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<s> STANLEY HOPKINS DREW FROM HIS POCKET A DRAB COVERED NOTEBOOK </s>
<s> THE OUTSIDE WAS ROUGH AND WORN THE LEAVES DISCOLOURED </s>
<s> ON THE FIRST PAGE WERE WRITTEN THE INITIALS J. H. N. AND THE DATE ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED EIGHTY THREE </s>
<s> HOLMES LAID IT ON THE TABLE AND EXAMINED IT IN HIS MINUTE WAY WHILE HOPKINS AND I GAZED OVER EACH SHOULDER </s>
<s> ON THE SECOND PAGE WERE THE PRINTED LETTERS QUOTE C. P. R. QUOTE AND THEN CAME SEVERAL SHEETS OF NUMBERS </s>
<s> ANOTHER HEADING WAS ARGENTINE ANOTHER COSTA RICA AND ANOTHER SAN PAULO EACH WITH PAGES OF SIGNS AND FIGURES AFTER IT </s>
<s> WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THESE ASKED HOLMES </s>
<s> THEY APPEAR TO BE LISTS OF STOCK EXCHANGE SECURITIES </s>
<s> I THOUGHT THAT J. H. N. WERE THE INITIALS OF A BROKER AND THAT C. P. R. MAY HAVE BEEN HIS CLIENT </s>
<s> TRY CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY SAID HOLMES </s>
<s> STANLEY HOPKINS SWORE BETWEEN HIS TEETH AND STRUCK HIS THIGH WITH HIS CLENCHED HAND </s>
<s> QUOTE WHAT A FOOL I HAVE BEEN QUOTE HE CRIED </s>
<s> OF COURSE IT IS AS YOU SAY </s>
<s> THEN J. H. N. ARE THE ONLY INITIALS WE HAVE TO SOLVE </s>
<s> I HAVE ALREADY EXAMINED THE OLD STOCK EXCHANGE LISTS AND I CAN FIND NO ONE IN ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED EIGHTY THREE EITHER IN THE HOUSE OR AMONG THE OUTSIDE BROKERS WHOSE INITIALS CORRESPOND WITH THESE </s>
<s> YET I FEEL THAT THE CLUE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE THAT I HOLD </s>
<s> YOU WILL ADMIT MR. HOLMES THAT THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THESE INITIALS ARE THOSE OF THE SECOND PERSON WHO WAS PRESENT IN OTHER WORDS OF THE MURDERER </s>
<s> I WOULD ALSO URGE THAT THE INTRODUCTION INTO THE CASE OF A DOCUMENT RELATING TO LARGE MASSES OF VALUABLE SECURITIES GIVES US FOR THE FIRST TIME SOME INDICATION OF A MOTIVE FOR THE CRIME </s>
<s> SHERLOCK HOLMES'S FACE SHOWED THAT HE WAS THOROUGHLY TAKEN ABACK BY THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT </s>
<s> I MUST ADMIT BOTH YOUR POINTS SAID HE </s>
<s> I CONFESS THAT THIS NOTEBOOK WHICH DID NOT APPEAR AT THE INQUEST MODIFIES ANY VIEWS WHICH I MAY HAVE FORMED </s>
<s> I HAD COME TO A THEORY OF THE CRIME IN WHICH I CAN FIND NO PLACE FOR THIS </s>
<s> HAVE YOU ENDEAVOURED TO TRACE ANY OF THE SECURITIES HERE MENTIONED </s>
<s> INQUIRIES ARE NOW BEING MADE AT THE OFFICES BUT I FEAR THAT THE COMPLETE REGISTER OF THE STOCKHOLDERS OF THESE SOUTH AMERICAN CONCERNS IS IN SOUTH AMERICA AND THAT SOME WEEKS MUST ELAPSE BEFORE WE CAN TRACE THE SHARES </s>
<s> HOLMES HAD BEEN EXAMINING THE COVER OF THE NOTEBOOK WITH HIS MAGNIFYING LENS </s>
<s> QUOTE SURELY THERE IS SOME DISCOLOURATION HERE QUOTE SAID HE </s>
<s> YES SIR IT IS A BLOOD STAIN </s>
<s> I TOLD YOU THAT I PICKED THE BOOK OFF THE FLOOR </s>
<s> WAS THE BLOOD STAIN ABOVE OR BELOW </s>
<s> ON THE SIDE NEXT THE BOARDS </s>
<s> WHICH PROVES OF COURSE THAT THE BOOK WAS DROPPED AFTER THE CRIME WAS COMMITTED </s>
<s> QUOTE EXACTLY MR. HOLMES </s>
<s> I APPRECIATED THAT POINT AND I CONJECTURED THAT IT WAS DROPPED BY THE MURDERER IN HIS HURRIED FLIGHT </s>
<s> IT LAY NEAR THE DOOR </s>
<s> I SUPPOSE THAT NONE OF THESE SECURITIES HAVE BEEN FOUND AMONG THE PROPERTY OF THE DEAD MAN </s>
<s> NO SIR </s>
<s> HAVE YOU ANY REASON TO SUSPECT ROBBERY </s>
<s> NO SIR </s>
<s> NOTHING SEEMED TO HAVE BEEN TOUCHED QUOTE </s>
<s> DEAR ME IT IS CERTAINLY A VERY INTERESTING CASE </s>
<s> THEN THERE WAS A KNIFE WAS THERE NOT </s>
<s> A SHEATH KNIFE STILL IN ITS SHEATH </s>
<s> IT LAY AT THE FEET OF THE DEAD MAN </s>
<s> MRS. CAREY HAS IDENTIFIED IT AS BEING HER HUSBAND'S PROPERTY </s>
<s> HOLMES WAS LOST IN THOUGHT FOR SOME TIME </s>
<s> WELL SAID HE AT LAST I SUPPOSE I SHALL HAVE TO COME OUT AND HAVE A LOOK AT IT </s>
<s> STANLEY HOPKINS GAVE A CRY OF JOY </s>
<s> QUOTE THANK YOU SIR </s>
<s> THAT WILL INDEED BE A WEIGHT OFF MY MIND </s>
<s> HOLMES SHOOK HIS FINGER AT THE INSPECTOR </s>
<s> IT WOULD HAVE BEEN AN EASIER TASK A WEEK AGO SAID HE </s>
<s> BUT EVEN NOW MY VISIT MAY NOT BE ENTIRELY FRUITLESS </s>
<s> WATSON IF YOU CAN SPARE THE TIME I SHOULD BE VERY GLAD OF YOUR COMPANY </s>
<s> IF YOU WILL CALL A FOUR WHEELER HOPKINS WE SHALL BE READY TO START FOR FOREST ROW IN A QUARTER OF AN HOUR </s>
<s> ALIGHTING AT THE SMALL WAYSIDE STATION WE DROVE FOR SOME MILES THROUGH THE REMAINS OF WIDESPREAD WOODS WHICH WERE ONCE PART OF THAT GREAT FOREST WHICH FOR SO LONG HELD THE SAXON INVADERS AT BAY THE IMPENETRABLE WEALD FOR SIXTY YEARS THE BULWARK OF BRITAIN </s>
<s> VAST SECTIONS OF IT HAVE BEEN CLEARED FOR THIS IS THE SEAT OF THE FIRST IRON WORKS OF THE COUNTRY AND THE TREES HAVE BEEN FELLED TO SMELT THE ORE </s>
<s> NOW THE RICHER FIELDS OF THE NORTH HAVE ABSORBED THE TRADE AND NOTHING SAVE THESE RAVAGED GROVES AND GREAT SCARS IN THE EARTH SHOW THE WORK OF THE PAST </s>
<s> HERE IN A CLEARING UPON THE GREEN SLOPE OF A HILL STOOD A LONG LOW STONE HOUSE APPROACHED BY A CURVING DRIVE RUNNING THROUGH THE FIELDS </s>
<s> NEARER THE ROAD AND SURROUNDED ON THREE SIDES BY BUSHES WAS A SMALL OUTHOUSE ONE WINDOW AND THE DOOR FACING IN OUR DIRECTION </s>
<s> IT WAS THE SCENE OF THE MURDER </s>
<s> STANLEY HOPKINS LED US FIRST TO THE HOUSE WHERE HE INTRODUCED US TO A HAGGARD GRAY HAIRED WOMAN THE WIDOW OF THE MURDERED MAN WHOSE GAUNT AND DEEP LINED FACE WITH THE FURTIVE LOOK OF TERROR IN THE DEPTHS OF HER RED RIMMED EYES. TOLD OF THE YEARS OF HARDSHIP AND ILL USAGE WHICH SHE HAD ENDURED </s>
<s> WITH HER WAS HER DAUGHTER A PALE FAIR HAIRED GIRL WHOSE EYES BLAZED DEFIANTLY AT US AS SHE TOLD US THAT SHE WAS GLAD THAT HER FATHER WAS DEAD AND THAT SHE BLESSED THE HAND WHICH HAD STRUCK HIM DOWN </s>
<s> IT WAS A TERRIBLE HOUSEHOLD THAT BLACK PETER CAREY HAD MADE FOR HIMSELF AND IT WAS WITH A SENSE OF RELIEF THAT WE FOUND OURSELVES IN THE SUNLIGHT AGAIN AND MAKING OUR WAY ALONG A PATH WHICH HAD BEEN WORN ACROSS THE FIELDS BY THE FEET OF THE DEAD MAN </s>
<s> THE OUTHOUSE WAS THE SIMPLEST OF DWELLINGS WOODEN WALLED SHINGLE ROOFED ONE WINDOW BESIDE THE DOOR AND ONE ON THE FARTHER SIDE </s>
<s> STANLEY HOPKINS DREW THE KEY FROM HIS POCKET AND HAD STOOPED TO THE LOCK WHEN HE PAUSED WITH A LOOK OF ATTENTION AND SURPRISE UPON HIS FACE </s>
<s> QUOTE SOMEONE HAS BEEN TAMPERING WITH IT QUOTE HE SAID </s>
<s> THERE COULD BE NO DOUBT OF THE FACT </s>
<s> THE WOODWORK WAS CUT AND THE SCRATCHES SHOWED WHITE THROUGH THE PAINT AS IF THEY HAD BEEN THAT INSTANT DONE </s>
<s> HOLMES HAD BEEN EXAMINING THE WINDOW </s>
<s> SOMEONE HAS TRIED TO FORCE THIS ALSO </s>
<s> WHOEVER IT WAS HAS FAILED TO MAKE HIS WAY IN </s>
<s> HE MUST HAVE BEEN A VERY POOR BURGLAR </s>
<s> THIS IS A MOST EXTRAORDINARY THING SAID THE INSPECTOR I COULD SWEAR THAT THESE MARKS WERE NOT HERE YESTERDAY EVENING </s>
<s> SOME CURIOUS PERSON FROM THE VILLAGE PERHAPS I SUGGESTED </s>
<s> VERY UNLIKELY </s>
<s> FEW OF THEM WOULD DARE TO SET FOOT IN THE GROUNDS FAR LESS TRY TO FORCE THEIR WAY INTO THE CABIN </s>
<s> WHAT DO YOU THINK OF IT MR. HOLMES QUOTE </s>
<s> I THINK THAT FORTUNE IS VERY KIND TO US </s>
<s> YOU MEAN THAT THE PERSON WILL COME AGAIN </s>
<s> IT IS VERY PROBABLE </s>
<s> HE CAME EXPECTING TO FIND THE DOOR OPEN </s>
<s> HE TRIED TO GET IN WITH THE BLADE OF A VERY SMALL PENKNIFE </s>
<s> HE COULD NOT MANAGE IT </s>
<s> WHAT WOULD HE DO </s>
<s> COME AGAIN NEXT NIGHT WITH A MORE USEFUL TOOL </s>
<s> QUOTE SO I SHOULD SAY </s>
<s> IT WILL BE OUR FAULT IF WE ARE NOT THERE TO RECEIVE HIM </s>
<s> MEANWHILE LET ME SEE THE INSIDE OF THE CABIN </s>
<s> THE TRACES OF THE TRAGEDY HAD BEEN REMOVED BUT THE FURNITURE WITHIN THE LITTLE ROOM STILL STOOD AS IT HAD BEEN ON THE NIGHT OF THE CRIME </s>
<s> FOR TWO HOURS WITH MOST INTENSE CONCENTRATION HOLMES EXAMINED EVERY OBJECT IN TURN BUT HIS FACE SHOWED THAT HIS QUEST WAS NOT A SUCCESSFUL ONE </s>
<s> ONCE ONLY HE PAUSED IN HIS PATIENT INVESTIGATION </s>
<s> HAVE YOU TAKEN ANYTHING OFF THIS SHELF HOPKINS </s>
<s> NO I HAVE MOVED NOTHING </s>
<s> SOMETHING HAS BEEN TAKEN </s>
<s> THERE IS LESS DUST IN THIS CORNER OF THE SHELF THAN ELSEWHERE </s>
<s> IT MAY HAVE BEEN A BOOK LYING ON ITS SIDE </s>
<s> IT MAY HAVE BEEN A BOX </s>
<s> WELL WELL I CAN DO NOTHING MORE </s>
<s> LET US WALK IN THESE BEAUTIFUL WOODS WATSON AND GIVE A FEW HOURS TO THE BIRDS AND THE FLOWERS </s>
<s> WE SHALL MEET YOU HERE LATER HOPKINS AND SEE IF WE CAN COME TO CLOSER QUARTERS WITH THE GENTLEMAN WHO HAS PAID THIS VISIT IN THE NIGHT </s>
<s> IT.WAS PAST ELEVEN O'CLOCK WHEN WE FORMED OUR LITTLE AMBUSCADE </s>
<s> HOPKINS WAS FOR LEAVING THE DOOR OF THE HUT OPEN BUT HOLMES WAS OF THE OPINION THAT THIS WOULD ROUSE THE SUSPICIONS OF THE STRANGER </s>
<s> THE LOCK WAS A PERFECTLY SIMPLE ONE AND ONLY A STRONG BLADE WAS NEEDED TO PUSH IT BACK </s>
<s> HOLMES ALSO SUGGESTED THAT WE SHOULD WAIT NOT INSIDE THE HUT BUT OUTSIDE IT AMONG THE BUSHES WHICH GREW ROUND THE FARTHER WINDOW </s>
<s> IN THIS WAY WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO WATCH OUR MAN IF HE STRUCK A LIGHT AND SEE WHAT HIS OBJECT WAS IN THIS STEALTHY NOCTURNAL VISIT </s>
<s> IT WAS A LONG AND MELANCHOLY VIGIL AND YET BROUGHT WITH IT SOMETHING OF THE THRILL WHICH THE HUNTER FEELS WHEN HE LIES BESIDE THE WATER POOL AND WAITS FOR THE COMING OF THE THIRSTY BEAST OF PREY </s>
<s> WHAT SAVAGE CREATURE WAS IT WHICH MIGHT STEAL UPON US OUT OF THE DARKNESS </s>
<s> WAS IT A FIERCE TIGER OF CRIME WHICH COULD ONLY BE TAKEN FIGHTING HARD WITH FLASHING FANG AND CLAW OR WOULD IT PROVE TO BE SOME SKULKING JACKAL DANGEROUS ONLY TO THE WEAK AND UNGUARDED </s>
<s> IN ABSOLUTE SILENCE WE CROUCHED AMONGST THE BUSHES WAITING FOR WHATEVER MIGHT COME </s>
<s> AT FIRST THE STEPS OF A FEW BELATED VILLAGERS OR THE SOUND OF VOICES FROM THE VILLAGE LIGHTENED OUR VIGIL BUT ONE BY ONE THESE INTERRUPTIONS DIED AWAY AND AN ABSOLUTE STILLNESS FELL UPON US SAVE FOR THE CHIMES OF THE DISTANT CHURCH WHICH TOLD US OF THE PROGRESS OF THE NIGHT AND FOR THE RUSTLE AND WHISPER OF A FINE RAIN FALLING AMID THE FOLIAGE WHICH ROOFED US IN </s>
<s> HALF PAST TWO HAD CHIMED AND IT WAS THE DARKEST HOUR WHICH PRECEDES THE DAWN WHEN WE ALL STARTED AS A LOW BUT SHARP CLICK CAME FROM THE DIRECTION OF THE GATE </s>
<s> SOMEONE HAD ENTERED THE DRIVE </s>
<s> AGAIN THERE WAS A LONG SILENCE AND I HAD BEGUN TO FEAR THAT IT WAS A FALSE ALARM WHEN A STEALTHY STEP WAS HEARD UPON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HUT AND A MOMENT LATER A METALLIC SCRAPING AND CLINKING </s>
<s> THE MAN WAS TRYING TO FORCE THE LOCK </s>
<s> THIS TIME HIS SKILL WAS GREATER OR HIS TOOL WAS BETTER FOR THERE WAS A SUDDEN SNAP AND THE CREAK OF THE HINGES </s>
<s> THEN A MATCH WAS STRUCK AND NEXT INSTANT THE STEADY LIGHT FROM A CANDLE FILLED THE INTERIOR OF THE HUT </s>
<s> THROUGH THE GAUZE CURTAIN OUR EYES WERE ALL RIVETED UPON THE SCENE WITHIN </s>
<s> THE NOCTURNAL VISITOR WAS A YOUNG MAN FRAIL AND THIN WITH A BLACK MOUSTACHE WHICH INTENSIFIED THE DEADLY PALLOR OF HIS FACE </s>
<s> HE COULD NOT HAVE BEEN MUCH ABOVE TWENTY YEARS OF AGE </s>
<s> I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANY HUMAN BEING WHO APPEARED TO BE IN SUCH A PITIABLE FRIGHT FOR HIS TEETH WERE VISIBLY CHATTERING AND HE WAS SHAKING IN EVERY LIMB </s>
<s> HE WAS DRESSED LIKE A GENTLEMAN IN NORFOLK JACKET AND KNICKERBOCKERS WITH A CLOTH CAP UPON HIS HEAD </s>
<s> WE WATCHED HIM STARING ROUND WITH FRIGHTENED EYES </s>
<s> THEN HE LAID THE CANDLE END UPON THE TABLE AND DISAPPEARED FROM OUR VIEW INTO ONE OF THE CORNERS </s>
<s> HE RETURNED WITH A LARGE BOOK ONE OF THE LOGBOOKS WHICH FORMED A LINE UPON THE SHELVES </s>
<s> LEANING ON THE TABLE HE RAPIDLY TURNED OVER THE LEAVES OF THIS VOLUME UNTIL HE CAME TO THE ENTRY WHICH HE SOUGHT </s>
<s> THEN WITH AN ANGRY GESTURE OF HIS CLENCHED HAND HE CLOSED THE BOOK REPLACED IT IN THE CORNER AND PUT OUT THE LIGHT </s>
<s> HE HAD HARDLY TURNED TO LEAVE THE HUT WHEN HOPKINS'S HAND WAS ON THE FELLOW'S COLLAR AND I HEARD HIS LOUD GASP OF TERROR AS HE UNDERSTOOD THAT HE WAS TAKEN </s>
<s> THE CANDLE WAS RELIT AND THERE WAS OUR WRETCHED CAPTIVE SHIVERING AND COWERING IN THE GRASP OF THE DETECTIVE </s>
<s> HE SANK DOWN UPON THE SEA CHEST AND LOOKED HELPLESSLY FROM ONE OF US TO THE OTHER </s>
<s> QUOTE NOW MY FINE FELLOW QUOTE SAID STANLEY HOPKINS QUOTE WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT DO YOU WANT HERE QUOTE </s>
<s> THE MAN PULLED HIMSELF TOGETHER AND FACED US WITH AN EFFORT AT SELF COMPOSURE </s>
<s> YOU ARE DETECTIVES I SUPPOSE SAID HE </s>
<s> YOU IMAGINE I AM CONNECTED WITH THE DEATH OF CAPTAIN PETER CAREY </s>
<s> I ASSURE YOU THAT I AM INNOCENT </s>
<s> WE'LL SEE ABOUT THAT SAID HOPKINS </s>
<s> FIRST OF ALL WHAT IS YOUR NAME </s>
<s> QUOTE IT IS JOHN HOPLEY NELIGAN QUOTE </s>