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In the several months that I had shared the Baker Street lodgings with Sherlock Holmes,

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I was consistently amazed by the indefatigable energy he poured into his never-ending war

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on crime.

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But my physician's eye could see the strain that perhaps another wouldn't have noticed.

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Thus it was one morning that I prevailed upon him to join me for a day in the country.

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All seemed tranquil at first, but I was to learn, as I did in later years, that when

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Sherlock Holmes did not seek trouble, it often sought him.

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Help her!

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They may be coming!

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Steady now.

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We'll have you all right in a minute.

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What's happened to the young lady?

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Who are you running from?

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Stark.

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Carol.

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They tried to kill me.

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Not now, Holmes.

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Perhaps we'd better get them to London, eh?

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I've had a thought.

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The young lady is uninjured, but she is suffering from a deep state of shock.

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Come along, Holmes.

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Drink this, will you?

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Better now?

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Much.

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Thank you, sir.

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Will she be all right, Doctor?

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Oh, yes, I need her.

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Twice last night, she saved my life.

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Who is she?

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I don't know.

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We only met last night.

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I'm afraid she's mute.

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What?

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Deaf-mute?

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No, she hears and understands perfectly.

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How did you meet her?

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Well, it all started yesterday afternoon.

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Seems an eternity since then.

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I was in my office, facing the realities of my professional situation.

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I suppose that everyone finds his first venture into independent business to be a dreary experience.

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After a year of it, I'd about decided to admit failure and seek employment with some recognized

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firm.

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It was at that point that I received a client.

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Mr. Hatherley?

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His name was Colonel Lysander Stark.

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Had I known then what horror he was bringing into my life, I would have strangled him right

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then and there.

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Frankly, Mr. Hatherley, the commission I have come here to offer you deals with a matter

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of extreme secrecy.

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I have gone to some lengths to acquaint myself with both your professional and your personal

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qualifications.

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Personal qualifications, sir?

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Yes.

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I know you to be an efficient hydraulic engineer, but also that you are a bachelor, an orphan,

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and that you reside here alone in London.

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Why, that's very true, but I'm afraid I don't understand.

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You shall when I explain the assignment.

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Do I have your word that our conversation will go no further than this room?

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Of course, sir.

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I shall respect your confidence.

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Excellent.

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Well, then.

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Does 50 pounds for a night's work appeal to you?

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50 pounds?

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I note by your expression that you suspect some illegality.

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Let me set your mind at rest on that score.

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Exactly what you want me to do.

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Prepare a hydraulic press, Mr. Hatherley.

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A rather large hydraulic press.

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Well, that hardly seems unusual.

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For some years, I have owned a small place in the country just outside London.

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Recently, it has come to my attention that the land contains a vein of something commonly

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called Fuller's Earth.

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I trust you are familiar with the term.

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But ore is dug out of the earth.

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Why should you need a hydraulic press?

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I'm a businessman, Mr. Hatherley.

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Undoubtedly, the land surrounding mine contains more of such wealth.

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I hope to use the income from my own discovery to purchase my neighbor's land cheaply before

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he discovers its hidden wealth.

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I see.

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If my neighbor were to suspect what wealth he treads on daily, he would never sell at

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any price.

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It's quite clear now.

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You use the press to mold the dug earth into some innocent form so that you can dispose

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of it without suspicion.

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Precisely.

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Very ingenious.

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There's a fortune down there.

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A fo...

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Oh.

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Oh.

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Is anything wrong?

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What is it, Colonel Stark?

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Can I get you something?

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It's... it's all right.

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My heart... I often get too excited.

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I've put my trust in you, Mr. Hatherley.

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Do you accept the commission?

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When do I begin, sir?

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I promised to meet him that night, last night, at Aford Station.

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The time he suggested was quite late, 11.30, but he insisted that it would be less conspicuous.

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I freely admit that the money kept me from exercising a more natural curiosity at such

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bizarre proceedings.

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One point, sir.

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When we encountered you, admittedly you were in a highly nervous state, but you kept repeating

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that they were after you.

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Did this man Stark have a confederate?

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Yes, a foreigner, a man named Carroll.

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I was to meet him later that night.

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Go on.

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Last night I boarded the train to Aford and arrived there a little past 11 as ordered.

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And Colonel Stark was waiting?

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He was.

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We drove for almost an hour, and then we stopped suddenly and he almost pulled me into a darkened

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house.

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Stark muttered under his breath as he fumbled to strike a match, but suddenly a light appeared

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at the top of the stairs.

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It was the first time I saw this young woman, gentlemen.

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Even in the poor light, beauty and fear were sharp in her face.

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This young woman is our housekeeper.

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How do you do, miss?

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She cannot answer you, I'm afraid.

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She is quite mute.

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I forgot to tell you that I have a colleague, Mr. Carroll, brilliant mineralogist.

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I'll fetch him for you, if you'll excuse me for a moment.

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By all means.

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Mrs. Russell, this is S тысяч,Manny?

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Is there anything wrong?

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You want me to leave?

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Why?

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Are you trying to warn me against Colonel Stark?

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But why should I fear Colonel Stark?

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I only met him this afternoon.

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Mr. Hathaway, I'd like you to meet my friend and associate, Mr. Carroll.

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A pleasure, sir.

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Colonel Stark, I'm glad to meet you.

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Colonel Stark will show you our place and explain the difficulties we have.

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I'll join you in a moment.

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After I have a word with our housekeeper, for you stay tonight.

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Yes, yes, that's a good idea.

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Will you come this way, Mr. Hathaway?

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I thought you had learned better, my dear.

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Perhaps I'll have to send you back to school.

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Yes, in principle, this is the standard hydraulic press.

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I must say, I've seen fewer as large.

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Indeed?

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And so it does the work of four ordinary presses.

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I think I told you that time is my greatest foe.

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Would you bring more light, please?

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Wood.

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Concrete would have given you more support.

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Are these walls reinforced from the outside?

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Ah, Bruno, I was just about to explain to Mr. Hathaway that all the walls, except the one he is examining, are reinforced.

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However, there's no trouble with the walls.

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It's in the machinery.

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You'll hear it.

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Good.

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Now listen.

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What it is?

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One of the cylinders is leaking fluid, cutting down your power.

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Turn it off and we'll have a look at the driving rods.

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I knew what I was after, and the rest proved to be no problem.

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Of course, you knew by then the true purpose of the press.

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Not quite.

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Although I was sure it was not for making dirt brick molds, much too large for that.

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But they'd lied to me so blatantly, I thought it best not to call them on it right off.

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Well, what were they using the press for?

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Fairly obvious.

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They are counterfeiters.

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They use the press to form the amalgam that takes the place of silver.

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So I learned during the night.

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It was naive of me to assume that everyone but myself was asleep, but I did.

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Good nights.

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It's a malgan, Mr. Hathaway.

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Carol, open up.

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Let me out of here, Carol.

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Carol Stark!

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No one knew better than myself what that sound meant.

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Carol had started the press.

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Within minutes, that cold ceiling would be down with a force capable of grinding me to a shapeless pulp.

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And there was no way in the world I could stop it.

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I must get away from here.

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You will come with me.

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Go quickly!

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The police!

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Hurry!

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It's time, Hathaway.

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No mistake.

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B→ K→ H←

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What is this?

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What's happened here?

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Bruno!

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No!

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No!

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No!

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No!

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No!

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That's almost the last lucid recollection I have.

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I remember carrying her outside and plunging her head into the darkness.

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Then you have no memory of going through the woods?

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Almost none.

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The next thing I remember, you and Dr. Watson were bending over me.

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Are you all right?

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She screamed, did you hear her?

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Yes, quite clearly.

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Please, don't let them send me back.

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I can't bear it.

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There, there now.

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Brandy Helms, will you?

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That's right.

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You'll be all right.

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Here, drink this, will you?

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Now, now.

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Hey, Spencer.

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Now, tell me, do you know this gentleman?

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Yes, Mr. Hathaway.

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Oh, you can speak.

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Why last night did you pretend?

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I wasn't pretending.

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I've been unable to speak for a year.

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Excuse me, Miss, um...

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Connors, Ruth Connors.

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Miss Connors, I gather that the events of last night gave you a shock,

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rather like a shock you received a year ago.

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Yes.

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When I saw the gun in Colonel Stark's hand,

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and it was pointed directly at me,

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a year ago, another young man visited us to fix the hydraulic press.

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I see.

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What do you know about this other young man?

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I was standing there, watching,

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when all of a sudden, Colonel Stark fired his gun,

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straight into the other young man's face.

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Why didn't you go to the police?

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I did.

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But first I must tell you that Mr. Carew is my uncle and guardian.

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He's my only living relation.

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When I witnessed the murder, he fell upon me,

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repeating over and over,

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you must never say a word, you must never say a word.

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But the first opportunity I had, I ran to the police.

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What did they do?

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Nothing.

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Because from that moment to this,

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I've been unable to utter a sound or speak a word.

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It was as though my throat was frozen up.

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Incredible.

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I have heard of this before.

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Isn't it strange?

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In fact, most of it was.

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My uncle learnt of my attempt to inform on him

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and had me committed to bed them.

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The insane asylum?

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I spent six long months there,

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six horrible, unforgettable months,

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before they released me in his custody.

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After that, he forced me to do his bidding

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by threatening to send me back.

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Send me back to school, was the expression he used.

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Why, that's horrible.

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Very.

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a spectacular stray.

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If only to deal with this man, Karen.

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You're not forgetting Stark, are you?

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Oh, I expect we'll find his remains, Watson.

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The loss of his medicine undoubtedly saved England

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the cost of executing him.

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Well, come along.

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Now that young Mr. Hatherley tells us about neglecting the candle

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while he made his escape, I can place the blame for the fire.

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You're sure it was Colonel Lysander Stark

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whose remains you found here?

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No doubt.

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Several articles of authentic identification.

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No doubt.

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Anything else?

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No, Inspector.

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Sorry.

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All right.

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Thank you, Constable.

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Now where has Holmes got himself to?

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He just went down to the station.

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He said he'd be back any minute.

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Look, Karen, if Holmes thinks he can do it...

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I'm sorry to keep you all waiting.

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Well, everything settled, Lestrange?

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About as settled as it's likely to be.

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Stark's dead.

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Carrow's escaped.

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The only thing now is to go back to London

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and put out an alarm for him.

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Oh, dear, dear, dear.

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Now, tell me, what about the money?

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What money?

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Well, you know, the money they were making, the counterfeit.

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Have you found any?

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Well, no.

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Oh, I suppose Carrow took it with him.

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Well, a man would have to be pretty desperate indeed

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to even bother with real money, let alone counterfeit.

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What are you suggesting, Holmes?

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Miss Connors.

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The only carriage used here is the carriage

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that Mr. Hatherly rode in.

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Is that right?

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Why, yes, I think so.

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I see.

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And that carriage has been in the livery table since last night.

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Thanks to an obliging constable, I found

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one of Mr. Carrow's footprints.

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But there was no trail of similar prints

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leading away from the house.

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Mark you, I didn't imagine that he would

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try and make his escape on foot.

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How did he get away, then?

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He didn't, my dear fellow.

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He's still in this house, hiding somewhere.

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What?

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Mr. Holmes, there's a cellar where.

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I examined that cellar myself.

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No, I mean the special cave they dug under the house

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to hide the money.

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Then there must be an entrance from the house itself.

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Well, I wasn't permitted to know exactly where,

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but I'm sure it was in this room somewhere.

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Thank you.

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Well, let's try and see, shall we?

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I beg your pardon.

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What have we got here?

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Very neat, was it?

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There wasn't anything to it.

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Now then, what have we got here?

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Oh, just nick me, doctor.

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Nothing serious.

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Well, we'll have a look at it anyway.

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Go on.

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Some of you may have earned a hand in here.

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That's that.

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I don't believe you'll have any more trouble with Mr. Carot.

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This has been a nasty business all round.

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I've lost my 50 pound fee being roughed up.

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But it could have been worse, I suppose.

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A good deal worse, my friend.

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For example, I believe this is yours.

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Mine?

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Yes.

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What is it?

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Your shoe, I believe. I recovered it from the press.

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It makes one think, doesn't it?

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Well, Watson, you were quite right.

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A day in the country can be quite relaxing.

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