man_with_twisted_lip.txt

htk的第三章例题的源代码,按照htkbook做就可以了,很快就会熟悉 htk的

<s> GIVE HER HER HEAD </s>
<s> SO LONG THEN QUOTE </s>
<s> HE FLICKED THE HORSE WITH HIS WHIP AND WE DASHED AWAY THROUGH THE ENDLESS SUCCESSION OF SOMBRE AND DESERTED STREETS WHICH WIDENED GRADUALLY UNTIL WE WERE FLYING ACROSS A BROAD BALUSTRADED BRIDGE WITH THE MURKY RIVER FLOWING SLUGGISHLY BENEATH US </s>
<s> BEYOND LAY ANOTHER DULL WILDERNESS OF BRICKS AND MORTAR ITS SILENCE BROKEN ONLY BY THE HEAVY REGULAR FOOTFALL OF THE POLICEMAN OR THE SONGS AND SHOUTS OF SOME BELATED PARTY OF REVELLERS </s>
<s> A DULL WRACK WAS DRIFTING SLOWLY ACROSS THE SKY AND A STAR OR TWO TWINKLED DIMLY HERE AND THERE THROUGH THE RIFTS OF THE CLOUDS </s>
<s> HOLMES DROVE IN SILENCE WITH HIS HEAD SUNK UPON HIS BREAST AND THE AIR OF A MAN WHO IS LOST IN THOUGHT WHILE I SAT BESIDE HIM CURIOUS TO LEARN WHAT THIS NEW QUEST MIGHT BE WHICH SEEMED TO TAX HIS POWERS SO SORELY AND YET AFRAID TO BREAK IN UPON THE CURRENT OF HIS THOUGHTS </s>
<s> WE HAD DRIVEN SEVERAL MILES AND WERE BEGINNING TO GET TO THE FRINGE OF THE BELT OF SUBURBAN VILLAS WHEN HE SHOOK HIMSELF SHRUGGED HIS SHOULDERS AND LIT UP HIS PIPE WITH THE AIR OF A MAN WHO HAS SATISFIED HIMSELF THAT HE IS ACTING FOR THE BEST </s>
<s> YOU HAVE A GRAND GIFT OF SILENCE WATSON SAID HE </s>
<s> IT MAKES YOU QUITE INVALUABLE AS A COMPANION </s>
<s> PON MY WORD IT IS A GREAT THING FOR ME TO HAVE SOMEONE TO TALK TO FOR MY OWN THOUGHTS ARE NOT OVER PLEASANT </s>
<s> I WAS WONDERING WHAT I SHOULD SAY TO THIS DEAR LITTLE WOMAN TO NIGHT WHEN SHE MEETS ME AT THE DOOR </s>
<s> YOU FORGET THAT I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT IT </s>
<s> I SHALL JUST HAVE TIME TO TELL YOU THE FACTS OF THE CASE BEFORE WE GET TO LEE </s>
<s> IT SEEMS ABSURDLY SIMPLE AND YET SOMEHOW I CAN GET NOTHING TO GO UPON </s>
<s> THERE'S PLENTY OF THREAD NO DOUBT BUT I CAN'T GET THE END OF IT INTO MY HAND </s>
<s> NOW I'LL STATE THE CASE CLEARLY AND CONCISELY TO YOU WATSON AND MAYBE YOU CAN SEE A SPARK WHERE ALL IS DARK TO ME QUOTE </s>
<s> PROCEED THEN </s>
<s> SOME YEARS AGO TO BE DEFINITE IN MAY ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED EIGHTY FOUR THERE CAME TO LEE A GENTLEMAN NEVILLE SAINT CLAIR BY NAME WHO APPEARED TO HAVE PLENTY OF MONEY </s>
<s> HE TOOK A LARGE VILLA LAID OUT THE GROUNDS VERY NICELY AND LIVED GENERALLY IN GOOD STYLE </s>
<s> BY DEGREES HE MADE FRIENDS IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD AND IN ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED EIGHTY SEVEN HE MARRIED THE DAUGHTER OF A LOCAL BREWER BY WHOM HE NOW HAS TWO CHILDREN </s>
<s> HE HAD NO OCCUPATION BUT WAS INTERESTED IN SEVERAL COMPANIES AND WENT INTO TOWN AS A RULE IN THE MORNING RETURNING BY THE FIVE FOURTEEN FROM CANNON STREET EVERY NIGHT </s>
<s> MR. SAINT CLAIR IS NOW THIRTY SEVEN YEARS OF AGE IS A MAN OF TEMPERATE HABITS A GOOD HUSBAND A VERY AFFECTIONATE FATHER AND A MAN WHO IS POPULAR WITH ALL WHO KNOW HIM </s>
<s> I MAY ADD THAT HIS WHOLE DEBTS AT THE PRESENT MOMENT AS FAR AS WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ASCERTAIN AMOUNT TO EIGHTY EIGHT POUNDS LOS. WHILE HE HAS TWO HUNDRED TWENTY POUNDS STANDING TO HIS CREDIT IN THE CAPITAL AND COUNTIES BANK </s>
<s> THERE IS NO REASON THEREFORE TO THINK THAT MONEY TROUBLES HAVE BEEN WEIGHING UPON HIS MIND </s>
<s> LAST MONDAY MR. NEVILLE SAINT CLAIR WENT INTO TOWN RATHER EARLIER THAN USUAL REMARKING BEFORE HE STARTED THAT HE HAD TWO IMPORTANT COMMISSIONS TO PERFORM AND THAT HE WOULD BRING HIS LITTLE BOY HOME A BOX OF BRICKS </s>
<s> NOW BY THE MEREST CHANCE HIS WIFE RECEIVED A TELEGRAM UPON THIS SAME MONDAY VERY SHORTLY AFTER HIS DEPARTURE TO THE EFFECT THAT A SMALL PARCEL OF CONSIDERABLE VALUE WHICH SHE HAD BEEN EXPECTING WAS WAITING FOR HER AT THE OFFICES OF THE ABERDEEN SHIPPING COMPANY </s>
<s> NOW IF YOU ARE WELL UP IN YOUR LONDON YOU WILL KNOW THAT THE OFFICE OF THE COMPANY IS IN FRESNO STREET WHICH BRANCHES OUT OF UPPER SWANDAM LANE WHERE YOU FOUND ME TO NIGHT </s>
<s> MRS. SAINT CLAIR HAD HER LUNCH STARTED FOR THE CITY DID SOME SHOPPING PROCEEDED TO THE COMPANY'S OFFICE GOT HER PACKET AND FOUND HERSELF AT EXACTLY FOUR THIRTY FIVE WALKING THROUGH SWANDAM LANE ON HER WAY BACK TO THE STATION </s>
<s> HAVE YOU FOLLOWED ME SO FAR </s>
<s> IT IS VERY CLEAR </s>
<s> QUOTE LF YOU REMEMBER MONDAY WAS AN EXCEEDINGLY HOT DAY AND MRS. SAINT CLAIR WALKED SLOWLY GLANCING ABOUT IN THE HOPE OF SEEING A CAB AS SHE DID NOT LIKE THE NEIGHBOURHOOD IN WHICH SHE FOUND HERSELF </s>
<s> WHILE SHE WAS WALKING IN THIS WAY DOWN SWANDAM LANE SHE SUDDENLY HEARD AN EJACULATION OR CRY AND WAS STRUCK COLD TO SEE HER HUSBAND LOOKING DOWN AT HER AND AS IT SEEMED TO HER BECKONING TO HER FROM A SECOND FLOOR WINDOW </s>
<s> THE WINDOW WAS OPEN AND SHE DISTINCTLY SAW HIS FACE WHICH SHE DESCRIBES AS BEING TERRIBLY AGITATED </s>
<s> HE WAVED HIS HANDS FRANTICALLY TO HER AND THEN VANISHED FROM THE WINDOW SO SUDDENLY THAT IT SEEMED TO HER THAT HE HAD BEEN PLUCKED BACK BY SOME IRRESISTIBLE FORCE FROM BEHIND </s>
<s> ONE SINGULAR POINT WHICH STRUCK HER QUICK FEMININE EYE WAS THAT ALTHOUGH HE WORE SOME DARK COAT SUCH AS HE HAD STARTED TO TOWN IN HE HAD ON NEITHER COLLAR NOR NECKTIE </s>
<s> CONVINCED THAT SOMETHING WAS AMISS WITH HIM SHE RUSHED DOWN THE STEPS FOR THE HOUSE WAS NONE OTHER THAN THE OPIUM DEN IN WHICH YOU FOUND ME TO NIGHT AND RUNNING THROUGH THE FRONT ROOM SHE ATTEMPTED TO ASCEND THE STAIRS WHICH LED TO THE FIRST FLOOR </s>
<s> AT THE FOOT OF THE STAIRS HOWEVER SHE MET THIS LASCAR SCOUNDREL OF WHOM I HAVE SPOKEN WHO THRUST HER BACK AND AIDED BY A DANE WHO ACTS AS ASSISTANT THERE PUSHED HER OUT INTO THE STREET </s>
<s> FILLED WITH THE MOST MADDENING DOUBTS AND FEARS SHE RUSHED DOWN THE LANE AND BY RARE GOOD FORTUNE MET IN FRESNO STREET A NUMBER OF CONSTABLES WITH AN INSPECTOR ALL ON THEIR WAY TO THEIR BEAT </s>
<s> THE INSPECTOR AND TWO MEN ACCOMPANIED HER BACK AND IN SPITE OF THE CONTINUED RESISTANCE OF THE PROPRIETOR THEY MADE THEIR WAY TO THE ROOM IN WHICH MR. SAINT CLAIR HAD LAST BEEN SEEN </s>
<s> THERE WAS NO SIGN OF HIM THERE </s>
<s> IN FACT IN THE WHOLE OF THAT FLOOR THERE WAS NO ONE TO BE FOUND SAVE A CRIPPLED WRETCH OF HIDEOUS ASPECT WHO IT SEEMS MADE HIS HOME THERE </s>
<s> BOTH HE AND THE LASCAR STOUTLY SWORE THAT NO ONE ELSE HAD BEEN IN THE FRONT ROOM DURING THE AFTERNOON </s>
<s> SO DETERMINED WAS THEIR DENIAL THAT THE INSPECTOR WAS STAGGERED AND HAD ALMOST COME TO BELIEVE THAT MRS. SAINT CLAIR HAD BEEN DELUDED WHEN WITH A CRY SHE SPRANG AT A SMALL DEAL BOX WHICH LAY UPON THE TABLE AND TORE THE LID FROM IT </s>
<s> OUT THERE FELL A CASCADE OF CHILDREN'S BRICKS </s>
<s> IT WAS THE TOY WHICH HE HAD PROMISED TO BRING HOME </s>
<s> THIS DISCOVERY AND THE EVIDENT CONFUSION WHICH THE CRIPPLE SHOWED MADE THE INSPECTOR REALIZE THAT THE MATTER WAS SERIOUS </s>
<s> THE ROOMS WERE CAREFULLY EXAMINED AND RESULTS ALL POINTED TO AN ABOMINABLE CRIME </s>
<s> THE FRONT ROOM WAS PLAINLY FURNISHED AS A SITTING ROOM AND LED INTO A SMALL BEDROOM WHICH LOOKED OUT UPON THE BACK OF ONE OF THE WHARVES </s>
<s> BETWEEN THE WHARF AND THE BEDROOM WINDOW IS A NARROW STRIP WHICH IS DRY AT LOW TIDE BUT IS COVERED AT HIGH TIDE WITH AT LEAST FOUR AND A HALF FEET OF WATER </s>
<s> THE BEDROOM WINDOW WAS A BROAD ONE AND OPENED FROM BELOW </s>
<s> ON EXAMINATION TRACES OF BLOOD WERE TO BE SEEN UPON THE WINDOWSILL AND SEVERAL SCATTERED DROPS WERE VISIBLE UPON THE WOODEN FLOOR OF THE BEDROOM </s>
<s> THRUST AWAY BEHIND A CURTAIN IN THE FRONT ROOM WERE ALL THE CLOTHES OF MR. NEVILLE SAINT CLAIR WITH THE EXCEPTION OF HIS COAT </s>
<s> HIS BOOTS HIS SOCKS HIS HAT AND HIS WATCH ALL WERE THERE </s>
<s> THERE WERE NO SIGNS OF VIOLENCE UPON ANY OF THESE GARMENTS AND THERE WERE NO OTHER TRACES OF MR. NEVILLE SAINT CLAIR </s>
<s> OUT OF THE WINDOW HE MUST APPARENTLY HAVE GONE FOR NO OTHER EXIT COULD BE DISCOVERED AND THE OMINOUS BLOODSTAINS UPON THE SILL GAVE LITTLE PROMISE THAT HE COULD SAVE HIMSELF BY SWIMMING FOR THE TIDE WAS AT ITS VERY HIGHEST AT THE MOMENT OF THE TRAGEDY </s>
<s> AND NOW AS TO THE VILLAINS WHO SEEMED TO BE IMMEDLATELY IMPLICATED IN THE MATTER </s>
<s> THE LASCAR WAS KNOWN TO BE A MAN OF THE VILEST ANTECEDENTS BUT AS BY MRS. SAINT CLAIR'S STORY HE WAS KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN AT THE FOOT OF THE STAIR WITHIN A VERY FEW SECONDS OF HER HUSBAND'S APPEARANCE AT THE WINDOW HE COULD HARDLY HAVE BEEN MORE THAN AN ACCESSORY TO THE CRIME </s>
<s> HIS DEFENSE WAS ONE OF ABSOLUTE IGNORANCE AND HE PROTESTED THAT HE HAD NO KNOWLEDGE AS TO THE DOINGS OF HUGH BOONE HIS LODGER AND THAT HE COULD NOT ACCOUNT IN ANY WAY FOR THE PRESENCE OF THE MISSING GENTLEMAN'S CLOTHES </s>
<s> SO MUCH FOR THE LASCAR MANAGER </s>
<s> NOW FOR THE SINISTER CRIPPLE WHO LIVES UPON THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE OPIUM DEN AND WHO WAS CERTAINLY THE LAST HUMAN BEING WHOSE EYES RESTED UPON NEVILLE SAINT CLAIR </s>
<s> HIS NAME IS HUGH BOONE AND HIS HIDEOUS FACE IS ONE WHICH IS FAMILIAR TO EVERY MAN WHO GOES MUCH TO THE CITY </s>
<s> HE IS A PROFESSIONAL BEGGAR THOUGH IN ORDER TO AVOID THE POLICE REGULATIONS HE PRETENDS TO A SMALL TRADE IN WAX VESTAS </s>
<s> SOME LITTLE DISTANCE DOWN THREADNEEDLE STREET UPON THE LEFT HAND SIDE THERE IS AS YOU MAY HAVE REMARKED A SMALL ANGLE IN THE WALL </s>
<s> HERE IT IS THAT THIS CREATURE TAKES HIS DAILY SEAT CROSS LEGGED WITH HIS TINY STOCK OF MATCHES ON HIS LAP AND AS HE IS A PITEOUS SPECTACLE A SMALL RAIN OF CHARITY DESCENDS INTO THE GREASY LEATHER CAP WHICH LIES UPON THE PAVEMENT BESIDE HIM </s>
<s> I HAVE WATCHED THE FELLOW MORE THAN ONCE BEFORE EVER I THOUGHT OF MAKING HIS PROFESSIONAL ACQUAINTANCE AND I HAVE BEEN SURPRISED AT THE HARVEST WHICH HE HAS REAPED IN A SHORT TIME </s>
<s> HIS APPEARANCE YOU SEE IS SO REMARKABLE THAT NO ONE CAN PASS HIM WITHOUT OBSERVING HIM </s>
<s> A SHOCK OF ORANGE HAIR A PALE FACE DISFIGURED BY A HORRIBLE SCAR WHICH BY ITS CONTRACTION HAS TURNED UP THE OUTER EDGE OF HIS UPPER LIP A BULLDOG CHIN AND A PAIR OF VERY PENETRATING DARK EYES WHICH PRESENT A SINGULAR CONTRAST TO THE COLOUR OF HIS HAIR ALL MARK HIM OUT FROM AMID THE COMMON CROWD OF MENDICANTS AND SO TOO DOES HIS WIT FOR HE IS EVER READY WITH A REPLY TO ANY PIECE OF CHAFF WHICH MAY BE THROWN AT HIM BY THE PASSERS BY </s>
<s> THIS IS THE MAN WHOM WE NOW LEARN TO HAVE BEEN THE LODGER AT THE OPIUM DEN AND TO HAVE BEEN THE LAST MAN TO SEE THE GENTLEMAN OF WHOM WE ARE IN QUEST </s>
<s> QUOTE BUT A CRIPPLE QUOTE SAID I. QUOTE WHAT COULD HE HAVE DONE SINGLEHANDED AGAINST A MAN IN THE PRIME OF LIFE QUOTE </s>
<s> HE IS A CRIPPLE IN THE SENSE THAT HE WALKS WITH A LIMP BUT IN OTHER RESPECTS HE APPEARS TO BE A POWERFUL AND WELL NURTURED MAN </s>
<s> SURELY YOUR MEDICAL EXPERIENCE WOULD TELL YOU WATSON THAT WEAKNESS IN ONE LIMB IS OFTEN COMPENSATED FOR BY EXCEPTIONAL STRENGTH IN THE OTHERS </s>
<s> PRAY CONTINUE YOUR NARRATIVE </s>
<s> MRS. SAINT CLAIR HAD FAINTED AT THE SIGHT OF THE BLOOD UPON THE WINDOW AND SHE WAS ESCORTED HOME IN A CAB BY THE POLICE AS HER PRESENCE COULD BE OF NO HELP TO THEM IN THEIR INVESTIGATIONS </s>
<s> INSPECTOR BARTON WHO HAD CHARGE OF THE CASE MADE A VERY CAREFUL EXAMINATION OF THE PREMISES BUT WITHOUT FINDING ANYTHING WHICH THREW ANY LIGHT UPON THE MATTER </s>
<s> ONE MISTAKE HAD BEEN MADE IN NOT ARRESTING BOONE INSTANTLY AS HE WAS ALLOWED SOME FEW MINUTES DURING WHICH HE MIGHT HAVE COMMUNICATED WITH HIS FRIEND THE LASCAR BUT THIS FAULT WAS SOON REMEDIED AND HE WAS SEIZED AND SEARCHED WITHOUT ANYTHING BEING FOUND WHICH COULD INCRIMINATE HIM </s>
<s> THERE WERE IT IS TRUE SOME BLOOD STAINS UPON HIS RIGHT SHIRT SLEEVE BUT HE POINTED TO HIS RING FINGER WHICH HAD BEEN CUT NEAR THE NAIL AND EXPLAINED THAT THE BLEEDING CAME FROM THERE ADDING THAT HE HAD BEEN TO THE WINDOW NOT LONG BEFORE AND THAT THE STAINS WHICH HAD BEEN OBSERVED THERE CAME DOUBTLESS FROM THE SAME SOURCE </s>
<s> HE DENIED STRENUOUSLY HAVING EVER SEEN MR. NEVILLE SAINT CLAIR AND SWORE THAT THE PRESENCE OF THE CLOTHES IN HIS ROOM WAS AS MUCH A MYSTERY TO HIM AS TO THE POLICE </s>
<s> AS TO MRS. SAINT CLAIR'S ASSERTION THAT SHE HAD ACTUALLY SEEN HER HUSBAND AT THE WINDOW HE DECLARED THAT SHE MUST HAVE BEEN EITHER MAD OR DREAMING </s>
<s> HE WAS REMOVED LOUDLY PROTESTING TO THE POLICE STATION WHILE THE INSPECTOR REMAINED UPON THE PREMISES IN THE HOPE THAT THE EBBING TIDE MIGHT AFFORD SOME FRESH CLUE </s>
<s> AND IT DID THOUGH THEY HARDLY FOUND UPON THE MUD BANK WHAT THEY HAD FEARED TO FIND </s>
<s> IT WAS NEVILLE SAINT CLAIR'S COAT AND NOT NEVILLE SAINT CLAIR WHICH LAY UNCOVERED AS THE TIDE RECEDED </s>
<s> AND WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY FOUND IN THE POCKETS QUOTE </s>
<s> I CANNOT IMAGINE </s>
<s> NO I DON'T THINK YOU WOULD GUESS </s>
<s> EVERY POCKET STUFFED WITH PENNIES AND HALF PENNIES FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY ONE PENNIES AND TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY HALF PENNIES </s>
<s> IT WAS NO WONDER THAT IT HAD NOT BEEN SWEPT AWAY BY THE TIDE </s>
<s> BUT A HUMAN BODY IS A DIFFERENT MATTER </s>
<s> THERE IS A FIERCE EDDY BETWEEN THE WHARF AND THE HOUSE </s>
<s> IT SEEMED LIKELY ENOUGH THAT THE WEIGHTED COAT HAD REMAINED WHEN THE STRIPPED BODY HAD BEEN SUCKED AWAY INTO THE RIVER </s>
<s> BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT ALL THE OTHER CLOTHES WERE FOUND IN THE ROOM </s>
<s> WOULD THE BODY BE DRESSED IN A COAT ALONE </s>
<s> QUOTE NO SIR BUT THE FACTS MIGHT BE MET SPECIOUSLY ENOUGH </s>
<s> SUPPOSE THAT THIS MAN BOONE HAD THRUST NEVILLE SAINT CLAIR THROUGH THE WINDOW THERE IS NO HUMAN EYE WHICH COULD HAVE SEEN THE DEED </s>
<s> WHAT WOULD HE DO THEN </s>
<s> IT WOULD OF COURSE INSTANTLY STRIKE HIM THAT HE MUST GET RID OF THE TELL TALE GARMENTS </s>
<s> HE WOULD SEIZE THE COAT THEN AND BE IN THE ACT OF THROWING IT OUT WHEN IT WOULD OCCUR TO HIM THAT IT WOULD SWIM AND NOT SINK </s>
<s> HE HAS LITTLE TIME FOR HE HAS HEARD THE SCUFFLE DOWNSTAIRS WHEN THE WIFE TRIED TO FORCE HER WAY UP AND PERHAPS HE HAS ALREADY HEARD FROM HIS LASCAR CONFEDERATE THAT THE POLICE ARE HURRYING UP THE STREET </s>
<s> THERE IS NOT AN INSTANT TO BE LOST </s>
<s> HE RUSHES TO SOME SECRET HOARD WHERE HE HAS ACCUMULATED THE FRUITS OF HIS BEGGARY AND HE STUFFS ALL THE COINS UPON WHICH HE CAN LAY HIS HANDS INTO THE POCKETS TO MAKE SURE OF THE COAT'S SINKING </s>
<s> HE THROWS IT OUT AND WOULD HAVE DONE THE SAME WITH THE OTHER GARMENTS HAD NOT HE HEARD THE RUSH OF STEPS BELOW AND ONLY JUST HAD TIME TO CLOSE THE WINDOW WHEN THE POLICE APPEARED </s>
<s> IT CERTAINLY SOUNDS FEASIBLE </s>
<s> WELL WE WILL TAKE IT AS A WORKING HYPOTHESIS FOR WANT OF A BETTER </s>
<s> BOONE AS I HAVE TOLD YOU WAS ARRESTED AND TAKEN TO THE STATION BUT IT COULD NOT BE SHOWN THAT THERE HAD EVER BEFORE BEEN ANYTHING AGAINST HIM </s>
<s> HE HAD FOR YEARS BEEN KNOWN AS A PROFESSIONAL BEGGAR BUT HIS LIFE APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN A VERY QUIET AND INNOCENT ONE </s>
<s> THERE THE MATTER STANDS AT PRESENT AND THE QUESTIONS WHICH HAVE TO BE SOLVED WHAT NEVILLE SAINT CLAIR WAS DOING IN THE OPIUM DEN WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM WHEN THERE WHERE IS HE NOW AND WHAT HUGH BOONE HAD TO DO WITH HIS DISAPPEARANCE ARE ALL AS FAR FROM A SOLUTION AS EVER </s>
<s> I CONFESS THAT I CANNOT RECALL ANY CASE WITHIN MY EXPERIENCE WHICH LOOKED AT THE FIRST GLANCE SO SIMPLE AND YET WHICH PRESENTED SUCH DIFFICULTIES </s>
<s> WHILE SHERLOCK HOLMES HAD BEEN DETAILING THIS SINGULAR SERIES OF EVENTS WE HAD BEEN WHIRLING THROUGH THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE GREAT TOWN UNTIL THE LAST STRAGGLING HOUSES HAD BEEN LEFT BEHIND AND WE RATTLED ALONG WITH A COUNTRY HEDGE UPON EITHER SIDE OF US </s>
<s> JUST AS HE FINISHED HOWEVER WE DROVE THROUGH TWO SCATTERED VILLAGES WHERE A FEW LIGHTS STILL GLIMMERED IN THE WINDOWS </s>
<s> WE ARE ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF LEE SAID MY COMPANION </s>
<s> QUOTE WE HAVE TOUCHED ON THREE ENGLISH COUNTIES IN OUR SHORT DRIVE STARTING IN MIDDLESEX PASSING OVER AN ANGLE OF SURREY AND ENDING IN KENT </s>
<s> SEE THAT LIGHT AMONG THE TREES </s>
<s> THAT IS THE CEDARS AND BESIDE THAT LAMP SITS A WOMAN WHOSE ANXIOUS EARS HAVE ALREADY I HAVE LITTLE DOUBT CAUGHT THE CLINK OF OUR HORSE'S FEET </s>
<s> BUT WHY ARE YOU NOT CONDUCTING THE CASE FROM BAKER STREET </s>
<s> I ASKED </s>
<s> BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY INQUIRIES WHICH MUST BE MADE OUT HERE </s>
<s> MRS. SAINT CLAIR HAS MOST KINDLY PUT TWO ROOMS AT MY DISPOSAL AND YOU MAY REST ASSURED THAT SHE WILL HAVE NOTHING BUT A WELCOME FOR MY FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE </s>
<s> I HATE TO MEET HER WATSON WHEN I HAVE NO NEWS OF HER HUSBAND </s>
<s> HERE WE ARE </s>
<s> WHOA THERE WHOA </s>
<s> WE HAD PULLED UP IN FRONT OF A LARGE VILLA WHICH STOOD WITHIN ITS OWN GROUNDS </s>
<s> A STABLE BOY HAD RUN OUT TO THE HORSE'S HEAD AND SPRINGING DOWN I FOLLOWED HOLMES UP THE SMALL WINDING GRAVEL DRIVE WHICH LED TO THE HOUSE </s>
<s> AS WE APPROACHED THE DOOR FLEW OPEN AND A LITTLE BLONDE WOMAN STOOD IN THE OPENING CLAD IN SOME SORT OF LIGHT MOUSSELINE DE SOIE WITH A TOUCH OF FLUFFY PINK CHIFFON AT HER NECK AND WRISTS </s>
<s> SHE STOOD WITH HER FIGURE OUTLINED AGAINST THE FLOOD OF LIGHT ONE HAND UPON THE DOOR ONE HALF RAISED IN HER EAGERNESS HER BODY SLIGHTLY BENT HER HEAD AND FACE PROTRUDED WITH EAGER EYES AND PARTED LIPS A STANDING QUESTION </s>
<s> WELL SHE CRIED WELL </s>
<s> AND THEN SEEING THAT THERE WERE TWO OF US SHE GAVE A CRY OF HOPE WHICH SANK INTO A GROAN AS SHE SAW THAT MY COMPANION SHOOK HIS HEAD AND SHRUGGED HIS SHOULDERS </s>
<s> QUOTE NO GOOD NEWS QUOTE </s>
<s> NONE </s>
<s> NO BAD </s>
<s> NUMBER </s>
<s> THANK GOD FOR THAT </s>
<s> BUT COME IN </s>
<s> YOU MUST BE WEARY FOR YOU HAVE HAD A LONG DAY </s>
<s> QUOTE THIS IS MY FRIEND DOCTOR WATSON </s>
<s> HE HAS BEEN OF MOST VITAL USE TO ME IN SEVERAL OF MY CASES AND A LUCKY CHANCE HAS MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR ME TO BRING HIM OUT AND ASSOCIATE HIM WITH THIS INVESTIGATION </s>
<s> I AM DELIGHTED TO SEE YOU SAID SHE PRESSING MY HAND WARMLY </s>
<s> YOU WILL I AM SURE FORGIVE ANYTHING THAT MAY BE WANTING IN OUR ARRANGEMENTS WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE BLOW WHICH HAS COME SO SUDDENLY UPON US </s>
<s> MY DEAR MADAM SAID I I AM AN OLD CAMPAIGNER AND IF I WERE NOT I CAN VERY WELL SEE THAT NO APOLOGY IS NEEDED </s>
<s> IF I CAN BE OF ANY ASSISTANCE EITHER TO YOU OR TO MY FRIEND HERE I SHALL BE INDEED HAPPY </s>
<s> QUOTE NOW MR. SHERLOCK HOLMES QUOTE SAID THE LADY AS WE ENTERED A WELL LIT DINING ROOM UPON THE TABLE OF WHICH A COLD SUPPER HAD BEEN LAID OUT QUOTE I SHOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO ASK YOU ONE OR TWO PLAIN QUESTIONS TO WHICH I BEG THAT YOU WILL GIVE A PLAIN ANSWER QUOTE </s>
<s> CERTAINLY MADAM </s>
<s> DO NOT TROUBLE ABOUT MY FEELINGS </s>
<s> I AM NOT HYSTERICAL NOR GIVEN TO FAINTING </s>
<s> I SIMPLY WISH TO HEAR YOUR REAL REAL OPINION </s>