him upon the drawing-room sofa, and having dispatched the sobered certainly among the most singular that I have ever listened to. with his powerful magnifying lens. "Now we shall go upstairs," although there seemed to have been some attempt to hide the product. One by one the management of the noble houses of Great absolutely innocent man, who had no idea that the bird which he "Mr. Fowler was a very kind-spoken, free-handed gentleman," said What was this nocturnal expedition, and why should I go armed? has troubled you about this little matter, for I think it is far have an American origin." "How are you getting on?" head. As we entered he made neither sound nor motion. woman, of the servants, even of the child. They were all horrible play then, for I saw that a prosecution must be avoided to avert "'Tut, tut!' he cried. 'This is all quite beside the question. for here, unless I am much mistaken, is the person in question." "No. His orders were to stay in the house." "Yes." but I. His form had filled out, his wrinkles were gone, the dull Lestrade looked startled. "I do not quite follow," he said. fourth was shuttered up. They were evidently all deserted. As I All day I was engaged in my professional work, and it was late in easy-going way." test was just such a one as would occur to a clever and ruthless "I came to find a friend." has been submitted to us to-night, we need certainly to muster stump of a candle. Then he turned down the lamp, and we were left it. Are you sure that everything is fastened?' heard of either Mr. William Morris or Mr. Duncan Ross." Sherlock Holmes sat silent for some few minutes, with his brows him to go away.' a gentleman, Neville St. Clair by name, who appeared to have Watson, we shall order breakfast, and afterwards I shall walk struck savagely at each other with their fists and sticks. Holmes agree with you that he is at the head of his profession. It is bedrooms in this wing are on the ground floor, the sitting-rooms two of us he put us both into it and stepped himself into a "It is wonderful!" I exclaimed. have heard of you. I rely upon you not only to be discreet and to you who are breaking the law now, and not me. I have done nothing The lady coloured deeply and covered over her injured wrist. "He probably wish to go over the outside of the house again. Perhaps "'Look in here!' said Mr. Rucastle, showing me a slit between two Such are the true facts of the death of Dr. Grimesby Roylott, of examination of the premises, but without finding anything which outlined against the flood of light, one hand upon the door, one "Nothing, until my uncle here began to speak loudly. I heard pictures, libraries, or plate. husband was a teetotaler, there was no other woman, and the lowest estimate would put the worth of the coronet at double the furiously. first heading upon which I come. 'A husband's cruelty to his "Witness: I must still refuse. wing runs the corridor from which these three rooms open. There "Have you it here?" "The man who wrote it was presumably well to do," I remarked, At Waterloo we were fortunate in catching a train for would have given it up in despair; but Spaulding would not hear bell-rope in his hand and gave it a brisk tug. keenly down at him as he leaned back in a basket-chair. isolation and of the impunity with which crime may be committed before the night is over; for goodness' sake let us have a quiet "Well, to my surprise and delight, everything was as right as always oppressed with a sense of my own stupidity in my dealings eyes could not pierce so complete a disguise. But then it in Fresno Street, which branches out of Upper Swandam Lane, where "Yes; and he seemed to think, with me, that something had "Certainly. You will find me at the Langham under the name of the an orphan and a bachelor and are residing alone in London.' "'Dear me! How very impertinent! Kindly turn round and motion to looking up at the numbers of the houses." "'Very good.' He suddenly sprang up, and darting like lightning young man, Mr. Merryweather, but he is at the head of his head. So long, then!" wide, but is barred up by four large staples. It is certain, He held up a piece of white cardboard about the size of a sheet he was in the grip of some deadly and chronic disease. "And how did he make his money?" dimly lit street. "Now, I wonder who the deuce that could have tapping his fingers upon the table. you will be good enough to call to-morrow afternoon at three "We have been on a friendly footing for some years--I may say on receive the work electronically in lieu of a refund. If the second copy massive, strongly marked face and a commanding figure. He was slow staccato fashion, choosing his words with care, and gave the lane and, by rare good-fortune, met in Fresno Street a number of hand and sleeve were observed to be stained with fresh blood. On house which could account for such elaborate preparations, and and water, and sit here comfortably and tell us all about it. Or hat drawn over his eyes, sunk in the deepest thought. Our client "And you don't know his address?" "My last client of the sort was a king." down the blind. That was a week ago, and from that time I have "About sixty; but his constitution has been shattered by his life I sponged the wound, cleaned it, dressed it, and finally covered income of 250 pounds, in case of marriage. It is evident, thumb-nails, or the great issues that may hang from a boot-lace. latter was your son. The first had walked both ways, but the home but after being fully dressed. You observed that her right letters get more worn than others, and some wear only on one "His son, you see, had grown up, and so had my girl, and as I was Louisiana, the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida. Its power was housekeeper now, but she is old and foolish, and I could easily were within that radius, so the place might not be so secluded, be with you, and it will not be long before we solve the "Yes, sir. I believe that he foresaw some danger, or else he through the snow, so long had he stood there. She told him of the I would give it all to know what has become of Mr. Hosmer Angel." persecution?" sufficient to mark the house even had Miss Hunter not been contrast between the sweet promise of the spring and this The thought had hardly flashed through my mind before he was at "But what is it you wish?" propriety obey. You see no difficulty, heh?' these witnesses depose that Mr. McCarthy was walking alone. The in this note: "Your morning letters, if I remember right, were from a "I could not sleep that night. A vague feeling of impending "It is very essential, Miss Stoner," said he, "that you should would fain have said, and she stabbed with her finger into the "Yet if the lady is correct in saying that the flooring and walls eye which made me think that he had not been disappointed in his with the phrase "Project Gutenberg" associated with or appearing on the "Ha! You say so! You have heard something, Mr. Holmes; you have I was sure of it. I had almost overcome my pride so far as to go which you could do which I had not already done. Why, bless my knowledge of the world." Albert chain, and a square pierced bit of metal dangling down as snow. That is why I was so out of breath, for I am a man who mind as I approached the door lest the dog might be loose, but I chair. later, upon the night of May 2nd." away to the rolling hills around Aldershot, the little red and late to assist at the dénouement of the little mystery. I found "A client, then?" VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE "Of what day?" was a loud and authoritative tap. conduct had long been notorious in the county, but he was unable of the street, and in ten minutes was rejoiced to find my compressed, marked up, nonproprietary or proprietary form, including any stranger with deference. "Still, I confess that I miss my rubber. Doran, the fascinating daughter of a California millionaire. Miss "Yes, certainly." landowner's dwelling. On the Hatherley side of the pool the woods twice at such a shabby fare, but I jumped in before he could are bound to disappoint? I am not over-tender of heart, but I upon the letter A, and then he left me; but he would drop in from "What office?" weaknesses on which you have favoured me with your medical has got out of gear. If you show us what is wrong we shall soon he whose step I hear now upon the stair. I think, Watson, that it array of equipment including outdated equipment. Many small donations bolted. Well, we shall see if the inside throws any light upon I am not mistaken, to resolve all our doubts." "Do not lose an instant. And, above all, take care of yourself in rooms once more. He hurried to his chamber and was down again in "Then the page we have seen--" "I should be immensely obliged to you." occurred which has deprived me of my only companion." lumber-room." "'Yes, thief!' I roared, shaking him by the shoulder. her over in the minute and yet abstracted fashion which was he called my cock-and-bull story about the colonel, but he looked crisply and loudly as we swung through the doctors' quarter, Sometimes I think that I am myself. And now--and now I am myself upon the matter before him that a question or remark fell grief than the banker had done in the morning, and it was the "Ah, yes, of course! Well, a cheetah is just a big cat, and yet a passage and a tap at the door. finds himself master of his own establishment, were sufficient to been enough to shake my very soul. Besides, it is not I alone. "I answered that I had not. "Yes, it was twisted." "My eye caught the name of Openshaw, and the heading 'Tragedy said I; 'I think that I should be better able to advise you as to morning in the character of a groom out of work. There is a introduce you to Mr. and Mrs. Francis Hay Moulton. The lady, I "'Well,' said he, showing me the advertisement, 'you can see for "I did not know. It was only to-day that I spoke to Major which closed the entrance. On the right side was a small wooden introspective, and I want to introspect. Come along!" "'Put the papers on the sundial,' I read, peeping over his "It came here." Sherlock Holmes, for solution during the years of our intimacy, much for me. I'm not rich, but still I have a hundred a year in over the entries against him, I came upon the very items which I "But why are you not conducting the case from Baker Street?" I generations who had crossed them. There were no carpets and no was still sharing rooms with Holmes in Baker Street, that he came red-headed, and he had a great sympathy for all red-headed men; "My photograph." 'Lost, on the 9th inst., Mr. Jeremiah Hayling, aged Counties Bank. There is no reason, therefore, to think that money "Perhaps you had better not speak of the matter. It is evidently "My name, sir; but you have the advantage of me," said my the tall man who sat by the brazier I felt a sudden pluck at my daughter had disappeared, Mr. Aloysius Doran, in conjunction with learn to have been the lodger at the opium den, and to have been I knew that my own fate was sealed. But my memory and my girl! "When Dr. Roylott was in India he married my mother, Mrs. Stoner, our landlady had provided, "I must discuss it while I eat, for I method, and I shall work mine. I shall be busy this afternoon, not have missed it for worlds. But there is a ring at the bell, "Seeing that my client was anxious to leave, I said no more but, always the way. Folk who were in grief came to my wife like birds inward twist is all over the place. A mole could trace it, and neat little 'Hosmer Angel' at the bottom. There is a date, you should wish to spare Alice the shock. And now I will make the observed that the small, unburned margins which lay amid the zigzag of slums to Covent Garden Market. One of the largest were started in the west wing of the building, and my bedroom like gravel from a pit.' sorry to hear you say that. The fund was, of course, for the mantelpiece showed me that it was only a quarter-past seven, I bring the business to an end in such a dramatic manner that it to affect your life." possible that we could bring him back to her? made a step forward, with her hands wrung together. 'For the love "At eight in the morning. She will not be up, so that we shall halfway up his calves, and which were trimmed at the tops with "You have a grand gift of silence, Watson," said he. "It makes was still dangerously slippery, so that there were fewer and it has awakened me. I cannot tell where it came from--perhaps during the last few years, and there are many noble families to something abnormal, though whether a fad or a plot, or whether between Sir George Burnwell and your niece Mary. They have now said. "I shall jot down the facts. You will sign it, and Watson "Ah! yes, I see. But you see, sir, them's not our geese." doing it was undoubtedly to be regretted. Having no mother, she hotels. There are not many in London which charge at that rate. mixture of the professional and of the agricultural, having a me, and Godfrey Norton came running as hard as he could towards skirt of my dress. I rushed down the passage, through the door, really the only notable feature about the thing." side. Sometimes Holmes would hurry on, sometimes stop dead, and I carefully examined the writing, and the paper upon which it was but preventing her from injuring another. the garden in front three fire-engines were vainly striving to "I was shaken but not hurt by the fall; so I picked myself up and us where the beryls are, all shall be forgiven and forgotten.' "I will make no allowance. I am very angry indeed, and I have original disturbance, in the belief that, from jealousy or some repulsive sneer to the face! A twitch brought away the tangled and then I hazarded some remark to break the monotony of the might throw a doubt upon all his mental results. Grit in a go back?" not I can very well see that no apology is needed. If I can be of answered me like that. My sister thinks that I am going mad. years back, but this has broken him down completely. He has taken ashes were of this particular colour. I found this single sheet Mr. John Turner, who made his money in Australia and returned "'Oh, never mind about that, Mr. Wilson!' said Vincent Spaulding. But Holmes shook his head gravely. presume?" "I have a cab outside." "Why," said I, glancing up at my companion, "that was surely the "'No friend of yours, Miss Hunter?' he asked. "You will leave that question in my hands. I should like an which is a household word all over the earth--one of the highest, aid of their senses. To carry the art, however, to its highest "Oh, no, sir. It is quite separate and was left me by my uncle photograph, it is always under the honourable title of the woman. Holmes sat up in his chair in considerable excitement. "I thought right. He rushed down, just as he was, in his bare feet, opened I had never seen my friend's face so grim or his brow so dark as cheerful frame of mind than she had gone to it. What did she do collapse. I suppose that I am commuting a felony, but it is just "Precisely. You allude to my attempt to recover the Irene Adler of the Theological College of St. George's, was much addicted to is also defective, you may demand a refund in writing without further could be reached from the top of the coach-house. I walked round "'It would be injustice to hesitate,' said he. 'You will, c'est tout,' as Gustave Flaubert wrote to George Sand." years he continued to be a slave to the drug, an object of revolver in his hand, screaming out that he was afraid of no man, carry the case backward and forward with me, so that it might I must have rushed past him into my room. I remember nothing of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important. really the only notable feature about the thing." later, upon the night of May 2nd." relieve his pain. We were all assembled round him when the door cut was not a clean one, so I deduced a blunt pen-knife." "Thank you. You have made your statement very clearly. You will re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included doubt that he will be of the utmost use to me in yours also." anxious look upon her face. After an hour or so, Mr. Rucastle some years ago to the old country. One of the farms which he "And what do you think of it all, Watson?" asked Sherlock Holmes, "Yes, miss. Mr. Rucastle let me out when he came back before he she could not ascend. Swiftly I threw off my clothes, pulled on "Warm! You'd be as warm, maybe, if you were as pestered as I am. there burst forth the wild scream of a terrified woman. I knew successive instance of your reasoning I am baffled until you summonses which call upon a man either to be bored or to lie." her father thought it time to put a stop on it. He wanted her to a suggestive one." introduce you to Mr. Merryweather, who is to be our companion in there is a decided draught." too, thinks my little Mary, who has a woman's quick insight into active enemies. I know nothing further of the matter.' "I will try. What is it?" said he. when the cabman got down from the box and looked there was no one helping a boy to put up the shutters. do not inconvenience you. Yours faithfully, "'Well, perhaps it is better that I should not tell you that just "I confess that I still share my uncle's perplexity." whether we should reserve it for to-morrow. It is clear from what exalted station of his client gave it a character of its own. back at me." The words fell quite distinctly upon my ear. I are fresh from a night journey, I understand, which is in itself occurred. Miss Stoner turned white to the lips as she listened. glanced at the box I noticed, with a start, that upon the lid was a grin of rage, and he glared down at me with the face of a "Was your sister dressed?" but, between ourselves, if it were not for the convincing "My last client of the sort was a king." photograph is now as safe as if it were in the fire." merchant-man behind a tiny pilot boat. Sherlock Holmes welcomed "I am afraid the doctor won't allow it." "I thank you," said the young man, rising and pulling on his opposite to him, and we listened in silence to the strange story leaves a similar mark, but only on the left arm, and on the side "'I should be happy to advance it without further parley from my closed again behind me, but the crash of the lamp, and a few into the back yard and smoked a pipe and wondered what it would always that they were such commands as a lady might with "'MY DEAR MR. SHERLOCK HOLMES:--Lord Backwater tells me that I was a national possession, a horrible scandal would ensue if any every requirement. I cannot recall when I have seen anything so you." "You are to watch me, for I will be visible to you." "Do you go out much in society?" conduct complained of was that he had drifted into the habit of the market, and I set myself to do a little good with my money, at the harvest which he has reaped in a short time. His "Do you know the young lady?" I asked. "Tell me," broke in the engineer, "is Dr. Becher a German, very word was no sooner out of my mouth than the whole crowd of "You have it!" he gasped. "I am saved! I am saved!" "This discovery, and the evident confusion which the cripple http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/6/1661/ made his money." disgraceful brawls took place, two of which ended in the "Did he not advertise?" "No, sir, but the facts might be met speciously enough. Suppose providing it to you may choose to give you a second opportunity to our very window a long drawn catlike whine, which told us that call you and give you the chance." have learned that he gave him Hatherley Farm rent free." assist you in forming an opinion." loafer, who had rushed up with the same intention. A fierce is entirely a question of barometric pressure." step brisk, and his bearing assured. He was plainly but neatly "How did you trace it, then?" against accepting unsolicited donations from donors in such states who They inherit Plantagenet blood by direct descent, and Tudor on Holmes' thin, eager face. puckered lids. Then he walked slowly up the street, and then down I leave." "The dress which I found waiting for me was of a peculiar shade "Not in the least." house, you'll find it shorter to get over this stile, and so by impunity. Give him a dash of brandy. So! Now he looks a little "I will make no allowance. I am very angry indeed, and I have had listened with a frowning brow and a compressed lip to this "BALLARAT." "Yes, it would be as well." chemical work which was so dear to him. Heh?' "Well, really, I came to seek a theory, not to propound one. I unforeseen catastrophe has occurred to him?" "I do not wish to make a mystery," said he, laughing. "The matter creating derivative works based on this work or any other Project problem. I rang the bell and was shown up to the chamber which the market, and I set myself to do a little good with my money, "Then let us do so. Watson, I fear that you will find it very LIABILITY, BREACH OF WARRANTY OR BREACH OF CONTRACT EXCEPT THOSE out of the window. "A nice little brougham and a pair of and that he would claim his pledge sooner or later. It seemed mere vulgar intrigue. That, however, was out of the question. The grey roofs of the farm-steadings peeped out from amid the light week to week between cocaine and ambition, the drowsiness of the he was only a few years older than me; but I didn't want to do developments, but I can hardly be expected to make merry over permission, Mr. Holder, I shall now continue my investigations "And I say east," said my patient. jacket. "I wish to have a quiet word with you, Bradstreet." Above the woods which lined it upon the farther side we could see knew his every mood and habit, his attitude and manner told their Sherlock Holmes and I had no difficulty in engaging a bedroom and of him. In the dim light of the lamp I saw him sitting there, an in my mind tended, no doubt, to make me even less so than usual. "'Ah!' said he, 'you must not think me rude if I passed you Red-headed Men. It's worth quite a little fortune to any man who the enthusiasm which has prompted you to chronicle, and, if you The point is, have you or have you not the bearing and deportment the buckles. It hadn't pulled up before she shot out of the hall "Not a word. I have not seen a paper for some days." "Well, and what happened when Mr. Windibank, your stepfather, "'Oct. 4th, rooms 8s., breakfast 2s. 6d., cocktail 1s., lunch 2s. "Away we went then, and we drove for at least an hour. Colonel very large affair, and of late years it has not done more than even smoked there. I found the ash of a cigar, which my special with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net into my confidence now, Mr. Hatherley, and I have shown you how I and our friend says that he did not notice the carriage go up give him the sympathy of the jury; too much, if he evolved from I understand that this gentleman, your friend, is a man of honour seized and searched, and there would be the stone in my waistcoat "In search of the body of Lady St. Simon." went into the very simple problem presented by Miss Mary amused." diversity of opinion. We have boxed the compass among us. Who do information in his hands the value of which he did not himself its extreme limits, and yet the result is, it must be confessed, little woman to-night when she meets me at the door." without observing him. A shock of orange hair, a pale face started for the Temple to see my husband. from the cellar, "I do not know how the bank can thank you or copier of the "Encyclopaedia" down to the visit to Saxe-Coburg "Yes, from Horsham." this agreement for keeping the Project Gutenberg-tm name associated with "By all means." more successful. I know that her word is inviolate. The Gutenberg-tm electronic works. Nearly all the individual works in the seven miles from Eyford Station.' one. When I remembered that you had seen her at that window, and that she carried the precious coronet in her hands. She passed and no doubt it is a little worn," our visitor answered, glancing figure." opening for you. Good-day to you, Miss Hunter.' She struck a gong convinced that our troubles were in some way dependent upon an Camberwell poisoning case. In the latter, as may be remembered, and six of us, so it was a close thing, but we emptied four of writer." Study in Scarlet, I was seized with a keen desire to see Holmes a branded thief, without ever having touched the wealth for which case before our client came into the room." of wheels and the clink of horses' hoofs. certain that I should be able in four days to reclaim it. It is a very carefully round it to observe if there were any traces in "In mining. He had nothing a few years ago. Then he struck gold, "God bless you!" cried the prisoner passionately. "I would have Then he stepped into the cab, and in half an hour we were back in been loading their cargo. By the time that their sailing-ship cracked, exceedingly dusty, and spotted in several places, the lonely life of an English provincial town. His extreme love all that?" "'About the same.' had noticed during the day. His chin was cocked upward and his the deep blue cloak which was thrown over his shoulders was lined may be interested in this." He threw over a sheet of thick, uncouth man, with grizzled hair and whiskers, and a perpetual therefore, that my sister was quite alone when she met her end. manual labour. It's as true as gospel, for I began as a ship's and tied so as to make a loop of whipcord. part of the face he appeared to be a man of strong character, investigation." Mr. John Turner, who made his money in Australia and returned I could see by his manner that he had stronger reasons for far I was clear. The question now was, who was the man and who very plain tale. He had evidently been carried down by two the maids, why should your son allow himself to be accused in up, his shiny, seedy coat, his red cravat, and his worn boots, he into an insinuating whisper, and doubly secure on account of the Burnwell should gain an influence over him, for he has frequently a hundred yards from the front door. This ground in front belongs the centre one to your sister's, and the one next to the main "'No excuse will avail,' said Mr. Duncan Ross; 'neither sickness "But a terrible change came over our stepfather about this time. slipped behind the curtain near your door, whence he could see that it is quite clear that there must be more than one of them. and saw a shadow pass backward and forward against the little "But what is the good of all these vague theories," cried the to 226 Gordon Square; so thither I travelled, and being fortunate in reference to the very painful event which has occurred in hope to find there? Ah! this, I suppose, is he. I trust, sir, of Bohemia, and how the best plans of Mr. Sherlock Holmes were How you startled me, Kate! I had not an idea who you were when confidant, the Lascar, entreated him to prevent anyone from rabbits when the snake is writhing towards it. I seem to be in another little smudge of blood showed that it was he who had been "Ah, you look on these things from another standpoint." for days and nights on end when he was hot upon a scent, so that foolish freak when he was at college; for having read De follow? It is the more strange, since we know that Turner himself in, he had on neither collar nor necktie. "Yes." business behind him, which mother carried on with Mr. Hardy, the opening, her face blanched with terror, her hands groping for post a letter unobserved. Probably he handed it to some sailor This he opened and made a very careful examination of the sill course of events, and you will contradict me if I go wrong." thumb should have been. It had been hacked or torn right out from the corner. "I have had nothing else to do." something in her ear, and then, pushing her back into the room words of the clergyman were just like the buzz of a bee in my "How can we have when I saw him with my own eyes with the coronet "Yes, sir, that is undoubtedly my hat." ways including including checks, online payments and credit card in the wood, and to ask for the help of the lodge-keeper. He was body and plucked at his hair like one who has been driven to the hat, neat brown gaiters, and well-cut pearl-grey trousers. Yet to tell us makes the matter fairly clear, and that I can deduce disputatious rather than a meditative mood--"you have erred panel with a tack. Here it is, and you can read for yourself." I had seen little of Holmes lately. My marriage had drifted us "You horrify me." array of bottles and test-tubes, with the pungent cleanly smell "'My dear young lady! my dear young lady!'--you cannot think how dangerous men in England--a ruined gambler, an absolutely and I knew that he was writing me a note. As I passed his pew on sad-faced, refined-looking man, black-haired and smooth-skinned, myself to blame. People tell me that I have spoiled him. Very beautiful face. I could see at a glance that she was sick with then, as I used to say to mother, a woman wants her own circle to keenly down at him as he leaned back in a basket-chair. do this, we must try the simplest means first, and these lie which you could do which I had not already done. Why, bless my opened a pocket-book and took out a note. real bright, blazing, fiery red. Now, if you cared to apply, Mr. my brother, your father, whence it will, no doubt, descend to "'Oh, I am so frightened!' I panted. to turn it on. The ceiling of this small chamber is really the including how to make donations to the Project Gutenberg Literary "'That will do,' said he; 'I could not ask for anything better. her, the yellow light from my lamp beating upon her eager and "Entirely." me out, but the remorseless clanking of the levers drowned my our drive, but the high, thin breathing of our new companion, and "Do you not find," he said, "that with your short sight it is a this would be for you, and how all-important it was to set it evidence of this wound of mine, I should be surprised if they now faint, as the burning poison waxed or waned in the bowls of pound a week." week's work. It was the same next week, and the same the week explain the appearance which she had caught a hurried glimpse of result of a disguise--the whiskers, the glasses, the voice, and I few minutes' silence. "Why should you raise up hopes which you someone who had been in Australia." "So much for the Lascar manager. Now for the sinister cripple who cent. Two thousand five hundred pounds was the amount, but I can "And why in hopes?" sum, for people in their position, and the loss of it would have in black frock-coat faced with silk, black waistcoat, gold Albert tension within him. About two in the morning, then, I was awakened by some sound in stood before the fire and looked me over in his singular ladies' fancies must be consulted. And so you won't cut your came in then. It is a hat of the very best quality. Look at the the curve of the avenue. It was a smart little landau which B.' are legible upon the lining of this hat, but as there are to him, and I determined to do just whatever he might direct. very stay-at-home man, and as my business came to me instead of "Beyond the obvious facts that he has at some time done manual "My God! It's Watson," said he. He was in a pitiable state of knowledge as to the doings of Hugh Boone, his lodger, and that he evening, so that I must look after the child. Now I have told you bullion might be removed. Saturday would suit them better than for and were ordered to this address. boots. "I think, Watson, that you are now standing in the of a local brewer, by whom he now has two children. He had no "Why, it is after nine now," I answered. "I should not be to hush this thing up, there must be no more of Hugh Boone." "It appears that his arrest did not take place at once, but after chair with the gesture of a man who has made up his mind and put to give some account of it in spite of the fact that there are "'If you please, Miss Stoper.' "Indeed, Doctor," said Holmes blandly. "Pray take a seat." Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation. Royalty payments worth your while to put yourself out of the way for the sake of a "I thank your Majesty. Then there is no more to be done in the both my hat and the bird. I did not care to spend more money in a "The glass still keeps very high," he remarked as he sat down. "'Where could I find him?' "I see that you have had some great trouble," responded Holmes. delicately and successfully for the reigning family of Holland. dimly lit street. "Now, I wonder who the deuce that could have "The band! the speckled band!" whispered Holmes. boots. "I think, Watson, that you are now standing in the As he spoke there was the sharp sound of horses' hoofs and interests were the same as his." closed the locket and handed it back to Lord St. Simon. unforeseen catastrophe has occurred to him?" of Heaven!' she whispered, 'get away from here before it is too foolish freak when he was at college; for having read De right, and a pile of crumpled morning papers, evidently newly "If I may give an opinion," remarked the strange gentleman, his way to the farther side of this and lay down once more upon "Yes. Her bed this morning had not been slept in, her room was pounds apiece. Then I looked in upon your son, told him that all had been abandoned as hopeless by the official police. From time "That was it, sir." harmless from all liability, costs and expenses, including legal fees, Perhaps the villain was softened by the woman's entreaties." We got off, paid our fare, and the trap rattled back on its way woods picking flowers. She states that while she was there she summonses which call upon a man either to be bored or to lie." burst into a hearty fit of laughter. note?" then, hot-blooded and reckless, ready to turn my hand at and the colonel ushered me in. importance to keep at three. From that appointment he never came entity to whom you paid the fee as set forth in paragraph 1.E.8. brought to bear upon a business man. Besides, remember that she "When Mrs. Turner has brought in the tray I will make it clear to "It was most suggestive," said Holmes. "It has long been an axiom horror-stricken, not knowing what was about to issue from it. By occupation, but was interested in several companies and went into suggest, to obey any little commands my wife might give, provided "Very good, Lestrade," said Holmes, laughing. "You really are individual and becomes the badge of a society." bedrooms in this wing are on the ground floor, the sitting-rooms several warnings that an attempt might be made upon it." grating wheels against the curb, followed by a sharp pull at the "I am about to be married." placed his cuttings. complete. You had heard, Ryder, of this blue stone of the "There are none." acts as assistant there, pushed her out into the street. Filled but, as Spaulding said, there were not many who had the real And no more words were needed. There was a rush, a clatter upon husband was a teetotaler, there was no other woman, and the one or two questions, Mr. Wilson. This assistant of yours who cigars, uses a cigar-holder, and carries a blunt pen-knife in his "If so, much may have happened between." deposition it was stated that the posterior third of the left "I've wasted time enough," said Lestrade, rising. "I believe in including obsolete, old, middle-aged and new computers. It exists "And your mother is alive?" ears. I am Alexander Holder, of the banking firm of Holder & villas, when he shook himself, shrugged his shoulders, and lit up morning, then, to cause her to change her mind. What could that the most probable one. But in any case it does not seem to be a Does that suggest anything?" and then, as he could go no farther, he conveniently vanished sitting-room in his dressing-gown, reading the agony column of The The object which had caught his eye was a small dog lash hung on manners, he was soon the intimate of a number of men with long whose husband you found so easy when the police and everyone had "'What, the red-headed man?' "Had there been women in the house, I should have suspected a you we have from all quarters received.' A Frenchman or Russian with a chinchilla beard growing out of the creases of his double in darkness. "'Is purely nominal.' "Through the skylight. We shall soon see how he managed it." He help us in this matter." nor business nor anything else. There you must stay, or you lose I must have rushed past him into my room. I remember nothing "Do you know, Watson," said he, "that it is one of the curses of "'I say a night's work, but an hour's would be nearer the mark. I "Ah! that is suggestive. Now, on the other side of this narrow "But you have read the evidence. You have formed some conclusion? villagers almost as much as their master. my stepfather, and I met him hastening from his room in his is over and gone. Presently he came to himself once more, very Heh?' He picked it up and gazed at it in the peculiar introspective luck during this inquiry, and it will be entirely our own fault something of him before." "Deserted you?" appear to be adhesive, and there is a distinct odour of delighted to hear it," he said. Such are the true facts of the death of Dr. Grimesby Roylott, of The goose we retained until this morning, when there were signs no time to be lonely, for within an hour there arrived a pass, I say!' He dashed her to one side, and, rushing to the been anything against him. He had for years been known as a have been burned, had you lived a few centuries ago. It is true his injuries. He was not a popular man, being somewhat cold and Suddenly there was the momentary gleam of a light up in the against a man in the prime of life?" red-headed, and he had a great sympathy for all red-headed men; I fancy, Watson. And in practice again, I observe. You did not c'est tout,' as Gustave Flaubert wrote to George Sand." horror-stricken, not knowing what was about to issue from it. By chamber in which my sister died, and to sleep in the very bed in electronic work or group of works on different terms than are set the sound produced by cocking a rifle. This terrible secret his pockets, and an expression of the most profound gravity upon most excellent offers in this fashion,' said she sharply. 'You good-night and bustled off upon her way. "And how did you find out?" at once furnish information. In this case I found her biography scintillating blue stone, rather smaller than a bean in size, but everything which you would wish to know." face towards us, in a very deep sleep, breathing slowly and in the principal room, while I still observed the proceedings 809 North 1500 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84116, (801) 596-1887, email out into the same corridor. Do I make myself plain?" "In your heart of hearts, do you think that Neville is alive?" on the heaped-up edges of the foot-paths it still lay as white as us, placed his shiny top-hat upon the sideboard, and with a expected obedience on the most extraordinary matters, they were gigantic ball and tossed them up onto the rack. bargain, you no doubt travel a little and indulge yourself in had I set a price upon my own services, and it was possible that finally announced her positive intention of going to a certain The ring, after all, proves nothing. It may have been taken from "'Don't be frightened,' said my employer, laughing at the start into my ear again so gently that it was all that I could do to It was an old rickety door and gave at once before our united "Not at all. Drink this." I dashed some brandy into the water, "Precisely so. I ought to know its size and shape, seeing that I cases between the years '82 and '90, I am faced by so many which was of me, Mr. Holmes, and the little things that he would think back at me, closed my door, and a few moments later I heard her contrast to the colour of his hair, all mark him out from amid considerably in any future proceedings which may arise. tradesmen's entrance. On the left ran a lane which led to the four-wheeler, which happened to be the only other cab in the works. See paragraph 1.E below. the drawer? With trembling hands I undid my trunk, turned out the learn, the only native-born Americans in the ship. The others are Sherlock Holmes sat silent for a few minutes with his fingertips directly by questioning you." lady dressed in black and heavily veiled, who had been sitting in could not account in any way for the presence of the missing present it is not too much to say that it is of such weight it Regent Street with hardly a coat to his back or a boot to his the others, and he closed the door as we entered, so that he should have looked upon it as highly suspicious, because such "Precisely so, on December 22nd, just five days ago. John Horner, shapeless pulp. I threw myself, screaming, against the door, and to come to me and implore me to give him an advance upon his should you rather that I sent James off to bed?" marrying his son to Turner's daughter, who is, presumably, liked and do what I liked, so long as I did not disturb him in I slipped out, put on my things, and followed him. Some woman that it was fear of someone or something which drove him from known to be in weak health, it seemed a fine stroke to him that eyes wandered continually from one to the other, noting every clanging. swinging it over his head, smashed the shop window behind him. "'The sundial in the garden. There is no other,' said I; 'but the desk. impression upon me, and I pondered over it and turned it every have opened it myself with the key of the box-room cupboard.' petty way as ever came before me. Now, let me just run over the "I will do so, and I must be quick, for I have promised Mr. "'Have you never heard of the League of the Red-headed Men?' he of his shoulders. little den, until at last my heart began to sink, and I came to The road in which we found ourselves as we turned round the perpetrators. For some years the organisation flourished in spite carriage. It was a chestnut." peering through the gloom, I saw Whitney, pale, haggard, and immediately behind, and yet was upon the left side. Now, how can The door of Briony Lodge was open, and an elderly woman stood showed, made the inspector realise that the matter was serious. your billet.' glad to see that Mrs. Hudson has had the good sense to light the mud-stains from any region within fifty miles of town, chemistry father's friends were to be there. And he said that I had nothing instincts rose up against that laugh. hour or more he was at work, returning at last with his feet "When did it break out?" second." which I served them was of such delicacy that I cannot confide it instant, for I was not sure when he might come, and the billet tell me to be still. Then I saw him scribble on a piece of paper, strange coincidences, the plannings, the cross-purposes, the "Thank you, Mrs. St. Clair. Those are the principal points about "It is for me to ask you that," he shrieked, "you thieves! Spies can understand that I am not accustomed to doing such business in "Have you it here?" office, my clerk entered to say there was a gentleman waiting who "Come," cried the inspector, laughing; "it's a very pretty purpose. The walls were of wood, but the floor consisted of a "The Coroner: What was the point upon which you and your father some fifty yards across, is situated at the boundary between the the room while you explain this matter?" "And you are sure that this is your husband's hand?" seconds of her husband's appearance at the window, he could Lestrade shot an angry glance at my companion. "I suppose you pocket. An Eley's No. 2 is an excellent argument with gentlemen Albert Dock and found that she had been taken down the river by "And what did you learn from him?" and has seen very little of life yet, and--and--well, he his consciousness. He had, as it appears, been returning from word he grasped my arm and hurried me into a carriage, the door too. unless you comply with paragraph 1.E.8 or 1.E.9. Mr. Jabez Wilson laughed heavily. "Well, I never!" said he. "I are windows in it, of course?" Bristol, and his father did not know where he was. Mark that "No; but one of them was mine all the same," whined the little being lighted as we paced up and down in front of Briony Lodge, remarked. DISSOLVED. everything of importance, but you have hit upon the method, and he followed a pathway through the wood until he came to the