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The Final Problem

           Thentheseareyourinstructions,andIbeg,mydearWatson,thatyouwillobeythemtotheletter,foryouarenowplayingadouble-handedgamewithmeagainstthecleverestrogueandthemostpowerfulsyndicateofcriminalsinEurope.Nowlisten!YouwilldispatchwhateverluggageyouintendtotakebyatrustymessengerunaddressedtoVictoriato-night.Inthemorningyouwillsendforahansom,desiringyourmantotakeneitherthefirstnorthesecondwhichmaypresentitself.Intothishansomyouwilljump,andyouwilldrivetotheStrandendoftheLowtherArcade,handingtheaddresstothecabmanuponaslipofpaper,witharequestthathewillnotthrowitaway.Haveyourfareready,andtheinstantthatyourcabstops,dashthroughtheArcade,timingyourselftoreachtheothersideataquarter-pastnine.Youwillfindasmallbroughamwaitingclosetothecurb,drivenbyafellowwithaheavyblackcloaktippedatthecollarwithred.Intothisyouwillstep,andyouwillreachVictoriaintimefortheContinentalexpress."

           "WhereshallImeetyou?"

           "Atthestation.Thesecondfirst-classcarriagefromthefrontwillbereservedforus."

           "Thecarriageisourrendezvous,then?"

           "Yes."

           ItwasinvainthatIaskedHolmestoremainfortheevening.Itwasevidenttomethathethoughthemightbringtroubletotheroofhewasunder,andthatthatwasthemotivewhichimpelledhimtogo.

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