The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Part 11 (2/2)
”It land just before it arrived”
”Ha! that was unfortunate Your wedding was arranged, then, for the Friday Was it to be in church?”
”Yes, sir, but very quietly It was to be at St Saviour's, near King's Cross, and ere to have breakfast afterwards at the St
Pancras Hotel Hosmer came for us in a hansom, but as there were two of us he put us both into it and stepped himself into a four-wheeler, which happened to be the only other cab in the street We got to the church first, and when the four-wheeler drove up aited for hiot down from the box and looked there was no one there! The cabine what had becoet in with his own eyes That was last Friday, Mr Hol since then to throw any light upon what became of him”
”It seems to me that you have been very shamefully treated,” said Holood and kind to leaveto me that, whatever happened, I was to be true; and that even if so quite unforeseen occurred to separate us, I was always to reed to hie sooner or later It see, but what has happened since gives ato it”
”Most certainly it does Your own opinion is, then, that some unforeseen catastrophe has occurred to hier, or else he would not have talked so And then I think that what he foresaw happened”
”But you have no notion as to what it could have been?”
”None”
”One more question How did your ry, and said that I was never to speak of the ain”
”And your father? Did you tell him?”
”Yes; and he see had happened, and that I should hear of Hosain As he said, what interest could anyone have in bringingme? Now, if he had borrowed ot ht be some reason, but Hosmer was very independent aboutof mine And yet, what could have happened? And why could he not write? Oh, it drives ht” She pulled a little handkerchief out of her lance into the case for you,” said Hol, ”and I have no doubt that we shall reach soht of the matter rest upon me now, and do not let your mind dwell upon it further Above all, try to let Mr Hosel vanish from your memory, as he has done froain?”
”I fear not”
”Then what has happened to him?”
”You will leave that question in my hands I should like an accurate description of him and any letters of his which you can spare”
”I advertised for him in last Saturday's Chronicle,” said she
”Here is the slip and here are four letters from him”
”Thank you And your address?”
”No 31 Lyon Place, Cael's address you never had, I understand Where is your father's place of business?”
”He travels for Westhouse & Marbank, the great claret importers of Fenchurch Street”
”Thank you You have made your statement very clearly You will leave the papers here, and reiven you Let the whole incident be a sealed book, and do not allow it to affect your life”