"Very good. Now, Mr. Wilson?" unless you comply with paragraph 1.E.8 or 1.E.9. Clair, of Lee." believe, however, that the full facts have never been revealed to "Her father is very rich?" "In the dress is a pocket. In the pocket is a card-case. In the I left him then, still puffing at his black clay pipe, with the crowd. "That is a possible solution--in fact, as matters stand, it is "This aroused my curiosity, so when I went out for a walk in the quarrels with whoever might cross his path. Violence of temper matter with me now, and, if God sends me health, I shall set my light of a flickering oil-lamp above the door I found the latch "His hand when he wrote hurriedly. It is very unlike his usual while a woman bent over me and tugged at me with her left hand, that was for the cloak. Now where did they come from?" He ran up bushes there darted what seemed to be a hideous and distorted which lay upon the table and tore the lid from it. Out there fell paper label, with the initials of K. K. K. repeated upon it, and cough--"had not I thought her to be at bottom a noble woman. I always that they were such commands as a lady might with the gravel-drive, and there are the rose-bushes where I lay. That as we came out into the frosty air. "Remember, Watson that though didn't drop. I know that everything was turning round, and the works. it I would carry my stone to Kilburn. There was a little shed in name; but, as Holmes had remarked, the initials "H. B." were 'A little French, a little German, music, and drawing--' useful material for showing traces. The double line a little first heading upon which I come. 'A husband's cruelty to his chestnut. It has been considered artistic. I could not dream of There was a long silence, during which Holmes leaned his chin I groaned, for I was newly come back from a weary day. "Not only that, but the signature is typewritten. Look at the "Hum! We will talk about that. And now let us hear a true account far I was clear. The question now was, who was the man and who grass beside the pool. The head had been beaten in by repeated "I shall see you at Horsham, then?" fear, and the sight sent a chill to my own heart. She held up one "'You have called me names enough,' said he, 'I will not stand it always oppressed with a sense of my own stupidity in my dealings granted until I have the opportunity of looking personally into "We went upstairs together, the colonel first with the lamp, the to her from a second-floor window. The window was open, and she Arthur's. Sir George Burnwell has been several times lately. No nervously at the fringe of her jacket. "I met him first at the "Yes," said Holmes, answering the look rather than the words. "It abstracted from the jewel-case of the Countess of Morcar the "You appeared to read a good deal upon her which was quite "I pray not, sir. And what do you intend to do?" shrieked, "you're looking at the wrong side!" Rucastle to be back before three. I got his leave to come into "No, but the enclosure is." snow-clad lawn, stretched down in front to two large iron gates know all about it," he snarled. felt the room to be a little close.' test was just such a one as would occur to a clever and ruthless "And you were surprised to see him in Swandam Lane?" place--within ten miles of Reading. I was fortunate enough to Nights, with no explanation save that the things had been paid promise me that you will not tell a human being that you are home a dozen times from Serpentine-mews, and knew all about him. reasoning by which he achieved such remarkable results. The story well have been cause and effect. It is no wonder that he and his misfortune should occur to it. I already regretted having ever http://www.gutenberg.net I was very weak, but I have had a good deal to go through." you call to-morrow. As to the photograph, your client may rest in Both Miss Stoner and I gazed at him in astonishment. himself down into an armchair. "You see, but you do not observe. any emotion akin to love for Irene Adler. All emotions, and that "I cannot see that there is anything very funny," cried our conviction that every one of his actions was directed towards a leave the papers here, and remember the advice which I have given third door, into a huge vault or cellar, which was piled all bedroom door." "I am following you closely," I answered. Who would think that so pretty a toy would be a purveyor to the and glancing about him like a rat in a trap. off." foresee, a very busy day before me in looking into this case of blame you, for the days of the great cases are past. Man, or at determine its exact meaning I have been obliged to work out the when the maid, at Holmes' request, showed us the boots which her had transpired as to the whereabouts of the missing lady. There landowner's dwelling. On the Hatherley side of the pool the woods screamed upon the ground. Running up, I blew its brains out, and "You would not think 1000 pounds apiece an excessive sum for and the carriage came to a stand. Colonel Lysander Stark sprang fate. It was a homely little room, with a low ceiling and a "Yes, all." "Convinced that something was amiss with him, she rushed down the she, a young and timid woman, make her way into such a place and "I am a dying man," said old Turner. "I have had diabetes for them. I think that with your permission I will now wish you all a the night.' down from his bed, went, at great risk, to your dressing-room, outsides of the windows. "Wedlock suits you," he remarked. "I think, Watson, that you have returns. Royalty payments should be clearly marked as such and wager. Well, Watson, we are, I fancy, nearing the end of our returning from some small jollification and was making his way pick of her geese for a Christmas present, and I knew that she to me as governess. I shall call at half-past ten to-morrow if I Christmas morning, in company with a good fat goose, which is, I "We have known for some time that a clever gang was at work," my excuses, escaped from the house. I hesitated whether to pennies and half-pennies--421 pennies and 270 half-pennies. It Our visitor gave a rather shamefaced laugh. "Shillings have not whom I have known for many years, has done me the honour to ask call you a liar as well as a thief? Did I not see you trying to have been a better fit if I had been measured for it. Both Mr. George Burnwell, was enough to draw him back again. right! Sit down and let us talk it over." prices, not more than 750 pounds. Each daughter can claim an suspect him." had been the herald of her own death. I sprang up and lit the one and two and three, and still we sat waiting silently for roofs, and peep in at the queer things which are going on, the son, as far as he knew, was in Bristol. It was mere chance that there was no need for father to know." "And then suddenly in the silence I heard a sound which sent my forth in this agreement, you must obtain permission in writing from had been upset by the jewel robbery at the hotel. Then I went Street every night. Mr. St. Clair is now thirty-seven years of "I have them in the hollow of my hand. Young Openshaw shall not the house with me." kneeling with his back turned not a dozen paces off. What a "It's more than a precious stone. It is the precious stone." the inner apartment." sat when a sudden ejaculation caused me to wake up, and I found every portion of the house where he could possibly have concealed the day which had been fixed for the wedding, the terrible event "We have known for some time that a clever gang was at work," came out to me, looking as merry and jovial as ever. all, if he is satisfied, why should I put ideas in his head?" As I entered, a sallow Malay attendant had hurried up with a pipe last three years, although he has now fallen upon evil days. He introduce you to Mr. Merryweather, who is to be our companion in remained with Horner some little time, but had finally been "Never." what you can do with this work. Copyright laws in most countries are in believing her to be with the company. On ascertaining that his "One day a gold convoy came down from Ballarat to Melbourne, and he could not be such an absolute imbecile as not to see that the "Oh, well, he was very good about it. He laughed, I remember, and "I went home to Saxe-Coburg Square, and I took the advice of my difficult it is to bring it home. In this case, however, they "He looked very hard at me as I spoke, and it seemed to me that I a few minutes to accompany my friend down to the sitting-room. A something of him before." my hand upraised I could feel its hard, rough surface. Then it hydraulic engineer, and I have had considerable experience of my hard work and not in sitting by the fire spinning fine theories. however, and my father entered into possession of the estate, and hand as if to strike his father. She was so frightened by their "No, it is not even attached to a wire. This is very interesting. woven round him. one of the states of the Union." hands were tied in the matter. I went and saw him. At first, of rose-bushes. the hope that the ebbing tide might afford some fresh clue. home-centred interests which rise up around the man who first immense faculties and extraordinary powers of observation in civilised land here, and we can't have tomfoolery of this kind. civilised land here, and we can't have tomfoolery of this kind. ventured a remark upon short sight and typewriting, which seemed my foot over the door-mat. In that way I didn't know much of what the gravel-drive, and there are the rose-bushes where I lay. That metal remained to assure us that the light was still there, ready be fruitless labour and an ill-service to me. In life or in unforeseen and extraordinary calamity could have occurred between evidence of this wound of mine, I should be surprised if they King Edward Street, near St. Paul's.' "'I had better put my hat on, I suppose.' I shook my head. "Many men have been hanged on far slighter Gravesend by a man with a dirty thumb. Ha! And the flap has been "Have you dragged the basin of Trafalgar Square fountain?" he "It might have been difficult, but friend Lestrade held at my side in silence all the time, and I was aware, more than son, as far as he knew, was in Bristol. It was mere chance that play such tricks with poor, helpless worms? I never hear of such inclined to think that I had made a mistake, and by the day after use an arc-and-compass breastpin." for four or five miles through the lovely Surrey lanes. It was a galvanised. McCarthy's innocence. It was late before Sherlock Holmes returned. He came back alone, old briar pipe between his lips, his eyes fixed vacantly upon the father's friends were to be there. And he said that I had nothing an ending, while others have been but partially cleared up, and "And he is a man with a wooden leg?" a heavy mortgage. The last squire dragged out his existence years and eight months have elapsed since then. During that time tail." and though my wife died young she left me my dear little Alice. every way. I believe that a single lady can get on very nicely arrangements." would follow from it. As Cuvier could correctly describe a whole said he. "And now, Mr. Wilson, off you go at scratch and tell us warren which is upon the other side. On my way I saw William copying, distributing, performing, displaying or creating derivative attention of whoever it was that he had the appointment with. But brought to bear upon a business man. Besides, remember that she professional beggar, but his life appeared to have been a very crown. Look out for me to-morrow, about eleven. Give her her and be raising money to build an orphanage in Cornwall the next. been looking through all the recent papers in order to master the answered me like that. My sister thinks that I am going mad. and the folks would fly at his approach, for he is a man of have added to my notes, three have been entirely free of any "I beg that you will not touch me with your filthy hands," same effects. He found, as so many more have done, that the reference to my own special subject. You look at these scattered instant that she was gone he realised how crushing a misfortune those of a beggar, and put on my pigments and wig. Even a wife's surprised at his own arrest, or feigned indignation at it, I "I cannot admire his taste," I remarked, "if it is indeed a fact all?" had a long day." the door, pushing his way past her; but she threw her arms round sometimes curious as to their master's affairs. Now we can talk I rose to go, but Holmes caught me by the wrist and pushed me pedestrians. It was difficult to realise as we looked at the line their mission. You see how quickly the deed followed the sign "Yes, it was twisted." donations. To donate, please visit: http://pglaf.org/donate wedding?" Stoke Moran back in the old family seat, he shut himself up in "Good heavens!" she cried, "he has followed me, then." the grasp of some resistless, inexorable evil, which no foresight was going on outside, and I was always glad of a bit of news. his pocket and threw it down upon the slab, turning away with the call it. It's the big white one over yonder. There's twenty-six there burst forth the wild scream of a terrified woman. I knew "No?" slippers before we settle this little matter of yours. Now, then! many minutes. This dress does implicate Miss Flora Millar." matter to know which to choose and which to leave. Some, however, the sea waves. My wife was on a visit to her mother's, and for a "Pray be precise as to details," said he. All this is amusing, though rather elementary, but I must go back frequently for half an hour on end, with knitted brows and an hat actually brushed the cross bar of the doorway, and his the Countess to part with half her fortune if she could but "Then he might have called to you?" walking." public, though little used, thoroughfare. Holmes left us standing "The windows of the three rooms open out upon the lawn. That "Certainly. You will find me at the Langham under the name of the carried him, living but horribly mangled, into the house. We laid "Yes, there were several little changes carried out about that he laid it upon the table. It was a magnificent specimen of the Mrs. St. Clair's assertion that she had actually seen her husband Sherlock Holmes closed his eyes and placed his elbows upon the all the way down, but after we had passed the Hampshire border he of Bohemia, the singular experience of Miss Mary Sutherland, the the general public, and as my friend Sherlock Holmes had a recovered yourself, and then I shall be most happy to look into have done him. As to what you tell me of poor Mary, it goes to my right, and swinging in his right hand the cord which held his have come incognito from Prague for the purpose of consulting firmness. As to his remark about his deserts, it was also not some advice. I was frightened of the house, of the man, of the the devil!" way, would it bore you to tell me where you got the other one sudden wealth so easily acquired was too much for you, as it has believe that we shall be in time to stop it. But to-day being Beyond these signs of his activity, however, which I merely How you startled me, Kate! I had not an idea who you were when has guessed Miss Hunter's intentions and has carried his victim dressed, and his age, I should judge, would be nearer forty than she to prove their authenticity?" Turner was apparently the richer man, so McCarthy became his As he spoke the gleam of the side-lights of a carriage came round have been burned, had you lived a few centuries ago. It is true child, who threw itself upon the grass with writhing limbs and photograph?" a question of cubic capacity," said he; "a man with so large a the warnings." of the matter, Lord St. Simon, I have brought an advocate here cigar and let me expound." "Away we went then, and we drove for at least an hour. Colonel that I may have something better before very many minutes are there is a good deal of German music on the programme, which is pinch of snuff, Doctor, and acknowledge that I have scored over "'Oh,' says she, 'we've set yours aside for you--Jem's bird, we she slowly sank and died without having recovered her "The name of the maker, no doubt; or his monogram, rather." cigars in their mouths. neighbourhood, and was lying senseless, with a shattered skull. I the devil!" princess. Now the question is, Where are we to find the from you?" the room in which Mr. St. Clair had last been seen. There was no "Oh, the cause is excellent!" maid brought in a telegram. It was from Sherlock Holmes and ran think that we may gain that by means of the law; but we have our perhaps in attempting to put colour and life into each of your "We have had the pleasure of making the doctor's acquaintance," be.' "You have neither of you any doubt as to your son's guilt?" our word." It was a beautiful moonlight night, and the lawn in front of the Gutenberg-tm License (available with this file or online at anxious look upon her face. After an hour or so, Mr. Rucastle where the snow was cut up as though there had been a struggle, 1.E.4. Do not unlink or detach or remove the full Project Gutenberg-tm completely overtopped every other consideration that we both old town a good turn. Then, again, I have heard it is no use your McCarthy and his son, and that they appeared to be having a the claspings and unclaspings of his hands, spoke of the nervous friend, he ought to lay a whip across your shoulders. By Jove!" "Quite so! You have not observed. And yet you have seen. That is all, if he is satisfied, why should I put ideas in his head?" "His hand when he wrote hurriedly. It is very unlike his usual the man of whom I had heard. He appeared to be in a my two visitors vanished away, like the genii of the Arabian has got out of gear. If you show us what is wrong we shall soon was such a good one, and suited me so well, that I would not risk "I went home to Saxe-Coburg Square, and I took the advice of my "I do not know what I have done to be so severely tried," said the white creases of his face, 'to advance to my young ladies revellers. A dull wrack was drifting slowly across the sky, and a recommend you also to send a note by the cabman to your wife to green-scummed pool, which lay at the foot of the garden. There gave myself up entirely to a consideration of the events of the "When evening came I felt that it would be an imprudence to leave against the windows. This strange, wild story seemed to have come had solved my problem. When you drove home after the concert I "The Coroner: Did your father make any statement to you before in the sky. I have a caseful of cigarettes here which need very morning of my second wedding." "My opinion is in no way altered." "It may not come to that," said Holmes. impunity. Give him a dash of brandy. So! Now he looks a little "Of course! Very right! very right! I'm sure I beg pardon. As to "'Yes, sir.' the carriage, and we set off for Hatherley Farm and the Boscombe took many hours a day for months on end. What could it be, once one which it was hard to resist. America. You were chosen, doubtless, as resembling her in height, introduce you to Mr. and Mrs. Francis Hay Moulton. The lady, I sister, Miss Honoria Westphail, who lives near Harrow, and we sound, not even the drawing of a breath, and yet I knew that my a horsey-looking man, with a sharp face and trim side-whiskers was it, and they must have been men of resource and determination. liked and do what I liked, so long as I did not disturb him in breast, like one who is utterly crushed. Holmes stuck his feet up enabled him to take a medical degree and went out to Calcutta, long narrative. Something like fear sprang up in the young lady's expressive "No, I am descending." me, for I knew one or two things about him; so I made up my mind piece of evidence to corroborate your view. But if your husband the body had been found, and, indeed, so moist was the ground, perceived that there was a man standing in the Southampton Road, wanted so much as to join a Sunday-school treat. But this time I diversity of opinion. We have boxed the compass among us. Who do "I then lounged down the street and found, as I expected, that it. Are you sure that everything is fastened?' shapeless blurs through the heavy yellow wreaths. Our gas was lit as this. Men who had only known the quiet thinker and logician of upon the trampled grass. He ran round, like a dog who is picking "Your own little income," he asked, "does it come out of the weighted by the coppers which I had just transferred to it from and accept all the terms of this license and intellectual property be conspicuous. Very retiring and gentlemanly he was. Even his handed it to him. clock. I sat up in my chair, and my wife laid her needle-work on the right side of his top-hat to show where he has secreted "'From Dundee,' I answered, glancing at the postmark. 'You have been recommended to me, Mr. Hatherley, as being a man Round this corner were three doors in a line, the first and third "A call for help, you thought?" Here is a pen. Better make it out for 4000 pounds." story which we had listened to in the morning. It was a poky, Southerton's preserves. A clump of copper beeches immediately in determined, therefore, that for the next few days I would always machine had come between us. That will just show you how fond he back: 'A marriage has been arranged,' it says, 'and will, if the morning waiting in the shadow upon the other side. Without a "'Never.' "I will, Miss Turner." heard a metallic clang, which might have been caused by one of had left my chair and was gazing at it over his shoulder. The "I think that I had better go, Holmes." of Gold, in Upper Swandam Lane. But what was she to do? How could happiness, gently waving his long, thin fingers in time to the drunkard. I ran to her and threw my arms round her, but at that children over to America with him, so that I found myself without a hearty supper, drove to Paddington, and started off, having been deluded when, with a cry, she sprang at a small deal box vessel which touched at Pondicherry in January and February in "No, your secret lies in London. It is there that I shall seek McCarthy's innocence. pressing in one house as in another. strange tales of what has passed through it upon the moonless "By train from Waterloo." from the very thought of death, had much ado to persuade myself passage gazing at the sinister door and wondering what secret it James Windibank. Voilà tout!" "Not particularly." my results. The matter is a perfectly trivial one"--he jerked his say that a woman should be happy in her own family circle. But these bleak autumnal evenings." "Oh, yes, you can. This is my point." He placed his finger in the window. At the same instant I saw him raise his hand and at the cheer me up, but by bedtime I had reasoned myself out of the the questions which have to be solved--what Neville St. Clair was unkempt, staring out at me. that I was thoroughly earning my fifty-guinea fee. "Oh, yes, sir; I have only just left him." "It is really very good of you to come, Watson," said he. "It the defective work may elect to provide a replacement copy in lieu of a January of '85. On the fourth day after the new year I heard my work during the seven years that I was apprenticed to Venner & "You will excuse me," said Holmes blandly, "but I could not help upon record that severe reasoning from cause to effect which is his hair had tramped into the city to answer the advertisement. very fine indeed. Let me see it." He took up the paper in a the stairs, the bang of a door, and the crisp rattle of running matter of the very deepest moment. Your recent services to one of "And, indeed, I could not wonder that such a man as Sir George jaw, it is surely very clear that that side is less illuminated mess, but as I have changed my clothes I can't imagine how you ventilator." had to deal with one of the coolest and most daring criminals in fait accompli?" "'Where are they all, Maggie?' I cried. hastily closing the door of his safe upon its terrible occupant. of them in a row, three of which were simply dirty, while the the advantages of a cabman as a confidant. They had driven him "'That's all right,' said he, coming back. 'I know that clerks are "'No, I cannot!' I answered sharply. 'I have been far too paragraph in which the unfortunate young man had given his own police-station, while the inspector remained upon the premises in hour?' "Then, pray, sit down, and let us hear it for there are several an hour. How long they seemed, those quarters! Twelve struck, and saved the bridegroom from having to sally out into the streets in "Oh, we shall soon clear up all that," said Bradstreet. "Well, I slipped down and talked to her lover through the window which "And one who was at home in the district, for the pool can only "Is he quiet?" your little problem promises to be the most interesting which has appearance, you see, is so remarkable that no one can pass him the endless succession of sombre and deserted streets, which he died? is upon the logic rather than upon the crime that you should certainty. I then inquired as to the vessels which lay at present hall window, where Boots had worn all the snow away while you quite invaluable as a companion. 'Pon my word, it is a great concealed three gems out of the thirty-nine, with such skill that conscious of a dull pain, my grip loosened, and I fell into the pound a week." "I was sure that I might rely on you." October 9, 1890. unreasoning terror rose up in me at the sight, Mr. Holmes. My Mexico. After that came a long newspaper story about how a "I think I could lay my finger on it," said Holmes quietly. is a piteous spectacle a small rain of charity descends into the thoroughly. It was indeed a gigantic one, and capable of There was a long silence, broken only by his heavy breathing and "Well, certainly that is also a conceivable hypothesis," said was going on outside, and I was always glad of a bit of news. in his eyes as he looked at me. I read suspicion there and "Well, Miss Hunter, if your mind is made up, that settles the "That is also quite modern," said the lady. away to you." Louisiana, the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida. Its power was minutes before I saw Frank out of the window at the other side of you want, then?' "We have had the pleasure of making the doctor's acquaintance," "It seems to me that I have done you full justice in the matter," front, with the collar turned up, and his lank wrists protruded learned something! Where are the gems?" such a sum for doing anything so simple as copying out the "But you were on a friendly footing?" - You provide a full refund of any money paid by a user who notifies of." Black Jack of Ballarat was the name I went under, and our party headings under this one twelve months I find an account of the The distinction is clear. For example, you have frequently seen he, "of course you can hardly avoid publicity. On the other hand, while a woman bent over me and tugged at me with her left hand, outside, well-groomed and trimly clad, with something of "It is, I think, much more likely that Henry Baker is an points to suicide?" time that we took, that it must have been nearer twelve. He sat coronet, but I thought it better not to disturb it. The alarm of fire was admirably done. The smoke and shouting were "I see. Then at the gasfitters' ball you met, as I understand, a at high tide with at least four and a half feet of water. The "'Look here, dad,' said he with his eyes cast down, 'can you let of those who were opposed to its views. Its outrages were usually "The dress which I found waiting for me was of a peculiar shade was very kind to me in his way. When he was sober he used to be Court Road. The roughs had also fled at the appearance of steps--for the house was none other than the opium den in which he had been plucked back by some irresistible force from behind. located in the United States, we do not claim a right to prevent you from 6d., glass sherry, 8d.' I see nothing in that." occur. There is only one point on which I must insist. You must than your left. You have worked with it, and the muscles are more the morning waiting in the shadow upon the other side. Without a other means.' this would be for you, and how all-important it was to set it Their papers they mean to have, be the holder of them who it may. standing smiling on the door-step. We had the carriage to ourselves save for an immense litter of drop a line to the Countess to say that we have it." It was, indeed, our friend the financier. I was shocked by the one side of the upper lip, so that three teeth were exposed in a grinning at my surprise, was none other than Sherlock Holmes. He companion's knees. "For God's sake, have mercy!" he shrieked. "'You understand, Mr. Holder, that I am giving you a strong proof We both put our eyes to the grating. The prisoner lay with his quietly, we will soon make him cut a much more respectable it. pink-tinted note-paper which had been lying open upon the table. Mr. Jabez Wilson started up in his chair, with his forefinger I leave him. Good-bye, and God help you in your undertaking." She self-control to prevent me from breaking out into a cry of black canvas bag in his hand. With a short greeting he seated "Not a bit, Doctor. Stay where you are. I am lost without my Gazetteer." He took down a heavy brown volume from his shelves. "'Or to sit here, or sit there, that would not be offensive to "Have you dragged the basin of Trafalgar Square fountain?" he "My opinion is in no way altered." round it, woods on three sides, and on the fourth a field which and water, and sit here comfortably and tell us all about it. Or "It was only yesterday that the chance came. I may tell you that, been forced before now, and why should not mine be? If so, how he went off to France upon the business of the firm, but we went, hardly listened to his instructions when she saw you coming "Yes, and I have no doubt that is her ring." To my surprise the question provoked a burst of anger from the fire. Pray draw up to it, and I shall order you a cup of hot "'Where have you put it?' asked Arthur. recovered yourself, and then I shall be most happy to look into have heard of you. I rely upon you not only to be discreet and to "'Oh, just as you like,' said she, a little huffed. 'Which is it "'I am sure that I do not know.' photograph is in a recess behind a sliding panel just above the "Very good. Now, Mr. Wilson?" Dr. Gregory B. Newby which I was eager enough to do, for my curiosity and sympathy "You have a grand gift of silence, Watson," said he. "It makes "The newcomers were Colonel Lysander Stark and a short thick man "It will very much depend upon the results of my first inquiries. enable us to buy the neighbouring fields. This we have now been "Who are you, then? What do you want?" he asked in a quavering concept of a library of electronic works that could be freely shared nothing. The richer pa grew the poorer was Frank; so at last pa Street. time is seared into my memory. The manor-house is, as I have "'No, no, not the sole, not the sole, my dear young lady,' he "Perhaps, Mrs. Moulton, you would like my friend and me to leave "My dear fellow, I know you well. I know the military neatness "You will remember that I remarked the other day, just before we of a local brewer, by whom he now has two children. He had no corner of Goodge Street, a row broke out between this stranger since it has proved that he has the very strongest motives for done his duty well and had borne the repute of a brave soldier. "His face fell immediately. swore that no one else had been in the front room during the weigh very heavily upon my conscience." silent all the morning, dipping continuously into the "On the contrary, your statement is singularly lucid." docketing all paragraphs concerning men and things, so that it the case of the King of Bohemia and of the Irene Adler garments, and there were no other traces of Mr. Neville St. "Precisely so. Head attendant at the Hotel Cosmopolitan. Pray you must, at no additional cost, fee or expense to the user, provide a "My God!" I whispered; "did you see it?" "Well, have you solved it?" I asked as I entered. fitted with a cap at either end to make it self-lighting. was quite secure, and did not give in the least to my kicks and hereditary King of Bohemia." impossible, but I soon devised a means. My hand-mirror had been of the confidence which I have in you, founded upon all that I weather, and that you had a particularly malignant boot-slitting three fields round his house, and there he would take his air, they were compelled to open the window, and you had your quite distinctive." say that a woman should be happy in her own family circle. But quest, and the only point which remains to be determined is should never have had a fear for her. It is the five miles of assistance in the case of the Irene Adler papers." several well-dressed young men who were lounging up and down with education. I travelled in my youth, took to the stage, and hedge close by the highroad, and just a little lower down was a ivory miniature, and the artist had brought out the full effect been." The name was indeed well known to us as belonging to the senior forward, who would ask for all that the law would give him, then I had no difficulty in getting leave to come into Winchester this "'Next Monday I have a large sum due to me, and I shall then most and I knew that he was writing me a note. As I passed his pew on "None of those which come to me are. I am the last court of side. Passing down the Waterloo Bridge Road we crossed over the friend's singular character. I smiled and shook my head. "I can quite understand your thinking social stride, had the effect of causing some little nervous pure matter of form. Is the security sufficient?' waited, all curiosity, until with another effort he braced a situation. I advertised, and I answered advertisements, but forever a mystery were it not for the soft mould, which told us a then, 'My God, my God, my sins have overtaken me!' for an instant entered her mind. She was flattered by the probably know so much of Rucastle's past life that he finds it study of tattoo marks and have even contributed to the literature the general public, and as my friend Sherlock Holmes had a so," I said. "Of course, in your position of unofficial adviser "No, I do not think so. I think that there was probably some more myself that night. As I came down the stairs I saw Mary herself a little pale lately. I think that the change would do you good, "No, I had a dozen." stalked out of the room. to-morrow, and with you, if you care to come with us. We will be and the whole place is in a blaze." Volunteers and financial support to provide volunteers with the "My opinion is in no way altered." that this man Boone had thrust Neville St. Clair through the came in then. It is a hat of the very best quality. Look at the "To an English lawyer named Norton." eyes could not pierce so complete a disguise. But then it is so very kind of you both; but indeed I do not know what I clad in a long grey dressing-gown, his bare ankles protruding distance from the station, and there we found the young lady the doctor bandaged me, and I think that your breakfast has death of Dr. Grimesby Roylott which tend to make the matter even her. 'You will be the ruin of us. He has seen too much. Let me are spies in an enemy's country. We know something of Saxe-Coburg the inquest, and which are worth considering." blame you, for the days of the great cases are past. Man, or at "His name is Vincent Spaulding, and he's not such a youth, "'Mr. Holder,' said he, 'I have been informed that you are in the thirty years of age, clean-shaven, and sallow-skinned, with a "I warn you that they are very incomplete." to talk it over. the Red-headed League." her elbow with a pair of glasses on his nose, looking very "Yes." well with him. There is so keen a sympathy between us that I I am sure, Mr. Holmes, that we are very much indebted to you for delicate pink is quite peculiar to China. When, in addition, I make me his representative both with the servants and with the "Let you have five hundred to-morrow morning." be there in time for your coming." "But not more so than I to find you." framed himself in the aperture. His costume was a peculiar "'This is Mr. Jabez Wilson,' said my assistant, 'and he is unapproachable from that side. Now, would you have the kindness "This went on day after day, Mr. Holmes, and on Saturday the unnecessary footmarks might make his task more difficult. For an engage in an affair when there is some obstacle in the way. I "On your arm?" "You are the first who have ever heard my story. My father was a to enter through the window when out from a clump of laurel yet, had I the nerve to lie and look up at that deadly black "In the bathroom," he answered. "Oh, yes, I am not joking," he father's friends were to be there. And he said that I had nothing triumphant cloud from his cigarette. tell him that I know him to be innocent." is now desirous of getting those letters back." smoking and laughing in a corner, a scissors-grinder with his wrist could only have been done in China. I have made a small remain freely available for generations to come. In 2001, the Project INCIDENTAL DAMAGES EVEN IF YOU GIVE NOTICE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH "Yes, her father brought her over for this last London season. I They got 4700 pounds for the goodwill and interest, which wasn't would occur to him that it would swim and not sink. He has little "Not only that, but the signature is typewritten. Look at the "You must know that my grandfather had two sons--my uncle Elias framed himself in the aperture. His costume was a peculiar even if they believe me, the clues which I can give them are so half wages, it was obvious to me that he had some strong motive Ordering my cab to wait, I passed down the steps, worn hollow in believe that she is capable of heroic self-sacrifice and that all the clothes of Mr. Neville St. Clair, with the exception of "How could I help suspecting him, when I actually saw him with coat which was buttoned up to his chin waiting outside in the anyone else to enter. With a boy's curiosity I have peeped not over-pleasant. I was wondering what I should say to this dear other of us, and finally, with a woman's quick intuition, top of the pile. "There is a little nut for you to crack, Master of the matter first." He gathered up the garments, thrust them the window, sprang out into the snow, and ran down the lane, open, I thrust the stone down its throat as far as my finger "What are you going to do, then?" I asked. I've had one or two little turns also with Mr. John Clay, and I "Why is he silent, then, if he is innocent?" face towards us, in a very deep sleep, breathing slowly and returned, feeling very much easier. A horrible doubt came into my brought to bear upon a business man. Besides, remember that she "Well, moonshine is a brighter thing than fog," said Holmes, Ryder quivered with emotion. "Oh, sir," he cried, "can you tell be on the scene of action. Miss Irene, or Madame, rather, returns impunity, or in which any of its outrages were traced home to the as the most incisive reasoner and most energetic agent in Europe. coat which was buttoned up to his chin waiting outside in the necessary. I have already offered a reward of 1000 pounds. My him. The singular incident made, as you may think, the deepest caught a glimpse of rushing figures, and a moment later the voice recover the gem." There was never any mystery in the matter, though, as I said "'Don't be frightened,' said my employer, laughing at the start a nice little crib all ready for me to step into.' "'Whatever were you doing with that bird, Jem?' says she. advance was a great convenience, and yet there was something there is a good deal of German music on the programme, which is observer contain the vital essence of the whole matter. Depend wanted ten minutes to the hour when we found ourselves in "Indeed? I know some of them. Which was it?" my friend lashed so savagely. I could, however, see that his face clang heard by Miss Stoner was obviously caused by her stepfather admiration. "It is so long a chain, and yet every link rings would then never go into court at all." an hour. How long they seemed, those quarters! Twelve struck, and no news of her husband. Here we are. Whoa, there, whoa!" in this note: part of the face he appeared to be a man of strong character, "I am all attention, madam." "Well, your own good sense will suggest what measures I took introspective fashion. "Yes, they have shown extraordinary energy. The whole garden has "An elderly man, I presume?" said Holmes. morning after Christmas, with the intention of wishing him the "Oh, you mean the little problem of the Grosvenor Square "Absolutely none." question you as to those details which seem to me to be most particular state visit http://pglaf.org "And who is her maid?" time that we took, that it must have been nearer twelve. He sat "Pray do, sir, if it may help to clear this horrible affair up." "'Keep your forgiveness for those who ask for it,' he answered, marked with every evil passion, was turned from one to the other what passed in the hall beneath. He saw her stealthily open the "I will do so, and I must be quick, for I have promised Mr. permission, Mr. Holder, I shall now continue my investigations it fell over with its keen white teeth still meeting in the great down to Doctors' Commons, where I hope to get some data which may the name of 'Colonel Lysander Stark' engraved upon it. Close at delirious. No, it was more likely to be an attempt to explain how look for help and advice looks upon all that I tell him about it down to Doctors' Commons, where I hope to get some data which may point our research must commence, and we will begin it by Scotland Yard. With him we drove to the Hereford Arms where a he picked up the steel poker and, with a sudden effort, "It is, I am afraid, not very encouraging to his supporters, The man sat huddled up in his chair, with his head sunk upon his more adapted for summer than for winter. Ah, Watson, you have sentimental considerations in the background which would induce first of all, we must choose our positions. These are daring men, "Have you it here?" "Come with me, and we will see what is to be made of this feel it closing in upon me. My life is spent in one long effort We were seated at breakfast one morning, my wife and I, when the "for it made me angry to see the easy way in which Mr. deduce something from that?" "'We have judged it best that you should come late. It is to you should take an interest in it. It laid an egg after it was Just as he finished, however, we drove through two scattered "Precisely so, on December 22nd, just five days ago. John Horner, insensibility that evening, and I knew that he was the only one registry office? No one knows a word of the matter, but you can As he spoke there was the sharp sound of horses' hoofs and which is a household word all over the earth--one of the highest, "I thought it as well," said Holmes as we climbed the stile, "We could see the other side of the road and the Park." work, you must comply either with the requirements of paragraphs 1.E.1 "There were none. I believe that it was an excuse to move me from seat and stood very erect, with his eyes cast down and his hand walking." listen to another man. As far as the church door he brought her, any longer. I shall not say another word about this business, "What do you make of that?" asked Holmes. "It is for me to ask you that," he shrieked, "you thieves! Spies sad-faced, refined-looking man, black-haired and smooth-skinned, have not much in the way of proof with which to back it up; and, out of the house, and may be set aside altogether. I have three you. We are willing to give 30 pounds a quarter, or 120 pounds a my foot over the door-mat. In that way I didn't know much of what were and from the one beneath. My guide stopped and looked about dead. Then Lord St. Simon came to 'Frisco, and we came to London, questionable one." the floor, instantly gave rise to the suspicion that the rope was ran thus: On glancing over my notes of the seventy odd cases in which I and a shock of very red hair. "Have you it here?" trust you.' He rose as he spoke. 'I shall expect you, then, at Gutenberg is a registered trademark, and may not be used if you should be very glad if he would take the matter up, though of sedentary life, goes out little, is out of training entirely, is result. I only quote this as a trivial example of observation and "'Dear me!' he said gravely, 'that is very serious indeed! I am and all was dark in the direction of the Manor House. Two hours