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The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist
Woodleymustbestayingintheneighbourhood,forhedidnotsleephere,andyetIcaughtaglimpseofhimagainthismorning,slinkingaboutintheshrubbery.Iwouldsoonerhaveasavagewildanimallooseabouttheplace.IloatheandfearhimmorethanIcansay.HowcanMr.Carruthersenduresuchacreatureforamoment?However,allmytroubleswillbeoveronSaturday.
“SoItrust,Watson,soItrust,”saidHolmes,gravely.“Thereissomedeepintriguegoingonroundthatlittlewoman,anditisourdutytoseethatnoonemolestsheruponthatlastjourney.Ithink,Watson,thatwemustsparetimetorundowntogetheronSaturdaymorningandmakesurethatthiscuriousandinclusiveinvestigationhasnountowardending.”
IconfessthatIhadnotuptonowtakenaveryseriousviewofthecase,whichhadseemedtomerathergrotesqueandbizarrethandangerous.Thatamanshouldlieinwaitforandfollowaveryhandsomewomanisnounheard-ofthing,andifhehassolittleaudacitythathenotonlydarednotaddressher,butevenfledfromherapproach,hewasnotaveryformidableassailant.TheruffianWoodleywasaverydifferentperson,but,exceptononeoccasion,hehadnotmolestedourclient,andnowhevisitedthehouseofCarrutherswithoutintrudinguponherpresence.Themanonthebicyclewasdoubtlessamemberofthoseweek-endpartiesattheHallofwhichthepublicanhadspoken,butwhohewas,orwhathewanted,wasasobscureasever.
