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The Resident Patient

           Thesewallsarethick,anditisconceivablethathisshriek,ifhehadtimetoutterone,wasunheard.

           "Havingsecuredhim,itisevidenttomethataconsultationofsomesortwasheld.Probablyitwassomethinginthenatureofajudicialproceeding.Itmusthavelastedforsometime,foritwasthenthatthesecigarsweresmoked.Theoldermansatinthatwickerchair;itwashewhousedthecigar-holder.Theyoungermansatoveryonder;heknockedhisashoffagainstthechestofdrawers.Thethirdfollowpacedupanddown.Blessington,Ithink,satuprightinthebed,butofthatIcannotbeabsolutelycertain.

           "Well,itendedbytheirtakingBlessingtonandhanginghim.Thematterwassoprearrangedthatitismybeliefthattheybroughtwiththemsomesortofblockorpulleywhichmightserveasagallows.Thatscrew-driverandthosescrewswere,asIconceive,forfixingitup.Seeingthehook,however,theynaturallysavedthemselvesthetrouble.Havingfinishedtheirworktheymadeoff,andthedoorwasbarredbehindthembytheirconfederate."

           Wehadalllistenedwiththedeepestinteresttothissketchofthenight’sdoings,whichHolmeshaddeducedfromsignssosubtleandminutethat,evenwhenhehadpointedthemouttous,wecouldscarcelyfollowhiminhisreasonings.Theinspectorhurriedawayontheinstanttomakeinquiriesaboutthepage,whileHolmesandIreturnedtoBakerStreetforbreakfast.

           "I’llbebackbythree,"saidhewhenwehadfinishedourmeal.

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