The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Part 35 (1/2)
”Oh, yes, easily”
”The rest you will leave in our hands”
”But ill you do?”
”We shall spend the night in your rooate the cause of this noise which has disturbed you”
”I believe, Mr Holmes, that you have alreadyher hand upon my companion's sleeve
”Perhaps I have”
”Then, for pity's sake, tell me as the cause of my sister's death”
”I should prefer to have clearer proofs before I speak”
”You can at least tell ht is correct, and if she died froht”
”No, I do not think so I think that there was probably soible cause And now, Miss Stoner, we must leave you for if Dr Roylott returned and saw us our journey would be in vain
Good-bye, and be brave, for if you will do what I have told you, you ers that threaten you”
Sherlock Hol-room at the Crown Inn They were on the upper floor, and froate, and of the inhabited wing of Stoke Moran Manor House At duskDr Gri up beside the little figure of the lad who drove hi the heavy iron gates, and we heard the hoarse roar of the doctor's voice and saw the fury hich he shook his clinched fists at him The trap drove on, and a fewthe trees as the la-rooether in the gathering darkness, ”I have really soht There is a distinct eleer”
”Can I be of assistance?”
”Your presence ht be invaluable”
”Then I shall certainly coer You have evidently seen more in these rooms than was visible to me”
”No, but I fancy that I ine that you saw all that I did”
”I saw nothing remarkable save the bell-rope, and what purpose that could answer I confess is ine”
”You saw the ventilator, too?”
”Yes, but I do not think that it is such a very unusual thing to have a s between two rooh”
”I knew that we should find a ventilator before ever we came to Stoke Moran”
”My dear Holmes!”
”Oh, yes, I did You remember in her statear Now, of course that suggested at once that there must be a communication between the two rooms It could only be a small one, or it would have been remarked upon at the coroner's inquiry I deduced a ventilator”