solitary_cyclist.txt

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<s> FROM THE YEARS ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED NINETY FOUR TO NINETEEN OH ONE INCLUSIVE MR. SHERLOCK HOLMES WAS A VERY BUSY MAN </s>
<s> IT IS SAFE TO SAY THAT THERE WAS NO PUBLIC CASE OF ANY DIFFICULTY IN WHICH HE WAS NOT CONSULTED DURING THOSE EIGHT YEARS AND THERE WERE HUNDREDS OF PRIVATE CASES SOME OF THEM OF THE MOST INTRICATE AND EXTRAORDINARY CHARACTER IN WHICH HE PLAYED A PROMINENT PART </s>
<s> MANY STARTLING SUCCESSES AND A FEW UNAVOIDABLE FAILURES WERE THE OUTCOME OF THIS LONG PERIOD OF CONTINUOUS WORK </s>
<s> AS I HAVE PRESERVED VERY FULL NOTES OF ALL THESE CASES AND WAS MYSELF PERSONALLY ENGAGED IN MANY OF THEM IT MAY BE IMAGINED THAT IT IS NO EASY TASK TO KNOW WHICH I SHOULD SELECT TO LAY BEFORE THE PUBLIC </s>
<s> I SHALL HOWEVER PRESERVE MY FORMER RULE AND GIVE THE PREFERENCE TO THOSE CASES WHICH DERIVE THEIR INTEREST NOT SO MUCH FROM THE BRUTALITY OF THE CRIME AS FROM THE INGENUITY AND DRAMATIC QUALITY OF THE SOLUTION </s>
<s> FOR THIS REASON I WILL NOW LAY BEFORE THE READER THE FACTS CONNECTED WITH MISS VIOLET SMITH THE SOLITARY CYCLIST OF CHARLINGTON AND THE CURIOUS SEQUEL OF OUR INVESTIGATION WHICH CULMINATED IN UNEXPECTED TRAGEDY </s>
<s> IT IS TRUE THAT THE CIRCUMSTANCE DID NOT ADMIT OF ANY STRIKING ILLUSTRATION OF THOSE POWERS FOR WHICH MY FRIEND WAS FAMOUS BUT THERE WERE SOME POINTS ABOUT THE CASE WHICH MADE IT STAND OUT IN THOSE LONG RECORDS OF CRIME FROM WHICH I GATHER THE MATERIAL FOR THESE LITTLE NARRATIVES </s>
<s> ON REFERING TO MY NOTEBOOK FOR THE YEAR ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED NINETY FIVE I FIND THAT IT WAS UPON SATURDAY THE TWENTY THREE D. OF APRIL THAT WE FIRST HEARD OF MISS VIOLET SMILH </s>
<s> HER VISIT WAS I REMEMBER EXTREMELY UNWELCOME TO HOLMES FOR HE WAS IMMERSED AT THE MOMENT IN A VERY ABSTRUSE AND COMPLICATED PROBLEM CONCERNING THE PECULIAR PERSECUTION TO WHICH JOHN VINCENT HARDEN THE WELL KNOWN TOBACCO MILLIONAIRE HAD BEEN SUBJECTED </s>
<s> MY FRIEND WHO LOVED ABOVE ALL THINGS PRECISION AND CONCENTRATION OF THOUGHT RESENTED ANYTHING WHICH DISTRACTED HIS ATTENTION FROM THE MATTER IN HAND </s>
<s> AND YET WITHOUT A HARSHNESS WHICH WAS FOREIGN TO HIS NATURE IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO REFUSE TO LISTEN TO THE STORY OF THE YOUNG AND BEAUTIFUL WOMAN TALL GRACEFUL AND QUEENLY WHO PRESENTED HERSELF AT BAKER STREET LATE IN THE EVENING AND IMPLORED HIS ASSISTANCE AND ADVICE </s>
<s> IT WAS VAIN TO URGE THAT HIS TIME WAS ALREADY FULLY OCCUPIED FOR THE YOUNG LADY HAD COME WITH THE DETERMINATION TO TELL HER STORY AND IT WAS EVIDENT THAT NOTHING SHORT OF FORCE COULD GET HER OUT OF THE ROOM UNTIL SHE HAD DONE SO </s>
<s> WITH A RESIGNED AIR AND A SOMEWHAT WEARY SMILE HOLMES BEGGED THE BEAUTIFUL INTRUDER TO TAKE A SEAT. AND TO INFORM US WHAT IT WAS THAT WAS TROUBLING HER </s>
<s> QUOTE AT LEAST IT CANNOT BE YOUR HEALTH QUOTE SAID HE AS HIS KEEN EYES DARTED OVEL HER QUOTE SO ARDENT A BICYCLIST MUST BE FULL OF ENERGY QUOTE </s>
<s> SHE GLANLCED DOWN IN SURPRISE AT HER OWN FEET AND I OBSERVED THE SLIGHT ROUGHENING OF THE SIDE OF THE SOLE CAUSED BY THE FRICTION OF THE EDGE OF THE PEDAL </s>
<s> YES I BICYCLE A GOOD DEAL MR. HOLMES AND THAT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH MY VISIT TO YOU TO DAY </s>
<s> MY FRIEND TOOK THE LADY'S UNGLOVED HAND AND EXAMINED IT WITH AS CLOSE AN ATTENTION AND AS LITTLE SENTIMENT AS A SCIENTIST WOULD SHOW TO A SPECIMEN </s>
<s> YOU WILLL CXCUSE ME </s>
<s> I AM SURE </s>
<s> IT IS MY BUSINESS SAID HE AS HE DROPPED IT </s>
<s> I NEARLY FELL INTO THE ERROR OF SUPPOSING THAT YOU WERE TYPEWRITING </s>
<s> OF COURSE IT IS OBVIOUS THAT IT IS MUSIC </s>
<s> YOU OBSERVE THE SPATULATE FINGER ENDS WATSON WHICH IS COMMON TO BOTH PROFESSIONS </s>
<s> THERE IS A SPIRITUALITY ABOUT THE FACE HOWEVER SHE GENTLY TURNED IT TOWARDS THC LIGHT WHICH THE TYPEWRITER DOES NOT GENERATE </s>
<s> THIS LADY IS A MUSICIAN QUOTE </s>
<s> YES MR. HOLMES I TEACH MUSIC </s>
<s> IN THE COUNTRY I PRESUME FROM YOUR COMPLEXION </s>
<s> YES SIR NEAR FARNHAM ON THE BORDERS OF SURREY </s>
<s> A BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBOURHOOD AND FULL OF THE MOST INTERESTING ASSOCIATION </s>
<s> YOU REMEMBER WATSON THAT IT WAS NEAR THERE THAT WE TOOK ARCHIE STAMFORD THE FORGER </s>
<s> NOW MISS VIOLET WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO YOU NEAR FARNHAM ON THE BORDERS OF SURREY </s>
<s> QUOTE MY FATHER IS DEAD MR. HOLMES </s>
<s> HE WAS JAMES SMITH WHO CONDUCTED THE ORCHESTRA AT THE OLD IMPERIAL THEATRE </s>
<s> MY MOTHER AND I WERE LEFT WITHOUT A RELATION IN THE WORLD EXCEPT ONE UNCLE RALPH SMITH WHO WENT TO AFRICA TWENTY FIVE YEARS AGO AND WE HAVE NEVER HAD A WORD FROM HIM SINCE </s>
<s> WHEN FATHER DIED WE WERE LEFT VERY POOR BUT ONE DAY WE WERE TOLD THAT THERE WAS AN ADVERTISEMENT IN THE TIMES INQUIRING FOR OUR WHEREABOUTS </s>
<s> YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW EXCITED WE WERE FOR WE THOUGHT THAT SOMEONE HAD LEFT US A FORTUNE </s>
<s> WE WENT AT ONCE TO THE LAWYER WHOSE NAME WAS GIVEN IN THE PAPER </s>
<s> THERE WE MET TWO GENTLEMEN MR. CARRUTHERS AND MR. WOODLEY WHO WERE HOME ON A VISIT FROM SOUTH AFRICA </s>
<s> THEY SAID THAT MY UNCLE WAS A FRIEND OF THEIRS THAT HE HAD DIED SOME MONTHS BEFORE IN GREAT POVERTY IN JOHANNESBURG AND THAT HE HAD ASKED THEM WITH HIS LAST BREATH TO HUNT UP HIS RELATIONS AND SEE THAT THEY WERE IN NO WANT </s>
<s> IT SEEMED STRANGE TO US THAT UNCLE RALPH WHO TOOK NO NOTICE OF US WHEN HE WAS ALIVE SHOULD BE SO CAREFUL TO LOOK AFTER US WHEN HE WAS DEAD BUT MR. CARRUTHERS EXPLAINED THAT THE REASON WAS THAT MY UNCLE HAD JUST HEARD OF THE DEATH OF HIS BROTHER AND SO FELT RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR FATE </s>
<s> EXCUSE ME. SAID HOLMES </s>
<s> WHEN WAS THIS INTERVIEW </s>
<s> LAST DECEMBER FOUR MONTHS AGO </s>
<s> PRAY PROCEED </s>
<s> QUOTE MR. WOODLEY SEEMED TO ME TO BE A MOST ODIOUS PERSON </s>
<s> HE WAS FOR EVER MAKING EYES AT ME A COARSE PUFFY FACED REDMOUSTACHED YOUNG MAN WITH HIS HAIR PLASTERED DOWN ON EACH SIDE OF HIS FOREHEAD </s>
<s> I THOUGHT THAT HE WAS PERFECTLY HATEFUL AND I WAS SURE THAT CYRIL WOULD NOT WISH ME TO KNOW SUCH A PERSON </s>
<s> OH CYRIL IS HIS NAME SAID HOLMES SMILING </s>
<s> THE YOUNG LADY BLUSHED AND LAUGHED </s>
<s> YES MR. HOLMES CYRIL MORTON AN ELECTRICAL ENGINEER AND WE HOPE TO BE MARRIED AT THE END OF THE SUMMER </s>
<s> DEAR ME HOW DID I GET TALKING ABOUT HIM </s>
<s> WHAT I WISHED TO SAY WAS THAT MR. WOODLEY WAS PERFECTLY ODIOUS BUT THAT MR. CARRUTHERS WHO WAS A MUCH OLDER MAN WAS MORE AGREEABLE </s>
<s> HE WAS A DARK SALLOW CLEAN SHAVEN SILENT PERSON BUT HE HAD POLITE MANNERS AND A PLEASANT SMILE </s>
<s> HE INQUIRED HOW WE WERE LEFT AND ON FINDING THAT WE WERE VERY POOR HE SUGGESTED THAT I SHOULD COME AND TEACH MUSIC TO HIS ONLY DAUGHTER AGED TEN </s>
<s> I SAID THAT I DID NOT LIKE TO LEAVE MY MOTHER ON WHICH HE SUGGESTED THAT I SHOULD GO HOME TO HER EVERY WEEK END AND HE OFFERED ME A HUNDRED A YEAR WHICH WAS CERTAINLY SPLENDID PAY </s>
<s> SO IT ENDED BY MY ACCEPTING AND I WENT DOWN TO CHILTERN GRANGE ABOUT SIX MILES FROM FARNHAM </s>
<s> MR. CARRUTHERS WAS A WIDOWER BUT HE HAD ENGAGED A LADY HOUSEKEEPER A VERY RESPECTABLE ELDERLY PERSON CALLED MRS. DIXON TO LOOK AFTER HIS ESTABLISHMENT </s>
<s> THE CHILD WAS A DEAR AND EVERYTHING PROMISED WELI </s>
<s> MR. CARRUTHERS WAS VERY KIND AND VERY MUSICAL AND WE HAD MOST PLEASANT EVENINGS TOGETHER </s>
<s> EVERY WEEK END I WENT HOME TO MY MOTHER IN TOWN </s>
<s> THE FIRST FLAW IN MY HAPPINESS WAS THE ARRIVAL OF THE REDMOUSTACHED MR. WOODLEY </s>
<s> HE CAME FOR A VISIT OF A WEEK AND OH IT SEEMED THREE MONTHS TO ME </s>
<s> HE WAS A DREADFUL PERSON A BULLY TO EVERYONE ELSE BUT TO ME SOMETHING INFINITELY WORSE </s>
<s> HE MADE ODIOUS LOVE TO ME BOASTED OF HIS WEALTH SAID THAT IF I MARRIED HIM I COULD HAVE THE FINEST DIAMONDS IN LONDON AND FINALLY WHEN I WOULD HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH HIM HE SEIZED ME IN HIS ARMS ONE DAY AFTER DINNER HE WAS HIDEOUSLY STRONG AND SWORE THAT HE WOULD NOT LET ME GO UNTIL I HAD KISSED HIM </s>
<s> MR. CARRUTHERS CAME IN AND TORE HIM FROM ME ON WHICH HE TURNED UPON HIS OWN HOST KNOCKING HIM DOWN AND CUTTING HIS FACE OPEN </s>
<s> THAT WAS THE END OF HIS VISIT AS YOU CAN IMAGINE </s>
<s> MR. CARRUTHERS APOLOGIZED TO ME NEXT DAY AND ASSURED ME THAT I SHOULD NEVER BE EXPOSED TO SUCH AN INSULT AGAIN </s>
<s> I HAVE NOT SEEN MR. WOODLEY SINCE </s>
<s> AND NOW MR. HOLMES I COME AT LAST TO THE SPECIAL THING WHICH HAS CAUSED ME TO ASK YOUR ADVLCE TO DAY </s>
<s> YOU MUST KNOW THAT EVERY SATURDAY FORENOON I RIDE ON MY BICYCLE TO FARNHAM STATION IN ORDER TO GET THE TWELVE TWENTY TWO TO TOWN </s>
<s> THE ROAD FROM CHILTERN GRANGE IS A LONELY ONE AND AT ONE SPOT IT IS PARTICULARLY SO FOR IT LIES FOR OVER A MILE BETWEEN CHARLINGTON HEATH UPON ONE SIDE AND THE WOODS WHICH LIE ROUND CHARLINGTON HALL UPON THE OTHER </s>
<s> YOU COULD NOT FIND A MORE LONELY TRACT OF ROAD ANYWHERE AND IT IS QUITE RARE TO MEET SO MUCH AS A CART OR A PEASANT UNTIL YOU REACH THE HIGH ROAD NEAR CROOKSBURY HILL </s>
<s> TWO WEEKS AGO I WAS PASSING THIS PLACE WHEN I CHANCED TO LOOK BACK OVER MY SHOULDER AND ABOUT TWO HUNDRED YARDS BEHIND ME I SAW A MAN ALSO ON A BICYCLE </s>
<s> HE SEEMED TO BE A MIDDLE AGED MAN WITH A SHORT DARK BEARD </s>
<s> I LOOKED BACK BEFORE I REACHED FARNHAM BUT THE MAN WAS GONE SO I THOUGHT NO MORE ABOUT IT </s>
<s> BUT YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW SURPRISED I WAS MR. HOLMES WHEN ON MY RETURN ON THE MONDAY I SAW THE SAME MAN ON THE SAME STRETCH OF ROAD </s>
<s> MY ASTONISHMENT WAS INCREASED WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AGAIN EXACTLY AS BEFORE ON THE FOLLOWING SATURDAY AND MONDAY </s>
<s> HE ALWAYS KEPT HIS DISTANCE AND DID NOT MOLEST ME IN ANY WAY BUT STILL IT CERTAINLY WAS VERY ODD </s>
<s> I MENTIONED IT TO MR. CARRUTHERS WHO SEEMED INTERESTED IN WHAT I SAID AND TOLD ME THAT HE HAD ORDERED A HORSE AND TRAP SO THAT IN FUTURE ONE SHOULD NOT PASS OVER THESE LONELY ROADS WITHOUT SOME COMPANION </s>
<s> QUOTE THE HORSE AND TRAP WERE TO HAVE COME THIS WEEK BUT FOR SOME REASON THEY WERE NOT DELIVERED AND AGAIN I HAD TO CYCLE TO THE STATION </s>
<s> THAT WAS THIS MORNING </s>
<s> YOU CAN THINK THAT I LOOKED OUT WHEN I CAME TO CHARLINGTON HEATH AND THERE SURE ENOUGH WAS THE MAN EXACTLY AS HE HAD BEEN THE TWO WEEKS BEFORE </s>
<s> HE ALWAYS KEPT SO FAR FROM ME THAT I COULD NOT CLEARLY SEE HIS FACE BUT IT WAS CERTAINLY SOMEONE WHOM I DID NOT KNOW </s>
<s> HE WAS DRESSED IN A DARK SUIT WITH A CLOTH CAP </s>
<s> THE ONLY THING ABOUT HIS FACE THAT I COULD CLEARLY SEE WAS HIS DARK BEARD </s>
<s> TO DAY I WAS NOT ALARMED BUT I WAS FILLED WITH CURIOSITY AND I DETERMINED TO FIND OUT WHO HE WAS AND WHAT HE WANTED </s>
<s> I SLOWED DOWN MY MACHINE BUT HE SLOWED DOWN HIS </s>
<s> THEN I STOPPED ALTOGETHER BUT HE STOPPED ALSO </s>
<s> THEN I LAID A TRAP FOR HIM </s>
<s> THERE IS A SHARP TURNING OF THE ROAD AND I PEDALLED VERY QUICKLY ROUND THIS AND THEN I STOPPED AND WAITED </s>
<s> I EXPECTED HIM TO SHOOT ROUND AND PASS ME BEFORE HE COULD STOP </s>
<s> BUT HE NEVER APPEARED </s>
<s> THEN I WENT BACK AND LOOKED ROUND THE CORNER </s>
<s> I COULD SEE A MILE OF ROAD BUT HE WAS NOT ON IT </s>
<s> TO MAKE IT THE MORE EXTRAORDINARY THERE WAS NO SIDE ROAD AT THIS POINT DOWN WHICH HE COULD HAVE GONE </s>
<s> HOLMES CHUCKLED AND RUBBED HIS HANDS </s>
<s> THIS CASE CERTAINLY PRESENTS SOME FEATURES OF ITS OWN SAID HE </s>
<s> HOW MUCH TIME ELAPSED BETWEEN YOUR TURNING THE CORNER AND YOUR DISCOVERY THAT THE ROAD WAS CLEAR </s>
<s> TWO OR THREE MINUTES </s>
<s> THEN HE COULD NOT HAVE RETREATED DOWN THE ROAD AND YOU SAY THAT THERE ARE NO SIDE ROADS </s>
<s> QUOTE NONE QUOTE </s>
<s> THEN HE CERTAINLY TOOK A FOOTPATH ON ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER </s>
<s> IT COULD NOT HAVE BEEN ON THE SIDE OF THE HEATH OR I SHOULD HAVE SEEN HIM </s>
<s> SO BY THE PROCESS OF EXCLUSION WE ARRIVE AT THE FACT THAT HE MADE HIS WAY TOWARD CHARLINGTON HALL WHICH AS I UNDERSTAND IS SITUATED IN ITS OWN GROUNDS ON ONE SIDE OF THE ROAD </s>
<s> ANYTHING ELSE </s>
<s> NOTHING MR. HOLMES SAVE THAT I WAS SO PERPLEXED THAT I FELT I SHOULD NOT BE HAPPY UNTIL I HAD SEEN YOU AND HAD YOUR ADVICE </s>
<s> HOLMES SAT IN SILENCE FOR SOME LITTLE TIME </s>
<s> QUOTE WHERE IS THE GENTLEMAN TO WHOM YOU ARE ENGAGED QUOTE HE ASKED AT LAST </s>
<s> HE IS IN THE MIDLAND ELECTRICAL COMPANY AT COVENTRY </s>
<s> HE WOULD NOT PAY YOU A SURPRISE VISIT OH MR. HOLMES </s>
<s> AS IF I SHOULD NOT KNOW HIM </s>
<s> HAVE YOU HAD ANY OTHER ADMIRERS </s>
<s> SEVERAL BEFORE I KNEW CYRIL </s>
<s> QUOTE AND SINCE QUOTE </s>
<s> THERE WAS THIS DREADFUL MAN WOODLEY IF YOU CAN CALL HIM AN ADMIRER </s>
<s> NO ONE ELSE </s>
<s> OUR FAIR CLIENT SEEMED A LITTLE CONFUSED </s>
<s> WHO WAS HE ASKED HOLMES </s>
<s> OH IT MAY BE A MERE FANCY OF MINE BUT IT HAD SEEMED TO ME SOMETIMES THAT MY EMPLOYER MR. CARRUTHERS TAKES A GREAT DEAL OF INTEREST IN ME </s>
<s> WE ARE THROWN RATHER TOGETHER </s>
<s> I PLAY HIS ACCOMPANIMENTS IN THE EVENING </s>
<s> HE HAS NEVER SAID ANYTHING </s>
<s> HE IS A PERFECT GENTLEMAN </s>
<s> BUT A GIRL ALWAYS KNOWS </s>
<s> QUOTE HA QUOTE </s>
<s> HOLMES LOOKED GRAVE </s>
<s> WHAT DOES HE DO FOR A LIVING </s>
<s> HE IS A RICH MAN </s>
<s> NO CARRIAGES OR HORSES </s>
<s> WELL AT LEAST HE IS FAIRLY WELL TO DO </s>
<s> BUT HE GOES INTO THE CITY TWO OR THREE TIMES A WEEK </s>
<s> HE IS DEEPLY INTERESTED IN SOUTH AFRICAN GOLD SHARES </s>
<s> QUOTE YOU WILL LET ME KNOW ANY FRESH DEVELOPMENT MISS SMITH </s>
<s> I AM VERY BUSY JUST NOW BUT I WILL FIND TIME TO MAKE SOME INQUIRIES INTO YOUR CASE </s>
<s> IN THE MEANTIME TAKE NO STEP WITHOUT LETTING ME KNOW </s>
<s> GOOD BYE AND I TRUST THAT WE SHALL HAVE NOTHING BUT GOOD NEWS FROM YOU </s>
<s> IT IS PART OF THE SETTLED ORDER OF NATURE THAT SUCH A GIRL SHOULD HAVE FOLLOWERS SAID HOLMES AS HE PULLED AT HIS MEDITATIVE PIPE. BUT FOR CHOICE NOT ON BICYCLES IN LONELY COUNTRY ROADS </s>
<s> SOME SECRETIVE LOVER BEYOND ALL DOUBT </s>
<s> BUT THERE ARE CURIOUS AND SUGGESTIVE DETAILS ABOUT THE CASE </s>
<s> WATSON </s>
<s> THAT HE SHOULD APPEAR ONLY AT THAT POINT </s>
<s> EXACTLY </s>
<s> OUR FIRST EFFORT MUST BE TO FIND WHO ARE THE TENANTS OF CHARLINGTON HALL </s>
<s> THEN AGAIN HOW ABOUT THE CONNECTION BETWEEN CARRUTHERS AND WOODLEY SINCE THEY APPEAR TO BE MEN OF SUCH A DIFFERENT TYPE </s>
<s> HOW CAME THEY BOTH TO BE SO KEEN UPON LOOKING UP RALPH SMITH'S RELATIONS </s>
<s> ONE MORE POINT </s>
<s> WHAT SORT OF A MENAGE IS IT WHICH PAYS DOUBLE THE MARKET PRICE FOR A GOVERNESS BUT DOES NOT KEEP A HORSE ALTHOUGH SIX MILES FROM THE STATION </s>
<s> ODD WATSON VERY ODD QUOTE </s>
<s> YOU WILL GO DOWN </s>
<s> NO MY DEAR FELLOW YOU WILL GO DOWN </s>
<s> THIS MAY BE SOME TRIFLING INTRIGUE AND I CANNOT BREAK MY OTHER IMPORTANT RESEARCH FOR THE SAKE OF IT </s>
<s> ON MONDAY YOU WILL ARRIVE EARLY AT FARNHAM YOU WILL CONCEAL YOURSELF NEAR CHARLINGTON HEATH YOU WILL OBSERVE THESE FACTS FOR YOURSELF AND ACT AS YOUR OWN JUDGMENT ADVISES </s>
<s> THEN HAVING INQUIRED AS TO THE OCCUPANTS OF THE HALL YOU WILL COME BACK TO ME AND REPORT </s>
<s> AND NOW WATSON NOT ANOTHER WORD OF THE MATTER UNTIL WE HAVE A FEW SOLID STEPPINGSTONES ON WHICH WE MAY HOPE TO GET ACROSS TO OUR SOLUTION </s>
<s> WE HAD ASCERTAINED FROM THE LADY THAT SHE WENT DOWN UPON THE MONDAY BY THE TRAIN WHICH LEAVES WATERLOO AT NINE FIFTY SO I STARTED EARLY AND CAUGHT THE NINE THIRTEEN </s>
<s> AT FARNHAM STATION I HAD NO DIFFICULTY IN BEING DIRECTED TO CHARLINGTON HEATH </s>
<s> IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO MISTAKE THE SCENE OF THE YOUNG LADY'S ADVENTURE FOR THE ROAD RUNS BETWEEN THE OPEN HEATH ON ONE SIDE AND AN OLD YEW HEDGE UPON THE OTHER SURROUNDING A PARK WHICH IS STUDDED WITH MAGNIFICENT TREES </s>
<s> THERE WAS A MAIN GATEWAY OF LICHEN STUDDED STONE EACH SIDE PILLAR SURMOUNTED BY MOULDERING HERALDIC EMBLEMS BUT BESIDES THIS CENTRAL CARRIAGE DRIVE I OBSERVED SEVERAL POINTS WHERE THERE WERE GAPS IN THE HEDGE AND PATHS LEADING THROUGH THEM </s>
<s> THE HOUSE WAS INVISIBLE FROM THE ROAD BUT THE SURROUNDINGS ALL SPOKE OF GLOOM AND DECAY </s>
<s> THE HEATH WAS COVERED WITH GOLDEN PATCHES OF FLOWERING GORSE GLEAMING MAGNIFICENTLY IN THE LIGHT OF THE BRIGHT SPRING SUNSHINE </s>
<s> BEHIND ONE OF THESE CLUMPS I TOOK UP MY POSITION SO AS TO COMMAND BOTH THE GATEWAY OF THE HALL AND A LONG STRETCH OF THE ROAD UPON EITHER SIDE </s>
<s> IT HAD BEEN DESERTED WHEN I LEIFT IT BUT NOW I SAW A CYCLIST RIDING DOWN IT FROM THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION TO THAT IN WHICH I HAD COME </s>
<s> HE WAS CLAD IN A DARK SUIT AND I SAW THAT HE HAD A BLACK BEARD </s>
<s> ON REACHING THE END OF THE CHDRLINGTON GROUNDS HE SPRANG FROM HIS MACHINE AND LED IT THROUGH A GAP IN THE HEDGE DISAPPEARING FROM MY VIEW </s>
<s> A QUARTER OF AN HOUR PASSED AND THEN A SECOND CYCLIST APPEARED </s>
<s> THIS TIME IT WAS THE YOUNG LADY COMING FROM THE STATION </s>
<s> I SAW HER LOOK ABOUT HER AS SHE CAME TO THE CHARLINGTON HEDGE </s>
<s> AN INSTANT LATER THE MAN EMERGED FROM HIS HIDING PLACE SPRANG UPON HIS CYCLE AND FOLLOWED HER </s>
<s> IN ALL THE BROAD LANDSCAPE THOSE WERE THE ONLY MOVING FIGURES THE GRACEFUL GIRL SITTING VERY STRAIGHT UPON HER MACHINE AND THE MAN BEHIND HER BENDING LOW OVER HIS HANDLE BAR WITH A CURIOUSLY FURTIVE SUGGESTION IN EVERY MOVEMENT </s>