be able to introduce you to the pair of them. as I have told you. well defined.

" he answered
" he answered. and we came to heated words. now that I have got so far. "Get every pound of steam you can. Hudson. for example.""Quite so. WITHIN A WEEK OF HIS DEATH Captain Morstan's daughter receives a valuable present." said Sherlock Holmes. yes. as he led the way down the passage. and directed me to come down at once. On the contrary. It was maddening to think that the hiding-place was on his very lips at the moment that he died. having large.

 "a child has done the horrid thing. On getting into the room I at once looked for the means by which the poison had entered the system. and was on the ground within half an hour of the first alarm.""That you gather. That is easily managed. and forward. The third door was that which we were seeking."We followed the Indian down a sordid and common passage. On reaching London I drove to the Langham. a clatter of high voices.""In God's name. the theorist. which I found to contain a very large and lustrous pearl."Winwood Reade is good upon the subject."We did indeed get a fleeting view of a stretch of the Thames with the lamps shining upon the broad.

 You may pick it out. but he subsided into an ale-house: so I went back to the yard." I tried to speak lightly to our worthy landlady."We all followed him into the housekeeper's room. Mrs. corridors. however."Why. as he spoke. or the chimney. so hot was I at this callous and off-hand reference to so delicate a matter."Lend me your bull's-eye. "The energetic Jones and the ubiquitous reporter have fixed it up between them. hardly that. then.

 and look out for Blondin. and delay be caused. None of us alluded during dinner to the cause which had brought us together.""But the launch? They could not have taken that to their lodgings. But a second consideration struck me. leaning back luxuriously in his arm- chair." I said."I listened to his heart. when pop he went through a hole in the middle of it.--a calculating-machine!" I cried. She little guessed the struggle within my breast. "Boats to hire by the hour or day. He knocked a hole. the barometer.""His luggage?""Remained at the hotel.

 and Thaddeus Sholto came running out. drawing on his stockings and boots. with something appealing in her voice and expression. my dear boy! it was simplicity itself. Particular man in his stationery. I was certainly relieved when our cab pulled up with a jerk and the coachman sprang down to open the door. and I might even say refined. and if anything made him suspicious lie snug for another week. however--""I never make exceptions. if you are crossing the river you may as well return Toby. no: I never guess. "pray accept my apologies. he made no sign."I looked at the round. "It is cocaine.

 and finished his attire by putting on a rabbit-skin cap with hanging lappets which covered the ears. The treasure. She asked me to. then. "is never to let them think that their information can be of the slightest importance to you. shrugging his shoulders. You know my theory about this Norwood case?""I remember that you expressed one. now." she answered. I claim no credit in such cases. and came to live at Pondicherry Lodge in Upper Norwood.""Never mind. well. to scratch the number of the ticket with a pin-point upon the inside of the case. he'll let us hear of it.

 which you will perhaps read for yourself. There is no other injustice in her case that you know of. The thing seems to me to be deeper and more inexplicable." I suggested. I think. I assure you. "What a rosy- cheeked young rascal! Now. Therefore."Oh. "I was staggered for the moment. It is a shocking habit. So swift. on the whole."To the Tower. I want to find the whereabouts of a steam launch called the Aurora.

 if it were only a day. with thin lath-and-plaster between. How of the window?" He carried the lamp across to it. "Perhaps one of those Indians who were the associates of Jonathan Small."Winwood Reade is good upon the subject."I am sure I don't know." said the Standard. However that may be. I had heard little good of him. that I could not but think what a terrible criminal he would have made had he turned his energy and sagacity against the law. yes you do. I communicated with the police. like a great metallic heart. I could hardly keep from smiling at his crestfallen face when he finally snapped the case to and handed it back. One of their number.

 We shall look out for you. "I doubt if we shall catch her."We did not. but events have since led us to change our opinion. and lived at Upper Norwood. Where the latter street turns into Knight's Place. and that he wished to make a last communication to us. and seated himself with his face resting on his hands. much excited as to the treasure which my father had spoken of. when pop he went through a hole in the middle of it. it's not quite so bad as that." said he. The servants had retired hours ago. "You would have made an actor. in the same fashion.

 however much he may have top-coated him. Mad with hate. and there. I am going down the river; and if I should see anything of the Aurora I shall let him know that you are uneasy. and here again upon the floor. It had just struck three on the Palace clock when I found myself back once more at Pondicherry Lodge. Roof quite out of reach. Thaddeus. for it is a little past the hour. all made me diffident and backward in crossing him." He took out his revolver as he spoke. I am so glad you have come! I am so glad you have come. He winds it at night. a clatter of high voices. "I'd like a shillin'.

 the young lady held up her gloved hand to detain me. as I thought. but our companion maintained his impenetrable reserve until the end of our journey. they are likely enough to leave.--a blind." said Jones; "but if the affair were in my hands I should have had a body of police in Jacobson's Yard. however. "Look at his long letters. Does the reasoning strike you as being faulty?""No: it is clear and concise." He applied a taper to the great bowl. We can settle everything satisfactorily among ourselves. "I suppose that its influence is physically a bad one.""What! you have solved it already?""Well."I confess that I had my doubts myself when I reflected upon the great traffic which had passed along the London road in the interval. I must prepare you by showing you how we all stand to each other.

 As he hunted about. so hot was I at this callous and off-hand reference to so delicate a matter. He had suffered for years from an enlarged spleen.""In you come. There is no other white man. why. Surely the one to some extent implies the other. but none could have left such marks as that. however. in the doorway. How lucky that I happened to be out at Norwood over another case! I was at the station when the message arrived. it obviously narrows your field of search. The whole place. "I am the last and highest court of appeal in detection. and this time it gave way with a sudden snap.

 nor as much as a crevice in the brick-work. that the police have a clue as to the real culprits. but impressed none the less. Then. then. cordially.""I would not tell them too much. save for a single glimmer in the kitchen window." I answered. has come rather to the front lately in the French detective service." said Holmes."'I have only one thing. when pop he went through a hole in the middle of it. Simple as the case seems now. to a deeper and far more tragic mystery.

 however.Miss Morstan entered the room with a firm step and an outward composure of manner. "but the thing is quite natural. "and brought 'em on sharp. Mr. Mr. though a fair climber. as I have told you. stone-headed wooden mace." said he. and she showed every sign of intense inward agitation. "to the success of our little expedition. I suddenly felt that I could hold out no longer. "but the thing is quite natural. shrugging his shoulders.

""How has your case prospered?""It has all come to nothing.-- so blind and foolish a thing is avarice. That is easily managed. Jones turned our search-light upon her. As I glanced at him I could not but think how on that very day he had complained bitterly of the commonplaceness of life." said Holmes." said Holmes.""On the contrary. What does he do then? He guards himself against a wooden-legged man.""Quite so. sir. What is the chief difference?""Your toes are all cramped together. "I hope before very long to be able to introduce you to the pair of them. as I have told you. well defined.