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The Memoirs of Sherlock, Holmes 
by Sir, Arthur Conan Doyle. 

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coffee dotnet, the Memoirs of 
Sherlock Holmes Adventure one, 

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Silver Blaze. 
I'm afraid Watson that I shall 

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have to go said, Holmes, as we 
sat down together to our 

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breakfast one morning, go where 
to, to Dartmoor to King's 

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pyland. 
I was not surprised indeed. 

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My only Wonder was that he had 
not already been mixed up in 

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this extraordinary case, which 
was the one topic of 

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conversation through the length 
and breadth of England for a 

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whole day. 
My companion had rambled about 

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the room with his chin upon his 
chest. 

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And his brows knitted charging 
and recharging his pipe with the

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strongest black tobacco and 
absolutely death to any of my 

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questions or remarks fresh 
editions of every paper, had 

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been sent up by our newsagent 
owners. 

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You be glanced over and tossed 
down into a corner. 

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Yet silent as he was, I knew 
perfectly. 

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Well, what it was over, which he
was brooding, there was but one 

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problem before the public, which
could challenge his powers of 

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analysis. 
And that was the singular. 

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Disappearance of the favorite, 
for the Wessex Cup and the 

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tragic murder of its trainer. 
When therefore, he suddenly 

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announced his intention of 
setting out for the scene of the

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drama. 
It was only what I had been 

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expecting and hoped for I should
be most happy to go down with 

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you if I should not be in the 
way. 

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So did I my dear Watson? 
You would confer a great favor 

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upon me by coming. 
And I think that your time will 

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not be misspent for there are 
points about the case, which 

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promised to make it an 
absolutely unique one. 

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We have I think just time to 
catch our train at Paddington 

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and I will go further into the 
matter Upon Our Journey. 

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You would oblige Me by bringing 
with you. 

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You're very excellent, feel 
glass. 

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And so, it happened that an hour
or so later. 

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I found myself in the corner of 
a First-Class Carriage flying 

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along. 
En route for Exeter while 

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Sherlock Holmes with his sharp. 
Eager face framed in his ear, 

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flapping traveling cap dipped 
rapidly into the bundle of fresh

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papers, which he had procured at
Paddington. 

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We had left reading far behind 
us before he thrust the last one

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of them under the seat and 
offered me. 

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His Cigar Case. 
We are going well, said, he 

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looking out the window and 
glancing at his watch. 

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Our rate at present is 53 and a 
half miles an hour. 

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I have not observed. 
The quarter mile posts said, I 

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nor have I, but the telegraph 
post upon this line, are 60 

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yards apart. 
And the calculation is a simple 

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one. 
I presumed you have looked into 

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this matter of the murder of 
John straker and The 

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Disappearance of Silver Blaze. 
I've seen what the Telegraph and

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the chronicle have to say. 
It is one of those cases where 

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the art of the Reasoner should 
be used rather for the sifting 

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of details, and for the 
acquiring of fresh evidence. 

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The tragedy has been so 
uncommon, so complete and of 

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such personal importance to so 
many people that we are 

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suffering from a plethora of 
surmise conjecture and 

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hypothesis. 
The difficulty is to detach the 

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framework of fact of absolute 
undeniable fact, from 

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Embellishments theorists and 
reporters, Zen having 

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established ourselves upon this 
sound basis. 

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It is our duty to see what 
inferences may be drawn. 

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And what are the special points 
upon which the whole mystery 

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turns on Tuesday evening. 
I received telegrams from both 

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Colonel, Ross, the owner of the 
horse and from inspector 

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Gregory, who is looking after 
the case inviting my 

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cooperation. 
Tuesday, evening, I exclaimed. 

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This is Thursday morning. 
Why did you go down yesterday? 

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Because I made a blunder my dear
Watson, which is, I'm afraid, a 

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more common occurrence than 
anyone would think who only knew

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me through your Memoirs. 
The fact is that I could not 

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believe it possible that the 
most remarkable horse in 

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England. 
Could longer remain concealed, 

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especially in so sparsely 
inhabited a place as the north 

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of Dartmoor. 
From hour to hour yesterday. 

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I expected to hear that. 
He had been found and that his 

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abductor was the murderer of 
John straker when however 

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another morning had come and I 
found that beyond the arrest of 

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young fitzroy-simpson. 
Nothing had been done. 

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I felt that it was time for me 
to take action yet in some ways.

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I feel that yesterday has not 
been wasted. 

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You form the Siri then? 
At least I have got a grip of 

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the essential facts of the case.
I shall enumerate them to you 

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for nothing, clears up a case. 
So much as stating it to another

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person and I can hardly expect 
your cooperation. 

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If I do not show you the 
position from which we start. 

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I lay back against the cushions 
puffing at my cigar while Holmes

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leaning forward with his long 
thin forefinger checking, off 

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the points, upon the palm of his
left, hand gave me a sketch of 

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the events which had led to our 
journey. 

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Silver Blaze said he is from the
somos, me, stock and holds His 

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Brilliant record as his famous 
ancestor. 

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He is now in his fifth year and 
has brought in turn each of the 

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prizes of the turf to Colonel 
Ross. 

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His fortunate owner up to the 
time of the catastrophe was the 

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first favorite for the Wessex 
cup. 

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The betting being 321 on him. 
He is always however been a 

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prime favorite with the racing 
public and has never yet. 

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Pointed them. 
So that even at those odds 

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enormous sums of money have been
laid upon him. 

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It is obvious. 
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people who had the strongest 
interest in preventing Silver. 

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Blaze from being there at the 
fall of the flag next Tuesday. 

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The fact was, of course, 
appreciated at King's pyland 

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where the Colonel's training, 
stable is situated. 

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Every precaution was taken to 
guard the favorite. 

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The trainer John straker is a 
retired. 

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Jockey who rode in Colonel? 
Ross has colors before he became

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too heavy for the weighing 
chair. 

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He has served the colonel for 
five years as jockey and 47 as 

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trainer. 
And as always shown himself to 

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be a zealous. 
And honest servant under him 

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were three Lads for the 
establishment was a small one. 

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Containing only four horses in 
all one of these Lads setup each

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night in the stable while the 
others slept in The Loft. 

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All three more, excellent 
characters. 

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John straker who is a married 
man. 

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Lived in a small village about 
200 yards from The Stables. 

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He has no children keeps one 
maidservant and is Comfortably 

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off. 
The country round is very 

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lonely, but about half a mile to
the north. 

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There is a small cluster of 
Villas, which have been built by

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a Tavistock contractor for the 
use of invalids and others who 

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may wish to enjoy the pure 
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Lies two miles to the West while
across the Moor. 

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Also about two miles distant, is
the larger training 

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establishment of Mapleton, which
belongs to Lord Backwater and is

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managed by Silas Brown. 
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more is a complete Wilderness. 
Inhabited only by a few roaming 

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gypsies such was the General 
situation last Monday night. 

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When the catastrophe occurred on
that evening, the horses had 

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been exercised and watered as 
usual, and the Stables were 

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locked up at 9:00 two of The 
Lads. 

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Walked up to trainer's house, 
where they had supper in the 

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kitchen while the third Ned 
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At a few minutes after 9:00 the 
maid, Edith Baxter. 

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Carried down to the Stables, his
supper, which consisted of a 

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dish of curried mutton. 
She took no liquid as there was 

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a water tap in the stables and 
it was the rule that the lad on 

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duty should drink nothing else. 
The made carried a lantern with 

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her as it was very dark and the 
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Edith Baxter was within 30 yards
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When a man appeared out of the 
darkness and call to her to 

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stop, as he stepped into the 
circle of yellow light thrown by

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the lantern. 
She saw that, he was a person of

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gentlemanly bearing dressed in a
grey suit of Tweeds with a cloth

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cap. 
He wore Gators and carried a 

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heavy stick with a knob to it. 
She was most impressed. 

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However, by the extreme pallor 
of his face. 

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And by the nervousness of his 
manner, his age. 

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She thought would be rather over
30 than under it. 

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Can you tell me where I am? 
He asked, I'd almost made up my 

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mind to sleep on the more when I
saw the light of your Lantern. 

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You are close to the king's 
pyland training. 

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Stables said she. 
Oh indeed, What A Stroke of 

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Luck, he cried. 
I understand that a stableboy 

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sleeps there alone every night. 
Perhaps that is his supper, 

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which you're carrying to him. 
Now. 

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I'm sure that you would not be 
too proud to earn the price of a

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new dress. 
Would you? 

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He took a piece of white paper 
folded up out of his 

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waistcoat-pocket. 
See that the boy has this 

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tonight and you shall have the 
prettiest frock that money can 

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buy. 
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earnestness of his Manner and 
ran past him to the window 

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through which she was accustomed
to hand a meals. 

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It was already opened and Hunter
was seated at the small table 

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inside. 
She had begun to tell him of 

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what had happened when the 
stranger came up again. 

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Good evening said, he looking 
through the window. 

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I wanted to have a word with 
you. 

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The girl has sworn that as he 
spoke. 

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She noticed the corner of the 
little paper packet protruding 

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from his closed hand. 
What business have you here? 

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Asked the lad? 
It's business that may put 

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something into your pocket. 
Said the other you've two horses

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in for the Wessex cup, Silver 
Blaze and Bayard. 

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Let me have the straight tip and
you won't be a loser. 

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Is it a fact that at the weights
Bayard could give the other a 

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hundred yards in five furlongs 
and that the stable of put their

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money on him. 
So you're one of those damn 

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touts cried the lad. 
I'll show you how we serve them 

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in King's pyland. 
He sprang up and rushed across 

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the stable to unloose the dog, 
the girl fled away to the house.

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But as she ran, she looked back 
and saw that the stranger was 

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leaning through the window. 
A minute later. 

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However, when Hunter rushed out 
with the Hound, he was gone. 

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And though he ran all around the
buildings. 

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He failed to find any trace of 
him. 

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One moment. 
I asked did the stable boy when 

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he ran out with a dog? 
Leaves a door unlocked behind 

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him. 
Excellent Watson, excellent 

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moment. 
My companion, the importance of 

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the point struck me. 
So forcibly that I sent a 

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special wire to Dartmoor 
yesterday to clear. 

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The matter up the boy, lock the 
door before he left it. 

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The window. 
I may add was not large enough 

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for a man to get through. 
Hunter waited until his fellow 

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groom's had returned. 
When he sent a message to the 

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trainer and told him, what had 
occurred straker was excited at 

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hearing the account. 
Although he does not seem to 

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have quite realized. 
It's true, significance. 

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It left him. 
However, vaguely uneasy and mrs.

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Straker waking at 1:00 in the 
morning found that he was 

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dressing in reply to her 
inquiries. 

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He said that he could not sleep 
on account of his anxiety about 

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the horses. 
And that he intended to walk 

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down to the Stables to see that 
all was well. 

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She begged him to remain at home
as she could hear the rain 

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pattering against a window. 
But in spite of her entreaties, 

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he pulled on his large MacIntosh
and left the house. 

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Mrs. Straker awoke at 7, in the 
morning, to find that her 

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husband had not yet returned. 
She dressed herself, hastily 

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called the maid and set off for 
the Stables. 

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The door was open inside. 
Huddle together upon a chair. 

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Hunter was sunk in a state of 
absolute stupa favorite store 

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was empty. 
And there were no signs of his 

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trainer. 
The two Labs who slept in the 

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chaff cutting Loft above. 
The harness room were quickly 

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aroused. 
They had heard nothing during 

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the night for they are both 
sound sleepers. 

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Hunter was obviously under the 
influence of some powerful drug 

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and has no sense could be got 
out of him. 

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He was left to sleep it off. 
While the two Lads and are two 

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women ran out in search of the 
absentees. 

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They still had hopes that the 
trainer had for some reason, 

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taken out the horse for early 
exercise. 

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But on a sending the null near 
the house from which all the 

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neighboring Moors were visible. 
They not only could see no signs

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of the missing favorite, but 
they perceived something, which 

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warned them that they were in 
the presence of a tragedy. 

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About a quarter of a mile from 
the Stables. 

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John Strikers. 
Overcoat was flapping from a 

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furze bush immediately Beyond it
was a bowl-shaped depression in 

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the more. 
And at the bottom of this was 

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found the dead body of the 
unfortunate. 

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His had been Shattered by a 
Savage Blow, from some heavy 

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weapon, and he was wounded on 
the side where there was a long 

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clean-cut inflicted evidently by
some very sharp instrument. 

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It was clear. 
However, that straker had 

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defended himself vigorously 
against his assailants for in 

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his right hand. 
He held a small knife which is 

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clotted with blood up to the 
handle while in his left. 

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He clasped a red and black silk 
cravat, which was recognized by 

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the maid as having been On the 
preceding evening by The 

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Stranger who had visited the 
Stables. 

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Hunter on recovering from his 
stupor was also quite positive 

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as to the ownership of the 
cravat. 

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He was equally certain that the 
same stranger had while standing

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at the window, drugged, his 
curried mutton, and so deprived 

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The Stables of their Watchman. 
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There were abundant proofs in 
the mud, which lay at the bottom

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of the Fatal Hollow that he had 
been there at a time of the 

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struggle, but from that morning,
he has disappeared. 

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And although a large reward. 
Been offered and all the gypsies

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of Dartmoor are on the alert. 
No news has come of him. 

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Finally, an analysis has shown 
that the remains of his supper 

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left by the stable lad 
contained. 

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An appreciable quantity of 
powdered opium while the people 

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at the house. 
Partook. 

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Of the same dish on the same 
night without any ill effect. 

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Those are the main facts of the 
case, stripped of all surmise 

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and stated as baldly as 
possible. 

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I shall now recapitulate. 
What the police have done in the

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matter, inspector Gregory to 
whom the case has been committed

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is an extremely competent 
officer were he, but gifted with

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imagination, he might rise to 
Great Heights. 

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In his profession on his 
arrival. 

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He promptly found and arrested 
the man upon whom suspicion 

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naturally rested. 
It was little difficulty in 

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finding him for he inhabited one
of those Villas which I've 

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mentioned his name. 
It appears was Fitzroy Simpson. 

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He was a man of excellent birth 
and education who had 

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squandered, a fortune upon the 
turf and who live now by doing a

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little quiet and gentle 
bookmaking in the sporting clubs

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of London, an examination of his
betting book shows that bets to 

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the amount of five thousand 
pounds had been registered by 

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him against the favorite. 
On being arrested. 

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He volunteered the statement 
that he had come down to 

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Dartmoor in the hope of getting 
some information about the 

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king's pyland horses and also 
about Desborough the second 

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favorite, which was in charge of
Silas Brown at the Mapleton 

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Stables. 
He did not attempt to deny that 

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he had acted as described upon 
the evening before but declared 

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that he had no Sinister Designs 
and had simply wished to obtain 

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first-hand information. 
When confronted with his cravat,

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he turned very pale and was 
utterly unable to account for 

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its presence in the hand of the 
murdered man. 

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His wet clothing showed that he 
had been out in the storm of the

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night before and his stick which
was a Penang lawyer weighted. 

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With lead was just such a weapon
as might by repeated blows have 

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inflicted the terrible injuries 
to which the trainer had 

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succumbed. 
On the other hand. 

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There was no wound. 
His person, while the state of 

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Strikers knife would show that 
one at least of his assailants. 

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Must bear. 
His Mark upon him, there. 

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You have it all in a nutshell, 
Watson. 

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And if you can give me any light
I shall be infinitely obliged to

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you. 
I had listened with the greatest

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interest to the statement which 
homes with characteristic 

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clearness had laid before me 
though. 

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Most of the facts were familiar 
to me. 

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I had not sufficiently 
appreciated their relative 

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importance nor their connection 
to each other. 

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Is it not possible? 
I suggested that the incised 

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wound upon straker may have been
caused by his own knife in the 

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convulsive struggles, which 
follow any brain injury. 

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It is more than possible. 
It is probable said Holmes, in 

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that case, one of the main 
points in favour of the accused 

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disappears. 
And yet said, I even now, I 

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failed to understand what the 
theory of the police can be. 

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I am afraid that whatever Theory
we State as very grave 

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objections to it return? 
My companion, the police. 

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Imagine, I take it that this 
fitzroy-simpson. 

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Having drugged a lad and having 
in some way obtained, a 

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duplicate key opened the stable 
door and took out the horse with

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the intention apparently of 
kidnapping him altogether. 

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His Idol is missing so that 
Simpson must have put this on. 

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Then having left the door open 
behind him. 

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He was leading the horse away 
over the Moor. 

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When he was either met or 
overtaken by the trainer around 

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naturally ensued Simpson beat 
out the trainer's brains with 

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his heavy stick without 
receiving any injury from the 

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small knife which straker used 
in self-defense and then the 

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thief either led the horse on 
to, some secret hiding place or 

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else. 
It may have been Bolted during 

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the struggle and be now 
wondering out on the Moors. 

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That is the case as it appears 
to the police and improbable as 

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it is all other explanations, 
are more improbable still. 

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However, I shall very quickly 
test the matter when I am once 

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upon the spot and until then, I 
cannot really see how we can get

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much further than our present 
position. 

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It was evening, before we reach 
the little town of Tavistock 

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which lies like the boss of a 
shield in the middle of the huge

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circle of Dartmoor, Two 
Gentlemen, were waiting Us in 

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the station, the one at all 
fair, man with lion, like hair 

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and beard and curiously, 
penetrating light blue eyes the 

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other a small alert person, very
neat, and Dapper in a frock-coat

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and Gators with trim, little 
side-whiskers and an eyeglass. 

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The latter was Colonel, Ross, 
the well-known Sportsman, the 

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other inspector Gregory a man 
who was rapidly making his name 

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in the English detective 
service. 

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I am delighted that you have 
come down. 

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Mr. Holmes said the colonel. 
The inspector here has done all.

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That could possibly be suggested
with I wish to leave. 

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No stone unturned in trying to 
avenge poor straker and in 

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recovering my horse have there, 
been any fresh developments 

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asked Holmes. 
I'm sorry to say that we have 

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made very little progress. 
So the inspector we have an open

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Carriage outside and as would no
doubt like to see the place 

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before the light falls, we might
talk it over as we drive. 

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A minute later. 
We were all seated in a 

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comfortable Landau and were 
rattling through the quaint old 

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Devonshire city. 
Inspector Gregory was full of 

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his case and poured out, a 
stream of remarks while Holmes 

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through in an occasional 
question or interjection 

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Colonel. 
Ross, leaned back with his arms 

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folded and his hat tilted over 
his eyes while I listened with 

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interest to the dialogue of the 
two detectives Gregory was 

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formulating his theory. 
Which was almost exactly what 

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homes had foretold in the Train.
The net is drawn pretty close 

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round fitzroy-simpson. 
He remarked and I believe myself

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that he is our man. 
At the same time. 

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I recognize that the evidence is
purely circumstantial and that 

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some new development may upset. 
How about Strikers knife? 

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We have quite come to the 
conclusion that he wounded 

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himself and his fall. 
My dear friend. 

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Dr. Watson made that suggestion 
to me as we came down. 

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If so, it would tell against 
this man Simpson. 

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Undoubtedly. 
He has neither a knife, nor any 

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sign of a wound. 
The evidence against him is 

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certainly very strong. 
He had a great interest in The 

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Disappearance of the favorite. 
He lies under suspicion of 

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having poisoned the stable boy. 
He was undoubtedly out in the 

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storm. 
He was armed with a heavy stick 

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when his cravat was found in. 
The dead man's hand. 

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I really think we have enough to
go before a jury. 

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Holmes shook his head, a clever 
counsel, would tear it all to 

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rags. 
Said he, why should he take the 

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horse out of the stable if you 
wish to injure it, why could he 

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not do it? 
There has a duplicate key been 

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found in his possession. 
What chemists sold him? 

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The powdered opium above all. 
Where could he a stranger to the

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district? 
Hide a horse and such a horse's 

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this? 
What is his own explanation? 

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As to the paper which he wished 
the made to give to the stable 

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boy? 
He says that was a ten pound 

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note. 
One was found in his purse, but 

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your other difficulties are not 
so familiar ball as they seem. 

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He is not a stranger to the 
district. 

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He has twice lodged at Tavistock
in the summer. 

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The Opium was probably brought 
from London. 

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The key having served, its 
purpose will be held at way. 

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Horse may be at the bottom of 
one of the pits are old mines 

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upon the Moor. 
What does he say about the 

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cravat? 
He acknowledges that it is is 

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and declares that he lost it but
a new element has been 

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introduced into the case which 
may account for his leading. 

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The horse from the stable homes,
pricked up, his ears. 

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We are found traces which show 
that a party of gypsys encamped 

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on Monday night within a mile of
the spot where the murder took 

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place on Tuesday. 
They were gone. 

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Now presuming that there was 
some understanding between 

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Simpson and he's gypsies mine. 
I have been leading the austere 

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them when he was overtaken and 
may they not have him. 

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Now? 
It is certainly possible. 

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The more is being scoured for 
these gypsies. 

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I've also examined every stable 
and Outhouse in Tavistock. 

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And for a radius of ten miles. 
There is another training 

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stable, quite close. 
I understand. 

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Yes. 
I'm not as a factor, which we 

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must certainly not neglect as 
Despereaux. 

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Their office was second in the 
betting, they had an interest in

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The Disappearance of the 
favorite Silas Brown. 

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The trainer is known to have had
large bets upon the event and he

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was no friend to poor straker. 
We have our ever examined the 

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stables and there is nothing to 
connect him with the affair. 

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And nothing to connect, this 
man's Simpson, with the 

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interests of the Mapleton 
Stables. 

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Nothing at all. 
Holmes, leaned back in the 

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carriage and the conversation 
ceased. 

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A few minutes later. 
Our driver pulled up at a neat. 

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Little red brick Villa with 
overhanging Eaves which stood by

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the road. 
Some distance off across a 

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paddock. 
Lay along, great. 

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I'll doubt building in every 
other direction, the low curves 

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of the more bronze colored from 
The Fading ferns stretched away 

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to the skyline broken only by 
the Steeples of Tavistock and by

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a cluster of houses away to the 
westward, which marked the 

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Mapleton Stables. 
We all sprang out with the 

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exception of homes, who continue
to lean back with his eyes fixed

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upon the sky in front of him, 
entirely absorbed in his own 

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thoughts. 
It was only when I touched his 

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arm, but he roused himself with 
a violent start and stepped out 

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of the carriage. 
Excuse me, said he turning to 

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Colonel Ross, who had looked at 
him in some surprise. 

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I was daydreaming there was a 
gleam in his eyes and a 

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suppressed excitement in his 
manner, which convinced me used,

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as I was to his ways and his 
hand was upon a clue so I could 

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not imagine where he had found 
it. 

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Perhaps you would prefer once to
go onto the scene of the crime. 

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Mr. Holmes said Gregory. 
I think that I should prefer to 

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stay here a little and go into 
one or two questions of detail 

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straker was brought back here. 
I presume. 

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Yes, me lies upstairs. 
The inquest is tomorrow. 

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He has been in your service some
years Colonel, Ross. 

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I have always found him an 
excellent servant. 

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I presume that. 
You made an inventory of what he

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had in his pockets at the time 
of his death inspector. 

454
00:27:13,500 --> 00:27:16,400
I have the things themselves in 
the sitting room if you would 

455
00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:19,600
care to see them. 
I should be very glad. 

456
00:27:20,800 --> 00:27:23,500
We all filed into the front room
and sat around the central 

457
00:27:23,500 --> 00:27:27,600
table, while the inspector 
unlocked a square tin box and 

458
00:27:27,600 --> 00:27:31,500
laid a small heap of things 
before us now, is a box of 

459
00:27:31,500 --> 00:27:36,700
Esters, two inches of Tallow 
candle, an ADP Breyer route 

460
00:27:36,700 --> 00:27:40,500
pipe, a pouch of seal skin with 
a half an ounce of long cut. 

461
00:27:40,500 --> 00:27:43,700
Cavendish a silver watch with a 
gold chain. 

462
00:27:44,100 --> 00:27:48,500
Five sovereigns in gold and 
aluminium pencil case a few 

463
00:27:48,500 --> 00:27:52,500
papers and an ivory. 
Old knife with a very delicate 

464
00:27:52,600 --> 00:27:56,100
in flexible blade marked. 
Vison Co London. 

465
00:27:57,700 --> 00:28:01,600
This is a very singular knife, 
said Holmes lifting it up and 

466
00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:05,900
examining minutely. 
I presume as I see bloodstains 

467
00:28:05,900 --> 00:28:08,900
upon it, that it is the one 
which was found in the Dead 

468
00:28:08,900 --> 00:28:13,100
Man's grasp Watson. 
This knife is surely in your 

469
00:28:13,100 --> 00:28:16,100
line. 
It's what we call a cataract 

470
00:28:16,100 --> 00:28:22,500
knife said, I I thought. 
So a very delicate blade devised

471
00:28:22,500 --> 00:28:26,200
for very delicate work. 
A strange thing for a man to 

472
00:28:26,200 --> 00:28:29,800
carry with him upon a rough 
Expedition, especially as it 

473
00:28:29,808 --> 00:28:34,800
would not shut in his pocket. 
The tip was guarded by disc of 

474
00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:37,100
cork, which he found beside his 
body. 

475
00:28:37,300 --> 00:28:40,800
Said the inspector. 
His wife tells us that the knife

476
00:28:40,800 --> 00:28:43,400
had Lain upon the 
dressing-table, and they have 

477
00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:45,000
picked it up as he left the 
room. 

478
00:28:45,500 --> 00:28:48,800
It was a poor weapon, but 
perhaps the best that he could 

479
00:28:48,800 --> 00:28:52,500
lay his hands on at the moment. 
Very possible. 

480
00:28:53,300 --> 00:28:56,700
How about these papers? 
Three of them are receipted. 

481
00:28:56,700 --> 00:28:59,500
Hey, dealers accounts. 
One of them is a letter of 

482
00:28:59,500 --> 00:29:01,500
instructions. 
From Colonel Ross. 

483
00:29:02,100 --> 00:29:06,900
This other Is a Millionaire's 
account for 37 pounds 15 made 

484
00:29:06,900 --> 00:29:10,800
out by Madame, Le zuria of Bond 
Street to William Derbyshire. 

485
00:29:11,400 --> 00:29:14,000
This is Striker tells us that 
Derbyshire was a friend of her 

486
00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:17,200
husband's and that occasionally 
is letters were addressed here. 

487
00:29:18,500 --> 00:29:20,500
Madame Derbyshire has somewhat 
expensive. 

488
00:29:20,500 --> 00:29:23,300
Tastes remarked Holmes, glancing
down. 

489
00:29:23,300 --> 00:29:27,100
The account. 22, guineas is 
rather heavy for a single 

490
00:29:27,100 --> 00:29:29,600
costume. 
However, there appears to be 

491
00:29:29,600 --> 00:29:33,200
nothing more to learn and we may
now go down to the scene of the 

492
00:29:33,200 --> 00:29:36,500
crime. 
As we emerge from the sitting 

493
00:29:36,500 --> 00:29:39,900
room, a woman who had been 
waiting in the passage took a 

494
00:29:39,900 --> 00:29:43,400
step forward and laid her hand 
upon the inspectors sleeve. 

495
00:29:44,100 --> 00:29:48,300
Her face was Haggard and sin and
eager stamped with the print of 

496
00:29:48,300 --> 00:29:51,700
a recent horror. 
Have you got them? 

497
00:29:52,100 --> 00:29:55,600
Have you found them? 
She panted now. 

498
00:29:55,600 --> 00:29:59,000
Mrs. Striker, but Mr. Holmes, 
here has come from London to 

499
00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:01,600
help us and we shall do all 
these possible. 

500
00:30:03,300 --> 00:30:05,100
Surely. 
I Met You in Plymouth at a 

501
00:30:05,108 --> 00:30:07,100
garden party some little time 
ago. 

502
00:30:07,100 --> 00:30:10,400
Mrs. Straker said Holmes. 
No, sir. 

503
00:30:10,700 --> 00:30:14,900
You are mistaken. 
Dear me why I could have sworn 

504
00:30:14,900 --> 00:30:17,200
to it. 
You wore a costume of Dove 

505
00:30:17,200 --> 00:30:19,400
colored silk with ostrich. 
Feather trimming. 

506
00:30:20,300 --> 00:30:22,600
Our never had such a dresser 
answer. 

507
00:30:22,600 --> 00:30:26,300
The lady that quite settles. 
It said, Holmes. 

508
00:30:26,300 --> 00:30:28,600
And with an apology. 
He followed the inspector 

509
00:30:28,600 --> 00:30:31,900
outside. 
Short walk across the Moor. 

510
00:30:32,100 --> 00:30:35,700
Took us to the hollow in which 
the body had been found at the 

511
00:30:35,700 --> 00:30:38,000
brink of. 
It was the first Bush upon which

512
00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:41,500
the coat had been hung. 
There was no wind that night. 

513
00:30:41,500 --> 00:30:45,700
I understand said Holmes non, 
but very heavy rain. 

514
00:30:46,800 --> 00:30:48,800
In that case. 
The Overcoat was not blown 

515
00:30:48,800 --> 00:30:51,300
against the furze bush but place
there. 

516
00:30:52,300 --> 00:30:54,200
Yes, it was laid across the 
bush. 

517
00:30:55,300 --> 00:30:58,400
You fill me with interest. 
I perceive that the ground has 

518
00:30:58,400 --> 00:31:02,100
been trampled up a good deal. 
No doubt many feet have been 

519
00:31:02,100 --> 00:31:06,100
here since Monday night. 
A piece of matin has been laid 

520
00:31:06,100 --> 00:31:08,800
here at the side and we've all 
stood upon it. 

521
00:31:09,600 --> 00:31:13,600
Excellent in this bag. 
I have one of the boots. 

522
00:31:13,600 --> 00:31:17,000
Which straker wore one of 
Fitzroy, Simpson shoes and a 

523
00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:19,000
cast horseshoe of Silver. 
Blaze. 

524
00:31:20,200 --> 00:31:23,000
My dear inspector, you surpass 
yourself. 

525
00:31:23,900 --> 00:31:26,400
Holmes took the bag and 
descending into the hollow. 

526
00:31:26,800 --> 00:31:30,200
He pushed the matting into a 
more Central position, then 

527
00:31:30,200 --> 00:31:33,700
stretching himself upon his face
and leaning his chin upon his 

528
00:31:33,700 --> 00:31:36,500
hands. 
He made a careful study of the 

529
00:31:36,500 --> 00:31:42,500
trampled mud in front of him. 
Hello said he suddenly what's 

530
00:31:42,500 --> 00:31:45,500
this? 
It was a wax Vesta. 

531
00:31:45,600 --> 00:31:49,500
Half-burned, which was so coated
with mud that it looked at first

532
00:31:49,500 --> 00:31:54,000
like a little chip of wood. 
I cannot think I came to 

533
00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:55,900
overlook. 
It said, the inspector with an 

534
00:31:55,900 --> 00:31:59,700
expression of annoyance. 
It was invisible. 

535
00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:02,800
Buried in the mud. 
I only saw it because I was 

536
00:32:02,800 --> 00:32:06,700
looking for it. 
What you expected to find it. 

537
00:32:07,500 --> 00:32:11,600
I thought it not unlikely. 
He took the boots from the bag 

538
00:32:11,600 --> 00:32:14,300
and compared the impressions of 
each of them, with marks upon 

539
00:32:14,300 --> 00:32:17,200
the ground. 
Then he clambered up to the rim 

540
00:32:17,200 --> 00:32:20,600
of the Halo and crawled about, 
among the ferns and bushes. 

541
00:32:21,900 --> 00:32:25,100
I'm afraid that there are no 
more tracks said the inspector. 

542
00:32:25,500 --> 00:32:28,500
I've examined the ground, very 
carefully for 100 yards in each 

543
00:32:28,500 --> 00:32:32,400
Direction. 
Indeed, said, Holmes Rising. 

544
00:32:33,100 --> 00:32:35,200
I should not have the 
impertinence to do it again 

545
00:32:35,200 --> 00:32:39,600
after what you say, but I should
like to take a little walk over 

546
00:32:39,600 --> 00:32:43,600
the more before it grows dark, 
as I may know my ground tomorrow

547
00:32:44,400 --> 00:32:47,200
and I think that I shall put 
this horseshoe into my pocket 

548
00:32:47,200 --> 00:32:50,800
for luck. 
Colonel Ross, who has shown some

549
00:32:50,800 --> 00:32:54,100
signs of impatience at my 
companions, quiet and systematic

550
00:32:54,100 --> 00:32:56,500
method of work glanced at his 
watch. 

551
00:32:57,600 --> 00:32:59,200
I wish you would come back with 
me. 

552
00:32:59,200 --> 00:33:02,900
Inspector said, he there are 
several points on which I should

553
00:33:02,900 --> 00:33:06,800
like to advise and especially as
to, whether we do not owe it to 

554
00:33:06,800 --> 00:33:10,500
the public to remove our horses 
name, from the entries for the 

555
00:33:10,500 --> 00:33:14,100
cup. 
Certainly not cried Holmes with 

556
00:33:14,100 --> 00:33:17,600
decision. 
I should let the name stand the 

557
00:33:17,600 --> 00:33:21,500
colonel bowed. 
I am very glad to have had your 

558
00:33:21,500 --> 00:33:25,600
opinion. 
Sir said he you will find us at 

559
00:33:25,600 --> 00:33:29,100
poor straker's house when you 
have finished your walk and we 

560
00:33:29,100 --> 00:33:30,800
can drive together into 
Tavistock. 

561
00:33:32,100 --> 00:33:35,000
He turned back with the 
inspector while Holmes and I 

562
00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:39,000
walked slowly across the Moor. 
The sun was beginning to sink 

563
00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:42,800
behind the Stables of Mapleton 
and the long sloping plain in 

564
00:33:42,800 --> 00:33:44,900
front, of us was tinged with 
gold. 

565
00:33:45,200 --> 00:33:48,600
Deepening into Rich ready 
Browns, where the faded Ferns 

566
00:33:48,600 --> 00:33:52,500
and brambles caught the evening 
light, but the glories of the 

567
00:33:52,500 --> 00:33:55,000
landscape were all wasted upon 
my companion. 

568
00:33:55,500 --> 00:33:59,900
Who was sunk in the deepest 
thought, it's this way. 

569
00:33:59,900 --> 00:34:02,800
Watson said he, at last, we met 
leaves. 

570
00:34:02,800 --> 00:34:06,000
A question of who killed John 
straker for the instant and 

571
00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:09,500
confine ourselves to finding out
what has become of the horse. 

572
00:34:10,400 --> 00:34:14,100
Now, supposing that he broke 
away during or after the 

573
00:34:14,100 --> 00:34:16,800
tragedy. 
Where could he have gone to? 

574
00:34:17,600 --> 00:34:19,600
The horse is a very gregarious 
Creature. 

575
00:34:20,199 --> 00:34:23,100
If left to himself, his 
instincts would have been either

576
00:34:23,100 --> 00:34:26,699
to return to King's pyland or go
over to Mapleton. 

577
00:34:27,600 --> 00:34:29,699
Why should he run wild upon the 
more? 

578
00:34:30,300 --> 00:34:34,000
He would surely have been seen 
by now, and why should gypsies 

579
00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:37,000
kidnap him? 
These people always clear out, 

580
00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:39,800
when they hear of trouble for, 
they do not wish to be pestered 

581
00:34:39,800 --> 00:34:42,900
by the police. 
He could not hope to sell such a

582
00:34:42,900 --> 00:34:46,600
horse, who would run a great 
risk and gain Nothing by taking 

583
00:34:46,600 --> 00:34:48,699
him. 
Surely that is clear. 

584
00:34:49,900 --> 00:34:52,900
Where is he? 
Then I have already said that he

585
00:34:52,900 --> 00:34:55,500
must have gone to King's pyland 
or to Mapleton. 

586
00:34:56,300 --> 00:34:59,500
He is not at King's pyland 
therefore. 

587
00:34:59,700 --> 00:35:03,000
He is at Mapleton. 
Let us take that as a working 

588
00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:05,700
hypothesis and see what it leads
us to. 

589
00:35:06,900 --> 00:35:10,100
This part of the more as the 
inspector remarked is very hard 

590
00:35:10,100 --> 00:35:13,300
and dry but it falls away 
towards Mapleton. 

591
00:35:13,600 --> 00:35:16,900
And you can see from here that 
there is a Long Hollow Over 

592
00:35:16,900 --> 00:35:19,900
Yonder, which must have been 
very wet on Monday night. 

593
00:35:20,700 --> 00:35:24,800
If our supposition is correct 
and the horse must have crossed 

594
00:35:24,800 --> 00:35:28,500
that and there is a point where 
we should look for his tracks. 

595
00:35:29,800 --> 00:35:32,800
We've been walking, briskly 
during this conversation and a 

596
00:35:32,808 --> 00:35:35,300
few more minutes brought us to 
the hollow in question. 

597
00:35:36,200 --> 00:35:38,800
At homes request. 
I walked down the bank to the 

598
00:35:38,800 --> 00:35:43,800
right and he to the left, but I 
had not taken 50 Paces before I 

599
00:35:43,800 --> 00:35:46,200
heard him. 
Give a shout and saw him waving 

600
00:35:46,200 --> 00:35:50,300
his hand to me the track of a 
horse was plainly, outlined in 

601
00:35:50,308 --> 00:35:53,700
the soft Earth in front of him 
and the shoe, which he took from

602
00:35:53,700 --> 00:35:58,900
his pocket, exactly fitted, the 
impression, see the value of 

603
00:35:58,908 --> 00:36:02,500
imagination said Holmes. 
It is a one quality, which 

604
00:36:02,500 --> 00:36:06,100
Gregory lacks. 
We imagined what might have 

605
00:36:06,100 --> 00:36:07,800
happened. 
Up and acted upon the 

606
00:36:07,800 --> 00:36:11,100
supposition and find ourselves 
Justified. 

607
00:36:11,600 --> 00:36:16,400
Let us proceed. 
We cross the marshy bottom and 

608
00:36:16,400 --> 00:36:20,700
passed over a quarter of a mile 
of dry hard Turf again, the 

609
00:36:20,700 --> 00:36:23,900
ground sloped. 
And again, we came on the tracks

610
00:36:24,600 --> 00:36:26,300
then we lost them for half a 
mile. 

611
00:36:26,400 --> 00:36:28,900
But only to pick them up. 
Once more quite close to 

612
00:36:28,900 --> 00:36:31,700
Mapleton. 
It was homes, who saw them 

613
00:36:31,700 --> 00:36:34,000
first? 
And he stood pointing with a 

614
00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:38,800
look of Triumph upon his face, a
man's track was visible beside 

615
00:36:38,800 --> 00:36:42,700
the horses. 
The horse was alone before I 

616
00:36:42,700 --> 00:36:47,100
cried quite. 
So it was a loan before. 

617
00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:49,800
Hello. 
What is this? 

618
00:36:51,100 --> 00:36:53,700
The double track turned sharp 
off and took the direction of 

619
00:36:53,700 --> 00:36:58,300
King's pyland Holmes whistled 
and we both followed along after

620
00:36:58,300 --> 00:37:01,500
it. 
His eyes were on the trail, but 

621
00:37:01,500 --> 00:37:05,000
I happened to look a little to 
one side and saw to my surprise 

622
00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:08,100
the same tracks, coming back 
again in the opposite direction.

623
00:37:09,400 --> 00:37:12,000
One for you Watson. 
I said, Holmes, when I pointed 

624
00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:15,300
it out, you have saved us. 
A long walk, which would have 

625
00:37:15,300 --> 00:37:17,000
brought us back on our own 
traces. 

626
00:37:17,600 --> 00:37:22,400
That is follow the return track.
We had not to go far. 

627
00:37:22,700 --> 00:37:25,600
It ended at the paving of 
asphalt which led up to the 

628
00:37:25,600 --> 00:37:29,300
gates of the Mapleton Stables as
we approached. 

629
00:37:29,500 --> 00:37:33,300
A groom ran out from them. 
We don't want any loiterers 

630
00:37:33,300 --> 00:37:36,600
about here. 
Said he I only wish to ask a 

631
00:37:36,607 --> 00:37:39,400
question said Holmes with his 
finger and thumb in his 

632
00:37:39,400 --> 00:37:42,400
waistcoat, pocket. 
Should I be too early to see 

633
00:37:42,400 --> 00:37:44,600
your master? 
Mr. Silas Brown. 

634
00:37:45,100 --> 00:37:48,700
If I were to call it five 
o'clock tomorrow morning, bless 

635
00:37:48,700 --> 00:37:53,000
you sir, if anyone is about it. 
B4 is always the first airing 

636
00:37:53,500 --> 00:37:56,200
but area sir to answer your 
questions for himself. 

637
00:37:56,700 --> 00:37:59,100
No, sir. 
No, it is as much as my place is

638
00:37:59,100 --> 00:38:00,800
worth to let him. 
See me touch your money 

639
00:38:01,500 --> 00:38:05,300
afterwards if you like as 
Sherlock Holmes, replace the 

640
00:38:05,300 --> 00:38:07,700
half crown, which he had drawn 
from his pocket. 

641
00:38:08,100 --> 00:38:11,200
A fierce-looking elderly man, 
Strode out from the gate with a 

642
00:38:11,200 --> 00:38:13,400
hunting-crop swinging in his 
hand. 

643
00:38:14,300 --> 00:38:16,500
What's this Dawson? 
He cried. 

644
00:38:16,800 --> 00:38:19,400
No. 
Gossiping go about your business

645
00:38:19,700 --> 00:38:22,100
and you what the devil do you 
want here? 

646
00:38:23,100 --> 00:38:25,200
10 minutes, talk with you. 
My good sir. 

647
00:38:25,500 --> 00:38:28,800
Said, Holmes in the sweetest of 
voices, or even though tied to 

648
00:38:28,800 --> 00:38:32,800
talk every gun about we want no,
stranger here, be off, or you 

649
00:38:32,808 --> 00:38:36,400
may find a dog at your heels, 
Holmes leaned forward and 

650
00:38:36,400 --> 00:38:37,700
whispered something in the 
trainer's. 

651
00:38:37,700 --> 00:38:40,700
Here. 
He started violently and flush 

652
00:38:40,700 --> 00:38:43,000
to the temples. 
It's a lie. 

653
00:38:43,200 --> 00:38:46,900
He shouted an infernal. 
I very good. 

654
00:38:47,300 --> 00:38:50,700
Shall we argue about it here in 
public or talk it over in your 

655
00:38:50,700 --> 00:38:54,900
parlor. 
No come in if you wish to Holmes

656
00:38:54,900 --> 00:38:58,000
smiled I shall not keep you more
than a few minutes. 

657
00:38:58,000 --> 00:39:00,900
Watson said he now mr. 
Brown. 

658
00:39:01,300 --> 00:39:06,300
I'm quite at your disposal. 
It was 20 minutes and the red 

659
00:39:06,300 --> 00:39:09,100
said all faded into Gray's 
before homes and the trainer 

660
00:39:09,100 --> 00:39:12,500
reappeared never have. 
I seen such a change. 

661
00:39:12,500 --> 00:39:15,700
Has had been brought about in 
Silas Brown in that short time. 

662
00:39:16,600 --> 00:39:22,000
His face was ashy pale, beads of
perspiration Shone upon his brow

663
00:39:22,500 --> 00:39:25,400
and His Hands shook until the 
hunting crop wagged. 

664
00:39:25,400 --> 00:39:28,400
Like a branch in the wind. 
His bullying. 

665
00:39:28,400 --> 00:39:33,200
Overbearing manner was all gone 
to and he cringed along at my 

666
00:39:33,300 --> 00:39:35,800
Inside like a dog with its 
master. 

667
00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:39,900
Your instructions will be done. 
We shall all be done. 

668
00:39:40,200 --> 00:39:43,800
Said he, there must be no 
mistake said Holmes, looking 

669
00:39:43,800 --> 00:39:46,300
round at him. 
The other winced as he read the 

670
00:39:46,308 --> 00:39:49,300
Menace, in his eyes. 
Oh, no, they shall be no 

671
00:39:49,300 --> 00:39:51,000
mistake. 
It shall be here. 

672
00:39:51,400 --> 00:39:55,200
Should I change it first or not?
Holmes thought a little and then

673
00:39:55,200 --> 00:39:59,100
burst out laughing. 
No, don't said he I shall write 

674
00:39:59,100 --> 00:40:02,200
to you about it. 
No tricks now or oh you're and 

675
00:40:02,200 --> 00:40:05,100
trust me you can trust me. 
Yes. 

676
00:40:05,100 --> 00:40:07,600
I think I can. 
Well you shall hear from me 

677
00:40:07,600 --> 00:40:10,300
tomorrow. 
He turned upon his heel. 

678
00:40:10,500 --> 00:40:13,700
Disregarding the trembling hand 
which the other held out to him.

679
00:40:14,300 --> 00:40:19,000
And we set off for King's 
pyland, a more perfect compound 

680
00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:22,200
of the bully coward and sneak 
than Master Silas Brown. 

681
00:40:22,200 --> 00:40:25,700
I have seldom met with Remarked 
Holmes as we trudged along 

682
00:40:25,700 --> 00:40:29,700
together. 
He has the horse then he tried 

683
00:40:29,700 --> 00:40:33,200
to Bluster out of it, but I 
described to him so exactly what

684
00:40:33,200 --> 00:40:36,400
his actions had been upon that 
morning, but he is convinced 

685
00:40:36,400 --> 00:40:39,700
that I was watching him. 
Of course, you observe the 

686
00:40:39,700 --> 00:40:43,200
peculiarly square toes in The 
Impressions and that his own 

687
00:40:43,200 --> 00:40:47,500
boots, exactly correspondent to 
them again, of course, no 

688
00:40:47,500 --> 00:40:50,300
subordinate would have dared to 
do such a thing. 

689
00:40:51,100 --> 00:40:53,100
I described to him. 
How, when, according to his 

690
00:40:53,100 --> 00:40:55,200
custom. 
He was the first down. 

691
00:40:55,500 --> 00:40:59,300
He perceived a strange horse. 
Wandering over the more how he 

692
00:40:59,300 --> 00:41:02,600
went out to it and his 
astonishment at recognizing, 

693
00:41:02,700 --> 00:41:05,700
from the white forehead, which 
is given the favorite its name 

694
00:41:06,100 --> 00:41:08,000
that chance had put in his 
power. 

695
00:41:08,200 --> 00:41:11,100
The only horse which could beat 
the one upon, which he had put 

696
00:41:11,100 --> 00:41:15,600
his money, then I described how 
his first impulse had been to 

697
00:41:15,600 --> 00:41:19,300
lead him back to King's pyland 
and how the devil had shown him.

698
00:41:19,300 --> 00:41:24,000
How he could hide the horse 
until a race was over and how he

699
00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:26,600
had let it back and concealed it
at Mapleton. 

700
00:41:27,500 --> 00:41:31,500
When I told him every detail he 
gave it up and thought only of 

701
00:41:31,500 --> 00:41:35,800
saving his own skin, but his 
Stables have been searched. 

702
00:41:36,800 --> 00:41:39,900
Oh and old horse, Faker like him
as many a Dodge. 

703
00:41:41,000 --> 00:41:44,300
But are you not afraid to leave 
the horse in his power now since

704
00:41:44,300 --> 00:41:45,700
he has every interest in 
injuring? 

705
00:41:45,700 --> 00:41:49,500
It. 
My dear fellow, he will guard it

706
00:41:49,500 --> 00:41:53,000
as the apple of his eye. 
He knows that his only hope of 

707
00:41:53,000 --> 00:41:57,300
Mercy is to produce it. 
Safe Colonel, Ross, did not 

708
00:41:57,300 --> 00:42:00,200
impress me as a man who would be
likely to show much Mercy in any

709
00:42:00,200 --> 00:42:03,300
case. 
The matter does not rest with 

710
00:42:03,300 --> 00:42:07,200
Colonel Ross. 
I follow my own methods and tell

711
00:42:07,200 --> 00:42:09,300
as much or as little as I 
choose. 

712
00:42:09,900 --> 00:42:12,200
That is the advantage of being 
unofficial. 

713
00:42:13,100 --> 00:42:15,900
I don't know whether you 
observed it Watson, but the 

714
00:42:15,908 --> 00:42:19,000
Colonel's Manor has been just a 
trifle Cavalier to me. 

715
00:42:20,400 --> 00:42:23,500
I am inclined now to have a 
little amusement, at his 

716
00:42:23,500 --> 00:42:26,500
expense. 
Say nothing to him about the 

717
00:42:26,500 --> 00:42:29,700
horse, certainly not without 
your permission. 

718
00:42:30,600 --> 00:42:34,100
And of course, this is all quite
a minor Point compared to the 

719
00:42:34,100 --> 00:42:36,700
question of who killed John 
straker. 

720
00:42:37,900 --> 00:42:41,600
And you will devote yourself to 
that on the contrary. 

721
00:42:42,100 --> 00:42:44,800
We both go back to London by the
Night Train. 

722
00:42:46,500 --> 00:42:48,900
I was Thunderstruck by my 
friends words. 

723
00:42:49,500 --> 00:42:52,400
We had only been a few hours in 
Devonshire and that he should 

724
00:42:52,400 --> 00:42:54,500
give up an investigation, which 
had begun. 

725
00:42:54,500 --> 00:42:59,000
So brilliantly was quite 
incomprehensible to me, not a 

726
00:42:59,008 --> 00:43:01,200
word more. 
Could I draw from him until we 

727
00:43:01,200 --> 00:43:02,700
were back at the trainer's 
house? 

728
00:43:03,800 --> 00:43:06,900
The colonel and the inspector 
were awaiting Us in The Parlor. 

729
00:43:08,400 --> 00:43:11,600
My friend and I returned to town
by the night express said 

730
00:43:11,600 --> 00:43:13,600
Holmes. 
We have had a Charming little 

731
00:43:13,600 --> 00:43:17,300
breath of your beautiful. 
Dark more are the inspector 

732
00:43:17,300 --> 00:43:20,500
opened his eyes and the 
Colonel's lip curled in a sneer.

733
00:43:21,700 --> 00:43:26,000
So you were despair of arresting
the murderer of poor straker 

734
00:43:26,300 --> 00:43:29,200
said he Holmes Shrugged his 
shoulders. 

735
00:43:30,000 --> 00:43:32,300
There are certainly grave 
difficulties in the way. 

736
00:43:32,400 --> 00:43:36,300
Said he, I have every hope. 
However, that's your horse will 

737
00:43:36,300 --> 00:43:39,700
start up on Tuesday and I beg 
that you will have your jockey 

738
00:43:39,700 --> 00:43:42,500
in Readiness. 
Might I ask for a photograph of 

739
00:43:42,500 --> 00:43:43,600
mr. 
John straker. 

740
00:43:44,800 --> 00:43:47,800
Inspector took one from an 
envelope and handed it to him. 

741
00:43:49,000 --> 00:43:52,100
My dear Gregory. 
You anticipate all my wants. 

742
00:43:52,600 --> 00:43:55,100
If I might ask you to wait here 
for an instant. 

743
00:43:55,400 --> 00:43:58,100
I have a question, which I 
should like to put to the maid. 

744
00:43:59,300 --> 00:44:02,800
I must say that I am rather 
disappointed in our London. 

745
00:44:02,800 --> 00:44:06,200
Consultant said Colonel Ross 
bluntly as my friend left the 

746
00:44:06,200 --> 00:44:09,000
room. 
I do not see that we are any 

747
00:44:09,000 --> 00:44:12,300
further than when he came. 
At least. 

748
00:44:12,300 --> 00:44:13,900
You have his assurance that your
horse will. 

749
00:44:14,000 --> 00:44:19,200
Run said I yes my have his 
Assurance, said the colonel with

750
00:44:19,200 --> 00:44:22,000
a shrug of his shoulders. 
I should prefer to have the 

751
00:44:22,000 --> 00:44:25,100
horse. 
I was about to make some reply 

752
00:44:25,100 --> 00:44:29,300
in defense of my friend when he 
entered the room again now, 

753
00:44:29,300 --> 00:44:33,100
gentlemen, he said I am quite 
ready for Tavistock. 

754
00:44:34,400 --> 00:44:37,300
As we stepped into the carriage,
one of the stable Lads held the 

755
00:44:37,300 --> 00:44:42,000
door open for us, a sudden idea 
seemed to occur to homes for, he

756
00:44:42,000 --> 00:44:44,500
leaned forward and touch the lad
upon the sleeve. 

757
00:44:45,500 --> 00:44:47,400
You have a few Sheep In The 
Paddock. 

758
00:44:47,400 --> 00:44:51,100
He said, who attends to them? 
I do sir. 

759
00:44:52,100 --> 00:44:54,300
Have you noticed anything amiss 
with them of late? 

760
00:44:55,200 --> 00:44:59,200
Well, sir, not of much account, 
but three of them have gone 

761
00:44:59,200 --> 00:45:02,600
lame, sir. 
I could see that Holmes was 

762
00:45:02,600 --> 00:45:06,000
extremely pleased for he 
chuckled and rubbed his hands 

763
00:45:06,000 --> 00:45:10,100
together. 
A long shot Watson, a very long 

764
00:45:10,100 --> 00:45:13,500
shot said, he pinching my arm 
Gregory. 

765
00:45:14,000 --> 00:45:16,600
Let me recommend to your 
attention this singular epidemic

766
00:45:16,600 --> 00:45:20,800
among the Sheep drive on 
Coachman Colonel. 

767
00:45:20,800 --> 00:45:23,500
Ross, still wore an expression. 
Which showed the poor opinion, 

768
00:45:23,500 --> 00:45:27,200
which he had formed my 
companions ability, but I saw by

769
00:45:27,200 --> 00:45:30,400
the inspectors face that his 
attention had been keenly 

770
00:45:30,400 --> 00:45:33,300
aroused. 
You consider that to be 

771
00:45:33,300 --> 00:45:38,000
important. 
He asked exceedingly, so, So is 

772
00:45:38,000 --> 00:45:40,800
there any point to which you 
would wish to draw my attention 

773
00:45:42,000 --> 00:45:44,100
to the Curious incident of the 
dog? 

774
00:45:44,100 --> 00:45:48,200
In the night-time, the dog did 
nothing in a nighttime? 

775
00:45:49,300 --> 00:45:55,000
That was the Curious incident 
remarked Sherlock Holmes, four 

776
00:45:55,000 --> 00:45:57,700
days later homes and I were 
again in the train Bound for 

777
00:45:57,700 --> 00:46:00,700
Winchester to see the race for 
the Wessex cup. 

778
00:46:01,600 --> 00:46:04,300
Kind of Ross Matters by 
appointment outside the station 

779
00:46:04,800 --> 00:46:07,600
and we drove in his drag to the 
course, beyond the town. 

780
00:46:08,400 --> 00:46:12,200
His face was grave and his 
manner was cold in the extreme. 

781
00:46:13,200 --> 00:46:15,300
I have seen, nothing of my 
horse. 

782
00:46:15,400 --> 00:46:18,500
Said he, I suppose that you 
would know him. 

783
00:46:18,500 --> 00:46:22,400
When you saw him asked Holmes. 
The colonel was very angry. 

784
00:46:22,900 --> 00:46:27,200
I have been on the turf for 20 
years and never was asked such a

785
00:46:27,200 --> 00:46:31,000
question as that before said he 
a child would know, Silver 

786
00:46:31,000 --> 00:46:33,200
Blaze. 
With his white forehead and is 

787
00:46:33,200 --> 00:46:36,500
modeled off for leg. 
How is the betting? 

788
00:46:37,300 --> 00:46:40,000
Well, that is a curious part of 
it. 

789
00:46:40,400 --> 00:46:43,900
You could have got 12:45 
yesterday, but the price has 

790
00:46:43,900 --> 00:46:47,900
become shorter and shorter until
you can hardly get three, two, 

791
00:46:47,900 --> 00:46:51,300
one. 
Now hum said, Holmes. 

792
00:46:52,000 --> 00:46:55,000
Somebody knows something that is
clear. 

793
00:46:56,500 --> 00:46:59,500
As the drag Drew up in the 
enclosure near the grandstand. 

794
00:46:59,800 --> 00:47:02,000
I glanced at the card to see the
entries. 

795
00:47:03,200 --> 00:47:07,200
Wessex plate. 
It ran 50 solves, each H feet 

796
00:47:07,200 --> 00:47:10,300
with 1000 solves added for four 
and five-year-olds. 

797
00:47:10,600 --> 00:47:16,500
S l-- 303rd L200 new course, one
mile and five furlongs. 

798
00:47:16,900 --> 00:47:21,000
Mr. Heath Newton's the Negro 
redcap, cinnamon jacket Colonel,

799
00:47:21,000 --> 00:47:24,700
Ward laws pugilist, pink cap, 
blue, and black jacket, Lord, 

800
00:47:24,700 --> 00:47:27,200
backwaters Desborough Yellow Cap
and sleeves. 

801
00:47:27,500 --> 00:47:31,300
Colonel Ross has Silver Blaze, 
Black Cap, Red Jacket Duke of 

802
00:47:31,300 --> 00:47:36,300
Balmoral Cyrus. on black stripes
Lord single fits grasper purple 

803
00:47:36,300 --> 00:47:41,500
cap, black sleeves We scratched 
our other one, and put all our 

804
00:47:41,500 --> 00:47:43,800
hopes on your word, said, the 
colonel. 

805
00:47:44,400 --> 00:47:47,400
Why, what is that? 
Silver Blaze? 

806
00:47:47,400 --> 00:47:53,400
Favorite 524 against Silver, 
Blaze brought the ring 524 

807
00:47:53,400 --> 00:47:56,500
against Silver. 
Blaze 5 to 15 against 

808
00:47:56,500 --> 00:48:01,700
Desborough, 524 on the field. 
There are the numbers up. 

809
00:48:01,800 --> 00:48:03,700
I cried. 
They are all six. 

810
00:48:03,700 --> 00:48:08,700
They're all six there. 
The my horse is running cried 

811
00:48:08,700 --> 00:48:11,900
the colonel in great agitation, 
but I don't see him. 

812
00:48:12,400 --> 00:48:16,000
My colors have not passed. 
Only 5 of past. 

813
00:48:16,500 --> 00:48:20,700
This must be. 
He as I spoke a powerful bay 

814
00:48:20,700 --> 00:48:24,000
horse swept out from the 
weighing enclosure and canted 

815
00:48:24,000 --> 00:48:27,700
pastors bearing on its back, the
well-known black and red of the 

816
00:48:27,700 --> 00:48:31,600
colonel. 
That's not my horse ride. 

817
00:48:31,600 --> 00:48:35,200
The owner that Beast has not a 
white hair upon his body. 

818
00:48:35,800 --> 00:48:36,900
What is this? 
That you've done? 

819
00:48:36,900 --> 00:48:40,700
Mr. Holmes? 
Well, well, let us see how he 

820
00:48:40,700 --> 00:48:44,100
gets on said my friend 
imperturbable e for a few 

821
00:48:44,100 --> 00:48:48,400
minutes, he gaze through my 
fieldglass Capital, an excellent

822
00:48:48,400 --> 00:48:50,600
start. 
He cried suddenly, there. 

823
00:48:50,600 --> 00:48:54,200
They are, coming around the 
curve, from our drag. 

824
00:48:54,200 --> 00:48:56,200
We had a super view as they came
up. 

825
00:48:56,200 --> 00:48:59,100
The street. 
The six horses were so close 

826
00:48:59,100 --> 00:49:01,100
together. 
The carpet could have covered 

827
00:49:01,100 --> 00:49:05,800
them but halfway up the yellow 
of the Mapleton stable show to 

828
00:49:05,800 --> 00:49:07,900
the front before they reached 
us. 

829
00:49:07,900 --> 00:49:11,900
However, desperate as Bolt was 
shot and the Colonel's horse 

830
00:49:12,100 --> 00:49:15,800
coming away with a rush past the
post a good six lengths before 

831
00:49:15,800 --> 00:49:18,600
its rival. 
The Duke of Balmoral Cyrus 

832
00:49:18,600 --> 00:49:22,800
making a bad third. 
It's my race. 

833
00:49:22,800 --> 00:49:26,400
Anyhow, gasps the colonel 
passing, his hand over his eyes.

834
00:49:26,900 --> 00:49:29,900
I confess that I can make 
neither head nor tail of it. 

835
00:49:30,500 --> 00:49:33,100
Don't you think that you've kept
up your mystery long enough? 

836
00:49:33,100 --> 00:49:36,000
Mr. Holmes? 
Certainly Colonel. 

837
00:49:36,400 --> 00:49:39,700
You shall know everything. 
Let us all go round and have a 

838
00:49:39,700 --> 00:49:41,700
look at the horse together. 
Here. 

839
00:49:41,700 --> 00:49:44,100
He is. 
He continued as we made our way 

840
00:49:44,100 --> 00:49:47,000
into the weighing enclosure 
where only owners and their 

841
00:49:47,000 --> 00:49:50,800
friends find admittance. 
You have only to wash his face 

842
00:49:50,800 --> 00:49:52,800
and his leg in the spirits of 
wine. 

843
00:49:53,200 --> 00:49:56,600
And you will find that he is the
same old Silver Blaze as ever. 

844
00:49:57,500 --> 00:50:01,700
You Take My Breath Away. 
I found him in the hands of a 

845
00:50:01,700 --> 00:50:04,900
fakir and took the liberty of 
running him just as he was sent 

846
00:50:04,900 --> 00:50:08,700
over. 
My dear sir, you have done 

847
00:50:08,700 --> 00:50:11,100
wonders, the horse looks very 
fit. 

848
00:50:11,100 --> 00:50:13,800
And well, it never went better 
in his life. 

849
00:50:14,400 --> 00:50:17,500
I owe you a thousand, apologies 
for having doubted your ability.

850
00:50:18,200 --> 00:50:20,900
You have done me a great service
by recovering my horse. 

851
00:50:21,400 --> 00:50:24,400
You would do me a greater still.
If you could lay your hands on 

852
00:50:24,400 --> 00:50:29,600
the murderer of John straker. 
I have done so said, Holmes 

853
00:50:29,600 --> 00:50:33,700
quietly, the colonel and I 
stared at him in amazement. 

854
00:50:34,400 --> 00:50:36,200
You've got him. 
Where is he? 

855
00:50:36,200 --> 00:50:40,200
Then he is here. 
Here. 

856
00:50:40,700 --> 00:50:44,500
We're in my company at the 
present moment. 

857
00:50:45,500 --> 00:50:49,700
The colonel flushed, angrily. 
I quite recognize a time under 

858
00:50:49,700 --> 00:50:53,700
obligations to you. 
Mr. Holmes said he, but I must 

859
00:50:53,700 --> 00:50:58,000
regard what you have just said 
as either a very Joke or an 

860
00:50:58,000 --> 00:51:03,200
insult Sherlock Holmes laughed. 
I assure you that I have not 

861
00:51:03,200 --> 00:51:07,900
associated you with the crime. 
Colonel said he the real 

862
00:51:07,900 --> 00:51:10,700
murderer is standing immediately
behind you. 

863
00:51:12,000 --> 00:51:15,000
He stepped past and laid his 
hand upon the glossy neck of the

864
00:51:15,000 --> 00:51:19,600
thoroughbred. 
The horse cried, both the kernel

865
00:51:19,600 --> 00:51:24,400
and myself. 
Yes, the horse and it may lessen

866
00:51:24,400 --> 00:51:26,300
his guilt. 
If I say that it was done in 

867
00:51:26,300 --> 00:51:30,000
self-defense and that John 
straker was a man who was 

868
00:51:30,000 --> 00:51:33,700
entirely Unworthy of your 
confidence, but there goes the 

869
00:51:33,700 --> 00:51:36,000
bell. 
And as I stand to win a little 

870
00:51:36,000 --> 00:51:39,300
on this next race, I shall defer
a lengthy explanation until a 

871
00:51:39,308 --> 00:51:43,600
more fitting time. 
We had the corner of a Pullman 

872
00:51:43,600 --> 00:51:47,000
car to ourselves that evening as
we world back to London. 

873
00:51:47,600 --> 00:51:50,900
And I fancy that the journey was
a short one to Colonel Ross as 

874
00:51:50,900 --> 00:51:54,800
well as to myself, as we listen 
to our companions Narrative of 

875
00:51:54,800 --> 00:51:58,100
the events, which had occurred 
at the Dartmoor training Stables

876
00:51:58,100 --> 00:52:01,600
upon the Monday night, and the 
means by which he had unravelled

877
00:52:01,600 --> 00:52:06,000
them. 
I confess said he that any 

878
00:52:06,000 --> 00:52:08,700
theories which I had formed from
the newspaper reports were 

879
00:52:08,700 --> 00:52:13,100
entirely erroneous and yet there
were indications there had they 

880
00:52:13,100 --> 00:52:16,300
not been overlaid by other 
details which concealed their 

881
00:52:16,300 --> 00:52:20,400
true import. 
I went to Devonshire with the 

882
00:52:20,400 --> 00:52:23,700
conviction that Fitzroy Simpson 
was the true culprit. 

883
00:52:24,200 --> 00:52:27,100
Although of course, I saw that 
the evidence against him was by 

884
00:52:27,100 --> 00:52:30,200
no means complete. 
It was while I was in The 

885
00:52:30,200 --> 00:52:32,900
Carriage just as we reached the 
trainer's. 

886
00:52:33,100 --> 00:52:36,000
Was that the immense 
significance of the curried 

887
00:52:36,000 --> 00:52:39,500
mutton occurred to me? 
You may remember that I was 

888
00:52:39,500 --> 00:52:43,500
distrait and remained sitting 
after you had all alighted. 

889
00:52:43,900 --> 00:52:46,800
I was marveling in my own mind 
how I could possibly have 

890
00:52:46,800 --> 00:52:51,000
overlooked. 
So obvious a clue I confess. 

891
00:52:51,100 --> 00:52:54,900
So the kernel that even now I 
cannot see how it helps us. 

892
00:52:55,800 --> 00:52:58,400
It was the first link in my 
chain of reasoning. 

893
00:52:58,400 --> 00:53:01,800
Powdered opium is by no means 
tasteless. 

894
00:53:01,800 --> 00:53:07,300
The flavor is not disagreeable, 
but it is perceptible where it 

895
00:53:07,300 --> 00:53:10,100
mixed with any ordinary dish. 
The eater would undoubtedly 

896
00:53:10,100 --> 00:53:13,200
detect it and would probably eat
no more. 

897
00:53:13,200 --> 00:53:17,500
A curry was exactly the medium 
which would disguise this. 

898
00:53:17,500 --> 00:53:21,400
Taste by no possible. 
Supposition could destroy 

899
00:53:21,400 --> 00:53:23,300
Ranger. 
Fitzroy-simpson, have caused 

900
00:53:23,300 --> 00:53:25,600
Curry to be served in the 
trainer's family. 

901
00:53:25,800 --> 00:53:30,100
Night, and it is surely to 
monstrous a coincidence to 

902
00:53:30,100 --> 00:53:33,400
suppose that he happened to come
along with powdered opium upon 

903
00:53:33,400 --> 00:53:36,300
the very night when a dish 
happened to be served which 

904
00:53:36,300 --> 00:53:39,800
would disguise the flavor that 
is Unthinkable. 

905
00:53:40,900 --> 00:53:44,600
Therefore Simpson becomes 
eliminated from the case and our

906
00:53:44,600 --> 00:53:48,400
attention centers upon straker 
and his wife. 

907
00:53:49,100 --> 00:53:51,800
The only two people who could 
have chosen curried mutton for 

908
00:53:51,800 --> 00:53:55,600
supper that night. 
The Opium was added after the 

909
00:53:55,800 --> 00:53:59,100
Dish was set aside for the 
stable boy, for the others had 

910
00:53:59,100 --> 00:54:03,700
the same for supper with no ill 
effects, which of them then had 

911
00:54:03,700 --> 00:54:08,100
access to that dish without the 
made seeing them before. 

912
00:54:08,100 --> 00:54:11,000
Deciding that question. 
I had grasped the significance 

913
00:54:11,000 --> 00:54:14,800
of the Silence of the dog for 
one true inference, invariably 

914
00:54:14,800 --> 00:54:18,800
suggests others. 
The Simpson incident had shown 

915
00:54:18,800 --> 00:54:20,800
me that a dog was kept in the 
stables. 

916
00:54:21,500 --> 00:54:25,400
And yet, though someone had been
in and had fetched out a horse. 

917
00:54:25,900 --> 00:54:29,100
He had not booked enough to 
arouse the two Lads in The Loft.

918
00:54:29,800 --> 00:54:33,900
Obviously the midnight visitor, 
was someone whom the dog knew. 

919
00:54:33,900 --> 00:54:39,000
Well, I was already convinced or
almost convinced that John 

920
00:54:39,000 --> 00:54:42,200
straker went down to the stables
in the dead of the night and 

921
00:54:42,200 --> 00:54:47,100
took out Silver. 
Blaze for what, purpose for a 

922
00:54:47,107 --> 00:54:51,500
dishonest one, obviously, or why
should he drugged his own stable

923
00:54:51,500 --> 00:54:54,100
boy? 
And yet I was at a loss to know 

924
00:54:54,100 --> 00:54:56,900
why? 
There have been cases before 

925
00:54:56,900 --> 00:55:00,400
now, where trainers have made 
sure of great sums of money by 

926
00:55:00,400 --> 00:55:03,700
laying against their own horses 
through agents and then 

927
00:55:03,700 --> 00:55:05,700
preventing them from winning by 
fraud. 

928
00:55:06,500 --> 00:55:08,500
Sometimes it is a pulling 
jockey. 

929
00:55:09,100 --> 00:55:13,700
Sometimes it is some sure and 
subtler means what was it here? 

930
00:55:14,500 --> 00:55:17,600
I hope that the contents of his 
pockets might help me to form a 

931
00:55:17,607 --> 00:55:22,400
conclusion and they did. 
So you cannot have forgotten the

932
00:55:22,400 --> 00:55:25,600
singular knife, which was found 
in the dead man's hand. 

933
00:55:26,400 --> 00:55:29,600
A knife which certainly no sane 
man would choose for a weapon. 

934
00:55:30,300 --> 00:55:33,600
It was as dr. 
Watson told us a form of knife 

935
00:55:33,600 --> 00:55:36,400
which is used for the most 
delicate operations known in 

936
00:55:36,400 --> 00:55:41,200
surgery and it was to be used 
for a delicate operation that 

937
00:55:41,200 --> 00:55:44,800
night. 
You must know with your wide 

938
00:55:44,800 --> 00:55:48,900
experience of turf matters 
Colonel Ross that it is possible

939
00:55:48,900 --> 00:55:52,600
to make a slight Nick upon the 
tendons of a horse's ham and to 

940
00:55:52,607 --> 00:55:55,900
do it subcutaneously. 
So as to leave absolutely. 

941
00:55:56,100 --> 00:56:00,500
Trace a horse. 
So treated would develop a 

942
00:56:00,500 --> 00:56:04,500
slight lameness, which will be 
put down to a strain in exercise

943
00:56:04,700 --> 00:56:08,200
or a touch of rheumatism. 
But never to Foul, Play a 

944
00:56:09,500 --> 00:56:14,600
villain scoundrel, cried the 
colonel, we have here. 

945
00:56:14,600 --> 00:56:17,600
The explanation of why John 
straker wished to take the horse

946
00:56:17,600 --> 00:56:21,200
out onto the Moor. 
So spirited a creature would 

947
00:56:21,200 --> 00:56:23,500
have certainly roused the 
soundest of sleepers when it 

948
00:56:23,500 --> 00:56:27,200
felt the prick of the knife. 
It was absolutely necessary to 

949
00:56:27,200 --> 00:56:31,900
do it in the open air. 
I have been blind cried the 

950
00:56:31,900 --> 00:56:34,400
colonel. 
Of course, that was why he 

951
00:56:34,400 --> 00:56:38,700
needed the candle and struck the
match and doubtedly. 

952
00:56:39,600 --> 00:56:42,500
But in examining his belongings,
I was fortunate enough to 

953
00:56:42,500 --> 00:56:46,300
discover not only the method of 
the crime but even its motives 

954
00:56:47,200 --> 00:56:50,600
as a man of the world Colonel, 
you know that men do not carry 

955
00:56:50,600 --> 00:56:52,900
other people's bills about in 
their pockets. 

956
00:56:53,500 --> 00:56:56,600
We have most of us quite enough 
to do to settle our own. 

957
00:56:57,500 --> 00:57:01,500
I at once concluded that It was 
leading a double life and 

958
00:57:01,500 --> 00:57:05,500
keeping a second establishment. 
The nature of the bill showed 

959
00:57:05,500 --> 00:57:08,900
that there was a lady in the 
case and one who had expensive 

960
00:57:08,900 --> 00:57:12,300
tastes liberal. 
As you are with your servants. 

961
00:57:12,300 --> 00:57:15,200
One can hardly expect that they 
can buy 20, guineas walking 

962
00:57:15,200 --> 00:57:18,500
dresses for their ladies. 
I question mrs. 

963
00:57:18,500 --> 00:57:21,700
Straker as to the Dress without 
her knowing it and having 

964
00:57:21,700 --> 00:57:24,200
satisfied myself, that it had 
never reached her. 

965
00:57:24,700 --> 00:57:28,300
I made a note of the milliner's 
address and felt that by calling

966
00:57:28,300 --> 00:57:30,900
their with strike. 
His photograph, I could easily 

967
00:57:30,900 --> 00:57:32,900
dispose of the mythical 
Derbyshire. 

968
00:57:34,500 --> 00:57:37,100
From that time on all was plain 
straker. 

969
00:57:37,100 --> 00:57:39,900
Had let out the horse to a 
hollow where his light would be 

970
00:57:39,900 --> 00:57:44,200
invisible Simpson in his flight,
had dropped his cravat and 

971
00:57:44,200 --> 00:57:48,000
strikeout picked it up with some
idea, perhaps that he might use 

972
00:57:48,000 --> 00:57:51,700
it in, securing the horse's leg.
Once in the hollow. 

973
00:57:52,200 --> 00:57:55,600
He had got behind the horse, and
it struck a light, but the 

974
00:57:55,600 --> 00:57:59,200
creature frightened at the 
sudden glare, and with a strange

975
00:57:59,200 --> 00:58:02,700
Instinct of animals feeling that
some Mischief was intended. 

976
00:58:03,300 --> 00:58:06,300
Add lashed out. 
And the steel shoe had struck 

977
00:58:06,300 --> 00:58:10,100
straker full on the forehead. 
He had already in spite of the 

978
00:58:10,100 --> 00:58:13,900
rain, taken off his Overcoat in 
order to do his delicate task. 

979
00:58:14,200 --> 00:58:18,100
And so as he fell his knife, 
gashed his thigh. 

980
00:58:18,800 --> 00:58:21,800
Do I make it clear? 
Wonderful? 

981
00:58:22,000 --> 00:58:24,300
Cried, the colonel. 
Wonderful. 

982
00:58:24,400 --> 00:58:28,800
You might have been there. 
My final shot was I confess a 

983
00:58:28,808 --> 00:58:31,100
very long one. 
It struck me that. 

984
00:58:31,100 --> 00:58:34,100
So astute, a man, as Striker 
would not undertake this 

985
00:58:34,100 --> 00:58:37,400
delicate tender nicking without 
a little practice. 

986
00:58:38,200 --> 00:58:41,300
What could he practice on my 
eyes? 

987
00:58:41,300 --> 00:58:43,900
Fell upon the sheep? 
And I asked a question, which 

988
00:58:43,900 --> 00:58:47,800
rather to my surprise showed 
that my surmise was correct. 

989
00:58:48,700 --> 00:58:51,800
When I returned to London, I 
called upon the milliner who 

990
00:58:51,800 --> 00:58:54,500
would recognize straker as an 
excellent customer of the name 

991
00:58:54,500 --> 00:58:59,000
of Derbyshire, who had a Dashing
wife with a strong partiality 

992
00:58:59,000 --> 00:59:02,900
for expensive dresses. 
I have no doubt that this woman 

993
00:59:02,900 --> 00:59:05,100
had plunged him over head and 
ears in debt. 

994
00:59:05,600 --> 00:59:08,100
And so let him into this 
miserable plot. 

995
00:59:09,400 --> 00:59:13,100
You have explained all but one 
thing cried the colonel. 

996
00:59:13,800 --> 00:59:20,000
Where was the horse it bolted 
and was cared for by one of your

997
00:59:20,000 --> 00:59:22,700
neighbors. 
We must have an amnesty in that 

998
00:59:22,700 --> 00:59:25,500
direction. 
I think this is Clapham Junction

999
00:59:25,500 --> 00:59:28,300
if I'm not mistaken. 
And and we shall be in Victoria 

1000
00:59:28,300 --> 00:59:31,800
in less than 10 minutes. 
If you care to smoke a cigar in 

1001
00:59:31,800 --> 00:59:35,100
our rooms Colonel, I shall be 
happy to give you any other 

1002
00:59:35,100 --> 00:59:37,100
details, which might interest 
you. 

1003
00:59:38,800 --> 00:59:40,700
End of Silver Blaze. 
End of Silver Blaze.