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A Retrospection

           Thescentsuggestedthepresenceofalady,andalreadymythoughtsbegantoturntowardstheStapletons. ThusIhadmadecertainofthehound,andhadguessedatthecriminalbeforeeverwewenttothewestcountry. 

           "ItwasmygametowatchStapleton. Itwasevident,however,thatIcouldnotdothisifIwerewithyou,sincehewouldbekeenlyonhisguard. Ideceivedeverybody,therefore,yourselfincluded,andIcamedownsecretlywhenIwassupposedtobeinLondon. Myhardshipswerenotsogreatasyouimagined,thoughsuchtriflingdetailsmustneverinterferewiththeinvestigationofacase. IstayedforthemostpartatCoombeTracey,andonlyusedthehutuponthemoorwhenitwasnecessarytobenearthesceneofaction. Cartwrighthadcomedownwithme,andinhisdisguiseasacountryboyhewasofgreatassistancetome. Iwasdependentuponhimforfoodandcleanlinen. WhenIwaswatchingStapleton,Cartwrightwasfrequentlywatchingyou,sothatIwasabletokeepmyhanduponallthestrings. 

           "Ihavealreadytoldyouthatyourreportsreachedmerapidly,beingforwardedinstantlyfromBakerStreettoCoombeTracey. Theywereofgreatservicetome,andespeciallythatoneincidentallytruthfulpieceofbiographyofStapleton’s. IwasabletoestablishtheidentityofthemanandthewomanandknewatlastexactlyhowIstood. ThecasehadbeenconsiderablycomplicatedthroughtheincidentoftheescapedconvictandtherelationsbetweenhimandtheBarrymores. Thisalsoyouclearedupinaveryeffectiveway,thoughIhadalreadycometothesameconclusionsfrommyownobservations. 

           "BythetimethatyoudiscoveredmeuponthemoorIhadacompleteknowledgeofthewholebusiness, butIhadnotacasewhichcouldgotoajury. 

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