valley_of_fear.txt

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<s> MACDONALD SMILED FEEBLY AND LOOKED APPEALINGLY TO ME </s>
<s> YOUR THOUGHTS MOVE A BIT TOO QUICK FOR ME MR. HOLMES </s>
<s> YOU LEAVE OUT A LINK OR TWO AND I CAN'T GET OVER THE GAP </s>
<s> WHAT IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD CAN BE THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THIS DEAD PAINTING MAN AND THE AFFAIR AT BIRLSTONE </s>
<s> QUOTE ALL KNOWLEDGE COMES USEFUL TO THE DETECTIVE QUOTE REMARKED HOLMES </s>
<s> EVEN THE TRIVIAL FACT THAT IN THE YEAR ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED SIXTY FIVE A PICTURE BY GREUZE ENTITLED LA JEUNE FILLE A L'AGNEAU FETCHED ONE MILLION TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND FRANCS MORE THAN FORTY THOUSAND POUNDS AT THE PORTALIS SALE MAY START A TRAIN OF REFLECTION IN YOUR MIND </s>
<s> IT WAS CLEAR THAT IT DID </s>
<s> THE INSPECTOR LOOKED HONESTLY INTERESTED </s>
<s> I MAY REMIND YOU HOLMES CONTINUED THAT THE PROFESSOR'S SALARY CAN BE ASCERTAINED IN SEVERAL TRUSTWORTHY BOOKS OF REFERENCE </s>
<s> IT IS SEVEN HUNDRED A YEAR </s>
<s> QUITE SO </s>
<s> HOW COULD HE </s>
<s> QUOTE AY THAT'S REMARKABLE QUOTE SAID THE INSPECTOR THOUGHTFULLY </s>
<s> TALK AWAY MR. HOLMES </s>
<s> I'M JUST LOVING IT </s>
<s> IT'S FINE </s>
<s> HOLMES SMILED </s>
<s> HE WAS ALWAYS WARMED BY GENUINE ADMIRATION THE CHARACTERISTIC OF THE REAL ARTIST </s>
<s> WHAT ABOUT BIRLSTONE HE ASKED </s>
<s> WE'VE TIME YET SAID THE INSPECTOR GLANCING AT HIS WATCH </s>
<s> I'VE A CAB AT THE DOOR AND IT WON'T TAKE US TWENTY MINUTES TO VICTORIA </s>
<s> BUT ABOUT THIS PICTURE I THOUGHT YOU TOLD ME ONCE MR. HOLMES THAT YOU HAD NEVER MET PROFESSOR MORIARTY QUOTE </s>
<s> NO I NEVER HAVE </s>
<s> THEN HOW DO YOU KNOW ABOUT HIS ROOMS </s>
<s> AH THAT'S ANOTHER MATTER </s>
<s> I HAVE BEEN THREE TIMES IN HIS ROOMS TWICE WAITING FOR HIM UNDER DIFFERENT PRETEXTS AND LEAVING BEFORE HE CAME </s>
<s> ONCE WELL I CAN HARDLY TELL ABOUT THE ONCE TO AN OFFICIAL DETECTIVE </s>
<s> IT WAS ON THE LAST OCCASION THAT I TOOK THE LIBERTY OF RUNNING OVER HIS PAPERS WITH THE MOST UNEXPECTED RESULTS </s>
<s> YOU FOUND SOMETHING COMPROMISING </s>
<s> QUOTE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING </s>
<s> THAT WAS WHAT AMAZED ME </s>
<s> HOWEVER YOU HAVE NOW SEEN THE POINT OF THE PICTURE </s>
<s> IT SHOWS HIM TO BE A VERY WEALTHY MAN </s>
<s> HOW DID HE ACQUIRE WEALTH </s>
<s> HE IS UNMARRIED </s>
<s> HIS YOUNGER BROTHER IS A STATION MASTER IN THE WEST OF ENGLAND </s>
<s> HIS CHAIR IS WORTH SEVEN HUNDRED A YEAR </s>
<s> AND HE OWNS A GREUZE </s>
<s> WELL </s>
<s> SURELY THE INFERENCE IS PLAIN </s>
<s> YOU MEAN THAT HE HAS A GREAT INCOME AND THAT HE MUST EARN IT IN AN ILLEGAL FASHION </s>
<s> EXACTLY </s>
<s> OF COURSE I HAVE OTHER REASONS FOR THINKING SO DOZENS OF EXIGUOUS THREADS WHICH LEAD VAGUELY UP TOWARDS THE CENTRE OF THE WEB WHERE THE POISONOUS MOTIONLESS CREATURE IS LURKING </s>
<s> I ONLY MENTION THE GREUZE BECAUSE IT BRINGS THE MATTER WITHIN THE RANGE OF YOUR OWN OBSERVATION QUOTE </s>
<s> WELL MR. HOLMES I ADMIT THAT WHAT YOU SAY IS INTERESTING IT'S MORE THAN INTERESTING IT'S JUST WONDERFUL </s>
<s> BUT LET US HAVE IT A LITTLE CLEARER IF YOU CAN </s>
<s> IS IT FORGERY COINING BURGLARY WHERE DOES THE MONEY COME FROM </s>
<s> HAVE YOU EVER READ OF JONATHAN WILD </s>
<s> WELL THE NAME HAS A FAMILIAR SOUND </s>
<s> SOMEONE IN A NOVEL WAS HE NOT </s>
<s> I DON'T TAKE MUCH STOCK OF DETECTIVES IN NOVELS CHAPS THAT DO THINGS AND NEVER LET YOU SEE HOW THEY DO THEM </s>
<s> THAT'S JUST INSPIRATION NOT BUSINESS </s>
<s> QUOTE JONATHAN WILD WASN'T A DETECTIVE AND HE WASN'T IN A NOVEL </s>
<s> HE WAS A MASTER CRIMINAL AND HE LIVED LAST CENTURY ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY OR THEREABOUTS </s>
<s> THEN HE'S NO USE TO ME </s>
<s> I'M A PRACTICAL MAN </s>
<s> MR. MAC THE MOST PRACTICAL THING THAT YOU EVER DID IN YOUR LIFE WOULD BE TO SHUT YOURSELF UP FOR THREE MONTHS AND READ TWELVE HOURS A DAY AT THE ANNALS OF CRIME </s>
<s> EVERYTHING COMES IN CIRCLES EVEN PROFESSOR MORIARTY </s>
<s> JONATHAN WILD WAS THE HIDDEN FORCE OF THE LONDON CRIMINALS TO WHOM HE SOLD HIS BRAINS AND HIS ORGANIZATION ON A FIFTEEN PER CENT COMMISSION </s>
<s> THE OLD WHEEL TURNS AND THE SAME SPOKE COMES UP </s>
<s> IT'S ALL BEEN DONE BEFORE AND WILL BE AGAIN </s>
<s> I'LL TELL YOU ONE OR TWO THINGS ABOUT MORIARTY WHICH MAY INTEREST YOU </s>
<s> QUOTE YOU'LL INTEREST ME RIGHT ENOUGH QUOTE </s>
<s> I HAPPEN TO KNOW WHO IS THE FIRST LINK IN HIS CHAIN A CHAIN WITH THIS NAPOLEON GONE WRONG AT ONE END AND A HUNDRED BROKEN FIGHTING MEN PICKPOCKETS BLACKMAILERS AND CARD SHARPERS AT THE OTHER WITH EVERY SORT OF CRIME IN BETWEEN </s>
<s> HIS CHIEF OF STAFF IS COLONEL SEBASTIAN MORAN AS ALOOF AND GUARDED AND INACCESSIBLE TO THE LAW AS HIMSELF </s>
<s> WHAT DO YOU THINK HE PAYS HIM </s>
<s> I'D LIKE TO HEAR </s>
<s> SIX THOUSAND A YEAR </s>
<s> THAT'S PAYING FOR BRAINS YOU SEE THE AMERICAN BUSINESS PRINCIPLE </s>
<s> I LEARNED THAT DETAIL QUITE BY CHANCE </s>
<s> IT'S MORE THAN THE PRIME MINISTER GETS </s>
<s> THAT GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF MORIARTY'S GAINS AND OF THE SCALE ON WHICH HE WORKS </s>
<s> ANOTHER POINT I MADE IT MY BUSINESS TO HUNT DOWN SOME OF MORIARTY'S CHECKS LATELY JUST COMMON INNOCENT CHECKS THAT HE PAYS HIS HOUSEHOLD BILLS WITH </s>
<s> THEY WERE DRAWN ON SIX DIFFERENT BANKS </s>
<s> DOES THAT MAKE ANY IMPRESSION ON YOUR MIND </s>
<s> QUOTE QUEER CERTAINLY </s>
<s> BUT WHAT DO YOU GATHER FROM IT </s>
<s> THAT HE WANTED NO GOSSIP ABOUT HIS WEALTH </s>
<s> NO SINGLE MAN SHOULD KNOW WHAT HE HAD </s>
<s> I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT HE HAS TWENTY BANKING ACCOUNTS THE BULK OF HIS FORTUNE ABROAD IN THE DEUTSCHE BANK OR THE CREDIT LYONNAIS AS LIKELY AS NOT </s>
<s> SOMETIME WHEN YOU HAVE A YEAR OR TWO TO SPARE I COMMEND TO YOU THE STUDY OF PROFESSOR MORIARTY </s>
<s> INSPECTOR MACDONALD HAD GROWN STEADILY MORE IMPRESSED AS THE CONVERSATION PROCEEDED </s>
<s> HE HAD LOST HIMSELF IN HIS INTEREST </s>
<s> NOW HIS PRACTICAL SCOTCH INTELLIGENCE BROUGHT HIM BACK WITH A SNAP TO THE MATTER IN HAND </s>
<s> HE CAN KEEP ANYHOW SAID HE </s>
<s> YOU'VE GOT US SIDE TRACKED WITH YOUR INTERESTING ANECDOTES MR. HOLMES </s>
<s> WHAT REALLY COUNTS IS YOUR REMARK THAT THERE IS SOME CONNECTION BETWEEN THE PROFESSOR AND THE CRIME </s>
<s> THAT YOU GET FROM THE WARNING RECEIVED THROUGH THE MAN PORLOCK </s>
<s> CAN WE FOR OUR PRESENT PRACTICAL NEEDS GET ANY FURTHER THAN THAT QUOTE </s>
<s> WE MAY FORM SOME CONCEPTION AS TO THE MOTIVES OF THE CRIME </s>
<s> IT IS AS I GATHER FROM YOUR ORIGINAL REMARKS AN INEXPLICABLE OR AT LEAST AN UNEXPLAINED MURDER </s>
<s> NOW PRESUMING THAT THE SOURCE OF THE CRIME IS AS WE SUSPECT IT TO BE THERE MIGHT BE TWO DIFFERENT MOTIVES </s>
<s> IN THE FIRST PLACE I MAY TELL YOU THAT MORIARTY RULES WITH A ROD OF IRON OVER HIS PEOPLE </s>
<s> HIS DISCIPLINE IS TREMENDOUS </s>
<s> THERE IS ONLY ONE PUNISHMENT IN HIS CODE </s>
<s> IT IS DEATH </s>
<s> NOW WE MIGHT SUPPOSE THAT THIS MURDERED MAN THIS DOUGLAS WHOSE APPROACHING FATE WAS KNOWN BY ONE OF THE ARCH CRIMINAL'S SUBORDINATES HAD IN SOME WAY BETRAYED THE CHIEF </s>
<s> HIS PUNISHMENT FOLLOWED AND WOULD BE KNOWN TO ALL IF ONLY TO PUT THE FEAR OF DEATH INTO THEM </s>
<s> WELL THAT IS ONE SUGGESTION MR. HOLMES </s>
<s> THE OTHER IS THAT IT HAS BEEN ENGINEERED BY MORIARTY IN THE ORDINARY COURSE OF BUSINESS </s>
<s> WAS THERE ANY ROBBERY </s>
<s> QUOTE I HAVE NOT HEARD QUOTE </s>
<s> IF SO IT WOULD OF COURSE BE AGAINST THE FIRST HYPOTHESIS AND IN FAVOUR OF THE SECOND </s>
<s> MORIARTY MAY HAVE BEEN ENGAGED TO ENGINEER IT ON A PROMISE OF PART SPOILS OR HE MAY HAVE BEEN PAID SO MUCH DOWN TO MANAGE IT </s>
<s> EITHER IS POSSIBLE </s>
<s> BUT WHICHEVER IT MAY BE OR IF IT IS SOME THIRD COMBINATION IT IS DOWN AT BIRLSTONE THAT WE MUST SEEK THE SOLUTION </s>
<s> I KNOW OUR MAN TOO WELL TO SUPPOSE THAT HE HAS LEFT ANYTHING UP HERE WHICH MAY LEAD US TO HIM </s>
<s> THEN TO BIRLSTONE WE MUST GO CRIED MACDONALD JUMPING FROM HIS CHAIR </s>
<s> MY WORD IT'S LATER THAN I THOUGHT </s>
<s> I CAN GIVE YOU GENTLEMEN FIVE MINUTES FOR PREPARATION AND THAT IS ALL </s>
<s> QUOTE AND AMPLE FOR US BOTH QUOTE SAID HOLMES AS HE SPRANG UP AND HASTENED TO CHANGE FROM HIS DRESSING GOWN TO HIS COAT </s>
<s> WHILE WE ARE ON OUR WAY MR. MAC I WILL ASK YOU TO BE GOOD ENOUGH TO TELL ME ALL ABOUT IT </s>
<s> ALL ABOUT IT PROVED TO BE DISAPPOINTINGLY LITTLE AND YET THERE WAS ENOUGH TO ASSURE US THAT THE CASE BEFORE US MIGHT WELL BE WORTHY OF THE EXPERT'S CLOSEST ATTENTION </s>
<s> HE BRIGHTENED AND RUBBED HIS THIN HANDS TOGETHER AS HE LISTENED TO THE MEAGRE BUT REMARKABLE DETAILS </s>
<s> A LONG SERIES OF STERILE WEEKS LAY BEHIND US AND HERE AT LAST THERE WAS A FITTING OBJECT FOR THOSE REMARKABLE POWERS WHICH LIKE ALL SPECIAL GIFTS BECOME IRKSOME TO THEIR OWNER WHEN THEY ARE NOT IN USE </s>
<s> THAT RAZOR BRAIN BLUNTED AND RUSTED WITH INACTION </s>
<s> SHERLOCK HOLMES'S EYES GLISTENED HIS PALE CHEEKS TOOK A WARMER HUE AND HIS WHOLE EAGER FACE SHONE WITH AN INWARD LIGHT WHEN THE CALL FOR WORK REACHED HIM </s>
<s> LEANING FORWARD IN THE CAB HE LISTENED INTENTLY TO MACDONALD'S SHORT SKETCH OF THE PROBLEM WHICH AWAITED US IN SUSSEX </s>
<s> THE INSPECTOR WAS HIMSELF DEPENDENT AS HE EXPLAINED TO US UPON A SCRIBBLED ACCOUNT FORWARDED TO HIM BY THE MILK TRAIN IN THE EARLY HOURS OF THE MORNING </s>
<s> WHITE MASON THE LOCAL OFFICER WAS A PERSONAL FRIEND AND HENCE MACDONALD HAD BEEN NOTIFIED MUCH MORE PROMPTLY THAN IS USUAL AT SCOTLAND YARD WHEN PROVINCIALS NEED THEIR ASSISTANCE </s>
<s> IT IS A VERY COLD SCENT UPON WHICH THE METROPOLITAN EXPERT IS GENERALLY ASKED TO RUN </s>
<s> DEAR INSPECTOR MACDONALD SAID THE LETTER WHICH HE READ TO US OFFICIAL REQUISITION FOR YOUR SERVICES IS IN SEPARATE ENVE LOPE </s>
<s> THIS IS FOR YOUR PRIVATE EYE </s>
<s> WIRE ME WHAT TRAIN IN THE MORNING YOU CAN GET FOR BIRLSTONE AND I WILL MEET IT OR HAVE IT MET IF I AM TOO OCCUPIED </s>
<s> THIS CASE IS A SNORTER </s>
<s> DON'T WASTE A MOMENT IN GETTING STARTED </s>
<s> IF YOU CAN BRING MR. HOLMES PLEASE DO SO FOR HE WILL FIND SOMETHING AFTER HIS OWN HEART </s>
<s> WE WOULD THINK THE WHOLE THING HAD BEEN FIXED UP FOR THEATRICAL EFFECT IF THERE WASN'T A DEAD MAN IN THE MIDDLE OF IT </s>
<s> MY WORD IT IS A SNORTER </s>
<s> YOUR FRIEND SEEMS TO BE NO FOOL REMARKED HOLMES </s>
<s> QUOTE NO SIR WHITE MASON IS A VERY LIVE MAN IF I AM ANY JUDGE QUOTE </s>
<s> WELL HAVE YOU ANYTHING MORE </s>
<s> ONLY THAT HE WILL GIVE US EVERY DETAIL WHEN WE MEET </s>
<s> THEN HOW DID YOU GET AT MR. DOUGLAS AND THE FACT THAT HE HAD BEEN HORRIBLY MURDERED </s>
<s> THAT WAS IN THE INCLOSED OFFICIAL REPORT </s>
<s> IT DIDN'T SAY HORRIBLE THAT'S NOT A RECOGNIZED OFFICIAL TERM </s>
<s> IT GAVE THE NAME JOHN DOUGLAS </s>
<s> IT MENTIONED THAT HIS INJURIES HAD BEEN IN THE HEAD FROM THE DISCHARGE OF A SHOTGUN </s>
<s> IT ALSO MENTIONED THE HOUR OF THE ALARM WHICH WAS CLOSE ON TO MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT </s>
<s> IT ADDED THAT THE CASE WAS UNDOUBTEDLY ONE OF MURDER BUT THAT NO ARREST HAD BEEN MADE AND THAT THE CASE WAS ONE WHICH PRESENTED SOME VERY PERPLEXING AND EXTRAORDINARY FEATURES </s>
<s> THAT'S ABSOLUTELY ALL WE HAVE AT PRESENT MR. HOLMES </s>
<s> QUOTE THEN WITH YOUR PERMISSION WE WILL LEAVE IT AT THAT MR. MAC </s>
<s> THE TEMPTATION TO FORM PREMATURE THEORIES UPON INSUFFICIENT DATA IS THE BANE OF OUR PROFESSION </s>
<s> I CAN SEE ONLY TWO THINGS FOR CERTAIN AT PRESENT A GREAT BRAIN IN LONDON AND A DEAD MAN IN SUSSEX </s>
<s> IT'S THE CHAIN BETWEEN THAT WE ARE GOING TO TRACE </s>
<s> CHAPTER THREE THE TRAGEDY OF BIRLSTONE </s>
<s> NOW FOR A MOMENT I WILL ASK LEAVE TO REMOVE MY OWN INSIGNIFICANT PERSONALITY AND TO DESCRIBE EVENTS WHICH OCCURRED BEFORE WE ARRIVED UPON THE SCENE BY THE LIGHT OF KNOWLEDGE WHICH CAME TO US AFTERWARDS </s>
<s> ONLY IN THIS WAY CAN I MAKE THE READER APPRECIATE THE PEOPLE CONCERNED AND THE STRANGE SETTING IN WHICH THEIR FATE WAS CAST </s>
<s> THE VILLAGE OF BIRLSTONE IS A SMALL AND VERY ANCIENT CLUSTER OF HALF TIMBERED COTTAGES ON THE NORTHERN BORDER OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX </s>
<s> FOR CENTURIES IT HAD REMAINED UNCHANGED BUT WITHIN THE LAST FEW YEARS ITS PICTURESQUE APPEARANCE AND SITUATION HAVE ATTRACTED A NUMBER OF WELL TO DO RESIDENTS WHOSE VILLAS PEEP OUT FROM THE WOODS AROUND </s>
<s> THESE WOODS ARE LOCALLY SUPPOSED TO BE THE EXTREME FRINGE OF THE GREAT WEALD FOREST WHICH THINS AWAY UNTIL IT REACHES THE NORTHERN CHALK DOWNS </s>
<s> A NUMBER OF SMALL SHOPS HAVE COME INTO BEING TO MEET THE WANTS OF THE INCREASED POPULATION SO THERE SEEMS SOME PROSPECT THAT BIRLSTONE MAY SOON GROW FROM AN ANCIENT VILLAGE INTO A MODERN TOWN </s>
<s> IT IS THE CENTRE FOR A CONSIDERABLE AREA OF COUNTRY SINCE TUNBRIDGE WELLS THE NEAREST PLACE OF IMPORTANCE IS TEN OR TWELVE MILES TO THE EASTWARD OVER THE BORDERS OF KENT </s>
<s> ABOUT HALF A MILE FROM THE TOWN STANDING IN AN OLD PARK FAMOUS FOR ITS HUGE BEECH TREES IS THE ANCIENT MANOR HOUSE OF BIRLSTONE </s>
<s> PART OF THIS VENERABLE BUILDING DATES BACK TO THE TIME OF THE FIRST CRUSADE WHEN HUGO DE CAPUS BUILT A FORTALICE IN THE CENTRE OF THE ESTATE WHICH HAD BEEN GRANTED TO HIM BY THE RED KING </s>
<s> THIS WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE IN ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED FORTY THREE AND SOME OF ITS SMOKE BLACKENED CORNER STONES WERE USED WHEN IN JACOBEAN TIMES A BRICK COUNTRY HOUSE ROSE UPON THE RUINS OF THE FEUDAL CASTLE </s>
<s> THE MANOR HOUSE WITH ITS MANY GABLES AND ITS SMALL DIAMONDPANED WINDOWS WAS STILL MUCH AS THE BUILDER HAD LEFT IT IN THE EARLY SEVENTEENTH CENTURY </s>
<s> OF THE DOUBLE MOATS WHICH HAD GUARDED ITS MORE WARLIKE PREDECESSOR THE OUTER HAD BEEN ALLOWED TO DRY UP AND SERVED THE HUMBLE FUNCTION OF A KITCHEN GARDEN </s>
<s> THE INNER ONE WAS STILL THERE AND LAY FORTY FEET IN BREADTH THOUGH NOW ONLY A FEW FEET IN DEPTH ROUND THE WHOLE HOUSE </s>