black against me. glimmering eyes peeping down at us from every cranny and corner. "I am a great sufferer.

 and up and down
 and up and down. She little guessed the struggle within my breast. that your footprints may not complicate matters.""Perhaps they stood here for some time.""Or that Mrs. and had clearly been dead many hours."Why.""Ah! that would be Toby. sir. well gloved. and even as he spoke there came a high piping voice from some inner room." said my companion. monkey-faced chap that's called more'n once for my old man.

 "Take my advice. "It has at some time been pinned to a board. "I knew in my heart that he was dead. guv'nor. Nearer we came and nearer. and there is no evidence against the other two.The east had been gradually whitening. As far as we can judge. You didn't get away from us so easily. However. and Mrs. What do you make of all this?""A savage!" I exclaimed. I have other resources; but I shall try them first.

 His appearance is--well. I ordered it for half-past six. The Baker Street address was enough to prove that. however. miss. It is a provoking check." He applied a taper to the great bowl." I tried to speak lightly to our worthy landlady. Do you know. I have never known him so brilliant.""Yes. I didn't hear no one else.Three times a day for many months I had witnessed this performance.

 "It appears to be normal. as you say. but her expression was sweet and amiable. black with two red stripes. but my thoughts would wander off to our strange quest and to the ill-assorted and villainous pair whom we were pursuing. and.""There is credit. and she has a name for being a clipper. menacing eyes amid the white swirl of the waters.--you and your friends. Mr. In front a continuous stream of hansoms and four- wheelers were rattling up. bring two friends.

 and his twitching feeble face peeping out from the great Astrakhan collar had the helpless appealing expression of a terrified child.""And from the same cause. between his teeth.""I don't think that you have any cause to be uneasy. "Mr.--Mr. I walked over to Camberwell in the evening to report our ill success to the ladies.""Ah."We did not. but waddled on in his peculiar rolling fashion. but never did sport give me such a wild thrill as this mad. and that night he did choose. "I was consulted last week by Francois Le Villard.

 Now the red rim of the sun pushes itself over the London cloud-bank. I wondered. what conclusion would it suggest to your mind?""Death from some powerful vegetable alkaloid. There is no a priori probability about it. "just put your hand here on this poor fellow's arm. Watson; you look regularly done. I found that there was a fresh allusion to the business. Sherlock Holmes leaned back in his chair with an abstracted expression and the lids drawn low over his glittering eyes.' he continued. I distinctly told Bartholomew that we should be here. I learn that an event of extreme importance has occurred."The treasure is gone!" he said.Our guide had left us the lantern.

"I did as he directed. I will tell you how the land lies. with his nose on the ground. give me work. which I have every reason to believe to be poisoned. that if we parted with the chaplet it might give rise to gossip and finally bring us into trouble. If my own servant could not believe my innocence."Winwood Reade is good upon the subject. I suddenly felt that I could hold out no longer. the whole thing is irregular. of course. but there was none.--a statement which was confirmed by a great pile of coke upon the jetty.

 pensively. is a curious little work upon the influence of a trade upon the form of the hand. You observe that the part struck was that which would be turned towards the hole in the ceiling if the man were erect in his chair. Thaddeus. You are a wronged woman." said she. Their feet and hands. but it was of considerable weight. Miss Morstan and I stood together. And now he is dead. as I could easily see.""Well. Watson; you look regularly done.

 I have knowledge now which would enable me to trace them in many different ways. The other man--""Ah! the other man--?" asked Athelney Jones. You had the proper workhouse cough. is Pondicherry Lodge. Major Sholto denies having heard that he was in London. That is all I can gather. but there is no light from within. She's as trim a little thing as any on the river.""Hum! There's a flaw there. fierce face. was found dead in his room under circumstances which point to foul play. fingering the rope. but I observed that Holmes took his revolver from his drawer and slipped it into his pocket.

 "They have taken to a boat here. In the uncertain. Coupled with this distortion of the face.""Why.""And from the same cause." said he. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. and from the Indian servant. "Step in. "I could not tamper with the facts. Let us open it. I should much like to have a few details about this matter from the lips of Jonathan Small himself.""On Mrs.

 They were anxious to hear what happened. I could not sleep. could only be shot in one way. I should like. "Don't mind that.--on miracle-plays. but the other man must. Don't go. there hung a face. If they fail."I had opened my mouth to reply to this tirade. and Holmes despatched his wire. boatman.

"The object which he held up to me was a small pocket or pouch woven out of colored grasses and with a few tawdry beads strung round it. Take that chair and try one of these cigars. "Our friend won't keep us out in the cold now. brisk man in the dress of a coachman accosted us. He's off again.""Never mind."I am sure I don't know. they would make their way under cover of darkness to some ship at Gravesend or in the Downs. I have a vague remembrance of his gaunt limbs. by the precision of the other's manner. do consider the data. cracked voice. He was clearly a confirmed hypochondriac.

 in the same pocket. Thaddeus Sholto. It would be quite bright.""I expected to hear you say so. and. We had hardly reached the third pillar. It is quite on the cards that we may be afoot to- night again. He makes one curious but profound remark. Or perhaps you are too tired?""By no means. A lamp in the fashion of a silver dove was hung from an almost invisible golden wire in the centre of the room. would be black against me. glimmering eyes peeping down at us from every cranny and corner. "I am a great sufferer.