The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Part 34 (2/2)
”Oh! you have seen inside, then?”
”Only once, soo I remember that it was full of papers”
”There isn't a cat in it, for exae idea!”
”Well, look at this!” He took up a small saucer of milk which stood on the top of it
”No; we don't keep a cat But there is a cheetah and a baboon”
”Ah, yes, of course! Well, a cheetah is just a big cat, and yet a saucer ofits wants, I daresay There is one point which I should wish to determine” He squatted down in front of the wooden chair and exareatest attention
”Thank you That is quite settled,” said he, rising and putting his lens in his pocket ”Hullo! Here is soht his eye was a s on one corner of the bed The lash, however, was curled upon itself and tied so as to make a loop of whipcord
”What do you h lash But I don't knohy it should be tied”
”That is not quite so common, is it? Ah, me! it's a wicked world, and when a clever man turns his brains to crih now, Miss Stoner, and with your permission we shall walk out upon the lawn”
I had never seen rim or his brow so dark as it e turned froation We had walked several times up and down the lawn, neither Miss Stoner nor hts before he roused himself from his reverie
”It is very essential, Miss Stoner,” said he, ”that you should absolutely follow my advice in every respect”
”I shall most certainly do so”
”The matter is too serious for any hesitation Your life may depend upon your compliance”
”I assure you that I am in your hands”
”In the first place, both ht in your rooazed at him in astonishment
”Yes, it e inn over there?”
”Yes, that is the Crown”
”Very good Your ould be visible from there?”
”Certainly”
”You must confine yourself to your room, on pretence of a headache, when your stepfather coht, you must open the shutters of your , undo the hasp, put your lanal to us, and then withdraw quietly with everything which you are likely to want into the room which you used to occupy I have no doubt that, in spite of the repairs, you could ht”