valley_of_fear.txt

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<s> A SMALL STREAM FED IT AND CONTINUED BEYOND IT SO THAT THE SHEET OF WATER THOUGH TURBID WAS NEVER DITCHLIKE OR UNHEALTHY </s>
<s> THE GROUND FLOOR WINDOWS WERE WITHIN A FOOT OF THE SURFACE OF THE WATER </s>
<s> THE ONLY APPROACH TO THE HOUSE WAS OVER A DRAWBRIDGE THE CHAINS AND WINDLASS OF WHICH HAD LONG BEEN RUSTED AND BROKEN </s>
<s> THE LATEST TENANTS OF THE MANOR HOUSE HAD HOWEVER WITH CHARACTERISTIC ENERGY SET THIS RIGHT AND THE DRAWBRIDGE WAS NOT ONLY CAPABLE OF BEING RAISED BUT ACTUALLY WAS RAISED EVERY EVENING AND LOWERED EVERY MORNING </s>
<s> BY THUS RENEWING THE CUSTOM OF THE OLD FEUDAL DAYS THE MANOR HOUSE WAS CONVERTED INTO AN ISLAND DURING THE NIGHT A FACT WHICH HAD A VERY DIRECT BEARING UPON THE MYSTERY WHICH WAS SOON TO ENGAGE THE ATTENTION OF ALL ENGLAND </s>
<s> THE HOUSE HAD BEEN UNTENANTED FOR SOME YEARS AND WAS THREATENING TO MOULDER INTO A PICTURESQUE DECAY WHEN THE DOUGLASES TOOK POSSESSION OF IT </s>
<s> THIS FAMILY CONSISTED OF ONLY TWO INDIVIDUALS JOHN DOUGLAS AND HIS WIFE </s>
<s> DOUGLAS WAS A REMARKABLE MAN BOTH IN CHARACTER AND IN PERSON </s>
<s> IN AGE HE MAY HAVE BEEN ABOUT FIFTY WITH A STRONGJAWED RUGGED FACE A GRIZZLING MOUSTACHE PECULIARLY KEEN GRAY EYES AND A WIRY VIGOROUS FIGURE WHICH HAD LOST NOTHING OF THE STRENGTH AND ACTIVITY OF YOUTH </s>
<s> HE WAS CHEERY AND GENIAL TO ALL BUT SOMEWHAT OFFHAND IN HIS MANNERS GIVING THE IMPRESSION THAT HE HAD SEEN LIFE IN SOCIAL STRATA ON SOME FAR LOWER HORIZON THAN THE COUNTY SOCIETY OF SUSSEX </s>
<s> YET THOUGH LOOKED AT WITH SOME CURIOSITY AND RESERVE BY HIS MORE CULTIVATED NEIGHBOURS HE SOON ACQUIRED A GREAT POPULARITY AMONG THE VILLAGERS SUBSCRIBING HANDSOMELY TO ALL LOCAL OBJECTS AND ATTENDING THEIR SMOKING CONCERTS AND OTHER FUNCTIONS WHERE HAVING A REMARKABLY RICH TENOR VOICE HE WAS ALWAYS READY TO OBLIGE WITH AN EXCELLENT SONG </s>
<s> HE APPEARED TO HAVE PLENTY OF MONEY WHICH WAS SAID TO HAVE BEEN GAINED IN THE CALIFORNIA GOLD FIELDS AND IT WAS CLEAR FROM HIS OWN TALK AND THAT OF HIS WIFE THAT HE HAD SPENT A PART OF HIS LIFE IN AMERICA </s>
<s> THE GOOD IMPRESSION WHICH HAD BEEN PRODUCED BY HIS GENEROSITY AND BY HIS DEMOCRATIC MANNERS WAS INCREASED BY A REPUTATION GAINED FOR UTTER INDIFFERENCE TO DANGER </s>
<s> THOUGH A WRETCHED RIDER HE TURNED OUT AT EVERY MEET AND TOOK THE MOST AMAZING FALLS IN HIS DETERMINATION TO HOLD HIS OWN WITH THE BEST </s>
<s> WHEN THE VICARAGE CAUGHT FIRE HE DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF ALSO BY THE FEARLESSNESS WITH WHICH HE REENTERED THE BUILDING TO SAVE PROPERTY AFTER THE LOCAL FIRE BRIGADE HAD GIVEN IT UP AS IMPOSSIBLE </s>
<s> THUS IT CAME ABOUT THAT JOHN DOUGLAS OF THE MANOR HOUSE HAD WITHIN FIVE YEARS WON HIMSELF QUITE A REPUTATION IN BIRLSTONE </s>
<s> HIS WIFE TOO WAS POPULAR WITH THOSE WHO HAD MADE HER ACQUAINTANCE THOUGH AFTER THE ENGLISH FASHION THE CALLERS UPON A STRANGER WHO SETTLED IN THE COUNTY WITHOUT INTRODUCTIONS WERE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN </s>
<s> THIS MATTERED THE LESS TO HER AS SHE WAS RETIRING BY DISPOSITION AND VERY MUCH ABSORBED TO ALL APPEARANCE IN HER HUSBAND AND HER DOMESTIC DUTIES </s>
<s> IT WAS KNOWN THAT SHE WAS AN ENGLISH LADY WHO HAD MET MR. DOUGLAS IN LONDON HE BEING AT THAT TIME A WIDOWER </s>
<s> SHE WAS A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN TALL DARK AND SLENDER SOME TWENTY YEARS YOUNGER THAN HER HUSBAND A DISPARITY WHICH SEEMED IN NO WISE TO MAR THE CONTENTMENT OF THEIR FAMILY LIFE </s>
<s> IT WAS REMARKED SOMETIMES HOWEVER BY THOSE WHO KNEW THEM BEST THAT THE CONFIDENCE BETWEEN THE TWO DID NOT APPEAR TO BE COMPLETE SINCE THE WIFE WAS EITHER VERY RETICENT ABOUT HER HUSBAND'S PAST LIFE OR ELSE AS SEEMED MORE LIKELY WAS IMPERFECTLY INFORMED ABOUT IT </s>
<s> IT HAD ALSO BEEN NOTED AND COMMENTED UPON BY A FEW OBSERVANT PEOPLE THAT THERE WERE SIGNS SOMETIMES OF SOME NERVE STRAIN UPON THE PART OF MRS. DOUGLAS AND THAT SHE WOULD DISPLAY ACUTE UNEASINESS IF HER ABSENT HUSBAND SHOULD EVER BE PATTICULARLY LATE IN HIS RETURN </s>
<s> ON A QUIET COUNTRYSIDE WHERE ALL GOSSIP IS WELCOME THIS WEAKNESS OF THE LADY OF THE MANOR HOUSE DID NOT PASS WITHOUT REMARK AND IT BULKED LARGER UPON PEOPLE'S MEMORY WHEN THE EVENTS AROSE WHICH GAVE IT A VERY SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE </s>
<s> THERE WAS YET ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL WHOSE RESIDENCE UNDER THAT ROOF WAS IT IS TRUE ONLY AN INTERMITTENT ONE BUT WHOSE PRESENCE AT THE TIME OF THE STRANGE HAPPENINGS WHICH WILL NOW BE NARRATED BROUGHT HIS NAME PROMINENTLY BEFORE THE PUBLIC </s>
<s> THIS WAS CECIL JAMES BARKER OF HALES LODGE HAMPSTEAD </s>
<s> CECIL BARKER'S TALL LOOSEJOINTED FIGURE WAS A FAMILIAR ONE IN THE MAIN STREET OF BIRLSTONE VILLAGE FOR HE WAS A FREQUENT AND WELCOME VISITOR AT THE MANOR HOUSE </s>
<s> HE WAS THE MORE NOTICED AS BEING THE ONLY FRIEND OF THE PAST UNKNOWN LIFE OF MR. DOUGLAS WHO WAS EVER SEEN IN HIS NEW ENGLISH SURROUNDINGS </s>
<s> BARKER WAS HIMSELF AN UNDOUBTED ENGLISHMAN BUT BY HIS REMARKS IT WAS CLEAR THAT HE HAD FIRST KNOWN DOUGLAS IN AMERICA AND HAD THERE LIVED ON INTIMATE TERMS WITH HIM </s>
<s> HE APPEARED TO BE A MAN OF CONSIDERABLE WEALTH AND WAS REPUTED TO BE A BACHELOR </s>
<s> IN AGE HE WAS RATHER YOUNGER THAN DOUGLAS FORTY FIVE AT THE MOST A TALL STRAIGHT BROAD CHESTED FELLOW WITH A CLEAN SHAVED PRIZE FIGHTER FACE THICK STRONG BLACK EYEBROWS AND A PAIR OF MASTERFUL BLACK EYES WHICH MIGHT EVEN WITHOUT THE AID OF HIS VERY CAPABLE HANDS CLEAR A WAY FOR HIM THROUGH A HOSTILE CROWD </s>
<s> HE NEITHER RODE NOR SHOT BUT SPENT HIS DAYS IN WANDERING ROUND THE OLD VILLAGE WITH HIS PIPE IN HIS MOUTH OR IN DRIVING WITH HIS HOST OR IN HIS ABSENCE WITH HIS HOSTESS OVER THE BEAUTIFUL COUNTRYSIDE </s>
<s> AN EASY GOING FREE HANDED GENTLEMAN SAID AMES THE BUTLER </s>
<s> BUT MY WORD </s>
<s> I HAD RATHER NOT BE THE MAN THAT CROSSED HIM </s>
<s> HE WAS CORDIAL AND INTIMATE WITH DOUGLAS AND HE WAS NO LESS FRIENDLY WITH HIS WIFE A FRIENDSHIP WHICH MORE THAN ONCE SEEMED TO CAUSE SOME IRRITATION TO THE HUSBAND SO THAT EVEN THE SERVANTS WERE ABLE TO PERCEIVE HIS ANNOYANCE </s>
<s> SUCH WAS THE THIRD PERSON WHO WAS ONE OF THE FAMILY WHEN THE CATASTROPHE OCCURRED </s>
<s> AS TO THE OTHER DENIZENS OF THE OLD BUILDING IT WILL SUFFICE OUT OF A LARGE HOUSEHOLD TO MENTION THE PRIM RESPECTABLE AND CAPABLE AMES AND MRS. ALLEN A BUXOM AND CHEERFUL PERSON WHO RELIEVED THE LADY OF SOME OF HER HOUSEHOLD CARES </s>
<s> THE OTHER SIX SERVANTS IN THE HOUSE BEAR NO RELATION TO THE EVENTS OF THE NIGHT OF JANUARY SIXTH </s>
<s> IT WAS AT ELEVEN FORTY FIVE THAT THE FIRST ALARM REACHED THE SMALL LOCAL POLICE STATION IN CHARGE OF SERGEANT WILSON OF THE SUSSEX CONSTABULARY </s>
<s> CECIL BARKER MUCH EXCITED HAD RUSHED UP TO THE DOOR AND PEALED FURIOUSLY UPON THE BELL </s>
<s> A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY HAD OCCURRED AT THE MANOR HOUSE AND JOHN DOUGLAS HAD BEEN MURDERED </s>
<s> THAT WAS THE BREATHLESS BURDEN OF HIS MESSAGE </s>
<s> HE HAD HURRIED BACK TO THE HOUSE FOLLOWED WITHIN A FEW MINUTES BY THE POLICE SERGEANT WHO ARRIVED AT THE SCENE OF THE CRIME A LITTLE AFTER TWELVE O'CLOCK AFTER TAKING PROMPT STEPS TO WARN THE COUNTY AUTHORITIES THAT SOMETHING SERIOUS WAS AFOOT </s>
<s> ON REACHING THE MANOR HOUSE THE SERGEANT HAD FOUND THE DRAWBRIDGE DOWN THE WINDOWS LIGHTED UP AND THE WHOLE HOUSEHOLD IN A STATE OF WILD CONFUSION AND ALARM </s>
<s> THE WHITE FACED SERVANTS WERE HUDDLING TOGETHER IN THE HALL WITH THE FRIGHTENED BUTLER WRINGING HIS HANDS IN THE DOORWAY </s>
<s> ONLY CECIL BARKER SEEMED TO BE MASTER OF HIMSELF AND HIS EMOTIONS HE HAD OPENED THE DOOR WHICH WAS NEAREST TO THE ENTRANCE AND HE HAD BECKONED TO THE SERGEANT TO FOLLOW HIM </s>
<s> AT THAT MOMENT THERE ARRIVED DOCTOR WOOD A BRISK AND CAPABLE GENERAL PRACTITIONER FROM THE VILLAGE </s>
<s> THE THREE MEN ENTERED THE FATAL ROOM TOGETHER WHILE THE HORRORSTRICKEN BUTLER FOLLOWED AT THEIR HEELS CLOSING THE DOOR BEHIND HIM TO SHUT OUT THE TERRIBLE SCENE FROM THE MAID SERVANTS </s>
<s> THE DEAD MAN LAY ON HIS BACK SPRAWLING WITH OUTSTRETCHED LIMBS IN THE CENTRE OF THE ROOM </s>
<s> HE WAS CLAD ONLY IN A PINK DRESSING GOWN WHICH COVERED HIS NIGHT CLOTHES </s>
<s> THERE WERE CARPET SLIPPERS ON HIS BARE FEET </s>
<s> THE DOCTOR KNELT BESIDE HIM AND HELD DOWN THE HAND LAMP WHICH HAD STOOD ON THE TABLE </s>
<s> ONE GLANCE AT THE VICTIM WAS ENOUGH TO SHOW THE HEALER THAT HIS PRESENCE COULD BE DISPENSED WITH </s>
<s> THE MAN HAD BEEN HORRIBLY INJURED </s>
<s> LYING ACROSS HIS CHEST WAS A CURIOUS WEAPON A SHOTGUN WITH THE BATREL SAWED OFF A FOOT IN FRONT OF THE TRIGGERS </s>
<s> IT WAS CLEAR THAT THIS HAD BEEN FIRED AT CLOSE RANGE AND THAT HE HAD RECEIVED THE WHOLE CHARGE IN THE FACE BLOWING HIS HEAD ALMOST TO PIECES </s>
<s> THE TRIGGERS HAD BEEN WIRED TOGETHER SO AS TO MAKE THE SIMULTANEOUS DISCHARGE MORE DESTRUCTIVE </s>
<s> THE COUNTRY POLICEMAN WAS UNNERVED AND TROUBLED BY THE TREMENDOUS RESPONSIBILITY WHICH HAD COME SO SUDDENLY UPON HIM </s>
<s> WE WILL TOUCH NOTHING UNTIL MY SUPERIORS ARRIVE HE SAID IN A HUSHED VOICE STARING IN HORROR AT THE DREADFUL HEAD </s>
<s> QUOTE NOTHING HAS BEEN TOUCHED UP TO NOW QUOTE SAID CECIL BARKER </s>
<s> I'LL ANSWER FOR THAT </s>
<s> YOU SEE IT ALL EXACTLY AS I FOUND IT </s>
<s> WHEN WAS THAT </s>
<s> THE SERGEANT HAD DRAWN OUT HIS NOTEBOOK </s>
<s> IT WAS JUST HALF PAST ELEVEN </s>
<s> I HAD NOT BEGUN TO UNDRESS AND I WAS SITTING BY THE FIRE IN MY BEDROOM WHEN I HEARD THE REPORT </s>
<s> IT WAS NOT VERY LOUD IT SEEMED TO BE MUFFLED </s>
<s> I RUSHED DOWN I DON'T SUPPOSE IT WAS THIRTY SECONDS BEFORE I WAS IN THE ROOM </s>
<s> QUOTE WAS THE DOOR OPEN QUOTE </s>
<s> YES IT WAS OPEN </s>
<s> POOR DOUGLAS WAS LYING AS YOU SEE HIM </s>
<s> HIS BEDROOM CANDLE WAS BURNING ON THE TABLE </s>
<s> IT WAS I WHO LIT THE LAMP SOME MINUTES AFTERWARD </s>
<s> DID YOU SEE NO ONE </s>
<s> NUMBER </s>
<s> I HEARD MRS. DOUGLAS COMING DOWN THE STAIR BEHIND ME AND I RUSHED OUT TO PREVENT HER FROM SEEING THIS DREADFUL SIGHT </s>
<s> MRS. ALLEN THE HOUSEKEEPER CAME AND TOOK HER AWAY </s>
<s> AMES HAD ARRIVED AND WE RAN BACK INTO THE ROOM ONCE MORE </s>
<s> QUOTE BUT SURELY I HAVE HEARD THAT THE DRAWBRIDGE IS KEPT UP ALL NIGHT SEVEN EIGHTHS </s>
<s> YES IT WAS UP UNTIL I LOWERED IT </s>
<s> THEN HOW COULD ANY MURDERER HAVE GOT AWAY </s>
<s> IT IS OUT OF THE QUESTION </s>
<s> MR. DOUGLAS MUST HAVE SHOT HIMSELF </s>
<s> THAT WAS OUR FIRST IDEA </s>
<s> BUT SEE </s>
<s> BARKER DREW ASIDE THE CURTAIN AND SHOWED THAT THE LONG DIAMOND PANED WINDOW WAS OPEN TO ITS FULL EXTENT </s>
<s> QUOTE AND LOOK AT THIS QUOTE </s>
<s> HE HELD THE LAMP DOWN AND ILLUMINATED A SMUDGE OF BLOOD LIKE THE MARK OF A BOOT SOLE U. P. N.  THE WOODEN SILL </s>
<s> SOMEONE HAS STOOD THERE IN GETTING OUT </s>
<s> YOU MEAN THAT SOMEONE WADED ACROSS THE MOAT </s>
<s> EXACTLY </s>
<s> THEN IF YOU WERE IN THE ROOM WITHIN HALF A MINUTE OF THE CRIME HE MUST HAVE BEEN IN THE WATER AT THAT VERY MOMENT </s>
<s> I HAVE NOT A DOUBT OF IT </s>
<s> I WISH TO HEAVEN THAT I HAD RUSHED TO THE WINDOW </s>
<s> BUT THE CURTAIN SCREENED IT AS YOU CAN SEE AND SO IT NEVER OCCURRED TO ME </s>
<s> THEN I HEARD THE STEP OF MRS. DOUGLAS AND I COULD NOT LET HER ENTER THE ROOM </s>
<s> IT WOULD HAVE BEEN TOO HORRIBLE QUOTE </s>
<s> HORRIBLE ENOUGH SAID THE DOCTOR LOOKING AT THE SHATTERED HEAD AND THE TERRIBLE MARKS WHICH SURROUNDED IT </s>
<s> I'VE NEVER SEEN SUCH INJURIES SINCE THE BIRLSTONE RAILWAY SMASH </s>
<s> BUT I SAY REMARKED THE POLICE SERGEANT WHOSE SLOW BUCOLIC COMMON SENSE WAS STILL PONDERING THE OPEN WINDOW </s>
<s> IT'S ALL VERY WELL YOUR SAYING THAT A MAN ESCAPED BY WADING THIS MOAT BUT WHAT I ASK YOU IS HOW DID HE EVER GET INTO THE HOUSE AT ALL IF THE BRIDGE WAS UP </s>
<s> AH THAT'S THE QUESTION SAID BARKER </s>
<s> QUOTE AT WHAT O'CLOCK WAS IT RAISED QUOTE </s>
<s> IT WAS NEARLY SIX O'CLOCK SAID AMES THE BUTLER </s>
<s> I'VE HEARD SAID THE SERGEANT THAT IT WAS USUALLY RAISED AT SUNSET </s>
<s> THAT WOULD BE NEARER HALF PAST FOUR THAN SIX AT THIS TIME OF YEAR </s>
<s> MRS. DOUGLAS HAD VISITORS TO TEA SAID AMES </s>
<s> I COULDN'T RAISE IT UNTIL THEY WENT </s>
<s> THEN I WOUND IT UP MYSELF QUOTE </s>
<s> THEN IT COMES TO THIS SAID THE SERGEANT IF ANYONE CAME FROM OUTSIDE IF THEY DID THEY MUST HAVE GOT IN ACROSS THE BRIDGE BEFORE SIX AND BEEN IN HIDING EVER SINCE UNTIL MR. DOUGLAS CAME INTO THE ROOM AFTER ELEVEN </s>
<s> THAT IS SO </s>
<s> MR. DOUGLAS WENT ROUND THE HOUSE EVERY NIGHT THE LAST THING BEFORE HE TURNED IN TO SEE THAT THE LIGHTS WERE RIGHT </s>
<s> THAT BROUGHT HIM IN HERE </s>
<s> THE MAN WAS WAITING AND SHOT HIM </s>
<s> THEN HE GOT AWAY THROUGH THE WINDOW AND LEFT HIS GUN BEHIND HIM </s>
<s> THAT'S HOW I READ IT FOR NOTHING ELSE WILL FIT THE FACTS </s>
<s> THE SERGEANT PICKED UP A CARD WHICH LAY BESIDE THE DEAD MAN ON THE FLOOR </s>
<s> THE INITIALS V. V. AND UNDER THEM THE NUMBER THREE HUNDRED FORTY ONE WERE RUDELY SCRAWLED IN INK UPON IT </s>
<s> WHAT'S THIS HE ASKED HOLDING IT UP </s>
<s> BARKER LOOKED AT IT WITH CURIOSITY </s>
<s> I NEVER NOTICED IT BEFORE HE SAID </s>
<s> QUOTE THE MURDERER MUST HAVE LEFT IT BEHIND HIM QUOTE </s>
<s> V. V. THREE HUNDRED FORTY ONE </s>
<s> I CAN MAKE NO SENSE OF THAT </s>
<s> THE SERGEANT KEPT TURNING IT OVER IN HIS BIG FINGERS </s>
<s> WHAT'S V. V. </s>
<s> SOMEBODY'S INITIALS MAYBE </s>
<s> WHAT HAVE YOU GOT THERE DOCTOR WOOD </s>
<s> IT WAS A GOOD SIZED HAMMER WHICH HAD BEEN LYING ON THE RUG IN FRONT OF THE FIREPLACE A SUBSTANTIAL WORKMANLIKE HAMMER </s>
<s> CECIL BARKER POINTED TO A BOX OF BRASS HEADED NAILS UPON THE MANTELPIECE </s>
<s> MR. DOUGLAS WAS ALTERING THE PICTURES YESTERDAY HE SAID </s>
<s> QUOTE I SAW HIM MYSELF STANDING UPON THAT CHAIR AND FIXING THE BIG PICTURE ABOVE IT </s>
<s> THAT ACCOUNTS FOR THE HAMMER </s>
<s> WE'D BEST PUT IT BACK ON THE RUG WHERE WE FOUND IT SAID THE SERGEANT SCRATCHING HIS PUZZLED HEAD IN HIS PERPLEXITY </s>
<s> IT WILL WANT THE BEST BRAINS IN THE FORCE TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS THING </s>
<s> IT WILL BE A LONDON JOB BEFORE IT IS FINISHED </s>
<s> HE RAISED THE HAND LAMP AND WALKED SLOWLY ROUND THE ROOM </s>
<s> HULLO HE CRIED EXCITEDLY DRAWING THE WINDOW CURTAIN TO ONE SIDE </s>
<s> QUOTE WHAT O'CLOCK WERE THOSE CURTAINS DRAWN QUOTE </s>
<s> WHEN THE LAMPS WERE LIT SAID THE BUTLER </s>
<s> IT WOULD BE SHORTLY AFTER FOUR </s>
<s> SOMEONE HAD BEEN HIDING HERE SURE ENOUGH </s>
<s> HE HELD DOWN THE LIGHT AND THE MARKS OF MUDDY BOOTS WERE VERY VISIBLE IN THE CORNER </s>
<s> I'M BOUND TO SAY THIS BEARS OUT YOUR THEORY MR. BARKER </s>
<s> IT LOOKS AS IF THE MAN GOT INTO THE HOUSE AFTER FOUR WHEN THE CURTAINS WERE DRAWN AND BEFORE SIX WHEN THE BRIDGE WAS RAISED </s>
<s> HE SLIPPED INTO THIS ROOM BECAUSE IT WAS THE FIRST THAT HE SAW </s>
<s> THERE WAS NO OTHER PLACE WHERE HE COULD HIDE SO HE POPPED IN BEHIND THIS CURTAIN </s>
<s> THAT ALL SEEMS CLEAR ENOUGH </s>
<s> IT IS LIKELY THAT HIS MAIN IDEA WAS TO BURGLE THE HOUSE BUT MR. DOUGLAS CHANCED TO COME UPON HIM SO HE MURDERED HIM AND ESCAPED </s>
<s> QUOTE THAT'S HOW I READ IT QUOTE SAID BARKER </s>
<s> BUT I SAY AREN'T WE WASTING PRECIOUS TIME </s>
<s> COULDN'T WE START OUT AND SCOUR THE COUNTRY BEFORE THE FELLOW GETS AWAY </s>
<s> THE SERGEANT CONSIDERED FOR A MOMENT </s>
<s> THERE ARE NO TRAINS BEFORE SIX IN THE MORNING SO HE CAN'T GET AWAY BY RAIL </s>
<s> IF HE GOES BY ROAD WITH HIS LEGS ALL DRIPPING IT'S ODDS THAT SOMEONE WILL NOTICE HIM </s>
<s> ANYHOW I CAN'T LEAVE HERE MYSELF UNTIL I AM RELIEVED </s>
<s> BUT I THINK NONE OF YOU SHOULD GO UNTIL WE SEE MORE CLEARLY HOW WE ALL STAND </s>
<s> THE DOCTOR HAD TAKEN THE LAMP AND WAS NARROWLY SCRUTINIZING THE BODY </s>
<s> WHAT'S THIS MARK HE ASKED </s>