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<s> THERE WAS NO NAME ON HIS CLOTHING AND NOTHING IN HIS POCKETS SAVE AN APPLE SOME STRING A SHILLING MAP OF LONDON AND A PHOTOGRAPH </s><s> HERE IT IS </s><s> IT WAS EVIDENTLY TAKEN BY A SNAPSHOT FROM A SMALL CAMERA </s><s> IT REPRESENTED AN ALERT SHARP FEATURED SIMIAN MAN. WITH THICK EYEBROWS AND A VERY PECULIAR PROJECTION OF THE LOWER PART OF THE FACE LIKE THE MUZZLE OF A BABOON </s><s> AND WHAT BECAME OF THE BUST ASKED HOLMES AFTER A CAREFUL STUDY OF THIS PICTURE </s><s> WE HAD NEWS OF IT JUST BEFORE YOU CAME </s><s> IT HAS BEEN FOUND IN THE FRONT GARDEN OF AN EMPTY HOUSE IN CAMPDEN HOUSE ROAD </s><s> IT WAS BROKEN INTO FRAGMENTS </s><s> I AM GOING ROUND NOW TO SEE IT </s><s> WILL YOU COME </s><s> QUOTE CERTAINLY </s><s> I MUST JUST TAKE ONE LOOK ROUND </s><s> HE EXAMINED THE CARPET AND THE WINDOW </s><s> THE FELLOW HAD EITHER VERY LONG LEGS OR WAS A MOST ACTIVE MAN SAID HE </s><s> WITH AN AREA BENEATH IT WAS NO MEAN FEAT TO REACH THAT WINDOW LEDGE AND OPEN THAT WINDOW </s><s> GETTING BACK WAS COMPARATIVELY SIMPLE </s><s> ARE YOU COMING WITH US TO SEE THE REMAINS OF YOUR BUST MR. HARKER </s><s> THE DISCONSOLATE JOURNALIST HAD SEATED HIMSELF AT A WRITING TABLE </s><s> I MUST TRY AND MAKE SOMETHING OF IT SAID HE THOUGH I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THE FIRST EDITIONS OF THE EVENING PAPERS ARE OUT ALREADY WITH FULL DETAILS </s><s> IT'S LIKE MY LUCK </s><s> YOU REMEMBER WHEN THE STAND FELL AT DONCASTER </s><s> WELL I WAS THE ONLY JOURNALIST IN THE STAND AND MY JOURNAL THE ONLY ONE THAT HAD NO ACCOUNT OF IT FOR I WAS TOO SHAKEN TO WRITE IT </s><s> AND NOW I'LL BE TOO LATE WITH A MURDER DONE ON MY OWN DOORSTEP QUOTE </s><s> AS WE LEFT THE ROOM WE HEARD HIS PEN TRAVELLING SHRILLY OVER THE FOOLSCAP </s><s> THE SPOT WHERE THE FRAGMENTS OF THE BUST HAD BEEN FOUND WAS ONLY A FEW HUNDRED YARDS AWAY </s><s> FOR THE FIRST TIME OUR EYES RESTED UPON THIS PRESENTMENT OF THE GREAT EMPEROR WHICH SEEMED TO RAISE SUCH FRANTIC AND DESTRUCTIVE HATRED IN THE MIND OF THE UNKNOWN </s><s> IT LAY SCATTERED IN SPLINTERED SHARDS UPON THE GRASS </s><s> HOLMES PICKED UP SEVERAL OF THEM AND EXAMINED THEM CAREFULLY </s><s> I WAS CONVINCED FROM HIS INTENT FACE AND HIS PURPOSEFUL MANNER THAT AT LAST HE WAS UPON A CLUE </s><s> WELL ASKED LESTRADE </s><s> HOLMES SHRUGGED HIS SHOULDERS </s><s> WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO YET SAID HE </s><s> AND YET AND YET WELL WE HAVE SOME SUGGESTIVE FACTS TO ACT UPON </s><s> THE POSSESSION OF THIS TRIFLING BUST WAS WORTH MORE IN THE EYES OF THIS STRANGE CRIMINAL THAN A HUMAN LIFE </s><s> THAT IS ONE POINT </s><s> THEN THERE IS THE SINGULAR FACT THAT HE DID NOT BREAK IT IN THE HOUSE OR IMMEDIATELY OUTSIDE THE HOUSE IF TO BREAK IT WAS HIS SOLE OBJECT </s><s> HE WAS RATTLED AND BUSTLED BY MEETING THIS OTHER FELLOW </s><s> HE HARDLY KNEW WHAT HE WAS DOING QUOTE </s><s> WELL THAT'S LIKELY ENOUGH </s><s> BUT I WISH TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION VERY PARTICULARLY TO THE POSITION OF THIS HOUSE IN THE GARDEN OF WHICH THE BUST WAS DESTROYED </s><s> LESTRADE LOOKED ABOUT HIM </s><s> IT WAS AN EMPTY HOUSE AND SO HE KNEW THAT HE WOULD NOT BE DISTURBED IN THE GARDEN </s><s> YES BUT THERE IS ANOTHER EMPTY HOUSE FARTHER UP THE STREET WHICH HE MUST HAVE PASSED BEFORE HE CAME TO THIS ONE </s><s> WHY DID HE NOT BREAK IT THERE SINCE IT IS EVIDENT THAT EVERY YARD THAT HE CARRIED IT INCREASED THE RISK OF SOMEONE MEETING HIM </s><s> QUOTE I GIVE IT UP QUOTE SAID LESTRADE </s><s> HOLMES POINTED TO THE STREET LAMP ABOVE OUR HEADS </s><s> HE COULD SEE WHAT HE WAS DOING HERE AND HE COULD NOT THERE </s><s> THAT WAS HIS REASON </s><s> BY JOVE THAT'S TRUE SAID THE DETECTIVE </s><s> NOW THAT I COME TO THINK OF IT DOCTOR BARNICOT'S BUST WAS BROKEN NOT FAR FROM HIS RED LAMP </s><s> WELL MR. HOLMES WHAT ARE WE TO DO WITH THAT FACT </s><s> QUOTE TO REMEMBER IT TO DOCKET IT </s><s> WE MAY COME ON SOMETHING LATER WHICH WILL BEAR UPON IT </s><s> WHAT STEPS DO YOU PROPOSE TO TAKE NOW LESTRADE </s><s> THE MOST PRACTICAL WAY OF GETTING AT IT IN MY OPINION IS TO IDENTIFY THE DEAD MAN </s><s> THERE SHOULD BE NO DIFFICULTY ABOUT THAT </s><s> WHEN WE HAVE FOUND WHO HE IS AND WHO HIS ASSOCIATES ARE WE SHOULD HAVE A GOOD START IN LEARNING WHAT HE WAS DOING IN PITT STREET LAST NIGHT AND WHO IT WAS WHO MET HIM AND KILLED HIM ON THE DOORSTEP OF MR. HORACE HARKER </s><s> DON'T YOU THINK SO </s><s> NO DOUBT AND YET IT IS NOT QUITE THE WAY IN WHICH I SHOULD APPROACH THE CASE </s><s> WHAT WOULD YOU DO THEN </s><s> QUOTE OH YOU MUST NOT LET ME INFLUENCE YOU IN ANY WAY </s><s> I SUGGEST THAT YOU GO ON YOUR LINE AND I ON MINE </s><s> WE CAN COMPARE NOTES AFTERWARDS AND EACH WILL SUPPLEMENT THE OTHER </s><s> VERY GOOD SAID LESTRADE </s><s> IF YOU ARE GOING BACK TO PITT STREET YOU MIGHT SEE MR. HORACE HARKER </s><s> TELL HIM FOR ME THAT I HAVE QUITE MADE UP MY MIND AND THAT IT IS CERTAIN THAT A DANGEROUS HOMICIDAL LUNATIC WITH NAPOLEONIC DELUSIONS WAS IN HIS HOUSE LAST NIGHT </s><s> IT WILL BE USEFUL FOR HIS ARTICLE </s><s> LESTRADE STARED </s><s> YOU DON'T SERIOUSLY BELIEVE THAT </s><s> HOLMES SMILED </s><s> QUOTE DON'T I WELL PERHAPS I DON'T </s><s> BUT I AM SURE THAT IT WILL INTEREST MR. HORACE HARKER AND THE SUBSCRIBERS OF THE CENTRAL PRESS SYNDICATE </s><s> NOW WATSON I THINK THAT WE SHALL FIND THAT WE HAVE A LONG AND RATHER COMPLEX DAY'S WORK BEFORE US </s><s> I SHOULD BE GLAD LESTRADE IF YOU COULD MAKE IT CONVENIENT TO MEET US AT BAKER STREET AT SIX O'CLOCK THIS EVENING </s><s> UNTIL THEN I SHOULD LIKE TO KEEP THIS PHOTOGRAPH FOUND IN THE DEAD MAN'S POCKET </s><s> IT IS POSSIBLE THAT I MAY HAVE TO ASK YOUR COMPANY AND ASSISTANCE UPON A SMALL EXPEDITION WHICH WILL HAVE TO BE UNDERTAKEN TONIGHT IF MY CHAIN OF REASONING SHOULD PROVE TO BE CORRECT </s><s> UNTIL THEN GOOD BYE AND GOOD LUCK </s><s> SHERLOCK HOLMES AND I WALKED TOGETHER TO THE HIGH STREET WHERE WE STOPPED AT THE SHOP OF HARDING BROTHERS WHENCE THE BUST HAD BEEN PURCHASED </s><s> A YOUNG ASSISTANT INFORMED US THAT MR. HARDING WOULD BE ABSENT UNTIL AFTERNOON AND THAT HE WAS HIMSELF A NEWCOMER WHO COULD GIVE US NO INFORMATION </s><s> HOLMES'S FACE SHOWED HIS DISAPPOINTMENT AND ANNOYANCE </s><s> WELL WELL WE CAN'T EXPECT TO HAVE IT ALL OUR OWN WAY WATSON HE SAID AT LAST </s><s> WE MUST COME BACK IN THE AFTERNOON IF MR. HARDING WILL NOT BE HERE UNTIL THEN </s><s> I AM AS YOU HAVE NO DOUBT SURMISED ENDEAVOURING TO TRACE THESE BUSTS TO THEIR SOURCE IN ORDER TO FIND IF THERE IS NOT SOMETHING PECULIAR WHICH MAY ACCOUNT FOR THEIR REMARKABLE FATE </s><s> LET US MAKE FOR MR. MORSE HUDSON OF THE KENNINGTON ROAD AND SEE IF HE CAN THROW ANY LIGHT UPON THE PROBLEM </s><s> A DRIVE OF AN HOUR BROUGHT US TO THE PICTURE DEALER'S ESTABLISHMENT </s><s> HE WAS A SMALL STOUT MAN WITH A RED FACE AND A PEPPERY MANNER </s><s> YES SIR </s><s> ON MY VERY COUNTER SIR QUOTE SAID HE </s><s> WHAT WE PAY RATES AND TAXES FOR I DON'T KNOW WHEN ANY RUFFIAN CAN COME IN AND BREAK ONE'S GOODS </s><s> YES SIR IT WAS I WHO SOLD DOCTOR BARNICOT HIS TWO STATUES </s><s> DISGRACEFUL SIR </s><s> A NIHILIST PLOT THAT'S WHAT I MAKE IT </s><s> NO ONE BUT AN ANARCHIST WOULD GO ABOUT BREAKING STATUES </s><s> RED REPUBLICANS THAT'S WHAT I CALL 'EM </s><s> WHO DID I GET THE STATUES FROM </s><s> I DON'T SEE WHAT THAT HAS TO DO WITH IT </s><s> WELLL IF YOU REALLY WANT TO KNOW I GOT THEM FROM GELDER AND COMPANY IN CHURCH STREET STEPNEY </s><s> THEY ARE A WELL KNOWN HOUSE IN THE TRADE AND HAVE BEEN THIS TWENTY YEARS </s><s> HOW MANY HAD L. </s><s> THREE TWO AND ONE ARE THREE TWO OF DOCTOR BARNICOT'S AND ONE SMASHED IN BROAD DAYLIGHT ON MY OWN COUNTER </s><s> DO I KNOW THAT PHOTOGRAPH </s><s> NO I DON'T </s><s> YES I DO THOUGH </s><s> WHY IT'S BEPPO </s><s> HE WAS A KIND OF ITALIAN PIECE WORK MAN WHO MADE HIMSELF USEFUL IN THE SHOP </s><s> HE COULD CARVE A BIT AND GILD AND FRAME AND DO ODD JOBS </s><s> THE FELLOW LEFT ME LAST WEEK AND I'VE HEARD NOTHING OF HIM SINCE </s><s> NO I DON'T KNOW WHERE HE CAME FROM NOR WHERE HE WENT TO </s><s> I HAD NOTHING AGAINST HIM WHILE HE WAS HERE </s><s> HE WAS GONE TWO DAYS BEFORE THE BUST WAS SMASHED </s><s> WELL THAT'S ALL WE COULD REASONABLY EXPECT FROM MORSE HUDSON SAID HOLMES AS WE EMERGED FROM THE SHOP </s><s> WE HAVE THIS BEPPO AS A COMMON FACTOR BOTH IN KENNINGTON AND IN KENSINGTON SO THAT IS WORTH A TEN MILE DRIVE </s><s> NOW WATSON LET US MAKE FOR GELDER AND COMPANY OF STEPNEY THE SOURCE AND ORIGIN OF THE BUSTS </s><s> I SHALL BE SURPRISED IF WE DON'T GET SOME HELP DOWN THERE </s><s> IN RAPID SUCCESSION WE PASSED THROUGH THE FRINGE OF FASHIONABLE LONDON HOTEL LONDON THEATRICAL LONDON LITERARY LONDON COMMERCIAL LONDON AND FINALLY MARITIME LONDON TILL WE CAME TO A RIVERSIDE CITY OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND SOULS WHERE THE TENEMENT HOUSES SWELTER AND REEK WITH THE OUTCASTS OF EUROPE </s><s> HERE IN A BROAD THOROUGHFARE ONCE THE ABODE OF WEALTHY CITY MERCHANTS WE FOUND THE SCULPTURE WORKS FOR WHICH WE SEARCHED </s><s> OUTSIDE WAS A CONSIDERABLE YARD FULL OF MONUMENTAL MASONRY </s><s> INSIDE WAS A LARGE ROOM IN WHICH FIFTY WORKERS WERE CARVING OR MOULDING </s><s> THE MANAGER A BIG BLOND GERMAN RECEIVED US CIVILLY AND GAVE A CLEAR ANSWER TO ALL HOLMES'S QUESTIONS </s><s> A REFERENCE TO HIS BOOKS SHOWED THAT HUNDREDS OF CASTS HAD BEEN TAKEN FROM A MARBLE COPY OF DEVINE'S HEAD OF NAPOLEON BUT THAT THE THREE WHICH HAD BEEN SENT TO MORSE HUDSON A YEAR OR SO BEFORE HAD BEEN HALF OF A BATCH OF SIX THE OTHER THREE BEING SENT TO HARDING BROTHERS OF KENSINGTON </s><s> THERE WAS NO REASON WHY THOSE SIX SHOULD BE DIFFERENT FROM ANY OF THE OTHER CASTS </s><s> HE COULD SUGGEST NO POSSIBLE CAUSE WHY ANYONE SHOULD WISH TO DESTROY THEM IN FACT HE LAUGHED AT THE IDEA </s><s> THEIR WHOLESALE PRICE WAS SIX SHILLINGS BUT THE RETAILER WOULD GET TWELVE OR MORE </s><s> THE CAST WAS TAKEN IN TWO MOULDS FROM EACH SIDE OF THE FACE AND THEN THESE TWO PROFILES OF PLASTER OF PARIS WERE JOINED TOGETHER TO MAKE THE COMPLETE BUST </s><s> THE WORK WAS USUALLY DONE BY ITALIANS IN THE ROOM WE WERE IN </s><s> WHEN FINISHED THE BUSTS WERE PUT ON A TABLE IN THE PASSAGE TO DRY AND AFTERWARDS STORED </s><s> THAT WAS ALL HE COULD TELL US </s><s> BUT THE PRODUCTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPH HAD A REMARKABLE EFFECT UPON THE MANAGER </s><s> HIS FACE FLUSHED WITH ANGER AND HIS BROWS KNOTTED OVER HIS BLUE TEUTONIC EYES </s><s> QUOTE AH THE RASCAL QUOTE HE CRIED </s><s> YES INDEED I KNOW HIM VERY WELL </s>
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