📄 noble_bachelor.txt
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<s> HAD HE LOST HIS WIFE </s><s> QUOTE YOU CAN UNDERSTAND QUOTE SAID HOLMES SUAVELY QUOTE THAT I EXTEND TO THE AFFAIRS OF MY OTHER CLIENTS THE SAME SECRECY WHICH I PROMISE TO YOU IN YOURS QUOTE </s><s> OF COURSE </s><s> VERY RIGHT VERY RIGHT </s><s> I'M SURE I BEG PARDON </s><s> AS TO MY OWN CASE I AM READY TO GIVE YOU ANY INFORMATION WHICH MAY ASSIST YOU IN FORMING AN OPINION </s><s> THANK YOU </s><s> I HAVE ALREADY LEARNED ALL THAT IS IN THE PUBLIC PRINTS NOTHING MORE </s><s> I PRESUME THAT I MAY TAKE IT AS CORRECT THIS ARTICLE FOR EXAMPLE AS TO THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE BRIDE </s><s> LORD SAINT SIMON GLANCED OVER IT </s><s> YES IT IS CORRECT AS FAR AS IT GOES </s><s> QUOTE BUT IT NEEDS A GREAT DEAL OF SUPPLEMENTING BEFORE ANYONE COULD OFFER AN OPINION </s><s> I THINK THAT I MAY ARRIVE AT MY FACTS MOST DIRECTLY BY QUESTIONING YOU </s><s> PRAY DO SO </s><s> WHEN DID YOU FIRST MEET MISS HATTY DORAN </s><s> IN SAN FRANCISCO A YEAR AGO </s><s> YOU WERE TRAVELLING IN THE STATES </s><s> QUOTE YES QUOTE </s><s> DID YOU BECOME ENGAGED THEN </s><s> NUMBER </s><s> BUT YOU WERE ON A FRIENDLY FOOTING </s><s> I WAS AMUSED BY HER SOCIETY AND SHE COULD SEE THAT I WAS AMUSED </s><s> HER FATHER IS VERY RICH </s><s> QUOTE HE IS SAID TO BE THE RICHEST MAN ON THE PACIFIC SLOPE QUOTE </s><s> AND HOW DID HE MAKE HIS MONEY </s><s> IN MINING </s><s> HE HAD NOTHING A FEW YEARS AGO </s><s> THEN HE STRUCK GOLD INVESTED IT AND CAME UP BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS </s><s> NOW WHAT IS YOUR OWN IMPRESSION AS TO THE YOUNG LADY'S YOUR WIFE'S CHARACTER </s><s> THE NOBLEMAN SWUNG HIS GLASSES A LITTLE FASTER AND STARED DOWN INTO THE FIRE </s><s> YOU SEE MR. HOLMES SAID HE MY WIFE WAS TWENTY BEFORE HER FATHER BECAME A RICH MAN </s><s> DURING THAT TIME SHE RAN FREE IN A MINING CAMP AND WANDERED THROUGH WOODS OR MOUNTAINS SO THAT HER EDUCATION HAS COME FROM NATURE RATHER THAN FROM THE SCHOOLMASTER </s><s> SHE IS WHAT WE CALL IN ENGLAND A TOMBOY WITH A STRONG NATURE WILD AND FREE UNFETTERED BY ANY SORT OF TRADITIONS </s><s> SHE IS IMPETUOUS VOLCANIC I WAS ABOUT TO SAY </s><s> SHE IS SWIFT IN MAKING UP HER MIND AND FEARLESS IN CARTYING OUT HER RESOLUTIONS </s><s> ON THE OTHER HAND I WOULD NOT HAVE GIVEN HER THE NAME WHICH I HAVE THE HONOUR TO BEAR QUOTE HE GAVE A LITTLE STATELY COUGH QUOTE HAD NOT I THOUGHT HER TO BE AT BOTTOM A NOBLE WOMAN </s><s> I BELIEVE THAT SHE IS CAPABLE OF HEROIC SELF SACRIFICE AND THAT ANYTHING DISHONOURABLE WOULD BE REPUGNANT TO HER </s><s> HAVE YOU HER PHOTOGRAPH </s><s> I BROUGHT THIS WITH ME </s><s> HE OPENED A LOCKET AND SHOWED US THE FULL FACE OF A VERY LOVELY WOMAN </s><s> IT WAS NOT A PHOTOGRAPH BUT AN IVORY MINIATURE AND THE ARTIST HAD BROUGHT OUT THE FULL EFFECT OF THE LUSTROUS BLACK HAIR THE LARGE DARK EYES AND THE EXQUISITE MOUTH </s><s> HOLMES GAZED LONG AND EARNESTLY AT IT </s><s> THEN HE CLOSED THE LOCKET AND HANDED IT BACK TO LORD SAINT SIMON </s><s> THE YOUNG LADY CAME TO LONDON THEN AND YOU RENEWED YOUR ACQUAINTANCE </s><s> YES HER FATHER BROUGHT HER OVER FOR THIS LAST LONDON SEASON </s><s> I MET HER SEVERAL TIMES BECAME ENGAGED TO HER AND HAVE NOW MARRIED HER QUOTE </s><s> SHE BROUGHT </s><s> I UNDERSTAND A CONSIDERABLE DOWRY </s><s> A FAIR DOWRY </s><s> NOT MORE THAN IS USUAL IN MY FAMILY </s><s> AND THIS OF COURSE REMAINS TO YOU SINCE THE MARRIAGE IS A FAIT ACCOMPLI </s><s> QUOTE I REALLY HAVE MADE NO INQUIRIES ON THE SUBJECT QUOTE </s><s> VERY NATURALLY NOT </s><s> DID YOU SEE MISS DORAN ON THE DAY BEFORE THE WEDDING </s><s> YES </s><s> WAS SHE IN GOOD SPIRITS </s><s> NEVER BETTER </s><s> SHE KEPT TALKING OF WHAT WE SHOULD DO IN OUR FUTURE LIVES QUOTE </s><s> INDEED </s><s> THAT IS VETY INTERESTING </s><s> AND ON THE MORNING OF THE WEDDING </s><s> SHE WAS AS BRIGHT AS POSSIBLE AT LEAST UNTIL AFTER THE CEREMONY </s><s> AND DID YOU OBSERVE ANY CHANGE IN HER THEN </s><s> WELL TO TELL THE TRUTH I SAW THEN THE FIRST SIGNS THAT I HAD EVER SEEN THAT HER TEMPER WAS JUST A LITTLE SHARP </s><s> THE INCIDENT HOWEVER WAS TOO TRIVIAL TO RELATE AND CAN HAVE NO POSSIBLE BEARING UPON THE CASE QUOTE </s><s> PRAY LET US HAVE IT FOR ALL THAT </s><s> OH IT IS CHILDISH </s><s> SHE DROPPED HER BOUQUET AS WE WENT TOWARDS THE VESTRY </s><s> SHE WAS PASSING THE FRONT PEW AT THE TIME AND IT FELL OVER INTO THE PEW </s><s> THERE WAS A MOMENT'S DELAY BUT THE GENTLEMAN IN THE PEW HANDED IT UP TO HER AGAIN AND IT DID NOT APPEAR TO BE THE WORSE FOR THE FALL </s><s> YET WHEN I SPOKE TO HER OF THE MATTER SHE ANSWERED ME ABRUPTLY AND IN THE CARRIAGE ON OUR WAY HOME SHE SEEMED ABSURDLY AGITATED OVER THIS TRIFLING CAUSE </s><s> INDEED </s><s> YOU SAY THAT THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN IN THE PEW </s><s> SOME OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC WERE PRESENT THEN </s><s> QUOTE OH YES </s><s> IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO EXCLUDE THEM WHEN THE CHURCH IS OPEN </s><s> THIS GENTLEMAN WAS NOT ONE OF YOUR WIFE'S FRIENDS </s><s> NO NO I CALL HIM A GENTLEMAN BY COURTESY BUT HE WAS QUITE A COMMON LOOKING PERSON </s><s> I HARDLY NOTICED HIS APPEARANCE </s><s> BUT REALLY I THINK THAT WE ARE WANDERING RATHER FAR FROM THE POINT </s><s> LADY SAINT SIMON THEN RETURNED FROM THE WEDDING IN A LESS CHEERFUL FRAME OF MIND THAN SHE HAD GONE TO IT </s><s> WHAT DID SHE DO ON REENTERING HER FATHER'S HOUSE QUOTE </s><s> I SAW HER IN CONVERSATION WITH HER MAID </s><s> AND WHO IS HER MAID </s><s> ALICE IS HER NAME </s><s> SHE IS AN AMERICAN AND CAME FROM CALIFORNIA WITH HER </s><s> A CONFIDENTIAL SERVANT </s><s> QUOTE A LITTLE TOO MUCH SO </s><s> IT SEEMED TO ME THAT HER MISTRESS ALLOWED HER TO TAKE GREAT LIBERTIES </s><s> STILL OF COURSE IN AMERICA THEY LOOK UPON THESE THINGS IN A DIFFERENT WAY </s><s> HOW LONG DID SHE SPEAK TO THIS ALICE </s><s> OH A FEW MINUTES </s><s> I HAD SOMETHING ELSE TO THINK OF </s><s> YOU DID NOT OVERHEAR WHAT THEY SAID </s><s> QUOTE LADY SAINT SIMON SAID SOMETHING ABOUT JUMPING A CLAIM </s><s> SHE WAS ACCUSTOMED TO USE SLANG OF THE KIND </s><s> I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT SHE MEANT </s><s> AMERICAN SLANG IS VERY EXPRESSIVE SOMETIMES </s><s> AND WHAT DID YOUR WIFE DO WHEN SHE FINISHED SPEAKING TO HER MAID </s><s> SHE WALKED INTO THE BREAKFAST ROOM </s><s> ON YOUR ARM </s><s> QUOTE NO ALONE </s><s> SHE WAS VERY INDEPENDENT IN LITTLE MATTERS LIKE THAT </s><s> THEN AFTER WE HAD SAT DOWN FOR TEN MINUTES OR SO SHE ROSE HURRIEDLY MUTTERED SOME WORDS OF APOLOGY AND LEFT THE ROOM </s><s> SHE NEVER CAME BACK </s><s> BUT THIS MAID ALICE AS I UNDERSTAND DEPOSES THAT SHE WENT TO HER ROOM COVERED HER BRIDE'S DRESS WITH A LONG ULSTER PUT ON A BONNET AND WENT OUT </s><s> QUITE SO </s><s> AND SHE WAS AFTERWARDS SEEN WALKING INTO HYDE PARK IN COMPANY WITH FLORA MILLAR A WOMAN WHO IS NOW IN CUSTODY AND WHO HAD ALREADY MADE A DISTURBANCE AT MR. DORAN'S HOUSE THAT MORNING </s><s> AH YES </s><s> I SHOULD LIKE A FEW PATTICULARS AS TO THIS YOUNG LADY AND YOUR RELATIONS TO HER QUOTE </s><s> LORD SAINT SIMON SHRUGGED HIS SHOULDERS AND RAISED HIS EYEBROWS </s><s> WE HAVE BEEN ON A FRIENDLY FOOTING FOR SOME YEARS I MAY SAY ON A VERY FRIENDLY FOOTING </s><s> SHE USED TO BE AT THE ALLEGRO </s><s> I HAVE NOT TREATED HER UNGENEROUSLY AND SHE HAD NO JUST CAUSE OF COMPLAINT AGAINST ME BUT YOU KNOW WHAT WOMEN ARE MR. HOLMES </s><s> FLORA WAS A DEAR LITTLE THING BUT EXCEEDINGLY HOT HEADED AND DEVOTEDLY ATTACHED TO ME </s><s> SHE WROTE ME DREADFUL LETTERS WHEN SHE HEARD THAT I WAS ABOUT TO BE MARRIED AND TO TELL THE TRUTH THE REASON WHY I HAD THE MARRIAGE CELEBRATED SO QUIETLY WAS THAT I FEARED LEST THERE MIGHT BE A SCANDAL IN THE CHURCH </s><s> SHE CAME TO MR. DORAN'S DOOR JUST AFTER WE RETURNED AND SHE ENDEAVOURED TO PUSH HER WAY IN UTTERING VERY ABUSIVE EXPRESSIONS TOWARDS MY WIFE AND EVEN THREATENING HER BUT I HAD FORESEEN THE POSSIBILITY OF SOMETHING OF THE SORT AND I HAD TWO POLICE FELLOWS THERE IN PRIVATE CLOTHES WHO SOON PUSHED HER OUT AGAIN </s><s> SHE WAS QUIET WHEN SHE SAW THAT THERE WAS NO GOOD IN MAKING A ROW </s><s> DID YOUR WIFE HEAR ALL THIS </s><s> NO THANK GOODNESS SHE DID NOT </s><s> AND SHE WAS SEEN WALKING WITH THIS VERY WOMAN AFTERWARDS </s><s> QUOTE YES </s><s> THAT IS WHAT MR. LESTRADE OF SCOTLAND YARD LOOKS UPON AS SO SERIOUS </s><s> IT IS THOUGHT THAT FLORA DECOYED MY WIFE OUT AND LAID SOME TERRIBLE TRAP FOR HER </s><s> WELL IT IS A POSSIBLE SUPPOSITION </s><s> YOU THINK SO TOO </s><s> L. DID NOT SAY A PROBABLE ONE </s><s> BUT YOU DO NOT YOURSELF LOOK UPON THIS AS LIKELY </s><s> QUOTE I DO NOT THINK FLORA WOULD HURT A FLY QUOTE </s><s> STILL JEALOUSY IS A STRANGE TRANSFORMER OF CHARACTERS </s><s> PRAY WHAT IS YOUR OWN THEORY AS TO WHAT TOOK PLACE </s>
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