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Epilogue Illustrations “What’s this, Mr. Holmes? Man, it’s witchcraft! Where in the name of all that is wonderful did you get those names?”…
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“No, I never have.” “Then how do you know about his rooms?” “Ah, that’s another matter. I have been three times in his rooms, twice waiting…
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“When the lamps were lit,” said the butler. “It would be shortly after four.” “Someone had been hiding here, sure enough.” He held down the…
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“Don’t we?” my friend answered thoughtfully. “I wonder!” Chapter V The People of the Drama “Have you seen all you want of the study?” asked…
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“Excuse me, sir,” said he, “but am I addressing Dr. Watson?” I bowed with a coldness which showed, I dare say, very plainly the impression…
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MacDonald pointed ruefully to his heap of correspondence. “He is at present reported from Leicester, Nottingham, Southampton, Derby, East H…
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“I was on my guard all that next day, and never went out into the park. It’s as well, or he’d have had the drop on me with that buckshot gu…
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From the first he made it evident, by his open admiration, that the daughter of the house had won his heart from the instant that he had se…
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“It was not me that was in danger.” “Who then?” “It was you, Councillor.” McMurdo drew a cocked pistol from the side pocket of his peajacke…
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“Yes, Brother Morris. It has been bought by the State & Merton County Railroad Company.” “And who bought the mines of Todman and of Lee tha…
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“No.” “Nor against me?” “No.” “Well, that’s because he daren’t trust you. But in his heart he is not a loyal brother. We know that well. So…
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The story was told and retold amid cries of delight and shouts of laughter. They had waited for their man as he drove home at nightfall, ta…
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“What did you tell him, then?” “Any stuff I could make up.” “How do you know he wasn’t a newspaper man?” “I’ll tell you. He got out at Hobs…
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Epilogue
The police trial had passed, in which the case of John Douglas was referred to a higher court. So had the Quarter Sessions, at which he was…