Этюд в багровых тонах
The Conclusion.
Whyshouldhechangehisnameinacountrywherenooneknewhisoriginalone? IthereforeorganizedmyStreetArabdetectivecorps,andsentthemsystematicallytoeverycabproprietorinLondonuntiltheyferretedoutthemanthatIwanted. Howwelltheysucceeded,andhowquicklyItookadvantageofit,arestillfreshinyourrecollection. ThemurderofStangersonwasanincidentwhichwasentirelyunexpected,butwhichcouldhardlyinanycasehavebeenprevented. Throughit,asyouknow,Icameintopossessionofthepills,theexistenceofwhichIhadalreadysurmised. Youseethewholethingisachainoflogicalsequenceswithoutabreakorflaw.”
“Itiswonderful!”Icried. “Yourmeritsshouldbepubliclyrecognized. Youshouldpublishanaccountofthecase. Ifyouwon’t,Iwillforyou.”
“Youmaydowhatyoulike,Doctor,”heanswered. “Seehere!”hecontinued,handingapaperovertome,“lookatthis!”
ItwastheEchofortheday,andtheparagraphtowhichhepointedwasdevotedtothecaseinquestion.
“Thepublic,”itsaid,“havelostasensationaltreatthroughthesuddendeathofthemanHope,whowassuspectedofthemurderofMr.EnochDrebberandofMr.JosephStangerson. Thedetailsofthecasewillprobablybeneverknownnow,thoughweareinformedupongoodauthoritythatthecrimewastheresultofanoldstandingandromanticfeud,inwhichloveandMormonismboreapart.
