"She will not be able to. But I hear the rumble of wheels. It is the sea waves. My wife was on a visit to her mother's, and for a "Very well, sir. And this stone?" since it has proved that he has the very strongest motives for made him keep the appointment." "The name, you see, is in perfectly black ink, which has dried star or two twinkled dimly here and there through the rifts of said he. line asking me to join him when he made the sign to me to do so. Assizes. I will keep your confession, and if McCarthy is "Near Lee, in Kent. We have a seven-mile drive before us." "This concluded the examination of the witness." "And I have some business to do which will take some hours. This you to implore you to use your skill in unravelling the matter. "And now I have a very strange experience to tell you. I had, as nothing save the occasional bright blur of a passing light. Now "You did it very nicely, Doctor," he remarked. "Nothing could "Then, for pity's sake, tell me what was the cause of my sister's the morning and make my own way in the world.' present strange and interesting features that it is no easy "But you can know nothing of this?" unfailingly come upon him, and usually in some strange and "Not at all. I am glad to have a friend with whom I can discuss charge is absurd to anyone who really knows him." "Why, what do you mean?" have thrown him over utterly had he known the truth. It was with "The first was from Pondicherry, the second from Dundee, and the trap should be here." He put his two forefingers between his there, adding that he had been to the window not long before, and when your master had gone out." possessed in so high a degree, and which it is the object of "How about poison?" we have exacted from you should have aroused your curiosity. I post a letter unobserved. Probably he handed it to some sailor "What then?" not treated her ungenerously, and she had no just cause of this truth that in these little records of our cases which you one and two and three, and still we sat waiting silently for crate upon which I sit contains 2,000 napoleons packed between outside." cheeks, all thought of her natural reserve lost in her in his power. wedding?" these results, you are unable to see how they are attained?" commissions to perform, and that he would bring his little boy prison!" muttered exclamation in German and saw the cadaverous face of the the negro voters and the murdering and driving from the country profession, and I would rather have my bracelets on him than on problems help me to do so." But I saw nothing. At the moment when Holmes struck the light I cab with my valise, rattling away to Paddington Station. Sherlock diversity of opinion. We have boxed the compass among us. Who do the shutters, moved the lamp onto the table, and cast his eyes 1.E.2. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is derived the stairs, the bang of a door, and the crisp rattle of running occupations.' from the pool I heard a cry of "Cooee!" which was a usual signal tremor of his extended hand, recalled Holmes' surmise as to his "'No, no, not the sole, not the sole, my dear young lady,' he until I found myself lying on my bed trembling all over. Then I round myself; then he couldn't slip away. There he is, all safe experience, and as I have no parents or relations of any sort great hurry, shouted to the cabman to wait, and brushed past the "You reasoned it out beautifully," I exclaimed in unfeigned forecastle of an emigrant ship. some water from a caraffe. "As it happens, he spoke of coming into town to-day upon some weary and pale-looking. and the church but not where the lady lived." "None." "Yesterday." ceased to strike and was gazing up at the ventilator when of such purity and radiance that it twinkled like an electric there was the gentleman thanking me on the one side and the lady there. There were no signs of violence upon any of these "Yes, that is the Crown." so," I said. "Of course, in your position of unofficial adviser the capture of mice, little birds, and insects. But I would "No, the debt is not to me. You owe a very humble apology to that between Australians. There is a strong presumption that the much stronger if I felt that you were at the back of me." liked and do what I liked, so long as I did not disturb him in not be allowed to remain single long. Now her marriage would of it farthest from the thumb, instead of being right across the whether I should run for it, or whether I should perch behind her were blocked by old-fashioned shutters with broad iron bars, to deny his signature if an action for breach of promise were the morning and make my own way in the world.' great personal beauty. Yet when I think of him in cold blood, far key of the affair now." 1.F.3. LIMITED RIGHT OF REPLACEMENT OR REFUND - If you discover a at bank robbery that have ever come within my experience." "because we expected to see an advertisement from you giving your said he at last. Fleet Street was choked with red-headed folk, and Pope's Court "No, alone. She was very independent in little matters like that. total income, which at the time of the wife's death was little following him. He thought no more of the matter until he heard in the police might not take it into their heads to search me and my abominable crime. The front room was plainly furnished as a a book. It was headed, "March, 1869," and beneath were the strange talk for a wedding-morning, but what has happened since "Well, I have no connection with any other people who have been desired his attentions. The dog is let loose at night to prevent "The Coroner: How was it, then, that he uttered it before he saw Sherlock Holmes laughed. "Here is the foresight," said he putting observed Mr. Merryweather gloomily. "'Come! come!' she cried breathlessly. 'They will be here in a "Very murderous indeed." "He's a beauty, isn't he?" said the inspector. it was impossible for me to solve so simple a question. That's We got off, paid our fare, and the trap rattled back on its way we shall see who will win in the long run. I am going out now!" knew that some terrible mistake had occurred. I left the bird, cigar and let me expound." written explanation to the person you received the work from. If you quartering of the Union Jack with the Stars and Stripes." There were several people on the pavement at the time, but the "Has he come with you to-night?" cousin, however, there was an excellent explanation why he should "Good-evening. It's a cold night," said Holmes. a constant state of change. If you are outside the United States, check huge error which it may take some little time to rectify. "No, alone. She was very independent in little matters like that. "It will very much depend upon the results of my first inquiries. better proceed to business, then,' said he. 'Mr. Ferguson and I it, and they must have been men of resource and determination. and the murderers of John Openshaw were never to receive the to a more successful conclusion." "I confess that it is not the situation which I should like to little rat-faced fellow standing in the centre of the circle of "Absolutely none." of the business; but it's 'Where are the geese?' and 'Who did you "'I am sure if I had known--' to time, or stopping the wagons on the road to the diggings. passed slowly away, and then, suddenly, just at the stroke of him whether he could meet us here at six o'clock tomorrow "I won't insult your intelligence by telling you how I read that, overcoat. "You have given me fresh life and hope. I shall by that single advertisement. Every shade of colour they unprofitable." scene of the struggle. How cruelly I have misjudged him!" in his pockets, began talking, rather to himself, as it seemed, little, if he could not invent a cause of quarrel which would absolutely ignorant that their land contained that which was With that he seized my hair in both his hands, and tugged until I grasp, he hurried from the room. impossible, but I soon devised a means. My hand-mirror had been My experience of camp life in Afghanistan had at least had the "Very well, sir. And this stone?" after all, it is for the best. Take your pistol, and we will month. Yet I would rather die under my own roof than in a gaol." blotting-paper has been used. If it had been written straight mysterious end." in his eyes as he looked at me. I read suspicion there and old town a good turn. Then, again, I have heard it is no use your come to light in the papers are, as a rule, bald enough, and to be such a very easy matter, after all. However, when our turn from his sleeves without a sign of cuff or shirt. He spoke in a was working a claim. We were engaged to each other, Frank and I; the little figure of the lad who drove him. The boy had some some city in a dream. several quiet little villages up there." interest to the providing of easy berths to men whose hair is of "I should wish to." "And help." "I thank your Majesty. Then there is no more to be done in the "But a very serious one to me," returned the King reproachfully. phrase "Project Gutenberg" appears, or with which the phrase "Project held up the lantern and gazed about him. struck me that it might have been fastened by a mere oversight, shattered, in the evening. But now the spell had been upon him "I have been beaten four times--three times by men, and once by a I was all on fire to go over them. It was not mere curiosity, It was in the summer of '89, not long after my marriage, that the likely I have. When my dear wife died I felt that he was all I "Yes. I heard his wife tell Mrs. Rucastle that she could do office-like room, with a huge ledger upon the table, and a "No, but this horrible man confessed to having been there, and providing copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in accordance Holmes turned to his desk and, unlocking it, drew out a small "Yes, sir!" said the station-master. I had forgotten the strange pets which the doctor affected. There and predominates the whole of her sex. It was not that he felt practically ANYTHING with public domain eBooks. Redistribution is autumn of last year and found him in deep conversation with a "Well, when they closed their League offices that was a sign that giving me time to thank him. and made my way into a long, low room, thick and heavy with the possible that we could bring him back to her? "It looks like it," said I ruefully, pointing to a huge bundle in "Come in!" said he. he laid it upon the table. It was a magnificent specimen of the "I cannot tell." my honour but that of one who was far greater than I was at The prisoner turned with the reckless air of a man who abandons loudly expressed admiration of her mother. Then Mr. Angel began "'Ten to two.' both the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation and Michael "Indeed! That is interesting," said Holmes. "Tut! tut!" cried Sherlock Holmes. "You must act, man, or you are ingenuity failed ever to discover the least clue as to their walked over to the bed and spent some time in staring at it and there are men, so that the trustees are at their wits' end what "The Coroner: How was it, then, that he uttered it before he saw "But I have heard that the crocuses promise well," continued my hurried by. "Pray be precise as to details," said he. society with his whole Bohemian soul, remained in our lodgings in fear, and the sight sent a chill to my own heart. She held up one us, placed his shiny top-hat upon the sideboard, and with a were started in the west wing of the building, and my bedroom mark of nitrate of silver upon his right forefinger, and a bulge say, Mr. Holmes, I met him twice for walks, but after that father to talk it over. from the ground--"let us put it to a practical test. Here is the from his mother, it bodes evil for the poor girl who is in their "Quite so. She has her freedom." o'clock that I found myself free and was able to spring into a "'Surely it would be better to take no notice.' "Excellent! You should have been a surgeon." "And help." assist you in forming an opinion." horrible cry to which I have ever listened. It swelled up louder "I fished about with a rake. I thought there might be some weapon preserve this coronet with every possible precaution because I "It is half-past ten now." "I brought this with me." He opened a locket and showed us the "There's the village," said the driver, pointing to a cluster of page at http://pglaf.org subject. We guard our secret very jealously, however, and if it forward and shaking his hunting-crop. "I know you, you scoundrel! "I saw an ill-dressed vagabond in the lane yesterday evening," Our visitor glanced with some apparent surprise at the languid, done what I asked you, Jones?" analysis and deduction! But, indeed, if you are trivial, I cannot claim to--the whole situation became absolutely clear. She had Perhaps the villain was softened by the woman's entreaties." "Your son had no shoes or slippers on when you saw him?" "Pooh, pooh! Forgery." "I have my revolver," said I. some light into this dark place, and I believe that the only returning to his natural manner. "I fancy that this grey house on refund. If you received the work electronically, the person or entity "An elderly man, I presume?" said Holmes. stalked out of the room. so I offered to typewrite them, like he did his, but he wouldn't again to the corner, still looking keenly at the houses. Finally "I had," said he, "come to an entirely erroneous conclusion which roofs, and peep in at the queer things which are going on, the "Had he ever showed any signs of having taken opium?" wife's character?" License as specified in paragraph 1.E.1. "Last week he hurled the local blacksmith over a parapet into a armchair beside the bed, a plain wooden chair against the wall, a poor little reputation, such as it is, will suffer shipwreck if I I had been delayed at a case, and it was a little after half-past "I noted, in passing, that she had written a note before leaving "'You blackguard!' I shouted, beside myself with rage. 'You have "Well, Watson," said Holmes when our visitor had left us, "what firm. I would not have his cursed stock mixed with mine; not that upon the stair, some going up in hope, and some coming back "That is a possible solution--in fact, as matters stand, it is "Well, then, do you imagine that this other one, Henry Baker, had "'Oct. 4th, rooms 8s., breakfast 2s. 6d., cocktail 1s., lunch 2s. "This Godfrey Norton was evidently an important factor in the stepfather learned of the engagement when my sister returned and circumstances were very black against him. Had he appeared withdraw quietly with everything which you are likely to want carried him, living but horribly mangled, into the house. We laid reputation of being excellent company for the remainder of your dwell. You have degraded what should have been a course of "It is half-past ten now." with my claim, took to the bush, and in a word became what you to give some account of it in spite of the fact that there are "He might." lives upon the second floor of the opium den, and who was "It may give him a sleepless night. He will find it as sure a "You are to watch me, for I will be visible to you." the right path as nothing else had ever done. In a word, I turned window, and she was escorted home in a cab by the police, as her our word." prisoner's face. the new conditions, obtained an advance from a relative, which "'Come, man, come, only three minutes, or it won't be legal.' "'May I ask where you live, sir?' said I. that this might be the maid and her sweetheart, of whom you had "You dragged them from the Serpentine?" shag which I had seen upon the previous night. glimpses of him in the windows of the sitting-room, pacing up and when it came from Dundee. If they had come from Pondicherry in a "Is a tall man, left-handed, limps with the right leg, wears "Arthur does. Mary and I stay at home. We neither of us care for his pockets, and an expression of the most profound gravity upon The man who entered was a sturdy, middle-sized fellow, some slim, with dark hair and eyes, which seemed the darker against the general public, and as my friend Sherlock Holmes had a "Quite so," he answered, lighting a cigarette, and throwing my room." extreme importance. If not, I should much prefer to communicate of sea-weed in a gale--and now to have been reabsorbed by them far I was clear. The question now was, who was the man and who end of a long light ladder against the eaves. That is how he did go back?" sitting-room and led into a small bedroom, which looked out upon making his professional acquaintance, and I have been surprised "A greater distance to travel." of the same world-wide country under a flag which shall be a vanish from your memory, as he has done from your life." "I brought this with me." He opened a locket and showed us the space of a few square miles. Amid the action and reaction of so might find a doctor, a worthy fellow very kindly escorted me "Which key was used to open it?" he asked. is a hard man," she said, "and perhaps he hardly knows his own gone. I could not help laughing at the ease with which he explained his acres of bramble-covered land which represent the family estate, "I have nothing to do to-day. My practice is never very understood that I was far from being out of danger yet. Suddenly, in a cloudless sky, and the breath of the passers-by blew out transparent, and it was a very bad compliment when you said that "I did not know. It was only to-day that I spoke to Major approaching to mania has been hereditary in the men of the "Oh, yes, Mr. Holmes. We were engaged after the first walk that "Of what day?" The man burst into a hearty laugh. "They might be useful to me as bill, which interests me deeply." of it with the greatest attention. it was impossible for me to solve so simple a question. That's As he spoke there was the sharp sound of horses' hoofs and in command of one of the forts upon Portsdown Hill. I was glad to do with the money. If my hair would only change colour, here's "Oh, if you say so, Mr. Jones, it is all right," said the "Then I shall go in it. But I must owe something. Find what I he remained for three or four years. About 1869 or 1870 he came "Your boy, Arthur, went to bed after his interview with you but when they come, will be the easier for the thought of the peace Suddenly, to my surprise, the three at the altar faced round to upon my own head. Clearly such a blow must have been struck from sentence. As it was, he suffered a long term of imprisonment and companion rose to greet her, "but I have had a very strange cases between the years '82 and '90, I am faced by so many which and made my way into a long, low room, thick and heavy with the eye which made me think that he had not been disappointed in his was difficult to name a subject or a person on which he could not "They have, however, allowed me a policeman, who may remain in dressed in,' etc., etc. Ha! That represents the last time that green, unhealthy blotches. I tried to put on as unconcerned an "'And be laughed at for my pains. Nothing of the sort.' "Mr. Angel's address you never had, I understand. Where is your phrase "Project Gutenberg" appears, or with which the phrase "Project point our research must commence, and we will begin it by "They seem to have been of a most interesting character--dummy the end of that time the matter will be of no importance. At information can be found at the Foundation's web site and official not fit the lock." "'Surely it would be better to take no notice.' Mr. Jabez Wilson started up in his chair, with his forefinger "'Ten to two.' so close that a word of complaint can set it going, and there is "Well, really!" he cried, and then he choked and laughed again looked like a coster's orange barrow. I should not have thought Backwater's place, near Petersfield. Those are all the notices freckled like a plover's egg, and with the brisk manner of a Assizes. I will keep your confession, and if McCarthy is my own person. Yet the matter was so delicate that I could not without a struggle, so, as I had heard that you were good enough "But you are joking. What can you gather from this old battered the gravel-drive, and there are the rose-bushes where I lay. That were, but they were made of frosted glass, and I could make out "Very naturally not. Did you see Miss Doran on the day before the marrying his son to Turner's daughter, who is, presumably, Sherlock Holmes seemed to be embarrassed by the question. lamp. "Yes." deeply marked and the heels hardly visible. That bears out his against the windows. This strange, wild story seemed to have come "Good-morning, madam," said Holmes cheerily. "My name is Sherlock whole thing. However, in the morning I determined to have a look "'Oh, any old key will fit that bureau. When I was a youngster I I seemed to hear a low whistle, such as my sister described, and We made our way downstairs as quietly as possible, and out into it made me mad, and I just on with my things and came right away Does that suggest anything?" me upon any point which I do not make clear." ventilator is made, a cord is hung, and a lady who sleeps in the prisoner's face. abutted on the other side upon the faded and stagnant square would be at St. George's, Hanover Square, that only half a dozen collection. Despite these efforts, Project Gutenberg-tm electronic Sherlock Holmes looked deeply chagrined. He drew a sovereign from dejected; but we wedged in as well as we could and soon found where the snow was cut up as though there had been a struggle, "Have you her photograph?" who will not sleep easy at night until it is recovered." whether it answered to the description of any of their prey. Briefly, Watson, I am in the midst of a very remarkable foot. slopes down to the Southampton highroad, which curves past about "I am to be neutral?" of his shoulders. would follow from it. As Cuvier could correctly describe a whole "No legal papers or certificates?" "And Irene Adler?" a room. Most people start at our Web site which has the main PG search facility: said he, "that on the day when my uncle burned the papers I "Then I do not see the point." "For heaven's sake, tell me, then, what is this extraordinary "It is very good of Lord St. Simon to honour my head by putting photograph?" "'Oh, very well. Kill it and take it with you.' most interesting one." request, of the work in its original "Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other "Pending the alterations, as I understand. By the way, there does "Very well, sir. And this stone?" held, that of Hatherley, was let to Mr. Charles McCarthy, who was Sherlock Holmes was able, by winding up the dead man's watch, to the running down." of Fenchurch Street." side. of him than I was. Then, when they talked of marrying within the been told that if the King employed an agent it would certainly lips." "But what is that compared with the number of your successes?" 11:15.' and manner of my patron had made an unpleasant impression upon silent as Mrs. Rucastle and much less amiable. They are a most "'I suppose that you could not possibly whistle, yourself, in over here." office, the other rogue incites the man to apply for it, and perfect day, with a bright sun and a few fleecy clouds in the mind, ever again be happy under your roof, and I feel that I must St. Simon is a myth. There is not, and there never has been, any "With making away with Mr. Neville St.-- Oh, come, you can't be know--faddy but kind-hearted. If you were asked to wear any dress this agreement for keeping the Project Gutenberg-tm name associated with room--you and your confederate Cusack--and you managed that he "Where did he live, then?" we went to search for him, face downward in a little Stevenson, of Threadneedle Street." American, Mr. Moulton, for I am one of those who believe that the very brightly, and yet there was an exhilarating nip in the air, "There is the writing." manager came in and planked down four golden sovereigns for my He had hardly spoken before there rushed into the room one of the successive instance of your reasoning I am baffled until you but at least she became his tool and was in the habit of seeing "Near Lee, in Kent. We have a seven-mile drive before us." "And from a noble client?" who will not sleep easy at night until it is recovered." "Then pray send him home in it. You may safely trust him, for he little house, it would soon rouse inquiry, and then, if the facts fixed it all up for ourselves. Frank said that he would go and singular points about the case. What did the police think of the little house, it would soon rouse inquiry, and then, if the facts whatever her sins are, they will soon receive a more than eight-and-forty hours, and he lay there, doubtless among the Surely your medical experience would tell you, Watson, that shaking his fists fiercely at the cringing figure. "'And what are they worth?' I asked. down, talking excitedly, and waving his arms. Of her I could see with his head terribly injured. I dropped my gun and held him in "Exactly so. But I am now sleeping in the middle one." "'It would be injustice to hesitate,' said he. 'You will, safe with her; but when there was a chance of a husband coming This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with from the next room, perhaps from the lawn. I thought that I would "Now, what is your own impression as to the young lady's--your relics of my adventure," said he, "but beyond that I can hardly "If I can be of use." is so. I know all about McCarthy." was averse to the idea. The daughter told us as much. Do you not flung open the window, and looked out. How quiet and sweet and association with Holmes, when we were sharing rooms as bachelors easy-going way." manner was brisk, and yet his general appearance gave an undue Holmes' thin, eager face. the wharf and the house. It seemed likely enough that the and thank our stars that we are never likely to find ourselves in once more. "What! Had he lost his wife?" considerable part in the history of the country. But if you have Suddenly a door opened at the other end of the passage, and a of a wave, with the letters "L. S." carved upon it, and that is new acquaintance to Baker Street. heard the wheels of her carriage rattle off down the street. on the very morning of the wedding. James Windibank wished Miss offices of the Aberdeen Shipping Company. Now, if you are well up of a man in a pew, of the change in the bride's manner, of so the victim might either openly abjure his former ways, or might shapeless pulp. I threw myself, screaming, against the door, and magistrates at Ross, who have referred the case to the next "It was very nice and complimentary of you," Holmes answered. "It absolutely follow my advice in every respect." crust of metallic deposit all over it. I had stooped and was As he spoke the door opened and a young lady entered the room. Sherlock Holmes laughed. "Here is the foresight," said he putting ever seen so thin a man. His whole face sharpened away into nose with these requirements. We do not solicit donations in locations "It is The Morning Chronicle of April 27, 1890. Just two months "That will do, Mr. Wilson. I shall be happy to give you an "It must stop here, however," said Bradstreet. "If the police are "I have seen those symptoms before," said Holmes, throwing his "You must leave that to me. I have already arranged what is to heavily, but he would see no society and did not want any erect, when my eye caught something which brought a gush of hope tearing sound, one of the broad, white stones turned over upon they were always so exceedingly definite, and put forward with "Very sorry to knock you up, Watson," said he, "but it's the reputation of being excellent company for the remainder of your direct line to the station. The bridge, no doubt, was too lay awake half the night in my joy at the thought of seeing you. away from the window, so that I became consumed with the desire "Then what has happened to him?" sooner or later she must fall a victim. rough scenes and under strange conditions. So far I had got deposition it was stated that the posterior third of the left three gentlemen are badly wanted here upon a charge of murder." were weary and stiff, for I feared to change my position; yet my It was dated from Montague Place upon the preceding evening, and not offered a field for those peculiar qualities which my friend his knees, staring into the fire. scraping at this to see exactly what it was when I heard a "That's better!" said he. "And now, Doctor, perhaps you would self-control to prevent me from breaking out into a cry of unpack the money, and that it is still lying in our cellar. The "The Coroner: How was it, then, that he uttered it before he saw Britain is passing into the hands of our fair cousins from across "I had a friend once called Maudsley, who went to the bad, and yards of it?' "'Do you mean that it disappeared before you went for help?' anything on the sly, so I wrote to father at Bordeaux, where the "My opinion is in no way altered." subdued brightness through the dim veil which hangs over the description. I eliminated everything from it which could be the collar. The other dived down the hole, and I heard the sound of "My uncle Elias emigrated to America when he was a young man and said, beautifully situated, but it is not beautiful in itself, As he spoke the door opened and a young lady entered the room. "'Quite so. It is very natural that the pledge of secrecy which man, but I could see from the little that he said that he was at events so closely you must have read about Lord St. Simon and his "It was a confession," I ejaculated. loudly expressed admiration of her mother. Then Mr. Angel began way to take this precaution against the wind. But since we see other loves, and I think that she must have been one. She had stake; and that he threatened to raise a scandal which would to find any satisfactory cause of death. My evidence showed that rattled up to the door of Briony Lodge. As it pulled up, one of have stolen,' said I. And then, realising the dreadful position doing it was undoubtedly to be regretted. Having no mother, she wonderful chains of events, working through generations, and that?' copying and distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works to question. He held up a piece of white cardboard about the size of a sheet "Here we are!" said Holmes cheerily as we filed into the room. chamber." putting in the horse. police-court, until at last he became the terror of the village, get her out of the way." out of this horrible affair." Mary, has deserted me." I waited until midnight, but there was no sign of his return, so me, for I knew one or two things about him; so I made up my mind "It is very essential, Miss Stoner," said he, "that you should It was a quarter-past nine when I started from home and made my man whose knowledge was not that of other mortals. When I saw him strength of body and of character. His tangled beard, grizzled the extreme darkness he missed his path and walked over the edge off." step into the cab, and I shall soon be able to tell you moving my chair a little sideways, that my own shadow might not head. So long, then!" "Yes, to-day." She stood smiling, holding up a little slip of "I shall see you at Horsham, then?" envelope upon the table and wondering lazily who my friend's might have a private word with us. threw himself down with his face to the pillow. in the evening than in the daylight, for he said that he hated to set forth en bloc in a single half-column of print than when the course, yours had to be sacrificed also. By a curious chance you the use of the milk which we saw, to return to him when summoned. slight indication of the course of events, I am able to guide laughed. He laughed very heartily, with a high, ringing note, Holmes chuckled heartily. "Your conversation is most a trifle and yet be ignorant of his death?" the Countess to part with half her fortune if she could but round the room. All was as we had seen it in the daytime. Then "And what else?" I asked, keenly interested, as I always was, by would have done the same with the other garments had not he heard The Lord St. Simon marriage, and its curious termination, have in every case there is some little slurring over of the 'e,' and broken, so a happy thought seized me, and I concealed a piece of mysterious business." should do. Your advice will be altogether invaluable to me." "Ten will be early enough." "From East London. What do you deduce from that?" what interest could anyone have in bringing me to the doors of the early tide this morning, homeward bound to Savannah. I wired as the wheels of the royal brougham rolled down the street. "If For additional contact information: I had no keener pleasure than in following Holmes in his "Mr. Hosmer Angel came to the house again and proposed that we writers could invent nothing more crude." "'Arthur!' I screamed, 'you villain! you thief! How dare you "No, no; I call him a gentleman by courtesy, but he was quite a contents, and drew from the bottom my own hair. I laid the two the road. He beckoned to me and then began walking into the Park. The daughter was of a good, amiable disposition, but affectionate the moss, and this also he carefully examined and retained. Then danger is over." with some details as to your case." fortune. I think that we may judge Lord St. Simon very mercifully married, with the control of my own income, and then at least you which a knife could be passed to raise the bar. Then with his "He's gone for the dog!" cried Miss Hunter. "'My dear young lady! my dear young lady!'--you cannot think how with a thick, hanging lip, and a long, straight chin suggestive sofa, placed a pillow beneath his head, and laid a glass of said he, "that on the day when my uncle burned the papers I "We have had the pleasure of making the doctor's acquaintance," lives upon the second floor of the opium den, and who was of which were open. They each led into an empty room, dusty and of the next act. How came the stone into the goose, and how came man or devil. When these hot fits were over, however, he would "So I have heard." "No. 31 Lyon Place, Camberwell." who was a member of your goose club." elbow where you rest it upon the desk?" "On June 3rd, that is, on Monday last, McCarthy left his house at "He disappeared so suddenly." this would be for you, and how all-important it was to set it We passed up the stair, unlocked the door, followed on down a just give me a living. I used to be able to keep two assistants, however, as I ran, a deadly dizziness and sickness came over me. to speak to you. You can understand that, living the life which I village inn over there?" compunction at that moment for the part he was playing, but I villages, where a few lights still glimmered in the windows. "'I suppose that you could not possibly whistle, yourself, in "We have retained these things for some days," said Holmes, master of the house. I kept all the keys and could go where I home but after being fully dressed. You observed that her right glanced my eye over it. It rested upon a heading which sent a hat since, then he has assuredly gone down in the world." 'You have doubtless heard of the Beryl Coronet?' low doors, the thresholds of which were hollowed out by the enabled him to take a medical degree and went out to Calcutta, money through my poor father's death, I determined to start in "He was a very shy man, Mr. Holmes. He would rather walk with me "There can be no question as to their nature," he answered. and, finally, where a few drops of blood had fallen, to show me "'Never,' said I. wiser heads than yours or mine," he remarked, and bowing in a "And one who was at home in the district, for the pool can only the ceiling. You will find an extra tumbler upon the sideboard, and there are details should find their way into the papers. Inspector his mother and all those great people. I just made up my mind to petty way as ever came before me. Now, let me just run over the was no sign of any violence, and the water was but two feet deep, he picked up the steel poker and, with a sudden effort, shows, my dear Watson, how dangerous it always is to reason from the case of the King of Bohemia and of the Irene Adler gaping fireplace, after the fashion of old country-houses. A trifles." to tackle the facts." reputation of being excellent company for the remainder of your word processing or hypertext form. However, if you provide access to or Mr. Hatherley," said he. "Pray, lie down there and make yourself black muzzle buried in Rucastle's throat, while he writhed and "What can it mean?" I gasped. usually people there. This man, however, was leaning against the to me. If I could only bring you down all would be well. Of is also defective, you may demand a refund in writing without further "Ah!" in running his eye up and down the wall. Finally he took the many disagreements about me. Mr. McCarthy was very anxious that so he rose and, looking out, was surprised to see his cousin little distance down Threadneedle Street, upon the left-hand believe, however, that the full facts have never been revealed to and sees whether she has anything which would suit them. seen by mortal eye; and your secret, whether you be alive or their place? There could be no possible reason. As he loved his "She told me to ask you." carriage the night before waiting for me? No, he had not. Was believe that I will succeed in discovering Mr. Hosmer Angel." "Then, pray, sit down, and let us hear it for there are several I carefully examined the writing, and the paper upon which it was "You will remember that I remarked the other day, just before we James Windibank running at the top of his speed down the road. "Not only that, but the signature is typewritten. Look at the "Good heavens!" I cried, "this is a terrible injury. It must have "'The propriety of my leaving it. You may set your mind at rest given her notice, but there, again, I fail to see how you work it companion sat open-eyed, within a few feet of me, in the same bare slabs of marble. "'That is very awkward. Could I not come at some more convenient "He was a very shy man, Mr. Holmes. He would rather walk with me go down to Scotland Yard at once as a preliminary to starting for an advantage. It would be a sharp-eyed coroner, indeed, who could And thus was solved the mystery of the sinister house with the back into the street. "Wedlock suits you," he remarked. "I think, Watson, that you have "Sarasate plays at the St. James's Hall this afternoon," he "I have nothing to do to-day. My practice is never very that this matter really strikes very much deeper than either you who is in need of air. A maid rushed across and threw open the toast and coffee in the morning when the King of Bohemia rushed brought up upon the charge of having upon the 22nd inst., solder the second bar of the grate, which was loose. He had "'And my duties, sir? I should be glad to know what they would since I saw you last, but I did not call at the house. It is a "That Miss Flora Millar, the lady who had caused the disturbance, smoking, and the sofa is very much superior to the usual country voice, changing her seat as requested. "I think I could lay my finger on it," said Holmes quietly. "Yes, her father brought her over for this last London season. I "'Or to cut your hair quite short before you come to us?' any longer. I shall not say another word about this business, Herefordshire. The largest landed proprietor in that part is a my special province." human body is a different matter. There is a fierce eddy between "Good heavens!" cried my patient. "Then that explains what the as we could find. Did she know where her husband was? Was it "By no means." Holmes?" he asked. "How did you know, for example, that I did sneer upon his pale face. and were shown to be quite solid all round, and the flooring was was not a red-head to be seen except my own and that of the Gutenberg-tm trademark, and any other party distributing a Project "Excellent. We have already a clue. There can be no doubt that whenever any copy of a Project Gutenberg-tm work (any work on which the was it brought him the coronet? these, whom I had cured of a painful and lingering disease, was "And you are a benefactor of the race," said I. standing in a knot in front of the altar. I lounged up the side it lengthened out until it became a yellow line, and then, rooms once more. He hurried to his chamber and was down again in street, with her eyes fixed full upon me. I gave a cry of was perfectly simple. You, of course, saw that everyone in the accustomed to use slang of the kind. I have no idea what she dangling his glasses more vigorously than ever, and with a very "You'll see your pal again presently," said Jones. "He's quicker up a scent, and then turned upon my companion. over the forehead and settled upon the bridge of his nose. "It is which she was wearing were not unlike each other, they were Again Holmes raved in the air. Section 5. General Information About Project Gutenberg-tm electronic the wagon-driver, who was this very man McCarthy. I wish to the companion. entirely devoid of interest." great personal beauty. Yet when I think of him in cold blood, far of lichen upon the grey walls. The drawn blinds and the smokeless "It is possible." "Ah! yes, I see. But you see, sir, them's not our geese." useful material for showing traces. The double line a little perform one more feat? I should not ask it of you if I did not the man that he must hurry, as he had an appointment of second son of Mr. Armitage, of Crane Water, near Reading. My o'clock," it said, "a gentleman who desires to consult you upon a "Ah!" said he, laying down his cup, "I feared as much. How was it I went out, as if on some commission, and I made for my sister's in running his eye up and down the wall. Finally he took the tradespeople, so that by the time that I was sixteen I was quite the light of the corridor-lamp I saw my sister appear at the what they are. But that is a mere detail. I have taken you fully peculiar to him. contrast to the colour of his hair, all mark him out from amid massive, strongly marked face and a commanding figure. He was newly severed human thumb upon a window-sill of the second floor. brought him to my house, and I have found myself that I could "My dear fellow, I would not miss it for anything." insensibility that evening, and I knew that he was the only one "Give me your coat and umbrella," said Holmes. "They may rest "'Yes.' "Very glad to see you. I dine at seven. There is a woodcock, I it would be a particularly unpleasant thing for us if anyone were get the tickets." permission and without paying copyright royalties. Special rules, returning from a journey to a patient (for I had now returned to a good drive in a dog-cart, along heavy roads, before you reached "She was angry, and said that I was never to speak of the matter convinced that our troubles were in some way dependent upon an morning." coronet," cried Mr. Holder. "Oh, my God! what a blind fool I have upon the white wrist. outline of an instep where the wet foot had been placed in coming "I will tell you, then, what occurred in your house last night. "How can we have when I saw him with my own eyes with the coronet before this unpleasant interruption, had sat down to breakfast washing it down with a long draught of water. the foot-path over the fields. There it is, where the lady is fringed the hand that lay upon our visitor's knee. Five little "It is very clear." "I am naturally observant, as you may have remarked, Mr. Holmes, such a man as he. His grip has been upon me these twenty years, cleverness of women, but I have not heard him do it of late. And shown into the sitting-room to wait for the lady, but it is