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The Adventure of the Dancing Men

           Itellyou,therewasneveramaninthisworldlovedawomanmorethanIlovedher.Ihadarighttoher.Shewaspledgedtomeyearsago.WhowasthisEnglishmanthatheshouldcomebetweenus?ItellyouthatIhadthefirstrighttoher,andthatIwasonlyclaimingmyown.

           “Shebrokeawayfromyourinfluencewhenshefoundthemanthatyouare,”saidHolmes,sternly.“ShefledfromAmericatoavoidyou,andshemarriedanhonourablegentlemaninEngland.Youdoggedherandfollowedherandmadeherlifeamiserytoher,inordertoinducehertoabandonthehusbandwhomshelovedandrespectedinordertoflywithyou,whomshefearedandhated.Youhaveendedbybringingaboutthedeathofanoblemananddrivinghiswifetosuicide.Thatisyourrecordinthisbusiness,Mr.AbeSlaney,andyouwillanswerforittothelaw.”

           “IfElsiedies,Icarenothingwhatbecomesofme,”saidtheAmerican.Heopenedoneofhishands,andlookedatanotecrumpledupinhispalm.“Seehere,mister!hecried,withagleamofsuspicioninhiseyes,“you’renottryingtoscaremeoverthis,areyou?Iftheladyishurtasbadasyousay,whowasitthatwrotethisnote?”Hetosseditforwardontothetable.

           “Iwroteit,tobringyouhere.”

           “Youwroteit?TherewasnooneonearthoutsidetheJointwhoknewthesecretofthedancingmen.Howcameyoutowriteit?”

           “Whatonemancaninventanothercandiscover,”saidHolmes.ThereisacabcomingtoconveyyoutoNorwich,Mr.Slaney.Butmeanwhile,youhavetimetomakesomesmallreparationfortheinjuryyouhavewrought.AreyouawarethatMrs.

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