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VIII. The Baker Street Irregulars

           

           WepulledupattheGreatPeterStreetpost-office,andHolmesdespatchedhiswire.“Whomdoyouthinkthatisto?”heasked,asweresumedourjourney.

           “IamsureIdon’tknow.”

           “YouremembertheBakerStreetdivisionofthedetectivepoliceforcewhomIemployedintheJeffersonHopecase?”

           “Well,”saidI,laughing.

           “Thisisjustthecasewheretheymightbeinvaluable.Iftheyfail,Ihaveotherresources;butIshalltrythemfirst.Thatwirewastomydirtylittlelieutenant,Wiggins,andIexpectthatheandhisgangwillbewithusbeforewehavefinishedourbreakfast.”

           Itwasbetweeneightandnineo’clocknow,andIwasconsciousofastrongreactionafterthesuccessiveexcitementsofthenight.Iwaslimpandweary,befoggedinmindandfatiguedinbody.Ihadnottheprofessionalenthusiasmwhichcarriedmycompanionon,norcouldIlookatthematterasamereabstractintellectualproblem.AsfarasthedeathofBartholomewSholtowent,Ihadheardlittlegoodofhim,andcouldfeelnointenseantipathytohismurderers.Thetreasure,however,wasadifferentmatter.That,orpartofit,belongedrightfullytoMissMorstan.WhiletherewasachanceofrecoveringitIwasreadytodevotemylifetotheoneobject.True,ifIfoundititwouldprobablyputherforeverbeyondmyreach.Yetitwouldbeapettyandselfishlovewhichwouldbeinfluencedbysuchathoughtasthat.IfHolmescouldworktofindthecriminals,Ihadatenfoldstrongerreasontourgemeontofindthetreasure.

           AbathatBakerStreetandacompletechangefreshenedmeupwonderfully.

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