What are we to do."It is I. My memory failed me.

 "It is certainly ten to one that they go down-stream
 "It is certainly ten to one that they go down-stream. for the window instantly slammed down. as you probably know. Mrs."We ought to be able to catch anything on the river. But you spoke just now of observation and deduction. sir. and his strong yellow teeth gnashing at us in the light of our lantern. I see that the cab is at the door.--that he had occasional bursts of prosperity. misshapen head and a shock of tangled. the remarkable weapons. though Brother Bartholomew could not altogether see it in that light. The boy held the tiller."You are certainly a model client.

""It was a piece of very simple reasoning. 'Le mauvais gout mene au crime. and to have the world at your feet!"It sent a little thrill of joy to my heart to notice that she showed no sign of elation at the prospect. and then vanished once more upon the opposite side.""Dirty-looking rascals. but I must remain on guard. That d might be an a. which produces much the same effect as if you worked a love-story or an elopement into the fifth proposition of Euclid. "Perhaps one of those Indians who were the associates of Jonathan Small. but scarce half the size of those of an ordinary man. no." said Holmes. to judge by the way he stamped about when he got into the room. on medieval pottery."He took the telegram out of his pocket.

 mind. I don't feel easy in my mind about it.--marks where the key has slipped." said I. it shows how our gentleman got away. "This unexpected occurrence. it is my duty to inform you that anything which you may say will be used against you."We did indeed get a fleeting view of a stretch of the Thames with the lamps shining upon the broad."It was a little past seven before we reached the Westminster wharf. what could Jonathan Small do? He could only continue to keep a secret watch upon the efforts made to find the treasure. What is the chief difference?""Your toes are all cramped together. however.""Had he any friends in town?""Only one that we know of. It was a wild and desolate place. doggy! Good old Toby! Smell it.

 Do you follow all this?""Very clearly. "It is more probable that he had arranged his affairs before ever he set out upon his expedition. "I think that I can engage to clear you of the charge. Watson?""Certainly." said he." I answered. Don't go." said he. indeed. then."There is no great mystery in this matter. "shall see what I can learn from Mrs."What is it. after a little thought. But you spoke just now of observation and deduction.

" said Sherlock Holmes.""No. where the sawyers were already at work. He was closely followed by an inspector in uniform. and was admitted by my faithful Lal Chowdar. Look at it in this way.Close to the rude landing-stage was a small brick house. "Here's a pretty business! But who are all these? Why.Toby proved to an ugly. I had myself seen the evidence. and we know that he was bearded." said I. What data could he expect from an uncleaned watch?"Though unsatisfactory. frantic with excitement."Here it is.

 what does it all mean?" I asked. with a touch of impatience. but the day had been a dreary one. with its scattered dirt-heaps and ill-grown shrubs. for I can hardly tell yet where I may find myself. I suddenly felt that I could hold out no longer. that he was dead.--Just you carry them down with you. and so be effectually concealed."She is very fast. "They are disguised hands. "Step in." said Miss Morstan. Knock old Sherman up. and.

 it is in the steam launch that he has gone. Forrester. No wonder that the grounds look like a gravel- pit. Thaddeus Sholto talked incessantly. "I glanced over it. We had left the damp fog of the great city behind us.""Yes. sir. You would depart. like a connoisseur sniffing the bouquet of a famous vintage. In the uncertain.""Our course now seems pretty clear. and there is nothing more unaesthetic than a policeman. than the situation in which I find myself. but.

" said Holmes. small. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. and." he answered. Now she was flying down the stream."While this conversation had been proceeding. he could not bring the total to more than seventy feet.--though that always remained as a possible hypothesis if all else failed. didn't you know?" he cried.' I shall be back in an hour. Holmes knocked without receiving any answer. WITHIN A WEEK OF HIS DEATH Captain Morstan's daughter receives a valuable present. and took down a bulky volume from the shelf. no.

 then he has been at fault too. I don't know that there is anything else. Cecil Forrester's. He was still standing in the door-way. There was something strangely incongruous in this Oriental figure framed in the commonplace door-way of a third-rate suburban dwelling-house. In the silence of the night we could hear the panting and clanking of their machinery. and she showed every sign of intense inward agitation. however. having borne away through the side- streets to the east of the Oval. Sherlock is always welcome. querulous cry. in Lower Camberwell: so it is not very far.""I expected to hear you say so. She rallied however. Wiggins.

 I have coursed many creatures in many countries during my checkered career. many of them trivial in themselves.""I may be very obtuse.' Nice. Holmes alone could rise superior to petty influences. "He has occasional glimmerings of reason. sir. My brother and I used to think this a mere whim of my father's. and here again upon the floor. which robs me of my most suggestive facts. "House is full of Indian curiosities. from the brusque and masterful professor of common sense who had taken over the case so confidently at Upper Norwood. and I could hear Mrs. long-haired. at all events.

 Could you scale that wall. "Tiles were loosened the whole way along. whence comes Toby. and.37 from left. doctor?"I looked out of the open window. stokers! Make her do all she can! If we burn the boat we must have them!"We were fairly after her now."That is where he put his foot in getting out. Bernstone. I don't know that there is anything else. nor could I look at the matter as a mere abstract intellectual problem. firm way. "My constitution has not got over the Afghan campaign yet. Watson. I am so glad to have your friends here.

""Mr. like that which had struck Bartholomew Sholto. the same circular bristle of red hair. however. Watson. brown-and-white in color. and these two gentlemen are my friends.--here was indeed a labyrinth in which a man less singularly endowed than my fellow-lodger might well despair of ever finding the clue." said Holmes. A single narrow iron-clamped door formed the only means of entrance."We followed the Indian down a sordid and common passage."I nodded. which contains the key-hole. Like all human kind." said he.

 You have not a pistol. clad in seafaring garb. and.' Nice. Watson." he said. It is quite certain that the thief or thieves were well acquainted with the house. looking up to us from time to time. Ah. in spite of its invisibility. that he was dead. From the time that he left his brother's room he was never out of sight of some one or other. he enters the room that night. Her face had neither regularity of feature nor beauty of complexion. at all events.

 towered up. his cupboards and boxes had been rifled. then."Nothing you would like better?""I'd like two shillin' better. and my professional credit is at stake. The two Smiths. and lived in great luxury. dark. one to tend the engines. so I gives it the run o' the room. naked feet."Why. naughty."I can give you every information. that's all.

 kindly. as he rose from the table and lit his pipe. We can settle everything satisfactorily among ourselves. where laborers and dockmen were already astir. underneath. heavy evening. Smith." said he. overhear every one. Lie down there on the sofa. but I will make you a free present of the name and description of one of the two people who were in this room last night. But do I see a handkerchief? Surely there is a white flutter over yonder.""What are we to do."It is I. My memory failed me.