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The Resident Patient

           ThisBlessingtonorSutton,whowastheworstofthegang,turnedinformer.OnhisevidenceCartwrightwashangedandtheotherthreegotfifteenyearsapiece.Whentheygotouttheotherday,whichwassomeyearsbeforetheirfullterm,theysetthemselves,asyouperceive,tohuntdownthetraitorandtoavengethedeathoftheircomradeuponhim.Twicetheytriedtogetathimandfailed;athirdtimeyousee,itcameoff.IsthereanythingfurtherwhichIcanexplain,Dr.Trevelyan?"

           "Ithinkyouhavemadeitallremarkablyclear,"saidthedoctor."Nodoubtthedayonwhichhewassoperturbedwasthedaywhenhehadseenoftheirreleaseinthenewspapers."

           "Quiteso.Histalkaboutaburglarywasthemerestblind."

           "Butwhycouldhenottellyouthis?"

           "Well,mydearsir,knowingthevindictivecharacterofhisoldassociates,hewastryingtohidehisownidentityfromeverybodyaslongashecould.Hissecretwasashamefuloneandhecouldnotbringhimselftodivulgeit.However,wretchashewas,hewasstilllivingundertheshieldofBritishlaw,andIhavenodoubt,Inspector,thatyouwillseethat,thoughthatshieldmayfailtoguard,theswordofjusticeisstilltheretoavenge."

           SuchwerethesingularcircumstancesinconnectionwiththeResidentPatientandtheBrookStreetDoctor

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