black_peter.txt

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<s> HOLMES HAD DRAWN A LETTER FROM HIS POCKET </s>
<s> WHAT NAME HE ASKED </s>
<s> JAMES LANCASTER </s>
<s> I AM SORRY LANCASTER BUT THE BERTH IS FULL </s>
<s> HERE IS HALF A SOVEREIGN FOR YOUR TROUBLE </s>
<s> JUST STEP INTO THIS ROOM AND WAIT THERE FOR A FEW MINUTES </s>
<s> THE SECOND MAN WAS A LONG DRIED UP CREATURE WITH LANK HAIR AND SALLOW CHEEKS </s>
<s> HIS NAME WAS HUGH PATTINS </s>
<s> HE ALSO RECEIVED HIS DISMISSAL HIS HALF SOVEREIGN AND THE ORDER TO WAIT </s>
<s> THE THIRD APPLICANT WAS A MAN OF REMARKABLE APPEARANCE </s>
<s> A FIERCE BULL DOG FACE WAS FRAMED IN A TANGLE OF HAIR AND BEARD AND TWO BOLD DARK EYES GLEAMED BEHIND THE COVER OF THICK TUFTED OVERHUNG EYEBROWS </s>
<s> HE SALUTED AND STOOD SAILOR FASHION TURNING HIS CAP ROUND IN HIS HANDS </s>
<s> QUOTE YOUR NAME QUOTE ASKED HOLMES </s>
<s> PATRICK CAIRNS </s>
<s> HARPOONER </s>
<s> YES SIR </s>
<s> TWENTY SIX VOYAGES </s>
<s> DUNDEE I SUPPOSE </s>
<s> QUOTE YES SIR QUOTE </s>
<s> AND READY TO START WITH AN EXPLORING SHIP </s>
<s> YES SIR </s>
<s> WHAT WAGES </s>
<s> EIGHT POUNDS A MONTH </s>
<s> COULD YOU START AT ONCE </s>
<s> QUOTE AS SOON AS I GET MY KIT QUOTE </s>
<s> HAVE YOU YOUR PAPERS </s>
<s> YES SIR </s>
<s> HE TOOK A SHEAF OF WORN AND GREASY FORMS FROM HIS POCKET </s>
<s> HOLMES GLANCED OVER THEM AND RETURNED THEM </s>
<s> YOU ARE JUST THE MAN I WANT SAID HE </s>
<s> HERE'S THE AGREEMENT ON THE SIDE TABLE </s>
<s> IF YOU SIGN IT THE WHOLE MATTER WILL BE SETTLED </s>
<s> THE SEAMAN LURCHED ACROSS THE ROOM AND TOOK UP THE PEN </s>
<s> QUOTE SHALL I SIGN HERE HE ASKED STOOPING OVER THE TABLE </s>
<s> HOLMES LEANED OVER HIS SHOULDER AND PASSED BOTH HANDS OVER HIS NECK </s>
<s> THIS WILL DO SAID HE </s>
<s> I HEARD A CLICK OF STEEL AND A BELLOW LIKE AN ENRAGED BULL </s>
<s> THE NEXT INSTANT HOLMES AND THE SEAMAN WERE ROLLING ON THE GROUND TOGETHER </s>
<s> HE WAS A MAN OF SUCH GIGANTIC STRENGTH THAT EVEN WITH THE HANDCUFFS WHICH HOLMES HAD SO DEFTLY FASTENED UPON HIS WRISTS HE WOULD HAVE VERY QUICKLY OVERPOWERED MY FRIEND HAD HOPKINS AND I NOT RUSHED TO HIS RESCUE </s>
<s> ONLY WHEN I PRESSED THE COLD MUZZLE OF THE REVOLVER TO HIS TEMPLE DID HE AT LAST UNDERSTAND THAT RESISTANCE WAS VAIN </s>
<s> WE LASHED HIS ANKLES WITH CORD AND ROSE BREATHLESS FROM THE STRUGGLE </s>
<s> I MUST REALLY APOLOGIZE HOPKINS SAID SHERLOCK HOLMES </s>
<s> I FEAR THAT THE SCRAMBLED EGGS ARE COLD </s>
<s> HOWEVER YOU WILL ENJOY THE REST OF YOUR BREAKFAST ALL THE BETTER WILL YOU NOT FOR THE THOUGHT THAT YOU HAVE BROUGHT YOUR CASE TO A TRIUMPHANT CONCLUSION </s>
<s> STANLEY HOPKINS WAS SPEECHLESS WITH AMAZEMENT </s>
<s> I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY MR. HOLMES HE BLURTED OUT AT LAST WITH A VERY RED FACE </s>
<s> QUOTE IT SEEMS TO ME THAT I HAVE BEEN MAKING A FOOL OF MYSELF FROM THE BEGINNING </s>
<s> I UNDERSTAND NOW WHAT I SHOULD NEVER HAVE FORGOTTEN THAT I AM THE PUPIL AND YOU ARE THE MASTER </s>
<s> EVEN NOW I SEE WHAT YOU HAVE DONE BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DID IT OR WHAT IT SIGNIFIES </s>
<s> WELL WELL SAID HOLMES GOOD HUMOUREDLY </s>
<s> WE ALL LEARN BY EXPERIENCE AND YOUR LESSON THIS TIME IS THAT YOU SHOULD NEVER LOSE SIGHT OF THE ALTERNATIVE </s>
<s> YOU WERE SO ABSORBED IN YOUNG NELIGAN THAT YOU COULD NOT SPARE A THOUGHT TO PATRICK CAIRNS THE TRUE MURDERER OF PETER CAREY </s>
<s> THE HOARSE VOICE OF THE SEAMAN BROKE IN ON OUR CONVERSATION </s>
<s> SEE HERE MISTER SAID HE I MAKE NO COMPLAINT OF BEING MAN HANDLED IN THIS FASHION BUT I WOULD HAVE YOU CALL THINGS BY THEIR RIGHT NAMES </s>
<s> YOU SAY I MURDERED PETER CAREY I SAY I KILLED PETER CAREY AND THERE'S ALL THE DIFFERENCE </s>
<s> MAYBE YOU DON'T BELIEVE WHAT I SAY </s>
<s> MAYBE YOU THINK I AM JUST SLINGING YOU A YARN QUOTE </s>
<s> NOT AT ALL SAID HOLMES </s>
<s> LET US HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY </s>
<s> IT'S SOON TOLD AND BY THE LORD EVERY WORD OF IT IS TRUTH </s>
<s> I KNEW BLACK PETER AND WHEN HE PULLED OUT HIS KNIFE I WHIPPED A HARPOON THROUGH HIM SHARP FOR I KNEW THAT IT WAS HIM OR ME </s>
<s> THAT'S HOW HE DIED </s>
<s> YOU CAN CALL IT MURDER </s>
<s> ANYHOW I'D AS SOON DIE WITH A ROPE ROUND MY NECK AS WITH BLACK PETER'S KNIFE IN MY HEART </s>
<s> HOW CAME YOU THERE ASKED HOLMES </s>
<s> QUOTE I'LL TELL IT YOU FROM THE BEGINNING </s>
<s> JUST SIT ME UP A LITTLE SO AS I CAN SPEAK EASY </s>
<s> IT WAS IN EIGHTY THREE THAT IT HAPPENED AUGUST OF THAT YEAR </s>
<s> PETER CAREY WAS MASTER OF THE SEA UNICORN AND I WAS SPARE HARPOONER </s>
<s> WE WERE COMING OUT OF THE ICE PACK ON OUR WAY HOME WITH HEAD WINDS AND A WEEK'S SOUTHERLY GALE WHEN WE PICKED UP A LITTLE CRAFT THAT HAD BEEN BLOWN NORTH </s>
<s> THERE WAS ONE MAN ON HER A LANDSMAN </s>
<s> THE CREW HAD THOUGHT SHE WOULD FOUNDER AND HAD MADE FOR THE NORWEGIAN COAST IN THE DINGHY </s>
<s> I GUESS THEY WERE ALL DROWNED </s>
<s> WELL WE TOOK HIM ON BOARD THIS MAN AND HE AND THE SKIPPER HAD SOME LONG TALKS IN THE CABIN </s>
<s> ALL THE BAGGAGE WE TOOK OFF WITH HIM WAS ONE TIN BOX </s>
<s> SO FAR AS I KNOW THE MAN'S NAME WAS NEVER MENTIONED AND ON THE SECOND NIGHT HE DISAPPEARED AS IF HE HAD NEVER BEEN </s>
<s> IT WAS GIVEN OUT THAT HE HAD EITHER THROWN HIMSELF OVERBOARD OR FALLEN OVERBOARD IN THE HEAVY WEATHER THAT WE WERE HAVING </s>
<s> ONLY ONE MAN KNEW WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO HIM AND THAT WAS ME FOR WITH MY OWN EYES I SAW THE SKIPPER TIP UP HIS HEELS AND PUT HIM OVER THE RAIL IN THE MIDDLE WATCH OF A DARK NIGHT TWO DAYS BEFORE WE SIGHTED THE SHETLAND LIGHTS </s>
<s> WELL I KEPT MY KNOWLEDGE TO MYSELF AND WAITED TO SEE WHAT WOULD COME OF IT </s>
<s> WHEN WE GOT BACK TO SCOTLAND IT WAS EASILY HUSHED UP AND NOBODY ASKED ANY QUESTIONS </s>
<s> A STRANGER DIED BY ACCIDENT AND IT WAS NOBODY'S BUSINESS TO INQUIRE </s>
<s> SHORTLY AFTER PETER CAREY GAVE UP THE SEA AND IT WAS LONG YEARS BEFORE I COULD FIND WHERE HE WAS </s>
<s> I GUESSED THAT HE HAD DONE THE DEED FOR THE SAKE OF WHAT WAS IN THAT TIN BOX AND THAT HE COULD AFFORD NOW TO PAY ME WELL FOR KEEPING MY MOUTH SHUT </s>
<s> I FOUND OUT WHERE HE WAS THROUGH A SAILOR MAN THAT HAD MET HIM IN LONDON AND DOWN I WENT TO SQUEEZE HIM </s>
<s> THE FIRST NIGHT HE WAS REASONABLE ENOUGH AND WAS READY TO GIVE ME WHAT WOULD MAKE ME FREE OF THE SEA FOR LIFE </s>
<s> WE WERE TO FIX IT ALL TWO NIGHTS LATER </s>
<s> WHEN I CAME I FOUND HIM THREE PARTS DRUNK AND IN A VILE TEMPER </s>
<s> WE SAT DOWN AND WE DRANK AND WE YARNED ABOUT OLD TIMES BUT THE MORE HE DRANK THE LESS I LIKED THE LOOK ON HIS FACE </s>
<s> I SPOTTED THAT HARPOON UPON THE WALL AND I THOUGHT I MIGHT NEED IT BEFORE I WAS THROUGH </s>
<s> THEN AT LAST HE BROKE OUT AT ME SPITTING AND CURSING WITH MURDER IN HIS EYES AND A GREAT CLASP KNIFE IN HIS HAND </s>
<s> HE HAD NOT TIME TO GET IT FROM THE SHEATH BEFORE I HAD THE HARPOON THROUGH HIM </s>
<s> HEAVENS WHAT A YELL HE GAVE AND HIS FACE GETS BETWEEN ME AND MY SLEEP </s>
<s> I STOOD THERE WITH HIS BLOOD SPLASHING ROUND ME AND I WAITED FOR A BIT BUT ALL WAS QUIET SO L. TOOK HEART ONCE MORE </s>
<s> I LOOKED ROUND AND THERE WAS THE TIN BOX ON THE SHELF </s>
<s> I HAD AS MUCH RIGHT TO IT AS PETER CAREY ANYHOW SO I TOOK IT WITH ME AND LEFT THE HUT </s>
<s> LIKE A FOOL I LEFT MY BACCY POUCH UPON THE TABLE </s>
<s> NOW I'LL TELL YOU THE QUEEREST PART OF THE WHOLE STORY </s>
<s> I HAD HARDLY GOT OUTSIDE THE HUT WHEN I HEARD SOMEONE COMING AND I HID AMONG THE BUSHES </s>
<s> A MAN CAME SLINKING ALONG WENT INTO THE HUT GAVE A CRY AS IF HE HAD SEEN A GHOST AND LEGGED IT AS HARD AS HE COULD RUN UNTIL HE WAS OUT OF SIGHT </s>
<s> WHO HE WAS OR WHAT HE WANTED IS MORE THAN I CAN TELL </s>
<s> FOR MY PART ONE WALKED TEN MILES GOT A TRAIN AT TUNBRIDGE WELLS AND SO REACHED LONDON AND NO ONE THE WISER </s>
<s> WELL WHEN I CAME TO EXAMINE THE BOX I FOUND THERE WAS NO MONEY IN IT AND NOTHING BUT PAPERS THAT I WOULD NOT DARE TO SELL </s>
<s> I HAD LOST MY HOLD ON BLACK PETER AND WAS STRANDED IN LONDON WITHOUT A SHILLING </s>
<s> THERE WAS ONLY MY TRADE LEFT </s>
<s> I SAW THESE ADVERTISEMENTS ABOUT HARPOONERS AND HIGH WAGES SO I WENT TO THE SHIPPING AGENTS AND THEY SENT ME HERE </s>
<s> THAT'S ALL I KNOW AND I SAY AGAIN THAT IF I KILLED BLLCK PETER THE LAW SHOULD GIVE ME THANKS FOR I SAVED THEM THE PRICE OF A HEMPEN ROPE </s>
<s> QUOTE A VERY CLEAR STATEMENT QUOTE SAID HOLMES RISING AND LIGHTING HIS PIPE </s>
<s> I THINK HOPKINS THAT YOU SHOULD LOSE NO TIME IN CONVEYING YOUR PRISONER TO A PLACE OF SAFETY </s>
<s> THIS ROOM IS NOT WELL ADAPTED FOR A CELL AND MR. PATRICK CAIRNS OCCUPIES TOO LARGE A PROPORTION OF OUR CARPET </s>
<s> MR. HOLMES SAID HOPKINS I DO NOT KNOW HOW TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE </s>
<s> EVEN NOW I DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW YOU ATTAINED THIS RESULT </s>
<s> SIMPLY BY HAVING THE GOOD FORTUNE TO GET THE RIGHT CLUE FROM THE BEGINNING </s>
<s> IT IS VERY POSSIBLE IF I HAD KNOWN ABOUT THIS NOTEBOOK IT MIGHT HAVE LED AWAY MY THOUGHTS AS IT DID YOURS </s>
<s> BUT ALL I HEARD POINTED IN THE ONE DIRECTION </s>
<s> THE AMAZING STRENGTH THE SKILL IN THE USE OF THE HARPOON THE RUM AND WATER THE SEALSKIN TOBACCO POUCH WITH THE COARSE TOBACCO ALL THESE POINTED TO A SEAMAN AND ONE WHO HAD BEEN A WHALER </s>
<s> I WAS CONVINCED THAT THE INITIALS P. C. UPON THE POUCH WERE A COINCIDENCE AND NOT THOSE OF PETER CAREY SINCE HE SELDOM SMOKED AND NO PIPE WAS FOUND IN HIS CABIN </s>
<s> YOU REMEMBER THAT I ASKED WHETHER WHISKY AND BRANDY WERE IN THE CABIN </s>
<s> YOU SAID THEY WERE </s>
<s> HOW MANY LANDSMEN ARE THERE WHO WOULD DRINK RUM WHEN THEY COULD GET THESE OTHER SPIRITS </s>
<s> YES I WAS CCRTAIN IT WAS A SEAMAN QUOTE </s>
<s> AND HOW DID YOU FIND HIM </s>
<s> MY DEAR SIR THE PROBLEM HAD BECOME A VERY SIMPLE ONE </s>
<s> IF IT WERE A SEAMAN IT COULD ONLY BE A SEAMAN WHO HAD BEEN WITH HIM ON THE SEA UNICORN </s>
<s> SO FAR AS I COULD LEARN HE HAD SAILED IN NO OTHER SHIP </s>
<s> I SPENT THREE DAYS IN WIRING TO DUNDEE AND AT THE END OF THAT TIME I HAD ASCERTAINED THE NAMES OF THE CREW OF THE SEA UNICORN IN ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED EIGHTY THREE </s>
<s> WHEN I FOUND PATRICK CAIRNS AMONG THE HARPOONERS MY RESEARCH WAS NEARING ITS END </s>
<s> I ARGUED THAT THE MAN WAS PROBABLY IN LONDON AND THAT HE WOULD DESIRE TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY FOR A TIME </s>
<s> I THEREFORE SPENT SOME DAYS IN THE EAST END DEVISED AN ARCTIC EXPEDITION PUT FORTH TEMPTING TERMS FOR HARPOONERS WHO WOULD SERVE UNDER CAPTAIN BASIL AND BEHOLD THE RESULT </s>
<s> WONDERFUL CRIED HOPKINS </s>
<s> WONDERFUL </s>
<s> QUOTE YOU MUST OBTAIN THE RELEASE OF YOUNG NELIGAN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE QUOTE SAID HOLMES </s>
<s> I CONFESS THAT I THINK YOU OWE HIM SOME APOLOGY </s>
<s> THE TIN BOX MUST BE RETURNED TO HIM BUT OF COURSE THE SECURITIES WHICH PETER CAREY HAS SOLD ARE LOST FOREVER </s>
<s> THERE'S THE CAB HOPKINS AND YOU CAN REMOVE YOUR MAN </s>
<s> IF YOU WANT ME FOR THE TRIAL MY ADDRESS AND THAT OF WATSON WILL BE SOMEWHERE IN NORWAY I'LL SEND PARTICULARS LATER </s>