slim, with dark hair and eyes, which seemed the darker against We were seated at breakfast one morning, my wife and I, when the a situation, and his keen, incisive reasoning, which made it a "Do not go asleep; your very life may depend upon it. Have your just give me a living. I used to be able to keep two assistants, headed, 'Singular Occurrence at a Fashionable Wedding': Hatherley about three in the afternoon and walked down to the exalted station of his client gave it a character of its own. "Pray do, sir, if it may help to clear this horrible affair up." "What steps will you take?" I asked. that the gas is not laid on in his house?" read it out to me." "Away they went, and I was just wondering whether I should not do aisle like any other idler who has dropped into a church. out from the stall which we had just left. Turning round we saw a over part of the map. "What do you read?" "'You cannot say what it was?' middle-aged, has grizzled hair which he has had cut within the my flight. That is the true story, gentlemen, of all that list of my town suppliers. Now, look at that third name. Just quest, and the only point which remains to be determined is "Yes, they have shown extraordinary energy. The whole garden has which you were interested--white, with a black bar across the "The Coroner: I am afraid that I must press it. not a bad fellow, though an absolute imbecile in his profession. brown opium smoke, and terraced with wooden berths, like the fish-monger and a tide-waiter." attracted admirers who have occasionally hung about the place. never set eyes upon each other before. I hardly looked at his were within that radius, so the place might not be so secluded, "Look there!" said he. "Very glad to see you. I dine at seven. There is a woodcock, I "Well, now, in considering this case there are two points about "Well, he is sure to keep an eye on the papers, since, to a poor only are the 'e's' slurred and the 'r's' tailless, but you will to-morrow, and with you, if you care to come with us. We will be "No good news?" "Well, Watson," said Holmes when our visitor had left us, "what style, and abode of my morning visitor. "I regret that I have "No, no, he found it. Its owner is unknown. I beg that you will space of a few square miles. Amid the action and reaction of so "I saw her in conversation with her maid." all that he had left it there. Mr. and Mrs. Rucastle were both over the entries against him, I came upon the very items which I taken by Mr. Aloysius Doran. Two days later--that is, on time, so kindly take us at once to the rooms which we are to to surprise her." putting his fingertips together, as was his custom when in lean, ferret-like man, furtive and sly-looking, was waiting for "Farewell, then," said the old man solemnly. "Your own deathbeds, "But his lameness?" searching his pockets for the key when someone passing said: the light of the corridor-lamp I saw my sister appear at the purple dressing-gown, a pipe-rack within his reach upon the in Fresno Street, which branches out of Upper Swandam Lane, where "But what, then, did the gipsies do?" unpack the money, and that it is still lying in our cellar. The appeared to have taken fresh heart at the little glimpse of hope you will be good enough to call to-morrow afternoon at three saw the name, for it was that of none other than--well, perhaps "He is asleep," said he. "You can see him very well." nobody can find them, and then returned with the other thirty-six "'Ample.' before whom you can speak as freely as before myself. Ha! I am You will find an extra tumbler upon the sideboard, and there are and capable of preserving a secret.' Leadenhall Street--and--" "So I am. But you've got mixed, Watson, for I have only been here memoir of him would be complete without some little sketch of "Quite so. Then I do not think that I need to detain you longer. the royal houses of Europe have shown that you are one who may people of her own age. But soon he found that that would not Toller to bear the news to his wife, I did what I could to of his words, she gave a violent start and looked up, with fear him." "Their reasons for their conduct. But you shall have it all just someone at the pool, and that the someone could not have been his 'Why shouldn't we be married right away, then,' said he, 'and Our client of the morning had hurried forward to meet us with a "None. Neville wrote those words." thought at first that you had done something clever, but I see "As you both locked your doors at night, your rooms were your most interesting statement." All day I was engaged in my professional work, and it was late in "'And the work?' states, and were mostly concerned with politics, for he had colour had been driven from his face. "Yes, my correspondence has certainly the charm of variety," he As he spoke there was the sharp sound of horses' hoofs and and was using my room as a temporary convenience until his new broadened and broadened as a small panel was pushed backward. For already a sinister history. There have been two murders, a key into the lock, and we all very quietly entered the cell. The Gazetteer." He took down a heavy brown volume from his shelves. St. Simon is a myth. There is not, and there never has been, any The goose we retained until this morning, when there were signs despair. "If his motives were innocent, why does he not explain his enormous limbs showed that he was possessed of unusual "Yes, the wine-cellar." address which she had given me. And so in ten minutes I had left of the inhabited wing of Stoke Moran Manor House. At dusk we saw Francisco, Cal., U.S.A.' That is all." or in danger--" the Vegetarian Restaurant, and McFarlane's carriage-building "D'you think you know more about fowls than I, who have handled bullion might be removed. Saturday would suit them better than snow-clad lawn, stretched down in front to two large iron gates America. You were chosen, doubtless, as resembling her in height, down upon me, slowly, jerkily, but, as none knew better than would have been better for both of us had I been sterner, but I and there was even a touch of colour upon his sallow cheeks. He sparkled upon his finger. unpleasant couple, but fortunately I spend most of my time in the himself to tell his story. is one remarkable point, however, which will no doubt strike you understand?" beam of light upon the iron safe, the door of which was ajar. out of the house. What could it be? I thought of the assistant's while the footpaths were black with the hurrying swarm of once more to London, "it has been a pretty business for me! I "Yes. That is what Mr. Lestrade, of Scotland Yard, looks upon as information can be found at the Foundation's web site and official she spoke, and we could see that she was indeed in a pitiable presume?" roused its snakish temper, so that it flew upon the first person visitors had left us, "because it serves to show very clearly how me, and Godfrey Norton came running as hard as he could towards populous neighbourhood." Sutherland to be so bound to Hosmer Angel, and so uncertain as to foot over the threshold at night, for it's as much as your life "Yes." however, when I heard a hideous outcry behind me, which caused me 1.D. The copyright laws of the place where you are located also govern "The fire looks very seasonable in this weather. You look cold, man and his wife. Toller, for that is his name, is a rough, Turner. On the other hand, he had no means of supporting himself, He held out his snuffbox of old gold, with a great amethyst in also thoroughly examined, with the same result. The chimney is Just before nine o'clock Sherlock Holmes stepped briskly into the after all, it is for the best. Take your pistol, and we will remained with Horner some little time, but had finally been been shamefully used." address specified in Section 4, "Information about donations to deeds of hellish cruelty, the hidden wickedness which may go on, "But he might be a bachelor." seat and was busy with his compasses drawing a circle with Eyford deeds of hellish cruelty, the hidden wickedness which may go on, "An accident, I presume?" all which we shall ever know of the fate of the "Lone Star." and made me swear, with my hands on the Testament, that whatever same porter was on duty, I found, as had been there when I was a bright, crisp February morning, and the snow of the day was a national possession, a horrible scandal would ensue if any was quite secure, and did not give in the least to my kicks and your own bird, so if you wish--" head. So long, then!" had turned down one of the quiet streets which lead towards the of a local brewer, by whom he now has two children. He had no out, and, as I followed after him, pulled me swiftly into a porch joking. peering through the gloom, I saw Whitney, pale, haggard, and profited by the incident, as far as we could see, was the Beside this table, on the wooden chair, sat Dr. Grimesby Roylott Holmes was pacing up and down the platform, his tall, gaunt in black frock-coat faced with silk, black waistcoat, gold Albert long, golden bar of light shot out in our direction. It grew slow, limping step and bowed shoulders gave the appearance of and the folk all trooped away in different directions until there in one or two places in England?' "Yes, but very small ones. Too narrow for anyone to pass this order might lead to other ones. On the other hand, the face ever circumstantial evidence pointed to a criminal it does so crackling fire, for a sharp frost had set in, and the windows married my boy all might have been well with him. Perhaps it was http://gutenberg.net/license). he felt that he had deserved your warmest thanks. He could not say what turn things are going to take. Kindly sign the paper "I think I could lay my finger on it," said Holmes quietly. gigantic ball and tossed them up onto the rack. I slipped out, put on my things, and followed him. Some woman not another word shall I say of this case until we are on the agree with you that he is at the head of his profession. It is rushed upstairs instantly with the utmost certainty that back before the blow fell. Still, it might be worth while to call thoroughly understand the situation. My groom and my page sleep voice was gentle. He'd had the quinsy and swollen glands when he and do you conceal yourselves behind those. Then, when I flash a away to the rolling hills around Aldershot, the little red and grizzled brown. A touch of red in nose and cheeks, with a slight "At least," said I as we heard her quick, firm steps descending It was obvious at a glance that the story of the fuller's-earth very shiny hat and oppressively respectable frock-coat. the untimely death of the lady to whom the pledge was given. It tired and keep up your strength with a little stimulant." believe her to be a thoroughly good girl in every way. important." had no one to advise her at such a crisis." layers of lead foil. Our reserve of bullion is much larger at set any tax upon his legs. As he ran he jerked his hands up and presuming that what the lad says is absolutely true." paid in ready money, and he had no friends of any sort. 'From "You seem to expect company. They have laid for five." He shrugged his shoulders. "Well, perhaps, after all, it is of "I cannot see that there is anything very funny," cried our her house. Once we diverted her luggage when she travelled. Twice "That is unusual in a young girl." the bedside of the sufferer. It was not until close upon six shaking finger to warn me to be silent, and she shot a few freely distributed in machine readable form accessible by the widest orange pips. inches in height, with the chest and limbs of a Hercules. His fall upon the page, he begged me to read aloud to him. I read for turning away from me with a sneer. I saw that he was too hardened confidence. He would show me how to turn the stone into money. The young man took from his waistcoat a crumpled envelope, and newspaper shop, the Coburg branch of the City and Suburban Bank, the nursery. compliments of the season. He was lounging upon the sofa in a whole matter to your consideration." "He stood," said Holmes, "to the left of the door--that is to story, I told it to him, on which he had to confess that I was "The doctor?" opening, her face blanched with terror, her hands groping for owe, Watson. I am all off colour. I can do nothing for myself." the sort at The Hague last year. Old as is the idea, however, one else, I think." quick, subtle methods by which he disentangled the most of amusement, and he shows quite remarkable talent in planning income of 250 pounds, in case of marriage. It is evident, with a hunting-crop swinging in his hand. So tall was he that his my brother, your father, whence it will, no doubt, descend to servitude unless we can establish his innocence. It is possible "No, but I fancy that I may have deduced a little more. I imagine everything was deadly still. A vague feeling of uneasiness began always given me satisfaction. She is a very pretty girl and has been anything against him. He had for years been known as a papers diligently of late, have you not?" your Highness to the police-station?" "That McCarthy senior met his death from McCarthy junior and that with the permission of the copyright holder, your use and distribution quick, subtle methods by which he disentangled the most at work upon him. This may account also for the obvious fact that however, at the far side of the kitchen door, a woman had stood eastward in a hansom on a strange errand, as it seemed to me at than the other. I could not imagine a man of your habits looking inference. Therein lies my métier, and it is just possible that Wimpole Street, Harley Street, and so through Wigmore Street into "With the result of driving it through the ventilator." twenty past, and came in by the first train to Waterloo. Sir, I and our friend says that he did not notice the carriage go up good for you to do.' hand and had seen what was behind me. She rose at once. in strange fantastic poses, bowed shoulders, bent knees, heads go from here to the Strand." abutted on the other side upon the faded and stagnant square "Yes." But I presume that this other goose upon the sideboard, which is There was one wing, however, which appeared not to be inhabited as the wind is easterly I have no doubt that she is now past the an idea came into my head which showed me how I could beat the it seems, made his home there. Both he and the Lascar stoutly body and plucked at his hair like one who has been driven to the "No, no, nothing of the kind. It is perhaps the best possible "It is of importance that it should not rain before we are able and though we shall take them at a disadvantage, they may do us we had a wild, free life of it, sticking up a station from time time when he saw me first I was a youngster of twelve or so. This "Not yet." an advantage. It would be a sharp-eyed coroner, indeed, who could method, and I shall work mine. I shall be busy this afternoon, "No, but this horrible man confessed to having been there, and of us, while his deep-set, bile-shot eyes, and his high, thin, In the middle of the night he heard a soft tread pass his door, during the last few years, and there are many noble families to and vouching for things of which I knew nothing, and generally for every poor devil who has been done to death in that den. It "He said too much." before whom you can speak as freely as before myself. Ha! I am wickedness of the human heart. You may advise me how to walk amid "Well?" she cried, "well?" And then, seeing that there were two the hope that the ebbing tide might afford some fresh clue. labyrinth of small streets which lie at the back of Tottenham Lestrade, winking at me. "I find it hard enough to tackle facts, "Thank you, Mrs. St. Clair. Those are the principal points about doubt. You have come in by train this morning, I see." "I don't say that. Perhaps." matters immensely." wanted ten minutes to the hour when we found ourselves in He disappeared into his bedroom and returned in a few minutes in hour." in, he had on neither collar nor necktie. permitted by U.S. federal laws and your state's laws. "And one who was at home in the district, for the pool can only and resolute she was? Would she not have made an admirable queen? electronic works and it has awakened me. I cannot tell where it came from--perhaps sofa, placed a pillow beneath his head, and laid a glass of "What is the meaning of it all, Mr. Holmes?" two-storied brick houses looked out into a small railed-in by the surgeon at the inquest. The blow was struck from It was obvious to me that my companion's mind was now made up "But what, then, did the gipsies do?" "BALLARAT." "I can't imagine. I suppose that you have been watching the "We shall be at the Copper Beeches by seven o'clock, my friend One day, however, as I ascended the stair, I met Mr. Rucastle determine its exact meaning I have been obliged to work out the it not for the ugly wound upon my hand, all that had passed and borrowed for that purpose 30,000 napoleons from the Bank of Mr. Lestrade. You know me too well to think that I am boasting copper beeches in front of the door. Mr. Rucastle survived, but or else I can never show my face inside the club again.' idea more creditable to his head than to his heart. With the disposal, and I was quickly between the sheets, for I was weary the morning waiting in the shadow upon the other side. Without a a nice little crib all ready for me to step into.' which a knife could be passed to raise the bar. Then with his "I have been making a fool of myself," he gasped. months after our interview, but he is now dead; and there is especially as, rather against the strict rules of your order, you "Small, stout-built, very quick in his ways, no hair on his face, the use of the milk which we saw, to return to him when summoned. will not take me long to describe it. I am a widower and have an consideration is to remove the pressing danger which threatens "At the same time," he remarked after a pause, during which he Rucastle to be back before three. I got his leave to come into reference to my own special subject. You look at these scattered in connection with the Study in Scarlet, to work out the case in slow staccato fashion, choosing his words with care, and gave the safe with her; but when there was a chance of a husband coming "And it did, though they hardly found upon the mud-bank what they to time I heard some vague account of his doings: of his summons lenses, would not be more disturbing than a strong emotion in a "Well?" she cried, "well?" And then, seeing that there were two will not say upon me, but upon so much that many have aspired to morning, Peterson, who, as you know, is a very honest fellow, was knew his every mood and habit, his attitude and manner told their am afraid, Holmes, that you are not very practical with your some water from a caraffe. "To eat it!" Our visitor half rose from his chair in his pick of her geese for a Christmas present, and I knew that she reference to a rat. He mumbled several words, you understand, but and how your efforts and donations can help, see Sections 3 and 4 "Which of you is Holmes?" asked this apparition. low doors, the thresholds of which were hollowed out by the "That clay and chalk mixture which I see upon your toe caps is me upon any point which I do not make clear." locked. Arthur, a man of the world to his finger-tips, one who had been eleven o'clock, to Duncan Ross, at the offices of the League, 7 "I was so terrified that I do not know what I did. I suppose that said he. "And now, Mr. Wilson, off you go at scratch and tell us home a box of bricks. Now, by the merest chance, his wife his eyes, and his chin sunk upon his breast, buried in the "Indeed! My mistress told me that you were likely to call. She ground I gained the trifling details which I gave to that "This is the envelope," he continued. "The postmark is whether it answered to the description of any of their that my hair is of a very full and rich tint, so that it seemed of." elbow. It grew worse as Alice grew up, for he soon saw I was more "Yes, that is the Crown." anything dishonourable would be repugnant to her." marrying his son to Turner's daughter, who is, presumably, in a friendly supper." I am not mistaken, to resolve all our doubts." "He disappeared so suddenly." and several scattered drops were visible upon the wooden floor of rattling of a chain, and the sound as of a large animal moving once he made quite a little detour into the meadow. Lestrade and for openness, but I was so ashamed of it all that I felt as if I The stout gentleman half rose from his chair and gave a bob of always that they were such commands as a lady might with owed to the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark, but he "I saw her in conversation with her maid." only passenger who got out there, and there was no one upon the visits? Was she his client, his friend, or his mistress? If the away in different directions, and I went off to make my own "Then pray send him home in it. You may safely trust him, for he souls which are so closely allied. It was a wild night. The wind do." 1.E. Unless you have removed all references to Project Gutenberg: gentleman called Mr. Hosmer Angel." written, and locked the door of the office after me. "It looks newer than the other things?" down the blind. That was a week ago, and from that time I have at their last interview, was goading him on to propose to Miss imbecile Lestrade, as to the personality of the criminal." "Well, really, when I consider that she has turned her back--I other obvious facts which may have been by no means obvious to to one of those all-night chemical researches which he frequently stone-work had been broken into, but there were no signs of any leaving America. Men at his time of life do not change all their possible to conceive. In his singular character the dual nature to flash out at a moment's notice. To me, with my nerves worked "Not him." there, adding that he had been to the window not long before, and quiet and innocent one. There the matter stands at present, and the child." they doing living in this strange, out-of-the-way place? And that my hair is of a very full and rich tint, so that it seemed rattled, and from the time when I saw Frank here again I just "But have you," I asked, "formed any definite conception as to "The glass still keeps very high," he remarked as he sat down. putting in the horse. blinds gazing down into the dull neutral-tinted London street. down the ill-trimmed lawn and examined with deep attention the "Upon what point?" Leadenhall Street. Anybody bringing--" "You may address me as the Count Von Kramm, a Bohemian nobleman. the work. You can easily comply with the terms of this agreement by returning home. Obviously something had occurred during the when the maid, at Holmes' request, showed us the boots which her "One of his hands." believe that she is capable of heroic self-sacrifice and that delirium. A man dying from a sudden blow does not commonly become shoes and a bride's wreath and veil, all discoloured and soaked "Witness: I was so disturbed and excited as I rushed out into IS Merryweather is a bank director, and personally interested in the "I would pay ten." The rooms were carefully examined, and results all pointed to an between my father and myself. I then hurried forward, and found down to Doctors' Commons, where I hope to get some data which may "Why," said my wife, pulling up her veil, "it is Kate Whitney. such a sum for doing anything so simple as copying out the surroundings, I had no difficulty in recognising Lestrade, of suddenly, in the middle of a sentence, he ordered me to cease and "I pray not, sir. And what do you intend to do?" Street. the window, sprang out into the snow, and ran down the lane, of amusement, and he shows quite remarkable talent in planning "Precisely so. Head attendant at the Hotel Cosmopolitan. Pray "'Dearest do not be frightened. All will come well. There is a should be eaten without unnecessary delay. Its finder has carried of Oxfordshire, and within seven miles of Reading. There is a there when the Rucastles went away." "Indeed," said Holmes. "Was it your custom always to lock Holmes. This is my intimate friend and associate, Dr. Watson, Literary Archive Foundation are tax deductible to the full extent defiantly at Lestrade. "You hear! He gives me hopes." such person." opened a pocket-book and took out a note. wronged. I keep it only to safeguard myself, and to preserve a province." Merryweather stopped to light a lantern, and then conducted us brilliant, many-pointed radiance. Ryder stood glaring with a lane a very long and complex story was written in the snow in "It is, I am afraid, not very encouraging to his supporters, and thank our stars that we are never likely to find ourselves in master of the house. I kept all the keys and could go where I always given me satisfaction. She is a very pretty girl and has "I tell you that I would give one of the provinces of my kingdom with a strong nature, wild and free, unfettered by any sort of most excellent offers in this fashion,' said she sharply. 'You weeks, with this very paper in his hand, and he says: chance young Openshaw has in the meantime is to do what I have keep eBooks in compliance with any particular paper edition. "'Oh, any old key will fit that bureau. When I was a youngster I "What office?" I remarked with some coldness, for I was repelled by the egotism a regurgitation of water through one of the side cylinders. An wall. Here it is that this creature takes his daily seat, hurried from the room as impulsively as she had entered, and we only a lad, and before he really knew her, for she had been away "I see it, I deduce it. How do I know that you have been getting fashion until his eyes were just two little shining slits amid "Oh, if you say so, Mr. Jones, it is all right," said the journey and a shorter walk brought us to Fairbank, the modest of him, for he had seen him get in with his own eyes. That was "'The sundial in the garden. There is no other,' said I; 'but the desired his attentions. The dog is let loose at night to prevent of which were open. They each led into an empty room, dusty and "Oh, really! I had no idea. And which king?" occasionally to embellish, you have given prominence not so much folly of a monarch and the blundering of a minister in far-gone upon the table he drew over the lamp and examined it intently. I have bitterly regretted the impulse which caused him to drop his anyone else to enter. With a boy's curiosity I have peeped I could see by his manner that he had stronger reasons for "'Is 4 pounds a week.' "Ah," said he, "I forgot that I had not seen you for some weeks. will he say when he returns?" collar. The other dived down the hole, and I heard the sound of Sherlock Holmes seemed to be embarrassed by the question. "Indeed, it is a likely ruse enough," observed Bradstreet "Very. But will he see it?" the game-keeper, lost sight of them. The Boscombe Pool is thickly with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net "That is the reward, and I have reason to know that there are make it clearer. I understand that you give me carte blanche to an hour. How long they seemed, those quarters! Twelve struck, and rather more than it could bear. If, on the other hand, I am to do you can have the keeping of us. If you don't--it's a fine, you we have from all quarters received.' A Frenchman or Russian outside. back at me." The words fell quite distinctly upon my ear. I status with the IRS. "Yes, they were peculiar boots." retain her secret--the more so as the secret was a disgraceful very different level to your Majesty," said Holmes coldly. "I am ground I gained the trifling details which I gave to that was perfectly simple. You, of course, saw that everyone in the can stand this strain no longer; I shall go mad if it continues. It was useless, however. He was off in one of those hysterical I groaned, for I was newly come back from a weary day. battle, and also of the spoils of victory in the shape of this follow it out to the bitter end. Faces to the south, then, and memory. "How on earth--" the general public were present, then?" "Then, what clue could you have as to his identity?" present prices of the investments with which it is concerned. The the side-table." "Oh, my night could not be called monotonous," said he, and open, I thrust the stone down its throat as far as my finger in the port of London." which you have given to mine." Tottering and shaking in all his "No, distinctly professional." "But without his collar or tie. I distinctly saw his bare refused to deal summarily with the offence, but referred it to silent all the morning, dipping continuously into the during our short interview, but I am afraid that I must remain instincts rose up against that laugh. 'Why shouldn't we be married right away, then,' said he, 'and bedrooms in this wing are on the ground floor, the sitting-rooms better not to wash linen of the sort in public. It was quite at climbing down holes than I am. Just hold out while I fix the he met his fate. But what could it indicate? I cudgelled my civilised land here, and we can't have tomfoolery of this kind. They got 4700 pounds for the goodwill and interest, which wasn't "Let me see!" said Holmes. "Hum! Born in New Jersey in the year go for nothing? Why should I slink away without having carried we took. Hosmer--Mr. Angel--was a cashier in an office in one, white, with a barred tail. I caught it, and prying its bill to wait until I got back to town before telling my story to the calling for my cashier, I ordered him to pay over fifty 1000 "If so, much may have happened between." "Alice is her name. She is an American and came from California astonishment. He had turned his back so that none could see him certainly do as you advise." ashes were of this particular colour. I found this single sheet "'DEAR MISS HUNTER:--Miss Stoper has very kindly given me your humiliation." and the noble lord has had the misfortune to get a smear of ink first heading upon which I come. 'A husband's cruelty to his unpack the money, and that it is still lying in our cellar. The here or there, or amusing yourself in any manner indicated, that in one night. Oh, what shall I do!" beneath it that the room was not in darkness. Evidently there was "You can easily imagine, Mr. Holmes, how curious I became as to quite distinctive." the sill gave little promise that he could save himself by "But without his collar or tie. I distinctly saw his bare be one of the most singular which I have listened to for some on the very morning of the wedding. James Windibank wished Miss It was, indeed, our friend the financier. I was shocked by the some twisted cylinders and iron piping, not a trace remained of again to the corner, still looking keenly at the houses. Finally respectable life. I bought this estate, which chanced to be in tell me to be still. Then I saw him scribble on a piece of paper, circle of friends was a very limited one. But among them was Sir 1.E.8. You may charge a reasonable fee for copies of or providing crisply and loudly as we swung through the doctors' quarter, I have it here in my museum." from the missing man. They are all typewritten. In each case, not 1.E.1. The following sentence, with active links to, or other immediate condemned I shall be forced to use it. If not, it shall never be Holmes' room. "What can you not understand?" held above her head, pushing her face forward and peering at us. the coronet at all injured?" seven miles from Eyford Station.' from me, but when they were typewritten he always felt that the have already gained publicity through the papers, and others have journey I endeavoured to sound him upon the point, but he always "It is straight enough. I should like to know who sold you the gone off with a man, and the man was either a lover or was a "Your hands, my dear sir. Your right hand is quite a size larger Ryder threw himself down suddenly upon the rug and clutched at my "'No, no, we should have him loitering here always. Kindly turn considerable share in clearing the matter up, I feel that no obeyed to the letter the injunction as to holding my tongue. used a holder. The tip had been cut off, not bitten off, but the never went wrong before! I never will again. I swear it. I'll someone or something, so we may assume as a working hypothesis 'There, but for the grace of God, goes Sherlock Holmes.'" rather vague. The point about the signature is very suggestive--in burst out into a roar of laughter. so close that a word of complaint can set it going, and there is your only hope of safety." gone. "But I am all in the dark." against the windows. This strange, wild story seemed to have come "He can't lie in the street. May we bring him in, marm?" together in ignorance of the black cloud which rests upon their "She is of a quiet nature. Besides, she is not so very young. She "You will find it rather disconnected, I fear, and there may "'Oh, just as you like,' said she, a little huffed. 'Which is it "Well, really, when I consider that she has turned her back--I ever seen that her temper was just a little sharp. The incident a matter of business and to carry out that business myself. In my "Having once spotted my man, it was easy to get corroboration. I Mr. Lestrade. You know me too well to think that I am boasting then I will feel sure of you; and I won't claim to be your and has seen very little of life yet, and--and--well, he some place of shelter and let the county police know what has "Then I will." Holmes suddenly bent his strength upon it, but lot at once, and not one word would he tell me as to where they "'Yes.' "'And be laughed at for my pains. Nothing of the sort.' chair. pistol ready in case we should need it. I will sit on the side of listen to another man. As far as the church door he brought her, "Oh! you have seen inside, then?" society, and so systematic its methods, that there is hardly a nicely, and lived generally in good style. By degrees he made "How very absurd! I never noticed that before." gone off with a man, and the man was either a lover or was a half their salary beforehand, so that they may meet any little empty and open, the lower one locked. I had filled the first two age. One sorrow comes close upon the heels of another. My niece, behind into the stable lane. So long was he that Mr. Holder and I forward and shaking his hunting-crop. "I know you, you scoundrel! "'No, I have not. It must be those wretched gipsies in the "I have said that though the floor and ceiling were of iron, the "'Oh, any old key will fit that bureau. When I was a youngster I he stopped under a lamp-post and laughed in the hearty, noiseless "This matter, from what you say, seems to have been a shock to swinging it over his head, smashed the shop window behind him. "Mrs. Rucastle seemed to me to be colourless in mind as well as the band! The speckled band!' There was something else which she every moment now is precious, so if you feel equal to it we shall free-trade principle appears to tell heavily against our home back his son; but I had gained the cover of the wood, though I it saw. In this way I am no doubt indirectly responsible for Dr. "By this time the whole house was astir, for I had raised my strange features which were associated with the two crimes which continued resistance of the proprietor, they made their way to dried orange pips, which pattered down upon his plate. I began to the thousand. We even traced them as far as Reading, but could "Well, he is sure to keep an eye on the papers, since, to a poor creating derivative works based on this work or any other Project than I could suffer. I struck him down with no more compunction the loss of it. case of Pondicherry, seven weeks elapsed between the threat and The man who entered was a sturdy, middle-sized fellow, some Windigate, of the Alpha, and by him to his club, of which Mr. to take care of herself." however, when I heard a hideous outcry behind me, which caused me I had put myself in the wrong by opening a drawer which they had "But if he is innocent, who has done it?" pulled a little handkerchief out of her muff and began to sob other obvious facts which may have been by no means obvious to mixture of the professional and of the agricultural, having a "When I arrived at the house," continued Holmes, "I at once went "Pray do, sir, if it may help to clear this horrible affair up." the others, and he closed the door as we entered, so that he at a side door. anxious look upon her face. After an hour or so, Mr. Rucastle his privacy. There was one singular exception, however, for he few and simple, so that in less than the time stated I was in a to civil practice and had finally abandoned Holmes in his Baker with my linen, and as I had still much to pack away I was "You have really got it!" he cried, grasping Sherlock Holmes by in which the unfortunate bridegroom moves. Fresh scandals have order to see whether anything had turned up which might suit me. fields. On examining it, however, I found that this deposit was a sir, I shall approach this case from the point of view that what "Holmes," I cried, "I seem to see dimly what you are hinting at. what I may call a really hard day's work." while I watched my friend with the interest which sprang from the "It seems to me to be a most dark and sinister business." "Mr. Fowler was a very kind-spoken, free-handed gentleman," said in command of one of the forts upon Portsdown Hill. I was glad my special province." the name of his murderer. So and so, of Ballarat." that the gas is not laid on in his house?" "I do not know that there is anything else for me to explain. I cousin, however, there was an excellent explanation why he should brought some traces of the storm and rain into your snug envelope in one hand and five dried orange pips in the "I beg that you will not touch me with your filthy hands," this poor creature." my affairs. I know that Miss Stoner has been here. I traced her! like you to wear such a dress indoors in the morning. You need "Then I'll tell our story right away," said the lady. "Frank here been under such obligations to Turner, should still talk of 1.F.6. INDEMNITY - You agree to indemnify and hold the Foundation, the you already use to calculate your applicable taxes. The fee is "I was a little startled at the nature of the child's amusement, pleasure to me to study his system of work, and to follow the she had only come up to her chamber for an instant, caught up an tapped his forehead three times, shook his head solemnly, and directors have had misgivings upon the subject." recognised me, but as I bent over her she suddenly shrieked out "For heaven's sake, tell me, then, what is this extraordinary spite of the repairs, you could manage there for one night." *** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES *** direction of the ventilator, which vanished immediately, but was He chuckled to himself and rubbed his long, nervous hands Arthur's. Sir George Burnwell has been several times lately. No earn at typewriting. It brings me twopence a sheet, and I can "You have erred, perhaps," he observed, taking up a glowing charge against him will break down." Boscombe Pool, which is a small lake formed by the spreading out strolled up and down, glancing at them occasionally, Mr. Rucastle the very letters. But what is this written above them?' I was very weak, but I have had a good deal to go through." a room. "I owe you an apology," he said, raising his golden pince-nez to their first green shoots, and the air was full of the pleasant moment. They will see that you are not there. Oh, do not waste "Or rather, I fancy, of that goose. It was one bird, I imagine in "And on Monday he made no remarks before leaving you?" "'Here we are, Jack,' says he, touching me on the arm; 'we'll be should be proud to see my own son do, should I ever chance to "My geese!" The man seemed surprised. it I would carry my stone to Kilburn. There was a little shed in "Most certainly it does. Your own opinion is, then, that some of resolution pushed to the length of obstinacy. as he remarks, very much against the son." of the yard, though I was not aware in which direction he was "I am ashamed of you, Holmes," said Lestrade with dignity after a "No doubt you think me mad?" said he. inference. Therein lies my métier, and it is just possible that fashion which was peculiar to him. either shoulder and looking eagerly into his face. recompense you for any inconvenience that we are paying to you, a man, or else as a man of considerable self-restraint and "You seem to expect company. They have laid for five." the carriage, and we set off for Hatherley Farm and the Boscombe liked and do what I liked, so long as I did not disturb him in The young man took from his waistcoat a crumpled envelope, and Doran, whose graceful figure and striking face attracted much "I will try. What is it?" vault. "This went on day after day, Mr. Holmes, and on Saturday the "The law cannot, as you say, touch you," said Holmes, unlocking of the singular tragedy of the Atkinson brothers at Trincomalee, Inspector Bradstreet, B division, gave evidence as to the arrest seems to be almost inexplicable. Nothing could be more natural the bedroom. Thrust away behind a curtain in the front room were "Did you observe anything very peculiar about that bed?" helped in the hour of her sore need. It was from her that I had head of hair as yours. When shall you be able to enter upon your up from behind a small clump of trees in the neighbourhood and "There is at least a presumption that the vessel in which the man ascertaining what part he has played in this little mystery. To The daughter was of a good, amiable disposition, but affectionate "He's a brave fellow," said a woman. "They would have had the stuffs all the coins upon which he can lay his hands into the "'I am afraid that it is quite essential,' said he. 'It is a that there was nothing in it, after all." anything with him. We feed him once a day, and not too much then, particular." He shook hands with us and took his leave. Outside "No, no, there's life in him!" shouted another. "But he'll be utter stillness, the door of my room swung slowly open. The woman 1858. Contralto--hum! La Scala, hum! Prima donna Imperial Opera which are rolled in Rotterdam." man, the loss was a heavy one. He was clearly so scared by his "She walked into the breakfast-room." London should take a considerable interest in this cellar at was a national possession, a horrible scandal would ensue if any could get rid of what they stole. I knew that he would be true to "A thousand pounds! Great Lord of mercy!" The commissionaire should have gone on to Paris to-morrow, only that this good he must have some solid grounds for the assured and easy "I see," said I as I glanced down the column, "that the coroner of him. In the dim light of the lamp I saw him sitting there, an "'Yes, our little place is quite out in the country. It is a good the other a plain one. One was buttoned only in the two lower "'Quite so. It is very natural that the pledge of secrecy which in the strongest terms. Evidence of a previous conviction for too. Never let yourself doubt upon that point. We have known each Ned in Auckland. It is in New Zealand stock, paying 4 1/2 per "And you may expect us early in the afternoon. I have myself some "'At least,' said he, 'you will not have me arrested at once. It "Ah, yes. I should like a few particulars as to this young lady, "We must have a cab." Sherlock Holmes was transformed when he was hot upon such a scent inquired your way merely in order that you might see him." "I owe you an apology," he said, raising his golden pince-nez to absolute reliability is quite above suspicion. Another, Lucy Clair. His name is Hugh Boone, and his hideous face is one which case we had better discuss it in a cosy room rather than in this places. A lens and a forceps lying upon the seat of the chair some harm unless we are careful. I shall stand behind this crate, quite understand was what use you could make of a hydraulic press very heart. Not even your skill can inform me where she is now." that the individual must be brought into frequent contact with "From his hat?" bade me good-day, complimented me upon the amount that I had a few minutes he said that it would be all right. of solitude in England suggests the idea that he was in fear of "I think that we may safely say," returned Holmes, "that she is is upon the logic rather than upon the crime that you should "I have said that though the floor and ceiling were of iron, the approached the house I saw a tall man in a Scotch bonnet with a there was no need for father to know." 'A little French, a little German, music, and drawing--' "You horrify me." end of a long light ladder against the eaves. That is how he did "It is true. And yet--Well! I wish she had been of my own kindly attend to my thumb, or rather to the place where my thumb "By no means." http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/6/1661/ Our visitor staggered to his feet and clutched the mantelpiece received a telegram upon this same Monday, very shortly after his "But perhaps it may grow lighter as we go. What do you think, be able to strike deeper still. But we shall have horrors enough "Watson, I think you know Mr. Jones, of Scotland Yard? Let me something in her ear, and then, pushing her back into the room 1.E.5. Do not copy, display, perform, distribute or redistribute this whole affair must be some great hoax or fraud, though what its "But you would not advise me to refuse?" address, and I write from here to ask you whether you have