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<s> I WAS CONSCIOUS OF A DULL PAIN MY GRIP LOOSENED AND I FELL INTO THE GARDEN BELOW </s>
<s> I WAS SHAKEN BUT NOT HURT BY THE FALL SO I PICKED MYSELF UP AND RUSHED OFF AMONG THE BUSHES AS HARD AS I COULD RUN FOR I UNDERSTOOD THAT I WAS FAR FROM BEING OUT OF DANGER YET </s>
<s> SUDDENLY HOWEVER AS I RAN A DEADLY DIZZINESS AND SICKNESS CAME OVER ME </s>
<s> I GLANCED DOWN AT MY HAND WHICH WAS THROBBING PAINFULLY AND THEN FOR THE FIRST TIME SAW THAT MY THUMB HAD BEEN CUT OFF AND THAT THE BLOOD WAS POURING FROM MY WOUND </s>
<s> I ENDEAVOURED TO TIE MY HANDKERCHIEF ROUND IT BUT THERE CAME A SUDDEN BUZZING IN MY EARS AND NEXT MOMENT I FELL IN A DEAD FAINT AMONG THE ROSE BUSHES </s>
<s> HOW LONG I REMAINED UNCONSCIOUS I CANNOT TELL </s>
<s> IT MUST HAVE BEEN A VERY LONG TIME FOR THE MOON HAD SUNK AND A BRIGHT MORNING WAS BREAKING WHEN I CAME TO MYSELF </s>
<s> MY CLOTHES WERE ALL SODDEN WITH DEW AND MY COAT SLEEVE WAS DRENCHED WITH BLOOD FROM MY WOUNDED THUMB </s>
<s> THE SMARTING OF IT RECALLED IN AN INSTANT ALL THE PARTICULARS OF MY NIGHT'S ADVENTURE AND I SPRANG TO MY FEET WITH THE FEELING THAT I MIGHT HARDLY YET BE SAFE FROM MY PURSUERS </s>
<s> BUT TO MY ASTONISHMENT WHEN I CAME TO LOOK ROUND ME NEITHER HOUSE NOR GARDEN WERE TO BE SEEN </s>
<s> I HAD BEEN IYING IN AN ANGLE OF THE HEDGE CLOSE BY THE HIGHROAD AND JUST A LITTLE LOWER DOWN WAS A LONG BUILDING WHICH PROVED UPON MY APPROACHING IT TO BE THE VERY STATION AT WHICH I HAD ARRIVED UPON THE PREVIOUS NIGHT </s>
<s> WERE IT NOT FOR THE UGLY WOUND UPON MY HAND ALL THAT HAD PASSED DURING THOSE DREADFUL HOURS MIGHT HAVE BEEN AN EVIL DREAM </s>
<s> HALF DAZED I WENT INTO THE STATION AND ASKED ABOUT THE MORNING TRAIN </s>
<s> THERE WOULD BE ONE TO READING IN LESS THAN AN HOUR </s>
<s> THE SAME PORTER WAS ON DUTY I FOUND AS HAD BEEN THERE WHEN I ARRIVED </s>
<s> I INQUIRED OF HIM WHETHER HE HAD EVER HEARD OF COLONEL LYSANDER STARK </s>
<s> THE NAME WAS STRANGE TO HIM </s>
<s> HAD HE OBSERVED A CARRIAGE THE NIGHT BEFORE WAITING FOR ME </s>
<s> NO HE HAD NOT </s>
<s> WAS THERE A POLICE STATION ANYWHERE NEAR </s>
<s> THERE WAS ONE ABOUT THREE MILES OFF </s>
<s> IT WAS TOO FAR FOR ME TO GO WEAK AND ILL AS I WAS </s>
<s> I DETERMINED TO WAIT UNTIL I GOT BACK TO TOWN BEFORE TELLING MY STORY TO THE POLICE </s>
<s> IT WAS A LITTLE PAST SIX WHEN I ARRIVED SO I WENT FIRST TO HAVE MY WOUND DRESSED AND THEN THE DOCTOR WAS KIND ENOUGH TO BRING ME ALONG HERE </s>
<s> I PUT THE CASE INTO YOUR HANDS AND SHALL DO EXACTLY WHAT YOU ADVISE </s>
<s> WE BOTH SAT IN SILENCE FOR SOME LITTLE TIME AFTER LISTENING TO THIS EXTRAORDINARY NARRATIVE </s>
<s> THEN SHERLOCK HOLMES PULLED DOWN FROM THE SHELF ONE OF THE PONDEROUS COMMONPLACE BOOKS IN WHICH HE PLACED HIS CUTTINGS </s>
<s> QUOTE HERE IS AN ADVERTISEMENT WHICH WILL INTEREST YOU QUOTE SAID HE </s>
<s> IT APPEARED IN ALL THE PAPERS ABOUT A YEAR AGO </s>
<s> LISTEN TO THIS LOST ON THE NINTH INST. MR. JEREMIAH HAYLING AGED </s>
<s> TWENTY SIX A HYDRAULIC ENGINEER </s>
<s> LEFT HIS LODGINGS AT TEN </s>
<s> O'CLOCK AT NIGHT AND HAS NOT BEEN HEARD OF SINCE </s>
<s> WAS </s>
<s> DRESSED IN ET CETERA ET CETERA </s>
<s> HA </s>
<s> THAT REPRESENTS THE LAST TIME THAT THE COLONEL NEEDED TO HAVE HIS MACHINE OVERHAULED I FANCY </s>
<s> GOOD HEAVENS CRIED MY PATIENT </s>
<s> THEN THAT EXPLAINS WHAT THE GIRL SAID </s>
<s> QUOTE UNDOUBTEDLY </s>
<s> IT IS QUITE CLEAR THAT THE COLONEL WAS A COOL AND DESPERATE MAN WHO WAS ABSOLUTELY DETERMINED THAT NOTHING SHOULD STAND IN THE WAY OF HIS LITTLE GAME LIKE THOSE OUT AND OUT PIRATES WHO WILL LEAVE NO SURVIVOR FROM A CAPTURED SHIP </s>
<s> WELL EVERY MOMENT NOW IS PRECIOUS SO IF YOU FEEL EQUAL TO IT WE SHALL GO DOWN TO SCOTLAND YARD AT ONCE AS A PRELIMINARY TO STARTING FOR EYFORD </s>
<s> SOME THREE HOURS OR SO AFTERWARDS WE WERE ALL IN THE TRAIN TOGETHER BOUND FROM READING TO THE LITTLE BERKSHIRE VILLAGE </s>
<s> THERE WERE SHERLOCK HOLMES THE HYDRAULIC ENGINEER INSPECTOR BRADSTREET OF SCOTLAND YARD A PLAIN CLOTHES MAN AND MYSELF </s>
<s> BRADSTREET HAD SPREAD AN ORDNANCE MAP OF THE COUNTY OUT UPON THE SEAT AND WAS BUSY WITH HIS COMPASSES DRAWING A CIRCLE WITH EYFORD FOR ITS CENTRE </s>
<s> THERE YOU ARE SAID HE </s>
<s> THAT CIRCLE IS DRAWN AT A RADIUS OF TEN MILES FROM THE VILLAGE </s>
<s> THE PLACE WE WANT MUST BE SOMEWHERE NEAR THAT LINE </s>
<s> YOU SAID TEN MILES I THINK SIR </s>
<s> IT WAS AN HOUR'S GOOD DRIVE </s>
<s> QUOTE AND YOU THINK THAT THEY BROUGHT YOU BACK ALL THAT WAY WHEN YOU WERE UNCONSCIOUS QUOTE </s>
<s> THEY MUST HAVE DONE SO.L HAVE A CONFUSED MEMORY TOO OF HAVING BEEN LIFTED AND CONVEYED SOMEWHERE </s>
<s> WHAT I CANNOT UNDERSTAND SAID I IS WHY THEY SHOULD HAVE SPARED YOU WHEN THEY FOUND YOU LYING FAINTING IN THE GARDEN </s>
<s> PERHAPS THE VILLAIN WAS SOFTENED BY THE WOMAN'S ENTREATIES </s>
<s> I HARDLY THINK THAT LIKELY </s>
<s> I NEVER SAW A MORE INEXORABLE FACE IN MY LIFE </s>
<s> QUOTE OH WE SHALL SOON CLEAR UP ALL THAT QUOTE SAID BRADSTREET </s>
<s> WELL I HAVE DRAWN MY CIRCLE AND I ONLY WISH I KNEW AT WHAT POINT UPON IT THE FOLK THAT WE ARE IN SEARCH OF ARE TO BE FOUND </s>
<s> I THINK I COULD LAY MY FINGER ON IT SAID HOLMES QUIETLY </s>
<s> REALLY NOW CRIED THE INSPECTOR YOU HAVE FORMED YOUR OPINION </s>
<s> COME NOW WE SHALL SEE WHO AGREES WITH YOU </s>
<s> I SAY IT IS SOUTH FOR THE COUNTRY IS MORE DESERTED THERE </s>
<s> AND I SAY EAST SAID MY PATIENT </s>
<s> QUOTE I AM FOR WEST QUOTE REMARKED THE PLAIN CLOTHES MAN </s>
<s> THERE ARE SEVERAL QUIET LITTLE VILLAGES UP THERE </s>
<s> AND I AM FOR NORTH SAID I BECAUSE THERE ARE NO HILLS THERE AND OUR FRIEND SAYS THAT HE DID NOT NOTICE THE CARRIAGE GO UP ANY </s>
<s> COME CRIED THE INSPECTOR LAUGHING IT'S A VERY PRETTY DIVERSITY OF OPINION </s>
<s> WE HAVE BOXED THE COMPASS AMONG US </s>
<s> WHO DO YOU GIVE YOUR CASTING VOTE TO </s>
<s> YOU ARE ALL WRONG </s>
<s> QUOTE BUT WE CAN'T ALL BE QUOTE </s>
<s> OH YES YOU CAN </s>
<s> THIS IS MY POINT </s>
<s> HE PLACED HIS FINGER IN THE CENTRE OF THE CIRCLE </s>
<s> THIS IS WHERE WE SHALL FIND THEM </s>
<s> BUT THE TWELVE MILE DRIVE GASPED HATHERLEY </s>
<s> SIX OUT AND SIX BACK </s>
<s> NOTHING SIMPLER </s>
<s> YOU SAY YOURSELF THAT THE HORSE WAS FRESH AND GLOSSY WHEN YOU GOT IN </s>
<s> HOW COULD IT BE THAT IF IT HAD GONE TWELVE MILES OVER HEAVY ROADS QUOTE </s>
<s> INDEED IT IS A LIKELY RUSE ENOUGH OBSERVED BRADSTREET THOUGHTFULLY </s>
<s> OF COURSE THERE CAN BE NO DOUBT AS TO THE NATURE OF THIS GANG </s>
<s> NONE AT ALL SAID HOLMES </s>
<s> THEY ARE COINERS ON A LARGE SCALE AND HAVE USED THE MACHINE TO FORM THE AMALGAM WHICH HAS TAKEN THE PLACE OF SILVER </s>
<s> WE HAVE KNOWN FOR SOME TIME THAT A CLEVER GANG WAS AT WORK SAID THE INSPECTOR </s>
<s> QUOTE THEY HAVE BEEN TURNING OUT HALFCROWNS BY THE THOUSAND </s>
<s> WE EVEN TRACED THEM AS FAR AS READING BUT COULD GET NO FARTHER FOR THEY HAD COVERED THEIR TRACES IN A WAY THAT SHOWED THAT THEY WERE VERY OLD HANDS </s>
<s> BUT NOW THANKS TO THIS LUCKY CHANCE I THINK THAT WE HAVE GOT THEM RIGHT ENOUGH </s>
<s> BUT THE INSPECTOR WAS MISTAKEN FOR THOSE CRIMINALS WERE NOT DESTINED TO FALL INTO THE HANDS OF JUSTICE </s>
<s> AS WE ROLLED INTO EYFORD STATION WE SAW A GIGANTIC COLUMN OF SMOKE WHICH STREAMED UP FROM BEHIND A SMALL CLUMP OF TREES IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD AND HUNG LIKE AN IMMENSE OSTRICH FEATHER OVER THE LANDSCAPE </s>
<s> A HOUSE ON FIRE ASKED BRADSTREET AS THE TRAIN STEAMED OFF AGAIN ON ITS WAY </s>
<s> YES SIR SAID THE STATION MASTER </s>
<s> WHEN DID IT BREAK OUT </s>
<s> I HEAR THAT IT WAS DURING THE NIGHT SIR BUT IT HAS GOT WORSE AND THE WHOLE PLACE IS IN A BLAZE </s>
<s> QUOTE WHOSE HOUSE IS IT QUOTE </s>
<s> DOCTOR BECHER'S </s>
<s> TELL ME BROKE IN THE ENGINEER IS DOCTOR BECHER A GERMAN VERY THIN WITH A LONG SHARP NOSE </s>
<s> THE STATION MASTER LAUGHED HEARTILY </s>
<s> NO SIR DOCTOR BECHER IS AN ENGLISHMAN AND THERE ISN'T A MAN IN THE PARISH WHO HAS A BENER LINED WAISTCOAT </s>
<s> BUT HE HAS A GENTLEMAN STAYING WITH HIM A PATIENT AS I UNDERSTAND WHO IS A FOREIGNER AND HE LOOKS AS IF A LITTLE GOOD BERKSHIRE BEEF WOULD DO HIM NO HARM </s>
<s> THE STATION MASTER HAD NOT FINISHED HIS SPEECH BEFORE WE WERE ALL HASTENING IN THE DIRECTION OF THE FIRE </s>
<s> THE ROAD TOPPED A LOW HILL AND THERE WAS A GREAT WIDESPREAD WHITEWASHED BUILDING IN FRONT OF US SPOUTING FIRE AT EVERY CHINK AND WINDOW WHILE IN THE GARDEN IN FRONT THREE FIRE ENGINES WERE VAINLY STRIVING TO KEEP THE FLAMES UNDER </s>
<s> THAT'S IT CRIED HATHERLEY IN INTENSE EXCITEMENT </s>
<s> QUOTE THERE IS THE GRAVEL DRIVE AND THERE ARE THE ROSE BUSHES WHERE I LAY </s>
<s> THAT SECOND WINDOW IS THE ONE THAT I JUMPED FROM </s>
<s> WELL AT LEAST SAID HOLMES YOU HAVE HAD YOUR REVENGE UPON THEM </s>
<s> THERE CAN BE NO QUESTION THAT IT WAS YOUR OIL LAMP WHICH WHEN IT WAS CRUSHED IN THE PRESS SET FIRE TO THE WOODEN WALLS THOUGH NO DOUBT THEY WERE TOO EXCITED IN THE CHASE AFTER YOU TO OBSERVE IT AT THE TIME </s>
<s> NOW KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN IN THIS CROWD FOR YOUR FRIENDS OF LAST NIGHT THOUGH I VERY MUCH FEAR THAT THEY ARE A GOOD HUNDRED MILES OFF BY NOW </s>
<s> AND HOLMES'S FEARS CAME TO BE REALIZED FOR FROM THAT DAY TO THIS NO WORD HAS EVER BEEN HEARD EITHER OF THE BEAUTIFUL WOMAN THE SINISTER GERMAN OR THE MOROSE ENGLISHMAN </s>
<s> EARLY THAT MORNING A PEASANT HAD MET A CART CONTAINING SEVERAL PEOPLE AND SOME VERY BULKY BOXES DRIVING RAPIDLY IN THE DIRECTION OF READING BUT THERE ALL TRACES OF THE FUGITIVES DISAPPEARED AND EVEN HOLMES'S INGENUITY FAILED EVER TO DISCOVER THE LEAST CLUE AS TO THEIR WHEREABOUTS </s>
<s> THE FIREMEN HAD BEEN MUCH PERTURBED AT THE STRANGE ARRANGEMENTS WHICH THEY HAD FOUND WITHIN AND STILL MORE SO BY DISCOVERING A NEWLY SEVERED HUMAN THUMB UPON A WINDOW SILL OF THE SECOND FLOOR </s>
<s> ABOUT SUNSET HOWEVER THEIR EFFORTS WERE AT LAST SUCCESSFUL AND THEY SUBDUED THE FLAMES BUT NOT BEFORE THE ROOF HAD FALLEN IN AND THE WHOLE PLACE BEEN REDUCED TO SUCH ABSOLUTE RUIN THAT SAVE SOME TWISTED CYLINDERS AND IRON PIPING NOT A TRACE REMAINED OF THE MACHINERY WHICH HAD COST OUR UNFORTUNATE ACQUAINTANCE SO DEARLY </s>
<s> LARGE MASSES OF NICKEL AND OF TIN WERE DISCOVERED STORED IN AN OUT HOUSE BUT NO COINS WERE TO BE FOUND WHICH MAY HAVE EXPLAINED THE PRESENCE OF THOSE BULKY BOXES WHICH HAVE BEEN ALREADY REFERRED TO </s>
<s> HOW OUR HYDRAULIC ENGINEER HAD BEEN CONVEYED FROM THE GARDEN TO THE SPOT WHERE HE RECOVERED HIS SENSES MIGHT HAVE REMAINED FOREVER A MYSTERY WERE IT NOT FOR THE SOFT MOULD WHICH TOLD US A VERY PLAIN TALE </s>
<s> HE HAD EVIDENTLY BEEN CARRIED DOWN BY TWO PERSONS ONE OF WHOM HAD REMARKABLY SMALL FEET AND THE OTHER UNUSUALLY LARGE ONES </s>
<s> ON THE WHOLE IT WAS MOST PROBABLE THAT THE SILENT ENGLISHMAN BEING LESS BOLD OR LESS MURDEROUS THAN HIS COMPANION HAD ASSISTED THE WOMAN TO BEAR THE UNCONSCIOUS MAN OUT OF THE WAY OF DANGER </s>
<s> WELL SAID OUR ENGINEER RUEFULLY AS WE TOOK OUR SEATS TO RETURN ONCE MORE TO LONDON IT HAS BEEN A PRETTY BUSINESS FOR ME </s>
<s> I HAVE LOST MY THUMB AND I HAVE LOST A FIFTY GUINEA FEE AND WHAT HAVE I GAINED </s>
<s> QUOTE EXPERIENCE QUOTE SAID HOLMES LAUGHING </s>
<s> INDIRECTLY IT MAY BE OF VALUE YOU KNOW YOU HAVE ONLY TO PUT IT INTO WORDS TO GAIN THE REPUTATION OF BEING EXCELLENT COMPANY FOR THE REMAINDER OF YOUR EXLSTENCE </s>