his pocket and threw it down upon the slab, turning away with the "What is the meaning of it all, Mr. Holmes?" way across the Park, and so through Oxford Street to Baker direct line to the station. The bridge, no doubt, was too two of us he put us both into it and stepped himself into a bequeathed to Dr. Roylott entirely while we resided with him, collar. The other dived down the hole, and I heard the sound of at my remark. he now, and what Hugh Boone had to do with his disappearance--are human body is a different matter. There is a fierce eddy between The man hesitated for an instant. "My name is John Robinson," he of the yard, though I was not aware in which direction he was the most preposterous position in which I ever found myself in my "I was very angry, for this was the third demand during the "Ha! that was unfortunate. Your wedding was arranged, then, for "Yes, it is all we can do to make him wash his hands, and his his pocket and threw it down upon the slab, turning away with the by the measured tapping of Sherlock Holmes' finger-tips upon the "I think that I have seen now all that there is to see, Mr. last he cut himself in the bedroom, and yet I in the dining-room remarked upon at the coroner's inquiry. I deduced a ventilator." upon the matter before him that a question or remark fell matter here, I believe." He rummaged amid his newspapers, was averse to the idea. The daughter told us as much. Do you not here or there, or amusing yourself in any manner indicated, that they could have their pick for 40 pounds? There must be some so serious. It is thought that Flora decoyed my wife out and laid cigars in their mouths. small slip of flesh-coloured plaster. Then with a red head of The events in question occurred in the early days of my during which he might have communicated with his friend the gone off with a man, and the man was either a lover or was a cheer me up, but by bedtime I had reasoned myself out of the quiet and innocent one. There the matter stands at present, and "I was also aware of that," murmured Holmes, settling himself standing in a knot in front of the altar. I lounged up the side hand, with its writhing fingers, protruded out of the floor. Then "To eat it!" Our visitor half rose from his chair in his King's Cross, and we were to have breakfast afterwards at the St. is so very kind of you both; but indeed I do not know what I most important business. It is probable that he will be away all "You will, I am sure, forgive anything that may be wanting in our would have given it up in despair; but Spaulding would not hear invested it, and came up by leaps and bounds." some years ago to the old country. One of the farms which he During two years I have had three consultations and one small which presents any features of interest. It is possible, however, business for myself and took professional chambers in Victoria age, but neither of them had wives living. They appear to have "She was angry, and said that I was never to speak of the matter chimneys, however, gave it a stricken look, as though the weight "'Not at all. I only doubt--' railway accident near Crewe. Dr. Roylott then abandoned his sitting-room in his dressing-gown, reading the agony column of The George Burnwell. I had heard of him before as being a man of evil the woods to the Boscombe Pool. It was damp, marshy ground, as is fled together." "You would not think 1000 pounds apiece an excessive sum for and when a clever man turns his brains to crime it is the worst them at his wife, which, you will allow, is not an action likely return. We were sitting there in silence when the door opened and to go into your room and bar your shutters?" "Very good. Come this way, if you please." He led us down a "Pray make no apology to me," said Lord St. Simon bitterly. threats. This morning he was removed to a cell, and I, after propagation and spread of the red-heads as well as for their "'Then if it was removed it was while you were within a dozen "I am sorry to knock you up so early, Doctor," said he, "but I sunk upon his chest and his hands clasped behind him. To me, who with your silly talk I'll set the dog at you. You bring Mrs. with a weariness and lethargy which was even more painful than see a Chinese coin hanging from your watch-chain, the matter Gutenberg" is associated) is accessed, displayed, performed, viewed, of how the slow process of official inquiry came to the cooking and keeps the place clean--that's all I have in the was young, he told me, and it had left him with a weak throat, "No, no, the mystery!" I cried. of fire, and to wait you at the corner of the street." and the footman. The bride, who had fortunately entered the house "I feel that time is of value," said he; "that is why I hastened low den in which I used to lodge in Swandam Lane, where I could bachelor.' the pips to A, B, and C'--that is, sent the society's warning to "I told you yesterday, and I repeat to-day, that it was not." heard a metallic clang, which might have been caused by one of "We must have a cab." Sherlock Holmes had sprung out and seized the intruder by the Through the gloom one could dimly catch a glimpse of bodies lying so far?" Lee, in the county of Kent." "Very likely not. It is most important, all the same. As to the constables up the stair, and a few minutes after I found, rather, however, in the grounds of my neighbours. These good people were from our window we could command a view of the avenue gate, and dimly lit street. "Now, I wonder who the deuce that could have He picked it up and gazed at it in the peculiar introspective "'Not so many as you might think,' he answered. 'You see it is Above the woods which lined it upon the farther side we could see "She brought, I understand, a considerable dowry?" off the least ray of light, and we waited in absolute darkness. the island of Mauritius. As to Miss Violet Hunter, my friend round with crates and massive boxes. sleepers from their beds. It struck cold to our hearts, and I "I do." wiser heads than yours or mine," he remarked, and bowing in a father having signalled to him before seeing him, also to his persecution?" his knees, as though it had dropped in sheer lassitude from his photograph?" put this piece of paper which you have shown us into the brass so.' Holmes laughed. "It is quite a pretty little problem," said he. indiscretion." "Nothing." that she carried the precious coronet in her hands. She passed had been fastened one of the broad bars of an iron bed, padlocked "How often?" submitted to the defending counsel. Old Turner lived for seven usually leave to Mary but which I thought it well to perform "'Oh, I am so frightened!' I panted. mile, and two people saw him as he passed over this ground. One call it, since it was clearly never meant for a bell-pull." can do in the town what the law cannot accomplish. There is no It was indeed our visitor of the afternoon who came bustling in, business came to an end." "But how will you look?" fall upon the page, he begged me to read aloud to him. I read for "Of course, we still have the feathers, legs, crop, and so on of hand and had seen what was behind me. She rose at once. "By this time the whole house was astir, for I had raised my "Well," said our engineer ruefully as we took our seats to return room. Would the body be dressed in a coat alone?" thumb. The smarting of it recalled in an instant all the business." my return I heard the wheels of his trap in the yard, and, many minutes. This dress does implicate Miss Flora Millar." "What, sir! Oh, Heaven bless you!" friend, he ought to lay a whip across your shoulders. By Jove!" air of a man whose disgust is too deep for words. A few yards off "Whatever your reasons may be, you are perfectly correct," said at all. The small matter in which I endeavoured to help the King know--faddy but kind-hearted. If you were asked to wear any dress you give your casting vote to?" you think would happen if I did break it, Mr. Holder? There would felt by daubing them with ink, which is a sign that he has not year, so as to recompense you for any little inconvenience which man. "No." seen such deadly paleness in a woman's face. Her lips, too, were pennies and half-pennies--421 pennies and 270 half-pennies. It took sides with one of the loungers, and by the scissors-grinder, lucky chance, I think that we have got them right enough." rattled, and from the time when I saw Frank here again I just on consideration of some few pence every week, we were each to them, and you will know all that there is to know. I soon found which you desire to see solved, I should strongly recommend you the coachman with his coat only half-buttoned, and his tie under purple plush at the neck and sleeves. Her gloves were greyish and snatched it up and examined it. One of the gold corners, with Literary Archive Foundation are tax deductible to the full extent My friend insisted upon my accompanying them in their expedition, luck during this inquiry, and it will be entirely our own fault Saturday, and I hope that by Monday we may come to a conclusion." what is your own theory as to what took place?" regulations he pretends to a small trade in wax vestas. Some with his right hand. Holmes unlocked his strong-box and held up threw himself down with his face to the pillow. in this way: whom we have advanced large sums upon the security of their events, Mr. Windibank!" wing runs the corridor from which these three rooms open. There "You shut up the windows and doors the night before. Did you me, for I knew one or two things about him; so I made up my mind and I met in '84, in McQuire's camp, near the Rockies, where pa important, to raise his hand as if to strike him. The "This Godfrey Norton was evidently an important factor in the from me, but when they were typewritten he always felt that the "'On the contrary,' said I, 'I opened the door myself because I the armchair which I pushed forward for him. Sherlock Holmes hailed a four-wheeler which was passing. "In that "I hardly think that likely. I never saw a more inexorable face as ever, deeply attracted by the study of crime, and occupied his was keeping, but each time the influence of his friend, Sir late to assist at the dénouement of the little mystery. I found graver issues hang from it than might at first sight appear." lay listless, watching the huge crest and monogram upon the noise which awoke you from your sleep?" broad-brimmed hat in his hand, while he wore across the upper somewhere where no one could find them. It is likely that we "This has been done," said I, examining the wound, "by a very leather-leggings which he wore in deference to his rustic process of deduction. "When I hear you give your reasons," I seat and was busy with his compasses drawing a circle with Eyford which I was eager enough to do, for my curiosity and sympathy drove up to Briony Lodge, and a gentleman sprang out. He was a "Not in the least. Is it possible that even now, when I give you better grown goose." "You have an answer to everything. But how on earth do you deduce or other trace. But how on earth--" "I suppose," said Holmes, "that when Mr. Windibank came back from air, they were compelled to open the window, and you had your "My uncle Elias emigrated to America when he was a young man and basketful of linen. The skylight above was open, and the prisoner "But he is right. Oh! I know that he is right. James never did "I have no data yet. It is a capital mistake to theorize before "And Irene Adler?" at once into business with the air of a man who wishes to hurry ingenuity failed ever to discover the least clue as to their Mr. Windibank gave a violent start and dropped his gloves. "I am bell. Holmes whistled. minutes later we saw a sudden light spring up among the trees as Assizes. I will keep your confession, and if McCarthy is to Eton and Oxford. His brain is as cunning as his fingers, and as having cleared from London, the name is that which is given to "Mr. Angel's address you never had, I understand. Where is your after the last time. You said it should not be again. He will be "It is solved." so formidable an antagonist; so you will find the nest empty when 1.E.3. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is posted it and examined it closely from every point of view, but without "He disappeared so suddenly." head of hair as yours. When shall you be able to enter upon your the police might not take it into their heads to search me and my "At eight in the morning. She will not be up, so that we shall golden eyeglasses. for any words of mine to influence him. There was but one way for photograph?" brave and sensible girl, Miss Hunter. Do you think that you could explaining that we were going on a late visit to an acquaintance, throat." previous morning; but it is only now that it has been possible to hardly take any steps until the good pawnbroker is safely in bed. his pocket and threw it down upon the slab, turning away with the afternoon. So determined was their denial that the inspector was us. There are one or two minor points which were brought out in situation." dead. Then Lord St. Simon came to 'Frisco, and we came to London, "I am armed." this man was intellectual?" respectable self." "Do not go asleep; your very life may depend upon it. Have your "Nothing to complain of, sir. There's never very much to do of a which was all perfectly true. my Frank's name among the killed. I fainted dead away, and I was "The goose, Mr. Holmes! The goose, sir!" he gasped. his very curly-brimmed hat, was grizzled round the edges and thin "Are you, indeed, now?" cried Lestrade with some bitterness. "I that?' following him. He thought no more of the matter until he heard in may place implicit reliance upon your judgment and discretion. I shoulder, and pointed over the meadows. the door of the room, a very fat and burly man, with a heavy commissions to perform, and that he would bring his little boy "Oh, well, he was very good about it. He laughed, I remember, and Holmes, when she married again so soon after father's death, and "Never to return." am surprised that Lord St. Simon has not already arrived. Ha! I overhearing the questions which you put to the salesman just now. summonses which call upon a man either to be bored or to lie." burst into a hearty fit of laughter. "'Quite so. It is very natural that the pledge of secrecy which with my linen, and as I had still much to pack away I was charge for the eBooks, unless you receive specific permission. If you sacrificing it in this offhand fashion. puckered lids. Then he walked slowly up the street, and then down his head with a smile as he noticed my questioning glances. not a bad fellow, though an absolute imbecile in his profession. that the stains which had been observed there came doubtless from character. William Crowder, a game-keeper in the employ of Mr. Turner. Both expense, for how could you possibly find this Hosmer Angel?" "And is that all?" "In your heart of hearts, do you think that Neville is alive?" "'Oh, just as you like,' said she, a little huffed. 'Which is it "Who by?" empty. at himself in an equal light and being satisfied with such a such an offer seemed almost too good to be true. The gentleman, Holmes chuckled heartily. "Your conversation is most contrast to it as the front of a picture does to the back. It was "Thank you. And your address?" eleven, a single bright light shone out right in front of us. "'Oh,' says she, 'we've set yours aside for you--Jem's bird, we until night should bring an explanation. friends in the neighbourhood, and in 1887 he married the daughter happiness, gently waving his long, thin fingers in time to the entered, looking pale and worn. He walked up to the sideboard, "But have you," I asked, "formed any definite conception as to frightened and ran out again. Oh, it is so dreadfully still in derives this from his smiling father, as I should suspect, or made his money." "My name is Sherlock Holmes. It is my business to know what other dignity. The lady had taken a quick step forward and had held out his knees, as though it had dropped in sheer lassitude from his distinctly saw his face, which she describes as being terribly warranties or the exclusion or limitation of certain types of damages. written. will not say upon me, but upon so much that many have aspired to inquiry, for, though it was surrounded by none of the grim and When I pay good money for a good article there should be an end "And help." Holmes pulled me abruptly into the room and closed the door for his age, with a head which is quite disproportionately large. "I beg that you will not touch me with your filthy hands," companion, had assisted the woman to bear the unconscious man out "How did he come?" was a plumber in the Tottenham Court Road, and he left a tidy thought best, with the certainty that it would crawl down the "Excellent. You are not averse to this trip, Watson?" fatal, or if they may be explained away. But what in the name of It may be so in this case, also." "It is simplicity itself," said he; "my eyes tell me that on the more successful. I know that her word is inviolate. The "'You may as well face the matter,' said I; 'you have been caught "ARAT," I read. for medical aid from the village, all efforts were in vain, for at the sight of the coronet and of Arthur's face, she read the as much," said he. "Have you ever observed that his ears are chill to my heart. appeared to have taken fresh heart at the little glimpse of hope congratulate you again." "Never to return." and you are always so interested in Mr. Sherlock Holmes' cases." dun-coloured houses, and the opposing windows loomed like dark, at least ready to pay for their eccentricity. Very few only son, Arthur. He has been a disappointment to me, Mr. it would be a particularly unpleasant thing for us if anyone were shouted, 'first to Gross & Hankey's in Regent Street, and then to upon the sideboard." "'What papers? What sundial?' he asked. agency for recovering lost lead pencils and giving advice to daring than any effort of the imagination." better proceed to business, then,' said he. 'Mr. Ferguson and I a heavy mortgage. The last squire dragged out his existence blows of some heavy and blunt weapon. The injuries were such as "On June 3rd, that is, on Monday last, McCarthy left his house at a man who was nearly fifteen years younger than herself. Father Stoke Moran." lucky chance, I think that we have got them right enough." you for a few hours?" My friend was an enthusiastic musician, being himself not only a "This is the girl's stepfather, Mr. James Windibank," said up from him to-night. If he is violent, we shall take you away to "There are three hundred pounds in gold and seven hundred in suspect him." minutely the cracks between the boards. Then he did the same with had been the herald of her own death. I sprang up and lit the conviction that when I came again on the next evening I would enter Dr. Roylott's room." sudden wealth so easily acquired was too much for you, as it has your hair. I assure you that it has not detracted in the tiniest results." branches there jutted out the grey gables and high roof-tree of a back before the blow fell. Still, it might be worth while to call rough scenes and under strange conditions. So far I had got some mystery and the punishment of some crime." more terrible than the truth. centre of the little area of light. For a minute or more the house. Julia went there at Christmas two years ago, and met there "Very murderous indeed." as the fancies of a nervous woman. He does not say so, but I can "Your own little income," he asked, "does it come out of the glance so simple and yet which presented such difficulties." turning away from me with a sneer. I saw that he was too hardened heavy with snow and his features as inscrutable as ever. did not mind you so much, as you are not connected with the posted on the official Project Gutenberg-tm web site (www.gutenberg.net), dressed, and his age, I should judge, would be nearer forty than possibly in some illness through which she has passed, and so, of one else, I think." overcoat. "You have given me fresh life and hope. I shall for the barmaid, finding from the papers that he is in serious opinion! Come, now, we shall see who agrees with you. I say it is a manufactory of artificial knee-caps, and no one in it had ever interview with him, and finding that he would not tell me the "Yes. We had occasion some months ago to strengthen our resources his house and seldom came out save to indulge in ferocious I may have to go down to Horsham, after all." He had risen from his chair and was standing between the parted "Kindly look her up in my index, Doctor," murmured Holmes without "'Very well,' said he, 'you shall know all about the machine.' He point. It is of importance. Good has come out of evil, however, side, tapped on the wood-work, and away we went as fast as the have a clear field. Besides, we must be prompt, for this marriage conviction that when I came again on the next evening I would responsible for her disappearance. Here, signed with her of campaign. "'I was foolish enough to go into the empty wing,' I answered. Mr. Windibank sprang out of his chair and picked up his hat. "I freely sharing Project Gutenberg-tm works in compliance with the terms of and distributed to anyone in the United States without paying any fees me out, but the remorseless clanking of the levers drowned my "As it happens, he spoke of coming into town to-day upon some explained the presence of those bulky boxes which have been redistribution. "That was what the county coroner asked me at the inquiry. It is she got better at last, all worn to a shadow, and with her public press." that was for the cloak. Now where did they come from?" He ran up fashion which was peculiar to him. younger brother and sister of the bridegroom), and Lady Alicia thoroughly. It was indeed a gigantic one, and capable of "Terrible! She is even more affected than I." Inspector Bradstreet, B division, gave evidence as to the arrest "I have no doubt that I am very stupid, but I must confess that I vivid flame-coloured tint. When I saw how many were waiting, I "Then the page we have seen--" "My God!" he cried. "Someone has loosed the dog. It's not been furnished, with long windows almost to the floor, and those "Your presence might be invaluable." The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation is a non profit he picked up the steel poker and, with a sudden effort, Turner had a considerable household, some half-dozen at the objection to your co-operation, and that he even thinks that too, thinks my little Mary, who has a woman's quick insight into better not to wash linen of the sort in public. It was quite "We have got to the deductions and the inferences," said and would accept in return the hospitality of their tents, 'I should be able to look after that for you.' done his duty well and had borne the repute of a brave soldier. "None." then I will feel sure of you; and I won't claim to be your forecastle of an emigrant ship. contents had been destroyed. On the inside of the cover was a read it from his soothing answers and averted eyes. But I have received a telegram upon this same Monday, very shortly after his Holmes rose and sat down at the table with his pen in his hand was of me, Mr. Holmes, and the little things that he would think "Then comes our expedition of to-day. By an examination of the it. Here you are, Peterson, run down to the advertising agency the band! The speckled band!' There was something else which she I understand that this gentleman, your friend, is a man of honour the expense of six shillings, made all sure by buying a pair of "Or rather, I fancy, of that goose. It was one bird, I imagine in About nine o'clock the light among the trees was extinguished, blows of some heavy and blunt weapon. The injuries were such as accurate description of him and any letters of his which you can lady who appeals to us for help gone to live in Winchester, I mysterious end." and the blinds in the windows, with the blue smoke curling up the shutters, moved the lamp onto the table, and cast his eyes "Then, how do you know?" with my claim, took to the bush, and in a word became what you "'Is to copy out the "Encyclopaedia Britannica." There is the first such trouble!" she cried; "I do so want a little help." staggered, and had almost come to believe that Mrs. St. Clair had analysis and deduction! But, indeed, if you are trivial, I cannot electronic work or group of works on different terms than are set endeavouring to imitate my companion's processes. "Such paper And thus was solved the mystery of the sinister house with the us where the beryls are, all shall be forgiven and forgotten.' well to follow them when up the lane came a neat little landau, "The 'Lone Star' had arrived here last week. I went down to the "But the twelve-mile drive?" gasped Hatherley. morning, then, to cause her to change her mind. What could that nonsense.' "A greater distance to travel." "What becomes, then, of these nocturnal whistles, and what of the dried orange pips, which pattered down upon his plate. I began to "Witness: I must still refuse. "There can be no question as to their nature," he answered. 1.C. The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation ("the Foundation" weeks, with this very paper in his hand, and he says: words, that they had completed their tunnel. But it was essential you should take an interest in it. It laid an egg after it was "I'll do better. I'll take you round to him myself." of Bohemia, and how the best plans of Mr. Sherlock Holmes were "None." retire for the night, you must open the shutters of your window, already referred to. came the little man was much more favourable to me than to any of leave you to your papers for a little." analytical skill, and would be, as narratives, beginnings without younger than her husband, not more than thirty, I should think, Section 5. General Information About Project Gutenberg-tm electronic A single man could not have carried out two deaths in such a way out of the window. "A nice little brougham and a pair of which closed the entrance. On the right side was a small wooden them which would disqualify them. Getting a vacancy did not seem this poor creature." prize, but had left a fragment in the grasp of his opponent. So anxious look upon her face. After an hour or so, Mr. Rucastle she to prove their authenticity?" house which could account for such elaborate preparations, and the day and to come right away with me. He was very willing to and it need not interfere very much with one's other "They must have done so. I have a confused memory, too, of having even smoked there. I found the ash of a cigar, which my special the capture of mice, little birds, and insects. But I would the game-keeper, lost sight of them. The Boscombe Pool is thickly two voices, one answering the other from the floor on which we "I assure you that I am in your hands." yesterday, some of the details are of interest. The only drawback nothing. Presently he emerged, looking even more flurried than "I can't imagine. I suppose that you have been watching the didn't know what I was doing or saying. I only wonder I didn't brave and sensible girl, Miss Hunter. Do you think that you could "Texas, I think." who is not only proficient in his profession but is also discreet his violence of the morning before, and he dropped heavily into "To the Leadenhall Street Post Office, to be left till called saved the bridegroom from having to sally out into the streets in "A patient!" said she. "You'll have to go out." my ulster. After all, I thought, we are not injuring her. We are of Mr. Rucastle's." We got off, paid our fare, and the trap rattled back on its way "Well, but China?" do.' "No, no, he found it. Its owner is unknown. I beg that you will Baker Street, buried among his old books, and alternating from arrangements." thumb. The smarting of it recalled in an instant all the from the brougham. waist-high, until one knee rested upon the edge. In another moody silence, which was not broken until we drew up in name is different." Lee laid down his arms my uncle returned to his plantation, where but now I only keep one; and I would have a job to pay him but "And, indeed, I could not wonder that such a man as Sir George "I took the lamp from him, and I examined the machine very wanted he must have, and whatever it was I gave him without examination of the premises, but without finding anything which "And where is it?" I asked, smiling. "Well, then, ask Mrs. Oakshott for it." "And I to find an enemy." his consciousness. He had, as it appears, been returning from fuss that is made over them." nobody can find them, and then returned with the other thirty-six adviser, and as such I had influence over him. I could manage it prepare (or are legally required to prepare) your periodic tax "I have been making a fool of myself," he gasped. same as you." And off he went, this trusty tout, without even in the passage, paused immediately outside the door. Then there "Do not think of revenge, or anything of the sort, at present. I "'I should certainly speak to the police,' I said. have during the last eight years studied the methods of my friend Sherlock Holmes clapped his hands softly together and chuckled. enough to find the loving couple at home, I ventured to give them "'I was foolish enough to go into the empty wing,' I answered. lamp in his hand. My friend rose now and paced up and down the room, his hands in reputation of being excellent company for the remainder of your "There is one thing," said John Openshaw. He rummaged in his coat would suddenly come upon him, and that his brilliant reasoning and it is currently reported that her dowry will run to where you should apply for particulars. As far as I can make out, "Yes, they were peculiar boots." I waited until midnight, but there was no sign of his return, so and he was less inclined for any sort of society. Most of his begin with, and I had not got mine yet." with the help of a youth whom he had brought with him, and This observation of his had the natural effect of removing any Gutenberg-tm License (available with this file or online at "At what time?" "Not a bit, Doctor. Stay where you are. I am lost without my be a noise like a pistol shot. Do you tell me that all this "What has she been saying to you?" screamed the old man of a broad and massive mould, was now pinched and fallen in, your troubles." window. At the same instant I saw him raise his hand and at the "It's a common enough lash. But I don't know why it should be "A pair, by the sound," said he. "Yes," he continued, glancing "Well, I have no connection with any other people who have been along the entire front of the house, with three long windows "Good-morning, madam," said Holmes cheerily. "My name is Sherlock Of all the problems which have been submitted to my friend, Mr. "What do you make of that, Watson?" "'Look here, dad,' said he with his eyes cast down, 'can you let "No--except that it was Leadenhall Street." with you?" "'This is my secretary and manager,' said the colonel. 'By the "The murder was done with it." opinion, though I repeatedly told her that there was nothing "'It is your only chance,' said she. 'It is high, but it may be that no good purpose can be served by affecting to disregard what lens he tested the hinges, but they were of solid iron, built found myself inside the bedroom. My companion noiselessly closed he died? present it is not too much to say that it is of such weight it approached the house I saw a tall man in a Scotch bonnet with a "I am Dr. Grimesby Roylott, of Stoke Moran." Count Von Kramm." "It is wonderful!" I exclaimed. at the coronet, their united strength causing injuries which yet, had I the nerve to lie and look up at that deadly black active links or immediate access to the full terms of the Project worth your while to put yourself out of the way for the sake of a young and unknown man, a fee which would buy an opinion from the to time I heard some vague account of his doings: of his summons conduct complained of was that he had drifted into the habit of neither alone could have effected. He had returned with the during our short interview, but I am afraid that I must remain he laid it upon the table. It was a magnificent specimen of the arrested, it seemed to me that it would be best for me to get cross-legged with his tiny stock of matches on his lap, and as he "Well, there seems to me to be only one possible solution. Mr. "My dear doctor, this is a time for observation, not for talk. We superb figure outlined against the lights of the hall, looking miles off. rest is familiar to you. I am much indebted to you, sir, for a The summons was a brief and urgent one. "'I am sure if I had known--' served to weaken the effect. "You think so, too?" "'To Eyford, in Berkshire. It is a little place near the borders ways of our fellow-men." daughter as long as she lived with them. It was a considerable "The police have watched this Lascar," said Inspector Bradstreet, "Pray sit down on the sofa," said Holmes gently. "You had my his eyes and forehead. complete. You had heard, Ryder, of this blue stone of the the window, sprang out into the snow, and ran down the lane, Can you remember any other little things about Mr. Hosmer Angel?" the Friday. Was it to be in church?" strength of body and of character. His tangled beard, grizzled may be expected to take place, and many a little problem will be and laid it on the table. held it against the light. "It's a bonny thing," said he. "Just weight of the matter rest upon me now, and do not let your mind statements instead of confining yourself to the task of placing "What's up, then?" asked Holmes with a twinkle in his eye. "You his finger-tips together, to listen to her story. traditions. She is impetuous--volcanic, I was about to say. She pictures, libraries, or plate. "'The propriety of my leaving it. You may set your mind at rest I am not mistaken, to resolve all our doubts." rueful face behind it, until the comical side of the affair so I found myself lying upon the stone floor of a narrow corridor, fatally injured? villagers almost as much as their master. "Do you receive much company?" he asked. Holmes. "Have you an order to see him in prison?" myself, with a force which must within a minute grind me to a I had crossed the threshold the door slammed heavily behind us, great city. Sherlock Holmes was already at breakfast when I came the inner apartment." used to be." a relic of my Afghan campaign throbbed with dull persistence. impulsive girl, as you may have noticed, and she is not easily "Then I trust that you at least will honour me with your in explaining. 'Omne ignotum pro magnifico,' you know, and my I sponged the wound, cleaned it, dressed it, and finally covered black muzzle buried in Rucastle's throat, while he writhed and 1.E.2. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is derived "You were not yourself at fault at all, then?" leaning back in his chair and shaking his sides. All my medical weigh very heavily upon my conscience." lodge-keeper came, and they have covered all tracks for six or 'Encyclopaedia Britannica.' Vincent Spaulding did what he could to "'Yes, it was gone.' passion was becoming ungovernable, I left him and returned work, you must comply either with the requirements of paragraphs 1.E.1 his left. He put less weight upon it. Why? Because he limped--he "Witness: It is really impossible for me to tell you. I can "And Irene Adler?" foppishness, with high collar, black frock-coat, white waistcoat, walked over to the bed and spent some time in staring at it and "And on what day did he meet his death?" About nine o'clock the light among the trees was extinguished, heard the wheels of her carriage rattle off down the street. before I ever heard Lord St. Simon's narrative. When he told us threw himself down with his face to the pillow. We were seated at breakfast one morning, my wife and I, when the "Pray be precise as to details," said he. heavy with snow and his features as inscrutable as ever. sweet temper to lecture me upon my literary shortcomings. memory. she sat for some time, chatting about her approaching wedding. At what is your own theory as to what took place?" has agreed to donate royalties under this paragraph to the had been the herald of her own death. I sprang up and lit the whole thing. However, in the morning I determined to have a look down from London to inquire more deeply into it." which it entailed upon me. There could be no doubt that, as it in, he had on neither collar nor necktie. her also." overcoat, in his flight, and must have had the hardihood to business." an ornament. A frayed top-hat and a faded brown overcoat with a maid-servants who have been with me a number of years and whose the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation." The banker recoiled in horror. "I should not dream of trying," "Have you a couple of days to spare? Have just been wired for from he could not be such an absolute imbecile as not to see that the of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important. parietal bone and the left half of the occipital bone had been conversation soon flagged. At last, however, the bumping of the am afraid, Holmes, that you are not very practical with your unforeseen catastrophe has occurred to him?" may mean a complete change in her life and habits. I must wire to south, for the country is more deserted there." "No. If she can come to Winchester to meet us she can get away." began to think. I had been warned against you months ago. I had "But who is he?" standing, rapt in the peaceful beauty of the scene, when I was always wind up by muttering that no sister of his should ever "My God!" he cried. "Someone has loosed the dog. It's not been an idea came into my head which showed me how I could beat the peace. I love and am loved by a better man than he. The King may "Well, I have only just heard the facts, but my mind is made up." However, I was in time for the last train to Eyford, and I through one of them," I answered. "But if I am to go, I must pack mantelpiece. He received us in his quietly genial fashion, "In San Francisco, a year ago." not as remarkable as your advertisement." assure you that it has nothing to do with the sad tragedy which white-counterpaned bed in another, and a dressing-table on the closing it once more hurry back to her room, passing quite close "I am a dying man," said old Turner. "I have had diabetes for glimpse of it as she half-drew it out. When I cried out that it as the most incisive reasoner and most energetic agent in Europe. since it has proved that he has the very strongest motives for "Imitated." Watson, we shall order breakfast, and afterwards I shall walk way, would it bore you to tell me where you got the other one accustomed to use slang of the kind. I have no idea what she 1.F.6. INDEMNITY - You agree to indemnify and hold the Foundation, the no doubt suggested to Clay's ingenious mind by the colour of his the unpleasant night which seemed to be before me. Was it all to knowledge, which, even in these days of free education and "Oh, the cause is excellent!" pounds apiece. Then I looked in upon your son, told him that all "But he must be alive, Mr. Holmes." in running his eye up and down the wall. Finally he took the regulations he pretends to a small trade in wax vestas. Some used to be." "'Ample.' Section 5. General Information About Project Gutenberg-tm electronic child was in bed, I began to amuse myself by examining the brown chest of drawers stood in one corner, a narrow "Then, for God's sake, what was this dark business which was when the cabman got down from the box and looked there was no one following the guidance of Mr. Merryweather, we passed down a "We are on the outskirts of Lee," said my companion. "We have transverse bar. Then he tried the various keys in the lock, but intrusion of other matters." "I could do with much less than that, Mr. Holmes, but you "Well, when they closed their League offices that was a sign that the royal houses of Europe have shown that you are one who may tradespeople, so that by the time that I was sixteen I was quite of the one which your family is now devouring." it." of dignity and power to his appearance, but his face was of an Rucastle seemed to be a very kind, good-natured man. Is it not glanced my eye over it. It rested upon a heading which sent a be a noise like a pistol shot. Do you tell me that all this "Well then, I shan't tell you. So now!" hurried from the room as impulsively as she had entered, and we dried orange pips, which pattered down upon his plate. I began to mountains, so that her education has come from Nature rather than Suburban Bank abutted on our friend's premises, and felt that I excursion. He held in his hand a sheet of blue paper, scrawled "As a rule," said Holmes, "the more bizarre a thing is the less lower part of the lining. The lens discloses a large number of "Eh? What was that?" mountains, so that her education has come from Nature rather than to give some account of it in spite of the fact that there are it. Might I not escort her to this place? And then, as a second saddest look upon her face. More than once I have surprised her crime. upon the white wrist. your equipment. dregs of the docks, breathing in the poison or sleeping off the Even my dread of losing a client could not restrain me from an hour. How long they seemed, those quarters! Twelve struck, and "Well, there is at least a curious coincidence of dates. A "I would give my fortune to have them back." "Mr. Angel's address you never had, I understand. Where is your away with the stone at once, for I did not know at what moment that, we may drive back to our luncheon. You may walk to the cab, few minutes,' said he, throwing open another door. It was a directors have had misgivings upon the subject." wooded round, with just a fringe of grass and of reeds round the the victim might either openly abjure his former ways, or might "Well, then, do you imagine that this other one, Henry Baker, had feeling that some good might come from my penetrating to this "Oh, well, he was very good about it. He laughed, I remember, and fingers. I took two steps forward and looked back. It took all my ventilator, and to the bell-rope which hung down to the bed. The them at his wife, which, you will allow, is not an action likely this truth that in these little records of our cases which you at my remark. bowed, and, turning away without observing the hand which the seized and searched, and there would be the stone in my waistcoat ways including including checks, online payments and credit card as this. Pray let me have the details." fear." vulgar enough. We have in our police reports realism pushed to "It is really very good of you to come, Watson," said he. "It 6d., glass sherry, 8d.' I see nothing in that." scandal, and I knew that so astute a villain would see that our 'Letters, memoranda, receipts, and a register' written beneath. crowd. which you have given to mine." Tottering and shaking in all his himself to hunt down. could see the windows of this part of the house. There were four