lady_frances_carfax.txt

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<s> HERE WAS THIS GOOD AND PIOUS LADY PURSUED FROM PLACE TO PLACE BY A SINISTER AND UNRELENTING FIGURE </s>
<s> SHE FEARED HIM OR SHE WOULD NOT HAVE FLED FROM LAUSANNE </s>
<s> HE HAD STILL FOLLOWED </s>
<s> SOONER OR LATER HE WOULD OVERTAKE HER </s>
<s> HAD HE ALREADY OVERTAKEN HER </s>
<s> WAS THAT THE SECRET OF HER CONTINUED SILENCE </s>
<s> COULD THE GOOD PEOPLE WHO WERE HER COMPANIONS NOT SCREEN HER FROM HIS VIOLENCE OR HIS BLACKMAIL </s>
<s> WHAT HORRIBLE PURPOSE WHAT DEEP DESIGN LAY BEHIND THIS LONG PURSUIT </s>
<s> THERE WAS THE PROBLEM WHICH I HAD TO SOLVE </s>
<s> TO HOLMES I WROTE SHOWING HOW RAPIDLY AND SURELY I HAD GOT DOWN TO THE ROOTS OF THE MATTER </s>
<s> IN REPLY I HAD A TELEGRAM ASKING FOR A DESCRIPTION OF DOCTOR SHLESSINGER'S LEFT EAR </s>
<s> HOLMES'S IDEAS OF HUMOUR ARE STRANGE AND OCCASIONALLY OFFENSIVE SO I TOOK NO NOTICE OF HIS ILL TIMED JEST INDEED I HAD ALREADY REACHED MONTPELLIER IN MY PURSUIT OF THE MAID MARIE BEFORE HIS MESSAGE CAME </s>
<s> I HAD NO DIFFICULTY IN FINDING THE EX SERVANT AND IN LEARNING ALL THAT SHE COULD TELL ME </s>
<s> SHE WAS A DEVOTED CREATURE WHO HAD ONLY LEFT HER MISTRESS BECAUSE SHE WAS SURE THAT SHE WAS IN GOOD HANDS AND BECAUSE HER OWN APPROACHING MARRIAGE MADE A SEPARATION INEVITABLE IN ANY CASE </s>
<s> HER MISTRESS HAD AS SHE CONFESSED WITH DISTRESS SHOWN SOME IRRITABILITY OF TEMPER TOWARDS HER DURING THEIR STAY IN BADEN AND HAD EVEN QUESTIONED HER ONCE AS IF SHE HAD SUSPICIONS OF HER HONESTY AND THIS HAD MADE THE PARTING EASIER THAN IT WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE BEEN </s>
<s> LADY FRANCES HAD GIVEN HER FIFTY POUNDS AS A WEDDING PRESENT </s>
<s> LIKE ME MARIE VIEWED WITH DEEP DISTRUST THE STRANGER WHO HAD DRIVEN HER MISTRESS FROM LAUSANNE </s>
<s> WITH HER OWN EYES SHE HAD SEEN HIM SEIZE THE LADY'S WRIST WITH GREAT VIOLENCE ON THE PUBLIC PROMENADE BY THE LAKE </s>
<s> HE WAS A FIERCE AND TERRIBLE MAN </s>
<s> SHE BELIEVED THAT IT WAS OUT OF DREAD OF HIM THAT LADY FRANCES HAD ACCEPTED THE ESCORT OF THE SHLESSINGERS TO LONDON </s>
<s> SHE HAD NEVER SPOKEN TO MARIE ABOUT IT BUT MANY LITTLE SIGNS HAD CONVINCED THE MAID THAT HER MISTRESS LIVED IN A STATE OF CONTINUAL NERVOUS APPREHENSION </s>
<s> SO FAR SHE HAD GOT IN HER NARRATIVE WHEN SUDDENLY SHE SPRANG FROM HER CHAIR AND HER FACE WAS CONVULSED WITH SURPRISE AND FEAR </s>
<s> SEE SHE CRIED </s>
<s> THE MISCREANT FOLLOWS STILL </s>
<s> THERE IS THE VERY MAN OF WHOM I SPEAK </s>
<s> THROUGH THE OPEN SITTING ROOM WINDOW I SAW A HUGE SWARTHY MAN WITH A BRISTLING BLACK BEARD WALKING SLOWLY DOWN THE CENTRE OF THE STREET AND STARING EAGERLY AT THE NUMBERS OF THE HOUSES </s>
<s> IT WAS CLEAR THAT LIKE MYSELF HE WAS ON THE TRACK OF THE MAID </s>
<s> ACTING UPON THE IMPULSE OF THE MOMENT I RUSHED OUT AND ACCOSTED HIM </s>
<s> YOU ARE AN ENGLISHMAN I SAID </s>
<s> QUOTE WHAT IF I AM QUOTE HE ASKED WITH A MOST VILLAINOUS SCOWL </s>
<s> MAY I ASK WHAT YOUR NAME IS </s>
<s> NO YOU MAY NOT SAID HE WITH DECISION </s>
<s> THE SITUATION WAS AWKWARD BUT THE MOST DIRECT WAY IS OFTEN THE BEST </s>
<s> WHERE IS THE LADY FRANCES CARFAX </s>
<s> I ASKED </s>
<s> HE STARED AT ME IN AMAZEMENT </s>
<s> WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH HER </s>
<s> WHY HAVE YOU PURSUED HER </s>
<s> I INSIST UPON AN ANSWER SAID I </s>
<s> THE FELLOW GAVE A BELLOW OF ANGER AND SPRANG UPON ME LIKE A TIGER </s>
<s> I HAVE HELD MY OWN IN MANY A STRUGGLE BUT THE MAN HAD A GRIP OF IRON AND THE FURY OF A FIEND </s>
<s> HIS HAND WAS ON MY THROAT AND MY SENSES WERE NEARLY GONE BEFORE AN UNSHAVEN FRENCH OUVRIER IN A BLUE BLOUSE DARTED OUT FROM A CABARET OPPOSITE WITH A CUDGEL IN HIS HAND AND STRUCK MY ASSAILANT A SHARP CRACK OVER THE FOREARM WHICH MADE HIM LEAVE GO HIS HOLD </s>
<s> HE STOOD FOR AN INSTANT FUMING WITH RAGE AND UNCERTAIN WHETHER HE SHOULD NOT RENEW HIS ATTACK </s>
<s> THEN WITH A SNARL OF ANGER HE LEFT ME AND ENTERED THE COTTAGE FROM WHICH I HAD JUST COME </s>
<s> I TURNED TO THANK MY PRESERVER WHO STOOD BESIDE ME IN THE ROADWAY </s>
<s> QUOTE WELL WATSON QUOTE SAID HE QUOTE A VERY PRETTY HASH YOU HAVE MADE OF IT </s>
<s> I RATHER THINK YOU HAD BETTER COME BACK WITH ME TO LONDON BY THE NIGHT EXPRESS </s>
<s> AN HOUR AFTERWARDS SHERLOCK HOLMES IN HIS USUAL GARB AND STYLE WAS SEATED IN MY PRIVATE ROOM AT THE HOTEL </s>
<s> HIS EXPLANATION OF HIS SUDDEN AND OPPORTUNE APPEARANCE WAS SIMPLICITY ITSELF FOR FINDING THAT HE COULD GET AWAY FROM LONDON HE DETERMINED TO HEAD ME OFF AT THE NEXT OBVIOUS POINT OF MY TRAVELS </s>
<s> IN THE DISGUISE OF A WORKINGMAN HE HAD SAT IN THE CABARET WAITING FOR MY APPEARANCE </s>
<s> AND A SINGULARLY CONSISTENT INVESTIGATION YOU HAVE MADE MY DEAR WATSON SAID HE </s>
<s> I CANNOT AT THE MOMENT RECALL ANY POSSIBLE BLUNDER WHICH YOU HAVE OMITTED </s>
<s> THE TOTAL EFFECT OF YOUR PROCEEDING HAS BEEN TO GIVE THE ALARM EVERYWHERE AND YET TO DISCOVER NOTHING </s>
<s> PERHAPS YOU WOULD HAVE DONE NO BETTER I ANSWERED BITTERLY </s>
<s> QUOTE THERE IS NO PERHAPS ABOUT IT </s>
<s> I HAVE DONE BETTER </s>
<s> HERE IS THE HON </s>
<s> PHILIP GREEN WHO IS A FELLOW LODGER WITH YOU IN THIS HOTEL AND WE MAY FIND HIM THE STARTING POINT FOR A MORE SUCCESSFUL INVESTIGATION </s>
<s> A CARD HAD COME UP ON A SALVER AND IT WAS FOLLOWED BY THE SAME BEARDED RUFFIAN WHO HAD ATTACKED ME IN THE STREET </s>
<s> HE STARTED WHEN HE SAW ME </s>
<s> WHAT IS THIS MR. HOLMES HE ASKED </s>
<s> I HAD YOUR NOTE AND I HAVE COME </s>
<s> BUT WHAT HAS THIS MAN TO DO WITH THE MATTER </s>
<s> THIS IS MY OLD FRIEND AND ASSOCIATE DOCTOR WATSON WHO IS HELPING US IN THIS AFFAIR </s>
<s> THE STRANGER HELD OUT A HUGE SUNBURNED HAND WITH A FEW WORDS OF APOLOGY </s>
<s> QUOTE I HOPE I DIDN'T HARM YOU </s>
<s> WHEN YOU ACCUSED ME OF HURTING HER I LOST MY GRIP OF MYSELF </s>
<s> INDEED I'M NOT RESPONSIBLE IN THESE DAYS </s>
<s> MY NERVES ARE LIKE LIVE WIRES </s>
<s> BUT THIS SITUATION IS BEYOND ME </s>
<s> WHAT I WANT TO KNOW IN THE FIRST PLACE MR. HOLMES IS HOW IN THE WORLD YOU CAME TO HEAR OF MY EXISTENCE AT ALL </s>
<s> I AM IN TOUCH WITH MISS DOBNEY LADY FRANCES'S GOVERNESS </s>
<s> OLD SUSAN DOBNEY WITH THE MOB CAP </s>
<s> I REMEMBER HER WELL </s>
<s> AND SHE REMEMBERS YOU </s>
<s> IT WAS IN THE DAYS BEFORE BEFORE YOU FOUND IT BETTER TO GO TO SOUTH AFRICA QUOTE </s>
<s> AH I SEE YOU KNOW MY WHOLE STORY </s>
<s> I NEED HIDE NOTHING FROM YOU </s>
<s> I SWEAR TO YOU MR. HOLMES THAT THERE NEVER WAS IN THIS WORLD A MAN WHO LOVED A WOMAN WITH A MORE WHOLEHEARTED LOVE THAN I HAD FOR FRANCES </s>
<s> I WAS A WILD YOUNGSTER I KNOW NOT WORSE THAN OTHERS OF MY CLASS </s>
<s> BUT HER MIND WAS PURE AS SNOW </s>
<s> SHE COULD NOT BEAR A SHADOW OF COARSENESS </s>
<s> SO WHEN SHE CAME TO HEAR OF THINGS THAT I HAD DONE SHE WOULD BAVE NO MORE TO SAY TO ME </s>
<s> AND YET SHE LOVED ME THAT IS THE WONDER OF IT LOVED ME WELL ENOUGH TO REMAIN SINGLE ALL HER SAINTED DAYS JUST FOR MY SAKE ALONE </s>
<s> WHEN THE YEARS HAD PASSED AND I HAD MADE MY MONEY AT BARBERTON I THOUGHT PERHAPS I COULD SEEK HER OUT AND SOFTEN HER </s>
<s> I HAD HEARD THAT SHE WAS STILL UNMARRIED </s>
<s> I FOUND HER AT LAUSANNE AND TRIED ALL I KNEW </s>
<s> SHE WEAKENED I THINK BUT HER WILL WAS STRONG AND WHEN NEXT I CALLED SHE HAD LEFT THE TOWN </s>
<s> I TRACED HER TO BADEN AND THEN AFTER A TIME HEARD THAT HER MAID WAS HERE </s>
<s> I'M A ROUGH FELLOW FRESH FROM A ROUGH LIFE AND WHEN DOCTOR WATSON SPOKE TO ME AS HE DID I LOST HOLD OF MYSELF FOR A MOMENT </s>
<s> BUT FOR GOD'S SAKE TELL ME WHAT HAS BECOME OF THE LADY FRANCES </s>
<s> THAT IS FOR US TO FIND OUT SAID SHERLOCK HOLMES WITH PECULIAR GRAVITY </s>
<s> WHAT IS YOUR LONDON ADDRESS MR. GREEN </s>
<s> THE LANGHAM HOTEL WILL FIND ME </s>
<s> QUOTE THEN MAY I RECOMMEND THAT YOU RETURN THERE AND BE ON HAND IN CASE I SHOULD WANT YOU </s>
<s> I HAVE NO DESIRE TO ENCOURAGE FALSE HOPES BUT YOU MAY REST ASSURED THAT ALL THAT CAN BE DONE WILL BE DONE FOR THE SAFETY OF LADY FRANCES </s>
<s> I CAN SAY NO MORE FOR THE INSTANT </s>
<s> I WILL LEAVE YOU THIS CARD SO THAT YOU MAY BE ABLE TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH US </s>
<s> NOW WATSON IF YOU WILL PACK YOUR BAG I WILL CABLE TO MRS. HUDSON TO MAKE ONE OF HER BEST EFFORTS FOR TWO HUNGRY TRAVELLERS AT SEVEN THIRTY TO MORROW </s>
<s> A TELEGRAM WAS AWAITING US WHEN WE REACHED OUR BAKER STREET ROOMS WHICH HOLMES READ WITH AN EXCLAMATION OF INTEREST AND THREW ACROSS TO ME </s>
<s> JAGGED OR TORN WAS THE MESSAGE AND THE PLACE OF ORIGIN BADEN </s>
<s> WHAT IS THIS </s>
<s> I ASKED </s>
<s> IT IS EVERYTHING HOLMES ANSWERED </s>
<s> YOU MAY REMEMBER MY SEEMINGLY IRRELEVANT QUESTION AS TO THIS CLERICAL GENTLEMAN'S LEFT EAR </s>
<s> YOU DID NOT ANSWER IT QUOTE </s>
<s> I HAD LEFT BADEN AND COULD NOT INQUIRE </s>
<s> EXACTLY </s>
<s> FOR THIS REASON I SENT A DUPLICATE TO THE MANAGER OF THE ENGLISCHER HOF WHOSE ANSWER LIES HERE </s>
<s> WHAT DOES IT SHOW </s>
<s> IT SHOWS MY DEAR WATSON THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH AN EXCEPTIONALLY ASTUTE AND DANGEROUS MAN </s>
<s> THE REVEREND DOCTOR SHLESSINGER MISSIONARY FROM SOUTH AMERICA IS NONE OTHER THAN HOLY PETERS ONE OF THE MOST UNSCRUPULOUS RASCALS THAT AUSTRALIA HAS EVER EVOLVED AND FOR A YOUNG COUNTRY IT HAS TURNED OUT SOME VERY FINISHED TYPES </s>
<s> HIS PARTICULAR SPECIALTY IS THE BEGUILING OF LONELY LADIES BY PLAYING UPON THEIR RELIGIOUS FEELINGS AND HIS SO CALLED WIFE AN ENGLISHWOMAN NAMED FRASER IS A WORTHY HELPMATE </s>
<s> THE NATURE OF HIS TACTICS SUGGESTED HIS IDENTITY TO ME AND THIS PHYSICAL PECULIARITY HE WAS BADLY BITTEN IN A SALOON FIGHT AT ADELAIDE IN EIGHTY NINE CONFIRMED MY SUSPICION </s>
<s> THIS POOR LADY IS IN THE HANDS OF A MOST INFERNAL COUPLE WHO WILL STICK AT NOTHING WATSON </s>
<s> THAT SHE IS ALREADY DEAD IS A VERY LIKELY SUPPOSITION </s>
<s> IF NOT SHE IS UNDOUBTEDLY IN SOME SORT OF CONFINEMENT AND UNABLE TO WRITE TO MISS DOBNEY OR HER OTHER FRIENDS </s>
<s> IT IS ALWAYS POSSIBLE THAT SHE NEVER REACHED LONDON OR THAT SHE HAS PASSED THROUGH IT BUT THE FORMER IS IMPROBABLE AS WITH THEIR SYSTEM OF REGISTRATION IT IS NOT EASY FOR FOREIGNERS TO PLAY TRICKS WITH THE CONTINENTAL POLICE AND THE LATTER IS ALSO UNLIKELY AS THESE ROGUES COULD NOT HOPE TO FIND ANY OTHER PLACE WHERE IT WOULD BE AS EASY TO KEEP A PERSON UNDER RESTRAINT </s>
<s> ALL MY INSTINCTS TELL ME THAT SHE IS IN LONDON BUT AS WE HAVE AT PRESENT NO POSSIBLE MEANS OF TELLING WHERE WE CAN ONLY TAKE THE OBVIOUS STEPS EAT OUR DINNER AND POSSESS OUR SOULS IN PATIENCE </s>
<s> LATER IN THE EVENING I WILL STROLL DOWN AND HAVE A WORD WITH FRIEND LESTRADE AT SCOTLAND YARD QUOTE </s>
<s> BUT NEITHER THE OFFICIAL POLICE NOR HOLMES'S OWN SMALL BUT VERY EFFICIENT ORGANIZATION SUFFICED TO CLEAR AWAY THE MYSTERY </s>
<s> AMID THE CROWDED MILLIONS OF LONDON THE THREE PERSONS WE SOUGHT WERE AS COMPLETELY OBLITERATED AS IF THEY HAD NEVER LIVED </s>
<s> ADVERTISEMENTS WERE TRIED AND FAILED </s>
<s> CLUES WERE FOLLOWED AND LED TO NOTHING </s>
<s> EVERY CRIMINAL RESORT WHICH SHLESSINGER MIGHT FREQUENT WAS DRAWN IN VAIN </s>
<s> HIS OLD ASSOCIATES WERE WATCHED BUT THEY KEPT CLEAR OF HIM </s>
<s> AND THEN SUDDENLY AFTER A WEEK OF HELPLESS SUSPENSE THERE CAME A FLASH OF LIGHT </s>
<s> A SILVER ANDBRILLIANT PENDANT OF OLD SPANISH DESIGN HAD BEEN PAWNED AT BOVINGTON'S IN WESTMINSTER ROAD </s>
<s> THE PAWNER WAS A LARGE CLEAN SHAVEN MAN OF CLERICAL APPEARANCE </s>
<s> HIS NAME AND ADDRESS WERE DEMONSTRABLY FALSE </s>
<s> THE EAR HAD ESCAPED NOTICE BUT THE DESCRIPTION WAS SURELY THAT OF SHLESSINGER </s>
<s> THREE TIMES HAD OUR BEARDED FRIEND FROM THE LANGHAM CALLED FOR NEWS THE THIRD TIME WITHIN AN HOUR OF THIS FRESH DEVELOPMENT </s>
<s> HIS CLOTHES WERE GETTING LOOSER ON HIS GREAT BODY </s>
<s> HE SEEMED TO BE WILTING AWAY IN HIS ANXIETY </s>
<s> IF YOU WILL ONLY GIVE ME SOMETHING TO DO WAS HIS CONSTANT WAIL </s>
<s> AT LAST HOLMES COULD OBLIGE HIM </s>
<s> HE HAS BEGUN TO PAWN THE JEWELS </s>
<s> WE SHOULD GET HIM NOW </s>
<s> BUT DOES THIS MEAN THAT ANY HARM HAS BEFALLEN THE LADY FRANCES </s>
<s> HOLMES SHOOK HIS HEAD VERY GRAVELY </s>
<s> SUPPOSING THAT THEY HAVE HELD HER PRISONER UP TO NOW IT IS CLEAR THAT THEY CANNOT LET HER LOOSE WITHOUT THEIR OWN DESTRUCTION </s>
<s> WE MUST PREPARE FOR THE WORST QUOTE </s>
<s> WHAT CAN I DO </s>
<s> THESE PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW YOU BY SIGHT </s>
<s> NUMBER </s>
<s> IT IS POSSIBLE THAT HE WILL GO TO SOME OTHER PAWNBROKER IN THE FUTURE </s>
<s> IN THAT CASE WE MUST BEGIN AGAIN </s>
<s> ON THE OTHER HAND HE HAS HAD A FAIR PRICE AND NO QUESTIONS ASKED SO IF HE IS IN NEED OF READY MONEY HE WILL PROBABLY COME BACK TO BOVINGTON'S </s>
<s> I WILL GIVE YOU A NOTE TO THEM AND THEY WILL LET YOU WAIT IN THE SHOP </s>
<s> IF THE FELLOW COMES YOU WILL FOLLOW HIM HOME </s>
<s> BUT NO INDISCRETION AND ABOVE ALL NO VIOLENCE </s>