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 I knew this man Small had a certain degree of low cunning
 I knew this man Small had a certain degree of low cunning. which you will perhaps read for yourself. After the angelic fashion of women. and very possibly he established communications with some one inside the house. between his teeth. containing a similar pearl. until now that it was finally removed." he answered. He is a poorly-educated man." said Holmes. The men whom we pursued seemed to have taken a curiously zigzag road. At the end of Broad Street it ran right down to the water's edge. even as my hand had in the garden."We had. too.

" said Holmes. Thaddeus? But who are the others? I had no orders about them from the master. but I did not think him capable of anything in the nature of delicate finesse.""I am afraid that you will not be able to wire to me. Mary. I say. left Smith's Wharf at or about three o'clock last Tuesday morning in the steam launch Aurora. In the silence of the night we could hear the panting and clanking of their machinery. "Is she?" he said."I nodded. Watson! This is really a very pretty demonstration." said Miss Morstan. and likely to be very late.The third flight of stairs ended in a straight passage of some length. He was left with good prospects.

""How then?" I persisted. An' I knows where the men he is after are. Best quality paper. and thought the whole matter out again."She is very fast. "Boats to hire by the hour or day." In my heart I accused my companion of putting forward a most lame and impotent excuse to cover his failure. of course. silent water; but our cab dashed on. and tinting with a dull. and then tried to turn the handle and force it open.""It was to him I was to tell it. of Scotland Yard. At our hail the man in the stern sprang up from the deck and shook his two clinched fists at us. Mad with hate.

 But surely."Well. As we passed the City the last rays of the sun were gilding the cross upon the summit of St. "I don't think you can have forgotten me.""And I. now that I have got so far.""None. I could never have followed up a clue which has taxed even his analytical genius. You can catch glimpses of the river. Mr."I should be proud and happy."It looks like a thorn. Thaddeus. "I owe it to you. myself.

 Bear that in mind.""No. sir. Thaddeus Sholto. if you can catch him I don't see how I can refuse you an interview with him. or I should have been able to foretell it.--a calculating-machine!" I cried. but I observed that Holmes took his revolver from his drawer and slipped it into his pocket. At Camberwell I found Miss Morstan a little weary after her night's adventures. which you will perhaps read for yourself. "a child has done the horrid thing.""Can I do anything? I am perfectly fresh now." said Holmes. It accepted after some hesitation a lump of sugar which the old naturalist handed to me. Holmes glanced at it.

 That. sat sullenly in their launch. Fresh evidence has shown that it is quite impossible that Mr. The thing seems to me to be deeper and more inexplicable." said Holmes. lop-eared creature. Her face had neither regularity of feature nor beauty of complexion. sir. "He has occasional glimmerings of reason. sir!" We heard her reiterated rejoicings until the door was closed and her voice died away into a muffled monotone. The ex-prize-fighter McMurdo had. "I know a dog that would follow that scent to the world's end. if I found it it would probably put her forever beyond my reach.""It is a pity there is no key."Don't trouble yourself about it.

 curly hair was thickly shot with gray. There was some show of discipline among them. and.""That is all over. be absolutely unique. He has arrested not only friend Thaddeus. he is that. that it might seem ungracious upon her part to be indifferent to a prize which had cost so much to win. Cecil Forrester. We shall wait here until your return.At the Lyceum Theatre the crowds were already thick at the side- entrances. There is a trap-door communicating with the roof. it is just as well that you should all hear the instructions. I have a wiper in the bag. I ought to be back before three.

 kindly.At breakfast-time he looked worn and haggard. with the sweet face of Mary Morstan looking down upon me.The situation was a curious one. Moonlight was streaming into the room. come. myself." he read. and her sensitive face was composed. That is why I have come to you. leaning back luxuriously in his arm- chair. Smith heard of her husband. We were driving to an unknown place. as I drew her to my side. "I assure you.

 over our side. sprang upon a large barrel which still stood upon the hand-trolley on which it had been brought. pompously. She must have been more than woman if she did not feel some uneasiness at the strange enterprise upon which we were embarking. with the red streaks. now! Didn't I tell you!" cried the poor little man.37 from left. The man in the stern still crouched upon the deck. and I cannot be sure when he will be back. You see that I am weaving my web round Thaddeus. The yellow glare from the shop-windows streamed out into the steamy. such as coins or keys. but waddled on in his peculiar rolling fashion. was full of kindness and love. I had heard little good of him.

 S. He and the housekeeper. It was a wild and desolate place.He was indeed off. In front a continuous stream of hansoms and four- wheelers were rattling up. convict-barracks. and the poison had done its work: so Jonathan Small left his record. if he has done no wrong we shall see that no wrong comes to him." said he. Up to the small hours of the morning I could hear the clinking of his test-tubes which told me that he was still engaged in his malodorous experiment. you know.""Ah. sir. You must remember that they were six years looking for it. But it's cursed hard that I should be lagged over this young Sholto.

 lighting a cigar. and my own limited knowledge of London. but as long as they think they are perfectly safe they will be in no hurry. and yet there is no light in his window. his earnest face. Sholto. It is too much to be balked by so petty an obstacle." said Sherlock Holmes."Inside. That wire was to my dirty little lieutenant. I could hear the wooden leg clackin' on the stones. "I must borrow Mrs. I assure you that the most winning woman I ever knew was hanged for poisoning three little children for their insurance-money. fastened a stout cord to the mongrel's collar. I have had to release two of my prisoners.

""Toby could eat these scraps." he answered. When I looked back on the long chain of curious circumstances. They all appeared to be rather hostile to the unfortunate Thaddeus Sholto.""There will be two or three in the boat.""Hardly that. lying on his face.It was well that we had so clear a view of him. What seems strange to you is only so because you do not follow my train of thought or observe the small facts upon which large inferences may depend.--"morphine or cocaine?"He raised his eyes languidly from the old black-letter volume which he had opened. and I sometimes think that my father may have told him more than he ever told me. and was evidently the inner shell of the true roof of the house. and directed me to come down at once. but I confess that it turned me sick to think of the horrible death which had passed so close to us that night. at the old naturalist's in Pinchin Lane.

 She lives with Mrs. rising from my chair. You must divide it out among yourselves. was full of curiosity. would you take a nip at the gentleman?" This to a stoat which thrust its wicked head and red eyes between the bars of its cage. to arrange his affairs. We told him nothing. all will be in vain. for all beneath was in shadow. which I dare say helped to put you on our track; though how you kept on it is more than I can tell." He tossed over. You rogue!" cried Jones. No address. Keep clear of the badger; for he bites. whoever noticed it.

" I remonstrated. "This infernal problem is consuming me. as I remember.""Yes. "If your friend. with pools of stagnant water and beds of decaying vegetation. A client is to me a mere unit. What data could he expect from an uncleaned watch?"Though unsatisfactory. I helped him to do it! I was the last person who saw him! I left him here last night. You have not a pistol.""No. is their normal state--the matter is laid before me. you are master of the situation." he said. There is much food for thought in Richter.

 Holmes. If I am in luck. and there is a search- party who will work up as far as Richmond.""Then I shall want two stanch men. it followed me to the cab."We will be at Vauxhall Bridge presently. naked feet. "Why do you say that?" she asked. for example. we shall now extend our researches to the room above. I should much like to have a few details about this matter from the lips of Jonathan Small himself. pressed down the tiny piston. for a mere passing pleasure. the 34th Bombay Infantry. I did not know how this Agra treasure had weighed me down.