copper_beeches.txt

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<s> QUOTE THAT IS THE LETTER WHICH I HAVE JUST RECEIVED MR. HOLMES AND MY MIND IS MADE UP THAT I WILL ACCEPT IT </s>
<s> I THOUGHT HOWEVER THAT BEFORE TAKING THE FINAL STEP I SHOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT THE WHOLE MATTER TO YOUR CONSIDERATION </s>
<s> WELL MISS HUNTER IF YOUR MIND IS MADE UP THAT SETTLES THE QUESTION SAID HOLMES SMILING </s>
<s> BUT YOU WOULD NOT ADVISE ME TO REFUSE </s>
<s> I CONFESS THAT IT IS NOT THE SITUATION WHICH I SHOULD LIKE TO SEE A SISTER OF MINE APPLY FOR </s>
<s> WHAT IS THE MEANING OF IT ALL MR. HOLMES </s>
<s> QUOTE AH I HAVE NO DATA </s>
<s> I CANNOT TELL </s>
<s> PERHAPS YOU HAVE YOURSELF FORMED SOME OPINION </s>
<s> WELL THERE SEEMS TO ME TO BE ONLY ONE POSSIBLE SOLUTION </s>
<s> MR. RUCASTLE SEEMED TO BE A VERY KIND GOOD NATURED MAN </s>
<s> IS IT NOT POSSIBLE THAT HIS WIFE IS A LUNATIC THAT HE DESIRES TO KEEP THE MATTER QUIET FOR FEAR SHE SHOULD BE TAKEN TO AN ASYLUM AND THAT HE HUMOURS HER FANCIES IN EVERY WAY IN ORDER TO PREVENT AN OUTBREAK </s>
<s> THAT IS A POSSIBLE SOLUTION IN FACT AS MATTERS STAND IT IS THE MOST PROBABLE ONE </s>
<s> BUT IN ANY CASE IT DOES NOT SEEM TO BE A NICE HOUSEHOLD FOR A YOUNG LADY </s>
<s> QUOTE BUT THE MONEY MR. HOLMES THE MONEY QUOTE </s>
<s> WELL YES OF COURSE THE PAY IS GOOD TOO GOOD </s>
<s> THAT IS WHAT MAKES ME UNEASY </s>
<s> WHY SHOULD THEY GIVE YOU ONE HUNDRED TWENTY POUNDS A YEAR WHEN THEY COULD HAVE THEIR PICK FOR FORTY POUNDS </s>
<s> THERE MUST BE SOME STRONG REASON BEHIND </s>
<s> I THOUGHT THAT IF I TOLD YOU THE CIRCUMSTANCES YOU WOULD UNDERSTAND AFTERWARDS IF I WANTED YOUR HELP </s>
<s> I SHOULD FEEL SO MUCH STRONGER IF I FELT THAT YOU WERE AT THE BACK OF ME </s>
<s> OH YOU MAY CARRY THAT FEELING AWAY WITH YOU </s>
<s> I ASSURE YOU THAT YOUR LITTLE PROBLEM PROMISES TO BE THE MOST INTERESTING WHICH HAS COME MY WAY FOR SOME MONTHS </s>
<s> THERE IS SOMETHING DISTINCTLY NOVEL ABOUT SOME OF THE FEATURES </s>
<s> IF YOU SHOULD FIND YOURSELF IN DOUBT OR IN DANGER QUOTE </s>
<s> DANGER </s>
<s> WHAT DANGER DO YOU FORESEE </s>
<s> HOLMES SHOOK HIS HEAD GRAVELY </s>
<s> IT WOULD CEASE TO BE A DANGER IF WE COULD DEFINE IT SAID HE </s>
<s> BUT AT ANY TIME DAY OR NIGHT A TELEGRAM WOULD BRING ME DOWN TO YOUR HELP </s>
<s> THAT IS ENOUGH </s>
<s> SHE ROSE BRISKLY FROM HER CHAIR WITH THE ANXIETY ALL SWEPT FROM HER FACE </s>
<s> QUOTE I SHALL GO DOWN TO HAMPSHIRE QUITE EASY IN MY MIND NOW </s>
<s> I SHALL WRITE TO MR. RUCASTLE AT ONCE SACRIFICE MY POOR HAIR TO NIGHT AND START FOR WINCHESTER TO MORROW </s>
<s> WITH A FEW GRATEFUL WORDS TO HOLMES SHE BADE US BOTH GOOD NIGHT AND BUSTLED OFF UPON HER WAY </s>
<s> AT LEAST SAID I AS WE HEARD HER QUICK FIRM STEPS DESCENDING THE STAIRS SHE SEEMS TO BE A YOUNG LADY WHO IS VERY WELL ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF HERSELF </s>
<s> AND SHE WOULD NEED TO BE SAID HOLMES GRAVELY </s>
<s> I AM MUCH MISTAKEN IF WE DO NOT HEAR FROM HER BEFORE MANY DAYS ARE PAST </s>
<s> IT WAS NOT VERY LONG BEFORE MY FRIEND'S PREDICTION WAS FULFILLED </s>
<s> A FORTNIGHT WENT BY DURING WHICH I FREQUENTLY FOUND MY THOUGHTS TURNING IN HER DIRECTION AND WONDERING WHAT STRANGE SIDE ALLEY OF HUMAN EXPERIENCE THIS LONELY WOMAN HAD STRAYED INTO </s>
<s> THE UNUSUAL SALARY THE CURIOUS CONDITIONS THE LIGHT DUTIES ALL POINTED TO SOMETHING ABNORMAL THOUGH WHETHER A FAD OR A PLOT OR WHETHER THE MAN WERE A PHILANTHROPIST OR A VILLAIN IT WAS QUITE BEYOND MY POWERS TO DETERMINE </s>
<s> AS TO HOLMES I OBSERVED THAT HE SAT FREQUENTLY FOR HALF AN HOUR ON END WITH KNITTED BROWS AND AN ABSTRACTED AIR BUT HE SWEPT THE MATTER AWAY WITH A WAVE OF HIS HAND WHEN I MENTIONED IT </s>
<s> DATA DATA DATA HE CRIED IMPATIENTLY </s>
<s> QUOTE I CAN'T MAKE BRICKS WITHOUT CLAY QUOTE </s>
<s> AND YET HE WOULD ALWAYS WIND UP BY MUTTERING THAT NO SISTER OF HIS SHOULD EVER HAVE ACCEPTED SUCH A SITUATION </s>
<s> THE TELEGRAM WHICH WE EVENTUALLY RECEIVED CAME LATE ONE NIGHT JUST AS I WAS THINKING OF TURNING IN AND HOLMES WAS SETTLING DOWN TO ONE OF THOSE ALL NIGHT CHEMICAL RESEARCHES WHICH HE FREQUENTLY INDULGED IN WHEN I WOULD LEAVE HIM STOOPING OVER A RETORT AND A TEST TUBE AT NIGHT AND FIND HIM IN THE SAME POSITION WHEN I CAME DOWN TO BREAKFAST IN THE MORNING </s>
<s> HE OPENED THE YELLOW ENVELOPE AND THEN GLANCING AT THE MESSAGE THREW IT ACROSS TO ME </s>
<s> JUST LOOK UP THE TRAINS IN BRADSHAW SAID HE AND TURNED BACK TO HIS CHEMICAL STUDIES </s>
<s> THE SUMMONS WAS A BRIEF AND URGENT ONE </s>
<s> PLEASE BE AT THE BLACK SWAN HOTEL AT WINCHESTER AT MIDDAY TO MORROW IT SAID </s>
<s> DO COME </s>
<s> I AM AT MY WIT'S END </s>
<s> HUNTER </s>
<s> WILL YOU COME WITH ME ASKED HOLMES GLANCING UP </s>
<s> I SHOULD WISH TO </s>
<s> JUST LOOK IT UP THEN </s>
<s> THERE IS A TRAIN AT HALF PAST NINE SAID I GLANCING OVER MY BRADSHAW </s>
<s> QUOTE IT IS DUE AT WINCHESTER AT ELEVEN THIRTY QUOTE </s>
<s> THAT WILL DO VERY NICELY </s>
<s> THEN PERHAPS I HAD BETTER POSTPONE MY ANALYSIS OF THE ACETONES AS WE MAY NEED TO BE AT OUR BEST IN THE MORNING </s>
<s> BY ELEVEN O'CLOCK THE NEXT DAY WE WERE WELL UPON OUR WAY TO THE OLD ENGLISH CAPITAL </s>
<s> HOLMES HAD BEEN BURIED IN THE MORNING PAPERS ALL THE WAY DOWN BUT AFTER WE HAD PASSED THE HAMPSHIRE BORDER HE THREW THEM DOWN AND BEGAN TO ADMIRE THE SCENERY </s>
<s> IT WAS AN IDEAL SPRING DAY A LIGHT BLUE SKY FLECKED WITH LITTLE FLEECY WHITE CLOUDS DRIFTING ACROSS FROM WEST TO EAST </s>
<s> THE SUN WAS SHINING VERY BRIGHTLY AND YET THERE WAS AN EXHILARATING NIP IN THE AIR WHICH SET AN EDGE TO A MAN'S ENERGY </s>
<s> ALL OVER THE COUNTRYSIDE AWAY TO THE ROLLING HILLS AROUND ALDERSHOT THE LITTLE RED AND GRAY ROOFS OF THE FARM STEADINGS PEEPED OUT FROM AMID THE LIGHT GREEN OF THE NEW FOLIAGE </s>
<s> ARE THEY NOT FRESH AND BEAUTIFUL </s>
<s> I CRIED WITH ALL THE ENTHUSIASM OF A MAN FRESH FROM THE FOGS OF BAKER STREET </s>
<s> BUT HOLMES SHOOK HIS HEAD GRAVELY </s>
<s> DO YOU KNOW WATSON SAID HE THAT IT IS ONE OF THE CURSES OF A MIND WITH A TURN LIKE MINE THAT I MUST LOOK AT EVERYTHING WITH REFERENCE TO MY OWN SPECIAL SUBJECT </s>
<s> YOU LOOK AT THESE SCATTERED HOUSES AND YOU ARE IMPRESSED BY THEIR BEAUTY </s>
<s> I LOOK AT THEM AND THE ONLY THOUGHT WHICH COMES TO ME IS A FEELING OF THEIR ISOLATION AND OF THE IMPUNITY WITH WHICH CRIME MAY BE COMMITTED THERE </s>
<s> QUOTE GOOD HEAVENS QUOTE </s>
<s> I CRIED </s>
<s> WHO WOULD ASSOCIATE CRIME WITH THESE DEAR OLD HOMESTEADS </s>
<s> THEY ALWAYS FILL ME WITH A CERTAIN HORROR </s>
<s> IT IS MY BELIEF WATSON FOUNDED UPON MY EXPERIENCE THAT THE LOWEST AND VILEST ALLEYS IN LONDON DO NOT PRESENT A MORE DREADFUL RECORD OF SIN THAN DOES THE SMILING AND BEAUTIFUL COUNTRYSIDE </s>
<s> YOU HORRIFY ME </s>
<s> BUT THE REASON IS VERY OBVIOUS </s>
<s> THE PRESSURE OF PUBLIC OPINION CAN DO IN THE TOWN WHAT THE LAW CANNOT ACCOMPLISH </s>
<s> THERE IS NO LANE SO VILE THAT THE SCREAM OF A TORTURED CHILD OR THE THUD OF A DRUNKARD'S BLOW DOES NOT BEGET SYMPATHY AND INDIGNATION AMONG THE NEIGHBOURS AND THEN THE WHOLE MACHINERY OF JUSTICE IS EVER SO CLOSE THAT A WORD OF COMPLAINT CAN SET IT GOING AND THERE IS BUT A STEP BETWEEN THE CRIME AND THE DOCK </s>
<s> BUT LOOK AT THESE LONELY HOUSES EACH IN ITS OWN FIELDS FILLED FOR THE MOST PART WITH POOR IGNORANT FOLK WHO KNOW LITTLE OF THE LAW </s>
<s> THINK OF THE DEEDS OF HELLISH CRUELTY THE HIDDEN WICKEDNESS WHICH MAY GO ON YEAR IN YEAR OUT IN SUCH PLACES AND NONE THE WISER </s>
<s> HAD THIS LADY WHO APPEALS TO US FOR HELP GONE TO LIVE IN WINCHESTER I SHOULD NEVER HAVE HAD A FEAR FOR HER </s>
<s> IT IS THE FIVE MILES OF COUNTRY WHICH MAKES THE DANGER </s>
<s> STILL IT IS CLEAR THAT SHE IS NOT PERSONALLY THREATENED QUOTE </s>
<s> NUMBER </s>
<s> IF SHE CAN COME TO WINCHESTER TO MEET US SHE CAN GET AWAY </s>
<s> QUITE SO </s>
<s> SHE HAS HER FREEDOM </s>
<s> WHAT CAN BE THE MATTER THEN </s>
<s> CAN YOU SUGGEST NO EXPLANATION QUOTE </s>
<s> I HAVE DEVISED SEVEN SEPARATE EXPLANATIONS EACH OF WHICH WOULD COVER THE FACTS AS FAR AS WE KNOW THEM </s>
<s> BUT WHICH OF THESE IS CORRECT CAN ONLY BE DETERMINED BY THE FRESH INFORMATION WHICH WE SHALL NO DOUBT FIND WAITING FOR US </s>
<s> WELL THERE IS THE TOWER OF THE CATHEDRAL AND WE SHALL SOON LEARN ALL THAT MISS HUNTER HAS TO TELL </s>
<s> THE BLACK SWAN IS AN INN OF REPUTE IN THE HIGH STREET AT NO DISTANCE FROM THE STATION AND THERE WE FOUND THE YOUNG LADY WAITING FOR US </s>
<s> SHE HAD ENGAGED A SITTING ROOM AND OUR LUNCH AWAITED US UPON THE TABLE </s>
<s> I AM SO DELIGHTED THAT YOU HAVE COME SHE SAID EARNESTLY </s>
<s> IT IS SO VERY KIND OF YOU BOTH BUT INDEED I DO NOT KNOW WHAT I SHOULD DO </s>
<s> YOUR ADVICE WILL BE ALTOGETHER INVALUABLE TO ME </s>
<s> QUOTE PRAY TELL US WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO YOU QUOTE </s>
<s> I WILL DO SO AND I MUST BE QUICK FOR I HAVE PROMISED MR. RUCASTLE TO BE BACK BEFORE THREE </s>
<s> I GOT HIS LEAVE TO COME INTO TOWN THIS MORNING THOUGH HE LITTLE KNEW FOR WHAT PURPOSE </s>
<s> LET US HAVE EVERYTHING IN ITS DUE ORDER </s>
<s> HOLMES THRUST HIS LONG THIN LEGS OUT TOWARDS THE FIRE AND COMPOSED HIMSELF TO LISTEN </s>
<s> IN THE FIRST PLACE I MAY SAY THAT I HAVE MET ON THE WHOLE WITH NO ACTUAL ILL TREATMENT FROM MR. AND MRS. RUCASTLE </s>
<s> IT IS ONLY FAIR TO THEM TO SAY THAT </s>
<s> BUT I CANNOT UNDERSTAND THEM AND I AM NOT EASY IN MY MIND ABOUT THEM </s>
<s> QUOTE WHAT CAN YOU NOT UNDERSTAND QUOTE </s>
<s> THEIR REASONS FOR THEIR CONDUCT </s>
<s> BUT YOU SHALL HAVE IT ALL JUST AS IT OCCURRED </s>
<s> WHEN I CAME DOWN MR. RUCASTLE MET ME HERE AND DROVE ME IN HIS DOG CART TO THE COPPER BEECHES </s>
<s> IT IS AS HE SAID BEAUTIFULLY SITUATED BUT IT IS NOT BEAUTIFUL IN ITSELF FOR IT IS A LARGE SQUARE BLOCK OF A HOUSE WHITEWASHED BUT ALL STAINED AND STREAKED WITH DAMP AND BAD WEATHER </s>
<s> THERE ARE GROUNDS ROUND IT WOODS ON THREE SIDES AND ON THE FOURTH A FIELD WHICH SLOPES DOWN TO THE SOUTHAMPTON HIGHROAD WHICH CURVES PAST ABOUT A HUNDRED YARDS FROM THE FRONT DOOR </s>
<s> THIS GROUND IN FRONT BELONGS TO THE HOUSE BUT THE WOODS ALL ROUND ARE PART OF LORD SOUTHERTON'S PRESERVES </s>
<s> A CLUMP OF COPPER BEECHES IMMEDIATELY IN FRONT OF THE HALL DOOR HAS GIVEN ITS NAME TO THE PLACE </s>
<s> I WAS DRIVEN OVER BY MY EMPLOYER WHO WAS AS AMIABLE AS EVER AND WAS INTRODUCED BY HIM THAT EVENING TO HIS WIFE AND THE CHILD </s>
<s> THERE WAS NO TRUTH MR. HOLMES IN THE CONJECTURE WHICH SEEMED TO US TO BE PROBABLE IN YOUR ROOMS AT BAKER STREET </s>
<s> MRS. RUCASTLE IS NOT MAD </s>
<s> I FOUND HER TO BE A SILENT PALE FACED WOMAN MUCH YOUNGER THAN HER HUSBAND NOT MORE THAN THIRTY I SHOULD THINK WHILE HE CAN HARDLY BE LESS THAN FORTY FIVE </s>
<s> FROM THEIR CONVERSATION I HAVE GATHERED THAT THEY HAVE BEEN MARRIED ABOUT SEVEN YEARS THAT HE WAS A WIDOWER AND THAT HIS ONLY CHILD BY THE FIRST WIFE WAS THE DAUGHTER WHO HAS GONE TO PHILADELPHIA </s>
<s> MR. RUCASTLE TOLD ME IN PRIVATE THAT THE REASON WHY SHE HAD LEFT THEM WAS THAT SHE HAD AN UNREASONING AVERSION TO HER STEPMOTHER </s>
<s> AS THE DAUGHTER COULD NOT HAVE BEEN LESS THAN TWENTY I CAN QUITE IMAGINE THAT HER POSITION MUST HAVE BEEN UNCOMFORTABLE WITH HER FATHER'S YOUNG WIFE </s>
<s> MRS. RUCASTLE SEEMED TO ME TO BE COLOURLESS IN MIND AS WELL AS IN FEATURE </s>
<s> SHE IMPRESSED ME NEITHER FAVOURABLY NOR THE REVERSE </s>
<s> SHE WAS A NONENTITY </s>
<s> IT WAS EASY TO SEE THAT SHE WAS PASSIONATELY DEVOTED BOTH TO HER HUSBAND AND TO HER LITTLE SON </s>
<s> HER LIGHT GRAY EYES WANDERED CONTINUALLY FROM ONE TO THE OTHER NOTING EVERY LITTLE WANT AND FORESTALLING IT IF POSSIBLE </s>
<s> HE WAS KIND TO HER ALSO IN HIS BLUFF BOISTEROUS FASHION AND ON THE WHOLE THEY SEEMED TO BE A HAPPY COUPLE </s>
<s> AND YET SHE HAD SOME SECRET SORROW THIS WOMAN </s>
<s> SHE WOULD OFTEN BE LOST IN DEEP THOUGHT WITH THE SADDEST LOOK UPON HER FACE </s>
<s> MORE THAN ONCE I HAVE SURPRISED HER IN TEARS </s>
<s> I HAVE THOUGHT SOMETIMES THAT IT WAS THE DISPOSITION OF HER CHILD WHICH WEIGHED UPON HER MIND FOR I HAVE NEVER MET SO UTTERLY SPOILED AND SO ILL NATURED A LITTLE CREATURE </s>
<s> HE IS SMALL FOR HIS AGE WITH A HEAD WHICH IS QUITE DISPROPORTIONATELY LARGE </s>
<s> HIS WHOLE LIFE APPEARS TO BE SPENT IN AN ALTERNATION BETWEEN SAVAGE FITS OF PASSION AND GLOOMY INTERVALS OF SULKING </s>
<s> GIVING PAIN TO ANY CREATURE WEAKER THAN HIMSELF SEEMS TO BE HIS ONE IDEA OF AMUSEMENT AND HE SHOWS QUITE REMARKABLE TALENT IN PLANNING THE CAPTURE OF MICE LITTLE BIRDS AND INSECTS </s>
<s> BUT I WOULD RATHER NOT TALK ABOUT THE CREATURE MR. HOLMES AND INDEED HE HAS LITTLE TO DO WITH MY STORY </s>
<s> I AM GLAD OF ALL DETAILS REMARKED MY FRIEND WHETHER THEY SEEM TO YOU TO BE RELEVANT OR NOT </s>
<s> QUOTE I SHALL TRY NOT TO MISS ANYTHING OF IMPORTANCE </s>
<s> THE ONE UNPLEASANT THING ABOUT THE HOUSE WHICH STRUCK ME AT ONCE WAS THE APPEARANCE AND CONDUCT OF THE SERVANTS </s>
<s> THERE ARE ONLY TWO A MAN AND HIS WIFE </s>
<s> TOLLER FOR THAT IS HIS NAME IS A ROUGH UNCOUTH MAN WITH GRIZZLED HAIR AND WHISKERS AND A PERPETUAL SMELL OF DRINK </s>
<s> TWICE SINCE I HAVE BEEN WITH THEM HE HAS BEEN QUITE DRUNK AND YET MR. RUCASTLE SEEMED TO TAKE NO NOTICE OF IT </s>
<s> HIS WIFE IS A VERY TALL AND STRONG WOMAN WITH A SOUR FACE AS SILENT AS MRS. RUCASTLE AND MUCH LESS AMIABLE </s>
<s> THEY ARE A MOST UNPLEASANT COUPLE BUT FORTUNATELY I SPEND MOST OF MY TIME IN THE NURSERY AND MY OWN ROOM WHICH ARE NEXT TO EACH OTHER IN ONE CORNER OF THE BUILDING </s>
<s> FOR TWO DAYS AFTER MY ARRIVAL AT THE COPPER BEECHES MY LIFE WAS VERY QUIET ON THE THIRD MRS. RUCASTLE CAME DOWN JUST AFTER BREAKFAST AND WHISPERED SOMETHING TO HER HUSBAND </s>
<s> OH YES SAID HE TURNING TO ME WE ARE VERY MUCH OBLIGED TO YOU MISS HUNTER FOR FALLING IN WITH OUR WHIMS SO FAR AS TO CUT YOUR HAIR </s>
<s> I ASSURE YOU THAT IT HAS NOT DETRACTED IN THE TINIEST IOTA FROM YOUR APPEARANCE </s>
<s> WE SHALL NOW SEE HOW THE ELECTRIC BLUE DRESS WILL BECOME YOU </s>
<s> YOU WILL FIND IT LAID OUT UPON THE BED IN YOUR ROOM AND IF YOU WOULD BE SO GOOD AS TO PUT IT ON WE SHOULD BOTH BE EXTREMELY OBLIGED </s>