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64 and predominates the whole of her sex. It was not that he felt
69 lover he would have placed himself in a false position. He never
98 and finally of the mission which he had accomplished so
110 again, and to know how he was employing his extraordinary powers.
121 His manner was not effusive. It seldom was; but he was glad, I
123 eye, he waved me to an armchair, threw across his case of cigars,
124 and indicated a spirit case and a gasogene in the corner. Then he
128 "Wedlock suits you," he remarked. "I think, Watson, that you have
154 "It is simplicity itself," said he; "my eyes tell me that on the
164 on the right side of his top-hat to show where he has secreted
168 I could not help laughing at the ease with which he explained his
176 "Quite so," he answered, lighting a cigarette, and throwing
198 "It came by the last post," said he. "Read it aloud."
246 make of that?" His eyes sparkled, and he sent up a great blue
257 prefers wearing a mask to showing his face. And here he comes, if
260 As he spoke there was the sharp sound of horses' hoofs and
264 "A pair, by the sound," said he. "Yes," he continued, glancing
277 "Never mind him. I may want your help, and so may he. Here he
298 broad-brimmed hat in his hand, while he wore across the upper
300 vizard mask, which he had apparently adjusted that very moment,
301 for his hand was still raised to it as he entered. From the lower
302 part of the face he appeared to be a man of strong character,
306 "You had my note?" he asked with a deep harsh voice and a
322 back into my chair. "It is both, or none," said he. "You may say
326 he, "by binding you both to absolute secrecy for two years; at
357 "If your Majesty would condescend to state your case," he
361 uncontrollable agitation. Then, with a gesture of desperation, he
363 are right," he cried; "I am the King. Why should I attempt to
386 opening his eyes. For many years he had adopted a system of
388 was difficult to name a subject or a person on which he could not
460 Holmes laughed. "It is quite a pretty little problem," said he.
525 notes," he said.
530 "And Mademoiselle's address?" he asked.
534 Holmes took a note of it. "One other question," said he. "Was the
540 have some good news for you. And good-night, Watson," he added,
549 not yet returned. The landlady informed me that he had left the
552 however long he might be. I was already deeply interested in his
561 quick, subtle methods by which he disentangled the most
571 was indeed he. With a nod he vanished into the bedroom, whence he
573 Putting his hands into his pockets, he stretched out his legs in
576 "Well, really!" he cried, and then he choked and laughed again
577 until he was obliged to lie back, limp and helpless, in the
654 nothing. Presently he emerged, looking even more flurried than
655 before. As he stepped up to the cab, he pulled a gold watch from
656 his pocket and looked at it earnestly, 'Drive like the devil,' he
675 twice at such a shabby fare, but I jumped in before he could
689 me, and Godfrey Norton came running as hard as he could towards
692 "'Thank God,' he cried. 'You'll do. Come! Come!'
720 door, however, they separated, he driving back to the Temple, and
728 "Some cold beef and a glass of beer," he answered, ringing the
752 you. Now," he said as he turned hungrily on the simple fare that
784 "It is nothing very formidable," he said, taking a long cigar-shaped
810 fresh part that he assumed. The stage lost a fine actor, even as
811 science lost an acute reasoner, when he became a specialist in
872 As he spoke the gleam of the side-lights of a carriage came round
884 dashed into the crowd to protect the lady; but just as he reached
885 her he gave a cry and dropped to the ground, with the blood
899 "No, no, there's life in him!" shouted another. "But he'll be
904 gang, and a rough one, too. Ah, he's breathing now."
911 Slowly and solemnly he was borne into Briony Lodge and laid out
914 blinds had not been drawn, so that I could see Holmes as he lay
915 upon the couch. I do not know whether he was seized with
916 compunction at that moment for the part he was playing, but I
921 to Holmes to draw back now from the part which he had intrusted
943 "You did it very nicely, Doctor," he remarked. "Nothing could
956 "I do not wish to make a mystery," said he, laughing. "The matter
995 come in, and as he was watching me narrowly it seemed safer to
1034 "You have really got it!" he cried, grasping Sherlock Holmes by
1132 peace. I love and am loved by a better man than he. The King may
1133 do what he will without hindrance from one whom he has cruelly
1135 weapon which will always secure me from any steps which he might
1136 take in the future. I leave a photograph which he might care to
1171 "Irene's photograph!" he cried. "Certainly, if you wish it."
1176 King had stretched out to him, he set off in my company for his
1183 when he speaks of Irene Adler, or when he refers to her
1198 Watson," he said cordially.
1208 doubt that he will be of the utmost use to me in yours also."
1259 inside pocket of his greatcoat. As he glanced down the
1277 Sherlock Holmes' quick eye took in my occupation, and he shook
1278 his head with a smile as he noticed my questioning glances.
1279 "Beyond the obvious facts that he has at some time done manual
1280 labour, that he takes snuff, that he is a Freemason, that he has
1281 been in China, and that he has done a considerable amount of
1288 Holmes?" he asked. "How did you know, for example, that I did
1318 Mr. Jabez Wilson laughed heavily. "Well, I never!" said he. "I
1327 "Yes, I have got it now," he answered with his thick red finger
1347 said he. "And now, Mr. Wilson, off you go at scratch and tell us
1363 that he is willing to come for half wages so as to learn the
1368 "His name is Vincent Spaulding, and he's not such a youth,
1370 assistant, Mr. Holmes; and I know very well that he could better
1372 all, if he is satisfied, why should I put ideas in his head?"
1379 "Oh, he has his faults, too," said Mr. Wilson. "Never was such a
1380 fellow for photography. Snapping away with a camera when he ought
1383 main fault, but on the whole he's a good worker. There's no vice
1395 Spaulding, he came down into the office just this day eight
1396 weeks, with this very paper in his hand, and he says:
1402 "'Why,' says he, 'here's another vacancy on the League of the
1415 "'Have you never heard of the League of the Red-headed Men?' he
1435 "'Well,' said he, showing me the advertisement, 'you can see for
1440 red-headed, and he had a great sympathy for all red-headed men;
1441 so when he died it was found that he had left his enormous
1450 "'Not so many as you might think,' he answered. 'You see it is
1452 started from London when he was young, and he wanted to do the
1464 Spaulding seemed to know so much about it that I thought he might
1481 of it. How he did it I could not imagine, but he pushed and
1482 pulled and butted until he got me through the crowd, and right up
1495 as he came up, and then he always managed to find some fault in
1499 the others, and he closed the door as we entered, so that he
1502 "'This is Mr. Jabez Wilson,' said my assistant, 'and he is
1505 "'And he is admirably suited for it,' the other answered. 'He has
1508 gazed at my hair until I felt quite bashful. Then suddenly he
1512 "'It would be injustice to hesitate,' said he. 'You will,
1514 With that he seized my hair in both his hands, and tugged until I
1515 yelled with the pain. 'There is water in your eyes,' said he as
1516 he released me. 'I perceive that all is as it should be. But we
1526 "'My name,' said he, 'is Mr. Duncan Ross, and I am myself one of
1534 "'Dear me!' he said gravely, 'that is very serious indeed! I am
1542 a few minutes he said that it would be all right.
1544 "'In the case of another,' said he, 'the objection might be
1563 and that he would see to anything that turned up.
1609 'Encyclopaedia Britannica.' Vincent Spaulding did what he could to
1619 upon the letter A, and then he left me; but he would drop in from
1620 time to time to see that all was right with me. At two o'clock he
1629 once of a morning, and then, after a time, he did not come in at
1631 instant, for I was not sure when he might come, and the billet
1670 which he had half risen. "I really wouldn't miss your case for
1679 living on the ground-floor, and I asked him if he could tell me
1680 what had become of the Red-headed League. He said that he had
1690 "'Oh,' said he, 'his name was William Morris. He was a solicitor
1706 assistant. But he could not help me in any way. He could only say
1735 first called your attention to the advertisement--how long had he
1740 "How did he come?"
1744 "Was he the only applicant?"
1750 "Because he was handy and would come cheap."
1756 "What is he like, this Vincent Spaulding?"
1759 though he's not short of thirty. Has a white splash of acid upon
1763 as much," said he. "Have you ever observed that his ears are
1766 "Yes, sir. He told me that a gipsy had done it for him when he
1797 "To smoke," he answered. "It is quite a three pipe problem, and I
1800 hawk-like nose, and there he sat with his eyes closed and his
1802 I had come to the conclusion that he had dropped asleep, and
1803 indeed was nodding myself, when he suddenly sprang out of his
1807 "Sarasate plays at the St. James's Hall this afternoon," he
1832 puckered lids. Then he walked slowly up the street, and then down
1834 he returned to the pawnbroker's, and, having thumped vigorously
1835 upon the pavement with his stick two or three times, he went up
1848 I am not sure that he has not a claim to be third. I have known
1897 the afternoon he sat in the stalls wrapped in the most perfect
1907 extreme languor to devouring energy; and, as I knew well, he was
1908 never so truly formidable as when, for days on end, he had been
1916 felt that an evil time might be coming upon those whom he had set
1919 "You want to go home, no doubt, Doctor," he remarked as we
1947 with Sherlock Holmes. Here I had heard what he had heard, I had
1948 seen what he had seen, and yet from his words it was evident that
1949 he saw clearly not only what had happened but what was about to
1954 Square, and the ominous words with which he had parted from me.
1979 starting a chase. All he wants is an old dog to help him to do
1987 are, if he won't mind my saying so, just a little too theoretical
1988 and fantastic, but he has the makings of a detective in him. It
1990 the Sholto murder and the Agra treasure, he has been more nearly
2005 young man, Mr. Merryweather, but he is at the head of his
2008 Clay. His grandfather was a royal duke, and he himself has been
2018 agree with you that he is at the head of his profession. It is
2024 and lay back in the cab humming the tunes which he had heard in
2033 tenacious as a lobster if he gets his claws upon anyone. Here we
2039 narrow passage and through a side door, which he opened for us.
2048 "You are not very vulnerable from above," Holmes remarked as he
2053 hollow!" he remarked, looking up in surprise.
2064 seconds sufficed to satisfy him, for he sprang to his feet again
2067 "We have at least an hour before us," he remarked, "for they can
2073 Merryweather is the chairman of directors, and he will explain to
2158 instant he stood at the side of the hole and was hauling after
2162 "It's all clear," he whispered. "Have you the chisel and the
2219 "You see, Watson," he explained in the early hours of the morning
2234 half wages, it was obvious to me that he had some strong motive
2251 more? I could think of nothing save that he was running a tunnel
2284 "It saved me from ennui," he answered, yawning. "Alas! I already
2292 some little use," he remarked. "'L'homme c'est rien--l'oeuvre
2343 conduct complained of was that he had drifted into the habit of
2355 "Ah," said he, "I forgot that I had not seen you for some weeks.
2405 As he spoke there was a tap at the door, and the boy in buttons
2409 her with the easy courtesy for which he was remarkable, and,
2410 having closed the door and bowed her into an armchair, he looked
2414 "Do you not find," he said, "that with your short sight it is a
2443 the police, and he would not go to you, and so at last, as he
2452 too, for he is only five years and two months older than myself."
2459 was a plumber in the Tottenham Court Road, and he left a tidy
2461 foreman; but when Mr. Windibank came he made her sell the
2462 business, for he was very superior, being a traveller in wines.
2464 near as much as father could have got if he had been alive."
2467 rambling and inconsequential narrative, but, on the contrary, he
2470 "Your own little income," he asked, "does it come out of the
2501 when he was alive, and then afterwards they remembered us, and
2505 was set on going, and I would go; for what right had he to
2507 father's friends were to be there. And he said that I had nothing
2510 he went off to France upon the business of the firm, but we went,
2515 France he was very annoyed at your having gone to the ball."
2517 "Oh, well, he was very good about it. He laughed, I remember, and
2524 "Yes, sir. I met him that night, and he called next day to ask if
2533 wouldn't have any visitors if he could help it, and he used to
2538 "But how about Mr. Hosmer Angel? Did he make no attempt to see
2543 other until he had gone. We could write in the meantime, and he
2557 "Where did he live, then?"
2568 for. He said that if they were sent to the office he would be
2570 so I offered to typewrite them, like he did his, but he wouldn't
2571 have that, for he said that when I wrote them they seemed to come
2572 from me, but when they were typewritten he always felt that the
2573 machine had come between us. That will just show you how fond he
2574 was of me, Mr. Holmes, and the little things that he would think
2582 in the evening than in the daylight, for he said that he hated to
2583 be conspicuous. Very retiring and gentlemanly he was. Even his
2584 voice was gentle. He'd had the quinsy and swollen glands when he
2585 was young, he told me, and it had left him with a weak throat,
2588 as mine are, and he wore tinted glasses against the glare."
2596 happened I would always be true to him. Mother said he was quite
2604 he was only a few years older than me; but I didn't want to do
2611 "Yes, sir; for he had started to England just before it arrived."
2619 two of us he put us both into it and stepped himself into a
2622 drove up we waited for him to step out, but he never did, and
2624 there! The cabman said that he could not imagine what had become
2625 of him, for he had seen him get in with his own eyes. That was
2633 the morning he was saying to me that, whatever happened, I was to
2636 and that he would claim his pledge sooner or later. It seemed
2643 "Yes, sir. I believe that he foresaw some danger, or else he
2644 would not have talked so. And then I think that what he foresaw
2658 "Yes; and he seemed to think, with me, that something had
2659 happened, and that I should hear of Hosmer again. As he said,
2661 the church, and then leaving me? Now, if he had borrowed my
2662 money, or if he had married me and got my money settled on him,
2665 could have happened? And why could he not write? Oh, it drives me
2674 vanish from your memory, as he has done from your life."
2705 true to Hosmer. He shall find me ready when he comes back."
2715 and his gaze directed upward to the ceiling. Then he took down
2717 counsellor, and, having lit it, he leaned back in his chair, with
2721 "Quite an interesting study, that maiden," he observed. "I found
2806 "That will do," said Holmes. "As to the letters," he continued,
2808 clue in them to Mr. Angel, save that he quotes Balzac once. There
2825 "I cannot say that I do unless it were that he wished to be able
2832 him whether he could meet us here at six o'clock tomorrow
2840 he must have some solid grounds for the assured and easy
2841 demeanour with which he treated the singular mystery which he had
2847 indeed which he could not unravel.
2851 find that he held in his hands all the clues which would lead up
2864 of hydrochloric acid, told me that he had spent his day in the
2878 "Who was he, then, and what was his object in deserting Miss
2886 Holmes. "He has written to me to say that he would be here at
2916 delighted to hear it," he said.
2943 he said. "If you can catch the man, catch him, and let me know
2959 glitter of moisture on his brow. "It--it's not actionable," he
2974 money," said he, "and he enjoyed the use of the money of the
2985 people of her own age. But soon he found that that would not
2990 connivance and assistance of his wife he disguised himself,
2994 girl's short sight, he appears as Mr. Hosmer Angel, and keeps off
3020 listen to another man. As far as the church door he brought her,
3021 and then, as he could go no farther, he conveniently vanished
3027 had been talking, and he rose from his chair now with a cold
3030 "It may be so, or it may not, Mr. Holmes," said he, "but if you
3040 friend, he ought to lay a whip across your shoulders. By Jove!"
3041 he continued, flushing up at the sight of the bitter sneer upon
3044 myself to--" He took two swift steps to the whip, but before he
3049 "There's a cold-blooded scoundrel!" said Holmes, laughing, as he
3051 rise from crime to crime until he does something very bad, and
3083 address asking him if he would come here. As I expected, his
3133 "It is really very good of you to come, Watson," said he. "It
3140 papers which Holmes had brought with him. Among these he rummaged
3142 we were past Reading. Then he suddenly rolled them all into a
3145 "Have you heard anything of the case?" he asked.
3172 some years ago to the old country. One of the farms which he
3194 out with his serving-man in the morning at Ross, and he had told
3195 the man that he must hurry, as he had an appointment of
3196 importance to keep at three. From that appointment he never came
3200 mile, and two people saw him as he passed over this ground. One
3205 McCarthy pass he had seen his son, Mr. James McCarthy, going the
3208 following him. He thought no more of the matter until he heard in
3226 running up to the lodge to say that he had found his father dead
3237 at the inquest on Tuesday, he was on Wednesday brought before the
3252 possible that he is indeed the culprit. There are several people
3265 "There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact," he
3270 means which he is quite incapable of employing, or even of
3296 informing him that he was a prisoner, he remarked that he was not
3310 can at present see in the clouds. However innocent he might be,
3311 he could not be such an absolute imbecile as not to see that the
3312 circumstances were very black against him. Had he appeared
3320 unnatural if you consider that he stood beside the dead body of
3321 his father, and that there is no doubt that he had that very day
3341 paper, and having turned down the sheet he pointed out the
3351 the time of my arrival, and I was informed by the maid that he
3355 of the yard, though I was not aware in which direction he was
3359 Crowder, the game-keeper, as he had stated in his evidence; but
3360 he is mistaken in thinking that I was following my father. I had
3361 no idea that he was in front of me. When about a hundred yards
3373 my arms, but he almost instantly expired. I knelt beside him for
3376 near my father when I returned, and I have no idea how he came by
3378 forbidding in his manners, but he had, as far as I know, no
3382 he died?
3389 "Witness: It conveyed no meaning to me. I thought that he was
3414 "The Coroner: How was it, then, that he uttered it before he saw
3415 you, and before he even knew that you had returned from Bristol?
3464 as he remarks, very much against the son."
3468 pains," said he, "to single out the very strongest points in the
3471 little, if he could not invent a cause of quarrel which would
3472 give him the sympathy of the jury; too much, if he evolved from
3487 leather-leggings which he wore in deference to his rustic
3499 Lestrade looked startled. "I do not quite follow," he said.
3508 your conclusions from the newspapers," he said. "The case is as
3529 one else does; but he is too tender-hearted to hurt a fly. Such a
3537 think that he is innocent?"
3545 has been a little quick in forming his conclusions," he said.
3547 "But he is right. Oh! I know that he is right. James never did
3549 reason why he would not speak about it to the coroner was because
3557 loved each other as brother and sister; but of course he is young
3558 and has seen very little of life yet, and--and--well, he
3562 "And your father?" asked Holmes. "Was he in favour of such a
3565 "No, he was averse to it also. No one but Mr. McCarthy was in
3569 "Thank you for this information," said he. "May I see your father
3578 to his bed, and Dr. Willows says that he is a wreck and that his
3600 "I must go home now, for dad is very ill, and he misses me so if
3634 the time when he parted from his father, and the moment when,
3635 drawn back by his screams, he rushed into the glade? It was
3645 seen quarrelling he was face to face with his father. Still, it
3652 he met his fate. But what could it indicate? I cudgelled my
3668 "The glass still keeps very high," he remarked as he sat down.
3679 "Could he throw no light?"
3681 "None at all. I was inclined to think at one time that he knew
3683 now that he is as puzzled as everyone else. He is not a very
3688 that he was averse to a marriage with so charming a young lady as
3692 insanely, in love with her, but some two years ago, when he was
3693 only a lad, and before he really knew her, for she had been away
3698 doing what he would give his very eyes to do, but what he knows
3702 Turner. On the other hand, he had no means of supporting himself,
3704 have thrown him over utterly had he known the truth. It was with
3705 his barmaid wife that he had spent the last three days in
3706 Bristol, and his father did not know where he was. Mark that
3708 for the barmaid, finding from the papers that he is in serious
3713 that he has suffered."
3715 "But if he is innocent, who has done it?"
3720 son, for his son was away, and he did not know when he would
3722 'Cooee!' before he knew that his son had returned. Those are the
3739 abroad, and he has been in failing health for some time. This
3742 have learned that he gave him Hatherley Farm rent free."
3746 "Oh, yes! In a hundred other ways he has helped him. Everybody
3785 son's, though not the pair which he had then had. Having measured
3790 Sherlock Holmes was transformed when he was hot upon such a scent
3801 impatient snarl in reply. Swiftly and silently he made his way
3807 once he made quite a little detour into the meadow. Lestrade and
3829 "What did you go into the pool for?" he asked.
3843 himself than to us. "These are young McCarthy's feet. Twice he
3844 was walking, and once he ran swiftly, so that the soles are
3846 story. He ran when he saw his father on the ground. Then here are
3847 the father's feet as he paced up and down. What is this, then? It
3856 his face with a little cry of satisfaction. For a long time he
3860 the tree as far as he could reach. A jagged stone was lying among
3861 the moss, and this also he carefully examined and retained. Then
3862 he followed a pathway through the wood until he came to the
3865 "It has been a case of considerable interest," he remarked,
3873 back into Ross, Holmes still carrying with him the stone which he
3876 "This may interest you, Lestrade," he remarked, holding it out.
3898 Lestrade laughed. "I am afraid that I am still a sceptic," he
3918 "But who is he?"
3923 Lestrade shrugged his shoulders. "I am a practical man," he said,
3937 "Look here, Watson," he said when the cloth was cleared "just sit
3957 son, as far as he knew, was in Bristol. It was mere chance that
3958 he was within earshot. The 'Cooee!' was meant to attract the
3959 attention of whoever it was that he had the appointment with. But
3969 he said. "I wired to Bristol for it last night." He put his hand
4015 his left. He put less weight upon it. Why? Because he limped--he
4031 where he had tossed it. It was an Indian cigar, of the variety
4036 "I could see that the end had not been in his mouth. Therefore he
4041 he cannot escape, and you have saved an innocent human life as
4051 his enormous limbs showed that he was possessed of unusual
4057 he was in the grip of some deadly and chronic disease.
4074 The old man sank his face in his hands. "God help me!" he cried.
4098 and a bundle of paper before him. "Just tell us the truth," he
4112 such a man as he. His grip has been upon me these twenty years,
4113 and he has blasted my life. I'll tell you first how I came to be
4150 "'Here we are, Jack,' says he, touching me on the arm; 'we'll be
4160 elbow. It grew worse as Alice grew up, for he soon saw I was more
4161 afraid of her knowing my past than of the police. Whatever he
4162 wanted he must have, and whatever it was I gave him without
4163 question, land, money, houses, until at last he asked a thing
4176 smoked a cigar and waited behind a tree until he should be alone.
4190 than if he had been some foul and venomous beast. His cry brought
4212 giant frame, he stumbled slowly from the room.
4222 months after our interview, but he is now dead; and there is
4287 "Except yourself I have none," he answered. "I do not encourage
4301 "Come in!" said he.
4306 which he held in his hand, and his long shining waterproof told
4307 of the fierce weather through which he had come. He looked about
4312 "I owe you an apology," he said, raising his golden pince-nez to
4374 "My name," said he, "is John Openshaw, but my own affairs have,
4382 which he enlarged at the time of the invention of bicycling. He
4384 met with such success that he was able to sell it and to retire
4387 "My uncle Elias emigrated to America when he was a young man and
4388 became a planter in Florida, where he was reported to have done
4389 very well. At the time of the war he fought in Jackson's army,
4390 and afterwards under Hood, where he rose to be a colonel. When
4392 he remained for three or four years. About 1869 or 1870 he came
4398 foul-mouthed when he was angry, and of a most retiring
4399 disposition. During all the years that he lived at Horsham, I
4400 doubt if ever he set foot in the town. He had a garden and two or
4401 three fields round his house, and there he would take his
4402 exercise, though very often for weeks on end he would never leave
4404 heavily, but he would see no society and did not want any
4407 "He didn't mind me; in fact, he took a fancy to me, for at the
4408 time when he saw me first I was a youngster of twelve or so. This
4409 would be in the year 1878, after he had been eight or nine years
4410 in England. He begged my father to let me live with him and he
4411 was very kind to me in his way. When he was sober he used to be
4412 fond of playing backgammon and draughts with me, and he would
4417 his privacy. There was one singular exception, however, for he
4419 invariably locked, and which he would never permit either me or
4428 paid in ready money, and he had no friends of any sort. 'From
4429 India!' said he as he took it up, 'Pondicherry postmark! What can
4434 skin the colour of putty, and he glared at the envelope which he
4435 still held in his trembling hand, 'K. K. K.!' he shrieked, and
4440 "'Death,' said he, and rising from the table he retired to his
4451 said he with an oath. 'Tell Mary that I shall want a fire in my
4454 "I did as he ordered, and when the lawyer arrived I was asked to
4479 and he was less inclined for any sort of society. Most of his
4480 time he would spend in his room, with the door locked upon the
4481 inside, but sometimes he would emerge in a sort of drunken frenzy
4483 revolver in his hand, screaming out that he was afraid of no man,
4484 and that he was not to be cooped up, like a sheep in a pen, by
4485 man or devil. When these hot fits were over, however, he would
4493 abuse your patience, there came a night when he made one of those
4494 drunken sallies from which he never came back. We found him, when
4499 brought in a verdict of 'suicide.' But I, who knew how he winced
4501 that he had gone out of his way to meet it. The matter passed,
4515 "When my father took over the Horsham property, he, at my
4525 America. Some of them were of the war time and showed that he had
4528 states, and were mostly concerned with politics, for he had
4536 breakfast-table. There he was, sitting with a newly opened
4539 he called my cock-and-bull story about the colonel, but he looked
4543 "'Why, what on earth does this mean, John?' he stammered.
4547 "He looked inside the envelope. 'So it is,' he cried. 'Here are
4553 "'What papers? What sundial?' he asked.
4558 "'Pooh!' said he, gripping hard at his courage. 'We are in a
4564 "'Some preposterous practical joke,' said he. 'What have I to do
4577 "It was in vain to argue with him, for he was a very obstinate
4584 that he should go, for it seemed to me that he was farther from
4585 danger when he was away from home. In that, however, I was in
4590 hurried to him, but he passed away without having ever recovered
4618 turning to the table he shook out upon it five little dried
4621 "This is the envelope," he continued. "The postmark is
4632 "To tell the truth"--he sank his face into his thin, white
4653 imbecility!" he cried.
4658 "Has he come with you to-night?"
4664 "Why did you come to me," he cried, "and, above all, why did you
4678 paper, he laid it out upon the table. "I have some remembrance,"
4679 said he, "that on the day when my uncle burned the papers I
4764 forward and his eyes bent upon the red glow of the fire. Then he
4765 lit his pipe, and leaning back in his chair he watched the blue
4768 "I think, Watson," he remarked at last, "that of all our cases we
4780 "There can be no question as to their nature," he answered.
4782 "Then what are they? Who is this K. K. K., and why does he pursue
4787 reasoner," he remarked, "would, when he had once been shown a
4818 Holmes grinned at the last item. "Well," he said, "I say now, as
4820 stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the
4821 rest he can put away in the lumber-room of his library, where he
4822 can get it if he wants it. Now, for such a case as the one which
4832 of solitude in England suggests the idea that he was in fear of
4835 America. As to what it was he feared, we can only deduce that by
4900 is," said he presently:
4915 fly from the country. If he braved the matter out, death would
4930 well have been cause and effect. It is no wonder that he and his
4956 "You will excuse me for not waiting for you," said he; "I have, I
4976 "Ah!" said he, laying down his cup, "I feared as much. How was it
4977 done?" He spoke calmly, but I could see that he was deeply moved.
4991 It is conjectured that he may have been hurrying down to catch
4993 the extreme darkness he missed his path and walked over the edge
5003 "That hurts my pride, Watson," he said at last. "It is a petty
5006 hand upon this gang. That he should come to me for help, and that
5012 "They must be cunning devils," he exclaimed at last. "How could
5025 had not come back yet. It was nearly ten o'clock before he
5027 and tearing a piece from the loaf he devoured it voraciously,
5051 He took an orange from the cupboard, and tearing it to pieces he
5052 squeezed out the pips upon the table. Of these he took five and
5053 thrust them into an envelope. On the inside of the flap he wrote
5054 "S. H. for J. O." Then he sealed it and addressed it to "Captain
5057 "That will await him when he enters port," said he, chuckling.
5063 "The leader of the gang. I shall have the others, but he first."
5070 "I have spent the whole day," said he, "over Lloyd's registers
5129 foolish freak when he was at college; for having read De
5130 Quincey's description of his dreams and sensations, he had
5134 years he continued to be a slave to the drug, an object of
5181 he had, when the fit was on him, made use of an opium den in the
5183 confined to one day, and he had come back, twitching and
5185 eight-and-forty hours, and he lay there, doubtless among the
5187 effects. There he was to be found, she was sure of it, at the Bar
5197 send him home in a cab within two hours if he were indeed at the
5243 "My God! It's Watson," said he. He was in a pitiable state of
5277 side, and yet he sat now as absorbed as ever, very thin, very
5286 made a slight motion to me to approach him, and instantly, as he
5292 "As low as you can," he answered; "I have excellent ears. If you
5299 "Then pray send him home in it. You may safely trust him, for he
5316 streets he shuffled along with a bent back and an uncertain foot.
5317 Then, glancing quickly round, he straightened himself out and
5320 "I suppose, Watson," said he, "that you imagine that I have added
5398 villas, when he shook himself, shrugged his shoulders, and lit up
5399 his pipe with the air of a man who has satisfied himself that he
5402 "You have a grand gift of silence, Watson," said he. "It makes
5422 nicely, and lived generally in good style. By degrees he made
5423 friends in the neighbourhood, and in 1887 he married the daughter
5424 of a local brewer, by whom he now has two children. He had no
5432 he has 220 pounds standing to his credit in the Capital and
5437 than usual, remarking before he started that he had two important
5438 commissions to perform, and that he would bring his little boy
5464 he had been plucked back by some irresistible force from behind.
5466 although he wore some dark coat, such as he had started to town
5467 in, he had on neither collar nor necktie.
5484 it seems, made his home there. Both he and the Lascar stoutly
5490 a cascade of children's bricks. It was the toy which he had
5509 Clair. Out of the window he must apparently have gone for no
5511 the sill gave little promise that he could save himself by
5517 vilest antecedents, but as, by Mrs. St. Clair's story, he was
5519 seconds of her husband's appearance at the window, he could
5521 was one of absolute ignorance, and he protested that he had no
5522 knowledge as to the doings of Hugh Boone, his lodger, and that he
5532 regulations he pretends to a small trade in wax vestas. Some
5536 cross-legged with his tiny stock of matches on his lap, and as he
5541 at the harvest which he has reaped in a short time. His
5548 the common crowd of mendicants and so, too, does his wit, for he
5554 "But a cripple!" said I. "What could he have done single-handed
5557 "He is a cripple in the sense that he walks with a limp; but in
5558 other respects he appears to be a powerful and well-nurtured man.
5571 arresting Boone instantly, as he was allowed some few minutes
5572 during which he might have communicated with his friend the
5573 Lascar, but this fault was soon remedied, and he was seized and
5576 shirt-sleeve, but he pointed to his ring-finger, which had been
5578 there, adding that he had been to the window not long before, and
5584 at the window, he declared that she must have been either mad or
5610 What would he do then? It would of course instantly strike him
5611 that he must get rid of the tell-tale garments. He would seize
5614 time, for he has heard the scuffle downstairs when the wife tried
5615 to force her way up, and perhaps he has already heard from his
5618 hoard, where he has accumulated the fruits of his beggary, and he
5619 stuffs all the coins upon which he can lay his hands into the
5621 would have done the same with the other garments had not he heard
5635 he now, and what Hugh Boone had to do with his disappearance--are
5644 Just as he finished, however, we drove through two scattered
5722 keenly down at him as he leaned back in a basket-chair.
5726 "You think that he is dead?"
5734 "And on what day did he meet his death?"
5741 Sherlock Holmes sprang out of his chair as if he had been
5744 "What!" he roared.
5754 upon the table he drew over the lamp and examined it intently. I
5775 he wrote the address, which can only mean that he was not
5788 "His hand when he wrote hurriedly. It is very unlike his usual
5806 "But he must be alive, Mr. Holmes."
5824 last he cut himself in the bedroom, and yet I in the dining-room
5833 is alive and able to write letters, why should he remain away
5838 "And on Monday he made no remarks before leaving you?"
5850 "Then he might have called to you?"
5867 "And you thought he was pulled back?"
5883 "Had he ever spoken of Swandam Lane?"
5887 "Had he ever showed any signs of having taken opium?"
5899 who, when he had an unsolved problem upon his mind, would go for
5902 until he had either fathomed it or convinced himself that his
5903 data were insufficient. It was soon evident to me that he was now
5907 the sofa and armchairs. With these he constructed a sort of
5908 Eastern divan, upon which he perched himself cross-legged, with
5914 aquiline features. So he sat as I dropped off to sleep, and so he
5921 "Awake, Watson?" he asked.
5931 chuckled to himself as he spoke, his eyes twinkled, and he seemed
5939 "I want to test a little theory of mine," said he, pulling on his
5947 "In the bathroom," he answered. "Oh, yes, I am not joking," he
5998 "Is he quiet?"
6000 "Oh, he gives no trouble. But he is a dirty scoundrel."
6006 settled, he will have a regular prison bath; and I think, if you
6007 saw him, you would agree with me that he needed it."
6025 "He is asleep," said he. "You can see him very well."
6039 "He's a beauty, isn't he?" said the inspector.
6042 he might, and I took the liberty of bringing the tools with me."
6043 He opened the Gladstone bag as he spoke, and took out, to my
6046 "He! he! You are a funny one," chuckled the inspector.
6053 look a credit to the Bow Street cells, does he?" He slipped his
6060 "Let me introduce you," he shouted, "to Mr. Neville St. Clair, of
6071 Then suddenly realising the exposure, he broke into a scream and
6078 himself to his destiny. "Be it so," said he. "And pray what am I
6101 he, "of course you can hardly avoid publicity. On the other hand,
6204 "and I can quite understand that he might find it difficult to
6205 post a letter unobserved. Probably he handed it to some sailor
6247 my results. The matter is a perfectly trivial one"--he jerked his
6284 "No, no, he found it. Its owner is unknown. I beg that you will
6292 homeward down Tottenham Court Road. In front of him he saw, in
6294 carrying a white goose slung over his shoulder. As he reached the
6297 man's hat, on which he raised his stick to defend himself and,
6305 Peterson, so that he was left in possession of the field of
6309 "Which surely he restored to their owner?"
6330 "Did he not advertise?"
6370 suggestive than it might have been," he remarked, "and yet there
6374 face of it, and also that he was fairly well-to-do within the
6375 last three years, although he has now fallen upon evil days. He
6384 "He has, however, retained some degree of self-respect," he
6387 middle-aged, has grizzled hair which he has had cut within the
6388 last few days, and which he anoints with lime-cream. These are
6390 by the way, that it is extremely improbable that he has gas laid
6404 a question of cubic capacity," said he; "a man with so large a
6413 hat since, then he has assuredly gone down in the world."
6418 Sherlock Holmes laughed. "Here is the foresight," said he putting
6421 sign of a certain amount of foresight, since he went out of his
6423 that he has broken the elastic and has not troubled to replace
6424 it, it is obvious that he has less foresight now than formerly,
6426 hand, he has endeavoured to conceal some of these stains upon the
6427 felt by daubing them with ink, which is a sign that he has not
6432 "The further points, that he is middle-aged, that his hair is
6433 grizzled, that it has been recently cut, and that he uses
6453 "But he might be a bachelor."
6455 "Nay, he was bringing home the goose as a peace-offering to his
6465 one hand and a guttering candle in the other. Anyhow, he never
6478 "The goose, Mr. Holmes! The goose, sir!" he gasped.
6491 he, "this is treasure trove indeed. I suppose you know what you
6523 glancing over the dates, until at last he smoothed one out,
6531 that he had shown Horner up to the dressing-room of the Countess
6532 of Morcar upon the day of the robbery in order that he might
6535 called away. On returning, he found that Horner had disappeared,
6564 ascertaining what part he has played in this little mystery. To
6576 "Very. But will he see it?"
6578 "Well, he is sure to keep an eye on the papers, since, to a poor
6581 that he thought of nothing but flight, but since then he must
6601 held it against the light. "It's a bonny thing," said he. "Just
6624 absolutely innocent man, who had no idea that the bird which he
6649 "Mr. Henry Baker, I believe," said he, rising from his armchair
6650 and greeting his visitor with the easy air of geniality which he
6674 been so plentiful with me as they once were," he remarked. "I had
6697 relics of my adventure," said he, "but beyond that I can hardly
6706 "There is your hat, then, and there your bird," said he. "By the
6720 a comical pomposity of manner he bowed solemnly to both of us and
6723 "So much for Mr. Henry Baker," said Holmes when he had closed the
6724 door behind him. "It is quite certain that he knows nothing
6747 said he.
6767 "Now for Mr. Breckinridge," he continued, buttoning up his coat
6811 "Now, then, mister," said he, with his head cocked and his arms
6857 he.
6896 he stopped under a lamp-post and laughed in the hearty, noiseless
6901 said he. "I daresay that if I had put 100 pounds down in front of
6903 as was drawn from him by the idea that he was doing me on a
6918 "I've had enough of you and your geese," he shouted. "I wish you
6943 "Who are you, then? What do you want?" he asked in a quavering
6969 wind-swept market-place," said he. "But pray tell me, before we
6972 The man hesitated for an instant. "My name is John Robinson," he
6979 said he, "my real name is James Ryder."
6987 whether he is on the verge of a windfall or of a catastrophe.
6988 Then he stepped into the cab, and in half an hour we were back in
7006 Ryder quivered with emotion. "Oh, sir," he cried, "can you tell
7027 impunity. Give him a dash of brandy. So! Now he looks a little
7030 For a moment he had staggered and nearly fallen, but the brandy
7031 brought a tinge of colour into his cheeks, and he sat staring
7040 "It was Catherine Cusack who told me of it," said he in a
7051 room--you and your confederate Cusack--and you managed that he
7052 should be the man sent for. Then, when he had left, you rifled
7057 companion's knees. "For God's sake, have mercy!" he shrieked.
7065 poor Horner in the dock for a crime of which he knew nothing."
7076 it just as it happened, sir," said he. "When Horner had been
7093 has just been serving his time in Pentonville. One day he had met
7095 could get rid of what they stole. I knew that he would be true to
7097 to go right on to Kilburn, where he lived, and take him into my
7147 all the way to Kilburn. I told my pal what I had done, for he was
7149 until he choked, and we got a knife and opened the goose. My
7170 feet would carry me to this man Breckinridge; but he had sold the
7171 lot at once, and not one word would he tell me as to where they
7172 had gone. You heard him yourselves to-night. Well, he has always
7183 "Get out!" said he.
7199 again; he is too terribly frightened. Send him to gaol now, and
7214 merely strange, but none commonplace; for, working as he did
7216 wealth, he refused to associate himself with any investigation
7239 "Very sorry to knock you up, Watson," said he, "but it's the
7260 logical basis with which he unravelled the problems which were
7287 "You must not fear," said he soothingly, bending forward and
7301 "There is no mystery, my dear madam," said he, smiling. "The left
7312 and he, poor fellow, can be of little aid. I have heard of you,
7323 case-book, which he consulted.
7325 "Farintosh," said he. "Ah yes, I recall the case; it was
7338 another, that even he to whom of all others I have a right to
7353 Holmes nodded his head. "The name is familiar to me," said he.
7364 his only son, my stepfather, seeing that he must adapt himself to
7367 where, by his professional skill and his force of character, he
7369 by some robberies which had been perpetrated in the house, he
7371 sentence. As it was, he suffered a long term of imprisonment and
7374 "When Dr. Roylott was in India he married my mother, Mrs. Stoner,
7392 Stoke Moran back in the old family seat, he shut himself up in
7399 police-court, until at last he became the terror of the village,
7400 and the folks would fly at his approach, for he is a man of
7403 "Last week he hurled the local blacksmith over a parapet into a
7407 and he would give these vagabonds leave to encamp upon the few
7412 correspondent, and he has at this moment a cheetah and a baboon,
7438 closed and his head sunk in a cushion, but he half opened his
7441 "Pray be precise as to details," said he.
7456 knew that he had not retired to rest, for my sister was troubled
7532 dressing-gown. When he reached my sister's side she was
7533 unconscious, and though he poured brandy down her throat and sent
7556 conduct had long been notorious in the county, but he was unable
7592 "These are very deep waters," said he; "pray go on with your
7633 is a hard man," she said, "and perhaps he hardly knows his own
7639 "This is a very deep business," he said at last. "There are a
7646 "As it happens, he spoke of coming into town to-day upon some
7647 most important business. It is probable that he will be away all
7714 with a hunting-crop swinging in his hand. So tall was he that his
7756 entertaining," said he. "When you go out close the door, for
7765 "See that you keep yourself out of my grip," he snarled, and
7766 hurling the twisted poker into the fireplace he strode out of the
7770 not quite so bulky, but if he had remained I might have shown him
7771 that my grip was not much more feeble than his own." As he spoke
7772 he picked up the steel poker and, with a sudden effort,
7788 "I have seen the will of the deceased wife," said he. "To
7798 since it has proved that he has the very strongest motives for
7819 deepest thought. Suddenly, however, he started, tapped me on the
7822 "Look there!" said he.
7829 "Stoke Moran?" said he.
7859 that he will be back before evening."
7862 said Holmes, and in a few words he sketched out what had
7865 "Good heavens!" she cried, "he has followed me, then."
7870 will he say when he returns?"
7872 "He must guard himself, for he may find that there is someone
7874 up from him to-night. If he is violent, we shall take you away to
7921 lens he tested the hinges, but they were of solid iron, built
7922 firmly into the massive masonry. "Hum!" said he, scratching his
7945 "Where does that bell communicate with?" he asked at last
7964 minutely the cracks between the boards. Then he did the same with
7965 the wood-work with which the chamber was panelled. Finally he
7967 in running his eye up and down the wall. Finally he took the
7970 "Why, it's a dummy," said he.
7983 room, when, with the same trouble, he might have communicated
8006 "What's in here?" he asked, tapping the safe.
8030 "Thank you. That is quite settled," said he, rising and putting
8050 Stoner nor myself liking to break in upon his thoughts before he
8053 "It is very essential, Miss Stoner," said he, "that you should
8122 he shook his clinched fists at him. The trap drove on, and a few
8190 he is the first of criminals. He has nerve and he has knowledge.
8207 As we passed out he exchanged a few words with the landlord,
8225 a vice upon my wrist in his agitation. Then he broke into a low
8228 "It is a nice household," he murmured. "That is the baboon."
8237 creeping up to me and making a trumpet of his hand, he whispered
8256 Holmes had brought up a long thin cane, and this he placed upon
8257 the bed beside him. By it he laid the box of matches and the
8258 stump of a candle. Then he turned down the lamp, and we were left
8287 "You see it, Watson?" he yelled. "You see it?"
8301 stood gazing at Holmes, and he at me, until the last echoes of it
8310 With a grave face he lit the lamp and led the way down the
8311 corridor. Twice he struck at the chamber door without any reply
8312 from within. Then he turned the handle and entered, I at his
8324 ceiling. Round his brow he had a peculiar yellow band, with
8326 head. As we entered he made neither sound nor motion.
8337 into the pit which he digs for another. Let us thrust this
8342 As he spoke he drew the dog-whip swiftly from the dead man's lap,
8343 and throwing the noose round the reptile's neck he drew it from
8345 the iron safe, which he closed upon it.
8358 "I had," said he, "come to an entirely erroneous conclusion which
8384 whistle. Of course he must recall the snake before the morning
8387 He would put it through this ventilator at the hour that he
8394 room. An inspection of his chair showed me that he had been in
8396 in order that he should reach the ventilator. The sight of the
8428 reasoning by which he achieved such remarkable results. The story
8448 me on every sufferer over whom he might have any influence.
8458 "I've got him here," he whispered, jerking his thumb over his
8459 shoulder; "he's all right."
8462 some strange creature which he had caged up in my room.
8464 "It's a new patient," he whispered. "I thought I'd bring him
8465 round myself; then he couldn't slip away. There he is, all safe
8467 same as you." And off he went, this trusty tout, without even
8472 soft cloth cap which he had laid down upon my books. Round one of
8473 his hands he had a handkerchief wrapped, which was mottled all
8476 he was exceedingly pale and gave me the impression of a man who
8480 "I am sorry to knock you up so early, Doctor," said he, "but I
8494 "Oh, my night could not be called monotonous," said he, and
8504 is over and gone. Presently he came to himself once more, very
8507 "I have been making a fool of myself," he gasped.
8512 "That's better!" said he. "And now, Doctor, perhaps you would
8538 "A thing like a cleaver," said he.
8552 without wincing, though he bit his lip from time to time.
8576 should be very glad if he would take the matter up, though of
8601 When it was concluded he settled our new acquaintance upon the
8606 Mr. Hatherley," said he. "Pray, lie down there and make yourself
8621 "You must know," said he, "that I am an orphan and a bachelor,
8654 "'Mr. Hatherley?' said he, with something of a German accent.
8683 "'Do you promise, then?' said he at last.
8693 across the room he flung open the door. The passage outside was
8696 "'That's all right,' said he, coming back. 'I know that clerks are
8710 "'How would fifty guineas for a night's work suit you?' he asked.
8808 "'Ah!' said he carelessly, 'we have our own process. We compress
8812 trust you.' He rose as he spoke. 'I shall expect you, then, at
8819 grasp, he hurried from the room.
8842 word he grasped my arm and hurried me into a carriage, the door
8868 once when I glanced in his direction, that he was looking at me
8900 from whence she had come, he walked towards me again with the
8904 few minutes,' said he, throwing open another door. It was a
8908 door. 'I shall not keep you waiting an instant,' said he, and
8981 better proceed to business, then,' said he. 'Mr. Ferguson and I
9005 man, but I could see from the little that he said that he was at
9009 he unlocked. Within was a small, square room, in which the three
9013 "'We are now,' said he, 'actually within the hydraulic press, and
9049 "'What are you doing there?' he asked.
9052 that which he had told me. 'I was admiring your fuller's-earth,'
9061 "'Very well,' said he, 'you shall know all about the machine.' He
9132 The thought had hardly flashed through my mind before he was at
9138 silent! Oh, he will be silent!'
9140 "'You are mad, Elise!' he shouted, struggling to break away from
9177 arrived. I inquired of him whether he had ever heard of Colonel
9178 Lysander Stark. The name was strange to him. Had he observed a
9179 carriage the night before waiting for me? No, he had not. Was
9192 from the shelf one of the ponderous commonplace books in which he
9195 "Here is an advertisement which will interest you," said he. "It
9222 "There you are," said he. "That circle is drawn at a radius of
9257 and our friend says that he did not notice the carriage go up
9317 better-lined waistcoat. But he has a gentleman staying with him,
9318 a patient, as I understand, who is a foreigner, and he looks as
9363 the spot where he recovered his senses might have remained
9398 was still sharing rooms with Holmes in Baker Street, that he came
9411 "Here is a very fashionable epistle," I remarked as he entered.
9415 "Yes, my correspondence has certainly the charm of variety," he
9454 This is what he says:
9461 acting already in the matter, but he assures me that he sees no
9462 objection to your co-operation, and that he even thinks that
9471 as he folded up the epistle.
9480 reference beside the mantelpiece. "Here he is," said he, sitting
9606 footmen declared that he had seen a lady leave the house thus
9648 impression of age, for he had a slight forward stoop and a little
9649 bend of the knees as he walked. His hair, too, as he swept off
9679 "What! Had he lost his wife?"
9723 "And how did he make his money?"
9725 "In mining. He had nothing a few years ago. Then he struck gold,
9732 into the fire. "You see, Mr. Holmes," said he, "my wife was
9741 name which I have the honour to bear"--he gave a little stately
9752 exquisite mouth. Holmes gazed long and earnestly at it. Then he
9812 "No, no; I call him a gentleman by courtesy, but he was quite a
9944 wiser heads than yours or mine," he remarked, and bowing in a
9945 stately, old-fashioned manner he departed.
9972 which gave him a decidedly nautical appearance, and he carried a
9973 black canvas bag in his hand. With a short greeting he seated
9998 "Have you dragged the basin of Trafalgar Square fountain?" he
10007 know all about it," he snarled.
10017 this in it?" He opened his bag as he spoke, and tumbled onto the
10020 in water. "There," said he, putting a new wedding-ring upon the
10059 listless way, but his attention instantly became riveted, and he
10061 said he.
10067 Lestrade rose in his triumph and bent his head to look. "Why," he
10097 Lestrade looked sadly at my companion. Then he turned to me,
10103 outdoor work," he remarked, "so I think, Watson, that I must
10108 confectioner's man with a very large flat box. This he unpacked
10109 with the help of a youth whom he had brought with him, and
10121 eye which made me think that he had not been disappointed in his
10124 "They have laid the supper, then," he said, rubbing his hands.
10128 "Yes, I fancy we may have some company dropping in," said he. "I
10146 "What will the Duke say," he murmured, "when he hears that one of
10172 lady and gentleman. "Lord St. Simon," said he "allow me to
10180 her hand to him, but he still refused to raise his eyes. It was
10210 wouldn't hear of our engagement lasting any longer, and he took
10212 he followed me there, and he saw me without pa knowing anything
10214 fixed it all up for ourselves. Frank said that he would go and
10215 make his pile, too, and never come back to claim me until he had
10217 time and pledged myself not to marry anyone else while he lived.
10218 'Why shouldn't we be married right away, then,' said he, 'and
10220 husband until I come back?' Well, we talked it over, and he had
10225 "The next I heard of Frank was that he was in Montana, and then
10226 he went prospecting in Arizona, and then I heard of him from New
10245 again there he was still, with a kind of question in his eyes, as
10250 a scene in the church? I glanced at him again, and he seemed to
10251 know what I was thinking, for he raised his finger to his lips to
10253 and I knew that he was writing me a note. As I passed his pew on
10254 the way out I dropped my bouquet over to him, and he slipped the
10255 note into my hand when he returned me the flowers. It was only a
10256 line asking me to join him when he made the sign to me to do so.
10258 to him, and I determined to do just whatever he might direct.
10270 me--seemed to me from the little I heard as if he had a little
10273 away we drove to some lodgings he had taken in Gordon Square, and
10294 he found us is more than I can think, and he showed us very
10297 secret. Then he offered to give us a chance of talking to Lord
10307 "Excuse me," he said, "but it is not my custom to discuss my most
10356 American. Then who could this American be, and why should he
10360 before I ever heard Lord St. Simon's narrative. When he told us
10373 information in his hands the value of which he did not himself
10375 but more valuable still was it to know that within a week he had
10434 and features, for he was running hard, with occasional little
10436 set any tax upon his legs. As he ran he jerked his hands up and
10443 "I believe that he is coming here," said Holmes, rubbing his
10448 "Yes; I rather think he is coming to consult me professionally. I
10450 he spoke, the man, puffing and blowing, rushed at our door and
10454 A few moments later he was in our room, still puffing, still
10457 pity. For a while he could not get his words out, but swayed his
10460 feet, he beat his head against the wall with such force that we
10464 soothing tones which he knew so well how to employ.
10466 "You have come to me to tell your story, have you not?" said he.
10472 against his emotion. Then he passed his handkerchief over his
10475 "No doubt you think me mad?" said he.
10500 waited, all curiosity, until with another effort he braced
10503 "I feel that time is of value," said he; "that is why I hastened
10527 honour and attempted, when he entered, to say so, but he plunged
10531 "'Mr. Holder,' said he, 'I have been informed that you are in the
10536 "'It is absolutely essential to me,' said he, 'that I should have
10557 "'I should much prefer to have it so,' said he, raising up a
10558 square, black morocco case which he had laid beside his chair.
10566 which he had named. 'There are thirty-nine enormous beryls,' said
10567 he, 'and the price of the gold chasing is incalculable. The
10575 "'You doubt its value?' he asked.
10638 likely I have. When my dear wife died I felt that he was all I
10644 "It was naturally my intention that he should succeed me in my
10645 business, but he was not of a business turn. He was wild,
10647 handling of large sums of money. When he was young he became a
10649 manners, he was soon the intimate of a number of men with long
10651 and to squander money on the turf, until he had again and again
10653 allowance, that he might settle his debts of honour. He tried
10654 more than once to break away from the dangerous company which he
10659 Burnwell should gain an influence over him, for he has frequently
10667 he is one who should be deeply distrusted. So I think, and so,
10679 he loves her devotedly, but each time she has refused him. I
10700 night.' said he.
10708 what he said. He followed me to my room, however, that night with
10711 "'Look here, dad,' said he with his eyes cast down, 'can you let
10717 "'You have been very kind,' said he, 'but I must have this money,
10723 said he. 'I could not bear the disgrace. I must raise the money
10729 he bowed and left the room without another word.
10731 "When he was gone I unlocked my bureau, made sure that my
10781 he dropped it from his grasp and turned as pale as death. I
10789 "'Stolen!' he cried.
10793 "'There are none missing. There cannot be any missing,' said he.
10799 "'You have called me names enough,' said he, 'I will not stand it
10808 "'You shall learn nothing from me,' said he with a passion such
10825 "'At least,' said he, 'you will not have me arrested at once. It
10833 stake; and that he threatened to raise a scandal which would
10834 convulse the nation. He might avert it all if he would but tell
10835 me what he had done with the three missing stones.
10842 "'Keep your forgiveness for those who ask for it,' he answered,
10843 turning away from me with a sneer. I saw that he was too hardened
10847 every portion of the house where he could possibly have concealed
10850 threats. This morning he was removed to a cell, and I, after
10866 "Do you receive much company?" he asked.
10897 "Do you not think, then, that he might have been trying to
10901 But it is too heavy a task. What was he doing there at all? If
10902 his purpose were innocent, why did he not say so?"
10904 "Precisely. And if it were guilty, why did he not invent a lie?
10934 into the room in which he exposed himself to the greatest danger
10938 despair. "If his motives were innocent, why does he not explain
10952 grounds for hope as long as he was dissatisfied with the accepted
10957 which had been presented to him, and he even broke into a
10973 behind into the stable lane. So long was he that Mr. Holder and I
10974 went into the dining-room and waited by the fire until he should
10993 "But I am so sure that he is innocent. You know what woman's
10994 instincts are. I know that he has done no harm and that you will
10997 "Why is he silent, then, if he is innocent?"
10999 "Who knows? Perhaps because he was so angry that you should
11005 "Oh, but he had only picked it up to look at it. Oh, do, do take
11006 my word for it that he is innocent. Let the matter drop and say
11020 "The stable lane?" She raised her dark eyebrows. "What can he
11021 hope to find there? Ah! this, I suppose, is he. I trust, sir,
11068 "Oh, yes! he is the green-grocer who brings our vegetables round.
11074 "Yes, he did."
11076 "And he is a man with a wooden leg?"
11083 "I should be very glad now to go upstairs," said he. "I shall
11089 This he opened and made a very careful examination of the sill
11091 said he at last.
11097 "Which key was used to open it?" he asked.
11108 "It is a noiseless lock," said he. "It is no wonder that it did
11111 he laid it upon the table. It was a magnificent specimen of the
11121 said he.
11124 without result. "I feel it give a little," said he; "but, though
11149 He went alone, at his own request, for he explained that any
11151 hour or more he was at work, returning at last with his feet
11155 Holder," said he; "I can serve you best by returning to my
11162 The banker wrung his hands. "I shall never see them again!" he
11185 journey I endeavoured to sound him upon the point, but he always
11190 up, his shiny, seedy coat, his red cravat, and his worn boots, he
11193 "I think that this should do," said he, glancing into the glass
11200 rude meal into his pocket he started off upon his expedition.
11202 I had just finished my tea when he returned, evidently in
11207 "I only looked in as I passed," said he. "I am going right on."
11224 I could see by his manner that he had stronger reasons for
11228 the hall door, which told me that he was off once more upon his
11233 for days and nights on end when he was hot upon a scent, so that
11234 his lateness caused me no surprise. I do not know at what hour he
11236 he was with a cup of coffee in one hand and the paper in the
11239 "You will excuse my beginning without you, Watson," said he, "but
11244 surprised if that were he. I thought I heard a ring."
11251 his violence of the morning before, and he dropped heavily into
11255 he. "Only two days ago I was a happy and prosperous man, without
11303 "You have it!" he gasped. "I am saved! I am saved!"
11306 he hugged his recovered gems to his bosom.
11326 interview with him, and finding that he would not tell me the
11327 story, I told it to him, on which he had to confess that I was
11348 knew nothing of such men. When he breathed his vows to her, as he
11350 alone had touched his heart. The devil knows best what he said,
11361 through the snow, so long had he stood there. She told him of the
11362 coronet. His wicked lust for gold kindled at the news, and he
11372 he slept badly on account of his uneasiness about his club debts.
11373 In the middle of the night he heard a soft tread pass his door,
11374 so he rose and, looking out, was surprised to see his cousin
11381 down the stairs, and he, thrilling with horror, ran along and
11382 slipped behind the curtain near your door, whence he could see
11386 to where he stood hid behind the curtain.
11388 "As long as she was on the scene he could not take any action
11389 without a horrible exposure of the woman whom he loved. But the
11390 instant that she was gone he realised how crushing a misfortune
11392 right. He rushed down, just as he was, in his bare feet, opened
11394 where he could see a dark figure in the moonlight. Sir George
11399 suddenly snapped, and your son, finding that he had the coronet
11408 he felt that he had deserved your warmest thanks. He could not
11428 that he had a wooden leg. I could even tell that they had been
11444 the depression of the boot, it was obvious that he had passed
11452 another little smudge of blood showed that it was he who had been
11453 hurt. When he came to the highroad at the other end, I found that
11462 brought the gems; the deed had been overseen by your son; he had
11475 their place? There could be no possible reason. As he loved his
11476 cousin, however, there was an excellent explanation why he should
11487 reputation among women. It must have been he who wore those boots
11488 and retained the missing gems. Even though he knew that Arthur
11489 had discovered him, he might still flatter himself that he was
11509 course, he denied everything. But when I gave him every
11510 particular that had occurred, he tried to bluster and took down a
11512 clapped a pistol to his head before he could strike. Then he
11514 him a price for the stones he held--1000 pounds apiece. That
11515 brought out the first signs of grief that he had shown. 'Why,
11516 dash it all!' said he, 'I've let them go at six hundred for the
11559 "You have erred, perhaps," he observed, taking up a glowing
11561 pipe which was wont to replace his clay when he was in a
11573 "No, it is not selfishness or conceit," said he, answering, as
11590 having apparently given up his search, he had emerged in no very
11593 "At the same time," he remarked after a pause, during which he
11646 As he spoke the door opened and a young lady entered the room.
11687 earnestly at the ladies who entered. As I came in he gave quite a
11690 "'That will do,' said he; 'I could not ask for anything better.
11696 "'You are looking for a situation, miss?' he asked.
11709 "'Oh, tut, tut! sweating--rank sweating!' he cried, throwing his
11717 "'Tut, tut!' he cried. 'This is all quite beside the question.
11731 "'It is also my custom,' said he, smiling in the most pleasant
11758 but the father's laughter made me think that perhaps he was
11764 "'No, no, not the sole, not the sole, my dear young lady,' he
11795 "'I am afraid that it is quite essential,' said he. 'It is a
11880 possible that his wife is a lunatic, that he desires to keep the
11882 he humours her fancies in every way in order to prevent an
11909 we could define it," said he. "But at any time, day or night, a
11933 my powers to determine. As to Holmes, I observed that he sat
11935 abstracted air, but he swept the matter away with a wave of his
11936 hand when I mentioned it. "Data! data! data!" he cried
11937 impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay." And yet he would
11943 to one of those all-night chemical researches which he frequently
11949 "Just look up the trains in Bradshaw," said he, and turned back
11972 all the way down, but after we had passed the Hampshire border he
11987 "Do you know, Watson," said he, "that it is one of the curses of
12047 town this morning, though he little knew for what purpose."
12061 drove me in his dog-cart to the Copper Beeches. It is, as he
12078 while he can hardly be less than forty-five. From their
12080 seven years, that he was a widower, and that his only child by
12105 of amusement, and he shows quite remarkable talent in planning
12107 rather not talk about the creature, Mr. Holmes, and, indeed, he
12118 smell of drink. Twice since I have been with them he has been
12130 "'Oh, yes,' said he, turning to me, 'we are very much obliged to
12151 comical he was, and I laughed until I was quite weary. Mrs.
12163 he told inimitably. Then he handed me a yellow-backed novel, and
12165 fall upon the page, he begged me to read aloud to him. I read for
12167 suddenly, in the middle of a sentence, he ordered me to cease and
12195 "'No friend of yours, Miss Hunter?' he asked.
12224 planks. 'Is he not a beauty?'
12233 so that he is always as keen as mustard. Toller lets him loose
12234 every night, and God help the trespasser whom he lays his fangs
12300 "'Ah!' said he, 'you must not think me rude if I passed you
12311 "'Photography is one of my hobbies,' said he. 'I have made my
12315 in his eyes as he looked at me. I read suspicion there and
12331 black linen bag with him through the door. Recently he has been
12332 drinking hard, and yesterday evening he was very drunk; and when
12334 all that he had left it there. Mr. and Mrs. Rucastle were both
12364 "'So,' said he, smiling, 'it was you, then. I thought that it
12381 "'Only that?' said he, looking at me keenly.
12396 a grin of rage, and he glared down at me with the face of a
12413 insensibility that evening, and I knew that he was the only one
12430 "Is Toller still drunk?" he asked.
12471 the girl's dress and were so like her, he was convinced from your
12472 laughter, whenever he saw you, and afterwards from your gesture,
12486 abnormally cruel, merely for cruelty's sake, and whether he
12522 transverse bar. Then he tried the various keys in the lock, but
12526 "I trust that we are not too late," said he. "I think, Miss
12543 "Through the skylight. We shall soon see how he managed it." He
12544 swung himself up onto the roof. "Ah, yes," he cried, "here's the
12545 end of a long light ladder against the eaves. That is how he did
12551 "He has come back and done it. I tell you that he is a clever and
12553 he whose step I hear now upon the stair. I think, Watson, that it
12562 "You villain!" said he, "where's your daughter?"
12567 "It is for me to ask you that," he shrieked, "you thieves! Spies
12569 serve you!" He turned and clattered down the stairs as hard as he
12583 "My God!" he cried. "Someone has loosed the dog. It's not been
12588 black muzzle buried in Rucastle's throat, while he writhed and
12600 "Yes, miss. Mr. Rucastle let me out when he came back before he
12625 but just left everything in Mr. Rucastle's hands. He knew he was
12629 sign a paper, so that whether she married or not, he could use
12630 her money. When she wouldn't do it, he kept on worrying her until
12634 young man, and he stuck to her as true as man could be."
12656 "And in this way he managed that your good man should have no
12673 probably know so much of Rucastle's past life that he finds it
12676 flight, and he is now the holder of a government appointment in
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