous wonder and praise from a friend.,799
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,800
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""Yes, gentlemen,"" said he, ""it is the most famous pearl now existing",801
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"in the world, and it has been my good fortune, by a connected chain",802
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"of inductive reasoning, to trace it from the Prince of Colonna's",803
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"bedroom at the Dacre Hotel, where it was lost, to the interior of",804
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"this, the last of the six busts of Napoleon which were manufactured",805
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"by Gelder & Co., of Stepney. You will remember, Lestrade, the",806
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"sensation caused by the disappearance of this valuable jewel, and the",807
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,vain efforts of the London police to recover it. I was myself,808
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,consulted upon the case; but I was unable to throw any light upon it.,809
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"Suspicion fell upon the maid of the Princess, who was an Italian, and",810
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"it was proved that she had a brother in London, but we failed to",811
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,trace any connection between them. The maid's name was Lucretia,812
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"Venucci, and there is no doubt in my mind that this Pietro who was",813
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,murdered two nights ago was the brother. I have been looking up the,814
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"dates in the old files of the paper, and I find that the",815
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,disappearance of the pearl was exactly two days before the arrest of,816
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"Beppo for some crime of violence, an event which took place in the",817
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"factory of Gelder & Co., at the very moment when these busts were",818
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"being made. Now you clearly see the sequence of events, though you",819
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"see them, of course, in the inverse order to the way in which they",820
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,presented themselves to me. Beppo had the pearl in his possession. He,821
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"may have stolen it from Pietro, he may have been Pietro's",822
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"confederate, he may have been the go-between of Pietro and his",823
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,sister. It is of no consequence to us which is the correct solution.,824
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,825
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""The main fact is that he had the pearl, and at that moment, when it",826
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"was on his person, he was pursued by the police. He made for the",827
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"factory in which he worked, and he knew that he had only a few",828
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"minutes in which to conceal this enormously valuable prize, which",829
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,would otherwise be found on him when he was searched. Six plaster,830
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,casts of Napoleon were drying in the passage. One of them was still,831
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"soft. In an instant Beppo, a skilful workman, made a small hole in",832
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"the wet plaster, dropped in the pearl, and with a few touches covered",833
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,over the aperture once more. It was an admirable hiding-place. No one,834
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,could possibly find it. But Beppo was condemned to a year's,835
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"imprisonment, and in the meanwhile his six busts were scattered over",836
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,London. He could not tell which contained his treasure. Only by,837
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"breaking them could he see. Even shaking would tell him nothing, for",838
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,as the plaster was wet it was probable that the pearl would adhere to,839
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"it--as, in fact, it has done. Beppo did not despair, and he conducted",840
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,his search with considerable ingenuity and perseverance. Through a,841
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,cousin who works with Gelder he found out the retail firms who had,842
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"bought the busts. He managed to find employment with Morse Hudson,",843
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,and in that way tracked down three of them. The pearl was not there.,844
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"Then, with the help of some Italian employe, he succeeded in finding",845
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,out where the other three busts had gone. The first was at Harker's.,846
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"There he was dogged by his confederate, who held Beppo responsible",847
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"for the loss of the pearl, and he stabbed him in the scuffle which",848
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"followed.""",849
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,850
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""If he was his confederate why should he carry his photograph?"" I",851
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,asked.,852
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,853
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""As a means of tracing him if he wished to inquire about him from any",854
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"third person. That was the obvious reason. Well, after the murder I",855
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,calculated that Beppo would probably hurry rather than delay his,856
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"movements. He would fear that the police would read his secret, and",857
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"so he hastened on before they should get ahead of him. Of course, I",858
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,could not say that he had not found the pearl in Harker's bust. I had,859
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,not even concluded for certain that it was the pearl; but it was,860
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"evident to me that he was looking for something, since he carried the",861
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,bust past the other houses in order to break it in the garden which,862
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,had a lamp overlooking it. Since Harker's bust was one in three the,863
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"chances were exactly as I told you, two to one against the pearl",864
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"being inside it. There remained two busts, and it was obvious that he",865
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"would go for the London one first. I warned the inmates of the house,",866
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"so as to avoid a second tragedy, and we went down with the happiest",867
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"results. By that time, of course, I knew for certain that it was the",868
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,Borgia pearl that we were after. The name of the murdered man linked,869
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,the one event with the other. There only remained a single bust--the,870
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,Reading one--and the pearl must be there. I bought it in your,871
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"presence from the owner--and there it lies.""",872
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,873
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,We sat in silence for a moment.,874
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,875
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""Well,"" said Lestrade, ""I've seen you handle a good many cases, Mr.",876
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"Holmes, but I don't know that I ever knew a more workmanlike one than",877
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"that. We're not jealous of you at Scotland Yard. No, sir, we are very",878
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"proud of you, and if you come down to-morrow there's not a man, from",879
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"the oldest inspector to the youngest constable, who wouldn't be glad",880
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"to shake you by the hand.""",881
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,882
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"""Thank you!"" said Holmes. ""Thank you!"" and as he turned away it",883
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,seemed to me that he was more nearly moved by the softer human,884
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,emotions than I had ever seen him. A moment later he was the cold and,885
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"practical thinker once more. ""Put the pearl in the safe, Watson,""",886
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"said he, ""and get out the papers of the Conk-Singleton forgery case.",887
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"Good-bye, Lestrade. If any little problem comes your way I shall be",888
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,"happy, if I can, to give you a hint or two as to its solution.""",889
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,,890
The Adventure of the Three Students,THE ADVENTURE OF THE THREE STUDENTS,1
The Adventure of the Three Students,,2
The Adventure of the Three Students,"It was in the year '95 that a combination of events, into which I",3
The Adventure of the Three Students,"need not enter, caused Mr. Sherlock Holmes and myself to spend some",4
The Adventure of the Three Students,"weeks in one of our great University towns, and it was during this",5
The Adventure of the Three Students,time that the small but instructive adventure which I am about to,6
The Adventure of the Three Students,relate befell us. It will be obvious that any details which would,7
The Adventure of the Three Students,help the reader to exactly identify the college or the criminal would,8
The Adventure of the Three Students,be injudicious and offensive. So painful a scandal may well be,9
The Adventure of the Three Students,"allowed to die out. With due discretion the incident itself may,",10
The Adventure of the Three Students,"however, be described, since it serves to illustrate some of those",11
The Adventure of the Three Students,qualities for which my friend was remarkable. I will endeavour in my,12
The Adventure of the Three Students,statement to avoid such terms as would serve to limit the events to,13
The Adventure of the Three Students,"any particular place, or give a clue as to the people concerned.",14
The Adventure of the Three Students,,15
The Adventure of the Three Students,We were residing at the time in furnished lodgings close to a library,16
The Adventure of the Three Students,where Sherlock Holmes was pursuing some laborious researches in early,17
The Adventure of the Three Students,English charters--researches which led to results so striking that,18
The Adventure of the Three Students,they may be the subject of one of my future narratives. Here it was,19
The Adventure of the Three Students,"that one evening we received a visit from an acquaintance, Mr. Hilton",20
The Adventure of the Three Students,"Soames, tutor and lecturer at the College of St. Luke's. Mr. Soames",21
The Adventure of the Three Students,"was a tall, spare man, of a nervous and excitable temperament. I had",22
The Adventure of the Three Students,"always known him to be restless in his manner, but on this particular",23
The Adventure of the Three Students,occasion he was in such a state of uncontrollable agitation that it,24
The Adventure of the Three Students,was clear something very unusual had occurred.,25
The Adventure of the Three Students,,26
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""I trust, Mr. Holmes, that you can spare me a few hours of your",27
The Adventure of the Three Students,"valuable time. We have had a very painful incident at St. Luke's, and",28
The Adventure of the Three Students,"really, but for the happy chance of your being in the town, I should",29
The Adventure of the Three Students,"have been at a loss what to do.""",30
The Adventure of the Three Students,,31
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""I am very busy just now, and I desire no distractions,"" my friend",32
The Adventure of the Three Students,"answered. ""I should much prefer that you called in the aid of the",33
The Adventure of the Three Students,"police.""",34
The Adventure of the Three Students,,35
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""No, no, my dear sir; such a course is utterly impossible. When once",36
The Adventure of the Three Students,"the law is evoked it cannot be stayed again, and this is just one of",37
The Adventure of the Three Students,"those cases where, for the credit of the college, it is most",38
The Adventure of the Three Students,essential to avoid scandal. Your discretion is as well known as your,39
The Adventure of the Three Students,"powers, and you are the one man in the world who can help me. I beg",40
The Adventure of the Three Students,"you, Mr. Holmes, to do what you can.""",41
The Adventure of the Three Students,,42
The Adventure of the Three Students,My friend's temper had not improved since he had been deprived of the,43
The Adventure of the Three Students,"congenial surroundings of Baker Street. Without his scrap-books, his",44
The Adventure of the Three Students,"chemicals, and his homely untidiness, he was an uncomfortable man. He",45
The Adventure of the Three Students,"shrugged his shoulders in ungracious acquiescence, while our visitor",46
The Adventure of the Three Students,in hurried words and with much excitable gesticulation poured forth,47
The Adventure of the Three Students,his story.,48
The Adventure of the Three Students,,49
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""I must explain to you, Mr. Holmes, that to-morrow is the first day",50
The Adventure of the Three Students,of the examination for the Fortescue Scholarship. I am one of the,51
The Adventure of the Three Students,"examiners. My subject is Greek, and the first of the papers consists",52
The Adventure of the Three Students,of a large passage of Greek translation which the candidate has not,53
The Adventure of the Three Students,"seen. This passage is printed on the examination paper, and it would",54
The Adventure of the Three Students,naturally be an immense advantage if the candidate could prepare it,55
The Adventure of the Three Students,in advance. For this reason great care is taken to keep the paper,56
The Adventure of the Three Students,secret.,57
The Adventure of the Three Students,,58
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""To-day about three o'clock the proofs of this paper arrived from the",59
The Adventure of the Three Students,printers. The exercise consists of half a chapter of Thucydides. I,60
The Adventure of the Three Students,"had to read it over carefully, as the text must be absolutely",61
The Adventure of the Three Students,"correct. At four-thirty my task was not yet completed. I had,",62
The Adventure of the Three Students,"however, promised to take tea in a friend's rooms, so I left the",63
The Adventure of the Three Students,proof upon my desk. I was absent rather more than an hour.,64
The Adventure of the Three Students,,65
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""You are aware, Mr. Holmes, that our college doors are double--a",66
The Adventure of the Three Students,green baize one within and a heavy oak one without. As I approached,67
The Adventure of the Three Students,my outer door I was amazed to see a key in it. For an instant I,68
The Adventure of the Three Students,"imagined that I had left my own there, but on feeling in my pocket I",69
The Adventure of the Three Students,"found that it was all right. The only duplicate which existed, so far",70
The Adventure of the Three Students,"as I knew, was that which belonged to my servant, Bannister, a man",71
The Adventure of the Three Students,"who has looked after my room for ten years, and whose honesty is",72
The Adventure of the Three Students,"absolutely above suspicion. I found that the key was indeed his, that",73
The Adventure of the Three Students,"he had entered my room to know if I wanted tea, and that he had very",74
The Adventure of the Three Students,carelessly left the key in the door when he came out. His visit to my,75
The Adventure of the Three Students,room must have been within a very few minutes of my leaving it. His,76
The Adventure of the Three Students,forgetfulness about the key would have mattered little upon any other,77
The Adventure of the Three Students,"occasion, but on this one day it has produced the most deplorable",78
The Adventure of the Three Students,consequences.,79
The Adventure of the Three Students,,80
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""The moment I looked at my table I was aware that someone had",81
The Adventure of the Three Students,rummaged among my papers. The proof was in three long slips. I had,82
The Adventure of the Three Students,"left them all together. Now, I found that one of them was lying on",83
The Adventure of the Three Students,"the floor, one was on the side table near the window, and the third",84
The Adventure of the Three Students,"was where I had left it.""",85
The Adventure of the Three Students,,86
The Adventure of the Three Students,Holmes stirred for the first time.,87
The Adventure of the Three Students,,88
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""The first page on the floor, the second in the window, the third",89
The Adventure of the Three Students,"where you left it,"" said he.",90
The Adventure of the Three Students,,91
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Exactly, Mr. Holmes. You amaze me. How could you possibly know",92
The Adventure of the Three Students,"that?""",93
The Adventure of the Three Students,,94
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Pray continue your very interesting statement.""",95
The Adventure of the Three Students,,96
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""For an instant I imagined that Bannister had taken the unpardonable",97
The Adventure of the Three Students,"liberty of examining my papers. He denied it, however, with the",98
The Adventure of the Three Students,"utmost earnestness, and I am convinced that he was speaking the",99
The Adventure of the Three Students,truth. The alternative was that someone passing had observed the key,100
The Adventure of the Three Students,"in the door, had known that I was out, and had entered to look at the",101
The Adventure of the Three Students,"papers. A large sum of money is at stake, for the scholarship is a",102
The Adventure of the Three Students,"very valuable one, and an unscrupulous man might very well run a risk",103
The Adventure of the Three Students,in order to gain an advantage over his fellows.,104
The Adventure of the Three Students,,105
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Bannister was very much upset by the incident. He had nearly fainted",106
The Adventure of the Three Students,when we found that the papers had undoubtedly been tampered with. I,107
The Adventure of the Three Students,gave him a little brandy and left him collapsed in a chair while I,108
The Adventure of the Three Students,made a most careful examination of the room. I soon saw that the,109
The Adventure of the Three Students,intruder had left other traces of his presence besides the rumpled,110
The Adventure of the Three Students,papers. On the table in the window were several shreds from a pencil,111
The Adventure of the Three Students,which had been sharpened. A broken tip of lead was lying there also.,112
The Adventure of the Three Students,"Evidently the rascal had copied the paper in a great hurry, had",113
The Adventure of the Three Students,"broken his pencil, and had been compelled to put a fresh point to",114
The Adventure of the Three Students,"it.""",115
The Adventure of the Three Students,,116
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Excellent!"" said Holmes, who was recovering his good-humour as his",117
The Adventure of the Three Students,"attention became more engrossed by the case. ""Fortune has been your",118
The Adventure of the Three Students,"friend.""",119
The Adventure of the Three Students,,120
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""This was not all. I have a new writing-table with a fine surface of",121
The Adventure of the Three Students,"red leather. I am prepared to swear, and so is Bannister, that it was",122
The Adventure of the Three Students,smooth and unstained. Now I found a clean cut in it about three,123
The Adventure of the Three Students,"inches long--not a mere scratch, but a positive cut. Not only this,",124
The Adventure of the Three Students,"but on the table I found a small ball of black dough, or clay, with",125
The Adventure of the Three Students,specks of something which looks like sawdust in it. I am convinced,126
The Adventure of the Three Students,that these marks were left by the man who rifled the papers. There,127
The Adventure of the Three Students,were no footmarks and no other evidence as to his identity. I was at,128
The Adventure of the Three Students,"my wits' ends, when suddenly the happy thought occurred to me that",129
The Adventure of the Three Students,"you were in the town, and I came straight round to put the matter",130
The Adventure of the Three Students,"into your hands. Do help me, Mr. Holmes! You see my dilemma. Either I",131
The Adventure of the Three Students,must find the man or else the examination must be postponed until,132
The Adventure of the Three Students,"fresh papers are prepared, and since this cannot be done without",133
The Adventure of the Three Students,"explanation there will ensue a hideous scandal, which will throw a",134
The Adventure of the Three Students,"cloud not only on the college, but on the University. Above all",135
The Adventure of the Three Students,"things I desire to settle the matter quietly and discreetly.""",136
The Adventure of the Three Students,,137
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""I shall be happy to look into it and to give you such advice as I",138
The Adventure of the Three Students,"can,"" said Holmes, rising and putting on his overcoat. ""The case is",139
The Adventure of the Three Students,not entirely devoid of interest. Had anyone visited you in your room,140
The Adventure of the Three Students,"after the papers came to you?""",141
The Adventure of the Three Students,,142
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Yes; young Daulat Ras, an Indian student who lives on the same",143
The Adventure of the Three Students,"stair, came in to ask me some particulars about the examination.""",144
The Adventure of the Three Students,,145
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""For which he was entered?""",146
The Adventure of the Three Students,,147
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Yes.""",148
The Adventure of the Three Students,,149
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""And the papers were on your table?""",150
The Adventure of the Three Students,,151
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""To the best of my belief they were rolled up.""",152
The Adventure of the Three Students,,153
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""But might be recognised as proofs?""",154
The Adventure of the Three Students,,155
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Possibly.""",156
The Adventure of the Three Students,,157
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""No one else in your room?""",158
The Adventure of the Three Students,,159
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""No.""",160
The Adventure of the Three Students,,161
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Did anyone know that these proofs would be there?""",162
The Adventure of the Three Students,,163
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""No one save the printer.""",164
The Adventure of the Three Students,,165
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Did this man Bannister know?""",166
The Adventure of the Three Students,,167
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""No, certainly not. No one knew.""",168
The Adventure of the Three Students,,169
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Where is Bannister now?""",170
The Adventure of the Three Students,,171
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""He was very ill, poor fellow. I left him collapsed in the chair. I",172
The Adventure of the Three Students,"was in such a hurry to come to you.""",173
The Adventure of the Three Students,,174
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""You left your door open?""",175
The Adventure of the Three Students,,176
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""I locked up the papers first.""",177
The Adventure of the Three Students,,178
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Then it amounts to this, Mr. Soames, that unless the Indian student",179
The Adventure of the Three Students,"recognised the roll as being proofs, the man who tampered with them",180
The Adventure of the Three Students,"came upon them accidentally without knowing that they were there.""",181
The Adventure of the Three Students,,182
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""So it seems to me.""",183
The Adventure of the Three Students,,184
The Adventure of the Three Students,Holmes gave an enigmatic smile.,185
The Adventure of the Three Students,,186
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Well,"" said he, ""let us go round. Not one of your cases,",187
The Adventure of the Three Students,"Watson--mental, not physical. All right; come if you want to. Now,",188
The Adventure of the Three Students,"Mr. Soames--at your disposal!""",189
The Adventure of the Three Students,,190
The Adventure of the Three Students,"The sitting-room of our client opened by a long, low, latticed",191
The Adventure of the Three Students,window on to the ancient lichen-tinted court of the old college. A,192
The Adventure of the Three Students,Gothic arched door led to a worn stone staircase. On the ground floor,193
The Adventure of the Three Students,"was the tutor's room. Above were three students, one on each story.",194
The Adventure of the Three Students,It was already twilight when we reached the scene of our problem.,195
The Adventure of the Three Students,Holmes halted and looked earnestly at the window. Then he approached,196
The Adventure of the Three Students,"it, and, standing on tiptoe with his neck craned, he looked into the",197
The Adventure of the Three Students,room.,198
The Adventure of the Three Students,,199
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""He must have entered through the door. There is no opening except",200
The Adventure of the Three Students,"the one pane,"" said our learned guide.",201
The Adventure of the Three Students,,202
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Dear me!"" said Holmes, and he smiled in a singular way as he glanced",203
The Adventure of the Three Students,"at our companion. ""Well, if there is nothing to be learned here we",204
The Adventure of the Three Students,"had best go inside.""",205
The Adventure of the Three Students,,206
The Adventure of the Three Students,The lecturer unlocked the outer door and ushered us into his room. We,207
The Adventure of the Three Students,stood at the entrance while Holmes made an examination of the carpet.,208
The Adventure of the Three Students,,209
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""I am afraid there are no signs here,"" said he. ""One could hardly",210
The Adventure of the Three Students,hope for any upon so dry a day. Your servant seems to have quite,211
The Adventure of the Three Students,"recovered. You left him in a chair, you say; which chair?""",212
The Adventure of the Three Students,,213
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""By the window there.""",214
The Adventure of the Three Students,,215
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""I see. Near this little table. You can come in now. I have finished",216
The Adventure of the Three Students,"with the carpet. Let us take the little table first. Of course, what",217
The Adventure of the Three Students,"has happened is very clear. The man entered and took the papers,",218
The Adventure of the Three Students,"sheet by sheet, from the central table. He carried them over to the",219
The Adventure of the Three Students,"window table, because from there he could see if you came across the",220
The Adventure of the Three Students,"courtyard, and so could effect an escape.""",221
The Adventure of the Three Students,,222
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""As a matter of fact he could not,"" said Soames, ""for I entered by",223
The Adventure of the Three Students,"the side door.""",224
The Adventure of the Three Students,,225
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Ah, that's good! Well, anyhow, that was in his mind. Let me see the",226
The Adventure of the Three Students,"three strips. No finger impressions--no! Well, he carried over this",227
The Adventure of the Three Students,"one first and he copied it. How long would it take him to do that,",228
The Adventure of the Three Students,"using every possible contraction? A quarter of an hour, not less.",229
The Adventure of the Three Students,Then he tossed it down and seized the next. He was in the midst of,230
The Adventure of the Three Students,that when your return caused him to make a very hurried retreat--very,231
The Adventure of the Three Students,"hurried, since he had not time to replace the papers which would tell",232
The Adventure of the Three Students,you that he had been there. You were not aware of any hurrying feet,233
The Adventure of the Three Students,"on the stair as you entered the outer door?""",234
The Adventure of the Three Students,,235
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""No, I can't say I was.""",236
The Adventure of the Three Students,,237
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Well, he wrote so furiously that he broke his pencil, and had, as",238
The Adventure of the Three Students,"you observe, to sharpen it again. This is of interest, Watson. The",239
The Adventure of the Three Students,"pencil was not an ordinary one. It was above the usual size, with a",240
The Adventure of the Three Students,"soft lead; the outer colour was dark blue, the maker's name was",241
The Adventure of the Three Students,"printed in silver lettering, and the piece remaining is only about an",242
The Adventure of the Three Students,"inch and a half long. Look for such a pencil, Mr. Soames, and you",243
The Adventure of the Three Students,have got your man. When I add that he possesses a large and very,244
The Adventure of the Three Students,"blunt knife, you have an additional aid.""",245
The Adventure of the Three Students,,246
The Adventure of the Three Students,"Mr. Soames was somewhat overwhelmed by this flood of information. ""I",247
The Adventure of the Three Students,"can follow the other points,"" said he, ""but really, in this matter of",248
The Adventure of the Three Students,"the length--""",249
The Adventure of the Three Students,,250
The Adventure of the Three Students,Holmes held out a small chip with the letters NN and a space of clear,251
The Adventure of the Three Students,wood after them.,252
The Adventure of the Three Students,,253
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""You see?""",254
The Adventure of the Three Students,,255
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""No, I fear that even now--""",256
The Adventure of the Three Students,,257
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Watson, I have always done you an injustice. There are others. What",258
The Adventure of the Three Students,could this NN be? It is at the end of a word. You are aware that,259
The Adventure of the Three Students,Johann Faber is the most common maker's name. Is it not clear that,260
The Adventure of the Three Students,there is just as much of the pencil left as usually follows the,261
The Adventure of the Three Students,"Johann?"" He held the small table sideways to the electric light. ""I",262
The Adventure of the Three Students,was hoping that if the paper on which he wrote was thin some trace of,263
The Adventure of the Three Students,"it might come through upon this polished surface. No, I see nothing.",264
The Adventure of the Three Students,I don't think there is anything more to be learned here. Now for the,265
The Adventure of the Three Students,"central table. This small pellet is, I presume, the black, doughy",266
The Adventure of the Three Students,"mass you spoke of. Roughly pyramidal in shape and hollowed out, I",267
The Adventure of the Three Students,"perceive. As you say, there appear to be grains of sawdust in it.",268
The Adventure of the Three Students,"Dear me, this is very interesting. And the cut--a positive tear, I",269
The Adventure of the Three Students,see. It began with a thin scratch and ended in a jagged hole. I am,270
The Adventure of the Three Students,"much indebted to you for directing my attention to this case, Mr.",271
The Adventure of the Three Students,"Soames. Where does that door lead to?""",272
The Adventure of the Three Students,,273
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""To my bedroom.""",274
The Adventure of the Three Students,,275
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Have you been in it since your adventure?""",276
The Adventure of the Three Students,,277
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""No; I came straight away for you.""",278
The Adventure of the Three Students,,279
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""I should like to have a glance round. What a charming, old-fashioned",280
The Adventure of the Three Students,room! Perhaps you will kindly wait a minute until I have examined the,281
The Adventure of the Three Students,"floor. No, I see nothing. What about this curtain? You hang your",282
The Adventure of the Three Students,clothes behind it. If anyone were forced to conceal himself in this,283
The Adventure of the Three Students,"room he must do it there, since the bed is too low and the wardrobe",284
The Adventure of the Three Students,"too shallow. No one there, I suppose?""",285
The Adventure of the Three Students,,286
The Adventure of the Three Students,"As Holmes drew the curtain I was aware, from some little rigidity and",287
The Adventure of the Three Students,"alertness of his attitude, that he was prepared for an emergency. As",288
The Adventure of the Three Students,a matter of fact the drawn curtain disclosed nothing but three or,289
The Adventure of the Three Students,four suits of clothes hanging from a line of pegs. Holmes turned away,290
The Adventure of the Three Students,and stooped suddenly to the floor.,291
The Adventure of the Three Students,,292
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Halloa! What's this?"" said he.",293
The Adventure of the Three Students,,294
The Adventure of the Three Students,"It was a small pyramid of black, putty-like stuff, exactly like the",295
The Adventure of the Three Students,one upon the table of the study. Holmes held it out on his open palm,296
The Adventure of the Three Students,in the glare of the electric light.,297
The Adventure of the Three Students,,298
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Your visitor seems to have left traces in your bedroom as well as in",299
The Adventure of the Three Students,"your sitting-room, Mr. Soames.""",300
The Adventure of the Three Students,,301
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""What could he have wanted there?""",302
The Adventure of the Three Students,,303
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""I think it is clear enough. You came back by an unexpected way, and",304
The Adventure of the Three Students,so he had no warning until you were at the very door. What could he,305
The Adventure of the Three Students,do? He caught up everything which would betray him and he rushed into,306
The Adventure of the Three Students,"your bedroom to conceal himself.""",307
The Adventure of the Three Students,,308
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Good gracious, Mr. Holmes, do you mean to tell me that all the time",309
The Adventure of the Three Students,I was talking to Bannister in this room we had the man prisoner if we,310
The Adventure of the Three Students,"had only known it?""",311
The Adventure of the Three Students,,312
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""So I read it.""",313
The Adventure of the Three Students,,314
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Surely there is another alternative, Mr. Holmes. I don't know",315
The Adventure of the Three Students,"whether you observed my bedroom window?""",316
The Adventure of the Three Students,,317
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Lattice-paned, lead framework, three separate windows, one swinging",318
The Adventure of the Three Students,"on hinge and large enough to admit a man.""",319
The Adventure of the Three Students,,320
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Exactly. And it looks out on an angle of the courtyard so as to be",321
The Adventure of the Three Students,"partly invisible. The man might have effected his entrance there,",322
The Adventure of the Three Students,"left traces as he passed through the bedroom, and, finally, finding",323
The Adventure of the Three Students,"the door open have escaped that way.""",324
The Adventure of the Three Students,,325
The Adventure of the Three Students,Holmes shook his head impatiently.,326
The Adventure of the Three Students,,327
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Let us be practical,"" said he. ""I understand you to say that there",328
The Adventure of the Three Students,are three students who use this stair and are in the habit of passing,329
The Adventure of the Three Students,"your door?""",330
The Adventure of the Three Students,,331
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Yes, there are.""",332
The Adventure of the Three Students,,333
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""And they are all in for this examination?""",334
The Adventure of the Three Students,,335
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Yes.""",336
The Adventure of the Three Students,,337
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Have you any reason to suspect any one of them more than the",338
The Adventure of the Three Students,"others?""",339
The Adventure of the Three Students,,340
The Adventure of the Three Students,Soames hesitated.,341
The Adventure of the Three Students,,342
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""It is a very delicate question,"" said he. ""One hardly likes to throw",343
The Adventure of the Three Students,"suspicion where there are no proofs.""",344
The Adventure of the Three Students,,345
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Let us hear the suspicions. I will look after the proofs.""",346
The Adventure of the Three Students,,347
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""I will tell you, then, in a few words the character of the three men",348
The Adventure of the Three Students,"who inhabit these rooms. The lower of the three is Gilchrist, a fine",349
The Adventure of the Three Students,scholar and athlete; plays in the Rugby team and the cricket team for,350
The Adventure of the Three Students,"the college, and got his Blue for the hurdles and the long jump. He",351
The Adventure of the Three Students,"is a fine, manly fellow. His father was the notorious Sir Jabez",352
The Adventure of the Three Students,"Gilchrist, who ruined himself on the turf. My scholar has been left",353
The Adventure of the Three Students,"very poor, but he is hard-working and industrious. He will do well.",354
The Adventure of the Three Students,,355
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""The second floor is inhabited by Daulat Ras, the Indian. He is a",356
The Adventure of the Three Students,"quiet, inscrutable fellow, as most of those Indians are. He is well",357
The Adventure of the Three Students,"up in his work, though his Greek is his weak subject. He is steady",358
The Adventure of the Three Students,and methodical.,359
The Adventure of the Three Students,,360
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""The top floor belongs to Miles McLaren. He is a brilliant fellow",361
The Adventure of the Three Students,when he chooses to work--one of the brightest intellects of the,362
The Adventure of the Three Students,"University, but he is wayward, dissipated, and unprincipled. He was",363
The Adventure of the Three Students,nearly expelled over a card scandal in his first year. He has been,364
The Adventure of the Three Students,"idling all this term, and he must look forward with dread to the",365
The Adventure of the Three Students,"examination.""",366
The Adventure of the Three Students,,367
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Then it is he whom you suspect?""",368
The Adventure of the Three Students,,369
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""I dare not go so far as that. But of the three he is perhaps the",370
The Adventure of the Three Students,"least unlikely.""",371
The Adventure of the Three Students,,372
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Exactly. Now, Mr. Soames, let us have a look at your servant,",373
The Adventure of the Three Students,"Bannister.""",374
The Adventure of the Three Students,,375
The Adventure of the Three Students,"He was a little, white-faced, clean-shaven, grizzly-haired fellow of",376
The Adventure of the Three Students,fifty. He was still suffering from this sudden disturbance of the,377
The Adventure of the Three Students,quiet routine of his life. His plump face was twitching with his,378
The Adventure of the Three Students,"nervousness, and his fingers could not keep still.",379
The Adventure of the Three Students,,380
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""We are investigating this unhappy business, Bannister,"" said his",381
The Adventure of the Three Students,master.,382
The Adventure of the Three Students,,383
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Yes, sir.""",384
The Adventure of the Three Students,,385
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""I understand,"" said Holmes, ""that you left your key in the door?""",386
The Adventure of the Three Students,,387
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Yes, sir.""",388
The Adventure of the Three Students,,389
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Was it not very extraordinary that you should do this on the very",390
The Adventure of the Three Students,"day when there were these papers inside?""",391
The Adventure of the Three Students,,392
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""It was most unfortunate, sir. But I have occasionally done the same",393
The Adventure of the Three Students,"thing at other times.""",394
The Adventure of the Three Students,,395
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""When did you enter the room?""",396
The Adventure of the Three Students,,397
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""It was about half-past four. That is Mr. Soames's tea time.""",398
The Adventure of the Three Students,,399
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""How long did you stay?""",400
The Adventure of the Three Students,,401
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""When I saw that he was absent I withdrew at once.""",402
The Adventure of the Three Students,,403
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Did you look at these papers on the table?""",404
The Adventure of the Three Students,,405
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""No, sir; certainly not.""",406
The Adventure of the Three Students,,407
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""How came you to leave the key in the door?""",408
The Adventure of the Three Students,,409
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""I had the tea-tray in my hand. I thought I would come back for the",410
The Adventure of the Three Students,"key. Then I forgot.""",411
The Adventure of the Three Students,,412
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Has the outer door a spring lock?""",413
The Adventure of the Three Students,,414
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""No, sir.""",415
The Adventure of the Three Students,,416
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Then it was open all the time?""",417
The Adventure of the Three Students,,418
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Yes, sir.""",419
The Adventure of the Three Students,,420
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Anyone in the room could get out?""",421
The Adventure of the Three Students,,422
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Yes, sir.""",423
The Adventure of the Three Students,,424
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""When Mr. Soames returned and called for you, you were very much",425
The Adventure of the Three Students,"disturbed?""",426
The Adventure of the Three Students,,427
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Yes, sir. Such a thing has never happened during the many years that",428
The Adventure of the Three Students,"I have been here. I nearly fainted, sir.""",429
The Adventure of the Three Students,,430
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""So I understand. Where were you when you began to feel bad?""",431
The Adventure of the Three Students,,432
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Where was I, sir? Why, here, near the door.""",433
The Adventure of the Three Students,,434
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""That is singular, because you sat down in that chair over yonder",435
The Adventure of the Three Students,"near the corner. Why did you pass these other chairs?""",436
The Adventure of the Three Students,,437
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""I don't know, sir. It didn't matter to me where I sat.""",438
The Adventure of the Three Students,,439
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""I really don't think he knew much about it, Mr. Holmes. He was",440
The Adventure of the Three Students,"looking very bad--quite ghastly.""",441
The Adventure of the Three Students,,442
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""You stayed here when your master left?""",443
The Adventure of the Three Students,,444
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Only for a minute or so. Then I locked the door and went to my",445
The Adventure of the Three Students,"room.""",446
The Adventure of the Three Students,,447
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Whom do you suspect?""",448
The Adventure of the Three Students,,449
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Oh, I would not venture to say, sir. I don't believe there is any",450
The Adventure of the Three Students,gentleman in this University who is capable of profiting by such an,451
The Adventure of the Three Students,"action. No, sir, I'll not believe it.""",452
The Adventure of the Three Students,,453
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Thank you; that will do,"" said Holmes. ""Oh, one more word. You have",454
The Adventure of the Three Students,not mentioned to any of the three gentlemen whom you attend that,455
The Adventure of the Three Students,"anything is amiss?""",456
The Adventure of the Three Students,,457
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""No, sir; not a word.""",458
The Adventure of the Three Students,,459
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""You haven't seen any of them?""",460
The Adventure of the Three Students,,461
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""No, sir.""",462
The Adventure of the Three Students,,463
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Very good. Now, Mr. Soames, we will take a walk in the quadrangle,",464
The Adventure of the Three Students,"if you please.""",465
The Adventure of the Three Students,,466
The Adventure of the Three Students,Three yellow squares of light shone above us in the gathering gloom.,467
The Adventure of the Three Students,,468
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Your three birds are all in their nests,"" said Holmes, looking up.",469
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Halloa! What's that? One of them seems restless enough.""",470
The Adventure of the Three Students,,471
The Adventure of the Three Students,"It was the Indian, whose dark silhouette appeared suddenly upon his",472
The Adventure of the Three Students,blind. He was pacing swiftly up and down his room.,473
The Adventure of the Three Students,,474
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""I should like to have a peep at each of them,"" said Holmes. ""Is it",475
The Adventure of the Three Students,"possible?""",476
The Adventure of the Three Students,,477
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""No difficulty in the world,"" Soames answered. ""This set of rooms is",478
The Adventure of the Three Students,"quite the oldest in the college, and it is not unusual for visitors",479
The Adventure of the Three Students,"to go over them. Come along, and I will personally conduct you.""",480
The Adventure of the Three Students,,481
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""No names, please!"" said Holmes, as we knocked at Gilchrist's door. A",482
The Adventure of the Three Students,"tall, flaxen-haired, slim young fellow opened it, and made us welcome",483
The Adventure of the Three Students,when he understood our errand. There were some really curious pieces,484
The Adventure of the Three Students,of mediaeval domestic architecture within. Holmes was so charmed with,485
The Adventure of the Three Students,"one of them that he insisted on drawing it on his note-book, broke",486
The Adventure of the Three Students,"his pencil, had to borrow one from our host, and finally borrowed a",487
The Adventure of the Three Students,knife to sharpen his own. The same curious accident happened to him,488
The Adventure of the Three Students,"in the rooms of the Indian--a silent, little, hook-nosed fellow, who",489
The Adventure of the Three Students,eyed us askance and was obviously glad when Holmes's architectural,490
The Adventure of the Three Students,studies had come to an end. I could not see that in either case,491
The Adventure of the Three Students,Holmes had come upon the clue for which he was searching. Only at the,492
The Adventure of the Three Students,third did our visit prove abortive. The outer door would not open to,493
The Adventure of the Three Students,"our knock, and nothing more substantial than a torrent of bad",494
The Adventure of the Three Students,"language came from behind it. ""I don't care who you are. You can go",495
The Adventure of the Three Students,"to blazes!"" roared the angry voice. ""To-morrow's the exam, and I",496
The Adventure of the Three Students,"won't be drawn by anyone.""",497
The Adventure of the Three Students,,498
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""A rude fellow,"" said our guide, flushing with anger as we withdrew",499
The Adventure of the Three Students,"down the stair. ""Of course, he did not realize that it was I who was",500
The Adventure of the Three Students,"knocking, but none the less his conduct was very uncourteous, and,",501
The Adventure of the Three Students,"indeed, under the circumstances rather suspicious.""",502
The Adventure of the Three Students,,503
The Adventure of the Three Students,Holmes's response was a curious one.,504
The Adventure of the Three Students,,505
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Can you tell me his exact height?"" he asked.",506
The Adventure of the Three Students,,507
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Really, Mr. Holmes, I cannot undertake to say. He is taller than the",508
The Adventure of the Three Students,"Indian, not so tall as Gilchrist. I suppose five foot six would be",509
The Adventure of the Three Students,"about it.""",510
The Adventure of the Three Students,,511
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""That is very important,"" said Holmes. ""And now, Mr. Soames, I wish",512
The Adventure of the Three Students,"you good-night.""",513
The Adventure of the Three Students,,514
The Adventure of the Three Students,"Our guide cried aloud in his astonishment and dismay. ""Good gracious,",515
The Adventure of the Three Students,"Mr. Holmes, you are surely not going to leave me in this abrupt",516
The Adventure of the Three Students,fashion! You don't seem to realize the position. To-morrow is the,517
The Adventure of the Three Students,examination. I must take some definite action to-night. I cannot,518
The Adventure of the Three Students,allow the examination to be held if one of the papers has been,519
The Adventure of the Three Students,"tampered with. The situation must be faced.""",520
The Adventure of the Three Students,,521
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""You must leave it as it is. I shall drop round early to-morrow",522
The Adventure of the Three Students,morning and chat the matter over. It is possible that I may be in a,523
The Adventure of the Three Students,position then to indicate some course of action. Meanwhile you change,524
The Adventure of the Three Students,"nothing--nothing at all.""",525
The Adventure of the Three Students,,526
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Very good, Mr. Holmes.""",527
The Adventure of the Three Students,,528
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""You can be perfectly easy in your mind. We shall certainly find some",529
The Adventure of the Three Students,"way out of your difficulties. I will take the black clay with me,",530
The Adventure of the Three Students,"also the pencil cuttings. Good-bye.""",531
The Adventure of the Three Students,,532
The Adventure of the Three Students,When we were out in the darkness of the quadrangle we again looked up,533
The Adventure of the Three Students,at the windows. The Indian still paced his room. The others were,534
The Adventure of the Three Students,invisible.,535
The Adventure of the Three Students,,536
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Well, Watson, what do you think of it?"" Holmes asked, as we came out",537
The Adventure of the Three Students,"into the main street. ""Quite a little parlour game--sort of",538
The Adventure of the Three Students,"three-card trick, is it not? There are your three men. It must be one",539
The Adventure of the Three Students,"of them. You take your choice. Which is yours?""",540
The Adventure of the Three Students,,541
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""The foul-mouthed fellow at the top. He is the one with the worst",542
The Adventure of the Three Students,record. And yet that Indian was a sly fellow also. Why should he be,543
The Adventure of the Three Students,"pacing his room all the time?""",544
The Adventure of the Three Students,,545
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""There is nothing in that. Many men do it when they are trying to",546
The Adventure of the Three Students,"learn anything by heart.""",547
The Adventure of the Three Students,,548
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""He looked at us in a queer way.""",549
The Adventure of the Three Students,,550
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""So would you if a flock of strangers came in on you when you were",551
The Adventure of the Three Students,"preparing for an examination next day, and every moment was of value.",552
The Adventure of the Three Students,"No, I see nothing in that. Pencils, too, and knives--all was",553
The Adventure of the Three Students,"satisfactory. But that fellow does puzzle me.""",554
The Adventure of the Three Students,,555
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Who?""",556
The Adventure of the Three Students,,557
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Why, Bannister, the servant. What's his game in the matter?""",558
The Adventure of the Three Students,,559
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""He impressed me as being a perfectly honest man.""",560
The Adventure of the Three Students,,561
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""So he did me. That's the puzzling part. Why should a perfectly",562
The Adventure of the Three Students,"honest man--well, well, here's a large stationer's. We shall begin",563
The Adventure of the Three Students,"our researches here.""",564
The Adventure of the Three Students,,565
The Adventure of the Three Students,"There were only four stationers of any consequence in the town, and",566
The Adventure of the Three Students,at each Holmes produced his pencil chips and bid high for a,567
The Adventure of the Three Students,"duplicate. All were agreed that one could be ordered, but that it was",568
The Adventure of the Three Students,not a usual size of pencil and that it was seldom kept in stock. My,569
The Adventure of the Three Students,"friend did not appear to be depressed by his failure, but shrugged",570
The Adventure of the Three Students,his shoulders in half-humorous resignation.,571
The Adventure of the Three Students,,572
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""No good, my dear Watson. This, the best and only final clue, has run",573
The Adventure of the Three Students,"to nothing. But, indeed, I have little doubt that we can build up a",574
The Adventure of the Three Students,"sufficient case without it. By Jove! my dear fellow, it is nearly",575
The Adventure of the Three Students,"nine, and the landlady babbled of green peas at seven-thirty. What",576
The Adventure of the Three Students,"with your eternal tobacco, Watson, and your irregularity at meals, I",577
The Adventure of the Three Students,expect that you will get notice to quit and that I shall share your,578
The Adventure of the Three Students,"downfall--not, however, before we have solved the problem of the",579
The Adventure of the Three Students,"nervous tutor, the careless servant, and the three enterprising",580
The Adventure of the Three Students,"students.""",581
The Adventure of the Three Students,,582
The Adventure of the Three Students,"Holmes made no further allusion to the matter that day, though he",583
The Adventure of the Three Students,sat lost in thought for a long time after our belated dinner. At,584
The Adventure of the Three Students,eight in the morning he came into my room just as I finished my,585
The Adventure of the Three Students,toilet.,586
The Adventure of the Three Students,,587
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Well, Watson,"" said he, ""it is time we went down to St. Luke's. Can",588
The Adventure of the Three Students,"you do without breakfast?""",589
The Adventure of the Three Students,,590
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Certainly.""",591
The Adventure of the Three Students,,592
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Soames will be in a dreadful fidget until we are able to tell him",593
The Adventure of the Three Students,"something positive.""",594
The Adventure of the Three Students,,595
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Have you anything positive to tell him?""",596
The Adventure of the Three Students,,597
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""I think so.""",598
The Adventure of the Three Students,,599
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""You have formed a conclusion?""",600
The Adventure of the Three Students,,601
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Yes, my dear Watson; I have solved the mystery.""",602
The Adventure of the Three Students,,603
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""But what fresh evidence could you have got?""",604
The Adventure of the Three Students,,605
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Aha! It is not for nothing that I have turned myself out of bed at",606
The Adventure of the Three Students,the untimely hour of six. I have put in two hours' hard work and,607
The Adventure of the Three Students,"covered at least five miles, with something to show for it. Look at",608
The Adventure of the Three Students,"that!""",609
The Adventure of the Three Students,,610
The Adventure of the Three Students,He held out his hand. On the palm were three little pyramids of,611
The Adventure of the Three Students,"black, doughy clay.",612
The Adventure of the Three Students,,613
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Why, Holmes, you had only two yesterday!""",614
The Adventure of the Three Students,,615
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""And one more this morning. It is a fair argument that wherever No. 3",616
The Adventure of the Three Students,"came from is also the source of Nos. 1 and 2. Eh, Watson? Well, come",617
The Adventure of the Three Students,"along and put friend Soames out of his pain.""",618
The Adventure of the Three Students,,619
The Adventure of the Three Students,The unfortunate tutor was certainly in a state of pitiable agitation,620
The Adventure of the Three Students,when we found him in his chambers. In a few hours the examination,621
The Adventure of the Three Students,"would commence, and he was still in the dilemma between making the",622
The Adventure of the Three Students,facts public and allowing the culprit to compete for the valuable,623
The Adventure of the Three Students,"scholarship. He could hardly stand still, so great was his mental",624
The Adventure of the Three Students,"agitation, and he ran towards Holmes with two eager hands",625
The Adventure of the Three Students,outstretched.,626
The Adventure of the Three Students,,627
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Thank Heaven that you have come! I feared that you had given it up",628
The Adventure of the Three Students,"in despair. What am I to do? Shall the examination proceed?""",629
The Adventure of the Three Students,,630
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Yes; let it proceed by all means.""",631
The Adventure of the Three Students,,632
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""But this rascal--?""",633
The Adventure of the Three Students,,634
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""He shall not compete.""",635
The Adventure of the Three Students,,636
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""You know him?""",637
The Adventure of the Three Students,,638
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""I think so. If this matter is not to become public we must give",639
The Adventure of the Three Students,"ourselves certain powers, and resolve ourselves into a small private",640
The Adventure of the Three Students,"court-martial. You there, if you please, Soames! Watson, you here!",641
The Adventure of the Three Students,I'll take the arm-chair in the middle. I think that we are now,642
The Adventure of the Three Students,sufficiently imposing to strike terror into a guilty breast. Kindly,643
The Adventure of the Three Students,"ring the bell!""",644
The Adventure of the Three Students,,645
The Adventure of the Three Students,"Bannister entered, and shrunk back in evident surprise and fear at",646
The Adventure of the Three Students,our judicial appearance.,647
The Adventure of the Three Students,,648
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""You will kindly close the door,"" said Holmes. ""Now, Bannister, will",649
The Adventure of the Three Students,"you please tell us the truth about yesterday's incident?""",650
The Adventure of the Three Students,,651
The Adventure of the Three Students,The man turned white to the roots of his hair.,652
The Adventure of the Three Students,,653
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""I have told you everything, sir.""",654
The Adventure of the Three Students,,655
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Nothing to add?""",656
The Adventure of the Three Students,,657
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Nothing at all, sir.""",658
The Adventure of the Three Students,,659
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Well, then, I must make some suggestions to you. When you sat down",660
The Adventure of the Three Students,"on that chair yesterday, did you do so in order to conceal some",661
The Adventure of the Three Students,"object which would have shown who had been in the room?""",662
The Adventure of the Three Students,,663
The Adventure of the Three Students,Bannister's face was ghastly.,664
The Adventure of the Three Students,,665
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""No, sir; certainly not.""",666
The Adventure of the Three Students,,667
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""It is only a suggestion,"" said Holmes, suavely. ""I frankly admit",668
The Adventure of the Three Students,"that I am unable to prove it. But it seems probable enough, since the",669
The Adventure of the Three Students,moment that Mr. Soames's back was turned you released the man who was,670
The Adventure of the Three Students,"hiding in that bedroom.""",671
The Adventure of the Three Students,,672
The Adventure of the Three Students,Bannister licked his dry lips.,673
The Adventure of the Three Students,,674
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""There was no man, sir.""",675
The Adventure of the Three Students,,676
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Ah, that's a pity, Bannister. Up to now you may have spoken the",677
The Adventure of the Three Students,"truth, but now I know that you have lied.""",678
The Adventure of the Three Students,,679
The Adventure of the Three Students,The man's face set in sullen defiance.,680
The Adventure of the Three Students,,681
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""There was no man, sir.""",682
The Adventure of the Three Students,,683
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Come, come, Bannister!""",684
The Adventure of the Three Students,,685
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""No, sir; there was no one.""",686
The Adventure of the Three Students,,687
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""In that case you can give us no further information. Would you",688
The Adventure of the Three Students,please remain in the room? Stand over there near the bedroom door.,689
The Adventure of the Three Students,"Now, Soames, I am going to ask you to have the great kindness to go",690
The Adventure of the Three Students,"up to the room of young Gilchrist, and to ask him to step down into",691
The Adventure of the Three Students,"yours.""",692
The Adventure of the Three Students,,693
The Adventure of the Three Students,"An instant later the tutor returned, bringing with him the student.",694
The Adventure of the Three Students,"He was a fine figure of a man, tall, lithe, and agile, with a springy",695
The Adventure of the Three Students,"step and a pleasant, open face. His troubled blue eyes glanced at",696
The Adventure of the Three Students,"each of us, and finally rested with an expression of blank dismay",697
The Adventure of the Three Students,upon Bannister in the farther corner.,698
The Adventure of the Three Students,,699
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Just close the door,"" said Holmes. ""Now, Mr. Gilchrist, we are all",700
The Adventure of the Three Students,"quite alone here, and no one need ever know one word of what passes",701
The Adventure of the Three Students,between us. We can be perfectly frank with each other. We want to,702
The Adventure of the Three Students,"know, Mr. Gilchrist, how you, an honourable man, ever came to commit",703
The Adventure of the Three Students,"such an action as that of yesterday?""",704
The Adventure of the Three Students,,705
The Adventure of the Three Students,The unfortunate young man staggered back and cast a look full of,706
The Adventure of the Three Students,horror and reproach at Bannister.,707
The Adventure of the Three Students,,708
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""No, no, Mr. Gilchrist, sir; I never said a word--never one word!""",709
The Adventure of the Three Students,cried the servant.,710
The Adventure of the Three Students,,711
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""No, but you have now,"" said Holmes. ""Now, sir, you must see that",712
The Adventure of the Three Students,"after Bannister's words your position is hopeless, and that your only",713
The Adventure of the Three Students,"chance lies in a frank confession.""",714
The Adventure of the Three Students,,715
The Adventure of the Three Students,"For a moment Gilchrist, with upraised hand, tried to control his",716
The Adventure of the Three Students,writhing features. The next he had thrown himself on his knees beside,717
The Adventure of the Three Students,"the table and, burying his face in his hands, he had burst into a",718
The Adventure of the Three Students,storm of passionate sobbing.,719
The Adventure of the Three Students,,720
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Come, come,"" said Holmes, kindly; ""it is human to err, and at least",721
The Adventure of the Three Students,no one can accuse you of being a callous criminal. Perhaps it would,722
The Adventure of the Three Students,"be easier for you if I were to tell Mr. Soames what occurred, and you",723
The Adventure of the Three Students,"can check me where I am wrong. Shall I do so? Well, well, don't",724
The Adventure of the Three Students,"trouble to answer. Listen, and see that I do you no injustice.",725
The Adventure of the Three Students,,726
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""From the moment, Mr. Soames, that you said to me that no one, not",727
The Adventure of the Three Students,"even Bannister, could have told that the papers were in your room,",728
The Adventure of the Three Students,the case began to take a definite shape in my mind. The printer one,729
The Adventure of the Three Students,"could, of course, dismiss. He could examine the papers in his own",730
The Adventure of the Three Students,office. The Indian I also thought nothing of. If the proofs were in a,731
The Adventure of the Three Students,"roll he could not possibly know what they were. On the other hand, it",732
The Adventure of the Three Students,seemed an unthinkable coincidence that a man should dare to enter the,733
The Adventure of the Three Students,"room, and that by chance on that very day the papers were on the",734
The Adventure of the Three Students,table. I dismissed that. The man who entered knew that the papers,735
The Adventure of the Three Students,were there. How did he know?,736
The Adventure of the Three Students,,737
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""When I approached your room I examined the window. You amused me by",738
The Adventure of the Three Students,supposing that I was contemplating the possibility of someone having,739
The Adventure of the Three Students,"in broad daylight, under the eyes of all these opposite rooms, forced",740
The Adventure of the Three Students,himself through it. Such an idea was absurd. I was measuring how tall,741
The Adventure of the Three Students,a man would need to be in order to see as he passed what papers were,742
The Adventure of the Three Students,"on the central table. I am six feet high, and I could do it with an",743
The Adventure of the Three Students,effort. No one less than that would have a chance. Already you see I,744
The Adventure of the Three Students,had reason to think that if one of your three students was a man of,745
The Adventure of the Three Students,unusual height he was the most worth watching of the three.,746
The Adventure of the Three Students,,747
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""I entered and I took you into my confidence as to the suggestions of",748
The Adventure of the Three Students,"the side table. Of the centre table I could make nothing, until in",749
The Adventure of the Three Students,your description of Gilchrist you mentioned that he was a,750
The Adventure of the Three Students,"long-distance jumper. Then the whole thing came to me in an instant,",751
The Adventure of the Three Students,"and I only needed certain corroborative proofs, which I speedily",752
The Adventure of the Three Students,obtained.,753
The Adventure of the Three Students,,754
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""What happened was this. This young fellow had employed his afternoon",755
The Adventure of the Three Students,"at the athletic grounds, where he had been practising the jump. He",756
The Adventure of the Three Students,"returned carrying his jumping shoes, which are provided, as you are",757
The Adventure of the Three Students,"aware, with several sharp spikes. As he passed your window he saw, by",758
The Adventure of the Three Students,"means of his great height, these proofs upon your table, and",759
The Adventure of the Three Students,conjectured what they were. No harm would have been done had it not,760
The Adventure of the Three Students,been that as he passed your door he perceived the key which had been,761
The Adventure of the Three Students,left by the carelessness of your servant. A sudden impulse came over,762
The Adventure of the Three Students,him to enter and see if they were indeed the proofs. It was not a,763
The Adventure of the Three Students,"dangerous exploit, for he could always pretend that he had simply",764
The Adventure of the Three Students,looked in to ask a question.,765
The Adventure of the Three Students,,766
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Well, when he saw that they were indeed the proofs, it was then that",767
The Adventure of the Three Students,he yielded to temptation. He put his shoes on the table. What was it,768
The Adventure of the Three Students,"you put on that chair near the window?""",769
The Adventure of the Three Students,,770
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Gloves,"" said the young man.",771
The Adventure of the Three Students,,772
The Adventure of the Three Students,"Holmes looked triumphantly at Bannister. ""He put his gloves on the",773
The Adventure of the Three Students,"chair, and he took the proofs, sheet by sheet, to copy them. He",774
The Adventure of the Three Students,"thought the tutor must return by the main gate, and that he would see",775
The Adventure of the Three Students,"him. As we know, he came back by the side gate. Suddenly he heard him",776
The Adventure of the Three Students,"at the very door. There was no possible escape. He forgot his gloves,",777
The Adventure of the Three Students,but he caught up his shoes and darted into the bedroom. You observe,778
The Adventure of the Three Students,"that the scratch on that table is slight at one side, but deepens in",779
The Adventure of the Three Students,the direction of the bedroom door. That in itself is enough to show,780
The Adventure of the Three Students,us that the shoe had been drawn in that direction and that the,781
The Adventure of the Three Students,culprit had taken refuge there. The earth round the spike had been,782
The Adventure of the Three Students,"left on the table, and a second sample was loosened and fell in the",783
The Adventure of the Three Students,bedroom. I may add that I walked out to the athletic grounds this,784
The Adventure of the Three Students,"morning, saw that tenacious black clay is used in the jumping-pit,",785
The Adventure of the Three Students,"and carried away a specimen of it, together with some of the fine tan",786
The Adventure of the Three Students,or sawdust which is strewn over it to prevent the athlete from,787
The Adventure of the Three Students,"slipping. Have I told the truth, Mr. Gilchrist?""",788
The Adventure of the Three Students,,789
The Adventure of the Three Students,The student had drawn himself erect.,790
The Adventure of the Three Students,,791
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Yes, sir, it is true,"" said he.",792
The Adventure of the Three Students,,793
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Good heavens, have you nothing to add?"" cried Soames.",794
The Adventure of the Three Students,,795
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Yes, sir, I have, but the shock of this disgraceful exposure has",796
The Adventure of the Three Students,"bewildered me. I have a letter here, Mr. Soames, which I wrote to you",797
The Adventure of the Three Students,early this morning in the middle of a restless night. It was before I,798
The Adventure of the Three Students,"knew that my sin had found me out. Here it is, sir. You will see that",799
The Adventure of the Three Students,"I have said, 'I have determined not to go in for the examination. I",800
The Adventure of the Three Students,"have been offered a commission in the Rhodesian Police, and I am",801
The Adventure of the Three Students,"going out to South Africa at once.'""",802
The Adventure of the Three Students,,803
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""I am indeed pleased to hear that you did not intend to profit by",804
The Adventure of the Three Students,"your unfair advantage,"" said Soames. ""But why did you change your",805
The Adventure of the Three Students,"purpose?""",806
The Adventure of the Three Students,,807
The Adventure of the Three Students,Gilchrist pointed to Bannister.,808
The Adventure of the Three Students,,809
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""There is the man who set me in the right path,"" said he.",810
The Adventure of the Three Students,,811
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""Come now, Bannister,"" said Holmes. ""It will be clear to you from",812
The Adventure of the Three Students,"what I have said that only you could have let this young man out,",813
The Adventure of the Three Students,"since you were left in the room, and must have locked the door when",814
The Adventure of the Three Students,"you went out. As to his escaping by that window, it was incredible.",815
The Adventure of the Three Students,"Can you not clear up the last point in this mystery, and tell us the",816
The Adventure of the Three Students,"reasons for your action?""",817
The Adventure of the Three Students,,818
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""It was simple enough, sir, if you only had known; but with all your",819
The Adventure of the Three Students,"cleverness it was impossible that you could know. Time was, sir, when",820
The Adventure of the Three Students,"I was butler to old Sir Jabez Gilchrist, this young gentleman's",821
The Adventure of the Three Students,"father. When he was ruined I came to the college as servant, but I",822
The Adventure of the Three Students,never forgot my old employer because he was down in the world. I,823
The Adventure of the Three Students,"watched his son all I could for the sake of the old days. Well, sir,",824
The Adventure of the Three Students,"when I came into this room yesterday when the alarm was given, the",825
The Adventure of the Three Students,very first thing I saw was Mr. Gilchrist's tan gloves a-lying in that,826
The Adventure of the Three Students,"chair. I knew those gloves well, and I understood their message. If",827
The Adventure of the Three Students,"Mr. Soames saw them the game was up. I flopped down into that chair,",828
The Adventure of the Three Students,and nothing would budge me until Mr. Soames he went for you. Then out,829
The Adventure of the Three Students,"came my poor young master, whom I had dandled on my knee, and",830
The Adventure of the Three Students,"confessed it all to me. Wasn't it natural, sir, that I should save",831
The Adventure of the Three Students,"him, and wasn't it natural also that I should try to speak to him as",832
The Adventure of the Three Students,"his dead father would have done, and make him understand that he",833
The Adventure of the Three Students,"could not profit by such a deed? Could you blame me, sir?""",834
The Adventure of the Three Students,,835
The Adventure of the Three Students,"""No, indeed,"" said Holmes, heartily, springing to his feet. ""Well,",836
The Adventure of the Three Students,"Soames, I think we have cleared your little problem up, and our",837
The Adventure of the Three Students,"breakfast awaits us at home. Come, Watson! As to you, sir, I trust",838
The Adventure of the Three Students,that a bright future awaits you in Rhodesia. For once you have fallen,839
The Adventure of the Three Students,"low. Let us see in the future how high you can rise.""",840
The Adventure of the Three Students,,841
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,THE ADVENTURE OF THE GOLDEN PINCE-NEZ,1
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,2
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,When I look at the three massive manuscript volumes which contain our,3
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"work for the year 1894 I confess that it is very difficult for me,",4
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"out of such a wealth of material, to select the cases which are most",5
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,interesting in themselves and at the same time most conducive to a,6
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,display of those peculiar powers for which my friend was famous. As I,7
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,turn over the pages I see my notes upon the repulsive story of the,8
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,red leech and the terrible death of Crosby the banker. Here also I,9
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,find an account of the Addleton tragedy and the singular contents of,10
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,the ancient British barrow. The famous Smith-Mortimer succession case,11
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"comes also within this period, and so does the tracking and arrest of",12
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"Huret, the Boulevard assassin--an exploit which won for Holmes an",13
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,autograph letter of thanks from the French President and the Order of,14
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"the Legion of Honour. Each of these would furnish a narrative, but on",15
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,the whole I am of opinion that none of them unite so many singular,16
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"points of interest as the episode of Yoxley Old Place, which includes",17
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"not only the lamentable death of young Willoughby Smith, but also",18
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,those subsequent developments which threw so curious a light upon the,19
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,causes of the crime.,20
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,21
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"It was a wild, tempestuous night towards the close of November.",22
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"Holmes and I sat together in silence all the evening, he engaged with",23
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,a powerful lens deciphering the remains of the original inscription,24
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"upon a palimpsest, I deep in a recent treatise upon surgery. Outside",25
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"the wind howled down Baker Street, while the rain beat fiercely",26
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,against the windows. It was strange there in the very depths of the,27
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"town, with ten miles of man's handiwork on every side of us, to feel",28
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"the iron grip of Nature, and to be conscious that to the huge",29
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,elemental forces all London was no more than the molehills that dot,30
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,the fields. I walked to the window and looked out on the deserted,31
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,street. The occasional lamps gleamed on the expanse of muddy road and,32
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,shining pavement. A single cab was splashing its way from the Oxford,33
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,Street end.,34
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,35
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""Well, Watson, it's as well we have not to turn out to-night,"" said",36
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"Holmes, laying aside his lens and rolling up the palimpsest. ""I've",37
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,done enough for one sitting. It is trying work for the eyes. So far,38
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,as I can make out it is nothing more exciting than an Abbey's,39
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,accounts dating from the second half of the fifteenth century.,40
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"Halloa! halloa! halloa! What's this?""",41
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,42
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,Amid the droning of the wind there had come the stamping of a horse's,43
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,hoofs and the long grind of a wheel as it rasped against the kerb.,44
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,The cab which I had seen had pulled up at our door.,45
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,46
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""What can he want?"" I ejaculated, as a man stepped out of it.",47
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,48
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""Want! He wants us. And we, my poor Watson, want overcoats and",49
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"cravats and galoshes, and every aid that man ever invented to fight",50
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"the weather. Wait a bit, though! There's the cab off again! There's",51
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"hope yet. He'd have kept it if he had wanted us to come. Run down, my",52
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"dear fellow, and open the door, for all virtuous folk have been long",53
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"in bed.""",54
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,55
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,When the light of the hall lamp fell upon our midnight visitor I had,56
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"no difficulty in recognising him. It was young Stanley Hopkins, a",57
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"promising detective, in whose career Holmes had several times shown a",58
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,very practical interest.,59
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,60
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""Is he in?"" he asked, eagerly.",61
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,62
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""Come up, my dear sir,"" said Holmes's voice from above. ""I hope you",63
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"have no designs upon us on such a night as this.""",64
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,65
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"The detective mounted the stairs, and our lamp gleamed upon his",66
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,shining waterproof. I helped him out of it while Holmes knocked a,67
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,blaze out of the logs in the grate.,68
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,69
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""Now, my dear Hopkins, draw up and warm your toes,"" said he. ""Here's",70
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"a cigar, and the doctor has a prescription containing hot water and a",71
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,lemon which is good medicine on a night like this. It must be,72
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"something important which has brought you out in such a gale.""",73
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,74
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""It is indeed, Mr. Holmes. I've had a bustling afternoon, I promise",75
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"you. Did you see anything of the Yoxley case in the latest editions?""",76
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,77
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""I've seen nothing later than the fifteenth century to-day.""",78
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,79
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""Well, it was only a paragraph, and all wrong at that, so you have",80
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,not missed anything. I haven't let the grass grow under my feet. It's,81
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"down in Kent, seven miles from Chatham and three from the railway",82
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"line. I was wired for at three-fifteen, reached Yoxley Old Place at",83
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"five, conducted my investigation, was back at Charing Cross by the",84
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"last train, and straight to you by cab.""",85
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,86
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""Which means, I suppose, that you are not quite clear about your",87
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"case?""",88
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,89
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""It means that I can make neither head nor tail of it. So far as I",90
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"can see it is just as tangled a business as ever I handled, and yet",91
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,at first it seemed so simple that one couldn't go wrong. There's no,92
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"motive, Mr. Holmes. That's what bothers me--I can't put my hand on a",93
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"motive. Here's a man dead--there's no denying that--but, so far as I",94
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"can see, no reason on earth why anyone should wish him harm.""",95
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,96
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,Holmes lit his cigar and leaned back in his chair.,97
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,98
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""Let us hear about it,"" said he.",99
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,100
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""I've got my facts pretty clear,"" said Stanley Hopkins. ""All I want",101
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"now is to know what they all mean. The story, so far as I can make it",102
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"out, is like this. Some years ago this country house, Yoxley Old",103
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"Place, was taken by an elderly man, who gave the name of Professor",104
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"Coram. He was an invalid, keeping his bed half the time, and the",105
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,other half hobbling round the house with a stick or being pushed,106
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,about the grounds by the gardener in a bath-chair. He was well liked,107
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"by the few neighbours who called upon him, and he has the reputation",108
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,down there of being a very learned man. His household used to consist,109
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"of an elderly housekeeper, Mrs. Marker, and of a maid, Susan Tarlton.",110
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"These have both been with him since his arrival, and they seem to be",111
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,women of excellent character. The Professor is writing a learned,112
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"book, and he found it necessary about a year ago to engage a",113
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,secretary. The first two that he tried were not successes; but the,114
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"third, Mr. Willoughby Smith, a very young man straight from the",115
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"University, seems to have been just what his employer wanted. His",116
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,work consisted in writing all the morning to the Professor's,117
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"dictation, and he usually spent the evening in hunting up references",118
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,and passages which bore upon the next day's work. This Willoughby,119
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,Smith has nothing against him either as a boy at Uppingham or as a,120
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"young man at Cambridge. I have seen his testimonials, and from the",121
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"first he was a decent, quiet, hardworking fellow, with no weak spot",122
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,in him at all. And yet this is the lad who has met his death this,123
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,morning in the Professor's study under circumstances which can point,124
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"only to murder.""",125
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,126
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,The wind howled and screamed at the windows. Holmes and I drew closer,127
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,to the fire while the young inspector slowly and point by point,128
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,developed his singular narrative.,129
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,130
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""If you were to search all England,"" said he, ""I don't suppose you",131
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,could find a household more self-contained or free from outside,132
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,influences. Whole weeks would pass and not one of them go past the,133
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,garden gate. The Professor was buried in his work and existed for,134
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"nothing else. Young Smith knew nobody in the neighbourhood, and lived",135
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,very much as his employer did. The two women had nothing to take them,136
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"from the house. Mortimer the gardener, who wheels the bath-chair, is",137
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,an Army pensioner--an old Crimean man of excellent character. He does,138
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"not live in the house, but in a three-roomed cottage at the other end",139
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,of the garden. Those are the only people that you would find within,140
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"the grounds of Yoxley Old Place. At the same time, the gate of the",141
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,garden is a hundred yards from the main London to Chatham road. It,142
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"opens with a latch, and there is nothing to prevent anyone from",143
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,walking in.,144
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,145
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""Now I will give you the evidence of Susan Tarlton, who is the only",146
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,person who can say anything positive about the matter. It was in the,147
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"forenoon, between eleven and twelve. She was engaged at the moment in",148
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,hanging some curtains in the upstairs front bedroom. Professor Coram,149
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"was still in bed, for when the weather is bad he seldom rises before",150
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,midday. The housekeeper was busied with some work in the back of the,151
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"house. Willoughby Smith had been in his bedroom, which he uses as a",152
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,sitting-room; but the maid heard him at that moment pass along the,153
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,passage and descend to the study immediately below her. She did not,154
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"see him, but she says that she could not be mistaken in his quick,",155
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"firm tread. She did not hear the study door close, but a minute or so",156
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"later there was a dreadful cry in the room below. It was a wild,",157
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"hoarse scream, so strange and unnatural that it might have come",158
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,either from a man or a woman. At the same instant there was a heavy,159
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"thud, which shook the old house, and then all was silence. The maid",160
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"stood petrified for a moment, and then, recovering her courage, she",161
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"ran downstairs. The study door was shut, and she opened it. Inside",162
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,young Mr. Willoughby Smith was stretched upon the floor. At first she,163
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"could see no injury, but as she tried to raise him she saw that blood",164
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,was pouring from the underside of his neck. It was pierced by a very,165
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"small but very deep wound, which had divided the carotid artery. The",166
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,instrument with which the injury had been inflicted lay upon the,167
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,carpet beside him. It was one of those small sealing-wax knives to be,168
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"found on old-fashioned writing-tables, with an ivory handle and a",169
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,stiff blade. It was part of the fittings of the Professor's own desk.,170
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,171
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""At first the maid thought that young Smith was already dead, but on",172
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,pouring some water from the carafe over his forehead he opened his,173
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"eyes for an instant. 'The Professor,' he murmured--'it was she.' The",174
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,maid is prepared to swear that those were the exact words. He tried,175
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"desperately to say something else, and he held his right hand up in",176
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,the air. Then he fell back dead.,177
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,178
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""In the meantime the housekeeper had also arrived upon the scene, but",179
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,she was just too late to catch the young man's dying words. Leaving,180
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"Susan with the body, she hurried to the Professor's room. He was",181
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"sitting up in bed horribly agitated, for he had heard enough to",182
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,convince him that something terrible had occurred. Mrs. Marker is,183
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"prepared to swear that the Professor was still in his night-clothes,",184
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"and, indeed, it was impossible for him to dress without the help of",185
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"Mortimer, whose orders were to come at twelve o'clock. The Professor",186
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"declares that he heard the distant cry, but that he knows nothing",187
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"more. He can give no explanation of the young man's last words, 'The",188
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"Professor--it was she,' but imagines that they were the outcome of",189
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,delirium. He believes that Willoughby Smith had not an enemy in the,190
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"world, and can give no reason for the crime. His first action was to",191
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,send Mortimer the gardener for the local police. A little later the,192
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"chief constable sent for me. Nothing was moved before I got there,",193
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,and strict orders were given that no one should walk upon the paths,194
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,leading to the house. It was a splendid chance of putting your,195
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"theories into practice, Mr. Sherlock Holmes. There was really nothing",196
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"wanting.""",197
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,198
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""Except Mr. Sherlock Holmes,"" said my companion, with a somewhat",199
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"bitter smile. ""Well, let us hear about it. What sort of job did you",200
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"make of it?""",201
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,202
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""I must ask you first, Mr. Holmes, to glance at this rough plan,",203
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,which will give you a general idea of the position of the Professor's,204
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,study and the various points of the case. It will help you in,205
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"following my investigation.""",206
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,207
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"He unfolded the rough chart, which I here reproduce, and he laid it",208
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"across Holmes's knee. I rose, and, standing behind Holmes, I studied",209
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,it over his shoulder.,210
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,211
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,[ Picture: Sketch of the building's room and corridors ],212
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,213
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""It is very rough, of course, and it only deals with the points which",214
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,seem to me to be essential. All the rest you will see later for,215
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"yourself. Now, first of all, presuming that the assassin entered the",216
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"house, how did he or she come in? Undoubtedly by the garden path and",217
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"the back door, from which there is direct access to the study. Any",218
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,other way would have been exceedingly complicated. The escape must,219
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"have also been made along that line, for of the two other exits from",220
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,the room one was blocked by Susan as she ran downstairs and the other,221
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,leads straight to the Professor's bedroom. I therefore directed my,222
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"attention at once to the garden path, which was saturated with recent",223
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,rain and would certainly show any footmarks.,224
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,225
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""My examination showed me that I was dealing with a cautious and",226
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,expert criminal. No footmarks were to be found on the path. There,227
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"could be no question, however, that someone had passed along the",228
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"grass border which lines the path, and that he had done so in order",229
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,to avoid leaving a track. I could not find anything in the nature of,230
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"a distinct impression, but the grass was trodden down and someone had",231
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"undoubtedly passed. It could only have been the murderer, since",232
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,neither the gardener nor anyone else had been there that morning and,233
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"the rain had only begun during the night.""",234
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,235
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""One moment,"" said Holmes. ""Where does this path lead to?""",236
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,237
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""To the road.""",238
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,239
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""How long is it?""",240
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,241
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""A hundred yards or so.""",242
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,243
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""At the point where the path passes through the gate you could surely",244
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"pick up the tracks?""",245
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,246
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""Unfortunately, the path was tiled at that point.""",247
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,248
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""Well, on the road itself?""",249
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,250
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""No; it was all trodden into mire.""",251
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,252
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""Tut-tut! Well, then, these tracks upon the grass, were they coming",253
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"or going?""",254
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,255
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""It was impossible to say. There was never any outline.""",256
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,257
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""A large foot or a small?""",258
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,259
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""You could not distinguish.""",260
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,261
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,Holmes gave an ejaculation of impatience.,262
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,263
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""It has been pouring rain and blowing a hurricane ever since,"" said",264
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"he. ""It will be harder to read now than that palimpsest. Well, well,",265
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"it can't be helped. What did you do, Hopkins, after you had made",266
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"certain that you had made certain of nothing?""",267
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,268
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""I think I made certain of a good deal, Mr. Holmes. I knew that",269
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,someone had entered the house cautiously from without. I next,270
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,examined the corridor. It is lined with cocoanut matting and had,271
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,taken no impression of any kind. This brought me into the study,272
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,itself. It is a scantily-furnished room. The main article is a large,273
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,writing-table with a fixed bureau. This bureau consists of a double,274
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,column of drawers with a central small cupboard between them. The,275
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"drawers were open, the cupboard locked. The drawers, it seems, were",276
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"always open, and nothing of value was kept in them. There were some",277
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"papers of importance in the cupboard, but there were no signs that",278
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"this had been tampered with, and the Professor assures me that",279
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,nothing was missing. It is certain that no robbery has been,280
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,committed.,281
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,282
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""I come now to the body of the young man. It was found near the",283
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"bureau, and just to the left of it, as marked upon that chart. The",284
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"stab was on the right side of the neck and from behind forwards, so",285
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"that it is almost impossible that it could have been self-inflicted.""",286
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,287
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""Unless he fell upon the knife,"" said Holmes.",288
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,289
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""Exactly. The idea crossed my mind. But we found the knife some feet",290
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"away from the body, so that seems impossible. Then, of course, there",291
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"are the man's own dying words. And, finally, there was this very",292
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,important piece of evidence which was found clasped in the dead man's,293
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"right hand.""",294
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,295
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,From his pocket Stanley Hopkins drew a small paper packet. He,296
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"unfolded it and disclosed a golden pince-nez, with two broken ends of",297
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"black silk cord dangling from the end of it. ""Willoughby Smith had",298
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"excellent sight,"" he added. ""There can be no question that this was",299
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"snatched from the face or the person of the assassin.""",300
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,301
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,Sherlock Holmes took the glasses into his hand and examined them with,302
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"the utmost attention and interest. He held them on his nose,",303
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"endeavoured to read through them, went to the window and stared up",304
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"the street with them, looked at them most minutely in the full light",305
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"of the lamp, and finally, with a chuckle, seated himself at the table",306
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"and wrote a few lines upon a sheet of paper, which he tossed across",307
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,to Stanley Hopkins.,308
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,309
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""That's the best I can do for you,"" said he. ""It may prove to be of",310
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"some use.""",311
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,312
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,The astonished detective read the note aloud. It ran as follows:,313
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,314
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""Wanted, a woman of good address, attired like a lady. She has a",315
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"remarkably thick nose, with eyes which are set close upon either side",316
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"of it. She has a puckered forehead, a peering expression, and",317
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,probably rounded shoulders. There are indications that she has had,318
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,recourse to an optician at least twice during the last few months. As,319
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,her glasses are of remarkable strength and as opticians are not very,320
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"numerous, there should be no difficulty in tracing her.""",321
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,322
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"Holmes smiled at the astonishment of Hopkins, which must have been",323
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,reflected upon my features.,324
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,325
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""Surely my deductions are simplicity itself,"" said he. ""It would be",326
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,difficult to name any articles which afford a finer field for,327
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"inference than a pair of glasses, especially so remarkable a pair as",328
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"these. That they belong to a woman I infer from their delicacy, and",329
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"also, of course, from the last words of the dying man. As to her",330
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"being a person of refinement and well dressed, they are, as you",331
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"perceive, handsomely mounted in solid gold, and it is inconceivable",332
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,that anyone who wore such glasses could be slatternly in other,333
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"respects. You will find that the clips are too wide for your nose,",334
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,showing that the lady's nose was very broad at the base. This sort of,335
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"nose is usually a short and coarse one, but there are a sufficient",336
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,number of exceptions to prevent me from being dogmatic or from,337
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,insisting upon this point in my description. My own face is a narrow,338
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"one, and yet I find that I cannot get my eyes into the centre, or",339
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"near the centre, of these glasses. Therefore the lady's eyes are set",340
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"very near to the sides of the nose. You will perceive, Watson, that",341
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,the glasses are concave and of unusual strength. A lady whose vision,342
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,has been so extremely contracted all her life is sure to have the,343
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"physical characteristics of such vision, which are seen in the",344
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"forehead, the eyelids, and the shoulders.""",345
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,346
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""Yes,"" I said, ""I can follow each of your arguments. I confess,",347
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"however, that I am unable to understand how you arrive at the double",348
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"visit to the optician.""",349
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,350
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,Holmes took the glasses in his hand.,351
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,352
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""You will perceive,"" he said, ""that the clips are lined with tiny",353
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,bands of cork to soften the pressure upon the nose. One of these is,354
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"discoloured and worn to some slight extent, but the other is new.",355
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,Evidently one has fallen off and been replaced. I should judge that,356
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,the older of them has not been there more than a few months. They,357
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"exactly correspond, so I gather that the lady went back to the same",358
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"establishment for the second.""",359
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,360
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""By George, it's marvellous!"" cried Hopkins, in an ecstasy of",361
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"admiration. ""To think that I had all that evidence in my hand and",362
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"never knew it! I had intended, however, to go the round of the London",363
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"opticians.""",364
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,365
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""Of course you would. Meanwhile, have you anything more to tell us",366
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"about the case?""",367
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,368
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""Nothing, Mr. Holmes. I think that you know as much as I do",369
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,now--probably more. We have had inquiries made as to any stranger,370
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,seen on the country roads or at the railway station. We have heard of,371
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,none. What beats me is the utter want of all object in the crime. Not,372
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"a ghost of a motive can anyone suggest.""",373
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,374
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""Ah! there I am not in a position to help you. But I suppose you want",375
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"us to come out to-morrow?""",376
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,377
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""If it is not asking too much, Mr. Holmes. There's a train from",378
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"Charing Cross to Chatham at six in the morning, and we should be at",379
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"Yoxley Old Place between eight and nine.""",380
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,381
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""Then we shall take it. Your case has certainly some features of",382
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"great interest, and I shall be delighted to look into it. Well, it's",383
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"nearly one, and we had best get a few hours' sleep. I dare say you",384
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,can manage all right on the sofa in front of the fire. I'll light my,385
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"spirit-lamp and give you a cup of coffee before we start.""",386
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,387
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"The gale had blown itself out next day, but it was a bitter morning",388
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,when we started upon our journey. We saw the cold winter sun rise,389
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"over the dreary marshes of the Thames and the long, sullen reaches of",390
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"the river, which I shall ever associate with our pursuit of the",391
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,Andaman Islander in the earlier days of our career. After a long and,392
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,weary journey we alighted at a small station some miles from Chatham.,393
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,While a horse was being put into a trap at the local inn we snatched,394
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"a hurried breakfast, and so we were all ready for business when we at",395
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,last arrived at Yoxley Old Place. A constable met us at the garden,396
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,gate.,397
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,398
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""Well, Wilson, any news?""",399
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,400
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""No, sir, nothing.""",401
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,402
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""No reports of any stranger seen?""",403
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,404
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""No, sir. Down at the station they are certain that no stranger",405
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"either came or went yesterday.""",406
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,407
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""Have you had inquiries made at inns and lodgings?""",408
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,409
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""Yes, sir; there is no one that we cannot account for.""",410
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,411
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""Well, it's only a reasonable walk to Chatham. Anyone might stay",412
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"there, or take a train without being observed. This is the garden",413
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"path of which I spoke, Mr. Holmes. I'll pledge my word there was no",414
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"mark on it yesterday.""",415
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,416
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""On which side were the marks on the grass?""",417
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,418
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""This side, sir. This narrow margin of grass between the path and the",419
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"flower-bed. I can't see the traces now, but they were clear to me",420
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"then.""",421
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,422
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""Yes, yes; someone has passed along,"" said Holmes, stooping over the",423
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"grass border. ""Our lady must have picked her steps carefully, must",424
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"she not, since on the one side she would leave a track on the path,",425
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"and on the other an even clearer one on the soft bed?""",426
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,427
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""Yes, sir, she must have been a cool hand.""",428
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,429
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,I saw an intent look pass over Holmes's face.,430
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,431
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""You say that she must have come back this way?""",432
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,433
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""Yes, sir; there is no other.""",434
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,435
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""On this strip of grass?""",436
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,437
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""Certainly, Mr. Holmes.""",438
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,439
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""Hum! It was a very remarkable performance--very remarkable. Well, I",440
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,think we have exhausted the path. Let us go farther. This garden door,441
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"is usually kept open, I suppose? Then this visitor had nothing to do",442
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"but to walk in. The idea of murder was not in her mind, or she would",443
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"have provided herself with some sort of weapon, instead of having to",444
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,pick this knife off the writing-table. She advanced along this,445
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"corridor, leaving no traces upon the cocoanut matting. Then she found",446
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,herself in this study. How long was she there? We have no means of,447
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"judging.""",448
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,449
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""Not more than a few minutes, sir. I forgot to tell you that Mrs.",450
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"Marker, the housekeeper, had been in there tidying not very long",451
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"before--about a quarter of an hour, she says.""",452
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,453
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""Well, that gives us a limit. Our lady enters this room and what does",454
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,she do? She goes over to the writing-table. What for? Not for,455
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,anything in the drawers. If there had been anything worth her taking,456
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,it would surely have been locked up. No; it was for something in that,457
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,wooden bureau. Halloa! what is that scratch upon the face of it? Just,458
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"hold a match, Watson. Why did you not tell me of this, Hopkins?""",459
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,460
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,The mark which he was examining began upon the brass work on the,461
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"right-hand side of the keyhole, and extended for about four inches,",462
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,where it had scratched the varnish from the surface.,463
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,464
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""I noticed it, Mr. Holmes. But you'll always find scratches round a",465
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"keyhole.""",466
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,467
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""This is recent, quite recent. See how the brass shines where it is",468
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,cut. An old scratch would be the same colour as the surface. Look at,469
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"it through my lens. There's the varnish, too, like earth on each side",470
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"of a furrow. Is Mrs. Marker there?""",471
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,472
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"A sad-faced, elderly woman came into the room.",473
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,474
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""Did you dust this bureau yesterday morning?""",475
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,476
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""Yes, sir.""",477
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,478
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""Did you notice this scratch?""",479
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,480
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""No, sir, I did not.""",481
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,482
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""I am sure you did not, for a duster would have swept away these",483
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"shreds of varnish. Who has the key of this bureau?""",484
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,485
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""The Professor keeps it on his watch-chain.""",486
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,487
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""Is it a simple key?""",488
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,489
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""No, sir; it is a Chubb's key.""",490
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,491
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""Very good. Mrs. Marker, you can go. Now we are making a little",492
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"progress. Our lady enters the room, advances to the bureau, and",493
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,either opens it or tries to do so. While she is thus engaged young,494
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,Willoughby Smith enters the room. In her hurry to withdraw the key,495
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"she makes this scratch upon the door. He seizes her, and she,",496
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"snatching up the nearest object, which happens to be this knife,",497
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,strikes at him in order to make him let go his hold. The blow is a,498
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"fatal one. He falls and she escapes, either with or without the",499
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,object for which she has come. Is Susan the maid there? Could anyone,500
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,have got away through that door after the time that you heard the,501
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"cry, Susan?""",502
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,503
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""No sir; it is impossible. Before I got down the stair I'd have seen",504
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"anyone in the passage. Besides, the door never opened, for I would",505
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"have heard it.""",506
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,507
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""That settles this exit. Then no doubt the lady went out the way she",508
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,came. I understand that this other passage leads only to the,509
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"Professor's room. There is no exit that way?""",510
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,511
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""No, sir.""",512
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,513
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""We shall go down it and make the acquaintance of the Professor.",514
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"Halloa, Hopkins! this is very important, very important indeed. The",515
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"Professor's corridor is also lined with cocoanut matting.""",516
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,517
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""Well, sir, what of that?""",518
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,519
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""Don't you see any bearing upon the case? Well, well, I don't insist",520
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,upon it. No doubt I am wrong. And yet it seems to me to be,521
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"suggestive. Come with me and introduce me.""",522
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,523
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"We passed down the passage, which was of the same length as that",524
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,which led to the garden. At the end was a short flight of steps,525
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"ending in a door. Our guide knocked, and then ushered us into the",526
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,Professor's bedroom.,527
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,528
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"It was a very large chamber, lined with innumerable volumes, which",529
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"had overflowed from the shelves and lay in piles in the corners, or",530
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,were stacked all round at the base of the cases. The bed was in the,531
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"centre of the room, and in it, propped up with pillows, was the owner",532
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,of the house. I have seldom seen a more remarkable-looking person. It,533
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"was a gaunt, aquiline face which was turned towards us, with piercing",534
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"dark eyes, which lurked in deep hollows under overhung and tufted",535
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"brows. His hair and beard were white, save that the latter was",536
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,curiously stained with yellow around his mouth. A cigarette glowed,537
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"amid the tangle of white hair, and the air of the room was fetid with",538
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,stale tobacco-smoke. As he held out his hand to Holmes I perceived,539
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,that it also was stained yellow with nicotine.,540
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,541
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""A smoker, Mr. Holmes?"" said he, speaking well-chosen English with a",542
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"curious little mincing accent. ""Pray take a cigarette. And you, sir?",543
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"I can recommend them, for I have them especially prepared by Ionides",544
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"of Alexandria. He sends me a thousand at a time, and I grieve to say",545
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"that I have to arrange for a fresh supply every fortnight. Bad, sir,",546
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"very bad, but an old man has few pleasures. Tobacco and my work--that",547
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"is all that is left to me.""",548
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,549
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"Holmes had lit a cigarette, and was shooting little darting glances",550
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,all over the room.,551
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,552
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""Tobacco and my work, but now only tobacco,"" the old man exclaimed.",553
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""Alas! what a fatal interruption! Who could have foreseen such a",554
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,terrible catastrophe? So estimable a young man! I assure you that,555
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,after a few months' training he was an admirable assistant. What do,556
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"you think of the matter, Mr. Holmes?""",557
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,558
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""I have not yet made up my mind.""",559
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,560
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""I shall indeed be indebted to you if you can throw a light where all",561
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,is so dark to us. To a poor bookworm and invalid like myself such a,562
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,blow is paralyzing. I seem to have lost the faculty of thought. But,563
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,you are a man of action--you are a man of affairs. It is part of the,564
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,everyday routine of your life. You can preserve your balance in every,565
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"emergency. We are fortunate indeed in having you at our side.""",566
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,567
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,Holmes was pacing up and down one side of the room whilst the old,568
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,Professor was talking. I observed that he was smoking with,569
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,extraordinary rapidity. It was evident that he shared our host's,570
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,liking for the fresh Alexandrian cigarettes.,571
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,572
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""Yes, sir, it is a crushing blow,"" said the old man. ""That is my",573
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,magnum opus--the pile of papers on the side table yonder. It is my,574
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,analysis of the documents found in the Coptic monasteries of Syria,575
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"and Egypt, a work which will cut deep at the very foundations of",576
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,revealed religion. With my enfeebled health I do not know whether I,577
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,shall ever be able to complete it now that my assistant has been,578
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"taken from me. Dear me, Mr. Holmes; why, you are even a quicker",579
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"smoker than I am myself.""",580
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,581
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,Holmes smiled.,582
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,583
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""I am a connoisseur,"" said he, taking another cigarette from the",584
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,box--his fourth--and lighting it from the stub of that which he had,585
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"finished. ""I will not trouble you with any lengthy cross-examination,",586
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"Professor Coram, since I gather that you were in bed at the time of",587
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,the crime and could know nothing about it. I would only ask this.,588
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,What do you imagine that this poor fellow meant by his last words:,589
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"'The Professor--it was she'?""",590
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,591
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,The Professor shook his head.,592
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,593
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""Susan is a country girl,"" said he, ""and you know the incredible",594
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,stupidity of that class. I fancy that the poor fellow murmured some,595
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"incoherent delirious words, and that she twisted them into this",596
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"meaningless message.""",597
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,598
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""I see. You have no explanation yourself of the tragedy?""",599
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,600
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""Possibly an accident; possibly--I only breathe it among ourselves--a",601
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,suicide. Young men have their hidden troubles--some affair of the,602
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"heart, perhaps, which we have never known. It is a more probable",603
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"supposition than murder.""",604
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,605
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""But the eye-glasses?""",606
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,607
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""Ah! I am only a student--a man of dreams. I cannot explain the",608
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"practical things of life. But still, we are aware, my friend, that",609
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,love-gages may take strange shapes. By all means take another,610
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"cigarette. It is a pleasure to see anyone appreciate them so. A fan,",611
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"a glove, glasses--who knows what article may be carried as a token or",612
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,treasured when a man puts an end to his life? This gentleman speaks,613
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"of footsteps in the grass; but, after all, it is easy to be mistaken",614
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"on such a point. As to the knife, it might well be thrown far from",615
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,the unfortunate man as he fell. It is possible that I speak as a,616
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"child, but to me it seems that Willoughby Smith has met his fate by",617
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"his own hand.""",618
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,619
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"Holmes seemed struck by the theory thus put forward, and he continued",620
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"to walk up and down for some time, lost in thought and consuming",621
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,cigarette after cigarette.,622
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,623
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""Tell me, Professor Coram,"" he said, at last, ""what is in that",624
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"cupboard in the bureau?""",625
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,626
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""Nothing that would help a thief. Family papers, letters from my poor",627
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"wife, diplomas of Universities which have done me honour. Here is the",628
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"key. You can look for yourself.""",629
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,630
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,Holmes picked up the key and looked at it for an instant; then he,631
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,handed it back.,632
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,633
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""No; I hardly think that it would help me,"" said he. ""I should prefer",634
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,to go quietly down to your garden and turn the whole matter over in,635
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,my head. There is something to be said for the theory of suicide,636
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,which you have put forward. We must apologize for having intruded,637
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"upon you, Professor Coram, and I promise that we won't disturb you",638
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,until after lunch. At two o'clock we will come again and report to,639
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"you anything which may have happened in the interval.""",640
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,641
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"Holmes was curiously distrait, and we walked up and down the garden",642
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,path for some time in silence.,643
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,644
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""Have you a clue?"" I asked, at last.",645
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,646
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""It depends upon those cigarettes that I smoked,"" said he. ""It is",647
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"possible that I am utterly mistaken. The cigarettes will show me.""",648
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,649
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""My dear Holmes,"" I exclaimed, ""how on earth--""",650
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,651
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""Well, well, you may see for yourself. If not, there's no harm done.",652
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"Of course, we always have the optician clue to fall back upon, but I",653
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"take a short cut when I can get it. Ah, here is the good Mrs. Marker!",654
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"Let us enjoy five minutes of instructive conversation with her.""",655
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,656
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"I may have remarked before that Holmes had, when he liked, a",657
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"peculiarly ingratiating way with women, and that he very readily",658
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,established terms of confidence with them. In half the time which he,659
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"had named he had captured the housekeeper's goodwill, and was",660
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,chatting with her as if he had known her for years.,661
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,662
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""Yes, Mr. Holmes, it is as you say, sir. He does smoke something",663
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"terrible. All day and sometimes all night, sir. I've seen that room",664
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"of a morning--well, sir, you'd have thought it was a London fog. Poor",665
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"young Mr. Smith, he was a smoker also, but not as bad as the",666
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"Professor. His health--well, I don't know that it's better nor worse",667
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"for the smoking.""",668
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,669
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""Ah!"" said Holmes, ""but it kills the appetite.""",670
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,671
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""Well, I don't know about that, sir.""",672
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,673
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""I suppose the Professor eats hardly anything?""",674
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,675
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""Well, he is variable. I'll say that for him.""",676
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,677
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""I'll wager he took no breakfast this morning, and won't face his",678
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"lunch after all the cigarettes I saw him consume.""",679
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,680
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""Well, you're out there, sir, as it happens, for he ate a remarkable",681
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,big breakfast this morning. I don't know when I've known him make a,682
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"better one, and he's ordered a good dish of cutlets for his lunch.",683
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"I'm surprised myself, for since I came into that room yesterday and",684
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,saw young Mr. Smith lying there on the floor I couldn't bear to look,685
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"at food. Well, it takes all sorts to make a world, and the Professor",686
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"hasn't let it take his appetite away.""",687
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,688
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,We loitered the morning away in the garden. Stanley Hopkins had gone,689
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,down to the village to look into some rumours of a strange woman who,690
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,had been seen by some children on the Chatham Road the previous,691
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"morning. As to my friend, all his usual energy seemed to have",692
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,deserted him. I had never known him handle a case in such a,693
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,half-hearted fashion. Even the news brought back by Hopkins that he,694
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,had found the children and that they had undoubtedly seen a woman,695
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"exactly corresponding with Holmes's description, and wearing either",696
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"spectacles or eye-glasses, failed to rouse any sign of keen interest.",697
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"He was more attentive when Susan, who waited upon us at lunch,",698
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,volunteered the information that she believed Mr. Smith had been out,699
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"for a walk yesterday morning, and that he had only returned half an",700
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,hour before the tragedy occurred. I could not myself see the bearing,701
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"of this incident, but I clearly perceived that Holmes was weaving it",702
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,into the general scheme which he had formed in his brain. Suddenly he,703
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"sprang from his chair and glanced at his watch. ""Two o'clock,",704
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"gentlemen,"" said he. ""We must go up and have it out with our friend",705
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"the Professor.""",706
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,707
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"The old man had just finished his lunch, and certainly his empty dish",708
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,bore evidence to the good appetite with which his housekeeper had,709
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"credited him. He was, indeed, a weird figure as he turned his white",710
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,mane and his glowing eyes towards us. The eternal cigarette,711
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,smouldered in his mouth. He had been dressed and was seated in an,712
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,arm-chair by the fire.,713
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,714
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""Well, Mr. Holmes, have you solved this mystery yet?"" He shoved the",715
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,large tin of cigarettes which stood on a table beside him towards my,716
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"companion. Holmes stretched out his hand at the same moment, and",717
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,between them they tipped the box over the edge. For a minute or two,718
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,we were all on our knees retrieving stray cigarettes from impossible,719
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,places. When we rose again I observed that Holmes's eyes were shining,720
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,and his cheeks tinged with colour. Only at a crisis have I seen those,721
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,battle-signals flying.,722
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,723
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""Yes,"" said he, ""I have solved it.""",724
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,725
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,Stanley Hopkins and I stared in amazement. Something like a sneer,726
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,quivered over the gaunt features of the old Professor.,727
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,728
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""Indeed! In the garden?""",729
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,730
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""No, here.""",731
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,732
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""Here! When?""",733
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,734
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""This instant.""",735
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,736
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""You are surely joking, Mr. Sherlock Holmes. You compel me to tell",737
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,you that this is too serious a matter to be treated in such a,738
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"fashion.""",739
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,740
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""I have forged and tested every link of my chain, Professor Coram,",741
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,and I am sure that it is sound. What your motives are or what exact,742
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,part you play in this strange business I am not yet able to say. In a,743
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,few minutes I shall probably hear it from your own lips. Meanwhile I,744
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"will reconstruct what is past for your benefit, so that you may know",745
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,the information which I still require.,746
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,747
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""A lady yesterday entered your study. She came with the intention of",748
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,possessing herself of certain documents which were in your bureau.,749
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,She had a key of her own. I have had an opportunity of examining,750
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"yours, and I do not find that slight discolouration which the scratch",751
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"made upon the varnish would have produced. You were not an accessory,",752
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"therefore, and she came, so far as I can read the evidence, without",753
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"your knowledge to rob you.""",754
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,755
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"The Professor blew a cloud from his lips. ""This is most interesting",756
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"and instructive,"" said he. ""Have you no more to add? Surely, having",757
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"traced this lady so far, you can also say what has become of her.""",758
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,759
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""I will endeavour to do so. In the first place she was seized by your",760
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"secretary, and stabbed him in order to escape. This catastrophe I am",761
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"inclined to regard as an unhappy accident, for I am convinced that",762
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,the lady had no intention of inflicting so grievous an injury. An,763
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,assassin does not come unarmed. Horrified by what she had done she,764
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,rushed wildly away from the scene of the tragedy. Unfortunately for,765
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"her she had lost her glasses in the scuffle, and as she was extremely",766
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,short-sighted she was really helpless without them. She ran down a,767
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"corridor, which she imagined to be that by which she had come--both",768
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,were lined with cocoanut matting--and it was only when it was too,769
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,late that she understood that she had taken the wrong passage and,770
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,that her retreat was cut off behind her. What was she to do? She,771
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,could not go back. She could not remain where she was. She must go,772
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"on. She went on. She mounted a stair, pushed open a door, and found",773
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"herself in your room.""",774
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,775
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,The old man sat with his mouth open staring wildly at Holmes.,776
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"Amazement and fear were stamped upon his expressive features. Now,",777
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"with an effort, he shrugged his shoulders and burst into insincere",778
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,laughter.,779
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,780
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""All very fine, Mr. Holmes,"" said he. ""But there is one little flaw",781
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"in your splendid theory. I was myself in my room, and I never left it",782
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"during the day.""",783
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,784
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""I am aware of that, Professor Coram.""",785
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,786
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""And you mean to say that I could lie upon that bed and not be aware",787
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"that a woman had entered my room?""",788
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,789
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""I never said so. You were aware of it. You spoke with her. You",790
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"recognised her. You aided her to escape.""",791
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,792
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,Again the Professor burst into high-keyed laughter. He had risen to,793
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,his feet and his eyes glowed like embers.,794
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,795
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""You are mad!"" he cried. ""You are talking insanely. I helped her to",796
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"escape? Where is she now?""",797
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,798
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""She is there,"" said Holmes, and he pointed to a high bookcase in the",799
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,corner of the room.,800
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,801
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"I saw the old man throw up his arms, a terrible convulsion passed",802
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"over his grim face, and he fell back in his chair. At the same",803
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,instant the bookcase at which Holmes pointed swung round upon a,804
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"hinge, and a woman rushed out into the room. ""You are right!"" she",805
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"cried, in a strange foreign voice. ""You are right! I am here.""",806
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,807
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,She was brown with the dust and draped with the cobwebs which had,808
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"come from the walls of her hiding-place. Her face, too, was streaked",809
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"with grime, and at the best she could never have been handsome, for",810
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"she had the exact physical characteristics which Holmes had divined,",811
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"with, in addition, a long and obstinate chin. What with her natural",812
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"blindness, and what with the change from dark to light, she stood as",813
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"one dazed, blinking about her to see where and who we were. And yet,",814
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"in spite of all these disadvantages, there was a certain nobility in",815
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"the woman's bearing, a gallantry in the defiant chin and in the",816
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"upraised head, which compelled something of respect and admiration.",817
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,Stanley Hopkins had laid his hand upon her arm and claimed her as his,818
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"prisoner, but she waved him aside gently, and yet with an",819
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,overmastering dignity which compelled obedience. The old man lay back,820
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"in his chair, with a twitching face, and stared at her with brooding",821
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,eyes.,822
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,823
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""Yes, sir, I am your prisoner,"" she said. ""From where I stood I could",824
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"hear everything, and I know that you have learned the truth. I",825
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"confess it all. It was I who killed the young man. But you are right,",826
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,you who say it was an accident. I did not even know that it was a,827
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"knife which I held in my hand, for in my despair I snatched anything",828
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,from the table and struck at him to make him let me go. It is the,829
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"truth that I tell.""",830
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,831
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""Madam,"" said Holmes, ""I am sure that it is the truth. I fear that",832
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"you are far from well.""",833
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,834
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"She had turned a dreadful colour, the more ghastly under the dark",835
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,dust-streaks upon her face. She seated herself on the side of the,836
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,bed; then she resumed.,837
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,838
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""I have only a little time here,"" she said, ""but I would have you to",839
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,know the whole truth. I am this man's wife. He is not an Englishman.,840
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"He is a Russian. His name I will not tell.""",841
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,842
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"For the first time the old man stirred. ""God bless you, Anna!"" he",843
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"cried. ""God bless you!""",844
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,845
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"She cast a look of the deepest disdain in his direction. ""Why should",846
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"you cling so hard to that wretched life of yours, Sergius?"" said she.",847
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""It has done harm to many and good to none--not even to yourself.",848
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"However, it is not for me to cause the frail thread to be snapped",849
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,before God's time. I have enough already upon my soul since I crossed,850
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,the threshold of this cursed house. But I must speak or I shall be,851
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,too late.,852
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,853
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""I have said, gentlemen, that I am this man's wife. He was fifty and",854
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,I a foolish girl of twenty when we married. It was in a city of,855
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"Russia, a University--I will not name the place.""",856
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,857
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""God bless you, Anna!"" murmured the old man again.",858
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,859
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""We were reformers--revolutionists--Nihilists, you understand. He and",860
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"I and many more. Then there came a time of trouble, a police officer",861
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"was killed, many were arrested, evidence was wanted, and in order to",862
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,save his own life and to earn a great reward my husband betrayed his,863
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"own wife and his companions. Yes, we were all arrested upon his",864
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,confession. Some of us found our way to the gallows and some to,865
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"Siberia. I was among these last, but my term was not for life. My",866
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"husband came to England with his ill-gotten gains, and has lived in",867
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"quiet ever since, knowing well that if the Brotherhood knew where he",868
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"was not a week would pass before justice would be done.""",869
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,870
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,The old man reached out a trembling hand and helped himself to a,871
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"cigarette. ""I am in your hands, Anna,"" said he. ""You were always good",872
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"to me.""",873
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,874
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""I have not yet told you the height of his villainy,"" said she.",875
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""Among our comrades of the Order there was one who was the friend of",876
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"my heart. He was noble, unselfish, loving--all that my husband was",877
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,not. He hated violence. We were all guilty--if that is guilt--but he,878
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,was not. He wrote for ever dissuading us from such a course. These,879
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"letters would have saved him. So would my diary, in which from day to",880
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,day I had entered both my feelings towards him and the view which,881
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,each of us had taken. My husband found and kept both diary and,882
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"letters. He hid them, and he tried hard to swear away the young man's",883
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"life. In this he failed, but Alexis was sent a convict to Siberia,",884
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"where now, at this moment, he works in a salt mine. Think of that,",885
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"you villain, you villain; now, now, at this very moment, Alexis, a",886
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"man whose name you are not worthy to speak, works and lives like a",887
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"slave, and yet I have your life in my hands and I let you go.""",888
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,889
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""You were always a noble woman, Anna,"" said the old man, puffing at",890
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,his cigarette.,891
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,892
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"She had risen, but she fell back again with a little cry of pain.",893
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,894
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""I must finish,"" she said. ""When my term was over I set myself to get",895
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"the diary and letters which, if sent to the Russian Government, would",896
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,procure my friend's release. I knew that my husband had come to,897
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,England. After months of searching I discovered where he was. I knew,898
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"that he still had the diary, for when I was in Siberia I had a letter",899
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,from him once reproaching me and quoting some passages from its,900
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,pages. Yet I was sure that with his revengeful nature he would never,901
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,give it to me of his own free will. I must get it for myself. With,902
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"this object I engaged an agent from a private detective firm, who",903
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,entered my husband's house as secretary--it was your second,904
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"secretary, Sergius, the one who left you so hurriedly. He found that",905
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"papers were kept in the cupboard, and he got an impression of the",906
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,key. He would not go farther. He furnished me with a plan of the,907
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"house, and he told me that in the forenoon the study was always",908
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"empty, as the secretary was employed up here. So at last I took my",909
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,courage in both hands and I came down to get the papers for myself. I,910
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"succeeded, but at what a cost!",911
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,912
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""I had just taken the papers and was locking the cupboard when the",913
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,young man seized me. I had seen him already that morning. He had met,914
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,me in the road and I had asked him to tell me where Professor Coram,915
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"lived, not knowing that he was in his employ.""",916
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,917
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""Exactly! exactly!"" said Holmes. ""The secretary came back and told",918
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,his employer of the woman he had met. Then in his last breath he,919
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,tried to send a message that it was she--the she whom he had just,920
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"discussed with him.""",921
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,922
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""You must let me speak,"" said the woman, in an imperative voice, and",923
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"her face contracted as if in pain. ""When he had fallen I rushed from",924
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"the room, chose the wrong door, and found myself in my husband's",925
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,room. He spoke of giving me up. I showed him that if he did so his,926
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,life was in my hands. If he gave me to the law I could give him to,927
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"the Brotherhood. It was not that I wished to live for my own sake,",928
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,but it was that I desired to accomplish my purpose. He knew that I,929
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,would do what I said--that his own fate was involved in mine. For,930
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,that reason and for no other he shielded me. He thrust me into that,931
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"dark hiding-place, a relic of old days, known only to himself. He",932
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"took his meals in his own room, and so was able to give me part of",933
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,his food. It was agreed that when the police left the house I should,934
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,slip away by night and come back no more. But in some way you have,935
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"read our plans."" She tore from the bosom of her dress a small packet.",936
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""These are my last words,"" said she; ""here is the packet which will",937
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,save Alexis. I confide it to your honour and to your love of justice.,938
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,Take it! You will deliver it at the Russian Embassy. Now I have done,939
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"my duty, and--""",940
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,941
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""Stop her!"" cried Holmes. He had bounded across the room and had",942
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,wrenched a small phial from her hand.,943
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,944
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""Too late!"" she said, sinking back on the bed. ""Too late! I took the",945
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,poison before I left my hiding-place. My head swims! I am going! I,946
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"charge you, sir, to remember the packet.""",947
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,948
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"""A simple case, and yet in some ways an instructive one,"" Holmes",949
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"remarked, as we travelled back to town. ""It hinged from the outset",950
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,upon the pince-nez. But for the fortunate chance of the dying man,951
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,having seized these I am not sure that we could ever have reached our,952
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,solution. It was clear to me from the strength of the glasses that,953
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,the wearer must have been very blind and helpless when deprived of,954
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,them. When you asked me to believe that she walked along a narrow,955
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"strip of grass without once making a false step I remarked, as you",956
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"may remember, that it was a noteworthy performance. In my mind I set",957
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"it down as an impossible performance, save in the unlikely case that",958
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"she had a second pair of glasses. I was forced, therefore, to",959
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,seriously consider the hypothesis that she had remained within the,960
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,house. On perceiving the similarity of the two corridors it became,961
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"clear that she might very easily have made such a mistake, and in",962
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,that case it was evident that she must have entered the Professor's,963
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"room. I was keenly on the alert, therefore, for whatever would bear",964
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"out this supposition, and I examined the room narrowly for anything",965
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,in the shape of a hiding-place. The carpet seemed continuous and,966
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"firmly nailed, so I dismissed the idea of a trap-door. There might",967
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"well be a recess behind the books. As you are aware, such devices are",968
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,common in old libraries. I observed that books were piled on the,969
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"floor at all other points, but that one bookcase was left clear.",970
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"This, then, might be the door. I could see no marks to guide me, but",971
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"the carpet was of a dun colour, which lends itself very well to",972
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,examination. I therefore smoked a great number of those excellent,973
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"cigarettes, and I dropped the ash all over the space in front of the",974
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"suspected bookcase. It was a simple trick, but exceedingly effective.",975
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"I then went downstairs and I ascertained, in your presence, Watson,",976
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"without your perceiving the drift of my remarks, that Professor",977
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,Coram's consumption of food had increased--as one would expect when,978
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"he is supplying a second person. We then ascended to the room again,",979
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"when, by upsetting the cigarette-box, I obtained a very excellent",980
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"view of the floor, and was able to see quite clearly, from the traces",981
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"upon the cigarette ash, that the prisoner had, in our absence, come",982
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"out from her retreat. Well, Hopkins, here we are at Charing Cross,",983
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,and I congratulate you on having brought your case to a successful,984
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"conclusion. You are going to head-quarters, no doubt. I think,",985
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,"Watson, you and I will drive together to the Russian Embassy.""",986
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,,987
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,THE ADVENTURE OF THE MISSING THREE-QUARTER,1
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,2
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"We were fairly accustomed to receive weird telegrams at Baker Street,",3
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,but I have a particular recollection of one which reached us on a,4
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,gloomy February morning some seven or eight years ago and gave Mr.,5
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,Sherlock Holmes a puzzled quarter of an hour. It was addressed to,6
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"him, and ran thus:",7
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,8
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Please await me. Terrible misfortune. Right wing three-quarter",9
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,missing; indispensable to-morrow.,10
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"Overton.""",11
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,12
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Strand post-mark and dispatched ten-thirty-six,"" said Holmes,",13
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"reading it over and over. ""Mr. Overton was evidently considerably",14
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"excited when he sent it, and somewhat incoherent in consequence.",15
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"Well, well, he will be here, I dare say, by the time I have looked",16
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"through the times, and then we shall know all about it. Even the most",17
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"insignificant problem would be welcome in these stagnant days.""",18
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,19
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"Things had indeed been very slow with us, and I had learned to dread",20
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"such periods of inaction, for I knew by experience that my",21
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,companion's brain was so abnormally active that it was dangerous to,22
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,leave it without material upon which to work. For years I had,23
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,gradually weaned him from that drug mania which had threatened once,24
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,to check his remarkable career. Now I knew that under ordinary,25
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"conditions he no longer craved for this artificial stimulus, but I",26
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"was well aware that the fiend was not dead, but sleeping; and I have",27
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,known that the sleep was a light one and the waking near when in,28
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,periods of idleness I have seen the drawn look upon Holmes's ascetic,29
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"face, and the brooding of his deep-set and inscrutable eyes.",30
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"Therefore I blessed this Mr. Overton, whoever he might be, since he",31
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,had come with his enigmatic message to break that dangerous calm,32
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,which brought more peril to my friend than all the storms of his,33
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,tempestuous life.,34
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,35
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"As we had expected, the telegram was soon followed by its sender, and",36
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"the card of Mr. Cyril Overton, of Trinity College, Cambridge,",37
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"announced the arrival of an enormous young man, sixteen stone of",38
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"solid bone and muscle, who spanned the doorway with his broad",39
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,shoulders and looked from one of us to the other with a comely face,40
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,which was haggard with anxiety.,41
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,42
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Mr. Sherlock Holmes?""",43
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,44
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,My companion bowed.,45
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,46
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""I've been down to Scotland Yard, Mr. Holmes. I saw Inspector Stanley",47
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"Hopkins. He advised me to come to you. He said the case, so far as he",48
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"could see, was more in your line than in that of the regular police.""",49
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,50
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Pray sit down and tell me what is the matter.""",51
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,52
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""It's awful, Mr. Holmes, simply awful! I wonder my hair isn't grey.",53
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"Godfrey Staunton--you've heard of him, of course? He's simply the",54
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,hinge that the whole team turns on. I'd rather spare two from the,55
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,pack and have Godfrey for my three-quarter line. Whether it's,56
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"passing, or tackling, or dribbling, there's no one to touch him; and",57
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"then, he's got the head and can hold us all together. What am I to",58
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"do? That's what I ask you, Mr. Holmes. There's Moorhouse, first",59
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"reserve, but he is trained as a half, and he always edges right in on",60
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,to the scrum instead of keeping out on the touch-line. He's a fine,61
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"place-kick, it's true, but, then, he has no judgment, and he can't",62
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"sprint for nuts. Why, Morton or Johnson, the Oxford fliers, could",63
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"romp round him. Stevenson is fast enough, but he couldn't drop from",64
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"the twenty-five line, and a three-quarter who can't either punt or",65
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"drop isn't worth a place for pace alone. No, Mr. Holmes, we are done",66
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"unless you can help me to find Godfrey Staunton.""",67
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,68
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"My friend had listened with amused surprise to this long speech,",69
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"which was poured forth with extraordinary vigour and earnestness,",70
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,every point being driven home by the slapping of a brawny hand upon,71
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,the speaker's knee. When our visitor was silent Holmes stretched out,72
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"his hand and took down letter ""S"" of his commonplace book. For once",73
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,he dug in vain into that mine of varied information.,74
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,75
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""There is Arthur H. Staunton, the rising young forger,"" said he, ""and",76
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"there was Henry Staunton, whom I helped to hang, but Godfrey Staunton",77
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"is a new name to me.""",78
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,79
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,It was our visitor's turn to look surprised.,80
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,81
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Why, Mr. Holmes, I thought you knew things,"" said he. ""I suppose,",82
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"then, if you have never heard of Godfrey Staunton you don't know",83
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"Cyril Overton either?""",84
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,85
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,Holmes shook his head good-humouredly.,86
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,87
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Great Scot!"" cried the athlete. ""Why, I was first reserve for",88
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"England against Wales, and I've skippered the 'Varsity all this year.",89
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,But that's nothing! I didn't think there was a soul in England who,90
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"didn't know Godfrey Staunton, the crack three-quarter, Cambridge,",91
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"Blackheath, and five Internationals. Good Lord! Mr. Holmes, where",92
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"have you lived?""",93
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,94
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,Holmes laughed at the young giant's naive astonishment.,95
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,96
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""You live in a different world to me, Mr. Overton, a sweeter and",97
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,healthier one. My ramifications stretch out into many sections of,98
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"society, but never, I am happy to say, into amateur sport, which is",99
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"the best and soundest thing in England. However, your unexpected",100
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,visit this morning shows me that even in that world of fresh air and,101
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"fair play there may be work for me to do; so now, my good sir, I beg",102
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,you to sit down and to tell me slowly and quietly exactly what it is,103
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"that has occurred, and how you desire that I should help you.""",104
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,105
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,Young Overton's face assumed the bothered look of the man who is more,106
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"accustomed to using his muscles than his wits; but by degrees, with",107
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"many repetitions and obscurities which I may omit from his narrative,",108
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,he laid his strange story before us.,109
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,110
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""It's this way, Mr. Holmes. As I have said, I am the skipper of the",111
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"Rugger team of Cambridge 'Varsity, and Godfrey Staunton is my best",112
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,man. To-morrow we play Oxford. Yesterday we all came up and we,113
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,settled at Bentley's private hotel. At ten o'clock I went round and,114
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"saw that all the fellows had gone to roost, for I believe in strict",115
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,training and plenty of sleep to keep a team fit. I had a word or two,116
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,with Godfrey before he turned in. He seemed to me to be pale and,117
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,bothered. I asked him what was the matter. He said he was all,118
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,right--just a touch of headache. I bade him good-night and left him.,119
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,Half an hour later the porter tells me that a rough-looking man with,120
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,a beard called with a note for Godfrey. He had not gone to bed and,121
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,the note was taken to his room. Godfrey read it and fell back in a,122
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,chair as if he had been pole-axed. The porter was so scared that he,123
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"was going to fetch me, but Godfrey stopped him, had a drink of water,",124
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"and pulled himself together. Then he went downstairs, said a few",125
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"words to the man who was waiting in the hall, and the two of them",126
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"went off together. The last that the porter saw of them, they were",127
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,almost running down the street in the direction of the Strand. This,128
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"morning Godfrey's room was empty, his bed had never been slept in,",129
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,and his things were all just as I had seen them the night before. He,130
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"had gone off at a moment's notice with this stranger, and no word has",131
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,come from him since. I don't believe he will ever come back. He was a,132
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"sportsman, was Godfrey, down to his marrow, and he wouldn't have",133
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,stopped his training and let in his skipper if it were not for some,134
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,cause that was too strong for him. No; I feel as if he were gone for,135
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"good and we should never see him again.""",136
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,137
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,Sherlock Holmes listened with the deepest attention to this singular,138
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,narrative.,139
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,140
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""What did you do?"" he asked.",141
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,142
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""I wired to Cambridge to learn if anything had been heard of him",143
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"there. I have had an answer. No one has seen him.""",144
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,145
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Could he have got back to Cambridge?""",146
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,147
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Yes, there is a late train--quarter-past eleven.""",148
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,149
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""But so far as you can ascertain he did not take it?""",150
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,151
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""No, he has not been seen.""",152
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,153
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""What did you do next?""",154
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,155
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""I wired to Lord Mount-James.""",156
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,157
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Why to Lord Mount-James?""",158
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,159
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Godfrey is an orphan, and Lord Mount-James is his nearest",160
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"relative--his uncle, I believe.""",161
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,162
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Indeed. This throws new light upon the matter. Lord Mount-James is",163
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"one of the richest men in England.""",164
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,165
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""So I've heard Godfrey say.""",166
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,167
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""And your friend was closely related?""",168
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,169
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Yes, he was his heir, and the old boy is nearly eighty--cram full of",170
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"gout, too. They say he could chalk his billiard-cue with his",171
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"knuckles. He never allowed Godfrey a shilling in his life, for he is",172
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"an absolute miser, but it will all come to him right enough.""",173
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,174
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Have you heard from Lord Mount-James?""",175
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,176
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""No.""",177
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,178
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""What motive could your friend have in going to Lord Mount-James?""",179
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,180
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Well, something was worrying him the night before, and if it was to",181
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,do with money it is possible that he would make for his nearest,182
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"relative who had so much of it, though from all I have heard he would",183
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,not have much chance of getting it. Godfrey was not fond of the old,184
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"man. He would not go if he could help it.""",185
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,186
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Well, we can soon determine that. If your friend was going to his",187
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"relative, Lord Mount-James, you have then to explain the visit of",188
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"this rough-looking fellow at so late an hour, and the agitation that",189
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"was caused by his coming.""",190
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,191
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"Cyril Overton pressed his hands to his head. ""I can make nothing of",192
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"it,"" said he.",193
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,194
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Well, well, I have a clear day, and I shall be happy to look into",195
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"the matter,"" said Holmes. ""I should strongly recommend you to make",196
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,your preparations for your match without reference to this young,197
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"gentleman. It must, as you say, have been an overpowering necessity",198
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"which tore him away in such a fashion, and the same necessity is",199
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"likely to hold him away. Let us step round together to this hotel,",200
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"and see if the porter can throw any fresh light upon the matter.""",201
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,202
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,Sherlock Holmes was a past-master in the art of putting a humble,203
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"witness at his ease, and very soon, in the privacy of Godfrey",204
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"Staunton's abandoned room, he had extracted all that the porter had",205
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"to tell. The visitor of the night before was not a gentleman, neither",206
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,was he a working man. He was simply what the porter described as a,207
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""medium-looking chap""; a man of fifty, beard grizzled, pale face,",208
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,quietly dressed. He seemed himself to be agitated. The porter had,209
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,observed his hand trembling when he had held out the note. Godfrey,210
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,Staunton had crammed the note into his pocket. Staunton had not,211
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,shaken hands with the man in the hall. They had exchanged a few,212
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"sentences, of which the porter had only distinguished the one word",213
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""time."" Then they had hurried off in the manner described. It was",214
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,just half-past ten by the hall clock.,215
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,216
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Let me see,"" said Holmes, seating himself on Staunton's bed. ""You",217
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"are the day porter, are you not?""",218
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,219
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Yes, sir; I go off duty at eleven.""",220
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,221
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""The night porter saw nothing, I suppose?""",222
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,223
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""No, sir; one theatre party came in late. No one else.""",224
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,225
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Were you on duty all day yesterday?""",226
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,227
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Yes, sir.""",228
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,229
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Did you take any messages to Mr. Staunton?""",230
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,231
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Yes, sir; one telegram.""",232
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,233
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Ah! that's interesting. What o'clock was this?""",234
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,235
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""About six.""",236
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,237
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Where was Mr. Staunton when he received it?""",238
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,239
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Here in his room.""",240
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,241
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Were you present when he opened it?""",242
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,243
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Yes, sir; I waited to see if there was an answer.""",244
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,245
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Well, was there?""",246
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,247
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Yes, sir. He wrote an answer.""",248
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,249
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Did you take it?""",250
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,251
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""No; he took it himself.""",252
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,253
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""But he wrote it in your presence?""",254
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,255
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Yes, sir. I was standing by the door, and he with his back turned at",256
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"that table. When he had written it he said, 'All right, porter, I",257
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"will take this myself.'""",258
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,259
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""What did he write it with?""",260
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,261
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""A pen, sir.""",262
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,263
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Was the telegraphic form one of these on the table?""",264
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,265
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Yes, sir; it was the top one.""",266
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,267
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,Holmes rose. Taking the forms he carried them over to the window and,268
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,carefully examined that which was uppermost.,269
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,270
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""It is a pity he did not write in pencil,"" said he, throwing them",271
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"down again with a shrug of disappointment. ""As you have no doubt",272
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"frequently observed, Watson, the impression usually goes through--a",273
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"fact which has dissolved many a happy marriage. However, I can find",274
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"no trace here. I rejoice, however, to perceive that he wrote with a",275
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"broad-pointed quill pen, and I can hardly doubt that we will find",276
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"some impression upon this blotting-pad. Ah, yes, surely this is the",277
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"very thing!""",278
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,279
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,He tore off a strip of the blotting-paper and turned towards us the,280
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,following hieroglyphic:,281
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,282
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,[ Picture: Several unreadable scrawls on paper ],283
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,284
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"Cyril Overton was much excited. ""Hold it to the glass!"" he cried.",285
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,286
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""That is unnecessary,"" said Holmes. ""The paper is thin, and the",287
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"reverse will give the message. Here it is."" He turned it over and we",288
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,read:,289
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,290
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,[ Picture: Stand by us for God’s sake! ],291
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,292
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""So that is the tail end of the telegram which Godfrey Staunton",293
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,dispatched within a few hours of his disappearance. There are at,294
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,least six words of the message which have escaped us; but what,295
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,remains--'Stand by us for God's sake!'--proves that this young man,296
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"saw a formidable danger which approached him, and from which someone",297
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"else could protect him. 'Us,' mark you! Another person was involved.",298
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"Who should it be but the pale-faced, bearded man, who seemed himself",299
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"in so nervous a state? What, then, is the connection between Godfrey",300
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,Staunton and the bearded man? And what is the third source from which,301
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,each of them sought for help against pressing danger? Our inquiry has,302
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"already narrowed down to that.""",303
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,304
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""We have only to find to whom that telegram is addressed,"" I",305
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,suggested.,306
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,307
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Exactly, my dear Watson. Your reflection, though profound, had",308
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,already crossed my mind. But I dare say it may have come to your,309
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,notice that if you walk into a post-office and demand to see the,310
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,counterfoil of another man's message there may be some disinclination,311
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,on the part of the officials to oblige you. There is so much red tape,312
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"in these matters! However, I have no doubt that with a little",313
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"delicacy and finesse the end may be attained. Meanwhile, I should",314
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"like in your presence, Mr. Overton, to go through these papers which",315
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"have been left upon the table.""",316
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,317
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"There were a number of letters, bills, and note-books, which Holmes",318
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"turned over and examined with quick, nervous fingers and darting,",319
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"penetrating eyes. ""Nothing here,"" he said, at last. ""By the way, I",320
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,suppose your friend was a healthy young fellow--nothing amiss with,321
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"him?""",322
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,323
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Sound as a bell.""",324
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,325
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Have you ever known him ill?""",326
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,327
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Not a day. He has been laid up with a hack, and once he slipped his",328
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"knee-cap, but that was nothing.""",329
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,330
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Perhaps he was not so strong as you suppose. I should think he may",331
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,have had some secret trouble. With your assent I will put one or two,332
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"of these papers in my pocket, in case they should bear upon our",333
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"future inquiry.""",334
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,335
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""One moment! one moment!"" cried a querulous voice, and we looked up",336
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"to find a queer little old man, jerking and twitching in the doorway.",337
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"He was dressed in rusty black, with a very broad brimmed top-hat and",338
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,a loose white necktie--the whole effect being that of a very rustic,339
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"parson or of an undertaker's mute. Yet, in spite of his shabby and",340
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"even absurd appearance, his voice had a sharp crackle, and his manner",341
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,a quick intensity which commanded attention.,342
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,343
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Who are you, sir, and by what right do you touch this gentleman's",344
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"papers?"" he asked.",345
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,346
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""I am a private detective, and I am endeavouring to explain his",347
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"disappearance.""",348
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,349
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Oh, you are, are you? And who instructed you, eh?""",350
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,351
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""This gentleman, Mr. Staunton's friend, was referred to me by",352
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"Scotland Yard.""",353
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,354
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Who are you, sir?""",355
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,356
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""I am Cyril Overton.""",357
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,358
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Then it is you who sent me a telegram. My name is Lord Mount-James.",359
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,I came round as quickly as the Bayswater 'bus would bring me. So you,360
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"have instructed a detective?""",361
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,362
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Yes, sir.""",363
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,364
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""And are you prepared to meet the cost?""",365
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,366
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""I have no doubt, sir, that my friend Godfrey, when we find him, will",367
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"be prepared to do that.""",368
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,369
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""But if he is never found, eh? Answer me that!""",370
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,371
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""In that case no doubt his family--""",372
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,373
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Nothing of the sort, sir!"" screamed the little man. ""Don't look to",374
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"me for a penny--not a penny! You understand that, Mr. Detective! I am",375
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"all the family that this young man has got, and I tell you that I am",376
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,not responsible. If he has any expectations it is due to the fact,377
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"that I have never wasted money, and I do not propose to begin to do",378
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"so now. As to those papers with which you are making so free, I may",379
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,tell you that in case there should be anything of any value among,380
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"them you will be held strictly to account for what you do with them.""",381
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,382
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Very good, sir,"" said Sherlock Holmes. ""May I ask in the meanwhile",383
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,whether you have yourself any theory to account for this young man's,384
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"disappearance?""",385
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,386
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""No, sir, I have not. He is big enough and old enough to look after",387
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"himself, and if he is so foolish as to lose himself I entirely refuse",388
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"to accept the responsibility of hunting for him.""",389
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,390
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""I quite understand your position,"" said Holmes, with a mischievous",391
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"twinkle in his eyes. ""Perhaps you don't quite understand mine.",392
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,Godfrey Staunton appears to have been a poor man. If he has been,393
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,kidnapped it could not have been for anything which he himself,394
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"possesses. The fame of your wealth has gone abroad, Lord Mount-James,",395
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,and it is entirely possible that a gang of thieves have secured your,396
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"nephew in order to gain from him some information as to your house,",397
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"your habits, and your treasure.""",398
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,399
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,The face of our unpleasant little visitor turned as white as his,400
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,neckcloth.,401
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,402
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Heavens, sir, what an idea! I never thought of such villainy! What",403
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,inhuman rogues there are in the world! But Godfrey is a fine lad--a,404
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,staunch lad. Nothing would induce him to give his old uncle away.,405
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,I'll have the plate moved over to the bank this evening. In the,406
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"meantime spare no pains, Mr. Detective! I beg you to leave no stone",407
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"unturned to bring him safely back. As to money, well, so far as a",408
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"fiver, or even a tenner, goes, you can always look to me.""",409
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,410
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,Even in his chastened frame of mind the noble miser could give us no,411
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"information which could help us, for he knew little of the private",412
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"life of his nephew. Our only clue lay in the truncated telegram, and",413
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,with a copy of this in his hand Holmes set forth to find a second,414
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"link for his chain. We had shaken off Lord Mount-James, and Overton",415
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,had gone to consult with the other members of his team over the,416
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,misfortune which had befallen them.,417
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,418
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,There was a telegraph-office at a short distance from the hotel. We,419
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,halted outside it.,420
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,421
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""It's worth trying, Watson,"" said Holmes. ""Of course, with a warrant",422
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"we could demand to see the counterfoils, but we have not reached that",423
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,stage yet. I don't suppose they remember faces in so busy a place.,424
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"Let us venture it.""",425
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,426
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""I am sorry to trouble you,"" said he, in his blandest manner, to the",427
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"young woman behind the grating; ""there is some small mistake about a",428
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"telegram I sent yesterday. I have had no answer, and I very much fear",429
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,that I must have omitted to put my name at the end. Could you tell me,430
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"if this was so?""",431
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,432
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,The young woman turned over a sheaf of counterfoils.,433
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,434
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""What o'clock was it?"" she asked.",435
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,436
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""A little after six.""",437
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,438
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Whom was it to?""",439
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,440
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"Holmes put his finger to his lips and glanced at me. ""The last words",441
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"in it were 'for God's sake,'"" he whispered, confidentially; ""I am",442
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"very anxious at getting no answer.""",443
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,444
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,The young woman separated one of the forms.,445
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,446
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""This is it. There is no name,"" said she, smoothing it out upon the",447
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,counter.,448
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,449
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Then that, of course, accounts for my getting no answer,"" said",450
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"Holmes. ""Dear me, how very stupid of me, to be sure! Good morning,",451
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"miss, and many thanks for having relieved my mind."" He chuckled and",452
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,rubbed his hands when we found ourselves in the street once more.,453
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,454
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Well?"" I asked.",455
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,456
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""We progress, my dear Watson, we progress. I had seven different",457
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"schemes for getting a glimpse of that telegram, but I could hardly",458
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"hope to succeed the very first time.""",459
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,460
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""And what have you gained?""",461
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,462
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""A starting-point for our investigation."" He hailed a cab. ""King's",463
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"Cross Station,"" said he.",464
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,465
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""We have a journey, then?""",466
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,467
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Yes; I think we must run down to Cambridge together. All the",468
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"indications seem to me to point in that direction.""",469
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,470
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Tell me,"" I asked, as we rattled up Gray's Inn Road, ""have you any",471
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,suspicion yet as to the cause of the disappearance? I don't think,472
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,that among all our cases I have known one where the motives are more,473
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,obscure. Surely you don't really imagine that he may be kidnapped in,474
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"order to give information against his wealthy uncle?""",475
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,476
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""I confess, my dear Watson, that that does not appeal to me as a very",477
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"probable explanation. It struck me, however, as being the one which",478
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"was most likely to interest that exceedingly unpleasant old person.""",479
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,480
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""It certainly did that. But what are your alternatives?""",481
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,482
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""I could mention several. You must admit that it is curious and",483
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,suggestive that this incident should occur on the eve of this,484
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"important match, and should involve the only man whose presence seems",485
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"essential to the success of the side. It may, of course, be",486
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"coincidence, but it is interesting. Amateur sport is free from",487
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"betting, but a good deal of outside betting goes on among the public,",488
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,and it is possible that it might be worth someone's while to get at a,489
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,player as the ruffians of the turf get at a race-horse. There is one,490
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,explanation. A second very obvious one is that this young man really,491
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"is the heir of a great property, however modest his means may at",492
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"present be, and it is not impossible that a plot to hold him for",493
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"ransom might be concocted.""",494
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,495
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""These theories take no account of the telegram.""",496
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,497
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Quite true, Watson. The telegram still remains the only solid thing",498
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"with which we have to deal, and we must not permit our attention to",499
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,wander away from it. It is to gain light upon the purpose of this,500
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,telegram that we are now upon our way to Cambridge. The path of our,501
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"investigation is at present obscure, but I shall be very much",502
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,surprised if before evening we have not cleared it up or made a,503
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"considerable advance along it.""",504
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,505
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,It was already dark when we reached the old University city. Holmes,506
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"took a cab at the station, and ordered the man to drive to the house",507
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,of Dr. Leslie Armstrong. A few minutes later we had stopped at a,508
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"large mansion in the busiest thoroughfare. We were shown in, and",509
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"after a long wait were at last admitted into the consulting-room,",510
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,where we found the doctor seated behind his table.,511
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,512
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,It argues the degree in which I had lost touch with my profession,513
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,that the name of Leslie Armstrong was unknown to me. Now I am aware,514
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,that he is not only one of the heads of the medical school of the,515
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"University, but a thinker of European reputation in more than one",516
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,branch of science. Yet even without knowing his brilliant record one,517
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"could not fail to be impressed by a mere glance at the man, the",518
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"square, massive face, the brooding eyes under the thatched brows, and",519
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"the granite moulding of the inflexible jaw. A man of deep character,",520
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"a man with an alert mind, grim, ascetic, self-contained,",521
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,formidable--so I read Dr. Leslie Armstrong. He held my friend's card,522
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"in his hand, and he looked up with no very pleased expression upon",523
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,his dour features.,524
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,525
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""I have heard your name, Mr. Sherlock Holmes, and I am aware of your",526
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"profession, one of which I by no means approve.""",527
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,528
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""In that, doctor, you will find yourself in agreement with every",529
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"criminal in the country,"" said my friend, quietly.",530
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,531
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""So far as your efforts are directed towards the suppression of",532
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"crime, sir, they must have the support of every reasonable member of",533
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"the community, though I cannot doubt that the official machinery is",534
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,amply sufficient for the purpose. Where your calling is more open to,535
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"criticism is when you pry into the secrets of private individuals,",536
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"when you rake up family matters which are better hidden, and when you",537
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,incidentally waste the time of men who are more busy than yourself.,538
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"At the present moment, for example, I should be writing a treatise",539
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"instead of conversing with you.""",540
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,541
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""No doubt, doctor; and yet the conversation may prove more important",542
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,than the treatise. Incidentally I may tell you that we are doing the,543
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"reverse of what you very justly blame, and that we are endeavouring",544
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,to prevent anything like public exposure of private matters which,545
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,must necessarily follow when once the case is fairly in the hands of,546
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,the official police. You may look upon me simply as an irregular,547
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,pioneer who goes in front of the regular forces of the country. I,548
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"have come to ask you about Mr. Godfrey Staunton.""",549
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,550
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""What about him?""",551
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,552
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""You know him, do you not?""",553
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,554
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""He is an intimate friend of mine.""",555
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,556
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""You are aware that he has disappeared?""",557
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,558
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Ah, indeed!"" There was no change of expression in the rugged",559
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,features of the doctor.,560
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,561
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""He left his hotel last night. He has not been heard of.""",562
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,563
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""No doubt he will return.""",564
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,565
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""To-morrow is the 'Varsity football match.""",566
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,567
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""I have no sympathy with these childish games. The young man's fate",568
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"interests me deeply, since I know him and like him. The football",569
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"match does not come within my horizon at all.""",570
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,571
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""I claim your sympathy, then, in my investigation of Mr. Staunton's",572
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"fate. Do you know where he is?""",573
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,574
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Certainly not.""",575
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,576
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""You have not seen him since yesterday?""",577
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,578
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""No, I have not.""",579
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,580
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Was Mr. Staunton a healthy man?""",581
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,582
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Absolutely.""",583
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,584
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Did you ever know him ill?""",585
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,586
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Never.""",587
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,588
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"Holmes popped a sheet of paper before the doctor's eyes. ""Then",589
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"perhaps you will explain this receipted bill for thirteen guineas,",590
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,paid by Mr. Godfrey Staunton last month to Dr. Leslie Armstrong of,591
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"Cambridge. I picked it out from among the papers upon his desk.""",592
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,593
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,The doctor flushed with anger.,594
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,595
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""I do not feel that there is any reason why I should render an",596
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"explanation to you, Mr. Holmes.""",597
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,598
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"Holmes replaced the bill in his note-book. ""If you prefer a public",599
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"explanation it must come sooner or later,"" said he. ""I have already",600
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,told you that I can hush up that which others will be bound to,601
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"publish, and you would really be wiser to take me into your complete",602
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"confidence.""",603
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,604
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""I know nothing about it.""",605
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,606
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Did you hear from Mr. Staunton in London?""",607
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,608
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Certainly not.""",609
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,610
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Dear me, dear me; the post-office again!"" Holmes sighed, wearily. ""A",611
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,most urgent telegram was dispatched to you from London by Godfrey,612
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,Staunton at six-fifteen yesterday evening--a telegram which is,613
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,undoubtedly associated with his disappearance--and yet you have not,614
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,had it. It is most culpable. I shall certainly go down to the office,615
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"here and register a complaint.""",616
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,617
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"Dr. Leslie Armstrong sprang up from behind his desk, and his dark",618
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,face was crimson with fury.,619
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,620
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""I'll trouble you to walk out of my house, sir,"" said he. ""You can",621
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"tell your employer, Lord Mount-James, that I do not wish to have",622
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"anything to do either with him or with his agents. No, sir, not",623
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"another word!"" He rang the bell furiously. ""John, show these",624
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"gentlemen out!"" A pompous butler ushered us severely to the door, and",625
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,we found ourselves in the street. Holmes burst out laughing.,626
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,627
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Dr. Leslie Armstrong is certainly a man of energy and character,""",628
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"said he. ""I have not seen a man who, if he turned his talents that",629
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"way, was more calculated to fill the gap left by the illustrious",630
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"Moriarty. And now, my poor Watson, here we are, stranded and",631
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"friendless in this inhospitable town, which we cannot leave without",632
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,abandoning our case. This little inn just opposite Armstrong's house,633
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,is singularly adapted to our needs. If you would engage a front room,634
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"and purchase the necessaries for the night, I may have time to make a",635
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"few inquiries.""",636
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,637
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"These few inquiries proved, however, to be a more lengthy proceeding",638
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"than Holmes had imagined, for he did not return to the inn until",639
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"nearly nine o'clock. He was pale and dejected, stained with dust, and",640
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,exhausted with hunger and fatigue. A cold supper was ready upon the,641
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"table, and when his needs were satisfied and his pipe alight he was",642
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,ready to take that half comic and wholly philosophic view which was,643
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,natural to him when his affairs were going awry. The sound of,644
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,carriage wheels caused him to rise and glance out of the window. A,645
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,brougham and pair of greys under the glare of a gas-lamp stood before,646
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,the doctor's door.,647
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,648
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""It's been out three hours,"" said Holmes; ""started at half-past six,",649
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,and here it is back again. That gives a radius of ten or twelve,650
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"miles, and he does it once, or sometimes twice, a day.""",651
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,652
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""No unusual thing for a doctor in practice.""",653
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,654
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""But Armstrong is not really a doctor in practice. He is a lecturer",655
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"and a consultant, but he does not care for general practice, which",656
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"distracts him from his literary work. Why, then, does he make these",657
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"long journeys, which must be exceedingly irksome to him, and who is",658
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"it that he visits?""",659
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,660
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""His coachman--""",661
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,662
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""My dear Watson, can you doubt that it was to him that I first",663
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,applied? I do not know whether it came from his own innate depravity,664
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"or from the promptings of his master, but he was rude enough to set a",665
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"dog at me. Neither dog nor man liked the look of my stick, however,",666
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"and the matter fell through. Relations were strained after that, and",667
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,further inquiries out of the question. All that I have learned I got,668
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,from a friendly native in the yard of our own inn. It was he who told,669
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"me of the doctor's habits and of his daily journey. At that instant,",670
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"to give point to his words, the carriage came round to the door.""",671
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,672
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Could you not follow it?""",673
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,674
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Excellent, Watson! You are scintillating this evening. The idea did",675
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"cross my mind. There is, as you may have observed, a bicycle shop",676
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"next to our inn. Into this I rushed, engaged a bicycle, and was able",677
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,to get started before the carriage was quite out of sight. I rapidly,678
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"overtook it, and then, keeping at a discreet distance of a hundred",679
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"yards or so, I followed its lights until we were clear of the town.",680
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,We had got well out on the country road when a somewhat mortifying,681
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"incident occurred. The carriage stopped, the doctor alighted, walked",682
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"swiftly back to where I had also halted, and told me in an excellent",683
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"sardonic fashion that he feared the road was narrow, and that he",684
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,hoped his carriage did not impede the passage of my bicycle. Nothing,685
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,could have been more admirable than his way of putting it. I at once,686
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"rode past the carriage, and, keeping to the main road, I went on for",687
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"a few miles, and then halted in a convenient place to see if the",688
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"carriage passed. There was no sign of it, however, and so it became",689
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,evident that it had turned down one of several side roads which I had,690
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"observed. I rode back, but again saw nothing of the carriage, and",691
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"now, as you perceive, it has returned after me. Of course, I had at",692
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,the outset no particular reason to connect these journeys with the,693
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"disappearance of Godfrey Staunton, and was only inclined to",694
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,investigate them on the general grounds that everything which,695
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"concerns Dr. Armstrong is at present of interest to us; but, now that",696
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,I find he keeps so keen a look-out upon anyone who may follow him on,697
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"these excursions, the affair appears more important, and I shall not",698
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"be satisfied until I have made the matter clear.""",699
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,700
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""We can follow him to-morrow.""",701
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,702
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Can we? It is not so easy as you seem to think. You are not familiar",703
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"with Cambridgeshire scenery, are you? It does not lend itself to",704
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,concealment. All this country that I passed over to-night is as flat,705
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"and clean as the palm of your hand, and the man we are following is",706
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"no fool, as he very clearly showed to-night. I have wired to Overton",707
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"to let us know any fresh London developments at this address, and in",708
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,the meantime we can only concentrate our attention upon Dr.,709
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"Armstrong, whose name the obliging young lady at the office allowed",710
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,me to read upon the counterfoil of Staunton's urgent message. He,711
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"knows where the young man is--to that I'll swear--and if he knows,",712
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,then it must be our own fault if we cannot manage to know also. At,713
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"present it must be admitted that the odd trick is in his possession,",714
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"and, as you are aware, Watson, it is not my habit to leave the game",715
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"in that condition.""",716
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,717
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,And yet the next day brought us no nearer to the solution of the,718
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"mystery. A note was handed in after breakfast, which Holmes passed",719
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,across to me with a smile.,720
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,721
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,Sir [it ran]:,722
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,I can assure you that you are wasting your time in dogging my,723
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"movements. I have, as you discovered last night, a window at the back",724
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"of my brougham, and if you desire a twenty-mile ride which will lead",725
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"you to the spot from which you started, you have only to follow me.",726
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"Meanwhile, I can inform you that no spying upon me can in any way",727
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"help Mr. Godfrey Staunton, and I am convinced that the best service",728
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,you can do to that gentleman is to return at once to London and to,729
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,report to your employer that you are unable to trace him. Your time,730
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,in Cambridge will certainly be wasted.,731
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"Yours faithfully,",732
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,Leslie Armstrong.,733
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,734
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""An outspoken, honest antagonist is the doctor,"" said Holmes. ""Well,",735
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"well, he excites my curiosity, and I must really know more before I",736
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"leave him.""",737
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,738
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""His carriage is at his door now,"" said I. ""There he is stepping into",739
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,it. I saw him glance up at our window as he did so. Suppose I try my,740
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"luck upon the bicycle?""",741
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,742
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""No, no, my dear Watson! With all respect for your natural acumen I",743
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,do not think that you are quite a match for the worthy doctor. I,744
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,think that possibly I can attain our end by some independent,745
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,explorations of my own. I am afraid that I must leave you to your own,746
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"devices, as the appearance of two inquiring strangers upon a sleepy",747
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,countryside might excite more gossip than I care for. No doubt you,748
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"will find some sights to amuse you in this venerable city, and I hope",749
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"to bring back a more favourable report to you before evening.""",750
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,751
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"Once more, however, my friend was destined to be disappointed. He",752
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,came back at night weary and unsuccessful.,753
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,754
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""I have had a blank day, Watson. Having got the doctor's general",755
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"direction, I spent the day in visiting all the villages upon that",756
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"side of Cambridge, and comparing notes with publicans and other local",757
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"news agencies. I have covered some ground: Chesterton, Histon,",758
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"Waterbeach, and Oakington have each been explored and have each",759
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,proved disappointing. The daily appearance of a brougham and pair,760
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,could hardly have been overlooked in such Sleepy Hollows. The doctor,761
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"has scored once more. Is there a telegram for me?""",762
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,763
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Yes; I opened it. Here it is:",764
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,765
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""'Ask for Pompey from Jeremy Dixon, Trinity College.'",766
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""I don't understand it.""",767
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,768
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Oh, it is clear enough. It is from our friend Overton, and is in",769
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,answer to a question from me. I'll just send round a note to Mr.,770
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"Jeremy Dixon, and then I have no doubt that our luck will turn. By",771
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"the way, is there any news of the match?""",772
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,773
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Yes, the local evening paper has an excellent account in its last",774
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,edition. Oxford won by a goal and two tries. The last sentences of,775
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,the description say:,776
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,777
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""'The defeat of the Light Blues may be entirely attributed to the",778
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"unfortunate absence of the crack International, Godfrey Staunton,",779
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,whose want was felt at every instant of the game. The lack of,780
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,combination in the three-quarter line and their weakness both in,781
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,attack and defence more than neutralized the efforts of a heavy and,782
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"hard-working pack.'""",783
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,784
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Then our friend Overton's forebodings have been justified,"" said",785
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"Holmes. ""Personally I am in agreement with Dr. Armstrong, and",786
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"football does not come within my horizon. Early to bed to-night,",787
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"Watson, for I foresee that to-morrow may be an eventful day.""",788
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,789
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"I was horrified by my first glimpse of Holmes next morning, for he",790
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,sat by the fire holding his tiny hypodermic syringe. I associated,791
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"that instrument with the single weakness of his nature, and I feared",792
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,the worst when I saw it glittering in his hand. He laughed at my,793
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"expression of dismay, and laid it upon the table.",794
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,795
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""No, no, my dear fellow, there is no cause for alarm. It is not upon",796
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"this occasion the instrument of evil, but it will rather prove to be",797
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,the key which will unlock our mystery. On this syringe I base all my,798
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,hopes. I have just returned from a small scouting expedition and,799
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"everything is favourable. Eat a good breakfast, Watson, for I propose",800
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"to get upon Dr. Armstrong's trail to-day, and once on it I will not",801
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"stop for rest or food until I run him to his burrow.""",802
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,803
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""In that case,"" said I, ""we had best carry our breakfast with us, for",804
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"he is making an early start. His carriage is at the door.""",805
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,806
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Never mind. Let him go. He will be clever if he can drive where I",807
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"cannot follow him. When you have finished come downstairs with me,",808
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,and I will introduce you to a detective who is a very eminent,809
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"specialist in the work that lies before us.""",810
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,811
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"When we descended I followed Holmes into the stable yard, where he",812
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"opened the door of a loose-box and led out a squat, lop-eared,",813
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"white-and-tan dog, something between a beagle and a foxhound.",814
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,815
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Let me introduce you to Pompey,"" said he. ""Pompey is the pride of",816
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"the local draghounds, no very great flier, as his build will show,",817
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"but a staunch hound on a scent. Well, Pompey, you may not be fast,",818
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,but I expect you will be too fast for a couple of middle-aged London,819
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"gentlemen, so I will take the liberty of fastening this leather leash",820
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"to your collar. Now, boy, come along, and show what you can do."" He",821
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,led him across to the doctor's door. The dog sniffed round for an,822
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"instant, and then with a shrill whine of excitement started off down",823
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"the street, tugging at his leash in his efforts to go faster. In half",824
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"an hour, we were clear of the town and hastening down a country road.",825
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,826
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""What have you done, Holmes?"" I asked.",827
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,828
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""A threadbare and venerable device, but useful upon occasion. I",829
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,walked into the doctor's yard this morning and shot my syringe full,830
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,of aniseed over the hind wheel. A draghound will follow aniseed from,831
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"here to John o' Groat's, and our friend Armstrong would have to drive",832
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"through the Cam before he would shake Pompey off his trail. Oh, the",833
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"cunning rascal! This is how he gave me the slip the other night.""",834
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,835
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,The dog had suddenly turned out of the main road into a grass-grown,836
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"lane. Half a mile farther this opened into another broad road, and",837
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"the trail turned hard to the right in the direction of the town,",838
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,which we had just quitted. The road took a sweep to the south of the,839
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,town and continued in the opposite direction to that in which we,840
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,started.,841
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,842
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""This détour has been entirely for our benefit, then?"" said Holmes.",843
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""No wonder that my inquiries among those villages led to nothing. The",844
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"doctor has certainly played the game for all it is worth, and one",845
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,would like to know the reason for such elaborate deception. This,846
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"should be the village of Trumpington to the right of us. And, by",847
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"Jove! here is the brougham coming round the corner. Quick, Watson,",848
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"quick, or we are done!""",849
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,850
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"He sprang through a gate into a field, dragging the reluctant Pompey",851
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,after him. We had hardly got under the shelter of the hedge when the,852
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"carriage rattled past. I caught a glimpse of Dr. Armstrong within,",853
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"his shoulders bowed, his head sunk on his hands, the very image of",854
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,distress. I could tell by my companion's graver face that he also had,855
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,seen.,856
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,857
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""I fear there is some dark ending to our quest,"" said he. ""It cannot",858
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"be long before we know it. Come, Pompey! Ah, it is the cottage in the",859
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"field!""",860
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,861
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,There could be no doubt that we had reached the end of our journey.,862
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,Pompey ran about and whined eagerly outside the gate where the marks,863
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,of the brougham's wheels were still to be seen. A footpath led across,864
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"to the lonely cottage. Holmes tied the dog to the hedge, and we",865
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"hastened onwards. My friend knocked at the little rustic door, and",866
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"knocked again without response. And yet the cottage was not deserted,",867
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,for a low sound came to our ears--a kind of drone of misery and,868
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"despair, which was indescribably melancholy. Holmes paused",869
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"irresolute, and then he glanced back at the road which we had just",870
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"traversed. A brougham was coming down it, and there could be no",871
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,mistaking those grey horses.,872
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,873
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""By Jove, the doctor is coming back!"" cried Holmes. ""That settles it.",874
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"We are bound to see what it means before he comes.""",875
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,876
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,He opened the door and we stepped into the hall. The droning sound,877
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"swelled louder upon our ears until it became one long, deep wail of",878
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,distress. It came from upstairs. Holmes darted up and I followed him.,879
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,He pushed open a half-closed door and we both stood appalled at the,880
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,sight before us.,881
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,882
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"A woman, young and beautiful, was lying dead upon the bed. Her calm,",883
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"pale face, with dim, wide-opened blue eyes, looked upward from amid a",884
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"great tangle of golden hair. At the foot of the bed, half sitting,",885
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"half kneeling, his face buried in the clothes, was a young man, whose",886
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,frame was racked by his sobs. So absorbed was he by his bitter grief,887
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,that he never looked up until Holmes's hand was on his shoulder.,888
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,889
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Are you Mr. Godfrey Staunton?""",890
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,891
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Yes, yes; I am--but you are too late. She is dead.""",892
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,893
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,The man was so dazed that he could not be made to understand that we,894
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,were anything but doctors who had been sent to his assistance. Holmes,895
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"was endeavouring to utter a few words of consolation, and to explain",896
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,the alarm which had been caused to his friends by his sudden,897
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"disappearance, when there was a step upon the stairs, and there was",898
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"the heavy, stern, questioning face of Dr. Armstrong at the door.",899
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,900
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""So, gentlemen,"" said he, ""you have attained your end, and have",901
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,certainly chosen a particularly delicate moment for your intrusion. I,902
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"would not brawl in the presence of death, but I can assure you that",903
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,if I were a younger man your monstrous conduct would not pass with,904
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"impunity.""",905
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,906
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Excuse me, Dr. Armstrong, I think we are a little at",907
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"cross-purposes,"" said my friend, with dignity. ""If you could step",908
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,downstairs with us we may each be able to give some light to the,909
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"other upon this miserable affair.""",910
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,911
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,A minute later the grim doctor and ourselves were in the sitting-room,912
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,below.,913
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,914
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Well, sir?"" said he.",915
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,916
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""I wish you to understand, in the first place, that I am not employed",917
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"by Lord Mount-James, and that my sympathies in this matter are",918
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,entirely against that nobleman. When a man is lost it is my duty to,919
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"ascertain his fate, but having done so the matter ends so far as I am",920
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"concerned; and so long as there is nothing criminal, I am much more",921
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"anxious to hush up private scandals than to give them publicity. If,",922
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"as I imagine, there is no breach of the law in this matter, you can",923
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,absolutely depend upon my discretion and my co-operation in keeping,924
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"the facts out of the papers.""",925
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,926
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,Dr. Armstrong took a quick step forward and wrung Holmes by the hand.,927
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,928
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""You are a good fellow,"" said he. ""I had misjudged you. I thank",929
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,Heaven that my compunction at leaving poor Staunton all alone in this,930
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"plight caused me to turn my carriage back, and so to make your",931
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"acquaintance. Knowing as much as you do, the situation is very easily",932
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"explained. A year ago Godfrey Staunton lodged in London for a time,",933
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"and became passionately attached to his landlady's daughter, whom he",934
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"married. She was as good as she was beautiful, and as intelligent as",935
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,she was good. No man need be ashamed of such a wife. But Godfrey was,936
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"the heir to this crabbed old nobleman, and it was quite certain that",937
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,the news of his marriage would have been the end of his inheritance.,938
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"I knew the lad well, and I loved him for his many excellent",939
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,qualities. I did all I could to help him to keep things straight. We,940
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"did our very best to keep the thing from everyone, for when once such",941
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,a whisper gets about it is not long before everyone has heard it.,942
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"Thanks to this lonely cottage and his own discretion, Godfrey has up",943
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,to now succeeded. Their secret was known to no one save to me and to,944
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,one excellent servant who has at present gone for assistance to,945
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,Trumpington. But at last there came a terrible blow in the shape of,946
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,dangerous illness to his wife. It was consumption of the most,947
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"virulent kind. The poor boy was half crazed with grief, and yet he",948
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"had to go to London to play this match, for he could not get out of",949
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,it without explanations which would expose his secret. I tried to,950
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"cheer him up by a wire, and he sent me one in reply imploring me to",951
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,do all I could. This was the telegram which you appear in some,952
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,inexplicable way to have seen. I did not tell him how urgent the,953
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"danger was, for I knew that he could do no good here, but I sent the",954
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"truth to the girl's father, and he very injudiciously communicated it",955
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,to Godfrey. The result was that he came straight away in a state,956
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"bordering on frenzy, and has remained in the same state, kneeling at",957
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"the end of her bed, until this morning death put an end to her",958
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"sufferings. That is all, Mr. Holmes, and I am sure that I can rely",959
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"upon your discretion and that of your friend.""",960
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,961
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,Holmes grasped the doctor's hand.,962
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,963
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,"""Come, Watson,"" said he, and we passed from that house of grief into",964
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,the pale sunlight of the winter day.,965
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,,966
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,THE ADVENTURE OF THE ABBEY GRANGE,1
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,2
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,It was on a bitterly cold and frosty morning during the winter of '97,3
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,that I was awakened by a tugging at my shoulder. It was Holmes. The,4
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"candle in his hand shone upon his eager, stooping face and told me at",5
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,a glance that something was amiss.,6
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,7
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""Come, Watson, come!"" he cried. ""The game is afoot. Not a word! Into",8
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"your clothes and come!""",9
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,10
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,Ten minutes later we were both in a cab and rattling through the,11
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,silent streets on our way to Charing Cross Station. The first faint,12
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"winter's dawn was beginning to appear, and we could dimly see the",13
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"occasional figure of an early workman as he passed us, blurred and",14
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,indistinct in the opalescent London reek. Holmes nestled in silence,15
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"into his heavy coat, and I was glad to do the same, for the air was",16
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,most bitter and neither of us had broken our fast. It was not until,17
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"we had consumed some hot tea at the station, and taken our places in",18
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"the Kentish train, that we were sufficiently thawed, he to speak and",19
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,I to listen. Holmes drew a note from his pocket and read it aloud:,20
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,21
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""Abbey Grange, Marsham, Kent,",22
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""3.30 a.m.",23
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""My dear Mr. Holmes:",24
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""I should be very glad of your immediate assistance in what promises",25
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,to be a most remarkable case. It is something quite in your line.,26
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,Except for releasing the lady I will see that everything is kept,27
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"exactly as I have found it, but I beg you not to lose an instant, as",28
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,it is difficult to leave Sir Eustace there.,29
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""Yours faithfully,",30
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""Stanley Hopkins.""",31
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,32
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""Hopkins has called me in seven times, and on each occasion his",33
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"summons has been entirely justified,"" said Holmes. ""I fancy that",34
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"every one of his cases has found its way into your collection, and I",35
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"must admit, Watson, that you have some power of selection which",36
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,atones for much which I deplore in your narratives. Your fatal habit,37
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,of looking at everything from the point of view of a story instead of,38
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,as a scientific exercise has ruined what might have been an,39
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,instructive and even classical series of demonstrations. You slur,40
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,over work of the utmost finesse and delicacy in order to dwell upon,41
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"sensational details which may excite, but cannot possibly instruct,",42
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"the reader.""",43
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,44
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""Why do you not write them yourself?"" I said, with some bitterness.",45
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,46
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""I will, my dear Watson, I will. At present I am, as you know, fairly",47
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"busy, but I propose to devote my declining years to the composition",48
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,of a text-book which shall focus the whole art of detection into one,49
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"volume. Our present research appears to be a case of murder.""",50
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,51
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""You think this Sir Eustace is dead, then?""",52
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,53
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""I should say so. Hopkins's writing shows considerable agitation, and",54
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"he is not an emotional man. Yes, I gather there has been violence,",55
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,and that the body is left for our inspection. A mere suicide would,56
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"not have caused him to send for me. As to the release of the lady, it",57
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,would appear that she has been locked in her room during the tragedy.,58
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"We are moving in high life, Watson; crackling paper, 'E.B.' monogram,",59
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"coat-of-arms, picturesque address. I think that friend Hopkins will",60
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,live up to his reputation and that we shall have an interesting,61
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"morning. The crime was committed before twelve last night.""",62
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,63
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""How can you possibly tell?""",64
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,65
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""By an inspection of the trains and by reckoning the time. The local",66
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"police had to be called in, they had to communicate with Scotland",67
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"Yard, Hopkins had to go out, and he in turn had to send for me. All",68
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"that makes a fair night's work. Well, here we are at Chislehurst",69
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"Station, and we shall soon set our doubts at rest.""",70
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,71
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,A drive of a couple of miles through narrow country lanes brought us,72
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"to a park gate, which was opened for us by an old lodge-keeper, whose",73
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,haggard face bore the reflection of some great disaster. The avenue,74
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"ran through a noble park, between lines of ancient elms, and ended in",75
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"a low, widespread house, pillared in front after the fashion of",76
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,Palladio. The central part was evidently of a great age and shrouded,77
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"in ivy, but the large windows showed that modern changes had been",78
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"carried out, and one wing of the house appeared to be entirely new.",79
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"The youthful figure and alert, eager face of Inspector Stanley",80
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,Hopkins confronted us in the open doorway.,81
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,82
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""I'm very glad you have come, Mr. Holmes. And you too, Dr. Watson!",83
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"But, indeed, if I had my time over again I should not have troubled",84
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"you, for since the lady has come to herself she has given so clear an",85
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,account of the affair that there is not much left for us to do. You,86
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"remember that Lewisham gang of burglars?""",87
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,88
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""What, the three Randalls?""",89
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,90
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""Exactly; the father and two sons. It's their work. I have not a",91
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"doubt of it. They did a job at Sydenham a fortnight ago, and were",92
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"seen and described. Rather cool to do another so soon and so near,",93
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"but it is they, beyond all doubt. It's a hanging matter this time.""",94
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,95
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""Sir Eustace is dead, then?""",96
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,97
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""Yes; his head was knocked in with his own poker.""",98
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,99
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""Sir Eustace Brackenstall, the driver tells me.""",100
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,101
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""Exactly--one of the richest men in Kent. Lady Brackenstall is in the",102
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"morning-room. Poor lady, she has had a most dreadful experience. She",103
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,seemed half dead when I saw her first. I think you had best see her,104
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,and hear her account of the facts. Then we will examine the,105
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"dining-room together.""",106
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,107
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,Lady Brackenstall was no ordinary person. Seldom have I seen so,108
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"graceful a figure, so womanly a presence, and so beautiful a face.",109
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"She was a blonde, golden-haired, blue-eyed, and would, no doubt, have",110
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,had the perfect complexion which goes with such colouring had not her,111
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,recent experience left her drawn and haggard. Her sufferings were,112
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"physical as well as mental, for over one eye rose a hideous,",113
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"plum-coloured swelling, which her maid, a tall, austere woman, was",114
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,bathing assiduously with vinegar and water. The lady lay back,115
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"exhausted upon a couch, but her quick, observant gaze as we entered",116
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"the room, and the alert expression of her beautiful features, showed",117
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,that neither her wits nor her courage had been shaken by her terrible,118
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,experience. She was enveloped in a loose dressing-gown of blue and,119
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"silver, but a black sequin-covered dinner-dress was hung upon the",120
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,couch beside her.,121
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,122
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""I have told you all that happened, Mr. Hopkins,"" she said, wearily;",123
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""could you not repeat it for me? Well, if you think it necessary, I",124
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,will tell these gentlemen what occurred. Have they been in the,125
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"dining-room yet?""",126
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,127
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""I thought they had better hear your ladyship's story first.""",128
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,129
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""I shall be glad when you can arrange matters. It is horrible to me",130
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"to think of him still lying there."" She shuddered and buried her face",131
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,in her hands. As she did so the loose gown fell back from her,132
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,forearms. Holmes uttered an exclamation.,133
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,134
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""You have other injuries, madam! What is this?"" Two vivid red spots",135
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"stood out on one of the white, round limbs. She hastily covered it.",136
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,137
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""It is nothing. It has no connection with the hideous business of",138
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,last night. If you and your friend will sit down I will tell you all,139
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,I can.,140
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,141
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""I am the wife of Sir Eustace Brackenstall. I have been married about",142
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,a year. I suppose that it is no use my attempting to conceal that our,143
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,marriage has not been a happy one. I fear that all our neighbours,144
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"would tell you that, even if I were to attempt to deny it. Perhaps",145
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"the fault may be partly mine. I was brought up in the freer, less",146
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"conventional atmosphere of South Australia, and this English life,",147
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"with its proprieties and its primness, is not congenial to me. But",148
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"the main reason lies in the one fact which is notorious to everyone,",149
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,and that is that Sir Eustace was a confirmed drunkard. To be with,150
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,such a man for an hour is unpleasant. Can you imagine what it means,151
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,for a sensitive and high-spirited woman to be tied to him for day and,152
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"night? It is a sacrilege, a crime, a villainy to hold that such a",153
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,marriage is binding. I say that these monstrous laws of yours will,154
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,bring a curse upon the land--Heaven will not let such wickedness,155
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"endure."" For an instant she sat up, her cheeks flushed, and her eyes",156
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"blazing from under the terrible mark upon her brow. Then the strong,",157
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,soothing hand of the austere maid drew her head down on to the,158
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"cushion, and the wild anger died away into passionate sobbing. At",159
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,last she continued:--,160
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,161
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""I will tell you about last night. You are aware, perhaps, that in",162
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,this house all servants sleep in the modern wing. This central block,163
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"is made up of the dwelling-rooms, with the kitchen behind and our",164
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,bedroom above. My maid Theresa sleeps above my room. There is no one,165
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"else, and no sound could alarm those who are in the farther wing.",166
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"This must have been well known to the robbers, or they would not have",167
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,acted as they did.,168
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,169
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""Sir Eustace retired about half-past ten. The servants had already",170
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"gone to their quarters. Only my maid was up, and she had remained in",171
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,her room at the top of the house until I needed her services. I sat,172
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"until after eleven in this room, absorbed in a book. Then I walked",173
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,round to see that all was right before I went upstairs. It was my,174
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"custom to do this myself, for, as I have explained, Sir Eustace was",175
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"not always to be trusted. I went into the kitchen, the butler's",176
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"pantry, the gun-room, the billiard-room, the drawing-room, and",177
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"finally the dining-room. As I approached the window, which is covered",178
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"with thick curtains, I suddenly felt the wind blow upon my face and",179
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,realized that it was open. I flung the curtain aside and found myself,180
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"face to face with a broad-shouldered, elderly man who had just",181
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"stepped into the room. The window is a long French one, which really",182
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,forms a door leading to the lawn. I held my bedroom candle lit in my,183
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"hand, and, by its light, behind the first man I saw two others, who",184
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"were in the act of entering. I stepped back, but the fellow was on me",185
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,in an instant. He caught me first by the wrist and then by the,186
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"throat. I opened my mouth to scream, but he struck me a savage blow",187
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"with his fist over the eye, and felled me to the ground. I must have",188
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"been unconscious for a few minutes, for when I came to myself I found",189
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,that they had torn down the bell-rope and had secured me tightly to,190
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,the oaken chair which stands at the head of the dining-room table. I,191
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"was so firmly bound that I could not move, and a handkerchief round",192
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,my mouth prevented me from uttering any sound. It was at this instant,193
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,that my unfortunate husband entered the room. He had evidently heard,194
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"some suspicious sounds, and he came prepared for such a scene as he",195
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"found. He was dressed in his shirt and trousers, with his favourite",196
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"blackthorn cudgel in his hand. He rushed at one of the burglars, but",197
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"another--it was the elderly man--stooped, picked the poker out of the",198
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"grate, and struck him a horrible blow as he passed. He fell without a",199
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"groan, and never moved again. I fainted once more, but again it could",200
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,only have been a very few minutes during which I was insensible. When,201
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,I opened my eyes I found that they had collected the silver from the,202
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"sideboard, and they had drawn a bottle of wine which stood there.",203
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"Each of them had a glass in his hand. I have already told you, have I",204
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"not, that one was elderly, with a beard, and the others young,",205
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,hairless lads. They might have been a father with his two sons. They,206
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,talked together in whispers. Then they came over and made sure that I,207
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"was still securely bound. Finally they withdrew, closing the window",208
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,after them. It was quite a quarter of an hour before I got my mouth,209
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,free. When I did so my screams brought the maid to my assistance. The,210
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"other servants were soon alarmed, and we sent for the local police,",211
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,who instantly communicated with London. That is really all that I can,212
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"tell you, gentlemen, and I trust that it will not be necessary for me",213
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"to go over so painful a story again.""",214
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,215
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""Any questions, Mr. Holmes?"" asked Hopkins.",216
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,217
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""I will not impose any further tax upon Lady Brackenstall's patience",218
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"and time,"" said Holmes. ""Before I go into the dining-room I should",219
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"like to hear your experience."" He looked at the maid.",220
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,221
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""I saw the men before ever they came into the house,"" said she. ""As I",222
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,sat by my bedroom window I saw three men in the moonlight down by the,223
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"lodge gate yonder, but I thought nothing of it at the time. It was",224
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"more than an hour after that I heard my mistress scream, and down I",225
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"ran, to find her, poor lamb, just as she says, and him on the floor",226
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,with his blood and brains over the room. It was enough to drive a,227
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"woman out of her wits, tied there, and her very dress spotted with",228
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"him; but she never wanted courage, did Miss Mary Fraser of Adelaide,",229
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,and Lady Brackenstall of Abbey Grange hasn't learned new ways. You've,230
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"questioned her long enough, you gentlemen, and now she is coming to",231
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"her own room, just with her old Theresa, to get the rest that she",232
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"badly needs.""",233
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,234
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,With a motherly tenderness the gaunt woman put her arm round her,235
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,mistress and led her from the room.,236
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,237
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""She has been with her all her life,"" said Hopkins. ""Nursed her as a",238
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"baby, and came with her to England when they first left Australia",239
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"eighteen months ago. Theresa Wright is her name, and the kind of maid",240
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"you don't pick up nowadays. This way, Mr. Holmes, if you please!""",241
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,242
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"The keen interest had passed out of Holmes's expressive face, and I",243
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,knew that with the mystery all the charm of the case had departed.,244
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"There still remained an arrest to be effected, but what were these",245
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,commonplace rogues that he should soil his hands with them? An,246
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,abstruse and learned specialist who finds that he has been called in,247
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,for a case of measles would experience something of the annoyance,248
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,which I read in my friend's eyes. Yet the scene in the dining-room of,249
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,the Abbey Grange was sufficiently strange to arrest his attention and,250
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,to recall his waning interest.,251
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,252
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"It was a very large and high chamber, with carved oak ceiling, oaken",253
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"panelling, and a fine array of deer's heads and ancient weapons",254
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,around the walls. At the farther end from the door was the high,255
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,French window of which we had heard. Three smaller windows on the,256
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,right-hand side filled the apartment with cold winter sunshine. On,257
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"the left was a large, deep fireplace, with a massive, over-hanging",258
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,oak mantelpiece. Beside the fireplace was a heavy oaken chair with,259
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,arms and cross-bars at the bottom. In and out through the open,260
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"woodwork was woven a crimson cord, which was secured at each side to",261
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,the crosspiece below. In releasing the lady the cord had been slipped,262
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"off her, but the knots with which it had been secured still remained.",263
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"These details only struck our attention afterwards, for our thoughts",264
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,were entirely absorbed by the terrible object which lay upon the,265
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,tiger-skin hearthrug in front of the fire.,266
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,267
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"It was the body of a tall, well-made man, about forty years of age.",268
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"He lay upon his back, his face upturned, with his white teeth",269
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,grinning through his short black beard. His two clenched hands were,270
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"raised above his head, and a heavy blackthorn stick lay across them.",271
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"His dark, handsome, aquiline features were convulsed into a spasm of",272
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"vindictive hatred, which had set his dead face in a terribly fiendish",273
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,expression. He had evidently been in his bed when the alarm had,274
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"broken out, for he wore a foppish embroidered night-shirt, and his",275
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"bare feet projected from his trousers. His head was horribly injured,",276
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,and the whole room bore witness to the savage ferocity of the blow,277
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"which had struck him down. Beside him lay the heavy poker, bent into",278
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,a curve by the concussion. Holmes examined both it and the,279
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,indescribable wreck which it had wrought.,280
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,281
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""He must be a powerful man, this elder Randall,"" he remarked.",282
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,283
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""Yes,"" said Hopkins. ""I have some record of the fellow, and he is a",284
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"rough customer.""",285
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,286
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""You should have no difficulty in getting him.""",287
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,288
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""Not the slightest. We have been on the look-out for him, and there",289
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,was some idea that he had got away to America. Now that we know the,290
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,gang are here I don't see how they can escape. We have the news at,291
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"every seaport already, and a reward will be offered before evening.",292
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"What beats me is how they could have done so mad a thing, knowing",293
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"that the lady could describe them, and that we could not fail to",294
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"recognise the description.""",295
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,296
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""Exactly. One would have expected that they would have silenced Lady",297
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"Brackenstall as well.""",298
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,299
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""They may not have realized,"" I suggested, ""that she had recovered",300
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"from her faint.""",301
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,302
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""That is likely enough. If she seemed to be senseless they would not",303
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"take her life. What about this poor fellow, Hopkins? I seem to have",304
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"heard some queer stories about him.""",305
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,306
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""He was a good-hearted man when he was sober, but a perfect fiend",307
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"when he was drunk, or rather when he was half drunk, for he seldom",308
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,really went the whole way. The devil seemed to be in him at such,309
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"times, and he was capable of anything. From what I hear, in spite of",310
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"all his wealth and his title, he very nearly came our way once or",311
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,twice. There was a scandal about his drenching a dog with petroleum,312
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"and setting it on fire--her ladyship's dog, to make the matter",313
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,worse--and that was only hushed up with difficulty. Then he threw a,314
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"decanter at that maid, Theresa Wright; there was trouble about that.",315
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"On the whole, and between ourselves, it will be a brighter house",316
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"without him. What are you looking at now?""",317
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,318
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,Holmes was down on his knees examining with great attention the knots,319
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,upon the red cord with which the lady had been secured. Then he,320
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,carefully scrutinized the broken and frayed end where it had snapped,321
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,off when the burglar had dragged it down.,322
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,323
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""When this was pulled down the bell in the kitchen must have rung",324
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"loudly,"" he remarked.",325
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,326
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""No one could hear it. The kitchen stands right at the back of the",327
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"house.""",328
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,329
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""How did the burglar know no one would hear it? How dared he pull at",330
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"a bell-rope in that reckless fashion?""",331
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,332
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""Exactly, Mr. Holmes, exactly. You put the very question which I have",333
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,asked myself again and again. There can be no doubt that this fellow,334
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,must have known the house and its habits. He must have perfectly,335
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,understood that the servants would all be in bed at that,336
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"comparatively early hour, and that no one could possibly hear a bell",337
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,ring in the kitchen. Therefore he must have been in close league with,338
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,one of the servants. Surely that is evident. But there are eight,339
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"servants, and all of good character.""",340
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,341
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""Other things being equal,"" said Holmes, ""one would suspect the one",342
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,at whose head the master threw a decanter. And yet that would involve,343
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,treachery towards the mistress to whom this woman seems devoted.,344
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"Well, well, the point is a minor one, and when you have Randall you",345
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,will probably find no difficulty in securing his accomplice. The,346
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"lady's story certainly seems to be corroborated, if it needed",347
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"corroboration, by every detail which we see before us."" He walked to",348
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"the French window and threw it open. ""There are no signs here, but",349
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"the ground is iron hard, and one would not expect them. I see that",350
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"these candles on the mantelpiece have been lighted.""",351
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,352
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""Yes; it was by their light and that of the lady's bedroom candle",353
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"that the burglars saw their way about.""",354
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,355
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""And what did they take?""",356
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,357
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""Well, they did not take much--only half-a-dozen articles of plate",358
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,off the sideboard. Lady Brackenstall thinks that they were themselves,359
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,so disturbed by the death of Sir Eustace that they did not ransack,360
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"the house as they would otherwise have done.""",361
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,362
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""No doubt that is true. And yet they drank some wine, I understand.""",363
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,364
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""To steady their own nerves.""",365
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,366
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""Exactly. These three glasses upon the sideboard have been untouched,",367
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"I suppose?""",368
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,369
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""Yes; and the bottle stands as they left it.""",370
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,371
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""Let us look at it. Halloa! halloa! what is this?""",372
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,373
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"The three glasses were grouped together, all of them tinged with",374
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"wine, and one of them containing some dregs of bees-wing. The bottle",375
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"stood near them, two-thirds full, and beside it lay a long,",376
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,deeply-stained cork. Its appearance and the dust upon the bottle,377
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,showed that it was no common vintage which the murderers had enjoyed.,378
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,379
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,A change had come over Holmes's manner. He had lost his listless,380
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"expression, and again I saw an alert light of interest in his keen,",381
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,deep-set eyes. He raised the cork and examined it minutely.,382
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,383
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""How did they draw it?"" he asked.",384
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,385
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,Hopkins pointed to a half-opened drawer. In it lay some table linen,386
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,and a large cork-screw.,387
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,388
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""Did Lady Brackenstall say that screw was used?""",389
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,390
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""No; you remember that she was senseless at the moment when the",391
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"bottle was opened.""",392
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,393
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""Quite so. As a matter of fact that screw was not used. This bottle",394
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"was opened by a pocket-screw, probably contained in a knife, and not",395
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,more than an inch and a half long. If you examine the top of the cork,396
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,you will observe that the screw was driven in three times before the,397
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,cork was extracted. It has never been transfixed. This long screw,398
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,would have transfixed it and drawn it with a single pull. When you,399
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,catch this fellow you will find that he has one of these multiplex,400
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"knives in his possession.""",401
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,402
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""Excellent!"" said Hopkins.",403
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,404
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""But these glasses do puzzle me, I confess. Lady Brackenstall",405
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"actually saw the three men drinking, did she not?""",406
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,407
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""Yes; she was clear about that.""",408
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,409
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""Then there is an end of it. What more is to be said? And yet you",410
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"must admit that the three glasses are very remarkable, Hopkins. What,",411
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"you see nothing remarkable! Well, well, let it pass. Perhaps when a",412
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,man has special knowledge and special powers like my own it rather,413
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,encourages him to seek a complex explanation when a simpler one is at,414
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"hand. Of course, it must be a mere chance about the glasses. Well,",415
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"good morning, Hopkins. I don't see that I can be of any use to you,",416
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,and you appear to have your case very clear. You will let me know,417
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"when Randall is arrested, and any further developments which may",418
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,occur. I trust that I shall soon have to congratulate you upon a,419
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"successful conclusion. Come, Watson, I fancy that we may employ",420
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"ourselves more profitably at home.""",421
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,422
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,During our return journey I could see by Holmes's face that he was,423
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"much puzzled by something which he had observed. Every now and then,",424
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"by an effort, he would throw off the impression and talk as if the",425
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"matter were clear, but then his doubts would settle down upon him",426
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"again, and his knitted brows and abstracted eyes would show that his",427
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,thoughts had gone back once more to the great dining-room of the,428
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,Abbey Grange in which this midnight tragedy had been enacted. At,429
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"last, by a sudden impulse, just as our train was crawling out of a",430
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"suburban station, he sprang on to the platform and pulled me out",431
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,after him.,432
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,433
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""Excuse me, my dear fellow,"" said he, as we watched the rear",434
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"carriages of our train disappearing round a curve; ""I am sorry to",435
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"make you the victim of what may seem a mere whim, but on my life,",436
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"Watson, I simply can't leave that case in this condition. Every",437
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,instinct that I possess cries out against it. It's wrong--it's all,438
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,wrong--I'll swear that it's wrong. And yet the lady's story was,439
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"complete, the maid's corroboration was sufficient, the detail was",440
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"fairly exact. What have I to put against that? Three wine-glasses,",441
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"that is all. But if I had not taken things for granted, if I had",442
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,examined everything with care which I would have shown had we,443
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,approached the case de novo and had no cut-and-dried story to warp my,444
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"mind, would I not then have found something more definite to go upon?",445
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"Of course I should. Sit down on this bench, Watson, until a train for",446
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"Chislehurst arrives, and allow me to lay the evidence before you,",447
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,imploring you in the first instance to dismiss from your mind the,448
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,idea that anything which the maid or her mistress may have said must,449
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,necessarily be true. The lady's charming personality must not be,450
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,permitted to warp our judgment.,451
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,452
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""Surely there are details in her story which, if we looked at it in",453
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"cold blood, would excite our suspicion. These burglars made a",454
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,considerable haul at Sydenham a fortnight ago. Some account of them,455
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"and of their appearance was in the papers, and would naturally occur",456
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,to anyone who wished to invent a story in which imaginary robbers,457
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"should play a part. As a matter of fact, burglars who have done a",458
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"good stroke of business are, as a rule, only too glad to enjoy the",459
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,proceeds in peace and quiet without embarking on another perilous,460
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"undertaking. Again, it is unusual for burglars to operate at so early",461
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,an hour; it is unusual for burglars to strike a lady to prevent her,462
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"screaming, since one would imagine that was the sure way to make her",463
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,scream; it is unusual for them to commit murder when their numbers,464
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,are sufficient to overpower one man; it is unusual for them to be,465
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,content with a limited plunder when there is much more within their,466
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,reach; and finally I should say that it was very unusual for such men,467
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"to leave a bottle half empty. How do all these unusuals strike you,",468
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"Watson?""",469
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,470
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""Their cumulative effect is certainly considerable, and yet each of",471
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"them is quite possible in itself. The most unusual thing of all, as",472
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"it seems to me, is that the lady should be tied to the chair.""",473
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,474
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""Well, I am not so clear about that, Watson; for it is evident that",475
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,they must either kill her or else secure her in such a way that she,476
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,could not give immediate notice of their escape. But at any rate I,477
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"have shown, have I not, that there is a certain element of",478
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,improbability about the lady's story? And now on the top of this,479
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"comes the incident of the wine-glasses.""",480
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,481
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""What about the wine-glasses?""",482
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,483
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""Can you see them in your mind's eye?""",484
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,485
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""I see them clearly.""",486
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,487
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""We are told that three men drank from them. Does that strike you as",488
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"likely?""",489
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,490
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""Why not? There was wine in each glass.""",491
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,492
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""Exactly; but there was bees-wing only in one glass. You must have",493
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"noticed that fact. What does that suggest to your mind?""",494
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,495
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""The last glass filled would be most likely to contain bees-wing.""",496
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,497
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""Not at all. The bottle was full of it, and it is inconceivable that",498
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,the first two glasses were clear and the third heavily charged with,499
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"it. There are two possible explanations, and only two. One is that",500
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"after the second glass was filled the bottle was violently agitated,",501
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,and so the third glass received the bees-wing. That does not appear,502
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"probable. No, no; I am sure that I am right.""",503
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,504
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""What, then, do you suppose?""",505
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,506
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""That only two glasses were used, and that the dregs of both were",507
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"poured into a third glass, so as to give the false impression that",508
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,three people had been here. In that way all the bees-wing would be in,509
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"the last glass, would it not? Yes, I am convinced that this is so.",510
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,But if I have hit upon the true explanation of this one small,511
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"phenomenon, then in an instant the case rises from the commonplace to",512
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"the exceedingly remarkable, for it can only mean that Lady",513
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"Brackenstall and her maid have deliberately lied to us, that not one",514
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"word of their story is to be believed, that they have some very",515
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"strong reason for covering the real criminal, and that we must",516
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,construct our case for ourselves without any help from them. That is,517
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"the mission which now lies before us, and here, Watson, is the",518
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"Chislehurst train.""",519
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,520
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"The household of the Abbey Grange were much surprised at our return,",521
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"but Sherlock Holmes, finding that Stanley Hopkins had gone off to",522
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"report to head-quarters, took possession of the dining-room, locked",523
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"the door upon the inside, and devoted himself for two hours to one of",524
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,those minute and laborious investigations which formed the solid,525
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,basis on which his brilliant edifices of deduction were reared.,526
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,Seated in a corner like an interested student who observes the,527
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"demonstration of his professor, I followed every step of that",528
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"remarkable research. The window, the curtains, the carpet, the chair,",529
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,the rope--each in turn was minutely examined and duly pondered. The,530
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"body of the unfortunate baronet had been removed, but all else",531
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"remained as we had seen it in the morning. Then, to my astonishment,",532
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,Holmes climbed up on to the massive mantelpiece. Far above his head,533
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,hung the few inches of red cord which were still attached to the,534
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"wire. For a long time he gazed upward at it, and then in an attempt",535
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,to get nearer to it he rested his knee upon a wooden bracket on the,536
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,wall. This brought his hand within a few inches of the broken end of,537
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"the rope, but it was not this so much as the bracket itself which",538
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,seemed to engage his attention. Finally he sprang down with an,539
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,ejaculation of satisfaction.,540
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,541
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""It's all right, Watson,"" said he. ""We have got our case--one of the",542
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"most remarkable in our collection. But, dear me, how slow-witted I",543
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"have been, and how nearly I have committed the blunder of my",544
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"lifetime! Now, I think that with a few missing links my chain is",545
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"almost complete.""",546
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,547
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""You have got your men?""",548
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,549
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""Man, Watson, man. Only one, but a very formidable person. Strong as",550
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,a lion--witness the blow that bent that poker. Six foot three in,551
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"height, active as a squirrel, dexterous with his fingers; finally,",552
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"remarkably quick-witted, for this whole ingenious story is of his",553
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"concoction. Yes, Watson, we have come upon the handiwork of a very",554
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,remarkable individual. And yet in that bell-rope he has given us a,555
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"clue which should not have left us a doubt.""",556
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,557
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""Where was the clue?""",558
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,559
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""Well, if you were to pull down a bell-rope, Watson, where would you",560
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,expect it to break? Surely at the spot where it is attached to the,561
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,wire. Why should it break three inches from the top as this one has,562
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"done?""",563
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,564
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""Because it is frayed there?""",565
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,566
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""Exactly. This end, which we can examine, is frayed. He was cunning",567
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,enough to do that with his knife. But the other end is not frayed.,568
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"You could not observe that from here, but if you were on the",569
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,mantelpiece you would see that it is cut clean off without any mark,570
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,of fraying whatever. You can reconstruct what occurred. The man,571
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,needed the rope. He would not tear it down for fear of giving the,572
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,alarm by ringing the bell. What did he do? He sprang up on the,573
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"mantelpiece, could not quite reach it, put his knee on the",574
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,bracket--you will see the impression in the dust--and so got his,575
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,knife to bear upon the cord. I could not reach the place by at least,576
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"three inches, from which I infer that he is at least three inches a",577
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,bigger man than I. Look at that mark upon the seat of the oaken,578
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"chair! What is it?""",579
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,580
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""Blood.""",581
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,582
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""Undoubtedly it is blood. This alone puts the lady's story out of",583
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"court. If she were seated on the chair when the crime was done, how",584
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"comes that mark? No, no; she was placed in the chair after the death",585
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,of her husband. I'll wager that the black dress shows a corresponding,586
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"mark to this. We have not yet met our Waterloo, Watson, but this is",587
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"our Marengo, for it begins in defeat and ends in victory. I should",588
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,like now to have a few words with the nurse Theresa. We must be wary,589
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"for awhile, if we are to get the information which we want.""",590
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,591
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"She was an interesting person, this stern Australian nurse. Taciturn,",592
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"suspicious, ungracious, it took some time before Holmes's pleasant",593
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,manner and frank acceptance of all that she said thawed her into a,594
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,corresponding amiability. She did not attempt to conceal her hatred,595
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,for her late employer.,596
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,597
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""Yes, sir, it is true that he threw the decanter at me. I heard him",598
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"call my mistress a name, and I told him that he would not dare to",599
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,speak so if her brother had been there. Then it was that he threw it,600
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,at me. He might have thrown a dozen if he had but left my bonny bird,601
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"alone. He was for ever illtreating her, and she too proud to",602
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,complain. She will not even tell me all that he has done to her. She,603
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"never told me of those marks on her arm that you saw this morning,",604
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,but I know very well that they come from a stab with a hat-pin. The,605
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"sly fiend--Heaven forgive me that I should speak of him so, now that",606
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"he is dead, but a fiend he was if ever one walked the earth. He was",607
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"all honey when first we met him, only eighteen months ago, and we",608
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,both feel as if it were eighteen years. She had only just arrived in,609
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"London. Yes, it was her first voyage--she had never been from home",610
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,before. He won her with his title and his money and his false London,611
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"ways. If she made a mistake she has paid for it, if ever a woman did.",612
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"What month did we meet him? Well, I tell you it was just after we",613
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"arrived. We arrived in June, and it was July. They were married in",614
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"January of last year. Yes, she is down in the morning-room again, and",615
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"I have no doubt she will see you, but you must not ask too much of",616
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"her, for she has gone through all that flesh and blood will stand.""",617
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,618
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"Lady Brackenstall was reclining on the same couch, but looked",619
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"brighter than before. The maid had entered with us, and began once",620
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,more to foment the bruise upon her mistress's brow.,621
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,622
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""I hope,"" said the lady, ""that you have not come to cross-examine me",623
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"again?""",624
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,625
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""No,"" Holmes answered, in his gentlest voice, ""I will not cause you",626
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"any unnecessary trouble, Lady Brackenstall, and my whole desire is to",627
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"make things easy for you, for I am convinced that you are a",628
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,much-tried woman. If you will treat me as a friend and trust me you,629
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"may find that I will justify your trust.""",630
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,631
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""What do you want me to do?""",632
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,633
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""To tell me the truth.""",634
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,635
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""Mr. Holmes!""",636
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,637
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""No, no, Lady Brackenstall, it is no use. You may have heard of any",638
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,little reputation which I possess. I will stake it all on the fact,639
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"that your story is an absolute fabrication.""",640
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,641
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,Mistress and maid were both staring at Holmes with pale faces and,642
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,frightened eyes.,643
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,644
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""You are an impudent fellow!"" cried Theresa. ""Do you mean to say that",645
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"my mistress has told a lie?""",646
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,647
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,Holmes rose from his chair.,648
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,649
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""Have you nothing to tell me?""",650
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,651
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""I have told you everything.""",652
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,653
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""Think once more, Lady Brackenstall. Would it not be better to be",654
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"frank?""",655
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,656
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,For an instant there was hesitation in her beautiful face. Then some,657
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,new strong thought caused it to set like a mask.,658
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,659
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""I have told you all I know.""",660
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,661
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"Holmes took his hat and shrugged his shoulders. ""I am sorry,"" he",662
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"said, and without another word we left the room and the house. There",663
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"was a pond in the park, and to this my friend led the way. It was",664
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"frozen over, but a single hole was left for the convenience of a",665
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,solitary swan. Holmes gazed at it and then passed on to the lodge,666
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,gate. There he scribbled a short note for Stanley Hopkins and left it,667
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,with the lodge-keeper.,668
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,669
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""It may be a hit or it may be a miss, but we are bound to do",670
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"something for friend Hopkins, just to justify this second visit,""",671
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"said he. ""I will not quite take him into my confidence yet. I think",672
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,our next scene of operations must be the shipping office of the,673
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"Adelaide-Southampton line, which stands at the end of Pall Mall, if I",674
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,remember right. There is a second line of steamers which connect,675
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"South Australia with England, but we will draw the larger cover",676
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"first.""",677
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,678
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"Holmes's card sent in to the manager ensured instant attention, and",679
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,he was not long in acquiring all the information which he needed. In,680
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,June of '95 only one of their line had reached a home port. It was,681
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"the Rock of Gibraltar, their largest and best boat. A reference to",682
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"the passenger list showed that Miss Fraser of Adelaide, with her",683
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"maid, had made the voyage in her. The boat was now on her way to",684
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"Australia, somewhere to the south of the Suez Canal. Her officers",685
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"were the same as in '95, with one exception. The first officer, Mr.",686
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"Jack Croker, had been made a captain and was to take charge of their",687
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"new ship, the Bass Rock, sailing in two days' time from Southampton.",688
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"He lived at Sydenham, but he was likely to be in that morning for",689
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"instructions, if we cared to wait for him.",690
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,691
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"No; Mr. Holmes had no desire to see him, but would be glad to know",692
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,more about his record and character.,693
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,694
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,His record was magnificent. There was not an officer in the fleet to,695
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"touch him. As to his character, he was reliable on duty, but a wild,",696
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"desperate fellow off the deck of his ship, hot-headed, excitable, but",697
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"loyal, honest, and kind-hearted. That was the pith of the information",698
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,with which Holmes left the office of the Adelaide-Southampton,699
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"company. Thence he drove to Scotland Yard, but instead of entering he",700
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"sat in his cab with his brows drawn down, lost in profound thought.",701
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"Finally he drove round to the Charing Cross telegraph office, sent",702
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"off a message, and then, at last, we made for Baker Street once more.",703
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,704
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""No, I couldn't do it, Watson,"" said he, as we re-entered our room.",705
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""Once that warrant was made out nothing on earth would save him. Once",706
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,or twice in my career I feel that I have done more real harm by my,707
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,discovery of the criminal than ever he had done by his crime. I have,708
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"learned caution now, and I had rather play tricks with the law of",709
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,England than with my own conscience. Let us know a little more before,710
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"we act.""",711
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,712
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,Before evening we had a visit from Inspector Stanley Hopkins. Things,713
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,were not going very well with him.,714
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,715
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""I believe that you are a wizard, Mr. Holmes. I really do sometimes",716
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"think that you have powers that are not human. Now, how on earth",717
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,could you know that the stolen silver was at the bottom of that,718
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"pond?""",719
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,720
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""I didn't know it.""",721
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,722
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""But you told me to examine it.""",723
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,724
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""You got it, then?""",725
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,726
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""Yes, I got it.""",727
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,728
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""I am very glad if I have helped you.""",729
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,730
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""But you haven't helped me. You have made the affair far more",731
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,difficult. What sort of burglars are they who steal silver and then,732
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"throw it into the nearest pond?""",733
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,734
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""It was certainly rather eccentric behaviour. I was merely going on",735
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,the idea that if the silver had been taken by persons who did not,736
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"want it, who merely took it for a blind as it were, then they would",737
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"naturally be anxious to get rid of it.""",738
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,739
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""But why should such an idea cross your mind?""",740
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,741
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""Well, I thought it was possible. When they came out through the",742
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"French window there was the pond, with one tempting little hole in",743
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"the ice, right in front of their noses. Could there be a better",744
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"hiding-place?""",745
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,746
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""Ah, a hiding-place--that is better!"" cried Stanley Hopkins. ""Yes,",747
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"yes, I see it all now! It was early, there were folk upon the roads,",748
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"they were afraid of being seen with the silver, so they sank it in",749
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"the pond, intending to return for it when the coast was clear.",750
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"Excellent, Mr. Holmes--that is better than your idea of a blind.""",751
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,752
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""Quite so; you have got an admirable theory. I have no doubt that my",753
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"own ideas were quite wild, but you must admit that they have ended in",754
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"discovering the silver.""",755
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,756
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""Yes, sir, yes. It was all your doing. But I have had a bad",757
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"set-back.""",758
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,759
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""A set-back?""",760
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,761
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""Yes, Mr. Holmes. The Randall gang were arrested in New York this",762
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"morning.""",763
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,764
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""Dear me, Hopkins! That is certainly rather against your theory that",765
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"they committed a murder in Kent last night.""",766
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,767
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""It is fatal, Mr. Holmes, absolutely fatal. Still, there are other",768
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"gangs of three besides the Randalls, or it may be some new gang of",769
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"which the police have never heard.""",770
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,771
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""Quite so; it is perfectly possible. What, are you off?""",772
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,773
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""Yes, Mr. Holmes; there is no rest for me until I have got to the",774
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"bottom of the business. I suppose you have no hint to give me?""",775
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,776
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""I have given you one.""",777
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,778
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""Which?""",779
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,780
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""Well, I suggested a blind.""",781
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,782
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""But why, Mr. Holmes, why?""",783
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,784
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""Ah, that's the question, of course. But I commend the idea to your",785
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,mind. You might possibly find that there was something in it. You,786
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"won't stop for dinner? Well, good-bye, and let us know how you get",787
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"on.""",788
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,789
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,Dinner was over and the table cleared before Holmes alluded to the,790
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,matter again. He had lit his pipe and held his slippered feet to the,791
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,cheerful blaze of the fire. Suddenly he looked at his watch.,792
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,793
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""I expect developments, Watson.""",794
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,795
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""When?""",796
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,797
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""Now--within a few minutes. I dare say you thought I acted rather",798
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"badly to Stanley Hopkins just now?""",799
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,800
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""I trust your judgment.""",801
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,802
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""A very sensible reply, Watson. You must look at it this way: what I",803
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,know is unofficial; what he knows is official. I have the right to,804
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"private judgment, but he has none. He must disclose all, or he is a",805
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,traitor to his service. In a doubtful case I would not put him in so,806
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"painful a position, and so I reserve my information until my own mind",807
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"is clear upon the matter.""",808
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,809
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""But when will that be?""",810
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,811
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""The time has come. You will now be present at the last scene of a",812
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"remarkable little drama.""",813
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,814
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"There was a sound upon the stairs, and our door was opened to admit",815
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,as fine a specimen of manhood as ever passed through it. He was a,816
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"very tall young man, golden-moustached, blue-eyed, with a skin which",817
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"had been burned by tropical suns, and a springy step which showed",818
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,that the huge frame was as active as it was strong. He closed the,819
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"door behind him, and then he stood with clenched hands and heaving",820
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"breast, choking down some overmastering emotion.",821
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,822
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""Sit down, Captain Croker. You got my telegram?""",823
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,824
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,Our visitor sank into an arm-chair and looked from one to the other,825
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,of us with questioning eyes.,826
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,827
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""I got your telegram, and I came at the hour you said. I heard that",828
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,you had been down to the office. There was no getting away from you.,829
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,Let's hear the worst. What are you going to do with me? Arrest me?,830
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"Speak out, man! You can't sit there and play with me like a cat with",831
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"a mouse.""",832
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,833
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""Give him a cigar,"" said Holmes. ""Bite on that, Captain Croker, and",834
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,don't let your nerves run away with you. I should not sit here,835
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"smoking with you if I thought that you were a common criminal, you",836
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"may be sure of that. Be frank with me, and we may do some good. Play",837
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"tricks with me, and I'll crush you.""",838
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,839
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""What do you wish me to do?""",840
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,841
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""To give me a true account of all that happened at the Abbey Grange",842
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"last night--a true account, mind you, with nothing added and nothing",843
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,taken off. I know so much already that if you go one inch off the,844
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,straight I'll blow this police whistle from my window and the affair,845
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"goes out of my hands for ever.""",846
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,847
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,The sailor thought for a little. Then he struck his leg with his,848
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"great, sun-burned hand.",849
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,850
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""I'll chance it,"" he cried. ""I believe you are a man of your word,",851
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"and a white man, and I'll tell you the whole story. But one thing I",852
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,will say first. So far as I am concerned I regret nothing and I fear,853
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"nothing, and I would do it all again and be proud of the job. Curse",854
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"the beast, if he had as many lives as a cat he would owe them all to",855
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"me! But it's the lady, Mary--Mary Fraser--for never will I call her",856
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"by that accursed name. When I think of getting her into trouble, I",857
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"who would give my life just to bring one smile to her dear face, it's",858
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,that that turns my soul into water. And yet--and yet--what less could,859
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"I do? I'll tell you my story, gentlemen, and then I'll ask you as man",860
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,to man what less could I do.,861
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,862
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""I must go back a bit. You seem to know everything, so I expect that",863
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,you know that I met her when she was a passenger and I was first,864
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,officer of the Rock of Gibraltar. From the first day I met her she,865
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"was the only woman to me. Every day of that voyage I loved her more,",866
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,and many a time since have I kneeled down in the darkness of the,867
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,night watch and kissed the deck of that ship because I knew her dear,868
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,feet had trod it. She was never engaged to me. She treated me as,869
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,fairly as ever a woman treated a man. I have no complaint to make. It,870
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"was all love on my side, and all good comradeship and friendship on",871
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"hers. When we parted she was a free woman, but I could never again be",872
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,a free man.,873
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,874
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""Next time I came back from sea I heard of her marriage. Well, why",875
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,shouldn't she marry whom she liked? Title and money--who could carry,876
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,them better than she? She was born for all that is beautiful and,877
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,dainty. I didn't grieve over her marriage. I was not such a selfish,878
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"hound as that. I just rejoiced that good luck had come her way, and",879
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,that she had not thrown herself away on a penniless sailor. That's,880
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,how I loved Mary Fraser.,881
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,882
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""Well, I never thought to see her again; but last voyage I was",883
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"promoted, and the new boat was not yet launched, so I had to wait for",884
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,a couple of months with my people at Sydenham. One day out in a,885
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"country lane I met Theresa Wright, her old maid. She told me about",886
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"her, about him, about everything. I tell you, gentlemen, it nearly",887
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"drove me mad. This drunken hound, that he should dare to raise his",888
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,hand to her whose boots he was not worthy to lick! I met Theresa,889
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,again. Then I met Mary herself--and met her again. Then she would,890
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,meet me no more. But the other day I had a notice that I was to start,891
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"on my voyage within a week, and I determined that I would see her",892
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"once before I left. Theresa was always my friend, for she loved Mary",893
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,and hated this villain almost as much as I did. From her I learned,894
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,the ways of the house. Mary used to sit up reading in her own little,895
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,room downstairs. I crept round there last night and scratched at the,896
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"window. At first she would not open to me, but in her heart I know",897
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"that now she loves me, and she could not leave me in the frosty",898
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"night. She whispered to me to come round to the big front window, and",899
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,I found it open before me so as to let me into the dining-room. Again,900
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"I heard from her own lips things that made my blood boil, and again I",901
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"cursed this brute who mishandled the woman that I loved. Well,",902
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"gentlemen, I was standing with her just inside the window, in all",903
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"innocence, as Heaven is my judge, when he rushed like a madman into",904
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"the room, called her the vilest name that a man could use to a woman,",905
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,and welted her across the face with the stick he had in his hand. I,906
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"had sprung for the poker, and it was a fair fight between us. See",907
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"here on my arm where his first blow fell. Then it was my turn, and I",908
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,went through him as if he had been a rotten pumpkin. Do you think I,909
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"was sorry? Not I! It was his life or mine, but far more than that it",910
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"was his life or hers, for how could I leave her in the power of this",911
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"madman? That was how I killed him. Was I wrong? Well, then, what",912
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,would either of you gentlemen have done if you had been in my,913
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,position?,914
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,915
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""She had screamed when he struck her, and that brought old Theresa",916
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,down from the room above. There was a bottle of wine on the,917
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"sideboard, and I opened it and poured a little between Mary's lips,",918
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,for she was half dead with the shock. Then I took a drop myself.,919
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"Theresa was as cool as ice, and it was her plot as much as mine. We",920
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,must make it appear that burglars had done the thing. Theresa kept on,921
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"repeating our story to her mistress, while I swarmed up and cut the",922
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"rope of the bell. Then I lashed her in her chair, and frayed out the",923
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"end of the rope to make it look natural, else they would wonder how",924
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,in the world a burglar could have got up there to cut it. Then I,925
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"gathered up a few plates and pots of silver, to carry out the idea of",926
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"a robbery, and there I left them with orders to give the alarm when I",927
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,had a quarter of an hour's start. I dropped the silver into the pond,928
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"and made off for Sydenham, feeling that for once in my life I had",929
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,done a real good night's work. And that's the truth and the whole,930
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"truth, Mr. Holmes, if it costs me my neck.""",931
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,932
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,Holmes smoked for some time in silence. Then he crossed the room and,933
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,shook our visitor by the hand.,934
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,935
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""That's what I think,"" said he. ""I know that every word is true, for",936
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,you have hardly said a word which I did not know. No one but an,937
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,acrobat or a sailor could have got up to that bell-rope from the,938
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"bracket, and no one but a sailor could have made the knots with which",939
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,the cord was fastened to the chair. Only once had this lady been,940
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"brought into contact with sailors, and that was on her voyage, and it",941
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"was someone of her own class of life, since she was trying hard to",942
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,shield him and so showing that she loved him. You see how easy it was,943
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,for me to lay my hands upon you when once I had started upon the,944
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"right trail.""",945
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,946
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""I thought the police never could have seen through our dodge.""",947
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,948
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""And the police haven't; nor will they, to the best of my belief.",949
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"Now, look here, Captain Croker, this is a very serious matter, though",950
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,I am willing to admit that you acted under the most extreme,951
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,provocation to which any man could be subjected. I am not sure that,952
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,in defence of your own life your action will not be pronounced,953
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"legitimate. However, that is for a British jury to decide. Meanwhile",954
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,I have so much sympathy for you that if you choose to disappear in,955
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,the next twenty-four hours I will promise you that no one will hinder,956
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"you.""",957
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,958
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""And then it will all come out?""",959
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,960
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""Certainly it will come out.""",961
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,962
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,The sailor flushed with anger.,963
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,964
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""What sort of proposal is that to make a man? I know enough of law to",965
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,understand that Mary would be had as accomplice. Do you think I would,966
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"leave her alone to face the music while I slunk away? No, sir; let",967
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"them do their worst upon me, but for Heaven's sake, Mr. Holmes, find",968
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"some way of keeping my poor Mary out of the courts.""",969
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,970
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,Holmes for a second time held out his hand to the sailor.,971
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,972
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""I was only testing you, and you ring true every time. Well, it is a",973
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"great responsibility that I take upon myself, but I have given",974
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"Hopkins an excellent hint, and if he can't avail himself of it I can",975
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"do no more. See here, Captain Croker, we'll do this in due form of",976
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"law. You are the prisoner. Watson, you are a British jury, and I",977
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,never met a man who was more eminently fitted to represent one. I am,978
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"the judge. Now, gentleman of the jury, you have heard the evidence.",979
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"Do you find the prisoner guilty or not guilty?""",980
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,981
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""Not guilty, my lord,"" said I.",982
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,983
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"""Vox populi, vox Dei. You are acquitted, Captain Croker. So long as",984
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,the law does not find some other victim you are safe from me. Come,985
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"back to this lady in a year, and may her future and yours justify us",986
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,"in the judgment which we have pronounced this night.""",987
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange,,988
The Adventure of the Second Stain,THE ADVENTURE OF THE SECOND STAIN,1
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,2
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"I had intended ""The Adventure of the Abbey Grange"" to be the last of",3
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"those exploits of my friend, Mr. Sherlock Holmes, which I should ever",4
The Adventure of the Second Stain,communicate to the public. This resolution of mine was not due to any,5
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"lack of material, since I have notes of many hundreds of cases to",6
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"which I have never alluded, nor was it caused by any waning interest",7
The Adventure of the Second Stain,on the part of my readers in the singular personality and unique,8
The Adventure of the Second Stain,methods of this remarkable man. The real reason lay in the reluctance,9
The Adventure of the Second Stain,which Mr. Holmes has shown to the continued publication of his,10
The Adventure of the Second Stain,experiences. So long as he was in actual professional practice the,11
The Adventure of the Second Stain,records of his successes were of some practical value to him; but,12
The Adventure of the Second Stain,since he has definitely retired from London and betaken himself to,13
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"study and bee-farming on the Sussex Downs, notoriety has become",14
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"hateful to him, and he has peremptorily requested that his wishes in",15
The Adventure of the Second Stain,this matter should be strictly observed. It was only upon my,16
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"representing to him that I had given a promise that ""The Adventure of",17
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"the Second Stain"" should be published when the times were ripe, and",18
The Adventure of the Second Stain,pointing out to him that it is only appropriate that this long series,19
The Adventure of the Second Stain,of episodes should culminate in the most important international case,20
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"which he has ever been called upon to handle, that I at last",21
The Adventure of the Second Stain,succeeded in obtaining his consent that a carefully-guarded account,22
The Adventure of the Second Stain,of the incident should at last be laid before the public. If in,23
The Adventure of the Second Stain,telling the story I seem to be somewhat vague in certain details the,24
The Adventure of the Second Stain,public will readily understand that there is an excellent reason for,25
The Adventure of the Second Stain,my reticence.,26
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,27
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"It was, then, in a year, and even in a decade, that shall be",28
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"nameless, that upon one Tuesday morning in autumn we found two",29
The Adventure of the Second Stain,visitors of European fame within the walls of our humble room in,30
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"Baker Street. The one, austere, high-nosed, eagle-eyed, and dominant,",31
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"was none other than the illustrious Lord Bellinger, twice Premier of",32
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"Britain. The other, dark, clear-cut, and elegant, hardly yet of",33
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"middle age, and endowed with every beauty of body and of mind, was",34
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"the Right Honourable Trelawney Hope, Secretary for European Affairs,",35
The Adventure of the Second Stain,and the most rising statesman in the country. They sat side by side,36
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"upon our paper-littered settee, and it was easy to see from their",37
The Adventure of the Second Stain,worn and anxious faces that it was business of the most pressing,38
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"importance which had brought them. The Premier's thin, blue-veined",39
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"hands were clasped tightly over the ivory head of his umbrella, and",40
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"his gaunt, ascetic face looked gloomily from Holmes to me. The",41
The Adventure of the Second Stain,European Secretary pulled nervously at his moustache and fidgeted,42
The Adventure of the Second Stain,with the seals of his watch-chain.,43
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,44
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""When I discovered my loss, Mr. Holmes, which was at eight o'clock",45
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"this morning, I at once informed the Prime Minister. It was at his",46
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"suggestion that we have both come to you.""",47
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,48
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Have you informed the police?""",49
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,50
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""No, sir,"" said the Prime Minister, with the quick, decisive manner",51
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"for which he was famous. ""We have not done so, nor is it possible",52
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"that we should do so. To inform the police must, in the long run,",53
The Adventure of the Second Stain,mean to inform the public. This is what we particularly desire to,54
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"avoid.""",55
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,56
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""And why, sir?""",57
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,58
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Because the document in question is of such immense importance that",59
The Adventure of the Second Stain,its publication might very easily--I might almost say probably--lead,60
The Adventure of the Second Stain,to European complications of the utmost moment. It is not too much to,61
The Adventure of the Second Stain,say that peace or war may hang upon the issue. Unless its recovery,62
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"can be attended with the utmost secrecy, then it may as well not be",63
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"recovered at all, for all that is aimed at by those who have taken it",64
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"is that its contents should be generally known.""",65
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,66
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""I understand. Now, Mr. Trelawney Hope, I should be much obliged if",67
The Adventure of the Second Stain,you would tell me exactly the circumstances under which this document,68
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"disappeared.""",69
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,70
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""That can be done in a very few words, Mr. Holmes. The letter--for it",71
The Adventure of the Second Stain,was a letter from a foreign potentate--was received six days ago. It,72
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"was of such importance that I have never left it in my safe, but I",73
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"have taken it across each evening to my house in Whitehall Terrace,",74
The Adventure of the Second Stain,and kept it in my bedroom in a locked despatch-box. It was there last,75
The Adventure of the Second Stain,night. Of that I am certain. I actually opened the box while I was,76
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"dressing for dinner, and saw the document inside. This morning it was",77
The Adventure of the Second Stain,gone. The despatch-box had stood beside the glass upon my,78
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"dressing-table all night. I am a light sleeper, and so is my wife. We",79
The Adventure of the Second Stain,are both prepared to swear that no one could have entered the room,80
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"during the night. And yet I repeat that the paper is gone.""",81
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,82
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""What time did you dine?""",83
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,84
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Half-past seven.""",85
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,86
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""How long was it before you went to bed?""",87
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,88
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""My wife had gone to the theatre. I waited up for her. It was",89
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"half-past eleven before we went to our room.""",90
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,91
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Then for four hours the despatch-box had lain unguarded?""",92
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,93
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""No one is ever permitted to enter that room save the housemaid in",94
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"the morning, and my valet, or my wife's maid, during the rest of the",95
The Adventure of the Second Stain,day. They are both trusty servants who have been with us for some,96
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"time. Besides, neither of them could possibly have known that there",97
The Adventure of the Second Stain,was anything more valuable than the ordinary departmental papers in,98
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"my despatch-box.""",99
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,100
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Who did know of the existence of that letter?""",101
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,102
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""No one in the house.""",103
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,104
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Surely your wife knew?""",105
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,106
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""No, sir; I had said nothing to my wife until I missed the paper this",107
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"morning.""",108
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,109
The Adventure of the Second Stain,The Premier nodded approvingly.,110
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,111
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""I have long known, sir, how high is your sense of public duty,"" said",112
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"he. ""I am convinced that in the case of a secret of this importance",113
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"it would rise superior to the most intimate domestic ties.""",114
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,115
The Adventure of the Second Stain,The European Secretary bowed.,116
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,117
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""You do me no more than justice, sir. Until this morning I have never",118
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"breathed one word to my wife upon this matter.""",119
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,120
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Could she have guessed?""",121
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,122
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""No, Mr. Holmes, she could not have guessed--nor could anyone have",123
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"guessed.""",124
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,125
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Have you lost any documents before?""",126
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,127
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""No, sir.""",128
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,129
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Who is there in England who did know of the existence of this",130
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"letter?""",131
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,132
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Each member of the Cabinet was informed of it yesterday; but the",133
The Adventure of the Second Stain,pledge of secrecy which attends every Cabinet meeting was increased,134
The Adventure of the Second Stain,by the solemn warning which was given by the Prime Minister. Good,135
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"heavens, to think that within a few hours I should myself have lost",136
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"it!"" His handsome face was distorted with a spasm of despair, and his",137
The Adventure of the Second Stain,hands tore at his hair. For a moment we caught a glimpse of the,138
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"natural man, impulsive, ardent, keenly sensitive. The next the",139
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"aristocratic mask was replaced, and the gentle voice had returned.",140
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Besides the members of the Cabinet there are two, or possibly three,",141
The Adventure of the Second Stain,departmental officials who know of the letter. No one else in,142
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"England, Mr. Holmes, I assure you.""",143
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,144
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""But abroad?""",145
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,146
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""I believe that no one abroad has seen it save the man who wrote it.",147
The Adventure of the Second Stain,I am well convinced that his Ministers--that the usual official,148
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"channels have not been employed.""",149
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,150
The Adventure of the Second Stain,Holmes considered for some little time.,151
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,152
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Now, sir, I must ask you more particularly what this document is,",153
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"and why its disappearance should have such momentous consequences?""",154
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,155
The Adventure of the Second Stain,The two statesmen exchanged a quick glance and the Premier's shaggy,156
The Adventure of the Second Stain,eyebrows gathered in a frown.,157
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,158
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Mr. Holmes, the envelope is a long, thin one of pale blue colour.",159
The Adventure of the Second Stain,There is a seal of red wax stamped with a crouching lion. It is,160
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"addressed in large, bold handwriting to--""",161
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,162
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""I fear, sir,"" said Holmes, ""that, interesting and indeed essential",163
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"as these details are, my inquiries must go more to the root of",164
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"things. What was the letter?""",165
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,166
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""That is a State secret of the utmost importance, and I fear that I",167
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"cannot tell you, nor do I see that it is necessary. If by the aid of",168
The Adventure of the Second Stain,the powers which you are said to possess you can find such an,169
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"envelope as I describe with its enclosure, you will have deserved",170
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"well of your country, and earned any reward which it lies in our",171
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"power to bestow.""",172
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,173
The Adventure of the Second Stain,Sherlock Holmes rose with a smile.,174
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,175
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""You are two of the most busy men in the country,"" said he, ""and in",176
The Adventure of the Second Stain,my own small way I have also a good many calls upon me. I regret,177
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"exceedingly that I cannot help you in this matter, and any",178
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"continuation of this interview would be a waste of time.""",179
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,180
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"The Premier sprang to his feet with that quick, fierce gleam of his",181
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"deep-set eyes before which a Cabinet has cowered. ""I am not",182
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"accustomed, sir--"" he began, but mastered his anger and resumed his",183
The Adventure of the Second Stain,seat. For a minute or more we all sat in silence. Then the old,184
The Adventure of the Second Stain,statesman shrugged his shoulders.,185
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,186
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""We must accept your terms, Mr. Holmes. No doubt you are right, and",187
The Adventure of the Second Stain,it is unreasonable for us to expect you to act unless we give you our,188
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"entire confidence.""",189
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,190
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""I agree with you, sir,"" said the younger statesman.",191
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,192
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Then I will tell you, relying entirely upon your honour and that of",193
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"your colleague, Dr. Watson. I may appeal to your patriotism also, for",194
The Adventure of the Second Stain,I could not imagine a greater misfortune for the country than that,195
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"this affair should come out.""",196
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,197
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""You may safely trust us.""",198
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,199
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""The letter, then, is from a certain foreign potentate who has been",200
The Adventure of the Second Stain,ruffled by some recent Colonial developments of this country. It has,201
The Adventure of the Second Stain,been written hurriedly and upon his own responsibility entirely.,202
The Adventure of the Second Stain,Inquiries have shown that his Ministers know nothing of the matter.,203
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"At the same time it is couched in so unfortunate a manner, and",204
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"certain phrases in it are of so provocative a character, that its",205
The Adventure of the Second Stain,publication would undoubtedly lead to a most dangerous state of,206
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"feeling in this country. There would be such a ferment, sir, that I",207
The Adventure of the Second Stain,do not hesitate to say that within a week of the publication of that,208
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"letter this country would be involved in a great war.""",209
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,210
The Adventure of the Second Stain,Holmes wrote a name upon a slip of paper and handed it to the,211
The Adventure of the Second Stain,Premier.,212
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,213
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Exactly. It was he. And it is this letter--this letter which may",214
The Adventure of the Second Stain,well mean the expenditure of a thousand millions and the lives of a,215
The Adventure of the Second Stain,hundred thousand men--which has become lost in this unaccountable,216
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"fashion.""",217
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,218
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Have you informed the sender?""",219
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,220
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Yes, sir, a cipher telegram has been despatched.""",221
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,222
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Perhaps he desires the publication of the letter.""",223
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,224
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""No, sir, we have strong reason to believe that he already",225
The Adventure of the Second Stain,understands that he has acted in an indiscreet and hot-headed manner.,226
The Adventure of the Second Stain,It would be a greater blow to him and to his country than to us if,227
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"this letter were to come out.""",228
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,229
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""If this is so, whose interest is it that the letter should come out?",230
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"Why should anyone desire to steal it or to publish it?""",231
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,232
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""There, Mr. Holmes, you take me into regions of high international",233
The Adventure of the Second Stain,politics. But if you consider the European situation you will have no,234
The Adventure of the Second Stain,difficulty in perceiving the motive. The whole of Europe is an armed,235
The Adventure of the Second Stain,camp. There is a double league which makes a fair balance of military,236
The Adventure of the Second Stain,power. Great Britain holds the scales. If Britain were driven into,237
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"war with one confederacy, it would assure the supremacy of the other",238
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"confederacy, whether they joined in the war or not. Do you follow?""",239
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,240
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Very clearly. It is then the interest of the enemies of this",241
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"potentate to secure and publish this letter, so as to make a breach",242
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"between his country and ours?""",243
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,244
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Yes, sir.""",245
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,246
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""And to whom would this document be sent if it fell into the hands of",247
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"an enemy?""",248
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,249
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""To any of the great Chancelleries of Europe. It is probably speeding",250
The Adventure of the Second Stain,on its way thither at the present instant as fast as steam can take,251
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"it.""",252
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,253
The Adventure of the Second Stain,Mr. Trelawney Hope dropped his head on his chest and groaned aloud.,254
The Adventure of the Second Stain,The Premier placed his hand kindly upon his shoulder.,255
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,256
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""It is your misfortune, my dear fellow. No one can blame you. There",257
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"is no precaution which you have neglected. Now, Mr. Holmes, you are",258
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"in full possession of the facts. What course do you recommend?""",259
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,260
The Adventure of the Second Stain,Holmes shook his head mournfully.,261
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,262
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""You think, sir, that unless this document is recovered there will be",263
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"war?""",264
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,265
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""I think it is very probable.""",266
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,267
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Then, sir, prepare for war.""",268
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,269
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""That is a hard saying, Mr. Holmes.""",270
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,271
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Consider the facts, sir. It is inconceivable that it was taken after",272
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"eleven-thirty at night, since I understand that Mr. Hope and his wife",273
The Adventure of the Second Stain,were both in the room from that hour until the loss was found out. It,274
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"was taken, then, yesterday evening between seven-thirty and",275
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"eleven-thirty, probably near the earlier hour, since whoever took it",276
The Adventure of the Second Stain,evidently knew that it was there and would naturally secure it as,277
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"early as possible. Now, sir, if a document of this importance were",278
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"taken at that hour, where can it be now? No one has any reason to",279
The Adventure of the Second Stain,retain it. It has been passed rapidly on to those who need it. What,280
The Adventure of the Second Stain,chance have we now to overtake or even to trace it? It is beyond our,281
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"reach.""",282
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,283
The Adventure of the Second Stain,The Prime Minister rose from the settee.,284
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,285
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""What you say is perfectly logical, Mr. Holmes. I feel that the",286
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"matter is indeed out of our hands.""",287
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,288
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Let us presume, for argument's sake, that the document was taken by",289
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"the maid or by the valet--""",290
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,291
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""They are both old and tried servants.""",292
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,293
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""I understand you to say that your room is on the second floor, that",294
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"there is no entrance from without, and that from within no one could",295
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"go up unobserved. It must, then, be somebody in the house who has",296
The Adventure of the Second Stain,taken it. To whom would the thief take it? To one of several,297
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"international spies and secret agents, whose names are tolerably",298
The Adventure of the Second Stain,familiar to me. There are three who may be said to be the heads of,299
The Adventure of the Second Stain,their profession. I will begin my research by going round and finding,300
The Adventure of the Second Stain,if each of them is at his post. If one is missing--especially if he,301
The Adventure of the Second Stain,has disappeared since last night--we will have some indication as to,302
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"where the document has gone.""",303
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,304
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Why should he be missing?"" asked the European Secretary. ""He would",305
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"take the letter to an Embassy in London, as likely as not.""",306
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,307
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""I fancy not. These agents work independently, and their relations",308
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"with the Embassies are often strained.""",309
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,310
The Adventure of the Second Stain,The Prime Minister nodded his acquiescence.,311
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,312
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""I believe you are right, Mr. Holmes. He would take so valuable a",313
The Adventure of the Second Stain,prize to head-quarters with his own hands. I think that your course,314
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"of action is an excellent one. Meanwhile, Hope, we cannot neglect all",315
The Adventure of the Second Stain,our other duties on account of this one misfortune. Should there be,316
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"any fresh developments during the day we shall communicate with you,",317
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"and you will no doubt let us know the results of your own inquiries.""",318
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,319
The Adventure of the Second Stain,The two statesmen bowed and walked gravely from the room.,320
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,321
The Adventure of the Second Stain,When our illustrious visitors had departed Holmes lit his pipe in,322
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"silence, and sat for some time lost in the deepest thought. I had",323
The Adventure of the Second Stain,opened the morning paper and was immersed in a sensational crime,324
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"which had occurred in London the night before, when my friend gave an",325
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"exclamation, sprang to his feet, and laid his pipe down upon the",326
The Adventure of the Second Stain,mantelpiece.,327
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,328
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Yes,"" said he, ""there is no better way of approaching it. The",329
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"situation is desperate, but not hopeless. Even now, if we could be",330
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"sure which of them has taken it, it is just possible that it has not",331
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"yet passed out of his hands. After all, it is a question of money",332
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"with these fellows, and I have the British Treasury behind me. If",333
The Adventure of the Second Stain,it's on the market I'll buy it--if it means another penny on the,334
The Adventure of the Second Stain,income-tax. It is conceivable that the fellow might hold it back to,335
The Adventure of the Second Stain,see what bids come from this side before he tries his luck on the,336
The Adventure of the Second Stain,other. There are only those three capable of playing so bold a game;,337
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"there are Oberstein, La Rothiere, and Eduardo Lucas. I will see each",338
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"of them.""",339
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,340
The Adventure of the Second Stain,I glanced at my morning paper.,341
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,342
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Is that Eduardo Lucas of Godolphin Street?""",343
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,344
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Yes.""",345
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,346
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""You will not see him.""",347
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,348
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Why not?""",349
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,350
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""He was murdered in his house last night.""",351
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,352
The Adventure of the Second Stain,My friend has so often astonished me in the course of our adventures,353
The Adventure of the Second Stain,that it was with a sense of exultation that I realized how completely,354
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"I had astonished him. He stared in amazement, and then snatched the",355
The Adventure of the Second Stain,paper from my hands. This was the paragraph which I had been engaged,356
The Adventure of the Second Stain,in reading when he rose from his chair:,357
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,358
The Adventure of the Second Stain,Murder in Westminster,359
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"A crime of mysterious character was committed last night at 16,",360
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"Godolphin Street, one of the old-fashioned and secluded rows of",361
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"eighteenth-century houses which lie between the river and the Abbey,",362
The Adventure of the Second Stain,almost in the shadow of the great Tower of the Houses of Parliament.,363
The Adventure of the Second Stain,This small but select mansion has been inhabited for some years by,364
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"Mr. Eduardo Lucas, well known in society circles both on account of",365
The Adventure of the Second Stain,his charming personality and because he has the well-deserved,366
The Adventure of the Second Stain,reputation of being one of the best amateur tenors in the country.,367
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"Mr. Lucas is an unmarried man, thirty-four years of age, and his",368
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"establishment consists of Mrs. Pringle, an elderly housekeeper, and",369
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"of Mitton, his valet. The former retires early and sleeps at the top",370
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"of the house. The valet was out for the evening, visiting a friend at",371
The Adventure of the Second Stain,Hammersmith. From ten o'clock onwards Mr. Lucas had the house to,372
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"himself. What occurred during that time has not yet transpired, but",373
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"at a quarter to twelve Police-constable Barrett, passing along",374
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"Godolphin Street, observed that the door of No. 16 was ajar. He",375
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"knocked, but received no answer. Perceiving a light in the front room",376
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"he advanced into the passage and again knocked, but without reply. He",377
The Adventure of the Second Stain,then pushed open the door and entered. The room was in a state of,378
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"wild disorder, the furniture being all swept to one side, and one",379
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"chair lying on its back in the centre. Beside this chair, and still",380
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"grasping one of its legs, lay the unfortunate tenant of the house. He",381
The Adventure of the Second Stain,had been stabbed to the heart and must have died instantly. The knife,382
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"with which the crime had been committed was a curved Indian dagger,",383
The Adventure of the Second Stain,plucked down from a trophy of Oriental arms which adorned one of the,384
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"walls. Robbery does not appear to have been the motive of the crime,",385
The Adventure of the Second Stain,for there had been no attempt to remove the valuable contents of the,386
The Adventure of the Second Stain,room. Mr. Eduardo Lucas was so well known and popular that his,387
The Adventure of the Second Stain,violent and mysterious fate will arouse painful interest and intense,388
The Adventure of the Second Stain,sympathy in a wide-spread circle of friends.,389
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,390
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Well, Watson, what do you make of this?"" asked Holmes, after a long",391
The Adventure of the Second Stain,pause.,392
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,393
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""It is an amazing coincidence.""",394
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,395
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""A coincidence! Here is one of the three men whom we had named as",396
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"possible actors in this drama, and he meets a violent death during",397
The Adventure of the Second Stain,the very hours when we know that that drama was being enacted. The,398
The Adventure of the Second Stain,odds are enormous against its being coincidence. No figures could,399
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"express them. No, my dear Watson, the two events are connected--must",400
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"be connected. It is for us to find the connection.""",401
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,402
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""But now the official police must know all.""",403
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,404
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Not at all. They know all they see at Godolphin Street. They",405
The Adventure of the Second Stain,know--and shall know--nothing of Whitehall Terrace. Only we know of,406
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"both events, and can trace the relation between them. There is one",407
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"obvious point which would, in any case, have turned my suspicions",408
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"against Lucas. Godolphin Street, Westminster, is only a few minutes'",409
The Adventure of the Second Stain,walk from Whitehall Terrace. The other secret agents whom I have,410
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"named live in the extreme West-end. It was easier, therefore, for",411
The Adventure of the Second Stain,Lucas than for the others to establish a connection or receive a,412
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"message from the European Secretary's household--a small thing, and",413
The Adventure of the Second Stain,yet where events are compressed into a few hours it may prove,414
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"essential. Halloa! what have we here?""",415
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,416
The Adventure of the Second Stain,Mrs. Hudson had appeared with a lady's card upon her salver. Holmes,417
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"glanced at it, raised his eyebrows, and handed it over to me.",418
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,419
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Ask Lady Hilda Trelawney Hope if she will be kind enough to step",420
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"up,"" said he.",421
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,422
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"A moment later our modest apartment, already so distinguished that",423
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"morning, was further honoured by the entrance of the most lovely",424
The Adventure of the Second Stain,woman in London. I had often heard of the beauty of the youngest,425
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"daughter of the Duke of Belminster, but no description of it, and no",426
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"contemplation of colourless photographs, had prepared me for the",427
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"subtle, delicate charm and the beautiful colouring of that exquisite",428
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"head. And yet as we saw it that autumn morning, it was not its beauty",429
The Adventure of the Second Stain,which would be the first thing to impress the observer. The cheek was,430
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"lovely, but it was paled with emotion; the eyes were bright, but it",431
The Adventure of the Second Stain,was the brightness of fever; the sensitive mouth was tight and drawn,432
The Adventure of the Second Stain,in an effort after self-command. Terror--not beauty--was what sprang,433
The Adventure of the Second Stain,first to the eye as our fair visitor stood framed for an instant in,434
The Adventure of the Second Stain,the open door.,435
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,436
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Has my husband been here, Mr. Holmes?""",437
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,438
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Yes, madam, he has been here.""",439
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,440
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Mr. Holmes, I implore you not to tell him that I came here."" Holmes",441
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"bowed coldly, and motioned the lady to a chair.",442
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,443
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Your ladyship places me in a very delicate position. I beg that you",444
The Adventure of the Second Stain,will sit down and tell me what you desire; but I fear that I cannot,445
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"make any unconditional promise.""",446
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,447
The Adventure of the Second Stain,She swept across the room and seated herself with her back to the,448
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"window. It was a queenly presence--tall, graceful, and intensely",449
The Adventure of the Second Stain,womanly.,450
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,451
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Mr. Holmes,"" she said, and her white-gloved hands clasped and",452
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"unclasped as she spoke--""I will speak frankly to you in the hope that",453
The Adventure of the Second Stain,it may induce you to speak frankly in return. There is complete,454
The Adventure of the Second Stain,confidence between my husband and me on all matters save one. That,455
The Adventure of the Second Stain,one is politics. On this his lips are sealed. He tells me nothing.,456
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"Now, I am aware that there was a most deplorable occurrence in our",457
The Adventure of the Second Stain,house last night. I know that a paper has disappeared. But because,458
The Adventure of the Second Stain,the matter is political my husband refuses to take me into his,459
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"complete confidence. Now it is essential--essential, I say--that I",460
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"should thoroughly understand it. You are the only other person, save",461
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"only these politicians, who knows the true facts. I beg you, then,",462
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"Mr. Holmes, to tell me exactly what has happened and what it will",463
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"lead to. Tell me all, Mr. Holmes. Let no regard for your client's",464
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"interests keep you silent, for I assure you that his interests, if he",465
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"would only see it, would be best served by taking me into his",466
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"complete confidence. What was this paper which was stolen?""",467
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,468
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Madam, what you ask me is really impossible.""",469
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,470
The Adventure of the Second Stain,She groaned and sank her face in her hands.,471
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,472
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""You must see that this is so, madam. If your husband thinks fit to",473
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"keep you in the dark over this matter, is it for me, who has only",474
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"learned the true facts under the pledge of professional secrecy, to",475
The Adventure of the Second Stain,tell what he has withheld? It is not fair to ask it. It is him whom,476
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"you must ask.""",477
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,478
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""I have asked him. I come to you as a last resource. But without your",479
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"telling me anything definite, Mr. Holmes, you may do a great service",480
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"if you would enlighten me on one point.""",481
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,482
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""What is it, madam?""",483
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,484
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Is my husband's political career likely to suffer through this",485
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"incident?""",486
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,487
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Well, madam, unless it is set right it may certainly have a very",488
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"unfortunate effect.""",489
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,490
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Ah!"" She drew in her breath sharply as one whose doubts are",491
The Adventure of the Second Stain,resolved.,492
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,493
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""One more question, Mr. Holmes. From an expression which my husband",494
The Adventure of the Second Stain,dropped in the first shock of this disaster I understood that,495
The Adventure of the Second Stain,terrible public consequences might arise from the loss of this,496
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"document.""",497
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,498
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""If he said so, I certainly cannot deny it.""",499
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,500
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Of what nature are they?""",501
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,502
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Nay, madam, there again you ask me more than I can possibly answer.""",503
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,504
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Then I will take up no more of your time. I cannot blame you, Mr.",505
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"Holmes, for having refused to speak more freely, and you on your side",506
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"will not, I am sure, think the worse of me because I desire, even",507
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"against his will, to share my husband's anxieties. Once more I beg",508
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"that you will say nothing of my visit."" She looked back at us from",509
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"the door, and I had a last impression of that beautiful haunted face,",510
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"the startled eyes, and the drawn mouth. Then she was gone.",511
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,512
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Now, Watson, the fair sex is your department,"" said Holmes, with a",513
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"smile, when the dwindling frou-frou of skirts had ended in the slam",514
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"of the front door. ""What was the fair lady's game? What did she",515
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"really want?""",516
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,517
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Surely her own statement is clear and her anxiety very natural.""",518
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,519
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Hum! Think of her appearance, Watson--her manner, her suppressed",520
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"excitement, her restlessness, her tenacity in asking questions.",521
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"Remember that she comes of a caste who do not lightly show emotion.""",522
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,523
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""She was certainly much moved.""",524
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,525
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Remember also the curious earnestness with which she assured us that",526
The Adventure of the Second Stain,it was best for her husband that she should know all. What did she,527
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"mean by that? And you must have observed, Watson, how she manoeuvred",528
The Adventure of the Second Stain,to have the light at her back. She did not wish us to read her,529
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"expression.""",530
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,531
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Yes; she chose the one chair in the room.""",532
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,533
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""And yet the motives of women are so inscrutable. You remember the",534
The Adventure of the Second Stain,woman at Margate whom I suspected for the same reason. No powder on,535
The Adventure of the Second Stain,her nose--that proved to be the correct solution. How can you build,536
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"on such a quicksand? Their most trivial action may mean volumes, or",537
The Adventure of the Second Stain,their most extraordinary conduct may depend upon a hairpin or a,538
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"curling-tongs. Good morning, Watson.""",539
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,540
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""You are off?""",541
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,542
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Yes; I will wile away the morning at Godolphin Street with our",543
The Adventure of the Second Stain,friends of the regular establishment. With Eduardo Lucas lies the,544
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"solution of our problem, though I must admit that I have not an",545
The Adventure of the Second Stain,inkling as to what form it may take. It is a capital mistake to,546
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"theorize in advance of the facts. Do you stay on guard, my good",547
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"Watson, and receive any fresh visitors. I'll join you at lunch if I",548
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"am able.""",549
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,550
The Adventure of the Second Stain,All that day and the next and the next Holmes was in a mood which his,551
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"friends would call taciturn, and others morose. He ran out and ran",552
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"in, smoked incessantly, played snatches on his violin, sank into",553
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"reveries, devoured sandwiches at irregular hours, and hardly answered",554
The Adventure of the Second Stain,the casual questions which I put to him. It was evident to me that,555
The Adventure of the Second Stain,things were not going well with him or his quest. He would say,556
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"nothing of the case, and it was from the papers that I learned the",557
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"particulars of the inquest, and the arrest with the subsequent",558
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"release of John Mitton, the valet of the deceased. The coroner's jury",559
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"brought in the obvious ""Wilful Murder,"" but the parties remained as",560
The Adventure of the Second Stain,unknown as ever. No motive was suggested. The room was full of,561
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"articles of value, but none had been taken. The dead man's papers had",562
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"not been tampered with. They were carefully examined, and showed that",563
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"he was a keen student of international politics, an indefatigable",564
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"gossip, a remarkable linguist, and an untiring letter-writer. He had",565
The Adventure of the Second Stain,been on intimate terms with the leading politicians of several,566
The Adventure of the Second Stain,countries. But nothing sensational was discovered among the documents,567
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"which filled his drawers. As to his relations with women, they",568
The Adventure of the Second Stain,appeared to have been promiscuous but superficial. He had many,569
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"acquaintances among them, but few friends, and no one whom he loved.",570
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"His habits were regular, his conduct inoffensive. His death was an",571
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"absolute mystery, and likely to remain so.",572
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,573
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"As to the arrest of John Mitton, the valet, it was a counsel of",574
The Adventure of the Second Stain,despair as an alternative to absolute inaction. But no case could be,575
The Adventure of the Second Stain,sustained against him. He had visited friends in Hammersmith that,576
The Adventure of the Second Stain,night. The alibi was complete. It is true that he started home at an,577
The Adventure of the Second Stain,hour which should have brought him to Westminster before the time,578
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"when the crime was discovered, but his own explanation that he had",579
The Adventure of the Second Stain,walked part of the way seemed probable enough in view of the fineness,580
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"of the night. He had actually arrived at twelve o'clock, and appeared",581
The Adventure of the Second Stain,to be overwhelmed by the unexpected tragedy. He had always been on,582
The Adventure of the Second Stain,good terms with his master. Several of the dead man's,583
The Adventure of the Second Stain,possessions--notably a small case of razors--had been found in the,584
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"valet's boxes, but he explained that they had been presents from the",585
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"deceased, and the housekeeper was able to corroborate the story.",586
The Adventure of the Second Stain,Mitton had been in Lucas's employment for three years. It was,587
The Adventure of the Second Stain,noticeable that Lucas did not take Mitton on the Continent with him.,588
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"Sometimes he visited Paris for three months on end, but Mitton was",589
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"left in charge of the Godolphin Street house. As to the housekeeper,",590
The Adventure of the Second Stain,she had heard nothing on the night of the crime. If her master had a,591
The Adventure of the Second Stain,visitor he had himself admitted him.,592
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,593
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"So for three mornings the mystery remained, so far as I could follow",594
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"it in the papers. If Holmes knew more he kept his own counsel, but,",595
The Adventure of the Second Stain,as he told me that Inspector Lestrade had taken him into his,596
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"confidence in the case, I knew that he was in close touch with every",597
The Adventure of the Second Stain,development. Upon the fourth day there appeared a long telegram from,598
The Adventure of the Second Stain,Paris which seemed to solve the whole question.,599
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,600
The Adventure of the Second Stain,A discovery has just been made by the Parisian police [said the Daily,601
The Adventure of the Second Stain,Telegraph] which raises the veil which hung round the tragic fate of,602
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"Mr. Eduardo Lucas, who met his death by violence last Monday night at",603
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"Godolphin Street, Westminster. Our readers will remember that the",604
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"deceased gentleman was found stabbed in his room, and that some",605
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"suspicion attached to his valet, but that the case broke down on an",606
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"alibi. Yesterday a lady, who has been known as Mme. Henri Fournaye,",607
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"occupying a small villa in the Rue Austerlitz, was reported to the",608
The Adventure of the Second Stain,authorities by her servants as being insane. An examination showed,609
The Adventure of the Second Stain,that she had indeed developed mania of a dangerous and permanent,610
The Adventure of the Second Stain,form. On inquiry the police have discovered that Mme. Henri Fournaye,611
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"only returned from a journey to London on Tuesday last, and there is",612
The Adventure of the Second Stain,evidence to connect her with the crime at Westminster. A comparison,613
The Adventure of the Second Stain,of photographs has proved conclusively that M. Henri Fournaye and,614
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"Eduardo Lucas were really one and the same person, and that the",615
The Adventure of the Second Stain,deceased had for some reason lived a double life in London and Paris.,616
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"Mme. Fournaye, who is of Creole origin, is of an extremely excitable",617
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"nature, and has suffered in the past from attacks of jealousy which",618
The Adventure of the Second Stain,have amounted to frenzy. It is conjectured that it was in one of,619
The Adventure of the Second Stain,these that she committed the terrible crime which has caused such a,620
The Adventure of the Second Stain,sensation in London. Her movements upon the Monday night have not yet,621
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"been traced, but it is undoubted that a woman answering to her",622
The Adventure of the Second Stain,description attracted much attention at Charing Cross Station on,623
The Adventure of the Second Stain,Tuesday morning by the wildness of her appearance and the violence of,624
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"her gestures. It is probable, therefore, that the crime was either",625
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"committed when insane, or that its immediate effect was to drive the",626
The Adventure of the Second Stain,unhappy woman out of her mind. At present she is unable to give any,627
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"coherent account of the past, and the doctors hold out no hopes of",628
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"the re-establishment of her reason. There is evidence that a woman,",629
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"who might have been Mme. Fournaye, was seen for some hours on Monday",630
The Adventure of the Second Stain,night watching the house in Godolphin Street.,631
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,632
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""What do you think of that, Holmes?"" I had read the account aloud to",633
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"him, while he finished his breakfast.",634
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,635
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""My dear Watson,"" said he, as he rose from the table and paced up and",636
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"down the room, ""you are most long-suffering, but if I have told you",637
The Adventure of the Second Stain,nothing in the last three days it is because there is nothing to,638
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"tell. Even now this report from Paris does not help us much.""",639
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,640
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Surely it is final as regards the man's death.""",641
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,642
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""The man's death is a mere incident--a trivial episode--in comparison",643
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"with our real task, which is to trace this document and save a",644
The Adventure of the Second Stain,European catastrophe. Only one important thing has happened in the,645
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"last three days, and that is that nothing has happened. I get reports",646
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"almost hourly from the Government, and it is certain that nowhere in",647
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"Europe is there any sign of trouble. Now, if this letter were",648
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"loose--no, it can't be loose--but if it isn't loose, where can it be?",649
The Adventure of the Second Stain,Who has it? Why is it held back? That's the question that beats in my,650
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"brain like a hammer. Was it, indeed, a coincidence that Lucas should",651
The Adventure of the Second Stain,meet his death on the night when the letter disappeared? Did the,652
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"letter ever reach him? If so, why is it not among his papers? Did",653
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"this mad wife of his carry it off with her? If so, is it in her house",654
The Adventure of the Second Stain,in Paris? How could I search for it without the French police having,655
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"their suspicions aroused? It is a case, my dear Watson, where the law",656
The Adventure of the Second Stain,is as dangerous to us as the criminals are. Every man's hand is,657
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"against us, and yet the interests at stake are colossal. Should I",658
The Adventure of the Second Stain,bring it to a successful conclusion it will certainly represent the,659
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"crowning glory of my career. Ah, here is my latest from the front!""",660
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"He glanced hurriedly at the note which had been handed in. ""Halloa!",661
The Adventure of the Second Stain,Lestrade seems to have observed something of interest. Put on your,662
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"hat, Watson, and we will stroll down together to Westminster.""",663
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,664
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"It was my first visit to the scene of the crime--a high, dingy,",665
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"narrow-chested house, prim, formal, and solid, like the century which",666
The Adventure of the Second Stain,gave it birth. Lestrade's bulldog features gazed out at us from the,667
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"front window, and he greeted us warmly when a big constable had",668
The Adventure of the Second Stain,opened the door and let us in. The room into which we were shown was,669
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"that in which the crime had been committed, but no trace of it now",670
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"remained, save an ugly, irregular stain upon the carpet. This carpet",671
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"was a small square drugget in the centre of the room, surrounded by a",672
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"broad expanse of beautiful, old-fashioned wood-flooring in square",673
The Adventure of the Second Stain,blocks highly polished. Over the fireplace was a magnificent trophy,674
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"of weapons, one of which had been used on that tragic night. In the",675
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"window was a sumptuous writing-desk, and every detail of the",676
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"apartment, the pictures, the rugs, and the hangings, all pointed to a",677
The Adventure of the Second Stain,taste which was luxurious to the verge of effeminacy.,678
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,679
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Seen the Paris news?"" asked Lestrade.",680
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,681
The Adventure of the Second Stain,Holmes nodded.,682
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,683
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Our French friends seem to have touched the spot this time. No doubt",684
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"it's just as they say. She knocked at the door--surprise visit, I",685
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"guess, for he kept his life in water-tight compartments. He let her",686
The Adventure of the Second Stain,in--couldn't keep her in the street. She told him how she had traced,687
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"him, reproached him, one thing led to another, and then with that",688
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"dagger so handy the end soon came. It wasn't all done in an instant,",689
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"though, for these chairs were all swept over yonder, and he had one",690
The Adventure of the Second Stain,in his hand as if he had tried to hold her off with it. We've got it,691
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"all clear as if we had seen it.""",692
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,693
The Adventure of the Second Stain,Holmes raised his eyebrows.,694
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,695
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""And yet you have sent for me?""",696
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,697
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Ah, yes, that's another matter--a mere trifle, but the sort of thing",698
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"you take an interest in--queer, you know, and what you might call",699
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"freakish. It has nothing to do with the main fact--can't have, on the",700
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"face of it.""",701
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,702
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""What is it, then?""",703
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,704
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Well, you know, after a crime of this sort we are very careful to",705
The Adventure of the Second Stain,keep things in their position. Nothing has been moved. Officer in,706
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"charge here day and night. This morning, as the man was buried and",707
The Adventure of the Second Stain,the investigation over--so far as this room is concerned--we thought,708
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"we could tidy up a bit. This carpet. You see, it is not fastened",709
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"down; only just laid there. We had occasion to raise it. We found--""",710
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,711
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Yes? You found--""",712
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,713
The Adventure of the Second Stain,Holmes's face grew tense with anxiety.,714
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,715
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Well, I'm sure you would never guess in a hundred years what we did",716
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"find. You see that stain on the carpet? Well, a great deal must have",717
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"soaked through, must it not?""",718
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,719
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Undoubtedly it must.""",720
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,721
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Well, you will be surprised to hear that there is no stain on the",722
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"white woodwork to correspond.""",723
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,724
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""No stain! But there must--""",725
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,726
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Yes; so you would say. But the fact remains that there isn't.""",727
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,728
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"He took the corner of the carpet in his hand and, turning it over, he",729
The Adventure of the Second Stain,showed that it was indeed as he said.,730
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,731
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""But the underside is as stained as the upper. It must have left a",732
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"mark.""",733
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,734
The Adventure of the Second Stain,Lestrade chuckled with delight at having puzzled the famous expert.,735
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,736
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Now I'll show you the explanation. There is a second stain, but it",737
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"does not correspond with the other. See for yourself."" As he spoke he",738
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"turned over another portion of the carpet, and there, sure enough,",739
The Adventure of the Second Stain,was a great crimson spill upon the square white facing of the,740
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"old-fashioned floor. ""What do you make of that, Mr. Holmes?""",741
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,742
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Why, it is simple enough. The two stains did correspond, but the",743
The Adventure of the Second Stain,carpet has been turned round. As it was square and unfastened it was,744
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"easily done.""",745
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,746
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""The official police don't need you, Mr. Holmes, to tell them that",747
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"the carpet must have been turned round. That's clear enough, for the",748
The Adventure of the Second Stain,stains lie above each other--if you lay it over this way. But what I,749
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"want to know is, who shifted the carpet, and why?""",750
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,751
The Adventure of the Second Stain,I could see from Holmes's rigid face that he was vibrating with,752
The Adventure of the Second Stain,inward excitement.,753
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,754
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Look here, Lestrade,"" said he, ""has that constable in the passage",755
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"been in charge of the place all the time?""",756
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,757
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Yes, he has.""",758
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,759
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Well, take my advice. Examine him carefully. Don't do it before us.",760
The Adventure of the Second Stain,We'll wait here. You take him into the back room. You'll be more,761
The Adventure of the Second Stain,likely to get a confession out of him alone. Ask him how he dared to,762
The Adventure of the Second Stain,admit people and leave them alone in this room. Don't ask him if he,763
The Adventure of the Second Stain,has done it. Take it for granted. Tell him you know someone has been,764
The Adventure of the Second Stain,here. Press him. Tell him that a full confession is his only chance,765
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"of forgiveness. Do exactly what I tell you!""",766
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,767
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""By George, if he knows I'll have it out of him!"" cried Lestrade. He",768
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"darted into the hall, and a few moments later his bullying voice",769
The Adventure of the Second Stain,sounded from the back room.,770
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,771
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Now, Watson, now!"" cried Holmes, with frenzied eagerness. All the",772
The Adventure of the Second Stain,demoniacal force of the man masked behind that listless manner burst,773
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"out in a paroxysm of energy. He tore the drugget from the floor, and",774
The Adventure of the Second Stain,in an instant was down on his hands and knees clawing at each of the,775
The Adventure of the Second Stain,squares of wood beneath it. One turned sideways as he dug his nails,776
The Adventure of the Second Stain,into the edge of it. It hinged back like the lid of a box. A small,777
The Adventure of the Second Stain,black cavity opened beneath it. Holmes plunged his eager hand into,778
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"it, and drew it out with a bitter snarl of anger and disappointment.",779
The Adventure of the Second Stain,It was empty.,780
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,781
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Quick, Watson, quick! Get it back again!"" The wooden lid was",782
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"replaced, and the drugget had only just been drawn straight when",783
The Adventure of the Second Stain,Lestrade's voice was heard in the passage. He found Holmes leaning,784
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"languidly against the mantelpiece, resigned and patient, endeavouring",785
The Adventure of the Second Stain,to conceal his irrepressible yawns.,786
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,787
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Sorry to keep you waiting, Mr. Holmes. I can see that you are bored",788
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"to death with the whole affair. Well, he has confessed, all right.",789
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"Come in here, MacPherson. Let these gentlemen hear of your most",790
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"inexcusable conduct.""",791
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,792
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"The big constable, very hot and penitent, sidled into the room.",793
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,794
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""I meant no harm, sir, I'm sure. The young woman came to the door",795
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"last evening--mistook the house, she did. And then we got talking.",796
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"It's lonesome, when you're on duty here all day.""",797
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,798
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Well, what happened then?""",799
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,800
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""She wanted to see where the crime was done--had read about it in the",801
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"papers, she said. She was a very respectable, well-spoken young",802
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"woman, sir, and I saw no harm in letting her have a peep. When she",803
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"saw that mark on the carpet, down she dropped on the floor, and lay",804
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"as if she were dead. I ran to the back and got some water, but I",805
The Adventure of the Second Stain,could not bring her to. Then I went round the corner to the Ivy Plant,806
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"for some brandy, and by the time I had brought it back the young",807
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"woman had recovered and was off--ashamed of herself, I dare say, and",808
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"dared not face me.""",809
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,810
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""How about moving that drugget?""",811
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,812
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Well, sir, it was a bit rumpled, certainly, when I came back. You",813
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"see, she fell on it, and it lies on a polished floor with nothing to",814
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"keep it in place. I straightened it out afterwards.""",815
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,816
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""It's a lesson to you that you can't deceive me, Constable",817
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"MacPherson,"" said Lestrade, with dignity. ""No doubt you thought that",818
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"your breach of duty could never be discovered, and yet a mere glance",819
The Adventure of the Second Stain,at that drugget was enough to convince me that someone had been,820
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"admitted to the room. It's lucky for you, my man, that nothing is",821
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"missing, or you would find yourself in Queer Street. I'm sorry to",822
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"have called you down over such a petty business, Mr. Holmes, but I",823
The Adventure of the Second Stain,thought the point of the second stain not corresponding with the,824
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"first would interest you.""",825
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,826
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Certainly, it was most interesting. Has this woman only been here",827
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"once, constable?""",828
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,829
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Yes, sir, only once.""",830
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,831
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Who was she?""",832
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,833
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Don't know the name, sir. Was answering an advertisement about",834
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"type-writing, and came to the wrong number--very pleasant, genteel",835
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"young woman, sir.""",836
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,837
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Tall? Handsome?""",838
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,839
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Yes, sir; she was a well-grown young woman. I suppose you might say",840
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"she was handsome. Perhaps some would say she was very handsome. 'Oh,",841
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"officer, do let me have a peep!' says she. She had pretty, coaxing",842
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"ways, as you might say, and I thought there was no harm in letting",843
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"her just put her head through the door.""",844
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,845
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""How was she dressed?""",846
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,847
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Quiet, sir--a long mantle down to her feet.""",848
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,849
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""What time was it?""",850
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,851
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""It was just growing dusk at the time. They were lighting the lamps",852
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"as I came back with the brandy.""",853
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,854
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Very good,"" said Holmes. ""Come, Watson, I think that we have more",855
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"important work elsewhere.""",856
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,857
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"As we left the house Lestrade remained in the front room, while the",858
The Adventure of the Second Stain,repentant constable opened the door to let us out. Holmes turned on,859
The Adventure of the Second Stain,the step and held up something in his hand. The constable stared,860
The Adventure of the Second Stain,intently.,861
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,862
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Good Lord, sir!"" he cried, with amazement on his face. Holmes put",863
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"his finger on his lips, replaced his hand in his breast-pocket, and",864
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"burst out laughing as we turned down the street. ""Excellent!"" said",865
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"he. ""Come, friend Watson, the curtain rings up for the last act. You",866
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"will be relieved to hear that there will be no war, that the Right",867
The Adventure of the Second Stain,Honourable Trelawney Hope will suffer no set-back in his brilliant,868
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"career, that the indiscreet Sovereign will receive no punishment for",869
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"his indiscretion, that the Prime Minister will have no European",870
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"complication to deal with, and that with a little tact and management",871
The Adventure of the Second Stain,upon our part nobody will be a penny the worse for what might have,872
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"been a very ugly incident.""",873
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,874
The Adventure of the Second Stain,My mind filled with admiration for this extraordinary man.,875
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,876
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""You have solved it!"" I cried.",877
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,878
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Hardly that, Watson. There are some points which are as dark as",879
The Adventure of the Second Stain,ever. But we have so much that it will be our own fault if we cannot,880
The Adventure of the Second Stain,get the rest. We will go straight to Whitehall Terrace and bring the,881
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"matter to a head.""",882
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,883
The Adventure of the Second Stain,When we arrived at the residence of the European Secretary it was for,884
The Adventure of the Second Stain,Lady Hilda Trelawney Hope that Sherlock Holmes inquired. We were,885
The Adventure of the Second Stain,shown into the morning-room.,886
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,887
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Mr. Holmes!"" said the lady, and her face was pink with her",888
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"indignation, ""this is surely most unfair and ungenerous upon your",889
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"part. I desired, as I have explained, to keep my visit to you a",890
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"secret, lest my husband should think that I was intruding into his",891
The Adventure of the Second Stain,affairs. And yet you compromise me by coming here and so showing that,892
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"there are business relations between us.""",893
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,894
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Unfortunately, madam, I had no possible alternative. I have been",895
The Adventure of the Second Stain,commissioned to recover this immensely important paper. I must,896
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"therefore ask you, madam, to be kind enough to place it in my hands.""",897
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,898
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"The lady sprang to her feet, with the colour all dashed in an instant",899
The Adventure of the Second Stain,from her beautiful face. Her eyes glazed--she tottered--I thought,900
The Adventure of the Second Stain,that she would faint. Then with a grand effort she rallied from the,901
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"shock, and a supreme astonishment and indignation chased every other",902
The Adventure of the Second Stain,expression from her features.,903
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,904
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""You--you insult me, Mr. Holmes.""",905
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,906
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Come, come, madam, it is useless. Give up the letter.""",907
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,908
The Adventure of the Second Stain,She darted to the bell.,909
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,910
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""The butler shall show you out.""",911
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,912
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Do not ring, Lady Hilda. If you do, then all my earnest efforts to",913
The Adventure of the Second Stain,avoid a scandal will be frustrated. Give up the letter and all will,914
The Adventure of the Second Stain,be set right. If you will work with me I can arrange everything. If,915
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"you work against me I must expose you.""",916
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,917
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"She stood grandly defiant, a queenly figure, her eyes fixed upon his",918
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"as if she would read his very soul. Her hand was on the bell, but she",919
The Adventure of the Second Stain,had forborne to ring it.,920
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,921
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""You are trying to frighten me. It is not a very manly thing, Mr.",922
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"Holmes, to come here and browbeat a woman. You say that you know",923
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"something. What is it that you know?""",924
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,925
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Pray sit down, madam. You will hurt yourself there if you fall. I",926
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"will not speak until you sit down. Thank you.""",927
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,928
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""I give you five minutes, Mr. Holmes.""",929
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,930
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""One is enough, Lady Hilda. I know of your visit to Eduardo Lucas, of",931
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"your giving him this document, of your ingenious return to the room",932
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"last night, and of the manner in which you took the letter from the",933
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"hiding-place under the carpet.""",934
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,935
The Adventure of the Second Stain,She stared at him with an ashen face and gulped twice before she,936
The Adventure of the Second Stain,could speak.,937
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,938
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""You are mad, Mr. Holmes--you are mad!"" she cried, at last.",939
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,940
The Adventure of the Second Stain,He drew a small piece of cardboard from his pocket. It was the face,941
The Adventure of the Second Stain,of a woman cut out of a portrait.,942
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,943
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""I have carried this because I thought it might be useful,"" said he.",944
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""The policeman has recognised it.""",945
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,946
The Adventure of the Second Stain,She gave a gasp and her head dropped back in the chair.,947
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,948
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Come, Lady Hilda. You have the letter. The matter may still be",949
The Adventure of the Second Stain,adjusted. I have no desire to bring trouble to you. My duty ends when,950
The Adventure of the Second Stain,I have returned the lost letter to your husband. Take my advice and,951
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"be frank with me; it is your only chance.""",952
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,953
The Adventure of the Second Stain,Her courage was admirable. Even now she would not own defeat.,954
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,955
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""I tell you again, Mr. Holmes, that you are under some absurd",956
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"illusion.""",957
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,958
The Adventure of the Second Stain,Holmes rose from his chair.,959
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,960
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""I am sorry for you, Lady Hilda. I have done my best for you; I can",961
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"see that it is all in vain.""",962
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,963
The Adventure of the Second Stain,He rang the bell. The butler entered.,964
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,965
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Is Mr. Trelawney Hope at home?""",966
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,967
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""He will be home, sir, at a quarter to one.""",968
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,969
The Adventure of the Second Stain,Holmes glanced at his watch.,970
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,971
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Still a quarter of an hour,"" said he. ""Very good, I shall wait.""",972
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,973
The Adventure of the Second Stain,The butler had hardly closed the door behind him when Lady Hilda was,974
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"down on her knees at Holmes's feet, her hands out-stretched, her",975
The Adventure of the Second Stain,beautiful face upturned and wet with her tears.,976
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,977
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Oh, spare me, Mr. Holmes! Spare me!"" she pleaded, in a frenzy of",978
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"supplication. ""For Heaven's sake, don't tell him! I love him so! I",979
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"would not bring one shadow on his life, and this I know would break",980
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"his noble heart.""",981
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,982
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"Holmes raised the lady. ""I am thankful, madam, that you have come to",983
The Adventure of the Second Stain,your senses even at this last moment! There is not an instant to,984
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"lose. Where is the letter?""",985
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,986
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"She darted across to a writing-desk, unlocked it, and drew out a long",987
The Adventure of the Second Stain,blue envelope.,988
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,989
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Here it is, Mr. Holmes. Would to Heaven I had never seen it!""",990
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,991
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""How can we return it?"" Holmes muttered. ""Quick, quick, we must think",992
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"of some way! Where is the despatch-box?""",993
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,994
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Still in his bedroom.""",995
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,996
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""What a stroke of luck! Quick, madam, bring it here!""",997
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,998
The Adventure of the Second Stain,A moment later she had appeared with a red flat box in her hand.,999
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,1000
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""How did you open it before? You have a duplicate key? Yes, of course",1001
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"you have. Open it!""",1002
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,1003
The Adventure of the Second Stain,From out of her bosom Lady Hilda had drawn a small key. The box flew,1004
The Adventure of the Second Stain,open. It was stuffed with papers. Holmes thrust the blue envelope,1005
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"deep down into the heart of them, between the leaves of some other",1006
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"document. The box was shut, locked, and returned to the bedroom.",1007
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,1008
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Now we are ready for him,"" said Holmes; ""we have still ten minutes.",1009
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"I am going far to screen you, Lady Hilda. In return you will spend",1010
The Adventure of the Second Stain,the time in telling me frankly the real meaning of this extraordinary,1011
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"affair.""",1012
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,1013
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Mr. Holmes, I will tell you everything,"" cried the lady. ""Oh, Mr.",1014
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"Holmes, I would cut off my right hand before I gave him a moment of",1015
The Adventure of the Second Stain,sorrow! There is no woman in all London who loves her husband as I,1016
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"do, and yet if he knew how I have acted--how I have been compelled to",1017
The Adventure of the Second Stain,act--he would never forgive me. For his own honour stands so high,1018
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"that he could not forget or pardon a lapse in another. Help me, Mr.",1019
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"Holmes! My happiness, his happiness, our very lives are at stake!""",1020
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,1021
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Quick, madam, the time grows short!""",1022
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,1023
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""It was a letter of mine, Mr. Holmes, an indiscreet letter written",1024
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"before my marriage--a foolish letter, a letter of an impulsive,",1025
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"loving girl. I meant no harm, and yet he would have thought it",1026
The Adventure of the Second Stain,criminal. Had he read that letter his confidence would have been for,1027
The Adventure of the Second Stain,ever destroyed. It is years since I wrote it. I had thought that the,1028
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"whole matter was forgotten. Then at last I heard from this man,",1029
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"Lucas, that it had passed into his hands, and that he would lay it",1030
The Adventure of the Second Stain,before my husband. I implored his mercy. He said that he would return,1031
The Adventure of the Second Stain,my letter if I would bring him a certain document which he described,1032
The Adventure of the Second Stain,in my husband's despatch-box. He had some spy in the office who had,1033
The Adventure of the Second Stain,told him of its existence. He assured me that no harm could come to,1034
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"my husband. Put yourself in my position, Mr. Holmes! What was I to",1035
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"do?""",1036
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,1037
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Take your husband into your confidence.""",1038
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,1039
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""I could not, Mr. Holmes, I could not! On the one side seemed certain",1040
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"ruin; on the other, terrible as it seemed to take my husband's paper,",1041
The Adventure of the Second Stain,still in a matter of politics I could not understand the,1042
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"consequences, while in a matter of love and trust they were only too",1043
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"clear to me. I did it, Mr. Holmes! I took an impression of his key;",1044
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"this man Lucas furnished a duplicate. I opened his despatch-box, took",1045
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"the paper, and conveyed it to Godolphin Street.""",1046
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,1047
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""What happened there, madam?""",1048
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,1049
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""I tapped at the door as agreed. Lucas opened it. I followed him into",1050
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"his room, leaving the hall door ajar behind me, for I feared to be",1051
The Adventure of the Second Stain,alone with the man. I remember that there was a woman outside as I,1052
The Adventure of the Second Stain,entered. Our business was soon done. He had my letter on his desk; I,1053
The Adventure of the Second Stain,handed him the document. He gave me the letter. At this instant there,1054
The Adventure of the Second Stain,was a sound at the door. There were steps in the passage. Lucas,1055
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"quickly turned back the drugget, thrust the document into some",1056
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"hiding-place there, and covered it over.",1057
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,1058
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""What happened after that is like some fearful dream. I have a vision",1059
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"of a dark, frantic face, of a woman's voice, which screamed in",1060
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"French, 'My waiting is not in vain. At last, at last I have found you",1061
The Adventure of the Second Stain,with her!' There was a savage struggle. I saw him with a chair in his,1062
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"hand, a knife gleamed in hers. I rushed from the horrible scene, ran",1063
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"from the house, and only next morning in the paper did I learn the",1064
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"dreadful result. That night I was happy, for I had my letter, and I",1065
The Adventure of the Second Stain,had not seen yet what the future would bring.,1066
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,1067
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""It was the next morning that I realized that I had only exchanged",1068
The Adventure of the Second Stain,one trouble for another. My husband's anguish at the loss of his,1069
The Adventure of the Second Stain,paper went to my heart. I could hardly prevent myself from there and,1070
The Adventure of the Second Stain,then kneeling down at his feet and telling him what I had done. But,1071
The Adventure of the Second Stain,that again would mean a confession of the past. I came to you that,1072
The Adventure of the Second Stain,morning in order to understand the full enormity of my offence. From,1073
The Adventure of the Second Stain,the instant that I grasped it my whole mind was turned to the one,1074
The Adventure of the Second Stain,thought of getting back my husband's paper. It must still be where,1075
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"Lucas had placed it, for it was concealed before this dreadful woman",1076
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"entered the room. If it had not been for her coming, I should not",1077
The Adventure of the Second Stain,have known where his hiding-place was. How was I to get into the,1078
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"room? For two days I watched the place, but the door was never left",1079
The Adventure of the Second Stain,open. Last night I made a last attempt. What I did and how I,1080
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"succeeded, you have already learned. I brought the paper back with",1081
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"me, and thought of destroying it since I could see no way of",1082
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"returning it, without confessing my guilt to my husband. Heavens, I",1083
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"hear his step upon the stair!""",1084
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,1085
The Adventure of the Second Stain,The European Secretary burst excitedly into the room.,1086
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,1087
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Any news, Mr. Holmes, any news?"" he cried.",1088
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,1089
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""I have some hopes.""",1090
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,1091
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Ah, thank heaven!"" His face became radiant. ""The Prime Minister is",1092
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"lunching with me. May he share your hopes? He has nerves of steel,",1093
The Adventure of the Second Stain,and yet I know that he has hardly slept since this terrible event.,1094
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"Jacobs, will you ask the Prime Minister to come up? As to you, dear,",1095
The Adventure of the Second Stain,I fear that this is a matter of politics. We will join you in a few,1096
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"minutes in the dining-room.""",1097
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,1098
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"The Prime Minister's manner was subdued, but I could see by the gleam",1099
The Adventure of the Second Stain,of his eyes and the twitchings of his bony hands that he shared the,1100
The Adventure of the Second Stain,excitement of his young colleague.,1101
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,1102
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""I understand that you have something to report, Mr. Holmes?""",1103
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,1104
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Purely negative as yet,"" my friend answered. ""I have inquired at",1105
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"every point where it might be, and I am sure that there is no danger",1106
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"to be apprehended.""",1107
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,1108
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""But that is not enough, Mr. Holmes. We cannot live for ever on such",1109
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"a volcano. We must have something definite.""",1110
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,1111
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""I am in hopes of getting it. That is why I am here. The more I think",1112
The Adventure of the Second Stain,of the matter the more convinced I am that the letter has never left,1113
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"this house.""",1114
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,1115
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Mr. Holmes!""",1116
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,1117
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""If it had it would certainly have been public by now.""",1118
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,1119
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""But why should anyone take it in order to keep it in his house?""",1120
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,1121
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""I am not convinced that anyone did take it.""",1122
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,1123
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Then how could it leave the despatch-box?""",1124
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,1125
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""I am not convinced that it ever did leave the despatch-box.""",1126
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,1127
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Mr. Holmes, this joking is very ill-timed. You have my assurance",1128
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"that it left the box.""",1129
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,1130
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Have you examined the box since Tuesday morning?""",1131
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,1132
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""No; it was not necessary.""",1133
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,1134
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""You may conceivably have overlooked it.""",1135
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,1136
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Impossible, I say.""",1137
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,1138
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""But I am not convinced of it; I have known such things to happen. I",1139
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"presume there are other papers there. Well, it may have got mixed",1140
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"with them.""",1141
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,1142
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""It was on the top.""",1143
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,1144
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Someone may have shaken the box and displaced it.""",1145
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,1146
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""No, no; I had everything out.""",1147
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,1148
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Surely it is easily decided, Hope,"" said the Premier. ""Let us have",1149
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"the despatch-box brought in.""",1150
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,1151
The Adventure of the Second Stain,The Secretary rang the bell.,1152
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,1153
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Jacobs, bring down my despatch-box. This is a farcical waste of",1154
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"time, but still, if nothing else will satisfy you, it shall be done.",1155
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"Thank you, Jacobs; put it here. I have always had the key on my",1156
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"watch-chain. Here are the papers, you see. Letter from Lord Merrow,",1157
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"report from Sir Charles Hardy, memorandum from Belgrade, note on the",1158
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"Russo-German grain taxes, letter from Madrid, note from Lord",1159
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"Flowers--good heavens! what is this? Lord Bellinger! Lord Bellinger!""",1160
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,1161
The Adventure of the Second Stain,The Premier snatched the blue envelope from his hand.,1162
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,1163
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Yes, it is it--and the letter is intact. Hope, I congratulate you.""",1164
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,1165
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Thank you! Thank you! What a weight from my heart. But this is",1166
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"inconceivable--impossible. Mr. Holmes, you are a wizard, a sorcerer!",1167
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"How did you know it was there?""",1168
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,1169
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Because I knew it was nowhere else.""",1170
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,1171
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""I cannot believe my eyes!"" He ran wildly to the door. ""Where is my",1172
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"wife? I must tell her that all is well. Hilda! Hilda!"" we heard his",1173
The Adventure of the Second Stain,voice on the stairs.,1174
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,1175
The Adventure of the Second Stain,The Premier looked at Holmes with twinkling eyes.,1176
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,1177
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""Come, sir,"" said he. ""There is more in this than meets the eye. How",1178
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"came the letter back in the box?""",1179
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,1180
The Adventure of the Second Stain,Holmes turned away smiling from the keen scrutiny of those wonderful,1181
The Adventure of the Second Stain,eyes.,1182
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,1183
The Adventure of the Second Stain,"""We also have our diplomatic secrets,"" said he, and picking up his",1184
The Adventure of the Second Stain,hat he turned to the door.,1185
The Adventure of the Second Stain,,1186
The Hound of the Baskervilles,THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES,1
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Table of contents,3
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Mr. Sherlock Holmes,4
The Hound of the Baskervilles,The Curse of the Baskervilles,5
The Hound of the Baskervilles,The Problem,6
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Sir Henry Baskerville,7
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Three Broken Threads,8
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Baskerville Hall,9
The Hound of the Baskervilles,The Stapletons of Merripit House,10
The Hound of the Baskervilles,First Report of Dr. Watson,11
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Second Report of Dr. Watson,12
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Extract from the Diary of Dr. Watson,13
The Hound of the Baskervilles,The Man on the Tor,14
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Death on the Moor,15
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Fixing the Nets,16
The Hound of the Baskervilles,The Hound of the Baskervilles,17
The Hound of the Baskervilles,A Retrospection,18
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,19
The Hound of the Baskervilles,CHAPTER I,20
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Mr. Sherlock Holmes,21
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,22
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Mr. Sherlock Holmes, who was usually very late in the mornings, save",23
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"upon those not infrequent occasions when he was up all night, was",24
The Hound of the Baskervilles,seated at the breakfast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and picked,25
The Hound of the Baskervilles,up the stick which our visitor had left behind him the night before.,26
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"It was a fine, thick piece of wood, bulbous-headed, of the sort which",27
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"is known as a ""Penang lawyer."" Just under the head was a broad silver",28
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"band nearly an inch across. ""To James Mortimer, M.R.C.S., from his",29
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"friends of the C.C.H.,"" was engraved upon it, with the date ""1884.""",30
The Hound of the Baskervilles,It was just such a stick as the old-fashioned family practitioner,31
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"used to carry--dignified, solid, and reassuring.",32
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,33
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Well, Watson, what do you make of it?""",34
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,35
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and I had given him no sign",36
The Hound of the Baskervilles,of my occupation.,37
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,38
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""How did you know what I was doing? I believe you have eyes in the",39
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"back of your head.""",40
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,41
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-plated coffee-pot in front",42
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"of me,"" said he. ""But, tell me, Watson, what do you make of our",43
The Hound of the Baskervilles,visitor's stick? Since we have been so unfortunate as to miss him and,44
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"have no notion of his errand, this accidental souvenir becomes of",45
The Hound of the Baskervilles,importance. Let me hear you reconstruct the man by an examination of,46
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"it.""",47
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,48
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I think,"" said I, following as far as I could the methods of my",49
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"companion, ""that Dr. Mortimer is a successful, elderly medical man,",50
The Hound of the Baskervilles,well-esteemed since those who know him give him this mark of their,51
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"appreciation.""",52
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,53
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Good!"" said Holmes. ""Excellent!""",54
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,55
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I think also that the probability is in favour of his being a",56
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"country practitioner who does a great deal of his visiting on foot.""",57
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,58
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Why so?""",59
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,60
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Because this stick, though originally a very handsome one has been",61
The Hound of the Baskervilles,so knocked about that I can hardly imagine a town practitioner,62
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"carrying it. The thick-iron ferrule is worn down, so it is evident",63
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"that he has done a great amount of walking with it.""",64
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,65
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Perfectly sound!"" said Holmes.",66
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,67
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""And then again, there is the 'friends of the C.C.H.' I should guess",68
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"that to be the Something Hunt, the local hunt to whose members he has",69
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"possibly given some surgical assistance, and which has made him a",70
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"small presentation in return.""",71
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,72
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Really, Watson, you excel yourself,"" said Holmes, pushing back his",73
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"chair and lighting a cigarette. ""I am bound to say that in all the",74
The Hound of the Baskervilles,accounts which you have been so good as to give of my own small,75
The Hound of the Baskervilles,achievements you have habitually underrated your own abilities. It,76
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"may be that you are not yourself luminous, but you are a conductor of",77
The Hound of the Baskervilles,light. Some people without possessing genius have a remarkable power,78
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"of stimulating it. I confess, my dear fellow, that I am very much in",79
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"your debt.""",80
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,81
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"He had never said as much before, and I must admit that his words",82
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"gave me keen pleasure, for I had often been piqued by his",83
The Hound of the Baskervilles,indifference to my admiration and to the attempts which I had made to,84
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"give publicity to his methods. I was proud, too, to think that I had",85
The Hound of the Baskervilles,so far mastered his system as to apply it in a way which earned his,86
The Hound of the Baskervilles,approval. He now took the stick from my hands and examined it for a,87
The Hound of the Baskervilles,few minutes with his naked eyes. Then with an expression of interest,88
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"he laid down his cigarette, and carrying the cane to the window, he",89
The Hound of the Baskervilles,looked over it again with a convex lens.,90
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,91
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Interesting, though elementary,"" said he as he returned to his",92
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"favourite corner of the settee. ""There are certainly one or two",93
The Hound of the Baskervilles,indications upon the stick. It gives us the basis for several,94
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"deductions.""",95
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,96
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Has anything escaped me?"" I asked with some self-importance. ""I",97
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"trust that there is nothing of consequence which I have overlooked?""",98
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,99
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I am afraid, my dear Watson, that most of your conclusions were",100
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"erroneous. When I said that you stimulated me I meant, to be frank,",101
The Hound of the Baskervilles,that in noting your fallacies I was occasionally guided towards the,102
The Hound of the Baskervilles,truth. Not that you are entirely wrong in this instance. The man is,103
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"certainly a country practitioner. And he walks a good deal.""",104
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,105
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Then I was right.""",106
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,107
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""To that extent.""",108
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,109
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""But that was all.""",110
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,111
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""No, no, my dear Watson, not all--by no means all. I would suggest,",112
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"for example, that a presentation to a doctor is more likely to come",113
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"from a hospital than from a hunt, and that when the initials 'C.C.'",114
The Hound of the Baskervilles,are placed before that hospital the words 'Charing Cross' very,115
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"naturally suggest themselves.""",116
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,117
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""You may be right.""",118
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,119
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""The probability lies in that direction. And if we take this as a",120
The Hound of the Baskervilles,working hypothesis we have a fresh basis from which to start our,121
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"construction of this unknown visitor.""",122
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,123
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Well, then, supposing that 'C.C.H.' does stand for 'Charing Cross",124
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Hospital,' what further inferences may we draw?""",125
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,126
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Do none suggest themselves? You know my methods. Apply them!""",127
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,128
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I can only think of the obvious conclusion that the man has",129
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"practised in town before going to the country.""",130
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,131
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I think that we might venture a little farther than this. Look at it",132
The Hound of the Baskervilles,in this light. On what occasion would it be most probable that such a,133
The Hound of the Baskervilles,presentation would be made? When would his friends unite to give him,134
The Hound of the Baskervilles,a pledge of their good will? Obviously at the moment when Dr.,135
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Mortimer withdrew from the service of the hospital in order to start,136
The Hound of the Baskervilles,in practice for himself. We know there has been a presentation. We,137
The Hound of the Baskervilles,believe there has been a change from a town hospital to a country,138
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"practice. Is it, then, stretching our inference too far to say that",139
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the presentation was on the occasion of the change?""",140
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,141
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""It certainly seems probable.""",142
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,143
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Now, you will observe that he could not have been on the staff of",144
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the hospital, since only a man well-established in a London practice",145
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"could hold such a position, and such a one would not drift into the",146
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"country. What was he, then? If he was in the hospital and yet not on",147
The Hound of the Baskervilles,the staff he could only have been a house-surgeon or a,148
The Hound of the Baskervilles,house-physician--little more than a senior student. And he left five,149
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"years ago--the date is on the stick. So your grave, middle-aged",150
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"family practitioner vanishes into thin air, my dear Watson, and there",151
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"emerges a young fellow under thirty, amiable, unambitious,",152
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"absent-minded, and the possessor of a favourite dog, which I should",153
The Hound of the Baskervilles,describe roughly as being larger than a terrier and smaller than a,154
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"mastiff.""",155
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,156
The Hound of the Baskervilles,I laughed incredulously as Sherlock Holmes leaned back in his settee,157
The Hound of the Baskervilles,and blew little wavering rings of smoke up to the ceiling.,158
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,159
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""As to the latter part, I have no means of checking you,"" said I,",160
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""but at least it is not difficult to find out a few particulars about",161
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the man's age and professional career."" From my small medical shelf I",162
The Hound of the Baskervilles,took down the Medical Directory and turned up the name. There were,163
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"several Mortimers, but only one who could be our visitor. I read his",164
The Hound of the Baskervilles,record aloud.,165
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,166
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Mortimer, James, M.R.C.S., 1882, Grimpen, Dartmoor, Devon.",167
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"House-surgeon, from 1882 to 1884, at Charing Cross Hospital. Winner",168
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"of the Jackson prize for Comparative Pathology, with essay entitled",169
The Hound of the Baskervilles,'Is Disease a Reversion?' Corresponding member of the Swedish,170
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Pathological Society. Author of 'Some Freaks of Atavism' (Lancet,171
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"1882). 'Do We Progress?' (Journal of Psychology, March, 1883).",172
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Medical Officer for the parishes of Grimpen, Thorsley, and High",173
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Barrow.""",174
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,175
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""No mention of that local hunt, Watson,"" said Holmes with a",176
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"mischievous smile, ""but a country doctor, as you very astutely",177
The Hound of the Baskervilles,observed. I think that I am fairly justified in my inferences. As to,178
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the adjectives, I said, if I remember right, amiable, unambitious,",179
The Hound of the Baskervilles,and absent-minded. It is my experience that it is only an amiable man,180
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"in this world who receives testimonials, only an unambitious one who",181
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"abandons a London career for the country, and only an absent-minded",182
The Hound of the Baskervilles,one who leaves his stick and not his visiting-card after waiting an,183
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"hour in your room.""",184
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,185
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""And the dog?""",186
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,187
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Has been in the habit of carrying this stick behind his master.",188
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Being a heavy stick the dog has held it tightly by the middle, and",189
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the marks of his teeth are very plainly visible. The dog's jaw, as",190
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"shown in the space between these marks, is too broad in my opinion",191
The Hound of the Baskervilles,for a terrier and not broad enough for a mastiff. It may have,192
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"been--yes, by Jove, it is a curly-haired spaniel.""",193
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,194
The Hound of the Baskervilles,He had risen and paced the room as he spoke. Now he halted in the,195
The Hound of the Baskervilles,recess of the window. There was such a ring of conviction in his,196
The Hound of the Baskervilles,voice that I glanced up in surprise.,197
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,198
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""My dear fellow, how can you possibly be so sure of that?""",199
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,200
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""For the very simple reason that I see the dog himself on our very",201
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"door-step, and there is the ring of its owner. Don't move, I beg you,",202
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Watson. He is a professional brother of yours, and your presence may",203
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"be of assistance to me. Now is the dramatic moment of fate, Watson,",204
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"when you hear a step upon the stair which is walking into your life,",205
The Hound of the Baskervilles,and you know not whether for good or ill. What does Dr. James,206
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Mortimer, the man of science, ask of Sherlock Holmes, the specialist",207
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"in crime? Come in!""",208
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,209
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"The appearance of our visitor was a surprise to me, since I had",210
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"expected a typical country practitioner. He was a very tall, thin",211
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"man, with a long nose like a beak, which jutted out between two keen,",212
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"gray eyes, set closely together and sparkling brightly from behind a",213
The Hound of the Baskervilles,pair of gold-rimmed glasses. He was clad in a professional but rather,214
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"slovenly fashion, for his frock-coat was dingy and his trousers",215
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"frayed. Though young, his long back was already bowed, and he walked",216
The Hound of the Baskervilles,with a forward thrust of his head and a general air of peering,217
The Hound of the Baskervilles,benevolence. As he entered his eyes fell upon the stick in Holmes's,218
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"hand, and he ran towards it with an exclamation of joy. ""I am so very",219
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"glad,"" said he. ""I was not sure whether I had left it here or in the",220
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Shipping Office. I would not lose that stick for the world.""",221
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,222
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""A presentation, I see,"" said Holmes.",223
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,224
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Yes, sir.""",225
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,226
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""From Charing Cross Hospital?""",227
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,228
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""From one or two friends there on the occasion of my marriage.""",229
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,230
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Dear, dear, that's bad!"" said Holmes, shaking his head.",231
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,232
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Dr. Mortimer blinked through his glasses in mild astonishment.,233
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,234
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Why was it bad?""",235
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,236
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Only that you have disarranged our little deductions. Your marriage,",237
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"you say?""",238
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,239
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Yes, sir. I married, and so left the hospital, and with it all hopes",240
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"of a consulting practice. It was necessary to make a home of my own.""",241
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,242
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Come, come, we are not so far wrong, after all,"" said Holmes. ""And",243
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"now, Dr. James Mortimer--""",244
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,245
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Mister, sir, Mister--a humble M.R.C.S.""",246
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,247
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""And a man of precise mind, evidently.""",248
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,249
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""A dabbler in science, Mr. Holmes, a picker up of shells on the",250
The Hound of the Baskervilles,shores of the great unknown ocean. I presume that it is Mr. Sherlock,251
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Holmes whom I am addressing and not--""",252
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,253
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""No, this is my friend Dr. Watson.""",254
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,255
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Glad to meet you, sir. I have heard your name mentioned in",256
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"connection with that of your friend. You interest me very much, Mr.",257
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Holmes. I had hardly expected so dolichocephalic a skull or such,258
The Hound of the Baskervilles,well-marked supra-orbital development. Would you have any objection,259
The Hound of the Baskervilles,to my running my finger along your parietal fissure? A cast of your,260
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"skull, sir, until the original is available, would be an ornament to",261
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"any anthropological museum. It is not my intention to be fulsome, but",262
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"I confess that I covet your skull.""",263
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,264
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Sherlock Holmes waved our strange visitor into a chair. ""You are an",265
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"enthusiast in your line of thought, I perceive, sir, as I am in",266
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"mine,"" said he. ""I observe from your forefinger that you make your",267
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"own cigarettes. Have no hesitation in lighting one.""",268
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,269
The Hound of the Baskervilles,The man drew out paper and tobacco and twirled the one up in the,270
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"other with surprising dexterity. He had long, quivering fingers as",271
The Hound of the Baskervilles,agile and restless as the antennae of an insect.,272
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,273
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Holmes was silent, but his little darting glances showed me the",274
The Hound of the Baskervilles,interest which he took in our curious companion.,275
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,276
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I presume, sir,"" said he at last, ""that it was not merely for the",277
The Hound of the Baskervilles,purpose of examining my skull that you have done me the honour to,278
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"call here last night and again to-day?""",279
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,280
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""No, sir, no; though I am happy to have had the opportunity of doing",281
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"that as well. I came to you, Mr. Holmes, because I recognized that I",282
The Hound of the Baskervilles,am myself an unpractical man and because I am suddenly confronted,283
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"with a most serious and extraordinary problem. Recognizing, as I do,",284
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"that you are the second highest expert in Europe--""",285
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,286
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Indeed, sir! May I inquire who has the honour to be the first?""",287
The Hound of the Baskervilles,asked Holmes with some asperity.,288
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,289
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""To the man of precisely scientific mind the work of Monsieur",290
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Bertillon must always appeal strongly.""",291
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,292
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Then had you not better consult him?""",293
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,294
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I said, sir, to the precisely scientific mind. But as a practical",295
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"man of affairs it is acknowledged that you stand alone. I trust, sir,",296
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"that I have not inadvertently--""",297
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,298
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Just a little,"" said Holmes. ""I think, Dr. Mortimer, you would do",299
The Hound of the Baskervilles,wisely if without more ado you would kindly tell me plainly what the,300
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"exact nature of the problem is in which you demand my assistance.""",301
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,302
The Hound of the Baskervilles,CHAPTER II,303
The Hound of the Baskervilles,The Curse of the Baskervilles,304
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,305
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I have in my pocket a manuscript,"" said Dr. James Mortimer.",306
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,307
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I observed it as you entered the room,"" said Holmes.",308
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,309
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""It is an old manuscript.""",310
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,311
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Early eighteenth century, unless it is a forgery.""",312
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,313
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""How can you say that, sir?""",314
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,315
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""You have presented an inch or two of it to my examination all the",316
The Hound of the Baskervilles,time that you have been talking. It would be a poor expert who could,317
The Hound of the Baskervilles,not give the date of a document within a decade or so. You may,318
The Hound of the Baskervilles,possibly have read my little monograph upon the subject. I put that,319
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"at 1730.""",320
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,321
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""The exact date is 1742."" Dr. Mortimer drew it from his",322
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"breast-pocket. ""This family paper was committed to my care by Sir",323
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Charles Baskerville, whose sudden and tragic death some three months",324
The Hound of the Baskervilles,ago created so much excitement in Devonshire. I may say that I was,325
The Hound of the Baskervilles,his personal friend as well as his medical attendant. He was a,326
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"strong-minded man, sir, shrewd, practical, and as unimaginative as I",327
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"am myself. Yet he took this document very seriously, and his mind was",328
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"prepared for just such an end as did eventually overtake him.""",329
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,330
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Holmes stretched out his hand for the manuscript and flattened it,331
The Hound of the Baskervilles,upon his knee.,332
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,333
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""You will observe, Watson, the alternative use of the long s and the",334
The Hound of the Baskervilles,short. It is one of several indications which enabled me to fix the,335
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"date.""",336
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,337
The Hound of the Baskervilles,I looked over his shoulder at the yellow paper and the faded script.,338
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"At the head was written: ""Baskerville Hall,"" and below in large,",339
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"scrawling figures: ""1742.""",340
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,341
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""It appears to be a statement of some sort.""",342
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,343
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Yes, it is a statement of a certain legend which runs in the",344
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Baskerville family.""",345
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,346
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""But I understand that it is something more modern and practical upon",347
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"which you wish to consult me?""",348
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,349
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Most modern. A most practical, pressing matter, which must be",350
The Hound of the Baskervilles,decided within twenty-four hours. But the manuscript is short and is,351
The Hound of the Baskervilles,intimately connected with the affair. With your permission I will,352
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"read it to you.""",353
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,354
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Holmes leaned back in his chair, placed his finger-tips together, and",355
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"closed his eyes, with an air of resignation. Dr. Mortimer turned the",356
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"manuscript to the light and read in a high, cracking voice the",357
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"following curious, old-world narrative:--",358
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,359
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Of the origin of the Hound of the Baskervilles there have been many",360
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"statements, yet as I come in a direct line from Hugo Baskerville, and",361
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"as I had the story from my father, who also had it from his, I have",362
The Hound of the Baskervilles,set it down with all belief that it occurred even as is here set,363
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"forth. And I would have you believe, my sons, that the same Justice",364
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"which punishes sin may also most graciously forgive it, and that no",365
The Hound of the Baskervilles,ban is so heavy but that by prayer and repentance it may be removed.,366
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Learn then from this story not to fear the fruits of the past, but",367
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"rather to be circumspect in the future, that those foul passions",368
The Hound of the Baskervilles,whereby our family has suffered so grievously may not again be loosed,369
The Hound of the Baskervilles,to our undoing.,370
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,371
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Know then that in the time of the Great Rebellion (the history of",372
The Hound of the Baskervilles,which by the learned Lord Clarendon I most earnestly commend to your,373
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"attention) this Manor of Baskerville was held by Hugo of that name,",374
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"nor can it be gainsaid that he was a most wild, profane, and godless",375
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"man. This, in truth, his neighbours might have pardoned, seeing that",376
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"saints have never flourished in those parts, but there was in him a",377
The Hound of the Baskervilles,certain wanton and cruel humour which made his name a byword through,378
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the West. It chanced that this Hugo came to love (if, indeed, so dark",379
The Hound of the Baskervilles,a passion may be known under so bright a name) the daughter of a,380
The Hound of the Baskervilles,yeoman who held lands near the Baskerville estate. But the young,381
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"maiden, being discreet and of good repute, would ever avoid him, for",382
The Hound of the Baskervilles,she feared his evil name. So it came to pass that one Michaelmas this,383
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Hugo, with five or six of his idle and wicked companions, stole down",384
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"upon the farm and carried off the maiden, her father and brothers",385
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"being from home, as he well knew. When they had brought her to the",386
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Hall the maiden was placed in an upper chamber, while Hugo and his",387
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"friends sat down to a long carouse, as was their nightly custom. Now,",388
The Hound of the Baskervilles,the poor lass upstairs was like to have her wits turned at the,389
The Hound of the Baskervilles,singing and shouting and terrible oaths which came up to her from,390
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"below, for they say that the words used by Hugo Baskerville, when he",391
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"was in wine, were such as might blast the man who said them. At last",392
The Hound of the Baskervilles,in the stress of her fear she did that which might have daunted the,393
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"bravest or most active man, for by the aid of the growth of ivy which",394
The Hound of the Baskervilles,covered (and still covers) the south wall she came down from under,395
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the eaves, and so homeward across the moor, there being three leagues",396
The Hound of the Baskervilles,betwixt the Hall and her father's farm.,397
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,398
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""It chanced that some little time later Hugo left his guests to carry",399
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"food and drink--with other worse things, perchance--to his captive,",400
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"and so found the cage empty and the bird escaped. Then, as it would",401
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"seem, he became as one that hath a devil, for, rushing down the",402
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"stairs into the dining-hall, he sprang upon the great table, flagons",403
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"and trenchers flying before him, and he cried aloud before all the",404
The Hound of the Baskervilles,company that he would that very night render his body and soul to the,405
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Powers of Evil if he might but overtake the wench. And while the,406
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"revellers stood aghast at the fury of the man, one more wicked or, it",407
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"may be, more drunken than the rest, cried out that they should put",408
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the hounds upon her. Whereat Hugo ran from the house, crying to his",409
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"grooms that they should saddle his mare and unkennel the pack, and",410
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"giving the hounds a kerchief of the maid's, he swung them to the",411
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"line, and so off full cry in the moonlight over the moor.",412
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,413
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Now, for some space the revellers stood agape, unable to understand",414
The Hound of the Baskervilles,all that had been done in such haste. But anon their bemused wits,415
The Hound of the Baskervilles,awoke to the nature of the deed which was like to be done upon the,416
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"moorlands. Everything was now in an uproar, some calling for their",417
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"pistols, some for their horses, and some for another flask of wine.",418
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"But at length some sense came back to their crazed minds, and the",419
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"whole of them, thirteen in number, took horse and started in pursuit.",420
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"The moon shone clear above them, and they rode swiftly abreast,",421
The Hound of the Baskervilles,taking that course which the maid must needs have taken if she were,422
The Hound of the Baskervilles,to reach her own home.,423
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,424
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""They had gone a mile or two when they passed one of the night",425
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"shepherds upon the moorlands, and they cried to him to know if he had",426
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"seen the hunt. And the man, as the story goes, was so crazed with",427
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"fear that he could scarce speak, but at last he said that he had",428
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"indeed seen the unhappy maiden, with the hounds upon her track. 'But",429
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"I have seen more than that,' said he, 'for Hugo Baskerville passed me",430
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"upon his black mare, and there ran mute behind him such a hound of",431
The Hound of the Baskervilles,hell as God forbid should ever be at my heels.' So the drunken,432
The Hound of the Baskervilles,squires cursed the shepherd and rode onward. But soon their skins,433
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"turned cold, for there came a galloping across the moor, and the",434
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"black mare, dabbled with white froth, went past with trailing bridle",435
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"and empty saddle. Then the revellers rode close together, for a great",436
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"fear was on them, but they still followed over the moor, though each,",437
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"had he been alone, would have been right glad to have turned his",438
The Hound of the Baskervilles,horse's head. Riding slowly in this fashion they came at last upon,439
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the hounds. These, though known for their valour and their breed,",440
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"were whimpering in a cluster at the head of a deep dip or goyal, as",441
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"we call it, upon the moor, some slinking away and some, with starting",442
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"hackles and staring eyes, gazing down the narrow valley before them.",443
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,444
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""The company had come to a halt, more sober men, as you may guess,",445
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"than when they started. The most of them would by no means advance,",446
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"but three of them, the boldest, or it may be the most drunken, rode",447
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"forward down the goyal. Now, it opened into a broad space in which",448
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"stood two of those great stones, still to be seen there, which were",449
The Hound of the Baskervilles,set by certain forgotten peoples in the days of old. The moon was,450
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"shining bright upon the clearing, and there in the centre lay the",451
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"unhappy maid where she had fallen, dead of fear and of fatigue. But",452
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"it was not the sight of her body, nor yet was it that of the body of",453
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Hugo Baskerville lying near her, which raised the hair upon the heads",454
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"of these three daredevil roysterers, but it was that, standing over",455
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Hugo, and plucking at his throat, there stood a foul thing, a great,",456
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"black beast, shaped like a hound, yet larger than any hound that ever",457
The Hound of the Baskervilles,mortal eye has rested upon. And even as they looked the thing tore,458
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the throat out of Hugo Baskerville, on which, as it turned its",459
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"blazing eyes and dripping jaws upon them, the three shrieked with",460
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"fear and rode for dear life, still screaming, across the moor. One,",461
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"it is said, died that very night of what he had seen, and the other",462
The Hound of the Baskervilles,twain were but broken men for the rest of their days.,463
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,464
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Such is the tale, my sons, of the coming of the hound which is said",465
The Hound of the Baskervilles,to have plagued the family so sorely ever since. If I have set it,466
The Hound of the Baskervilles,down it is because that which is clearly known hath less terror than,467
The Hound of the Baskervilles,that which is but hinted at and guessed. Nor can it be denied that,468
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"many of the family have been unhappy in their deaths, which have been",469
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"sudden, bloody, and mysterious. Yet may we shelter ourselves in the",470
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"infinite goodness of Providence, which would not forever punish the",471
The Hound of the Baskervilles,innocent beyond that third or fourth generation which is threatened,472
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"in Holy Writ. To that Providence, my sons, I hereby commend you, and",473
The Hound of the Baskervilles,I counsel you by way of caution to forbear from crossing the moor in,474
The Hound of the Baskervilles,those dark hours when the powers of evil are exalted.,475
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,476
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""[This from Hugo Baskerville to his sons Rodger and John, with",477
The Hound of the Baskervilles,instructions that they say nothing thereof to their sister,478
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Elizabeth.]""",479
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,480
The Hound of the Baskervilles,When Dr. Mortimer had finished reading this singular narrative he,481
The Hound of the Baskervilles,pushed his spectacles up on his forehead and stared across at Mr.,482
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Sherlock Holmes. The latter yawned and tossed the end of his,483
The Hound of the Baskervilles,cigarette into the fire.,484
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,485
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Well?"" said he.",486
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,487
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Do you not find it interesting?""",488
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,489
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""To a collector of fairy tales.""",490
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,491
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Dr. Mortimer drew a folded newspaper out of his pocket.,492
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,493
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Now, Mr. Holmes, we will give you something a little more recent.",494
The Hound of the Baskervilles,This is the Devon County Chronicle of May 14th of this year. It is a,495
The Hound of the Baskervilles,short account of the facts elicited at the death of Sir Charles,496
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Baskerville which occurred a few days before that date.""",497
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,498
The Hound of the Baskervilles,My friend leaned a little forward and his expression became intent.,499
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Our visitor readjusted his glasses and began:--,500
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,501
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""The recent sudden death of Sir Charles Baskerville, whose name has",502
The Hound of the Baskervilles,been mentioned as the probable Liberal candidate for Mid-Devon at the,503
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"next election, has cast a gloom over the county. Though Sir Charles",504
The Hound of the Baskervilles,had resided at Baskerville Hall for a comparatively short period his,505
The Hound of the Baskervilles,amiability of character and extreme generosity had won the affection,506
The Hound of the Baskervilles,and respect of all who had been brought into contact with him. In,507
The Hound of the Baskervilles,these days of nouveaux riches it is refreshing to find a case where,508
The Hound of the Baskervilles,the scion of an old county family which has fallen upon evil days is,509
The Hound of the Baskervilles,able to make his own fortune and to bring it back with him to restore,510
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the fallen grandeur of his line. Sir Charles, as is well known, made",511
The Hound of the Baskervilles,large sums of money in South African speculation. More wise than,512
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"those who go on until the wheel turns against them, he realized his",513
The Hound of the Baskervilles,gains and returned to England with them. It is only two years since,514
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"he took up his residence at Baskerville Hall, and it is common talk",515
The Hound of the Baskervilles,how large were those schemes of reconstruction and improvement which,516
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"have been interrupted by his death. Being himself childless, it was",517
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"his openly expressed desire that the whole country-side should,",518
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"within his own lifetime, profit by his good fortune, and many will",519
The Hound of the Baskervilles,have personal reasons for bewailing his untimely end. His generous,520
The Hound of the Baskervilles,donations to local and county charities have been frequently,521
The Hound of the Baskervilles,chronicled in these columns.,522
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,523
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""The circumstances connected with the death of Sir Charles cannot be",524
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"said to have been entirely cleared up by the inquest, but at least",525
The Hound of the Baskervilles,enough has been done to dispose of those rumours to which local,526
The Hound of the Baskervilles,superstition has given rise. There is no reason whatever to suspect,527
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"foul play, or to imagine that death could be from any but natural",528
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"causes. Sir Charles was a widower, and a man who may be said to have",529
The Hound of the Baskervilles,been in some ways of an eccentric habit of mind. In spite of his,530
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"considerable wealth he was simple in his personal tastes, and his",531
The Hound of the Baskervilles,indoor servants at Baskerville Hall consisted of a married couple,532
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"named Barrymore, the husband acting as butler and the wife as",533
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"housekeeper. Their evidence, corroborated by that of several friends,",534
The Hound of the Baskervilles,tends to show that Sir Charles's health has for some time been,535
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"impaired, and points especially to some affection of the heart,",536
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"manifesting itself in changes of colour, breathlessness, and acute",537
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"attacks of nervous depression. Dr. James Mortimer, the friend and",538
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"medical attendant of the deceased, has given evidence to the same",539
The Hound of the Baskervilles,effect.,540
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,541
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""The facts of the case are simple. Sir Charles Baskerville was in the",542
The Hound of the Baskervilles,habit every night before going to bed of walking down the famous Yew,543
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Alley of Baskerville Hall. The evidence of the Barrymores shows that,544
The Hound of the Baskervilles,this had been his custom. On the 4th of May Sir Charles had declared,545
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"his intention of starting next day for London, and had ordered",546
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Barrymore to prepare his luggage. That night he went out as usual for,547
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"his nocturnal walk, in the course of which he was in the habit of",548
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"smoking a cigar. He never returned. At twelve o'clock Barrymore,",549
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"finding the hall door still open, became alarmed, and, lighting a",550
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"lantern, went in search of his master. The day had been wet, and Sir",551
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Charles's footmarks were easily traced down the Alley. Half-way down,552
The Hound of the Baskervilles,this walk there is a gate which leads out on to the moor. There were,553
The Hound of the Baskervilles,indications that Sir Charles had stood for some little time here. He,554
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"then proceeded down the Alley, and it was at the far end of it that",555
The Hound of the Baskervilles,his body was discovered. One fact which has not been explained is the,556
The Hound of the Baskervilles,statement of Barrymore that his master's footprints altered their,557
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"character from the time that he passed the moor-gate, and that he",558
The Hound of the Baskervilles,appeared from thence onward to have been walking upon his toes. One,559
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Murphy, a gipsy horse-dealer, was on the moor at no great distance at",560
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the time, but he appears by his own confession to have been the worse",561
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"for drink. He declares that he heard cries, but is unable to state",562
The Hound of the Baskervilles,from what direction they came. No signs of violence were to be,563
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"discovered upon Sir Charles's person, and though the doctor's",564
The Hound of the Baskervilles,evidence pointed to an almost incredible facial distortion--so great,565
The Hound of the Baskervilles,that Dr. Mortimer refused at first to believe that it was indeed his,566
The Hound of the Baskervilles,friend and patient who lay before him--it was explained that that is,567
The Hound of the Baskervilles,a symptom which is not unusual in cases of dyspnoea and death from,568
The Hound of the Baskervilles,cardiac exhaustion. This explanation was borne out by the post-mortem,569
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"examination, which showed long-standing organic disease, and the",570
The Hound of the Baskervilles,coroner's jury returned a verdict in accordance with the medical,571
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"evidence. It is well that this is so, for it is obviously of the",572
The Hound of the Baskervilles,utmost importance that Sir Charles's heir should settle at the Hall,573
The Hound of the Baskervilles,and continue the good work which has been so sadly interrupted. Had,574
The Hound of the Baskervilles,the prosaic finding of the coroner not finally put an end to the,575
The Hound of the Baskervilles,romantic stories which have been whispered in connection with the,576
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"affair, it might have been difficult to find a tenant for Baskerville",577
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Hall. It is understood that the next of kin is Mr. Henry Baskerville,",578
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"if he be still alive, the son of Sir Charles Baskerville's younger",579
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"brother. The young man when last heard of was in America, and",580
The Hound of the Baskervilles,inquiries are being instituted with a view to informing him of his,581
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"good fortune.""",582
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,583
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Dr. Mortimer refolded his paper and replaced it in his pocket.,584
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,585
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Those are the public facts, Mr. Holmes, in connection with the death",586
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"of Sir Charles Baskerville.""",587
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,588
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I must thank you,"" said Sherlock Holmes, ""for calling my attention",589
The Hound of the Baskervilles,to a case which certainly presents some features of interest. I had,590
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"observed some newspaper comment at the time, but I was exceedingly",591
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"preoccupied by that little affair of the Vatican cameos, and in my",592
The Hound of the Baskervilles,anxiety to oblige the Pope I lost touch with several interesting,593
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"English cases. This article, you say, contains all the public facts?""",594
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,595
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""It does.""",596
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,597
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Then let me have the private ones."" He leaned back, put his",598
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"finger-tips together, and assumed his most impassive and judicial",599
The Hound of the Baskervilles,expression.,600
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,601
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""In doing so,"" said Dr. Mortimer, who had begun to show signs of some",602
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"strong emotion, ""I am telling that which I have not confided to",603
The Hound of the Baskervilles,anyone. My motive for withholding it from the coroner's inquiry is,604
The Hound of the Baskervilles,that a man of science shrinks from placing himself in the public,605
The Hound of the Baskervilles,position of seeming to indorse a popular superstition. I had the,606
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"further motive that Baskerville Hall, as the paper says, would",607
The Hound of the Baskervilles,certainly remain untenanted if anything were done to increase its,608
The Hound of the Baskervilles,already rather grim reputation. For both these reasons I thought that,609
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"I was justified in telling rather less than I knew, since no",610
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"practical good could result from it, but with you there is no reason",611
The Hound of the Baskervilles,why I should not be perfectly frank.,612
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,613
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""The moor is very sparsely inhabited, and those who live near each",614
The Hound of the Baskervilles,other are thrown very much together. For this reason I saw a good,615
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"deal of Sir Charles Baskerville. With the exception of Mr. Frankland,",616
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"of Lafter Hall, and Mr. Stapleton, the naturalist, there are no other",617
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"men of education within many miles. Sir Charles was a retiring man,",618
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"but the chance of his illness brought us together, and a community of",619
The Hound of the Baskervilles,interests in science kept us so. He had brought back much scientific,620
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"information from South Africa, and many a charming evening we have",621
The Hound of the Baskervilles,spent together discussing the comparative anatomy of the Bushman and,622
The Hound of the Baskervilles,the Hottentot.,623
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,624
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Within the last few months it became increasingly plain to me that",625
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Sir Charles's nervous system was strained to the breaking point. He,626
The Hound of the Baskervilles,had taken this legend which I have read you exceedingly to heart--so,627
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"much so that, although he would walk in his own grounds, nothing",628
The Hound of the Baskervilles,would induce him to go out upon the moor at night. Incredible as it,629
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"may appear to you, Mr. Holmes, he was honestly convinced that a",630
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"dreadful fate overhung his family, and certainly the records which he",631
The Hound of the Baskervilles,was able to give of his ancestors were not encouraging. The idea of,632
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"some ghastly presence constantly haunted him, and on more than one",633
The Hound of the Baskervilles,occasion he has asked me whether I had on my medical journeys at,634
The Hound of the Baskervilles,night ever seen any strange creature or heard the baying of a hound.,635
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"The latter question he put to me several times, and always with a",636
The Hound of the Baskervilles,voice which vibrated with excitement.,637
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,638
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I can well remember driving up to his house in the evening some",639
The Hound of the Baskervilles,three weeks before the fatal event. He chanced to be at his hall,640
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"door. I had descended from my gig and was standing in front of him,",641
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"when I saw his eyes fix themselves over my shoulder, and stare past",642
The Hound of the Baskervilles,me with an expression of the most dreadful horror. I whisked round,643
The Hound of the Baskervilles,and had just time to catch a glimpse of something which I took to be,644
The Hound of the Baskervilles,a large black calf passing at the head of the drive. So excited and,645
The Hound of the Baskervilles,alarmed was he that I was compelled to go down to the spot where the,646
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"animal had been and look around for it. It was gone, however, and the",647
The Hound of the Baskervilles,incident appeared to make the worst impression upon his mind. I,648
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"stayed with him all the evening, and it was on that occasion, to",649
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"explain the emotion which he had shown, that he confided to my",650
The Hound of the Baskervilles,keeping that narrative which I read to you when first I came. I,651
The Hound of the Baskervilles,mention this small episode because it assumes some importance in view,652
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"of the tragedy which followed, but I was convinced at the time that",653
The Hound of the Baskervilles,the matter was entirely trivial and that his excitement had no,654
The Hound of the Baskervilles,justification.,655
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,656
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""It was at my advice that Sir Charles was about to go to London. His",657
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"heart was, I knew, affected, and the constant anxiety in which he",658
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"lived, however chimerical the cause of it might be, was evidently",659
The Hound of the Baskervilles,having a serious effect upon his health. I thought that a few months,660
The Hound of the Baskervilles,among the distractions of town would send him back a new man. Mr.,661
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Stapleton, a mutual friend who was much concerned at his state of",662
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"health, was of the same opinion. At the last instant came this",663
The Hound of the Baskervilles,terrible catastrophe.,664
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,665
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""On the night of Sir Charles's death Barrymore the butler, who made",666
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the discovery, sent Perkins the groom on horseback to me, and as I",667
The Hound of the Baskervilles,was sitting up late I was able to reach Baskerville Hall within an,668
The Hound of the Baskervilles,hour of the event. I checked and corroborated all the facts which,669
The Hound of the Baskervilles,were mentioned at the inquest. I followed the footsteps down the Yew,670
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Alley, I saw the spot at the moor-gate where he seemed to have",671
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"waited, I remarked the change in the shape of the prints after that",672
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"point, I noted that there were no other footsteps save those of",673
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Barrymore on the soft gravel, and finally I carefully examined the",674
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"body, which had not been touched until my arrival. Sir Charles lay on",675
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"his face, his arms out, his fingers dug into the ground, and his",676
The Hound of the Baskervilles,features convulsed with some strong emotion to such an extent that I,677
The Hound of the Baskervilles,could hardly have sworn to his identity. There was certainly no,678
The Hound of the Baskervilles,physical injury of any kind. But one false statement was made by,679
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Barrymore at the inquest. He said that there were no traces upon the,680
The Hound of the Baskervilles,ground round the body. He did not observe any. But I did--some little,681
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"distance off, but fresh and clear.""",682
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,683
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Footprints?""",684
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,685
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Footprints.""",686
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,687
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""A man's or a woman's?""",688
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,689
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Dr. Mortimer looked strangely at us for an instant, and his voice",690
The Hound of the Baskervilles,sank almost to a whisper as he answered:--,691
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,692
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Mr. Holmes, they were the footprints of a gigantic hound!""",693
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,694
The Hound of the Baskervilles,CHAPTER III,695
The Hound of the Baskervilles,The Problem,696
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,697
The Hound of the Baskervilles,I confess at these words a shudder passed through me. There was a,698
The Hound of the Baskervilles,thrill in the doctor's voice which showed that he was himself deeply,699
The Hound of the Baskervilles,moved by that which he told us. Holmes leaned forward in his,700
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"excitement and his eyes had the hard, dry glitter which shot from",701
The Hound of the Baskervilles,them when he was keenly interested.,702
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,703
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""You saw this?""",704
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,705
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""As clearly as I see you.""",706
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,707
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""And you said nothing?""",708
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,709
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""What was the use?""",710
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,711
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""How was it that no one else saw it?""",712
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,713
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""The marks were some twenty yards from the body and no one gave them",714
The Hound of the Baskervilles,a thought. I don't suppose I should have done so had I not known this,715
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"legend.""",716
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,717
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""There are many sheep-dogs on the moor?""",718
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,719
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""No doubt, but this was no sheep-dog.""",720
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,721
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""You say it was large?""",722
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,723
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Enormous.""",724
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,725
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""But it had not approached the body?""",726
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,727
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""No.""",728
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,729
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""What sort of night was it?""",730
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,731
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Damp and raw.""",732
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,733
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""But not actually raining?""",734
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,735
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""No.""",736
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,737
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""What is the Alley like?""",738
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,739
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""There are two lines of old yew hedge, twelve feet high and",740
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"impenetrable. The walk in the centre is about eight feet across.""",741
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,742
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Is there anything between the hedges and the walk?""",743
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,744
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Yes, there is a strip of grass about six feet broad on either side.""",745
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,746
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I understand that the yew hedge is penetrated at one point by a",747
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"gate?""",748
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,749
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Yes, the wicket-gate which leads on to the moor.""",750
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,751
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Is there any other opening?""",752
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,753
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""None.""",754
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,755
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""So that to reach the Yew Alley one either has to come down it from",756
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the house or else to enter it by the moor-gate?""",757
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,758
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""There is an exit through a summer-house at the far end.""",759
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,760
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Had Sir Charles reached this?""",761
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,762
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""No; he lay about fifty yards from it.""",763
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,764
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Now, tell me, Dr. Mortimer--and this is important--the marks which",765
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"you saw were on the path and not on the grass?""",766
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,767
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""No marks could show on the grass.""",768
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,769
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Were they on the same side of the path as the moor-gate?""",770
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,771
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Yes; they were on the edge of the path on the same side as the",772
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"moor-gate.""",773
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,774
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""You interest me exceedingly. Another point. Was the wicket-gate",775
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"closed?""",776
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,777
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Closed and padlocked.""",778
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,779
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""How high was it?""",780
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,781
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""About four feet high.""",782
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,783
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Then anyone could have got over it?""",784
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,785
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Yes.""",786
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,787
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""And what marks did you see by the wicket-gate?""",788
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,789
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""None in particular.""",790
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,791
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Good heaven! Did no one examine?""",792
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,793
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Yes, I examined myself.""",794
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,795
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""And found nothing?""",796
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,797
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""It was all very confused. Sir Charles had evidently stood there for",798
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"five or ten minutes.""",799
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,800
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""How do you know that?""",801
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,802
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Because the ash had twice dropped from his cigar.""",803
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,804
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Excellent! This is a colleague, Watson, after our own heart. But the",805
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"marks?""",806
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,807
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""He had left his own marks all over that small patch of gravel. I",808
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"could discern no others.""",809
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,810
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Sherlock Holmes struck his hand against his knee with an impatient,811
The Hound of the Baskervilles,gesture.,812
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,813
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""If I had only been there!"" he cried. ""It is evidently a case of",814
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"extraordinary interest, and one which presented immense opportunities",815
The Hound of the Baskervilles,to the scientific expert. That gravel page upon which I might have,816
The Hound of the Baskervilles,read so much has been long ere this smudged by the rain and defaced,817
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"by the clogs of curious peasants. Oh, Dr. Mortimer, Dr. Mortimer, to",818
The Hound of the Baskervilles,think that you should not have called me in! You have indeed much to,819
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"answer for.""",820
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,821
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I could not call you in, Mr. Holmes, without disclosing these facts",822
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"to the world, and I have already given my reasons for not wishing to",823
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"do so. Besides, besides--""",824
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,825
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Why do you hesitate?""",826
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,827
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""There is a realm in which the most acute and most experienced of",828
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"detectives is helpless.""",829
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,830
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""You mean that the thing is supernatural?""",831
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,832
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I did not positively say so.""",833
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,834
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""No, but you evidently think it.""",835
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,836
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Since the tragedy, Mr. Holmes, there have come to my ears several",837
The Hound of the Baskervilles,incidents which are hard to reconcile with the settled order of,838
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Nature.""",839
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,840
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""For example?""",841
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,842
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I find that before the terrible event occurred several people had",843
The Hound of the Baskervilles,seen a creature upon the moor which corresponds with this Baskerville,844
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"demon, and which could not possibly be any animal known to science.",845
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"They all agreed that it was a huge creature, luminous, ghastly, and",846
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"spectral. I have cross-examined these men, one of them a hard-headed",847
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"countryman, one a farrier, and one a moorland farmer, who all tell",848
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the same story of this dreadful apparition, exactly corresponding to",849
The Hound of the Baskervilles,the hell-hound of the legend. I assure you that there is a reign of,850
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"terror in the district, and that it is a hardy man who will cross the",851
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"moor at night.""",852
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,853
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""And you, a trained man of science, believe it to be supernatural?""",854
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,855
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I do not know what to believe.""",856
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,857
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Holmes shrugged his shoulders.,858
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,859
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I have hitherto confined my investigations to this world,"" said he.",860
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""In a modest way I have combated evil, but to take on the Father of",861
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Evil himself would, perhaps, be too ambitious a task. Yet you must",862
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"admit that the footmark is material.""",863
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,864
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""The original hound was material enough to tug a man's throat out,",865
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"and yet he was diabolical as well.""",866
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,867
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I see that you have quite gone over to the supernaturalists. But",868
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"now, Dr. Mortimer, tell me this. If you hold these views, why have",869
The Hound of the Baskervilles,you come to consult me at all? You tell me in the same breath that it,870
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"is useless to investigate Sir Charles's death, and that you desire me",871
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"to do it.""",872
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,873
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I did not say that I desired you to do it.""",874
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,875
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Then, how can I assist you?""",876
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,877
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""By advising me as to what I should do with Sir Henry Baskerville,",878
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"who arrives at Waterloo Station""--Dr. Mortimer looked at his",879
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"watch--""in exactly one hour and a quarter.""",880
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,881
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""He being the heir?""",882
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,883
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Yes. On the death of Sir Charles we inquired for this young",884
The Hound of the Baskervilles,gentleman and found that he had been farming in Canada. From the,885
The Hound of the Baskervilles,accounts which have reached us he is an excellent fellow in every,886
The Hound of the Baskervilles,way. I speak not as a medical man but as a trustee and executor of,887
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Sir Charles's will.""",888
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,889
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""There is no other claimant, I presume?""",890
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,891
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""None. The only other kinsman whom we have been able to trace was",892
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Rodger Baskerville, the youngest of three brothers of whom poor Sir",893
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Charles was the elder. The second brother, who died young, is the",894
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"father of this lad Henry. The third, Rodger, was the black sheep of",895
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the family. He came of the old masterful Baskerville strain, and was",896
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the very image, they tell me, of the family picture of old Hugo. He",897
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"made England too hot to hold him, fled to Central America, and died",898
The Hound of the Baskervilles,there in 1876 of yellow fever. Henry is the last of the Baskervilles.,899
The Hound of the Baskervilles,In one hour and five minutes I meet him at Waterloo Station. I have,900
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"had a wire that he arrived at Southampton this morning. Now, Mr.",901
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Holmes, what would you advise me to do with him?""",902
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,903
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Why should he not go to the home of his fathers?""",904
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,905
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""It seems natural, does it not? And yet, consider that every",906
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Baskerville who goes there meets with an evil fate. I feel sure that,907
The Hound of the Baskervilles,if Sir Charles could have spoken with me before his death he would,908
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"have warned me against bringing this, the last of the old race, and",909
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the heir to great wealth, to that deadly place. And yet it cannot be",910
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"denied that the prosperity of the whole poor, bleak country-side",911
The Hound of the Baskervilles,depends upon his presence. All the good work which has been done by,912
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Sir Charles will crash to the ground if there is no tenant of the,913
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Hall. I fear lest I should be swayed too much by my own obvious,914
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"interest in the matter, and that is why I bring the case before you",915
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"and ask for your advice.""",916
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,917
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Holmes considered for a little time.,918
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,919
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Put into plain words, the matter is this,"" said he. ""In your opinion",920
The Hound of the Baskervilles,there is a diabolical agency which makes Dartmoor an unsafe abode for,921
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"a Baskerville--that is your opinion?""",922
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,923
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""At least I might go the length of saying that there is some evidence",924
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"that this may be so.""",925
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,926
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Exactly. But surely, if your supernatural theory be correct, it",927
The Hound of the Baskervilles,could work the young man evil in London as easily as in Devonshire. A,928
The Hound of the Baskervilles,devil with merely local powers like a parish vestry would be too,929
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"inconceivable a thing.""",930
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,931
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""You put the matter more flippantly, Mr. Holmes, than you would",932
The Hound of the Baskervilles,probably do if you were brought into personal contact with these,933
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"things. Your advice, then, as I understand it, is that the young man",934
The Hound of the Baskervilles,will be as safe in Devonshire as in London. He comes in fifty,935
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"minutes. What would you recommend?""",936
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,937
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I recommend, sir, that you take a cab, call off your spaniel who is",938
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"scratching at my front door, and proceed to Waterloo to meet Sir",939
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Henry Baskerville.""",940
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,941
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""And then?""",942
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,943
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""And then you will say nothing to him at all until I have made up my",944
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"mind about the matter.""",945
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,946
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""How long will it take you to make up your mind?""",947
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,948
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Twenty-four hours. At ten o'clock to-morrow, Dr. Mortimer, I will be",949
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"much obliged to you if you will call upon me here, and it will be of",950
The Hound of the Baskervilles,help to me in my plans for the future if you will bring Sir Henry,951
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Baskerville with you.""",952
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,953
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I will do so, Mr. Holmes."" He scribbled the appointment on his",954
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"shirtcuff and hurried off in his strange, peering, absent-minded",955
The Hound of the Baskervilles,fashion. Holmes stopped him at the head of the stair.,956
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,957
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Only one more question, Dr. Mortimer. You say that before Sir",958
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Charles Baskerville's death several people saw this apparition upon,959
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the moor?""",960
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,961
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Three people did.""",962
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,963
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Did any see it after?""",964
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,965
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I have not heard of any.""",966
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,967
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Thank you. Good morning.""",968
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,969
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Holmes returned to his seat with that quiet look of inward,970
The Hound of the Baskervilles,satisfaction which meant that he had a congenial task before him.,971
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,972
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Going out, Watson?""",973
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,974
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Unless I can help you.""",975
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,976
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""No, my dear fellow, it is at the hour of action that I turn to you",977
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"for aid. But this is splendid, really unique from some points of",978
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"view. When you pass Bradley's, would you ask him to send up a pound",979
The Hound of the Baskervilles,of the strongest shag tobacco? Thank you. It would be as well if you,980
The Hound of the Baskervilles,could make it convenient not to return before evening. Then I should,981
The Hound of the Baskervilles,be very glad to compare impressions as to this most interesting,982
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"problem which has been submitted to us this morning.""",983
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,984
The Hound of the Baskervilles,I knew that seclusion and solitude were very necessary for my friend,985
The Hound of the Baskervilles,in those hours of intense mental concentration during which he,986
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"weighed every particle of evidence, constructed alternative theories,",987
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"balanced one against the other, and made up his mind as to which",988
The Hound of the Baskervilles,points were essential and which immaterial. I therefore spent the day,989
The Hound of the Baskervilles,at my club and did not return to Baker Street until evening. It was,990
The Hound of the Baskervilles,nearly nine o'clock when I found myself in the sitting-room once,991
The Hound of the Baskervilles,more.,992
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,993
The Hound of the Baskervilles,My first impression as I opened the door was that a fire had broken,994
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"out, for the room was so filled with smoke that the light of the lamp",995
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"upon the table was blurred by it. As I entered, however, my fears",996
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"were set at rest, for it was the acrid fumes of strong coarse tobacco",997
The Hound of the Baskervilles,which took me by the throat and set me coughing. Through the haze I,998
The Hound of the Baskervilles,had a vague vision of Holmes in his dressing-gown coiled up in an,999
The Hound of the Baskervilles,armchair with his black clay pipe between his lips. Several rolls of,1000
The Hound of the Baskervilles,paper lay around him.,1001
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1002
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Caught cold, Watson?"" said he.",1003
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1004
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""No, it's this poisonous atmosphere.""",1005
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1006
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I suppose it is pretty thick, now that you mention it.""",1007
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1008
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Thick! It is intolerable.""",1009
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1010
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Open the window, then! You have been at your club all day, I",1011
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"perceive.""",1012
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1013
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""My dear Holmes!""",1014
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1015
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Am I right?""",1016
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1017
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Certainly, but how?""",1018
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1019
The Hound of the Baskervilles,He laughed at my bewildered expression.,1020
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1021
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""There is a delightful freshness about you, Watson, which makes it a",1022
The Hound of the Baskervilles,pleasure to exercise any small powers which I possess at your,1023
The Hound of the Baskervilles,expense. A gentleman goes forth on a showery and miry day. He returns,1024
The Hound of the Baskervilles,immaculate in the evening with the gloss still on his hat and his,1025
The Hound of the Baskervilles,boots. He has been a fixture therefore all day. He is not a man with,1026
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"intimate friends. Where, then, could he have been? Is it not",1027
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"obvious?""",1028
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1029
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Well, it is rather obvious.""",1030
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1031
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever",1032
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"observes. Where do you think that I have been?""",1033
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1034
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""A fixture also.""",1035
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1036
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""On the contrary, I have been to Devonshire.""",1037
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1038
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""In spirit?""",1039
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1040
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Exactly. My body has remained in this arm-chair and has, I regret to",1041
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"observe, consumed in my absence two large pots of coffee and an",1042
The Hound of the Baskervilles,incredible amount of tobacco. After you left I sent down to,1043
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Stamford's for the Ordnance map of this portion of the moor, and my",1044
The Hound of the Baskervilles,spirit has hovered over it all day. I flatter myself that I could,1045
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"find my way about.""",1046
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1047
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""A large scale map, I presume?""",1048
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1049
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Very large."" He unrolled one section and held it over his knee.",1050
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Here you have the particular district which concerns us. That is",1051
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Baskerville Hall in the middle.""",1052
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1053
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""With a wood round it?""",1054
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1055
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Exactly. I fancy the Yew Alley, though not marked under that name,",1056
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"must stretch along this line, with the moor, as you perceive, upon",1057
The Hound of the Baskervilles,the right of it. This small clump of buildings here is the hamlet of,1058
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Grimpen, where our friend Dr. Mortimer has his headquarters. Within a",1059
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"radius of five miles there are, as you see, only a very few scattered",1060
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"dwellings. Here is Lafter Hall, which was mentioned in the narrative.",1061
The Hound of the Baskervilles,There is a house indicated here which may be the residence of the,1062
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"naturalist--Stapleton, if I remember right, was his name. Here are",1063
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"two moorland farm-houses, High Tor and Foulmire. Then fourteen miles",1064
The Hound of the Baskervilles,away the great convict prison of Princetown. Between and around these,1065
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"scattered points extends the desolate, lifeless moor. This, then, is",1066
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the stage upon which tragedy has been played, and upon which we may",1067
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"help to play it again.""",1068
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1069
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""It must be a wild place.""",1070
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1071
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Yes, the setting is a worthy one. If the devil did desire to have a",1072
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"hand in the affairs of men--""",1073
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1074
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Then you are yourself inclining to the supernatural explanation.""",1075
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1076
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""The devil's agents may be of flesh and blood, may they not? There",1077
The Hound of the Baskervilles,are two questions waiting for us at the outset. The one is whether,1078
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"any crime has been committed at all; the second is, what is the crime",1079
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"and how was it committed? Of course, if Dr. Mortimer's surmise should",1080
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"be correct, and we are dealing with forces outside the ordinary laws",1081
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"of Nature, there is an end of our investigation. But we are bound to",1082
The Hound of the Baskervilles,exhaust all other hypotheses before falling back upon this one. I,1083
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"think we'll shut that window again, if you don't mind. It is a",1084
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"singular thing, but I find that a concentrated atmosphere helps a",1085
The Hound of the Baskervilles,concentration of thought. I have not pushed it to the length of,1086
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"getting into a box to think, but that is the logical outcome of my",1087
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"convictions. Have you turned the case over in your mind?""",1088
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1089
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Yes, I have thought a good deal of it in the course of the day.""",1090
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1091
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""What do you make of it?""",1092
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1093
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""It is very bewildering.""",1094
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1095
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""It has certainly a character of its own. There are points of",1096
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"distinction about it. That change in the footprints, for example.",1097
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"What do you make of that?""",1098
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1099
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Mortimer said that the man had walked on tiptoe down that portion of",1100
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the alley.""",1101
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1102
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""He only repeated what some fool had said at the inquest. Why should",1103
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"a man walk on tiptoe down the alley?""",1104
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1105
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""What then?""",1106
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1107
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""He was running, Watson--running desperately, running for his life,",1108
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"running until he burst his heart and fell dead upon his face.""",1109
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1110
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Running from what?""",1111
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1112
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""There lies our problem. There are indications that the man was",1113
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"crazed with fear before ever he began to run.""",1114
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1115
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""How can you say that?""",1116
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1117
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I am presuming that the cause of his fears came to him across the",1118
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"moor. If that were so, and it seems most probable, only a man who had",1119
The Hound of the Baskervilles,lost his wits would have run from the house instead of towards it. If,1120
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the gipsy's evidence may be taken as true, he ran with cries for help",1121
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"in the direction where help was least likely to be. Then, again, whom",1122
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"was he waiting for that night, and why was he waiting for him in the",1123
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Yew Alley rather than in his own house?""",1124
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1125
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""You think that he was waiting for someone?""",1126
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1127
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""The man was elderly and infirm. We can understand his taking an",1128
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"evening stroll, but the ground was damp and the night inclement. Is",1129
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"it natural that he should stand for five or ten minutes, as Dr.",1130
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Mortimer, with more practical sense than I should have given him",1131
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"credit for, deduced from the cigar ash?""",1132
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1133
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""But he went out every evening.""",1134
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1135
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I think it unlikely that he waited at the moor-gate every evening.",1136
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"On the contrary, the evidence is that he avoided the moor. That night",1137
The Hound of the Baskervilles,he waited there. It was the night before he made his departure for,1138
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"London. The thing takes shape, Watson. It becomes coherent. Might I",1139
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"ask you to hand me my violin, and we will postpone all further",1140
The Hound of the Baskervilles,thought upon this business until we have had the advantage of meeting,1141
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Dr. Mortimer and Sir Henry Baskerville in the morning.""",1142
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1143
The Hound of the Baskervilles,CHAPTER IV,1144
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Sir Henry Baskerville,1145
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1146
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Our breakfast-table was cleared early, and Holmes waited in his",1147
The Hound of the Baskervilles,dressing-gown for the promised interview. Our clients were punctual,1148
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"to their appointment, for the clock had just struck ten when Dr.",1149
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Mortimer was shown up, followed by the young baronet. The latter was",1150
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"a small, alert, dark-eyed man about thirty years of age, very",1151
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"sturdily built, with thick black eyebrows and a strong, pugnacious",1152
The Hound of the Baskervilles,face. He wore a ruddy-tinted tweed suit and had the weather-beaten,1153
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"appearance of one who has spent most of his time in the open air, and",1154
The Hound of the Baskervilles,yet there was something in his steady eye and the quiet assurance of,1155
The Hound of the Baskervilles,his bearing which indicated the gentleman.,1156
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1157
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""This is Sir Henry Baskerville,"" said Dr. Mortimer.",1158
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1159
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Why, yes,"" said he, ""and the strange thing is, Mr. Sherlock Holmes,",1160
The Hound of the Baskervilles,that if my friend here had not proposed coming round to you this,1161
The Hound of the Baskervilles,morning I should have come on my own account. I understand that you,1162
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"think out little puzzles, and I've had one this morning which wants",1163
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"more thinking out than I am able to give it.""",1164
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1165
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Pray take a seat, Sir Henry. Do I understand you to say that you",1166
The Hound of the Baskervilles,have yourself had some remarkable experience since you arrived in,1167
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"London?""",1168
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1169
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Nothing of much importance, Mr. Holmes. Only a joke, as like as not.",1170
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"It was this letter, if you can call it a letter, which reached me",1171
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"this morning.""",1172
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1173
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"He laid an envelope upon the table, and we all bent over it. It was",1174
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"of common quality, grayish in colour. The address, ""Sir Henry",1175
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Baskerville, Northumberland Hotel,"" was printed in rough characters;",1176
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the postmark ""Charing Cross,"" and the date of posting the preceding",1177
The Hound of the Baskervilles,evening.,1178
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1179
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Who knew that you were going to the Northumberland Hotel?"" asked",1180
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Holmes, glancing keenly across at our visitor.",1181
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1182
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""No one could have known. We only decided after I met Dr. Mortimer.""",1183
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1184
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""But Dr. Mortimer was no doubt already stopping there?""",1185
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1186
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""No, I had been staying with a friend,"" said the doctor. ""There was",1187
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"no possible indication that we intended to go to this hotel.""",1188
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1189
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Hum! Someone seems to be very deeply interested in your movements.""",1190
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Out of the envelope he took a half-sheet of foolscap paper folded,1191
The Hound of the Baskervilles,into four. This he opened and spread flat upon the table. Across the,1192
The Hound of the Baskervilles,middle of it a single sentence had been formed by the expedient of,1193
The Hound of the Baskervilles,pasting printed words upon it. It ran:,1194
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1195
The Hound of the Baskervilles,As you value your life or your reason keep away from the moor.,1196
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1197
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"The word ""moor"" only was printed in ink.",1198
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1199
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Now,"" said Sir Henry Baskerville, ""perhaps you will tell me, Mr.",1200
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Holmes, what in thunder is the meaning of that, and who it is that",1201
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"takes so much interest in my affairs?""",1202
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1203
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""What do you make of it, Dr. Mortimer? You must allow that there is",1204
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"nothing supernatural about this, at any rate?""",1205
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1206
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""No, sir, but it might very well come from someone who was convinced",1207
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"that the business is supernatural.""",1208
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1209
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""What business?"" asked Sir Henry sharply. ""It seems to me that all",1210
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"you gentlemen know a great deal more than I do about my own affairs.""",1211
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1212
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""You shall share our knowledge before you leave this room, Sir Henry.",1213
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"I promise you that,"" said Sherlock Holmes. ""We will confine ourselves",1214
The Hound of the Baskervilles,for the present with your permission to this very interesting,1215
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"document, which must have been put together and posted yesterday",1216
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"evening. Have you yesterday's Times, Watson?""",1217
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1218
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""It is here in the corner.""",1219
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1220
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Might I trouble you for it--the inside page, please, with the",1221
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"leading articles?"" He glanced swiftly over it, running his eyes up",1222
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"and down the columns. ""Capital article this on free trade. Permit me",1223
The Hound of the Baskervilles,to give you an extract from it.,1224
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1225
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""'You may be cajoled into imagining that your own special trade or",1226
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"your own industry will be encouraged by a protective tariff, but it",1227
The Hound of the Baskervilles,stands to reason that such legislation must in the long run keep away,1228
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"wealth from the country, diminish the value of our imports, and lower",1229
The Hound of the Baskervilles,the general conditions of life in this island.',1230
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1231
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""What do you think of that, Watson?"" cried Holmes in high glee,",1232
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"rubbing his hands together with satisfaction. ""Don't you think that",1233
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"is an admirable sentiment?""",1234
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1235
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Dr. Mortimer looked at Holmes with an air of professional interest,",1236
The Hound of the Baskervilles,and Sir Henry Baskerville turned a pair of puzzled dark eyes upon me.,1237
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1238
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I don't know much about the tariff and things of that kind,"" said",1239
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"he; ""but it seems to me we've got a bit off the trail so far as that",1240
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"note is concerned.""",1241
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1242
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""On the contrary, I think we are particularly hot upon the trail, Sir",1243
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Henry. Watson here knows more about my methods than you do, but I",1244
The Hound of the Baskervilles,fear that even he has not quite grasped the significance of this,1245
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"sentence.""",1246
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1247
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""No, I confess that I see no connection.""",1248
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1249
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""And yet, my dear Watson, there is so very close a connection that",1250
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the one is extracted out of the other. 'You,' 'your,' 'your,' 'life,'",1251
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"'reason,' 'value,' 'keep away,' 'from the.' Don't you see now whence",1252
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"these words have been taken?""",1253
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1254
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""By thunder, you're right! Well, if that isn't smart!"" cried Sir",1255
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Henry.,1256
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1257
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""If any possible doubt remained it is settled by the fact that 'keep",1258
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"away' and 'from the' are cut out in one piece.""",1259
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1260
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Well, now--so it is!""",1261
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1262
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Really, Mr. Holmes, this exceeds anything which I could have",1263
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"imagined,"" said Dr. Mortimer, gazing at my friend in amazement. ""I",1264
The Hound of the Baskervilles,could understand anyone saying that the words were from a newspaper;,1265
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"but that you should name which, and add that it came from the leading",1266
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"article, is really one of the most remarkable things which I have",1267
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"ever known. How did you do it?""",1268
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1269
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I presume, Doctor, that you could tell the skull of a negro from",1270
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"that of an Esquimau?""",1271
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1272
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Most certainly.""",1273
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1274
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""But how?""",1275
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1276
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Because that is my special hobby. The differences are obvious. The",1277
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"supra-orbital crest, the facial angle, the maxillary curve, the--""",1278
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1279
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""But this is my special hobby, and the differences are equally",1280
The Hound of the Baskervilles,obvious. There is as much difference to my eyes between the leaded,1281
The Hound of the Baskervilles,bourgeois type of a Times article and the slovenly print of an,1282
The Hound of the Baskervilles,evening half-penny paper as there could be between your negro and,1283
The Hound of the Baskervilles,your Esquimau. The detection of types is one of the most elementary,1284
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"branches of knowledge to the special expert in crime, though I",1285
The Hound of the Baskervilles,confess that once when I was very young I confused the Leeds Mercury,1286
The Hound of the Baskervilles,with the Western Morning News. But a Times leader is entirely,1287
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"distinctive, and these words could have been taken from nothing else.",1288
The Hound of the Baskervilles,As it was done yesterday the strong probability was that we should,1289
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"find the words in yesterday's issue.""",1290
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1291
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""So far as I can follow you, then, Mr. Holmes,"" said Sir Henry",1292
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Baskerville, ""someone cut out this message with a scissors--""",1293
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1294
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Nail-scissors,"" said Holmes. ""You can see that it was a very",1295
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"short-bladed scissors, since the cutter had to take two snips over",1296
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"'keep away.'""",1297
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1298
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""That is so. Someone, then, cut out the message with a pair of",1299
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"short-bladed scissors, pasted it with paste--""",1300
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1301
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Gum,"" said Holmes.",1302
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1303
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""With gum on to the paper. But I want to know why the word 'moor'",1304
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"should have been written?""",1305
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1306
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Because he could not find it in print. The other words were all",1307
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"simple and might be found in any issue, but 'moor' would be less",1308
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"common.""",1309
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1310
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Why, of course, that would explain it. Have you read anything else",1311
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"in this message, Mr. Holmes?""",1312
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1313
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""There are one or two indications, and yet the utmost pains have been",1314
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"taken to remove all clues. The address, you observe is printed in",1315
The Hound of the Baskervilles,rough characters. But the Times is a paper which is seldom found in,1316
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"any hands but those of the highly educated. We may take it,",1317
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"therefore, that the letter was composed by an educated man who wished",1318
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"to pose as an uneducated one, and his effort to conceal his own",1319
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"writing suggests that that writing might be known, or come to be",1320
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"known, by you. Again, you will observe that the words are not gummed",1321
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"on in an accurate line, but that some are much higher than others.",1322
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"'Life,' for example is quite out of its proper place. That may point",1323
The Hound of the Baskervilles,to carelessness or it may point to agitation and hurry upon the part,1324
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"of the cutter. On the whole I incline to the latter view, since the",1325
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"matter was evidently important, and it is unlikely that the composer",1326
The Hound of the Baskervilles,of such a letter would be careless. If he were in a hurry it opens up,1327
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the interesting question why he should be in a hurry, since any",1328
The Hound of the Baskervilles,letter posted up to early morning would reach Sir Henry before he,1329
The Hound of the Baskervilles,would leave his hotel. Did the composer fear an interruption--and,1330
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"from whom?""",1331
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1332
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""We are coming now rather into the region of guesswork,"" said Dr.",1333
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Mortimer.,1334
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1335
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Say, rather, into the region where we balance probabilities and",1336
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"choose the most likely. It is the scientific use of the imagination,",1337
The Hound of the Baskervilles,but we have always some material basis on which to start our,1338
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"speculation. Now, you would call it a guess, no doubt, but I am",1339
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"almost certain that this address has been written in a hotel.""",1340
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1341
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""How in the world can you say that?""",1342
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1343
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""If you examine it carefully you will see that both the pen and the",1344
The Hound of the Baskervilles,ink have given the writer trouble. The pen has spluttered twice in a,1345
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"single word, and has run dry three times in a short address, showing",1346
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"that there was very little ink in the bottle. Now, a private pen or",1347
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"ink-bottle is seldom allowed to be in such a state, and the",1348
The Hound of the Baskervilles,combination of the two must be quite rare. But you know the hotel ink,1349
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"and the hotel pen, where it is rare to get anything else. Yes, I have",1350
The Hound of the Baskervilles,very little hesitation in saying that could we examine the,1351
The Hound of the Baskervilles,waste-paper baskets of the hotels around Charing Cross until we found,1352
The Hound of the Baskervilles,the remains of the mutilated Times leader we could lay our hands,1353
The Hound of the Baskervilles,straight upon the person who sent this singular message. Halloa!,1354
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Halloa! What's this?""",1355
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1356
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"He was carefully examining the foolscap, upon which the words were",1357
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"pasted, holding it only an inch or two from his eyes.",1358
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1359
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Well?""",1360
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1361
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Nothing,"" said he, throwing it down. ""It is a blank half-sheet of",1362
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"paper, without even a water-mark upon it. I think we have drawn as",1363
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"much as we can from this curious letter; and now, Sir Henry, has",1364
The Hound of the Baskervilles,anything else of interest happened to you since you have been in,1365
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"London?""",1366
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1367
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Why, no, Mr. Holmes. I think not.""",1368
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1369
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""You have not observed anyone follow or watch you?""",1370
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1371
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I seem to have walked right into the thick of a dime novel,"" said",1372
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"our visitor. ""Why in thunder should anyone follow or watch me?""",1373
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1374
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""We are coming to that. You have nothing else to report to us before",1375
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"we go into this matter?""",1376
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1377
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Well, it depends upon what you think worth reporting.""",1378
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1379
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I think anything out of the ordinary routine of life well worth",1380
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"reporting.""",1381
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1382
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Sir Henry smiled.,1383
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1384
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I don't know much of British life yet, for I have spent nearly all",1385
The Hound of the Baskervilles,my time in the States and in Canada. But I hope that to lose one of,1386
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"your boots is not part of the ordinary routine of life over here.""",1387
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1388
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""You have lost one of your boots?""",1389
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1390
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""My dear sir,"" cried Dr. Mortimer, ""it is only mislaid. You will find",1391
The Hound of the Baskervilles,it when you return to the hotel. What is the use of troubling Mr.,1392
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Holmes with trifles of this kind?""",1393
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1394
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Well, he asked me for anything outside the ordinary routine.""",1395
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1396
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Exactly,"" said Holmes, ""however foolish the incident may seem. You",1397
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"have lost one of your boots, you say?""",1398
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1399
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Well, mislaid it, anyhow. I put them both outside my door last",1400
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"night, and there was only one in the morning. I could get no sense",1401
The Hound of the Baskervilles,out of the chap who cleans them. The worst of it is that I only,1402
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"bought the pair last night in the Strand, and I have never had them",1403
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"on.""",1404
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1405
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""If you have never worn them, why did you put them out to be",1406
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"cleaned?""",1407
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1408
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""They were tan boots and had never been varnished. That was why I put",1409
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"them out.""",1410
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1411
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Then I understand that on your arrival in London yesterday you went",1412
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"out at once and bought a pair of boots?""",1413
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1414
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I did a good deal of shopping. Dr. Mortimer here went round with me.",1415
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"You see, if I am to be squire down there I must dress the part, and",1416
The Hound of the Baskervilles,it may be that I have got a little careless in my ways out West.,1417
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Among other things I bought these brown boots--gave six dollars for,1418
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"them--and had one stolen before ever I had them on my feet.""",1419
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1420
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""It seems a singularly useless thing to steal,"" said Sherlock Holmes.",1421
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I confess that I share Dr. Mortimer's belief that it will not be",1422
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"long before the missing boot is found.""",1423
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1424
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""And, now, gentlemen,"" said the baronet with decision, ""it seems to",1425
The Hound of the Baskervilles,me that I have spoken quite enough about the little that I know. It,1426
The Hound of the Baskervilles,is time that you kept your promise and gave me a full account of what,1427
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"we are all driving at.""",1428
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1429
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Your request is a very reasonable one,"" Holmes answered. ""Dr.",1430
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Mortimer, I think you could not do better than to tell your story as",1431
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"you told it to us.""",1432
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1433
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Thus encouraged, our scientific friend drew his papers from his",1434
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"pocket, and presented the whole case as he had done upon the morning",1435
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"before. Sir Henry Baskerville listened with the deepest attention,",1436
The Hound of the Baskervilles,and with an occasional exclamation of surprise.,1437
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1438
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Well, I seem to have come into an inheritance with a vengeance,""",1439
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"said he when the long narrative was finished. ""Of course, I've heard",1440
The Hound of the Baskervilles,of the hound ever since I was in the nursery. It's the pet story of,1441
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the family, though I never thought of taking it seriously before. But",1442
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"as to my uncle's death--well, it all seems boiling up in my head, and",1443
The Hound of the Baskervilles,I can't get it clear yet. You don't seem quite to have made up your,1444
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"mind whether it's a case for a policeman or a clergyman.""",1445
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1446
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Precisely.""",1447
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1448
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""And now there's this affair of the letter to me at the hotel. I",1449
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"suppose that fits into its place.""",1450
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1451
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""It seems to show that someone knows more than we do about what goes",1452
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"on upon the moor,"" said Dr. Mortimer.",1453
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1454
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""And also,"" said Holmes, ""that someone is not ill-disposed towards",1455
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"you, since they warn you of danger.""",1456
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1457
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Or it may be that they wish, for their own purposes, to scare me",1458
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"away.""",1459
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1460
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Well, of course, that is possible also. I am very much indebted to",1461
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"you, Dr. Mortimer, for introducing me to a problem which presents",1462
The Hound of the Baskervilles,several interesting alternatives. But the practical point which we,1463
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"now have to decide, Sir Henry, is whether it is or is not advisable",1464
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"for you to go to Baskerville Hall.""",1465
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1466
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Why should I not go?""",1467
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1468
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""There seems to be danger.""",1469
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1470
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Do you mean danger from this family fiend or do you mean danger from",1471
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"human beings?""",1472
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1473
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Well, that is what we have to find out.""",1474
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1475
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Whichever it is, my answer is fixed. There is no devil in hell, Mr.",1476
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Holmes, and there is no man upon earth who can prevent me from going",1477
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"to the home of my own people, and you may take that to be my final",1478
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"answer."" His dark brows knitted and his face flushed to a dusky red",1479
The Hound of the Baskervilles,as he spoke. It was evident that the fiery temper of the Baskervilles,1480
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"was not extinct in this their last representative. ""Meanwhile,"" said",1481
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"he, ""I have hardly had time to think over all that you have told me.",1482
The Hound of the Baskervilles,It's a big thing for a man to have to understand and to decide at one,1483
The Hound of the Baskervilles,sitting. I should like to have a quiet hour by myself to make up my,1484
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"mind. Now, look here, Mr. Holmes, it's half-past eleven now and I am",1485
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"going back right away to my hotel. Suppose you and your friend, Dr.",1486
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Watson, come round and lunch with us at two. I'll be able to tell you",1487
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"more clearly then how this thing strikes me.""",1488
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1489
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Is that convenient to you, Watson?""",1490
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1491
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Perfectly.""",1492
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1493
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Then you may expect us. Shall I have a cab called?""",1494
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1495
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I'd prefer to walk, for this affair has flurried me rather.""",1496
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1497
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I'll join you in a walk, with pleasure,"" said his companion.",1498
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1499
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Then we meet again at two o'clock. Au revoir, and good-morning!""",1500
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1501
The Hound of the Baskervilles,We heard the steps of our visitors descend the stair and the bang of,1502
The Hound of the Baskervilles,the front door. In an instant Holmes had changed from the languid,1503
The Hound of the Baskervilles,dreamer to the man of action.,1504
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1505
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Your hat and boots, Watson, quick! Not a moment to lose!"" He rushed",1506
The Hound of the Baskervilles,into his room in his dressing-gown and was back again in a few,1507
The Hound of the Baskervilles,seconds in a frock-coat. We hurried together down the stairs and into,1508
The Hound of the Baskervilles,the street. Dr. Mortimer and Baskerville were still visible about two,1509
The Hound of the Baskervilles,hundred yards ahead of us in the direction of Oxford Street.,1510
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1511
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Shall I run on and stop them?""",1512
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1513
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Not for the world, my dear Watson. I am perfectly satisfied with",1514
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"your company if you will tolerate mine. Our friends are wise, for it",1515
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"is certainly a very fine morning for a walk.""",1516
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1517
The Hound of the Baskervilles,He quickened his pace until we had decreased the distance which,1518
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"divided us by about half. Then, still keeping a hundred yards behind,",1519
The Hound of the Baskervilles,we followed into Oxford Street and so down Regent Street. Once our,1520
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"friends stopped and stared into a shop window, upon which Holmes did",1521
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the same. An instant afterwards he gave a little cry of satisfaction,",1522
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"and, following the direction of his eager eyes, I saw that a hansom",1523
The Hound of the Baskervilles,cab with a man inside which had halted on the other side of the,1524
The Hound of the Baskervilles,street was now proceeding slowly onward again.,1525
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1526
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""There's our man, Watson! Come along! We'll have a good look at him,",1527
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"if we can do no more.""",1528
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1529
The Hound of the Baskervilles,At that instant I was aware of a bushy black beard and a pair of,1530
The Hound of the Baskervilles,piercing eyes turned upon us through the side window of the cab.,1531
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Instantly the trapdoor at the top flew up, something was screamed to",1532
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the driver, and the cab flew madly off down Regent Street. Holmes",1533
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"looked eagerly round for another, but no empty one was in sight. Then",1534
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"he dashed in wild pursuit amid the stream of the traffic, but the",1535
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"start was too great, and already the cab was out of sight.",1536
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1537
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""There now!"" said Holmes bitterly as he emerged panting and white",1538
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"with vexation from the tide of vehicles. ""Was ever such bad luck and",1539
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"such bad management, too? Watson, Watson, if you are an honest man",1540
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"you will record this also and set it against my successes!""",1541
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1542
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Who was the man?""",1543
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1544
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I have not an idea.""",1545
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1546
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""A spy?""",1547
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1548
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Well, it was evident from what we have heard that Baskerville has",1549
The Hound of the Baskervilles,been very closely shadowed by someone since he has been in town. How,1550
The Hound of the Baskervilles,else could it be known so quickly that it was the Northumberland,1551
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Hotel which he had chosen? If they had followed him the first day I,1552
The Hound of the Baskervilles,argued that they would follow him also the second. You may have,1553
The Hound of the Baskervilles,observed that I twice strolled over to the window while Dr. Mortimer,1554
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"was reading his legend.""",1555
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1556
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Yes, I remember.""",1557
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1558
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I was looking out for loiterers in the street, but I saw none. We",1559
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"are dealing with a clever man, Watson. This matter cuts very deep,",1560
The Hound of the Baskervilles,and though I have not finally made up my mind whether it is a,1561
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"benevolent or a malevolent agency which is in touch with us, I am",1562
The Hound of the Baskervilles,conscious always of power and design. When our friends left I at once,1563
The Hound of the Baskervilles,followed them in the hopes of marking down their invisible attendant.,1564
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"So wily was he that he had not trusted himself upon foot, but he had",1565
The Hound of the Baskervilles,availed himself of a cab so that he could loiter behind or dash past,1566
The Hound of the Baskervilles,them and so escape their notice. His method had the additional,1567
The Hound of the Baskervilles,advantage that if they were to take a cab he was all ready to follow,1568
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"them. It has, however, one obvious disadvantage.""",1569
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1570
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""It puts him in the power of the cabman.""",1571
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1572
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Exactly.""",1573
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1574
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""What a pity we did not get the number!""",1575
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1576
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""My dear Watson, clumsy as I have been, you surely do not seriously",1577
The Hound of the Baskervilles,imagine that I neglected to get the number? No. 2704 is our man. But,1578
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"that is no use to us for the moment.""",1579
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1580
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I fail to see how you could have done more.""",1581
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1582
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""On observing the cab I should have instantly turned and walked in",1583
The Hound of the Baskervilles,the other direction. I should then at my leisure have hired a second,1584
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"cab and followed the first at a respectful distance, or, better",1585
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"still, have driven to the Northumberland Hotel and waited there. When",1586
The Hound of the Baskervilles,our unknown had followed Baskerville home we should have had the,1587
The Hound of the Baskervilles,opportunity of playing his own game upon himself and seeing where he,1588
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"made for. As it is, by an indiscreet eagerness, which was taken",1589
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"advantage of with extraordinary quickness and energy by our opponent,",1590
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"we have betrayed ourselves and lost our man.""",1591
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1592
The Hound of the Baskervilles,We had been sauntering slowly down Regent Street during this,1593
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"conversation, and Dr. Mortimer, with his companion, had long vanished",1594
The Hound of the Baskervilles,in front of us.,1595
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1596
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""There is no object in our following them,"" said Holmes. ""The shadow",1597
The Hound of the Baskervilles,has departed and will not return. We must see what further cards we,1598
The Hound of the Baskervilles,have in our hands and play them with decision. Could you swear to,1599
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"that man's face within the cab?""",1600
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1601
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I could swear only to the beard.""",1602
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1603
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""And so could I--from which I gather that in all probability it was a",1604
The Hound of the Baskervilles,false one. A clever man upon so delicate an errand has no use for a,1605
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"beard save to conceal his features. Come in here, Watson!""",1606
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1607
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"He turned into one of the district messenger offices, where he was",1608
The Hound of the Baskervilles,warmly greeted by the manager.,1609
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1610
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Ah, Wilson, I see you have not forgotten the little case in which I",1611
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"had the good fortune to help you?""",1612
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1613
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""No, sir, indeed I have not. You saved my good name, and perhaps my",1614
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"life.""",1615
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1616
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""My dear fellow, you exaggerate. I have some recollection, Wilson,",1617
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"that you had among your boys a lad named Cartwright, who showed some",1618
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"ability during the investigation.""",1619
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1620
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Yes, sir, he is still with us.""",1621
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1622
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Could you ring him up?--thank you! And I should be glad to have",1623
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"change of this five-pound note.""",1624
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1625
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"A lad of fourteen, with a bright, keen face, had obeyed the summons",1626
The Hound of the Baskervilles,of the manager. He stood now gazing with great reverence at the,1627
The Hound of the Baskervilles,famous detective.,1628
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1629
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Let me have the Hotel Directory,"" said Holmes. ""Thank you! Now,",1630
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Cartwright, there are the names of twenty-three hotels here, all in",1631
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the immediate neighbourhood of Charing Cross. Do you see?""",1632
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1633
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Yes, sir.""",1634
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1635
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""You will visit each of these in turn.""",1636
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1637
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Yes, sir.""",1638
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1639
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""You will begin in each case by giving the outside porter one",1640
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"shilling. Here are twenty-three shillings.""",1641
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1642
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Yes, sir.""",1643
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1644
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""You will tell him that you want to see the waste-paper of yesterday.",1645
The Hound of the Baskervilles,You will say that an important telegram has miscarried and that you,1646
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"are looking for it. You understand?""",1647
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1648
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Yes, sir.""",1649
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1650
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""But what you are really looking for is the centre page of the Times",1651
The Hound of the Baskervilles,with some holes cut in it with scissors. Here is a copy of the Times.,1652
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"It is this page. You could easily recognize it, could you not?""",1653
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1654
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Yes, sir.""",1655
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1656
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""In each case the outside porter will send for the hall porter, to",1657
The Hound of the Baskervilles,whom also you will give a shilling. Here are twenty-three shillings.,1658
The Hound of the Baskervilles,You will then learn in possibly twenty cases out of the twenty-three,1659
The Hound of the Baskervilles,that the waste of the day before has been burned or removed. In the,1660
The Hound of the Baskervilles,three other cases you will be shown a heap of paper and you will look,1661
The Hound of the Baskervilles,for this page of the Times among it. The odds are enormously against,1662
The Hound of the Baskervilles,your finding it. There are ten shillings over in case of emergencies.,1663
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Let me have a report by wire at Baker Street before evening. And now,",1664
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Watson, it only remains for us to find out by wire the identity of",1665
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the cabman, No. 2704, and then we will drop into one of the Bond",1666
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Street picture galleries and fill in the time until we are due at the,1667
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"hotel.""",1668
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1669
The Hound of the Baskervilles,CHAPTER V,1670
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Three Broken Threads,1671
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1672
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Sherlock Holmes had, in a very remarkable degree, the power of",1673
The Hound of the Baskervilles,detaching his mind at will. For two hours the strange business in,1674
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"which we had been involved appeared to be forgotten, and he was",1675
The Hound of the Baskervilles,entirely absorbed in the pictures of the modern Belgian masters. He,1676
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"would talk of nothing but art, of which he had the crudest ideas,",1677
The Hound of the Baskervilles,from our leaving the gallery until we found ourselves at the,1678
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Northumberland Hotel.,1679
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1680
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Sir Henry Baskerville is upstairs expecting you,"" said the clerk.",1681
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""He asked me to show you up at once when you came.""",1682
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1683
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Have you any objection to my looking at your register?"" said Holmes.",1684
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1685
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Not in the least.""",1686
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1687
The Hound of the Baskervilles,The book showed that two names had been added after that of,1688
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Baskerville. One was Theophilus Johnson and family, of Newcastle; the",1689
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"other Mrs. Oldmore and maid, of High Lodge, Alton.",1690
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1691
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Surely that must be the same Johnson whom I used to know,"" said",1692
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Holmes to the porter. ""A lawyer, is he not, gray-headed, and walks",1693
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"with a limp?""",1694
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1695
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""No, sir; this is Mr. Johnson, the coal-owner, a very active",1696
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"gentleman, not older than yourself.""",1697
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1698
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Surely you are mistaken about his trade?""",1699
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1700
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""No, sir! he has used this hotel for many years, and he is very well",1701
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"known to us.""",1702
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1703
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Ah, that settles it. Mrs. Oldmore, too; I seem to remember the name.",1704
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Excuse my curiosity, but often in calling upon one friend one finds",1705
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"another.""",1706
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1707
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""She is an invalid lady, sir. Her husband was once mayor of",1708
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Gloucester. She always comes to us when she is in town.""",1709
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1710
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Thank you; I am afraid I cannot claim her acquaintance. We have",1711
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"established a most important fact by these questions, Watson,"" he",1712
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"continued in a low voice as we went upstairs together. ""We know now",1713
The Hound of the Baskervilles,that the people who are so interested in our friend have not settled,1714
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"down in his own hotel. That means that while they are, as we have",1715
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"seen, very anxious to watch him, they are equally anxious that he",1716
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"should not see them. Now, this is a most suggestive fact.""",1717
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1718
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""What does it suggest?""",1719
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1720
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""It suggests--halloa, my dear fellow, what on earth is the matter?""",1721
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1722
The Hound of the Baskervilles,As we came round the top of the stairs we had run up against Sir,1723
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Henry Baskerville himself. His face was flushed with anger, and he",1724
The Hound of the Baskervilles,held an old and dusty boot in one of his hands. So furious was he,1725
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"that he was hardly articulate, and when he did speak it was in a much",1726
The Hound of the Baskervilles,broader and more Western dialect than any which we had heard from him,1727
The Hound of the Baskervilles,in the morning.,1728
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1729
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Seems to me they are playing me for a sucker in this hotel,"" he",1730
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"cried. ""They'll find they've started in to monkey with the wrong man",1731
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"unless they are careful. By thunder, if that chap can't find my",1732
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"missing boot there will be trouble. I can take a joke with the best,",1733
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Mr. Holmes, but they've got a bit over the mark this time.""",1734
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1735
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Still looking for your boot?""",1736
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1737
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Yes, sir, and mean to find it.""",1738
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1739
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""But, surely, you said that it was a new brown boot?""",1740
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1741
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""So it was, sir. And now it's an old black one.""",1742
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1743
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""What! you don't mean to say--?""",1744
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1745
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""That's just what I do mean to say. I only had three pairs in the",1746
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"world--the new brown, the old black, and the patent leathers, which I",1747
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"am wearing. Last night they took one of my brown ones, and to-day",1748
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"they have sneaked one of the black. Well, have you got it? Speak out,",1749
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"man, and don't stand staring!""",1750
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1751
The Hound of the Baskervilles,An agitated German waiter had appeared upon the scene.,1752
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1753
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""No, sir; I have made inquiry all over the hotel, but I can hear no",1754
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"word of it.""",1755
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1756
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Well, either that boot comes back before sundown or I'll see the",1757
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"manager and tell him that I go right straight out of this hotel.""",1758
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1759
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""It shall be found, sir--I promise you that if you will have a little",1760
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"patience it will be found.""",1761
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1762
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Mind it is, for it's the last thing of mine that I'll lose in this",1763
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"den of thieves. Well, well, Mr. Holmes, you'll excuse my troubling",1764
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"you about such a trifle--""",1765
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1766
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I think it's well worth troubling about.""",1767
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1768
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Why, you look very serious over it.""",1769
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1770
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""How do you explain it?""",1771
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1772
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I just don't attempt to explain it. It seems the very maddest,",1773
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"queerest thing that ever happened to me.""",1774
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1775
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""The queerest perhaps--"" said Holmes, thoughtfully.",1776
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1777
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""What do you make of it yourself?""",1778
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1779
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Well, I don't profess to understand it yet. This case of yours is",1780
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"very complex, Sir Henry. When taken in conjunction with your uncle's",1781
The Hound of the Baskervilles,death I am not sure that of all the five hundred cases of capital,1782
The Hound of the Baskervilles,importance which I have handled there is one which cuts so deep. But,1783
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"we hold several threads in our hands, and the odds are that one or",1784
The Hound of the Baskervilles,other of them guides us to the truth. We may waste time in following,1785
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the wrong one, but sooner or later we must come upon the right.""",1786
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1787
The Hound of the Baskervilles,We had a pleasant luncheon in which little was said of the business,1788
The Hound of the Baskervilles,which had brought us together. It was in the private sitting-room to,1789
The Hound of the Baskervilles,which we afterwards repaired that Holmes asked Baskerville what were,1790
The Hound of the Baskervilles,his intentions.,1791
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1792
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""To go to Baskerville Hall.""",1793
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1794
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""And when?""",1795
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1796
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""At the end of the week.""",1797
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1798
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""On the whole,"" said Holmes, ""I think that your decision is a wise",1799
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"one. I have ample evidence that you are being dogged in London, and",1800
The Hound of the Baskervilles,amid the millions of this great city it is difficult to discover who,1801
The Hound of the Baskervilles,these people are or what their object can be. If their intentions are,1802
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"evil they might do you a mischief, and we should be powerless to",1803
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"prevent it. You did not know, Dr. Mortimer, that you were followed",1804
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"this morning from my house?""",1805
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1806
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Dr. Mortimer started violently.,1807
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1808
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Followed! By whom?""",1809
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1810
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""That, unfortunately, is what I cannot tell you. Have you among your",1811
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"neighbours or acquaintances on Dartmoor any man with a black, full",1812
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"beard?""",1813
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1814
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""No--or, let me see--why, yes. Barrymore, Sir Charles's butler, is a",1815
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"man with a full, black beard.""",1816
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1817
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Ha! Where is Barrymore?""",1818
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1819
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""He is in charge of the Hall.""",1820
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1821
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""We had best ascertain if he is really there, or if by any",1822
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"possibility he might be in London.""",1823
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1824
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""How can you do that?""",1825
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1826
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Give me a telegraph form. 'Is all ready for Sir Henry?' That will",1827
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"do. Address to Mr. Barrymore, Baskerville Hall. What is the nearest",1828
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"telegraph-office? Grimpen. Very good, we will send a second wire to",1829
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the postmaster, Grimpen: 'Telegram to Mr. Barrymore to be delivered",1830
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"into his own hand. If absent, please return wire to Sir Henry",1831
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Baskerville, Northumberland Hotel.' That should let us know before",1832
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"evening whether Barrymore is at his post in Devonshire or not.""",1833
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1834
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""That's so,"" said Baskerville. ""By the way, Dr. Mortimer, who is this",1835
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Barrymore, anyhow?""",1836
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1837
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""He is the son of the old caretaker, who is dead. They have looked",1838
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"after the Hall for four generations now. So far as I know, he and his",1839
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"wife are as respectable a couple as any in the county.""",1840
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1841
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""At the same time,"" said Baskerville, ""it's clear enough that so long",1842
The Hound of the Baskervilles,as there are none of the family at the Hall these people have a,1843
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"mighty fine home and nothing to do.""",1844
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1845
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""That is true.""",1846
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1847
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Did Barrymore profit at all by Sir Charles's will?"" asked Holmes.",1848
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1849
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""He and his wife had five hundred pounds each.""",1850
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1851
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Ha! Did they know that they would receive this?""",1852
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1853
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Yes; Sir Charles was very fond of talking about the provisions of",1854
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"his will.""",1855
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1856
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""That is very interesting.""",1857
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1858
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I hope,"" said Dr. Mortimer, ""that you do not look with suspicious",1859
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"eyes upon everyone who received a legacy from Sir Charles, for I also",1860
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"had a thousand pounds left to me.""",1861
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1862
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Indeed! And anyone else?""",1863
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1864
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""There were many insignificant sums to individuals, and a large",1865
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"number of public charities. The residue all went to Sir Henry.""",1866
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1867
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""And how much was the residue?""",1868
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1869
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Seven hundred and forty thousand pounds.""",1870
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1871
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Holmes raised his eyebrows in surprise. ""I had no idea that so",1872
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"gigantic a sum was involved,"" said he.",1873
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1874
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Sir Charles had the reputation of being rich, but we did not know",1875
The Hound of the Baskervilles,how very rich he was until we came to examine his securities. The,1876
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"total value of the estate was close on to a million.""",1877
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1878
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Dear me! It is a stake for which a man might well play a desperate",1879
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"game. And one more question, Dr. Mortimer. Supposing that anything",1880
The Hound of the Baskervilles,happened to our young friend here--you will forgive the unpleasant,1881
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"hypothesis!--who would inherit the estate?""",1882
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1883
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Since Rodger Baskerville, Sir Charles's younger brother died",1884
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"unmarried, the estate would descend to the Desmonds, who are distant",1885
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"cousins. James Desmond is an elderly clergyman in Westmoreland.""",1886
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1887
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Thank you. These details are all of great interest. Have you met Mr.",1888
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"James Desmond?""",1889
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1890
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Yes; he once came down to visit Sir Charles. He is a man of",1891
The Hound of the Baskervilles,venerable appearance and of saintly life. I remember that he refused,1892
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"to accept any settlement from Sir Charles, though he pressed it upon",1893
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"him.""",1894
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1895
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""And this man of simple tastes would be the heir to Sir Charles's",1896
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"thousands.""",1897
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1898
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""He would be the heir to the estate because that is entailed. He",1899
The Hound of the Baskervilles,would also be the heir to the money unless it were willed otherwise,1900
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"by the present owner, who can, of course, do what he likes with it.""",1901
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1902
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""And have you made your will, Sir Henry?""",1903
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1904
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""No, Mr. Holmes, I have not. I've had no time, for it was only",1905
The Hound of the Baskervilles,yesterday that I learned how matters stood. But in any case I feel,1906
The Hound of the Baskervilles,that the money should go with the title and estate. That was my poor,1907
The Hound of the Baskervilles,uncle's idea. How is the owner going to restore the glories of the,1908
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Baskervilles if he has not money enough to keep up the property?,1909
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"House, land, and dollars must go together.""",1910
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1911
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Quite so. Well, Sir Henry, I am of one mind with you as to the",1912
The Hound of the Baskervilles,advisability of your going down to Devonshire without delay. There is,1913
The Hound of the Baskervilles,only one provision which I must make. You certainly must not go,1914
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"alone.""",1915
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1916
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Dr. Mortimer returns with me.""",1917
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1918
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""But Dr. Mortimer has his practice to attend to, and his house is",1919
The Hound of the Baskervilles,miles away from yours. With all the good will in the world he may be,1920
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"unable to help you. No, Sir Henry, you must take with you someone, a",1921
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"trusty man, who will be always by your side.""",1922
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1923
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Is it possible that you could come yourself, Mr. Holmes?""",1924
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1925
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""If matters came to a crisis I should endeavour to be present in",1926
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"person; but you can understand that, with my extensive consulting",1927
The Hound of the Baskervilles,practice and with the constant appeals which reach me from many,1928
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"quarters, it is impossible for me to be absent from London for an",1929
The Hound of the Baskervilles,indefinite time. At the present instant one of the most revered names,1930
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"in England is being besmirched by a blackmailer, and only I can stop",1931
The Hound of the Baskervilles,a disastrous scandal. You will see how impossible it is for me to go,1932
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"to Dartmoor.""",1933
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1934
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Whom would you recommend, then?""",1935
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1936
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Holmes laid his hand upon my arm.,1937
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1938
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""If my friend would undertake it there is no man who is better worth",1939
The Hound of the Baskervilles,having at your side when you are in a tight place. No one can say so,1940
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"more confidently than I.""",1941
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1942
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"The proposition took me completely by surprise, but before I had time",1943
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"to answer, Baskerville seized me by the hand and wrung it heartily.",1944
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1945
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Well, now, that is real kind of you, Dr. Watson,"" said he. ""You see",1946
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"how it is with me, and you know just as much about the matter as I",1947
The Hound of the Baskervilles,do. If you will come down to Baskerville Hall and see me through I'll,1948
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"never forget it.""",1949
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1950
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"The promise of adventure had always a fascination for me, and I was",1951
The Hound of the Baskervilles,complimented by the words of Holmes and by the eagerness with which,1952
The Hound of the Baskervilles,the baronet hailed me as a companion.,1953
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1954
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I will come, with pleasure,"" said I. ""I do not know how I could",1955
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"employ my time better.""",1956
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1957
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""And you will report very carefully to me,"" said Holmes. ""When a",1958
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"crisis comes, as it will do, I will direct how you shall act. I",1959
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"suppose that by Saturday all might be ready?""",1960
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1961
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Would that suit Dr. Watson?""",1962
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1963
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Perfectly.""",1964
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1965
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Then on Saturday, unless you hear to the contrary, we shall meet at",1966
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the 10.30 train from Paddington.""",1967
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1968
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"We had risen to depart when Baskerville gave a cry, of triumph, and",1969
The Hound of the Baskervilles,diving into one of the corners of the room he drew a brown boot from,1970
The Hound of the Baskervilles,under a cabinet.,1971
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1972
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""My missing boot!"" he cried.",1973
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1974
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""May all our difficulties vanish as easily!"" said Sherlock Holmes.",1975
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1976
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""But it is a very singular thing,"" Dr. Mortimer remarked. ""I searched",1977
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"this room carefully before lunch.""",1978
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1979
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""And so did I,"" said Baskerville. ""Every inch of it.""",1980
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1981
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""There was certainly no boot in it then.""",1982
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1983
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""In that case the waiter must have placed it there while we were",1984
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"lunching.""",1985
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,1986
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"The German was sent for but professed to know nothing of the matter,",1987
The Hound of the Baskervilles,nor could any inquiry clear it up. Another item had been added to,1988
The Hound of the Baskervilles,that constant and apparently purposeless series of small mysteries,1989
The Hound of the Baskervilles,which had succeeded each other so rapidly. Setting aside the whole,1990
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"grim story of Sir Charles's death, we had a line of inexplicable",1991
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"incidents all within the limits of two days, which included the",1992
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"receipt of the printed letter, the black-bearded spy in the hansom,",1993
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the loss of the new brown boot, the loss of the old black boot, and",1994
The Hound of the Baskervilles,now the return of the new brown boot. Holmes sat in silence in the,1995
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"cab as we drove back to Baker Street, and I knew from his drawn brows",1996
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"and keen face that his mind, like my own, was busy in endeavouring to",1997
The Hound of the Baskervilles,frame some scheme into which all these strange and apparently,1998
The Hound of the Baskervilles,disconnected episodes could be fitted. All afternoon and late into,1999
The Hound of the Baskervilles,the evening he sat lost in tobacco and thought.,2000
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2001
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Just before dinner two telegrams were handed in. The first ran:,2002
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2003
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Have just heard that Barrymore is at the Hall.,2004
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Baskerville.,2005
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2006
The Hound of the Baskervilles,The second:,2007
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2008
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Visited twenty-three hotels as directed, but sorry to report unable",2009
The Hound of the Baskervilles,to trace cut sheet of Times.,2010
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Cartwright.,2011
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2012
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""There go two of my threads, Watson. There is nothing more",2013
The Hound of the Baskervilles,stimulating than a case where everything goes against you. We must,2014
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"cast round for another scent.""",2015
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2016
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""We have still the cabman who drove the spy.""",2017
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2018
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Exactly. I have wired to get his name and address from the Official",2019
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Registry. I should not be surprised if this were an answer to my,2020
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"question.""",2021
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2022
The Hound of the Baskervilles,The ring at the bell proved to be something even more satisfactory,2023
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"than an answer, however, for the door opened and a rough-looking",2024
The Hound of the Baskervilles,fellow entered who was evidently the man himself.,2025
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2026
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I got a message from the head office that a gent at this address had",2027
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"been inquiring for 2704,"" said he. ""I've driven my cab this seven",2028
The Hound of the Baskervilles,years and never a word of complaint. I came here straight from the,2029
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Yard to ask you to your face what you had against me.""",2030
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2031
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I have nothing in the world against you, my good man,"" said Holmes.",2032
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""On the contrary, I have half a sovereign for you if you will give me",2033
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"a clear answer to my questions.""",2034
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2035
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Well, I've had a good day and no mistake,"" said the cabman, with a",2036
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"grin. ""What was it you wanted to ask, sir?""",2037
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2038
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""First of all your name and address, in case I want you again.""",2039
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2040
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""John Clayton, 3 Turpey Street, the Borough. My cab is out of",2041
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Shipley's Yard, near Waterloo Station.""",2042
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2043
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Sherlock Holmes made a note of it.,2044
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2045
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Now, Clayton, tell me all about the fare who came and watched this",2046
The Hound of the Baskervilles,house at ten o'clock this morning and afterwards followed the two,2047
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"gentlemen down Regent Street.""",2048
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2049
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"The man looked surprised and a little embarrassed. ""Why, there's no",2050
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"good my telling you things, for you seem to know as much as I do",2051
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"already,"" said he. ""The truth is that the gentleman told me that he",2052
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"was a detective and that I was to say nothing about him to anyone.""",2053
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2054
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""My good fellow, this is a very serious business, and you may find",2055
The Hound of the Baskervilles,yourself in a pretty bad position if you try to hide anything from,2056
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"me. You say that your fare told you that he was a detective?""",2057
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2058
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Yes, he did.""",2059
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2060
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""When did he say this?""",2061
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2062
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""When he left me.""",2063
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2064
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Did he say anything more?""",2065
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2066
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""He mentioned his name.""",2067
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2068
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Holmes cast a swift glance of triumph at me. ""Oh, he mentioned his",2069
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"name, did he? That was imprudent. What was the name that he",2070
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"mentioned?""",2071
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2072
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""His name,"" said the cabman, ""was Mr. Sherlock Holmes.""",2073
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2074
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Never have I seen my friend more completely taken aback than by the,2075
The Hound of the Baskervilles,cabman's reply. For an instant he sat in silent amazement. Then he,2076
The Hound of the Baskervilles,burst into a hearty laugh.,2077
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2078
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""A touch, Watson--an undeniable touch!"" said he. ""I feel a foil as",2079
The Hound of the Baskervilles,quick and supple as my own. He got home upon me very prettily that,2080
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"time. So his name was Sherlock Holmes, was it?""",2081
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2082
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Yes, sir, that was the gentleman's name.""",2083
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2084
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Excellent! Tell me where you picked him up and all that occurred.""",2085
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2086
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""He hailed me at half-past nine in Trafalgar Square. He said that he",2087
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"was a detective, and he offered me two guineas if I would do exactly",2088
The Hound of the Baskervilles,what he wanted all day and ask no questions. I was glad enough to,2089
The Hound of the Baskervilles,agree. First we drove down to the Northumberland Hotel and waited,2090
The Hound of the Baskervilles,there until two gentlemen came out and took a cab from the rank. We,2091
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"followed their cab until it pulled up somewhere near here.""",2092
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2093
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""This very door,"" said Holmes.",2094
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2095
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Well, I couldn't be sure of that, but I dare say my fare knew all",2096
The Hound of the Baskervilles,about it. We pulled up half-way down the street and waited an hour,2097
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"and a half. Then the two gentlemen passed us, walking, and we",2098
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"followed down Baker Street and along--""",2099
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2100
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I know,"" said Holmes.",2101
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2102
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Until we got three-quarters down Regent Street. Then my gentleman",2103
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"threw up the trap, and he cried that I should drive right away to",2104
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Waterloo Station as hard as I could go. I whipped up the mare and we,2105
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"were there under the ten minutes. Then he paid up his two guineas,",2106
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"like a good one, and away he went into the station. Only just as he",2107
The Hound of the Baskervilles,was leaving he turned round and he said: 'It might interest you to,2108
The Hound of the Baskervilles,know that you have been driving Mr. Sherlock Holmes.' That's how I,2109
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"come to know the name.""",2110
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2111
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I see. And you saw no more of him?""",2112
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2113
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Not after he went into the station.""",2114
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2115
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""And how would you describe Mr. Sherlock Holmes?""",2116
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2117
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"The cabman scratched his head. ""Well, he wasn't altogether such an",2118
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"easy gentleman to describe. I'd put him at forty years of age, and he",2119
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"was of a middle height, two or three inches shorter than you, sir. He",2120
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"was dressed like a toff, and he had a black beard, cut square at the",2121
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"end, and a pale face. I don't know as I could say more than that.""",2122
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2123
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Colour of his eyes?""",2124
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2125
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""No, I can't say that.""",2126
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2127
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Nothing more that you can remember?""",2128
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2129
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""No, sir; nothing.""",2130
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2131
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Well, then, here is your half-sovereign. There's another one waiting",2132
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"for you if you can bring any more information. Good night!""",2133
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2134
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Good night, sir, and thank you!""",2135
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2136
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"John Clayton departed chuckling, and Holmes turned to me with a shrug",2137
The Hound of the Baskervilles,of his shoulders and a rueful smile.,2138
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2139
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Snap goes our third thread, and we end where we began,"" said he.",2140
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""The cunning rascal! He knew our number, knew that Sir Henry",2141
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Baskerville had consulted me, spotted who I was in Regent Street,",2142
The Hound of the Baskervilles,conjectured that I had got the number of the cab and would lay my,2143
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"hands on the driver, and so sent back this audacious message. I tell",2144
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"you, Watson, this time we have got a foeman who is worthy of our",2145
The Hound of the Baskervilles,steel. I've been checkmated in London. I can only wish you better,2146
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"luck in Devonshire. But I'm not easy in my mind about it.""",2147
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2148
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""About what?""",2149
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2150
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""About sending you. It's an ugly business, Watson, an ugly dangerous",2151
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"business, and the more I see of it the less I like it. Yes, my dear",2152
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"fellow, you may laugh, but I give you my word that I shall be very",2153
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"glad to have you back safe and sound in Baker Street once more.""",2154
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2155
The Hound of the Baskervilles,CHAPTER VI,2156
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Baskerville Hall,2157
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2158
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Sir Henry Baskerville and Dr. Mortimer were ready upon the appointed,2159
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"day, and we started as arranged for Devonshire. Mr. Sherlock Holmes",2160
The Hound of the Baskervilles,drove with me to the station and gave me his last parting injunctions,2161
The Hound of the Baskervilles,and advice.,2162
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2163
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I will not bias your mind by suggesting theories or suspicions,",2164
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Watson,"" said he; ""I wish you simply to report facts in the fullest",2165
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"possible manner to me, and you can leave me to do the theorizing.""",2166
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2167
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""What sort of facts?"" I asked.",2168
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2169
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Anything which may seem to have a bearing however indirect upon the",2170
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"case, and especially the relations between young Baskerville and his",2171
The Hound of the Baskervilles,neighbours or any fresh particulars concerning the death of Sir,2172
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Charles. I have made some inquiries myself in the last few days, but",2173
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the results have, I fear, been negative. One thing only appears to be",2174
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"certain, and that is that Mr. James Desmond, who is the next heir, is",2175
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"an elderly gentleman of a very amiable disposition, so that this",2176
The Hound of the Baskervilles,persecution does not arise from him. I really think that we may,2177
The Hound of the Baskervilles,eliminate him entirely from our calculations. There remain the people,2178
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"who will actually surround Sir Henry Baskerville upon the moor.""",2179
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2180
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Would it not be well in the first place to get rid of this Barrymore",2181
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"couple?""",2182
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2183
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""By no means. You could not make a greater mistake. If they are",2184
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"innocent it would be a cruel injustice, and if they are guilty we",2185
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"should be giving up all chance of bringing it home to them. No, no,",2186
The Hound of the Baskervilles,we will preserve them upon our list of suspects. Then there is a,2187
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"groom at the Hall, if I remember right. There are two moorland",2188
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"farmers. There is our friend Dr. Mortimer, whom I believe to be",2189
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"entirely honest, and there is his wife, of whom we know nothing.",2190
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"There is this naturalist, Stapleton, and there is his sister, who is",2191
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"said to be a young lady of attractions. There is Mr. Frankland, of",2192
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Lafter Hall, who is also an unknown factor, and there are one or two",2193
The Hound of the Baskervilles,other neighbours. These are the folk who must be your very special,2194
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"study.""",2195
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2196
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I will do my best.""",2197
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2198
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""You have arms, I suppose?""",2199
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2200
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Yes, I thought it as well to take them.""",2201
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2202
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Most certainly. Keep your revolver near you night and day, and never",2203
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"relax your precautions.""",2204
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2205
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Our friends had already secured a first-class carriage and were,2206
The Hound of the Baskervilles,waiting for us upon the platform.,2207
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2208
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""No, we have no news of any kind,"" said Dr. Mortimer in answer to my",2209
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"friend's questions. ""I can swear to one thing, and that is that we",2210
The Hound of the Baskervilles,have not been shadowed during the last two days. We have never gone,2211
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"out without keeping a sharp watch, and no one could have escaped our",2212
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"notice.""",2213
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2214
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""You have always kept together, I presume?""",2215
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2216
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Except yesterday afternoon. I usually give up one day to pure",2217
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"amusement when I come to town, so I spent it at the Museum of the",2218
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"College of Surgeons.""",2219
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2220
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""And I went to look at the folk in the park,"" said Baskerville. ""But",2221
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"we had no trouble of any kind.""",2222
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2223
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""It was imprudent, all the same,"" said Holmes, shaking his head and",2224
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"looking very grave. ""I beg, Sir Henry, that you will not go about",2225
The Hound of the Baskervilles,alone. Some great misfortune will befall you if you do. Did you get,2226
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"your other boot?""",2227
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2228
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""No, sir, it is gone forever.""",2229
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2230
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Indeed. That is very interesting. Well, good-bye,"" he added as the",2231
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"train began to glide down the platform. ""Bear in mind, Sir Henry, one",2232
The Hound of the Baskervilles,of the phrases in that queer old legend which Dr. Mortimer has read,2233
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"to us, and avoid the moor in those hours of darkness when the powers",2234
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"of evil are exalted.""",2235
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2236
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"I looked back at the platform when we had left it far behind, and saw",2237
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the tall, austere figure of Holmes standing motionless and gazing",2238
The Hound of the Baskervilles,after us.,2239
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2240
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"The journey was a swift and pleasant one, and I spent it in making",2241
The Hound of the Baskervilles,the more intimate acquaintance of my two companions and in playing,2242
The Hound of the Baskervilles,with Dr. Mortimer's spaniel. In a very few hours the brown earth had,2243
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"become ruddy, the brick had changed to granite, and red cows grazed",2244
The Hound of the Baskervilles,in well-hedged fields where the lush grasses and more luxuriant,2245
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"vegetation spoke of a richer, if a damper, climate. Young Baskerville",2246
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"stared eagerly out of the window, and cried aloud with delight as he",2247
The Hound of the Baskervilles,recognized the familiar features of the Devon scenery.,2248
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2249
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I've been over a good part of the world since I left it, Dr.",2250
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Watson,"" said he; ""but I have never seen a place to compare with it.""",2251
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2252
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I never saw a Devonshire man who did not swear by his county,"" I",2253
The Hound of the Baskervilles,remarked.,2254
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2255
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""It depends upon the breed of men quite as much as on the county,""",2256
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"said Dr. Mortimer. ""A glance at our friend here reveals the rounded",2257
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"head of the Celt, which carries inside it the Celtic enthusiasm and",2258
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"power of attachment. Poor Sir Charles's head was of a very rare type,",2259
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"half Gaelic, half Ivernian in its characteristics. But you were very",2260
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"young when you last saw Baskerville Hall, were you not?""",2261
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2262
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I was a boy in my 'teens at the time of my father's death, and had",2263
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"never seen the Hall, for he lived in a little cottage on the South",2264
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Coast. Thence I went straight to a friend in America. I tell you it,2265
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"is all as new to me as it is to Dr. Watson, and I'm as keen as",2266
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"possible to see the moor.""",2267
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2268
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Are you? Then your wish is easily granted, for there is your first",2269
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"sight of the moor,"" said Dr. Mortimer, pointing out of the carriage",2270
The Hound of the Baskervilles,window.,2271
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2272
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Over the green squares of the fields and the low curve of a wood,2273
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"there rose in the distance a gray, melancholy hill, with a strange",2274
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"jagged summit, dim and vague in the distance, like some fantastic",2275
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"landscape in a dream. Baskerville sat for a long time, his eyes fixed",2276
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"upon it, and I read upon his eager face how much it meant to him,",2277
The Hound of the Baskervilles,this first sight of that strange spot where the men of his blood had,2278
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"held sway so long and left their mark so deep. There he sat, with his",2279
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"tweed suit and his American accent, in the corner of a prosaic",2280
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"railway-carriage, and yet as I looked at his dark and expressive face",2281
The Hound of the Baskervilles,I felt more than ever how true a descendant he was of that long line,2282
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"of high-blooded, fiery, and masterful men. There were pride, valour,",2283
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"and strength in his thick brows, his sensitive nostrils, and his",2284
The Hound of the Baskervilles,large hazel eyes. If on that forbidding moor a difficult and,2285
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"dangerous quest should lie before us, this was at least a comrade for",2286
The Hound of the Baskervilles,whom one might venture to take a risk with the certainty that he,2287
The Hound of the Baskervilles,would bravely share it.,2288
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2289
The Hound of the Baskervilles,The train pulled up at a small wayside station and we all descended.,2290
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Outside, beyond the low, white fence, a wagonette with a pair of cobs",2291
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"was waiting. Our coming was evidently a great event, for",2292
The Hound of the Baskervilles,station-master and porters clustered round us to carry out our,2293
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"luggage. It was a sweet, simple country spot, but I was surprised to",2294
The Hound of the Baskervilles,observe that by the gate there stood two soldierly men in dark,2295
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"uniforms, who leaned upon their short rifles and glanced keenly at us",2296
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"as we passed. The coachman, a hard-faced, gnarled little fellow,",2297
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"saluted Sir Henry Baskerville, and in a few minutes we were flying",2298
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"swiftly down the broad, white road. Rolling pasture lands curved",2299
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"upward on either side of us, and old gabled houses peeped out from",2300
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"amid the thick green foliage, but behind the peaceful and sunlit",2301
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"country-side there rose ever, dark against the evening sky, the long,",2302
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"gloomy curve of the moor, broken by the jagged and sinister hills.",2303
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2304
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"The wagonette swung round into a side road, and we curved upward",2305
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"through deep lanes worn by centuries of wheels, high banks on either",2306
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"side, heavy with dripping moss and fleshy hart's-tongue ferns.",2307
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Bronzing bracken and mottled bramble gleamed in the light of the,2308
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"sinking sun. Still steadily rising, we passed over a narrow granite",2309
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"bridge, and skirted a noisy stream which gushed swiftly down, foaming",2310
The Hound of the Baskervilles,and roaring amid the gray boulders. Both road and stream wound up,2311
The Hound of the Baskervilles,through a valley dense with scrub oak and fir. At every turn,2312
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Baskerville gave an exclamation of delight, looking eagerly about him",2313
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"and asking countless questions. To his eyes all seemed beautiful, but",2314
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"to me a tinge of melancholy lay upon the country-side, which bore so",2315
The Hound of the Baskervilles,clearly the mark of the waning year. Yellow leaves carpeted the lanes,2316
The Hound of the Baskervilles,and fluttered down upon us as we passed. The rattle of our wheels,2317
The Hound of the Baskervilles,died away as we drove through drifts of rotting vegetation--sad,2318
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"gifts, as it seemed to me, for Nature to throw before the carriage of",2319
The Hound of the Baskervilles,the returning heir of the Baskervilles.,2320
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2321
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Halloa!"" cried Dr. Mortimer, ""what is this?""",2322
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2323
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"A steep curve of heath-clad land, an outlying spur of the moor, lay",2324
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"in front of us. On the summit, hard and clear like an equestrian",2325
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"statue upon its pedestal, was a mounted soldier, dark and stern, his",2326
The Hound of the Baskervilles,rifle poised ready over his forearm. He was watching the road along,2327
The Hound of the Baskervilles,which we travelled.,2328
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2329
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""What is this, Perkins?"" asked Dr. Mortimer.",2330
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2331
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Our driver half turned in his seat.,2332
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2333
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""There's a convict escaped from Princetown, sir. He's been out three",2334
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"days now, and the warders watch every road and every station, but",2335
The Hound of the Baskervilles,they've had no sight of him yet. The farmers about here don't like,2336
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"it, sir, and that's a fact.""",2337
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2338
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Well, I understand that they get five pounds if they can give",2339
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"information.""",2340
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2341
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Yes, sir, but the chance of five pounds is but a poor thing compared",2342
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"to the chance of having your throat cut. You see, it isn't like any",2343
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"ordinary convict. This is a man that would stick at nothing.""",2344
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2345
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Who is he, then?""",2346
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2347
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""It is Selden, the Notting Hill murderer.""",2348
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2349
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"I remembered the case well, for it was one in which Holmes had taken",2350
The Hound of the Baskervilles,an interest on account of the peculiar ferocity of the crime and the,2351
The Hound of the Baskervilles,wanton brutality which had marked all the actions of the assassin.,2352
The Hound of the Baskervilles,The commutation of his death sentence had been due to some doubts as,2353
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"to his complete sanity, so atrocious was his conduct. Our wagonette",2354
The Hound of the Baskervilles,had topped a rise and in front of us rose the huge expanse of the,2355
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"moor, mottled with gnarled and craggy cairns and tors. A cold wind",2356
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"swept down from it and set us shivering. Somewhere there, on that",2357
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"desolate plain, was lurking this fiendish man, hiding in a burrow",2358
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"like a wild beast, his heart full of malignancy against the whole",2359
The Hound of the Baskervilles,race which had cast him out. It needed but this to complete the grim,2360
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"suggestiveness of the barren waste, the chilling wind, and the",2361
The Hound of the Baskervilles,darkling sky. Even Baskerville fell silent and pulled his overcoat,2362
The Hound of the Baskervilles,more closely around him.,2363
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2364
The Hound of the Baskervilles,We had left the fertile country behind and beneath us. We looked back,2365
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"on it now, the slanting rays of a low sun turning the streams to",2366
The Hound of the Baskervilles,threads of gold and glowing on the red earth new turned by the plough,2367
The Hound of the Baskervilles,and the broad tangle of the woodlands. The road in front of us grew,2368
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"bleaker and wilder over huge russet and olive slopes, sprinkled with",2369
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"giant boulders. Now and then we passed a moorland cottage, walled and",2370
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"roofed with stone, with no creeper to break its harsh outline.",2371
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Suddenly we looked down into a cup-like depression, patched with",2372
The Hound of the Baskervilles,stunted oaks and firs which had been twisted and bent by the fury of,2373
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"years of storm. Two high, narrow towers rose over the trees. The",2374
The Hound of the Baskervilles,driver pointed with his whip.,2375
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2376
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Baskerville Hall,"" said he.",2377
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2378
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Its master had risen and was staring with flushed cheeks and shining,2379
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"eyes. A few minutes later we had reached the lodge-gates, a maze of",2380
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"fantastic tracery in wrought iron, with weather-bitten pillars on",2381
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"either side, blotched with lichens, and surmounted by the boars'",2382
The Hound of the Baskervilles,heads of the Baskervilles. The lodge was a ruin of black granite and,2383
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"bared ribs of rafters, but facing it was a new building, half",2384
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"constructed, the first fruit of Sir Charles's South African gold.",2385
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2386
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Through the gateway we passed into the avenue, where the wheels were",2387
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"again hushed amid the leaves, and the old trees shot their branches",2388
The Hound of the Baskervilles,in a sombre tunnel over our heads. Baskerville shuddered as he looked,2389
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"up the long, dark drive to where the house glimmered like a ghost at",2390
The Hound of the Baskervilles,the farther end.,2391
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2392
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Was it here?"" he asked in a low voice.",2393
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2394
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""No, no, the Yew Alley is on the other side.""",2395
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2396
The Hound of the Baskervilles,The young heir glanced round with a gloomy face.,2397
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2398
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""It's no wonder my uncle felt as if trouble were coming on him in",2399
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"such a place as this,"" said he. ""It's enough to scare any man. I'll",2400
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"have a row of electric lamps up here inside of six months, and you",2401
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"won't know it again, with a thousand candle-power Swan and Edison",2402
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"right here in front of the hall door.""",2403
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2404
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"The avenue opened into a broad expanse of turf, and the house lay",2405
The Hound of the Baskervilles,before us. In the fading light I could see that the centre was a,2406
The Hound of the Baskervilles,heavy block of building from which a porch projected. The whole front,2407
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"was draped in ivy, with a patch clipped bare here and there where a",2408
The Hound of the Baskervilles,window or a coat-of-arms broke through the dark veil. From this,2409
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"central block rose the twin towers, ancient, crenelated, and pierced",2410
The Hound of the Baskervilles,with many loopholes. To right and left of the turrets were more,2411
The Hound of the Baskervilles,modern wings of black granite. A dull light shone through heavy,2412
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"mullioned windows, and from the high chimneys which rose from the",2413
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"steep, high-angled roof there sprang a single black column of smoke.",2414
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2415
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Welcome, Sir Henry! Welcome to Baskerville Hall!""",2416
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2417
The Hound of the Baskervilles,A tall man had stepped from the shadow of the porch to open the door,2418
The Hound of the Baskervilles,of the wagonette. The figure of a woman was silhouetted against the,2419
The Hound of the Baskervilles,yellow light of the hall. She came out and helped the man to hand,2420
The Hound of the Baskervilles,down our bags.,2421
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2422
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""You don't mind my driving straight home, Sir Henry?"" said Dr.",2423
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Mortimer. ""My wife is expecting me.""",2424
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2425
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Surely you will stay and have some dinner?""",2426
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2427
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""No, I must go. I shall probably find some work awaiting me. I would",2428
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"stay to show you over the house, but Barrymore will be a better guide",2429
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"than I. Good-bye, and never hesitate night or day to send for me if I",2430
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"can be of service.""",2431
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2432
The Hound of the Baskervilles,The wheels died away down the drive while Sir Henry and I turned into,2433
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the hall, and the door clanged heavily behind us. It was a fine",2434
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"apartment in which we found ourselves, large, lofty, and heavily",2435
The Hound of the Baskervilles,raftered with huge balks of age-blackened oak. In the great,2436
The Hound of the Baskervilles,old-fashioned fireplace behind the high iron dogs a log-fire crackled,2437
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"and snapped. Sir Henry and I held out our hands to it, for we were",2438
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"numb from our long drive. Then we gazed round us at the high, thin",2439
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"window of old stained glass, the oak panelling, the stags' heads, the",2440
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"coats-of-arms upon the walls, all dim and sombre in the subdued light",2441
The Hound of the Baskervilles,of the central lamp.,2442
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2443
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""It's just as I imagined it,"" said Sir Henry. ""Is it not the very",2444
The Hound of the Baskervilles,picture of an old family home? To think that this should be the same,2445
The Hound of the Baskervilles,hall in which for five hundred years my people have lived. It strikes,2446
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"me solemn to think of it.""",2447
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2448
The Hound of the Baskervilles,I saw his dark face lit up with a boyish enthusiasm as he gazed about,2449
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"him. The light beat upon him where he stood, but long shadows trailed",2450
The Hound of the Baskervilles,down the walls and hung like a black canopy above him. Barrymore had,2451
The Hound of the Baskervilles,returned from taking our luggage to our rooms. He stood in front of,2452
The Hound of the Baskervilles,us now with the subdued manner of a well-trained servant. He was a,2453
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"remarkable-looking man, tall, handsome, with a square black beard and",2454
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"pale, distinguished features.",2455
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2456
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Would you wish dinner to be served at once, sir?""",2457
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2458
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Is it ready?""",2459
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2460
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""In a very few minutes, sir. You will find hot water in your rooms.",2461
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"My wife and I will be happy, Sir Henry, to stay with you until you",2462
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"have made your fresh arrangements, but you will understand that under",2463
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the new conditions this house will require a considerable staff.""",2464
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2465
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""What new conditions?""",2466
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2467
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I only meant, sir, that Sir Charles led a very retired life, and we",2468
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"were able to look after his wants. You would, naturally, wish to have",2469
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"more company, and so you will need changes in your household.""",2470
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2471
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Do you mean that your wife and you wish to leave?""",2472
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2473
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Only when it is quite convenient to you, sir.""",2474
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2475
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""But your family have been with us for several generations, have they",2476
The Hound of the Baskervilles,not? I should be sorry to begin my life here by breaking an old,2477
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"family connection.""",2478
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2479
The Hound of the Baskervilles,I seemed to discern some signs of emotion upon the butler's white,2480
The Hound of the Baskervilles,face.,2481
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2482
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I feel that also, sir, and so does my wife. But to tell the truth,",2483
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"sir, we were both very much attached to Sir Charles, and his death",2484
The Hound of the Baskervilles,gave us a shock and made these surroundings very painful to us. I,2485
The Hound of the Baskervilles,fear that we shall never again be easy in our minds at Baskerville,2486
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Hall.""",2487
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2488
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""But what do you intend to do?""",2489
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2490
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I have no doubt, sir, that we shall succeed in establishing",2491
The Hound of the Baskervilles,ourselves in some business. Sir Charles's generosity has given us the,2492
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"means to do so. And now, sir, perhaps I had best show you to your",2493
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"rooms.""",2494
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2495
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"A square balustraded gallery ran round the top of the old hall,",2496
The Hound of the Baskervilles,approached by a double stair. From this central point two long,2497
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"corridors extended the whole length of the building, from which all",2498
The Hound of the Baskervilles,the bedrooms opened. My own was in the same wing as Baskerville's and,2499
The Hound of the Baskervilles,almost next door to it. These rooms appeared to be much more modern,2500
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"than the central part of the house, and the bright paper and numerous",2501
The Hound of the Baskervilles,candles did something to remove the sombre impression which our,2502
The Hound of the Baskervilles,arrival had left upon my mind.,2503
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2504
The Hound of the Baskervilles,But the dining-room which opened out of the hall was a place of,2505
The Hound of the Baskervilles,shadow and gloom. It was a long chamber with a step separating the,2506
The Hound of the Baskervilles,dais where the family sat from the lower portion reserved for their,2507
The Hound of the Baskervilles,dependents. At one end a minstrel's gallery overlooked it. Black,2508
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"beams shot across above our heads, with a smoke-darkened ceiling",2509
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"beyond them. With rows of flaring torches to light it up, and the",2510
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"colour and rude hilarity of an old-time banquet, it might have",2511
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"softened; but now, when two black-clothed gentlemen sat in the little",2512
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"circle of light thrown by a shaded lamp, one's voice became hushed",2513
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"and one's spirit subdued. A dim line of ancestors, in every variety",2514
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"of dress, from the Elizabethan knight to the buck of the Regency,",2515
The Hound of the Baskervilles,stared down upon us and daunted us by their silent company. We talked,2516
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"little, and I for one was glad when the meal was over and we were",2517
The Hound of the Baskervilles,able to retire into the modern billiard-room and smoke a cigarette.,2518
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2519
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""My word, it isn't a very cheerful place,"" said Sir Henry. ""I suppose",2520
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"one can tone down to it, but I feel a bit out of the picture at",2521
The Hound of the Baskervilles,present. I don't wonder that my uncle got a little jumpy if he lived,2522
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"all alone in such a house as this. However, if it suits you, we will",2523
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"retire early to-night, and perhaps things may seem more cheerful in",2524
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the morning.""",2525
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2526
The Hound of the Baskervilles,I drew aside my curtains before I went to bed and looked out from my,2527
The Hound of the Baskervilles,window. It opened upon the grassy space which lay in front of the,2528
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"hall door. Beyond, two copses of trees moaned and swung in a rising",2529
The Hound of the Baskervilles,wind. A half moon broke through the rifts of racing clouds. In its,2530
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"cold light I saw beyond the trees a broken fringe of rocks, and the",2531
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"long, low curve of the melancholy moor. I closed the curtain, feeling",2532
The Hound of the Baskervilles,that my last impression was in keeping with the rest.,2533
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2534
The Hound of the Baskervilles,And yet it was not quite the last. I found myself weary and yet,2535
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"wakeful, tossing restlessly from side to side, seeking for the sleep",2536
The Hound of the Baskervilles,which would not come. Far away a chiming clock struck out the,2537
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"quarters of the hours, but otherwise a deathly silence lay upon the",2538
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"old house. And then suddenly, in the very dead of the night, there",2539
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"came a sound to my ears, clear, resonant, and unmistakable. It was",2540
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the sob of a woman, the muffled, strangling gasp of one who is torn",2541
The Hound of the Baskervilles,by an uncontrollable sorrow. I sat up in bed and listened intently.,2542
The Hound of the Baskervilles,The noise could not have been far away and was certainly in the,2543
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"house. For half an hour I waited with every nerve on the alert, but",2544
The Hound of the Baskervilles,there came no other sound save the chiming clock and the rustle of,2545
The Hound of the Baskervilles,the ivy on the wall.,2546
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2547
The Hound of the Baskervilles,CHAPTER VII,2548
The Hound of the Baskervilles,The Stapletons of Merripit House,2549
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2550
The Hound of the Baskervilles,The fresh beauty of the following morning did something to efface,2551
The Hound of the Baskervilles,from our minds the grim and gray impression which had been left upon,2552
The Hound of the Baskervilles,both of us by our first experience of Baskerville Hall. As Sir Henry,2553
The Hound of the Baskervilles,and I sat at breakfast the sunlight flooded in through the high,2554
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"mullioned windows, throwing watery patches of colour from the coats",2555
The Hound of the Baskervilles,of arms which covered them. The dark panelling glowed like bronze in,2556
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the golden rays, and it was hard to realize that this was indeed the",2557
The Hound of the Baskervilles,chamber which had struck such a gloom into our souls upon the evening,2558
The Hound of the Baskervilles,before.,2559
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2560
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I guess it is ourselves and not the house that we have to blame!""",2561
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"said the baronet. ""We were tired with our journey and chilled by our",2562
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"drive, so we took a gray view of the place. Now we are fresh and",2563
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"well, so it is all cheerful once more.""",2564
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2565
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""And yet it was not entirely a question of imagination,"" I answered.",2566
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Did you, for example, happen to hear someone, a woman I think,",2567
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"sobbing in the night?""",2568
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2569
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""That is curious, for I did when I was half asleep fancy that I heard",2570
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"something of the sort. I waited quite a time, but there was no more",2571
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"of it, so I concluded that it was all a dream.""",2572
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2573
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I heard it distinctly, and I am sure that it was really the sob of a",2574
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"woman.""",2575
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2576
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""We must ask about this right away."" He rang the bell and asked",2577
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Barrymore whether he could account for our experience. It seemed to,2578
The Hound of the Baskervilles,me that the pallid features of the butler turned a shade paler still,2579
The Hound of the Baskervilles,as he listened to his master's question.,2580
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2581
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""There are only two women in the house, Sir Henry,"" he answered. ""One",2582
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"is the scullery-maid, who sleeps in the other wing. The other is my",2583
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"wife, and I can answer for it that the sound could not have come from",2584
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"her.""",2585
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2586
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"And yet he lied as he said it, for it chanced that after breakfast I",2587
The Hound of the Baskervilles,met Mrs. Barrymore in the long corridor with the sun full upon her,2588
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"face. She was a large, impassive, heavy-featured woman with a stern",2589
The Hound of the Baskervilles,set expression of mouth. But her tell-tale eyes were red and glanced,2590
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"at me from between swollen lids. It was she, then, who wept in the",2591
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"night, and if she did so her husband must know it. Yet he had taken",2592
The Hound of the Baskervilles,the obvious risk of discovery in declaring that it was not so. Why,2593
The Hound of the Baskervilles,had he done this? And why did she weep so bitterly? Already round,2594
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"this pale-faced, handsome, black-bearded man there was gathering an",2595
The Hound of the Baskervilles,atmosphere of mystery and of gloom. It was he who had been the first,2596
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"to discover the body of Sir Charles, and we had only his word for all",2597
The Hound of the Baskervilles,the circumstances which led up to the old man's death. Was it,2598
The Hound of the Baskervilles,possible that it was Barrymore after all whom we had seen in the cab,2599
The Hound of the Baskervilles,in Regent Street? The beard might well have been the same. The cabman,2600
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"had described a somewhat shorter man, but such an impression might",2601
The Hound of the Baskervilles,easily have been erroneous. How could I settle the point forever?,2602
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Obviously the first thing to do was to see the Grimpen postmaster,",2603
The Hound of the Baskervilles,and find whether the test telegram had really been placed in,2604
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Barrymore's own hands. Be the answer what it might, I should at least",2605
The Hound of the Baskervilles,have something to report to Sherlock Holmes.,2606
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2607
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Sir Henry had numerous papers to examine after breakfast, so that the",2608
The Hound of the Baskervilles,time was propitious for my excursion. It was a pleasant walk of four,2609
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"miles along the edge of the moor, leading me at last to a small gray",2610
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"hamlet, in which two larger buildings, which proved to be the inn and",2611
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the house of Dr. Mortimer, stood high above the rest. The postmaster,",2612
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"who was also the village grocer, had a clear recollection of the",2613
The Hound of the Baskervilles,telegram.,2614
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2615
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Certainly, sir,"" said he, ""I had the telegram delivered to Mr.",2616
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Barrymore exactly as directed.""",2617
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2618
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Who delivered it?""",2619
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2620
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""My boy here. James, you delivered that telegram to Mr. Barrymore at",2621
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the Hall last week, did you not?""",2622
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2623
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Yes, father, I delivered it.""",2624
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2625
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Into his own hands?"" I asked.",2626
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2627
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Well, he was up in the loft at the time, so that I could not put it",2628
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"into his own hands, but I gave it into Mrs. Barrymore's hands, and",2629
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"she promised to deliver it at once.""",2630
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2631
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Did you see Mr. Barrymore?""",2632
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2633
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""No, sir; I tell you he was in the loft.""",2634
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2635
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""If you didn't see him, how do you know he was in the loft?""",2636
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2637
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Well, surely his own wife ought to know where he is,"" said the",2638
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"postmaster testily. ""Didn't he get the telegram? If there is any",2639
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"mistake it is for Mr. Barrymore himself to complain.""",2640
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2641
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"It seemed hopeless to pursue the inquiry any farther, but it was",2642
The Hound of the Baskervilles,clear that in spite of Holmes's ruse we had no proof that Barrymore,2643
The Hound of the Baskervilles,had not been in London all the time. Suppose that it were so--suppose,2644
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"that the same man had been the last who had seen Sir Charles alive,",2645
The Hound of the Baskervilles,and the first to dog the new heir when he returned to England. What,2646
The Hound of the Baskervilles,then? Was he the agent of others or had he some sinister design of,2647
The Hound of the Baskervilles,his own? What interest could he have in persecuting the Baskerville,2648
The Hound of the Baskervilles,family? I thought of the strange warning clipped out of the leading,2649
The Hound of the Baskervilles,article of the Times. Was that his work or was it possibly the doing,2650
The Hound of the Baskervilles,of someone who was bent upon counteracting his schemes? The only,2651
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"conceivable motive was that which had been suggested by Sir Henry,",2652
The Hound of the Baskervilles,that if the family could be scared away a comfortable and permanent,2653
The Hound of the Baskervilles,home would be secured for the Barrymores. But surely such an,2654
The Hound of the Baskervilles,explanation as that would be quite inadequate to account for the deep,2655
The Hound of the Baskervilles,and subtle scheming which seemed to be weaving an invisible net round,2656
The Hound of the Baskervilles,the young baronet. Holmes himself had said that no more complex case,2657
The Hound of the Baskervilles,had come to him in all the long series of his sensational,2658
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"investigations. I prayed, as I walked back along the gray, lonely",2659
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"road, that my friend might soon be freed from his preoccupations and",2660
The Hound of the Baskervilles,able to come down to take this heavy burden of responsibility from my,2661
The Hound of the Baskervilles,shoulders.,2662
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2663
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Suddenly my thoughts were interrupted by the sound of running feet,2664
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"behind me and by a voice which called me by name. I turned, expecting",2665
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"to see Dr. Mortimer, but to my surprise it was a stranger who was",2666
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"pursuing me. He was a small, slim, clean-shaven, prim-faced man,",2667
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"flaxen-haired and lean-jawed, between thirty and forty years of age,",2668
The Hound of the Baskervilles,dressed in a gray suit and wearing a straw hat. A tin box for,2669
The Hound of the Baskervilles,botanical specimens hung over his shoulder and he carried a green,2670
The Hound of the Baskervilles,butterfly-net in one of his hands.,2671
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2672
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""You will, I am sure, excuse my presumption, Dr. Watson,"" said he, as",2673
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"he came panting up to where I stood. ""Here on the moor we are homely",2674
The Hound of the Baskervilles,folk and do not wait for formal introductions. You may possibly have,2675
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"heard my name from our mutual friend, Mortimer. I am Stapleton, of",2676
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Merripit House.""",2677
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2678
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Your net and box would have told me as much,"" said I, ""for I knew",2679
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"that Mr. Stapleton was a naturalist. But how did you know me?""",2680
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2681
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I have been calling on Mortimer, and he pointed you out to me from",2682
The Hound of the Baskervilles,the window of his surgery as you passed. As our road lay the same way,2683
The Hound of the Baskervilles,I thought that I would overtake you and introduce myself. I trust,2684
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"that Sir Henry is none the worse for his journey?""",2685
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2686
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""He is very well, thank you.""",2687
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2688
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""We were all rather afraid that after the sad death of Sir Charles",2689
The Hound of the Baskervilles,the new baronet might refuse to live here. It is asking much of a,2690
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"wealthy man to come down and bury himself in a place of this kind,",2691
The Hound of the Baskervilles,but I need not tell you that it means a very great deal to the,2692
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"country-side. Sir Henry has, I suppose, no superstitious fears in the",2693
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"matter?""",2694
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2695
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I do not think that it is likely.""",2696
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2697
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Of course you know the legend of the fiend dog which haunts the",2698
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"family?""",2699
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2700
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I have heard it.""",2701
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2702
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""It is extraordinary how credulous the peasants are about here! Any",2703
The Hound of the Baskervilles,number of them are ready to swear that they have seen such a creature,2704
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"upon the moor."" He spoke with a smile, but I seemed to read in his",2705
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"eyes that he took the matter more seriously. ""The story took a great",2706
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"hold upon the imagination of Sir Charles, and I have no doubt that it",2707
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"led to his tragic end.""",2708
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2709
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""But how?""",2710
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2711
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""His nerves were so worked up that the appearance of any dog might",2712
The Hound of the Baskervilles,have had a fatal effect upon his diseased heart. I fancy that he,2713
The Hound of the Baskervilles,really did see something of the kind upon that last night in the Yew,2714
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Alley. I feared that some disaster might occur, for I was very fond",2715
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"of the old man, and I knew that his heart was weak.""",2716
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2717
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""How did you know that?""",2718
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2719
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""My friend Mortimer told me.""",2720
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2721
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""You think, then, that some dog pursued Sir Charles, and that he died",2722
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"of fright in consequence?""",2723
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2724
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Have you any better explanation?""",2725
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2726
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I have not come to any conclusion.""",2727
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2728
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Has Mr. Sherlock Holmes?""",2729
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2730
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"The words took away my breath for an instant, but a glance at the",2731
The Hound of the Baskervilles,placid face and steadfast eyes of my companion showed that no,2732
The Hound of the Baskervilles,surprise was intended.,2733
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2734
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""It is useless for us to pretend that we do not know you, Dr.",2735
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Watson,"" said he. ""The records of your detective have reached us",2736
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"here, and you could not celebrate him without being known yourself.",2737
The Hound of the Baskervilles,When Mortimer told me your name he could not deny your identity. If,2738
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"you are here, then it follows that Mr. Sherlock Holmes is interesting",2739
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"himself in the matter, and I am naturally curious to know what view",2740
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"he may take.""",2741
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2742
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I am afraid that I cannot answer that question.""",2743
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2744
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""May I ask if he is going to honour us with a visit himself?""",2745
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2746
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""He cannot leave town at present. He has other cases which engage his",2747
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"attention.""",2748
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2749
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""What a pity! He might throw some light on that which is so dark to",2750
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"us. But as to your own researches, if there is any possible way in",2751
The Hound of the Baskervilles,which I can be of service to you I trust that you will command me. If,2752
The Hound of the Baskervilles,I had any indication of the nature of your suspicions or how you,2753
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"propose to investigate the case, I might perhaps even now give you",2754
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"some aid or advice.""",2755
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2756
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I assure you that I am simply here upon a visit to my friend, Sir",2757
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Henry, and that I need no help of any kind.""",2758
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2759
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Excellent!"" said Stapleton. ""You are perfectly right to be wary and",2760
The Hound of the Baskervilles,discreet. I am justly reproved for what I feel was an unjustifiable,2761
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"intrusion, and I promise you that I will not mention the matter",2762
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"again.""",2763
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2764
The Hound of the Baskervilles,We had come to a point where a narrow grassy path struck off from the,2765
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"road and wound away across the moor. A steep, boulder-sprinkled hill",2766
The Hound of the Baskervilles,lay upon the right which had in bygone days been cut into a granite,2767
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"quarry. The face which was turned towards us formed a dark cliff,",2768
The Hound of the Baskervilles,with ferns and brambles growing in its niches. From over a distant,2769
The Hound of the Baskervilles,rise there floated a gray plume of smoke.,2770
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2771
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""A moderate walk along this moor-path brings us to Merripit House,""",2772
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"said he. ""Perhaps you will spare an hour that I may have the pleasure",2773
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"of introducing you to my sister.""",2774
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2775
The Hound of the Baskervilles,My first thought was that I should be by Sir Henry's side. But then I,2776
The Hound of the Baskervilles,remembered the pile of papers and bills with which his study table,2777
The Hound of the Baskervilles,was littered. It was certain that I could not help with those. And,2778
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Holmes had expressly said that I should study the neighbours upon the,2779
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"moor. I accepted Stapleton's invitation, and we turned together down",2780
The Hound of the Baskervilles,the path.,2781
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2782
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""It is a wonderful place, the moor,"" said he, looking round over the",2783
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"undulating downs, long green rollers, with crests of jagged granite",2784
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"foaming up into fantastic surges. ""You never tire of the moor. You",2785
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"cannot think the wonderful secrets which it contains. It is so vast,",2786
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"and so barren, and so mysterious.""",2787
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2788
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""You know it well, then?""",2789
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2790
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I have only been here two years. The residents would call me a",2791
The Hound of the Baskervilles,newcomer. We came shortly after Sir Charles settled. But my tastes,2792
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"led me to explore every part of the country round, and I should think",2793
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"that there are few men who know it better than I do.""",2794
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2795
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Is it hard to know?""",2796
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2797
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Very hard. You see, for example, this great plain to the north here",2798
The Hound of the Baskervilles,with the queer hills breaking out of it. Do you observe anything,2799
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"remarkable about that?""",2800
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2801
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""It would be a rare place for a gallop.""",2802
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2803
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""You would naturally think so and the thought has cost several their",2804
The Hound of the Baskervilles,lives before now. You notice those bright green spots scattered,2805
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"thickly over it?""",2806
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2807
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Yes, they seem more fertile than the rest.""",2808
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2809
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Stapleton laughed.,2810
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2811
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""That is the great Grimpen Mire,"" said he. ""A false step yonder means",2812
The Hound of the Baskervilles,death to man or beast. Only yesterday I saw one of the moor ponies,2813
The Hound of the Baskervilles,wander into it. He never came out. I saw his head for quite a long,2814
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"time craning out of the bog-hole, but it sucked him down at last.",2815
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Even in dry seasons it is a danger to cross it, but after these",2816
The Hound of the Baskervilles,autumn rains it is an awful place. And yet I can find my way to the,2817
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"very heart of it and return alive. By George, there is another of",2818
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"those miserable ponies!""",2819
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2820
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Something brown was rolling and tossing among the green sedges. Then,2821
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"a long, agonized, writhing neck shot upward and a dreadful cry echoed",2822
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"over the moor. It turned me cold with horror, but my companion's",2823
The Hound of the Baskervilles,nerves seemed to be stronger than mine.,2824
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2825
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""It's gone!"" said he. ""The mire has him. Two in two days, and many",2826
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"more, perhaps, for they get in the way of going there in the dry",2827
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"weather, and never know the difference until the mire has them in its",2828
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"clutches. It's a bad place, the great Grimpen Mire.""",2829
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2830
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""And you say you can penetrate it?""",2831
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2832
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Yes, there are one or two paths which a very active man can take. I",2833
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"have found them out.""",2834
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2835
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""But why should you wish to go into so horrible a place?""",2836
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2837
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Well, you see the hills beyond? They are really islands cut off on",2838
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"all sides by the impassable mire, which has crawled round them in the",2839
The Hound of the Baskervilles,course of years. That is where the rare plants and the butterflies,2840
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"are, if you have the wit to reach them.""",2841
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2842
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I shall try my luck some day.""",2843
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2844
The Hound of the Baskervilles,He looked at me with a surprised face.,2845
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2846
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""For God's sake put such an idea out of your mind,"" said he. ""Your",2847
The Hound of the Baskervilles,blood would be upon my head. I assure you that there would not be the,2848
The Hound of the Baskervilles,least chance of your coming back alive. It is only by remembering,2849
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"certain complex landmarks that I am able to do it.""",2850
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2851
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Halloa!"" I cried. ""What is that?""",2852
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2853
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"A long, low moan, indescribably sad, swept over the moor. It filled",2854
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the whole air, and yet it was impossible to say whence it came. From",2855
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"a dull murmur it swelled into a deep roar, and then sank back into a",2856
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"melancholy, throbbing murmur once again. Stapleton looked at me with",2857
The Hound of the Baskervilles,a curious expression in his face.,2858
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2859
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Queer place, the moor!"" said he.",2860
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2861
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""But what is it?""",2862
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2863
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""The peasants say it is the Hound of the Baskervilles calling for its",2864
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"prey. I've heard it once or twice before, but never quite so loud.""",2865
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2866
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"I looked round, with a chill of fear in my heart, at the huge",2867
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"swelling plain, mottled with the green patches of rushes. Nothing",2868
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"stirred over the vast expanse save a pair of ravens, which croaked",2869
The Hound of the Baskervilles,loudly from a tor behind us.,2870
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2871
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""You are an educated man. You don't believe such nonsense as that?""",2872
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"said I. ""What do you think is the cause of so strange a sound?""",2873
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2874
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Bogs make queer noises sometimes. It's the mud settling, or the",2875
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"water rising, or something.""",2876
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2877
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""No, no, that was a living voice.""",2878
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2879
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Well, perhaps it was. Did you ever hear a bittern booming?""",2880
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2881
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""No, I never did.""",2882
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2883
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""It's a very rare bird--practically extinct--in England now, but all",2884
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"things are possible upon the moor. Yes, I should not be surprised to",2885
The Hound of the Baskervilles,learn that what we have heard is the cry of the last of the,2886
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"bitterns.""",2887
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2888
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""It's the weirdest, strangest thing that ever I heard in my life.""",2889
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2890
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Yes, it's rather an uncanny place altogether. Look at the hill-side",2891
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"yonder. What do you make of those?""",2892
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2893
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"The whole steep slope was covered with gray circular rings of stone,",2894
The Hound of the Baskervilles,a score of them at least.,2895
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2896
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""What are they? Sheep-pens?""",2897
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2898
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""No, they are the homes of our worthy ancestors. Prehistoric man",2899
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"lived thickly on the moor, and as no one in particular has lived",2900
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"there since, we find all his little arrangements exactly as he left",2901
The Hound of the Baskervilles,them. These are his wigwams with the roofs off. You can even see his,2902
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"hearth and his couch if you have the curiosity to go inside.""",2903
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2904
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""But it is quite a town. When was it inhabited?""",2905
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2906
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Neolithic man--no date.""",2907
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2908
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""What did he do?""",2909
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2910
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""He grazed his cattle on these slopes, and he learned to dig for tin",2911
The Hound of the Baskervilles,when the bronze sword began to supersede the stone axe. Look at the,2912
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"great trench in the opposite hill. That is his mark. Yes, you will",2913
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"find some very singular points about the moor, Dr. Watson. Oh, excuse",2914
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"me an instant! It is surely Cyclopides.""",2915
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2916
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"A small fly or moth had fluttered across our path, and in an instant",2917
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Stapleton was rushing with extraordinary energy and speed in pursuit,2918
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"of it. To my dismay the creature flew straight for the great mire,",2919
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"and my acquaintance never paused for an instant, bounding from tuft",2920
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"to tuft behind it, his green net waving in the air. His gray clothes",2921
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"and jerky, zigzag, irregular progress made him not unlike some huge",2922
The Hound of the Baskervilles,moth himself. I was standing watching his pursuit with a mixture of,2923
The Hound of the Baskervilles,admiration for his extraordinary activity and fear lest he should,2924
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"lose his footing in the treacherous mire, when I heard the sound of",2925
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"steps, and turning round found a woman near me upon the path. She had",2926
The Hound of the Baskervilles,come from the direction in which the plume of smoke indicated the,2927
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"position of Merripit House, but the dip of the moor had hid her until",2928
The Hound of the Baskervilles,she was quite close.,2929
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2930
The Hound of the Baskervilles,I could not doubt that this was the Miss Stapleton of whom I had been,2931
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"told, since ladies of any sort must be few upon the moor, and I",2932
The Hound of the Baskervilles,remembered that I had heard someone describe her as being a beauty.,2933
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"The woman who approached me was certainly that, and of a most",2934
The Hound of the Baskervilles,uncommon type. There could not have been a greater contrast between,2935
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"brother and sister, for Stapleton was neutral tinted, with light hair",2936
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"and gray eyes, while she was darker than any brunette whom I have",2937
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"seen in England--slim, elegant, and tall. She had a proud, finely cut",2938
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"face, so regular that it might have seemed impassive were it not for",2939
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the sensitive mouth and the beautiful dark, eager eyes. With her",2940
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"perfect figure and elegant dress she was, indeed, a strange",2941
The Hound of the Baskervilles,apparition upon a lonely moorland path. Her eyes were on her brother,2942
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"as I turned, and then she quickened her pace towards me. I had raised",2943
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"my hat and was about to make some explanatory remark, when her own",2944
The Hound of the Baskervilles,words turned all my thoughts into a new channel.,2945
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2946
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Go back!"" she said. ""Go straight back to London, instantly.""",2947
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2948
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"I could only stare at her in stupid surprise. Her eyes blazed at me,",2949
The Hound of the Baskervilles,and she tapped the ground impatiently with her foot.,2950
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2951
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Why should I go back?"" I asked.",2952
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2953
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I cannot explain."" She spoke in a low, eager voice, with a curious",2954
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"lisp in her utterance. ""But for God's sake do what I ask you. Go back",2955
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"and never set foot upon the moor again.""",2956
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2957
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""But I have only just come.""",2958
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2959
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Man, man!"" she cried. ""Can you not tell when a warning is for your",2960
The Hound of the Baskervilles,own good? Go back to London! Start to-night! Get away from this place,2961
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"at all costs! Hush, my brother is coming! Not a word of what I have",2962
The Hound of the Baskervilles,said. Would you mind getting that orchid for me among the mares-tails,2963
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"yonder? We are very rich in orchids on the moor, though, of course,",2964
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"you are rather late to see the beauties of the place.""",2965
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2966
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Stapleton had abandoned the chase and came back to us breathing hard,2967
The Hound of the Baskervilles,and flushed with his exertions.,2968
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2969
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Halloa, Beryl!"" said he, and it seemed to me that the tone of his",2970
The Hound of the Baskervilles,greeting was not altogether a cordial one.,2971
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2972
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Well, Jack, you are very hot.""",2973
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2974
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Yes, I was chasing a Cyclopides. He is very rare and seldom found in",2975
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the late autumn. What a pity that I should have missed him!"" He spoke",2976
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"unconcernedly, but his small light eyes glanced incessantly from the",2977
The Hound of the Baskervilles,girl to me.,2978
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2979
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""You have introduced yourselves, I can see.""",2980
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2981
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Yes. I was telling Sir Henry that it was rather late for him to see",2982
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the true beauties of the moor.""",2983
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2984
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Why, who do you think this is?""",2985
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2986
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I imagine that it must be Sir Henry Baskerville.""",2987
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2988
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""No, no,"" said I. ""Only a humble commoner, but his friend. My name is",2989
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Dr. Watson.""",2990
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2991
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"A flush of vexation passed over her expressive face. ""We have been",2992
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"talking at cross purposes,"" said she.",2993
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2994
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Why, you had not very much time for talk,"" her brother remarked with",2995
The Hound of the Baskervilles,the same questioning eyes.,2996
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,2997
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I talked as if Dr. Watson were a resident instead of being merely a",2998
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"visitor,"" said she. ""It cannot much matter to him whether it is early",2999
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"or late for the orchids. But you will come on, will you not, and see",3000
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Merripit House?""",3001
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3002
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"A short walk brought us to it, a bleak moorland house, once the farm",3003
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"of some grazier in the old prosperous days, but now put into repair",3004
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"and turned into a modern dwelling. An orchard surrounded it, but the",3005
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"trees, as is usual upon the moor, were stunted and nipped, and the",3006
The Hound of the Baskervilles,effect of the whole place was mean and melancholy. We were admitted,3007
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"by a strange, wizened, rusty-coated old manservant, who seemed in",3008
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"keeping with the house. Inside, however, there were large rooms",3009
The Hound of the Baskervilles,furnished with an elegance in which I seemed to recognize the taste,3010
The Hound of the Baskervilles,of the lady. As I looked from their windows at the interminable,3011
The Hound of the Baskervilles,granite-flecked moor rolling unbroken to the farthest horizon I could,3012
The Hound of the Baskervilles,not but marvel at what could have brought this highly educated man,3013
The Hound of the Baskervilles,and this beautiful woman to live in such a place.,3014
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3015
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Queer spot to choose, is it not?"" said he as if in answer to my",3016
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"thought. ""And yet we manage to make ourselves fairly happy, do we",3017
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"not, Beryl?""",3018
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3019
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Quite happy,"" said she, but there was no ring of conviction in her",3020
The Hound of the Baskervilles,words.,3021
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3022
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I had a school,"" said Stapleton. ""It was in the north country. The",3023
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"work to a man of my temperament was mechanical and uninteresting, but",3024
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the privilege of living with youth, of helping to mould those young",3025
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"minds, and of impressing them with one's own character and ideals,",3026
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"was very dear to me. However, the fates were against us. A serious",3027
The Hound of the Baskervilles,epidemic broke out in the school and three of the boys died. It never,3028
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"recovered from the blow, and much of my capital was irretrievably",3029
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"swallowed up. And yet, if it were not for the loss of the charming",3030
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"companionship of the boys, I could rejoice over my own misfortune,",3031
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"for, with my strong tastes for botany and zoology, I find an",3032
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"unlimited field of work here, and my sister is as devoted to Nature",3033
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"as I am. All this, Dr. Watson, has been brought upon your head by",3034
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"your expression as you surveyed the moor out of our window.""",3035
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3036
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""It certainly did cross my mind that it might be a little dull--less",3037
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"for you, perhaps, than for your sister.""",3038
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3039
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""No, no, I am never dull,"" said she, quickly.",3040
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3041
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""We have books, we have our studies, and we have interesting",3042
The Hound of the Baskervilles,neighbours. Dr. Mortimer is a most learned man in his own line. Poor,3043
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Sir Charles was also an admirable companion. We knew him well, and",3044
The Hound of the Baskervilles,miss him more than I can tell. Do you think that I should intrude if,3045
The Hound of the Baskervilles,I were to call this afternoon and make the acquaintance of Sir,3046
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Henry?""",3047
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3048
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I am sure that he would be delighted.""",3049
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3050
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Then perhaps you would mention that I propose to do so. We may in",3051
The Hound of the Baskervilles,our humble way do something to make things more easy for him until he,3052
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"becomes accustomed to his new surroundings. Will you come upstairs,",3053
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Dr. Watson, and inspect my collection of Lepidoptera? I think it is",3054
The Hound of the Baskervilles,the most complete one in the south-west of England. By the time that,3055
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"you have looked through them lunch will be almost ready.""",3056
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3057
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"But I was eager to get back to my charge. The melancholy of the moor,",3058
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the death of the unfortunate pony, the weird sound which had been",3059
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"associated with the grim legend of the Baskervilles, all these things",3060
The Hound of the Baskervilles,tinged my thoughts with sadness. Then on the top of these more or,3061
The Hound of the Baskervilles,less vague impressions there had come the definite and distinct,3062
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"warning of Miss Stapleton, delivered with such intense earnestness",3063
The Hound of the Baskervilles,that I could not doubt that some grave and deep reason lay behind it.,3064
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"I resisted all pressure to stay for lunch, and I set off at once upon",3065
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"my return journey, taking the grass-grown path by which we had come.",3066
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3067
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"It seems, however, that there must have been some short cut for those",3068
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"who knew it, for before I had reached the road I was astounded to see",3069
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Miss Stapleton sitting upon a rock by the side of the track. Her face,3070
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"was beautifully flushed with her exertions, and she held her hand to",3071
The Hound of the Baskervilles,her side.,3072
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3073
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I have run all the way in order to cut you off, Dr. Watson,"" said",3074
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"she. ""I had not even time to put on my hat. I must not stop, or my",3075
The Hound of the Baskervilles,brother may miss me. I wanted to say to you how sorry I am about the,3076
The Hound of the Baskervilles,stupid mistake I made in thinking that you were Sir Henry. Please,3077
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"forget the words I said, which have no application whatever to you.""",3078
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3079
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""But I can't forget them, Miss Stapleton,"" said I. ""I am Sir Henry's",3080
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"friend, and his welfare is a very close concern of mine. Tell me why",3081
The Hound of the Baskervilles,it was that you were so eager that Sir Henry should return to,3082
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"London.""",3083
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3084
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""A woman's whim, Dr. Watson. When you know me better you will",3085
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"understand that I cannot always give reasons for what I say or do.""",3086
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3087
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""No, no. I remember the thrill in your voice. I remember the look in",3088
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"your eyes. Please, please, be frank with me, Miss Stapleton, for ever",3089
The Hound of the Baskervilles,since I have been here I have been conscious of shadows all round me.,3090
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Life has become like that great Grimpen Mire, with little green",3091
The Hound of the Baskervilles,patches everywhere into which one may sink and with no guide to point,3092
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the track. Tell me then what it was that you meant, and I will",3093
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"promise to convey your warning to Sir Henry.""",3094
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3095
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"An expression of irresolution passed for an instant over her face,",3096
The Hound of the Baskervilles,but her eyes had hardened again when she answered me.,3097
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3098
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""You make too much of it, Dr. Watson,"" said she. ""My brother and I",3099
The Hound of the Baskervilles,were very much shocked by the death of Sir Charles. We knew him very,3100
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"intimately, for his favourite walk was over the moor to our house. He",3101
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"was deeply impressed with the curse which hung over the family, and",3102
The Hound of the Baskervilles,when this tragedy came I naturally felt that there must be some,3103
The Hound of the Baskervilles,grounds for the fears which he had expressed. I was distressed,3104
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"therefore when another member of the family came down to live here,",3105
The Hound of the Baskervilles,and I felt that he should be warned of the danger which he will run.,3106
The Hound of the Baskervilles,That was all which I intended to convey.,3107
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3108
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""But what is the danger?""",3109
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3110
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""You know the story of the hound?""",3111
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3112
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I do not believe in such nonsense.""",3113
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3114
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""But I do. If you have any influence with Sir Henry, take him away",3115
The Hound of the Baskervilles,from a place which has always been fatal to his family. The world is,3116
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"wide. Why should he wish to live at the place of danger?""",3117
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3118
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Because it is the place of danger. That is Sir Henry's nature. I",3119
The Hound of the Baskervilles,fear that unless you can give me some more definite information than,3120
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"this it would be impossible to get him to move.""",3121
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3122
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I cannot say anything definite, for I do not know anything",3123
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"definite.""",3124
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3125
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I would ask you one more question, Miss Stapleton. If you meant no",3126
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"more than this when you first spoke to me, why should you not wish",3127
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"your brother to overhear what you said? There is nothing to which he,",3128
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"or anyone else, could object.""",3129
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3130
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""My brother is very anxious to have the Hall inhabited, for he thinks",3131
The Hound of the Baskervilles,it is for the good of the poor folk upon the moor. He would be very,3132
The Hound of the Baskervilles,angry if he knew that I have said anything which might induce Sir,3133
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Henry to go away. But I have done my duty now and I will say no more.,3134
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"I must get back, or he will miss me and suspect that I have seen you.",3135
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Good-bye!"" She turned and had disappeared in a few minutes among the",3136
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"scattered boulders, while I, with my soul full of vague fears,",3137
The Hound of the Baskervilles,pursued my way to Baskerville Hall.,3138
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3139
The Hound of the Baskervilles,CHAPTER VIII,3140
The Hound of the Baskervilles,First Report of Dr. Watson,3141
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3142
The Hound of the Baskervilles,From this point onward I will follow the course of events by,3143
The Hound of the Baskervilles,transcribing my own letters to Mr. Sherlock Holmes which lie before,3144
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"me on the table. One page is missing, but otherwise they are exactly",3145
The Hound of the Baskervilles,as written and show my feelings and suspicions of the moment more,3146
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"accurately than my memory, clear as it is upon these tragic events,",3147
The Hound of the Baskervilles,can possibly do.,3148
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3149
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Baskerville Hall, October 13th.",3150
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3151
The Hound of the Baskervilles,My dear Holmes:,3152
The Hound of the Baskervilles,My previous letters and telegrams have kept you pretty well up to,3153
The Hound of the Baskervilles,date as to all that has occurred in this most God-forsaken corner of,3154
The Hound of the Baskervilles,the world. The longer one stays here the more does the spirit of the,3155
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"moor sink into one's soul, its vastness, and also its grim charm.",3156
The Hound of the Baskervilles,When you are once out upon its bosom you have left all traces of,3157
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"modern England behind you, but on the other hand you are conscious",3158
The Hound of the Baskervilles,everywhere of the homes and the work of the prehistoric people. On,3159
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"all sides of you as you walk are the houses of these forgotten folk,",3160
The Hound of the Baskervilles,with their graves and the huge monoliths which are supposed to have,3161
The Hound of the Baskervilles,marked their temples. As you look at their gray stone huts against,3162
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the scarred hill-sides you leave your own age behind you, and if you",3163
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"were to see a skin-clad, hairy man crawl out from the low door",3164
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"fitting a flint-tipped arrow on to the string of his bow, you would",3165
The Hound of the Baskervilles,feel that his presence there was more natural than your own. The,3166
The Hound of the Baskervilles,strange thing is that they should have lived so thickly on what must,3167
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"always have been most unfruitful soil. I am no antiquarian, but I",3168
The Hound of the Baskervilles,could imagine that they were some unwarlike and harried race who were,3169
The Hound of the Baskervilles,forced to accept that which none other would occupy.,3170
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3171
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"All this, however, is foreign to the mission on which you sent me and",3172
The Hound of the Baskervilles,will probably be very uninteresting to your severely practical mind.,3173
The Hound of the Baskervilles,I can still remember your complete indifference as to whether the sun,3174
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"moved round the earth or the earth round the sun. Let me, therefore,",3175
The Hound of the Baskervilles,return to the facts concerning Sir Henry Baskerville.,3176
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3177
The Hound of the Baskervilles,If you have not had any report within the last few days it is because,3178
The Hound of the Baskervilles,up to to-day there was nothing of importance to relate. Then a very,3179
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"surprising circumstance occurred, which I shall tell you in due",3180
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"course. But, first of all, I must keep you in touch with some of the",3181
The Hound of the Baskervilles,other factors in the situation.,3182
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3183
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"One of these, concerning which I have said little, is the escaped",3184
The Hound of the Baskervilles,convict upon the moor. There is strong reason now to believe that he,3185
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"has got right away, which is a considerable relief to the lonely",3186
The Hound of the Baskervilles,householders of this district. A fortnight has passed since his,3187
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"flight, during which he has not been seen and nothing has been heard",3188
The Hound of the Baskervilles,of him. It is surely inconceivable that he could have held out upon,3189
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the moor during all that time. Of course, so far as his concealment",3190
The Hound of the Baskervilles,goes there is no difficulty at all. Any one of these stone huts would,3191
The Hound of the Baskervilles,give him a hiding-place. But there is nothing to eat unless he were,3192
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"to catch and slaughter one of the moor sheep. We think, therefore,",3193
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"that he has gone, and the outlying farmers sleep the better in",3194
The Hound of the Baskervilles,consequence.,3195
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3196
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"We are four able-bodied men in this household, so that we could take",3197
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"good care of ourselves, but I confess that I have had uneasy moments",3198
The Hound of the Baskervilles,when I have thought of the Stapletons. They live miles from any help.,3199
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"There are one maid, an old manservant, the sister, and the brother,",3200
The Hound of the Baskervilles,the latter not a very strong man. They would be helpless in the hands,3201
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"of a desperate fellow like this Notting Hill criminal, if he could",3202
The Hound of the Baskervilles,once effect an entrance. Both Sir Henry and I were concerned at their,3203
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"situation, and it was suggested that Perkins the groom should go over",3204
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"to sleep there, but Stapleton would not hear of it.",3205
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3206
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"The fact is that our friend, the baronet, begins to display a",3207
The Hound of the Baskervilles,considerable interest in our fair neighbour. It is not to be wondered,3208
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"at, for time hangs heavily in this lonely spot to an active man like",3209
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"him, and she is a very fascinating and beautiful woman. There is",3210
The Hound of the Baskervilles,something tropical and exotic about her which forms a singular,3211
The Hound of the Baskervilles,contrast to her cool and unemotional brother. Yet he also gives the,3212
The Hound of the Baskervilles,idea of hidden fires. He has certainly a very marked influence over,3213
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"her, for I have seen her continually glance at him as she talked as",3214
The Hound of the Baskervilles,if seeking approbation for what she said. I trust that he is kind to,3215
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"her. There is a dry glitter in his eyes, and a firm set of his thin",3216
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"lips, which goes with a positive and possibly a harsh nature. You",3217
The Hound of the Baskervilles,would find him an interesting study.,3218
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3219
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"He came over to call upon Baskerville on that first day, and the very",3220
The Hound of the Baskervilles,next morning he took us both to show us the spot where the legend of,3221
The Hound of the Baskervilles,the wicked Hugo is supposed to have had its origin. It was an,3222
The Hound of the Baskervilles,excursion of some miles across the moor to a place which is so dismal,3223
The Hound of the Baskervilles,that it might have suggested the story. We found a short valley,3224
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"between rugged tors which led to an open, grassy space flecked over",3225
The Hound of the Baskervilles,with the white cotton grass. In the middle of it rose two great,3226
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"stones, worn and sharpened at the upper end, until they looked like",3227
The Hound of the Baskervilles,the huge corroding fangs of some monstrous beast. In every way it,3228
The Hound of the Baskervilles,corresponded with the scene of the old tragedy. Sir Henry was much,3229
The Hound of the Baskervilles,interested and asked Stapleton more than once whether he did really,3230
The Hound of the Baskervilles,believe in the possibility of the interference of the supernatural in,3231
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the affairs of men. He spoke lightly, but it was evident that he was",3232
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"very much in earnest. Stapleton was guarded in his replies, but it",3233
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"was easy to see that he said less than he might, and that he would",3234
The Hound of the Baskervilles,not express his whole opinion out of consideration for the feelings,3235
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"of the baronet. He told us of similar cases, where families had",3236
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"suffered from some evil influence, and he left us with the impression",3237
The Hound of the Baskervilles,that he shared the popular view upon the matter.,3238
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3239
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"On our way back we stayed for lunch at Merripit House, and it was",3240
The Hound of the Baskervilles,there that Sir Henry made the acquaintance of Miss Stapleton. From,3241
The Hound of the Baskervilles,the first moment that he saw her he appeared to be strongly attracted,3242
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"by her, and I am much mistaken if the feeling was not mutual. He",3243
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"referred to her again and again on our walk home, and since then",3244
The Hound of the Baskervilles,hardly a day has passed that we have not seen something of the,3245
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"brother and sister. They dine here to-night, and there is some talk",3246
The Hound of the Baskervilles,of our going to them next week. One would imagine that such a match,3247
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"would be very welcome to Stapleton, and yet I have more than once",3248
The Hound of the Baskervilles,caught a look of the strongest disapprobation in his face when Sir,3249
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Henry has been paying some attention to his sister. He is much,3250
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"attached to her, no doubt, and would lead a lonely life without her,",3251
The Hound of the Baskervilles,but it would seem the height of selfishness if he were to stand in,3252
The Hound of the Baskervilles,the way of her making so brilliant a marriage. Yet I am certain that,3253
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"he does not wish their intimacy to ripen into love, and I have",3254
The Hound of the Baskervilles,several times observed that he has taken pains to prevent them from,3255
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"being tête-à-tête. By the way, your instructions to me never to allow",3256
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Sir Henry to go out alone will become very much more onerous if a,3257
The Hound of the Baskervilles,love affair were to be added to our other difficulties. My popularity,3258
The Hound of the Baskervilles,would soon suffer if I were to carry out your orders to the letter.,3259
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3260
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"The other day--Thursday, to be more exact--Dr. Mortimer lunched with",3261
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"us. He has been excavating a barrow at Long Down, and has got a",3262
The Hound of the Baskervilles,prehistoric skull which fills him with great joy. Never was there,3263
The Hound of the Baskervilles,such a single-minded enthusiast as he! The Stapletons came in,3264
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"afterwards, and the good doctor took us all to the Yew Alley, at Sir",3265
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Henry's request, to show us exactly how everything occurred upon that",3266
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"fatal night. It is a long, dismal walk, the Yew Alley, between two",3267
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"high walls of clipped hedge, with a narrow band of grass upon either",3268
The Hound of the Baskervilles,side. At the far end is an old tumble-down summer-house. Half-way,3269
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"down is the moor-gate, where the old gentleman left his cigar-ash. It",3270
The Hound of the Baskervilles,is a white wooden gate with a latch. Beyond it lies the wide moor. I,3271
The Hound of the Baskervilles,remembered your theory of the affair and tried to picture all that,3272
The Hound of the Baskervilles,had occurred. As the old man stood there he saw something coming,3273
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"across the moor, something which terrified him so that he lost his",3274
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"wits, and ran and ran until he died of sheer horror and exhaustion.",3275
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"There was the long, gloomy tunnel down which he fled. And from what?",3276
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"A sheep-dog of the moor? Or a spectral hound, black, silent, and",3277
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"monstrous? Was there a human agency in the matter? Did the pale,",3278
The Hound of the Baskervilles,watchful Barrymore know more than he cared to say? It was all dim and,3279
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"vague, but always there is the dark shadow of crime behind it.",3280
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3281
The Hound of the Baskervilles,One other neighbour I have met since I wrote last. This is Mr.,3282
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Frankland, of Lafter Hall, who lives some four miles to the south of",3283
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"us. He is an elderly man, red-faced, white-haired, and choleric. His",3284
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"passion is for the British law, and he has spent a large fortune in",3285
The Hound of the Baskervilles,litigation. He fights for the mere pleasure of fighting and is,3286
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"equally ready to take up either side of a question, so that it is no",3287
The Hound of the Baskervilles,wonder that he has found it a costly amusement. Sometimes he will,3288
The Hound of the Baskervilles,shut up a right of way and defy the parish to make him open it. At,3289
The Hound of the Baskervilles,others he will with his own hands tear down some other man's gate and,3290
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"declare that a path has existed there from time immemorial, defying",3291
The Hound of the Baskervilles,the owner to prosecute him for trespass. He is learned in old,3292
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"manorial and communal rights, and he applies his knowledge sometimes",3293
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"in favour of the villagers of Fernworthy and sometimes against them,",3294
The Hound of the Baskervilles,so that he is periodically either carried in triumph down the village,3295
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"street or else burned in effigy, according to his latest exploit. He",3296
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"is said to have about seven lawsuits upon his hands at present, which",3297
The Hound of the Baskervilles,will probably swallow up the remainder of his fortune and so draw his,3298
The Hound of the Baskervilles,sting and leave him harmless for the future. Apart from the law he,3299
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"seems a kindly, good-natured person, and I only mention him because",3300
The Hound of the Baskervilles,you were particular that I should send some description of the people,3301
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"who surround us. He is curiously employed at present, for, being an",3302
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"amateur astronomer, he has an excellent telescope, with which he lies",3303
The Hound of the Baskervilles,upon the roof of his own house and sweeps the moor all day in the,3304
The Hound of the Baskervilles,hope of catching a glimpse of the escaped convict. If he would,3305
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"confine his energies to this all would be well, but there are rumours",3306
The Hound of the Baskervilles,that he intends to prosecute Dr. Mortimer for opening a grave without,3307
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the consent of the next-of-kin, because he dug up the Neolithic skull",3308
The Hound of the Baskervilles,in the barrow on Long Down. He helps to keep our lives from being,3309
The Hound of the Baskervilles,monotonous and gives a little comic relief where it is badly needed.,3310
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3311
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"And now, having brought you up to date in the escaped convict, the",3312
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Stapletons, Dr. Mortimer, and Frankland, of Lafter Hall, let me end",3313
The Hound of the Baskervilles,on that which is most important and tell you more about the,3314
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Barrymores, and especially about the surprising development of last",3315
The Hound of the Baskervilles,night.,3316
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3317
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"First of all about the test telegram, which you sent from London in",3318
The Hound of the Baskervilles,order to make sure that Barrymore was really here. I have already,3319
The Hound of the Baskervilles,explained that the testimony of the postmaster shows that the test,3320
The Hound of the Baskervilles,was worthless and that we have no proof one way or the other. I told,3321
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Sir Henry how the matter stood, and he at once, in his downright",3322
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"fashion, had Barrymore up and asked him whether he had received the",3323
The Hound of the Baskervilles,telegram himself. Barrymore said that he had.,3324
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3325
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Did the boy deliver it into your own hands?"" asked Sir Henry.",3326
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3327
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Barrymore looked surprised, and considered for a little time.",3328
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3329
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""No,"" said he, ""I was in the box-room at the time, and my wife",3330
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"brought it up to me.""",3331
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3332
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Did you answer it yourself?""",3333
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3334
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""No; I told my wife what to answer and she went down to write it.""",3335
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3336
The Hound of the Baskervilles,In the evening he recurred to the subject of his own accord.,3337
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3338
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I could not quite understand the object of your questions this",3339
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"morning, Sir Henry,"" said he. ""I trust that they do not mean that I",3340
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"have done anything to forfeit your confidence?""",3341
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3342
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Sir Henry had to assure him that it was not so and pacify him by,3343
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"giving him a considerable part of his old wardrobe, the London outfit",3344
The Hound of the Baskervilles,having now all arrived.,3345
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3346
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Mrs. Barrymore is of interest to me. She is a heavy, solid person,",3347
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"very limited, intensely respectable, and inclined to be puritanical.",3348
The Hound of the Baskervilles,You could hardly conceive a less emotional subject. Yet I have told,3349
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"you how, on the first night here, I heard her sobbing bitterly, and",3350
The Hound of the Baskervilles,since then I have more than once observed traces of tears upon her,3351
The Hound of the Baskervilles,face. Some deep sorrow gnaws ever at her heart. Sometimes I wonder if,3352
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"she has a guilty memory which haunts her, and sometimes I suspect",3353
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Barrymore of being a domestic tyrant. I have always felt that there,3354
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"was something singular and questionable in this man's character, but",3355
The Hound of the Baskervilles,the adventure of last night brings all my suspicions to a head.,3356
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3357
The Hound of the Baskervilles,And yet it may seem a small matter in itself. You are aware that I am,3358
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"not a very sound sleeper, and since I have been on guard in this",3359
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"house my slumbers have been lighter than ever. Last night, about two",3360
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"in the morning, I was aroused by a stealthy step passing my room. I",3361
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"rose, opened my door, and peeped out. A long black shadow was",3362
The Hound of the Baskervilles,trailing down the corridor. It was thrown by a man who walked softly,3363
The Hound of the Baskervilles,down the passage with a candle held in his hand. He was in shirt and,3364
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"trousers, with no covering to his feet. I could merely see the",3365
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"outline, but his height told me that it was Barrymore. He walked very",3366
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"slowly and circumspectly, and there was something indescribably",3367
The Hound of the Baskervilles,guilty and furtive in his whole appearance.,3368
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3369
The Hound of the Baskervilles,I have told you that the corridor is broken by the balcony which runs,3370
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"round the hall, but that it is resumed upon the farther side. I",3371
The Hound of the Baskervilles,waited until he had passed out of sight and then I followed him. When,3372
The Hound of the Baskervilles,I came round the balcony he had reached the end of the farther,3373
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"corridor, and I could see from the glimmer of light through an open",3374
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"door that he had entered one of the rooms. Now, all these rooms are",3375
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"unfurnished and unoccupied, so that his expedition became more",3376
The Hound of the Baskervilles,mysterious than ever. The light shone steadily as if he were standing,3377
The Hound of the Baskervilles,motionless. I crept down the passage as noiselessly as I could and,3378
The Hound of the Baskervilles,peeped round the corner of the door.,3379
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3380
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Barrymore was crouching at the window with the candle held against,3381
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the glass. His profile was half turned towards me, and his face",3382
The Hound of the Baskervilles,seemed to be rigid with expectation as he stared out into the,3383
The Hound of the Baskervilles,blackness of the moor. For some minutes he stood watching intently.,3384
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Then he gave a deep groan and with an impatient gesture he put out,3385
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the light. Instantly I made my way back to my room, and very shortly",3386
The Hound of the Baskervilles,came the stealthy steps passing once more upon their return journey.,3387
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Long afterwards when I had fallen into a light sleep I heard a key,3388
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"turn somewhere in a lock, but I could not tell whence the sound came.",3389
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"What it all means I cannot guess, but there is some secret business",3390
The Hound of the Baskervilles,going on in this house of gloom which sooner or later we shall get to,3391
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the bottom of. I do not trouble you with my theories, for you asked",3392
The Hound of the Baskervilles,me to furnish you only with facts. I have had a long talk with Sir,3393
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Henry this morning, and we have made a plan of campaign founded upon",3394
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"my observations of last night. I will not speak about it just now,",3395
The Hound of the Baskervilles,but it should make my next report interesting reading.,3396
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3397
The Hound of the Baskervilles,CHAPTER IX,3398
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Second Report of Dr. Watson,3399
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3400
The Hound of the Baskervilles,THE LIGHT UPON THE MOOR,3401
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3402
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Baskerville Hall, Oct. 15th.",3403
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3404
The Hound of the Baskervilles,My dear Holmes:,3405
The Hound of the Baskervilles,If I was compelled to leave you without much news during the early,3406
The Hound of the Baskervilles,days of my mission you must acknowledge that I am making up for lost,3407
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"time, and that events are now crowding thick and fast upon us. In my",3408
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"last report I ended upon my top note with Barrymore at the window,",3409
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"and now I have quite a budget already which will, unless I am much",3410
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"mistaken, considerably surprise you. Things have taken a turn which I",3411
The Hound of the Baskervilles,could not have anticipated. In some ways they have within the last,3412
The Hound of the Baskervilles,forty-eight hours become much clearer and in some ways they have,3413
The Hound of the Baskervilles,become more complicated. But I will tell you all and you shall judge,3414
The Hound of the Baskervilles,for yourself.,3415
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3416
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Before breakfast on the morning following my adventure I went down,3417
The Hound of the Baskervilles,the corridor and examined the room in which Barrymore had been on the,3418
The Hound of the Baskervilles,night before. The western window through which he had stared so,3419
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"intently has, I noticed, one peculiarity above all other windows in",3420
The Hound of the Baskervilles,the house--it commands the nearest outlook on the moor. There is an,3421
The Hound of the Baskervilles,opening between two trees which enables one from this point of view,3422
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"to look right down upon it, while from all the other windows it is",3423
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"only a distant glimpse which can be obtained. It follows, therefore,",3424
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"that Barrymore, since only this window would serve the purpose, must",3425
The Hound of the Baskervilles,have been looking out for something or somebody upon the moor. The,3426
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"night was very dark, so that I can hardly imagine how he could have",3427
The Hound of the Baskervilles,hoped to see anyone. It had struck me that it was possible that some,3428
The Hound of the Baskervilles,love intrigue was on foot. That would have accounted for his stealthy,3429
The Hound of the Baskervilles,movements and also for the uneasiness of his wife. The man is a,3430
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"striking-looking fellow, very well equipped to steal the heart of a",3431
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"country girl, so that this theory seemed to have something to support",3432
The Hound of the Baskervilles,it. That opening of the door which I had heard after I had returned,3433
The Hound of the Baskervilles,to my room might mean that he had gone out to keep some clandestine,3434
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"appointment. So I reasoned with myself in the morning, and I tell you",3435
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the direction of my suspicions, however much the result may have",3436
The Hound of the Baskervilles,shown that they were unfounded.,3437
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3438
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"But whatever the true explanation of Barrymore's movements might be,",3439
The Hound of the Baskervilles,I felt that the responsibility of keeping them to myself until I,3440
The Hound of the Baskervilles,could explain them was more than I could bear. I had an interview,3441
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"with the baronet in his study after breakfast, and I told him all",3442
The Hound of the Baskervilles,that I had seen. He was less surprised than I had expected.,3443
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3444
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I knew that Barrymore walked about nights, and I had a mind to speak",3445
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"to him about it,"" said he. ""Two or three times I have heard his steps",3446
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"in the passage, coming and going, just about the hour you name.""",3447
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3448
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Perhaps then he pays a visit every night to that particular window,""",3449
The Hound of the Baskervilles,I suggested.,3450
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3451
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Perhaps he does. If so, we should be able to shadow him, and see",3452
The Hound of the Baskervilles,what it is that he is after. I wonder what your friend Holmes would,3453
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"do, if he were here.""",3454
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3455
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I believe that he would do exactly what you now suggest,"" said I.",3456
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""He would follow Barrymore and see what he did.""",3457
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3458
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Then we shall do it together.""",3459
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3460
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""But surely he would hear us.""",3461
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3462
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""The man is rather deaf, and in any case we must take our chance of",3463
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"that. We'll sit up in my room to-night and wait until he passes."" Sir",3464
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Henry rubbed his hands with pleasure, and it was evident that he",3465
The Hound of the Baskervilles,hailed the adventure as a relief to his somewhat quiet life upon the,3466
The Hound of the Baskervilles,moor.,3467
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3468
The Hound of the Baskervilles,The baronet has been in communication with the architect who prepared,3469
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the plans for Sir Charles, and with a contractor from London, so that",3470
The Hound of the Baskervilles,we may expect great changes to begin here soon. There have been,3471
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"decorators and furnishers up from Plymouth, and it is evident that",3472
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"our friend has large ideas, and means to spare no pains or expense to",3473
The Hound of the Baskervilles,restore the grandeur of his family. When the house is renovated and,3474
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"refurnished, all that he will need will be a wife to make it",3475
The Hound of the Baskervilles,complete. Between ourselves there are pretty clear signs that this,3476
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"will not be wanting if the lady is willing, for I have seldom seen a",3477
The Hound of the Baskervilles,man more infatuated with a woman than he is with our beautiful,3478
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"neighbour, Miss Stapleton. And yet the course of true love does not",3479
The Hound of the Baskervilles,run quite as smoothly as one would under the circumstances expect.,3480
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"To-day, for example, its surface was broken by a very unexpected",3481
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"ripple, which has caused our friend considerable perplexity and",3482
The Hound of the Baskervilles,annoyance.,3483
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3484
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"After the conversation which I have quoted about Barrymore, Sir Henry",3485
The Hound of the Baskervilles,put on his hat and prepared to go out. As a matter of course I did,3486
The Hound of the Baskervilles,the same.,3487
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3488
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""What, are you coming, Watson?"" he asked, looking at me in a curious",3489
The Hound of the Baskervilles,way.,3490
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3491
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""That depends on whether you are going on the moor,"" said I.",3492
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3493
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Yes, I am.""",3494
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3495
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Well, you know what my instructions are. I am sorry to intrude, but",3496
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"you heard how earnestly Holmes insisted that I should not leave you,",3497
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"and especially that you should not go alone upon the moor.""",3498
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3499
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Sir Henry put his hand upon my shoulder with a pleasant smile.,3500
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3501
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""My dear fellow,"" said he, ""Holmes, with all his wisdom, did not",3502
The Hound of the Baskervilles,foresee some things which have happened since I have been on the,3503
The Hound of the Baskervilles,moor. You understand me? I am sure that you are the last man in the,3504
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"world who would wish to be a spoil-sport. I must go out alone.""",3505
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3506
The Hound of the Baskervilles,It put me in a most awkward position. I was at a loss what to say or,3507
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"what to do, and before I had made up my mind he picked up his cane",3508
The Hound of the Baskervilles,and was gone.,3509
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3510
The Hound of the Baskervilles,But when I came to think the matter over my conscience reproached me,3511
The Hound of the Baskervilles,bitterly for having on any pretext allowed him to go out of my sight.,3512
The Hound of the Baskervilles,I imagined what my feelings would be if I had to return to you and to,3513
The Hound of the Baskervilles,confess that some misfortune had occurred through my disregard for,3514
The Hound of the Baskervilles,your instructions. I assure you my cheeks flushed at the very,3515
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"thought. It might not even now be too late to overtake him, so I set",3516
The Hound of the Baskervilles,off at once in the direction of Merripit House.,3517
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3518
The Hound of the Baskervilles,I hurried along the road at the top of my speed without seeing,3519
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"anything of Sir Henry, until I came to the point where the moor path",3520
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"branches off. There, fearing that perhaps I had come in the wrong",3521
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"direction after all, I mounted a hill from which I could command a",3522
The Hound of the Baskervilles,view--the same hill which is cut into the dark quarry. Thence I saw,3523
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"him at once. He was on the moor path, about a quarter of a mile off,",3524
The Hound of the Baskervilles,and a lady was by his side who could only be Miss Stapleton. It was,3525
The Hound of the Baskervilles,clear that there was already an understanding between them and that,3526
The Hound of the Baskervilles,they had met by appointment. They were walking slowly along in deep,3527
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"conversation, and I saw her making quick little movements of her",3528
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"hands as if she were very earnest in what she was saying, while he",3529
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"listened intently, and once or twice shook his head in strong",3530
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"dissent. I stood among the rocks watching them, very much puzzled as",3531
The Hound of the Baskervilles,to what I should do next. To follow them and break into their,3532
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"intimate conversation seemed to be an outrage, and yet my clear duty",3533
The Hound of the Baskervilles,was never for an instant to let him out of my sight. To act the spy,3534
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"upon a friend was a hateful task. Still, I could see no better course",3535
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"than to observe him from the hill, and to clear my conscience by",3536
The Hound of the Baskervilles,confessing to him afterwards what I had done. It is true that if any,3537
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"sudden danger had threatened him I was too far away to be of use, and",3538
The Hound of the Baskervilles,yet I am sure that you will agree with me that the position was very,3539
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"difficult, and that there was nothing more which I could do.",3540
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3541
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Our friend, Sir Henry, and the lady had halted on the path and were",3542
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"standing deeply absorbed in their conversation, when I was suddenly",3543
The Hound of the Baskervilles,aware that I was not the only witness of their interview. A wisp of,3544
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"green floating in the air caught my eye, and another glance showed me",3545
The Hound of the Baskervilles,that it was carried on a stick by a man who was moving among the,3546
The Hound of the Baskervilles,broken ground. It was Stapleton with his butterfly-net. He was very,3547
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"much closer to the pair than I was, and he appeared to be moving in",3548
The Hound of the Baskervilles,their direction. At this instant Sir Henry suddenly drew Miss,3549
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Stapleton to his side. His arm was round her, but it seemed to me",3550
The Hound of the Baskervilles,that she was straining away from him with her face averted. He,3551
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"stooped his head to hers, and she raised one hand as if in protest.",3552
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Next moment I saw them spring apart and turn hurriedly round.,3553
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Stapleton was the cause of the interruption. He was running wildly,3554
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"towards them, his absurd net dangling behind him. He gesticulated and",3555
The Hound of the Baskervilles,almost danced with excitement in front of the lovers. What the scene,3556
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"meant I could not imagine, but it seemed to me that Stapleton was",3557
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"abusing Sir Henry, who offered explanations, which became more angry",3558
The Hound of the Baskervilles,as the other refused to accept them. The lady stood by in haughty,3559
The Hound of the Baskervilles,silence. Finally Stapleton turned upon his heel and beckoned in a,3560
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"peremptory way to his sister, who, after an irresolute glance at Sir",3561
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Henry, walked off by the side of her brother. The naturalist's angry",3562
The Hound of the Baskervilles,gestures showed that the lady was included in his displeasure. The,3563
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"baronet stood for a minute looking after them, and then he walked",3564
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"slowly back the way that he had come, his head hanging, the very",3565
The Hound of the Baskervilles,picture of dejection.,3566
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3567
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"What all this meant I could not imagine, but I was deeply ashamed to",3568
The Hound of the Baskervilles,have witnessed so intimate a scene without my friend's knowledge. I,3569
The Hound of the Baskervilles,ran down the hill therefore and met the baronet at the bottom. His,3570
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"face was flushed with anger and his brows were wrinkled, like one who",3571
The Hound of the Baskervilles,is at his wit's ends what to do.,3572
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3573
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Halloa, Watson! Where have you dropped from?"" said he. ""You don't",3574
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"mean to say that you came after me in spite of all?""",3575
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3576
The Hound of the Baskervilles,I explained everything to him: how I had found it impossible to,3577
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"remain behind, how I had followed him, and how I had witnessed all",3578
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"that had occurred. For an instant his eyes blazed at me, but my",3579
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"frankness disarmed his anger, and he broke at last into a rather",3580
The Hound of the Baskervilles,rueful laugh.,3581
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3582
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""You would have thought the middle of that prairie a fairly safe",3583
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"place for a man to be private,"" said he, ""but, by thunder, the whole",3584
The Hound of the Baskervilles,country-side seems to have been out to see me do my wooing--and a,3585
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"mighty poor wooing at that! Where had you engaged a seat?""",3586
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3587
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I was on that hill.""",3588
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3589
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Quite in the back row, eh? But her brother was well up to the front.",3590
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Did you see him come out on us?""",3591
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3592
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Yes, I did.""",3593
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3594
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Did he ever strike you as being crazy--this brother of hers?""",3595
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3596
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I can't say that he ever did.""",3597
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3598
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I dare say not. I always thought him sane enough until to-day, but",3599
The Hound of the Baskervilles,you can take it from me that either he or I ought to be in a,3600
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"strait-jacket. What's the matter with me, anyhow? You've lived near",3601
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"me for some weeks, Watson. Tell me straight, now! Is there anything",3602
The Hound of the Baskervilles,that would prevent me from making a good husband to a woman that I,3603
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"loved?""",3604
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3605
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I should say not.""",3606
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3607
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""He can't object to my worldly position, so it must be myself that he",3608
The Hound of the Baskervilles,has this down on. What has he against me? I never hurt man or woman,3609
The Hound of the Baskervilles,in my life that I know of. And yet he would not so much as let me,3610
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"touch the tips of her fingers.""",3611
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3612
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Did he say so?""",3613
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3614
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""That, and a deal more. I tell you, Watson, I've only known her these",3615
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"few weeks, but from the first I just felt that she was made for me,",3616
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"and she, too--she was happy when she was with me, and that I'll",3617
The Hound of the Baskervilles,swear. There's a light in a woman's eyes that speaks louder than,3618
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"words. But he has never let us get together, and it was only to-day",3619
The Hound of the Baskervilles,for the first time that I saw a chance of having a few words with her,3620
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"alone. She was glad to meet me, but when she did it was not love that",3621
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"she would talk about, and she wouldn't have let me talk about it",3622
The Hound of the Baskervilles,either if she could have stopped it. She kept coming back to it that,3623
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"this was a place of danger, and that she would never be happy until I",3624
The Hound of the Baskervilles,had left it. I told her that since I had seen her I was in no hurry,3625
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"to leave it, and that if she really wanted me to go, the only way to",3626
The Hound of the Baskervilles,work it was for her to arrange to go with me. With that I offered in,3627
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"as many words to marry her, but before she could answer, down came",3628
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"this brother of hers, running at us with a face on him like a madman.",3629
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"He was just white with rage, and those light eyes of his were blazing",3630
The Hound of the Baskervilles,with fury. What was I doing with the lady? How dared I offer her,3631
The Hound of the Baskervilles,attentions which were distasteful to her? Did I think that because I,3632
The Hound of the Baskervilles,was a baronet I could do what I liked? If he had not been her brother,3633
The Hound of the Baskervilles,I should have known better how to answer him. As it was I told him,3634
The Hound of the Baskervilles,that my feelings towards his sister were such as I was not ashamed,3635
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"of, and that I hoped that she might honour me by becoming my wife.",3636
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"That seemed to make the matter no better, so then I lost my temper",3637
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"too, and I answered him rather more hotly than I should perhaps,",3638
The Hound of the Baskervilles,considering that she was standing by. So it ended by his going off,3639
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"with her, as you saw, and here am I as badly puzzled a man as any in",3640
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"this county. Just tell me what it all means, Watson, and I'll owe you",3641
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"more than ever I can hope to pay.""",3642
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3643
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"I tried one or two explanations, but, indeed, I was completely",3644
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"puzzled myself. Our friend's title, his fortune, his age, his",3645
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"character, and his appearance are all in his favour, and I know",3646
The Hound of the Baskervilles,nothing against him unless it be this dark fate which runs in his,3647
The Hound of the Baskervilles,family. That his advances should be rejected so brusquely without any,3648
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"reference to the lady's own wishes, and that the lady should accept",3649
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the situation without protest, is very amazing. However, our",3650
The Hound of the Baskervilles,conjectures were set at rest by a visit from Stapleton himself that,3651
The Hound of the Baskervilles,very afternoon. He had come to offer apologies for his rudeness of,3652
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the morning, and after a long private interview with Sir Henry in his",3653
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"study, the upshot of their conversation was that the breach is quite",3654
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"healed, and that we are to dine at Merripit House next Friday as a",3655
The Hound of the Baskervilles,sign of it.,3656
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3657
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I don't say now that he isn't a crazy man,"" said Sir Henry; ""I can't",3658
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"forget the look in his eyes when he ran at me this morning, but I",3659
The Hound of the Baskervilles,must allow that no man could make a more handsome apology than he has,3660
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"done.""",3661
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3662
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Did he give any explanation of his conduct?""",3663
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3664
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""His sister is everything in his life, he says. That is natural",3665
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"enough, and I am glad that he should understand her value. They have",3666
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"always been together, and according to his account he has been a very",3667
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"lonely man with only her as a companion, so that the thought of",3668
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"losing her was really terrible to him. He had not understood, he",3669
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"said, that I was becoming attached to her, but when he saw with his",3670
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"own eyes that it was really so, and that she might be taken away from",3671
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"him, it gave him such a shock that for a time he was not responsible",3672
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"for what he said or did. He was very sorry for all that had passed,",3673
The Hound of the Baskervilles,and he recognized how foolish and how selfish it was that he should,3674
The Hound of the Baskervilles,imagine that he could hold a beautiful woman like his sister to,3675
The Hound of the Baskervilles,himself for her whole life. If she had to leave him he had rather it,3676
The Hound of the Baskervilles,was to a neighbour like myself than to anyone else. But in any case,3677
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"it was a blow to him, and it would take him some time before he could",3678
The Hound of the Baskervilles,prepare himself to meet it. He would withdraw all opposition upon his,3679
The Hound of the Baskervilles,part if I would promise for three months to let the matter rest and,3680
The Hound of the Baskervilles,to be content with cultivating the lady's friendship during that time,3681
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"without claiming her love. This I promised, and so the matter rests.""",3682
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3683
The Hound of the Baskervilles,So there is one of our small mysteries cleared up. It is something to,3684
The Hound of the Baskervilles,have touched bottom anywhere in this bog in which we are floundering.,3685
The Hound of the Baskervilles,We know now why Stapleton looked with disfavour upon his sister's,3686
The Hound of the Baskervilles,suitor--even when that suitor was so eligible a one as Sir Henry. And,3687
The Hound of the Baskervilles,now I pass on to another thread which I have extricated out of the,3688
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"tangled skein, the mystery of the sobs in the night, of the",3689
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"tear-stained face of Mrs. Barrymore, of the secret journey of the",3690
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"butler to the western lattice window. Congratulate me, my dear",3691
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Holmes, and tell me that I have not disappointed you as an",3692
The Hound of the Baskervilles,agent--that you do not regret the confidence which you showed in me,3693
The Hound of the Baskervilles,when you sent me down. All these things have by one night's work been,3694
The Hound of the Baskervilles,thoroughly cleared.,3695
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3696
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"I have said ""by one night's work,"" but, in truth, it was by two",3697
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"nights' work, for on the first we drew entirely blank. I sat up with",3698
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Sir Henry in his rooms until nearly three o'clock in the morning, but",3699
The Hound of the Baskervilles,no sound of any sort did we hear except the chiming clock upon the,3700
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"stairs. It was a most melancholy vigil, and ended by each of us",3701
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"falling asleep in our chairs. Fortunately we were not discouraged,",3702
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"and we determined to try again. The next night we lowered the lamp,",3703
The Hound of the Baskervilles,and sat smoking cigarettes without making the least sound. It was,3704
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"incredible how slowly the hours crawled by, and yet we were helped",3705
The Hound of the Baskervilles,through it by the same sort of patient interest which the hunter must,3706
The Hound of the Baskervilles,feel as he watches the trap into which he hopes the game may wander.,3707
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"One struck, and two, and we had almost for the second time given it",3708
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"up in despair, when in an instant we both sat bolt upright in our",3709
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"chairs, with all our weary senses keenly on the alert once more. We",3710
The Hound of the Baskervilles,had heard the creak of a step in the passage.,3711
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3712
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Very stealthily we heard it pass along until it died away in the,3713
The Hound of the Baskervilles,distance. Then the baronet gently opened his door and we set out in,3714
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"pursuit. Already our man had gone round the gallery, and the corridor",3715
The Hound of the Baskervilles,was all in darkness. Softly we stole along until we had come into the,3716
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"other wing. We were just in time to catch a glimpse of the tall,",3717
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"black-bearded figure, his shoulders rounded, as he tip-toed down the",3718
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"passage. Then he passed through the same door as before, and the",3719
The Hound of the Baskervilles,light of the candle framed it in the darkness and shot one single,3720
The Hound of the Baskervilles,yellow beam across the gloom of the corridor. We shuffled cautiously,3721
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"towards it, trying every plank before we dared to put our whole",3722
The Hound of the Baskervilles,weight upon it. We had taken the precaution of leaving our boots,3723
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"behind us, but, even so, the old boards snapped and creaked beneath",3724
The Hound of the Baskervilles,our tread. Sometimes it seemed impossible that he should fail to hear,3725
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"our approach. However, the man is fortunately rather deaf, and he was",3726
The Hound of the Baskervilles,entirely preoccupied in that which he was doing. When at last we,3727
The Hound of the Baskervilles,reached the door and peeped through we found him crouching at the,3728
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"window, candle in hand, his white, intent face pressed against the",3729
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"pane, exactly as I had seen him two nights before.",3730
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3731
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"We had arranged no plan of campaign, but the baronet is a man to whom",3732
The Hound of the Baskervilles,the most direct way is always the most natural. He walked into the,3733
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"room, and as he did so Barrymore sprang up from the window with a",3734
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"sharp hiss of his breath and stood, livid and trembling, before us.",3735
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"His dark eyes, glaring out of the white mask of his face, were full",3736
The Hound of the Baskervilles,of horror and astonishment as he gazed from Sir Henry to me.,3737
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3738
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""What are you doing here, Barrymore?""",3739
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3740
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Nothing, sir."" His agitation was so great that he could hardly",3741
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"speak, and the shadows sprang up and down from the shaking of his",3742
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"candle. ""It was the window, sir. I go round at night to see that they",3743
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"are fastened.""",3744
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3745
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""On the second floor?""",3746
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3747
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Yes, sir, all the windows.""",3748
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3749
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Look here, Barrymore,"" said Sir Henry, sternly; ""we have made up our",3750
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"minds to have the truth out of you, so it will save you trouble to",3751
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"tell it sooner rather than later. Come, now! No lies! What were you",3752
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"doing at that window?""",3753
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3754
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"The fellow looked at us in a helpless way, and he wrung his hands",3755
The Hound of the Baskervilles,together like one who is in the last extremity of doubt and misery.,3756
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3757
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I was doing no harm, sir. I was holding a candle to the window.""",3758
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3759
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""And why were you holding a candle to the window?""",3760
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3761
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Don't ask me, Sir Henry--don't ask me! I give you my word, sir, that",3762
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"it is not my secret, and that I cannot tell it. If it concerned no",3763
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"one but myself I would not try to keep it from you.""",3764
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3765
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"A sudden idea occurred to me, and I took the candle from the",3766
The Hound of the Baskervilles,trembling hand of the butler.,3767
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3768
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""He must have been holding it as a signal,"" said I. ""Let us see if",3769
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"there is any answer."" I held it as he had done, and stared out into",3770
The Hound of the Baskervilles,the darkness of the night. Vaguely I could discern the black bank of,3771
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the trees and the lighter expanse of the moor, for the moon was",3772
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"behind the clouds. And then I gave a cry of exultation, for a tiny",3773
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"pin-point of yellow light had suddenly transfixed the dark veil, and",3774
The Hound of the Baskervilles,glowed steadily in the centre of the black square framed by the,3775
The Hound of the Baskervilles,window.,3776
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3777
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""There it is!"" I cried.",3778
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3779
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""No, no, sir, it is nothing--nothing at all!"" the butler broke in; ""I",3780
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"assure you, sir--""",3781
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3782
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Move your light across the window, Watson!"" cried the baronet. ""See,",3783
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the other moves also! Now, you rascal, do you deny that it is a",3784
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"signal? Come, speak up! Who is your confederate out yonder, and what",3785
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"is this conspiracy that is going on?""",3786
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3787
The Hound of the Baskervilles,The man's face became openly defiant.,3788
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3789
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""It is my business, and not yours. I will not tell.""",3790
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3791
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Then you leave my employment right away.""",3792
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3793
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Very good, sir. If I must I must.""",3794
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3795
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""And you go in disgrace. By thunder, you may well be ashamed of",3796
The Hound of the Baskervilles,yourself. Your family has lived with mine for over a hundred years,3797
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"under this roof, and here I find you deep in some dark plot against",3798
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"me.""",3799
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3800
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""No, no, sir; no, not against you!"" It was a woman's voice, and Mrs.",3801
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Barrymore, paler and more horror-struck than her husband, was",3802
The Hound of the Baskervilles,standing at the door. Her bulky figure in a shawl and skirt might,3803
The Hound of the Baskervilles,have been comic were it not for the intensity of feeling upon her,3804
The Hound of the Baskervilles,face.,3805
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3806
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""We have to go, Eliza. This is the end of it. You can pack our",3807
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"things,"" said the butler.",3808
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3809
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Oh, John, John, have I brought you to this? It is my doing, Sir",3810
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Henry--all mine. He has done nothing except for my sake and because I,3811
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"asked him.""",3812
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3813
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Speak out, then! What does it mean?""",3814
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3815
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""My unhappy brother is starving on the moor. We cannot let him perish",3816
The Hound of the Baskervilles,at our very gates. The light is a signal to him that food is ready,3817
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"for him, and his light out yonder is to show the spot to which to",3818
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"bring it.""",3819
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3820
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Then your brother is--""",3821
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3822
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""The escaped convict, sir--Selden, the criminal.""",3823
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3824
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""That's the truth, sir,"" said Barrymore. ""I said that it was not my",3825
The Hound of the Baskervilles,secret and that I could not tell it to you. But now you have heard,3826
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"it, and you will see that if there was a plot it was not against",3827
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"you.""",3828
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3829
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"This, then, was the explanation of the stealthy expeditions at night",3830
The Hound of the Baskervilles,and the light at the window. Sir Henry and I both stared at the woman,3831
The Hound of the Baskervilles,in amazement. Was it possible that this stolidly respectable person,3832
The Hound of the Baskervilles,was of the same blood as one of the most notorious criminals in the,3833
The Hound of the Baskervilles,country?,3834
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3835
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Yes, sir, my name was Selden, and he is my younger brother. We",3836
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"humoured him too much when he was a lad, and gave him his own way in",3837
The Hound of the Baskervilles,everything until he came to think that the world was made for his,3838
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"pleasure, and that he could do what he liked in it. Then as he grew",3839
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"older he met wicked companions, and the devil entered into him until",3840
The Hound of the Baskervilles,he broke my mother's heart and dragged our name in the dirt. From,3841
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"crime to crime he sank lower and lower, until it is only the mercy of",3842
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"God which has snatched him from the scaffold; but to me, sir, he was",3843
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"always the little curly-headed boy that I had nursed and played with,",3844
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"as an elder sister would. That was why he broke prison, sir. He knew",3845
The Hound of the Baskervilles,that I was here and that we could not refuse to help him. When he,3846
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"dragged himself here one night, weary and starving, with the warders",3847
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"hard at his heels, what could we do? We took him in and fed him and",3848
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"cared for him. Then you returned, sir, and my brother thought he",3849
The Hound of the Baskervilles,would be safer on the moor than anywhere else until the hue and cry,3850
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"was over, so he lay in hiding there. But every second night we made",3851
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"sure if he was still there by putting a light in the window, and if",3852
The Hound of the Baskervilles,there was an answer my husband took out some bread and meat to him.,3853
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Every day we hoped that he was gone, but as long as he was there we",3854
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"could not desert him. That is the whole truth, as I am an honest",3855
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Christian woman, and you will see that if there is blame in the",3856
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"matter it does not lie with my husband, but with me, for whose sake",3857
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"he has done all that he has.""",3858
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3859
The Hound of the Baskervilles,The woman's words came with an intense earnestness which carried,3860
The Hound of the Baskervilles,conviction with them.,3861
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3862
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Is this true, Barrymore?""",3863
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3864
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Yes, Sir Henry. Every word of it.""",3865
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3866
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Well, I cannot blame you for standing by your own wife. Forget what",3867
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"I have said. Go to your room, you two, and we shall talk further",3868
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"about this matter in the morning.""",3869
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3870
The Hound of the Baskervilles,When they were gone we looked out of the window again. Sir Henry had,3871
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"flung it open, and the cold night wind beat in upon our faces. Far",3872
The Hound of the Baskervilles,away in the black distance there still glowed that one tiny point of,3873
The Hound of the Baskervilles,yellow light.,3874
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3875
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I wonder he dares,"" said Sir Henry.",3876
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3877
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""It may be so placed as to be only visible from here.""",3878
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3879
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Very likely. How far do you think it is?""",3880
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3881
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Out by the Cleft Tor, I think.""",3882
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3883
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Not more than a mile or two off.""",3884
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3885
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Hardly that.""",3886
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3887
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Well, it cannot be far if Barrymore had to carry out the food to it.",3888
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"And he is waiting, this villain, beside that candle. By thunder,",3889
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Watson, I am going out to take that man!""",3890
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3891
The Hound of the Baskervilles,The same thought had crossed my own mind. It was not as if the,3892
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Barrymores had taken us into their confidence. Their secret had been,3893
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"forced from them. The man was a danger to the community, an",3894
The Hound of the Baskervilles,unmitigated scoundrel for whom there was neither pity nor excuse. We,3895
The Hound of the Baskervilles,were only doing our duty in taking this chance of putting him back,3896
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"where he could do no harm. With his brutal and violent nature, others",3897
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"would have to pay the price if we held our hands. Any night, for",3898
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"example, our neighbours the Stapletons might be attacked by him, and",3899
The Hound of the Baskervilles,it may have been the thought of this which made Sir Henry so keen,3900
The Hound of the Baskervilles,upon the adventure.,3901
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3902
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I will come,"" said I.",3903
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3904
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Then get your revolver and put on your boots. The sooner we start",3905
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the better, as the fellow may put out his light and be off.""",3906
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3907
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"In five minutes we were outside the door, starting upon our",3908
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"expedition. We hurried through the dark shrubbery, amid the dull",3909
The Hound of the Baskervilles,moaning of the autumn wind and the rustle of the falling leaves. The,3910
The Hound of the Baskervilles,night air was heavy with the smell of damp and decay. Now and again,3911
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the moon peeped out for an instant, but clouds were driving over the",3912
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"face of the sky, and just as we came out on the moor a thin rain",3913
The Hound of the Baskervilles,began to fall. The light still burned steadily in front.,3914
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3915
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Are you armed?"" I asked.",3916
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3917
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I have a hunting-crop.""",3918
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3919
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""We must close in on him rapidly, for he is said to be a desperate",3920
The Hound of the Baskervilles,fellow. We shall take him by surprise and have him at our mercy,3921
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"before he can resist.""",3922
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3923
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I say, Watson,"" said the baronet, ""what would Holmes say to this?",3924
The Hound of the Baskervilles,How about that hour of darkness in which the power of evil is,3925
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"exalted?""",3926
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3927
The Hound of the Baskervilles,As if in answer to his words there rose suddenly out of the vast,3928
The Hound of the Baskervilles,gloom of the moor that strange cry which I had already heard upon the,3929
The Hound of the Baskervilles,borders of the great Grimpen Mire. It came with the wind through the,3930
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"silence of the night, a long, deep mutter, then a rising howl, and",3931
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"then the sad moan in which it died away. Again and again it sounded,",3932
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the whole air throbbing with it, strident, wild, and menacing. The",3933
The Hound of the Baskervilles,baronet caught my sleeve and his face glimmered white through the,3934
The Hound of the Baskervilles,darkness.,3935
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3936
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""My God, what's that, Watson?""",3937
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3938
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I don't know. It's a sound they have on the moor. I heard it once",3939
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"before.""",3940
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3941
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"It died away, and an absolute silence closed in upon us. We stood",3942
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"straining our ears, but nothing came.",3943
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3944
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Watson,"" said the baronet, ""it was the cry of a hound.""",3945
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3946
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"My blood ran cold in my veins, for there was a break in his voice",3947
The Hound of the Baskervilles,which told of the sudden horror which had seized him.,3948
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3949
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""What do they call this sound?"" he asked.",3950
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3951
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Who?""",3952
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3953
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""The folk on the country-side.""",3954
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3955
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Oh, they are ignorant people. Why should you mind what they call",3956
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"it?""",3957
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3958
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Tell me, Watson. What do they say of it?""",3959
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3960
The Hound of the Baskervilles,I hesitated but could not escape the question.,3961
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3962
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""They say it is the cry of the Hound of the Baskervilles.""",3963
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3964
The Hound of the Baskervilles,He groaned and was silent for a few moments.,3965
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3966
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""A hound it was,"" he said, at last, ""but it seemed to come from miles",3967
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"away, over yonder, I think.""",3968
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3969
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""It was hard to say whence it came.""",3970
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3971
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""It rose and fell with the wind. Isn't that the direction of the",3972
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"great Grimpen Mire?""",3973
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3974
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Yes, it is.""",3975
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3976
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Well, it was up there. Come now, Watson, didn't you think yourself",3977
The Hound of the Baskervilles,that it was the cry of a hound? I am not a child. You need not fear,3978
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"to speak the truth.""",3979
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3980
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Stapleton was with me when I heard it last. He said that it might be",3981
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the calling of a strange bird.""",3982
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3983
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""No, no, it was a hound. My God, can there be some truth in all these",3984
The Hound of the Baskervilles,stories? Is it possible that I am really in danger from so dark a,3985
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"cause? You don't believe it, do you, Watson?""",3986
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3987
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""No, no.""",3988
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3989
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""And yet it was one thing to laugh about it in London, and it is",3990
The Hound of the Baskervilles,another to stand out here in the darkness of the moor and to hear,3991
The Hound of the Baskervilles,such a cry as that. And my uncle! There was the footprint of the,3992
The Hound of the Baskervilles,hound beside him as he lay. It all fits together. I don't think that,3993
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"I am a coward, Watson, but that sound seemed to freeze my very blood.",3994
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Feel my hand!""",3995
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3996
The Hound of the Baskervilles,It was as cold as a block of marble.,3997
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,3998
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""You'll be all right to-morrow.""",3999
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4000
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I don't think I'll get that cry out of my head. What do you advise",4001
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"that we do now?""",4002
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4003
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Shall we turn back?""",4004
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4005
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""No, by thunder; we have come out to get our man, and we will do it.",4006
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"We after the convict, and a hell-hound, as likely as not, after us.",4007
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Come on! We'll see it through if all the fiends of the pit were loose,4008
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"upon the moor.""",4009
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4010
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"We stumbled slowly along in the darkness, with the black loom of the",4011
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"craggy hills around us, and the yellow speck of light burning",4012
The Hound of the Baskervilles,steadily in front. There is nothing so deceptive as the distance of a,4013
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"light upon a pitch-dark night, and sometimes the glimmer seemed to be",4014
The Hound of the Baskervilles,far away upon the horizon and sometimes it might have been within a,4015
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"few yards of us. But at last we could see whence it came, and then we",4016
The Hound of the Baskervilles,knew that we were indeed very close. A guttering candle was stuck in,4017
The Hound of the Baskervilles,a crevice of the rocks which flanked it on each side so as to keep,4018
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the wind from it and also to prevent it from being visible, save in",4019
The Hound of the Baskervilles,the direction of Baskerville Hall. A boulder of granite concealed our,4020
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"approach, and crouching behind it we gazed over it at the signal",4021
The Hound of the Baskervilles,light. It was strange to see this single candle burning there in the,4022
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"middle of the moor, with no sign of life near it--just the one",4023
The Hound of the Baskervilles,straight yellow flame and the gleam of the rock on each side of it.,4024
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4025
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""What shall we do now?"" whispered Sir Henry.",4026
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4027
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Wait here. He must be near his light. Let us see if we can get a",4028
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"glimpse of him.""",4029
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4030
The Hound of the Baskervilles,The words were hardly out of my mouth when we both saw him. Over the,4031
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"rocks, in the crevice of which the candle burned, there was thrust",4032
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"out an evil yellow face, a terrible animal face, all seamed and",4033
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"scored with vile passions. Foul with mire, with a bristling beard,",4034
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"and hung with matted hair, it might well have belonged to one of",4035
The Hound of the Baskervilles,those old savages who dwelt in the burrows on the hillsides. The,4036
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"light beneath him was reflected in his small, cunning eyes which",4037
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"peered fiercely to right and left through the darkness, like a crafty",4038
The Hound of the Baskervilles,and savage animal who has heard the steps of the hunters.,4039
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4040
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Something had evidently aroused his suspicions. It may have been that,4041
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Barrymore had some private signal which we had neglected to give, or",4042
The Hound of the Baskervilles,the fellow may have had some other reason for thinking that all was,4043
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"not well, but I could read his fears upon his wicked face. Any",4044
The Hound of the Baskervilles,instant he might dash out the light and vanish in the darkness. I,4045
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"sprang forward therefore, and Sir Henry did the same. At the same",4046
The Hound of the Baskervilles,moment the convict screamed out a curse at us and hurled a rock which,4047
The Hound of the Baskervilles,splintered up against the boulder which had sheltered us. I caught,4048
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"one glimpse of his short, squat, strongly-built figure as he sprang",4049
The Hound of the Baskervilles,to his feet and turned to run. At the same moment by a lucky chance,4050
The Hound of the Baskervilles,the moon broke through the clouds. We rushed over the brow of the,4051
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"hill, and there was our man running with great speed down the other",4052
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"side, springing over the stones in his way with the activity of a",4053
The Hound of the Baskervilles,mountain goat. A lucky long shot of my revolver might have crippled,4054
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"him, but I had brought it only to defend myself if attacked, and not",4055
The Hound of the Baskervilles,to shoot an unarmed man who was running away.,4056
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4057
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"We were both swift runners and in fairly good training, but we soon",4058
The Hound of the Baskervilles,found that we had no chance of overtaking him. We saw him for a long,4059
The Hound of the Baskervilles,time in the moonlight until he was only a small speck moving swiftly,4060
The Hound of the Baskervilles,among the boulders upon the side of a distant hill. We ran and ran,4061
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"until we were completely blown, but the space between us grew ever",4062
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"wider. Finally we stopped and sat panting on two rocks, while we",4063
The Hound of the Baskervilles,watched him disappearing in the distance.,4064
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4065
The Hound of the Baskervilles,And it was at this moment that there occurred a most strange and,4066
The Hound of the Baskervilles,unexpected thing. We had risen from our rocks and were turning to go,4067
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"home, having abandoned the hopeless chase. The moon was low upon the",4068
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"right, and the jagged pinnacle of a granite tor stood up against the",4069
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"lower curve of its silver disc. There, outlined as black as an ebony",4070
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"statue on that shining back-ground, I saw the figure of a man upon",4071
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the tor. Do not think that it was a delusion, Holmes. I assure you",4072
The Hound of the Baskervilles,that I have never in my life seen anything more clearly. As far as I,4073
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"could judge, the figure was that of a tall, thin man. He stood with",4074
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"his legs a little separated, his arms folded, his head bowed, as if",4075
The Hound of the Baskervilles,he were brooding over that enormous wilderness of peat and granite,4076
The Hound of the Baskervilles,which lay before him. He might have been the very spirit of that,4077
The Hound of the Baskervilles,terrible place. It was not the convict. This man was far from the,4078
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"place where the latter had disappeared. Besides, he was a much taller",4079
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"man. With a cry of surprise I pointed him out to the baronet, but in",4080
The Hound of the Baskervilles,the instant during which I had turned to grasp his arm the man was,4081
The Hound of the Baskervilles,gone. There was the sharp pinnacle of granite still cutting the lower,4082
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"edge of the moon, but its peak bore no trace of that silent and",4083
The Hound of the Baskervilles,motionless figure.,4084
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4085
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"I wished to go in that direction and to search the tor, but it was",4086
The Hound of the Baskervilles,some distance away. The baronet's nerves were still quivering from,4087
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"that cry, which recalled the dark story of his family, and he was not",4088
The Hound of the Baskervilles,in the mood for fresh adventures. He had not seen this lonely man,4089
The Hound of the Baskervilles,upon the tor and could not feel the thrill which his strange presence,4090
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"and his commanding attitude had given to me. ""A warder, no doubt,""",4091
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"said he. ""The moor has been thick with them since this fellow",4092
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"escaped."" Well, perhaps his explanation may be the right one, but I",4093
The Hound of the Baskervilles,should like to have some further proof of it. To-day we mean to,4094
The Hound of the Baskervilles,communicate to the Princetown people where they should look for their,4095
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"missing man, but it is hard lines that we have not actually had the",4096
The Hound of the Baskervilles,triumph of bringing him back as our own prisoner. Such are the,4097
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"adventures of last night, and you must acknowledge, my dear Holmes,",4098
The Hound of the Baskervilles,that I have done you very well in the matter of a report. Much of,4099
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"what I tell you is no doubt quite irrelevant, but still I feel that",4100
The Hound of the Baskervilles,it is best that I should let you have all the facts and leave you to,4101
The Hound of the Baskervilles,select for yourself those which will be of most service to you in,4102
The Hound of the Baskervilles,helping you to your conclusions. We are certainly making some,4103
The Hound of the Baskervilles,progress. So far as the Barrymores go we have found the motive of,4104
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"their actions, and that has cleared up the situation very much. But",4105
The Hound of the Baskervilles,the moor with its mysteries and its strange inhabitants remains as,4106
The Hound of the Baskervilles,inscrutable as ever. Perhaps in my next I may be able to throw some,4107
The Hound of the Baskervilles,light upon this also. Best of all would it be if you could come down,4108
The Hound of the Baskervilles,to us. In any case you will hear from me again in the course of the,4109
The Hound of the Baskervilles,next few days.,4110
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4111
The Hound of the Baskervilles,CHAPTER X,4112
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Extract from the Diary of Dr. Watson,4113
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4114
The Hound of the Baskervilles,So far I have been able to quote from the reports which I have,4115
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"forwarded during these early days to Sherlock Holmes. Now, however, I",4116
The Hound of the Baskervilles,have arrived at a point in my narrative where I am compelled to,4117
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"abandon this method and to trust once more to my recollections, aided",4118
The Hound of the Baskervilles,by the diary which I kept at the time. A few extracts from the latter,4119
The Hound of the Baskervilles,will carry me on to those scenes which are indelibly fixed in every,4120
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"detail upon my memory. I proceed, then, from the morning which",4121
The Hound of the Baskervilles,followed our abortive chase of the convict and our other strange,4122
The Hound of the Baskervilles,experiences upon the moor.,4123
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4124
The Hound of the Baskervilles,October 16th.--A dull and foggy day with a drizzle of rain. The house,4125
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"is banked in with rolling clouds, which rise now and then to show the",4126
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"dreary curves of the moor, with thin, silver veins upon the sides of",4127
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the hills, and the distant boulders gleaming where the light strikes",4128
The Hound of the Baskervilles,upon their wet faces. It is melancholy outside and in. The baronet is,4129
The Hound of the Baskervilles,in a black reaction after the excitements of the night. I am,4130
The Hound of the Baskervilles,conscious myself of a weight at my heart and a feeling of impending,4131
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"danger--ever present danger, which is the more terrible because I am",4132
The Hound of the Baskervilles,unable to define it.,4133
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4134
The Hound of the Baskervilles,And have I not cause for such a feeling? Consider the long sequence,4135
The Hound of the Baskervilles,of incidents which have all pointed to some sinister influence which,4136
The Hound of the Baskervilles,is at work around us. There is the death of the last occupant of the,4137
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Hall, fulfilling so exactly the conditions of the family legend, and",4138
The Hound of the Baskervilles,there are the repeated reports from peasants of the appearance of a,4139
The Hound of the Baskervilles,strange creature upon the moor. Twice I have with my own ears heard,4140
The Hound of the Baskervilles,the sound which resembled the distant baying of a hound. It is,4141
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"incredible, impossible, that it should really be outside the ordinary",4142
The Hound of the Baskervilles,laws of nature. A spectral hound which leaves material footmarks and,4143
The Hound of the Baskervilles,fills the air with its howling is surely not to be thought of.,4144
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Stapleton may fall in with such a superstition, and Mortimer also;",4145
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"but if I have one quality upon earth it is common-sense, and nothing",4146
The Hound of the Baskervilles,will persuade me to believe in such a thing. To do so would be to,4147
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"descend to the level of these poor peasants, who are not content with",4148
The Hound of the Baskervilles,a mere fiend dog but must needs describe him with hell-fire shooting,4149
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"from his mouth and eyes. Holmes would not listen to such fancies, and",4150
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"I am his agent. But facts are facts, and I have twice heard this",4151
The Hound of the Baskervilles,crying upon the moor. Suppose that there were really some huge hound,4152
The Hound of the Baskervilles,loose upon it; that would go far to explain everything. But where,4153
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"could such a hound lie concealed, where did it get its food, where",4154
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"did it come from, how was it that no one saw it by day? It must be",4155
The Hound of the Baskervilles,confessed that the natural explanation offers almost as many,4156
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"difficulties as the other. And always, apart from the hound, there is",4157
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the fact of the human agency in London, the man in the cab, and the",4158
The Hound of the Baskervilles,letter which warned Sir Henry against the moor. This at least was,4159
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"real, but it might have been the work of a protecting friend as",4160
The Hound of the Baskervilles,easily as of an enemy. Where is that friend or enemy now? Has he,4161
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"remained in London, or has he followed us down here? Could he--could",4162
The Hound of the Baskervilles,he be the stranger whom I saw upon the tor?,4163
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4164
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"It is true that I have had only the one glance at him, and yet there",4165
The Hound of the Baskervilles,are some things to which I am ready to swear. He is no one whom I,4166
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"have seen down here, and I have now met all the neighbours. The",4167
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"figure was far taller than that of Stapleton, far thinner than that",4168
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"of Frankland. Barrymore it might possibly have been, but we had left",4169
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"him behind us, and I am certain that he could not have followed us. A",4170
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"stranger then is still dogging us, just as a stranger dogged us in",4171
The Hound of the Baskervilles,London. We have never shaken him off. If I could lay my hands upon,4172
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"that man, then at last we might find ourselves at the end of all our",4173
The Hound of the Baskervilles,difficulties. To this one purpose I must now devote all my energies.,4174
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4175
The Hound of the Baskervilles,My first impulse was to tell Sir Henry all my plans. My second and,4176
The Hound of the Baskervilles,wisest one is to play my own game and speak as little as possible to,4177
The Hound of the Baskervilles,anyone. He is silent and distrait. His nerves have been strangely,4178
The Hound of the Baskervilles,shaken by that sound upon the moor. I will say nothing to add to his,4179
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"anxieties, but I will take my own steps to attain my own end.",4180
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4181
The Hound of the Baskervilles,We had a small scene this morning after breakfast. Barrymore asked,4182
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"leave to speak with Sir Henry, and they were closeted in his study",4183
The Hound of the Baskervilles,some little time. Sitting in the billiard-room I more than once heard,4184
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the sound of voices raised, and I had a pretty good idea what the",4185
The Hound of the Baskervilles,point was which was under discussion. After a time the baronet opened,4186
The Hound of the Baskervilles,his door and called for me.,4187
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4188
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Barrymore considers that he has a grievance,"" he said. ""He thinks",4189
The Hound of the Baskervilles,that it was unfair on our part to hunt his brother-in-law down when,4190
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"he, of his own free will, had told us the secret.""",4191
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4192
The Hound of the Baskervilles,The butler was standing very pale but very collected before us.,4193
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4194
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I may have spoken too warmly, sir,"" said he, ""and if I have, I am",4195
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"sure that I beg your pardon. At the same time, I was very much",4196
The Hound of the Baskervilles,surprised when I heard you two gentlemen come back this morning and,4197
The Hound of the Baskervilles,learned that you had been chasing Selden. The poor fellow has enough,4198
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"to fight against without my putting more upon his track.""",4199
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4200
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""If you had told us of your own free will it would have been a",4201
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"different thing,"" said the baronet, ""you only told us, or rather your",4202
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"wife only told us, when it was forced from you and you could not help",4203
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"yourself.""",4204
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4205
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I didn't think you would have taken advantage of it, Sir",4206
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Henry--indeed I didn't.""",4207
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4208
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""The man is a public danger. There are lonely houses scattered over",4209
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the moor, and he is a fellow who would stick at nothing. You only",4210
The Hound of the Baskervilles,want to get a glimpse of his face to see that. Look at Mr.,4211
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Stapleton's house, for example, with no one but himself to defend it.",4212
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"There's no safety for anyone until he is under lock and key.""",4213
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4214
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""He'll break into no house, sir. I give you my solemn word upon that.",4215
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"But he will never trouble anyone in this country again. I assure you,",4216
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Sir Henry, that in a very few days the necessary arrangements will",4217
The Hound of the Baskervilles,have been made and he will be on his way to South America. For God's,4218
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"sake, sir, I beg of you not to let the police know that he is still",4219
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"on the moor. They have given up the chase there, and he can lie quiet",4220
The Hound of the Baskervilles,until the ship is ready for him. You can't tell on him without,4221
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"getting my wife and me into trouble. I beg you, sir, to say nothing",4222
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"to the police.""",4223
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4224
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""What do you say, Watson?""",4225
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4226
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"I shrugged my shoulders. ""If he were safely out of the country it",4227
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"would relieve the tax-payer of a burden.""",4228
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4229
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""But how about the chance of his holding someone up before he goes?""",4230
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4231
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""He would not do anything so mad, sir. We have provided him with all",4232
The Hound of the Baskervilles,that he can want. To commit a crime would be to show where he was,4233
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"hiding.""",4234
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4235
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""That is true,"" said Sir Henry. ""Well, Barrymore--""",4236
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4237
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""God bless you, sir, and thank you from my heart! It would have",4238
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"killed my poor wife had he been taken again.""",4239
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4240
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I guess we are aiding and abetting a felony, Watson? But, after what",4241
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"we have heard I don't feel as if I could give the man up, so there is",4242
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"an end of it. All right, Barrymore, you can go.""",4243
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4244
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"With a few broken words of gratitude the man turned, but he hesitated",4245
The Hound of the Baskervilles,and then came back.,4246
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4247
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""You've been so kind to us, sir, that I should like to do the best I",4248
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"can for you in return. I know something, Sir Henry, and perhaps I",4249
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"should have said it before, but it was long after the inquest that I",4250
The Hound of the Baskervilles,found it out. I've never breathed a word about it yet to mortal man.,4251
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"It's about poor Sir Charles's death.""",4252
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4253
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"The baronet and I were both upon our feet. ""Do you know how he died?""",4254
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4255
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""No, sir, I don't know that.""",4256
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4257
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""What then?""",4258
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4259
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I know why he was at the gate at that hour. It was to meet a woman.""",4260
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4261
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""To meet a woman! He?""",4262
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4263
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Yes, sir.""",4264
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4265
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""And the woman's name?""",4266
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4267
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I can't give you the name, sir, but I can give you the initials. Her",4268
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"initials were L. L.""",4269
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4270
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""How do you know this, Barrymore?""",4271
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4272
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Well, Sir Henry, your uncle had a letter that morning. He had",4273
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"usually a great many letters, for he was a public man and well known",4274
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"for his kind heart, so that everyone who was in trouble was glad to",4275
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"turn to him. But that morning, as it chanced, there was only this one",4276
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"letter, so I took the more notice of it. It was from Coombe Tracey,",4277
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"and it was addressed in a woman's hand.""",4278
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4279
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Well?""",4280
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4281
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Well, sir, I thought no more of the matter, and never would have",4282
The Hound of the Baskervilles,done had it not been for my wife. Only a few weeks ago she was,4283
The Hound of the Baskervilles,cleaning out Sir Charles's study--it had never been touched since his,4284
The Hound of the Baskervilles,death--and she found the ashes of a burned letter in the back of the,4285
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"grate. The greater part of it was charred to pieces, but one little",4286
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"slip, the end of a page, hung together, and the writing could still",4287
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"be read, though it was gray on a black ground. It seemed to us to be",4288
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"a postscript at the end of the letter, and it said: 'Please, please,",4289
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"as you are a gentleman, burn this letter, and be at the gate by ten",4290
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"o'clock'. Beneath it were signed the initials L. L.""",4291
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4292
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Have you got that slip?""",4293
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4294
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""No, sir, it crumbled all to bits after we moved it.""",4295
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4296
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Had Sir Charles received any other letters in the same writing?""",4297
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4298
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Well, sir, I took no particular notice of his letters. I should not",4299
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"have noticed this one, only it happened to come alone.""",4300
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4301
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""And you have no idea who L. L. is?""",4302
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4303
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""No, sir. No more than you have. But I expect if we could lay our",4304
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"hands upon that lady we should know more about Sir Charles's death.""",4305
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4306
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I cannot understand, Barrymore, how you came to conceal this",4307
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"important information.""",4308
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4309
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Well, sir, it was immediately after that our own trouble came to us.",4310
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"And then again, sir, we were both of us very fond of Sir Charles, as",4311
The Hound of the Baskervilles,we well might be considering all that he has done for us. To rake,4312
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"this up couldn't help our poor master, and it's well to go carefully",4313
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"when there's a lady in the case. Even the best of us--""",4314
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4315
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""You thought it might injure his reputation?""",4316
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4317
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Well, sir, I thought no good could come of it. But now you have been",4318
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"kind to us, and I feel as if it would be treating you unfairly not to",4319
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"tell you all that I know about the matter.""",4320
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4321
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Very good, Barrymore; you can go."" When the butler had left us Sir",4322
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Henry turned to me. ""Well, Watson, what do you think of this new",4323
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"light?""",4324
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4325
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""It seems to leave the darkness rather blacker than before.""",4326
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4327
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""So I think. But if we can only trace L. L. it should clear up the",4328
The Hound of the Baskervilles,whole business. We have gained that much. We know that there is,4329
The Hound of the Baskervilles,someone who has the facts if we can only find her. What do you think,4330
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"we should do?""",4331
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4332
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Let Holmes know all about it at once. It will give him the clue for",4333
The Hound of the Baskervilles,which he has been seeking. I am much mistaken if it does not bring,4334
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"him down.""",4335
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4336
The Hound of the Baskervilles,I went at once to my room and drew up my report of the morning's,4337
The Hound of the Baskervilles,conversation for Holmes. It was evident to me that he had been very,4338
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"busy of late, for the notes which I had from Baker Street were few",4339
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"and short, with no comments upon the information which I had supplied",4340
The Hound of the Baskervilles,and hardly any reference to my mission. No doubt his blackmailing,4341
The Hound of the Baskervilles,case is absorbing all his faculties. And yet this new factor must,4342
The Hound of the Baskervilles,surely arrest his attention and renew his interest. I wish that he,4343
The Hound of the Baskervilles,were here.,4344
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4345
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"October 17th.--All day to-day the rain poured down, rustling on the",4346
The Hound of the Baskervilles,ivy and dripping from the eaves. I thought of the convict out upon,4347
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the bleak, cold, shelterless moor. Poor devil! Whatever his crimes,",4348
The Hound of the Baskervilles,he has suffered something to atone for them. And then I thought of,4349
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"that other one--the face in the cab, the figure against the moon. Was",4350
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"he also out in that deluged--the unseen watcher, the man of darkness?",4351
The Hound of the Baskervilles,In the evening I put on my waterproof and I walked far upon the,4352
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"sodden moor, full of dark imaginings, the rain beating upon my face",4353
The Hound of the Baskervilles,and the wind whistling about my ears. God help those who wander into,4354
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the great mire now, for even the firm uplands are becoming a morass.",4355
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"I found the black tor upon which I had seen the solitary watcher, and",4356
The Hound of the Baskervilles,from its craggy summit I looked out myself across the melancholy,4357
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"downs. Rain squalls drifted across their russet face, and the heavy,",4358
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"slate-coloured clouds hung low over the landscape, trailing in gray",4359
The Hound of the Baskervilles,wreaths down the sides of the fantastic hills. In the distant hollow,4360
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"on the left, half hidden by the mist, the two thin towers of",4361
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Baskerville Hall rose above the trees. They were the only signs of,4362
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"human life which I could see, save only those prehistoric huts which",4363
The Hound of the Baskervilles,lay thickly upon the slopes of the hills. Nowhere was there any trace,4364
The Hound of the Baskervilles,of that lonely man whom I had seen on the same spot two nights,4365
The Hound of the Baskervilles,before.,4366
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4367
The Hound of the Baskervilles,As I walked back I was overtaken by Dr. Mortimer driving in his,4368
The Hound of the Baskervilles,dog-cart over a rough moorland track which led from the outlying,4369
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"farmhouse of Foulmire. He has been very attentive to us, and hardly a",4370
The Hound of the Baskervilles,day has passed that he has not called at the Hall to see how we were,4371
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"getting on. He insisted upon my climbing into his dog-cart, and he",4372
The Hound of the Baskervilles,gave me a lift homeward. I found him much troubled over the,4373
The Hound of the Baskervilles,disappearance of his little spaniel. It had wandered on to the moor,4374
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"and had never come back. I gave him such consolation as I might, but",4375
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"I thought of the pony on the Grimpen Mire, and I do not fancy that he",4376
The Hound of the Baskervilles,will see his little dog again.,4377
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4378
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""By the way, Mortimer,"" said I as we jolted along the rough road, ""I",4379
The Hound of the Baskervilles,suppose there are few people living within driving distance of this,4380
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"whom you do not know?""",4381
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4382
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Hardly any, I think.""",4383
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4384
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Can you, then, tell me the name of any woman whose initials are L.",4385
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"L.?""",4386
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4387
The Hound of the Baskervilles,He thought for a few minutes.,4388
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4389
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""No,"" said he. ""There are a few gipsies and labouring folk for whom I",4390
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"can't answer, but among the farmers or gentry there is no one whose",4391
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"initials are those. Wait a bit though,"" he added after a pause.",4392
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""There is Laura Lyons--her initials are L. L.--but she lives in",4393
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Coombe Tracey.""",4394
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4395
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Who is she?"" I asked.",4396
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4397
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""She is Frankland's daughter.""",4398
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4399
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""What! Old Frankland the crank?""",4400
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4401
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Exactly. She married an artist named Lyons, who came sketching on",4402
The Hound of the Baskervilles,the moor. He proved to be a blackguard and deserted her. The fault,4403
The Hound of the Baskervilles,from what I hear may not have been entirely on one side. Her father,4404
The Hound of the Baskervilles,refused to have anything to do with her because she had married,4405
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"without his consent, and perhaps for one or two other reasons as",4406
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"well. So, between the old sinner and the young one the girl has had a",4407
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"pretty bad time.""",4408
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4409
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""How does she live?""",4410
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4411
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I fancy old Frankland allows her a pittance, but it cannot be more,",4412
The Hound of the Baskervilles,for his own affairs are considerably involved. Whatever she may have,4413
The Hound of the Baskervilles,deserved one could not allow her to go hopelessly to the bad. Her,4414
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"story got about, and several of the people here did something to",4415
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"enable her to earn an honest living. Stapleton did for one, and Sir",4416
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Charles for another. I gave a trifle myself. It was to set her up in,4417
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"a typewriting business.""",4418
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4419
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"He wanted to know the object of my inquiries, but I managed to",4420
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"satisfy his curiosity without telling him too much, for there is no",4421
The Hound of the Baskervilles,reason why we should take anyone into our confidence. To-morrow,4422
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"morning I shall find my way to Coombe Tracey, and if I can see this",4423
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Mrs. Laura Lyons, of equivocal reputation, a long step will have been",4424
The Hound of the Baskervilles,made towards clearing one incident in this chain of mysteries. I am,4425
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"certainly developing the wisdom of the serpent, for when Mortimer",4426
The Hound of the Baskervilles,pressed his questions to an inconvenient extent I asked him casually,4427
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"to what type Frankland's skull belonged, and so heard nothing but",4428
The Hound of the Baskervilles,craniology for the rest of our drive. I have not lived for years with,4429
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Sherlock Holmes for nothing.,4430
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4431
The Hound of the Baskervilles,I have only one other incident to record upon this tempestuous and,4432
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"melancholy day. This was my conversation with Barrymore just now,",4433
The Hound of the Baskervilles,which gives me one more strong card which I can play in due time.,4434
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4435
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Mortimer had stayed to dinner, and he and the baronet played écarté",4436
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"afterwards. The butler brought me my coffee into the library, and I",4437
The Hound of the Baskervilles,took the chance to ask him a few questions.,4438
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4439
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Well,"" said I, ""has this precious relation of yours departed, or is",4440
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"he still lurking out yonder?""",4441
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4442
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I don't know, sir. I hope to heaven that he has gone, for he has",4443
The Hound of the Baskervilles,brought nothing but trouble here! I've not heard of him since I left,4444
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"out food for him last, and that was three days ago.""",4445
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4446
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Did you see him then?""",4447
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4448
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""No, sir, but the food was gone when next I went that way.""",4449
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4450
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Then he was certainly there?""",4451
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4452
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""So you would think, sir, unless it was the other man who took it.""",4453
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4454
The Hound of the Baskervilles,I sat with my coffee-cup halfway to my lips and stared at Barrymore.,4455
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4456
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""You know that there is another man then?""",4457
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4458
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Yes, sir; there is another man upon the moor.""",4459
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4460
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Have you seen him?""",4461
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4462
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""No, sir.""",4463
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4464
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""How do you know of him then?""",4465
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4466
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Selden told me of him, sir, a week ago or more. He's in hiding, too,",4467
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"but he's not a convict as far as I can make out. I don't like it, Dr.",4468
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Watson--I tell you straight, sir, that I don't like it."" He spoke",4469
The Hound of the Baskervilles,with a sudden passion of earnestness.,4470
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4471
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Now, listen to me, Barrymore! I have no interest in this matter but",4472
The Hound of the Baskervilles,that of your master. I have come here with no object except to help,4473
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"him. Tell me, frankly, what it is that you don't like.""",4474
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4475
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Barrymore hesitated for a moment, as if he regretted his outburst, or",4476
The Hound of the Baskervilles,found it difficult to express his own feelings in words.,4477
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4478
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""It's all these goings-on, sir,"" he cried at last, waving his hand",4479
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"towards the rain-lashed window which faced the moor. ""There's foul",4480
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"play somewhere, and there's black villainy brewing, to that I'll",4481
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"swear! Very glad I should be, sir, to see Sir Henry on his way back",4482
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"to London again!""",4483
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4484
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""But what is it that alarms you?""",4485
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4486
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Look at Sir Charles's death! That was bad enough, for all that the",4487
The Hound of the Baskervilles,coroner said. Look at the noises on the moor at night. There's not a,4488
The Hound of the Baskervilles,man would cross it after sundown if he was paid for it. Look at this,4489
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"stranger hiding out yonder, and watching and waiting! What's he",4490
The Hound of the Baskervilles,waiting for? What does it mean? It means no good to anyone of the,4491
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"name of Baskerville, and very glad I shall be to be quit of it all on",4492
The Hound of the Baskervilles,the day that Sir Henry's new servants are ready to take over the,4493
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Hall.""",4494
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4495
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""But about this stranger,"" said I. ""Can you tell me anything about",4496
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"him? What did Selden say? Did he find out where he hid, or what he",4497
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"was doing?""",4498
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4499
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""He saw him once or twice, but he is a deep one, and gives nothing",4500
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"away. At first he thought that he was the police, but soon he found",4501
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"that he had some lay of his own. A kind of gentleman he was, as far",4502
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"as he could see, but what he was doing he could not make out.""",4503
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4504
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""And where did he say that he lived?""",4505
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4506
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Among the old houses on the hillside--the stone huts where the old",4507
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"folk used to live.""",4508
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4509
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""But how about his food?""",4510
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4511
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Selden found out that he has got a lad who works for him and brings",4512
The Hound of the Baskervilles,him all he needs. I dare say he goes to Coombe Tracey for what he,4513
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"wants.""",4514
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4515
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Very good, Barrymore. We may talk further of this some other time.""",4516
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"When the butler had gone I walked over to the black window, and I",4517
The Hound of the Baskervilles,looked through a blurred pane at the driving clouds and at the,4518
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"tossing outline of the wind-swept trees. It is a wild night indoors,",4519
The Hound of the Baskervilles,and what must it be in a stone hut upon the moor. What passion of,4520
The Hound of the Baskervilles,hatred can it be which leads a man to lurk in such a place at such a,4521
The Hound of the Baskervilles,time! And what deep and earnest purpose can he have which calls for,4522
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"such a trial! There, in that hut upon the moor, seems to lie the very",4523
The Hound of the Baskervilles,centre of that problem which has vexed me so sorely. I swear that,4524
The Hound of the Baskervilles,another day shall not have passed before I have done all that man can,4525
The Hound of the Baskervilles,do to reach the heart of the mystery.,4526
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4527
The Hound of the Baskervilles,CHAPTER XI,4528
The Hound of the Baskervilles,The Man on the Tor,4529
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4530
The Hound of the Baskervilles,The extract from my private diary which forms the last chapter has,4531
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"brought my narrative up to the 18th of October, a time when these",4532
The Hound of the Baskervilles,strange events began to move swiftly towards their terrible,4533
The Hound of the Baskervilles,conclusion. The incidents of the next few days are indelibly graven,4534
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"upon my recollection, and I can tell them without reference to the",4535
The Hound of the Baskervilles,notes made at the time. I start then from the day which succeeded,4536
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"that upon which I had established two facts of great importance, the",4537
The Hound of the Baskervilles,one that Mrs. Laura Lyons of Coombe Tracey had written to Sir Charles,4538
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Baskerville and made an appointment with him at the very place and,4539
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"hour that he met his death, the other that the lurking man upon the",4540
The Hound of the Baskervilles,moor was to be found among the stone huts upon the hill-side. With,4541
The Hound of the Baskervilles,these two facts in my possession I felt that either my intelligence,4542
The Hound of the Baskervilles,or my courage must be deficient if I could not throw some further,4543
The Hound of the Baskervilles,light upon these dark places.,4544
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4545
The Hound of the Baskervilles,I had no opportunity to tell the baronet what I had learned about,4546
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Mrs. Lyons upon the evening before, for Dr. Mortimer remained with",4547
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"him at cards until it was very late. At breakfast, however, I",4548
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"informed him about my discovery, and asked him whether he would care",4549
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"to accompany me to Coombe Tracey. At first he was very eager to come,",4550
The Hound of the Baskervilles,but on second thoughts it seemed to both of us that if I went alone,4551
The Hound of the Baskervilles,the results might be better. The more formal we made the visit the,4552
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"less information we might obtain. I left Sir Henry behind, therefore,",4553
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"not without some prickings of conscience, and drove off upon my new",4554
The Hound of the Baskervilles,quest.,4555
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4556
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"When I reached Coombe Tracey I told Perkins to put up the horses, and",4557
The Hound of the Baskervilles,I made inquiries for the lady whom I had come to interrogate. I had,4558
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"no difficulty in finding her rooms, which were central and well",4559
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"appointed. A maid showed me in without ceremony, and as I entered the",4560
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"sitting-room a lady, who was sitting before a Remington typewriter,",4561
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"sprang up with a pleasant smile of welcome. Her face fell, however,",4562
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"when she saw that I was a stranger, and she sat down again and asked",4563
The Hound of the Baskervilles,me the object of my visit.,4564
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4565
The Hound of the Baskervilles,The first impression left by Mrs. Lyons was one of extreme beauty.,4566
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Her eyes and hair were of the same rich hazel colour, and her cheeks,",4567
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"though considerably freckled, were flushed with the exquisite bloom",4568
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"of the brunette, the dainty pink which lurks at the heart of the",4569
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"sulphur rose. Admiration was, I repeat, the first impression. But the",4570
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"second was criticism. There was something subtly wrong with the face,",4571
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"some coarseness of expression, some hardness, perhaps, of eye, some",4572
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"looseness of lip which marred its perfect beauty. But these, of",4573
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"course, are after-thoughts. At the moment I was simply conscious that",4574
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"I was in the presence of a very handsome woman, and that she was",4575
The Hound of the Baskervilles,asking me the reasons for my visit. I had not quite understood until,4576
The Hound of the Baskervilles,that instant how delicate my mission was.,4577
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4578
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I have the pleasure,"" said I, ""of knowing your father."" It was a",4579
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"clumsy introduction, and the lady made me feel it.",4580
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4581
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""There is nothing in common between my father and me,"" she said. ""I",4582
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"owe him nothing, and his friends are not mine. If it were not for the",4583
The Hound of the Baskervilles,late Sir Charles Baskerville and some other kind hearts I might have,4584
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"starved for all that my father cared.""",4585
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4586
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""It was about the late Sir Charles Baskerville that I have come here",4587
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"to see you.""",4588
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4589
The Hound of the Baskervilles,The freckles started out on the lady's face.,4590
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4591
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""What can I tell you about him?"" she asked, and her fingers played",4592
The Hound of the Baskervilles,nervously over the stops of her typewriter.,4593
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4594
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""You knew him, did you not?""",4595
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4596
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I have already said that I owe a great deal to his kindness. If I am",4597
The Hound of the Baskervilles,able to support myself it is largely due to the interest which he,4598
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"took in my unhappy situation.""",4599
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4600
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Did you correspond with him?""",4601
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4602
The Hound of the Baskervilles,The lady looked quickly up with an angry gleam in her hazel eyes.,4603
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4604
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""What is the object of these questions?"" she asked sharply.",4605
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4606
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""The object is to avoid a public scandal. It is better that I should",4607
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"ask them here than that the matter should pass outside our control.""",4608
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4609
The Hound of the Baskervilles,She was silent and her face was still very pale. At last she looked,4610
The Hound of the Baskervilles,up with something reckless and defiant in her manner.,4611
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4612
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Well, I'll answer,"" she said. ""What are your questions?""",4613
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4614
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Did you correspond with Sir Charles?""",4615
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4616
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I certainly wrote to him once or twice to acknowledge his delicacy",4617
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"and his generosity.""",4618
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4619
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Have you the dates of those letters?""",4620
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4621
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""No.""",4622
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4623
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Have you ever met him?""",4624
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4625
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Yes, once or twice, when he came into Coombe Tracey. He was a very",4626
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"retiring man, and he preferred to do good by stealth.""",4627
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4628
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""But if you saw him so seldom and wrote so seldom, how did he know",4629
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"enough about your affairs to be able to help you, as you say that he",4630
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"has done?""",4631
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4632
The Hound of the Baskervilles,She met my difficulty with the utmost readiness.,4633
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4634
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""There were several gentlemen who knew my sad history and united to",4635
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"help me. One was Mr. Stapleton, a neighbour and intimate friend of",4636
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Sir Charles's. He was exceedingly kind, and it was through him that",4637
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Sir Charles learned about my affairs.""",4638
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4639
The Hound of the Baskervilles,I knew already that Sir Charles Baskerville had made Stapleton his,4640
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"almoner upon several occasions, so the lady's statement bore the",4641
The Hound of the Baskervilles,impress of truth upon it.,4642
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4643
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Did you ever write to Sir Charles asking him to meet you?"" I",4644
The Hound of the Baskervilles,continued.,4645
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4646
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Mrs. Lyons flushed with anger again.,4647
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4648
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Really, sir, this is a very extraordinary question.""",4649
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4650
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I am sorry, madam, but I must repeat it.""",4651
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4652
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Then I answer, certainly not.""",4653
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4654
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Not on the very day of Sir Charles's death?""",4655
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4656
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"The flush had faded in an instant, and a deathly face was before me.",4657
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Her dry lips could not speak the ""No"" which I saw rather than heard.",4658
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4659
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Surely your memory deceives you,"" said I. ""I could even quote a",4660
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"passage of your letter. It ran 'Please, please, as you are a",4661
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"gentleman, burn this letter, and be at the gate by ten o'clock.'""",4662
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4663
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"I thought that she had fainted, but she recovered herself by a",4664
The Hound of the Baskervilles,supreme effort.,4665
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4666
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Is there no such thing as a gentleman?"" she gasped.",4667
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4668
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""You do Sir Charles an injustice. He did burn the letter. But",4669
The Hound of the Baskervilles,sometimes a letter may be legible even when burned. You acknowledge,4670
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"now that you wrote it?""",4671
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4672
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Yes, I did write it,"" she cried, pouring out her soul in a torrent",4673
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"of words. ""I did write it. Why should I deny it? I have no reason to",4674
The Hound of the Baskervilles,be ashamed of it. I wished him to help me. I believed that if I had,4675
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"an interview I could gain his help, so I asked him to meet me.""",4676
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4677
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""But why at such an hour?""",4678
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4679
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Because I had only just learned that he was going to London next day",4680
The Hound of the Baskervilles,and might be away for months. There were reasons why I could not get,4681
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"there earlier.""",4682
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4683
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""But why a rendezvous in the garden instead of a visit to the house?""",4684
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4685
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Do you think a woman could go alone at that hour to a bachelor's",4686
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"house?""",4687
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4688
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Well, what happened when you did get there?""",4689
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4690
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I never went.""",4691
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4692
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Mrs. Lyons!""",4693
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4694
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""No, I swear it to you on all I hold sacred. I never went. Something",4695
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"intervened to prevent my going.""",4696
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4697
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""What was that?""",4698
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4699
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""That is a private matter. I cannot tell it.""",4700
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4701
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""You acknowledge then that you made an appointment with Sir Charles",4702
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"at the very hour and place at which he met his death, but you deny",4703
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"that you kept the appointment.""",4704
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4705
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""That is the truth.""",4706
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4707
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Again and again I cross-questioned her, but I could never get past",4708
The Hound of the Baskervilles,that point.,4709
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4710
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Mrs. Lyons,"" said I, as I rose from this long and inconclusive",4711
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"interview, ""you are taking a very great responsibility and putting",4712
The Hound of the Baskervilles,yourself in a very false position by not making an absolutely clean,4713
The Hound of the Baskervilles,breast of all that you know. If I have to call in the aid of the,4714
The Hound of the Baskervilles,police you will find how seriously you are compromised. If your,4715
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"position is innocent, why did you in the first instance deny having",4716
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"written to Sir Charles upon that date?""",4717
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4718
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Because I feared that some false conclusion might be drawn from it",4719
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"and that I might find myself involved in a scandal.""",4720
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4721
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""And why were you so pressing that Sir Charles should destroy your",4722
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"letter?""",4723
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4724
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""If you have read the letter you will know.""",4725
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4726
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I did not say that I had read all the letter.""",4727
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4728
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""You quoted some of it.""",4729
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4730
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I quoted the postscript. The letter had, as I said, been burned and",4731
The Hound of the Baskervilles,it was not all legible. I ask you once again why it was that you were,4732
The Hound of the Baskervilles,so pressing that Sir Charles should destroy this letter which he,4733
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"received on the day of his death.""",4734
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4735
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""The matter is a very private one.""",4736
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4737
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""The more reason why you should avoid a public investigation.""",4738
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4739
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I will tell you, then. If you have heard anything of my unhappy",4740
The Hound of the Baskervilles,history you will know that I made a rash marriage and had reason to,4741
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"regret it.""",4742
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4743
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I have heard so much.""",4744
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4745
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""My life has been one incessant persecution from a husband whom I",4746
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"abhor. The law is upon his side, and every day I am faced by the",4747
The Hound of the Baskervilles,possibility that he may force me to live with him. At the time that I,4748
The Hound of the Baskervilles,wrote this letter to Sir Charles I had learned that there was a,4749
The Hound of the Baskervilles,prospect of my regaining my freedom if certain expenses could be met.,4750
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"It meant everything to me--peace of mind, happiness,",4751
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"self-respect--everything. I knew Sir Charles's generosity, and I",4752
The Hound of the Baskervilles,thought that if he heard the story from my own lips he would help,4753
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"me.""",4754
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4755
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Then how is it that you did not go?""",4756
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4757
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Because I received help in the interval from another source.""",4758
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4759
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Why then, did you not write to Sir Charles and explain this?""",4760
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4761
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""So I should have done had I not seen his death in the paper next",4762
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"morning.""",4763
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4764
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"The woman's story hung coherently together, and all my questions were",4765
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"unable to shake it. I could only check it by finding if she had,",4766
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"indeed, instituted divorce proceedings against her husband at or",4767
The Hound of the Baskervilles,about the time of the tragedy.,4768
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4769
The Hound of the Baskervilles,It was unlikely that she would dare to say that she had not been to,4770
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Baskerville Hall if she really had been, for a trap would be",4771
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"necessary to take her there, and could not have returned to Coombe",4772
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Tracey until the early hours of the morning. Such an excursion could,4773
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"not be kept secret. The probability was, therefore, that she was",4774
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"telling the truth, or, at least, a part of the truth. I came away",4775
The Hound of the Baskervilles,baffled and disheartened. Once again I had reached that dead wall,4776
The Hound of the Baskervilles,which seemed to be built across every path by which I tried to get at,4777
The Hound of the Baskervilles,the object of my mission. And yet the more I thought of the lady's,4778
The Hound of the Baskervilles,face and of her manner the more I felt that something was being held,4779
The Hound of the Baskervilles,back from me. Why should she turn so pale? Why should she fight,4780
The Hound of the Baskervilles,against every admission until it was forced from her? Why should she,4781
The Hound of the Baskervilles,have been so reticent at the time of the tragedy? Surely the,4782
The Hound of the Baskervilles,explanation of all this could not be as innocent as she would have me,4783
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"believe. For the moment I could proceed no farther in that direction,",4784
The Hound of the Baskervilles,but must turn back to that other clue which was to be sought for,4785
The Hound of the Baskervilles,among the stone huts upon the moor.,4786
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4787
The Hound of the Baskervilles,And that was a most vague direction. I realized it as I drove back,4788
The Hound of the Baskervilles,and noted how hill after hill showed traces of the ancient people.,4789
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Barrymore's only indication had been that the stranger lived in one,4790
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"of these abandoned huts, and many hundreds of them are scattered",4791
The Hound of the Baskervilles,throughout the length and breadth of the moor. But I had my own,4792
The Hound of the Baskervilles,experience for a guide since it had shown me the man himself standing,4793
The Hound of the Baskervilles,upon the summit of the Black Tor. That then should be the centre of,4794
The Hound of the Baskervilles,my search. From there I should explore every hut upon the moor until,4795
The Hound of the Baskervilles,I lighted upon the right one. If this man were inside it I should,4796
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"find out from his own lips, at the point of my revolver if necessary,",4797
The Hound of the Baskervilles,who he was and why he had dogged us so long. He might slip away from,4798
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"us in the crowd of Regent Street, but it would puzzle him to do so",4799
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"upon the lonely moor. On the other hand, if I should find the hut and",4800
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"its tenant should not be within it I must remain there, however long",4801
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the vigil, until he returned. Holmes had missed him in London. It",4802
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"would indeed be a triumph for me if I could run him to earth, where",4803
The Hound of the Baskervilles,my master had failed.,4804
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4805
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Luck had been against us again and again in this inquiry, but now at",4806
The Hound of the Baskervilles,last it came to my aid. And the messenger of good fortune was none,4807
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"other than Mr. Frankland, who was standing, gray-whiskered and",4808
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"red-faced, outside the gate of his garden, which opened on to the",4809
The Hound of the Baskervilles,high road along which I travelled.,4810
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4811
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Good-day, Dr. Watson,"" cried he with unwonted good humour, ""you must",4812
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"really give your horses a rest, and come in to have a glass of wine",4813
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"and to congratulate me.""",4814
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4815
The Hound of the Baskervilles,My feelings towards him were very far from being friendly after what,4816
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"I had heard of his treatment of his daughter, but I was anxious to",4817
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"send Perkins and the wagonette home, and the opportunity was a good",4818
The Hound of the Baskervilles,one. I alighted and sent a message to Sir Henry that I should walk,4819
The Hound of the Baskervilles,over in time for dinner. Then I followed Frankland into his,4820
The Hound of the Baskervilles,dining-room.,4821
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4822
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""It is a great day for me, sir--one of the red-letter days of my",4823
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"life,"" he cried with many chuckles. ""I have brought off a double",4824
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"event. I mean to teach them in these parts that law is law, and that",4825
The Hound of the Baskervilles,there is a man here who does not fear to invoke it. I have,4826
The Hound of the Baskervilles,established a right of way through the centre of old Middleton's,4827
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"park, slap across it, sir, within a hundred yards of his own front",4828
The Hound of the Baskervilles,door. What do you think of that? We'll teach these magnates that they,4829
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"cannot ride roughshod over the rights of the commoners, confound",4830
The Hound of the Baskervilles,them! And I've closed the wood where the Fernworthy folk used to,4831
The Hound of the Baskervilles,picnic. These infernal people seem to think that there are no rights,4832
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"of property, and that they can swarm where they like with their",4833
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"papers and their bottles. Both cases decided, Dr. Watson, and both in",4834
The Hound of the Baskervilles,my favour. I haven't had such a day since I had Sir John Morland for,4835
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"trespass, because he shot in his own warren.""",4836
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4837
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""How on earth did you do that?""",4838
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4839
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Look it up in the books, sir. It will repay reading--Frankland v.",4840
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Morland, Court of Queen's Bench. It cost me 200 pounds, but I got my",4841
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"verdict.""",4842
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4843
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Did it do you any good?""",4844
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4845
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""None, sir, none. I am proud to say that I had no interest in the",4846
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"matter. I act entirely from a sense of public duty. I have no doubt,",4847
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"for example, that the Fernworthy people will burn me in effigy",4848
The Hound of the Baskervilles,to-night. I told the police last time they did it that they should,4849
The Hound of the Baskervilles,stop these disgraceful exhibitions. The County Constabulary is in a,4850
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"scandalous state, sir, and it has not afforded me the protection to",4851
The Hound of the Baskervilles,which I am entitled. The case of Frankland v. Regina will bring the,4852
The Hound of the Baskervilles,matter before the attention of the public. I told them that they,4853
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"would have occasion to regret their treatment of me, and already my",4854
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"words have come true.""",4855
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4856
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""How so?"" I asked.",4857
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4858
The Hound of the Baskervilles,The old man put on a very knowing expression.,4859
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4860
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Because I could tell them what they are dying to know; but nothing",4861
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"would induce me to help the rascals in any way.""",4862
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4863
The Hound of the Baskervilles,I had been casting round for some excuse by which I could get away,4864
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"from his gossip, but now I began to wish to hear more of it. I had",4865
The Hound of the Baskervilles,seen enough of the contrary nature of the old sinner to understand,4866
The Hound of the Baskervilles,that any strong sign of interest would be the surest way to stop his,4867
The Hound of the Baskervilles,confidences.,4868
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4869
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Some poaching case, no doubt?"" said I, with an indifferent manner.",4870
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4871
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Ha, ha, my boy, a very much more important matter than that! What",4872
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"about the convict on the moor?""",4873
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4874
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"I started. ""You don't mean that you know where he is?"" said I.",4875
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4876
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I may not know exactly where he is, but I am quite sure that I could",4877
The Hound of the Baskervilles,help the police to lay their hands on him. Has it never struck you,4878
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"that the way to catch that man was to find out where he got his food,",4879
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"and so trace it to him?""",4880
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4881
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"He certainly seemed to be getting uncomfortably near the truth. ""No",4882
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"doubt,"" said I; ""but how do you know that he is anywhere upon the",4883
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"moor?""",4884
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4885
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I know it because I have seen with my own eyes the messenger who",4886
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"takes him his food.""",4887
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4888
The Hound of the Baskervilles,My heart sank for Barrymore. It was a serious thing to be in the,4889
The Hound of the Baskervilles,power of this spiteful old busybody. But his next remark took a,4890
The Hound of the Baskervilles,weight from my mind.,4891
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4892
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""You'll be surprised to hear that his food is taken to him by a",4893
The Hound of the Baskervilles,child. I see him every day through my telescope upon the roof. He,4894
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"passes along the same path at the same hour, and to whom should he be",4895
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"going except to the convict?""",4896
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4897
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Here was luck indeed! And yet I suppressed all appearance of,4898
The Hound of the Baskervilles,interest. A child! Barrymore had said that our unknown was supplied,4899
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"by a boy. It was on his track, and not upon the convict's, that",4900
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Frankland had stumbled. If I could get his knowledge it might save me,4901
The Hound of the Baskervilles,a long and weary hunt. But incredulity and indifference were,4902
The Hound of the Baskervilles,evidently my strongest cards.,4903
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4904
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I should say that it was much more likely that it was the son of one",4905
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"of the moorland shepherds taking out his father's dinner.""",4906
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4907
The Hound of the Baskervilles,The least appearance of opposition struck fire out of the old,4908
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"autocrat. His eyes looked malignantly at me, and his gray whiskers",4909
The Hound of the Baskervilles,bristled like those of an angry cat.,4910
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4911
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Indeed, sir!"" said he, pointing out over the wide-stretching moor.",4912
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Do you see that Black Tor over yonder? Well, do you see the low hill",4913
The Hound of the Baskervilles,beyond with the thornbush upon it? It is the stoniest part of the,4914
The Hound of the Baskervilles,whole moor. Is that a place where a shepherd would be likely to take,4915
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"his station? Your suggestion, sir, is a most absurd one.""",4916
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4917
The Hound of the Baskervilles,I meekly answered that I had spoken without knowing all the facts. My,4918
The Hound of the Baskervilles,submission pleased him and led him to further confidences.,4919
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4920
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""You may be sure, sir, that I have very good grounds before I come to",4921
The Hound of the Baskervilles,an opinion. I have seen the boy again and again with his bundle.,4922
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Every day, and sometimes twice a day, I have been able--but wait a",4923
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"moment, Dr. Watson. Do my eyes deceive me, or is there at the present",4924
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"moment something moving upon that hill-side?""",4925
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4926
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"It was several miles off, but I could distinctly see a small dark dot",4927
The Hound of the Baskervilles,against the dull green and gray.,4928
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4929
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Come, sir, come!"" cried Frankland, rushing upstairs. ""You will see",4930
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"with your own eyes and judge for yourself.""",4931
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4932
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"The telescope, a formidable instrument mounted upon a tripod, stood",4933
The Hound of the Baskervilles,upon the flat leads of the house. Frankland clapped his eye to it and,4934
The Hound of the Baskervilles,gave a cry of satisfaction.,4935
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4936
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Quick, Dr. Watson, quick, before he passes over the hill!""",4937
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4938
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"There he was, sure enough, a small urchin with a little bundle upon",4939
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"his shoulder, toiling slowly up the hill. When he reached the crest I",4940
The Hound of the Baskervilles,saw the ragged uncouth figure outlined for an instant against the,4941
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"cold blue sky. He looked round him with a furtive and stealthy air,",4942
The Hound of the Baskervilles,as one who dreads pursuit. Then he vanished over the hill.,4943
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4944
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Well! Am I right?""",4945
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4946
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Certainly, there is a boy who seems to have some secret errand.""",4947
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4948
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""And what the errand is even a county constable could guess. But not",4949
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"one word shall they have from me, and I bind you to secrecy also, Dr.",4950
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Watson. Not a word! You understand!""",4951
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4952
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Just as you wish.""",4953
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4954
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""They have treated me shamefully--shamefully. When the facts come out",4955
The Hound of the Baskervilles,in Frankland v. Regina I venture to think that a thrill of,4956
The Hound of the Baskervilles,indignation will run through the country. Nothing would induce me to,4957
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"help the police in any way. For all they cared it might have been me,",4958
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"instead of my effigy, which these rascals burned at the stake. Surely",4959
The Hound of the Baskervilles,you are not going! You will help me to empty the decanter in honour,4960
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"of this great occasion!""",4961
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4962
The Hound of the Baskervilles,But I resisted all his solicitations and succeeded in dissuading him,4963
The Hound of the Baskervilles,from his announced intention of walking home with me. I kept the road,4964
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"as long as his eye was on me, and then I struck off across the moor",4965
The Hound of the Baskervilles,and made for the stony hill over which the boy had disappeared.,4966
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Everything was working in my favour, and I swore that it should not",4967
The Hound of the Baskervilles,be through lack of energy or perseverance that I should miss the,4968
The Hound of the Baskervilles,chance which fortune had thrown in my way.,4969
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4970
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"The sun was already sinking when I reached the summit of the hill,",4971
The Hound of the Baskervilles,and the long slopes beneath me were all golden-green on one side and,4972
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"gray shadow on the other. A haze lay low upon the farthest sky-line,",4973
The Hound of the Baskervilles,out of which jutted the fantastic shapes of Belliver and Vixen Tor.,4974
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Over the wide expanse there was no sound and no movement. One great,4975
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"gray bird, a gull or curlew, soared aloft in the blue heaven. He and",4976
The Hound of the Baskervilles,I seemed to be the only living things between the huge arch of the,4977
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"sky and the desert beneath it. The barren scene, the sense of",4978
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"loneliness, and the mystery and urgency of my task all struck a chill",4979
The Hound of the Baskervilles,into my heart. The boy was nowhere to be seen. But down beneath me in,4980
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"a cleft of the hills there was a circle of the old stone huts, and in",4981
The Hound of the Baskervilles,the middle of them there was one which retained sufficient roof to,4982
The Hound of the Baskervilles,act as a screen against the weather. My heart leaped within me as I,4983
The Hound of the Baskervilles,saw it. This must be the burrow where the stranger lurked. At last my,4984
The Hound of the Baskervilles,foot was on the threshold of his hiding place--his secret was within,4985
The Hound of the Baskervilles,my grasp.,4986
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4987
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"As I approached the hut, walking as warily as Stapleton would do when",4988
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"with poised net he drew near the settled butterfly, I satisfied",4989
The Hound of the Baskervilles,myself that the place had indeed been used as a habitation. A vague,4990
The Hound of the Baskervilles,pathway among the boulders led to the dilapidated opening which,4991
The Hound of the Baskervilles,served as a door. All was silent within. The unknown might be lurking,4992
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"there, or he might be prowling on the moor. My nerves tingled with",4993
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the sense of adventure. Throwing aside my cigarette, I closed my hand",4994
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"upon the butt of my revolver and, walking swiftly up to the door, I",4995
The Hound of the Baskervilles,looked in. The place was empty.,4996
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,4997
The Hound of the Baskervilles,But there were ample signs that I had not come upon a false scent.,4998
The Hound of the Baskervilles,This was certainly where the man lived. Some blankets rolled in a,4999
The Hound of the Baskervilles,waterproof lay upon that very stone slab upon which Neolithic man had,5000
The Hound of the Baskervilles,once slumbered. The ashes of a fire were heaped in a rude grate.,5001
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Beside it lay some cooking utensils and a bucket half-full of water.,5002
The Hound of the Baskervilles,A litter of empty tins showed that the place had been occupied for,5003
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"some time, and I saw, as my eyes became accustomed to the checkered",5004
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"light, a pannikin and a half-full bottle of spirits standing in the",5005
The Hound of the Baskervilles,corner. In the middle of the hut a flat stone served the purpose of a,5006
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"table, and upon this stood a small cloth bundle--the same, no doubt,",5007
The Hound of the Baskervilles,which I had seen through the telescope upon the shoulder of the boy.,5008
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"It contained a loaf of bread, a tinned tongue, and two tins of",5009
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"preserved peaches. As I set it down again, after having examined it,",5010
The Hound of the Baskervilles,my heart leaped to see that beneath it there lay a sheet of paper,5011
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"with writing upon it. I raised it, and this was what I read, roughly",5012
The Hound of the Baskervilles,scrawled in pencil:--,5013
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5014
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Dr. Watson has gone to Coombe Tracey.,5015
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5016
The Hound of the Baskervilles,For a minute I stood there with the paper in my hands thinking out,5017
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the meaning of this curt message. It was I, then, and not Sir Henry,",5018
The Hound of the Baskervilles,who was being dogged by this secret man. He had not followed me,5019
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"himself, but he had set an agent--the boy, perhaps--upon my track,",5020
The Hound of the Baskervilles,and this was his report. Possibly I had taken no step since I had,5021
The Hound of the Baskervilles,been upon the moor which had not been observed and reported. Always,5022
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"there was this feeling of an unseen force, a fine net drawn round us",5023
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"with infinite skill and delicacy, holding us so lightly that it was",5024
The Hound of the Baskervilles,only at some supreme moment that one realized that one was indeed,5025
The Hound of the Baskervilles,entangled in its meshes.,5026
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5027
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"If there was one report there might be others, so I looked round the",5028
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"hut in search of them. There was no trace, however, of anything of",5029
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the kind, nor could I discover any sign which might indicate the",5030
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"character or intentions of the man who lived in this singular place,",5031
The Hound of the Baskervilles,save that he must be of Spartan habits and cared little for the,5032
The Hound of the Baskervilles,comforts of life. When I thought of the heavy rains and looked at the,5033
The Hound of the Baskervilles,gaping roof I understood how strong and immutable must be the purpose,5034
The Hound of the Baskervilles,which had kept him in that inhospitable abode. Was he our malignant,5035
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"enemy, or was he by chance our guardian angel? I swore that I would",5036
The Hound of the Baskervilles,not leave the hut until I knew.,5037
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5038
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Outside the sun was sinking low and the west was blazing with scarlet,5039
The Hound of the Baskervilles,and gold. Its reflection was shot back in ruddy patches by the,5040
The Hound of the Baskervilles,distant pools which lay amid the great Grimpen Mire. There were the,5041
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"two towers of Baskerville Hall, and there a distant blur of smoke",5042
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"which marked the village of Grimpen. Between the two, behind the",5043
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"hill, was the house of the Stapletons. All was sweet and mellow and",5044
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"peaceful in the golden evening light, and yet as I looked at them my",5045
The Hound of the Baskervilles,soul shared none of the peace of nature but quivered at the vagueness,5046
The Hound of the Baskervilles,and the terror of that interview which every instant was bringing,5047
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"nearer. With tingling nerves, but a fixed purpose, I sat in the dark",5048
The Hound of the Baskervilles,recess of the hut and waited with sombre patience for the coming of,5049
The Hound of the Baskervilles,its tenant.,5050
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5051
The Hound of the Baskervilles,And then at last I heard him. Far away came the sharp clink of a boot,5052
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"striking upon a stone. Then another and yet another, coming nearer",5053
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"and nearer. I shrank back into the darkest corner, and cocked the",5054
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"pistol in my pocket, determined not to discover myself until I had an",5055
The Hound of the Baskervilles,opportunity of seeing something of the stranger. There was a long,5056
The Hound of the Baskervilles,pause which showed that he had stopped. Then once more the footsteps,5057
The Hound of the Baskervilles,approached and a shadow fell across the opening of the hut.,5058
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5059
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""It is a lovely evening, my dear Watson,"" said a well-known voice. ""I",5060
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"really think that you will be more comfortable outside than in.""",5061
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5062
The Hound of the Baskervilles,CHAPTER XII,5063
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Death on the Moor,5064
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5065
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"For a moment or two I sat breathless, hardly able to believe my ears.",5066
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Then my senses and my voice came back to me, while a crushing weight",5067
The Hound of the Baskervilles,of responsibility seemed in an instant to be lifted from my soul.,5068
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"That cold, incisive, ironical voice could belong to but one man in",5069
The Hound of the Baskervilles,all the world.,5070
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5071
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Holmes!"" I cried--""Holmes!""",5072
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5073
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Come out,"" said he, ""and please be careful with the revolver.""",5074
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5075
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"I stooped under the rude lintel, and there he sat upon a stone",5076
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"outside, his gray eyes dancing with amusement as they fell upon my",5077
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"astonished features. He was thin and worn, but clear and alert, his",5078
The Hound of the Baskervilles,keen face bronzed by the sun and roughened by the wind. In his tweed,5079
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"suit and cloth cap he looked like any other tourist upon the moor,",5080
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"and he had contrived, with that cat-like love of personal cleanliness",5081
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"which was one of his characteristics, that his chin should be as",5082
The Hound of the Baskervilles,smooth and his linen as perfect as if he were in Baker Street.,5083
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5084
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I never was more glad to see anyone in my life,"" said I, as I wrung",5085
The Hound of the Baskervilles,him by the hand.,5086
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5087
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Or more astonished, eh?""",5088
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5089
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Well, I must confess to it.""",5090
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5091
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""The surprise was not all on one side, I assure you. I had no idea",5092
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"that you had found my occasional retreat, still less that you were",5093
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"inside it, until I was within twenty paces of the door.""",5094
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5095
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""My footprint, I presume?""",5096
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5097
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""No, Watson; I fear that I could not undertake to recognize your",5098
The Hound of the Baskervilles,footprint amid all the footprints of the world. If you seriously,5099
The Hound of the Baskervilles,desire to deceive me you must change your tobacconist; for when I see,5100
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the stub of a cigarette marked Bradley, Oxford Street, I know that my",5101
The Hound of the Baskervilles,friend Watson is in the neighbourhood. You will see it there beside,5102
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the path. You threw it down, no doubt, at that supreme moment when",5103
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"you charged into the empty hut.""",5104
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5105
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Exactly.""",5106
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5107
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I thought as much--and knowing your admirable tenacity I was",5108
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"convinced that you were sitting in ambush, a weapon within reach,",5109
The Hound of the Baskervilles,waiting for the tenant to return. So you actually thought that I was,5110
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the criminal?""",5111
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5112
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I did not know who you were, but I was determined to find out.""",5113
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5114
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Excellent, Watson! And how did you localize me? You saw me, perhaps,",5115
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"on the night of the convict hunt, when I was so imprudent as to allow",5116
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the moon to rise behind me?""",5117
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5118
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Yes, I saw you then.""",5119
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5120
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""And have no doubt searched all the huts until you came to this one?""",5121
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5122
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""No, your boy had been observed, and that gave me a guide where to",5123
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"look.""",5124
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5125
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""The old gentleman with the telescope, no doubt. I could not make it",5126
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"out when first I saw the light flashing upon the lens."" He rose and",5127
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"peeped into the hut. ""Ha, I see that Cartwright has brought up some",5128
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"supplies. What's this paper? So you have been to Coombe Tracey, have",5129
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"you?""",5130
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5131
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Yes.""",5132
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5133
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""To see Mrs. Laura Lyons?""",5134
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5135
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Exactly.""",5136
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5137
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Well done! Our researches have evidently been running on parallel",5138
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"lines, and when we unite our results I expect we shall have a fairly",5139
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"full knowledge of the case.""",5140
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5141
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Well, I am glad from my heart that you are here, for indeed the",5142
The Hound of the Baskervilles,responsibility and the mystery were both becoming too much for my,5143
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"nerves. But how in the name of wonder did you come here, and what",5144
The Hound of the Baskervilles,have you been doing? I thought that you were in Baker Street working,5145
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"out that case of blackmailing.""",5146
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5147
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""That was what I wished you to think.""",5148
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5149
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Then you use me, and yet do not trust me!"" I cried with some",5150
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"bitterness. ""I think that I have deserved better at your hands,",5151
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Holmes.""",5152
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5153
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""My dear fellow, you have been invaluable to me in this as in many",5154
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"other cases, and I beg that you will forgive me if I have seemed to",5155
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"play a trick upon you. In truth, it was partly for your own sake that",5156
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"I did it, and it was my appreciation of the danger which you ran",5157
The Hound of the Baskervilles,which led me to come down and examine the matter for myself. Had I,5158
The Hound of the Baskervilles,been with Sir Henry and you it is confident that my point of view,5159
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"would have been the same as yours, and my presence would have warned",5160
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"our very formidable opponents to be on their guard. As it is, I have",5161
The Hound of the Baskervilles,been able to get about as I could not possibly have done had I been,5162
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"living in the Hall, and I remain an unknown factor in the business,",5163
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"ready to throw in all my weight at a critical moment.""",5164
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5165
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""But why keep me in the dark?""",5166
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5167
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""For you to know could not have helped us, and might possibly have",5168
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"led to my discovery. You would have wished to tell me something, or",5169
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"in your kindness you would have brought me out some comfort or other,",5170
The Hound of the Baskervilles,and so an unnecessary risk would be run. I brought Cartwright down,5171
The Hound of the Baskervilles,with me--you remember the little chap at the express office--and he,5172
The Hound of the Baskervilles,has seen after my simple wants: a loaf of bread and a clean collar.,5173
The Hound of the Baskervilles,What does man want more? He has given me an extra pair of eyes upon a,5174
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"very active pair of feet, and both have been invaluable.""",5175
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5176
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Then my reports have all been wasted!""--My voice trembled as I",5177
The Hound of the Baskervilles,recalled the pains and the pride with which I had composed them.,5178
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5179
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Holmes took a bundle of papers from his pocket.,5180
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5181
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Here are your reports, my dear fellow, and very well thumbed, I",5182
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"assure you. I made excellent arrangements, and they are only delayed",5183
The Hound of the Baskervilles,one day upon their way. I must compliment you exceedingly upon the,5184
The Hound of the Baskervilles,zeal and the intelligence which you have shown over an,5185
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"extraordinarily difficult case.""",5186
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5187
The Hound of the Baskervilles,I was still rather raw over the deception which had been practised,5188
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"upon me, but the warmth of Holmes's praise drove my anger from my",5189
The Hound of the Baskervilles,mind. I felt also in my heart that he was right in what he said and,5190
The Hound of the Baskervilles,that it was really best for our purpose that I should not have known,5191
The Hound of the Baskervilles,that he was upon the moor.,5192
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5193
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""That's better,"" said he, seeing the shadow rise from my face. ""And",5194
The Hound of the Baskervilles,now tell me the result of your visit to Mrs. Laura Lyons--it was not,5195
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"difficult for me to guess that it was to see her that you had gone,",5196
The Hound of the Baskervilles,for I am already aware that she is the one person in Coombe Tracey,5197
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"who might be of service to us in the matter. In fact, if you had not",5198
The Hound of the Baskervilles,gone to-day it is exceedingly probable that I should have gone,5199
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"to-morrow.""",5200
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5201
The Hound of the Baskervilles,The sun had set and dusk was settling over the moor. The air had,5202
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"turned chill and we withdrew into the hut for warmth. There, sitting",5203
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"together in the twilight, I told Holmes of my conversation with the",5204
The Hound of the Baskervilles,lady. So interested was he that I had to repeat some of it twice,5205
The Hound of the Baskervilles,before he was satisfied.,5206
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5207
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""This is most important,"" said he when I had concluded. ""It fills up",5208
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"a gap which I had been unable to bridge, in this most complex affair.",5209
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"You are aware, perhaps, that a close intimacy exists between this",5210
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"lady and the man Stapleton?""",5211
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5212
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I did not know of a close intimacy.""",5213
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5214
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""There can be no doubt about the matter. They meet, they write, there",5215
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"is a complete understanding between them. Now, this puts a very",5216
The Hound of the Baskervilles,powerful weapon into our hands. If I could only use it to detach his,5217
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"wife--""",5218
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5219
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""His wife?""",5220
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5221
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I am giving you some information now, in return for all that you",5222
The Hound of the Baskervilles,have given me. The lady who has passed here as Miss Stapleton is in,5223
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"reality his wife.""",5224
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5225
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Good heavens, Holmes! Are you sure of what you say? How could he",5226
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"have permitted Sir Henry to fall in love with her?""",5227
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5228
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Sir Henry's falling in love could do no harm to anyone except Sir",5229
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Henry. He took particular care that Sir Henry did not make love to,5230
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"her, as you have yourself observed. I repeat that the lady is his",5231
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"wife and not his sister.""",5232
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5233
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""But why this elaborate deception?""",5234
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5235
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Because he foresaw that she would be very much more useful to him in",5236
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the character of a free woman.""",5237
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5238
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"All my unspoken instincts, my vague suspicions, suddenly took shape",5239
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"and centred upon the naturalist. In that impassive, colourless man,",5240
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"with his straw hat and his butterfly-net, I seemed to see something",5241
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"terrible--a creature of infinite patience and craft, with a smiling",5242
The Hound of the Baskervilles,face and a murderous heart.,5243
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5244
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""It is he, then, who is our enemy--it is he who dogged us in London?""",5245
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5246
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""So I read the riddle.""",5247
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5248
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""And the warning--it must have come from her!""",5249
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5250
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Exactly.""",5251
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5252
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"The shape of some monstrous villainy, half seen, half guessed, loomed",5253
The Hound of the Baskervilles,through the darkness which had girt me so long.,5254
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5255
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""But are you sure of this, Holmes? How do you know that the woman is",5256
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"his wife?""",5257
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5258
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Because he so far forgot himself as to tell you a true piece of",5259
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"autobiography upon the occasion when he first met you, and I dare say",5260
The Hound of the Baskervilles,he has many a time regretted it since. He was once a schoolmaster in,5261
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the north of England. Now, there is no one more easy to trace than a",5262
The Hound of the Baskervilles,schoolmaster. There are scholastic agencies by which one may identify,5263
The Hound of the Baskervilles,any man who has been in the profession. A little investigation showed,5264
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"me that a school had come to grief under atrocious circumstances, and",5265
The Hound of the Baskervilles,that the man who had owned it--the name was different--had,5266
The Hound of the Baskervilles,disappeared with his wife. The descriptions agreed. When I learned,5267
The Hound of the Baskervilles,that the missing man was devoted to entomology the identification was,5268
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"complete.""",5269
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5270
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"The darkness was rising, but much was still hidden by the shadows.",5271
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5272
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""If this woman is in truth his wife, where does Mrs. Laura Lyons come",5273
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"in?"" I asked.",5274
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5275
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""That is one of the points upon which your own researches have shed a",5276
The Hound of the Baskervilles,light. Your interview with the lady has cleared the situation very,5277
The Hound of the Baskervilles,much. I did not know about a projected divorce between herself and,5278
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"her husband. In that case, regarding Stapleton as an unmarried man,",5279
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"she counted no doubt upon becoming his wife.""",5280
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5281
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""And when she is undeceived?""",5282
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5283
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Why, then we may find the lady of service. It must be our first duty",5284
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"to see her--both of us--to-morrow. Don't you think, Watson, that you",5285
The Hound of the Baskervilles,are away from your charge rather long? Your place should be at,5286
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Baskerville Hall.""",5287
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5288
The Hound of the Baskervilles,The last red streaks had faded away in the west and night had settled,5289
The Hound of the Baskervilles,upon the moor. A few faint stars were gleaming in a violet sky.,5290
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5291
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""One last question, Holmes,"" I said, as I rose. ""Surely there is no",5292
The Hound of the Baskervilles,need of secrecy between you and me. What is the meaning of it all?,5293
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"What is he after?""",5294
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5295
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Holmes's voice sank as he answered:--,5296
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5297
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""It is murder, Watson--refined, cold-blooded, deliberate murder. Do",5298
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"not ask me for particulars. My nets are closing upon him, even as his",5299
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"are upon Sir Henry, and with your help he is already almost at my",5300
The Hound of the Baskervilles,mercy. There is but one danger which can threaten us. It is that he,5301
The Hound of the Baskervilles,should strike before we are ready to do so. Another day--two at the,5302
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"most--and I have my case complete, but until then guard your charge",5303
The Hound of the Baskervilles,as closely as ever a fond mother watched her ailing child. Your,5304
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"mission to-day has justified itself, and yet I could almost wish that",5305
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"you had not left his side. Hark!""",5306
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5307
The Hound of the Baskervilles,A terrible scream--a prolonged yell of horror and anguish--burst out,5308
The Hound of the Baskervilles,of the silence of the moor. That frightful cry turned the blood to,5309
The Hound of the Baskervilles,ice in my veins.,5310
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5311
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Oh, my God!"" I gasped. ""What is it? What does it mean?""",5312
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5313
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Holmes had sprung to his feet, and I saw his dark, athletic outline",5314
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"at the door of the hut, his shoulders stooping, his head thrust",5315
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"forward, his face peering into the darkness.",5316
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5317
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Hush!"" he whispered. ""Hush!""",5318
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5319
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"The cry had been loud on account of its vehemence, but it had pealed",5320
The Hound of the Baskervilles,out from somewhere far off on the shadowy plain. Now it burst upon,5321
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"our ears, nearer, louder, more urgent than before.",5322
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5323
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Where is it?"" Holmes whispered; and I knew from the thrill of his",5324
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"voice that he, the man of iron, was shaken to the soul. ""Where is it,",5325
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Watson?""",5326
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5327
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""There, I think."" I pointed into the darkness.",5328
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5329
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""No, there!""",5330
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5331
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Again the agonized cry swept through the silent night, louder and",5332
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"much nearer than ever. And a new sound mingled with it, a deep,",5333
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"muttered rumble, musical and yet menacing, rising and falling like",5334
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the low, constant murmur of the sea.",5335
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5336
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""The hound!"" cried Holmes. ""Come, Watson, come! Great heavens, if we",5337
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"are too late!""",5338
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5339
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"He had started running swiftly over the moor, and I had followed at",5340
The Hound of the Baskervilles,his heels. But now from somewhere among the broken ground immediately,5341
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"in front of us there came one last despairing yell, and then a dull,",5342
The Hound of the Baskervilles,heavy thud. We halted and listened. Not another sound broke the heavy,5343
The Hound of the Baskervilles,silence of the windless night.,5344
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5345
The Hound of the Baskervilles,I saw Holmes put his hand to his forehead like a man distracted. He,5346
The Hound of the Baskervilles,stamped his feet upon the ground.,5347
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5348
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""He has beaten us, Watson. We are too late.""",5349
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5350
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""No, no, surely not!""",5351
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5352
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Fool that I was to hold my hand. And you, Watson, see what comes of",5353
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"abandoning your charge! But, by Heaven, if the worst has happened,",5354
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"we'll avenge him!""",5355
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5356
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Blindly we ran through the gloom, blundering against boulders,",5357
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"forcing our way through gorse bushes, panting up hills and rushing",5358
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"down slopes, heading always in the direction whence those dreadful",5359
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"sounds had come. At every rise Holmes looked eagerly round him, but",5360
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the shadows were thick upon the moor, and nothing moved upon its",5361
The Hound of the Baskervilles,dreary face.,5362
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5363
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Can you see anything?""",5364
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5365
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Nothing.""",5366
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5367
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""But, hark, what is that?""",5368
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5369
The Hound of the Baskervilles,A low moan had fallen upon our ears. There it was again upon our,5370
The Hound of the Baskervilles,left! On that side a ridge of rocks ended in a sheer cliff which,5371
The Hound of the Baskervilles,overlooked a stone-strewn slope. On its jagged face was spread-eagled,5372
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"some dark, irregular object. As we ran towards it the vague outline",5373
The Hound of the Baskervilles,hardened into a definite shape. It was a prostrate man face downward,5374
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"upon the ground, the head doubled under him at a horrible angle, the",5375
The Hound of the Baskervilles,shoulders rounded and the body hunched together as if in the act of,5376
The Hound of the Baskervilles,throwing a somersault. So grotesque was the attitude that I could not,5377
The Hound of the Baskervilles,for the instant realize that that moan had been the passing of his,5378
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"soul. Not a whisper, not a rustle, rose now from the dark figure over",5379
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"which we stooped. Holmes laid his hand upon him, and held it up",5380
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"again, with an exclamation of horror. The gleam of the match which he",5381
The Hound of the Baskervilles,struck shone upon his clotted fingers and upon the ghastly pool which,5382
The Hound of the Baskervilles,widened slowly from the crushed skull of the victim. And it shone,5383
The Hound of the Baskervilles,upon something else which turned our hearts sick and faint within,5384
The Hound of the Baskervilles,us--the body of Sir Henry Baskerville!,5385
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5386
The Hound of the Baskervilles,There was no chance of either of us forgetting that peculiar ruddy,5387
The Hound of the Baskervilles,tweed suit--the very one which he had worn on the first morning that,5388
The Hound of the Baskervilles,we had seen him in Baker Street. We caught the one clear glimpse of,5389
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"it, and then the match flickered and went out, even as the hope had",5390
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"gone out of our souls. Holmes groaned, and his face glimmered white",5391
The Hound of the Baskervilles,through the darkness.,5392
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5393
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""The brute! the brute!"" I cried with clenched hands. ""Oh Holmes, I",5394
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"shall never forgive myself for having left him to his fate.""",5395
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5396
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I am more to blame than you, Watson. In order to have my case well",5397
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"rounded and complete, I have thrown away the life of my client. It is",5398
The Hound of the Baskervilles,the greatest blow which has befallen me in my career. But how could I,5399
The Hound of the Baskervilles,know--how could l know--that he would risk his life alone upon the,5400
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"moor in the face of all my warnings?""",5401
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5402
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""That we should have heard his screams--my God, those screams!--and",5403
The Hound of the Baskervilles,yet have been unable to save him! Where is this brute of a hound,5404
The Hound of the Baskervilles,which drove him to his death? It may be lurking among these rocks at,5405
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"this instant. And Stapleton, where is he? He shall answer for this",5406
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"deed.""",5407
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5408
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""He shall. I will see to that. Uncle and nephew have been",5409
The Hound of the Baskervilles,murdered--the one frightened to death by the very sight of a beast,5410
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"which he thought to be supernatural, the other driven to his end in",5411
The Hound of the Baskervilles,his wild flight to escape from it. But now we have to prove the,5412
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"connection between the man and the beast. Save from what we heard, we",5413
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"cannot even swear to the existence of the latter, since Sir Henry has",5414
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"evidently died from the fall. But, by heavens, cunning as he is, the",5415
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"fellow shall be in my power before another day is past!""",5416
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5417
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"We stood with bitter hearts on either side of the mangled body,",5418
The Hound of the Baskervilles,overwhelmed by this sudden and irrevocable disaster which had brought,5419
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"all our long and weary labours to so piteous an end. Then, as the",5420
The Hound of the Baskervilles,moon rose we climbed to the top of the rocks over which our poor,5421
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"friend had fallen, and from the summit we gazed out over the shadowy",5422
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"moor, half silver and half gloom. Far away, miles off, in the",5423
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"direction of Grimpen, a single steady yellow light was shining. It",5424
The Hound of the Baskervilles,could only come from the lonely abode of the Stapletons. With a,5425
The Hound of the Baskervilles,bitter curse I shook my fist at it as I gazed.,5426
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5427
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Why should we not seize him at once?""",5428
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5429
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Our case is not complete. The fellow is wary and cunning to the last",5430
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"degree. It is not what we know, but what we can prove. If we make one",5431
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"false move the villain may escape us yet.""",5432
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5433
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""What can we do?""",5434
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5435
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""There will be plenty for us to do to-morrow. To-night we can only",5436
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"perform the last offices to our poor friend.""",5437
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5438
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Together we made our way down the precipitous slope and approached,5439
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the body, black and clear against the silvered stones. The agony of",5440
The Hound of the Baskervilles,those contorted limbs struck me with a spasm of pain and blurred my,5441
The Hound of the Baskervilles,eyes with tears.,5442
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5443
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""We must send for help, Holmes! We cannot carry him all the way to",5444
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the Hall. Good heavens, are you mad?""",5445
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5446
The Hound of the Baskervilles,He had uttered a cry and bent over the body. Now he was dancing and,5447
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"laughing and wringing my hand. Could this be my stern, self-contained",5448
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"friend? These were hidden fires, indeed!",5449
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5450
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""A beard! A beard! The man has a beard!""",5451
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5452
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""A beard?""",5453
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5454
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""It is not the baronet--it is--why, it is my neighbour, the convict!""",5455
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5456
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"With feverish haste we had turned the body over, and that dripping",5457
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"beard was pointing up to the cold, clear moon. There could be no",5458
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"doubt about the beetling forehead, the sunken animal eyes. It was",5459
The Hound of the Baskervilles,indeed the same face which had glared upon me in the light of the,5460
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"candle from over the rock--the face of Selden, the criminal.",5461
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5462
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Then in an instant it was all clear to me. I remembered how the,5463
The Hound of the Baskervilles,baronet had told me that he had handed his old wardrobe to Barrymore.,5464
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Barrymore had passed it on in order to help Selden in his escape.,5465
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Boots, shirt, cap--it was all Sir Henry's. The tragedy was still",5466
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"black enough, but this man had at least deserved death by the laws of",5467
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"his country. I told Holmes how the matter stood, my heart bubbling",5468
The Hound of the Baskervilles,over with thankfulness and joy.,5469
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5470
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Then the clothes have been the poor devil's death,"" said he. ""It is",5471
The Hound of the Baskervilles,clear enough that the hound has been laid on from some article of Sir,5472
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Henry's--the boot which was abstracted in the hotel, in all",5473
The Hound of the Baskervilles,probability--and so ran this man down. There is one very singular,5474
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"thing, however: How came Selden, in the darkness, to know that the",5475
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"hound was on his trail?""",5476
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5477
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""He heard him.""",5478
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5479
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""To hear a hound upon the moor would not work a hard man like this",5480
The Hound of the Baskervilles,convict into such a paroxysm of terror that he would risk recapture,5481
The Hound of the Baskervilles,by screaming wildly for help. By his cries he must have run a long,5482
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"way after he knew the animal was on his track. How did he know?""",5483
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5484
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""A greater mystery to me is why this hound, presuming that all our",5485
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"conjectures are correct--""",5486
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5487
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I presume nothing.""",5488
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5489
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Well, then, why this hound should be loose to-night. I suppose that",5490
The Hound of the Baskervilles,it does not always run loose upon the moor. Stapleton would not let,5491
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"it go unless he had reason to think that Sir Henry would be there.""",5492
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5493
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""My difficulty is the more formidable of the two, for I think that we",5494
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"shall very shortly get an explanation of yours, while mine may remain",5495
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"forever a mystery. The question now is, what shall we do with this",5496
The Hound of the Baskervilles,poor wretch's body? We cannot leave it here to the foxes and the,5497
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"ravens.""",5498
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5499
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I suggest that we put it in one of the huts until we can communicate",5500
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"with the police.""",5501
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5502
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Exactly. I have no doubt that you and I could carry it so far.",5503
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Halloa, Watson, what's this? It's the man himself, by all that's",5504
The Hound of the Baskervilles,wonderful and audacious! Not a word to show your suspicions--not a,5505
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"word, or my plans crumble to the ground.""",5506
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5507
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"A figure was approaching us over the moor, and I saw the dull red",5508
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"glow of a cigar. The moon shone upon him, and I could distinguish the",5509
The Hound of the Baskervilles,dapper shape and jaunty walk of the naturalist. He stopped when he,5510
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"saw us, and then came on again.",5511
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5512
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Why, Dr. Watson, that's not you, is it? You are the last man that I",5513
The Hound of the Baskervilles,should have expected to see out on the moor at this time of night.,5514
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"But, dear me, what's this? Somebody hurt? Not--don't tell me that it",5515
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"is our friend Sir Henry!"" He hurried past me and stooped over the",5516
The Hound of the Baskervilles,dead man. I heard a sharp intake of his breath and the cigar fell,5517
The Hound of the Baskervilles,from his fingers.,5518
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5519
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Who--who's this?"" he stammered.",5520
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5521
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""It is Selden, the man who escaped from Princetown.""",5522
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5523
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Stapleton turned a ghastly face upon us, but by a supreme effort he",5524
The Hound of the Baskervilles,had overcome his amazement and his disappointment. He looked sharply,5525
The Hound of the Baskervilles,from Holmes to me.,5526
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5527
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Dear me! What a very shocking affair! How did he die?""",5528
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5529
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""He appears to have broken his neck by falling over these rocks. My",5530
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"friend and I were strolling on the moor when we heard a cry.""",5531
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5532
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I heard a cry also. That was what brought me out. I was uneasy about",5533
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Sir Henry.""",5534
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5535
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Why about Sir Henry in particular?"" I could not help asking.",5536
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5537
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Because I had suggested that he should come over. When he did not",5538
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"come I was surprised, and I naturally became alarmed for his safety",5539
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"when I heard cries upon the moor. By the way""--his eyes darted again",5540
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"from my face to Holmes's--""did you hear anything else besides a cry?""",5541
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5542
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""No,"" said Holmes; ""did you?""",5543
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5544
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""No.""",5545
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5546
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""What do you mean, then?""",5547
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5548
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Oh, you know the stories that the peasants tell about a phantom",5549
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"hound, and so on. It is said to be heard at night upon the moor. I",5550
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"was wondering if there were any evidence of such a sound to-night.""",5551
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5552
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""We heard nothing of the kind,"" said I.",5553
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5554
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""And what is your theory of this poor fellow's death?""",5555
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5556
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I have no doubt that anxiety and exposure have driven him off his",5557
The Hound of the Baskervilles,head. He has rushed about the moor in a crazy state and eventually,5558
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"fallen over here and broken his neck.""",5559
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5560
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""That seems the most reasonable theory,"" said Stapleton, and he gave",5561
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"a sigh which I took to indicate his relief. ""What do you think about",5562
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"it, Mr. Sherlock Holmes?""",5563
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5564
The Hound of the Baskervilles,My friend bowed his compliments.,5565
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5566
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""You are quick at identification,"" said he.",5567
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5568
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""We have been expecting you in these parts since Dr. Watson came",5569
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"down. You are in time to see a tragedy.""",5570
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5571
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Yes, indeed. I have no doubt that my friend's explanation will cover",5572
The Hound of the Baskervilles,the facts. I will take an unpleasant remembrance back to London with,5573
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"me to-morrow.""",5574
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5575
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Oh, you return to-morrow?""",5576
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5577
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""That is my intention.""",5578
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5579
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I hope your visit has cast some light upon those occurrences which",5580
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"have puzzled us?""",5581
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5582
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Holmes shrugged his shoulders.,5583
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5584
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""One cannot always have the success for which one hopes. An",5585
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"investigator needs facts, and not legends or rumours. It has not been",5586
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"a satisfactory case.""",5587
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5588
The Hound of the Baskervilles,My friend spoke in his frankest and most unconcerned manner.,5589
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Stapleton still looked hard at him. Then he turned to me.,5590
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5591
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I would suggest carrying this poor fellow to my house, but it would",5592
The Hound of the Baskervilles,give my sister such a fright that I do not feel justified in doing,5593
The Hound of the Baskervilles,it. I think that if we put something over his face he will be safe,5594
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"until morning.""",5595
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5596
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"And so it was arranged. Resisting Stapleton's offer of hospitality,",5597
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Holmes and I set off to Baskerville Hall, leaving the naturalist to",5598
The Hound of the Baskervilles,return alone. Looking back we saw the figure moving slowly away over,5599
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the broad moor, and behind him that one black smudge on the silvered",5600
The Hound of the Baskervilles,slope which showed where the man was lying who had come so horribly,5601
The Hound of the Baskervilles,to his end.,5602
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5603
The Hound of the Baskervilles,CHAPTER XIII,5604
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Fixing the Nets,5605
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5606
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""We're at close grips at last,"" said Holmes as we walked together",5607
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"across the moor. ""What a nerve the fellow has! How he pulled himself",5608
The Hound of the Baskervilles,together in the face of what must have been a paralyzing shock when,5609
The Hound of the Baskervilles,he found that the wrong man had fallen a victim to his plot. I told,5610
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"you in London, Watson, and I tell you now again, that we have never",5611
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"had a foeman more worthy of our steel.""",5612
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5613
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I am sorry that he has seen you.""",5614
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5615
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""And so was I at first. But there was no getting out of it.""",5616
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5617
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""What effect do you think it will have upon his plans now that he",5618
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"knows you are here?""",5619
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5620
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""It may cause him to be more cautious, or it may drive him to",5621
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"desperate measures at once. Like most clever criminals, he may be too",5622
The Hound of the Baskervilles,confident in his own cleverness and imagine that he has completely,5623
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"deceived us.""",5624
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5625
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Why should we not arrest him at once?""",5626
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5627
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""My dear Watson, you were born to be a man of action. Your instinct",5628
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"is always to do something energetic. But supposing, for argument's",5629
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"sake, that we had him arrested to-night, what on earth the better off",5630
The Hound of the Baskervilles,should we be for that? We could prove nothing against him. There's,5631
The Hound of the Baskervilles,the devilish cunning of it! If he were acting through a human agent,5632
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"we could get some evidence, but if we were to drag this great dog to",5633
The Hound of the Baskervilles,the light of day it would not help us in putting a rope round the,5634
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"neck of its master.""",5635
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5636
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Surely we have a case.""",5637
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5638
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Not a shadow of one--only surmise and conjecture. We should be",5639
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"laughed out of court if we came with such a story and such evidence.""",5640
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5641
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""There is Sir Charles's death.""",5642
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5643
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Found dead without a mark upon him. You and I know that he died of",5644
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"sheer fright, and we know also what frightened him; but how are we to",5645
The Hound of the Baskervilles,get twelve stolid jurymen to know it? What signs are there of a,5646
The Hound of the Baskervilles,hound? Where are the marks of its fangs? Of course we know that a,5647
The Hound of the Baskervilles,hound does not bite a dead body and that Sir Charles was dead before,5648
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"ever the brute overtook him. But we have to prove all this, and we",5649
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"are not in a position to do it.""",5650
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5651
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Well, then, to-night?""",5652
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5653
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""We are not much better off to-night. Again, there was no direct",5654
The Hound of the Baskervilles,connection between the hound and the man's death. We never saw the,5655
The Hound of the Baskervilles,hound. We heard it; but we could not prove that it was running upon,5656
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"this man's trail. There is a complete absence of motive. No, my dear",5657
The Hound of the Baskervilles,fellow; we must reconcile ourselves to the fact that we have no case,5658
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"at present, and that it is worth our while to run any risk in order",5659
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"to establish one.""",5660
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5661
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""And how do you propose to do so?""",5662
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5663
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I have great hopes of what Mrs. Laura Lyons may do for us when the",5664
The Hound of the Baskervilles,position of affairs is made clear to her. And I have my own plan as,5665
The Hound of the Baskervilles,well. Sufficient for to-morrow is the evil thereof; but I hope before,5666
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the day is past to have the upper hand at last.""",5667
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5668
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"I could draw nothing further from him, and he walked, lost in",5669
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"thought, as far as the Baskerville gates.",5670
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5671
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Are you coming up?""",5672
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5673
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Yes; I see no reason for further concealment. But one last word,",5674
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Watson. Say nothing of the hound to Sir Henry. Let him think that,5675
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Selden's death was as Stapleton would have us believe. He will have a,5676
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"better nerve for the ordeal which he will have to undergo to-morrow,",5677
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"when he is engaged, if I remember your report aright, to dine with",5678
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"these people.""",5679
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5680
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""And so am I.""",5681
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5682
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Then you must excuse yourself and he must go alone. That will be",5683
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"easily arranged. And now, if we are too late for dinner, I think that",5684
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"we are both ready for our suppers.""",5685
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5686
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Sir Henry was more pleased than surprised to see Sherlock Holmes, for",5687
The Hound of the Baskervilles,he had for some days been expecting that recent events would bring,5688
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"him down from London. He did raise his eyebrows, however, when he",5689
The Hound of the Baskervilles,found that my friend had neither any luggage nor any explanations for,5690
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"its absence. Between us we soon supplied his wants, and then over a",5691
The Hound of the Baskervilles,belated supper we explained to the baronet as much of our experience,5692
The Hound of the Baskervilles,as it seemed desirable that he should know. But first I had the,5693
The Hound of the Baskervilles,unpleasant duty of breaking the news to Barrymore and his wife. To,5694
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"him it may have been an unmitigated relief, but she wept bitterly in",5695
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"her apron. To all the world he was the man of violence, half animal",5696
The Hound of the Baskervilles,and half demon; but to her he always remained the little wilful boy,5697
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"of her own girlhood, the child who had clung to her hand. Evil indeed",5698
The Hound of the Baskervilles,is the man who has not one woman to mourn him.,5699
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5700
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I've been moping in the house all day since Watson went off in the",5701
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"morning,"" said the baronet. ""I guess I should have some credit, for I",5702
The Hound of the Baskervilles,have kept my promise. If I hadn't sworn not to go about alone I might,5703
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"have had a more lively evening, for I had a message from Stapleton",5704
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"asking me over there.""",5705
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5706
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I have no doubt that you would have had a more lively evening,"" said",5707
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Holmes drily. ""By the way, I don't suppose you appreciate that we",5708
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"have been mourning over you as having broken your neck?""",5709
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5710
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Sir Henry opened his eyes. ""How was that?""",5711
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5712
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""This poor wretch was dressed in your clothes. I fear your servant",5713
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"who gave them to him may get into trouble with the police.""",5714
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5715
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""That is unlikely. There was no mark on any of them, as far as I",5716
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"know.""",5717
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5718
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""That's lucky for him--in fact, it's lucky for all of you, since you",5719
The Hound of the Baskervilles,are all on the wrong side of the law in this matter. I am not sure,5720
The Hound of the Baskervilles,that as a conscientious detective my first duty is not to arrest the,5721
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"whole household. Watson's reports are most incriminating documents.""",5722
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5723
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""But how about the case?"" asked the baronet. ""Have you made anything",5724
The Hound of the Baskervilles,out of the tangle? I don't know that Watson and I are much the wiser,5725
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"since we came down.""",5726
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5727
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I think that I shall be in a position to make the situation rather",5728
The Hound of the Baskervilles,more clear to you before long. It has been an exceedingly difficult,5729
The Hound of the Baskervilles,and most complicated business. There are several points upon which we,5730
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"still want light--but it is coming all the same.""",5731
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5732
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""We've had one experience, as Watson has no doubt told you. We heard",5733
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the hound on the moor, so I can swear that it is not all empty",5734
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"superstition. I had something to do with dogs when I was out West,",5735
The Hound of the Baskervilles,and I know one when I hear one. If you can muzzle that one and put,5736
The Hound of the Baskervilles,him on a chain I'll be ready to swear you are the greatest detective,5737
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"of all time.""",5738
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5739
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I think I will muzzle him and chain him all right if you will give",5740
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"me your help.""",5741
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5742
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Whatever you tell me to do I will do.""",5743
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5744
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Very good; and I will ask you also to do it blindly, without always",5745
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"asking the reason.""",5746
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5747
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Just as you like.""",5748
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5749
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""If you will do this I think the chances are that our little problem",5750
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"will soon be solved. I have no doubt--""",5751
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5752
The Hound of the Baskervilles,He stopped suddenly and stared fixedly up over my head into the air.,5753
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"The lamp beat upon his face, and so intent was it and so still that",5754
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"it might have been that of a clear-cut classical statue, a",5755
The Hound of the Baskervilles,personification of alertness and expectation.,5756
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5757
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""What is it?"" we both cried.",5758
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5759
The Hound of the Baskervilles,I could see as he looked down that he was repressing some internal,5760
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"emotion. His features were still composed, but his eyes shone with",5761
The Hound of the Baskervilles,amused exultation.,5762
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5763
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Excuse the admiration of a connoisseur,"" said he as he waved his",5764
The Hound of the Baskervilles,hand towards the line of portraits which covered the opposite wall.,5765
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Watson won't allow that I know anything of art, but that is mere",5766
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"jealousy, because our views upon the subject differ. Now, these are a",5767
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"really very fine series of portraits.""",5768
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5769
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Well, I'm glad to hear you say so,"" said Sir Henry, glancing with",5770
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"some surprise at my friend. ""I don't pretend to know much about these",5771
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"things, and I'd be a better judge of a horse or a steer than of a",5772
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"picture. I didn't know that you found time for such things.""",5773
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5774
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I know what is good when I see it, and I see it now. That's a",5775
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Kneller, I'll swear, that lady in the blue silk over yonder, and the",5776
The Hound of the Baskervilles,stout gentleman with the wig ought to be a Reynolds. They are all,5777
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"family portraits, I presume?""",5778
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5779
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Every one.""",5780
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5781
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Do you know the names?""",5782
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5783
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Barrymore has been coaching me in them, and I think I can say my",5784
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"lessons fairly well.""",5785
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5786
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Who is the gentleman with the telescope?""",5787
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5788
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""That is Rear-Admiral Baskerville, who served under Rodney in the",5789
The Hound of the Baskervilles,West Indies. The man with the blue coat and the roll of paper is Sir,5790
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"William Baskerville, who was Chairman of Committees of the House of",5791
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Commons under Pitt.""",5792
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5793
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""And this Cavalier opposite to me--the one with the black velvet and",5794
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the lace?""",5795
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5796
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Ah, you have a right to know about him. That is the cause of all the",5797
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"mischief, the wicked Hugo, who started the Hound of the Baskervilles.",5798
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"We're not likely to forget him.""",5799
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5800
The Hound of the Baskervilles,I gazed with interest and some surprise upon the portrait.,5801
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5802
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Dear me!"" said Holmes, ""he seems a quiet, meek-mannered man enough,",5803
The Hound of the Baskervilles,but I dare say that there was a lurking devil in his eyes. I had,5804
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"pictured him as a more robust and ruffianly person.""",5805
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5806
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""There's no doubt about the authenticity, for the name and the date,",5807
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"1647, are on the back of the canvas.""",5808
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5809
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Holmes said little more, but the picture of the old roysterer seemed",5810
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"to have a fascination for him, and his eyes were continually fixed",5811
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"upon it during supper. It was not until later, when Sir Henry had",5812
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"gone to his room, that I was able to follow the trend of his",5813
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"thoughts. He led me back into the banqueting-hall, his bedroom candle",5814
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"in his hand, and he held it up against the time-stained portrait on",5815
The Hound of the Baskervilles,the wall.,5816
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5817
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Do you see anything there?""",5818
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5819
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"I looked at the broad plumed hat, the curling love-locks, the white",5820
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"lace collar, and the straight, severe face which was framed between",5821
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"them. It was not a brutal countenance, but it was prim, hard, and",5822
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"stern, with a firm-set, thin-lipped mouth, and a coldly intolerant",5823
The Hound of the Baskervilles,eye.,5824
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5825
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Is it like anyone you know?""",5826
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5827
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""There is something of Sir Henry about the jaw.""",5828
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5829
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Just a suggestion, perhaps. But wait an instant!"" He stood upon a",5830
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"chair, and, holding up the light in his left hand, he curved his",5831
The Hound of the Baskervilles,right arm over the broad hat and round the long ringlets.,5832
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5833
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Good heavens!"" I cried, in amazement.",5834
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5835
The Hound of the Baskervilles,The face of Stapleton had sprung out of the canvas.,5836
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5837
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Ha, you see it now. My eyes have been trained to examine faces and",5838
The Hound of the Baskervilles,not their trimmings. It is the first quality of a criminal,5839
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"investigator that he should see through a disguise.""",5840
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5841
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""But this is marvellous. It might be his portrait.""",5842
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5843
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Yes, it is an interesting instance of a throwback, which appears to",5844
The Hound of the Baskervilles,be both physical and spiritual. A study of family portraits is enough,5845
The Hound of the Baskervilles,to convert a man to the doctrine of reincarnation. The fellow is a,5846
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Baskerville--that is evident.""",5847
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5848
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""With designs upon the succession.""",5849
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5850
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Exactly. This chance of the picture has supplied us with one of our",5851
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"most obvious missing links. We have him, Watson, we have him, and I",5852
The Hound of the Baskervilles,dare swear that before to-morrow night he will be fluttering in our,5853
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"net as helpless as one of his own butterflies. A pin, a cork, and a",5854
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"card, and we add him to the Baker Street collection!"" He burst into",5855
The Hound of the Baskervilles,one of his rare fits of laughter as he turned away from the picture.,5856
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"I have not heard him laugh often, and it has always boded ill to",5857
The Hound of the Baskervilles,somebody.,5858
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5859
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"I was up betimes in the morning, but Holmes was afoot earlier still,",5860
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"for I saw him as I dressed, coming up the drive.",5861
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5862
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Yes, we should have a full day to-day,"" he remarked, and he rubbed",5863
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"his hands with the joy of action. ""The nets are all in place, and the",5864
The Hound of the Baskervilles,drag is about to begin. We'll know before the day is out whether we,5865
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"have caught our big, lean-jawed pike, or whether he has got through",5866
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the meshes.""",5867
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5868
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Have you been on the moor already?""",5869
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5870
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I have sent a report from Grimpen to Princetown as to the death of",5871
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Selden. I think I can promise that none of you will be troubled in,5872
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the matter. And I have also communicated with my faithful Cartwright,",5873
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"who would certainly have pined away at the door of my hut, as a dog",5874
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"does at his master's grave, if I had not set his mind at rest about",5875
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"my safety.""",5876
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5877
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""What is the next move?""",5878
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5879
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""To see Sir Henry. Ah, here he is!""",5880
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5881
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Good morning, Holmes,"" said the baronet. ""You look like a general",5882
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"who is planning a battle with his chief of the staff.""",5883
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5884
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""That is the exact situation. Watson was asking for orders.""",5885
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5886
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""And so do I.""",5887
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5888
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Very good. You are engaged, as I understand, to dine with our",5889
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"friends the Stapletons to-night.""",5890
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5891
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I hope that you will come also. They are very hospitable people, and",5892
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"I am sure that they would be very glad to see you.""",5893
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5894
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I fear that Watson and I must go to London.""",5895
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5896
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""To London?""",5897
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5898
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Yes, I think that we should be more useful there at the present",5899
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"juncture.""",5900
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5901
The Hound of the Baskervilles,The baronet's face perceptibly lengthened.,5902
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5903
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I hoped that you were going to see me through this business. The",5904
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Hall and the moor are not very pleasant places when one is alone.""",5905
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5906
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""My dear fellow, you must trust me implicitly and do exactly what I",5907
The Hound of the Baskervilles,tell you. You can tell your friends that we should have been happy to,5908
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"have come with you, but that urgent business required us to be in",5909
The Hound of the Baskervilles,town. We hope very soon to return to Devonshire. Will you remember to,5910
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"give them that message?""",5911
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5912
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""If you insist upon it.""",5913
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5914
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""There is no alternative, I assure you.""",5915
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5916
The Hound of the Baskervilles,I saw by the baronet's clouded brow that he was deeply hurt by what,5917
The Hound of the Baskervilles,he regarded as our desertion.,5918
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5919
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""When do you desire to go?"" he asked coldly.",5920
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5921
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Immediately after breakfast. We will drive in to Coombe Tracey, but",5922
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Watson will leave his things as a pledge that he will come back to,5923
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"you. Watson, you will send a note to Stapleton to tell him that you",5924
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"regret that you cannot come.""",5925
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5926
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I have a good mind to go to London with you,"" said the baronet. ""Why",5927
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"should I stay here alone?""",5928
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5929
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Because it is your post of duty. Because you gave me your word that",5930
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"you would do as you were told, and I tell you to stay.""",5931
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5932
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""All right, then, I'll stay.""",5933
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5934
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""One more direction! I wish you to drive to Merripit House. Send back",5935
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"your trap, however, and let them know that you intend to walk home.""",5936
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5937
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""To walk across the moor?""",5938
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5939
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Yes.""",5940
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5941
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""But that is the very thing which you have so often cautioned me not",5942
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"to do.""",5943
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5944
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""This time you may do it with safety. If I had not every confidence",5945
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"in your nerve and courage I would not suggest it, but it is essential",5946
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"that you should do it.""",5947
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5948
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Then I will do it.""",5949
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5950
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""And as you value your life do not go across the moor in any",5951
The Hound of the Baskervilles,direction save along the straight path which leads from Merripit,5952
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"House to the Grimpen Road, and is your natural way home.""",5953
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5954
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I will do just what you say.""",5955
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5956
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Very good. I should be glad to get away as soon after breakfast as",5957
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"possible, so as to reach London in the afternoon.""",5958
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5959
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"I was much astounded by this programme, though I remembered that",5960
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Holmes had said to Stapleton on the night before that his visit would,5961
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"terminate next day. It had not crossed my mind, however, that he",5962
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"would wish me to go with him, nor could I understand how we could",5963
The Hound of the Baskervilles,both be absent at a moment which he himself declared to be critical.,5964
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"There was nothing for it, however, but implicit obedience; so we bade",5965
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"good-bye to our rueful friend, and a couple of hours afterwards we",5966
The Hound of the Baskervilles,were at the station of Coombe Tracey and had dispatched the trap upon,5967
The Hound of the Baskervilles,its return journey. A small boy was waiting upon the platform.,5968
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5969
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Any orders, sir?""",5970
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5971
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""You will take this train to town, Cartwright. The moment you arrive",5972
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"you will send a wire to Sir Henry Baskerville, in my name, to say",5973
The Hound of the Baskervilles,that if he finds the pocket-book which I have dropped he is to send,5974
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"it by registered post to Baker Street.""",5975
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5976
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Yes, sir.""",5977
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5978
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""And ask at the station office if there is a message for me.""",5979
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5980
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"The boy returned with a telegram, which Holmes handed to me. It ran:",5981
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5982
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Wire received. Coming down with unsigned warrant. Arrive five-forty.,5983
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Lestrade.,5984
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5985
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""That is in answer to mine of this morning. He is the best of the",5986
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"professionals, I think, and we may need his assistance. Now, Watson,",5987
The Hound of the Baskervilles,I think that we cannot employ our time better than by calling upon,5988
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"your acquaintance, Mrs. Laura Lyons.""",5989
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5990
The Hound of the Baskervilles,His plan of campaign was beginning to be evident. He would use the,5991
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"baronet in order to convince the Stapletons that we were really gone,",5992
The Hound of the Baskervilles,while we should actually return at the instant when we were likely to,5993
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"be needed. That telegram from London, if mentioned by Sir Henry to",5994
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the Stapletons, must remove the last suspicions from their minds.",5995
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Already I seemed to see our nets drawing closer around that,5996
The Hound of the Baskervilles,lean-jawed pike.,5997
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,5998
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Mrs. Laura Lyons was in her office, and Sherlock Holmes opened his",5999
The Hound of the Baskervilles,interview with a frankness and directness which considerably amazed,6000
The Hound of the Baskervilles,her.,6001
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6002
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I am investigating the circumstances which attended the death of the",6003
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"late Sir Charles Baskerville,"" said he. ""My friend here, Dr. Watson,",6004
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"has informed me of what you have communicated, and also of what you",6005
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"have withheld in connection with that matter.""",6006
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6007
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""What have I withheld?"" she asked defiantly.",6008
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6009
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""You have confessed that you asked Sir Charles to be at the gate at",6010
The Hound of the Baskervilles,ten o'clock. We know that that was the place and hour of his death.,6011
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"You have withheld what the connection is between these events.""",6012
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6013
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""There is no connection.""",6014
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6015
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""In that case the coincidence must indeed be an extraordinary one.",6016
The Hound of the Baskervilles,But I think that we shall succeed in establishing a connection after,6017
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"all. I wish to be perfectly frank with you, Mrs. Lyons. We regard",6018
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"this case as one of murder, and the evidence may implicate not only",6019
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"your friend Mr. Stapleton, but his wife as well.""",6020
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6021
The Hound of the Baskervilles,The lady sprang from her chair.,6022
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6023
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""His wife!"" she cried.",6024
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6025
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""The fact is no longer a secret. The person who has passed for his",6026
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"sister is really his wife.""",6027
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6028
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Mrs. Lyons had resumed her seat. Her hands were grasping the arms of,6029
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"her chair, and I saw that the pink nails had turned white with the",6030
The Hound of the Baskervilles,pressure of her grip.,6031
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6032
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""His wife!"" she said again. ""His wife! He is not a married man.""",6033
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6034
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Sherlock Holmes shrugged his shoulders.,6035
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6036
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Prove it to me! Prove it to me! And if you can do so--!"" The fierce",6037
The Hound of the Baskervilles,flash of her eyes said more than any words.,6038
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6039
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I have come prepared to do so,"" said Holmes, drawing several papers",6040
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"from his pocket. ""Here is a photograph of the couple taken in York",6041
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"four years ago. It is indorsed 'Mr. and Mrs. Vandeleur,' but you will",6042
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"have no difficulty in recognizing him, and her also, if you know her",6043
The Hound of the Baskervilles,by sight. Here are three written descriptions by trustworthy,6044
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"witnesses of Mr. and Mrs. Vandeleur, who at that time kept St.",6045
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Oliver's private school. Read them and see if you can doubt the,6046
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"identity of these people.""",6047
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6048
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"She glanced at them, and then looked up at us with the set, rigid",6049
The Hound of the Baskervilles,face of a desperate woman.,6050
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6051
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Mr. Holmes,"" she said, ""this man had offered me marriage on",6052
The Hound of the Baskervilles,condition that I could get a divorce from my husband. He has lied to,6053
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"me, the villain, in every conceivable way. Not one word of truth has",6054
The Hound of the Baskervilles,he ever told me. And why--why? I imagined that all was for my own,6055
The Hound of the Baskervilles,sake. But now I see that I was never anything but a tool in his,6056
The Hound of the Baskervilles,hands. Why should I preserve faith with him who never kept any with,6057
The Hound of the Baskervilles,me? Why should I try to shield him from the consequences of his own,6058
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"wicked acts? Ask me what you like, and there is nothing which I shall",6059
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"hold back. One thing I swear to you, and that is that when I wrote",6060
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the letter I never dreamed of any harm to the old gentleman, who had",6061
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"been my kindest friend.""",6062
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6063
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I entirely believe you, madam,"" said Sherlock Holmes. ""The recital",6064
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"of these events must be very painful to you, and perhaps it will make",6065
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"it easier if I tell you what occurred, and you can check me if I make",6066
The Hound of the Baskervilles,any material mistake. The sending of this letter was suggested to you,6067
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"by Stapleton?""",6068
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6069
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""He dictated it.""",6070
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6071
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I presume that the reason he gave was that you would receive help",6072
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"from Sir Charles for the legal expenses connected with your divorce?""",6073
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6074
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Exactly.""",6075
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6076
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""And then after you had sent the letter he dissuaded you from keeping",6077
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the appointment?""",6078
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6079
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""He told me that it would hurt his self-respect that any other man",6080
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"should find the money for such an object, and that though he was a",6081
The Hound of the Baskervilles,poor man himself he would devote his last penny to removing the,6082
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"obstacles which divided us.""",6083
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6084
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""He appears to be a very consistent character. And then you heard",6085
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"nothing until you read the reports of the death in the paper?""",6086
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6087
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""No.""",6088
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6089
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""And he made you swear to say nothing about your appointment with Sir",6090
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Charles?""",6091
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6092
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""He did. He said that the death was a very mysterious one, and that I",6093
The Hound of the Baskervilles,should certainly be suspected if the facts came out. He frightened me,6094
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"into remaining silent.""",6095
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6096
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Quite so. But you had your suspicions?""",6097
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6098
The Hound of the Baskervilles,She hesitated and looked down.,6099
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6100
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I knew him,"" she said. ""But if he had kept faith with me I should",6101
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"always have done so with him.""",6102
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6103
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I think that on the whole you have had a fortunate escape,"" said",6104
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Sherlock Holmes. ""You have had him in your power and he knew it, and",6105
The Hound of the Baskervilles,yet you are alive. You have been walking for some months very near to,6106
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the edge of a precipice. We must wish you good-morning now, Mrs.",6107
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Lyons, and it is probable that you will very shortly hear from us",6108
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"again.""",6109
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6110
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Our case becomes rounded off, and difficulty after difficulty thins",6111
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"away in front of us,"" said Holmes as we stood waiting for the arrival",6112
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"of the express from town. ""I shall soon be in the position of being",6113
The Hound of the Baskervilles,able to put into a single connected narrative one of the most,6114
The Hound of the Baskervilles,singular and sensational crimes of modern times. Students of,6115
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"criminology will remember the analogous incidents in Godno, in Little",6116
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Russia, in the year '66, and of course there are the Anderson murders",6117
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"in North Carolina, but this case possesses some features which are",6118
The Hound of the Baskervilles,entirely its own. Even now we have no clear case against this very,6119
The Hound of the Baskervilles,wily man. But I shall be very much surprised if it is not clear,6120
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"enough before we go to bed this night.""",6121
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6122
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"The London express came roaring into the station, and a small, wiry",6123
The Hound of the Baskervilles,bulldog of a man had sprung from a first-class carriage. We all three,6124
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"shook hands, and I saw at once from the reverential way in which",6125
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Lestrade gazed at my companion that he had learned a good deal since,6126
The Hound of the Baskervilles,the days when they had first worked together. I could well remember,6127
The Hound of the Baskervilles,the scorn which the theories of the reasoner used then to excite in,6128
The Hound of the Baskervilles,the practical man.,6129
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6130
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Anything good?"" he asked.",6131
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6132
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""The biggest thing for years,"" said Holmes. ""We have two hours before",6133
The Hound of the Baskervilles,we need think of starting. I think we might employ it in getting some,6134
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"dinner and then, Lestrade, we will take the London fog out of your",6135
The Hound of the Baskervilles,throat by giving you a breath of the pure night air of Dartmoor.,6136
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Never been there? Ah, well, I don't suppose you will forget your",6137
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"first visit.""",6138
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6139
The Hound of the Baskervilles,CHAPTER XIV,6140
The Hound of the Baskervilles,The Hound of the Baskervilles,6141
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6142
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"One of Sherlock Holmes's defects--if, indeed, one may call it a",6143
The Hound of the Baskervilles,defect--was that he was exceedingly loath to communicate his full,6144
The Hound of the Baskervilles,plans to any other person until the instant of their fulfilment.,6145
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Partly it came no doubt from his own masterful nature, which loved to",6146
The Hound of the Baskervilles,dominate and surprise those who were around him. Partly also from his,6147
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"professional caution, which urged him never to take any chances. The",6148
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"result, however, was very trying for those who were acting as his",6149
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"agents and assistants. I had often suffered under it, but never more",6150
The Hound of the Baskervilles,so than during that long drive in the darkness. The great ordeal was,6151
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"in front of us; at last we were about to make our final effort, and",6152
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"yet Holmes had said nothing, and I could only surmise what his course",6153
The Hound of the Baskervilles,of action would be. My nerves thrilled with anticipation when at last,6154
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the cold wind upon our faces and the dark, void spaces on either side",6155
The Hound of the Baskervilles,of the narrow road told me that we were back upon the moor once,6156
The Hound of the Baskervilles,again. Every stride of the horses and every turn of the wheels was,6157
The Hound of the Baskervilles,taking us nearer to our supreme adventure.,6158
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6159
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Our conversation was hampered by the presence of the driver of the,6160
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"hired wagonette, so that we were forced to talk of trivial matters",6161
The Hound of the Baskervilles,when our nerves were tense with emotion and anticipation. It was a,6162
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"relief to me, after that unnatural restraint, when we at last passed",6163
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Frankland's house and knew that we were drawing near to the Hall and,6164
The Hound of the Baskervilles,to the scene of action. We did not drive up to the door but got down,6165
The Hound of the Baskervilles,near the gate of the avenue. The wagonette was paid off and ordered,6166
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"to return to Coombe Tracey forthwith, while we started to walk to",6167
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Merripit House.,6168
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6169
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Are you armed, Lestrade?""",6170
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6171
The Hound of the Baskervilles,The little detective smiled.,6172
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6173
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""As long as I have my trousers I have a hip-pocket, and as long as I",6174
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"have my hip-pocket I have something in it.""",6175
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6176
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Good! My friend and I are also ready for emergencies.""",6177
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6178
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""You're mighty close about this affair, Mr. Holmes. What's the game",6179
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"now?""",6180
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6181
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""A waiting game.""",6182
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6183
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""My word, it does not seem a very cheerful place,"" said the detective",6184
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"with a shiver, glancing round him at the gloomy slopes of the hill",6185
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"and at the huge lake of fog which lay over the Grimpen Mire. ""I see",6186
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the lights of a house ahead of us.""",6187
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6188
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""That is Merripit House and the end of our journey. I must request",6189
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"you to walk on tiptoe and not to talk above a whisper.""",6190
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6191
The Hound of the Baskervilles,We moved cautiously along the track as if we were bound for the,6192
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"house, but Holmes halted us when we were about two hundred yards from",6193
The Hound of the Baskervilles,it.,6194
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6195
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""This will do,"" said he. ""These rocks upon the right make an",6196
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"admirable screen.""",6197
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6198
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""We are to wait here?""",6199
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6200
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Yes, we shall make our little ambush here. Get into this hollow,",6201
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Lestrade. You have been inside the house, have you not, Watson? Can",6202
The Hound of the Baskervilles,you tell the position of the rooms? What are those latticed windows,6203
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"at this end?""",6204
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6205
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I think they are the kitchen windows.""",6206
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6207
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""And the one beyond, which shines so brightly?""",6208
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6209
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""That is certainly the dining-room.""",6210
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6211
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""The blinds are up. You know the lie of the land best. Creep forward",6212
The Hound of the Baskervilles,quietly and see what they are doing--but for heaven's sake don't let,6213
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"them know that they are watched!""",6214
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6215
The Hound of the Baskervilles,I tiptoed down the path and stooped behind the low wall which,6216
The Hound of the Baskervilles,surrounded the stunted orchard. Creeping in its shadow I reached a,6217
The Hound of the Baskervilles,point whence I could look straight through the uncurtained window.,6218
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6219
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"There were only two men in the room, Sir Henry and Stapleton. They",6220
The Hound of the Baskervilles,sat with their profiles towards me on either side of the round table.,6221
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Both of them were smoking cigars, and coffee and wine were in front",6222
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"of them. Stapleton was talking with animation, but the baronet looked",6223
The Hound of the Baskervilles,pale and distrait. Perhaps the thought of that lonely walk across the,6224
The Hound of the Baskervilles,ill-omened moor was weighing heavily upon his mind.,6225
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6226
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"As I watched them Stapleton rose and left the room, while Sir Henry",6227
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"filled his glass again and leaned back in his chair, puffing at his",6228
The Hound of the Baskervilles,cigar. I heard the creak of a door and the crisp sound of boots upon,6229
The Hound of the Baskervilles,gravel. The steps passed along the path on the other side of the wall,6230
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"under which I crouched. Looking over, I saw the naturalist pause at",6231
The Hound of the Baskervilles,the door of an out-house in the corner of the orchard. A key turned,6232
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"in a lock, and as he passed in there was a curious scuffling noise",6233
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"from within. He was only a minute or so inside, and then I heard the",6234
The Hound of the Baskervilles,key turn once more and he passed me and re-entered the house. I saw,6235
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"him rejoin his guest, and I crept quietly back to where my companions",6236
The Hound of the Baskervilles,were waiting to tell them what I had seen.,6237
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6238
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""You say, Watson, that the lady is not there?"" Holmes asked, when I",6239
The Hound of the Baskervilles,had finished my report.,6240
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6241
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""No.""",6242
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6243
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Where can she be, then, since there is no light in any other room",6244
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"except the kitchen?""",6245
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6246
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I cannot think where she is.""",6247
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6248
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"I have said that over the great Grimpen Mire there hung a dense,",6249
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"white fog. It was drifting slowly in our direction, and banked itself",6250
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"up like a wall on that side of us, low, but thick and well defined.",6251
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"The moon shone on it, and it looked like a great shimmering",6252
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"ice-field, with the heads of the distant tors as rocks borne upon its",6253
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"surface. Holmes's face was turned towards it, and he muttered",6254
The Hound of the Baskervilles,impatiently as he watched its sluggish drift.,6255
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6256
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""It's moving towards us, Watson.""",6257
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6258
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Is that serious?""",6259
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6260
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Very serious, indeed--the one thing upon earth which could have",6261
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"disarranged my plans. He can't be very long, now. It is already ten",6262
The Hound of the Baskervilles,o'clock. Our success and even his life may depend upon his coming out,6263
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"before the fog is over the path.""",6264
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6265
The Hound of the Baskervilles,The night was clear and fine above us. The stars shone cold and,6266
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"bright, while a half-moon bathed the whole scene in a soft, uncertain",6267
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"light. Before us lay the dark bulk of the house, its serrated roof",6268
The Hound of the Baskervilles,and bristling chimneys hard outlined against the silver-spangled sky.,6269
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Broad bars of golden light from the lower windows stretched across,6270
The Hound of the Baskervilles,the orchard and the moor. One of them was suddenly shut off. The,6271
The Hound of the Baskervilles,servants had left the kitchen. There only remained the lamp in the,6272
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"dining-room where the two men, the murderous host and the unconscious",6273
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"guest, still chatted over their cigars.",6274
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6275
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Every minute that white woolly plain which covered one half of the,6276
The Hound of the Baskervilles,moor was drifting closer and closer to the house. Already the first,6277
The Hound of the Baskervilles,thin wisps of it were curling across the golden square of the lighted,6278
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"window. The farther wall of the orchard was already invisible, and",6279
The Hound of the Baskervilles,the trees were standing out of a swirl of white vapour. As we watched,6280
The Hound of the Baskervilles,it the fog-wreaths came crawling round both corners of the house and,6281
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"rolled slowly into one dense bank, on which the upper floor and the",6282
The Hound of the Baskervilles,roof floated like a strange ship upon a shadowy sea. Holmes struck,6283
The Hound of the Baskervilles,his hand passionately upon the rock in front of us and stamped his,6284
The Hound of the Baskervilles,feet in his impatience.,6285
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6286
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""If he isn't out in a quarter of an hour the path will be covered. In",6287
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"half an hour we won't be able to see our hands in front of us.""",6288
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6289
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Shall we move farther back upon higher ground?""",6290
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6291
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Yes, I think it would be as well.""",6292
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6293
The Hound of the Baskervilles,So as the fog-bank flowed onward we fell back before it until we were,6294
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"half a mile from the house, and still that dense white sea, with the",6295
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"moon silvering its upper edge, swept slowly and inexorably on.",6296
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6297
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""We are going too far,"" said Holmes. ""We dare not take the chance of",6298
The Hound of the Baskervilles,his being overtaken before he can reach us. At all costs we must hold,6299
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"our ground where we are."" He dropped on his knees and clapped his ear",6300
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"to the ground. ""Thank God, I think that I hear him coming.""",6301
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6302
The Hound of the Baskervilles,A sound of quick steps broke the silence of the moor. Crouching among,6303
The Hound of the Baskervilles,the stones we stared intently at the silver-tipped bank in front of,6304
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"us. The steps grew louder, and through the fog, as through a curtain,",6305
The Hound of the Baskervilles,there stepped the man whom we were awaiting. He looked round him in,6306
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"surprise as he emerged into the clear, starlit night. Then he came",6307
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"swiftly along the path, passed close to where we lay, and went on up",6308
The Hound of the Baskervilles,the long slope behind us. As he walked he glanced continually over,6309
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"either shoulder, like a man who is ill at ease.",6310
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6311
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Hist!"" cried Holmes, and I heard the sharp click of a cocking",6312
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"pistol. ""Look out! It's coming!""",6313
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6314
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"There was a thin, crisp, continuous patter from somewhere in the",6315
The Hound of the Baskervilles,heart of that crawling bank. The cloud was within fifty yards of,6316
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"where we lay, and we glared at it, all three, uncertain what horror",6317
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"was about to break from the heart of it. I was at Holmes's elbow, and",6318
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"I glanced for an instant at his face. It was pale and exultant, his",6319
The Hound of the Baskervilles,eyes shining brightly in the moonlight. But suddenly they started,6320
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"forward in a rigid, fixed stare, and his lips parted in amazement. At",6321
The Hound of the Baskervilles,the same instant Lestrade gave a yell of terror and threw himself,6322
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"face downward upon the ground. I sprang to my feet, my inert hand",6323
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"grasping my pistol, my mind paralyzed by the dreadful shape which had",6324
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"sprung out upon us from the shadows of the fog. A hound it was, an",6325
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"enormous coal-black hound, but not such a hound as mortal eyes have",6326
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"ever seen. Fire burst from its open mouth, its eyes glowed with a",6327
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"smouldering glare, its muzzle and hackles and dewlap were outlined in",6328
The Hound of the Baskervilles,flickering flame. Never in the delirious dream of a disordered brain,6329
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"could anything more savage, more appalling, more hellish be conceived",6330
The Hound of the Baskervilles,than that dark form and savage face which broke upon us out of the,6331
The Hound of the Baskervilles,wall of fog.,6332
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6333
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"With long bounds the huge black creature was leaping down the track,",6334
The Hound of the Baskervilles,following hard upon the footsteps of our friend. So paralyzed were we,6335
The Hound of the Baskervilles,by the apparition that we allowed him to pass before we had recovered,6336
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"our nerve. Then Holmes and I both fired together, and the creature",6337
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"gave a hideous howl, which showed that one at least had hit him. He",6338
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"did not pause, however, but bounded onward. Far away on the path we",6339
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"saw Sir Henry looking back, his face white in the moonlight, his",6340
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"hands raised in horror, glaring helplessly at the frightful thing",6341
The Hound of the Baskervilles,which was hunting him down.,6342
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6343
The Hound of the Baskervilles,But that cry of pain from the hound had blown all our fears to the,6344
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"winds. If he was vulnerable he was mortal, and if we could wound him",6345
The Hound of the Baskervilles,we could kill him. Never have I seen a man run as Holmes ran that,6346
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"night. I am reckoned fleet of foot, but he outpaced me as much as I",6347
The Hound of the Baskervilles,outpaced the little professional. In front of us as we flew up the,6348
The Hound of the Baskervilles,track we heard scream after scream from Sir Henry and the deep roar,6349
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"of the hound. I was in time to see the beast spring upon its victim,",6350
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"hurl him to the ground, and worry at his throat. But the next instant",6351
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Holmes had emptied five barrels of his revolver into the creature's,6352
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"flank. With a last howl of agony and a vicious snap in the air, it",6353
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"rolled upon its back, four feet pawing furiously, and then fell limp",6354
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"upon its side. I stooped, panting, and pressed my pistol to the",6355
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"dreadful, shimmering head, but it was useless to press the trigger.",6356
The Hound of the Baskervilles,The giant hound was dead.,6357
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6358
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Sir Henry lay insensible where he had fallen. We tore away his,6359
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"collar, and Holmes breathed a prayer of gratitude when we saw that",6360
The Hound of the Baskervilles,there was no sign of a wound and that the rescue had been in time.,6361
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Already our friend's eyelids shivered and he made a feeble effort to,6362
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"move. Lestrade thrust his brandy-flask between the baronet's teeth,",6363
The Hound of the Baskervilles,and two frightened eyes were looking up at us.,6364
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6365
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""My God!"" he whispered. ""What was it? What, in heaven's name, was",6366
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"it?""",6367
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6368
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""It's dead, whatever it is,"" said Holmes. ""We've laid the family",6369
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"ghost once and forever.""",6370
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6371
The Hound of the Baskervilles,In mere size and strength it was a terrible creature which was lying,6372
The Hound of the Baskervilles,stretched before us. It was not a pure bloodhound and it was not a,6373
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"pure mastiff; but it appeared to be a combination of the two--gaunt,",6374
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"savage, and as large as a small lioness. Even now, in the stillness",6375
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"of death, the huge jaws seemed to be dripping with a bluish flame and",6376
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the small, deep-set, cruel eyes were ringed with fire. I placed my",6377
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"hand upon the glowing muzzle, and as I held them up my own fingers",6378
The Hound of the Baskervilles,smouldered and gleamed in the darkness.,6379
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6380
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Phosphorus,"" I said.",6381
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6382
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""A cunning preparation of it,"" said Holmes, sniffing at the dead",6383
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"animal. ""There is no smell which might have interfered with his power",6384
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"of scent. We owe you a deep apology, Sir Henry, for having exposed",6385
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"you to this fright. I was prepared for a hound, but not for such a",6386
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"creature as this. And the fog gave us little time to receive him.""",6387
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6388
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""You have saved my life.""",6389
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6390
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Having first endangered it. Are you strong enough to stand?""",6391
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6392
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Give me another mouthful of that brandy and I shall be ready for",6393
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"anything. So! Now, if you will help me up. What do you propose to",6394
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"do?""",6395
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6396
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""To leave you here. You are not fit for further adventures to-night.",6397
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"If you will wait, one or other of us will go back with you to the",6398
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Hall.""",6399
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6400
The Hound of the Baskervilles,He tried to stagger to his feet; but he was still ghastly pale and,6401
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"trembling in every limb. We helped him to a rock, where he sat",6402
The Hound of the Baskervilles,shivering with his face buried in his hands.,6403
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6404
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""We must leave you now,"" said Holmes. ""The rest of our work must be",6405
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"done, and every moment is of importance. We have our case, and now we",6406
The Hound of the Baskervilles,only want our man.,6407
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6408
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""It's a thousand to one against our finding him at the house,"" he",6409
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"continued as we retraced our steps swiftly down the path. ""Those",6410
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"shots must have told him that the game was up.""",6411
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6412
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""We were some distance off, and this fog may have deadened them.""",6413
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6414
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""He followed the hound to call him off--of that you may be certain.",6415
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"No, no, he's gone by this time! But we'll search the house and make",6416
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"sure.""",6417
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6418
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"The front door was open, so we rushed in and hurried from room to",6419
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"room to the amazement of a doddering old manservant, who met us in",6420
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the passage. There was no light save in the dining-room, but Holmes",6421
The Hound of the Baskervilles,caught up the lamp and left no corner of the house unexplored. No,6422
The Hound of the Baskervilles,sign could we see of the man whom we were chasing. On the upper,6423
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"floor, however, one of the bedroom doors was locked.",6424
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6425
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""There's someone in here,"" cried Lestrade. ""I can hear a movement.",6426
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Open this door!""",6427
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6428
The Hound of the Baskervilles,A faint moaning and rustling came from within. Holmes struck the door,6429
The Hound of the Baskervilles,just over the lock with the flat of his foot and it flew open. Pistol,6430
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"in hand, we all three rushed into the room.",6431
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6432
The Hound of the Baskervilles,But there was no sign within it of that desperate and defiant villain,6433
The Hound of the Baskervilles,whom we expected to see. Instead we were faced by an object so,6434
The Hound of the Baskervilles,strange and so unexpected that we stood for a moment staring at it in,6435
The Hound of the Baskervilles,amazement.,6436
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6437
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"The room had been fashioned into a small museum, and the walls were",6438
The Hound of the Baskervilles,lined by a number of glass-topped cases full of that collection of,6439
The Hound of the Baskervilles,butterflies and moths the formation of which had been the relaxation,6440
The Hound of the Baskervilles,of this complex and dangerous man. In the centre of this room there,6441
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"was an upright beam, which had been placed at some period as a",6442
The Hound of the Baskervilles,support for the old worm-eaten baulk of timber which spanned the,6443
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"roof. To this post a figure was tied, so swathed and muffled in the",6444
The Hound of the Baskervilles,sheets which had been used to secure it that one could not for the,6445
The Hound of the Baskervilles,moment tell whether it was that of a man or a woman. One towel passed,6446
The Hound of the Baskervilles,round the throat and was secured at the back of the pillar. Another,6447
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"covered the lower part of the face, and over it two dark eyes--eyes",6448
The Hound of the Baskervilles,full of grief and shame and a dreadful questioning--stared back at,6449
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"us. In a minute we had torn off the gag, unswathed the bonds, and",6450
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Mrs. Stapleton sank upon the floor in front of us. As her beautiful,6451
The Hound of the Baskervilles,head fell upon her chest I saw the clear red weal of a whiplash,6452
The Hound of the Baskervilles,across her neck.,6453
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6454
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""The brute!"" cried Holmes. ""Here, Lestrade, your brandy-bottle! Put",6455
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"her in the chair! She has fainted from ill-usage and exhaustion.""",6456
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6457
The Hound of the Baskervilles,She opened her eyes again.,6458
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6459
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Is he safe?"" she asked. ""Has he escaped?""",6460
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6461
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""He cannot escape us, madam.""",6462
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6463
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""No, no, I did not mean my husband. Sir Henry? Is he safe?""",6464
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6465
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Yes.""",6466
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6467
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""And the hound?""",6468
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6469
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""It is dead.""",6470
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6471
The Hound of the Baskervilles,She gave a long sigh of satisfaction.,6472
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6473
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Thank God! Thank God! Oh, this villain! See how he has treated me!""",6474
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"She shot her arms out from her sleeves, and we saw with horror that",6475
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"they were all mottled with bruises. ""But this is nothing--nothing! It",6476
The Hound of the Baskervilles,is my mind and soul that he has tortured and defiled. I could endure,6477
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"it all, ill-usage, solitude, a life of deception, everything, as long",6478
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"as I could still cling to the hope that I had his love, but now I",6479
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"know that in this also I have been his dupe and his tool."" She broke",6480
The Hound of the Baskervilles,into passionate sobbing as she spoke.,6481
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6482
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""You bear him no good will, madam,"" said Holmes. ""Tell us then where",6483
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"we shall find him. If you have ever aided him in evil, help us now",6484
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"and so atone.""",6485
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6486
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""There is but one place where he can have fled,"" she answered. ""There",6487
The Hound of the Baskervilles,is an old tin mine on an island in the heart of the mire. It was,6488
The Hound of the Baskervilles,there that he kept his hound and there also he had made preparations,6489
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"so that he might have a refuge. That is where he would fly.""",6490
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6491
The Hound of the Baskervilles,The fog-bank lay like white wool against the window. Holmes held the,6492
The Hound of the Baskervilles,lamp towards it.,6493
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6494
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""See,"" said he. ""No one could find his way into the Grimpen Mire",6495
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"to-night.""",6496
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6497
The Hound of the Baskervilles,She laughed and clapped her hands. Her eyes and teeth gleamed with,6498
The Hound of the Baskervilles,fierce merriment.,6499
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6500
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""He may find his way in, but never out,"" she cried. ""How can he see",6501
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the guiding wands to-night? We planted them together, he and I, to",6502
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"mark the pathway through the mire. Oh, if I could only have plucked",6503
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"them out to-day. Then indeed you would have had him at your mercy!""",6504
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6505
The Hound of the Baskervilles,It was evident to us that all pursuit was in vain until the fog had,6506
The Hound of the Baskervilles,lifted. Meanwhile we left Lestrade in possession of the house while,6507
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Holmes and I went back with the baronet to Baskerville Hall. The,6508
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"story of the Stapletons could no longer be withheld from him, but he",6509
The Hound of the Baskervilles,took the blow bravely when he learned the truth about the woman whom,6510
The Hound of the Baskervilles,he had loved. But the shock of the night's adventures had shattered,6511
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"his nerves, and before morning he lay delirious in a high fever,",6512
The Hound of the Baskervilles,under the care of Dr. Mortimer. The two of them were destined to,6513
The Hound of the Baskervilles,travel together round the world before Sir Henry had become once more,6514
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the hale, hearty man that he had been before he became master of that",6515
The Hound of the Baskervilles,ill-omened estate.,6516
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6517
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"And now I come rapidly to the conclusion of this singular narrative,",6518
The Hound of the Baskervilles,in which I have tried to make the reader share those dark fears and,6519
The Hound of the Baskervilles,vague surmises which clouded our lives so long and ended in so tragic,6520
The Hound of the Baskervilles,a manner. On the morning after the death of the hound the fog had,6521
The Hound of the Baskervilles,lifted and we were guided by Mrs. Stapleton to the point where they,6522
The Hound of the Baskervilles,had found a pathway through the bog. It helped us to realize the,6523
The Hound of the Baskervilles,horror of this woman's life when we saw the eagerness and joy with,6524
The Hound of the Baskervilles,which she laid us on her husband's track. We left her standing upon,6525
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the thin peninsula of firm, peaty soil which tapered out into the",6526
The Hound of the Baskervilles,widespread bog. From the end of it a small wand planted here and,6527
The Hound of the Baskervilles,there showed where the path zigzagged from tuft to tuft of rushes,6528
The Hound of the Baskervilles,among those green-scummed pits and foul quagmires which barred the,6529
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"way to the stranger. Rank reeds and lush, slimy water-plants sent an",6530
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"odour of decay and a heavy miasmatic vapour onto our faces, while a",6531
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"false step plunged us more than once thigh-deep into the dark,",6532
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"quivering mire, which shook for yards in soft undulations around our",6533
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"feet. Its tenacious grip plucked at our heels as we walked, and when",6534
The Hound of the Baskervilles,we sank into it it was as if some malignant hand was tugging us down,6535
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"into those obscene depths, so grim and purposeful was the clutch in",6536
The Hound of the Baskervilles,which it held us. Once only we saw a trace that someone had passed,6537
The Hound of the Baskervilles,that perilous way before us. From amid a tuft of cotton grass which,6538
The Hound of the Baskervilles,bore it up out of the slime some dark thing was projecting. Holmes,6539
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"sank to his waist as he stepped from the path to seize it, and had we",6540
The Hound of the Baskervilles,not been there to drag him out he could never have set his foot upon,6541
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"firm land again. He held an old black boot in the air. ""Meyers,",6542
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Toronto,"" was printed on the leather inside.",6543
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6544
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""It is worth a mud bath,"" said he. ""It is our friend Sir Henry's",6545
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"missing boot.""",6546
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6547
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Thrown there by Stapleton in his flight.""",6548
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6549
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Exactly. He retained it in his hand after using it to set the hound",6550
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"upon the track. He fled when he knew the game was up, still clutching",6551
The Hound of the Baskervilles,it. And he hurled it away at this point of his flight. We know at,6552
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"least that he came so far in safety.""",6553
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6554
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"But more than that we were never destined to know, though there was",6555
The Hound of the Baskervilles,much which we might surmise. There was no chance of finding footsteps,6556
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"in the mire, for the rising mud oozed swiftly in upon them, but as we",6557
The Hound of the Baskervilles,at last reached firmer ground beyond the morass we all looked eagerly,6558
The Hound of the Baskervilles,for them. But no slightest sign of them ever met our eyes. If the,6559
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"earth told a true story, then Stapleton never reached that island of",6560
The Hound of the Baskervilles,refuge towards which he struggled through the fog upon that last,6561
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"night. Somewhere in the heart of the great Grimpen Mire, down in the",6562
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"foul slime of the huge morass which had sucked him in, this cold and",6563
The Hound of the Baskervilles,cruel-hearted man is forever buried.,6564
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6565
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Many traces we found of him in the bog-girt island where he had hid,6566
The Hound of the Baskervilles,his savage ally. A huge driving-wheel and a shaft half-filled with,6567
The Hound of the Baskervilles,rubbish showed the position of an abandoned mine. Beside it were the,6568
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"crumbling remains of the cottages of the miners, driven away no doubt",6569
The Hound of the Baskervilles,by the foul reek of the surrounding swamp. In one of these a staple,6570
The Hound of the Baskervilles,and chain with a quantity of gnawed bones showed where the animal had,6571
The Hound of the Baskervilles,been confined. A skeleton with a tangle of brown hair adhering to it,6572
The Hound of the Baskervilles,lay among the debris.,6573
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6574
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""A dog!"" said Holmes. ""By Jove, a curly-haired spaniel. Poor Mortimer",6575
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"will never see his pet again. Well, I do not know that this place",6576
The Hound of the Baskervilles,contains any secret which we have not already fathomed. He could hide,6577
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"his hound, but he could not hush its voice, and hence came those",6578
The Hound of the Baskervilles,cries which even in daylight were not pleasant to hear. On an,6579
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"emergency he could keep the hound in the out-house at Merripit, but",6580
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"it was always a risk, and it was only on the supreme day, which he",6581
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"regarded as the end of all his efforts, that he dared do it. This",6582
The Hound of the Baskervilles,paste in the tin is no doubt the luminous mixture with which the,6583
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"creature was daubed. It was suggested, of course, by the story of the",6584
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"family hell-hound, and by the desire to frighten old Sir Charles to",6585
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"death. No wonder the poor devil of a convict ran and screamed, even",6586
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"as our friend did, and as we ourselves might have done, when he saw",6587
The Hound of the Baskervilles,such a creature bounding through the darkness of the moor upon his,6588
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"track. It was a cunning device, for, apart from the chance of driving",6589
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"your victim to his death, what peasant would venture to inquire too",6590
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"closely into such a creature should he get sight of it, as many have",6591
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"done, upon the moor? I said it in London, Watson, and I say it again",6592
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"now, that never yet have we helped to hunt down a more dangerous man",6593
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"than he who is lying yonder""--he swept his long arm towards the huge",6594
The Hound of the Baskervilles,mottled expanse of green-splotched bog which stretched away until it,6595
The Hound of the Baskervilles,merged into the russet slopes of the moor.,6596
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6597
The Hound of the Baskervilles,CHAPTER XV,6598
The Hound of the Baskervilles,A Retrospection,6599
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6600
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"It was the end of November and Holmes and I sat, upon a raw and foggy",6601
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"night, on either side of a blazing fire in our sitting-room in Baker",6602
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Street. Since the tragic upshot of our visit to Devonshire he had,6603
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"been engaged in two affairs of the utmost importance, in the first of",6604
The Hound of the Baskervilles,which he had exposed the atrocious conduct of Colonel Upwood in,6605
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"connection with the famous card scandal of the Nonpareil Club, while",6606
The Hound of the Baskervilles,in the second he had defended the unfortunate Mme. Montpensier from,6607
The Hound of the Baskervilles,the charge of murder which hung over her in connection with the death,6608
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"of her step-daughter, Mlle. Carere, the young lady who, as it will be",6609
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"remembered, was found six months later alive and married in New York.",6610
The Hound of the Baskervilles,My friend was in excellent spirits over the success which had,6611
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"attended a succession of difficult and important cases, so that I was",6612
The Hound of the Baskervilles,able to induce him to discuss the details of the Baskerville mystery.,6613
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"I had waited patiently for the opportunity, for I was aware that he",6614
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"would never permit cases to overlap, and that his clear and logical",6615
The Hound of the Baskervilles,mind would not be drawn from its present work to dwell upon memories,6616
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"of the past. Sir Henry and Dr. Mortimer were, however, in London, on",6617
The Hound of the Baskervilles,their way to that long voyage which had been recommended for the,6618
The Hound of the Baskervilles,restoration of his shattered nerves. They had called upon us that,6619
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"very afternoon, so that it was natural that the subject should come",6620
The Hound of the Baskervilles,up for discussion.,6621
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6622
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""The whole course of events,"" said Holmes, ""from the point of view of",6623
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the man who called himself Stapleton was simple and direct, although",6624
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"to us, who had no means in the beginning of knowing the motives of",6625
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"his actions and could only learn part of the facts, it all appeared",6626
The Hound of the Baskervilles,exceedingly complex. I have had the advantage of two conversations,6627
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"with Mrs. Stapleton, and the case has now been so entirely cleared up",6628
The Hound of the Baskervilles,that I am not aware that there is anything which has remained a,6629
The Hound of the Baskervilles,secret to us. You will find a few notes upon the matter under the,6630
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"heading B in my indexed list of cases.""",6631
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6632
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Perhaps you would kindly give me a sketch of the course of events",6633
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"from memory.""",6634
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6635
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Certainly, though I cannot guarantee that I carry all the facts in",6636
The Hound of the Baskervilles,my mind. Intense mental concentration has a curious way of blotting,6637
The Hound of the Baskervilles,out what has passed. The barrister who has his case at his fingers',6638
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"ends, and is able to argue with an expert upon his own subject finds",6639
The Hound of the Baskervilles,that a week or two of the courts will drive it all out of his head,6640
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"once more. So each of my cases displaces the last, and Mlle. Carere",6641
The Hound of the Baskervilles,has blurred my recollection of Baskerville Hall. To-morrow some other,6642
The Hound of the Baskervilles,little problem may be submitted to my notice which will in turn,6643
The Hound of the Baskervilles,dispossess the fair French lady and the infamous Upwood. So far as,6644
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the case of the Hound goes, however, I will give you the course of",6645
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"events as nearly as I can, and you will suggest anything which I may",6646
The Hound of the Baskervilles,have forgotten.,6647
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6648
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""My inquiries show beyond all question that the family portrait did",6649
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"not lie, and that this fellow was indeed a Baskerville. He was a son",6650
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"of that Rodger Baskerville, the younger brother of Sir Charles, who",6651
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"fled with a sinister reputation to South America, where he was said",6652
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"to have died unmarried. He did, as a matter of fact, marry, and had",6653
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"one child, this fellow, whose real name is the same as his father's.",6654
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"He married Beryl Garcia, one of the beauties of Costa Rica, and,",6655
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"having purloined a considerable sum of public money, he changed his",6656
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"name to Vandeleur and fled to England, where he established a school",6657
The Hound of the Baskervilles,in the east of Yorkshire. His reason for attempting this special line,6658
The Hound of the Baskervilles,of business was that he had struck up an acquaintance with a,6659
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"consumptive tutor upon the voyage home, and that he had used this",6660
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"man's ability to make the undertaking a success. Fraser, the tutor,",6661
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"died however, and the school which had begun well sank from disrepute",6662
The Hound of the Baskervilles,into infamy. The Vandeleurs found it convenient to change their name,6663
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"to Stapleton, and he brought the remains of his fortune, his schemes",6664
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"for the future, and his taste for entomology to the south of England.",6665
The Hound of the Baskervilles,I learned at the British Museum that he was a recognized authority,6666
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"upon the subject, and that the name of Vandeleur has been permanently",6667
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"attached to a certain moth which he had, in his Yorkshire days, been",6668
The Hound of the Baskervilles,the first to describe.,6669
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6670
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""We now come to that portion of his life which has proved to be of",6671
The Hound of the Baskervilles,such intense interest to us. The fellow had evidently made inquiry,6672
The Hound of the Baskervilles,and found that only two lives intervened between him and a valuable,6673
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"estate. When he went to Devonshire his plans were, I believe,",6674
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"exceedingly hazy, but that he meant mischief from the first is",6675
The Hound of the Baskervilles,evident from the way in which he took his wife with him in the,6676
The Hound of the Baskervilles,character of his sister. The idea of using her as a decoy was clearly,6677
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"already in his mind, though he may not have been certain how the",6678
The Hound of the Baskervilles,details of his plot were to be arranged. He meant in the end to have,6679
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the estate, and he was ready to use any tool or run any risk for that",6680
The Hound of the Baskervilles,end. His first act was to establish himself as near to his ancestral,6681
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"home as he could, and his second was to cultivate a friendship with",6682
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Sir Charles Baskerville and with the neighbours.,6683
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6684
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""The baronet himself told him about the family hound, and so prepared",6685
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the way for his own death. Stapleton, as I will continue to call him,",6686
The Hound of the Baskervilles,knew that the old man's heart was weak and that a shock would kill,6687
The Hound of the Baskervilles,him. So much he had learned from Dr. Mortimer. He had heard also that,6688
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Sir Charles was superstitious and had taken this grim legend very,6689
The Hound of the Baskervilles,seriously. His ingenious mind instantly suggested a way by which the,6690
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"baronet could be done to death, and yet it would be hardly possible",6691
The Hound of the Baskervilles,to bring home the guilt to the real murderer.,6692
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6693
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Having conceived the idea he proceeded to carry it out with",6694
The Hound of the Baskervilles,considerable finesse. An ordinary schemer would have been content to,6695
The Hound of the Baskervilles,work with a savage hound. The use of artificial means to make the,6696
The Hound of the Baskervilles,creature diabolical was a flash of genius upon his part. The dog he,6697
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"bought in London from Ross and Mangles, the dealers in Fulham Road.",6698
The Hound of the Baskervilles,It was the strongest and most savage in their possession. He brought,6699
The Hound of the Baskervilles,it down by the North Devon line and walked a great distance over the,6700
The Hound of the Baskervilles,moor so as to get it home without exciting any remarks. He had,6701
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"already on his insect hunts learned to penetrate the Grimpen Mire,",6702
The Hound of the Baskervilles,and so had found a safe hiding-place for the creature. Here he,6703
The Hound of the Baskervilles,kennelled it and waited his chance.,6704
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6705
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""But it was some time coming. The old gentleman could not be decoyed",6706
The Hound of the Baskervilles,outside of his grounds at night. Several times Stapleton lurked about,6707
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"with his hound, but without avail. It was during these fruitless",6708
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"quests that he, or rather his ally, was seen by peasants, and that",6709
The Hound of the Baskervilles,the legend of the demon dog received a new confirmation. He had hoped,6710
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"that his wife might lure Sir Charles to his ruin, but here she proved",6711
The Hound of the Baskervilles,unexpectedly independent. She would not endeavour to entangle the old,6712
The Hound of the Baskervilles,gentleman in a sentimental attachment which might deliver him over to,6713
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"his enemy. Threats and even, I am sorry to say, blows refused to move",6714
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"her. She would have nothing to do with it, and for a time Stapleton",6715
The Hound of the Baskervilles,was at a deadlock.,6716
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6717
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""He found a way out of his difficulties through the chance that Sir",6718
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Charles, who had conceived a friendship for him, made him the",6719
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"minister of his charity in the case of this unfortunate woman, Mrs.",6720
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Laura Lyons. By representing himself as a single man he acquired,6721
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"complete influence over her, and he gave her to understand that in",6722
The Hound of the Baskervilles,the event of her obtaining a divorce from her husband he would marry,6723
The Hound of the Baskervilles,her. His plans were suddenly brought to a head by his knowledge that,6724
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Sir Charles was about to leave the Hall on the advice of Dr.,6725
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Mortimer, with whose opinion he himself pretended to coincide. He",6726
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"must act at once, or his victim might get beyond his power. He",6727
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"therefore put pressure upon Mrs. Lyons to write this letter,",6728
The Hound of the Baskervilles,imploring the old man to give her an interview on the evening before,6729
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"his departure for London. He then, by a specious argument, prevented",6730
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"her from going, and so had the chance for which he had waited.",6731
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6732
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Driving back in the evening from Coombe Tracey he was in time to get",6733
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"his hound, to treat it with his infernal paint, and to bring the",6734
The Hound of the Baskervilles,beast round to the gate at which he had reason to expect that he,6735
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"would find the old gentleman waiting. The dog, incited by its master,",6736
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"sprang over the wicket-gate and pursued the unfortunate baronet, who",6737
The Hound of the Baskervilles,fled screaming down the Yew Alley. In that gloomy tunnel it must,6738
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"indeed have been a dreadful sight to see that huge black creature,",6739
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"with its flaming jaws and blazing eyes, bounding after its victim. He",6740
The Hound of the Baskervilles,fell dead at the end of the alley from heart disease and terror. The,6741
The Hound of the Baskervilles,hound had kept upon the grassy border while the baronet had run down,6742
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the path, so that no track but the man's was visible. On seeing him",6743
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"lying still the creature had probably approached to sniff at him, but",6744
The Hound of the Baskervilles,finding him dead had turned away again. It was then that it left the,6745
The Hound of the Baskervilles,print which was actually observed by Dr. Mortimer. The hound was,6746
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"called off and hurried away to its lair in the Grimpen Mire, and a",6747
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"mystery was left which puzzled the authorities, alarmed the",6748
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"country-side, and finally brought the case within the scope of our",6749
The Hound of the Baskervilles,observation.,6750
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6751
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""So much for the death of Sir Charles Baskerville. You perceive the",6752
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"devilish cunning of it, for really it would be almost impossible to",6753
The Hound of the Baskervilles,make a case against the real murderer. His only accomplice was one,6754
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"who could never give him away, and the grotesque, inconceivable",6755
The Hound of the Baskervilles,nature of the device only served to make it more effective. Both of,6756
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the women concerned in the case, Mrs. Stapleton and Mrs. Laura Lyons,",6757
The Hound of the Baskervilles,were left with a strong suspicion against Stapleton. Mrs. Stapleton,6758
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"knew that he had designs upon the old man, and also of the existence",6759
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"of the hound. Mrs. Lyons knew neither of these things, but had been",6760
The Hound of the Baskervilles,impressed by the death occurring at the time of an uncancelled,6761
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"appointment which was only known to him. However, both of them were",6762
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"under his influence, and he had nothing to fear from them. The first",6763
The Hound of the Baskervilles,half of his task was successfully accomplished but the more difficult,6764
The Hound of the Baskervilles,still remained.,6765
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6766
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""It is possible that Stapleton did not know of the existence of an",6767
The Hound of the Baskervilles,heir in Canada. In any case he would very soon learn it from his,6768
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"friend Dr. Mortimer, and he was told by the latter all details about",6769
The Hound of the Baskervilles,the arrival of Henry Baskerville. Stapleton's first idea was that,6770
The Hound of the Baskervilles,this young stranger from Canada might possibly be done to death in,6771
The Hound of the Baskervilles,London without coming down to Devonshire at all. He distrusted his,6772
The Hound of the Baskervilles,wife ever since she had refused to help him in laying a trap for the,6773
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"old man, and he dared not leave her long out of his sight for fear he",6774
The Hound of the Baskervilles,should lose his influence over her. It was for this reason that he,6775
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"took her to London with him. They lodged, I find, at the Mexborough",6776
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Private Hotel, in Craven Street, which was actually one of those",6777
The Hound of the Baskervilles,called upon by my agent in search of evidence. Here he kept his wife,6778
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"imprisoned in her room while he, disguised in a beard, followed Dr.",6779
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Mortimer to Baker Street and afterwards to the station and to the,6780
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Northumberland Hotel. His wife had some inkling of his plans; but she,6781
The Hound of the Baskervilles,had such a fear of her husband--a fear founded upon brutal,6782
The Hound of the Baskervilles,ill-treatment--that she dare not write to warn the man whom she knew,6783
The Hound of the Baskervilles,to be in danger. If the letter should fall into Stapleton's hands her,6784
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"own life would not be safe. Eventually, as we know, she adopted the",6785
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"expedient of cutting out the words which would form the message, and",6786
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"addressing the letter in a disguised hand. It reached the baronet,",6787
The Hound of the Baskervilles,and gave him the first warning of his danger.,6788
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6789
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""It was very essential for Stapleton to get some article of Sir",6790
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Henry's attire so that, in case he was driven to use the dog, he",6791
The Hound of the Baskervilles,might always have the means of setting him upon his track. With,6792
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"characteristic promptness and audacity he set about this at once, and",6793
The Hound of the Baskervilles,we cannot doubt that the boots or chamber-maid of the hotel was well,6794
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"bribed to help him in his design. By chance, however, the first boot",6795
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"which was procured for him was a new one and, therefore, useless for",6796
The Hound of the Baskervilles,his purpose. He then had it returned and obtained another--a most,6797
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"instructive incident, since it proved conclusively to my mind that we",6798
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"were dealing with a real hound, as no other supposition could explain",6799
The Hound of the Baskervilles,this anxiety to obtain an old boot and this indifference to a new,6800
The Hound of the Baskervilles,one. The more outré and grotesque an incident is the more carefully,6801
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"it deserves to be examined, and the very point which appears to",6802
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"complicate a case is, when duly considered and scientifically",6803
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"handled, the one which is most likely to elucidate it.",6804
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6805
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""Then we had the visit from our friends next morning, shadowed always",6806
The Hound of the Baskervilles,by Stapleton in the cab. From his knowledge of our rooms and of my,6807
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"appearance, as well as from his general conduct, I am inclined to",6808
The Hound of the Baskervilles,think that Stapleton's career of crime has been by no means limited,6809
The Hound of the Baskervilles,to this single Baskerville affair. It is suggestive that during the,6810
The Hound of the Baskervilles,last three years there have been four considerable burglaries in the,6811
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"West Country, for none of which was any criminal ever arrested. The",6812
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"last of these, at Folkestone Court, in May, was remarkable for the",6813
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"cold-blooded pistoling of the page, who surprised the masked and",6814
The Hound of the Baskervilles,solitary burglar. I cannot doubt that Stapleton recruited his waning,6815
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"resources in this fashion, and that for years he has been a desperate",6816
The Hound of the Baskervilles,and dangerous man.,6817
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6818
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""We had an example of his readiness of resource that morning when he",6819
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"got away from us so successfully, and also of his audacity in sending",6820
The Hound of the Baskervilles,back my own name to me through the cabman. From that moment he,6821
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"understood that I had taken over the case in London, and that",6822
The Hound of the Baskervilles,therefore there was no chance for him there. He returned to Dartmoor,6823
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"and awaited the arrival of the baronet.""",6824
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6825
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""One moment!"" said I. ""You have, no doubt, described the sequence of",6826
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"events correctly, but there is one point which you have left",6827
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"unexplained. What became of the hound when its master was in London?""",6828
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6829
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I have given some attention to this matter and it is undoubtedly of",6830
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"importance. There can be no question that Stapleton had a confidant,",6831
The Hound of the Baskervilles,though it is unlikely that he ever placed himself in his power by,6832
The Hound of the Baskervilles,sharing all his plans with him. There was an old manservant at,6833
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Merripit House, whose name was Anthony. His connection with the",6834
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Stapletons can be traced for several years, as far back as the",6835
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"schoolmastering days, so that he must have been aware that his master",6836
The Hound of the Baskervilles,and mistress were really husband and wife. This man has disappeared,6837
The Hound of the Baskervilles,and has escaped from the country. It is suggestive that Anthony is,6838
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"not a common name in England, while Antonio is so in all Spanish or",6839
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Spanish-American countries. The man, like Mrs. Stapleton herself,",6840
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"spoke good English, but with a curious lisping accent. I have myself",6841
The Hound of the Baskervilles,seen this old man cross the Grimpen Mire by the path which Stapleton,6842
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"had marked out. It is very probable, therefore, that in the absence",6843
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"of his master it was he who cared for the hound, though he may never",6844
The Hound of the Baskervilles,have known the purpose for which the beast was used.,6845
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6846
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""The Stapletons then went down to Devonshire, whither they were soon",6847
The Hound of the Baskervilles,followed by Sir Henry and you. One word now as to how I stood myself,6848
The Hound of the Baskervilles,at that time. It may possibly recur to your memory that when I,6849
The Hound of the Baskervilles,examined the paper upon which the printed words were fastened I made,6850
The Hound of the Baskervilles,a close inspection for the water-mark. In doing so I held it within a,6851
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"few inches of my eyes, and was conscious of a faint smell of the",6852
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"scent known as white jessamine. There are seventy-five perfumes,",6853
The Hound of the Baskervilles,which it is very necessary that a criminal expert should be able to,6854
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"distinguish from each other, and cases have more than once within my",6855
The Hound of the Baskervilles,own experience depended upon their prompt recognition. The scent,6856
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"suggested the presence of a lady, and already my thoughts began to",6857
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"turn towards the Stapletons. Thus I had made certain of the hound,",6858
The Hound of the Baskervilles,and had guessed at the criminal before ever we went to the west,6859
The Hound of the Baskervilles,country.,6860
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6861
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""It was my game to watch Stapleton. It was evident, however, that I",6862
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"could not do this if I were with you, since he would be keenly on his",6863
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"guard. I deceived everybody, therefore, yourself included, and I came",6864
The Hound of the Baskervilles,down secretly when I was supposed to be in London. My hardships were,6865
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"not so great as you imagined, though such trifling details must never",6866
The Hound of the Baskervilles,interfere with the investigation of a case. I stayed for the most,6867
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"part at Coombe Tracey, and only used the hut upon the moor when it",6868
The Hound of the Baskervilles,was necessary to be near the scene of action. Cartwright had come,6869
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"down with me, and in his disguise as a country boy he was of great",6870
The Hound of the Baskervilles,assistance to me. I was dependent upon him for food and clean linen.,6871
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"When I was watching Stapleton, Cartwright was frequently watching",6872
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"you, so that I was able to keep my hand upon all the strings.",6873
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6874
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""I have already told you that your reports reached me rapidly, being",6875
The Hound of the Baskervilles,forwarded instantly from Baker Street to Coombe Tracey. They were of,6876
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"great service to me, and especially that one incidentally truthful",6877
The Hound of the Baskervilles,piece of biography of Stapleton's. I was able to establish the,6878
The Hound of the Baskervilles,identity of the man and the woman and knew at last exactly how I,6879
The Hound of the Baskervilles,stood. The case had been considerably complicated through the,6880
The Hound of the Baskervilles,incident of the escaped convict and the relations between him and the,6881
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Barrymores. This also you cleared up in a very effective way, though",6882
The Hound of the Baskervilles,I had already come to the same conclusions from my own observations.,6883
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6884
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""By the time that you discovered me upon the moor I had a complete",6885
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"knowledge of the whole business, but I had not a case which could go",6886
The Hound of the Baskervilles,to a jury. Even Stapleton's attempt upon Sir Henry that night which,6887
The Hound of the Baskervilles,ended in the death of the unfortunate convict did not help us much in,6888
The Hound of the Baskervilles,proving murder against our man. There seemed to be no alternative but,6889
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"to catch him red-handed, and to do so we had to use Sir Henry, alone",6890
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"and apparently unprotected, as a bait. We did so, and at the cost of",6891
The Hound of the Baskervilles,a severe shock to our client we succeeded in completing our case and,6892
The Hound of the Baskervilles,driving Stapleton to his destruction. That Sir Henry should have been,6893
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"exposed to this is, I must confess, a reproach to my management of",6894
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the case, but we had no means of foreseeing the terrible and",6895
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"paralyzing spectacle which the beast presented, nor could we predict",6896
The Hound of the Baskervilles,the fog which enabled him to burst upon us at such short notice. We,6897
The Hound of the Baskervilles,succeeded in our object at a cost which both the specialist and Dr.,6898
The Hound of the Baskervilles,Mortimer assure me will be a temporary one. A long journey may enable,6899
The Hound of the Baskervilles,our friend to recover not only from his shattered nerves but also,6900
The Hound of the Baskervilles,from his wounded feelings. His love for the lady was deep and,6901
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"sincere, and to him the saddest part of all this black business was",6902
The Hound of the Baskervilles,that he should have been deceived by her.,6903
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6904
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""It only remains to indicate the part which she had played",6905
The Hound of the Baskervilles,throughout. There can be no doubt that Stapleton exercised an,6906
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"influence over her which may have been love or may have been fear, or",6907
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"very possibly both, since they are by no means incompatible emotions.",6908
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"It was, at least, absolutely effective. At his command she consented",6909
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"to pass as his sister, though he found the limits of his power over",6910
The Hound of the Baskervilles,her when he endeavoured to make her the direct accessory to murder.,6911
The Hound of the Baskervilles,She was ready to warn Sir Henry so far as she could without,6912
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"implicating her husband, and again and again she tried to do so.",6913
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"Stapleton himself seems to have been capable of jealousy, and when he",6914
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"saw the baronet paying court to the lady, even though it was part of",6915
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"his own plan, still he could not help interrupting with a passionate",6916
The Hound of the Baskervilles,outburst which revealed the fiery soul which his self-contained,6917
The Hound of the Baskervilles,manner so cleverly concealed. By encouraging the intimacy he made it,6918
The Hound of the Baskervilles,certain that Sir Henry would frequently come to Merripit House and,6919
The Hound of the Baskervilles,that he would sooner or later get the opportunity which he desired.,6920
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"On the day of the crisis, however, his wife turned suddenly against",6921
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"him. She had learned something of the death of the convict, and she",6922
The Hound of the Baskervilles,knew that the hound was being kept in the out-house on the evening,6923
The Hound of the Baskervilles,that Sir Henry was coming to dinner. She taxed her husband with his,6924
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"intended crime, and a furious scene followed, in which he showed her",6925
The Hound of the Baskervilles,for the first time that she had a rival in his love. Her fidelity,6926
The Hound of the Baskervilles,turned in an instant to bitter hatred and he saw that she would,6927
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"betray him. He tied her up, therefore, that she might have no chance",6928
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"of warning Sir Henry, and he hoped, no doubt, that when the whole",6929
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"country-side put down the baronet's death to the curse of his family,",6930
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"as they certainly would do, he could win his wife back to accept an",6931
The Hound of the Baskervilles,accomplished fact and to keep silent upon what she knew. In this I,6932
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"fancy that in any case he made a miscalculation, and that, if we had",6933
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"not been there, his doom would none the less have been sealed. A",6934
The Hound of the Baskervilles,woman of Spanish blood does not condone such an injury so lightly.,6935
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"And now, my dear Watson, without referring to my notes, I cannot give",6936
The Hound of the Baskervilles,you a more detailed account of this curious case. I do not know that,6937
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"anything essential has been left unexplained.""",6938
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6939
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""He could not hope to frighten Sir Henry to death as he had done the",6940
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"old uncle with his bogie hound.""",6941
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6942
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""The beast was savage and half-starved. If its appearance did not",6943
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"frighten its victim to death, at least it would paralyze the",6944
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"resistance which might be offered.""",6945
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6946
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""No doubt. There only remains one difficulty. If Stapleton came into",6947
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"the succession, how could he explain the fact that he, the heir, had",6948
The Hound of the Baskervilles,been living unannounced under another name so close to the property?,6949
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"How could he claim it without causing suspicion and inquiry?""",6950
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6951
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"""It is a formidable difficulty, and I fear that you ask too much when",6952
The Hound of the Baskervilles,you expect me to solve it. The past and the present are within the,6953
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"field of my inquiry, but what a man may do in the future is a hard",6954
The Hound of the Baskervilles,question to answer. Mrs. Stapleton has heard her husband discuss the,6955
The Hound of the Baskervilles,problem on several occasions. There were three possible courses. He,6956
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"might claim the property from South America, establish his identity",6957
The Hound of the Baskervilles,before the British authorities there and so obtain the fortune,6958
The Hound of the Baskervilles,without ever coming to England at all; or he might adopt an elaborate,6959
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"disguise during the short time that he need be in London; or, again,",6960
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"he might furnish an accomplice with the proofs and papers, putting",6961
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"him in as heir, and retaining a claim upon some proportion of his",6962
The Hound of the Baskervilles,income. We cannot doubt from what we know of him that he would have,6963
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"found some way out of the difficulty. And now, my dear Watson, we",6964
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"have had some weeks of severe work, and for one evening, I think, we",6965
The Hound of the Baskervilles,may turn our thoughts into more pleasant channels. I have a box for,6966
The Hound of the Baskervilles,'Les Huguenots.' Have you heard the De Reszkes? Might I trouble you,6967
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"then to be ready in half an hour, and we can stop at Marcini's for a",6968
The Hound of the Baskervilles,"little dinner on the way?""",6969
The Hound of the Baskervilles,,6970
The Valley Of Fear,THE VALLEY OF FEAR,1
The Valley Of Fear,,2
The Valley Of Fear,Table of contents,3
The Valley Of Fear,,4
The Valley Of Fear,Part I,5
The Valley Of Fear,The Warning,6
The Valley Of Fear,Sherlock Holmes Discourses,7
The Valley Of Fear,The Tragedy of Birlstone,8
The Valley Of Fear,Darkness,9
The Valley Of Fear,The People Of the Drama,10
The Valley Of Fear,A Dawning Light,11
The Valley Of Fear,The Solution,12
The Valley Of Fear,,13
The Valley Of Fear,Part II,14
The Valley Of Fear,The Man,15
The Valley Of Fear,The Bodymaster,16
The Valley Of Fear,"Lodge 341, Vermissa",17
The Valley Of Fear,The Valley of Fear,18
The Valley Of Fear,The Darkest Hour,19
The Valley Of Fear,Danger,20
The Valley Of Fear,The Trapping of Birdy Edwards,21
The Valley Of Fear,Epilogue,22
The Valley Of Fear,,23
The Valley Of Fear,PART I,24
The Valley Of Fear,,25
The Valley Of Fear,The Tragedy of Birlstone,26
The Valley Of Fear,,27
The Valley Of Fear,CHAPTER I,28
The Valley Of Fear,The Warning,29
The Valley Of Fear,,30
The Valley Of Fear,"""I am inclined to think--"" said I.",31
The Valley Of Fear,,32
The Valley Of Fear,"""I should do so,"" Sherlock Holmes remarked impatiently.",33
The Valley Of Fear,,34
The Valley Of Fear,I believe that I am one of the most long-suffering of mortals; but,35
The Valley Of Fear,I'll admit that I was annoyed at the sardonic interruption.,36
The Valley Of Fear,,37
The Valley Of Fear,"""Really, Holmes,"" said I severely, ""you are a little trying at",38
The Valley Of Fear,"times.""",39
The Valley Of Fear,,40
The Valley Of Fear,He was too much absorbed with his own thoughts to give any immediate,41
The Valley Of Fear,"answer to my remonstrance. He leaned upon his hand, with his untasted",42
The Valley Of Fear,"breakfast before him, and he stared at the slip of paper which he had",43
The Valley Of Fear,"just drawn from its envelope. Then he took the envelope itself, held",44
The Valley Of Fear,"it up to the light, and very carefully studied both the exterior and",45
The Valley Of Fear,the flap.,46
The Valley Of Fear,,47
The Valley Of Fear,"""It is Porlock's writing,"" said he thoughtfully. ""I can hardly doubt",48
The Valley Of Fear,"that it is Porlock's writing, though I have seen it only twice",49
The Valley Of Fear,before. The Greek e with the peculiar top flourish is distinctive.,50
The Valley Of Fear,"But if it is Porlock, then it must be something of the very first",51
The Valley Of Fear,"importance.""",52
The Valley Of Fear,,53
The Valley Of Fear,He was speaking to himself rather than to me; but my vexation,54
The Valley Of Fear,disappeared in the interest which the words awakened.,55
The Valley Of Fear,,56
The Valley Of Fear,"""Who then is Porlock?"" I asked.",57
The Valley Of Fear,,58
The Valley Of Fear,"""Porlock, Watson, is a nom-de-plume, a mere identification mark; but",59
The Valley Of Fear,behind it lies a shifty and evasive personality. In a former letter,60
The Valley Of Fear,"he frankly informed me that the name was not his own, and defied me",61
The Valley Of Fear,ever to trace him among the teeming millions of this great city.,62
The Valley Of Fear,"Porlock is important, not for himself, but for the great man with",63
The Valley Of Fear,whom he is in touch. Picture to yourself the pilot fish with the,64
The Valley Of Fear,"shark, the jackal with the lion--anything that is insignificant in",65
The Valley Of Fear,"companionship with what is formidable: not only formidable, Watson,",66
The Valley Of Fear,but sinister--in the highest degree sinister. That is where he comes,67
The Valley Of Fear,"within my purview. You have heard me speak of Professor Moriarty?""",68
The Valley Of Fear,,69
The Valley Of Fear,"""The famous scientific criminal, as famous among crooks as--""",70
The Valley Of Fear,,71
The Valley Of Fear,"""My blushes, Watson!"" Holmes murmured in a deprecating voice.",72
The Valley Of Fear,,73
The Valley Of Fear,"""I was about to say, as he is unknown to the public.""",74
The Valley Of Fear,,75
The Valley Of Fear,"""A touch! A distinct touch!"" cried Holmes. ""You are developing a",76
The Valley Of Fear,"certain unexpected vein of pawky humour, Watson, against which I must",77
The Valley Of Fear,learn to guard myself. But in calling Moriarty a criminal you are,78
The Valley Of Fear,uttering libel in the eyes of the law--and there lie the glory and,79
The Valley Of Fear,"the wonder of it! The greatest schemer of all time, the organizer of",80
The Valley Of Fear,"every deviltry, the controlling brain of the underworld, a brain",81
The Valley Of Fear,which might have made or marred the destiny of nations--that's the,82
The Valley Of Fear,"man! But so aloof is he from general suspicion, so immune from",83
The Valley Of Fear,"criticism, so admirable in his management and self-effacement, that",84
The Valley Of Fear,for those very words that you have uttered he could hale you to a,85
The Valley Of Fear,court and emerge with your year's pension as a solatium for his,86
The Valley Of Fear,wounded character. Is he not the celebrated author of The Dynamics of,87
The Valley Of Fear,"an Asteroid, a book which ascends to such rarefied heights of pure",88
The Valley Of Fear,mathematics that it is said that there was no man in the scientific,89
The Valley Of Fear,press capable of criticizing it? Is this a man to traduce?,90
The Valley Of Fear,Foul-mouthed doctor and slandered professor--such would be your,91
The Valley Of Fear,"respective roles! That's genius, Watson. But if I am spared by lesser",92
The Valley Of Fear,"men, our day will surely come.""",93
The Valley Of Fear,,94
The Valley Of Fear,"""May I be there to see!"" I exclaimed devoutly. ""But you were speaking",95
The Valley Of Fear,"of this man Porlock.""",96
The Valley Of Fear,,97
The Valley Of Fear,"""Ah, yes--the so-called Porlock is a link in the chain some little",98
The Valley Of Fear,way from its great attachment. Porlock is not quite a sound,99
The Valley Of Fear,link--between ourselves. He is the only flaw in that chain so far as,100
The Valley Of Fear,"I have been able to test it.""",101
The Valley Of Fear,,102
The Valley Of Fear,"""But no chain is stronger than its weakest link.""",103
The Valley Of Fear,,104
The Valley Of Fear,"""Exactly, my dear Watson! Hence the extreme importance of Porlock.",105
The Valley Of Fear,"Led on by some rudimentary aspirations towards right, and encouraged",106
The Valley Of Fear,by the judicious stimulation of an occasional ten-pound note sent to,107
The Valley Of Fear,"him by devious methods, he has once or twice given me advance",108
The Valley Of Fear,information which has been of value--that highest value which,109
The Valley Of Fear,anticipates and prevents rather than avenges crime. I cannot doubt,110
The Valley Of Fear,"that, if we had the cipher, we should find that this communication is",111
The Valley Of Fear,"of the nature that I indicate.""",112
The Valley Of Fear,,113
The Valley Of Fear,Again Holmes flattened out the paper upon his unused plate. I rose,114
The Valley Of Fear,"and, leaning over him, stared down at the curious inscription, which",115
The Valley Of Fear,ran as follows:,116
The Valley Of Fear,,117
The Valley Of Fear,534 C2 13 127 36 31 4 17 21 41,118
The Valley Of Fear,DOUGLAS 109 293 5 37 BIRLSTONE,119
The Valley Of Fear,26 BIRLSTONE 9 47 171,120
The Valley Of Fear,,121
The Valley Of Fear,"""What do you make of it, Holmes?""",122
The Valley Of Fear,,123
The Valley Of Fear,"""It is obviously an attempt to convey secret information.""",124
The Valley Of Fear,,125
The Valley Of Fear,"""But what is the use of a cipher message without the cipher?""",126
The Valley Of Fear,,127
The Valley Of Fear,"""In this instance, none at all.""",128
The Valley Of Fear,,129
The Valley Of Fear,"""Why do you say 'in this instance'?""",130
The Valley Of Fear,,131
The Valley Of Fear,"""Because there are many ciphers which I would read as easily as I do",132
The Valley Of Fear,the apocrypha of the agony column: such crude devices amuse the,133
The Valley Of Fear,intelligence without fatiguing it. But this is different. It is,134
The Valley Of Fear,clearly a reference to the words in a page of some book. Until I am,135
The Valley Of Fear,"told which page and which book I am powerless.""",136
The Valley Of Fear,,137
The Valley Of Fear,"""But why 'Douglas' and 'Birlstone'?""",138
The Valley Of Fear,,139
The Valley Of Fear,"""Clearly because those are words which were not contained in the page",140
The Valley Of Fear,"in question.""",141
The Valley Of Fear,,142
The Valley Of Fear,"""Then why has he not indicated the book?""",143
The Valley Of Fear,,144
The Valley Of Fear,"""Your native shrewdness, my dear Watson, that innate cunning which is",145
The Valley Of Fear,"the delight of your friends, would surely prevent you from inclosing",146
The Valley Of Fear,"cipher and message in the same envelope. Should it miscarry, you are",147
The Valley Of Fear,"undone. As it is, both have to go wrong before any harm comes from",148
The Valley Of Fear,"it. Our second post is now overdue, and I shall be surprised if it",149
The Valley Of Fear,"does not bring us either a further letter of explanation, or, as is",150
The Valley Of Fear,"more probable, the very volume to which these figures refer.""",151
The Valley Of Fear,,152
The Valley Of Fear,Holmes's calculation was fulfilled within a very few minutes by the,153
The Valley Of Fear,"appearance of Billy, the page, with the very letter which we were",154
The Valley Of Fear,expecting.,155
The Valley Of Fear,,156
The Valley Of Fear,"""The same writing,"" remarked Holmes, as he opened the envelope, ""and",157
The Valley Of Fear,"actually signed,"" he added in an exultant voice as he unfolded the",158
The Valley Of Fear,"epistle. ""Come, we are getting on, Watson."" His brow clouded,",159
The Valley Of Fear,"however, as he glanced over the contents.",160
The Valley Of Fear,,161
The Valley Of Fear,"""Dear me, this is very disappointing! I fear, Watson, that all our",162
The Valley Of Fear,expectations come to nothing. I trust that the man Porlock will come,163
The Valley Of Fear,to no harm.,164
The Valley Of Fear,,165
The Valley Of Fear,"""Dear Mr. Holmes [he says]:",166
The Valley Of Fear,"""I will go no further in this matter. It is too dangerous--he",167
The Valley Of Fear,suspects me. I can see that he suspects me. He came to me quite,168
The Valley Of Fear,unexpectedly after I had actually addressed this envelope with the,169
The Valley Of Fear,intention of sending you the key to the cipher. I was able to cover,170
The Valley Of Fear,"it up. If he had seen it, it would have gone hard with me. But I read",171
The Valley Of Fear,"suspicion in his eyes. Please burn the cipher message, which can now",172
The Valley Of Fear,be of no use to you.,173
The Valley Of Fear,"""Fred Porlock.""",174
The Valley Of Fear,,175
The Valley Of Fear,Holmes sat for some little time twisting this letter between his,176
The Valley Of Fear,"fingers, and frowning, as he stared into the fire.",177
The Valley Of Fear,,178
The Valley Of Fear,"""After all,"" he said at last, ""there may be nothing in it. It may be",179
The Valley Of Fear,"only his guilty conscience. Knowing himself to be a traitor, he may",180
The Valley Of Fear,"have read the accusation in the other's eyes.""",181
The Valley Of Fear,,182
The Valley Of Fear,"""The other being, I presume, Professor Moriarty.""",183
The Valley Of Fear,,184
The Valley Of Fear,"""No less! When any of that party talk about 'He' you know whom they",185
The Valley Of Fear,"mean. There is one predominant 'He' for all of them.""",186
The Valley Of Fear,,187
The Valley Of Fear,"""But what can he do?""",188
The Valley Of Fear,,189
The Valley Of Fear,"""Hum! That's a large question. When you have one of the first brains",190
The Valley Of Fear,"of Europe up against you, and all the powers of darkness at his back,",191
The Valley Of Fear,"there are infinite possibilities. Anyhow, Friend Porlock is evidently",192
The Valley Of Fear,scared out of his senses--kindly compare the writing in the note to,193
The Valley Of Fear,"that upon its envelope; which was done, he tells us, before this",194
The Valley Of Fear,ill-omened visit. The one is clear and firm. The other hardly,195
The Valley Of Fear,"legible.""",196
The Valley Of Fear,,197
The Valley Of Fear,"""Why did he write at all? Why did he not simply drop it?""",198
The Valley Of Fear,,199
The Valley Of Fear,"""Because he feared I would make some inquiry after him in that case,",200
The Valley Of Fear,"and possibly bring trouble on him.""",201
The Valley Of Fear,,202
The Valley Of Fear,"""No doubt,"" said I. ""Of course."" I had picked up the original cipher",203
The Valley Of Fear,"message and was bending my brows over it. ""It's pretty maddening to",204
The Valley Of Fear,"think that an important secret may lie here on this slip of paper,",205
The Valley Of Fear,"and that it is beyond human power to penetrate it.""",206
The Valley Of Fear,,207
The Valley Of Fear,Sherlock Holmes had pushed away his untasted breakfast and lit the,208
The Valley Of Fear,"unsavoury pipe which was the companion of his deepest meditations. ""I",209
The Valley Of Fear,"wonder!"" said he, leaning back and staring at the ceiling. ""Perhaps",210
The Valley Of Fear,there are points which have escaped your Machiavellian intellect. Let,211
The Valley Of Fear,us consider the problem in the light of pure reason. This man's,212
The Valley Of Fear,"reference is to a book. That is our point of departure.""",213
The Valley Of Fear,,214
The Valley Of Fear,"""A somewhat vague one.""",215
The Valley Of Fear,,216
The Valley Of Fear,"""Let us see then if we can narrow it down. As I focus my mind upon",217
The Valley Of Fear,"it, it seems rather less impenetrable. What indications have we as to",218
The Valley Of Fear,"this book?""",219
The Valley Of Fear,,220
The Valley Of Fear,"""None.""",221
The Valley Of Fear,,222
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, well, it is surely not quite so bad as that. The cipher",223
The Valley Of Fear,"message begins with a large 534, does it not? We may take it as a",224
The Valley Of Fear,working hypothesis that 534 is the particular page to which the,225
The Valley Of Fear,cipher refers. So our book has already become a large book which is,226
The Valley Of Fear,surely something gained. What other indications have we as to the,227
The Valley Of Fear,nature of this large book? The next sign is C2. What do you make of,228
The Valley Of Fear,"that, Watson?""",229
The Valley Of Fear,,230
The Valley Of Fear,"""Chapter the second, no doubt.""",231
The Valley Of Fear,,232
The Valley Of Fear,"""Hardly that, Watson. You will, I am sure, agree with me that if the",233
The Valley Of Fear,"page be given, the number of the chapter is immaterial. Also that if",234
The Valley Of Fear,"page 534 finds us only in the second chapter, the length of the first",235
The Valley Of Fear,"one must have been really intolerable.""",236
The Valley Of Fear,,237
The Valley Of Fear,"""Column!"" I cried.",238
The Valley Of Fear,,239
The Valley Of Fear,"""Brilliant, Watson. You are scintillating this morning. If it is not",240
The Valley Of Fear,"column, then I am very much deceived. So now, you see, we begin to",241
The Valley Of Fear,visualize a large book printed in double columns which are each of a,242
The Valley Of Fear,"considerable length, since one of the words is numbered in the",243
The Valley Of Fear,document as the two hundred and ninety-third. Have we reached the,244
The Valley Of Fear,"limits of what reason can supply?""",245
The Valley Of Fear,,246
The Valley Of Fear,"""I fear that we have.""",247
The Valley Of Fear,,248
The Valley Of Fear,"""Surely you do yourself an injustice. One more coruscation, my dear",249
The Valley Of Fear,"Watson--yet another brain-wave! Had the volume been an unusual one,",250
The Valley Of Fear,"he would have sent it to me. Instead of that, he had intended, before",251
The Valley Of Fear,"his plans were nipped, to send me the clue in this envelope. He says",252
The Valley Of Fear,so in his note. This would seem to indicate that the book is one,253
The Valley Of Fear,which he thought I would have no difficulty in finding for myself. He,254
The Valley Of Fear,"had it--and he imagined that I would have it, too. In short, Watson,",255
The Valley Of Fear,"it is a very common book.""",256
The Valley Of Fear,,257
The Valley Of Fear,"""What you say certainly sounds plausible.""",258
The Valley Of Fear,,259
The Valley Of Fear,"""So we have contracted our field of search to a large book, printed",260
The Valley Of Fear,"in double columns and in common use.""",261
The Valley Of Fear,,262
The Valley Of Fear,"""The Bible!"" I cried triumphantly.",263
The Valley Of Fear,,264
The Valley Of Fear,"""Good, Watson, good! But not, if I may say so, quite good enough!",265
The Valley Of Fear,Even if I accepted the compliment for myself I could hardly name any,266
The Valley Of Fear,volume which would be less likely to lie at the elbow of one of,267
The Valley Of Fear,"Moriarty's associates. Besides, the editions of Holy Writ are so",268
The Valley Of Fear,numerous that he could hardly suppose that two copies would have the,269
The Valley Of Fear,same pagination. This is clearly a book which is standardized. He,270
The Valley Of Fear,knows for certain that his page 534 will exactly agree with my page,271
The Valley Of Fear,"534.""",272
The Valley Of Fear,,273
The Valley Of Fear,"""But very few books would correspond with that.""",274
The Valley Of Fear,,275
The Valley Of Fear,"""Exactly. Therein lies our salvation. Our search is narrowed down to",276
The Valley Of Fear,"standardized books which anyone may be supposed to possess.""",277
The Valley Of Fear,,278
The Valley Of Fear,"""Bradshaw!""",279
The Valley Of Fear,,280
The Valley Of Fear,"""There are difficulties, Watson. The vocabulary of Bradshaw is",281
The Valley Of Fear,"nervous and terse, but limited. The selection of words would hardly",282
The Valley Of Fear,lend itself to the sending of general messages. We will eliminate,283
The Valley Of Fear,"Bradshaw. The dictionary is, I fear, inadmissible for the same",284
The Valley Of Fear,"reason. What then is left?""",285
The Valley Of Fear,,286
The Valley Of Fear,"""An almanac!""",287
The Valley Of Fear,,288
The Valley Of Fear,"""Excellent, Watson! I am very much mistaken if you have not touched",289
The Valley Of Fear,the spot. An almanac! Let us consider the claims of Whitaker's,290
The Valley Of Fear,Almanac. It is in common use. It has the requisite number of pages.,291
The Valley Of Fear,"It is in double column. Though reserved in its earlier vocabulary, it",292
The Valley Of Fear,"becomes, if I remember right, quite garrulous towards the end."" He",293
The Valley Of Fear,"picked the volume from his desk. ""Here is page 534, column two, a",294
The Valley Of Fear,"substantial block of print dealing, I perceive, with the trade and",295
The Valley Of Fear,"resources of British India. Jot down the words, Watson! Number",296
The Valley Of Fear,"thirteen is 'Mahratta.' Not, I fear, a very auspicious beginning.",297
The Valley Of Fear,Number one hundred and twenty-seven is 'Government'; which at least,298
The Valley Of Fear,"makes sense, though somewhat irrelevant to ourselves and Professor",299
The Valley Of Fear,Moriarty. Now let us try again. What does the Mahratta government do?,300
The Valley Of Fear,"Alas! the next word is 'pig's-bristles.' We are undone, my good",301
The Valley Of Fear,"Watson! It is finished!""",302
The Valley Of Fear,,303
The Valley Of Fear,"He had spoken in jesting vein, but the twitching of his bushy",304
The Valley Of Fear,eyebrows bespoke his disappointment and irritation. I sat helpless,305
The Valley Of Fear,"and unhappy, staring into the fire. A long silence was broken by a",306
The Valley Of Fear,"sudden exclamation from Holmes, who dashed at a cupboard, from which",307
The Valley Of Fear,he emerged with a second yellow-covered volume in his hand.,308
The Valley Of Fear,,309
The Valley Of Fear,"""We pay the price, Watson, for being too up-to-date!"" he cried. ""We",310
The Valley Of Fear,"are before our time, and suffer the usual penalties. Being the",311
The Valley Of Fear,"seventh of January, we have very properly laid in the new almanac. It",312
The Valley Of Fear,is more than likely that Porlock took his message from the old one.,313
The Valley Of Fear,No doubt he would have told us so had his letter of explanation been,314
The Valley Of Fear,written. Now let us see what page 534 has in store for us. Number,315
The Valley Of Fear,"thirteen is 'There,' which is much more promising. Number one hundred",316
The Valley Of Fear,"and twenty-seven is 'is'--'There is'""--Holmes's eyes were gleaming",317
The Valley Of Fear,"with excitement, and his thin, nervous fingers twitched as he counted",318
The Valley Of Fear,"the words--""'danger.' Ha! Ha! Capital! Put that down, Watson. 'There",319
The Valley Of Fear,is danger-- may-- come-- very-- soon-- one.' Then we have the name,320
The Valley Of Fear,'Douglas' --'rich-- country-- now-- at-- Birlstone-- House--,321
The Valley Of Fear,"Birlstone-- confidence-- is-- pressing.' There, Watson! What do you",322
The Valley Of Fear,think of pure reason and its fruit? If the greengrocer had such a,323
The Valley Of Fear,"thing as a laurel wreath, I should send Billy round for it.""",324
The Valley Of Fear,,325
The Valley Of Fear,"I was staring at the strange message which I had scrawled, as he",326
The Valley Of Fear,"deciphered it, upon a sheet of foolscap on my knee.",327
The Valley Of Fear,,328
The Valley Of Fear,"""What a queer, scrambling way of expressing his meaning!"" said I.",329
The Valley Of Fear,,330
The Valley Of Fear,"""On the contrary, he has done quite remarkably well,"" said Holmes.",331
The Valley Of Fear,"""When you search a single column for words with which to express your",332
The Valley Of Fear,"meaning, you can hardly expect to get everything you want. You are",333
The Valley Of Fear,bound to leave something to the intelligence of your correspondent.,334
The Valley Of Fear,The purport is perfectly clear. Some deviltry is intended against one,335
The Valley Of Fear,"Douglas, whoever he may be, residing as stated, a rich country",336
The Valley Of Fear,gentleman. He is sure--'confidence' was as near as he could get to,337
The Valley Of Fear,'confident'--that it is pressing. There is our result--and a very,338
The Valley Of Fear,"workmanlike little bit of analysis it was!""",339
The Valley Of Fear,,340
The Valley Of Fear,"Holmes had the impersonal joy of the true artist in his better work,",341
The Valley Of Fear,even as he mourned darkly when it fell below the high level to which,342
The Valley Of Fear,he aspired. He was still chuckling over his success when Billy swung,343
The Valley Of Fear,open the door and Inspector MacDonald of Scotland Yard was ushered,344
The Valley Of Fear,into the room.,345
The Valley Of Fear,,346
The Valley Of Fear,"Those were the early days at the end of the '80's, when Alec",347
The Valley Of Fear,MacDonald was far from having attained the national fame which he has,348
The Valley Of Fear,now achieved. He was a young but trusted member of the detective,349
The Valley Of Fear,"force, who had distinguished himself in several cases which had been",350
The Valley Of Fear,"entrusted to him. His tall, bony figure gave promise of exceptional",351
The Valley Of Fear,"physical strength, while his great cranium and deep-set, lustrous",352
The Valley Of Fear,eyes spoke no less clearly of the keen intelligence which twinkled,353
The Valley Of Fear,"out from behind his bushy eyebrows. He was a silent, precise man with",354
The Valley Of Fear,a dour nature and a hard Aberdonian accent.,355
The Valley Of Fear,,356
The Valley Of Fear,"Twice already in his career had Holmes helped him to attain success,",357
The Valley Of Fear,his own sole reward being the intellectual joy of the problem. For,358
The Valley Of Fear,this reason the affection and respect of the Scotchman for his,359
The Valley Of Fear,"amateur colleague were profound, and he showed them by the frankness",360
The Valley Of Fear,with which he consulted Holmes in every difficulty. Mediocrity knows,361
The Valley Of Fear,"nothing higher than itself; but talent instantly recognizes genius,",362
The Valley Of Fear,and MacDonald had talent enough for his profession to enable him to,363
The Valley Of Fear,perceive that there was no humiliation in seeking the assistance of,364
The Valley Of Fear,"one who already stood alone in Europe, both in his gifts and in his",365
The Valley Of Fear,"experience. Holmes was not prone to friendship, but he was tolerant",366
The Valley Of Fear,"of the big Scotchman, and smiled at the sight of him.",367
The Valley Of Fear,,368
The Valley Of Fear,"""You are an early bird, Mr. Mac,"" said he. ""I wish you luck with your",369
The Valley Of Fear,"worm. I fear this means that there is some mischief afoot.""",370
The Valley Of Fear,,371
The Valley Of Fear,"""If you said 'hope' instead of 'fear,' it would be nearer the truth,",372
The Valley Of Fear,"I'm thinking, Mr. Holmes,"" the inspector answered, with a knowing",373
The Valley Of Fear,"grin. ""Well, maybe a wee nip would keep out the raw morning chill.",374
The Valley Of Fear,"No, I won't smoke, I thank you. I'll have to be pushing on my way;",375
The Valley Of Fear,"for the early hours of a case are the precious ones, as no man knows",376
The Valley Of Fear,"better than your own self. But--but--""",377
The Valley Of Fear,,378
The Valley Of Fear,"The inspector had stopped suddenly, and was staring with a look of",379
The Valley Of Fear,absolute amazement at a paper upon the table. It was the sheet upon,380
The Valley Of Fear,which I had scrawled the enigmatic message.,381
The Valley Of Fear,,382
The Valley Of Fear,"""Douglas!"" he stammered. ""Birlstone! What's this, Mr. Holmes? Man,",383
The Valley Of Fear,it's witchcraft! Where in the name of all that is wonderful did you,384
The Valley Of Fear,"get those names?""",385
The Valley Of Fear,,386
The Valley Of Fear,"""It is a cipher that Dr. Watson and I have had occasion to solve. But",387
The Valley Of Fear,"why--what's amiss with the names?""",388
The Valley Of Fear,,389
The Valley Of Fear,The inspector looked from one to the other of us in dazed,390
The Valley Of Fear,"astonishment. ""Just this,"" said he, ""that Mr. Douglas of Birlstone",391
The Valley Of Fear,"Manor House was horribly murdered last night!""",392
The Valley Of Fear,,393
The Valley Of Fear,CHAPTER II,394
The Valley Of Fear,Sherlock Holmes Discourses,395
The Valley Of Fear,,396
The Valley Of Fear,It was one of those dramatic moments for which my friend existed. It,397
The Valley Of Fear,would be an overstatement to say that he was shocked or even excited,398
The Valley Of Fear,by the amazing announcement. Without having a tinge of cruelty in his,399
The Valley Of Fear,"singular composition, he was undoubtedly callous from long",400
The Valley Of Fear,"over-stimulation. Yet, if his emotions were dulled, his intellectual",401
The Valley Of Fear,perceptions were exceedingly active. There was no trace then of the,402
The Valley Of Fear,horror which I had myself felt at this curt declaration; but his face,403
The Valley Of Fear,showed rather the quiet and interested composure of the chemist who,404
The Valley Of Fear,sees the crystals falling into position from his oversaturated,405
The Valley Of Fear,solution.,406
The Valley Of Fear,,407
The Valley Of Fear,"""Remarkable!"" said he. ""Remarkable!""",408
The Valley Of Fear,,409
The Valley Of Fear,"""You don't seem surprised.""",410
The Valley Of Fear,,411
The Valley Of Fear,"""Interested, Mr. Mac, but hardly surprised. Why should I be",412
The Valley Of Fear,surprised? I receive an anonymous communication from a quarter which,413
The Valley Of Fear,"I know to be important, warning me that danger threatens a certain",414
The Valley Of Fear,person. Within an hour I learn that this danger has actually,415
The Valley Of Fear,"materialized and that the person is dead. I am interested; but, as",416
The Valley Of Fear,"you observe, I am not surprised.""",417
The Valley Of Fear,,418
The Valley Of Fear,In a few short sentences he explained to the inspector the facts,419
The Valley Of Fear,about the letter and the cipher. MacDonald sat with his chin on his,420
The Valley Of Fear,hands and his great sandy eyebrows bunched into a yellow tangle.,421
The Valley Of Fear,,422
The Valley Of Fear,"""I was going down to Birlstone this morning,"" said he. ""I had come to",423
The Valley Of Fear,ask you if you cared to come with me--you and your friend here. But,424
The Valley Of Fear,"from what you say we might perhaps be doing better work in London.""",425
The Valley Of Fear,,426
The Valley Of Fear,"""I rather think not,"" said Holmes.",427
The Valley Of Fear,,428
The Valley Of Fear,"""Hang it all, Mr. Holmes!"" cried the inspector. ""The papers will be",429
The Valley Of Fear,full of the Birlstone mystery in a day or two; but where's the,430
The Valley Of Fear,mystery if there is a man in London who prophesied the crime before,431
The Valley Of Fear,"ever it occurred? We have only to lay our hands on that man, and the",432
The Valley Of Fear,"rest will follow.""",433
The Valley Of Fear,,434
The Valley Of Fear,"""No doubt, Mr. Mac. But how do you propose to lay your hands on the",435
The Valley Of Fear,"so-called Porlock?""",436
The Valley Of Fear,,437
The Valley Of Fear,"MacDonald turned over the letter which Holmes had handed him. ""Posted",438
The Valley Of Fear,"in Camberwell--that doesn't help us much. Name, you say, is assumed.",439
The Valley Of Fear,"Not much to go on, certainly. Didn't you say that you have sent him",440
The Valley Of Fear,"money?""",441
The Valley Of Fear,,442
The Valley Of Fear,"""Twice.""",443
The Valley Of Fear,,444
The Valley Of Fear,"""And how?""",445
The Valley Of Fear,,446
The Valley Of Fear,"""In notes to Camberwell post-office.""",447
The Valley Of Fear,,448
The Valley Of Fear,"""Did you ever trouble to see who called for them?""",449
The Valley Of Fear,,450
The Valley Of Fear,"""No.""",451
The Valley Of Fear,,452
The Valley Of Fear,"The inspector looked surprised and a little shocked. ""Why not?""",453
The Valley Of Fear,,454
The Valley Of Fear,"""Because I always keep faith. I had promised when he first wrote that",455
The Valley Of Fear,"I would not try to trace him.""",456
The Valley Of Fear,,457
The Valley Of Fear,"""You think there is someone behind him?""",458
The Valley Of Fear,,459
The Valley Of Fear,"""I know there is.""",460
The Valley Of Fear,,461
The Valley Of Fear,"""This professor that I've heard you mention?""",462
The Valley Of Fear,,463
The Valley Of Fear,"""Exactly!""",464
The Valley Of Fear,,465
The Valley Of Fear,"Inspector MacDonald smiled, and his eyelid quivered as he glanced",466
The Valley Of Fear,"towards me. ""I won't conceal from you, Mr. Holmes, that we think in",467
The Valley Of Fear,the C. I. D. that you have a wee bit of a bee in your bonnet over,468
The Valley Of Fear,this professor. I made some inquiries myself about the matter. He,469
The Valley Of Fear,"seems to be a very respectable, learned, and talented sort of man.""",470
The Valley Of Fear,,471
The Valley Of Fear,"""I'm glad you've got so far as to recognize the talent.""",472
The Valley Of Fear,,473
The Valley Of Fear,"""Man, you can't but recognize it! After I heard your view I made it",474
The Valley Of Fear,my business to see him. I had a chat with him on eclipses. How the,475
The Valley Of Fear,talk got that way I canna think; but he had out a reflector lantern,476
The Valley Of Fear,"and a globe, and made it all clear in a minute. He lent me a book;",477
The Valley Of Fear,"but I don't mind saying that it was a bit above my head, though I had",478
The Valley Of Fear,a good Aberdeen upbringing. He'd have made a grand meenister with his,479
The Valley Of Fear,thin face and gray hair and solemn-like way of talking. When he put,480
The Valley Of Fear,"his hand on my shoulder as we were parting, it was like a father's",481
The Valley Of Fear,"blessing before you go out into the cold, cruel world.""",482
The Valley Of Fear,,483
The Valley Of Fear,"Holmes chuckled and rubbed his hands. ""Great!"" he said. ""Great! Tell",484
The Valley Of Fear,"me, Friend MacDonald, this pleasing and touching interview was, I",485
The Valley Of Fear,"suppose, in the professor's study?""",486
The Valley Of Fear,,487
The Valley Of Fear,"""That's so.""",488
The Valley Of Fear,,489
The Valley Of Fear,"""A fine room, is it not?""",490
The Valley Of Fear,,491
The Valley Of Fear,"""Very fine--very handsome indeed, Mr. Holmes.""",492
The Valley Of Fear,,493
The Valley Of Fear,"""You sat in front of his writing desk?""",494
The Valley Of Fear,,495
The Valley Of Fear,"""Just so.""",496
The Valley Of Fear,,497
The Valley Of Fear,"""Sun in your eyes and his face in the shadow?""",498
The Valley Of Fear,,499
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, it was evening; but I mind that the lamp was turned on my",500
The Valley Of Fear,"face.""",501
The Valley Of Fear,,502
The Valley Of Fear,"""It would be. Did you happen to observe a picture over the",503
The Valley Of Fear,"professor's head?""",504
The Valley Of Fear,,505
The Valley Of Fear,"""I don't miss much, Mr. Holmes. Maybe I learned that from you. Yes, I",506
The Valley Of Fear,"saw the picture--a young woman with her head on her hands, peeping at",507
The Valley Of Fear,"you sideways.""",508
The Valley Of Fear,,509
The Valley Of Fear,"""That painting was by Jean Baptiste Greuze.""",510
The Valley Of Fear,,511
The Valley Of Fear,The inspector endeavoured to look interested.,512
The Valley Of Fear,,513
The Valley Of Fear,"""Jean Baptiste Greuze,"" Holmes continued, joining his finger tips and",514
The Valley Of Fear,"leaning well back in his chair, ""was a French artist who flourished",515
The Valley Of Fear,"between the years 1750 and 1800. I allude, of course to his working",516
The Valley Of Fear,career. Modern criticism has more than indorsed the high opinion,517
The Valley Of Fear,"formed of him by his contemporaries.""",518
The Valley Of Fear,,519
The Valley Of Fear,"The inspector's eyes grew abstracted. ""Hadn't we better--"" he said.",520
The Valley Of Fear,,521
The Valley Of Fear,"""We are doing so,"" Holmes interrupted. ""All that I am saying has a",522
The Valley Of Fear,very direct and vital bearing upon what you have called the Birlstone,523
The Valley Of Fear,"Mystery. In fact, it may in a sense be called the very centre of it.""",524
The Valley Of Fear,,525
The Valley Of Fear,"MacDonald smiled feebly, and looked appealingly to me. ""Your thoughts",526
The Valley Of Fear,"move a bit too quick for me, Mr. Holmes. You leave out a link or two,",527
The Valley Of Fear,and I can't get over the gap. What in the whole wide world can be the,528
The Valley Of Fear,connection between this dead painting man and the affair at,529
The Valley Of Fear,"Birlstone?""",530
The Valley Of Fear,,531
The Valley Of Fear,"""All knowledge comes useful to the detective,"" remarked Holmes. ""Even",532
The Valley Of Fear,the trivial fact that in the year 1865 a picture by Greuze entitled,533
The Valley Of Fear,La Jeune Fille a l'Agneau fetched one million two hundred thousand,534
The Valley Of Fear,francs--more than forty thousand pounds--at the Portalis sale may,535
The Valley Of Fear,"start a train of reflection in your mind.""",536
The Valley Of Fear,,537
The Valley Of Fear,It was clear that it did. The inspector looked honestly interested.,538
The Valley Of Fear,,539
The Valley Of Fear,"""I may remind you,"" Holmes continued, ""that the professor's salary",540
The Valley Of Fear,can be ascertained in several trustworthy books of reference. It is,541
The Valley Of Fear,"seven hundred a year.""",542
The Valley Of Fear,,543
The Valley Of Fear,"""Then how could he buy--""",544
The Valley Of Fear,,545
The Valley Of Fear,"""Quite so! How could he?""",546
The Valley Of Fear,,547
The Valley Of Fear,"""Ay, that's remarkable,"" said the inspector thoughtfully. ""Talk away,",548
The Valley Of Fear,"Mr. Holmes. I'm just loving it. It's fine!""",549
The Valley Of Fear,,550
The Valley Of Fear,Holmes smiled. He was always warmed by genuine admiration--the,551
The Valley Of Fear,"characteristic of the real artist. ""What about Birlstone?"" he asked.",552
The Valley Of Fear,,553
The Valley Of Fear,"""We've time yet,"" said the inspector, glancing at his watch. ""I've a",554
The Valley Of Fear,"cab at the door, and it won't take us twenty minutes to Victoria. But",555
The Valley Of Fear,"about this picture: I thought you told me once, Mr. Holmes, that you",556
The Valley Of Fear,"had never met Professor Moriarty.""",557
The Valley Of Fear,,558
The Valley Of Fear,"""No, I never have.""",559
The Valley Of Fear,,560
The Valley Of Fear,"""Then how do you know about his rooms?""",561
The Valley Of Fear,,562
The Valley Of Fear,"""Ah, that's another matter. I have been three times in his rooms,",563
The Valley Of Fear,twice waiting for him under different pretexts and leaving before he,564
The Valley Of Fear,"came. Once--well, I can hardly tell about the once to an official",565
The Valley Of Fear,detective. It was on the last occasion that I took the liberty of,566
The Valley Of Fear,"running over his papers--with the most unexpected results.""",567
The Valley Of Fear,,568
The Valley Of Fear,"""You found something compromising?""",569
The Valley Of Fear,,570
The Valley Of Fear,"""Absolutely nothing. That was what amazed me. However, you have now",571
The Valley Of Fear,seen the point of the picture. It shows him to be a very wealthy man.,572
The Valley Of Fear,How did he acquire wealth? He is unmarried. His younger brother is a,573
The Valley Of Fear,station master in the west of England. His chair is worth seven,574
The Valley Of Fear,"hundred a year. And he owns a Greuze.""",575
The Valley Of Fear,,576
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well?""",577
The Valley Of Fear,,578
The Valley Of Fear,"""Surely the inference is plain.""",579
The Valley Of Fear,,580
The Valley Of Fear,"""You mean that he has a great income and that he must earn it in an",581
The Valley Of Fear,"illegal fashion?""",582
The Valley Of Fear,,583
The Valley Of Fear,"""Exactly. Of course I have other reasons for thinking so--dozens of",584
The Valley Of Fear,exiguous threads which lead vaguely up towards the centre of the web,585
The Valley Of Fear,"where the poisonous, motionless creature is lurking. I only mention",586
The Valley Of Fear,the Greuze because it brings the matter within the range of your own,587
The Valley Of Fear,"observation.""",588
The Valley Of Fear,,589
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, Mr. Holmes, I admit that what you say is interesting: it's",590
The Valley Of Fear,more than interesting--it's just wonderful. But let us have it a,591
The Valley Of Fear,"little clearer if you can. Is it forgery, coining, burglary--where",592
The Valley Of Fear,"does the money come from?""",593
The Valley Of Fear,,594
The Valley Of Fear,"""Have you ever read of Jonathan Wild?""",595
The Valley Of Fear,,596
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, the name has a familiar sound. Someone in a novel, was he not?",597
The Valley Of Fear,I don't take much stock of detectives in novels--chaps that do things,598
The Valley Of Fear,and never let you see how they do them. That's just inspiration: not,599
The Valley Of Fear,"business.""",600
The Valley Of Fear,,601
The Valley Of Fear,"""Jonathan Wild wasn't a detective, and he wasn't in a novel. He was a",602
The Valley Of Fear,"master criminal, and he lived last century--1750 or thereabouts.""",603
The Valley Of Fear,,604
The Valley Of Fear,"""Then he's no use to me. I'm a practical man.""",605
The Valley Of Fear,,606
The Valley Of Fear,"""Mr. Mac, the most practical thing that you ever did in your life",607
The Valley Of Fear,would be to shut yourself up for three months and read twelve hours a,608
The Valley Of Fear,day at the annals of crime. Everything comes in circles--even,609
The Valley Of Fear,Professor Moriarty. Jonathan Wild was the hidden force of the London,610
The Valley Of Fear,"criminals, to whom he sold his brains and his organization on a",611
The Valley Of Fear,"fifteen per cent commission. The old wheel turns, and the same spoke",612
The Valley Of Fear,"comes up. It's all been done before, and will be again. I'll tell you",613
The Valley Of Fear,"one or two things about Moriarty which may interest you.""",614
The Valley Of Fear,,615
The Valley Of Fear,"""You'll interest me, right enough.""",616
The Valley Of Fear,,617
The Valley Of Fear,"""I happen to know who is the first link in his chain--a chain with",618
The Valley Of Fear,"this Napoleon-gone-wrong at one end, and a hundred broken fighting",619
The Valley Of Fear,"men, pickpockets, blackmailers, and card sharpers at the other, with",620
The Valley Of Fear,every sort of crime in between. His chief of staff is Colonel,621
The Valley Of Fear,"Sebastian Moran, as aloof and guarded and inaccessible to the law as",622
The Valley Of Fear,"himself. What do you think he pays him?""",623
The Valley Of Fear,,624
The Valley Of Fear,"""I'd like to hear.""",625
The Valley Of Fear,,626
The Valley Of Fear,"""Six thousand a year. That's paying for brains, you see--the American",627
The Valley Of Fear,business principle. I learned that detail quite by chance. It's more,628
The Valley Of Fear,than the Prime Minister gets. That gives you an idea of Moriarty's,629
The Valley Of Fear,gains and of the scale on which he works. Another point: I made it my,630
The Valley Of Fear,business to hunt down some of Moriarty's checks lately--just common,631
The Valley Of Fear,innocent checks that he pays his household bills with. They were,632
The Valley Of Fear,drawn on six different banks. Does that make any impression on your,633
The Valley Of Fear,"mind?""",634
The Valley Of Fear,,635
The Valley Of Fear,"""Queer, certainly! But what do you gather from it?""",636
The Valley Of Fear,,637
The Valley Of Fear,"""That he wanted no gossip about his wealth. No single man should know",638
The Valley Of Fear,what he had. I have no doubt that he has twenty banking accounts; the,639
The Valley Of Fear,bulk of his fortune abroad in the Deutsche Bank or the Credit,640
The Valley Of Fear,Lyonnais as likely as not. Sometime when you have a year or two to,641
The Valley Of Fear,"spare I commend to you the study of Professor Moriarty.""",642
The Valley Of Fear,,643
The Valley Of Fear,Inspector MacDonald had grown steadily more impressed as the,644
The Valley Of Fear,conversation proceeded. He had lost himself in his interest. Now his,645
The Valley Of Fear,practical Scotch intelligence brought him back with a snap to the,646
The Valley Of Fear,matter in hand.,647
The Valley Of Fear,,648
The Valley Of Fear,"""He can keep, anyhow,"" said he. ""You've got us side-tracked with your",649
The Valley Of Fear,"interesting anecdotes, Mr. Holmes. What really counts is your remark",650
The Valley Of Fear,that there is some connection between the professor and the crime.,651
The Valley Of Fear,That you get from the warning received through the man Porlock. Can,652
The Valley Of Fear,"we for our present practical needs get any further than that?""",653
The Valley Of Fear,,654
The Valley Of Fear,"""We may form some conception as to the motives of the crime. It is,",655
The Valley Of Fear,"as I gather from your original remarks, an inexplicable, or at least",656
The Valley Of Fear,"an unexplained, murder. Now, presuming that the source of the crime",657
The Valley Of Fear,"is as we suspect it to be, there might be two different motives. In",658
The Valley Of Fear,"the first place, I may tell you that Moriarty rules with a rod of",659
The Valley Of Fear,iron over his people. His discipline is tremendous. There is only one,660
The Valley Of Fear,punishment in his code. It is death. Now we might suppose that this,661
The Valley Of Fear,murdered man--this Douglas whose approaching fate was known by one of,662
The Valley Of Fear,the arch-criminal's subordinates--had in some way betrayed the chief.,663
The Valley Of Fear,"His punishment followed, and would be known to all--if only to put",664
The Valley Of Fear,"the fear of death into them.""",665
The Valley Of Fear,,666
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, that is one suggestion, Mr. Holmes.""",667
The Valley Of Fear,,668
The Valley Of Fear,"""The other is that it has been engineered by Moriarty in the ordinary",669
The Valley Of Fear,"course of business. Was there any robbery?""",670
The Valley Of Fear,,671
The Valley Of Fear,"""I have not heard.""",672
The Valley Of Fear,,673
The Valley Of Fear,"""If so, it would, of course, be against the first hypothesis and in",674
The Valley Of Fear,favour of the second. Moriarty may have been engaged to engineer it,675
The Valley Of Fear,"on a promise of part spoils, or he may have been paid so much down to",676
The Valley Of Fear,"manage it. Either is possible. But whichever it may be, or if it is",677
The Valley Of Fear,"some third combination, it is down at Birlstone that we must seek the",678
The Valley Of Fear,solution. I know our man too well to suppose that he has left,679
The Valley Of Fear,"anything up here which may lead us to him.""",680
The Valley Of Fear,,681
The Valley Of Fear,"""Then to Birlstone we must go!"" cried MacDonald, jumping from his",682
The Valley Of Fear,"chair. ""My word! it's later than I thought. I can give you,",683
The Valley Of Fear,"gentlemen, five minutes for preparation, and that is all.""",684
The Valley Of Fear,,685
The Valley Of Fear,"""And ample for us both,"" said Holmes, as he sprang up and hastened to",686
The Valley Of Fear,"change from his dressing gown to his coat. ""While we are on our way,",687
The Valley Of Fear,"Mr. Mac, I will ask you to be good enough to tell me all about it.""",688
The Valley Of Fear,,689
The Valley Of Fear,"""All about it"" proved to be disappointingly little, and yet there was",690
The Valley Of Fear,enough to assure us that the case before us might well be worthy of,691
The Valley Of Fear,the expert's closest attention. He brightened and rubbed his thin,692
The Valley Of Fear,hands together as he listened to the meagre but remarkable details. A,693
The Valley Of Fear,"long series of sterile weeks lay behind us, and here at last there",694
The Valley Of Fear,"was a fitting object for those remarkable powers which, like all",695
The Valley Of Fear,"special gifts, become irksome to their owner when they are not in",696
The Valley Of Fear,use. That razor brain blunted and rusted with inaction.,697
The Valley Of Fear,,698
The Valley Of Fear,"Sherlock Holmes's eyes glistened, his pale cheeks took a warmer hue,",699
The Valley Of Fear,and his whole eager face shone with an inward light when the call for,700
The Valley Of Fear,"work reached him. Leaning forward in the cab, he listened intently to",701
The Valley Of Fear,MacDonald's short sketch of the problem which awaited us in Sussex.,702
The Valley Of Fear,"The inspector was himself dependent, as he explained to us, upon a",703
The Valley Of Fear,scribbled account forwarded to him by the milk train in the early,704
The Valley Of Fear,"hours of the morning. White Mason, the local officer, was a personal",705
The Valley Of Fear,"friend, and hence MacDonald had been notified much more promptly than",706
The Valley Of Fear,is usual at Scotland Yard when provincials need their assistance. It,707
The Valley Of Fear,is a very cold scent upon which the Metropolitan expert is generally,708
The Valley Of Fear,asked to run.,709
The Valley Of Fear,,710
The Valley Of Fear,"""Dear Inspector MacDonald [said the letter which he read to us]:",711
The Valley Of Fear,"""Official requisition for your services is in separate envelope. This",712
The Valley Of Fear,is for your private eye. Wire me what train in the morning you can,713
The Valley Of Fear,"get for Birlstone, and I will meet it--or have it met if I am too",714
The Valley Of Fear,occupied. This case is a snorter. Don't waste a moment in getting,715
The Valley Of Fear,"started. If you can bring Mr. Holmes, please do so; for he will find",716
The Valley Of Fear,something after his own heart. We would think the whole thing had,717
The Valley Of Fear,been fixed up for theatrical effect if there wasn't a dead man in the,718
The Valley Of Fear,"middle of it. My word! it is a snorter.""",719
The Valley Of Fear,,720
The Valley Of Fear,"""Your friend seems to be no fool,"" remarked Holmes.",721
The Valley Of Fear,,722
The Valley Of Fear,"""No, sir, White Mason is a very live man, if I am any judge.""",723
The Valley Of Fear,,724
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, have you anything more?""",725
The Valley Of Fear,,726
The Valley Of Fear,"""Only that he will give us every detail when we meet.""",727
The Valley Of Fear,,728
The Valley Of Fear,"""Then how did you get at Mr. Douglas and the fact that he had been",729
The Valley Of Fear,"horribly murdered?""",730
The Valley Of Fear,,731
The Valley Of Fear,"""That was in the enclosed official report. It didn't say 'horrible':",732
The Valley Of Fear,that's not a recognized official term. It gave the name John Douglas.,733
The Valley Of Fear,"It mentioned that his injuries had been in the head, from the",734
The Valley Of Fear,"discharge of a shotgun. It also mentioned the hour of the alarm,",735
The Valley Of Fear,which was close on to midnight last night. It added that the case was,736
The Valley Of Fear,"undoubtedly one of murder, but that no arrest had been made, and that",737
The Valley Of Fear,the case was one which presented some very perplexing and,738
The Valley Of Fear,"extraordinary features. That's absolutely all we have at present, Mr.",739
The Valley Of Fear,"Holmes.""",740
The Valley Of Fear,,741
The Valley Of Fear,"""Then, with your permission, we will leave it at that, Mr. Mac. The",742
The Valley Of Fear,temptation to form premature theories upon insufficient data is the,743
The Valley Of Fear,bane of our profession. I can see only two things for certain at,744
The Valley Of Fear,"present--a great brain in London, and a dead man in Sussex. It's the",745
The Valley Of Fear,"chain between that we are going to trace.""",746
The Valley Of Fear,,747
The Valley Of Fear,CHAPTER III,748
The Valley Of Fear,The Tragedy of Birlstone,749
The Valley Of Fear,,750
The Valley Of Fear,Now for a moment I will ask leave to remove my own insignificant,751
The Valley Of Fear,personality and to describe events which occurred before we arrived,752
The Valley Of Fear,upon the scene by the light of knowledge which came to us afterwards.,753
The Valley Of Fear,Only in this way can I make the reader appreciate the people,754
The Valley Of Fear,concerned and the strange setting in which their fate was cast.,755
The Valley Of Fear,,756
The Valley Of Fear,The village of Birlstone is a small and very ancient cluster of,757
The Valley Of Fear,half-timbered cottages on the northern border of the county of,758
The Valley Of Fear,Sussex. For centuries it had remained unchanged; but within the last,759
The Valley Of Fear,few years its picturesque appearance and situation have attracted a,760
The Valley Of Fear,"number of well-to-do residents, whose villas peep out from the woods",761
The Valley Of Fear,around. These woods are locally supposed to be the extreme fringe of,762
The Valley Of Fear,"the great Weald forest, which thins away until it reaches the",763
The Valley Of Fear,northern chalk downs. A number of small shops have come into being to,764
The Valley Of Fear,meet the wants of the increased population; so there seems some,765
The Valley Of Fear,prospect that Birlstone may soon grow from an ancient village into a,766
The Valley Of Fear,"modern town. It is the centre for a considerable area of country,",767
The Valley Of Fear,"since Tunbridge Wells, the nearest place of importance, is ten or",768
The Valley Of Fear,"twelve miles to the eastward, over the borders of Kent.",769
The Valley Of Fear,,770
The Valley Of Fear,"About half a mile from the town, standing in an old park famous for",771
The Valley Of Fear,"its huge beech trees, is the ancient Manor House of Birlstone. Part",772
The Valley Of Fear,of this venerable building dates back to the time of the first,773
The Valley Of Fear,"crusade, when Hugo de Capus built a fortalice in the centre of the",774
The Valley Of Fear,"estate, which had been granted to him by the Red King. This was",775
The Valley Of Fear,"destroyed by fire in 1543, and some of its smoke-blackened corner",776
The Valley Of Fear,"stones were used when, in Jacobean times, a brick country house rose",777
The Valley Of Fear,upon the ruins of the feudal castle.,778
The Valley Of Fear,,779
The Valley Of Fear,"The Manor House, with its many gables and its small diamond-paned",780
The Valley Of Fear,"windows, was still much as the builder had left it in the early",781
The Valley Of Fear,seventeenth century. Of the double moats which had guarded its more,782
The Valley Of Fear,"warlike predecessor, the outer had been allowed to dry up, and served",783
The Valley Of Fear,the humble function of a kitchen garden. The inner one was still,784
The Valley Of Fear,"there, and lay forty feet in breadth, though now only a few feet in",785
The Valley Of Fear,"depth, round the whole house. A small stream fed it and continued",786
The Valley Of Fear,"beyond it, so that the sheet of water, though turbid, was never",787
The Valley Of Fear,ditch-like or unhealthy. The ground floor windows were within a foot,788
The Valley Of Fear,of the surface of the water.,789
The Valley Of Fear,,790
The Valley Of Fear,"The only approach to the house was over a drawbridge, the chains and",791
The Valley Of Fear,windlass of which had long been rusted and broken. The latest tenants,792
The Valley Of Fear,"of the Manor House had, however, with characteristic energy, set this",793
The Valley Of Fear,"right, and the drawbridge was not only capable of being raised, but",794
The Valley Of Fear,actually was raised every evening and lowered every morning. By thus,795
The Valley Of Fear,renewing the custom of the old feudal days the Manor House was,796
The Valley Of Fear,converted into an island during the night--a fact which had a very,797
The Valley Of Fear,direct bearing upon the mystery which was soon to engage the,798
The Valley Of Fear,attention of all England.,799
The Valley Of Fear,,800
The Valley Of Fear,The house had been untenanted for some years and was threatening to,801
The Valley Of Fear,moulder into a picturesque decay when the Douglases took possession,802
The Valley Of Fear,of it. This family consisted of only two individuals--John Douglas,803
The Valley Of Fear,"and his wife. Douglas was a remarkable man, both in character and in",804
The Valley Of Fear,"person. In age he may have been about fifty, with a strong-jawed,",805
The Valley Of Fear,"rugged face, a grizzling moustache, peculiarly keen gray eyes, and a",806
The Valley Of Fear,"wiry, vigorous figure which had lost nothing of the strength and",807
The Valley Of Fear,"activity of youth. He was cheery and genial to all, but somewhat",808
The Valley Of Fear,"offhand in his manners, giving the impression that he had seen life",809
The Valley Of Fear,in social strata on some far lower horizon than the county society of,810
The Valley Of Fear,Sussex.,811
The Valley Of Fear,,812
The Valley Of Fear,"Yet, though looked at with some curiosity and reserve by his more",813
The Valley Of Fear,"cultivated neighbours, he soon acquired a great popularity among the",814
The Valley Of Fear,"villagers, subscribing handsomely to all local objects, and attending",815
The Valley Of Fear,"their smoking concerts and other functions, where, having a",816
The Valley Of Fear,"remarkably rich tenor voice, he was always ready to oblige with an",817
The Valley Of Fear,"excellent song. He appeared to have plenty of money, which was said",818
The Valley Of Fear,"to have been gained in the California gold fields, and it was clear",819
The Valley Of Fear,from his own talk and that of his wife that he had spent a part of,820
The Valley Of Fear,his life in America.,821
The Valley Of Fear,,822
The Valley Of Fear,The good impression which had been produced by his generosity and by,823
The Valley Of Fear,his democratic manners was increased by a reputation gained for utter,824
The Valley Of Fear,"indifference to danger. Though a wretched rider, he turned out at",825
The Valley Of Fear,"every meet, and took the most amazing falls in his determination to",826
The Valley Of Fear,hold his own with the best. When the vicarage caught fire he,827
The Valley Of Fear,distinguished himself also by the fearlessness with which he,828
The Valley Of Fear,"reentered the building to save property, after the local fire brigade",829
The Valley Of Fear,had given it up as impossible. Thus it came about that John Douglas,830
The Valley Of Fear,of the Manor House had within five years won himself quite a,831
The Valley Of Fear,reputation in Birlstone.,832
The Valley Of Fear,,833
The Valley Of Fear,"His wife, too, was popular with those who had made her acquaintance;",834
The Valley Of Fear,"though, after the English fashion, the callers upon a stranger who",835
The Valley Of Fear,settled in the county without introductions were few and far between.,836
The Valley Of Fear,"This mattered the less to her, as she was retiring by disposition,",837
The Valley Of Fear,"and very much absorbed, to all appearance, in her husband and her",838
The Valley Of Fear,domestic duties. It was known that she was an English lady who had,839
The Valley Of Fear,"met Mr. Douglas in London, he being at that time a widower. She was a",840
The Valley Of Fear,"beautiful woman, tall, dark, and slender, some twenty years younger",841
The Valley Of Fear,"than her husband, a disparity which seemed in no wise to mar the",842
The Valley Of Fear,contentment of their family life.,843
The Valley Of Fear,,844
The Valley Of Fear,"It was remarked sometimes, however, by those who knew them best, that",845
The Valley Of Fear,"the confidence between the two did not appear to be complete, since",846
The Valley Of Fear,"the wife was either very reticent about her husband's past life, or",847
The Valley Of Fear,"else, as seemed more likely, was imperfectly informed about it. It",848
The Valley Of Fear,had also been noted and commented upon by a few observant people that,849
The Valley Of Fear,there were signs sometimes of some nerve-strain upon the part of Mrs.,850
The Valley Of Fear,"Douglas, and that she would display acute uneasiness if her absent",851
The Valley Of Fear,husband should ever be particularly late in his return. On a quiet,852
The Valley Of Fear,"countryside, where all gossip is welcome, this weakness of the lady",853
The Valley Of Fear,"of the Manor House did not pass without remark, and it bulked larger",854
The Valley Of Fear,upon people's memory when the events arose which gave it a very,855
The Valley Of Fear,special significance.,856
The Valley Of Fear,,857
The Valley Of Fear,"There was yet another individual whose residence under that roof was,",858
The Valley Of Fear,"it is true, only an intermittent one, but whose presence at the time",859
The Valley Of Fear,of the strange happenings which will now be narrated brought his name,860
The Valley Of Fear,"prominently before the public. This was Cecil James Barker, of Hales",861
The Valley Of Fear,"Lodge, Hampstead.",862
The Valley Of Fear,,863
The Valley Of Fear,"Cecil Barker's tall, loose-jointed figure was a familiar one in the",864
The Valley Of Fear,main street of Birlstone village; for he was a frequent and welcome,865
The Valley Of Fear,visitor at the Manor House. He was the more noticed as being the only,866
The Valley Of Fear,friend of the past unknown life of Mr. Douglas who was ever seen in,867
The Valley Of Fear,his new English surroundings. Barker was himself an undoubted,868
The Valley Of Fear,Englishman; but by his remarks it was clear that he had first known,869
The Valley Of Fear,Douglas in America and had there lived on intimate terms with him. He,870
The Valley Of Fear,"appeared to be a man of considerable wealth, and was reputed to be a",871
The Valley Of Fear,bachelor.,872
The Valley Of Fear,,873
The Valley Of Fear,In age he was rather younger than Douglas--forty-five at the most--a,874
The Valley Of Fear,"tall, straight, broad-chested fellow with a clean-shaved,",875
The Valley Of Fear,"prize-fighter face, thick, strong, black eyebrows, and a pair of",876
The Valley Of Fear,"masterful black eyes which might, even without the aid of his very",877
The Valley Of Fear,"capable hands, clear a way for him through a hostile crowd. He",878
The Valley Of Fear,"neither rode nor shot, but spent his days in wandering round the old",879
The Valley Of Fear,"village with his pipe in his mouth, or in driving with his host, or",880
The Valley Of Fear,"in his absence with his hostess, over the beautiful countryside. ""An",881
The Valley Of Fear,"easy-going, free-handed gentleman,"" said Ames, the butler. ""But, my",882
The Valley Of Fear,"word! I had rather not be the man that crossed him!"" He was cordial",883
The Valley Of Fear,"and intimate with Douglas, and he was no less friendly with his",884
The Valley Of Fear,wife--a friendship which more than once seemed to cause some,885
The Valley Of Fear,"irritation to the husband, so that even the servants were able to",886
The Valley Of Fear,perceive his annoyance. Such was the third person who was one of the,887
The Valley Of Fear,family when the catastrophe occurred.,888
The Valley Of Fear,,889
The Valley Of Fear,"As to the other denizens of the old building, it will suffice out of",890
The Valley Of Fear,"a large household to mention the prim, respectable, and capable Ames,",891
The Valley Of Fear,"and Mrs. Allen, a buxom and cheerful person, who relieved the lady of",892
The Valley Of Fear,some of her household cares. The other six servants in the house bear,893
The Valley Of Fear,no relation to the events of the night of January 6th.,894
The Valley Of Fear,,895
The Valley Of Fear,It was at eleven forty-five that the first alarm reached the small,896
The Valley Of Fear,"local police station, in charge of Sergeant Wilson of the Sussex",897
The Valley Of Fear,"Constabulary. Cecil Barker, much excited, had rushed up to the door",898
The Valley Of Fear,and pealed furiously upon the bell. A terrible tragedy had occurred,899
The Valley Of Fear,"at the Manor House, and John Douglas had been murdered. That was the",900
The Valley Of Fear,"breathless burden of his message. He had hurried back to the house,",901
The Valley Of Fear,"followed within a few minutes by the police sergeant, who arrived at",902
The Valley Of Fear,"the scene of the crime a little after twelve o'clock, after taking",903
The Valley Of Fear,prompt steps to warn the county authorities that something serious,904
The Valley Of Fear,was afoot.,905
The Valley Of Fear,,906
The Valley Of Fear,"On reaching the Manor House, the sergeant had found the drawbridge",907
The Valley Of Fear,"down, the windows lighted up, and the whole household in a state of",908
The Valley Of Fear,wild confusion and alarm. The white-faced servants were huddling,909
The Valley Of Fear,"together in the hall, with the frightened butler wringing his hands",910
The Valley Of Fear,in the doorway. Only Cecil Barker seemed to be master of himself and,911
The Valley Of Fear,his emotions; he had opened the door which was nearest to the,912
The Valley Of Fear,entrance and he had beckoned to the sergeant to follow him. At that,913
The Valley Of Fear,"moment there arrived Dr. Wood, a brisk and capable general",914
The Valley Of Fear,practitioner from the village. The three men entered the fatal room,915
The Valley Of Fear,"together, while the horror-stricken butler followed at their heels,",916
The Valley Of Fear,closing the door behind him to shut out the terrible scene from the,917
The Valley Of Fear,maid servants.,918
The Valley Of Fear,,919
The Valley Of Fear,"The dead man lay on his back, sprawling with outstretched limbs in",920
The Valley Of Fear,"the centre of the room. He was clad only in a pink dressing gown,",921
The Valley Of Fear,which covered his night clothes. There were carpet slippers on his,922
The Valley Of Fear,bare feet. The doctor knelt beside him and held down the hand lamp,923
The Valley Of Fear,which had stood on the table. One glance at the victim was enough to,924
The Valley Of Fear,show the healer that his presence could be dispensed with. The man,925
The Valley Of Fear,had been horribly injured. Lying across his chest was a curious,926
The Valley Of Fear,"weapon, a shotgun with the barrel sawed off a foot in front of the",927
The Valley Of Fear,triggers. It was clear that this had been fired at close range and,928
The Valley Of Fear,"that he had received the whole charge in the face, blowing his head",929
The Valley Of Fear,"almost to pieces. The triggers had been wired together, so as to make",930
The Valley Of Fear,the simultaneous discharge more destructive.,931
The Valley Of Fear,,932
The Valley Of Fear,The country policeman was unnerved and troubled by the tremendous,933
The Valley Of Fear,"responsibility which had come so suddenly upon him. ""We will touch",934
The Valley Of Fear,"nothing until my superiors arrive,"" he said in a hushed voice,",935
The Valley Of Fear,staring in horror at the dreadful head.,936
The Valley Of Fear,,937
The Valley Of Fear,"""Nothing has been touched up to now,"" said Cecil Barker. ""I'll answer",938
The Valley Of Fear,"for that. You see it all exactly as I found it.""",939
The Valley Of Fear,,940
The Valley Of Fear,"""When was that?"" The sergeant had drawn out his notebook.",941
The Valley Of Fear,,942
The Valley Of Fear,"""It was just half-past eleven. I had not begun to undress, and I was",943
The Valley Of Fear,sitting by the fire in my bedroom when I heard the report. It was not,944
The Valley Of Fear,very loud--it seemed to be muffled. I rushed down--I don't suppose it,945
The Valley Of Fear,"was thirty seconds before I was in the room.""",946
The Valley Of Fear,,947
The Valley Of Fear,"""Was the door open?""",948
The Valley Of Fear,,949
The Valley Of Fear,"""Yes, it was open. Poor Douglas was lying as you see him. His bedroom",950
The Valley Of Fear,candle was burning on the table. It was I who lit the lamp some,951
The Valley Of Fear,"minutes afterward.""",952
The Valley Of Fear,,953
The Valley Of Fear,"""Did you see no one?""",954
The Valley Of Fear,,955
The Valley Of Fear,"""No. I heard Mrs. Douglas coming down the stair behind me, and I",956
The Valley Of Fear,rushed out to prevent her from seeing this dreadful sight. Mrs.,957
The Valley Of Fear,"Allen, the housekeeper, came and took her away. Ames had arrived, and",958
The Valley Of Fear,"we ran back into the room once more.""",959
The Valley Of Fear,,960
The Valley Of Fear,"""But surely I have heard that the drawbridge is kept up all night.""",961
The Valley Of Fear,,962
The Valley Of Fear,"""Yes, it was up until I lowered it.""",963
The Valley Of Fear,,964
The Valley Of Fear,"""Then how could any murderer have got away? It is out of the",965
The Valley Of Fear,"question! Mr. Douglas must have shot himself.""",966
The Valley Of Fear,,967
The Valley Of Fear,"""That was our first idea. But see!"" Barker drew aside the curtain,",968
The Valley Of Fear,"and showed that the long, diamond-paned window was open to its full",969
The Valley Of Fear,"extent. ""And look at this!"" He held the lamp down and illuminated a",970
The Valley Of Fear,smudge of blood like the mark of a boot-sole upon the wooden sill.,971
The Valley Of Fear,"""Someone has stood there in getting out.""",972
The Valley Of Fear,,973
The Valley Of Fear,"""You mean that someone waded across the moat?""",974
The Valley Of Fear,,975
The Valley Of Fear,"""Exactly!""",976
The Valley Of Fear,,977
The Valley Of Fear,"""Then if you were in the room within half a minute of the crime, he",978
The Valley Of Fear,"must have been in the water at that very moment.""",979
The Valley Of Fear,,980
The Valley Of Fear,"""I have not a doubt of it. I wish to heaven that I had rushed to the",981
The Valley Of Fear,"window! But the curtain screened it, as you can see, and so it never",982
The Valley Of Fear,"occurred to me. Then I heard the step of Mrs. Douglas, and I could",983
The Valley Of Fear,"not let her enter the room. It would have been too horrible.""",984
The Valley Of Fear,,985
The Valley Of Fear,"""Horrible enough!"" said the doctor, looking at the shattered head and",986
The Valley Of Fear,"the terrible marks which surrounded it. ""I've never seen such",987
The Valley Of Fear,"injuries since the Birlstone railway smash.""",988
The Valley Of Fear,,989
The Valley Of Fear,"""But, I say,"" remarked the police sergeant, whose slow, bucolic",990
The Valley Of Fear,"common sense was still pondering the open window. ""It's all very well",991
The Valley Of Fear,"your saying that a man escaped by wading this moat, but what I ask",992
The Valley Of Fear,"you is, how did he ever get into the house at all if the bridge was",993
The Valley Of Fear,"up?""",994
The Valley Of Fear,,995
The Valley Of Fear,"""Ah, that's the question,"" said Barker.",996
The Valley Of Fear,,997
The Valley Of Fear,"""At what o'clock was it raised?""",998
The Valley Of Fear,,999
The Valley Of Fear,"""It was nearly six o'clock,"" said Ames, the butler.",1000
The Valley Of Fear,,1001
The Valley Of Fear,"""I've heard,"" said the sergeant, ""that it was usually raised at",1002
The Valley Of Fear,sunset. That would be nearer half-past four than six at this time of,1003
The Valley Of Fear,"year.""",1004
The Valley Of Fear,,1005
The Valley Of Fear,"""Mrs. Douglas had visitors to tea,"" said Ames. ""I couldn't raise it",1006
The Valley Of Fear,"until they went. Then I wound it up myself.""",1007
The Valley Of Fear,,1008
The Valley Of Fear,"""Then it comes to this,"" said the sergeant: ""If anyone came from",1009
The Valley Of Fear,outside--if they did--they must have got in across the bridge before,1010
The Valley Of Fear,"six and been in hiding ever since, until Mr. Douglas came into the",1011
The Valley Of Fear,"room after eleven.""",1012
The Valley Of Fear,,1013
The Valley Of Fear,"""That is so! Mr. Douglas went round the house every night the last",1014
The Valley Of Fear,thing before he turned in to see that the lights were right. That,1015
The Valley Of Fear,brought him in here. The man was waiting and shot him. Then he got,1016
The Valley Of Fear,away through the window and left his gun behind him. That's how I,1017
The Valley Of Fear,"read it; for nothing else will fit the facts.""",1018
The Valley Of Fear,,1019
The Valley Of Fear,The sergeant picked up a card which lay beside the dead man on the,1020
The Valley Of Fear,floor. The initials V. V. and under them the number 341 were rudely,1021
The Valley Of Fear,scrawled in ink upon it.,1022
The Valley Of Fear,,1023
The Valley Of Fear,"""What's this?"" he asked, holding it up.",1024
The Valley Of Fear,,1025
The Valley Of Fear,"Barker looked at it with curiosity. ""I never noticed it before,"" he",1026
The Valley Of Fear,"said. ""The murderer must have left it behind him.""",1027
The Valley Of Fear,,1028
The Valley Of Fear,"""V. V.--341. I can make no sense of that.""",1029
The Valley Of Fear,,1030
The Valley Of Fear,"The sergeant kept turning it over in his big fingers. ""What's V. V.?",1031
The Valley Of Fear,"Somebody's initials, maybe. What have you got there, Dr. Wood?""",1032
The Valley Of Fear,,1033
The Valley Of Fear,It was a good-sized hammer which had been lying on the rug in front,1034
The Valley Of Fear,"of the fireplace--a substantial, workmanlike hammer. Cecil Barker",1035
The Valley Of Fear,pointed to a box of brass-headed nails upon the mantelpiece.,1036
The Valley Of Fear,,1037
The Valley Of Fear,"""Mr. Douglas was altering the pictures yesterday,"" he said. ""I saw",1038
The Valley Of Fear,"him myself, standing upon that chair and fixing the big picture above",1039
The Valley Of Fear,"it. That accounts for the hammer.""",1040
The Valley Of Fear,,1041
The Valley Of Fear,"""We'd best put it back on the rug where we found it,"" said the",1042
The Valley Of Fear,"sergeant, scratching his puzzled head in his perplexity. ""It will",1043
The Valley Of Fear,want the best brains in the force to get to the bottom of this thing.,1044
The Valley Of Fear,"It will be a London job before it is finished."" He raised the hand",1045
The Valley Of Fear,"lamp and walked slowly round the room. ""Hullo!"" he cried, excitedly,",1046
The Valley Of Fear,"drawing the window curtain to one side. ""What o'clock were those",1047
The Valley Of Fear,"curtains drawn?""",1048
The Valley Of Fear,,1049
The Valley Of Fear,"""When the lamps were lit,"" said the butler. ""It would be shortly",1050
The Valley Of Fear,"after four.""",1051
The Valley Of Fear,,1052
The Valley Of Fear,"""Someone had been hiding here, sure enough."" He held down the light,",1053
The Valley Of Fear,"and the marks of muddy boots were very visible in the corner. ""I'm",1054
The Valley Of Fear,"bound to say this bears out your theory, Mr. Barker. It looks as if",1055
The Valley Of Fear,the man got into the house after four when the curtains were drawn,1056
The Valley Of Fear,"and before six when the bridge was raised. He slipped into this room,",1057
The Valley Of Fear,because it was the first that he saw. There was no other place where,1058
The Valley Of Fear,"he could hide, so he popped in behind this curtain. That all seems",1059
The Valley Of Fear,clear enough. It is likely that his main idea was to burgle the,1060
The Valley Of Fear,"house; but Mr. Douglas chanced to come upon him, so he murdered him",1061
The Valley Of Fear,"and escaped.""",1062
The Valley Of Fear,,1063
The Valley Of Fear,"""That's how I read it,"" said Barker. ""But, I say, aren't we wasting",1064
The Valley Of Fear,precious time? Couldn't we start out and scour the country before the,1065
The Valley Of Fear,"fellow gets away?""",1066
The Valley Of Fear,,1067
The Valley Of Fear,The sergeant considered for a moment.,1068
The Valley Of Fear,,1069
The Valley Of Fear,"""There are no trains before six in the morning; so he can't get away",1070
The Valley Of Fear,"by rail. If he goes by road with his legs all dripping, it's odds",1071
The Valley Of Fear,"that someone will notice him. Anyhow, I can't leave here myself until",1072
The Valley Of Fear,I am relieved. But I think none of you should go until we see more,1073
The Valley Of Fear,"clearly how we all stand.""",1074
The Valley Of Fear,,1075
The Valley Of Fear,The doctor had taken the lamp and was narrowly scrutinizing the body.,1076
The Valley Of Fear,"""What's this mark?"" he asked. ""Could this have any connection with",1077
The Valley Of Fear,"the crime?""",1078
The Valley Of Fear,,1079
The Valley Of Fear,"The dead man's right arm was thrust out from his dressing gown, and",1080
The Valley Of Fear,exposed as high as the elbow. About halfway up the forearm was a,1081
The Valley Of Fear,"curious brown design, a triangle inside a circle, standing out in",1082
The Valley Of Fear,vivid relief upon the lard-coloured skin.,1083
The Valley Of Fear,,1084
The Valley Of Fear,"""It's not tattooed,"" said the doctor, peering through his glasses. ""I",1085
The Valley Of Fear,never saw anything like it. The man has been branded at some time as,1086
The Valley Of Fear,"they brand cattle. What is the meaning of this?""",1087
The Valley Of Fear,,1088
The Valley Of Fear,"""I don't profess to know the meaning of it,"" said Cecil Barker; ""but",1089
The Valley Of Fear,"I have seen the mark on Douglas many times this last ten years.""",1090
The Valley Of Fear,,1091
The Valley Of Fear,"""And so have I,"" said the butler. ""Many a time when the master has",1092
The Valley Of Fear,rolled up his sleeves I have noticed that very mark. I've often,1093
The Valley Of Fear,"wondered what it could be.""",1094
The Valley Of Fear,,1095
The Valley Of Fear,"""Then it has nothing to do with the crime, anyhow,"" said the",1096
The Valley Of Fear,"sergeant. ""But it's a rum thing all the same. Everything about this",1097
The Valley Of Fear,"case is rum. Well, what is it now?""",1098
The Valley Of Fear,,1099
The Valley Of Fear,The butler had given an exclamation of astonishment and was pointing,1100
The Valley Of Fear,at the dead man's outstretched hand.,1101
The Valley Of Fear,,1102
The Valley Of Fear,"""They've taken his wedding ring!"" he gasped.",1103
The Valley Of Fear,,1104
The Valley Of Fear,"""What!""",1105
The Valley Of Fear,,1106
The Valley Of Fear,"""Yes, indeed. Master always wore his plain gold wedding ring on the",1107
The Valley Of Fear,little finger of his left hand. That ring with the rough nugget on it,1108
The Valley Of Fear,"was above it, and the twisted snake ring on the third finger. There's",1109
The Valley Of Fear,"the nugget and there's the snake, but the wedding ring is gone.""",1110
The Valley Of Fear,,1111
The Valley Of Fear,"""He's right,"" said Barker.",1112
The Valley Of Fear,,1113
The Valley Of Fear,"""Do you tell me,"" said the sergeant, ""that the wedding ring was below",1114
The Valley Of Fear,"the other?""",1115
The Valley Of Fear,,1116
The Valley Of Fear,"""Always!""",1117
The Valley Of Fear,,1118
The Valley Of Fear,"""Then the murderer, or whoever it was, first took off this ring you",1119
The Valley Of Fear,"call the nugget ring, then the wedding ring, and afterwards put the",1120
The Valley Of Fear,"nugget ring back again.""",1121
The Valley Of Fear,,1122
The Valley Of Fear,"""That is so!""",1123
The Valley Of Fear,,1124
The Valley Of Fear,"The worthy country policeman shook his head. ""Seems to me the sooner",1125
The Valley Of Fear,"we get London on to this case the better,"" said he. ""White Mason is a",1126
The Valley Of Fear,smart man. No local job has ever been too much for White Mason. It,1127
The Valley Of Fear,won't be long now before he is here to help us. But I expect we'll,1128
The Valley Of Fear,"have to look to London before we are through. Anyhow, I'm not ashamed",1129
The Valley Of Fear,"to say that it is a deal too thick for the likes of me.""",1130
The Valley Of Fear,,1131
The Valley Of Fear,CHAPTER IV,1132
The Valley Of Fear,Darkness,1133
The Valley Of Fear,,1134
The Valley Of Fear,"At three in the morning the chief Sussex detective, obeying the",1135
The Valley Of Fear,"urgent call from Sergeant Wilson of Birlstone, arrived from",1136
The Valley Of Fear,headquarters in a light dog-cart behind a breathless trotter. By the,1137
The Valley Of Fear,five-forty train in the morning he had sent his message to Scotland,1138
The Valley Of Fear,"Yard, and he was at the Birlstone station at twelve o'clock to",1139
The Valley Of Fear,"welcome us. White Mason was a quiet, comfortable-looking person in a",1140
The Valley Of Fear,"loose tweed suit, with a clean-shaved, ruddy face, a stoutish body,",1141
The Valley Of Fear,"and powerful bandy legs adorned with gaiters, looking like a small",1142
The Valley Of Fear,"farmer, a retired gamekeeper, or anything upon earth except a very",1143
The Valley Of Fear,favourable specimen of the provincial criminal officer.,1144
The Valley Of Fear,,1145
The Valley Of Fear,"""A real downright snorter, Mr. MacDonald!"" he kept repeating. ""We'll",1146
The Valley Of Fear,have the pressmen down like flies when they understand it. I'm hoping,1147
The Valley Of Fear,we will get our work done before they get poking their noses into it,1148
The Valley Of Fear,and messing up all the trails. There has been nothing like this that,1149
The Valley Of Fear,"I can remember. There are some bits that will come home to you, Mr.",1150
The Valley Of Fear,"Holmes, or I am mistaken. And you also, Dr. Watson; for the medicos",1151
The Valley Of Fear,will have a word to say before we finish. Your room is at the,1152
The Valley Of Fear,Westville Arms. There's no other place; but I hear that it is clean,1153
The Valley Of Fear,"and good. The man will carry your bags. This way, gentlemen, if you",1154
The Valley Of Fear,"please.""",1155
The Valley Of Fear,,1156
The Valley Of Fear,"He was a very bustling and genial person, this Sussex detective. In",1157
The Valley Of Fear,ten minutes we had all found our quarters. In ten more we were seated,1158
The Valley Of Fear,in the parlour of the inn and being treated to a rapid sketch of,1159
The Valley Of Fear,those events which have been outlined in the previous chapter.,1160
The Valley Of Fear,"MacDonald made an occasional note, while Holmes sat absorbed, with",1161
The Valley Of Fear,the expression of surprised and reverent admiration with which the,1162
The Valley Of Fear,botanist surveys the rare and precious bloom.,1163
The Valley Of Fear,,1164
The Valley Of Fear,"""Remarkable!"" he said, when the story was unfolded, ""most remarkable!",1165
The Valley Of Fear,I can hardly recall any case where the features have been more,1166
The Valley Of Fear,"peculiar.""",1167
The Valley Of Fear,,1168
The Valley Of Fear,"""I thought you would say so, Mr. Holmes,"" said White Mason in great",1169
The Valley Of Fear,"delight. ""We're well up with the times in Sussex. I've told you now",1170
The Valley Of Fear,"how matters were, up to the time when I took over from Sergeant",1171
The Valley Of Fear,Wilson between three and four this morning. My word! I made the old,1172
The Valley Of Fear,"mare go! But I need not have been in such a hurry, as it turned out;",1173
The Valley Of Fear,for there was nothing immediate that I could do. Sergeant Wilson had,1174
The Valley Of Fear,all the facts. I checked them and considered them and maybe added a,1175
The Valley Of Fear,"few of my own.""",1176
The Valley Of Fear,,1177
The Valley Of Fear,"""What were they?"" asked Holmes eagerly.",1178
The Valley Of Fear,,1179
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, I first had the hammer examined. There was Dr. Wood there to",1180
The Valley Of Fear,help me. We found no signs of violence upon it. I was hoping that if,1181
The Valley Of Fear,"Mr. Douglas defended himself with the hammer, he might have left his",1182
The Valley Of Fear,mark upon the murderer before he dropped it on the mat. But there was,1183
The Valley Of Fear,"no stain.""",1184
The Valley Of Fear,,1185
The Valley Of Fear,"""That, of course, proves nothing at all,"" remarked Inspector",1186
The Valley Of Fear,"MacDonald. ""There has been many a hammer murder and no trace on the",1187
The Valley Of Fear,"hammer.""",1188
The Valley Of Fear,,1189
The Valley Of Fear,"""Quite so. It doesn't prove it wasn't used. But there might have been",1190
The Valley Of Fear,"stains, and that would have helped us. As a matter of fact there were",1191
The Valley Of Fear,"none. Then I examined the gun. They were buckshot cartridges, and, as",1192
The Valley Of Fear,"Sergeant Wilson pointed out, the triggers were wired together so",1193
The Valley Of Fear,"that, if you pulled on the hinder one, both barrels were discharged.",1194
The Valley Of Fear,Whoever fixed that up had made up his mind that he was going to take,1195
The Valley Of Fear,no chances of missing his man. The sawed gun was not more than two,1196
The Valley Of Fear,foot long--one could carry it easily under one's coat. There was no,1197
The Valley Of Fear,complete maker's name; but the printed letters P-E-N were on the,1198
The Valley Of Fear,"fluting between the barrels, and the rest of the name had been cut",1199
The Valley Of Fear,"off by the saw.""",1200
The Valley Of Fear,,1201
The Valley Of Fear,"""A big P with a flourish above it, E and N smaller?"" asked Holmes.",1202
The Valley Of Fear,,1203
The Valley Of Fear,"""Exactly.""",1204
The Valley Of Fear,,1205
The Valley Of Fear,"""Pennsylvania Small Arms Company--well-known American firm,"" said",1206
The Valley Of Fear,Holmes.,1207
The Valley Of Fear,,1208
The Valley Of Fear,White Mason gazed at my friend as the little village practitioner,1209
The Valley Of Fear,looks at the Harley Street specialist who by a word can solve the,1210
The Valley Of Fear,difficulties that perplex him.,1211
The Valley Of Fear,,1212
The Valley Of Fear,"""That is very helpful, Mr. Holmes. No doubt you are right. Wonderful!",1213
The Valley Of Fear,Wonderful! Do you carry the names of all the gun makers in the world,1214
The Valley Of Fear,"in your memory?""",1215
The Valley Of Fear,,1216
The Valley Of Fear,Holmes dismissed the subject with a wave.,1217
The Valley Of Fear,,1218
The Valley Of Fear,"""No doubt it is an American shotgun,"" White Mason continued. ""I seem",1219
The Valley Of Fear,to have read that a sawed-off shotgun is a weapon used in some parts,1220
The Valley Of Fear,"of America. Apart from the name upon the barrel, the idea had",1221
The Valley Of Fear,"occurred to me. There is some evidence then, that this man who",1222
The Valley Of Fear,"entered the house and killed its master was an American.""",1223
The Valley Of Fear,,1224
The Valley Of Fear,"MacDonald shook his head. ""Man, you are surely travelling overfast,""",1225
The Valley Of Fear,"said he. ""I have heard no evidence yet that any stranger was ever in",1226
The Valley Of Fear,"the house at all.""",1227
The Valley Of Fear,,1228
The Valley Of Fear,"""The open window, the blood on the sill, the queer card, the marks of",1229
The Valley Of Fear,"boots in the corner, the gun!""",1230
The Valley Of Fear,,1231
The Valley Of Fear,"""Nothing there that could not have been arranged. Mr. Douglas was an",1232
The Valley Of Fear,"American, or had lived long in America. So had Mr. Barker. You don't",1233
The Valley Of Fear,need to import an American from outside in order to account for,1234
The Valley Of Fear,"American doings.""",1235
The Valley Of Fear,,1236
The Valley Of Fear,"""Ames, the butler--""",1237
The Valley Of Fear,,1238
The Valley Of Fear,"""What about him? Is he reliable?""",1239
The Valley Of Fear,,1240
The Valley Of Fear,"""Ten years with Sir Charles Chandos--as solid as a rock. He has been",1241
The Valley Of Fear,with Douglas ever since he took the Manor House five years ago. He,1242
The Valley Of Fear,"has never seen a gun of this sort in the house.""",1243
The Valley Of Fear,,1244
The Valley Of Fear,"""The gun was made to conceal. That's why the barrels were sawed. It",1245
The Valley Of Fear,would fit into any box. How could he swear there was no such gun in,1246
The Valley Of Fear,"the house?""",1247
The Valley Of Fear,,1248
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, anyhow, he had never seen one.""",1249
The Valley Of Fear,,1250
The Valley Of Fear,"MacDonald shook his obstinate Scotch head. ""I'm not convinced yet",1251
The Valley Of Fear,"that there was ever anyone in the house,"" said he. ""I'm asking you to",1252
The Valley Of Fear,"conseedar"" (his accent became more Aberdonian as he lost himself in",1253
The Valley Of Fear,"his argument) ""I'm asking you to conseedar what it involves if you",1254
The Valley Of Fear,"suppose that this gun was ever brought into the house, and that all",1255
The Valley Of Fear,"these strange things were done by a person from outside. Oh, man,",1256
The Valley Of Fear,it's just inconceivable! It's clean against common sense! I put it to,1257
The Valley Of Fear,"you, Mr. Holmes, judging it by what we have heard.""",1258
The Valley Of Fear,,1259
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, state your case, Mr. Mac,"" said Holmes in his most judicial",1260
The Valley Of Fear,style.,1261
The Valley Of Fear,,1262
The Valley Of Fear,"""The man is not a burglar, supposing that he ever existed. The ring",1263
The Valley Of Fear,business and the card point to premeditated murder for some private,1264
The Valley Of Fear,reason. Very good. Here is a man who slips into a house with the,1265
The Valley Of Fear,"deliberate intention of committing murder. He knows, if he knows",1266
The Valley Of Fear,"anything, that he will have a deeficulty in making his escape, as the",1267
The Valley Of Fear,house is surrounded with water. What weapon would he choose? You,1268
The Valley Of Fear,would say the most silent in the world. Then he could hope when the,1269
The Valley Of Fear,"deed was done to slip quickly from the window, to wade the moat, and",1270
The Valley Of Fear,to get away at his leisure. That's understandable. But is it,1271
The Valley Of Fear,understandable that he should go out of his way to bring with him the,1272
The Valley Of Fear,"most noisy weapon he could select, knowing well that it will fetch",1273
The Valley Of Fear,"every human being in the house to the spot as quick as they can run,",1274
The Valley Of Fear,and that it is all odds that he will be seen before he can get across,1275
The Valley Of Fear,"the moat? Is that credible, Mr. Holmes?""",1276
The Valley Of Fear,,1277
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, you put the case strongly,"" my friend replied thoughtfully.",1278
The Valley Of Fear,"""It certainly needs a good deal of justification. May I ask, Mr.",1279
The Valley Of Fear,"White Mason, whether you examined the farther side of the moat at",1280
The Valley Of Fear,once to see if there were any signs of the man having climbed out,1281
The Valley Of Fear,"from the water?""",1282
The Valley Of Fear,,1283
The Valley Of Fear,"""There were no signs, Mr. Holmes. But it is a stone ledge, and one",1284
The Valley Of Fear,"could hardly expect them.""",1285
The Valley Of Fear,,1286
The Valley Of Fear,"""No tracks or marks?""",1287
The Valley Of Fear,,1288
The Valley Of Fear,"""None.""",1289
The Valley Of Fear,,1290
The Valley Of Fear,"""Ha! Would there be any objection, Mr. White Mason, to our going down",1291
The Valley Of Fear,to the house at once? There may possibly be some small point which,1292
The Valley Of Fear,"might be suggestive.""",1293
The Valley Of Fear,,1294
The Valley Of Fear,"""I was going to propose it, Mr. Holmes; but I thought it well to put",1295
The Valley Of Fear,you in touch with all the facts before we go. I suppose if anything,1296
The Valley Of Fear,"should strike you--"" White Mason looked doubtfully at the amateur.",1297
The Valley Of Fear,,1298
The Valley Of Fear,"""I have worked with Mr. Holmes before,"" said Inspector MacDonald. ""He",1299
The Valley Of Fear,"plays the game.""",1300
The Valley Of Fear,,1301
The Valley Of Fear,"""My own idea of the game, at any rate,"" said Holmes, with a smile. ""I",1302
The Valley Of Fear,go into a case to help the ends of justice and the work of the,1303
The Valley Of Fear,"police. If I have ever separated myself from the official force, it",1304
The Valley Of Fear,is because they have first separated themselves from me. I have no,1305
The Valley Of Fear,"wish ever to score at their expense. At the same time, Mr. White",1306
The Valley Of Fear,"Mason, I claim the right to work in my own way and give my results at",1307
The Valley Of Fear,"my own time--complete rather than in stages.""",1308
The Valley Of Fear,,1309
The Valley Of Fear,"""I am sure we are honoured by your presence and to show you all we",1310
The Valley Of Fear,"know,"" said White Mason cordially. ""Come along, Dr. Watson, and when",1311
The Valley Of Fear,"the time comes we'll all hope for a place in your book.""",1312
The Valley Of Fear,,1313
The Valley Of Fear,We walked down the quaint village street with a row of pollarded elms,1314
The Valley Of Fear,"on each side of it. Just beyond were two ancient stone pillars,",1315
The Valley Of Fear,weather-stained and lichen-blotched bearing upon their summits a,1316
The Valley Of Fear,shapeless something which had once been the rampant lion of Capus of,1317
The Valley Of Fear,Birlstone. A short walk along the winding drive with such sward and,1318
The Valley Of Fear,"oaks around it as one only sees in rural England, then a sudden turn,",1319
The Valley Of Fear,"and the long, low Jacobean house of dingy, liver-coloured brick lay",1320
The Valley Of Fear,"before us, with an old-fashioned garden of cut yews on each side of",1321
The Valley Of Fear,"it. As we approached it, there was the wooden drawbridge and the",1322
The Valley Of Fear,beautiful broad moat as still and luminous as quicksilver in the,1323
The Valley Of Fear,"cold, winter sunshine.",1324
The Valley Of Fear,,1325
The Valley Of Fear,"Three centuries had flowed past the old Manor House, centuries of",1326
The Valley Of Fear,"births and of homecomings, of country dances and of the meetings of",1327
The Valley Of Fear,fox hunters. Strange that now in its old age this dark business,1328
The Valley Of Fear,should have cast its shadow upon the venerable walls! And yet those,1329
The Valley Of Fear,"strange, peaked roofs and quaint, overhung gables were a fitting",1330
The Valley Of Fear,covering to grim and terrible intrigue. As I looked at the deep-set,1331
The Valley Of Fear,"windows and the long sweep of the dull-coloured, water-lapped front,",1332
The Valley Of Fear,I felt that no more fitting scene could be set for such a tragedy.,1333
The Valley Of Fear,,1334
The Valley Of Fear,"""That's the window,"" said White Mason, ""that one on the immediate",1335
The Valley Of Fear,"right of the drawbridge. It's open just as it was found last night.""",1336
The Valley Of Fear,,1337
The Valley Of Fear,"""It looks rather narrow for a man to pass.""",1338
The Valley Of Fear,,1339
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, it wasn't a fat man, anyhow. We don't need your deductions,",1340
The Valley Of Fear,"Mr. Holmes, to tell us that. But you or I could squeeze through all",1341
The Valley Of Fear,"right.""",1342
The Valley Of Fear,,1343
The Valley Of Fear,Holmes walked to the edge of the moat and looked across. Then he,1344
The Valley Of Fear,examined the stone ledge and the grass border beyond it.,1345
The Valley Of Fear,,1346
The Valley Of Fear,"""I've had a good look, Mr. Holmes,"" said White Mason. ""There is",1347
The Valley Of Fear,"nothing there, no sign that anyone has landed--but why should he",1348
The Valley Of Fear,"leave any sign?""",1349
The Valley Of Fear,,1350
The Valley Of Fear,"""Exactly. Why should he? Is the water always turbid?""",1351
The Valley Of Fear,,1352
The Valley Of Fear,"""Generally about this colour. The stream brings down the clay.""",1353
The Valley Of Fear,,1354
The Valley Of Fear,"""How deep is it?""",1355
The Valley Of Fear,,1356
The Valley Of Fear,"""About two feet at each side and three in the middle.""",1357
The Valley Of Fear,,1358
The Valley Of Fear,"""So we can put aside all idea of the man having been drowned in",1359
The Valley Of Fear,"crossing.""",1360
The Valley Of Fear,,1361
The Valley Of Fear,"""No, a child could not be drowned in it.""",1362
The Valley Of Fear,,1363
The Valley Of Fear,"We walked across the drawbridge, and were admitted by a quaint,",1364
The Valley Of Fear,"gnarled, dried-up person, who was the butler, Ames. The poor old",1365
The Valley Of Fear,"fellow was white and quivering from the shock. The village sergeant,",1366
The Valley Of Fear,"a tall, formal, melancholy man, still held his vigil in the room of",1367
The Valley Of Fear,Fate. The doctor had departed.,1368
The Valley Of Fear,,1369
The Valley Of Fear,"""Anything fresh, Sergeant Wilson?"" asked White Mason.",1370
The Valley Of Fear,,1371
The Valley Of Fear,"""No, sir.""",1372
The Valley Of Fear,,1373
The Valley Of Fear,"""Then you can go home. You've had enough. We can send for you if we",1374
The Valley Of Fear,want you. The butler had better wait outside. Tell him to warn Mr.,1375
The Valley Of Fear,"Cecil Barker, Mrs. Douglas, and the housekeeper that we may want a",1376
The Valley Of Fear,"word with them presently. Now, gentlemen, perhaps you will allow me",1377
The Valley Of Fear,"to give you the views I have formed first, and then you will be able",1378
The Valley Of Fear,"to arrive at your own.""",1379
The Valley Of Fear,,1380
The Valley Of Fear,"He impressed me, this country specialist. He had a solid grip of fact",1381
The Valley Of Fear,"and a cool, clear, common-sense brain, which should take him some way",1382
The Valley Of Fear,"in his profession. Holmes listened to him intently, with no sign of",1383
The Valley Of Fear,that impatience which the official exponent too often produced.,1384
The Valley Of Fear,,1385
The Valley Of Fear,"""Is it suicide, or is it murder--that's our first question,",1386
The Valley Of Fear,"gentlemen, is it not? If it were suicide, then we have to believe",1387
The Valley Of Fear,that this man began by taking off his wedding ring and concealing it;,1388
The Valley Of Fear,"that he then came down here in his dressing gown, trampled mud into a",1389
The Valley Of Fear,corner behind the curtain in order to give the idea someone had,1390
The Valley Of Fear,"waited for him, opened the window, put blood on the--""",1391
The Valley Of Fear,,1392
The Valley Of Fear,"""We can surely dismiss that,"" said MacDonald.",1393
The Valley Of Fear,,1394
The Valley Of Fear,"""So I think. Suicide is out of the question. Then a murder has been",1395
The Valley Of Fear,"done. What we have to determine is, whether it was done by someone",1396
The Valley Of Fear,"outside or inside the house.""",1397
The Valley Of Fear,,1398
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, let's hear the argument.""",1399
The Valley Of Fear,,1400
The Valley Of Fear,"""There are considerable difficulties both ways, and yet one or the",1401
The Valley Of Fear,other it must be. We will suppose first that some person or persons,1402
The Valley Of Fear,inside the house did the crime. They got this man down here at a time,1403
The Valley Of Fear,when everything was still and yet no one was asleep. They then did,1404
The Valley Of Fear,the deed with the queerest and noisiest weapon in the world so as to,1405
The Valley Of Fear,tell everyone what had happened--a weapon that was never seen in the,1406
The Valley Of Fear,"house before. That does not seem a very likely start, does it?""",1407
The Valley Of Fear,,1408
The Valley Of Fear,"""No, it does not.""",1409
The Valley Of Fear,,1410
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, then, everyone is agreed that after the alarm was given only a",1411
The Valley Of Fear,minute at the most had passed before the whole household--not Mr.,1412
The Valley Of Fear,"Cecil Barker alone, though he claims to have been the first, but Ames",1413
The Valley Of Fear,and all of them were on the spot. Do you tell me that in that time,1414
The Valley Of Fear,"the guilty person managed to make footmarks in the corner, open the",1415
The Valley Of Fear,"window, mark the sill with blood, take the wedding ring off the dead",1416
The Valley Of Fear,"man's finger, and all the rest of it? It's impossible!""",1417
The Valley Of Fear,,1418
The Valley Of Fear,"""You put it very clearly,"" said Holmes. ""I am inclined to agree with",1419
The Valley Of Fear,"you.""",1420
The Valley Of Fear,,1421
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, then, we are driven back to the theory that it was done by",1422
The Valley Of Fear,someone from outside. We are still faced with some big difficulties;,1423
The Valley Of Fear,but anyhow they have ceased to be impossibilities. The man got into,1424
The Valley Of Fear,"the house between four-thirty and six; that is to say, between dusk",1425
The Valley Of Fear,and the time when the bridge was raised. There had been some,1426
The Valley Of Fear,"visitors, and the door was open; so there was nothing to prevent him.",1427
The Valley Of Fear,"He may have been a common burglar, or he may have had some private",1428
The Valley Of Fear,grudge against Mr. Douglas. Since Mr. Douglas has spent most of his,1429
The Valley Of Fear,"life in America, and this shotgun seems to be an American weapon, it",1430
The Valley Of Fear,would seem that the private grudge is the more likely theory. He,1431
The Valley Of Fear,"slipped into this room because it was the first he came to, and he",1432
The Valley Of Fear,hid behind the curtain. There he remained until past eleven at night.,1433
The Valley Of Fear,"At that time Mr. Douglas entered the room. It was a short interview,",1434
The Valley Of Fear,if there were any interview at all; for Mrs. Douglas declares that,1435
The Valley Of Fear,her husband had not left her more than a few minutes when she heard,1436
The Valley Of Fear,"the shot.""",1437
The Valley Of Fear,,1438
The Valley Of Fear,"""The candle shows that,"" said Holmes.",1439
The Valley Of Fear,,1440
The Valley Of Fear,"""Exactly. The candle, which was a new one, is not burned more than",1441
The Valley Of Fear,half an inch. He must have placed it on the table before he was,1442
The Valley Of Fear,"attacked; otherwise, of course, it would have fallen when he fell.",1443
The Valley Of Fear,This shows that he was not attacked the instant that he entered the,1444
The Valley Of Fear,room. When Mr. Barker arrived the candle was lit and the lamp was,1445
The Valley Of Fear,"out.""",1446
The Valley Of Fear,,1447
The Valley Of Fear,"""That's all clear enough.""",1448
The Valley Of Fear,,1449
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, now, we can reconstruct things on those lines. Mr. Douglas",1450
The Valley Of Fear,enters the room. He puts down the candle. A man appears from behind,1451
The Valley Of Fear,the curtain. He is armed with this gun. He demands the wedding,1452
The Valley Of Fear,"ring--Heaven only knows why, but so it must have been. Mr. Douglas",1453
The Valley Of Fear,gave it up. Then either in cold blood or in the course of a,1454
The Valley Of Fear,struggle--Douglas may have gripped the hammer that was found upon the,1455
The Valley Of Fear,mat--he shot Douglas in this horrible way. He dropped his gun and,1456
The Valley Of Fear,"also it would seem this queer card--V. V. 341, whatever that may",1457
The Valley Of Fear,mean--and he made his escape through the window and across the moat,1458
The Valley Of Fear,at the very moment when Cecil Barker was discovering the crime. How's,1459
The Valley Of Fear,"that, Mr. Holmes?""",1460
The Valley Of Fear,,1461
The Valley Of Fear,"""Very interesting, but just a little unconvincing.""",1462
The Valley Of Fear,,1463
The Valley Of Fear,"""Man, it would be absolute nonsense if it wasn't that anything else",1464
The Valley Of Fear,"is even worse!"" cried MacDonald. ""Somebody killed the man, and",1465
The Valley Of Fear,whoever it was I could clearly prove to you that he should have done,1466
The Valley Of Fear,it some other way. What does he mean by allowing his retreat to be,1467
The Valley Of Fear,cut off like that? What does he mean by using a shotgun when silence,1468
The Valley Of Fear,"was his one chance of escape? Come, Mr. Holmes, it's up to you to",1469
The Valley Of Fear,"give us a lead, since you say Mr. White Mason's theory is",1470
The Valley Of Fear,"unconvincing.""",1471
The Valley Of Fear,,1472
The Valley Of Fear,"Holmes had sat intently observant during this long discussion,",1473
The Valley Of Fear,"missing no word that was said, with his keen eyes darting to right",1474
The Valley Of Fear,"and to left, and his forehead wrinkled with speculation.",1475
The Valley Of Fear,,1476
The Valley Of Fear,"""I should like a few more facts before I get so far as a theory, Mr.",1477
The Valley Of Fear,"Mac,"" said he, kneeling down beside the body. ""Dear me! these",1478
The Valley Of Fear,injuries are really appalling. Can we have the butler in for a,1479
The Valley Of Fear,"moment? ... Ames, I understand that you have often seen this very",1480
The Valley Of Fear,unusual mark--a branded triangle inside a circle--upon Mr. Douglas's,1481
The Valley Of Fear,"forearm?""",1482
The Valley Of Fear,,1483
The Valley Of Fear,"""Frequently, sir.""",1484
The Valley Of Fear,,1485
The Valley Of Fear,"""You never heard any speculation as to what it meant?""",1486
The Valley Of Fear,,1487
The Valley Of Fear,"""No, sir.""",1488
The Valley Of Fear,,1489
The Valley Of Fear,"""It must have caused great pain when it was inflicted. It is",1490
The Valley Of Fear,"undoubtedly a burn. Now, I observe, Ames, that there is a small piece",1491
The Valley Of Fear,of plaster at the angle of Mr. Douglas's jaw. Did you observe that in,1492
The Valley Of Fear,"life?""",1493
The Valley Of Fear,,1494
The Valley Of Fear,"""Yes, sir, he cut himself in shaving yesterday morning.""",1495
The Valley Of Fear,,1496
The Valley Of Fear,"""Did you ever know him to cut himself in shaving before?""",1497
The Valley Of Fear,,1498
The Valley Of Fear,"""Not for a very long time, sir.""",1499
The Valley Of Fear,,1500
The Valley Of Fear,"""Suggestive!"" said Holmes. ""It may, of course, be a mere coincidence,",1501
The Valley Of Fear,or it may point to some nervousness which would indicate that he had,1502
The Valley Of Fear,reason to apprehend danger. Had you noticed anything unusual in his,1503
The Valley Of Fear,"conduct, yesterday, Ames?""",1504
The Valley Of Fear,,1505
The Valley Of Fear,"""It struck me that he was a little restless and excited, sir.""",1506
The Valley Of Fear,,1507
The Valley Of Fear,"""Ha! The attack may not have been entirely unexpected. We do seem to",1508
The Valley Of Fear,"make a little progress, do we not? Perhaps you would rather do the",1509
The Valley Of Fear,"questioning, Mr. Mac?""",1510
The Valley Of Fear,,1511
The Valley Of Fear,"""No, Mr. Holmes, it's in better hands than mine.""",1512
The Valley Of Fear,,1513
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, then, we will pass to this card--V. V. 341. It is rough",1514
The Valley Of Fear,"cardboard. Have you any of the sort in the house?""",1515
The Valley Of Fear,,1516
The Valley Of Fear,"""I don't think so.""",1517
The Valley Of Fear,,1518
The Valley Of Fear,Holmes walked across to the desk and dabbed a little ink from each,1519
The Valley Of Fear,"bottle on to the blotting paper. ""It was not printed in this room,""",1520
The Valley Of Fear,"he said; ""this is black ink and the other purplish. It was done by a",1521
The Valley Of Fear,"thick pen, and these are fine. No, it was done elsewhere, I should",1522
The Valley Of Fear,"say. Can you make anything of the inscription, Ames?""",1523
The Valley Of Fear,,1524
The Valley Of Fear,"""No, sir, nothing.""",1525
The Valley Of Fear,,1526
The Valley Of Fear,"""What do you think, Mr. Mac?""",1527
The Valley Of Fear,,1528
The Valley Of Fear,"""It gives me the impression of a secret society of some sort; the",1529
The Valley Of Fear,"same with his badge upon the forearm.""",1530
The Valley Of Fear,,1531
The Valley Of Fear,"""That's my idea, too,"" said White Mason.",1532
The Valley Of Fear,,1533
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, we can adopt it as a working hypothesis and then see how far",1534
The Valley Of Fear,our difficulties disappear. An agent from such a society makes his,1535
The Valley Of Fear,"way into the house, waits for Mr. Douglas, blows his head nearly off",1536
The Valley Of Fear,"with this weapon, and escapes by wading the moat, after leaving a",1537
The Valley Of Fear,"card beside the dead man, which will when mentioned in the papers,",1538
The Valley Of Fear,tell other members of the society that vengeance has been done. That,1539
The Valley Of Fear,"all hangs together. But why this gun, of all weapons?""",1540
The Valley Of Fear,,1541
The Valley Of Fear,"""Exactly.""",1542
The Valley Of Fear,,1543
The Valley Of Fear,"""And why the missing ring?""",1544
The Valley Of Fear,,1545
The Valley Of Fear,"""Quite so.""",1546
The Valley Of Fear,,1547
The Valley Of Fear,"""And why no arrest? It's past two now. I take it for granted that",1548
The Valley Of Fear,since dawn every constable within forty miles has been looking out,1549
The Valley Of Fear,"for a wet stranger?""",1550
The Valley Of Fear,,1551
The Valley Of Fear,"""That is so, Mr. Holmes.""",1552
The Valley Of Fear,,1553
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, unless he has a burrow close by or a change of clothes ready,",1554
The Valley Of Fear,"they can hardly miss him. And yet they have missed him up to now!""",1555
The Valley Of Fear,Holmes had gone to the window and was examining with his lens the,1556
The Valley Of Fear,"blood mark on the sill. ""It is clearly the tread of a shoe. It is",1557
The Valley Of Fear,"remarkably broad; a splay-foot, one would say. Curious, because, so",1558
The Valley Of Fear,"far as one can trace any footmark in this mud-stained corner, one",1559
The Valley Of Fear,"would say it was a more shapely sole. However, they are certainly",1560
The Valley Of Fear,"very indistinct. What's this under the side table?""",1561
The Valley Of Fear,,1562
The Valley Of Fear,"""Mr. Douglas's dumb-bells,"" said Ames.",1563
The Valley Of Fear,,1564
The Valley Of Fear,"""Dumb-bell--there's only one. Where's the other?""",1565
The Valley Of Fear,,1566
The Valley Of Fear,"""I don't know, Mr. Holmes. There may have been only one. I have not",1567
The Valley Of Fear,"noticed them for months.""",1568
The Valley Of Fear,,1569
The Valley Of Fear,"""One dumb-bell--"" Holmes said seriously; but his remarks were",1570
The Valley Of Fear,interrupted by a sharp knock at the door.,1571
The Valley Of Fear,,1572
The Valley Of Fear,"A tall, sunburned, capable-looking, clean-shaved man looked in at us.",1573
The Valley Of Fear,I had no difficulty in guessing that it was the Cecil Barker of whom,1574
The Valley Of Fear,I had heard. His masterful eyes travelled quickly with a questioning,1575
The Valley Of Fear,glance from face to face.,1576
The Valley Of Fear,,1577
The Valley Of Fear,"""Sorry to interrupt your consultation,"" said he, ""but you should hear",1578
The Valley Of Fear,"the latest news.""",1579
The Valley Of Fear,,1580
The Valley Of Fear,"""An arrest?""",1581
The Valley Of Fear,,1582
The Valley Of Fear,"""No such luck. But they've found his bicycle. The fellow left his",1583
The Valley Of Fear,bicycle behind him. Come and have a look. It is within a hundred,1584
The Valley Of Fear,"yards of the hall door.""",1585
The Valley Of Fear,,1586
The Valley Of Fear,We found three or four grooms and idlers standing in the drive,1587
The Valley Of Fear,inspecting a bicycle which had been drawn out from a clump of,1588
The Valley Of Fear,evergreens in which it had been concealed. It was a well used,1589
The Valley Of Fear,"Rudge-Whitworth, splashed as from a considerable journey. There was a",1590
The Valley Of Fear,"saddlebag with spanner and oilcan, but no clue as to the owner.",1591
The Valley Of Fear,,1592
The Valley Of Fear,"""It would be a grand help to the police,"" said the inspector, ""if",1593
The Valley Of Fear,these things were numbered and registered. But we must be thankful,1594
The Valley Of Fear,"for what we've got. If we can't find where he went to, at least we",1595
The Valley Of Fear,are likely to get where he came from. But what in the name of all,1596
The Valley Of Fear,that is wonderful made the fellow leave it behind? And how in the,1597
The Valley Of Fear,world has he got away without it? We don't seem to get a gleam of,1598
The Valley Of Fear,"light in the case, Mr. Holmes.""",1599
The Valley Of Fear,,1600
The Valley Of Fear,"""Don't we?"" my friend answered thoughtfully. ""I wonder!""",1601
The Valley Of Fear,,1602
The Valley Of Fear,CHAPTER V,1603
The Valley Of Fear,The People Of the Drama,1604
The Valley Of Fear,,1605
The Valley Of Fear,"""Have you seen all you want of the study?"" asked White Mason as we",1606
The Valley Of Fear,reentered the house.,1607
The Valley Of Fear,,1608
The Valley Of Fear,"""For the time,"" said the inspector, and Holmes nodded.",1609
The Valley Of Fear,,1610
The Valley Of Fear,"""Then perhaps you would now like to hear the evidence of some of the",1611
The Valley Of Fear,"people in the house. We could use the dining-room, Ames. Please come",1612
The Valley Of Fear,"yourself first and tell us what you know.""",1613
The Valley Of Fear,,1614
The Valley Of Fear,"The butler's account was a simple and a clear one, and he gave a",1615
The Valley Of Fear,convincing impression of sincerity. He had been engaged five years,1616
The Valley Of Fear,"before, when Douglas first came to Birlstone. He understood that Mr.",1617
The Valley Of Fear,Douglas was a rich gentleman who had made his money in America. He,1618
The Valley Of Fear,had been a kind and considerate employer--not quite what Ames was,1619
The Valley Of Fear,"used to, perhaps; but one can't have everything. He never saw any",1620
The Valley Of Fear,"signs of apprehension in Mr. Douglas: on the contrary, he was the",1621
The Valley Of Fear,most fearless man he had ever known. He ordered the drawbridge to be,1622
The Valley Of Fear,pulled up every night because it was the ancient custom of the old,1623
The Valley Of Fear,"house, and he liked to keep the old ways up.",1624
The Valley Of Fear,,1625
The Valley Of Fear,Mr. Douglas seldom went to London or left the village; but on the day,1626
The Valley Of Fear,before the crime he had been shopping at Tunbridge Wells. He (Ames),1627
The Valley Of Fear,had observed some restlessness and excitement on the part of Mr.,1628
The Valley Of Fear,"Douglas that day; for he had seemed impatient and irritable, which",1629
The Valley Of Fear,was unusual with him. He had not gone to bed that night; but was in,1630
The Valley Of Fear,"the pantry at the back of the house, putting away the silver, when he",1631
The Valley Of Fear,heard the bell ring violently. He heard no shot; but it was hardly,1632
The Valley Of Fear,"possible he would, as the pantry and kitchens were at the very back",1633
The Valley Of Fear,of the house and there were several closed doors and a long passage,1634
The Valley Of Fear,"between. The housekeeper had come out of her room, attracted by the",1635
The Valley Of Fear,violent ringing of the bell. They had gone to the front of the house,1636
The Valley Of Fear,together.,1637
The Valley Of Fear,,1638
The Valley Of Fear,As they reached the bottom of the stair he had seen Mrs. Douglas,1639
The Valley Of Fear,"coming down it. No, she was not hurrying; it did not seem to him that",1640
The Valley Of Fear,she was particularly agitated. Just as she reached the bottom of the,1641
The Valley Of Fear,stair Mr. Barker had rushed out of the study. He had stopped Mrs.,1642
The Valley Of Fear,Douglas and begged her to go back.,1643
The Valley Of Fear,,1644
The Valley Of Fear,"""For God's sake, go back to your room!"" he cried. ""Poor Jack is dead!",1645
The Valley Of Fear,"You can do nothing. For God's sake, go back!""",1646
The Valley Of Fear,,1647
The Valley Of Fear,After some persuasion upon the stairs Mrs. Douglas had gone back. She,1648
The Valley Of Fear,"did not scream. She made no outcry whatever. Mrs. Allen, the",1649
The Valley Of Fear,"housekeeper, had taken her upstairs and stayed with her in the",1650
The Valley Of Fear,"bedroom. Ames and Mr. Barker had then returned to the study, where",1651
The Valley Of Fear,they had found everything exactly as the police had seen it. The,1652
The Valley Of Fear,candle was not lit at that time; but the lamp was burning. They had,1653
The Valley Of Fear,looked out of the window; but the night was very dark and nothing,1654
The Valley Of Fear,"could be seen or heard. They had then rushed out into the hall, where",1655
The Valley Of Fear,Ames had turned the windlass which lowered the drawbridge. Mr. Barker,1656
The Valley Of Fear,had then hurried off to get the police.,1657
The Valley Of Fear,,1658
The Valley Of Fear,"Such, in its essentials, was the evidence of the butler.",1659
The Valley Of Fear,,1660
The Valley Of Fear,"The account of Mrs. Allen, the housekeeper, was, so far as it went, a",1661
The Valley Of Fear,corroboration of that of her fellow servant. The housekeeper's room,1662
The Valley Of Fear,was rather nearer to the front of the house than the pantry in which,1663
The Valley Of Fear,Ames had been working. She was preparing to go to bed when the loud,1664
The Valley Of Fear,ringing of the bell had attracted her attention. She was a little,1665
The Valley Of Fear,hard of hearing. Perhaps that was why she had not heard the shot; but,1666
The Valley Of Fear,in any case the study was a long way off. She remembered hearing some,1667
The Valley Of Fear,sound which she imagined to be the slamming of a door. That was a,1668
The Valley Of Fear,good deal earlier--half an hour at least before the ringing of the,1669
The Valley Of Fear,bell. When Mr. Ames ran to the front she went with him. She saw Mr.,1670
The Valley Of Fear,"Barker, very pale and excited, come out of the study. He intercepted",1671
The Valley Of Fear,"Mrs. Douglas, who was coming down the stairs. He entreated her to go",1672
The Valley Of Fear,"back, and she answered him, but what she said could not be heard.",1673
The Valley Of Fear,,1674
The Valley Of Fear,"""Take her up! Stay with her!"" he had said to Mrs. Allen.",1675
The Valley Of Fear,,1676
The Valley Of Fear,"She had therefore taken her to the bedroom, and endeavoured to soothe",1677
The Valley Of Fear,"her. She was greatly excited, trembling all over, but made no other",1678
The Valley Of Fear,attempt to go downstairs. She just sat in her dressing gown by her,1679
The Valley Of Fear,"bedroom fire, with her head sunk in her hands. Mrs. Allen stayed with",1680
The Valley Of Fear,"her most of the night. As to the other servants, they had all gone to",1681
The Valley Of Fear,"bed, and the alarm did not reach them until just before the police",1682
The Valley Of Fear,"arrived. They slept at the extreme back of the house, and could not",1683
The Valley Of Fear,possibly have heard anything.,1684
The Valley Of Fear,,1685
The Valley Of Fear,So far the housekeeper could add nothing on cross-examination save,1686
The Valley Of Fear,lamentations and expressions of amazement.,1687
The Valley Of Fear,,1688
The Valley Of Fear,Cecil Barker succeeded Mrs. Allen as a witness. As to the occurrences,1689
The Valley Of Fear,"of the night before, he had very little to add to what he had already",1690
The Valley Of Fear,"told the police. Personally, he was convinced that the murderer had",1691
The Valley Of Fear,"escaped by the window. The bloodstain was conclusive, in his opinion,",1692
The Valley Of Fear,"on that point. Besides, as the bridge was up, there was no other",1693
The Valley Of Fear,possible way of escaping. He could not explain what had become of the,1694
The Valley Of Fear,"assassin or why he had not taken his bicycle, if it were indeed his.",1695
The Valley Of Fear,"He could not possibly have been drowned in the moat, which was at no",1696
The Valley Of Fear,place more than three feet deep.,1697
The Valley Of Fear,,1698
The Valley Of Fear,In his own mind he had a very definite theory about the murder.,1699
The Valley Of Fear,"Douglas was a reticent man, and there were some chapters in his life",1700
The Valley Of Fear,of which he never spoke. He had emigrated to America when he was a,1701
The Valley Of Fear,"very young man. He had prospered well, and Barker had first met him",1702
The Valley Of Fear,"in California, where they had become partners in a successful mining",1703
The Valley Of Fear,claim at a place called Benito Canyon. They had done very well; but,1704
The Valley Of Fear,Douglas had suddenly sold out and started for England. He was a,1705
The Valley Of Fear,widower at that time. Barker had afterwards realized his money and,1706
The Valley Of Fear,come to live in London. Thus they had renewed their friendship.,1707
The Valley Of Fear,,1708
The Valley Of Fear,Douglas had given him the impression that some danger was hanging,1709
The Valley Of Fear,"over his head, and he had always looked upon his sudden departure",1710
The Valley Of Fear,"from California, and also his renting a house in so quiet a place in",1711
The Valley Of Fear,"England, as being connected with this peril. He imagined that some",1712
The Valley Of Fear,"secret society, some implacable organization, was on Douglas's track,",1713
The Valley Of Fear,which would never rest until it killed him. Some remarks of his had,1714
The Valley Of Fear,given him this idea; though he had never told him what the society,1715
The Valley Of Fear,"was, nor how he had come to offend it. He could only suppose that the",1716
The Valley Of Fear,legend upon the placard had some reference to this secret society.,1717
The Valley Of Fear,,1718
The Valley Of Fear,"""How long were you with Douglas in California?"" asked Inspector",1719
The Valley Of Fear,MacDonald.,1720
The Valley Of Fear,,1721
The Valley Of Fear,"""Five years altogether.""",1722
The Valley Of Fear,,1723
The Valley Of Fear,"""He was a bachelor, you say?""",1724
The Valley Of Fear,,1725
The Valley Of Fear,"""A widower.""",1726
The Valley Of Fear,,1727
The Valley Of Fear,"""Have you ever heard where his first wife came from?""",1728
The Valley Of Fear,,1729
The Valley Of Fear,"""No, I remember his saying that she was of German extraction, and I",1730
The Valley Of Fear,have seen her portrait. She was a very beautiful woman. She died of,1731
The Valley Of Fear,"typhoid the year before I met him.""",1732
The Valley Of Fear,,1733
The Valley Of Fear,"""You don't associate his past with any particular part of America?""",1734
The Valley Of Fear,,1735
The Valley Of Fear,"""I have heard him talk of Chicago. He knew that city well and had",1736
The Valley Of Fear,worked there. I have heard him talk of the coal and iron districts.,1737
The Valley Of Fear,"He had travelled a good deal in his time.""",1738
The Valley Of Fear,,1739
The Valley Of Fear,"""Was he a politician? Had this secret society to do with politics?""",1740
The Valley Of Fear,,1741
The Valley Of Fear,"""No, he cared nothing about politics.""",1742
The Valley Of Fear,,1743
The Valley Of Fear,"""You have no reason to think it was criminal?""",1744
The Valley Of Fear,,1745
The Valley Of Fear,"""On the contrary, I never met a straighter man in my life.""",1746
The Valley Of Fear,,1747
The Valley Of Fear,"""Was there anything curious about his life in California?""",1748
The Valley Of Fear,,1749
The Valley Of Fear,"""He liked best to stay and to work at our claim in the mountains. He",1750
The Valley Of Fear,would never go where other men were if he could help it. That's why I,1751
The Valley Of Fear,first thought that someone was after him. Then when he left so,1752
The Valley Of Fear,suddenly for Europe I made sure that it was so. I believe that he had,1753
The Valley Of Fear,a warning of some sort. Within a week of his leaving half a dozen men,1754
The Valley Of Fear,"were inquiring for him.""",1755
The Valley Of Fear,,1756
The Valley Of Fear,"""What sort of men?""",1757
The Valley Of Fear,,1758
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, they were a mighty hard-looking crowd. They came up to the",1759
The Valley Of Fear,claim and wanted to know where he was. I told them that he was gone,1760
The Valley Of Fear,to Europe and that I did not know where to find him. They meant him,1761
The Valley Of Fear,"no good--it was easy to see that.""",1762
The Valley Of Fear,,1763
The Valley Of Fear,"""Were these men Americans--Californians?""",1764
The Valley Of Fear,,1765
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, I don't know about Californians. They were Americans, all",1766
The Valley Of Fear,"right. But they were not miners. I don't know what they were, and was",1767
The Valley Of Fear,"very glad to see their backs.""",1768
The Valley Of Fear,,1769
The Valley Of Fear,"""That was six years ago?""",1770
The Valley Of Fear,,1771
The Valley Of Fear,"""Nearer seven.""",1772
The Valley Of Fear,,1773
The Valley Of Fear,"""And then you were together five years in California, so that this",1774
The Valley Of Fear,"business dates back not less than eleven years at the least?""",1775
The Valley Of Fear,,1776
The Valley Of Fear,"""That is so.""",1777
The Valley Of Fear,,1778
The Valley Of Fear,"""It must be a very serious feud that would be kept up with such",1779
The Valley Of Fear,earnestness for as long as that. It would be no light thing that,1780
The Valley Of Fear,"would give rise to it.""",1781
The Valley Of Fear,,1782
The Valley Of Fear,"""I think it shadowed his whole life. It was never quite out of his",1783
The Valley Of Fear,"mind.""",1784
The Valley Of Fear,,1785
The Valley Of Fear,"""But if a man had a danger hanging over him, and knew what it was,",1786
The Valley Of Fear,"don't you think he would turn to the police for protection?""",1787
The Valley Of Fear,,1788
The Valley Of Fear,"""Maybe it was some danger that he could not be protected against.",1789
The Valley Of Fear,There's one thing you should know. He always went about armed. His,1790
The Valley Of Fear,"revolver was never out of his pocket. But, by bad luck, he was in his",1791
The Valley Of Fear,dressing gown and had left it in the bedroom last night. Once the,1792
The Valley Of Fear,"bridge was up, I guess he thought he was safe.""",1793
The Valley Of Fear,,1794
The Valley Of Fear,"""I should like these dates a little clearer,"" said MacDonald. ""It is",1795
The Valley Of Fear,quite six years since Douglas left California. You followed him next,1796
The Valley Of Fear,"year, did you not?""",1797
The Valley Of Fear,,1798
The Valley Of Fear,"""That is so.""",1799
The Valley Of Fear,,1800
The Valley Of Fear,"""And he had been married five years. You must have returned about the",1801
The Valley Of Fear,"time of his marriage.""",1802
The Valley Of Fear,,1803
The Valley Of Fear,"""About a month before. I was his best man.""",1804
The Valley Of Fear,,1805
The Valley Of Fear,"""Did you know Mrs. Douglas before her marriage?""",1806
The Valley Of Fear,,1807
The Valley Of Fear,"""No, I did not. I had been away from England for ten years.""",1808
The Valley Of Fear,,1809
The Valley Of Fear,"""But you have seen a good deal of her since.""",1810
The Valley Of Fear,,1811
The Valley Of Fear,"Barker looked sternly at the detective. ""I have seen a good deal of",1812
The Valley Of Fear,"him since,"" he answered. ""If I have seen her, it is because you",1813
The Valley Of Fear,cannot visit a man without knowing his wife. If you imagine there is,1814
The Valley Of Fear,"any connection--""",1815
The Valley Of Fear,,1816
The Valley Of Fear,"""I imagine nothing, Mr. Barker. I am bound to make every inquiry",1817
The Valley Of Fear,"which can bear upon the case. But I mean no offense.""",1818
The Valley Of Fear,,1819
The Valley Of Fear,"""Some inquiries are offensive,"" Barker answered angrily.",1820
The Valley Of Fear,,1821
The Valley Of Fear,"""It's only the facts that we want. It is in your interest and",1822
The Valley Of Fear,everyone's interest that they should be cleared up. Did Mr. Douglas,1823
The Valley Of Fear,"entirely approve your friendship with his wife?""",1824
The Valley Of Fear,,1825
The Valley Of Fear,"Barker grew paler, and his great, strong hands were clasped",1826
The Valley Of Fear,"convulsively together. ""You have no right to ask such questions!"" he",1827
The Valley Of Fear,"cried. ""What has this to do with the matter you are investigating?""",1828
The Valley Of Fear,,1829
The Valley Of Fear,"""I must repeat the question.""",1830
The Valley Of Fear,,1831
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, I refuse to answer.""",1832
The Valley Of Fear,,1833
The Valley Of Fear,"""You can refuse to answer; but you must be aware that your refusal is",1834
The Valley Of Fear,"in itself an answer, for you would not refuse if you had not",1835
The Valley Of Fear,"something to conceal.""",1836
The Valley Of Fear,,1837
The Valley Of Fear,Barker stood for a moment with his face set grimly and his strong,1838
The Valley Of Fear,black eyebrows drawn low in intense thought. Then he looked up with a,1839
The Valley Of Fear,"smile. ""Well, I guess you gentlemen are only doing your clear duty",1840
The Valley Of Fear,"after all, and I have no right to stand in the way of it. I'd only",1841
The Valley Of Fear,ask you not to worry Mrs. Douglas over this matter; for she has,1842
The Valley Of Fear,enough upon her just now. I may tell you that poor Douglas had just,1843
The Valley Of Fear,"one fault in the world, and that was his jealousy. He was fond of",1844
The Valley Of Fear,me--no man could be fonder of a friend. And he was devoted to his,1845
The Valley Of Fear,"wife. He loved me to come here, and was forever sending for me. And",1846
The Valley Of Fear,yet if his wife and I talked together or there seemed any sympathy,1847
The Valley Of Fear,"between us, a kind of wave of jealousy would pass over him, and he",1848
The Valley Of Fear,would be off the handle and saying the wildest things in a moment.,1849
The Valley Of Fear,"More than once I've sworn off coming for that reason, and then he",1850
The Valley Of Fear,"would write me such penitent, imploring letters that I just had to.",1851
The Valley Of Fear,"But you can take it from me, gentlemen, if it was my last word, that",1852
The Valley Of Fear,"no man ever had a more loving, faithful wife--and I can say also no",1853
The Valley Of Fear,"friend could be more loyal than I!""",1854
The Valley Of Fear,,1855
The Valley Of Fear,"It was spoken with fervour and feeling, and yet Inspector MacDonald",1856
The Valley Of Fear,could not dismiss the subject.,1857
The Valley Of Fear,,1858
The Valley Of Fear,"""You are aware,"" said he, ""that the dead man's wedding ring has been",1859
The Valley Of Fear,"taken from his finger?""",1860
The Valley Of Fear,,1861
The Valley Of Fear,"""So it appears,"" said Barker.",1862
The Valley Of Fear,,1863
The Valley Of Fear,"""What do you mean by 'appears'? You know it as a fact.""",1864
The Valley Of Fear,,1865
The Valley Of Fear,"The man seemed confused and undecided. ""When I said 'appears' I meant",1866
The Valley Of Fear,"that it was conceivable that he had himself taken off the ring.""",1867
The Valley Of Fear,,1868
The Valley Of Fear,"""The mere fact that the ring should be absent, whoever may have",1869
The Valley Of Fear,"removed it, would suggest to anyone's mind, would it not, that the",1870
The Valley Of Fear,"marriage and the tragedy were connected?""",1871
The Valley Of Fear,,1872
The Valley Of Fear,"Barker shrugged his broad shoulders. ""I can't profess to say what it",1873
The Valley Of Fear,"means."" he answered. ""But if you mean to hint that it could reflect",1874
The Valley Of Fear,"in any way upon this lady's honour""--his eyes blazed for an instant,",1875
The Valley Of Fear,and then with an evident effort he got a grip upon his own,1876
The Valley Of Fear,"emotions--""well, you are on the wrong track, that's all.""",1877
The Valley Of Fear,,1878
The Valley Of Fear,"""I don't know that I've anything else to ask you at present,"" said",1879
The Valley Of Fear,"MacDonald, coldly.",1880
The Valley Of Fear,,1881
The Valley Of Fear,"""There was one small point,"" remarked Sherlock Holmes. ""When you",1882
The Valley Of Fear,"entered the room there was only a candle lighted on the table, was",1883
The Valley Of Fear,"there not?""",1884
The Valley Of Fear,,1885
The Valley Of Fear,"""Yes, that was so.""",1886
The Valley Of Fear,,1887
The Valley Of Fear,"""By its light you saw that some terrible incident had occurred?""",1888
The Valley Of Fear,,1889
The Valley Of Fear,"""Exactly.""",1890
The Valley Of Fear,,1891
The Valley Of Fear,"""You at once rang for help?""",1892
The Valley Of Fear,,1893
The Valley Of Fear,"""Yes.""",1894
The Valley Of Fear,,1895
The Valley Of Fear,"""And it arrived very speedily?""",1896
The Valley Of Fear,,1897
The Valley Of Fear,"""Within a minute or so.""",1898
The Valley Of Fear,,1899
The Valley Of Fear,"""And yet when they arrived they found that the candle was out and",1900
The Valley Of Fear,"that the lamp had been lighted. That seems very remarkable.""",1901
The Valley Of Fear,,1902
The Valley Of Fear,"Again Barker showed some signs of indecision. ""I don't see that it",1903
The Valley Of Fear,"was remarkable, Mr. Holmes,"" he answered after a pause. ""The candle",1904
The Valley Of Fear,threw a very bad light. My first thought was to get a better one. The,1905
The Valley Of Fear,"lamp was on the table; so I lit it.""",1906
The Valley Of Fear,,1907
The Valley Of Fear,"""And blew out the candle?""",1908
The Valley Of Fear,,1909
The Valley Of Fear,"""Exactly.""",1910
The Valley Of Fear,,1911
The Valley Of Fear,"Holmes asked no further question, and Barker, with a deliberate look",1912
The Valley Of Fear,"from one to the other of us, which had, as it seemed to me, something",1913
The Valley Of Fear,"of defiance in it, turned and left the room.",1914
The Valley Of Fear,,1915
The Valley Of Fear,Inspector MacDonald had sent up a note to the effect that he would,1916
The Valley Of Fear,wait upon Mrs. Douglas in her room; but she had replied that she,1917
The Valley Of Fear,"would meet us in the dining room. She entered now, a tall and",1918
The Valley Of Fear,"beautiful woman of thirty, reserved and self-possessed to a",1919
The Valley Of Fear,"remarkable degree, very different from the tragic and distracted",1920
The Valley Of Fear,"figure I had pictured. It is true that her face was pale and drawn,",1921
The Valley Of Fear,like that of one who has endured a great shock; but her manner was,1922
The Valley Of Fear,"composed, and the finely moulded hand which she rested upon the edge",1923
The Valley Of Fear,"of the table was as steady as my own. Her sad, appealing eyes",1924
The Valley Of Fear,travelled from one to the other of us with a curiously inquisitive,1925
The Valley Of Fear,expression. That questioning gaze transformed itself suddenly into,1926
The Valley Of Fear,abrupt speech.,1927
The Valley Of Fear,,1928
The Valley Of Fear,"""Have you found anything out yet?"" she asked.",1929
The Valley Of Fear,,1930
The Valley Of Fear,Was it my imagination that there was an undertone of fear rather than,1931
The Valley Of Fear,of hope in the question?,1932
The Valley Of Fear,,1933
The Valley Of Fear,"""We have taken every possible step, Mrs. Douglas,"" said the",1934
The Valley Of Fear,"inspector. ""You may rest assured that nothing will be neglected.""",1935
The Valley Of Fear,,1936
The Valley Of Fear,"""Spare no money,"" she said in a dead, even tone. ""It is my desire",1937
The Valley Of Fear,"that every possible effort should be made.""",1938
The Valley Of Fear,,1939
The Valley Of Fear,"""Perhaps you can tell us something which may throw some light upon",1940
The Valley Of Fear,"the matter.""",1941
The Valley Of Fear,,1942
The Valley Of Fear,"""I fear not; but all I know is at your service.""",1943
The Valley Of Fear,,1944
The Valley Of Fear,"""We have heard from Mr. Cecil Barker that you did not actually",1945
The Valley Of Fear,"see--that you were never in the room where the tragedy occurred?""",1946
The Valley Of Fear,,1947
The Valley Of Fear,"""No, he turned me back upon the stairs. He begged me to return to my",1948
The Valley Of Fear,"room.""",1949
The Valley Of Fear,,1950
The Valley Of Fear,"""Quite so. You had heard the shot, and you had at once come down.""",1951
The Valley Of Fear,,1952
The Valley Of Fear,"""I put on my dressing gown and then came down.""",1953
The Valley Of Fear,,1954
The Valley Of Fear,"""How long was it after hearing the shot that you were stopped on the",1955
The Valley Of Fear,"stair by Mr. Barker?""",1956
The Valley Of Fear,,1957
The Valley Of Fear,"""It may have been a couple of minutes. It is so hard to reckon time",1958
The Valley Of Fear,at such a moment. He implored me not to go on. He assured me that I,1959
The Valley Of Fear,"could do nothing. Then Mrs. Allen, the housekeeper, led me upstairs",1960
The Valley Of Fear,"again. It was all like some dreadful dream.""",1961
The Valley Of Fear,,1962
The Valley Of Fear,"""Can you give us any idea how long your husband had been downstairs",1963
The Valley Of Fear,"before you heard the shot?""",1964
The Valley Of Fear,,1965
The Valley Of Fear,"""No, I cannot say. He went from his dressing room, and I did not hear",1966
The Valley Of Fear,"him go. He did the round of the house every night, for he was nervous",1967
The Valley Of Fear,"of fire. It is the only thing that I have ever known him nervous of.""",1968
The Valley Of Fear,,1969
The Valley Of Fear,"""That is just the point which I want to come to, Mrs. Douglas. You",1970
The Valley Of Fear,"have known your husband only in England, have you not?""",1971
The Valley Of Fear,,1972
The Valley Of Fear,"""Yes, we have been married five years.""",1973
The Valley Of Fear,,1974
The Valley Of Fear,"""Have you heard him speak of anything which occurred in America and",1975
The Valley Of Fear,"might bring some danger upon him?""",1976
The Valley Of Fear,,1977
The Valley Of Fear,"Mrs. Douglas thought earnestly before she answered. ""Yes."" she said",1978
The Valley Of Fear,"at last, ""I have always felt that there was a danger hanging over",1979
The Valley Of Fear,him. He refused to discuss it with me. It was not from want of,1980
The Valley Of Fear,confidence in me--there was the most complete love and confidence,1981
The Valley Of Fear,between us--but it was out of his desire to keep all alarm away from,1982
The Valley Of Fear,"me. He thought I should brood over it if I knew all, and so he was",1983
The Valley Of Fear,"silent.""",1984
The Valley Of Fear,,1985
The Valley Of Fear,"""How did you know it, then?""",1986
The Valley Of Fear,,1987
The Valley Of Fear,"Mrs. Douglas's face lit with a quick smile. ""Can a husband ever carry",1988
The Valley Of Fear,about a secret all his life and a woman who loves him have no,1989
The Valley Of Fear,suspicion of it? I knew it by his refusal to talk about some episodes,1990
The Valley Of Fear,in his American life. I knew it by certain precautions he took. I,1991
The Valley Of Fear,knew it by certain words he let fall. I knew it by the way he looked,1992
The Valley Of Fear,at unexpected strangers. I was perfectly certain that he had some,1993
The Valley Of Fear,"powerful enemies, that he believed they were on his track, and that",1994
The Valley Of Fear,he was always on his guard against them. I was so sure of it that for,1995
The Valley Of Fear,years I have been terrified if ever he came home later than was,1996
The Valley Of Fear,"expected.""",1997
The Valley Of Fear,,1998
The Valley Of Fear,"""Might I ask,"" asked Holmes, ""what the words were which attracted",1999
The Valley Of Fear,"your attention?""",2000
The Valley Of Fear,,2001
The Valley Of Fear,"""The Valley of Fear,"" the lady answered. ""That was an expression he",2002
The Valley Of Fear,has used when I questioned him. 'I have been in the Valley of Fear. I,2003
The Valley Of Fear,am not out of it yet.'--'Are we never to get out of the Valley of,2004
The Valley Of Fear,Fear?' I have asked him when I have seen him more serious than usual.,2005
The Valley Of Fear,"'Sometimes I think that we never shall,' he has answered.""",2006
The Valley Of Fear,,2007
The Valley Of Fear,"""Surely you asked him what he meant by the Valley of Fear?""",2008
The Valley Of Fear,,2009
The Valley Of Fear,"""I did; but his face would become very grave and he would shake his",2010
The Valley Of Fear,head. 'It is bad enough that one of us should have been in its,2011
The Valley Of Fear,"shadow,' he said. 'Please God it shall never fall upon you!' It was",2012
The Valley Of Fear,some real valley in which he had lived and in which something,2013
The Valley Of Fear,"terrible had occurred to him, of that I am certain; but I can tell",2014
The Valley Of Fear,"you no more.""",2015
The Valley Of Fear,,2016
The Valley Of Fear,"""And he never mentioned any names?""",2017
The Valley Of Fear,,2018
The Valley Of Fear,"""Yes, he was delirious with fever once when he had his hunting",2019
The Valley Of Fear,accident three years ago. Then I remember that there was a name that,2020
The Valley Of Fear,came continually to his lips. He spoke it with anger and a sort of,2021
The Valley Of Fear,horror. McGinty was the name--Bodymaster McGinty. I asked him when he,2022
The Valley Of Fear,"recovered who Bodymaster McGinty was, and whose body he was master",2023
The Valley Of Fear,"of. 'Never of mine, thank God!' he answered with a laugh, and that",2024
The Valley Of Fear,was all I could get from him. But there is a connection between,2025
The Valley Of Fear,"Bodymaster McGinty and the Valley of Fear.""",2026
The Valley Of Fear,,2027
The Valley Of Fear,"""There is one other point,"" said Inspector MacDonald. ""You met Mr.",2028
The Valley Of Fear,"Douglas in a boarding house in London, did you not, and became",2029
The Valley Of Fear,"engaged to him there? Was there any romance, anything secret or",2030
The Valley Of Fear,"mysterious, about the wedding?""",2031
The Valley Of Fear,,2032
The Valley Of Fear,"""There was romance. There is always romance. There was nothing",2033
The Valley Of Fear,"mysterious.""",2034
The Valley Of Fear,,2035
The Valley Of Fear,"""He had no rival?""",2036
The Valley Of Fear,,2037
The Valley Of Fear,"""No, I was quite free.""",2038
The Valley Of Fear,,2039
The Valley Of Fear,"""You have heard, no doubt, that his wedding ring has been taken. Does",2040
The Valley Of Fear,that suggest anything to you? Suppose that some enemy of his old life,2041
The Valley Of Fear,"had tracked him down and committed this crime, what possible reason",2042
The Valley Of Fear,"could he have for taking his wedding ring?""",2043
The Valley Of Fear,,2044
The Valley Of Fear,For an instant I could have sworn that the faintest shadow of a smile,2045
The Valley Of Fear,flickered over the woman's lips.,2046
The Valley Of Fear,,2047
The Valley Of Fear,"""I really cannot tell,"" she answered. ""It is certainly a most",2048
The Valley Of Fear,"extraordinary thing.""",2049
The Valley Of Fear,,2050
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, we will not detain you any longer, and we are sorry to have",2051
The Valley Of Fear,"put you to this trouble at such a time,"" said the inspector. ""There",2052
The Valley Of Fear,"are some other points, no doubt; but we can refer to you as they",2053
The Valley Of Fear,"arise.""",2054
The Valley Of Fear,,2055
The Valley Of Fear,"She rose, and I was again conscious of that quick, questioning glance",2056
The Valley Of Fear,"with which she had just surveyed us. ""What impression has my evidence",2057
The Valley Of Fear,"made upon you?"" The question might as well have been spoken. Then,",2058
The Valley Of Fear,"with a bow, she swept from the room.",2059
The Valley Of Fear,,2060
The Valley Of Fear,"""She's a beautiful woman--a very beautiful woman,"" said MacDonald",2061
The Valley Of Fear,"thoughtfully, after the door had closed behind her. ""This man Barker",2062
The Valley Of Fear,has certainly been down here a good deal. He is a man who might be,2063
The Valley Of Fear,"attractive to a woman. He admits that the dead man was jealous, and",2064
The Valley Of Fear,maybe he knew best himself what cause he had for jealousy. Then,2065
The Valley Of Fear,there's that wedding ring. You can't get past that. The man who tears,2066
The Valley Of Fear,"a wedding ring off a dead man's--What do you say to it, Mr. Holmes?""",2067
The Valley Of Fear,,2068
The Valley Of Fear,"My friend had sat with his head upon his hands, sunk in the deepest",2069
The Valley Of Fear,"thought. Now he rose and rang the bell. ""Ames,"" he said, when the",2070
The Valley Of Fear,"butler entered, ""where is Mr. Cecil Barker now?""",2071
The Valley Of Fear,,2072
The Valley Of Fear,"""I'll see, sir.""",2073
The Valley Of Fear,,2074
The Valley Of Fear,He came back in a moment to say that Barker was in the garden.,2075
The Valley Of Fear,,2076
The Valley Of Fear,"""Can you remember, Ames, what Mr. Barker had on his feet last night",2077
The Valley Of Fear,"when you joined him in the study?""",2078
The Valley Of Fear,,2079
The Valley Of Fear,"""Yes, Mr. Holmes. He had a pair of bedroom slippers. I brought him",2080
The Valley Of Fear,"his boots when he went for the police.""",2081
The Valley Of Fear,,2082
The Valley Of Fear,"""Where are the slippers now?""",2083
The Valley Of Fear,,2084
The Valley Of Fear,"""They are still under the chair in the hall.""",2085
The Valley Of Fear,,2086
The Valley Of Fear,"""Very good, Ames. It is, of course, important for us to know which",2087
The Valley Of Fear,"tracks may be Mr. Barker's and which from outside.""",2088
The Valley Of Fear,,2089
The Valley Of Fear,"""Yes, sir. I may say that I noticed that the slippers were stained",2090
The Valley Of Fear,"with blood--so indeed were my own.""",2091
The Valley Of Fear,,2092
The Valley Of Fear,"""That is natural enough, considering the condition of the room. Very",2093
The Valley Of Fear,"good, Ames. We will ring if we want you.""",2094
The Valley Of Fear,,2095
The Valley Of Fear,A few minutes later we were in the study. Holmes had brought with him,2096
The Valley Of Fear,"the carpet slippers from the hall. As Ames had observed, the soles of",2097
The Valley Of Fear,both were dark with blood.,2098
The Valley Of Fear,,2099
The Valley Of Fear,"""Strange!"" murmured Holmes, as he stood in the light of the window",2100
The Valley Of Fear,"and examined them minutely. ""Very strange indeed!""",2101
The Valley Of Fear,,2102
The Valley Of Fear,"Stooping with one of his quick feline pounces, he placed the slipper",2103
The Valley Of Fear,upon the blood mark on the sill. It exactly corresponded. He smiled,2104
The Valley Of Fear,in silence at his colleagues.,2105
The Valley Of Fear,,2106
The Valley Of Fear,The inspector was transfigured with excitement. His native accent,2107
The Valley Of Fear,rattled like a stick upon railings.,2108
The Valley Of Fear,,2109
The Valley Of Fear,"""Man,"" he cried, ""there's not a doubt of it! Barker has just marked",2110
The Valley Of Fear,the window himself. It's a good deal broader than any bootmark. I,2111
The Valley Of Fear,"mind that you said it was a splay-foot, and here's the explanation.",2112
The Valley Of Fear,"But what's the game, Mr. Holmes--what's the game?""",2113
The Valley Of Fear,,2114
The Valley Of Fear,"""Ay, what's the game?"" my friend repeated thoughtfully.",2115
The Valley Of Fear,,2116
The Valley Of Fear,White Mason chuckled and rubbed his fat hands together in his,2117
The Valley Of Fear,"professional satisfaction. ""I said it was a snorter!"" he cried. ""And",2118
The Valley Of Fear,"a real snorter it is!""",2119
The Valley Of Fear,,2120
The Valley Of Fear,CHAPTER VI,2121
The Valley Of Fear,A Dawning Light,2122
The Valley Of Fear,,2123
The Valley Of Fear,The three detectives had many matters of detail into which to,2124
The Valley Of Fear,inquire; so I returned alone to our modest quarters at the village,2125
The Valley Of Fear,inn. But before doing so I took a stroll in the curious old-world,2126
The Valley Of Fear,garden which flanked the house. Rows of very ancient yew trees cut,2127
The Valley Of Fear,into strange designs girded it round. Inside was a beautiful stretch,2128
The Valley Of Fear,"of lawn with an old sundial in the middle, the whole effect so",2129
The Valley Of Fear,soothing and restful that it was welcome to my somewhat jangled,2130
The Valley Of Fear,nerves.,2131
The Valley Of Fear,,2132
The Valley Of Fear,"In that deeply peaceful atmosphere one could forget, or remember only",2133
The Valley Of Fear,"as some fantastic nightmare, that darkened study with the sprawling,",2134
The Valley Of Fear,"bloodstained figure on the floor. And yet, as I strolled round it and",2135
The Valley Of Fear,"tried to steep my soul in its gentle balm, a strange incident",2136
The Valley Of Fear,"occurred, which brought me back to the tragedy and left a sinister",2137
The Valley Of Fear,impression in my mind.,2138
The Valley Of Fear,,2139
The Valley Of Fear,I have said that a decoration of yew trees circled the garden. At the,2140
The Valley Of Fear,end farthest from the house they thickened into a continuous hedge.,2141
The Valley Of Fear,"On the other side of this hedge, concealed from the eyes of anyone",2142
The Valley Of Fear,"approaching from the direction of the house, there was a stone seat.",2143
The Valley Of Fear,"As I approached the spot I was aware of voices, some remark in the",2144
The Valley Of Fear,"deep tones of a man, answered by a little ripple of feminine",2145
The Valley Of Fear,laughter.,2146
The Valley Of Fear,,2147
The Valley Of Fear,An instant later I had come round the end of the hedge and my eyes,2148
The Valley Of Fear,lit upon Mrs. Douglas and the man Barker before they were aware of my,2149
The Valley Of Fear,presence. Her appearance gave me a shock. In the dining-room she had,2150
The Valley Of Fear,been demure and discreet. Now all pretense of grief had passed away,2151
The Valley Of Fear,"from her. Her eyes shone with the joy of living, and her face still",2152
The Valley Of Fear,quivered with amusement at some remark of her companion. He sat,2153
The Valley Of Fear,"forward, his hands clasped and his forearms on his knees, with an",2154
The Valley Of Fear,"answering smile upon his bold, handsome face. In an instant--but it",2155
The Valley Of Fear,was just one instant too late--they resumed their solemn masks as my,2156
The Valley Of Fear,"figure came into view. A hurried word or two passed between them, and",2157
The Valley Of Fear,then Barker rose and came towards me.,2158
The Valley Of Fear,,2159
The Valley Of Fear,"""Excuse me, sir,"" said he, ""but am I addressing Dr. Watson?""",2160
The Valley Of Fear,,2161
The Valley Of Fear,"I bowed with a coldness which showed, I dare say, very plainly the",2162
The Valley Of Fear,impression which had been produced upon my mind.,2163
The Valley Of Fear,,2164
The Valley Of Fear,"""We thought that it was probably you, as your friendship with Mr.",2165
The Valley Of Fear,Sherlock Holmes is so well known. Would you mind coming over and,2166
The Valley Of Fear,"speaking to Mrs. Douglas for one instant?""",2167
The Valley Of Fear,,2168
The Valley Of Fear,I followed him with a dour face. Very clearly I could see in my,2169
The Valley Of Fear,mind's eye that shattered figure on the floor. Here within a few,2170
The Valley Of Fear,hours of the tragedy were his wife and his nearest friend laughing,2171
The Valley Of Fear,together behind a bush in the garden which had been his. I greeted,2172
The Valley Of Fear,the lady with reserve. I had grieved with her grief in the,2173
The Valley Of Fear,dining-room. Now I met her appealing gaze with an unresponsive eye.,2174
The Valley Of Fear,,2175
The Valley Of Fear,"""I fear that you think me callous and hard-hearted,"" said she.",2176
The Valley Of Fear,,2177
The Valley Of Fear,"I shrugged my shoulders. ""It is no business of mine,"" said I.",2178
The Valley Of Fear,,2179
The Valley Of Fear,"""Perhaps some day you will do me justice. If you only realized--""",2180
The Valley Of Fear,,2181
The Valley Of Fear,"""There is no need why Dr. Watson should realize,"" said Barker",2182
The Valley Of Fear,"quickly. ""As he has himself said, it is no possible business of his.""",2183
The Valley Of Fear,,2184
The Valley Of Fear,"""Exactly,"" said I, ""and so I will beg leave to resume my walk.""",2185
The Valley Of Fear,,2186
The Valley Of Fear,"""One moment, Dr. Watson,"" cried the woman in a pleading voice. ""There",2187
The Valley Of Fear,is one question which you can answer with more authority than anyone,2188
The Valley Of Fear,"else in the world, and it may make a very great difference to me. You",2189
The Valley Of Fear,know Mr. Holmes and his relations with the police better than anyone,2190
The Valley Of Fear,else can. Supposing that a matter were brought confidentially to his,2191
The Valley Of Fear,"knowledge, is it absolutely necessary that he should pass it on to",2192
The Valley Of Fear,"the detectives?""",2193
The Valley Of Fear,,2194
The Valley Of Fear,"""Yes, that's it,"" said Barker eagerly. ""Is he on his own or is he",2195
The Valley Of Fear,"entirely in with them?""",2196
The Valley Of Fear,,2197
The Valley Of Fear,"""I really don't know that I should be justified in discussing such a",2198
The Valley Of Fear,"point.""",2199
The Valley Of Fear,,2200
The Valley Of Fear,"""I beg--I implore that you will, Dr. Watson! I assure you that you",2201
The Valley Of Fear,will be helping us--helping me greatly if you will guide us on that,2202
The Valley Of Fear,"point.""",2203
The Valley Of Fear,,2204
The Valley Of Fear,There was such a ring of sincerity in the woman's voice that for the,2205
The Valley Of Fear,instant I forgot all about her levity and was moved only to do her,2206
The Valley Of Fear,will.,2207
The Valley Of Fear,,2208
The Valley Of Fear,"""Mr. Holmes is an independent investigator,"" I said. ""He is his own",2209
The Valley Of Fear,"master, and would act as his own judgment directed. At the same time,",2210
The Valley Of Fear,he would naturally feel loyalty towards the officials who were,2211
The Valley Of Fear,"working on the same case, and he would not conceal from them anything",2212
The Valley Of Fear,which would help them in bringing a criminal to justice. Beyond this,2213
The Valley Of Fear,"I can say nothing, and I would refer you to Mr. Holmes himself if you",2214
The Valley Of Fear,"wanted fuller information.""",2215
The Valley Of Fear,,2216
The Valley Of Fear,"So saying I raised my hat and went upon my way, leaving them still",2217
The Valley Of Fear,seated behind that concealing hedge. I looked back as I rounded the,2218
The Valley Of Fear,"far end of it, and saw that they were still talking very earnestly",2219
The Valley Of Fear,"together, and, as they were gazing after me, it was clear that it was",2220
The Valley Of Fear,our interview that was the subject of their debate.,2221
The Valley Of Fear,,2222
The Valley Of Fear,"""I wish none of their confidences,"" said Holmes, when I reported to",2223
The Valley Of Fear,him what had occurred. He had spent the whole afternoon at the Manor,2224
The Valley Of Fear,"House in consultation with his two colleagues, and returned about",2225
The Valley Of Fear,five with a ravenous appetite for a high tea which I had ordered for,2226
The Valley Of Fear,"him. ""No confidences, Watson; for they are mighty awkward if it comes",2227
The Valley Of Fear,"to an arrest for conspiracy and murder.""",2228
The Valley Of Fear,,2229
The Valley Of Fear,"""You think it will come to that?""",2230
The Valley Of Fear,,2231
The Valley Of Fear,"He was in his most cheerful and debonair humour. ""My dear Watson,",2232
The Valley Of Fear,when I have exterminated that fourth egg I shall be ready to put you,2233
The Valley Of Fear,in touch with the whole situation. I don't say that we have fathomed,2234
The Valley Of Fear,"it--far from it--but when we have traced the missing dumb-bell--""",2235
The Valley Of Fear,,2236
The Valley Of Fear,"""The dumb-bell!""",2237
The Valley Of Fear,,2238
The Valley Of Fear,"""Dear me, Watson, is it possible that you have not penetrated the",2239
The Valley Of Fear,"fact that the case hangs upon the missing dumb-bell? Well, well, you",2240
The Valley Of Fear,need not be downcast; for between ourselves I don't think that either,2241
The Valley Of Fear,Inspector Mac or the excellent local practitioner has grasped the,2242
The Valley Of Fear,"overwhelming importance of this incident. One dumb-bell, Watson!",2243
The Valley Of Fear,Consider an athlete with one dumb-bell! Picture to yourself the,2244
The Valley Of Fear,"unilateral development, the imminent danger of a spinal curvature.",2245
The Valley Of Fear,"Shocking, Watson, shocking!""",2246
The Valley Of Fear,,2247
The Valley Of Fear,He sat with his mouth full of toast and his eyes sparkling with,2248
The Valley Of Fear,"mischief, watching my intellectual entanglement. The mere sight of",2249
The Valley Of Fear,"his excellent appetite was an assurance of success, for I had very",2250
The Valley Of Fear,"clear recollections of days and nights without a thought of food,",2251
The Valley Of Fear,"when his baffled mind had chafed before some problem while his thin,",2252
The Valley Of Fear,eager features became more attenuated with the asceticism of complete,2253
The Valley Of Fear,"mental concentration. Finally he lit his pipe, and sitting in the",2254
The Valley Of Fear,inglenook of the old village inn he talked slowly and at random about,2255
The Valley Of Fear,"his case, rather as one who thinks aloud than as one who makes a",2256
The Valley Of Fear,considered statement.,2257
The Valley Of Fear,,2258
The Valley Of Fear,"""A lie, Watson--a great, big, thumping, obtrusive, uncompromising",2259
The Valley Of Fear,lie--that's what meets us on the threshold! There is our starting,2260
The Valley Of Fear,point. The whole story told by Barker is a lie. But Barker's story is,2261
The Valley Of Fear,corroborated by Mrs. Douglas. Therefore she is lying also. They are,2262
The Valley Of Fear,"both lying, and in a conspiracy. So now we have the clear problem.",2263
The Valley Of Fear,"Why are they lying, and what is the truth which they are trying so",2264
The Valley Of Fear,"hard to conceal? Let us try, Watson, you and I, if we can get behind",2265
The Valley Of Fear,the lie and reconstruct the truth.,2266
The Valley Of Fear,,2267
The Valley Of Fear,"""How do I know that they are lying? Because it is a clumsy",2268
The Valley Of Fear,fabrication which simply could not be true. Consider! According to,2269
The Valley Of Fear,"the story given to us, the assassin had less than a minute after the",2270
The Valley Of Fear,"murder had been committed to take that ring, which was under another",2271
The Valley Of Fear,"ring, from the dead man's finger, to replace the other ring--a thing",2272
The Valley Of Fear,which he would surely never have done--and to put that singular card,2273
The Valley Of Fear,beside his victim. I say that this was obviously impossible.,2274
The Valley Of Fear,,2275
The Valley Of Fear,"""You may argue--but I have too much respect for your judgment,",2276
The Valley Of Fear,"Watson, to think that you will do so--that the ring may have been",2277
The Valley Of Fear,taken before the man was killed. The fact that the candle had been,2278
The Valley Of Fear,lit only a short time shows that there had been no lengthy interview.,2279
The Valley Of Fear,"Was Douglas, from what we hear of his fearless character, a man who",2280
The Valley Of Fear,"would be likely to give up his wedding ring at such short notice, or",2281
The Valley Of Fear,"could we conceive of his giving it up at all? No, no, Watson, the",2282
The Valley Of Fear,assassin was alone with the dead man for some time with the lamp lit.,2283
The Valley Of Fear,Of that I have no doubt at all.,2284
The Valley Of Fear,,2285
The Valley Of Fear,"""But the gunshot was apparently the cause of death. Therefore the",2286
The Valley Of Fear,shot must have been fired some time earlier than we are told. But,2287
The Valley Of Fear,there could be no mistake about such a matter as that. We are in the,2288
The Valley Of Fear,"presence, therefore, of a deliberate conspiracy upon the part of the",2289
The Valley Of Fear,two people who heard the gunshot--of the man Barker and of the woman,2290
The Valley Of Fear,Douglas. When on the top of this I am able to show that the blood,2291
The Valley Of Fear,"mark on the windowsill was deliberately placed there by Barker, in",2292
The Valley Of Fear,"order to give a false clue to the police, you will admit that the",2293
The Valley Of Fear,case grows dark against him.,2294
The Valley Of Fear,,2295
The Valley Of Fear,"""Now we have to ask ourselves at what hour the murder actually did",2296
The Valley Of Fear,occur. Up to half-past ten the servants were moving about the house;,2297
The Valley Of Fear,so it was certainly not before that time. At a quarter to eleven they,2298
The Valley Of Fear,"had all gone to their rooms with the exception of Ames, who was in",2299
The Valley Of Fear,the pantry. I have been trying some experiments after you left us,2300
The Valley Of Fear,"this afternoon, and I find that no noise which MacDonald can make in",2301
The Valley Of Fear,the study can penetrate to me in the pantry when the doors are all,2302
The Valley Of Fear,shut.,2303
The Valley Of Fear,,2304
The Valley Of Fear,"""It is otherwise, however, from the housekeeper's room. It is not so",2305
The Valley Of Fear,"far down the corridor, and from it I could vaguely hear a voice when",2306
The Valley Of Fear,it was very loudly raised. The sound from a shotgun is to some extent,2307
The Valley Of Fear,"muffled when the discharge is at very close range, as it undoubtedly",2308
The Valley Of Fear,"was in this instance. It would not be very loud, and yet in the",2309
The Valley Of Fear,silence of the night it should have easily penetrated to Mrs. Allen's,2310
The Valley Of Fear,"room. She is, as she has told us, somewhat deaf; but none the less",2311
The Valley Of Fear,she mentioned in her evidence that she did hear something like a door,2312
The Valley Of Fear,slamming half an hour before the alarm was given. Half an hour before,2313
The Valley Of Fear,the alarm was given would be a quarter to eleven. I have no doubt,2314
The Valley Of Fear,"that what she heard was the report of the gun, and that this was the",2315
The Valley Of Fear,real instant of the murder.,2316
The Valley Of Fear,,2317
The Valley Of Fear,"""If this is so, we have now to determine what Barker and Mrs.",2318
The Valley Of Fear,"Douglas, presuming that they are not the actual murderers, could have",2319
The Valley Of Fear,"been doing from quarter to eleven, when the sound of the shot brought",2320
The Valley Of Fear,"them down, until quarter past eleven, when they rang the bell and",2321
The Valley Of Fear,"summoned the servants. What were they doing, and why did they not",2322
The Valley Of Fear,"instantly give the alarm? That is the question which faces us, and",2323
The Valley Of Fear,when it has been answered we shall surely have gone some way to solve,2324
The Valley Of Fear,"our problem.""",2325
The Valley Of Fear,,2326
The Valley Of Fear,"""I am convinced myself,"" said I, ""that there is an understanding",2327
The Valley Of Fear,between those two people. She must be a heartless creature to sit,2328
The Valley Of Fear,"laughing at some jest within a few hours of her husband's murder.""",2329
The Valley Of Fear,,2330
The Valley Of Fear,"""Exactly. She does not shine as a wife even in her own account of",2331
The Valley Of Fear,"what occurred. I am not a whole-souled admirer of womankind, as you",2332
The Valley Of Fear,"are aware, Watson, but my experience of life has taught me that there",2333
The Valley Of Fear,"are few wives, having any regard for their husbands, who would let",2334
The Valley Of Fear,any man's spoken word stand between them and that husband's dead,2335
The Valley Of Fear,"body. Should I ever marry, Watson, I should hope to inspire my wife",2336
The Valley Of Fear,with some feeling which would prevent her from being walked off by a,2337
The Valley Of Fear,housekeeper when my corpse was lying within a few yards of her. It,2338
The Valley Of Fear,was badly stage-managed; for even the rawest investigators must be,2339
The Valley Of Fear,struck by the absence of the usual feminine ululation. If there had,2340
The Valley Of Fear,"been nothing else, this incident alone would have suggested a",2341
The Valley Of Fear,"prearranged conspiracy to my mind.""",2342
The Valley Of Fear,,2343
The Valley Of Fear,"""You think then, definitely, that Barker and Mrs. Douglas are guilty",2344
The Valley Of Fear,"of the murder?""",2345
The Valley Of Fear,,2346
The Valley Of Fear,"""There is an appalling directness about your questions, Watson,"" said",2347
The Valley Of Fear,"Holmes, shaking his pipe at me. ""They come at me like bullets. If you",2348
The Valley Of Fear,"put it that Mrs. Douglas and Barker know the truth about the murder,",2349
The Valley Of Fear,"and are conspiring to conceal it, then I can give you a whole-souled",2350
The Valley Of Fear,answer. I am sure they do. But your more deadly proposition is not so,2351
The Valley Of Fear,clear. Let us for a moment consider the difficulties which stand in,2352
The Valley Of Fear,the way.,2353
The Valley Of Fear,,2354
The Valley Of Fear,"""We will suppose that this couple are united by the bonds of a guilty",2355
The Valley Of Fear,"love, and that they have determined to get rid of the man who stands",2356
The Valley Of Fear,between them. It is a large supposition; for discreet inquiry among,2357
The Valley Of Fear,servants and others has failed to corroborate it in any way. On the,2358
The Valley Of Fear,"contrary, there is a good deal of evidence that the Douglases were",2359
The Valley Of Fear,"very attached to each other.""",2360
The Valley Of Fear,,2361
The Valley Of Fear,"""That, I am sure, cannot he true."" said I, thinking of the beautiful",2362
The Valley Of Fear,smiling face in the garden.,2363
The Valley Of Fear,,2364
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well at least they gave that impression. However, we will suppose",2365
The Valley Of Fear,"that they are an extraordinarily astute couple, who deceive everyone",2366
The Valley Of Fear,"upon this point, and conspire to murder the husband. He happens to be",2367
The Valley Of Fear,"a man over whose head some danger hangs--""",2368
The Valley Of Fear,,2369
The Valley Of Fear,"""We have only their word for that.""",2370
The Valley Of Fear,,2371
The Valley Of Fear,"Holmes looked thoughtful. ""I see, Watson. You are sketching out a",2372
The Valley Of Fear,theory by which everything they say from the beginning is false.,2373
The Valley Of Fear,"According to your idea, there was never any hidden menace, or secret",2374
The Valley Of Fear,"society, or Valley of Fear, or Boss MacSomebody, or anything else.",2375
The Valley Of Fear,"Well, that is a good sweeping generalization. Let us see what that",2376
The Valley Of Fear,brings us to. They invent this theory to account for the crime. They,2377
The Valley Of Fear,then play up to the idea by leaving this bicycle in the park as proof,2378
The Valley Of Fear,of the existence of some outsider. The stain on the windowsill,2379
The Valley Of Fear,"conveys the same idea. So does the card on the body, which might have",2380
The Valley Of Fear,"been prepared in the house. That all fits into your hypothesis,",2381
The Valley Of Fear,"Watson. But now we come on the nasty, angular, uncompromising bits",2382
The Valley Of Fear,which won't slip into their places. Why a cut-off shotgun of all,2383
The Valley Of Fear,weapons--and an American one at that? How could they be so sure that,2384
The Valley Of Fear,the sound of it would not bring someone on to them? It's a mere,2385
The Valley Of Fear,chance as it is that Mrs. Allen did not start out to inquire for the,2386
The Valley Of Fear,"slamming door. Why did your guilty couple do all this, Watson?""",2387
The Valley Of Fear,,2388
The Valley Of Fear,"""I confess that I can't explain it.""",2389
The Valley Of Fear,,2390
The Valley Of Fear,"""Then again, if a woman and her lover conspire to murder a husband,",2391
The Valley Of Fear,are they going to advertise their guilt by ostentatiously removing,2392
The Valley Of Fear,his wedding ring after his death? Does that strike you as very,2393
The Valley Of Fear,"probable, Watson?""",2394
The Valley Of Fear,,2395
The Valley Of Fear,"""No, it does not.""",2396
The Valley Of Fear,,2397
The Valley Of Fear,"""And once again, if the thought of leaving a bicycle concealed",2398
The Valley Of Fear,"outside had occurred to you, would it really have seemed worth doing",2399
The Valley Of Fear,when the dullest detective would naturally say this is an obvious,2400
The Valley Of Fear,"blind, as the bicycle is the first thing which the fugitive needed in",2401
The Valley Of Fear,"order to make his escape.""",2402
The Valley Of Fear,,2403
The Valley Of Fear,"""I can conceive of no explanation.""",2404
The Valley Of Fear,,2405
The Valley Of Fear,"""And yet there should be no combination of events for which the wit",2406
The Valley Of Fear,"of man cannot conceive an explanation. Simply as a mental exercise,",2407
The Valley Of Fear,"without any assertion that it is true, let me indicate a possible",2408
The Valley Of Fear,"line of thought. It is, I admit, mere imagination; but how often is",2409
The Valley Of Fear,imagination the mother of truth?,2410
The Valley Of Fear,,2411
The Valley Of Fear,"""We will suppose that there was a guilty secret, a really shameful",2412
The Valley Of Fear,secret in the life of this man Douglas. This leads to his murder by,2413
The Valley Of Fear,"someone who is, we will suppose, an avenger, someone from outside.",2414
The Valley Of Fear,"This avenger, for some reason which I confess I am still at a loss to",2415
The Valley Of Fear,"explain, took the dead man's wedding ring. The vendetta might",2416
The Valley Of Fear,"conceivably date back to the man's first marriage, and the ring be",2417
The Valley Of Fear,taken for some such reason.,2418
The Valley Of Fear,,2419
The Valley Of Fear,"""Before this avenger got away, Barker and the wife had reached the",2420
The Valley Of Fear,room. The assassin convinced them that any attempt to arrest him,2421
The Valley Of Fear,would lead to the publication of some hideous scandal. They were,2422
The Valley Of Fear,"converted to this idea, and preferred to let him go. For this purpose",2423
The Valley Of Fear,"they probably lowered the bridge, which can be done quite",2424
The Valley Of Fear,"noiselessly, and then raised it again. He made his escape, and for",2425
The Valley Of Fear,some reason thought that he could do so more safely on foot than on,2426
The Valley Of Fear,the bicycle. He therefore left his machine where it would not be,2427
The Valley Of Fear,discovered until he had got safely away. So far we are within the,2428
The Valley Of Fear,"bounds of possibility, are we not?""",2429
The Valley Of Fear,,2430
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, it is possible, no doubt,"" said I, with some reserve.",2431
The Valley Of Fear,,2432
The Valley Of Fear,"""We have to remember, Watson, that whatever occurred is certainly",2433
The Valley Of Fear,"something very extraordinary. Well, now, to continue our",2434
The Valley Of Fear,"supposititious case, the couple--not necessarily a guilty",2435
The Valley Of Fear,couple--realize after the murderer is gone that they have placed,2436
The Valley Of Fear,themselves in a position in which it may be difficult for them to,2437
The Valley Of Fear,prove that they did not themselves either do the deed or connive at,2438
The Valley Of Fear,it. They rapidly and rather clumsily met the situation. The mark was,2439
The Valley Of Fear,put by Barker's bloodstained slipper upon the window-sill to suggest,2440
The Valley Of Fear,how the fugitive got away. They obviously were the two who must have,2441
The Valley Of Fear,heard the sound of the gun; so they gave the alarm exactly as they,2442
The Valley Of Fear,"would have done, but a good half hour after the event.""",2443
The Valley Of Fear,,2444
The Valley Of Fear,"""And how do you propose to prove all this?""",2445
The Valley Of Fear,,2446
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, if there were an outsider, he may be traced and taken. That",2447
The Valley Of Fear,"would be the most effective of all proofs. But if not--well, the",2448
The Valley Of Fear,resources of science are far from being exhausted. I think that an,2449
The Valley Of Fear,"evening alone in that study would help me much.""",2450
The Valley Of Fear,,2451
The Valley Of Fear,"""An evening alone!""",2452
The Valley Of Fear,,2453
The Valley Of Fear,"""I propose to go up there presently. I have arranged it with the",2454
The Valley Of Fear,"estimable Ames, who is by no means whole-hearted about Barker. I",2455
The Valley Of Fear,shall sit in that room and see if its atmosphere brings me,2456
The Valley Of Fear,"inspiration. I'm a believer in the genius loci. You smile, Friend",2457
The Valley Of Fear,"Watson. Well, we shall see. By the way, you have that big umbrella of",2458
The Valley Of Fear,"yours, have you not?""",2459
The Valley Of Fear,,2460
The Valley Of Fear,"""It is here.""",2461
The Valley Of Fear,,2462
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, I'll borrow that if I may.""",2463
The Valley Of Fear,,2464
The Valley Of Fear,"""Certainly--but what a wretched weapon! If there is danger--""",2465
The Valley Of Fear,,2466
The Valley Of Fear,"""Nothing serious, my dear Watson, or I should certainly ask for your",2467
The Valley Of Fear,assistance. But I'll take the umbrella. At present I am only awaiting,2468
The Valley Of Fear,"the return of our colleagues from Tunbridge Wells, where they are at",2469
The Valley Of Fear,"present engaged in trying for a likely owner to the bicycle.""",2470
The Valley Of Fear,,2471
The Valley Of Fear,It was nightfall before Inspector MacDonald and White Mason came back,2472
The Valley Of Fear,"from their expedition, and they arrived exultant, reporting a great",2473
The Valley Of Fear,advance in our investigation.,2474
The Valley Of Fear,,2475
The Valley Of Fear,"""Man, I'll admeet that I had my doubts if there was ever an",2476
The Valley Of Fear,"outsider,"" said MacDonald, ""but that's all past now. We've had the",2477
The Valley Of Fear,"bicycle identified, and we have a description of our man; so that's a",2478
The Valley Of Fear,"long step on our journey.""",2479
The Valley Of Fear,,2480
The Valley Of Fear,"""It sounds to me like the beginning of the end,"" said Holmes. ""I'm",2481
The Valley Of Fear,"sure I congratulate you both with all my heart.""",2482
The Valley Of Fear,,2483
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, I started from the fact that Mr. Douglas had seemed disturbed",2484
The Valley Of Fear,"since the day before, when he had been at Tunbridge Wells. It was at",2485
The Valley Of Fear,Tunbridge Wells then that he had become conscious of some danger. It,2486
The Valley Of Fear,"was clear, therefore, that if a man had come over with a bicycle it",2487
The Valley Of Fear,was from Tunbridge Wells that he might be expected to have come. We,2488
The Valley Of Fear,took the bicycle over with us and showed it at the hotels. It was,2489
The Valley Of Fear,identified at once by the manager of the Eagle Commercial as,2490
The Valley Of Fear,"belonging to a man named Hargrave, who had taken a room there two",2491
The Valley Of Fear,days before. This bicycle and a small valise were his whole,2492
The Valley Of Fear,"belongings. He had registered his name as coming from London, but had",2493
The Valley Of Fear,"given no address. The valise was London made, and the contents were",2494
The Valley Of Fear,"British; but the man himself was undoubtedly an American.""",2495
The Valley Of Fear,,2496
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, well,"" said Holmes gleefully, ""you have indeed done some solid",2497
The Valley Of Fear,work while I have been sitting spinning theories with my friend! It's,2498
The Valley Of Fear,"a lesson in being practical, Mr. Mac.""",2499
The Valley Of Fear,,2500
The Valley Of Fear,"""Ay, it's just that, Mr. Holmes,"" said the inspector with",2501
The Valley Of Fear,satisfaction.,2502
The Valley Of Fear,,2503
The Valley Of Fear,"""But this may all fit in with your theories,"" I remarked.",2504
The Valley Of Fear,,2505
The Valley Of Fear,"""That may or may not be. But let us hear the end, Mr. Mac. Was there",2506
The Valley Of Fear,"nothing to identify this man?""",2507
The Valley Of Fear,,2508
The Valley Of Fear,"""So little that it was evident that he had carefully guarded himself",2509
The Valley Of Fear,"against identification. There were no papers or letters, and no",2510
The Valley Of Fear,marking upon the clothes. A cycle map of the county lay on his,2511
The Valley Of Fear,bedroom table. He had left the hotel after breakfast yesterday,2512
The Valley Of Fear,"morning on his bicycle, and no more was heard of him until our",2513
The Valley Of Fear,"inquiries.""",2514
The Valley Of Fear,,2515
The Valley Of Fear,"""That's what puzzles me, Mr. Holmes,"" said White Mason. ""If the",2516
The Valley Of Fear,"fellow did not want the hue and cry raised over him, one would",2517
The Valley Of Fear,imagine that he would have returned and remained at the hotel as an,2518
The Valley Of Fear,"inoffensive tourist. As it is, he must know that he will be reported",2519
The Valley Of Fear,to the police by the hotel manager and that his disappearance will be,2520
The Valley Of Fear,"connected with the murder.""",2521
The Valley Of Fear,,2522
The Valley Of Fear,"""So one would imagine. Still, he has been justified of his wisdom up",2523
The Valley Of Fear,"to date, at any rate, since he has not been taken. But his",2524
The Valley Of Fear,"description--what of that?""",2525
The Valley Of Fear,,2526
The Valley Of Fear,"MacDonald referred to his notebook. ""Here we have it so far as they",2527
The Valley Of Fear,could give it. They don't seem to have taken any very particular,2528
The Valley Of Fear,"stock of him; but still the porter, the clerk, and the chambermaid",2529
The Valley Of Fear,are all agreed that this about covers the points. He was a man about,2530
The Valley Of Fear,"five foot nine in height, fifty or so years of age, his hair slightly",2531
The Valley Of Fear,"grizzled, a grayish moustache, a curved nose, and a face which all of",2532
The Valley Of Fear,"them described as fierce and forbidding.""",2533
The Valley Of Fear,,2534
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, bar the expression, that might almost be a description of",2535
The Valley Of Fear,"Douglas himself,"" said Holmes. ""He is just over fifty, with grizzled",2536
The Valley Of Fear,"hair and moustache, and about the same height. Did you get anything",2537
The Valley Of Fear,"else?""",2538
The Valley Of Fear,,2539
The Valley Of Fear,"""He was dressed in a heavy gray suit with a reefer jacket, and he",2540
The Valley Of Fear,"wore a short yellow overcoat and a soft cap.""",2541
The Valley Of Fear,,2542
The Valley Of Fear,"""What about the shotgun?""",2543
The Valley Of Fear,,2544
The Valley Of Fear,"""It is less than two feet long. It could very well have fitted into",2545
The Valley Of Fear,his valise. He could have carried it inside his overcoat without,2546
The Valley Of Fear,"difficulty.""",2547
The Valley Of Fear,,2548
The Valley Of Fear,"""And how do you consider that all this bears upon the general case?""",2549
The Valley Of Fear,,2550
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, Mr. Holmes,"" said MacDonald, ""when we have got our man--and",2551
The Valley Of Fear,you may be sure that I had his description on the wires within five,2552
The Valley Of Fear,"minutes of hearing it--we shall be better able to judge. But, even as",2553
The Valley Of Fear,"it stands, we have surely gone a long way. We know that an American",2554
The Valley Of Fear,calling himself Hargrave came to Tunbridge Wells two days ago with,2555
The Valley Of Fear,bicycle and valise. In the latter was a sawed-off shotgun; so he came,2556
The Valley Of Fear,with the deliberate purpose of crime. Yesterday morning he set off,2557
The Valley Of Fear,"for this place on his bicycle, with his gun concealed in his",2558
The Valley Of Fear,"overcoat. No one saw him arrive, so far as we can learn; but he need",2559
The Valley Of Fear,"not pass through the village to reach the park gates, and there are",2560
The Valley Of Fear,many cyclists upon the road. Presumably he at once concealed his,2561
The Valley Of Fear,"cycle among the laurels where it was found, and possibly lurked there",2562
The Valley Of Fear,"himself, with his eye on the house, waiting for Mr. Douglas to come",2563
The Valley Of Fear,out. The shotgun is a strange weapon to use inside a house; but he,2564
The Valley Of Fear,"had intended to use it outside, and there it has very obvious",2565
The Valley Of Fear,"advantages, as it would be impossible to miss with it, and the sound",2566
The Valley Of Fear,of shots is so common in an English sporting neighbourhood that no,2567
The Valley Of Fear,"particular notice would be taken.""",2568
The Valley Of Fear,,2569
The Valley Of Fear,"""That is all very clear,"" said Holmes.",2570
The Valley Of Fear,,2571
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, Mr. Douglas did not appear. What was he to do next? He left",2572
The Valley Of Fear,his bicycle and approached the house in the twilight. He found the,2573
The Valley Of Fear,"bridge down and no one about. He took his chance, intending, no",2574
The Valley Of Fear,"doubt, to make some excuse if he met anyone. He met no one. He",2575
The Valley Of Fear,"slipped into the first room that he saw, and concealed himself behind",2576
The Valley Of Fear,"the curtain. Thence he could see the drawbridge go up, and he knew",2577
The Valley Of Fear,that his only escape was through the moat. He waited until,2578
The Valley Of Fear,"quarter-past eleven, when Mr. Douglas upon his usual nightly round",2579
The Valley Of Fear,"came into the room. He shot him and escaped, as arranged. He was",2580
The Valley Of Fear,aware that the bicycle would be described by the hotel people and be,2581
The Valley Of Fear,a clue against him; so he left it there and made his way by some,2582
The Valley Of Fear,other means to London or to some safe hiding place which he had,2583
The Valley Of Fear,"already arranged. How is that, Mr. Holmes?""",2584
The Valley Of Fear,,2585
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, Mr. Mac, it is very good and very clear so far as it goes.",2586
The Valley Of Fear,That is your end of the story. My end is that the crime was committed,2587
The Valley Of Fear,half an hour earlier than reported; that Mrs. Douglas and Barker are,2588
The Valley Of Fear,both in a conspiracy to conceal something; that they aided the,2589
The Valley Of Fear,murderer's escape--or at least that they reached the room before he,2590
The Valley Of Fear,escaped--and that they fabricated evidence of his escape through the,2591
The Valley Of Fear,"window, whereas in all probability they had themselves let him go by",2592
The Valley Of Fear,"lowering the bridge. That's my reading of the first half.""",2593
The Valley Of Fear,,2594
The Valley Of Fear,The two detectives shook their heads.,2595
The Valley Of Fear,,2596
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, Mr. Holmes, if this is true, we only tumble out of one mystery",2597
The Valley Of Fear,"into another,"" said the London inspector.",2598
The Valley Of Fear,,2599
The Valley Of Fear,"""And in some ways a worse one,"" added White Mason. ""The lady has",2600
The Valley Of Fear,never been in America in all her life. What possible connection could,2601
The Valley Of Fear,she have with an American assassin which would cause her to shelter,2602
The Valley Of Fear,"him?""",2603
The Valley Of Fear,,2604
The Valley Of Fear,"""I freely admit the difficulties,"" said Holmes. ""I propose to make a",2605
The Valley Of Fear,"little investigation of my own to-night, and it is just possible that",2606
The Valley Of Fear,"it may contribute something to the common cause.""",2607
The Valley Of Fear,,2608
The Valley Of Fear,"""Can we help you, Mr. Holmes?""",2609
The Valley Of Fear,,2610
The Valley Of Fear,"""No, no! Darkness and Dr. Watson's umbrella--my wants are simple. And",2611
The Valley Of Fear,"Ames, the faithful Ames, no doubt he will stretch a point for me. All",2612
The Valley Of Fear,my lines of thought lead me back invariably to the one basic,2613
The Valley Of Fear,question--why should an athletic man develop his frame upon so,2614
The Valley Of Fear,"unnatural an instrument as a single dumb-bell?""",2615
The Valley Of Fear,,2616
The Valley Of Fear,It was late that night when Holmes returned from his solitary,2617
The Valley Of Fear,"excursion. We slept in a double-bedded room, which was the best that",2618
The Valley Of Fear,the little country inn could do for us. I was already asleep when I,2619
The Valley Of Fear,was partly awakened by his entrance.,2620
The Valley Of Fear,,2621
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, Holmes,"" I murmured, ""have you found anything out?""",2622
The Valley Of Fear,,2623
The Valley Of Fear,"He stood beside me in silence, his candle in his hand. Then the tall,",2624
The Valley Of Fear,"lean figure inclined towards me. ""I say, Watson,"" he whispered,",2625
The Valley Of Fear,"""would you be afraid to sleep in the same room with a lunatic, a man",2626
The Valley Of Fear,"with softening of the brain, an idiot whose mind has lost its grip?""",2627
The Valley Of Fear,,2628
The Valley Of Fear,"""Not in the least,"" I answered in astonishment.",2629
The Valley Of Fear,,2630
The Valley Of Fear,"""Ah, that's lucky,"" he said, and not another word would he utter that",2631
The Valley Of Fear,night.,2632
The Valley Of Fear,,2633
The Valley Of Fear,CHAPTER VII,2634
The Valley Of Fear,The Solution,2635
The Valley Of Fear,,2636
The Valley Of Fear,"Next morning, after breakfast, we found Inspector MacDonald and White",2637
The Valley Of Fear,Mason seated in close consultation in the small parlour of the local,2638
The Valley Of Fear,police sergeant. On the table in front of them were piled a number of,2639
The Valley Of Fear,"letters and telegrams, which they were carefully sorting and",2640
The Valley Of Fear,docketing. Three had been placed on one side.,2641
The Valley Of Fear,,2642
The Valley Of Fear,"""Still on the track of the elusive bicyclist?"" Holmes asked",2643
The Valley Of Fear,"cheerfully. ""What is the latest news of the ruffian?""",2644
The Valley Of Fear,,2645
The Valley Of Fear,MacDonald pointed ruefully to his heap of correspondence.,2646
The Valley Of Fear,,2647
The Valley Of Fear,"""He is at present reported from Leicester, Nottingham, Southampton,",2648
The Valley Of Fear,"Derby, East Ham, Richmond, and fourteen other places. In three of",2649
The Valley Of Fear,"them--East Ham, Leicester, and Liverpool--there is a clear case",2650
The Valley Of Fear,"against him, and he has actually been arrested. The country seems to",2651
The Valley Of Fear,"be full of the fugitives with yellow coats.""",2652
The Valley Of Fear,,2653
The Valley Of Fear,"""Dear me!"" said Holmes sympathetically. ""Now, Mr. Mac and you, Mr.",2654
The Valley Of Fear,"White Mason, I wish to give you a very earnest piece of advice. When",2655
The Valley Of Fear,"I went into this case with you I bargained, as you will no doubt",2656
The Valley Of Fear,"remember, that I should not present you with half-proved theories,",2657
The Valley Of Fear,but that I should retain and work out my own ideas until I had,2658
The Valley Of Fear,satisfied myself that they were correct. For this reason I am not at,2659
The Valley Of Fear,the present moment telling you all that is in my mind. On the other,2660
The Valley Of Fear,"hand, I said that I would play the game fairly by you, and I do not",2661
The Valley Of Fear,think it is a fair game to allow you for one unnecessary moment to,2662
The Valley Of Fear,waste your energies upon a profitless task. Therefore I am here to,2663
The Valley Of Fear,"advise you this morning, and my advice to you is summed up in three",2664
The Valley Of Fear,"words--abandon the case.""",2665
The Valley Of Fear,,2666
The Valley Of Fear,MacDonald and White Mason stared in amazement at their celebrated,2667
The Valley Of Fear,colleague.,2668
The Valley Of Fear,,2669
The Valley Of Fear,"""You consider it hopeless!"" cried the inspector.",2670
The Valley Of Fear,,2671
The Valley Of Fear,"""I consider your case to be hopeless. I do not consider that it is",2672
The Valley Of Fear,"hopeless to arrive at the truth.""",2673
The Valley Of Fear,,2674
The Valley Of Fear,"""But this cyclist. He is not an invention. We have his description,",2675
The Valley Of Fear,"his valise, his bicycle. The fellow must be somewhere. Why should we",2676
The Valley Of Fear,"not get him?""",2677
The Valley Of Fear,,2678
The Valley Of Fear,"""Yes, yes, no doubt he is somewhere, and no doubt we shall get him;",2679
The Valley Of Fear,but I would not have you waste your energies in East Ham or,2680
The Valley Of Fear,"Liverpool. I am sure that we can find some shorter cut to a result.""",2681
The Valley Of Fear,,2682
The Valley Of Fear,"""You are holding something back. It's hardly fair of you, Mr.",2683
The Valley Of Fear,"Holmes."" The inspector was annoyed.",2684
The Valley Of Fear,,2685
The Valley Of Fear,"""You know my methods of work, Mr. Mac. But I will hold it back for",2686
The Valley Of Fear,the shortest time possible. I only wish to verify my details in one,2687
The Valley Of Fear,"way, which can very readily be done, and then I make my bow and",2688
The Valley Of Fear,"return to London, leaving my results entirely at your service. I owe",2689
The Valley Of Fear,you too much to act otherwise; for in all my experience I cannot,2690
The Valley Of Fear,"recall any more singular and interesting study.""",2691
The Valley Of Fear,,2692
The Valley Of Fear,"""This is clean beyond me, Mr. Holmes. We saw you when we returned",2693
The Valley Of Fear,"from Tunbridge Wells last night, and you were in general agreement",2694
The Valley Of Fear,with our results. What has happened since then to give you a,2695
The Valley Of Fear,"completely new idea of the case?""",2696
The Valley Of Fear,,2697
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, since you ask me, I spent, as I told you that I would, some",2698
The Valley Of Fear,"hours last night at the Manor House.""",2699
The Valley Of Fear,,2700
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, what happened?""",2701
The Valley Of Fear,,2702
The Valley Of Fear,"""Ah, I can only give you a very general answer to that for the",2703
The Valley Of Fear,"moment. By the way, I have been reading a short but clear and",2704
The Valley Of Fear,"interesting account of the old building, purchasable at the modest",2705
The Valley Of Fear,"sum of one penny from the local tobacconist.""",2706
The Valley Of Fear,,2707
The Valley Of Fear,"Here Holmes drew a small tract, embellished with a rude engraving of",2708
The Valley Of Fear,"the ancient Manor House, from his waistcoat pocket.",2709
The Valley Of Fear,,2710
The Valley Of Fear,"""It immensely adds to the zest of an investigation, my dear Mr. Mac,",2711
The Valley Of Fear,when one is in conscious sympathy with the historical atmosphere of,2712
The Valley Of Fear,one's surroundings. Don't look so impatient; for I assure you that,2713
The Valley Of Fear,even so bald an account as this raises some sort of picture of the,2714
The Valley Of Fear,past in one's mind. Permit me to give you a sample. 'Erected in the,2715
The Valley Of Fear,"fifth year of the reign of James I, and standing upon the site of a",2716
The Valley Of Fear,"much older building, the Manor House of Birlstone presents one of the",2717
The Valley Of Fear,"finest surviving examples of the moated Jacobean residence--' """,2718
The Valley Of Fear,,2719
The Valley Of Fear,"""You are making fools of us, Mr. Holmes!""",2720
The Valley Of Fear,,2721
The Valley Of Fear,"""Tut, tut, Mr. Mac!--the first sign of temper I have detected in you.",2722
The Valley Of Fear,"Well, I won't read it verbatim, since you feel so strongly upon the",2723
The Valley Of Fear,subject. But when I tell you that there is some account of the taking,2724
The Valley Of Fear,"of the place by a parliamentary colonel in 1644, of the concealment",2725
The Valley Of Fear,"of Charles for several days in the course of the Civil War, and",2726
The Valley Of Fear,"finally of a visit there by the second George, you will admit that",2727
The Valley Of Fear,there are various associations of interest connected with this,2728
The Valley Of Fear,"ancient house.""",2729
The Valley Of Fear,,2730
The Valley Of Fear,"""I don't doubt it, Mr. Holmes; but that is no business of ours.""",2731
The Valley Of Fear,,2732
The Valley Of Fear,"""Is it not? Is it not? Breadth of view, my dear Mr. Mac, is one of",2733
The Valley Of Fear,the essentials of our profession. The interplay of ideas and the,2734
The Valley Of Fear,oblique uses of knowledge are often of extraordinary interest. You,2735
The Valley Of Fear,"will excuse these remarks from one who, though a mere connoisseur of",2736
The Valley Of Fear,"crime, is still rather older and perhaps more experienced than",2737
The Valley Of Fear,"yourself.""",2738
The Valley Of Fear,,2739
The Valley Of Fear,"""I'm the first to admit that,"" said the detective heartily. ""You get",2740
The Valley Of Fear,"to your point, I admit; but you have such a deuced round-the-corner",2741
The Valley Of Fear,"way of doing it.""",2742
The Valley Of Fear,,2743
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, well, I'll drop past history and get down to present-day",2744
The Valley Of Fear,"facts. I called last night, as I have already said, at the Manor",2745
The Valley Of Fear,House. I did not see either Barker or Mrs. Douglas. I saw no,2746
The Valley Of Fear,necessity to disturb them; but I was pleased to hear that the lady,2747
The Valley Of Fear,was not visibly pining and that she had partaken of an excellent,2748
The Valley Of Fear,"dinner. My visit was specially made to the good Mr. Ames, with whom I",2749
The Valley Of Fear,"exchanged some amiabilities, which culminated in his allowing me,",2750
The Valley Of Fear,"without reference to anyone else, to sit alone for a time in the",2751
The Valley Of Fear,"study.""",2752
The Valley Of Fear,,2753
The Valley Of Fear,"""What! With that?"" I ejaculated.",2754
The Valley Of Fear,,2755
The Valley Of Fear,"""No, no, everything is now in order. You gave permission for that,",2756
The Valley Of Fear,"Mr. Mac, as I am informed. The room was in its normal state, and in",2757
The Valley Of Fear,"it I passed an instructive quarter of an hour.""",2758
The Valley Of Fear,,2759
The Valley Of Fear,"""What were you doing?""",2760
The Valley Of Fear,,2761
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, not to make a mystery of so simple a matter, I was looking for",2762
The Valley Of Fear,the missing dumb-bell. It has always bulked rather large in my,2763
The Valley Of Fear,"estimate of the case. I ended by finding it.""",2764
The Valley Of Fear,,2765
The Valley Of Fear,"""Where?""",2766
The Valley Of Fear,,2767
The Valley Of Fear,"""Ah, there we come to the edge of the unexplored. Let me go a little",2768
The Valley Of Fear,"further, a very little further, and I will promise that you shall",2769
The Valley Of Fear,"share everything that I know.""",2770
The Valley Of Fear,,2771
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, we're bound to take you on your own terms,"" said the",2772
The Valley Of Fear,"inspector; ""but when it comes to telling us to abandon the case--why",2773
The Valley Of Fear,"in the name of goodness should we abandon the case?""",2774
The Valley Of Fear,,2775
The Valley Of Fear,"""For the simple reason, my dear Mr. Mac, that you have not got the",2776
The Valley Of Fear,"first idea what it is that you are investigating.""",2777
The Valley Of Fear,,2778
The Valley Of Fear,"""We are investigating the murder of Mr. John Douglas of Birlstone",2779
The Valley Of Fear,"Manor.""",2780
The Valley Of Fear,,2781
The Valley Of Fear,"""Yes, yes, so you are. But don't trouble to trace the mysterious",2782
The Valley Of Fear,"gentleman upon the bicycle. I assure you that it won't help you.""",2783
The Valley Of Fear,,2784
The Valley Of Fear,"""Then what do you suggest that we do?""",2785
The Valley Of Fear,,2786
The Valley Of Fear,"""I will tell you exactly what to do, if you will do it.""",2787
The Valley Of Fear,,2788
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, I'm bound to say I've always found you had reason behind all",2789
The Valley Of Fear,"your queer ways. I'll do what you advise.""",2790
The Valley Of Fear,,2791
The Valley Of Fear,"""And you, Mr. White Mason?""",2792
The Valley Of Fear,,2793
The Valley Of Fear,The country detective looked helplessly from one to the other. Holmes,2794
The Valley Of Fear,"and his methods were new to him. ""Well, if it is good enough for the",2795
The Valley Of Fear,"inspector, it is good enough for me,"" he said at last.",2796
The Valley Of Fear,,2797
The Valley Of Fear,"""Capital!"" said Holmes. ""Well, then, I should recommend a nice,",2798
The Valley Of Fear,cheery country walk for both of you. They tell me that the views from,2799
The Valley Of Fear,Birlstone Ridge over the Weald are very remarkable. No doubt lunch,2800
The Valley Of Fear,could be got at some suitable hostelry; though my ignorance of the,2801
The Valley Of Fear,"country prevents me from recommending one. In the evening, tired but",2802
The Valley Of Fear,"happy--""",2803
The Valley Of Fear,,2804
The Valley Of Fear,"""Man, this is getting past a joke!"" cried MacDonald, rising angrily",2805
The Valley Of Fear,from his chair.,2806
The Valley Of Fear,,2807
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, well, spend the day as you like,"" said Holmes, patting him",2808
The Valley Of Fear,"cheerfully upon the shoulder. ""Do what you like and go where you",2809
The Valley Of Fear,"will, but meet me here before dusk without fail--without fail, Mr.",2810
The Valley Of Fear,"Mac.""",2811
The Valley Of Fear,,2812
The Valley Of Fear,"""That sounds more like sanity.""",2813
The Valley Of Fear,,2814
The Valley Of Fear,"""All of it was excellent advice; but I don't insist, so long as you",2815
The Valley Of Fear,"are here when I need you. But now, before we part, I want you to",2816
The Valley Of Fear,"write a note to Mr. Barker.""",2817
The Valley Of Fear,,2818
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well?""",2819
The Valley Of Fear,,2820
The Valley Of Fear,"""I'll dictate it, if you like. Ready?",2821
The Valley Of Fear,,2822
The Valley Of Fear,"""Dear Sir:",2823
The Valley Of Fear,"""It has struck me that it is our duty to drain the moat, in the hope",2824
The Valley Of Fear,"that we may find some--""",2825
The Valley Of Fear,,2826
The Valley Of Fear,"""It's impossible,"" said the inspector. ""I've made inquiry.""",2827
The Valley Of Fear,,2828
The Valley Of Fear,"""Tut, tut! My dear sir, please do what I ask you.""",2829
The Valley Of Fear,,2830
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, go on.""",2831
The Valley Of Fear,,2832
The Valley Of Fear,"""--in the hope that we may find something which may bear upon our",2833
The Valley Of Fear,"investigation. I have made arrangements, and the workmen will be at",2834
The Valley Of Fear,"work early to-morrow morning diverting the stream--""",2835
The Valley Of Fear,,2836
The Valley Of Fear,"""Impossible!""",2837
The Valley Of Fear,,2838
The Valley Of Fear,"""--diverting the stream; so I thought it best to explain matters",2839
The Valley Of Fear,beforehand.,2840
The Valley Of Fear,,2841
The Valley Of Fear,"""Now sign that, and send it by hand about four o'clock. At that hour",2842
The Valley Of Fear,we shall meet again in this room. Until then we may each do what we,2843
The Valley Of Fear,like; for I can assure you that this inquiry has come to a definite,2844
The Valley Of Fear,"pause.""",2845
The Valley Of Fear,,2846
The Valley Of Fear,Evening was drawing in when we reassembled. Holmes was very serious,2847
The Valley Of Fear,"in his manner, myself curious, and the detectives obviously critical",2848
The Valley Of Fear,and annoyed.,2849
The Valley Of Fear,,2850
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, gentlemen,"" said my friend gravely, ""I am asking you now to",2851
The Valley Of Fear,"put everything to the test with me, and you will judge for yourselves",2852
The Valley Of Fear,whether the observations I have made justify the conclusions to which,2853
The Valley Of Fear,"I have come. It is a chill evening, and I do not know how long our",2854
The Valley Of Fear,expedition may last; so I beg that you will wear your warmest coats.,2855
The Valley Of Fear,It is of the first importance that we should be in our places before,2856
The Valley Of Fear,"it grows dark; so with your permission we shall get started at once.""",2857
The Valley Of Fear,,2858
The Valley Of Fear,We passed along the outer bounds of the Manor House park until we,2859
The Valley Of Fear,came to a place where there was a gap in the rails which fenced it.,2860
The Valley Of Fear,"Through this we slipped, and then in the gathering gloom we followed",2861
The Valley Of Fear,Holmes until we had reached a shrubbery which lies nearly opposite to,2862
The Valley Of Fear,the main door and the drawbridge. The latter had not been raised.,2863
The Valley Of Fear,"Holmes crouched down behind the screen of laurels, and we all three",2864
The Valley Of Fear,followed his example.,2865
The Valley Of Fear,,2866
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, what are we to do now?"" asked MacDonald with some gruffness.",2867
The Valley Of Fear,,2868
The Valley Of Fear,"""Possess our souls in patience and make as little noise as possible,""",2869
The Valley Of Fear,Holmes answered.,2870
The Valley Of Fear,,2871
The Valley Of Fear,"""What are we here for at all? I really think that you might treat us",2872
The Valley Of Fear,"with more frankness.""",2873
The Valley Of Fear,,2874
The Valley Of Fear,"Holmes laughed. ""Watson insists that I am the dramatist in real",2875
The Valley Of Fear,"life,"" said he. ""Some touch of the artist wells up within me, and",2876
The Valley Of Fear,calls insistently for a well-staged performance. Surely our,2877
The Valley Of Fear,"profession, Mr. Mac, would be a drab and sordid one if we did not",2878
The Valley Of Fear,sometimes set the scene so as to glorify our results. The blunt,2879
The Valley Of Fear,"accusation, the brutal tap upon the shoulder--what can one make of",2880
The Valley Of Fear,"such a dénouement? But the quick inference, the subtle trap, the",2881
The Valley Of Fear,"clever forecast of coming events, the triumphant vindication of bold",2882
The Valley Of Fear,theories--are these not the pride and the justification of our life's,2883
The Valley Of Fear,work? At the present moment you thrill with the glamour of the,2884
The Valley Of Fear,situation and the anticipation of the hunt. Where would be that,2885
The Valley Of Fear,thrill if I had been as definite as a timetable? I only ask a little,2886
The Valley Of Fear,"patience, Mr. Mac, and all will be clear to you.""",2887
The Valley Of Fear,,2888
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, I hope the pride and justification and the rest of it will",2889
The Valley Of Fear,"come before we all get our death of cold,"" said the London detective",2890
The Valley Of Fear,with comic resignation.,2891
The Valley Of Fear,,2892
The Valley Of Fear,We all had good reason to join in the aspiration; for our vigil was a,2893
The Valley Of Fear,"long and bitter one. Slowly the shadows darkened over the long,",2894
The Valley Of Fear,"sombre face of the old house. A cold, damp reek from the moat chilled",2895
The Valley Of Fear,us to the bones and set our teeth chattering. There was a single lamp,2896
The Valley Of Fear,over the gateway and a steady globe of light in the fatal study.,2897
The Valley Of Fear,Everything else was dark and still.,2898
The Valley Of Fear,,2899
The Valley Of Fear,"""How long is this to last?"" asked the inspector finally. ""And what is",2900
The Valley Of Fear,"it we are watching for?""",2901
The Valley Of Fear,,2902
The Valley Of Fear,"""I have no more notion than you how long it is to last,"" Holmes",2903
The Valley Of Fear,"answered with some asperity. ""If criminals would always schedule",2904
The Valley Of Fear,"their movements like railway trains, it would certainly be more",2905
The Valley Of Fear,"convenient for all of us. As to what it is we--Well, that's what we",2906
The Valley Of Fear,"are watching for!""",2907
The Valley Of Fear,,2908
The Valley Of Fear,"As he spoke the bright, yellow light in the study was obscured by",2909
The Valley Of Fear,somebody passing to and fro before it. The laurels among which we lay,2910
The Valley Of Fear,were immediately opposite the window and not more than a hundred feet,2911
The Valley Of Fear,"from it. Presently it was thrown open with a whining of hinges, and",2912
The Valley Of Fear,we could dimly see the dark outline of a man's head and shoulders,2913
The Valley Of Fear,looking out into the gloom. For some minutes he peered forth in,2914
The Valley Of Fear,"furtive, stealthy fashion, as one who wishes to be assured that he is",2915
The Valley Of Fear,"unobserved. Then he leaned forward, and in the intense silence we",2916
The Valley Of Fear,were aware of the soft lapping of agitated water. He seemed to be,2917
The Valley Of Fear,stirring up the moat with something which he held in his hand. Then,2918
The Valley Of Fear,suddenly he hauled something in as a fisherman lands a fish--some,2919
The Valley Of Fear,"large, round object which obscured the light as it was dragged",2920
The Valley Of Fear,through the open casement.,2921
The Valley Of Fear,,2922
The Valley Of Fear,"""Now!"" cried Holmes. ""Now!""",2923
The Valley Of Fear,,2924
The Valley Of Fear,"We were all upon our feet, staggering after him with our stiffened",2925
The Valley Of Fear,"limbs, while he ran swiftly across the bridge and rang violently at",2926
The Valley Of Fear,"the bell. There was the rasping of bolts from the other side, and the",2927
The Valley Of Fear,amazed Ames stood in the entrance. Holmes brushed him aside without a,2928
The Valley Of Fear,"word and, followed by all of us, rushed into the room which had been",2929
The Valley Of Fear,occupied by the man whom we had been watching.,2930
The Valley Of Fear,,2931
The Valley Of Fear,The oil lamp on the table represented the glow which we had seen from,2932
The Valley Of Fear,"outside. It was now in the hand of Cecil Barker, who held it towards",2933
The Valley Of Fear,"us as we entered. Its light shone upon his strong, resolute,",2934
The Valley Of Fear,clean-shaved face and his menacing eyes.,2935
The Valley Of Fear,,2936
The Valley Of Fear,"""What the devil is the meaning of all this?"" he cried. ""What are you",2937
The Valley Of Fear,"after, anyhow?""",2938
The Valley Of Fear,,2939
The Valley Of Fear,"Holmes took a swift glance round, and then pounced upon a sodden",2940
The Valley Of Fear,bundle tied together with cord which lay where it had been thrust,2941
The Valley Of Fear,under the writing table.,2942
The Valley Of Fear,,2943
The Valley Of Fear,"""This is what we are after, Mr. Barker--this bundle, weighted with a",2944
The Valley Of Fear,"dumb-bell, which you have just raised from the bottom of the moat.""",2945
The Valley Of Fear,,2946
The Valley Of Fear,"Barker stared at Holmes with amazement in his face. ""How in thunder",2947
The Valley Of Fear,"came you to know anything about it?"" he asked.",2948
The Valley Of Fear,,2949
The Valley Of Fear,"""Simply that I put it there.""",2950
The Valley Of Fear,,2951
The Valley Of Fear,"""You put it there! You!""",2952
The Valley Of Fear,,2953
The Valley Of Fear,"""Perhaps I should have said 'replaced it there,'"" said Holmes. ""You",2954
The Valley Of Fear,"will remember, Inspector MacDonald, that I was somewhat struck by the",2955
The Valley Of Fear,absence of a dumb-bell. I drew your attention to it; but with the,2956
The Valley Of Fear,pressure of other events you had hardly the time to give it the,2957
The Valley Of Fear,consideration which would have enabled you to draw deductions from,2958
The Valley Of Fear,it. When water is near and a weight is missing it is not a very,2959
The Valley Of Fear,far-fetched supposition that something has been sunk in the water.,2960
The Valley Of Fear,"The idea was at least worth testing; so with the help of Ames, who",2961
The Valley Of Fear,"admitted me to the room, and the crook of Dr. Watson's umbrella, I",2962
The Valley Of Fear,was able last night to fish up and inspect this bundle.,2963
The Valley Of Fear,,2964
The Valley Of Fear,"""It was of the first importance, however, that we should be able to",2965
The Valley Of Fear,prove who placed it there. This we accomplished by the very obvious,2966
The Valley Of Fear,"device of announcing that the moat would be dried to-morrow, which",2967
The Valley Of Fear,"had, of course, the effect that whoever had hidden the bundle would",2968
The Valley Of Fear,most certainly withdraw it the moment that darkness enabled him to do,2969
The Valley Of Fear,so. We have no less than four witnesses as to who it was who took,2970
The Valley Of Fear,"advantage of the opportunity, and so, Mr. Barker, I think the word",2971
The Valley Of Fear,"lies now with you.""",2972
The Valley Of Fear,,2973
The Valley Of Fear,Sherlock Holmes put the sopping bundle upon the table beside the lamp,2974
The Valley Of Fear,and undid the cord which bound it. From within he extracted a,2975
The Valley Of Fear,"dumb-bell, which he tossed down to its fellow in the corner. Next he",2976
The Valley Of Fear,"drew forth a pair of boots. ""American, as you perceive,"" he remarked,",2977
The Valley Of Fear,"pointing to the toes. Then he laid upon the table a long, deadly,",2978
The Valley Of Fear,"sheathed knife. Finally he unravelled a bundle of clothing,",2979
The Valley Of Fear,"comprising a complete set of underclothes, socks, a gray tweed suit,",2980
The Valley Of Fear,and a short yellow overcoat.,2981
The Valley Of Fear,,2982
The Valley Of Fear,"""The clothes are commonplace,"" remarked Holmes, ""save only the",2983
The Valley Of Fear,"overcoat, which is full of suggestive touches."" He held it tenderly",2984
The Valley Of Fear,"towards the light. ""Here, as you perceive, is the inner pocket",2985
The Valley Of Fear,prolonged into the lining in such fashion as to give ample space for,2986
The Valley Of Fear,"the truncated fowling piece. The tailor's tab is on the neck--'Neal,",2987
The Valley Of Fear,"Outfitter, Vermissa, U. S. A.' I have spent an instructive afternoon",2988
The Valley Of Fear,"in the rector's library, and have enlarged my knowledge by adding the",2989
The Valley Of Fear,fact that Vermissa is a flourishing little town at the head of one of,2990
The Valley Of Fear,the best known coal and iron valleys in the United States. I have,2991
The Valley Of Fear,"some recollection, Mr. Barker, that you associated the coal districts",2992
The Valley Of Fear,"with Mr. Douglas's first wife, and it would surely not be too",2993
The Valley Of Fear,far-fetched an inference that the V. V. upon the card by the dead,2994
The Valley Of Fear,"body might stand for Vermissa Valley, or that this very valley which",2995
The Valley Of Fear,sends forth emissaries of murder may be that Valley of Fear of which,2996
The Valley Of Fear,"we have heard. So much is fairly clear. And now, Mr. Barker, I seem",2997
The Valley Of Fear,"to be standing rather in the way of your explanation.""",2998
The Valley Of Fear,,2999
The Valley Of Fear,It was a sight to see Cecil Barker's expressive face during this,3000
The Valley Of Fear,"exposition of the great detective. Anger, amazement, consternation,",3001
The Valley Of Fear,and indecision swept over it in turn. Finally he took refuge in a,3002
The Valley Of Fear,somewhat acrid irony.,3003
The Valley Of Fear,,3004
The Valley Of Fear,"""You know such a lot, Mr. Holmes, perhaps you had better tell us some",3005
The Valley Of Fear,"more,"" he sneered.",3006
The Valley Of Fear,,3007
The Valley Of Fear,"""I have no doubt that I could tell you a great deal more, Mr. Barker;",3008
The Valley Of Fear,"but it would come with a better grace from you.""",3009
The Valley Of Fear,,3010
The Valley Of Fear,"""Oh, you think so, do you? Well, all I can say is that if there's any",3011
The Valley Of Fear,"secret here it is not my secret, and I am not the man to give it",3012
The Valley Of Fear,"away.""",3013
The Valley Of Fear,,3014
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, if you take that line, Mr. Barker,"" said the inspector",3015
The Valley Of Fear,"quietly, ""we must just keep you in sight until we have the warrant",3016
The Valley Of Fear,"and can hold you.""",3017
The Valley Of Fear,,3018
The Valley Of Fear,"""You can do what you damn please about that,"" said Barker defiantly.",3019
The Valley Of Fear,,3020
The Valley Of Fear,The proceedings seemed to have come to a definite end so far as he,3021
The Valley Of Fear,was concerned; for one had only to look at that granite face to,3022
The Valley Of Fear,realize that no peine forte et dure would ever force him to plead,3023
The Valley Of Fear,"against his will. The deadlock was broken, however, by a woman's",3024
The Valley Of Fear,voice. Mrs. Douglas had been standing listening at the half opened,3025
The Valley Of Fear,"door, and now she entered the room.",3026
The Valley Of Fear,,3027
The Valley Of Fear,"""You have done enough for now, Cecil,"" said she. ""Whatever comes of",3028
The Valley Of Fear,"it in the future, you have done enough.""",3029
The Valley Of Fear,,3030
The Valley Of Fear,"""Enough and more than enough,"" remarked Sherlock Holmes gravely. ""I",3031
The Valley Of Fear,"have every sympathy with you, madam, and should strongly urge you to",3032
The Valley Of Fear,have some confidence in the common sense of our jurisdiction and to,3033
The Valley Of Fear,take the police voluntarily into your complete confidence. It may be,3034
The Valley Of Fear,that I am myself at fault for not following up the hint which you,3035
The Valley Of Fear,"conveyed to me through my friend, Dr. Watson; but, at that time I had",3036
The Valley Of Fear,every reason to believe that you were directly concerned in the,3037
The Valley Of Fear,"crime. Now I am assured that this is not so. At the same time, there",3038
The Valley Of Fear,"is much that is unexplained, and I should strongly recommend that you",3039
The Valley Of Fear,"ask Mr. Douglas to tell us his own story.""",3040
The Valley Of Fear,,3041
The Valley Of Fear,Mrs. Douglas gave a cry of astonishment at Holmes's words. The,3042
The Valley Of Fear,"detectives and I must have echoed it, when we were aware of a man who",3043
The Valley Of Fear,"seemed to have emerged from the wall, who advanced now from the gloom",3044
The Valley Of Fear,"of the corner in which he had appeared. Mrs. Douglas turned, and in",3045
The Valley Of Fear,an instant her arms were round him. Barker had seized his,3046
The Valley Of Fear,outstretched hand.,3047
The Valley Of Fear,,3048
The Valley Of Fear,"""It's best this way, Jack,"" his wife repeated; ""I am sure that it is",3049
The Valley Of Fear,"best.""",3050
The Valley Of Fear,,3051
The Valley Of Fear,"""Indeed, yes, Mr. Douglas,"" said Sherlock Holmes, ""I am sure that you",3052
The Valley Of Fear,"will find it best.""",3053
The Valley Of Fear,,3054
The Valley Of Fear,The man stood blinking at us with the dazed look of one who comes,3055
The Valley Of Fear,"from the dark into the light. It was a remarkable face, bold gray",3056
The Valley Of Fear,"eyes, a strong, short-clipped, grizzled moustache, a square,",3057
The Valley Of Fear,"projecting chin, and a humorous mouth. He took a good look at us all,",3058
The Valley Of Fear,and then to my amazement he advanced to me and handed me a bundle of,3059
The Valley Of Fear,paper.,3060
The Valley Of Fear,,3061
The Valley Of Fear,"""I've heard of you,"" said he in a voice which was not quite English",3062
The Valley Of Fear,"and not quite American, but was altogether mellow and pleasing. ""You",3063
The Valley Of Fear,"are the historian of this bunch. Well, Dr. Watson, you've never had",3064
The Valley Of Fear,"such a story as that pass through your hands before, and I'll lay my",3065
The Valley Of Fear,"last dollar on that. Tell it your own way; but there are the facts,",3066
The Valley Of Fear,and you can't miss the public so long as you have those. I've been,3067
The Valley Of Fear,"cooped up two days, and I've spent the daylight hours--as much",3068
The Valley Of Fear,daylight as I could get in that rat trap--in putting the thing into,3069
The Valley Of Fear,words. You're welcome to them--you and your public. There's the story,3070
The Valley Of Fear,"of the Valley of Fear.""",3071
The Valley Of Fear,,3072
The Valley Of Fear,"""That's the past, Mr. Douglas,"" said Sherlock Holmes quietly. ""What",3073
The Valley Of Fear,"we desire now is to hear your story of the present.""",3074
The Valley Of Fear,,3075
The Valley Of Fear,"""You'll have it, sir,"" said Douglas. ""May I smoke as I talk? Well,",3076
The Valley Of Fear,"thank you, Mr. Holmes. You're a smoker yourself, if I remember right,",3077
The Valley Of Fear,and you'll guess what it is to be sitting for two days with tobacco,3078
The Valley Of Fear,"in your pocket and afraid that the smell will give you away."" He",3079
The Valley Of Fear,leaned against the mantelpiece and sucked at the cigar which Holmes,3080
The Valley Of Fear,"had handed him. ""I've heard of you, Mr. Holmes. I never guessed that",3081
The Valley Of Fear,"I should meet you. But before you are through with that,"" he nodded",3082
The Valley Of Fear,"at my papers, ""you will say I've brought you something fresh.""",3083
The Valley Of Fear,,3084
The Valley Of Fear,Inspector MacDonald had been staring at the newcomer with the,3085
The Valley Of Fear,"greatest amazement. ""Well, this fairly beats me!"" he cried at last.",3086
The Valley Of Fear,"""If you are Mr. John Douglas of Birlstone Manor, then whose death",3087
The Valley Of Fear,"have we been investigating for these two days, and where in the world",3088
The Valley Of Fear,have you sprung from now? You seemed to me to come out of the floor,3089
The Valley Of Fear,"like a jack-in-a-box.""",3090
The Valley Of Fear,,3091
The Valley Of Fear,"""Ah, Mr. Mac,"" said Holmes, shaking a reproving forefinger, ""you",3092
The Valley Of Fear,would not read that excellent local compilation which described the,3093
The Valley Of Fear,concealment of King Charles. People did not hide in those days,3094
The Valley Of Fear,"without excellent hiding places, and the hiding place that has once",3095
The Valley Of Fear,been used may be again. I had persuaded myself that we should find,3096
The Valley Of Fear,"Mr. Douglas under this roof.""",3097
The Valley Of Fear,,3098
The Valley Of Fear,"""And how long have you been playing this trick upon us, Mr. Holmes?""",3099
The Valley Of Fear,"said the inspector angrily. ""How long have you allowed us to waste",3100
The Valley Of Fear,"ourselves upon a search that you knew to be an absurd one?""",3101
The Valley Of Fear,,3102
The Valley Of Fear,"""Not one instant, my dear Mr. Mac. Only last night did I form my",3103
The Valley Of Fear,views of the case. As they could not be put to the proof until this,3104
The Valley Of Fear,"evening, I invited you and your colleague to take a holiday for the",3105
The Valley Of Fear,day. Pray what more could I do? When I found the suit of clothes in,3106
The Valley Of Fear,"the moat, it at once became apparent to me that the body we had found",3107
The Valley Of Fear,"could not have been the body of Mr. John Douglas at all, but must be",3108
The Valley Of Fear,that of the bicyclist from Tunbridge Wells. No other conclusion was,3109
The Valley Of Fear,possible. Therefore I had to determine where Mr. John Douglas himself,3110
The Valley Of Fear,"could be, and the balance of probability was that with the connivance",3111
The Valley Of Fear,of his wife and his friend he was concealed in a house which had such,3112
The Valley Of Fear,"conveniences for a fugitive, and awaiting quieter times when he could",3113
The Valley Of Fear,"make his final escape.""",3114
The Valley Of Fear,,3115
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, you figured it out about right,"" said Douglas approvingly. ""I",3116
The Valley Of Fear,thought I'd dodge your British law; for I was not sure how I stood,3117
The Valley Of Fear,"under it, and also I saw my chance to throw these hounds once for all",3118
The Valley Of Fear,"off my track. Mind you, from first to last I have done nothing to be",3119
The Valley Of Fear,"ashamed of, and nothing that I would not do again; but you'll judge",3120
The Valley Of Fear,"that for yourselves when I tell you my story. Never mind warning me,",3121
The Valley Of Fear,Inspector: I'm ready to stand pat upon the truth.,3122
The Valley Of Fear,,3123
The Valley Of Fear,"""I'm not going to begin at the beginning. That's all there,"" he",3124
The Valley Of Fear,"indicated my bundle of papers, ""and a mighty queer yarn you'll find",3125
The Valley Of Fear,it. It all comes down to this: That there are some men that have good,3126
The Valley Of Fear,cause to hate me and would give their last dollar to know that they,3127
The Valley Of Fear,"had got me. So long as I am alive and they are alive, there is no",3128
The Valley Of Fear,safety in this world for me. They hunted me from Chicago to,3129
The Valley Of Fear,"California, then they chased me out of America; but when I married",3130
The Valley Of Fear,and settled down in this quiet spot I thought my last years were,3131
The Valley Of Fear,going to be peaceable.,3132
The Valley Of Fear,,3133
The Valley Of Fear,"""I never explained to my wife how things were. Why should I pull her",3134
The Valley Of Fear,into it? She would never have a quiet moment again; but would always,3135
The Valley Of Fear,"be imagining trouble. I fancy she knew something, for I may have",3136
The Valley Of Fear,"dropped a word here or a word there; but until yesterday, after you",3137
The Valley Of Fear,"gentlemen had seen her, she never knew the rights of the matter. She",3138
The Valley Of Fear,"told you all she knew, and so did Barker here; for on the night when",3139
The Valley Of Fear,this thing happened there was mighty little time for explanations.,3140
The Valley Of Fear,"She knows everything now, and I would have been a wiser man if I had",3141
The Valley Of Fear,"told her sooner. But it was a hard question, dear,"" he took her hand",3142
The Valley Of Fear,"for an instant in his own, ""and I acted for the best.",3143
The Valley Of Fear,,3144
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, gentlemen, the day before these happenings I was over in",3145
The Valley Of Fear,"Tunbridge Wells, and I got a glimpse of a man in the street. It was",3146
The Valley Of Fear,"only a glimpse; but I have a quick eye for these things, and I never",3147
The Valley Of Fear,doubted who it was. It was the worst enemy I had among them all--one,3148
The Valley Of Fear,who has been after me like a hungry wolf after a caribou all these,3149
The Valley Of Fear,"years. I knew there was trouble coming, and I came home and made",3150
The Valley Of Fear,"ready for it. I guessed I'd fight through it all right on my own, my",3151
The Valley Of Fear,luck was a proverb in the States about '76. I never doubted that it,3152
The Valley Of Fear,would be with me still.,3153
The Valley Of Fear,,3154
The Valley Of Fear,"""I was on my guard all that next day, and never went out into the",3155
The Valley Of Fear,"park. It's as well, or he'd have had the drop on me with that",3156
The Valley Of Fear,buckshot gun of his before ever I could draw on him. After the bridge,3157
The Valley Of Fear,was up--my mind was always more restful when that bridge was up in,3158
The Valley Of Fear,the evenings--I put the thing clear out of my head. I never dreamed,3159
The Valley Of Fear,of his getting into the house and waiting for me. But when I made my,3160
The Valley Of Fear,"round in my dressing gown, as was my habit, I had no sooner entered",3161
The Valley Of Fear,the study than I scented danger. I guess when a man has had dangers,3162
The Valley Of Fear,in his life--and I've had more than most in my time--there is a kind,3163
The Valley Of Fear,of sixth sense that waves the red flag. I saw the signal clear,3164
The Valley Of Fear,"enough, and yet I couldn't tell you why. Next instant I spotted a",3165
The Valley Of Fear,"boot under the window curtain, and then I saw why plain enough.",3166
The Valley Of Fear,,3167
The Valley Of Fear,"""I'd just the one candle that was in my hand; but there was a good",3168
The Valley Of Fear,light from the hall lamp through the open door. I put down the candle,3169
The Valley Of Fear,and jumped for a hammer that I'd left on the mantel. At the same,3170
The Valley Of Fear,"moment he sprang at me. I saw the glint of a knife, and I lashed at",3171
The Valley Of Fear,him with the hammer. I got him somewhere; for the knife tinkled down,3172
The Valley Of Fear,"on the floor. He dodged round the table as quick as an eel, and a",3173
The Valley Of Fear,moment later he'd got his gun from under his coat. I heard him cock,3174
The Valley Of Fear,it; but I had got hold of it before he could fire. I had it by the,3175
The Valley Of Fear,"barrel, and we wrestled for it all ends up for a minute or more. It",3176
The Valley Of Fear,was death to the man that lost his grip.,3177
The Valley Of Fear,,3178
The Valley Of Fear,"""He never lost his grip; but he got it butt downward for a moment too",3179
The Valley Of Fear,long. Maybe it was I that pulled the trigger. Maybe we just jolted it,3180
The Valley Of Fear,"off between us. Anyhow, he got both barrels in the face, and there I",3181
The Valley Of Fear,"was, staring down at all that was left of Ted Baldwin. I'd recognized",3182
The Valley Of Fear,"him in the township, and again when he sprang for me; but his own",3183
The Valley Of Fear,mother wouldn't recognize him as I saw him then. I'm used to rough,3184
The Valley Of Fear,work; but I fairly turned sick at the sight of him.,3185
The Valley Of Fear,,3186
The Valley Of Fear,"""I was hanging on the side of the table when Barker came hurrying",3187
The Valley Of Fear,"down. I heard my wife coming, and I ran to the door and stopped her.",3188
The Valley Of Fear,It was no sight for a woman. I promised I'd come to her soon. I said,3189
The Valley Of Fear,a word or two to Barker--he took it all in at a glance--and we waited,3190
The Valley Of Fear,for the rest to come along. But there was no sign of them. Then we,3191
The Valley Of Fear,"understood that they could hear nothing, and that all that had",3192
The Valley Of Fear,happened was known only to ourselves.,3193
The Valley Of Fear,,3194
The Valley Of Fear,"""It was at that instant that the idea came to me. I was fairly",3195
The Valley Of Fear,dazzled by the brilliance of it. The man's sleeve had slipped up and,3196
The Valley Of Fear,"there was the branded mark of the lodge upon his forearm. See here!""",3197
The Valley Of Fear,,3198
The Valley Of Fear,The man whom we had known as Douglas turned up his own coat and cuff,3199
The Valley Of Fear,to show a brown triangle within a circle exactly like that which we,3200
The Valley Of Fear,had seen upon the dead man.,3201
The Valley Of Fear,,3202
The Valley Of Fear,"""It was the sight of that which started me on it. I seemed to see it",3203
The Valley Of Fear,"all clear at a glance. There were his height and hair and figure,",3204
The Valley Of Fear,"about the same as my own. No one could swear to his face, poor devil!",3205
The Valley Of Fear,"I brought down this suit of clothes, and in a quarter of an hour",3206
The Valley Of Fear,Barker and I had put my dressing gown on him and he lay as you found,3207
The Valley Of Fear,"him. We tied all his things into a bundle, and I weighted them with",3208
The Valley Of Fear,the only weight I could find and put them through the window. The,3209
The Valley Of Fear,card he had meant to lay upon my body was lying beside his own.,3210
The Valley Of Fear,,3211
The Valley Of Fear,"""My rings were put on his finger; but when it came to the wedding",3212
The Valley Of Fear,"ring,"" he held out his muscular hand, ""you can see for yourselves",3213
The Valley Of Fear,that I had struck the limit. I have not moved it since the day I was,3214
The Valley Of Fear,"married, and it would have taken a file to get it off. I don't know,",3215
The Valley Of Fear,"anyhow, that I should have cared to part with it; but if I had wanted",3216
The Valley Of Fear,to I couldn't. So we just had to leave that detail to take care of,3217
The Valley Of Fear,"itself. On the other hand, I brought a bit of plaster down and put it",3218
The Valley Of Fear,"where I am wearing one myself at this instant. You slipped up there,",3219
The Valley Of Fear,"Mr. Holmes, clever as you are; for if you had chanced to take off",3220
The Valley Of Fear,that plaster you would have found no cut underneath it.,3221
The Valley Of Fear,,3222
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, that was the situation. If I could lie low for a while and",3223
The Valley Of Fear,then get away where I could be joined by my 'widow' we should have a,3224
The Valley Of Fear,chance at last of living in peace for the rest of our lives. These,3225
The Valley Of Fear,devils would give me no rest so long as I was above ground; but if,3226
The Valley Of Fear,"they saw in the papers that Baldwin had got his man, there would be",3227
The Valley Of Fear,an end of all my troubles. I hadn't much time to make it all clear to,3228
The Valley Of Fear,Barker and to my wife; but they understood enough to be able to help,3229
The Valley Of Fear,"me. I knew all about this hiding place, so did Ames; but it never",3230
The Valley Of Fear,"entered his head to connect it with the matter. I retired into it,",3231
The Valley Of Fear,and it was up to Barker to do the rest.,3232
The Valley Of Fear,,3233
The Valley Of Fear,"""I guess you can fill in for yourselves what he did. He opened the",3234
The Valley Of Fear,window and made the mark on the sill to give an idea of how the,3235
The Valley Of Fear,"murderer escaped. It was a tall order, that; but as the bridge was up",3236
The Valley Of Fear,"there was no other way. Then, when everything was fixed, he rang the",3237
The Valley Of Fear,"bell for all he was worth. What happened afterward you know. And so,",3238
The Valley Of Fear,"gentlemen, you can do what you please; but I've told you the truth",3239
The Valley Of Fear,"and the whole truth, so help me God! What I ask you now is how do I",3240
The Valley Of Fear,"stand by the English law?""",3241
The Valley Of Fear,,3242
The Valley Of Fear,There was a silence which was broken by Sherlock Holmes.,3243
The Valley Of Fear,,3244
The Valley Of Fear,"""The English law is in the main a just law. You will get no worse",3245
The Valley Of Fear,"than your deserts from that, Mr. Douglas. But I would ask you how did",3246
The Valley Of Fear,"this man know that you lived here, or how to get into your house, or",3247
The Valley Of Fear,"where to hide to get you?""",3248
The Valley Of Fear,,3249
The Valley Of Fear,"""I know nothing of this.""",3250
The Valley Of Fear,,3251
The Valley Of Fear,"Holmes's face was very white and grave. ""The story is not over yet, I",3252
The Valley Of Fear,"fear,"" said he. ""You may find worse dangers than the English law, or",3253
The Valley Of Fear,"even than your enemies from America. I see trouble before you, Mr.",3254
The Valley Of Fear,"Douglas. You'll take my advice and still be on your guard.""",3255
The Valley Of Fear,,3256
The Valley Of Fear,"And now, my long-suffering readers, I will ask you to come away with",3257
The Valley Of Fear,"me for a time, far from the Sussex Manor House of Birlstone, and far",3258
The Valley Of Fear,also from the year of grace in which we made our eventful journey,3259
The Valley Of Fear,which ended with the strange story of the man who had been known as,3260
The Valley Of Fear,"John Douglas. I wish you to journey back some twenty years in time,",3261
The Valley Of Fear,"and westward some thousands of miles in space, that I may lay before",3262
The Valley Of Fear,you a singular and terrible narrative--so singular and so terrible,3263
The Valley Of Fear,"that you may find it hard to believe that even as I tell it, even so",3264
The Valley Of Fear,did it occur.,3265
The Valley Of Fear,,3266
The Valley Of Fear,Do not think that I intrude one story before another is finished. As,3267
The Valley Of Fear,you read on you will find that this is not so. And when I have,3268
The Valley Of Fear,detailed those distant events and you have solved this mystery of the,3269
The Valley Of Fear,"past, we shall meet once more in those rooms on Baker Street, where",3270
The Valley Of Fear,"this, like so many other wonderful happenings, will find its end.",3271
The Valley Of Fear,,3272
The Valley Of Fear,PART II,3273
The Valley Of Fear,,3274
The Valley Of Fear,The Scowrers,3275
The Valley Of Fear,,3276
The Valley Of Fear,CHAPTER I,3277
The Valley Of Fear,The Man,3278
The Valley Of Fear,,3279
The Valley Of Fear,It was the fourth of February in the year 1875. It had been a severe,3280
The Valley Of Fear,"winter, and the snow lay deep in the gorges of the Gilmerton",3281
The Valley Of Fear,"Mountains. The steam ploughs had, however, kept the railroad open,",3282
The Valley Of Fear,and the evening train which connects the long line of coal-mining and,3283
The Valley Of Fear,iron-working settlements was slowly groaning its way up the steep,3284
The Valley Of Fear,"gradients which lead from Stagville on the plain to Vermissa, the",3285
The Valley Of Fear,central township which lies at the head of Vermissa Valley. From this,3286
The Valley Of Fear,"point the track sweeps downward to Bartons Crossing, Helmdale, and",3287
The Valley Of Fear,the purely agricultural county of Merton. It was a single-track,3288
The Valley Of Fear,railroad; but at every siding--and they were numerous--long lines of,3289
The Valley Of Fear,trucks piled with coal and iron ore told of the hidden wealth which,3290
The Valley Of Fear,had brought a rude population and a bustling life to this most,3291
The Valley Of Fear,desolate corner of the United States of America.,3292
The Valley Of Fear,,3293
The Valley Of Fear,For desolate it was! Little could the first pioneer who had traversed,3294
The Valley Of Fear,it have ever imagined that the fairest prairies and the most lush,3295
The Valley Of Fear,water pastures were valueless compared to this gloomy land of black,3296
The Valley Of Fear,crag and tangled forest. Above the dark and often scarcely penetrable,3297
The Valley Of Fear,"woods upon their flanks, the high, bare crowns of the mountains,",3298
The Valley Of Fear,"white snow, and jagged rock towered upon each flank, leaving a long,",3299
The Valley Of Fear,"winding, tortuous valley in the centre. Up this the little train was",3300
The Valley Of Fear,slowly crawling.,3301
The Valley Of Fear,,3302
The Valley Of Fear,"The oil lamps had just been lit in the leading passenger car, a long,",3303
The Valley Of Fear,bare carriage in which some twenty or thirty people were seated. The,3304
The Valley Of Fear,greater number of these were workmen returning from their day's toil,3305
The Valley Of Fear,"in the lower part of the valley. At least a dozen, by their grimed",3306
The Valley Of Fear,"faces and the safety lanterns which they carried, proclaimed",3307
The Valley Of Fear,themselves miners. These sat smoking in a group and conversed in low,3308
The Valley Of Fear,"voices, glancing occasionally at two men on the opposite side of the",3309
The Valley Of Fear,"car, whose uniforms and badges showed them to be policemen.",3310
The Valley Of Fear,,3311
The Valley Of Fear,Several women of the labouring class and one or two travellers who,3312
The Valley Of Fear,might have been small local storekeepers made up the rest of the,3313
The Valley Of Fear,"company, with the exception of one young man in a corner by himself.",3314
The Valley Of Fear,"It is with this man that we are concerned. Take a good look at him,",3315
The Valley Of Fear,for he is worth it.,3316
The Valley Of Fear,,3317
The Valley Of Fear,"He is a fresh-complexioned, middle-sized young man, not far, one",3318
The Valley Of Fear,"would guess, from his thirtieth year. He has large, shrewd, humorous",3319
The Valley Of Fear,gray eyes which twinkle inquiringly from time to time as he looks,3320
The Valley Of Fear,round through his spectacles at the people about him. It is easy to,3321
The Valley Of Fear,"see that he is of a sociable and possibly simple disposition, anxious",3322
The Valley Of Fear,to be friendly to all men. Anyone could pick him at once as,3323
The Valley Of Fear,"gregarious in his habits and communicative in his nature, with a",3324
The Valley Of Fear,quick wit and a ready smile. And yet the man who studied him more,3325
The Valley Of Fear,closely might discern a certain firmness of jaw and grim tightness,3326
The Valley Of Fear,"about the lips which would warn him that there were depths beyond,",3327
The Valley Of Fear,"and that this pleasant, brown-haired young Irishman might conceivably",3328
The Valley Of Fear,leave his mark for good or evil upon any society to which he was,3329
The Valley Of Fear,introduced.,3330
The Valley Of Fear,,3331
The Valley Of Fear,"Having made one or two tentative remarks to the nearest miner, and",3332
The Valley Of Fear,"receiving only short, gruff replies, the traveller resigned himself",3333
The Valley Of Fear,"to uncongenial silence, staring moodily out of the window at the",3334
The Valley Of Fear,fading landscape.,3335
The Valley Of Fear,,3336
The Valley Of Fear,It was not a cheering prospect. Through the growing gloom there,3337
The Valley Of Fear,pulsed the red glow of the furnaces on the sides of the hills. Great,3338
The Valley Of Fear,"heaps of slag and dumps of cinders loomed up on each side, with the",3339
The Valley Of Fear,high shafts of the collieries towering above them. Huddled groups of,3340
The Valley Of Fear,"mean, wooden houses, the windows of which were beginning to outline",3341
The Valley Of Fear,"themselves in light, were scattered here and there along the line,",3342
The Valley Of Fear,and the frequent halting places were crowded with their swarthy,3343
The Valley Of Fear,inhabitants.,3344
The Valley Of Fear,,3345
The Valley Of Fear,The iron and coal valleys of the Vermissa district were no resorts,3346
The Valley Of Fear,for the leisured or the cultured. Everywhere there were stern signs,3347
The Valley Of Fear,"of the crudest battle of life, the rude work to be done, and the",3348
The Valley Of Fear,"rude, strong workers who did it.",3349
The Valley Of Fear,,3350
The Valley Of Fear,The young traveller gazed out into this dismal country with a face of,3351
The Valley Of Fear,"mingled repulsion and interest, which showed that the scene was new",3352
The Valley Of Fear,to him. At intervals he drew from his pocket a bulky letter to which,3353
The Valley Of Fear,"he referred, and on the margins of which he scribbled some notes.",3354
The Valley Of Fear,Once from the back of his waist he produced something which one would,3355
The Valley Of Fear,hardly have expected to find in the possession of so mild-mannered a,3356
The Valley Of Fear,man. It was a navy revolver of the largest size. As he turned it,3357
The Valley Of Fear,"slantwise to the light, the glint upon the rims of the copper shells",3358
The Valley Of Fear,within the drum showed that it was fully loaded. He quickly restored,3359
The Valley Of Fear,"it to his secret pocket, but not before it had been observed by a",3360
The Valley Of Fear,working man who had seated himself upon the adjoining bench.,3361
The Valley Of Fear,,3362
The Valley Of Fear,"""Hullo, mate!"" said he. ""You seem heeled and ready.""",3363
The Valley Of Fear,,3364
The Valley Of Fear,The young man smiled with an air of embarrassment.,3365
The Valley Of Fear,,3366
The Valley Of Fear,"""Yes,"" said he, ""we need them sometimes in the place I come from.""",3367
The Valley Of Fear,,3368
The Valley Of Fear,"""And where may that be?""",3369
The Valley Of Fear,,3370
The Valley Of Fear,"""I'm last from Chicago.""",3371
The Valley Of Fear,,3372
The Valley Of Fear,"""A stranger in these parts?""",3373
The Valley Of Fear,,3374
The Valley Of Fear,"""Yes.""",3375
The Valley Of Fear,,3376
The Valley Of Fear,"""You may find you need it here,"" said the workman.",3377
The Valley Of Fear,,3378
The Valley Of Fear,"""Ah! is that so?"" The young man seemed interested.",3379
The Valley Of Fear,,3380
The Valley Of Fear,"""Have you heard nothing of doings hereabouts?""",3381
The Valley Of Fear,,3382
The Valley Of Fear,"""Nothing out of the way.""",3383
The Valley Of Fear,,3384
The Valley Of Fear,"""Why, I thought the country was full of it. You'll hear quick enough.",3385
The Valley Of Fear,"What made you come here?""",3386
The Valley Of Fear,,3387
The Valley Of Fear,"""I heard there was always work for a willing man.""",3388
The Valley Of Fear,,3389
The Valley Of Fear,"""Are you a member of the union?""",3390
The Valley Of Fear,,3391
The Valley Of Fear,"""Sure.""",3392
The Valley Of Fear,,3393
The Valley Of Fear,"""Then you'll get your job, I guess. Have you any friends?""",3394
The Valley Of Fear,,3395
The Valley Of Fear,"""Not yet; but I have the means of making them.""",3396
The Valley Of Fear,,3397
The Valley Of Fear,"""How's that, then?""",3398
The Valley Of Fear,,3399
The Valley Of Fear,"""I am one of the Eminent Order of Freemen. There's no town without a",3400
The Valley Of Fear,"lodge, and where there is a lodge I'll find my friends.""",3401
The Valley Of Fear,,3402
The Valley Of Fear,The remark had a singular effect upon his companion. He glanced round,3403
The Valley Of Fear,suspiciously at the others in the car. The miners were still,3404
The Valley Of Fear,whispering among themselves. The two police officers were dozing. He,3405
The Valley Of Fear,"came across, seated himself close to the young traveller, and held",3406
The Valley Of Fear,out his hand.,3407
The Valley Of Fear,,3408
The Valley Of Fear,"""Put it there,"" he said.",3409
The Valley Of Fear,,3410
The Valley Of Fear,A hand-grip passed between the two.,3411
The Valley Of Fear,,3412
The Valley Of Fear,"""I see you speak the truth,"" said the workman. ""But it's well to make",3413
The Valley Of Fear,"certain."" He raised his right hand to his right eyebrow. The",3414
The Valley Of Fear,traveller at once raised his left hand to his left eyebrow.,3415
The Valley Of Fear,,3416
The Valley Of Fear,"""Dark nights are unpleasant,"" said the workman.",3417
The Valley Of Fear,,3418
The Valley Of Fear,"""Yes, for strangers to travel,"" the other answered.",3419
The Valley Of Fear,,3420
The Valley Of Fear,"""That's good enough. I'm Brother Scanlan, Lodge 341, Vermissa Valley.",3421
The Valley Of Fear,"Glad to see you in these parts.""",3422
The Valley Of Fear,,3423
The Valley Of Fear,"""Thank you. I'm Brother John McMurdo, Lodge 29, Chicago. Bodymaster",3424
The Valley Of Fear,"J. H. Scott. But I am in luck to meet a brother so early.""",3425
The Valley Of Fear,,3426
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, there are plenty of us about. You won't find the order more",3427
The Valley Of Fear,flourishing anywhere in the States than right here in Vermissa,3428
The Valley Of Fear,Valley. But we could do with some lads like you. I can't understand a,3429
The Valley Of Fear,"spry man of the union finding no work to do in Chicago.""",3430
The Valley Of Fear,,3431
The Valley Of Fear,"""I found plenty of work to do,"" said McMurdo.",3432
The Valley Of Fear,,3433
The Valley Of Fear,"""Then why did you leave?""",3434
The Valley Of Fear,,3435
The Valley Of Fear,"McMurdo nodded towards the policemen and smiled. ""I guess those chaps",3436
The Valley Of Fear,"would be glad to know,"" he said.",3437
The Valley Of Fear,,3438
The Valley Of Fear,"Scanlan groaned sympathetically. ""In trouble?"" he asked in a whisper.",3439
The Valley Of Fear,,3440
The Valley Of Fear,"""Deep.""",3441
The Valley Of Fear,,3442
The Valley Of Fear,"""A penitentiary job?""",3443
The Valley Of Fear,,3444
The Valley Of Fear,"""And the rest.""",3445
The Valley Of Fear,,3446
The Valley Of Fear,"""Not a killing!""",3447
The Valley Of Fear,,3448
The Valley Of Fear,"""It's early days to talk of such things,"" said McMurdo with the air",3449
The Valley Of Fear,of a man who had been surprised into saying more than he intended.,3450
The Valley Of Fear,"""I've my own good reasons for leaving Chicago, and let that be enough",3451
The Valley Of Fear,for you. Who are you that you should take it on yourself to ask such,3452
The Valley Of Fear,"things?"" His gray eyes gleamed with sudden and dangerous anger from",3453
The Valley Of Fear,behind his glasses.,3454
The Valley Of Fear,,3455
The Valley Of Fear,"""All right, mate, no offense meant. The boys will think none the",3456
The Valley Of Fear,"worse of you, whatever you may have done. Where are you bound for",3457
The Valley Of Fear,"now?""",3458
The Valley Of Fear,,3459
The Valley Of Fear,"""Vermissa.""",3460
The Valley Of Fear,,3461
The Valley Of Fear,"""That's the third halt down the line. Where are you staying?""",3462
The Valley Of Fear,,3463
The Valley Of Fear,McMurdo took out an envelope and held it close to the murky oil lamp.,3464
The Valley Of Fear,"""Here is the address--Jacob Shafter, Sheridan Street. It's a boarding",3465
The Valley Of Fear,"house that was recommended by a man I knew in Chicago.""",3466
The Valley Of Fear,,3467
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, I don't know it; but Vermissa is out of my beat. I live at",3468
The Valley Of Fear,"Hobson's Patch, and that's here where we are drawing up. But, say,",3469
The Valley Of Fear,there's one bit of advice I'll give you before we part: If you're in,3470
The Valley Of Fear,"trouble in Vermissa, go straight to the Union House and see Boss",3471
The Valley Of Fear,"McGinty. He is the Bodymaster of Vermissa Lodge, and nothing can",3472
The Valley Of Fear,"happen in these parts unless Black Jack McGinty wants it. So long,",3473
The Valley Of Fear,mate! Maybe we'll meet in lodge one of these evenings. But mind my,3474
The Valley Of Fear,"words: If you are in trouble, go to Boss McGinty.""",3475
The Valley Of Fear,,3476
The Valley Of Fear,"Scanlan descended, and McMurdo was left once again to his thoughts.",3477
The Valley Of Fear,"Night had now fallen, and the flames of the frequent furnaces were",3478
The Valley Of Fear,roaring and leaping in the darkness. Against their lurid background,3479
The Valley Of Fear,"dark figures were bending and straining, twisting and turning, with",3480
The Valley Of Fear,"the motion of winch or of windlass, to the rhythm of an eternal clank",3481
The Valley Of Fear,and roar.,3482
The Valley Of Fear,,3483
The Valley Of Fear,"""I guess hell must look something like that,"" said a voice.",3484
The Valley Of Fear,,3485
The Valley Of Fear,McMurdo turned and saw that one of the policemen had shifted in his,3486
The Valley Of Fear,seat and was staring out into the fiery waste.,3487
The Valley Of Fear,,3488
The Valley Of Fear,"""For that matter,"" said the other policeman, ""I allow that hell must",3489
The Valley Of Fear,be something like that. If there are worse devils down yonder than,3490
The Valley Of Fear,"some we could name, it's more than I'd expect. I guess you are new to",3491
The Valley Of Fear,"this part, young man?""",3492
The Valley Of Fear,,3493
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, what if I am?"" McMurdo answered in a surly voice.",3494
The Valley Of Fear,,3495
The Valley Of Fear,"""Just this, mister, that I should advise you to be careful in",3496
The Valley Of Fear,choosing your friends. I don't think I'd begin with Mike Scanlan or,3497
The Valley Of Fear,"his gang if I were you.""",3498
The Valley Of Fear,,3499
The Valley Of Fear,"""What the hell is it to you who are my friends?"" roared McMurdo in a",3500
The Valley Of Fear,voice which brought every head in the carriage round to witness the,3501
The Valley Of Fear,"altercation. ""Did I ask you for your advice, or did you think me such",3502
The Valley Of Fear,a sucker that I couldn't move without it? You speak when you are,3503
The Valley Of Fear,"spoken to, and by the Lord you'd have to wait a long time if it was",3504
The Valley Of Fear,"me!"" He thrust out his face and grinned at the patrolmen like a",3505
The Valley Of Fear,snarling dog.,3506
The Valley Of Fear,,3507
The Valley Of Fear,"The two policemen, heavy, good-natured men, were taken aback by the",3508
The Valley Of Fear,extraordinary vehemence with which their friendly advances had been,3509
The Valley Of Fear,rejected.,3510
The Valley Of Fear,,3511
The Valley Of Fear,"""No offense, stranger,"" said one. ""It was a warning for your own",3512
The Valley Of Fear,"good, seeing that you are, by your own showing, new to the place.""",3513
The Valley Of Fear,,3514
The Valley Of Fear,"""I'm new to the place; but I'm not new to you and your kind!"" cried",3515
The Valley Of Fear,"McMurdo in cold fury. ""I guess you're the same in all places, shoving",3516
The Valley Of Fear,"your advice in when nobody asks for it.""",3517
The Valley Of Fear,,3518
The Valley Of Fear,"""Maybe we'll see more of you before very long,"" said one of the",3519
The Valley Of Fear,"patrolmen with a grin. ""You're a real hand-picked one, if I am a",3520
The Valley Of Fear,"judge.""",3521
The Valley Of Fear,,3522
The Valley Of Fear,"""I was thinking the same,"" remarked the other. ""I guess we may meet",3523
The Valley Of Fear,"again.""",3524
The Valley Of Fear,,3525
The Valley Of Fear,"""I'm not afraid of you, and don't you think it!"" cried McMurdo. ""My",3526
The Valley Of Fear,"name's Jack McMurdo--see? If you want me, you'll find me at Jacob",3527
The Valley Of Fear,"Shafter's on Sheridan Street, Vermissa; so I'm not hiding from you,",3528
The Valley Of Fear,am I? Day or night I dare to look the like of you in the face--don't,3529
The Valley Of Fear,"make any mistake about that!""",3530
The Valley Of Fear,,3531
The Valley Of Fear,There was a murmur of sympathy and admiration from the miners at the,3532
The Valley Of Fear,"dauntless demeanour of the newcomer, while the two policemen shrugged",3533
The Valley Of Fear,their shoulders and renewed a conversation between themselves.,3534
The Valley Of Fear,,3535
The Valley Of Fear,"A few minutes later the train ran into the ill-lit station, and there",3536
The Valley Of Fear,was a general clearing; for Vermissa was by far the largest town on,3537
The Valley Of Fear,the line. McMurdo picked up his leather gripsack and was about to,3538
The Valley Of Fear,"start off into the darkness, when one of the miners accosted him.",3539
The Valley Of Fear,,3540
The Valley Of Fear,"""By Gar, mate! you know how to speak to the cops,"" he said in a voice",3541
The Valley Of Fear,"of awe. ""It was grand to hear you. Let me carry your grip and show",3542
The Valley Of Fear,"you the road. I'm passing Shafter's on the way to my own shack.""",3543
The Valley Of Fear,,3544
The Valley Of Fear,"There was a chorus of friendly ""Good-nights"" from the other miners as",3545
The Valley Of Fear,"they passed from the platform. Before ever he had set foot in it,",3546
The Valley Of Fear,McMurdo the turbulent had become a character in Vermissa.,3547
The Valley Of Fear,,3548
The Valley Of Fear,The country had been a place of terror; but the town was in its way,3549
The Valley Of Fear,even more depressing. Down that long valley there was at least a,3550
The Valley Of Fear,certain gloomy grandeur in the huge fires and the clouds of drifting,3551
The Valley Of Fear,"smoke, while the strength and industry of man found fitting monuments",3552
The Valley Of Fear,in the hills which he had spilled by the side of his monstrous,3553
The Valley Of Fear,excavations. But the town showed a dead level of mean ugliness and,3554
The Valley Of Fear,squalor. The broad street was churned up by the traffic into a,3555
The Valley Of Fear,horrible rutted paste of muddy snow. The sidewalks were narrow and,3556
The Valley Of Fear,uneven. The numerous gas-lamps served only to show more clearly a,3557
The Valley Of Fear,"long line of wooden houses, each with its veranda facing the street,",3558
The Valley Of Fear,unkempt and dirty.,3559
The Valley Of Fear,,3560
The Valley Of Fear,As they approached the centre of the town the scene was brightened by,3561
The Valley Of Fear,"a row of well-lit stores, and even more by a cluster of saloons and",3562
The Valley Of Fear,"gaming houses, in which the miners spent their hard-earned but",3563
The Valley Of Fear,generous wages.,3564
The Valley Of Fear,,3565
The Valley Of Fear,"""That's the Union House,"" said the guide, pointing to one saloon",3566
The Valley Of Fear,"which rose almost to the dignity of being a hotel. ""Jack McGinty is",3567
The Valley Of Fear,"the boss there.""",3568
The Valley Of Fear,,3569
The Valley Of Fear,"""What sort of a man is he?"" McMurdo asked.",3570
The Valley Of Fear,,3571
The Valley Of Fear,"""What! have you never heard of the boss?""",3572
The Valley Of Fear,,3573
The Valley Of Fear,"""How could I have heard of him when you know that I am a stranger in",3574
The Valley Of Fear,"these parts?""",3575
The Valley Of Fear,,3576
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, I thought his name was known clear across the country. It's",3577
The Valley Of Fear,"been in the papers often enough.""",3578
The Valley Of Fear,,3579
The Valley Of Fear,"""What for?""",3580
The Valley Of Fear,,3581
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well,"" the miner lowered his voice--""over the affairs.""",3582
The Valley Of Fear,,3583
The Valley Of Fear,"""What affairs?""",3584
The Valley Of Fear,,3585
The Valley Of Fear,"""Good Lord, mister! you are queer, if I must say it without offense.",3586
The Valley Of Fear,"There's only one set of affairs that you'll hear of in these parts,",3587
The Valley Of Fear,"and that's the affairs of the Scowrers.""",3588
The Valley Of Fear,,3589
The Valley Of Fear,"""Why, I seem to have read of the Scowrers in Chicago. A gang of",3590
The Valley Of Fear,"murderers, are they not?""",3591
The Valley Of Fear,,3592
The Valley Of Fear,"""Hush, on your life!"" cried the miner, standing still in alarm, and",3593
The Valley Of Fear,"gazing in amazement at his companion. ""Man, you won't live long in",3594
The Valley Of Fear,these parts if you speak in the open street like that. Many a man has,3595
The Valley Of Fear,"had the life beaten out of him for less.""",3596
The Valley Of Fear,,3597
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, I know nothing about them. It's only what I have read.""",3598
The Valley Of Fear,,3599
The Valley Of Fear,"""And I'm not saying that you have not read the truth."" The man looked",3600
The Valley Of Fear,"nervously round him as he spoke, peering into the shadows as if he",3601
The Valley Of Fear,"feared to see some lurking danger. ""If killing is murder, then God",3602
The Valley Of Fear,knows there is murder and to spare. But don't you dare to breathe the,3603
The Valley Of Fear,"name of Jack McGinty in connection with it, stranger; for every",3604
The Valley Of Fear,"whisper goes back to him, and he is not one that is likely to let it",3605
The Valley Of Fear,"pass. Now, that's the house you're after, that one standing back from",3606
The Valley Of Fear,the street. You'll find old Jacob Shafter that runs it as honest a,3607
The Valley Of Fear,"man as lives in this township.""",3608
The Valley Of Fear,,3609
The Valley Of Fear,"""I thank you,"" said McMurdo, and shaking hands with his new",3610
The Valley Of Fear,"acquaintance he plodded, gripsack in hand, up the path which led to",3611
The Valley Of Fear,"the dwelling house, at the door of which he gave a resounding knock.",3612
The Valley Of Fear,,3613
The Valley Of Fear,It was opened at once by someone very different from what he had,3614
The Valley Of Fear,"expected. It was a woman, young and singularly beautiful. She was of",3615
The Valley Of Fear,"the German type, blonde and fair-haired, with the piquant contrast of",3616
The Valley Of Fear,a pair of beautiful dark eyes with which she surveyed the stranger,3617
The Valley Of Fear,with surprise and a pleasing embarrassment which brought a wave of,3618
The Valley Of Fear,colour over her pale face. Framed in the bright light of the open,3619
The Valley Of Fear,"doorway, it seemed to McMurdo that he had never seen a more beautiful",3620
The Valley Of Fear,picture; the more attractive for its contrast with the sordid and,3621
The Valley Of Fear,gloomy surroundings. A lovely violet growing upon one of those black,3622
The Valley Of Fear,slag-heaps of the mines would not have seemed more surprising. So,3623
The Valley Of Fear,"entranced was he that he stood staring without a word, and it was she",3624
The Valley Of Fear,who broke the silence.,3625
The Valley Of Fear,,3626
The Valley Of Fear,"""I thought it was father,"" said she with a pleasing little touch of a",3627
The Valley Of Fear,"German accent. ""Did you come to see him? He is downtown. I expect him",3628
The Valley Of Fear,"back every minute.""",3629
The Valley Of Fear,,3630
The Valley Of Fear,McMurdo continued to gaze at her in open admiration until her eyes,3631
The Valley Of Fear,dropped in confusion before this masterful visitor.,3632
The Valley Of Fear,,3633
The Valley Of Fear,"""No, miss,"" he said at last, ""I'm in no hurry to see him. But your",3634
The Valley Of Fear,house was recommended to me for board. I thought it might suit,3635
The Valley Of Fear,"me--and now I know it will.""",3636
The Valley Of Fear,,3637
The Valley Of Fear,"""You are quick to make up your mind,"" said she with a smile.",3638
The Valley Of Fear,,3639
The Valley Of Fear,"""Anyone but a blind man could do as much,"" the other answered.",3640
The Valley Of Fear,,3641
The Valley Of Fear,"She laughed at the compliment. ""Come right in, sir,"" she said. ""I'm",3642
The Valley Of Fear,"Miss Ettie Shafter, Mr. Shafter's daughter. My mother's dead, and I",3643
The Valley Of Fear,run the house. You can sit down by the stove in the front room until,3644
The Valley Of Fear,"father comes along--Ah, here he is! So you can fix things with him",3645
The Valley Of Fear,"right away.""",3646
The Valley Of Fear,,3647
The Valley Of Fear,"A heavy, elderly man came plodding up the path. In a few words",3648
The Valley Of Fear,McMurdo explained his business. A man of the name of Murphy had given,3649
The Valley Of Fear,him the address in Chicago. He in turn had had it from someone else.,3650
The Valley Of Fear,"Old Shafter was quite ready. The stranger made no bones about terms,",3651
The Valley Of Fear,"agreed at once to every condition, and was apparently fairly flush of",3652
The Valley Of Fear,money. For seven dollars a week paid in advance he was to have board,3653
The Valley Of Fear,and lodging.,3654
The Valley Of Fear,,3655
The Valley Of Fear,"So it was that McMurdo, the self-confessed fugitive from justice,",3656
The Valley Of Fear,"took up his abode under the roof of the Shafters, the first step",3657
The Valley Of Fear,"which was to lead to so long and dark a train of events, ending in a",3658
The Valley Of Fear,far distant land.,3659
The Valley Of Fear,,3660
The Valley Of Fear,CHAPTER II,3661
The Valley Of Fear,The Bodymaster,3662
The Valley Of Fear,,3663
The Valley Of Fear,McMurdo was a man who made his mark quickly. Wherever he was the folk,3664
The Valley Of Fear,around soon knew it. Within a week he had become infinitely the most,3665
The Valley Of Fear,important person at Shafter's. There were ten or a dozen boarders,3666
The Valley Of Fear,there; but they were honest foremen or commonplace clerks from the,3667
The Valley Of Fear,"stores, of a very different calibre from the young Irishman. Of an",3668
The Valley Of Fear,"evening when they gathered together his joke was always the readiest,",3669
The Valley Of Fear,"his conversation the brightest, and his song the best. He was a born",3670
The Valley Of Fear,"boon companion, with a magnetism which drew good humour from all",3671
The Valley Of Fear,around him.,3672
The Valley Of Fear,,3673
The Valley Of Fear,"And yet he showed again and again, as he had shown in the railway",3674
The Valley Of Fear,"carriage, a capacity for sudden, fierce anger, which compelled the",3675
The Valley Of Fear,"respect and even the fear of those who met him. For the law, too, and",3676
The Valley Of Fear,"all who were connected with it, he exhibited a bitter contempt which",3677
The Valley Of Fear,delighted some and alarmed others of his fellow boarders.,3678
The Valley Of Fear,,3679
The Valley Of Fear,"From the first he made it evident, by his open admiration, that the",3680
The Valley Of Fear,daughter of the house had won his heart from the instant that he had,3681
The Valley Of Fear,set eyes upon her beauty and her grace. He was no backward suitor. On,3682
The Valley Of Fear,"the second day he told her that he loved her, and from then onward he",3683
The Valley Of Fear,repeated the same story with an absolute disregard of what she might,3684
The Valley Of Fear,say to discourage him.,3685
The Valley Of Fear,,3686
The Valley Of Fear,"""Someone else?"" he would cry. ""Well, the worse luck for someone else!",3687
The Valley Of Fear,Let him look out for himself! Am I to lose my life's chance and all,3688
The Valley Of Fear,"my heart's desire for someone else? You can keep on saying no, Ettie:",3689
The Valley Of Fear,"the day will come when you will say yes, and I'm young enough to",3690
The Valley Of Fear,"wait.""",3691
The Valley Of Fear,,3692
The Valley Of Fear,"He was a dangerous suitor, with his glib Irish tongue, and his",3693
The Valley Of Fear,"pretty, coaxing ways. There was about him also that glamour of",3694
The Valley Of Fear,"experience and of mystery which attracts a woman's interest, and",3695
The Valley Of Fear,finally her love. He could talk of the sweet valleys of County,3696
The Valley Of Fear,"Monaghan from which he came, of the lovely, distant island, the low",3697
The Valley Of Fear,hills and green meadows of which seemed the more beautiful when,3698
The Valley Of Fear,imagination viewed them from this place of grime and snow.,3699
The Valley Of Fear,,3700
The Valley Of Fear,"Then he was versed in the life of the cities of the North, of",3701
The Valley Of Fear,"Detroit, and the lumber camps of Michigan, and finally of Chicago,",3702
The Valley Of Fear,where he had worked in a planing mill. And afterwards came the hint,3703
The Valley Of Fear,"of romance, the feeling that strange things had happened to him in",3704
The Valley Of Fear,"that great city, so strange and so intimate that they might not be",3705
The Valley Of Fear,"spoken of. He spoke wistfully of a sudden leaving, a breaking of old",3706
The Valley Of Fear,"ties, a flight into a strange world, ending in this dreary valley,",3707
The Valley Of Fear,"and Ettie listened, her dark eyes gleaming with pity and with",3708
The Valley Of Fear,sympathy--those two qualities which may turn so rapidly and so,3709
The Valley Of Fear,naturally to love.,3710
The Valley Of Fear,,3711
The Valley Of Fear,McMurdo had obtained a temporary job as bookkeeper; for he was a,3712
The Valley Of Fear,"well-educated man. This kept him out most of the day, and he had not",3713
The Valley Of Fear,found occasion yet to report himself to the head of the lodge of the,3714
The Valley Of Fear,"Eminent Order of Freemen. He was reminded of his omission, however,",3715
The Valley Of Fear,"by a visit one evening from Mike Scanlan, the fellow member whom he",3716
The Valley Of Fear,"had met in the train. Scanlan, the small, sharp-faced, nervous,",3717
The Valley Of Fear,"black-eyed man, seemed glad to see him once more. After a glass or",3718
The Valley Of Fear,two of whisky he broached the object of his visit.,3719
The Valley Of Fear,,3720
The Valley Of Fear,"""Say, McMurdo,"" said he, ""I remembered your address, so l made bold",3721
The Valley Of Fear,to call. I'm surprised that you've not reported to the Bodymaster.,3722
The Valley Of Fear,"Why haven't you seen Boss McGinty yet?""",3723
The Valley Of Fear,,3724
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, I had to find a job. I have been busy.""",3725
The Valley Of Fear,,3726
The Valley Of Fear,"""You must find time for him if you have none for anything else. Good",3727
The Valley Of Fear,"Lord, man! you're a fool not to have been down to the Union House and",3728
The Valley Of Fear,registered your name the first morning after you came here! If you,3729
The Valley Of Fear,"run against him--well, you mustn't, that's all!""",3730
The Valley Of Fear,,3731
The Valley Of Fear,"McMurdo showed mild surprise. ""I've been a member of the lodge for",3732
The Valley Of Fear,"over two years, Scanlan, but I never heard that duties were so",3733
The Valley Of Fear,"pressing as all that.""",3734
The Valley Of Fear,,3735
The Valley Of Fear,"""Maybe not in Chicago.""",3736
The Valley Of Fear,,3737
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, it's the same society here.""",3738
The Valley Of Fear,,3739
The Valley Of Fear,"""Is it?""",3740
The Valley Of Fear,,3741
The Valley Of Fear,Scanlan looked at him long and fixedly. There was something sinister,3742
The Valley Of Fear,in his eyes.,3743
The Valley Of Fear,,3744
The Valley Of Fear,"""Isn't it?""",3745
The Valley Of Fear,,3746
The Valley Of Fear,"""You'll tell me that in a month's time. I hear you had a talk with",3747
The Valley Of Fear,"the patrolmen after I left the train.""",3748
The Valley Of Fear,,3749
The Valley Of Fear,"""How did you know that?""",3750
The Valley Of Fear,,3751
The Valley Of Fear,"""Oh, it got about--things do get about for good and for bad in this",3752
The Valley Of Fear,"district.""",3753
The Valley Of Fear,,3754
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, yes. I told the hounds what I thought of them.""",3755
The Valley Of Fear,,3756
The Valley Of Fear,"""By the Lord, you'll be a man after McGinty's heart!""",3757
The Valley Of Fear,,3758
The Valley Of Fear,"""What, does he hate the police too?""",3759
The Valley Of Fear,,3760
The Valley Of Fear,"Scanlan burst out laughing. ""You go and see him, my lad,"" said he as",3761
The Valley Of Fear,"he took his leave. ""It's not the police but you that he'll hate if",3762
The Valley Of Fear,"you don't! Now, take a friend's advice and go at once!""",3763
The Valley Of Fear,,3764
The Valley Of Fear,It chanced that on the same evening McMurdo had another more pressing,3765
The Valley Of Fear,interview which urged him in the same direction. It may have been,3766
The Valley Of Fear,"that his attentions to Ettie had been more evident than before, or",3767
The Valley Of Fear,that they had gradually obtruded themselves into the slow mind of his,3768
The Valley Of Fear,"good German host; but, whatever the cause, the boarding-house keeper",3769
The Valley Of Fear,beckoned the young man into his private room and started on the,3770
The Valley Of Fear,subject without any circumlocution.,3771
The Valley Of Fear,,3772
The Valley Of Fear,"""It seems to me, mister,"" said he, ""that you are gettin' set on my",3773
The Valley Of Fear,"Ettie. Ain't that so, or am I wrong?""",3774
The Valley Of Fear,,3775
The Valley Of Fear,"""Yes, that is so,"" the young man answered.",3776
The Valley Of Fear,,3777
The Valley Of Fear,"""Vell, I vant to tell you right now that it ain't no manner of use.",3778
The Valley Of Fear,"There's someone slipped in afore you.""",3779
The Valley Of Fear,,3780
The Valley Of Fear,"""She told me so.""",3781
The Valley Of Fear,,3782
The Valley Of Fear,"""Vell, you can lay that she told you truth. But did she tell you who",3783
The Valley Of Fear,"it vas?""",3784
The Valley Of Fear,,3785
The Valley Of Fear,"""No, I asked her; but she wouldn't tell.""",3786
The Valley Of Fear,,3787
The Valley Of Fear,"""I dare say not, the leetle baggage! Perhaps she did not vish to",3788
The Valley Of Fear,"frighten you avay.""",3789
The Valley Of Fear,,3790
The Valley Of Fear,"""Frighten!"" McMurdo was on fire in a moment.",3791
The Valley Of Fear,,3792
The Valley Of Fear,"""Ah, yes, my friend! You need not be ashamed to be frightened of him.",3793
The Valley Of Fear,"It is Teddy Baldwin.""",3794
The Valley Of Fear,,3795
The Valley Of Fear,"""And who the devil is he?""",3796
The Valley Of Fear,,3797
The Valley Of Fear,"""He is a boss of Scowrers.""",3798
The Valley Of Fear,,3799
The Valley Of Fear,"""Scowrers! I've heard of them before. It's Scowrers here and Scowrers",3800
The Valley Of Fear,"there, and always in a whisper! What are you all afraid of? Who are",3801
The Valley Of Fear,"the Scowrers?""",3802
The Valley Of Fear,,3803
The Valley Of Fear,"The boarding-house keeper instinctively sank his voice, as everyone",3804
The Valley Of Fear,"did who talked about that terrible society. ""The Scowrers,"" said he,",3805
The Valley Of Fear,"""are the Eminent Order of Freemen!""",3806
The Valley Of Fear,,3807
The Valley Of Fear,"The young man stared. ""Why, I am a member of that order myself.""",3808
The Valley Of Fear,,3809
The Valley Of Fear,"""You! I vould never have had you in my house if I had known it--not",3810
The Valley Of Fear,"if you vere to pay me a hundred dollar a week.""",3811
The Valley Of Fear,,3812
The Valley Of Fear,"""What's wrong with the order? It's for charity and good fellowship.",3813
The Valley Of Fear,"The rules say so.""",3814
The Valley Of Fear,,3815
The Valley Of Fear,"""Maybe in some places. Not here!""",3816
The Valley Of Fear,,3817
The Valley Of Fear,"""What is it here?""",3818
The Valley Of Fear,,3819
The Valley Of Fear,"""It's a murder society, that's vat it is.""",3820
The Valley Of Fear,,3821
The Valley Of Fear,"McMurdo laughed incredulously. ""How can you prove that?"" he asked.",3822
The Valley Of Fear,,3823
The Valley Of Fear,"""Prove it! Are there not fifty murders to prove it? Vat about Milman",3824
The Valley Of Fear,"and Van Shorst, and the Nicholson family, and old Mr. Hyam, and",3825
The Valley Of Fear,"little Billy James, and the others? Prove it! Is there a man or a",3826
The Valley Of Fear,"voman in this valley vat does not know it?""",3827
The Valley Of Fear,,3828
The Valley Of Fear,"""See here!"" said McMurdo earnestly. ""I want you to take back what",3829
The Valley Of Fear,"you've said, or else make it good. One or the other you must do",3830
The Valley Of Fear,"before I quit this room. Put yourself in my place. Here am I, a",3831
The Valley Of Fear,stranger in the town. I belong to a society that I know only as an,3832
The Valley Of Fear,innocent one. You'll find it through the length and breadth of the,3833
The Valley Of Fear,"States, but always as an innocent one. Now, when I am counting upon",3834
The Valley Of Fear,"joining it here, you tell me that it is the same as a murder society",3835
The Valley Of Fear,called the Scowrers. I guess you owe me either an apology or else an,3836
The Valley Of Fear,"explanation, Mr. Shafter.""",3837
The Valley Of Fear,,3838
The Valley Of Fear,"""I can but tell you vat the whole vorld knows, mister. The bosses of",3839
The Valley Of Fear,"the one are the bosses of the other. If you offend the one, it is the",3840
The Valley Of Fear,"other vat vill strike you. We have proved it too often.""",3841
The Valley Of Fear,,3842
The Valley Of Fear,"""That's just gossip--I want proof!"" said McMurdo.",3843
The Valley Of Fear,,3844
The Valley Of Fear,"""If you live here long you vill get your proof. But I forget that you",3845
The Valley Of Fear,are yourself one of them. You vill soon be as bad as the rest. But,3846
The Valley Of Fear,"you vill find other lodgings, mister. I cannot have you here. Is it",3847
The Valley Of Fear,"not bad enough that one of these people come courting my Ettie, and",3848
The Valley Of Fear,"that I dare not turn him down, but that I should have another for my",3849
The Valley Of Fear,"boarder? Yes, indeed, you shall not sleep here after to-night!""",3850
The Valley Of Fear,,3851
The Valley Of Fear,McMurdo found himself under sentence of banishment both from his,3852
The Valley Of Fear,comfortable quarters and from the girl whom he loved. He found her,3853
The Valley Of Fear,"alone in the sitting-room that same evening, and he poured his",3854
The Valley Of Fear,troubles into her ear.,3855
The Valley Of Fear,,3856
The Valley Of Fear,"""Sure, your father is after giving me notice,"" he said. ""It's little",3857
The Valley Of Fear,"I would care if it was just my room, but indeed, Ettie, though it's",3858
The Valley Of Fear,"only a week that I've known you, you are the very breath of life to",3859
The Valley Of Fear,"me, and I can't live without you!""",3860
The Valley Of Fear,,3861
The Valley Of Fear,"""Oh, hush, Mr. McMurdo, don't speak so!"" said the girl. ""I have told",3862
The Valley Of Fear,"you, have I not, that you are too late? There is another, and if I",3863
The Valley Of Fear,"have not promised to marry him at once, at least I can promise no one",3864
The Valley Of Fear,"else.""",3865
The Valley Of Fear,,3866
The Valley Of Fear,"""Suppose I had been first, Ettie, would I have had a chance?""",3867
The Valley Of Fear,,3868
The Valley Of Fear,"The girl sank her face into her hands. ""I wish to heaven that you had",3869
The Valley Of Fear,"been first!"" she sobbed.",3870
The Valley Of Fear,,3871
The Valley Of Fear,"McMurdo was down on his knees before her in an instant. ""For God's",3872
The Valley Of Fear,"sake, Ettie, let it stand at that!"" he cried. ""Will you ruin your",3873
The Valley Of Fear,"life and my own for the sake of this promise? Follow your heart,",3874
The Valley Of Fear,acushla! 'Tis a safer guide than any promise before you knew what it,3875
The Valley Of Fear,"was that you were saying.""",3876
The Valley Of Fear,,3877
The Valley Of Fear,He had seized Ettie's white hand between his own strong brown ones.,3878
The Valley Of Fear,,3879
The Valley Of Fear,"""Say that you will be mine, and we will face it out together!""",3880
The Valley Of Fear,,3881
The Valley Of Fear,"""Not here?""",3882
The Valley Of Fear,,3883
The Valley Of Fear,"""Yes, here.""",3884
The Valley Of Fear,,3885
The Valley Of Fear,"""No, no, Jack!"" His arms were round her now. ""It could not be here.",3886
The Valley Of Fear,"Could you take me away?""",3887
The Valley Of Fear,,3888
The Valley Of Fear,A struggle passed for a moment over McMurdo's face; but it ended by,3889
The Valley Of Fear,"setting like granite. ""No, here,"" he said. ""I'll hold you against the",3890
The Valley Of Fear,"world, Ettie, right here where we are!""",3891
The Valley Of Fear,,3892
The Valley Of Fear,"""Why should we not leave together?""",3893
The Valley Of Fear,,3894
The Valley Of Fear,"""No, Ettie, I can't leave here.""",3895
The Valley Of Fear,,3896
The Valley Of Fear,"""But why?""",3897
The Valley Of Fear,,3898
The Valley Of Fear,"""I'd never hold my head up again if I felt that I had been driven",3899
The Valley Of Fear,"out. Besides, what is there to be afraid of? Are we not free folks in",3900
The Valley Of Fear,"a free country? If you love me, and I you, who will dare to come",3901
The Valley Of Fear,"between?""",3902
The Valley Of Fear,,3903
The Valley Of Fear,"""You don't know, Jack. You've been here too short a time. You don't",3904
The Valley Of Fear,"know this Baldwin. You don't know McGinty and his Scowrers.""",3905
The Valley Of Fear,,3906
The Valley Of Fear,"""No, I don't know them, and I don't fear them, and I don't believe in",3907
The Valley Of Fear,"them!"" said McMurdo. ""I've lived among rough men, my darling, and",3908
The Valley Of Fear,instead of fearing them it has always ended that they have feared,3909
The Valley Of Fear,"me--always, Ettie. It's mad on the face of it! If these men, as your",3910
The Valley Of Fear,"father says, have done crime after crime in the valley, and if",3911
The Valley Of Fear,"everyone knows them by name, how comes it that none are brought to",3912
The Valley Of Fear,"justice? You answer me that, Ettie!""",3913
The Valley Of Fear,,3914
The Valley Of Fear,"""Because no witness dares to appear against them. He would not live a",3915
The Valley Of Fear,month if he did. Also because they have always their own men to swear,3916
The Valley Of Fear,"that the accused one was far from the scene of the crime. But surely,",3917
The Valley Of Fear,"Jack, you must have read all this. I had understood that every paper",3918
The Valley Of Fear,"in the United States was writing about it.""",3919
The Valley Of Fear,,3920
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, I have read something, it is true; but I had thought it was a",3921
The Valley Of Fear,story. Maybe these men have some reason in what they do. Maybe they,3922
The Valley Of Fear,"are wronged and have no other way to help themselves.""",3923
The Valley Of Fear,,3924
The Valley Of Fear,"""Oh, Jack, don't let me hear you speak so! That is how he speaks--the",3925
The Valley Of Fear,"other one!""",3926
The Valley Of Fear,,3927
The Valley Of Fear,"""Baldwin--he speaks like that, does he?""",3928
The Valley Of Fear,,3929
The Valley Of Fear,"""And that is why I loathe him so. Oh, Jack, now I can tell you the",3930
The Valley Of Fear,truth. I loathe him with all my heart; but I fear him also. I fear,3931
The Valley Of Fear,him for myself; but above all I fear him for father. I know that some,3932
The Valley Of Fear,great sorrow would come upon us if I dared to say what I really felt.,3933
The Valley Of Fear,That is why I have put him off with half-promises. It was in real,3934
The Valley Of Fear,"truth our only hope. But if you would fly with me, Jack, we could",3935
The Valley Of Fear,take father with us and live forever far from the power of these,3936
The Valley Of Fear,"wicked men.""",3937
The Valley Of Fear,,3938
The Valley Of Fear,"Again there was the struggle upon McMurdo's face, and again it set",3939
The Valley Of Fear,"like granite. ""No harm shall come to you, Ettie--nor to your father",3940
The Valley Of Fear,"either. As to wicked men, I expect you may find that I am as bad as",3941
The Valley Of Fear,"the worst of them before we're through.""",3942
The Valley Of Fear,,3943
The Valley Of Fear,"""No, no, Jack! I would trust you anywhere.""",3944
The Valley Of Fear,,3945
The Valley Of Fear,"McMurdo laughed bitterly. ""Good Lord! how little you know of me! Your",3946
The Valley Of Fear,"innocent soul, my darling, could not even guess what is passing in",3947
The Valley Of Fear,"mine. But, hullo, who's the visitor?""",3948
The Valley Of Fear,,3949
The Valley Of Fear,"The door had opened suddenly, and a young fellow came swaggering in",3950
The Valley Of Fear,"with the air of one who is the master. He was a handsome, dashing",3951
The Valley Of Fear,young man of about the same age and build as McMurdo himself. Under,3952
The Valley Of Fear,"his broad-brimmed black felt hat, which he had not troubled to",3953
The Valley Of Fear,"remove, a handsome face with fierce, domineering eyes and a curved",3954
The Valley Of Fear,hawk-bill of a nose looked savagely at the pair who sat by the stove.,3955
The Valley Of Fear,,3956
The Valley Of Fear,"Ettie had jumped to her feet full of confusion and alarm. ""I'm glad",3957
The Valley Of Fear,"to see you, Mr. Baldwin,"" said she. ""You're earlier than I had",3958
The Valley Of Fear,"thought. Come and sit down.""",3959
The Valley Of Fear,,3960
The Valley Of Fear,"Baldwin stood with his hands on his hips looking at McMurdo. ""Who is",3961
The Valley Of Fear,"this?"" he asked curtly.",3962
The Valley Of Fear,,3963
The Valley Of Fear,"""It's a friend of mine, Mr. Baldwin, a new boarder here. Mr. McMurdo,",3964
The Valley Of Fear,"may I introduce you to Mr. Baldwin?""",3965
The Valley Of Fear,,3966
The Valley Of Fear,The young men nodded in surly fashion to each other.,3967
The Valley Of Fear,,3968
The Valley Of Fear,"""Maybe Miss Ettie has told you how it is with us?"" said Baldwin.",3969
The Valley Of Fear,,3970
The Valley Of Fear,"""I didn't understand that there was any relation between you.""",3971
The Valley Of Fear,,3972
The Valley Of Fear,"""Didn't you? Well, you can understand it now. You can take it from me",3973
The Valley Of Fear,"that this young lady is mine, and you'll find it a very fine evening",3974
The Valley Of Fear,"for a walk.""",3975
The Valley Of Fear,,3976
The Valley Of Fear,"""Thank you, I am in no humour for a walk.""",3977
The Valley Of Fear,,3978
The Valley Of Fear,"""Aren't you?"" The man's savage eyes were blazing with anger. ""Maybe",3979
The Valley Of Fear,"you are in a humour for a fight, Mr. Boarder!""",3980
The Valley Of Fear,,3981
The Valley Of Fear,"""That I am!"" cried McMurdo, springing to his feet. ""You never said a",3982
The Valley Of Fear,"more welcome word.""",3983
The Valley Of Fear,,3984
The Valley Of Fear,"""For God's sake, Jack! Oh, for God's sake!"" cried poor, distracted",3985
The Valley Of Fear,"Ettie. ""Oh, Jack, Jack, he will hurt you!""",3986
The Valley Of Fear,,3987
The Valley Of Fear,"""Oh, it's Jack, is it?"" said Baldwin with an oath. ""You've come to",3988
The Valley Of Fear,"that already, have you?""",3989
The Valley Of Fear,,3990
The Valley Of Fear,"""Oh, Ted, be reasonable--be kind! For my sake, Ted, if ever you loved",3991
The Valley Of Fear,"me, be big-hearted and forgiving!""",3992
The Valley Of Fear,,3993
The Valley Of Fear,"""I think, Ettie, that if you were to leave us alone we could get this",3994
The Valley Of Fear,"thing settled,"" said McMurdo quietly. ""Or maybe, Mr. Baldwin, you",3995
The Valley Of Fear,"will take a turn down the street with me. It's a fine evening, and",3996
The Valley Of Fear,"there's some open ground beyond the next block.""",3997
The Valley Of Fear,,3998
The Valley Of Fear,"""I'll get even with you without needing to dirty my hands,"" said his",3999
The Valley Of Fear,"enemy. ""You'll wish you had never set foot in this house before I am",4000
The Valley Of Fear,"through with you!""",4001
The Valley Of Fear,,4002
The Valley Of Fear,"""No time like the present,"" cried McMurdo.",4003
The Valley Of Fear,,4004
The Valley Of Fear,"""I'll choose my own time, mister. You can leave the time to me. See",4005
The Valley Of Fear,"here!"" He suddenly rolled up his sleeve and showed upon his forearm a",4006
The Valley Of Fear,peculiar sign which appeared to have been branded there. It was a,4007
The Valley Of Fear,"circle with a triangle within it. ""D'you know what that means?""",4008
The Valley Of Fear,,4009
The Valley Of Fear,"""I neither know nor care!""",4010
The Valley Of Fear,,4011
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, you will know, I'll promise you that. You won't be much older,",4012
The Valley Of Fear,either. Perhaps Miss Ettie can tell you something about it. As to,4013
The Valley Of Fear,"you, Ettie, you'll come back to me on your knees--d'ye hear,",4014
The Valley Of Fear,girl?--on your knees--and then I'll tell you what your punishment may,4015
The Valley Of Fear,"be. You've sowed--and by the Lord, I'll see that you reap!"" He",4016
The Valley Of Fear,"glanced at them both in fury. Then he turned upon his heel, and an",4017
The Valley Of Fear,instant later the outer door had banged behind him.,4018
The Valley Of Fear,,4019
The Valley Of Fear,For a few moments McMurdo and the girl stood in silence. Then she,4020
The Valley Of Fear,threw her arms around him.,4021
The Valley Of Fear,,4022
The Valley Of Fear,"""Oh, Jack, how brave you were! But it is no use, you must fly!",4023
The Valley Of Fear,To-night--Jack--to-night! It's your only hope. He will have your,4024
The Valley Of Fear,life. I read it in his horrible eyes. What chance have you against a,4025
The Valley Of Fear,"dozen of them, with Boss McGinty and all the power of the lodge",4026
The Valley Of Fear,"behind them?""",4027
The Valley Of Fear,,4028
The Valley Of Fear,"McMurdo disengaged her hands, kissed her, and gently pushed her back",4029
The Valley Of Fear,"into a chair. ""There, acushla, there! Don't be disturbed or fear for",4030
The Valley Of Fear,me. I'm a Freeman myself. I'm after telling your father about it.,4031
The Valley Of Fear,Maybe I am no better than the others; so don't make a saint of me.,4032
The Valley Of Fear,"Perhaps you hate me too, now that I've told you as much?""",4033
The Valley Of Fear,,4034
The Valley Of Fear,"""Hate you, Jack? While life lasts I could never do that! I've heard",4035
The Valley Of Fear,that there is no harm in being a Freeman anywhere but here; so why,4036
The Valley Of Fear,"should I think the worse of you for that? But if you are a Freeman,",4037
The Valley Of Fear,"Jack, why should you not go down and make a friend of Boss McGinty?",4038
The Valley Of Fear,"Oh, hurry, Jack, hurry! Get your word in first, or the hounds will be",4039
The Valley Of Fear,"on your trail.""",4040
The Valley Of Fear,,4041
The Valley Of Fear,"""I was thinking the same thing,"" said McMurdo. ""I'll go right now and",4042
The Valley Of Fear,fix it. You can tell your father that I'll sleep here to-night and,4043
The Valley Of Fear,"find some other quarters in the morning.""",4044
The Valley Of Fear,,4045
The Valley Of Fear,"The bar of McGinty's saloon was crowded as usual, for it was the",4046
The Valley Of Fear,favourite loafing place of all the rougher elements of the town. The,4047
The Valley Of Fear,"man was popular; for he had a rough, jovial disposition which formed",4048
The Valley Of Fear,"a mask, covering a great deal which lay behind it. But apart from",4049
The Valley Of Fear,"this popularity, the fear in which he was held throughout the",4050
The Valley Of Fear,"township, and indeed down the whole thirty miles of the valley and",4051
The Valley Of Fear,"past the mountains on each side of it, was enough in itself to fill",4052
The Valley Of Fear,his bar; for none could afford to neglect his good will.,4053
The Valley Of Fear,,4054
The Valley Of Fear,Besides those secret powers which it was universally believed that he,4055
The Valley Of Fear,"exercised in so pitiless a fashion, he was a high public official, a",4056
The Valley Of Fear,"municipal councillor, and a commissioner of roads, elected to the",4057
The Valley Of Fear,office through the votes of the ruffians who in turn expected to,4058
The Valley Of Fear,receive favours at his hands. Assessments and taxes were enormous;,4059
The Valley Of Fear,"the public works were notoriously neglected, the accounts were",4060
The Valley Of Fear,"slurred over by bribed auditors, and the decent citizen was",4061
The Valley Of Fear,"terrorized into paying public blackmail, and holding his tongue lest",4062
The Valley Of Fear,some worse thing befall him.,4063
The Valley Of Fear,,4064
The Valley Of Fear,"Thus it was that, year by year, Boss McGinty's diamond pins became",4065
The Valley Of Fear,"more obtrusive, his gold chains more weighty across a more gorgeous",4066
The Valley Of Fear,"vest, and his saloon stretched farther and farther, until it",4067
The Valley Of Fear,threatened to absorb one whole side of the Market Square.,4068
The Valley Of Fear,,4069
The Valley Of Fear,McMurdo pushed open the swinging door of the saloon and made his way,4070
The Valley Of Fear,"amid the crowd of men within, through an atmosphere blurred with",4071
The Valley Of Fear,tobacco smoke and heavy with the smell of spirits. The place was,4072
The Valley Of Fear,"brilliantly lighted, and the huge, heavily gilt mirrors upon every",4073
The Valley Of Fear,wall reflected and multiplied the garish illumination. There were,4074
The Valley Of Fear,"several bartenders in their shirt sleeves, hard at work mixing drinks",4075
The Valley Of Fear,"for the loungers who fringed the broad, brass-trimmed counter.",4076
The Valley Of Fear,,4077
The Valley Of Fear,"At the far end, with his body resting upon the bar and a cigar stuck",4078
The Valley Of Fear,"at an acute angle from the corner of his mouth, stood a tall, strong,",4079
The Valley Of Fear,heavily built man who could be none other than the famous McGinty,4080
The Valley Of Fear,"himself. He was a black-maned giant, bearded to the cheek-bones, and",4081
The Valley Of Fear,with a shock of raven hair which fell to his collar. His complexion,4082
The Valley Of Fear,"was as swarthy as that of an Italian, and his eyes were of a strange",4083
The Valley Of Fear,"dead black, which, combined with a slight squint, gave them a",4084
The Valley Of Fear,particularly sinister appearance.,4085
The Valley Of Fear,,4086
The Valley Of Fear,"All else in the man--his noble proportions, his fine features, and",4087
The Valley Of Fear,"his frank bearing--fitted in with that jovial, man-to-man manner",4088
The Valley Of Fear,"which he affected. Here, one would say, is a bluff, honest fellow,",4089
The Valley Of Fear,whose heart would be sound however rude his outspoken words might,4090
The Valley Of Fear,"seem. It was only when those dead, dark eyes, deep and remorseless,",4091
The Valley Of Fear,"were turned upon a man that he shrank within himself, feeling that he",4092
The Valley Of Fear,"was face to face with an infinite possibility of latent evil, with a",4093
The Valley Of Fear,strength and courage and cunning behind it which made it a thousand,4094
The Valley Of Fear,times more deadly.,4095
The Valley Of Fear,,4096
The Valley Of Fear,"Having had a good look at his man, McMurdo elbowed his way forward",4097
The Valley Of Fear,"with his usual careless audacity, and pushed himself through the",4098
The Valley Of Fear,"little group of courtiers who were fawning upon the powerful boss,",4099
The Valley Of Fear,laughing uproariously at the smallest of his jokes. The young,4100
The Valley Of Fear,stranger's bold gray eyes looked back fearlessly through their,4101
The Valley Of Fear,glasses at the deadly black ones which turned sharply upon him.,4102
The Valley Of Fear,,4103
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, young man, I can't call your face to mind.""",4104
The Valley Of Fear,,4105
The Valley Of Fear,"""I'm new here, Mr. McGinty.""",4106
The Valley Of Fear,,4107
The Valley Of Fear,"""You are not so new that you can't give a gentleman his proper",4108
The Valley Of Fear,"title.""",4109
The Valley Of Fear,,4110
The Valley Of Fear,"""He's Councillor McGinty, young man,"" said a voice from the group.",4111
The Valley Of Fear,,4112
The Valley Of Fear,"""I'm sorry, Councillor. I'm strange to the ways of the place. But I",4113
The Valley Of Fear,"was advised to see you.""",4114
The Valley Of Fear,,4115
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, you see me. This is all there is. What d'you think of me?""",4116
The Valley Of Fear,,4117
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, it's early days. If your heart is as big as your body, and",4118
The Valley Of Fear,"your soul as fine as your face, then I'd ask for nothing better,""",4119
The Valley Of Fear,said McMurdo.,4120
The Valley Of Fear,,4121
The Valley Of Fear,"""By Gar! you've got an Irish tongue in your head anyhow,"" cried the",4122
The Valley Of Fear,"saloon-keeper, not quite certain whether to humour this audacious",4123
The Valley Of Fear,visitor or to stand upon his dignity.,4124
The Valley Of Fear,,4125
The Valley Of Fear,"""So you are good enough to pass my appearance?""",4126
The Valley Of Fear,,4127
The Valley Of Fear,"""Sure,"" said McMurdo.",4128
The Valley Of Fear,,4129
The Valley Of Fear,"""And you were told to see me?""",4130
The Valley Of Fear,,4131
The Valley Of Fear,"""I was.""",4132
The Valley Of Fear,,4133
The Valley Of Fear,"""And who told you?""",4134
The Valley Of Fear,,4135
The Valley Of Fear,"""Brother Scanlan of Lodge 341, Vermissa. I drink your health",4136
The Valley Of Fear,"Councillor, and to our better acquaintance."" He raised a glass with",4137
The Valley Of Fear,which he had been served to his lips and elevated his little finger,4138
The Valley Of Fear,as he drank it.,4139
The Valley Of Fear,,4140
The Valley Of Fear,"McGinty, who had been watching him narrowly, raised his thick black",4141
The Valley Of Fear,"eyebrows. ""Oh, it's like that, is it?"" said he. ""I'll have to look a",4142
The Valley Of Fear,"bit closer into this, Mister--""",4143
The Valley Of Fear,,4144
The Valley Of Fear,"""McMurdo.""",4145
The Valley Of Fear,,4146
The Valley Of Fear,"""A bit closer, Mr. McMurdo; for we don't take folk on trust in these",4147
The Valley Of Fear,"parts, nor believe all we're told neither. Come in here for a moment,",4148
The Valley Of Fear,"behind the bar.""",4149
The Valley Of Fear,,4150
The Valley Of Fear,"There was a small room there, lined with barrels. McGinty carefully",4151
The Valley Of Fear,"closed the door, and then seated himself on one of them, biting",4152
The Valley Of Fear,thoughtfully on his cigar and surveying his companion with those,4153
The Valley Of Fear,disquieting eyes. For a couple of minutes he sat in complete silence.,4154
The Valley Of Fear,"McMurdo bore the inspection cheerfully, one hand in his coat pocket,",4155
The Valley Of Fear,the other twisting his brown moustache. Suddenly McGinty stooped and,4156
The Valley Of Fear,produced a wicked-looking revolver.,4157
The Valley Of Fear,,4158
The Valley Of Fear,"""See here, my joker,"" said he, ""if I thought you were playing any",4159
The Valley Of Fear,"game on us, it would be short work for you.""",4160
The Valley Of Fear,,4161
The Valley Of Fear,"""This is a strange welcome,"" McMurdo answered with some dignity, ""for",4162
The Valley Of Fear,"the Bodymaster of a lodge of Freemen to give to a stranger brother.""",4163
The Valley Of Fear,,4164
The Valley Of Fear,"""Ay, but it's just that same that you have to prove,"" said McGinty,",4165
The Valley Of Fear,"""and God help you if you fail! Where were you made?""",4166
The Valley Of Fear,,4167
The Valley Of Fear,"""Lodge 29, Chicago.""",4168
The Valley Of Fear,,4169
The Valley Of Fear,"""When?""",4170
The Valley Of Fear,,4171
The Valley Of Fear,"""June 24, 1872.""",4172
The Valley Of Fear,,4173
The Valley Of Fear,"""What Bodymaster?""",4174
The Valley Of Fear,,4175
The Valley Of Fear,"""James H. Scott.""",4176
The Valley Of Fear,,4177
The Valley Of Fear,"""Who is your district ruler?""",4178
The Valley Of Fear,,4179
The Valley Of Fear,"""Bartholomew Wilson.""",4180
The Valley Of Fear,,4181
The Valley Of Fear,"""Hum! You seem glib enough in your tests. What are you doing here?""",4182
The Valley Of Fear,,4183
The Valley Of Fear,"""Working, the same as you--but a poorer job.""",4184
The Valley Of Fear,,4185
The Valley Of Fear,"""You have your back answer quick enough.""",4186
The Valley Of Fear,,4187
The Valley Of Fear,"""Yes, I was always quick of speech.""",4188
The Valley Of Fear,,4189
The Valley Of Fear,"""Are you quick of action?""",4190
The Valley Of Fear,,4191
The Valley Of Fear,"""I have had that name among those that knew me best.""",4192
The Valley Of Fear,,4193
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, we may try you sooner than you think. Have you heard anything",4194
The Valley Of Fear,"of the lodge in these parts?""",4195
The Valley Of Fear,,4196
The Valley Of Fear,"""I've heard that it takes a man to be a brother.""",4197
The Valley Of Fear,,4198
The Valley Of Fear,"""True for you, Mr. McMurdo. Why did you leave Chicago?""",4199
The Valley Of Fear,,4200
The Valley Of Fear,"""I'm damned if I tell you that!""",4201
The Valley Of Fear,,4202
The Valley Of Fear,McGinty opened his eyes. He was not used to being answered in such,4203
The Valley Of Fear,"fashion, and it amused him. ""Why won't you tell me?""",4204
The Valley Of Fear,,4205
The Valley Of Fear,"""Because no brother may tell another a lie.""",4206
The Valley Of Fear,,4207
The Valley Of Fear,"""Then the truth is too bad to tell?""",4208
The Valley Of Fear,,4209
The Valley Of Fear,"""You can put it that way if you like.""",4210
The Valley Of Fear,,4211
The Valley Of Fear,"""See here, mister, you can't expect me, as Bodymaster, to pass into",4212
The Valley Of Fear,"the lodge a man for whose past he can't answer.""",4213
The Valley Of Fear,,4214
The Valley Of Fear,McMurdo looked puzzled. Then he took a worn newspaper cutting from an,4215
The Valley Of Fear,inner pocket.,4216
The Valley Of Fear,,4217
The Valley Of Fear,"""You wouldn't squeal on a fellow?"" said he.",4218
The Valley Of Fear,,4219
The Valley Of Fear,"""I'll wipe my hand across your face if you say such words to me!""",4220
The Valley Of Fear,cried McGinty hotly.,4221
The Valley Of Fear,,4222
The Valley Of Fear,"""You are right, Councillor,"" said McMurdo meekly. ""I should",4223
The Valley Of Fear,"apologize. I spoke without thought. Well, I know that I am safe in",4224
The Valley Of Fear,"your hands. Look at that clipping.""",4225
The Valley Of Fear,,4226
The Valley Of Fear,McGinty glanced his eyes over the account of the shooting of one,4227
The Valley Of Fear,"Jonas Pinto, in the Lake Saloon, Market Street, Chicago, in the New",4228
The Valley Of Fear,Year week of 1874.,4229
The Valley Of Fear,,4230
The Valley Of Fear,"""Your work?"" he asked, as he handed back the paper.",4231
The Valley Of Fear,,4232
The Valley Of Fear,McMurdo nodded.,4233
The Valley Of Fear,,4234
The Valley Of Fear,"""Why did you shoot him?""",4235
The Valley Of Fear,,4236
The Valley Of Fear,"""I was helping Uncle Sam to make dollars. Maybe mine were not as good",4237
The Valley Of Fear,"gold as his, but they looked as well and were cheaper to make. This",4238
The Valley Of Fear,"man Pinto helped me to shove the queer--""",4239
The Valley Of Fear,,4240
The Valley Of Fear,"""To do what?""",4241
The Valley Of Fear,,4242
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, it means to pass the dollars out into circulation. Then he",4243
The Valley Of Fear,said he would split. Maybe he did split. I didn't wait to see. I just,4244
The Valley Of Fear,"killed him and lighted out for the coal country.""",4245
The Valley Of Fear,,4246
The Valley Of Fear,"""Why the coal country?""",4247
The Valley Of Fear,,4248
The Valley Of Fear,"""'Cause I'd read in the papers that they weren't too particular in",4249
The Valley Of Fear,"those parts.""",4250
The Valley Of Fear,,4251
The Valley Of Fear,"McGinty laughed. ""You were first a coiner and then a murderer, and",4252
The Valley Of Fear,"you came to these parts because you thought you'd be welcome.""",4253
The Valley Of Fear,,4254
The Valley Of Fear,"""That's about the size of it,"" McMurdo answered.",4255
The Valley Of Fear,,4256
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, I guess you'll go far. Say, can you make those dollars yet?""",4257
The Valley Of Fear,,4258
The Valley Of Fear,"McMurdo took half a dozen from his pocket. ""Those never passed the",4259
The Valley Of Fear,"Philadelphia mint,"" said he.",4260
The Valley Of Fear,,4261
The Valley Of Fear,"""You don't say!"" McGinty held them to the light in his enormous hand,",4262
The Valley Of Fear,"which was hairy as a gorilla's. ""I can see no difference. Gar! you'll",4263
The Valley Of Fear,"be a mighty useful brother, I'm thinking! We can do with a bad man or",4264
The Valley Of Fear,"two among us, Friend McMurdo: for there are times when we have to",4265
The Valley Of Fear,take our own part. We'd soon be against the wall if we didn't shove,4266
The Valley Of Fear,"back at those that were pushing us.""",4267
The Valley Of Fear,,4268
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, I guess I'll do my share of shoving with the rest of the",4269
The Valley Of Fear,"boys.""",4270
The Valley Of Fear,,4271
The Valley Of Fear,"""You seem to have a good nerve. You didn't squirm when I shoved this",4272
The Valley Of Fear,"gun at you.""",4273
The Valley Of Fear,,4274
The Valley Of Fear,"""It was not me that was in danger.""",4275
The Valley Of Fear,,4276
The Valley Of Fear,"""Who then?""",4277
The Valley Of Fear,,4278
The Valley Of Fear,"""It was you, Councillor."" McMurdo drew a cocked pistol from the side",4279
The Valley Of Fear,"pocket of his peajacket. ""I was covering you all the time. I guess my",4280
The Valley Of Fear,"shot would have been as quick as yours.""",4281
The Valley Of Fear,,4282
The Valley Of Fear,"""By Gar!"" McGinty flushed an angry red and then burst into a roar of",4283
The Valley Of Fear,"laughter. ""Say, we've had no such holy terror come to hand this many",4284
The Valley Of Fear,"a year. I reckon the lodge will learn to be proud of you ... Well,",4285
The Valley Of Fear,what the hell do you want? And can't I speak alone with a gentleman,4286
The Valley Of Fear,"for five minutes but you must butt in on us?""",4287
The Valley Of Fear,,4288
The Valley Of Fear,"The bartender stood abashed. ""I'm sorry, Councillor, but it's Ted",4289
The Valley Of Fear,"Baldwin. He says he must see you this very minute.""",4290
The Valley Of Fear,,4291
The Valley Of Fear,"The message was unnecessary; for the set, cruel face of the man",4292
The Valley Of Fear,himself was looking over the servant's shoulder. He pushed the,4293
The Valley Of Fear,bartender out and closed the door on him.,4294
The Valley Of Fear,,4295
The Valley Of Fear,"""So,"" said he with a furious glance at McMurdo, ""you got here first,",4296
The Valley Of Fear,"did you? I've a word to say to you, Councillor, about this man.""",4297
The Valley Of Fear,,4298
The Valley Of Fear,"""Then say it here and now before my face,"" cried McMurdo.",4299
The Valley Of Fear,,4300
The Valley Of Fear,"""I'll say it at my own time, in my own way.""",4301
The Valley Of Fear,,4302
The Valley Of Fear,"""Tut! Tut!"" said McGinty, getting off his barrel. ""This will never",4303
The Valley Of Fear,"do. We have a new brother here, Baldwin, and it's not for us to greet",4304
The Valley Of Fear,"him in such fashion. Hold out your hand, man, and make it up!""",4305
The Valley Of Fear,,4306
The Valley Of Fear,"""Never!"" cried Baldwin in a fury.",4307
The Valley Of Fear,,4308
The Valley Of Fear,"""I've offered to fight him if he thinks I have wronged him,"" said",4309
The Valley Of Fear,"McMurdo. ""I'll fight him with fists, or, if that won't satisfy him,",4310
The Valley Of Fear,"I'll fight him any other way he chooses. Now, I'll leave it to you,",4311
The Valley Of Fear,"Councillor, to judge between us as a Bodymaster should.""",4312
The Valley Of Fear,,4313
The Valley Of Fear,"""What is it, then?""",4314
The Valley Of Fear,,4315
The Valley Of Fear,"""A young lady. She's free to choose for herself.""",4316
The Valley Of Fear,,4317
The Valley Of Fear,"""Is she?"" cried Baldwin.",4318
The Valley Of Fear,,4319
The Valley Of Fear,"""As between two brothers of the lodge I should say that she was,""",4320
The Valley Of Fear,said the Boss.,4321
The Valley Of Fear,,4322
The Valley Of Fear,"""Oh, that's your ruling, is it?""",4323
The Valley Of Fear,,4324
The Valley Of Fear,"""Yes, it is, Ted Baldwin,"" said McGinty, with a wicked stare. ""Is it",4325
The Valley Of Fear,"you that would dispute it?""",4326
The Valley Of Fear,,4327
The Valley Of Fear,"""You would throw over one that has stood by you this five years in",4328
The Valley Of Fear,favour of a man that you never saw before in your life? You're not,4329
The Valley Of Fear,"Bodymaster for life, Jack McGinty, and by God! when next it comes to",4330
The Valley Of Fear,"a vote--""",4331
The Valley Of Fear,,4332
The Valley Of Fear,The Councillor sprang at him like a tiger. His hand closed round the,4333
The Valley Of Fear,"other's neck, and he hurled him back across one of the barrels. In",4334
The Valley Of Fear,his mad fury he would have squeezed the life out of him if McMurdo,4335
The Valley Of Fear,had not interfered.,4336
The Valley Of Fear,,4337
The Valley Of Fear,"""Easy, Councillor! For heaven's sake, go easy!"" he cried, as he",4338
The Valley Of Fear,dragged him back.,4339
The Valley Of Fear,,4340
The Valley Of Fear,"McGinty released his hold, and Baldwin, cowed and shaken gasping for",4341
The Valley Of Fear,"breath, and shivering in every limb, as one who has looked over the",4342
The Valley Of Fear,"very edge of death, sat up on the barrel over which he had been",4343
The Valley Of Fear,hurled.,4344
The Valley Of Fear,,4345
The Valley Of Fear,"""You've been asking for it this many a day, Ted Baldwin--now you've",4346
The Valley Of Fear,"got it!"" cried McGinty, his huge chest rising and falling. ""Maybe you",4347
The Valley Of Fear,think if I was voted down from Bodymaster you would find yourself in,4348
The Valley Of Fear,my shoes. It's for the lodge to say that. But so long as I am the,4349
The Valley Of Fear,"chief I'll have no man lift his voice against me or my rulings.""",4350
The Valley Of Fear,,4351
The Valley Of Fear,"""I have nothing against you,"" mumbled Baldwin, feeling his throat.",4352
The Valley Of Fear,,4353
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, then,"" cried the other, relapsing in a moment into a bluff",4354
The Valley Of Fear,"joviality, ""we are all good friends again and there's an end of the",4355
The Valley Of Fear,"matter.""",4356
The Valley Of Fear,,4357
The Valley Of Fear,He took a bottle of champagne down from the shelf and twisted out the,4358
The Valley Of Fear,cork.,4359
The Valley Of Fear,,4360
The Valley Of Fear,"""See now,"" he continued, as he filled three high glasses. ""Let us",4361
The Valley Of Fear,"drink the quarrelling toast of the lodge. After that, as you know,",4362
The Valley Of Fear,"there can be no bad blood between us. Now, then the left hand on the",4363
The Valley Of Fear,"apple of my throat. I say to you, Ted Baldwin, what is the offense,",4364
The Valley Of Fear,"sir?""",4365
The Valley Of Fear,,4366
The Valley Of Fear,"""The clouds are heavy,"" answered Baldwin.",4367
The Valley Of Fear,,4368
The Valley Of Fear,"""But they will forever brighten.""",4369
The Valley Of Fear,,4370
The Valley Of Fear,"""And this I swear!""",4371
The Valley Of Fear,,4372
The Valley Of Fear,"The men drank their glasses, and the same ceremony was performed",4373
The Valley Of Fear,between Baldwin and McMurdo,4374
The Valley Of Fear,,4375
The Valley Of Fear,"""There!"" cried McGinty, rubbing his hands. ""That's the end of the",4376
The Valley Of Fear,"black blood. You come under lodge discipline if it goes further, and",4377
The Valley Of Fear,"that's a heavy hand in these parts, as Brother Baldwin knows--and as",4378
The Valley Of Fear,"you will damn soon find out, Brother McMurdo, if you ask for",4379
The Valley Of Fear,"trouble!""",4380
The Valley Of Fear,,4381
The Valley Of Fear,"""Faith, I'd be slow to do that,"" said McMurdo. He held out his hand",4382
The Valley Of Fear,"to Baldwin. ""I'm quick to quarrel and quick to forgive. It's my hot",4383
The Valley Of Fear,"Irish blood, they tell me. But it's over for me, and I bear no",4384
The Valley Of Fear,"grudge.""",4385
The Valley Of Fear,,4386
The Valley Of Fear,"Baldwin had to take the proffered hand, for the baleful eye of the",4387
The Valley Of Fear,terrible Boss was upon him. But his sullen face showed how little the,4388
The Valley Of Fear,words of the other had moved him.,4389
The Valley Of Fear,,4390
The Valley Of Fear,"McGinty clapped them both on the shoulders. ""Tut! These girls! These",4391
The Valley Of Fear,"girls!"" he cried. ""To think that the same petticoats should come",4392
The Valley Of Fear,"between two of my boys! It's the devil's own luck! Well, it's the",4393
The Valley Of Fear,colleen inside of them that must settle the question for it's outside,4394
The Valley Of Fear,the jurisdiction of a Bodymaster--and the Lord be praised for that!,4395
The Valley Of Fear,"We have enough on us, without the women as well. You'll have to be",4396
The Valley Of Fear,"affiliated to Lodge 341, Brother McMurdo. We have our own ways and",4397
The Valley Of Fear,"methods, different from Chicago. Saturday night is our meeting, and",4398
The Valley Of Fear,"if you come then, we'll make you free forever of the Vermissa",4399
The Valley Of Fear,"Valley.""",4400
The Valley Of Fear,,4401
The Valley Of Fear,CHAPTER III,4402
The Valley Of Fear,"Lodge 341, Vermissa",4403
The Valley Of Fear,,4404
The Valley Of Fear,On the day following the evening which had contained so many exciting,4405
The Valley Of Fear,"events, McMurdo moved his lodgings from old Jacob Shafter's and took",4406
The Valley Of Fear,up his quarters at the Widow MacNamara's on the extreme outskirts of,4407
The Valley Of Fear,"the town. Scanlan, his original acquaintance aboard the train, had",4408
The Valley Of Fear,"occasion shortly afterwards to move into Vermissa, and the two lodged",4409
The Valley Of Fear,"together. There was no other boarder, and the hostess was an",4410
The Valley Of Fear,easy-going old Irishwoman who left them to themselves; so that they,4411
The Valley Of Fear,had a freedom for speech and action welcome to men who had secrets in,4412
The Valley Of Fear,common.,4413
The Valley Of Fear,,4414
The Valley Of Fear,Shafter had relented to the extent of letting McMurdo come to his,4415
The Valley Of Fear,meals there when he liked; so that his intercourse with Ettie was by,4416
The Valley Of Fear,"no means broken. On the contrary, it drew closer and more intimate as",4417
The Valley Of Fear,the weeks went by.,4418
The Valley Of Fear,,4419
The Valley Of Fear,In his bedroom at his new abode McMurdo felt it safe to take out the,4420
The Valley Of Fear,"coining moulds, and under many a pledge of secrecy a number of",4421
The Valley Of Fear,"brothers from the lodge were allowed to come in and see them, each",4422
The Valley Of Fear,"carrying away in his pocket some examples of the false money, so",4423
The Valley Of Fear,cunningly struck that there was never the slightest difficulty or,4424
The Valley Of Fear,"danger in passing it. Why, with such a wonderful art at his command,",4425
The Valley Of Fear,McMurdo should condescend to work at all was a perpetual mystery to,4426
The Valley Of Fear,his companions; though he made it clear to anyone who asked him that,4427
The Valley Of Fear,if he lived without any visible means it would very quickly bring the,4428
The Valley Of Fear,police upon his track.,4429
The Valley Of Fear,,4430
The Valley Of Fear,"One policeman was indeed after him already; but the incident, as luck",4431
The Valley Of Fear,"would have it, did the adventurer a great deal more good than harm.",4432
The Valley Of Fear,After the first introduction there were few evenings when he did not,4433
The Valley Of Fear,"find his way to McGinty's saloon, there to make closer acquaintance",4434
The Valley Of Fear,"with ""the boys,"" which was the jovial title by which the dangerous",4435
The Valley Of Fear,gang who infested the place were known to one another. His dashing,4436
The Valley Of Fear,manner and fearlessness of speech made him a favourite with them all;,4437
The Valley Of Fear,while the rapid and scientific way in which he polished off his,4438
The Valley Of Fear,"antagonist in an ""all in"" bar-room scrap earned the respect of that",4439
The Valley Of Fear,"rough community. Another incident, however, raised him even higher in",4440
The Valley Of Fear,their estimation.,4441
The Valley Of Fear,,4442
The Valley Of Fear,"Just at the crowded hour one night, the door opened and a man entered",4443
The Valley Of Fear,with the quiet blue uniform and peaked cap of the mine police. This,4444
The Valley Of Fear,was a special body raised by the railways and colliery owners to,4445
The Valley Of Fear,"supplement the efforts of the ordinary civil police, who were",4446
The Valley Of Fear,perfectly helpless in the face of the organized ruffianism which,4447
The Valley Of Fear,"terrorized the district. There was a hush as he entered, and many a",4448
The Valley Of Fear,curious glance was cast at him; but the relations between policemen,4449
The Valley Of Fear,"and criminals are peculiar in some parts of the States, and McGinty",4450
The Valley Of Fear,"himself standing behind his counter, showed no surprise when the",4451
The Valley Of Fear,policeman enrolled himself among his customers.,4452
The Valley Of Fear,,4453
The Valley Of Fear,"""A straight whisky, for the night is bitter,"" said the police",4454
The Valley Of Fear,"officer. ""I don't think we have met before, Councillor?""",4455
The Valley Of Fear,,4456
The Valley Of Fear,"""You'll be the new captain?"" said McGinty.",4457
The Valley Of Fear,,4458
The Valley Of Fear,"""That's so. We're looking to you, Councillor, and to the other",4459
The Valley Of Fear,"leading citizens, to help us in upholding law and order in this",4460
The Valley Of Fear,"township. Captain Marvin is my name.""",4461
The Valley Of Fear,,4462
The Valley Of Fear,"""We'd do better without you, Captain Marvin,"" said McGinty coldly;",4463
The Valley Of Fear,"""for we have our own police of the township, and no need for any",4464
The Valley Of Fear,"imported goods. What are you but the paid tool of the capitalists,",4465
The Valley Of Fear,"hired by them to club or shoot your poorer fellow citizen?""",4466
The Valley Of Fear,,4467
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, well, we won't argue about that,"" said the police officer",4468
The Valley Of Fear,"good-humouredly. ""I expect we all do our duty same as we see it; but",4469
The Valley Of Fear,"we can't all see it the same."" He had drunk off his glass and had",4470
The Valley Of Fear,"turned to go, when his eyes fell upon the face of Jack McMurdo, who",4471
The Valley Of Fear,"was scowling at his elbow. ""Hullo! Hullo!"" he cried, looking him up",4472
The Valley Of Fear,"and down. ""Here's an old acquaintance!""",4473
The Valley Of Fear,,4474
The Valley Of Fear,"McMurdo shrank away from him. ""I was never a friend to you nor any",4475
The Valley Of Fear,"other cursed copper in my life,"" said he.",4476
The Valley Of Fear,,4477
The Valley Of Fear,"""An acquaintance isn't always a friend,"" said the police captain,",4478
The Valley Of Fear,"grinning. ""You're Jack McMurdo of Chicago, right enough, and don't",4479
The Valley Of Fear,"you deny it!""",4480
The Valley Of Fear,,4481
The Valley Of Fear,"McMurdo shrugged his shoulders. ""I'm not denying it,"" said he. ""D'ye",4482
The Valley Of Fear,"think I'm ashamed of my own name?""",4483
The Valley Of Fear,,4484
The Valley Of Fear,"""You've got good cause to be, anyhow.""",4485
The Valley Of Fear,,4486
The Valley Of Fear,"""What the devil d'you mean by that?"" he roared with his fists",4487
The Valley Of Fear,clenched.,4488
The Valley Of Fear,,4489
The Valley Of Fear,"""No, no, Jack, bluster won't do with me. I was an officer in Chicago",4490
The Valley Of Fear,"before ever I came to this darned coal bunker, and I know a Chicago",4491
The Valley Of Fear,"crook when I see one.""",4492
The Valley Of Fear,,4493
The Valley Of Fear,"McMurdo's face fell. ""Don't tell me that you're Marvin of the Chicago",4494
The Valley Of Fear,"Central!"" he cried.",4495
The Valley Of Fear,,4496
The Valley Of Fear,"""Just the same old Teddy Marvin, at your service. We haven't",4497
The Valley Of Fear,"forgotten the shooting of Jonas Pinto up there.""",4498
The Valley Of Fear,,4499
The Valley Of Fear,"""I never shot him.""",4500
The Valley Of Fear,,4501
The Valley Of Fear,"""Did you not? That's good impartial evidence, ain't it? Well, his",4502
The Valley Of Fear,"death came in uncommon handy for you, or they would have had you for",4503
The Valley Of Fear,"shoving the queer. Well, we can let that be bygones; for, between you",4504
The Valley Of Fear,and me--and perhaps I'm going further than my duty in saying it--they,4505
The Valley Of Fear,"could get no clear case against you, and Chicago's open to you",4506
The Valley Of Fear,"to-morrow.""",4507
The Valley Of Fear,,4508
The Valley Of Fear,"""I'm very well where I am.""",4509
The Valley Of Fear,,4510
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, I've given you the pointer, and you're a sulky dog not to",4511
The Valley Of Fear,"thank me for it.""",4512
The Valley Of Fear,,4513
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, I suppose you mean well, and I do thank you,"" said McMurdo in",4514
The Valley Of Fear,no very gracious manner.,4515
The Valley Of Fear,,4516
The Valley Of Fear,"""It's mum with me so long as I see you living on the straight,"" said",4517
The Valley Of Fear,"the captain. ""But, by the Lord! if you get off after this, it's",4518
The Valley Of Fear,"another story! So good-night to you--and goodnight, Councillor.""",4519
The Valley Of Fear,,4520
The Valley Of Fear,He left the bar-room; but not before he had created a local hero.,4521
The Valley Of Fear,McMurdo's deeds in far Chicago had been whispered before. He had put,4522
The Valley Of Fear,"off all questions with a smile, as one who did not wish to have",4523
The Valley Of Fear,greatness thrust upon him. But now the thing was officially,4524
The Valley Of Fear,confirmed. The bar loafers crowded round him and shook him heartily,4525
The Valley Of Fear,by the hand. He was free of the community from that time on. He could,4526
The Valley Of Fear,"drink hard and show little trace of it; but that evening, had his",4527
The Valley Of Fear,"mate Scanlan not been at hand to lead him home, the feted hero would",4528
The Valley Of Fear,surely have spent his night under the bar.,4529
The Valley Of Fear,,4530
The Valley Of Fear,On a Saturday night McMurdo was introduced to the lodge. He had,4531
The Valley Of Fear,thought to pass in without ceremony as being an initiate of Chicago;,4532
The Valley Of Fear,"but there were particular rites in Vermissa of which they were proud,",4533
The Valley Of Fear,and these had to be undergone by every postulant. The assembly met in,4534
The Valley Of Fear,a large room reserved for such purposes at the Union House. Some,4535
The Valley Of Fear,sixty members assembled at Vermissa; but that by no means represented,4536
The Valley Of Fear,"the full strength of the organization, for there were several other",4537
The Valley Of Fear,"lodges in the valley, and others across the mountains on each side,",4538
The Valley Of Fear,"who exchanged members when any serious business was afoot, so that a",4539
The Valley Of Fear,crime might be done by men who were strangers to the locality.,4540
The Valley Of Fear,Altogether there were not less than five hundred scattered over the,4541
The Valley Of Fear,coal district.,4542
The Valley Of Fear,,4543
The Valley Of Fear,In the bare assembly room the men were gathered round a long table.,4544
The Valley Of Fear,"At the side was a second one laden with bottles and glasses, on which",4545
The Valley Of Fear,some members of the company were already turning their eyes. McGinty,4546
The Valley Of Fear,sat at the head with a flat black velvet cap upon his shock of,4547
The Valley Of Fear,"tangled black hair, and a coloured purple stole round his neck, so",4548
The Valley Of Fear,that he seemed to be a priest presiding over some diabolical ritual.,4549
The Valley Of Fear,"To right and left of him were the higher lodge officials, the cruel,",4550
The Valley Of Fear,handsome face of Ted Baldwin among them. Each of these wore some,4551
The Valley Of Fear,scarf or medallion as emblem of his office.,4552
The Valley Of Fear,,4553
The Valley Of Fear,"They were, for the most part, men of mature age; but the rest of the",4554
The Valley Of Fear,"company consisted of young fellows from eighteen to twenty-five, the",4555
The Valley Of Fear,ready and capable agents who carried out the commands of their,4556
The Valley Of Fear,seniors. Among the older men were many whose features showed the,4557
The Valley Of Fear,"tigerish, lawless souls within; but looking at the rank and file it",4558
The Valley Of Fear,was difficult to believe that these eager and open-faced young,4559
The Valley Of Fear,"fellows were in very truth a dangerous gang of murderers, whose minds",4560
The Valley Of Fear,had suffered such complete moral perversion that they took a horrible,4561
The Valley Of Fear,"pride in their proficiency at the business, and looked with deepest",4562
The Valley Of Fear,respect at the man who had the reputation of making what they called,4563
The Valley Of Fear,"""a clean job.""",4564
The Valley Of Fear,,4565
The Valley Of Fear,To their contorted natures it had become a spirited and chivalrous,4566
The Valley Of Fear,thing to volunteer for service against some man who had never injured,4567
The Valley Of Fear,"them, and whom in many cases they had never seen in their lives. The",4568
The Valley Of Fear,"crime committed, they quarrelled as to who had actually struck the",4569
The Valley Of Fear,"fatal blow, and amused one another and the company by describing the",4570
The Valley Of Fear,cries and contortions of the murdered man.,4571
The Valley Of Fear,,4572
The Valley Of Fear,At first they had shown some secrecy in their arrangements; but at,4573
The Valley Of Fear,the time which this narrative describes their proceedings were,4574
The Valley Of Fear,"extraordinarily open, for the repeated failures of the law had proved",4575
The Valley Of Fear,"to them that, on the one hand, no one would dare to witness against",4576
The Valley Of Fear,"them, and on the other they had an unlimited number of stanch",4577
The Valley Of Fear,"witnesses upon whom they could call, and a well-filled treasure chest",4578
The Valley Of Fear,from which they could draw the funds to engage the best legal talent,4579
The Valley Of Fear,in the state. In ten long years of outrage there had been no single,4580
The Valley Of Fear,"conviction, and the only danger that ever threatened the Scowrers lay",4581
The Valley Of Fear,"in the victim himself--who, however outnumbered and taken by",4582
The Valley Of Fear,"surprise, might and occasionally did leave his mark upon his",4583
The Valley Of Fear,assailants.,4584
The Valley Of Fear,,4585
The Valley Of Fear,McMurdo had been warned that some ordeal lay before him; but no one,4586
The Valley Of Fear,would tell him in what it consisted. He was led now into an outer,4587
The Valley Of Fear,room by two solemn brothers. Through the plank partition he could,4588
The Valley Of Fear,hear the murmur of many voices from the assembly within. Once or,4589
The Valley Of Fear,"twice he caught the sound of his own name, and he knew that they were",4590
The Valley Of Fear,discussing his candidacy. Then there entered an inner guard with a,4591
The Valley Of Fear,green and gold sash across his chest.,4592
The Valley Of Fear,,4593
The Valley Of Fear,"""The Bodymaster orders that he shall be trussed, blinded, and",4594
The Valley Of Fear,"entered,"" said he.",4595
The Valley Of Fear,,4596
The Valley Of Fear,"The three of them removed his coat, turned up the sleeve of his right",4597
The Valley Of Fear,"arm, and finally passed a rope round above the elbows and made it",4598
The Valley Of Fear,fast. They next placed a thick black cap right over his head and the,4599
The Valley Of Fear,"upper part of his face, so that he could see nothing. He was then led",4600
The Valley Of Fear,into the assembly hall.,4601
The Valley Of Fear,,4602
The Valley Of Fear,It was pitch dark and very oppressive under his hood. He heard the,4603
The Valley Of Fear,"rustle and murmur of the people round him, and then the voice of",4604
The Valley Of Fear,McGinty sounded dull and distant through the covering of his ears.,4605
The Valley Of Fear,,4606
The Valley Of Fear,"""John McMurdo,"" said the voice, ""are you already a member of the",4607
The Valley Of Fear,"Ancient Order of Freemen?""",4608
The Valley Of Fear,,4609
The Valley Of Fear,He bowed in assent.,4610
The Valley Of Fear,,4611
The Valley Of Fear,"""Is your lodge No. 29, Chicago?""",4612
The Valley Of Fear,,4613
The Valley Of Fear,He bowed again.,4614
The Valley Of Fear,,4615
The Valley Of Fear,"""Dark nights are unpleasant,"" said the voice.",4616
The Valley Of Fear,,4617
The Valley Of Fear,"""Yes, for strangers to travel,"" he answered.",4618
The Valley Of Fear,,4619
The Valley Of Fear,"""The clouds are heavy.""",4620
The Valley Of Fear,,4621
The Valley Of Fear,"""Yes, a storm is approaching.""",4622
The Valley Of Fear,,4623
The Valley Of Fear,"""Are the brethren satisfied?"" asked the Bodymaster.",4624
The Valley Of Fear,,4625
The Valley Of Fear,There was a general murmur of assent.,4626
The Valley Of Fear,,4627
The Valley Of Fear,"""We know, Brother, by your sign and by your countersign that you are",4628
The Valley Of Fear,"indeed one of us,"" said McGinty. ""We would have you know, however,",4629
The Valley Of Fear,that in this county and in other counties of these parts we have,4630
The Valley Of Fear,"certain rites, and also certain duties of our own which call for good",4631
The Valley Of Fear,"men. Are you ready to be tested?""",4632
The Valley Of Fear,,4633
The Valley Of Fear,"""I am.""",4634
The Valley Of Fear,,4635
The Valley Of Fear,"""Are you of stout heart?""",4636
The Valley Of Fear,,4637
The Valley Of Fear,"""I am.""",4638
The Valley Of Fear,,4639
The Valley Of Fear,"""Take a stride forward to prove it.""",4640
The Valley Of Fear,,4641
The Valley Of Fear,"As the words were said he felt two hard points in front of his eyes,",4642
The Valley Of Fear,pressing upon them so that it appeared as if he could not move,4643
The Valley Of Fear,"forward without a danger of losing them. None the less, he nerved",4644
The Valley Of Fear,"himself to step resolutely out, and as he did so the pressure melted",4645
The Valley Of Fear,away. There was a low murmur of applause.,4646
The Valley Of Fear,,4647
The Valley Of Fear,"""He is of stout heart,"" said the voice. ""Can you bear pain?""",4648
The Valley Of Fear,,4649
The Valley Of Fear,"""As well as another,"" he answered.",4650
The Valley Of Fear,,4651
The Valley Of Fear,"""Test him!""",4652
The Valley Of Fear,,4653
The Valley Of Fear,"It was all he could do to keep himself from screaming out, for an",4654
The Valley Of Fear,agonizing pain shot through his forearm. He nearly fainted at the,4655
The Valley Of Fear,sudden shock of it; but he bit his lip and clenched his hands to hide,4656
The Valley Of Fear,his agony.,4657
The Valley Of Fear,,4658
The Valley Of Fear,"""I can take more than that,"" said he.",4659
The Valley Of Fear,,4660
The Valley Of Fear,This time there was loud applause. A finer first appearance had never,4661
The Valley Of Fear,"been made in the lodge. Hands clapped him on the back, and the hood",4662
The Valley Of Fear,was plucked from his head. He stood blinking and smiling amid the,4663
The Valley Of Fear,congratulations of the brothers.,4664
The Valley Of Fear,,4665
The Valley Of Fear,"""One last word, Brother McMurdo,"" said McGinty. ""You have already",4666
The Valley Of Fear,"sworn the oath of secrecy and fidelity, and you are aware that the",4667
The Valley Of Fear,"punishment for any breach of it is instant and inevitable death?""",4668
The Valley Of Fear,,4669
The Valley Of Fear,"""I am,"" said McMurdo.",4670
The Valley Of Fear,,4671
The Valley Of Fear,"""And you accept the rule of the Bodymaster for the time being under",4672
The Valley Of Fear,"all circumstances?""",4673
The Valley Of Fear,,4674
The Valley Of Fear,"""I do.""",4675
The Valley Of Fear,,4676
The Valley Of Fear,"""Then in the name of Lodge 341, Vermissa, I welcome you to its",4677
The Valley Of Fear,"privileges and debates. You will put the liquor on the table, Brother",4678
The Valley Of Fear,"Scanlan, and we will drink to our worthy brother.""",4679
The Valley Of Fear,,4680
The Valley Of Fear,McMurdo's coat had been brought to him; but before putting it on he,4681
The Valley Of Fear,"examined his right arm, which still smarted heavily. There on the",4682
The Valley Of Fear,"flesh of the forearm was a circle with a triangle within it, deep and",4683
The Valley Of Fear,"red, as the branding iron had left it. One or two of his neighbours",4684
The Valley Of Fear,pulled up their sleeves and showed their own lodge marks.,4685
The Valley Of Fear,,4686
The Valley Of Fear,"""We've all had it,"" said one; ""but not all as brave as you over it.""",4687
The Valley Of Fear,,4688
The Valley Of Fear,"""Tut! It was nothing,"" said he; but it burned and ached all the same.",4689
The Valley Of Fear,,4690
The Valley Of Fear,When the drinks which followed the ceremony of initiation had all,4691
The Valley Of Fear,"been disposed of, the business of the lodge proceeded. McMurdo,",4692
The Valley Of Fear,"accustomed only to the prosaic performances of Chicago, listened with",4693
The Valley Of Fear,open ears and more surprise than he ventured to show to what,4694
The Valley Of Fear,followed.,4695
The Valley Of Fear,,4696
The Valley Of Fear,"""The first business on the agenda paper,"" said McGinty, ""is to read",4697
The Valley Of Fear,the following letter from Division Master Windle of Merton County,4698
The Valley Of Fear,Lodge 249. He says:,4699
The Valley Of Fear,,4700
The Valley Of Fear,"""Dear Sir:",4701
The Valley Of Fear,"""There is a job to be done on Andrew Rae of Rae & Sturmash, coal",4702
The Valley Of Fear,owners near this place. You will remember that your lodge owes us a,4703
The Valley Of Fear,"return, having had the service of two brethren in the matter of the",4704
The Valley Of Fear,"patrolman last fall. You will send two good men, they will be taken",4705
The Valley Of Fear,"charge of by Treasurer Higgins of this lodge, whose address you know.",4706
The Valley Of Fear,"He will show them when to act and where. Yours in freedom,",4707
The Valley Of Fear,"""J. W. Windle D. M. A. O. F.",4708
The Valley Of Fear,,4709
The Valley Of Fear,"""Windle has never refused us when we have had occasion to ask for the",4710
The Valley Of Fear,"loan of a man or two, and it is not for us to refuse him."" McGinty",4711
The Valley Of Fear,"paused and looked round the room with his dull, malevolent eyes. ""Who",4712
The Valley Of Fear,"will volunteer for the job?""",4713
The Valley Of Fear,,4714
The Valley Of Fear,Several young fellows held up their hands. The Bodymaster looked at,4715
The Valley Of Fear,them with an approving smile.,4716
The Valley Of Fear,,4717
The Valley Of Fear,"""You'll do, Tiger Cormac. If you handle it as well as you did the",4718
The Valley Of Fear,"last, you won't be wrong. And you, Wilson.""",4719
The Valley Of Fear,,4720
The Valley Of Fear,"""I've no pistol,"" said the volunteer, a mere boy in his teens.",4721
The Valley Of Fear,,4722
The Valley Of Fear,"""It's your first, is it not? Well, you have to be blooded some time.",4723
The Valley Of Fear,"It will be a great start for you. As to the pistol, you'll find it",4724
The Valley Of Fear,"waiting for you, or I'm mistaken. If you report yourselves on Monday,",4725
The Valley Of Fear,"it will be time enough. You'll get a great welcome when you return.""",4726
The Valley Of Fear,,4727
The Valley Of Fear,"""Any reward this time?"" asked Cormac, a thick-set, dark-faced,",4728
The Valley Of Fear,"brutal-looking young man, whose ferocity had earned him the nickname",4729
The Valley Of Fear,"of ""Tiger.""",4730
The Valley Of Fear,,4731
The Valley Of Fear,"""Never mind the reward. You just do it for the honour of the thing.",4732
The Valley Of Fear,Maybe when it is done there will be a few odd dollars at the bottom,4733
The Valley Of Fear,"of the box.""",4734
The Valley Of Fear,,4735
The Valley Of Fear,"""What has the man done?"" asked young Wilson.",4736
The Valley Of Fear,,4737
The Valley Of Fear,"""Sure, it's not for the likes of you to ask what the man has done. He",4738
The Valley Of Fear,has been judged over there. That's no business of ours. All we have,4739
The Valley Of Fear,"to do is to carry it out for them, same as they would for us.",4740
The Valley Of Fear,"Speaking of that, two brothers from the Merton lodge are coming over",4741
The Valley Of Fear,"to us next week to do some business in this quarter.""",4742
The Valley Of Fear,,4743
The Valley Of Fear,"""Who are they?"" asked someone.",4744
The Valley Of Fear,,4745
The Valley Of Fear,"""Faith, it is wiser not to ask. If you know nothing, you can testify",4746
The Valley Of Fear,"nothing, and no trouble can come of it. But they are men who will",4747
The Valley Of Fear,"make a clean job when they are about it.""",4748
The Valley Of Fear,,4749
The Valley Of Fear,"""And time, too!"" cried Ted Baldwin. ""Folk are gettin' out of hand in",4750
The Valley Of Fear,these parts. It was only last week that three of our men were turned,4751
The Valley Of Fear,"off by Foreman Blaker. It's been owing him a long time, and he'll get",4752
The Valley Of Fear,"it full and proper.""",4753
The Valley Of Fear,,4754
The Valley Of Fear,"""Get what?"" McMurdo whispered to his neighbour.",4755
The Valley Of Fear,,4756
The Valley Of Fear,"""The business end of a buckshot cartridge!"" cried the man with a loud",4757
The Valley Of Fear,"laugh. ""What think you of our ways, Brother?""",4758
The Valley Of Fear,,4759
The Valley Of Fear,McMurdo's criminal soul seemed to have already absorbed the spirit of,4760
The Valley Of Fear,"the vile association of which he was now a member. ""I like it well,""",4761
The Valley Of Fear,"said he. ""'Tis a proper place for a lad of mettle.""",4762
The Valley Of Fear,,4763
The Valley Of Fear,Several of those who sat around heard his words and applauded them.,4764
The Valley Of Fear,,4765
The Valley Of Fear,"""What's that?"" cried the black-maned Bodymaster from the end of the",4766
The Valley Of Fear,table.,4767
The Valley Of Fear,,4768
The Valley Of Fear,"""'Tis our new brother, sir, who finds our ways to his taste.""",4769
The Valley Of Fear,,4770
The Valley Of Fear,"McMurdo rose to his feet for an instant. ""I would say, Eminent",4771
The Valley Of Fear,"Bodymaster, that if a man should be wanted I should take it as an",4772
The Valley Of Fear,"honour to be chosen to help the lodge.""",4773
The Valley Of Fear,,4774
The Valley Of Fear,There was great applause at this. It was felt that a new sun was,4775
The Valley Of Fear,pushing its rim above the horizon. To some of the elders it seemed,4776
The Valley Of Fear,that the progress was a little too rapid.,4777
The Valley Of Fear,,4778
The Valley Of Fear,"""I would move,"" said the secretary, Harraway, a vulture-faced old",4779
The Valley Of Fear,"graybeard who sat near the chairman, ""that Brother McMurdo should",4780
The Valley Of Fear,"wait until it is the good pleasure of the lodge to employ him.""",4781
The Valley Of Fear,,4782
The Valley Of Fear,"""Sure, that was what I meant; I'm in your hands,"" said McMurdo.",4783
The Valley Of Fear,,4784
The Valley Of Fear,"""Your time will come, Brother,"" said the chairman. ""We have marked",4785
The Valley Of Fear,"you down as a willing man, and we believe that you will do good work",4786
The Valley Of Fear,in these parts. There is a small matter to-night in which you may,4787
The Valley Of Fear,"take a hand if it so please you.""",4788
The Valley Of Fear,,4789
The Valley Of Fear,"""I will wait for something that is worth while.""",4790
The Valley Of Fear,,4791
The Valley Of Fear,"""You can come to-night, anyhow, and it will help you to know what we",4792
The Valley Of Fear,stand for in this community. I will make the announcement later.,4793
The Valley Of Fear,"Meanwhile,"" he glanced at his agenda paper, ""I have one or two more",4794
The Valley Of Fear,"points to bring before the meeting. First of all, I will ask the",4795
The Valley Of Fear,treasurer as to our bank balance. There is the pension to Jim,4796
The Valley Of Fear,"Carnaway's widow. He was struck down doing the work of the lodge, and",4797
The Valley Of Fear,"it is for us to see that she is not the loser.""",4798
The Valley Of Fear,,4799
The Valley Of Fear,"""Jim was shot last month when they tried to kill Chester Wilcox of",4800
The Valley Of Fear,"Marley Creek,"" McMurdo's neighbour informed him.",4801
The Valley Of Fear,,4802
The Valley Of Fear,"""The funds are good at the moment,"" said the treasurer, with the",4803
The Valley Of Fear,"bankbook in front of him. ""The firms have been generous of late. Max",4804
The Valley Of Fear,Linder & Co. paid five hundred to be left alone. Walker Brothers sent,4805
The Valley Of Fear,in a hundred; but I took it on myself to return it and ask for five.,4806
The Valley Of Fear,"If I do not hear by Wednesday, their winding gear may get out of",4807
The Valley Of Fear,order. We had to burn their breaker last year before they became,4808
The Valley Of Fear,reasonable. Then the West Section Coaling Company has paid its annual,4809
The Valley Of Fear,"contribution. We have enough on hand to meet any obligations.""",4810
The Valley Of Fear,,4811
The Valley Of Fear,"""What about Archie Swindon?"" asked a brother.",4812
The Valley Of Fear,,4813
The Valley Of Fear,"""He has sold out and left the district. The old devil left a note for",4814
The Valley Of Fear,us to say that he had rather be a free crossing sweeper in New York,4815
The Valley Of Fear,than a large mine owner under the power of a ring of blackmailers. By,4816
The Valley Of Fear,Gar! it was as well that he made a break for it before the note,4817
The Valley Of Fear,"reached us! I guess he won't show his face in this valley again.""",4818
The Valley Of Fear,,4819
The Valley Of Fear,"An elderly, clean-shaved man with a kindly face and a good brow rose",4820
The Valley Of Fear,"from the end of the table which faced the chairman. ""Mr. Treasurer,""",4821
The Valley Of Fear,"he asked, ""may I ask who has bought the property of this man that we",4822
The Valley Of Fear,"have driven out of the district?""",4823
The Valley Of Fear,,4824
The Valley Of Fear,"""Yes, Brother Morris. It has been bought by the State & Merton County",4825
The Valley Of Fear,"Railroad Company.""",4826
The Valley Of Fear,,4827
The Valley Of Fear,"""And who bought the mines of Todman and of Lee that came into the",4828
The Valley Of Fear,"market in the same way last year?""",4829
The Valley Of Fear,,4830
The Valley Of Fear,"""The same company, Brother Morris.""",4831
The Valley Of Fear,,4832
The Valley Of Fear,"""And who bought the ironworks of Manson and of Shuman and of Van",4833
The Valley Of Fear,"Deher and of Atwood, which have all been given up of late?""",4834
The Valley Of Fear,,4835
The Valley Of Fear,"""They were all bought by the West Gilmerton General Mining Company.""",4836
The Valley Of Fear,,4837
The Valley Of Fear,"""I don't see, Brother Morris,"" said the chairman, ""that it matters to",4838
The Valley Of Fear,"us who buys them, since they can't carry them out of the district.""",4839
The Valley Of Fear,,4840
The Valley Of Fear,"""With all respect to you, Eminent Bodymaster, I think it may matter",4841
The Valley Of Fear,very much to us. This process has been going on now for ten long,4842
The Valley Of Fear,years. We are gradually driving all the small men out of trade. What,4843
The Valley Of Fear,is the result? We find in their places great companies like the,4844
The Valley Of Fear,"Railroad or the General Iron, who have their directors in New York or",4845
The Valley Of Fear,"Philadelphia, and care nothing for our threats. We can take it out of",4846
The Valley Of Fear,"their local bosses, but it only means that others will be sent in",4847
The Valley Of Fear,their stead. And we are making it dangerous for ourselves. The small,4848
The Valley Of Fear,men could not harm us. They had not the money nor the power. So long,4849
The Valley Of Fear,"as we did not squeeze them too dry, they would stay on under our",4850
The Valley Of Fear,power. But if these big companies find that we stand between them and,4851
The Valley Of Fear,"their profits, they will spare no pains and no expense to hunt us",4852
The Valley Of Fear,"down and bring us to court.""",4853
The Valley Of Fear,,4854
The Valley Of Fear,"There was a hush at these ominous words, and every face darkened as",4855
The Valley Of Fear,gloomy looks were exchanged. So omnipotent and unchallenged had they,4856
The Valley Of Fear,been that the very thought that there was possible retribution in the,4857
The Valley Of Fear,background had been banished from their minds. And yet the idea,4858
The Valley Of Fear,struck a chill to the most reckless of them.,4859
The Valley Of Fear,,4860
The Valley Of Fear,"""It is my advice,"" the speaker continued, ""that we go easier upon the",4861
The Valley Of Fear,small men. On the day that they have all been driven out the power of,4862
The Valley Of Fear,"this society will have been broken.""",4863
The Valley Of Fear,,4864
The Valley Of Fear,Unwelcome truths are not popular. There were angry cries as the,4865
The Valley Of Fear,speaker resumed his seat. McGinty rose with gloom upon his brow.,4866
The Valley Of Fear,,4867
The Valley Of Fear,"""Brother Morris,"" said he, ""you were always a croaker. So long as the",4868
The Valley Of Fear,members of this lodge stand together there is no power in the United,4869
The Valley Of Fear,"States that can touch them. Sure, have we not tried it often enough",4870
The Valley Of Fear,in the law courts? I expect the big companies will find it easier to,4871
The Valley Of Fear,"pay than to fight, same as the little companies do. And now,",4872
The Valley Of Fear,"Brethren,"" McGinty took off his black velvet cap and his stole as he",4873
The Valley Of Fear,"spoke, ""this lodge has finished its business for the evening, save",4874
The Valley Of Fear,for one small matter which may be mentioned when we are parting. The,4875
The Valley Of Fear,"time has now come for fraternal refreshment and for harmony.""",4876
The Valley Of Fear,,4877
The Valley Of Fear,"Strange indeed is human nature. Here were these men, to whom murder",4878
The Valley Of Fear,"was familiar, who again and again had struck down the father of the",4879
The Valley Of Fear,"family, some man against whom they had no personal feeling, without",4880
The Valley Of Fear,one thought of compunction or of compassion for his weeping wife or,4881
The Valley Of Fear,"helpless children, and yet the tender or pathetic in music could move",4882
The Valley Of Fear,"them to tears. McMurdo had a fine tenor voice, and if he had failed",4883
The Valley Of Fear,"to gain the good will of the lodge before, it could no longer have",4884
The Valley Of Fear,"been withheld after he had thrilled them with ""I'm Sitting on the",4885
The Valley Of Fear,"Stile, Mary,"" and ""On the Banks of Allan Water.""",4886
The Valley Of Fear,,4887
The Valley Of Fear,In his very first night the new recruit had made himself one of the,4888
The Valley Of Fear,"most popular of the brethren, marked already for advancement and high",4889
The Valley Of Fear,"office. There were other qualities needed, however, besides those of",4890
The Valley Of Fear,"good fellowship, to make a worthy Freeman, and of these he was given",4891
The Valley Of Fear,an example before the evening was over. The whisky bottle had passed,4892
The Valley Of Fear,"round many times, and the men were flushed and ripe for mischief when",4893
The Valley Of Fear,their Bodymaster rose once more to address them.,4894
The Valley Of Fear,,4895
The Valley Of Fear,"""Boys,"" said he, ""there's one man in this town that wants trimming",4896
The Valley Of Fear,"up, and it's for you to see that he gets it. I'm speaking of James",4897
The Valley Of Fear,Stanger of the Herald. You've seen how he's been opening his mouth,4898
The Valley Of Fear,"against us again?""",4899
The Valley Of Fear,,4900
The Valley Of Fear,"There was a murmur of assent, with many a muttered oath. McGinty took",4901
The Valley Of Fear,a slip of paper from his waistcoat pocket.,4902
The Valley Of Fear,,4903
The Valley Of Fear,Law and Order!,4904
The Valley Of Fear,,4905
The Valley Of Fear,That's how he heads it.,4906
The Valley Of Fear,,4907
The Valley Of Fear,"""Reign of terror in the coal and iron district",4908
The Valley Of Fear,"""Twelve years have now elapsed since the first assassinations which",4909
The Valley Of Fear,proved the existence of a criminal organization in our midst. From,4910
The Valley Of Fear,"that day these outrages have never ceased, until now they have",4911
The Valley Of Fear,reached a pitch which makes us the opprobrium of the civilized world.,4912
The Valley Of Fear,Is it for such results as this that our great country welcomes to its,4913
The Valley Of Fear,bosom the alien who flies from the despotisms of Europe? Is it that,4914
The Valley Of Fear,they shall themselves become tyrants over the very men who have given,4915
The Valley Of Fear,"them shelter, and that a state of terrorism and lawlessness should be",4916
The Valley Of Fear,established under the very shadow of the sacred folds of the starry,4917
The Valley Of Fear,Flag of Freedom which would raise horror in our minds if we read of,4918
The Valley Of Fear,it as existing under the most effete monarchy of the East? The men,4919
The Valley Of Fear,are known. The organization is patent and public. How long are we to,4920
The Valley Of Fear,endure it? Can we forever live--,4921
The Valley Of Fear,,4922
The Valley Of Fear,"Sure, I've read enough of the slush!"" cried the chairman, tossing the",4923
The Valley Of Fear,"paper down upon the table. ""That's what he says of us. The question",4924
The Valley Of Fear,"I'm asking you is what shall we say to him?""",4925
The Valley Of Fear,,4926
The Valley Of Fear,"""Kill him!"" cried a dozen fierce voices.",4927
The Valley Of Fear,,4928
The Valley Of Fear,"""I protest against that,"" said Brother Morris, the man of the good",4929
The Valley Of Fear,"brow and shaved face. ""I tell you, Brethren, that our hand is too",4930
The Valley Of Fear,"heavy in this valley, and that there will come a point where in",4931
The Valley Of Fear,self-defense every man will unite to crush us out. James Stanger is,4932
The Valley Of Fear,an old man. He is respected in the township and the district. His,4933
The Valley Of Fear,paper stands for all that is solid in the valley. If that man is,4934
The Valley Of Fear,"struck down, there will be a stir through this state that will only",4935
The Valley Of Fear,"end with our destruction.""",4936
The Valley Of Fear,,4937
The Valley Of Fear,"""And how would they bring about our destruction, Mr. Standback?""",4938
The Valley Of Fear,"cried McGinty. ""Is it by the police? Sure, half of them are in our",4939
The Valley Of Fear,pay and half of them afraid of us. Or is it by the law courts and the,4940
The Valley Of Fear,"judge? Haven't we tried that before now, and what ever came of it?""",4941
The Valley Of Fear,,4942
The Valley Of Fear,"""There is a Judge Lynch that might try the case,"" said Brother",4943
The Valley Of Fear,Morris.,4944
The Valley Of Fear,,4945
The Valley Of Fear,A general shout of anger greeted the suggestion.,4946
The Valley Of Fear,,4947
The Valley Of Fear,"""I have but to raise my finger,"" cried McGinty, ""and I could put two",4948
The Valley Of Fear,"hundred men into this town that would clear it out from end to end.""",4949
The Valley Of Fear,Then suddenly raising his voice and bending his huge black brows into,4950
The Valley Of Fear,"a terrible frown, ""See here, Brother Morris, I have my eye on you,",4951
The Valley Of Fear,"and have had for some time! You've no heart yourself, and you try to",4952
The Valley Of Fear,"take the heart out of others. It will be an ill day for you, Brother",4953
The Valley Of Fear,"Morris, when your own name comes on our agenda paper, and I'm",4954
The Valley Of Fear,"thinking that it's just there that I ought to place it.""",4955
The Valley Of Fear,,4956
The Valley Of Fear,"Morris had turned deadly pale, and his knees seemed to give way under",4957
The Valley Of Fear,him as he fell back into his chair. He raised his glass in his,4958
The Valley Of Fear,"trembling hand and drank before he could answer. ""I apologize,",4959
The Valley Of Fear,"Eminent Bodymaster, to you and to every brother in this lodge if I",4960
The Valley Of Fear,have said more than I should. I am a faithful member--you all know,4961
The Valley Of Fear,that--and it is my fear lest evil come to the lodge which makes me,4962
The Valley Of Fear,speak in anxious words. But I have greater trust in your judgment,4963
The Valley Of Fear,"than in my own, Eminent Bodymaster, and I promise you that I will not",4964
The Valley Of Fear,"offend again.""",4965
The Valley Of Fear,,4966
The Valley Of Fear,The Bodymaster's scowl relaxed as he listened to the humble words.,4967
The Valley Of Fear,"""Very good, Brother Morris. It's myself that would be sorry if it",4968
The Valley Of Fear,were needful to give you a lesson. But so long as I am in this chair,4969
The Valley Of Fear,"we shall be a united lodge in word and in deed. And now, boys,"" he",4970
The Valley Of Fear,"continued, looking round at the company, ""I'll say this much, that if",4971
The Valley Of Fear,Stanger got his full deserts there would be more trouble than we need,4972
The Valley Of Fear,"ask for. These editors hang together, and every journal in the state",4973
The Valley Of Fear,would be crying out for police and troops. But I guess you can give,4974
The Valley Of Fear,"him a pretty severe warning. Will you fix it, Brother Baldwin?""",4975
The Valley Of Fear,,4976
The Valley Of Fear,"""Sure!"" said the young man eagerly.",4977
The Valley Of Fear,,4978
The Valley Of Fear,"""How many will you take?""",4979
The Valley Of Fear,,4980
The Valley Of Fear,"""Half a dozen, and two to guard the door. You'll come, Gower, and",4981
The Valley Of Fear,"you, Mansel, and you, Scanlan, and the two Willabys.""",4982
The Valley Of Fear,,4983
The Valley Of Fear,"""I promised the new brother he should go,"" said the chairman.",4984
The Valley Of Fear,,4985
The Valley Of Fear,Ted Baldwin looked at McMurdo with eyes which showed that he had not,4986
The Valley Of Fear,"forgotten nor forgiven. ""Well, he can come if he wants,"" he said in a",4987
The Valley Of Fear,"surly voice. ""That's enough. The sooner we get to work the better.""",4988
The Valley Of Fear,,4989
The Valley Of Fear,The company broke up with shouts and yells and snatches of drunken,4990
The Valley Of Fear,"song. The bar was still crowded with revellers, and many of the",4991
The Valley Of Fear,brethren remained there. The little band who had been told off for,4992
The Valley Of Fear,"duty passed out into the street, proceeding in twos and threes along",4993
The Valley Of Fear,the sidewalk so as not to provoke attention. It was a bitterly cold,4994
The Valley Of Fear,"night, with a half-moon shining brilliantly in a frosty,",4995
The Valley Of Fear,star-spangled sky. The men stopped and gathered in a yard which faced,4996
The Valley Of Fear,"a high building. The words ""Vermissa Herald"" were printed in gold",4997
The Valley Of Fear,lettering between the brightly lit windows. From within came the,4998
The Valley Of Fear,clanking of the printing press.,4999
The Valley Of Fear,,5000
The Valley Of Fear,"""Here, you,"" said Baldwin to McMurdo, ""you can stand below at the",5001
The Valley Of Fear,door and see that the road is kept open for us. Arthur Willaby can,5002
The Valley Of Fear,"stay with you. You others come with me. Have no fears, boys; for we",5003
The Valley Of Fear,have a dozen witnesses that we are in the Union Bar at this very,5004
The Valley Of Fear,"moment.""",5005
The Valley Of Fear,,5006
The Valley Of Fear,"It was nearly midnight, and the street was deserted save for one or",5007
The Valley Of Fear,"two revellers upon their way home. The party crossed the road, and,",5008
The Valley Of Fear,"pushing open the door of the newspaper office, Baldwin and his men",5009
The Valley Of Fear,rushed in and up the stair which faced them. McMurdo and another,5010
The Valley Of Fear,"remained below. From the room above came a shout, a cry for help, and",5011
The Valley Of Fear,then the sound of trampling feet and of falling chairs. An instant,5012
The Valley Of Fear,later a gray-haired man rushed out on the landing.,5013
The Valley Of Fear,,5014
The Valley Of Fear,"He was seized before he could get farther, and his spectacles came",5015
The Valley Of Fear,tinkling down to McMurdo's feet. There was a thud and a groan. He was,5016
The Valley Of Fear,"on his face, and half a dozen sticks were clattering together as they",5017
The Valley Of Fear,"fell upon him. He writhed, and his long, thin limbs quivered under",5018
The Valley Of Fear,"the blows. The others ceased at last; but Baldwin, his cruel face set",5019
The Valley Of Fear,"in an infernal smile, was hacking at the man's head, which he vainly",5020
The Valley Of Fear,endeavoured to defend with his arms. His white hair was dabbled with,5021
The Valley Of Fear,"patches of blood. Baldwin was still stooping over his victim, putting",5022
The Valley Of Fear,"in a short, vicious blow whenever he could see a part exposed, when",5023
The Valley Of Fear,McMurdo dashed up the stair and pushed him back.,5024
The Valley Of Fear,,5025
The Valley Of Fear,"""You'll kill the man,"" said he. ""Drop it!""",5026
The Valley Of Fear,,5027
The Valley Of Fear,"Baldwin looked at him in amazement. ""Curse you!"" he cried. ""Who are",5028
The Valley Of Fear,"you to interfere--you that are new to the lodge? Stand back!"" He",5029
The Valley Of Fear,raised his stick; but McMurdo had whipped his pistol out of his hip,5030
The Valley Of Fear,pocket.,5031
The Valley Of Fear,,5032
The Valley Of Fear,"""Stand back yourself!"" he cried. ""I'll blow your face in if you lay a",5033
The Valley Of Fear,"hand on me. As to the lodge, wasn't it the order of the Bodymaster",5034
The Valley Of Fear,that the man was not to be killed--and what are you doing but killing,5035
The Valley Of Fear,"him?""",5036
The Valley Of Fear,,5037
The Valley Of Fear,"""It's truth he says,"" remarked one of the men.",5038
The Valley Of Fear,,5039
The Valley Of Fear,"""By Gar! you'd best hurry yourselves!"" cried the man below. ""The",5040
The Valley Of Fear,"windows are all lighting up, and you'll have the whole town here",5041
The Valley Of Fear,"inside of five minutes.""",5042
The Valley Of Fear,,5043
The Valley Of Fear,"There was indeed the sound of shouting in the street, and a little",5044
The Valley Of Fear,group of compositors and pressmen was forming in the hall below and,5045
The Valley Of Fear,nerving itself to action. Leaving the limp and motionless body of the,5046
The Valley Of Fear,"editor at the head of the stair, the criminals rushed down and made",5047
The Valley Of Fear,"their way swiftly along the street. Having reached the Union House,",5048
The Valley Of Fear,"some of them mixed with the crowd in McGinty's saloon, whispering",5049
The Valley Of Fear,across the bar to the Boss that the job had been well carried,5050
The Valley Of Fear,"through. Others, and among them McMurdo, broke away into side",5051
The Valley Of Fear,"streets, and so by devious paths to their own homes.",5052
The Valley Of Fear,,5053
The Valley Of Fear,CHAPTER IV,5054
The Valley Of Fear,The Valley of Fear,5055
The Valley Of Fear,,5056
The Valley Of Fear,When McMurdo awoke next morning he had good reason to remember his,5057
The Valley Of Fear,initiation into the lodge. His head ached with the effect of the,5058
The Valley Of Fear,"drink, and his arm, where he had been branded, was hot and swollen.",5059
The Valley Of Fear,"Having his own peculiar source of income, he was irregular in his",5060
The Valley Of Fear,"attendance at his work; so he had a late breakfast, and remained at",5061
The Valley Of Fear,home for the morning writing a long letter to a friend. Afterwards he,5062
The Valley Of Fear,read the Daily Herald. In a special column put in at the last moment,5063
The Valley Of Fear,he read:,5064
The Valley Of Fear,,5065
The Valley Of Fear,Outrage at the herald office -- Editor seriously injured,5066
The Valley Of Fear,,5067
The Valley Of Fear,It was a short account of the facts with which he was himself more,5068
The Valley Of Fear,familiar than the writer could have been. It ended with the,5069
The Valley Of Fear,statement:,5070
The Valley Of Fear,,5071
The Valley Of Fear,The matter is now in the hands of the police; but it can hardly be,5072
The Valley Of Fear,hoped that their exertions will be attended by any better results,5073
The Valley Of Fear,"than in the past. Some of the men were recognized, and there is hope",5074
The Valley Of Fear,"that a conviction may be obtained. The source of the outrage was, it",5075
The Valley Of Fear,"need hardly be said, that infamous society which has held this",5076
The Valley Of Fear,"community in bondage for so long a period, and against which the",5077
The Valley Of Fear,Herald has taken so uncompromising a stand. Mr. Stanger's many,5078
The Valley Of Fear,"friends will rejoice to hear that, though he has been cruelly and",5079
The Valley Of Fear,"brutally beaten, and though he has sustained severe injuries about",5080
The Valley Of Fear,"the head, there is no immediate danger to his life.",5081
The Valley Of Fear,,5082
The Valley Of Fear,"Below it stated that a guard of police, armed with Winchester rifles,",5083
The Valley Of Fear,had been requisitioned for the defense of the office.,5084
The Valley Of Fear,,5085
The Valley Of Fear,"McMurdo had laid down the paper, and was lighting his pipe with a",5086
The Valley Of Fear,"hand which was shaky from the excesses of the previous evening, when",5087
The Valley Of Fear,"there was a knock outside, and his landlady brought to him a note",5088
The Valley Of Fear,"which had just been handed in by a lad. It was unsigned, and ran",5089
The Valley Of Fear,thus:,5090
The Valley Of Fear,,5091
The Valley Of Fear,"I should wish to speak to you, but would rather not do so in your",5092
The Valley Of Fear,house. You will find me beside the flagstaff upon Miller Hill. If you,5093
The Valley Of Fear,"will come there now, I have something which it is important for you",5094
The Valley Of Fear,to hear and for me to say.,5095
The Valley Of Fear,,5096
The Valley Of Fear,McMurdo read the note twice with the utmost surprise; for he could,5097
The Valley Of Fear,not imagine what it meant or who was the author of it. Had it been in,5098
The Valley Of Fear,"a feminine hand, he might have imagined that it was the beginning of",5099
The Valley Of Fear,one of those adventures which had been familiar enough in his past,5100
The Valley Of Fear,"life. But it was the writing of a man, and of a well educated one,",5101
The Valley Of Fear,"too. Finally, after some hesitation, he determined to see the matter",5102
The Valley Of Fear,through.,5103
The Valley Of Fear,,5104
The Valley Of Fear,Miller Hill is an ill-kept public park in the very centre of the,5105
The Valley Of Fear,town. In summer it is a favourite resort of the people; but in winter,5106
The Valley Of Fear,it is desolate enough. From the top of it one has a view not only of,5107
The Valley Of Fear,"the whole straggling, grimy town, but of the winding valley beneath,",5108
The Valley Of Fear,with its scattered mines and factories blackening the snow on each,5109
The Valley Of Fear,"side of it, and of the wooded and white-capped ranges flanking it.",5110
The Valley Of Fear,,5111
The Valley Of Fear,McMurdo strolled up the winding path hedged in with evergreens until,5112
The Valley Of Fear,he reached the deserted restaurant which forms the centre of summer,5113
The Valley Of Fear,"gaiety. Beside it was a bare flagstaff, and underneath it a man, his",5114
The Valley Of Fear,hat drawn down and the collar of his overcoat turned up. When he,5115
The Valley Of Fear,"turned his face McMurdo saw that it was Brother Morris, he who had",5116
The Valley Of Fear,incurred the anger of the Bodymaster the night before. The lodge sign,5117
The Valley Of Fear,was given and exchanged as they met.,5118
The Valley Of Fear,,5119
The Valley Of Fear,"""I wanted to have a word with you, Mr. McMurdo,"" said the older man,",5120
The Valley Of Fear,speaking with a hesitation which showed that he was on delicate,5121
The Valley Of Fear,"ground. ""It was kind of you to come.""",5122
The Valley Of Fear,,5123
The Valley Of Fear,"""Why did you not put your name to the note?""",5124
The Valley Of Fear,,5125
The Valley Of Fear,"""One has to be cautious, mister. One never knows in times like these",5126
The Valley Of Fear,how a thing may come back to one. One never knows either who to trust,5127
The Valley Of Fear,"or who not to trust.""",5128
The Valley Of Fear,,5129
The Valley Of Fear,"""Surely one may trust brothers of the lodge.""",5130
The Valley Of Fear,,5131
The Valley Of Fear,"""No, no, not always,"" cried Morris with vehemence. ""Whatever we say,",5132
The Valley Of Fear,"even what we think, seems to go back to that man McGinty.""",5133
The Valley Of Fear,,5134
The Valley Of Fear,"""Look here!"" said McMurdo sternly. ""It was only last night, as you",5135
The Valley Of Fear,"know well, that I swore good faith to our Bodymaster. Would you be",5136
The Valley Of Fear,"asking me to break my oath?""",5137
The Valley Of Fear,,5138
The Valley Of Fear,"""If that is the view you take,"" said Morris sadly, ""I can only say",5139
The Valley Of Fear,that I am sorry I gave you the trouble to come and meet me. Things,5140
The Valley Of Fear,have come to a bad pass when two free citizens cannot speak their,5141
The Valley Of Fear,"thoughts to each other.""",5142
The Valley Of Fear,,5143
The Valley Of Fear,"McMurdo, who had been watching his companion very narrowly, relaxed",5144
The Valley Of Fear,"somewhat in his bearing. ""Sure I spoke for myself only,"" said he. ""I",5145
The Valley Of Fear,"am a newcomer, as you know, and I am strange to it all. It is not for",5146
The Valley Of Fear,"me to open my mouth, Mr. Morris, and if you think well to say",5147
The Valley Of Fear,"anything to me I am here to hear it.""",5148
The Valley Of Fear,,5149
The Valley Of Fear,"""And to take it back to Boss McGinty!"" said Morris bitterly.",5150
The Valley Of Fear,,5151
The Valley Of Fear,"""Indeed, then, you do me injustice there,"" cried McMurdo. ""For myself",5152
The Valley Of Fear,"I am loyal to the lodge, and so I tell you straight; but I would be a",5153
The Valley Of Fear,poor creature if I were to repeat to any other what you might say to,5154
The Valley Of Fear,me in confidence. It will go no further than me; though I warn you,5155
The Valley Of Fear,"that you may get neither help nor sympathy.""",5156
The Valley Of Fear,,5157
The Valley Of Fear,"""I have given up looking for either the one or the other,"" said",5158
The Valley Of Fear,"Morris. ""I may be putting my very life in your hands by what I say;",5159
The Valley Of Fear,"but, bad as you are--and it seemed to me last night that you were",5160
The Valley Of Fear,"shaping to be as bad as the worst--still you are new to it, and your",5161
The Valley Of Fear,conscience cannot yet be as hardened as theirs. That was why I,5162
The Valley Of Fear,"thought to speak with you.""",5163
The Valley Of Fear,,5164
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, what have you to say?""",5165
The Valley Of Fear,,5166
The Valley Of Fear,"""If you give me away, may a curse be on you!""",5167
The Valley Of Fear,,5168
The Valley Of Fear,"""Sure, I said I would not.""",5169
The Valley Of Fear,,5170
The Valley Of Fear,"""I would ask you, then, when you joined the Freeman's society in",5171
The Valley Of Fear,"Chicago and swore vows of charity and fidelity, did ever it cross",5172
The Valley Of Fear,"your mind that you might find it would lead you to crime?""",5173
The Valley Of Fear,,5174
The Valley Of Fear,"""If you call it crime,"" McMurdo answered.",5175
The Valley Of Fear,,5176
The Valley Of Fear,"""Call it crime!"" cried Morris, his voice vibrating with passion. ""You",5177
The Valley Of Fear,have seen little of it if you can call it anything else. Was it crime,5178
The Valley Of Fear,last night when a man old enough to be your father was beaten till,5179
The Valley Of Fear,the blood dripped from his white hairs? Was that crime--or what else,5180
The Valley Of Fear,"would you call it?""",5181
The Valley Of Fear,,5182
The Valley Of Fear,"""There are some would say it was war,"" said McMurdo, ""a war of two",5183
The Valley Of Fear,"classes with all in, so that each struck as best it could.""",5184
The Valley Of Fear,,5185
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, did you think of such a thing when you joined the Freeman's",5186
The Valley Of Fear,"society at Chicago?""",5187
The Valley Of Fear,,5188
The Valley Of Fear,"""No, I'm bound to say I did not.""",5189
The Valley Of Fear,,5190
The Valley Of Fear,"""Nor did I when I joined it at Philadelphia. It was just a benefit",5191
The Valley Of Fear,club and a meeting place for one's fellows. Then I heard of this,5192
The Valley Of Fear,place--curse the hour that the name first fell upon my ears!--and I,5193
The Valley Of Fear,came to better myself! My God! to better myself! My wife and three,5194
The Valley Of Fear,"children came with me. I started a dry goods store on Market Square,",5195
The Valley Of Fear,"and I prospered well. The word had gone round that I was a Freeman,",5196
The Valley Of Fear,"and I was forced to join the local lodge, same as you did last night.",5197
The Valley Of Fear,I've the badge of shame on my forearm and something worse branded on,5198
The Valley Of Fear,my heart. I found that I was under the orders of a black villain and,5199
The Valley Of Fear,caught in a meshwork of crime. What could I do? Every word I said to,5200
The Valley Of Fear,"make things better was taken as treason, same as it was last night. I",5201
The Valley Of Fear,can't get away; for all I have in the world is in my store. If I,5202
The Valley Of Fear,"leave the society, I know well that it means murder to me, and God",5203
The Valley Of Fear,"knows what to my wife and children. Oh, man, it is awful--awful!"" He",5204
The Valley Of Fear,"put his hands to his face, and his body shook with convulsive sobs.",5205
The Valley Of Fear,,5206
The Valley Of Fear,"McMurdo shrugged his shoulders. ""You were too soft for the job,"" said",5207
The Valley Of Fear,"he. ""You are the wrong sort for such work.""",5208
The Valley Of Fear,,5209
The Valley Of Fear,"""I had a conscience and a religion; but they made me a criminal among",5210
The Valley Of Fear,them. I was chosen for a job. If I backed down I knew well what would,5211
The Valley Of Fear,come to me. Maybe I'm a coward. Maybe it's the thought of my poor,5212
The Valley Of Fear,little woman and the children that makes me one. Anyhow I went. I,5213
The Valley Of Fear,guess it will haunt me forever.,5214
The Valley Of Fear,,5215
The Valley Of Fear,"""It was a lonely house, twenty miles from here, over the range",5216
The Valley Of Fear,"yonder. I was told off for the door, same as you were last night.",5217
The Valley Of Fear,They could not trust me with the job. The others went in. When they,5218
The Valley Of Fear,came out their hands were crimson to the wrists. As we turned away a,5219
The Valley Of Fear,child was screaming out of the house behind us. It was a boy of five,5220
The Valley Of Fear,who had seen his father murdered. I nearly fainted with the horror of,5221
The Valley Of Fear,"it, and yet I had to keep a bold and smiling face; for well I knew",5222
The Valley Of Fear,that if I did not it would be out of my house that they would come,5223
The Valley Of Fear,next with their bloody hands and it would be my little Fred that,5224
The Valley Of Fear,would be screaming for his father.,5225
The Valley Of Fear,,5226
The Valley Of Fear,"""But I was a criminal then, part sharer in a murder, lost forever in",5227
The Valley Of Fear,"this world, and lost also in the next. I am a good Catholic; but the",5228
The Valley Of Fear,"priest would have no word with me when he heard I was a Scowrer, and",5229
The Valley Of Fear,I am excommunicated from my faith. That's how it stands with me. And,5230
The Valley Of Fear,"I see you going down the same road, and I ask you what the end is to",5231
The Valley Of Fear,"be. Are you ready to be a cold-blooded murderer also, or can we do",5232
The Valley Of Fear,"anything to stop it?""",5233
The Valley Of Fear,,5234
The Valley Of Fear,"""What would you do?"" asked McMurdo abruptly. ""You would not inform?""",5235
The Valley Of Fear,,5236
The Valley Of Fear,"""God forbid!"" cried Morris. ""Sure, the very thought would cost me my",5237
The Valley Of Fear,"life.""",5238
The Valley Of Fear,,5239
The Valley Of Fear,"""That's well,"" said McMurdo. ""I'm thinking that you are a weak man",5240
The Valley Of Fear,"and that you make too much of the matter.""",5241
The Valley Of Fear,,5242
The Valley Of Fear,"""Too much! Wait till you have lived here longer. Look down the",5243
The Valley Of Fear,valley! See the cloud of a hundred chimneys that overshadows it! I,5244
The Valley Of Fear,tell you that the cloud of murder hangs thicker and lower than that,5245
The Valley Of Fear,"over the heads of the people. It is the Valley of Fear, the Valley of",5246
The Valley Of Fear,Death. The terror is in the hearts of the people from the dusk to the,5247
The Valley Of Fear,"dawn. Wait, young man, and you will learn for yourself.""",5248
The Valley Of Fear,,5249
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, I'll let you know what I think when I have seen more,"" said",5250
The Valley Of Fear,"McMurdo carelessly. ""What is very clear is that you are not the man",5251
The Valley Of Fear,"for the place, and that the sooner you sell out--if you only get a",5252
The Valley Of Fear,dime a dollar for what the business is worth--the better it will be,5253
The Valley Of Fear,"for you. What you have said is safe with me; but, by Gar! if I",5254
The Valley Of Fear,"thought you were an informer--""",5255
The Valley Of Fear,,5256
The Valley Of Fear,"""No, no!"" cried Morris piteously.",5257
The Valley Of Fear,,5258
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, let it rest at that. I'll bear what you have said in mind, and",5259
The Valley Of Fear,maybe some day I'll come back to it. I expect you meant kindly by,5260
The Valley Of Fear,"speaking to me like this. Now I'll be getting home.""",5261
The Valley Of Fear,,5262
The Valley Of Fear,"""One word before you go,"" said Morris. ""We may have been seen",5263
The Valley Of Fear,"together. They may want to know what we have spoken about.""",5264
The Valley Of Fear,,5265
The Valley Of Fear,"""Ah! that's well thought of.""",5266
The Valley Of Fear,,5267
The Valley Of Fear,"""I offer you a clerkship in my store.""",5268
The Valley Of Fear,,5269
The Valley Of Fear,"""And I refuse it. That's our business. Well, so long, Brother Morris,",5270
The Valley Of Fear,"and may you find things go better with you in the future.""",5271
The Valley Of Fear,,5272
The Valley Of Fear,"That same afternoon, as McMurdo sat smoking, lost in thought beside",5273
The Valley Of Fear,"the stove of his sitting-room, the door swung open and its framework",5274
The Valley Of Fear,"was filled with the huge figure of Boss McGinty. He passed the sign,",5275
The Valley Of Fear,and then seating himself opposite to the young man he looked at him,5276
The Valley Of Fear,"steadily for some time, a look which was as steadily returned.",5277
The Valley Of Fear,,5278
The Valley Of Fear,"""I'm not much of a visitor, Brother McMurdo,"" he said at last. ""I",5279
The Valley Of Fear,guess I am too busy over the folk that visit me. But I thought I'd,5280
The Valley Of Fear,"stretch a point and drop down to see you in your own house.""",5281
The Valley Of Fear,,5282
The Valley Of Fear,"""I'm proud to see you here, Councillor,"" McMurdo answered heartily,",5283
The Valley Of Fear,"bringing his whisky bottle out of the cupboard. ""It's an honour that",5284
The Valley Of Fear,"I had not expected.""",5285
The Valley Of Fear,,5286
The Valley Of Fear,"""How's the arm?"" asked the Boss.",5287
The Valley Of Fear,,5288
The Valley Of Fear,"McMurdo made a wry face. ""Well, I'm not forgetting it,"" he said; ""but",5289
The Valley Of Fear,"it's worth it.""",5290
The Valley Of Fear,,5291
The Valley Of Fear,"""Yes, it's worth it,"" the other answered, ""to those that are loyal",5292
The Valley Of Fear,and go through with it and are a help to the lodge. What were you,5293
The Valley Of Fear,"speaking to Brother Morris about on Miller Hill this morning?""",5294
The Valley Of Fear,,5295
The Valley Of Fear,The question came so suddenly that it was well that he had his answer,5296
The Valley Of Fear,"prepared. He burst into a hearty laugh. ""Morris didn't know I could",5297
The Valley Of Fear,earn a living here at home. He shan't know either; for he has got too,5298
The Valley Of Fear,much conscience for the likes of me. But he's a good-hearted old,5299
The Valley Of Fear,"chap. It was his idea that I was at a loose end, and that he would do",5300
The Valley Of Fear,"me a good turn by offering me a clerkship in a dry goods store.""",5301
The Valley Of Fear,,5302
The Valley Of Fear,"""Oh, that was it?""",5303
The Valley Of Fear,,5304
The Valley Of Fear,"""Yes, that was it.""",5305
The Valley Of Fear,,5306
The Valley Of Fear,"""And you refused it?""",5307
The Valley Of Fear,,5308
The Valley Of Fear,"""Sure. Couldn't I earn ten times as much in my own bedroom with four",5309
The Valley Of Fear,"hours' work?""",5310
The Valley Of Fear,,5311
The Valley Of Fear,"""That's so. But I wouldn't get about too much with Morris.""",5312
The Valley Of Fear,,5313
The Valley Of Fear,"""Why not?""",5314
The Valley Of Fear,,5315
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, I guess because I tell you not. That's enough for most folk in",5316
The Valley Of Fear,"these parts.""",5317
The Valley Of Fear,,5318
The Valley Of Fear,"""It may be enough for most folk; but it ain't enough for me,",5319
The Valley Of Fear,"Councillor,"" said McMurdo boldly. ""If you are a judge of men, you'll",5320
The Valley Of Fear,"know that.""",5321
The Valley Of Fear,,5322
The Valley Of Fear,"The swarthy giant glared at him, and his hairy paw closed for an",5323
The Valley Of Fear,instant round the glass as though he would hurl it at the head of his,5324
The Valley Of Fear,"companion. Then he laughed in his loud, boisterous, insincere",5325
The Valley Of Fear,fashion.,5326
The Valley Of Fear,,5327
The Valley Of Fear,"""You're a queer card, for sure,"" said he. ""Well, if you want reasons,",5328
The Valley Of Fear,"I'll give them. Did Morris say nothing to you against the lodge?""",5329
The Valley Of Fear,,5330
The Valley Of Fear,"""No.""",5331
The Valley Of Fear,,5332
The Valley Of Fear,"""Nor against me?""",5333
The Valley Of Fear,,5334
The Valley Of Fear,"""No.""",5335
The Valley Of Fear,,5336
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, that's because he daren't trust you. But in his heart he is",5337
The Valley Of Fear,not a loyal brother. We know that well. So we watch him and we wait,5338
The Valley Of Fear,for the time to admonish him. I'm thinking that the time is drawing,5339
The Valley Of Fear,near. There's no room for scabby sheep in our pen. But if you keep,5340
The Valley Of Fear,"company with a disloyal man, we might think that you were disloyal,",5341
The Valley Of Fear,"too. See?""",5342
The Valley Of Fear,,5343
The Valley Of Fear,"""There's no chance of my keeping company with him; for I dislike the",5344
The Valley Of Fear,"man,"" McMurdo answered. ""As to being disloyal, if it was any man but",5345
The Valley Of Fear,"you he would not use the word to me twice.""",5346
The Valley Of Fear,,5347
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, that's enough,"" said McGinty, draining off his glass. ""I came",5348
The Valley Of Fear,"down to give you a word in season, and you've had it.""",5349
The Valley Of Fear,,5350
The Valley Of Fear,"""I'd like to know,"" said McMurdo, ""how you ever came to learn that I",5351
The Valley Of Fear,"had spoken with Morris at all?""",5352
The Valley Of Fear,,5353
The Valley Of Fear,"McGinty laughed. ""It's my business to know what goes on in this",5354
The Valley Of Fear,"township,"" said he. ""I guess you'd best reckon on my hearing all that",5355
The Valley Of Fear,"passes. Well, time's up, and I'll just say--""",5356
The Valley Of Fear,,5357
The Valley Of Fear,But his leavetaking was cut short in a very unexpected fashion. With,5358
The Valley Of Fear,"a sudden crash the door flew open, and three frowning, intent faces",5359
The Valley Of Fear,glared in at them from under the peaks of police caps. McMurdo sprang,5360
The Valley Of Fear,to his feet and half drew his revolver; but his arm stopped midway as,5361
The Valley Of Fear,he became conscious that two Winchester rifles were levelled at his,5362
The Valley Of Fear,"head. A man in uniform advanced into the room, a six-shooter in his",5363
The Valley Of Fear,"hand. It was Captain Marvin, once of Chicago, and now of the Mine",5364
The Valley Of Fear,Constabulary. He shook his head with a half-smile at McMurdo.,5365
The Valley Of Fear,,5366
The Valley Of Fear,"""I thought you'd be getting into trouble, Mr. Crooked McMurdo of",5367
The Valley Of Fear,"Chicago,"" said he. ""Can't keep out of it, can you? Take your hat and",5368
The Valley Of Fear,"come along with us.""",5369
The Valley Of Fear,,5370
The Valley Of Fear,"""I guess you'll pay for this, Captain Marvin,"" said McGinty. ""Who are",5371
The Valley Of Fear,"you, I'd like to know, to break into a house in this fashion and",5372
The Valley Of Fear,"molest honest, law-abiding men?""",5373
The Valley Of Fear,,5374
The Valley Of Fear,"""You're standing out in this deal, Councillor McGinty,"" said the",5375
The Valley Of Fear,"police captain. ""We are not out after you, but after this man",5376
The Valley Of Fear,"McMurdo. It is for you to help, not to hinder us in our duty,""",5377
The Valley Of Fear,,5378
The Valley Of Fear,"""He is a friend of mine, and I'll answer for his conduct,"" said the",5379
The Valley Of Fear,Boss.,5380
The Valley Of Fear,,5381
The Valley Of Fear,"""By all accounts, Mr. McGinty, you may have to answer for your own",5382
The Valley Of Fear,"conduct some of these days,"" the captain answered. ""This man McMurdo",5383
The Valley Of Fear,"was a crook before ever he came here, and he's a crook still. Cover",5384
The Valley Of Fear,"him, Patrolman, while I disarm him.""",5385
The Valley Of Fear,,5386
The Valley Of Fear,"""There's my pistol,"" said McMurdo coolly. ""Maybe, Captain Marvin, if",5387
The Valley Of Fear,you and I were alone and face to face you would not take me so,5388
The Valley Of Fear,"easily.""",5389
The Valley Of Fear,,5390
The Valley Of Fear,"""Where's your warrant?"" asked McGinty. ""By Gar! a man might as well",5391
The Valley Of Fear,live in Russia as in Vermissa while folk like you are running the,5392
The Valley Of Fear,"police. It's a capitalist outrage, and you'll hear more of it, I",5393
The Valley Of Fear,"reckon.""",5394
The Valley Of Fear,,5395
The Valley Of Fear,"""You do what you think is your duty the best way you can, Councillor.",5396
The Valley Of Fear,"We'll look after ours.""",5397
The Valley Of Fear,,5398
The Valley Of Fear,"""What am I accused of?"" asked McMurdo.",5399
The Valley Of Fear,,5400
The Valley Of Fear,"""Of being concerned in the beating of old Editor Stanger at the",5401
The Valley Of Fear,"Herald office. It wasn't your fault that it isn't a murder charge.""",5402
The Valley Of Fear,,5403
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, if that's all you have against him,"" cried McGinty with a",5404
The Valley Of Fear,"laugh, ""you can save yourself a deal of trouble by dropping it right",5405
The Valley Of Fear,"now. This man was with me in my saloon playing poker up to midnight,",5406
The Valley Of Fear,"and I can bring a dozen to prove it.""",5407
The Valley Of Fear,,5408
The Valley Of Fear,"""That's your affair, and I guess you can settle it in court",5409
The Valley Of Fear,"to-morrow. Meanwhile, come on, McMurdo, and come quietly if you don't",5410
The Valley Of Fear,"want a gun across your head. You stand wide, Mr. McGinty; for I warn",5411
The Valley Of Fear,"you I will stand no resistance when I am on duty!""",5412
The Valley Of Fear,,5413
The Valley Of Fear,So determined was the appearance of the captain that both McMurdo and,5414
The Valley Of Fear,his boss were forced to accept the situation. The latter managed to,5415
The Valley Of Fear,have a few whispered words with the prisoner before they parted.,5416
The Valley Of Fear,,5417
The Valley Of Fear,"""What about--"" he jerked his thumb upward to signify the coining",5418
The Valley Of Fear,plant.,5419
The Valley Of Fear,,5420
The Valley Of Fear,"""All right,"" whispered McMurdo, who had devised a safe hiding place",5421
The Valley Of Fear,under the floor.,5422
The Valley Of Fear,,5423
The Valley Of Fear,"""I'll bid you good-bye,"" said the Boss, shaking hands. ""I'll see",5424
The Valley Of Fear,Reilly the lawyer and take the defense upon myself. Take my word for,5425
The Valley Of Fear,"it that they won't be able to hold you.""",5426
The Valley Of Fear,,5427
The Valley Of Fear,"""I wouldn't bet on that. Guard the prisoner, you two, and shoot him",5428
The Valley Of Fear,"if he tries any games. I'll search the house before I leave.""",5429
The Valley Of Fear,,5430
The Valley Of Fear,He did so; but apparently found no trace of the concealed plant. When,5431
The Valley Of Fear,he had descended he and his men escorted McMurdo to headquarters.,5432
The Valley Of Fear,"Darkness had fallen, and a keen blizzard was blowing so that the",5433
The Valley Of Fear,"streets were nearly deserted; but a few loiterers followed the group,",5434
The Valley Of Fear,and emboldened by invisibility shouted imprecations at the prisoner.,5435
The Valley Of Fear,,5436
The Valley Of Fear,"""Lynch the cursed Scowrer!"" they cried. ""Lynch him!"" They laughed and",5437
The Valley Of Fear,"jeered as he was pushed into the police station. After a short,",5438
The Valley Of Fear,formal examination from the inspector in charge he was put into the,5439
The Valley Of Fear,common cell. Here he found Baldwin and three other criminals of the,5440
The Valley Of Fear,"night before, all arrested that afternoon and waiting their trial",5441
The Valley Of Fear,next morning.,5442
The Valley Of Fear,,5443
The Valley Of Fear,But even within this inner fortress of the law the long arm of the,5444
The Valley Of Fear,Freemen was able to extend. Late at night there came a jailer with a,5445
The Valley Of Fear,"straw bundle for their bedding, out of which he extracted two bottles",5446
The Valley Of Fear,"of whisky, some glasses, and a pack of cards. They spent a hilarious",5447
The Valley Of Fear,"night, without an anxious thought as to the ordeal of the morning.",5448
The Valley Of Fear,,5449
The Valley Of Fear,"Nor had they cause, as the result was to show. The magistrate could",5450
The Valley Of Fear,"not possibly, on the evidence, have held them for a higher court. On",5451
The Valley Of Fear,the one hand the compositors and pressmen were forced to admit that,5452
The Valley Of Fear,"the light was uncertain, that they were themselves much perturbed,",5453
The Valley Of Fear,and that it was difficult for them to swear to the identity of the,5454
The Valley Of Fear,assailants; although they believed that the accused were among them.,5455
The Valley Of Fear,Cross examined by the clever attorney who had been engaged by,5456
The Valley Of Fear,"McGinty, they were even more nebulous in their evidence.",5457
The Valley Of Fear,,5458
The Valley Of Fear,The injured man had already deposed that he was so taken by surprise,5459
The Valley Of Fear,by the suddenness of the attack that he could state nothing beyond,5460
The Valley Of Fear,the fact that the first man who struck him wore a moustache. He added,5461
The Valley Of Fear,"that he knew them to be Scowrers, since no one else in the community",5462
The Valley Of Fear,"could possibly have any enmity to him, and he had long been",5463
The Valley Of Fear,"threatened on account of his outspoken editorials. On the other hand,",5464
The Valley Of Fear,it was clearly shown by the united and unfaltering evidence of six,5465
The Valley Of Fear,"citizens, including that high municipal official, Councillor McGinty,",5466
The Valley Of Fear,that the men had been at a card party at the Union House until an,5467
The Valley Of Fear,hour very much later than the commission of the outrage.,5468
The Valley Of Fear,,5469
The Valley Of Fear,Needless to say that they were discharged with something very near to,5470
The Valley Of Fear,an apology from the bench for the inconvenience to which they had,5471
The Valley Of Fear,"been put, together with an implied censure of Captain Marvin and the",5472
The Valley Of Fear,police for their officious zeal.,5473
The Valley Of Fear,,5474
The Valley Of Fear,The verdict was greeted with loud applause by a court in which,5475
The Valley Of Fear,McMurdo saw many familiar faces. Brothers of the lodge smiled and,5476
The Valley Of Fear,waved. But there were others who sat with compressed lips and,5477
The Valley Of Fear,"brooding eyes as the men filed out of the dock. One of them, a",5478
The Valley Of Fear,"little, dark-bearded, resolute fellow, put the thoughts of himself",5479
The Valley Of Fear,and comrades into words as the ex-prisoners passed him.,5480
The Valley Of Fear,,5481
The Valley Of Fear,"""You damned murderers!"" he said. ""We'll fix you yet!""",5482
The Valley Of Fear,,5483
The Valley Of Fear,CHAPTER V,5484
The Valley Of Fear,The Darkest Hour,5485
The Valley Of Fear,,5486
The Valley Of Fear,If anything had been needed to give an impetus to Jack McMurdo's,5487
The Valley Of Fear,popularity among his fellows it would have been his arrest and,5488
The Valley Of Fear,acquittal. That a man on the very night of joining the lodge should,5489
The Valley Of Fear,have done something which brought him before the magistrate was a new,5490
The Valley Of Fear,record in the annals of the society. Already he had earned the,5491
The Valley Of Fear,"reputation of a good boon companion, a cheery reveller, and withal a",5492
The Valley Of Fear,"man of high temper, who would not take an insult even from the",5493
The Valley Of Fear,all-powerful Boss himself. But in addition to this he impressed his,5494
The Valley Of Fear,comrades with the idea that among them all there was not one whose,5495
The Valley Of Fear,"brain was so ready to devise a bloodthirsty scheme, or whose hand",5496
The Valley Of Fear,"would be more capable of carrying it out. ""He'll be the boy for the",5497
The Valley Of Fear,"clean job,"" said the oldsters to one another, and waited their time",5498
The Valley Of Fear,until they could set him to his work.,5499
The Valley Of Fear,,5500
The Valley Of Fear,McGinty had instruments enough already; but he recognized that this,5501
The Valley Of Fear,was a supremely able one. He felt like a man holding a fierce,5502
The Valley Of Fear,bloodhound in leash. There were curs to do the smaller work; but some,5503
The Valley Of Fear,day he would slip this creature upon its prey. A few members of the,5504
The Valley Of Fear,"lodge, Ted Baldwin among them, resented the rapid rise of the",5505
The Valley Of Fear,"stranger and hated him for it; but they kept clear of him, for he was",5506
The Valley Of Fear,as ready to fight as to laugh.,5507
The Valley Of Fear,,5508
The Valley Of Fear,"But if he gained favour with his fellows, there was another quarter,",5509
The Valley Of Fear,"one which had become even more vital to him, in which he lost it.",5510
The Valley Of Fear,"Ettie Shafter's father would have nothing more to do with him, nor",5511
The Valley Of Fear,would he allow him to enter the house. Ettie herself was too deeply,5512
The Valley Of Fear,"in love to give him up altogether, and yet her own good sense warned",5513
The Valley Of Fear,her of what would come from a marriage with a man who was regarded as,5514
The Valley Of Fear,a criminal.,5515
The Valley Of Fear,,5516
The Valley Of Fear,"One morning after a sleepless night she determined to see him,",5517
The Valley Of Fear,"possibly for the last time, and make one strong endeavour to draw him",5518
The Valley Of Fear,from those evil influences which were sucking him down. She went to,5519
The Valley Of Fear,"his house, as he had often begged her to do, and made her way into",5520
The Valley Of Fear,"the room which he used as his sitting-room. He was seated at a table,",5521
The Valley Of Fear,with his back turned and a letter in front of him. A sudden spirit of,5522
The Valley Of Fear,girlish mischief came over her--she was still only nineteen. He had,5523
The Valley Of Fear,not heard her when she pushed open the door. Now she tiptoed forward,5524
The Valley Of Fear,and laid her hand lightly upon his bended shoulders.,5525
The Valley Of Fear,,5526
The Valley Of Fear,"If she had expected to startle him, she certainly succeeded; but only",5527
The Valley Of Fear,"in turn to be startled herself. With a tiger spring he turned on her,",5528
The Valley Of Fear,and his right hand was feeling for her throat. At the same instant,5529
The Valley Of Fear,with the other hand he crumpled up the paper that lay before him. For,5530
The Valley Of Fear,an instant he stood glaring. Then astonishment and joy took the place,5531
The Valley Of Fear,of the ferocity which had convulsed his features--a ferocity which,5532
The Valley Of Fear,had sent her shrinking back in horror as from something which had,5533
The Valley Of Fear,never before intruded into her gentle life.,5534
The Valley Of Fear,,5535
The Valley Of Fear,"""It's you!"" said he, mopping his brow. ""And to think that you should",5536
The Valley Of Fear,"come to me, heart of my heart, and I should find nothing better to do",5537
The Valley Of Fear,"than to want to strangle you! Come then, darling,"" and he held out",5538
The Valley Of Fear,"his arms, ""let me make it up to you.""",5539
The Valley Of Fear,,5540
The Valley Of Fear,But she had not recovered from that sudden glimpse of guilty fear,5541
The Valley Of Fear,which she had read in the man's face. All her woman's instinct told,5542
The Valley Of Fear,her that it was not the mere fright of a man who is startled.,5543
The Valley Of Fear,Guilt--that was it--guilt and fear!,5544
The Valley Of Fear,,5545
The Valley Of Fear,"""What's come over you, Jack?"" she cried. ""Why were you so scared of",5546
The Valley Of Fear,"me? Oh, Jack, if your conscience was at ease, you would not have",5547
The Valley Of Fear,"looked at me like that!""",5548
The Valley Of Fear,,5549
The Valley Of Fear,"""Sure, I was thinking of other things, and when you came tripping so",5550
The Valley Of Fear,"lightly on those fairy feet of yours--""",5551
The Valley Of Fear,,5552
The Valley Of Fear,"""No, no, it was more than that, Jack."" Then a sudden suspicion seized",5553
The Valley Of Fear,"her. ""Let me see that letter you were writing.""",5554
The Valley Of Fear,,5555
The Valley Of Fear,"""Ah, Ettie, I couldn't do that.""",5556
The Valley Of Fear,,5557
The Valley Of Fear,"Her suspicions became certainties. ""It's to another woman,"" she",5558
The Valley Of Fear,"cried. ""I know it! Why else should you hold it from me? Was it to",5559
The Valley Of Fear,your wife that you were writing? How am I to know that you are not a,5560
The Valley Of Fear,"married man--you, a stranger, that nobody knows?""",5561
The Valley Of Fear,,5562
The Valley Of Fear,"""I am not married, Ettie. See now, I swear it! You're the only one",5563
The Valley Of Fear,"woman on earth to me. By the cross of Christ I swear it!""",5564
The Valley Of Fear,,5565
The Valley Of Fear,He was so white with passionate earnestness that she could not but,5566
The Valley Of Fear,believe him.,5567
The Valley Of Fear,,5568
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, then,"" she cried, ""why will you not show me the letter?""",5569
The Valley Of Fear,,5570
The Valley Of Fear,"""I'll tell you, acushla,"" said he. ""I'm under oath not to show it,",5571
The Valley Of Fear,and just as I wouldn't break my word to you so I would keep it to,5572
The Valley Of Fear,"those who hold my promise. It's the business of the lodge, and even",5573
The Valley Of Fear,"to you it's secret. And if I was scared when a hand fell on me, can't",5574
The Valley Of Fear,"you understand it when it might have been the hand of a detective?""",5575
The Valley Of Fear,,5576
The Valley Of Fear,She felt that he was telling the truth. He gathered her into his arms,5577
The Valley Of Fear,and kissed away her fears and doubts.,5578
The Valley Of Fear,,5579
The Valley Of Fear,"""Sit here by me, then. It's a queer throne for such a queen; but it's",5580
The Valley Of Fear,the best your poor lover can find. He'll do better for you some of,5581
The Valley Of Fear,"these days, I'm thinking. Now your mind is easy once again, is it",5582
The Valley Of Fear,"not?""",5583
The Valley Of Fear,,5584
The Valley Of Fear,"""How can it ever be at ease, Jack, when I know that you are a",5585
The Valley Of Fear,"criminal among criminals, when I never know the day that I may hear",5586
The Valley Of Fear,"you are in court for murder? 'McMurdo the Scowrer,' that's what one",5587
The Valley Of Fear,of our boarders called you yesterday. It went through my heart like a,5588
The Valley Of Fear,"knife.""",5589
The Valley Of Fear,,5590
The Valley Of Fear,"""Sure, hard words break no bones.""",5591
The Valley Of Fear,,5592
The Valley Of Fear,"""But they were true.""",5593
The Valley Of Fear,,5594
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, dear, it's not so bad as you think. We are but poor men that",5595
The Valley Of Fear,"are trying in our own way to get our rights.""",5596
The Valley Of Fear,,5597
The Valley Of Fear,"Ettie threw her arms round her lover's neck. ""Give it up, Jack! For",5598
The Valley Of Fear,"my sake, for God's sake, give it up! It was to ask you that I came",5599
The Valley Of Fear,"here to-day. Oh, Jack, see--I beg it of you on my bended knees!",5600
The Valley Of Fear,"Kneeling here before you I implore you to give it up!""",5601
The Valley Of Fear,,5602
The Valley Of Fear,He raised her and soothed her with her head against his breast.,5603
The Valley Of Fear,,5604
The Valley Of Fear,"""Sure, my darlin', you don't know what it is you are asking. How",5605
The Valley Of Fear,could I give it up when it would be to break my oath and to desert my,5606
The Valley Of Fear,comrades? If you could see how things stand with me you could never,5607
The Valley Of Fear,"ask it of me. Besides, if I wanted to, how could I do it? You don't",5608
The Valley Of Fear,"suppose that the lodge would let a man go free with all its secrets?""",5609
The Valley Of Fear,,5610
The Valley Of Fear,"""I've thought of that, Jack. I've planned it all. Father has saved",5611
The Valley Of Fear,some money. He is weary of this place where the fear of these people,5612
The Valley Of Fear,darkens our lives. He is ready to go. We would fly together to,5613
The Valley Of Fear,"Philadelphia or New York, where we would be safe from them.""",5614
The Valley Of Fear,,5615
The Valley Of Fear,"McMurdo laughed. ""The lodge has a long arm. Do you think it could not",5616
The Valley Of Fear,"stretch from here to Philadelphia or New York?""",5617
The Valley Of Fear,,5618
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, then, to the West, or to England, or to Germany, where father",5619
The Valley Of Fear,"came from--anywhere to get away from this Valley of Fear!""",5620
The Valley Of Fear,,5621
The Valley Of Fear,"McMurdo thought of old Brother Morris. ""Sure, it is the second time I",5622
The Valley Of Fear,"have heard the valley so named,"" said he. ""The shadow does indeed",5623
The Valley Of Fear,"seem to lie heavy on some of you.""",5624
The Valley Of Fear,,5625
The Valley Of Fear,"""It darkens every moment of our lives. Do you suppose that Ted",5626
The Valley Of Fear,"Baldwin has ever forgiven us? If it were not that he fears you, what",5627
The Valley Of Fear,do you suppose our chances would be? If you saw the look in those,5628
The Valley Of Fear,"dark, hungry eyes of his when they fall on me!""",5629
The Valley Of Fear,,5630
The Valley Of Fear,"""By Gar! I'd teach him better manners if I caught him at it! But see",5631
The Valley Of Fear,"here, little girl. I can't leave here. I can't--take that from me",5632
The Valley Of Fear,"once and for all. But if you will leave me to find my own way, I will",5633
The Valley Of Fear,"try to prepare a way of getting honourably out of it.""",5634
The Valley Of Fear,,5635
The Valley Of Fear,"""There is no honour in such a matter.""",5636
The Valley Of Fear,,5637
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, well, it's just how you look at it. But if you'll give me six",5638
The Valley Of Fear,"months, I'll work it so that I can leave without being ashamed to",5639
The Valley Of Fear,"look others in the face.""",5640
The Valley Of Fear,,5641
The Valley Of Fear,"The girl laughed with joy. ""Six months!"" she cried. ""Is it a",5642
The Valley Of Fear,"promise?""",5643
The Valley Of Fear,,5644
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, it may be seven or eight. But within a year at the furthest we",5645
The Valley Of Fear,"will leave the valley behind us.""",5646
The Valley Of Fear,,5647
The Valley Of Fear,"It was the most that Ettie could obtain, and yet it was something.",5648
The Valley Of Fear,There was this distant light to illuminate the gloom of the immediate,5649
The Valley Of Fear,future. She returned to her father's house more light-hearted than,5650
The Valley Of Fear,she had ever been since Jack McMurdo had come into her life.,5651
The Valley Of Fear,,5652
The Valley Of Fear,"It might be thought that as a member, all the doings of the society",5653
The Valley Of Fear,would be told to him; but he was soon to discover that the,5654
The Valley Of Fear,organization was wider and more complex than the simple lodge. Even,5655
The Valley Of Fear,Boss McGinty was ignorant as to many things; for there was an,5656
The Valley Of Fear,"official named the County Delegate, living at Hobson's Patch farther",5657
The Valley Of Fear,"down the line, who had power over several different lodges which he",5658
The Valley Of Fear,"wielded in a sudden and arbitrary way. Only once did McMurdo see him,",5659
The Valley Of Fear,"a sly, little gray-haired rat of a man, with a slinking gait and a",5660
The Valley Of Fear,sidelong glance which was charged with malice. Evans Pott was his,5661
The Valley Of Fear,"name, and even the great Boss of Vermissa felt towards him something",5662
The Valley Of Fear,of the repulsion and fear which the huge Danton may have felt for the,5663
The Valley Of Fear,puny but dangerous Robespierre.,5664
The Valley Of Fear,,5665
The Valley Of Fear,"One day Scanlan, who was McMurdo's fellow boarder, received a note",5666
The Valley Of Fear,"from McGinty inclosing one from Evans Pott, which informed him that",5667
The Valley Of Fear,"he was sending over two good men, Lawler and Andrews, who had",5668
The Valley Of Fear,instructions to act in the neighbourhood; though it was best for the,5669
The Valley Of Fear,cause that no particulars as to their objects should be given. Would,5670
The Valley Of Fear,the Bodymaster see to it that suitable arrangements be made for their,5671
The Valley Of Fear,lodgings and comfort until the time for action should arrive? McGinty,5672
The Valley Of Fear,added that it was impossible for anyone to remain secret at the Union,5673
The Valley Of Fear,"House, and that, therefore, he would be obliged if McMurdo and",5674
The Valley Of Fear,Scanlan would put the strangers up for a few days in their boarding,5675
The Valley Of Fear,house.,5676
The Valley Of Fear,,5677
The Valley Of Fear,"The same evening the two men arrived, each carrying his gripsack.",5678
The Valley Of Fear,"Lawler was an elderly man, shrewd, silent, and self-contained, clad",5679
The Valley Of Fear,"in an old black frock coat, which with his soft felt hat and ragged,",5680
The Valley Of Fear,grizzled beard gave him a general resemblance to an itinerant,5681
The Valley Of Fear,"preacher. His companion Andrews was little more than a boy,",5682
The Valley Of Fear,"frank-faced and cheerful, with the breezy manner of one who is out",5683
The Valley Of Fear,for a holiday and means to enjoy every minute of it. Both men were,5684
The Valley Of Fear,"total abstainers, and behaved in all ways as exemplary members of the",5685
The Valley Of Fear,"society, with the one simple exception that they were assassins who",5686
The Valley Of Fear,had often proved themselves to be most capable instruments for this,5687
The Valley Of Fear,association of murder. Lawler had already carried out fourteen,5688
The Valley Of Fear,"commissions of the kind, and Andrews three.",5689
The Valley Of Fear,,5690
The Valley Of Fear,"They were, as McMurdo found, quite ready to converse about their",5691
The Valley Of Fear,"deeds in the past, which they recounted with the half-bashful pride",5692
The Valley Of Fear,of men who had done good and unselfish service for the community.,5693
The Valley Of Fear,"They were reticent, however, as to the immediate job in hand.",5694
The Valley Of Fear,,5695
The Valley Of Fear,"""They chose us because neither I nor the boy here drink,"" Lawler",5696
The Valley Of Fear,"explained. ""They can count on us saying no more than we should. You",5697
The Valley Of Fear,"must not take it amiss, but it is the orders of the County Delegate",5698
The Valley Of Fear,"that we obey.""",5699
The Valley Of Fear,,5700
The Valley Of Fear,"""Sure, we are all in it together,"" said Scanlan, McMurdo's mate, as",5701
The Valley Of Fear,the four sat together at supper.,5702
The Valley Of Fear,,5703
The Valley Of Fear,"""That's true enough, and we'll talk till the cows come home of the",5704
The Valley Of Fear,"killing of Charlie Williams or of Simon Bird, or any other job in the",5705
The Valley Of Fear,"past. But till the work is done we say nothing.""",5706
The Valley Of Fear,,5707
The Valley Of Fear,"""There are half a dozen about here that I have a word to say to,""",5708
The Valley Of Fear,"said McMurdo, with an oath. ""I suppose it isn't Jack Knox of Ironhill",5709
The Valley Of Fear,"that you are after. I'd go some way to see him get his deserts.""",5710
The Valley Of Fear,,5711
The Valley Of Fear,"""No, it's not him yet.""",5712
The Valley Of Fear,,5713
The Valley Of Fear,"""Or Herman Strauss?""",5714
The Valley Of Fear,,5715
The Valley Of Fear,"""No, nor him either.""",5716
The Valley Of Fear,,5717
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, if you won't tell us we can't make you; but I'd be glad to",5718
The Valley Of Fear,"know.""",5719
The Valley Of Fear,,5720
The Valley Of Fear,Lawler smiled and shook his head. He was not to be drawn.,5721
The Valley Of Fear,,5722
The Valley Of Fear,"In spite of the reticence of their guests, Scanlan and McMurdo were",5723
The Valley Of Fear,"quite determined to be present at what they called ""the fun."" When,",5724
The Valley Of Fear,"therefore, at an early hour one morning McMurdo heard them creeping",5725
The Valley Of Fear,"down the stairs he awakened Scanlan, and the two hurried on their",5726
The Valley Of Fear,clothes. When they were dressed they found that the others had stolen,5727
The Valley Of Fear,"out, leaving the door open behind them. It was not yet dawn, and by",5728
The Valley Of Fear,the light of the lamps they could see the two men some distance down,5729
The Valley Of Fear,"the street. They followed them warily, treading noiselessly in the",5730
The Valley Of Fear,deep snow.,5731
The Valley Of Fear,,5732
The Valley Of Fear,"The boarding house was near the edge of the town, and soon they were",5733
The Valley Of Fear,at the crossroads which is beyond its boundary. Here three men were,5734
The Valley Of Fear,"waiting, with whom Lawler and Andrews held a short, eager",5735
The Valley Of Fear,conversation. Then they all moved on together. It was clearly some,5736
The Valley Of Fear,notable job which needed numbers. At this point there are several,5737
The Valley Of Fear,trails which lead to various mines. The strangers took that which led,5738
The Valley Of Fear,"to the Crow Hill, a huge business which was in strong hands which had",5739
The Valley Of Fear,"been able, thanks to their energetic and fearless New England",5740
The Valley Of Fear,"manager, Josiah H. Dunn, to keep some order and discipline during the",5741
The Valley Of Fear,long reign of terror.,5742
The Valley Of Fear,,5743
The Valley Of Fear,"Day was breaking now, and a line of workmen were slowly making their",5744
The Valley Of Fear,"way, singly and in groups, along the blackened path.",5745
The Valley Of Fear,,5746
The Valley Of Fear,"McMurdo and Scanlan strolled on with the others, keeping in sight of",5747
The Valley Of Fear,"the men whom they followed. A thick mist lay over them, and from the",5748
The Valley Of Fear,heart of it there came the sudden scream of a steam whistle. It was,5749
The Valley Of Fear,the ten-minute signal before the cages descended and the day's labour,5750
The Valley Of Fear,began.,5751
The Valley Of Fear,,5752
The Valley Of Fear,When they reached the open space round the mine shaft there were a,5753
The Valley Of Fear,"hundred miners waiting, stamping their feet and blowing on their",5754
The Valley Of Fear,fingers; for it was bitterly cold. The strangers stood in a little,5755
The Valley Of Fear,group under the shadow of the engine house. Scanlan and McMurdo,5756
The Valley Of Fear,climbed a heap of slag from which the whole scene lay before them.,5757
The Valley Of Fear,"They saw the mine engineer, a great bearded Scotchman named Menzies,",5758
The Valley Of Fear,come out of the engine house and blow his whistle for the cages to be,5759
The Valley Of Fear,lowered.,5760
The Valley Of Fear,,5761
The Valley Of Fear,"At the same instant a tall, loose-framed young man with a",5762
The Valley Of Fear,"clean-shaved, earnest face advanced eagerly towards the pit head. As",5763
The Valley Of Fear,"he came forward his eyes fell upon the group, silent and motionless,",5764
The Valley Of Fear,under the engine house. The men had drawn down their hats and turned,5765
The Valley Of Fear,up their collars to screen their faces. For a moment the presentiment,5766
The Valley Of Fear,of Death laid its cold hand upon the manager's heart. At the next he,5767
The Valley Of Fear,had shaken it off and saw only his duty towards intrusive strangers.,5768
The Valley Of Fear,,5769
The Valley Of Fear,"""Who are you?"" he asked as he advanced. ""What are you loitering there",5770
The Valley Of Fear,"for?""",5771
The Valley Of Fear,,5772
The Valley Of Fear,There was no answer; but the lad Andrews stepped forward and shot him,5773
The Valley Of Fear,in the stomach. The hundred waiting miners stood as motionless and,5774
The Valley Of Fear,helpless as if they were paralyzed. The manager clapped his two hands,5775
The Valley Of Fear,to the wound and doubled himself up. Then he staggered away; but,5776
The Valley Of Fear,"another of the assassins fired, and he went down sidewise, kicking",5777
The Valley Of Fear,"and clawing among a heap of clinkers. Menzies, the Scotchman, gave a",5778
The Valley Of Fear,roar of rage at the sight and rushed with an iron spanner at the,5779
The Valley Of Fear,murderers; but was met by two balls in the face which dropped him,5780
The Valley Of Fear,dead at their very feet.,5781
The Valley Of Fear,,5782
The Valley Of Fear,"There was a surge forward of some of the miners, and an inarticulate",5783
The Valley Of Fear,cry of pity and of anger; but a couple of the strangers emptied their,5784
The Valley Of Fear,"six-shooters over the heads of the crowd, and they broke and",5785
The Valley Of Fear,"scattered, some of them rushing wildly back to their homes in",5786
The Valley Of Fear,Vermissa.,5787
The Valley Of Fear,,5788
The Valley Of Fear,"When a few of the bravest had rallied, and there was a return to the",5789
The Valley Of Fear,"mine, the murderous gang had vanished in the mists of morning,",5790
The Valley Of Fear,without a single witness being able to swear to the identity of these,5791
The Valley Of Fear,men who in front of a hundred spectators had wrought this double,5792
The Valley Of Fear,crime.,5793
The Valley Of Fear,,5794
The Valley Of Fear,"Scanlan and McMurdo made their way back; Scanlan somewhat subdued,",5795
The Valley Of Fear,"for it was the first murder job that he had seen with his own eyes,",5796
The Valley Of Fear,and it appeared less funny than he had been led to believe. The,5797
The Valley Of Fear,horrible screams of the dead manager's wife pursued them as they,5798
The Valley Of Fear,hurried to the town. McMurdo was absorbed and silent; but he showed,5799
The Valley Of Fear,no sympathy for the weakening of his companion.,5800
The Valley Of Fear,,5801
The Valley Of Fear,"""Sure, it is like a war,"" he repeated. ""What is it but a war between",5802
The Valley Of Fear,"us and them, and we hit back where we best can.""",5803
The Valley Of Fear,,5804
The Valley Of Fear,"There was high revel in the lodge room at the Union House that night,",5805
The Valley Of Fear,not only over the killing of the manager and engineer of the Crow,5806
The Valley Of Fear,"Hill mine, which would bring this organization into line with the",5807
The Valley Of Fear,"other blackmailed and terror-stricken companies of the district, but",5808
The Valley Of Fear,also over a distant triumph which had been wrought by the hands of,5809
The Valley Of Fear,the lodge itself.,5810
The Valley Of Fear,,5811
The Valley Of Fear,It would appear that when the County Delegate had sent over five good,5812
The Valley Of Fear,"men to strike a blow in Vermissa, he had demanded that in return",5813
The Valley Of Fear,three Vermissa men should be secretly selected and sent across to,5814
The Valley Of Fear,"kill William Hales of Stake Royal, one of the best known and most",5815
The Valley Of Fear,"popular mine owners in the Gilmerton district, a man who was believed",5816
The Valley Of Fear,not to have an enemy in the world; for he was in all ways a model,5817
The Valley Of Fear,"employer. He had insisted, however, upon efficiency in the work, and",5818
The Valley Of Fear,"had, therefore, paid off certain drunken and idle employees who were",5819
The Valley Of Fear,members of the all-powerful society. Coffin notices hung outside his,5820
The Valley Of Fear,"door had not weakened his resolution, and so in a free, civilized",5821
The Valley Of Fear,country he found himself condemned to death.,5822
The Valley Of Fear,,5823
The Valley Of Fear,"The execution had now been duly carried out. Ted Baldwin, who",5824
The Valley Of Fear,"sprawled now in the seat of honour beside the Bodymaster, had been",5825
The Valley Of Fear,"chief of the party. His flushed face and glazed, blood-shot eyes told",5826
The Valley Of Fear,of sleeplessness and drink. He and his two comrades had spent the,5827
The Valley Of Fear,night before among the mountains. They were unkempt and,5828
The Valley Of Fear,"weather-stained. But no heroes, returning from a forlorn hope, could",5829
The Valley Of Fear,have had a warmer welcome from their comrades.,5830
The Valley Of Fear,,5831
The Valley Of Fear,The story was told and retold amid cries of delight and shouts of,5832
The Valley Of Fear,laughter. They had waited for their man as he drove home at,5833
The Valley Of Fear,"nightfall, taking their station at the top of a steep hill, where his",5834
The Valley Of Fear,horse must be at a walk. He was so furred to keep out the cold that,5835
The Valley Of Fear,he could not lay his hand on his pistol. They had pulled him out and,5836
The Valley Of Fear,shot him again and again. He had screamed for mercy. The screams were,5837
The Valley Of Fear,repeated for the amusement of the lodge.,5838
The Valley Of Fear,,5839
The Valley Of Fear,"""Let's hear again how he squealed,"" they cried.",5840
The Valley Of Fear,,5841
The Valley Of Fear,"None of them knew the man; but there is eternal drama in a killing,",5842
The Valley Of Fear,and they had shown the Scowrers of Gilmerton that the Vermissa men,5843
The Valley Of Fear,were to be relied upon.,5844
The Valley Of Fear,,5845
The Valley Of Fear,There had been one contretemps; for a man and his wife had driven up,5846
The Valley Of Fear,while they were still emptying their revolvers into the silent body.,5847
The Valley Of Fear,It had been suggested that they should shoot them both; but they were,5848
The Valley Of Fear,"harmless folk who were not connected with the mines, so they were",5849
The Valley Of Fear,"sternly bidden to drive on and keep silent, lest a worse thing befall",5850
The Valley Of Fear,them. And so the blood-mottled figure had been left as a warning to,5851
The Valley Of Fear,"all such hard-hearted employers, and the three noble avengers had",5852
The Valley Of Fear,hurried off into the mountains where unbroken nature comes down to,5853
The Valley Of Fear,"the very edge of the furnaces and the slag heaps. Here they were,",5854
The Valley Of Fear,"safe and sound, their work well done, and the plaudits of their",5855
The Valley Of Fear,companions in their ears.,5856
The Valley Of Fear,,5857
The Valley Of Fear,It had been a great day for the Scowrers. The shadow had fallen even,5858
The Valley Of Fear,darker over the valley. But as the wise general chooses the moment of,5859
The Valley Of Fear,"victory in which to redouble his efforts, so that his foes may have",5860
The Valley Of Fear,"no time to steady themselves after disaster, so Boss McGinty, looking",5861
The Valley Of Fear,out upon the scene of his operations with his brooding and malicious,5862
The Valley Of Fear,"eyes, had devised a new attack upon those who opposed him. That very",5863
The Valley Of Fear,"night, as the half-drunken company broke up, he touched McMurdo on",5864
The Valley Of Fear,the arm and led him aside into that inner room where they had their,5865
The Valley Of Fear,first interview.,5866
The Valley Of Fear,,5867
The Valley Of Fear,"""See here, my lad,"" said he, ""I've got a job that's worthy of you at",5868
The Valley Of Fear,"last. You'll have the doing of it in your own hands.""",5869
The Valley Of Fear,,5870
The Valley Of Fear,"""Proud I am to hear it,"" McMurdo answered.",5871
The Valley Of Fear,,5872
The Valley Of Fear,"""You can take two men with you--Manders and Reilly. They have been",5873
The Valley Of Fear,warned for service. We'll never be right in this district until,5874
The Valley Of Fear,"Chester Wilcox has been settled, and you'll have the thanks of every",5875
The Valley Of Fear,"lodge in the coal fields if you can down him.""",5876
The Valley Of Fear,,5877
The Valley Of Fear,"""I'll do my best, anyhow. Who is he, and where shall I find him?""",5878
The Valley Of Fear,,5879
The Valley Of Fear,"McGinty took his eternal half-chewed, half-smoked cigar from the",5880
The Valley Of Fear,"corner of his mouth, and proceeded to draw a rough diagram on a page",5881
The Valley Of Fear,torn from his notebook.,5882
The Valley Of Fear,,5883
The Valley Of Fear,"""He's the chief foreman of the Iron Dike Company. He's a hard",5884
The Valley Of Fear,"citizen, an old colour sergeant of the war, all scars and grizzle.",5885
The Valley Of Fear,"We've had two tries at him; but had no luck, and Jim Carnaway lost",5886
The Valley Of Fear,his life over it. Now it's for you to take it over. That's the,5887
The Valley Of Fear,"house--all alone at the Iron Dike crossroad, same as you see here on",5888
The Valley Of Fear,the map--without another within earshot. It's no good by day. He's,5889
The Valley Of Fear,"armed and shoots quick and straight, with no questions asked. But at",5890
The Valley Of Fear,"night--well, there he is with his wife, three children, and a hired",5891
The Valley Of Fear,help. You can't pick or choose. It's all or none. If you could get a,5892
The Valley Of Fear,"bag of blasting powder at the front door with a slow match to it--""",5893
The Valley Of Fear,,5894
The Valley Of Fear,"""What's the man done?""",5895
The Valley Of Fear,,5896
The Valley Of Fear,"""Didn't I tell you he shot Jim Carnaway?""",5897
The Valley Of Fear,,5898
The Valley Of Fear,"""Why did he shoot him?""",5899
The Valley Of Fear,,5900
The Valley Of Fear,"""What in thunder has that to do with you? Carnaway was about his",5901
The Valley Of Fear,"house at night, and he shot him. That's enough for me and you. You've",5902
The Valley Of Fear,"got to settle the thing right.""",5903
The Valley Of Fear,,5904
The Valley Of Fear,"""There's these two women and the children. Do they go up too?""",5905
The Valley Of Fear,,5906
The Valley Of Fear,"""They have to--else how can we get him?""",5907
The Valley Of Fear,,5908
The Valley Of Fear,"""It seems hard on them; for they've done nothing.""",5909
The Valley Of Fear,,5910
The Valley Of Fear,"""What sort of fool's talk is this? Do you back out?""",5911
The Valley Of Fear,,5912
The Valley Of Fear,"""Easy, Councillor, easy! What have I ever said or done that you",5913
The Valley Of Fear,should think I would be after standing back from an order of the,5914
The Valley Of Fear,"Bodymaster of my own lodge? If it's right or if it's wrong, it's for",5915
The Valley Of Fear,"you to decide.""",5916
The Valley Of Fear,,5917
The Valley Of Fear,"""You'll do it, then?""",5918
The Valley Of Fear,,5919
The Valley Of Fear,"""Of course I will do it.""",5920
The Valley Of Fear,,5921
The Valley Of Fear,"""When?""",5922
The Valley Of Fear,,5923
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, you had best give me a night or two that I may see the house",5924
The Valley Of Fear,"and make my plans. Then--""",5925
The Valley Of Fear,,5926
The Valley Of Fear,"""Very good,"" said McGinty, shaking him by the hand. ""I leave it with",5927
The Valley Of Fear,you. It will be a great day when you bring us the news. It's just the,5928
The Valley Of Fear,"last stroke that will bring them all to their knees.""",5929
The Valley Of Fear,,5930
The Valley Of Fear,McMurdo thought long and deeply over the commission which had been so,5931
The Valley Of Fear,suddenly placed in his hands. The isolated house in which Chester,5932
The Valley Of Fear,Wilcox lived was about five miles off in an adjacent valley. That,5933
The Valley Of Fear,very night he started off all alone to prepare for the attempt. It,5934
The Valley Of Fear,was daylight before he returned from his reconnaissance. Next day he,5935
The Valley Of Fear,"interviewed his two subordinates, Manders and Reilly, reckless",5936
The Valley Of Fear,youngsters who were as elated as if it were a deer-hunt.,5937
The Valley Of Fear,,5938
The Valley Of Fear,"Two nights later they met outside the town, all three armed, and one",5939
The Valley Of Fear,of them carrying a sack stuffed with the powder which was used in the,5940
The Valley Of Fear,quarries. It was two in the morning before they came to the lonely,5941
The Valley Of Fear,"house. The night was a windy one, with broken clouds drifting swiftly",5942
The Valley Of Fear,across the face of a three-quarter moon. They had been warned to be,5943
The Valley Of Fear,"on their guard against bloodhounds; so they moved forward cautiously,",5944
The Valley Of Fear,with their pistols cocked in their hands. But there was no sound save,5945
The Valley Of Fear,"the howling of the wind, and no movement but the swaying branches",5946
The Valley Of Fear,above them.,5947
The Valley Of Fear,,5948
The Valley Of Fear,McMurdo listened at the door of the lonely house; but all was still,5949
The Valley Of Fear,"within. Then he leaned the powder bag against it, ripped a hole in it",5950
The Valley Of Fear,"with his knife, and attached the fuse. When it was well alight he and",5951
The Valley Of Fear,"his two companions took to their heels, and were some distance off,",5952
The Valley Of Fear,"safe and snug in a sheltering ditch, before the shattering roar of",5953
The Valley Of Fear,"the explosion, with the low, deep rumble of the collapsing building,",5954
The Valley Of Fear,told them that their work was done. No cleaner job had ever been,5955
The Valley Of Fear,carried out in the bloodstained annals of the society.,5956
The Valley Of Fear,,5957
The Valley Of Fear,But alas that work so well organized and boldly carried out should,5958
The Valley Of Fear,"all have gone for nothing! Warned by the fate of the various victims,",5959
The Valley Of Fear,"and knowing that he was marked down for destruction, Chester Wilcox",5960
The Valley Of Fear,had moved himself and his family only the day before to some safer,5961
The Valley Of Fear,"and less known quarters, where a guard of police should watch over",5962
The Valley Of Fear,them. It was an empty house which had been torn down by the,5963
The Valley Of Fear,"gunpowder, and the grim old colour sergeant of the war was still",5964
The Valley Of Fear,teaching discipline to the miners of Iron Dike.,5965
The Valley Of Fear,,5966
The Valley Of Fear,"""Leave him to me,"" said McMurdo. ""He's my man, and I'll get him sure",5967
The Valley Of Fear,"if I have to wait a year for him.""",5968
The Valley Of Fear,,5969
The Valley Of Fear,"A vote of thanks and confidence was passed in full lodge, and so for",5970
The Valley Of Fear,the time the matter ended. When a few weeks later it was reported in,5971
The Valley Of Fear,"the papers that Wilcox had been shot at from an ambuscade, it was an",5972
The Valley Of Fear,open secret that McMurdo was still at work upon his unfinished job.,5973
The Valley Of Fear,,5974
The Valley Of Fear,"Such were the methods of the Society of Freemen, and such were the",5975
The Valley Of Fear,deeds of the Scowrers by which they spread their rule of fear over,5976
The Valley Of Fear,the great and rich district which was for so long a period haunted by,5977
The Valley Of Fear,their terrible presence. Why should these pages be stained by further,5978
The Valley Of Fear,crimes? Have I not said enough to show the men and their methods?,5979
The Valley Of Fear,,5980
The Valley Of Fear,"These deeds are written in history, and there are records wherein one",5981
The Valley Of Fear,may read the details of them. There one may learn of the shooting of,5982
The Valley Of Fear,Policemen Hunt and Evans because they had ventured to arrest two,5983
The Valley Of Fear,members of the society--a double outrage planned at the Vermissa,5984
The Valley Of Fear,lodge and carried out in cold blood upon two helpless and disarmed,5985
The Valley Of Fear,men. There also one may read of the shooting of Mrs. Larbey when she,5986
The Valley Of Fear,"was nursing her husband, who had been beaten almost to death by",5987
The Valley Of Fear,"orders of Boss McGinty. The killing of the elder Jenkins, shortly",5988
The Valley Of Fear,"followed by that of his brother, the mutilation of James Murdoch, the",5989
The Valley Of Fear,"blowing up of the Staphouse family, and the murder of the Stendals",5990
The Valley Of Fear,all followed hard upon one another in the same terrible winter.,5991
The Valley Of Fear,,5992
The Valley Of Fear,Darkly the shadow lay upon the Valley of Fear. The spring had come,5993
The Valley Of Fear,with running brooks and blossoming trees. There was hope for all,5994
The Valley Of Fear,Nature bound so long in an iron grip; but nowhere was there any hope,5995
The Valley Of Fear,for the men and women who lived under the yoke of the terror. Never,5996
The Valley Of Fear,had the cloud above them been so dark and hopeless as in the early,5997
The Valley Of Fear,summer of the year 1875.,5998
The Valley Of Fear,,5999
The Valley Of Fear,CHAPTER VI,6000
The Valley Of Fear,Danger,6001
The Valley Of Fear,,6002
The Valley Of Fear,"It was the height of the reign of terror. McMurdo, who had already",6003
The Valley Of Fear,"been appointed Inner Deacon, with every prospect of some day",6004
The Valley Of Fear,"succeeding McGinty as Bodymaster, was now so necessary to the",6005
The Valley Of Fear,councils of his comrades that nothing was done without his help and,6006
The Valley Of Fear,"advice. The more popular he became, however, with the Freemen, the",6007
The Valley Of Fear,blacker were the scowls which greeted him as he passed along the,6008
The Valley Of Fear,streets of Vermissa. In spite of their terror the citizens were,6009
The Valley Of Fear,taking heart to band themselves together against their oppressors.,6010
The Valley Of Fear,Rumours had reached the lodge of secret gatherings in the Herald,6011
The Valley Of Fear,office and of distribution of firearms among the law-abiding people.,6012
The Valley Of Fear,But McGinty and his men were undisturbed by such reports. They were,6013
The Valley Of Fear,"numerous, resolute, and well armed. Their opponents were scattered",6014
The Valley Of Fear,"and powerless. It would all end, as it had done in the past, in",6015
The Valley Of Fear,"aimless talk and possibly in impotent arrests. So said McGinty,",6016
The Valley Of Fear,"McMurdo, and all the bolder spirits.",6017
The Valley Of Fear,,6018
The Valley Of Fear,It was a Saturday evening in May. Saturday was always the lodge,6019
The Valley Of Fear,"night, and McMurdo was leaving his house to attend it when Morris,",6020
The Valley Of Fear,"the weaker brother of the order, came to see him. His brow was",6021
The Valley Of Fear,"creased with care, and his kindly face was drawn and haggard.",6022
The Valley Of Fear,,6023
The Valley Of Fear,"""Can I speak with you freely, Mr. McMurdo?""",6024
The Valley Of Fear,,6025
The Valley Of Fear,"""Sure.""",6026
The Valley Of Fear,,6027
The Valley Of Fear,"""I can't forget that I spoke my heart to you once, and that you kept",6028
The Valley Of Fear,"it to yourself, even though the Boss himself came to ask you about",6029
The Valley Of Fear,"it.""",6030
The Valley Of Fear,,6031
The Valley Of Fear,"""What else could I do if you trusted me? It wasn't that I agreed with",6032
The Valley Of Fear,"what you said.""",6033
The Valley Of Fear,,6034
The Valley Of Fear,"""I know that well. But you are the one that I can speak to and be",6035
The Valley Of Fear,"safe. I've a secret here,"" he put his hand to his breast, ""and it is",6036
The Valley Of Fear,just burning the life out of me. I wish it had come to any one of you,6037
The Valley Of Fear,"but me. If I tell it, it will mean murder, for sure. If I don't, it",6038
The Valley Of Fear,"may bring the end of us all. God help me, but I am near out of my",6039
The Valley Of Fear,"wits over it!""",6040
The Valley Of Fear,,6041
The Valley Of Fear,McMurdo looked at the man earnestly. He was trembling in every limb.,6042
The Valley Of Fear,"He poured some whisky into a glass and handed it to him. ""That's the",6043
The Valley Of Fear,"physic for the likes of you,"" said he. ""Now let me hear of it.""",6044
The Valley Of Fear,,6045
The Valley Of Fear,"Morris drank, and his white face took a tinge of colour. ""I can tell",6046
The Valley Of Fear,"it to you all in one sentence,"" said he. ""There's a detective on our",6047
The Valley Of Fear,"trail.""",6048
The Valley Of Fear,,6049
The Valley Of Fear,"McMurdo stared at him in astonishment. ""Why, man, you're crazy,"" he",6050
The Valley Of Fear,"said. ""Isn't the place full of police and detectives and what harm",6051
The Valley Of Fear,"did they ever do us?""",6052
The Valley Of Fear,,6053
The Valley Of Fear,"""No, no, it's no man of the district. As you say, we know them, and",6054
The Valley Of Fear,"it is little that they can do. But you've heard of Pinkerton's?""",6055
The Valley Of Fear,,6056
The Valley Of Fear,"""I've read of some folk of that name.""",6057
The Valley Of Fear,,6058
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, you can take it from me you've no show when they are on your",6059
The Valley Of Fear,trail. It's not a take-it-or-miss-it government concern. It's a dead,6060
The Valley Of Fear,earnest business proposition that's out for results and keeps out,6061
The Valley Of Fear,till by hook or crook it gets them. If a Pinkerton man is deep in,6062
The Valley Of Fear,"this business, we are all destroyed.""",6063
The Valley Of Fear,,6064
The Valley Of Fear,"""We must kill him.""",6065
The Valley Of Fear,,6066
The Valley Of Fear,"""Ah, it's the first thought that came to you! So it will be up at the",6067
The Valley Of Fear,"lodge. Didn't I say to you that it would end in murder?""",6068
The Valley Of Fear,,6069
The Valley Of Fear,"""Sure, what is murder? Isn't it common enough in these parts?""",6070
The Valley Of Fear,,6071
The Valley Of Fear,"""It is, indeed; but it's not for me to point out the man that is to",6072
The Valley Of Fear,be murdered. I'd never rest easy again. And yet it's our own necks,6073
The Valley Of Fear,"that may be at stake. In God's name what shall I do?"" He rocked to",6074
The Valley Of Fear,and fro in his agony of indecision.,6075
The Valley Of Fear,,6076
The Valley Of Fear,But his words had moved McMurdo deeply. It was easy to see that he,6077
The Valley Of Fear,"shared the other's opinion as to the danger, and the need for meeting",6078
The Valley Of Fear,it. He gripped Morris's shoulder and shook him in his earnestness.,6079
The Valley Of Fear,,6080
The Valley Of Fear,"""See here, man,"" he cried, and he almost screeched the words in his",6081
The Valley Of Fear,"excitement, ""you won't gain anything by sitting keening like an old",6082
The Valley Of Fear,wife at a wake. Let's have the facts. Who is the fellow? Where is he?,6083
The Valley Of Fear,"How did you hear of him? Why did you come to me?""",6084
The Valley Of Fear,,6085
The Valley Of Fear,"""I came to you; for you are the one man that would advise me. I told",6086
The Valley Of Fear,you that I had a store in the East before I came here. I left good,6087
The Valley Of Fear,"friends behind me, and one of them is in the telegraph service.",6088
The Valley Of Fear,Here's a letter that I had from him yesterday. It's this part from,6089
The Valley Of Fear,"the top of the page. You can read it yourself.""",6090
The Valley Of Fear,,6091
The Valley Of Fear,This was what McMurdo read:,6092
The Valley Of Fear,,6093
The Valley Of Fear,How are the Scowrers getting on in your parts? We read plenty of them,6094
The Valley Of Fear,in the papers. Between you and me I expect to hear news from you,6095
The Valley Of Fear,before long. Five big corporations and the two railroads have taken,6096
The Valley Of Fear,"the thing up in dead earnest. They mean it, and you can bet they'll",6097
The Valley Of Fear,get there! They are right deep down into it. Pinkerton has taken hold,6098
The Valley Of Fear,"under their orders, and his best man, Birdy Edwards, is operating.",6099
The Valley Of Fear,The thing has got to be stopped right now.,6100
The Valley Of Fear,,6101
The Valley Of Fear,"""Now read the postscript.""",6102
The Valley Of Fear,,6103
The Valley Of Fear,"Of course, what I give you is what I learned in business; so it goes",6104
The Valley Of Fear,no further. It's a queer cipher that you handle by the yard every day,6105
The Valley Of Fear,and can get no meaning from.,6106
The Valley Of Fear,,6107
The Valley Of Fear,"McMurdo sat in silence for some time, with the letter in his listless",6108
The Valley Of Fear,"hands. The mist had lifted for a moment, and there was the abyss",6109
The Valley Of Fear,before him.,6110
The Valley Of Fear,,6111
The Valley Of Fear,"""Does anyone else know of this?"" he asked.",6112
The Valley Of Fear,,6113
The Valley Of Fear,"""I have told no one else.""",6114
The Valley Of Fear,,6115
The Valley Of Fear,"""But this man--your friend--has he any other person that he would be",6116
The Valley Of Fear,"likely to write to?""",6117
The Valley Of Fear,,6118
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, I dare say he knows one or two more.""",6119
The Valley Of Fear,,6120
The Valley Of Fear,"""Of the lodge?""",6121
The Valley Of Fear,,6122
The Valley Of Fear,"""It's likely enough.""",6123
The Valley Of Fear,,6124
The Valley Of Fear,"""I was asking because it is likely that he may have given some",6125
The Valley Of Fear,description of this fellow Birdy Edwards--then we could get on his,6126
The Valley Of Fear,"trail.""",6127
The Valley Of Fear,,6128
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, it's possible. But I should not think he knew him. He is just",6129
The Valley Of Fear,telling me the news that came to him by way of business. How would he,6130
The Valley Of Fear,"know this Pinkerton man?""",6131
The Valley Of Fear,,6132
The Valley Of Fear,McMurdo gave a violent start.,6133
The Valley Of Fear,,6134
The Valley Of Fear,"""By Gar!"" he cried, ""I've got him. What a fool I was not to know it.",6135
The Valley Of Fear,Lord! but we're in luck! We will fix him before he can do any harm.,6136
The Valley Of Fear,"See here, Morris, will you leave this thing in my hands?""",6137
The Valley Of Fear,,6138
The Valley Of Fear,"""Sure, if you will only take it off mine.""",6139
The Valley Of Fear,,6140
The Valley Of Fear,"""I'll do that. You can stand right back and let me run it. Even your",6141
The Valley Of Fear,"name need not be mentioned. I'll take it all on myself, as if it were",6142
The Valley Of Fear,"to me that this letter has come. Will that content you?""",6143
The Valley Of Fear,,6144
The Valley Of Fear,"""It's just what I would ask.""",6145
The Valley Of Fear,,6146
The Valley Of Fear,"""Then leave it at that and keep your head shut. Now I'll get down to",6147
The Valley Of Fear,"the lodge, and we'll soon make old man Pinkerton sorry for himself.""",6148
The Valley Of Fear,,6149
The Valley Of Fear,"""You wouldn't kill this man?""",6150
The Valley Of Fear,,6151
The Valley Of Fear,"""The less you know, Friend Morris, the easier your conscience will",6152
The Valley Of Fear,"be, and the better you will sleep. Ask no questions, and let these",6153
The Valley Of Fear,"things settle themselves. I have hold of it now.""",6154
The Valley Of Fear,,6155
The Valley Of Fear,"Morris shook his head sadly as he left. ""I feel that his blood is on",6156
The Valley Of Fear,"my hands,"" he groaned.",6157
The Valley Of Fear,,6158
The Valley Of Fear,"""Self-protection is no murder, anyhow,"" said McMurdo, smiling grimly.",6159
The Valley Of Fear,"""It's him or us. I guess this man would destroy us all if we left him",6160
The Valley Of Fear,"long in the valley. Why, Brother Morris, we'll have to elect you",6161
The Valley Of Fear,"Bodymaster yet; for you've surely saved the lodge.""",6162
The Valley Of Fear,,6163
The Valley Of Fear,And yet it was clear from his actions that he thought more seriously,6164
The Valley Of Fear,of this new intrusion than his words would show. It may have been his,6165
The Valley Of Fear,"guilty conscience, it may have been the reputation of the Pinkerton",6166
The Valley Of Fear,"organization, it may have been the knowledge that great, rich",6167
The Valley Of Fear,corporations had set themselves the task of clearing out the,6168
The Valley Of Fear,"Scowrers; but, whatever his reason, his actions were those of a man",6169
The Valley Of Fear,who is preparing for the worst. Every paper which would incriminate,6170
The Valley Of Fear,him was destroyed before he left the house. After that he gave a long,6171
The Valley Of Fear,sigh of satisfaction; for it seemed to him that he was safe. And yet,6172
The Valley Of Fear,the danger must still have pressed somewhat upon him; for on his way,6173
The Valley Of Fear,to the lodge he stopped at old man Shafter's. The house was forbidden,6174
The Valley Of Fear,him; but when he tapped at the window Ettie came out to him. The,6175
The Valley Of Fear,dancing Irish deviltry had gone from her lover's eyes. She read his,6176
The Valley Of Fear,danger in his earnest face.,6177
The Valley Of Fear,,6178
The Valley Of Fear,"""Something has happened!"" she cried. ""Oh, Jack, you are in danger!""",6179
The Valley Of Fear,,6180
The Valley Of Fear,"""Sure, it is not very bad, my sweetheart. And yet it may be wise that",6181
The Valley Of Fear,"we make a move before it is worse.""",6182
The Valley Of Fear,,6183
The Valley Of Fear,"""Make a move?""",6184
The Valley Of Fear,,6185
The Valley Of Fear,"""I promised you once that I would go some day. I think the time is",6186
The Valley Of Fear,"coming. I had news to-night, bad news, and I see trouble coming.""",6187
The Valley Of Fear,,6188
The Valley Of Fear,"""The police?""",6189
The Valley Of Fear,,6190
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, a Pinkerton. But, sure, you wouldn't know what that is,",6191
The Valley Of Fear,"acushla, nor what it may mean to the likes of me. I'm too deep in",6192
The Valley Of Fear,"this thing, and I may have to get out of it quick. You said you would",6193
The Valley Of Fear,"come with me if I went.""",6194
The Valley Of Fear,,6195
The Valley Of Fear,"""Oh, Jack, it would be the saving of you!""",6196
The Valley Of Fear,,6197
The Valley Of Fear,"""I'm an honest man in some things, Ettie. I wouldn't hurt a hair of",6198
The Valley Of Fear,"your bonny head for all that the world can give, nor ever pull you",6199
The Valley Of Fear,down one inch from the golden throne above the clouds where I always,6200
The Valley Of Fear,"see you. Would you trust me?""",6201
The Valley Of Fear,,6202
The Valley Of Fear,"She put her hand in his without a word. ""Well, then, listen to what I",6203
The Valley Of Fear,"say, and do as I order you, for indeed it's the only way for us.",6204
The Valley Of Fear,Things are going to happen in this valley. I feel it in my bones.,6205
The Valley Of Fear,There may be many of us that will have to look out for ourselves. I'm,6206
The Valley Of Fear,"one, anyhow. If I go, by day or night, it's you that must come with",6207
The Valley Of Fear,"me!""",6208
The Valley Of Fear,,6209
The Valley Of Fear,"""I'd come after you, Jack.""",6210
The Valley Of Fear,,6211
The Valley Of Fear,"""No, no, you shall come with me. If this valley is closed to me and I",6212
The Valley Of Fear,"can never come back, how can I leave you behind, and me perhaps in",6213
The Valley Of Fear,hiding from the police with never a chance of a message? It's with me,6214
The Valley Of Fear,"you must come. I know a good woman in the place I come from, and it's",6215
The Valley Of Fear,"there I'd leave you till we can get married. Will you come?""",6216
The Valley Of Fear,,6217
The Valley Of Fear,"""Yes, Jack, I will come.""",6218
The Valley Of Fear,,6219
The Valley Of Fear,"""God bless you for your trust in me! It's a fiend out of hell that I",6220
The Valley Of Fear,"should be if I abused it. Now, mark you, Ettie, it will be just a",6221
The Valley Of Fear,"word to you, and when it reaches you, you will drop everything and",6222
The Valley Of Fear,come right down to the waiting room at the depot and stay there till,6223
The Valley Of Fear,"I come for you.""",6224
The Valley Of Fear,,6225
The Valley Of Fear,"""Day or night, I'll come at the word, Jack.""",6226
The Valley Of Fear,,6227
The Valley Of Fear,"Somewhat eased in mind, now that his own preparations for escape had",6228
The Valley Of Fear,"been begun, McMurdo went on to the lodge. It had already assembled,",6229
The Valley Of Fear,and only by complicated signs and counter-signs could he pass through,6230
The Valley Of Fear,the outer guard and inner guard who close-tiled it. A buzz of,6231
The Valley Of Fear,pleasure and welcome greeted him as he entered. The long room was,6232
The Valley Of Fear,"crowded, and through the haze of tobacco smoke he saw the tangled",6233
The Valley Of Fear,"black mane of the Bodymaster, the cruel, unfriendly features of",6234
The Valley Of Fear,"Baldwin, the vulture face of Harraway, the secretary, and a dozen",6235
The Valley Of Fear,more who were among the leaders of the lodge. He rejoiced that they,6236
The Valley Of Fear,should all be there to take counsel over his news.,6237
The Valley Of Fear,,6238
The Valley Of Fear,"""Indeed, it's glad we are to see you, Brother!"" cried the chairman.",6239
The Valley Of Fear,"""There's business here that wants a Solomon in judgment to set it",6240
The Valley Of Fear,"right.""",6241
The Valley Of Fear,,6242
The Valley Of Fear,"""It's Lander and Egan,"" explained his neighbour as he took his seat.",6243
The Valley Of Fear,"""They both claim the head money given by the lodge for the shooting",6244
The Valley Of Fear,"of old man Crabbe over at Stylestown, and who's to say which fired",6245
The Valley Of Fear,"the bullet?""",6246
The Valley Of Fear,,6247
The Valley Of Fear,McMurdo rose in his place and raised his hand. The expression of his,6248
The Valley Of Fear,face froze the attention of the audience. There was a dead hush of,6249
The Valley Of Fear,expectation.,6250
The Valley Of Fear,,6251
The Valley Of Fear,"""Eminent Bodymaster,"" he said, in a solemn voice, ""I claim urgency!""",6252
The Valley Of Fear,,6253
The Valley Of Fear,"""Brother McMurdo claims urgency,"" said McGinty. ""It's a claim that by",6254
The Valley Of Fear,"the rules of this lodge takes precedence. Now Brother, we attend",6255
The Valley Of Fear,"you.""",6256
The Valley Of Fear,,6257
The Valley Of Fear,McMurdo took the letter from his pocket.,6258
The Valley Of Fear,,6259
The Valley Of Fear,"""Eminent Bodymaster and Brethren,"" he said, ""I am the bearer of ill",6260
The Valley Of Fear,news this day; but it is better that it should be known and,6261
The Valley Of Fear,"discussed, than that a blow should fall upon us without warning which",6262
The Valley Of Fear,would destroy us all. I have information that the most powerful and,6263
The Valley Of Fear,richest organizations in this state have bound themselves together,6264
The Valley Of Fear,"for our destruction, and that at this very moment there is a",6265
The Valley Of Fear,"Pinkerton detective, one Birdy Edwards, at work in the valley",6266
The Valley Of Fear,collecting the evidence which may put a rope round the necks of many,6267
The Valley Of Fear,"of us, and send every man in this room into a felon's cell. That is",6268
The Valley Of Fear,the situation for the discussion of which I have made a claim of,6269
The Valley Of Fear,"urgency.""",6270
The Valley Of Fear,,6271
The Valley Of Fear,There was a dead silence in the room. It was broken by the chairman.,6272
The Valley Of Fear,,6273
The Valley Of Fear,"""What is your evidence for this, Brother McMurdo?"" he asked.",6274
The Valley Of Fear,,6275
The Valley Of Fear,"""It is in this letter which has come into my hands,"" said McMurdo. He",6276
The Valley Of Fear,"read the passage aloud. ""It is a matter of honour with me that I can",6277
The Valley Of Fear,"give no further particulars about the letter, nor put it into your",6278
The Valley Of Fear,hands; but I assure you that there is nothing else in it which can,6279
The Valley Of Fear,affect the interests of the lodge. I put the case before you as it,6280
The Valley Of Fear,"has reached me.""",6281
The Valley Of Fear,,6282
The Valley Of Fear,"""Let me say, Mr. Chairman,"" said one of the older brethren, ""that I",6283
The Valley Of Fear,"have heard of Birdy Edwards, and that he has the name of being the",6284
The Valley Of Fear,"best man in the Pinkerton service.""",6285
The Valley Of Fear,,6286
The Valley Of Fear,"""Does anyone know him by sight?"" asked McGinty.",6287
The Valley Of Fear,,6288
The Valley Of Fear,"""Yes,"" said McMurdo, ""I do.""",6289
The Valley Of Fear,,6290
The Valley Of Fear,There was a murmur of astonishment through the hall.,6291
The Valley Of Fear,,6292
The Valley Of Fear,"""I believe we hold him in the hollow of our hands,"" he continued with",6293
The Valley Of Fear,"an exulting smile upon his face. ""If we act quickly and wisely, we",6294
The Valley Of Fear,"can cut this thing short. If I have your confidence and your help, it",6295
The Valley Of Fear,"is little that we have to fear.""",6296
The Valley Of Fear,,6297
The Valley Of Fear,"""What have we to fear, anyhow? What can he know of our affairs?""",6298
The Valley Of Fear,,6299
The Valley Of Fear,"""You might say so if all were as stanch as you, Councillor. But this",6300
The Valley Of Fear,man has all the millions of the capitalists at his back. Do you think,6301
The Valley Of Fear,there is no weaker brother among all our lodges that could not be,6302
The Valley Of Fear,bought? He will get at our secrets--maybe has got them already.,6303
The Valley Of Fear,"There's only one sure cure.""",6304
The Valley Of Fear,,6305
The Valley Of Fear,"""That he never leaves the valley,"" said Baldwin.",6306
The Valley Of Fear,,6307
The Valley Of Fear,"McMurdo nodded. ""Good for you, Brother Baldwin,"" he said. ""You and I",6308
The Valley Of Fear,"have had our differences, but you have said the true word to-night.""",6309
The Valley Of Fear,,6310
The Valley Of Fear,"""Where is he, then? Where shall we know him?""",6311
The Valley Of Fear,,6312
The Valley Of Fear,"""Eminent Bodymaster,"" said McMurdo, earnestly, ""I would put it to you",6313
The Valley Of Fear,that this is too vital a thing for us to discuss in open lodge. God,6314
The Valley Of Fear,forbid that I should throw a doubt on anyone here; but if so much as,6315
The Valley Of Fear,"a word of gossip got to the ears of this man, there would be an end",6316
The Valley Of Fear,of any chance of our getting him. I would ask the lodge to choose a,6317
The Valley Of Fear,"trusty committee, Mr. Chairman--yourself, if I might suggest it, and",6318
The Valley Of Fear,"Brother Baldwin here, and five more. Then I can talk freely of what I",6319
The Valley Of Fear,"know and of what I advise should be done.""",6320
The Valley Of Fear,,6321
The Valley Of Fear,"The proposition was at once adopted, and the committee chosen.",6322
The Valley Of Fear,Besides the chairman and Baldwin there were the vulture-faced,6323
The Valley Of Fear,"secretary, Harraway, Tiger Cormac, the brutal young assassin, Carter,",6324
The Valley Of Fear,"the treasurer, and the brothers Willaby, fearless and desperate men",6325
The Valley Of Fear,who would stick at nothing.,6326
The Valley Of Fear,,6327
The Valley Of Fear,The usual revelry of the lodge was short and subdued: for there was a,6328
The Valley Of Fear,"cloud upon the men's spirits, and many there for the first time began",6329
The Valley Of Fear,to see the cloud of avenging Law drifting up in that serene sky under,6330
The Valley Of Fear,which they had dwelt so long. The horrors they had dealt out to,6331
The Valley Of Fear,others had been so much a part of their settled lives that the,6332
The Valley Of Fear,"thought of retribution had become a remote one, and so seemed the",6333
The Valley Of Fear,more startling now that it came so closely upon them. They broke up,6334
The Valley Of Fear,early and left their leaders to their council.,6335
The Valley Of Fear,,6336
The Valley Of Fear,"""Now, McMurdo!"" said McGinty when they were alone. The seven men sat",6337
The Valley Of Fear,frozen in their seats.,6338
The Valley Of Fear,,6339
The Valley Of Fear,"""I said just now that I knew Birdy Edwards,"" McMurdo explained. ""I",6340
The Valley Of Fear,need not tell you that he is not here under that name. He's a brave,6341
The Valley Of Fear,"man, but not a crazy one. He passes under the name of Steve Wilson,",6342
The Valley Of Fear,"and he is lodging at Hobson's Patch.""",6343
The Valley Of Fear,,6344
The Valley Of Fear,"""How do you know this?""",6345
The Valley Of Fear,,6346
The Valley Of Fear,"""Because I fell into talk with him. I thought little of it at the",6347
The Valley Of Fear,"time, nor would have given it a second thought but for this letter;",6348
The Valley Of Fear,but now I'm sure it's the man. I met him on the cars when I went down,6349
The Valley Of Fear,the line on Wednesday--a hard case if ever there was one. He said he,6350
The Valley Of Fear,was a reporter. I believed it for the moment. Wanted to know all he,6351
The Valley Of Fear,could about the Scowrers and what he called 'the outrages' for a New,6352
The Valley Of Fear,York paper. Asked me every kind of question so as to get something.,6353
The Valley Of Fear,"You bet I was giving nothing away. 'I'd pay for it and pay well,'",6354
The Valley Of Fear,"said he, 'if I could get some stuff that would suit my editor.' I",6355
The Valley Of Fear,"said what I thought would please him best, and he handed me a",6356
The Valley Of Fear,twenty-dollar bill for my information. 'There's ten times that for,6357
The Valley Of Fear,"you,' said he, 'if you can find me all that I want.'""",6358
The Valley Of Fear,,6359
The Valley Of Fear,"""What did you tell him, then?""",6360
The Valley Of Fear,,6361
The Valley Of Fear,"""Any stuff I could make up.""",6362
The Valley Of Fear,,6363
The Valley Of Fear,"""How do you know he wasn't a newspaper man?""",6364
The Valley Of Fear,,6365
The Valley Of Fear,"""I'll tell you. He got out at Hobson's Patch, and so did I. I chanced",6366
The Valley Of Fear,"into the telegraph bureau, and he was leaving it.",6367
The Valley Of Fear,,6368
The Valley Of Fear,"""'See here,' said the operator after he'd gone out, 'I guess we",6369
The Valley Of Fear,"should charge double rates for this.'--'I guess you should,' said I.",6370
The Valley Of Fear,"He had filled the form with stuff that might have been Chinese, for",6371
The Valley Of Fear,"all we could make of it. 'He fires a sheet of this off every day,'",6372
The Valley Of Fear,"said the clerk. 'Yes,' said I; 'it's special news for his paper, and",6373
The Valley Of Fear,he's scared that the others should tap it.' That was what the,6374
The Valley Of Fear,operator thought and what I thought at the time; but I think,6375
The Valley Of Fear,"differently now.""",6376
The Valley Of Fear,,6377
The Valley Of Fear,"""By Gar! I believe you are right,"" said McGinty. ""But what do you",6378
The Valley Of Fear,"allow that we should do about it?""",6379
The Valley Of Fear,,6380
The Valley Of Fear,"""Why not go right down now and fix him?"" someone suggested.",6381
The Valley Of Fear,,6382
The Valley Of Fear,"""Ay, the sooner the better.""",6383
The Valley Of Fear,,6384
The Valley Of Fear,"""I'd start this next minute if I knew where we could find him,"" said",6385
The Valley Of Fear,"McMurdo. ""He's in Hobson's Patch; but I don't know the house. I've",6386
The Valley Of Fear,"got a plan, though, if you'll only take my advice.""",6387
The Valley Of Fear,,6388
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, what is it?""",6389
The Valley Of Fear,,6390
The Valley Of Fear,"""I'll go to the Patch to-morrow morning. I'll find him through the",6391
The Valley Of Fear,"operator. He can locate him, I guess. Well, then I'll tell him that",6392
The Valley Of Fear,I'm a Freeman myself. I'll offer him all the secrets of the lodge for,6393
The Valley Of Fear,a price. You bet he'll tumble to it. I'll tell him the papers are at,6394
The Valley Of Fear,"my house, and that it's as much as my life would be worth to let him",6395
The Valley Of Fear,come while folk were about. He'll see that that's horse sense. Let,6396
The Valley Of Fear,"him come at ten o'clock at night, and he shall see everything. That",6397
The Valley Of Fear,"will fetch him sure.""",6398
The Valley Of Fear,,6399
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well?""",6400
The Valley Of Fear,,6401
The Valley Of Fear,"""You can plan the rest for yourselves. Widow MacNamara's is a lonely",6402
The Valley Of Fear,house. She's as true as steel and as deaf as a post. There's only,6403
The Valley Of Fear,Scanlan and me in the house. If I get his promise--and I'll let you,6404
The Valley Of Fear,know if I do--I'd have the whole seven of you come to me by nine,6405
The Valley Of Fear,"o'clock. We'll get him in. If ever he gets out alive--well, he can",6406
The Valley Of Fear,"talk of Birdy Edwards's luck for the rest of his days!""",6407
The Valley Of Fear,,6408
The Valley Of Fear,"""There's going to be a vacancy at Pinkerton's or I'm mistaken. Leave",6409
The Valley Of Fear,"it at that, McMurdo. At nine to-morrow we'll be with you. You once",6410
The Valley Of Fear,"get the door shut behind him, and you can leave the rest with us.""",6411
The Valley Of Fear,,6412
The Valley Of Fear,CHAPTER VII,6413
The Valley Of Fear,The Trapping of Birdy Edwards,6414
The Valley Of Fear,,6415
The Valley Of Fear,"As McMurdo had said, the house in which he lived was a lonely one and",6416
The Valley Of Fear,very well suited for such a crime as they had planned. It was on the,6417
The Valley Of Fear,extreme fringe of the town and stood well back from the road. In any,6418
The Valley Of Fear,"other case the conspirators would have simply called out their man,",6419
The Valley Of Fear,"as they had many a time before, and emptied their pistols into his",6420
The Valley Of Fear,body; but in this instance it was very necessary to find out how much,6421
The Valley Of Fear,"he knew, how he knew it, and what had been passed on to his",6422
The Valley Of Fear,employers.,6423
The Valley Of Fear,,6424
The Valley Of Fear,It was possible that they were already too late and that the work had,6425
The Valley Of Fear,"been done. If that was indeed so, they could at least have their",6426
The Valley Of Fear,revenge upon the man who had done it. But they were hopeful that,6427
The Valley Of Fear,nothing of great importance had yet come to the detective's,6428
The Valley Of Fear,"knowledge, as otherwise, they argued, he would not have troubled to",6429
The Valley Of Fear,write down and forward such trivial information as McMurdo claimed to,6430
The Valley Of Fear,"have given him. However, all this they would learn from his own lips.",6431
The Valley Of Fear,"Once in their power, they would find a way to make him speak. It was",6432
The Valley Of Fear,not the first time that they had handled an unwilling witness.,6433
The Valley Of Fear,,6434
The Valley Of Fear,McMurdo went to Hobson's Patch as agreed. The police seemed to take,6435
The Valley Of Fear,"particular interest in him that morning, and Captain Marvin--he who",6436
The Valley Of Fear,had claimed the old acquaintance with him at Chicago--actually,6437
The Valley Of Fear,addressed him as he waited at the station. McMurdo turned away and,6438
The Valley Of Fear,refused to speak with him. He was back from his mission in the,6439
The Valley Of Fear,"afternoon, and saw McGinty at the Union House.",6440
The Valley Of Fear,,6441
The Valley Of Fear,"""He is coming,"" he said.",6442
The Valley Of Fear,,6443
The Valley Of Fear,"""Good!"" said McGinty. The giant was in his shirt sleeves, with chains",6444
The Valley Of Fear,and seals gleaming athwart his ample waistcoat and a diamond,6445
The Valley Of Fear,twinkling through the fringe of his bristling beard. Drink and,6446
The Valley Of Fear,politics had made the Boss a very rich as well as powerful man. The,6447
The Valley Of Fear,"more terrible, therefore, seemed that glimpse of the prison or the",6448
The Valley Of Fear,gallows which had risen before him the night before.,6449
The Valley Of Fear,,6450
The Valley Of Fear,"""Do you reckon he knows much?"" he asked anxiously.",6451
The Valley Of Fear,,6452
The Valley Of Fear,"McMurdo shook his head gloomily. ""He's been here some time--six weeks",6453
The Valley Of Fear,at the least. I guess he didn't come into these parts to look at the,6454
The Valley Of Fear,prospect. If he has been working among us all that time with the,6455
The Valley Of Fear,"railroad money at his back, I should expect that he has got results,",6456
The Valley Of Fear,"and that he has passed them on.""",6457
The Valley Of Fear,,6458
The Valley Of Fear,"""There's not a weak man in the lodge,"" cried McGinty. ""True as steel,",6459
The Valley Of Fear,"every man of them. And yet, by the Lord! there is that skunk Morris.",6460
The Valley Of Fear,"What about him? If any man gives us away, it would be he. I've a mind",6461
The Valley Of Fear,to send a couple of the boys round before evening to give him a,6462
The Valley Of Fear,"beating up and see what they can get from him.""",6463
The Valley Of Fear,,6464
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, there would be no harm in that,"" McMurdo answered. ""I won't",6465
The Valley Of Fear,deny that I have a liking for Morris and would be sorry to see him,6466
The Valley Of Fear,"come to harm. He has spoken to me once or twice over lodge matters,",6467
The Valley Of Fear,"and though he may not see them the same as you or I, he never seemed",6468
The Valley Of Fear,the sort that squeals. But still it is not for me to stand between,6469
The Valley Of Fear,"him and you.""",6470
The Valley Of Fear,,6471
The Valley Of Fear,"""I'll fix the old devil!"" said McGinty with an oath. ""I've had my eye",6472
The Valley Of Fear,"on him this year past.""",6473
The Valley Of Fear,,6474
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, you know best about that,"" McMurdo answered. ""But whatever you",6475
The Valley Of Fear,do must be to-morrow; for we must lie low until the Pinkerton affair,6476
The Valley Of Fear,"is settled up. We can't afford to set the police buzzing, to-day of",6477
The Valley Of Fear,"all days.""",6478
The Valley Of Fear,,6479
The Valley Of Fear,"""True for you,"" said McGinty. ""And we'll learn from Birdy Edwards",6480
The Valley Of Fear,himself where he got his news if we have to cut his heart out first.,6481
The Valley Of Fear,"Did he seem to scent a trap?""",6482
The Valley Of Fear,,6483
The Valley Of Fear,"McMurdo laughed. ""I guess I took him on his weak point,"" he said. ""If",6484
The Valley Of Fear,"he could get on a good trail of the Scowrers, he's ready to follow it",6485
The Valley Of Fear,"into hell. I took his money,"" McMurdo grinned as he produced a wad of",6486
The Valley Of Fear,"dollar notes, ""and as much more when he has seen all my papers.""",6487
The Valley Of Fear,,6488
The Valley Of Fear,"""What papers?""",6489
The Valley Of Fear,,6490
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, there are no papers. But I filled him up about constitutions",6491
The Valley Of Fear,and books of rules and forms of membership. He expects to get right,6492
The Valley Of Fear,"down to the end of everything before he leaves.""",6493
The Valley Of Fear,,6494
The Valley Of Fear,"""Faith, he's right there,"" said McGinty grimly. ""Didn't he ask you",6495
The Valley Of Fear,"why you didn't bring him the papers?""",6496
The Valley Of Fear,,6497
The Valley Of Fear,"""As if I would carry such things, and me a suspected man, and Captain",6498
The Valley Of Fear,"Marvin after speaking to me this very day at the depot!""",6499
The Valley Of Fear,,6500
The Valley Of Fear,"""Ay, I heard of that,"" said McGinty. ""I guess the heavy end of this",6501
The Valley Of Fear,business is coming on to you. We could put him down an old shaft when,6502
The Valley Of Fear,we've done with him; but however we work it we can't get past the man,6503
The Valley Of Fear,"living at Hobson's Patch and you being there to-day.""",6504
The Valley Of Fear,,6505
The Valley Of Fear,"McMurdo shrugged his shoulders. ""If we handle it right, they can",6506
The Valley Of Fear,"never prove the killing,"" said he. ""No one can see him come to the",6507
The Valley Of Fear,"house after dark, and I'll lay to it that no one will see him go. Now",6508
The Valley Of Fear,"see here, Councillor, I'll show you my plan and I'll ask you to fit",6509
The Valley Of Fear,the others into it. You will all come in good time. Very well. He,6510
The Valley Of Fear,"comes at ten. He is to tap three times, and me to open the door for",6511
The Valley Of Fear,"him. Then I'll get behind him and shut it. He's our man then.""",6512
The Valley Of Fear,,6513
The Valley Of Fear,"""That's all easy and plain.""",6514
The Valley Of Fear,,6515
The Valley Of Fear,"""Yes; but the next step wants considering. He's a hard proposition.",6516
The Valley Of Fear,"He's heavily armed. I've fooled him proper, and yet he is likely to",6517
The Valley Of Fear,be on his guard. Suppose I show him right into a room with seven men,6518
The Valley Of Fear,in it where he expected to find me alone. There is going to be,6519
The Valley Of Fear,"shooting, and somebody is going to be hurt.""",6520
The Valley Of Fear,,6521
The Valley Of Fear,"""That's so.""",6522
The Valley Of Fear,,6523
The Valley Of Fear,"""And the noise is going to bring every damned copper in the township",6524
The Valley Of Fear,"on top of it.""",6525
The Valley Of Fear,,6526
The Valley Of Fear,"""I guess you are right.""",6527
The Valley Of Fear,,6528
The Valley Of Fear,"""This is how I should work it. You will all be in the big room--same",6529
The Valley Of Fear,"as you saw when you had a chat with me. I'll open the door for him,",6530
The Valley Of Fear,"show him into the parlour beside the door, and leave him there while",6531
The Valley Of Fear,I get the papers. That will give me the chance of telling you how,6532
The Valley Of Fear,things are shaping. Then I will go back to him with some faked,6533
The Valley Of Fear,papers. As he is reading them I will jump for him and get my grip on,6534
The Valley Of Fear,his pistol arm. You'll hear me call and in you will rush. The quicker,6535
The Valley Of Fear,"the better; for he is as strong a man as I, and I may have more than",6536
The Valley Of Fear,"I can manage. But I allow that I can hold him till you come.""",6537
The Valley Of Fear,,6538
The Valley Of Fear,"""It's a good plan,"" said McGinty. ""The lodge will owe you a debt for",6539
The Valley Of Fear,this. I guess when I move out of the chair I can put a name to the,6540
The Valley Of Fear,"man that's coming after me.""",6541
The Valley Of Fear,,6542
The Valley Of Fear,"""Sure, Councillor, I am little more than a recruit,"" said McMurdo;",6543
The Valley Of Fear,but his face showed what he thought of the great man's compliment.,6544
The Valley Of Fear,,6545
The Valley Of Fear,When he had returned home he made his own preparations for the grim,6546
The Valley Of Fear,"evening in front of him. First he cleaned, oiled, and loaded his",6547
The Valley Of Fear,Smith & Wesson revolver. Then he surveyed the room in which the,6548
The Valley Of Fear,"detective was to be trapped. It was a large apartment, with a long",6549
The Valley Of Fear,"deal table in the centre, and the big stove at one side. At each of",6550
The Valley Of Fear,the other sides were windows. There were no shutters on these: only,6551
The Valley Of Fear,light curtains which drew across. McMurdo examined these attentively.,6552
The Valley Of Fear,No doubt it must have struck him that the apartment was very exposed,6553
The Valley Of Fear,for so secret a meeting. Yet its distance from the road made it of,6554
The Valley Of Fear,less consequence. Finally he discussed the matter with his fellow,6555
The Valley Of Fear,"lodger. Scanlan, though a Scowrer, was an inoffensive little man who",6556
The Valley Of Fear,"was too weak to stand against the opinion of his comrades, but was",6557
The Valley Of Fear,secretly horrified by the deeds of blood at which he had sometimes,6558
The Valley Of Fear,been forced to assist. McMurdo told him shortly what was intended.,6559
The Valley Of Fear,,6560
The Valley Of Fear,"""And if I were you, Mike Scanlan, I would take a night off and keep",6561
The Valley Of Fear,"clear of it. There will be bloody work here before morning.""",6562
The Valley Of Fear,,6563
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well, indeed then, Mac,"" Scanlan answered. ""It's not the will but",6564
The Valley Of Fear,the nerve that is wanting in me. When I saw Manager Dunn go down at,6565
The Valley Of Fear,the colliery yonder it was just more than I could stand. I'm not made,6566
The Valley Of Fear,"for it, same as you or McGinty. If the lodge will think none the",6567
The Valley Of Fear,"worse of me, I'll just do as you advise and leave you to yourselves",6568
The Valley Of Fear,"for the evening.""",6569
The Valley Of Fear,,6570
The Valley Of Fear,The men came in good time as arranged. They were outwardly,6571
The Valley Of Fear,"respectable citizens, well clad and cleanly; but a judge of faces",6572
The Valley Of Fear,would have read little hope for Birdy Edwards in those hard mouths,6573
The Valley Of Fear,and remorseless eyes. There was not a man in the room whose hands had,6574
The Valley Of Fear,not been reddened a dozen times before. They were as hardened to,6575
The Valley Of Fear,human murder as a butcher to sheep.,6576
The Valley Of Fear,,6577
The Valley Of Fear,"Foremost, of course, both in appearance and in guilt, was the",6578
The Valley Of Fear,"formidable Boss. Harraway, the secretary, was a lean, bitter man with",6579
The Valley Of Fear,"a long, scraggy neck and nervous, jerky limbs, a man of incorruptible",6580
The Valley Of Fear,"fidelity where the finances of the order were concerned, and with no",6581
The Valley Of Fear,"notion of justice or honesty to anyone beyond. The treasurer, Carter,",6582
The Valley Of Fear,"was a middle-aged man, with an impassive, rather sulky expression,",6583
The Valley Of Fear,"and a yellow parchment skin. He was a capable organizer, and the",6584
The Valley Of Fear,actual details of nearly every outrage had sprung from his plotting,6585
The Valley Of Fear,"brain. The two Willabys were men of action, tall, lithe young fellows",6586
The Valley Of Fear,"with determined faces, while their companion, Tiger Cormac, a heavy,",6587
The Valley Of Fear,"dark youth, was feared even by his own comrades for the ferocity of",6588
The Valley Of Fear,his disposition. These were the men who assembled that night under,6589
The Valley Of Fear,the roof of McMurdo for the killing of the Pinkerton detective.,6590
The Valley Of Fear,,6591
The Valley Of Fear,"Their host had placed whisky upon the table, and they had hastened to",6592
The Valley Of Fear,prime themselves for the work before them. Baldwin and Cormac were,6593
The Valley Of Fear,"already half-drunk, and the liquor had brought out all their",6594
The Valley Of Fear,ferocity. Cormac placed his hands on the stove for an instant--it had,6595
The Valley Of Fear,"been lighted, for the nights were still cold.",6596
The Valley Of Fear,,6597
The Valley Of Fear,"""That will do,"" said he, with an oath.",6598
The Valley Of Fear,,6599
The Valley Of Fear,"""Ay,"" said Baldwin, catching his meaning. ""If he is strapped to that,",6600
The Valley Of Fear,"we will have the truth out of him.""",6601
The Valley Of Fear,,6602
The Valley Of Fear,"""We'll have the truth out of him, never fear,"" said McMurdo. He had",6603
The Valley Of Fear,"nerves of steel, this man; for though the whole weight of the affair",6604
The Valley Of Fear,was on him his manner was as cool and unconcerned as ever. The others,6605
The Valley Of Fear,marked it and applauded.,6606
The Valley Of Fear,,6607
The Valley Of Fear,"""You are the one to handle him,"" said the Boss approvingly. ""Not a",6608
The Valley Of Fear,warning will he get till your hand is on his throat. It's a pity,6609
The Valley Of Fear,"there are no shutters to your windows.""",6610
The Valley Of Fear,,6611
The Valley Of Fear,McMurdo went from one to the other and drew the curtains tighter.,6612
The Valley Of Fear,"""Sure no one can spy upon us now. It's close upon the hour.""",6613
The Valley Of Fear,,6614
The Valley Of Fear,"""Maybe he won't come. Maybe he'll get a sniff of danger,"" said the",6615
The Valley Of Fear,secretary.,6616
The Valley Of Fear,,6617
The Valley Of Fear,"""He'll come, never fear,"" McMurdo answered. ""He is as eager to come",6618
The Valley Of Fear,"as you can be to see him. Hark to that!""",6619
The Valley Of Fear,,6620
The Valley Of Fear,"They all sat like wax figures, some with their glasses arrested",6621
The Valley Of Fear,halfway to their lips. Three loud knocks had sounded at the door.,6622
The Valley Of Fear,,6623
The Valley Of Fear,"""Hush!"" McMurdo raised his hand in caution. An exulting glance went",6624
The Valley Of Fear,"round the circle, and hands were laid upon hidden weapons.",6625
The Valley Of Fear,,6626
The Valley Of Fear,"""Not a sound, for your lives!"" McMurdo whispered, as he went from the",6627
The Valley Of Fear,"room, closing the door carefully behind him.",6628
The Valley Of Fear,,6629
The Valley Of Fear,With strained ears the murderers waited. They counted the steps of,6630
The Valley Of Fear,their comrade down the passage. Then they heard him open the outer,6631
The Valley Of Fear,door. There were a few words as of greeting. Then they were aware of,6632
The Valley Of Fear,a strange step inside and of an unfamiliar voice. An instant later,6633
The Valley Of Fear,came the slam of the door and the turning of the key in the lock.,6634
The Valley Of Fear,"Their prey was safe within the trap. Tiger Cormac laughed horribly,",6635
The Valley Of Fear,and Boss McGinty clapped his great hand across his mouth.,6636
The Valley Of Fear,,6637
The Valley Of Fear,"""Be quiet, you fool!"" he whispered. ""You'll be the undoing of us",6638
The Valley Of Fear,"yet!""",6639
The Valley Of Fear,,6640
The Valley Of Fear,There was a mutter of conversation from the next room. It seemed,6641
The Valley Of Fear,"interminable. Then the door opened, and McMurdo appeared, his finger",6642
The Valley Of Fear,upon his lip.,6643
The Valley Of Fear,,6644
The Valley Of Fear,He came to the end of the table and looked round at them. A subtle,6645
The Valley Of Fear,change had come over him. His manner was as of one who has great work,6646
The Valley Of Fear,to do. His face had set into granite firmness. His eyes shone with a,6647
The Valley Of Fear,fierce excitement behind his spectacles. He had become a visible,6648
The Valley Of Fear,leader of men. They stared at him with eager interest; but he said,6649
The Valley Of Fear,nothing. Still with the same singular gaze he looked from man to man.,6650
The Valley Of Fear,,6651
The Valley Of Fear,"""Well!"" cried Boss McGinty at last. ""Is he here? Is Birdy Edwards",6652
The Valley Of Fear,"here?""",6653
The Valley Of Fear,,6654
The Valley Of Fear,"""Yes,"" McMurdo answered slowly. ""Birdy Edwards is here. I am Birdy",6655
The Valley Of Fear,"Edwards!""",6656
The Valley Of Fear,,6657
The Valley Of Fear,There were ten seconds after that brief speech during which the room,6658
The Valley Of Fear,"might have been empty, so profound was the silence. The hissing of a",6659
The Valley Of Fear,kettle upon the stove rose sharp and strident to the ear. Seven white,6660
The Valley Of Fear,"faces, all turned upward to this man who dominated them, were set",6661
The Valley Of Fear,"motionless with utter terror. Then, with a sudden shivering of glass,",6662
The Valley Of Fear,"a bristle of glistening rifle barrels broke through each window,",6663
The Valley Of Fear,while the curtains were torn from their hangings.,6664
The Valley Of Fear,,6665
The Valley Of Fear,At the sight Boss McGinty gave the roar of a wounded bear and plunged,6666
The Valley Of Fear,for the half-opened door. A levelled revolver met him there with the,6667
The Valley Of Fear,stern blue eyes of Captain Marvin of the Mine Police gleaming behind,6668
The Valley Of Fear,the sights. The Boss recoiled and fell back into his chair.,6669
The Valley Of Fear,,6670
The Valley Of Fear,"""You're safer there, Councillor,"" said the man whom they had known as",6671
The Valley Of Fear,"McMurdo. ""And you, Baldwin, if you don't take your hand off your",6672
The Valley Of Fear,"pistol, you'll cheat the hangman yet. Pull it out, or by the Lord",6673
The Valley Of Fear,"that made me--There, that will do. There are forty armed men round",6674
The Valley Of Fear,"this house, and you can figure it out for yourself what chance you",6675
The Valley Of Fear,"have. Take their pistols, Marvin!""",6676
The Valley Of Fear,,6677
The Valley Of Fear,There was no possible resistance under the menace of those rifles.,6678
The Valley Of Fear,"The men were disarmed. Sulky, sheepish, and amazed, they still sat",6679
The Valley Of Fear,round the table.,6680
The Valley Of Fear,,6681
The Valley Of Fear,"""I'd like to say a word to you before we separate,"" said the man who",6682
The Valley Of Fear,"had trapped them. ""I guess we may not meet again until you see me on",6683
The Valley Of Fear,the stand in the courthouse. I'll give you something to think over,6684
The Valley Of Fear,between now and then. You know me now for what I am. At last I can,6685
The Valley Of Fear,put my cards on the table. I am Birdy Edwards of Pinkerton's. I was,6686
The Valley Of Fear,chosen to break up your gang. I had a hard and dangerous game to,6687
The Valley Of Fear,"play. Not a soul, not one soul, not my nearest and dearest, knew that",6688
The Valley Of Fear,I was playing it. Only Captain Marvin here and my employers knew,6689
The Valley Of Fear,"that. But it's over to-night, thank God, and I am the winner!""",6690
The Valley Of Fear,,6691
The Valley Of Fear,"The seven pale, rigid faces looked up at him. There was unappeasable",6692
The Valley Of Fear,hatred in their eyes. He read the relentless threat.,6693
The Valley Of Fear,,6694
The Valley Of Fear,"""Maybe you think that the game is not over yet. Well, I take my",6695
The Valley Of Fear,"chance of that. Anyhow, some of you will take no further hand, and",6696
The Valley Of Fear,there are sixty more besides yourselves that will see a jail this,6697
The Valley Of Fear,"night. I'll tell you this, that when I was put upon this job I never",6698
The Valley Of Fear,believed there was such a society as yours. I thought it was paper,6699
The Valley Of Fear,"talk, and that I would prove it so. They told me it was to do with",6700
The Valley Of Fear,the Freemen; so I went to Chicago and was made one. Then I was surer,6701
The Valley Of Fear,than ever that it was just paper talk; for I found no harm in the,6702
The Valley Of Fear,"society, but a deal of good.",6703
The Valley Of Fear,,6704
The Valley Of Fear,"""Still, I had to carry out my job, and I came to the coal valleys.",6705
The Valley Of Fear,When I reached this place I learned that I was wrong and that it,6706
The Valley Of Fear,wasn't a dime novel after all. So I stayed to look after it. I never,6707
The Valley Of Fear,killed a man in Chicago. I never minted a dollar in my life. Those I,6708
The Valley Of Fear,gave you were as good as any others; but I never spent money better.,6709
The Valley Of Fear,But I knew the way into your good wishes and so I pretended to you,6710
The Valley Of Fear,that the law was after me. It all worked just as I thought.,6711
The Valley Of Fear,,6712
The Valley Of Fear,"""So I joined your infernal lodge, and I took my share in your",6713
The Valley Of Fear,councils. Maybe they will say that I was as bad as you. They can say,6714
The Valley Of Fear,"what they like, so long as I get you. But what is the truth? The",6715
The Valley Of Fear,"night I joined you beat up old man Stanger. I could not warn him, for",6716
The Valley Of Fear,"there was no time; but I held your hand, Baldwin, when you would have",6717
The Valley Of Fear,"killed him. If ever I have suggested things, so as to keep my place",6718
The Valley Of Fear,"among you, they were things which I knew I could prevent. I could not",6719
The Valley Of Fear,"save Dunn and Menzies, for I did not know enough; but I will see that",6720
The Valley Of Fear,"their murderers are hanged. I gave Chester Wilcox warning, so that",6721
The Valley Of Fear,when I blew his house in he and his folk were in hiding. There was,6722
The Valley Of Fear,many a crime that I could not stop; but if you look back and think,6723
The Valley Of Fear,"how often your man came home the other road, or was down in town when",6724
The Valley Of Fear,"you went for him, or stayed indoors when you thought he would come",6725
The Valley Of Fear,"out, you'll see my work.""",6726
The Valley Of Fear,,6727
The Valley Of Fear,"""You blasted traitor!"" hissed McGinty through his closed teeth.",6728
The Valley Of Fear,,6729
The Valley Of Fear,"""Ay, John McGinty, you may call me that if it eases your smart. You",6730
The Valley Of Fear,and your like have been the enemy of God and man in these parts. It,6731
The Valley Of Fear,took a man to get between you and the poor devils of men and women,6732
The Valley Of Fear,"that you held under your grip. There was just one way of doing it,",6733
The Valley Of Fear,and I did it. You call me a traitor; but I guess there's many a,6734
The Valley Of Fear,thousand will call me a deliverer that went down into hell to save,6735
The Valley Of Fear,them. I've had three months of it. I wouldn't have three such months,6736
The Valley Of Fear,again if they let me loose in the treasury at Washington for it. I,6737
The Valley Of Fear,"had to stay till I had it all, every man and every secret right here",6738
The Valley Of Fear,in this hand. I'd have waited a little longer if it hadn't come to my,6739
The Valley Of Fear,knowledge that my secret was coming out. A letter had come into the,6740
The Valley Of Fear,town that would have set you wise to it all. Then I had to act and,6741
The Valley Of Fear,act quickly.,6742
The Valley Of Fear,,6743
The Valley Of Fear,"""I've nothing more to say to you, except that when my time comes I'll",6744
The Valley Of Fear,die the easier when I think of the work I have done in this valley.,6745
The Valley Of Fear,"Now, Marvin, I'll keep you no more. Take them in and get it over.""",6746
The Valley Of Fear,,6747
The Valley Of Fear,There is little more to tell. Scanlan had been given a sealed note to,6748
The Valley Of Fear,"be left at the address of Miss Ettie Shafter, a mission which he had",6749
The Valley Of Fear,accepted with a wink and a knowing smile. In the early hours of the,6750
The Valley Of Fear,morning a beautiful woman and a much muffled man boarded a special,6751
The Valley Of Fear,"train which had been sent by the railroad company, and made a swift,",6752
The Valley Of Fear,unbroken journey out of the land of danger. It was the last time that,6753
The Valley Of Fear,ever either Ettie or her lover set foot in the Valley of Fear. Ten,6754
The Valley Of Fear,"days later they were married in Chicago, with old Jacob Shafter as",6755
The Valley Of Fear,witness of the wedding.,6756
The Valley Of Fear,,6757
The Valley Of Fear,The trial of the Scowrers was held far from the place where their,6758
The Valley Of Fear,adherents might have terrified the guardians of the law. In vain they,6759
The Valley Of Fear,struggled. In vain the money of the lodge--money squeezed by,6760
The Valley Of Fear,blackmail out of the whole countryside--was spent like water in the,6761
The Valley Of Fear,"attempt to save them. That cold, clear, unimpassioned statement from",6762
The Valley Of Fear,"one who knew every detail of their lives, their organization, and",6763
The Valley Of Fear,their crimes was unshaken by all the wiles of their defenders. At,6764
The Valley Of Fear,last after so many years they were broken and scattered. The cloud,6765
The Valley Of Fear,was lifted forever from the valley.,6766
The Valley Of Fear,,6767
The Valley Of Fear,"McGinty met his fate upon the scaffold, cringing and whining when the",6768
The Valley Of Fear,last hour came. Eight of his chief followers shared his fate.,6769
The Valley Of Fear,Fifty-odd had various degrees of imprisonment. The work of Birdy,6770
The Valley Of Fear,Edwards was complete.,6771
The Valley Of Fear,,6772
The Valley Of Fear,"And yet, as he had guessed, the game was not over yet. There was",6773
The Valley Of Fear,"another hand to be played, and yet another and another. Ted Baldwin,",6774
The Valley Of Fear,"for one, had escaped the scaffold; so had the Willabys; so had",6775
The Valley Of Fear,several others of the fiercest spirits of the gang. For ten years,6776
The Valley Of Fear,"they were out of the world, and then came a day when they were free",6777
The Valley Of Fear,"once more--a day which Edwards, who knew his men, was very sure would",6778
The Valley Of Fear,be an end of his life of peace. They had sworn an oath on all that,6779
The Valley Of Fear,they thought holy to have his blood as a vengeance for their,6780
The Valley Of Fear,comrades. And well they strove to keep their vow!,6781
The Valley Of Fear,,6782
The Valley Of Fear,"From Chicago he was chased, after two attempts so near success that",6783
The Valley Of Fear,it was sure that the third would get him. From Chicago he went under,6784
The Valley Of Fear,"a changed name to California, and it was there that the light went",6785
The Valley Of Fear,for a time out of his life when Ettie Edwards died. Once again he was,6786
The Valley Of Fear,"nearly killed, and once again under the name of Douglas he worked in",6787
The Valley Of Fear,"a lonely canyon, where with an English partner named Barker he",6788
The Valley Of Fear,amassed a fortune. At last there came a warning to him that the,6789
The Valley Of Fear,"bloodhounds were on his track once more, and he cleared--only just in",6790
The Valley Of Fear,time--for England. And thence came the John Douglas who for a second,6791
The Valley Of Fear,"time married a worthy mate, and lived for five years as a Sussex",6792
The Valley Of Fear,"county gentleman, a life which ended with the strange happenings of",6793
The Valley Of Fear,which we have heard.,6794
The Valley Of Fear,,6795
The Valley Of Fear,CHAPTER VIII,6796
The Valley Of Fear,Epilogue,6797
The Valley Of Fear,,6798
The Valley Of Fear,"The police trial had passed, in which the case of John Douglas was",6799
The Valley Of Fear,"referred to a higher court. So had the Quarter Sessions, at which he",6800
The Valley Of Fear,was acquitted as having acted in self-defense.,6801
The Valley Of Fear,,6802
The Valley Of Fear,"""Get him out of England at any cost,"" wrote Holmes to the wife.",6803
The Valley Of Fear,"""There are forces here which may be more dangerous than those he has",6804
The Valley Of Fear,"escaped. There is no safety for your husband in England.""",6805
The Valley Of Fear,,6806
The Valley Of Fear,"Two months had gone by, and the case had to some extent passed from",6807
The Valley Of Fear,our minds. Then one morning there came an enigmatic note slipped into,6808
The Valley Of Fear,"our letter box. ""Dear me, Mr. Holmes. Dear me!"" said this singular",6809
The Valley Of Fear,epistle. There was neither superscription nor signature. I laughed at,6810
The Valley Of Fear,the quaint message; but Holmes showed unwonted seriousness.,6811
The Valley Of Fear,,6812
The Valley Of Fear,"""Deviltry, Watson!"" he remarked, and sat long with a clouded brow.",6813
The Valley Of Fear,,6814
The Valley Of Fear,"Late last night Mrs. Hudson, our landlady, brought up a message that",6815
The Valley Of Fear,"a gentleman wished to see Holmes, and that the matter was of the",6816
The Valley Of Fear,utmost importance. Close at the heels of his messenger came Cecil,6817
The Valley Of Fear,"Barker, our friend of the moated Manor House. His face was drawn and",6818
The Valley Of Fear,haggard.,6819
The Valley Of Fear,,6820
The Valley Of Fear,"""I've had bad news--terrible news, Mr. Holmes,"" said he.",6821
The Valley Of Fear,,6822
The Valley Of Fear,"""I feared as much,"" said Holmes.",6823
The Valley Of Fear,,6824
The Valley Of Fear,"""You have not had a cable, have you?""",6825
The Valley Of Fear,,6826
The Valley Of Fear,"""I have had a note from someone who has.""",6827
The Valley Of Fear,,6828
The Valley Of Fear,"""It's poor Douglas. They tell me his name is Edwards; but he will",6829
The Valley Of Fear,always be Jack Douglas of Benito Canyon to me. I told you that they,6830
The Valley Of Fear,"started together for South Africa in the Palmyra three weeks ago.""",6831
The Valley Of Fear,,6832
The Valley Of Fear,"""Exactly.""",6833
The Valley Of Fear,,6834
The Valley Of Fear,"""The ship reached Cape Town last night. I received this cable from",6835
The Valley Of Fear,Mrs. Douglas this morning:--,6836
The Valley Of Fear,,6837
The Valley Of Fear,"""Jack has been lost overboard in gale off St. Helena. No one knows",6838
The Valley Of Fear,how accident occurred.,6839
The Valley Of Fear,"""Ivy Douglas.""",6840
The Valley Of Fear,,6841
The Valley Of Fear,"""Ha! It came like that, did it?"" said Holmes, thoughtfully. ""Well,",6842
The Valley Of Fear,"I've no doubt it was well stage-managed.""",6843
The Valley Of Fear,,6844
The Valley Of Fear,"""You mean that you think there was no accident?""",6845
The Valley Of Fear,,6846
The Valley Of Fear,"""None in the world.""",6847
The Valley Of Fear,,6848
The Valley Of Fear,"""He was murdered?""",6849
The Valley Of Fear,,6850
The Valley Of Fear,"""Surely!""",6851
The Valley Of Fear,,6852
The Valley Of Fear,"""So I think also. These infernal Scowrers, this cursed vindictive",6853
The Valley Of Fear,"nest of criminals--""",6854
The Valley Of Fear,,6855
The Valley Of Fear,"""No, no, my good sir,"" said Holmes. ""There is a master hand here. It",6856
The Valley Of Fear,is no case of sawed-off shot-guns and clumsy six-shooters. You can,6857
The Valley Of Fear,tell an old master by the sweep of his brush. I can tell a Moriarty,6858
The Valley Of Fear,"when I see one. This crime is from London, not from America.""",6859
The Valley Of Fear,,6860
The Valley Of Fear,"""But for what motive?""",6861
The Valley Of Fear,,6862
The Valley Of Fear,"""Because it is done by a man who cannot afford to fail--one whose",6863
The Valley Of Fear,whole unique position depends upon the fact that all he does must,6864
The Valley Of Fear,succeed. A great brain and a huge organization have been turned to,6865
The Valley Of Fear,the extinction of one man. It is crushing the nut with the hammer--an,6866
The Valley Of Fear,absurd extravagance of energy--but the nut is very effectually,6867
The Valley Of Fear,"crushed all the same.""",6868
The Valley Of Fear,,6869
The Valley Of Fear,"""How came this man to have anything to do with it?""",6870
The Valley Of Fear,,6871
The Valley Of Fear,"""I can only say that the first word that ever came to us of the",6872
The Valley Of Fear,business was from one of his lieutenants. These Americans were well,6873
The Valley Of Fear,"advised. Having an English job to do, they took into partnership, as",6874
The Valley Of Fear,"any foreign criminal could do, this great consultant in crime. From",6875
The Valley Of Fear,that moment their man was doomed. At first he would content himself,6876
The Valley Of Fear,by using his machinery in order to find their victim. Then he would,6877
The Valley Of Fear,"indicate how the matter might be treated. Finally, when he read in",6878
The Valley Of Fear,"the reports of the failure of this agent, he would step in himself",6879
The Valley Of Fear,with a master touch. You heard me warn this man at Birlstone Manor,6880
The Valley Of Fear,"House that the coming danger was greater than the past. Was I right?""",6881
The Valley Of Fear,,6882
The Valley Of Fear,Barker beat his head with his clenched fist in his impotent anger.,6883
The Valley Of Fear,,6884
The Valley Of Fear,"""Do you tell me that we have to sit down under this? Do you say that",6885
The Valley Of Fear,"no one can ever get level with this king-devil?""",6886
The Valley Of Fear,,6887
The Valley Of Fear,"""No, I don't say that,"" said Holmes, and his eyes seemed to be",6888
The Valley Of Fear,"looking far into the future. ""I don't say that he can't be beat. But",6889
The Valley Of Fear,"you must give me time--you must give me time!""",6890
The Valley Of Fear,,6891
The Valley Of Fear,"We all sat in silence for some minutes, while those fateful eyes",6892
The Valley Of Fear,still strained to pierce the veil.,6893
The Valley Of Fear,,6894
The Valley Of Fear,PREFACE,6895
The Valley Of Fear,,6896
The Valley Of Fear,The friends of Mr. Sherlock Holmes will be glad to learn that he is,6897
The Valley Of Fear,"still alive and well, though somewhat crippled by occasional attacks",6898
The Valley Of Fear,"of rheumatism. He has, for many years, lived in a small farm upon the",6899
The Valley Of Fear,"downs five miles from Eastbourne, where his time is divided between",6900
The Valley Of Fear,philosophy and agriculture. During this period of rest he has refused,6901
The Valley Of Fear,"the most princely offers to take up various cases, having determined",6902
The Valley Of Fear,that his retirement was a permanent one. The approach of the German,6903
The Valley Of Fear,"war caused him, however, to lay his remarkable combination of",6904
The Valley Of Fear,intellectual and practical activity at the disposal of the,6905
The Valley Of Fear,"government, with historical results which are recounted in His Last",6906
The Valley Of Fear,Bow. Several previous experiences which have lain long in my,6907
The Valley Of Fear,portfolio have been added to His Last Bow so as to complete the,6908
The Valley Of Fear,volume.,6909
The Valley Of Fear,,6910
The Valley Of Fear,"John H. Watson, M. D.",6911
The Valley Of Fear,,6912
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,THE ADVENTURE OF WISTERIA LODGE,1
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,2
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,Table of contents,3
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,The Singular Experience of Mr. John Scott Eccles,4
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,The Tiger of San Pedro,5
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,6
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,CHAPTER I,7
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,The Singular Experience of Mr. John Scott Eccles,8
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,9
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,I find it recorded in my notebook that it was a bleak and windy day,10
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,towards the end of March in the year 1892.  Holmes had received a,11
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"telegram while we sat at our lunch, and he had scribbled a reply.  He",12
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"made no remark, but the matter remained in his thoughts, for he stood",13
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"in front of the fire afterwards with a thoughtful face, smoking his",14
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"pipe, and casting an occasional glance at the message. Suddenly he",15
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,turned upon me with a mischievous twinkle in his eyes.,16
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,17
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""I suppose, Watson, we must look upon you as a man of letters,"" said",18
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"he. ""How do you define the word 'grotesque'?""",19
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,20
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""Strange--remarkable,"" I suggested.",21
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,22
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,He shook his head at my definition.,23
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,24
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""There is surely something more than that,"" said he; ""some underlying",25
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,suggestion of the tragic and the terrible.  If you cast your mind,26
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,back to some of those narratives with which you have afflicted a,27
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"long-suffering public, you will recognize how often the grotesque has",28
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,deepened into the criminal.  Think of that little affair of the,29
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"red-headed men.  That was grotesque enough in the outset, and yet it",30
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"ended in a desperate attempt at robbery.  Or, again, there was that",31
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"most grotesque affair of the five orange pips, which let straight to",32
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"a murderous conspiracy. The word puts me on the alert.""",33
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,34
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""Have you it there?"" I asked.",35
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,36
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,He read the telegram aloud.,37
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,38
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""Have just had most incredible and grotesque experience. May I",39
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,consult you?,40
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""Scott Eccles,",41
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""Post Office, Charing Cross.""",42
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,43
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""Man or woman?"" I asked.",44
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,45
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""Oh, man, of course. No woman would ever send a reply-paid telegram.",46
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"She would have come.""",47
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,48
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""Will you see him?""",49
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,50
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""My dear Watson, you know how bored I have been since we locked up",51
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"Colonel Carruthers. My mind is like a racing engine, tearing itself",52
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,to pieces because it is not connected up with the work for which it,53
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"was built. Life is commonplace, the papers are sterile; audacity and",54
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,romance seem to have passed forever from the criminal world. Can you,55
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"ask me, then, whether I am ready to look into any new problem,",56
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"however trivial it may prove? But here, unless I am mistaken, is our",57
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"client.""",58
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,59
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"A measured step was heard upon the stairs, and a moment later a",60
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"stout, tall, gray-whiskered and solemnly respectable person was",61
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,ushered into the room.  His life history was written in his heavy,62
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,features and pompous manner.  From his spats to his gold-rimmed,63
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"spectacles he was a Conservative, a churchman, a good citizen,",64
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,orthodox and conventional to the last degree. But some amazing,65
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,experience had disturbed his native composure and left its traces in,66
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"his bristling hair, his flushed, angry cheeks, and his flurried,",67
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,excited manner. He plunged instantly into his business.,68
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,69
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""I have had a most singular and unpleasant experience, Mr. Holmes,""",70
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"said he. ""Never in my life have I been placed in such a situation. It",71
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,is most improper--most outrageous. I must insist upon some,72
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"explanation."" He swelled and puffed in his anger.",73
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,74
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""Pray sit down, Mr. Scott Eccles,"" said Holmes in a soothing voice.",75
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""May I ask, in the first place, why you came to me at all?""",76
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,77
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""Well, sir, it did not appear to be a matter which concerned the",78
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"police, and yet, when you have heard the facts, you must admit that I",79
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,could not leave it where it was. Private detectives are a class with,80
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"whom I have absolutely no sympathy, but none the less, having heard",81
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"your name--""",82
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,83
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""Quite so.  But, in the second place, why did you not come at once?""",84
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,85
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""What do you mean?""",86
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,87
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,Holmes glanced at his watch.,88
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,89
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""It is a quarter-past two,"" he said. ""Your telegram was dispatched",90
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,about one. But no one can glance at your toilet and attire without,91
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"seeing that your disturbance dates from the moment of your waking.""",92
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,93
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,Our client smoothed down his unbrushed hair and felt his unshaven,94
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,chin.,95
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,96
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""You are right, Mr. Holmes. I never gave a thought to my toilet. I",97
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,was only too glad to get out of such a house. But I have been running,98
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,round making inquiries before I came to you. I went to the house,99
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"agents, you know, and they said that Mr. Garcia's rent was paid up",100
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"all right and that everything was in order at Wisteria Lodge.""",101
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,102
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""Come, come, sir,"" said Holmes, laughing. ""You are like my friend,",103
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"Dr. Watson, who has a bad habit of telling his stories wrong end",104
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"foremost. Please arrange your thoughts and let me know, in their due",105
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"sequence, exactly what those events are which have sent you out",106
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"unbrushed and unkempt, with dress boots and waistcoat buttoned awry,",107
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"in search of advice and assistance.""",108
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,109
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,Our client looked down with a rueful face at his own unconventional,110
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,appearance.,111
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,112
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""I'm sure it must look very bad, Mr. Holmes, and I am not aware that",113
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,in my whole life such a thing has ever happened before. But will tell,114
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"you the whole queer business, and when I have done so you will admit,",115
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"I am sure, that there has been enough to excuse me.""",116
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,117
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"But his narrative was nipped in the bud. There was a bustle outside,",118
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,and Mrs. Hudson opened the door to usher in two robust and,119
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"official-looking individuals, one of whom was well known to us as",120
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"Inspector Gregson of Scotland Yard, an energetic, gallant, and,",121
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"within his limitations, a capable officer. He shook hands with Holmes",122
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"and introduced his comrade as Inspector Baynes, of the Surrey",123
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,Constabulary.,124
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,125
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""We are hunting together, Mr. Holmes, and our trail lay in this",126
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"direction."" He turned his bulldog eyes upon our visitor. ""Are you Mr.",127
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"John Scott Eccles, of Popham House, Lee?""",128
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,129
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""I am.""",130
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,131
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""We have been following you about all the morning.""",132
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,133
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""You traced him through the telegram, no doubt,"" said Holmes.",134
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,135
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""Exactly, Mr. Holmes. We picked up the scent at Charing Cross",136
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"Post-Office and came on here.""",137
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,138
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""But why do you follow me? What do you want?""",139
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,140
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""We wish a statement, Mr. Scott Eccles, as to the events which let up",141
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"to the death last night of Mr. Aloysius Garcia, of Wisteria Lodge,",142
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"near Esher.""",143
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,144
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,Our client had sat up with staring eyes and every tinge of colour,145
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,struck from his astonished face.,146
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,147
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""Dead?  Did you say he was dead?""",148
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,149
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""Yes, sir, he is dead.""",150
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,151
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""But how?  An accident?""",152
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,153
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""Murder, if ever there was one upon earth.""",154
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,155
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""Good God! This is awful! You don't mean--you don't mean that I am",156
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"suspected?""",157
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,158
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""A letter of yours was found in the dead man's pocket, and we know by",159
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"it that you had planned to pass last night at his house.""",160
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,161
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""So I did.""",162
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,163
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""Oh, you did, did you?""",164
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,165
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,Out came the official notebook.,166
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,167
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""Wait a bit, Gregson,"" said Sherlock Holmes. ""All you desire is a",168
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"plain statement, is it not?""",169
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,170
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""And it is my duty to warn Mr. Scott Eccles that it may be used",171
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"against him.""",172
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,173
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""Mr. Eccles was going to tell us about it when you entered the room.",174
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"I think, Watson, a brandy and soda would do him no harm. Now, sir, I",175
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"suggest that you take no notice of this addition to your audience,",176
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,and that you proceed with your narrative exactly as you would have,177
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"done had you never been interrupted.""",178
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,179
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,Our visitor had gulped off the brandy and the colour had returned to,180
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"his face.  With a dubious glance at the inspector's notebook, he",181
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,plunged at once into his extraordinary statement.,182
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,183
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""I am a bachelor,"" said he, ""and being of a sociable turn I cultivate",184
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,a large number of friends. Among these are the family of a retired,185
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"brewer called Melville, living at Abermarle Mansion, Kensington. It",186
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,was at his table that I met some weeks ago a young fellow named,187
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"Garcia. He was, I understood, of Spanish descent and connected in",188
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"some way with the embassy. He spoke perfect English, was pleasing in",189
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"his manners, and as good-looking a man as ever I saw in my life.",190
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,191
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""In some way we struck up quite a friendship, this young fellow and",192
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"I. He seemed to take a fancy to me from the first, and within two",193
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,days of our meeting he came to see me at Lee. One thing led to,194
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"another, and it ended in his inviting me out to spend a few days at",195
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"his house, Wisteria Lodge, between Esher and Oxshott. Yesterday",196
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,evening I went to Esher to fulfil this engagement.,197
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,198
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""He had described his household to me before I went there. He lived",199
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"with a faithful servant, a countryman of his own, who looked after",200
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,all his needs. This fellow could speak English and did his,201
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"housekeeping for him. Then there was a wonderful cook, he said, a",202
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"half-breed whom he had picked up in his travels, who could serve an",203
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,excellent dinner. I remember that he remarked what a queer household,204
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"it was to find in the heart of Surrey, and that I agreed with him,",205
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,though it has proved a good deal queerer than I thought.,206
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,207
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""I drove to the place--about two miles on the south side of Esher.",208
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"The house was a fair-sized one, standing back from the road, with a",209
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,curving drive which was banked with high evergreen shrubs. It was an,210
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"old, tumbledown building in a crazy state of disrepair. When the trap",211
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,pulled up on the grass-grown drive in front of the blotched and,212
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"weather-stained door, I had doubts as to my wisdom in visiting a man",213
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"whom I knew so slightly. He opened the door himself, however, and",214
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,greeted me with a great show of cordiality. I was handed over to the,215
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"manservant, a melancholy, swarthy individual, who led the way, my bag",216
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"in his hand, to my bedroom. The whole place was depressing. Our",217
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"dinner was tête-à-tête, and though my host did his best to be",218
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"entertaining, his thoughts seemed to continually wander, and he",219
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,talked so vaguely and wildly that I could hardly understand him. He,220
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"continually drummed his fingers on the table, gnawed his nails, and",221
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,gave other signs of nervous impatience. The dinner itself was neither,222
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"well served nor well cooked, and the gloomy presence of the taciturn",223
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,servant did not help to enliven us. I can assure you that many times,224
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,in the course of the evening I wished that I could invent some excuse,225
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,which would take me back to Lee.,226
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,227
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""One thing comes back to my memory which may have a bearing upon the",228
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,business that you two gentlemen are investigating. I thought nothing,229
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,of it at the time. Near the end of dinner a note was handed in by the,230
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,servant. I noticed that after my host had read it he seemed even more,231
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,distrait and strange than before. He gave up all pretence at,232
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"conversation and sat, smoking endless cigarettes, lost in his own",233
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"thoughts, but he made no remark as to the contents. About eleven I",234
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,was glad to go to bed. Some time later Garcia looked in at my,235
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,door--the room was dark at the time--and asked me if I had rung. I,236
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"said that I had not. He apologized for having disturbed me so late,",237
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,saying that it was nearly one o'clock. I dropped off after this and,238
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,slept soundly all night.,239
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,240
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""And now I come to the amazing part of my tale. When I woke it was",241
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"broad daylight. I glanced at my watch, and the time was nearly nine.",242
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"I had particularly asked to be called at eight, so I was very much",243
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,astonished at this forgetfulness. I sprang up and rang for the,244
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"servant. There was no response. I rang again and again, with the same",245
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,result. Then I came to the conclusion that the bell was out of order.,246
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,I huddled on my clothes and hurried downstairs in an exceedingly bad,247
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,temper to order some hot water. You can imagine my surprise when I,248
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,found that there was no one there. I shouted in the hall. There was,249
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,no answer. Then I ran from room to room. All were deserted. My host,250
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"had shown me which was his bedroom the night before, so I knocked at",251
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,the door. No reply. I turned the handle and walked in. The room was,252
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"empty, and the bed had never been slept in. He had gone with the",253
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"rest. The foreign host, the foreign footman, the foreign cook, all",254
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,had vanished in the night! That was the end of my visit to Wisteria,255
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"Lodge.""",256
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,257
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,Sherlock Holmes was rubbing his hands and chuckling as he added this,258
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,bizarre incident to his collection of strange episodes.,259
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,260
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""Your experience is, so far as I know, perfectly unique,"" said he.",261
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""May I ask, sir, what you did then?""",262
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,263
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""I was furious. My first idea was that I had been the victim of some",264
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"absurd practical joke. I packed my things, banged the hall door",265
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"behind me, and set off for Esher, with my bag in my hand. I called at",266
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"Allan Brothers', the chief land agents in the village, and found that",267
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,it was from this firm that the villa had been rented. It struck me,268
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,that the whole proceeding could hardly be for the purpose of making a,269
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"fool of me, and that the main objet must be to get out of the rent.",270
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"It is late in March, so quarter-day is at hand. But this theory would",271
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"not work. The agent was obliged to me for my warning, but told me",272
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,that the rent had been paid in advance. Then I made my way to town,273
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,and called at the Spanish embassy. The man was unknown there. After,274
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"this I went to see Melville, at whose house I had first met Garcia,",275
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,but I found that he really knew rather less about him than I did.,276
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"Finally when I got your reply to my wire I came out to you, since I",277
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,gather that you are a person who gives advice in difficult cases. But,278
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"now, Mr. Inspector, I understand, from what you said when you entered",279
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"the room, that you can carry the story on, and that some tragedy had",280
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"occurred. I can assure you that every word I have said is the truth,",281
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"and that, outside of what I have told you, I know absolutely nothing",282
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,about the fate of this man. My only desire is to help the law in,283
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"every possible way.""",284
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,285
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""I am sure of it, Mr. Scott Eccles--I am sure of it,"" said Inspector",286
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"Gregson in a very amiable tone. ""I am bound to say that everything",287
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,which you have said agrees very closely with the facts as they have,288
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"come to our notice. For example, there was that note which arrived",289
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"during dinner. Did you chance to observe what became of it?""",290
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,291
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""Yes, I did. Garcia rolled it up and threw it into the fire.""",292
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,293
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""What do you say to that, Mr. Baynes?""",294
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,295
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"The country detective was a stout, puffy, red man, whose face was",296
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"only redeemed from grossness by two extraordinarily bright eyes,",297
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,almost hidden behind the heavy creases of cheek and brow. With a slow,298
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,smile he drew a folded and discoloured scrap of paper from his,299
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,pocket.,300
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,301
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""It was a dog-grate, Mr. Holmes, and he overpitched it. I picked this",302
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"out unburned from the back of it.""",303
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,304
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,Holmes smiled his appreciation.,305
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,306
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""You must have examined the house very carefully to find a single",307
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"pellet of paper.""",308
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,309
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""I did, Mr. Holmes. It's my way. Shall I read it, Mr. Gregson?""",310
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,311
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,The Londoner nodded.,312
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,313
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""The note is written upon ordinary cream-laid paper without",314
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,watermark. It is a quarter-sheet. The paper is cut off in two snips,315
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,with a short-bladed scissors. It has been folded over three times and,316
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"sealed with purple wax, put on hurriedly and pressed down with some",317
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"flat oval object. It is addressed to Mr. Garcia, Wisteria Lodge. It",318
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,says:,319
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,320
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""Our own colours, green and white. Green open, white shut. Main",321
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"stair, first corridor, seventh right, green baize. Godspeed.",322
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,D.,323
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,324
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""It is a woman's writing, done with a sharp-pointed pen, but the",325
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,address is either done with another pen or by someone else. It is,326
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"thicker and bolder, as you see.""",327
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,328
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""A very remarkable note,"" said Holmes, glancing it over. ""I must",329
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"compliment you, Mr. Baynes, upon your attention to detail in your",330
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,examination of it. A few trifling points might perhaps be added. The,331
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,oval seal is undoubtedly a plain sleeve-link--what else is of such a,332
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,shape? The scissors were bent nail scissors. Short as the two snips,333
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"are, you can distinctly see the same slight curve in each.""",334
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,335
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,The country detective chuckled.,336
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,337
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""I thought I had squeezed all the juice out of it, but I see there",338
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"was a little over,"" he said. ""I'm bound to say that I make nothing of",339
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"the note except that there was something on hand, and that a woman,",340
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"as usual, was at the bottom of it.""",341
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,342
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,Mr. Scott Eccles had fidgeted in his seat during this conversation.,343
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,344
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""I am glad you found the note, since it corroborates my story,"" said",345
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"he. ""But I beg to point out that I have not yet heard what has",346
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"happened to Mr. Garcia, nor what has become of his household.""",347
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,348
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""As to Garcia,"" said Gregson, ""that is easily answered. He was found",349
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"dead this morning upon Oxshott Common, nearly a mile from his home.",350
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,His head had been smashed to pulp by heavy blows of a sandbag or some,351
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"such instrument, which had crushed rather than wounded. It is a",352
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"lonely corner, and there is no house within a quarter of a mile of",353
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"the spot. He had apparently been struck down first from behind, but",354
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,his assailant had gone on beating him long after he was dead. It was,355
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,a most furious assault. There are no footsteps nor any clue to the,356
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"criminals.""",357
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,358
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""Robbed?""",359
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,360
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""No, there was no attempt at robbery.""",361
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,362
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""This is very painful--very painful and terrible,"" said Mr. Scott",363
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"Eccles in a querulous voice, ""but it is really uncommonly hard on me.",364
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,I had nothing to do with my host going off upon a nocturnal excursion,365
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,and meeting so sad an end. How do I come to be mixed up with the,366
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"case?""",367
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,368
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""Very simply, sir,"" Inspector Baynes answered. ""The only document",369
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,found in the pocket of the deceased was a letter from you saying that,370
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,you would be with him on the night of his death. It was the envelope,371
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,of this letter which gave us the dead man's name and address. It was,372
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,after nine this morning when we reached his house and found neither,373
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,you nor anyone else inside it. I wired to Mr. Gregson to run you down,374
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"in London while I examined Wisteria Lodge. Then I came into town,",375
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"joined Mr. Gregson, and here we are.""",376
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,377
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""I think now,"" said Gregson, rising, ""we had best put this matter",378
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"into an official shape. You will come round with us to the station,",379
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"Mr. Scott Eccles, and let us have your statement in writing.""",380
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,381
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""Certainly, I will come at once. But I retain your services, Mr.",382
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,Holmes. I desire you to spare no expense and no pains to get at the,383
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"truth.""",384
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,385
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,My friend turned to the country inspector.,386
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,387
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""I suppose that you have no objection to my collaborating with you,",388
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"Mr. Baynes?""",389
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,390
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""Highly honoured, sir, I am sure.""",391
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,392
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""You appear to have been very prompt and businesslike in all that you",393
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"have done. Was there any clue, may I ask, as to the exact hour that",394
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"the man met his death?""",395
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,396
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""He had been there since one o'clock. There was rain about that time,",397
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"and his death had certainly been before the rain.""",398
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,399
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""But that is perfectly impossible, Mr. Baynes,"" cried our client.",400
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""His voice is unmistakable. I could swear to it that it was he who",401
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"addressed me in my bedroom at that very hour.""",402
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,403
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""Remarkable, but by no means impossible,"" said Holmes, smiling.",404
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,405
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""You have a clue?"" asked Gregson.",406
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,407
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""On the face of it the case is not a very complex one, though it",408
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,certainly presents some novel and interesting features. A further,409
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,knowledge of facts is necessary before I would venture to give a,410
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"final and definite opinion. By the way, Mr. Baynes, did you find",411
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,anything remarkable besides this note in your examination of the,412
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"house?""",413
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,414
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,The detective looked at my friend in a singular way.,415
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,416
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""There were,"" said he, ""one or two very remarkable things. Perhaps",417
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,when I have finished at the police-station you would care to come out,418
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"and give me your opinion of them.""",419
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,420
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""In am entirely at your service,"" said Sherlock Holmes, ringing the",421
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"bell. ""You will show these gentlemen out, Mrs. Hudson, and kindly",422
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"send the boy with this telegram. He is to pay a five-shilling reply.""",423
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,424
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,We sat for some time in silence after our visitors had left. Holmes,425
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"smoked hard, with his browns drawn down over his keen eyes, and his",426
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,head thrust forward in the eager way characteristic of the man.,427
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,428
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""Well, Watson,"" he asked, turning suddenly upon me, ""what do you make",429
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"of it?""",430
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,431
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""I can make nothing of this mystification of Scott Eccles.""",432
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,433
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""But the crime?""",434
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,435
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""Well, taken with the disappearance of the man's companions, I should",436
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,say that they were in some way concerned in the murder and had fled,437
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"from justice.""",438
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,439
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""That is certainly a possible point of view. On the face of it you",440
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"must admit, however, that it is very strange that his two servants",441
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,should have been in a conspiracy against him and should have attacked,442
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,him on the one night when he had a guest. They had him alone at their,443
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"mercy every other night in the week.""",444
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,445
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""Then why did they fly?""",446
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,447
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""Quite so. Why did they fly? There is a big fact. Another big fact is",448
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"the remarkable experience of our client, Scott Eccles. Now, my dear",449
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"Watson, is it beyond the limits of human ingenuity to furnish an",450
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,explanation which would cover both of these big facts? If it were one,451
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,which would also admit of the mysterious note with its very curious,452
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"phraseology, why, then it would be worth accepting as a temporary",453
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,hypothesis. If the fresh facts which come to our knowledge all fit,454
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"themselves into the scheme, then our hypothesis may gradually become",455
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"a solution.""",456
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,457
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""But what is our hypothesis?""",458
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,459
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,Holmes leaned back in his chair with half-closed eyes.,460
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,461
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""You must admit, my dear Watson, that the idea of a joke is",462
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"impossible. There were grave events afoot, as the sequel showed, and",463
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,the coaxing of Scott Eccles to Wisteria Lodge had some connection,464
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"with them.""",465
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,466
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""But what possible connection?""",467
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,468
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""Let us take it link by link. There is, on the face of it, something",469
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,unnatural about this strange and sudden friendship between the young,470
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,Spaniard and Scott Eccles. It was the former who forced the pace. He,471
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,called upon Eccles at the other end of London on the very day after,472
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"he first met him, and he kept in close touch with him until he got",473
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"him down to Esher. Now, what did he want with Eccles? What could",474
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,Eccles supply? I see no charm in the man. He is not particulary,475
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,intelligent--not a man likely to be congenial to a quick-witted,476
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"Latin. Why, then, was he picked out from all the other people whom",477
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,Garcia met as particularly suited to his purpose? Has he any one,478
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,outstanding quality? I say that he has. He is the very type of,479
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"conventional British respectability, and the very man as a witness to",480
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,impress another Briton. You saw yourself how neither of the,481
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"inspectors dreamed of questioning his statement, extraordinary as it",482
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"was.""",483
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,484
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""But what was he to witness?""",485
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,486
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""Nothing, as things turned out, but everything had they gone another",487
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"way. That is how I read the matter.""",488
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,489
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""I see, he might have proved an alibi.""",490
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,491
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""Exactly, my dear Watson; he might have proved an alibi. We will",492
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"suppose, for argument's sake, that the household of Wisteria Lodge",493
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"are confederates in some design. The attempt, whatever it may be, is",494
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"to come off, we will say, before one o'clock. By some juggling of the",495
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,clocks it is quite possible that they may have got Scott Eccles to,496
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"bed earlier than he thought, but in any case it is likely that when",497
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,Garcia went out of his way to tell him that it was one it was really,498
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,not more than twelve. If Garcia could do whatever he had to do and be,499
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,back by the hour mentioned he had evidently a powerful reply to any,500
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,accusation. Here was this irreproachable Englishman ready to swear in,501
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,any court of law that the accused was in the house all the time. It,502
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"was an insurance against the worst.""",503
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,504
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""Yes, yes, I see that. But how about the disappearance of the",505
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"others?""",506
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,507
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""I have not all my facts yet, but I do not think there are any",508
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"insuperable difficulties. Still, it is an error to argue in front of",509
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,your data. You find yourself insensibly twisting them round to fit,510
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"your theories.""",511
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,512
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""And the message?""",513
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,514
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""How did it run? 'Our own colours, green and white.' Sounds like",515
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"racing. 'Green open, white shut.' That is clearly a signal. 'Main",516
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"stair, first corridor, seventh right, green baize.' This is an",517
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,assignation. We may find a jealous husband at the bottom of it all.,518
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,It was clearly a dangerous quest. She would not have said 'Godspeed',519
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"had it not been so. 'D'--that should be a guide.""",520
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,521
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""The man was a Spaniard. I suggest that 'D' stands for Dolores, a",522
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"common female name in Spain.""",523
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,524
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""Good, Watson, very good--but quite inadmissable. A Spaniard would",525
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,write to a Spaniard in Spanish. The writer of this note is certainly,526
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"English. Well, we can only possess our soul in patience until this",527
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,excellent inspector come back for us. Meanwhile we can thank our,528
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,lucky fate which has rescued us for a few short hours from the,529
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"insufferable fatigues of idleness.""",530
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,531
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,An answer had arrived to Holmes's telegram before our Surrey officer,532
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,had returned. Holmes read it and was about to place it in his,533
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,notebook when he caught a glimpse of my expectant face. He tossed it,534
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,across with a laugh.,535
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,536
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""We are moving in exalted circles,"" said he.",537
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,538
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,The telegram was a list of names and addresses:,539
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,540
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"Lord Harringby, The Dingle; Sir George Ffolliott, Oxshott Towers; Mr.",541
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"Hynes Hynes, J.P., Purdley Place; Mr. James Baker Williams, Forton",542
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"Old Hall; Mr. Henderson, High Gable; Rev. Joshua Stone, Nether",543
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,Walsling.,544
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""This is a very obvious way of limiting our field of operations,""",545
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"said Holmes. ""No doubt Baynes, with his methodical mind, has already",546
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"adopted some similar plan.""",547
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,548
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""I don't quite understand.""",549
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,550
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""Well, my dear fellow, we have already arrived at the conclusion that",551
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,the massage received by Garcia at dinner was an appointment or an,552
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"assignation. Now, if the obvious reading of it is correct, and in",553
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,order to keep the tryst one has to ascend a main stair and seek the,554
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"seventh door in a corridor, it is perfectly clear that the house is a",555
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,very large one. It is equally certain that this house cannot be more,556
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"than a mile or two from Oxshott, since Garcia was walking in that",557
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"direction and hoped, according to my reading of the facts, to be back",558
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"in Wisteria Lodge in time to avail himself of an alibi, which would",559
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,only be valid up to one o'clock. As the number of large houses close,560
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"to Oxshott must be limited, I adopted the obvious method of sending",561
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,to the agents mentioned by Scott Eccles and obtaining a list of them.,562
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"Here they are in this telegram, and the other end of our tangled",563
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"skein must lie among them.""",564
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,565
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,It was nearly six o'clock before we found ourselves in the pretty,566
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"Surrey village of Esher, with Inspector Baynes as our companion.",567
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,568
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"Holmes and I had taken things for the night, and found comfortable",569
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,quarters at the Bull. Finally we set out in the company of the,570
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"detective on our visit to Wisteria Lodge. It was a cold, dark March",571
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"evening, with a sharp wind and a fine rain beating upon our faces, a",572
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,fit setting for the wild common over which our road passed and the,573
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,tragic goal to which it led us.,574
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,575
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,CHAPTER II,576
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,The Tiger of San Pedro,577
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,578
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,A cold and melancholy walk of a couple of miles brought us to a high,579
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"wooden gate, which opened into a gloomy avenue of chestnuts. The",580
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"curved and shadowed drive led us to a low, dark house, pitch-black",581
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,against a slate-coloured sky. From the front window upon the left of,582
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,the door there peeped a glimmer of a feeble light.,583
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,584
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""There's a constable in possession,"" said Baynes. ""I'll knock at the",585
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"window."" He stepped across the grass plot and tapped with his hand on",586
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,the pane. Through the fogged glass I dimly saw a man spring up from a,587
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"chair beside the fire, and heard a sharp cry from within the room. An",588
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"instant later a white-faced, hard-breathing policeman had opened the",589
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"door, the candle wavering in his trembling hand.",590
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,591
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""What's the matter, Walters?"" asked Baynes sharply.",592
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,593
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,The man mopped his forehead with his handkerchief and agave a long,594
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,sigh of relief.,595
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,596
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""I am glad you have come, sir. It has been a long evening, and I",597
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"don't think my nerve is as good as it was.""",598
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,599
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""Your nerve, Walters? I should not have thought you had a nerve in",600
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"your body.""",601
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,602
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""Well, sir, it's this lonely, silent house and the queer thing in the",603
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,kitchen. Then when you tapped at the window I thought it had come,604
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"again.""",605
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,606
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""That what had come again?""",607
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,608
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""The devil, sir, for all I know. It was at the window.""",609
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,610
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""What was at the window, and when?""",611
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,612
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""It was just about two hours ago. The light was just fading. I was",613
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"sitting reading in the chair. I don't know what made me look up, but",614
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"there was a face looking in at me through the lower pane. Lord, sir,",615
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"what a face it was! I'll see it in my dreams.""",616
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,617
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""Tut, tut, Walters. This is not talk for a police-constable.""",618
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,619
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""I know, sir, I know; but it shook me, sir, and there's no use to",620
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"deny it. It wasn't black, sir, nor was it white, nor any colour that",621
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,I know but a kind of queer shade like clay with a splash of milk in,622
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"it. Then there was the size of it--it was twice yours, sir. And the",623
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"look of it--the great staring goggle eyes, and the line of white",624
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"teeth like a hungry beast. I tell you, sir, I couldn't move a finger,",625
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"nor get my breath, till it whisked away and was gone. Out I ran and",626
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"through the shrubbery, but thank God there was no one there.""",627
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,628
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""If I didn't know you were a good man, Walters, I should put a black",629
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,mark against you for this. If it were the devil himself a constable,630
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,on duty should never thank God that he could not lay his hands upon,631
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,him. I suppose the whole thing is not a vision and a touch of,632
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"nerves?""",633
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,634
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""That, at least, is very easily settled,"" said Holmes, lighting his",635
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"little pocket lantern. ""Yes,"" he reported, after a short examination",636
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"of the grass bed, ""a number twelve shoe, I should say. If he was all",637
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"on the same scale as his foot he must certainly have been a giant.""",638
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,639
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""What became of him?""",640
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,641
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""He seems to have broken through the shrubbery and made for the",642
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"road.""",643
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,644
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""Well,"" said the inspector with a grave and thoughtful face, ""whoever",645
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"he may have been, and whatever he may have wanted, he's gone for the",646
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"present, and we have more immediate things to attend to. Now, Mr.",647
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"Holmes, with your permission, I will show you round the house.""",648
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,649
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,The various bedrooms and sitting-rooms had yielded nothing to a,650
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,careful search. Apparently the tenants had brought little or nothing,651
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"with them, and all the furniture down to the smallest details had",652
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,been taken over with the house. A good deal of clothing with the,653
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"stamp of Marx and Co., High Holborn, had been left behind.",654
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,Telegraphic inquiries had been already made which showed that Marx,655
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,knew nothing of his customer save that he was a good payer. Odds and,656
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"ends, some pipes, a few novels, two of them in Spanish, and",657
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"old-fashioned pinfire revolver, and a guitar were among the personal",658
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,property.,659
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,660
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""Nothing in all this,"" said Baynes, stalking, candle in hand, from",661
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"room to room. ""But now, Mr. Holmes, I invite your attention to the",662
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"kitchen.""",663
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,664
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"It was a gloomy, high-ceilinged room at the back of the house, with a",665
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"straw litter in one corner, which served apparently as a bed for the",666
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"cook. The table was piled with half-eaten dishes and dirty plates,",667
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,the debris of last night's dinner.,668
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,669
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""Look at this,"" said Baynes. ""What do you make of it?""",670
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,671
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,He held up his candle before an extraordinary object which stood at,672
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,the back of the dresser. It was so wrinkled and shrunken and withered,673
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,that it was difficult to say what it might have been. One could but,674
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,say that it was black and leathery and that it bore some resemblance,675
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"to a dwarfish, human figure. At first, as I examined it, I thought",676
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"that it was a mummified negro baby, and then it seemed a very twisted",677
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,and ancient monkey. Finally I was left in doubt as to whether it was,678
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,animal or human. A double band of white shells were strung round the,679
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,centre of it.,680
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,681
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""Very interesting--very interesting, indeed!"" said Holmes, peering at",682
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"this sinister relic. ""Anything more?""",683
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,684
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,In silence Baynes led the way to the sink and held forward his,685
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"candle. The limbs and body of some large, white bird, torn savagely",686
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"to pieces with the feathers still on, were littered all over it.",687
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,Holmes pointed to the wattles on the severed head.,688
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,689
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""A white cock,"" said he. ""Most interesting! It is really a very",690
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"curious case.""",691
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,692
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,But Mr. Baynes had kept his most sinister exhibit to the last. From,693
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,under the sink he drew a zinc pail which contained a quantity of,694
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,blood. Then from the table he took a platter heaped with small pieces,695
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,of charred bone.,696
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,697
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""Something has been killed and something has been burned. We raked",698
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,all these out of the fire. We had a doctor in this morning. He says,699
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"that they are not human.""",700
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,701
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,Holmes smiled and rubbed his hands.,702
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,703
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""I must congratulate you, Inspector, on handling so distinctive and",704
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"instructive a case. Your powers, if I may say so without offence,",705
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"seem superior to your opportunities.""",706
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,707
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,Inspector Baynes's small eyes twinkled with pleasure.,708
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,709
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""You're right, Mr. Holmes. We stagnate in the provinces. A case of",710
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"this sort gives a man a chance, and I hope that I shall take it. What",711
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"do you make of these bones?""",712
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,713
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""A lamb, I should say, or a kid.""",714
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,715
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""And the white cock?""",716
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,717
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""Curious, Mr. Baynes, very curious. I should say almost unique.""",718
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,719
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""Yes, sir, there must have been some very strange people with some",720
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,very strange ways in this house. One of them is dead. Did his,721
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"companions follow him and kill him? If they did we should have them,",722
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"for every port is watched. But my own views are different. Yes, sir,",723
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"my own views are very different.""",724
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,725
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""You have a theory then?""",726
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,727
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""And I'll work it myself, Mr. Holmes. It's only due to my own credit",728
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"to do so. Your name is made, but I have still to make mine. I should",729
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,be glad to be able to say afterwards that I had solved it without,730
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"your help.""",731
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,732
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,Holmes laughed good-humoredly.,733
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,734
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""Well, well, Inspector,"" said he. ""Do you follow your path and I will",735
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,follow mine. My results are always very much at your service if you,736
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,care to apply to me for them. I think that I have seen all that I,737
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"wish in this house, and that my time may be more profitably employed",738
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"elsewhere. Au revoir and good luck!""",739
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,740
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"I could tell by numerous subtle signs, which might have been lost",741
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"upon anyone but myself, that Holmes was on a hot scent. As impassive",742
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"as ever to the casual observer, there were none the less a subdued",743
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,eagerness and suggestion of tension in his brightened eyes and,744
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,brisker manner which assured me that the game was afoot. After his,745
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"habit he said nothing, and after mine I asked no questions.",746
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,Sufficient for me to share the sport and lend my humble help to the,747
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,capture without distracting that intent brain with needless,748
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,interruption. All would come round to me in due time.,749
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,750
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"I waited, therefore--but to my ever-deepening disappointment I waited",751
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"in vain. Day succeeded day, and my friend took no step forward. One",752
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"morning he spent in town, and I learned from a casual reference that",753
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"he had visited the British Museum. Save for this one excursion, he",754
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"spent his days in long and often solitary walks, or in chatting with",755
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,a number of village gossips whose acquaintance he had cultivated.,756
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,757
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""I'm sure, Watson, a week in the country will be invaluable to you,""",758
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"he remarked. ""It is very pleasant to see the first green shoots upon",759
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"the hedges and the catkins on the hazels once again. With a spud, a",760
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"tin box, and an elementary book on botany, there are instructive days",761
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"to be spent."" He prowled about with this equipment himself, but it",762
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,was a poor show of plants which he would bring back of an evening.,763
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,764
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"Occasionally in our rambles we came across Inspector Baynes. His fat,",765
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,red face wreathed itself in smiles and his small eyes glittered as he,766
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"greeted my companion. He said little about the case, but from that",767
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,little we gathered that he also was not dissatisfied at the course of,768
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"events. I must admit, however, that I was somewhat surprised when,",769
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"some five days after the crime, I opened my morning paper to find in",770
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,large letters:,771
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,772
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,The Oxshott Mystery,773
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,a solution,774
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,Arrest of Supposed Assassin,775
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,776
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,Holmes sprang in his chair as if he had been stung when I read the,777
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,headlines.,778
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,779
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""By Jove!"" he cried. ""You don't mean that Baynes has got him?""",780
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,781
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""Apparently,"" said I as I read the following report:",782
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,783
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""Great excitement was caused in Esher and the neighbouring district",784
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,when it was learned late last night that an arrest had been effected,785
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,in connection with the Oxshott murder. It will be remembered that Mr.,786
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"Garcia, of Wisteria Lodge, was found dead on Oxshott Common, his body",787
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"showing signs of extreme violence, and that on the same night his",788
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"servant and his cook fled, which appeared to show their participation",789
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"in the crime. It was suggested, but never proved, that the deceased",790
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"gentleman may have had valuables in the house, and that their",791
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,abstraction was the motive of the crime. Every effort was made by,792
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"Inspector Baynes, who has the case in hand, to ascertain the hiding",793
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"place of the fugitives, and he had good reason to believe that they",794
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,had not gone far but were lurking in some retreat which had been,795
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"already prepared. It was certain from the first, however, that they",796
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"would eventually be detected, as the cook, from the evidence of one",797
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,or two tradespeople who have caught a glimpse of him through the,798
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"window, was a man of most remarkable appearance--being a huge and",799
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"hideous mulatto, with yellowish features of a pronounced negroid",800
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"type. This man has been seen since the crime, for he was detected and",801
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"pursued by Constable Walters on the same evening, when he had the",802
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"audacity to revisit Wisteria Lodge. Inspector Baynes, considering",803
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"that such a visit must have some purpose in view and was likely,",804
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"therefore, to be repeated, abandoned the house but left an ambuscade",805
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,in the shrubbery. The man walked into the trap and was captured last,806
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,night after a struggle in which Constable Downing was badly bitten by,807
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,the savage. We understand that when the prison is brought before the,808
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"magistrates a remand will be applied for by the police, and that",809
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"great developments are hoped from his capture.""",810
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,811
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""Really we must see Baynes at once,"" cried Holmes, picking up his",812
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"hat. ""We will just catch him before he starts."" We hurried down the",813
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"village street and found, as we had expected, that the inspector was",814
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,just leaving his lodgings.,815
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,816
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""You've seen the paper, Mr. Holmes?"" he asked, holding one out to us.",817
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,818
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""Yes, Baynes, I've seen it. Pray don't think it a liberty if I give",819
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"you a word of friendly warning.""",820
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,821
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""Of warning, Mr. Holmes?""",822
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,823
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""I have looked into this case with some care, and I am not convinced",824
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,that you are on the right lines. I don't want you to commit yourself,825
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"too far unless you are sure.""",826
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,827
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""You're very kind, Mr. Holmes.""",828
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,829
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""I assure you I speak for your good.""",830
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,831
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,It seemed to me that something like a wink quivered for an instant,832
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,over one of Mr. Baynes's tiny eyes.,833
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,834
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""We agreed to work on our own lines, Mr. Holmes. That's what I am",835
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"doing.""",836
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,837
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""Oh, very good,"" said Holmes. ""Don't blame me.""",838
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,839
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""No, sir; I believe you mean well by me. But we all have our own",840
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"systems, Mr. Holmes. You have yours, and maybe I have mine.""",841
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,842
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""Let us say no more about it.""",843
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,844
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""You're welcome always to my news. This fellow is a perfect savage,",845
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,as strong as a cart-horse and as fierce as the devil. He chewed,846
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,Downing's thumb nearly off before they could master him. He hardly,847
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"speaks a word of English, and we can get nothing out of him but",848
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"grunts.""",849
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,850
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""And you think you have evidence that he murdered his late master?""",851
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,852
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""I didn't say so, Mr. Holmes; I didn't say so. We all have our little",853
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"ways. You try yours and I will try mine. That's the agreement.""",854
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,855
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"Holmes shrugged his shoulders as we walked away together. ""I can't",856
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"make the man out. He seems to be riding for a fall. Well, as he says,",857
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,we must each try our own way and see what comes of it. But there's,858
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"something in Inspector Baynes which I can't quite understand.""",859
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,860
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""Just sit down in that chair, Watson,"" said Sherlock Holmes when we",861
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"had returned to our apartment at the Bull. ""I want to put you in",862
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"touch with the situation, as I may need your help to-night. Let me",863
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,show you the evolution of this case so far as I have been able to,864
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"follow it. Simple as it has been in its leading features, it has none",865
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,the less presented surprising difficulties in the way of an arrest.,866
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,There are gaps in that direction which we have still to fill.,867
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,868
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""We will go back to the note which was handed in to Garcia upon the",869
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,evening of his death. We may put aside this idea of Baynes's that,870
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,Garcia's servants were concerned in the matter. The proof of this,871
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,lies in the fact that it was he who had arranged for the presence of,872
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"Scott Eccles, which could only have been done for the purpose of an",873
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"alibi. It was Garcia, then, who had an enterprise, and apparently a",874
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"criminal enterprise, in hand that night in the course of which he met",875
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,his death. I say 'criminal' because only a man with a criminal,876
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"enterprise desires to establish an alibi. Who, then, is most likely",877
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,to have taken his life? Surely the person against whom the criminal,878
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,enterprise was directed. So far it seems to me that we are on safe,879
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,ground.,880
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,881
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""We can now see a reason for the disappearance of Garcia's household.",882
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,They were all confederates in the same unknown crime. If it came off,883
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"when Garcia returned, any possible suspicion would be warded off by",884
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"the Englishman's evidence, and all would be well. But the attempt was",885
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"a dangerous one, and if Garcia did not return by a certain hour it",886
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,was probable that his own life had been sacrificed. It had been,887
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"arranged, therefore, that in such a case his two subordinates were to",888
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,make for some prearranged spot where they could escape investigation,889
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,and be in a position afterwards to renew their attempt. That would,890
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"fully explain the facts, would it not?""",891
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,892
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,The whole inexplicable tangle seemed to straighten out before me. I,893
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"wondered, as I always did, how it had not been obvious to me before.",894
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,895
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""But why should one servant return?""",896
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,897
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""We can imagine that in the confusion of flight something precious,",898
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"something which he could not bear to part with, had been left behind.",899
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"That would explain his persistence, would it not?""",900
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,901
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""Well, what is the next step?""",902
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,903
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""The next step is the note received by Garcia at the dinner. It",904
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"indicates a confederate at the other end. Now, where was the other",905
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,end? I have already shown you that it could only lie in some large,906
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"house, and that the number of large houses is limited. My first days",907
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,in this village were devoted to a series of walks in which in the,908
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,intervals of my botanical researches I made a reconnaissance of all,909
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,the large houses and an examination of the family history of the,910
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"occupants. One house, and only one, riveted my attention. It is the",911
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"famous old Jacobean grange of High Gable, one mile on the farther",912
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"side of Oxshott, and less than half a mile from the scene of the",913
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,tragedy. The other mansions belonged to prosaic and respectable,914
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"people who live far aloof from romance. But Mr. Henderson, of High",915
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"Gable, was by all accounts a curious man to whom curious adventures",916
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"might befall. I concentrated my attention, therefore, upon him and",917
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,his household.,918
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,919
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""A singular set of people, Watson--the man himself the most singular",920
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"of them all. I managed to see him on a plausible pretext, but I",921
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"seemed to read in his dark, deepset, brooding eyes that he was",922
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"perfectly aware of my true business. He is a man of fifty, strong,",923
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"active, with iron-gray hair, great bunched black eyebrows, the step",924
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"of a deer and the air of an emperor--a fierce, masterful man, with a",925
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,red-hot spirit behind his parchment face. He is either a foreigner or,926
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"has lived long in the tropics, for he is yellow and sapless, but",927
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"tough as whipcord. His friend and secretary, Mr. Lucas, is",928
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"undoubtedly a foreigner, chocolate brown, wily, suave, and catlike,",929
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"with a poisonous gentleness of speech. You see, Watson, we have come",930
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,already upon two sets of foreigners--one at Wisteria Lodge and one at,931
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,High Gable--so our gaps are beginning to close.,932
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,933
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""These two men, close and confidential friends, are the centre of the",934
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,household; but there is one other person who for our immediate,935
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,purpose may be even more important. Henderson has two children--girls,936
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"of eleven and thirteen. Their governess is a Miss Burnet, an",937
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,Englishwoman of forty or thereabouts. There is also one confidential,938
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"manservant. This little group forms the real family, for their travel",939
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"about together, and Henderson is a great traveller, always on the",940
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"move. It is only within the last weeks that he has returned, after a",941
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"year's absence, to High Gable. I may add that he is enormously rich,",942
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,and whatever his whims may be he can very easily satisfy them. For,943
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"the rest, his house is full of butlers, footmen, maidservants, and",944
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"the usual overfed, underworked staff of a large English country",945
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,house.,946
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,947
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""So much I learned partly from village gossip and partly from my own",948
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,observation. There are no better instruments than discharged servants,949
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"with a grievance, and I was lucky enough to find one. I call it luck,",950
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,but it would not have come my way had I not been looking out for it.,951
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"As Baynes remarks, we all have our systems. It was my system which",952
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"enabled me to find John Warner, late gardener of High Gable, sacked",953
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,in a moment of temper by his imperious employer. He in turn had,954
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,friends among the indoor servants who unite in their fear and dislike,955
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,of their master. So I had my key to the secrets of the establishment.,956
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,957
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""Curious people, Watson! I don't pretend to understand it all yet,",958
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"but very curious people anyway. It's a double-winged house, and the",959
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"servants live on one side, the family on the other. There's no link",960
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"between the two save for Henderson's own servant, who serves the",961
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"family's meals. Everything is carried to a certain door, which forms",962
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"the one connection. Governess and children hardly go out at all,",963
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,except into the garden. Henderson never by any chance walks alone.,964
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,His dark secretary is like his shadow. The gossip among the servants,965
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,is that their master is terribly afraid of something. 'Sold his soul,966
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"to the devil in exchange for money,' says Warner, 'and expects his",967
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"creditor to come up and claim his own.' Where they came from, or who",968
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"they are, nobody has an idea. They are very violent. Twice Henderson",969
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"has lashed at folk with his dog-whip, and only his long purse and",970
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,heavy compensation have kept him out of the courts.,971
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,972
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""Well, now, Watson, let us judge the situation by this new",973
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,information. We may take it that the letter came out of this strange,974
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,household and was an invitation to Garcia to carry out some attempt,975
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,which had already been planned. Who wrote the note? It was someone,976
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"within the citadel, and it was a woman. Who then but Miss Burnet, the",977
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"governess? All our reasoning seems to point that way. At any rate, we",978
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,may take it as a hypothesis and see what consequences it would,979
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,entail. I may add that Miss Burnet's age and character make it,980
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,certain that my first idea that there might be a love interest in our,981
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,story is out of the question.,982
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,983
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""If she wrote the note she was presumably the friend and confederate",984
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"of Garcia. What, then, might she be expected to do if she heard of",985
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,his death? If he met it in some nefarious enterprise her lips might,986
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"be sealed. Still, in her heart, she must retain bitterness and hatred",987
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,against those who had killed him and would presumably help so far as,988
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"she could to have revenge upon them. Could we see her, then and try",989
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,to use her? That was my first thought. But now we come to a sinister,990
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,fact. Miss Burnet has not been seen by any human eye since the night,991
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,of the murder. From that evening she has utterly vanished. Is she,992
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,alive? Has she perhaps met her end on the same night as the friend,993
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,whom she had summoned? Or is she merely a prisoner? There is the,994
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,point which we still have to decide.,995
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,996
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""You will appreciate the difficulty of the situation, Watson. There",997
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,is nothing upon which we can apply for a warrant. Our whole scheme,998
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,might seem fantastic if laid before a magistrate. The woman's,999
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"disappearance counts for nothing, since in that extraordinary",1000
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,household any member of it might be invisible for a week. And yet she,1001
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,may at the present moment be in danger of her life. All I can do is,1002
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"to watch the house and leave my agent, Warner, on guard at the gates.",1003
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,We can't let such a situation continue. If the law can do nothing we,1004
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"must take the risk ourselves.""",1005
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,1006
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""What do you suggest?""",1007
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,1008
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""I know which is her room.  It is accessible from the top of an",1009
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,outhouse.  My suggestion is that you and I go to-night and see if we,1010
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"can strike at the very heart of the mystery.""",1011
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,1012
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"It was not, I must confess, a very alluring prospect. The old house",1013
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"with its atmosphere of murder, the singular and formidable",1014
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"inhabitants, the unknown dangers of the approach, and the fact that",1015
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,we were putting ourselves legally in a false position all combined to,1016
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,damp my ardour. But there was something in the ice-cold reasoning of,1017
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,Holmes which made it impossible to shrink from any adventure which he,1018
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"might recommend. One knew that thus, and only thus, could a solution",1019
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"be found. I clasped his hand in silence, and the die was cast.",1020
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,1021
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,But it was not destined that our investigation should have so,1022
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"adventurous an ending. It was about five o'clock, and the shadows of",1023
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"the March evening were beginning to fall, when an excited rustic",1024
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,rushed into our room.,1025
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,1026
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""They've gone, Mr. Holmes. They went by the last train. The lady",1027
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"broke away, and I've got her in a cab downstairs.""",1028
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,1029
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""Excellent, Warner!"" cried Holmes, springing to his feet. ""Watson,",1030
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"the gaps are closing rapidly.""",1031
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,1032
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"In the cab was a woman, half-collapsed from nervous exhaustion. She",1033
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,bore upon her aquiline and emaciated face the traces of some recent,1034
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"tragedy. Her head hung listlessly upon her breast, but as she raised",1035
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,it and turned her dull eyes upon us I saw that her pupils were dark,1036
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,dots in the centre of the broad gray iris. She was drugged with,1037
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,opium.,1038
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,1039
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""I watched at the gate, same as you advised, Mr. Holmes,"" said our",1040
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"emissary, the discharged gardener. ""When the carriage came out I",1041
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"followed it to the station. She was like one walking in her sleep,",1042
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,but when they tried to get her into the train she came to life and,1043
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,struggled. They pushed her into the carriage. She fought her way out,1044
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"again. I took her part, got her into a cab, and here we are. I shan't",1045
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,forget the face at the carriage window as I led her away. I'd have a,1046
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"short life if he had his way--the black-eyed, scowling, yellow",1047
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"devil.""",1048
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,1049
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"We carried her upstairs, laid her on the sofa, and a couple of cups",1050
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,of the strongest coffee soon cleared her brain from the mists of the,1051
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"drug. Baynes had been summoned by Holmes, and the situation rapidly",1052
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,explained to him.,1053
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,1054
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""Why, sir, you've got me the very evidence I want,"" said the",1055
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"inspector warmly, shaking my friend by the hand. ""I was on the same",1056
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"scent as you from the first.""",1057
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,1058
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""What! You were after Henderson?""",1059
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,1060
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""Why, Mr. Holmes, when you were crawling in the shrubbery at High",1061
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,Gable I was up one of the trees in the plantation and saw you down,1062
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"below. It was just who would get his evidence first.""",1063
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,1064
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""Then why did you arrest the mulatto?""",1065
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,1066
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,Baynes chuckled.,1067
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,1068
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""I was sure Henderson, as he calls himself, felt that he was",1069
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"suspected, and that he would lie low and make no move so long as he",1070
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,thought he was in any danger. I arrested the wrong man to make him,1071
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,believe that our eyes were off him. I knew he would be likely to,1072
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"clear off then and give us a chance of getting at Miss Burnet.""",1073
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,1074
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,Holmes laid his hand upon the inspector's shoulder.,1075
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,1076
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""You will rise high in your profession. You have instinct and",1077
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"intuition,"" said he.",1078
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,1079
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,Baynes flushed with pleasure.,1080
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,1081
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""I've had a plain-clothes man waiting at the station all the week.",1082
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,Wherever the High Gable folk go he will keep them in sight. But he,1083
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"must have been hard put to it when Miss Burnet broke away. However,",1084
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"your man picked her up, and it all ends well. We can't arrest without",1085
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"her evidence, that is clear, so the sooner we get a statement the",1086
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"better.""",1087
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,1088
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""Every minute she gets stronger,"" said Holmes, glancing at the",1089
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"governess. ""But tell me, Baynes, who is this man Henderson?""",1090
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,1091
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""Henderson,"" the inspector answered, ""is Don Murillo, once called the",1092
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"Tiger of San Pedro.""",1093
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,1094
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,The Tiger of San Pedro! The whole history of the man came back to me,1095
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,in a flash. He had made his name as the most lewd and bloodthirsty,1096
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,tyrant that had ever governed any country with a pretence to,1097
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"civilization. Strong, fearless, and energetic, he had sufficient",1098
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,virtue to enable him to impose his odious vices upon a cowering,1099
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,people for ten or twelve years. His name was a terror through all,1100
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,Central America. At the end of that time there was a universal rising,1101
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"against him. But he was as cunning as he was cruel, and at the first",1102
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,whisper of coming trouble he had secretly conveyed his treasures,1103
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,aboard a ship which was manned by devoted adherents. It was an empty,1104
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"palace which was stormed by the insurgents next day. The dictator,",1105
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"his two children, his secretary, and his wealth had all escaped them.",1106
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"From that moment he had vanished from the world, and his identity had",1107
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,been a frequent subject for comment in the European press.,1108
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,1109
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""Yes, sir, Don Murillo, the Tiger of San Pedro,"" said Baynes. ""If you",1110
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,look it up you will find that the San Pedro colours are green and,1111
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"white, same as in the note, Mr. Holmes. Henderson he called himself,",1112
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"but I traced him back, Paris and Rome and Madrid to Barcelona, where",1113
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,his ship came in in '86. They've been looking for him all the time,1114
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"for their revenge, but it is only now that they have begun to find",1115
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"him out.""",1116
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,1117
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""They discovered him a year ago,"" said Miss Burnet, who had sat up",1118
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"and was now intently following the conversation. ""Once already his",1119
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"life has been attempted, but some evil spirit shielded him. Now,",1120
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"again, it is the noble, chivalrous Garcia who has fallen, while the",1121
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"monster goes safe. But another will come, and yet another, until some",1122
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,day justice will be done; that is as certain as the rise of,1123
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"to-morrow's sun."" Her thin hands clenched, and her worn face blanched",1124
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,with the passion of her hatred.,1125
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,1126
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""But how come you into this matter, Miss Burnet?"" asked Holmes. ""How",1127
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"can an English lady join in such a murderous affair?""",1128
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,1129
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""I join in it because there is no other way in the world by which",1130
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,justice can be gained. What does the law of England care for the,1131
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"rivers of blood shed years ago in San Pedro, or for the shipload of",1132
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,treasure which this man has stolen? To you they are like crimes,1133
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,committed in some other planet. But we know. We have learned the,1134
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,truth in sorrow and in suffering. To us there is no fiend in hell,1135
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"like Juan Murillo, and no peace in life while his victims still cry",1136
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"for vengeance.""",1137
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,1138
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""No doubt,"" said Holmes, ""he was as you say. I have heard that he was",1139
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"atrocious. But how are you affected?""",1140
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,1141
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""I will tell you it all. This villain's policy was to murder, on one",1142
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"pretext or another, every man who showed such promise that he might",1143
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"in time come to be a dangerous rival. My husband--yes, my real name",1144
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,is Signora Victor Durando--was the San Pedro minister in London. He,1145
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,met me and married me there. A nobler man never lived upon earth.,1146
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"Unhappily, Murillo heard of his excellence, recalled him on some",1147
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"pretext, and had him shot. With a premonition of his fate he had",1148
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"refused to take me with him. His estates were confiscated, and I was",1149
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,left with a pittance and a broken heart.,1150
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,1151
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""Then came the downfall of the tyrant. He escaped as you have just",1152
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"described. But the many whose lives he had ruined, whose nearest and",1153
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"dearest had suffered torture and death at his hands, would not let",1154
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,the matter rest. They banded themselves into a society which should,1155
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,never be dissolved until the work was done. It was my part after we,1156
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"had discovered in the transformed Henderson the fallen despot, to",1157
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,attach myself to his household and keep the others in touch with his,1158
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,movements. This I was able to do by securing the position of,1159
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,governess in his family. He little knew that the woman who faced him,1160
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,at every meal was the woman whose husband he had hurried at an hour's,1161
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"notice into eternity. I smiled on him, did my duty to his children,",1162
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,and bided my time. An attempt was made in Paris and failed. We,1163
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,zig-zagged swiftly here and there over Europe to throw off the,1164
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"pursuers and finally returned to this house, which he had taken upon",1165
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,his first arrival in England.,1166
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,1167
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""But here also the ministers of justice were waiting. Knowing that he",1168
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"would return there, Garcia, who is the son of the former highest",1169
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"dignitary in San Pedro, was waiting with two trusty companions of",1170
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"humble station, all three fired with the same reasons for revenge. He",1171
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"could do little during the day, for Murillo took every precaution and",1172
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"never went out save with his satellite Lucas, or Lopez as he was",1173
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"known in the days of his greatness. At night, however, he slept",1174
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"alone, and the avenger might find him. On a certain evening, which",1175
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"had been prearranged, I sent my friend final instructions, for the",1176
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,man was forever on the alert and continually changed his room. I was,1177
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,to see that the doors were open and the signal of a green or white,1178
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,light in a window which faced the drive was to give notice if all was,1179
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,safe or if the attempt had better be postponed.,1180
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,1181
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""But everything went wrong with us. In some way I had excited the",1182
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"suspicion of Lopez, the secretary. He crept up behind me and sprang",1183
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,upon me just as I had finished the note. He and his master dragged me,1184
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,to my room and held judgment upon me as a convicted traitress. Then,1185
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,and there they would have plunged their knives into me could they,1186
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"have seen how to escape the consequences of the deed. Finally, after",1187
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"much debate, they concluded that my murder was too dangerous. But",1188
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"they determined to get rid forever of Garcia. They had gagged me, and",1189
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,Murillo twisted my arm round until I gave him the address. I swear,1190
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,that he might have twisted it off had I understood what it would mean,1191
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"to Garcia. Lopez addressed the note which I had written, sealed it",1192
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"with his sleeve-link, and sent it by the hand of the servant, Jose.",1193
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"How they murdered him I do not know, save that it was Murillo's hand",1194
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"who struck him down, for Lopez had remained to guard me. I believe he",1195
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,must have waited among the gorse bushes through which the path winds,1196
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,and struck him down as he passed. At first they were of a mind to let,1197
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,him enter the house and to kill him as a detected burglar; but they,1198
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,argued that if they were mixed up in an inquiry their own identity,1199
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,would at once be publicly disclosed and they would be open to further,1200
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"attacks. With the death of Garcia, the pursuit might cease, since",1201
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,such a death might frighten others from the task.,1202
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,1203
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""All would now have been well for them had it not been for my",1204
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,knowledge of what they had done. I have no doubt that there were,1205
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"times when my life hung in the balance. I was confined to my room,",1206
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"terrorized by the most horrible threats, cruelly ill-used to break my",1207
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,spirit--see this stab on my shoulder and the bruises from end to end,1208
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,of my arms--and a gag was thrust into my mouth on the one occasion,1209
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,when I tried to call from the window. For five days this cruel,1210
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"imprisonment continued, with hardly enough food to hold body and soul",1211
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"together. This afternoon a good lunch was brought me, but the moment",1212
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,after I took it I knew that I had been drugged. In a sort of dream I,1213
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"remember being half-led, half-carried to the carriage; in the same",1214
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"state I was conveyed to the train. Only then, when the wheels were",1215
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"almost moving, did I suddenly realize that my liberty lay in my own",1216
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"hands. I sprang out, they tried to drag me back, and had it not been",1217
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"for the help of this good man, who led me to the cab, I should never",1218
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"had broken away. Now, thank God, I am beyond their power forever.""",1219
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,1220
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,We had all listened intently to this remarkable statement. It was,1221
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,Holmes who broke the silence.,1222
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,1223
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""Our difficulties are not over,"" he remarked, shaking his head. ""Our",1224
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"police work ends, but our legal work begins.""",1225
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,1226
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""Exactly,"" said I. ""A plausible lawyer could make it out as an act of",1227
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"self-defence. There may be a hundred crimes in the background, but it",1228
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"is only on this one that they can be tried.""",1229
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,1230
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""Come, come,"" said Baynes cheerily, ""I think better of the law than",1231
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,that. Self-defence is one thing. To entice a man in cold blood with,1232
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"the object of murdering him is another, whatever danger you may fear",1233
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"from him. No, no, we shall all be justified when we see the tenants",1234
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"of High Gable at the next Guildford Assizes.""",1235
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,1236
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"It is a matter of history, however, that a little time was still to",1237
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,elapse before the Tiger of San Pedro should meet with his deserts.,1238
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"Wily and bold, he and his companion threw their pursuer off their",1239
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,track by entering a lodging-house in Edmonton Street and leaving by,1240
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,the back-gate into Curzon Square. From that day they were seen no,1241
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,more in England. Some six months afterwards the Marquess of Montalva,1242
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"and Signor Rulli, his secretary, were both murdered in their rooms at",1243
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"the Hotel Escurial at Madrid. The crime was ascribed to Nihilism, and",1244
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,the murderers were never arrested. Inspector Baynes visited us at,1245
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,Baker Street with a printed description of the dark face of the,1246
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"secretary, and of the masterful features, the magnetic black eyes,",1247
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"and the tufted brows of his master. We could not doubt that justice,",1248
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"if belated, had come at last.",1249
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,1250
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""A chaotic case, my dear Watson,"" said Holmes over an evening pipe.",1251
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""It will not be possible for you to present in that compact form",1252
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"which is dear to your heart. It covers two continents, concerns two",1253
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"groups of mysterious persons, and is further complicated by the",1254
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"highly respectable presence of our friend, Scott Eccles, whose",1255
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,inclusion shows me that the deceased Garcia had a scheming mind and a,1256
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,well-developed instinct of self-preservation. It is remarkable only,1257
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"for the fact that amid a perfect jungle of possibilities we, with our",1258
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"worthy collaborator, the inspector, have kept our close hold on the",1259
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,essentials and so been guided along the crooked and winding path. Is,1260
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"there any point which is not quite clear to you?""",1261
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,1262
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""The object of the mulatto cook's return?""",1263
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,1264
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""I think that the strange creature in the kitchen may account for it.",1265
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"The man was a primitive savage from the backwoods of San Pedro, and",1266
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,this was his fetish. When his companion and he had fled to some,1267
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"prearranged retreat--already occupied, no doubt by a confederate--the",1268
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,companion had persuaded him to leave so compromising an article of,1269
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"furniture. But the mulatto's heart was with it, and he was driven",1270
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"back to it next day, when, on reconnoitering through the window, he",1271
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"found policeman Walters in possession. He waited three days longer,",1272
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,and then his piety or his superstition drove him to try once more.,1273
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"Inspector Baynes, who, with his usual astuteness, had minimized the",1274
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"incident before me, had really recognized its importance and had left",1275
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"a trap into which the creature walked. Any other point, Watson?""",1276
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,1277
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""The torn bird, the pail of blood, the charred bones, all the mystery",1278
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"of that weird kitchen?""",1279
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,1280
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,Holmes smiled as he turned up an entry in his note-book.,1281
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,1282
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""I spent a morning in the British Museum reading up on that and other",1283
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,points. Here is a quotation from Eckermann's Voodooism and the,1284
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,Negroid Religions:,1285
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,1286
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""'The true voodoo-worshipper attempts nothing of importance without",1287
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,certain sacrifices which are intended to propitiate his unclean gods.,1288
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,In extreme cases these rites take the form of human sacrifices,1289
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"followed by cannibalism. The more usual victims are a white cock,",1290
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"which is plucked in pieces alive, or a black goat, whose throat is",1291
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,cut and body burned.',1292
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,1293
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""So you see our savage friend was very orthodox in his ritual. It is",1294
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"grotesque, Watson,"" Holmes added, as he slowly fastened his notebook,",1295
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"""but, as I have had occasion to remark, there is but one step from",1296
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,"the grotesque to the horrible.""",1297
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge,,1298
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,THE ADVENTURE OF THE CARDBOARD BOX,1
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,2
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,In choosing a few typical cases which illustrate the remarkable,3
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"mental qualities of my friend, Sherlock Holmes, I have endeavoured,",4
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"as far as possible, to select those which presented the minimum of",5
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"sensationalism, while offering a fair field for his talents. It is,",6
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"however, unfortunately impossible entirely to separate the",7
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"sensational from the criminal, and a chronicler is left in the",8
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,dilemma that he must either sacrifice details which are essential to,9
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"his statement and so give a false impression of the problem, or he",10
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"must use matter which chance, and not choice, has provided him with.",11
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,With this short preface I shall turn to my notes of what proved to be,12
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"a strange, though a peculiarly terrible, chain of events.",13
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,14
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"It was a blazing hot day in August. Baker Street was like an oven,",15
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,and the glare of the sunlight upon the yellow brickwork of the house,16
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,across the road was painful to the eye. It was hard to believe that,17
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,these were the same walls which loomed so gloomily through the fogs,18
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"of winter. Our blinds were half-drawn, and Holmes lay curled upon the",19
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"sofa, reading and re-reading a letter which he had received by the",20
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"morning post. For myself, my term of service in India had trained me",21
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"to stand heat better than cold, and a thermometer at ninety was no",22
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,hardship. But the morning paper was uninteresting. Parliament had,23
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"risen. Everybody was out of town, and I yearned for the glades of the",24
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,New Forest or the shingle of Southsea. A depleted bank account had,25
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"caused me to postpone my holiday, and as to my companion, neither the",26
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,country nor the sea presented the slightest attraction to him. He,27
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"loved to lie in the very center of five millions of people, with his",28
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"filaments stretching out and running through them, responsive to",29
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,every little rumour or suspicion of unsolved crime. Appreciation of,30
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"nature found no place among his many gifts, and his only change was",31
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,when he turned his mind from the evil-doer of the town to track down,32
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,his brother of the country.,33
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,34
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,Finding that Holmes was too absorbed for conversation I had tossed,35
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"side the barren paper, and leaning back in my chair I fell into a",36
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,brown study. Suddenly my companion's voice broke in upon my thoughts:,37
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,38
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""You are right, Watson,"" said he. ""It does seem a most preposterous",39
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"way of settling a dispute.""",40
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,41
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""Most preposterous!"" I exclaimed, and then suddenly realizing how he",42
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"had echoed the inmost thought of my soul, I sat up in my chair and",43
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,stared at him in blank amazement.,44
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,45
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""What is this, Holmes?"" I cried. ""This is beyond anything which I",46
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"could have imagined.""",47
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,48
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,He laughed heartily at my perplexity.,49
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,50
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""You remember,"" said he, ""that some little time ago when I read you",51
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,the passage in one of Poe's sketches in which a close reasoner,52
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"follows the unspoken thoughts of his companion, you were inclined to",53
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,treat the matter as a mere tour-de-force of the author. On my,54
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,remarking that I was constantly in the habit of doing the same thing,55
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"you expressed incredulity.""",56
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,57
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""Oh, no!""",58
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,59
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""Perhaps not with your tongue, my dear Watson, but certainly with",60
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,your eyebrows. So when I saw you throw down your paper and enter upon,61
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"a train of thought, I was very happy to have the opportunity of",62
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"reading it off, and eventually of breaking into it, as a proof that I",63
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"had been in rapport with you.""",64
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,65
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"But I was still far from satisfied. ""In the example which you read to",66
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"me,"" said I, ""the reasoner drew his conclusions from the actions of",67
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"the man whom he observed. If I remember right, he stumbled over a",68
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"heap of stones, looked up at the stars, and so on. But I have been",69
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"seated quietly in my chair, and what clues can I have given you?""",70
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,71
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""You do yourself an injustice. The features are given to man as the",72
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"means by which he shall express his emotions, and yours are faithful",73
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"servants.""",74
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,75
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""Do you mean to say that you read my train of thoughts from my",76
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"features?""",77
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,78
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""Your features and especially your eyes. Perhaps you cannot yourself",79
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"recall how your reverie commenced?""",80
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,81
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""No, I cannot.""",82
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,83
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""Then I will tell you. After throwing down your paper, which was the",84
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"action which drew my attention to you, you sat for half a minute with",85
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,a vacant expression. Then your eyes fixed themselves upon your newly,86
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"framed picture of General Gordon, and I saw by the alteration in your",87
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,face that a train of thought had been started. But it did not lead,88
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,very far. Your eyes flashed across to the unframed portrait of Henry,89
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,Ward Beecher which stands upon the top of your books. Then you,90
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"glanced up at the wall, and of course your meaning was obvious. You",91
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,were thinking that if the portrait were framed it would just cover,92
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"that bare space and correspond with Gordon's picture there.""",93
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,94
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""You have followed me wonderfully!"" I exclaimed.",95
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,96
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""So far I could hardly have gone astray. But now your thoughts went",97
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"back to Beecher, and you looked hard across as if you were studying",98
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"the character in his features. Then your eyes ceased to pucker, but",99
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"you continued to look across, and your face was thoughtful. You were",100
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,recalling the incidents of Beecher's career. I was well aware that,101
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,you could not do this without thinking of the mission which he,102
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"undertook on behalf of the North at the time of the Civil War, for I",103
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,remember your expressing your passionate indignation at the way in,104
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,which he was received by the more turbulent of our people. You felt,105
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,so strongly about it that I knew you could not think of Beecher,106
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,without thinking of that also. When a moment later I saw your eyes,107
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"wander away from the picture, I suspected that your mind had now",108
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"turned to the Civil War, and when I observed that your lips set, your",109
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"eyes sparkled, and your hands clenched I was positive that you were",110
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,indeed thinking of the gallantry which was shown by both sides in,111
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"that desperate struggle. But then, again, your face grew sadder, you",112
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,shook your head. You were dwelling upon the sadness and horror and,113
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,useless waste of life. Your hand stole towards your own old wound and,114
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"a smile quivered on your lips, which showed me that the ridiculous",115
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,side of this method of settling international questions had forced,116
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,itself upon your mind. At this point I agreed with you that it was,117
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,preposterous and was glad to find that all my deductions had been,118
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"correct.""",119
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,120
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""Absolutely!"" said I. ""And now that you have explained it, I confess",121
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"that I am as amazed as before.""",122
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,123
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""It was very superficial, my dear Watson, I assure you. I should not",124
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,have intruded it upon your attention had you not shown some,125
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,incredulity the other day. But I have in my hands here a little,126
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,problem which may prove to be more difficult of solution than my,127
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,small essay in thought reading. Have you observed in the paper a,128
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,short paragraph referring to the remarkable contents of a packet sent,129
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"through the post to Miss Cushing, of Cross Street, Croydon?""",130
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,131
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""No, I saw nothing.""",132
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,133
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""Ah! then you must have overlooked it. Just toss it over to me. Here",134
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"it is, under the financial column. Perhaps you would be good enough",135
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"to read it aloud.""",136
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,137
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,I picked up the paper which he had thrown back to me and read the,138
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"paragraph indicated. It was headed, ""A Gruesome Packet.""",139
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,140
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""Miss Susan Cushing, living at Cross Street, Croydon, has been made",141
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,the victim of what must be regarded as a peculiarly revolting,142
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,practical joke unless some more sinister meaning should prove to be,143
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,attached to the incident. At two o'clock yesterday afternoon a small,144
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"packet, wrapped in brown paper, was handed in by the postman. A",145
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"cardboard box was inside, which was filled with coarse salt. On",146
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"emptying this, Miss Cushing was horrified to find two human ears,",147
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,apparently quite freshly severed. The box had been sent by parcel,148
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,post from Belfast upon the morning before. There is no indication as,149
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"to the sender, and the matter is the more mysterious as Miss Cushing,",150
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"who is a maiden lady of fifty, has led a most retired life, and has",151
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,so few acquaintances or correspondents that it is a rare event for,152
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"her to receive anything through the post. Some years ago, however,",153
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"when she resided at Penge, she let apartments in her house to three",154
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"young medical students, whom she was obliged to get rid of on account",155
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,of their noisy and irregular habits. The police are of opinion that,156
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,this outrage may have been perpetrated upon Miss Cushing by these,157
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"youths, who owed her a grudge and who hoped to frighten her by",158
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,sending her these relics of the dissecting-rooms. Some probability is,159
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,lent to the theory by the fact that one of these students came from,160
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"the north of Ireland, and, to the best of Miss Cushing's belief, from",161
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"Belfast. In the meantime, the matter is being actively investigated,",162
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"Mr. Lestrade, one of the very smartest of our detective officers,",163
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"being in charge of the case.""",164
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,165
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""So much for the Daily Chronicle,"" said Holmes as I finished reading.",166
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""Now for our friend Lestrade. I had a note from him this morning, in",167
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,which he says:,168
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,169
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""I think that this case is very much in your line. We have every hope",170
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"of clearing the matter up, but we find a little difficulty in getting",171
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"anything to work upon. We have, of course, wired to the Belfast",172
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"post-office, but a large number of parcels were handed in upon that",173
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"day, and they have no means of identifying this particular one, or of",174
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,remembering the sender. The box is a half-pound box of honeydew,175
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,tobacco and does not help us in any way. The medical student theory,176
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"still appears to me to be the most feasible, but if you should have a",177
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,few hours to spare I should be very happy to see you out here. I,178
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,shall be either at the house or in the police-station all day.,179
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,180
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""What say you, Watson? Can you rise superior to the heat and run down",181
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"to Croydon with me on the off chance of a case for your annals?""",182
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,183
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""I was longing for something to do.""",184
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,185
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""You shall have it then. Ring for our boots and tell them to order a",186
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,cab. I'll be back in a moment when I have changed my dressing-gown,187
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"and filled my cigar-case.""",188
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,189
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"A shower of rain fell while we were in the train, and the heat was",190
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,far less oppressive in Croydon than in town. Holmes had sent on a,191
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"wire, so that Lestrade, as wiry, as dapper, and as ferret-like as",192
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"ever, was waiting for us at the station. A walk of five minutes took",193
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"us to Cross Street, where Miss Cushing resided.",194
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,195
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"It was a very long street of two-story brick houses, neat and prim,",196
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,with whitened stone steps and little groups of aproned women,197
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"gossiping at the doors. Halfway down, Lestrade stopped and tapped at",198
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"a door, which was opened by a small servant girl. Miss Cushing was",199
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"sitting in the front room, into which we were ushered. She was a",200
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"placid-faced woman, with large, gentle eyes, and grizzled hair",201
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,curving down over her temples on each side. A worked antimacassar lay,202
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,upon her lap and a basket of coloured silks stood upon a stool beside,203
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,her.,204
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,205
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""They are in the outhouse, those dreadful things,"" said she as",206
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"Lestrade entered. ""I wish that you would take them away altogether.""",207
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,208
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""So I shall, Miss Cushing. I only kept them here until my friend, Mr.",209
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"Holmes, should have seen them in your presence.""",210
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,211
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""Why in my presence, sir?""",212
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,213
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""In case he wished to ask any questions.""",214
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,215
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""What is the use of asking me questions when I tell you I know",216
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"nothing whatever about it?""",217
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,218
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""Quite so, madam,"" said Holmes in his soothing way. ""I have no doubt",219
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,that you have been annoyed more than enough already over this,220
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"business.""",221
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,222
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""Indeed I have, sir. I am a quiet woman and live a retired life. It",223
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,is something new for me to see my name in the papers and to find the,224
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"police in my house. I won't have those things in here, Mr. Lestrade.",225
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"If you wish to see them you must go to the outhouse.""",226
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,227
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,It was a small shed in the narrow garden which ran behind the house.,228
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"Lestrade went in and brought out a yellow cardboard box, with a piece",229
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,of brown paper and some string. There was a bench at the end of the,230
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"path, and we all sat down while Homes examined one by one, the",231
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,articles which Lestrade had handed to him.,232
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,233
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""The string is exceedingly interesting,"" he remarked, holding it up",234
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"to the light and sniffing at it. ""What do you make of this string,",235
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"Lestrade?""",236
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,237
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""It has been tarred.""",238
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,239
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""Precisely. It is a piece of tarred twine. You have also, no doubt,",240
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"remarked that Miss Cushing has cut the cord with a scissors, as can",241
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"be seen by the double fray on each side. This is of importance.""",242
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,243
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""I cannot see the importance,"" said Lestrade.",244
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,245
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""The importance lies in the fact that the knot is left intact, and",246
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"that this knot is of a peculiar character.""",247
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,248
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""It is very neatly tied. I had already made a note of that effect,""",249
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,said Lestrade complacently.,250
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,251
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""So much for the string, then,"" said Holmes, smiling, ""now for the",252
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"box wrapper. Brown paper, with a distinct smell of coffee. What, did",253
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,you not observe it? I think there can be no doubt of it. Address,254
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"printed in rather straggling characters: 'Miss S. Cushing, Cross",255
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"Street, Croydon.' Done with a broad-pointed pen, probably a J, and",256
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,with very inferior ink. The word 'Croydon' has been originally,257
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"spelled with an 'i', which has been changed to 'y'. The parcel was",258
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"directed, then, by a man--the printing is distinctly masculine--of",259
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"limited education and unacquainted with the town of Croydon. So far,",260
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"so good! The box is a yellow, half-pound honeydew box, with nothing",261
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,distinctive save two thumb marks at the left bottom corner. It is,262
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,filled with rough salt of the quality used for preserving hides and,263
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,other of the coarser commercial purposes. And embedded in it are,264
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"these very singular enclosures.""",265
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,266
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"He took out the two ears as he spoke, and laying a board across his",267
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"knee he examined them minutely, while Lestrade and I, bending forward",268
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"on each side of him, glanced alternately at these dreadful relics and",269
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"at the thoughtful, eager face of our companion. Finally he returned",270
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,them to the box once more and sat for a while in deep meditation.,271
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,272
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""You have observed, of course,"" said he at last, ""that the ears are",273
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"not a pair.""",274
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,275
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""Yes, I have noticed that. But if this were the practical joke of",276
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"some students from the dissecting-rooms, it would be as easy for them",277
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"to send two odd ears as a pair.""",278
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,279
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""Precisely. But this is not a practical joke.""",280
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,281
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""You are sure of it?""",282
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,283
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""The presumption is strongly against it. Bodies in the",284
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,dissecting-rooms are injected with preservative fluid. These ears,285
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"bear no signs of this. They are fresh, too. They have been cut off",286
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"with a blunt instrument, which would hardly happen if a student had",287
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"done it. Again, carbolic or rectified spirits would be the",288
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"preservatives which would suggest themselves to the medical mind,",289
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,certainly not rough salt. I repeat that there is no practical joke,290
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"here, but that we are investigating a serious crime.""",291
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,292
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,A vague thrill ran through me as I listened to my companion's words,293
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,and saw the stern gravity which had hardened his features. This,294
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,brutal preliminary seemed to shadow forth some strange and,295
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"inexplicable horror in the background. Lestrade, however, shook his",296
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,head like a man who is only half convinced.,297
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,298
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""There are objections to the joke theory, no doubt,"" said he, ""but",299
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,there are much stronger reasons against the other. We know that this,300
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,woman has led a most quiet and respectable life at Penge and here for,301
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,the last twenty years. She has hardly been away from her home for a,302
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"day during that time. Why on earth, then, should any criminal send",303
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"her the proofs of his guilt, especially as, unless she is a most",304
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"consummate actress, she understands quite as little of the matter as",305
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"we do?""",306
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,307
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""That is the problem which we have to solve,"" Holmes answered, ""and",308
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,for my part I shall set about it by presuming that my reasoning is,309
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"correct, and that a double murder has been committed. One of these",310
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"ears is a woman's, small, finely formed, and pierced for an earring.",311
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"The other is a man's, sun-burned, discoloured, and also pierced for",312
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"an earring. These two people are presumably dead, or we should have",313
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,heard their story before now. To-day is Friday. The packet was posted,314
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"on Thursday morning. The tragedy, then, occurred on Wednesday or",315
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"Tuesday, or earlier. If the two people were murdered, who but their",316
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,murderer would have sent this sign of his work to Miss Cushing? We,317
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,may take it that the sender of the packet is the man whom we want.,318
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,But he must have some strong reason for sending Miss Cushing this,319
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,packet. What reason then? It must have been to tell her that the deed,320
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"was done; or to pain her, perhaps. But in that case she knows who it",321
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"is. Does she know? I doubt it. If she knew, why should she call the",322
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"police in? She might have buried the ears, and no one would have been",323
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,the wiser. That is what she would have done if she had wished to,324
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,shield the criminal. But if she does not wish to shield him she would,325
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"give his name. There is a tangle here which needs straightening out.""",326
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"He had been talking in a high, quick voice, staring blankly up over",327
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"the garden fence, but now he sprang briskly to his feet and walked",328
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,towards the house.,329
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,330
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""I have a few questions to ask Miss Cushing,"" said he.",331
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,332
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""In that case I may leave you here,"" said Lestrade, ""for I have",333
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,another small business on hand. I think that I have nothing further,334
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"to learn from Miss Cushing. You will find me at the police-station.""",335
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,336
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""We shall look in on our way to the train,"" answered Holmes. A moment",337
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"later he and I were back in the front room, where the impassive lady",338
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,was still quietly working away at her antimacassar. She put it down,339
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"on her lap as we entered and looked at us with her frank, searching",340
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,blue eyes.,341
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,342
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""I am convinced, sir,"" she said, ""that this matter is a mistake, and",343
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,that the parcel was never meant for me at all. I have said this,344
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"several times to the gentlemen from Scotland Yard, but he simply",345
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"laughs at me. I have not an enemy in the world, as far as I know, so",346
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"why should anyone play me such a trick?""",347
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,348
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""I am coming to be of the same opinion, Miss Cushing,"" said Holmes,",349
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"taking a seat beside her. ""I think that it is more than probable--""",350
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"He paused, and I was surprised, on glancing round to see that he was",351
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,staring with singular intentness at the lady's profile. Surprise and,352
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"satisfaction were both for an instant to be read upon his eager face,",353
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,though when she glanced round to find out the cause of his silence he,354
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"had become as demure as ever. I stared hard myself at her flat,",355
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"grizzled hair, her trim cap, her little gilt earrings, her placid",356
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,features; but I could see nothing which could account for my,357
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,companion's evident excitement.,358
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,359
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""There were one or two questions--""",360
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,361
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""Oh, I am weary of questions!"" cried Miss Cushing impatiently.",362
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,363
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""You have two sisters, I believe.""",364
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,365
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""How could you know that?""",366
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,367
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""I observed the very instant that I entered the room that you have a",368
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"portrait group of three ladies upon the mantelpiece, one of whom is",369
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"undoubtedly yourself, while the others are so exceedingly like you",370
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"that there could be no doubt of the relationship.""",371
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,372
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""Yes, you are quite right. Those are my sisters, Sarah and Mary.""",373
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,374
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""And here at my elbow is another portrait, taken at Liverpool, of",375
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"your younger sister, in the company of a man who appears to be a",376
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,steward by his uniform. I observe that she was unmarried at the,377
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"time.""",378
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,379
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""You are very quick at observing.""",380
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,381
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""That is my trade.""",382
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,383
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""Well, you are quite right.  But she was married to Mr. Browner a few",384
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,days afterwards. He was on the South American line when that was,385
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"taken, but he was so fond of her that he couldn't abide to leave her",386
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"for so long, and he got into the Liverpool and London boats.""",387
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,388
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""Ah, the Conqueror, perhaps?""",389
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,390
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""No, the May Day, when last I heard. Jim came down here to see me",391
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,once. That was before he broke the pledge; but afterwards he would,392
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"always take drink when he was ashore, and a little drink would send",393
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"him stark, staring mad. Ah! it was a bad day that ever he took a",394
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"glass in his hand again. First he dropped me, then he quarrelled with",395
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"Sarah, and now that Mary has stopped writing we don't know how things",396
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"are going with them.""",397
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,398
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,It was evident that Miss Cushing had come upon a subject on which she,399
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"felt very deeply. Like most people who lead a lonely life, she was",400
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"shy at first, but ended by becoming extremely communicative. She told",401
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"us many details about her brother-in-law the steward, and then",402
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"wandering off on the subject of her former lodgers, the medical",403
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"students, she gave us a long account of their delinquencies, with",404
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,their names and those of their hospitals. Holmes listened attentively,405
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"to everything, throwing in a question from time to time.",406
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,407
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""About your second sister, Sarah,"" said he. ""I wonder, since you are",408
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"both maiden ladies, that you do not keep house together.""",409
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,410
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""Ah! you don't know Sarah's temper or you would wonder no more. I",411
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"tried it when I came to Croydon, and we kept on until about two",412
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"months ago, when we had to part. I don't want to say a word against",413
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"my own sister, but she was always meddlesome and hard to please, was",414
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"Sarah.""",415
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,416
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""You say that she quarrelled with your Liverpool relations.""",417
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,418
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""Yes, and they were the best of friends at one time. Why, she went up",419
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,there to live in order to be near them. And now she has no word hard,420
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,enough for Jim Browner. The last six months that she was here she,421
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,would speak of nothing but his drinking and his ways. He had caught,422
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"her meddling, I suspect, and given her a bit of his mind, and that",423
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"was the start of it.""",424
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,425
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""Thank you, Miss Cushing,"" said Holmes, rising and bowing. ""Your",426
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"sister Sarah lives, I think you said, at New Street, Wallington?",427
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"Good-bye, and I am very sorry that you should have been troubled over",428
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"a case with which, as you say, you have nothing whatever to do.""",429
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,430
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"There was a cab passing as we came out, and Holmes hailed it.",431
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,432
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""How far to Wallington?"" he asked.",433
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,434
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""Only about a mile, sir.""",435
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,436
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""Very good. Jump in, Watson. We must strike while the iron is hot.",437
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"Simple as the case is, there have been one or two very instructive",438
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,details in connection with it. Just pull up at a telegraph office as,439
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"you pass, cabby.""",440
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,441
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,Holmes sent off a short wire and for the rest of the drive lay back,442
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"in the cab, with his hat tilted over his nose to keep the sun from",443
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,his face. Our drive pulled up at a house which was not unlike the one,444
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"which we had just quitted. My companion ordered him to wait, and had",445
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"his hand upon the knocker, when the door opened and a grave young",446
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"gentleman in black, with a very shiny hat, appeared on the step.",447
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,448
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""Is Miss Cushing at home?"" asked Holmes.",449
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,450
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""Miss Sarah Cushing is extremely ill,"" said he. ""She has been",451
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,suffering since yesterday from brain symptoms of great severity. As,452
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"her medical adviser, I cannot possibly take the responsibility of",453
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,allowing anyone to see her. I should recommend you to call again in,454
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"ten days."" He drew on his gloves, closed the door, and marched off",455
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,down the street.,456
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,457
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""Well, if we can't we can't,"" said Holmes, cheerfully.",458
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,459
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""Perhaps she could not or would not have told you much.""",460
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,461
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""I did not wish her to tell me anything. I only wanted to look at",462
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"her. However, I think that I have got all that I want. Drive us to",463
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"some decent hotel, cabby, where we may have some lunch, and",464
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,afterwards we shall drop down upon friend Lestrade at the,465
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"police-station.""",466
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,467
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"We had a pleasant little meal together, during which Holmes would",468
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"talk about nothing but violins, narrating with great exultation how",469
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"he had purchased his own Stradivarius, which was worth at least five",470
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"hundred guineas, at a Jew broker's in Tottenham Court Road for",471
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"fifty-five shillings. This led him to Paganini, and we sat for an",472
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,hour over a bottle of claret while he told me anecdote after anecdote,473
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,of that extraordinary man. The afternoon was far advanced and the hot,474
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,glare had softened into a mellow glow before we found ourselves at,475
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,the police-station. Lestrade was waiting for us at the door.,476
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,477
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""A telegram for you, Mr. Holmes,"" said he.",478
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,479
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""Ha! It is the answer!"" He tore it open, glanced his eyes over it,",480
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"and crumpled it into his pocket. ""That's all right,"" said he.",481
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,482
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""Have you found out anything?""",483
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,484
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""I have found out everything!""",485
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,486
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""What!"" Lestrade stared at him in amazement. ""You are joking.""",487
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,488
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""I was never more serious in my life. A shocking crime has been",489
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"committed, and I think I have now laid bare every detail of it.""",490
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,491
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""And the criminal?""",492
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,493
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,Holmes scribbled a few words upon the back of one of his visiting,494
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,cards and threw it over to Lestrade.,495
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,496
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""That is the name,"" he said. ""You cannot effect an arrest until",497
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,to-morrow night at the earliest. I should prefer that you do not,498
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"mention my name at all in connection with the case, as I choose to be",499
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,only associated with those crimes which present some difficulty in,500
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"their solution. Come on, Watson."" We strode off together to the",501
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"station, leaving Lestrade still staring with a delighted face at the",502
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,card which Holmes had thrown him.,503
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,504
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""The case,"" said Sherlock Holmes as we chatted over or cigars that",505
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"night in our rooms at Baker Street, ""is one where, as in the",506
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,investigations which you have chronicled under the names of 'A Study,507
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"in Scarlet' and of 'The Sign of Four,' we have been compelled to",508
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,reason backward from effects to causes. I have written to Lestrade,509
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"asking him to supply us with the details which are now wanting, and",510
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,which he will only get after he had secured his man. That he may be,511
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"safely trusted to do, for although he is absolutely devoid of reason,",512
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,he is as tenacious as a bulldog when he once understands what he has,513
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"to do, and indeed, it is just this tenacity which has brought him to",514
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"the top at Scotland Yard.""",515
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,516
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""Your case is not complete, then?"" I asked.",517
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,518
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""It is fairly complete in essentials. We know who the author of the",519
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"revolting business is, although one of the victims still escapes us.",520
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"Of course, you have formed your own conclusions.""",521
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,522
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""I presume that this Jim Browner, the steward of a Liverpool boat, is",523
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"the man whom you suspect?""",524
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,525
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""Oh! it is more than a suspicion.""",526
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,527
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""And yet I cannot see anything save very vague indications.""",528
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,529
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""On the contrary, to my mind nothing could be more clear. Let me run",530
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"over the principal steps. We approached the case, you remember, with",531
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"an absolutely blank mind, which is always an advantage. We had formed",532
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,no theories. We were simply there to observe and to draw inferences,533
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,from our observations. What did we see first? A very placid and,534
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"respectable lady, who seemed quite innocent of any secret, and a",535
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,portrait which showed me that she had two younger sisters. It,536
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,instantly flashed across my mind that the box might have been meant,537
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,for one of these. I set the idea aside as one which could be,538
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"disproved or confirmed at our leisure. Then we went to the garden, as",539
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"you remember, and we saw the very singular contents of the little",540
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,yellow box.,541
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,542
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""The string was of the quality which is used by sail-makers aboard",543
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"ship, and at once a whiff of the sea was perceptible in our",544
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,investigation. When I observed that the knot was one which is popular,545
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"with sailors, that the parcel had been posted at a port, and that the",546
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,male ear was pierced for an earring which is so much more common,547
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"among sailors than landsmen, I was quite certain that all the actors",548
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,in the tragedy were to be found among our seafaring classes.,549
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,550
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""When I came to examine the address of the packet I observed that it",551
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"was to Miss S. Cushing. Now, the oldest sister would, of course, be",552
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"Miss Cushing, and although her initial was 'S' it might belong to one",553
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,of the others as well. In that case we should have to commence our,554
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,investigation from a fresh basis altogether. I therefore went into,555
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,the house with the intention of clearing up this point. I was about,556
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,to assure Miss Cushing that I was convinced that a mistake had been,557
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,made when you may remember that I came suddenly to a stop. The fact,558
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,was that I had just seen something which filled me with surprise and,559
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,at the same time narrowed the field of our inquiry immensely.,560
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,561
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""As a medical man, you are aware, Watson, that there is no part of",562
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,the body which varies so much as the human ear. Each ear is as a rule,563
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,quite distinctive and differs from all other ones. In last year's,564
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,Anthropological Journal you will find two short monographs from my,565
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"pen upon the subject. I had, therefore, examined the ears in the box",566
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,with the eyes of an expert and had carefully noted their anatomical,567
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"peculiarities. Imagine my surprise, then, when on looking at Miss",568
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,Cushing I perceived that her ear corresponded exactly with the female,569
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,ear which I had just inspected. The matter was entirely beyond,570
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"coincidence. There was the same shortening of the pinna, the same",571
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"broad curve of the upper lobe, the same convolution of the inner",572
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,cartilage. In all essentials it was the same ear.,573
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,574
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""In the first place, her sister's name was Sarah, and her address had",575
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"until recently been the same, so that it was quite obvious how the",576
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,mistake had occurred and for whom the packet was meant. Then we heard,577
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"of this steward, married to the third sister, and learned that he had",578
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,at one time been so intimate with Miss Sarah that she had actually,579
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"gone up to Liverpool to be near the Browners, but a quarrel had",580
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,afterwards divided them. This quarrel had put a stop to all,581
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"communications for some months, so that if Browner had occasion to",582
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"address a packet to Miss Sarah, he would undoubtedly have done so to",583
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,her old address.,584
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,585
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""And now the matter had begun to straighten itself out wonderfully.",586
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"We had learned of the existence of this steward, an impulsive man, of",587
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,strong passions--you remember that he threw up what must have been a,588
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"very superior berth in order to be nearer to his wife--subject, too,",589
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,to occasional fits of hard drinking. We had reason to believe that,590
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"his wife had been murdered, and that a man--presumably a seafaring",591
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"man--had been murdered at the same time. Jealousy, of course, at once",592
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,suggests itself as the motive for the crime. And why should these,593
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,proofs of the deed be sent to Miss Sarah Cushing? Probably because,594
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,during her residence in Liverpool she had some hand in bringing about,595
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,the events which led to the tragedy. You will observe that this line,596
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"of boats call at Belfast, Dublin, and Waterford; so that, presuming",597
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,that Browner had committed the deed and had embarked at once upon his,598
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"steamer, the May Day, Belfast would be the first place at which he",599
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,could post his terrible packet.,600
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,601
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""A second solution was at this stage obviously possible, and although",602
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"I thought it exceedingly unlikely, I was determined to elucidate it",603
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,before going further. An unsuccessful lover might have killed Mr. and,604
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"Mrs. Browner, and the male ear might have belonged to the husband.",605
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"There were many grave objections to this theory, but it was",606
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"conceivable. I therefore sent off a telegram to my friend Algar, of",607
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"the Liverpool force, and asked him to find out if Mrs. Browner were",608
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"at home, and if Browner had departed in the May Day. Then we went on",609
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,to Wallington to visit Miss Sarah.,610
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,611
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""I was curious, in the first place, to see how far the family ear had",612
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"been reproduced in her. Then, of course, she might give us very",613
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"important information, but I was not sanguine that she would. She",614
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"must have heard of the business the day before, since all Croydon was",615
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"ringing with it, and she alone could have understood for whom the",616
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,packet was meant. If she had been willing to help justice she would,617
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"probably have communicated with the police already. However, it was",618
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"clearly our duty to see her, so we went. We found that the news of",619
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,the arrival of the packet--for her illness dated from that time--had,620
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,such an effect upon her as to bring on brain fever. It was clearer,621
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"than ever that she understood its full significance, but equally",622
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,clear that we should have to wait some time for any assistance from,623
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,her.,624
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,625
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""However, we were really independent of her help. Our answers were",626
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"waiting for us at the police-station, where I had directed Algar to",627
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,send them. Nothing could be more conclusive. Mrs. Browner's house had,628
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"been closed for more than three days, and the neighbours were of",629
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,opinion that she had gone south to see her relatives. It had been,630
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,ascertained at the shipping offices that Browner had left aboard of,631
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"the May Day, and I calculate that she is due in the Thames tomorrow",632
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,night. When he arrives he will be met by the obtuse but resolute,633
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"Lestrade, and I have no doubt that we shall have all our details",634
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"filled in.""",635
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,636
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,Sherlock Holmes was not disappointed in his expectations. Two days,637
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"later he received a bulky envelope, which contained a short note from",638
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"the detective, and a typewritten document, which covered several",639
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,pages of foolscap.,640
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,641
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""Lestrade has got him all right,"" said Holmes, glancing up at me.",642
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""Perhaps it would interest you to hear what he says.",643
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,644
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""My dear Mr. Holmes:",645
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""In accordance with the scheme which we had formed in order to test",646
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"our theories"" [""the 'we' is rather fine, Watson, is it not?""] ""I went",647
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"down to the Albert Dock yesterday at 6 p.m., and boarded the S.S. May",648
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"Day, belonging to the Liverpool, Dublin, and London Steam Packet",649
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"Company. On inquiry, I found that there was a steward on board of the",650
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,name of James Browner and that he had acted during the voyage in such,651
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,an extraordinary manner that the captain had been compelled to,652
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"relieve him of his duties. On descending to his berth, I found him",653
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"seated upon a chest with his head sunk upon his hands, rocking",654
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"himself to and fro. He is a big, powerful chap, clean-shaven, and",655
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"very swarthy--something like Aldrige, who helped us in the bogus",656
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"laundry affair. He jumped up when he heard my business, and I had my",657
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"whistle to my lips to call a couple of river police, who were round",658
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"the corner, but he seemed to have no heart in him, and he held out",659
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,his hands quietly enough for the darbies. We brought him along to the,660
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"cells, and his box as well, for we thought there might be something",661
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"incriminating; but, bar a big sharp knife such as most sailors have,",662
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"we got nothing for our trouble. However, we find that we shall want",663
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"no more evidence, for on being brought before the inspector at the",664
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"station he asked leave to make a statement, which was, of course,",665
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"taken down, just as he made it, by our shorthand man. We had three",666
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"copies typewritten, one of which I enclose. The affair proves, as I",667
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"always thought it would, to be an extremely simple one, but I am",668
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,obliged to you for assisting me in my investigation. With kind,669
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"regards,",670
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""Yours very truly,",671
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""G. Lestrade.",672
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,673
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""Hum! The investigation really was a very simple one,"" remarked",674
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"Holmes, ""but I don't think it struck him in that light when he first",675
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"called us in. However, let us see what Jim Browner has to say for",676
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,himself. This is his statement as made before Inspector Montgomery at,677
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"the Shadwell Police Station, and it has the advantage of being",678
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"verbatim.""",679
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,680
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""'Have I anything to say? Yes, I have a deal to say. I have to make a",681
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"clean breast of it all. You can hang me, or you can leave me alone. I",682
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,don't care a plug which you do. I tell you I've not shut an eye in,683
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"sleep since I did it, and I don't believe I ever will again until I",684
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"get past all waking. Sometimes it's his face, but most generally it's",685
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,hers. I'm never without one or the other before me. He looks frowning,686
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"and black-like, but she has a kind o' surprise upon her face. Ay, the",687
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"white lamb, she might well be surprised when she read death on a face",688
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,that had seldom looked anything but love upon her before.,689
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,690
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""'But it was Sarah's fault, and may the curse of a broken man put a",691
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,blight on her and set the blood rotting in her veins! It's not that I,692
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"want to clear myself. I know that I went back to drink, like the",693
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,beast that I was. But she would have forgiven me; she would have,694
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,stuck as close to me as a rope to a block if that woman had never,695
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,darkened our door. For Sarah Cushing loved me--that's the root of the,696
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,business--she loved me until all her love turned to poisonous hate,697
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,when she knew that I thought more of my wife's footmark in the mud,698
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,than I did of her whole body and soul.,699
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,700
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""'There were three sisters altogether. The old one was just a good",701
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"woman, the second was a devil, and the third was an angel. Sarah was",702
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"thirty-three, and Mary was twenty-nine when I married. We were just",703
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"as happy as the day was long when we set up house together, and in",704
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,all Liverpool there was no better woman than my Mary. And then we,705
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"asked Sarah up for a week, and the week grew into a month, and one",706
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"thing led to another, until she was just one of ourselves.",707
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,708
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""'I was blue ribbon at that time, and we were putting a little money",709
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"by, and all was as bright as a new dollar. My God, whoever would have",710
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,thought that it could have come to this? Whoever would have dreamed,711
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,it?,712
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,713
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""'I used to be home for the week-ends very often, and sometimes if",714
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,the ship were held back for cargo I would have a whole week at a,715
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"time, and in this way I saw a deal of my sister-in-law, Sarah. She",716
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"was a fine tall woman, black and quick and fierce, with a proud way",717
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"of carrying her head, and a glint from her eye like a spark from a",718
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"flint. But when little Mary was there I had never a thought of her,",719
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,and that I swear as I hope for God's mercy.,720
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,721
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""'It had seemed to me sometimes that she liked to be alone with me,",722
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"or to coax me out for a walk with her, but I had never thought",723
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,anything of that. But one evening my eyes were opened. I had come up,724
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"from the ship and found my wife out, but Sarah at home. ""Where's",725
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"Mary?"" I asked. ""Oh, she has gone to pay some accounts."" I was",726
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"impatient and paced up and down the room. ""Can't you be happy for",727
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"five minutes without Mary, Jim?"" says she. ""It's a bad compliment to",728
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"me that you can't be contented with my society for so short a time.""",729
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""That's all right, my lass,"" said I, putting out my hand towards her",730
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"in a kindly way, but she had it in both hers in an instant, and they",731
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,burned as if they were in a fever. I looked into her eyes and I read,732
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"it all there. There was no need for her to speak, nor for me either.",733
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,I frowned and drew my hand away. Then she stood by my side in silence,734
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"for a bit, and then put up her hand and patted me on the shoulder.",735
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""Steady old Jim!"" said she, and with a kind o' mocking laugh, she ran",736
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,out of the room.,737
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,738
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""'Well, from that time Sarah hated me with her whole heart and soul,",739
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"and she is a woman who can hate, too. I was a fool to let her go on",740
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"biding with us--a besotted fool--but I never said a word to Mary, for",741
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"I knew it would grieve her. Things went on much as before, but after",742
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,a time I began to find that there was a bit of a change in Mary,743
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"herself. She had always been so trusting and so innocent, but now she",744
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"became queer and suspicious, wanting to know where I had been and",745
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"what I had been doing, and whom my letters were from, and what I had",746
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"in my pockets, and a thousand such follies. Day by day she grew",747
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"queerer and more irritable, and we had ceaseless rows about nothing.",748
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"I was fairly puzzled by it all. Sarah avoided me now, but she and",749
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,Mary were just inseparable. I can see now how she was plotting and,750
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"scheming and poisoning my wife's mind against me, but I was such a",751
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,blind beetle that I could not understand it at the time. Then I broke,752
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"my blue ribbon and began to drink again, but I think I should not",753
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,have done it if Mary had been the same as ever. She had some reason,754
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"to be disgusted with me now, and the gap between us began to be wider",755
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"and wider. And then this Alec Fairbairn chipped in, and things became",756
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,a thousand times blacker.,757
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,758
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""'It was to see Sarah that he came to my house first, but soon it was",759
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"to see us, for he was a man with winning ways, and he made friends",760
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"wherever he went. He was a dashing, swaggering chap, smart and",761
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"curled, who had seen half the world and could talk of what he had",762
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"seen. He was good company, I won't deny it, and he had wonderful",763
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"polite ways with him for a sailor man, so that I think there must",764
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,have been a time when he knew more of the poop than the forecastle.,765
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"For a month he was in and out of my house, and never once did it",766
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"cross my mind that harm might come of his soft, tricky ways. And then",767
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"at last something made me suspect, and from that day my peace was",768
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,gone forever.,769
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,770
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""'It was only a little thing, too. I had come into the parlour",771
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"unexpected, and as I walked in at the door I saw a light of welcome",772
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"on my wife's face. But as she saw who it was it faded again, and she",773
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,turned away with a look of disappointment. That was enough for me.,774
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,There was no one but Alec Fairbairn whose step she could have,775
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,mistaken for mine. If I could have seen him then I should have killed,776
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"him, for I have always been like a madman when my temper gets loose.",777
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"Mary saw the devil's light in my eyes, and she ran forward with her",778
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"hands on my sleeve. ""Don't, Jim, don't!"" says she. ""Where's Sarah?"" I",779
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"asked. ""In the kitchen,"" says she. ""Sarah,"" says I as I went in,",780
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""this man Fairbairn is never to darken my door again."" ""Why not?""",781
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"says she. ""Because I order it."" ""Oh!"" says she, ""if my friends are",782
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"not good enough for this house, then I am not good enough for it",783
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"either."" ""You can do what you like,"" says I, ""but if Fairbairn shows",784
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"his face here again I'll send you one of his ears for a keepsake.""",785
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"She was frightened by my face, I think, for she never answered a",786
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"word, and the same evening she left my house.",787
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,788
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""'Well, I don't know now whether it was pure devilry on the part of",789
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"this woman, or whether she thought that she could turn me against my",790
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"wife by encouraging her to misbehave. Anyway, she took a house just",791
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,two streets off and let lodgings to sailors. Fairbairn used to stay,792
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"there, and Mary would go round to have tea with her sister and him.",793
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"How often she went I don't know, but I followed her one day, and as I",794
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"broke in at the door Fairbairn got away over the back garden wall,",795
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,like the cowardly skunk that he was. I swore to my wife that I would,796
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"kill her if I found her in his company again, and I led her back with",797
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"me, sobbing and trembling, and as white as a piece of paper. There",798
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,was no trace of love between us any longer. I could see that she,799
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"hated me and feared me, and when the thought of it drove me to drink,",800
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,then she despised me as well.,801
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,802
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""'Well, Sarah found that she could not make a living in Liverpool, so",803
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"she went back, as I understand, to live with her sister in Croydon,",804
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,and things jogged on much the same as ever at home. And then came,805
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,this week and all the misery and ruin.,806
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,807
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""'It was in this way. We had gone on the May Day for a round voyage",808
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"of seven days, but a hogshead got loose and started one of our",809
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"plates, so that we had to put back into port for twelve hours. I left",810
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"the ship and came home, thinking what a surprise it would be for my",811
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"wife, and hoping that maybe she would be glad to see me so soon. The",812
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"thought was in my head as I turned into my own street, and at that",813
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"moment a cab passed me, and there she was, sitting by the side of",814
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"Fairbairn, the two chatting and laughing, with never a thought for me",815
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,as I stood watching them from the footpath.,816
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,817
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""'I tell you, and I give you my word for it, that from that moment I",818
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"was not my own master, and it is all like a dim dream when I look",819
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"back on it. I had been drinking hard of late, and the two things",820
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,together fairly turned my brain. There's something throbbing in my,821
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"head now, like a docker's hammer, but that morning I seemed to have",822
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,all Niagara whizzing and buzzing in my ears.,823
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,824
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""'Well, I took to my heels, and I ran after the cab. I had a heavy",825
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"oak stick in my hand, and I tell you I saw red from the first; but as",826
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"I ran I got cunning, too, and hung back a little to see them without",827
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,being seen. They pulled up soon at the railway station. There was a,828
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"good crowd round the booking-office, so I got quite close to them",829
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"without being seen. They took tickets for New Brighton. So did I, but",830
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,I got in three carriages behind them. When we reached it they walked,831
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"along the Parade, and I was never more than a hundred yards from",832
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"them. At last I saw them hire a boat and start for a row, for it was",833
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"a very hot day, and they thought, no doubt, that it would be cooler",834
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,on the water.,835
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,836
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""'It was just as if they had been given into my hands. There was a",837
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"bit of a haze, and you could not see more than a few hundred yards. I",838
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"hired a boat for myself, and I pulled after them. I could see the",839
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"blur of their craft, but they were going nearly as fast as I, and",840
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,they must have been a long mile from the shore before I caught them,841
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"up. The haze was like a curtain all round us, and there were we three",842
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"in the middle of it. My God, shall I ever forget their faces when",843
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,they saw who was in the boat that was closing in upon them? She,844
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"screamed out. He swore like a madman and jabbed at me with an oar,",845
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,for he must have seen death in my eyes. I got past it and got one in,846
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,with my stick that crushed his head like an egg. I would have spared,847
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"her, perhaps, for all my madness, but she threw her arms round him,",848
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"crying out to him, and calling him ""Alec."" I struck again, and she",849
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,lay stretched beside him. I was like a wild beast then that had,850
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"tasted blood. If Sarah had been there, by the Lord, she should have",851
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"joined them. I pulled out my knife, and--well, there! I've said",852
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,enough. It gave me a kind of savage joy when I thought how Sarah,853
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,would feel when she had such signs as these of what her meddling had,854
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"brought about. Then I tied the bodies into the boat, stove a plank,",855
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,and stood by until they had sunk. I knew very well that the owner,856
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"would think that they had lost their bearings in the haze, and had",857
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"drifted off out to sea. I cleaned myself up, got back to land, and",858
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,joined my ship without a soul having a suspicion of what had passed.,859
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"That night I made up the packet for Sarah Cushing, and next day I",860
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,sent it from Belfast.,861
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,862
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""'There you have the whole truth of it. You can hang me, or do what",863
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"you like with me, but you cannot punish me as I have been punished",864
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,already. I cannot shut my eyes but I see those two faces staring at,865
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,me--staring at me as they stared when my boat broke through the haze.,866
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"I killed them quick, but they are killing me slow; and if I have",867
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,another night of it I shall be either mad or dead before morning. You,868
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"won't put me alone into a cell, sir?  For pity's sake don't, and may",869
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,you be treated in your day of agony as you treat me now.',870
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,871
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"""What is the meaning of it, Watson?"" said Holmes solemnly as he laid",872
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"down the paper. ""What object is served by this circle of misery and",873
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"violence and fear? It must tend to some end, or else our universe is",874
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"ruled by chance, which is unthinkable. But what end? There is the",875
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,great standing perennial problem to which human reason is as far from,876
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"an answer as ever.""",877
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,,878
The Adventure of the Red Circle,THE ADVENTURE OF THE RED CIRCLE,1
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,2
The Adventure of the Red Circle,Table of contents,3
The Adventure of the Red Circle,Part One,4
The Adventure of the Red Circle,Part Two,5
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,6
The Adventure of the Red Circle,CHAPTER I,7
The Adventure of the Red Circle,Part One,8
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,9
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""Well, Mrs. Warren, I cannot see that you have any particular cause",10
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"for uneasiness, nor do I understand why I, whose time is of some",11
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"value, should interfere in the matter. I really have other things to",12
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"engage me."" So spoke Sherlock Holmes and turned back to the great",13
The Adventure of the Red Circle,scrapbook in which he was arranging and indexing some of his recent,14
The Adventure of the Red Circle,material.,15
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,16
The Adventure of the Red Circle,But the landlady had the pertinacity and also the cunning of her sex.,17
The Adventure of the Red Circle,She held her ground firmly.,18
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,19
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""You arranged an affair for a lodger of mine last year,"" she",20
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"said--""Mr. Fairdale Hobbs.""",21
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,22
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""Ah, yes--a simple matter.""",23
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,24
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""But he would never cease talking of it--your kindness, sir, and the",25
The Adventure of the Red Circle,way in which you brought light into the darkness. I remembered his,26
The Adventure of the Red Circle,words when I was in doubt and darkness myself. I know you could if,27
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"you only would.""",28
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,29
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"Holmes was accessible upon the side of flattery, and also, to do him",30
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"justice, upon the side of kindliness. The two forces made him lay",31
The Adventure of the Red Circle,down his gum-brush with a sigh of resignation and push back his,32
The Adventure of the Red Circle,chair.,33
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,34
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""Well, well, Mrs. Warren, let us hear about it, then.  You don't",35
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"object to tobacco, I take it? Thank you, Watson--the matches! You are",36
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"uneasy, as I understand, because your new lodger remains in his rooms",37
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"and you cannot see him. Why, bless you, Mrs. Warren, if I were your",38
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"lodger you often would not see me for weeks on end.""",39
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,40
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""No doubt, sir; but this is different. It frightens me, Mr. Holmes. I",41
The Adventure of the Red Circle,can't sleep for fright. To hear his quick step moving here and moving,42
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"there from early morning to late at night, and yet never to catch so",43
The Adventure of the Red Circle,much as a glimpse of him--it's more than I can stand. My husband is,44
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"as nervous over it as I am, but he is out at his work all day, while",45
The Adventure of the Red Circle,I get no rest from it. What is he hiding for? What has he done?,46
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"Except for the girl, I am all alone in the house with him, and it's",47
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"more than my nerves can stand.""",48
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,49
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"Holmes leaned forward and laid his long, thin fingers upon the",50
The Adventure of the Red Circle,woman's shoulder. He had an almost hypnotic power of soothing when he,51
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"wished. The scared look faded from her eyes, and her agitated",52
The Adventure of the Red Circle,features smoothed into their usual commonplace. She sat down in the,53
The Adventure of the Red Circle,chair which he had indicated.,54
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,55
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""If I take it up I must understand every detail,"" said he. ""Take time",56
The Adventure of the Red Circle,to consider. The smallest point may be the most essential. You say,57
The Adventure of the Red Circle,that the man came ten days ago and paid you for a fortnight's board,58
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"and lodging?""",59
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,60
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""He asked my terms, sir. I said fifty shillings a week. There is a",61
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"small sitting-room and bedroom, and all complete, at the top of the",62
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"house.""",63
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,64
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""Well?""",65
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,66
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""He said, 'I'll pay you five pounds a week if I can have it on my own",67
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"terms.' I'm a poor woman, sir, and Mr. Warren earns little, and the",68
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"money meant much to me. He took out a ten-pound note, and he held it",69
The Adventure of the Red Circle,out to me then and there. 'You can have the same every fortnight for,70
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"a long time to come if you keep the terms,' he said. 'If not, I'll",71
The Adventure of the Red Circle,have no more to do with you.',72
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,73
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""What were the terms?""",74
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,75
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""Well, sir, they were that he was to have a key of the house. That",76
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"was all right. Lodgers often have them. Also, that he was to be left",77
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"entirely to himself and never, upon any excuse, to be disturbed.""",78
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,79
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""Nothing wonderful in that, surely?""",80
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,81
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""Not in reason, sir. But this is out of all reason. He has been there",82
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"for ten days, and neither Mr. Warren, nor I, nor the girl has once",83
The Adventure of the Red Circle,set eyes upon him. We can hear that quick step of his pacing up and,84
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"down, up and down, night, morning, and noon; but except on that first",85
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"night he had never once gone out of the house.""",86
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,87
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""Oh, he went out the first night, did he?""",88
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,89
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""Yes, sir, and returned very late--after we were all in bed. He told",90
The Adventure of the Red Circle,me after he had taken the rooms that he would do so and asked me not,91
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"to bar the door. I heard him come up the stair after midnight.""",92
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,93
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""But his meals?""",94
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,95
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""It was his particular direction that we should always, when he rang,",96
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"leave his meal upon a chair, outside his door. Then he rings again",97
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"when he has finished, and we take it down from the same chair. If he",98
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"wants anything else he prints it on a slip of paper and leaves it.""",99
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,100
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""Prints it?""",101
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,102
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""Yes, sir; prints it in pencil. Just the word, nothing more. Here's",103
The Adventure of the Red Circle,the one I brought to show you--soap. Here's another--match. This is,104
The Adventure of the Red Circle,one he left the first morning--daily gazette. I leave that paper with,105
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"his breakfast every morning.""",106
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,107
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""Dear me, Watson,"" said Homes, staring with great curiosity at the",108
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"slips of foolscap which the landlady had handed to him, ""this is",109
The Adventure of the Red Circle,certainly a little unusual. Seclusion I can understand; but why,110
The Adventure of the Red Circle,print? Printing is a clumsy process. Why not write? What would it,111
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"suggest, Watson?""",112
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,113
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""That he desired to conceal his handwriting.""",114
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,115
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""But why? What can it matter to him that his landlady should have a",116
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"word of his writing? Still, it may be as you say. Then, again, why",117
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"such laconic messages?""",118
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,119
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""I cannot imagine.""",120
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,121
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""It opens a pleasing field for intelligent speculation. The words are",122
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"written with a broad-pointed, violet-tinted pencil of a not unusual",123
The Adventure of the Red Circle,pattern. You will observe that the paper is torn away at the side,124
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"here after the printing was done, so that the 's' of 'soap' is partly",125
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"gone. Suggestive, Watson, is it not?""",126
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,127
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""Of caution?""",128
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,129
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""Exactly. There was evidently some mark, some thumbprint, something",130
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"which might give a clue to the person's identity. Now. Mrs. Warren,",131
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"you say that the man was of middle size, dark, and bearded. What age",132
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"would he be?""",133
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,134
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""Youngish, sir--not over thirty.""",135
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,136
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""Well, can you give me no further indications?""",137
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,138
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""He spoke good English, sir, and yet I thought he was a foreigner by",139
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"his accent.""",140
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,141
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""And he was well dressed?""",142
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,143
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""Very smartly dressed, sir--quite the gentleman. Dark",144
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"clothes--nothing you would note.""",145
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,146
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""He gave no name?""",147
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,148
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""No, sir.""",149
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,150
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""And has had no letters or callers?""",151
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,152
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""None.""",153
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,154
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""But surely you or the girl enter his room of a morning?""",155
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,156
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""No, sir; he looks after himself entirely.""",157
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,158
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""Dear me! that is certainly remarkable. What about his luggage?""",159
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,160
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""He had one big brown bag with him--nothing else.""",161
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,162
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""Well, we don't seem to have much material to help us. Do you say",163
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"nothing has come out of that room--absolutely nothing?""",164
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,165
The Adventure of the Red Circle,The landlady drew an envelope from her bag; from it she shook out two,166
The Adventure of the Red Circle,burnt matches and a cigarette-end upon the table.,167
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,168
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""They were on his tray this morning. I brought them because I had",169
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"heard that you can read great things out of small ones.""",170
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,171
The Adventure of the Red Circle,Holmes shrugged his shoulders.,172
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,173
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""There is nothing here,"" said he. ""The matches have, of course, been",174
The Adventure of the Red Circle,used to light cigarettes. That is obvious from the shortness of the,175
The Adventure of the Red Circle,burnt end. Half the match is consumed in lighting a pipe or cigar.,176
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"But, dear me! this cigarette stub is certainly remarkable. The",177
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"gentleman was bearded and moustached, you say?""",178
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,179
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""Yes, sir.""",180
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,181
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""I don't understand that. I should say that only a clean-shaven man",182
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"could have smoked this. Why, Watson, even your modest moustache would",183
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"have been singed.""",184
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,185
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""A holder?"" I suggested.",186
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,187
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""No, no; the end is matted. I suppose there could not be two people",188
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"in your rooms, Mrs. Warren?""",189
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,190
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""No, sir. He eats so little that I often wonder it can keep life in",191
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"one.""",192
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,193
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""Well, I think we must wait for a little more material. After all,",194
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"you have nothing to complain of. You have received your rent, and he",195
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"is not a troublesome lodger, though he is certainly an unusual one.",196
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"He pays you well, and if he chooses to lie concealed it is no direct",197
The Adventure of the Red Circle,business of yours. We have no excuse for an intrusion upon his,198
The Adventure of the Red Circle,privacy until we have some reason to think that there is a guilty,199
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"reason for it. I've taken up the matter, and I won't lose sight of",200
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"it. Report to me if anything fresh occurs, and rely upon my",201
The Adventure of the Red Circle,assistance if it should be needed.,202
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,203
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""There are certainly some points of interest in this case, Watson,""",204
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"he remarked when the landlady had left us. ""It may, of course, be",205
The Adventure of the Red Circle,trivial--individual eccentricity; or it may be very much deeper than,206
The Adventure of the Red Circle,appears on the surface. The first thing that strike one is the,207
The Adventure of the Red Circle,obvious possibility that the person now in the rooms may be entirely,208
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"different from the one who engaged them.""",209
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,210
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""Why should you think so?""",211
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,212
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""Well, apart form this cigarette-end, was it not suggestive that the",213
The Adventure of the Red Circle,only time the lodger went out was immediately after his taking the,214
The Adventure of the Red Circle,rooms? He came back--or someone came back--when all witnesses were,215
The Adventure of the Red Circle,out of the way. We have no proof that the person who came back was,216
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"the person who went out. Then, again, the man who took the rooms",217
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"spoke English well. This other, however, prints 'match' when it",218
The Adventure of the Red Circle,should have been 'matches.' I can imagine that the word was taken out,219
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"of a dictionary, which would give the noun but not the plural. The",220
The Adventure of the Red Circle,laconic style may be to conceal the absence of knowledge of English.,221
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"Yes, Watson, there are good reasons to suspect that there has been a",222
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"substitution of lodgers.""",223
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,224
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""But for what possible end?""",225
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,226
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""Ah! there lies our problem. There is one rather obvious line of",227
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"investigation."" He took down the great book in which, day by day, he",228
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"filed the agony columns of the various London journals. ""Dear me!""",229
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"said he, turning over the pages, ""what a chorus of groans, cries, and",230
The Adventure of the Red Circle,bleatings! What a rag-bag of singular happenings! But surely the most,231
The Adventure of the Red Circle,valuable hunting-ground that ever was given to a student of the,232
The Adventure of the Red Circle,unusual! This person is alone and cannot be approached by letter,233
The Adventure of the Red Circle,without a breach of that absolute secrecy which is desired. How is,234
The Adventure of the Red Circle,any news or any message to reach him from without? Obviously by,235
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"advertisement through a newspaper. There seems no other way, and",236
The Adventure of the Red Circle,fortunately we need concern ourselves with the one paper only. Here,237
The Adventure of the Red Circle,are the Daily Gazette extracts of the last fortnight. 'Lady with a,238
The Adventure of the Red Circle,black boa at Prince's Skating Club'--that we may pass. 'Surely Jimmy,239
The Adventure of the Red Circle,will not break his mother's heart'--that appears to be irrelevant.,240
The Adventure of the Red Circle,'If the lady who fainted on Brixton bus'--she does not interest me.,241
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"'Every day my heart longs--' Bleat, Watson--unmitigated bleat! Ah,",242
The Adventure of the Red Circle,this is a little more possible. Listen to this: 'Be patient. Will,243
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"find some sure means of communications. Meanwhile, this column. G.'",244
The Adventure of the Red Circle,That is two days after Mrs. Warren's lodger arrived. It sounds,245
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"plausible, does it not? The mysterious one could understand English,",246
The Adventure of the Red Circle,even if he could not print it. Let us see if we can pick up the trace,247
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"again. Yes, here we are--three days later. 'Am making successful",248
The Adventure of the Red Circle,arrangements. Patience and prudence. The clouds will pass. G.',249
The Adventure of the Red Circle,Nothing for a week after that. Then comes something much more,250
The Adventure of the Red Circle,definite: 'The path is clearing. If I find chance signal message,251
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"remember code agreed--One A, two B, and so on. You will hear soon.",252
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"G.' That was in yesterday's paper, and there is nothing in to-day's.",253
The Adventure of the Red Circle,It's all very appropriate to Mrs. Warren's lodger. If we wait a,254
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"little, Watson, I don't doubt that the affair will grow more",255
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"intelligible.""",256
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,257
The Adventure of the Red Circle,So it proved; for in the morning I found my friend standing on the,258
The Adventure of the Red Circle,hearthrug with his back to the fire and a smile of complete,259
The Adventure of the Red Circle,satisfaction upon his face.,260
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,261
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""How's this, Watson?"" he cried, picking up the paper from the table.",262
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""'High red house with white stone facings. Third floor. Second window",263
The Adventure of the Red Circle,left. After dusk. G.' That is definite enough. I think after,264
The Adventure of the Red Circle,breakfast we must make a little reconnaissance of Mrs. Warren's,265
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"neighbourhood. Ah, Mrs. Warren! what news do you bring us this",266
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"morning?""",267
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,268
The Adventure of the Red Circle,Our client had suddenly burst into the room with an explosive energy,269
The Adventure of the Red Circle,which told of some new and momentous development.,270
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,271
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""It's a police matter, Mr. Holmes!"" she cried. ""I'll have no more of",272
The Adventure of the Red Circle,it! He shall pack out of there with his baggage. I would have gone,273
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"straight up and told him so, only I thought it was but fair to you to",274
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"take your opinion first. But I'm at the end of my patience, and when",275
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"it comes to knocking my old man about--""",276
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,277
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""Knocking Mr. Warren about?""",278
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,279
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""Using him roughly, anyway.""",280
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,281
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""But who used him roughly?""",282
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,283
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""Ah! that's what we want to know! It was this morning, sir. Mr.",284
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"Warren is a timekeeper at Morton and Waylight's, in Tottenham Court",285
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"Road. He has to be out of the house before seven. Well, this morning",286
The Adventure of the Red Circle,he had not gone ten paces down the road when two men came up behind,287
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"him, threw a coat over his head, and bundled him into a cab that was",288
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"beside the curb. They drove him an hour, and then opened the door and",289
The Adventure of the Red Circle,shot him out. He lay in the roadway so shaken in his wits that he,290
The Adventure of the Red Circle,never saw what became of the cab. When he picked himself up he found,291
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"he was on Hampstead Heath; so he took a bus home, and there he lies",292
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"now on his sofa, while I came straight round to tell you what had",293
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"happened.""",294
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,295
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""Most interesting,"" said Holmes. ""Did he observe the appearance of",296
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"these men--did he hear them talk?""",297
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,298
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""No; he is clean dazed. He just knows that he was lifted up as if by",299
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"magic and dropped as if by magic. Two a least were in it, and maybe",300
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"three.""",301
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,302
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""And you connect this attack with your lodger?""",303
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,304
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""Well, we've lived there fifteen years and no such happenings ever",305
The Adventure of the Red Circle,came before. I've had enough of him. Money's not everything. I'll,306
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"have him out of my house before the day is done.""",307
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,308
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""Wait a bit, Mrs. Warren. Do nothing rash. I begin to think that this",309
The Adventure of the Red Circle,affair may be very much more important than appeared at first sight.,310
The Adventure of the Red Circle,It is clear now that some danger is threatening your lodger. It is,311
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"equally clear that his enemies, lying in wait for him near your door,",312
The Adventure of the Red Circle,mistook your husband for him in the foggy morning light. On,313
The Adventure of the Red Circle,discovering their mistake they released him. What they would have,314
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"done had it not been a mistake, we can only conjecture.""",315
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,316
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""Well, what am I to do, Mr. Holmes?""",317
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,318
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""I have a great fancy to see this lodger of yours, Mrs. Warren.""",319
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,320
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""I don't see how that is to be managed, unless you break in the door.",321
The Adventure of the Red Circle,I always hear him unlock it as I go down the stair after I leave the,322
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"tray.""",323
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,324
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""He has to take the tray in. Surely we could conceal ourselves and",325
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"see him do it.""",326
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,327
The Adventure of the Red Circle,The landlady thought for a moment.,328
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,329
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""Well, sir, there's the box-room opposite. I could arrange a",330
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"looking-glass, maybe, and if you were behind the door--""",331
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,332
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""Excellent!"" said Holmes. ""When does he lunch?""",333
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,334
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""About one, sir.""",335
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,336
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""Then Dr. Watson and I will come round in time. For the present, Mrs.",337
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"Warren, good-bye.""",338
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,339
The Adventure of the Red Circle,At half-past twelve we found ourselves upon the steps of Mrs.,340
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"Warren's house--a high, thin, yellow-brick edifice in Great Orme",341
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"Street, a narrow thoroughfare at the northeast side of the British",342
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"Museum. Standing as it does near the corner of the street, it",343
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"commands a view down Howe Street, with its ore pretentious houses.",344
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"Holmes pointed with a chuckle to one of these, a row of residential",345
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"flats, which projected so that they could not fail to catch the eye.",346
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,347
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""See, Watson!"" said he. ""'High red house with stone facings.' There",348
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"is the signal station all right. We know the place, and we know the",349
The Adventure of the Red Circle,code; so surely our task should be simple. There's a 'to let' card in,350
The Adventure of the Red Circle,that window. It is evidently an empty flat to which the confederate,351
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"has access. Well, Mrs. Warren, what now?""",352
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,353
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""I have it all ready for you. If you will both come up and leave your",354
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"boots below on the landing, I'll put you there now.""",355
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,356
The Adventure of the Red Circle,It was an excellent hiding-place which she had arranged. The mirror,357
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"was so placed that, seated in the dark, we could very plainly see the",358
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"door opposite. We had hardly settled down in it, and Mrs. Warren left",359
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"us, when a distant tinkle announced that our mysterious neighbour had",360
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"rung. Presently the landlady appeared with the tray, laid it down",361
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"upon a chair beside the closed door, and then, treading heavily,",362
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"departed. Crouching together in the angle of the door, we kept our",363
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"eyes fixed upon the mirror. Suddenly, as the landlady's footsteps",364
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"died away, there was the creak of a turning key, the handle revolved,",365
The Adventure of the Red Circle,and two thin hands darted out and lifted the tray form the chair. An,366
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"instant later it was hurriedly replaced, and I caught a glimpse of a",367
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"dark, beautiful, horrified face glaring at the narrow opening of the",368
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"box-room. Then the door crashed to, the key turned once more, and all",369
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"was silence. Holmes twitched my sleeve, and together we stole down",370
The Adventure of the Red Circle,the stair.,371
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,372
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""I will call again in the evening,"" said he to the expectant",373
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"landlady. ""I think, Watson, we can discuss this business better in",374
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"our own quarters.""",375
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,376
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""My surmise, as you saw, proved to be correct,"" said he, speaking",377
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"from the depths of his easy-chair. ""There has been a substitution of",378
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"lodgers. What I did not foresee is that we should find a woman, and",379
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"no ordinary woman, Watson.""",380
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,381
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""She saw us.""",382
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,383
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""Well, she saw something to alarm her. That is certain. The general",384
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"sequence of events is pretty clear, is it not? A couple seek refuge",385
The Adventure of the Red Circle,in London from a very terrible and instant danger. The measure of,386
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"that danger is the rigour of their precautions. The man, who has some",387
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"work which he must do, desires to leave the woman in absolute safety",388
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"while he does it. It is not an easy problem, but he solved it in an",389
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"original fashion, and so effectively that her presence was not even",390
The Adventure of the Red Circle,known to the landlady who supplies her with food. The printed,391
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"messages, as is now evident, were to prevent her sex being discovered",392
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"by her writing. The man cannot come near the woman, or he will guide",393
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"their enemies to her. Since he cannot communicate with her direct, he",394
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"has recourse to the agony column of a paper. So far all is clear.""",395
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,396
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""But what is at the root of it?""",397
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,398
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""Ah, yes, Watson--severely practical, as usual! What is at the root",399
The Adventure of the Red Circle,of it all? Mrs. Warren's whimsical problem enlarges somewhat and,400
The Adventure of the Red Circle,assumes a more sinister aspect as we proceed. This much we can say:,401
The Adventure of the Red Circle,that it is no ordinary love escapade. You saw the woman's face at the,402
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"sign of danger. We have heard, too, of the attack upon the landlord,",403
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"which was undoubtedly meant for the lodger. These alarms, and the",404
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"desperate need for secrecy, argue that the matter is one of life or",405
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"death. The attack upon Mr. Warren further shows that the enemy,",406
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"whoever they are, are themselves not aware of the substitution of the",407
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"female lodger for the male. It is very curious and complex, Watson.""",408
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,409
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""Why should you go further in it? What have you to gain from it?""",410
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,411
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""What, indeed? It is art for art's sake, Watson. I suppose when you",412
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"doctored you found yourself studying cases without thought of a fee?""",413
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,414
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""For my education, Holmes.""",415
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,416
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""Education never ends, Watson. It is a series of lessons with the",417
The Adventure of the Red Circle,greatest for the last. This is an instructive case. There is neither,418
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"money nor credit in it, and yet one would wish to tidy it up. When",419
The Adventure of the Red Circle,dusk comes we should find ourselves one stage advanced in our,420
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"investigation.""",421
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,422
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"When we returned to Mrs. Warren's rooms, the gloom of a London winter",423
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"evening had thickened into one gray curtain, a dead monotone of",424
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"colour, broken only by the sharp yellow squares of the windows and",425
The Adventure of the Red Circle,the blurred haloes of the gas-lamps. As we peered from the darkened,426
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"sitting-room of the lodging-house, one more dim light glimmered high",427
The Adventure of the Red Circle,up through the obscurity.,428
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,429
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""Someone is moving in that room,"" said Holmes in a whisper, his gaunt",430
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"and eager face thrust forward to the window-pane. ""Yes, I can see his",431
The Adventure of the Red Circle,shadow. There he is again! He has a candle in his hand. Now he is,432
The Adventure of the Red Circle,peering across. He wants to be sure that she is on the lookout. Now,433
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"he begins to flash. Take the message also, Watson, that we may check",434
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"each other. A single flash--that is A, surely. Now, then. How many",435
The Adventure of the Red Circle,did you make it? Twenty. Do did In. That should mean T. AT--that's,436
The Adventure of the Red Circle,intelligible enough. Another T. Surely this is the beginning of a,437
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"second word. Now, then--TENTA. Dead stop. That can't be all, Watson?",438
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"ATTENTA gives no sense. Nor is it any better as three words AT, TEN,",439
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"TA, unless T. A. are a person's initials. There it goes again! What's",440
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"that? ATTE--why, it is the same message over again. Curious, Watson,",441
The Adventure of the Red Circle,very curious. Now he is off once more! AT--why he is repeating it for,442
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"the third time. ATTENTA three times! How often will he repeat it? No,",443
The Adventure of the Red Circle,that seems to be the finish. He has withdrawn form the window. What,444
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"do you make of it, Watson?""",445
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,446
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""A cipher message, Holmes.""",447
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,448
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"My companion gave a sudden chuckle of comprehension. ""And not a very",449
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"obscure cipher, Watson,"" said he. ""Why, of course, it is Italian! The",450
The Adventure of the Red Circle,A means that it is addressed to a woman. 'Beware! Beware! Beware!',451
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"How's that, Watson?",452
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,453
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""I believe you have hit it.""",454
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,455
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""Not a doubt of it. It is a very urgent message, thrice repeated to",456
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"make it more so. But beware of what? Wait a bit, he is coming to the",457
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"window once more.""",458
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,459
The Adventure of the Red Circle,Again we saw the dim silhouette of a crouching man and the whisk of,460
The Adventure of the Red Circle,the small flame across the window as the signals were renewed. They,461
The Adventure of the Red Circle,came more rapidly than before--so rapid that it was hard to follow,462
The Adventure of the Red Circle,them.,463
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,464
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""PERICOLO--pericolo--eh, what's that, Watson? 'Danger,' isn't it?",465
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"Yes, by Jove, it's a danger signal. There he goes again! PERI.",466
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"Halloa, what on earth--""",467
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,468
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"The light had suddenly gone out, the glimmering square of window had",469
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"disappeared, and the third floor formed a dark band round the lofty",470
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"building, with its tiers of shining casements. That last warning cry",471
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"had been suddenly cut short. How, and by whom? The same thought",472
The Adventure of the Red Circle,occurred on the instant to us both. Holmes sprang up from where he,473
The Adventure of the Red Circle,crouched by the window.,474
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,475
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""This is serious, Watson,"" he cried. ""There is some devilry going",476
The Adventure of the Red Circle,forward! Why should such a message stop in such a way? I should put,477
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"Scotland Yard in touch with this business--and yet, it is too",478
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"pressing for us to leave.""",479
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,480
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""Shall I go for the police?""",481
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,482
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""We must define the situation a little more clearly. It may bear some",483
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"more innocent interpretation. Come, Watson, let us go across",484
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"ourselves and see what we can make of it.""",485
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,486
The Adventure of the Red Circle,CHAPTER II,487
The Adventure of the Red Circle,Part Two,488
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,489
The Adventure of the Red Circle,As we walked rapidly down Howe Street I glanced back at the building,490
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"which we had left. There, dimly outlined at the top window, I could",491
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"see the shadow of a head, a woman's head, gazing tensely, rigidly,",492
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"out into the night, waiting with breathless suspense for the renewal",493
The Adventure of the Red Circle,of that interrupted message. At the doorway of the Howe Street flats,494
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"a man, muffled in a cravat and greatcoat, was leaning against the",495
The Adventure of the Red Circle,railing. He started as the hall-light fell upon our faces.,496
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,497
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""Holmes!"" he cried.",498
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,499
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""Why, Gregson!"" said my companion as he shook hands with the Scotland",500
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"Yard detective. ""Journeys end with lovers' meetings. What brings you",501
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"here?""",502
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,503
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""The same reasons that bring you, I expect,"" said Gregson. ""How you",504
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"got on to it I can't imagine.""",505
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,506
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""Different threads, but leading up to the same tangle. I've been",507
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"taking the signals.""",508
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,509
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""Signals?""",510
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,511
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""Yes, from that window. They broke off in the middle. We came over to",512
The Adventure of the Red Circle,see the reason. But since it is safe in your hands I see no object in,513
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"continuing this business.""",514
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,515
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""Wait a bit!"" cried Gregson eagerly. ""I'll do you this justice, Mr.",516
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"Holmes, that I was never in a case yet that I didn't feel stronger",517
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"for having you on my side. There's only the one exit to these flats,",518
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"so we have him safe.""",519
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,520
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""Who is he?""",521
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,522
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""Well, well, we score over you for once, Mr. Holmes. You must give us",523
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"best this time."" He struck his stick sharply upon the ground, on",524
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"which a cabman, his whip in his hand, sauntered over from a",525
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"four-wheeler which stood on the far side of the street. ""May I",526
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"introduce you to Mr. Sherlock Holmes?"" he said to the cabman. ""This",527
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"is Mr. Leverton, of Pinkerton's American Agency.""",528
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,529
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""The hero of the Long Island cave mystery?"" said Holmes. ""Sir, I am",530
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"pleased to meet you.""",531
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,532
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"The American, a quiet, businesslike young man, with a clean-shaven,",533
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"hatchet face, flushed up at the words of commendation. ""I am on the",534
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"trail of my life now, Mr. Holmes,"" said he. ""If I can get Gorgiano--""",535
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,536
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""What! Gorgiano of the Red Circle?""",537
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,538
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""Oh, he has a European fame, has he? Well, we've learned all about",539
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"him in America. We know he is at the bottom of fifty murders, and yet",540
The Adventure of the Red Circle,we have nothing positive we can take him on. I tracked him over from,541
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"New York, and I've been close to him for a week in London, waiting",542
The Adventure of the Red Circle,some excuse to get my hand on his collar. Mr. Gregson and I ran him,543
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"to ground in that big tenement house, and there's only one door, so",544
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"he can't slip us. There's three folk come out since he went in, but",545
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"I'll swear he wasn't one of them.""",546
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,547
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""Mr. Holmes talks of signals,"" said Gregson. ""I expect, as usual, he",548
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"knows a good deal that we don't.""",549
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,550
The Adventure of the Red Circle,In a few clear words Holmes explained the situation as it had,551
The Adventure of the Red Circle,appeared to us. The American struck his hands together with vexation.,552
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,553
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""He's on to us!"" he cried.",554
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,555
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""Why do you think so?""",556
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,557
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""Well, it figures out that way, does it not? Here he is, sending out",558
The Adventure of the Red Circle,messages to an accomplice--there are several of his gang in London.,559
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"Then suddenly, just as by your own account he was telling them that",560
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"there was danger, he broke short off. What could it mean except that",561
The Adventure of the Red Circle,from the window he had suddenly either caught sight of us in the,562
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"street, or in some way come to understand how close the danger was,",563
The Adventure of the Red Circle,and that he must act right away if he was to avoid it? What do you,564
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"suggest, Mr. Holmes?""",565
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,566
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""That we go up at once and see for ourselves.""",567
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,568
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""But we have no warrant for his arrest.""",569
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,570
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""He is in unoccupied premises under suspicious circumstances,"" said",571
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"Gregson. ""That is good enough for the moment. When we have him by the",572
The Adventure of the Red Circle,heels we can see if New York can't help us to keep him. I'll take the,573
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"responsibility of arresting him now.""",574
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,575
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"Our official detectives may blunder in the matter of intelligence,",576
The Adventure of the Red Circle,but never in that of courage. Gregson climbed the stair to arrest,577
The Adventure of the Red Circle,this desperate murderer with the same absolutely quiet and,578
The Adventure of the Red Circle,businesslike bearing with which he would have ascended the official,579
The Adventure of the Red Circle,staircase of Scotland Yard. The Pinkerton man had tried to push past,580
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"him, but Gregson had firmly elbowed him back. London dangers were the",581
The Adventure of the Red Circle,privilege of the London force.,582
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,583
The Adventure of the Red Circle,The door of the left-hand flat upon the third landing was standing,584
The Adventure of the Red Circle,ajar. Gregson pushed it open. Within all was absolute silence and,585
The Adventure of the Red Circle,darkness. I struck a match and lit the detective's lantern. As I did,586
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"so, and as the flicker steadied into a flame, we all gave a gasp of",587
The Adventure of the Red Circle,surprise. On the deal boards of the carpetless floor there was,588
The Adventure of the Red Circle,outlined a fresh track of blood. The red steps pointed towards us and,589
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"led away from an inner room, the door of which was closed. Gregson",590
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"flung it open and held his light full blaze in front of him, while we",591
The Adventure of the Red Circle,all peered eagerly over his shoulders.,592
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,593
The Adventure of the Red Circle,In the middle of the floor of the empty room was huddled the figure,594
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"of an enormous man, his clean-shaven, swarthy face grotesquely",595
The Adventure of the Red Circle,horrible in its contortion and his head encircled by a ghastly,596
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"crimson halo of blood, lying in a broad wet circle upon the white",597
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"woodwork. His knees were drawn up, his hands thrown out in agony, and",598
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"from the centre of his broad, brown, upturned throat there projected",599
The Adventure of the Red Circle,the white haft of a knife driven blade-deep into his body. Giant as,600
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"he was, the man must have gone down like a pole-axed ox before that",601
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"terrific blow. Beside his right hand a most formidable horn-handled,",602
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"two-edged dagger lay upon the floor, and near it a black kid glove.",603
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,604
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""By George! it's Black Gorgiano himself!"" cried the American",605
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"detective. ""Someone has got ahead of us this time.""",606
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,607
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""Here is the candle in the window, Mr. Holmes,"" said Gregson. ""Why,",608
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"whatever are you doing?""",609
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,610
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"Holmes had stepped across, had lit the candle, and was passing it",611
The Adventure of the Red Circle,backward and forward across the window-panes. Then he peered into the,612
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"darkness, blew the candle out, and threw it on the floor.",613
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,614
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""I rather think that will be helpful,"" said he. He came over and",615
The Adventure of the Red Circle,stood in deep thought while the two professionals were examining the,616
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"body. ""You say that three people came out form the flat while you",617
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"were waiting downstairs,"" said he at last. ""Did you observe them",618
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"closely?""",619
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,620
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""Yes, I did.""",621
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,622
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""Was there a fellow about thirty, black-bearded, dark, of middle",623
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"size?""",624
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,625
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""Yes; he was the last to pass me.""",626
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,627
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""That is your man, I fancy. I can give you his description, and we",628
The Adventure of the Red Circle,have a very excellent outline of his footmark. That should be enough,629
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"for you.""",630
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,631
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""Not much, Mr. Holmes, among the millions of London.""",632
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,633
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""Perhaps not. That is why I thought it best to summon this lady to",634
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"your aid.""",635
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,636
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"We all turned round at the words. There, framed in the doorway, was a",637
The Adventure of the Red Circle,tall and beautiful woman--the mysterious lodger of Bloomsbury. Slowly,638
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"she advanced, her face pale and drawn with a frightful apprehension,",639
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"her eyes fixed and staring, her terrified gaze riveted upon the dark",640
The Adventure of the Red Circle,figure on the floor.,641
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,642
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""You have killed him!"" she muttered. ""Oh, Dio mio, you have killed",643
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"him!"" Then I heard a sudden sharp intake of her breath, and she",644
The Adventure of the Red Circle,sprang into the air with a cry of joy. Round and round the room she,645
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"danced, her hands clapping, her dark eyes gleaming with delighted",646
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"wonder, and a thousand pretty Italian exclamations pouring from her",647
The Adventure of the Red Circle,lips. It was terrible and amazing to see such a woman so convulsed,648
The Adventure of the Red Circle,with joy at such a sight. Suddenly she stopped and gazed at us all,649
The Adventure of the Red Circle,with a questioning stare.,650
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,651
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""But you! You are police, are you not? You have killed Giuseppe",652
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"Gorgiano. Is it not so?""",653
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,654
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""We are police, madam.""",655
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,656
The Adventure of the Red Circle,She looked round into the shadows of the room.,657
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,658
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""But where, then, is Gennaro?"" she asked. ""He is my husband, Gennaro",659
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"Lucca. I am Emilia Lucca, and we are both from New York. Where is",660
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"Gennaro? He called me this moment from this window, and I ran with",661
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"all my speed.""",662
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,663
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""It was I who called,"" said Holmes.",664
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,665
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""You! How could you call?""",666
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,667
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""Your cipher was not difficult, madam. Your presence here was",668
The Adventure of the Red Circle,desirable. I knew that I had only to flash 'Vieni' and you would,669
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"surely come.""",670
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,671
The Adventure of the Red Circle,The beautiful Italian looked with awe at my companion.,672
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,673
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""I do not understand how you know these things,"" she said. ""Giuseppe",674
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"Gorgiano--how did he--"" She paused, and then suddenly her face lit up",675
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"with pride and delight. ""Now I see it! My Gennaro! My splendid,",676
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"beautiful Gennaro, who has guarded me safe from all harm, he did it,",677
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"with his own strong hand he killed the monster! Oh, Gennaro, how",678
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"wonderful you are! What woman could every be worthy of such a man?""",679
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,680
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""Well, Mrs. Lucca,"" said the prosaic Gregson, laying his hand upon",681
The Adventure of the Red Circle,the lady's sleeve with as little sentiment as if she were a Notting,682
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"Hill hooligan, ""I am not very clear yet who you are or what you are;",683
The Adventure of the Red Circle,but you've said enough to make it very clear that we shall want you,684
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"at the Yard.""",685
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,686
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""One moment, Gregson,"" said Holmes. ""I rather fancy that this lady",687
The Adventure of the Red Circle,may be as anxious to give us information as we can be to get it. You,688
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"understand, madam, that your husband will be arrested and tried for",689
The Adventure of the Red Circle,the death of the man who lies before us? What you say may be used in,690
The Adventure of the Red Circle,evidence. But if you think that he has acted from motives which are,691
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"not criminal, and which he would wish to have known, then you cannot",692
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"serve him better than by telling us the whole story.""",693
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,694
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""Now that Gorgiano is dead we fear nothing,"" said the lady. ""He was a",695
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"devil and a monster, and there can be no judge in the world who would",696
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"punish my husband for having killed him.""",697
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,698
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""In that case,"" said Holmes, ""my suggestion is that we lock this",699
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"door, leave things as we found them, go with this lady to her room,",700
The Adventure of the Red Circle,and form our opinion after we have heard what it is that she has to,701
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"say to us.""",702
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,703
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"Half an hour later we were seated, all four, in the small",704
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"sitting-room of Signora Lucca, listening to her remarkable narrative",705
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"of those sinister events, the ending of which we had chanced to",706
The Adventure of the Red Circle,witness. She spoke in rapid and fluent but very unconventional,707
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"English, which, for the sake of clearness, I will make grammatical.",708
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,709
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""I was born in Posilippo, near Naples,"" said she, ""and was the",710
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"daughter of Augusto Barelli, who was the chief lawyer and once the",711
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"deputy of that part. Gennaro was in my father's employment, and I",712
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"came to love him, as any woman must. He had neither money nor",713
The Adventure of the Red Circle,position--nothing but his beauty and strength and energy--so my,714
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"father forbade the match. We fled together, were married at Bari, and",715
The Adventure of the Red Circle,sold my jewels to gain the money which would take us to America. This,716
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"was four years ago, and we have been in New York ever since.",717
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,718
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""Fortune was very good to us at first. Gennaro was able to do a",719
The Adventure of the Red Circle,service to an Italian gentleman--he saved him from some ruffians in,720
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"the place called the Bowery, and so made a powerful friend. His name",721
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"was Tito Castalotte, and he was the senior partner of the great firm",722
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"of Castalotte and Zamba, who are the chief fruit importers of New",723
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"York. Signor Zamba is an invalid, and our new friend Castalotte has",724
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"all power within the firm, which employs more than three hundred men.",725
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"He took my husband into his employment, made him head of a",726
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"department, and showed his good-will towards him in every way. Signor",727
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"Castalotte was a bachelor, and I believe that he felt as if Gennaro",728
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"was his son, and both my husband and I loved him as if he were our",729
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"father. We had taken and furnished a little house in Brooklyn, and",730
The Adventure of the Red Circle,our whole future seemed assured when that black cloud appeared which,731
The Adventure of the Red Circle,was soon to overspread our sky.,732
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,733
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""One night, when Gennaro returned from his work, he brought a",734
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"fellow-countryman back with him. His name was Gorgiano, and he had",735
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"come also from Posilippo. He was a huge man, as you can testify, for",736
The Adventure of the Red Circle,you have looked upon his corpse. Not only was his body that of a,737
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"giant but everything about him was grotesque, gigantic, and",738
The Adventure of the Red Circle,terrifying. His voice was like thunder in our little house. There was,739
The Adventure of the Red Circle,scarce room for the whirl of his great arms as he talked. His,740
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"thoughts, his emotions, his passions, all were exaggerated and",741
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"monstrous. He talked, or rather roared, with such energy that others",742
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"could but sit and listen, cowed with the mighty stream of words. His",743
The Adventure of the Red Circle,eyes blazed at you and held you at his mercy. He was a terrible and,744
The Adventure of the Red Circle,wonderful man. I thank God that he is dead!,745
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,746
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""He came again and again. Yet I was aware that Gennaro was no more",747
The Adventure of the Red Circle,happy than I was in his presence. My poor husband would sit pale and,748
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"listless, listening to the endless raving upon politics and upon",749
The Adventure of the Red Circle,social questions which made up or visitor's conversation. Gennaro,750
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"said nothing, but I, who knew him so well, could read in his face",751
The Adventure of the Red Circle,some emotion which I had never seen there before. At first I thought,752
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"that it was dislike. And then, gradually, I understood that it was",753
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"more than dislike. It was fear--a deep, secret, shrinking fear. That",754
The Adventure of the Red Circle,night--the night that I read his terror--I put my arms round him and,755
The Adventure of the Red Circle,I implored him by his love for me and by all that he held dear to,756
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"hold nothing from me, and to tell me why this huge man overshadowed",757
The Adventure of the Red Circle,him so.,758
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,759
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""He told me, and my own heart grew cold as ice as I listened. My poor",760
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"Gennaro, in his wild and fiery days, when all the world seemed",761
The Adventure of the Red Circle,against him and his mind was driven half mad by the injustices of,762
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"life, had joined a Neapolitan society, the Red Circle, which was",763
The Adventure of the Red Circle,allied to the old Carbonari. The oaths and secrets of this,764
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"brotherhood were frightful, but once within its rule no escape was",765
The Adventure of the Red Circle,possible. When we had fled to America Gennaro thought that he had,766
The Adventure of the Red Circle,cast it all off forever. What was his horror one evening to meet in,767
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"the streets the very man who had initiated him in Naples, the giant",768
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"Gorgiano, a man who had earned the name of 'Death' in the south of",769
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"Italy, for he was red to the elbow in murder! He had come to New York",770
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"to avoid the Italian police, and he had already planted a branch of",771
The Adventure of the Red Circle,this dreadful society in his new home. All this Gennaro told me and,772
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"showed me a summons which he had received that very day, a Red Circle",773
The Adventure of the Red Circle,drawn upon the head of it telling him that a lodge would be held upon,774
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"a certain date, and that his presence at it was required and ordered.",775
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,776
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""That was bad enough, but worse was to come. I had noticed for some",777
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"time that when Gorgiano came to us, as he constantly did, in the",778
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"evening, he spoke much to me; and even when his words were to my",779
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"husband those terrible, glaring, wild-beast eyes of his were always",780
The Adventure of the Red Circle,turned upon me. One night his secret came out. I had awakened what he,781
The Adventure of the Red Circle,called 'love' within him--the love of a brute--a savage. Gennaro had,782
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"not yet returned when he came. He pushed his way in, seized me in his",783
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"mighty arms, hugged me in his bear's embrace, covered me with kisses,",784
The Adventure of the Red Circle,and implored me to come away with him. I was struggling and screaming,785
The Adventure of the Red Circle,when Gennaro entered and attacked him. He struck Gennaro senseless,786
The Adventure of the Red Circle,and fled from the house which he was never more to enter. It was a,787
The Adventure of the Red Circle,deadly enemy that we made that night.,788
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,789
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""A few days later came the meeting. Gennaro returned from it with a",790
The Adventure of the Red Circle,face which told me that something dreadful had occurred. It was worse,791
The Adventure of the Red Circle,than we could have imagined possible. The funds of the society were,792
The Adventure of the Red Circle,raised by blackmailing rich Italians and threatening them with,793
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"violence should they refuse the money. It seems that Castalotte, our",794
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"dear friend and benefactor, had been approached. He had refused to",795
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"yield to threats, and he had handed the notices to the police. It was",796
The Adventure of the Red Circle,resolved now that such an example should be made of them as would,797
The Adventure of the Red Circle,prevent any other victim from rebelling. At the meeting it was,798
The Adventure of the Red Circle,arranged that he and his house should be blown up with dynamite.,799
The Adventure of the Red Circle,There was a drawing of lots as to who should carry out the deed.,800
The Adventure of the Red Circle,Gennaro saw our enemy's cruel face smiling at him as he dipped his,801
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"hand in the bag. No doubt it had been prearranged in some fashion,",802
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"for it was the fatal disc with the Red Circle upon it, the mandate",803
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"for murder, which lay upon his palm. He was to kill his best friend,",804
The Adventure of the Red Circle,or he was to expose himself and me to the vengeance of his comrades.,805
The Adventure of the Red Circle,It was part of their fiendish system to punish those whom they feared,806
The Adventure of the Red Circle,or hated by injuring not only their own persons but those whom they,807
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"loved, and it was the knowledge of this which hung as a terror over",808
The Adventure of the Red Circle,my poor Gennaro's head and drove him nearly crazy with apprehension.,809
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,810
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""All that night we sat together, our arms round each other, each",811
The Adventure of the Red Circle,strengthening each for the troubles that lay before us. The very next,812
The Adventure of the Red Circle,evening had been fixed for the attempt. By midday my husband and I,813
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"were on our way to London, but not before he had given our benefactor",814
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"full warning of this danger, and had also left such information for",815
The Adventure of the Red Circle,the police as would safeguard his life for the future.,816
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,817
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""The rest, gentlemen, you know for yourselves. We were sure that our",818
The Adventure of the Red Circle,enemies would be behind us like our own shadows. Gorgiano had his,819
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"private reasons for vengeance, but in any case we knew how ruthless,",820
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"cunning, and untiring he could be. Both Italy and America are full of",821
The Adventure of the Red Circle,stories of his dreadful powers. If ever they were exerted it would be,822
The Adventure of the Red Circle,now. My darling made use of the few clear days which our start had,823
The Adventure of the Red Circle,given us in arranging for a refuge for me in such a fashion that no,824
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"possible danger could reach me. For his own part, he wished to be",825
The Adventure of the Red Circle,free that he might communicate both with the American and with the,826
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"Italian police. I do not myself know where he lived, or how. All that",827
The Adventure of the Red Circle,I learned was through the columns of a newspaper. But once as I,828
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"looked through my window, I saw two Italians watching the house, and",829
The Adventure of the Red Circle,I understood that in some way Gorgiano had found our retreat. Finally,830
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"Gennaro told me, through the paper, that he would signal to me from a",831
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"certain window, but when the signals came they were nothing but",832
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"warnings, which were suddenly interrupted. It is very clear to me now",833
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"that he knew Gorgiano to be close upon him, and that, thank God! he",834
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"was ready for him when he came. And now, gentleman, I would ask you",835
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"whether we have anything to fear from the law, or whether any judge",836
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"upon earth would condemn my Gennaro for what he has done?""",837
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,838
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""Well, Mr. Gregson,"" said the American, looking across at the",839
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"official, ""I don't know what your British point of view may be, but I",840
The Adventure of the Red Circle,guess that in New York this lady's husband will receive a pretty,841
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"general vote of thanks.""",842
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,843
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""She will have to come with me and see the chief,"" Gregson answered.",844
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""If what she says is corroborated, I do not think she or her husband",845
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"has much to fear.  But what I can't make head or tail of, Mr. Holmes,",846
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"is how on earth you got yourself mixed up in the matter.""",847
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,848
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"""Education, Gregson, education.  Still seeking knowledge at the old",849
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"university.  Well, Watson, you have one more specimen of the tragic",850
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"and grotesque to add to your collection.  By the way, it is not eight",851
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"o'clock, and a Wagner night at Covent Garden!  If we hurry, we might",852
The Adventure of the Red Circle,"be in time for the second act.""",853
The Adventure of the Red Circle,,854
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,THE ADVENTURE OF THE BRUCE-PARTINGTON PLANS,1
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,2
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"In the third week of November, in the year 1895, a dense yellow fog",3
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,settled down upon London. From the Monday to the Thursday I doubt,4
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,whether it was ever possible from our windows in Baker Street to see,5
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,the loom of the opposite houses. The first day Holmes had spent in,6
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,cross-indexing his huge book of references. The second and third had,7
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,been patiently occupied upon a subject which he hand recently made,8
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"his hobby--the music of the Middle Ages. But when, for the fourth",9
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"time, after pushing back our chairs from breakfast we saw the greasy,",10
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,heavy brown swirl still drifting past us and condensing in oily drops,11
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"upon the window-panes, my comrade's impatient and active nature could",12
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,endure this drab existence no longer. He paced restlessly about our,13
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"sitting-room in a fever of suppressed energy, biting his nails,",14
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"tapping the furniture, and chafing against inaction.",15
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,16
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Nothing of interest in the paper, Watson?"" he said.",17
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,18
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"In was aware that by anything of interest, Holmes meant anything of",19
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"criminal interest. There was the news of a revolution, of a possible",20
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"war, and of an impending change of government; but these did not come",21
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,within the horizon of my companion. I could see nothing recorded in,22
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,the shape of crime which was not commonplace and futile. Holmes,23
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,groaned and resumed hs restless meanderings.,24
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,25
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""The London criminal is certainly a dull fellow,"" said he in the",26
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"querulous voice of the sportsman whose game has failed him. ""Look out",27
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"this window, Watson. See how the figures loom up, are dimly seen, and",28
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,then blend once more into the cloud-bank. The thief or the murderer,29
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"could roam London on such a day as the tiger does the jungle, unseen",30
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"until he pounces, and then evident only to his victim.""",31
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,32
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""There have,"" said I, ""been numerous petty thefts.""",33
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,34
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,Holmes snorted his contempt.,35
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,36
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""This great and sombre stage is set for something more worthy than",37
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"that,"" said he. ""It is fortunate for this community that I am not a",38
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"criminal.""",39
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,40
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""It is, indeed!"" said I heartily.",41
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,42
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Suppose that I were Brooks or Woodhouse, or any of the fifty men who",43
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"have good reason for taking my life, how long could I survive against",44
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"my own pursuit? A summons, a bogus appointment, and all would be",45
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,over. It is well they don't have days of fog in the Latin,46
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,countries--the countries of assassination. By Jove! here comes,47
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"something at last to break our dead monotony.""",48
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,49
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,It was the maid with a telegram. Holmes tore it open and burst out,50
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,laughing.,51
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,52
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Well, well! What next?"" said he. ""Brother Mycroft is coming round.""",53
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,54
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Why not?"" I asked.",55
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,56
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Why not? It is as if you met a tram-car coming down a country lane.",57
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"Mycroft has his rails and he runs on them. His Pall Mall lodgings,",58
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"the Diogenes Club, Whitehall--that is his cycle. Once, and only once,",59
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"he has been here. What upheaval can possibly have derailed him?""",60
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,61
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Does he not explain?""",62
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,63
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,Holmes handed me his brother's telegram.,64
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,65
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,Must see you over Cadogen West. Coming at once.,66
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,Mycroft.,67
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,68
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Cadogen West? I have heard the name.""",69
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,70
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""It recalls nothing to my mind. But that Mycroft should break out in",71
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,this erratic fashion! A planet might as well leave its orbit. By the,72
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"way, do you know what Mycroft is?""",73
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,74
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,I had some vague recollection of an explanation at the time of the,75
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,Adventure of the Greek Interpreter.,76
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,77
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""You told me that he had some small office under the British",78
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"government.""",79
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,80
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,Holmes chuckled.,81
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,82
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""I did not know you quite so well in those days. One has to be",83
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,discreet when one talks of high matters of state. You are right in,84
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,thinking that he under the British government. You would also be,85
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,right in a sense if you said that occasionally he is the British,86
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"government.""",87
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,88
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""My dear Holmes!""",89
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,90
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""I thought I might surprise you. Mycroft draws four hundred and fifty",91
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"pounds a year, remains a subordinate, has no ambitions of any kind,",92
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"will receive neither honour nor title, but remains the most",93
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"indispensable man in the country.""",94
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,95
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""But how?""",96
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,97
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Well, his position is unique. He has made it for himself. There has",98
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"never been anything like it before, nor will be again. He has the",99
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"tidiest and most orderly brain, with the greatest capacity for",100
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"storing facts, of any man living. The same great powers which I have",101
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,turned to the detection of crime he has used for this particular,102
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"business. The conclusions of every department are passed to him, and",103
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"he is the central exchange, the clearinghouse, which makes out the",104
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"balance. All other men are specialists, but his specialism is",105
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,omniscience. We will suppose that a minister needs information as to,106
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"a point which involves the Navy, India, Canada and the bimetallic",107
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,question; he could get his separate advices from various departments,108
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"upon each, but only Mycroft can focus them all, and say offhand how",109
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,each factor would affect the other. They began by using him as a,110
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"short-cut, a convenience; now he has made himself an essential. In",111
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,that great brain of his everything is pigeon-holed and can be handed,112
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,out in an instant. Again and again his word has decided the national,113
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"policy. He lives in it. He thinks of nothing else save when, as an",114
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"intellectual exercise, he unbends if I call upon him and ask him to",115
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,advise me on one of my little problems. But Jupiter is descending,116
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"to-day. What on earth can it mean? Who is Cadogan West, and what is",117
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"he to Mycroft?""",118
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,119
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""I have it,"" I cried, and plunged among the litter of papers upon the",120
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"sofa. ""Yes, yes, here he is, sure enough! Cadogen West was the young",121
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"man who was found dead on the Underground on Tuesday morning.""",122
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,123
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"Holmes sat up at attention, his pipe halfway to his lips.",124
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,125
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""This must be serious, Watson. A death which has caused my brother to",126
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,alter his habits can be no ordinary one. What in the world can he,127
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,have to do with it? The case was featureless as I remember it. The,128
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,young man had apparently fallen out of the train and killed himself.,129
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"He had not been robbed, and there was no particular reason to suspect",130
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"violence. Is that not so?""",131
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,132
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""There has been an inquest,"" said I, ""and a good many fresh facts",133
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"have come out. Looked at more closely, I should certainly say that it",134
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"was a curious case.""",135
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,136
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Judging by its effect upon my brother, I should think it must be a",137
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"most extraordinary one."" He snuggled down in his armchair. ""Now,",138
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"Watson, let us have the facts.""",139
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,140
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""The man's name was Arthur Cadogan West. He was twenty-seven years of",141
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"age, unmarried, and a clerk at Woolwich Arsenal.""",142
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,143
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Government employ. Behold the link with Brother Mycroft!""",144
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,145
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""He left Woolwich suddenly on Monday night. Was last seen by his",146
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"fiancee, Miss Violet Westbury, whom he left abruptly in the fog about",147
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,7.30 that evening. There was no quarrel between them and she can give,148
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,no motive for his action. The next thing heard of him was when his,149
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"dead body was discovered by a plate-layer named Mason, just outside",150
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"Aldgate Station on the Underground system in London.""",151
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,152
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""When?""",153
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,154
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""The body was found at six on Tuesday morning. It was lying wide of",155
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"the metals upon the left hand of the track as one goes eastward, at a",156
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"point close to the station, where the line emerges from the tunnel in",157
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,which it runs. The head was badly crushed--an injury which might well,158
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,have been caused by a fall from the train. The body could only have,159
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,come on the line in that way. Had it been carried down from any,160
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"neighbouring street, it must have passed the station barriers, where",161
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"a collector is always standing. This point seems absolutely certain.""",162
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,163
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Very good. The case is definite enough. The man, dead or alive,",164
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,either fell or was precipitated from a train. So much is clear to me.,165
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"Continue.""",166
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,167
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""The trains which traverse the lines of rail beside which the body",168
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"was found are those which run from west to east, some being purely",169
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"Metropolitan, and some from Willesden and outlying junctions. It can",170
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"be stated for certain that this young man, when he met his death, was",171
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"travelling in this direction at some late hour of the night, but at",172
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"what point he entered the train it is impossible to state.""",173
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,174
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""His ticket, of course, would show that.""",175
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,176
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""There was no ticket in his pockets.""",177
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,178
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""No ticket! Dear me, Watson, this is really very singular. According",179
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,to my experience it is not possible to reach the platform of a,180
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"Metropolitan train without exhibiting one's ticket. Presumably, then,",181
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,the young man had one. Was it taken from him in order to conceal the,182
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,station from which he came? It is possible. Or did he drop it in the,183
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,carriage? That is also possible. But the point is of curious,184
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"interest. I understand that there was no sign of robbery?""",185
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,186
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Apparently not. There is a list here of his possessions. His purse",187
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,contained two pounds fifteen. He had also a check-book on the,188
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,Woolwich branch of the Capital and Counties Bank. Through this his,189
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,identity was established. There were also two dress-circle tickets,190
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"for the Woolwich Theatre, dated for that very evening. Also a small",191
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"packet of technical papers.""",192
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,193
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,Holmes gave an exclamation of satisfaction.,194
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,195
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""There we have it at last, Watson! British government--Woolwich.",196
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"Arsenal--technical papers--Brother Mycroft, the chain is complete.",197
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"But here he comes, if I am not mistaken, to speak for himself.""",198
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,199
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,A moment later the tall and portly form of Mycroft Holmes was ushered,200
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"into the room. Heavily built and massive, there was a suggestion of",201
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"uncouth physical inertia in the figure, but above this unwieldy frame",202
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"there was perched a head so masterful in its brow, so alert in its",203
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"steel-gray, deep-set eyes, so firm in its lips, and so subtle in its",204
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"play of expression, that after the first glance one forgot the gross",205
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,body and remembered only the dominant mind.,206
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,207
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"At his heels came our old friend Lestrade, of Scotland Yard--thin and",208
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,austere. The gravity of both their faces foretold some weighty quest.,209
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,The detective shook hands without a word. Mycroft Holmes struggled,210
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,out of his overcoat and subsided into an armchair.,211
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,212
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""A most annoying business, Sherlock,"" said he. ""I extremely dislike",213
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"altering my habits, but the powers that be would take no denial. In",214
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,the present state of Siam it is most awkward that I should be away,215
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,from the office. But it is a real crisis. I have never seen the Prime,216
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,Minister so upset. As to the Admiralty--it is buzzing like an,217
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"overturned bee-hive. Have you read up the case?""",218
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,219
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""We have just done so. What were the technical papers?""",220
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,221
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Ah, there's the point! Fortunately, it has not come out. The press",222
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,would be furious if it did. The papers which this wretched youth had,223
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"in his pocket were the plans of the Bruce-Partington submarine.""",224
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,225
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,Mycroft Holmes spoke with a solemnity which showed his sense of the,226
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,importance of the subject. His brother and I sat expectant.,227
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,228
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Surely you have heard of it? I thought everyone had heard of it.""",229
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,230
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Only as a name.""",231
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,232
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Its importance can hardly be exaggerated. It has been the most",233
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,jealously guarded of all government secrets. You may take it from me,234
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,that naval warfare becomes impossible within the radius of a,235
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,Bruce-Partington's operation. Two years ago a very large sum was,236
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,smuggled through the Estimates and was expended in acquiring a,237
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,monopoly of the invention. Every effort has been made to keep the,238
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"secret. The plans, which are exceedingly intricate, comprising some",239
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"thirty separate patents, each essential to the working of the whole,",240
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,are kept in an elaborate safe in a confidential office adjoining the,241
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"arsenal, with burglar-proof doors and windows. Under no conceivable",242
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,circumstances were the plans to be taken from the office. If the,243
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"chief constructor of the Navy desired to consult them, even he was",244
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,forced to go to the Woolwich office for the purpose. And yet here we,245
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,find them in the pocket of a dead junior clerk in the heart of,246
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"London. From an official point of view it's simply awful.""",247
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,248
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""But you have recovered them?""",249
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,250
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""No, Sherlock, no! That's the pinch. We have not. Ten papers were",251
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,taken from Woolwich. There were seven in the pocket of Cadogan West.,252
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"The three most essential are gone--stolen, vanished. You must drop",253
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"everything, Sherlock. Never mind your usual petty puzzles of the",254
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,police-court. It's a vital international problem that you have to,255
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"solve. Why did Cadogan West take the papers, where are the missing",256
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"ones, how did he die, how came his body where it was found, how can",257
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"the evil be set right? Find an answer to all these questions, and you",258
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"will have done good service for your country.""",259
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,260
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Why do you not solve it yourself, Mycroft? You can see as far as I.""",261
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,262
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Possibly, Sherlock. But it is a question of getting details. Give me",263
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"your details, and from an armchair I will return you an excellent",264
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"expert opinion. But to run here and run there, to cross-question",265
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"railway guards, and lie on my face with a lens to my eye--it is not",266
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"my métier. No, you are the one man who can clear the matter up. If",267
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"you have a fancy to see your name in the next honours list--""",268
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,269
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,My friend smiled and shook his head.,270
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,271
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""I play the game for the game's own sake,"" said he. ""But the problem",272
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"certainly presents some points of interest, and I shall be very",273
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"pleased to look into it. Some more facts, please.""",274
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,275
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""I have jotted down the more essential ones upon this sheet of paper,",276
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,together with a few addresses which you will find of service. The,277
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,actual official guardian of the papers is the famous government,278
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"expert, Sir James Walter, whose decorations and sub-titles fill two",279
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"lines of a book of reference. He has grown gray in the service, is a",280
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"gentleman, a favoured guest in the most exalted houses, and, above",281
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"all, a man whose patriotism is beyond suspicion. He is one of two who",282
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,have a key of the safe. I may add that the papers were undoubtedly in,283
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"the office during working hours on Monday, and that Sir James left",284
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,for London about three o'clock taking his key with him. He was at the,285
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,house of Admiral Sinclair at Barclay Square during the whole of the,286
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"evening when this incident occurred.""",287
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,288
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Has the fact been verified?""",289
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,290
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Yes; his brother, Colonel Valentine Walter, has testified to his",291
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"departure from Woolwich, and Admiral Sinclair to his arrival in",292
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"London; so Sir James is no longer a direct factor in the problem.""",293
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,294
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Who was the other man with a key?""",295
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,296
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""The senior clerk and draughtsman, Mr. Sidney Johnson. He is a man of",297
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"forty, married, with five children. He is a silent, morose man, but",298
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"he has, on the whole, an excellent record in the public service. He",299
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"is unpopular with his colleagues, but a hard worker. According to his",300
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"own account, corroborated only by the word of his wife, he was at",301
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"home the whole of Monday evening after office hours, and his key has",302
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"never left the watch-chain upon which it hangs.""",303
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,304
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Tell us about Cadogan West.""",305
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,306
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""He has been ten years in the service and has done good work. He has",307
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"the reputation of being hot-headed and imperious, but a straight,",308
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,honest man. We have nothing against him. He was next Sidney Johnson,309
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"in the office. His duties brought him into daily, personal contact",310
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"with the plans. No one else had the handling of them.""",311
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,312
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Who locked up the plans that night?""",313
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,314
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Mr. Sidney Johnson, the senior clerk.""",315
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,316
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Well, it is surely perfectly clear who took them away. They are",317
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"actually found upon the person of this junior clerk, Cadogan West.",318
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"That seems final, does it not?""",319
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,320
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""It does, Sherlock, and yet it leaves so much unexplained. In the",321
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"first place, why did he take them?""",322
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,323
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""I presume they were of value?""",324
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,325
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""He could have got several thousands for them very easily.""",326
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,327
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Can you suggest any possible motive for taking the papers to London",328
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"except to sell them?""",329
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,330
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""No, I cannot.""",331
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,332
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Then we must take that as our working hypothesis. Young West took",333
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"the papers. Now this could only be done by having a false key--""",334
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,335
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Several false keys. He had to open the building and the room.""",336
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,337
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""He had, then, several false keys. He took the papers to London to",338
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"sell the secret, intending, no doubt, to have the plans themselves",339
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,back in the safe next morning before they were missed. While in,340
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"London on this treasonable mission he met his end.""",341
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,342
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""How?""",343
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,344
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""We will suppose that he was travelling back to Woolwich when he was",345
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"killed and thrown out of the compartment.""",346
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,347
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Aldgate, where the body was found, is considerably past the station",348
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"London Bridge, which would be his route to Woolwich.""",349
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,350
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Many circumstances could be imagined under which he would pass",351
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"London Bridge. There was someone in the carriage, for example, with",352
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,whom he was having an absorbing interview. This interview led to a,353
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,violent scene in which he lost his life. Possibly he tried to leave,354
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"the carriage, fell out on the line, and so met his end. The other",355
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"closed the door. There was a thick fog, and nothing could be seen.""",356
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,357
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""No better explanation can be given with our present knowledge; and",358
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"yet consider, Sherlock, how much you leave untouched. We will",359
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"suppose, for argument's sake, that young Cadogan West had determined",360
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,to convey these papers to London. He would naturally have made an,361
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,appointment with the foreign agent and kept his evening clear.,362
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"Instead of that he took two tickets for the theatre, escorted his",363
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"fiancee halfway there, and then suddenly disappeared.""",364
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,365
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""A blind,"" said Lestrade, who had sat listening with some impatience",366
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,to the conversation.,367
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,368
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""A very singular one. That is objection No. 1. Objection No. 2: We",369
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,will suppose that he reaches London and sees the foreign agent. He,370
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,must bring back the papers before morning or the loss will be,371
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,discovered. He took away ten. Only seven were in his pocket. What had,372
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,become of the other three? He certainly would not leave them of his,373
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"own free will. Then, again, where is the price of his treason? Once",374
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"would have expected to find a large sum of money in his pocket.""",375
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,376
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""It seems to me perfectly clear,"" said Lestrade. ""I have no doubt at",377
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,all as to what occurred. He took the papers to sell them. He saw the,378
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"agent. They could not agree as to price. He started home again, but",379
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"the agent went with him. In the train the agent murdered him, took",380
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"the more essential papers, and threw his body from the carriage. That",381
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"would account for everything, would it not?""",382
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,383
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Why had he no ticket?""",384
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,385
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""The ticket would have shown which station was nearest the agent's",386
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"house. Therefore he took it from the murdered man's pocket.""",387
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,388
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Good, Lestrade, very good,"" said Holmes. ""Your theory holds",389
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"together. But if this is true, then the case is at an end. On the one",390
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"hand, the traitor is dead. On the other, the plans of the",391
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,Bruce-Partington submarine are presumably already on the Continent.,392
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"What is there for us to do?""",393
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,394
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""To act, Sherlock--to act!"" cried Mycroft, springing to his feet.",395
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""All my instincts are against this explanation. Use your powers! Go",396
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,to the scene of the crime! See the people concerned! Leave no stone,397
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,unturned! In all your career you have never had so great a chance of,398
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"serving your country.""",399
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,400
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Well, well!"" said Holmes, shrugging his shoulders. ""Come, Watson!",401
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"And you, Lestrade, could you favour us with your company for an hour",402
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,or two? We will begin our investigation by a visit to Aldgate,403
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"Station. Good-bye, Mycroft. I shall let you have a report before",404
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"evening, but I warn you in advance that you have little to expect.""",405
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,406
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"An hour later Holmes, Lestrade and I stood upon the Underground",407
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,railroad at the point where it emerges from the tunnel immediately,408
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,before Aldgate Station. A courteous red-faced old gentleman,409
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,represented the railway company.,410
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,411
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""This is where the young man's body lay,"" said he, indicating a spot",412
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"about three feet from the metals. ""It could not have fallen from",413
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"above, for these, as you see, are all blank walls. Therefore, it",414
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"could only have come from a train, and that train, so far as we can",415
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"trace it, must have passed about midnight on Monday.""",416
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,417
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Have the carriages been examined for any sign of violence?""",418
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,419
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""There are no such signs, and no ticket has been found.""",420
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,421
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""No record of a door being found open?""",422
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,423
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""None.""",424
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,425
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""We have had some fresh evidence this morning,"" said Lestrade. ""A",426
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,passenger who passed Aldgate in an ordinary Metropolitan train about,427
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"11.40 on Monday night declares that he heard a heavy thud, as of a",428
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"body striking the line, just before the train reached the station.",429
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"There was dense fog, however, and nothing could be seen. He made no",430
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"report of it at the time. Why, whatever is the matter with Mr.",431
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"Holmes?""",432
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,433
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,My friend was standing with an expression of strained intensity upon,434
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"his face, staring at the railway metals where they curved out of the",435
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"tunnel. Aldgate is a junction, and there was a network of points. On",436
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"these his eager, questioning eyes were fixed, and I saw on his keen,",437
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"alert face that tightening of the lips, that quiver of the nostrils,",438
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"and concentration of the heavy, tufted brows which I knew so well.",439
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,440
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Points,"" he muttered; ""the points.""",441
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,442
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""What of it? What do you mean?""",443
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,444
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""I suppose there are no great number of points on a system such as",445
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"this?""",446
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,447
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""No; they are very few.""",448
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,449
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""And a curve, too. Points, and a curve. By Jove! if it were only so.""",450
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,451
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""What is it, Mr. Holmes? Have you a clue?""",452
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,453
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""An idea--an indication, no more. But the case certainly grows in",454
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"interest. Unique, perfectly unique, and yet why not? I do not see any",455
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"indications of bleeding on the line.""",456
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,457
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""There were hardly any.""",458
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,459
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""But I understand that there was a considerable wound.""",460
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,461
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""The bone was crushed, but there was no great external injury.""",462
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,463
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""And yet one would have expected some bleeding. Would it be possible",464
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,for me to inspect the train which contained the passenger who heard,465
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"the thud of a fall in the fog?""",466
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,467
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""I fear not, Mr. Holmes. The train has been broken up before now, and",468
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"the carriages redistributed.""",469
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,470
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""I can assure you, Mr. Holmes,"" said Lestrade, ""that every carriage",471
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"has been carefully examined. I saw to it myself.""",472
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,473
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,It was one of my friend's most obvious weaknesses that he was,474
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,impatient with less alert intelligences than his own.,475
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,476
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Very likely,"" said he, turning away. ""As it happens, it was not the",477
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"carriages which I desired to examine. Watson, we have done all we can",478
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"here. We need not trouble you any further, Mr. Lestrade. I think our",479
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"investigations must now carry us to Woolwich.""",480
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,481
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"At London Bridge, Holmes wrote a telegram to his brother, which he",482
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,handed to me before dispatching it. It ran thus:,483
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,484
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"See some light in the darkness, but it may possibly flicker out.",485
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"Meanwhile, please send by messenger, to await return at Baker Street,",486
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,a complete list of all foreign spies or international agents known to,487
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"be in England, with full address.",488
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,Sherlock.,489
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,490
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""That should be helpful, Watson,"" he remarked as we took our seats in",491
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"the Woolwich train.  ""We certainly owe Brother Mycroft a debt for",492
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,having introduced us to what promises to be a really very remarkable,493
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"case.""",494
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,495
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,His eager face still wore that expression of intense and high-strung,496
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"energy, which showed me that some novel and suggestive circumstance",497
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,had opened up a stimulating line of thought. See the foxhound with,498
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"hanging ears and drooping tail as it lolls about the kennels, and",499
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"compare it with the same hound as, with gleaming eyes and straining",500
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"muscles, it runs upon a breast-high scent--such was the change in",501
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,Holmes since the morning. He was a different man from the limp and,502
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,lounging figure in the mouse-coloured dressing-gown who had prowled,503
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,so restlessly only a few hours before round the fog-girt room.,504
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,505
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""There is material here. There is scope,"" said he. ""I am dull indeed",506
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"not to have understood its possibilities.""",507
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,508
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Even now they are dark to me.""",509
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,510
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""The end is dark to me also, but I have hold of one idea which may",511
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"lead us far. The man met his death elsewhere, and his body was on the",512
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"roof of a carriage.""",513
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,514
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""On the roof!""",515
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,516
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Remarkable, is it not? But consider the facts. Is it a coincidence",517
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,that it is found at the very point where the train pitches and sways,518
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,as it comes round on the points? Is not that the place where an,519
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,object upon the roof might be expected to fall off? The points would,520
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,affect no object inside the train. Either the body fell from the,521
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"roof, or a very curious coincidence has occurred. But now consider",522
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"the question of the blood. Of course, there was no bleeding on the",523
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,line if the body had bled elsewhere. Each fact is suggestive in,524
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"itself. Together they have a cumulative force.""",525
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,526
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""And the ticket, too!"" I cried.",527
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,528
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Exactly.  We could not explain the absence of a ticket. This would",529
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"explain it. Everything fits together.""",530
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,531
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""But suppose it were so, we are still as far as ever from unravelling",532
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"the mystery of his death. Indeed, it becomes not simpler but",533
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"stranger.""",534
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,535
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Perhaps,"" said Holmes, thoughtfully, ""perhaps."" He relapsed into a",536
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"silent reverie, which lasted until the slow train drew up at last in",537
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,Woolwich Station. There he called a cab and drew Mycroft's paper from,538
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,his pocket.,539
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,540
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""We have quite a little round of afternoon calls to make,"" said he.",541
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""I think that Sir James Walter claims our first attention.""",542
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,543
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,The house of the famous official was a fine villa with green lawns,544
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"stretching down to the Thames. As we reached it the fog was lifting,",545
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"and a thin, watery sunshine was breaking through. A butler answered",546
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,our ring.,547
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,548
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Sir James, sir!"" said he with solemn face. ""Sir James died this",549
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"morning.""",550
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,551
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Good heavens!"" cried Holmes in amazement. ""How did he die?""",552
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,553
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Perhaps you would care to step in, sir, and see his brother, Colonel",554
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"Valentine?""",555
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,556
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Yes, we had best do so.""",557
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,558
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"We were ushered into a dim-lit drawing-room, where an instant later",559
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"we were joined by a very tall, handsome, light-beared man of fifty,",560
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"the younger brother of the dead scientist. His wild eyes, stained",561
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"cheeks, and unkempt hair all spoke of the sudden blow which had",562
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,fallen upon the household. He was hardly articulate as he spoke of,563
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,it.,564
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,565
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""It was this horrible scandal,"" said he. ""My brother, Sir James, was",566
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"a man of very sensitive honour, and he could not survive such an",567
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,affair. It broke his heart. He was always so proud of the efficiency,568
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"of his department, and this was a crushing blow.""",569
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,570
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""We had hoped that he might have given us some indications which",571
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"would have helped us to clear the matter up.""",572
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,573
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""I assure you that it was all a mystery to him as it is to you and to",574
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,all of us. He had already put all his knowledge at the disposal of,575
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,the police. Naturally he had no doubt that Cadogan West was guilty.,576
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"But all the rest was inconceivable.""",577
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,578
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""You cannot throw any new light upon the affair?""",579
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,580
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""I know nothing myself save what I have read or heard. I have no",581
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"desire to be discourteous, but you can understand, Mr. Holmes, that",582
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"we are much disturbed at present, and I must ask you to hasten this",583
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"interview to an end.""",584
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,585
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""This is indeed an unexpected development,"" said my friend when we",586
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"had regained the cab. ""I wonder if the death was natural, or whether",587
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"the poor old fellow killed himself! If the latter, may it be taken as",588
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,some sign of self-reproach for duty neglected? We must leave that,589
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"question to the future. Now we shall turn to the Cadogan Wests.""",590
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,591
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,A small but well-kept house in the outskirts of the town sheltered,592
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,the bereaved mother. The old lady was too dazed with grief to be of,593
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"any use to us, but at her side was a white-faced young lady, who",594
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"introduced herself as Miss Violet Westbury, the fiancee of the dead",595
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"man, and the last to see him upon that fatal night.",596
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,597
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""I cannot explain it, Mr. Holmes,"" she said. ""I have not shut an eye",598
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"since the tragedy, thinking, thinking, thinking, night and day, what",599
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"the true meaning of it can be. Arthur was the most single-minded,",600
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"chivalrous, patriotic man upon earth. He would have cut his right",601
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,hand off before he would sell a State secret confided to his keeping.,602
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"It is absurd, impossible, preposterous to anyone who knew him.""",603
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,604
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""But the facts, Miss Westbury?""",605
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,606
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Yes, yes; I admit I cannot explain them.""",607
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,608
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Was he in any want of money?""",609
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,610
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""No; his needs were very simple and his salary ample. He had saved a",611
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"few hundreds, and we were to marry at the New Year.""",612
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,613
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""No signs of any mental excitement? Come, Miss Westbury, be",614
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"absolutely frank with us.""",615
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,616
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,The quick eye of my companion had noted some change in her manner.,617
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,She coloured and hesitated.,618
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,619
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Yes,"" she said at last, ""I had a feeling that there was something on",620
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"his mind.""",621
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,622
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""For long?""",623
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,624
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Only for the last week or so. He was thoughtful and worried. Once I",625
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"pressed him about it. He admitted that there was something, and that",626
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,it was concerned with his official life. 'It is too serious for me to,627
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"speak about, even to you,' said he. I could get nothing more.""",628
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,629
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,Holmes looked grave.,630
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,631
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Go on, Miss Westbury. Even if it seems to tell against him, go on.",632
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"We cannot say what it may lead to.""",633
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,634
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Indeed, I have nothing more to tell. Once or twice it seemed to me",635
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,that he was on the point of telling me something. He spoke one,636
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"evening of the importance of the secret, and I have some recollection",637
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,that he said that no doubt foreign spies would pay a great deal to,638
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"have it.""",639
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,640
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,My friend's face grew graver still.,641
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,642
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Anything else?""",643
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,644
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""He said that we were slack about such matters--that it would be easy",645
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"for a traitor to get the plans.""",646
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,647
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Was it only recently that he made such remarks?""",648
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,649
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Yes, quite recently.""",650
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,651
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Now tell us of that last evening.""",652
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,653
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""We were to go to the theatre. The fog was so thick that a cab was",654
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"useless. We walked, and our way took us close to the office. Suddenly",655
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"he darted away into the fog.""",656
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,657
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Without a word?""",658
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,659
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""He gave an exclamation; that was all. I waited but he never",660
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"returned. Then I walked home. Next morning, after the office opened,",661
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,they came to inquire. About twelve o'clock we heard the terrible,662
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"news. Oh, Mr. Holmes, if you could only, only save his honour! It was",663
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"so much to him.""",664
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,665
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,Holmes shook his head sadly.,666
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,667
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Come, Watson,"" said he, ""our ways lie elsewhere. Our next station",668
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,must be the office from which the papers were taken.,669
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,670
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""It was black enough before against this young man, but our inquiries",671
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"make it blacker,"" he remarked as the cab lumbered off. ""His coming",672
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,marriage gives a motive for the crime. He naturally wanted money. The,673
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"idea was in his head, since he spoke about it. He nearly made the",674
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,girl an accomplice in the treason by telling her his plans. It is all,675
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"very bad.""",676
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,677
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""But surely, Holmes, character goes for something? Then, again, why",678
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,should he leave the girl in the street and dart away to commit a,679
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"felony?""",680
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,681
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Exactly! There are certainly objections. But it is a formidable case",682
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"which they have to meet.""",683
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,684
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"Mr. Sidney Johnson, the senior clerk, met us at the office and",685
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,received us with that respect which my companion's card always,686
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"commanded. He was a thin, gruff, bespectacled man of middle age, his",687
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"cheeks haggard, and his hands twitching from the nervous strain to",688
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,which he had been subjected.,689
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,690
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""It is bad, Mr. Holmes, very bad! Have you heard of the death of the",691
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"chief?""",692
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,693
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""We have just come from his house.""",694
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,695
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""The place is disorganized. The chief dead, Cadogan West dead, our",696
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"papers stolen. And yet, when we closed our door on Monday evening, we",697
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,were as efficient an office as any in the government service. Good,698
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"God, it's dreadful to think of! That West, of all men, should have",699
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"done such a thing!""",700
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,701
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""You are sure of his guilt, then?""",702
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,703
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""I can see no other way out of it. And yet I would have trusted him",704
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"as I trust myself.""",705
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,706
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""At what hour was the office closed on Monday?""",707
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,708
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""At five.""",709
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,710
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Did you close it?""",711
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,712
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""I am always the last man out.""",713
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,714
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Where were the plans?""",715
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,716
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""In that safe. I put them there myself.""",717
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,718
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Is there no watchman to the building?""",719
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,720
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""There is, but he has other departments to look after as well. He is",721
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,an old soldier and a most trustworthy man. He saw nothing that,722
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"evening. Of course the fog was very thick.""",723
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,724
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Suppose that Cadogan West wished to make his way into the building",725
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"after hours; he would need three keys, would he not, before the could",726
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"reach the papers?""",727
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,728
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Yes, he would. The key of the outer door, the key of the office, and",729
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"the key of the safe.""",730
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,731
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Only Sir James Walter and you had those keys?""",732
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,733
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""I had no keys of the doors--only of the safe.""",734
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,735
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Was Sir James a man who was orderly in his habits?""",736
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,737
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Yes, I think he was. I know that so far as those three keys are",738
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,concerned he kept them on the same ring. I have often seen them,739
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"there.""",740
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,741
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""And that ring went with him to London?""",742
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,743
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""He said so.""",744
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,745
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""And your key never left your possession?""",746
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,747
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Never.""",748
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,749
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Then West, if he is the culprit, must have had a duplicate. And yet",750
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,none was found upon his body. One other point: if a clerk in this,751
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"office desired to sell the plans, would it not be simply to copy the",752
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"plans for himself than to take the originals, as was actually done?""",753
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,754
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""It would take considerable technical knowledge to copy the plans in",755
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"an effective way.""",756
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,757
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""But I suppose either Sir James, or you, or West has that technical",758
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"knowledge?""",759
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,760
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""No doubt we had, but I beg you won't try to drag me into the matter,",761
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,Mr. Holmes. What is the use of our speculating in this way when the,762
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"original plans were actually found on West?""",763
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,764
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Well, it is certainly singular that he should run the risk of taking",765
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"originals if he could safely have taken copies, which would have",766
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"equally served his turn.""",767
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,768
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Singular, no doubt--and yet he did so.""",769
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,770
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Every inquiry in this case reveals something inexplicable. Now there",771
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"are three papers still missing. They are, as I understand, the vital",772
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"ones.""",773
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,774
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Yes, that is so.""",775
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,776
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Do you mean to say that anyone holding these three papers, and",777
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"without the seven others, could construct a Bruce-Partington",778
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"submarine?""",779
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,780
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""I reported to that effect to the Admiralty. But to-day I have been",781
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"over the drawings again, and I am not so sure of it. The double",782
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,valves with the automatic self-adjusting slots are drawn in one of,783
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,the papers which have been returned. Until the foreigners had,784
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,invented that for themselves they could not make the boat. Of course,785
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"they might soon get over the difficulty.""",786
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,787
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""But the three missing drawings are the most important?""",788
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,789
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Undoubtedly.""",790
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,791
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""I think, with your permission, I will now take a stroll round the",792
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"premises. I do not recall any other question which I desired to ask.""",793
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,794
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"He examined the lock of the safe, the door of the room, and finally",795
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,the iron shutters of the window. It was only when we were on the lawn,796
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,outside that his interest was strongly excited. There was a laurel,797
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"bush outside the window, and several of the branches bore signs of",798
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,having been twisted or snapped. He examined them carefully with his,799
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"lens, and then some dim and vague marks upon the earth beneath.",800
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"Finally he asked the chief clerk to close the iron shutters, and he",801
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"pointed out to me that they hardly met in the centre, and that it",802
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,would be possible for anyone outside to see what was going on within,803
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,the room.,804
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,805
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""The indications are ruined by three days' delay. They may mean",806
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"something or nothing. Well, Watson, I do not think that Woolwich can",807
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,help us further. It is a small crop which we have gathered. Let us,808
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"see if we can do better in London.""",809
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,810
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,Yet we added one more sheaf to our harvest before we left Woolwich,811
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,Station. The clerk in the ticket office was able to say with,812
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,confidence that he saw Cadogan West--whom he knew well by sight--upon,813
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"the Monday night, and that he went to London by the 8.15 to London",814
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,Bridge. He was alone and took a single third-class ticket. The clerk,815
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,was struck at the time by his excited and nervous manner. So shaky,816
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"was he that he could hardly pick up his change, and the clerk had",817
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,helped him with it. A reference to the timetable showed that the 8.15,818
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,was the first train which it was possible for West to take after he,819
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,had left the lady about 7.30.,820
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,821
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Let us reconstruct, Watson,"" said Holmes after half an hour of",822
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"silence. ""I am not aware that in all our joint researches we have",823
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,ever had a case which was more difficult to get at. Every fresh,824
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,advance which we make only reveals a fresh ridge beyond. And yet we,825
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,have surely made some appreciable progress.,826
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,827
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""The effect of our inquiries at Woolwich has in the main been against",828
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,young Cadogan West; but the indications at the window would lend,829
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"themselves to a more favourable hypothesis. Let us suppose, for",830
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"example, that he had been approached by some foreign agent. It might",831
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,have been done under such pledges as would have prevented him from,832
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"speaking of it, and yet would have affected his thoughts in the",833
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,direction indicated by his remarks to his fiancee. Very good. We will,834
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,now suppose that as he went to the theatre with the young lady he,835
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"suddenly, in the fog, caught a glimpse of this same agent going in",836
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"the direction of the office. He was an impetuous man, quick in his",837
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"decisions. Everything gave way to his duty. He followed the man,",838
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"reached the window, saw the abstraction of the documents, and pursued",839
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,the thief. In this way we get over the objection that no one would,840
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,take originals when he could make copies. This outsider had to take,841
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"originals. So far it holds together.""",842
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,843
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""What is the next step?""",844
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,845
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Then we come into difficulties. One would imagine that under such",846
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,circumstances the first act of young Cadogan West would be to seize,847
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,the villain and raise the alarm. Why did he not do so? Could it have,848
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,been an official superior who took the papers? That would explain,849
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,West's conduct. Or could the chief have given West the slip in the,850
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"fog, and West started at once to London to head him off from his own",851
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"rooms, presuming that he knew where the rooms were? The call must",852
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"have been very pressing, since he left his girl standing in the fog",853
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"and made no effort to communicate with her. Our scent runs cold here,",854
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,and there is a vast gap between either hypothesis and the laying of,855
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"West's body, with seven papers in his pocket, on the roof of a",856
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,Metropolitan train. My instinct now is to work form the other end. If,857
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,Mycroft has given us the list of addresses we may be able to pick our,858
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"man and follow two tracks instead of one.""",859
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,860
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"Surely enough, a note awaited us at Baker Street. A government",861
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,messenger had brought it post-haste. Holmes glanced at it and threw,862
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,it over to me.,863
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,864
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"There are numerous small fry, but few who would handle so big an",865
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"affair. The only men worth considering are Adolph Mayer, of 13 Great",866
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"George Street, Westminster; Louis La Rothiere, of Campden Mansions,",867
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"Notting Hill; and Hugo Oberstein, 13 Caulfield Gardens, Kensington.",868
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,The latter was known to be in town on Monday and is now reported as,869
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,having left. Glad to hear you have seen some light. The Cabinet,870
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,awaits your final report with the utmost anxiety. Urgent,871
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,representations have arrived from the very highest quarter. The whole,872
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,force of the State is at your back if you should need it.,873
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,Mycroft.,874
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,875
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""I'm afraid,"" said Holmes, smiling, ""that all the queen's horses and",876
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"all the queen's men cannot avail in this matter."" He had spread out",877
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"his big map of London and leaned eagerly over it. ""Well, well,"" said",878
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"he presently with an exclamation of satisfaction, ""things are turning",879
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"a little in our direction at last. Why, Watson, I do honestly believe",880
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"that we are going to pull it off, after all."" He slapped me on the",881
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"shoulder with a sudden burst of hilarity. ""I am going out now. It is",882
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,only a reconnaissance. I will do nothing serious without my trusted,883
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"comrade and biographer at my elbow. Do you stay here, and the odds",884
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,are that you will see me again in an hour or two. If time hangs heavy,885
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"get foolscap and a pen, and begin your narrative of how we saved the",886
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"State.""",887
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,888
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"I felt some reflection of his elation in my own mind, for I knew well",889
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,that he would not depart so far from his usual austerity of demeanour,890
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,unless there was good cause for exultation. All the long November,891
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"evening I waited, filled with impatience for his return. At last,",892
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"shortly after nine o'clock, there arrived a messenger with a note:",893
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,894
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"Am dining at Goldini's Restaurant, Gloucester Road, Kensington.",895
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"Please come at once and join me there. Bring with you a jemmy, a dark",896
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"lantern, a chisel, and a revolver.",897
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,S.H.,898
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,899
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,It was a nice equipment for a respectable citizen to carry through,900
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"the dim, fog-draped streets. I stowed them all discreetly away in my",901
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,overcoat and drove straight to the address given. There sat my friend,902
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,at a little round table near the door of the garish Italian,903
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,restaurant.,904
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,905
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Have you had something to eat? Then join me in a coffee and curacao.",906
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,Try one of the proprietor's cigars. They are less poisonous than one,907
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"would expect. Have you the tools?""",908
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,909
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""They are here, in my overcoat.""",910
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,911
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Excellent. Let me give you a short sketch of what I have done, with",912
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,some indication of what we are about to do. Now it must be evident to,913
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"you, Watson, that this young man's body was placed on the roof of the",914
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,train. That was clear from the instant that I determined the fact,915
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"that it was from the roof, and not from a carriage, that he had",916
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"fallen.""",917
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,918
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Could it not have been dropped from a bridge?""",919
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,920
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""I should say it was impossible. If you examine the roofs you will",921
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"find that they are slightly rounded, and there is no railing round",922
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"them. Therefore, we can say for certain that young Cadogan West was",923
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"placed on it.""",924
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,925
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""How could he be placed there?""",926
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,927
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""That was the question which we had to answer. There is only one",928
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,possible way. You are aware that the Underground runs clear of,929
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,tunnels at some points in the West End. I had a vague memory that as,930
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,I have travelled by it I have occasionally seen windows just above my,931
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"head. Now, suppose that a train halted under such a window, would",932
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"there be any difficulty in laying a body upon the roof?""",933
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,934
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""It seems most improbable.""",935
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,936
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""We must fall back upon the old axiom that when all other",937
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"contingencies fail, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the",938
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,truth. Here all other contingencies have failed. When I found that,939
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"the leading international agent, who had just left London, lived in a",940
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"row of houses which abutted upon the Underground, I was so pleased",941
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"that you were a little astonished at my sudden frivolity.""",942
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,943
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Oh, that was it, was it?""",944
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,945
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Yes, that was it. Mr. Hugo Oberstein, of 13 Caulfield Gardens, had",946
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,become my objective. I began my operations at Gloucester Road,947
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"Station, where a very helpful official walked with me along the track",948
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,and allowed me to satisfy myself not only that the back-stair windows,949
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,of Caulfield Gardens open on the line but the even more essential,950
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"fact that, owing to the intersection of one of the larger railways,",951
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,the Underground trains are frequently held motionless for some,952
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"minutes at that very spot.""",953
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,954
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Splendid, Holmes! You have got it!""",955
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,956
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""So far--so far, Watson. We advance, but the goal is afar. Well,",957
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"having seen the back of Caulfield Gardens, I visited the front and",958
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,satisfied myself that the bird was indeed flown. It is a considerable,959
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"house, unfurnished, so far as I could judge, in the upper rooms.",960
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"Oberstein lived there with a single valet, who was probably a",961
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,confederate entirely in his confidence. We must bear in mind that,962
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"Oberstein has gone to the Continent to dispose of his booty, but not",963
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"with any idea of flight; for he had no reason to fear a warrant, and",964
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,the idea of an amateur domiciliary visit would certainly never occur,965
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"to him. Yet that is precisely what we are about to make.""",966
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,967
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Could we not get a warrant and legalize it?""",968
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,969
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Hardly on the evidence.""",970
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,971
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""What can we hope to do?""",972
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,973
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""We cannot tell what correspondence may be there.""",974
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,975
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""I don't like it, Holmes.""",976
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,977
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""My dear fellow, you shall keep watch in the street. I'll do the",978
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,criminal part. It's not a time to stick at trifles. Think of,979
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"Mycroft's note, of the Admiralty, the Cabinet, the exalted person who",980
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"waits for news. We are bound to go.""",981
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,982
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,My answer was to rise from the table.,983
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,984
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""You are right, Holmes. We are bound to go.""",985
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,986
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,He sprang up and shook me by the hand.,987
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,988
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""I knew you would not shrink at the last,"" said he, and for a moment",989
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,I saw something in his eyes which was nearer to tenderness than I had,990
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"ever seen. The next instant he was his masterful, practical self once",991
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,more.,992
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,993
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""It is nearly half a mile, but there is no hurry. Let us walk,"" said",994
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"he. ""Don't drop the instruments, I beg. Your arrest as a suspicious",995
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"character would be a most unfortunate complication.""",996
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,997
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"Caulfield Gardens was one of those lines of flat-faced pillared, and",998
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,porticoed houses which are so prominent a product of the middle,999
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,Victorian epoch in the West End of London. Next door there appeared,1000
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"to be a children's party, for the merry buzz of young voices and the",1001
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,clatter of a piano resounded through the night. The fog still hung,1002
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,about and screened us with its friendly shade. Holmes had lit his,1003
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,lantern and flashed it upon the massive door.,1004
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,1005
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""This is a serious proposition,"" said he. ""It is certainly bolted as",1006
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,well as locked. We would do better in the area. There is an excellent,1007
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,archway down yonder in case a too zealous policeman should intrude.,1008
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"Give me a hand, Watson, and I'll do the same for you.""",1009
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,1010
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,A minute later we were both in the area. Hardly had we reached the,1011
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,dark shadows before the step of the policeman was heard in the fog,1012
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"above. As its soft rhythm died away, Holmes set to work upon the",1013
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,lower door. I saw him stoop and strain until with a sharp crash it,1014
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"flew open. We sprang through into the dark passage, closing the area",1015
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"door behind us. Holmes let the way up the curving, uncarpeted stair.",1016
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,His little fan of yellow light shone upon a low window.,1017
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,1018
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Here we are, Watson--this must be the one."" He threw it open, and as",1019
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"he did so there was a low, harsh murmur, growing steadily into a loud",1020
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,roar as a train dashed past us in the darkness. Holmes swept his,1021
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,light along the window-sill. It was thickly coated with soot from the,1022
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"passing engines, but the black surface was blurred and rubbed in",1023
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,places.,1024
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,1025
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""You can see where they rested the body. Halloa, Watson! what is",1026
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"this? There can be no doubt that it is a blood mark."" He was pointing",1027
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"to faint discolourations along the woodwork of the window. ""Here it",1028
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,is on the stone of the stair also. The demonstration is complete. Let,1029
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"us stay here until a train stops.""",1030
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,1031
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,We had not long to wait. The very next train roared from the tunnel,1032
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"as before, but slowed in the open, and then, with a creaking of",1033
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"brakes, pulled up immediately beneath us. It was not four feet from",1034
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,the window-ledge to the roof of the carriages. Holmes softly closed,1035
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,the window.,1036
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,1037
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""So far we are justified,"" said he. ""What do you think of it,",1038
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"Watson?""",1039
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,1040
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""A masterpiece. You have never risen to a greater height.""",1041
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,1042
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""I cannot agree with you there. From the moment that I conceived the",1043
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"idea of the body being upon the roof, which surely was not a very",1044
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"abstruse one, all the rest was inevitable. If it were not for the",1045
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,grave interests involved the affair up to this point would be,1046
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,insignificant. Our difficulties are still before us. But perhaps we,1047
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"may find something here which may help us.""",1048
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,1049
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,We had ascended the kitchen stair and entered the suite of rooms upon,1050
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"the first floor. One was a dining-room, severely furnished and",1051
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"containing nothing of interest. A second was a bedroom, which also",1052
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"drew blank. The remaining room appeared more promising, and my",1053
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,companion settled down to a systematic examination. It was littered,1054
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"with books and papers, and was evidently used as a study. Swiftly and",1055
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,methodically Holmes turned over the contents of drawer after drawer,1056
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"and cupboard after cupboard, but no gleam of success came to brighten",1057
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,his austere face. At the end of an hour he was no further than when,1058
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,he started.,1059
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,1060
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""The cunning dog has covered his tracks,"" said he. ""He has left",1061
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,nothing to incriminate him. His dangerous correspondence has been,1062
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"destroyed or removed. This is our last chance.""",1063
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,1064
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,It was a small tin cash-box which stood upon the writing-desk. Holmes,1065
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"pried it open with his chisel. Several rolls of paper were within,",1066
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"covered with figures and calculations, without any note to show to",1067
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"what they referred. The recurring words, ""water pressure"" and",1068
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""pressure to the square inch"" suggested some possible relation to a",1069
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,submarine. Holmes tossed them all impatiently aside. There only,1070
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,remained an envelope with some small newspaper slips inside it. He,1071
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"shook them out on the table, and at once I saw by his eager face that",1072
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,his hopes had been raised.,1073
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,1074
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""What's this, Watson? Eh? What's this? Record of a series of messages",1075
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,in the advertisements of a paper. Daily Telegraph agony column by the,1076
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,print and paper. Right-hand top corner of a page. No dates--but,1077
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,messages arrange themselves. This must be the first:,1078
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,1079
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Hoped to hear sooner. Terms agreed to. Write fully to address given",1080
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,on card.,1081
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,Pierrot.,1082
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,1083
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Next comes:",1084
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,1085
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Too complex for description. Must have full report, Stuff awaits you",1086
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,when goods delivered.,1087
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,Pierrot.,1088
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,1089
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Then comes:",1090
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,1091
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Matter presses. Must withdraw offer unless contract completed. Make",1092
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,appointment by letter. Will confirm by advertisement.,1093
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,Pierrot.,1094
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,1095
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Finally:",1096
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,1097
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Monday night after nine. Two taps. Only ourselves. Do not be so",1098
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,suspicious. Payment in hard cash when goods delivered.,1099
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,Pierrot.,1100
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,1101
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""A fairly complete record, Watson! If we could only get at the man at",1102
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"the other end!"" He sat lost in thought, tapping his fingers on the",1103
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,table. Finally he sprang to his feet.,1104
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,1105
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Well, perhaps it won't be so difficult, after all. There is nothing",1106
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"more to be done here, Watson. I think we might drive round to the",1107
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"offices of the Daily Telegraph, and so bring a good day's work to a",1108
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"conclusion.""",1109
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,1110
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,Mycroft Holmes and Lestrade had come round by appointment after,1111
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,breakfast next day and Sherlock Holmes had recounted to them our,1112
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,proceedings of the day before. The professional shook his head over,1113
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,our confessed burglary.,1114
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,1115
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""We can't do these things in the force, Mr. Holmes,"" said he. ""No",1116
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,wonder you get results that are beyond us. But some of these days,1117
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"you'll go too far, and you'll find yourself and your friend in",1118
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"trouble.""",1119
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,1120
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""For England, home and beauty--eh, Watson? Martyrs on the altar of",1121
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"our country. But what do you think of it, Mycroft?""",1122
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,1123
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Excellent, Sherlock! Admirable! But what use will you make of it?""",1124
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,1125
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,Holmes picked up the Daily Telegraph which lay upon the table.,1126
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,1127
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Have you seen Pierrot's advertisement to-day?""",1128
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,1129
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""What? Another one?""",1130
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,1131
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Yes, here it is:",1132
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,1133
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""To-night. Same hour. Same place. Two taps. Most vitally important.",1134
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,Your own safety at stake.,1135
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,Pierrot.,1136
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,1137
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""By George!"" cried Lestrade. ""If he answers that we've got him!""",1138
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,1139
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""That was my idea when I put it in. I think if you could both make it",1140
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,convenient to come with us about eight o'clock to Caulfield Gardens,1141
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"we might possibly get a little nearer to a solution.""",1142
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,1143
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,One of the most remarkable characteristics of Sherlock Holmes was his,1144
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,power of throwing his brain out of action and switching all his,1145
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,thoughts on to lighter things whenever he had convinced himself that,1146
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,he could no longer work to advantage. I remember that during the,1147
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,whole of that memorable day he lost himself in a monograph which he,1148
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,had undertaken upon the Polyphonic Motets of Lassus. For my own part,1149
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"I had none of this power of detachment, and the day, in consequence,",1150
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,appeared to be interminable. The great national importance of the,1151
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"issue, the suspense in high quarters, the direct nature of the",1152
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,experiment which we were trying--all combined to work upon my nerve.,1153
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"It was a relief to me when at last, after a light dinner, we set out",1154
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,upon our expedition. Lestrade and Mycroft met us by appointment at,1155
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,the outside of Gloucester Road Station. The area door of Oberstein's,1156
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"house had been left open the night before, and it was necessary for",1157
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"me, as Mycroft Holmes absolutely and indignantly declined to climb",1158
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"the railings, to pass in and open the hall door. By nine o'clock we",1159
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"were all seated in the study, waiting patently for our man.",1160
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,1161
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"An hour passed and yet another. When eleven struck, the measured beat",1162
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,of the great church clock seemed to sound the dirge of our hopes.,1163
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,Lestrade and Mycroft were fidgeting in their seats and looking twice,1164
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"a minute at their watches. Holmes sat silent and composed, his",1165
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"eyelids half shut, but every sense on the alert. He raised his head",1166
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,with a sudden jerk.,1167
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,1168
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""He is coming,"" said he.",1169
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,1170
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,There had been a furtive step past the door. Now it returned. We,1171
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"heard a shuffling sound outside, and then two sharp taps with the",1172
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"knocker. Holmes rose, motioning us to remain seated. The gas in the",1173
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"hall was a mere point of light. He opened the outer door, and then as",1174
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"a dark figure slipped past him he closed and fastened it. ""This way!""",1175
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"we heard him say, and a moment later our man stood before us. Holmes",1176
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"had followed him closely, and as the man turned with a cry of",1177
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,surprise and alarm he caught him by the collar and threw him back,1178
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,into the room. Before our prisoner had recovered his balance the door,1179
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,was shut and Holmes standing with his back against it. The man glared,1180
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"round him, staggered, and fell senseless upon the floor. With the",1181
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"shock, his broad-brimmed hat flew from his head, his cravat slipped",1182
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"sown from his lips, and there were the long light beard and the soft,",1183
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,handsome delicate features of Colonel Valentine Walter.,1184
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,1185
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,Holmes gave a whistle of surprise.,1186
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,1187
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""You can write me down an ass this time, Watson,"" said he. ""This was",1188
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"not the bird that I was looking for.""",1189
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,1190
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Who is he?"" asked Mycroft eagerly.",1191
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,1192
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""The younger brother of the late Sir James Walter, the head of the",1193
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"Submarine Department. Yes, yes; I see the fall of the cards. He is",1194
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"coming to. I think that you had best leave his examination to me.""",1195
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,1196
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,We had carried the prostrate body to the sofa. Now our prisoner sat,1197
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"up, looked round him with a horror-stricken face, and passed his hand",1198
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"over his forehead, like one who cannot believe his own senses.",1199
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,1200
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""What is this?"" he asked. ""I came here to visit Mr. Oberstein.""",1201
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,1202
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Everything is known, Colonel Walter,"" said Holmes. ""How an English",1203
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,gentleman could behave in such a manner is beyond my comprehension.,1204
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,But your whole correspondence and relations with Oberstein are within,1205
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,our knowledge. So also are the circumstances connected with the death,1206
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,of young Cadogan West. Let me advise you to gain at least the small,1207
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"credit for repentance and confession, since there are still some",1208
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"details which we can only learn from your lips.""",1209
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,1210
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"The man groaned and sank his face in his hands. We waited, but he was",1211
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,silent.,1212
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,1213
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""I can assure you,"" said Holmes, ""that every essential is already",1214
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,known. We know that you were pressed for money; that you took an,1215
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,impress of the keys which your brother held; and that you entered,1216
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"into a correspondence with Oberstein, who answered your letters",1217
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,through the advertisement columns of the Daily Telegraph. We are,1218
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"aware that you went down to the office in the fog on Monday night,",1219
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"but that you were seen and followed by young Cadogan West, who had",1220
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"probably some previous reason to suspect you. He saw your theft, but",1221
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"could not give the alarm, as it was just possible that you were",1222
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,taking the papers to your brother in London. Leaving all his private,1223
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"concerns, like the good citizen that he was, he followed you closely",1224
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,in the fog and kept at your heels until you reached this very house.,1225
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"There he intervened, and then it was, Colonel Walter, that to treason",1226
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"you added the more terrible crime of murder.""",1227
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,1228
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""I did not! I did not! Before God I swear that I did not!"" cried our",1229
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,wretched prisoner.,1230
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,1231
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Tell us, then, how Cadogan West met his end before you laid him upon",1232
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"the roof of a railway carriage.""",1233
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,1234
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""I will. I swear to you that I will. I did the rest. I confess it. It",1235
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,was just as you say. A Stock Exchange debt had to be paid. I needed,1236
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,the money badly. Oberstein offered me five thousand. It was to save,1237
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"myself from ruin. But as to murder, I am as innocent as you.""",1238
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,1239
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""What happened, then?""",1240
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,1241
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""He had his suspicions before, and he followed me as you describe. I",1242
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"never knew it until I was at the very door. It was thick fog, and one",1243
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,could not see three yards. I had given two taps and Oberstein had,1244
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,come to the door. The young man rushed up and demanded to know what,1245
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,we were about to do with the papers. Oberstein had a short,1246
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,life-preserver. He always carried it with him. As West forced his way,1247
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,after us into the house Oberstein struck him on the head. The blow,1248
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,was a fatal one. He was dead within five minutes. There he lay in the,1249
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"hall, and we were at our wit's end what to do. Then Oberstein had",1250
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,this idea about the trains which halted under his back window. But,1251
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,first he examined the papers which I had brought. He said that three,1252
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"of them were essential, and that he must keep them. 'You cannot keep",1253
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"them,' said I. 'There will be a dreadful row at Woolwich if they are",1254
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"not returned.' 'I must keep them,' said he, 'for they are so",1255
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,technical that it is impossible in the time to make copies.' 'Then,1256
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"they must all go back together to-night,' said I. He thought for a",1257
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"little, and then he cried out that he had it. 'Three I will keep,'",1258
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,said he. 'The others we will stuff into the pocket of this young man.,1259
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,When he is found the whole business will assuredly be put to his,1260
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"account.' I could see no other way out of it, so we did as he",1261
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,suggested. We waited half an hour at the window before a train,1262
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"stopped. It was so thick that nothing could be seen, and we had no",1263
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,difficulty in lowering West's body on to the train. That was the end,1264
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"of the matter so far as I was concerned.""",1265
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,1266
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""And your brother?""",1267
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,1268
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""He said nothing, but he had caught me once with his keys, and I",1269
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,think that he suspected. I read in his eyes that he suspected. As you,1270
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"know, he never held up his head again.""",1271
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,1272
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,There was silence in the room. It was broken by Mycroft Holmes.,1273
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,1274
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Can you not make reparation? It would ease your conscience, and",1275
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"possibly your punishment.""",1276
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,1277
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""What reparation can I make?""",1278
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,1279
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Where is Oberstein with the papers?""",1280
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,1281
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""I do not know.""",1282
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,1283
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Did he give you no address?""",1284
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,1285
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""He said that letters to the Hôtel du Louvre, Paris, would eventually",1286
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"reach him.""",1287
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,1288
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Then reparation is still within your power,"" said Sherlock Holmes.",1289
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,1290
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""I will do anything I can. I owe this fellow no particular good-will.",1291
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"He has been my ruin and my downfall.""",1292
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,1293
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Here are paper and pen. Sit at this desk and write to my dictation.",1294
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,Direct the envelope to the address given. That is right. Now the,1295
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,letter:,1296
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,1297
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""Dear Sir:",1298
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""With regard to our transaction, you will no doubt have observed by",1299
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,now that one essential detail is missing. I have a tracing which will,1300
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"make it complete. This has involved me in extra trouble, however, and",1301
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,I must ask you for a further advance of five hundred pounds. I will,1302
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"not trust it to the post, nor will I take anything but gold or notes.",1303
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"I would come to you abroad, but it would excite remark if I left the",1304
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,country at present. Therefore I shall expect to meet you in the,1305
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,smoking-room of the Charing Cross Hotel at noon on Saturday. Remember,1306
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"that only English notes, or gold, will be taken.",1307
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,1308
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"""That will do very well. I shall be very much surprised if it does",1309
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"not fetch our man.""",1310
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,1311
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,And it did! It is a matter of history--that secret history of a,1312
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,nation which is often so much more intimate and interesting than its,1313
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"public chronicles--that Oberstein, eager to complete the coup of his",1314
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"lifetime, came to the lure and was safely engulfed for fifteen years",1315
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,in a British prison. In his trunk were found the invaluable,1316
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"Bruce-Partington plans, which he had put up for auction in all the",1317
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,naval centres of Europe.,1318
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,1319
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,Colonel Walter died in prison towards the end of the second year of,1320
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"his sentence. As to Holmes, he returned refreshed to his monograph",1321
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"upon the Polyphonic Motets of Lassus, which has since been printed",1322
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"for private circulation, and is said by experts to be the last word",1323
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,upon the subject. Some weeks afterwards I learned incidentally that,1324
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"my friend spent a day at Windsor, whence be returned with a",1325
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,remarkably fine emerald tie-pin. When I asked him if he had bought,1326
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"it, he answered that it was a present from a certain gracious lady in",1327
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,whose interests he had once been fortunate enough to carry out a,1328
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,small commission. He said no more; but I fancy that I could guess at,1329
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,"that lady's august name, and I have little doubt that the emerald pin",1330
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,will forever recall to my friend's memory the adventure of the,1331
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,Bruce-Partington plans.,1332
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,,1333
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,THE ADVENTURE OF THE DYING DETECTIVE,1
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,2
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"Mrs. Hudson, the landlady of Sherlock Holmes, was a long-suffering",3
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,woman. Not only was her first-floor flat invaded at all hours by,4
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,throngs of singular and often undesirable characters but her,5
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,remarkable lodger showed an eccentricity and irregularity in his life,6
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"which must have sorely tried her patience. His incredible untidiness,",7
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"his addiction to music at strange hours, his occasional revolver",8
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"practice within doors, his weird and often malodorous scientific",9
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"experiments, and the atmosphere of violence and danger which hung",10
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,around him made him the very worst tenant in London. On the other,11
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"hand, his payments were princely. I have no doubt that the house",12
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,might have been purchased at the price which Holmes paid for his,13
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,rooms during the years that I was with him.,14
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,15
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,The landlady stood in the deepest awe of him and never dared to,16
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"interfere with him, however outrageous his proceedings might seem.",17
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"She was fond of him, too, for he had a remarkable gentleness and",18
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,courtesy in his dealings with women. He disliked and distrusted the,19
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"sex, but he was always a chivalrous opponent. Knowing how genuine was",20
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"her regard for him, I listened earnestly to her story when she came",21
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,to my rooms in the second year of my married life and told me of the,22
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,sad condition to which my poor friend was reduced.,23
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,24
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""He's dying, Dr. Watson,"" said she. ""For three days he has been",25
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"sinking, and I doubt if he will last the day. He would not let me get",26
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,a doctor. This morning when I saw his bones sticking out of his face,27
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,and his great bright eyes looking at me I could stand no more of it.,28
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"'With your leave or without it, Mr. Holmes, I am going for a doctor",29
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"this very hour,' said I. 'Let it be Watson, then,' said he. I",30
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"wouldn't waste an hour in coming to him, sir, or you may not see him",31
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"alive.""",32
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,33
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,I was horrified for I had heard nothing of his illness. I need not,34
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,say that I rushed for my coat and my hat. As we drove back I asked,35
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,for the details.,36
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,37
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""There is little I can tell you, sir. He has been working at a case",38
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"down at Rotherhithe, in an alley near the river, and he has brought",39
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,this illness back with him. He took to his bed on Wednesday afternoon,40
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,and has never moved since. For these three days neither food nor,41
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"drink has passed his lips.""",42
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,43
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""Good God! Why did you not call in a doctor?""",44
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,45
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""He wouldn't have it, sir. You know how masterful he is. I didn't",46
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"dare to disobey him. But he's not long for this world, as you'll see",47
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"for yourself the moment that you set eyes on him.""",48
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,49
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,He was indeed a deplorable spectacle. In the dim light of a foggy,50
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"November day the sick room was a gloomy spot, but it was that gaunt,",51
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,wasted face staring at me from the bed which sent a chill to my,52
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"heart. His eyes had the brightness of fever, there was a hectic flush",53
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"upon either cheek, and dark crusts clung to his lips; the thin hands",54
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"upon the coverlet twitched incessantly, his voice was croaking and",55
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"spasmodic. He lay listlessly as I entered the room, but the sight of",56
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,me brought a gleam of recognition to his eyes.,57
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,58
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""Well, Watson, we seem to have fallen upon evil days,"" said he in a",59
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"feeble voice, but with something of his old carelessness of manner.",60
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,61
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""My dear fellow!"" I cried, approaching him.",62
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,63
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""Stand back! Stand right back!"" said he with the sharp imperiousness",64
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"which I had associated only with moments of crisis. ""If you approach",65
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"me, Watson, I shall order you out of the house.""",66
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,67
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""But why?""",68
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,69
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""Because it is my desire. Is that not enough?""",70
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,71
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"Yes, Mrs. Hudson was right. He was more masterful than ever. It was",72
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"pitiful, however, to see his exhaustion.",73
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,74
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""I only wished to help,"" I explained.",75
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,76
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""Exactly! You will help best by doing what you are told.""",77
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,78
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""Certainly, Holmes.""",79
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,80
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,He relaxed the austerity of his manner.,81
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,82
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""You are not angry?"" he asked, gasping for breath.",83
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,84
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"Poor devil, how could I be angry when I saw him lying in such a",85
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,plight before me?,86
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,87
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""It's for your own sake, Watson,"" he croaked.",88
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,89
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""For my sake?""",90
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,91
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""I know what is the matter with me. It is a coolie disease from",92
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"Sumatra--a thing that the Dutch know more about than we, though they",93
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,have made little of it up to date. One thing only is certain. It is,94
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"infallibly deadly, and it is horribly contagious.""",95
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,96
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"He spoke now with a feverish energy, the long hands twitching and",97
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,jerking as he motioned me away.,98
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,99
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""Contagious by touch, Watson--that's it, by touch. Keep your distance",100
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"and all is well.""",101
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,102
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""Good heavens, Holmes! Do you suppose that such a consideration",103
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,weighs with me of an instant? It would not affect me in the case of a,104
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,stranger. Do you imagine it would prevent me from doing my duty to so,105
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"old a friend?""",106
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,107
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"Again I advanced, but he repulsed me with a look of furious anger.",108
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,109
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""If you will stand there I will talk. If you do not you must leave",110
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"the room.""",111
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,112
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,I have so deep a respect for the extraordinary qualities of Holmes,113
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"that I have always deferred to his wishes, even when I least",114
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,understood them. But now all my professional instincts were aroused.,115
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"Let him be my master elsewhere, I at least was his in a sick room.",116
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,117
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""Holmes,"" said I, ""you are not yourself. A sick man is but a child,",118
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"and so I will treat you. Whether you like it or not, I will examine",119
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"your symptoms and treat you for them.""",120
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,121
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,He looked at me with venomous eyes.,122
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,123
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""If I am to have a doctor whether I will or not, let me at least have",124
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"someone in whom I have confidence,"" said he.",125
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,126
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""Then you have none in me?""",127
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,128
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""In your friendship, certainly. But facts are facts, Watson, and,",129
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"after all, you are only a general practitioner with very limited",130
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,experience and mediocre qualifications. It is painful to have to say,131
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"these things, but you leave me no choice.""",132
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,133
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,I was bitterly hurt.,134
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,135
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""Such a remark is unworthy of you, Holmes. It shows me very clearly",136
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,the state of your own nerves. But if you have no confidence in me I,137
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,would not intrude my services. Let me bring Sir Jasper Meek or,138
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"Penrose Fisher, or any of the best men in London. But someone you",139
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"must have, and that is final. If you think that I am going to stand",140
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,here and see you die without either helping you myself or bringing,141
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"anyone else to help you, then you have mistaken your man.""",142
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,143
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""You mean well, Watson,"" said the sick man with something between a",144
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"sob and a groan. ""Shall I demonstrate your own ignorance? What do you",145
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"know, pray, of Tapanuli fever? What do you know of the black Formosa",146
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"corruption?""",147
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,148
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""I have never heard of either.""",149
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,150
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""There are many problems of disease, many strange pathological",151
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"possibilities, in the East, Watson."" He paused after each sentence to",152
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"collect his failing strength. ""I have learned so much during some",153
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,recent researches which have a medico-criminal aspect. It was in the,154
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"course of them that I contracted this complaint. You can do nothing.""",155
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,156
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""Possibly not. But I happen to know that Dr. Ainstree, the greatest",157
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"living authority upon tropical disease, is now in London. All",158
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"remonstrance is useless, Holmes, I am going this instant to fetch",159
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"him."" I turned resolutely to the door.",160
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,161
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"Never have I had such a shock! In an instant, with a tiger-spring,",162
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,the dying man had intercepted me. I heard the sharp snap of a twisted,163
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"key. The next moment he had staggered back to his bed, exhausted and",164
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,panting after his one tremendous outflame of energy.,165
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,166
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""You won't take the key from be by force, Watson, I've got you, my",167
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"friend. Here you are, and here you will stay until I will otherwise.",168
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"But I'll humour you."" (All this in little gasps, with terrible",169
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"struggles for breath between.) ""You've only my own good at heart. Of",170
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"course I know that very well. You shall have your way, but give me",171
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"time to get my strength. Not now, Watson, not now. It's four o'clock.",172
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"At six you can go.""",173
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,174
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""This is insanity, Holmes.""",175
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,176
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""Only two hours, Watson. I promise you will go at six. Are you",177
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"content to wait?""",178
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,179
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""I seem to have no choice.""",180
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,181
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""None in the world, Watson. Thank you, I need no help in arranging",182
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"the clothes. You will please keep your distance. Now, Watson, there",183
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"is one other condition that I would make. You will seek help, not",184
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"from the man you mention, but from the one that I choose.""",185
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,186
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""By all means.""",187
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,188
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""The first three sensible words that you have uttered since you",189
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"entered this room, Watson. You will find some books over there. I am",190
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,somewhat exhausted; I wonder how a battery feels when it pours,191
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"electricity into a non-conductor? At six, Watson, we resume our",192
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"conversation.""",193
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,194
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"But it was destined to be resumed long before that hour, and in",195
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,circumstances which gave me a shock hardly second to that caused by,196
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,his spring to the door. I had stood for some minutes looking at the,197
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,silent figure in the bed. His face was almost covered by the clothes,198
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"and he appeared to be asleep. Then, unable to settle down to reading,",199
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"I walked slowly round the room, examining the pictures of celebrated",200
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"criminals with which every wall was adorned. Finally, in my aimless",201
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"perambulation, I came to the mantelpiece. A litter of pipes,",202
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"tobacco-pouches, syringes, penknives, revolver-cartridges, and other",203
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,debris was scattered over it. In the midst of these was a small black,204
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"and white ivory box with a sliding lid. It was a neat little thing,",205
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,and I had stretched out my hand to examine it more closely when--,206
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,207
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,It was a dreadful cry that he gave--a yell which might have been,208
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,heard down the street. My skin went cold and my hair bristled at that,209
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,horrible scream. As I turned I caught a glimpse of a convulsed face,210
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"and frantic eyes. I stood paralyzed, with the little box in my hand.",211
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,212
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""Put it down! Down, this instant, Watson--this instant, I say!"" His",213
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,head sank back upon the pillow and he gave a deep sigh of relief as I,214
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"replaced the box upon the mantelpiece. ""I hate to have my things",215
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"touched, Watson. You know that I hate it. You fidget me beyond",216
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"endurance. You, a doctor--you are enough to drive a patient into an",217
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"asylum. Sit down, man, and let me have my rest!""",218
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,219
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,The incident left a most unpleasant impression upon my mind. The,220
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"violent and causeless excitement, followed by this brutality of",221
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"speech, so far removed from his usual suavity, showed me how deep was",222
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"the disorganization of his mind. Of all ruins, that of a noble mind",223
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,is the most deplorable. I sat in silent dejection until the,224
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,stipulated time had passed. He seemed to have been watching the clock,225
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"as well as I, for it was hardly six before he began to talk with the",226
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,same feverish animation as before.,227
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,228
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""Now, Watson,"" said he. ""Have you any change in your pocket?""",229
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,230
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""Yes.""",231
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,232
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""Any silver?""",233
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,234
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""A good deal.""",235
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,236
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""How many half-crowns?""",237
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,238
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""I have five.""",239
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,240
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""Ah, too few! Too few! How very unfortunate, Watson! However, such as",241
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,they are you can put them in your watchpocket. And all the rest of,242
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,your money in your left trouser pocket. Thank you. It will balance,243
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"you so much better like that.""",244
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,245
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"This was raving insanity. He shuddered, and again made a sound",246
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,between a cough and a sob.,247
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,248
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""You will now light the gas, Watson, but you will be very careful",249
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,that not for one instant shall it be more than half on. I implore you,250
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"to be careful, Watson. Thank you, that is excellent. No, you need not",251
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,draw the blind. Now you will have the kindness to place some letters,252
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,and papers upon this table within my reach. Thank you. Now some of,253
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"that litter from the mantelpiece. Excellent, Watson! There is a",254
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,sugar-tongs there. Kindly raise that small ivory box with its,255
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,assistance.  Place it here among the papers. Good! You can now go and,256
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"fetch Mr. Culverton Smith, of 13 Lower Burke Street.""",257
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,258
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"To tell the truth, my desire to fetch a doctor had somewhat weakened,",259
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,for poor Holmes was so obviously delirious that it seemed dangerous,260
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"to leave him. However, he was as eager now to consult the person",261
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,named as he had been obstinate in refusing.,262
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,263
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""I never heard the name,"" said I.",264
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,265
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""Possibly not, my good Watson. It may surprise you to know that the",266
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,man upon earth who is best versed in this disease is not a medical,267
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"man, but a planter. Mr. Culverton Smith is a well-known resident of",268
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"Sumatra, now visiting London. An outbreak of the disease upon his",269
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"plantation, which was distant from medical aid, caused him to study",270
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"it himself, with some rather far-reaching consequences. He is a very",271
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"methodical person, and I did not desire you to start before six,",272
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,because I was well aware that you would not find him in his study. If,273
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,you could persuade him to come here and give us the benefit of his,274
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"unique experience of this disease, the investigation of which has",275
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"been his dearest hobby, I cannot doubt that he could help me.""",276
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,277
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,I gave Holmes's remarks as a consecutive whole and will not attempt,278
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,to indicate how they were interrupted by gaspings for breath and,279
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,those clutchings of his hands which indicated the pain from which he,280
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,was suffering. His appearance had changed for the worse during the,281
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,few hours that I had been with him. Those hectic spots were more,282
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"pronounced, the eyes shone more brightly out of darker hollows, and a",283
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"cold sweat glimmered upon his brow. He still retained, however, the",284
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,jaunty gallantry of his speech. To the last gasp he would always be,285
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,the master.,286
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,287
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""You will tell him exactly how you have left me,"" said he. ""You will",288
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,convey the very impression which is in your own mind--a dying man--a,289
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"dying and delirious man. Indeed, I cannot think why the whole bed of",290
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"the ocean is not one solid mass of oysters, so prolific the creatures",291
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"seem. Ah, I am wondering! Strange how the brain controls the brain!",292
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"What was I saying, Watson?""",293
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,294
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""My directions for Mr. Culverton Smith.""",295
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,296
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""Ah, yes, I remember. My life depends upon it. Plead with him,",297
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"Watson. There is no good feeling between us. His nephew, Watson--I",298
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,had suspicions of foul play and I allowed him to see it. The boy died,299
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"horribly. He has a grudge against me. You will soften him, Watson.",300
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"Beg him, pray him, get him here by any means. He can save me--only",301
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"he!""",302
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,303
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""I will bring him in a cab, if I have to carry him down to it.""",304
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,305
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""You will do nothing of the sort. You will persuade him to come. And",306
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,then you will return in front of him. Make any excuse so as not to,307
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"come with him. Don't forget, Watson. You won't fail me. You never did",308
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,fail me. No doubt there are natural enemies which limit the increase,309
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"of the creatures. You and I, Watson, we have done our part. Shall the",310
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"world, then, be overrun by oysters? No, no; horrible! You'll convey",311
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"all that is in your mind.""",312
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,313
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,I left him full of the image of this magnificent intellect babbling,314
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"like a foolish child. He had handed me the key, and with a happy",315
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,thought I took it with me lest he should lock himself in. Mrs. Hudson,316
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"was waiting, trembling and weeping, in the passage. Behind me as I",317
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"passed from the flat I heard Holmes's high, thin voice in some",318
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"delirious chant. Below, as I stood whistling for a cab, a man came on",319
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,me through the fog.,320
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,321
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""How is Mr. Holmes, sir?"" he asked.",322
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,323
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"It was an old acquaintance, Inspector Morton, of Scotland Yard,",324
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,dressed in unofficial tweeds.,325
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,326
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""He is very ill,"" I answered.",327
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,328
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,He looked at me in a most singular fashion. Had it not been too,329
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"fiendish, I could have imagined that the gleam of the fanlight showed",330
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,exultation in his face.,331
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,332
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""I heard some rumour of it,"" said he.",333
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,334
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"The cab had driven up, and I left him.",335
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,336
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,Lower Burke Street proved to be a line of fine houses lying in the,337
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,vague borderland between Notting Hill and Kensington. The particular,338
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,one at which my cabman pulled up had an air of smug and demure,339
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"respectability in its old-fashioned iron railings, its massive",340
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"folding-door, and its shining brasswork. All was in keeping with a",341
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,solemn butler who appeared framed in the pink radiance of a tinted,342
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,electrical light behind him.,343
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,344
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""Yes, Mr. Culverton Smith is in. Dr. Watson! Very good, sir, I will",345
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"take up your card.""",346
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,347
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,My humble name and title did not appear to impress Mr. Culverton,348
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"Smith. Through the half-open door I heard a high, petulant,",349
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,penetrating voice.,350
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,351
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""Who is this person? What does he want? Dear me, Staples, how often",352
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"have I said that I am not to be disturbed in my hours of study?""",353
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,354
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,There came a gentle flow of soothing explanation from the butler.,355
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,356
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""Well, I won't see him, Staples. I can't have my work interrupted",357
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,like this. I am not at home. Say so. Tell him to come in the morning,358
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"if he really must see me.""",359
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,360
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,Again the gentle murmur.,361
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,362
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""Well, well, give him that message. He can come in the morning, or he",363
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"can stay away. My work must not be hindered.""",364
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,365
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,I thought of Holmes tossing upon his bed of sickness and counting the,366
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"minutes, perhaps, until I could bring help to him. It was not a time",367
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,to stand upon ceremony. His life depended upon my promptness. Before,368
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,the apologetic butler had delivered his message I had pushed past him,369
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,and was in the room.,370
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,371
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,With a shrill cry of anger a man rose from a reclining chair beside,372
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"the fire. I saw a great yellow face, coarse-grained and greasy, with",373
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"heavy, double-chin, and two sullen, menacing gray eyes which glared",374
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,at me from under tufted and sandy brows. A high bald head had a small,375
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,velvet smoking-cap poised coquettishly upon one side of its pink,376
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"curve. The skull was of enormous capacity, and yet as I looked down I",377
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"saw to my amazement that the figure of the man was small and frail,",378
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,twisted in the shoulders and back like one who has suffered from,379
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,rickets in his childhood.,380
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,381
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""What's this?"" he cried in a high, screaming voice. ""What is the",382
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,meaning of this intrusion? Didn't I send you word that I would see,383
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"you to-morrow morning?""",384
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,385
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""I am sorry,"" said I, ""but the matter cannot be delayed. Mr. Sherlock",386
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"Holmes--""",387
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,388
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,The mention of my friend's name had an extraordinary effect upon the,389
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,little man. The look of anger passed in an instant from his face. His,390
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,features became tense and alert.,391
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,392
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""Have you come from Holmes?"" he asked.",393
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,394
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""I have just left him.""",395
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,396
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""What about Holmes? How is he?""",397
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,398
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""He is desperately ill. That is why I have come.""",399
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,400
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"The man motioned me to a chair, and turned to resume his own. As he",401
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,did so I caught a glimpse of his face in the mirror over the,402
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,mantelpiece. I could have sworn that it was set in a malicious and,403
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,abominable smile. Yet I persuaded myself that it must have been some,404
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"nervous contraction which I had surprised, for he turned to me an",405
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,instant later with genuine concern upon his features.,406
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,407
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""I am sorry to hear this,"" said he. ""I only know Mr. Holmes through",408
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"some business dealings which we have had, but I have every respect",409
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"for his talents and his character. He is an amateur of crime, as I am",410
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"of disease. For him the villain, for me the microbe. There are my",411
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"prisons,"" he continued, pointing to a row of bottles and jars which",412
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"stood upon a side table. ""Among those gelatine cultivations some of",413
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"the very worst offenders in the world are now doing time.""",414
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,415
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""It was on account of your special knowledge that Mr. Holmes desired",416
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,to see you. He has a high opinion of you and thought that you were,417
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"the one man in London who could help him.""",418
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,419
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"The little man started, and the jaunty smoking-cap slid to the floor.",420
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,421
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""Why?"" he asked. ""Why should Mr. Homes think that I could help him in",422
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"his trouble?""",423
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,424
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""Because of your knowledge of Eastern diseases.""",425
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,426
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""But why should he think that this disease which he has contracted is",427
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"Eastern?""",428
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,429
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""Because, in some professional inquiry, he has been working among",430
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"Chinese sailors down in the docks.""",431
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,432
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,Mr. Culverton Smith smiled pleasantly and picked up his smoking-cap.,433
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,434
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""Oh, that's it--is it?"" said he. ""I trust the matter is not so grave",435
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"as you suppose. How long has he been ill?""",436
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,437
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""About three days.""",438
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,439
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""Is he delirious?""",440
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,441
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""Occasionally.""",442
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,443
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""Tut, tut! This sounds serious. It would be inhuman not to answer his",444
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"call. I very much resent any interruption to my work, Dr. Watson, but",445
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"this case is certainly exceptional. I will come with you at once.""",446
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,447
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,I remembered Holmes's injunction.,448
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,449
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""I have another appointment,"" said I.",450
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,451
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""Very good. I will go alone. I have a note of Mr. Holmes's address.",452
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"You can rely upon my being there within half an hour at most.""",453
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,454
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,It was with a sinking heart that I reentered Holmes's bedroom. For,455
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,all that I knew the worst might have happened in my absence. To my,456
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"enormous relief, he had improved greatly in the interval. His",457
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"appearance was as ghastly as ever, but all trace of delirium had left",458
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"him and he spoke in a feeble voice, it is true, but with even more",459
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,than his usual crispness and lucidity.,460
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,461
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""Well, did you see him, Watson?""",462
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,463
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""Yes; he is coming.""",464
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,465
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""Admirable, Watson! Admirable! You are the best of messengers.""",466
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,467
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""He wished to return with me.""",468
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,469
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""That would never do, Watson. That would be obviously impossible. Did",470
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"he ask what ailed me?""",471
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,472
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""I told him about the Chinese in the East End.""",473
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,474
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""Exactly! Well, Watson, you have done all that a good friend could.",475
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"You can now disappear from the scene.""",476
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,477
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""I must wait and hear his opinion, Holmes.""",478
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,479
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""Of course you must. But I have reasons to suppose that this opinion",480
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,would be very much more frank and valuable if he imagines that we are,481
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"alone. There is just room behind the head of my bed, Watson.""",482
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,483
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""My dear Holmes!""",484
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,485
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""I fear there is no alternative, Watson. The room does not lend",486
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"itself to concealment, which is as well, as it is the less likely to",487
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"arouse suspicion. But just there, Watson, I fancy that it could be",488
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"done."" Suddenly he sat up with a rigid intentness upon his haggard",489
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"face. ""There are the wheels, Watson. Quick, man, if you love me! And",490
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"don't budge, whatever happens--whatever happens, do you hear? Don't",491
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"speak! Don't move! Just listen with all your ears."" Then in an",492
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"instant his sudden access of strength departed, and his masterful,",493
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"purposeful talk droned away into the low, vague murmurings of a",494
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,semi-delirious man.,495
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,496
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,From the hiding-place into which I had been so swiftly hustled I,497
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"heard the footfalls upon the stair, with the opening and the closing",498
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"of the bedroom door. Then, to my surprise, there came a long silence,",499
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,broken only by the heavy breathings and gaspings of the sick man. I,500
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,could imagine that our visitor was standing by the bedside and,501
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,looking down at the sufferer. At last that strange hush was broken.,502
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,503
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""Holmes!"" he cried. ""Holmes!"" in the insistent tone of one who",504
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"awakens a sleeper. ""Can't you hear me, Holmes?"" There was a rustling,",505
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,as if he had shaken the sick man roughly by the shoulder.,506
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,507
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""Is that you, Mr. Smith?"" Holmes whispered. ""I hardly dared hope that",508
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"you would come.""",509
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,510
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,The other laughed.,511
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,512
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""I should imagine not,"" he said. ""And yet, you see, I am here. Coals",513
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"of fire, Holmes--coals of fire!""",514
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,515
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""It is very good of you--very noble of you. I appreciate your special",516
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"knowledge.""",517
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,518
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,Our visitor sniggered.,519
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,520
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""You do.  You are, fortunately, the only man in London who does. Do",521
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"you know what is the matter with you?""",522
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,523
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""The same,"" said Holmes.",524
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,525
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""Ah! You recognize the symptoms?""",526
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,527
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""Only too well.""",528
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,529
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""Well, I shouldn't be surprised, Holmes. I shouldn't be surprised if",530
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,it were the same. A bad lookout for you if it is. Poor Victor was a,531
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"dead man on the fourth day--a strong, hearty young fellow. It was",532
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"certainly, as you said, very surprising that he should have",533
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,contracted and out-of-the-way Asiatic disease in the heart of,534
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"London--a disease, too, of which I had made such a very special",535
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"study. Singular coincidence, Holmes. Very smart of you to notice it,",536
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"but rather uncharitable to suggest that it was cause and effect.""",537
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,538
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""I knew that you did it.""",539
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,540
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""Oh, you did, did you? Well, you couldn't prove it, anyhow. But what",541
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"do you think of yourself spreading reports about me like that, and",542
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,then crawling to me for help the moment you are in trouble? What sort,543
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"of a game is that--eh?""",544
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,545
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"I heard the rasping, laboured breathing of the sick man. ""Give me the",546
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"water!"" he gasped.",547
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,548
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""You're precious near your end, my friend, but I don't want you to go",549
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"till I have had a word with you. That's why I give you water. There,",550
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"don't slop it about! That's right. Can you understand what I say?""",551
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,552
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,Holmes groaned.,553
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,554
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""Do what you can for me. Let bygones be bygones,"" he whispered. ""I'll",555
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"put the words out of my head--I swear I will. Only cure me, and I'll",556
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"forget it.""",557
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,558
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""Forget what?""",559
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,560
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""Well, about Victor Savage's death. You as good as admitted just now",561
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"that you had done it. I'll forget it.""",562
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,563
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""You can forget it or remember it, just as you like. I don't see you",564
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"in the witnessbox. Quite another shaped box, my good Holmes, I assure",565
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,you. It matters nothing to me that you should know how my nephew,566
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"died. It's not him we are talking about. It's you.""",567
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,568
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""Yes, yes.""",569
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,570
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""The fellow who came for me--I've forgotten his name--said that you",571
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"contracted it down in the East End among the sailors.""",572
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,573
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""I could only account for it so.""",574
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,575
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""You are proud of your brains, Holmes, are you not? Think yourself",576
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"smart, don't you? You came across someone who was smarter this time.",577
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"Now cast your mind back, Holmes. Can you think of no other way you",578
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"could have got this thing?""",579
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,580
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""I can't think. My mind is gone. For heaven's sake help me!""",581
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,582
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""Yes, I will help you. I'll help you to understand just where you are",583
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"and how you got there. I'd like you to know before you die.""",584
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,585
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""Give me something to ease my pain.""",586
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,587
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""Painful, is it? Yes, the coolies used to do some squealing towards",588
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"the end. Takes you as cramp, I fancy.""",589
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,590
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""Yes, yes; it is cramp.""",591
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,592
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""Well, you can hear what I say, anyhow. Listen now! Can you remember",593
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,any unusual incident in your life just about the time your symptoms,594
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"began?""",595
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,596
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""No, no; nothing.""",597
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,598
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""Think again.""",599
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,600
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""I'm too ill to think.""",601
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,602
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""Well, then, I'll help you.  Did anything come by post?""",603
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,604
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""By post?""",605
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,606
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""A box by chance?""",607
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,608
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""I'm fainting--I'm gone!""",609
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,610
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""Listen, Holmes!"" There was a sound as if he was shaking the dying",611
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"man, and it was all that I could do to hold myself quiet in my",612
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"hiding-place. ""You must hear me. You shall hear me. Do you remember a",613
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,box--an ivory box? It came on Wednesday. You opened it--do you,614
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"remember?""",615
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,616
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""Yes, yes, I opened it. There was a sharp spring inside it. Some",617
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"joke--""",618
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,619
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""It was no joke, as you will find to your cost. You fool, you would",620
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,have it and you have got it. Who asked you to cross my path? If you,621
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"had left me alone I would not have hurt you.""",622
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,623
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""I remember,"" Holmes gasped. ""The spring! It drew blood. This",624
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"box--this on the table.""",625
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,626
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""The very one, by George! And it may as well leave the room in my",627
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,pocket. There goes your last shred of evidence. But you have the,628
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"truth now, Holmes, and you can die with the knowledge that I killed",629
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"you. You knew too much of the fate of Victor Savage, so I have sent",630
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"you to share it. You are very near your end, Holmes. I will sit here",631
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"and I will watch you die.""",632
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,633
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,Holmes's voice had sunk to an almost inaudible whisper.,634
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,635
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""What is that?"" said Smith. ""Turn up the gas? Ah, the shadows begin",636
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"to fall, do they? Yes, I will turn it up, that I may see you the",637
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"better."" He crossed the room and the light suddenly brightened. ""Is",638
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"there any other little service that I can do you, my friend?""",639
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,640
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""A match and a cigarette.""",641
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,642
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,I nearly called out in my joy and my amazement. He was speaking in,643
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"his natural voice--a little weak, perhaps, but the very voice I knew.",644
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"There was a long pause, and I felt that Culverton Smith was standing",645
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,in silent amazement looking down at his companion.,646
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,647
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""What's the meaning of this?"" I heard him say at last in a dry,",648
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,rasping tone.,649
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,650
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""The best way of successfully acting a part is to be it,"" said",651
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"Holmes. ""I give you my word that for three days I have tasted neither",652
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,food nor drink until you were good enough to pour me out that glass,653
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"of water. But it is the tobacco which I find most irksome. Ah, here",654
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"are some cigarettes."" I heard the striking of a match. ""That is very",655
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"much better. Halloa! halloa! Do I hear the step of a friend?""",656
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,657
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"There were footfalls outside, the door opened, and Inspector Morton",658
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,appeared.,659
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,660
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""All is in order and this is your man,"" said Holmes.",661
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,662
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,The officer gave the usual cautions.,663
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,664
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""I arrest you on the charge of the murder of one Victor Savage,"" he",665
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,concluded.,666
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,667
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""And you might add of the attempted murder of one Sherlock Holmes,""",668
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"remarked my friend with a chuckle. ""To save an invalid trouble,",669
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"Inspector, Mr. Culverton Smith was good enough to give our signal by",670
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"turning up the gas. By the way, the prisoner has a small box in the",671
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,right-hand pocket of his coat which it would be as well to remove.,672
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,Thank you. I would handle it gingerly if I were you. Put it down,673
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"here. It may play its part in the trial.""",674
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,675
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"There was a sudden rush and a scuffle, followed by the clash of iron",676
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,and a cry of pain.,677
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,678
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""You'll only get yourself hurt,"" said the inspector. ""Stand still,",679
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"will you?"" There was the click of the closing handcuffs.",680
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,681
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""A nice trap!"" cried the high, snarling voice. ""It will bring you",682
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"into the dock, Holmes, not me. He asked me to come here to cure him.",683
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"I was sorry for him and I came. Now he will pretend, no doubt, that I",684
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,have said anything which he may invent which will corroborate his,685
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"insane suspicions. You can lie as you like, Holmes.  My word is",686
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"always as good as yours.""",687
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,688
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""Good heavens!"" cried Holmes. ""I had totally forgotten him. My dear",689
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"Watson, I owe you a thousand apologies. To think that I should have",690
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"overlooked you! I need not introduce you to Mr. Culverton Smith,",691
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,since I understand that you met somewhat earlier in the evening. Have,692
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"you the cab below? I will follow you when I am dressed, for I may be",693
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,of some use at the station.,694
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,695
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""I never needed it more,"" said Holmes as he refreshed himself with a",696
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,glass of claret and some biscuits in the intervals of his toilet.,697
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""However, as you know, my habits are irregular, and such a feat means",698
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,less to me than to most men. It was very essential that I should,699
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"impress Mrs. Hudson with the reality of my condition, since she was",700
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"to convey it to you, and you in turn to him. You won't be offended,",701
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,Watson? You will realize that among your many talents dissimulation,702
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"finds no place, and that if you had shared my secret you would never",703
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,have been able to impress Smith with the urgent necessity of his,704
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"presence, which was the vital point of the whole scheme. Knowing his",705
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"vindictive nature, I was perfectly certain that he would come to look",706
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"upon his handiwork.""",707
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,708
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""But your appearance, Holmes--your ghastly face?""",709
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,710
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""Three days of absolute fast does not improve one's beauty, Watson.",711
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"For the rest, there is nothing which a sponge may not cure. With",712
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"vaseline upon one's forehead, belladonna in one's eyes, rouge over",713
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"the cheek-bones, and crusts of beeswax round one's lips, a very",714
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,satisfying effect can be produced. Malingering is a subject upon,715
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,which I have sometimes thought of writing a monograph. A little,716
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"occasional talk about half-crowns, oysters, or any other extraneous",717
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"subject produces a pleasing effect of delirium.""",718
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,719
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""But why would you not let me near you, since there was in truth no",720
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"infection?""",721
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,722
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"""Can you ask, my dear Watson? Do you imagine that I have no respect",723
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,for your medical talents? Could I fancy that your astute judgment,724
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"would pass a dying man who, however weak, had no rise of pulse or",725
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"temperature? At four yards, I could deceive you. If I failed to do",726
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"so, who would bring my Smith within my grasp? No, Watson, I would not",727
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,touch that box. You can just see if you look at it sideways where the,728
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,sharp spring like a viper's tooth emerges as you open it. I dare say,729
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"it was by some such device that poor Savage, who stood between this",730
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"monster and a reversion, was done to death. My correspondence,",731
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"however, is, as you know, a varied one, and I am somewhat upon my",732
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"guard against any packages which reach me. It was clear to me,",733
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"however, that by pretending that he had really succeeded in his",734
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,design I might surprise a confession. That pretence I have carried,735
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"out with the thoroughness of the true artist. Thank you, Watson, you",736
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,must help me on with my coat. When we have finished at the,737
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,police-station I think that something nutritious at Simpson's would,738
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,"not be out of place.""",739
The Adventure of the Dying Detective,,740
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,THE DISAPPEARANCE OF LADY FRANCES CARFAX,1
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,2
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""But why Turkish?"" asked Mr. Sherlock Holmes, gazing fixedly at my",3
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"boots. I was reclining in a cane-backed chair at the moment, and my",4
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,protruded feet had attracted his ever-active attention.,5
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,6
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""English,"" I answered in some surprise. ""I got them at Latimer's, in",7
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"Oxford Street.""",8
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,9
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,Holmes smiled with an expression of weary patience.,10
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,11
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""The bath!"" he said; ""the bath! Why the relaxing and expensive",12
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"Turkish rather than the invigorating home-made article?""",13
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,14
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""Because for the last few days I have been feeling rheumatic and old.",15
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,A Turkish bath is what we call an alterative in medicine--a fresh,16
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"starting-point, a cleanser of the system.",17
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,18
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""By the way, Holmes,"" I added, ""I have no doubt the connection",19
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,between my boots and a Turkish bath is a perfectly self-evident one,20
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"to a logical mind, and yet I should be obliged to you if you would",21
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"indicate it.""",22
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,23
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""The train of reasoning is not very obscure, Watson,"" said Holmes",24
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"with a mischievous twinkle. ""It belongs to the same elementary class",25
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,of deduction which I should illustrate if I were to ask you who,26
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"shared your cab in your drive this morning.""",27
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,28
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""I don't admit that a fresh illustration is an explanation,"" said I",29
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,with some asperity.,30
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,31
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""Bravo, Watson! A very dignified and logical remonstrance. Let me",32
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"see, what were the points? Take the last one first--the cab. You",33
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,observe that you have some splashes on the left sleeve and shoulder,34
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,of your coat. Had you sat in the centre of a hansom you would,35
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"probably have had no splashes, and if you had they would certainly",36
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,have been symmetrical. Therefore it is clear that you sat at the,37
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"side. Therefore it is equally clear that you had a companion.""",38
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,39
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""That is very evident.""",40
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,41
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""Absurdly commonplace, is it not?""",42
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,43
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""But the boots and the bath?""",44
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,45
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""Equally childish. You are in the habit of doing up your boots in a",46
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,certain way. I see them on this occasion fastened with an elaborate,47
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"double bow, which is not your usual method of tying them. You have,",48
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"therefore, had them off. Who has tied them? A bootmaker--or the boy",49
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"at the bath. It is unlikely that it is the bootmaker, since your",50
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"boots are nearly new. Well, what remains? The bath. Absurd, is it",51
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"not? But, for all that, the Turkish bath has served a purpose.""",52
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,53
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""What is that?""",54
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,55
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""You say that you have had it because you need a change. Let me",56
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"suggest that you take one. How would Lausanne do, my dear",57
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,Watson--first-class tickets and all expenses paid on a princely,58
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"scale?""",59
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,60
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""Splendid! But why?""",61
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,62
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,Holmes leaned back in his armchair and took his notebook from his,63
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,pocket.,64
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,65
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""One of the most dangerous classes in the world,"" said he, ""is the",66
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,drifting and friendless woman. She is the most harmless and often the,67
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"most useful of mortals, but she is the inevitable inciter of crime in",68
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,others. She is helpless. She is migratory. She has sufficient means,69
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,to take her from country to country and from hotel to hotel. She is,70
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"lost, as often as not, in a maze of obscure pensions and",71
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,boardinghouses. She is a stray chicken in a world of foxes. When she,72
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,is gobbled up she is hardly missed. I much fear that some evil has,73
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"come to the Lady Frances Carfax.""",74
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,75
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,I was relieved at this sudden descent from the general to the,76
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,particular. Holmes consulted his notes.,77
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,78
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""Lady Frances,"" he continued, ""is the sole survivor of the direct",79
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"family of the late Earl of Rufton. The estates went, as you may",80
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"remember, in the male line. She was left with limited means, but with",81
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,some very remarkable old Spanish jewellery of silver and curiously,82
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"cut diamonds to which she was fondly attached--too attached, for she",83
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,refused to leave them with her banker and always carried them about,84
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"with her. A rather pathetic figure, the Lady Frances, a beautiful",85
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"woman, still in fresh middle age, and yet, by a strange change, the",86
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"last derelict of what only twenty years ago was a goodly fleet.""",87
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,88
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""What has happened to her, then?""",89
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,90
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""Ah, what has happened to the Lady Frances? Is she alive or dead?",91
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"There is our problem. She is a lady of precise habits, and for four",92
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,years it has been her invariable custom to write every second week to,93
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"Miss Dobney, her old governess, who has long retired and lives in",94
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,Camberwell. It is this Miss Dobney who has consulted me. Nearly five,95
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,weeks have passed without a word. The last letter was from the Hotel,96
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,National at Lausanne. Lady Frances seems to have left there and given,97
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"no address. The family are anxious, and as they are exceedingly",98
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"wealthy no sum will be spared if we can clear the matter up.""",99
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,100
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""Is Miss Dobney the only source of information? Surely she had other",101
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"correspondents?""",102
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,103
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""There is one correspondent who is a sure draw, Watson. That is the",104
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"bank. Single ladies must live, and their passbooks are compressed",105
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,diaries. She banks at Silvester's. I have glanced over her account.,106
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"The last check but one paid her bill at Lausanne, but it was a large",107
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,one and probably left her with cash in hand. Only one check has been,108
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"drawn since.""",109
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,110
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""To whom, and where?""",111
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,112
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""To Miss Marie Devine. There is nothing to show where the check was",113
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,drawn. It was cashed at the Credit Lyonnais at Montpellier less than,114
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"three weeks ago. The sum was fifty pounds.""",115
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,116
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""And who is Miss Marie Devine?""",117
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,118
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""That also I have been able to discover. Miss Marie Devine was the",119
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,maid of Lady Frances Carfax. Why she should have paid her this check,120
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"we have not yet determined. I have no doubt, however, that your",121
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"researches will soon clear the matter up.""",122
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,123
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""My researches!""",124
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,125
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""Hence the health-giving expedition to Lausanne. You know that I",126
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,cannot possibly leave London while old Abrahams is in such mortal,127
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"terror of his life. Besides, on general principles it is best that I",128
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"should not leave the country. Scotland Yard feels lonely without me,",129
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"and it causes an unhealthy excitement among the criminal classes. Go,",130
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"then, my dear Watson, and if my humble counsel can ever be valued at",131
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"so extravagant a rate as two pence a word, it waits your disposal",132
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"night and day at the end of the Continental wire.""",133
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,134
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"Two days later found me at the Hotel National at Lausanne, where I",135
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"received every courtesy at the hands of M. Moser, the well-known",136
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"manager. Lady Frances, as he informed me, had stayed there for",137
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,several weeks. She had been much liked by all who met her. Her age,138
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,was not more than forty. She was still handsome and bore every sign,139
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,of having in her youth been a very lovely woman. M. Moser knew,140
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"nothing of any valuable jewellery, but it had been remarked by the",141
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,servants that the heavy trunk in the lady's bedroom was always,142
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"scrupulously locked. Marie Devine, the maid, was as popular as her",143
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,mistress. She was actually engaged to one of the head waiters in the,144
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"hotel, and there was no difficulty in getting her address. It was 11",145
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"Rue de Trajan, Montpellier. All this I jotted down and felt that",146
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,Holmes himself could not have been more adroit in collecting his,147
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,facts.,148
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,149
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,Only one corner still remained in the shadow. No light which I,150
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,possessed could clear up the cause for the lady's sudden departure.,151
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,She was very happy at Lausanne. There was every reason to believe,152
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,that she intended to remain for the season in her luxurious rooms,153
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"overlooking the lake. And yet she had left at a single day's notice,",154
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,which involved her in the useless payment of a week's rent. Only,155
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"Jules Vibart, the lover of the maid, had any suggestion to offer. He",156
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,connected the sudden departure with the visit to the hotel a day or,157
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"two before of a tall, dark, bearded man. ""Un sauvage--un véritable",158
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"sauvage!"" cried Jules Vibart. The man had rooms somewhere in the",159
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,town. He had been seen talking earnestly to Madame on the promenade,160
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,by the lake. Then he had called. She had refused to see him. He was,161
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"English, but of his name there was no record. Madame had left the",162
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"place immediately afterwards. Jules Vibart, and, what was of more",163
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"importance, Jules Vibart's sweetheart, thought that this call and the",164
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,departure were cause and effect. Only one thing Jules would not,165
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,discuss. That was the reason why Marie had left her mistress. Of that,166
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"he could or would say nothing. If I wished to know, I must go to",167
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,Montpellier and ask her.,168
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,169
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,So ended the first chapter of my inquiry. The second was devoted to,170
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,the place which Lady Frances Carfax had sought when she left,171
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"Lausanne. Concerning this there had been some secrecy, which",172
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,confirmed the idea that she had gone with the intention of throwing,173
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,someone off her track. Otherwise why should not her luggage have been,174
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,openly labelled for Baden? Both she and it reached the Rhenish spa by,175
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,some circuitous route. This much I gathered from the manager of,176
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"Cook's local office. So to Baden I went, after dispatching to Holmes",177
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,an account of all my proceedings and receiving in reply a telegram of,178
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,half-humorous commendation.,179
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,180
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,At Baden the track was not difficult to follow. Lady Frances had,181
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,stayed at the Englischer Hof for a fortnight. While there she had,182
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"made the acquaintance of a Dr. Shlessinger and his wife, a missionary",183
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"from South America. Like most lonely ladies, Lady Frances found her",184
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,comfort and occupation in religion. Dr. Shlessinger's remarkable,185
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"personality, his whole hearted devotion, and the fact that he was",186
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,recovering from a disease contracted in the exercise of his apostolic,187
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,duties affected her deeply. She had helped Mrs. Shlessinger in the,188
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"nursing of the convalescent saint. He spent his day, as the manager",189
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"described it to me, upon a lounge-chair on the veranda, with an",190
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,attendant lady upon either side of him. He was preparing a map of the,191
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"Holy Land, with special reference to the kingdom of the Midianites,",192
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"upon which he was writing a monograph. Finally, having improved much",193
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"in health, he and his wife had returned to London, and Lady Frances",194
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,had started thither in their company. This was just three weeks,195
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"before, and the manager had heard nothing since. As to the maid,",196
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"Marie, she had gone off some days beforehand in floods of tears,",197
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,after informing the other maids that she was leaving service forever.,198
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,Dr. Shlessinger had paid the bill of the whole party before his,199
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,departure.,200
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,201
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""By the way,"" said the landlord in conclusion, ""you are not the only",202
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,friend of Lady Frances Carfax who is inquiring after her just now.,203
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"Only a week or so ago we had a man here upon the same errand.""",204
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,205
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""Did he give a name?"" I asked.",206
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,207
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""None; but he was an Englishman, though of an unusual type.""",208
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,209
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""A savage?"" said I, linking my facts after the fashion of my",210
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,illustrious friend.,211
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,212
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""Exactly. That describes him very well. He is a bulky, bearded,",213
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"sunburned fellow, who looks as if he would be more at home in a",214
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"farmers' inn than in a fashionable hotel. A hard, fierce man, I",215
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"should think, and one whom I should be sorry to offend.""",216
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,217
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"Already the mystery began to define itself, as figures grow clearer",218
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,with the lifting of a fog. Here was this good and pious lady pursued,219
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,from place to place by a sinister and unrelenting figure. She feared,220
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"him, or she would not have fled from Lausanne. He had still followed.",221
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,Sooner or later he would overtake her. Had he already overtaken her?,222
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,Was that the secret of her continued silence? Could the good people,223
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,who were her companions not screen her from his violence or his,224
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"blackmail? What horrible purpose, what deep design, lay behind this",225
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,long pursuit? There was the problem which I had to solve.,226
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,227
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,To Holmes I wrote showing how rapidly and surely I had got down to,228
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,the roots of the matter. In reply I had a telegram asking for a,229
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,description of Dr. Shlessinger's left ear. Holmes's ideas of humour,230
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"are strange and occasionally offensive, so I took no notice of his",231
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"ill-timed jest--indeed, I had already reached Montpellier in my",232
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"pursuit of the maid, Marie, before his message came.",233
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,234
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,I had no difficulty in finding the ex-servant and in learning all,235
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"that she could tell me. She was a devoted creature, who had only left",236
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"her mistress because she was sure that she was in good hands, and",237
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,because her own approaching marriage made a separation inevitable in,238
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"any case. Her mistress had, as she confessed with distress, shown",239
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"some irritability of temper towards her during their stay in Baden,",240
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,and had even questioned her once as if she had suspicions of her,241
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"honesty, and this had made the parting easier than it would otherwise",242
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,have been. Lady Frances had given her fifty pounds as a,243
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"wedding-present. Like me, Marie viewed with deep distrust the",244
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,stranger who had driven her mistress from Lausanne. With her own eyes,245
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,she had seen him seize the lady's wrist with great violence on the,246
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,public promenade by the lake. He was a fierce and terrible man. She,247
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,believed that it was out of dread of him that Lady Frances had,248
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,accepted the escort of the Shlessingers to London. She had never,249
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"spoken to Marie about it, but many little signs had convinced the",250
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,maid that her mistress lived in a state of continual nervous,251
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"apprehension. So far she had got in her narrative, when suddenly she",252
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,sprang from her chair and her face was convulsed with surprise and,253
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"fear. ""See!"" she cried. ""The miscreant follows still! There is the",254
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"very man of whom I speak.""",255
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,256
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"Through the open sitting-room window I saw a huge, swarthy man with a",257
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,bristling black beard walking slowly down the centre of the street,258
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"and staring eagerly at he numbers of the houses. It was clear that,",259
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"like myself, he was on the track of the maid. Acting upon the impulse",260
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"of the moment, I rushed out and accosted him.",261
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,262
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""You are an Englishman,"" I said.",263
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,264
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""What if I am?"" he asked with a most villainous scowl.",265
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,266
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""May I ask what your name is?""",267
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,268
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""No, you may not,"" said he with decision.",269
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,270
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"The situation was awkward, but the most direct way is often the best.",271
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,272
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""Where is the Lady Frances Carfax?"" I asked.",273
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,274
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,He stared at me with amazement.,275
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,276
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""What have you done with her? Why have you pursued her? I insist upon",277
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"an answer!"" said I.",278
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,279
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,The fellow gave a below of anger and sprang upon me like a tiger. I,280
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"have held my own in many a struggle, but the man had a grip of iron",281
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,and the fury of a fiend. His hand was on my throat and my senses were,282
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,nearly gone before an unshaven French ouvrier in a blue blouse darted,283
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"out from a cabaret opposite, with a cudgel in his hand, and struck my",284
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"assailant a sharp crack over the forearm, which made him leave go his",285
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,hold. He stood for an instant fuming with rage and uncertain whether,286
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"he should not renew his attack. Then, with a snarl of anger, he left",287
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,me and entered the cottage from which I had just come. I turned to,288
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"thank my preserver, who stood beside me in the roadway.",289
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,290
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""Well, Watson,"" said he, ""a very pretty hash you have made of it! I",291
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,rather think you had better come back with me to London by the night,292
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"express.""",293
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,294
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"An hour afterwards, Sherlock Holmes, in his usual garb and style, was",295
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,seated in my private room at the hotel. His explanation of his sudden,296
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"and opportune appearance was simplicity itself, for, finding that he",297
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"could get away from London, he determined to head me off at the next",298
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,obvious point of my travels. In the disguise of a workingman he had,299
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,sat in the cabaret waiting for my appearance.,300
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,301
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""And a singularly consistent investigation you have made, my dear",302
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"Watson,"" said he. ""I cannot at the moment recall any possible blunder",303
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,which you have omitted. The total effect of your proceeding has been,304
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"to give the alarm everywhere and yet to discover nothing.""",305
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,306
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""Perhaps you would have done no better,"" I answered bitterly.",307
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,308
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""There is no 'perhaps' about it. I have done better. Here is the Hon.",309
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"Philip Green, who is a fellow-lodger with you in this hotel, and we",310
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"may find him the starting-point for a more successful investigation.""",311
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,312
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"A card had come up on a salver, and it was followed by the same",313
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,bearded ruffian who had attacked me in the street. He started when he,314
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,saw me.,315
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,316
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""What is this, Mr. Holmes?"" he asked. ""I had your note and I have",317
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"come. But what has this man to do with the matter?""",318
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,319
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""This is my old friend and associate, Dr. Watson, who is helping us",320
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"in this affair.""",321
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,322
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"The stranger held out a huge, sunburned hand, with a few words of",323
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,apology.,324
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,325
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""I hope I didn't harm you. When you accused me of hurting her I lost",326
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"my grip of myself. Indeed, I'm not responsible in these days. My",327
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,nerves are like live wires. But this situation is beyond me. What I,328
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"want to know, in the first place, Mr. Holmes, is, how in the world",329
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"you came to hear of my existence at all.""",330
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,331
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""I am in touch with Miss Dobney, Lady Frances's governess.""",332
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,333
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""Old Susan Dobney with the mob cap! I remember her well.""",334
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,335
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""And she remembers you. It was in the days before--before you found",336
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"it better to go to South Africa.""",337
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,338
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""Ah, I see you know my whole story. I need hide nothing from you. I",339
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"swear to you, Mr. Holmes, that there never was in this world a man",340
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,who loved a woman with a more wholehearted love than I had for,341
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"Frances. I was a wild youngster, I know--not worse than others of my",342
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,class. But her mind was pure as snow. She could not bear a shadow of,343
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"coarseness. So, when she came to hear of things that I had done, she",344
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,would have no more to say to me. And yet she loved me--that is the,345
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,wonder of it!--loved me well enough to remain single all her sainted,346
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,days just for my sake alone. When the years had passed and I had made,347
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,my money at Barberton I thought perhaps I could seek her out and,348
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"soften her. I had heard that she was still unmarried, I found her at",349
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"Lausanne and tried all I knew. She weakened, I think, but her will",350
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"was strong, and when next I called she had left the town. I traced",351
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"her to Baden, and then after a time heard that her maid was here. I'm",352
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"a rough fellow, fresh from a rough life, and when Dr. Watson spoke to",353
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,me as he did I lost hold of myself for a moment. But for God's sake,354
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"tell me what has become of the Lady Frances.""",355
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,356
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""That is for us to find out,"" said Sherlock Holmes with peculiar",357
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"gravity. ""What is your London address, Mr. Green?""",358
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,359
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""The Langham Hotel will find me.""",360
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,361
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""Then may I recommend that you return there and be on hand in case I",362
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"should want you? I have no desire to encourage false hopes, but you",363
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,may rest assured that all that can be done will be done for the,364
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,safety of Lady Frances. I can say no more for the instant. I will,365
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,leave you this card so that you may be able to keep in touch with us.,366
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"Now, Watson, if you will pack your bag I will cable to Mrs. Hudson to",367
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,make one of her best efforts for two hungry travellers at 7.30,368
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"to-morrow.""",369
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,370
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"A telegram was awaiting us when we reached our Baker Street rooms,",371
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,which Holmes read with an exclamation of interest and threw across to,372
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"me. ""Jagged or torn,"" was the message, and the place of origin,",373
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,Baden.,374
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,375
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""What is this?"" I asked.",376
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,377
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""It is everything,"" Holmes answered. ""You may remember my seemingly",378
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,irrelevant question as to this clerical gentleman's left ear. You did,379
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"not answer it.""",380
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,381
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""I had left Baden and could not inquire.""",382
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,383
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""Exactly. For this reason I sent a duplicate to the manager of the",384
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"Englischer Hof, whose answer lies here.""",385
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,386
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""What does it show?""",387
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,388
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""It shows, my dear Watson, that we are dealing with an exceptionally",389
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"astute and dangerous man. The Rev. Dr. Shlessinger, missionary from",390
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"South America, is none other than Holy Peters, one of the most",391
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,unscrupulous rascals that Australia has ever evolved--and for a young,392
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,country it has turned out some very finished types. His particular,393
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,specialty is the beguiling of lonely ladies by playing upon their,394
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"religious feelings, and his so-called wife, an Englishwoman named",395
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"Fraser, is a worthy helpmate. The nature of his tactics suggested his",396
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"identity to me, and this physical peculiarity--he was badly bitten in",397
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,a saloon-fight at Adelaide in '89--confirmed my suspicion. This poor,398
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"lady is in the hands of a most infernal couple, who will stick at",399
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"nothing, Watson. That she is already dead is a very likely",400
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"supposition. If not, she is undoubtedly in some sort of confinement",401
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,and unable to write to Miss Dobney or her other friends. It is always,402
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"possible that she never reached London, or that she has passed",403
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"through it, but the former is improbable, as, with their system of",404
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"registration, it is not easy for foreigners to play tricks with the",405
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"Continental police; and the latter is also unlikely, as these rouges",406
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,could not hope to find any other place where it would be as easy to,407
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,keep a person under restraint. All my instincts tell me that she is,408
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"in London, but as we have at present no possible means of telling",409
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"where, we can only take the obvious steps, eat our dinner, and",410
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,possess our souls in patience. Later in the evening I will stroll,411
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"down and have a word with friend Lestrade at Scotland Yard.""",412
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,413
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,But neither the official police nor Holmes's own small but very,414
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,efficient organization sufficed to clear away the mystery. Amid the,415
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,crowded millions of London the three persons we sought were as,416
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,completely obliterated as if they had never lived. Advertisements,417
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"were tried, and failed. Clues were followed, and led to nothing.",418
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,Every criminal resort which Shlessinger might frequent was drawn in,419
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"vain. His old associates were watched, but they kept clear of him.",420
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"And then suddenly, after a week of helpless suspense there came a",421
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,flash of light. A silver-and-brilliant pendant of old Spanish design,422
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"had been pawned at Bovington's, in Westminster Road. The pawner was a",423
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"large, clean-shaven man of clerical appearance. His name and address",424
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"were demonstrably false. The ear had escaped notice, but the",425
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,description was surely that of Shlessinger.,426
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,427
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,Three times had our bearded friend from the Langham called for,428
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,news--the third time within an hour of this fresh development. His,429
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,clothes were getting looser on his great body. He seemed to be,430
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"wilting away in his anxiety. ""If you will only give me something to",431
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"do!"" was his constant wail. At last Holmes could oblige him.",432
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,433
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""He has begun to pawn the jewels. We should get him now.""",434
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,435
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""But does this mean that any harm has befallen the Lady Frances?""",436
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,437
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,Holmes shook his head very gravely.,438
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,439
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""Supposing that they have held her prisoner up to now, it is clear",440
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,that they cannot let her loose without their own destruction. We must,441
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"prepare for the worst.""",442
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,443
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""What can I do?""",444
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,445
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""These people do not know you by sight?""",446
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,447
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""No.""",448
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,449
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""It is possible that he will go to some other pawnbroker in the",450
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"future. in that case, we must begin again. On the other hand, he has",451
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"had a fair price and no questions asked, so if he is in need of",452
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,ready-money he will probably come back to Bovington's. I will give,453
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"you a note to them, and they will let you wait in the shop. If the",454
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"fellow comes you will follow him home. But no indiscretion, and,",455
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"above all, no violence. I put you on your honour that you will take",456
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"no step without my knowledge and consent.""",457
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,458
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"For two days the Hon. Philip Green (he was, I may mention, the son of",459
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,the famous admiral of that name who commanded the Sea of Azof fleet,460
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,in the Crimean War) brought us no news. On the evening of the third,461
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"he rushed into our sitting-room, pale, trembling, with every muscle",462
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,of his powerful frame quivering with excitement.,463
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,464
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""We have him! We have him!"" he cried.",465
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,466
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,He was incoherent in his agitation. Holmes soothed him with a few,467
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,words and thrust him into an armchair.,468
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,469
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""Come, now, give us the order of events,"" said he.",470
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,471
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""She came only an hour ago. It was the wife, this time, but the",472
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"pendant she brought was the fellow of the other. She is a tall, pale",473
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"woman, with ferret eyes.""",474
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,475
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""That is the lady,"" said Holmes.",476
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,477
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""She left the office and I followed her. She walked up the Kennington",478
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"Road, and I kept behind her. Presently she went into a shop. Mr.",479
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"Holmes, it was an undertaker's.""",480
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,481
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"My companion started. ""Well?"" he asked in that vibrant voice which",482
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,told of the fiery soul behind the cold gray face.,483
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,484
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""She was talking to the woman behind the counter. I entered as well.",485
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"'It is late,' I heard her say, or words to that effect. The woman was",486
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"excusing herself. 'It should be there before now,' she answered. 'It",487
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"took longer, being out of the ordinary.' They both stopped and looked",488
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"at me, so I asked some questions and then left the shop.""",489
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,490
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""You did excellently well. What happened next?""",491
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,492
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""The woman came out, but I had hid myself in a doorway. Her",493
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"suspicions had been aroused, I think, for she looked round her. Then",494
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,she called a cab and got in. I was lucky enough to get another and so,495
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"to follow her. She got down at last at No. 36, Poultney Square,",496
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"Brixton. I drove past, left my cab at the corner of the square, and",497
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"watched the house.""",498
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,499
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""Did you see anyone?""",500
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,501
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""The windows were all in darkness save one on the lower floor. The",502
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"blind was down, and I could not see in. I was standing there,",503
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"wondering what I should do next, when a covered van drove up with two",504
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"men in it. They descended, took something out of the van, and carried",505
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"it up the steps to the hall door. Mr. Holmes, it was a coffin.""",506
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,507
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""Ah!""",508
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,509
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""For an instant I was on the point of rushing in. The door had been",510
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,opened to admit the men and their burden. It was the woman who had,511
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"opened it. But as I stood there she caught a glimpse of me, and I",512
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"think that she recognized me. I saw her start, and she hastily closed",513
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"the door. I remembered my promise to you, and here I am.""",514
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,515
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""You have done excellent work,"" said Holmes, scribbling a few words",516
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"upon a half-sheet of paper. ""We can do nothing legal without a",517
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"warrant, and you can serve the cause best by taking this note down to",518
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"the authorities and getting one. There may be some difficulty, but I",519
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,should think that the sale of the jewellery should be sufficient.,520
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"Lestrade will see to all details.""",521
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,522
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""But they may murder her in the meanwhile. What could the coffin",523
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"mean, and for whom could it be but for her?""",524
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,525
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""We will do all that can be done, Mr. Green. Not a moment will be",526
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"lost. Leave it in our hands. Now Watson,"" he added as our client",527
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"hurried away, ""he will set the regular forces on the move. We are, as",528
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"usual, the irregulars, and we must take our own line of action. The",529
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,situation strikes me as so desperate that the most extreme measures,530
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,are justified. Not a moment is to be lost in getting to Poultney,531
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,Square.,532
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,533
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""Let us try to reconstruct the situation,"" said he as we drove",534
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,swiftly past the Houses of Parliament and over Westminster Bridge.,535
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""These villains have coaxed this unhappy lady to London, after first",536
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,alienating her from her faithful maid. If she has written any letters,537
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,they have been intercepted. Through some confederate they have,538
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"engaged a furnished house. Once inside it, they have made her a",539
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"prisoner, and they have become possessed of the valuable jewellery",540
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,which has been their object from the first. Already they have begun,541
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"to sell part of it, which seems safe enough to them, since they have",542
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,no reason to think that anyone is interested in the lady's fate. When,543
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"she is released she will, of course, denounce them. Therefore, she",544
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,must not be released. But they cannot keep her under lock and key,545
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"forever. So murder is their only solution.""",546
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,547
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""That seems very clear.""",548
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,549
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""Now we will take another line of reasoning. When you follow two",550
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"separate chains of thought, Watson, you will find some point of",551
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,intersection which should approximate to the truth. We will start,552
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"now, not from the lady but from the coffin and argue backward. That",553
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"incident proves, I fear, beyond all doubt that the lady is dead. It",554
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,points also to an orthodox burial with proper accompaniment of,555
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,medical certificate and official sanction. Had the lady been,556
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"obviously murdered, they would have buried her in a hole in the back",557
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,garden. But here all is open and regular. What does this mean? Surely,558
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,that they have done her to death in some way which has deceived the,559
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"doctor and simulated a natural end--poisoning, perhaps. And yet how",560
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,strange that they should ever let a doctor approach her unless he,561
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"were a confederate, which is hardly a credible proposition.""",562
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,563
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""Could they have forged a medical certificate?""",564
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,565
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""Dangerous, Watson, very dangerous. No, I hardly see them doing that.",566
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"Pull up, cabby! This is evidently the undertaker's, for we have just",567
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"passed the pawnbroker's. Would go in, Watson? Your appearance",568
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,inspires confidence. Ask what hour the Poultney Square funeral takes,569
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"place to-morrow.""",570
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,571
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,The woman in the shop answered me without hesitation that it was to,572
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"be at eight o'clock in the morning. ""You see, Watson, no mystery;",573
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,everything above-board! In some way the legal forms have undoubtedly,574
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"been complied with, and they think that they have little to fear.",575
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"Well, there's nothing for it now but a direct frontal attack. Are you",576
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"armed?""",577
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,578
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""My stick!""",579
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,580
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""Well, well, we shall be strong enough. 'Thrice is he armed who hath",581
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,his quarrel just.' We simply can't afford to wait for the police or,582
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"to keep within the four corners of the law. You can drive off, cabby.",583
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"Now, Watson, we'll just take our luck together, as we have",584
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"occasionally in the past.""",585
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,586
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,He had rung loudly at the door of a great dark house in the centre of,587
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"Poultney Square. It was opened immediately, and the figure of a tall",588
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,woman was outlined against the dim-lit hall.,589
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,590
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""Well, what do you want?"" she asked sharply, peering at us through",591
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,the darkness.,592
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,593
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""I want to speak to Dr. Shlessinger,"" said Holmes.",594
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,595
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""There is no such person here,"" she answered, and tried to close the",596
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"door, but Holmes had jammed it with his foot.",597
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,598
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""Well, I want to see the man who lives here, whatever he may call",599
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"himself,"" said Holmes firmly.",600
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,601
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"She hesitated. Then she threw open the door. ""Well, come in!"" said",602
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"she. ""My husband is not afraid to face any man in the world."" She",603
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,closed the door behind us and showed us into a sitting-room on the,604
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"right side of the hall, turning up the gas as she left us. ""Mr.",605
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"Peters will be with you in an instant,"" she said.",606
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,607
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"Her words were literally true, for we had hardly time to look around",608
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,the dusty and moth-eaten apartment in which we found ourselves before,609
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"the door opened and a big, clean-shaven bald-headed man stepped",610
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"lightly into the room. He had a large red face, with pendulous",611
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"cheeks, and a general air of superficial benevolence which was marred",612
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"by a cruel, vicious mouth.",613
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,614
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""There is surely some mistake here, gentlemen,"" he said in an",615
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"unctuous, make-everything-easy voice. ""I fancy that you have been",616
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"misdirected. Possibly if you tried farther down the street--""",617
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,618
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""That will do; we have no time to waste,"" said my companion firmly.",619
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""You are Henry Peters, of Adelaide, late the Rev. Dr. Shlessinger, of",620
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,Baden and South America. I am as sure of that as that my own name is,621
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"Sherlock Holmes.""",622
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,623
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"Peters, as I will now call him, started and stared hard at his",624
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"formidable pursuer. ""I guess your name does not frighten me, Mr.",625
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"Holmes,"" said he coolly. ""When a man's conscience is easy you can't",626
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"rattle him. What is your business in my house?""",627
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,628
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""I want to know what you have done with the Lady Frances Carfax, whom",629
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"you brought away with you from Baden.""",630
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,631
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""I'd be very glad if you could tell me where that lady may be,""",632
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"Peters answered coolly. ""I've a bill against her for a nearly a",633
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"hundred pounds, and nothing to show for it but a couple of trumpery",634
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,pendants that the dealer would hardly look at. She attached herself,635
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,to Mrs. Peters and me at Baden--it is a fact that I was using another,636
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,name at the time--and she stuck on to us until we came to London. I,637
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"paid her bill and her ticket. Once in London, she gave us the slip,",638
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"and, as I say, left these out-of-date jewels to pay her bills. You",639
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"find her, Mr. Holmes, and I'm your debtor.""",640
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,641
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"In mean to find her,"" said Sherlock Holmes. ""I'm going through this",642
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"house till I do find her.""",643
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,644
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""Where is your warrant?""",645
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,646
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"Holmes half drew a revolver from his pocket. ""This will have to serve",647
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"till a better one comes.""",648
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,649
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""Why, you're a common burglar.""",650
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,651
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""So you might describe me,"" said Holmes cheerfully. ""My companion is",652
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,also a dangerous ruffian. And together we are going through your,653
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"house.""",654
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,655
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,Our opponent opened the door.,656
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,657
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""Fetch a policeman, Annie!"" said he. There was a whisk of feminine",658
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"skirts down the passage, and the hall door was opened and shut.",659
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,660
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""Our time is limited, Watson,"" said Holmes. ""If you try to stop us,",661
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"Peters, you will most certainly get hurt. Where is that coffin which",662
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"was brought into your house?""",663
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,664
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""What do you want with the coffin? It is in use. There is a body in",665
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"it.""",666
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,667
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""I must see the body.""",668
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,669
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""Never with my consent.""",670
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,671
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""Then without it."" With a quick movement Holmes pushed the fellow to",672
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,one side and passed into the hall. A door half opened stood,673
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,immediately before us. We entered. It was the dining-room. On the,674
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"table, under a half-lit chandelier, the coffin was lying. Holmes",675
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,turned up the gas and raised the lid. Deep down in the recesses of,676
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,the coffin lay an emaciated figure. The glare from the lights above,677
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,beat down upon an aged and withered face. By no possible process of,678
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"cruelty, starvation, or disease could this wornout wreck be the still",679
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"beautiful Lady Frances. Holmes's face showed his amazement, and also",680
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,his relief.,681
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,682
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""Thank God!"" he muttered. ""It's someone else.""",683
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,684
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""Ah, you've blundered badly for once, Mr. Sherlock Holmes,"" said",685
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"Peters, who had followed us into the room.",686
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,687
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""Who is the dead woman?""",688
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,689
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""Well, if you really must know, she is an old nurse of my wife's,",690
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"Rose Spender by name, whom we found in the Brixton Workhouse",691
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"Infirmary. We brought her round here, called in Dr. Horsom, of 13",692
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"Firbank Villas--mind you take the address, Mr. Holmes--and had her",693
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"carefully tended, as Christian folk should. On the third day she",694
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,died--certificate says senile decay--but that's only the doctor's,695
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"opinion, and of course you know better. We ordered her funeral to be",696
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"carried out by Stimson and Co., of the Kennington Road, who will bury",697
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,her at eight o'clock to-morrow morning. Can you pick any hole in,698
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"that, Mr. Holmes? You've made a silly blunder, and you may as well",699
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"own up to it. I'd give something for a photograph of your gaping,",700
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,staring face when you pulled aside that lid expecting to see the Lady,701
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"Frances Carfax and only found a poor old woman of ninety.""",702
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,703
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,Holmes's expression was as impassive as ever under the jeers of his,704
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"antagonist, but his clenched hands betrayed his acute annoyance.",705
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,706
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""I am going through your house,"" said he.",707
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,708
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""Are you, though!"" cried Peters as a woman's voice and heavy steps",709
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"sounded in the passage. ""We'll soon see about that. This way,",710
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"officers, if you please. These men have forced their way into my",711
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"house, and I cannot get rid of them. Help me to put them out.""",712
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,713
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,A sergeant and a constable stood in the doorway. Holmes drew his card,714
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,from his case.,715
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,716
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""This is my name and address. This is my friend, Dr. Watson.""",717
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,718
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""Bless you, sir, we know you very well,"" said the sergeant, ""but you",719
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"can't stay here without a warrant.""",720
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,721
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""Of course not. I quite understand that.""",722
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,723
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""Arrest him!"" cried Peters.",724
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,725
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""We know where to lay our hands on this gentleman if he is wanted,""",726
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"said the sergeant majestically, ""but you'll have to go, Mr. Holmes.""",727
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,728
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""Yes, Watson, we shall have to go.""",729
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,730
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,A minute later we were in the street once more. Holmes was as cool as,731
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"ever, but I was hot with anger and humiliation. The sergeant had",732
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,followed us.,733
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,734
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""Sorry, Mr. Holmes, but that's the law.""",735
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,736
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""Exactly, Sergeant, you could not do otherwise.""",737
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,738
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""I expect there was good reason for your presence there. If there is",739
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"anything I can do--""",740
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,741
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""It's a missing lady, Sergeant, and we think she is in that house. I",742
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"expect a warrant presently.""",743
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,744
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""Then I'll keep my eye on the parties, Mr. Holmes. If anything comes",745
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"along, I will surely let you know.""",746
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,747
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"It was only nine o'clock, and we were off full cry upon the trail at",748
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"once. First we drove to Brixton Workhoused Infirmary, where we found",749
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,that it was indeed the truth that a charitable couple had called some,750
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"days before, that they had claimed an imbecile old woman as a former",751
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"servant, and that they had obtained permission to take her away with",752
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,them. No surprise was expressed at the news that she had since died.,753
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,754
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"The doctor was our next goal. He had been called in, had found the",755
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"woman dying of pure senility, had actually seen her pass away, and",756
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"had signed the certificate in due form. ""I assure you that everything",757
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,was perfectly normal and there was no room for foul play in the,758
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"matter,"" said he. Nothing in the house had struck him as suspicious",759
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,save that for people of their class it was remarkable that they,760
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,should have no servant. So far and no further went the doctor.,761
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,762
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,Finally we found our way to Scotland Yard. There had been,763
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,difficulties of procedure in regard to the warrant. Some delay was,764
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,inevitable. The magistrate's signature might not be obtained until,765
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,next morning. If Holmes would call about nine he could go down with,766
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"Lestrade and see it acted upon. So ended the day, save that near",767
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"midnight our friend, the sergeant, called to say that he had seen",768
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,flickering lights here and there in the windows of the great dark,769
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"house, but that no one had left it and none had entered. We could but",770
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,pray for patience and wait for the morrow.,771
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,772
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,Sherlock Holmes was too irritable for conversation and too restless,773
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"for sleep. I left him smoking hard, with his heavy, dark brows",774
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"knotted together, and his long, nervous fingers tapping upon the arms",775
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"of his chair, as he turned over in his mind every possible solution",776
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,of the mystery. Several times in the course of the night I heard him,777
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"prowling about the house. Finally, just after I had been called in",778
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"the morning, he rushed into my room. He was in his dressing-gown, but",779
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"his pale, hollow-eyed face told me that his night had been a",780
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,sleepless one.,781
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,782
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""What time was the funeral? Eight, was it not?"" he asked eagerly.",783
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""Well, it is 7.20 now. Good heavens, Watson, what has become of any",784
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"brains that God has given me? Quick, man, quick! It's life or",785
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,death--a hundred chances on death to one on life. I'll never forgive,786
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"myself, never, if we are too late!""",787
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,788
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,Five minutes had not passed before we were flying in a hansom down,789
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,Baker Street. But even so it was twenty-five to eight as we passed,790
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"Big Ben, and eight struck as we tore down the Brixton Road. But",791
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,others were late as well as we. Ten minutes after the hour the hearse,792
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"was still standing at the door of the house, and even as our foaming",793
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"horse came to a halt the coffin, supported by three men, appeared on",794
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,the threshold. Holmes darted forward and barred their way.,795
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,796
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""Take it back!"" he cried, laying his hand on the breast of the",797
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"foremost. ""Take it back this instant!""",798
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,799
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""What the devil do you mean? Once again I ask you, where is your",800
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"warrant?"" shouted the furious Peters, his big red face glaring over",801
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,the farther end of the coffin.,802
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,803
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""The warrant is on its way. The coffin shall remain in the house",804
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"until it comes.""",805
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,806
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,The authority in Holmes's voice had its effect upon the bearers.,807
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"Peters had suddenly vanished into the house, and they obeyed these",808
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"new orders. ""Quick, Watson, quick! Here is a screw-driver!"" he",809
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"shouted as the coffin was replaced upon the table. ""Here's one for",810
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"you, my man! A sovreign if the lid comes off in a minute! Ask no",811
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,questions--work away! That's good! Another! And another! Now pull all,812
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"together! It's giving! It's giving! Ah, that does it at last.""",813
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,814
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,With a united effort we tore off the coffin-lid. As we did so there,815
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,came from the inside a stupefying and overpowering smell of,816
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"chloroform. A body lay within, its head all wreathed in cotton-wool,",817
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,which had been soaked in the narcotic. Holmes plucked it off and,818
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,disclosed the statuesque face of a handsome and spiritual woman of,819
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,middle age. In an instant he had passed his arm round the figure and,820
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,raised her to a sitting position.,821
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,822
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""Is she gone, Watson? Is there a spark left? Surely we are not too",823
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"late!""",824
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,825
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,For half an hour it seemed that we were. What with actual,826
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"suffocation, and what with the poisonous fumes of the chloroform, the",827
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,Lady Frances seemed to have passed the last point of recall. And,828
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"then, at last, with artificial respiration, with injected ether, and",829
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"with every device that science could suggest, some flutter of life,",830
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"some quiver of the eyelids, some dimming of a mirror, spoke of the",831
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"slowly returning life. A cab had driven up, and Holmes, parting the",832
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"blind, looked out at it. ""Here is Lestrade with his warrant,"" said",833
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"he. ""He will find that his birds have flown. And here,"" he added as a",834
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"heavy step hurried along the passage, ""is someone who has a better",835
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"right to nurse this lady than we have. Good morning, Mr. Green; I",836
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,think that the sooner we can move the Lady Frances the better.,837
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"Meanwhile, the funeral may proceed, and the poor old woman who still",838
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"lies in that coffin may go to her last resting-place alone.""",839
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,840
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""Should you care to add the case to your annals, my dear Watson,""",841
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"said Holmes that evening, ""it can only be as an example of that",842
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,temporary eclipse to which even the best-balanced mind may be,843
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"exposed. Such slips are common to all mortals, and the greatest is he",844
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"who can recognize and repair them. To this modified credit I may,",845
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"perhaps, make some claim. My night was haunted by the thought that",846
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"somewhere a clue, a strange sentence, a curious observation, had come",847
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"under my notice and had been too easily dismissed. Then, suddenly, in",848
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"the gray of the morning, the words came back to me. It was the remark",849
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"of the undertaker's wife, as reported by Philip Green. She had said,",850
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"'It should be there before now. It took longer, being out of the",851
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,ordinary.' It was the coffin of which she spoke. It had been out of,852
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,the ordinary. That could only mean that it had been made to some,853
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,special measurement. But why? Why? Then in an instant I remembered,854
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"the deep sides, and the little wasted figure at the bottom. Why so",855
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,large a coffin for so small a body? To leave room for another body.,856
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,Both would be buried under the one certificate. It had all been so,857
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"clear, if only my own sight had not been dimmed. At eight the Lady",858
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,Frances would be buried. Our one chance was to stop the coffin before,859
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,it left the house.,860
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,861
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"""It was a desperate chance that we might find her alive, but it was a",862
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"chance, as the result showed. These people had never, to my",863
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"knowledge, done a murder. They might shrink from actual violence at",864
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"the last. The could bury her with no sign of how she met her end, and",865
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,even if she were exhumed there was a chance for them. I hoped that,866
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,such considerations might prevail with them. You can reconstruct the,867
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"scene well enough. You saw the horrible den upstairs, where the poor",868
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,lady had been kept so long. They rushed in and overpowered her with,869
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"their chloroform, carried her down, poured more into the coffin to",870
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"insure against her waking, and then screwed down the lid. A clever",871
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"device, Watson. It is new to me in the annals of crime. If our",872
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"ex-missionary friends escape the clutches of Lestrade, I shall expect",873
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,"to hear of some brilliant incidents in their future career.""",874
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,,875
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,THE ADVENTURE OF THE DEVIL'S FOOT,1
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,2
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,In recording from time to time some of the curious experiences and,3
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,interesting recollections which I associate with my long and intimate,4
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"friendship with Mr. Sherlock Holmes, I have continually been faced by",5
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,difficulties caused by his own aversion to publicity. To his sombre,6
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"and cynical spirit all popular applause was always abhorrent, and",7
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,nothing amused him more at the end of a successful case than to hand,8
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"over the actual exposure to some orthodox official, and to listen",9
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,with a mocking smile to the general chorus of misplaced,10
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,congratulation. It was indeed this attitude upon the part of my,11
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,friend and certainly not any lack of interesting material which has,12
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,caused me of late years to lay very few of my records before the,13
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,public. My participation in some if his adventures was always a,14
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,privilege which entailed discretion and reticence upon me.,15
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,16
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"It was, then, with considerable surprise that I received a telegram",17
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,from Homes last Tuesday--he has never been known to write where a,18
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,telegram would serve--in the following terms:,19
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,20
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,Why not tell them of the Cornish horror--strangest case I have,21
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,handled.,22
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,I have no idea what backward sweep of memory had brought the matter,23
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"fresh to his mind, or what freak had caused him to desire that I",24
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"should recount it; but I hasten, before another cancelling telegram",25
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"may arrive, to hunt out the notes which give me the exact details of",26
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,the case and to lay the narrative before my readers.,27
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,28
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"It was, then, in the spring of the year 1897 that Holmes's iron",29
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,constitution showed some symptoms of giving way in the face of,30
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"constant hard work of a most exacting kind, aggravated, perhaps, by",31
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,occasional indiscretions of his own. In March of that year Dr. Moore,32
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"Agar, of Harley Street, whose dramatic introduction to Holmes I may",33
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"some day recount, gave positive injunctions that the famous private",34
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,agent lay aside all his cases and surrender himself to complete rest,35
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,if he wished to avert an absolute breakdown. The state of his health,36
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"was not a matter in which he himself took the faintest interest, for",37
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"his mental detachment was absolute, but he was induced at last, on",38
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"the threat of being permanently disqualified from work, to give",39
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,himself a complete change of scene and air. Thus it was that in the,40
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,early spring of that year we found ourselves together in a small,41
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"cottage near Poldhu Bay, at the further extremity of the Cornish",42
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,peninsula.,43
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,44
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"It was a singular spot, and one peculiarly well suited to the grim",45
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,humour of my patient. From the windows of our little whitewashed,46
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"house, which stood high upon a grassy headland, we looked down upon",47
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"the whole sinister semicircle of Mounts Bay, that old death trap of",48
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"sailing vessels, with its fringe of black cliffs and surge-swept",49
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,reefs on which innumerable seamen have met their end. With a,50
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"northerly breeze it lies placid and sheltered, inviting the",51
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,storm-tossed craft to tack into it for rest and protection.,52
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,53
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"Then come the sudden swirl round of the wind, the blistering gale",54
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"from the south-west, the dragging anchor, the lee shore, and the last",55
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,battle in the creaming breakers. The wise mariner stands far out from,56
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,that evil place.,57
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,58
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,On the land side our surroundings were as sombre as on the sea. It,59
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"was a country of rolling moors, lonely and dun-colored, with an",60
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,occasional church tower to mark the site of some old-world village.,61
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,In every direction upon these moors there were traces of some,62
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"vanished race which had passed utterly away, and left as it sole",63
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"record strange monuments of stone, irregular mounds which contained",64
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"the burned ashes of the dead, and curious earthworks which hinted at",65
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"prehistoric strife. The glamour and mystery of the place, with its",66
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"sinister atmosphere of forgotten nations, appealed to the imagination",67
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"of my friend, and he spent much of his time in long walks and",68
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,solitary meditations upon the moor. The ancient Cornish language had,69
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"also arrested his attention, and he had, I remember, conceived the",70
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"idea that it was akin to the Chaldean, and had been largely derived",71
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,from the Phoenician traders in tin. He had received a consignment of,72
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,books upon philology and was settling down to develop this thesis,73
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"when suddenly, to my sorrow and to his unfeigned delight, we found",74
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"ourselves, even in that land of dreams, plunged into a problem at our",75
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"very doors which was more intense, more engrossing, and infinitely",76
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,more mysterious than any of those which had driven us from London.,77
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"Our simple life and peaceful, healthy routine were violently",78
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"interrupted, and we were precipitated into the midst of a series of",79
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,events which caused the utmost excitement not only in Cornwall but,80
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,throughout the whole west of England. Many of my readers may retain,81
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"some recollection of what was called at the time ""The Cornish",82
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"Horror,"" though a most imperfect account of the matter reached the",83
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"London press. Now, after thirteen years, I will give the true details",84
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,of this inconceivable affair to the public.,85
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,86
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,I have said that scattered towers marked the villages which dotted,87
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,this part of Cornwall. The nearest of these was the hamlet of,88
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"Tredannick Wollas, where the cottages of a couple of hundred",89
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"inhabitants clustered round an ancient, moss-grown church. The vicar",90
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"of the parish, Mr. Roundhay, was something of an archaeologist, and",91
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"as such Holmes had made his acquaintance. He was a middle-aged man,",92
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"portly and affable, with a considerable fund of local lore. At his",93
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"invitation we had taken tea at the vicarage and had come to know,",94
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"also, Mr. Mortimer Tregennis, an independent gentleman, who increased",95
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"the clergyman's scanty resources by taking rooms in his large,",96
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"straggling house. The vicar, being a bachelor, was glad to come to",97
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"such an arrangement, though he had little in common with his lodger,",98
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"who was a thin, dark, spectacled man, with a stoop which gave the",99
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"impression of actual, physical deformity. I remember that during our",100
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"short visit we found the vicar garrulous, but his lodger strangely",101
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"reticent, a sad-faced, introspective man, sitting with averted eyes,",102
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,brooding apparently upon his own affairs.,103
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,104
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,These were the two men who entered abruptly into our little,105
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"sitting-room on Tuesday, March the 16th, shortly after our breakfast",106
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"hour, as we were smoking together, preparatory to our daily excursion",107
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,upon the moors.,108
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,109
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""Mr. Holmes,"" said the vicar in an agitated voice, ""the most",110
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,extraordinary and tragic affair has occurred during the night. It is,111
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,the most unheard-of business. We can only regard it as a special,112
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"Providence that you should chance to be here at the time, for in all",113
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"England you are the one man we need.""",114
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,115
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,I glared at the intrusive vicar with no very friendly eyes; but,116
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,Holmes took his pipe from his lips and sat up in his chair like an,117
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"old hound who hears the view-halloa. He waved his hand to the sofa,",118
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,and our palpitating visitor with his agitated companion sat side by,119
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,side upon it. Mr. Mortimer Tregennis was more self-contained than the,120
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"clergyman, but the twitching of his thin hands and the brightness of",121
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,his dark eyes showed that they shared a common emotion.,122
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,123
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""Shall I speak or you?"" he asked of the vicar.",124
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,125
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""Well, as you seem to have made the discovery, whatever it may be,",126
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"and the vicar to have had it second-hand, perhaps you had better do",127
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"the speaking,"" said Holmes.",128
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,129
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"I glanced at the hastily clad clergyman, with the formally dressed",130
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"lodger seated beside him, and was amused at the surprise which",131
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,Holmes's simple deduction had brought to their faces.,132
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,133
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""Perhaps I had best say a few words first,"" said the vicar, ""and then",134
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"you can judge if you will listen to the details from Mr. Tregennis,",135
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,or whether we should not hasten at once to the scene of this,136
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"mysterious affair. I may explain, then, that our friend here spent",137
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"last evening in the company of his two brothers, Owen and George, and",138
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"of his sister Brenda, at their house of Tredannick Wartha, which is",139
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,near the old stone cross upon the moor. He left them shortly after,140
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"ten o'clock, playing cards round the dining-room table, in excellent",141
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"health and spirits. This morning, being an early riser, he walked in",142
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,that direction before breakfast and was overtaken by the carriage of,143
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"Dr. Richards, who explained that he had just been sent for on a most",144
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,urgent call to Tredannick Wartha. Mr. Mortimer Tregennis naturally,145
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,went with him. When he arrived at Tredannick Wartha he found an,146
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,extraordinary state of things. His two brothers and his sister were,147
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"seated round the table exactly as he had left them, the cards still",148
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,spread in front of them and the candles burned down to their sockets.,149
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"The sister lay back stone-dead in her chair, while the two brothers",150
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"sat on each side of her laughing, shouting, and singing, the senses",151
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"stricken clean out of them. All three of them, the dead woman and the",152
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"two demented men, retained upon their faces an expression of the",153
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,utmost horror--a convulsion of terror which was dreadful to look,154
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"upon. There was no sign of the presence of anyone in the house,",155
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"except Mrs. Porter, the old cook and housekeeper, who declared that",156
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,she had slept deeply and heard no sound during the night. Nothing had,157
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"been stolen or disarranged, and there is absolutely no explanation of",158
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,what the horror can be which has frightened a woman to death and two,159
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"strong men out of their senses. There is the situation, Mr. Holmes,",160
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"in a nutshell, and if you can help us to clear it up you will have",161
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"done a great work.""",162
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,163
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,I had hoped that in some way I could coax my companion back into the,164
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,quiet which had been the object of our journey; but one glance at his,165
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,intense face and contracted eyebrows told me how vain was now the,166
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"expectation. He sat for some little time in silence, absorbed in the",167
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,strange drama which had broken in upon our peace.,168
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,169
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""I will look into this matter,"" he said at last. ""On the face of it,",170
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,it would appear to be a case of a very exceptional nature. Have you,171
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"been there yourself, Mr. Roundhay?""",172
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,173
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""No, Mr. Holmes. Mr. Tregennis brought back the account to the",174
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"vicarage, and I at once hurried over with him to consult you.""",175
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,176
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""How far is it to the house where this singular tragedy occurred?""",177
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,178
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""About a mile inland.""",179
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,180
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""Then we shall walk over together. But before we start I must ask you",181
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"a few questions, Mr. Mortimer Tregennis.""",182
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,183
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"The other had been silent all this time, but I had observed that his",184
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,more controlled excitement was even greater than the obtrusive,185
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"emotion of the clergyman. He sat with a pale, drawn face, his anxious",186
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"gaze fixed upon Holmes, and his thin hands clasped convulsively",187
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,together. His pale lips quivered as he listened to the dreadful,188
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"experience which had befallen his family, and his dark eyes seemed to",189
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,reflect something of the horror of the scene.,190
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,191
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""Ask what you like, Mr. Holmes,"" said he eagerly. ""It is a bad thing",192
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"to speak of, but I will answer you the truth.""",193
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,194
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""Tell me about last night.""",195
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,196
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""Well, Mr. Holmes, I supped there, as the vicar has said, and my",197
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,elder brother George proposed a game of whist afterwards. We sat down,198
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,about nine o'clock. It was a quarter-past ten when I moved to go. I,199
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"left them all round the table, as merry as could be.""",200
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,201
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""Who let you out?""",202
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,203
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""Mrs. Porter had gone to bed, so I let myself out. I shut the hall",204
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"door behind me. The window of the room in which they sat was closed,",205
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,but the blind was not drawn down. There was no change in door or,206
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"window this morning, or any reason to think that any stranger had",207
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"been to the house. Yet there they sat, driven clean mad with terror,",208
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"and Brenda lying dead of fright, with her head hanging over the arm",209
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,of the chair. I'll never get the sight of that room out of my mind so,210
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"long as I live.""",211
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,212
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""The facts, as you state them, are certainly most remarkable,"" said",213
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"Holmes. ""I take it that you have no theory yourself which can in any",214
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"way account for them?""",215
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,216
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""It's devilish, Mr. Holmes, devilish!"" cried Mortimer Tregennis. ""It",217
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,is not of this world. Something has come into that room which has,218
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,dashed the light of reason from their minds. What human contrivance,219
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"could do that?""",220
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,221
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""I fear,"" said Holmes, ""that if the matter is beyond humanity it is",222
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,certainly beyond me. Yet we must exhaust all natural explanations,223
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"before we fall back upon such a theory as this. As to yourself, Mr.",224
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"Tregennis, I take it you were divided in some way from your family,",225
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"since they lived together and you had rooms apart?""",226
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,227
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""That is so, Mr. Holmes, though the matter is past and done with. We",228
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"were a family of tin-miners at Redruth, but we sold our venture to a",229
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"company, and so retired with enough to keep us. I won't deny that",230
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,there was some feeling about the division of the money and it stood,231
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"between us for a time, but it was all forgiven and forgotten, and we",232
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"were the best of friends together.""",233
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,234
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""Looking back at the evening which you spent together, does anything",235
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,stand out in your memory as throwing any possible light upon the,236
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"tragedy? Think carefully, Mr. Tregennis, for any clue which can help",237
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"me.""",238
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,239
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""There is nothing at all, sir.""",240
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,241
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""Your people were in their usual spirits?""",242
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,243
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""Never better.""",244
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,245
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""Were they nervous people? Did they ever show any apprehension of",246
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"coming danger?""",247
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,248
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""Nothing of the kind.""",249
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,250
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""You have nothing to add then, which could assist me?""",251
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,252
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,Mortimer Tregennis considered earnestly for a moment.,253
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,254
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""There is one thing occurs to me,"" said he at last. ""As we sat at the",255
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"table my back was to the window, and my brother George, he being my",256
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"partner at cards, was facing it. I saw him once look hard over my",257
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"shoulder, so I turned round and looked also. The blind was up and the",258
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"window shut, but I could just make out the bushes on the lawn, and it",259
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,seemed to me for a moment that I saw something moving among them. I,260
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"couldn't even say if it was man or animal, but I just thought there",261
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"was something there. When I asked him what he was looking at, he told",262
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"me that he had the same feeling. That is all that I can say.""",263
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,264
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""Did you not investigate?""",265
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,266
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""No; the matter passed as unimportant.""",267
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,268
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""You left them, then, without any premonition of evil?""",269
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,270
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""None at all.""",271
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,272
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""I am not clear how you came to hear the news so early this morning.""",273
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,274
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""I am an early riser and generally take a walk before breakfast. This",275
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,morning I had hardly started when the doctor in his carriage overtook,276
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,me. He told me that old Mrs. Porter had sent a boy down with an,277
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,urgent message. I sprang in beside him and we drove on. When we got,278
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,there we looked into that dreadful room. The candles and the fire,279
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"must have burned out hours before, and they had been sitting there in",280
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,the dark until dawn had broken. The doctor said Brenda must have been,281
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,dead at least six hours. There were no signs of violence. She just,282
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,lay across the arm of the chair with that look on her face. George,283
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,and Owen were singing snatches of songs and gibbering like two great,284
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"apes. Oh, it was awful to see! I couldn't stand it, and the doctor",285
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"was as white as a sheet. Indeed, he fell into a chair in a sort of",286
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"faint, and we nearly had him on our hands as well.""",287
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,288
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""Remarkable--most remarkable!"" said Holmes, rising and taking his",289
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"hat. ""I think, perhaps, we had better go down to Tredannick Wartha",290
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,without further delay. I confess that I have seldom known a case,291
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"which at first sight presented a more singular problem.""",292
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,293
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,Our proceedings of that first morning did little to advance the,294
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"investigation. It was marked, however, at the outset by an incident",295
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,which left the most sinister impression upon my mind. The approach to,296
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"the spot at which the tragedy occurred is down a narrow, winding,",297
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,country lane. While we made our way along it we heard the rattle of a,298
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,carriage coming towards us and stood aside to let it pass. As it,299
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,drove by us I caught a glimpse through the closed window of a,300
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"horribly contorted, grinning face glaring out at us. Those staring",301
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,eyes and gnashing teeth flashed past us like a dreadful vision.,302
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,303
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""My brothers!"" cried Mortimer Tregennis, white to his lips. ""They are",304
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"taking them to Helston.""",305
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,306
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"We looked with horror after the black carriage, lumbering upon its",307
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,way. Then we turned our steps towards this ill-omened house in which,308
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,they had met their strange fate.,309
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,310
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"It was a large and bright dwelling, rather a villa than a cottage,",311
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"with a considerable garden which was already, in that Cornish air,",312
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,well filled with spring flowers. Towards this garden the window of,313
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"the sitting-room fronted, and from it, according to Mortimer",314
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"Tregennis, must have come that thing of evil which had by sheer",315
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,horror in a single instant blasted their minds. Holmes walked slowly,316
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,and thoughtfully among the flower-plots and along the path before we,317
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"entered the porch. So absorbed was he in his thoughts, I remember,",318
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"that he stumbled over the watering-pot, upset its contents, and",319
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,deluged both our feet and the garden path. Inside the house we were,320
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"met by the elderly Cornish housekeeper, Mrs. Porter, who, with the",321
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"aid of a young girl, looked after the wants of the family. She",322
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,readily answered all Holmes's questions. She had heard nothing in the,323
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"night. Her employers had all been in excellent spirits lately, and",324
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,she had never known them more cheerful and prosperous. She had,325
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,fainted with horror upon entering the room in the morning and seeing,326
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"that dreadful company round the table. She had, when she recovered,",327
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"thrown open the window to let the morning air in, and had run down to",328
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"the lane, whence she sent a farm-lad for the doctor. The lady was on",329
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,her bed upstairs if we cared to see her. It took four strong men to,330
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,get the brothers into the asylum carriage. She would not herself stay,331
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,in the house another day and was starting that very afternoon to,332
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,rejoin her family at St. Ives.,333
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,334
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,We ascended the stairs and viewed the body. Miss Brenda Tregennis had,335
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"been a very beautiful girl, though now verging upon middle age. Her",336
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"dark, clear-cut face was handsome, even in death, but there still",337
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,lingered upon it something of that convulsion of horror which had,338
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,been her last human emotion. From her bedroom we descended to the,339
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"sitting-room, where this strange tragedy had actually occurred. The",340
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,charred ashes of the overnight fire lay in the grate. On the table,341
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"were the four guttered and burned-out candles, with the cards",342
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,scattered over its surface. The chairs had been moved back against,343
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"the walls, but all else was as it had been the night before. Holmes",344
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"paced with light, swift steps about the room; he sat in the various",345
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"chairs, drawing them up and reconstructing their positions. He tested",346
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"how much of the garden was visible; he examined the floor, the",347
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"ceiling, and the fireplace; but never once did I see that sudden",348
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,brightening of his eyes and tightening of his lips which would have,349
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,told me that he saw some gleam of light in this utter darkness.,350
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,351
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""Why a fire?"" he asked once. ""Had they always a fire in this small",352
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"room on a spring evening?""",353
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,354
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,Mortimer Tregennis explained that the night was cold and damp. For,355
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"that reason, after his arrival, the fire was lit. ""What are you going",356
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"to do now, Mr. Holmes?"" he asked.",357
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,358
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"My friend smiled and laid his hand upon my arm. ""I think, Watson,",359
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,that I shall resume that course of tobacco-poisoning which you have,360
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"so often and so justly condemned,"" said he. ""With your permission,",361
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"gentlemen, we will now return to our cottage, for I am not aware that",362
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,any new factor is likely to come to our notice here. I will turn the,363
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"facts over in my mid, Mr, Tregennis, and should anything occur to me",364
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,I will certainly ommunicate with you and the vicar. In the meantime I,365
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"wish you both good-morning.""",366
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,367
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,It was not until long after we were back in Poldhu Cottage that,368
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,Holmes broke his complete and absorbed silence. He sat coiled in his,369
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"armchair, his haggard and ascetic face hardly visible amid the blue",370
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"swirl of his tobacco smoke, his black brows drawn down, his forehead",371
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"contracted, his eyes vacant and far away. Finally he laid down his",372
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,pipe and sprang to his feet.,373
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,374
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""It won't do, Watson!"" said he with a laugh. ""Let us walk along the",375
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,cliffs together and search for flint arrows. We are more likely to,376
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,find them than clues to this problem. To let the brain work without,377
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,sufficient material is like racing an engine. It racks itself to,378
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"pieces. The sea air, sunshine, and patience, Watson--all else will",379
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,come.,380
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,381
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""Now, let us calmly define our position, Watson,"" he continued as we",382
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"skirted the cliffs together. ""Let us get a firm grip of the very",383
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"little which we do know, so that when fresh facts arise we may be",384
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"ready to fit them into their places. I take it, in the first place,",385
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,that neither of us is prepared to admit diabolical intrusions into,386
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,the affairs of men. Let us begin by ruling that entirely out of our,387
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,minds. Very good. There remain three persons who have been grievously,388
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,stricken by some conscious or unconscious human agency. That is firm,389
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"ground. Now, when did this occur? Evidently, assuming his narrative",390
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"to be true, it was immediately after Mr. Mortimer Tregennis had left",391
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,the room. That is a very important point. The presumption is that it,392
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,was within a few minutes afterwards. The cards still lay upon the,393
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,table. It was already past their usual hour for bed. Yet they had not,394
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"changed their position or pushed back their chairs. I repeat, then,",395
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"that the occurrence was immediately after his departure, and not",396
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,later than eleven o'clock last night.,397
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,398
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""Our next obvious step is to check, so far as we can, the movements",399
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,of Mortimer Tregennis after he left the room. In this there is no,400
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"difficulty, and they seem to be above suspicion. Knowing my methods",401
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"as you do, you were, of course, conscious of the somewhat clumsy",402
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,water-pot expedient by which I obtained a clearer impress of his foot,403
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"than might otherwise have been possible. The wet, sandy path took it",404
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"admirably. Last night was also wet, you will remember, and it was not",405
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,difficult--having obtained a sample print--to pick out his track,406
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,among others and to follow his movements. He appears to have walked,407
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,away swiftly in the direction of the vicarage.,408
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,409
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""If, then, Mortimer Tregennis disappeared from the scene, and yet",410
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"some outside person affected the card-players, how can we reconstruct",411
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"that person, and how was such an impression of horror conveyed? Mrs.",412
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,Porter may be eliminated. She is evidently harmless. Is there any,413
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,evidence that someone crept up to the garden window and in some,414
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,manner produced so terrific an effect that he drove those who saw it,415
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,out of their senses? The only suggestion in this direction comes from,416
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"Mortimer Tregennis himself, who says that his brother spoke about",417
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"some movement in the garden. That is certainly remarkable, as the",418
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"night was rainy, cloudy, and dark. Anyone who had the design to alarm",419
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,these people would be compelled to place his very face against the,420
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,glass before he could be seen. There is a three-foot flower-border,421
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"outside this window, but no indication of a footmark. It is difficult",422
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"to imagine, then, how an outsider could have made so terrible an",423
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"impression upon the company, nor have we found any possible motive",424
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,for so strange and elaborate an attempt. You perceive our,425
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"difficulties, Watson?""",426
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,427
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""They are only too clear,"" I answered with conviction.",428
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,429
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""And yet, with a little more material, we may prove that they are not",430
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"insurmountable,"" said Holmes. ""I fancy that among your extensive",431
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"archives, Watson, you may find some which were nearly as obscure.",432
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"Meanwhile, we shall put the case aside until more accurate data are",433
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"available, and devote the rest of our morning to the pursuit of",434
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"neolithic man.""",435
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,436
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"I may have commented upon my friend's power of mental detachment, but",437
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,never have I wondered at it more than upon that spring morning in,438
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"Cornwall when for two hours he discoursed upon celts, arrowheads, and",439
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"shards, as lightly as if no sinister mystery were waiting for his",440
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,solution. It was not until we had returned in the afternoon to our,441
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"cottage that we found a visitor awaiting us, who soon brought our",442
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,minds back to the matter in hand. Neither of us needed to be told who,443
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"that visitor was. The huge body, the craggy and deeply seamed face",444
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"with the fierce eyes and hawk-like nose, the grizzled hair which",445
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"nearly brushed our cottage ceiling, the beard--golden at the fringes",446
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"and white near the lips, save for the nicotine stain from his",447
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"perpetual cigar--all these were as well known in London as in Africa,",448
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,and could only be associated with the tremendous personality of Dr.,449
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"Leon Sterndale, the great lion-hunter and explorer.",450
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,451
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,We had heard of his presence in the district and had once or twice,452
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,caught sight of his tall figure upon the moorland paths. He made no,453
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"advances to us, however, nor would we have dreamed of doing so to",454
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"him, as it was well known that it was his love of seclusion which",455
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,caused him to spend the greater part of the intervals between his,456
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,journeys in a small bungalow buried in the lonely wood of Beauchamp,457
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"Arriance. Here, amid his books and his maps, he lived an absolutely",458
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"lonely life, attending to his own simple wants and paying little",459
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,apparent heed to the affairs of his neighbours. It was a surprise to,460
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"me, therefore, to hear him asking Holmes in an eager voice whether he",461
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,had made any advance in his reconstruction of this mysterious,462
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"episode. ""The county police are utterly at fault,"" said he, ""but",463
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,perhaps your wider experience has suggested some conceivable,464
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,explanation. My only claim to being taken into your confidence is,465
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,that during my many residences here I have come to know this family,466
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"of Tregennis very well--indeed, upon my Cornish mother's side I could",467
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,call them cousins--and their strange fate has naturally been a great,468
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,shock to me. I may tell you that I had got as far as Plymouth upon my,469
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"way to Africa, but the news reached me this morning, and I came",470
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"straight back again to help in the inquiry.""",471
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,472
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,Holmes raised his eyebrows.,473
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,474
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""Did you lose your boat through it?""",475
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,476
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""I will take the next.""",477
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,478
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""Dear me! that is friendship indeed.""",479
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,480
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""I tell you they were relatives.""",481
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,482
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""Quite so--cousins of your mother. Was your baggage aboard the ship?""",483
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,484
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""Some of it, but the main part at the hotel.""",485
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,486
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""I see. But surely this event could not have found its way into the",487
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"Plymouth morning papers.""",488
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,489
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""No, sir; I had a telegram.""",490
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,491
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""Might I ask from whom?""",492
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,493
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,A shadow passed over the gaunt face of the explorer.,494
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,495
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""You are very inquisitive, Mr. Holmes.""",496
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,497
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""It is my business.""",498
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,499
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,With an effort Dr. Sterndale recovered his ruffled composure.,500
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,501
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""I have no objection to telling you,"" he said. ""It was Mr. Roundhay,",502
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"the vicar, who sent me the telegram which recalled me.""",503
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,504
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""Thank you,"" said Holmes. ""I may say in answer to your original",505
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,question that I have not cleared my mind entirely on the subject of,506
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"this case, but that I have every hope of reaching some conclusion. It",507
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"would be premature to say more.""",508
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,509
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""Perhaps you would not mind telling me if your suspicions point in",510
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"any particular direction?""",511
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,512
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""No, I can hardly answer that.""",513
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,514
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""Then I have wasted my time and need not prolong my visit."" The",515
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"famous doctor strode out of our cottage in considerable ill-humour,",516
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,and within five minutes Holmes had followed him. I saw him no more,517
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"until the evening, when he returned with a slow step and haggard face",518
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,which assured me that he had made no great progress with his,519
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,investigation. He glanced at a telegram which awaited him and threw,520
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,it into the grate.,521
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,522
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""From the Plymouth hotel, Watson,"" he said. ""I learned the name of it",523
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"from the vicar, and I wired to make certain that Dr. Leon Sterndale's",524
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,account was true. It appears that he did indeed spend last night,525
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"there, and that he has actually allowed some of his baggage to go on",526
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"to Africa, while he returned to be present at this investigation.",527
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"What do you make of that, Watson?""",528
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,529
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""He is deeply interested.""",530
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,531
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""Deeply interested--yes. There is a thread here which we had not yet",532
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"grasped and which might lead us through the tangle. Cheer up, Watson,",533
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,for I am very sure that our material has not yet all come to hand.,534
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"When it does we may soon leave our difficulties behind us.""",535
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,536
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"Little did I think how soon the words of Holmes would be realized, or",537
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,how strange and sinister would be that new development which opened,538
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,up an entirely fresh line of investigation. I was shaving at my,539
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"window in the morning when I heard the rattle of hoofs and, looking",540
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"up, saw a dog-cart coming at a gallop down the road. It pulled up at",541
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"our door, and our friend, the vicar, sprang from it and rushed up our",542
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"garden path. Holmes was already dressed, and we hastened down to meet",543
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,him.,544
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,545
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"Our visitor was so excited that he could hardly articulate, but at",546
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,last in gasps and bursts his tragic story came out of him.,547
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,548
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""We are devil-ridden, Mr. Holmes! My poor parish is devil-ridden!"" he",549
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"cried. ""Satan himself is loose in it! We are given over into his",550
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"hands!"" He danced about in his agitation, a ludicrous object if it",551
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,were not for his ashy face and startled eyes. Finally he shot out his,552
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,terrible news.,553
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,554
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""Mr. Mortimer Tregennis died during the night, and with exactly the",555
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"same symptoms as the rest of his family.""",556
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,557
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"Holmes sprang to his feet, all energy in an instant.",558
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,559
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""Can you fit us both into your dog-cart?""",560
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,561
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""Yes, I can.""",562
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,563
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""Then, Watson, we will postpone our breakfast. Mr. Roundhay, we are",564
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"entirely at your disposal. Hurry--hurry, before things get",565
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"disarranged.""",566
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,567
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"The lodger occupied two rooms at the vicarage, which were in an angle",568
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"by themselves, the one above the other. Below was a large",569
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"sitting-room; above, his bedroom. They looked out upon a croquet lawn",570
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,which came up to the windows. We had arrived before the doctor or the,571
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"police, so that everything was absolutely undisturbed. Let me",572
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,describe exactly the scene as we saw it upon that misty March,573
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,morning. It has left an impression which can never be effaced from my,574
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,mind.,575
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,576
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,The atmosphere of the room was of a horrible and depressing,577
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,stuffiness. The servant who had first entered had thrown up the,578
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"window, or it would have been even more intolerable. This might",579
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,partly be due to the fact that a lamp stood flaring and smoking on,580
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"the centre table. Beside it sat the dead man, leaning back in his",581
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"chair, his thin beard projecting, his spectacles pushed up on to his",582
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"forehead, and his lean dark face turned towards the window and",583
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,twisted into the same distortion of terror which had marked the,584
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,features of his dead sister. His limbs were convulsed and his fingers,585
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,contorted as though he had died in a very paroxysm of fear. He was,586
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"fully clothed, though there were signs that his dressing had been",587
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,done in a hurry. We had already learned that his bed had been slept,588
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"in, and that the tragic end had come to him in the early morning.",589
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,590
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,One realized the red-hot energy which underlay Holmes's phlegmatic,591
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,exterior when one saw the sudden change which came over him from the,592
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,moment that he entered the fatal apartment. In an instant he was,593
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"tense and alert, his eyes shining, his face set, his limbs quivering",594
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"with eager activity. He was out on the lawn, in through the window,",595
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"round the room, and up into the bedroom, for all the world like a",596
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,dashing foxhound drawing a cover. In the bedroom he made a rapid cast,597
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"around and ended by throwing open the window, which appeared to give",598
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"him some fresh cause for excitement, for he leaned out of it with",599
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,loud ejaculations of interest and delight. Then he rushed down the,600
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"stair, out through the open window, threw himself upon his face on",601
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"the lawn, sprang up and into the room once more, all with the energy",602
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"of the hunter who is at the very heels of his quarry. The lamp, which",603
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"was an ordinary standard, he examined with minute care, making",604
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,certain measurements upon its bowl. He carefully scrutinized with his,605
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,lens the talc shield which covered the top of the chimney and scraped,606
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"off some ashes which adhered to its upper surface, putting some of",607
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"them into an envelope, which he placed in his pocketbook. Finally,",608
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"just as the doctor and the official police put in an appearance, he",609
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,beckoned to the vicar and we all three went out upon the lawn.,610
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,611
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""I am glad to say that my investigation has not been entirely",612
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"barren,"" he remarked. ""I cannot remain to discuss the matter with the",613
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"police, but I should be exceedingly obliged, Mr. Roundhay, if you",614
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,would give the inspector my compliments and direct his attention to,615
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"the bedroom window and to the sitting-room lamp. Each is suggestive,",616
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,and together they are almost conclusive. If the police would desire,617
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,further information I shall be happy to see any of them at the,618
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"cottage. And now, Watson, I think that, perhaps, we shall be better",619
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"employed elsewhere.""",620
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,621
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"It may be that the police resented the intrusion of an amateur, or",622
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,that they imagined themselves to be upon some hopeful line of,623
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,investigation; but it is certain that we heard nothing from them for,624
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,the next two days. During this time Holmes spent some of his time,625
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,smoking and dreaming in the cottage; but a greater portion in country,626
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"walks which he undertook alone, returning after many hours without",627
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,remark as to where he had been. One experiment served to show me the,628
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,line of his investigation. He had bought a lamp which was the,629
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,duplicate of the one which had burned in the room of Mortimer,630
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,Tregennis on the morning of the tragedy. This he filled with the same,631
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"oil as that used at the vicarage, and he carefully timed the period",632
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,which it would take to be exhausted. Another experiment which he made,633
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"was of a more unpleasant nature, and one which I am not likely ever",634
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,to forget.,635
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,636
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""You will remember, Watson,"" he remarked one afternoon, ""that there",637
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,is a single common point of resemblance in the varying reports which,638
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,have reached us. This concerns the effect of the atmosphere of the,639
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,room in each case upon those who had first entered it. You will,640
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"recollect that Mortimer Tregennis, in describing the episode of his",641
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"last visit to his brother's house, remarked that the doctor on",642
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,entering the room fell into a chair? You had forgotten? Well I can,643
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"answer for it that it was so. Now, you will remember also that Mrs.",644
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"Porter, the housekeeper, told us that she herself fainted upon",645
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,entering the room and had afterwards opened the window. In the second,646
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,case--that of Mortimer Tregennis himself--you cannot have forgotten,647
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"the horrible stuffiness of the room when we arrived, though the",648
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"servant had thrown open the window. That servant, I found upon",649
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"inquiry, was so ill that she had gone to her bed. You will admit,",650
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"Watson, that these facts are very suggestive. In each case there is",651
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"evidence of a poisonous atmosphere. In each case, also, there is",652
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"combustion going on in the room--in the one case a fire, in the other",653
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"a lamp. The fire was needed, but the lamp was lit--as a comparison of",654
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,the oil consumed will show--long after it was broad daylight. Why?,655
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,Surely because there is some connection between three things--the,656
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"burning, the stuffy atmosphere, and, finally, the madness or death of",657
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"those unfortunate people. That is clear, is it not?""",658
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,659
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""It would appear so.""",660
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,661
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""At least we may accept it as a working hypothesis. We will suppose,",662
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"then, that something was burned in each case which produced an",663
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,atmosphere causing strange toxic effects. Very good. In the first,664
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,instance--that of the Tregennis family--this substance was placed in,665
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"the fire. Now the window was shut, but the fire would naturally carry",666
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,fumes to some extent up the chimney. Hence one would expect the,667
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"effects of the poison to be less than in the second case, where there",668
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,was less escape for the vapour. The result seems to indicate that it,669
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"was so, since in the first case only the woman, who had presumably",670
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"the more sensitive organism, was killed, the others exhibiting that",671
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,temporary or permanent lunacy which is evidently the first effect of,672
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"the drug. In the second case the result was complete. The facts,",673
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"therefore, seem to bear out the theory of a poison which worked by",674
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,combustion.,675
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,676
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""With this train of reasoning in my head I naturally looked about in",677
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,Mortimer Tregennis's room to find some remains of this substance. The,678
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,obvious place to look was the talc shelf or smoke-guard of the lamp.,679
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"There, sure enough, I perceived a number of flaky ashes, and round",680
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"the edges a fringe of brownish powder, which had not yet been",681
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"consumed. Half of this I took, as you saw, and I placed it in an",682
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"envelope.""",683
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,684
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""Why half, Holmes?""",685
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,686
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""It is not for me, my dear Watson, to stand in the way of the",687
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,official police force. I leave them all the evidence which I found.,688
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,The poison still remained upon the talc had they the wit to find it.,689
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"Now, Watson, we will light our lamp; we will, however, take the",690
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,precaution to open our window to avoid the premature decease of two,691
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"deserving members of society, and you will seat yourself near that",692
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"open window in an armchair unless, like a sensible man, you determine",693
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"to have nothing to do with the affair. Oh, you will see it out, will",694
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,you? I thought I knew my Watson. This chair I will place opposite,695
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"yours, so that we may be the same distance from the poison and face",696
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,to face. The door we will leave ajar. Each is now in a position to,697
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,watch the other and to bring the experiment to an end should the,698
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"symptoms seem alarming. Is that all clear? Well, then, I take our",699
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"powder--or what remains of it--from the envelope, and I lay it above",700
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"the burning lamp. So! Now, Watson, let us sit down and await",701
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"developments.""",702
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,703
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,They were not long in coming. I had hardly settled in my chair before,704
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"I was conscious of a thick, musky odour, subtle and nauseous. At the",705
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,very first whiff of it my brain and my imagination were beyond all,706
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"control. A thick, black cloud swirled before my eyes, and my mind",707
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"told me that in this cloud, unseen as yet, but about to spring out",708
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"upon my appalled senses, lurked all that was vaguely horrible, all",709
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,that was monstrous and inconceivably wicked in the universe. Vague,710
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"shapes swirled and swam amid the dark cloud-bank, each a menace and a",711
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"warning of something coming, the advent of some unspeakable dweller",712
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"upon the threshold, whose very shadow would blast my soul. A freezing",713
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"horror took possession of me. I felt that my hair was rising, that my",714
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"eyes were protruding, that my mouth was opened, and my tongue like",715
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,leather. The turmoil within my brain was such that something must,716
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,surely snap. I tried to scream and was vaguely aware of some hoarse,717
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"croak which was my own voice, but distant and detached from myself.",718
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"At the same moment, in some effort of escape, I broke through that",719
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"cloud of despair and had a glimpse of Holmes's face, white, rigid,",720
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,and drawn with horror--the very look which I had seen upon the,721
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,features of the dead. It was that vision which gave me an instant of,722
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"sanity and of strength. I dashed from my chair, threw my arms round",723
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"Holmes, and together we lurched through the door, and an instant",724
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,afterwards had thrown ourselves down upon the grass plot and were,725
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"lying side by side, conscious only of the glorious sunshine which was",726
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,bursting its way through the hellish cloud of terror which had girt,727
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,us in. Slowly it rose from our souls like the mists from a landscape,728
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"until peace and reason had returned, and we were sitting upon the",729
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"grass, wiping our clammy foreheads, and looking with apprehension at",730
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,each other to mark the last traces of that terrific experience which,731
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,we had undergone.,732
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,733
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""Upon my word, Watson!"" said Holmes at last with an unsteady voice,",734
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""I owe you both my thanks and an apology. It was an unjustifiable",735
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"experiment even for one's self, and doubly so for a friend. I am",736
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"really very sorry.""",737
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,738
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""You know,"" I answered with some emotion, for I have never seen so",739
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"much of Holmes's heart before, ""that it is my greatest joy and",740
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"privilege to help you.""",741
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,742
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"He relapsed at once into the half-humorous, half-cynical vein which",743
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"was his habitual attitude to those about him. ""It would be",744
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"superfluous to drive us mad, my dear Watson,"" said he. ""A candid",745
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,observer would certainly declare that we were so already before we,746
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,embarked upon so wild an experiment. I confess that I never imagined,747
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"that the effect could be so sudden and so severe."" He dashed into the",748
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"cottage, and, reappearing with the burning lamp held at full arm's",749
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"length, he threw it among a bank of brambles. ""We must give the room",750
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"a little time to clear. I take it, Watson, that you have no longer a",751
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"shadow of a doubt as to how these tragedies were produced?""",752
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,753
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""None whatever.""",754
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,755
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""But the cause remains as obscure as before. Come into the arbour",756
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,here and let us discuss it together. That villainous stuff seems,757
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,still to linger round my throat. I think we must admit that all the,758
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"evidence points to this man, Mortimer Tregennis, having been the",759
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"criminal in the first tragedy, though he was the victim in the second",760
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"one. We must remember, in the first place, that there is some story",761
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"of a family quarrel, followed by a reconciliation. How bitter that",762
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"quarrel may have been, or how hollow the reconciliation we cannot",763
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"tell. When I think of Mortimer Tregennis, with the foxy face and the",764
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"small shrewd, beady eyes behind the spectacles, he is not a man whom",765
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"I should judge to be of a particularly forgiving disposition. Well,",766
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"in the next place, you will remember that this idea of someone moving",767
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"in the garden, which took our attention for a moment from the real",768
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"cause of the tragedy, emanated from him. He had a motive in",769
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"misleading us. Finally, if he did not throw the substance into the",770
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"fire at the moment of leaving the room, who did do so? The affair",771
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"happened immediately after his departure. Had anyone else come in,",772
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"the family would certainly have risen from the table. Besides, in",773
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"peaceful Cornwall, visitors did not arrive after ten o'clock at",774
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"night. We may take it, then, that all the evidence points to Mortimer",775
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"Tregennis as the culprit.""",776
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,777
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""Then his own death was suicide!""",778
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,779
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""Well, Watson, it is on the face of it a not impossible supposition.",780
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,The man who had the guilt upon his soul of having brought such a fate,781
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,upon his own family might well be driven by remorse to inflict it,782
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"upon himself. There are, however, some cogent reasons against it.",783
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"Fortunately, there is one man in England who knows all about it, and",784
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,I have made arrangements by which we shall hear the facts this,785
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,afternoon from his own lips. Ah! he is a little before his time.,786
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"Perhaps you would kindly step this way, Dr. Leon Sterndale. We have",787
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,been conducing a chemical experiment indoors which has left our,788
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,little room hardly fit for the reception of so distinguished a,789
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"visitor.""",790
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,791
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"I had heard the click of the garden gate, and now the majestic figure",792
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,of the great African explorer appeared upon the path. He turned in,793
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,some surprise towards the rustic arbour in which we sat.,794
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,795
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""You sent for me, Mr. Holmes. I had your note about an hour ago, and",796
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"I have come, though I really do not know why I should obey your",797
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"summons.""",798
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,799
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""Perhaps we can clear the point up before we separate,"" said Holmes.",800
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""Meanwhile, I am much obliged to you for your courteous acquiescence.",801
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"You will excuse this informal reception in the open air, but my",802
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,friend Watson and I have nearly furnished an additional chapter to,803
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"what the papers call the Cornish Horror, and we prefer a clear",804
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"atmosphere for the present. Perhaps, since the matters which we have",805
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"to discuss will affect you personally in a very intimate fashion, it",806
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"is as well that we should talk where there can be no eavesdropping.""",807
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,808
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,The explorer took his cigar from his lips and gazed sternly at my,809
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,companion.,810
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,811
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""I am at a loss to know, sir,"" he said, ""what you can have to speak",812
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"about which affects me personally in a very intimate fashion.""",813
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,814
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""The killing of Mortimer Tregennis,"" said Holmes.",815
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,816
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,For a moment I wished that I were armed. Sterndale's fierce face,817
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"turned to a dusky red, his eyes glared, and the knotted, passionate",818
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"veins started out in his forehead, while he sprang forward with",819
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"clenched hands towards my companion. Then he stopped, and with a",820
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"violent effort he resumed a cold, rigid calmness, which was, perhaps,",821
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,more suggestive of danger than his hot-headed outburst.,822
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,823
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""I have lived so long among savages and beyond the law,"" said he,",824
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""that I have got into the way of being a law to myself. You would do",825
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"well, Mr. Holmes, not to forget it, for I have no desire to do you an",826
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"injury.""",827
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,828
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""Nor have I any desire to do you an injury, Dr. Sterndale. Surely the",829
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"clearest proof of it is that, knowing what I know, I have sent for",830
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"you and not for the police.""",831
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,832
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"Sterndale sat down with a gasp, overawed for, perhaps, the first time",833
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,in his adventurous life. There was a calm assurance of power in,834
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,Holmes's manner which could not be withstood. Our visitor stammered,835
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"for a moment, his great hands opening and shutting in his agitation.",836
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,837
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""What do you mean?"" he asked at last. ""If this is bluff upon your",838
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"part, Mr. Holmes, you have chosen a bad man for your experiment. Let",839
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"us have no more beating about the bush. What do you mean?""",840
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,841
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""I will tell you,"" said Holmes, ""and the reason why I tell you is",842
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,that I hope frankness may beget frankness. What my next step may be,843
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"will depend entirely upon the nature of your own defence.""",844
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,845
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""My defence?""",846
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,847
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""Yes, sir.""",848
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,849
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""My defence against what?""",850
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,851
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""Against the charge of killing Mortimer Tregennis.""",852
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,853
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"Sterndale mopped his forehead with his handkerchief. ""Upon my word,",854
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"you are getting on,"" said he. ""Do all your successes depend upon this",855
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"prodigious power of bluff?""",856
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,857
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""The bluff,"" said Holmes sternly, ""is upon your side, Dr. Leon",858
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"Sterndale, and not upon mine. As a proof I will tell you some of the",859
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,facts upon which my conclusions are based. Of your return from,860
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"Plymouth, allowing much of your property to go on to Africa, I will",861
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,say nothing save that it first informed me that you were one of the,862
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,factors which had to be taken into account in reconstructing this,863
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"drama--""",864
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,865
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""I came back--""",866
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,867
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""I have heard your reasons and regard them as unconvincing and",868
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,inadequate. We will pass that. You came down here to ask me whom I,869
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"suspected. I refused to answer you. You then went to the vicarage,",870
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"waited outside it for some time, and finally returned to your",871
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"cottage.""",872
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,873
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""How do you know that?""",874
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,875
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""I followed you.""",876
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,877
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""I saw no one.""",878
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,879
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""That is what you may expect to see when I follow you. You spent a",880
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"restless night at your cottage, and you formed certain plans, which",881
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,in the early morning you proceeded to put into execution. Leaving,882
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"your door just as day was breaking, you filled your pocket with some",883
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"reddish gravel that was lying heaped beside your gate.""",884
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,885
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,Sterndale gave a violent start and looked at Holmes in amazement.,886
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,887
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""You then walked swiftly for the mile which separated you from the",888
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"vicarage. You were wearing, I may remark, the same pair of ribbed",889
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,tennis shoes which are at the present moment upon your feet. At the,890
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"vicarage you passed through the orchard and the side hedge, coming",891
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"out under the window of the lodger Tregennis. It was now daylight,",892
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,but the household was not yet stirring. You drew some of the gravel,893
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"from your pocket, and you threw it up at the window above you.""",894
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,895
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,Sterndale sprang to his feet.,896
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,897
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""I believe that you are the devil himself!"" he cried.",898
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,899
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"Holmes smiled at the compliment. ""It took two, or possibly three,",900
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,handfuls before the lodger came to the window. You beckoned him to,901
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,come down. He dressed hurriedly and descended to his sitting-room.,902
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,You entered by the window. There was an interview--a short,903
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,one--during which you walked up and down the room. Then you passed,904
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"out and closed the window, standing on the lawn outside smoking a",905
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"cigar and watching what occurred. Finally, after the death of",906
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"Tregennis, you withdrew as you had come. Now, Dr. Sterndale, how do",907
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"you justify such conduct, and what were the motives for your actions?",908
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"If you prevaricate or trifle with me, I give you my assurance that",909
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"the matter will pass out of my hands forever.""",910
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,911
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,Our visitor's face had turned ashen gray as he listened to the words,912
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,of his accuser. Now he sat for some time in thought with his face,913
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,sunk in his hands. Then with a sudden impulsive gesture he plucked a,914
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,photograph from his breast-pocket and threw it on the rustic table,915
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,before us.,916
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,917
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""That is why I have done it,"" said he.",918
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,919
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,It showed the bust and face of a very beautiful woman. Holmes stooped,920
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,over it.,921
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,922
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""Brenda Tregennis,"" said he.",923
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,924
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""Yes, Brenda Tregennis,"" repeated our visitor. ""For years I have",925
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,loved her. For years she has loved me. There is the secret of that,926
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,Cornish seclusion which people have marvelled at. It has brought me,927
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,close to the one thing on earth that was dear to me. I could not,928
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"marry her, for I have a wife who has left me for years and yet whom,",929
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"by the deplorable laws of England, I could not divorce. For years",930
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,Brenda waited. For years I waited. And this is what we have waited,931
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"for."" A terrible sob shook his great frame, and he clutched his",932
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,throat under his brindled beard. Then with an effort he mastered,933
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,himself and spoke on:,934
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,935
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""The vicar knew. He was in our confidence. He would tell you that she",936
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,was an angel upon earth. That was why he telegraphed to me and I,937
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,returned. What was my baggage or Africa to me when I learned that,938
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,such a fate had come upon my darling? There you have the missing clue,939
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"to my action, Mr. Holmes.""",940
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,941
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""Proceed,"" said my friend.",942
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,943
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,Dr. Sterndale drew from his pocket a paper packet and laid it upon,944
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"the table. On the outside was written ""Radix pedis diaboli"" with a",945
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"red poison label beneath it. He pushed it towards me. ""I understand",946
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"that you are a doctor, sir. Have you ever heard of this preparation?""",947
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,948
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""Devil's-foot root! No, I have never heard of it.""",949
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,950
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""It is no reflection upon your professional knowledge,"" said he, ""for",951
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"I believe that, save for one sample in a laboratory at Buda, there is",952
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,no other specimen in Europe. It has not yet found its way either into,953
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,the pharmacopoeia or into the literature of toxicology. The root is,954
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"shaped like a foot, half human, half goatlike; hence the fanciful",955
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,name given by a botanical missionary. It is used as an ordeal poison,956
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,by the medicine-men in certain districts of West Africa and is kept,957
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,as a secret among them. This particular specimen I obtained under,958
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"very extraordinary circumstances in the Ubangi country."" He opened",959
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"the paper as he spoke and disclosed a heap of reddish-brown,",960
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,snuff-like powder.,961
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,962
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""Well, sir?"" asked Holmes sternly.",963
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,964
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""I am about to tell you, Mr. Holmes, all that actually occurred, for",965
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,you already know so much that it is clearly to my interest that you,966
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,should know all. I have already explained the relationship in which I,967
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,stood to the Tregennis family. For the sake of the sister I was,968
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,friendly with the brothers. There was a family quarrel about money,969
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"which estranged this man Mortimer, but it was supposed to be made up,",970
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"and I afterwards met him as I did the others. He was a sly, subtle,",971
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"scheming man, and several things arose which gave me a suspicion of",972
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"him, but I had no cause for any positive quarrel.",973
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,974
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""One day, only a couple of weeks ago, he came down to my cottage and",975
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,I showed him some of my African curiosities. Among other things I,976
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"exhibited this powder, and I told him of its strange properties, how",977
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"it stimulates those brain centres which control the emotion of fear,",978
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,and how either madness or death is the fate of the unhappy native who,979
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,is subjected to the ordeal by the priest of his tribe. I told him,980
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,also how powerless European science would be to detect it. How he,981
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"took it I cannot say, for I never left the room, but there is no",982
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"doubt that it was then, while I was opening cabinets and stooping to",983
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"boxes, that he managed to abstract some of the devil's-foot root. I",984
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,well remember how he plied me with questions as to the amount and the,985
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"time that was needed for its effect, but I little dreamed that he",986
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,could have a personal reason for asking.,987
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,988
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""I thought no more of the matter until the vicar's telegram reached",989
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,me at Plymouth. This villain had thought that I would be at sea,990
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"before the news could reach me, and that I should be lost for years",991
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"in Africa. But I returned at once. Of course, I could not listen to",992
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,the details without feeling assured that my poison had been used. I,993
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,came round to see you on the chance that some other explanation had,994
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,suggested itself to you. But there could be none. I was convinced,995
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"that Mortimer Tregennis was the murderer; that for the sake of money,",996
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"and with the idea, perhaps, that if the other members of his family",997
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,were all insane he would be the sole guardian of their joint,998
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"property, he had used the devil's-foot powder upon them, driven two",999
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"of them out of their senses, and killed his sister Brenda, the one",1000
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,human being whom I have ever loved or who has ever loved me. There,1001
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,was his crime; what was to be his punishment?,1002
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,1003
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""Should I appeal to the law? Where were my proofs? I knew that the",1004
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"facts were true, but could I help to make a jury of countrymen",1005
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,believe so fantastic a story? I might or I might not. But I could not,1006
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,afford to fail. My soul cried out for revenge. I have said to you,1007
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"once before, Mr. Holmes, that I have spent much of my life outside",1008
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"the law, and that I have come at last to be a law to myself. So it",1009
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,was even now. I determined that the fate which he had given to others,1010
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,should be shared by himself. Either that or I would do justice upon,1011
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,him with my own hand. In all England there can be no man who sets,1012
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,less value upon his own life than I do at the present moment.,1013
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,1014
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""Now I have told you all. You have yourself supplied the rest. I did,",1015
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"as you say, after a restless night, set off early from my cottage. I",1016
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"foresaw the difficulty of arousing him, so I gathered some gravel",1017
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"from the pile which you have mentioned, and I used it to throw up to",1018
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,his window. He came down and admitted me through the window of the,1019
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,sitting-room. I laid his offence before him. I told him that I had,1020
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"come both as judge and executioner. The wretch sank into a chair,",1021
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"paralyzed at the sight of my revolver. I lit the lamp, put the powder",1022
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"above it, and stood outside the window, ready to carry out my threat",1023
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,to shoot him should he try to leave the room. In five minutes he,1024
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"died. My God! how he died! But my heart was flint, for he endured",1025
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,nothing which my innocent darling had not felt before him. There is,1026
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"my story, Mr. Holmes. Perhaps, if you loved a woman, you would have",1027
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"done as much yourself. At any rate, I am in your hands. You can take",1028
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"what steps you like. As I have already said, there is no man living",1029
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"who can fear death less than I do.""",1030
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,1031
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,Holmes sat for some little time in silence.,1032
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,1033
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""What were your plans?"" he asked at last.",1034
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,1035
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""I had intended to bury myself in central Africa. My work there is",1036
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"but half finished.""",1037
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,1038
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""Go and do the other half,"" said Holmes. ""I, at least, am not",1039
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"prepared to prevent you.""",1040
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,1041
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"Dr. Sterndale raised his giant figure, bowed gravely, and walked from",1042
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,the arbour. Holmes lit his pipe and handed me his pouch.,1043
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,1044
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""Some fumes which are not poisonous would be a welcome change,"" said",1045
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"he. ""I think you must agree, Watson, that it is not a case in which",1046
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,we are called upon to interfere. Our investigation has been,1047
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"independent, and our action shall be so also. You would not denounce",1048
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"the man?""",1049
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,1050
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""Certainly not,"" I answered.",1051
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,1052
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"""I have never loved, Watson, but if I did and if the woman I loved",1053
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"had met such an end, I might act even as our lawless lion-hunter has",1054
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"done. Who knows? Well, Watson, I will not offend your intelligence by",1055
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"explaining what is obvious. The gravel upon the window-sill was, of",1056
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"course, the starting-point of my research. It was unlike anything in",1057
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,the vicarage garden. Only when my attention had been drawn to Dr.,1058
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,Sterndale and his cottage did I find its counterpart. The lamp,1059
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,shining in broad daylight and the remains of powder upon the shield,1060
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"were successive links in a fairly obvious chain. And now, my dear",1061
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"Watson, I think we may dismiss the matter from our mind and go back",1062
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,with a clear conscience to the study of those Chaldean roots which,1063
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,are surely to be traced in the Cornish branch of the great Celtic,1064
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,"speech.""",1065
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot,,1066
His Last Bow,HIS LAST BOW,1
His Last Bow,An Epilogue of Sherlock Holmes,2
His Last Bow,,3
His Last Bow,It was nine o'clock at night upon the second of August--the most,4
His Last Bow,terrible August in the history of the world. One might have thought,5
His Last Bow,"already that God's curse hung heavy over a degenerate world, for",6
His Last Bow,there was an awesome hush and a feeling of vague expectancy in the,7
His Last Bow,"sultry and stagnant air. The sun had long set, but one blood-red gash",8
His Last Bow,"like an open wound lay low in the distant west. Above, the stars were",9
His Last Bow,"shining brightly, and below, the lights of the shipping glimmered in",10
His Last Bow,the bay. The two famous Germans stood beside the stone parapet of the,11
His Last Bow,"garden walk, with the long, low, heavily gabled house behind them,",12
His Last Bow,and they looked down upon the broad sweep of the beach at the foot of,13
His Last Bow,"the great chalk cliff in which Von Bork, like some wandering eagle,",14
His Last Bow,had perched himself four years before. They stood with their heads,15
His Last Bow,"close together, talking in low, confidential tones. From below the",16
His Last Bow,two glowing ends of their cigars might have been the smouldering eyes,17
His Last Bow,of some malignant fiend looking down in the darkness.,18
His Last Bow,,19
His Last Bow,A remarkable man this Von Bork--a man who could hardly be matched,20
His Last Bow,among all the devoted agents of the Kaiser. It was his talents which,21
His Last Bow,"had first recommended him for the English mission, the most important",22
His Last Bow,"mission of all, but since he had taken it over those talents had",23
His Last Bow,become more and more manifest to the half-dozen people in the world,24
His Last Bow,who were really in touch with the truth. One of these was his present,25
His Last Bow,"companion, Baron Von Herling, the chief secretary of the legation,",26
His Last Bow,whose huge 100-horse-power Benz car was blocking the country lane as,27
His Last Bow,it waited to waft its owner back to London.,28
His Last Bow,,29
His Last Bow,"""So far as I can judge the trend of events, you will probably be back",30
His Last Bow,"in Berlin within the week,"" the secretary was saying. ""When you get",31
His Last Bow,"there, my dear Von Bork, I think you will be surprised at the welcome",32
His Last Bow,you will receive. I happen to know what is thought in the highest,33
His Last Bow,"quarters of your work in this country."" He was a huge man, the",34
His Last Bow,"secretary, deep, broad, and tall, with a slow, heavy fashion of",35
His Last Bow,speech which had been his main asset in his political career.,36
His Last Bow,,37
His Last Bow,Von Bork laughed.,38
His Last Bow,,39
His Last Bow,"""They are not very hard to deceive,"" he remarked. ""A more docile,",40
His Last Bow,"simple folk could not be imagined.""",41
His Last Bow,,42
His Last Bow,"""I don't know about that,"" said the other thoughtfully. ""They have",43
His Last Bow,strange limits and one must learn to observe them. It is that surface,44
His Last Bow,simplicity of theirs which makes a trap for the stranger. One's first,45
His Last Bow,impression is that they are entirely soft. Then one comes suddenly,46
His Last Bow,"upon something very hard, and you know that you have reached the",47
His Last Bow,"limit and must adapt yourself to the fact. They have, for example,",48
His Last Bow,"their insular conventions which simply must be observed.""",49
His Last Bow,,50
His Last Bow,"""Meaning 'good form' and that sort of thing?"" Von Bork sighed as one",51
His Last Bow,who had suffered much.,52
His Last Bow,,53
His Last Bow,"""Meaning British prejudice in all its queer manifestations. As an",54
His Last Bow,example I may quote one of my own worst blunders--I can afford to,55
His Last Bow,"talk of my blunders, for you know my work well enough to be aware of",56
His Last Bow,my successes. It was on my first arrival. I was invited to a week-end,57
His Last Bow,gathering at the country house of a cabinet minister. The,58
His Last Bow,"conversation was amazingly indiscreet.""",59
His Last Bow,,60
His Last Bow,"Von Bork nodded. ""I've been there,"" said he dryly.",61
His Last Bow,,62
His Last Bow,"""Exactly. Well, I naturally sent a resume of the information to",63
His Last Bow,Berlin. Unfortunately our good chancellor is a little heavy-handed in,64
His Last Bow,"these matters, and he transmitted a remark which showed that he was",65
His Last Bow,"aware of what had been said. This, of course, took the trail straight",66
His Last Bow,up to me. You've no idea the harm that it did me. There was nothing,67
His Last Bow,"soft about our British hosts on that occasion, I can assure you. I",68
His Last Bow,"was two years living it down. Now you, with this sporting pose of",69
His Last Bow,"yours--""",70
His Last Bow,,71
His Last Bow,"""No, no, don't call it a pose. A pose is an artificial thing. This is",72
His Last Bow,"quite natural. I am a born sportsman. I enjoy it.""",73
His Last Bow,,74
His Last Bow,"""Well, that makes it the more effective. You yacht against them, you",75
His Last Bow,"hunt with them, you play polo, you match them in every game, your",76
His Last Bow,four-in-hand takes the prize at Olympia. I have even heard that you,77
His Last Bow,go the length of boxing with the young officers. What is the result?,78
His Last Bow,"Nobody takes you seriously. You are a 'good old sport,' 'quite a",79
His Last Bow,"decent fellow for a German,' a hard-drinking, night-club,",80
His Last Bow,"knock-about-town, devil-may-care young fellow. And all the time this",81
His Last Bow,quiet country house of yours is the centre of half the mischief in,82
His Last Bow,"England, and the sporting squire the most astute secret-service man",83
His Last Bow,"in Europe. Genius, my dear Von Bork--genius!""",84
His Last Bow,,85
His Last Bow,"""You flatter me, Baron. But certainly I may claim my four years in",86
His Last Bow,this country have not been unproductive. I've never shown you my,87
His Last Bow,"little store. Would you mind stepping in for a moment?""",88
His Last Bow,,89
His Last Bow,The door of the study opened straight on to the terrace. Von Bork,90
His Last Bow,"pushed it back, and, leading the way, he clicked the switch of the",91
His Last Bow,electric light. He then closed the door behind the bulky form which,92
His Last Bow,followed him and carefully adjusted the heavy curtain over the,93
His Last Bow,latticed window. Only when all these precautions had been taken and,94
His Last Bow,tested did he turn his sunburned aquiline face to his guest.,95
His Last Bow,,96
His Last Bow,"""Some of my papers have gone,"" said he. ""When my wife and the",97
His Last Bow,household left yesterday for Flushing they took the less important,98
His Last Bow,"with them. I must, of course, claim the protection of the embassy for",99
His Last Bow,"the others.""",100
His Last Bow,,101
His Last Bow,"""Your name has already been filed as one of the personal suite. There",102
His Last Bow,"will be no difficulties for you or your baggage. Of course, it is",103
His Last Bow,just possible that we may not have to go. England may leave France to,104
His Last Bow,"her fate. We are sure that there is no binding treaty between them.""",105
His Last Bow,,106
His Last Bow,"""And Belgium?""",107
His Last Bow,,108
His Last Bow,"""Yes, and Belgium, too.""",109
His Last Bow,,110
His Last Bow,"Von Bork shook his head. ""I don't see how that could be. There is a",111
His Last Bow,definite treaty there. She could never recover from such a,112
His Last Bow,"humiliation.""",113
His Last Bow,,114
His Last Bow,"""She would at least have peace for the moment.""",115
His Last Bow,,116
His Last Bow,"""But her honor?""",117
His Last Bow,,118
His Last Bow,"""Tut, my dear sir, we live in a utilitarian age. Honour is a",119
His Last Bow,mediaeval conception. Besides England is not ready. It is an,120
His Last Bow,"inconceivable thing, but even our special war tax of fifty million,",121
His Last Bow,which one would think made our purpose as clear as if we had,122
His Last Bow,"advertised it on the front page of the Times, has not roused these",123
His Last Bow,people from their slumbers. Here and there one hears a question. It,124
His Last Bow,is my business to find an answer. Here and there also there is an,125
His Last Bow,irritation. It is my business to soothe it. But I can assure you that,126
His Last Bow,"so far as the essentials go--the storage of munitions, the",127
His Last Bow,"preparation for submarine attack, the arrangements for making high",128
His Last Bow,"explosives--nothing is prepared. How, then, can England come in,",129
His Last Bow,especially when we have stirred her up such a devil's brew of Irish,130
His Last Bow,"civil war, window-breaking Furies, and God knows what to keep her",131
His Last Bow,"thoughts at home.""",132
His Last Bow,,133
His Last Bow,"""She must think of her future.""",134
His Last Bow,,135
His Last Bow,"""Ah, that is another matter. I fancy that in the future we have our",136
His Last Bow,"own very definite plans about England, and that your information will",137
His Last Bow,be very vital to us. It is to-day or to-morrow with Mr. John Bull. If,138
His Last Bow,he prefers to-day we are perfectly ready. If it is to-morrow we shall,139
His Last Bow,be more ready still. I should think they would be wiser to fight with,140
His Last Bow,"allies than without them, but that is their own affair. This week is",141
His Last Bow,"their week of destiny. But you were speaking of your papers."" He sat",142
His Last Bow,"in the armchair with the light shining upon his broad bald head,",143
His Last Bow,while he puffed sedately at his cigar.,144
His Last Bow,,145
His Last Bow,"The large oak-panelled, book-lined room had a curtain hung in the",146
His Last Bow,"future corner. When this was drawn it disclosed a large, brass-bound",147
His Last Bow,"safe. Von Bork detached a small key from his watch chain, and after",148
His Last Bow,some considerable manipulation of the lock he swung open the heavy,149
His Last Bow,door.,150
His Last Bow,,151
His Last Bow,"""Look!"" said he, standing clear, with a wave of his hand.",152
His Last Bow,,153
His Last Bow,"The light shone vividly into the opened safe, and the secretary of",154
His Last Bow,the embassy gazed with an absorbed interest at the rows of stuffed,155
His Last Bow,pigeon-holes with which it was furnished. Each pigeon-hole had its,156
His Last Bow,"label, and his eyes as he glanced along them read a long series of",157
His Last Bow,"such titles as ""Fords,"" ""Harbour-defences,"" ""Aeroplanes,"" ""Ireland,""",158
His Last Bow,"""Egypt,"" ""Portsmouth forts,"" ""The Channel,"" ""Rosythe,"" and a score of",159
His Last Bow,others. Each compartment was bristling with papers and plans.,160
His Last Bow,,161
His Last Bow,"""Colossal!"" said the secretary. Putting down his cigar he softly",162
His Last Bow,clapped his fat hands.,163
His Last Bow,,164
His Last Bow,"""And all in four years, Baron. Not such a bad show for the",165
His Last Bow,"hard-drinking, hard-riding country squire. But the gem of my",166
His Last Bow,"collection is coming and there is the setting all ready for it."" He",167
His Last Bow,"pointed to a space over which ""Naval Signals"" was printed.",168
His Last Bow,,169
His Last Bow,"""But you have a good dossier there already.""",170
His Last Bow,,171
His Last Bow,"""Out of date and waste paper. The Admiralty in some way got the alarm",172
His Last Bow,"and every code has been changed. It was a blow, Baron--the worst",173
His Last Bow,setback in my whole campaign. But thanks to my check-book and the,174
His Last Bow,"good Altamont all will be well to-night.""",175
His Last Bow,,176
His Last Bow,The Baron looked at his watch and gave a guttural exclamation of,177
His Last Bow,disappointment.,178
His Last Bow,,179
His Last Bow,"""Well, I really can wait no longer. You can imagine that things are",180
His Last Bow,moving at present in Carlton Terrace and that we have all to be at,181
His Last Bow,our posts. I had hoped to be able to bring news of your great coup.,182
His Last Bow,"Did Altamont name no hour?""",183
His Last Bow,,184
His Last Bow,Von Bork pushed over a telegram.,185
His Last Bow,,186
His Last Bow,Will come without fail to-night and bring new sparking plugs.,187
His Last Bow,--Altamont.,188
His Last Bow,,189
His Last Bow,"""Sparking plugs, eh?""",190
His Last Bow,,191
His Last Bow,"""You see he poses as a motor expert and I keep a full garage. In our",192
His Last Bow,code everything likely to come up is named after some spare part. If,193
His Last Bow,"he talks of a radiator it is a battleship, of an oil pump a cruiser,",194
His Last Bow,"and so on. Sparking plugs are naval signals.""",195
His Last Bow,,196
His Last Bow,"""From Portsmouth at midday,"" said the secretary, examining the",197
His Last Bow,"superscription. ""By the way, what do you give him?""",198
His Last Bow,,199
His Last Bow,"""Five hundred pounds for this particular job. Of course he has a",200
His Last Bow,"salary as well.""",201
His Last Bow,,202
His Last Bow,"""The greedy rouge. They are useful, these traitors, but I grudge them",203
His Last Bow,"their blood money.""",204
His Last Bow,,205
His Last Bow,"""I grudge Altamont nothing. He is a wonderful worker. If I pay him",206
His Last Bow,"well, at least he delivers the goods, to use his own phrase. Besides",207
His Last Bow,he is not a traitor. I assure you that our most pan-Germanic Junker,208
His Last Bow,is a sucking dove in his feelings towards England as compared with a,209
His Last Bow,"real bitter Irish-American.""",210
His Last Bow,,211
His Last Bow,"""Oh, an Irish-American?""",212
His Last Bow,,213
His Last Bow,"""If you heard him talk you would not doubt it. Sometimes I assure you",214
His Last Bow,I can hardly understand him. He seems to have declared war on the,215
His Last Bow,King's English as well as on the English king. Must you really go? He,216
His Last Bow,"may be here any moment.""",217
His Last Bow,,218
His Last Bow,"""No. I'm sorry, but I have already overstayed my time. We shall",219
His Last Bow,"expect you early to-morrow, and when you get that signal book through",220
His Last Bow,the little door on the Duke of York's steps you can put a triumphant,221
His Last Bow,"finis to your record in England. What! Tokay!"" He indicated a heavily",222
His Last Bow,sealed dust-covered bottle which stood with two high glasses upon a,223
His Last Bow,salver.,224
His Last Bow,,225
His Last Bow,"""May I offer you a glass before your journey?""",226
His Last Bow,,227
His Last Bow,"""No, thanks. But it looks like revelry.""",228
His Last Bow,,229
His Last Bow,"""Altamont has a nice taste in wines, and he took a fancy to my Tokay.",230
His Last Bow,He is a touchy fellow and needs humouring in small things. I have to,231
His Last Bow,"study him, I assure you."" They had strolled out on to the terrace",232
His Last Bow,"again, and along it to the further end where at a touch from the",233
His Last Bow,"Baron's chauffeur the great car shivered and chuckled. ""Those are the",234
His Last Bow,"lights of Harwich, I suppose,"" said the secretary, pulling on his",235
His Last Bow,"dust coat. ""How still and peaceful it all seems. There may be other",236
His Last Bow,"lights within the week, and the English coast a less tranquil place!",237
His Last Bow,"The heavens, too, may not be quite so peaceful if all that the good",238
His Last Bow,"Zeppelin promises us comes true. By the way, who is that?""",239
His Last Bow,,240
His Last Bow,"Only one window showed a light behind them; in it there stood a lamp,",241
His Last Bow,"and beside it, seated at a table, was a dear old ruddy-faced woman in",242
His Last Bow,a country cap. She was bending over her knitting and stopping,243
His Last Bow,occasionally to stroke a large black cat upon a stool beside her.,244
His Last Bow,,245
His Last Bow,"""That is Martha, the only servant I have left.""",246
His Last Bow,,247
His Last Bow,The secretary chuckled.,248
His Last Bow,,249
His Last Bow,"""She might almost personify Britannia,"" said he, ""with her complete",250
His Last Bow,"self-absorption and general air of comfortable somnolence. Well, au",251
His Last Bow,"revoir, Von Bork!"" With a final wave of his hand he sprang into the",252
His Last Bow,"car, and a moment later the two golden cones from the headlights shot",253
His Last Bow,through the darkness. The secretary lay back in the cushions of the,254
His Last Bow,"luxurious limousine, with his thoughts so full of the impending",255
His Last Bow,European tragedy that he hardly observed that as his car swung round,256
His Last Bow,the village street it nearly passed over a little Ford coming in the,257
His Last Bow,opposite direction.,258
His Last Bow,,259
His Last Bow,Von Bork walked slowly back to the study when the last gleams of the,260
His Last Bow,motor lamps had faded into the distance. As he passed he observed,261
His Last Bow,that his old housekeeper had put out her lamp and retired. It was a,262
His Last Bow,"new experience to him, the silence and darkness of his widespread",263
His Last Bow,"house, for his family and household had been a large one. It was a",264
His Last Bow,"relief to him, however, to think that they were all in safety and",265
His Last Bow,"that, but for that one old woman who had lingered in the kitchen, he",266
His Last Bow,had the whole place to himself. There was a good deal of tidying up,267
His Last Bow,"to do inside his study and he set himself to do it until his keen,",268
His Last Bow,handsome face was flushed with the heat of the burning papers. A,269
His Last Bow,"leather valise stood beside his table, and into this he began to pack",270
His Last Bow,very neatly and systematically the precious contents of his safe. He,271
His Last Bow,"had hardly got started with the work, however, when his quick ears",272
His Last Bow,caught the sounds of a distant car. Instantly he gave an exclamation,273
His Last Bow,"of satisfaction, strapped up the valise, shut the safe, locked it,",274
His Last Bow,and hurried out on to the terrace. He was just in time to see the,275
His Last Bow,lights of a small car come to a halt at the gate. A passenger sprang,276
His Last Bow,"out of it and advanced swiftly towards him, while the chauffeur, a",277
His Last Bow,"heavily built, elderly man with a gray moustache, settled down like",278
His Last Bow,one who resigns himself to a long vigil.,279
His Last Bow,,280
His Last Bow,"""Well?"" asked Von Bork eagerly, running forward to meet his visitor.",281
His Last Bow,,282
His Last Bow,For answer the man waved a small brown-paper parcel triumphantly,283
His Last Bow,above his head.,284
His Last Bow,,285
His Last Bow,"""You can give me the glad hand to-night, mister,"" he cried. ""I'm",286
His Last Bow,"bringing home the bacon at last.""",287
His Last Bow,,288
His Last Bow,"""The signals?""",289
His Last Bow,,290
His Last Bow,"""Same as I said in my cable. Every last one of them, semaphore, lamp",291
His Last Bow,"code, Marconi--a copy, mind you, not the original. That was too",292
His Last Bow,"dangerous. But it's the real goods, and you can lay to that."" He",293
His Last Bow,slapped the German upon the shoulder with a rough familiarity from,294
His Last Bow,which the other winced.,295
His Last Bow,,296
His Last Bow,"""Come in,"" he said. ""I'm all alone in the house. I was only waiting",297
His Last Bow,for this. Of course a copy is better than the original. If an,298
His Last Bow,original were missing they would change the whole thing. You think,299
His Last Bow,"it's all safe about the copy?""",300
His Last Bow,,301
His Last Bow,The Irish-American had entered the study and stretched his long limbs,302
His Last Bow,"from the armchair. He was a tall, gaunt man of sixty, with clear-cut",303
His Last Bow,features and a small goatee beard which gave him a general,304
His Last Bow,"resemblance to the caricatures of Uncle Sam. A half-smoked, sodden",305
His Last Bow,"cigar hung from the corner of his mouth, and as he sat down he struck",306
His Last Bow,"a match and relit it. ""Making ready for a move?"" he remarked as he",307
His Last Bow,"looked round him. ""Say, mister,"" he added, as his eyes fell upon the",308
His Last Bow,"safe from which the curtain was now removed, ""you don't tell me you",309
His Last Bow,"keep your papers in that?""",310
His Last Bow,,311
His Last Bow,"""Why not?""",312
His Last Bow,,313
His Last Bow,"""Gosh, in a wide-open contraption like that! And they reckon you to",314
His Last Bow,"be some spy. Why, a Yankee crook would be into that with a",315
His Last Bow,can-opener. If I'd known that any letter of mine was goin' to lie,316
His Last Bow,loose in a thing like that I'd have been a mug to write to you at,317
His Last Bow,"all.""",318
His Last Bow,,319
His Last Bow,"""It would puzzle any crook to force that safe,"" Von Bork answered.",320
His Last Bow,"""You won't cut that metal with any tool.""",321
His Last Bow,,322
His Last Bow,"""But the lock?""",323
His Last Bow,,324
His Last Bow,"""No, it's a double combination lock. You know what that is?""",325
His Last Bow,,326
His Last Bow,"""Search me,"" said the American.",327
His Last Bow,,328
His Last Bow,"""Well, you need a word as well as a set of figures before you can get",329
His Last Bow,"the lock to work."" He rose and showed a double-radiating disc round",330
His Last Bow,"the keyhole. ""This outer one is for the letters, the inner one for",331
His Last Bow,"the figures.""",332
His Last Bow,,333
His Last Bow,"""Well, well, that's fine.""",334
His Last Bow,,335
His Last Bow,"""So it's not quite as simple as you thought. It was four years ago",336
His Last Bow,"that I had it made, and what do you think I chose for the word and",337
His Last Bow,"figures?""",338
His Last Bow,,339
His Last Bow,"""It's beyond me.""",340
His Last Bow,,341
His Last Bow,"""Well, I chose August for the word, and 1914 for the figures, and",342
His Last Bow,"here we are.""",343
His Last Bow,,344
His Last Bow,The American's face showed his surprise and admiration.,345
His Last Bow,,346
His Last Bow,"""My, but that was smart! You had it down to a fine thing.""",347
His Last Bow,,348
His Last Bow,"""Yes, a few of us even then could have guessed the date. Here it is,",349
His Last Bow,"and I'm shutting down to-morrow morning.""",350
His Last Bow,,351
His Last Bow,"""Well, I guess you'll have to fix me up also. I'm not staying is this",352
His Last Bow,"gol-darned country all on my lonesome. In a week or less, from what I",353
His Last Bow,"see, John Bull will be on his hind legs and fair ramping. I'd rather",354
His Last Bow,"watch him from over the water.""",355
His Last Bow,,356
His Last Bow,"""But you're an American citizen?""",357
His Last Bow,,358
His Last Bow,"""Well, so was Jack James an American citizen, but he's doing time in",359
His Last Bow,Portland all the same. It cuts no ice with a British copper to tell,360
His Last Bow,him you're an American citizen. 'It's British law and order over,361
His Last Bow,"here,' says he. By the way, mister, talking of Jack James, it seems",362
His Last Bow,"to me you don't do much to cover your men.""",363
His Last Bow,,364
His Last Bow,"""What do you mean?"" Von Bork asked sharply.",365
His Last Bow,,366
His Last Bow,"""Well, you are their employer, ain't you? It's up to you to see that",367
His Last Bow,"they don't fall down. But they do fall down, and when did you ever",368
His Last Bow,"pick them up? There's James--""",369
His Last Bow,,370
His Last Bow,"""It was James's own fault. You know that yourself. He was too",371
His Last Bow,"self-willed for the job.""",372
His Last Bow,,373
His Last Bow,"""James was a bonehead--I give you that. Then there was Hollis.""",374
His Last Bow,,375
His Last Bow,"""The man was mad.""",376
His Last Bow,,377
His Last Bow,"""Well, he went a bit woozy towards the end. It's enough to make a man",378
His Last Bow,bug-house when he has to play a part from morning to night with a,379
His Last Bow,hundred guys all ready to set the coppers wise to him. But now there,380
His Last Bow,"is Steiner--""",381
His Last Bow,,382
His Last Bow,"Von Bork started violently, and his ruddy face turned a shade paler.",383
His Last Bow,,384
His Last Bow,"""What about Steiner?""",385
His Last Bow,,386
His Last Bow,"""Well, they've got him, that's all. They raided his store last night,",387
His Last Bow,and he and his papers are all in Portsmouth jail. You'll go off and,388
His Last Bow,"he, poor devil, will have to stand the racket, and lucky if he gets",389
His Last Bow,off with his life. That's why I want to get over the water as soon as,390
His Last Bow,"you do.""",391
His Last Bow,,392
His Last Bow,"Von Bork was a strong, self-contained man, but it was easy to see",393
His Last Bow,that the news had shaken him.,394
His Last Bow,,395
His Last Bow,"""How could they have got on to Steiner?"" he muttered. ""That's the",396
His Last Bow,"worst blow yet.""",397
His Last Bow,,398
His Last Bow,"""Well, you nearly had a worse one, for I believe they are not far off",399
His Last Bow,"me.""",400
His Last Bow,,401
His Last Bow,"""You don't mean that!""",402
His Last Bow,,403
His Last Bow,"""Sure thing. My landlady down Fratton way had some inquiries, and",404
His Last Bow,when I heard of it I guessed it was time for me to hustle. But what I,405
His Last Bow,"want to know, mister, is how the coppers know these things? Steiner",406
His Last Bow,"is the fifth man you've lost since I signed on with you, and I know",407
His Last Bow,the name of the sixth if I don't get a move on. How do you explain,408
His Last Bow,"it, and ain't you ashamed to see your men go down like this?""",409
His Last Bow,,410
His Last Bow,Von Bork flushed crimson.,411
His Last Bow,,412
His Last Bow,"""How dare you speak in such a way!""",413
His Last Bow,,414
His Last Bow,"""If I didn't dare things, mister, I wouldn't be in your service. But",415
His Last Bow,I'll tell you straight what is in my mind. I've heard that with you,416
His Last Bow,German politicians when an agent has done his work you are not sorry,417
His Last Bow,"to see him put away.""",418
His Last Bow,,419
His Last Bow,Von Bork sprang to his feet.,420
His Last Bow,,421
His Last Bow,"""Do you dare to suggest that I have given away my own agents!""",422
His Last Bow,,423
His Last Bow,"""I don't stand for that, mister, but there's a stool pigeon or a",424
His Last Bow,"cross somewhere, and it's up to you to find out where it is. Anyhow I",425
His Last Bow,"am taking no more chances. It's me for little Holland, and the sooner",426
His Last Bow,"the better.""",427
His Last Bow,,428
His Last Bow,Von Bork had mastered his anger.,429
His Last Bow,,430
His Last Bow,"""We have been allies too long to quarrel now at the very hour of",431
His Last Bow,"victory,"" he said. ""You've done splendid work and taken risks, and I",432
His Last Bow,"can't forget it. By all means go to Holland, and you can get a boat",433
His Last Bow,from Rotterdam to New York. No other line will be safe a week from,434
His Last Bow,"now. I'll take that book and pack it with the rest.""",435
His Last Bow,,436
His Last Bow,"The American held the small parcel in his hand, but made no motion to",437
His Last Bow,give it up.,438
His Last Bow,,439
His Last Bow,"""What about the dough?"" he asked.",440
His Last Bow,,441
His Last Bow,"""The what?""",442
His Last Bow,,443
His Last Bow,"""The boodle. The reward. The £500. The gunner turned damned nasty at",444
His Last Bow,"the last, and I had to square him with an extra hundred dollars or it",445
His Last Bow,"would have been nitsky for you and me. 'Nothin' doin'!' says he, and",446
His Last Bow,"he meant it, too, but the last hundred did it. It's cost me two",447
His Last Bow,"hundred pound from first to last, so it isn't likely I'd give it up",448
His Last Bow,"without gettin' my wad.""",449
His Last Bow,,450
His Last Bow,"Von Bork smiled with some bitterness. ""You don't seem to have a very",451
His Last Bow,"high opinion of my honour,"" said he, ""you want the money before you",452
His Last Bow,"give up the book.""",453
His Last Bow,,454
His Last Bow,"""Well, mister, it is a business proposition.""",455
His Last Bow,,456
His Last Bow,"""All right. Have your way."" He sat down at the table and scribbled a",457
His Last Bow,"check, which he tore from the book, but he refrained from handing it",458
His Last Bow,"to his companion. ""After all, since we are to be on such terms, Mr.",459
His Last Bow,"Altamont,"" said he, ""I don't see why I should trust you any more than",460
His Last Bow,"you trust me. Do you understand?"" he added, looking back over his",461
His Last Bow,"shoulder at the American. ""There's the check upon the table. I claim",462
His Last Bow,"the right to examine that parcel before you pick the money up.""",463
His Last Bow,,464
His Last Bow,The American passed it over without a word. Von Bork undid a winding,465
His Last Bow,of string and two wrappers of paper. Then he sat dazing for a moment,466
His Last Bow,in silent amazement at a small blue book which lay before him. Across,467
His Last Bow,the cover was printed in golden letters Practical Handbook of Bee,468
His Last Bow,Culture. Only for one instant did the master spy glare at this,469
His Last Bow,strangely irrelevant inscription. The next he was gripped at the back,470
His Last Bow,"of his neck by a grasp of iron, and a chloroformed sponge was held in",471
His Last Bow,front of his writhing face.,472
His Last Bow,,473
His Last Bow,"""Another glass, Watson!"" said Mr. Sherlock Holmes as he extended the",474
His Last Bow,bottle of Imperial Tokay.,475
His Last Bow,,476
His Last Bow,"The thickset chauffeur, who had seated himself by the table, pushed",477
His Last Bow,forward his glass with some eagerness.,478
His Last Bow,,479
His Last Bow,"""It is a good wine, Holmes.""",480
His Last Bow,,481
His Last Bow,"""A remarkable wine, Watson. Our friend upon the sofa has assured me",482
His Last Bow,that it is from Franz Josef's special cellar at the Schoenbrunn,483
His Last Bow,"Palace. Might I trouble you to open the window, for chloroform vapour",484
His Last Bow,"does not help the palate.""",485
His Last Bow,,486
His Last Bow,"The safe was ajar, and Holmes standing in front of it was removing",487
His Last Bow,"dossier after dossier, swiftly examining each, and then packing it",488
His Last Bow,neatly in Von Bork's valise. The German lay upon the sofa sleeping,489
His Last Bow,stertorously with a strap round his upper arms and another round his,490
His Last Bow,legs.,491
His Last Bow,,492
His Last Bow,"""We need not hurry ourselves, Watson. We are safe from interruption.",493
His Last Bow,Would you mind touching the bell? There is no one in the house except,494
His Last Bow,"old Martha, who has played her part to admiration. I got her the",495
His Last Bow,"situation here when first I took the matter up. Ah, Martha, you will",496
His Last Bow,"be glad to hear that all is well.""",497
His Last Bow,,498
His Last Bow,The pleasant old lady had appeared in the doorway. She curtseyed with,499
His Last Bow,"a smile to Mr. Holmes, but glanced with some apprehension at the",500
His Last Bow,figure upon the sofa.,501
His Last Bow,,502
His Last Bow,"""It is all right, Martha. He has not been hurt at all.""",503
His Last Bow,,504
His Last Bow,"""I am glad of that, Mr. Holmes. According to his lights he has been a",505
His Last Bow,"kind master. He wanted me to go with his wife to Germany yesterday,",506
His Last Bow,"but that would hardly have suited your plans, would it, sir?""",507
His Last Bow,,508
His Last Bow,"""No, indeed, Martha. So long as you were here I was easy in my mind.",509
His Last Bow,"We waited some time for your signal to-night.""",510
His Last Bow,,511
His Last Bow,"""It was the secretary, sir.""",512
His Last Bow,,513
His Last Bow,"""I know. His car passed ours.""",514
His Last Bow,,515
His Last Bow,"""I thought he would never go. I knew that it would not suit your",516
His Last Bow,"plans, sir, to find him here.""",517
His Last Bow,,518
His Last Bow,"""No, indeed. Well, it only meant that we waited half an hour or so",519
His Last Bow,until I saw your lamp go out and knew that the coast was clear. You,520
His Last Bow,"can report to me to-morrow in London, Martha, at Claridge's Hotel.""",521
His Last Bow,,522
His Last Bow,"""Very good, sir.""",523
His Last Bow,,524
His Last Bow,"""I suppose you have everything ready to leave.""",525
His Last Bow,,526
His Last Bow,"""Yes, sir. He posted seven letters to-day. I have the addresses as",527
His Last Bow,"usual.""",528
His Last Bow,,529
His Last Bow,"""Very good, Martha. I will look into them to-morrow. Good-night.",530
His Last Bow,"These papers,"" he continued as the old lady vanished, ""are not of",531
His Last Bow,"very great importance, for, of course, the information which they",532
His Last Bow,represent has been sent off long ago to the German government. These,533
His Last Bow,"are the originals which cold not safely be got out of the country.""",534
His Last Bow,,535
His Last Bow,"""Then they are of no use.""",536
His Last Bow,,537
His Last Bow,"""I should not go so far as to say that, Watson. They will at least",538
His Last Bow,show our people what is known and what is not. I may say that a good,539
His Last Bow,"many of these papers have come through me, and I need not add are",540
His Last Bow,thoroughly untrustworthy. It would brighten my declining years to see,541
His Last Bow,a German cruiser navigating the Solent according to the mine-field,542
His Last Bow,"plans which I have furnished. But you, Watson""--he stopped his work",543
His Last Bow,"and took his old friend by the shoulders--""I've hardly seen you in",544
His Last Bow,the light yet. How have the years used you? You look the same blithe,545
His Last Bow,"boy as ever.""",546
His Last Bow,,547
His Last Bow,"""I feel twenty years younger, Holmes. I have seldom felt so happy as",548
His Last Bow,when I got your wire asking me to meet you at Harwich with the car.,549
His Last Bow,"But you, Holmes--you have changed very little--save for that horrible",550
His Last Bow,"goatee.""",551
His Last Bow,,552
His Last Bow,"""These are the sacrifices one makes for one's country, Watson,"" said",553
His Last Bow,"Holmes, pulling at his little tuft. ""To-morrow it will be but a",554
His Last Bow,dreadful memory. With my hair cut and a few other superficial changes,555
His Last Bow,I shall no doubt reappear at Claridge's to-morrow as I was before,556
His Last Bow,"this American stunt--I beg your pardon, Watson, my well of English",557
His Last Bow,seems to be permanently defiled--before this American job came my,558
His Last Bow,"way.""",559
His Last Bow,,560
His Last Bow,"""But you have retired, Holmes. We heard of you as living the life of",561
His Last Bow,a hermit among your bees and your books in a small farm upon the,562
His Last Bow,"South Downs.""",563
His Last Bow,,564
His Last Bow,"""Exactly, Watson. Here is the fruit of my leisured ease, the magnum",565
His Last Bow,"opus of my latter years!"" He picked up the volume from the table and",566
His Last Bow,"read out the whole title, Practical Handbook of Bee Culture, with",567
His Last Bow,"Some Observations upon the Segregation of the Queen. ""Alone I did it.",568
His Last Bow,Behold the fruit of pensive nights and laborious days when I watched,569
His Last Bow,the little working gangs as once I watched the criminal world of,570
His Last Bow,"London.""",571
His Last Bow,,572
His Last Bow,"""But how did you get to work again?""",573
His Last Bow,,574
His Last Bow,"""Ah, I have often marvelled at it myself. The Foreign Minister alone",575
His Last Bow,"I could have withstood, but when the Premier also deigned to visit my",576
His Last Bow,"humble roof--! The fact is, Watson, that this gentleman upon the sofa",577
His Last Bow,was a bit too good for our people. He was in a class by himself.,578
His Last Bow,"Things were going wrong, and no one could understand why they were",579
His Last Bow,"going wrong. Agents were suspected or even caught, but there was",580
His Last Bow,evidence of some strong and secret central force. It was absolutely,581
His Last Bow,necessary to expose it. Strong pressure was brought upon me to look,582
His Last Bow,"into the matter. It has cost me two years, Watson, but they have not",583
His Last Bow,been devoid of excitement. When I say that I started my pilgrimage at,584
His Last Bow,"Chicago, graduated in an Irish secret society at Buffalo, gave",585
His Last Bow,"serious trouble to the constabulary at Skibbareen, and so eventually",586
His Last Bow,"caught the eye of a subordinate agent of Von Bork, who recommended me",587
His Last Bow,"as a likely man, you will realize that the matter was complex. Since",588
His Last Bow,"then I have been honoured by his confidence, which has not prevented",589
His Last Bow,most of his plans going subtly wrong and five of his best agents,590
His Last Bow,"being in prison. I watched them, Watson, and I picked them as they",591
His Last Bow,"ripened. Well, sir, I hope that you are none the worse!""",592
His Last Bow,,593
His Last Bow,"The last remark was addressed to Von Bork himself, who after much",594
His Last Bow,gasping and blinking had lain quietly listening to Holmes's,595
His Last Bow,statement. He broke out now into a furious stream of German,596
His Last Bow,"invective, his face convulsed with passion. Holmes continued his",597
His Last Bow,swift investigation of documents while his prisoner cursed and swore.,598
His Last Bow,,599
His Last Bow,"""Though unmusical, German is the most expressive of all languages,""",600
His Last Bow,"he observed when Von Bork had stopped from pure exhaustion. ""Hullo!",601
His Last Bow,"Hullo!"" he added as he looked hard at the corner of a tracing before",602
His Last Bow,"putting it in the box. ""This should put another bird in the cage. I",603
His Last Bow,"had no idea that the paymaster was such a rascal, though I have long",604
His Last Bow,"had an eye upon him. Mister Von Bork, you have a great deal to answer",605
His Last Bow,"for.""",606
His Last Bow,,607
His Last Bow,The prisoner had raised himself with some difficulty upon the sofa,608
His Last Bow,and was staring with a strange mixture of amazement and hatred at his,609
His Last Bow,captor.,610
His Last Bow,,611
His Last Bow,"""I shall get level with you, Altamont,"" he said, speaking with slow",612
His Last Bow,"deliberation. ""If it takes me all my life I shall get level with",613
His Last Bow,"you!""",614
His Last Bow,,615
His Last Bow,"""The old sweet song,"" said Holmes. ""How often have I heard it in days",616
His Last Bow,gone by. It was a favorite ditty of the late lamented Professor,617
His Last Bow,Moriarty.  Colonel Sebastian Moran has also been known to warble it.,618
His Last Bow,"And yet I live and keep bees upon the South Downs.""",619
His Last Bow,,620
His Last Bow,"""Curse you, you double traitor!"" cried the German, straining against",621
His Last Bow,his bonds and glaring murder from his furious eyes.,622
His Last Bow,,623
His Last Bow,"""No, no, it is not so bad as that,"" said Holmes, smiling. ""As my",624
His Last Bow,"speech surely shows you, Mr. Altamont of Chicago had no existence in",625
His Last Bow,"fact. I used him and he is gone.""",626
His Last Bow,,627
His Last Bow,"""Then who are you?""",628
His Last Bow,,629
His Last Bow,"""It is really immaterial who I am, but since the matter seems to",630
His Last Bow,"interest you, Mr. Von Bork, I may say that this is not my first",631
His Last Bow,acquaintance with the members of your family. I have done a good deal,632
His Last Bow,of business in Germany in the past and my name is probably familiar,633
His Last Bow,"to you.""",634
His Last Bow,,635
His Last Bow,"""I would wish to know it,"" said the Prussian grimly.",636
His Last Bow,,637
His Last Bow,"""It was I who brought about the separation between Irene Adler and",638
His Last Bow,the late King of Bohemia when your cousin Heinrich was the Imperial,639
His Last Bow,"Envoy. It was I also who saved from murder, by the Nihilist Klopman,",640
His Last Bow,"Count Von und Zu Grafenstein, who was your mother's elder brother. It",641
His Last Bow,"was I--""",642
His Last Bow,,643
His Last Bow,Von Bork sat up in amazement.,644
His Last Bow,,645
His Last Bow,"""There is only one man,"" he cried.",646
His Last Bow,,647
His Last Bow,"""Exactly,"" said Holmes.",648
His Last Bow,,649
His Last Bow,"Von Bork groaned and sank back on the sofa. ""And most of that",650
His Last Bow,"information came through you,"" he cried. ""What is it worth? What have",651
His Last Bow,"I done? It is my ruin forever!""",652
His Last Bow,,653
His Last Bow,"""It is certainly a little untrustworthy,"" said Holmes. ""It will",654
His Last Bow,require some checking and you have little time to check it. Your,655
His Last Bow,"admiral may find the new guns rather larger than he expects, and the",656
His Last Bow,"cruisers perhaps a trifle faster.""",657
His Last Bow,,658
His Last Bow,Von Bork clutched at his own throat in despair.,659
His Last Bow,,660
His Last Bow,"""There are a good many other points of detail which will, no doubt,",661
His Last Bow,come to light in good time. But you have one quality which is very,662
His Last Bow,"rare in a German, Mr. Von Bork: you are a sportsman and you will bear",663
His Last Bow,"me no ill-will when you realize that you, who have outwitted so many",664
His Last Bow,"other people, have at last been outwitted yourself. After all, you",665
His Last Bow,"have done your best for your country, and I have done my best for",666
His Last Bow,"mine, and what could be more natural? Besides,"" he added, not",667
His Last Bow,"unkindly, as he laid his hand upon the shoulder of the prostrate man,",668
His Last Bow,"""it is better than to fall before some ignoble foe. These papers are",669
His Last Bow,"now ready, Watson. If you will help me with our prisoner, I think",670
His Last Bow,"that we may get started for London at once.""",671
His Last Bow,,672
His Last Bow,"It was no easy task to move Von Bork, for he was a strong and a",673
His Last Bow,"desperate man. Finally, holding either arm, the two friends walked",674
His Last Bow,him very slowly down the garden walk which he had trod with such,675
His Last Bow,proud confidence when he received the congratulations of the famous,676
His Last Bow,"diplomatist only a few hours before. After a short, final struggle he",677
His Last Bow,"was hoisted, still bound hand and foot, into the spare seat of the",678
His Last Bow,little car. His precious valise was wedged in beside him.,679
His Last Bow,,680
His Last Bow,"""I trust that you are as comfortable as circumstances permit,"" said",681
His Last Bow,"Holmes when the final arrangements were made. ""Should I be guilty of",682
His Last Bow,"a liberty if I lit a cigar and placed it between your lips?""",683
His Last Bow,,684
His Last Bow,But all amenities were wasted upon the angry German.,685
His Last Bow,,686
His Last Bow,"""I suppose you realize, Mr. Sherlock Holmes,"" said he, ""that if your",687
His Last Bow,"government bears you out in this treatment it becomes an act of war.""",688
His Last Bow,,689
His Last Bow,"""What about your government and all this treatment?"" said Holmes,",690
His Last Bow,tapping the valise.,691
His Last Bow,,692
His Last Bow,"""You are a private individual. You have no warrant for my arrest. The",693
His Last Bow,"whole proceeding is absolutely illegal and outrageous.""",694
His Last Bow,,695
His Last Bow,"""Absolutely,"" said Holmes.",696
His Last Bow,,697
His Last Bow,"""Kidnapping a German subject.""",698
His Last Bow,,699
His Last Bow,"""And stealing his private papers.""",700
His Last Bow,,701
His Last Bow,"""Well, you realize your position, you and your accomplice here. If I",702
His Last Bow,"were to shout for help as we pass through the village--""",703
His Last Bow,,704
His Last Bow,"""My dear sir, if you did anything so foolish you would probably",705
His Last Bow,enlarge the two limited titles of our village inns by giving us 'The,706
His Last Bow,Dangling Prussian' as a signpost. The Englishman is a patient,707
His Last Bow,"creature, but at present his temper is a little inflamed, and it",708
His Last Bow,"would be as well not to try him too far. No, Mr. Von Bork, you will",709
His Last Bow,"go with us in a quiet, sensible fashion to Scotland Yard, whence you",710
His Last Bow,"can send for your friend, Baron Von Herling, and see if even now you",711
His Last Bow,may not fill that place which he has reserved for you in the,712
His Last Bow,"ambassadorial suite. As to you, Watson, you are joining us with your",713
His Last Bow,"old service, as I understand, so London won't be out of your way.",714
His Last Bow,"Stand with me here upon the terrace, for it may be the last quiet",715
His Last Bow,"talk that we shall ever have.""",716
His Last Bow,,717
His Last Bow,"The two friends chatted in intimate converse for a few minutes,",718
His Last Bow,"recalling once again the days of the past, while their prisoner",719
His Last Bow,vainly wriggled to undo the bonds that held him. As they turned to,720
His Last Bow,the car Holmes pointed back to the moonlit sea and shook a thoughtful,721
His Last Bow,head.,722
His Last Bow,,723
His Last Bow,"""There's an east wind coming, Watson.""",724
His Last Bow,,725
His Last Bow,"""I think not, Holmes. It is very warm.""",726
His Last Bow,,727
His Last Bow,"""Good old Watson! You are the one fixed point in a changing age.",728
His Last Bow,"There's an east wind coming all the same, such a wind as never blew",729
His Last Bow,"on England yet. It will be cold and bitter, Watson, and a good many",730
His Last Bow,of us may wither before its blast. But it's God's own wind none the,731
His Last Bow,"less, and a cleaner, better, stronger land will lie in the sunshine",732
His Last Bow,"when the storm has cleared. Start her up, Watson, for it's time that",733
His Last Bow,we were on our way. I have a check for five hundred pounds which,734
His Last Bow,"should be cashed early, for the drawer is quite capable of stopping",735
His Last Bow,"it if he can.""",736
His Last Bow,,737
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His Last Bow,"This text is provided to you ""as-is"" without any warranty. No",739
His Last Bow,"warranties of any kind, expressed or implied, are made to you as to",740
His Last Bow,"the text or any medium it may be on, including but not limited to",741
His Last Bow,warranties of merchantablity or fitness for a particular purpose.,742
His Last Bow,,743
His Last Bow,"Pictures for ""The Adventure of the Dancing Men"", ""The Adventure of",744
His Last Bow,"the Priory School"", ""The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez"" and ""The",745
His Last Bow,"Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter"" were taken from a 1911",746
His Last Bow,"edition of the ""The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes"" by Smith, Elder & Co.",747
His Last Bow,of London.,748
His Last Bow,,749
His Last Bow,"Pictures for ""The Adventure of the Dancing Men"" were taken from a",750
His Last Bow,"1915 edition of ""The Return of Sherlock Holmes"" by Smith, Elder & Co.",751
His Last Bow,of London.,752
His Last Bow,,753
His Last Bow,This text was formatted from various free ASCII and HTML variants.,754
His Last Bow,See http://sherlock-holm.es for an electronic form of this text and,755
His Last Bow,additional information about it.,756
His Last Bow,,757
His Last Bow,This text comes from the collection's version 3.1.,758
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