noble_bachelor.txt

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<s> THE LORD SAINT SIMON MARRIAGE AND ITS CURIOUS TERMINATION HAVE LONG CEASED TO BE A SUBJECT OF INTEREST IN THOSE EXALTED CIRCLES IN WHICH THE UNFORTUNATE BRIDEGROOM MOVES </s>
<s> FRESH SCANDALS HAVE ECLIPSED IT AND THEIR MORE PIQUANT DETAILS HAVE DRAWN THE GOSSIPS AWAY FROM THIS FOUR YEAR OLD DRAMA </s>
<s> AS I HAVE REASON TO BELIEVE HOWEVER THAT THE FULL FACTS HAVE NEVER BEEN REVEALED TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND AS MY FRIEND SHERLOCK HOLMES HAD A CONSIDERABLE SHARE IN CLEARING THE MATTER UP I FEEL THAT NO MEMOIR OF HIM WOULD BE COMPLETE WITHOUT SOME LITTLE SKETCH OF THIS REMARKABLE EPISODE </s>
<s> IT WAS A FEW WEEKS BEFORE MY OWN MARRIAGE DURING THE DAYS WHEN I WAS STILL SHARING ROOMS WITH HOLMES IN BAKER STREET THAT HE CAME HOME FROM AN AFTERNOON STROLL TO FIND A LETTER ON THE TABLE WAITING FOR HIM </s>
<s> I HAD REMAINED INDOORS ALL DAY FOR THE WEATHER HAD TAKEN A SUDDEN TURN TO RAIN WITH HIGH AUTUMNAL WINDS AND THE JEZAIL BULLET WHICH I HAD BROUGHT BACK IN ONE OF MY LIMBS AS A RELIC OF MY AFGHAN CAMPAIGN THROBBED WITH DULL PERSISTENCE </s>
<s> WITH MY BODY IN ONE EASY CHAIR AND MY LEGS UPON ANOTHER I HAD SURROUNDED MYSELF WITH A CLOUD OF NEWSPAPERS UNTIL AT LAST SATURATED WITH THE NEWS OF THE DAY I TOSSED THEM ALL ASIDE AND LAY LISTLESS WATCHING THE HUGE CREST AND MONOGRAM UPON THE ENVELOPE UPON THE TABLE AND WONDERING LAZILY WHO MY FRIEND'S NOBLE CORRESPONDENT COULD BE </s>
<s> QUOTE HERE IS A VERY FASHIONABLE EPISTLE QUOTE I REMARKED AS HE ENTERED </s>
<s> YOUR MORNING LETTERS IF I REMEMBER RIGHT WERE FROM A FISH MONGER AND A TIDE WAITER </s>
<s> YES MY CORRESPONDENCE HAS CERTAINLY THE CHARM OF VARIETY HE ANSWERED SMILING AND THE HUMBLER ARE USUALLY THE MORE INTERESTING </s>
<s> THIS LOOKS LIKE ONE OF THOSE UNWELCOME SOCIAL SUMMONSES WHICH CALL UPON A MAN EITHER TO BE BORED OR TO LIE </s>
<s> HE BROKE THE SEAL AND GLANCED OVER THE CONTENTS </s>
<s> OH COME IT MAY PROVE TO BE SOMETHING OF INTEREST AFTER ALL </s>
<s> NOT SOCIAL THEN </s>
<s> QUOTE NO DISTINCTLY PROFESSIONAL QUOTE </s>
<s> AND FROM A NOBLE CLIENT </s>
<s> ONE OF THE HIGHEST IN ENGLAND </s>
<s> MY DEAR FELLOW </s>
<s> I CONGRATULATE YOU </s>
<s> I ASSURE YOU WATSON WITHOUT AFFECTATION THAT THE STATUS OF MY CLIENT IS A MATTER OF LESS MOMENT TO ME THAN THE INTEREST OF HIS CASE </s>
<s> IT IS JUST POSSIBLE HOWEVER THAT THAT ALSO MAY NOT BE WANTING IN THIS NEW INVESTIGATION </s>
<s> YOU HAVE BEEN READING THE PAPERS DILIGENTLY OF LATE HAVE YOU NOT QUOTE </s>
<s> IT LOOKS LIKE IT SAID I RUEFULLY POINTING TO A HUGE BUNDLE IN THE CORNER </s>
<s> I HAVE HAD NOTHING ELSE TO DO </s>
<s> IT IS FORTUNATE FOR YOU WILL PERHAPS BE ABLE TO POST ME UP </s>
<s> I READ NOTHING EXCEPT THE CRIMINAL NEWS AND THE AGONY COLUMN </s>
<s> THE LATTER IS ALWAYS INSTRUCTIVE </s>
<s> BUT IF YOU HAVE FOLLOWED RECENT EVENTS SO CLOSELY YOU MUST HAVE READ ABOUT LORD SAINT SIMON AND HIS WEDDING </s>
<s> OH YES WITH THE DEEPEST INTEREST </s>
<s> QUOTE THAT IS WELL </s>
<s> THE LETTER WHICH I HOLD IN MY HAND IS FROM LORD SAINT SIMON </s>
<s> I WILL READ IT TO YOU AND IN RETURN YOU MUST TURN OVER THESE PAPERS AND LET ME HAVE WHATEVER BEARS UPON THE MATTER </s>
<s> THIS IS WHAT HE SAYS MY DEAR MR. SHERLOCK HOLMES LORD BACKWATER TELLS ME THAT I MAY PLACE IMPLICIT RELIANCE UPON YOUR JUDGMENT AND DISCRETION </s>
<s> I HAVE DETERMINED THEREFORE TO CALL UPON YOU AND TO CONSULT YOU IN REFERENCE TO THE VERY PAINFUL EVENT WHICH HAS OCCURRED IN CONNECTION WITH MY WEDDING </s>
<s> MR. LESTRADE OF SCOTLAND YARD IS ACTING ALREADY IN THE MATTER BUT HE ASSURES ME THAT HE SEES NO OBJECTION TO YOUR COOPERATION AND THAT HE EVEN THINKS THAT IT MIGHT BE OF SOME ASSISTANCE </s>
<s> I WILL CALL AT FOUR O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON AND SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY OTHER ENGAGEMENT AT THAT TIME I HOPE THAT YOU WILL POSTPONE IT AS THIS MATTER IS OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE </s>
<s> YOURS FAITHFULLY ST. SIMON </s>
<s> IT IS DATED FROM GROSVENOR MANSIONS WRITTEN WITH A QUILL PEN AND THE NOBLE LORD HAS HAD THE MISFORTUNE TO GET A SMEAR OF INK UPON THE OUTER SIDE OF HIS RIGHT LITTLE FINGER REMARKED HOLMES AS HE FOLDED UP THE EPISTLE </s>
<s> HE SAYS FOUR O'CLOCK </s>
<s> IT IS THREE NOW </s>
<s> HE WILL BE HERE IN AN HOUR </s>
<s> QUOTE THEN I HAVE JUST TIME WITH YOUR ASSISTANCE TO GET CLEAR UPON THE SUBJECT </s>
<s> TURN OVER THOSE PAPERS AND ARRANGE THE EXTRACTS IN THEIR ORDER OF TIME WHILE I TAKE A GLANCE AS TO WHO OUR CLIENT IS </s>
<s> HE PICKED A RED COVERED VOLUME FROM A LINE OF BOOKS OF REFERENCE BESIDE THE MANTELPIECE </s>
<s> HERE HE IS SAID HE SITTING DOWN AND FLATTENING IT OUT UPON HIS KNEE </s>
<s> LORD ROBERT WALSINGHAM DE VERE SAINT SIMON SECOND SON OF THE DUKE OF BALMORAL </s>
<s> HUM </s>
<s> ARMS AZURE THREE CALTROPS IN CHIEF OVER A FESS SABLE </s>
<s> BORN IN ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED FORTY SIX </s>
<s> HE'S FORTY ONE YEARS OF AGE WHICH IS MATURE FOR MARRIAGE </s>
<s> WAS UNDER SECRETARY FOR THE COLONIES IN A LATE ADMINISTRATION </s>
<s> THE DUKE HIS FATHER WAS AT ONE TIME SECRETARY FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS </s>
<s> THEY INHERIT PLANTAGENET BLOOD BY DIRECT DESCENT AND TUDOR ON THE DISTAFF SIDE </s>
<s> HA </s>
<s> WELL THERE IS NOTHING VERY INSTRUCTIVE IN ALL THIS </s>
<s> I THINK THAT I MUST TURN TO YOU WATSON FOR SOMETHING MORE SOLID </s>
<s> I HAVE VERY LITTLE DIFFICULTY IN FINDING WHAT I WANT SAID I FOR THE FACTS ARE QUITE RECENT AND THE MATTER STRUCK ME AS REMARKABLE </s>
<s> I FEARED TO REFER THEM TO YOU HOWEVER AS I KNEW THAT YOU HAD AN INQUIRY ON HAND AND THAT YOU DISLIKED THE INTRUSION OF OTHER MATTERS QUOTE </s>
<s> OH YOU MEAN THE LITTLE PROBLEM OF THE GROSVENOR SQUARE FURNITURE VAN </s>
<s> THAT IS QUITE CLEARED UP NOW THOUGH INDEED IT WAS OBVIOUS FROM THE FIRST </s>
<s> PRAY GIVE ME THE RESULTS OF YOUR NEWSPAPER SELECTIONS </s>
<s> HERE IS THE FIRST NOTICE WHICH I CAN FIND </s>
<s> IT IS IN THE PERSONAL COLUMN OF THE MORNING POST AND DATES AS YOU SEE SOME WEEKS BACK A MARRIAGE HAS BEEN ARRANGED IT SAYS AND WILL IF RUMOUR IS CORRECT VERY SHORTLY TAKE PLACE BETWEEN LORD ROBERT SAINT SIMON SECOND SON OF THE DUKE OF BALMORAL AND MISS HATTY DORAN THE ONLY DAUGHTER OF ALOYSIUS DORAN </s>
<s> ESQ. OF SAN FRANCISCO CALORIE U. S. A. THAT IS ALL </s>
<s> QUOTE TERSE AND TO THE POINT QUOTE REMARKED HOLMES STRETCHING HIS LONG THIN LEGS TOWARDS THE FIRE </s>
<s> THERE WAS A PARAGRAPH AMPLIFYING THIS IN ONE OF THE SOCIETY PAPERS OF THE SAME WEEK </s>
<s> AH HERE IT IS THERE WILL SOON BE A CALL FOR PROTECTION IN THE MARRIAGE MARKET FOR THE PRESENT FREE TRADE PRINCIPLE APPEARS TO TELL HEAVILY AGAINST OUR HOME PRODUCT </s>
<s> ONE BY ONE THE MANAGE MENT OF THE NOBLE HOUSES OF GREAT BRITAIN IS PASSING INTO THE HANDS OF OUR FAIR COUSINS FROM ACROSS THE ATLANTIC </s>
<s> AN IMPORTANT ADDITION HAS BEEN MADE DURING THE LAST WEEK TO THE LIST OF THE PRIZES WHICH HAVE BEEN BORNE AWAY BY THESE CHARMING INVADERS </s>
<s> LORD SAINT SIMON WHO HAS SHOWN HIMSELF FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS PROOF AGAINST THE LITTLE GOD'S ARROWS HAS NOW DEFINITELY ANNOUNCED HIS APPROACHING MARRIAGE WITH MISS HATTY DORAN THE FASCINATING DAUGHTER OF A CALIFORNIA MILLIONAIRE </s>
<s> MISS DORAN WHOSE GRACEFUL FIGURE AND STRIKING FACE ATTRACTED MUCH ATTENTION AT THE WESTBURY HOUSE FESTIVI TIES IS AN ONLY CHILD AND IT IS CURRENTLY REPORTED THAT HER DOWRY WILL RUN TO CONSIDERABLY OVER THE SIX FIGURES WITH EXPECTANCIES FOR THE FUTURE </s>
<s> AS IT IS AN OPEN SECRET THAT THE DUKE OF BALMORAL HAS BEEN COMPELLED TO SELL HIS PICTURES WITHIN THE LAST FEW YEARS AND AS LORD SAINT SIMON HAS NO PROPERTY OF HIS OWN SAVE THE SMALL ESTATE OF BIRCHMOOR IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THE CALIFORNIAN HEIRESS IS NOT THE ONLY GAINER BY AN ALLIANCE WHICH WILL ENABLE HER TO MAKE THE EASY AND COM MON TRANSITION FROM A REPUBLICAN LADY TO A BRITISH PEERESS </s>
<s> ANYTHING ELSE ASKED HOLMES YAWNING </s>
<s> OH YES PLENTY </s>
<s> THEN THERE IS ANOTHER NOTE IN THE MORNING POST TO SAY THAT THE MARIAGE WOULD BE AN ABSOLUTELY QUIET ONE THAT IT WOULD BE AT SAINT GEORGE'S HANOVER SQUARE THAT ONLY HALF A DOZEN INTIMATE FRIENDS WOULD BE INVITED AND THAT THE PARTY WOULD RETURN TO THE FURNISHED HOUSE AT LANCASTER GATE WHICH HAS BEEN TAKEN BY MR. ALOYSIUS DORAN </s>
<s> TWO DAYS LATER THAT IS ON WEDNESDAY LAST THERE IS A CURT ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THE WEDDING HAD TAKEN PLACE AND THAT THE HONEYMOON WOULD BE PASSED AT LORD BACKWATER'S PLACE NEAR PETERSFIELD </s>
<s> THOSE ARE ALL THE NOTICES WHICH APPEARED BEFORE THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE BRIDE QUOTE </s>
<s> BEFORE THE WHAT ASKED HOLMES WITH A START </s>
<s> THE VANISHING OF THE LADY </s>
<s> WHEN DID SHE VANISH THEN </s>
<s> AT THE WEDDING BREAKFAST </s>
<s> INDEED </s>
<s> THIS IS MORE INTERESTING THAN IT PROMISED TO BE QUITE DRAMATIC IN FACT QUOTE </s>
<s> YES IT STRUCK ME AS BEING A LITTLE OUT OF THE COMMON </s>
<s> THEY OFTEN VANISH BEFORE THE CEREMONY AND OCCASIONALLY DURING THE HONEYMOON BUT I CANNOT CALL TO MIND ANYTHING QUITE SO PROMPT AS THIS </s>
<s> PRAY LET ME HAVE THE DETAILS </s>
<s> I WARN YOU THAT THEY ARE VERY INCOMPLETE </s>
<s> PERHAPS WE MAY MAKE THEM LESS SO </s>
<s> QUOTE SUCH AS THEY ARE THEY ARE SET FORTH IN A SINGLE ARTICLE OF A MORNING PAPER OF YESTERDAY WHICH I WILL READ TO YOU </s>
<s> IT IS HEADED SINGULAR OCCURRENCE AT A FASHIONABLE WEDDING THE FAMILY OF LORD ROBERT SAINT SIMON HAS BEEN THROWN INTO THE GREATEST CONSTERNATION BY THE STRANGE AND PAINFUL EPISODES WHICH HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN CONNECTION WITH HIS WEDDING </s>
<s> THE CEREMONY AS SHORTLY ANNOUNCED IN THE PAPERS OF YESTERDAY OCCURRED ON THE PREVIOUS MORNING BUT IT IS ONLY NOW THAT IT HAS BEEN POSSIBLE TO CONFIRM THE STRANGE RUMOURS WHICH HAVE BEEN SO PERSISTENTLY FLOATING ABOUT </s>
<s> IN SPITE OF THE ATTEMPTS OF THE FRIENDS TO HUSH THE MATTER UP SO MUCH PUBLIC ATTENTION HAS NOW BEEN DRAWN TO IT THAT NO GOOD PURPOSE CAN BE SERVED BY AFFECTING TO DISREGARD WHAT IS A COMMON SUBJECT FOR CONVERSATION </s>
<s> THE CEREMONY WHICH WAS PERFORMED AT SAINT GEORGE'S HANOVER SQUARE WAS A VERY QUIET ONE NO ONE BEING PRESENT SAVE THE FATHER OF THE BRIDE MR. ALOYSIUS DORAN THE DUCH ESS OF BALMORAL LORD BACKWATER LORD EUSTACE AND LADY CLARA SAINT SIMON THE YOUNGER BROTHER AND SISTER OF THE BRIDEGROOM AND LADY ALICIA WHITTINGTON </s>
<s> THE WHOLE PARTY PROCEEDED AFTERWARDS TO THE HOUSE OF MR. ALOYSIUS DORAN AT LANCASTER GATE WHERE BREAKFAST HAD BEEN PREPARED </s>
<s> IT APPEARS THAT SOME LITTLE TROUBLE WAS CAUSED BY A WOMAN WHOSE NAME HAS NOT BEEN ASCERTAINED WHO ENDEAVOURED TO FORCE HER WAY INTO THE HOUSE AFTER THE BRIDAL PARTY ALLEGING THAT SHE HAD SOME CLAIM UPON LORD SAINT SIMON </s>
<s> IT WAS ONLY AFTER A PAINFUL AND PROLONGED SCENE THAT SHE WAS EJECTED BY THE BUTLER AND THE FOOTMAN </s>
<s> THE BRIDE WHO HAD FORTUNATELY ENTERED THE HOUSE BEFORE THIS UNPLEASANT INTERRUPTION HAD SAT DOWN TO BREAKFAST WITH THE REST WHEN SHE COMPLAINED OF A SUDDEN INDISPOSITION AND RETIRED TO HER ROOM </s>
<s> HER PRO LONGED ABSENCE HAVING CAUSED SOME COMMENT HER FATHER FOLLOWED HER BUT LEARNED FROM HER MAID THAT SHE HAD ONLY COME UP TO HER CHAMBER FOR AN INSTANT CAUGHT UP AN ULSTER AND BONNET AND HURRIED DOWN TO THE PASSAGE </s>
<s> ONE OF THE FOOTMEN DECLARED THAT HE HAD SEEN A LADY LEAVE THE HOUSE THUS APPARELLED BUT HAD REFUSED TO CREDIT THAT IT WAS HIS MISTRESS BELIEVING HER TO BE WITH THE COMPANY </s>
<s> ON ASCER TAINING THAT HIS DAUGHTER HAD DISAPPEARED MR. ALOYSIUS DORAN IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE BRIDEGROOM INSTANTLY PUT THEMSELVES IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE POLICE AND VERY ENERGETIC INQUIRIES ARE BEING MADE WHICH WILL PROBABLY RESULT IN A SPEEDY CLEARING UP OF THIS VERY SINGULAR BUSINESS </s>
<s> UP TO A LATE HOUR LAST NIGHT HOWEVER NOTHING HAD TRAN SPIRED AS TO THE WHEREABOUTS OF THE MISSING LADY </s>
<s> THERE ARE RUMOURS OF FOUL PLAY IN THE MATTER AND IT IS SAID THAT THE POLICE HAVE CAUSED THE ARREST OF THE WOMAN WHO HAD CAUSED THE ORIGINAL DISTURBANCE IN THE BELIEF THAT FROM JEALOUSY OR SOME OTHER MOTIVE SHE MAY HAVE BEEN CONCERNED IN THE STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE BRIDE </s>
<s> AND IS THAT ALL </s>
<s> ONLY ONE LITTLE ITEM IN ANOTHER OF THE MORNING PAPERS BUT IT IS A SUGGESTIVE ONE </s>
<s> QUOTE THAT MISS FLORA MILLAR THE LADY WHO HAD CAUSED THE DISTURBANCE HAS ACTUALLY BEEN ARRESTED </s>
<s> IT APPEARS THAT SHE WAS FORMERLY A DANSEUSE AT THE ALLEGRO AND THAT SHE HAS KNOWN THE BRIDEGROOM FOR SOME YEARS </s>
<s> THERE ARE NO FURTHER PARTICULARS AND THE WHOLE CASE IS IN YOUR HANDS NOW SO FAR AS IT HAS BEEN SET FORTH IN THE PUBLIC PRESS </s>
<s> AND AN EXCEEDINGLY INTERESTING CASE IT APPEARS TO BE </s>
<s> I WOULD NOT HAVE MISSED IT FOR WORLDS </s>
<s> BUT THERE IS A RING AT THE BELL WATSON AND AS THE CLOCK MAKES IT A FEW MINUTES AFTER FOUR I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THIS WILL PROVE TO BE OUR NOBLE CLIENT </s>
<s> DO NOT DREAM OF GOING WATSON FOR I VERY MUCH PREFER HAVING A WITNESS IF ONLY AS A CHECK TO MY OWN MEMORY </s>
<s> LORD ROBERT SAINT SIMON ANNOUNCED OUR PAGE BOY THROWING OPEN THE DOOR </s>
<s> A GENTLEMAN ENTERED WITH A PLEASANT CULTURED FACE HIGH NOSED AND PALE WITH SOMETHING PERHAPS OF PETULANCE ABOUT THE MOUTH AND WITH THE STEADY WELL OPENED EYE OF A MAN WHOSE PLEASANT LOT IT HAD EVER BEEN TO COMMAND AND TO BE OBEYED </s>
<s> HIS MANNER WAS BRISK AND YET HIS GENERAL APPEARANCE GAVE AN UNDUE IMPRESSION OF AGE FOR HE HAD A SLIGHT FORWARD STOOP AND A LITTLE BEND OF THE KNEES AS HE WALKED </s>
<s> HIS HAIR TOO AS HE SWEPT OFF HIS VERY CURLY BRIMMED HAT WAS GRIZZLED ROUND THE EDGES AND THIN UPON THE TOP </s>
<s> AS TO HIS DRESS IT WAS CAREFUL TO THE VERGE OF FOPPISHNESS WITH HIGH COLLAR BLACK FROCK COAT WHITE WAISTCOAT YELLOW GLOVES PATENT LEATHER SHOES AND LIGHTCOLOURED GAITERS </s>
<s> HE ADVANCED SLOWLY INTO THE ROOM TURNING HIS HEAD FROM LEFT TO RIGHT AND SWINGING IN HIS RIGHT HAND THE CORD WHICH HELD HIS GOLDEN EYEGLASSES </s>
<s> GOODDAY LORD SAINT SIMON SAID HOLMES RISING AND BOWING </s>
<s> QUOTE PRAY TAKE THE BASKET CHAIR </s>
<s> THIS IS MY FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE DOCTOR WATSON </s>
<s> DRAW UP A LITTLE TO THE FIRE AND WE WILL TALK THIS MATTER OVER </s>
<s> A MOST PAINFUL MATTER TO ME AS YOU CAN MOST READILY IMAGINE MR. HOLMES </s>
<s> I HAVE BEEN CUT TO THE QUICK </s>
<s> I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE ALREADY MANAGED SEVERAL DELICATE CASES OF THIS SORT SIR THOUGH I PRESUME THAT THEY WERE HARDLY FROM THE SAME CLASS OF SOCIETY </s>
<s> NO I AM DESCENDING </s>
<s> I BEG PARDON </s>
<s> QUOTE MY LAST CLIENT OF THE SORT WAS A KING QUOTE </s>
<s> OH REALLY </s>
<s> I HAD NO IDEA </s>
<s> AND WHICH KING </s>
<s> THE KING OF SCANDINAVIA </s>
<s> WHAT </s>