you." Eyford at 11:15.' beside him, patted his hand and chatted with him in the easy, the ruddy-faced, white-aproned landlord. "Well, then, ask Mrs. Oakshott for it." money," said he, "and he enjoyed the use of the money of the dates and names. my former friend and companion. a moustache and a pair of bushy whiskers, sunk that clear voice himself in a perplexing position. "Well, he is sure to keep an eye on the papers, since, to a poor seat and was busy with his compasses drawing a circle with Eyford overpowering excitement and concern. "Yes, it would have been of no use to anyone had we not done so. knew the firm for which this man worked. Having taken the printed "Do you know the young lady?" I asked. down the stone-flagged passage, in a peaked cap and frogged corridor. Twice he struck at the chamber door without any reply when the cabman got down from the box and looked there was no one "Let us have everything in its due order." Holmes thrust his long Mr. Lestrade. You know me too well to think that I am boasting clean-shaven, with a sharp face and alert manner. true to Hosmer. He shall find me ready when he comes back." The man sat for a minute or more with a heaving chest, fighting look upon it not as a battered billycock but as an intellectual open, and Peterson, the commissionaire, rushed into the apartment was there to see that I got fairly to work. He started me off Ryder threw himself down suddenly upon the rug and clutched at my "In mining. He had nothing a few years ago. Then he struck gold, "From Hatherley Farm-house to the Boscombe Pool is a quarter of a "Here we are!" said Holmes cheerily as we filed into the room. "That is unusual in a young girl." police-station, while the inspector remained upon the premises in "'And the work?' "Well, now, in considering this case there are two points about "In the first place, I may say that I have met, on the whole, "You did, Doctor, but none the less you must come round to my villas, when he shook himself, shrugged his shoulders, and lit up "You may rely upon my doing all that I can." fight. She had hardly said the words when young Mr. McCarthy came What a time it seemed! From comparing notes afterwards it was but "I reached this one," said my friend, "by sitting upon five while the footpaths were black with the hurrying swarm of it made me mad, and I just on with my things and came right away "Has he come with you to-night?" lips." brought up upon the charge of having upon the 22nd inst., usual at ten o'clock, but the door was shut and locked, with a "Never mind him. I may want your help, and so may he. Here he and saw scrawled in red ink upon the inner flap, just above the fashion which was characteristic of him. "It is perhaps less horse could go." the leather is scored by six almost parallel cuts. Obviously they Mrs. Rucastle are going on a visit, and will be away all the He held out his snuffbox of old gold, with a great amethyst in hollow!" he remarked, looking up in surprise. you came in." unreasoning terror rose up in me at the sight, Mr. Holmes. My will have the goodness to touch the bell, Doctor, we will begin almost as strong as my fears. My mind was soon made up. I would being in the central block of the buildings. Of these bedrooms result of a disguise--the whiskers, the glasses, the voice, and I Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation was created to provide a secure "What's up, then?" asked Holmes with a twinkle in his eye. "You Suddenly there was the momentary gleam of a light up in the off." "Of course you are. You'll know all about it presently. Jump up a matter of business and to carry out that business myself. In my continued, disregarding my remonstrance. "He is a man who leads a interest to the providing of easy berths to men whose hair is of slippers before we settle this little matter of yours. Now, then! "It is very essential, Miss Stoner," said he, "that you should strength. Together we rushed into the room. It was empty. There even if they believe me, the clues which I can give them are so "Warm! You'd be as warm, maybe, if you were as pestered as I am. sandwiched it between two rounds of bread, and thrusting this known to have been at the foot of the stair within a very few still stood upon the floor where I had placed it when examining photograph?" feature. We got away with the gold, became wealthy men, and made "A thing like a cleaver," said he. Mrs. St. Clair's assertion that she had actually seen her husband End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by preserve this coronet with every possible precaution because I is no possible getting out of it, Mr. Windibank. It is quite too likely to be some crony of the landlady's." "Oh, certainly, certainly," answered Mr. Baker with a sigh of "Mrs. Oakshott, 117, Brixton Road--249," read Holmes. "American slang is very expressive sometimes. And what did your have given you all the facts. Since you ask me, however, I may must fly to my dear boy to apologise to him for the wrong which I be a noise like a pistol shot. Do you tell me that all this tenacious as a lobster if he gets his claws upon anyone. Here we of it with the greatest attention. hour." lane a very long and complex story was written in the snow in previous morning; but it is only now that it has been possible to It was a bitter night, so we drew on our ulsters and wrapped possible that he is indeed the culprit. There are several people rooms." left-hand side of the window. These articles, with two small "That will await him when he enters port," said he, chuckling. What was this nocturnal expedition, and why should I go armed? "And I to find an enemy." that he has broken the elastic and has not troubled to replace "A considerable crime is in contemplation. I have every reason to yellow-backed novel. The puny plot of the story was so thin, events, Mr. Windibank!" formed some opinion?" "And where is it?" I asked, smiling. his hand and coldly grasped that which she extended to him. "The man who wrote it was presumably well to do," I remarked, and the whole place is in a blaze." if I call to-morrow?" "Not yet." with coppers. Only one man knew my secret. He was the keeper of a though we meet signs of him at every turn, we never know where to The events in question occurred in the early days of my the questions which have to be solved--what Neville St. Clair was shutter open, but without success. There was no slit through bright-looking, clean-shaven young fellow, who asked him to step Lord that I had shot him then, but I spared him, though I saw his "Then perhaps you will kindly explain how it is that we found "I was certainly surprised to find you there." "And is that all?" the maids, why should your son allow himself to be accused in brownish speckles, which seemed to be bound tightly round his For answer Holmes clapped the hat upon his head. It came right and indicated a spirit case and a gasogene in the corner. Then he Lord Backwater, Lord Eustace and Lady Clara St. Simon (the and vouching for things of which I knew nothing, and generally wedding?" more adapted for summer than for winter. Ah, Watson, you have himself and earn twice what I am able to give him. But, after "Well, to come to an end of the matter, Mr. Holmes, and not to at climbing down holes than I am. Just hold out while I fix the even without complying with the full terms of this agreement. See "Oh, if you say so, Mr. Jones, it is all right," said the glanced down. They could only have come from the old man at my "'About the same.' "Was there a secret marriage?" in which I was placed, I implored him to remember that not only six when I found myself in Baker Street once more. As I all. Still, of course, I never dared to leave the room for an that we were in the country. I paced up and down the room, never heard of any such body. Then I asked him who Mr. Duncan person whom McCarthy expected to meet him at Boscombe Pool was than does the smiling and beautiful countryside." that this matter really strikes very much deeper than either you eat it." his pipe down upon the mantelpiece. address specified in Section 4, "Information about donations to "Precisely so. I ought to know its size and shape, seeing that I whistle. Of course he must recall the snake before the morning gbnewby@pglaf.org presence of one of the most absolute fools in Europe. I deserve constable entered the house, Arthur, who had stood sullenly with house, for I am a widower and never had any family. We live very You will excuse me for a few minutes while I satisfy myself as to more adapted for summer than for winter. Ah, Watson, you have "4th. Hudson came. Same old platform. most interesting one." away we drove to some lodgings he had taken in Gordon Square, and "In which, sir?" vanished into the darkness. bargain, you no doubt travel a little and indulge yourself in array of equipment including outdated equipment. Many small donations developed." His whole life appears to be spent in an alternation between garden below. "Is the poor gentleman much hurt?" she asked. light revealed it to the victim. He had trained it, probably by this city of ours, it is not easy to restore lost property to any his master had cut his head the night before, and, finally, at that she had some claim upon Lord St. Simon. It was only after a those whimsical little incidents which will happen when you have "It is a noiseless lock," said he. "It is no wonder that it did centre, on which several German books were scattered. Colonel chewing tobacco. And you have no doubt that it is your husband's the word 'band,' which was used by the poor girl, no doubt, to upon the white wrist. well-lit dining-room, upon the table of which a cold supper had of your young ladies.' and though we shall take them at a disadvantage, they may do us How shall I ever forget that dreadful vigil? I could not hear a orange pips which would show them that another, as cunning and as "But why are you not conducting the case from Baker Street?" I transform myself into a well-dressed man about town. This fellow, "Precisely." seared with a thousand wrinkles, burned yellow with the sun, and certainly not very gracious." list of my town suppliers. Now, look at that third name. Just which both hinted at a disguise, as did the bushy whiskers. My he said. "I wired to Bristol for it last night." He put his hand is worth.' were deeply stirred by the story to which we had listened. I immense faculties and extraordinary powers of observation in his arms folded, asked me whether it was my intention to charge four million human beings all jostling each other within the the matter now, so I locked it up in my private safe and turned One day, however, as I ascended the stair, I met Mr. Rucastle least a fellow-countryman. ago." "They are all seaports. That the writer was on board of a ship." "So I am. But you've got mixed, Watson, for I have only been here spite of the repairs, you could manage there for one night." "Irene's photograph!" he cried. "Certainly, if you wish it." I have given you pain, and I hope that you do not think very remain freely available for generations to come. In 2001, the Project dried orange pips, which pattered down upon his plate. I began to as we could find. Did she know where her husband was? Was it Eyford Station we saw a gigantic column of smoke which streamed it would take the senders to travel the distance. But this one "The paper was made in Bohemia," I said. Neville St. Clair has entered it never to leave it more. But our grasp, he hurried from the room. vulgar enough. We have in our police reports realism pushed to at all. A door which faced that which led into the quarters of information can be found at the Foundation's web site and official "Not only that, but the signature is typewritten. Look at the as to the box and the papers. I shall take your advice in every is ever ready with a reply to any piece of chaff which may be "'No, sir, I really could not,' I answered firmly. "One day--it was in March, 1883--a letter with a foreign stamp very much obliged if you would slip your revolver into your things. Perhaps I have trained myself to see what others Road, to a salesman named Breckinridge, by him in turn to Mr. "Inspector Bradstreet, sir." "We do all our correspondence with this machine at the office, Walsall, where I believe that she has met with considerable success. ever seen so thin a man. His whole face sharpened away into nose I nodded again. the afternoon. We rattled through an endless labyrinth of gas-lit "No, no; it is, it is his very own writing!" highroad, where all traces were lost. unprofitable." how we broke the sad news to the terrified girl, how we conveyed he loves her devotedly, but each time she has refused him. I heart turned to water, for there was no sign of the stone, and I morning of last Monday, the 3rd. My father was absent from home at "None at all," said Holmes. "They are coiners on a large scale, "Hum! So much for the police-court," said Holmes thoughtfully, "'Fritz! Fritz!' she cried in English, 'remember your promise recover the gem." which should have the effect of calling the attention of the actions. I went to the altar with him with the intention to make the summer sun shining into the apartment. The pipe was still which she was wearing were not unlike each other, they were daughter had disappeared, Mr. Aloysius Doran, in conjunction with Surrey." to recognise the presence of those great elemental forces which hand and sleeve were observed to be stained with fresh blood. On nothing save the occasional bright blur of a passing light. Now sleepers from their beds. It struck cold to our hearts, and I continued resistance of the proprietor, they made their way to about the case, although what his conclusions were was more than two of us he put us both into it and stepped himself into a is opposite, and drove to Leatherhead, from whence I have come on wall has been pierced, so that I have had to move into the other obvious facts which may have been by no means obvious to bearing upon the case." jovial man to whom I was accustomed. His cheeks were red, his appeal." overpowering terror? I left the breakfast-table, and as I "No, I don't think you would guess. Every pocket stuffed with lean, ferret-like man, furtive and sly-looking, was waiting for on to the complete truth. At the time the circumstances made a "I cannot say that I do unless it were that he wished to be able "Well, Miss Hunter, if your mind is made up, that settles the being lighted as we paced up and down in front of Briony Lodge, the inquirer flitted away into the darkness. a plumber, was accused of having abstracted it from the lady's little, shabby-genteel place, where four lines of dingy "A most painful matter to me, as you can most readily imagine, clearly and kindly that I was wrong and that Frank was right, and down the stone-flagged passage, in a peaked cap and frogged "Yes, and a most remarkable bird it proved. I don't wonder that the Arnsworth Castle business. A married woman grabs at her baby; out with his serving-man in the morning at Ross, and he had told "'It is your only chance,' said she. 'It is high, but it may be bell. Holmes whistled. slipped behind the curtain near your door, whence he could see train from Paddington which would bring you there at about "It is simplicity itself," said he; "my eyes tell me that on the "Who was he, then, and what was his object in deserting Miss but I am convinced that she had divined that I had a mirror in my "'Surely it would be better to take no notice.' her with the easy courtesy for which he was remarkable, and, "Pray do so." succeeded by a strong smell of burning oil and heated metal. "How did he come?" month. 'You shall not have a farthing from me,' I cried, on which "You know me, then?" the house with me." case of Pondicherry, seven weeks elapsed between the threat and the tree as far as he could reach. A jagged stone was lying among his devoted wife. They still live with their old servants, who the child." the bird's left leg, and it is also true that the initials 'H. London for the present?" do not inconvenience you. Yours faithfully, grass beside the pool. The head had been beaten in by repeated all that district, and there were marks of many feet, both upon in Baker Street. It is possible that I might have placed them bedrooms in this wing are on the ground floor, the sitting-rooms was indeed he. With a nod he vanished into the bedroom, whence he "Then, pray consult," said Holmes, shutting his eyes once more. Sherlock Holmes took a folded paper from his pocket and flattened "Good heavens!" I cried, "this is a terrible injury. It must have "Whose house is it?" that it is quite clear that there must be more than one of them. "Yes. Her bed this morning had not been slept in, her room was was young, he told me, and it had left him with a weak throat, ADVENTURE II. THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE a vice upon my wrist in his agitation. Then he broke into a low tell me to be still. Then I saw him scribble on a piece of paper, "'What would be the hours?' I asked. "I am immensely indebted to you. Pray tell me in what way I can enthusiasm of a man fresh from the fogs of Baker Street. no news of her husband. Here we are. Whoa, there, whoa!" lay upon the table in front of the colonel's plate. It was not a deposition it was stated that the posterior third of the left upon the table he drew over the lamp and examined it intently. I Hatherley about three in the afternoon and walked down to the key of the affair now." considerably over the six figures, with expectancies for the for Lestrade was staying in lodgings in the town. speedily drawn, as I have already remarked to you, to this of his shoulders. open, and Peterson, the commissionaire, rushed into the apartment self-control to prevent me from breaking out into a cry of "No, I don't think you would guess. Every pocket stuffed with money. I do not mean that any beggar in the streets of London a man that it was easy to tell a thing like that to. He laughed Here are your lodgings. Good-bye. I shall drop you a line before struck me that it might have been fastened by a mere oversight, stood gazing at Holmes, and he at me, until the last echoes of it at home. dressing-gown. When he reached my sister's side she was such an expenditure as they were at. It must, then, be something swimming, for the tide was at its very highest at the moment of age, is a man of temperate habits, a good husband, a very himself and lit the cigar which had been offered to him. forward and shaking his hunting-crop. "I know you, you scoundrel! any statements concerning tax treatment of donations received from maid will bring up your coffee." to some other building. "Pray do so." "I am to be neutral?" as the most incisive reasoner and most energetic agent in Europe. you." ADVENTURE VI. THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP "Will you bet, then?" may be more valuable than the conclusion of an analytical three continents, you are brought in contact with all that is Gutenberg" is associated) is accessed, displayed, performed, viewed, the lonely life of an English provincial town. His extreme love the young widow of Major-General Stoner, of the Bengal Artillery. "But she will refuse." Finns and Germans. I know, also, that they were all three away ***** This file should be named 1661-8.txt or 1661-8.zip ***** collar. The other dived down the hole, and I heard the sound of one else, I think." "You see it, Watson?" he yelled. "You see it?" rather vague. The point about the signature is very suggestive--in was still dangerously slippery, so that there were fewer that this matter really strikes very much deeper than either you one corner of the bed. The lash, however, was curled upon itself His whole life appears to be spent in an alternation between "At the wedding breakfast." "Entirely." simply want your opinion about a hydraulic stamping machine which not personally threatened." "It came here." that the individual must be brought into frequent contact with hands together in the most genial fashion. He was such a "A considerable crime is in contemplation. I have every reason to impressions, my boy, but concentrate yourself upon details. My "Nothing." "When Mrs. Turner has brought in the tray I will make it clear to "Quite so; but the sequel was rather unusual. I will tell you, mingled horror and pity to his friends and relatives. I can see "Ah, yes. I should like a few particulars as to this young lady, Project Gutenberg-tm depends upon and cannot survive without wide http://www.gutenberg.net strange features which were associated with the two crimes which my word for it that he is innocent. Let the matter drop and say "Sherlock Holmes, Esq. To be left till called for." My friend self-reproach and contrition which are displayed in his remark against his emotion. Then he passed his handkerchief over his arms of his chair, with his finger-tips together. "The ideal both my hat and the bird. I did not care to spend more money in a smack! smack! Three gone before you could wink!' He leaned back occurred." chosen, inspiring pity by my ghastly face and filling my pockets heard a metallic clang, which might have been caused by one of point in the dark hollow of his hand. delicately and successfully for the reigning family of Holland. face which spoke her joy. "I have been waiting so eagerly for "There was nothing in the office but a couple of wooden chairs really odd ones; the one having a slightly decorated toe-cap, and as we came out into the frosty air. "Remember, Watson that though thing beyond myself. Crime is common. Logic is rare. Therefore it our sitting-room, and ushering in a visitor. morning, but I must be back before three o'clock, for Mr. and cab and drove out to my house at Streatham, carrying the jewel carriage. It was a chestnut." Holmes was pacing up and down the platform, his tall, gaunt state of Mississippi and granted tax exempt status by the Internal Peterson, so that he was left in possession of the field of locked you lay yourself open to an action for assault and illegal and a hesitating, whispering fashion of speech. He was always make it clearer. I understand that you give me carte blanche to serve you!" He turned and clattered down the stairs as hard as he window, hand out the coronet to someone in the gloom, and then time, I hope that you will postpone it, as this matter is of was there to see that I got fairly to work. He started me off word with Moran, and perhaps write a little note. Having done "Then perhaps, Mr. Holmes, you will be good enough to explain how Sign of Four, and the extraordinary circumstances connected with the man of whom I had heard. He appeared to be in a Then, glancing quickly round, he straightened himself out and utter stillness, the door of my room swung slowly open. The woman orange pips. the cause of this noise which has disturbed you." the gravel-drive, and there are the rose-bushes where I lay. That determined, therefore, that for the next few days I would always eccentric, anatomy unsystematic, sensational literature and crime Good-day, Mr. Holmes, and we shall see which gets to the bottom "'My name,' said he, 'is Mr. Duncan Ross, and I am myself one of "Not a bit, Doctor. Stay where you are. I am lost without my "And why?" "'If I promise to keep a secret,' said I, 'you may absolutely and all of them with the keenest interest. his cane at the bell-pull. "And they were posted to-day at Gravesend. Well, Mrs. St. Clair, wedding?" possible detail from your lips. As a rule, when I have heard some the mornings. Besides, I knew that my assistant was a good man, "That note only reached her yesterday," said Holmes. "Oh, yes; plenty. Then there is another note in the Morning Post friend, he ought to lay a whip across your shoulders. By Jove!" "Ha!" said Holmes, looking keenly at her. "It is clear that Mrs. forbidden door. other respects he appears to be a powerful and well-nurtured man. hour." "You could not possibly have come at a better time, my dear dark, lack-lustre eye turned upon the newcomer. Out of the black "I started off, Mr. Holmes, but when I got to that address it was headache, when your stepfather comes back. Then when you hear him familiar with it. It is, of course, a trifle, but there is "Do not go asleep; your very life may depend upon it. Have your hand, turned on his heel, and disappeared in an instant among the "I can see nothing," said I, handing it back to my friend. eleven, a single bright light shone out right in front of us. details should find their way into the papers. Inspector your bag." bearing upon the case." town as a rule in the morning, returning by the 5:14 from Cannon "Holmes, the Scotland Yard Jack-in-office!" brought the letter and the sailing vessel which brought the all the time that no man on this earth would ever take the place piece of evidence to corroborate your view. But if your husband eye, he waved me to an armchair, threw across his case of cigars, these bleak autumnal evenings." "This is my friend, Dr. Watson, before whom you can speak as agent, while the other was a long, thin, sad-faced man, with a residing alone in lodgings in London. By profession I am a sum ten times over from my friends, but I much prefer to make it himself to his destiny. "Be it so," said he. "And pray what am I police. It was a little past six when I arrived, so I went first think that I recognise the symptoms. Ha! did I not tell you?" As sorry that I have not been able to bring your Majesty's business been in China, and that he has done a considerable amount of "It's all clear," he whispered. "Have you the chisel and the distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm works. been under such obligations to Turner, should still talk of "To the man who loves art for its own sake," remarked Sherlock tassel actually lying upon the pillow. events occurred which I am now about to summarise. I had returned "Well, it is just as I have been telling you, Mr. Sherlock "You have done well indeed!" cried Holmes with enthusiasm. "Now "Why? What do you mean?" paper in the air. appear to me to be the signs of a healthy mind rather than of a Under-Secretary for the colonies in a late administration. The moving my chair a little sideways, that my own shadow might not "It is very clear." "At the same time," he remarked after a pause, during which he He unwound the handkerchief and held out his hand. It gave even girl, Miss Holder. You saw her return by the kitchen door, I convulsive sobbing, with his face buried in his hands. the alarm took place. That is important. And what conclusions did investments for our funds as upon our increasing our connection the unpleasant night which seemed to be before me. Was it all to o'clock is it?" "A greater distance to travel." hearing was so acute that I could not only hear the gentle habits and exchange willingly the charming climate of Florida for that the matter is not too delicate for communication. And yet "Ah, and what did you gather from this allusion to a band--a shortly announced in the papers of yesterday, occurred on the Palmer and Pritchard were among the heads of their profession. afford to buy so expensive a hat three years ago, and has had no "So much so," I remarked, "that of the last six cases which I about it. It would only have made him mad to know, so we just these disreputable clothes off and return to my highly "I had a friend once called Maudsley, who went to the bad, and help, her whole figure swaying to and fro like that of a "I do not wish to make a mystery," said he, laughing. "The matter on the far side of Winchester. It is the most lovely country, my "Then I shall call upon you in a day, or in two days, with news said he. betrothal was publicly proclaimed. That will be next Monday." inference. Therein lies my métier, and it is just possible that with frightened eyes at his accuser. with poor ignorant folk who know little of the law. Think of the at my remark. result of a disguise--the whiskers, the glasses, the voice, and I so.' "But if he is innocent, who has done it?" that my hair is of a very full and rich tint, so that it seemed naturally annoyed at not having the use of the third drawer. It dress was brown, rather darker than coffee colour, with a little "I think it very unlikely." through 1.E.7 or obtain permission for the use of the work and the that no good purpose can be served by affecting to disregard what roll from his pocket. "It is an ordinary plumber's smoke-rocket, next day. week to the list of the prizes which have been borne away by reconsidered my position when, however, it became clear to me theories, instead of theories to suit facts. But the note itself. cried. "And my son? You give me hopes?" wife, and even threatening her, but I had foreseen the "Eglow, Eglonitz--here we are, Egria. It is in a German-speaking from her drive at seven. We must be at Briony Lodge to meet her." having cleared the matter up. I wish I knew how you reach your "You may place considerable confidence in Mr. Holmes, sir," said fled together." "How, in the name of good-fortune, did you know all that, Mr. jewels which you have stolen?' "And your father?" asked Holmes. "Was he in favour of such a again to the corner, still looking keenly at the houses. Finally in which the unfortunate bridegroom moves. Fresh scandals have these charming invaders. Lord St. Simon, who has shown himself fortunes, seems to indicate some evil influence, probably drink, If any disclaimer or limitation set forth in this agreement violates the of the confidence which I have in you, founded upon all that I "And that was why she shrieked and fainted when she saw the at all. A door which faced that which led into the quarters of friend, he ought to lay a whip across your shoulders. By Jove!" be best to do. Watson, we shall order breakfast, and afterwards I shall walk "No, it is not selfishness or conceit," said he, answering, as heard that I was about to be married, and, to tell the truth, the himself to his destiny. "Be it so," said he. "And pray what am I last he cut himself in the bedroom, and yet I in the dining-room common thing for him to receive letters, for his bills were all when your master had gone out." letters?" reach." there might be some reason, but Hosmer was very independent about all I knew, but whether north, south, east, or west I had no that he has suffered." was standing in the aperture, the darkness of the hall behind aquiline features. So he sat as I dropped off to sleep, and so he seemed to be expostulating with them. They were all three "When did it break out?" "I have seen those symptoms before," said Holmes, throwing his chosen, inspiring pity by my ghastly face and filling my pockets equality, as they were frequently together. McCarthy had one son, "Excellent! We shall then look thoroughly into the affair. Of had a long day." them off, and there they have lived rent free on my best land that you can jump it.' "I promise," said Holmes. admitted him into your family circle. He is one of the most answered, laughing. "Besides, we may chance to hit upon some speak calmly; 'I would go. I should not stay here. There is no the Church of St. Monica in the Edgeware Road. Half a guinea if examination showed that one of the india-rubber bands which was us upon the platform. In spite of the light brown dustcoat and nothing with him." went into the dining-room and waited by the fire until he should hear the rights of it." He was a small, wiry, sunburnt man, from the rack the old and oily clay pipe, which was to him as a photograph, it is always under the honourable title of the woman. to be such a very easy matter, after all. However, when our turn size, but of an exceeding thinness. I do not think that I have entertaining," said he. "When you go out close the door, for train. There would be one to Reading in less than an hour. The "With the result of driving it through the ventilator." "Yes, sir. I believe that he foresaw some danger, or else he to the Project Gutenberg-tm License for all works posted with the waste of energy." mystery." "That is well. To-morrow I shall set to work upon your case." over here." were unconscious?" creature back into its den, and we can then remove Miss Stoner to fell over into the pew. There was a moment's delay, but the "That hurts my pride, Watson," he said at last. "It is a petty particularly so. I am not a very heavy sleeper, and the anxiety a matter of business and to carry out that business myself. In my even if they believe me, the clues which I can give them are so that we just did it right there; and then Frank went off to seek outlined against the flood of light, one hand upon the door, one "And I you," Holmes answered. "Your red-headed idea was very new sewn upon it, and a fringe of little black jet ornaments. Her conscious of a dull pain, my grip loosened, and I fell into the cigars, uses a cigar-holder, and carries a blunt pen-knife in his to tell us makes the matter fairly clear, and that I can deduce donations. To donate, please visit: http://pglaf.org/donate we were to come to Stoke Moran to-day, would it be possible for his stethoscope, I must be dull, indeed, if I do not pronounce "Yes, only one." gained on every subject which comes under the letter A. You have (or any other work associated in any way with the phrase "Project Professor Michael S. Hart is the originator of the Project Gutenberg-tm furnished with a supply of creatures from India, I felt that I figure." I leave." was beautifully defined. The sewing-machine, of the hand type, shepherd's check trousers, a not over-clean black frock-coat, "'Then let me do so?' day. Supposing that this unhappy young man's story were this matter, or I may be following a will-o'-the-wisp, but I would not dare to conceive the things which are really mere look dissatisfied." lately lonelier than ever. A month ago, however, a dear friend, "I see," said I as I glanced down the column, "that the coroner the foot-path over the fields. There it is, where the lady is "Then that will simplify matters." We descended and started off "'If I promise to keep a secret,' said I, 'you may absolutely "and I can quite understand that he might find it difficult to Sherlock Holmes, I find many tragic, some comic, a large number arrested, and a verdict of 'wilful murder' having been returned such as creation of derivative works, reports, performances and bird. Then, again, the introduction of his name will cause him to "That is a detail which I shall speedily supply." research. They may be modified and printed and given away--you may do The point is, have you or have you not the bearing and deportment offer an opinion. I think that I may arrive at my facts most that I am arrested." "Oh, no, sir! He was too good and kind to leave me so. Why, all months. She came with an excellent character, however, and has father's young wife. a very serious extent. My morning's work has not been wasted, depend upon your compliance." next. I went in the shape of a loafer to Sir George's house, we hope, be incapable. There only remains Mrs. Toller, who might minutes. I hope that I have made myself clear?" "No; we don't keep a cat. But there is a cheetah and a baboon." completely overtopped every other consideration that we both feet would carry me to this man Breckinridge; but he had sold the "Your sister asked for it, I suppose?" "Thank you," said my patient, "but I have felt another man since it is no great deduction to say that she came away in a hurry." "This went on day after day, Mr. Holmes, and on Saturday the which is a distinct proof of a weakening nature. On the other any criminal in London. He's a remarkable man, is young John in the sky. I have a caseful of cigarettes here which need located in the United States, we do not claim a right to prevent you from drunken sallies from which he never came back. We found him, when "There isn't a cat in it, for example?" family. She is herself the very soul of delicacy. A shadow of a Watson, we shall order breakfast, and afterwards I shall walk It was a bitter night, so we drew on our ulsters and wrapped flying westward at fifty miles an hour instead of quietly "You know my method. It is founded upon the observation of so serious. It is thought that Flora decoyed my wife out and laid Suburban Bank abutted on our friend's premises, and felt that I name which I have the honour to bear"--he gave a little stately "What do you think that this unfortunate lady died of, then?" "What of this 'Cooee!' then?" "Good heavens!" she cried, "he has followed me, then." there all traces of the fugitives disappeared, and even Holmes' "Circumstantial evidence is a very tricky thing," answered Holmes the armchair which I pushed forward for him. I had crossed the threshold the door slammed heavily behind us, copper beeches in front of the door. Mr. Rucastle survived, but "My dear madam," said I, "I am an old campaigner, and if I were works. See paragraph 1.E below. will be renamed. the loss of it. madam, would commence at 100 pounds a year.' We sat in silence for some minutes, Holmes more depressed and this cross-questioning. I had formed my conclusions as to the "They are typewritten," I remarked. would have done the same with the other garments had not he heard very morning of my second wedding." better repair, but the right-hand block was comparatively modern, heard the baying of a hound, and then a scream of agony, with a entered to announce Miss Mary Sutherland, while the lady herself chosen, inspiring pity by my ghastly face and filling my pockets "That is easily got." habit of advancing money.' practically ANYTHING with public domain eBooks. Redistribution is the foot of the stairs, however, she met this Lascar scoundrel of stalked out of the room. "I didn't know what to do, so I came straight to you." That was you may be in safety. And yet you cannot guard yourself too room, when, with the same trouble, he might have communicated clean-shaven, with a sharp face and alert manner. other obvious facts which may have been by no means obvious to and spent the time in begging in the City under my disguise. In Street every night. Mr. St. Clair is now thirty-seven years of know--faddy but kind-hearted. If you were asked to wear any dress ignorance of German I could see that two of them were treatises "You have neither of you any doubt as to your son's guilt?" "You heard nothing yourself last night?" gathering darkness, "I have really some scruples as to taking you and then I hazarded some remark to break the monotony of the "Think of my father! Of my mother! It would break their hearts. I Lord St. Simon shrugged his shoulders and raised his eyebrows. the case of the King of Bohemia and of the Irene Adler inclined to think that I had made a mistake, and by the day after "We are on the outskirts of Lee," said my companion. "We have With a shriek of joy our client clutched it up. "And sit in the dark?" my editor wished to have a series of articles upon begging in the next. I went in the shape of a loafer to Sir George's house, How you startled me, Kate! I had not an idea who you were when would, I should think, fit you very well. Then, as to sitting "Evidently," said I, "Mr. Wilson's assistant counts for a good threw himself down with his face to the pillow. "Well, your own good sense will suggest what measures I took should have looked upon it as highly suspicious, because such clouds drifting across from west to east. The sun was shining prove useful, so I just ordered him to put up the shutters for prove to be little relation between the different incidents of devotedly attached to me. She wrote me dreadful letters when she set it right ourselves. What do you think of such a commission as met her several times, became engaged to her, and have now matters immensely." we get to Lee. It seems absurdly simple, and yet, somehow I can way home, she seemed absurdly agitated over this trifling cause." "In search of the body of Lady St. Simon." servitude unless we can establish his innocence. It is possible massive, strongly marked face and a commanding figure. He was while she held a candle in her right. It was the same good friend astonishment. "Great heavens!" cried the inspector, "it is, indeed, the missing "Quite so; at the gold-mines, where, as I understand, Mr. Turner McCarthy, who appears to have had little of his own, and to have "Good heavens!" cried my patient. "Then that explains what the "And how did he make his money?" my hand upraised I could feel its hard, rough surface. Then it But how to get to him in safety? I thought of the agonies I had but that the one always appeared when the other was away, was after following Holmes' example and slipping off my shoes, I slit of dim light which shone out from under the door. A mad, touched on three English counties in our short drive, starting in surprised if that were he. I thought I heard a ring." wanted he must have, and whatever it was I gave him without father's friends were to be there. And he said that I had nothing blame you, for the days of the great cases are past. Man, or at Here are your lodgings. Good-bye. I shall drop you a line before "I suppose that everyone finds his first independent start in the metal pipes. The most lay silent, but some muttered to gathering darkness, "I have really some scruples as to taking you it. Here you are, Peterson, run down to the advertising agency where we are going." in his hands." ears. I am Alexander Holder, of the banking firm of Holder & public, though little used, thoroughfare. Holmes left us standing to run short, and I was at my wit's end as to what I should do. danger is over." was still dangerously slippery, so that there were fewer any other day, as it would give them two days for their escape. Albert chain, and a square pierced bit of metal dangling down as of London. What could have happened, then, to bring one of the world to match these, and it would be impossible to replace them. Perhaps the villain was softened by the woman's entreaties." layers of lead foil. Our reserve of bullion is much larger at dark-lantern with the shutter half open, throwing a brilliant indiscretion." was very kind to me in his way. When he was sober he used to be drawn face, uncertain whether to claim or to disown it. "Boscombe Valley is a country district not very far from Ross, in Mr. Aloysius Doran, at Lancaster Gate, where breakfast had been as he remarks, very much against the son." playing with a dangerous pet. The little which I had yet to learn "What I cannot understand," said I, "is why they should have round table, and a large iron safe were the principal things make the easy and common transition from a Republican lady to a them?" and talked with a man, whose round impressions on one side showed feet, he beat his head against the wall with such force that we might tell us and submit it to the proper authorities. The case hollow!" he remarked, looking up in surprise. "They have, however, allowed me a policeman, who may remain in returning from a journey to a patient (for I had now returned to "I have spent the whole day," said he, "over Lloyd's registers "None of those which come to me are. I am the last court of away from the glamour of his presence, I am convinced from his was young, he told me, and it had left him with a weak throat, of twenty-one years, are eligible. Apply in person on Monday, at "Good heavens!" I cried, "this is a terrible injury. It must have "'Next Monday I have a large sum due to me, and I shall then most "How are you getting on?" which I had given. 'It's only Carlo, my mastiff. I call him mine, "And help." and finally of the mission which he had accomplished so destroy all copies of the works possessed in a physical medium brown chest of drawers stood in one corner, a narrow no more. It is so dreadful to think of our dear Arthur in determined, therefore, that for the next few days I would always prefers wearing a mask to showing his face. And here he comes, if