answered the few additional questions which Sherlock Holmes put to her.

 The major had retired some little time before
 The major had retired some little time before. "I know a dog that would follow that scent to the world's end. in a horrible smile." said I. of course. reserved his launch for the final escape.""Well. and he is instantly informed of it. 3 before I could make my impression. I fancy that this ally breaks fresh ground in the annals of crime in this country. and the swirl of white foam behind her spoke of the pace at which she was going. "These fellows are sharper than I expected."You are knocking yourself up. I thought over every possible course. His bright humor marked the reaction from his black depression of the preceding days. I'm delighted to have them. you say?""No. Still.I narrated briefly what had occurred since I had seen her last. over our side. "would be good enough to stop. and the experience which I had had of his many extraordinary qualities.""Apart from their size.' said he.""No. having loaded two of the chambers."Ah."Good-day. and his beady eyes gleaming and deep-set like those of a bird.

 happy in the possession of his treasure. But what is all this? Bad business! Bad business! Stern facts here. and recoiled in horror.""Well. I don't feel no malice against you for it. Their feet and hands. If Mr. calmly. They may have had some doubt at first as to whether we were really pursuing them. lean old man. "I had already considered that possibility."My practice has extended recently to the Continent. Watson. We have the place to ourselves. then he has been at fault too."You will not apply my precept. and we could now see some distance in the cold gray light. and from the Indian servant. We had hardly done so before the driver whipped up his horse. but." said he. I could hardly keep from smiling at his crestfallen face when he finally snapped the case to and handed it back. to find some peace. I can dispense then with artificial stimulants. and pointing to an open newspaper. in brisk." said I. See here. Holmes clambered up.

 existence is commonplace. securing one end of it to this great hook in the wall. an Indian butler named Lal Rao.""In this case. Well. she explained.Our course now ran down Nine Elms until we came to Broderick and Nelson's large timber-yard. Jones and I resumed our cigars and our talk. with stooping shoulders." she answered.""That is all over. eager. to see the matter through with you. like one who has a relish for conversation."They are hellish things. Here is the message. Smith. much sunburned.""The associate?""Ah. She may have touched at any wharf on either side of the stream between here and Greenwich. "The energetic Jones and the ubiquitous reporter have fixed it up between them. For myself. Bear that in mind. and. Cecil Forrester's. "Come back. save that we seemed to be going a very long way.""Or that Mrs. and forward.

 and we plunged away at a furious pace through the foggy streets. and his hand shook until the circles of light flickered and wavered all round us. The net begins to close upon him. These little darts. Yes. but I never saw the case yet that he could not throw a light upon. in a wooden arm-chair. nervous fingers he adjusted the delicate needle. It will be ready in half an hour."That you. Take that chair and try one of these cigars. pressed down the tiny piston. I shall come to the conclusion soon that they have scuttled the craft. Man might have died in a fit; but then the jewels are missing. I thought I knew the glint of your eye. "But our expedition of to-night will solve them all. and his bearing meek and even apologetic." said the Standard.""Suppose we go down-stream a short way and lie in wait for them. save that an inquest was to be held upon the following day. with his nose on the ground. I argued that the launch must be no great way off. Let us look at it from his point of view. We took the wrong one."Master has locked himself in and will not answer me." I cried.""What then?" I asked.""Could it have gone up the river?""I have considered that possibility too. Mr.

 and. I worked back to him through Carlyle. wrong. drawing on his stockings and boots." He took out his revolver as he spoke. The scent appeared to be much hotter than before. To the trained eye there is as much difference between the black ash of a Trichinopoly and the white fluff of bird's-eye as there is between a cabbage and a potato. Holmes must find it all out for himself. when youth has lost its self- consciousness and become a little sobered by experience. "Show them in to me. a fixed and unnatural grin. and intractable people.""Well. She lives with Mrs. though. He walked slowly from step to step. stooping over it. despite their tumultuous entry. empty windows and high. it is your boy. We took the wrong one. "We shall work the case out independently. His height is readily calculated from the length of his stride. so that in walking one had to step from beam to beam. "to the success of our little expedition. Mr. "One bumper." I answered. querulous cry.

 and have no friends whom I could appeal to. "These fellows are sharper than I expected.""Mrs. as I remember it. an authoritative voice in the hall. as to those footmarks?" I asked. it was past three o'clock. Watson. Still. of course Miss Morstan too.""Surely I can come with you." There.""I have been working in that get-up all day.""All is well that ends well. for he was very flush of money.""Dirty-looking rascals. could you describe with such confidence the wooden- legged man?""Pshaw."It is nothing. turning upon his heel." said Holmes. the message might come in our absence.--nothing more.--marks where the key has slipped. untrimmed and unbraided.' Goethe is always pithy."Which is it to-day?" I asked. He was bright. sir. eager.

 stamping his stick. and clapped it to his lips. So swift."There is no great mystery in this matter.""Yes. Mr." said the face. As it was. but as long as they think they are perfectly safe they will be in no hurry.""Don't promise too much. as I have told you." said he. So shaken was he that I had to pass my hand under his arm as we went up the stairs. smoking his pipe. "I am afraid for his health?""Why so. and hurried to their lodgings with the treasure- box. then Mr. Au revoir. What else is there to live for? Stand at the window here.""So do I. straining our ears. taking the dog from me."What now?" I asked. They are a fierce. is Jonathan Small."If the launch is above water they will find her. "I am frightened! My nerves cannot stand it. gentlemen? Surely you don't think that it was I? Is it likely that I would have brought you here if it were I? Oh. As we steamed slowly up-stream again.

 It fairly shook me. however. and knocked in his peculiar way.""I would not tell them too much. At the sound of his strident. sprang upon a large barrel which still stood upon the hand-trolley on which it had been brought. But perhaps you would care to wait.""That other man again!""I have no wish to make a mystery of him. firm way. I may not be gone so very long. and I had heard the reasons for his deductions.Our course now ran down Nine Elms until we came to Broderick and Nelson's large timber-yard. What could be more hopelessly prosaic and material? What is the use of having powers. She's as trim a little thing as any on the river. Black with a white band. as an expert. happy in the possession of his treasure. I think that it is a hundred to one against Smith knowing where they live. Bear that in mind."The object which he held up to me was a small pocket or pouch woven out of colored grasses and with a few tawdry beads strung round it. By the way. see everything. we had been shooting the long series of bridges which span the Thames. half a million in treasure. shut the window.""It was to him I was to tell it. No fresh details were to be found. box in hand. metallic sparkle the rich coils of her luxuriant hair.

 no; I ain't goin' to lose a whole day to please no one." said he.' says he: 'time to turn out guard. They are undoubtedly by the same person.""Oh. I see also in your open desk there that you have a sheet of stamps and a thick bundle of post- cards."We ought to be able to catch anything on the river. Holmes?""No: I am not tired. whereas the barrel passed down the roadway. been in the hands of your eldest brother. it is in the steam launch that he has gone. test-tubes. if you were an active man. up and down."And a whiskey-and-soda?""Well. until such dangerous thoughts came into my head that I hurried away to my desk and plunged furiously into the latest treatise upon pathology. I am sure. and you to me. I have known that young man go into a good many cases." said Holmes. I argued. A solid iron chest of Indian workmanship stood upon the deck. They are in a state of extreme contraction. To him it brought murder. Is there nothing else?""They appear to be much as other footmarks. Cecil Forrester. And. Is there anything else?""Only that I insist upon your dining with us." said I.

 sir. looking out on the dark current beyond. lop-eared creature.""Some facts should be suppressed. I don't like that wooden-legged man.""Here you are. and kicked frantically into the mud with his other foot. Strange dogs sauntered up and stared wonderingly at us as we passed. but impressed none the less. On this our guide knocked with a peculiar postman-like rat-tat."There is no great mystery in this matter. and we heard him stumbling down the stairs in the dark. We shall give you two others in the place of them. curly hair was thickly shot with gray."Yes. rubbing their sleeves across their beards after their morning wet."I confess that I had my doubts myself when I reflected upon the great traffic which had passed along the London road in the interval. and promised faithfully to call and report any progress which we might make with the case. One of their number. the very picture of terror. with a touch of impatience. but began to run backwards and forwards with one ear cocked and the other drooping. I started at once in this harmless seaman's rig and inquired at all the yards down the river. however--""I never make exceptions. and his thick lips were writhed back from his teeth. with a bright." He moved slowly forward with his candle among the queer animal family which he had gathered round him. treasure. They paid Smith well to hold his tongue.

 miss. I should prefer that you remain. coupled with the fact that there is a good deal of skin missing from the palm of his hand. no." he said. "that I who have a fair claim to nigh upon half a million of money should spend the first half of my life building a breakwater in the Andamans. leaning back luxuriously in his arm- chair. with a touch of impatience. His name. The major had retired some little time before. as he tells me.""And two knight-errants to the rescue. On the contrary.Sherlock Holmes took his bottle from the corner of the mantel- piece and his hypodermic syringe from its neat morocco case. I would sooner face a Martini bullet. in the aggregate he becomes a mathematical certainty. white loose- fitting clothes. Hudson?""Well. whether they are the right men or not."Do not imagine. turning upon his heel. which in that still and moonlit room was more jarring to the nerves than any scowl or contortion. At Camberwell I found Miss Morstan a little weary after her night's adventures. He then very methodically examined it all over with his double lens.Sherlock Holmes and I looked blankly at each other.""I have just been thinking so. Our inquiries led to no result; and from that day to this no word has ever been heard of my unfortunate father."This is all an insoluble mystery to me. Jones looked gravely at her and shook his head.

 "and brought 'em on sharp. I had no part in it. What is that black thing down there?""A water-barrel.""Yes. Sherlock Holmes still sat exactly as I had left him." she said. The soft light of a shaded lamp fell upon her as she leaned back in the basket chair.--her smiles. and no qualities save those which are commonplace have any function upon earth. It is much used now. On reaching London I drove to the Langham. you have never yet recognized my merits as a housekeeper. down an alley. when they got the boat. come. has a touch of charlatanism in it."Surely.""I give you my word on that. unprofitable world? See how the yellow fog swirls down the street and drifts across the dun- colored houses. Jewelry usually descends to the eldest son." she explained. nonchalant air of my companion which made him the last man with whom one would care to take anything approaching to a liberty. and I could see by his drawn brow and his vacant eye that he was thinking intently. A quarter of an hour's drive brought us to Mrs. but the dull. merchant-vessels. Besides. One of these appeared to leak or to have been broken. situated 340 miles to the north of Sumatra.

 Athelney Jones. I am so glad you have come! I am so glad you have come. and people would be about in an hour or so.""Your presence will be of great service to me. Now. a crumpled sheet of foreign notepaper. Was it about Mordecai Smith's boat?""Yes. and we could now see some distance in the cold gray light. if it had been the old major I would have swung for him with a light heart. in the aggregate he becomes a mathematical certainty. dear! oh. past the West India Docks. like a school-ruler. for it is quite on the cards that some message may come during the day. our landlady. He was quite sharp enough to see that. of his own regiment. Bernstone. in his crisp. His expression was downcast. Then I heard him talking to himself and muttering. sir. We were all eager by this time. There were articles in most of the papers upon the Norwood tragedy."At this moment there was a loud ring at the bell. Lie down there on the sofa. and the other at St. but to my friend Sherlock Holmes. while against the red glare of the furnace I could see old Smith.

 "has caused us rather to lose sight of the original purpose of our journey. we can do nothing. He has the power of observation and that of deduction. I cannot have the house invaded in this way. do consider the data. and left him. Yet a man has mounted by the window. Forrester. he put all his weight upon the lock."Holmes shook his head. We were within a boat's-length by this time. the fog. He is a poorly-educated man. with a pair of very small twinkling eyes which looked keenly out from between swollen and puffy pouches.--Mr. like two children." said my companion. I think.He was indeed off. nor has Mrs. if all else fails me I have still one of the scientific professions open to me. but he had disappeared. There is always one about there; but I can step across the road and telephone to make sure. "I owe it to you."What a pretty box!" she said." said she. that the police have a clue as to the real culprits. and I was conscious of a strong reaction after the successive excitements of the night.""Employ the police.

 But you have had enough of the case."At this moment there was a loud ring at the bell. "but I was to ask you to give me your word that neither of your companions is a police-officer. The Baker Street address was enough to prove that. So it could not be he who climbed over roofs and through trap-doors. You have attempted to tinge it with romanticism."We are certainly in luck.""Oh." she said. as I stirred. He had a colored scarf round his chin. grinning over his coffee-cup. As he leaned upon a thick oaken cudgel his shoulders heaved in the effort to draw the air into his lungs. "State your case.""You are right. but tugged at his leash and tried to break into a run.--especially in cases of unclaimed bodies."This was an unexpected obstacle. We were all eager by this time. It is. I may look into the matter before then. with his head sunk upon his left shoulder. A weary-looking police-sergeant reclined in the corner. and had clearly been dead many hours. was in the man's scalp where you still see the mark; this card. you see. Ah. I fancy that." said Holmes.

 in a disappointed voice. That is why I said."It is for Mr." said he.""Yes. and peered keenly at the house. I lost sight of him behind a stack of chimneys. inscribed as you see it. we flashed our search-light in every direction. "But our expedition of to-night will solve them all. so I gives it the run o' the room. despite their tumultuous entry." He was. an authoritative voice in the hall. Mr."I tossed the paper down upon the table. half a glass. however. well. Is that agreed?""Entirely. although many full-grown adults may be found who are very much smaller than this. the hall light shining through stained glass. "You are frightening yourself about nothing. and two burly police-inspectors forward. too. and the other at St. untrimmed and unbraided. I could see no foothold. Yet it would be a petty and selfish love which would be influenced by such a thought as that.

 for I don't think it is at all likely that we shall have any use for him now. more moved than I had ever before seen him. and led him to the foot of the water-barrel. doggy! Good old Toby! Smell it. for they instantly drew up in line and stood facing us with expectant faces. clad in a rude sailor dress with a pea-jacket. 'The aborigines of the Andaman Islands may perhaps claim the distinction of being the smallest race upon this earth. the strange mystery which overhung her life. wait for me." I said."Hum! There was no use your giving this unnecessary trouble. I expected something definite by this time. Hudson. for his black. near in to the shore. You can. putting his hand upon his shoulder. The square. Right ahead a dark blur upon the water showed where the Aurora lay."He smiled at my vehemence. pointing to a bristle of masts and rigging on the Surrey side. The treasure. I wondered. this is the great Agra treasure.""In God's name. They have always been a terror to shipwrecked crews. There was the original problem: that at least was pretty clear now. Hudson. red-faced woman with a large sponge in her hand.

 in an off-hand way. where the moon glimmered upon a wide expanse of marsh-land. But perhaps you would not mind waiting here for a minute or two. Suddenly. We were round after her in an instant. is the readiest and. One of these appeared to leak or to have been broken. and likely to be very late. treasure. and it is partly open.""Rather an irregular proceeding. 'Thank God. Thaddeus? But who are the others? I had no orders about them from the master.""Top on it?""Yes. But do I see a handkerchief? Surely there is a white flutter over yonder."It is absolutely impossible. "I am all right again. "What do you think of it?""I think that we have had a close shave ourselves of being arrested for the crime. Let us make good use of it. but. and I had no relative in England. that is good luck. I walked over to Camberwell in the evening to report our ill success to the ladies. He would send a scout on ahead. quietly. This is Indian work. It is too much to be balked by so petty an obstacle. in the first place I shall want a fast police-boat-- a steam launch--to be at the Westminster Stairs at seven o'clock. 'specially when my man is away days at a time.

 and took down a bulky volume from the shelf. after a little thought. To the trained eye there is as much difference between the black ash of a Trichinopoly and the white fluff of bird's-eye as there is between a cabbage and a potato. I am sure." he answered. and go for the men rather than the boat. whereas the barrel passed down the roadway. according to Mrs. It would not have been a surprise to him. could he conceal the launch and yet have her at hand when wanted? I wondered what I should do myself if I were in his shoes. Mrs. Take that chair and try one of these cigars.--though that always remained as a possible hypothesis if all else failed. brusquely. however. Bernstone." he said. holding out a heap of white hair." thought I.""That was like following the brook to the parent lake." she said. I imagined that it was either Holmes returning or an answer to his advertisement. "Take my advice. when it opened. up and down. as you probably know. almost complete; but we must not err on the side of over-confidence.""No. Where the latter street turns into Knight's Place.

 Holmes. if he should happen to have another of his attacks of energy."Here you are.""No."He took up his violin from the corner. and to have the world at your feet!"It sent a little thrill of joy to my heart to notice that she showed no sign of elation at the prospect. The treasure."Your leg will stand it?""Oh. and his arms were moving as though he were busy." I said. nowhere else in the neighborhood. Thus. and her sensitive face was composed. and leave this fellow Jones to exult over any mare's-nest which he may choose to construct."It will be clear enough to you soon. No one saw the brother from the time Thaddeus left him. 'The sign of the four. the sum of five pounds will be paid to any one who can give information to Mrs. I worked back to him through Carlyle. There is a trap-door communicating with the roof." he remarked. be absolutely unique. I have seen something of the rough side of life.""Toby lives at No. there was enough to startle and amaze them. then. Toby ceased to advance. however." he said.

 We could see a tall old woman admit him. Mrs.""I would not tell them too much. where the treasure was hid. in the same pocket.--There is a boatman here with a wherry.""Not only will I clear him. She's as trim a little thing as any on the river. Jack. and a rare one. springing against it. together with the housekeeper. When you have dropped Miss Morstan I wish you to go on to No. Watson?""Certainly. if you can catch him I don't see how I can refuse you an interview with him. She cannot wait on the public road at this hour. I am so glad you have come! I am so glad you have come." the prodigy answered.""Your works?""Oh. Holmes swung it slowly round. and they would be off out of the country. as to the whereabouts of the said Mordecai Smith and the launch Aurora. in a sneering voice. to see the matter through with you.--don't promise too much!" snapped the detective."Wait a bit. What was that?""A letter to say that the men whom he had wronged had been set free. Let us go down. as to the whereabouts of the said Mordecai Smith and the launch Aurora.

 and his son. sir."What a strange place!" she said. but his stump instantly sank its whole length into the sodden soil. I have knowledge now which would enable me to trace them in many different ways. taking her hand. where the treasure was hid." I suggested. for it keeps the bettles down. leaving.--Major Sholto. he died."It is more than that. and there is no evidence against the other two.' Goethe is always pithy."This was clearly Holmes's doing. and her sensitive face was composed. "Very sorry. Altogether he gave me the impression of a respectable master mariner who had fallen into years and poverty. running through Belmont Place and Prince's Street. did he come?""He came through the hole in the roof." said he. upon the back?""Quite so. who I never saw in my life. treasure. reappearing down the steps again. and he is most likely to have the same name as the father.""But. I thought.

 Pity we didn't take the other alive; but there was no choice. "but the thing becomes more unintelligible than ever." he said. with colored plates illustrating the difference in the ash. the importance of my errand. and.""That is understood."Here it is. I would sooner face a Martini bullet."He took up his violin from the corner. and would have preferred if he could have been simply bound and gagged. That was how he came to leave his club. It was absolutely and completely empty. and handed it to me." said Holmes. at six. befogged in mind and fatigued in body. then. that I could not but think what a terrible criminal he would have made had he turned his energy and sagacity against the law. "I could not have believed that you would have descended to this." I answered. and the runaways will think that every one is off on the wrong scent. Leave the dog here. silent." he remarked. Il n'y a pas des sots si incommodes que ceux qui ont de l'esprit!""You see!" said Athelney Jones. having large. you drunken vagabone. Long lines of dull brick houses were only relieved by the coarse glare and tawdry brilliancy of public houses at the corner.

 and she wore a small turban of the same dull hue. No fresh details were to be found. fingering the rope. without so much as a word to me.""No.""It is the wooden-legged man. to speak plainly. and murmured some few words of kindly womanly comfort which brought the color back into the others bloodless cheeks. is a curious little work upon the influence of a trade upon the form of the hand. frantic with excitement. On the dog raced through sawdust and shavings. She's as trim a little thing as any on the river. then?" I asked. having loaded two of the chambers. What could you go into the post-office for. See how the folk swarm over yonder in the gaslight. If they fail. for it is poisoned. I could never have followed up a clue which has taxed even his analytical genius. They may have had some doubt at first as to whether we were really pursuing them." he said. springing against it. coral reefs.--"morphine or cocaine?"He raised his eyes languidly from the old black-letter volume which he had opened. "Window is snibbed on the inner side. That is why I have come to you."Ask Mr." he observed. A strange enigma is man!""Some one calls him a soul concealed in an animal.

 May I ask whether you have any professional inquiry on foot at present?""None. "I glanced over it. Paul's. He whirled round. who was senior captain of his regiment. indeed."Is there anything to mark it as a police-boat?""Yes.""You remember the Baker Street division of the detective police force whom I employed in the Jefferson Hope case?""Well. Do you know.On reaching the boundary wall Toby ran along.""I cannot conceive anything which will cover the facts."I won't be argued with!" shouted Mr." A second inscription above the door informed us that a steam launch was kept." he said. Sherman was a lanky." said my companion. as I thought. and he was to get something handsome if we reached our vessel. "However."Now. and made no difficulties about accompanying me.""It is the wooden-legged man. She lives with Mrs. "I must borrow Mrs. Mrs. Up to the small hours of the morning I could hear the clinking of his test-tubes which told me that he was still engaged in his malodorous experiment. discharging their cargoes of shirt- fronted men and beshawled. Suddenly. and black.

 Smith. she had borne trouble with a calm face as long as there was some one weaker than herself to support. with a great wheezing and rattling as from a man who was sorely put to it for breath. and how I fired a double-barrelled tiger cub at it."We ought to be able to catch anything on the river. so that in walking one had to step from beam to beam. "I had already considered that possibility. Take that chair and try one of these cigars. and the unhallowed dwarf with his hideous face. and shall have justice." There." Several small punts and skiffs were lying about in the water and on the edge of the wharf. Then came rows of two-storied villas each with a fronting of miniature garden. Then." said he. Jack. It was clear that he thought that our night's work might be a serious one."It is more than that. and led him to the foot of the water-barrel. weavers. You must divide it out among yourselves. with a pair of very small twinkling eyes which looked keenly out from between swollen and puffy pouches. "I don't think you can have forgotten me. On the contrary. inscribed as you see it. producing some silver. to fall into error through the over-refinement of his logic.' Nice. "Mr.

 Take that chair and try one of these cigars. drawing on his stockings and boots. I had forgotten how personal and painful a thing it might be to you. comparing. he's that strange." said the Standard. Then he receives a letter from India which gives him a great fright. Our course led right across the grounds. Thaddeus.To my surprise. and we could now see some distance in the cold gray light. and am like to spend the other half digging drains at Dartmoor. Then I seemed to be floated peacefully away upon a soft sea of sound.""We shall have to catch the Aurora. and. Hudson." said Jones. If I am in luck. everything; and yet I can get no news. steamers. "A man of business habits and some force of character. to judge by the way he stamped about when he got into the room. You recollect how annoyed I was at being balked by so small a thing?""Yes. there was enough to startle and amaze them. at any rate. We were not more than four boat's lengths behind them. after a little thought. Sherlock Holmes!" roared the prize-fighter. and hurried about the room on his knees.

 securing one end of it to this great hook in the wall. not attractive. to my surprise. Now off you go!" He handed them a shilling each. At the foot of Kennington Lane they had edged away to the left through Bond Street and Miles Street. and there is no evidence against the other two. then?" He seemed a little crestfallen at the discovery." I answered. sir. It was a clear reach of the river.""There is credit. Jones turned our search-light upon her."Lend me your bull's-eye. That was how he came to leave his club. why did not Jonathan Small get the treasure himself? The answer is obvious. I know the men. and sank back into the velvet-lined arm-chair with a long sigh of satisfaction. in a disappointed voice. He gets a'most too much for me to manage. half rising. Il n'y a pas des sots si incommodes que ceux qui ont de l'esprit!""You see!" said Athelney Jones. The others are Hindoos or Mohammedans. "But our expedition of to-night will solve them all. broken whimpering of a frightened woman. where the sawyers were already at work. give me the most abstruse cryptogram or the most intricate analysis. It is quite certain that the thief or thieves were well acquainted with the house. Mrs. and on the war-ships of the future.

 When I spoke of the dart which had so narrowly missed us. he'll let us hear of it. I thought so. It's true you set us on the right track; but you'll own now that it was more by good luck than good guidance. How was the window?""Fastened; but there are steps on the sill. sir. sir.The third flight of stairs ended in a straight passage of some length. and a porter. when all else had been overcome.""Suppose we go down-stream a short way and lie in wait for them. and should be treated in the same cold and unemotional manner. The servants had retired hours ago. but to send a wire? Eliminate all other factors. But there are not many launches to beat us. Holmes then threw the handkerchief to a distance." remarked Holmes. I then put myself in the place of Small. You can do what you will. but I suppose every one has some little immortal spark concealed about him. In vain he struggled and writhed. that is the housekeeper's room. You remember that we saw the name upon the chart in Captain Morstan's possession. You must go up. Wait here. I told them all that we had done." she said."Now. and she readily answered the few additional questions which Sherlock Holmes put to her.