The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Part 24 (2/2)
”Very well It may, however, have been written on Monday and only posted to-day”
”That is possible”
”If so, much e me, Mr Holmes I know that all is ith him There is so keen a sympathy between us that I should know if evil came upon him On the very day that I saw hi-room rushed upstairs instantly with the ut had happened Do you think that I would respond to such a trifle and yet be ignorant of his death?”
”I have seen too much not to know that the impression of a woman may be more valuable than the conclusion of an analytical reasoner And in this letter you certainly have a very strong piece of evidence to corroborate your view But if your husband is alive and able to write letters, why should he reine It is unthinkable”
”And on Monday heyou?”
”No”
”And you were surprised to see him in Swandam Lane?”
”Very much so”
”Was theopen?”
”Yes”
”Then he ht”
”He only, as I understand, gave an inarticulate cry?”
”Yes”
”A call for help, you thought?”
”Yes He waved his hands”
”But it ht have been a cry of surprise Astonishht cause him to throw up his hands?”
”It is possible”
”And you thought he was pulled back?”
”He disappeared so suddenly”
”He ht have leaped back You did not see anyone else in the roo been there, and the Lascar was at the foot of the stairs”
”Quite so Your husband, as far as you could see, had his ordinary clothes on?”
”But without his collar or tie I distinctly saw his bare throat”