valley_of_fear.txt

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<s> QUOTE COULD THIS HAVE ANY CONNECTION WITH THE CRIME QUOTE </s>
<s> THE DEAD MAN'S RIGHT ARM WAS THRUST OUT FROM HIS DRESSING GOWN AND EXPOSED AS HIGH AS THE ELBOW </s>
<s> ABOUT HALFWAY UP THE FOREARM WAS A CURIOUS BROWN DESIGN A TRIANGLE INSIDE A CIRCLE STANDING OUT IN VIVID RELIEF UPON THE LARD COLOURED SKIN </s>
<s> IT'S NOT TATTOOED SAID THE DOCTOR PEERING THROUGH HIS GLASSES </s>
<s> I NEVER SAW ANYTHING LIKE IT </s>
<s> THE MAN HAS BEEN BRANDED AT SOME TIME AS THEY BRAND CATTLE </s>
<s> WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS </s>
<s> I DON'T PROFESS TO KNOW THE MEANING OF IT SAID CECIL BARKER BUT I HAVE SEEN THE MARK ON DOUGLAS MANY TIMES THIS LAST TEN YEARS </s>
<s> AND SO HAVE I SAID THE BUTLER </s>
<s> QUOTE MANY A TIME WHEN THE MASTER HAS ROLLED UP HIS SLEEVES I HAVE NOTICED THAT VERY MARK </s>
<s> I'VE OFTEN WONDERED WHAT IT COULD BE </s>
<s> THEN IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CRIME ANYHOW SAID THE SERGEANT </s>
<s> BUT IT'S A RUM THING ALL THE SAME </s>
<s> EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS CASE IS RUM </s>
<s> WELL WHAT IS IT NOW </s>
<s> THE BUTLER HAD GIVEN AN EXCLAMATION OF ASTONISHMENT AND WAS POINTING AT THE DEAD MAN'S OUTSTRETCHED HAND </s>
<s> THEY'VE TAKEN HIS WEDDING RING HE GASPED </s>
<s> QUOTE WHAT QUOTE </s>
<s> YES INDEED </s>
<s> MASTER ALWAYS WORE HIS PLAIN GOLD WEDDING RING ON THE LITTLE FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND </s>
<s> THAT RING WITH THE ROUGH NUGGET ON IT WAS ABOVE IT AND THE TWISTED SNAKE RING ON THE THIRD FINGER </s>
<s> THERE'S THE NUGGET AND THERE'S THE SNAKE BUT THE WEDDING RING IS GONE </s>
<s> HE'S RIGHT SAID BARKER </s>
<s> DO YOU TELL ME SAID THE SERGEANT THAT THE WEDDING RING WAS BELOW THE OTHER </s>
<s> ALWAYS </s>
<s> QUOTE THEN THE MURDERER OR WHOEVER IT WAS FIRST TOOK OFF THIS RING YOU CALL THE NUGGET RING THEN THE WEDDING RING AND AFTERWARDS PUT THE NUGGET RING BACK AGAIN QUOTE </s>
<s> THAT IS SO </s>
<s> THE WORTHY COUNTRY POLICEMAN SHOOK HIS HEAD </s>
<s> SEEMS TO ME THE SOONER WE GET LONDON ON TO THIS CASE THE BETTER SAID HE </s>
<s> WHITE MASON IS A SMART MAN </s>
<s> NO LOCAL JOB HAS EVER BEEN TOO MUCH FOR WHITE MASON </s>
<s> IT WON'T BE LONG NOW BEFORE HE IS HERE TO HELP US </s>
<s> BUT I EXPECT WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK TO LONDON BEFORE WE ARE THROUGH </s>
<s> ANYHOW I'M NOT ASHAMED TO SAY THAT IT IS A DEAL TOO THICK FOR THE LIKES OF ME </s>
<s> CHAPTER FOUR DARKNESS </s>
<s> AT THREE IN THE MORNING THE CHIEF SUSSEX DETECTIVE OBEYING THE URGENT CALL FROM SERGEANT WILSON OF BIRLSTONE ARRIVED FROM HEADQUARTERS IN A LIGHT DOG CART BEHIND A BREATHLESS TROTTER </s>
<s> BY THE FIVE FORTY TRAIN IN THE MORNING HE HAD SENT HIS MESSAGE TO SCOTLAND YARD AND HE WAS AT THE BIRLSTONE STATION AT TWELVE O'CLOCK TO WELCOME US </s>
<s> WHITE MASON WAS A QUIET COMFORTABLELOOKING PERSON IN A LOOSE TWEED SUIT WITH A CLEAN SHAVED RUDDY FACE A STOUTISH BODY AND POWERFUL BANDY LEGS ADORNED WITH GAITERS LOOKING LIKE A SMALL FARMER A RETIRED GAMEKEEPER OR ANYTHING UPON EARTH EXCEPT A VERY FAVOURABLE SPECIMEN OF THE PROVINCIAL CRIMINAL OFFICER </s>
<s> A REAL DOWNRIGHT SNORTER MR. MACDONALD HE KEPT REPEATING </s>
<s> QUOTE WE'LL HAVE THE PRESSMEN DOWN LIKE FLIES WHEN THEY UNDERSTAND IT </s>
<s> I'M HOPING WE WILL GET OUR WORK DONE BEFORE THEY GET POKING THEIR NOSES INTO IT AND MESSING UP ALL THE TRAILS </s>
<s> THERE HAS BEEN NOTHING LIKE THIS THAT I CAN REMEMBER </s>
<s> THERE ARE SOME BITS THAT WILL COME HOME TO YOU MR. HOLMES OR I AM MISTAKEN </s>
<s> AND YOU ALSO DOCTOR WATSON FOR THE MEDICOS WILL HAVE A WORD TO SAY BEFORE WE FINISH </s>
<s> YOUR ROOM IS AT THE WESTVILLE ARMS </s>
<s> THERE'S NO OTHER PLACE BUT I HEAR THAT IT IS CLEAN AND GOOD </s>
<s> THE MAN WILL CARRY YOUR BAGS </s>
<s> THIS WAY GENTLEMEN IF YOU PLEASE </s>
<s> HE WAS A VERY BUSTLING AND GENIAL PERSON THIS SUSSEX DETECTIVE </s>
<s> IN TEN MINUTES WE HAD ALL FOUND OUR QUARTERS </s>
<s> IN TEN MORE WE WERE SEATED IN THE PARLOUR OF THE INN AND BEING TREATED TO A RAPID SKETCH OF THOSE EVENTS WHICH HAVE BEEN OUTLINED IN THE PREVIOUS CHAPTER </s>
<s> MACDONALD MADE AN OCCASIONAL NOTE WHILE HOLMES SAT ABSORBED WITH THE EXPRESSION OF SURPRISED AND REVERENT ADMIRATION WITH WHICH THE BOTANIST SURVEYS THE RARE AND PRECIOUS BLOOM </s>
<s> REMARKABLE HE SAID WHEN THE STORY WAS UNFOLDED MOST REMARKABLE </s>
<s> I CAN HARDLY RECALL ANY CASE WHERE THE FEATURES HAVE BEEN MORE PECULIAR </s>
<s> I THOUGHT YOU WOULD SAY SO MR. HOLMES SAID WHITE MASON IN GREAT DELIGHT </s>
<s> WE'RE WELL UP WITH THE TIMES IN SUSSEX </s>
<s> I'VE TOLD YOU NOW HOW MATTERS WERE UP TO THE TIME WHEN I TOOK OVER FROM SERGEANT WILSON BETWEEN THREE AND FOUR THIS MORNING </s>
<s> MY WORD </s>
<s> I MADE THE OLD MARE GO </s>
<s> BUT I NEED NOT HAVE BEEN IN SUCH A HURRY AS IT TURNED OUT FOR THERE WAS NOTHING IMMEDIATE THAT I COULD DO </s>
<s> SERGEANT WILSON HAD ALL THE FACTS </s>
<s> I CHECKED THEM AND CONSIDERED THEM AND MAYBE ADDED A FEW OF MY OWN QUOTE </s>
<s> WHAT WERE THEY ASKED HOLMES EAGERLY </s>
<s> WELL I FIRST HAD THE HAMMER EXAMINED </s>
<s> THERE WAS DOCTOR WOOD THERE TO HELP ME </s>
<s> WE FOUND NO SIGNS OF VIOLENCE UPON IT </s>
<s> I WAS HOPING THAT IF MR. DOUGLAS DEFENDED HIMSELF WITH THE HAMMER HE MIGHT HAVE LEFT HIS MARK UPON THE MURDERER BEFORE HE DROPPED IT ON THE MAT </s>
<s> BUT THERE WAS NO STAIN </s>
<s> THAT OF COURSE PROVES NOTHING AT ALL REMARKED INSPECTOR MACDONALD </s>
<s> THERE HAS BEEN MANY A HAMMER MURDER AND NO TRACE ON THE HAMMER </s>
<s> QUOTE QUITE SO </s>
<s> IT DOESN'T PROVE IT WASN'T USED </s>
<s> BUT THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN STAINS AND THAT WOULD HAVE HELPED US </s>
<s> AS A MATTER OF FACT THERE WERE NONE </s>
<s> THEN I EXAMINED THE GUN </s>
<s> THEY WERE BUCKSHOT CARTRIDGES AND AS SERGEANT WILSON POINTED OUT THE TRIGGERS WERE WIRED TOGETHER SO THAT IF YOU PULLED ON THE HINDER ONE BOTH BARRELS WERE DISCHARGED </s>
<s> WHOEVER FIXED THAT UP HAD MADE UP HIS MIND THAT HE WAS GOING TO TAKE NO CHANCES OF MISSING HIS MAN </s>
<s> THE SAWED GUN WAS NOT MORE THAN TWO FOOT LONG ONE COULD CARRY IT EASILY UNDER ONE'S COAT </s>
<s> THERE WAS NO COMPLETE MAKER'S NAME BUT THE PRINTED LETTERS P. E. N. WERE ON THE FLUTING BETWEEN THE BARRELS AND THE REST OF THE NAME HAD BEEN CUT OFF BY THE SAW </s>
<s> A BIG P. WITH A FLOURISH ABOVE IT E. AND N. SMALLER ASKED HOLMES </s>
<s> EXACTLY </s>
<s> PENNSYLVANIA SMALL ARMS COMPANY WELL KNOWN AMERICAN FIRM SAID HOLMES </s>
<s> WHITE MASON GAZED AT MY FRIEND AS THE LITTLE VILLAGE PRACTITIONER LOOKS AT THE HARLEY STREET SPECIALIST WHO BY A WORD CAN SOLVE THE DIFFICULTIES THAT PERPLEX HIM </s>
<s> THAT IS VERY HELPFUL MR. HOLMES </s>
<s> NO DOUBT YOU ARE RIGHT </s>
<s> WONDERFUL </s>
<s> WONDERFUL </s>
<s> DO YOU CARRY THE NAMES OF ALL THE GUN MAKERS IN THE WORLD IN YOUR MEMORY QUOTE </s>
<s> HOLMES DISMISSED THE SUBJECT WITH A WAVE </s>
<s> NO DOUBT IT IS AN AMERICAN SHOTGUN WHITE MASON CONTINUED </s>
<s> I SEEM TO HAVE READ THAT A SAWED OFF SHOTGUN IS A WEAPON USED IN SOME PARTS OF AMERICA </s>
<s> APART FROM THE NAME UPON THE BARREL THE IDEA HAD OCCURRED TO ME </s>
<s> THERE IS SOME EVIDENCE THEN THAT THIS MAN WHO ENTERED THE HOUSE AND KILLED ITS MASTER WAS AN AMERICAN </s>
<s> MACDONALD SHOOK HIS HEAD </s>
<s> MAN YOU ARE SURELY TRAVELLING OVERFAST SAID HE </s>
<s> I HAVE HEARD NO EVIDENCE YET THAT ANY STRANGER WAS EVER IN THE HOUSE AT ALL </s>
<s> QUOTE THE OPEN WINDOW THE BLOOD ON THE SILL THE QUEER CARD THE MARKS OF BOOTS IN THE CORNER THE GUN QUOTE </s>
<s> NOTHING THERE THAT COULD NOT HAVE BEEN ARRANGED </s>
<s> MR. DOUGLAS WAS AN AMERICAN OR HAD LIVED LONG IN AMERICA </s>
<s> SO HAD MR. BARKER </s>
<s> YOU DON'T NEED TO IMPORT AN AMERICAN FROM OUTSIDE IN ORDER TO ACCOUNT FOR AMERICAN DOINGS </s>
<s> WHAT ABOUT HIM </s>
<s> IS HE RELIABLE </s>
<s> TEN YEARS WITH SIR CHARLES CHANDOS AS SOLID AS A ROCK </s>
<s> HE HAS BEEN WITH DOUGLAS EVER SINCE HE TOOK THE MANOR HOUSE FIVE YEARS AGO </s>
<s> HE HAS NEVER SEEN A GUN OF THIS SORT IN THE HOUSE QUOTE </s>
<s> THE GUN WAS MADE TO CONCEAL </s>
<s> THAT'S WHY THE BARRELS WERE SAWED </s>
<s> IT WOULD FIT INTO ANY BOX </s>
<s> HOW COULD HE SWEAR THERE WAS NO SUCH GUN IN THE HOUSE </s>
<s> WELL ANYHOW HE HAD NEVER SEEN ONE </s>
<s> MACDONALD SHOOK HIS OBSTINATE SCOTCH HEAD </s>
<s> I'M NOT CONVINCED YET THAT THERE WAS EVER ANYONE IN THE HOUSE SAID HE </s>
<s> I'M ASKING YOU TO CONSEEDAR HIS ACCENT BECAME MORE ABERDONIAN AS HE LOST HIMSELF IN HIS ARGUMENT I'M ASKING YOU TO CONSEEDAR WHAT IT INVOLVES IF YOU SUPPOSE THAT THIS GUN WAS EVER BROUGHT INTO THE HOUSE AND THAT ALL THESE STRANGE THINGS WERE DONE BY A PERSON FROM OUTSIDE </s>
<s> OH MAN IT'S JUST INCONCEIVABLE </s>
<s> IT'S CLEAN AGAINST COMMON SENSE </s>
<s> I PUT IT TO YOU MR. HOLMES JUDGING IT BY WHAT WE HAVE HEARD QUOTE </s>
<s> WELL STATE YOUR CASE MR. MAC SAID HOLMES IN HIS MOST JUDICIAL STYLE </s>
<s> THE MAN IS NOT A BURGLAR SUPPOSING THAT HE EVER EXISTED </s>
<s> THE RING BUSINESS AND THE CARD POINT TO PREMEDITATED MURDER FOR SOME PRIVATE REASON </s>
<s> VERY GOOD </s>
<s> HERE IS A MAN WHO SLIPS INTO A HOUSE WITH THE DELIBERATE INTENTION OF COMMITTING MURDER </s>
<s> HE KNOWS IF HE KNOWS ANYTHING THAT HE WILL HAVE A DEEFICULTY IN MAKING HIS ESCAPE AS THE HOUSE IS SURROUNDED WITH WATER </s>
<s> WHAT WEAPON WOULD HE CHOOSE </s>
<s> YOU WOULD SAY THE MOST SILENT IN THE WORLD </s>
<s> THEN HE COULD HOPE WHEN THE DEED WAS DONE TO SLIP QUICKLY FROM THE WINDOW TO WADE THE MOAT AND TO GET AWAY AT HIS LEISURE </s>
<s> THAT'S UNDERSTANDABLE </s>
<s> BUT IS IT UNDERSTANDABLE THAT HE SHOULD GO OUT OF HIS WAY TO BRING WITH HIM THE MOST NOISY WEAPON HE COULD SELECT KNOWING WELL THAT IT WILL FETCH EVERY HUMAN BEING IN THE HOUSE TO THE SPOT AS QUICK AS THEY CAN RUN AND THAT IT IS ALL ODDS THAT HE WILL BE SEEN BEFORE HE CAN GET ACROSS THE MOAT </s>
<s> IS THAT CREDIBLE MR. HOLMES </s>
<s> WELL YOU PUT THE CASE STRONGLY MY FRIEND REPLIED THOUGHTFULLY </s>
<s> IT CERTAINLY NEEDS A GOOD DEAL OF JUSTIFICATION </s>
<s> MAY I ASK MR. WHITE MASON WHETHER YOU EXAMINED THE FARTHER SIDE OF THE MOAT AT ONCE TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY SIGNS OF THE MAN HAVING CLIMBED OUT FROM THE WATER QUOTE </s>
<s> THERE WERE NO SIGNS MR. HOLMES </s>
<s> BUT IT IS A STONE LEDGE AND ONE COULD HARDLY EXPECT THEM </s>
<s> NO TRACKS OR MARKS </s>
<s> NONE </s>
<s> HA </s>
<s> WOULD THERE BE ANY OBJECTION MR. WHITE MASON TO OUR GOING DOWN TO THE HOUSE AT ONCE </s>
<s> THERE MAY POSSIBLY BE SOME SMALL POINT WHICH MIGHT BE SUGGESTIVE QUOTE </s>
<s> I WAS GOING TO PROPOSE IT MR. HOLMES BUT I THOUGHT IT WELL TO PUT YOU IN TOUCH WITH ALL THE FACTS BEFORE WE GO </s>
<s> I SUPPOSE IF ANYTHING SHOULD STRIKE YOU WHITE MASON LOOKED DOUBTFULLY AT THE AMATEUR </s>
<s> I HAVE WORKED WITH MR. HOLMES BEFORE SAID INSPECTOR MACDONALD </s>
<s> HE PLAYS THE GAME </s>
<s> MY OWN IDEA OF THE GAME AT ANY RATE SAID HOLMES WITH A SMILE </s>
<s> QUOTE I GO INTO A CASE TO HELP THE ENDS OF JUSTICE AND THE WORK OF THE POLICE </s>
<s> IF I HAVE EVER SEPARATED MYSELF FROM THE OFFICIAL FORCE IT IS BECAUSE THEY HAVE FIRST SEPARATED THEMSELVES FROM ME </s>
<s> I HAVE NO WISH EVER TO SCORE AT THEIR EXPENSE </s>
<s> AT THE SAME TIME MR. WHITE MASON I CLAIM THE RIGHT TO WORK IN MY OWN WAY AND GIVE MY RESULTS AT MY OWN TIME COMPLETE RATHER THAN IN STAGES </s>
<s> I AM SURE WE ARE HONOURED BY YOUR PRESENCE AND TO SHOW YOU ALL WE KNOW SAID WHITE MASON CORDIALLY </s>
<s> COME ALONG DOCTOR WATSON AND WHEN THE TIME COMES WE'LL ALL HOPE FOR A PLACE IN YOUR BOOK </s>
<s> WE WALKED DOWN THE QUAINT VILLAGE STREET WITH A ROW OF POLLARDED ELMS ON EACH SIDE OF IT </s>
<s> JUST BEYOND WERE TWO ANCIENT STONE PILLARS WEATHER STAINED AND LICHEN BLOTCHED BEARING UPON THEIR SUMMITS A SHAPELESS SOMETHING WHICH HAD ONCE BEEN THE RAMPANT LION OF CAPUS OF BIRLSTONE </s>
<s> A SHORT WALK ALONG THE WINDING DRIVE WITH SUCH SWARD AND OAKS AROUND IT AS ONE ONLY SEES IN RURAL ENGLAND THEN A SUDDEN TURN AND THE LONG LOW JACOBEAN HOUSE OF DINGY LIVER COLOURED BRICK LAY BEFORE US WITH AN OLD FASHIONED GARDEN OF CUT YEWS ON EACH SIDE OF IT </s>
<s> AS WE APPROACHED IT THERE WAS THE WOODEN DRAWBRIDGE AND THE BEAUTIFUL BROAD MOAT AS STILL AND LUMINOUS AS QUICKSILVER IN THE COLD WINTER SUNSHINE </s>
<s> THREE CENTURIES HAD FLOWED PAST THE OLD MANOR HOUSE CENTURIES OF BIRTHS AND OF HOMECOMINGS OF COUNTRY DANCES AND OF THE MEETINGS OF FOX HUNTERS </s>
<s> STRANGE THAT NOW IN ITS OLD AGE THIS DARK BUSINESS SHOULD HAVE CAST ITS SHADOW UPON THE VENERABLE WALLS </s>
<s> AND YET THOSE STRANGE PE