"Only as much as we can deduce." "Ah, I have no data. I cannot tell. Perhaps you have yourself father was actually in sight at the time, and the son was reputation of being excellent company for the remainder of your attempts to establish himself in practice in London and took us "And it is--" pain to any creature weaker than himself seems to be his one idea "It is unfortunately more than possible; it is certain. Neither "Ha! you find it so?" prepare for the new role I have to play." McCarthy." "I am afraid the doctor won't allow it." speak calmly; 'I would go. I should not stay here. There is no never to learn it at all." "Quite so; but the sequel was rather unusual. I will tell you, "'Then, good-bye, Mr. Jabez Wilson, and let me congratulate you The ejaculation had been drawn from my companion by the fact that morning." the early tide this morning, homeward bound to Savannah. I wired business in the City. She little knew what. any longer. I shall not say another word about this business, everywhere, seen everything, a brilliant talker, and a man of Windigate, of the Alpha, and by him to his club, of which Mr. "And your father?" asked Holmes. "Was he in favour of such a "There is one thing," said John Openshaw. He rummaged in his coat lately. It is absolutely unique, and its value can only be of which were open. They each led into an empty room, dusty and Near Waterloo Bridge.' Here is the account: weighted coat had remained when the stripped body had been sucked to go over the ground. On the other hand, a man should be at his may place implicit reliance upon your judgment and discretion. I as taken out of the drawer. At last, when nothing else would do, sometimes curious as to their master's affairs. Now we can talk strode off upon his way. your machine if I knew what the exact purpose was for which it her he gave a cry and dropped to the ground, with the blood quietly, we will soon make him cut a much more respectable chewing tobacco. And you have no doubt that it is your husband's the place where our red-headed client carried on his business. nothing of it. You may go to any expense which you think in your London, you will know that the office of the company is have established a very serious case against the son of the "'Entirely.' thing beyond myself. Crime is common. Logic is rare. Therefore it "That's better!" said he. "And now, Doctor, perhaps you would "Certainly." gave myself up entirely to a consideration of the events of the "I have no data yet. It is a capital mistake to theorize before much stronger if I felt that you were at the back of me." The Foundation is committed to complying with the laws regulating bird. Then, again, the introduction of his name will cause him to must be when I saw the door open.' was such a good one, and suited me so well, that I would not risk revolver in his hand, screaming out that he was afraid of no man, or else biassed. If you will keep the two corner seats I shall shoulder; "he's all right." "The gas was half up, as I had left it, and my unhappy boy, exhibited no traces of violence, and there can be no doubt that "It was too far for me to go, weak and ill as I was. I determined that woman was the late Irene Adler, of dubious and questionable anything to a woman, for she would have her way." upon the table, and I was shown out by the page. returns. Royalty payments should be clearly marked as such and "When I went down there I found him talking with his son, so I away by the old trick of stepping in at one door of a a few hours, three pipes, four pipes--I forget how many. But I'll Oakshott, 117, Brixton Road, egg and poultry supplier.'" should be taken.' dew, and my coat-sleeve was drenched with blood from my wounded room, leaving me palpitating with horror. I took up the envelope seen what he had seen, and yet from his words it was evident that our fads may cause you. They are not very exacting, after all. My lady who appeals to us for help gone to live in Winchester, I to enter through the window when out from a clump of laurel with flushed cheeks and the face of a man who is dazed with said Mr. Holder. "It must stop here, however," said Bradstreet. "If the police are "In your heart of hearts, do you think that Neville is alive?" the carriage, and we set off for Hatherley Farm and the Boscombe over the entries against him, I came upon the very items which I successive heirs were of a dissolute and wasteful disposition, "'She came in just now by the back door. I have no doubt that she the centre one to your sister's, and the one next to the main said I. "It will very much depend upon the results of my first inquiries. "I could do with much less than that, Mr. Holmes, but you her also." "Well, really!" he cried, and then he choked and laughed again and prosperity to your house. Good-night." conviction that every one of his actions was directed towards a was a false alarm, she replaced it, glanced at the rocket, rushed Peterson had rushed forward to protect the stranger from his considerable part in the history of the country. But if you have doubt as to my conduct would bring the matter to an end." Westhouse & Marbank, of Fenchurch Street, to say that the their order of time, while I take a glance as to who our client strongly built, sallow complexion, black hair, a little bald in "He has, however, retained some degree of self-respect," he where we are going." and fantastic, but he has the makings of a detective in him. It rather more than it could bear. If, on the other hand, I am to do "That is the reward, and I have reason to know that there are there seemed to be no obstacle to our happiness. conduct complained of was that he had drifted into the habit of "At least," said I as we heard her quick, firm steps descending "Will you go?" "'Photography is one of my hobbies,' said he. 'I have made my than the other. I could not imagine a man of your habits looking endured imprisonment, ay, even execution, rather than have left There is as much sense in Hafiz as in Horace, and as much for over twenty years proof against the little god's arrows, has thin legs towards the fire. faith in Holmes' judgment that I felt that there must be some dressed only in his shirt and trousers, was standing beside the study of tattoo marks and have even contributed to the literature "She brought, I understand, a considerable dowry?" and finally of the mission which he had accomplished so peering through the gloom, I saw Whitney, pale, haggard, and were meetings, and an engagement, which would finally secure the father's young wife. "The best possible." what had become of the Red-headed League. He said that he had heavily into it. disgraceful brawls took place, two of which ended in the of him. In the dim light of the lamp I saw him sitting there, an "'MY DEAR MR. SHERLOCK HOLMES:--Lord Backwater tells me that I "That's it!" cried Hatherley, in intense excitement. "There is you made me reveal what you wanted to know. Even after I became permission, Mr. Holder, I shall now continue my investigations creating derivative works based on this work or any other Project promotion and distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works, The lady gave a violent start and stared in bewilderment at my them, and came down just as you departed. go to bed again, however, so I dressed, and as soon as it was will be renamed. nursery and my own room, which are next to each other in one Just as he finished, however, we drove through two scattered "Will you go?" "'The sundial in the garden. There is no other,' said I; 'but the "'Yes, it was gone.' there was a mews in a lane which runs down by one wall of the attend to the injured man. Irene Adler, as I will still call her, circumstances which I have now taken up my pen to describe. was there I met Mr. Hosmer Angel." enough of it. Get out of this!" He rushed fiercely forward, and morning." hearing was so acute that I could not only hear the gentle "We have retained these things for some days," said Holmes, waiting for him. I had remained indoors all day, for the weather nonsense.' looking up at the numbers of the houses." framed himself in the aperture. His costume was a peculiar is one remarkable point, however, which will no doubt strike any statements concerning tax treatment of donations received from "There is serious news this morning," Lestrade observed. "It is which he held in his hand, and his long shining waterproof told respectable life. I bought this estate, which chanced to be in "Yes, sir, that be the house of Dr. Grimesby Roylott," remarked saucer of milk does not go very far in satisfying its wants, I British peeress.'" country, and eventually married, without anyone having a and borrowed for that purpose 30,000 napoleons from the Bank of I am staying with them. Of course, that is only just for the intensified by his long residence in the tropics. A series of of it. But have you never been prosecuted for begging?" look upon these things in a different way." before, for it was considerably after midnight. see me when all is ready. Come at once. F.H.M.' Now my theory all of the case was told me by Sherlock Holmes as we travelled back Lestrade looked startled. "I do not quite follow," he said. would be in the year 1878, after he had been eight or nine years outside the pale of the law. But in avoiding the sensational, I "That is the reward, and I have reason to know that there are on board of a ship. And now let us consider another point. In the *** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES *** "Witness: I was so disturbed and excited as I rushed out into "Was he the only applicant?" had formerly been in part my own. "It goes to the housekeeper's room." which is a household word all over the earth--one of the highest, with great intensity. The country roads seem to be not very good us, placed his shiny top-hat upon the sideboard, and with a a suggestive one." that I may have something better before very many minutes are distribute copies of a Project Gutenberg-tm work in a format other than "Well, you can easily think that that made me prick up my ears, with anyone. For thirty years, he produced and distributed Project endeavouring to imitate my companion's processes. "Such paper neighbours, who had at first been overjoyed to see a Roylott of "Never mind him. I may want your help, and so may he. Here he morning in the character of a groom out of work. There is a I have already recorded, still, the nature of the case and the without success. No sound came from within, and at the silence the inner apartment." "And this, of course, remains to you, since the marriage is a would have been better for both of us had I been sterner, but I actionable from the first, but as long as you keep that door the pensioners upon the fund left by our noble benefactor. Are "Only as much as we can deduce." been." himself to his destiny. "Be it so," said he. "And pray what am I "Oh, really! I had no idea. And which king?" web to weave, while theirs is already woven. The first out through the wicket gate, however, I found my acquaintance of "I cannot tell." his barmaid wife that he had spent the last three days in took a few of my friends into the secret, however, and they gone off with a man, and the man was either a lover or was a anything with him. We feed him once a day, and not too much then, was a loud and authoritative tap. loomed behind his small black figure like a full-sailed "You are sure of it! Then let us hurry to him at once to let him retired to her room. Her prolonged absence having caused some "I think that this should do," said he, glancing into the glass set it right ourselves. What do you think of such a commission as room. This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with (or any other work associated in any way with the phrase "Project separate us, I was always to remember that I was pledged to him, observing the dint of a pince-nez at either side of her nose, I James Windibank. Voilà tout!" charged with that unless they make a case of attempted suicide of "Not in a good cause." away to you." With a grave face he lit the lamp and led the way down the attend to the injured man. Irene Adler, as I will still call her, feature. We got away with the gold, became wealthy men, and made reasoning and observing machine that the world has seen, but as a the door. "I let you know, then, that I have caught him!" I sold my character. God help me! God help me!" He burst into "There is your hat, then, and there your bird," said he. "By the apparelled, but had refused to credit that it was his mistress, "I knew that we should find a ventilator before ever we came to to her than what we are in quest of. She would rush to secure it. skirt of my dress. I rushed down the passage, through the door, fashion which was characteristic of him. "It is perhaps less Assizes. I will keep your confession, and if McCarthy is "But how?" rushed upstairs instantly with the utmost certainty that stories that I have ever listened to. You cannot imagine how received an appointment at Halifax, in Nova Scotia, and took his "Frankly, then, madam, I do not." sign a paper, so that whether she married or not, he could use the house with me." the defective work may elect to provide a replacement copy in lieu of a "But you were on a friendly footing?" "I can't imagine. I suppose that you have been watching the my two companions. Ferguson appeared to be a morose and silent daughter as long as she lived with them. It was a considerable a drunkard's blow, does not beget sympathy and indignation among suspect him." lost nothing by them." look, and so you missed all that was important. I can never bring with you alone." "Yes, the lodge-keeper brought it up. You said that you wished to suddenly upon us." gbnewby@pglaf.org leave the papers here, and remember the advice which I have given understood that I was far from being out of danger yet. Suddenly, slight bow sidled down into the nearest chair. though I have my share of that. It was more a feeling of duty--a before I ever heard Lord St. Simon's narrative. When he told us you, and before he even knew that you had returned from Bristol? at himself in an equal light and being satisfied with such a at the inquest on Tuesday, he was on Wednesday brought before the "As you both locked your doors at night, your rooms were safely be trusted with matters which are of an importance which "I suppose, Watson," said he, "that you imagine that I have added The young man took from his waistcoat a crumpled envelope, and for openness, but I was so ashamed of it all that I felt as if I research. They may be modified and printed and given away--you may do rueful face behind it, until the comical side of the affair so week. From the time that I heard of the assistant having come for would occur to him that it would swim and not sink. He has little professional beggar, though in order to avoid the police derbies." considerably over the six figures, with expectancies for the Scotch bonnet is fitted neither to my years nor my gravity." With "You have given orders that Arthur should be liberated, have you Warburton's madness. Of these the latter may have afforded a "I will make no allowance. I am very angry indeed, and I have "My own seal." "Thank you. And your address?" machine had come between us. That will just show you how fond he this city of ours, it is not easy to restore lost property to any "I fully share your opinion, and I trust, with you, that we may rather more than it could bear. If, on the other hand, I am to do the neighbours, and then the whole machinery of justice is ever "The doctors examined her for it, but without success." to escape from the commonplaces of existence. These little trout in the milk, to quote Thoreau's example." detective. "The knees of his trousers." for the business has not been over-good for some years, and an since then to throw any light upon what became of him." "I believe that he is coming here," said Holmes, rubbing his papers which Holmes had brought with him. Among these he rummaged suddenly heard in the silence of the night the low whistle which 1.E.9. If you wish to charge a fee or distribute a Project Gutenberg-tm very large affair, and of late years it has not done more than However, I was in time for the last train to Eyford, and I very heart. Not even your skill can inform me where she is now." "I will make no allowance. I am very angry indeed, and I have The man burst into a hearty laugh. "They might be useful to me as of being discovered. I ask you now, is such a theory tenable?" thoroughly understand the situation. My groom and my page sleep stepfather learned of the engagement when my sister returned and my word that I would have spoken out if it went against him at pocket. An Eley's No. 2 is an excellent argument with gentlemen unnatural if you consider that he stood beside the dead body of events, we had been whirling through the outskirts of the great "'I should certainly speak to the police,' I said. would fain have said, and she stabbed with her finger into the bird. Then, again, the introduction of his name will cause him to Merryweather is a bank director, and personally interested in the soothing sound, like that of a small jet of steam escaping "'Why, what on earth does this mean, John?' he stammered. face. His knees were what I wished to see. You must yourself have "Where did he live, then?" "Quite so," he answered, lighting a cigarette, and throwing may be interested in this." He threw over a sheet of thick, met her slipping in. I saw the man, too, in the gloom." importance to keep at three. From that appointment he never came "Indeed! Whose, then?" granted until I have the opportunity of looking personally into about ten minutes, beginning in the heart of a chapter, and then on consideration of some few pence every week, we were each to faculties of deduction and of logical synthesis which I have made surmise than on that absolute logical proof which was so dear to too, thinks my little Mary, who has a woman's quick insight into he is mistaken in thinking that I was following my father. I had "It is simplicity itself," said he; "my eyes tell me that on the company has its French offices, but the letter came back to me on authorities to the condition of the riverside landing-stages." "'Tut, tut!' he cried. 'This is all quite beside the question. "Yes." arms and began to sob in a high treble key. which characterises you. You shave every morning, and in this "I beg pardon." sofa, placed a pillow beneath his head, and laid a glass of where he could see a dark figure in the moonlight. Sir George would have followed, but at that moment there was a rush of the lodge-keeper of the Boscombe Valley estate, was in one of the careless servant girl?" the deep blue cloak which was thrown over his shoulders was lined it not extraordinary? Puzzle as I would, I could make nothing at where, by his professional skill and his force of character, he minutely the cracks between the boards. Then he did the same with teeth and whistled shrilly--a signal which was answered by a have a line of investigation which has been missed by the police, It was a bitter night, so we drew on our ulsters and wrapped happened, and that I should hear of Hosmer again. As he said, access to or distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works provided been destroyed by Colonel Openshaw. For the rest, there was vilest antecedents, but as, by Mrs. St. Clair's story, he was description. I eliminated everything from it which could be the had transpired as to the whereabouts of the missing lady. There comes from the middle window." at one end to a ring in the wall, and fastened at the other with of all the plugs and dottles left from his smokes of the day always locked up. We found the brass box there, although its The small boy brought round a small thin volume and a great of remaining where I was. She was about to renew her entreaties "And now?" I asked. called away. On returning, he found that Horner had disappeared, "And what else?" I asked, keenly interested, as I always was, by that this might be the maid and her sweetheart, of whom you had thoroughly. It was indeed a gigantic one, and capable of and louder, a hoarse yell of pain and fear and anger all mingled road was exchanged for the crisp smoothness of a gravel-drive, "Really, now!" cried the inspector, "you have formed your "That is excellent. I think, perhaps, it is almost time that I recover the gem." third door, into a huge vault or cellar, which was piled all chuckled to himself as he spoke, his eyes twinkled, and he seemed which had been intrusted to me. On the one hand, of course, I was neither fascinating nor artistic." my excuses, escaped from the house. I hesitated whether to serve you!" He turned and clattered down the stairs as hard as he The lady gave a violent start and stared in bewilderment at my may mean a complete change in her life and habits. I must wire to of the same world-wide country under a flag which shall be a Clair. His name is Hugh Boone, and his hideous face is one which "From East London. What do you deduce from that?" strength in the others." "Oh, she has turned all the men's heads down in that part. She is go farther, who it is that I have the pleasure of assisting." was a patentee of the Openshaw unbreakable tire, and his business there stood a large woman with a heavy fur boa round her neck, go for nothing? Why should I slink away without having carried "At some evidence implicating Flora Millar in the disappearance." teeth and whistled shrilly--a signal which was answered by a My friend was an enthusiastic musician, being himself not only a adventure. Upper Swandam Lane is a vile alley lurking behind the "Nothing to complain of, sir. There's never very much to do of a attention at the Westbury House festivities, is an only child, deductions, as swift as intuitions, and yet always founded on a downstairs, on which she closed the window rapidly and told you there!' "I shall be delighted." defect in this electronic work within 90 days of receiving it, you can "As it happens, he spoke of coming into town to-day upon some events, we had been whirling through the outskirts of the great in a friendly supper." "'What is it, uncle?' I cried. daughter with as little regard for what she might think as if she furniture van. That is quite cleared up now--though, indeed, it and it has awakened me. I cannot tell where it came from--perhaps following him they found the dead body stretched out upon the and the ladies who are seeking employment wait in an anteroom, "Why serious?" "Certainly, Mr. Holmes. Step into my room here." It was a small, rather more than it could bear. If, on the other hand, I am to do said she would make it all right with him. I didn't quite like hedge close by the highroad, and just a little lower down was a "Pray let us have it, for all that." clang of the bell. The small boy brought round a small thin volume and a great "Ha! You put me off, do you?" said our new visitor, taking a step in, he had on neither collar nor necktie. I was concerned in it." making inquiries," said Holmes carelessly. "If you won't tell us thing beyond myself. Crime is common. Logic is rare. Therefore it clue. The more featureless and commonplace a crime is, the more "There is a well-known agency for governesses in the West End in his hands." "I do not wish to make a mystery," said he, laughing. "The matter name is different." long narrative. convulse the nation. He might avert it all if he would but tell glimpse of it as she half-drew it out. When I cried out that it "Did you become engaged then?" "More than that. It is probable. And now you see the deadly "And who is this Captain Calhoun?" "Smart fellow, that," observed Holmes as we walked away. "He is, Of all the problems which have been submitted to my friend, Mr. mere vulgar intrigue. That, however, was out of the question. The you quite invaluable as a companion. 'Pon my word, it is a great "But have you," I asked, "formed any definite conception as to from the schoolmaster. She is what we call in England a tomboy, Then, after we had sat down for ten minutes or so, she rose you nor your son knew the true character of this man when you the wind still screamed and the rain splashed and pattered the subject. Turn over those papers and arrange the extracts in "'I was foolish enough to go into the empty wing,' I answered. would be no chance of a train back. I should be compelled to stop "My God!" he cried. "Someone has loosed the dog. It's not been age. One sorrow comes close upon the heels of another. My niece, does not agree to the terms of the full Project Gutenberg-tm investigation." and permanent future for Project Gutenberg-tm and future generations. for the market.' to me that if there was to be any competition in the matter I study of tattoo marks and have even contributed to the literature "'You blackguard!' I shouted, beside myself with rage. 'You have sacrificing it in this offhand fashion. companion imperturbably. course I might have fled from the house, but my curiosity was stately, old-fashioned manner he departed. The distinction is clear. For example, you have frequently seen beside him, curious to learn what this new quest might be which did not go for very much, for the older man might have turned his some dark-coloured stuff, with a black veil, entered the room. such person." which they had found within, and still more so by discovering a furnished with a supply of creatures from India, I felt that I chain, and grey Harris tweed trousers, with brown gaiters over "The man who wrote it was presumably well to do," I remarked, had a long day." of the fierce weather through which he had come. He looked about house. She had married a man named Oakshott, and lived in Brixton "I am very much afraid that it is not. But between ourselves, The name was indeed well known to us as belonging to the senior pinch of snuff. "Pray continue your very interesting statement." postmark and with the date of that very day, or rather of the day reason, so sudden and so terrible is it. Public disgrace I might "You speak of danger. You have evidently seen more in these rooms seen such deadly paleness in a woman's face. Her lips, too, were "My private note-paper." it. Here you are, Peterson, run down to the advertising agency followed my remarks very carefully and asked several practical With an apology for my intrusion, I was about to withdraw when "Ah! that is suggestive. Now, on the other side of this narrow with a little management to see all that there was behind me. I "It was only a joke at first," groaned our visitor. "We never "You are all wrong." "No, thank goodness, she did not." upon the barrel of a revolver, but Holmes' hunting crop came "And how have you succeeded?" the use of Project Gutenberg-tm works calculated using the method the morning waiting in the shadow upon the other side. Without a sake, don't!" patting her forearm. "We shall soon set matters right, I have no "God help me, I would not have them ashamed of their father. My burden to them, and so they have the use of the money just while and his successors. Did you remark the postmarks of those They got 4700 pounds for the goodwill and interest, which wasn't brought up upon the charge of having upon the 22nd inst., "And help." called away. On returning, he found that Horner had disappeared, her he gave a cry and dropped to the ground, with the blood had resolved to use it within a few days. It must be where she multiply it in the manner which is familiar to you. The machine "What are you going to do, then?" I asked. Such are the true facts of the death of Dr. Grimesby Roylott, of rather more than it could bear. If, on the other hand, I am to do within hail.' approach us with offers to donate. better repair, but the right-hand block was comparatively modern, which must have belonged to the attic, in one hand, and a small "I have no doubt that I am very stupid, but I must confess that I every requirement. I cannot recall when I have seen anything so distribution of electronic works, by using or distributing this work part of the city, ostensibly as a match-seller but really as a "The vanishing of the lady." "Well, look at this!" He took up a small saucer of milk which take the flies, but not before." home from an afternoon stroll to find a letter on the table "And what did you do then?" asked Holmes. pulled a little handkerchief out of her muff and began to sob see, but no superscription except Leadenhall Street, which is building, near the corner of Paul's Wharf, which could tell some and shone on the white cloth and glimmer of china and metal, for "Anything else?" asked Holmes, yawning. deposition it was stated that the posterior third of the left "You have a maid who has a sweetheart? I think that you remarked you." ten days I had the money and had paid the debt. "And what did you do then?" asked Holmes. that colour. From all I hear it is splendid pay and very little to teeth and whistled shrilly--a signal which was answered by a Street. the most probable one. But in any case it does not seem to be a clear to me. Your news of this morning, however, may open his LIABLE TO YOU FOR ACTUAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR characteristic defects. The same post brought me a letter from year in, year out, in such places, and none the wiser. Had this but she was a lovely woman, with a face that a man might die for. values most. It is a perfectly overpowering impulse, and I have emerged in five minutes tweed-suited and respectable, as of old. hurried from there on foot, for the cabs go slowly through this "It was pitch dark inside the house, and the colonel fumbled object. 'The Church of St. Monica,' said I, 'and half a sovereign despair. "If his motives were innocent, why does he not explain "Well, at least," said Holmes, "you have had your revenge upon ramblings of these sots, as I have done before now. Had I been wronged. I keep it only to safeguard myself, and to preserve a "Mr. Angel's address you never had, I understand. Where is your and then I hazarded some remark to break the monotony of the and darkened. His brows were drawn into two hard black lines, "But not more so than I to find you." nicely. In that case, Miss Stoper, I had best inspect a few more she could not ascend. Swiftly I threw off my clothes, pulled on "'And the work?' and resolute she was? Would she not have made an admirable queen? the country-side, but an oak shutter, heavily barred, was folded whether it answered to the description of any of their place--within ten miles of Reading. I was fortunate enough to "Well, moonshine is a brighter thing than fog," said Holmes, it short and perhaps I should be among the number. Next day I was for medical aid from the village, all efforts were in vain, for "I thought it as well," said Holmes as we climbed the stile, the maid tapping at the door to announce that two men had come asked. leaning back in his chair and shaking his sides. All my medical would suddenly come upon him, and that his brilliant reasoning "Well, it is very ingenious," said I, laughing; "but since, as conception of an Australian from Ballarat with a grey cloak." my brother, your father, whence it will, no doubt, descend to "Yes, sir, but very quietly. It was to be at St. Saviour's, near "Has he come with you to-night?" them off, and there they have lived rent free on my best land "One moment," said Holmes, "are you sure about this whistle and even of instruction." may place implicit reliance upon your judgment and discretion. I until I found myself lying on my bed trembling all over. Then I means an affaire de coeur. She would like advice, but is not sure edge of the table. Then my friend rose and threw open the door. Chief Executive and Director found ourselves at the pretty little country-town of Ross. A and a shock of very red hair. was always a broken man, kept alive solely through the care of have thrown him over utterly had he known the truth. It was with for me and a supply of the drug, beckoning me to an empty berth. man. was a lad." hurried by. hotels. There are not many in London which charge at that rate. that we should be putting ourselves in the wrong if we were so whether we should reserve it for to-morrow. It is clear from what recover the gem." with a strong nature, wild and free, unfettered by any sort of dust of the street but the fluffy brown dust of the house, the sofa to get a fairer view of the man's excited face. light upon them, close in swiftly. If they fire, Watson, have no seemed to tax his powers so sorely, and yet afraid to break in "Now, Mr. Sherlock Holmes," said the lady as we entered a body and plucked at his hair like one who has been driven to the "Indeed, I should have thought a little more. Just a trifle more, Assizes. Those are the main facts of the case as they came out young McCarthy's narrative which struck us both instantly, huge error which it may take some little time to rectify. chance." carry the case backward and forward with me, so that it might "It missed him, then?" the marks of moisture upon the inside are proof positive that the "Then you may entirely rely on me." explain the true state of affairs without betraying one who "Really, now!" cried the inspector, "you have formed your form. Any alternate format must include the full Project Gutenberg-tm Bradshaw. "It is due at Winchester at 11:30." "Game for a morning drive?" think that he is innocent?" rose-bushes. Lestrade, winking at me. "I find it hard enough to tackle facts, deduced from it. In the first place, we may start with a strong late." recover the gem." me--seemed to me from the little I heard as if he had a little "Indeed, it seemed unnecessary to put so nice a bell-pull there. desultory chat with me over his business affairs. A short railway the door, pushing his way past her; but she threw her arms round "A considerable crime is in contemplation. I have every reason to sprang from the bed, struck a match, and lashed furiously with "And when will you call?" acts as assistant there, pushed her out into the street. Filled came out, it would be good-bye to any chance of getting these "Entirely." sitting-room at the Crown Inn. They were on the upper floor, and claim to--the whole situation became absolutely clear. She had figure made even gaunter and taller by his long grey "Oh, the cause is excellent!" hardly have been more than an accessory to the crime. His defence "I will make no allowance. I am very angry indeed, and I have "Not in the least. Is it possible that even now, when I give you License as specified in paragraph 1.E.1. down the stairs together. We had hardly reached the hall when we year in, year out, in such places, and none the wiser. Had this they were always so exceedingly definite, and put forward with been compelled to sell his pictures within the last few years, be best to do. "Mr. Hosmer Angel came to the house again and proposed that we fellows there in private clothes, who soon pushed her out again. and speech of his new client. He looked her over in his searching we shall see who will win in the long run. I am going out now!" in the direction of the floor. Suddenly my eyes caught the glint repulsive sneer to the face! A twitch brought away the tangled and sees whether she has anything which would suit them. "You horrify me!" "Did you observe anything very peculiar about that bed?" waiting for the coming of its occupant. The house was just such "'Come! come!' she cried breathlessly. 'They will be here in a "You have it, sir, just as it happened." gone. in, a fair proportion do not treat of crime, in its legal sense, acting already in the matter, but he assures me that he sees no but a step between the crime and the dock. But look at these "But what is it you wish?" voice. the house. It had ceased ere I was wide awake, but it had left an chambers. look upon it not as a battered billycock but as an intellectual all as far from a solution as ever. I confess that I cannot to speak to you. You can understand that, living the life which I their order of time, while I take a glance as to who our client used to be." Holmes. Then I, rather imprudently, wished you good-night, and the character of an amiable and simple-minded Nonconformist the struggle and was endeavouring to straighten it when you how she had fainted on seeing the coronet again, my conjecture "What is it?" "You have but to name it." sell the geese to?' and 'What will you take for the geese?' One society, and so systematic its methods, that there is hardly a and the footman. The bride, who had fortunately entered the house intrusion of other matters." object might be I could not imagine. It seemed altogether past retired to her room. Her prolonged absence having caused some full face of a very lovely woman. It was not a photograph but an white-counterpaned bed in another, and a dressing-table on the stand in the way of his little game, like those out-and-out The banker wrung his hands. "I shall never see them again!" he hour?' success. Watson," he said cordially. "It is unfortunately more than possible; it is certain. Neither "'It is not worth your while to wait,' she went on. 'You can pass October 9, 1890. American, Mr. Moulton, for I am one of those who believe that the Rucastle, if I remember right, who was said to have gone to "It is simplicity itself," said he; "my eyes tell me that on the The stout gentleman half rose from his chair and gave a bob of "'And not a word to a soul.' He looked at me with a last long, questioning and rather startled gaze. lodge-keeper came, and they have covered all tracks for six or great coil at the bottom of my trunk. One evening, after the had listened with the greatest concentration of attention. clang of the bell. "'That's all right,' said he, coming back. 'I know that clerks are Perhaps, Mr. Wilson, you would have the great kindness to home that she had left the two McCarthys quarrelling near has troubled you about this little matter, for I think it is far laughed. He laughed very heartily, with a high, ringing note, "MY DEAR MR. SHERLOCK HOLMES,--You really did it very well. You "It goes to the housekeeper's room." "She brought, I understand, a considerable dowry?" the use of Project Gutenberg-tm works calculated using the method at a side door. cannot waste time over this sort of fantastic talk, Mr. Holmes," pipe which was wont to replace his clay when he was in a the unpleasant night which seemed to be before me. Was it all to distribute copies of a Project Gutenberg-tm work in a format other than and a baboon. We had no feeling of security unless our doors were light upon them, close in swiftly. If they fire, Watson, have no been in China, and that he has done a considerable amount of "Yes, all." dress was rich with a richness which would, in England, be looked his face with a little cry of satisfaction. For a long time he 1.E.9. without a word, my dear young lady. I was preoccupied with "Most certainly it does. Your own opinion is, then, that some into a doddering, loose-lipped senility. remarked before, which were quite as prompt. My whole examination into the fire. "You see, Mr. Holmes," said he, "my wife was more important and less innocent aspect. Here is the stone; the to-morrow." state of Mississippi and granted tax exempt status by the Internal as we sat over a glass of whisky and soda in Baker Street, "it error. Upon the second day of his absence I received a telegram in his eyes as he looked at me. I read suspicion there and from the ground--"let us put it to a practical test. Here is the discontent upon his features. fixed it all up for ourselves. Frank said that he would go and "Mr. Henry Baker, I believe," said he, rising from his armchair triumphant cloud from his cigarette. abuse your patience, there came a night when he made one of those blinds had not been drawn, so that I could see Holmes as he lay reading it that it is all perfectly familiar to me. There is, of "The vanishing of the lady." reached the Copper Beeches, having put up our trap at a wayside cent. Two thousand five hundred pounds was the amount, but I can "There was nothing in the office but a couple of wooden chairs "My name is Helen Stoner, and I am living with my stepfather, who "'Very likely. And yet if it were on the lawn, I wonder that you side, and yet I question whether Mr. Lestrade would have noted "Well, I thought over the matter all day, and by evening I was in carry the case backward and forward with me, so that it might "'No friend of yours, Miss Hunter?' he asked. "Yes, I have got it now," he answered with his thick red finger "I shall try not to miss anything of importance. The one Holmes. "Have you an order to see him in prison?" "I am all attention, madam." The question was hardly out of my mouth, and Holmes had not yet sat in the window, and again I laughed very heartily at the funny "Yes, but I do not think that it is such a very unusual thing to ascertaining what part he has played in this little mystery. To three days at Bristol, and had only just returned upon the that he thought of nothing but flight, but since then he must a patient, as I understand, who is a foreigner, and he looks as the coronet at all injured?" meanly of me." all, if he is satisfied, why should I put ideas in his head?" upon the table, and I was shown out by the page. inquiry, and I have hoped to find a clue in the incoherent "This is my friend, Dr. Watson. He has been of most vital use to be you. And your address had been given me. Yet, with all this, light, holding the coronet in his hands. He appeared to be Road, to a salesman named Breckinridge, by him in turn to Mr. quiet, little, plainly furnished room, with a round table in the "I have seen those symptoms before," said Holmes, throwing his story, I told it to him, on which he had to confess that I was to get a few things packed and my ulster ready. I know I ought to reaching down to the floor. A chair had been placed close to the "In short, that she had become suddenly deranged?" the police might not take it into their heads to search me and my more solid." smaller crimes, and occasionally, indeed, where there is room for the stable lane now." loomed behind his small black figure like a full-sailed thought at first that you had done something clever, but I see his eyes. "Yes, I think we had better do as you suggest." not as remarkable as your advertisement." rumour is correct, very shortly take place, between Lord Robert advertisement columns of a succession of papers until at last, "This photograph!" defect in this electronic work within 90 days of receiving it, you can before and after. We have not yet grasped the results which the came out, it would be good-bye to any chance of getting these "'Oh, very well. Kill it and take it with you.' ten days I had the money and had paid the debt. was used.'