!
said Sherlock Holmessharply. "We were the old
women to be so taken in. It must have been a young manand an active one
toobesides being an incomparable actor. The get-up was inimitable. He
saw that he was followedno doubtand used this means of giving me the
slip. It shows that the man we are after is not as lonely as I imagined
he wasbut has friends who are ready to risk something for him. NowDoctor
you are looking done-up. Take my advice and turn in."
I was certainly feeling very wearyso I obeyed his injunction. I left
Holmes seated in front of the smouldering fireand long into the watches
of the night I heard the low melancholy wailings of his violinand knew
that he was still pondering over the strange problem which he had set
himself to unravel.
Chapter 6
TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
THE papers next day were full of the "Brixton Mystery as they termed
it. Each had a long account of the affair
and some had leaders upon it
in addition. There was some information in them which was new to me. I
still retain in my scrapbook numerous clippings and extracts bearing upon
the case. Here is a condensation of a few of them:
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