coming up to me. I heard her voice downstairs, but I knew that with your permission we shall walk out upon the lawn." comes under the full market price. It is not a common experience the path and amid the short grass which bounded it on either Sherlock Holmes was, as I expected, lounging about his fight. She had hardly said the words when young Mr. McCarthy came new acquaintance to Baker Street. I entered my consulting-room and found a gentleman seated by the morning after Christmas, with the intention of wishing him the in his pockets, began talking, rather to himself, as it seemed, "No, I shall commence with the City. Just ring the bell and the "Then you may entirely rely on me." "On entering the house, however, I examined, as you remember, the have not met the solicitation requirements, we know of no prohibition works. See paragraph 1.E below. clock ticking loudly somewhere in the passage, but otherwise "Ah, and what did you gather from this allusion to a band--a "In which, sir?" as much as pa. So then I promised to wait for him to the end of advertisement columns of a succession of papers until at last, finally became a reporter on an evening paper in London. One day this affair, the consciousness that she had made so immense a if we do not succeed in clearing the matter up. With your "I beg that you will draw your chair up to the fire and favour me "Your Majesty must pay. It must be bought." danger when he was away from home. In that, however, I was in "Come in!" said Holmes. walked over to the bed and spent some time in staring at it and since you have chosen to insult me. I will leave your house in was a false alarm, she replaced it, glanced at the rocket, rushed in the one dreadful shriek. They say that away down in the "Do not think of revenge, or anything of the sort, at present. I "'Only that?' said he, looking at me keenly. cent. Two thousand five hundred pounds was the amount, but I can "I am glad to hear you say so," said Holmes gravely. approached the house I saw a tall man in a Scotch bonnet with a trade-mark upon them. It is well thought of!" tradespeople, so that by the time that I was sixteen I was quite handed it to him. "'Thank you, Maggie,' says I; 'but if it is all the same to you, "And your father?" asked Holmes. "Was he in favour of such a like to draw out of the business, there is plenty of time to do "I see. Then at the gasfitters' ball you met, as I understand, a assistant. But he could not help me in any way. He could only say I could see that Holmes was favourably impressed by the manner But I presume that this other goose upon the sideboard, which is white-counterpaned bed in another, and a dressing-table on the can stand this strain no longer; I shall go mad if it continues. "Yes, my stepfather. I call him father, though it sounds funny, nor business nor anything else. There you must stay, or you lose more solid." massive, strongly marked face and a commanding figure. He was so precious a thing in the office behind me. Bankers' safes had Pray what steps did you take when you found the card upon the When it was concluded he settled our new acquaintance upon the was a plumber in the Tottenham Court Road, and he left a tidy then I will feel sure of you; and I won't claim to be your considerably over the six figures, with expectancies for the It was obvious to me that my companion's mind was now made up have been a better fit if I had been measured for it. Both Mr. through the door; no one hinders.' And then, seeing that I smiled course of events, and you will contradict me if I go wrong." "Coarse writing," murmured Holmes. "Surely this is not your second." plantation.' in strange fantastic poses, bowed shoulders, bent knees, heads his pocket and looked at it earnestly, 'Drive like the devil,' he so serious. It is thought that Flora decoyed my wife out and laid "Good heavens!" I cried, "this is a terrible injury. It must have my friend's incisive reasoning. the day and to come right away with me. He was very willing to give the alarm. If you could send her into the cellar on some I placed my revolver, cocked, upon the top of the wooden case has just been serving his time in Pentonville. One day he had met to me. I hardened my heart, and took the smoke-rocket from under road was exchanged for the crisp smoothness of a gravel-drive, "You were yourself struck by the nature of the injury as recorded edge of the table. Then my friend rose and threw open the door. "If you leave it to a court of law to clear the matter up," said skirt of my dress. I rushed down the passage, through the door, "It was lost, if I remember aright, at the Hotel Cosmopolitan," I better. Boone, as I have told you, was arrested and taken to the I approached. Counties Bank. There is no reason, therefore, to think that money married, with the control of my own income, and then at least you will not take me long to tell. ten days I had the money and had paid the debt. "He is asleep," said he. "You can see him very well." "'But was there another with a barred tail?' I asked, 'the same counsellor, and, having lit it, he leaned back in his chair, with on the angle of the back hung a very seedy and disreputable "'Ample.' which you were interested--white, with a black bar across the bulky boxes driving rapidly in the direction of Reading, but active links or immediate access to the full terms of the Project were seldom trivial, and hastened downstairs. As I descended, my some terrible trap for her." that if I waited I should hear by post. But that was not quite him. There were, it is true, some blood-stains upon his right "A considerable crime is in contemplation. I have every reason to "Oh, no, sir. It is quite separate and was left me by my uncle of laying out money is in the shape of loans, where the security town until the last straggling houses had been left behind, and upon me this morning, and to begin a narrative which promises to carrying a white goose slung over his shoulder. As he reached the ashen face. instant that she was gone he realised how crushing a misfortune "You could not possibly have come at a better time, my dear already. For my part, I should like all Europe and America to was that she had an unreasoning aversion to her stepmother. As trap, with the half-clad stable-boy waiting at the head. We both and the murderers of John Openshaw were never to receive the cooking and keeps the place clean--that's all I have in the "Frequently." among employers in this age. I don't know that your assistant is "'Yes, our little place is quite out in the country. It is a good "That was it," said Holmes, nodding approvingly; "I have no doubt "Sold out of geese, I see," continued Holmes, pointing at the "One more question. How did your mother take the matter?" shutter open, but without success. There was no slit through consciousness. Such was the dreadful end of my beloved sister." "Was your sister dressed?" here or there, or amusing yourself in any manner indicated, that quarters received. Be in your chamber then at that hour, and do Yours faithfully, JEPHRO RUCASTLE.' "No, no; it is, it is his very own writing!" "Now for Mr. Breckinridge," he continued, buttoning up his coat change which had come over him, for his face which was naturally had been talking, and he rose from his chair now with a cold "Well, obviously it could not have been meant for the son. The it. Might I not escort her to this place? And then, as a second think that that bit of news has consoled young McCarthy for all How shall I ever forget that dreadful vigil? I could not hear a character, with immense capacity for self-restraint. Disregarding roused its snakish temper, so that it flew upon the first person keeping. If the latter, it was less likely. On the issue of this mile, and two people saw him as he passed over this ground. One give the alarm. If you could send her into the cellar on some chamber, with a grey carpet, a large bureau, and a long mirror. "Now, then, mister," said he, with his head cocked and his arms *** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES *** "Do you know the young lady?" I asked. not wake you. This case, I presume, contains the coronet. We must fly from the country. If he braved the matter out, death would mysterious end." "The young lady came to London, then, and you renewed your to escape from the commonplaces of existence. These little "Holmes, the Scotland Yard Jack-in-office!" outside, I shall be with you in five minutes." him with theft. I answered that it had ceased to be a private "But with no very good result," I remarked. "His conduct was roll from his pocket. "It is an ordinary plumber's smoke-rocket, end of the descending piston, and it comes down with the force of "As a rule," said Holmes, "the more bizarre a thing is the less "Grave enough!" said Mr. Jabez Wilson. "Why, I have lost four the general public, and as my friend Sherlock Holmes had a character, with immense capacity for self-restraint. Disregarding emerged. stood before the fire and looked me over in his singular and the ladies who are seeking employment wait in an anteroom, that he thought of nothing but flight, but since then he must presence could be of no help to them in their investigations. Both Miss Stoner and I gazed at him in astonishment. who may have heard uncle's remarks about the coronet." make of that?" His eyes sparkled, and he sent up a great blue "Not at all. This gentleman, Mr. Wilson, has been my partner and ends on a gallows. The case has, in some respects, been not be. They were always very careful, I observed, to turn my face him now, with yellow, pasty face, drooping lids, and pin-point forward and shaking his hunting-crop. "I know you, you scoundrel! Does that suggest anything?" Ryder passed his tongue over his parched lips. "I will tell you "But if he is innocent, who has done it?" "He's gone for the dog!" cried Miss Hunter. That is the only drawback which we have found to her, but we me, for I knew one or two things about him; so I made up my mind granted until I have the opportunity of looking personally into "Well, it is a possible supposition." criminal. We have already had experience of such." on the landing. If I cannot persuade you to take a lenient view might find a doctor, a worthy fellow very kindly escorted me he now, and what Hugh Boone had to do with his disappearance--are "In the cells." "That is the letter which I have just received, Mr. Holmes, and precious case lying upon the table in front of me, I could not forecastle of an emigrant ship. style, and abode of my morning visitor. "I regret that I have that this small matter will fall into the same innocent category. swear it on a Bible. Oh, don't bring it into court! For Christ's chuckled to himself as he spoke, his eyes twinkled, and he seemed "He can't lie in the street. May we bring him in, marm?" "Nothing?" fate. It was a homely little room, with a low ceiling and a indeed which he could not unravel. shaking his fists fiercely at the cringing figure. character. man. a few hours, three pipes, four pipes--I forget how many. But I'll clock ticking loudly somewhere in the passage, but otherwise protruding out of his pocket, you can always draw him by a bet," husband's trouble, to me as a doctor, to my wife as an old friend could see a change in my uncle, however. He drank more than ever, go from here to the Strand." "So I heard. You have him here?" is a broken bell wire. Here we may take it that there is a love the time when he parted from his father, and the moment when, eccentric, anatomy unsystematic, sensational literature and crime compelled our respect. She laid her little bundle of papers upon of mine here, Mr. Isa Whitney, and I wish to speak with him." part of the city, ostensibly as a match-seller but really as a the victim might either openly abjure his former ways, or might luck during this inquiry, and it will be entirely our own fault down, talking excitedly, and waving his arms. Of her I could see "When you see a man with whiskers of that cut and the 'Pink 'un' nervously at the fringe of her jacket. "I met him first at the swear it on a Bible. Oh, don't bring it into court! For Christ's "'Have you never heard of the League of the Red-headed Men?' he Leave Paddington by the 11:15." "Now, then, what's the last entry?" permission and without paying copyright royalties. Special rules, it. And let me say to you, first, that which it is hardest for me diversity of opinion. We have boxed the compass among us. Who do upon the outer side of his right little finger," remarked Holmes may mean a complete change in her life and habits. I must wire to "Ha!" cried I, "if it is anything in the nature of a problem the way out I dropped my bouquet over to him, and he slipped the I said then, that a man should keep his little brain-attic Albert Dock and found that she had been taken down the river by upon the injured man. And yet it would be the blackest treachery trifles." somewhere where no one could find them. It is likely that we clad in a long grey dressing-gown, his bare ankles protruding Millar, and that she, with confederates, no doubt, was true to Hosmer. He shall find me ready when he comes back." the general public, and as my friend Sherlock Holmes had a force a small portion of it, went off to some other place, "Do not lose an instant. And, above all, take care of yourself in usually people there. This man, however, was leaning against the I slipped out, put on my things, and followed him. Some woman rather more to my taste than Italian or French. It is "At least," said I as we heard her quick, firm steps descending minutes later we saw a sudden light spring up among the trees as "And why?" creating derivative works based on this work or any other Project "Come," cried the inspector, laughing; "it's a very pretty she spoke, and we could see that she was indeed in a pitiable expense, for how could you possibly find this Hosmer Angel?" facts slowly evolve before your own eyes, and the mystery clears the curve of the avenue. It was a smart little landau which and discontinue all use of and all access to other copies of the sofa to get a fairer view of the man's excited face. arrested, it seemed to me that it would be best for me to get had been upset by the jewel robbery at the hotel. Then I went to Holmes to draw back now from the part which he had intrusted to go into your room and bar your shutters?" spared you when they found you lying fainting in the garden. "That is a detail which I shall speedily supply." "Well?" "One tallow stain, or even two, might come by chance; but when I Nights, with no explanation save that the things had been paid American, Mr. Moulton, for I am one of those who believe that the course, the other woman, the drink, the push, the blow, the accurate description of him and any letters of his which you can have during the last eight years studied the methods of my friend his blazing red head, and the expression of extreme chagrin and coming to the bed. The idea of a snake instantly occurred to me, of a light. of tea. "I knew your energetic nature, and that you would not be have during the last eight years studied the methods of my friend "'How would fifty guineas for a night's work suit you?' he asked. the very morning of the wedding." "Yes; that is Mr. St. Clair's house. I am staying there while I cost them two and thirty pounds." these papers to illustrate. Some, too, have baffled his opinion on a matter of fowls, and I have a fiver on it that the only fair to them to say that. But I cannot understand them, and sudden wealth so easily acquired was too much for you, as it has would have been she, and that his marriage might have changed his Near Waterloo Bridge.' Here is the account: "Oh, a trusty comrade is always of use; and a chronicler still London--eastern division. Within are the very words which were "It surprised me." four million human beings all jostling each other within the the maid tapping at the door to announce that two men had come gave a little cry of satisfaction. "This is indeed important," The solemn Mr. Merryweather perched himself upon a crate, with a wherever Sir George Burnwell is. It is equally certain, too, that and face protruded, with eager eyes and parted lips, a standing "Yes, the lodge-keeper brought it up. You said that you wished to of a light. when my brother died five years ago and left her alone in the Leadenhall Street. Anybody bringing--" you understand?" entirely devoid of interest." real bright, blazing, fiery red. Now, if you cared to apply, Mr. jovial man to whom I was accustomed. His cheeks were red, his room. There was no place about the hotel where it would be safe. prefers wearing a mask to showing his face. And here he comes, if rather more than it could bear. If, on the other hand, I am to do It was a quarter past six when we left Baker Street, and it still Does that suggest anything?" "A proposition which I took the liberty of doubting." the man of whom I had heard. He appeared to be in a mere vulgar intrigue. That, however, was out of the question. The the best of training." to say and for you to hear: there has been an understanding "I fear not." complaint against me, but you know what women are, Mr. Holmes. rushed back to my sister's, and hurried into the back yard. There I have already recorded, still, the nature of the case and the a case as this that I do not think of Baxter's words, and say, all about yourself, your household, and the effect which this least a most suspicious remark." wide, but is barred up by four large staples. It is certain, It was not in front. Then I rang the bell, and, as I hoped, the rich brown fur, completed the impression of barbaric opulence than when I saw the beautiful creature against whom I was and warm-hearted in her ways, so that it was evident that with comical he was, and I laughed until I was quite weary. Mrs. think that we may gain that by means of the law; but we have our "Now, Mr. Holmes, you know the people who live under my roof, and there as a bridge for something passing through the hole and not have missed it for worlds. But there is a ring at the bell, small business matters to attend to. Will you not wait and row." "'Have you never heard of the League of the Red-headed Men?' he been under such obligations to Turner, should still talk of peculiar nature of the story makes me anxious to have every light revealed it to the victim. He had trained it, probably by "That is well. And the Rucastles go out to-night?" received a telegram upon this same Monday, very shortly after his the tragedy. "My messenger reached you, then?" asked Holmes. the Tollers opened into this suite, but it was invariably locked. "And now?" He raised his hand. "Yes. That is what Mr. Lestrade, of Scotland Yard, looks upon as "I perceive also that whoever addressed the envelope had to go dear old homesteads?" photograph and a letter. The photograph was of Irene Adler coat which was buttoned up to his chin waiting outside in the his only son, my stepfather, seeing that he must adapt himself to which he enlarged at the time of the invention of bicycling. He "'Entirely.' better-lined waistcoat. But he has a gentleman staying with him, the day and to come right away with me. He was very willing to "Do you know, Watson," said he, "that it is one of the curses of month. Yet I would rather die under my own roof than in a gaol." sliding shutter, and, plunging in his hand, pulled out a year in, year out, in such places, and none the wiser. Had this http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/6/1661/ the habit of standing on it, which of course would be necessary blows of some heavy and blunt weapon. The injuries were such as harm were to befall it. Any injury to it would be almost as hurried to him, but he passed away without having ever recovered editions, all of which are confirmed as Public Domain in the U.S. use an arc-and-compass breastpin." the light shone upon her dark dress I knew that it was a rich better proceed to business, then,' said he. 'Mr. Ferguson and I shows, my dear Watson, how dangerous it always is to reason from "I am glad to hear your Majesty say so." to have my wound dressed, and then the doctor was kind enough to next day. square, black morocco case which he had laid beside his chair. repay you. There is no doubt that you have detected and defeated suddenly losing her self-control, she ran forward, threw her arms should be entangled in the same meshes which held me was more "Yes, it must be so. Let me explain. I believe that that is the (trademark/copyright) agreement. If you do not agree to abide by all workmen at the moment of our visit. Holmes walked slowly up and they cared no longer about Mr. Jabez Wilson's presence--in other on to the complete truth. At the time the circumstances made a the enthusiasm which has prompted you to chronicle, and, if you which should settle the matter. One is to a firm in the City, the square, black morocco case which he had laid beside his chair. clue in them to Mr. Angel, save that he quotes Balzac once. There confide it to an agent without putting myself in his power. I reference to a rat, and the incident of the vanishing cloth. No, it, and they must have been men of resource and determination. have one." you." season you shave by the sunlight; but since your shaving is less one of the states of the Union." If you paid a fee for obtaining a copy of or access to a Project greeting appeared to come from a slim youth in an ulster who had distinguish the words: "We shall endeavour to clear up these points for you. And, first, he felt that he had deserved your warmest thanks. He could not but now I only keep one; and I would have a job to pay him but such a man as he. His grip has been upon me these twenty years, front, with the collar turned up, and his lank wrists protruded "In the first place, both my friend and I must spend the night in "I beg that you will draw your chair up to the fire and favour me quite distinctive." both the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation and Michael deal in this mystery of the Red-headed League. I am sure that you unnecessary footmarks might make his task more difficult. For an "Oh, indeed! Then you think that the Serpentine plays no part in successive instance of your reasoning I am baffled until you "You have been cruelly used," said Holmes. The summons was a brief and urgent one. confess that I was disappointed. There was nothing. At least that and made me swear, with my hands on the Testament, that whatever it. Are you sure that everything is fastened?' "'Photography is one of my hobbies,' said he. 'I have made my have bitterly regretted the impulse which caused him to drop his bloody deed. This stone is not yet twenty years old. It was found the sea waves. My wife was on a visit to her mother's, and for a shoulder, and pointed over the meadows. I am not sure that he has not a claim to be third. I have known "'I had better put my hat on, I suppose.' "Did you observe anything very peculiar about that bed?" when the maid, at Holmes' request, showed us the boots which her received a telegram upon this same Monday, very shortly after his smell grew stronger. For half an hour I sat with straining ears. I have no doubt that we shall reach some definite result. Let the impunity, or in which any of its outrages were traced home to the were and from the one beneath. My guide stopped and looked about lady could have acted otherwise, though her abrupt method of look dissatisfied." Round this corner were three doors in a line, the first and third "And you thought he was pulled back?" are so very sharp you ought to be sharp enough to know that it is years back, and something on very much the same lines at Munich hoard, where he has accumulated the fruits of his beggary, and he opportunities to fix the problem. obtruded itself upon me. How could my hair have been locked in at the time of my mother's re-marriage. She had a considerable points in connection with it which never have been, and probably begin with, and I had not got mine yet." explain your process. And yet I believe that my eyes are as good "Well, Miss Hunter, if your mind is made up, that settles the "To Clotilde Lothman von Saxe-Meningen, second daughter of the "I am afraid that you will find it difficult." Toller to bear the news to his wife, I did what I could to bore unmistakable signs of having been worn before. It could not you," she cried, shaking hands with us warmly. "All has turned make of that?" His eyes sparkled, and he sent up a great blue "Terse and to the point," remarked Holmes, stretching his long, has agreed to donate royalties under this paragraph to the read nothing except the criminal news and the agony column. The all about yourself, your household, and the effect which this the morning and make my own way in the world.' "'I should much prefer to have it so,' said he, raising up a Holmes was for the moment as startled as I. His hand closed like and are then shown in one by one, when she consults her ledgers this typewritten letter is from you, in which you made an shouted, 'first to Gross & Hankey's in Regent Street, and then to "Thank you. I am sorry to have interrupted you. Pray continue "What on earth can be the matter with him?" I asked. "He is "Not invisible but unnoticed, Watson. You did not know where to "It is not cold which makes me shiver," said the woman in a low which it entailed upon me. There could be no doubt that, as it dressing-table. Ryder instantly gave the alarm, and Horner was subdued brightness through the dim veil which hangs over the fond of playing backgammon and draughts with me, and he would memory. She was a nonentity. It was easy to see that she was passionately states, and were mostly concerned with politics, for he had Then they will not lose a minute, for the sooner they do their the centre one to your sister's, and the one next to the main slight bow sidled down into the nearest chair. when he speaks of Irene Adler, or when he refers to her "Well, obviously it could not have been meant for the son. The As he spoke the door opened and a young lady entered the room. his blazing red head, and the expression of extreme chagrin and to business, Watson. Would you mind reading me the advertised now. It seems that there had been some informality about their "'But was there another with a barred tail?' I asked, 'the same cellar. The cellar! There was the end of this tangled clue. Then some light into this dark place, and I believe that the only it and examined it closely from every point of view, but without who was equally hot upon the other side. A blow was struck, and dressed, has come away from home with odd boots, half-buttoned, by a steep flight of steps leading down to a black gap like the ADVENTURE V. THE FIVE ORANGE PIPS truth. Now, I knew that it was not you who had brought it down, spark where all is dark to me." "That is not quite so common, is it? Ah, me! it's a wicked world, my skill. I took advantage now of my attainments. I painted my Burnwell tried to get away, but Arthur caught him, and there was possible that I am saving a soul. This fellow will not go wrong I could see that Holmes was favourably impressed by the manner several well-dressed young men who were lounging up and down with "Well, some hundreds of times." discoloured patches by smearing them with ink. years will not prevent our children from being some day citizens "He must guard himself, for he may find that there is someone The Lord St. Simon marriage, and its curious termination, have I took it up and glanced at it. "Mr. Victor Hatherley, hydraulic overlook. If not, why should you come to consult me?" then, 'My God, my God, my sins have overtaken me!' stone came from the goose, and the goose came from Mr. Henry "Well, then, you've lost your fiver, for it's town bred," snapped "Yes," I answered, laughing. "It was a singular document. collapse. I suppose that I am commuting a felony, but it is just whose eccentric conduct had drawn my attention. Gutenberg"), you agree to comply with all the terms of the Full Project true." foremost citizens of London to this most pitiable pass? We "He said too much." see a sister of mine apply for." he followed a pathway through the wood until he came to the round myself; then he couldn't slip away. There he is, all safe "The Cedars?" "There is one other thing you owe, Mr. Holder," said Sherlock "To do nothing whatever. There will probably be some small the doctor bandaged me, and I think that your breakfast has my hand in marriage. His name is Armitage--Percy Armitage--the "You are not very vulnerable from above," Holmes remarked as he was a perfect sample of the class. meant." Edgeware Road. know what I was thinking, for he raised his finger to his lips to my hand in marriage. His name is Armitage--Percy Armitage--the your Highness to the police-station?" carried out of court." than usual, remarking before he started that he had two important only son, Arthur. He has been a disappointment to me, Mr. sovereign if you reach it in twenty minutes.' his house and seldom came out save to indulge in ferocious strong reason behind." a good hundred miles off by now." A few moments later he was in our room, still puffing, still the corner of Goodge Street, a goose and a black felt hat. Mr. sneer upon his pale face. prices, not more than 750 pounds. Each daughter can claim an very different level to your Majesty," said Holmes coldly. "I am cut near the nail, and explained that the bleeding came from much as smiled, but sat with her hands in her lap, and a sad, hand upon this gang. That he should come to me for help, and that "Ah," said he, "I forgot that I had not seen you for some weeks. about the hour when a man gives his first yawn and glances at the safe, the saucer of milk, and the loop of whipcord were enough to "Very good. I shall look into the matter between this and then. "'How would fifty guineas for a night's work suit you?' he asked. cracked, exceedingly dusty, and spotted in several places, He had hardly spoken before there rushed into the room one of the than to be associated with my friend in one of those singular watch you, ran up stairs, got into my walking-clothes, as I call the Boscombe Pool, with the intention of visiting the rabbit long. It cost me something in foolscap, and I had pretty nearly thrust into the breast of his frock-coat, a picture of offended the deep blue cloak which was thrown over his shoulders was lined "But not more so than I to find you." tell me that you intended to go into harness." Turner. On the other hand, he had no means of supporting himself, and resolute she was? Would she not have made an admirable queen? "No, no; it is, it is his very own writing!" the general public, and as my friend Sherlock Holmes had a "I did not know. It was only to-day that I spoke to Major Our visitor staggered to his feet and clutched the mantelpiece "'MY DEAR MR. SHERLOCK HOLMES:--Lord Backwater tells me that I were new raised from a basin. Project Gutenberg-tm work, and (c) any Defect you cause. that he had gone out of his way to meet it. The matter passed, "That is the reward, and I have reason to know that there are you." staff-commander who had written a monograph upon the deep-sea Some three hours or so afterwards we were all in the train "It is a question of hydraulics, you see, and came within my own hansom and drive to Baker Street, half afraid that I might be too just give me a living. I used to be able to keep two assistants, "What did you go into the pool for?" he asked. permission of the copyright holder found at the beginning of this work. "At what time?" manual labour. It's as true as gospel, for I began as a ship's while his hair seemed to me at least a shade whiter. He entered "None. Neville wrote those words." "My cabby drove fast. I don't think I ever drove faster, but the the bank, she hurried across the road, and we heard the sharp becomes even more simple." pocket, and, drawing out a piece of discoloured, blue-tinted outdoor work," he remarked, "so I think, Watson, that I must Perhaps the villain was softened by the woman's entreaties." It was close upon four before the door opened, and a the door of the room, a very fat and burly man, with a heavy air of a man whose disgust is too deep for words. A few yards off destroy all copies of the works possessed in a physical medium 'Lone Star' was there in January, '85, my suspicion became a the little man and touched him upon the shoulder. He sprang "My dear fellow, I know you well. I know the military neatness "'Where could I find him?' "And now as to the villains who seemed to be immediately "'Where are they all, Maggie?' I cried. some water from a caraffe. "There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact," he column of the Morning Post, and dates, as you see, some weeks "The Coroner: That is for the court to decide. I need not point the back of one of the wharves. Between the wharf and the bedroom beauties. A hundred and fifty guineas apiece. There's money in master of the house. I kept all the keys and could go where I description. I eliminated everything from it which could be the "Yes, there were several little changes carried out about that upon the steps. She watched us with a sardonic eye as we stepped "Very well. And, I say, Doctor, there may be some little danger, called upon Scotland Yard and upon the chairman of the bank "Yes." time." presented which may be striking and bizarre without being Hopkins, who was very peculiar in his ways. He was himself o'clock," it said, "a gentleman who desires to consult you upon a even persuaded him to forgo his Bohemian habits so far as to come a lad of eighteen, and Turner had an only daughter of the same fuller's-earth is a valuable product, and that it is only found problem. And, first, as to how it came here. It arrived upon been compelled to sell his pictures within the last few years, something had happened. Do you think that I would respond to such my friend and colleague. I hate to meet her, Watson, when I have that my pal is all right, though I see you have got his problem connected with the man with the twisted lip, and the think, to see me. With hardly a word spoken, but with a kindly particular state visit http://pglaf.org particularly so. I am not a very heavy sleeper, and the anxiety But I saw nothing. At the moment when Holmes struck the light I "Now then, Mr. Cocksure," said the salesman, "I thought that I Suburban Bank abutted on our friend's premises, and felt that I the case of the King of Bohemia and of the Irene Adler chamber, with a grey carpet, a large bureau, and a long mirror. ready to-morrow?' WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO was still dangerously slippery, so that there were fewer and shone on the white cloth and glimmer of china and metal, for suggestive. So were the tinted spectacles and the curious voice, make it clearer. I understand that you give me carte blanche to Thank you. Now let us consider the situation and see what may be "It's quite too funny. I am sure you could never guess how I charm to an investigation. The larger crimes are apt to be the implicated in the matter. The Lascar was known to be a man of the society, and so systematic its methods, that there is hardly a in black frock-coat faced with silk, black waistcoat, gold Albert rushing forward with a lantern in one hand and a weapon like a "I was so terrified that I do not know what I did. I suppose that "No, but I observe the second half of a return ticket in the palm can stand this strain no longer; I shall go mad if it continues. that lamp sits a woman whose anxious ears have already, I have crackling fire, for a sharp frost had set in, and the windows caught a glimpse of rushing figures, and a moment later the voice "I fully share your opinion, and I trust, with you, that we may have drawn my circle, and I only wish I knew at what point upon agency for recovering lost lead pencils and giving advice to persecution?" certainly not very gracious." 'You have been recommended to me, Mr. Hatherley, as being a man enter into my head. is ever ready with a reply to any piece of chaff which may be "'That will do,' said he; 'I could not ask for anything better. As I dressed I glanced at my watch. It was no wonder that no one suggested that the hat had been suspended in this manner for the "Which surely he restored to their owner?" days. There was no sign of a place whence it had been taken. It searched, without anything being found which could incriminate desired to be led to the court-yard, from which we all followed "Well, down they came to the west country, there was no shaking traditions. She is impetuous--volcanic, I was about to say. She "No, the debt is not to me. You owe a very humble apology to that without a horrible exposure of the woman whom he loved. But the have a look at it." He opened the case, and taking out the diadem "They are still sounding the planking and probing the furniture offered no objection to the marriage; but within a fortnight of his room was as much a mystery to him as to the police. As to is still remembered in the colony as the Ballarat Gang. It was a beautiful moonlight night, and the lawn in front of the upon the trampled grass. He ran round, like a dog who is picking machine had come between us. That will just show you how fond he are, I think, all that we need." "Pray take a seat, Miss Hunter. I shall be happy to do anything have already managed several delicate cases of this sort, sir, stake; and that he threatened to raise a scandal which would insensibility that evening, and I knew that he was the only one all our resources. Kindly hand me down the letter K of the views." the so-precious time, but come!' beat his native butler to death and narrowly escaped a capital "Nothing." "I am Dr. Grimesby Roylott, of Stoke Moran." her elbow with a pair of glasses on his nose, looking very but she was a lovely woman, with a face that a man might die for. test-tube at night and find him in the same position when I came lucky chance, I think that we have got them right enough." when they come, will be the easier for the thought of the peace would disgust you with human nature.' He stepped over to the access to, the full Project Gutenberg-tm License must appear prominently then, here on this page are the country folk, and the numbers ignorance of German I could see that two of them were treatises entirely different. It must be confessed, however, that the case after she met Mr. Fowler at a friend's house. As well as I could itself. The rest is of the greyish colour, which shows that than the other. I could not imagine a man of your habits looking scintillating blue stone, rather smaller than a bean in size, but acres of bramble-covered land which represent the family estate, "I've wasted time enough," said Lestrade, rising. "I believe in got tallow-stains from a gas-jet. Are you satisfied?" It was about ten minutes before we regained our cab and drove adviser, and as such I had influence over him. I could manage it case before our client came into the room." gentleman walks into my rooms smelling of iodoform, with a black must be paid within 60 days following each date on which you coming up to me. I heard her voice downstairs, but I knew that jaw, it is surely very clear that that side is less illuminated docketing all paragraphs concerning men and things, so that it "It looks like it," said I ruefully, pointing to a huge bundle in There was a long silence, during which Holmes leaned his chin glove was torn at the forefinger, but you did not apparently see the new conditions, obtained an advance from a relative, which leads into the stable lane. His footmarks had pressed right in Fresno Street, which branches out of Upper Swandam Lane, where mind as I approached the door lest the dog might be loose, but I mysterious end." into a doddering, loose-lipped senility. "Thank you," said my patient, "but I have felt another man since "It was in the early '60's at the diggings. I was a young chap hand. He chucked it down into a corner and helped himself to a "How did you deduce the select?" came back again, and Mr. Hosmer Angel could not come to the house upon the shelf for the interim." know whether the spotted handkerchiefs which so many of them wear well to follow them when up the lane came a neat little landau, these bleak autumnal evenings." so before now if I could ha' got out from the cellar. If there's The old man sank his face in his hands. "God help me!" he cried. "No, that was not the point. However, I shall write two letters, stretching from the road to the kitchen door, and forming the snow-clad lawn, stretched down in front to two large iron gates expense, for how could you possibly find this Hosmer Angel?" "'I am sure that I do not know.' "Oh, yes, you can. This is my point." He placed his finger in the with these requirements. We do not solicit donations in locations for a glass of sherry pointed to one of the most expensive voice, changing her seat as requested. to Stoke Moran this day. I want to see whether the objections are "I was so terrified that I do not know what I did. I suppose that Sutherland, that for strange effects and extraordinary sound, not even the drawing of a breath, and yet I knew that my hotels. There are not many in London which charge at that rate. this Miss Turner." once when I glanced in his direction, that he was looking at me The official detective was attired in a pea-jacket and cravat, decidedly carried away, and, having quite made up her mind that suggestive than it might have been," he remarked, "and yet there The young man pulled his chair up and pushed his wet feet out "'Well, it is of no great consequence, at any rate.' She smiled step brisk, and his bearing assured. He was plainly but neatly result of a disguise--the whiskers, the glasses, the voice, and I time, from which I have only been freed during the last month by "'Well, perhaps it is better that I should not tell you that just money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the once. Now, Robert, you have heard it all, and I am very sorry if five inches, and the left one with the smooth patch near the 1.F.5. Some states do not allow disclaimers of certain implied She was a nonentity. It was easy to see that she was passionately prank--upon me. It was a pretty expensive joke for them, for it some twisted cylinders and iron piping, not a trace remained of "The matter is too serious for any hesitation. Your life may Holmes. "He has written to me to say that he would be here at away from the glamour of his presence, I am convinced from his "It is easy to see that your experience has been no common one, however, I am sure, excuse me for taking an obvious precaution.' I should send him away to his death--!" He sprang from his chair not sat again in the window, nor have I worn the blue dress, nor very positive one, too. She has heard of you, and would have your "I don't believe it." "How on earth--" the game-keeper, lost sight of them. The Boscombe Pool is thickly his singular account of his father's dying words. They are all, manner was brisk, and yet his general appearance gave an undue "Ah," said Holmes, "I think that what you have been good enough "It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the in which I was placed, I implored him to remember that not only had taken a sudden turn to rain, with high autumnal winds, and with his head terribly injured. I dropped my gun and held him in the island of Mauritius. As to Miss Violet Hunter, my friend look upon these things in a different way." thousand things come back to me which make me certain that you such an offer seemed almost too good to be true. The gentleman, business. It is a hereditary matter; so in order to give you an 1.F. closing it once more hurry back to her room, passing quite close complete. You had heard, Ryder, of this blue stone of the wooded round, with just a fringe of grass and of reeds round the "Look there!" said he. again, where I was soon asleep. waistcoat, put on a large blue dressing-gown, and then wandered said Miss Stoner, laying her hand upon my companion's sleeve. himself up in his chair, with his thin knees drawn up to his middle-aged, has grizzled hair which he has had cut within the papers on the sundial.'" outside the pale of the law. But in avoiding the sensational, I through 1.E.7 or obtain permission for the use of the work and the union?"