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id prefer to walk for this affair has flurried me rather .
ill join you in a walk with pleasure
then we meet again at two oclock . au revoir and goodmorning !

shall i run on and stop them ?
not for the world my dear watson . i am perfectly satisfied with your company if you will tolerate mine . our friends are wise for it is certainly a very fine morning for a walk .

there now ! was ever such bad luck and such bad management too ? watson watson if you are an honest man you will record this also and set it against my successes !
who was the man ?
i have not an idea .
a spy ?
well it was evident from what we have heard that baskerville has been very closely shadowed by someone since he has been in town . how else could it be known so quickly that it was the northumberland hotel which he had chosen ? if they had followed him the first day i argued that they would follow him also the second . you may have observed that i twice strolled over to the window while dr . mortimer was reading his legend .
yes i remember .

it puts him in the power of the cabman .
exactly .
what a pity we did not get the number !
my dear watson clumsy as i have been you surely do not seriously imagine that i neglected to get the number ? no . 2704 is our man . but that is no use to us for the moment .
i fail to see how you could have done more .

there is no object in our following them the shadow has departed and will not return . we must see what further cards we have in our hands and play them with decision . could you swear to that mans face within the cab ?
i could swear only to the beard .
and so could ifrom which i gather that in all probability it was a false one . a clever man upon so delicate an errand has no use for a beard save to conceal his features . come in here watson !
ah wilson i see you have not forgotten the little case in which i had the good fortune to help you ?
no sir indeed i have not . you saved my good name and perhaps my life .
my dear fellow you exaggerate . i have some recollection wilson that you had among your boys a lad named cartwright who showed some ability during the investigation .
yes sir he is still with us .
could you ring him up ? thank you ! and i should be glad to have change of this fivepound note .

let me have the hotel directory thank you ! now cartwright there are the names of twentythree hotels here all in the immediate neighbourhood of charing cross . do you see ?
yes sir .
you will visit each of these in turn .
yes sir .
you will begin in each case by giving the outside porter one shilling . here are twentythree shillings .
yes sir .
you will tell him that you want to see the wastepaper of yesterday . you will say that an important telegram has miscarried and that you are looking for it . you understand ?
yes sir .
but what you are really looking for is the centre page of the times with some holes cut in it with scissors . here is a copy of the times . it is this page . you could easily recognize it could you not ?
yes sir .

sir henry baskerville is upstairs expecting you he asked me to show you up at once when you came .
have you any objection to my looking at your register ?
not in the least .

surely that must be the same johnson whom i used to know a lawyer is he not greyheaded and walks with a limp ?
no sir this is mr . johnson the coalowner a very active gentleman not older than yourself .
surely you are mistaken about his trade ?
no sir ! he has used this hotel for many years and he is very well known to us .
ah that settles it . mrs . oldmore too i seem to remember the name . excuse my curiosity but often in calling upon one friend one finds another .
she is an invalid lady sir . her husband was once mayor of gloucester . she always comes to us when she is in town .
thank you i am afraid i can not claim her acquaintance . we have established a most important fact by these questions watson we know now that the people who are so interested in our friend have not settled down in his own hotel . that means that while they are as we have seen very anxious to watch him they are equally anxious that he should not see them . now this is a most suggestive fact .
what does it suggest ?
it suggestshalloa my dear fellow what on earth is the matter ?

seems to me they are playing me for a sucker in this hotel theyll find theyve started in to monkey with the wrong man unless they are careful . by thunder if that chap cant find my missing boot there will be trouble . i can take a joke with the best mr . holmes but theyve got a bit over the mark this time .
still looking for your boot ?
yes sir and mean to find it .
but surely you said that it was a new brown boot ?
so it was sir . and now its an old black one .
what ! you dont mean to say ?
thats just what i do mean to say . i only had three pairs in the worldthe new brown the old black and the patent leathers which i am wearing . last night they took one of my brown ones and today they have sneaked one of the black . well have you got it ? speak out man and dont stand staring !
no sir i have made inquiry all over the hotel but i can hear no word of it .
well either that boot comes back before sundown or ill see the manager and tell him that i go right straight out of this hotel .
it shall be found siri promise you that if you will have a little patience it will be found .
mind it is for its the last thing of mine that ill lose in this den of thieves . well well mr . holmes youll excuse my troubling you about such a trifle
i think its well worth troubling about .
why you look very serious over it .
how do you explain it ?
i just dont attempt to explain it . it seems the very maddest queerest thing that ever happened to me .
the queerest perhaps
what do you make of it yourself ?
well i dont profess to understand it yet . this case of yours is very complex sir henry . when taken in conjunction with your uncles death i am not sure that of all the five hundred cases of capital importance which i have handled there is one which cuts so deep . but we hold several threads in our hands and the odds are that one or other of them guides us to the truth . we may waste time in following the wrong one but sooner or later we must come upon the right .

to go to baskerville hall .
and when ?
at the end of the week .
on the whole i think that your decision is a wise one . i have ample evidence that you are being dogged in london and amid the millions of this great city it is difficult to discover who these people are or what their object can be . if their intentions are evil they might do you a mischief and we should be powerless to prevent it . you did not know dr . mortimer that you were followed this morning from my house ?
followed ! by whom ?
that unfortunately is what i can not tell you . have you among your neighbours or acquaintances on dartmoor any man with a black full beard ?
noor let me seewhy yes . barrymore sir charless butler is a man with a full black beard .
ha ! where is barrymore ?
he is in charge of the hall .
we had best ascertain if he is really there or if by any possibility he might be in london .
how can you do that ?
give me a telegraph form . is all ready for sir henry ? that will do . address to mr . barrymore baskerville hall . what is the nearest telegraphoffice ? grimpen . very good we will send a second wire to the postmaster grimpen telegram to mr . barrymore to be delivered into his own hand . if absent please return wire to sir henry baskerville northumberland hotel . that should let us know before evening whether barrymore is at his post in devonshire or not .
thats so by the way dr . mortimer who is this barrymore anyhow ?
he is the son of the old caretaker who is dead . they have looked after the hall for four generations now . so far as i know he and his wife are as respectable a couple as any in the county .
at the same time its clear enough that so long as there are none of the family at the hall these people have a mighty fine home and nothing to do .
that is true .
did barrymore profit at all by sir charless will ?
he and his wife had five hundred pounds each .
ha ! did they know that they would receive this ?
yes sir charles was very fond of talking about the provisions of his will .
that is very interesting .
i hope that you do not look with suspicious eyes upon everyone who received a legacy from sir charles for i also had a thousand pounds left to me .
indeed ! and anyone else ?
there were many insignificant sums to individuals and a large number of public charities . the residue all went to sir henry .
and how much was the residue ?
seven hundred and forty thousand pounds .
i had no idea that so gigantic a sum was involved

id prefer to walk for this affair has flurried me rather .

ill join you in a walk with pleasure

then we meet again at two oclock . au revoir and goodmorning !

shall i run on and stop them ?

not for the world my dear watson . i am perfectly satisfied with your company if you will tolerate mine . our friends are wise for it is certainly a very fine morning for a walk .

there now ! was ever such bad luck and such bad management too ? watson watson if you are an honest man you will record this also and set it against my successes !

who was the man ?

i have not an idea .

a spy ?

well it was evident from what we have heard that baskerville has been very closely shadowed by someone since he has been in town . how else could it be known so quickly that it was the northumberland hotel which he had chosen ? if they had followed him the first day i argued that they would follow him also the second . you may have observed that i twice strolled over to the window while dr . mortimer was reading his legend .

yes i remember .

it puts him in the power of the cabman .

exactly .

what a pity we did not get the number !

my dear watson clumsy as i have been you surely do not seriously imagine that i neglected to get the number ? no . 2704 is our man . but that is no use to us for the moment .

i fail to see how you could have done more .

there is no object in our following them the shadow has departed and will not return . we must see what further cards we have in our hands and play them with decision . could you swear to that mans face within the cab ?

i could swear only to the beard .

and so could ifrom which i gather that in all probability it was a false one . a clever man upon so delicate an errand has no use for a beard save to conceal his features . come in here watson !

ah wilson i see you have not forgotten the little case in which i had the good fortune to help you ?

no sir indeed i have not . you saved my good name and perhaps my life .

my dear fellow you exaggerate . i have some recollection wilson that you had among your boys a lad named cartwright who showed some ability during the investigation .

yes sir he is still with us .

could you ring him up ? thank you ! and i should be glad to have change of this fivepound note .

let me have the hotel directory thank you ! now cartwright there are the names of twentythree hotels here all in the immediate neighbourhood of charing cross . do you see ?

yes sir .

you will visit each of these in turn .

yes sir .

you will begin in each case by giving the outside porter one shilling . here are twentythree shillings .

yes sir .

you will tell him that you want to see the wastepaper of yesterday . you will say that an important telegram has miscarried and that you are looking for it . you understand ?

yes sir .

but what you are really looking for is the centre page of the times with some holes cut in it with scissors . here is a copy of the times . it is this page . you could easily recognize it could you not ?

yes sir .

sir henry baskerville is upstairs expecting you he asked me to show you up at once when you came .

have you any objection to my looking at your register ?

not in the least .

surely that must be the same johnson whom i used to know a lawyer is he not greyheaded and walks with a limp ?

no sir this is mr . johnson the coalowner a very active gentleman not older than yourself .

surely you are mistaken about his trade ?

no sir ! he has used this hotel for many years and he is very well known to us .

ah that settles it . mrs . oldmore too i seem to remember the name . excuse my curiosity but often in calling upon one friend one finds another .

she is an invalid lady sir . her husband was once mayor of gloucester . she always comes to us when she is in town .

thank you i am afraid i can not claim her acquaintance . we have established a most important fact by these questions watson we know now that the people who are so interested in our friend have not settled down in his own hotel . that means that while they are as we have seen very anxious to watch him they are equally anxious that he should not see them . now this is a most suggestive fact .

what does it suggest ?

it suggestshalloa my dear fellow what on earth is the matter ?

seems to me they are playing me for a sucker in this hotel theyll find theyve started in to monkey with the wrong man unless they are careful . by thunder if that chap cant find my missing boot there will be trouble . i can take a joke with the best mr . holmes but theyve got a bit over the mark this time .

still looking for your boot ?

yes sir and mean to find it .

but surely you said that it was a new brown boot ?

so it was sir . and now its an old black one .

what ! you dont mean to say ?

thats just what i do mean to say . i only had three pairs in the worldthe new brown the old black and the patent leathers which i am wearing . last night they took one of my brown ones and today they have sneaked one of the black . well have you got it ? speak out man and dont stand staring !

no sir i have made inquiry all over the hotel but i can hear no word of it .

well either that boot comes back before sundown or ill see the manager and tell him that i go right straight out of this hotel .

it shall be found siri promise you that if you will have a little patience it will be found .

mind it is for its the last thing of mine that ill lose in this den of thieves . well well mr . holmes youll excuse my troubling you about such a trifle

i think its well worth troubling about .

why you look very serious over it .

how do you explain it ?

i just dont attempt to explain it . it seems the very maddest queerest thing that ever happened to me .

the queerest perhaps

what do you make of it yourself ?

well i dont profess to understand it yet . this case of yours is very complex sir henry . when taken in conjunction with your uncles death i am not sure that of all the five hundred cases of capital importance which i have handled there is one which cuts so deep . but we hold several threads in our hands and the odds are that one or other of them guides us to the truth . we may waste time in following the wrong one but sooner or later we must come upon the right .

to go to baskerville hall .

and when ?

at the end of the week .

on the whole i think that your decision is a wise one . i have ample evidence that you are being dogged in london and amid the millions of this great city it is difficult to discover who these people are or what their object can be . if their intentions are evil they might do you a mischief and we should be powerless to prevent it . you did not know dr . mortimer that you were followed this morning from my house ?

followed ! by whom ?

that unfortunately is what i can not tell you . have you among your neighbours or acquaintances on dartmoor any man with a black full beard ?

noor let me seewhy yes . barrymore sir charless butler is a man with a full black beard .

ha ! where is barrymore ?

he is in charge of the hall .

we had best ascertain if he is really there or if by any possibility he might be in london .

how can you do that ?

give me a telegraph form . is all ready for sir henry ? that will do . address to mr . barrymore baskerville hall . what is the nearest telegraphoffice ? grimpen . very good we will send a second wire to the postmaster grimpen telegram to mr . barrymore to be delivered into his own hand . if absent please return wire to sir henry baskerville northumberland hotel . that should let us know before evening whether barrymore is at his post in devonshire or not .

thats so by the way dr . mortimer who is this barrymore anyhow ?

he is the son of the old caretaker who is dead . they have looked after the hall for four generations now . so far as i know he and his wife are as respectable a couple as any in the county .

at the same time its clear enough that so long as there are none of the family at the hall these people have a mighty fine home and nothing to do .

that is true .

did barrymore profit at all by sir charless will ?

he and his wife had five hundred pounds each .

ha ! did they know that they would receive this ?

yes sir charles was very fond of talking about the provisions of his will .

that is very interesting .

i hope that you do not look with suspicious eyes upon everyone who received a legacy from sir charles for i also had a thousand pounds left to me .

indeed ! and anyone else ?

there were many insignificant sums to individuals and a large number of public charities . the residue all went to sir henry .

and how much was the residue ?

seven hundred and forty thousand pounds .

i had no idea that so gigantic a sum was involved